Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5tye JJamforg i$?ratfi ' J Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1907 One Dollar a Year f IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men an0 Happenings. The Richland county grand jury t found "no bill" against Wolfe, the dispenser who was short in his accounts. His friends paid up the shortV age. The annual meeting of the South Carolina Woman's Foreign Missionary conference of the Methodist church is being held in Laurens this f week. T. B. Teal, manager of the Bannockburn Lumber company of Florence county, fell into a hot water vat at the lumber mill on Thursday , and was so badly scalded that he died > next day. Judge J. S. Vossier of New Orleans, La., fell from a Southern train near Lesley on Wednesday and was killed. He was a Confederate veteran, and i ? wAimiAn of | was returning ii urn uic i cuuivii ?v V Richmond, Va. The union'passenger station at Newberry was robbed Sunday night of $131. Entrance was obtained through a window. The thief was evidently in a hurry, as he left $35 in the drawer. John Richardson, a negro who climbed into the room of two young ladies in Columbia by means of a lad's dor in March, was convicted on Tuesday of attempted assault and was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary. Christon and Bertha Harmon were convicted of manslaughter at Abbeville on Thursday for the killing of J. E. Willis at McCormick on the 26th of last October. This is the second trial, the first having resulted in a> mistrial. In Columbia a few months ago . John Jacobs, a negro, killed his wife and a negro man named John Johnson. He went home one night and found tie couple in bed together. Jacob6 crushed the skulls of both with & 4 hatchet. He was tried for the crime in Columbia last week and acquitted, the jury giving him the advantage of the "unwritten law." m Negro Boy Burned fo Death. Newberry, June 6.?Henry Farrow, a negro boy on Josh Davenport's place, about four miles from town, was burned to death one day this week in a rather Deculiar manner. Hie boy was about four years old. and his mother, who was working in ? the field near her home, called to him to bring her a,chunk of fire that she might light her pipe. He started out with the fire and in going to his j l mother had to pass through a ravine which cut off her view of him. While - in this ravine she heard his screams and ran to him. In some way his clothing had caught fire from the | chunk of fire which he was carrying to his mother. He was so badly burned that he died two or three hours afterward. ?v.' * " ? Sam Jones' Sayings. A man may go to hell from the sacrament table. God pity a Methodist the devil has got into the woods running a sawmill instead of a passenger engine a ? mile a'minute. jp s If you can't follow a creed it's got no legs. You have got to tote it. I am sorry for a woman who will sit and listen to gossip about her husC band. Religion don't help a fellow to quit his meanness, but it helps him tq stay quit. -X: God can't elect a man unless he is a candidate. The biggest fool in the world is the woman who will act as a barkeeper for her husband. I am sorry for a fellow who's got nothing but money, for when that's out, he's out. I've got as much respect for those fellows with striped clothes as I have for you who hop around at every . tap of the devil's drum. I have seen men converted from th* barroom and from evervthinsr else,, but never, never have I seen a man converted from a club. I never saw a first class billiard plaver that was worth the powder ana lead to kill him. What is a town woman but a coun> try woman with Sunday clothes on? Physicians' Errors. Few persons realize that there are 24 different kinds of alcohol. About all the average man knows is "alcohol." He walks into a drug store and asks for a quart. The druggist, too often, alas, without asking what kind, wraps up a bottle of wood spirit, a poison, as we learned only a little while ago, obtained in the destructive distillation of wood. Physicians are notoriously careless in prescribing alcohol. One of the great surgeons of ^ew York told a mother to bathe her crippled boy with a sponge soaked in alcohol. At the end of the year the poor little fellow was on his last legs. In utter ignorance, v the mother had been using methyl \ alcohol (wood spirit) all the time, and S the child was poisoned.?New York * Press. PETITION FOR COMPANIES. Mustering out of Bamberg and Bennettsvilhe is Protested. Since the announcement was made that the military companies at Bennettsville