Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(5ljf Hamherg 2f?ralfo Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28,1909. One Dollar a Year | * *m ?^? V * COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS ^ IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. t News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. V Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, October 25.?Mr. Joe E. Bishop lost one of his tenant houses on last Friday morning by fire. The L origin of the fire is supposed to be accidental. The darkey family that lived in the house were away at work. They lost all they had. The | * - ?111 I 10SS lO MT. OlBllUp Mill aiuuuui lu $200. * Mr. Richard Rice went home last week on account of being sick, but returned to his work to-day in good ahape?at least he could not miss Sunday afternoon with his . Mr. J. C. Hiers, Jr., went home last week sick. He is out again, but says ,he will have to eat some more hash before he will be strong enough to attend to his work again. * i Quite a number of our town folk are going to take in the Charleston gaieties for the week. The little cotton left in the country is being hustled in to market as fast as it can be gathered. ^ The number of farmers saying, "That's my last bale" increases every 'f. week, and by the middle of next ^ month the crop will be out and gone. -W- ' ? Miss Hattie Groseclose, who is with her aunt in the millinery business in Prosperity, spent a few days with her parents last week. She left Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. uxner, of Olar, where she will board the train for Prosperity on Monday. . ? - fc Rev. D. B. Groseclose gave us something to think about on Sunday afternoon. His hearers were attentive enough that a falling on the floor could have been heard any time during the sermon. JEE. Fairfax Fancies. * Fairfax, Oct. 23.?The entertainment given in the school house last Wednesday evening was quite a success. The glee club (juveniles) covered themselves with honors?sang and acted well. The hot supper netted a nice sum for the lady workers. The teachers are getting up a nice affair for Halloween, and the proty ceeds will go towards furnishings for the school. Mrs. Judson Lightsey visited Mrs. Fred Lightsey this week. > Mrs. Harriet Jenny is spending some time with Mrs. Frank Young. Mrs. Annie Dowling, of Augusta,visited her nephew, Mr. Lewis Dow ling, this week. Mrs. DeLoach, of Varnville, also visited that home. A new little dauehter has arrived 4 . at the home of Mrs. Kinard. The first lecture of the lvceum was given a few evenings ago at the hall of the school house. It was very fine, and while there was a crowd, r there should have been many more visitors for such a literary treat. There will be four more lectures. Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Turner have just returned from attending the meeting of the Barnwell Baptist Association, which met at Bethel * \ church, near Sycamore. * Visitors were invited on last Friday to attend the exercises in the school hall, of the Sanders Literary Society. The recitations and essays were interspersed with songs. (Miss Moye kindly played the accompaniments for the children.) One visitor read ? the following: "The new teacher glanced smilingly over the the school, and was delighted to see so many bright new faces among her new charges. 'Now, children,' she said : opening the history book, 'we will run over our history, so that I might find out what you know. Willie Perkins, you may tell me why Washington crossed over the Delaware?' 'Why-er-a-becus.' 'Because what, dear?' asked the teacher. 'Because ? ' he couldn't go under it,' said Willie. 'Dear me, Willie, what an answer!' ejaculated the teacher. 'Polly Hicks, you look like a bright girl, why did the father of his country cross the Delaware?' 'Please, mum, I guess * 'twas because the Hudson was too far away for him to cross that.' 'Mercy!' cried the teach er. 'You will have to stay in this afternoon and learn some history. I will now test you on arithmetic. Maggie Wilkins, if I were to divide three bananas among seventeen boys, what would be the result?' "A riot,' said Maggie, speaking like a > drum major. 'Possibly,' said the teacher, 'but that is not what I mean. Tommie you may take the question. Three bananas among three boys? that would be one for each boy. Now three bananas among seventeen boys would be what?' 