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' ' "f" . ^ . ' i&^3 ** , ' - T?rJ8 ?l|p Hamburg ^mtlb I ? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURRSDAY, JUNE 9, 1910 One Dollar a Year = ira COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS I SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the E County and Elsewhere. E r Ehrhardt Etchings. s Ehrhardt, June .6.?Rains have D come in good shape. Water standing and more coming this morning. . ^ I;"' ? .'U y General " Green is marching his e armv in full force aeainst the farm- ^ ers of this section. Seems to have s the sympathy of the weather in his 13 favor. General Green hasn't had a ^ showing up to now, and is well pre- u pared for the fight n u y On the night of June 2nd B. B. t! Murdaugh, colored, of Lodge, had one F of his mules killed by lighting, s Lighting struck his corn house and b the stables was on the side of the p - barn. There was another in stable, but was not hurt. * i] ii Mrs. J. L. Copeland and sisters, a with Mr. FYank Copeland, went to t: ' Charleston Sunday on a pleasure trip, a The railroad company is at work a ^building waiting rooms and. office n here, and changing their track for n the convenience of the public. tl fe Sunday was a warm day and no 3V ice in town. b b Had some wind last Thursday s night. No damage done. t< > v a . Some of our fishermen had good ti luck last week, caught plenty of all iHnrio JEE. ff ? * Id News from Olar. ~ f XI Olar, June 6.?Mr. and Mrs. W. g H. Ritter, of Ehrhardt, spent Sunday e at the ancestral home. It may be a * news to your readers to say that this v pretty young couple "stole a march" h on everybody, a few days ago, by u getting married. The bonnie bride s, and handsome groom have the best a wishes of all their friends, and they 0 are legion. 3 The bride is the daughter of Rev. p J. W. Araial, of the South Carolina b i *' ? conference, and she is very attractive, accomplished and cultured. Willie Ritter is the son of Mr. H. J. Ritter, and is one of the finest boys in the county. We predict a fine future for him. He and his n lovely bride begin life under propi- g j tious circumstances and we hope Cupid and the Fates will smile upon n them always. j The writer spent Saturday in old r Barnwell county, dined with Capt. y and Mrs. J. W. Jenny. To share the hospitality of those gracious people n is a benediction. They have never 0 had any children, but have raised and cared for more orphans than any ^ couple in this part of the State. Their beautiful villa may rightly be ^ called the orphanage of Barnwell county. b In the afternoon wc- called on Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Bailey. These are the richest poor (?) people I have ever g seen. Sam owns and operates a onehorse farm, and does most of the < work himself. He has "money to burn," and carries matches for the ^ y purpose. He has enough old corn, oats, hay and fodder to last him 3 j years, and all farm supplies in proportion. He has originated a new pea, and the writer is sending his variety to Washington to have them tested on Arlington by the bureau of plant industry. 2. , Some Baptist Doings About Elirhardt f 'V.. - . The contractor has begun our church at Ehrhardt, and we hope to occupy it not later than September 1st. We are holding our services this month in the Methodist church r. \ The Methodist and Lutherans have kindly premitted us to use their churches for our services, and all of T this year we have been alternating "between these churches. E % The Bethany church has let the contract for her building and work E will begin soon. This is an energetic little body, with her work well in * J mi >< V. nana. 1 ue wurncu ui V,uuiku aic U redering some valuable aid at this e time for the proposed building. ti Hunter's Chapel has the honor of p being excelled by few in handling h the financial side of her work, and A she is moving steadily on. t< Bethesda's membership is scattered 1< over a wide area, but she holds on, h ' and har recently purchased a new o organ. One of her great powers is a s live Woman's Missionary Union. S St. John's is to give her annual Sunday school picnic June 23rd, when s > -> DEATH OF MISS MAGGIE RICE. Estimable Young Woman of Denmark Dies in Prime of Life. Denmark, June 3.?Miss Maggie Lice, the oldest daughter of the late Lev. D. W. Rice, died at the home in >enmark yesterday evening at about unset, after a lingering illness of iany months. Miss Rice was in the prime of life, it the death of her father several ears ago she became the sole managr of his large estate, the standardearer of the home, the pillar of its upport ana an aDiaing comiort w er aged mother and younger sister. Vith the large responsibilities thrust pon her she developed a fine busiess and executive capacity, which, p to her death, gave to her home he happy assurance of leadership, 'or this reason, the