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RECONCILED AND SEPARATED.
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Latest Chapter in the Sad History
of the Wooten Family.
2. W. Wooten, who was Thursday
cleared by a Lexington county grand
jury of the charge of assault upon
his deformed stepchild, was in the
city yesterday. Wooten and his wife
toon an apparently affectionate farewell
down at the union station, the
W&:- former boarding the Augusta train
and his wife taking the train for
Sumter.
While the two were engaged in
taking the aforesaid farewell, the
wife, with a generous shedding of
tears, informed Wooten that she had
been "put up to" having the case
brought against him in the court.
And through it all the wife said she
would come to him if he would only
?j' :" send her the money to pay the railroad
fare.
Wooten went away avowing that
lie was going to bring suit for false |
arrest against the persons who had
brought the case against him. The
) j. - whole affair was an ugly one and it
was not generally believed that
Wooten was guilty of the offense with
1&S&: which he was charged, \a crime of
i which any white man should be ingj
capable.
When the case was called in Lexington
county before Magistrate
% Bachman the latter sent it up, after
the preliminary hearing, to the higher
court and the grand jury found
no bill against Wooten. In the case
; there were two witnesses who, when
examined, failed to corroborate the
testimony of Mrs. Wooten.
The man was charged with assault
upon his deformed stepchild, who is
an imbecile. The stepfather, the
mother and the girl were seen in Cof
lnmbia during the fair of 1907. The
? girl was exhibited in one of the tent
Shows and the then starving condition
of these people created quite a
tleal of talk at the time. The show
did not pay well and it was found
necessary to give money toward the
support of the three unfortunates.
. Some chorus girls1 were the first to
& discern their abject poverty.?ColumgpV
bia State.
I Story of Master and Slave.
Dayton, Ohio, November 6.?A
story of the old slavery days, love of
the white Southerner for the negro
servant was brought to light yester ]
day when Mrs. T. E. Brinley of LoulsTille
came to this city to exhume the
} "body of Richard Wallace, an aged
negro, who died at the soldiers' home
'i a few weeks ago, for the purpose of
shipping it to Louisville, where it
will be interred beside that of her
; lather, the late William K. Thomas.
Before the war broke out the negro
was a slave on the plantation of Mr
Thomas, but he joined the Union army
and was captured and made a
prisoner of war and confined in a
Southern prison, over which Mr.
Thomas had command. Mr. Thomas
- effected his release as soon as he
K. learned of his imprisonment, and for
many years until Mr. Thomas died
Wallace was his body servant, and
the two were devoted friends.
Here Are Facts.
We clip the following from the
1 Bamberg Herald of last week.
"We notice that the Orangeburg
Times and Democrat says is was
offered some of the Standard Oil
Company money. We hope Editor
< Sims will tell who offered it to
!him, the amount offered, ana tne
iV conditions accompanying the ofter."
iy'. It will be remembered that Mr.
\ McLaurin launched his "Commercial
Democracy" scheme in a speech at
Charlotte during the summer of
1902. The Sunday following are deliyfery
of that speech, a friend of Senator
McLaurin's visited us in the interest
of the Senator. He said the
* Senator could hot understand why
we were then opposing nim when
we had supported him so warmly
when he was elected to the Senate
i % few years before. We. replied that
we were a Democrat. The gentleman
answered that so was Senator McLaurin.
We then said that he was
not our kind of a Democrat.
f. He then' remarked that he thought
we misunderstood the Senator's poBition,
and said that Senator McLaurin
had requested him to come
and see us. That the Senator wanted
us to publish all his speeches and
- letters and draw on him at the rate
lv of $25 per column. We answered
:=:": that we intended to publish all of the
Senator's speeches and letters that
would be of interest to the public, but
|y. we most respectfully declined receiv*
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ing any pay 11 UULi O^ilU WVi '?? - - - ? t-t i n j
?? for so doing. When we had the above
Conversation with Senator McLaurln'8
friend the speech the Senator
had made in Charlotte was then in
k.; type in our office and was published
the next week in The Times and
Democrat and the "ready prints" we
get out. Had we accepted Senator
J McLaurin's offer, we could have
drawn on him for $100 for publishing
that article, but we could not
see how we could accept the Senator's
money for publishing news
matter and feel free to oppose him.
