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fc " "S ?ht Hamtorg ijrraUi 1 ? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY AUGUST 26, 1909. One Dollar a Year - I > COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS V SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ?v News Items Gathered All Around th< County and Elsewhere. ? Facts from Fairfax. Fairfax, August 21.?A protractec meeting, at the Baptist church, con ducted by the pastor and Rev. R. L ^ V?qc iiial . OUUU11, U1 new v/i icaua, uao Juui * closed. Great interest was manifested and souls were revived. Several additions to the church. t Something unusual for our small town was a parade by the children oe election day, the 17th. Beautiful t temperance songs were sung, anc they carried standards with appropriate mottoes for prohibition. Th Christian ladies?every church was represented?served lunches to ths prohibitionists, and everything passed off nicely. Young Tom Wilsor made a fine prohibition speech. K Our town is almost exempt from l#:*ever ?r any sickness now Messrs. Sam and Francis Boynton lately of Orange, Fla., but Barnwell * raised boys, will spend some time ' here before returning to Florida. egr.y? Many of our young folks attended the protracted meeting at Salkehatchie Baptist church, where bountiful feasts were spread each day. * ? Twice a day services were held and all enjoyed them so much. Miss Annie Halford assisted much in the service of song, as she is a recent graduate of the divine art. We also met the lively girls from the Olar secr tion?Misses Mell and Ethel Kearse and Miss Cressida Breland. My! wnat a feast Salkehatchians do spread at i their big meetings. And it often lasts over a week. t *. Mrs. Lizzie Compton, an earnest Christian worker of our town, will leave us for Charlotte in a few days. ^ She has been settling up the business affairs of her late husband's estate. She will be much missed. Miss Annye Moye has just gone on her summer vacation trip, as she ^ teaches music here. We are informed that Mercedes Bnckner, one of the brightest girls of our school here, has won the schol? arship in Winthrop College. Mrs. John White, of Cameron, S. C., has been visiting relatives here while her husband is in Europe. t: _______ Mrs. Jenny is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. F. M. Young. Mrs. Andrew Woodard, of Valdost&, 6a., and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, are spending some time with rela i tives here. Miss Kattie Lightsey visited rela| tives here recently. Mr. Jas. Wideman, the popular clerk of F. M. Young Co.'s store, has k been laid up recently, but as he has it not the dreaded fever, we hope to see t Jiim out in a few days. Mr. Gordon Boynton, a bachelor, of the Kline section, gave a barbecue in honor of the return of his brothers from Florida. Quite a crowd par% ticipated in the fine feast of fat and good things. Mr. Thomas Hickson, of Kline, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. G. BarWber Mr. Clafton Harveley, of Parkesville, is spending some time with his brother at the Jenkins hotel. [ V A sister of Mrs. H. M. Harveley, frftm r>9vichnrn Co ic vioitintr hor ' Little Ronald Preacher has returnfrom the hospital in Charleston, *much improved in health, and joined in the prohibition parade, holding his little sister's hand. V ? . , Mrs. Chas. Turner is visiting at her old home in Georgia, and her Jrosband, the loved pastor of the baptist church, has more time to visit among his members in several 1 churches. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dowling, after ; f spending two weeks in Varnville f: have returned here, where they will remain a week longer, mr The Misses Myrick, of Allendale j are visiting here. v~ A niece and sister-in-law of Air Rentz are visiting him here. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Dowling have returned from a trip to Crocket!> ville and Varnville, reporting a grand time. , Mr. Guy Harveley, who formerly lived here, visited friends here last week. \ We can record a glorious victory for prohibition in our town. ^ In Jail Twenty-five Years. After a lapse of twenty-five years during wnicn ne remained seciuaec the State prison at Trenton, N. J. M Patrick Quinn, 90 years old, one ol the men who was recently parolee by the court of pardons, was freed or f Saturday and excited considerable at' tention in the streets. 