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/ * '' H iambprg Ifentlii I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1907 One Dollar a Year|j|j| IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Governor Ansel has appointed two whiskey constables for Greenville county. . The dispensaries in Charleston, . Columbia, and Sumter have opened up for business. John T. Meehan, lately of the Carolina Citizen, has accepted a position with the Columbia State. Ed. Kainey, a negro, was sentenced to be hanged in Gaffney on April 12th. He was found guilty of criminal assault. It is stated that A. F. Lever, congressman from the seventh district, may enter the race for United States Senator next year. Robert Keller, the young white t ; man of Orangeburg county who acci;; v dentally shot himself while out hunting, died of his wounds. J. Rutfedge McGhee, recently of the Greenwood Index, has accepted the position of advertising manager of the Greenville News. . 1 TTT The president has nominated w. - H. Redish to be postmaster at r : Branchville. Mr. Redish has held the position for a number of years. Charleston is to have an immir /. grant station. The bill providing for the appropriation for its establishment has passed both houses of |? congress. | Congressman Lever has at last suceededin getting a free delivery 1 ' mail for the city of Orangeburg. The service is to commence the first of June. The town of Bennettsville is soon If. ; to hold an election on the question of issuing bonds in the sum of $70,000 r for waterworks, sewerage, and street improvements. Mr. A. Gordon Jones, who has been superintendent of the Charles ton division of the Southern Railway for some time, has been promoted to the position of purchasing agent, with headquarters in Washington. TJid Ptnlilflnrl r?Aiintv hn?rd nf mn trol has decided to enforce the new liquor law strictly. Request books must be used, and dispensers must not become identified with politics in I < . any way under penalty of dismissal. Governor Ansel has appointed A. I. E. Gonzales, W. A. Courtenay, and ; Edward H. Ehrlich, all of Columbia, as the commission to improve the State house grounds, for which $15,000 was appropriated by the legislature. George Hasty, the young white man of Gaffney who killed the two theatrical men, Bennett and Davison, was *X4 cairied to Columbia last week to begin his life sentence in the State pen? itentiary. He hopes to get pardoned. He is only twenty-three years old. W. J. Oliver, the contractor, has ^ had his bid for constructing the Panama canal turned down by the government. There seems to be some7 k ;: thing crooked about it, and Senator Tillman has introduced a resolution calling on the president for the papers and full information in the case. . Tom Harris, a white man, who ? f " was found guilty of murder at Gaffney last week and sentenced to be hanged. He was charged with the ? killing of Mrs. Hortense Morgan, an V; aged white woman, in November last. The killing was thought to v? have been for the purpose of robbery. Governor Ansel last week appointed W. B. West as dispensary auditor under the provisions of the new liquor law. Mr. West is at present superintendent of the Gaffney graded P; - schools. He is said to be a throughi ly able and trustworthy man. Mr. West taught the school at Blackville some years ago. Sr; Hflton Usher, a white man of i ^ Marlboro county, was hit in the head r. with a hatchet by a negro and dan,-v; gerously wounded. The difficulty h'7V occurred at, the negro's house, and both were drunk at the time. This is the natural result of a white man putting himself on terms of social equality with a negro and drinking x.l_ W1U1 nun. Daniel Zimmerman, who pleaded *gtiilty to forgery while bond clerk in the State treasurer's office, was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. His alleged confederate, Thos. J. Gibson, was too ill to appear in court and a sealed sentence was left for him. Notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court was given in the case of Zimmerman. The Peoria. HI., whiskey house of Clarke Bros. & Co., from whom Maj. John Black made the famous purchase of $100,000 worth of whiskey i while he was State dispensary director, last week sent a case of whiskey * as a present to C. W. Stansill, chairman of the new county board of control of Sumter. Mr. Stansill refused to receive the whiskey. This new law blacklists any firm'who makes presents of any kind to dispensary employes, and therefore no county board can now buy whiskey from <1arke Bros. & Co. . BAD NEGROES AT ROWESVILLE. | Negro Shoots at Officer and His Friends Take Him from Prison. 