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. . ; .... ,, . ' . V - m iamtern foralii i ? ) 9 ?Js&& Established 1891 BAMBERG-, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1910 One Dollar a Year 'Pii COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 81 Kii . SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS c IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ?? News Items Gathered All Around the W1 County and Elsewhere. an Ed Ehrhardt Etchings. wa * of Ehrhardt, June 13.?Heavy rams ^ ' *1.1 loot n-oolr Zei nave xaiieu iu uuiD sc^uvu i??k ?. and the farmers are getting uneasy ^ that the grass will get the better of , them. . ly ?___ Saturday was a rainy day; our streets looked like a river. . daT Miss Emma Bruce, of Georgia, . ' inf and Miss Geraldine Brnce, of Bamberg, are visiting relatives here. Mrs. W. H. Riter, who spent last ' week with her parents, came home em Saturday. ( sel ! wii Tt 1b rumored that Mr. D. C. Cope land's stables were struck by light- ^ ing Saturday afternoon. Slight damage done to building; stock was out P?1 a time. * brc dej ? And still it rains is the greeting that the farmers get when they meet . i each other. . - y mo mi: Autos have a hard time of getting about on our roads now. They say the machines slip about so they can't steer them. JEE. ___ ?Air. G. C. . arn, formerly of this an< > city, but now of Savannah, Ga., spent ed several days in the city 'this week on ^ a visit to friends and relatives. J. C. Copeland?Candidate's Card st0 w?'for Magistrate at Ehrhardt. to do< ?Misses Lalla Byrd and Leonard tiCi Folk left last Tuesday for the Uni- a* yersity of Virginia, where they ex?Pl! pect to take a special course in mu- h01 * sic. thi ' / Mo \?Mrs. K. I. Shuck, spent Tuesday tel< in Barnwell, where she was invited cili to the birthday celebration of a on friend. cut ? ] Attempted Murder and Suicide. Clinton, June 10.?A sad case of ser attempted murder and suicide oc- em curred in the country near here yesterday when Mrs. Ishmael Sanders attempted first to poison her husband by putting strychnine in his coffee ? and eggs at breakfast, and when he v -xV" refused to eat them because of the bitter taste, and left for his day's ( : ? -work, took a heavy dose of strych- of nine followed by laudanum. She then Go sent a note to her husband that she cie had committed suicide and \^anted to an( die in his arms. He at once sent Ge] for physician and hastened to her. wa: The combination saved her, the two wa: poisons counteracting each other. wit The physicians are sure that her mind is unbalanced. She freely con- ceD fessed her deed and can assign no tio] #' special reason for it. SUI ? 19 ( Negro Arrested for Murder. foil i ren Walhalla, June 11.?Henry Brown, i . colored, was arrested to-day and ; locked up this afternoon, charged w ' am with the murder of Robert C. Emer- , a^ri son. It will be remembered that Emerson was the prominent Oconee ? farmer who was found, dead under i ges the Blue Ridge railway trestle over HQ} Springs street in the town of Wal- ^ halla on the morning of December 6. aDi ?"?? HoWa fr? fnllnw In Vuicr ancDw aic nauib w .. ? the next few days. It is rumored j ^ that those to be arrested are white. ? grc / M. C. Long has worked continu- r.Q ously upon this case. Recently Mr. * Long has had some detectives at t h work on the case under his super- . - n * to vision. Gov. Ansel and the town of Wal- / * halla each offered a reward of $100. i The friends of Emerson .offered an . additional $300. Since this arrest <ph additional interest has been aroused fee and rumors and speculations are rife. Charged with Killing Wife. up Aiken, June 11.?Chandey Bland, ma a negro who has been in jail for a cor month, is now charged by the coro- ^6 ner's jury with killing his wife some v 4 weeks ago. Bland had a difficulty with another negro man, at Bland's house, near Vaucluse, in this county. I Bland was standing in his yard and vie the other negro near Bland's door tre step, when the, difficulty began. See Bland shot at the other negro twice, wa: At the first shot, Bland's wife was at- em tracted to the door, just in time to the receive the second shot fired. The Fr; ' first shot struck the negro man, se- an< riously wounding him. He, however, 1 recovered. . all? Bland's wife died last night from fur the effects of the wound received a pie month ago. An inquest was held tothis afternoon by Coroner Johnson, th* > SARCH FOR DESPERATE MAX. lis Sheriff and Wounds Another, uts 'Phone and Telegraph Wires. Monroe Bride, Mass., June 12.? lile trying to arrest Silas Phelps on assault charge early to-day, sheriff ward F. Haskins, of Charlemont, s shot and killed. An armed posse several hundred officials and citiis has searched the woods all