So we declined his kind offer.
During that year we published a
~jr V great deal of the Senator's sppeches,
and had we accepted pay for them
on the terms proposed by the Senator
through his friend, we would
have made a very handsome thing
??+ nf it from a financial point of
view. We do not know where the
Senator got the money from that he
offered us, but we hardly thought
it came out of his pocket, and since
it has transpired that he was on intimate
terms with the Standard Oil
people we infer he got the money j
from them. We decline to divulge |
the name of the Senator's friend who
came to see us, as we are satisfied I
that he at that time had no idea that J
the Senator was dickering with the
great oil trust. He was a very warm
friend of the Senator's then and came
to see us in his interest as such.
These are the cold facts and the Herald
can draw its own conclusion.?
Orangeburg Times and Democrat.
The Herald Book Store has opened
up a line of toys and holiday
goods. Come in and see what we
have. Also a nice lot of Bibles and
books for children. I
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DEMOCRATS GAIN.
Nine Additional Members in Congress
and Perhaps More.
Chicago, November 5.?The Republican
party will, acording to present
returns from all congressional districts
in the United States, control
the next national house of representatives
by a majority of 41. The
figures so far received show the elec- ,
tion of 216 Republicans and 175
Democrats, a gain of the latter party
of nine. The majorities in several
districts are reported as extremely ?
ciose, and it is possible that in a few
instances the official count may
change the figures given above.
The following table shows the
number of representatives elected
from all .ue States:
State Dem. Rep.
Alabama 9
Arkansas 7
California 8
Colorado 3
Connecticut 5 ;
Delaware 1 i
Florida 3
Georgia 11
Idaho 1
Illinois 6 19
Indiana 11 2
Iowa 1 10
Kansas 8
Kentucky 8 3
Louisiana 7
Maine 4
Maryland 3 3
Massachusetts 3 11
Michigan 12
Minnesota 1 8
Mississippi 8
Missouri 10 6
Montana 1
Nebraska 5 1
Nevada 1
New Hampshire 2
New Jersey 3 7
New York 11 26
North Carolina 7 3
North Dakota 2
Ohio 9 12
Oklahoma 2 3
Oregon 2
Pennsylvania 5 .27
Rhode Island.. 2
South Carolina 7
South Dakota 2
Tennessee 8 2
Texas 16
Utah 1
Vermont 2
Virginia 9 1
\a; q o Vi i n erf r> n 3
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin 1 10
Wyoming 1
Totals 175 216
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Too Dangerous.
Old Aunt Hepsy Garside never had
seen a moving picture show before.
She gazed in speechless wonder at
the magic contrivance by which' messenger
boys were made to move with
breackneck speed, barbers to shave
their customers in less than a minute,
and heavy policemen to dash along
the street at a rate never attained by
a living specimen, either on duty or
off duty.
It was all real to her. She could
not doubt the evidence of her senses.
All those things were taking place
exactly as depicted.
Presently an automdbile came in
sight in the far background, moving
directly toward the audience at the
rate of at least a mile a minute.
Just as a catastrophe seemed inevitable
it swerved aside, passed on and
disappeared.
Aunt Hepsy could stand it no longer.
Hastily grasping the hand of
her little neice, she rose and started
swiftly for th? door.
"Come along, Minervy!" she said.
"It ain't safe to stay here any longer!
That thing didn't miss me more than ,
two feet!"?Youth's Companion.
A Truthful ChUd.
Ethel was going to take supper (
with a little friend.
