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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 27,. 1907 One Dollar a Year
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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 Citadel cadets are now in camp
p. at the Jamestown Exposition, and
they will take part in the exercises
of South Carolina day.
v There is a movement on foot by
Georgetown capitalists to establish a
fertilizer factory five miles from the
city on the Sampit river,
jr The dispensaryites are preparing to
? . contest tne recent election held in
Kershaw county where a majority of
the votes were against the dispensary.
Another steamer is to arrive in
m i?L 1- a?
unanesion-eariy 111 ocyicmuci tuoucu
> with immigrants from Europe. It is
hoped to make the steamship line a
:y. permanent one.
Dr. J. M. Richardson was shpt
> while driving along the street in Anderson
on Saturday by a man named
. E. C. McConnell, who is thought to
be out his right mind. The wounds
are not serious.
Some of the anti-dispensary people
in Aiken county are not pleased at
the refusal of the supervisor to order
\ c an election on the dispensary question.
That official is being strongly
? ' criticised in the newspapers of the
county.
The Branchville Journal ,the latest
entry in the newspaper field, was is^
{ sued for the first time last week. It
is a five column eight page sheet, all
home print, and neatly gotten up.
The issue is a very creditable one.
Mr. C. A. Graves is editor and manager.
? Jim Gardner and Joe Hoy, the
young white men arrested in Colum
bia under suspicion 01 complicity in
the murder of R. T. Wescott, have
i been released on bond of $500 each.
V The evidence against them must be
very weak, as they were allowed to go
. I on their own bonds.
^ t Bishop Ellison Capers is seriously ill
.' at his summer home at Cedar Mountain,
N. C., and it is feared he cannot
recover. He had a stroke of paralysis,
and the disease is affecting ail
parts of his body. This announcef
v ment will bring sorrow all over South
Carolina, for the Bishop is loved
wherever he is known.
S ; R. C. Emanuel, a young white man,
was run over by a train at Lattalast
. Monday morning and instantly killed.
He haa just gotten off the train and
was walking up the track. The train
; V meved backward to go into the
switch, and when he was called to
get out of the way, by mistake he
jumped in the center of the track
and the train struck him.
'2 . Two little negro boys attemped to
wreck a passenger train near Union
| S last Friday by placing a cross tie on
the track. They admitted the deed,
and were soundly thrashed by their
i' , father. The railroad did not want to
prosecute on account of their age.
The boys said they put the tie on the
track to see the train run over it. The
.engineer saw the obstruction and
v stopped the train in time.
George W. Mabus, a young white
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Iw man ox Batesourg, was wayiaia ana
assassinated near that town last Saturday
morning. He was shot with
buckshot, and while he lived for
awhile afterwards, he never regained
consciousness. The coroner's jury
/ returned a verdict that Lee Fallaw
yri and Clifford Fallaw did the killing.
Some time ago Mabus and Lee Fallaw
had a fight and both were seriously
cut.
The Fallaws, who are charged with
' v the murder of young Mabus near
? Batesburg last Saturday, have been
s ' arrested and are in jail at Lexington.
At first it was thought the young
men had made their escape, but this
proved to be incorrect. The community
in which the killing occurred is
much wrought up over the affair, and
it is thought the young men kept out
S. . of the way, fearful that harm would
, be done them by the enraged citizens.
The case against Editor A. B. Jorp
' dan, charged with criminal libel, has
beensettled outof courtwhich isavery
happy conclusion of the case. It grew
out of an article published in his pav..
per, the Dillon Herald, in reference
to the connection of some prominent
J' citizens of Marion county with fraud
J ulent tax receipts. He retracted his
utterances and that stopped the case,
although it had been transferred to
?i c.n 3 .1 j - _ i
L/nesterneia ana tne tnai w<ts px preceding.
Jordan did the right thing
in apologizing and the other gentle,
men did right to accept his disclaimer.
* Governor Ansel has dealt a death
-'".7 blow to the hopes of the promoters
p- of the new' county, with North Augusta
as the county seat. It will be
F/ ; remembered that an election was
held some months ago, and recently
the county lines were changed somewhat
and another election was asked
1 for, the name of the county being
\ changed from Heyward to Gary. The
opponents of the new county opposed
y r another election, and the matter was
argued before the governor last
week. He declines to order the elec%
tion, and says the matter cannot
come up again until four years have
elapsed.
