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PERSONAL MENTION.
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$ People Visiting in This City and 1
at Other Points.
?Mr.
J. A. Vernon, of Sycamore,
\ "was in the city this week. ^
V ?Miss Wilhelmina Folk is at .
home from Columbia College.
p ?Mr. David Hill is at home from
. Clemson for the holidays.
?Mr. Jas. E. Salley, of Orange- *
burg, was in the city Monday. <
?Messrs Eugene and Henry <'
Stokes are at home for Christmas i
\fl from Clemson college. 1
?Miss Nellie Murphy, who is
teaching in the Marion Graded school, (
is at home for the holidays. ,
?Mr. Langdale, a printer on the ,
Press and Standard at Waterboro, <
\ spent Tuesday in the city.
?Postoffice Inspector A. J. Knight ]
-is in the city on a visit to the family <
of his brother, A. W. Knight. ]
?Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Vara and 1
pretty little daughter, Minnie .Lee,
^ are visiting relatives in the city. 1
?Mrs. Havelock Eaves, of Columbia,
is here to spend Christmas
with her parents, Capt. and Mrs. W.
I A. Riley.
?Mr. W. P. Jones returned Saturday
night from St. Luois, where
J he went to buy a car load of stock
for Jones Bros.
?Dr. William O'Neal, of Estill, a ,
, venerable physician, now nearly 80
t years of age, has been visiting his
brother, Mr. J. T. O'Neal, of this
city.
?Mr. A. B. Watson, linotype ma.
chinist of the Columbia State, spent
Tuesday in the city. He was here to
look over our linotype machine. Mr.
Watson is a clever gentleman and un\
$ derstands his business.
?Mr. J. A. Hunter, who has been
in the hospital in Charleston for
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some Lime, reiuiucu uuui^ iuov a .
day. His friends will be glad to
L know that his health is very much
Jr improved.
?Lieut. J. Wilson Riley, who is
now stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., is
spending the holidays with his parents,
Capt. and Mrs. W. A. Riley.
His many friends in his old home are
glad to see him again.
ft ?Little Miss Laurie Dowling is
spending the holidays with relatives
in the city. Her parents, Mr. and
? Mrs. H. Spann Dowling, will arrive
from Anderson in the next day or
two.
?Misses Belle Cooner, Ethel Black
- and Flossie Murdaugh arrived from
Greenville this morning and will
spend the holidays at home. These
young ladies have been attending
the Greenville Female College.
t r ?Mrs. J. W. Lovejoy, wife of the
; new superintendent of the electric
light plant, arrived in the city last
Thursday, and she and Mr. Lovejoy
are boarding with Mrs. Quattlebaum,
who is now occupying Mr.
[ Henry F. Bamberg's residence on
I Railroad avenue.
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Mules than ever
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CONGRESSMEN ANGRY.
rhey Don't Like New Rule for 6
Choosing Postmasters.
Representatives in congress from
:hose states affected by President
Roosevelt's order placing fourth (
ilass postmasters under the civil ser- <
rice umbrella are mad through and 1
through, says a Washington dis- ]
iispatch. A few of the congressmen ,
ire not angry at all, but take the 2
riew that the president has relieved 1
them of a lot of trouble.
since me iuujj.ua, uuu ui iuc .
srnment the appointment of country
postmasters has been one of the previous
political assets of the rural
vongressmen. In some districts
where the great bulk of the population
is composed of farmers and
iwellers in small towns and villages,
political machines have been constructed
with fourth-class postmasterships
as the most vital part
of the construction. By the terms of
the order issued by the president recently,
all fourth-class postmasters
in States east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio river are "covered
into" the classified service, and the
postmasters can now be removed only
upon charges.
Not a few members of congress
have in times past professed to regard
the appointments of small
postmasters as not only a bore but
a source of infinite trouble political- 1
ly. It frequently happens that where
one man or woman is pleased by an
appointment as postmaster a dozen
are offended, and the congressman
from the district reaps a big crop
of enemies. The fact is, however,
that members of congress generally
are not pleased over the president's
order and would prefer that the status
quo in the matter of fourth-class
postmasterships be maintained.
Democratic congressmen generally
are mightily tickled over the presTVov
HiH nr?t sharp in
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this patronage and they are having
lots of fun with their Republican
brethren in the house. They point
out, incidentally, that no Southern
States are included in the new civil
service order, and this they, regard
as significant. In the South the patronage
is distributed upon the
recommendation of Republican
referees.
Harry Suydam Dies.
New York, Dec. 21.?Harry Suydam,
the curb broker who was shot in
his Broad street office last Saturday
by John C. Lumsden, an inventor,
died in the Hudson street hospital today.
Lumsden is under arrest. The
shooting is said to have been an outgrowth
of a dispute over payment for
stock in a company which was organized
to handle one of Lumsden's inventions.
Lumsden was remanded to prison
by Coroner Harburger today without
bail to await the inquest on December
29.
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GEORGIA TOWN SHOT UP.
Six Young Men l?ire Five Hundred
Shots, Riddling Buildings and Terrorizing
People.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 19.?To
yreak vengance for the arrest of a
jompanion on the charge of being
irunk six young white men rode in;o
the town of Beach, nineteen miles
lorth of here, last night and fired
Ive hundred shots, riddling buildngs
and terrorizing the town. Four
foung women who were walking on
:he streets were fired at and Maggie
raylor; the 14-year-old daughter of
Leonard P. Taylor, was probably fa
;ally wounded.
Citizens of this county are engaged,
but desire that the law take
its course. Six officers from Waycross
went to Beach today and it is
reported late tonight that the six
illeged rioters are under arrest or
tiave been arrested and released on
bond. Citizens of Waycross are
characterizing the men who shot up
the town as "night riders."
