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Kr W . \. . ..... I I (Hit? lamkrg frntUi ^ Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910. One Dollar a Year . - - country news letters ^HVsome interesting happenings ix various sections. News Items Gathered All Around the cc County and Elsewhere. V to ^ Church Services. oi I will preach at Zion?mornmg of the 1st Sunday?and morning or tne 3rd Sunday. ^ Pleasant Hill. Afternoon of the cc 1st and 3rd Sundays. pj Ehrhardt. Night of the 1st and , 3rd Sundays. Cross Swamp. Morning of the 2nd and 4th Sundays. fc Wesley Chapel. Afternoon of the a] 2nd and 4th Sundays. Lodge. Night of the 2nd and 4th Sundays. t* Ehrhardt. Morning of the 5th y< Sunday. 0] Lodge. Afternoon of the 5th Sunday. Yours very truly, ai A. B. WATSON. ri Pastor of Ehrhardt Circuit. t Branchville Veteran Dead. y re Branchville, January 3.?Mr. John ct w Rorru an old (Confederate sol "" * ?> ? -? dier, passed away Friday night after a few days illness. He enjoyed good a health up to a few days ago when he was taken seriously ill. He was 78 ?* years old. When the civil war broke out he served the entire time in the n( 24th regiment under Col. Ellison se Capers, and during the battle of bc Chickamauga, after the flag bearer 83 was wounded, he picked up the flag m and was immediately wounded. s* After the war he resided at Fifty- SI Eight Station, and had accumulated m a fair living and was doing well, but ? times changed and he lost every- ai thing and has been living here for the w past twenty years. oi He leaves a widow and several ar children to mourn his loss. se Teachers Close State Meeting. h< m Columbia, Jan. 1.?After the most n( successful meetiDg in its history, the jy State Teachers' Association and its tj, affiliated bodies came to a close to- ac - day. . oi a D. W. Daniel, of Clemson College, 1 was elected president of the associa- w; tion, succeeding W. K. Tate, princi? pal of the Memminger Normal school si of Charleston. a The following is the complete list tj of officers for the ensuing year: Ai President, Prof. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson College; vice president first ci district, E. P. Waring, of Charleston; th second district, H. A. C. Walker, of x Denmark; third district, J. I. McCain, ' of Due West; fourth district, B. E. ai Geer, of Greenville; fifth district, W. OI H. McNairy, of Chester; sixth district, g( E. P. Miller, of Bennettsville; sev- to entb district, E. W. Livingston, of Or- th angeburg. cc Explosion, of Boiler Kills Five. ' w Reading, Pa., Dec. 29.?By the ex- U1 plosion of a boiler at the new plant of the Reading, five men met instant fo death early to-day. The dead are: U1 Clifton Martin, rigger, Toms River, CI ; N. J.; Elmer Dengler, fireman, Mount ^ Penn., a suburb of this city; Martin w Lynch, engineer, Phoenixville, Pa.; James Connelly, fireman, Reading,; cc Frank Cole, carpenter's helper, Read- C1 ine. S< The night watchman had just left the plant at 6.50 a. m. and the day ni force had arrived when the boiler exploded. All in the immediate vicini ty met instant death. ?* P The men were blown several hun- st | dred feet from the boiler house. Mar- w L tin's body was blown through a high ^ W tree and was found about 200 feet ^ L from the scene of the explosion. w r The men were employes of Sims & UJ L Co., contractors, who are erecting a fe power house at the plant. 01 mm The boiler house was wrecked and C: Br the frame work scattered in all dit rections. The five men were in the " K boiler house when the explosion oc[ ctfrred, all other employes having left ^ the building to begin their work. al a* COUNCILMAN SAVES NEGRO. . at Colored Man, Pursued by Posse, Sj Seeks Refuge in Officer's House. 01 sc Columbus, Miss., January 2.?Pur- ai sued oy a posse of citizens, John h{ Watts, a negro, after having shot sc Policeman M. F. Cook last night, sc ran to the home of Councilman Mc- h< t. Clanahan, surrendered himself and si begged for protection. He was later si rV turned over to the police and this cc morning was taken to West Point, p( Miss., for safekeeping. City Marshal Cummings and Policeman Cook Ti went to arrest Watts on a charge of in murdering his daughter. Watts was cc armed with a shotgun, with which t* he shot Cook twice, first in the head hi and then in the abdomen. ai ... J v.