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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1907 One Dollar a Year |||i
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Lexington county dispensary
board has been selling beer in Columbia,
but it will now be stopped,
as Attorney General Lyon says such
* sales are illegal.
An election on the dispensary question
will not be held in Aiken county,
as the petitions asking for the election
did not contain the required
numoeroi signatures.
An election on the dispensary question
cannot be held in Colleton county
> 1 this year, as the petitions were filed
with the county supervisor on the
first day of May, which was one day
too late.
James Drenna, a young white man,
telephone lineman, was drowned in
the canal at Columbia last Saturday.
He attempted to swim out to some
- ' ;? boats anchored in the middle of the
' \ stream and was caught in the current
and his body carried under the locks.
A half witted negro woman named
t>. Kate Betsill, died in Union county
I recently, and soon afterwards rumors
got abroad that she had been killed
4 by a negro man. The body was taken
up and an inquest held, the jury
> saying that a negro named Charlie
J Briggs caused her death.
' , Judge Wm. H. Brawley, in the
. United States Court at Charleston
last week. decided, that contracts
Ifer farm labor were unconstitutional.
This strikes a heavy blow at the farming
interests of the State,, and will
upset conditions materially. No
firmer will want to start a crop to
have his labor go somewhere else for
a little more mopey in the middle of
* the summer. It is likely that the
|| case will be appealed.
W. H. Ruff, Jr., of Ridge way,
': formerly teller in a bank in that
town, was arrested in Columbia last
week. Young Ruff was short in his
||v accounts, and his father agreed to
pay the shortage and stop prosecu.
lion. Qias. E. Lamb, who was
running a "bucket shop" at Ridgel
way at the time of young Ruff's de}
falcation, claims to have lost $4,300
?4 and says he has never been paid. He
i therefore had Ruff arrested.
Magistrate W. T. Wiggin, of BeauKr*.'
fort, was acquitted last week on the
charge of killing a negro in that town
a few months ago. Mr. Wiggin was
W: v on duty as special policeman, and the
negro approached him at night and
| cursed him, paying no attention to
| ^the warnings to keep off, when WigSp
gm shot him. The negro was drunk
Elf: and in an ugly mood earlier in the
Ife-'J". . night, and he apparently wanted to
% show that he could go through the
| fire lines.
i Arthur Davis, a negro, shot and 1
killed Clarence Gist, a white man, at
I Carlisle, Union county, last Thursday
ni^ht. Davis was rowdy at a
negro baseball game during the af.
ternoon and was arrested by Gist :
^ and put in the guard house. Later
, be was' released on bond, and that <
night he waylaid Gist near the deS'
pot and killed him instantly. Davis i
, attempted to escape but was captured
several miles away early next
rhorning. Three other negroes were
also arrested as accessories to the ;
i ; murder. All have been put in
Sv i"'.' -tail of TIninn
f
Two Remarkable Newspapers.
It is stated that there was a newsfiPjp
paper published in Madrid called the
Luminaria, whose ink contained a
"!;X small percentage of phosphorus, so
vv that the letters were visible in the
y dark. No doubt that sheet cast much
V light on many questions of the day.
There usecUto be another paper at
? one time named the Regal, printed
with an ink guaranteed non-poisonous
on the sheets of dough. After
J* reading all the articles in the journal
T the reader could literally devour it.
There was a sheet that was food for
thought sure enough. There was
/nourishment for mind and body.
Once they got out a special edition,
J and had jam filling between the
sheets. The jam could be licked off
try the subscribers, the news beneath
read and then the whole eaten. :
Whenever the employees of the pa.
per were on their uppers, they would
:c- just eat the leftover copies of the
? ^ paper. They were a trifle stale, but
' Tiist as nutritious as ever.?Raleigh
5 ? -fTimes.
S& ' 4? not with our
editorial brethren, but s6me of them
magnify small affairs and very unimportant
and beyond all reason. A
very common family, with bad manners
and worse habits, does something
of a vicious nature and they
i are paraded before the public as
."highly respectable," "belonging to
/ . first circles," and the like, and whole
columns are given to them. These
highly respectable people are often
vicious, impure people with debased
characters.?Carolina Spartan.
?Of all the fruits there are in the land,
That grow on bush or tree,
> i 1 would give up the choicest ones
For Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
H. F. Hoover.
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WHITE MAN IN TROUBLE.
W m. P. Lovett, a Mill Operative is in
Jail on Serious Charges.
There is a white man in the county
jail here by the name of William P.
