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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
f News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
i Ehrhardt. Nov. 22.?Farmers are
atill bringing a few bales of cotton
to market.
L Sausage and pudding have made
uitur appearance at me uuuico ui o^-?
" eral of our best farmers. Not bad
f to eat, you bet.
All the green shrubbery around
shows the toll Jack Frost charged
for paying us a visit.
A merry-go-round has been doing
j, very good business in our town last
week. Think they have concluded
ho move on this week and make
other children happy.
- Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt, Miss
Edrie and -Master Liles returned
from their visit to the up-country
last week.
$ * The farmer's store will have to get
a- hustle on themselves if they intend
to start business the first of
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Some of our hunters and fishermen
will go on a camp hunt and fishing
expedition this week. Would
not mind being with them and enjoy
the sport with them, but can't get
away from business yet.
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Our school is in good shape and
the work going on satisfactorily.
Even some of our young men are
taking lessons at night. Have not
heard what branches they are studying,
but think it is one branch of
Cupid's works. The study of his
works whether in German, French,
Latin, Greek or any language always
if brings the same result?so Prof.
Hiers says.
Last week your writer learned of
a new walk from some young ladies.
Tried hard to get a demonstration
S of the walk, but was put off until
another time. Then I will tell you,
Mr. Editor, unless you know now
/ and can tell me. Have heard and
gone through the pleasures, etc., of
i a cake walk, but the walk I heard
of and was promised an explanation
of is "fudge walk." Can you help
me out or must I wait for the
young ladies to explain? [Nothing
doing here.?Editor.] JEE.
Colston Doings.
Colston, Nov. 23.?We still have
dry weather, but we hope we will soon
get some rain.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Beard were
'the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCormick
last Sunday.
Mr. G. W. Kearse was the guest
?*? T -El
. VI inf. J. hi. owuuv icu?c ouuua;.
.. ' Mr. T. D. Beard is the happiest
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man on Colston. It is a girl.
Miss Leila Padgett visited her
j sister a few days at Midway last
week.
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There was a few from here attend y
, ed a candy pulling at Mr. Joe
Bishop's, near Ehrhardt, last Saturday
night. Their report was a jolly
time.
, f> ? Mrs. Mattie Inabinette is visiting
her niece, Mrs. Tom Beard.
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We are sorry to note the illness of
little Hilma Fender and Vernon McMillan,
but we hope to see both out
soon.
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Misses Letitia and Annie Bishop
and niece, Blanch Avant, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Beard
last Sunday.
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/ - Mr. G. H. Fender and sister, Miss
Alma, visited Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Clayton last Saturday night.
Mr. G.VC. Padgett visited Mr. and
Mrs. George Bessinger last Saturday
and Sunday.
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Mr. Joe Garrett; from the Kearse
L section, visited Mr. Dowling Kearse
last Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Wooly is spending some
K time with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
H Clayton.
Mr. Frank Clayton visited friends
dnd relatives in the St. John's section
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kearse visited
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beard last Sunday.
J ' Mrs. Annie Folk, Messrs. Charlie
j Spiessegger, George Folk, and Miss
Bessie Folk visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Bishop last Sunday.
Mr. Willie Folk and son, Hammie,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kirkland
last Saturday. A. L. B.
Shoots Drink-Crazed Man.
Goldsboro, N. C., Nov. 23.?Inflamed
by liquor, Owen Ginn. a wealthy
farmer of Snow Hill, Wayne
. ' county, entered the home of his son#
in-law, Samuel Joyner, late last
night and opened fire upon Joyner as
the latter lay abed. Escaping the
first few shots Joyner managed to
reach his pistol and returning the
fire killed Ginn instantly with the
/ first bullet. Earlier in the day Ginn
made an attack upon his wife and
, shot and painfully wounded his
young son. who was making a valiant
defense of his mother, and who
finally worsted his father. Ginn had
been on a protracted debauch.
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SANDERS-USSEKY.
A Fashionable and Large Wedding
Near Ulmer.
Fairfax, Novembe 20.?Quite a
merry party left Fairfax Wednesday
morning, the 17th, to attend the wedding
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Sanders, which occurred at 8
o'clock that evening. The contracting
parties were Miss Inez Sanders
and Mr. Cleveland Ussery. The officiating
clergyman was Rev. Charles
Turner, of Fairfax.