-v.'ji "YE OLDEN TIMES. j Old Timer" Writes of Christmas Now and Years Ago. S Kearse, Jan. 1.?A new year has ime, the old gone forever. Its ? -ents only make one page in his>ry; the deeds done alone stand former and will go down in the annals ' eternity for good or evil and will and the mile stone marking the jstiny of thousands. These thoughts E >me as idly musing alone with the pe of peace nearby, the happy faces ! the day gone to a sociable in a Dme not far away, there to renew r >r the evening the fun and games I id dance that has held high carni- t il for a week past and will for some J me to come perhaps, and while the >ung are having a royal time the ^ d sit by the fire trying to keep ^ arm and waiting for dinner to be ^ mounced, when the turkey, spare bs and backbone are to be served, lling wonderful tales of exploits >ne long ago, and days when the * >sy lipped lasses clad in home made * tecks and sun bonnets made cheer- ? il the day and walked or rode horse- ^ ick to the different places to spend e social evening in games of all kinds, eking out some one to play all sorts ^ pranks on, and what fun. t The contrast then and now comes d jxt, and you can't make an old man c e that big hats bedecked with rib- c ms and feathers and gowns made of t .tins and silks, ruffles and frills t akes the lasses in the modern two eps any prettier than the old time rl under the merry bush, or blind * an's buff, or puss wants a corner, at then as now the human tastes e the same. Some of the boys ould feel much better by the side c ' the girl of his choice and soft ? id low and sweet things were said J ist as now, and as proud the posssor of a small golden ring given jr by the lad of her choice, as is the 8 odern belle of her diamond or garit or emerald, and she strove as ird to hide it with her hand as does ie girl of to-day, and she made just i poor out hiding it. Then somele overheard little things as now. u ot long ago was this done, and here a as what was heard: h He: I feel like I was in my liquor. C ie: You do. He: They say kiss d girl the lamps will flicker. She: c tien let it flicker, and it flickered, C ckered out. t But times change, men change, n lange everywhere. How different tl te Xmas of 1909 and 1869; then a mas morning was ushered in by i: >avy powder guns being fired off id the echoes would roll for miles t l the crisp morning air, the men c >ing in companies from one house o i another and mean was considered g ie man who did not get up and un- t rk a suspicious looking jug and ^ in the band after all taking a little, ith Xmas sweets thrown in to keep p ? good cheer and to keep from get- r ug hungry on' the way, and just be- v ire dawn the small boy would be c i hunting for the gifts from Santa i laus. Then the fire crackers would v igin and such popping and laughter d ould be indulged in, and Christmas a ght, the negroes for miles would t ngregate, build a huge fire, form a t rcle around it and sing: "0, Miss f irah Jane, Miss Sarah Jane," or t Went to de wedding to stay all t ght," the while all joined in the t ince. Then some young ones would t it a set of quills made from joints t ' cane, and begin in a low musical I rain odle, odle do, and some one ? ould lead others to follow, then the gs and clog dancing began amid i: ie cheers and laughter of the crowd d i some one would cut an extra fig- C re, then some old one would come rward and sing and dance to his rn melody "Ole Jim Crow, Ole Jim row, ebery time I jumps back he do s so." Then all was good humored v in, difficulties rarely ever came. g hose days gone never to more to re- E irn and to the old a pang of grief t most starts as the days pass long jo come up again. a "Then as now the boys would ride a ; night going to or from some party a nging "Mollie Darling," or, if cut it by a rival, "Minnie Lou," or s me other song to express his heart, v id no one ever dared to think of i irming him for his song. Now in j] "na oil icr oVl(jri(TO(1 frtr tt'hptl n 'Ul^ V/CiOV'O Clii VUUU^VV4) * V* ?* MWM j me broken-hearted boy sings, "Let E jr go, bless her," or "Aint that a c iame," some sour tempered man j. loots a gun over his head and leaves c nsternation on his face, and the >or fellow thinks its hard for luck, g But it seems to be prone in them, b 9-day a certain old man was play- a g on his violin, a young lady ac- t mpanying on .the organ. He saw c eo young mothers clapping their r mds in laughter, on looking " ound a little hoy four and a little i: N THE PALMETTO STATE OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.. tate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The South Carolina legislature will neet in Columbia next Wednesday, "he session will no doubt last the imit of forty days as usual. A State meeting of the farmers de Qonstration work has been called by )r. S. A. Knapp, bead of this work, o be held at Greenville the 12th of anuary. James Duke, a 17-year-old boy of Columbia, accidentally shot himself rhile out hunting one day last week, 'he load took effect in his left side, ,nd death ensued a few days later. The friends of Furman University tave raised $650,000 for that instituion, which will entitle them to $25,>00 from the general education loard. This will give Furman a good ndowment. The counties which voted -out the lispensary and had liquor left on land are having some trouble in disposing of the stock. Over in irangeburg there is still a large stock m hand, although the county board las already held one sale. They will ry anothef sale soon. The handsome residence of Major larion Moise in Sumter was totally iestroyed by fire early last Thursay morning. The fire originated in he boiler room in the basement, aused by an explosion of the hot rater tank. The pipes had become rozen, and when steam was put into he pipes an explosion resulted. The esidence was worth $20,000 and was tandsomely furnished. The insurance .mounted to $12,000. ' --V if Investigation at State College. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 1.?The unisual situation of an investigation of fisticuff in a state institution became mown through the columns of the irangeburg Evening News of yesteriay afternoon and the college is the olored State college located at )rangeburg. The story comes under he head of suppressed stories as the tewspaper men around Columbia call lem, for Governor Ansel, when asked .bout the matter says he has nothug "to give out" thereon. The fight is alleged to have been letween President T. E. Miller of the olored college and Prof. N. C. Nix, >ne of the instructors and an investi;ation has been ordered by the ioard of trustees of which Governor tnsel is ex-officio member. "The row" says the News, "is supiosed to have heen in regard to some natters relative to the college and ras taken up by the trustees of the ollege here. A report to the govertor in the matter resulted in an inestigation being' ordered and yesteriay Claude E. Sawyer, Esq:, of Aiken, ,nd Dr. White, of Chester, were in he city for the purpose of taking estimony. This testimony will be orwarded to each member (/f the rustees and a meeting will be held o decide the charges. The exact naure of the charges could not be obained, although it is understood that he charges are being brought by Resident Miller. The lie and a blow ras passed at the altercation. The strange part of the proceeding 3 that an official investigation is oriered, according to the News, yet lovernor Ansel says nothing about it. Four Lives Lost by Fire. New York, Jan. 2.?Four lives were lost and three persons received erious hurts in an incendiary teneaent house fire in Jersey City early o-day. The dead are: Anthony Pasquer!e. Mrs. Jennie Pasquerale, his wife, ,nd their 6-months-old child, Annie, nd Bernadina West, an Infant. Pasquerale jumped from a fourth tory window and died shortly afterwards. Mrs Pasquerale was found in lis apartment, burned to a crisp, ier arms entwined about the baby, 'he West child was rescued by fireaen but had inhaled flame and sue limbed. Those injured are sufferng mostly from burns. All will reover. ;irl three years old dancing their iest, the little girl trying to put her ,rm around the little boy's waist, as he older ones do. Wish you all ould have seen that dance. It was ich, and as we looked on we thought, And your sorrow shall be turned Qto joy." OLD TIMER. it,:,. .... .... St: TURKEY THIEF KILLED. Negro Resists Arrest and is Shot to Death. Sumter, Jan. 3.?As the result of the theft of a turkey, Jack Jackson is now dead, and John Loney is held in the county jail charged with murder. The killing occurred on Sunday afternoon about 1 o'clolck on Mr. W. B. Burns's farm, near Shot Pouch Branch, just outside the city limits. All of the parties are colored people. Mary Davis came to Sumter on Saturday and complained to the police officers that Jack Johnson had stolen from her a turkey, and Policeman Owens was commissioned to effect the arrest. As soon as Jackson saw him approaching he took to flight, and seeing how difficult it would be to make the arrest, the officer offered Loney, as was testified to by Loney at the coroner's Inquest, two dollars to arrest Jackson and bring him to town. Loney went to Mr. W. J. Rivers, and told him of the agreement he had made with Officer Owens, and borrowed a pistol from him to protect himself with in case Jackson offered him any bodily harm. wnen l^oney louna jacason, me turkey thief swore that he would not be arrested, and whipped out a razor, and came so near to injuring Loney as to cut his clothes with the sharp blade. Loney then pulled out his pistol, and as Jackson began to run Loney fired at him four times, two ' of the bullets entering the back of the fleeing man and entirely penetrating his body. Either of the two wounds would have produced death. Loney then came to town, reported the killing to the chief of police, and said that he wanted to give himself up to the law. He will have to remain in jail until next April to stand trial at the Court of General Sessions. NEGRO FELLS EMPLOYER'S SON. Young Man Reprimands Servant and it Attacked by Latter. Rock Hill, January 3.?Mr. Julian Johnson, while in the* barn yard at his father's home Sunday afternoon, was struck in the head with a piece of stove wood by a negro boy named Tom Nunn, knocked down and rendered unconscious. It was found later that he was not seriously injured, but only badly stunned. The negro escaped and at last accounts had not been captured. Mr. Johnson went to the lot some time in the afternoon, and finding his buggy, which he wished to use, in a muddy condition, reprimanded the .boy, Tom, for neglecting his duty, and ordered him to get the hose out and wash the buggy. He turned to walk away, and it was then that he was struck. It was possibly twenty minutes be fore he recovered consciousness