Lovett who is under arrest under
the double charge of seduction and
bigamy. The case has been brought
against him by the Georgia authori ties
and they are expected to arrive
here to-day (Wednesday) with the
necessary papers to carry him back
to Greensboro, Ga.
Lovett's story is about as follows:
While in Greensboro he was boss of
the spinning room in a cotton mill
there, and while so employed he
married a daughter of a'Mr. Dillard,
who told him she was 18 vears old.
and she told the minister who married
them the same thing. But wh?n he
had left Greensboro and was en route
to South Carolina, he was arrested at
Augusta, but later released, and then
arrested at Aiken. He said that he
was willing to go as he felt sure that
he would be cleared oij all charges,
and as it turned out later the case
was thrown out. After the case had j
been thrown out, he was advised by
his counsel that in the eyes of the law
he was not a married man. When he
had arrived at Orangeburg and had
accepted the place of boss of the
spinning room, he was advised by the
president to get married and he did
so, with the belief that he was not a
married man. Then he came to Bamberg
where he held a similar position
in the mill about ten days, that is up
to the time he was arrested.
According to all of the mill authorities,
Lovettmade a good workman,
and seemed to conduct himself in a
quiet orderly way. What will be the
outcome of the case is a mere matter
of conjecture, and Lovett does not
seem to be worying about the consermpnPAs.
Hp is a vonnv man of verv
good appearance, medium height and
seems to possess only a fair education.
Onr New York Letter.
It is said of Pope Pius that when
the conclave to elect went to Rome
he was the only one who bought a
return ticket; all the others, expecting
to be made Pope, paid a single
fare so as to remain. Pope Pius
was the only one elected. It is so in
churchr, politics, business?the mantle
is apt to fall on the one least expecting
it, the one making the least
effort, the one altogether indifferent.
This thought Is suggested by the
study of those on the top rungs of
the ladder in a great city. In early
life, even now, the question often occurs
to the mind, liow did he get
there over others? It is rather an
old saying "labo* has sure reward,"
but if big success is meant the truth
is verified.
Investigation shows that the great
wealth 01 New York city i? in the
hands of persons intellectually, moraly,
physically, not the equals of others
holding less and often next to
nothing. Few among the wealthiest
worked for what they have.
This is not penned to discourage
workers but merely chronicling a
singular state of affairs. It begins
to look as if riches are a punishment,
a burden instead of the fruits of
labor. Rockefeller admits his are
such to him, and Andrew Carnegie,
the canny Scotchman, got his without
much labor on his part and at his
death the millions go to a now eightyear-old
child who has never and
probably never will do a stroke of
work. The Goulds, Vanderbilts all
inheritechtheirs from workers of the
true type, men who lost their health
seeking money, then should have
lost their money seeking health.
Instead they died in the harness and
others reared in luxury and idleness
stepped in and possessed it. In many
cases, notably that of Helen Gould,
the best of use is made of these inherited
fortunes, but in too many, as
the Thaw illustration, useless spendthrifts
get it to not only do others
no good but frequently harm.
A study of human nature, events,
in a city like New York is as interesting
as any a person can engage in.
Conclusions, right ones, though, are
hard to arrive at. Just why so few
people have so much, so many so
little, is a problem, but if peace of
mind, health and happiness are to be
valued it really looks as if the possession
of great wealth is really a
punishment and the lack of it a reward.
Delmonico, the cook who rbse" to
be the millionaire restauraunter, paid
$800 a pair for his pants, $60 a piece
for neck wear, yet he looks no better
and doubtless felt worse than - the
man wearing $3 breeches and half
dollar ties. Yet all such riches. Why?
For 5 cents one can- ride as far and
more comfortably than the multimillionaire
in his $20,000 auto. The
latter is lonely, the former surrounded
on every side by agreeable, entertaining
company. A wise head, if
i+eol-f wnnlH nrp-for anv dav I
1^1 V l?V I V*JV/*A y if VUiU VAVAi
the comforts of the medium class to
those of the wealthiest. Why then
the struggle?
In some future article the writer
hopes to portray the life of a multimillionaire,
the moderate liver, the
poor man, to enable readers of this J
paper to determine which is preferable.
H. W. Finlayson.
450 Broadway.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, May 27.?Mrs. Willie
B. Moore and daughter. Grace, have
gone to Cottageville, S. C., and will
spend several days with relatives.
Messrs. J. W. Padgett and Willie
Moore will go to Anderson to-day to
attend the Grand Lodge, K. of. P.
