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W:v*l ' \Y.-y-; - , g . , - -v ' ' ' Wqs Hamkrg l^ratfi J Established 1891 ~ BAMBERG, S. C . THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1907 One Dollar a Year ||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. Judge Purdy fined Solicitor Sease ? and Lawyer V. E. DePass $100 each for fighting in the courtroom in Union one day last week. Ex-Supervisor Owens, of Richland county, was acquitted by a jury in the sessions court on Friday of the charge of forgery and embezzlement. Rev. C. E. Burts has resigned as pastor of theEdgefieldBaptist church having received a call to Macon, Ga. . His people are begging him to remain in Edgefield. The case of Mrs. Blair, charged with murdering her husband, late conductor on the C. N, & L. road, was continued on Saturday by the court in Kicftiana county. W. R. Woody, the soldier who was charged with lulling Lillian Reeves in Charleston some months ago, was tried last week and acquitted. He claimed the woman shot herself C. C. Armstrong, the young Anderson dentist who was charged with the murder of a white woman in Newberry by administering some drug while extracting her teeth, was tried j last week and acquitted. Lucy Lipsey, the negro woman of Union, who was convicted last week of shooting Dr. W. L. Under, was sentenced by Judge Purely to two years in the penitentiary. She was given the minimum sentence on account of poor health. Joe Townsend, a white man, was drowned in the Saluda river at Pelzer Thills Monday afternoon while attempting to escape from an officer. He was wanted on a warrant from . Waynesville, N. C., for striking a woman ori the head with a rock. He was employed in the mills. k->"v William McKinley, alias "Dayton Scotty," and Edward Duggan, alias "Los Angeles Star," two of the notorious gang of safe blowers which operated in South Carolina several years ago, were convicted in Aiken -;:v on FYiday and sentenced to serve ten years and one day each in the penitentiary, i ' F. W. Ruckstuhl, of New York and Paris, has been awarded the contract by the commission to make the $10,000 statue of John C. Calhoun, provided for by the legislature. The statue is to be placed in statuary hall in in the capitol in Washington. Mr. Ruckstuhl is the sculptor who made the Wade Hampton statue. - y - ^ Pythian Hospital May be Establshed. < Columbia, June *13.?Members of the Knights of Pythias who attended / the recent meeting of the grand lodge in Anderson have for the past v few days talked of the establishment of a Pythian hospital in this State. j| | The supreme lodge, according to rumors, is considering the erection of such an institution somewhere in the South Atlantic States and the chapces are good for Columbia. Secretary C. W. Moorman of the Chamber of Commerce when seen about the matter yesterday morning said that he would at once take the matter up and show that .Columbia by reason of its location and natural advantages was the proper place for M this hospital. The hospital would be for members of the order who by illness or injuries should be sent there and Via r?Arv4- f a Ann A'f tlin llCllol %WU1U live UC pent w wnv Vi tnv Ukiuwi institutions. __ ? Just as Good. C' "Haveyoua good dentifrice?'' asked the customer. "Yes, ma'am," answered the druggist's young son, who had been left in temporary charge of the store, safs the Chicago Tribune. Turning to the shelves back of him he took down a half pint bottle of some kind of hair restorative and handed it to her. "This isn't what I want," said the customer. "This is for the hair. What I am looking for is a preparation for the teeth." "That's all right, ma'am," the boy assured her. "Its just as good for one as the other, and it's only 5C cents. ? ? Innocent, But Infectious. * A man runninc toward the Read ing railway station in Germ an town on Saturday, as if in a great haste to make the train, was the cause of enlivening the gait of a number of other pedestrians bent on that pur> pose, among whom were several women who fancied they were too late , " for the train. As the latter wore shoes of the cramped pattern knc wn as pumps, their discomfort in running may be imagined. When, breathless, they reached the station they found the first runner sitting comfortably and reading a paper, with ten minutes' margin before train t time. One of the women made bold by indignation advanced upon the cause of her anger with this query: "What were you running for?" The anwer was "for my health."