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* ' - ; I-' \ :'*- \ ; ,;^g t V \ ' ~ ' . ' '.I 7 i t '.- .? "" \ V v' . " ?lie Hamburg Ifrralb 4 ? V Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910 One Dollar a Year J? ? - "" 1 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS _____ i SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS / IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the i County and Elsewhere. * Fairfax Fancies. v ? * "For every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there's none; ' If there be one, try and find it, If there be none, never mind it." V This scribe is quite interested in the cotton crops, and as there has been such a down pour of rain for so many weary days, is searching her memory for all the sweet cheering ' expressions taught by parents now " in the "bright forevermore" land. ( A gentleman out West owned a busi i>ess block which was completely gutted by fire. Just as (in his despair) he was about' to commit suicide he received this note from his little daughter. "Dear papa: I went down and saw your store that was burned and it looked so pretty all covered with ice. Come home and we will be so happy." This cheerful note saved him. We asked an old gent, "Arn't you on the shady side of sev* enty?" "No, I am on the sunny side, the side nearest to glory." John Wesley thought that fretting was as bad as ciJrsing and swearing. We should guard against every influence which tends to depress the mind, and not set our lives to a minor key, hearing only plaintive sounds. So away with gloom! The old store next to the post ^ ? office has been pulled down, and a fine large new brick structure is going up by Mr. Manuel. Other buildings will soon follow. Mrs. Talley gave a party this week to the Misses Young, her cousins. - 1 -I. rier gamerrngs are aiwayb uiueii enjoyed by the young folks. Mrs. Loadholt has had with her ( her sister, Mrs. Marsh and children, j i Sadie Harter is off for a vacation t trip yto "Grandma's. 5 - . Miss Lena, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Carter,, was married on j the 30th to Mr. M. L. Langford, by a Rev. J. D. Timmons. The hour was noon, and it was a home wedding, A g * large crowd of relatives and friends ^ of the popular couple were present, t ; nearly one hundred guests counting s children. The bride looked lovely a in white silk with all-over lace drap- j. eries. Miss Etta Perry charmingly t ^ played the wedding march, then play- t ed another march for the couple to go out by. The dinner was an ele- r gant affair, the dining room being ^ i 'beautifully decorated, and the snowwhite wedding bell was one of the ^ pendants over the beautifully iced a cakes. The table groaned with sub- f stantials and luxuries. Then there was a hurried leave-taking after Mrs. t Langford had donned her .beautiful j traveling suit of blue silk with hat ^ to match. Miss Lena has lived all ? d her life near Fairfax. After graduating at our high school, she taught j * for several years. They left that af- g ternoon for Gillisonville, the groom's c home, carrying with them the best c wishes of a host of friends. j Mrs. Benj. Sanders, from near + Tampa, Fla., is visting his and her ^ parents here. j Miss Tyler, of Florida, is also a s guest of Mrs. Julia Sanders. j Mrs. Jos. Rice, of Allendale, is c visiting Mrs. Polly Best. Miss Annye Moye has several lady friends with her. ,j Many from here expect to attend the barbecue at Nlmer on the 4th. The young folks are practicing for children's day on the third Sabbath. Mrs. Clyde Harveley returns to i ^ Greenwood to-day, taking Miss Maude Barber with her. Fairfax, S. C., July 2, 1910. Xews From Kearse. ( Kearse, July 4.?This is the "glo- * rious fourth" and all are celebrating the day in one way or another. "All { ft aboard for the picnic at Ulmers," was j the cry of the young folks this morn- = ing, and they left us with thoughts of 2 a brass band and dancing pavilion. The 1 ^ old folks are ieft at home in peace t and quietude; still they think of i "Miss Liberty's birthday," for all get a 'an idea of freedom and