1 He had never before seen automo biles or electric trolley cars, and was bewildered generally at the changec appearance of the city since the tim( when he was imprisoned for murdering his wife. | NEWS FROM ALLENDALE. jj Interesting Items from Thriving Barnwell County Town. Allendale, August 21.?The first bale of cotton of the season was shipJ ped from here on Thursday, the 19th, St but since that time it has been coming in right along, and picking will become general next week. The prices . are good. One bale sold here Thursday brought $76.01. The crop generally in this section is not very good, ai ^ while some of the farmers have fine . crops. But if the present prices pre- ot [ vail most of the planters will probably come out in very fair shape, m where they did not start too far be- a I hind. St ' The dispensary has ben voted out , The dispensary has been voted out I been getting a pretty good revenue ?] from that source and now the ques* tion of funds to run the town will ' have to be met by the taxpayers. So , iar very iiuie nas Deen saia aooui ' the matter, but the kicks are bound " to come when the taxes are raised, pi Allendale is to have another bank cc soon. The project was launched on- Bj ly a few days ago, and it is under- tu 1 stood that practically all of the stock w; ' has been subscribed already. Some has been taken by Bamberg citizens. [ Mr. W. A. All is to be president of Wl , the bank, and Mr. L. Wilson, Jr., ^ ' cashier. It is proposed to erect a fine brick building for the use of xi i i_ xi. - _ r ir.!. J lO me DdQK oil me corner 01 ivitiin ana Bay streets by the stockholders. The Allendale Cotton Oil and Fer- ga tilizer Company have secured their w [ charter and their plant, which they id ' bought from the Seaboard Cotton c. | Oil Company, is rapidly being put in m ; shape for this season's business. 80 Mayor W. A. All is at Glenn 1 Springs this week. [ Mr. J. L. Oswald and family have P{ ! gone to the mountains. Mrs. P. H. Tison, Miss Agnes and ed ' Dr. H. R. Tison have gone to Hen- mi dersonville, N. C. c? Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Googe have re- W] turned from a visit to their daughter, ' Mrs. Vanderveer, in Texas. Mr. di: Googe talks very interestingly of his ha trip, and says that he is very much pleased with the country, but there pr is no place 'like home. ai] Mrs. D. y. iowles, of Young s is- ed land, is visiting relatives in Allendale on her way home from the mountains, where she has been for ca the summer with her little daughter, Pr Beatrice. at) Miss Nell Bostick, of Spartanburg, So is visiting in Allendale. st< Mrs. Adam Oliver, of Charleston, t0 is visiting her mother here. nc Mr. C. B. Farmer has returned from a trip to Glenn Springs. ni, The Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Browne ai] have gone to Asheville, N. C., on a wi two weeks' trip. Es The Rev. Paul F. Brown, of Flor- th ida, has moved into the Dan Ellis cot- rei tage, and will make Allendale his c0 home for a while. Mr. Brown will inj serve the Presbyterian congregation here. sp SUES DRUG STORE FOR $20,000. th J. M. Styles, of Greer, Seeks to Re- wi cover Damages for Alleged Mistake. Greenville, August 22.?A suit has sa been brought for $20,000 damages against the Highland Drug Company, co of Greer, by Mr. J. M. Styles, of that city, who claims that he had a pre- aa scription filled which called for a nc sixtieth of a grain of strychnine and that the defendant company, which jjj filled the prescription, made the Wj #> *v? /\,? rt + Af n+?*TTAV?ni a A in A nt*AOA1?in_ I T\ amuuui ui diij^uumc 11a lxj.^ pxxj/- ax* tion a quarter of a grain. After tak- a? ing the medicine in the manner pre' scribed by the physicians, the plaintiff in the case deposes that he was taken desperately ill and that his life ci< was despaired of by his friends and to his physician. W Mr. H. P. Burbage represents the efl plaintiff in the case. This is a very ec interesting case, though there will T1 probably be very few nice points of fa law brought out. The case will most Is ; likely be argued mostly on techni- be ' calities. st 1 - cc Officers Raid Glenn Springs Club. Spartanburg, August 23.?"Skeet" Poat, manager of the Glenn Springs club house, was arrested to-day on ,w thp oharero of maintaining a nuisance w and his place of business raided, the th officers capturing many bottles of er beer and a small quantity of whiskey, to together with packs of cards, poker Ti chips and other gambling effects. be The officers making the raid were pi > Constables John Miller and Moss w; Hays and Mr. Isom Miller. These w 1 officers went down to Glenn Springs bi armed with five warrants to search at r the club house and to arrest those ra : connected with it. The officers did not find any gambling