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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down For Quick
^ Reading?Paragraphs About
v i Men and Happenings.
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'A handsome Masonic temple, three
stories high and costing $30,000, has
just been completed in Greenwood.
-Congress has passed a bill authorising
an appropriation of $50,000 for
a new post oince ouuamg <ti umuu.
Anderson gets $60,000 for the same
purpose. *
' It is stated that the cotton goods
; market has improved in the past two
weeks, and it is likely that none of
t$e cotton mills in the Piedmont will
sl|tit down altogether. Most of them
aye now running on short time.
The directors of the company
which Operates the steamboat line
from Columbia to Georgetown are
seriously considering discontinuing
. the line because of lack of patronage
from the merchants of Columbia.
^ Attorney General Lyon last SaturT
day brought injunction proceedings
, -against'seven blind tigers in Columbia
and closed up their places of
?wi?rin#>RK Several of them were oper
v T ating
as social clubs.
... Efforts are being made to prevent
skle of the property known as the
Ropk Hill High School to1 Winthrop
College.' The trustees of the city
schools are bringing the action, and
they have asked for an. injunction
forbidding the sale.
\ The grand lodge Knights of Pythias
will meet in Aiken next Wednesday.
There are several candidates
for the position of grand keeper of :
records and seal and grand prelate,
3BS?/and some great political work may
. toe-expected at the session for these ;
positions. ; j
Gen. Mi. C. Butler's friends are '
1 Congratulating him over his recent
good fortune, the courts having de- ;
cided in his favor in the case involving
the large fee of $75,000. If ,
we understand correctly, Gen. Butler
will soon receive a large portion of
V-? this snm from the United States
.*' treasury.?Edgefield Advertiser.
. >v*-'Forest Anderson, a well known
negro of Columbia, was drowned in
a mill pond near thai city last Sgt
'mmmAo-v Ua hart cnnA nnt. with a fish
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' J ing party, and while out in a boat
with a member of the party,v the
boat was capsized. Anderson could ]
not swim and wa9 drowned, but the
other occupant of the boat was a
good swimmer and easily saved him- '
elf.
' Messrs. Wm. and Spann Toney, of
Jdhnston, as administrators, have 1
brought suit against the Southern
Railway for $50,000 damages for
the death of their mother, Mrs. Mark
Toney. It will be remembered that
aV train ran into a buggy in which
Mrs. Taney and her son, Spann, were
riding, and killed Mrs. Toney. The
aoddent happened at a grade crossing
near- Johnston last September. 1
Last week Governor Ansel ret
moved from office J. M. Parker and
L. Bass as members of the r
Williamsburg county dispensary
hoard because of charges preferred
against them some time ago. The
clerk. of the board charged that
' Messrs. Bass and Parker were en- '<
/ deevoring to get rebates on liquors
mimliased. and a lot of testimony
^.wtf taken in the case. Evidently
tip charges must have been proven.
The clerk was dismissed by the conn
ty-board.
?- DISPENSARY HEARING FIXED.
Chief Justice Fuler to Sit at Ricb~
mood and Review the Case. !
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. f? -Columbia, May 15.?Attorney
f\ General ?yon this afternoon received
f-froni the clerk of the Federal Court
of Appeals, of Richmond, a telegram, J
statmsr that Chief Justice Fuller has
. fixed Tuesday, May 26, to hear the '
; dispensary case. This is the case in ]
f v. winch the State has appealed from (
the orders of Judge Pritchard in re- 1
gard to the State dispensary funds, <
and the whole question of Judge
Pritchard's course will be brought up i
at this hearing, and the status of the
dispensary funds fully argued before 1
5 the; Court of Appeals. From that
court the casb will doubtless be taken
? to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Golden Wedding..