independence on this occasion. We hear of an old ^ darky who came to his master a few ( days since and said: "Boss, I'll sho 1 f work hard till Monday, but I can't work on that day, for dat's de time 1 us niggers got our freedom." Well, ( I where "ignorance is bliss it's folly to be wise," and we believe in this case ] >' there was "bliss in ignorance," for 3 no doubt this old darky needed a i day's rest. ] Crops are poor in this section, and still it rains. One of our faremrs felt j brighter for the fourth. He came in 1 TRAINMEN GET INCREASE. j strike on Southern Roads Has Been Averted. * Washington, July 2.?Official anlouncement was made by the media- i :ors to-night that an amicable adjustnent of the controversy between the railroads in the Southern territory md their conductors and trainmen aad been reached. The agreement ^ sicrnAA rvrnTTi Hnc fnr o on hcfo n t i a 1 in UgUVU ^/IVIIUVD 1V1 U DVIt/WWUUVtMi crease in the wages of the employees and improved conditions of and lours of labor. The adjustment also ' will avert a threatened strike of 10,)00 men which would have involved ipproximately 40,000 others. The settlement reached is regarded as a iistinct victory for the employees, althought concessions were made by 30th sides. While no statement was made concerning the terms of settlement of :he controvesy it is known that the cnen have been granted an increase ranging from 10 per cent, to 40 per cent. It is impossible, in the present condition of the arrangement made, :o state definitely what increases are 1 ?iven to the several classes of labor. This seeming confusion arises from ;he fact that several railway lines ?mploy different methods of computng their wage scales. Some of the nen receive a per^diem wage, others ^ eceive pay in accordance with the ^ lumber of miles covered each day ' tnd yet others are paid according to 1 he distance they travel and the speed 1 nade by their trains. 1 Regarding the question of the ] vages, the mediators felt that they ould say no more than that the in- 5 'Micoo in oil nonanitioc nf emnlnv. ^ ' i. VUOVO 1U Ull VU|/UV*v?vw v* nent, were, by the terms of th? ad- 2 ustment, very considerable. Notes From Cottageville. Cottageville, July 4.?The farmers >f this section are about through jlowing corn, and we have some ine crops in the low country this 'ear. We are having lots of rain down lere, and General Green with his irmy is advancing against us. I agree with the Kearse correpondent, the day of picnics and fish ries is at hand, and I sure enjoy J hem. Will ask the correspondent to ign his or her real name to next g irticle, and I shall be glad to invite lira or her to some of our picnics in he low country. (Also you, Mr. Edior.) Mr. Editor, it seems as if the matimonial fever is raging in Branch'ille. Let me say to the members of the rimrod Literary Society to wake up, ind get busy. There is good work ^ or them to do. The Idle Hour Literary Society at ^ his place is doing some good work, t meets Wednesday night of each veek. We alawys have a large crowd it our meetings. On the 24 th instant Mr. W. P. Edison came in contact with a dangerous monster, but Mr. Adison was uccessful in killing him: a rattle make that measured 7 feet and 4 nches in length and 10 inches around he body and weighed 30 pounds, rhe snake had 12 ratles and a button, dr. Adison skinned the snake and rtuffed the hide with saw dust, and las it for any one to see, should any >ne want to see it. Guess I will ring off, asl don't want ;o weary your patience, but should see this in print I will call again. . MORE ANON. 1 Selected for Work. < "I see you employ a number of old 1 nen." 1 "I do." } "How old are they?" "Too old to be interested in ca- ' loeing or mandolins, or race horses, * -1 ~ 4. 4-1,/sw. 1 n 511 is, ui tenuis. x uai uia&co tueiu ine for work."?Washington Herald. i i Candidates for State offices will ad- t Iress the voters of Bamherg county 1 lere at the court house next Monday. - ( md announced the fact that his grass vas looking greener and healthier ;han it had the whole season, and he :elt sure when grass would grow that vay that cotton would grow, too. 1 Prof, and Mrs. W. D. Roberts are J risiting in this section, to the delight i >f many old friends and acquain- 1 :ances. . 