'Three mum,' said Tommie. 'I know, but three in to seventeen is'?said the teacher. Three bananas would go into seventeen boys once, and none over, said Tom confidently. Then the new teacher resigned." The lady who * read this piece to the members of the literary society offered a prize for the best essay on a historical subject between this and the Christmas holidays. The boys and girls are trying for the prize already. ; The small boys are whooping for no lessons to study to-day and a big show is in town. Many attended and ' pronounced it a good one. Mrs. Willie Jones, of Bamberg, is the guest of Mrs. W. E. Harter. Many here mourn the death of Dr. Jas. Carlisle. He has a bright little name sake on Laurens Avenue. INHUMAN' FATHER. Man Pleads Guilty to Beating SixMonths Old Infant. Union, Oct 22.?A story of parental cruelty to a little 6-months-old baby has just reached here from Buffalo, a mill village, about four miles from here. According to this story, one morning a few days ago John Robertson, Jr., m a nt or anger, Decause nis Daoe worried him, beat the six-months-old infant so that blood ran from its nose and ears. News of the affair in some way became known to the citizens of Buffalo, and so indignant were some of them that a warrant was sworn out against Robertson, who is well known in that community, and only works on odds jobs, it is alleged, charging him with vagrancy and cruelty to his children. The case came up before Magistrate J. C. Quinn and after the vagrancy charge had been heard by a jury, which rendered a verdict of not guilty, Robertson pleaded guilty as to cruelty to his child because, it is stated, he did not want the whole affair aired in open court. In addition to Robertson there were in court his wife, who is about 22 years old, together with the infant which Robertson pleaded guilty to having badly treated. The mother did not apparently wish to bring the charge against her husband and kept the infant, which she held in her arms, wrapped. Magistrate Quinn, as soon as plea of guilty was entered, sentenced Roberson to pay a fine of $50 or go to the gang for 30 days. As Constable Rhinehart started to Union to bring the prisoner to jail the prisoner broke away and made off for parts unknown. To-day Magistrate Quinn telephoned a newspaper man that Constable Rhinehart would pay a reward or $10 for the arrest of Roberson, who is a man about 5 feet 6 inches high, spare made, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair and about 35 years old. Magistrate Quinn and others feel outraged over the perpetrating of such a deed and are anxious that Roberson be brought to justice and severely punished for his cruelty to his helpless infant. Arrested for Abduction. \ St. George, Oct. 22.?A sensation was caused here to-day when Magistrate Moore issued a warrant for B. j H. Harbeson, charging him with the j - * -i? if:? n XT/vll T> ! a.DClUCl.lOn Ol 1V11SS xvusu, 1\C11 i daughter of G. W. Rumph, a prominent farmer of the Sand Ridge section. The warrant was sworn out on complaint of the young girl's brother. Thfs morning the girl, with her brother, came to St. George to have some pictures taken. She left her brother and met Harbeson. Together they went to the residence of A. B. Dukes, where they were married by R. L Weeks, a notary public. They hired a buggy and left town immediately. As soon as the girl's brother heard of the wedding he went before Magisistrate Moorer and swore out a warrant. It was placed in the hands of a special deputy, who started in pursuit of the couple. So far they have not been located. Haberson, who clerks in a grocery store here, is well known. ? I Commissioners Make Trip. Spartanburg, Oct. 25.?The State Railroad Commissioners, accompanied by officials of the South and Western, returned from trip of inspection over the C. C. & O. road late tonight, after having made the trip as far as Bostic, N. C. The commissioners declare the road to be the best constructed in the State. They issued ai rule fixing the speed limit for October 29 of passenger trains into Spartanburg on date of C. C. & O. celebration at 15 miles per hour. The trestle at Broad river will not be completed by Friday though all arrangements