?Philadelphia Record. \. .mT vy . f SAD ACCIDENT IN HORRY. i Bright Young Man Killed by Accident? al Discharge of Qun. Conway, June 14.?The remains . of James Dusenbury,, the 14-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dusenbury of Port Harrelson, were laid to rest at the Waccamaw Presbyterian church yesterday morning. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. S. Doak of Conway, pastor of the church. This young life was cut short by a sad occurrence of Monday morning. | About 6 o'clock James and his father were feeding the stock when a large snake was found. James got his gun > from the house and killed the snake * ? * i .1 1 t J i ana reioaaea tne gun ana piacea il . on a log under which the snake was i concealed. Later when he started to get his gun from the log, pulling 1 it toward him from the log by the . barrel, the gun was discharged and , the load was emptied into his chest. I As a result of the shot two of the young boy's ribs^ we're broken and through the opening thus caused a portion of the lung protruded. . Medical aid was summoned and , every effort made to save the bright young life, but Wednesday morning, about the same hour of the accident, he succumbed to the pain and the 1 young spirit went to its reward. Mr. Dusenbury is a prominent planter of the county, and his young son give every promise of a successful life. He was the oldest son, dutiful and lovable, and admired by > all who knew him. i Our New York Letter. 1 Instead of gossip and thread worn topics your correspondent is always on the watch for items of benefit to 1 readers. Everything new heads for ' New York. Here is a new one and calculated to benefit and interest about as many people as anything the writer could send this week. A discovery has been made recent' ly that is an absolute and permanent cure for indigestion and all stomach I * * i i ,.i. ? l j ? _ j . trouDies. JNOteapnysiciansnaveirieu i it and with results that they are out spoken in its merits and prescribing i it freely. John D. Rockefeller offered $1,000,000 for a cure of his digestive ! troubles. The discoverers of the s German Grains immediately sought the multi-millionaire to cure him. John D. is a robust, healthy mortal today, whether German Grains did , the work or not is not generally l known, for it is said he would not lend his name to the advertising of any remedy, thinking, no doubt, he paid in full when he gave the $1,000,; 000, if he gave it. A large sanitarium is spoken of, and it is whispered that possibly the big check to build it bore the oil magnate's signature. The sanitarium is to be more of a monument than a place of treatment, for it not necessary to come to New York to be cured. The grains were sent by mail and are perfectly harmless. The permanent cheap cures are wonderful, whether Rockefeller got his relief through them or not may never be known, but it is a fact and there is no concealing it, many many have been permanently cured during the short time among them doctors and people of prominence, heretofore poisonous drugs have been relied on and the more used the more they had to be. The skill of the most noted specialists the world over have been baffled , in the cure of these troubles. A recent issue of a foreign medical journal fives an authentic account of the iscovery of the raw German Grains and says "that the" age for drugs and laxatives for the cure of constipation and indigestion has passed." This new discovery is looked upon of world wide importance, humanity suffering so generally from these troubles. The writer called and investigated the remedy, its claims, and heard and read testimonials that suggested an article on the subject, ; knowing the wide spread interest that would be taken in the discovery \ the country over. I get no pay for this, was not even asked to write it up, in fact did not tell the philanthropist I was a writer, 1 so, Mr. Editor, don't for a moment conclude I am running in an "ad." These good people need no "ad," the cure they are effecting do that | for them. I feel many will bless both the writer and this paper for 1 making known a matter of such* great interest to one out of every fifteen of the human race; ^tis said that is the percentage so afflicted Dy these troubles. i From far away frozen Alaska comes a letter to your correspond dent thanking him for his interesting reading in the papers. It took 60 days for the letter to travel to New York and the writer stated his > papers were often 60 days old when i they reached his camp, he being a captain in the United States infantry. Cotton prices are exciting New Yorkers. Goods made from cotton or into which it enters are out of sight, scarce and advancing daily. Truly the farmers' movement has Wall Street by the throat. Grasp it tighter is the advice of the writer. Cotton is high, will be higher, have no fear good friends south. 