1 Miss Edna Chitty left us last week i ;o attend the sumer school at St. 1 George. 1 Mrs. M. M. Williams, of Bayard, ' F*la., is visiting her parents, Mr. and 1 Mrs. J. J. Kearse, and her presence is 1 ilways a ray of sunshine to our peo- ] pie. 1 Mrs. H. M. Brabham will leave in 1 i few days to visit relatives at Ellen:on and Martins. j IN THE PALMETTO STATI SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Qnicl Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The government nas let the contract for Aiken's new postoffice, anc svork will begin in a short time. A disastrous fire Tuesday nighl iestroyed most of a business block ir the town of Timmonsville. The lost is very heavy. The Barnwell Sentinel is giving don. J. u. .Patterson entnusiasuc support in his race for re-election tc congress. The Sentinel is of the opin ion that Mr. Pltterson will win oui py a large majority. The senate has confirmed the ap pointment of Mr. Sheldon B. Mose ey as postmaster at Barnwell. Thai uharlie E. Falkenstein will continu< first assistant is as good Barnwel aews as we have ever told.?Barnwell People. Ewing Watterson in Jail. Kingston, N. Y., July 2.?Ewinj Watterson, the son of Col. Henrj .Vatterson, the well-known Louisville Ky., editor, was arraigned to-day ai Saugerties on a charge of assault first degree. It is charged that Wat :erson, whoi s 40 years old, shoi ind wounded Michael Martin, a saoon keeper at Saugerties yesterday The Drisoner expected his father tc spend the^ Fourth with him and il would be wrong, said his attorney ir isking for bail, to ask a man of Col Watterson's age to pass the day in a jail. This request was later withIrawn, counsel for Watterson having nr?t tn mfllrp flnriliratinn for )ail until Col. Henry Watterson ar'ived from New York Monday. . Cotton Mill for Florence. The books of subscription to the Florence Cotton Mills will be opened it the office of J. W. Ragsdale to-morow. The proposed stock is $200,000 >f which about half is already in sight md the rest can be raised with verj ittle trouble. All of the moneyed mer >f the city are interested and are subbribing to the stock and many of the wealthy farmers have expressed interest in it, as well as bankers from rimmonsville and other points in th eounty. It is regarded as certair hat Florence will soon see her dream >f a cotton mill realized. It is recalled by many here now that the coton mills now 4n Darlington, wai jriginally proposed to be built bj Florence but Darlington captured it The plans of the projectors are tc mild on a site several miles from the :ity and it will probably be between Florence and Timmonsville. A very favorable site near the citj vas at first thought of, but the price vent up as soon as it was talked of ;o that the plans of the promoters lave been changed and it will be milt between Florence and Timmonsdlle, near the railroad and some good itream of water.?Florence Times. J. M. Daniels Dispensary Auditor J. Mortimer Daniels, of Columbia las been appointed dispensary audi;or by Gov. Ansel to take the place )f W. B. West, who resigned several lays ago to take the position of chiei nspector under the commercial foodstuffs act in the department of agrirulture. The appointment was made py Gov. Ansel under the Carey-Coth-an act, which provided for the appointment of a dispensary auditor. Mr. Daniels has been a resident ol Columbia for years and is an expert iccountant. For a number of years le was connected with the Columbia ?as company and is well fitted for th vork. The resignation of W. B. West is dispensary auditor, has taken ef:ect. The office of dispensary auditoi carries a salary of $2,000 a year. Negro Robbers Fought Over Loot. Durham, N. C., July 1.?Fear that ;hree negroes charged with robbing lulius Vickers and his wife this mornng in Hillsboro would be lynched it :aken to Orange county jail causec the prison authorities to leave then: n another prison. A large crowd aad gathered to-night at Hillsboro tc take the prisoners from the train rwo of them robbed Vickers and his tvife and beat them severely. Ther the three foueht over the sixty dol iars loot. The two who did the robbing almost killed the third, leaving tiim on the railroad track. Mrs. Vickers and the injured negrc ire in a serious condition. j TO EXTEND TO CHARLESTON. 