have been made to transfer passengers at that point and bring them to Spartanburg without inAnnv^niPTiPP "Unloaded" Pistol Wounds Boy. Gaffney, S. C., Oct. 25.?Little Cromwell Wilkins, the six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wilkins, of Gaffney, was accidentally shot by his 14 year old brother last Friday night. The elder boy was playing with a 38 calibre pistol which he supposed was unloaded, when it was discharged, the bullet going through his brother's shoulder, and striking the opposite wall of the house. It then rebounded, penetrating a post on the side from whence the shot was fired. The wounded boy was given immediate surgical attention and Dr. Nesbitt, who attended him, took several large pieces of bone from the wound. The wound is a dangerous one, and at last accounts the little fellow was in a serious condition. Ashley Case Again Postponed. Greenville, S. C., Oct. 25.?The case against Josh Ashley, charged with peonage, which was to have been tried here in the Federal Courts tomorrow, has been continued until the next term of the court here, in April, on account of the illness of one of the government's witnesses, D. R. Green, the magistrate, who swore out the warrant. The case has aroused much interest in this section and there has been some disappointment expressed on account of the continuance of the case. Clothing for men and boys, shoes for men, women and children are strong lines with J. A. Byrd. Drop in and see what he has to offer. IN THE PALMETTO STATE A SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. t State News Boiled Down for Quirk t Reading?Paragraphs About * r Men and Happenings. o s Judge Memminger last week ap- j pointed a receiver for the Carolina Agency Co., of Columbia. The peti- e fr\f o ronoiwor moo morlp hv Rtfiolf- _ UUU IV1 U X V/V/Ui t V/i Tf UW ~ J W?W w.. g holders of the company. This was a t concern for the handling of Ife in- c surance, and which John Y. Garling- r ton organized, it being brought into ( the Seminole transactions. j Governor Ansel has ordered an ^ election on the question of creating r a new county with Dillon as the coun- * ty seat. The election is to be held December 14th. The new county is r to be formed out of territory to be * taken from Marion county, and the c citizens of Dillon have been working for a number of years to get the * county. It is likely that they will 1 be successful at the approaching elec- * tion. P a Parental Wrath Subsides. * St. George, Oct. 23.?The warrant c which was sworn out before Magis- j; trate Moorer yesterday afternoon s against Bennie Harbeson, charging t him with abducting the 15-year-old t daughter of G. W. Rumph, a well- s known farmer of the Sandridge sec- a tion of Dorchester county, has been t] withdrawn, which is due to the fact n that the special officers who were sent in pursuit of the young man were un- ^ able to locate him last night. r The couple returned to St. George j. to-day, but upon learning that the t officers of the law were on the trail of v young Harbeson, they again left for n parts unknown. Friends of the young fo man have advised him that the prose- ^ cution will be abandoned, and the n pair, it is understood, will return to p St. George. g The action of the family of the e young girl in withdrawing the war- t: rant closes a matter which caused D quite a sensation in this section. The bride is a very pretty young girl, and g is a member of a highly respected tl family. The young bridegroom will s, probably resume his duties at the a grocery store in which he was em- s, ployed when the elopement took c place. v t] Jones Bros, received a few days ago a car load of horses and mules, the first car of the season for Bamberg. b Cotton Seed Smothers Boy. a Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 22.?A spe- ^ cial to The Daily News from Colston f says the 5-year-old son of William , Fields, living a short distance from t] that place, was smothered to death F yesterday in a pile of cotton seed. The boy, with several other children, _ had been playing in the seed during the afternoon and was not missed un- ^ til nearly dark. Later searchers r found the dead body in the seed pile. It is supposed the boy had sunk deep into the pile and in efforts to extricate himself threw more of the seed * , over himself