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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1909. One Dollar a Year
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Nov. 29.?Mr. W. P.
Pate spent Sunday with his family.
He ceeme tn tr&t hank and ?hakp
hands with his many friends, and uis
many friends are equally glad to see
and shake with him.
Autos are having tough times now.
. Occasionally one has to be hauled in
with hay burners.
On thanksgiving day the merry-goround
bosses got into a row, but the
fight was a very tame affair. The
bruises were not severe, and very little
blood was shed. They leave for
Olar by wagon to-day.
Nothing new going on in town.
Everything is quiet, and farmers are
hunting the best price for cotton seed
and also the best trade for meal for
fertilizing purposes another year.
There are so many trades offered until
one has to calculate carefully to
know which is the best.
Up to this writing very little
Xmas goods have been shipped to
our merchants. Somewhat slow
along this line.
Conrad Ehrhardt Co. milled about
fifty' bushels of rice of a very
fine grade for a colored farmed
Says he wants some good old
home-made Carolina rice for his
Christmas dinner. This department
of their machinery has been idle for
' many years. Farmers have neglected
rice and wheat in this section, and
the machinery without something to
do is useless. Mr. Editor, don't you
think a barrel of good old home made
flour and a sack of good Carolina
rice, with back bone, spare ribs, sausage
and pudding would be fine to
. take along with the holiday eatables.
[We sure do.?Editor.] All these
are cut off simply because our farmers
are bent on cotton-making because
they can turn same into money at
once.
Farmers should try to make all
they consume in their families as
much as possible, and then make
their surplus crop in cotton, then
they could say what will you give me
for my cotton, and if the price did
not suit them, could leave it until
they could get what they wanted, as
hunger would not drive it on the
market. Besides the satisfaction of
knowing what one is eating.
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Christmas is coming, and the children
off at school will be home to
liven up things in general. The parents
are as anxious to see them as
* they are to get home. JEE.
News from Fairfax.
Fairfax, Nov. 29.?Last week we
wrote in a joyous vein of a happy
marriage. This week it is our sad
duty to record the death of a lady
who long lived and was loved in our
town. The remains of Mrs. Sanna
___ Boynton Cordray were brought from
Savannah last Saturday and were met
at the depot at Ulmer by many
friends and relatives. Then the
mournful procession was met at
Salkehatchie church by the pastor.
Rev. Chas. Turner, who preached the
funeral. She died suddenly with
acute pneumonia, leaving four little
boys, the youngest only about three
weeks old. Her husband and eldest
son accompanied the remains to the
church.
Mrs. Cordray was raised near
Ulmer, but at an early age went to
the Greenville Female College, where
here record was so fine that the professors
often said she was the best
and smartest pupil who ever went
there. Her mother died at the home
of her brother, the late Capt. W. J.
Sanders, when she was in her senior
year. Being then an orphan, she was
adopted by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sanders,
and all.of her.young ladyhood
was spent at their home.
She first married Mr. Cordray, who
only lived one month, then two years
later she married Mr. Wml Cordray.
They had just built a nice house in
Savannah, and had only been in it a
few weeks when death claimed the
fond mother and devoted wife.
Fairfax mourns her loss, for the
memory of her sweet, unselfish Christian
life is still fragrant here. The
heart-broken husband and little ones
have the sincerest sympathy of all her
old friends here.
. jnflxF Tiiiihwsm minister will
soon occupy the parsonage here.
Fairfax has many visitors this
week. Mrs. Portia Leland Seabrook,
of Columbia, is visiting Mrs. W. J.
Sanders, and Mr. E. L, Sanders is
also a gueet.
Mrs. Mary Rentz has several sisters
visiting her.
Mrs. Addie Jenny spent several
weeks with Mrs. Julia Harter.
To Pay Dispensary Claims.
Columbia, November 29.?Over!
$55,000 of the State dispensary fund
was deposited with the State Treasurer
to-day by Chairman Murray, i
This money was ordered in from the j
banks of the State holding the dis-1
pensary money, and will be used in j
paying the claims against the State ;
of the whiskey houses, whose claims i
were approved by the commission, j
The money will be paid out about!
December 1. Another large sum will J
be brought in during the week. The I
total amount to be paid out will be|
over $200,000.
