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Jfr > v V" ~ ' > / B 1 'mjULi_i ?i? ?It? Iamb?r0 ^?rali jt: Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1908 One Dollar a Year A I IN THE PALMETTO STATE v _ , SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. m State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. fFire destroyed the telephone exchange in the city of Anderson last v Saturday morning. The city of Aiken is taking steps to * have free delivery of mails, in compliance with the regulations of the postoffice department. rws5|> Berry B. Mobley, who shot and X killed S. G. WelsB in the town of Kerflshaw, has been admitted to bail in Ml the sum of $2,000 by Associate ? &" ' Justice Ira B. Jones. \ President Roosevelt has reappointi-fe* ed Joshua E. Wilson as postmaster at f'W Florence. This is the negro whom the J/ people of that city have been trying ? " to get ousted and a > white man appointed. Anderson suffered from a severe storm last week. All the telephone and telegraph wires were down, and i the.street cars could not run because of lack of power. The city was in darkness Friday night. .4 The Paul Jones Distilling Co. had a hearing before the State dispensary commission last Friday and they ad, mitted that the State had been over. charged to the amount of $5,200. The '* ? .11 AAA Claim 01 me nouse was ^?,wv. t r At a hearing: held in Asheville last . v 4 week, Judge Pritchand, of the United jfc-. States Court, refused to grant the petition for the appointment of a receiver for the South Carolina dispensary fund. The receivership was askt ed for by whiskey houses who do not want to submit their books for exanimation. The action of Judge : Pritchard will strengthen the hands of'the wind-up commission, and it is 4 possible that somebody will wear stripes after all. Dies of Chloral Poisoning. V: V Dillon, Feb. 2.?The body of Coy Carmichael was found dead in his room at the Donaldson hotel here about 8 oVJock yesterday morning. The body was still warm and as movements had been plainly heard in the room at 6 o'clock it was evident that life had been extinct but a short time. Friday afternoon Mr. Carmichael r returned from Rowland and at a late hour at night was seen on the street somewhat under the influence of Hauor. About 11 o'clock he went to < the Donaldson hotel, engaged a room |||' and retired. Yesterday morning his door being open, his body was seen 0$ the floor. Believing him under the influence of liquor, an attempt ^ I was made to put him in the bed, when it was found that he was dead. * Two two-ounce vials were found > near the body. One was empty, but had a distinct odor of chloral. The other contained about two drams of bromidia. If he took the contents of / the two vials he drank about 200 grains from the bottle of bromidia and possibly more from the one containing straight chloral. Death was - : probably instantaneous. Whether he v. * ' took the poison by accident or design P - . will never be known. Mr. Carmichael was connected with . most of the prominent families oi Marion. Funeral services were held today at Little Rock. Lost hz Rasing Stream. Macon, February 1?Mrs. Walter Byrd, of Texas, was drowned in Town creek in Jones county, five miles from r. Macon, late yesteraay evening. She was on her way to visit her, sister, Mrs. J. J. Jones, near here and aril rived in Macon in a storm in the y afternoon and started to drive in 2 hack to her sister's home. At Towr creek, which was swollen, the hacl sank in quicksand, careened ana mre^ her out. She was heard to screair i three times before disappearing dowr ' the stream into the river. The hack tfgp man, John Jones, clung to the limt of a tree and was rescued. Mrs Byrd's body has not yet been recov ered. t St. John's Items. St. John's, February 3.?Farmer around this neighborhood are prepar ingfora new year, buying stock. We are sorry to hear that Mrs John Carter has been so ill for th< past few days. Mrs. Charley Hiers, who has beei seriously ill for some weeks witl pneumonia, is improving. UVnoct TTiors fnrmerlv a DUDi of Bamberg Fitting School, is now a 1 s home. I' v Leander Folk was absent fron school for the last two weeks on ac count of la grippe. j' We are glad to know that our com munity is so rapidly progressing, af fording two marriages within a week * Mr. Wilbur Kear^and Miss Luci; | Copeland were happily married at th J home of the bride by Rev. P. E % Monroe last Sunday afternoon. Mr. John Brant and Miss Ella Sha\ i = were married last Thursday after