"Now, dear,' said her mother, 1
"when you arc leaving you must bid
Marian's mamma good night, and tell 1
her you have had a very pleasant .
time'" j
When the little girl returned her (
mother asked if she had done as (
she told her. .
"Not 'zactly, mamma," was the j
reply. "Marian took the biggest
piece of apple and spilled lemonade ;
on my new dress, so I couldn't say .
what you told me; ;but I told her
mother good night, and said I guessed
Marian had a very pleasant time."
?Judge.
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for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and holipvp him norfpotlv iifinnrnhlp
in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all '
Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
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Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Wooten Released.
Lexington, Nov. 5.?The grand
jury to-day failed to find a true bill
!n the case of Z. W. Wooten, the white
[man who was charged with assault,
his alleged victim being his little stepdaughter,
an imbecile. This case has
attracted no little attention. Wooten's
wife was the main witness against
him, both at the preliminary and before
the grand jury. The story of
Wooten's arrest and the circumstances
connected with the case are
familiar to the readers of The State.
He was released from custody this afternoon.
It is said that Mrs. Hutto
of Pelion failed to corroborate the
testimony of Mrs. Wooten.
Nice line of picture books for chilr
' dren at The Herald Book Store.
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SCARED OFF NIGHT RIDER.
Men Guarding Saw Mill Make Things
Warm for Warning Poster.
Nashville, Tennessee, November 7.
?Late last night, while Manager
Brown, of the J. & C. Brown Saw
Mill Company at Linton was in the
plant, together with several detectives,
a guard detected a man in the
act of setting fire to the mill. The
alarm was given but the intruder
jumped from a high bank into the
river and escaped amid a fusillade of
shots. For several weeks the Brown
Company has received threats and
warnings. Shortly after the shooting
of last night an inspection of the
place was made and the following
notice signed, "Night Rider," was
found posted on the mill:
"Brown: You'd better shut down
your mill, or you'll have to shut
down." '
Several men have recently been
dismissed by the Browns.
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injectors, steam gauges, en- I
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We repair all kinds of machinery
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The County Treasurer's office will
&e open for the collection of State,
county, school and all other taxes
from the 15th day of October, 1908,
until the 15th day of March, 1909.
From the 1st day of January, 1909,
lentil the 31st day of January, 1909,
a, penalty of 1 per cent, will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
lay of February, 1909, until the 28th
iay of February, 1909, a penalty of
2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes. From the 1st day of
March, 1909, until the 15th day of
March, 1909, a penalty of 7 per cent
will be added to all unpaid taxes.
Following is the levy:
For State purposes, 5% mills.
For county purposes, 3 mills.
Constitutional school tax, 3 mills.
Total, 11% mills.
Special school levies:
Bamberg, No. 14, 7 mills.
Binnaker's, No. 12, 4 mills.
Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills.
Colston, No. 18, 2 mills.
Cuffie Creek, No. 21, 6 mills.
Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills.
Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills.
Govan, No. 11; 4 mills.
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16, 1 mill.
Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills.
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Jdeywara, i\o. zs, z mm?.
Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills.
Lees, No. 23, 4 mills.
Midway, No. 2, 2 mills.
Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills.
Olar, No. 8, 4 mills.
All male persons between the ages
of twenty-one and sixty years, except
Confederate soldiers and sailors,
who are extempt at fifty years of age,
are liable to a poll tax of one dollar.
Capitation dog tax, 50 cents.
All male persons who were 21 years
of age on or before the 1st of January,
1908, and have not made returns
to the Auditor, will do so on
or before the 1st of January, 1909.
I will receive the road commutation
taxft($2.00) from October 15th,
1908, until March 1st, 1909.
JOHN F. FOLK,
TrMaiirpr "Rflmhersr Countv.
Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15, 1908.
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TILLMAN WRITING A BOOK.
Dr. John Porter Hollis Engaged in
Research for Senator.
