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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908 One Dollar a Year
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men*and Happenings.
Mr. J. C. Garlington, a well-known
newspaper man, is now editor of the
Anderson Intelligencer.
O. D. A. Wilson was elected to the
house of representatives in the third
primary in Barnwell county.
The South Carolina State Fair is
to be held in Columbia October 26-30.
The officials are hard at work to
make it a great success.
Hon. Charles Carroll Simms has
resigned as trustee of the Barnwell
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graueu scuuui ucuouot ui uio
tion as presidential elector.
Mr. E. Earle Thornwell is now edi'
tor of the Darlington News, Mr. A.
G. Kollock having removed to Columbia
and engaged in the insurance business.
N Bids for a public building at Greenwood
were opened in Washington
last week. The lowest bidder was
Frederic Minshall, of Abbeville, his
bid being $42,500.
Union county is to hold an election
on the dispensary question the 27th
instant. The county is now dry, the
dispensary having been voted out a
few years ago.
The barn and stables of J. A. Kirven,
in Darlington-county, were burned
one night last week. The fire is
thought to have been of incendiary
origin. The loss is $4,000 or more.
"Night riders" have posted notices
on gins in Spartanburg and Cherokee
counties, but the gins will run ^ on.
The best farmers as a rule condemn
such action. This sort of thing is
not likely to amount to much in this
State.
"Night riders" have appeared in
' Greenville county. One night last
week a notice was posted at the gin
of R. C. Willimon, eight miles from
Greenville, in which he was warned
not to gin any more cotton or suffer
the consequences. Governor Ansel
Trrrt+a Sheriff flilrPflth i
lilliUlCUiat^lj mvvv
to make a thorough investigation and
bring the guilty parties to justice if
possible. .
Charged With Conspiracy.
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 22.?George;'
Murphy, a prominently connected j
young white man of Salisbury, is in!
jail here charged with conspiracy.!
He is accused of having planned to
rob the Wachovia bank of Spencer,
two miles from Salisbury. This bank
had on deposit nearly $100,000. Murphy
was overheard discussing the de-'
tails of the plot by a Salisbury mer-|
chant, who had secreted himself near
the meeting place of the eonspirators,
one of whom had divulged the plot to;
police officers. Murphy will be given
a preliminary hearing to-morrow, j
Escaped Convicts Captured.
The penitentiary guards had an ex-!
citing chase Wednesday night after
two convicts that had escaped from
x the Lexington farm. The escapes
were caught at the Taylor dairy by;
the aid of the bloodhounds that were
carried out from the penitentiary, j
Dan Sims, colored, and Bill Kelly,!
colored, both of whom are serving I
nine years' sentences for housebreak-1
ing and larceny, took a gun awayj
from Marion Howell, the guard, Wednesday
afternoon and made away.
They crossed the river and went in
the direction of the dairy where they
were captured Wednesday night:
about 10 o'clock and brought back,
to the penitentiary.?Columbia State.
. May Try J. H. Garrison.
Laurens, Sept. 27.?The fall term
of General Sessions Court for Laurens
county will be convened to-mor-l
row morning with Judge R. Withers!
Memminger, of Charleston, presiding.
There are four or five murder cases
docketed for this term, but this number
includes one of the most sensational
perhaps that has been in the
county in years, that of the State vs
J. Henry Garrison, of Gray Court,
who will have to answer for the
murder of J. Louis Williamson, the
young York county man, who was
shot to death in Garrison's home by
Garrison himself on the night of
July 31, this year. It will be recalled
that young Williamson, who was
, a suitor for the hand of Miss Mary
Garrison, daughter of the defendant,
met his tragic death in the very
presence of Miss Garrison while the
two were seated in the parlor of the
Garrison home. Mr. Williamson was|
shot/fatally and died a'few hours lat-1
er. The exact line of defence is not|
known, but the defendant claimed j
on the day following the tragedy that
he shot because he observed Williamson
conducting himself improperly l
toward his daughter.
Mr. J. L. Williamson, of York,
father of the man who was killed,
together with Mr. P. H. Nelson, of
the Columbia Bar, who, it is understood,will
assist in the prosecution of
the case, and Barron Grier, Esq., of
Greenwood, a relative of the Williamsons,
spent yesterday afternoon
in the city conferring with Solicitor
R. A. Cooper. Two strong local law
firms will represent the defence?