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, June 17.?Grass has the upper hand of several farmers in this section. They have been working faithfully but the rains prevented the grass from disappearing. Mr. Barney Jones, of Newberry, is visiting his brother, Mr. T. D. Jones. George Westerlund and Hurbert Ehrhardt reached home last week. Their w:ork at Clemson and Newberry college seems to have agreed with +h<vm Mr. Julius Ehrharclt, who has been in Augusta, Ga., for several months, spent a day or two with his father, Mr. Chas. Ehrhardt. Last week there was one or two hail storms in the Folk section. Did considerable damage to the growing crops in the fields. Mr. J. D. Padgett and family left for Bayard, Fla., Saturday. He makes big calculations on what he intends to do in the flowery land. The demand for corn seems to be general. Farmers are off bad from last year's crop. Farmers who have never bought corn are at it this year. C. Ehrhardt & Sons have commenced to place their gin machinery in their large new building. They will be ready for work when the season opens. ' Jee Country Correspondence. The predicted good prices for the cotton croD and this warm weather we are having makes the farmer more companionable and even smile. There's just lots of sickness in our nydst. Mr. Daniel Hughes,Mrs. S. W. Sandifer, Mrs. GeoSmoak, and Tuesday morning at an early hour Mr. P. W. Sandifer, was stricken with paralysis. We sincerely hope each one will recover. -s / Mrs. Ootsey Folk Hutto and little daughter, Florine, of Midway, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. J. W. Hill. Mrs. George Kinard, of Ehrhardt, is in our midst, at the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Sandifer. It was our good pleasure to read a letter from Mr. James Hill, Jr., to his father, of the 6th instant. He is in Cannanea Senoria, Mexico, doing felectrical engineering, and his many friends will be glad to know he is in excellent spirits and seems to be doing extra well. Misses So villa and Laura Hughes, of Clear Pond, were visitors at their brother's, Mr. William Hughes, Saturday. Since the daily mail route has been estabjished we cannot see how we did without it. It is such a pleasure to get the mail regularly at your door. Mrs. 0. P. Jordan and son, Master, Bart, spent Sunday at their aunt's, Mrs. Elenear Hurst Hanberry, at Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. J. Clifton Sandifer, of Augusta, came down Sunday on a visit to their father's family, Mr. D W7 in/ii/lanfantollv at. ? If UOIIUIXV/X 9 iilV lUVli WiiVWij ' MV tending children's day exercises at Springtown Baptist church. A Stranger in a Strange Land. Union, June 12?The poor foreign woman who was found yesterday lying near the railroad track, near the Lockhart junction, who after being brought to the county poor house, it was found that she was not sick but only suffering from terrible mental anguish on account of being a stranger alone in a strange land, turns out to be a Polish woman, whose name, so far as can be made out is Ignice Patroiski. When it developed late yesterday afternoon that the woman was not ill but only distressed because of her unfortunate condition, she was brought to Union by Mrs. R. Goodmon, who kindly took her in pending an investigation. Everyone in town who could speak a foreign language was taken to try and interview the woman, but to no avail until at last a Polish Jew nanied M. Ginsberg, who runs a small clothing establishment, was brought when it was found that he was from the same country of Gallicia .in Poland. From what she told him it seems that she came with a party of immigrants to Charleston some time ago, and that while on the train they changed cars and she became separated from them. She is a hosiery worker, and in some way got off at Lockhart junction, where she was yesterday found lying beside the track, apparently being utterly abandoned to her grief and distress, and she was later cared for by some railroad men until brought to the county poorhouse. As she can give none of the names of her former friends, nor where they went, the problem is what to do with her. The commission of immigration, Mr. Watson, was today communicated with over the telephone and is working on the meagre information at hand in trying to locate her people. If this is unsuccessful he will notify the United States authorities and they will see to it that she is