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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. S., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909. One Dollar' a Year
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
^ Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, June 14.?Mrs. N. J.
r Stewart came to spend some time
with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Ehrhardt,
last week.
Mrs. Addie Hartz went with her
mother, Mrs. J. C. Westerlund, to
Charleston last week to spend some
time.
Miss Viola Rogers, who had
charge of Mrs. E. P. Copeland's millinery
establishment, returned to her
home in Virginia until the fall season
opens up.
Mr. John L. Cothran lost one of
his valuable farm mules Saturday
afternoon by lightning.
v Dr. Willie Folk passed through
town last Thursday morning going to
his home, where he was called to the
bedside of his brother and sister,
who are very sick, but glad to say
it is thought by the doctors that both
are some better.
Misses Ruth and Cloe Groseclose,
* who have been visiting relatives
in Prosperity, returned to-day.
Their sister, Miss Leila, goes to Columbia
to-day: from there she will
go to Prosperity and then to Leesville.
Had a fine rain Saturday after*
noon. Gives the farmers more work
and settles the dust, which was getting
very disagreeabl? to travelers.
Town election on the 4 th instant
resulted in electing Isaac D. Copeland,
intendant; H. C. Copeland, E.
P. Copeland, W. L. Mitchum, and
Frank H. Copeland, wardens. ,
* The council will buy the cement
and .residents are requested to put
Urn ir? rtf
UUWil UCIIICUI waiaa iu livuv kUv..
places of business on Broadway
street, and the council will put them
in front of vacant lots. Let the good
work go on. Our streets need im1
provements. JEE.
Children's Day at Colston.
^ Children's day was observed at
Colston church Sunday, June 13. A
large crowd was present; the church
was full. The program was as fol?
- ?- lows:
Announcements by Mr. C. W. Clayton.
? ? - ? - a -r*i_ 'At. m
Song, "sowing me seea oi raiui,
by choir.
Prayer by Prof. Bailey.
I Recitation, "Children's Day Welcome,"
by Master Perry Lee McMillan.
Recitation, ' "Let the Children
Come," by Miss Nelle Clayton.
The Flower's Message?"Jesus
Loves Me, I Love Jesus," by twelve
children.
Recitation, "Nobody's Child," by
Miss Lottie Clayton.
Recitation, "My Father," by Miss
f Clara Beard.
' Recitation, "In Our Father's
Care," by Mr. Charlie All.
Song, "Jesus Loves the Little
Children," by choir, followed by
echoes oi "unuaren s ua.y," Dy seven
children.
Recitation, "On Children's Day,"
by Miss Essie Sandifer.
Recitation, "The Crucifixion," by
Master Ruby Beard,
a Recitation, "Shall We Know Each
Other There?" by Miss Bertha All.
Song, "We Shall Know Each Other
There," by choir.
Recitation, "God Is Calling Me,"
by Miss Virginia Jennings.
Recitation, "June the Month . of
Roses," by Miss Hattie Miller.
Recitation, "The Givers," by Master
Vernon McMillan.
Song, "Something for Jesus," by
choir, during which a collection was
. taken by Messrs. Gordon and Wilson
Beard, Jasper and Monnie Varn.
Prayer, by Rev. D. L. Roton.
Reading, "Appeal for Temper'
ance," by Mr. Havelock Clayton.
Recitation, "What to Drink," by
Master Charlie Miller.
Reading, "The Glories of the Life
Beyond," by Miss Nelle Clayton.
Song, "Singing as We Journey,"
by choir.
Lord's prayer, by entire audience
standing.
After the Children's Day exercises
were over a short, interesting talk
was made by Prof. Bailey, which
was very much appreciated and en
The collection was $5.50.
k The exercises were prepared by
^ Miss Georgie Emma Jordan. She
deserves mnch credit. We are very
thankful to her for her aid.
NELLE CLAYTON.
THAT SETTLED IT.
Killed the Man That Said His Wife's
Coffee Was Poor.
^ Birmingham, Ala., Jui\p 13.?Resenting
the imputation of C. H. Carper
that Mrs. Kelley could not make
good coffee, W. T. Kelley, and his
brother-in-law, Will Sparke, this
morning met Carper at Boyle, a
suburb of Birmingham, and proceeded
to "settle" the matter. As a result
of the affair, Carper is dead,
^ Sparks is fatally injured and Kelley
is wounded in the arm and leg. It
is said that Kelley attacked Carper
with a club, whereupon Carper drew
a pistol, two other pistols being immediately
produced by the brothersin-law
and a general fusillade of
shots followed with the above result
HOMICIDE RECORD BROKEN.
