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Siiraterit Scralfi ' ,'i Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1908 One Dollar a Year ^ In tie palmetto state SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Fifty-rfour candidates are running for office in Colleton county. There are eight candidates for Sheriff. Chester county will vote on the dispensary question. The election is to be held the first Tuesday in November. Mr. H. W. Briggs, one of the prominent citizens of Blackvilje, died at . his home in that town Tuesday of last week. He was fifty-three years Old, ana aiea very suuueaxy. Elliott Greene, a n^gTO, was tried in Barnwell last week for murder and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, September 18 th. Greene brutally murdered a negro named Bob Smalls at Blackville a few months ago. There is talk of moving the Episcopal church orphanage from Charleston to some other town in the State, and several cities are making efforts to get it. Spartanburg has offered c thirty acres of land three miles from the city. The disbarment proceedings against / John T. Duncan, an attorney of Columbia, were heard by the State Supreme Court last week. The court j reserved their decision, but from the i case'made out it seems plain that j Duncan will be disbarred. i m ROBBERY IN COLUMBIA. < |yV _ ; V _ ] . White Man Assaulted and Robbed by ] White Men. j Saturday night at nine o'clock, Mr. ' D. B. Wise, a Lexington county far- i U-J .4 Af . mer, was assauueu at tuc vi Assembly and Taylor streets and claims to have been robbed of $24. As soon as news of the affair reached police headquarters, officers went to ; - the scene, but diligent work failed to. put them "on the scent." Mr. Wise stated he was in Peaks club on Taylor street Saturday afternoon when a man walked up to him and said that he (Wise) had tried to; cut him some time ago. Wise de' nied it, and the stranger said "well ! it was your brother-in-law." Mr. Wise further said this man was * accompanied by a smaller man who J had nothing to say. They drank to- ; < gether, according to Wise's statement 1 and later walked abreast down Tay- ( v lor street. When reaching the bank c of Columbia they took another drink ( and started around the corner of As- 1 sembly street. They saw two men { coming towards them, one saying, 5 "haVe you got him?" One replied, 1 "no, but we've got his brother-in- J ; law." At that juncture, one of them 1 is said to. have struck Wise in the 1 * face and knocked him down. His j pockets were searched and ,$21 in bills and $3 in silver were taken. 1 One of the men is said to be about Six feet tall and weighs about 180 \ pounds, he is said to have had his c coat off at the time of the assault and was wearing a dark hat. The smaller man is said to have been wearing a cap of light color; he was about Jhre feet, sir inches or possibly five feet, seven inches; weight about 140 pounds. This is the second reported holdup yrithin the last two weeks, the other being that of young Mr. Watt, which took place on Arsenal Hill. Mr. Watt was relieved of several dollars. It will be recalled that a good portion of the police department was called to the scene and searched from jthe time of the hold-up until daybreak for the highwayman, but he v could not be found.?Columbia Record. Lightning Strikes Hotel. Charlotte, N. C., July 24.?Light- t ' ning struck the big hotel at Vade Hecum Springs, Stokes county, early this morning and started a fire which soon reduced, the structure to ashes. . M&ny of the guests narrowly escaped . with their lives and all of them lost * their personal effects, the manage- *! ment having to call upon a resort * several miles away to furnish wear- ; ing apparel for them as well as food. 5 No accurate estimate of the loss is , obtainable. The resort, including ^ the famed mineral springs and a vast * tract of mountain land, is owned chiefly by the widow of the late J. H. r Sparks, the circus man who lost his life there several years ago by blood ? poisoning, resulting from the bite of ? a pet lion. J Whole Town Aroused. 