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wsmrn- <rn mmmmmm, mwmm ffifgj ' _ . lamterg ^wralb j ? -Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1908 One Dollar a Year ||| IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. * J. K. Durst has resigned as president of the Greenwood cotton mills. 'X- J. C. Self, cashier of the Bank of Greenwood, has been elected to succeed him. A Young Butler Pinson, who attemptV ed to murder his father and mother by shooting at them while they were r asleep in bed at home, and who has been confined in jail at Greenwood since his capture near Honea Path a few days after the crime, has been released. It is stated that his father declined to prosecute the case % and wanted the boy turned loose. Richard Oliver and Charlie Ed, wards are in jail at Aiken charged with the murder of George Walker. - It is charged that the two waylaid and shot Walker while he was going home from a hot supper and robbed >?; him of about $20. His dead body was found in the road with two * ballet holes in it His pockets hhd ; been turned inside out and ransacked, and it was known he had about 9A rto nicht hAfnre. f AV WAV A*?DM? WW, TWO NEGROES LYNCHED. Mob of One Thousand Men Take Prisoners from Guard. % Waycrose, Ga., June 27.?Just at sundown this afternoon two negroes \ were lynched by a mob of at least > ; 1,000 persons. The lynching occurrv ed on the east outskirts of the city. Xhe negroes were Walker Walk ins and Albert Baker, who were brought t here this morning from Wayne coun^ I &> one ?' them charged with outragyj-.y ing the J 4-year-old daughter of Mr. Wiley Wainwright Thursday evening. The negroes were lodged in the Ware county Jail during the day and late this afternoon were taken out by > Wayne county officers for the purV ?<*e of carrying them to Jesup for safe keeping. Suddenly a rush was made and a dozen hands clasped each officer and his gun. The negroes were Jerked across the railroad track 100 persons pounced upon them, others still holding the guards. < Through the wire fence of the railroad the mobv shoved the negroes . and then started at a ran across College hill. For nearly half a mile they continued to the first oak tree in the old Cherokee nursery. Here an at> tempt .was made to break the handcuffs which held the negroes together, but without avail. No one had a rope ": but a heavy trace chain which was locked around one of the negroes was broken apart and a loop was soon made around his neck. Some one mounted the tree and from the first limb caught the end of the chain, tying it around the limb, v while others held the alleged assail' ajit up from the ground. He was then turned loose, his feet about two * : feet from the ground. The other negro, still handcuffed to the body of the hanging man, stood with hands ' clasped around the tree. The mob' . stepping back about ten paces opened ffre upon the. men, hundreds of shots being fired into the bodies. Many > - tried to prevent the killing of the negro who was clasping the tree, there r; v i being much doubt about his connecV " tion with the outrage. Nothing . could be done with the enraged mob. After the lynching the mob dis : - y- ' nersed. * - The outrage occurred near the ?>" : home of Wiley Wainwright Thursday evening. The girl had left the house for the cow pen when she was attacked by the negro. She was taken to the woods nearby, her screams failing to, attract any one at the house. Here it is said two other negroes joined the first. It was 11 o'clock at night before Mr. Wainwright, accompanied by neighbors found her. She was terribly bruised and mutilated. The net gro Albert Baker was arrested yesterday morning and carried before 1 the girl for identification. He was with several other negroes at the / \ time and she readily pointed him out. gf* -; Governorship Contests. . The Democratic convention of ; North Carolina last Saturday nominated Wm. Walton Kitchin for governor, after one of the warmest con^ tests in the political history of that ;:r State. The other candidates were Locke Craig and Col. Ashley Horne, but all efforts to beat Kitchin were unavailing. There was a deadlock in the convention for days, but on the . 61st ballot Horne withdrew and A Kitchin was nominated, his majority being 44 votes. In the Democratic primary of Tennessee, held last Saturday, Governor Patterson was renominated for ? ?