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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.
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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
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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
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HARGIS KILLED BY HIS SON
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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
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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
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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. . - ; ^
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HEARING ON THE TILLMAN BILL.
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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 '
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