That noble and venerable couple,
; Ifc. and Mrs. N. F. Kirkland, Sr., of
i the. Buford's Bridge section, will
'! celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of ,
tbeir marriage on next Wednesday,
the 27th instant. Instead of having* ,
sir evening affair with high collars ,
and low gowns, they will go bade to
the good old way of antebellum days,
f and the celebration will take the
form of a basket picnic in the grove
at their residence. All their friends
(and they are legion, for every
one who knows Dr. Kirkland and 1
his lovely wife loves them) are
? cordially invited to attend. We return
many thanks for an invitation j
' to be present, and sincerely regret
that a previous engagement which
takes us out of town that day will
prevent our attending. We, in common
with all who have the good
fortune to be numbered among
their friends, tender our sincere wish
. that they may live to celebrate many
I more anniversaries and continue to
be a benediction to their community, i
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MR. MARTIN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Is Father of State Superintendent of
Education.
Anderson, May 16.?Mr. Thomas
C. Martin, father of State Superintendent
of Education 0. B. Martin
and Mr. B. F. Martin, a leading Anderson
attorney, made an unsuccessful
attempt at suicide this morning
by drowning. He jumped into a
small pond on Mrs. Eva Murray's
place in this city and was discovered
soon afterwards. He was dragged
to the bank by Mr. Duff Murray, who
was attracted to the spot, and medical
attention was quickly secured. Mr.
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Marun lo-iiigiiu 1a icwvcnug nvm
the severe shock at the Anderson
hospital.
Mr. Martin formerly lived in Pickens
county and for several years has been
living in Greenville. Some weeks ago
he came to Anderson and has been
making his home with his son, Mr. B.
F. Martin. He is in his 80th year and
has been in wretched health for some
time and it is said that his nervous
system is almost a wreck. This, it is
thought, caused him to make the attempt
on his life. Mr. Martin was
not complaining more than usual
this morning. He started to walk
from his son's home on north Main
street into the city and it is supposed
that that he went down Murray
avenue and entered Mrs. Murray's
premises from that street. No one
saw him enter the place or go about
the pond. Members of the Murray
family were seated in a room in view
of the pond. They were attracted
by something floating on the water.
Mr. Murray hurried to the pond and
plunged in thinking that a child had
gotten out too far. He caught hold
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of Mr. Martin ana? araggea mm. tv
the bank. The pond is between fiye
and eight feet deep in certain spots
and Mr. Martin was out in the middle
when discovered. He had placed
his coat and hat on the bank before
jumping in. Mr. Martin hasnumerous
relatives and acquaintances throughout
the State who will be deeply interested
in his condition. He is resting
well to-night and it is hoped that
he will soon be all right. He is most
highly esteemed by all who know him.
A Plea to Keep Children at School
. Full Nine Months.
To the Patrons of Lees Graded
School?Dear Friends: The importance
of education in common things
for common people, as opposed to the
exceptional and the remote and extraordinary,
can scarcely be overestimated.
If then, the teachers are to
do their best toward meeting the
greatest need?a wider knowledge
tlimora tJiav rrmcf havp
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the pupils for nine full months.
That teacher, who really enters into
country life and seizes its opportunities
for developing the resources
of the country, for increasing the
harvests, improving the landscapes,
brightening the homes and flooding
the people with knowledge about
helpful things, will never want for
friends nor for places to teach. The
drill in 'readin', writin', and 'rithmetie
must come ip i the school-room,
but outflowing are other refreshing
streams of good. What we need is a
reconstruction of public opinion in
favor of bettering our condition to
increase usefulness.
Don't stop your children from
school,for you thenlimit the teacher's
opportunity to inspire a love of
knowledge and make all its avenues
look delightful. A common school
should be the place where boys and
girls are fitted for the common
duties and responsibilities of life.
The teacher can unlock the books,
which are treasure houses of human
wisdom, and give them a golden key.
Give him a chance to be of greater
benefit, for its importance lies in the
fact that all our future business and
professional men-?farmers, merchants,
doctors, preachers, must first
pass under the teacher's arm. Then
give your child the advantage of at
tending school, while it snail De or
greatest benefit.
While but few (less than ten) have
stopped from our school, we make
the plea in behalf of these?send
them to the village school.
v Teachers should strive to add to
the comforts of the home, shape its
environments into lines of beauty
and increase its attractiveness, till
home shall become the greatest magnet
of our people. *
The keystone of American civilization
is the home, which can be reached
from the common school.