Ferguson & Featherstone and Richey
& Richey.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Chassereau of Ehrhardt; C. W. Pelham,
of Lodge ;D. O. Hunter, of Hunter's
Chapel; and E. W. Kinard, of
Smoaks, waited upon Rev. W. R.
Smith Thursday to inform him of the
action of their churches in calling
him as their pastor. Mr. Smith has
taken the matter into consideration,
and will give them an answer by October
10.
A NEW SIGNAL DEVICE.
A System that Will Make Railroad
Wrecks an Impossibility.
Washington, Sept. 19.?A trainstopping
device, which it is claimed
will practically eliminate the telegraph
operator as a factor in the
movement of trains, is now under investigation
by the block system and
train control board of the interstate
commerce commission.
The system is an invention of P.
J. Simmen, of Los Angeles, Cal. It
has been installed on eighteen miles
of the Santa Fe Railway in Southern
California and said to be in successful
operation. 4
By the working of the system each
train records on a sheet in the train
dispatcher's office the exact time it
enters and the time it leaves a block.
The train dispatcher can signal direct
to any engineer on his division either
to stop or to proceed. Intelligible
communication is maintained by the
di?nntr>hpr and engineer in their cabs.
The dispatcher is protected against
human error by the automatic interlocking
of the switchces by which he
signals to the train.
He can stop any or all trains on
his division, but he cannot give a
signal to proceed unless the block is
clear. The engineer also is protected
against error by the use of an automatic
stop. He is given a danger
signal either by the train dispatcher
or by the presence of a train, open
switch or a broken rail in a block
ahead.
This danger signal is given the engineer
about a half mile before he
enters the block. If on receiving the
signal he should fail to reduce his
speed in the next 100 feet traveled
his train is automatically stopped.
The engineer can prevent the automatic
stop from working only by reducing
his speed to the predetermined
safe rate. A recording device on
a locomotive makes a record of the
time and place where a danger signal
is given; of the time the signal
clears; of how quickly the engineer
responds to the danger signal; of the
rate the train is running at any time;
of the time and place the engineer!
permits the automatic stop to oper-j
ate. I
Insane Mulatto Kills Two.
Washington, Sept. 22.?In demon*iacal
fury, Andrew Lightfoot, a mulatto
inmate at the St. Elizabeth, Asylum
for the Insane, to-day killed Patrick
Maloney, overseer of the grounds,
and Millie Follin, a young inmate of.
the asylum, and severely injured miss
Elizabeth Robertson, another inmate,
early to-day. The murderer escaped
from the grounds and* fled to the
swamps nearby, where shortly afterwards
a cordon of police quickly surrounded
the place of his concealment.
He was finally subdued after the police
found it necessary to shoot him,
inflicting wounds in his legffe, and he
was taken back to the asylum.
The murder occurred directly in
front of the main building for the
men patients at the asylum, which is
a government institution. Maloney,
50 years old, lived on the place with
his family. Lightfoot has been a patient
at the hospital for eight years
and was regarded as harmless. For
some time he has been serving >as an
assistant to the overseer. He was
given in that capacity some of the
privileges akin to those accorded the
"trusties" in criminal institutions. It
was 8:10 o'clock this morning when
Lightfoot became suddenly violently
insane. Grasping an iron bar whicli
was close at hand he struck Maloney
over the head, the blow crushing his
skull and causing instant death. Im
mediately the mujaerer sougnt 10 escape.
Millie Follin was in his way
and he struck at her, also crushing
her skull. She dropped to the ground
dead.
Continuing in his flight he encountered
Miss Robinson and tried to kill
her. The aim was bad, however, and
he succeeded in inflicting only a
slight scalp wound and a broken arm.
Lightfoot ran through the gates. The
police finally located him in the
swamps near Giesboro Point and
closed in on him. Then he fled again
into the grounds of the city poor
house, where he fought the police
with stones and sticks and it was
found necessary to fire at him.
He was shot in the legs and finally
subdued. He was taken back to the
asylum.
WEST TAMPA'S MAYOR A SUICIDE
Francisco Milian Kills Himself as
Wife Prepares to Leave Him.