MONSTROSITY AT AT BRUNSON. j
Negress Gives Birth to Being More
Like an Opossum than a Child. ?
Brunson. Nov. 28.?One of the
most unique products of humanity
on record is at present in evidence in ?
the town of Brunson. Very recently
a negro woman, a resident of this
town, gave birth to an object or being
decidedly, in appearance, much
more animal than human. The mother
is an unmarried woman of about
35 years of age; black, of good health *
and strong physique. The child or 1
product is in appearance wholly ani- 1
mal, and is in shape, size and general
make-up a fec-simile of an opossum, c
minus the tail and furry skin. In the j
place of the tail, there is a stub of t
about an inch in length, the end of i
it suggesting amputation of the can- i
dal appendage. The shape of the
four legs and feet, with claws; the c
shape of the head and size of the *:
body, limbs and head are ail 'possum- J
like or animal-like. Only the eyes F
are unlike the 'possum's. They are
larger, rounder and further back on
the sides of the head. This montrosity
is not living, but is carefully
preserved in alcohol in the office of
Dr. J. L. Folk, resident physician.
Dr. Folk will probably produce it at
the next meeting of the State Medical
Association for inspection and diagnostic
theory of. hypothesis.
Govan News.
Govan, Nov. 29.?We are glad to
record that Prof. Chandler is convalescing.
He has been quite ill at
the home of Mr. Sam Williams.
A negro child living near Govan
was bitten by a mad dog last we.ek.
The dog was certainly affected with
hydrophobia, as after attacking the
child, it dragged him several feet,
before the father of the child could
come to its assistance. The dog was
killed, after repeated gun shot
wounds. The local physician does
not think the child will take rabies.
The air is infused with the scent
of syrup, cane mills being plentiful
around making the delicious "sop"
liked so well bv . children as well as
the older folks. The crop is not very
good, owing to drouth.
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The cotton crop is about gathered, c
Cotton being a fair price, those en- g
gaged in speculation can make money ?
buying seed cotton as soon as al- ^
lowed by law to do so. t
Inabinett-Boozer. g
Denmark, Nov. 26.?A pretty wed- t
ding was solemnized at the Metho- t
dist church on Wednesday evening t
at 7 o'clock. On which occasion r
Boline Corintha Inabinett and Dr. I
John Garmany Boozer plighted their t
troth. The ceremony was most im- c
nrPssivAlv nerfnrmed hv Dr. T. E. 1
r" ? v ?
Morris, the pastor of the church. f
The bride was radiant in a rich t
green suit, with a lovely picture hat c
of the same coloring, and carried a s
handsome bouquet of bride roses. t
Mrs. Boozer is the youngest daugh- c
ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Inabinett and i
is a most lovable woman. She at- t
tended school :here and at Winthrop, t
and her friends are legion. t
Dr. Boozer is a very popular young
dentist of our little city. He attended
Wofford college and was a graduate
of the Baltimore College of Den- t
tal Surgery. t
- Among the out-of-town guests j
were: Mr. D. R. Boozer, of Bain- t
bridge, Ga.. a brother of the groom; r
Mrs. W. M. Harrell, of Bainbridge, a
Ga., Mrs. J. Hamilton Bruns, of Co- ?
lumbia, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Spann, h
of Blackville. j
The bride and groom will be at a
home to their friends at the residence d
of Mrs. A. E. Brux, on Beech avenue. t
The Unpopular Queen of Italy. i
? ? ... t
"Queen nuena or ltaiy, ' says ivei- logg
Durland in Woman's Home ?
Companion for December, "is one of
the most unpopular queens in Eu- ?
rope. Her court, which, to meet the h
tastes of her people, should be bright,
popular, brilliant, is really the dull- *
est, the most stupid in the Western ^
world. -v I' have lived in many coun- *
tries, and I am more or less familiar *
with.- all the courts of Europe, but
ne.ver have I heard a queen so uni- ~
versally spoken of with disrespect *
and disapproval by her own court. ?