and finally was suffocated. CLUNG TO OLD FASHIONS. g it Death of Aged Mrs. Jay, Who Always si Spurned Modern Ways. New York, Oct. 20.?The death is c announced of Mrs. Elenor Jay, widow r: of John Jay, minister to Austria, and ^ mother of Col. Wm. Jay. She was 91 C years old. Descended from a distin- n guished colonial family, Mrs. Jay oc- * cupied a pre-eminent position in so- ? ciety. Of recent years Mrs. Jay, in spite of her age, was one of the most c familiar figures on fifth avenue. Her t! carriage was an old fashioned vehicle, made in England, its body shaped like e a boat. Mrs. Jay dressed in the fash- c ions of Victorian days, wearing either 0 a broad brimmed hat or poke bonnet. 7 Her coachman and footmen wore also t. nlrt fnshinneri liverv. No matter how ^ inclement the weather, she drove daily from her home in Stuyvesant Square through Central park. ? a Negro Kills Another. n Aiken, Oct. 23.?Morrison Harris, s a negro, of this city, was placed in d the county jail to-day, charged with t the murder of Jinks Coleman, on the d place of Mr. R. F. Clark, near Earle, ^ in this county. Harris killed Coleman last night. It is said that Har- * ris came home last night, and found c that Coleman had gone away with his d wife. He followed him, and in the ^ fuss that ensued he killed Coleman. r Coroner Johnson went to the scene t to-day to hold the inquest over the 2 dead body. 1 NIGHT RIDERS AGAIN ACTIVE. ? . D Kentucky State Troops Guarding Bur- ? ley Tobacco Region. p Lexington, Oct. 23.?Night riders * have again become active in the Bur- *; ley tobacco region. c Governor Wilson has ordered out e State troops and they are scattered c in the counties where night rider ? warnings have been given. 1 In Mason county warnings were . left at the homes of Fred Adams and j1 Harry Allen, both of whom were given five days in which to pool their ? crops or suffer the consequences. The warnings were addressed to the ? men and their wives. Both have refused to be forced into pooling their tobacco. t Great guns! That is just what we i have; double and single barrel; ham- t mer and hammerless; rifles and amu- 1 nition SIMMONS HARDWARE CO. I SPARTANBURG MILLS CLOSE. Lotion is Taken as Result of Lo Price of Cloth. Spartanburg, October 23.?Tfc housands of spindles and looms < he cotton mills in Spartanburg Coui y were stilled last night when th residents of the several mills issue rders to close down indefinitely, th hut down being complete because ( he low prices of the cloth market. The following are the mills effec a ana cne amount or conon coi umed annually: Clifton, 50,00 ales; Pacolet, 50,000; Whitney, 20 )00; Lockbart, 40,000; Sparta nills, 20,000; Arkwright, 10,00' )ther mills will close down durin text week. The shut down, it is ui lerstood, will not be confined to tt nills in the Piedmont section, bt hroughout the entire State. The above named mills have bee unning five days each week for son: ime, which has been a considerab! urtailment, but on account of tt ow price of manufactured goods an he high price of raw material, tt nill presidents realized that it wi mpossible to operate the mills at irofit and orders were issued Frida .fternoon for a complete shut dow or an indefinite period. The shut down last night did n< ? ?? ** * ? * 4^ it* A /N Aw/* TT/ uiue ttb 11 suipnsc tu uic uyciauvi d the mills or to the public, for eve ince the meeting of the directors < he South Carolina Cotton Manufai urers' Association in Greenvil] everal days ago, it was believed th* . general curtailment would folio lie resolutions of the directors recon aending that the mills curtail. The mill presidents say that the iave no idea when operations will t esumed. Everything depends in arge measure on the future price c he cloth market. If there is an at ancement in the price of goods t neet the price of cotton, it may nc e a great while before operatior rill be resumed. At present the mi aen say that they cannot afford t ay 13.50 cents for cotton and se oods on 10-cent basis. The diffei nee in the price of cloth and that c he raw material is too great and n lill can stand it. There are a number of mills in th tate that have orders ahead th? hey are compelled to fill, and just a oon as they catch up with the 01 ers they will begin to curtail. I ome counties mills have begun t urtail, among