ViqH hoen a hnnsp nartv at
that hospitable home all the week,
and as others kept coming from a
distance by night there was a large
crowd of relatives and friends. The
rooms, halls, and piazzas were beautifully
decorated with trailing vine6,
potted plants, chrysanthemums and
roses.
The brides maids came in as follows:
Miss Ethel Hare with Mr.
George DuPre Sanders, Miss Eva
Sanders with Dr. S. Hickson, Miss
Maude Barber with Mr. Paul Otis,
Miss Kate Sanders with Mr. J. D.
McMillan, Miss Bessie Hudson with
Mr. John Ulmer. Miss Ada Sanders
was maid of honor, and Mr. Isadore
Ussery was best man.
The bride was as lovely as a dream
in a robe of soft clinging silk tissue
trimmed elaborately with real lace,
and her filmy veil was caught up
with lilies of the valley. She carried
a shower bouquet of lovely white
roses, and her maids had armfulls of
white chrysanthemums, and wore
diaphanous robes of white made in
most recent styles.
Mrs. Sallie Leland Sanders played
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a maiuu, iucu ?uv ymjvu v?
first strains of Mendelsohn's wedding
march the couples entered the parlor.
She softly played during the ceremony
"Oh, Promise Me." Then
they marched out to the strains of
"The Arrival of the Bride."
Congratulations were in order in
the leafy bower where Misses MadgeMayes
and Laura Belle Beach served
fruit nectar, a beverage fit for the
gods. Mrs. S. L. Sanders and Rev.
Chas Turner accompanied the bridal
party to the dining hall who filled the
first table. The feast was both substantial
and elegant, abounding with
every luxury and delicacy. The
toasts to the happy couple were
amusing and abounded in best wishes.
Rev. Chas. Turner was in his
merriest vein, and all were in smiles.
The bride was raised a few miles
from Ulmer, the loved and most
cherished daughter of a happy home.
Being both beautiful, accomplished
and amiable, she had many friends,
as was attested by the numerous
glistening and useful presents bestowed
upon the popular couple.
Mr. Cleveland Ussery lives near
Elko, and is a prosperous young business
man, whose face is his passport,
for it certainly indicates strength and
beauty of character.
After they return from their bridal
trip they will be "at home" near
Elko.
Miss Inez Sanders was teaching at
Elko when she met Mr. Ussery, and
witn them it was: "two souis naa
but a single thought, two hearts
that beat as one,"- so the engagement
and marriage was the sequel.
Miss Henrietta Baker, of Charleston,
is the guest for a week of Mrs.
W. J. Sanders. VISITOR.
Ehrhardt Neighborhood News.
Ehrhardt, Nov.. 22.?Sugar boiling
and candy pulling is the order of
the day.
Miss Ruby Morris, of Ashton, visited
her grandmother, Mrs. E. M.
Kinard, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Hattie Hammond, of Bamberg,
is spending some time with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Warren.
Mrs. E. M. Kinard is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. M. L. Warren.
Miss Marie Sease spent Sunday
with her brother, Mr. Arthur Sease.
Mr. J. H. Kinard and sister, Miss
Ellen, have returned home after
spending some time with relatives
auu intjuus at vvaitci uui u. j
Miss Cynthia Hiers, of Walterboro,
is visiting relatives in the
neighborhood. .V ...
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Miss Beulah Folk, who has been
very sick, 'we are glad to say is improving.
Miss Eantsey Kinard left Saturday
for a month's visit to relatives
and friends in Hampton county.
Miss Ivy Morris was the guest of
Miss Beatrice Miley Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Annie Carter visited her
brother, Mr. John Carter, last Saturday.
Mrs. Ella Hiers, of Weimers, spent
Sunday with her niece, Mrs. Rena
Fender.
Mr. and Mrs. John Carter and I
family spent Sunday at Mr. Joe!
Herndon's.
Children's day at St. John's Sun-j
day was a great success. There was j
a large crowd present.
Miss Ellen Kinard was the guest J
; of Mrs. Dr. Carter, of Ashton, Satur- j
I day.
Boy Shoots Comrade Dead.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 20.?Wood!
