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. jjpp -.. v. -:,,, :. ... . .... (Fhe lamforg Ifmitfi j Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1907 One Dollar a Year ||1 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 supervisors of registration of Williamsburg county are revising the registration books. Miss Julia Wannamaker, of Orangeburg, was drowned while bathing in the surf at Sullivan's Island last FriJ*1" GWa trroo oi-v-foon uoars nlH ueyr UilU YY oo O^AWVil j VVMW v.%.? , There was a wreck of a passenger train on the Charleston & Western Carolina railway near Laurens last Friday. Several persons were injured but none fatally. The State phosphate commission has just completed a survey of the beds around Charleston and they are pleased with all that they saw and especially with the prospects for a good season. The town of Darlington has surrendered its base ball franchise, but the State league will be continued. The Darlington team will play on thp Florence crrounds for the bal ance of the season. The News and Courier says that $40,000 belonging- to the Coast Line and $8,000 belonging to the Southern has been lost in the gambling dens of the city and nobody punished because the juries would not do their duty. Governor Ansel has refused to pardon Ollie Ponder, a young white man, who was convicted in Union county of assault and battery. He figured in the whipping of Mrs. Harriet Coburn, a white woman. Again the governor shows that his head is level. -A northbound mail train on the * - i 1 _ ?_ Southern ran into an open switcn at i Richland, Oconee county, on ThursM: day. The engine turned over and the I four mail and baggage cars left the track. A few passengers were slightly hurt. The switch had been tampered with, and it is thought it was an attempt to wreck the train. In their argument filed with the in ternal revenue commissioner, the attorneys of the State dispensary commission charge U. B. Hammett, former State dispensary constable and now deputy collector, with obtaining affidavits from dispensers by irregular and fraudulent means. Many of the dispensers say they signed the affidavits without reading them. Columbia must be a poor base ball town. It is stated that a few days t since at one of the games in that city only 350 people were present, the gate receipts being only $85.00. The club is losing money ;is well as games, over $3,000 having been been lost this season. Several towns in the State are attempting to cut i too much of a figure in the base ball line. It will be a good thing for them to realize that they are not so large as they thought. NO ELECTION FOR BARNWELL. U ' - > Petitions for Vote on Whiskey Question are Refused. Barnwell, July 22.?The members of the registration board for Barnwell county began the work of revising the registration bodis on ? ? 1 T l -I ? 3 1 ; | P Monday, JUiy 10, anu naviug cvmpleted that work have addressed the following letter to County Super? visor J. B. Morris. Barnwell, July 22, 1907. "Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of July 1 we. the county board of registration, respectfully submit that to the best of our belief and information, being governed by the registration books in our charge, there are three thousand two hundred and fifty legal and qualified electors in Barnwell county after the revising of the books." Upon the receipt of the foregoing letter Supervisor J. B. Morris passed the following order: "Whereas, on the 30th day of April, 1907, there were sundry petitions filed in the office of of the supervisor of said county praying that I, as the supervisor of said county, order an election under what is known as the Carey-Cothran bill to determine whether the dispensary system should be continued or whether we should have prohibition in this county, and, whereas, the said petitions, while they contained 817 names, only contained the names of 622 qualified electors, and, whereas, I, supervisor of said county, did on the 1st day of July, 1907, address | a communication to the supervisors of registration of said county requesting them to inform me of the number of qualified electors as shown by the registration books for said coun1 ' -Li- -~i. .? ty, ana, wnereas, irie registration board for said county did, on the 22d day of July, 1907, over their hands and seals, report to me as supervisor that the registration books for said county, after having been duly revised showed 3,255 qualified electors, I therefore find the petitions filed as aforesaid do not contain the names of one-fourth of the qualified elecV tors in the said county. It is therefore ordered that the said petitions praying for an election be and the same is hereby dismissed. OUTRAGE IN WALTERBORO. Disreputable