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I * / J ?It? iambmj %ralb Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1910. One Dollar a Year ? COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. \ News Items Gathered All Around the WUUfc^ UUU Aj?vifuv?v? Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, January 11.?Another year is several days under headway. Many business men are changing around. In our little town Messrs. J. M. Dannelly & Co. have sold their two story building to the Farmers ^ Mercantile Co. They are opening up their stock of goods now and hope aoon to be ready to dispense them to their various customers. Capt. J. M. Dannelly & Co. have moved their goods in the store which they had furniture in, adjoining their stables. I it is not decided as yet what will j become of the business of Conrad Ehrhardt Co. Nothing definite agreed upon as yet. Farmers are preparing to plant all the cotton they can. The price of otton this last year has put them in hopes of good prices for 1910 crop. Mr. Quillie Kinard and Miss Minerva Chassereau were married by Rev. , D. R. Groseclose Sunday afternoon. . Wishing them many happy years in ( wedded bliss, we leave them to enjoy them. We are having all kinds of wather ( - in one week now. Cold, warm, windy j and rainy. ] r Dwelling houses are in good de- ? mand here. More people than houses ] to live in. - 1 Rev. Freeman has been called by i the Baptist churches here, and his j location will be here in our town. ] j Rev. A. B. Watson has charge of the Methodist churches, he is now ] in the parsonage of their charge now. < Our school has gone to work with < a vim for 1910, and want to make a j showing for their work. i ?1 i Our town will soon have the office j and waiting rooms and depot and < cotton platform remodeled. Will not ] get these improvements before they i are needed. Their business at this < place has ^increased more than 25 ] per cent, during 1909. Ji 1 Mrs. M. A. Chassereau and Mr. Henry Ehrhardt intend building newdwellings in town soon. Mr. H. A. Hughes, who was thrown from his -buggy and hurt badly not long since, is on the mend and will soon be able to ^o about again. The runaway horse is still in bad shape, and it is thought will never be worth ' anything much when he gets well. JEE. Kearse News. I Kearse, January 10.?The beautiful home of Misses Leda and Sudy Ritter on last Monday evening was a I scene of enjoyment, for the young folks of Three Mile had accepted the Invitations they had received the preceding day, and had all gathered together to spend an evening at an "At Home" given in honor of Miss j Annie Halford, of Blackville. i When all the guests had arrived j they were soon busily engaged in a \ poetical contest. The names of all present were placed in a box and each drew out one. Then came the i work. A rhyme was to be made < about the person whose name you ] } had drawn. I think some of us have j missed our calling by not being poets, i for the rhymes made almost convinces < one max tnere is suit living i Miltons and Shakesperes. The first prize was won by Mr. Horace Kearse, his rhyme being written on Miss Evelyn Brabham. The second prize was awarded to Miss Daisy Weekley, pf Early Branch. Her rhyme was written on Mr. John Frank Breland. Special mention was made of the rhymes made by Mr. Johnson Weekley and Miss Ettie Kearse. Music was another enjoyable feature of the evening, both vocal and instrumental, rendered by Miss Halford. Xow an escort to the dining room , was next. These were chosen by matching pictures that had been cut in two and mixed. A delightful salad course was served, then ambrosia, cakes, fruit and nuts. The table was beautifully decorated in evergreen. Those present were: Misses Annie Halford, Daisy Weekley, Vena Breland, Bulah Grimes, Pearl Breland, Ethel Kearse, Mell Kearse, Evelyn Brabham, Cbloe Groseclose, Ettie Kearse, Gertrude Johnson, Kathleen Kearse, Rena Kinard, Cressida Breland, Messrs. Bernard Kearse, James Halford, Horace Kearse, David Pifer, Johnson Weekley, Quintus Brabham, .Hoyt tfreiana, siacy ivearse, rvuy Kearse, John Frank Breland, Rosco Kearse, Carl Kearse. Aquilla Kinard. Miss Meldred Kearse returned to Columbia College last Tuesday. Miss Eloise Brabham left last Monday for Atlanta, Ga., where she has gone to take a course in millinery. We wish her much success in her effort. Misses Annie Halford, Daisy Weekley and Beulah Grimes were the guests of Miss Cressida Breland last week.. %. T T? T\ t ^ ^ Mrs. Lt. xv. uuuu auu uaufeui^t, Ada, and Fleetward Lanneau, of Bishopville, returned home Monday, after spending the holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kearse. We are glad to see Miss Leda RitLer out again, after an illness of several days. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Kearse are with us now. They moved back to their old home again. We are glad to have them in our midst again. Mariage at Olar. Olar, Jan. 9.?Miss Lucile Rizer, laughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rizer, and Dr. Leighton A. Hartzog were married at the Methodist church Tuesday evening, the pastor, Rev. E. A. Wilkes, officiating and using the ring ceremony. Ferns and smilax banked almost the entire front of the church before the pulpit and lovely sheaves of white and yellow ribbon marked the pews reserved for the families and chosen friends. Before the ceremony Miss Simsel McMiehael sang "A Whispered Vow," accompanied by Miss rroviaence Grraham. The ushers were J. F. Darter, W. M. Oxner, Willie Ritter ind J. J. Jones. The attendants were: Miss Marian Gray, in yellow nessaline, with Dr. David Lyles, Miss Kathleen Kirkland, in white crepe ie chine, with Bissell Beach, Miss Leila Burgess, in yellow messaline, with Dr. O. D. Hammond, Miss Edna Dhitty, in white crepe de chine, with Prank Starr. Miss Kate Sadler, in white crepe de chine, with Wallace Dauthen. The maid of honor, Miss D. Louise Watson, entered alone, wearing a gown of pale green messaine en train and trimmings of lace md pearls and carrying a large bouluet of white carnations and ferns, rhe flower girls were-little Caroline Starr and Eloise Kirkland, the ring jearer, little Daisy Rizer. The bride entered with her father. She wore a jown of heavy white satin over white affeta en train, trimmed elaborately n real lace and pearls. Her veil was ;aught with orange blossoms and maidenhair fern and she carried a - * * - a ?ni ? Douquet or Dnae roses ana unes ui :he valley. The bridegroom was at:ended by H. M. Holmes as best man. Immediately following the ceremony, a delightful informal recep:ion was given by Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rizer at their home. The bride and groom left on the midnight train' for Florida. They svill return about the 15th and will De at home of the bride's parents for Lhe present. Expels I)r. Cook. New York, Jan. 6.?The Arctic 21ub of America?founded by Dr. Frederick A. Cook and his supporters n the north pole controversy? through its board of directors has Iropped. the name of the explorer 'rom the roll of membership. The action of the Arctic club di-ectors last night was unanimous and follows hard upon the heels of the explorer's summary dismissal from :he councii of the Brooklyn Institute >f Arts and Sciences two days ago. ind strips from the explorer almost :he last vestige of scientific honors, only the degree of doctor of philosophy, conferred by the university of Copenhagen remaining. The Arctic Club of America led in :he welcoming festivities to Dr. Cook on his return from Greenland and Copenhagen. Later the club tendered Dr. Cook, a former president of the organization, a banquet at the Waliorf-Astoria, while many of its individual members, including Admiral Schley and Captain Osbon, warmly championed the cause of Cook when ais now discredited polar claim was challenged. * ' . eJ? . .... . . IN THE PALMETTO STATE b< SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. fc State News Boiled Down for Quick ** Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. tl A petition signed by citizens of a] Aiken county is to be presented to p the legislature, asking for State-wide prohibition. Aiken is one of the few counties retaining the dispensary. ? The people of Clemson, including w the professors and students of the w college, presented Dr. Mell, the re- n, tiring president, with a silver service a few days ago, Just before his departure for Atlanta, where he will live. vj v -i -1 J 1. J, reuuons are uemg circuiaueu iu ui Greenville county asking for a vote on the re-establishing of the county dispensary system in that county, le What success the originators are meeting with in securing signatures is not stated. tl The Home Bank of Barnwell was organized Tuesday by the election of Mr. Harry D. Calhoun as president; W. L. Cave, vice-president; and H. P. P< Dew, cashier. This is the new bank M for Barnwell, which has a capital of w $30,000. The bank will open for M business right away. m It is likely that the Citadel cadets will hold their annual encampment in Greenwood next year. The city f?oiinoi1 of Croonu-ftrtH hnfi hppn P?i deavoring to have the cadets come D there, and Superintendent Bond has written the authorities at Greenwood an encouraging letter. Comptroller General Jones urges ^ the legislature to do away with the ^ State board of equilization and pro- ^ vide a commission of five to equalize property all over the State. He r also recommends the publication in detail throughout the counties of the tax returns with the names of the . tc tax payers. The secretary of State on Saturday granted a charter for