noon. Afterwards a reception wa given in honor of the bride an t . groom. We extend to both couple our congratulations. (Raleigh Kinard. * St. John's graded school. ? LEGISLATIVE DOINGS. What the General Assembly Has Done and Is Likely to Do. The house passed the bill making drinking on trains a misdemeanor. The house of representatives killed the bill to provide free school books for poor children. The Senate and house have passed a bill allowing circuit judges traveling expenses of $500 a year. The general assembly will no doubt visit the South Carolina Military Academy in Charleston next SaturJ aay. The Senate has passed the bill fixing passenger rates in Ihis State at 2\ cents the mile. Senator Black voted for the bill. Hon. C. W. Garris has introduced a bill in the house to guard against the introduction of the Mexican boll weevil into this State. A bill has been introduced in the house of representatives which provides for a number of amendments to th#? nr^sent countv dispensary law. Mr. Garris has introduced a bill to amend the charter of the Bamberg, Ehrhardt & Walterboro Railway Company. The amendment provides that the road be extended to Denmark. The house of representatives has passed a bill creating a new judicial circuit. It will be called the 11th circuit and is to be composed of the counties of Lexington, Saluda, and Edgefield. A bill has passed the house of representatives providing for an election in Colleton county on the question of dispensary or no dispensary. The whiskey question has been agitated in that county for some months. < The house has passed a bill allowing the people of Aiken county to vote on the question of dispensary or ?r? Arvril This is all that piviltk/iuvtt 1U - the general assembly is likely to do about the dispensary question in that county. * 1 The bill to make the terms of office of county supervisor and superintendent of education four years instead of two has passed both the Senate and house, but Bamberg county has been exempted from its provisions. ^ A new contract labor law has been \passed by the legislature. The provisions prohibit contracts for more than one year, and the. employer cannot hold the laborer under a new contract for money advanced under an old contract. Last Thursday the house of representatives killed the prohibition bill by a vote of 62 to 51, only eleven majority. Messrs. Garris and Miley voted against the bill. It is likely ; that the matter of prohibition will be ; submitted to the people of the State | in the primary next summer. , '*The Senate passed Mr. Appelt's bill requiring whiskey drummers to pay a license of $5,000 in each county in , the State before they can solicit or ! ders. Senator J. B. Black, of this : county, opposed the bill, as he did not want liquor drummers wj cume t here at all. He wanted them barred ? fjsom the State. The house of representatives has gassed to a third reading Mr. Miley's ill, which prohibits the use of any slot jnachine in which there is an element of chance or the having of such a machine on the premises uni der penalty of a fine of $100 or 3C t days imprisonment. This will put the slot machines in this city out of 1 ? ?I. 'n sw\rvsl tViinrr ( DUSiness, WIUU1 id a gwu uiuig. , Fire at Port Royal. i Beaufort, Feb. 2.?Fire totally i destroyed five houses at Port Royal : Friday night. They were the propr erty of D. C. Wilson of Savannah and i were occupied by Bohemians who are i employed in Maggionni & Co.'s oys ter factory. The fire was discovered ) at 10:30 and the high wind which was . blowing soon had it beyond control. - For a time the whole town was ii danger, as the wind carried sparks tx other buildings, which were savec VkAoro rain HThp nriffir UiliJT UJ UllV. uvnij *i~". ? 0 ? 3 of the fire is unknown. Prohibitionists Organize. I Barnwell, Feb. 3.?The call for t meeting of all the prohibitionists ii ! the court house today was respondec i to, and in consequence of said meet ^ ing a permanent organization was ef ] fected, and the -following officers t were elected: Dr. E. Patterson chairman; the Rev. M. M. Benson ! secretary, and W. H. Duncan, treas urer; Messrs. F. H. Creech, W. T Calhoun, R. R. Johnstone, W. A _ Meyer and J. Allen Patterson, mem * a.i? J-:? ? 1 Ders 01 me executive cummin*^ The organization is to be known a a "the Barnwell County Prohibitioi e League."* A petition was prepared and sen" to the Legislature requesting <* v special election on the liquor ques .. tion. j If you suffer with indigestion, constipa tion, feel mean and cross, no strength o s appetite, your system is unhealthy. Hoi lister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes th system strong and healthy. 