Let us as teachers, on bended knee
and with uplifted hand at the altar
of liberty, swear eternal enmity to
ignorance, vice and crime! The
battle trumpet calls to
"Go, but not to win a vaulting name,
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IN ot TO awen in rents 01 pleasure?
Dream not that the way is smooth,
Hope not that the thorns are roses,
Cast no longing eyes of youth where
sunny beam reposes;
You have sterner work to do,
Hosts to cut your passage through.
Close behind you gulfs are burning,
Foward! There is no returning.
R. Roy Brown, Principal.
Lees, S. C., May 7th, 1908.
The minister, knowing how fond
Pat was of wine, offered him a small
wine-glass full, and said: "Pat, that
wine is 100 years old."
"Faith, it's small for its age then,"
said Pat.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings. v
Ehrhardt, May 18.?Last week's
sunshine has put the farmers in this
section in better hopes. They had a i
busy week ploughing and hoeing.
Mount Pleasant Sunday-school pie- i
nic will be held at Mt. Pleasant :
T.nfVioi?on rm ac/??ncinn Hnv
iJU U1V/X Uil WJU1V11 VIA UWVI1^V4? .
The officers of the school extend a
cordial invitation to all. They did
not say anything about well filled
baskets with something good to eat,
but take it for granted that they will
not object to such. They will promise
you an enjoyable day, so come and
join the band.
Our mail will not reach us until
twelve-thirty to-day and will leave 1
at 1:30 p. m., that is if the passenger, j
which will be a passenger and freight
combined, can make the schedule, 1
Mr. David Dannelly, wife and little 1
daughter came home from Florida 1
last week. They brought their ]
chickens home with them, so this i
looks like they mean to stay in South 1
Carolina for some time to come: j
Capt. J. C. Westerlund went to 1
Charleston last week on business; re- <
turned Saturday. i
Tfte oats crop m tms section is, as j
a general thing, very poor. Some ]
fields are very good, and others are ;
nof worth anything; will not make as j
much as the seed it took to plant the 1
land.
Miss Edrie Ehrhardt, who has been 1
attending school at Mt. Pleasant, N. :
C., will come home on Wednesday, i
the 20th instant. One of her school- 1
mates, Miss Annie May Richie, will 1
come home with her and spend some ]
time with her. They intend taking 1
in the Newberry College commence- i
ment. <
Dr. J. L. Copeland will go to s
Charleston to-day, accompanied by i
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Dannelly.
Mrs. Maude Farrell returned home 1
Sunday night. . She has been visiting i
relatives in Branchville and Holly ]
Hill. ]
Mrs. Donie Chassereau spent Saturday
night and part of Sunday with ]
her parents. ]
Corn and hay is the cry of most of i
our farmers now. Last year's short 1
/?wvr> io ohnnf rrnno anrl nn nats Pron I
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makes them all hard up for horse
feed, as they call this diet. <
The freight train was taken off j
this branch to-day; made its last trip <
on Saftirday. We will miss it very <
much, as it came in . late and went ]
out early. One could go down the j
road and come back the same day and
attend to his business also. Jee. ]
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Honor Roll Olar School. I
Following is the honor roll of the j
Olar high-graded school for the 8th
month: 1
High school department?Emma ]
Bessinger, Effie Barker, Bell? Cooke, i
Henry Kearse, James Chitty, Charley
Ghitty, Agnes Kearse, Annie Laura
Kirkland and Elvin Kearse.. j
Grammar school?Delma Cooke, 1
DeWitt Chitty, Roy Barker, EarH
Kearse, Bezel Morris, Flossie Layne, j
Zenobia Morris, Bertha Reid, Nannie
Ray, Eloise Cave, Zelma Rizer, Gil- i
more Hartzog, Inez Starr, and Joe !
Chitty.
Primary?Lottie Proveaux, Malone
Varn, Corey Hiers, Frank Fail, Rosa
Lee Reid, Frank Hiers, Charles Fail, and
Earl Rizer. ~ ^
Orangeburg District Conference.
The session of the Orangeburgdistrict
conference was held at Branch
ville last week. It was a good con- j
ference. The reports were all good, (
and the work of the district is in tine <
shape. Represeritativesof the various
colleges were present and delivered <
addresses. Head Master W. S. Hogan ,
represented the Carlisle Fitting .