the Caro- ?, lina Traction company, with a capital at stock of $150,000, which is to build a trolley line from Rock Hill to Charlotte and through portions of Chester and York counties. The charter gives the right for an electric street car line in Rock Hill. gi J. H. Bolin, R. B. Herbert and G. ne P. Logan, of Richland, have filed a tt petition, calling for an investigation r of the solvency of the Gulf and Atlantic Insurance Co., of which Comp- te troller General A. W. Jones is presi- *n dent. The petition sets forth that VJ although incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, of which $58,000 had been subscrib- w ed, only $12,170 paid in to the com- s* pany, and that the company, and tl] present liabilities as surety and guarantor amount to more that $1,000,000. The papers show that the rew ceivers in charge of the assets of the Seminole company, are bonded in this Gulf and Atlantic for $50,000. Olar News. yj * m Olar, January 10.?Tuesday evening, January 4th, at half past eight o'clock, at the Olar Methodist church fr Miss Lucile Rizer and Dr. Leigh ton r{ Arthur Hartzog were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by Rev. E. A. Wilkes. Long before the hour tb people from far and near had crowd- to ed the church to its utmost capacity, T1 many being forced to go away with- or out viewing the beautiful scene. The is church was magnificently decorated tb and we can well afford to say the affair throughout was as complete in every detail as any that ever hap- se pened. Immediately after the ceremony tb the bridal party and invited guests, tb numbering about one hundred, went cr to the beautiful home of Mr. and W) .Mrs. C. F. Rizer. parents of the bride, T1 and there extended congratulations Ste and enjoyed the feast, consisting of da salads, sandwiches, fruits, nectars. P2 ice cream, eic. di The many and costly presents received was evidence of the populari- of ty of the contracting parties. th Dr. and Mrs. Hartzog boarded the early Seaboard train for points in Pc Florida. w Miss Rizer is the oldest daughter be of our well known townsman, .Mr. C. c0 F. Rizer. Dr. Hartzog is of Govan, and has just recently completed his course in medicine at Charleston with high honors. We wish for them a life of unutterable happiness. ar At the home of Mr. J. Lawton Proveaux, stepfather of the bride, on Wednesday evening, the 5th, Miss Orrie Morris and Mr. Kearse Creech were happily married. The affair W / as a quiet one, only near relatives sing present. May their pathwaj s strewn with flowers. Olar was filled with gay young )lks most of the week, attending le Rizer-Hartzog marriage. Mr. Jno. M. Kirkland, who has been irrier on Rural Route No. 1 from lis place for about seven years. ad assistant book-keeper at Mr. <j . Rizer's store during his spare me, has accepted the position as lanager of the Farmers Mercantile ompany at Ehrhardt. Although e hate to lose such a good citizen, e wi6h him much prosperity in his ew undertaking. Mrs. J. M. Kinsey and little daughir, Vivian, and Miss Ella Bessinger, sited in Bamberg Friday and Saturay. Olar now has a law and order ague. Mr. Hartwell M. Ayer, editor ol ie Florence Daily Times, and family, [sited relatives here last week. Mr. H. H. Kearse has declined the Dsition of manager of the Planters ercantile Company at Bamberg. He ill remain manager of the Farmers [ercantile Co. here. Mr. Kearse's any friends are glad he has decided > stay with us. Mr. Willie Hutching, of Beaufort, Dent last week with his brother r. J. F. Hutching. Dr. and Mrs. Leighton A. Hartzog ere hurriedly called ofT their weding tour in Florida Friday to the Ddside of the Doctor's father, Mr. . A. Hartzog, of Govan. We underand he is suffering a severe attack ' pneumonia and is not expected tc jcover. Dr. C. B. Ray returned to Charlesin College this week. Dr. Archie Hooton, of Charleston ollege, spent part of his Xmas va:ion here with relatives. All of the teachers in the school ?re spent Xmas at their homes. Miss Mmma f!ooke>. a former Olar rl, who is now engaged in the millijry business in North Carolina, spent te holidays with her family. Miss Kittie Hooton, formerly a acher here, but who is now teachg at Rome, S. C., spent her Xmas ication here with relatives. Miss Romanstine, of Columbia, ho taught here the part of the seson before Christmas, did not reirn. Miss Ruth Abies, of Leesville, is taken her place. A negro baby nine months old as burned to death in a section )use just below town Friday. Caressly left by its mother. Mrs. Coleman, of Chester, is on a sit to her son, Dr. Jno. F. Colean. Mrs. Y. S. Brown has returned om a visit to her relatives at Savaes, Fla. By request of a committee from le law and order league the Olar wn cuncil passed an ordinance tiursday evening against the sale unlawful receiving of