-- ? TTnUa/1 governor, ne ueieatiug lui wci uuuw * States Senator E. W. Carmack by 9,000 votes. This ended the hardest fought and bitterest campaign ever known in that State. Carmack stood for State prohibition, while Patterson advocated the present local option law by which the saloons have been put out of all towns in that f State, the sale of liquor now being confined to only a few large cities. The Pleasures of Life. The teacher of a certain school received the following note explain* ing the absence of one of her pupils the day before: 4'Please excoose Henry for absents yesterday. Him an' me got a chance of a ride to a funeral in a carriage, i an' I let him stay to home as he had never rode in a carriage an' never went to a funeral, nor had many other pleasures. So please excoose." i . . v: .W TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM. Mr. L. N. Bellinger Writes More About His Trip. Mr. Editor:?In our last article we had not quite reached the city of Birmingham, but under cover of the night, was in a reverie of thought as to what might occur passing through the dark tunnel by night. And here we are, all at once hurled into the mysterious Mystic City; a stranger in a Strang place. Not so, the Rebel yell resounded and we were assured that we were with friends. And then as the noise grew less there was a shout of welcome from the welcome committee, saying, "Only be patient until we can come to you; there is a place for all." But where could rest, food, and shelter be found for this great surging crowd, that had rushed in here from everv State and section of our Sunny South? So thought my travelling companion, and we, for the night endeavored to find lodging in a boarding house that had been recommended as a good stopping place. Such it may have been but we found only such accomodations as are offered at Sprawl's hotel to wearied, tired travelers. Here we were content to rest till morn. My bed companion, an old veteran, Mr. Marsh Hair, of Williston, remarked "well we have fared worse." Yes, yes. Who can not recall a dark, stormy night, the very flood gates of Heaven turned loose, the thunder roaring, and the vivid lightning flashing only to mark our calyary traiL Then we could shout "mount your horses boys and shake your bridles free." If .we could only rest our head pillowed on a hard saddle, a blanket on the cold lap of earth, our couch, friendly stars keeping watch by night, how sweetly did we sleep; much better than at Sprawl's hotel. As I could not sleep, it was easy to get up and vacate our room, for we were occupyng the dining room, on rock bottom, spread out1 on the hard floor, a thin mattress intervening. Here I and my good friend parted company, he to look up a son that lives in the city, and I to search for better Quarters. * Our hostess was busy about removing our bed furniture and preparing for an early meal, and were informed for our Indeine S1.00 for each. Someone iasked how about breakfast, then there was a slow response "well, if you gentlemen will wait we will give you breakfast." Surely we waited and you may call it supper or breakfast, or both. After all we were very near even with our good lady, the hostess. * And now for the first time since I have left home I had to trim my sails, catch my bearing, and strange to say, all alone and quite at sea in a crowded city. For a while we promisciously. wandered, admiring this magnificent city, its wide streets and broad avenues. It was very evident to my mind that the civil engineer in his plan (and original conception had seen the grandeur of this great city ere the first brick had been laid. For all the streets and avenues are of uniform width and are at right angles to each other, all of which adds so much to the beauty and complete suitable fitness in every pnanont Of rnnrsA its brilliant liehts and gorgeohs decorations proclaimed the city was in her brightest colors. See those lofty skyscrapers, how they tower far above other buildings of ordinary height and count the stories, seventeen in number. As I had some thing else in view (a visit to Montgomery) I did not see much of the" reunion. But let us stroll around to "headquarters." See that large bulletin that covers so much space in large letters, all the grand state "divisions." But most conspicious to . me was those of Texas and South Carolina. The former had a large representation. Strange to say you may pass through this immense throng of people and not meet one that you know. I see that I am taking up too much space, so if agreeable on some, future occasibn, may have something to say about Montgomery. L. N. BELLINGER. Bamberg, June 30, 1908. Meeting in Bamberg. N South