! Rogers, aged 18. was shot and killed j
| by Earle Caldwell, a comrade of the'
! same age, near Lincolnton, to-day. j
j The boys were out hunting and fol-;
! lowing a brief and trivial dispute, J
j Caldwell placed his shotgun against j
Rogers' side and fired, killing him j
instantly. He then walked to town
and gave himself up.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
While preparing cabbage for dinner
Mrs. D. E. Colvin, of Chester,
found an immense cabbage snake in
one of the heads of cabbage. The
creature was fully 15 inches long and
had well developed head and tail.
Gov. Ansel has ordered a special
term of court for Union to begin the
second week in December upon the
request of Solicitor Otts. A crowded
docket was the reason and Judge
J. W. Devore will preside at this
term.
The new Columbia city directory,
just issued, shows that the population
of the city is now 45,507 an increase
nf Q G7Z cnnlc einr?o thp last. dirPOtorV
\JL U ? u XJ I7VU*W WAMVW ? w
was printed. The population is divided
with 28,791 white people and
16,716 negroes.
B. N. Terry, who was convicted in
the criminal court in Greenville in
1907 on a charge of bastardy and
sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or
imprisonment in the State penitentiary
for one year, has been pardoned
by Governor Ansel. j
At Chester seven blind tigers plead
guilty and two were convicted and
five were acquitted. In all 35 true
bills were returned in cases of this
kind. The sentence of the liquor cas-l1
es were a fine of $100 ea^h or six
months on the chaingang.
Hannie Foster, a young wite man.
fell from a second story window at
Mrs. West's boarding house on South
Church street in Spartanburg and was
painfully injured. That he was not
killed is remarkable. He leaned out
of a window at the back of the building
and fell on a pile of scrap iron.
Orangeburg courty has about $9,000
worth of liquor left on hand atr
invoice prices, and this whiskey ^wiil
have to be sold in bulk or returned
to the houses from whom it was:
bought. There is plenty of money
on hand to pay all claims, the amount
of cash in hand being about $20,000.
It is likely that the dispensary
winding up commission will have
some claims of whiskey houses
against the county dispensary boards
held up, in cases where these firms
did business with the old State dispensary
and are indebted to the
State, according to the decision of
the commission.
John T. Thackston, aged 65 years,
dropped dead Monday in J. B. Dillard's
livery stable in Spartanburg.
He had just walked into the stable
and was talking with Mr. Dillard,
telling him he felt badly and was
going home and lie down, when he
staggered and fell against Mr. Dillard.
He died in a few seconds.
The deceased was born in Greenville
county but had lived in Spartanburg
for many years
Bites of Pet Mice Causes Death.
Barnwell, Nov. 19.?A sad death
occurred in town this afternoon when
the 6-weeks-old infant of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Holman passed away.
The cause leading to the death
make the death a most pathetic one.
Last Friday afternoon the little infant
of Mr. and Mrs. Holman was left
in the room on a bed while Mrs. HolTi'ont
tr, QTiotViAr nnrt nf the
Ullau TTVUt tv ~ -
house. There were some pet white
mice in the house, the pets of an
elder sister. While there was no one
in the room the mice got upon the
bed with the baby and began gnawing
at her fingers. Her cries were
heard after a time by her mother
and when the latter came - in the
room she found that the rats had
bitten the little child on the hands
several times and had gnawed off
one of her finger nails. Medical assistance
was called in and everything
possible was done to.prevent
any further trouble from the wounds.
Unfortunately blood poisoning set in
and, despite the efforts of the physicians
to save her, she died at 4:30
this afternoon.
Fire* Sweeping Dismal Swamp.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. _ 21.?Forest
fires which continue to sweep through
a part of Dismal swamp., as a result
of the unprecedented drought, are
becoming more serious daily. Hampton
Roads and the entire tidewater
section of Virginia are almost completely
enveloped in a pall of hazy
smoke, resembling a fog. Many
Pfjts.tpf, theswamp which. haye> ferc
years been under water, are now dry,
being covered with charred embers of
burned undergrowth, * " : \
Hunters carelessly throwing a
lighted match in the woods near
Ocean View yesterday caused a blaze
which for four hours threatened the
destruction of standing timber valued
at more than $20,000. After hard^
work on the part of a number of farm
laborers, the flames were checked.