Queen.Elena, in an American phrase,
'plays to the gallery,' then retires. ~
She garners the wheat and ignores t
the chaff. She is quick to figure in ?
dramatic exploits, but reluctant to t
submit to the daily grind. ~
"Right or wrongly. Queen Elena t
has the reputation among .her own 0
people for being the stingiest queen
in Europe.! Apparently this is true. F
She patronizes almost nothing at all *
regularly, and if once, in a while she *
lends her name to appear on a public
bill, it usually means this and
nothing more. As far as is known,
she gives less to "charity, in propor- t
tion to her means, than any queen, a
If the world at large appreciated to
what extent she has carried her ideas
of simplicity in dress, the glamour a
" * 1 J ^ - J - YX f
mat surrouncs ner wouia iaue. u ?
is impossible to worship a dowd?
especially if she be a queen, with all u
the splendor and taste of the world
at her hand. o
"I have seen her driving in the s
Campagna, or even through the
streets of Rome, when I would never j t
have believed her the occupant of j i'
her exalted position had I not known b
her. One need not be extravagant o
in clothes to be tasteful, but Queen
Elena is not even tasteful. Here she 1
is in unfortunate contrast to the ?
queen mother who, still living in v
Rome, is always exquisitely gowned, e
and no matter how simply, always
with unerring taste."
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Pjoliceman Rowell just doesn't 1
care who he arrrests, doea he? * >
!N THE PALMETTO STATE
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50ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
itate News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The plan of co-education has been
ibandoned at the South Carolina
dedical College at Charleston, and no
nore young lady students will be adnitted.
Cole L. Blease was elected mayor
if Newberry last week, defeating the
iresent incumbent, Mr. Langford, by
wenty-five votes. Mr. Blease seems
lot to be satisfied unless he is holdn
<y nflRwi
"O VM*W.
Mrs. Julia Tinsley, of Sandy
Springs, Greenville county, and Mr,
T. F. Greer, of Williamston, were
narried on Wednesday. The groom
s 78 and the bride acknowledges tc
SI. and this is the third venture for
each of them.
Fire in Orangeburg Monday night
>f, this week did damage to the
imount of $10,000 or more. The
ire started in the livery stable of J.
Albrecht,. and several wooden
itores and warehouses as well as a
ew negro houses*were burned. The
ire is thought to have been of inrendiary
origin.
The Orangeburg Sun says that at a
ough estimate Dr. S. J. Summers, of
Cameron, will this year make from
>3,500 to $4,000 on his pecan grove,
n this connection "make" is about
equivalent to "net," for there is litle
expense connected with the care
>f a pecan orchard, and that expense
s more than offset by the profits
nade on the small crops harvested
inder the trees.
Thomas J Craft and Tom White
wo white men, escaped' from the
^exington jail last Thursday nighl
>y sawing two large iron bars. It
s presumed the men had help from
he outside. Crafts had been conrioted
of murder, his crime being
he killing of Garfield Hutto, a young
vhite man at a hot supper, and had
>een sentenced to life imprisonment
n the penitentiary. He was in jail,
is his attorneys had appealed to the
Jtate Supreme Court. White was
twaiting trial on the charge of forgery.
Crafts is said to be a desperate
haracter, and is not likely to be capured
easily.
The State supreme court will conider
the entire records in the conests
and protests in the matter of
he election held on August 17 upon
he question of the formation of a
tew county out of parts of Williams>urg
and Clarendon counties. A
entative date for the hearing before
ourt has been set for December 6.
7he new county proposition was deeated.
A writ of certiorari in both
he Clarendon and Williamsburg
ooae hoc Koon iacnpri r?rr1f?riner t.hp
tate board of canvassers to transmit
o the court all of the records in the
ontests and protests were heard by
t upon appeals from the county
ioards of canvassers in reference to
he recent elections on the hew couny
proposition.
No Option Was Given.
Union, Nov. 26.?The report that
he Anderson Traction Company,
tacked by the Duke brothers, of
forth Carolina, had secured an opion
on the Union & Glenn Srings
ailroad, which connects this city
.nd BufTalo with the Seaboard Air
..ine at Prides, with the purpose of
laving this railroad form a link in an
nterurban electric line to connect
,11 the up-country towns, to-day was
lenied by A. W. Smith, president of
he road.
Mr. Smith, this afternoon in an
nterview over the long distance
elephone from Woodruff, said that
iot only bad no option been given,
iut that the traction company had
iot even submitted a proposition to
iim to Acquire this railroad.