Carolina State Farmers' Union, Office of Secretary-Treasurer, Reidville, S. C., June 24, 1908. Editor The Bamberg Herald:?The president and secretary of the State Farmers' Union have arranged a schedule of dates for county rallies and public mass meetings in the second congressional district. The object of these meetings is to bring to the attention of the farmers our organization and give them some idea of its principles and purposes. The following schedule of dates has been decided upon, and Hon. J. Belton Watson,* of Anderson, will be present at the fnllnwine annointments: Edgefield?Tuesday, July 7th. Aiken?Wednesday, July 8th. Bamberg?Thursday, July 9th. Barnwell?Friday, July 10th. Hampton?Saturday, July 11th. Will you please help us to secure a good meeting of representative farmers and business men to hear our speaker. Any assistance that you can give us will be greatly appreciated. Yours respectfully, J. WHITNER REID, Secretary-Treasurer, S.C. State Farmers' JJnion. Unequal Taxation. A meeting of the State board of equalization was held in Columbia last week. Mr. S. D. Guess, of Denmark, is the member from this county. The taxable value of the cotton mills here was fixed at $42,000, while the oil mill here was valued at $17,000, and the mill at Denmark at $12,000. And yet the politicians howl about corporations not paying their proportion of taxes. Think of $50 an acre farming lands (being returned at $5.00 an acre! . i ' COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS / SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Bjhrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 29.?Mr. A. W. Brabham was in town Saturday exhibiting some cotton limbs that he says he cut from a ten acre field. The limbs had three or four grown bolls each. From what Mr. Brabham says he will get more than a bale of cotton per acre, in fact there is that much matured fruit on it now. He wants to market a bale next month. This makes us feel bad in I mis section wnen our cutiuu uaa juoi ; commenced to blossom good, but when we gather-our cotton we find [that we have made about as much to the acre if not as early. Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, who was in her eighty-fifth year, died Saturday night and was buried at Bethesda church grave yard on Sunday afternoon by a host of relatives and friends. Mr. John H. A. Hartz is a happy man this morning, John Henry Adam Hartz, Jr., came to see him and family Saturday. The Kearse ball team beat the Ehrhardt team on last Friday 16 to 1. Fussy X caused a small scrap between two colored men SaturdayOne of them was bruised about the mouth and eyes badly, the other one was not hurt any. Mr. S. W. Copeland bought 31 bales of cotton last week at llcts to II Vz the pound. He consigned same to a mill in Columbia. Miss Alice Kearse, of the Olar section, is spending some time with Mrs. Bertha Jones. Miss Kate Bickle is spending some time with her grandfather, Mr. C. R. Clayton. Rev. Muller O. J. Kreps preached at Mount 'Pleasant church Sunday morning, and Sunday afternoon at Ehrhardt Lutheran 'church. Rev. Kreps spent his boyhood days in this section and his numerous friends were glad to see him and shake his hand. Rev. Kistler Rhoad preached for the Methodist congregation at this place Sunday evening. JEE. Former Bank Man Arrested Pittsburg, Pa., June 25.?T. W. Tiers, former discount clerk of the First National bank of this city, was arrested late today on an information made by National Bank Examiner Wm. L. Folds, chargfrig him with abstraction of about $51,000 of the bank's funds. Tiers furnished bail in the sum of $10,000 for a hearing. All the money was taken from the bank from Feb 8, 1906, to July 26, 1906. Shortly after that time the bank officials learned of the irregularities and dismissed Tiers. He made partial restitution and tinned over to the bank certain collateral upon which it is stated to-tfay, the institution hope to realize. Nothing was said of the matter at the time and the bank charged off the shortage from the surplus. Recently, however, the many bank defalcations occurring in this vicinity resulted in 'orders being received from Washington, it is said to prosecute all such cases and the information against Tiers was made. Since leaving the employ of the bank Tiers has been engaged in the real estate business. Missionary Rallies. Wednesday, July 1st, at Friendship; Thursday, July 2nd, at Double Ponds; Friday, July 3rd, at Gent's Branch; Saturday, July 4 th, at Springtown. These meetings will