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FISH FRY AT "ROMEY'S."
An Interesting Letter from Mrs. Nettie
O. Speaks.
The following letter from Mrs. Nettie
Ogilvie Speaks was published in ]
last week's Hampton Guardian. It
is so good that we reproduce it,
knowing that our readers will appreciate
it: ]
The dull season is upon us, mer- >,
chants are closing stores at 6:30 p m., 1
and we weary workers are having a j
little rest and recreation. 1
Fish fries are now the order of the
day. The Edisto, a large and bold 1
stream, is only three miles distant 1
and its waters abound in fine fish,
.Qoor/valv 9 HavnncePQ without, a oartv 1
having a fry or stew on its banks. <
My other half put a red breast j
perch on the scales not long since, <
and it weighed a full pound after it ]
had been scaled and eviscerated! I 1
remarked "that beats the Coosawhatchie
and Salkehatchie fish." He ^
reluctantly admitted that it did, but i
in his steadfast loyalty to his old
home went on to observe that the ;
Edisto as a river was neither larger i
or prettier than the Salkehatchie. ]
Near Cannon's bridge, about five i
miles from Bamberg, there lives on
the bank of the Edisto an old "befo i
de wah" darkey, Romeo Go^an, call- 1
ed "Romey" for short. He is a
famous cook, and his cabin, a frame <
structure, clean as soap and water <
can make it, with yard neatly swept, <
is an inviting place. i
Parties from here and other sec- 3
tions visit him almost daily during \
the fish season, and partake of his 1
delicious stews and fries and "red '
horse bread." Many an interesting \
tale does "Romey" relate of the ex- 3
governors, judges, and other distinguished
men who have been his guests i
whose "tips" have enabled him to s
purchase the home and surrounding 1
acres where he lives.
With Mr. L. C. Price as leader, a
party of us paid "Romey" a visit
last week. While he was getting
ready the repast we took a ride on )
the river in a gasoline launch which *
sharpened our appetites for the feast
which we found in readiness on our
return. Yefeodsand little fishes! what
catfish stew, and fried trout and
perch, and "red horse brehd" and
coffee! This was a new bread to the
writer, and so delicious, that I beg
lovers of the finny tribe to tiy some.
It is made by simply mixing cornmeal
with water, salt and egg, and dropped
by spoonfuls in the hot lard in
which fish have been fried.
While waiting on the table our
dusky host entertained us in his inimitable
way with stories of his sometime
guests.
Dr. Black of this town he said
never picked out bones, but put fish
in at one side of "his mouth and the
bones rolled out at the other. t
Sheriff Hunter (who is a man of i
large build and jovial disposition, re- j
minding us of our beloved Sheriff c
Ruth of Hampton county) "Romey"
declares "ain't nebber yet been filled r
on a fish fry"?was at his house one
day and after eating about eight
pounds of fish at one sitting, and
leaving the table last, said "Thank
God for this little snack!"
We called on our host for a toast, ,
but he could not recall one, and said ,
"yunner nebber bring anyting wid
you to help a man 'member!" A sly j
fling at the temperance principles
dominating our party. \
\LT ^ /waa/]kxm nf fam D TLf on/1
T! C atuu gWUWJC ail b^it i I iu, (Wiu
drove home through the delightful
coolness of the star-lighted night,
voting "Romey" the prince of cooks,
and Mr. Price, who planned and carried
out the programme, a prince of
good fellows.
The Carlisle Fitting School and the
Graded School have closed for the
session, after brilliant commencement
exercises at each.
The boys and girls who have been
away at other colleges have returned,
and the streets are filled in the late
afternoons with young people of both
sexes whose Mecca is the soda fountains
and ice cream parlors. By the
way, the latter article sold here is
exceptionally good being the product
of the celebrated caterers Hahn, of
Charleston and Conida, of Savannah.
The beaux of the town are wearing
ribbon armlets and bows like the
girls. My other half declares that he
may wear the big legged trousers,
but he draws the line at ribbon armlets!
We have all been too much engrossed
with business affairs to visit
our old home which we had hoped
and intended to do ere this, Our
thoughts constantly revert to the
friends we bade good bye four months
ago and we wish to assure them that i
they are still?"Though lost to sight, i
to memory dear." i
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Destructive.