1 r t Toledo, Ohio., July 27.?In the s hope of apprehending Louis Armour, r 50 years old, who murdered his wife, p tried to kill his daughter, and at- t tempted suicide yesterday, and then f escaped, Toledo has been transform- t ed into almost an armed camp and <3 every avenue of escape is carefully <3 guarded. -v Coming ^back to bis wife's house <3 for the second time in 16 years, Ar- p mour met her as she was leaving for t church. When she refused again I to take him back, he snot at ner two t or three times. One bullet struck 1 her in the head and she died in an ambulance. Her daughter rushed to ? her side and a bullet missed her. t Then the man placed his gun to his a head and pulled the trigger, but it t missed fire. He escaped. > Armour left his family 16 years s ago and was never seen by anyone c who knew him till five weeks ago, r when he reappeared, found his pros- a perous family, and tried to win back f his home. The mother refused him and he left, saying she would never ee him again. a PECULIAR TRAGEDY. Bed-ridden Husband Killed Man Who Had Wrecked Home. Chicago, July 24.?Fate last evening chanced to place Lucas Sletten within the range of the supposedly helpless invalid whose home he had broken up and the invalid lying in bed in a plaster cast which practically prevented movement, fired two shots and killed him. William Thomas Branitzky, who used to be a well known architest with an office in the Unity building, fired the shots and avenged the wrongs over which he had been brooding for more than two years. In the doorway of his room, a witness of the shooting was his young wife, Eloise, who is credited with causing much of the trouble. Branitzky is 30 years old, Sletten 23. Branitzky became bed-ridden six months ago, a victim of tuberculosis. The victim of the bullets had on a previous occasion caused Mrs. Branitzky to leave her husband, but she had returned to him qome time ago. Three months ago against the husband's wishes Sletten became a boarder in the house. There were three others boarding at the house, but Sletten was the only one of whom the husband was jealous. At three o'clock last evening Branitzky, from his bed room, heard his wife struggling with Sletten. Owing to the nature of his affliction, Branitzky was unable to leave the bed. The struggles con'? J ? km.oa unuea m tae rear pan ui tuc uuusc and Mrs. Branitzky's cries were carried to the husband's ears through a long corridor that runs to his bedroom to the kitchen. "Let me go, please let me alone/' cried the woman, who tried to free herself. To a small room off from the kitchen, Sletten was trying to irag the woman, she broke away from him and fled down the corridor towardsher husband's bedroom. "Oh! Will, Will," she screamed, "Lou is striking me." The husband then became certain that Sletten was the man with- whom his wife was struggling. He managed to reach under tils pillow and get a revolver and as the young man followed his wife into lis room he drew his gun and shot twice, both shots taking effect and rilling Sletten instantly. Roosevelt Will Fight. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 23.?Presdent Roosevelt to-night announced n unmistakable terms the determinition of the administration to proved with the prosecution of the Standard Oil case despite the decison adverse to the government handid down by the United States circuit :ourt of appeals yesterday. The dedsion, the president thinks, in no vay affects the merits of the case, ind he makes known his decision to jause the action to be brought again >efore the courts in such shape if K>88ible as to prevent technicalities nterfering with the decision based lpon the actual issues involved. The itatement in the matter, made pubic to-night by Secretary Loed, fol ows: "The president has directed the Lttorney general to immediately take' iteps for the reopening of the Standird case. The reversal of the decison of the lower court does not in my shape or way touch the merits >f the case, excepting so far as the lize of the fine is concerned. There s absolutely no question of the guilt >f the defendants or of the excepionally grave character of the offense. The president would regard t as a gross miscarriage of justice f through any technicality the defendant escaped the punishment rhich would have unquestionably >een meted out to any weaker deendant who had been guilty of such >ffense. The president will do everyhing in his power to avert or prevent uch miscarriage of justice. With his purpose in view the president las directed \Mr. O'Brien to consult Mr. Frank B. Kellogg in the matter md to do everything possible to bring he offenders to justice. River Strewn With Dead Fish.. Aiken, July 25.?Thousands of fish, ncluding every size, have been killed n Horse Creek, between Clearwater ,nd the Savannah river, by being poisoned. What is now the Seminole Manufacturing company was until a ew . months ago the Clearwater ileachery, and the bleachery used arge tanks of cnemicais tnat were loisonous. A few days ago a force of worknen were ordered to empty one of hese tanks in the cree? and wash it >ut. It is said that they warned the officials that the contents of the tank ?ould kill the fish in the creek. But lotwithstanding the warning they fere forced to empty it. As a result ish of all sizes and kinds have been laughtered all the way to the*Savaniah river and persons fishing at the >oint where the creek empties into he river report hundreds of dead Ish floating. Another evidence of he quantity of fish killed is the Ireadful odor throughout the entire listance to the river. The matter fas promptly reported to Game Warlen Shaw at Langley, and he soon >laced the responsibility. Warrants lave been issued by Magistrate S. S. ^ee, at Langley, for five parties and he preliminary examination will be leld on Tuesday. From what your correspondent can ;ather, the feeling of the people in hat community has been aroused md they are anxious to see the guily parties punished. The State, it is alleged, will be omewhat handicapped in the prose:ution, for the reason that the wittesses are employes of the mill and ire afraid to testify to tne trutn ior ear of losing their jobs. Good checker boards at The Herild Book Store only 10 cents. ( . ^ COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All* Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 27.?Messrs. Conrad and Jacob Ehrhardt went on a business trip to Walterboro last week. Messrs. H. ,C. Copeland and David Dannelly returned from Florida last Saturday. Their looks show that the sun shines there also. Miss Alice Sease is spending some ume wun Mrs. i. u. juues. Mrs. G. L. Kinard is visiting her mother, Mrs. Esther Sease Fine rains have gladdened the farmers last week. Sunday afternoon reminded one of September weather?cool and bracing. The big meeting at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church was well represented from our town Sunday. The 22nd instant went off in good shape. The last lot of whiskey brought into this town must have been fighting whiskey as several were prevented from coming to blows on that day. The candidates were very pleasant and told the good people what they intended to do if elected. Our doctors are kept very busy these days with patients out of town. Melons and. fruit have something to do with the fever question. Some of our sports went to big Salkehatchie last week to angie for the finny tribe.. Fish were scarce, and they got true fishermen luck before they reached home, as they were rausrht in a haaw rain. By the way shingles and building material is coming in, there must be going to be some building going on in the near future. Mr. Perry M. Kinard lost a fine mule Saturday. Disease was supposed to have been colic. JEE. News from Olar. v Olar, July 27.?Messrs R. M., Bob Lee and Roscoe Kearse, C. H. and J. Gordon Brabham, W. B. and James Chitty went down to Edisto Wednesday. They were joined by a party of Bamberg folks, and all spent the day fishing. Fish were plentiful and the crowd jolly, consequently the affair was one of the pleasantest your correspondent has ever had the pleasure of attending. Mr. C. F. Rizer and family and Miss Emma Cooke will leave to-morrow for Glenn Springs, where they will spend several weeks. Miss Effie Barker returned to her home in the Kline section Saturday, after a visit with her aunt, Mrs. J. G. Barker, Jr. We think there's the least interest being taken in the election around here this time tnan ever Derore. roil can scarcely ever hear the subject mentioned. However, we suppose as usual the nearer the day comes things will begin to warm up. Welcome showers we are having nowadays, and just in the right time too. Crops were badly in need of them. Mrs. E. T. LaFitte, of Denmark, spent Saturday with her'sister, Mrs. J. J. Brabham, Jr. Miss Beulah Grimes^ of Allendale, is visiting Miss Aline Sifcith. How about a campaign meeting at Olar? Every other town in the county will have one; why not us? We would like to hear the candidates express their views on the various issues. Mr. C. B. Ray, spent Monday and Tuesday of last week at the capital city. Mr. G. Victor Kearse, formerly of this place, now of Allendale, spent yesterday here. Miss Belle and Master