be held under I il./. /...nntnnn r\f +V10 TKT M TT ThPV 111C duspiuco U1 IUV if . UK v. ? w will observe their birthday offering for missions. All who come are requested to contribute a penny to missions for every year of their life. There will be two or three short addresses. One of the speakers has never beep in this section before and this will perhaps be your only opportunity to hear him. There will be dinner on the I grounds, and a long intermission. Come with your pennies and spend the day both pleasantly and profitably. S. P. HAIR, Pastor. Doing Good Work. Rev. W. P. Yarborough, who conducted a revival meeeting at the mill chapel in this city several weeks ago, writes as follows to the Southern Christian Advocate: "We went to Bamberg mills with Rev. Sam Danger and held an eight days' meeting. We'preached, sang, and prayed, and God gave us a salvation time. Scores were saved and blessed. Seventeen joined the church and many family altars were erected, Brother Danner is doing the best work of his life at Bambdrg. He is doing a great deal for the lost and for Methodism. Rev. R. A- Yongue came by and Rev. T. G. Herbert came over. Both gave us their sympathy and help. Brother Herbert is loved by all denominations. He bas altar services on regular preaching Sundays and people are getting saved." Xot Such a Fool as He Looks. The gay youth who was smoking a cigarette near the monkey's ^ cage took another one from his pocket, r "Would it do any harm?" he asked, "if I should offer him one of these?" "Not a bit," responded the, attendant. "He wouldn't touch it. A monkey isn't half as big a fool as it llooks." PRETTY GIRL RUNS FARM. Daughter of Preacher Rakes Hay While Father is in Prison Richmond, Va., June 22.?Miss Elizabeth Hargrave, since the incarceration of her father, the Rev. Jas. T. Hargrave, the unfrocked Episcopal clergyman, who was recently convicted in the Federal courts for using the mails for purposes of fraud, has become sole manager of the estate, "Cedarhurst Lodge," in Hanover County. The evidences are that the pretty nineteen-year-old girl is a genius in the business of operating farms. She appears also to know a thing or two about the law, which information she is using to advantage in her trials with the county officers. Miss Hargrave came to the city to-day for the purpose of petitioning for an injunction to prevent- the of fleers from seizing the property or her father while he is a prisoner. The law is to the effect that a prisoner in the penitentiary shall not he liable to civil suits. The question is whether or not the county officers are justified in the seizures, since Hargrave is, serving a term in the county jail. "There's nothing to it. I can't run a farm on air and water," said Miss Hargrave this morning. "When they seize everything that comes to me I can't get on. Why, they even dare to take my own things?my mail, freight, and express packages, and everything. They have levied on everything but the place, and that is so fixed that they can't, get at it. If they keep pushing me, I am going to take out the 'homestead exemption.' I don't suppose they can get around that. "The hardest luck of all," she continued, slightly blushing, "is that 1 have to rake the hay. Several days ago I had a field all plowed up ready for planting. The seeds were at the| station, but when I sent for tnem tne information came back to me that they had-all been levied on." Miss Hargrave was neatly attired in a princess gown of striped gray. She wore a "Merry Widow" hat, trimmed in pink feathers and ribbon, with a big-headed hat pin stuck through the middle of it. Her long brown gloves swung limply across her right arm. Her appearance was that of a care free maiden, who had never known the meaning of trouble. "I'll run that farm or die," she exclaimed, as she left .to catch her train, having failed in her mission because of the absence of Judge Edmund Waddill from the city. 