Uncle Pete was nailing furniture 1
to the floor and taking dishes from i
the kitchen. i
"Expecting something, uncle?" i
asked the caller curiously. ]
"Yes, boss," replied the old man I
solemnly, "I am expectin' a stohm."
"You don't say? Thunderstorm?" <
"No, boss, wuss den dat. I am ex- i
pectin' de old woman to hab one of 5
dese brain stohms yo' heah so much :
about heah lately, en when et comes ]
yo' want to be a mile away, kase she's <
wuss den a cyclone." 1
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etching?.
Ehrhardt, June 24.?No farmers
hanging around these days. They
are making use of the sunshine to kill
the grass. A decided improvement
is noticeable in corn and cotton plants,
but grass looks sick.
Mr. Barney Jones returned to Newberry
Saturday, accompanied by Master
Earle Joies.
Ice is in gOod demand in this section.
C. Ehrhardt & Sons have added
ice and soft drinks to their business
by request of their numerous
customers. They are always on the
lookout for the comfort and needs of
their customers.
Col. C. Ehrhardt and his son, Henry,
went to Bamberg last Sunday afternoon.
Sunday morning some colored
youths were trying the speed of some
nules on the streets, and the chief
placed them in the lock up so as to
stop such proceedings.
Capt J. M. Dannelly went to Bayird,
Fla., Saturday to look after his
business there.
There is a certain young man called
)n his best girl and she took him
>ver the crop and showed him the
condition of the same. The young
nan is in a quandary. He thinks the
foung lady meant for him to stay
iway and let her rest so she could
lelp her father get the farm in shape,
ifoung man, you struck the nail on
;he head this time I think. Don't
fou, Mr. Editor?
Mr. Henry Planer intends putting
n a saw mill soon. He intends to
aw for the farmers for half or so
nuch money. Jee.
Reunion of Company G.
The reunion of Co. G, 1st S. C. V.,
will take place on Thursday, the 25th
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lay of July, lyuv, at isetnesaacnurcn
lear the Clear Ponds in Bamberg
;ounty.
Hon. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken,
md M. P. Howell, of Walterboro,
lave consented to be present and
nake addresses. The public is corlially
invited, especially all old Confederate
soldiers. G. W. Folk, J. H.
Pearson, and Jasper Zeigler are the
:ommittee on music. P. K. Hughes,
Charles Mitchell, and Ben Pearson on
grounds.
J. B. Hunter,
J. C. Copeland,
W. T. Beard;
Executive Committee.
Union Meeting.
The union of the second division of
lie Barnwell Baptist Association will
neet with the Springtown church on
lext Saturday and Sunday. A full
lelfegation will be expected.
J. B. HUNTER,
rhos. Clayton, Moderator.
Clerk.
Bamberg, S. C., June 25,1907.
Death of Mrs. J. D. D. Fairy.
Branchville, June 22?Mrs. J.
D. D. Fairy, of this place, died yesterday
morning and was laid to rest
it the Branchville cemetery this af;ernoon,
the funeral services being
ionducted by Rev. McMillan, of
Blackville.
Mrs. Fairy was one ot the oldest,
jest known, and highly esteemed
adies of this community. She was 75
fears old at the time of her death.
Mrs. Fairy was married to Mr. J. D.
D. Fairy, who survives her, just 60
fears ago, and has lived at this place
since that time. The death of Mrs.
Fairy is a severe shock to Mr. Fairy,
ivho is now 86 years old, and he has
the sympathy of this entire community.
Hearing Before Commissioner Capers.
Washington, June 22.?The question
of whether the present South
Carolina dispensary commission is
liable for the payment of the internal
revenue tax as other liquor dealers
will be argued before United
States Revenue Commissioner John
3. Capers on July 1 or 2.
Several months ago the dispensary
commission Daid $4,521 revenue tax;
paid it to Collector Micah Jenkins at
the order of the acting commissioner
internal revenue, Mr. Williams.
But the dispensary commission paid
this amount under protest and now
that a sure enough commissioner of
internal revenue has been installed,
die dispensary commissioners have
appealed to him to overrule the decision
of the acting commissioner and
release the present winding up board,
not only from paying a revenue tax
which has accrued but return to them
the $4,521 already paid. The dispensary
commission is liable under the
ruling now in force to pay $28,241.87
more and may have to pay also a
penalty of 50 per cent, of this for not
having complied with the law.