returned to her native land. LUCY LIPSEY CONVICTED. Negro Woman Who Assaulted Dr. W. L. Under Found Guilty. Union, June 13.?Lucy Lipsey, the negro woman who on March 24 shot Dr. W. L. Under in the back as he was answering a call at the door of his private office, was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill, but the sentence has not yet been imposed. The jury was out about 12 hours, the case having been given to them about 1 o'clock yesterday, they remaining out. until 1 o'clock this morning, when they brought in a sealed verdict, which was opened when court assembled. It is understood that within six minutes after the jury went into the room that they all agreed to a verdict except one man and ho held out for 12 hours against his 11 associates. After the verdict was announced a motion for a new trial was immediately made by the defendant's counsel. Car Robbed at Allendale. For some time past the cars of the Southern railway have been robbed at Allendale and Barnwell. On Thursday a car of merchandise was broken open and'some hats were taken out. Mr. W. S. Roark, special officer of the Southern, went down Saturday and soon located the party who had been doing the stealing. The culprit is Donald Benett, a young man well connected but of an idle nature and bad habits. Information was collected and the young man was placed under arrest.' The hats, 11 in number, were located and the purchaser was also discovered. The young man waived a preliminary hearing and in default of $1,000 bond he was committed to jail until the July term of court. Mr. Roark is a good officer and his work in detecting the thief is highly commendable.?Columbia State. I A Rural Critic. Dr. B. D. Evans, the mental expert of the Thaw trial, was criticising at a physicians' dinner the browbeat i # mg meinoas 01 cross-examination that the courts permit. "But my criticism," Dr. Evans ended, "has been feeble, and what good is feeble criticism? The critic, to score, must be epigrammatic, unexpected, humorous. "Thus, in my native Bridgetown, a candidate for congress spoke at a mass meeting, and afterward a politician asked an old farmer what bethought of the speech. " 'Wall, I dunno,'said the old man, soberly, 'but I think six hours' rain would 'a' done us a lot more good.' " American ilorals: English Manners. An ^English journal noted for its perspicacity, prints the following dialogue under the title "The Social Catechism." Q?Who are you? A?A male animal, of the human species, endowed with a thirst for "social distinction." Q?What do you mean by "social distinction?" A?By "social distinction" I mean only being seen about with the best people, in the best places. Q?Who are the best people? . A?The people whom I want to know and who do not want to know me. Q?Are you often seen with the best people? A?As often as they will let me. Q?And in the best places? A?As often as I can get there. Q?Have you a wife? A?I have not a wife of my own, but I am doing my best to annex the wife of another man. Q?Why do you do this? A?Because it is expected of me to live up to my exalted surroundings. Q?Do all the best men in society then annex other men's wives? A?All who can afford to do so. Q?Is it very expensive to annex other men's wives? A ?It is very expensive. One has to finance the wives and frequently the husband also. Q?Then would it not come cheaper to have a wife of your own? A?It would be much cheaper, but it would be less up to date. Q?What is morality? A?Morality is a fetish of secondrate persons, in which the best people, with few exceptions, have long ceased to believe. Q?Who are these few exceptions? A?Men who, from age or infirmity are past gallantry, and women who are either too old or too ugly to attract. * x Q?Are the best people, then, never moral on principle? A?The best people have no principles. One-Sided Twins I AMM. A*\ VlAl.rt .ITAnf f A n/lVlAA] j.wu iTxunuuii uvyo wcui wov-uuwi for the first time out in Utah," relates Congressman J. Adam Bede, "and the teacher asked them their names. " 'John and William Smith,' the boys replied. " 'Ah, then you are brothers! How old are you?' "Each ten years old, ma'm.' " 'Indeed! Then you aqe twins?' " 'Please ma'm,' replied one of the boys, 'only on our father's side.' " ' C-s'- . ' THE STATE PRESS MEETING DELIGHTFUL SESSION AT ISLE OF PALMS LAST WEEK. Large Attendance and Elegant Treatment?Old Officers Re-elected. At Gaffney Next Year. Possibly the thirty-third annual meeting of the State Press Association at the Hotel Seashore, Isle of Palms, last week, was the most successful yet held. In point of attendance, this