Tampa, Fla., September 23.?In
the presence of his wife, who had
just told him good-bye, intending to
begin proceedings for divorce, Fran
jcisco Milian, mayor 01 west rampa,
committed suicide in a'bed room at
his residence this afternoon by placing
a muzzle of a revolver in his
mouth and discharging two bullets
through his brain.
His wife had decided to leave him
and when she said farewell Milian replied,
"It is best to end everything
now," and killed himself.
Milian has served eight terms as
mayor of Tampa's cigar manufacturj
ing suburb and enjoyed the respect
! of all citizens. He was a Cuban by
birth. Louis Millian, a son of the deceased,
states that he had made two
previous attempts recently.
Ella Gunter, a colored girl whose
parents live near Pettigru, committed
| suicide by shooting herself in the
breast with a shot gun Monday afteri
noon. Dr. Jennings attended her and
did all that was possible to be done
for the unfortunate girl,- but the
wound was a fatal one, resulting in
death Wednesday morning. The girl
had been deceived by a man of her
own race, and preferred death to life
in disgrace.?McCormick Messenger.
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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, Sept. 28.?Miss Epps
came on Saturday and school opened
up to-day. If the parents help Prof.
W. F. Hiers and Miss Epps as they
should we will have a fine school this
year. Both are young, energetic,
' competent, and willing to exert themselves
to make a success out of the
school. JNo matter now compeiem
the teachers are, unless the parents
co-operate with them the school cannot
be a success. So, pull together,
and let's have a school that we all
can be proud of. You can't do anything
or give your little ones anything
better than an education. You can
leave them money and a home; this
can leave them in a short while, but
the education will stay with them
end enable them to compete with
their fellow-man in life. Think of it,
and put your shoulder to the wheel,
and push with a will and cheerfully.
Saturday afternoon and Sun'day has
given us a change. Before then was
dry and dusty; now it is wet and
muddy and still raining. The
streams were very low, almost dry,
but if the rains continue will soon
be full again.
Col. John F. Folk and wife spent,
Sunday night with her mother, Mrs. j
A. D. Ehrhardt. The colonel is down j
on a business trip.
Nearly one hundred bales of cottonj
was bought by our merchants last
Saturday. JEE.
News from Kearse.
Kearse, Sept. 2<*.?Yesterday was
a day of pleasure as well as rest,
watching the rain alternating with
sunshine, forming one grand panorama,
laying the dust and cheering all
nature, the mocking bird chiming in
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Willi mo ouuiuo vuv t .? U4?v.
How refreshed the altheas, cannas,
dahlias, and roses looked as the rain
formed crystals of water on them,
they with beauty and upturned faces
seemed to say, how glad we are the
rain has come and washed the dust
from our faces so the smiles we wear
can be seen and bless all who see us.
What if cotton is low in price and
little Lucy, Sallie, and Jane won't
have as many pretty dresses as they
hoped for, and the debts won't all
be paid, the old world is still a beautiful
place to behold on a quiet Sabbath
in a country home. The fields
of cotton clothed in white, pigs rounding
up for the sausage later on, old
Brindle and Rose quietly grazing in
the distnce, the corn ready for the
harvest, and the stacks of hay scattered
over the fields, the geese and
ducks and hens all bespeak peace and
plenty to the man that lives and
works on the farm.
Misses Ethel and Mell Kearse gave
a social* on Wednesday evening last
in honor of Miss Kirsch, of Bamberg.
A jolly good time and pleasant evening
was the verdict of all who attended.
Mr. J. Herbert Kearse lost his
home by fire on Wednesday night
last, the family escaping in their
night clothes. A trunk, one feather
bed, and baby carriage was all that
was saved. His loss is partly covered
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Dy insurance. 1 l is uui miunu uun
the fire originated, as the roof was
falling in when they awoke. This is
a hard blow to Mr. Kearse. His
home was built less than two years
ago. He will rebuild in the near
future OLD TIMER.
Kearse Happenings.
Kearse, Sept. 28.?One of the most
pleasant events of the summer was
an "at home" given by Misses Ethel
and Mell Kearse on last Wednesday
evening, in honor of Miss Genevieve
Kirsch, of Bamberg.
The chief amusement of the evening
was a "flower" contest, and after
a close examination of the papers it
was found that Mr. Ernest Ritter and
Miss Genevieve Kirsch were the successful
contestants, and they were'
awarded a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
After the contest the guests were
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was beautifully decorated with cut
flowers, ferns, and colored lights, red
and green being the color scheme,
where a delightful course of ices,
cake, and fruit was served.