going on at the P time of the raid. Manager Poat was arrested, but he hi gave bond before Magistrate Lancas- th ter and was not brought to town. A pc j negro named Nelson, one of the at- ec taches of the place, also succeeded in ai f giving bond. Henry Davis, colored, d( I was the only party locked up. 01 The warrants for the Glenn fa Springs club house were issued by bi - Magistrate Kirby. They were sworn fe 5 out at the instigation of a number d< [ of prominent citizens of the Glenn fe 1 Springs section, several ladies being m among those who made complaint. fc V THE PALMETTO STATE 3ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The Citizens' Social Club, of Orlgeburg, has also decided to do vay with the locker system and >ey the prohibition law. _ ^ ^ ^ ^ I Tfie state Association 01 ?.ea omri en was organized at the reunion in nderson this week. Col. J. C. ribling was elected commander. Meetings were held in Sumter and rangeburg this week to organize w and order leagues. Rev. Chas. B. j nith, presiding elder, was one of e movers in the Orangeburg meetg. The sheriff's deputies raided the emises of "one Becky Wilson," lor not stated, near Allendale, arnwell county, on Friday and capred four gallons of whiskey and ine. Clarence Frazier, colored, aged 18, as drowned in the pond at the rock tarry, two miles from Edgefield, on riday. He could not swim, and me of his companions threw him in teach him how. A law and order league was orinized in Orangeburg Tuesday. A. . Summers, Esq., was elected present; B. H. Moss, vice president; A. Dibble, treasurer; Jno. S. Bowan, Jr., secretary; and W. L. Glaze, licitor. Both the prohibitionists and dismsaryites filed contests in Florice county. Next Tuesday was flxI for the hearing. Jno. P. Grace ade a protest in Charleston, but the unty board turned him down. He ill appeal. Since Orangeburg voted out the spensary the Elks club of that city tve adopted a resolution that no lilor of any kind shall be kept in ivate lockers or otherwise within y room or place owned or controllby the lodge. R. F. Mulligan, a policeman, was ught at the cash drawer of Due's book store in Spartanburg out 3:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, me one had been robbing the Dre, and another policeman was set watch. It is said Mulligan will ?t be prosecuted. It is stated that in the coming mucipal election in the city of Origeburg, a full prohibition ticket II be in the field. A. W. Summers, sq., who was county chairman of e prohibitionists and managed the cent successful campaign in that unty against the dispensary, is beS spoken of for mayor. Senator B. R. Tillman made a eech in Greenville county last iek, and as usual ne cussea out me iwspapers, especially the State and e News and Courier. He said he is glad to see the State going for ohibition, and he hoped that the w counties which now had dispenries would soon vote them out. The prohibitionists of Richland unty protested the recent dispenry election in that county before e county board, which met Tuesy. The protest was overruled, and iw the contestants have appealed to e State board of canvassers, which eets to-day. The men behind the otest seem to be determined, and ill carry the matter into the courts case the State board decides ;ainst them. Sells Some Ancient Cotton. Orangeburg, August 21.?Two anent bales of cotton were sold here -day for 12 cents. Mr. Wade B. ay had them sold, the sale being Eected by Maj. Wm. L. Glaze, exutor of the Jesse J. Way estate, le cotton was left by J. J. Way, ther of W. B. Way, who died about > years ago. The cotton is said to i over 20 years old. Mr. A. C. Lin eat, Duyer tor Jonn uart, a local tton broker, bought the cotton. Otts Backs Tillman. Gaffney, Aug. 21.?Solicitor Otts, ho -was a member of the senate hen he was appointed solicitor by e governor, told your correspondit to-day when asked what he had - say about the charge of Senator illman that the senate had been night, said, "I would not be sur ised to know that Senator Tillman as right in making the charge. It as certainly very hard to get any 11 passed by the senate that was ; all inimical to the interests of the tilroads." Positive Proof. A lawyer, going into the parlor ofj s home noticed pencil-marks on Le wall, put there, as he rightly sup)sed, by one of his children. He calll his little five and six year old son id daughter in to see which one had >ne the mischief. Of course each le blamed it on the other, so the .ther said, "Well, my son, a little rd told me he was sitting on the nee and saw you through the win)w marking the wall." The little llow answered, "Get that bird and ake him prove it."