and Bamberg would be mustered out by the adjutant general, because of their showing at the last annual inspections and the lack of property records, Gen. Boyd has received a number of letters from parties in both towns, requesting the maintenance of these companies. Gen. Boyd said yesterday that under no circumstances would he maintain the two organizations as, under the law, they had failed to come up to the requirements. Gen. Boyd also said that there was very little interest being taken in the larger towns and cities for the militia and, as a result of the report by Col. Brock, his assistant, there may be other com yi panies put out of commission.?Columbia State. Our New York Letter. In conversation on the train a few days ago with a wholesale grocer of Italian birth, discussing the rush of life in New York City and the little time and interest the inhabitants take in current events, he remarked: "All you do is ah read a newspaper and go where you got to go/' It expressed it so well, your correspondent reproduces. To a nonresident New Yorkers appear rough, uncouth in their manners, abrupt in replies, discourteous in deportment at times. The dense population here makes it necessary to take "short cuts" even in words, and he or she who does not do so will lag behind. People run over others, push, crowd, elbow, not because they want to, but to keep from being run over themselves. An idler, loafer has no use for data; the busy man has, especially if he is engaged in furnishing reading for the papers, and this data must be grabbed on the go. One must be open eared, wide eyed, quick to recognize a piece of news and use it. The people as a rule do as the Italian said, attend to affairs at a break-neck speed, "read ah newspaper and go where they got to go. " Ai.Awr ciflo Aon Kn coon ovi. VII CVClJf OIU^ uui ha^ kjvvil vv? dences of vacant mind and bad bribing up, yet some of the best behaved and brainiest people in the world are to be found here. As a rule the people are a one idea race, they concentrate all their energies and powers on one single thing, become expert on it and ignorant of all else in the land. Southerners, generally speaking, possess an all round information; with Northerners it is different. Meet a man South conversation takes a wide range, interesting to both parties, meet one here it must be that one's specialty or the discussion will be tiresome. Oh, how Southerners resident here, and there are 500,000, like to greet each other and /'chin" a while of pleasures of the past, peculiarities of the present. Scores of people, men and women, write your correspondent for advice of employment, business, investment in New York. At this time the most inviting thing is lots in the suburban section?40,000 new houses are being built and 100,000 will follow. The people are going to get out of the cramped city quarters. The new transportation facilities now nearing completion bring these suburban sections within easy reach. Lots are being sold $225 up, $5 cash, $5 monthly, and people all over the United States are buying. These lots will double, treble, quadruple in value. This has been the history of such in the city, and will be of the new sec T j A 1 _ Al ? J Hons, in event 01 aeam, iree uet*u> are given. Out there to select two for two persons, who had written me to do so, I was astonished at the crowds buying and the improvements going on. The excitement resembles the Klonkyke fever, only this is lasting, permanent. H. W. Finlayson. 450 Broadway. Won Out. It was the third regular meeting of the Ananias club, says the Milwaukee Sentinel. The leather medal to be given to the best liar was still in the glass case. The president rapped for order. "Fellow liars," he began, "we will now have the pleasure of listening to Josiah Tomkins, alderman from the unteenth ward." "Gentlemen," he said, "once upon a time there was an alderman who had made a vast fortune through bribery. He lived to a ripe old age, and none susnected the source of his great wealth. One day his conscience began to trouble him, so much in fact, that he refunded every bribe he had accepted and made a full confession to the authorities. Then " "Gentlemen," yelled the president, in the midst of a great commotion, "one word. The committee will kindly present Mr. Tomkins with the leather medal." During the progress of a gambling game down near the oil mill Saturday night Charlie Jones was liberall sprinkled* in the legs with bird shot, the gun being used by Mike Guess. Jones is not hurt much, but Guess has left town. All parties are