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( . ' . ' | p p I' F ^ " - " f r Slip lambroj 2?rotlb ? v Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1910 One Dollar a Year = COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. k News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. * Ehrhardt, July 11.?And still it rains! Farmers are somewhat un/ easy about their crops. Most of thein 'J think that they can make but half a crop with the best of seasons from now on. A few melons are being brought to town, but too much rain has dwarf\ed and ruined their flavor, making them regular fever bombs. Misses Lucile and Elizabeth Ep T * % ' -ting, of Savannah, Ga., are spending | some, time with their aunt, Mrs j T Jacob Ehrhardt, and family. They ' were given a social last week. The young folks enjoyed themselves, then ice cream and cake were served to the young folks. All seemed to enj&y the evening notwithstanding the warmth of the weather. On Friday a fish-fry was participated in by the young folks and some older ones to see that fish were caught and prepared for dinner. The young ) folks enjoyed themselves in various ways and finally donned their bathing suits and enjoyed a swim before I leaving for home. What next? Mr. J. M. Hughes, of Georgia, is on , a visit to his brother, Mr. H. A. Hughes. Miss Lena Miley is spending some , ^ time with her relatives, Mrs. R. A. t Owens and daughter. , Capt. J. M. Dannelly intends to put j up a saw mill, gin and grist mill out , on his plantation. Think he will use his old mill site. - Mr. Whiteman Watson, who went to ueauiort on Dusiness, came uurne last week. The Beaufort ball team will cross , ^ ? bats with the Ehrhardt team on the fc- latter's diamond on Monday and ( y ' Tuesday. Mr. J. B. Ramsey went to Williams to spend a while with relatives and look at the crops. i Mrs. E. P. Copeland and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dannelly and Mrs. John < Hartz'have gone on a visit, to rela tives in Georgia. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Ehrhardt Lutheran church will hold forth in the grove in front of the old Ehrhardt residence on the night of '? July 22. They will have something * good to eat and drink at a reasonable price in connection with other amusements. They say they want all to come and enjoy the evening with them. JEE. Denmark Items. IN Denmark, July 11.?Miss Mary ' Pearson has just returned from an ; extended stay with her three brothers in "the land of flowers." - While .. there she visited many places of interest. Miss May was delighted to have her youngest brother, Howard, with his wife and little son, Holland Decatur, return with her to South Carolina. Miss Alma Pearson, who accompanied her sister to Florida, will -e turn in the early fall. Mr. Charlie Guess and daughter, Miss Mary, of Williston, Fla., are ^ visiting relatives here. ' The Misses Bedenbaugh, of Newberry, are the guests of Miss Lola Folk. , Mrs. Hattie McMillan, who has been sick with fever, is improving. Mrs. W. T. Metz, of Augusta, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Pearson. ( We are sorry to report the illness of Mrs. J. B. Guess. - , Miss Annie B. Metz is spending the , summer at Saluda with her sister. Mrs. Tom Dowling. Miss Olive Pearson, who is at- . tending Osborne's Business College, ? V p is at home for a few days. 'JL The city of Denmark has a brass band that will be a credit to the town . v if they keep up the practice under : the excellent teacher they have em- ? ployed for 6 months. They have had j ' several very successful concerts. i Base ball, picnics and parties are ( the order of the day. A. D. j Home Mission Meeting. i The July meeting of the Home Mis- ; sion Society will be held next : Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock ; in the ladies' parlor of the Methodist church. The topic is "city missions." A large attendance is requested. f ?Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Garland and little grand-daughter, Lucile Hunter, left last week for an extended visit to relatives at Baldoc, Hampton, Beaufort and other points. e I >, ROBERT IX SPARTANBURG. J J Safe of Southern Marble and Granite J Company Looted. Spartanburg, July 7.?It is reported to-day that the safe of the S Southern Marble and Granite Company was robbed Sunday night of $300 in cash and a quantity of notes and valuable papers. The police and detectives are working up the case. ^ It is said that some tools were tak- ^ en irom tne stoue-cuiuug ucpaitment, and that with these the money drawer of the safe was prized open. The cash drawer was found next ti morning, a few feet from the building J on the railroad track. e Jones-McGo^f an. " j. " a At the home of the bride's parents, Weimer, Colleton county, S. C., on June 22nd, 1910, Mr. Chas. A. Jones and Miss Annie Belle McGowan T were united in the holy bonds of ? matrimony by Rev. A. B. Watson, of 1 Ehrhardt. The bride is the youngest daughter a of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flowers Mc- c, Gowan, and is a young lady of rare g