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?$*- ' ' /. . . - - . .. . . . . .... .. . , . . ... ,. . . ... . r Oik lamkrg forato | I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1907 One Dollar a Year ;|| IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down For QuicL Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Anderson's city council has adoptee an ordinance which requires all boys under fourteen years of age to be off the streets by ten o'clock at night, G. W. Thompson, the white mar who killed the notorious Dick Holsenback near Edgefield some months " 1 1 - "I 1 J. 1 ? ago, was reiusea oan last ween, u,y Judge Dantzler. Thompson only re cently surrendered to the sheriff. President D. B. Johnson, of Winthrop, reports that he has applications from 933 girls for rooms in th? college and accommodations for only 428. There were 506 applications this summer for the 27 vacant schol\ arships. J. W. Gallman, white, of Union, who was recently convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteer years in the penitentiary, has appealed to the State Supreme Court. H* will have to remain in jail, as the * .1,1 A _ law provides mat ne cannot give bond. Moss P. Hayes and J. F. Miller, formerly members of the State constabulary during the days of the old dispensary system, have been appointed special constables by Gov. Ansel under the provisions of the Carey-Cothran act for the enforcement of the whiskey law in Spartanburg county. They have received their commission from Gov. Ansel and just as soon as they give the re quired bond will enter upon the discharge of their duties. A PECULIAR DEATH. Little Boy at Anderson mis nimseii With Air and Dies. i. - ' A little eight-year-old ^boy, bj name of Bryan, met with a peculiai death at the Orr Mills in Andersor last Friday. It seems that tha little fellow was . playing with an air hose, that is usee to blow off looms in the mill, and ir some way he got it in his mouth. His I body was soon filled with air and he died in a few minutes. The boy was playing with the hose and put it intc his mouth not knowing the danger His body was swollen terribly. m ' THRASHED INSOLENT PORTER. Dr. Blanchard Teaches Pullman Cat Dignitary a Good Lesson. Shreveport, La., August 17.?Dr, I J. Ashton Blanchard, a son of Governor Blanchard and a major in the State militia, beat a negro porter ir ao? nn o Tqvoc on/1 a meeting 01 tne stocKnoiuers nas been called for Saturday, August 24 when steps will be taken to straighten the affairs of the company and, if necessary, to liquidate and wine up the company. The company is capitalized at $600,000 and controls about 10 or 15 oil mills in this sectior of the State. Mills Will*Not Close. tv Anderson, Aug. 18.?The Ander son Cotton Seed and Oil Company will not go out of business, as was intimated a few days ago when the resignation of the president, Mr Fred G. Browne, was handed in. Al a meeting late last night of loca * stockholders, held in the hotel here it was decided to tide over the pres ent financial difficulties and keep th< company going. T*- in imvni nvnUnKIn fliof fVlO OATY1. JLb 13 V CI J piuuauic Uiak Wiv win pany will sell 12 of its 14 cotton seec oil plants, but local parties interest ed declare that the two mills located at Anderson, as well as the fertil > izer plant here, will be kept in opera tion. The local stockholders are ir favor of disposing of the dozen plants in surrounding towns, but on accouni of the advantage to Anderson in a fi nancial way, the plants in this citj will not be permitted to close down. It is said that the company is mak ing good money and that the tempo& rary financial trouble is due to the present unsettled state of the monej market. A meeting of the stockholders has been called for next Saturday. The company is capitalized at $600,00( and about one-third of the stock is held by Charleston capitalists. ife" f SAT ON TACK AND SPOKE. i Medical Skill Beaten by Simple Car? pet Tack. Utica, N. Y., August 14.?That a t man may quickly recover his lost speech by sitting on a tack was illustrated last night in the case of Edward Cox, of Williamston, who found [ the painful experience a blessing in . rJiccmicp MrmtVis ncrn Vip siiffprpd a j stroke of paralysis that left him speechless. The doctors thought a blood clot had formed near the brain 1 and they said that Mr. Cox would ' never recover the use of his speech. 