is certainly true, it being the most largely attended meeting of which we have any knowledge. The reason no doubt is that the very good time given the body last year by the citizens of Charleston induced a number to come this year who heretofore had not identified themselves with the organization, while others who had become indifferent could not forego the pleasure of meeting with the good people of dear old Charleston. / The session ODened Thursday morn ing, with addresses of welcome by Mayor R. G. Rhett and W. W. Ball, of the News and Courier. Appropriate responses were made by President Aull of the Newberry Herald and News, and Senator Louis Appelt, of the Manning Times. During the session a number of interesting papers on newspaper subjects were read, and the annual address by A. B. Williams, formerly of this State, but now editor of the Richmond News Leader, was a gem. Mr. Williams is not an orator by any means, but his address was a most interesting and dramatic account of newspaper work during the memorable campaign of 1876, which resulted in making Wade Hampton governor. But the business sessions were brief. The members went to Charleston to have a good time?and they got it?full measure, pressed down and running over. There was not a dull moment, the committee had provided entertainment for every spare moment, and their guests took advantage of it. The completeness of the entertainment afforded left nothing to be desired; If the party wanted to go to the city or elswhere President Gadsden was always ready with special cars and boats, and the thoughtful and kind attentions he showed every member of the party will ever be gratetuny rememDerea by us all. In fact if Phil Gadsden ever wants anything done by the newspaper men of the State he has only to say so. Truly all the committee seemed to ignore business entirely, and found pleasure in devoting themselves entirely to the newspaper crowd. Maj. Hemphill, Billy Ball, Robert Lathan, and others of the News and Courier, T. R. Waring and J. G. Morris, of the Evening Post, Majs. Wilson G. Harvey, Daniel L. Sinkler, and others, and yet some more, showered our party with kindly and delightful courtesies from the time of our arrival until departure. The Charleston people have the true idea of a gathering of newspaper men and women. We go for an outing, a relaxation from the daily grind, to meet our friends again and to make merry with them, to get to know each other better and clear away misunderstandings, but more than all, the unity of the press for the development of every section of the State, is most to be desired, and no better medium for this purpose can be employed than personal contact with the people of those sections. Charleston no doubt has suffered in time past from being out of touch with some parts of South Carolina, especially the up-country, but this year it was especially gratifying to us to see so many folks from the up-country. Some of them told us that was their first trip to Charleston. Next year we go to Gaffney, where Eld. DeCamp has promised us a great time, and we know he'll make good. Charleston put in an invitation, but there is such a thing as wearing one's welcome out. So possibly we'll go back in 1909?if they want us. The Association showed its wisdom in unanimously re-electing the old officers: Col. E. H. Aull, of the Newberry Herald and News, president; William Banks, of the State, and J. C. Mace of the Marion Star, vicepresidents; R. L. Freeman, Pee Dee Advocate, secretary; August Kohn, News and Courier, treasurer. The executive committee consists of the officers named and E. H. DeCamp, of the Gaffner Ledger; C. M. Galloway, of the State; and J. E. Norment, of the State. The above is not near all we wanted to write about the meeting, but we have no type-setting machine, and our printers say we have written already more than they can "set" and get out the paper on time. It is dreadful to fall into the hands of church choirs. Out near Parksburg, West Virginia, stalwart Char! 1/yc Mnrcran with a strenUOUS voice. was haled before a judge and fined $25.00 or two days in jail on the charge of disturbing religious worship. He could "out holler" the bass and drown the notes of the soprano and did not pay any attention to such small matters as time and harmony. When a good old hymn was sung he reared back and howled until he could be heard in the next county. / A POSTHASTER'S REPORT. ..J he Sends a /lass of Late News to Washington. * The following is a verbatim copy of the first report made to former V Postmaster General Cortelyou by a newly appointed