?The Delineator >r September. ' - " s ' ' - > : V" : SHOT BY BURGLAR. Popular Young Man Wounded at Vai Wyck by Negro. Lancaster, August 22.?About twe o'clock this morning as a party ol young men were passing the Hyatt Massey Company's store, in Vai Wyck, they heard a noise in the building and started to investigate As they were about to enter the reai door a man came out, fired at the party with a shotgun and then rai off. The load struck Taylor H. Nis bet, one of the young men, the shoi lodging in his shoulder, throat anc face, inflicting serious wounds. He was taken on an early train this morning to Charlotte for treatmeni by his uncle, Dr. Olin Nisbet. Immediately after the shooting ? couple of Van Wyck citizens came tc Lancaster after Sheriff Hunter, the officer returning with them to the scene, leaving nere aDout aayngni. The sheriff, who is famous for his shrewd detective work, was not lonj in laying his hands on the right man who proved to be a young negro it the community, Sam Stinson, and h( is now in jail, having been broughi here this afternoon by the sheriff. The clue that led to Stinson's identity and arrest was an old hat left it the store by the burglar, who carried off a new one with him. When firsi j apprehended he denied knowing any thing about the affair and started tc | run, when the sheriff, with drawn revolver, stopped and handcuffed him Stinson claimed that he had boughl the new hat from Dave Foster, another negro, but later, when confronted with Foster, confessed that he got 11 in the store and that he alone was implicated in the robbery. He says he shot at the young men to scars them so that he could make his escape and that he got the gun and cartridges while in the store. The feeling in Van Wyck againsl Stinson is intense, as the young mar shot is one of the most popular in the community. Ex-Convict Charged with Forgery. Rock Hill, August 23.?John Williams, a negro of this place, who is not only well known in police circles here, but has the notoriety of having served a term in Sing Sing, was arrested Saturday night in the store ol the Roddey Mercantile Company, ol this place, while attempting to have a check for $5.25 cashed, to which he had forged the name of Mr. W. 0 Kimball, of the firm of S. J. Kimball 0? OUilD, live aiutn. ucaicio ui tuio cxtj Williams had been passing cheeks with the same signature around here since August 7, but on account oi the amounts being small and fron local men several of the merchants had cashed them in payment foi goods, and it was not until the National Union bank, on whom ths checks were given, discovered ths forgery of the signature, that ths merchants were put on their guard Saturday night when Williams walked into the Roddey Mercantils Company's store and presented ths I check to the assistant bookkeeper Mr. Thompson, the latter asked l?in to wait a minute until he could go uj to the front to the cash register anc get some change and he notified Mr J. A. Black, of the firm, who rai across the street and got a policeman, who took charge of Williams and placed him in the lockup. Ths total amount of checks that he hac got cashed before being caught was about $30. Williams, four or five years ago was in the employ of Mr. S. N. Sowel at his bottling plant in the city anc at mat time tne postomce nere nac combination mail boxes and be ii some way learned the combination o! Mr. Sowell's box and got out severa of his letters containing checks opened them and attempted to casr them at one of the banks here. H( was arrested and sent to Greenville where he pleaded guilty in the United States court, and was sentenced to on( year at Sing Sing, which he served and returned to this city. This morn ing he was given a hearing anc bound over by Magistrate T. C. Beck' man to the circuit court. Break Records in Mullet Fishing. Rpjnifnrt. N P. Alienist 23.?A catch of mullets aggregating half a million pounds, said to be the largest ever known along the Atlantic coast was made off this port by deep sea fishermen this morning. The fishermen went to sea early ir search of menhaden, but their boats ran into schools of mullets miles long and each vessel was loaded tc the gunwales with them. The catch was brought to markel here and the entire working forc( available here will be engaged al night in preparing the fish for ship ment. vr~, - - . '?