1 Rowesville, March 3?The comity was stirred up last night when a colored man by the name of Jake 1 Bonaparte resisted arrest and in the scuffle wrested a revolver from the officer and fired at him without hitting him. Jake Bonaparte was employed at : the J. L. Blake Lumber company's mill as a log turner and came to . Rowesville from Sumter last sum- J mer. While he had never been under arrest, he was always to be found nrhan fll WAS ?>UUIUiUg aiuunu w?viv, , trouble going on and he had the reputation of being a sullen negro. Last night he was standing on the j sidewalk of Main street about 8 o'clock and was amusing himself by . pushing other negroes from the walk when Alderman George H. Inabinett ! came out of the store where he is ' employed and attempted to place Jake under arrest. The man resisted ( and the officer attempted 'to strike . the man over the head with the butt ! of his gun and it was wrested from his hand by Jake, who then fired at : the officer and missed him. He then ran and the officers of the town, who are the mayor and aldermen, started!! out with a posse of citizens to run him down. They went to the cabin . of Aik Martin, where they had reason to think that he had hidden and ( the woman of the house barred the door against them and would pot allow them to enter. They forced j the door by putting their shoulders ~ L -T~11 m aw 4-Vin clgclllisi/ it cUlU U1C UUU1 XCli ill un woman tod her one week old babe and other children. They did not find the man they wanted, but did find that he went through the yard a ! few minutes before they were there. The party returned to town and later Officers Henry Wolf, W. B. Bell, H. B. Mazyck and Robert Fairey went to the cabin of Rosie Jones, where they knew a "hot supper" was to be served and waiting in the woods out- i side the cabin saw the man they wanted, who walked into their arms and was placed under arrest without trouble. He did not have the gun that it was known that he had in his hand when he ran away. He claim- j ed to have thrown it away. He was placed in the guard house and when ; Sunday morning came he was missing. Friends had wrenched the lock . from the door and released him. Jake Bonaparte is a big round faced : negro about 25 years of age and < weighs in the neighborhood of 200 TVMITlflc 1 While Officer Inabinett was not hit j by the bullet, his hand was hurt by j the wrench which was given to it when the gun was torn away from him. ^ Dog Saves a Rabbit. j A sportsman, on the Huntsham es- 1 tate, North Devon, had a rabbit ) brought to him by his spaniel, which had caught it under a hedge. The rabbit could walk only very ] feebly, though all its limbs were * found to be sound. It its mouth, ( however, was a thick twig about ( three inches long, which had become ] wedged in behind the teeth in the ] rabbit's rush from some threatened 1 danger. The animal was unable to J extract the twig with its paws and was being gradually starved to death 1 when it was found by the dog. 3 Tillipan as Lecturer. Senator Tillman is not going to < have much chance to get rusty this 1 coming summer. He will spend his < time mainly on the cars and the Chautauqua platform. < In short, Senator Tillman has now booked engagements to speak every < week day night and several Sunday nights from the day when this session ; adjourns until congress meets again December 2, except three nights, and : these will no doubt be taken. For ; these speeches he has a contract at $200 a night with a lyceum company : that assumes all risk as to connect- ] ions, by rail, rent of hall and similar 1 details. His first date is Baltimore on the night of March 4. March and April < will be spent in Pennsylvania, Mary- 1 land, Virginia and North Carolina. His tour will extend into the far west in the fall, and during the sum- j mer he will be heard in New Eng- < land and the middle west. July 4 : he speaks at Ashland, Ky. He is free to speak on any subject i he may choose, so long as his effort i is the characteristic Tillman speech I TTio cjana+nr'e hnnnrarium in the I < grand total is $43,000 for the sum- ' mer's work?more by some odds ' than he could make tending his cot- ; ton in the Palmetto state.?Washing- ) ton Herald. 