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1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1910 One Dollar a Year-' l|?
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
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County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
* Ehrhardt, May 23.?Everything
has gotten quiet around town now.
The comet has practically gone for
this time. Pehaps the railroad ques?.{ii
AnmA front strain
UU11 Will k.ULUV IV wv 11 vuv no-'"'
Our farmers are blue over the situ<
ation. Poor cotton stands; oats are
short, and what little they have are
hard to cut on account of their
height. Corn crops are in fair shape,
and looks well, notwithstanding the
dry weather we have been having.
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Fish fries are fashionable now.
One or two a week is the order now,
and orders are very well attended to.
Our ball team has been very successful
this season. Have played
\ five games and won all of them.
Misses Ruth and (Jioe Groseciose
came home from Mt. Pleasant, N. C.,
where they have been attending
school. Others will soon come and
liven up our homes with their presence.
Had a light rain last night. More
t. expected from the indications this
morning.
Ice is in good demand these warm
days.
Rev. D. B. Groseclose held services
at Mrs. G. L. Bishop's Sunday
afternoon. On account of her feelings
and disease she could not go to
church, so the services were held at
her home so she could be present
and enjoy the services.
Our school will soon come to a
close. Our teachers are going to
exhibit some of their work by giving
us a joyful evening at its close. They
have all done good work and we feel
proud of them.
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Farmers' Mercantile Co. have
commenced to build a ware room to
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tfrAAoriflo on/1 farminf im
pui UCO > l giwwuva uuu
plements in. Our town is surely on
a boom. JEE.
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Colston Doings.
Colston, May 23.?Mr. Editor, will
? you allow me enough space in your
paper to give you a few dots from
COlston?
We are having hot and dry weather
in this part of the county.
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Mrs. Isham Goodwin and son, Mr.
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George Kinard, visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Bishop last Tuesday.
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Mrs. Ogretta Beard and daughter,
Miss Irene, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. S. P. Chisolm last Sunday.
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Miss Alma Fender spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. L. R. Clayton.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kearse visited
Mrs. Esther Sease last Sunday.
Misses Annie Bishop and Leila
Padgett spent last Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop and
family.
: Everybody is busy now chopping
cotton and gathering their oats,
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Miss Minnie Fender is still visiting
friends and relatives in the Ehrhardt
section.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard and family
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B.
D. Bishop last Sunday.
I' We are glad to know that Mrs. J.
C. Bishop is able to he up again.
Little Cuddie Padgett spent last
Saturday night with little Blanch
Avant.
We are expecting to have Mr. John
G. Clayton and sister, Miss Nellie,
with us in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Fender and
daughter, Addenna, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bishop and family last
Sunday.
Mrs. J. W. Beard and daughter,
Miss Theima, visited friends and
relatives at Lodge last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. Purdy Aver, from Olar, visited
friends here last Saturday and Sunday.
BLUE J.
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LETTER FROM "OLD TIMER." j
The Comet, the Weather, the Children,
and the Crops. ?
"Wanderer's Rest, May 23.?Earth
has passed safely through the tail of ?
Halley's comet with no mishaps save
a certain old man ate too much dinner
on that day and felt drowsy the
whole afternoon, but felt disappointed
as clouds obscured the sky and j
he never could see the tail so did
not hold it, Uncle Bill, an old col- ,
ored man, a few weeks ago brought
some beautiful roses made up in
an old time bouquet, the back of
which was made of the much de- ?
spised fennel weed. With the most s
beautiful effect, he lifted his hat only 1
as an old time negro can, saying: *
"See here, Cap, I bring you some *
flowers; dey grow'd in me own ya'd.