Washington, Nov. 4.?John Porter
Hollis, a Wofford graduate, who
is well known in Spartanburg, is in
Washington for a few days, engaged
in research work for Senator Tillman,
in connection with his forthcoming
hook dealing with the race
question. Dr. Hollis is well fitted
for this work, having taken a special
course in history and political economy
at John Hopkins University. His
thesis for degree of Ph. D. was on the
subject of "Reconstruction in South
Carolina," and was printed by the
university as a substantial contribution
to the knowledge of that subject.
Youth Shoots His Father.
Charlotte, N. C., November 6.?
Fearful lest his father strike his
mother whom he was pursuing with
an axe which he held upraised, Ernest
T. Hayes, 20 years old, shot and
mortally wounded H. T. Hayes at
Belmont, a suburb of this city, tonight.
The youth at once surrendered
to the police. The father was
taken to the Presbyterian hospital,
where it is said he will die. The bullet
entered the back of the head and
lodged in the brain. The trouble
grew out of the demand by Hayes
for money which he had given his
wife. When the demand was refused,
the man seized and axe and pursued
his wife. To the attending physicians
the father stated that his boy
was justifiable in shooting him and
begged that he be not prosecuted.
Senate Still Republican.
Washington, November 4.?The
present indications are the Republicans
will have about two-thirds majority
in the United States senate as
a result of yesterday's elections, or
practically the same as at present. Of
the ninety-twQ members of that body,
sixty-one hold over, leaving only
twenty-one places to fill, of these
eighteen Republicans and thirteen
Democrats. ?
Heyward Resigns.
Columbia, November 4.?At a meeting
of the directors of the Columbia
Savings Bank and Trust Company today,
ex-Gov. D C. Heyward tendered
his resignation as president to take
effect not later than January.
Gov. Heyward stated that his action
was taken because his physician
had advised him to give up work of
this character at this time on account
of his health.
After the meeting of the board,
Governor Heyward said that in tendering
his resignation he was taking
a course that had for some time been
considered necessary to complete the
restoration of his health. His physician
attributed his breakdown last
summer to the unaccustomed confinement
to office work the last six years,
after a life spent on his plantation,
and it is his intention now to devote
himself as largely as possible, at least
for the present, to his rice plantation
in Colleton.
Wants to be Speaker.
New York, Nov. 4.?Hon. Charles
N. Fowler, chairman of the committee
on banking and currency of the
house of representatives and repre
senting trie nrtn district 01 iNew jersey,
who has been elected for the
eighth time, announces as a candidate
for speaker of the house in the
sixty-first congress upon the following
platform.
"The house of representatives shall
elect a board of managers consisting
of seven members, which shall be
charged with that direction of legislation
which is now assumed by the
speaker of the house."
Row at Newberry Carnival.
Newberry, Nov. 7.?The Johnny
J. Jones' carnival has been the attraction
in Newberry all this week
and has been attracting large crowds.
Last night about 9 o'clock quite a
sensation was caused on the carnival
grounds by a difficulty between two
young men, in which a pistol and a
club were freely used At the time
of the shooting the grounds were
crowded and it is miraculous that
greater damage was not done.
The parties were two young white
men, Tom Berley of this county and
Mitchell Wright of the Mollohon mill,
this city. Berley used a club freely
over Wright's head, fracturing the
skull in one or two places. Wright
used his pistol, shooting three times,
one ball taking effect in Berley's left
arm. Mr. Boyd Jacobs, a young man
of the city, who was on the grounds
with some ladies, standing about 50
yards from where the parties were
having the difficulty, was struck in
the foot by a stray bullet and received
a painful wound.
The occurrence cause quite a commotion
on the carnival grounds. Both
parties were placed under arrest and
given medical atention.
What Are Your Boys and Girls Reading?
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They are bound to read something.
They will read trash unless you give
them something better that is equally
interesting. Try The Youth's Companion.
There is plenty of adventure
in the stories, and the heroes and
heroines are of the real kind, finding
in the line of duty opportunity
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familiarizing The Companion's readers
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Full illustrated Announcement of
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