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00 Hv'--*'" '' "'- :. " :f. .-, v;:. . : '' . ' \ \. ."' . '"-* / '.' ; V A* ."- *: ' - N > ' : .'?* \ /&&??* * .: . ' : - - / ' ; . . ' . . ! . . ' . ' , . - -V. v, t lambrrg ffjralh 1 ?V2?'-vv%- * .i">rA4a m Established 1891 * BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908 One Dollar a Year AH 4 pm THE PALMETTO STATE 1 SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ; S. Congressman J. 0. Patterson has r introduced a bill in congress providLog for the erection of a public building at Edgefield. ~<C c titles l. wiisoii, ux owcii. - the newly appointed bank examiner, has assumed his duties. He will re0 tain B. J. Rhame, of Sumter, as his Assistant. '*?rof. Chas. E. Chambliss, Stateen. toBftologist, says the dreaded San Jose scale is getting into many orchards - iitfthis State. He advises winter graying of all fruit tijees. s ^The Sumter chamber of commerce served breakfast to the members of ?1 nrKon +Vro enp. tllC geperdi asscmuijr nuw vuv ^ train stopped in that city last Saturday morning when the legislators yv Were on their way to Charleston. y V ' Mr. W. H. Reedish, who had been postmaster at Branchville for many ; died last Saturday. He had oeen^siek 'for' a- t<mg ,time. Mr: Reedish was. about sixty-five years .^^jeayes a wife and three . "WiU poster, the negro who was recently convicted in Spartanburg of themurder of an aged white man , named John Young, and sentenced to be hanged, was not executed last ftiday, as his attorney has appealed to the State supreme court. * namivl VlQQ ' A 8BC& SWiuiuci iioui^u uwvu . recently been victimizing women in the mill towns around Anderson. He jpbetended c to secure divorces for them from their husbands and collected considerably money. His ;bogu^de^ees or^orce ^ere ihvesti. There was a damage suit in Union last week, brought by W. R. Gilliam Against Allan Nicholson, editor of Progress, a newspaper published ; fhere. The jury failed to agree and a mistrial was ordered. The suit grew . out of statements made in the newsr paper, which connected Gilliam vfrith me murder of anegro. Marriage at Branch vfile. ; Bbanchville, Feb. 8.?The home "of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Dukes on east Main street here was the scene, of a Ai- nr<v)^in(r ^\TI v * pcau w w fTwuuig wm ?. v \ evening, when their daughter, Miss Ethel, became the bride of Mr. C. W. Patrick, also of this place. The ceremony was peformed by the Kev. E. H. Beckham of the Methodist church, the wedding march being play ed by Mrs. Beckham. The parlor was beautifully decorated, the color being green. The bride was beautifully dressed in white chiffon. - Tfie wedding was a quiet one, only atates beingmvited. Mrs. Patrick as Miss Ethel Dukes has abost of friends ffllfliis community who admired her > many lovely traits of character. Mr. Patrick is a young business man of tZragtface and is very popular with 1 g&who know him. Mr: and Mrs. vf Ptoick's many friends will be pleased - to know that they will make Branchville their home. To Extend City Delivery. r; Washington, Feb. V.?Senator Latimer says that the prospects seem ^ by the Senate of obitt recently introduced by him granting the privileges of city free '"X delivery tcr all towns in the United . States doing an annual business -of 5* $5,000 or more. At present the law requires that any town desiring to i-. : have the benefits of city free delivery r must show that it does a business of $10,000 a year. J - There are in South Carolina at this time probably thirty-five or forty good sized towns that will be the beneficiaries .of thiabill if it is'passed. Itis understood that good progress ia being made on if in the Senate, and it would not be at all surprising ? ?/ should it pass at any time. It is a question that affects every part of the ? ? Oountry?^North and South alike?and for that reason there is not likely to . be any great amount of opposition to -it. ; '*<< ' Destructive-Fire ia Orangeburg. ' C^GE8HB;g,: Feb. 9;-Kre which ^ originated in the millinery establishment of JJG. Pike-at 12:30 o'clock % . this morning, completely gutted that establishment and did other damage which .will -probably rea6h $26,000, f . partially covered by insurance. Splendid work on the part of the . fiir department prevented the flames < from doing further damage. ? It is said that Mr. Pike's insurance is about $9,000, the total damage tc his stock being about $18,000. The Vmi'Mfnty wqc atotjpH hv Mrs A D Wilson and her loss is probably coverV ed by insurance, which may reach r $6,000. ' Mr. T. T. Ayers, who occupied the second floor, barely escaped with his family and saved nothing. The