Mr. Smith, who has' just returned
rom New York' city shicl: "I have
;iven no option to anyone on the
'nion and Glenn Springs property.
ne- iracuon peupie nave uuw- even
:iade me a proposition. I think that
he line .wilt be ultimately - built
hrough Union, and that the Union
: Glenn Springs railroad may be acuired
by it, though as yet, nothing
efinite has been done for. tbe xeasofc
hat the undertaking is quite a big
me, and the company has had^pply
ime enough to begin arranging maters
looking towards the construcion
of the interurban line you speak
?f. . j
"Yes, 1 am interested in the proposed
interurbriri line, arid feel sure
hat it will come to Union, but more
han this I cannot say at present."
Home Training.
When Willie's father came home
o supper there was a vacant chair
t the table.
"Well, where's the boy?!"
"William is upstairs in bed." The
nswer came with painful precision
rom the sad-faced mother.
"Why, wh?what's up? Not sick,
5 he?" (An anxious pause.)
"It grieves me to say, Robert, that
ur son?vour son?has been heard
wearing on the street, I heard him."
"Swearing? Scott! I'll teach him
o swear." And he started upstairs
q the dark. Half-way up he stumled
and came down with his chin
n the top step.
"When the atmosphere cleared a
ittle, Willie's mother was saying
weetly from the hall way: "That
fill do. dear. You have given him
nough for one lesson."?Judge.
Buy your Christmas presents at
rhe Herald Book Store. We have a
arge assortment, and in our stock
ou caji find a present for anybody.
i POPULAR AMUSEMENT DEVICE
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Some Small Inventions That Ha^
' Made Men Rich.
Who wants to make a fortune in
hurry? Here is the receipe: Give pe
; pie a new thrill, or revive an old on
"The "boom" in roller skating hi
already made the fortune of sever
caterers for public amusement, b
sides having put much money in
the pocket of speculators.
Several rink companies have pa
1 dividends ranging from 22% to f
per cent, while in three cases the r
turns have been 105, 150 and If
. per cent, respectively.
( Big money, again, is being ma<
r by some of the explorers of fa
j ground novelties. Certain forms
. aerial raifways will draw $250
day, while it is not uncommon n
the takings from glorified roun
abouts to amount to $500, or ev<
$600 a day.
1 The switchback furnishes anoth
1 illustration of how to make mom
J rapidly. Invented about 20 yea
ago. it was first tried on the publ
at Coney Island, and it literally mai
that now famous American resoi
and subsequently became "the rag<
all over the civilized world.
As a money drawer it has had fe
if any, equals. At Shanghai, for i
stance, a railway, after working on
11 days, paid all expenses, and it wi
possible, moreover, for the directo
of the company to declare a dividei
of 10 per cent., and carry $500 to tl
; reserve fund. The dividend wasallowed
308 working days to the ye
1 ?at the rate of 280 per cent, per a
num. while the addition to the reser
fund was at the rate of $14,000 p
" annum.
' What the inventor of the switc
; back made out of it may be inferr*
! from a single fact. Coming to th
1 country, he sold his English rig
alone for 1 *4 millions. His gains,
fact, amounted to millions.
? The most recent thrill producer
this kind?the scenic railway?bi
; fair to beat all records. It was evol
! ed a few years ago in remarkable ci
. cumst.ances.
; When the inventor of the switc
; back had made his millions out of
[ he began speculating on the stock e
; change, with the result that in :
weeks he lost the whole of his mone
> But instead of resolving to die 1
i at once set to work to make son
. more, and the upshot was the seen
: railroad, which is, after all, only i
improved switchback. At once tl
invention "caught on" and ever sin
it has been a fine money drawer.
Two or three months ago a coi
; pany which then owned 73 seen
railways in America refused an off
L of $8,000,000 for its rights.
The scenic railway of the Whi
City paid the whole cost of its co
struction in the first two months
1 was working.
While, however, thrill produce
make money very rapidly, they s(
dora do so for long. The vogue 1
the big wheel was short, and a st
more conspicuous victim of fleetii
popularity was the revolving towc
?Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Repeal of the Lien Law.