5 A carpet tack did what medical science failed to do?brought back the ' lost voice of Mr. Cox and gave him speech as fluent as in the days before he was stricken dumb. The tack . was on a chair, point upwards, and > Mr. Cox sat upon it last night with r such force that the surprise and pain ; brought to his lips a forceful excla. mation. A moment afterwards his wrath changed to joy when he discovered he had regained the power of ' speech. The doctors say it is a permanent cure. i m No Excuses Accepted. % ? ? i 1 i 1 French omciais are saia to oe par, ticularly rigid in their discipline of tourists. A lately returned traveler tells several more or less apocryphal stories to illustrate the state of af[ fairs. An American lost his footing, 5 slipped down into an embankment and fell into a small, shallow pond. As he scrambled dripping up the em5 bankment to the footpath he was confronted by an arm of the law. "Your name? Your address?" ; demanded this uncompromising per_ son, notebook in hand. "But I fell," began the astonished American. "I only" The man waved his arm. "It is forbidden to bathe in this lake," he said firmly. "I am not here to listen ^ to extenuating circumstances." Passenger Train Wrecked. r Florence, August 17.?Atlantic Coast Line passenger train No. 32 i came near being in a serious wreck a short distance on the other side of > Mayesville late yesterday afternoon. I A log cart had broken down on the i crossing and, before it could be mov5 ed, the passenger train came along ; from Augusta, striking the cart and A X UUU1CU1 Vii C4> x vivuu Wiiu a i*VA?i\ train yesterday, using his sabre foi ' a weapon. The negro, when requested by some ladies to open windows, answered insolently, it is said, and the thrashing resulted. An Ohic man in the car expressed his opinion freely to other men present, and one of the Louisianians gave him a beating and two black eyes. The con ductor is quoted as having said thai tthe negro had been repeatedly reported to headquarters for insolence Anderson Oil Company Hay Close. Anderson, Aug. 15?Fred G Browne, who has been president oi f the Anderson Phosphate and Oi: ? Company, and who was Strieker with paralysis about three months ago, has resigned as president. At a meeting of the board of directors held yesterday Mr. Browne's resignation was accepted. ? . # ii?j?I_K _i J i ; also a heavy log which was across > the track. The engine remained on . the track until it was brought nearly to a standstill, when the wheels got off of the rails. Theodore Jarrot, who was in the baggage car, was injured by jumping from the train, and also C. E. Eaves, of Denmark, who was in the baggage car, and who was coming to Florence to take !, a position in the dispatcher's office. ; Mr.. Jarrot had his shoulder and leg [ bruised and sprained, and Mr. Eaves received slight bruises. Both of these gentlemen will be laid up sev. eral days, but Dr. Gregg, who attended them, says that their injuries | are not of a serious nature, though , they are very painful. [ Cured of Tobacco Habit. At a tent meeting of holiness faith - being carried on at Whitmire, a mit raculous thing happened at their service Sunday night. A man came . up to be prayed for, and the preacher noticing that the mourner had in his mouth a wad of tobacco, asked that the brother be freed from his F vile and filthy habit. No sooner j said than done. The mourner swal{ lowed the tobacco, and the result all . know. He was the sickest man that ever came away from a mourner's ; bench.?Union Progress. His Profession. 5 A passing stranger was attracted , by frightful screams coming from a little house not far from the road. , Hurriedly tying his horse he ran to I the house and found out that a little 5 boy had swallowed a quarter, and his s mother, not knowing what to do, had i become frantic. The stranger caught the little fellow by his heels and, holding him up, gave him a few shakes, whereupon nnartpr soon drormed to the t floor. 5 "Well, mister," said the grateful ; mother, "you cert'n'y knowed how to get it out. Air you a doctor?" I "No, madam," replied the stranI ger, "I'm a collector of internal revenue." y _ ~ Badly Burned By Live Wire. Florence, Aug. 19.?A broken - electric wire found on the ground by 1 Mr. George Laughtin's little son, - Laurence, caused a serious accident. Mrs. Laughtin seeing her son with - the wire in his hand rushed into the - street to rescue him and caught the i wire in her hand and found her foot 5 on it. As a result both are in a very t serious condition and not expected - to live, but should they survive, Mrs. r Laughtin will lose one foot and hand , and the boy will lose one hand. Mr. - Laughtin is one of the engineers of - the Atlantic Coast Line and resides i here. j There has been much complaint about the poor condition of the elec5 trie wires here, but little has been i done to improve this condition. ) The accident has cast a gloom over 3 the city among the many friends and kin of Mr. ana Mrs. Laughtin. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, August 19.?Fodder - 1 - * -Li- - - ? pulling time ana ram is tne uiik 01 the farmers in this section. Inquiries for ginning being done} but none of our gins are in order for immediate work, and expect cotton is too green to gin. Late corn is looking well, and if continues will make fine. Rev. T. L. Belvin united in holy matrimony Miss Eloise Stafford, of Canton, Ga., and Mr. John H. A. Hartz, of this place, at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. nenry n.nrhardt, on Sunday afterpoon at 6:30 o'clock. Notwithstanding the rain and bad weather, a good crowd of relatives and friends were present to witness it and show their appreciation by donating to them presents suited to the occasion and wish them a long and happy life together. Mr. H. C. Copeland wrent to Bayard, Fla., last week to see his daughter and spend a short vacation from his business. Mrs. W. P. Pate and daughter spent a few days with her mother while her father, H. Z. McMillan, went to Greenville. Jee. ITS MISTRESS NEVER ENTERS IT riagnificent Newport Garden Given Over to Servant's Use. Of all the appalling waste of wealth at Newport there is none more inexplicable to the outside world than the leaving idle of enormous establishments that cost millions to build, and millions more to keep up. Some of these palaces have surrounded lawns and gardens covering as much as 10 acres; but most of them lie close together in bewildering succession. In Europe such magnificient structures would each own a spacious park of many hundred acres. The Newport villa is built, however, not for comfort, not in rnyme or reason, but purely for show. It is a stage setting gorgeous surely, but suggesting neither solidity nor permanency. One is surrounded by a tree-crowned wall, which cost over one hundred thousand dollars. It is empty; the owner is away in Europe. The white marble palace, a Vanderbilt residence, is also unoccupied. There's "The Breakers," also owned by the Vanderbilts, the maintenance of which costs a half million dollars a season. And the Berwind villa, the garden of which cost hundreds of thousands and yet so displeased its mistress that she turned it over to her servants and will not enter it, is also idle. You note the splendid trees in some nf t.hp vards. Thev have been trans planted, most of them from many miles inland. That beautiful tree with the great trunk and spreading branches was hauled thirty miles by fifteen teams of horses, with many tons of earth clinging to its roots. Its removal cost nearly a thousand dollars. But that is a mere item in the sum total of Newport extravagances. Our New York Letter. In a great city the magnitude of New York it is not surprising to those familiar with its ways and doings how many happenings there are of interest during every brief twentyfour hours. A birth every minute, death every two minutes, murder every six hours, marriage every four hours, etc. The news of the day as published in the papers does not cover a one thousandth of the daily events. It would simply be impossible for the press to record all or any great part of the events here, consequently they do not claim to cover the ground | completely. Freak after freak?now comes a philosopher who has discovered we do not think with our minds, brains, but that the heart, limbs etc., do the thinking; another claims kittens and pigs have souls?what next week will bring forth we know not. Many old landmarks, -among them the Stataas Zietung building, Leggett Hotel, and many others are being razed to make way for the "loop" of the elevated railroad to connect the two East river bridges. The New York Journal occupies a portion of the German paper's building and it is preparing to move over into Broadway. There has been a perfect reign of terror the past three weeks?numerous attacks on young girls, and unless a stop is soon put to it, there is going to be a few "lynching bees" in this r.itv. H. W. FlNLAYSON. 450 Broadway. The passion for gambling is illustrated by a case that occurred in Columbia a few days ago. Fifteen young negroes were caught gambling by the police and locked in the guardhouse. While waiting for trial five of them got up a game in the guardhouse and were detected. The recorder gave the fifteen $15 or 20 days on the gang and the five $5 or 20 days extra. COWS SAVE nAN'S LIFE. Attack Vicious flember of Herd Which Was Goring Him. Ware, Mass. Aug. 13.?Through the intelligence of other cows in a herd of cattle belonging to Charles Austin, of Palmer, James Irwin, a ; farmer of the vicinity, escaped being gored to death by a vicious cow this morning. Before he reached a place ' of safety his legs were badly gashed from the cow's horns, his clothing ; was torn, and