Wyatt Cooke returned home last Tuesday, after a visit to relatives in Aiken. Delightful Picnic. Colston, July 27.?One of the most i enjoyed picnics ever given in Bamberg county was at the hdme of Mr. U. n. jvearse, 01 me v^oibluu accuuu. Two hundred people gathered at that home July 21st to express their love m for and extend their congratulations to Mrs. Martha Inabinett and Mrs. ' Mary Kearse, twin sisters, who on that day were seventy years old. It is not a common thing to see two of the same family live together seven- , ty years, and ipore uncommon to see ! twin sisters spend three-score-years ' and ten together, but these twin sis- 1 ters have spent their seventy years ' together. In 1858 Misa Martha Sease married Dr. Inabinett, who died in 1886. ' Mrs. Kearse was married thirty six years ago. Tneir nouse was duiu thirty-five years ago, and they have been so blessed as to have never had a death in the home. Mrs. Kearse and Mrs. Inabinett were enjoying the very best of health on their seventieth birthday. May God give them many more days of health and prosperity is the prayer of many friends M. Pe*. body Board Sends Check. Drawn upon "J. P. Morgan & Co., Bankers, 23 Wall street,"a check for $500, to be used in the furtherance of Miss Mary T. Nance's" school improvement work, was received this morning by the state superintendent of education, from Col. Wickliffe Rose, of Nashville, general agent for the Peabody fund. The Peabody board has taken considerable interest in South Carolina educational matters. It will be recalled that Superintendent Martin received only a few days ago a check from Colonel Rose, for $12,000, to ward the expense of building the new dormitories at Winthrop college.? ] Columbia Record. j A GOOD MAN GONE. Death of R. M. Hays, a Prominent Citizen and Business Man. Late last Wednesday afternoon a telegram was received here announcing the death of Mr. R. M. Hays, of Greenwood. Mr. Hays died at Chase City, Va., where he and Mrs. Hays had gone only the week before. His death was caused from a stroke of paralysis. Onwflro 1 mnntVio oca ho SllfforoH fl stroke, and his health had not been good since. Recently he had resigned as president of a bank in his home town and had given up business entirely. He and Mrs. Hays had spent a good part of the summer with relatives in Bamberg, they returning to Greenwood only a few weeks ago. His mother-in-law, Mrs. M. A. Bamberg, Miss Hattie Bamberg, and Miss Llewellyn Cleckley, all of this city, were with him and Mrs. Hays at Chase City when his death occurred. They returned to Bamberg with the body, and are here for the present with Mrs. Hays. The remains arrived here last Friday morning and were at once carried to the home of his mother, Mrs. H. J. Hays. The burial took place at South-end cemetery the same afternoon, the services being attended by a large number of relatives, and friends from this community and other places. Rev. Waddy T. Duncan, presiding elder of the Sumter district, conducted the services, he being assisted by Rev. T. G. Herbert, pastor of the Methodist church here. Mr. Duncan lived in Bamberg for several years, going from here to Greenwood as presiding elder of the Cokesbury district, and was a warm friend of the deceased and family. A number of Greenwood friends were present: A. F. McKissick, F. S. Evans, G. P. Neal, J. K. Durst, A. S Tier. N. A. Craie. F. B. Grier.'W. R. Cothran,,J. B. Huey, T. R. Alley, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wells. After the services by the pastors at the residence and cemetery, the Masons took charge, and the impressive bnrial ceremonies of the order were carried out The following officers officiated: A. F. McKissick, W. M.; F. B. Grier, S. W.; A. S. Iler, J. W.; W. R. Cothran, Treasurer; T. R. Riley, Secretary; G. P. Neal, S. D.; J. B. Huey, J. D.; F. S. Evans, Marshal; L. B. Fowler and N. A. Craig, Stewards; D. W. Phillips, Tiler. All of these brethren, with the exception of Messrs Fowler and Phillips, v were members of Greenwood Lodge, No. 91, Mr. Hays being a member of this lodge. The pall bearers were all from Ornan lodge, and were as follows: W. S. Bamberg, D. F. Hooton, W. A. Riley, W. M. Brabham, W. D. Rhoad, Thos. Black, R. L. Risher, and E. L. Price. R. M. Hays was hprn near the towfi of Bamberg, on the old homestead, and lived here until about twenty years ago, when he moved to GreenmrtnH Ho was fnrt.v-nine vears old. and was a son of the