postmaster in a rural district of North Carolina: -jn "muster Jorge Cortelyou, Presi- , ' ^ dent of The United States,?Dear Sir been required by the instructions of the post office to report quarterly, I now fulfil that plesent duly by report- / -m ing as follers. The harvestin has been goin on purty wel and most of the naburs have got thur cuttin about V|? dun, wheet is hardly a average crop onrollinlans corn is yellerish ana / M wont cut moren ten bdoshils to the V| 'aker the health of the community is Vkl r%. .,-vi-vrO O OW/l aKaI WU ' ynijr witciauic uiccou ?iuu vuvu/ . (>has broken out in about 2 and a half 'm mile from hear, thar are a powful ;:*i awaken on the subject of religion in the Potts naburhood and many soles are bein made to know thar sins forgiven. Miss nancy Micks a neer nabur had a new baby but he is a poor scrag- 1 gy little feller and wont live half his v '43 day this is ^bout, all i know and have to report the present quarter give v-jaB my respects to MISS Cortelyou and > subscribe myself your trooly." Unsettled Stairs. In a recent suit in ,a Cincinnati court a lawyer was cross-examining a # { i$3M German, the point under inquiry be- > 1 ing the relative position of the doors, windows and so forth in a house in which a certain transaction was al- . leged to have occurred. "And, now, my good man," the lawyer said, "will you be good enough ;|j to tell the court how the stairs run -:-M in your house." . i 4 The German looked dazed for a mo- ' ment. 'How do they run?' he repeated "Yes, how do the stairs run?" "Veil," continued the witness, "ven I am oopstairs dey run down, and veil .$M I am downstairs dey run oop."?Har- H per's Weekly. , Cnrrect bnt IJneynected. ' ",v:S His majesty's inspector was exam- \i ining a class of boys on the subject ^ of "birds," says the Tattler. Having g received correct answers to the qiies- ;1 tions relating to feathers, bill, feet, and wings, he put the question, < "What is it a bird can do which I am . unable to do?" "Fly" was the an4*v^M| swer he hoped to get. m! For several moments the boys thought, but gave no answer. At last one held up his hand. "Well, my lad, what is it?" ^ ' 'Lay an egg,, sir," said the hoy. Shooting Near Kershaw. Kershaw, June 14.?Owing to a ^j| misunderstanding between Mr. S. W. Welsh and Mr. F. L. Truesdale, prominent young men of this town, Mr. Truesdale was shot by Mr. Welsh, the 'J? shooting occuring several miles out from town where a party of gentlemen had gone for a fish fry. While the wound is painful it is not serious and Mr. Truesdale was brought into town for medical attention. A magazine pistol was used and Mr. Trues- ' & dale was shot iq the left breast. New County Contest. -v S Mr. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, was t here yesterday with records of the proposed new County to be formed of Aiken and Edgefield. The Hender- . ^ son firm has been opposed to this last election and Gov. Ansel has set a date for a Hearing on the matter in order j---alaafi/m wj uecxue wiicuici ui uut uic ci^vwvw ? should be ordered on the lapt petition presented.?Columbia State,June 13. HOMICIDE NEA& BARNWELL. - Chief of Police Ross Kills a Man at <1 Ashley Cnurch. Barnwell, June It.?Chief of Po- * ' ;'M lice J. B. Boss and son, Buron Ross, were committed to jail here to-day, ? J. B. Ross upon the charge of mur- ; der, and Buron Ross as an accessory before the fact. It appears that J. < 4 B. Ross and Johnson Pender have - J not been on friendly terms for sev- eral months, and some ten days ago one of Mr. Ross's sons and Pender had some disagreement. On Sunday * J| Chief Ross left town to go to his home church, at Ashley, and on leaving the church the trouble began. * ^ Both drew their guns and began firing, and it is said Buron Ross undertook to take hold of Johnson Pender, and in doing so received * several powder burns in the face, and Pender received 2 bullets in the v t forehead and one under the righ arm. Dr. R. A. Gyles was summoned, but too late. Pender died about two hours after receiving the wounds. Chief Ross came to town and sur1 i x j.i __i :/r rendered 10 tne snerm. Negro Burned To Death. Belton, June 16.?Luther Greer, a negro about 25 years old, was burned to death in the town calaboose here about 4 o'clock this morning. Greer was arrested about midnight on the charge of being drunk and beating his wife. It is not known how the fire originated. The building was worth less than $100. After viewing the charred remains the coroner's jury returned a verdict that the negro came to his death by being burned by misfortune or accident. -j