School, and made an address in its '
interest. The conference was well 1
attended by preachers and-laymen, i
and Branchville took good care of j
the delegates.
The delegates elected to the annual '
conference are: A. W. Summers, of i
Orangeburg; D. L. Rhoad, of Branch- ville;
I. W. Bowman, of Orangeburg; O.
B. Riley, of Vances. Alternates: i
W. D. Rhoad, of Bamberg; G. H. ,
Bates, of Bkrnwell; B. H. Moss, of
North; G. W. Goolsby, of Denmark. {
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIMSELF. J
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Young Son of Capt. J. W. Cope Land,
of Statesville, N. C.f Dead. i
Clinton, May 6.?This community 1
was shocked last night by a long distance
message*from Statesville, N. C., ]
stating that Mr. Haskell Copeland, ]
son of Capt. J. W. Copeland, had kill- ]
ed himself. The family were gathered
in the sitting room when supper ]
was announced, and Mr. Haskell
Copeland said that he was not feeling (
well and wanted none. Soon afterward
those at the table heard a shot <
and found him lying on the floor of ]
his room with a pistol in his hand.
He was cleaning the pistol and the
shooting was accidental. He was a ]
lad of abou 117, attractiveand popular. 1
Mr. J. W. Copeland, Jr., ana Mrs. .
W. A. Shands left for Statesville early 1
i this morning. 1 <
"OLD TinER" WRITES. .
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A Batch of Interesting: News from
the Kearse Section.
Kearse, May 18.?Pardon an old
man for saying his thoughts are comfortable,
to say the least, as he sits
on the front piazza, the front yard a
livid mass of flowers and Sam, the
gopher, lazily whiling away the
hours among them. He is becoming
a great pet with all the children who
see him. But of berries he is thinking
most. Large, red and full ripe
strawberries as large as your thumb,
fresh picked with the stems left on
and they also just washed and while
still wet, take one at a time by the
stem. diD it in a bowl of fine white
sugar, then bite it off. After they
are gone then comes the black berries
30 large and fine, eaten the same as
the strawberries, is enough to make,
as Cabe says, an old man feel powerful
fine, and it aren't liquor either,
rhe berry bushes are laden with
berries soon to be ripe, so there are
?ood times ahead.
On Saturday last about 1 o'clock in
the afternoon Mrs. 0. T. commenced
to be very active and spry, hurrying
the girls to get ready, the boys to
hitch the horses to the buggies, coming
to me in great haste saying,
"Old T., I am going to leave you
all alone again this afternoon, for ,
we are going to meet our married i
laughter and the dear little grandson
we have not seen in five long
months. Now you stay near thje i
house, look after the little chickens
and turkeys, and don't forget the
joslins, and be sure to shut up the
house if it rains; fill up the wood box
with wood, for we will be Tate getting
back. Now be a good boy and
pou can go some time." I didn't tell
ner, I, too, wanted to go, for I was
irery anxious to see a man on some
?ery important business, but told ,
her all right, for there is no counting
the love these mothers and grandmothers
have for their children, and
?ven to an old man the second crop
seems to be more rioting to the feelings
than the first. . ,
Too much rain. Farmers are to (
be a hard worked set again this year
it seems. Plough shallow, boys, and ,
keep the plows going and a bountiful
harvest will reward your labors.
Mrs. J. J. Breland and Mrs. H. M.
Brabham were out driving on Wednesday
taking little Blanche, daughter
of Mrs. H. MrBrabham, out with
them, who has been very sick, but
jlad to report doing nicely.
Mrs. Gertrude Lynes and little .
laughter, Emmie, called on Mrs. L.
Brabham on Tuesday last. Next
lay, Wednesday, was Emmie's birth- |
lay. She was six years old. Salome '
Brabham went to see her that day ,
ind says they had a nice time.
Miss Sue Turner and Mrs. J. S.]'
Breland, taking with them Harry
Manning, Lillie Sue, and little Eu- '
?ene Brabham went to call on Mrs.
