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f|, Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY, 28, 1908 , One Dollar a Year;
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
L v KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The county of Horry has just
completed a handsome new court
1 < house and jail, costing more than
$40,000.
A $50,v00 mining company has
been formed in Greenville to develop
large properties in Rutherfordton
County, N. C., where gold
deposits have been found.
Senator Tillman sailed for Europe
last week. He was 'accompanied by
Mrs. Tillman and Dr. J. W. Babcock.
He will be away for several months,
tirUi ttttrA nn nart in Dolitics this
year.
i > Sumter Methodists have let the
contract for a handsome new brick
church to cost something like $25,000.00.
Jno. J. Cain, of Columbia,
is the contractor, and work will begin
at once.
- The date of the meeting of the
South Carolina State Press Association
at Gaffney has been changed
because it ;Conflicted with college
commencements The meeting is
to be held June 29th to July 2nd.
, R. Lee Brunson, a prominent
young white man of Florence, has
been missing since Sunday a week
' TT~ ?'?"> eoon In thp union
2igU? nc WOO JK?OW OVVU -r
t' . station in - Columbia, and had told
his family he was going to Charla&'Jl
l?ston.
' Jim Malloy, a negro, was hanged
in Bennettsville last Friday for the
murder of his wife. He said he
v deserved to die and had made his
peace with God. The execution was
*. V quiet and orderly, and few persons
witnessed it.
Peaches from the Ridge section
of the State between Columbia and
. * Augusta are , beginning to move
^ North In carload shipments. The
* cop is about ten days earlier this
- year, and the prospects are that it
will be heavy.
V ;V. ; Dr. M. S. Gressett died at his home
in Branchville last week. He was
buried last Wednesday afternoon at
i. the Ott cemetery with Masonic hon?L
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tie was uuo vi w? ?. ?
2^f'-V'sens of Branch ville, and had been
V " practicing medicine there for forty
years.
The following candidates have filed
pledges with State Chairman
1 Wilie Jones: Cole L. Blease, of
Newberry, for governor; Jas. F.
Byrnes, of Aiken, for solicitor of
'.v.... the second circuit; and Jas. A. Summersett,
of Columbia, for railroad
commissioner.
T. A. Porter, a white carpenter,
residing, near Glendale, was run over
and instantly killed by an electric
J car on Pine street in Spartanburg
, late last Thursday- night. The man
was intoxicated and was lying in a
. stupor across the track. He leaves
f,' a wife and several children.
The Hotel Jerome in Columbia is
V.v to be,enlarged to double the pres^
ent capacity. Work will start at
: ' once. This hotel is the gathering
. ' place of the politicians in South
' Carolina, and there is getting to be
so many of them- the hotel needs
"*??<wHnm(viaHnn
more room iur LUCil avWiuuivuM?w?
;
Gov. Ansel has refused to commote
the sentence of Bose Cook, of
"f ' Hampton county, who was sentenced
in February, 1966, to ten years in
the penitentiary for manslaughter.
The petition was presented by Capt.
B. S. Williams, of Branson, and commutation
from the penitentiary to
the county chain gang was asked for.
TheState Supreme Court last Monday,
on motion of Assistant Attorney
r \ * General DeBrum, filed an order directing
the dispensary winding up
commission to turn over to the Attorney
General the sum of 915,000 set
aside by the legislature from the
j . State dispensary funds for the purpose
of prosecuting the criminal
yV cases against certain persons in connection
with the affairs of the late
State dispensary,
f . W. S. Brown, an insurance agent
of Lancaster, was found unconscions
in his room at Wright's Hos
tel in Columbia last Friday morning
about seven o'clock. By hard
work physicians succeeded in re
Storing him. He had very litue 10
.Bay about it, and soon afterwards
left the hotel. Some think he attempted
to commit suicide by inhaling
gas, the gas being turned on
in his room, while others think he
, turned on the gas by mistake.
4 ' The hold-up men have again begun
operations in the city of Columbia.
Several persons have been held
up on the streets at night in that city
recently at the point of a pistol and
robbed. Some arrests have been
' made, but there is no definite evi*
dence against any of the suspects.
It will be remembered that there
were a number of robberies in that
city last year, and they stopped when
a. butcher killed a young white man
-ri?? Tioi/i him iin. but was himself
WUV
^ killed.