Three Men Slaughtered in Thirty-six
Hours.
Aiken, June 14.?Aiken county
has established a new record for
homicides. Within 36 hours three j
negroes have been killed in this county,
all in different places, and no J
connection between them, and one
has been mortally wounded. The j
officers are being kept on the move.
One has been Dlaced in jail, and con
stables are scouring the country for1
the others.
The first of the four occurred Saturday
afternoon near Wagener. Bill
Gunter, colored, killed Major Gunter,
also colored, shooting him with a
pistol. It is said Major Gunter was
trying to shoot Bill Gunter, when the
latter shot him. It is said the parties
were drinking. The negro was
killed in front of a house near Wagener.
Bill Gunter is said to have
killed another negro about four years
ago and was acquitted. It was not
learned to-day whether or not the
negro had been arrested.
At Salley yesterday morning a little
negro boy, named Isaiah Hair,*
shot and instantly killed a negro
named Will Attaberry, who is said to
have been in bed, and Hair'shot him
with a shotgun before he got up,
literally shooting his face off. It is
said that Attaberry gave the boy
some command, telling him that if
he didn't do it, he would "fix him,"
whereupon the boy said he would do
some fixing and immediately got a
shotgun and fired at him, killing him
at once. The boy was brought to the
jail this morning by Dr. Salley. Atta
berry was a grown man and Hair a
little boy.
This morning Sheriff Raborn received
a telephone message informing
him that Marsh Watson had kill-1
ed a negro at McNamee's kaolin mine
near Bath, whose name could not be
learned. Constable Busbee left at
once to capture the negro. No particulars
of this killing could be learned.
Sunday morning at Jones' Cross
Road, in McTier township, a negro
named Mitchell was shot and mortally
wounded by another negro
named Landy. This shooting occurred
at a negro church near that
Dlace. and none of the particulars
can be learned.
Colston News.
t Colston, June 15.?We had some
very nice showers last Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Priester and
family, Mr. Bowman McMillan,
Misses Lynn and Lizzie ' Walker,
Messrs. J. H. McMillan and J. C.
Avant, from Lodge, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bishop and
family last Sunday.
Miss Minnie Fender is visiting
friends in Bamberg.
Mr. Preston Sandifer, from Denmark,
visited Mr. G. H. Kearse last
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grimes, from
Bamberg, visited Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Rentz last Monday.
Prof. Bailey, from Edgefield, made
a very interesting talk at Colston
Baptist church Sunday morning.
The Children's day at Colston
came out nicely. It was largely attended,
and everybody must have enjoyed
hearing the speaking and the
nrhsic.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bessinger
and brother, Mr. William, from near
Midway, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Padgett last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Beard and son,
Jacob, visited Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Kearse last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop and
daughter, Cleo, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Padgett last Sunday.
Mrs. W. C. Folk is still on the sick
list.
Miss Letitia Bishop visited her sister,
Mrs. J. P. Bishop, near Ehrhardt,
last week, who was very ill.
A. L. B.
BOY OF FIFTEEN A FORGER.
Cashed Check for $600 and Had a
"Great Time" at the Races.
Harry L. Logan, aged 15, of New
York, is in the juvenile jail at Cincinnati
waiting to be taken back to
New York to answer a charge of
forging a check for $600 on F. Sullivan,
a Broadway banker. Most of
the money, he declares, was spent in
playing the races at Latonia, and
when arrested the lad's only possession
was a .32-calibre revolver.
"I always cashed the checks at the
Chase National bank for Mr. Sullivan,
for whom I was an office boy," said
Logan, "and one day, about a month
ago, I decided to cash one for my-1
self and did so. With the $600 I
came direct to Latonia. I played the
t-onac for tt -wfiilo anH fhpn wPTlt t.O
Louisville, where I had a great
time."
The boy says his mother lives in
Bridgewood, a New York suburb.
Negress Commits Suicide.