M. F. Johnson on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Brabham spent ,
Sunday at the home of Mr. J. F. '
Kearse, Jr. How pleasant to be with
the friends of our boyhood.
Miss Cressida Breland took little j
Winnie Kearse to Dr. Breland, of
Allendale, to h$ve an operation performed.
She has an annoying growth
in her nose. Hope it will be successful.
Mrs. J. 0. Ritter is spending a few
iays with her mother,.Mrs. E. A.
Smoak, in Bamberg. Old Timer.
Honor Roll of Denmark School.
Following is the honor roll of the
Denmark high-graded school for the
past month:
First grade?Leila Gillam, Fletcher
Dukes, Delle Cain, Willie DelleHutto,
Julia Cox, Gertrude Cox, Vinelle
Hightower, Marion Eaves, Floyd
Lancaster. William Henry Kay, J uiius
Shitty, Myrtle Lancaster, Russell
Still, Willie Mana Sandifer.
Second grade?Martha Wiggins,
Slara Wyman, Leon Roton, Wieters ;
Califf, Margaret Milhous, Jasper Sojourner.*
Third grade?Francis Guess, Ghristabel
Mayfield, Virginia Hutto, Vera
Wiggins, Maude Creech, Phillip Cox,
Bernard Faust, Eugene Sandifer,
knnie Lee Tank
Fourth grade?Fitz Hugh Cox.
Earle Cain, Elizabeth Brux, Samuel
Ray, Willie Califf, Frank Creech,
Rolen Milhous, John Martin, William
Hallman, Maude Ellzey, Walker Hartzog,
JesseFolk.
Fifth grade?Gladys Odom, Sigrid
3 wens, Shular Owens, Louis Mitchell,
Reynolds C. Wiggins, Ethel Wicker,
Stella Lancaster, Josephine Faust,
Laurie Gillam.
Sixth grade?Stanwix Mayfield,
Wildon Cain, Tindal Califf, J. D. .
rvuixe, xvuuiiucc uaniu^.
Seventhgrade?LethaOdom,Aileen <
Etoton, Martha Ray, Alva Roton, Lois
Elay, Annie Lou Collins, Onie Brux,
Mamie McKewn.
Eighth grade?Boyce Steadman,
Blonde Barton. 1
Ninth grade?Ruby Guess, Sadelle <
Buess, Marion Riley.
Tenth grade?Sue Barton,- Ina <
Baliff, Harry' Wroton, Alma Folk,
Pansy Smoak, Ruth Ray.
The "Happyville" colony near
Montmorenci in Aiken county has
seen abandoned, and the Russian
Jew immigrants who tried to make a ?
iving on that poor land have gone 1
jlswfaere.
EHRHARDT SCHOOLCOLUMN
PERSONALS AND NEWS FROM A
GOOD OLD TOWN.
News Written by Pupils of the School
Under Supervision of Principal
T. D. Jones.
Ehrhardt, May 18? Mr. B. V.
Kearse, of Kearse's, was in town last
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Fender went
tn Rnffin last Mondav.
Miss Lessie Hiers, of Crockettville,
is at the home of her uncle, Mr.
Frank Hiers.
Mr. Calhoun Breland was in town
last Monday.
Miss Annie Rentz spent last Sunday
at the home of Mr. Henry Bishop.
Mrs. P. E. Monroe spent last Sunday
afternoon atMr. J. F. Copeland's.
Mr. and Mrs. Abner Fender spent
last Sunday at the home of Mr. M.
A. Kinard.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Kinard spent
last Sunday at the home of Mr. H. A.
Fender. n
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Farrell went to
Branchyille last Tuesday. Mrs. Farrell
will spend some time there with
her relatives. '
Mr. Boyce Roberts, of Allendale,
spent last Wednesday in town at the
home cf his brother, Dr. J. H.
Roberts.
Mr. W. W. Cone, of Lodge, was
here last Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. G. B. Kearse has sold his poplar
logs to a firm in Augusta. They were
shipped last Wednesday.
w * rm li.D.w.Uw.
Mr. L?. A. lnomas went cu uamucig
last Tuesday.