Music furnished by the Kearse
string band added much to the occasion.
The evening was thoroughly enjoyed
by all, and twelve o'clock came
only too soon for the guests to bid
good-night to the hostesses who had
so royally entertained. \
Those present were: Misses Franke
Folk and Genevieve Kirsch, of Bamberg,
Ettie Kearse, Evelyn Brabham.
Sudie Ritter, Leila Folk, Edna Chitty,
Aline Kearse, and Vena, Pearl, and
Cressida Breeland; Messrs. Jerome
Carter, of Florence, Ala., Chas. Hazleton
and Joe Hodges, of Ulmer, Angus,
Bernard, Stacy, and Horace .Kearse,
Ennis Breeland, Willie and Ernest
Ritter, Ernest and Percy Hiers, and
L. and Quintus Brabham.
Miss Genevieve Kirsch, of Bam|
berg, who has been visiting Miss
j h-'tnei is.ca.rsc, reiui ucu uumc iaoi
Thursday.
Mr. Jerom& Carter, of Florence,
i Ala., is visiting relatives in this comf
m unity.
Miss Franke Folk, of Bamberg,
spent last Wednesday and Thursday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Kearse.
Mr. E. A. Brabham, of Scotia, spent
a few days with his parents, Mr. andl
Mrs. L. A. Brabham, last week.
Mr. Herbert Kearse's home was
totally destroyed by fire last Wednes!
day night.
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NEWS FROM OLAR.
High School Opens?Literary Society?Personals
and Other News.
Olar, Sept 28.?The Olar high
school opened it's session on Monday,
September 14, 1908, with the largest
enrollment in it's history. Miss Mary
Lindsay, of Chester, has charge of
first and second grades; Miss Ella
Barton, of Denmark, third, fourth
and fifth grades; Miss Kittie Hooton,
one of our former teachers, sixth and
seventh grades; Prof. Wm. M. Oxner
and Miss Nellie Bigham, of Chester,
have charged of the high school department.
Miss Bigham, the languages;
Prof. Oxner, mathematics and
physics.
Prof. Chandler was at our opening
exercises and gave a talk on the combined
work of schools. An executive
mpptinc nf this wnrk was held Fridav
night.
The literary society was organized
Friday afternoon.
The following officers were elected:
Miss Ettie Kearse, president; Mr.
Edgar McKinney, vice president; Miss
Maida Still, secretary; Miss Orrie
Morris, censor; Mr. Bernice Barker,
treasurer; Mr. Charlie Chitty, reporting
censor; Miss Nellie Bigham,
critic; Prof. Oxner, Misses Anna McCormack
and Hattie Ray, program
committee; and Misses Emma Bessinger
and Agnes Kearse, reporters.
After election of officers the following
program was enjoyed:
Essay?Miss Tassie Brown.
Recitations?Miss Annie L. Kirkland
and Mr. Corrinthian Morris.
Reading?Miss Hattie Ray.
Currents Events?Miss Anna McCormack.
Description of an Indian?Mr.
Edgar McKinney.
Debate?Resolved that the Legislature
of South Carolina in it's next
session should prohibit the sale of
whiskey. Affirmative?Miss Emma
Bessinger and Mr Charlie Chitty.
Negative?Miss Orrie Morris and Mr.
Athen Morris.
The decision of the judges was in
favor of the affirmative.
Miss Ella Barton spent Saturday in
and Sunday at her home in Denmark.
We are expecting our Baptist minister,
Rev. D. LI Roton, to move into
our town soon. We will be glad to
welcome him in our midst.
Misses Belle Cooke and Lucile Rizer
left Wednesday afternoon for Columbia
College.
Messrs. James and Floyd Chitty
iof* Wodnpariav for the South Caro
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lina University.
We are glad to know that work on
the new Methodist church has begun.
Mrs. G. J. Bessinger is visiting relatives
at Stillwell, Ga.
Mr. A. Neely has returned after a
pleasant stay at Glenn Springs. B.
( Death of Letha Odom.