Manning Warehouse Burns. 1
Manning, Nov. 22.?This morning
about 8 o'clock fire was dicovered
in the tobacco warehouse belonging
to R. D. Clark. Before the fire com-1
pany could get the blaze under control
the warehouse, a tobacco prizeery,
also belonging to Mr. Clark, and!
a private barn and stable, belonging I
to Dr. W. M. Brockington, were de-J
stroyed. The loss on the tobacco
building was about $8,000, with in- j
surance of $3,200. There was no in-|
Qiimnrp on the other building. In i
the shed adjoining the warehouse;
were two cows of Mr. Clark's, one a!
fine Jersy cow. These also were lost. I
At one time it seemed that the fire j
would be a very serious one, as two j
of the nearby residences caught sev-i
eral times.
COTTON GINNED.
Census Report Estimates Amount a
8,109,737 Bales.
Washington, Nov. 22.?The cer
bus report shows 8,109,737 bale*
counting round bales as half bale:
ginned from the growth of 1909 t
November 14, compared with 9,595
809 for 1908.
Round bales included this year ar
123,858, compared with 173,908 fo
1908, sea islands, 68,608 for 190
compared with 56,701 for 1908.
The cotton ginned by States to Nc
vember 14, 1909, compared with tha
ginned to the same date in 1908 fo!
lows:
1909. 1908.
Alabama 806,977 1,020,72
Arkansas 557,677 665,23
Florida , 51,635 51,49
Georgia .. .. ,.1,559,671 1,564,03
Louisiana .. .. 217,436 341,95
Mississippi .. .. 731,092 1,086,18
North Carolina.. 466,ol3 414,43
Oklahoma 476,523 322,05
South Carolina 913,407 938,92
Tennessee .. .. 184,451 243,49
Texas 2,100,970 2,863,52
All other States 43,385 46,75
On November 14, 1908, 73.3 p<
cent, of the entire crop of the coui
try had been ginned.
The distribution of the sea islan
cotton for 1909 by States is: Florid
23,477; Georgia 38,913; South Can
lina 6,217. The statistics in this r<
port for 1909 are subject to sligl
corrections when checked against tb
individual returns of the ginners b<
ing transmitted by mail.
The corrected statistics of tb
quantity of cotton ginned this seaso
to November 1 are 7,017,849 bales.
Negroes Murder White Man.
Bennettsville, Nov. 21.?C. B. Co]
ner, a lumberman at Madeline, on th
Bennettsville & Cheraw railroad, wi
brutally murdered yesterday mon
ing by three negroes, Tom Harrinj
ton, Will Harrington and Ed Davi
It seems that Mr. Conner suspecte
Ed Davis of having stolen a pist<
and when he went to make investig:
tion the three negroes, who can:
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knocked him down and then shot hi]
twice in the top of the head with
pistol.
The negroes escaped. Ed Dav
was shot in the shoulder, it is said.
Mr. Conner leaves a wife and thre
children. He came to this counl
some months ago from Wilmot'
North Carolina. He was well thougl
of by those who knew him. H
body was interred in Oak Ridge cen
etery this afternoon.
Florence Man Drinks Poison.
Florence, November 21.?Mr. Hei
ry Broahurst, of this city committe
suicide last night by drinking carbol
acid. Broadhurst, it is stated, ha
been drinking heavily during the pai
week, and last night before going 1
his home had informed a friend th{
he was going to commit suicide. Tt
friend, thinking it was a joke or tt
effect of whiskey, advised Broadhuri
to give him his watch. Broadhuri
did so, and went on home. Tt
friend at once advised a deputy she
iff of what Broadhurst had told hi]
and of his act, but nothing more wj
thought of it.
? This morping the friend alluded 1
was going out of town for the day o
a morning train and went by Broa<
hurst's home to see how he was ge
ting on. He found the door opei
went in and found Broadhurt's bod
lifeless with an empty two-oun<
phial marked carbolic acid hear b;
The friend, Mr. Spy Farmer, at on<
notified the police department of tt
suicide. A coroner's inquest was he!
to-day and the verdict was in accor<
ance with the above facts.