35c, Tea o tablets. H. F. Hoover. C COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS I SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. 5 Colston Cuttings. \ Colston, Feb. 4.?For the past few days the fire has come in very nicely. Last Friday was a very cold, ? ? * ?-? J /IftTT rainy anu wiuuy uoj. Mr. Wash Wesbury and Mr. Miller Wolf visited friends here last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Bishop is visiting her son, Mr. B. D. Bishop, near Ehrhardt. Mr. Arthur Thomas and sister, Miss Katie, visited friends here a few days last week. Miss Letitia Bishop, who spent last week with her aunt in Colleton county, returned home last Friday. The pindar shelling was largely attended at Mr. C. C. Fender's last Saturday night and was enjoyed by every one present. We are glad to see Mr. Joseph Moore out again. "M"* finpnl last iui< uuiiuiiiv uiji utwuv> Sunday with Mr. Bruce Padgett. Mi iss Adrienne Padgett is at home for the summer vacation. Mr. W. C. Clayton is at home from school on account of sickness. Messrs. W. H. Folk, and C. F. Padgett went to Bamberg last Wednesday. s ' Mrs. Jabe Padgett-and daughter, Miss Ruth, from Lodge, visited Mrs. C. F. Padgett last Tuesday. - A. L. B. N Denmark Doings. Denmark, Feb. 1.?Work on the Methodist church and the new school building is progressing well. Both will be handsome structures and will orM miipli tn the heautv of the town. MUVt * ?* V?V4. w ?- ? v There will be a fine park in front of the church, Dr. S. D. M. Guess having donated a tract of several acres for that purpose. Books pf subscription for the cotton warehouse have been opened. The building will store about 3,000 bales. Capt. J. B. Guess is the moving spirit in this enterprise. The young people of the town are rehearsing for a play> "Hearts and Diamonds," which will be played this month for the benefit of the Methodist church. Mesdames C. A. Brux and W. D. Rice are coaching the young folks and a creditable exhibition is promised. Mr. E. T. LaFitte and his family are staying with Mr. and Mrs. F. H. McCrae. Mr. LaFitte is building a housevon Magnolia street wmcn, wnen finished, will cost $6,000 and will be one of the best residences jn the city. News of Olar High School. Olar, Feb. 3.?Our school has the largest enrollment in its history, and the students seem to be working earnestly. The new music hall adds much to the appearance of the campus, and is certainly a great convenience to both the teachers and pupils in that dei partment. The literary society recently elect J Affinnw piucidonf '' till koe iUliUWlllg UUlbCi.9. J. ivoiuviiv, Mr. James Chitty; vice president, Mr. Athen Morris; secretary, Miss Anna , McCormack; treasurer, Miss Nora ( Barker; censor, Miss Belle Cooke; . critic, Miss Emma Bessinger; door ( keeper, Mr. Wyatt Cooke; program ; committee, Misses Effie Barker, Ettie ; Kearse and Hattie Ray. , The program for Jan. 30th was greatly enjoyed by the audience and ? was as follows: Recitation?Mr. Purdy Ayer, Mr. Elvyn Kearse, Miss Maida Still. Composition?Miss Ettie Kearse, Miss Effie Barker. 17* ? A???o AT nPrvrm <a nlr | HiSBiiys iUldS mil La. iuvwiuwvu, Miss Belle Cooke. Readings?Miss Agnes Kearse, Miss | Hattie Ray. ! Dialogue?Mr. Henry Kearse, Mr* James Chitty. 1 Miss Ida Bessinger, of Windsor, 5 spent Saturday and Sunday at home, accompanied by her friend, Miss Daisy Evans. | Mr. Erank Sadler, formerly of 1 Richmond, Va., is spending some 1 time with his parents of this place. i#;?triAA,'/. Diillsvn nf T?v?hmnr?H lUlSBIVltUC X U11C11, UA AUWU..VM., Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. M. Neeley. i Rev. R. A. Yongue filled his reg1 ular appointment at the school 1 auditorium Sunday night. The Woman's Missionary Society - had their meeting at Mrs. C. F. s Rizer's on Wednesday last. A large , number of ladies were present. Tne , Woman's Missionary rally will be . held at the Olar Baptist church, the . 8th, 9th and 10th, of following month. . A large crowd is expected. Miss Nora Barker. 3 Boll Weevil Spreading. 