Commissioner Capers today received
a letter from W. F. Stevenson, attorney
for the dispensary commissioners,
asking for a hearing on July
1 or 2, and the hearing will take
place on one or both of those dates,
Commissioner Capers having replied
to that effect. s |
riARRIED WITH SIGNS.
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Deaf and Dumb Preacher Marries Deal
and Dumb Couple.
Spartanburg, June 20?There
was a novel marriage ceremony at
Cedar Springs this afternoon which
united the lives of Miss Dozia Smoak,
of Cedar Springs, and W. W. Worley,
of Pittsburg, Pa., both of whom are
deaf and dumb, as was also the minister,
the Rev. J. W. Michaels, who
perfomed the ceremony. The sign
language, the only language known
by the parties, was used. A large
number of friends attended the ceremony.
High School Election.
The petitions calling for an election
on the question of establishing a high
school at Bamberg have been circulated
this week and the necessary
signatures obtained. Bamberg and
Hampton school districts will unite
in holding the election, and it will
be called at an early date. That the
taxpayers of these districts will vote
for the high school seems a foregone
conclusion, as every one seems to be
in favor of it. The high school feature
will add two grades to our
graded school, and will necessitate
the employment of an additional
teacher.
July Term of Court.
Court will convene here next Monday
morning at ten o'clock, Judge J.
C. Klugh presiding. The term will
only last one week, petit jurors for
one week only having been drawn.
Some important criminal and civil
cases are to be tried. The jurors are
as follows:
A J Page, W R Bessinger,
H E Warren, JJElkins,
G W Goolsby, J S A Ayer,
B F Zeigler, G F Rentz,
W C Carroll A L Wilson,
C E Sandifer, M C Chitty,
0 D Faust, Jr., W T Still,
e D V aoxco M M PnVp
u ?j i GW
Beard, Jr., CL Brant,
J P Storne, J H Tant,
J M Felder, L J Hartzog,
W B Smith C F Eaves,
H B Rice, L W Abstance
D F Hutto, C J Creech,
C S Folk, J A Kennedy,
E T Morris, C F Warren,
C C Carroll, Jr., V J Hartzog,
J M Bessinger, A Bessinger.
Program for Evangelistic Institute.
Barnwell, Edisto, and Orangeburg
Associations, Denmark, July 2-3.
JULY 2.
10:00 a m?Devotional Exercises?
H. J. Snyder.
"10:20 a m?Organization.
10:30 a m?The Revival Needed?
W. M. Jones, D. D.
11:10 a m?The Holy Spirit m Evangelization?W.
W. Willian.
11:50 a m?The Bible in Evangelization?A.
J. Foster.
12:40 p m?Miscellaneous business
and adjournment.
3:00 p m?Devotional Exercises?
T. S. Wright.
3:15 p m?Prayer in Evangelization?J.
C. Brown, D. D.
4:20 p m?Problems in Evangelization?An
open conference.
Adjournment at will.
8:30 p m?Devotional Exercises?
J. P. Graham.
8:50 p m?The Church Membership
in Evangelization?G. W. Garner.
Adjournment at will.
JULY 3.
10:00 a m?Devotional Exercises?
S. P. Hair.
10:15 a m?The Evangelist, Pastor
or Otherwise?E. M. Lightfoot.
11:05 a m?Evangelization and the
Sunday school?J. D. Moore.
11:50 a m?Evangelization in the
Home?C. E. Burts, D. D.
Adjournment at will.
3:00 p m?Devotional Exercises?B
M. Foreman.
3:15 p m?Men and EvangelismPhilip
McLean.
4:00 p m?Plans for Evangelization
in our Association?An open conference.
Every pastor within these associations
is earnestly requested to attend
this institute, and to send his
name to Rev. H. J. Snyder, Den?
^1%^ iTtill fViAm V*Amoo
lliai tl, CUIU 11C Will UOl^lI U1C111 iivmvu.
This is very important.
W. M. Jones, E. M.Lightfoot,
G. W. Garner, W. W. Willian,
J. 0. Sessoms, J. P. Graham.
A Scientific Opinion.
There is a certain cooking school
where every day in the week large
classes of girls convene for instruction
in the gentle art of raising the
dough.
Last week a class of 30 rather impractical
girls, as most of them are,
was studying the doughnut scientifically.