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" ivir. DIUttUUUlOL yva.o uaguiau uu wjl
Florence-Fayetteville local f reigh
having previously been foreman j
the Industrial Lumber Company
plant. He leaves a wife and or
;little child, a son. His wife is now i
the home of her mother, Mrs. Gam<
at Latta, ill with typhoid fever, whei
she has been for the past thre
weeks. ^The body was removed t
Waters's undertaking parlors, awai
ing instructions as to its dispositio:
Broadhurst was about 35 years ol
and was well known here.
. Takes Semmes to Florida.
Charleston, Nov. 23.?Sheriff *L<
gan, of Bartow, Fl'a., left here .th
afternoon with Ed. Semmes, coloret
wanted at Mulberry, Fla., for\tt
killing of a white man.
-The crime is said to have been
particularly brutal one, the victi]
having been jqhugbt In thejvaods an
held by one negro while Semm<
hacked him wilti a kniite'until he wa
deSdfc'- . - ' *
The negro who held the white ma
was' captured and lynched,- bi
Semmes got away. Semmes' attorne
has made a hard fight here to pr<
vent the,extradition of the negro, bi
he finally lost, and the sheriff lei
here with his prisoner. .
It has been suggested that th
negro is in danger of being lynche
en route.
! Suspended from Ministry.
{ Hickory, N. C., Nov. 22.?Rev. (
j F. Sherrill. presiding elder of th
sneiDy district 01 me western i>un
I Carolina conference, Methodist Epii
1 copal church South, was suspende
| from the ministry for 30 days thi
afternoon by the annual conferenc
I in session here, the committee o
trial having reported that charge
of imprudence had been sustainee
Rev. Mr. Sherrill at first announce
that he would appeal to the Souther
conference, but later withdrew th
appeal. Mr. Sherrill asked for
trial on the charges, stating that h
desired the conference to pass upo
them. The conference closed to-nigh
with the reading of the appointment*
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PRICE CASE A MISTRIAL.
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NINE OF JURY FOR CONVICTING
COLLETON MAN-SLAYER.
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3, Five Continuances and Two Mistrials
? the Record Up to Present Date.
The Testimony.
? Walter boro, Nov. 20.?What has
9 been a celebrated case in Colleton
county for the past two yerrs has rej_
suited again in a mistrial and James
Price, charged with the killing of
l_ Willie Redish, does not yet know
what his fate will be.
This case has attracted consider4
able attention. The homicide occurr2
ed near Williams in the upper part
1 of the county, April 6, 1907, and
rj since that time the case has been
o continued five times and two mistrials
3 have been had. The first trial in
4 the spring of 1909 resulted in a misj
trial. At the summer term of thi?
fi year the case was again continued
2 ctuu luc li iai wuivu uao juol cuucu
g resulted in a mistrial,
j ' This is one of the hardest fought
;r trials that has been before the Colleton
courts in many years. The defendant
has been represented by Col,
d James G. Padgett and in the trial just
a concluded by Col. Padgett, H. R
5_ Padgett, and Joseph Moorer. The
a_ solicitor was assisted by Jas. E. Peurifoy
and D. B. Peurifoy.
e The case was called Thursdas
. morning and consumed two entire
days, going to the jury Friday evenie
ing at 7 o'clock. The jury remainec
locked in the room all night and. being
unable to agree Judge Dantzlei
at the convening of court this morning
ordered a mistrial entered.
Nine for Conviction.
It is understood that the jury were
nine to three for conviction at firsi
for murder and then the nine agreec
on a compromise, making it man
I slaughter, but the three would noi
consent to such a verdict and the
mistrial was the consequence.
^ The killing of Redish occurrec
Saturday afternoon, April 6, 1907, ai
the home of James Smith. It was
m' developed in the trial that Jamef
a Price and his brother had gone t<
Lodge on Saturday morning and, re
jg turning, had stopped at Price's sister's
home, Mrs. Ben Lyons, to ea1
je dinner. Price had been drinking anc
I when he sat down to the table he
g pulled out a quart bottle of whiskej
^ and placed it on the table beside him
is A little boy, Monnie Smith, the adopt
3_ ed son of A. J. Redish, was then
at the time and said to Price, "I;
you will quit drinking and pay pa his
rent you will get along better." The
testimony of the prosecution was thai
i- this enraged Price very much and
?1 going out of the kitchen, he fired hi*
ic pistol several times, in the meanwhile
Ld cursing the entire Redish family.