aged, grieftricken mother and the devoted siser feel that her death is an irrearable loss to them. But the sweetest and most endurag efforts of her life have been spent a the realms of home, church work nd social circles. Her strong Christan character carried sacred force nd tender benedictions to the world bout her. Her cultured, unselfish ature won for her the love and adliration of all classes of people. In ttis large field, where true womanood counts for more than gold, liss Rice will be greatly missed. In the presence of a large assemlage of sympathetic friends and tricken relatives her body was laid ~ 4>V%/\ TrillAryA nAro Aforrr J icsi ill uic image, j uiiu fternoon by the remains of her disinguished father. Dr. C. C. Brown, of Sumter, a tanch friend of the family, conucted the funeral services. Lev. J. D. Moore, Sunday school eld secretary of the South Carolina lapti3t State Convention, will deliver n address. Further notice of this rill be given next week. She is to ave a series of good things, for the nion meeting held a prosperous ession on the last Sunday of May, nd the Sunbeam Band is to carry ut a well arranged program on the rd Sunday in June, while the apearance of her building is soon to e improved by being repainted. J. EARLE FREEMAN. fairiax fancies. Fairfax, June, 4?This is comlencement week, and all is life and aiety in our midst. Sunday evening the commenceient sermon was preached by Rev. . W. Walling, of Allendale, and a eal grand lecture it wast to our outh. , Monday evening in our beautiful ew school house the exercises were pened by a song from the little ones. Welcome Address?by Gladys Barer. Recitation, Who Would be a Boy .gain??Carol Baker. Chorus, Annie Laurie?Pictured y seven girls. Indian Drill. Recitation, What the Little7 Girl aid?Sadie Bassett. Solo?Sadie Harter. Doll's Hospital?.-Six small girls. Duet?Gladys Buckner, Lylete Wilson. Recitation, When Huldy Sects her tean?Sadie Harter. Joan of Ark?Drill. The Raggety Man?Albert King. Solo?Alma Googe. Lads Love Lasses?Six boys. Solo?Lylete Wilson. In Want of a Servant?Dialogue. Bridal Party. Solo?Ruth Wilson. Song?Jingle Bells. TUESDAY NIGHT. Prayer. Essay, Our School Now and Then -Alma Knight. Essay, Youth, the Time for Prepaation?Hattie Googe. Valedictory?Russell Loadholt. Address to Graduating Class?Dr. homas. Duet?Misses Annye Moye, Alma [night. 1' Medal Delivery to Ruth Wilson? >r. Thomas. , Diplomas Delivered?Dr. Googe. The three graduates have lived ere all their lives, and have attendd school for ten years. They pic ured beautifully the changes and imrovements since our new building as been finished, and equipped, dma Knight has been the pet of our )wn in all these years, being motheriss, and chaperoned in her own ome by a kind aunt. The thought f losing her to go to a higher chool, then to be with her father in avannah, saddens us very much. Hattie Googe has been faithful in chool duties, and will be useful in r _ ' v. ' IN THE PALMETTO STATE o SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick P Reading?Paragraphs About a Men and Happenings. " s< The annual commencement exercises and encampment of the Citadel w was held in Greenwood this week. e: Forty-six young men graduate in Wofford college, Spartanburg, to-day and twenty-six have compietea tne course in the fitting school. w Blackville and Orangeburg are jx now enforcing the Sunday laws 0 strictly, and no cold drinks or cigars Sj are sold in either of those towns now. b A fire insurance company has been p organized in Columbia, the stock be- a ing owned largely by business men T of that city. 0 Candidates for State offices are coming out right along. The latest h entry is F. H. Haytt, of Columbia, h for governor. The entries close the ^ 21st instant. " Junius Peeples, 19 years old, who h shot and killed a negro woman in Barnwell county, has been granted p bail. Affidavits showed that the woman snapped a gun at him before he shot her. e Judge Devore has declared that rj the cotton tare act passed by the p legislature is constitutional. This a act provides that the tare on a bale ^ of cotton .shall be six per cent. The 0 test case was brought in Columbia. a Furman University is to erect a ? ?? VinlHinor +fk ha PaTlpfl +1 new IU1CC-31U1J uuuuiug, vv uv ? VJ a science hall. The building will jv cost $50,000, half of which was * iaised by subscriptions throughout f the State, the remainder being given c by Andrew Carnegie. Hampton Koon, a mill foreman at h Warrenville cotton mill, Aiken coun- a ty, was sentenced by a magistrate to * pay a fine of $60 or serve 30 days on c the chaingang for striking a little n girl who wa? working under his su- r pervision. He paid the fine. tl ? * home and social life. Russell Loadholt is one of the ^ noblest youths of our county, and I a may say State. d A good student, industrious on his f< father's farm, and with no bad t< habits, we look