The farmers and some supply me
chants are beginning to make a
rangements for another year's bui
ness. The act of the last general a
sembly in doing away with the li<
law will have little or no practic
effect. It is understood that the me
chants who have been using agricu
tural liens heretofore will simply ui
' a crop mortgage. They will proce(
under the act which provides th;
no mortgage on any crop or cro]
shall be good and effective to conv<
to the mortgagee any interest in ai
crop or crops other than the crop <
crops to be raised during the year :
which such mortgage is given, ai
unless the lands where on said cr<
or crops shall be described, are me:
1 tioned in said mortgage. The me
chant will take regular crop mor
gages after January 1st and
addition mortgages on any persona
ty that the mortgagee may have. T1
security will be as good, or bette
than that taken under the lien ar
the only difference in handling tl
business in this wav. will come
case of the foreclosure of the mor
gage, when the expenses of foreclo
ure and seizure under the mortgaj
i will be a little more expensive to tl
man who gives the mortgage than
foreclosure and seizure under tl
lien.?The State. '
Kills His Brotlier-in-Law.
Forest, Miss., Nov. 29.?Ne\
reached here tonight that Dr. Cha
Clay Henderson, a prominent phys
cian of ]Leke county, was shot ar
killed last night by Rill Hudson, h
brother-irMaw, near Zion, 20 mil
north of here. The killing occurrt
at the home of Hudson, but details <
the tragedy are not known. D
Henderson is the fourth of five brotl
j ers to meet a tragic death. A fe
j years ago Dr. Tom Henderson ws
shot and killed by a man nanu
Morehead near Zion. A short tin
afterwards another brother was mo
I tally wounded by the accidental di
i charge of a revolver. About a ye:
j ago a third brother died as a resu
; of swallowing carbolic acid by mi
J take.
j Hon. J. O. Patterson, member <
| congress from the second distric
j was in Aiken on Wednesday and pa:
; jus a pleasant call. When asked aboi
lour public building, Congressmz
Patterson said that the departmei
i has promised him that bids will 1
,! advertised for in December. He sa
; j that he will leave on the second <
^December for Washington, to atter
the session of congress, and that 1
will do all he can to hurry matte
1 up. Mr. Patterson says he is espec
; ally anxious to see the work on tl
, federal building for Aiken begu
; and will do all in his power to e
pedite matters.?Aiken Recorder.
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8 REJECTS 'DRY' AMENDMENT
ve
REFUSES TO INCLUDE PHOHIBITTON
IN CONSTITUTION.
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oe.
Early Returis From Country Precincts
QC
7/| Warrant Inference That State
e- is Against Movement,
to
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 29.?With
id 58 out of 67 heard from at 10 o'clock,
50 the Montgomery Advertiser places the
majority against the amendment at
55 27,500. Only four counties?Macon,
Lee, Sumter and Talladega?appear
je to have given majorities for the
ir amendment.
of ?
a Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 29.?At
or midnight unofficial returns from 63
d_ of the 67 counties of the State show
?n a majority against the constitutional
amendment of 22,353.
er Six counties only gave majorities
ay for the amendment. They are SumrS
ter, Talladega, Chambers, Lee, Mate
con and Pickens. These majorities
were small.
~tt The counties not heard from ar
a'? remote from communication. Thej
are Choctaw, Marion, Winston and
,w Fayette. Of these, all are expected
n. to return majorities against the
ly amendment except Choctaw. The
as vote in these counties will be lighl
rs and will not materially change the
1(1 result.
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_ Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 29.?Al!
ar indications point to a majority ben.
tween 18,000 and 20,000 in Alabama
ve against the prohibition constitutional
er amendment to-day. Chairman J
Lee Long, who has been in charge ol
the fight against the amendment
3(j claims that the majority against the
js amendment will be fully 20,000.
Jefferson county, in which is Birminp'hnm
thp 1 areest. r.itv in the
State, in spite of the fact that the
0f fight has been concentrated here
jjg gave a majority of over 1,000 againsl
v_ the amendment. Mobile,, Montgomr_
ery and Cullman counties show the
largest majorities 'on the victorious
side and it appears the araendmenl
jt has carried in but three counties
x'_ Talledega, Macon and Sumter, witl:
^5 Lee in doubt.
y To-day's election being the firsl
time the State has ever had an opporie
tunity to pass upon the prohibition
jc question, is regarded as especially
m significant. Still it can not be re
garded as a straight anti-prohibition
ce victory because of the personal politics
that has been injected into the
n_ issue. Its association with the adjc
minstration of Gov. B. B. Comei
er and his reputed ability to name a
successor to the governorship in
te Judge S. D. Weakley, author of pron_
hibition bills, have figured prominently
in the result.