1 Pitched Battle With Blacks. Augusta, Ga., March 3.?In a pitched battle just before daybreak this morning, a squad of policemen 1 exchanged more than 20 shots with ] a gang of negro gamblers barricaded J in a house on Thomas street. The < officers charged the front door, gain- 1 ed entrance in the face of shotgun < fire, fatally wounded a negro named ] Reuben Dunne, and captured several 1 others. None of the policemen was j injured. The lights were all put < out in the beginning of the melee, ^ and this is supposedly the reason why j ; most of the police shots went wild. > 1 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. Mews Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt News. Ehrhardt, March 4.?Mr. C. M. Bishop, of Fairfax, was in town last Monday. Mr. J. D. Padgett is going with Mr. J. D. Dannelly to Florida. Dr. Jno. F. Coleman has moved to flrnrdcptville. Mr. James Gibson was in town last ruesday. Mr. Joe S. Dannelly is making preparations to build a house on his lot in Robertsville. The many friends of Mrs. J. M. Dannelly will be glad to learn that she is up again, after a severe attack of lagrippe. Mr. F. H. Copeland'g residence on Main street is almost completed. Mr. H. Ehrhardt went to Bamberg last Friday. Mr. G. W. Rentz and daughter spent last Thursday at the home of Mr. I. W. Rentz. Mr. Gordon and Miss Elvie Kearse, of the Odom's Bridge section, spent last Saturday and Sunday in town. Messrs. G. L. Kinard and J. D. Padgett went to Bamberg last Sunday. Miss Annie Higgins, of Newberry, who is teachiner the Odom's Bridge school, spent last Saturday with Mrs. T. D. Jones. The pupils of the school will have an old fashioned spelling match next Friday evening. Mr. Jones has prommised a vest-pocket dictionary to the one who stands up the longest. Visitors are invited. Jesse Rentz. Ehrhardt Graded School. Hartzog Happenipgs. Hartzog; March 5.?Farmers are hauling phosphate now, but the bridge across Edisto River has been undergoing repairs and not much has been hauled. Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Rhoad visited their son, Mr. Frank Rhoad, last Saturday and Sunday at Ruffin. Miss Bettie Steedly is very sick, also Mrs. D. B. Smoak. There is to be a pindar shelling at Mr. N. R. Rhoad's to-night. Rev. J. R. Smith was not able to fill his appointment at Hunter's Chapel nn Simdav. No corn has been planted in this neighborhood yet, and farmers had best wait awhile, for thunder clouds in February denotes frost in April. Fitting School Notes. An event which is being looked forward to with more than usual interest is the contest which comes off next Monday night, February 11th. rhere are 6 contestants who will take part in this contest, three representing the Kilgo and three the Sheridan society. Two medals will be awarded, one to the best declaimer from each society. Those who are to take part have put much time in preparing for the contest and it is thought that it will be entertaining as well as interesting and exciting. Another feature of the evening will be a quartette and other special music, gotten up for the occasion, to be rendered by music pupils. Those who will represent the societies are, Sheridan: Misses Katie Carter, Flossie Murdaugh and Mildred Kearse. Kilgo: Messrs John Huffman, Richard Addison and Rhett Ott. The public is invited. Miss Lonie Ashe is at home on account of sickness. Ernest and Percy Hiers spent the holidays at home. , It is gratifying to note that so many of our students are taking great interest in the revival services. On Tuesday morning a meeting of the student body was called for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Inter-state Y. M. C. A. convention which meets in Wilmington March 22-24. John W. Bell was elected, and will represent the Y. M. C. A. here at this convention. This is the first year in the history of the Y. M. C. A. that it has felt itself strong enough to send a delegate to one of these conventions, but the officers and members want to keep in touch with the world and so are willing to send a delegate even at a sacrifice. \t this meeting a goodly number naiir mamKoro urfiro OITrnllfv} Tt \J X IX^w luvim/viw fiv*v ?? was decided that since the girls attended the meetings and took part in them that they should be enrolled as regular members. And so practically all boarding students and a good many town students are now members of the association. Mr. J. M. Way, who is to spend the balance of his natural life in the penitentiary for taking the life of a fellow man, was taken to Columbia mi last Saturday and committed to the penitentiary. He was in the charge of Messrs. S. A. and 0. B. Dukes. While he was on the way to the depot he looked cheerful, and said he was resigned to his fate. He ioes not expect to live long as he was in poor health, but he would