for great things for v him, if not in the Hall of Fame, hprp nt. home, an intelligent. wide-awake farmer and citizen. No graduates have ever received the "well done" to teachers, fellow-pupils n and the audience at large more n enthusiastically than thesa young h people did on Tuesday evening, and S1 we shall follow their future careers r; with unusual interest. ^ The duet by the little tots, Jamie * Lou Carter and Johnnie Googe, was 0 well rendered and loudly cheered. ^ While all of Miss Moye's pupils f< showed excellent training, Sadie Har- 8 ter (for so young a child), Ruth Wilson and Lylete Wilson excelled. The ? difficult and sparkling duet by Misses Annye Moye and Alma Knight was ^ vociferously applauded. n Prof. Jos. Riser, Miss Ruth b Haigler, Misses Goolsby and Albright, a our teachers, are to be congratulated ^ upon the success of the school. d Quite a number of visitors were Cl entertained here this week on ac- e: count of commencement. Among n them were Misses Johnston, of Estill, M Misses Judy and Bolen, Miss Annie Cleland, and Dr. Thomas. n G Miss Alice Johnston is charming cl all of Fairfax "with her lovely music, e. especially vocal. . tl Miss Lila Barber has returned from Columbia College. Miss Maude Barber attended the commencement of N that college. On Sunday afternoon Miss Simpson, of Prosperity, gave a missionary q talk at the Lutheran church. The r< ronrforoH VPPV HU'PPt TTlllSlC. 1? VUV11 4V/UUV* vu * W .. A, Miss Simpson is a very fine speaker, jr and she had the undivided attention s< of the audience throughout her talk. ^ A grand collection was received for t] missions. Mrs. Martin Lightsey, t president of the missionary society \2 here, presided in a dignified manner, ^ over the meeting. 0 ii The little son of Mrs. Fred Lightsey, who was so all, has recovered. ^ It was Miss Etta, the oldest daugh- ^ ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harter, who 'f( was recently married to Mr. W. J. p, White, of-Charleston. It was a quiet g, home wedding. Mr. Harter visited his daughter recently in her new home. Their son, Allen, a popular t< youth, is recovering from a severe 0 spell of illness, but is still very weak, n FATAL FIGHT. ne Soldier Kills Another in Fisticuff on Sullivan's Island. The Charleston Evening Post says rivate Fry, of company 144, coast rtillary, at Fort Moultrie, was nocked down in a fight with another )ldier, said to be Private Murray, nd did not recover consciousness, blowing the contact of his head 1th, the curbing in front of the post schange. Murray is under arrest t the Fort and will have to stand rial for the death of Fry. It appears that the two soldiers ere at the post exchange, and got lto an altercation over some matter r other, and Fry is reported to have truck Murray with a chair, which rought on a fight and it was proosed to settle the difficulty outside, fter manner of the hardy soldiers, his was at about 8:45 o'clock, luttside the two soldiers squared off )r their fight, and Murray is said to ave hit Fry a blow which knocked im down, and as he fell the soldier's ead came in contact with the curblg, and he lost consciousness, which e did not regain, death resulting. The death of the soldier caused a rofound impression among his lates, who were antonished by the nexpected outcome of an ordinary sticuff, such as is frequently indulgd in among the fighters of the valous companies. Private Murray was laced under arrest after the fight, nd is in a serious predicament. He ^as terribly shocked by the result f what at first promised to be only trifling matter. Little or no official information of tie affair could be gotten from Fort loultrie Thursday, but the story 'as current on Sullivan's Island, and 'ry's death gave rise to general discission of the trouble. Murray, the soldier under arrest, 5 of the same company as Fry was, nd is well-known in Charleston, 'here he appeared in the guise of a lever and aggressive prize fighter, leeting Billy Yeager in the local Ing for three hard battle, before tie Nonpareil Club. It is said that [array did not wish to fight Fry. At the hospital on the island it ras thought that strangulation had a much to do with Fry's death as id the blow on his head, for beDre he fell he also received a blow ) the stomach that caused him to omit. Doctor Is Arrested. Lexington, June 4.?Dr. W. A. Oxer, of Gilbert, was arrested this lorning upon a warrant charging im with practice of medicine and urgery without a license. The warant was issued by Magistrate Thos. i. Harman upon affidavit of Dr. G. 