his body bruised. Irwin had bargained for some heif- 1 * 'I - ? ? Hf_ A I ers ana weni to tne iarm 01 mr. Austin to look at the stock. As he went into the pasture eight of the herd came toward him, and suddenly a Holstein dashed out of the group and made for him. The animal struck him in the hip, and, throwing him to the ground, struck at him again and again with her horns un- 1 til four of the other cows began to : attack the enraged animal with their ; horns. ; Mr. Irwin started to run and the Holstein chased him. The entire herd then butted and batted the enraged animal until Mr. Irwin escaped over the fence. I Mr. Folk Replies. < i'O tne Jjemocrais OI r>amuerg i county: Replying to a circular letter of Rev. A. J. Foster, in which he as- , sails me for having addressed my ! letter to you calling your attention to misleading figures and statements published by him I beg to say : I addressed my remarks to you then, as I do now, because you are the intelligent and ruling element of our county?because upon you falls the burden of maintaining our gov- , ernment and upholding constituted ' authority?because out of your pockets would come the cost of experimenting with the farce that prohibitionists are trying to foist upon us?because to you would come the ' loss of profit occasioned by the closing of the dispensaries?because upon you would rest the responsibility to enforce a law that experience has taught us cannnot be en- i forced?because upon you rests the responsibility of maintaining society, protecting the purity of our homes and perpetuating the sancity of our churches?in short, because you are the backbone and sinew of our county. By your votes you placed me upon the watch-tower of Democracy in this county, as it were, and I wouM have been recreant to my duty if I saw impending danger and failed to sound the alarm. If as pastor?the watchman on the tower?of the Baptist church, Mr. Foster saw danger or disaster threatening his church or the welfare of its members, would he keep his mouth shut ? If he did he would be unworthy to hold the position. As the head of the Democratic party in this county, I have as much right to warn its members of impending danger as Mr. Foster has to warn the members of the organization over which he presides, and I shall continue to discharge the duties of my office, as I see them, regardless of the opinion of Mr. Foster or any who may think like him. To the Democrats of the county and to them alone am I responsible for my actions. It is the height of presumption on the part of Mr. Foster to attempt to dictate how I should discharge the duties of my 1 office. It will be noted that while I felt it "my duty as your County Cairman to sound a note of warning, " I did not sign my name as County Chairman. My idea was to become doubly responsible, if possible, for my action, and I am proud to have had the honor of correcting statements so misleading and figures so incorrect, especially when they ema nated from a source that people would naturally think could be accredited. I had hoped that Mr. Foster would have the manhood to come out and say that he, through no fault of his, had gotten incorrect figures from , the treasurer's office and that my figures were correct, but while he has not denied the correctness of my : figures he says, referring to his, "If the data is misleading it is a fault of figures and not my own." He knew the figures were incorrect before this circular letter was printed. Is not this a pitiable defense for a minister of the gospel to resort to ? But, apparently hoping to still further be, cloud this issue, he publishes a certificate of the county treasurer, which if examined, in connection with his statement concerning the Ehrhardt dispensary and the $15.16 excess turned over to him, only goes ' to prove the correctness of my statement and my figures and the incorrectness of Mr. Foster's. But this nnftAHYite fz-k o /^ic^?Vz=kr>on<^V H"f HTllv A11XV/UX1U9 tv a uiuvx v/* w...^ . $15.16 between our figures, which was occasioned by a typographical error as to county profits at Ehrhardt in making a copy of the report for the treasurer's office. The copy in the office of superintendent of education and the statement published in the county papers July 11, are correct. Refer to them and you can verify every figure I have given. If, however, this little matter of $15.16 had been the only error of i Mr. Foster I would not have considered his statements misleading and would have had nothing to say in re ply to his effusion in the last issue of the paper before the election. But he eliminates entirely from his figures two-fifths of the dispensary profits-the town's shares, amounting to $6,146.83?and reiterates