Greenville, June 14.?Driven to
suicide by jealousy, Lizzie Bruton, a
negro woman, took carbolic acid in
the presence of her husband at the
Blue Ridge hotel, where the man is
a waiter. This is the second case of
a negro committing suicide, in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant
here.
THE FOUR
Standing of Contestants
Popularity
The highest number of
publication will be 50,000 ea
Those contestants who turn i
given credit for same and pu
4-/\ 1oes4 nrfl/ilr A'f 4
JUIC VIUUO IV UlC iaoi VYttn ujl ?.
Miss Pearle Delk, Bamberg,
Miss Bessie Armstrong, Bam
Miss Ida Lou Hiers, Ehrharc
Miss Estelle Lancaster, Gova
Miss Evelyn Brabham, Olar,
Miss Mary Matheny, Bamber
Miss Leda Bitter, Olar,
Miss Louise Felder, Bamberg
Miss Camille Price, Bamberg
Miss Katie Carter, Ehrhardt
Miss Lucile Lightsey, Bambe
Miss Bettie Steedley, Bambe
Miss Zelma Hemdon, Ehrhar
Miss Reba Williams, Olar,...
Miss Mary Wright, Denmark
Miss fieorpie Emma Jordan.
Miss Nell Clayton, Colston,..
Miss Alice Smoak, Bamberg,
Remember all votes over I
will not be shown until the w
the contest.
SANDY PURVIS KILLED.
Shot by George Robinson, Who Was
Wounded in Fight.
Bennettsville, June 14.?In a
shooting scrape in the upper part of
this county yesterday morning Sandy
Purvis was -killed and George Robinson
wounded in several places.
The homicide occurred Sunday
morning about 9 o'clock, and Coroner
McCall held an inquest yesterday
afternoon, but particulars were
not known here until this morning,
owing to the fact that the coroner
did not get back to Bennettsville until
late last night. George Robinson
I ie in inil with gunshot wounds?
small shot in his right eye, breast,
arm and stomach. He has one
wound on his lett knee which seems
to have been caused by a pistol.
It seems that Robinson and his
wife had some trouble last week and
she had gone to her people with
whom Purvis boarded. Mrs. Robinson,
with their child, went back
home Sunday mornihg for some
clothing, but remained only a short
time. She started to return to her
people and her husband accompanied
her part of the way. He tried to detain
her, and Purvis came up. Rob
inson and Purvis got into a flgnt ana
separated, each going for his gun.
The difficulty was resumed and Purvis
was killed, the shot having entered
his back.
Robinson says that Purvis shot
first, but Emma McLean, the sister
of the wife of Robinson, says that
she fired the first shot that hit Robinson.
Sandy Purvis boarded at the
home of Emma McLean.
Virginia Storm Causes Loss of Life.
Richmond, Va., June 14.?A special
from Big Stone Gap, Va., says:
"Five deaths are reported and
damage to property estimated at upward
of $100,000 as the result of
rains and electrical storms which
swept over this section Saturday
night and yesterday.
"Railroad tracks are washed out,
causing landslides and a 10-foot rise
in the sluggish Powell river in two
hours. The heaviest storm occurred
Saturday night, breaking north of
Big Stone Gap along the lines of the
Louisville & Nashville and the Interstate
railroad. The Interstate road
lost more than two miles of road in
the six mile stretch of track between
Appalachia and Stonega. A passenger
train was left stranded near
Arno, with the track impassable om
either side. Big slides occurred in
deep cuts at Appalachia and Dorchester
Junction.
"The Powell Valley Light and ]
Power Company's plant here which
furnishes lights for Big Stone Gap
and other towns was put out of commission
by lightning and crops were
injured."
RATTLER KILLED BY RODENTS.
Snake Overcome by Rats Intended
for His Meal.
Two big gray rats fought a battle
with a rattlesnake this week at Dalton,
Ga., and the rats won. The
snake was brought to the city and
placed in a store window. Two rats
were caught with the intention of
giving them to the snake toeat.
The rats were put in with the
snake and they showed fight at once.
While the snake was after one, the
other would plunge its teeth into the
snake's body. After an hour the
snake died. One of the rats was
nearly dead, but the other was unhurt.
The rattler measured seven feet in
length.