^ Ross Scott McKenzie, a prominent
and well-to-do citizen of East.
over, Richland county, had a nar'
v row escape from death last Friday
from drinking chloroform thinking
it was whiskey. He was at the
s . closing exercises of the Hopkins
$ high school, of which Mr. W. D.
Roberts, formerly of the Carlisle
Fitting School, is principal. Dr.
W.. W. Ray, of Columbia, drove up
to the grounds and had some whiskey
and some medical supplies,
among which was some chloroform
* in a beer bottle. Just before dinner
Mr. McKenzie went to the bug'
gy to get a drink and drank the
chloroform by mistake. Physicians
had hard work to save his life.
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GEORGE R. KEITH KILLER.
Succumbed to Injuries Received in
Being Run Over by Train.
Anderson, May 25.?While flagging
his train across the North Manning
street crossing this morning at
6.30 o'clock, Mr. George Reed Keith,
fireman, fell in front of the engine.
The trucks passed over his legs, completely
severing both of them below
the knees. He was quickly picked
up and hurried to the Anderson hospital.
At 10:30 o'clock he had sufficiently
recovered from the severe
shock accompanying the accident to
undergo a surgical operation. Both
of his legs were amputated above the
knees. He was, however, unable to
recover from the wounds and he died
at 12:15 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Keith was about twenty-five
years of age. He came here from
Walhalia. three or four years ago to
work for the Blue Ridge railway. He
was a good and faithful employe and
commanded the respect of all the orflcilas
of the road- He was always attentive
to his- duties, and the officials
greatly deplore the terrible accident
and subsequent death. Mr. Keith
was a brother-in-law of Superintendent
J. R. Anderson of the railway.
FOR SECOND PLACE.
Movement to Nominate Southerner
for Vice President.
Washington, D. C., May 22nd.?
Alien S. Towson, a New York broker,
a native of Virginia, is in Washington
in charge of a movement to have
nominated a Southern man for the
second place' on the Democratic
national ticket
The name of W. G. Conrad, formerly
of Virginia, but now a resident
of Montana, has been mentioned as
being one of several men who could
solidify the Democratic vote, and
bring to the support of the ticket
the party vote in the South and West.
While Mr. Towson and his friends
are enthusiastic for Mr. Conrad, he
says they will be willing to support
any southern man for the place.
mv- "./.wawm.,* txtoc in a 11 crura fpri at
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a meeting in New York city some
days ago, at which it was decided
that the time had come when it was
necessary to disprove the theory that
there was no presidential or vicepresidential
timber available South
of the Mason and Dixon line.
Such men as Senator Culberson,
of Teias; Senator Daniel, of Virginia;
ex-United States Senator Edward
Carmack of Tennessee, and
others have been considered, but it
understood they would not be willing
to permit their names to be
used for the second place on the
ticket. Therefore the movement
has been started to get the name
of some successful southern business
man who has the time to devote
to the campaign, and who
ornniri solidify the party vote.
AGAINST DESECRATION OF FLAG.
Senate Passes Rill to Prevent Profanation
of Old Glory.
Washington, May 20.?The senate
to-day passed a bill to prevent the
desecration of the flag of the United
States with an amendment providing
that its restriction shall not apply
to banners or flags carried by military
or patriotic organizations authorized
by law. This amendment
was to meet an objection by Senator
Bacon, of Gergia, who had previousexplained
that in his State Confederate
soldier organizations had blended
the Union and Confederate flags,
a practice which he feared would not
be permitted under t he proposed
be permitted under the proposed
A Brave Girl of Russian Revolution.
"In the mines of Akatui, in central
Siberia, there is a beautiful girl of
twenty-two serving a sentence oi
twenty years at 'hard labor,'" says
Kellogg Durland, author of "The
Red Reign," who has spent much
time during the last year or two in
Russia, and in the June Woman's
Home Companion the author then
proceeds to tell the marvelous pathetic
story of Marie Spiradonova,
who was condemned to die for a
"political crime,"but whose sentence
was finally altered to twenty,years
hard labor in exile, owing to the
popular clamor for the girl's life
all over the world.
Negro Kills White Man.
Boyce Stone, a young white man,
was shot and killed at Greer, Spartanburg
county, last Monday evening
about seven o'clock by Henry Fowler,
a negro about sixty years old.