3t MibS Leila Redish, who was visit
;o ing at Mr. Lyons', hearing the shofc
it and the weeping of her little adoptee
ie brother, came out to inquire the cause
te Price again cursed her and the entire
3t family. She told him she would tel
3t her brother, he replying that if the3
ie bothered him he would give then
r- that?flrring his pistol again
m The Defense's Contention.
18 The defense contended that Price
,Q did not curse Miss Redish or the Red
' ish family but simply stated thai
L whoever said that he did not pay hii
t~ honest debts was a liar and explainec
the shooting of his pistol as a.signa
. ' to Mr. Lyons, who was working ii
,*e the field, to come to the house as he
' had a message for him.
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^ Leaving Mr. Lyons,' ?rice ana m:
'e brother went on to James Smith's
[(j While talking with the family som<
one looked out and saw Willie Red
ish, his brother, Ivey, and Jamei
Sanders approaching across the field
t Coming up, Willie Redish said tx
^ Price that he wished to see him
?g Price, surmising what they wanted
ie did not go out to talk to them, stat
lt ing that he was too drunk to go out
e Redish then said he could see hin
.g where he was seated in the house
e asking him why he had cursed hi!
\Q sister and the family.
Price, in the meanwhile, was stand
3 ing just inside of the door with hii
j pistol in his hand. After some words
were passed Redish reached in anc
grabbed Price by the collar with his
left hand and with his right hand h(
braced himself against the door
While in this position Price fired
jg killing Redish almost instantly,
i, Tried to Escape,
ie P-ice immediately left, being taker
to Branchville by his brother, wher*
a he purchased a ticket to Jacksonville
m Fla. While waiting for a train al
d Blackville, he was arrested anc
is brought to Walterboro and since thai
"3 time an interesting legal fight haf
been waged between the prosecutior
a and the defense.
it Price is a young man 26 years old
* and has a wife and two children
5- Redish was married, leaving a wife
lt An interesting event during the
ft progress of the trial was the committing
to jail of Ivey Redish, a
e brother of the deceased, by Judge
d Dantzler, for being intoxicated on the
witness stand. He was brought before
the court at the conclusion of the
testimony and adjudged in contempt
o.f court and fined $10, which fine
2- was paid.
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3_ Killed a Desperate Negro.
d Yorkville, Nov. 23.?Truman Tur's
ner, a liveryman, last night shot and
:e killed Whitman Harley, colored, a
n noted desperado, who had a record
;s as a criminal, having killed one man
1- and shot several others,
d The trouble arose about Harley hirn
ing a team from Turner. The negro
e was insulting and ran his hand into
a his pocket and Turner, knowing the
e desperate nature of the man with
n whom he had to deal, shot and killed
it him. Public sentiment generally rei.
fcards the shooting as justifiable.
PERSONAL MENTION.
?
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.
?Mr. T. A. Green, of Spartanburg,
spent Tuesday and yesterday in the
city.
?Mr. J. R. Owens, of Denmark,
was in the city for a short while yesterday.
?Mr. J. E. McMillan, of the Ehrhardt
section, was in the city last
Saturday.
?Mr. Jno. E. Carter, of the Ehr- >
hardt section, was in to see us last
Friday.
?Mr. Geo. G. J. Hiers, of the
Ehrhardt section, was in the city
yesterday.
[ ?Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stubbs, o< Q||
Augusta, are spending several days
, in the city this week.
i ?Mr. Marion Cooner, son of Mr.
. and Mrs. John Cooner, is at home
i from Clemson College,
i ?Mr. Otis Brabham, of Allendale, '
1 spent Sunday in the city with hit
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham.
?Mr. W. M. Walker, who has been * 'ffiPl
' sick for some weeks, went to Charlee"
ton last week for an operation for a ; J;
h tumor in his side.
?Mrs. W. J. Bond and Miss Julia
j Bond, of Baltimore, Md., arrived in v.'psg
[ the city last week for an extended
visit to Mrs. H. J. Brabham, Jr.
r ?Mr. A. M. Brabham, who has
? been sick for several weeks, is im.
proving rapidly, and hiis friends will
I be glad to know that he will' be out
- soon.