Conduct on the Part of Unknown Parties. Thursday night about eleven o'clock Rev. J. L. Daniel was aroused from his slumbers by hearing noises around the parsonage. The noises consisted of an explosion, probably a cannon cracker, or the discharge of a pistol, accomDanied bv a rain of missiles on top of and against the sides of the house. Rev. Daniel immediately telephoned the central office and requested the operator to get someone to come to his assistance. Going back to his room, he fired his pistol to give an alarm. Soon a crowd had collected, but the offenders had dispersed. Fortunately among the first arrivals, when the alarm was given, were Drs. EsDorn and Ackerman. Mrs. Daniel, who_is almost an invalid and a great sufferer trom nervousness, was thrown into a convulsion, and but for the timely arrival of the physicians there is no telling what might have been the result. The guilty parties have not yet been apprehended. The entire town regardless of denominational affinities, are severe in their condemnation of this j attack upon the home of one of our. citizens. Resolutions were adopted Sunday morning at the close of services by the congregation of the Methodist church, of which Rev. Daniel is pastor. The board of stewards held a meeting Friday in which they took some action, it is understood. For some reasons they have given out nothing as to what they did, but it is understood that they have the names of several boys and young men they think guilty. Their names are kept secret. It is not known what action, if any, will be taken. The effort seems to be to keep the matter as quiet as possible and to settle it out of court. This trouble has been brewing for J--?? ?/-vwi?w*. of flio r?QT?cr?n some time, me wmei ?v uiv f>?uvi> age is a popular place for boys and young men to congregate, especially at night. Several weeks ago a crowd of boys and young men began assembling there before dispersing for the night, some of these sometime more or less intoxicated. They would while away a time singing, often sacred songs, interspersed with oaths. On one occasion, Rev. Daniel found it necessary to request them to desist, they were .so boisterous, and his wife having one of her bad attacks of nervousness at the time. These midnight melodies continued, and Rev. Daniel took occasion to rebuke it from the pulpit. This Seemingly incensed the boys or young men, and it is supposed, this attack of Thursday night was a consequence. Sunday morning before services Rev. Daniel took occasion to comment on the occurrence. He said that he had a record of fifteen years in the ministry and he had never had any trouble in any of his charges. He did not think any word of his in the pulpit could be the cause of this trouble, and that he should continue to preach the gospel as he saw it, fearlessly. At the conclusion of the services a congregational meeting was held, presided over by H. W. Black, the chairman of the board of stewards, at which the following resolutions were ? - * ? *TTT1 _ unanimously adopted: * * w nereas, we have heard with much chagrin, not unmixed with indignation, of a recent and unfortunate occurrence which was calculated to annoy and injure our pastor, Rev. J . L. Daniel, and his family, not only in his home sanctity, but personally, and whereas we have been much concerned at this demonstration which seemed to be intended to offend our pastor, therefore, be it resolved by the congregation: That we condemn such demonstrations on the part of of those guilty as being unworthy of our enlightened community. That we commend Rev. Daniel for his manly and fearless attacks upon the strongholds of sin and evil-doers; and assure him of our esteem and high regard, and that we are in full accord and sympathy with his efforts for right-living and that we shall do all we can to uphold his hands. That a copy of these resolutions be placed on the minutes of chis church, and that a copy be sent the Rev. J. L. Daniel and published in the newspapers.?Walterboro Press and Standard. Constables captured six barrels of contraband liquor in Peedee river on Saturday night, where the Charleston, Sumter & Northern rail road crosses. It had been floated down from North Carolina. A paymaster in the regular army contracted blood poisoning a few days ago from handling money and died. His fate does not scare us, however. We'd be glad to run the risk of blood poison by handling some money. We publish the following by way of warning to the boys who will start out the first day of August with a bundle of accounts in their hands: "Frank Wolliver, of Knoxville, attempted to collect 25 cents from Mrs. Jenks. She was walking with Ames Oglesby, the younger brother of Wolliver, who knocked him down with a stone and then shot him, the ball going through his heart/'. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 1 SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the j County and Elsewhere. I Ehrhardt Etchings. ' ] Ehrhardt, July 22.?Messrs. Tom * D. Jones and Jacob Ehrhardt went to j Newberry. The former to be with J I his son, Earle, who has fever; the lat- J ter on a business trip. Miss Miley, of Brunson, is visiting ' her grandmother, Mrs. R. A. Owens. Mrs. Farrell and daughters' are visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Copeland. Capt J. C. Westerlund has gone on a pleasure trip to the up country. Whooping cough is on its rounds among the little folks. Now and then it hits one that isn't so small, J 1- ^ rto 4-UA on dA mov VlQ llOQ (tliU lie KJL one CIO UiC tact 111UJ wv iiHw to whoop also. ( My! isn't the weather hot! Ice is ( the only luxury suited to the weather, 1 and the people are making use of it. Big meetings are all the go now. T St. Johns and St. Nicholas churches i held forth on yesterday. Mt. Pleas- J ant will embrace next Sunday. f Farmers are busy putting the last s touches to their farms. Some are 2 promising and others are very poor. ? A few melons are ripening, but { very few fine ones. Too much rain for ' them. J A negro, George Kearse, who has ' recently come here from the chain gang, on Sunday afternoon when Con- 1 rad Hartz was at Sunday school, en- * tered his house and took several ar- ? tides therefrom, among them a Smith J & Wesson revolver, pair ot snoes, < shirt, and $1.50 in cash. He was ar- ? rested this morning and no doubt will have the pleasure of serving another term on the gang. Mr. L. A. Brabham commenced work on J. D. Dannelly's residence this morning, and expects sOon to have same in shape for him to occupy. Jee. Church Services. There will be services at Mt. Pleasant Evangelical Lutheran church next Friday, July 26,11 a. m. No service in the afternoon. Two services Saturday and Sunday at 11 a. m. and 2:45 p. m. Rev. J. J. Long, of Porn aria, will preach. The public is Cordially invited to attend the services. P. E. Monroe, Ehrhardt, July 18. Pastor. Bought Telephone System. Allendale, July 18.?The Southern Bell Telephone Company has bought out the Clark Automatic Telephone Company, of this place, and is now to*-finor Hown the old line DreDaratorv to erecting an up-to-date system. All the material is on the ground and a large force of hands are at work and | in a few weeks Allendale will have a first-class telephone system, with the long distance connection. The concrete foundation for the new union depot is almost complete and as soon as that is down the brick work will commence. Plans are now being submitted to the building committee of the Allendale graded school building, and active work will begin in a short time. The building when complete will be up-to-date in every respect. The farmers of this section are in much better spirits than they were a month ago, and while crops are not as good as they might be, there is a great improvement within the last two weeks, and some farmers will make a very good crop. Melons and cantaloupes are doing very well; the '< latter have nearly all been shipped. 1 Dr. H. R. Tison has moved into his 1 pretty cottage on Railroad avenue. The Rev. and Mrs. T.C. O'Dellare 1 visiting at Blenheim this week. Mrs. R. P. Searson has returned : . 11 after having spent about two raontns with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Atkinson, of Spartanburg. Drowning at Rock Hill. Rock Hill, July 18.? L. Alley, a young unmarried man, 23 years old, was drowned in the swimming pool of the Arcade cotton mills about 9 o'clock Wednesday evening. It is not known whether he could swim or not. He was using a plank to float around in the pool on, which is a private affair for the operatives. Those nearby who heard his call for help were not able to get to him in time. It was an hour or more before his body was recovered, dragging the pool having to be resorted to. Walks Out of Window. Beaufort, July 17.?At 11 o'clock last night George Watson, the 11year-old son of Rev. A. B. Watson, walked in his sleep out of an open second story window on to a roof and stepped off into space. He fell 18 feet to the ground, but did not i dietain anv iniuries that now appear serious. He has not recovered from the shock, but the only apparent injuries are a cut under the chin and slight abrasions of the nose and ear. Columbus just landed; meeting a big ! Indian chief with a package under his arm, he asked what it was. "Great i medicine, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea," said the Injun. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hoover. ARRESTED IN AUGUSTA. Negro Thought to be the Hurderer of Willie Cutter. A negro who gave his name as Sam Benjamin was arrested last night by Policeman A. J. Matthews and CVConnell on suspicion of being the murderer of Will Cutter, who was 3hot to death at Midway, Bamberg county, S. C., last April a year ago. He was pointed out the officers by Mr. J. W. Dukes, who told them that nocrrn's rp?l name was John Anderson, and that for his arrest a reward of $650.00 had been made up n South Carolina. The murder of Will Cutter is still remembered, not only in Augusta, 3ut in many South Carolina counties. Be was the manager of a circus. During a performance at Midway, in m open lot, John Anderson and an)ther negro climbed on top of a box rar belonging to the show and were >rdered off by Mr. Cutter. They iursed him, and Anderson drew a pistol and shot the white man dead. Excitement ran high, and there vere threats of lynching if the ne ' T 1 jrro was caught, butiie maae nis escape; for many months nothing was leard of him. Last night Mr Dukes aw a negro loafing around the triingular block who answered the description of Anderson, and as he had mown the negro several years ago, le at once came to the conclusion hat he was the escaped murderer of Gutter. He pointed Anderson, alias Benja- j nin, out to the two officers, and , ;he negro was promptly arrested, j le denies any knowledge of the killng. One of his arms is off, and he . ells that it was lost in a railroad : iccident near Knoxville, Tenn. When , :onfronted by the two policemen, ' lowever, het is said to have come ( lear fainting from fright, and the , >olice authorities are strongly con- . dnced that he is the negro who is J vanted in Bamberg county.?Au- , rusta Chronicle, Monday, July 22. J Replies to Rev. Billings. J [o the Editor of The State: ; It has been the purpose of your J :orrespondent to have nothing more i ;o say in regard to the awful Billings natter which has been the talk of - * * i - J1 >ur town and tne wnoie* state ana :&used great grief to Christian peo- ; )le here and elsewhere. ? But the statement in your paper to- , lay, copied from the Augusta Chroni- i :le, is so misleading to those people ? >ver the State who do not know the < facts in the case and is so totally de- , roid of truth until this informant nust come forth. | Now, every reputable man in this x>wn will sign his name to the fact , ;hat these awful letters written by 3illings to the negro who had been lis house maid are in Billings' own land writing. The letters were writ;en here and mailed to Bamberg, 1 vhere the maid had gone after leavng his home on account of the fact eaking out here. A vftnrnr npwlv married man could " J w???e .. lot write a letter in more endearing ;erms to his tender bride. The only word of sympathy for the man here for his crime is occasionally the statement that "the man must have lost lis mind." This answers Billings' first statement in regard to his not writing these letters. Second, that he had not been allowed the privilege of seeing them is false. On the other hand he was begged to go and read them and he flat-footedly refused to do so. His third statement, that he had absolutely no opportunity to defend himself or to deny the authorship of the letters as he was away preaching for a ^riend and didn't reach home until o o'clock in the afternoon he was excommunicated is devoid of any truth whatsoever. On the contrary, Billings was notified on Friday afternoon that he would be turned out of the church on Sunday and was asked to be there. This he failed to do, but on the contrary, took the train for Augusta, Ga., and preached there for a preacher who came here for him and heard the proceedings at church Sunday morning. This was not a previous engagement for him to preach in Augusta, for he had an engagement to preach in Lexington, N. C., and wired them, after arriving in Augusta, he could not come. This information was in the Charlotte Observer. ? ? > A 1 At- D.'ll.'nw It mignt aiso de stateu mat duiu^o was excluded from the church not only for gross immortality in regard to his life with the negro but for prevarication. A copy of this letter has been sent to the Augusta Chronicle in reply to the card appearing in that paper. Robert B. Fickling. Blackville, S. C., July 17, 1907. We wish city council would get after the railroad authorities and make them put some decent sidewalks at the railroad crossings on Railroad Avenue. The depot ought also to be lighted by electricity, The attending physicians of the late Rev. William Aiken Kelley performed an autopsy when he died recently, and their report is that the abnormal development of his brain made him irresponsible for his irrational behavior in recent years. " " ' " . "v- . .. # >*& V v