4 Some Believe the Seaboard Will Con > struct Terminals There. Columbia, July 4.?That the nev i North and South railroad, which has been about completed from a connec tion with the Seaboard Air Line a1 Hamlet to Mullins, is to be exteudec with Seaboard money right or j through to deep water terminals at either Charleston or Georgetown is a belief firmly held by many sub ^ stantial business men of the Pee Dee 1 All connection with the new roac 5 is disclaimed by the Seaboard inter ? 1 A JA J xl .4. esus, uui 11 is poiuttfu uui iluii wmi* * it may be true that outside capita - has been utilized so far in the con > struction of the North and South - there is nothing to prevent the fix t ing of traffic arrangements, once i is finished, whereby its tracks anc - terminals would be used by the Sd& . board. t -? i To Survey Edisto River. I Orangeburg, July 2.?The Edistc river is to be surveyed, looking to ward the dredging of the river anc the opening of it to navigation. W L. Glover, chairman of the data com ; mittee of this city, received a lettei r from Congressman Lever to-day, stat , ing that Mr. Glover should write Maj t J. B. Cavanaugh, war department , Washington, and furnish him with i - list of those who are most interestec t in this matter. Mr. Lever stated tha - he hoped he would be able to gc . down the river with Capt. Adam; > when he begins the survey. t The rivers and harbors act, passec l June 25, contained the following or . der for examination: Waterway: i from Orangeburg to Charleston, in . eluding cut-off or canal from Edistc ; river to Ashley river, with a view o providing a more direct route betweei - said cities than that afforded by ex isting channels." The Orangeburg committee has been hard at work and has got to gether convincing data, running up t< 5 80 pages of typewritten copy. A 1 Charleston committee has done som< work toward the passing of the sur 1 vey act. - Orangeburg realizes the great ad vantages to be derived from th< 1 opening of this river to boat trans portation and is determined to fighi ! for the coveted end. i f "Business." i "Too many Americans of the tweni tieth centry," sail Jacob A. Rilis, ii an address in New York, according t< The Times, "have a wrong idea oi i business. Now business is, really 7 honest service?honest service? nothing, but that. "But too many men look on busi - ness as a certain seaside shopkeepei l did. ( "A friend of mine visited this r man's shop to buy a flannel bathing ! suit. The bathing suits were all ? i little too large for him. ; " 'They're marked unshrinkable, * my friend said thoughtfully. 'Thi! * one here might do if it would shrink 1 But " " 'I'll ask father about it,' said th< young attendant. "And then, behind the partition my friend overheard this dialogue: r " 'Father, a gent wants to know i our unshrinkable bathing suits won'' shrink a little anyway.' I " Is the suit too large for him?' " 'Yes, father.' " 'Then, of course it will shrink Why don't you try and have som< > head for business, Willie?' " Chief Justice Fuller Dead. f Bar Harbor, Me., July 4.?Chie t Justice Melville W. Fuller, of th< J United States supreme court, die< l of heart failure at his summer hom< J in Sorrento at 6 o'clock this morn t ing. The death of the chief justice was entirely unexpected, as he had beer * in apparently good health lately, anc there had been no premonitory symptoms of any kind of trouble. Yester day he attended church as usual, anc when he retired lat night he was tc t all appearances in his customary * health. Death came about 6 o'clock this I 1 morning. His daughter, Mrs. Na * thaniel Francis, and the Rev. James 1 Freeman, who was a guest of Justice ^ Fuller at his Sorrento cottage, "Main stay," were with the jurist when he died. ' The funeral service will be held ai 1 Sorrento and the interment will be ai Chicago. The date for the funera has not been fixed. Chief Justice ' Fuller was in his seventy-sixth year > Watch the date on label of youi paper and renew promptly. . . ;.s. . <V 'jy o-.i NEGROES KILLED BY MOBS C TWO AT CHARLESTON, MO., ONE AT COLUMBIA, ALA. r . 