try md look on the bright side.?Orangourg Times and Democrat. ' INTERESTING RUMORS. Something May Happen Before Commission Finishes. Hon. W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, attorney for the dispensary commission, spent yesterday in the city. He was in consultation with the attorney general, Hon. J. Fraser Lyon, for several hours, and to indulge in in a little slang, there may be "some^ thing doing" as a result of that conference. When seen by a representative of The State last night Mr. Stevenson eto+ail tliot Via KqH nntViinor tn cri VP OUC4tUOil' 11V HU\t w Om v v out just now, but the sparkle in his eye was enough to warrant the assertion that there may be interesting developments before many days. "I will be over Monday," said Mr. Stevenson, "to remain for possibly two or three weeks. There is going to be no trouble in disposing of the stock on hand at the State dispensary, or the most of it, at least. We may not have enough to last the county dispensaries until they can get supplied from elsewhere. The meeting next Tuesday, appointed by the commission for the purpose of giving the whiskey houses a hearing on the claims against the State dispensary, will, it is understood, be attended by representatives of every creditor-distiller. "Will the claim of Clarke Bros. & Co. be paid?" was asked Mr. Steven son. "I am not prepared to say as to that/' he replied, "but you may rest assured that it will not be paid unless they make the proper kind of showing regarding it. Everything will be probed throughly and no stone will be left unturned in getting at the bottom of all these transactions." A rumor has' come to The State that a possible scandal may develop regarding a transaction, of the last board of directors whicli has not yet been aired in any way, but Mr. Stevenson declined to have anything to say. If The State has correct information the dispensary commission may open the eyes of the people of South Carolina as they have not yet been opened by previous revelations. Mr. Stevenson is not inclined to give out anything for publication before the men concerned in any question of apparent wrongdoing have been given an opportunity of explaining, but the public jnay rest assured that no evidence of wrongdoing will be withheld indefinitely, it matters not how damaging it may be to the party concerned. The commission will act very guardedly in all matters, but at the proper time the public will be informed of every detail of the winding up to which it may be entitled. As soon as the books at the State dispensary are worked up by the clerks they will be turned over to an expert accountant of the American Audit company, and the transactions of every year of the institution's history will be gone over carefully. ?Columbia State. WO/IAN WHIPPED A BAILIFF. Charged Him With a Broom and Hurt Him Badly. Hartwell, Ga., Feb. 22.?Bailiff Tom Parks, of this district, had an experience Monday that he will not erase from his memory soon. He had a fi. fa. against Mrs. Ed. Holbrook and when he reached there the woman became so angered that she charged Officer Parks with a broomstick, inflicting several wounds on him. Her husband was present and sough to appease her wrath, without -1 mi l -m avail, me court umcer c<uiicu several badges of the warfare in the shape of wounds, but hastily made his adieus, which were only characterized by their brevity and lack of ceremony. Got Things Mixed. It wasn't a Missouri editor but a printer's devil who was going through his first experience on "making up" forms. The paper was late and the boy got the galleys mixed. The first part of the obituary notice of a pecunious citizen had been dumped in the forms, and the next handful of type came off a galley describing a recent fire. It read like this: "The pall bearers lowered the body to the grave and as it was consigned to the flames there were few if any regrets, for the old wreck Vinnn or* orzicnro +rt tftnm lUMi l/wll CU1 WVi v/ w WUV Wffl* <lva years. Of course there was individual loss, but that was fully covered by insurance." The widow thinks the editor wrote the obituary that way because the lamented partner of her joys and sorrows owed him five years subscription. No Difference. Clerk?You can't get a room here for that man; he's drunk. Man (supporting a weary friend) ?That's all right; what of that?" Clerk?This is a temperance hotel. Man?Well, he's too drunk to know the difference. Strong men avoid temptation through fear of weakness fools court it to show ir boasted strength. Did you e r know a woman who had plenty to wear just when she received an invita tion to some function? GENERAL SESSIONS COURT riARCH TERM FOR THIS COUNTY NOW HOLDING. * Judge Hydrick Is Presiding- -Criminal Docket Unusually Large?Grand Jury Presentment. The March term of the court of general sessions convened here last Monday morning, Judge Hydrick, of Spartanburg, one of the new judges, presiding. Solicitor James E. Davis, Barnwell, and Stenographer J. F. Byrnes, of Aiken, were present, as were all other officers of the court. on? J j. _ i. vi me juuge maae a line ciiarge lu the grand jury as to their duties, and that body has found true bills in the following cases: Jasper Odom?