After the first few volleys from
the pistols of the young men, who
rode into the town in three buggies,
everybody in the town took to covey
and left them to drive about and
shoot at will. The charge of rioting
appears on the warrants issued for
the six men.
Lady Meets Horrible Fate.
Lexington, Dec. '21.?One of the
Baddest deaths that has ever occurred
in this section was that of Mrs. Carrie
Hallman, wife of Mr. G. Henry
Hallman, a prominent merchant of
Gilbert, this county, on last Friday.
Mr. Hallman left for his store at
the usual hour Friday morning, leaving
his wife aparently in the best of
health and cheerful spirits, only to
be called back a few hours later to
find her in the agonies of death.
About 9 o'clock neighbors were attracted
to the Hallman home by a
woman's screams, and when they ar-l
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Hallman lying on the floor with very
nearly all of her clothing burned and
some parts of her body almost burned
to a crisp. It is the supposition
that she had a fainting spell and fell
forward into the fire. She expired
within a few hours, death coming as
a relief to her terrible suffering.
Mrs. Hallman was 44 years of age
and leaves, Resides her husband, an
aged father, one brother and two sisters.
She was a member of the Lutheran
church and a devoted Christian.
She was buried at Shiloh Methodist
church on Saturday in the presence
of a large assemblage of rela-1
tives and friends, the funeral services
being conducted by her pastor the
Rev. B. D. Wessinger.
Contract for Wofford Library.
Spartanburg, Dec. 21.?The contract
has been let to E. L. Hertzog
for the erection of the Wofford college
library building, the structure
to cost $25,000. Work is to be begun
January 1.
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NO ALLOWANCE FOR TJRANSFER.
Commerce Commission Bars Rebates
fnr Cartage of Sugar.
Washington, Dec. 20.?In a decision
made public to-day the interstate
commerce commission declares
that allowances for the transfer of
sugar from refineries to the trains
are essentially rebates and in violation
of the law.
This important determination was
reached by the commission only
after several months of consideration
of the matter of allowances for the
transfer of sugar, and so far as the
commission is concerned brings to an
end a controversy which has long existed
between the refineries in New
York and those in Philadelphia.
The investigation of the subject
was begun by the commission on its
own initiative. No complaint was
filed but what was regarded as the
injustice and illegality of the allowances
for transfer or cartage were
called to the attention of the commission
with a view to eliminating
them. In its decision the commission
lays down four general conclusions,
as follows:
"1. The commission has jurisdiction
to make an order in 'any inquiry
on its own motion in the same manner
and to the same effect as though
complaint has been made.'
"2. It is not a part of the carrier's
duty to bear the expense bf transfer
of goods from the shipper to the
carrier. For carriers to undertake
to compensate shippers for perform*
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ing services which mc
legally bound to do for themselves is
for the carriers to. violate the act.
"3. The publication of gross and
net rates would needlessly add to the
complexity of tariffs. Wherever it i$
possible for carriers to file a net rat?
as such, it is their duty so to do. \
"4. The allowances here considered
are rebates, and violate the law. No
order is issued, but the carriers are
expected to conform to the law with
out delay.
*'No order will be made at this
time," the report concludes, "but the
commission will expect the carriers
in question at once to conform their
tariffs and practices to the principles
j here announced. If this is not done
the commission will take such steps
J to enforce compliance with its views
j in this connection, either by an order
in this proceeding (jurisdiction of
which is reserved for that purpose)
or by such other means as it may
deem advisable in the premises."
Honor Roll of Ehrhardt Graded
School.
Ehrhardt, Dec. 21.?At the end of
each month all pupils who have
made an average of 95 have their
names placed on the honor roll. The
honor roll for the month ending December
18 is composed of the following
names:
Jonnelle Hoffman, Annie Rentz,
Jesse Rentz, Edgar Fender, Harry
Hiers, Geo. McMillan.
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and draft, Mules
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every way.
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load containing
high-class horse
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Boy Frightened to Death.
Millville, N. J., Dec. 19.?One of
the most remarkable instance of a
person being literally frightened to
death has just occurred here. The
victim' is Charles Tozer, 6 years old,
son of Thomas Tozer.
Last Thursday young Tozer was
playing with some companions in a
grove of trees which men were engaged
in felling. Suddenly one of the older
and stronger of the boys seized
Tozer and placed him under a tree,
told him that the men were going to
cut the tree off and that it would fall
on him and kill him. Tozer screamed
with fright but was held there.
The boy ran home and told his
mother. On Friday the lad complained
of feeling ill. On Saturday he was
worse and suffered much pain and at
times lapsed into unconsciousness,
during which time the lad in delirium
fought off imaginary trees. He died
yesterday.
Dr. Charles Worth, who was called
in, told Mrs. Tozer that the lad had
suffered some severe nervous shock.
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Dog Sets [Man on Fire.
Oakland, Cal, Dec. 22.?A bull dog
caught fire in this city and as a result
Patrolman E. E. Kimmel is mourning
the destruction of a pair of trousers
which were ignited when the frantic
animal dashed between his legs. The
conflagration came about through a
fight between the bull dog and a coli
lie.
Ammonia was suggested by a
spectator as the proper means of
separating the combatants, but a mistake
was made and gasolens was
brought instead. The gasolene was
ignited from the matches which were
being burned in front of the bull
dog's nose to make him loose his
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flash the animal was wrapped in
flames.
After communicating the flames to
the policemap, the bull dog was
captured by a spectator, who smothered
the flames with blankets. Another
bystander performed a like
service for the guardian of the law.
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