A significant feature of the resuH
rs is the fact that sentiment against the
?l_ amendment is so widespread. Rural
qj precincts, small towns and cities alike
jj are, for. the most part, returning
substantial majoritites on the win^
nine side.
There has never been seen here
anything like the enthusiasm shown
in Birmingham tonight over the result.
Thusands of people from Jefr~
ferson and adjoining counties were
r~ here to see "the returns flashed and
S1_ the down town streets were one bils"
low of enthusiasm. The result every
~u wnere is regaraea as a aisunct real
pudiation of the present State adminr~
istration which had been particularll"
ly radical in its so-called reform prose
gramme.
to Chairman J. Lee Long of the State
of Alabama anti-amendment commitPs
tee tonight issued the following stately
ment:
iy "I want to congratulate the peo3r
pie of Alabama on their great victory,
won through the efforts of the press,
to "This will serve notice on future
>P generations that the people of AlaQ"
bama will not allow any of their perr~
sonal liberties abridged.
>t_ "I hope that the gentlemen on the
In other side will strike hands with us,
Ll" as we have malice towards none, and
ie join us in forward stride so that
r' we can go on and make Alabama the
to greatest State in the Union."
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to Burned by Rejected Suitor.
Tampa, Fla., November 29.?
y~ Marie Acosta, a young Cuban widow,
died here this afternoon from frighta
ful burns, inflicted upon her by a reie
jected suitor. Miguel Gomez is under
arrest. Before she died the young
woman charged Gomez with having
set her afire. She declared that she
had rejected Gomez's suit, and that,
with two confederates, he forcibly
entered her home in West Tampa last
!1~ night. She was bound hand and foot.
. Then the men saturated her clothing
18 with gasoline and touched a lighted
match to her.
to The unfortunate1" woman was found
J~ to-day. frightfully burned from head
? to foot, and she died at 2 p. m.,
a" after making a statement to the pow
lice.. ' .
*8 She did not recognze the men who
were with Gomez, and who aided him,
ie she charged, in perpetrating the awr*
ful crime.
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ir New Advertisements.
E. O. Kirsch?Kirsch's Big Slaughs"
ter Sale Continued.
Ehrhardt Banking Co.?Appreciaof
ment.
;t, Ehrhadt Banking Co.?Appreciaid
tion.
C. R. Brabham, Jr., applies for
letters of administration on estate of
at Hayne Barnes.
i(j Bank of Olar?Statement,
of J. M. Parker?Trespass Notice,
id Jones Bros.?We're Selling 'Em
ie Fast.
J!8 J. B. Kearse, County Supervisor?
:1" Opening Bids. "
- - ? . . ^ _ ?...
n> J. S. Breiana?r or oaie.
x- G. M. Dickinson?The McKay
Sulky Stalk Cutter.
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ATLANTA FOLLOWS AUGUSTA.
Ministers of City Protest Against Rer.
R. J. Bigham.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29.?What
promises to be the hottest fight in
i Methodist circles in this State in recent
years was given new impetus
to-day when the ministers of that denomination
in this city protested to
Bishop E. R. Hendrix against the appointment
of Rev. R. J. Bigham aa ' :
presiding elder of this district in
i place of Rev. J. T. Daves, trans;
ferred to Augusta. The action of the
Atlanta ministers follows the an
nouncement of a change for Mr. Big!
ham, after the majority of the board
of stewards of St John's Methodist
church of Augusta protested against
; his appointment to that charge, made
at the recent conference. A resolution
addressed to Bishop Hendrix
and said to have been telegraphed to
him immediately after its adoption . ^
i was adopted by the Atlanta ministers
at a secret meeting held shortly after
their regularly Monday meeting "in ,'"~i
i Trinity curch Fifteen or 20 of the
leading pastors of the city attended
; and the discussion is said to hare
r been of a heated nature. Names were v
1 freely mentioned at this time^ it is
[ declared, though they were omitted :'~z
i in the resolution sent to Bishop Henk
The Negro in the Courts.