and - made his way to the house. The police scoured the town and have been on the lookout ever since, but have failed to locate the negro. He has probably left town. Will Be Tried Soon. Greenville, Jan. 3.?General sessions court convenes the middle of the month. There are a number of murder cases yet on the docket, but probably the most interesting of these will be the trial of Jess Fuller and his brother-in-law, Joe Barker, for the murder of J. E. Liddell, a real estate man, on Christmas eve. Fuller is still held in Spartanburg jail and Barker is in custody at some place in the county, it is supposed. The two men, it will be remembered having been spirited away to avoid a lynching at the time of Fuller's* sensational confession to his friend, W. O. Stover, who in making a statement concerning Fuller's confession said that he felt it duty bound to give Fuller away after he had learned that the slain man was an Odd Fellow. Gov. Ansel has employed a detective from the Pinkerton forces and this man is now here gathering evidence in order that the case may be properly presented to the approacht ing term of court. There are many people in the city who believe Fuller was drunk when he confessed the crime, some even declared that Fuller was under an hallucination, and that as soon as he heard of the killing of Liddell, his befuddled brain led him to believe i that he had committed the deed. However these obsessions may have influenced Fuller, Stover maintains that the man was quite sober when he told him of the crime, giving every detail, even telling him about the bottle with which Liddell was killed; the bottle afterward being found near the scene of the crime. . ..'x/..' '* zs&x . m __ : MAKING MONEY FROM CRIME THE STATE PENITENTIARY IN MOST EXCELLENT SHAPE. Superintendent Griffith Will Show a Profit of Eighty Thousand Dollars for the Year. The Columbia Record says the high price of cotton coupled with good management generally and with the further fact that the institution produced a greater quantity of cotton this year than usual, will enable Superintendent Griffith of the penitentiary to make a record-breaking financial report to the legislature this year. The report has not yet been drafted. but it will show a surplus and net profit for the year's business of $80,000, which the superintendent has on hand to turn into the State treasury. It is likely that about a third of the amount will be used to put up a modern brick stockade for the DeSaussure and Reid farms, which adjoin each other and which together are located partly in Sumter and partly in Kershaw counties. Since Superintendent Griffith assumed office, practically the entire penitentiary plant has been built. These improvements include a big granite building for the interior arrangement of modern cells, a costly guards' quarters, the finest tuberculosis hospital in the South and various improvements around the grounds and on the three farms operated by the penitentiary management. The Lexington farm has a fine brick stockade and boiler plant worth about SI7.500. Superintendent Griffith this year produced over 900 bales of cotton and will get an average of over $60 a bale for it. His other money crops were 23,000 bushels of corn and 20,000 bushels of oats. The price of oats this year has been about the same as last year, but corn was much more valuable than it was last year. It is understood that the position of Superi itedent Griffith and the board of directors with respect to the legislature is that the management will be grateful to the lawmaking body for the privilege of being allowed to continue the good work without any change in the law as it now stands. Superintendent Griffith's report will probably carry no recommendations, but will merely lay all the facts before the legislature. There has Deen some talk and there were some resolutions proposed at a recent good roads gathering to the effect that the legislature should be induced to provide for road building by the penitentiary convicts. The management does not look with favor on this proposition, as it looks upon this as a dangerous donortnro frrvm tVi nrPQPn t mftthnd of handling convicts, and would, it is argued, lead to all the abuses of the lease system. Convicts would be poorly fed and cared for in many cases, it is said. Though Superintendent Griffith is firm and a fine disciplinarian, those who have watched his administration have been impressed with the fact that [ his success has been due no little I to the fact that he uses kindness and consideration whenever it can be used to advantage. It is said there are at least 385 convicts who could not safely be allowed to work out in this way. Many of these are dangerous men, and not a few of them have to be kept in chains even on the grounds and watched with great care. Many of these are not now even on the farms. There are many objections, it is claimed, to the present law allowing the leasing of certain convicts to the county authorities at the rate of $4 a month for each convict. Less than 200 are