Mesdames S. W. Copeland and G,
L. Kinard spent last Tuesday at the
home of Mr. Adam Kinard.
Mr. H. A. Hughes sold over $100
worth of home made meat in. town
last Monday, and has plenty rndre at
home.
Mrs. J. C. McMillan and MissSudie
McMillan were in town last Tuesday.
Mr. J. F. Chassereau and Mrs. J.
C. Kinard went to Bamberg last Tuesday.
Bertha Kinard spent last Tuesday
night in town at the home of Mr. S.
W. Copeland.
Messrs. I. D. Copeland, Jacob Ehrhardt,
and J. C. Hiers, Jr., went fishing
last Wednesday.
Messrs. W. D. Sease and H. A.
Kearse will represent the Ehrhardt
Knights of Pythias lodge in the grand
lodge, which meets in Aiken the 26th
instant.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brant, of St.
Johns, were in town last Wednesday
afternoon.
Messrs. J. W. Goodson, W. R.
Goodson, and E. P. Kinard. enjoyed
a day fishing last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Folk, of Wiggins,
are spending some time at the
home of Mrs. F. T. Moore.
Belvin, the little son of Mr. and
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Mrs. J. S. Dannelly, nas Deen very ,
sick this past week.
Miss lizzie Kinard is very sick.
Mrs. W. E. Sease spent last Wednesday
at the home of Mr. C. Ehrhardt
Mrs. G. L. Kinard and little daughter,
Ruby, of Bamberg, spent last
Wednesday at the home of Mr. G. F.
Kinard.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bishop, spent
last Sunday at the home of Mr. B. B.
Bishop.
Messrs. J. A. Padgett, R. C.Jones,
and W. M. Miley, of Lodge, were in
town last Wednesday evening.
Miss Biddie Carter spent last Sunday
at the home of Mr. I. W. Rentz.
Mr. H. W. Chitty was in town last
week.
Mr. W. H. Kinard is working on
Messrs. Hiers Bros, store.
Dr. J.k H. Roberts was called to
Barnwell last Thursday to see his
brother, Mr. Creech Roberts.
John CopCland and Clemmops Carter
spent last Saturday with their
sister, Mrs. W. M. Kearse.
T *1? rAnalonH wns in town
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last Friday ntorning.
Mrs. W. P. Pate and children went
to Charleston last Wednesday and
returned home Friday.
' Don't forget the Mt. Pleasant Sunday-school
picnic on the 28th instant.
The farmers are very busy in this
community, consequently the merchants
haven't much to do.
In checking over the school library,
thefollowingbooks are missing: Nos.
28, 65, 69. and 80. Those who have
these books will please return them
to Mr. Jones. \
Mr. J. C. Westerlund went to
Charleston last Thursday.
Mr. G. B. Kinard, of Lodge, was
in town last Friday.
Mr. J. D. Dannelly and family reHimprJ
home from Flosida last Fri
day. Harry Copeland.
weekly summary.
The following merits were earned
by pupils in advanced department
during the session just ended:
Jonnelle Hoffman *.*646
Harry Copeland 623
Jesse Rentz 599
Annie Rentz 539
Purdy McLeod 528
Clarence Moore 528
Laurie Kinard 521
Harry Hiers... 498
Robbie^, Hughes 487
John Copeland , 479
Clemmons Carter 469
Ryan Clayton ..460
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KILLINU IN tlKJtHCLU.
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One Negro Shoots Another for Clrcu
la ting False Report.
Edgefield, May 14.?Yesterday . . ^
afternoon Walter Weathers was shot
by Lee Tillman and died from the
effects of the wound this morning. - v
The parties were negroes. The homicide
occurred on the plantation of - ^
Mr. J. R. Strother, three miles west ;,rJ
of here, the weapon used being a
shotgun. The deceased, it is alleged, ^
had .circulated the report that Lee
had attempted to rape the little
daughter of a negro named Limbeck- ,
er, succeeding in working up con- $|
siderable feeling against Tillman and
causincr him to fear that he would be -
lynched. Threats to that effect were
made it is said. The deceased was
at work in Mr. Strother's field and
Lee appeared with a shotgun and
said that Weathers and other negroes
were trying to lynch him.