day Phelps, who is armed with a uble barrelled shot gun. i uts sctti t'u ? <u> uirwicu ynuwiyaiat Monroe mountain, a foothill of i Hoosac range near the Vermont e. A heavy rain fell during the V and night, probably obliterat; any scent, but those in charge the search have sent to SpringId for blood hounds. Last night Superintendent Perman, the paper mill where Phelps was iployed as a laborer, was stabbed 'iously following an altercation th the man. When Sheriff Has13 reached Phelps's cottage here at pbreak, Mrs. Phelps warned him Lt her husband would shoot any rson who entered. The sheriff )ke down the door and was shot id. Lewis Sears, who had accompanied i sheriff, asked permission to reive the body, and was given three nutes to do so. Small of statue, irs could only drag the heavy form the sheriff slowly across the floor. had reached the piazza when elps declared the time was up, i pointing the gun at Sftars order mm to go. ?ears was lureeu lo When Sears reached town with his ry a posse was formed which went the. Phelps home. They found the jr barricaded and there was no noable movement until about 10:15 m.f when Phelps was seen scurry; through the woods back of the use. He had apparently escaped ough a rear door. He headed for nroe mountain, on his way cutting ephone and telegraph wires to fatate his escape. The hunt went all day and was still being prose;ed at nightfall. Phelps is 42 years old and has a 'e and six children. He recently ved a term in jail for shooting an pi oyer. LLS FOUND AGAINST GORDON. ung Chartestonian Must Stand Trial for Grand Larceny. Charleston, June 11.?In the court general sessions to-day J. Alex, rdon, the well-known young sot"y man who was recently arrested 1 charged with a shortage at the rmania Savings Bank of which he s the teller and assistant cashier, s indicted to-day on six true bills ;h two counts of breach of trust ;h fradulent intent and grand lariy. The largest-individual abstracq of funds of the bank was the n of about $9,000 in November, )9, and the several others which lowed up to April 1, when he was aoved from his position and arted on a warrant sworn out by State bank examiner, are for small ounts. The case will attract much ention on trial as his arrest was a sensation. Gordon was generally eemed highly and it was the bigit sort of a surprise when the vs of his shortage become known, e date for his trial has not been jointed. 4 ' Another case. of interest was the iictment to-day of a number of ne>es, charged with conspiracy and ting on James Island, some weeks ). The trial of the negroes will :e place next week. There are 11 be tried. Shot the Girl. Vliss Nancy Duncan was killed by itecaps near Columbus, Okla., on ursday night. For some time a ling of emity against Duncan and four sons has existed. Thursday ht a company of masked men rode to the Duncan residence and dended that Duncan and his sons ne out. This they refused, and men fired into the house, killing t girl. Charged with Robbing Masons, s'ew Orleans, June 9.?Frank Das, until recently secretary and asurer of the Grand Consistory, >ttish Rite Masons of Louisiana, s to-day indicted on the charge of bezzling $15,500 of the funds of > consistory. He is the head of the ank Davies Machinery Company i is prominent in business circles. It is claimed to-night that Davies's aged embezzlement were from a id collected to build a Shriner temat New Orleans. At a late hour lAJLgUl lit? LldU U^t^LL uuauic tU uuiaiu I > required bond of ? 10,0 00. j ' s J IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. . State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Seventy-seven young men graduated at Clemson college last week, this being the largest class but one in the history of the institution. A meeting was held at Swansea last weeK wun tne ouject ui sutrLiug a movement for the organization of a new county, to be carved from the territory of Lexington and Richland counties. Senator B. R. Tillman, who has been at a sanitarium in Atlanta for several weeks, returned home last Friday, much improved in health. It is said to be his intention to remain at home for the present. Allendale wants to be a county seat, and the movement for a new county has been started there. This is the second attempt of that town, to become a county seat, .the first election having been against the new county. Adjutant General Boyd was taken seriously ill last Friday, and for a time he had convulsions. His life was despaired of, but his wonderful constitution enabled him to rally, and he is now very much better and it is thought he will reecover. rTHE LA As stated last week, we ha piring June 1st and July 1st, on test last summer. We are glad ' scribetrs have renewed for anoth< that they want The Herald and being in