1 Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 4.?The State crop pest commission of Louisit ana today withdrew the quarantine 1 on cotton shipments from boll weevil " territory. The quarantine has been in effect since the weevil was first discovered in this State. The com" mission finds that the pest is now _ practically over the entire State and e a quarantine against the shipment of r cotton from infected territory is without effect. SACRIFICED HIS LIFE. Heroism of Wesley Jarrett, Section Man on Southern Railway. Asheville, N. C., Jan. 28.?Wesley Jarret, a section man in the employ of the Southern railway, yesterday gave up his life to save a swiftly running passenger train from being wrecked, and a resultant probable heavy loss of life. He was crushed under the wheels of the engine just no Via Viq/1 onanaorloH in rpmnvino* a CVO lit 11UU UUWWV&VVt AAA A W**v 0 heavy obstruction'from the track. Jarret with other men of a section gang were repairing a piece of track a short distance east of Marion. The work necessitated the use of a heavy jack. Upon hearing the approach of fast moving passenger train No. 11, the gang made an effort to remove all obstructions, but the jack in some way had become fast and clung tightly to the rail, and despite their frantic efforts they were unable to remove it, the obstruction lying in such a manner as to cause a derailment, with consequent disaster and probable loss of life should the train hit it. With the train almost upon them, the men, with the exception of Jarret sprang for safety, feeling that nothing could prevent a wreck. He, however, remained to make a last heroic effort, and by almost superhuman strength succeeded in wrenching the jack free and toppled it from the tracks. His life was the sacrifice, however, as fct that instant the engine struck him and he was crushed to death under the wheels, the body being fearfully mangled. The train was stopped and the remains of Jarret tenderly taken up and brought to this city. None of the passengers on the train were aware of how close they had been to disaster. TO RECOVER LOSSES OF WAR. Representative Patterson Has a Number of Bills in Congress. Washington, Jan. 30.?The enormous loss of the people of the South during the civil war will never be lrnn?m TVip saH ftict is that verv iittle of this loss will ever be recovered. Only now and then do the people of the South secure some legislation by which the ruins of the yvar are in a way repaid, whereas the North has long since recovered from what little damage it suffered. ( Representative J. 0. Patterson is one of the congressmen who are continually trying to get the national government to pay for the havoc its troops played in the South during the war, and has introduced at this present session many bills' for the relief of churches destroyed by the Federal troops and of private parties from TirVirvm nrnnprtv nnH provisions were VVMVM* wr?r. v ? X taken by the Federal army. These bills in all number twenty-nine. Foui of these bills are for the relief of the following churches: Steep Bottom Baptist Church, $3,000; Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, $1,000; Bethesda Baptist Church, $1,200; Great Salkehatchie Baptist Church, $3,000. The other twenty-five bills for the relief of private parties from whoir property was taken amount to the total of $278,487.48. Mr. Patterson has also introducee: a bill to confer jurisdiction upon the court of claims to hear and determine the claims of churches, lodges anc educational or elemosynary institu tions arising from the late civil war Judge Sentences Himself. ? ^ ? - rkf rn : TOLEDO, UHIO, Jan. 61.?ouaxguj* himself with curiosity, and pleadinj guilty to the charge, Police Judg< James Austin, Jr., known as th< Golden Rule judge, sentenced him self to a term of one day, in thi workhouse, in order to determine hov the many men he sent there live. Judge Austin is in earnest, anc says he wants no favors extended t< him while in the institution othe: than those shown an ordinary pris oner. He has not decided on the day but states it will be within the nex few days. He will insist on being taken to th< fhe workhouse in the patrol wagoi and will do any labor assigned to thi men he has sentenced. Harry Thaw Acquitted. The jury charged with the trial o Worro Kendall Thaw, who shot an( killed Stanford White, the great Nev York architect, in New York the25tl of June, 1906, returned a verdict 01 Saturday that the defendant wa "not guilty" on the ground that h< was insane when he killed White , Upon the order of Judge Dowlinj h^ was sent at once to Mattewan, th< asylum for the criminal insane. Ef forts will be made to have him re fViaf fVinncrfi in ICdOCU l/U W1V/ gA VUliVt VAAMV) > sane at the time of the killing o: White, he is sane now. Thaw has been a prisoner in thi Tombs since the day he killed White bail having been refused him. Thi