them being the Abbe ille Cotton Mills, which was one c he first to shut down. Free Rent for Operatives. The closing down of the cotton mill as resulted in 19,000 looms an bout 671,000 spindles being idh nd affects several thousand opera ves. The management of the mill ill see that the operatives are give ree house rent while the mills ar hut down and will endeavor to kee tie operatives together during th lie period. It was thought best t lose down before the hard winte lonths set in, for had the mills posl oned the closing down period sever 1 weeks, the operative woul ave been caught by cold weathe nd the question of fuel and extr upplies would have increased thei ving expense and made it hard o hem. Alleged Cotton Thief Caught. Aiken, S. C., October 23.?Anthon mith, colored, was arrested at Grar :eville this morning, on a charge c tealing a bale of cotton last nigh rom Mr. Col. Cochran, who reside ear Cowden, a few miles from th ity. Smith is a hand on Mr. Coct an's place. Last night Smith is a! jged to have gone to the barn of Mi lochran and caught his team c lules, hitched them to Mr. Cochran' ragon, and then to have gone to th innery of Mr. Robert Wright, an Dueled up a bale of Mr. Cochran' otton, and gone away with it an be team. The theft is one of the boldest tha ver occurred in this county. R( ently there have been many report f the theft of cotton from ginneries 'he arrest of Smith is the second fa he offence in the last two or thre reeks in this county. Land Sale in Branchville. Branchville, Oct. 25.?There wa big crowd in town Saturday to wr ess the sales of the lands and pe: onal effects of Mr. Samuel Byrd, wh ied a few months ago. The sale c he property of this estate was coi ucted by the executors of the will c Ir. Byrd. The land was sold by auctioneer J t. Byrd, who in his usual manne: ried the property to the highest bi< er, in a way that pleased his buyer ^he lands sold for a very big pric anging all the way from $7 per aci o $75.83 per acre. There was aboi *59 acres sold, and it netted the nic ittle sum of $5,030. Mr. D. L. Rhoad, one of Brand 'liie a mum progressive laimni ought most of the land that ws old. The personal property thz yas sold also brought a very goo irice. Several people seem to thin hat if Mr. Byrd had been livin hat the property would not hav irought near so much; others, hov ver, said that if they had to die i irder for their property to sell for ;ood price that they did not wish fc t to be put on the market. Some of the land that was sol 3 in the country several miles froi own, and then it brought as muc .s $53 per acre for some tracts ( he farming land. This will gi\ inyone an idea of the value of lac n and around Branchville. There are several big plugs of t< >acco sold in Bamberg for 10c, bi f you will try Merry Widow or ime you will be satisfied that yc lave found the best. Get it from < I. Brabham's Sons. CENSUS REPORT BULLISH. W ' PRICE OF COTTON WENT HIGHER ON BUREAU REPORT. te >f Activity and Excitement on Cotton l? Exchange, Sonthern Bulls Bete ing Aggressive Buyers. ^ Washington, Oct. 25.?The census t_ bureau to-day issued a report show" ing that 5,525,591 bales, counting T round bales as half bales, have been ginned from the growth of 1909 to October 18, as compared with 6,296,j? 166 for 1908, 4,420,258 for 1907. * The report shows the following ? comparisons of cotton ginned up to OrtfAK/M* 10 1 QAQ TTrifV? nf V^LUUCi J. V t ? %/ V %J , n itu vuub VA vuv . same period of 1908. 11 1909. 1908. n Alabama 513,535 694,104 Arkansas 327,645 347,468 \l Florida 34,903 34,027 Georgia 1,112,700 1,119,228 ll Louisiana 144,073 27,992 ? Mississippi .. .. 393,414 521,399 lZ North Carolina.. 253,245 276,222 Oklahoma .. .. 329,705 132,556 j* South Carolina 622,570 660,678 iy Tennessee .. .. 101,190 131,073 n Texas 1,672,812 2,047,796 . All other States 19,799 23,626 In this report 87,854 round bales ' were included as compared with 118,720 for 1908. The number of sea isl' and bales included was 36,330, as P" compared with 32,013 for 1908. The ' bureau announced that the individual return of ginners had altered the rew port of cotton ginned to September 1_ 25, so that the corrected number of bales ginned to that date was 2,658,!y 150. ie PRICE RISES ON EXCHANGE. 