accordance with our p any of those whose subscription they want the paper and will re enforce our cash-in-advance rule give theni opportunity to renew week more.. At that time we wi tions which have expired, so ki you want the paper. Either pen so. But bear in mind that next1 scriptions which have expired, subscriber, but we don't want t want it, and we cannot afford t from you at once. If your subs* ready been notified or will be, a papers where the subscription subscription has expired." It is statecl that Prof. W. M. Riggs will be elected as the next president of Cl^mson College. He has been acting as president since the resignation of Dr. Mell. An up-todate hospital is*to be established at Gaffney. A stock company has been organized with a capital of $20,000. The buildings will cost about $15,000, and the site is to be donated. Every town should have a well-equipped hospital. An order has been issued by the State supreme court enjoining the insurance commissioner from putting into effect the "firemen's pension act" which was passed by the last session of the Legislature. The suit was brought by the fire insurance companies. The case is to be heard on the first day of the ensuing term of the supreme court. Cotton Mills to Curtail. Hendersonville, N. C., June 10.? The opening session of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' association here to-night was marked by the passage of a resolution urging curtailment of products and by report of the president, E. A. Smythe. The plan of curtailment is for each mill to close down for one week in August and one week in July or for two weeks in August. * ^ Missionary fleeting. The annual foreign missionary society convened at Bennettsville, S. C., from the first of June to the fifth, 1910. There were present one hundred and fifty delegates from the different societies. Mrs. Henry Beard representing the woman's foreign missionary society and Miss Jeroline Bruce, the young people's missionary society of Bamberg. The womaus' foreign missionary society has been changed to the womans' missionary council. The womans' missionary council will be held at Mullins, S. C., 1911. i COL. W. W. MOORE WILL RUN. Barnwell Man Offers for Adjutan General's Office. Barnwell, June 11.?When seei this morning and asked if he had de cided to enter the race for adjutan general this summer, Col. W. W Moore stated: "Yes, after considering the mat ter fully I have decided to make th< race. I have always had a deep in terest in the military department o our government, and I believe tha the time is ripe for me to be place< in a position where I can work ef flciently for the up-building and de velopment of the militia of the State "My ambition to be at the head o the military department is prompte< by my desire to co-operate with th< militiamen throughout the State ii making the National Guard of Soutl Carolina second to none in th< Union. "Having been actively identifle< with the militia of South Carolini for more than twenty years, I fee that I am thoroughly conversant wit! its needs and requirements, and wil use my best efforts for its futuTe de velopment if elected." It is needless to add that Col Moore's announcement will be haile* with delight by his many friends ove the State. The Denmark Realty Company i delivering the goods. Try them i you want to buy or sell real estate o stocks. C. H. MILHOUS, Manager. * ST CALL 1 ve a numoer 01 suoscnpuons exi account of our subscription conto say that numbers of these suber year, while others have written will renew in a few weeks, this rop<^ition already published. If s hive expired will write us that >new in a few weeks, we will not >, but will send the paper on and r. This offer holds good for one HI take from our list all subscripindly comply with our request if ew or write that you will soon do week we will discontinue all subWe don't want to lose a single o send the paper on if you don't o send it on credit. Let us hear zription has expired, you have als we will this week stamp on all has expired the words, "Your ????J Eighteen Have Piled Pledges. Columbia, June 11.?About hal of the candidates for State office have filed their pledges with Chair man Wilie Jones, of the Democrat! committee. Up to Saturday \nooi there had been filed eighteen pledges The last day for filing pledges i; June 21, at 12 o'clock noon. Chair man Jones to-day called attention t< the fact that candidates should bea i m uiiuu iudi me iu.au puaaiuie iuulucli of filing pledges will be 12, meridian June 21, the day before the cam paign open at Sumter. Those who have filed pledges, ii the order they were filed, are: Jamei Cansler, railroad commissioner; R H. Jennings, for State Treasurer Charles A. Smith, for Lieutenan Governor; C. C. Featherstone, fo: Governor; T. W. Duvall, for Lieut Governor; R. M. McCown for Sec ton, for railroad commissioner; J Fraser Lyon, for Attorney General A. W. Jones, for Comptroller Gener al; Thos. G. McLeod, for Governor C. L. Blease, for Governor; O. C Scarborough, for* railroad commis sioner; J. E. Swearingen, for Stat< Superintendent of Education; John G Richards, for Governor; J. F. Byrnes for Congress; J. E. Ellerbe, for Con gress; J. T. Johnson, for Congress and George S. Legare, for Congress As there will be about forty can didates for State offices, the abov< list represents about half of the num ber that will file pledges. Girl Drowns in Thompson's Creek. Ruby, June 9.?Miss Bessie Moore lb-year-oid daugnter or ivirs. jumm* Moore, was drowned in Thompson's creek, near here, this morning. Hei body has not been recovered. Hei brother, who was walking with her made a vain attempt to save her life nearly losing his own in the effort The girl was crossing Thompson's creek on a footlog, when she slippec and fell into the water. Parties from here are now search ing for the body. BAD MAN HOLDS IP TRAIN t BANDIT HERDS PULLMAN OCCUPANTS IX PRIVATE CAR. 1 Relieves Passengers and Train Crew t of Valuables?Escapes Across Desert. Posse in Pursuit. El Paso, June 10.?Shortly before 3 midnight last night, eastbound train - No. 2, of the El Paso and Southwestf ern railroad, was held up by a lone t bandit who herded the occupants I of the tourist sleeper into a private - car attached to the rear of the train, - compelled them to deposit their . money and valuables in a heap, and f made his escape with the plunder I across the desert toward the mouns tains. Rough estimates place the i value of his haul at several thousand i dollars. /' b The hold-up occurred one mile east of Rosart, N. M., near Corrizozo. At I this point the robber, who had boarda ed the train at Corrizozo, covered the 1 Pullman conductor and brakeman 1 with his gun, compelling them to 1 stop the train. Driving the men be fore him he entered the sleeping car, awakening the occupants with a gruff . command to gather their valuables 3 together and proceed to the 'private r car of Superintendent G. Haws, in the rear. One by one the half-dressed passens ge'rs were-covered by the robber's gun f as they clanfbered from their berths, r Taking his time and exhibiting remarkable coolness, the bandit care= fully took an inventory of what each bore in his up-lifted hands. The job was thorough, not a passengeg escaping and not one being able to keep anything of value. When all the berths were emptied the bandiSdrove his victirds Into the private car, where all, including Superintendent Hawks, were told to place their property in a pile on the floor. Still covering the crowd with his gun, the bandit swept the plunder into a sack and backed ou!t of the car. As he departed he shot out the rear lights of the train, firing four times. Hastily organized posses are in pursuit of the robber in the hope of intercepting him before he can cross the desert to the mountains, toward which he is headed. The passengers, who have been left destitute for the ; time being, are being cared for by the railroad company. That the man is an old hand at the game and probably a desperado who will put up a hard battle before allowing himself to be taken, is believed from the manner in which he carried out the daring hold-up. Mem- j bers of the posses pursuing him are' prepared to shoot on sight. Death Ends Romance. f New,York, June 11.?-Three lines B of agate type, printed in the advertising columns of the morning papers, carried the news to-day that 1 death had ended the romance of Margaret Leavitt, the young heiress who B ran away from home last January to marry Joe Smollen, the "Candy Kid," 3 formerly chauffeur for Jim Corbett, the prize fighter. . The advertisement did not say wiiora \fr? Smnllen had died and the ' family refused to discuss their grief. It became known t'o-night, ho.wl ever, that she had died yesterday at a private sanitarium in this city. Margaret Leavitt was the daughter of G. Howland Leavitt, a milj. lionaire of Bayside, L. I., and was said to be worth $1,000,000 in her r own right. Shortly after the marriage the couple separated. I Gruber Will Hol^j Court. , t f Columbia, June 10.?Governor An sel appointed Mr. W. B. Gruber, of the Walterboro Bar, to preside over - the remaining summer terms of gen eral sessions and common pleas court ? in the seventh circuit, embracing - Cherokee and Spartanburg counties. Mr. Gruber takes tne piace of Judge Dantzler, whose condition - makes it necessary for him to take J a rest. Negro Riddled in Swamp. Pensacola, Fla., June 11.?Robert Matthews, a negro, was shot and kill, ed in a swamp near Beuiah, 16 miles t east of this