late Maj. E. R. Hays. He married Miss Alma Bamberg, a daughter of the late Gen. F. M. Bamberg. Mr. Hays was one of the most popular men of this community when he liyed here, and although he had made his home elsewhere for so many years, he numbered his friends in Bamberg by the Bcore, and the news of his death was received with much sorrow. In his adopted home he was just as popular, and the love and esteem he had won there was shown by the number who came from Greenwood to pay their last tribute of respect to his memory. He was a fine business man, and was prominent in all enterprises which looked to the development of his town and community, and he will be sorely missed In the business and /social life of Greenwood. v Mr. Hays is survived by his wife, his mother, three brothers, and three V n Wav? nf 81BIC19. luc; aiv. u. v. ? Bamberg; N. R. Hays, of Apalachicola, Fla.; A. G. Hays, of Greenwood; Mrs. J. A. Spann and Miss Addys Hays, of this city; and Mrs. M. L. Counts, of Sylvester, Texas. The -floral offerings were numerous, and were very handsome, two wagons being necessary to transport them to the cemetery. ? . Negro Steals Fifty Thousand. Kansas City, Mo., July 27.?Charles Savage, a negro, has been arrested here charged with stealing a mail pouch in the Kansas City union station on June 6, last, containing fifty thousand dollars, being sent to a New York city bank. The postoffice inspectors assert that they have positive evidence against Savage and declare their belief that he has buried the money intending to recover it after his release from prison. * Savage was taken into custody a few hours after he returned to the -tt~ 1?j Via rnhViarv vial. 3iiy. ne u<tu biulc iuc tvuw., .... ted several western cities, including Denver. In his pocket the inspectors found a clipping from a Denver news- i paper giving the calculations of a < robber who had stolen a large sum . Df money and buried it. The man < tiad been sent to the penitentiary for : i number of years, and in the story, < he figured out that by serving a cer- < tain number of years he would upon : his release have earned about sixtythousand dollars a year. Upon this the inspectors base their belief that . Savage has concealed the money. A few days following the Kansas City robbery, Savage was arrested by the < local police, but was released, the ,1 judge holding that there was not suf- . ~ * ? ?v: V/>1^ , ncient evidence uu w unu iu uuiu WUV I , man. Savage immediately left the < 2ity. The postoffice inspectors had 1 information that Savage would re- j turn here to-day, and when he appeared at a negro lodging house they 1 arrested him. ' ; ' -% - '-*** .. , ' ' -?*&&&&> . v : A;- ' CONDUCTOR BAD NERVE. TRAINMAN ON THE SOUTHERN SHOWS GREAT NERVE. Excited Passenger Held Pistol in His Face While Train Traveled Many Miles. Charlotte, N. C., July 23.?Capt. W. B. Smithere, conductor on No. 37, one of the fastest. passenger trains on the Southern, moved along through the train yesterday while it traveled several miles, collecting fares with a big revolver pointing in his face. The revolver was held by a passenger, named Shemweli, of Lexington, who had demanded to have the train stop at a certain station, where it was not scheduled to stop. The train travelled 10 or fifteen miles while this exciting scene was being enacted, and in the meanwhile the passengers were thrown into a condition of panic. The only calm man on.the train, apparently, was Capt. Smithers, who lives in Alexandria, Va., and is a large, muscular man with florid face and soft blue eyes. Shemwell had boarded the train at Charlottesville, and desired to stop at Lexington. He was told that the train did not stop there, but that he could get off at High Point and catch a train that followed. Without mincing words he told the conductor he was going to get off at Lexington or he would make trouble. "Yes, but tlie train does not stop there," said the conductor. "It will 8top there this morning," said Shemwell. "I must obey the orders of the road, and my instructions are to let nasseneers for Lexington off at High Point or carry them on to Salisbury and let them take a local train," declared Capt. Smithers. "You must stop at Lexington and let me off," exclaimed Shemwell. "This train used to stop there and it will have to do it now." Somewhere between High Point and Thomasville Capt. Smithers went back into the first of three Pullmans attached to his train and was met