I ben fer fetch im to de young mis- t
sus ente," so the rosee were c
taken with thanks and handed to de t
young missus and asked the old man (
what was wanted. Then was stated (
a tale of woe hard to realize. "Say,
Cap'n, I scared mos to det, de comic
ben fo commin soon so?an dey tel T
me dat he ben fer hit de eart' wid he (
tail an broke em all to pieces ente, (
an I tell Lula (his wife) dat I been '
for kill dat hog in de pen an we eat ?
um up befo de time cum and all de
chicken what ben run in de ya'd and
all de tings in de garden, fur me
can't lebe all dem good tings to wase 1
an spile, when jegment day dun cum i
an I ben fur gone. What you tink i
ebout em, Cap'n? I sho scared ente." <
Then was tried all the reasoning i
known to alleviate the old man's feel- i
ings and partially succeeded, for he 1
left the fat hog and garden but he (
ate the last rooster on Tuesday night t
before, saying he "sabe dat much 1
ene how, ente." Now he says: "Dem
p.hinken he ben fer eat up ebery ting
in me ya'd so I kill em, ente."
Now the great event is gone and
the scare is over with the timid for (
the time, and an old man invites you t
to take a stroll with him. Now sit i
on the end of that board under a
shady old red gum tree and look, for
on this May-day the sunbeams are
dancing, they strike the earth with 1
their genial warmth then rebound c
and millions of them are laughing *
and dancing over the fields as they 1
see their touch oi\ the little plants
unfolding and look like a long 1
drawn out band of green ribbon.
Then the birds. See the little blue <
birds as they spy some worm, how ^
quickly they dart and pick it up; yes, *
here comes a red head sapsuck.
'Watch the cross little bee martin fly
at him as he comes too near his 1
nest, but the sapsuck sits quietly on ^
the side of a tree and the caw of a 1
crow near by warns mistress bee martin
of danger, and then a flutter of
wines, a hurried flight, with sir *
crow's hasty retreat soon leaves all Ic
calm and serene and brings to mem- 1
ory Mark Twain's adage: "To be
good is to be alone," and an old
man concludes that to be alone with <
the sunbeam, fields, birds and flow- i
ers is good.
Then the children, bless them, how
much charm they give to an old man t
who sits and watches them play. How
he enjoys seeing them tear up creation
they call it, and they run to f
him all begrimed with dust, the pers- ^
piration running down their little *
faces and hear them exclaim: "Ain't t
it fine!" Then go to the pumps and
get a trough of cool water and bathe
their faces and then wash the dirt 1
from their feet and legs; then lunch; 1
after that more play, more dirt and
dust, then another wash for dinner.
Yes, happy childhood, how dull ?
life would be were it not for them.
Come again, little boys and girls.
You always have a welcome and a c
warm spot in an old man's heart and 1
now that the black-berries are here, J
won't it be fine?blackberries, milk ?
and sugar, with the red-bugs thrown ?
in for good measure, a few briar *
scratches, and a thorn or two. We
will all enjoy tearing up creation.
Now a word for the crops. They 3
are late but green, and fine stands 1
in most fields, all free from grass
and weeds with the prospect for a .
big crop next fall, for as an old man j
ruminates in the past memory brings .
to light that all early Easters bring c
a cold and late spring. Well does he c
remember the first year he ever j
plowed a crop. The first of June his i
father came to where he and old i
Uncle Tom were plowing, his fingers t
tingling with cold, coat on and but- t
toned up in front and the cotton ?
about an inch high; that his father z
said: "Tom, this field of forty acres z
can't make a bale of cotton," but it f
did and that fall 26 bales were gath- z
ered off that field with no phosphate, z
the largest crop ever gathered from 1
it, but the cold weather is nearly s
gone for this spring. Two more cold
N THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Jtate News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Editor Felder, of the Dorchester
Sagle, has installed a linotype marine.
He spent several weeks in
*ew York at the factory, learning to
>perate it.
Bishop E. R. Hendrix has been assigned
to preside over the next sesiion
of the annual conference of the
dethodist' Episcopal church, South,
n South Carolina, which convenes in
Charleston, December 7th.
Barnwell is to organize a company
,o erect a cotton warehouse. The
capital stock is to be $10,000, and
he building is to be located at the
crossing of the Southern and Atlantic
Coast Line railroads in that town.