The killing occurred at Fowler's
house. It seems that Boyce Stone,
Jeff Hammett, and Ed. Duncan,
three white men, entered Fowler's
house and demanded that his wife
make them coffee. This she did,
and she claimed they made improper
proposals and attempted to assault
her. The men were drinking. She
called to her husband, who* was
workiner in a field near by, and as he
ran to the house he was met and
struck over the eye by one of the
; men with a partly filled bottle of
liquor, making an ugly wound. His
wife then grabbed his gun and handed
ft to him through the window and
he fired on the party, killing Stone.
The two other white men then ran.
Fowler went at once and surrendered,
and was carried to jail at Spartanburg,
as trouble was feared,
1 where his wounds were dressed.
Stone was a bad character, and killed
1 a policeman there several years ago.
The two white men were also locked
1 up. Sentiment in the town is that
' the negro was justified in the shoot
ing.
With our system of keeping ac
counts, you don't need a pass book
to bother with or forget, and you
i always know your account.
D. A. Kinard & Co. _
I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston News.
. Colston, May 25.?Last week's
sunshine has put the farmers in
better hopes. They had a busy
week ploughing and hoeing.
The union meeting will be held
at the Baptist church here next
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Annie Belle Darnell, of Norway,
is spending several days here
with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Varn were the
guests of Mr. C. H. Brabham, of the
Olar section, last Sunday.
Miss Bertha All visited her sister,
Mrs. P. P. Padgett, of Ehrhardt,
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iUBL saiuruaj auu ouuuaj.
The young folks are looking forward
to the annual picnic to take
place at Alt. Pleasant church near
Ehrhardt on the 28th.
Mr. C. W. Clayton returned home
from Orangeburg^ this week, where
he has been attending school the
past session.
Mrs. Mary Wooley and daughter,
Miss Ida, are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton.
Mrs. H. J. McMillan, Jr., is spend-]
ing a few days with relatives and
friends near Cope. Rex.
Trinity College.
We have received an invitation to
attend exercises of commencement
week at Trinity College, Durham, N.
C., June 7th to 10th. The baccalaureate
address is to be delivered
by President John C. Kilgo, the baccalaureate
sermon will be preached
bv Rev. Henry Stiles Bradley, D. D.,
of St. Louis; the alumni address will
be delivered by William Ivey Cranford,
Ph. D., class of '91, Durham, N.
C.; and the commencement address
will be made by Walter B. Page,
editor of World's Work, New York.
The Washington Duke memorial
statue is to be unveiled during the
commencement exercises. Mr. Duke
was the great tobacco man, who was
one of the most liberal donators to
the college.
VETERAN SPECIAL.
Special Train Colombia, S. C. to
Birmingham, Ala., via Southern
Railway.
Arrangements have been made
with Major General Thos. W. Carwile,
Commanding South Carolina
Division United Confederate Veterans,
for a special train Columbia to
Birmingham for the accommodation
of the Confederate Veterans and
their friends who desire to attend
the annual reunion at Birmingham,
June 9th-llth-1908.
This train, which will be known as
the "veteran's special," consisting
of baggage car, high class coaches
and nnllman sleeninz car. will leave
Columbia 1-45 p. m. Monday, June
8th, going via Newberry, Greenwood,
Greenville, picking up Veterans and
their friends enroute. The Abbeville
delegation will join the special
at Hodges and special cars from.
Anderson will be attached to the
special at Belton.
This arrangement will enable veterans
from Orangeburg, Sumter, and
points in the Eastern part of the
State, also from Camden and Chester,
to arrive in Columbia on noon
trains in time to leave on the special
at 1:45 p. m.
From Rock Hill, Blacksburg, Yorkville,
Union and Spartanburg, veterans
can leave on regular trains arriving
Greenville 8:55 p. m., connect'
ing with the "veteran's special,"
i which will leave Greenville 9:00 p.
* m., due Birmingham the following
morning, Tuesday, June 9th, in time
for breakfast, so that Veterans can
get located before the opening session
of the first day.