TH COUNT
(
in The Herald's Great
t Contest. i
votes allowed to appear for .
ch week to each contestant. '
n over this quantity will be t
.blication made on the week I
;he contest. ,
95,000 ;
berg, 92,500 It,
86,500 !
n, 76,500 ;
*71 AAA
IX,UW ,
g, 58,000 >
: 54,000!
:, 37,500 I
36,000 '
, 17,000 j
?? 11,500 J
rg, 4,500 ]
dt, .4,500!
4,000
:, 3,500 J
Bamberg, 2,500 i
2,000
1,000:
50,000 turned in each week
eek before the last week of ,
1
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[ ' KILLED IN RUNAWAY 1
i
S. Ei Callaham Thrown From Buggy |
With Fatal Result. k ' ]
!
Honea Path, June 12.?As Mr. S. ]
E. Callaham was drivine into town ,
this afternoon his horse took fright
at an oil tank standing on the railroad
track. The lines broke alter
the horse had run for some distance
and Mr. Callaham attempted to jump
from the buggy. He was thrown to
the ground with such force that his
whole body was paralyzed at once
and he died about an hour afterwards.
..
A negro in the buggy with him
jumped out when the horse began to
run. He was considerably bruised,
but escaped without serious injury.
Mr. Callaham was a prosperous
young farmer, living two miles from
Honea Path.
He leaves a wife and several children,
who have the sympathy of
many relatives and friends.
Mr. Callaham had lived in this section
only a few years, but had made
many friends here. He was a sober,
industrious man, who was always
found on the side of right.
Only Four More Weeks of Contest.
To-day commences the fifth week
of The Herald's contest, half of the
time allotted for the securing of sub
scripuons naving expirea. me gins
are running along very close together ,
and the cloBe of the race promises to
be' both exciting and close.
It is from surface indications, anybody's
race from now on and one or
two subscriptions may decide the
race in some girl's favor. We want to
call the attention of the contestants
and their friends to the page ad in
this issue which gives any contestant
the opportunity to secure extra
votes by having subscriptions sent in
by their friends together with their
name cut out of the paper.
We wish to say to every young
lady in the race that after having
done so well from the beginning until
now it will be of great advantage
to make every day count something
from now on until the close.
Do not let a day pass without accomplishing
something. The four
weeks that remain will roll around
mighty shortly and the prizes are
worth every bit of energy that is
spent in securing them.
Master Keeps Maid's Kiss.
Apropos of Lord Northcote's name
being mentioned as a probable successor
to Earl Grey in Canada, his
lordship was once made curious use
1 nf Alt ?
U1 Willie gUVCl UUi gcuciai ui AU
stralia, says The London Globe. <
Strolling one night through an avenue
of somber trees to a friend's
house to dinner, he was suddenly
pounced upon by a maid servant, .
who kissed him effusively and J
pressed a little parcel into his hand.
"Here's a sausage for you. I can't
come out to-night, as master has
company," she whispered, and as <
mysteriously disappeared. '<
When he got to the house he 1
found one of his servants loitering '<
by the gate. "What are you doing
there?" asked Lord Northcote. ?
"I'm waiting for my sweetheart," i
the man stammered. 1
"Where is she?" 1
"In service here." :
"Ah, then, I am right. Here is a 1
sausage from your sweetheart", and t
she wishes me to tell you that she 1
cannot come out to-night, as her <
master has company." Seeing that 1
the man looked nervous, he added,
kindly: "She also gave me a kiss J
for you; but perhaps you would 1
rather wait until you see her. Here t
is five shillings instead." 1
BOY SUICIDED.
[Jersham Fendelson Took His Own
Life in Granby Village.
As the result of unrequited affec-J
lions, Gersham Fendelson, a young
vhite man about 24 years of age,
:ook his own life last night. Coroner
Walker was summoned at 1:30 this
morning and after viewing the remains
decided that a formal inquest
vould be unnecessary.
A clear statement of the cause of
:he tragedy was given by Miss
Mamie Watts, who lives with her
stepfather, Mr. Ferguson, at 2005
Wilson street, almost directly in the
ear of the Granby Methodist church.
Saturday afternoon the young man
returned a photograph which she
had given him. He also sent her
word by her younger sister and
sought the return of a scarf pin and
i ring which he had given the young
woman. She declined to return
them except to him directly.
Fendelson boarded with Mr. Jenkins,
whose house faces the street on
which the church is located, and the
back yards of the two houses adjoin.