was his second trial, the first having begun in January, 1907, and ende< in May with a mistrial. The secon< trial began in January, 1908. Th feature of both trials was the extra ordinary testimony of Thaw's wife, * ! EHRHARDTSCBOOLCOLUMN PERSONALS AND NEWS FROM A GOOD OLD TOWN. News Written by Pupils of the School Under Supervision of Principal T. D. Jones. Ehrhardt, Feb. 3.?The following persons were among the visitors to Bamberg last week: G. F. McMillan, Julien Jennings, H. Z. McMillan, I. T-v r* 1 ? j T?1? XX7 U. ^(jperdllU, UU1H1 IVXClTXlllOll OUU II, L. Warren. Mrs. Theacia Copeland is visiting her brother, Mr. Theodore Copeland, at Williams. Clarence Moore and Leon Ramseyspent last Monday night with George and Clyde Bishop. Miss Lucia Copeland-and Mr. Wilbur Kearse were married last Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents by Rev. P. E. Monroe. Mrs. Kearse is a former pupil of our school, and we wish her a long and happy life. Mr Frank Folk is verv sick at this writing. Miss Leila Epps, one of the teachers of our school, was called home last Friday on account of the illness of her mother. Mrs. J. L. Copeland and children returned last Friday from a visit to her father at Jacksonville. Dr. J. H. Roberts was very sick last week, but is out again now. Mrs. W. E. Sease spent last Thursday in town with her daughter, Mrs. T. D. Jones. Maurice Clayton. weekly summary. Below are found the names of the pupils in the advanced department of the school, and opposite each name is cnvpn the number of Derfect lessons o- -- recited. If the pupil has been present every day, the number should ' be 29. Examine the list, and see what your children are doing at school: ' Annie Rentz 15 Jesse Rentz 1 27 Talbert Warren 28 John McMillan 20 Robbie Hughes ..*29 Harry Hiers 27 Biddie Carter 28 Jonnelle Hoffman *29 Purdy McLeod I 16 Laurie Kinard 22 Clarenceldoore : 25 Leon Ramsey : *29 George Bishop 26 ityan uiayton Clyde Bishop 27 Clemmons Carter 26 Lionel Clayton !...:..,..*29 | Harry Copelpid 28 ! Leroy Westerlund absent i George McMillan 26 Gilbert Hiers , 20 Maurice Clayton v..: *29 ! John Copeland \ 19 ; We have five star pupils this week. ; In many respects this room did better k work last week than usual. Just ' keep your eye on the above list from week to week, if your child has a star by his name, tell him about it; ' and if he hasn't, tell him about it. The sixth grade isreading a delightful little book called Persimmons, as 4 supplementary reading. Therlesson ' ic eanh mnminff durincr the open , ing exercises, and is thoroughly" en' joyed by the whole school. We are I not advertising this book, but Pera simmons should be in every school I library. j Mr. A. W. Kinard brought a load of wood to the school house last week. Pistpl Under Pillow. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 1.?Mrs, r Thomas 0. Smith, wife of the head r machinist at the Sloss-Sheffield blast 5 furnace at North Birmingham, will 1 probably die from a pistol wound in . the abdomen, inflicted accidentally 2 Friday. She was removing the bedj clothes from her bed in the morningj ?' ?TTToa ncnollv wneil UlC wmi/ll nuu uuuvmv 1 kept under a pillow, became entan3 gled in the bedclothes, fell to the r floor and the shot was fired. . Three small children were alone f with her when the accident occurred t and it was some time before neighbors got to the scene. Her life is g despaired of. g A Tainted Nickel. The superintendent of the Sunday school suggested that the children make up a Christmas basket for the poor and each child contribute five f cents, earning it himself or herself, i When the class was gathered to7 gether the children were called up " * * a .11 t i before the superintendent to ten now 1 they had earned their nickel. Wher s several of them had told, the superine tendent asked, with his most benevo. lent smile, "Now, little Clara, tell lis ? how you earned your money." 2 Irf childish pride Clara announced: "Why, I made my nickel by carryi ing empty beer bottles down the - cellar for papa."?Philadelphia Ledf ger. 3 Arthur P. Glover, a white man, was hanged in Augusta last Fridaj s for the murder of his paramour, s ? woman named Maude Dean. The killi ing occurred in the Sibley cotton mil] i about a year ago. Strong efforts e were made to save the man's life, i- but it seems that the law is allowed to take its course over in Georgia. J . .v "- . .i,. \ "Yr X' ; *"""> \,i.