$ *! BAMBERG SUFFERS AGAIN. i TWO DISASTROUS FIRES OCCUR, RED HERE LAST MONDAY. t . J. B. Brickie's Repair Shop, Lott's i Grocery Store, and Dr. H. F. j Hoover's Residence Burned. Monday morning about three r o'clock the small wooden building on i Main street occupied by Mr. J. B. { Brickie as a bicycle and automobile repair shop and by Mr. J. H. Lott * as a grocery store, was discovered to t be on fire. The origin is not known, I and when discovered the flames had } gained such headway that nothing could be saved by either Messrs. Lott 5 or Brickie. It is not known how the t fire originated. Mr. Brickie's loss is heavy, for in addition to a stock of automobile and bicycle supplies, he lost all his } tools and a small lathe. He had ini surance of only $200, but he states ? that this will be entirely inadequate, ? J - iftno tt'oo m n/">Vi mnrfl The ins LL1B 1U3S HOC uiuvu building was the property of Mr. G. 3 A. Ducker, and we understand he ; had $450 insurance on it, which will cover the loss. This place has long been a veritable fire trap, being one of the oldest 3 buildings on Main street and very t much dilapidated. We learn that Mr. Ducker will erect on the lot at an early date a commodious brick store, two stories. 1 The small one-story concrete block I building next door belonging to Dr. t J. P. Ott, was also badly damaged by heat, and it is likely that the side wall of this building will have } to come down. His two-story build ing next to the concrete block build. ing, was also damaged. This buildl ing is occupied by the telephone exchange and Dr. O. D. Faust on the " second floor, and Mr. E. Bart Price I uses the first floor as his grocery t store. He moved out his stock, and it was damaged in moving. He therefore has his store closed awaiting 5 the insurance adjuster. The window > and door frames in the two-story . building were burned out, as well as a large skylight used for a former -v7-,v. trailPrv At. one time it puuiugiayu seemed that the building would , t burn, and then the remainder of this t block would have gone, hut by hard k work it was saved. The telephone ' company lost about twenty feet of cable in front of the burned buildings, being melted by the heat. This was repaired the same day of the fire. s Monday afternoon a little after 7 ( ; o'clock the alarm was again sounded, , and this time it was the handsome ' two-story residence of Dr. H. F.. " Hoover, on Church street, near the" f cotton mill. The fire originated in I the back part of the house, in the ' top. A crowd quickly gathered, and the work of saving the furniture was 1 ! begun, and while most of the furni. ture was saved, it was badly daml aged in moving. . As soon as possible the cotton mill put their fire pump to work and 5 stretched two lines of hose to the ? fire, and after some time the flames i were extinguished, although the house was badly damaged, all the 1 top story being burned off, and the ? lower floor being partly burned, in fact from the standpoint of loss, the house might nearly as well have burned down, as the part left stand* Ing will not be of much service in J rebuilding. ? Dr. Hoover had insurance of $1,800 on the house, and $500 on the ' furniture and household goods, but 3 even with this he will no doubt sus> tain considerable loss. He and his ; family are at Mr. J. W. Price's for the present, and he has made no ' plans yet as to rebuilding, awaiting i the visit of the insurance adjusters. > ? I Crazed by Snake Poison. La Cross, Wis., August 21.?Made i mad by a combination of bee and - rattlesnake poison, R. Lane, a farmer > of French Creek, fought his compani ions for three hours until medical 1 aid arrived. One of the men killed a 3 rattlesnake and donning a pair of gloves skinned the reptile. , In the afternoon Lane borrowed I the gloves to wear while loading lumi ber. While engaged in this work he I disturbed a nest of little yellow bees, l which stung him on the neck and t arm and in fighting them he kept 1 rubbing the gloves on the spots , where the bees had punctured the l skin. i The poison took effect at once and , Lane became a maniac. He is recovl ering. * Rioting and Murder at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., August 22.?Short' ly before 9:30 o'clock to-night a mob 1 gathered about the Shoenville en. trance to the Pressed Steel Car Company's works and suddenly made a concerted attack upon the big swinging gates of the stockade. The attack was resisted by the State troopHtld donntv chpriffR In the melee, Harry Exeter, a deputy sheriff, was shot and killed by an ^ alleged strike sympathizer. In an ef, fort to arrest the man picked out as L the one who did the shooting, State Trooper Smith was instantly killed by a revolver bullet. Two other 1 troopers on foot were shot and kill5 ed. 5 State troopers to-night opened a volley of fire on the mob. Six strikers fell at the first round. Three others were fatally shot. Members of t the mob then opened fire with rifles, i Two mounted troopers dropped from 1 their horses fatally shot, and were - taken to the hospital in a dying condition. I % ' . I ;V . ' v .