Gallagher & Burton, a Pennsylvania
1 whiskey firm which formerly
lid a large business with the State
lispensary, has decided to turn over
511,000 to the dispensary commission
as restitution money. This ac;ion
was agreed on at a conference
leld last week.
Col. Henry T. Thompson, of Coumbia,
has announced that he wlil
lot enter the race for adjutant and
nspector general this year. This decision
was reached by him for busiip?
rPAsnns. "Manv DeoDle over the
State will regret that they will not
lave the pleasure of voting for him,
Dol. Thompson is one of the best miliary
men in the State, and would
lave made an ideal officer.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, May 23.?The good folks
>f Bethlehem Baptist church gave
heir pastor's family another poundng
on Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday evening Miss Etta, the
ddest daughter of Mr. "Trump"
iarter, was married to a Mr. White,
)f Charleston, by Rev. J. D. Timnons.
They took the evening train
'or the "city by the sea."
Mr. O. E. Maner, who spent several
days here with Mr. George Sanlers,
left Saturday for Birmingham,
Ua., where he will see his family for
i short while.
Mrs. Martin Lightsey, one of our
ate brides, has gone to Johnston to
dsit the family of Rev. P. E. Mun oe
and other friends .
Haviner heard of the sudden death
>f her brothers, Miss Allbright, one
>f our teachers, has returned to heT
lome for a short visit.
Mrs. Julia Harter spent several
lays with home folks near Jenny's
ecently.
Mrs. Sallie Jenkins spent some
:ime in Barnwell this week.
Miss Margaret Youmans is home
rrom Converse College for a short
vacation before the exercises of comnencement
are on hand. She is in
he graduating class.
Mrs. Percy O'gomen and Miss Sallie
3unch, of Augusta, are guests of
drs. Rentz at the hotel.
A son of Mr. "Trump" Harter is
ibout to die from effects of measles
This is commencement week here
>f our high school. Misses Alma
inight and Hattie George are the
graduates. Mr. Russell Loadholt, on
iccount of measles, will not graduite
this term. He is one of our
>rightest and best boys.
Mrs. Lily Myrick and Miss Etta
3erry attended the match game of
jase ball at Brunson.
Miss Wroten, of Denmark, is visitng
her cousin, Miss Goolsby, at the
Barber House.
lays the last of the month and it is
>ver, and two black and tan hound
mppies will be glad of it, especially
f ice is near. Last week one evenng
a block of ice was deposited on
he back piazza carefully packed,
hen a thick lap robe placed on top.
?aid puppies left their box and bed
tnd took this, soon such shivering
md whining and running over the
loor, then on that lap robed ice
tgain. This they kept up all night,
md next morning could be seen two
lalf frozen dogs looking at that box
seeming to say, comfortable but cold.
OLD TIMER.
ACCUSED OF STEALING WATCH, gj
O. P. Sasser, of Branchville, Arrested
Cli
by Express Company Detective.
Branchville, May 19.?Yesterday
morning O. P. Sasser was arrested jSf
and taken in charge by a detective
for the Southern Express company
and carried to St. George, where he
was arraigned in the court of Magistrate
Moorer, on the charge of steal- Ba:
ing a gold watch from the Southern the
Express company on or about Decern- mo
ber 23, 1909. It is reported that pre
n -.1? ? A 1 /s A in fViA
casser, uix uemg anaigucu m tu
magistrate's court, entered a plea of mo
guilty and that the magistrate im- ott
mediately fixed bail in the sum of dit
$1,000. Sasser could not give the '
bond and was committed to the coun- prs
ty jail, there to await trial at the next the
session of the criminal court for wh
Dorchester county. Mil
Sasser held the position as lineman soi
( for the Western Union Telegraph I
: company and has been boarding at spc
one place here for the past three exi
years. ?wo
It is reported that the theft was ati
committed while Sasser was riding hig
on the car of the express company as by
the train was going to Charleston on enl
the 23rd of last December and while ins
the train was running through the aw
county of Dorchester. The package hig
was missed on arrival of the express cei
train in Charleston and suspicion at stu
1 once pointed to Sasser, who was con- an
stantly watched from that time to the coi
evening of the I7tn, wnen tne aetec- an;
tive for the express company came
? here and had a talk with Sasser in Mi
; his room at the hotel and afterwards wa
, took him to an officer here. It is re- ler
ported that Sasser made a statement Rii
. under oath that he stole the watch Mg
and that his reason for so doing was cla
that he was in a state of intoxication.