^murder. J. W. Griffin?murder and carrying concealed weapons. John R. Thrner?assault with intent to rape. Sam Cummings?house breaking and larceny. Jim Green and William Redmondcar breaking and larceny. Herbert Boyles and A. W. Nelson housebreaking and larceny. Horace Hicks, William Hicks; and Rush Hicks?grand larceny, Philip Padgett and Melvin Carter ?murder and carrying concealed weapons. Joe Kinsey, Charlie Kinsey, and Junior Kinsey?murder. No bill was found in the case of Dunovant Besinger, charged with arson. No bill was also found in the case against J. M. Dannelly, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. The following cases have been disposed of up to the time of going to press: Geo. Toomer?murder not guilty of murder, but guilty of carrying concealed weapons?sentenced to serve thirty days on chain gang or pay a fine of $100. William Henry Hicks and Elliott Glover?larceny of live stock?guilty ?sentenced to serve twelve months on the chain gang. Jim Green and William Redmond ?car breaking and larceny?plead guilty?sentenced to twelve months on the chain gang. These are the negroes arrested here by Policeman Dickinson last Friday night. William Henry Hicks and Reese Hicks?guilty of petty larceny?sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or serve fifteen days on the chain gang. The case of J. W. Griffin, for murder, is being tried today (Wednesday) but was not finished when we went to press. Griffin is a white man, and is charged with killing a negro at Denmark. The grand jury finished up its work Wednesday morning and wasj dismissed. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. To the Honorable D. E. Hydrick, j Presiding Judge: We, the grand jury for Bamberg county, beg leave to make the following presentment: We have passed upon all indict menus given us uy uic wuiv. We have examined the jail and find it neatly kept and prisoners well cared for. A committee consisting of E. C. Bruce, S. W. Copeland, and J. C. McMillan has been appointed to visit the chain gang from time to time to inquire and find out how prisoners are treated and to report at next term of court. Last year the grand jury appointed a committee, J. A. Byrd, H. B. Grimes, and D. 0. Hunter, and empowered them to have an expert accountant examine the books of Supervisor, Treasurer, County Superintendent of Education and Auditor and we beg hereto attached hand you their report. We also recomend that a pair blood hounds be purchased by , Supervisor, that a suitable place be prepared at jail yard for their care to be kept by sheriff for benefit of county and that county Supervisor pay for same and for maintaining them out of county funds. The dockets of all the magistrates t are here and in good shape, save one and the former Supervisor informs us that the missing one is in good condition to January 1st, 1907. We thank you and the court officials for courtesies shown us. All of which we respectfully submit C. F. Rizer, Foreman. Defines Penality of Bigamy. i Lord Russell, a famous jurist, once went to Scotland to help the Liberals in a campaign, says the Kansas City Journal. He purposely began ' '> f A. his speecn witn a iew sentences vx bad Scotch, and then, when the confusion caused by the blunder had subsided, he said: "Gentlemen, I do not speak Scotch, but I vote Scotch, and I often drink Scotch," He was greeted with tremendous applause. When Russell was a young man he was sitting in court listening to a trial of bigamy. A friend leaned across to him and asked: Russell, what is the extreme penalty for bigamy?" "Two mothers-in-law," was the ; reply. ? ' NEGROES FOUND UU1L.1Y. Drinking Whiskey With White Men 'M is Bad For "Cuffle." Gaffney, Feb. 28.?John Allison and Bill Jones both colored, were convicted in the court of general sessions here this morning on the ^ charge of murder, the filling of Erastur Spurlin, a white man, in :}M this county sometime ago. The jurr returned a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy, which means that they will be sent to the . -i? penitentiary for life. According to the evidence brought -'Jf out by the state the two defendants ' had been drinking together and they ;*J| begged Spurlin for another drinks He refused their request and they ;$? struck him on the head with a blunt ,v M instrument, killing: Spurlin. After | committing the deed they placed the ..