The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 30, 1908, Image 1
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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
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ROBBERY IN COLUMBIA. <
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. 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
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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'?
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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.
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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.
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Mr. Hays is survived by his wife, his
mother, three brothers, and three
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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.
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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- .
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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