Letha M. Odom, the beloved daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Odom, died
at their home at Denmark, September
9, 1908. She was born at Bamberg,
July 2,vl893, was therefore a little
more than 15 years of age. Letha
was a most excellent child, beautiful
in person and far above the average
in intellegence. She had her class
at school, and while winning the high
praise of teachers, she stirred up no
jealousy. A most beautiful tribute
of love and esteem was sent her parents
by her class. Letha was a true
Christian. She was received into the
church only a short while before her
death, but she gave the most satisfactory
evidence of her conversion,
and she went away from us in the
sweet assurance of eternal life. It
was sad and trying to her fond pa-|
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graciously resigned to God's will, being
assured that it is best. We laid
her body to. rest in the cemetery at
Bamberg beside the resting place of
her baby sister, who had died some
years before. J. B. TRAYWICK.
An "At Home/' /? '
On last Wednesday evening, September
23rd, at the home of Misses Ethel
and Meldred Kearse, an "At Home"
was given in honor of Miss Genevieve
Kirsch, of Bamberg.
As soon as darkness began to fall
updnvmother earth, numerous young
folks began to assemble, anticipating
a pleasant evening, which there is no
doubt each and every one spent.
When the crowd had gathered an
interesting flower contest was entered
into, which each couple worked zealously
to be the prize winner. When
the answers were counted the prize
was gracefully awarded . by Mr.
Hazelton, of Ulmers, to Miss Genevieve
Kirsch and Mr. Ernest Ritter.
A Dice selection of other games
was played, and when the crowd began
to look weary they were invited
to the dining room, where delightful
refreshments were served among
the beautiful/tecorations.
We sincerely thank Mr. Ernest
Hiers, Mr. Ernest Ritter, and Miss
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they willingly rendered, for we can
truthfully say it was. enjoyed by all
present.
Those present were:
Misses Frankie Folk, Edna Chitty,
Evelyn Brabham, Ettie Kearse, Genevieve
Kirsch, Vena Breland, Aline
Kearse, Pearle Breland, Sudie Ritter,
Leyla Folk, Cressida Breland; Messrs.
Jerome Carter, Joe Hodgers, Hazelton.
Ernest and Percy Hiers. Willie
Ritter, Horace Kearse, Ennis Breland,
Stacy Kearse, Ernest Ritter,
Ewart Brabham, L. Brabham, Quintus
Brabham.
Work Day.
' The Methodist Sunday-school will
observe next Saturday as work day.
The funds contributed on the following
Sunday will go the support of
Epworth Orphanage at Columbia.
The children have been requested
to earn all they can next Saturday
and carry it to Sunday-school Sunday
afternoon and put it in the regular
collection so that the secretary
can send it to the proper authorities.
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OUT OX BOND.
Seven of the Twelve Negroes Arrested
at Ninety-Six Secure Release.
Greenwood, September 24.?Seven
of the twelve negroes arrested at
Ninety-Six on the charge of conspiracy
against certain white people there
have been released from jail. This
was done on the recommendation of
Solicitor Cooper, who came over Saturday
from Laurens. He recommend!ed
that a bond of $500 each be required
of them. The negroes found
no difficulty in securing white people
at Ninety-Six to go on their bonds
and they were released,
j Five are still held here in jail. They
have not demanded a preliminary and
fit is presumed they will remain here
! until the approaching term of the
court of general sessions. They are
the ones who were at the so-called
executive session of the colored Odd
Fellows as stated by the Rev. "Johnr?v"
r?enn the informer.
Odd and amusing tales of Dean's
past are coming to light in the development
of affairs. He is still in jail
herg. He seems to have been a pretty
smooth proposition for a colored citizen
for some years past.
He still denies that he wrote the
letter which he received here as addressed
to "Hartie Harris." Copies
of his handwriting and the noted
Harris letter were taken home by Solicitor
Cooper and he stated that he
would have them sent to some handwriting
expert. The opinion, as before
stated, is general that Dean used
the time and circumstances following
a disturbed condition to "get
even" with some of his own race.
OFFICER BYRD SHOT. ?
North Man Shot While in Discharge
of His Duty.
Officer Byrd, of North, was shot
and probably fatally wounded Sunday
night by Jerome Holliday, a negro,
in a difficulty between the officer and
the negro. Holliday was captured
and is now in the penitentiary for
safe keeping and Byrd is in the Columbia
hospital.
It seems that Holliday had gotten
in the wrong coach on a train to Norway
and was ordered to get out by
the officer. The negro is about 19
years of age and was very insolent.