The deceased made a rush on TBIman
as if to strike or cut him, the ; |
latter retreated and threw up his
gun and fired, the load taking effect
in the right side. Such was in substance
the testimony taken at the
coroner'sinquest. Tillmansurrendered
to the sheriff and is now in jail.
It turns out that there was no foundstion
for the report pf the attempt to
BarnweU News.
[Barnwell Sentinel]
The Atlantic Coast Line bridge
over Steel creek near Dunbarton was
burned on Saturday night, causing a
delay in the traffic on Sunday. The
damaged bridge was repaired at once * J
and on Monday the trains were run?*
?l 1 ?
mug on meir usuax scneuuie. . . The
Ulraer school will have Its
closing exercises on Friday evening x
May jStb. State Superintendent of
Education 0. B. Martin, will be one
of the speakers fo^ the occasion. The /
school is closing another very success- ?
ful year under Miss Elizabeth Domi- ^
nick, of Newberry. > |
Rev. Mr. Evison has accepted a call Il|
as rector of the Episcopal church here 5| I
in Barnwell. He will preach here on *
the 1st and 3rd Sundays., On the
other two Sundays he witf conduct ^
services at Allendale and Blackville. ? C
Mr. Evison has preached here on several
occasions and is well known in ' 4?
Barnwell. He will conduct services '.'Mm
here next Sunday, but will not berK'^B
able to take charge of his parish until
some time in June. %
Messrs. J. H. Keel of Allendale and ;
C. F. Carter of Barnwell have requested
us to announce that on the m
30th of May all of the R. F. D. M
carriers in Barnwell county and those ^
in adjoining counties who can con- J.
veniently get to Barnwell are invited >4
and expected to come to Barnwell
that day for the purpose of organizing
an R. F. D. association. Messrs.
Keel and Carter are very anxious to
have a full attendance at the meet*
ing and no doubt they will be gratiThe
memorial services of the Barnwell
K. of P. lodge held in the BapHat
ehurch last Sunday were Quite a&ik
success. There was a large attendance
of Knights present; they formed ^
at the Castle Hall at 10 o'clock and $
inarched to the different graves of
the i deceased members and placed
floral tributes upon them. At 11
o'clock they marched in a body to the
Baptist church where Rev. J. K? " laffl
Goode delivered the memorial sermon.
The services at the church ' '
were very interesting. Mr. Goode ::i
preached a strong and forceful sermon,,
in which he spoke upon .the
many beautiful sentiments 'and
thoughts upon which the order was .
founded.' The musie arranged for
the occasion was very beautiful indeed;
the choir had gotten up special
Ausic for the service and added a
f/> fVio of the nro
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?ram. ^\ |H
Col. Hunt Promoted.
Col. Rob? W. Hunt, formerly assistant
general passenger, agent of
the Southern Rail way-at Atlanta, Ga.,
was, on May 1st, promoted to the
position of superintendent of train
collections, in the comptroller's department.
Col. Hunt is succeeded as
assistant passenger agent hy Mr. J. *
L. Meek. Col. Hunt's rapid rise in
the railway service is a source of -*0
gratification to his large* cirde - Of
friends throughout South Carolina 7'g|||
and elsewhere. ?
The State Democratic convention
meets in Columbia to-day (Wednes- V
day) at noon. The delegates from" : :3$
this county went up last night: They
are: H. C. Folk, C. W. GaTris, G. B.
Clayton, A. L. Kirkland, S. G. May- ? ^
field, and B,. W. Miley. .
George Bishop 458 ; ?31
Clyde Bishop... 453
Maurice Clayton 437 ,':p$
niiKort ffipra j. 433 -
Lionel Clayton 428 .5^31
Biddie Carter... 414 (M
Talbert Warren 394 .
John McMillan 373 ^ > Leon
Ramsey.... 273
George McMillan .....245' -V .
Leroy Westerlund......... . 161
A gold badge was offered to the
pupfl earning the most mferita during
the sessions. Jonnelle Hoffman wins
this prize. - o- >
The result 6f the final examinations
will be published next week.
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