,,rrvn-? votopon'fl flnMftl" will have
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on board leaving Columbia, Major
General Carwile and members of his
> staff; Miss Elizabeth Norwood, of
1 Abbeville, and Miss Bonham, of Anderson,
State sponsors, will join the
special enroute and accompany the
veterans to Birmingham, and it is
especially desired by General Carwile
that as many of the Veterans
as can possibly arrange to do so
join the special at Columbia or the
most convenient point enroute.
Those who contemplate joining
the special at Columbia will please
communicate with B. H. Todd, passenger
and ticket agent, Southern
Railway, Columbia, S. C., and those
i who expect to join at Greenville,
i communicate with T. P. P. Carson,
passenger and ticket agent, Greenville,
stating whether accommodations
will be desired in day coaches
i or pullman sleeping cars, and how
many there will be in the party, etc.
i Tickets will be sold at very low
rates from all points, June 6th, 7th,
and 8th, limited June 20th, 1908.
Round trip rates from principal sta
; tions as follows:
Abbeville, $6.40; Anderson, $6.40;
Blacksburg, $8.05; Camden, $9.20;
Chester, $8.15; Columbia, $8.55;
Greenville, $6.85; Greenwood, $6.70;
Lancaster, $8.75; Newberry, $7.70;
Orangeburg, $8.70; Prosperity,
$7.85; Rock Hill, $8.55; Spartanburg,
$7.45; Sumter, $9.40.
Pullman berth rate Columbia to
Birmingham, $2.50. If two people
occupy same berth the rate can be
divided accordingly.
See that your tickets read via
Southern Railway to Birmingham
and return.
For further detailed information
apply to Southern Railway ticket
. agents or address J. C. Lusk, Division
Passenger Agent, Charleston, S.
C.
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SON KILLS HIS FATHER.
Young Man Then Ended His Own
Life With Pistol.
New York, May 20.?Because he
was about to be married again,
George Sterry, 72 years old, was
shot and killed today by his son,
George Sterry, Jr.
The young man commited suicide.
The father was a member of the
large wholesale drug firm of Weaver
& Sterry, with a place of business at
166 Pearl street.
He was engaged to be married to
a young school teacher of Brooklyn
and his engagement had caused serious
family quarrels.
The elder Sterry was president
and the son secretary of Weaver &
Sterry. The old man had been
working at his desk all the forenoon.
It was nearly noon when his
son reached the office.
As the young man passed through
the warehouse on his way to the offices
on the second floor of the
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DUiiumg lie uiei uis ;uuugci uiuwer,
James W. Sterry, and addressing
him cheerily, asked him how things
were going.
He was told that everything was
all right and continued on his way
upstairs.
It was only a moment later when
the shots rang through the building,
and when James Sterry and several
employees rushed up to the office
they found the old man sitting in
his chair at the desk and George, Jr.,
lying on the floor by his side.
Both were dead.
There was bullet hole in each
man's temple and a revolver was
lying on the floor.
Missionary Meeting at Cope.
The Orangeburg district meeting
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society convened at Cope, May Sth,
1908, Mrs. Wightman, the State
president, in the chair. Her presence
is of itself a guarantee of a
good and interesting meeting.
At the opening service on Friday
evening, Rev. L. E. Wiggins read a
Psalm and offered prayer.
Mrs. Wightman and Mrs. Herbert
both gave short talks which proved
helpful. Saturday morning a business
session was held. Miss May
Wannamaker was nominated and
elected as secretary. Ten delegates
responded to roll call.
The district secretary gave her
report, which showed an increase
of $349.84 over last year.
Orangeburg is the banner society
for largest amount raised and St.
Matthews for the largest amount per
member.
The district pledged $750.00 for
the support of a missionary and
raised all but $90.00.
Total amount raised for all purposes,
$1,381.61.
Miss May Wannamaker read an
interesting and instructive paper on
Korea.
At the Saturday afternoon service,
Mrs. Wightman talked about the
work done at the Scarritt Training
School.
Barnwell was chosen as next place
for district meeting.
TV 1 i-UI- lf? Unmharf
During tills BCIVltC in ID. uu uiuun
arrived direct from the board meeting
at New Orleans, and was warmly
welcomed. She was very enthusiastic
over the splendid result of
the year's work.
Last year $174,000 was raised in
Southern Methodism. This year the
sum swelled till it reached $226,000.
Nine new missionaries were accepted.
Sunday morning Rev. Charles B.