'rank Roberts, of Lexington. Dr. ixner came to Lexington and immeiately gave bond in the sum of $500 Dr his appearance at the general ses Ions court. The law requires that every physilan must have a license from the tate board of examiners, except hose physicians who hold a diplo1a from a medical college within the orders of the State. Dr. Oxner is graduate of the medical college of reorgia and has a diploma from this istitution,-but the law in this State oes not recognize diplomas from alleges outside of the State to the xtent that a doctor cannot practice ledicine without first obtaining a cense from the State board. Dr. Oxner has been practicing ledicine for a number of years at ilbert. He is married and has five hildren. It is said that he enjoys a xtensive practice. It is stated that *vlopAi*Aiia1v nncViarl 1c uaoc Will uc u^vivuua; NEGRO SERVANT CONFESSED. ellie Clarkson Accused of Putting Rat Poison in Coffee. Washington, May 31. ? Nellie larkson, the negro servant under ar2st here, accused of poisoning Mrs. lorence Barrow and her daughters, lorence and May, by putting rat poim in the coffee pot at the Barrow ouse last Friday, was declared by le police to-day to have confessed, he police say that the woman reited how she had been angered at aving been discharged and accused C theft and that she put the poison 1 the coffee pot after a quarrel with trs. Barrow. After she had returned ome, the Clarkson woman is said to ave told the police she was sorry )r what she had done. All of the oisoned victims are now out of daner. The fertilizer tag tax, which goes ) Clemson college, will reach $250,00 this year?about forty thousand tore than last year. YEGfiMAN REFUSED PARDON PECULIAR CASE RECALLED 13 PETITION OP JOHN KING. Case of Mistaken Identity Made It Necessary for Gov. Hey ward to Release Three Others. Four years spent behind tne prisor walls at Atlanta and over six month* in the South Carolina prison ha* made John King, alleged safeblower a physical wreck, according to a pet! tion presented to Gov. Ansel who re fused to pardon him. In behalf oi King, a member of the house of rep resentatives wrote an appeal to Gov Ansel, in which the interesting anc pathetic case of the man is set out L. M. Gasque, of Marion, is tjie at torney who petitioned the governor John King was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary, havinj been convicted of housebreaking anc larceny, and came to serve his sen tence in October, 1909. Finding a Den. Back in February, 1904, the safe of John L. Dew, a merchant of Latta was rifled and the same night the postoffice was broken open and * quantity of stamps and other prop erty taken therefrom. Not many dayi thereafter out in the country wai found a den where three men resid ed. In this den were found stampi and pennies. Apparently here wer< the guilty persons, Leonard Hardinj and his two companions, H. E. Cun ningham and T. H. Marion, were ar rested by postofflce inspectors. Th< men were tried by State court and, having been found guilty, wer sentenced to serve five years each ii the State prison. McCarthy's Confession. Meantime John McCarthy in a Ver mont prison made a confession, 1m plicating John King. That was h 1905. The confession was made b Postofflce Inspector Gregory who i well known in this State. The con fession exonerated the three men wh< had been tried for the Latta robber; and made King and McCarthy th< guilty persons, according to Mc Carthy's own statement. With this confession before hiu Gov. Heyward pardoned the thre men, who had been serving their sen tence for nearly one year. Subse quently in Charlotte one of the me] died. The discovery of the mistak en identity was made by acciden one day when Inspector Gregor; visited the State prison. John King was tried in Charlfestoi by the federal court in April, 1905 Upon the testimony furnished by Mc Carthy, who In the words of the peti tioner, "was a confessed criminal, i safeblower," King was convicted an< sentenced to serve four years in pris on. He immediately went to Atlanfc and remained imprisoned theye fo four years. Following his release from the At lanta prison, King was immediatel; rearrested and tried in the Stat courts. At the time he had been in jail fo nearly a year. "With five years already served fo one offense," writes petitioner "King was again brought before th< court." He was convicted and sen tenced to serve three years. Hi came to Columbia in October, 1909 Is a Physical Wreck. The petition states that King ii now a physical wreck, "worn ont b; his close confinement for six years' and that he had never been in troubli before the Latta case, according ti McCarthy's confession. The petition er pleaded to let King out so tha he might become a better citizen. "While John McCarthy is enjoy ' ' J-? lng 1113 11CCUU1U, uaviug uccu pax doned by the president of the Unit'e< States, by the governor of North Car olina and by the governor of Ver mont, King, has lingered in prisoi and suffered," pathetically states th< petition. That King had been sufficiently punished was Judge Watts's opinion he having tried the case. Solicitoi Wells did not agree with Judg< Watts, saying that the other fellows who suffered for King's deed wer* punished and were innocent. Th( reason King stayed in jail one yea; before trial was because there hac been a mistrial. Gov. Ansel makes no comment ir the case except to write on the peti tion, "Pardon refused, June 3 1910."