They expect to have a fine tim6 as
neither of them have been farther
than Columbia. They will enjoy the
hills and rocks, especially walking up
and down them.
Mr. H. Kinard has gone on a
business trip to Charleston.
Oats cutting is in order now and
most of the farmers are making use
of every fair day, as horse food is
scarce and they need the oats for
their stock.
A party enjoyed a fish fry at
HowelPs old mill one day last week.
They had plenty of nice fish and the
way the fish disappeared after being
fried, showed that the crowd was in
good shape for the occasion.
The recent rains and warm*days
have made an improvement on the
little corn and cotton and grass too.
After the rain on Sunday the temperature
dropped, not to zero how- j
ever, but a coat felt comfortable.
Miss Edrie Ehrhart reached home
on last Thursday. She was glad to
get home and take a rest from her
books and duties of Mound Amaena
Female semiary, of Mt. Pleasant, N.
(J.
C. Ehrhardt&Sons are gettirlg out
some large pieces of timber for the
Central Phosphate company, of Beaufort.
The pieces are 18x24in x 22 ft.
Young chickens are in good demand
here. It seems as if the old
hens have found out that there are 4
incubators in town and thus depriving
them of the pleasure of sitting,
so they have put some bad mouth on
the hatches. Some as bad as three
out of one hundred and twenty eggs.
A young couple in this section needs
an almanac. His brother and wife
went to spend Sunday with them
recently, and found the host in the
woods cutting cross ties, and the
hostess in the cotton patch hoeing
cotton. From the amount of work
| done they must have gotten an early
start. When their attention was
called to the day they were ashamed
and said that they did not know it
was Sunday. Jee.
Colston Dots.
Colston, May 27.?The heavy rains
still continue to fall in this section,
the crops are very small and odr
farmers are looking gloomy over the
prospects.
Messrs. B. F. Beard and Hasting
Barns, of Jenny, visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Beard last Sunday.,
Rev. S. P. Chisolm spent Friday
and Saturday at Bamberg.
Misses Bertha All and Essie Sandifer
spent Sunday last at Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Beard's.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Varn attended
the closing exercises at Clear Pond
school house last Friday evening.
Mr. J. W. McMillan ind family
spent Saturday af Olar.
We are glad to note that Mr. G. W.
Beard is out again after an extreme
illness.
Miss Gussie Jennings returned to
Bamberg last Monday after a visit to
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jennings.
Mr. S. E. Neely spent last Friday
at the home of Mr. J. F. Kearse, Jr.
Mr. B. W. Beard has a'ccepted a
position with the Breon Lumber Co.,
of Ulmer,
Mrs. Lucia Sandifer, of the Springtown
section, visited Mr. and Mrs. S.
W. Clayton today. Rex.
Ehrhardt News.
Ehrhardt, May 27.?Miss Edrie
Ehrhardt returned home from Newberry
last Thursday where she has
been attending school.
; Mrs. W. B. Moore and little daughter,
Gracie, went to Hendersonville
last Wednesday to spend a few days
with friends and relatives.
Our school will not close until the
7th of June.
Messrs. J. D. Padgett and W. B.'
Moore will represent the K. of P.
Lodge here at the Grand Lodge
which meets in Anderson next Tuesday.
They left last Sunday, and
will spend Monday in Columbia.
Mr. G. L. Kinard went to Charleston
last Sunday and will return
Tuesday.
C. Ehrhardt & Sons' new gin system
is being rapidly put in place.
From the outlook now the old one
could have ginned the crop on half
time.
Messrs. Mays and Mould, who have
been here for the last two weeks
making pictures, leave today for
Walterboro.
Miss Lucia Copeland spent last
Thursday night with Miss Minnie
Owens.
Mr. J. M. Dannelly returned from
Bayard, Fla., last Wednesday.
Rev. S. P. Chisolm, of Colston, was
in town last Friday.
Clarence Moore.
Ehrdhardt Graded School.
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Olar News.
Editor Herald:?It has been said
that frogs croak, and farmers
growl, both are busy. Crops small,
poor stands, too wet for fishing and
so it goes. Two weeks ago we had
a flood that sent crops to nowhere.
Each farmer trying to tell the biggest
tale, and some huge ones were told;
all were in the dumps over the situation
except one little darkey boy.
As soon as possible, all went to work
and this little black in mud trying
to hoe some stunned, half dead cotton-,
and grassy as you please, was
singing to the top of his voice:
"I loves my darling," yes I do,
I loves my darling, bet I do,
I loves my darling, Oh I do.