negroes. ? ' COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 10.?A high wind in this section last Wednesday afternoon made us all feel uneasy and ready to run if given a chance. The wind handled trees, limbs,, and even car boxes as if they were not in its way. Some small fields had as many as four hundred small pines felled in them, literally covering the ground with them. Judge J. C. Copeland was busy holding inquests over them Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Fencing was badly torn up and the crop injured by the trees, where there were many standing. . Messrs. W. P. Pate, Frank Hiers, and Willie Hucrhes spent Sunday in Charleston.' Pleasure bent they say. The school picnic was very quiet Saturday in Ehrhardt's grove. One or two good speeches; think all who attended had a good time and plenty to eat. Ehrhardt town election on the 4th of June resulted in electing Isaac D. Copeland, intendant; Conrad Hartz, W. L. Mitchum, Joe S. Dannelly, and Charlie Kinsey, wardens. Conrad Hartz is clerk and W. L. Mitchum treasurer. Mr. J. D. Dannelly came in Saturday on a visit from Bayard, Fla. He and his wife will return on Tuesday: Mr. Wayne Copeland, who has been trying his fortune in the land of flowers, came home Saturday. Says it will have to be colder weather when he returns if he ever returns to his work in Florida. Miss Ned Ehrhardt came home last week from Columbia, where she has been attending school. . Jee. Ehrhardt News. EkRHARDT, June 10.?There wa& not a very large crowd at our school picnic last Saturday, but the day was enjoyed by those who were there. Rev. P. E. Monroe made a most excellent speech, and Mr. Jones made a report of work done during the past session. The cobweb prize, a gold badge, was won by Eddie Rentz, and the writing prize was won by Sidney Padgett. The graduating class consisted of Eddie Wilson Rentz and Harry Earle Copeland. Those who attended the lecture in Dannelly's hall'Saturday night say it was worth the money. The entertainment will be repeated at Jenny's next Saturday night. The result of town election last Tuesday is as follows: I. D. Copeland, intendant; W. L. Mitchum, C. E. Kinsey, Conrad Hartz, and Joe S. Dannelly, wardens. Rev. P. E. Monroe and family attended a fish fry at Mr. Jones Williams's last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rentz spent Saturday night and Sunday with the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Chassereau and Miss Lizzie Kinard spent last Sundayjwith the family of Mr. Howard Folk. Our section was visited by a severe storm last Wednesday evening. Considerable damage was done by blowing down fences and dead trees in the fields. Mrs. Jones Lane and Miss Jo-Ella Padgett spent last week with their father. Mr. Perry Padgett. Mr. Lane came for them Sunday. A very hard rain fell in this commnnitv last. Sundav afternoon. This will give the grass two days the start. Mr. Jacob Carter was in town last Friday afternoon. Dr. Kinsey's little daughter, Pauline, is visiting her brother, Mr. C. E. Kinsey, Jr. Mr. Jessie Jones and little daughter, Maggie, spent last Sunday with the family of Mr. J. F. Copeland. Mrs. Ed Kirkland, of Olar, was here at the picnic Saturday. Mr. J. D. Dannelly returned home from Florida a few days last week. Mr. Ernest Hiers visited Mr. Geo. Folk last Saturday night. Mrs. H. C. Kirkland and little son, Wallace, spent last Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. W. E. Sease. The school desires to thank Mr. Conrad Ehrhardt for kindly furnishing lumber for the picnic table last, Saturday. ~ > Rev. P. E. Monroe preached a very instructive sermon at the Lutheran church last Sunday afternoon. A mass meeting of patrons of the school is advertised for June 22nd. E. W. Rentz. Ehrhardt graded school. Dots From Smoaks. Smoaks, June 10.?We have been having very nice weather for the last week, and crops have come out ?,rv?-ic^rJor>oVilir f?nmo farmprc nrp lav WliOlU^lUK/lJ ?^V*41V AVM 4A.VA W W --"V ing by corn. Miss Leila Padgett, of this section, who has been attending the Cokesbury conference school, has returned home for vacation. You can't tell a woman's age after she takes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Her complexion is fine. She is round, plump, and handsome; in fact she is young again. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hoover. RACING TRAIN KILLS NEGRO. Fatally Injured While Crossing Track at Clinton. Clinton, June 10.?Abe Jackson, a negro, was struck by the Seaboard Air Line train yesterday about 2:30 o'clock and died from his injuries about 4 o'clock. The train was racing with the C. N. & L. train No. 53. The negro was crossing the track when he saw one approaching. As he stepped out of the way of it the other struck him. At the coroner's inquest to-day it was brought out Via \i7oc cnmpwhat rteaf. After U1UV A1V TTMM MVAAAV TV ?? ? considering all testimony the jury acquitted the railroad of all blame. Oil Hill Management. Mr. P. J. Quattlebaum, who managed the Denmark plant of the Cotton Oil Company last year, has been selected as manager of both the Bamberg and Denmark mills for the coming year. He will make this city headquarters however, and will move his family here at once. He has rented the T. S. Rice residence on North street. Mr. J. B. Watkins, formerly of this State, but who has been assistant superintendent of a large plant in Mississippi for several years past, has been selected as superintendent of the Bamberg mill. He arrived Monday and will assume his duties at once. Oar Military Company. ' Adjutant and Inspector General Boyd was in the city last Thursday for the purpose of checking up the rifles and other property of the Bamberg Guards and to see what arrangements were, being made to i.oAi.i*oni'7a fVio nnmnanv TTi? trin i^Vl^OiJllliUV' WiV V* ?0 was a most satisfactory one. Thursday evening a meeting of the reorganized company was held at the armory, at which addresses were made by Gen. Boyd, Col. John F. Folk, now captain of the company, Mr. C. C. Rowell, and Senator J. B. Black. General Boyd has consented to a reorganization of the company, but it cannot participate in the appropriation ,this year, as the showing made at the last annual inspection was not up to the standard. He has been assured, however, by the new officers that the reorganized company proposes to be really and truly a military company, therefore it will be tried for the coming year. If it does not make a creditable showing at the next annnal inspection, it will be disbanded. The matter now rests with the members of the command and our citizens generally. If we are in earnest in wanting a military organization, we can have it, but everything depends on the interest shown by the officers, enlisted men, and the public at large. Lion Attacks its Keeper. "Dewey," who was born in captivitv and alwavs looked UDOn DV his keepers as a harmless lion, leaped across his cage last eight at James Coyle, one of the keepers, put "his hand on the bars, and, grabbing hold of the- man's right arm, tore it in three places and bit off one of the fingers. Coyle managed to free himself from the lion's grasp, and fell to the floor, unconscious. He was afterwards removed to the Presbyterian Hospital, where his wounds were dressed. The accident occurred after the lion house had been closed for the night, and while Coyle was cleaning up the cages. In the next cage to that in which "Dewey" was kept was "Bose," a lioness asleep when Coyle started to work. As he reached down to pick up a cloth he had dropped, he put his right hand on one of the bars of the cage, not thinking of any danger. In an instant "Dewey" leaped and grabbed his hand. The lion's teeth tightly clutched Coyle's first finger and then the brute tried to pull the keeper into the cage. Bracing itself with the left foreleg against the bars of the cage, the lion, with its right claw, started to tear the keeper's arm. Finally with a pull Coyle managed to free himself, but the first finger of his right hand, in which the lion had his teeth, was torn off.?New .York American. Knights of Pythias. All' 1111/ClCSllJlg UlCCbliig Ui berg lodge, Knights of Pythias, was held Monday evening. There was a good attentance of the members, and the rank of Knight was conferred upon Mr. E. F. Free. It was decided not to attempt to present the play, "Damon and Pythias," on account of inability to secure actors for the various parts. Dr. J. B. Black and A. W. Knight, delegates to the recent session of the grand lodge in Anderson, gave an account of the proceedings of the body and the delightful hospitality of that city. Chancellor Commander J. F. Carter, H. C. Folk, and A. W. Knight were appointed a committee to consider the advisability of purchasing one or more electric fans for use of the lodge at its meetings. No doubt electric fans in the hall would result in a larger attendance of the brethren. Watson-Felder. Monday morning at 7i30 o'clock Bamberg gave to a Greenwood groom j one of its richest gifts, when Mr. < Alpheus M. Watson was married to . Miss Mabel Felder. The home of the 1 bride's parents, Mr. and Mr. J. D. < Felder, was