It required some persuasion to get
him out of the car, and the officer
afrili-o him whPrPHDOTl. the
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negro pulled a pistol and fired at the
officer, inflicting what is feared a
mortal wound.
The negro got away, but was pursued
by a posse, and was arrested on
the other side of North. The feeling
is said to have been high in Norway
and a large crowd was following the
negro and if he had been caught
there might have been trouble. That
is why he was taken to Columbia and
lodged in the penitentiary.
When Holliday was seen concerning
the shooting he said that he was
in the passenger depot and had fallen
asleep. He was awakened and found
two men standing over him, and they
began to misuse him, and that he
thought they were going to kill him
and that this was the reason why he
shot. He said they told him not to
sleep in the depot, but he did not
know there was any objection to this.
He said that he pulled away from
the men and shot his pistol, and that
they shot at him, one ball taking effect
in his arm. He ran to the river,
and in going over the bridge fell ini
rivor anH hnH tr, swim out. and
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was then finally run down.
Negro Wrecked Train.
Spartanburg, Sept. 25.?Clarence
Agnew, colored, who was arrested
this morning at Wellford on the
charge of wrecking passenger train
No. 41 , near Wellford last night,
made a confession in jail here this
afternoon.
The negro said he caught hold of
the chain and gave it a jerk and the
lock came open. He then threw back
the lever and mashed it down. Looking
about the track he found a piece
of iron seven or eight inches long
and with this he smashed the lock on
the rails. He threw one part away
and the other he put in his pocket
until he got near Wellford depot,
when he threw the other piece away.
The negro told the officers that he
slept between a box car and the seed
house at Wellford last night. When
he awoke this morning he saw a man
walking down the track and asked
him if there had been a wreck and
was told there had been. Agnew said
he replied that he nopea no one naa
been killed.
He. later walked down the track
to the scene of the wreck where he
was arrested. The negro finished
serving a term on the chain gang at
Greer yesterday. He says his home
is at Toccoa, Ga.
Eliza Moats Gets Life Term.
Anderson, Sept. 25.?Eliza Moats,
colored, to-day pleaded guilty to the
charge of murder in the circuit court
and threw herself on the mercy of
the court. She fed rough on rats to
her husband, Louis Moats, about two
weeks ago. The Moats live on Mr.
L. W. Harris' place, in Williamston
township. Mr. Harris was the leading
witness for the State and he, in
conference with Martin & Earle, attorneys
for the defendant, declared he
would circulate a petition for her
pardon after serving three or four
years, provided she would enter a
plea of guilty. The woman's mind
is not sound. Solicitor Boggs agreed
to the plea. Judge DeVore instructed
the jury to find a verdict to conform
to the plea and the woman was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Rev. J. H. Danner, of Bamberg,
passed through town Monday morning
on his way home from Cattle
Creek camp meeting.?Branchville
Journal.
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FIRE VISITS WAGENER.
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Estimated Damage of Nearly Fifty
Thousand Dollars.
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Wagener, Sept. 25.?At 5 o'clock
yesterday morning fire was discovered
in the store of Mrs. Julia Williams
which soon destroyed it and quickly #
spread to adjoining stores and completely
destroyed nine stores, the do- \ i
pot and barher shop.
The estimated loss reaches from
$40,000 to $50,000, beside the depot.
ially on some who lost their all.
Coming as it did just at the beginning
of the busy fall season it is
quite a heavy loss to all, and espeo-. jwM
Several of the stores were occupied
upstairs as dwellings, and the loss
there is not known.
Mr. J. W. Lybrand, one of the lead* M
ing merchants in this section of ths 1
State, says that he can not get a.
building and be ready to carry on his
extensive trade again before Jan. 1. , \ ,<A
The following is an estimate of the
principal losses on goods and houses: VJjs
J. W. Lvbrand. building value $2,00<h <*18
insurance $750; J. W. Lybrand, . 7|v;
building $2,500, insurance $1,650;
J. W. Lybrand, stock of goods $25,*
000, insurance $10,000; J. W. Lybrand,
goods saved (estimated) $5,- vV:J
000 to $6,000; J. R. Smith, stock of, Agoods,
value $7,000, insurance $20$J; Vf J
R H Gunter, stock of goods, value
$1,500, insurance $800; W. M. Mill-'
er, stock of goods, value $300, insurance,
none; H. M. Castles, telephone -M
system $500, insurance, not known; \; -
Jones & Ott, storehouse, goods and :
household goods, value $2,500 insnrance
$500; H. L. Gunter, stock of u.
goods $2,500, insurance none; Mrs, ^
.Julia Williams, building and stock, >}
loss $4,000, insurance $1,000; barber
shop, pressing club and other
losses not known.