T'an J-f mu Horlin lnvpfi mp
X OC WU11UCU XX tllj UWM? >v.v~ ....
too.
Walking over the fields I came up
behind him not seen by him, and I
called out in a loud voice: "No, she
don't." The little fellow jumped
about two feet high, turned around,
saw me, and showing his white teeth
said in a surprised tone, "Sir." After
a pleasant word with him I
passed on, and thought that boy was
a true philosopher, and tried to view
the situation in a more cheerful way.
Mr. Verdier quietly passed away
on Saturday, and was laid to rest in
the family burying ground on Sunday
morning. Peace to his ashes.
Some of the young1 folks expect to
attend the Barnwelr ball tonight, so
I have been informed. Guess they
Will have a delightful time.
Hope the picnic on Friday next
at theOlar High scool will be a success.
With best wishes to the editor
and his paper. Far Back.
Olar, S. C., May 27.
Country Correspondence. .
More rain, more grass, is the
farmers cry. Heavy rains fell here
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Saturday ana sunaay. xne iarmers
have begun to harvest their oat crop,
but the wet weather has hindered
them somewhat.
| Mrs. J. W. Hill's mother, Mrs.
McMillan, has returned to her home
at Ehrhardt, after spending two,
weeks in our midst.
Mr. David Hughes, who has been
iin Florida for several months, returned
home last Thursday. Even
in "the land of flowers, there's no
i place like home." He is in bed with
fever.
Miss Alma Sandifer has returned
home from the Southern Baptist
Convention in Richmond.
I Mi?g Minmfe Ayer, is at home from
the S. C. C. I. for vacation season.
| There has been a little chill and
l fever in our midst. Think all are
convalescent now.
This is the season for blue ribbons
organdie dresses, essays, "sheep
skins," and medals, and we think
we might add, reunions.
How many girls and boys looks forward
to going home? They have
fomed many acquaintances and a
number of friends, who will ever
be true and tender to their memory,
they have fought the battle
and won the victory, by receiving
a piece of white paper tied with
long ribbons, and for some extra
duty they have won a piece of
gold or silver, etc., both delivered
in beautiful and appropriate
words. They have an unspeakable
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fondness ior toeir teacners, ana aeep
down in their hearts they have a
longing for someone else, but all of
jit fades when compared to "going
home." when they can enjoy the
scenes of frolicsome childhood, even
if mother introduces bake-ology,
stew-ology, fry-ology, etc., along
withyour other ologies. We hope
the teachers and pupils a pleasant
and profitable vacation.
Miss Gertrude Oxner, who has
been teaching at Clear Pond, return-^
ed to her home in Leesville Monday'
morning. Two contests were held
at the closing exercises of her school
Friday evening. The subjects were
whiskey and cigarettes. The writer
was unable to attend but heard it
was interesting to hear the young
minds waxing eloquent on their subjects.
Two medals were awarded,
one to Miss Llyn Walker and the
other to little Frankie Ayer. Rev.
T. L. Belvin, Messrs. Willie Hiers
and David Smoak being the judges.
The Lees Graded school will give
its closing exercises Wednesday and
Thurday, May 29th and 30th.
. Arrayed in Homespun.
Asheville, N.C., May 20.-In order
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to encourage and revive tne almost
lost art of hand weaving among the
mountain women of the Blue Ridge
mountains, Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt
has taken to wearing homespun.
Mrs. Vanderbilt appeared in Asheville
a few days ago in a yellow homespun
gown. It started a fad for homespun
among the women of the town and
has resulted in just what Mrs. Vanderbilt
has wished it to result ingood
business for the women of the
mountains.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's gown cost her
$25. Yesterday she placed it on exhibition
at Biltmore among the Biltmore
estate exhibits to go to the
Jamestown exposition.
Artists have no trouble in securing
models. The famous beauties have
discarded corsets and have become models
in face and form since taking Hollister's
Rocky Mountain tea. 35 cents
tea or tablets. H. P. Hoover.
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CARLISLE FITTING SCHOOL.
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCE.
MENT EXERCISES HELD.
Celebration of Literary Societies?Annual
Sermon?Literary Address.
Graduating Exercises.