his statement that we get in return for the $73,872.00 expended in our county the small, sum of $9,159.64, "or a return of one dollar for an expenditure of more than eight dollars." By what process of reasoning does he get this ? The footings of the very column from which he got his figures show a net profit of $3,841.77 for the quarter, making $15,367.08 for a year, and in order to get the figures he used he had to pick them out of this very column (see column headed "net profits divided") leaving out one item?for each dispensary the towns' shares, amounting to twofifths of the whole profit. Yet he says,' 'I said nothing about the towns, as the article will show for itself. I said nothing because I did not have all the facts in hand." How can these statements be reconciled with the facts ? He says he had access to the report in the treasurer's office, and that report contained "all the facts." An exact copy of that report (except the error alluded to) was published in the county papers July 11. Refer to that statement, verify the figures, try to reconcile his statements and say which is right, the parson or I. Suppose the Deacons of his church were to pay Mr. Foster only threefifths of his salary and claim that he had been paid in full. Do you suppose he would fail to see the incorrectness of their figures ? Yet that is practically what he does for the dispensary profits and seems to be so blinded that he cannot see it. The matter under discussion by him was dispensary profits, and the part paid the towns was as much a profit as that paid to the schools or into the general county funds, and Mr. Foster knows that his statement that the county "spends eight dollars to get in return one dollar" is both incorrect and misleading. The county has not one cent invested in the business. The board of control buys its liquors on ninety days' time and pays fbr them after they are sold, passing the surplus to the credit of the county as its'profit. It is indeed a remarkable business, $15,367.08 net profit per annum without the investment of a single cent! Now I do not maintain that the citizens of the county do not spend money, but my contention is that just as much money will be spent for liquor under prohibition as under the dispensary law and that under the dispensary law the county enjoys a profit of $15,367.08, while under prohibition it not only loses the $15,367.08 profits but also has to tax its people an equal or greater amount to pay her running expenses. But enough of figures. Why was Mr. Foster so uncharitable as to slur at me and those who think as I do by alluding to us as "Mr. Folk and his liquor element? " Could I not with equal truth and justice refer to him and his followers as "Mr. Foster and his blind-tiger element ? " Prohibition has never meant anything else in this county, but I have too much respect for myself to refer to gentle-; men whom I consider my equals in such terms. Again, seeming to question my Democracy, he sneeringly says, "He has gone off with the liquor element." Does he not know that the Democratic party has combatted with Prohibitionists and Republicans since the days ?f his boyhood ? ' If anyone has strayed from the folds of Democracy it is Mr. Foster and his followers, but I would not be so uncharitable as to say so. I might say more but I will not. Mr. Foster has opened wide the door and bantered me for a contest in "mud-slinging," but I have too much respect for myself and the people whom I am proud to represent to indulge in such. The flings and insinuations he makes against me are unworthy of a man occupying his position but I freely forgive him this time if he will not indulge in the like again. 0, charity, charity, thou art a jewel even when found in the breast - - .1 1 ? of a minister of the gospei: The election is over. The dispensary has won. The issue is decided as a county measure for four years at least. To Mr. Foster and Mr. O'Neal is due the thanks of all dispensary advocates, for had their letters never been published little interest would have been taken in the election except by prohibitionists and the result would have been overwhelmingly in favor of prohibition. This is my honest conviction. H. C. Folk. Bamberg, S. C., August 21, 1907. A Remarkable Choir. An old farmer and his wife were attending church services one hot Sabbath day. The windows were open and the noisy chorus of the crickets was distinctly audible. In due course the choir sang an anthem, and the old man, a music lover, listened enraptured. At its conclusion, he turned to his wife and whispered. "Ain't that glorious and divine, Mirandy?" "Yes," she answered, "and to think that they do it all with their hind legs." -k * LIGHTNING STRIKES