in the vestibule by Shemwell, who drew a gun and threatened him. "Shoot away," said Capt. Smithers, coolly. "You have a gocd opportunity, as I am not armed. Then he moved along collecting fares. Shemwell began to back and swear and continued doing so through the length of three sleeping cars, keeping his gun in the face of the master of the train all the while. The other passengers were panic-stricken, men, women, and children being frightened at the sight of the gun and the threats. Capt Smithers did not seem to realize the danger he was in. At Thomasville he stopped the train and wired to the mayor of Lexington to have an officer to meet the train. Shemwell pulled the bell cord at Lexington, covered the conductor, trainmen and Pullman employes with two revolvers, and backed off. The police officer was there, bat did not arrest the man. In the spring of 1895 Shemwell, then a well known business man of Lexington, shot and killed Dr. John P. Payne, a physician of that town, after -several days of bitter feeling engendered by business rivalry. Why Tolbert Was Sent Away. Greenwood, July 24.?At a meeting of citizens of the town of NinetySix held yesterday a committee was appointed to have certain corrections made in some of the newspaper ac^ counts of the matter of the departure of Joe Tolbert from Ninety-Six. This committe states that Tolbert did not leave Ninety-Six coatless; that he had on a coat when the train pulled out of Ninety-Six and had it on when he got off the train at Columbia. They also state that none of Tolbert's friends accompanied mm to uoiumbia, that is, so far as they could find out. One of this committee went to Columbia, or was there next day on business, and not as an enemy or friend of Tolbert, and thinks the others from Ninety-Six were in the same position. Another incorrect statement they state, was that there was any display of guns and pistols on the part of the Ninety-Six people, nor was there any sales of firearms or cartridges there, nor any rush to Greenwood for any of these things. From all accounts, it appears that the people of Ninety-Six were as orderly as possible under the circumstances. They saw that things had reached such a pass that the presence of Tolbert in the community any longer was a menace and danger and that in order to have peace he must leave, so they told him he would have to leave and he left. That's about all there is to it. ? Standard Oil Company Wins. Chicago, July 22.?The Standard Oil Company decision by which the company was fined $29,240,000 by Judge Kenesaw Landis, of the United States District court, was to-day reversed by the United States circuit court of appeals. The case is remanded for a new trial. The court's opinion makes 5,000 words. The decision of the three judges Is unanimous. It was delivered by Judge Grosscup, who wrote the opinion which is concurred in by Judges Baker and Seaman. The decision is on appeal of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana from the verdict of April 15 last, which found the company guilty of accepting rebates on carload lots from Whiting, Indiana, to East St. Louis o>er the Chicago and Alton, and from the court's maximum fine. The evidence showed that the company received rates onethird as large as other shippers. ? S. u\ A BOLD ATTACK. ' f * ? SB mmm?mam Citizens Aroused at Dastardly At* tempt at Assault on Young Lady. . % i Rock Hill, July 27.?An attempt at crime occurred here last evening which for its boldness is unheard of in this section. A young lady living in west Main street, was grabbed and gagged while on the back porch of her home. Fortunately her assailant was frightened away without any serious harm being done if such warn his purpose. As to the intent of the ? assailant no one can say. The young . ^ lady, who is the highly respected ^ young daughter of one of our best V citizens, is in a highly nervous con- . dition but could tell quite clearly of 4 . the occurrence. About 10:30 o'clock M shp stetmed out unon the back Doroh. 