One of the dullest pupils in the
class, who never could learn to boil
water without burning it, was rather
inattentive while the teacher was
lecturing on "Sinkers."
Thinking to catch her and administer
a rebuke on her inattention, the
teacher suddenly broke off and asked:
"Miss Smith, what is the healthiest
part of the doughnut?"
Miss Smith straightened up, flushed
up, stood up and replied: "Whywhy,
the hole I believe."
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DIDN'T WANT NAMES USED.
' Two Bennettsville Young Men Figtit
Over Newspaper Stoi'y.
! Bennettsville, June 20.?J. K.
Owens and Robert B. Ricaud, two
prominent young men of this place,
engaged in a fist fight on the public
square here yesterday as a result of
; which both have several bruises about
the face and head, and Ricaud's ear
> is painfully bitten.
The difficulty grew out of a communication
which Mr. Owens had
( published in the State giving an account
of Wm. Eason being fined for
shooting on the street Saturday night,
in which the following statement occurred:
"It seems that young Eason, with
two chums, Robert Ricaud and Kenneth
Matheson, was having a good
time late Saturday night, and while
on the square fired his pistol, and
the ball hit the statue of the Confederate
monument."
Messrs. Matheson and Ricaud objected
to having their names connected
with the incident, and asked
Mr. Owens to make a correction. He
told them he would correct anyerror
that they would point out. Ricaud
told him that if he did not find them
himself and correct them he would
give him a thrashing. There was an
editorial in yesterday's State about
the incident, which further incensed
Ricaud and Matheson. They accosted
Mr. Owens near his law office as
he was starting to dinner, and the
fight followed. Owens, Ricaud and
Matheson have been arrested and
will be tried before the mayor.
Night Work for the Glass-House Boy.
Contrast life on the farm with the
life of the little glass-house boy, who
every other week enters the factory
at five in the evening, sits at the feet
of the glass blower to open and shut
the molds, stands at his side to break
off the soft, wax-like glass from the
end of the blow pipe, or carries the
hot ware from the finisher to the annealing
oven. After a night of eight
or nine hours in this superheated factory
this little boy must go out into
the raw, cold morning to prepare
himself by sleep for another night of
labor. To compel young boys at the
time of life when body and mind are
undergoing their most rapid transfor?
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mation to oe empioyeu at moor nut
only exhausting in itself, but involving
a radical change in all the habits
of life each week, is to fasten upon
childhood an exaction not only inhuman
in itself, but menacing to our
future social well-being.?Secretary
of the National Child Labor Committee
in Woman's Home Companion
for July.
The Best Remedy.
"Young man," said the merchant,
"I hear you've been kicking because
you've got so much to do."
"Well, yes, sir," replied the clerk,
"I do think that"
"H'm! we'll have to give you so
much more to do hereafter that you
won't have time to kick."
Cotton Association fleeting. /
Friday, July 12th, will be a big
day in Bamberg. On that day the
officers of the South Carolina Cotton
Association will be here and make
addresses. President E. D. Smith,
Francis H. Weston, and F. H. Hyatt
will all be here. The meeting will
be held in the court house, and will
be at ten or eleven o'clock. Better
be here by ten o'clock, as the days
are so warm, it is likely the meeting
will commence early. We are in receipt
of the following from President
James B. Guess:
Denmark, S. C., June 24, '07.
IJ)ear Mr. Editor:?Will you kindly
publish the following letter in the
next three issues of your paper and
urge everybody to attend?
Columbia, S. C., June 11, '07.
James B. Guess, President, Denmark,
S. C.?Dear Sir: We will visit
your county on Friday, July 12th.
Please give it all the advertisement
you can, and see that the farmers,
bankers, merchants, and business
men are all notified, as we wish to
get our organization as complete as
1 possible. Yours very truly,
E. D. Smith,
F. H. Weston,
F. H. Hyatt.
Electric Fans.
There was a regular meeting of
Bamberg lodge, Knights of Pythias,
last Monday evening. There was only
a small attendance of the members,
? but some matters of importance
were attended to. An important
i amendment was made to the by-laws,
and the lodge decided to purchase
two electric fans for the use of the
lodge on meeting nights. They will
. be here and installed in time for the
next meeting, so let all the members
i turn out and keep cool. The fans
bought are desk or wall fans and
they will be for the use of the
i Knights only, and after each meeting
they will be locked up with the other
. property of the lodge.
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.