CtlUKCn. Good Work of Manning Fire Department Prevents Serious Fire. Manning, August 17.?During an unusually heavy electric storm, which -i passed over Manning about five o'clock this afternoon, the pinnacle of the main tower of the Methodist church was struck by lightning and . v set on fire. An alarm was given by the ringing of the church bell, and, in the midst of a downpour of rain, the fire deDartment and throng of citizens hastened to the church and went to work. The fire was burning vigorously underneath the metal roof of the f.JSj steeple and it was difficult to reach it with water, but persistent work for about an hour saved the church. But for the heroic efforts of the recently organized and inexperienced fire department the church would have inevitably been destroyed, but as it is probably $500 will cover the damage done. . /a No other reports have yet come in of damage done by the lightning, |1 but it would seem almost a miracle if there are not a number of other instances in this vicinity. WHITE flAN HELD. M Is in Walterboro Jail Awaiting Trial, Charged With Arson. Charleston, Aug. 15.?G. C. , nrViito tiroe fn fail CI Utj VTXUWV) ?? utj WUUUiVwvt wv at Walterboro yesterday, charged with setting fire to a store of the N. H. Blitch company at Meggett's. Besides the Blitch fire, which occurred on the evening of August 3, doing severe damage, suspicion points to Verde for the big fire of July 18, at which the factory of the Standard p|j Truck Package company, with its -|3 contents and valuable stock, was reduced to ashes. The loss at this fire was over $100,000, while the loss by M the store fire was several thousand dollars. There is some ground, too, for suspicion in a third fire in the vicinity of Meggetts, when property of Mr. Towles was destroyed. The case upon which Verde has been nailed, however, is the Blitch store fire. twhnns Vprde's alleged statement 53 that he would get revenge and do some damage was the strongest factor that got him into the hands of the law. He was in the employ of the N. H. Blitch company for a year or so, but was discharged on July 1. There was not any particular good feeling in his heart over the discharge. About two weeks after- 4 ;|| wards the burning of the big barrel and crate factory took place and following that fire by about two weeks ?|i the store of the company at Meggetts was burned to the ground. An old man who slept over the store had a narrow escape from be- : ing cremated. He could not see | very well, and was nearly caught in the smoke and flames before he could |2| be taken to a place of safety. He smelled distinctly an odor of gasoline and declared that he thought he could make out some one running from the building when he looked out of the window that night. Being set with the inflammable gasoline, which appeared to be sprinkled liber any Uliuei dim awui ure oiuw ui vuv store, the fire spread very rapidly, preventing the saving of any of the contents or the building. The building was valued at over , $2,000, and the contents at less. What was regretted especially was . the loss of accounts and papers which had been accumulating in the store for four or five years. Postmaster ? Smith at Meggetts had his furniture stored in the top of the building and this was all lost. Verde is a white man who comes '3f from around the section where the || fires took place. The only motive which can be ascribed to his deed is that of revenge. He was fairly wellGreat relief is felt about Young's Island in his arrest, because it is now thought that these fires which have been occurring with alarming frequency, will now cease to break out. v A large crowd attended the preliminary hearing of Verde yesterday. ' fViinUa fViQf fVip L'CtCCli V C Ul CilllCUl U11XI1W VilMV Mav ; evidence he has collected against the man will surely send him to the penitentiary. Whether or not he will be held responsible for the burning of the pack- . age factory is a question. There are several facts which point to incendiarism in this fire ana N. H. Blitch & Co. are interested in the factory financially. About a $50,000 loss was had in the factory buildings and plant and an equal amount in stock, partly covered by insurance. Garris-Carter. Mrs. Griba Smoak Garris, of Smoak, S. C., who is pleasantly known in Spartanburg, having lived here for several years, and Dr. Holland McTiere Carter, of Smoak, S. C., were married in Asheville, N. C., last Wednesday. The announcement .J? 1 VvA SMi-iifa Q aill* 01 ner marriage wm uc uuiu, ? prise to her many Spartanburg friends, all of whom wish great success and happiness.?Spartanburg Journal. v The young man who wants to get up in the morning with the sun, shouldn't stay up too late with the J