t\ r' A MURDERER ARRESTED. JOHN ANDERSON CAPTURED IN AUGUSTA LAST SUNDAY. He Shot and Killed Willie Cutter, a White Man, at flidway^Nearly Two Years Ago. John Anderson, the negro who is charged with the killing of young Willie Cutter, a white man, at Midway last April a year ago, was arrested in Augusta last Sunday. His arrest was caused by Mr. J. W. Dukes, of Midway, who happened to be in Augusta. It seems that Mr. Dukes was standing on the street talking to a noliceman about the killing of Cutter and telling him about the escape of Anderson, when the murderer passed along. He at once told the policeman that was the man wanted for the crime and he was promptly arrested. At first Anderson stoutly denied his identity, saying his name was Benjamin and he knew nothing about Midway or Bamberg county. Sheriff Hunter was communicated with Monday morning, and he at once sent Andrew Bennett, a colored man, to Augusta to identify Anderson and bring him back if he was really the man. Andrew was sure it was Anperson, and he was brought here Monday evening and lodged in jail. He denied that he was Andeson until after he reached Bamberg, but now he acknowledges it. His father came in to see him Tuesday morning. One of his arms is gone now, and he had both when he made his escape. Anderson says he got it cut off in a railroad wreck near Knoxville, Tenn., u,,4- ,*o q rnmnr ahmad that he uui muc 10 ? x uiuvA ^? g-ot it shot off in some difficulty. It will be remembered that Anderson fled immediately after Cutter was shot, and rewards were offered for his capture. Two negroes were concerned in the killing, John Anderson and Isaiah Bartley. Anderson escaped, but Bartley was arrested and tried. He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to four years on the.county chain gang. He appealed to the State Supreme Court, and is now out on bond. Soda Water Religion, Rev. Jos. A. Serena, a pastor of Syracuse, N. Y., has established a soda water fountain in the vestibule of his church to attract people in warm weather. Bishop Potter consecrated a barroom in New York, or went through the mockery of conse ? J r\AA cration, in oraer to wm urumiug ple to a life of decency. When churches called Christian use adventitious and sensational methods to draw people to church the inference is plain that the kind of religion professed is a very poor sort. People will never get into the kingdom of heaven through such circus methods. The church South as well as North has to put up with much foolishness, but it survives all this. The greatest enemies the church has today wear ministerial robes, or sit on front pews. This soda water religion may attract some people, but the spirit of love, truth and life is wanting. It is about as evanescent and worthless as the foam on the glass.?Carolina Spartan. Negro Loses his Leg. Allendale, July 23.?Jim Lyons, colored, of Luke, Ga., an employe of the Charleston and Western Carolina > > - - ?i. .ir Railway company, naa nis leg cut un by work train No. 1 at this place today. Lyons is one of Gapt. M. L. Redd's work force and was trying to mount a flat car while the train was moving out of the Allendale yard. Negro Qirl Assaulted. Batesburg, July 23.?Two negroes, John Jay and Smith, were arrested here this afternoon charged with criminally assaulting an 11-yearold negro girl, an adopted daughter of Jim Wright, colored. It seems that the assault was committed some days since. The child for the last few days has been in a serious condition and it was not until her foster mother had made an examination that she found out what was the matter with the child. After questioning her she admitted or told her foster mother that John Jay and Smith was in the room and one of them had accom plishea His miamous puipwc. The negroes are much wrought up over the affair. Vacations for flothers Too. Peopje who work for themselves, especially mothers, often glory in not taking a vacation, in staying forever at home, in sticking solidly to what they believe to be their duty. To you, my conservative reader, vacation is just as necessary as it is the tired teacher or the faithful clerk; and for the same reason?that you may do ?i 1 rJixri-wflr anH Hn more wont wnwi^uuuu ? it more effectively. The duty which holds you will be better performed, the home that you are guarding will be better kept, and the-cheerfulness, and courage, and optimism which you need will be more readily summoned, if you take time?not next year, but in the remaining weeks of this very summer?to drink in the stimulant of new faces, new landscapes and new experiences.?Woman's Home Companion for August. NEGRO ATTACKS iYIIINlMbK. Rev. R. F. Bradley Seriously Cut by Farm Hand. | Greenwood, July 18.?Great excitement prevails