5 Two Accused of Murder and One of 1J 3 Attempted Criminal Assault. t- r' 1 Jails Stormed. v 1 P 1 Charleston, Mo., July 3.?Two ne- ^ ? groes were lynched here this after- ^ ? noon forthe murder of Wiliam Fex, q a planter of Mississippi county. They were taken from the county jail by ^ I a large crowd of infuriated citizens r - - * J wnu orUKC uuwu lUC uuuia wim ^ sledge hammers shortly after 4 t( o'clock. The negroes were alleged s to have shot Fox in the back while riding in his wagon about two miles qfrom town last night. a He died after identifying his as- c sailants. r The negroes approached Fox yes- ^ terday afternoon in Charleston, where a he was trading. He said they were a working for a threshing outfit near his place and asked permission to ride in his wagon. Between 7 and 8 o'clock Fox started for his home, j six miles from Charleston, with the negroes in the wagon. Shot From Behind. Two miles from town one of the n negroes shot Fox through the back g and both searching his pockets. An ri approaching wagon caused them to t run. A The approaching men were friends v of Fox, and at once notified tiie sher- v iff. Bloodhounds were put on the fl trail and the negroes were soon captured. They were brought to p Charleston and locked up. v This morning farmers began ar- t riving in town, and alarmed by c threats of lynching, Sheriff Culp appealed to Gov. Hadley for assistance and swore in a number of deputies. The deputy sheriffs were powerless I to check the mob, however. , It required two hours to break in to the jail. Then the men rushed in j on the frightened negroes, and, with a ^ yells, took them outside. s > One Hanged at Once. 1 One negro was hanged in the jail yard after he confessed his guilt. The t - other was hurried into an automobile a i and taken to the spot where he had p - hid the revolver with which Fox was . t shot. This weapon found, the negro s was taken back to Charleston. z In the presence of nearly '5,000 people, who yelled their approval, ' the second negro was hanged from 0 * the yard arm of a crossing sign at t 1 the intersection of the two branches } of the Iron Mountain railroad. The e f mob was bent on burning the negro 8 ? section of Charleston, but cooler ^ " heads prevailed and order was re- * stored late to-night. ^ A coroner's jury returned a verdict f r that the negroes came to their death 11 by parties unknown. 1 ; < * ? Fate Not Known. p 1 Dothan, Ala., July 3.?Henry Mc, Kinsey, a negro, aged 18, has been disposed of at the hands of a mob 3 of Columbia vitizens, according to d Sheriff T. W. Butler, of Houston ?= county, who returned to-night from c a v ' that place. The negro's fate is not 8 known, although he is generally sup- v ' posed to have been lynched. t According to Sheriff Butler, the negro made an alleged confession to j] have entered the room of a white h woman with criminal intent. He was caught soon afterwards and placed y in jail. A mob of 50 men is said to a * have stormed the jail, secured the 8 ' prisoner and to have carried him'to- t ward the Chattahoochee river. Noth- c ing has been heard or seen of him since. Sheriff Butler declares that he was f summoned early Saturday morning J to bring bloodhounds to Columbia to 0 trace a negro. Upon his arrival he v was told he was not needed. After s returning to Dothan. a second call came for help, and he appealed for * troops. Orders were issued to Capt. v J J. C. Morris of Company F, Frst regi- ii ment, at Dothan to be ready for ser- c vice. Upon his second arrival at Co- a ~ lumbia, Sheriff Butler was told that t; the jail had been stormed and the ii ) negro, with a rope around his neck, r J had been carried towards the river. At the river bank the sheriff claims 3 to have found parts of the negro's clothing. 