'Tin a girl they can't fool. I'm going back to Hanover to make hay. It's the 'Maude Muller' game for me, all right There are five men on the place at work, to-day. I guess if they were girls, the county officers would try to seize them. It's all very awful, but I am not starving." Cleaning Silk Fabrics. ; j "Silk of any kind or color may be cleaned in the following manner/' says Woman's Home Companion for July. "For every quart of water to be used in washing a dress, pare and grate one large potato. Put the grated potatoes into the water, which must be cold and soft; let stand two days without being disturbed in any way, then very carefully pour off the clear liquid from the sediment into a large, convenient vessel, into which dip the pieces of silk up and down. "Of course the silk must not be creased by wringing; let 11 nang ana i drip nearly dry, then lay it flat onj the .table, and wipe it first on one side and then on the other. If necessary to press it, do so between flannel with a moderate iron." GETS APPOINTMENT. Greenville Newspaper Man Will Be American Consul at St. Pierre. Friends of Mr. Douglas Jenkins in Greenville and elsewhere will be delighted to learn that he has been appointed United. States Consul to the city of Pierre, capital of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. These islands are situated almost midway between Newfoundland and Novia Scotia, and are under French control, being the last relics of the French possessions in the upper part of the' North American continent. Ton Vina it will he remembered. stood an examination some weeks ago, and passed a high rank among a large class. He consequently received a choice appointment in being detailed to the Island of St. Pierre. Stock Killed by Lightning. Sumter, June 26.?Mr. R. C. Tisdale, who lives in the Jordan section about six miles from Sumter, had the misfortune to have a mule and two horses killed by lightning Wednesday afternoon. The horses were in the stable at the time. A colored man, Richard Bradley, who was cutting wood in the yard of Mr. Tisdale, about 100 feet from the stable, was shocked by the stroke which killed the animals and was unconscions for about an hour. Fire at Cope. Cope, June 25.?,This morning at 2:35 o'clock fire broke out in the store of Mr. E. D. Murpny. ine fire burned rapidly and at one time it looked as iff the entire business portion of the town would be destroyed. Mr. Murphy lost his store and its contents and his dwelling, with a portion of its contents. His loss is estimated St about $1,000 or $1,200. David Washington, a negro, lost his store and its contents, the value of which is estimated at about $175 or $200. There is some insurance on each loss, but the exact amount is not known. The bucket brigade did some fine fighting for an hour before the fire was under control. * ' V . * v * * v. ^ ? . "AjiT ;,-V ?* ;-' - >. . > - ? . -' . - j..' . . . ... s j.. . : STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING THE CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES SPEAK. Governor Ansel Present.-?Several 1 Absent.?Large Crowd Attends. ( Candidates Well Received. (By M. W. Brabham.) j With pleas and supplications in their mouths for the votes of the ( people of Bamberg county, the candi- dates for the various State offices descended upon this commonwealth on '< Saturday and for three hours one 1 continual stream of eloquence (and attempts at eloquence) poured forth in the court house. The meeting was ; well attended, there being probably three hundred and fitfy present, and there was nothing rowdy or bolster ous to disturb tne caim ana serenity of the gathering. County Chairman ( H. C. Folk presided over the meeting 1 and introduced Rev. J. B. Traywlck, < of the Denmark Methodist church, who made the opening prayer, which ' was a petition for a blessing on the commonwealth and its interests and on the officers of the State. The chairman announcd.in a few well chosen words what the course of proceedure would be and then called for the first speakers of the program, who were the aspirants for the office of adjutant and inspector general, but both of them, Messrs. J. C. Boyd and H. T. Thompson, were absent being in active service on the island where the National Guards were encamped. Governor Martin F. -Ansel, who has been heard here on several previous occasions, was well received and began his speech with words well chosen, referring to his visit here several weeks ago when he participated in the laying of the corner stone of the Bamberg graded and high schools building. This is only the third meeting of the present campaign which Mr. Ansel has attended, he having been very busy in his office in Columbia. He stated that he had been attending to the business for which he was elected and he will continue to attend to it, and therefore will probably be absent from a majority of the remaining meetings scheduled for this summer. He argued at length on the matter of taxes, and explained that the collec tion of taxes coming as it <ioes in tne fall of the year, necessitates the borrowing of money on which to run the State, and