This week marked the close of fifteen
years of work for the Carlisle
Fitting school in this city. This institution,
founded by the generosity
of the people of Bamberg of all denominations,
has always had a warm
place in their hearts. The school has
always been conducted on conservative
lines. It does not claim to be a college,
and has not put forth extravagant
claims, but is willing to be
judged by the young men and young
women who go forth with its dinliwioi"
Tlio forttil+w Viae alnrovo Koon
piumao* xavui i/j nuu u& T? MJ hj MVVU
a strong one, christian men, who
have left the impress of their personalities
upon the young lives who
have gone out from the institution.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
The annual celebration of the Kilgo
and Sheridan literary societies was
held. Prof. W. D. Roberts, first assistant
and instructor in English and
history, was the presiding officer.
The following students acted as marshals:
Eugene H. Ackerman, William
H. Fender, Chas. A. Smith, Isaac
S. Anderson, "Meredith R. Wolling.
The exercises were held in the school
chapel, and there was a large crowd
present, notwithstanding the heavy
rain. The program was as follows:
Music, "Defile March," Miss Annie
Laurie Rice.
Prayer, Rev. Pierce F. Kilgo.
Music, "Water Sprite," Miss Flossie
Murdaugh.
Declamation, "Americanism," Jno.
W. Bell.
Reading, "Briar Rose," Miss Mildred
Kearse.
Music, "Overture de fra diavolo,"
Misses Carter, Dukes, Herren and
Muller.
Declamation "Oration on Humboldt,"
Ernest L. Hiers. .
Reading, "The Coming out of Miss
Commings," Miss Janie Belle Sanders.
Music, "Dorothy," Miss Lousie
Risher.
Music, "Song Without Words,"
Miss Louise Folk.
_ Declamation, "The New South,"
Kichtfrd B. Spell.
Reading, "A Set of Turquoise,"
Miss Pritchard Shuler. Music,
"Fantasies from Tdnnhauser,"
Misses Rentz and Murdaugh.
Debate: Resolved, "That it would
be to the best interest of the South
to organize an aggressive Republican
party within her borders." Affirmative,
Rhett H. Ott, Clyde E. Yongue.
Negative, Richard G. Addison
Joseph Murray.
Music, "Charge of the Uhlans,"
Master Pinckney Bellinger.
Music, "Tripping Over the Lawn"
Misses Lehlin McCown, Lizzie Smith,
Carrie Smoak.
Music, "Troisieme Ballad," Miss
Elise Rentz.
The music was all of a high order
and was well rendered, reflecting
much credit on the musical department
of the school. The declamations,
readings, and the speeches in
the debate were well prepared and
delivered well, all showing thorough
training of the students.
The declaimer's medal was won by
Miss Mildred Kearse, and was presented
to her by Rev. Peter Stokes.
Thexjudges in this contest were: Rev.
Peter Stokes, Dr, J. B. Black, and
Dr. V. W. Brabham.
The debater's contest was decided
by J. F. Carter, Esq., Jno. R. Bellinger,
Esq., and M. William Brabham.
The medal was won by Joseph
Murray, and- was presented to him
by J. F. Carter; Esq.
Thic^lnopH the evening's exercises.
after which an .informal reception
was held.
SUNDAY MORNING.
The annual sermon was preached
in the Methodist church by Rev.
Pierce F. Kilgo, pastor of Washington
street Methodist church, Columbia.
The Baptist church was closed on account
of this service, and that congregation
worshiped at the Methodist
church both morning and evening.
A large crowd was present,
both the main auditorium and the
Sunday schopl room being crowded.
The speaker took the life of Joseph
as the basis of his remarks, and emphasized
the importance of faith in
God as a foundation for character
building. False pride and mock humility
were to be availed, but the
world never respected a young man
who had no self-respect. The lesson
of humanity must be learned. The
experiences of Joseph were but a
training school to fit him for the
high position he was later to occupy,
and.no man was truly great who
could not sympathize with and appreciate
the sorrows and trials of
others. Special music was render
ed by a large choir.
At night the sermon before the Y.
M. C. A. of the school was preached
by Rev. Jas. W. Kilgo, presiding elder
of the Oranflreburer district.
Monday morning at the chapel of
the school Dr. Arthur B. Cook, of
Wofford college, delivered the an
nual literary address before the two
societies. His theme was a well
known one, that of the Holy Grail,
but it was treated with the hand of
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a master who clothed his thoughts
in rarest words of truth and idealism.
Ideals and things idealistic were
the speaker's thoughts. He made
an eloquent and earnest plea for the v
young men and women to hold their
visions fast and not allow this age of . ' 08a
things materialistic drag them down
into the quagmire of selfishness and
pleasure. The speaker is a man with
wide experience and a mine of deep .
thoughts. While no age has ever
been more directly opposed to the
ideals which Dr. Cook pleaded for,
still as he said there has never been
a time which needed that very sort "fm
of man more than today. Wofford
college has sent a number of speakers
here, but never has a more elo- ?
quent or interesting speaker come $1|
from there or elsewhere than Dr. '
Cook.