^ FOUR MEN IN PRISON. Three Whites and One Negro in Jail Accused of Criminal Assault. Cartersville, Ga., Aug. 22.?With the placing in jail here to-day of William Golden, a white man, 52 years old, on the charge of criminal assault, Bartow county jail now . houses four men accused of this heinous crime?and but one of these is a negro. Not before in the history of the State has such a condition existed and an attempt at whole- M sale lynching would not be surprising. Extraordinary precautions, however, have been taken by the officers to protect the prisoners and the sheriff professes to have the situation well in hand. v-i Golden is charged with criminally assaulting a feeble-minded young white woman near Taylorsville on July 22. Golden disappeared shortly after the commission of the crime and was not seen again until last night when he was arrested and hurried to the jail here. The details of the crime, as told by the victim and corroborated in part by her sister, are revolting in the extreme. It it . . not doubted that Golden would have been lynched had he remained in the vicinity of the crime, great indignation having been aroused by the girl's story. There is still much excitement on account of the crime. As Taylorsville was also the scene of the more recent assault upon another white woman, for which John and R. J. Worthington, white, are be ing held in the jail here, the authorities are apprehensive lest a mob-of considerable numbers be organized In that section with a view to storming the jail and putting to death the quartet of alleged criminal assailants. t Howard Stokeley, a negro, is the fourth man held on this serious charge. He is charged with assaulting a 7-year-old negro girl. tr-i Died at Post of Duty. Cheraw, August 23.?While on duty early Sunday morning Policeman Harris Stanton, age 69, dropped dead, apoplexy being the cause. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church at 4 o'clock this afternoon and interment was made in the Cheraw cemetery. Harris Stanton volunteered when the war between the States broke 1 i out, and served to its close. He was assigned to Hampton's legion, and was in Capt. Henry Mclver's com yaiiy. vvutu tapu iuuycit v*as suuv from His horse, his right arm and leg *$ being broken, in the battle of Hawe's Shop, Va., Stanton dismounted, tind although the battle was at its height . with the air full of bullets, he picked up his captain, of whom he was very fond, placed him on his shoulders and bore him from the field. This act saved the life of Capt. Mclver, who long after the war became chief jus. tice of the State. It was Mr. Stan* ton's desire, so often expressed, that he die on duty, and suddenly. He reported for duty on his beat Saturday . , night seemingly in the best of health, and about 4 o'clock Sunday morning the fatal attack came suddenly. The deceased is survived by Mrs. Stanton, a daughter and a son. * ^m RABID DOG BITES MULES. M Animal Causes Excitement in York* But is Finally Killed. Rock Hill, Aug. 23.?A large bull 'V ' dog, belonging to Mr. Cornelius Bigham, who lives west of this place, in the Bethesda section, went mad Friday night and played havoc with other dogs and stock that came in its way. At the home of Mr. J. L. Williamson, one of the most progressive farmers of the county, it attacked and killed some of his dogs and bit four mules valued at from $150 to $225 each. From there it proceeded for several miles, biting everything that it came in contact with, until it was finally killed by Mr. Charley Hastings. Mr. Williamson is consider ably distressed to know what to do with his mules. He killed all the dogs on his place the next day. Railroad Man Killed. Lancaster, August 23.?John C. Bridges, a young white man, a ^ember of the crew of a Southern freight train, was instantly killed at the depot here to-night. He was on top of a box car adjusting the brake when a string of cars struck the one on which he was standing, knocking him off. Falling on the track, he was crushed to death by the moving cars, h*s left arm and leg being cut off and his face horribly mangled. His home was in Latimer and he leaves a wife - and three children. The coroner Is * now holding an inquest over the body.