hence a large interest account is made, which costs the State between $10,000 and $15,000 annually. Governor Ansel gave his position on the liquor question in a dear succinct manner, and he was given very close attention while he stated in what particular he had changed his views on this important question. The only change, he says, is that he now believes that liquor should be voted in locak, option counties if it is desired, rath&r than have to be voted out, which simply means, he continued, that the will of the State is for prohibition ratfcer than for liquor, and until armajority of the people vote for liquor it should not be sold, this puts the burden of the question upon the antirprohibition people rather than upon the prohibition side. Governor Ansel out11?J "t?ah fho unnmnrift HUCU UIO lucao upvu ?rl tion for educaticnal purposes, giving a short history of the great work of Winthrop and of Clemson., The crowd seemed to be with the governor all the way through, and he cemented the ties which he had formed here in past years by his clear, decided, and uncompromising attitude. The second speaker was Hon. Cole L. Blease, who has been heard here before and is no novice in ffce political game. He has a charming man: ner and a forceful delivery, and withal is a good stump speaker. He led off in a manner which attracted at-, ten tion from his hearers and led them to believe that he was the leading orator of the occasion, and from a purely oratorical standpoint he certainly was the leader of the entire day. But the' opinion of the crowd seemed to be that Mr. Blease was seeking to get into the gubernatorial chair on what Mr. Ansel has done or not done, rather than on his individual record and promises. Mr. Blease . created much enthusiasm, but the expected clash between the two candidates failed to materialize. Mr. Blease gave the governor a few lashes about the expenditure of the public's money, which he claims has been put to useless measures, such as the creation of the department of immigration and the insurance commissioner's office. Upon being asked what he thought of the appropriation for the Confederate soldiers, he replied that "any man who was opposed to helping the Confederate soldiers, was either a Yankee or had negro blood in his veins," which remark was received with much cheering and other signs of approval. Mr. A. W. Jones and Mr. N. W. Brooker, the candidates for the office of Comptroller General, an office occupied now by Mr. Jones, were both absent. Mr. Mellichamp, of Orangeburg county, was the leader in the part of the program which called for the candidates for the office of superin tendent of education, tie is an orator and a man of fine appearance. He was well received and# gave a good account of himself. Mr. Swearingen, the blind candidate who has been so highly spoken of all through the State, did not make any attempt to lead his audience into bursts of enthusiasm, but he made many friends by his declaration that he < asked no favor of any man because of his^affliction, and he was given close attention as he narrated his life's story of how he has fought his way from the bottom of the ladder to where he is. Mr. Swearingen is a professor in the school for the deaf, dumb, and blind at Cedar Springs in Spartanburg county. Mr. ' ' ."V-- / '0k, V.-. E. C. Elmore is a man who knows how to handle an audience. He goes * % \ at the business in the manner of an experienced candidate. He told of his record as superintendent of education in Spartanburg county forsev- / eral terms past, and he showed by his attitude toward the questions of the day that he is iully alive to the best ^ interests of the State in matters of education. These three men are all well qualified for the position to which they aspire, and the State is assured of a good man no matter .V-jUg which is successful in the August *7*2 election. The railroad commissioner's job ' A is always a fat plum in election years Vv3gj| and it never goes begging. There v-JEjjM are five out for the job this year. A; Mr. J. A. Summersett, of Columbia, told his hearers of his experience as ' a railroad man and related his plat- , form on this position. He seems to , be at ease in .the campaign party and makes a good presentation of his views. Mr. Summersett was follow- pd hv that well known candidate who declares that he Is the next commis- .1313 sioner, despite what the voters may have to say, Hon. James Cansler, Tirzah, York county, South Carolina. Mr. "Tirzah of Cansler" has figured ' it out