Smith preached from the text, "Go
ye into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature."
At four o'clock there was a mass
meeting for children. In the evening
at eight-thirty Mrs. Humbert
gave a more extensive account of
the board meeting.- She spoke at
length of Korea - and how thirsty
they are for the gospel. $61,000
was appropriated by the board for
that work. The service was concluded
with the benediction by Rev.
Mr. Wiggins.
WOMEN POSTMASTERS WIN.
Senate Rejects Nominations of Men
Named by President.
Washington, May 21.?The fight
made by Georgia and Texas senators
against supplanting women postmasters
with male employees resulted today
in the rejection of three nomina
tions WHICH naa Deen oeiure tile dbuate
since last December. The nominations
rejected are: T. W. Scott to
succeed Hattie F. Gilmer, at Toccoa,
Ga.f John T. A. McCullom to succeed
Mary A. Melton, at Qonyers, and Everett
Johnson to succeed Jeannette
D. McConnell, Jacksboro, Tex.
Senators Clay and Culberson served
notice on the postoffice department
that they were opposed to women
being ousted from their places and
their opposition was so determined
that no attempt to confirm the appbintments
was made in the senate.
Fearing that President Roosevelt
would make recess appointments
after the adjournment of congress
and would displace the women in
that way, the senators today insisted
upon the rejection of the three ap
pointees, and they at least are eliminated.
Corn Enthusiasts.
In Cherokee county the farmers
are corn enthusiasts. They have
planted about as much cotton as
usual, but having sown little small
grain, they are planting more corn.
A few of the farmers have tried the
Williamson plan two years and this
year there are hundreds of acres
planted after that style. More than
fifty farmers of Cherokee are contesting
for the prize offered by the
bank. We wish tha* many of Bamberg's
farmers would get enthusiastic
on the subject of raising corn.
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THE STATE CONVENTION
HARMONIOUS SESSION OF S. C.
DEMOCRATS IN COLUMBIA.
I
Delegation to National Convention
Instructed for Bryan?Fight
Made on Gonzales.
I The State Democratic Convention :
did not finish its business till after
midnight Wednesday.
The only real contest was for
choice of delegates to Denver, the
fight centering about the person of
Editor W. E Gonzales, of the State,
who was beaten first for a place as
delegate-at-large and then as alternate
delegate-at-large. i
The four delegates-at-large chosen
are:
Senator B. R. Tillman, Senator F.
B. Gary, both by acclamation. State |
Chairman Wiley Jones, of Columbia,
H. H. Watkins, of Anderson. These
were chosen on the first ballot. .Mr.
Gonzales came out third and Mr. J.
P. Grace, of Charleston, last. The
faction fighting Mr. Gonzales cheered
when this was announced.
In the race for four alternate delegates-at-large
Mr. Gonzales was defeated,
being last in the race with
five. The alternates chosen are:
W. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield,
j. P. Grace, of Charleston, R. F.
Smith, of Easley, and T. B. Crews,
of Laurens.
The convention at its morning session
adopted a resolution instructing
its delegation to vote solidly for Bryan,
"first, last and all the time."
The district delegates to Denver
selected by the various districts are:
First District?T. R. Waring, Charleston;
S. Julian Carroll, Dorchester;
alternates, A. E. McCoy, Berkley;
Dr. W. A. Kirby, Colleton.
Second District?J. E. Harley,
Barnwell; Lv J. Williams, North Augusta;
alternate, Niel Christensen.
Third District?Kenneth Baker,
Greenwood; J. B. Stribling, Pendleton;
alternates, H. C. Tillman, Greenwood;
Coke D. Mann, Ninety-Six.
Fourth District?B. F. Townsend,
Union; Dr. VV. U. ?3iaCK, ureeuvint:,
S. J. Nichols, Spartanburg; Clarence
Cunningham, Laurens.
Fifth District?J. G. Richards, Jr.,
Kershaw; J. M. Cherry, Rock Hill;
alternates, W. W. Dickson, Winnsboro;
N. W. Hardin, Blacksburg.
Sixth District?J. H. Manning,
Latta; W. J. Andrews, Georgetown;
D. A. Spivey, Conway.
Seventh District?Thomas F.
Brantley, Orangeburg; J. S. Wannamaker,
St. Matthews; J. H. Clifton,
Sumter.