? Mr. C. H. Bishop, of the Ehr- .
- hardt section; was in to see us last
Thursday. He says everybody did
well in his section this year, as they
moHo onnil prnnc anH trnt trnnH nrlMW.
I Mr. Bishop planted 22 acres in cotl
ton and made 21 bales. .'&M
?The many friends of Mr. B.J)- ." '- yM
t Carter, of this city, but who is now
i attending the University of South :
Carolina in Columbia, will regret to
I learn that he has small.pox. He is . 4$k ,
t getting along nicely, however, and
3 no serious results are anticipated.
) Killed by Lead Pencil.
Greer Nov. 23.?A sad and fatal
" accident occurred here last night
. when Elizabeth, the three-year-old
[ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. .'.^8
: Thompson, fell from a chair, run- ;-j
: ning a pencil into her throat The
* child, suffering severely, lingered
[ until about 1 o'clock to-day when it
^ passed away. Elizabeth was a beautiful
child, dearly loved by all who
\ knew her. The bereaved parents -j
' have the deepest sympathy of this . ^
1 entire community.
I Ante -obile Kills Two. ?
Cuthbert, Ga., Nov. 22.?Two per*
sons were killed and three others
5 miraculously escaped instant death ^
1 near here last night when a big tour- -"m
* ing car containing a wedding party .
; plunged off the bridge over the Cen- VgH
1 tral of Georgia railroad to the tracks
7 40 feet below. Curtiss Williams, the ^
1 chauffeur, was instantly, killed, while
Horace Sheppard, the prospective . /
Hiori nf bin ininriefi thin *30
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? morning.
1 Miss Helen Mattox, of Coleman, ,
t the bride, and James Lumley, of
, Edison, also were injured. Miss M&ry ' !
j Mattox, a sister of the bride, escaped ' ;-J|
j without injury. - ' '<J*1
1 The party had been to Cuthbert to ---v
3 secure a preacher to perform the
ceremony, but unsuccessful in the
j search, owing to the youth of the
couple, had started for Fort Gaines. ,?h?
i Williams, it is said, lost control of
I the machine while attempting to
j light a cigarette.
> Case Hard Fought. "
Bamberg, Nov. 22.?A case of sto^
I ters-in-law being in court was coneluded
when the jury in the case of
' Mrs. Elizabeth Fogle et al vs. Mrs.
Jake Fogle rendered a verdict in
! favor of the former. .f;
s This case has been the hardest
fought of the entire court of common
~ pleas. The suit was brought by Mia
j Elizabeth Fogle for recovery of land
j which she claimed" was jointly owned ^?|
. by her husband, George Fogle, and
' Jake Fogle, brothers, both of - whom
are now dead. She sued for half interest
and this was accorded her vby
' the jury. The case involved a tract
of land containing. 176 acres which is
very valuable, being in one of the
i best farming sections of the county.
3 An Interesting part of the suit was ;
. the fact that there is a mortgage over
t the place and now the plaintiff in the
1 case will have to assume half of the
- debt, or at least responsibility for
j that amount. v ^ j
I Badgett Obtains Bail. t
Spartanburg, Nov. 23.?Thomas A. i
. Badgett, who shot and killed Bre>
zina Suber several weeks ago, and
who was at the last term of the crimil
nal court convicted of manslaughter
s and sentenced to- serve ten years in
! the penitentiary, was released on
bond this morning in the sum of $5,;
000, pending an appeal of the case to
; the supreme court. The sureties for
t the defendant are J. H. Kennedy and
S. D. Childress of Laurens and the
two sisters of the defendant.
"Stonewall Mills" Burned.
Winchester, Va., Nov. 20.?"Stone.
wall mills," one of the most historic
landmarks in the valley, was destroyed
by fire to-day, entailing a loss of
$6,000."
Situated on the famous Valley turn
pike near Winchester, it was one of
i the few flouring mills in this section
to escape destruction when Gen.
Phillip Sheridan laid waste everything
from the Potomac southward 100
miles. It helped supply the Confederate
forces with flour.
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