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Sasser is from a good family of tei
; people, who live in North Carolina, trc
! It is reported that Sasser was seen de!
' by one of his friends here, who went to
to the county jail to see him and who fie:
said that he seemed quite indifferent he
! and did not seem to realize the serious
condition in which he was in. de
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Colston News. de]
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Colston, May 23.?We are having so
some very nice weather these days, so:
and the farmers are making good
use of it. pil
Mr. John G. Clayton and sister, roi
Miss Nelle Clayton, who have been at- an
tending the S. C. C. I. at Edgefield, be<
will return home to-day (Monday) da
1 for the summer's vacation. he:
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Mr. and Mrs. John McCormic and pu
daughter, Miss Lessie, visited at the ^hi
home of Mr. A. L. McMillan Sun1
day. Mr
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Mrs. Ogretta Beard and daughter, da;
Miss Irene, were the guests of Mr. tri
and Mrs. S. P. Chisolm Sunday. m
go]
Master Marion McMillan has gone enj
to Savannah on a visit to friends wa
1 and relatives. <
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Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hiers and an<
( children visited their sister, Mrs. S. 0f
W. Clayton, Saturday and Sunday. cr
an>
Messrs. Lee Morris, Purdy and
Troy Ayer, of Olar, visited friends on
Prtlctrm Riindav.
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Kearse and Colston crossed bats ^o
Saturday. There were 20 to 23 scores wh
in favor of Kearse. L. C. th<
bai
Eighteen Passengers Injured. j0]
the
Washington, May 23.?Eighteen his
passengers were slightly injured in 3j0
the wreck late to-day of a special 15
train running as the second section
of No. 10 on the Southern railroad hai
near Cedar Run bridge between Catletts
and Calverton, Va. The engine 0f
and four passenger coaches were de- jir
railed 200 yards from the bridge, the th?
cause of the accident being a mys- ma
tery. All the passengers were seri- as
ously shaken up and some were badly
cut and bruised. sti:
Among the injured were: Hardy c0
M. Edwards, Buffalo; H. G. Ashley, (ja.
Mobile; Mrs. A. L. Shullo, Honesdale, we
Pa.; Herbert A. Whiting, Boston;
James Clark, New York city; Charles
F. Smith, Buffalo; Mrs. S. C. Faran- '
dis, Seattle; J. P. Dimmick, Mont- Ha
gomery, Ala.; Mrs. G. E. Melius, hoi
RridereDort. Conn.; S. F. Miller, Balti- ing
more; Mrs. Wm. F. McAvoy, Balti- gas
more; R. C. Hill, Buffalo; Mrs. I. S. stil
VanLoan, New York city; A. M. Dum- yai
lo, Baltimore. be
Physicians from Calverton, War- tar
renton and other nearby towns gave spi
aid to injured and all wore brought bat
to Washington on a special train ar- Tw
riving here to-night. | exi
FADED SCHOOL CLOSING
ASS DAY EXERCISES HELD
LAST FRIDAY MORNING.
?ays Read by the Graduates?Address
by Hon. S. G. Mayfield.
Diplomas Presented.
rhe class day exercises of the
mberg graded school took place in
! large auditorium last Friday
rning at 10.30 o'clock, and
>mptly on time there had assembla
large crowd of the fathers and
thers of the pupils as well as
ier friends of the school, the auorium
being well filled.
The exercises were opened with
lyer by Rev. O. J. Frier, pastor of
> Bamberg Baptist church, after
ich the salutatory was read by
3S Nettie Sandifer. Then came a
lg by a chorus.