whiskey. It an exact copy of the one passed by :e Bamberg council. B. G. J. Olar, Jan. 11.?Since the above was nt in Mr. L. J. Hartzog has passed ray. He breathed his last at one lirty o'clock p. m. Monday. Alough his condition was considered itical all during his illness, the end as a shock to his family and friends, le funeral and interment will Jpe at ilem Methodist church this (Tuesivi afternoon at three o'clock. His istor, Rev. E. A. Wilkes, will eonlct the services. .Mr. Hartzog was sixty-three years age, served in the latter part of e war between the States. He was lluential among his fellow-men, a ?wer in Salem Methodist church, of hich he was a life member from >yhood. Peace to his ashes and mfort to the bereaved ones. Xew Advertisements. G. Frank Bamberg?Don't Buy orses and Mules. Jones Bros.?Two Carloads Horses id Mules. A. W. Bronson?Meat Market. J. A. Byrd?W. L. Douglas Shoes. The Victor un uo.?salesmen anted. .. \ >'. ? "JW". ' % / ! SENTENCED TO BE BANGED NEGRO'S FATE DETERMINED V > A FEW MINUTES. Conrt Room Crowded.?Only Officer and Witnesses Allowed to Remain While Child Testified. Kingstree, Jan. 11.?Johnnie Rose " alias John Wood, a negro of about 11 ' years, was, upon the charge of as * sault with criminal intent, this after ! noon sentenced to pay the death pen 1 alty for his crime. On the 6th of last December a lit 1 tie white girl, 14 years of age, wai on her way to school with her booki and a stalk of sugar cane for lunch In passing through a track of wood ' en land she was intercepted by tin negro who asked her for a piece o sugar cane. She granted his reques by handing him the entire stalk anc after receiving the remaining portioi from him, when she attempted t< pass, she was seized by the throa ' and dragged from the road into th< ' underbrush. Fortunately a passer by heard her screams and rushed t< the scene in time. 1 The child, bleeding from thi 1 scratches of her assailant and suffer 1 ing from the violent throttling, wai 1 placed in the hands of solicitoui 5 neighbors and an immediate searcl 1 was begun for the negro. In a shor time he was captured and after hav ing been positively identified wa ' >i ii -r-rioH Vintrat-roti nnH 1l Vardaman Yet Leads.Jackson, Miss., Jan. 10.?The legislative caucus which is to choose the successor to the late United States Senator A. J. McLaurin, took three ballots to-night but adjourned with the problem still far from solution. At the start of to-night's balloting former Gov. James K. Vardaman retained his commanding lead, gaining several votes over the closing ballot of Saturday, and with the last vote had gained two more, a total of 75, but still 12 short of the number reauired to nominate. Leroy Percy, of Greenville, was his nearest competitor with 27; C. H. Alexander was next with 21; W. D. Anderson 17; Congressman Adam Byrd 16; J. C. Kyle 11, and F. A. Critz 2, followed by four scattering. ' the county jail, and none too soon for a mob to lynch him was beinj rapidly organized. Demand Speedy Trial. , On the night of the same day ? body of armed men from the neigh borhood of the crime halted at th< outskirts of the town and sent a dele , gation to SherifT Graham requestinj his influence in securing an immedi ate trial and threatening an attemp to prevent the law from taking it course. The sheriff promised to us< his efforts to have a special term o t court ordered, persuaded the crow< to disband and return to their homes The special term was ordered a: quickly as possible and this morninj the court was opened by Judge T. S Sease. When the jury had been em pannelled there was hardly standinj . room in the building and the sherif and his bailiffs had no little difficult: . in preserving silence. The victim of the attempted as sault was the first witness called b; , the State and out of respect for he: . the judge, upon the motion of th< i solicitor, ordered the court roon cleared^ allowing oniy me omcere o the court and the witnesses to remaii , in the building during the time tha the child detailed her story of th< vicious assault She unhesitatingl: , identified the defendant and told wltl considerable clearness the details o the crime. Quick Verdict Rendered. i After examining several other wit nesses', the State rested and the de fense offered no testimony. Upoi , hearing the arguments on both sidei . and the charge, the jury retired anc returned within 10 minutes with i vedict of guilty. Judge Sease, aftei 1 admonishing the doomed man witl a few appropriate remarks, passec the death sentence that he be hangec on the 4th day of February. When the case was called for tria this morning the judge assembled th< 1 entire local bar in the court room anc 1 from the number appointed Messrs R. G. Kirk, H. G. Askins, A. C Hinds, and J. D. Gilland to conducl the case