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ANTI-DISPENSARYITES WON.
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Clean riajorlty Against the System
In Kershaw.
Camden, June 21.?In the dispensary
election held yesterday fourteen
precincts with one more to hear from
give a total vote of 556. Of this 322
was against the dispensary and 234
for it, or a majority of 88 against the
dispensary. The missing box will probably
bring the majority against the
dispensary up to 100. A vote was also
taken on "manufacture" and "no
manufacture," and the manufacture
lost out also, but up to now the exact
figures are not obtainable.
In the election every precaution
was taken to make it conform strictly
to law, and a cleaner, fairer election
was never held in this or any other
county. Yet there is talk of hunting , ; q
up some technical grounds of protesting
it. There is no intimation whatever
of fraud and whether or not the
dispensary advocates will resort to
this extreme to save it upon techni- . jj
cal grounds the next few days may
tell. ^ :,;w
Mayor's Court
Monday morning Mayor Hair had >
before him two negroes named R. C.
and 6. C. Miller. They are brothers
and got too gay Saturday night and
were arrested. The charge against
R. C. Miller was drunk ana disorderly
and carrying a concealed weapon.
He was given $10.00 or 30 days for
disorderly conduct and $20.00 or 30 *$1
days for carrying a concealed weapon.
B. C. Miller was drunk and cursing '
and carrying an open knife in his I
hand Hp wjlc crivpn SI5.00 or 30 - ' i
days. They both paid up, the fines * -2
being paid by their employer.
Mike Guess and Charlie Jones,
both negroes, were up before the
mayor last week to give an accounting
for the row they had at the oil
mill about two weeks ago, in which
Guess shot Jones with a shot gun M
loaded with small shot. Jones was M
not much hurt, however. Jones was ^
fined $10.00 which was paid. Guess g
was fined $15.00, and he appealed to *||
council, being represented by an attorney.
The appeal was to have been
heard Tuesday afternoon, but on
I Monday Guess paid up. He no doubt , . 'M
i was afraid to risk his chances at an- , ^
other trial. ^ f
Preacher Disgraced.
We believe in minding our own
business, but* we must question the
propriety of publishing to the world
the Billings affair at Blackville. We
had known of the investigation for
two or three weeks, but refrained
from mentioning it, and would not J
do so now had not an article appear- ^fjj
ed in the daily papers. Innocent par- .
ties suffer from such publications, J*
and we seriously doubt the wisdom
of making public such a nauseating / ?y ^
affair. One serious error was made %?
in the special from Blackville, which
stated a ""pretty domestic" was involved.
The servant girl concerned
in the affair was a negro. This girl ,
had been employed in the home of
the Rev. Billings for some time, but
left and came; to Bamberg, where
she secured employment. For the
last few months he had been trying
to get her back, and his many trips
down here for this purpose no doubt
gave rise to the first suspicions
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two gentlemen from Blackville
came down and carried the girl up
to testify in the case.
Church Scandal at Blackville.
Blackville, June 23.?What has
been one of the greatest sensations
that this town has ever known is
that which culminated in the excommunication
from Baptist church . j
here today of Rev. C. M. Billings,
its pastor.
Billings' resignation was asked for on
last Sunday, and positive proof
of the awful scandal which has been
generally reported on him recently
being in the hands of the church, he
was today excluded.
Billings, upon hearing that his
church had positive proof that cast
away the slighest possibility of his
innocence being believed even by
his friends, left town on the next
train. A pretty domestic is involved.
His wife, who is an invalid, and
his only child, a small boy, are still
here.
Just what he will do with himself
and them is not known.
Billings left yesterday afternoon
lur parus ujmuuwji.
Rev. Billings in Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., June 24.?Rev. C.
M. Billings of Blackville gave out
the following tonight:
"The Rev. C. M. Billings, who was
reported yesterday morning as having
deserted his invalid wife and helpless
child at Blackvill, S. C., came to
Augusta from Blackville last night.
He states that he has no further statement
to make at present regarding
the unpleasant affair than to say that
he has never thought of deserting his
family or fleeing to parts unknown
and that the correspondent from
Clonlnrillo Unom fViaf wore nA
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grounds for such a statement.
"Mr. Billings will be in the city
for a few days and hopes his friends
and acquaintances will withhold,
judgment upon the deplorable affair
until he has time to advise with
tfcem." /
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