1- New York, Oct. 25.?There was ;o great excitement in the cotton Ex)t change market to-day, prices making is new high records owing to the big 11 gains in Liverpool, the'bullish crop ;o estimate by prominent English ex11 pert, scarce of shorts and general r- buying. >f December cotton sold at 14.11c, o and May at 14.25c, about fifteen to twenty points higher than on Sature day. it There was enormous realizing, paris ticularly as the census report showed r- rather more cotton ginned to October n 18 than recent private figures and o prices lost several points of the j- gains. if Business continued very active during the middle of the day with the Southern bulls aggressive buyers on the report of further damage to the l? crop from frost over Sunday night P Early reactions were recovered late ( in the forenoon, while the bull leadL" ers were predicting a further advance, s and meeting with little opposition ^ aside from continued realizing. p ELIHU BLACKWELL KILLED. e o r Shot by Stanley Hamilton After a Quarrel. i d Dillon, Oct. 25.?Elihu Blackwell, a ' r young man about 25 years old, mar- j a ried and having two children, was r nnri lrillpri almost instantlv bv n young Stanley Hamilton last night | about 9 o'clock at the Maple cotton mill village. It is rumored that there had been y some words between the parties ear- ( lier in the afternoon. Young Hamilton was at the mill village church in the evening in company with a young !S girl whom he accompanied home afe +3T service. On his way back to his own home he was met by Black well I" and the difficulty renewed. An eye witness testified that Hamilton was assaulted with rocks and other mis8 siles whereupon he drew his gun and e fired twice, one ball taking effect in d the left side, about three inches he's low the arm pit, and as revealed at d the autoposy, ranging across through the left lung it pierced the large artery?aorta?above the heart, causing death from hemorrhage. After be s ing shot Blackwell walked off about 3- 100 yards in company with a friend, ,r saying he was shot and sat down on e the step of a vacant house, fell forward on his all-fours, got up and retraced his steps to the spot where he was shot, where he fell and expired is in a few minutes, t- Coroner Middleton in Marion was r- notified, arriving on No. 80 at 11 o o'clock, and is holding the inquest in )f Magistrate Fore's office. No arrest l- has yet been made. >f Pitiful Appeal. Joe Bates, a white man who is under sentence to be hanged at Spartanburg on Oct. 29, has written s* the following letter to Miss Sarah f' Davis, a missionary worker of Greenville: SnartAnhnre Jail. :e Oct. 13th, 1909. Miss Davis:?You are a stranger 1_ to me, but I write to ask you to *1' pray for me. I am a poor doomed man and my road is dark. I want all Christians to keep praying for r me for I don't think a man like me ? will even enter the gate of the Beautiful City. I am a bad criminal and then for 7" 23 years I have worked on the Sab? bath. What a man sows he sure will reap. )r Remember me until the 29th of , Oct. It is not long off. That is the day for me to return to dust. That ? is where I came from and that is , the end of a poor unfortunate man ** like me. rf I have not a friend in the world. lfl I need all the prayer I can get. All I ask is pray for me. J. B. Bates. > it One can of varnish stain of Simie mons Hardware Co.'s large assort>u ment of colors will make that old 2. piece of furniture look like a new (one. Ask us about it. i WEDDED IN GREENWOOD. Mr. W. H. Faust Married to Miss Elli# Blythe. *1 Greenwood, Oct. 22.?A wedding of impressive beauty and dignity wan solemnized at the First Baptist church Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock, when Miss Ellie Blyth, of Greenwood, was married to afcr. Wad* H. Faust, of Denmark. The decorations were most beautiful, green and white being the prevailing color. On the rostrum was % large bank of handsome ferns, a striking background for the arches of ferns, electric lights and lilies. ] ; Just before the entrance of the bridal party Miss Mary Alice Dew of the faculty of Limestone college rendered most charmingly the following musical numbers: "Spring Song," Mendelssohn; Tanhauser's march, Wag* ner; intermezzo, Mascagni, while during the ceremony, she played very jS softly "Good Night," by Nevin. Promptly at 6 o'clock the strains y "'-,4 of Lohengrin's wedding march an- : nounced the arrival of the bridal party and the picturesque procession entered the church in the following: M manner. From opposite doors came Miss Mary Durst, of this city, and ? Miss Helen Hogarth, of Beaufort; followed by Messrs. J. Wesley Crum, of Denmark, and J. Sims Andrews, of Greenwood. Then came Misses Mary \i Sue Sproles and Georgih Graham, followed by Messrs. John Major, of . this city, and C. M. Milhous, of Den- J mark. These attendants took their places on the altar in front of the three arches forming a semi-circle. The maids were beautifully gowned in soft yellow messalines and carried '.Cj? exquisite boquets of white chrysanthemums. Then came Mesdames Henry Baldwin, of Cedartown, Ga., and Mrs. John Major, of this city, sister of the bride, the matrons of honor wearing their wedding gows of lovely white messaline, with trimmings of real lace and pearls, and carrying large bouquets of yellow cbrysantnemuma^ &gis These took their places on either side of the arches at the foot of the altar. Then came the little flower girl, niece of the bride, daintily gowned in white organdie and yellow ribbons. The bride, who entered on the arm >19 of her father, was never more state* j j&j ly than in her wedding gown, a charming creation of soft shimmering white messaline, with hand-embroidered front panel and elaborate pearl trimmings. Her misty veil was *|| caught with a crescent of diamonds* ?3 the gift of the groom. She carried a shower bouquet of white carnations ,, and lilies of the valley. She was met at the altar by the groom, with his best man, Mr. J. Sigmond Walker, of Denmark, who were preceded by littie Miss Nell Reynolds, the ring bearer, daintily gowned in white with yellow ribbons. In a most impressive manner Rev. Geo. N. Cowan performed the ceremony and to the strains of Mendels- M Bohn's wedding march the party pass- ? ' ^1 ed out of the church, going immedi- ' ^ ately to the home of the bride's father, where the bride changed her weeding gown for a handsome going- .; away gown of artichoke green broadcloth, with hat and gloves to match. . The happy couple left immediately for their home in Denmark. 1 ne popularity ui uie tuuyio wam shown by the many elegant present? received, among them a handsome chest of silver, a gift of the bride's father. Careless of His Money. Washington, Oct. 23.?Somebody is out just $100 because of carelessness in forwarding money through the mails. The division of dead letters of the post office department to-day received an envelope unsealed and unaddressed, containing an amount of currency aggregating about $100.00. The envelope was deposited in a street letter box in a town in New York State. Thus far, inquiries by postoffice inspectors have failed to locate the owner. The inquiry will be continued" for some time and if the identity of the sender of the money is not discovered the money will be turned in to the United States treasury. Falls to Death From Train. Greensbort, N. C., Oct. 23.?Chas. Finch, of Thomasville, N. C., a 17year-old boy, son of ex-Sheriff Finch, of Randolph county, fell from a platform of a moving train here to-day, receiving injuries from which he later died. The boy was on his way from Guilford college to Greensboro to spend the afternoon and in attempting to pass from one car to another when within the city limits, in some unaccountable manner lost his balance and was thrown to the ground be side the track. An ambulance was hurriedly called, and the lad taken to a local hospital where he died a short time after his arrival. , Marion T. Gregory Killed. Union, Oct. 25.?Marion T. Greg ? 1A WTAII lrT>ATTTn omArtflP ury, it 1UULLI UACI n Cii nuunu awvua cotton mills of this section of the State and who for the past year has held a position at the Union cotton mills, met his death at Herberts, about 20 miles South of this city, early Sunday morning as a. result of a fall from the top of a box car on an extra freight train No. 444. Gregory was a young man 25 years of age and was married to a Miss * Lowry several years ago and has two children. His remains were taken yesterday to Chester county, where they were interred. Extra strong line ladies' fine shoes , at J. A. Byrd's. Best brands made, latest styles, attractice prices. Ladies, we can suit you.