?Columbia State. The Bamberg Herald wants tc know the population of that city, anc offers three years' subscription to tne one who guesses the nearest population. Bamberg! pshaw, we'd guesj 100,000; send the Herald along.? Colleton News. ' - >" r'-: ' ' | USE WINCHESTERS. Two Darlington County Families in ' Free Fight. A .Jjji Darlington, June 4.?A general' t shooting affair took place on yesterday in the Lydia section of this coun- ' : ty between two families, Northcutt Vm and Caston, with the result that one' /. { man, Scarborough Stevens, a negro, , is aeaa. 'jSSfl 5 The two families have had differ- Jggj ences, it is said, for some time, bat ^ ' nobody seems to know the immediate . cause of the recent difficulty. The f shooting took place in the edge of a ^ small strip of woods, one family be ing in the field, tfie other Just In the j woods, and the negro, Stevens, at the 1 other point of the triangle between ] the two groups. 1 Magistrate E. E. Thornwell, of > j Hart8ville, went immediately to j scene yesterday morning, to hold an . I inquest, and after taking all of the evidence, the jury found that the deceased same to his death from a gun- ) shot wound from parties unknown. ; To-day Magistrate P. T. Warr, of 5 Darlington, issued a warrant for Ash? bury Caston, the father, and Frank - and Louis Caston, his son, for aa1 sault, upon information from T. JL. " and L. T. Northcutt and the Caatona. s in turn swore out warrants against' -.ffi 3 the Northcutts, charging the same ',$jM ' offense. , 1 8 Winchesters were the weapons B used by all the parties. All of the . ; ^ 5 defendants gave bond for appearance ; at the appproaching term of court ;v 0 Deaf Mute Killed by Train. 0 An unusually sad and regrettable;':' 1 accident was that about 8 o'clock: Monday morning whereby Mr. Thorn* as Carter, prominently connected and ' - one of the brightest, best educated - and most lovable men In Chester^^^f a county, lost his life almost in sight a of his home near Blackstock by be^^M] s ing struck by the northbound South- ;J - era fast passenger as it was aboil^ J o to pass into the town limits. y This being a limited train, which ; e stops only at Chester, Winnsboro > Rock Hill on its way to Charlottti^^^^S )^ was moving at a high rate of speed^>^^ a and by the time the engineer saw *Jj| e Mr. Carter's form he was almost - upon him. Mr. Carter was formerly a profes- | a sor at Cedar Springs institute for - deaf, dumb and blind, and was fcfnih t self deaf and.dumb. It is thought y likely that he never knew of his ger. He was instantly killed, thougl^^>Cj a his body was mangled hardly at S i. Life was extinct when members - the train crew got to his limp torm.' ^^M| , The accident occurred about a mlle t^^y, a. south of the town. Mr. Carter had.'L^^^^f I just breakfasted and was on1-his way^ J - to the Kennedy Mercantile company a store, where he was employed as r book-keeper. His tracks indicated that he had left the road to avoid - sticky red mud abundant there. M6n? y day morning after the rains of Sun-; e day and Sunday night. Mr. Carter leaves a widow, former-- ;jf|| '' r ly Miss McCrorey, of that section; aad'wVji$ several small children. He resigned r from his work at Cedar Springs . several years ago on account of his e UOttlLU. i 3 DISPENSARY MEETING. ' Attention Will be Given Several Mat? ? Y ters by Windlng-Up Commission. 3 Columbia, June 3.?The dispensary 3 commission has been called to meet? - on June 10 for the purpose of dist cussing several matters of importance ^?ggs| in connection with the work of the - commission in winding up the affairs - of the old State dispensary. This ani nouncement was made to-day by Dr. - W. J. Murray, the chairman of th?~ - commission. There are several mat- j| i ters relative to the settlement of cer3 tain claims that the commission has not passed upon, and it is thought 'hr:J$S r that these will be taken up at the ' i/r; || , next meeting. ' : The settlement of the claim of the i State against the Richland Distilling 3 Company, of this city, was not disi .cussed at the last session of the com- r j mission. It is thought that some- ,.-M r thing of a definite nature will be deI cided at the sitting on June 10. The commission recently announc- , II ed that it had entered judgment^ - against several whiskey firms to the . , extent of $1,000,000. Of this amount nearly $700,000 was against the Rich land Distilling Co. It is said that > this company has offered to make a ;fj? I settlement in the sum of $160,00, sjj i but that this amount will not be ac- ? - cepted by the attorneys for the com} mission. There has been no con- ::.y flrmation of the statement that the $ offer was made to the commission.