city, to-day, following J an attempt to assault a 12-year-old r girl. Bloodh'ounds were rushed to r the scene in an automobile and trail, ed the negro to a swamp. A posse , of farmers followed on horseback . and plunged into the swamp. The 5 sheriff and deputy turned back to I get horses, and upon their return they found the negro's body riddled - with bullets. The posse had disappeared. ? * / NEGRO IS KILLED. Dave McGreer Shot by Another Ne- Kiy% gro over Dispute about Well. Greenwood, June 11.?Dave McGreer, one of the few negroes in the county who are rated as well-to-do, ' ' . :rj was shot and instantly killed by a negro named Blackwell this morning at Cokesbury, about nine miles . northwest of town, it appears inat McGreer and Blackwell had a dispute over a well from which both used water and that Blackwell shot McGreer. McGreer owned, considerable real estate and had about fifteen hundred dollars in bank and had his cotton crop for the past two years on hand. He was married but had no children. Blackwell, who is a young negro, has been lodged in jail. Kuker Will Lose Job. Washington, D. C., June 9.? Lewis Kuker will be ousted from -^5^0 the postmastership at Florence. His name was sent in several months ago ; by President Taft, but confirmation . has been held up in the senate by^j9 Senator Smith. The President to-day ordered the postmaster general to withdraw, the nomination. This was done at the instigation of Senator Smith and in his presence the Presi- . dent dictated the order of withdraw- / ' J Vj ai. senator smun aecnneu iu revommend any one for the office, hut -f will do so later. v ' -5^8 His chief objection to Kuker, he .iffijgBi said, was that the President had made the nomination without his approval, x-H which was contrary to the precedents ,;ri in such matters and not in conformi ty with the established principle that a senator shall have the privilege of |f|L% naming the postmaster in his home V&fgfc town. President Taft stated that he intended hereafter to conform to this rule, declaring that the several nominations in senators' home towns here* tofore made were in the rush and confusion of a large number of appointments in which he was unable to > j give his personal attention. A similar case was that of the post'mastership , at Birmingham, Ala., the nomination. to which was withdrawn at the instigation of Senator Johnson. Unless A name is sent in shortly for the Flor- ' ence position the office will be vacant, filled, of course, by the assistant un- ' 5^ til a postmaster is named. Within the next few days Senator Smith will send in a list of several names of men acceptable to him for the office, from which it is expected the President will make a selection. : ^ uiven uu? iear. Montgomery, Ala., June 11.? ' f' Judge Thomas G. Jones of the federal court to-day imposed a sentence of one year and a day in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta upon C. E. v Baker, of Hursboro, Ala., on the charge of contempt of court. The al- ?v'^||gj legation was that Baker had attempted to influence the action of W. H. " i Cope, of Geneva, a member of the grand jury investigating the City / ^ Mfe'i Jewelery Company bankruptcy case, against bringing an indictment again- .'fxgjk st Reuben T. Shreve, one of the broth- | ers who are said to have owned and ^ operated the company. Cope, at the hearing to-day,'tea- . .. \^J|j tifled that Baker had paid his hotel ^ ! bills and for some of his meals, and had spoken of reward if he would ;'..^g?j vote against an Indictment in tne case of Reuben T. Shreve. Cope testifled that Baker said he worked, for _ Reuben Shreve, and that if Shreve was |ndicted, he would lose his job. Cope was sentenced by Judge Jones several days ago to 30 days impris- 'SaS onmeht. It is said that this action follows' the determination of the government to stop alleged leaks in the investigation of what is declared a gigantic jewelry swindle. Baker will $9 be taken to Atlanta within the next few days. ^ Allendale Wants County Seat. Allendale, June 10.?At a meeting of citizens of Allendale and vicinity yesterday afternoon substantial plans were laid for the creation of a new county with Allendale as the county . /Jrapj seat. Owing to inclemency of the * ' weather not a great many out-oitown citizens were present, however, several thousand dollars were raised for the purpose of erecting the neces- < ^ sary public buildings, this money is being subscribed by residents of Allendale town. The proposed new county lines will be surveyed in such a manner as to make the county seat a central point, citizens in Allendale and within a '0 radius of 10 or 12 miles from Allendale Ire quite enthusiastic upon this subject. There will be another meeting ion Thursday next. J I