Superintendent E. Paul Allen also
>ke a few words of welcome and
fiained that the diplomas which
uld be presented to the gradung
class were given by the State
fh school board and were signed
the governor, State superintendt
of education, and the high school
ipector. These diplomas were
arded to the graduates of such
?h schools as made a certain perltage
of units in the course of
idy mapped out for high schools,
d it is gratifying to note in this
inection that Bamberg stood fifth
Long the high schools of the State.
The class history was read by
ss Dot Adams, the class prophecy
s assigned to Miss Llewellyn Zeig ,
the class poem by Miss Pearle
ce, and the class will by Mr.
trion Cooner, the lone boy in the
ss.
Then an instrumental solo was
" * "*?'? t j n-n, A *
laerea Dy Miss beouara r kjikl, a.L
which Superintendent Allen induced
Hon. S. G. Mayfield, who
livered a strong, sensible address
the graduating class. Mr. MayId's
remarks were most timely, and
was warmly applauded.
An instrumental duet was renred
by Misses Annie Lou Byrd and
onard Folk, and then Superintenut
Allen delivered the diplomas
the graduating class. In doing
he gave the members of the class
me good advice.
Prizes were then presented to pus
in Mrs. Murdaugh's room. Each
ar Mrs. Murdaugh gives a medal
the best average in scholarship,
d for three years this medal has
an won by Miss Edith Rice, a
ughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Rice,
r record being from 95 to 97. Mrs.
lrdaugh also gives a prize for
nctuality and attendance, and for
*ee years this prize has been won
Miss Nell Black, a daughter of
. and Mrs. Thos. Black. During
this time she has not missed a
y or been late a single morning,
ily a remarkable record. The
(dal presented Miss Rice was of
Id and a beautiful design, suitably
graved, and the prize to Miss Black
s a lovely gold locket.
The exercises closed with the vale:tory
by Miss Julien Easterling,
d a farewell chorus. The papers
the graduating class were very
editable and showed much thought
d care in their preparation.
No Early Adjournment.
Washington, May 22.-r-Shivers
ve been chasing themselves up and
wn the spinal columns of members,
io must face serious contests in
iir States or districts if they come
ck to the next Congress, ever since
tin Dwight, the Republican wnip 01
i House of Representatives, issued
i prediction that the present sesn
would not adjourn before July
Even the most pessimistic members
i thought there would be little
Bculty in getting away by the end
June, but a week has passed since
. Dwight made his forecast, and in
it time little progress has been
.de. That the prediction was made
a bluff for the purpose of impell;
both branches of Congress to ber
themselves vas believed by the
ngressional leaders, but there is
nger now that the session will run
11 into July.
Child Burns in Gasoline.
Tampa, Fla., May 19.?Manuel
ckney, a 5-year-old-boy met a
rrible death here to-day while play;
in his father's yard. A tank of
soline exploded, and while it was
II burning was thrown into the
d by a fireman who happened to
passing at the time. The burning
ik struck the child, the gasoline
eading over him, burning him so
lly that he died two hours later,
o houses burned as a result of the
)losion.
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MAKES REQUISITION.
Tennessee Governor Asks for Sumen.
c
der of South Carolinian. \
Columbia, May 23.?Governor An- M
sel has now under consideration the .I
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matter of whether or not he should %
honor a requisition requested by Governor
Patterson, of Tennessee.
HvoreliaHnwin? thp mprp niieS+ion.
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as to the merits of the case, there is
great interest to the public at large,
not only in this State, but throughout
the country, in the fact that last fall
Governor Patterson, who has since
come into such notoriety by his pardon
of Col. Cooper, refused to honor %?
a requisition sent from this State
for C. J. Hebert, wanted in connection
with the Seminole scandal. Governor
Ansel has not yet decided gr||
whether he will honor the requisi- '
tion, but he gave a lengthy hearing1. 'i.'Sj
to both sides to-day in his office, ' -i
where appeared attorneys from Ten- g
nessee and South Carolina, in the in- P|
terest of the two parties to the cause.