Monday evening the final exer- ,
cises of the commencement were
held, the program consisting of numberg,
by the graduating class. The - :M
essays, reading? and declamations V||?
nrawi oil /vf a ViirrK nlaco ond Timufld ' ' ,!5i
nviv (ui vx u rngii vmw lum ^xww
to be interesting and instructive.
The following were the subjects of . :;3|
the several members of the class:
Reading, "Spanish Gypsy," Miss Wi
Ida Muller. .vj|
Oration, "Immigration to The fS|
South," Simms Fender.
Essay, "The Duty of Happiness," - |ij|
Miss Lucile Lightsey.
Reading, "The Painter of Seville," , UaB
Miss Annie Laurie Rice. '%
Oration, "The Panama Canal?
What it Means to the United States," ;^ja
John Huffman.
Class History, Miss Elise Rentz. -T
Reading, "Guinevere," Miss Katie 30
Oration, "Unknown Heroes of
History," Eugene Stokes.
Class Prophesy, Miss Adrienne
Padgett. -M
The medal for the highest record ^3
in schorlarship was very hotly contested
for, there being three who |!L;
made marks for the entire year ^
which were close together. Miss ',;$?
Edna Chitty made a general average : yJml
of95f, Miss Annie Laurie Rice an . rg| ."
average of 95?, and Miss Florine :
Khoad an average 01 y4
The certificates of graduation were
given to the following: MiSses Ids .JI
Muller, Lucile Lightsey, Annie Laurie
Rice, Katie Carter, Adrieime Pad- .-f|S
gett, Beulah Dukes, Lizzie Hand, 3jl
Florine Rhoad, Lizzie Rhoad, Essie ^
Smith, Messrs. Simms Fender, John "im\
Huffman, Eugene Stokes. Music
was rendered at intervals
and some very high class selections >31
were heard. Especially should the
playing of Miss Elise Rentz be men- ?
tioned. Miss Rentz is a musician of
no mean order, and she gives great
promise in that direction. Her rendition
of the Hungarian Rhapsody ^' 19
was especially good.
After the exercises were closed
Rev J. W. Kilgo made a short announcement
~ in behalf of the Board
of Control. He announced the re- -|5
election of all the teachers, but ^ '3
stated that the board had been oblig- , fi
ed to accept the resignation of Prof.
W. D. Roberts, who has seryed the
school so well for two years as professor
of English and history. This
announcement will cause much regret
in Bamberg and the surround- ^
ing country, for during Mr. Roberts'
stay here he has- made many friends
and admirers. He has been a great
addition to the town in many ways.
He has not fully decided where he
will go, but he will have* the good
wishes of his Bamberg friends whereever
he may cast his lot,
Mr. Kilgo also announced that the
school had experienced a successful
year, and that it had been decided to.
recommend that another year be
added to the course. With this ad- /
dition the Carlisle Fitting school will
be able to extend its already high j|
grade of scholarship.
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An old negro was recently brought ' c|
before a justice in Mobile. It seemed
that Uncle Mose had fallen foul of a
bulldog while in the act of entering
the henhouse of the dog's owner.
"Look here, Uncle Mose," the justice
said, informally, "didn't I give
you ten days last month for this same
thing! Same henhouse you were trying
to get into. What have you got . \ ]
to say for yourself?"
Uncle Mose scratched his head.
"Mars Willyum, yo' sent me ter de
chain gang fer trying ter steal some
chickens, didn't ye?"
' 'Yes that was the charge." . '?
"An' don't de law say yo' can't be
charged twice wid he same 'fense?"
"That no man shall be twice placed
in jeopardy for the identical act,yes."
"Den, sah, yo' des hab ter let me I
go, sah. Ah war after desame chickens,
sah." %
H. F. Hoover sells Longman & Martinez
L. & M. Paints in pints and quarts
at half-gallon price.
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JVlluui viusiugt
The patrons and friends of the
Olar graded school are cordially invited
to attend the closing exercises
on Friday, May the 31st. Dinner Q
will be served on the grounds and all
will be expected to bring well filled *
baskets. We expect Mr. J. F. Carter
to make an address, besides there
will be other exercises.
Wm. M. Oxner, Principal. ,
Olar, S. C., May 20,1907.
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