Permanent vice presidents were
chosen as follows, each going in with
out opposition.
First District?C. M. Wiggins.
Second District?D. S. Henderson.
Third District?H. A. Thompson.
Fourth District?Howard B. Carlisle.
Fifth District?J. Harry Foster.
Sixth District?Dr. Olin Sawyer.
Seventh District?R. I. Manning.
The first business of the night session
was the reading of a report on
constitution and rules by Chairman
M. L. Bonham. The two resolutions
directing the State executive committee
to provide a separate box in the
coming primary for expression as between
prohibition and the pesent
dispensary system, were reported
without recommendation. They
were tabled by the convention without
debate and a resolution by Senator
Cole L. Blease to change the day
of the primary from Tuesday to Saturday
was unfavorably reported. It
was championed by him and others
in the interest of the cotton mill vote
but was finally tabled by the convention.
The resolution calling for two
campaign meetings throughout the
counties this summer, one for congressional
and solicitor candidates
and the other for State officers, was
adopted, also without debate.
Dr. J. C. Mace's resolution requiring
voters in the primary to be enrolled
five days before the primary
was adopted.
The resolution of Col. R. B. Watson,
of Saluda, forbidding members
of the county executive committee
from being candidates for county
offices provoked a lengthy debate.
The convention finally adopted a
substitute by Mr. Ragsdale which
forbids executive committemen from
passing upon the returns of their
own election, this being the point
sought to be remedied.
SCHOONER SERENA SINKS.
Founders in Caribbean Sea?The
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Crew Hi sea pes in Duau,
Jacksonville, Fla., May 20.?A telegram
from Key West says:
"The schooner Serena from Bonacco
with a cargo of fruit reports that
on May 4th, at midnight, the schooner
Haze, Capt. Whitmore, when about
60 miles from Bonacco in the Caribbean
sea sank and is a total loss.
The Haze was owned by Rodriguez
& Roberts of Key West and shortly
after sailing from this port for Bonacco
she sprung a leak and commenced
to fill so fast that the crew
of six men took to small boats and
were picked up by the Serena the
next day and brought to this port."
Not Yet But Soon.
A traveller waited at a certain
English provincial town in vain for
the much overdue train on the
branch line. Again he approached
the solitary sleepy looking porter
and inquired for the twentieth time,
"Is not that train coming soon?"
At that moment a dog came trotting
up the line, and a glad smile
illuminated the official's face.
"Ah, yes, sir," replied the porter,
"It will be getting near now. Here
comes the engine driver's dog.
ATTJKJUfr A1 ASSASSIN A1 lUil.
ISSHj
Bomb Placed Under Residence and
Building Completely Wrecked.
Geneva, N. Y., May 22.?One of j;?|
the most dastardly attempts to commit
wholesale assassination ever made y.fcs
in this city occurred last night shortly
before 11 o'clock, when the residence
of Phillip Lanasa, one of Geneva's
prominent and wealthy Italians, was
almost completely wrecked by a
bomb evidently placed under the
house for the purpose of destroying - Jj
it and the entire family of Mr. Lanasa.
The building is practically a.
total wreck and it was only by a ' v
miracle that the members of the ^
household escaped.
Although the work is evidently j/Js?
that of the Black Hand, Mr. Lanasa ' '; $&
says he has never been threatened, /
nor has there ever been any attempt
made to blackmail him. He stated
that he never has had a word of vL'ffjjjj
trouble with any of his fellow-coun- ' ^
try men, either in Geneva or elsewhere,
and is at a loss to know why.
any attempt to take his life or that 4^111
cf his family should be made.
Mr. Lanasa and his two sons had
retired for the night and were
thrown bodily out of bed by the force \vvsHj
of the explosion. They were not In? V:-Sj3
jured, however. Mrs. Lanasa said
her daughter was in the dining room -.h^j^H
at .the time. They escaped with a
bad shaking up, but were entirely
covered by debris. Three other per- i
sons in the house also escaped injury. ?
The entire city is aroused over this, . f
the first outrage of the kind ever at- v
tempted here.
AN ELEGANT" RECEPTION.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Copeland Enter- ffi
\ tain Most Charmingly.