let out in this way. Negro Child Fatally Burned. Edgefield, Jan. 2.?Can, the 3-j year-old son or uan ana l^ucy aiurgan, negroes, died this morning from the effects of burns received yesterday. The mother went to a neighboring residence to perform some service, leaving the child alone in the house with a fire. Soon after leaving home, she heard screams and ran back only to find the child in flames which she succeeded in extinguishing but not until he had been badly burned. The father, on reaching home, was so crazed by the accident and enraged by his wife leaving the child alone in the house with a fire that he administered her a severe flogging. Legal blanks and blank books at the Herald Book Store. t TROLLEY LINE COMMISSIONED. Plan for Piedmont Traction System Taking Shape. Columbia, January 3.?The Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway, with a minimum capital of $300,000, was commissioned to-day by the Secretary of State. The company is backed by Greenville and New York capital. The maximum & capital is to be $2,000,000. The - . | company proposes to operate an electrie line from the city of Anderson to . the city of Spartanburg. The princi- /<- ^ pal place of business will be at ay Greenville. The petitioners of the M conmany are J. B. Duke, Somervilte, ' N. J.; B. N. Duke, New York city; j~;>1 W. S. Lee, Charlotte, and Ellison A. 'j Smyth, Lewis W. Parker, W. J. Thackston and H. J. Haynsworth.'of l|| Greenville. It is stated in the petition for char- v v. ter that the road will use the lines of the Anderson Traction Company. , :-|| The road will run for a distance of sixty-flv^ miles, and will be operated by electricity. Leaving the city ^ of Anderson the line will go direct to - ^ Greenville by the way of Williams- . ^ ton, Piedmont, Pelzer and Belton. '-f& Prom Greenville the line will run to Spartanburg by the way of Chick ;/J| Springs, Taylorp, Greer,, Pelham, Duncan, Reidville, Wellford, Lockhart, Fair Forest and Spartan Mills. . ^ This announcement has been expected for some time for it has been known that the Duke interest con- M templated the building of an elec- 3a trie road through the up-country., All the powers usually granted to ^ railrno/^o aro asVoH in thp npfition ^ for charter. 5'^ The building of the road will mean a lot to the up-country, as it will ^ connect three of the largest and most Jijjffl prosperous towns of the Piedmont section. \ From the names on the list of petl- ':Ja8 tioners, it is certain that the road . will be constructed, but no announcement has been given out as to when .. .. v:| the work will commence. The Duke interest controls one of ^Ji the great power transmission lines over the up-country, and it is expected that this will be used in the operation of the cars. Cut Throat of Lover. *"] f jlgM Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 2.?After *||| cutting the throat of John M. Jennings, a bookkeeper, in a room j which they had been living for some '2|8 time past, Lizzie C. Crenshaw, aged ||5 28 years, hanged herself this mora- . /J| ing in a cell at the police station. ^ The woman was arrested shortly after / jffi Lilt? cutuug) wuiuu UV/V.U11 aw au early hour, and at 10 o'clock her life- '-$? less body was found swinging to a steam pipe in her cell, her apron strings having been used as a rope, jjp Jealousy is attributed by the police as the motive for the woman's attack upon Jennings. The woman refused to make a statement and Jennings has not regained consciousness. It is stated that he has no chance of ... &J3 recovering. The room where the cutting occurred was bespattered with blood, ^ indicating that there had been a M struggle. , Jennings has well-to-do connections here. Mayor Rhett to Retire. \ \Jj Charleston, Dec. 29.?It is not . |li likely that Mayor Rhett will offer again as a candidate for the mayoralty. In fact he said to-day in con- $ versation with newspaper men that ' he had no idea of running again and* ' probably would not do so unless some crisis arose which would require % him to enter the race.. Mayor Rhett M has served two terms, which is the | limit heretofore observed by the mayors of Charleston. There is no ' ,'fj statute to prevent him from running . J again DUt two terms nave oeen recognized as the limit for a mayor and as stated it is not likely that Mayor Rhett will attempt to make a record in this respect. The names of a number of candidates have been mentioned but the election is yet about a year off and it is really too soon to make any statements along this line. G. W. Williams and Edward W. Hughes are probably the most prominently mentioned names for the office. Mayor T. T. Hyde's name has also been heard as have the names of Lawrence M. Pinckney, Wilson G. Harvey, John F. Rafferty and D. L. Slnkler. The name of Major Harvey has also been mentioned in connection with the office of lieutenant governor. None of the names mentioned are used with authority of the parties t as the election is so far off that the ? candidates are diffident about committing themselves. /< - . - >