adjoining stores of L. Bennett, Foreman & Rickenbacker company were damaged by water. Their losses are probably covered by insurance. * The origin of the fire is unknown. ORANGEBURG CHURCH flONEY. War Claim of $983.33 to be Paid by Congress. Washington, Feb. 7.?The House took up the omnibus war claims bill today and passed the only South Carolina item in it, which was for the benefit of the trustees of the German Lutheran church, of Orangeburg, the amount being $983.33. As Orangeburg is in Representative Lever's district credit should be given him for getting the bill passed by the House. In a short time the amount above stated will be paid to the trustees of the church. While the bill was under discussion ' 1 IT a. ion? wrangle ensueu uecauseiuauj ) Representatives who had items pending which were left out claimed that they should have been incorporated in Idle bill as it was reported to the House. Amendments which were offered-to that effect, however, failed and the bill stood as reported. It is probable that other claims will be passed later if put on in the Senate. nasi Horrible Affair. Pensacola, Fla., February 6.?A special from Bonifay, Fla., gives the horriblejdetails of an unnatural crime near there m which J. A. Strickland, a prominent farmer, has been murdered by his 12-year-old son at the instance of the boy's mother, Strickland's wife. The lad was tempted by a promise of a family horse and buggy, and was urged on by his mother. The boy, obeying the woman's instructions, took his father's shot gun and fired through the window of I 1 ?1 ^A vvsov. oof Uleir IlUIIie Wlieic Uic vm 111cui oai reading. At last accounts neither had been arrested. There was great excitement when the facts were revealed today. New Trial Granted Spivens. The supreme court last Saturday rendered a decision granting to Geo. Spivens a new trial and affirming the life sentence imposed upon Jack McCoomer. The decision recalls a remarkable criminal case in Sumter and Clarendon counties. About 18 months ago Edward Gaillard, one of the most popular young men of/Sumter, was shot from a circus tram near Manning. Spivens, a white man and one of the managers of the circus, and Jack McCoomer, a negro, werd arrested, tried and each sentenced to life imprisonment. The motion for a new trial was refused by the circuit judge and an appeal made to the supreme court. The grounds of the appeal were the trial in Sumter county, where Gaillard died, instead of Clarendon county, where the snooting- occurred, and the refusal to admit certain testimony by a physician who was with GaiUard up to. the time of his death. The supreme court overruled the contention of the defendant on the first exception, but held that the testimony of the physician should have been admitted* as it related to the dying statement of Gaillard and therefore contradicted the statement made by McCoomer and was m support of the defense put up by Spivens. As a result the new trial is granted in the case of the latter while the life sentence of the former will stand.? Columbia State. 'Trains Running Over Florida Keys. Miami, Fla., Feb. 8.?Trains are now running regularly over the Flagler "ocean going" railroad, the first lot of passengers over the line having teft here on Thursday. The first steamer left Knight's Key Thursday evening and regular sailings are to be madeon Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Sun days. Steamer? will leave Havana , Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 6 o'clock in the morning. There will be a daily service of steamers tc Key West from Knight's Key a distance of forty-seven miles, so that altogether this country is brought intc closer touch with Cuba than was possible before. The effect of this upor shipping, as well as travel for business and pleasure, wiil be marked, i In construction this piece of rail ; road engineering is considered one oi the notable accomplishments of the ! day. To the world the important feature of this engineering work is that il shortens by ten hours the presenl time from Cuba to Miami and vice versa, and beats the schedule betweer Tampa and Cuba, by twelve hours L In other words, it brings Cuba anc . the mainland of 'Florida closer to: gether by a.time measurement of ter | hours, which embraces nearly' the i whole of one sunlit day. Ordinance Prohibits Drinking. ? Augusta, Ga. , Feb. 5.?On accoun . of the crowds which congregate about the dispensary and because oi , complaints that liquor is being freelj , drunk in public, the town- council o3 ( North Augusta has adopted an ordi nance prohibiting the drinking o; . whiskey or any other intoxicating t beverage or drink on any street o: the town or openly in any publii ; place. Violation is punishable by i 5 fine not to exceed $iuu. If you suffer with indigestion, constipa ' tion, feel mean and cross, no strength o: appetite, your system is unhealthy. Hoi ' lister's Rocky Mountain Tea maxes thi . system strong and healthy. 