3 _ A Passing Glance. n The Man?Did you notice that wo man we just passed: The Woman?The one with blonde puffs and a fur hat and a military e cape, /who was dreadfully made up and had awfully soiled gloves on? f) The Man?Yes, that one. The Woman?No, I didn't notice her. Why??Illustrated Bite. p V.. V :% FOUNR IN BOX CAR. harlotte Youth Rescued at Norfolk in Famished Condition. Almost starved to death and fam>hing for the want of water, Thoms Hill, a 13-year-old white boy, waa escued from a freight car in the ards of the Southern Railway at 'inners Point, VaSaturday night, lunning away from home the boy rent into a box car at Charlotte^ N, !., last Tuesday morning and alhough it seemed as if the last reath of life had left him when he eached the point he managed to lake noise enough to attract the atention of a car inspector. The inpector immediately opened the reight car and dragged the boy out. 'he youngster was carried to a hotel nd restoratives were applied. He ouia speaK dui a iew woras, dui umj . r.j ailroad officers learned from him % hat he had trouble* with yhis parents nd decided to go out upon the world lone. TEXAS MOB LYNCHES NE6R0. fegro Attempts Assault Upon Re> rently Married Woman. Houston, Texas, July 5.?At Rod- . ey, near Corsicana, yesterday, a nero entered the home of Hub Bailey, a >*|j| lercharit, and brandishing a knife, .* hreatened a criminal assault upon irs. Bailey, a bride of three months, /ho grappled with him, securing the reapon and forcing the negro to take '||j Posses caught the negro txHday in tichland Creek bottom, and after he ?5$ /as identified, he was hanged to a '-M ree nearby. The body was found and ut down later. ' SHOT THROUGH ABDOMEN. jg?| ]noch Walker is in Critical Condi* tion and May Die. * \ Landrum, July 4.?Enoch Walker, young man about 25 y.ears old, wa? hot on the streets of Landrum 'hursday night Just how the shoot* - - ' ViSjlS ag occurred is not known. For some; ime the town had been annoyed by ' number of men who would go from /^|8 lace to place cursing and shooting. The town officers becoming tired of /;.|3j uch conduct, deputized several citiens to assist the marshal in restorag order. On Thursday night thgy ;\J|h rere on duty when they met some 4^ f the crowd that had been causing . Wk he trouble. They began to arrest them, but sev- \.. M ral ran aw:ay, the marshal shooting ?-fJ| everal times to intimidate them. "/ igj >ther shots were fired and Walker ras shot through the abdomen. The 'JS rounded man was taken to Tryon for ^ reatment. At this time his condition V?|l 5 considered hopeless.. Ed Newman " nd John Settles have been carried /:pi 0 Spartanburg and placed in jail ending an investigation. Old Negro Kills Young One. Bennettsville, July 3.?Late Friay. afternoon Jim Campbell, a negro, ?- - T-*- J I.1.A - . S? not unarne rau auu oam rem, wov olored with a pistol. Soon after the hooting Charlie Fair died, the' pound having taken effect in the J- ^ ireast. Sam Fair was painfully / rounded in the arm. Jim Campbell hJ mmediately surrendered to the sher- "}:gg I and is now in jail. It seems that the Fairs, who are -/ fj| oung negroes and Campbell, who is n old man about 60 years old, had ome difficulty. The Fairs started In- *3 o Compbell's house with an axe. lampbell then fired. Manned in Mill Wheels. Heath Springs, July 4.?A 13-year- ..%?p Id negro boy, son of Jim Burford, pas killed at P. T. Twitty's grist mill ^ iaturday morning. There were no witnesses to the < 'J ragedy, but it is supposed that while ^ pandering around under the buildag he accidentally fell into the ma- Si hinery. The mill stopped suddenly ~ nd on investigation the miller found *. *tie body lodged between two large ron cog wheels. The body was horibly mangled and almost cut in.two. ^ Xew Advertisements. Peoples Bank?Statement Bamberg Banking Co.?Statement. Citizens Exchange Bank?State lent. Bank of Denmark?Statement. Bank of Olar?Statement. Rev. James Cannon, Jr.?The llackstone School for Girls. \ A. G. W. Hill?Candidate's Card, ''.-'.fJj 3r County Supervisor. Watch the date on label of your aper and renew promptly. 1 ^