In commenting on our referrences
to the Hughes case, The State says:
I "The State regrets that its brand of
justice should be considered queer by - ^
i The Herald. It regrets that it should
I be considered unconventional or im.
proper for a newspaper, edited by a
' member of the superior and absolute,
ly dominant race, to speak for justice
i in behalf of the weaker and dependent
race?dependent upon the white
- man for justice and confronted, in ^
i seeking justice, by the inevitable ani
tagonism of race.
"It is far from accurate to refer to ^
: The State's comment as 'hysterical.' v/sH
- Why misuse the language?
i ' "That the Bamberg jury did not :
5 believe the testimony of the white >* Iqg
: witnesses for the State is evidenced
, by their recommending Hughes to
l mercy. "Considering circumstances'
?the feeling against a negro for
t killing a white man of prominence, .
regardless of legal justification?we
l said that 'the verdict came quite as'
r near doing justice as could be expect
ed.' f The assertion that Hughes
i would not have been convicted had
- he been white was based on
s the excellent ground of general
- knowledge of the attitude of the
jury element, and of extended
l observation of results of trials. What ' '
l other indices so good? WTho honest- ' ,
ly question the accuracy of that as- f.
sertion? Who are blind to the true
conditions?
"The Herald, calling for fairness feqjl
i by The State, is unfair in asserting
1 that The State 'believed?the negro's *
t testimony against that of good white '%
; men.' The State recorded that Shep
pard, one of the men with Cansey,
flatly contradicted the negro, but
i against Sheppard (whose interest lay
, in the line of his testimony) and in
support of the negro was the testi
mony of the physician who swore to
> the wounds on the negro's body, and
I the testimony of two other 'white men
of standing' who testified that after
he was shot Causey tQld them, sep
arately, that he hoped Hughes would
not be punished, that ne, uausey, was .
responsible for forcing trouble. In
the absence of a contradicting antemortem
statement, that was strong
! evidence. The negro's testimony was ./'Jjffl
- not standing alone.
"The State criticises juries that ac- *
quit some white men, and criticises
juries that convict some negroes, and
is absolutely consistent. In both
cases the endeavor is in the interest
> of justice in the courts.
"The inculcaion of ideas of even rM
justice, regardless of racial or other
conditions, is necessary if the whites,
i as a mass, are to prove their inher,
ent right to make and administer the ~d||
laws, and govern the country. The
; spirit of justice is elevating and
: strengthening. A plea for even '
justice, between the races, in , the
courts is also a plea against crime of
whites in dealing with whites. Where ;
white men can kill negroes , with
impunity., they quickly come to mur,
der ehch. other; and where jurors
. permit race prejudice to make torpid ' 'S
, their consciences, they come .in tfcne
. to permit neighborhood prejudices
' or other improper influences .to moid f
1 their verdicts when dealing with each
other. It is impossible to maintain ^
' one justice for one color-an^ another
JUS11C6 ior anotner 111 uie wuu- ihouses.
Justice given the negro by ;'s1
white juries, insures justice-' 'between .
the latter."
Negroes Attempt to Lynch White.
Washington, Pa.*; Ntov. 29.?Edward
Perdee, concrete construction
superintendent of Marianna, near
here, was possibly saved from being ^
lynched by a mob of 150 negroes by '
the timely arrival of police officers
who lodged the man in jail on a
charge of killing Skinner Young, a
negro, a short time earlier.
Perdee and a friend were walking
along a road near their home when
three strangers approached. It Is
said Mr. Perdee made a wager with
his companion that the men were ne- |
groes. He won, but the men discussed,
realizing that they had been
connected with the bet, asked about
it, and resented the epithet "nigger,"
said to have been applied to them by'
the white men, and in the quarrel
which followed, Young was shot.
Mr. Perdee and his friend had to . "a
seek refuge in a noiei 10 escapt? & >>- large
crowd of friends of the dead
man.
Two white boye have been arrested
in Spartanburg on the charge of doping
a man and robbing him of some money.