Last Wednesday evening from .' >
eight-thirty to eleven o'clock, Mr. >
and Mrs. J. D. Copeland entertained ^
at an elaborate reception in honor t
of their son, Mr. Henri H. Copeland, '
and his bride.
Mr. uopeiana 10 racnmg vu?
heartiest congratulations upon the f
winning of such a prize. Mrs. Cope*
land as Miss Hammond, of Augusta# . had
visited Bamberg several times,.. "
and made for herself by her very
charming personality and great brunette
beauty, scores of friends, and >
the fact of her entrance into Bam*
berg society is received with keen ''' >
The hall and parlors of this at- .
tractive home were ablaze with C
light, and beautiful with many col- ors
of poppies. . ;-?aS|
Assisting the receiving party were ,<
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Paul Riley. Punch
was served from ai attractive corner1
of the hal! by Mir.? Mozelle Copeland, ):$
assisted by Miss ftaidine Ott.
In the dining room a bevy of pret- y
ty girls, Misses Mozelle Copeland, r,:
Ruth Riley, Blanche Hair, Naidine l-i
Ott, Julia Easterlin, Belle Cooner, .
and Jerihie Graham, dressed in white
and pink, served an elegant two
course menu, the color scheme, pink ^
and white, being carried out with -the
ice course. The table in this spacious- s
room was covered with a handsome t;'.
Battenburg cover, and from each corner
was tied streamers of maline,
which were caught up into the electrolier,
and in this attractive setting r
were crystal bowls of pink and white
sweet peas. On
leaving the dining room the
attentive waitresses presented each &
guest with a dainty box of bonbons..
Displayed in one of the parlors
were the very elegant wedding pres- l|g
ents of Mr. and Mrs. Henri H. .
Copeland, and the study of these
was of great interest to the guests. ' jj
Mr. and Mrs. Copeland are very
gracious hosts, and, if possible, on
this occasion proved themselves
more gracious than ever.
The invited guests were: Mr. and
w tv Rhoad. Mr. and Mrs. C. '
J. S. Brooker, Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank\^3j?
Bamberg, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brabham,
Sr., Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brabham,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. David
Felder, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klauber, - 4^
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham, Jr^V^jpsH
Mr. and Mrs. D. Dowling, Dr. and
Mrs. Geo. F. Hair, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J.'A. >:
Wyman, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Dickinson,
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Hooton, Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Hooton,. Mr. and Mrs.
Miles J. Black, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Free, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Brabham,
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bamberg, Dr. t
and Mrs. H. F. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. Johnson, Ma^Jor and Mrs.
Havelock Eaves, Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Salley,
r\t. qt>h Mm j. j. Cleckley. Mr.
and Mob. J. W. Price, Mr. and Mm.
R. M. Hays, of Greenwood, Mr. and /
Mrs. A. W. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. E. <
T. LaFitte, Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Graham; Mesdames Doll Lewis and ^vjsH
A. A. Zeigler; Misses Ha Ott, Pearle ' v.-(v.
Counts, Willie Meriwether, Myra
Hooton, Florrie Black, Roberta #>?$??
Johnson, Agnes Johnson, Bessie Lee
Black, Clara Riley, Nina Riley,
Ruby Clements, of Atlanta, GeDelle
Brabham, Addys Hays, Kate Feldef, Xania
Easterlin, Mamie Gee Jennings;
Messrs. Chas. D. Felder, A.
M. Brabham, C. D. C. Adams, of
Walterboro, Dr. F. F. Johnson, Dr.
V. W. Brabham, James McGowan, v; L l&i
D. A. Kinard, W. G. .Hoffman, J. D. pHs
Copeland, Jr., Capt. P. S. Connor,
J. C. Guilds, W. P. Murphy, Dr. F. -f
B. McCrack,en, D. M. Eaves, Jarrell -^?j?g
Quatlebaum, J. F. Carter, F. M.
ATT- T7* Tnhnonn
iuwj v* x . vvumw.
Blackville School Closing. v ><
The Blackville graded school, of r v ^
which Mr. R. B. Hartzog, son of ? < *Xjss
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Hartzog, of this
city is principal, closed last Friday. *
J. F. Carter, Esq., of this city delivered
the commencement address. : ^
Mr. Hartzog has been very successful
in his management of the school,
and has been re-elected for another
year. Mrs. Hartzog has charge of