35c, Tea o: . tablets. H. F. Hoover.< COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Feb. 10.?On last Friday afternoon a little colored boy was burned so badly until he died Saturday night. On Friday afternoon the parents went to a buiying from Mr. W. L. Mitchum's place leaving the little ones at home. This little fellow about three years old went over to have a frolic with them. Among the amusements this little chap played with fire and set Carey Wright's house on fire. Then becoming frightened, covered himself up in the corn in the building and was so badly burned until there was no hope for him when rescued. The family had recently movedon Mr. Mitchum's place, making ready to work a farm for him this year. Mr. Willie Qarrett, who has been running Mr. George Kearse's saw mill in Bayard, Fla., was called home * ' ' il-- 1 "~1 U.'r, last weeK to witness trie uunai u? ma father. Mr. Garrett gives a gloomy account of the mill business in that , State. , We are having winter weather now. Christinas will have to be moved on our calendars to get cold weather at that time it seems. Farmers say they can't-prepare their lands now, on account of so much rain. , Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt has opened up a boarding house for the public. Is about the latest in our town. It is rumored that Mrs. Tom D. Jones will open up a millinery business in the G. L. Kinard building in the near future. Mr. Jones I understand is going to buy the house and lot from Mr. Kinard.' Mr. J. B. Ramsey's little girl, Janie, 1 fell across one of the scantling along the sidewalk and broke or fractured arm trivincr h#?r OTfiat Dahl. but "v.1 <uiu) a* - "*0 ? ?- 0 4 , it is hoped that she will soon be all ; right again. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt, 1 Mamie and Liles, went to Savannah, Ga., to-day on a business and pleasure ' trip.* Mrs. E. P. Copeland will soon go to Atlanta, Ga., to buy her spring sup| ply of millinery goods. Miss Katie Hiers is spending some [ time with Mrs.- S. M. Brown. 1 A young man in the Rivers' Bridge section says that he built himself a ! new house and dug a well and next 1 morning he went to look at the water 1 to see if it had enough in it to serve' his purposes. Found it nearly full 1 and when he lowered the bucket to 1 draw some water up found that all 1 the water had frozen during the night to ice. He says he thinks he | has a well that will give him cool ! water in the good old summer time. Peas are in good demand now at | two dollars per bushel. Farrpers, if 1 you have any to spare now is a good ' time to sell your surplus. Be sure, however, that you have enough for planting left, as they are not bad to ; have with a growing crop. ! Very disagreeable weather to-day, raining and freezing as fast nearly as it falls. Very destructive to timber and shade trees. . Mr. H. N. Folk lost his gin house Saturday night. Caught fire about 9:30 at night. Lost cotton seed and ; peas; just had his cotton ginned up. ' . Jee. ' Colston tunings. Colston, Feb. 11.?We had very fine weather last week. Fire came in all right Sunday and Monday. The pindar shelling at Mr. W. A. Fender's was enjoyed very much last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McMillan and sons, of Lodge, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Bishop Saturday and Sunday. Mr. J. H. McMillan and sisters, Misses Julia and Nannie, of Colleton, spent Saturday and Sunday at Mr. J. C. Bishop's. Miss Leila Padgett spent Saturday night with Miss Alma Fender. Miss Letitia Bishop spent last week with her brother, Mr. B. D. Bishop, near Ehrhardt. Mr. Lonnie Folk and sister, Miss Minnie, visited friends in4 Colston 1 Saturday ana eunaay. Miss Adrinne Padgett is visiting ' friends at Bamberg. .Mr. C. W. Clayton returned to his 1 school Saturday last. Mr. Eddie Hiers was a visitor in Colston Sunday. Card of Thanks. t To the good people of Bamberg:? ; Dr. Bronson and family take this c means of conveying to their num7 erous friends in Bamberg their heartE felt thanks and inexpressible grati tude for the many kindnesses they t have received from them since their > distressed condition. Words are not t sufficient to convey any adequate - conception of what we really feel or 1 the depth of our gratitude for all your goodness and kindness to us. May the good Lord abundantly bless ~ you all and keep you