He had been living in Columbia since
Last February and came here from
Darlington. Rooming with him were
3ome young men whom he had
known. Yesterday afternoon while
Fendelson and some other boys were
Looking at some post cards, he picked
up a .32 calftre Colt's magazine
gun and put it his pocket, stating
that he had to go oyer on the Palmetto
mill hill in the evening and
3ome of the boys over there had it in
for him. The pistol belonged to Willie
Mims, who was not in the room
at. the time, and the other boys did
not stop Fendelson, for he claimed
to have permission to get it.
Fendelson went over to see Miss
Watts early in the evening and they
with her mother went to preaching
at the church on the Palmetto hill.
He talked to the girl but little and
was with her mother most of the
time. On the return to the house
the girl took ofT the scarf pin and
rine and offered them to the young
man, but he declined them, saying
that he would never have any further
use for them. Miss Watts stated
that he seemed sad and spoke
3trangely. Finally he took from his
pocket a photograph of himself and
3aid it was for the girl's mother to
remember him by, as he expected to
lie.
With that he walked out of the
house, and in a moment there was
the report of a pistol. The girl called
her mother. She was not alarmed,
but thought Gersham wps just
trying to worry her; But the mother
had observed with a closer intuition
and declared her belief that-the
hoy had really harmed himself. The
?irl went to the door with a lamp
a.nd, peering out into the darkness,
saw the form of the young man
jtruggling in the death throes.
Thoroughly horrified she then
iroused the neighbors, who summoned
Policeman Salters from his beat
rhe officer did not hear the report of
he pistol as a train was coming in,
put one of the watchmen in that
leighborhood told him that the report
was heard at 15 minutes to 1
p'clock.
Coroner Walker examined the
jlothes for any articles of value and
turned the body over to an undertaker.
The poor boy was very well
Iressed, and had a very pleasant
face. His mother, Mrs. Lily Fendelson,
lives at Hartsville and will be
lotifled this morning as soon as the
telegraph office is open.
The young men who boarded with
Fendelson were much grieved, and
jne of them declared repeatedly,
'He will take to his grave a good
reputation." They said that the boy
vas madly in love with the girl, but
she did not care so much for him.
rhe mother told Coroner Walker
that on the way to church he had
jpoken desperately of what he would
io to any other who should pay her
ittentions.
The ball entered the right temple
md came out on the other side of the
head. Coroner Walker examined the
revolver, which was found in the
hand of the dead boy, and saw tnai
it had but recently been fired.?Columbia
State, Monday, July 14.
At a country fair out in Kansas,
says The Argonaut, a man went up
.0 a tent where some elk were on exhibition
and stared wistfully up at
the sign. "I'd like to go there," he
3aid to the keeper, "but it would be
mean to go in without my family,
md I cannot afford to pay for my
tvife and seventeen children." The
deeper stared at him in astonishment.
"Are all these your children?"
he gasped. "Every one," said the
man. "You wait a minute," said the
keeper, "I'm going to bring the elk
jut and let them see you all."
SOUL-MATES SWITCHED.
Sew Cure Administered by the Irate
Relatives.
Jasper C. Crum, of Lexington, Ky.,
lisappeared from his home this week
md it was believed that he had been
iidnapped, as he was forced to leave
it the point of a pistol.
For the past week a posse searchsd
the mountains for him and he was
Inally found In a mining camp,
vhere he was living with Miss Lizzie
Moore, his soul-mate. Both were
wrought back to Lexington, and after
leing made to strip to the waifct,
;hey were soundly switched. The
voman then was turned loose, while
Drum, who is married, was taken to
lis irate wife.
Letters found in the Crum home
jhowed that the elopment had been
ilanned in advance and that it was
X) be made to appear that he had
ieen kidnapped.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
C"
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
jt
The Beaumont cotton mills at
Spartanburg will be enlarged in the
near future by the addition of 25,*
000 spindles and 600 looms. The
work of construction has begun.
Out of 13 applicants for teachers*
certificates at the recent examination
held in Lancaster county only
one passed, Miss Connie Porter. Miss
Porter was awarded a first grade certificate.
The property oi the Anderson
Traction Company, which owned the
street car line in that city and to
Belton, will be sold at auction this
fall under a decree of the court, an
the company is bankrupt.