that according to his increase in votes during the past .two campaigns, he will be elected without any trouble. He made a good speech in the alloted time and there were a large number who were heard to say that he would be their choice at the polls. Mr. B. L. Caughman was kept busy trying to defend his record, of V the past six years, and pleading for $ the breaking of the precedent which has never yet given the office to a man for two terms. Mr. F. C. Fish- ; J burn gave a good outline of his ide^s \"^S8| of what a railroad commissioner r should do, and he stated facts to f : " show wherein he was the most ca- . rfsgj pable man in the race. Mr. Fish- ^ burne is a popular man here, and has many friends. Mr. Richardson made a business like speech and de- ^|?| clared that he would give his whriev.' -f^^B time and service to, the position ; : ^ should he be elected. Mr. Richardson s * ? - n??wa11 man anil tn wall , SsTjgfeSB lb & Daruwai uuuut; uiau auu uv wypi * ..^a known here. For solicitor of this circuit, Mr. H. M. Graham, of Bamberg, made the* ; . opening speech, and he-added to his s&J already large number of supporters ? by his legal like address, and clear , | presentations of the facts in the case. He did not'attempt to give a full ^ speech, granting the most of his ^ time to Mr. Byrnes, of Aiken, one of his opponents in the race. Mr. Gra- f 4 ham will be the favorite- in the elsetion if all indications prove true. He is not given to tearing down the records of his opponents, but 1b making the race on his ?merits alone. He has had fifteen years legal experience and has practiced in the.l ;|p^S courts all through the circuit Mr.^ ' f^^Hj. Byrnes, who followed Mr. Graham, was welcomed by his hdmirers in the -v audience, and his anecdotal relations : pleased the crowd which had become somewhat wearied and hungry during the three hours preceding. Mr. Byrnes made several thrusts at Mr. Davis's record as solicitor .epd _ declared tnat Mr. uavis renm w meet his opponents on the stomp. ' ^ Mr. Byrnes told of his experience in / ; the court room, having been a steaog- , rapher in this circuit for the past ' eight years. He made several allusions in a pleasant manner to Mr. Graham and attempted, to turn Mr. V Graham's ardent supporters to him- :v self by the sharp use of ridicule and ^ satire. Mr. Graham not having a- . chance to reply did not make any attempt to "come back" at Mr. . The meeting was about as pleasant as campaign things usually are; the ! crowd seemed to be in good hnmor and with the exception of a few in- _, terruptions by some of the audience to ask questions, a quiter meeting has never been known here. The crowd was gathered from all ^ over the county, and the county can didates were here and as Dusy as <&fOT the fellows who are aspiring to the ^ higher positions in South Carolina's. >*s democratic, commonwealth. Bound Over to Court. V-gj G. M. Stalvey, the young man charged with bigamy, had a prelimi- V"J? nary hearing before Magistrate Smoak in Aiken last ^Wednesday, . and he was bound over to Court, bond being fixed at $500. The tes- \ timony against him was given by v the woman who claims to be his first wife. She said she was mar^ . ried to him in 1903 at Myrtle /r.gOj Beach, S. C., at the cabin of a fisherman whose name she did not remember, and produced what purported to be a marriage certificate signed Bey. J. C. Clemmons. Mr. W. H. ^ Dukes, of Orangeburg, went to Myrtle Beach, but could not find any such preacher, neither did the hotel register at that place show that the couple had stopped there* as the , ^ woman claimed. The cabin of the fisherman was found, but he said no marriage took place there. The woman said she had letters from Stalvey, but declined to produce -.J.IfK them. It is thought by the people in Orangeburg, where Stalvey mar- c' ried Miss Etta Lightfoot, that he is innocent. The woman has two chil- ; dren, which she claims Stalvey is the father of. x Jr5ggS Georgia Mills to Curtail. Atlanta, Ga.f June 25.?The Georgia Industrial association at its annual session here to-day adopted resolutions urging cotton manufacturers who are members of the asso- : j ciation to curtail production by stop- ^ ping their mills for at least four weeks between now and Sept. 1. The resolution sets forth that it is impossible to purchase cotton at prevailing prices and to manufacture any product which can be sold for a , price that will not involve a loss. The association represents about ' ^ 2,000,000 spindles in this State. y fei&v , k