- ^ ' MURDERER SHOT TO DEATH. Attacked Sheriff who was Protecting Him and was Killed. ? Quitman, Ga., Feb. 2.?Charley \ k Pittman, the negro barber who was . ^ arrested on suspicion of being the -'M murderer of Miss Lorena Allen at Greenville, Fla., was shot to death last night. The particulars as gather- \-3|S ered from an eye-witness are that the crowd had gathered around the cala- ryg boose where Pittman was confined, : ?J9| when the deputy sheriff ordered them J j| away. The crowd went off and the * . sheriff went inside to get the negro out, when he was attacked by Pitt- , lj| man who had a knife, and cut the sheriff badly. The negro was then . .\>jj shot by the deputy, and, the mob \ hearing the shots, ran up and finished 'J'M killing the^egro. The evidence against the negro was 2||| strong. A horrible feature of the sad ' tragedy is that the young lady was criminally assaulted before being -StM murdered. Pittman's bloody shirt and clothes were found at a negro woman's house, and the woman said that Pitt- M man had brought them there to be cleaned" ntn CCI7D CUIO NtUKU CIKA11? ^Ci?B ouir . Sailors on German Line Tell ThrflHng * ^98 Tale of Shipwreck. . Hamburg, Feb.'2.?A thrilling ac- <Sag count of the shipwreck of the Woermann liner Ascam, Woermann, which f f recently went on the rocks off Grand Bassa, Liberia, and became a total wreck, is related by the shilors of the steamer, who have arrived here. The night the streamer struck was a dark one and she seemed to be going : to pieces rappaiy. meucw w the boats and immediately,thousapds of piratical negroes in canoes, who had not replied to the signals of dis- | tress* from the stranded vessel sur- ,/ rounded the steamer, swarmed , aboard and plundered her. When the K seamen attempted to return in order '- ''Mm to obtain provisions and arms the attitude of the negroes became so vjlg threatening that it was impossible for them to do so. They feared to t land on the hostile coast in the dark-' ness and were compelled to stay in 4 the small boats throughout the night. When morning came the crew land- ' % ed and camped in the brush for seversd days, always fearful of an atMeanwhile they watched the negroes going to the ship and returning V .pj from her laden with booty. Finally '0 the vessel disappeared. After this the negroes departed, and the crew taking- to their boats g?jm again rowed for 17 hours and were picked up, completely exhausted, by ";||j a passing steamer off Monrovia. Spartanburg Hard Hit. fr'&M Spartanburg, Feb. 1.?A sleet blizzard last night followed by a rain and a har^i freeze has resulted in business being practically suspended today. The telephone, telegraph, % electee light and street railway com- j?j| panies have suffered untold damage. Not a street car wheel turned mid few telephone calls were answered on ^?1 , account of wrecked wires. Every * telegraph and electric light pole on Magnolia and South Church streets , collapsed during the night and elec- pM trie lightand telephone wires are a mass. It will be several days ^ before the work of the freeze will be repaired. The damage amounts to > <;|? thousands and thousands of dollars. ^ "Killing in Lancaster. Lancaster, February 3.?The hip pocket pistol is sadly in evidence . i again in Lancaster county. Sunday at. a negro church near Heath Springs during a quarrel, Ernest McLeod was > killed by Ernest Johnson and Johnson will also die. Allen Johnson, a brother, was also shot but not serious- < M Monday near town at the Gregory { farm on their way to town, J. Bart I Simms and Hampton Stogner became ,g| - engaged in a personal difficulty in i which both parties used their pistols. V ;; Stogner was shot through the lower bowels. Simms was not nit. Stogner was taken to Pryor's hospital at % , Chester. It is feared he will die. Franchise Granted. 5 Augusta, Feb. 3?The Atlanta and ^ Carolina Construction company was granted a franchise tonight for the 1 operation of interurban trolley care ' through the streets of Augusta. The . 1 company will construct a line from * Atlanta to Augusta, connecting with the line of the Augusta & Aiken com1 pany and thence with the extension from Aiken to Columbia, which has : not been constructed yet The line must be completed in two years. > il Choked Mother to Death. a rrrTCPT* w v 3 ?William OltUlV^UOb, 11. xa|x v?. , Halstead Gray, 18 years old, choked r his mother, Mrs. Clara Gray, 46 years JM i old, to death this morning at their home in Burnet avenue. When ar1 rested, the boy told the police that i his mother attacked him with a razor , at 2 o'clock this morning and that he I had choked her to death in self de