William Nelson, a neero emDloved
at a rock quarry near Columbia, was
killed last Thursday as the result tit
an explosion of a stick of dynamite.
Nelson was engaged in blasting
work, and it is said the accident wit
the result of his own carelessness. ; ^
Monday morning about 3 o'clock
the large stable and buggy and
wagon sheds of the Hartsville Mull
Company, at Hartsville, were dti- . . "?j
stroyed by fire. The total loss It
about $5,000, with $3,000 insurance.
Two mules and one horse were bunked
in the flames.
Dr. W. A. Byars, who was put in
the Richland jail last Saturday afternoon
on a warrant sworn out by
the dispensary winding-up commit*
sion, was released on bond Monday,
the amount being $2,500. Dr. Byars
is charged with conspiracy to defraud
the State. It is said he represented
whiskey houses before the old
State board.
The city council of Sumter have
granted a franchise to J. L. Alnutt
and others to establish a gas plant in
that city. The promoters have deposited
$1,000 with the city author!*
ties as a guarantee that they will be- "M
gin work in eight months and wiU
complete the plant in eighteen M
months. The city will exempt the :3g
plant from taxation five years.
Louis Radcliffe, a young white -m
man about 18 years old, of Columbia,
was seriously stabbed last -3
Thursday by a negro named Jacobs;
the weapon used being a steel eraser . jf
belonging to Radcliffe. The young . '
man came near losing his life, as
inv jaguiar veiu was ucati; octcia\t?
The negro says there was no trouble, i||
bat that they were playing when the :i|?
eraser stuck in the white boy's neck. *
Dr. C. E. Blandenberg, a younf
dentist of Augusta; had a narrow ee- .|P!
cape from drowning in the surf at
the Isle of Palms last Sunday. He ' M
was in bathing and went out beyond v
the lines and was caught in the un- m
dertow. He called for help and was --0m
rescued by the life saving guard, assisted
by several others. Dr. Blandenberg
was black in the face when *gl|
rescued, and it took hard work to re- -:
store him.
The Southern Power Co., which
has two large power plants on the
Catawba river, and is now developing
a large water power on the Wateree
river, near Camden, will make
application to the city of Columbia
for a franchise, so it is presumed the
company will bring electric power , , ^
to that city. This may mean that
other towns below Columbia will be
supplied with electricity from the
wateree piani.
Will Not Recommend Free Bagging;
Washington, June 13.?The senate
committee on finance will in all prob- * t||
ability recommend that a dnty be
imposed upon crude and refined pe- VS
troleum and the products of petrofc <1?
eum in spite of the action of the*
house in putting these articles On the-. m
free list.
This subject was discussed at gg
meeting . of Republican members of
the committee to-day. Indication! ,. >??
are that crude oil will be made doty \?a
able at a quarter of a cent a gallon . JJi
and on refined petroleum a rath of 25
per cent ad valorem will be fixed. It, "* vi
? ? ~V?V1a nlan tliot + Vl Q lottor mttt.'
IS pi'UUdUlU aiOV tUUb VUV 4UVVV4 AMW v,^
will be made to apply to products ot. gjm
petroleum.
. Many members of the senate fa~
vored the countervailing duty on petroleum,
but the representatives ot *r|
oil-producing States did not favor it,'
The demands for protection upon oil
come principally from the independent
oil men.
The sentiment of the committee if
in favor of reducing the rate of bituminous
coal, which was discussed to- tj
day, from 67 to 50 cents a ton.
Regardless of the fact that Southern
senators have been able to hold
up the provision for free binding
twine for the Northwestern farmers
pending disposition of the cotton
bagging question, the committee will
not recommend that bagging be
placed on the free list.
The protection asked by American
lithographers against the importation
of cheap view cards from Ger
many win oe rcuummcuutu.
Child Bitten by Rabid Dog.
Abbeville, June 14.?The 8-yearold
son of Mr. Tom Nickles was bitten
by a dog that has since been pronounced
mad by the Pasteur institute
in Atlanta. Dr. C. C. Gambrell ;??
will get the virus fresh every day :
and treat the boy at home. Early in
April the South Carolina State board
of health authorized the establishment
of a Pasteur institute in Columbia,
but it seems they are not in position
yet to treat patients.