The case centres around A. Shep
Pearlstine, of Branchville, who
charged with embezzlement by PaJmer
Brothers, of Charleston, Tenn.(Y;)||?
There are eleven counts in the in- *:
dictment, involving nearly $20,000
altogether. Mr. Pearlstine is perfectly
willing to be tried in Sout!|Carolina,
but is resisting the requiai- :^gg||
tion by which he would be carried
Tennessee and placed on trial in a
strange State.
It appears also that the question i? rm
largely one of law, and that the,'J|gv||
merits of the case itself have bat
little bearing in the way of pabUc*;'|||j|3
interest. But for the fact that the '*J?9
question of extradition came up, and '
I the fact that the matter is with tbo\fc|g|S
State of Tennessee, the story itself/;/?^
might not have been given to the,
public/ Under the circumstances
however, it could not be withheld,?
even though the charge against Mr.
Pearlstine has not been proved.
One of the points in the argument
"That the deponent, being in tha^^gB
city of Augusta, State of Georgis//?||
drew a draft on Palmer Brofeap^j^^f
Charleston, Tenn., for the sum
$60, and that the said draft was padi. J%?;
and is in the possession of Palm^|^ijB|
Brothers, as deponent believes, aaift^ygjj
that the said charge of embezzlement
of $60 is made as of the 16th of /%
November, and that deponent re-:?
ceived of said Palmer Brothers a let~_fjp ||
ler uettriiig uuuic ixu?cuiuci xo, j.?v
postmarked Charleston, Tenn., as ?f-*J|j|S
said date, and received a note at Den- sM
mark, November 20; said letter
exhibit heretofore set forth as
hibit 'N.' That as to this account V$||
deponent also submits affidavit ot
C. Rice, who knows that depone^.
i was in the town of Denmark on
thereabouts at the time mentioned
in this count of indictment." This has/H^yl
reference to the second count of
indictment. There are other coants^>^BB
involving amounts from $50 to $500.
Mr. Pearlstine's attorney submitted
affidavits from well-known Denmark
people to the effect that the
drafts were deposited by Mr. PeartSrtine
in the Bank of Denmark. There *&?
were a number of affidavits submitted7
in the case and Governor Ansel heard
them read this afternoon.
m1 kafAM flAPa rw?w
IXICX'C (typcaicu uciuiv v. v. .-w.
Ansel this afternoon Attorneys S. M
G. Mayfield, of Bamberg, and
Townsend, of Columbia, for
Pearlstine, and Attorney G. .
Chamble, of Chattanooga, for the
Palmer Company.
Mr. Pearlstine does not think that 1
he would get a fair trial in Tenner->;fM2
see and his attorneys contested t
extradition on this and other points ;
of law.
The contrast between Governor-':f.
Anse's respectful hearing of both
sides of the case and Governor Patr^-^^S
terson's refusal last fall to honor tha -,r i|33
extradition for Hebert is marked. It
is interesting now to see the future
developments of this case.
Young White Man Convicted.
Anderson, May 23.?Will Martin, rjjli
of Williamston, a young white man AfJ
? - ? AAnnA/tfinn rro a rfefifaJS
(JI yiULLliUClit IdUlllJ! UUUUCV11UU) nwJIT|
found guilty of assault and battery jg-fM
of a high and aggravated nature tonight.
He was arraigned this morn-'.
ing on the charge of attempted crimi- jf|j2
nal assault on a 19-year-old white ^
girl. Attorneys for Martin will argue
a motion for a new trial before
Judge Watts to-morrow morning.
Solicitor Bonham is yet undecdied. tils
as to whether Calhoun Harris, former
secretary of the Orr cotton mills, /
will be arraigned on the three
dictments of forgery remaining on. ' ^
the docket. Harris was acquitted on svdm
three counts of forgery and one of
breach of trust on Friday.
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