in health and prosperity, is our prayer, and rest 3 assured that there will always r deep down in our hearts a warm spot : for you. LEGISLATIVE DOINGS. What the General Assembly Has Done and is Likely to Do. Again has the house of representatives killed the compulsory education bill. The house has passed a bill providing for a State health officer at a salary of $3,000 a year. A bill has passed the house authorizing town authorities to make arrests one mile outside the corporate limits. Winthrop gets $24,000 this year and next year $25,000 for a new dormitory. The house doesn't seem to mind spending money. The Senate has passed the bill introduced by Senator J. B. Black, amending the charterof thebamberg, Ehrhardt & WalterboroRail way (Company. The house has passed to a third reading the senate biH providing for an infirmary in Columbia for Confederate veterans. The bill carries an appropriation of $12,000. The general assembly paid Charleston a visit last Saturday and inspected the South Carolina Military Academy. The members had opportunity to enjoy Charleston hospitality, and had a great time. The trip was made in a special train over the Atlantic Coast Line. The Senate has killed the prohibition bill offered by Senator Talbert, of Edgefield. The vote stood 24 to 13. Senator Black voted against the 1 1 J-l-S? "11 BomKflW Dili, SO tills pmcea an ui ucuuu^6 county's legislative delegation in the position of voting against St^te prohibition bills. The ways and means committee has introduced a bill in the house raising the salaries of the county auditors and treasurers of the State. The bill provides that the auditor of Bambeig county shall receive a salary of $1*050 a year and the county treasurer the same amount. These officials now receive $800 a year. The senate got off a lot of hot air one day last week in reference to an editorial written by Senator Appelt, of Clarendon, in which he roasted some of the senators for representing whiskey houses. Nothing but talk came out of the incident, although the senators in their speeches poured hot shot into Mr. Appelt. rn1 - ? ?n nATlftllwonl i ne senate uaa paoocu a * v*** resolution to request the State Democratic convention to submit the question of sale or no sale of liquors in this State to the people in the primary next summer. The vote on the resolution was a tie, being 17 to 17, but Lieutenant Governor McLeod voted for it. Senator J. B. Black voted for the resolution. Fellow Churchmen. The late Dr. John Hall was once walking home from preaching at a Sunday night meeting out in the country. In the moonlight he saw a man lying drunk in the gutter, and going up to him gave him a shake. "Here!" he said; "it's a shame for a nice, respectable looking man like you to be lying in the gutter." The man opened his tipsy eves and saw the long, black coat. "Are you a minister?" he asked. "Yes," said Dr. Hall; "come, get up." 4 'Presbyterian?'' queried the inebriate. } "Yes," was the answer, somewhat impatiently. "I am." "Then," said the other, "help me up. I am a Presbyterian myself."? Philadelphia North American. Prohibition Bill Passed. Jackson, Miss., February 7.?The lower house of the Mississippi legislature today passed the statutory prohibition bill. It provides that all saloons in Mississippi be closed on Dec. 31 of this year. Country Correspondence. We had some very windy weather Sunday and Mondav. Everything was covered with icicles. Mr. Everett Hanberry, of Denmark, visited his cousin, Bartlett Jordan, last Thursday. Mr. William Hughes visited his ? A J_ rvff aunt, Mrs. AJuaiiua nuumu, uj. jlkuiaberg, last week, also attended a social gathering at Mr. Henry Adams's near Bamberg. Miss Georgie Emma Jordan left for Orangeburg Saturday, where she will enter the O. C. h Corrie and- Lockie Sandifer returned to their home in Columbia on Saturday, after spending a few days with friends and relatives in and around Bamberg. Messrs. David Hill, Bartlett Jordan, and little Miss Virginia Hill are on the sick list this week. Miss Delia Adams, who has been visiting her sisters, Mrs. G. W. Folk, of Clear Pond, and Mrs. N. Crider, of Sassafrass Grove, returned to her home near Bamberg on Saturday, accompanied by Mr. W. F. Hughes. It is said that Harry K. Thaw, the New York murderer, will remain in the insane asylum for the present at least ';t:' * HARGIS KILLED BY HIS SON i PROMINENT FIGURE IN KENTUCKY FEUDS MURDERED. Dead Man Quarreled With His Son , for Drinking and Was Shot Five Times. Jackson, Ky., Feb. 6.?Former County Judge James Hargis, for many years member of the State Democratic executive committee, accused of complicity in many killings and a prominent figure