the scene of the cere- j mony, and there in the quiet morning < hour when the world was yet scarce i awake, the family and relatives and . a few near friends, gathered to wit- j ness one of the prettiest home wed- < dings which has taken place here in j many a day. The always attractive ] bride looked beautiful on her wed ding day, and her winning ways were \ all the more so in that glad hour. A i very becoming suit of . navy blue ] ?ii '?.1. x?i?3 _;n. 3 4? VOlie Willi LUC1S.CU sun. <U1U ti liuiiiiiigo | of braid tastily arranged, made up < the bridal robe, and then with a , bouquet of ever beautiful bride's i roses in her arms, truly she looked i her best. Preceding the bridal couple, as Mrs. Frederick W. Free played . Mendelssohn's march, little Miss Eliz- . abeth Inabinet led the way into the ] festal bower, where Rev. A. J. Foster of the Baptist church was in waiting i and where after a brief pause the j ceremony of that church was per- 1 formed. And in that glad hour the ] birds chirped sweetly, and all nature seemed to echo the wishes for continual happiness which were delved deep down in the hearts of every one present. The groom was attended by his friend, Mr. Thaddeus W. Coleman, ' of Whitmire. ; i Soon after the ceremony the bridal . pair were driven to the depot where j they boarded the train for Green- i wood. After a short stay in that i city with the mother of the groom, ' Mr. and Mrs. Watson will go to their future home in ^Vhitmire, where Mr. Watson is held in high esteem by his j associates in the world of bustling finance and commerce. He carries ' with him the very best wishes for happiness which this town can bestow, for he has carried away one of 1 our rarest flowers, one who will be 1 always held in remembrance as a Bamberg girl although she has cast ( her lot in other realms than our j own. Although there were no invi- J tations sent out many handsome and useful presents were bestowed on 1 the young couple. B. Fitting School News. At a meeting of the board of trustees of Wofford College, held in Spartanburg Monday, W. S. Hogan was re-elected Headmaster of the Carlisle Fitting School in this city. It was also decided to establish a military and uniform feature at the school. The following were elected as the local board of control: J. W. Kilgo, presiding elder Orangeburg district; H. J. Brabham, H C. Folk, J. A. Byrd, W. D. Rhoad, Bamberg; J. H. Smith, Smoaks; 0. B. Riley, Advance; D. M.Varn, Weimer. Mr, J. C. Guilds, who was second assistant last year, has been elected first assistant, and Mr. P. S. Connor, of Orangeburg county, was elected second assistant and commandant. ? ^ Mr. uonnor is a grauuacc ui uici South Carolina Military Academy, Charleston. Work on the catalogues is now under way. New cuts of the build ings, society halls, etc., are being made, and it is proposed to issue a handsome catologue. Won the Hopping Bet. Capt. Bragge bet an athlete that he could not hop up a certain long flight of steps two at a time. The athlete took the the bet and made the trial.' But there were41 steps to the flight, and therefore after making 20 hops the man found that he had lost. He paid up, but ac: cused Capt. Bragge of sharp practice. "Sharp practice!" said Bragge indignantly. "Well, I'll make the same bet with you that I can do it." The other, expecting to win his money back, assented. Capt. Bragge then hopped up 40 steps in 20 hops, and, hopping back one, finished in the prescribed manner and won the bet. Picked His Pallbearers. Spartanburg, June 9.?Claud Beechman, a young white man, at midnight Saturday purchased two ounces of laudanum from Maddux's drug store, telling the drug clerk he had toothache. Beechman walked across the street to an all-night res' ? J i.L - i. taurant ana swanowea trie con ten us of the bottle. He said he wanted to kill himself and invited all present to attend his funeral. Out of the crowd he appointed one man as foreman of his pallbearers, requesting him to report to the undertaker's early Sunday morning. Beechman died several hours after drinking the laudanum. Fairfax has voted bonds for $5,000 to erect a new school building. The Brabham bath house is now open for the season. Come and get your bath. ?^ I The medicine that sets the whole world thinking,The remedy on which all doctors agree, The prescription all your friends are taking is ! Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. H. F. Hoover. Carlisle Fitting School. It has been decided to change the nature of the Carlisle Fitting School to the extent of making it a military 3chool. That means that henceforth, the streets of Bamberg will be graced ?n occasion with men in uniforms and buttons of genuine brass. This decision was reached by the board of trustees of Wofford College Monday, after the recommendation of the board of control of the school. Consequently there will be a departure from the usual election of a Wofford man for the position of professor,, and a man with the knowledge of things pertaining to the military im'll Ka oapiircvl A1rP9/lv IomI " board is in correspondence with a vjj good man, one who understands the situation here fully, having been at Hie time a student here, but his election is not certain and no names svill be given out yet. There have been several new names -.M added to the board of control. These are Messrs. W. D. Rhoad, J. H. Smith,. D. M. Varn, and 0. B. Riley. The school now expects to make big strides and now with the new 1 feature added and new blood put on the board, things should be made to literally hum. Reading Off His Drunk. An old actor who was not much given to the cheering glass, sayfc the >|j Billboard, one evening went to dine at the club with a friend?met several ?' more, with the result that about G. M. be was "pretty mellow."- He left his % friends and started home and said to himself: "My boy, you're drunk! I What are you going to do about it? [ know! I'll go home and read?whoever heard about a drunken mail 't|| reading?" Well, home he went in a ^b?went to the library and commenced to read. Mrs. Actor later appeared on the scene. "What on 2arth are you doing?'' she questioned. "Why?er?can't?you see what I'm -if 3oing, my dear? I'm reading." "Reading?" said his wife, scorn fully;1 'what are you reading?" He looked at the book, but couldn't Zm see the words, so said: "That book's been in the house for the last twenty ii|j pears, so if you don't know I'm not <|| groing to tell you." To this his wife replied wrathfully: . "You old fool, shut up that valise and come to bed." John Bunch Hurt. lrWa Charleston, S. C., June 10.?John Bunch, the white man who was found in a partly nude condition in front of ^ No. 302 King street yesterday morning, is still alive in the Roper hospital, suffering with concussion of the brain, as a result of his fall from a / tfj third story window of -the house in front of which he was picked up by<. :M a police officer. Some mystery at / i tends the affair, which the authorities have not solved, and nothing ?? along this line is being done. Bunch has had conscious moments and not " 'A charging anyone with his fall to the ff| flagstone pavement, the authorities . ;jg? feel that tne statements of the two men who were with Bunch that while partly under the influence of liquor he just walked out of the window r should be accepted. Bunch comes from Jacksonboro, Colleton county. x The physicians are unable to say t whether he will recover. Hens Hatched Snakes. . V M "Hurry, Hiram! Hurry! Those hens of our's have gone and hatched a bunch of shoestrings!" M This was the cry that brought Hi- $ ram Rodgers, prosperous farmer of Jgj Acidalia, Sullivan county, to the side of his good wife down at the hen house yesterday. When he arrived he saw his better half poking a black /J mass in the bottom of one of the nests. "Them's no shoestrings," shouted Hiram. "Them's young snakes!" Hiram unwound the animated coil and the reptiles started in a dozen directions. Johnnie and Willie, their two hopeful^ confessed that they : had placed snake's eggs under- the setting hens. A two-inch shingle properly applied removed the wrinkles from two pairs of tenantedtrousers.?New York World. Head Off Negro School. 3 Spartanburg, June 9.?To prevent the establishment at Cherokee Springs of a large industrial school for negroes, a party of citizens residing in that section of the countyhave purchased the property from MV .Tnhn F) TTnrrmhrevs of this city. The purchasers of the property live in the neighborhood of Cherokee Springs and are among the best known and substantial citizens of the county. It is not known what improvements will be made on the hotel and springs, though it is understood just as soon as the company is organized extensive improvements will be made. JSooker Washington, president of Tuskegee normal institute at Tuskegee, Ala., at one time quite recently thought seriously of buying the property from Mr. Humphreys and erecting a large college for colored people. In fact it is said Washington would have purchased the property had not the citizens of Cherokee Springs formed a company and bought the springs and adjoining property.