at Troy, in this ! county, this afternoon over a murderous assault made by a negro upon Rev. R. F. Bradley, the highly esteemed pastor of the A. R. P. church at Long Cane. The negro, John Suber, who came from Georgia some months ago, was [employed by Mr. Bradley upon his farm. Today the negro resented some 'order or reprimand given by Mr. [ Bradley and made an attack on him ' [ with a knife. Mr. Bradley was cut nnpp nn eaeh side of his throat. and also had a long gash across his ' /.J31 back. The negro at once fled. Reports from Troy say that every ^JM man in the town and surrounding country is searching for the negro. Sheriff McMillan, as soon as the news ? J reached him, left in an automobile for Troy. ITie dogs owned by the . - --m county were at Epworth some 20 - ' miles from Troy, but they were at once ordered to the scene. A later report from Troy says Mr. n?J1-? fnfollir w/MinHoH DlHUiey IS UUt laMUIJ nvuuuviu It is almost impossible to get, com-- . '$ munication witfythe little town this ' * M afternoon. Every one is beside him- M self with rage and resentment. Mr. Bradley is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of the county. He is about 60 years old and a leading minister of his denomination and is ' ^g known all over the State. Negro Arrested. Greenwood, July 20.?The negro, John Suber, who made the savage attack upon Rev. R. Foster Bradley at Troy Thursday, was captured this \ 3 morning at Clinton by Chief Reed of 'M that place. Chief Reed did a splendid piece of work in capturing the negro. He received a postal card description of him at 7 o'clock this morn ' ;% ing and at 10 o'clock he had his man in a cell. He brought him to'Greenwood shortly after on the Seaboard southbound vestibule. The negro con/>rn*Tno "RppH _ 1CSOCU UJC V.I1U1V W V..... Sheriff McMillan, not knowing that Suber had' confessed, had a son of Mr. Bradley to identify Suber. The young man says his father is doing as well as could be expected, but that he gets very little rest Chief Reed of Clinton says he saw the negro drinking water at a pump | this morning and saw that he was a strange negro. As he walked away he noticed the bow legs and he felt . M sure he had the right one. Later on -4 when arrested the negro at first attempted to get off by plausible tales of being elsewhere. When asked why he did it, Suber - ? told him he had to do it. Said Mr. Bradley "hollered" at him, that then he just got mad and "had to do it." Suber says he is from the Five Forks | section of Newberry county. This is > probably not his first offense. He is "i now in jail and there is no further :'l excitement. He lately lived in Geor- * '|j PUT IN PENITENTIARY. * Yeggmen Begin Ten Year Sentence for Safecracking. Spartanburg, July 17.?Charles './S Howard and Tom Nolan, the cracksmen convicted here several months ago of robbing the safe of the Enoree Manufacturing company in Novem- i'J ber, 1902, and sentenced to terms of ten years each, were taken to Colum| bia tonight by Acting Deputy Irby /Jaj to begin their terms in the State penitentiary. * . The fact that the men were to be J8 taken to the State penitentiary at this time was not given oufrand it was . Jj not known that the authorities had nrw-m snf?h a course until the IUCViUVU U|/v. ? ? prisoners and guards appeared at the ;V| station a few minutes before the train departed. They have been held in jail here pending their attorney's motion for a new trial. This has not materialized, however, though Mr. Sims declared to-night he would take the cracksmen's case to the supreme court. He said he did not know that Nolan and Howard were to be taken to Columbia at this time. Other prisoners in charge of the officers leaving here to-night were: Jack Scruggs, sentenced for life for the murder of C. L. Carver, and George Barnes and Henry Rumley, negroes, who go to serve short terms. ml One of the ice factories in Sumter -1 was burned last Monday night. The company owns two other factories in the same town. The loss is said to be $22,000 with insurance of $12,000. The Fallaws are trying to get a change of venue from Lexington to Aiken county, their attorneys basing '* ,r.T* that tne appucatiuu uu Wv _ young Mabus, the man they murdered, was wounded in Aiken county but died in Lexington. The matter was argued before Judge Dantzler at OrangeburgTuesday, but no decision has been announced. The town has been exceptionally liberal in the matter of lighting the railroad's property, and it is as little as the railroad can do to light the . depot properly. Often there are no > lights in the first-class waiting room when people want to take the night trains. The light in the waiting room should burn all night, as people often take the three o'clock trains.