>J| ! dead man on the Southern railway M track to create the impression that ;>|g he was killed by a train. . {? The main witness for the prosecution was Joe Humphries, who was with Spurlin and the defendants, ill Spurlin had a jug of whiskey and they were celebrating a little and jig having a good time. After the ne- fv| groes had taken two drinks they asked for a third and Spurlin declined, fJJ whereupon they tried to take the ^ whiskey by force, declaring they would have it anyway. Spurlin stiu XXtm protested, and one of the negroea struck him a blow on the head and killed him. They took his body and placed it on the railroad track" and told Humphries if he told on them ; they would do him the same way. Jjaft Fire Yisits Winnsboro. X Winnsboro, February 27.?Fire vJ 1 ? ?+ A .on a'aIaaIt da. iisSH Iiere liiis iiiuinrng ail *t.ov v/ wwb ub - ..jg stroyed the three-story brick build- ,o| ing of M. W. Doty, with all the comIt is supposed the fire originated All from an explosion of a lamp left lighted in the store. M Mr. Doty kept a large stock of general merchandise on the ground' floor. On the second floor was the "<jp newly furnished rooms of the Commercial club and Dr. J. D. McMeek- ':M in's dental office, and above, on the . ^ third floor, the Knights of Pythias ]M and Woodmen of the World had their lodge rooms. All were in flames when the alarm was sounded. * $ The building was one of the oldest ? : and most centrally located buildings -.fit in the town, being located opposite theWinnsboro Hotel. * | The building was insured for $6,000. Mr. Doty had the contents of the ' r|3 store insured for $6,000 and .the, .>^|| Knights of Pythias and the Copimer-. i^ cial Club carried insurance, which will nearly cover the loss or about ' $2,500. . A New Milking Machine. ;||1 A Kansas genius seems to have "'M solved the milking machine problem, :'.-|g and apparently has gone beyond ^ what was asked by the most exacting; dairyman, nus ocuuuu cuiuvu -~?jH Watt, Stevenson, Ampere and Howe, :'3| all rolled into one, has just patented | a device run by an electric motor ;:<4H fastened on the cow's back, the eleetricity being genterated by a dynamo >' /i? fastened to ner tail. It strains the e|9 milk and hangs up the pai] and -?gja strainer. A small phonogranh accompanies the outfit and yelk . "So!" when the cow moves. If she ?J| kicks, a hinged arm catches the milk stool and lams her over the back.? American Farmer. Made in America. An Englishman, lately arrived in -:SS New York, had accommodations at a third rate hotel, says the Buffalo Times. The landlord and proprietor, j-ij a congenial person who often had to Ho waiter, drew the attention of the 1. Englishman at dinner to some very $ji large and choice potatoes, asking hfm if they were not as fine as any -Jf he had ever seen. . "Dear me no," said he, j"in England we have potatoes as large as your American squash At dessert, when some extra fine jg pears were served, the same claim M was made. Hie landlord said nothing, but was angry enough, and was ys planning to get even. He hunted ,,^?j around town until he secured a few dozen snapping turtles. During the absence of the Englishman, he entered his room and put the turtles be-, "'im tween the sheets, arranging the bed ? as before. Soon the Englishman re- - M turned and went to his room. In about five minutes he came rushing down stairs, yelling at the top ef his ., <$ voice: "Take 'em off! Take 'em off! What are they?" All in one breath. rm . Li -1: : 4.^ ine turtles were ciinuiug w mm , at intervals from head to foot. The landlord eyed him calmly for a few minutes and then said: "Have you never seen any before? Why, :V those are American bedbugs. Can you beat them in England?" Good for the Richland dispensaryboard. Its prohibition of dispensers taking any part in politics on pain of losing their places is the right thin^. The law is silent on that point, and it. will probably be amended, but it is v gratifying that the Richland board has taken the lead independently* / J Liquor and politics make the meanest possible blend.?The State. - 1 ;gjk