for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was made and promptly refused by the couri and the fiend, who had throughoul the entire trial exhibited the utmost indifference, stood up to receive the death sentence with equal composure As soon as the sentence of the court was pronounced, the crowd rapidly dispersed, apparently satisfied. HUNTER AND BEAR FIGHT. ??? Man's Life Saved, but at Cost of Best * Bear Dog in County. Rant White, the noted bear hunter $ of Eatonville, thirty miles from Tacoma, in a fight with two bears lost his bear dog Blucher and came near losing his life. The dog virtually sacrificed his life to save White. $ White was hunting with Blucher on _ Mashel Mountain when the dog starts J ed a bear and after running it a s'. . short distance chased it into a hollow log. White was at the heels of the _ dog, and to prevent it from follow3 ing into the log to give fight and 5 most probably be killed he tied it tree. While doing so a bear thrust its 3 head out of the log and White poured ,v\ f the contents of his double-barreled \ v rt shotgun into /it. The bear dropped >} I back out of sight White presently 'Jjj j reached an arm in,to pull the bear v ^ 5 out Instantly his arm was seized t near the elbow by another bear,. v ~Q . 5 which leaped out almost on top'' of _ White. The heavy overcoat he wore 3 protected his arm and body tempo- rarily and probably saved his life^ 3 Frantic with rage the dog, which wa# _ lunging and surging at its rope, final3 ly broke it and leaped upon the bear. >^?| B Bruin let White go and began j. fM j fighting the dog. White, not haying t time to reload his shotgun, drew hit _ hunting knife and with the help of .. y?* g the dog killed the bear. The dog M ! had been hugged close to the bear'*' body and squeezed so badly that ^ ? White had to carry it to E&tonvllle. ' There, finding its injuries were serfous, he brought it to Tacoma in a de- termined effort to save its life, bat v| 1 the animal died. The dog was part ,;:J ~ bull and reputed to be the best bear s dog in the county.?Seattle Post-In- telligencer. v 5 . Woman Footpad in Chicago. * b Chicago, Jan. 8.?The mounted ;v s highwaymen of other days has given ( way in Chicago to the woman robber ' 1 in a taxicab. She descended on Tony ' ^ Lenzo last night as he was walking B under the Rock Island railroad via- ' - ? duct at 51st street, took his money and sped away. , ^ The woman was walking when Bhe - - v2:? ? approached him, said Lenzo, who Is * f a barber. As she drew near she $ j cried out as if in fear and then fell ?|| as if fainting. Lenzo gallantly step. ped forward and stooped down to .fp Y give assistance. As he did so he \ \ || r found himself face to face with a re- i ^ e volver. The , woman laughed and 1V;J i arose, bidding Lenzo to stand Q f still. He did so. She added that it < ; 1 i was timely that he handed over his jj t money. x s "I was a little slow, I think," Lenzo ; 7' f told the police, "and she reached out i and searched my pockets with one 7 t hand while still holding the revol- 7 ver in the other. v j.-< " 'Now beat .it down the street,* she said, when she had cleaned out $ all 1 had, taking my purse and watch.. 4 I beat it all right, not looking back until I had gone half a block. Then % j I stopped and watched her. She | hurried to the west end ?of the viaduct and entered a waiting taxicab r ~ and away she went. y "i i i' > ? ^ 1 How it Happened. I A witness in a railroad case at ~>i I Fort Worth, asked to tell in his own ? way how the accident happened, said, I according to n;yeryooay s: "Well, Ole and I was walking * . down the track, and I heard a whis- ?y-^ t tie, and I got off the track, and the v.* train went by, and got back on the 'v ? track and I didn't see Ole; but I I walked along and pretty soon I see t Ole's hat, and I walked on, and seen '/y t one of Ole's legs, and then I seen one > of Ole's arms, and then another leg, . and then over one side Ole's head, } and I says: 'My God! Something . muster happened to Ole!' " / Bank's Papers Found in Court House Americus, Ga., Jan. 6.?Forty thousand dollars of notes and valu able securities belonging to the Bank ! of Ellaville, which is owned and coni trolled by the Bank of Southwestern ! Georgia, located in Americus, were ' . 1 i found this afternoon carefully concealed in the boxing about the Ella; ville court house. When Cashier Walters of the Ella; ville bank committed suicide by . shooting himself in Americus a year i [ and a half ago, most of the bank , papers were found missing. Every effort made to discover the missing ! documents proved fruitless. Two citizens came upon the papers by acci; dent this afternoon. Five hundred dollars reward, offered by the Ameri- 'ri ! cus bank, is still outstanding. The object of concealment of the securities remains a mystery. / i . '3s$