Mr. J. E. Watson, the depot agent,
says that the freight in the depot was
light and the loss in freight is small, - '-a
He saved most of the records and ,'/J
does not know what loss the railroad
company will sustain in the loss ot
the depot.
It required heroic work by the citizens
to save quite a number of the
other stores here and they went at It
like fire fighters of old and were buo
cessful in saving the stores of D. K. >*??
Gantt on the north and Haskell Gantt A
on the west, both of which looked as
if they were doomed at several periods.
The fire cut out the centre business- ?
portion of the town. The mayor will A,
call a meeting of the council to-night, /
and it is supposed that they will ^s-.--..pS
tablish a fire limit which will cause /
all new buildings to be erected with V'SS|
brick.
Barnwell News. '
[Barnwell People.] -.'"gaai
A petition signed by many good
men opposing the commutation Of V
Elliot Green's death sentence to life
imprisonment is, we hear to be put 1$ before
the governor and pardon I p
board.
Charles Carroll Simms, Esq., haa
resigned his commissions as notary."
public and trustee of the Barnwell
graded schools that there may be bo -Tvaj
doubt of the legality of his election
as presidential elector on the Bryan
ticket. '
Mr. Lewis Williams, marshal of :'?jsB
Ulmer, was shot in the right arm on
Saturday night by Lewis Walker, coW
ored, whom he was trying to arrest . ^
Mr. Williams was carried to Savan- ,
nah on Sunday and his arm amputate
ed. He was doing as well as could be -\J%
expected Monday. Walker has evaded
arrest.
Dolly, owned by Mr. L. P. Cave Ot v *0
Dunbarton, died on Saturday. She
was only a gray mule, but she had
lived to a remarkable age of 41 years*and
had made more corn and cotton, . 3?jj
than any other work animal in the ^
county, perhaps in the State. The
faithful gray horse of Mr. C. B. Amderson,
of Dunbarton, survives. He
was six years old when bought by
Anderson, who has owned him 29
years. He has carried his owner .ta
28 protracted meetings at Cypress ' 48
Chapel church, and is still strong and ' 0,
faithful. M|p
Negro Wounded Town Marshal.
Sycamore, S. C., Sept. 26.?About
9 o'clock Saturday night a negro
named Louis Walker shot and* dangerously
wounded the town marshal,
Mr. L. S. Williams. A few minutes
before the shooting Mr. Williams had : >|?j
occasion to tell the Walker negro to v:"'
be quiet and stop cursing on the
atrppts The neero was drinking and |
walked away, making u6e of the ex- ^
pression that h?1 would be raised r?;*js
that night. Nothing more was said
until two negroes walked over to a 'Jfj
seed house in front of which the Wal- ;; - /j
ker negro was lying and attempted %
to get him to go home. Mr. Williams,
being nearby, turned to walk
over to the spot and as he turned the
negro rose and raised his gun and *t
shot, the entire load taking effect Ik * >|
the right elbow, shattering the bone.
' \
Mr. Williams was immediately ;f .y
taken to the hospital in Savannah. ' '< %
It was found that the wound was so
serious that amputation of the arm
{above the elbow was" necessary.
J Posses have been scouring the
country for the negro Walker.
The citizens of Sycamore have
raised $100 as a reward for any one
arresting the Walker negro and hold- :
ing him until an officer of the town
can make the arrest.
Description, about 33 years old, ' ' '4
height about 5 feet 10 inches, weight - f
160 pounds, dark skin and blind In ' v
left eye. Carries himself well and v ,_fhas
broad shoulders. Fingers on one
I hand nub off by gin. One arm showing
bad scars from same cause.
Any one arresting and holding negro
for town authorities shall immediately
receive above reward.
Rev. O. J. Frier, of Pinehurst, Ga., |
has accepted, the call of the Baptist f
church here, and will assume the pas?
torate in a few weeks. We gladly Ji
welcome him.
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