'i'-B to get a drink of water. She had ' &:? walked to the spigot and was in the act' of raising the dipper when she heard a slight noise behind her. When she raised her head to see what ivjfc it was she saw a man, quite a good deal taller than she, by her. Before she could scream he bid thrown the towel he had in his hand?and which had hung on the porch?over heir* head and stifled the attempted scream. She was thrown to the floor , ^ but in the scuffle managed to get the * towel from her mouth and began calling for her father, then for her mother. The latter was in the room quite close to the porch, heard her and ran out, but not before the man had gone. He had run at the young. lady's first call, but before she had succeeded in making any one hear. She thinks that he heard her mother v i? moving around in the room. The VM&? young lady thinks she heard the /v. chain of the garden gate rattle as he ran away and he could reach the \.&|j street by going that way. When the mother got out on the porch she J' found her daughter lying with her feet on the porch and her head on' the second or third step. She held the towel in her tight grasp and was v ; 'i half dead from fright. A ring which . she wore was found at the foot of the stens and her combs were found further in the yard. The neigh bora were arojised and a search was made < " of the premises but without result. c "' When the police arrived the garden was so trampled by the searchers jg that it was impossible to find whether: the assailant had gone that way. Only one clue, dr seeming clue, has been \ f: Mr. Joe Crow, an engineer on the ^ Charleston division, was coming' home about the time the assault o6? curred. He lives quite near the home | of the young lady and when he was vfp|| within a block of his home on Main - ^ ^ street he met a rather tall man who was walking very fast or half rnifcv,', M ning and who gave him a wide berth 7;' when they passed each other. The. 7:7*4 man, who was white, seemed to wish "ijgg to avoid being seen. Mr. Crow did t, not know him, but thinks he would be able to identify the man he mei,\ "7/. & should he see him again. The young >3 lady could not say whether the man ' 7 was white or black. She could on- ' %|J ly say that he was tan and wore*' black coat. The people are muchr^||||^ stirred up over the affair, ana wjmuever his intention, would like to nee the man caught The young lady, ^ who is a stenographer, was badly ;v| frightened and was so hysterical is to require the attention of a physi- ^ clan, but was not seriously hurt. Spanked the Bride. , ? Brownsville, Pa., July 24.?Dr. JIS/ John English, a wealthy practitioner. who lives in Dedstone township, and ^ whose 15-year-old daughter, Ethel, on last Tuesday eloped in the family \ automobile with Claude Beckinridge to Ohio, learning that Ethel refused to leave her husband and come home, and that Claude, the husband had ' ? whipped the two younger brothers > of Ethel when they went to bring her home, drove to the Breckinridge-, home, and taking the bride of the two days and nights across his knee*, spanked her soundly and sent her . . home to her mother. * . \ Claude Breckinridge, tne nusoana, ftgsgw then came in for a thrashing at the >Y^ hands of the angry father-in-law, who then had his son-in-law arraigned for perjury, alleging that he swore to an untruth in taking out the license to marry fifteen-year-old Ethel. ; The young husband was held under President Elected. Dr. S. C. Mitchell head of the de- ' partment of history at Richmond college, Virginia, has been elected president of the University of South v > Carolina, vice Major Benjamin Sloan, resigned. The board of trustees of the Unt- , versity of South Carolina, met last I. Friday in the governor's office and after a conference, gave out the in- Yvrfg telligence of Dr. Mitchell's election, Dr. Mitchell, however, will not able to assume the presidency until . y* June of next year. Meantime Prof. -3s A. C. Moore will be actively presi- ? dent. Dr. Mitchell has made engage? ments to lecture at Brown and Har- ? Vard universities during the coming :y|jg session, and this will prevent his en- - ^ tering upon his duties at the coming session. It was owing to this fact, that the trustees have been delayed so long in announcing that the presidency had been filled. They decided, however, that they would wait until next ""i?! June for Dr. Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell is widely known as one of the greatest educators in this rtminti^r Mo fn a deet) scholar and v/v/uuwa^ aav a man of wonderful executive -ability. ' ^ His long experience along educational lines fully and well qualifies him for the chair 'that he will fill. Dr. Mitchell is a native of Missis- . sippi. Mrs. Mitchell, however, comes _ v> from Greenville, S. C. Dr. Mitchell ;f|| is in the prime of life, being forty-;--, four years old. 90S