in the feuds which havedisruptedBreathittcounty for several years, was shot and killed in his general store here about 3:30 p. m. today by his son, Beach Hargis. The son fired five shots in rapid succession at his father, who fell dead while his clerks were waiting on customers. The exact cause of the murder has not been learned, but it is supposed to have been the result of differences which have existed between father and son for some time. The two men are reported to have had a severe quarrel several nights ago, when the father, it is alleged, was compelled to resort to violence to restrain his son. * Young Hargis, it is said, had been drinking heavily of late. He came ' ? *? J j into tne store tnis arternoon ana was apparently under the influence of liquor. Ju dge Hargis, it is said, spoke to his son about drinking $nd a quarrel resulted. Father and son stepped behind a counter, when the son, after a few minutes' conversation, drew a revolver and fired five shots. Four took effect, Judge Hargis falling dead. The young lady stenographer and the customers in the store fled in fright. YOUNG HARGIS ARRESTED. Young Hargis was arrested and placed in jail. He was raving like a maniac and the officers were com pelled to drag him to jail. Judge Hargis has been for years a prominent figure in Kentucky in political and criminal circles. He has figured in the courts in the mountains for*years on account of the murders of Dr. Cox, Attorney Marcum and "Jim" Cockrill.- Judge Hargis was the present leader of the Democrats of the Tenth district and was regarded as the "bossV of Breathitt county. For years his sway was not. opposed, but some years ago James M. Marcum had the temerity to oppose him in a law case. From that date he was a marked man. Judge Hargis had been on trial at various times for complicity in the murder of Marcum, "Jim" Cockrill and Dr. Cox,,but had been acquitted on all the charges. He was recently forced to pay a judgment of $8,000 to Mrs. Marcum in connection! with - * * ? i i i i the cteatn 01 ner nusDana. Judge Hargis had just disposed of this, the last of these cases in which he had been involved when he paid the judgment of the court. Mrs. Marcum had sued Judge Hargis and others for $100,000, alleging that they had caused the death of her husband. The Hargis-Cockrill fued had its inception in a political contest. The Hargises had long been dominant in Breathitt county, where they conducted a general store, were engaged in the lumber business and were generallyactive. The brothers James, Alex and Elbert were good business men and accumulated a fortune. The trouble with the Cockriils arose when the latter opposed the Hargises at the polls. Feeling was bitter when one day Benj. Hargis, a younger brother of Judge James Hargis, met one of the Cockrill boys in a "blind tiger" near Jackson and was killed by his enemy. DR. COX'S ASSASSINATION. In the fall of 1902 Dr. Cox, the j guardian of the Cockrill boys, who lived on the outskirts of Jackson, was shot as he entered his gate on his wrov liftmo nnrt nicrhthv assassins COn cealed across the way. John Smith, John Abner and others of the alleged Hargis band were accused of the crime, and in a confession made by J one of them, Judge Hargis was charged with having hired them to kill Dr. | Cox. From this time on the story of the Hargis-Cockrill feud was written in blood. The next to fall was "Jim" Cockrill, the town marshal. Shortly after the murder of Cockrill, James 6. Marcum, the attorney for the Cockrill boys, created a tempestuous scene by publicly declaring in Lexington that he was "a marked mail" and that he had been doomed to death by the Hargis clan. One morning in May, five years ago, Marcum was shot down while of fVio f\f t.ha Annrt. OUUJUiiig au wiv uvva ? house at Jackson talking to Capt. Ewen. The assassin was "Curt" Jett, the "wild dog," who has since confessed his part in this tragedy and who was accused of the other crimes. He arid "Tom" White are now serving life sentences in the penitentiary. Judge Hargis will be buried in a casket costing $1,600, which he himself purchased about a month ago. About 4:30 o'clock this afternoon the following message was received by the casket company: "Express today casket selected by James Hargis, as he is dead. (Signed) "Mrs. James Hargis." Wet, disagreeable weather we've had this week. . - ; ^ .... HEARING ON THE TILLMAN BILL. 1 vf Question of Liquor Shipments into "Dry" Territory Considered. Washington, Feb. 8.?Asub-com- M mittee of the Senate committee on judiciary, consisting of Senators Knox, of Pennsylvania; Fulton, of Oregon, and Bacon, of Georgia, to- . day gave an extended hearing on the Tillman bill providing that upon the arrival of liquors within a State, and ./ before delivery to a consignee, they shall be subject to the operation, erf | the laws of this State, in the same vj manner as though such liquors had been produced in the State. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, national president of the W. C. T. U., said that in Maine bogus express companies operate surreptitiously through 'M keepers of "blind tigers," etc. In that way , she said, it is never possible tljjj to trace it to the consignees, as contemplated by the law, as now inteiv f| preted by the Suprefne Court of the -?tM United States. She wanted^he law amended so that liquor mi^ht be seized at the point of destination without regard to the consignee. Op- , ponentsof the bill appeared in the. ?|| persons of George W. Yost, president of the National Vial and Bottle Manu-. 0 facturer's Association, and William .'tM Laurier, of the National Glass Blowers' Association, who claimed the proposed legislation threatened their business, which, they said, employs ^ 40,000 people. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, sug- *>J| guested that when prohibition laws were enacted in Georgia there was a '. -?j|j big brewery near his - home, which, everyone supposed, would be closed down. "But,"addedSenator Bacon, "they / began to make a beer that had no alchohol in it. The agricultural de*.*5g partment has pronounced it to be non-alcoholic, and now they are bot- ' tlingmore beer than ever before." .$5 "It is certainly worth coming a ;; % long distance to hear that encouraging news," said one of the bottlers who had come from Ohio to attend -M the hearing. A February Shower. . 4 'Come dru^kthe neaitn cfgk Of the bride to be, At a miscellaneous shower, 'yjj On the seventh-at three/' Invitations with this interesting: ; / little verse were issued the early part 'frgg of last week by Mrs. H. J. Brabham, 'i Jr., and Miss GeDelle Brabham, com- > : plimentary to their cousin, Miss Sadie / Brabhatn. ) Friday afternoon arrived built for the occasion as bright and warm as a / summer's day but within the doors of 4'The Pines," the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham, Sr., there was a very heavy shower of / beautiful lingerie, dainty handkerchiefs, centerpieces, kimonas, cut glass, china, and hand made articles galore. Each guest wrote a toast to the M bride, the best one being written by Ji Miss Mamie Connor, who very grace- i fully presented the prize to the bride- v elect. -7? A delightful course was served consisting of chicken salad, olives, pick- ; U r les. sandwiches, cheese straws, crack [ ers, fruit puhch and coffee. The charming hostesses were assisted in their duties by Mrs. C. vpf R. Brabham, MVs. Clarence Brabham, Mrs. Will Brabham, and Mrs. Henry U Bamberg, and Misses May and Vista Brabham, Bessie Armstrong, and ~|H1 Florence Dickinson. Following are the invited guests: V||i Mesdames G. Frank Bamberg, & . F. Hair, C. R. Brabham, H. F. Bam-: * vfi berg, Clarence Brabham, Jones Williams, James Salley, J. A. Wyraan, M. W. Brabham, M. Moye, G. M. Dickinson, Paul Riley, J. J. Cleckley, vi A. W. Knight, Janie C. Lewis, F. W. Free, Jacob Felder, Cliff Johnson,Clarence Moye, W. S. Hogan. J. ^ Beach, D. F.' Hooton, M. J. Black, vj-^ Robt. Black, W. P. Jones, H. Eaves, ^ D. Dowling, H. E. Dickinson, L. C. Price, J. W. Price, H. F. Hoover, T. G. Herbert, G. L. Quattlebaum, Vernon Brabham, James Cleckley, Fisher Cleckley, J. David LaFitte, J. H. Armstrong, W. A. Klauber: Misses Hattie Bamberg. Louise Sheridan, --ijg Genevieve Kirsch, LucilleFolk, Addys Hays, Hibernia Counts, Nina Riley, Susie Hodges of Greenwood, Birdie Gill-. Ellen Felder, Mamie-Con nor, Louise Sarratt, Elizabeth Baa?- ^ nett, Eula RowelL Esma and featl Delk, Blanche and Ida Livingston, Mamie Gee Jennings, Bessie Armstrong, May Brabham, Florence l -;\Dickinson, Myra Hooton, Pearle Counts, Llewellyn Cleckley, Sadie Johnson, Blanche Garland-MayZeig- . % ler, Hattie Sue Brabham, GlaraRiley, Kathleen Kearse, Willie Meriwether, Florrie Black, Bessie Lee Black. New State Officer. Columbia, Feb. 5.?By a vote of \ | 73 to 20 the house today passed Mr. v ^ Nash's bill providing for a state 4 health officer at a salary of three thousand dollars. He is to be se- ."4k lected by the executive committee of* the state health board and be the ex- 4 ecutive officer of it, and has authority to adopt means to suppress contagious diseases and may require railroads or other corporations to Correct sanitary abuses. , The house today by a large majority passed the bill for a new forty- 4 eight thousand dollar dormitory "at Wmthrop. : 1 ' - - '