beauty, charming manner and great amiability. She graduated from the Carlisle Fitting School, of Bamberg, ^ where she made many friends, of F both sexes, and all ages. The bridegroom is from Berkeley county, and is a young man of fine character and good business qualifica- t< tions. k The wedding was a quiet affair, y only a few relatives and friends be- C ing present, but was beautiful in its p simplicity. The ceremony -was performed at high noon, an elegant and abundant dinner was served, and the b Dnaai yany leii. i lu lll cuiaici,* u>ti g the Hampton & Brapchville Railroad t) for Charleston and the Isle of Palms, ^ where they made a short stay before . proceeding to their home in Berkeley county. \ The bride was handsomely gowned in Alice blue taffeta, trimmed in velvet the same shade, and persian B banding, with hat to match, all of which was wonderfully becoming to b her brunette style of beauty. w The old home, with its broad a piazzas and spacious halls, noted for years for its generous and unvarying 1 hospitality, looked very inviting on 11 this occasion with its tasteful decorations of evergreen, ferns and blue ^ hydrangeas. Every guest was made to feel at ^ home, good cheer and good natured pleasantry prevailed, yet amidst it all there was an undercurrent of sadness, that this home and community o were yielding to the care of another, h their fairest, brightest flower. ' h Apiid a shower of rice, with good ti wishes, good-byes, and "God bless d you's" ringing in their ears, the hap- A py pair were whisked away to the moifincr "cnanial " 3 n H TL'OrA PXITIA! lO N TV aiUUg OJL/VVil*A9 TV V* V QV? - > ? tread together the pathway of a new ^ life. May it prove thornless, flower- ^ scented, rose-carpeted! J*1 NETTIE OGILVIE SPEAKS. d Bamberg, S. C. G Branchville's New Depot. I Branchville, July 7.?The entire board of railroad commissioners and Mr. J. W. Wassum, superintendent of the Southern Railway, were here ^ Wednesday to confer with the town , council in regard to the new passenger station, either to be remodeled or j. reconstructed here. It seems that the 01 city fathers and the officials of the road could not agree to any plans g and the matter then had to be sifted D by the commissioners. After several hours of work a plan was mapped out, changing the. present dining noaror tn tho frnnt nf tV)? nrPR ent station, converting the present dining room, by adding on another a building, into a waiting room and ticket office; removing the water tank and pump house and all other obstructions that mar the looks of the a place. ^ It seems that the railroad company is anxious to do away with the famous eating house here and build a 1 small lunch- counter, claiming that it will serve all the purposes needed a by the traveling public, but the travaling public are bitterly against such C( a move, as well as the town people, and are not going to stand for it; the commissioners co-operate with ? t-V. tnnrn nnnnnil in rpp-n rd tO t.h P Pat- ^ ing house, claiming that if a person is here for breakfast he does not want 11 a lunch, and if he is passing through s' for supper certainly does not wish a a lunch. This eating hoilse was estab- n lished about sixty years ago, and has s its name well established for its famous "fried chicken and Edisto fresh c water fish." x t< Watch the date on label of your c paper and renew promptly. I N THE PALMETTO STATE i OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. tatc News Boiled Down for Quick i Reading?Paragraphs About ( Men and Happenings. Hon. James E. Davis, formerly socitor of the second circuit, is a can- ' idate for the house of representa- 1 ives in Barnwell county. ] The mayors of Columbia, Charles- , Dn and Spartanburg say the Jeffries- ohnson moving pictures shall not be . xniDitea 111 most ciucs. ! Instead of trying to get rid of 1 quor, Columbia is going to establish 1 plan of treating its white and color- 1 d inebriates in the city jail. i Tbe Farmers Union Bank and | 'rust company, of Orangeburg, open- . d its doors for business on Friday, j 'his is Orangeburg's sixth bank. I Of the 32 young men taking the ex- i minatlon before the State Pharma- < eutical board of exajaainers at Glenn' ] prings on Tuesday only 17 passed. ; Dr. L. M. Harrison, of Gaffney, ! as been arrested in Jacksonville, 1 'la., on the charge of swindling, and 1 ; now in Cherokee ja.il awaiting 1 rial. - 1 ] For the careless handling of a pis ( al by which his half-brother was illed, Russell Tucker must serve 2 ears on the chainggang of Union , Dunty or in the penitentiary. The su- J reme court has denied his appeal. Col.'E. J. Watson, commissioner of i griculture and immigration, has een offered a position by the United ] tates government at a salary said i 5 be five thousand dollars, and in ho lino r\f wnrt that hp is now dO ig for the State. He has not decidd whether to accept or not, but ill probably accept. 3 The appeal of James Edwards, of ' lerkeley county, sentenced to hang Dr wife murder, has been dismissed 1 y the supreme court and the case snt back to the circuit court for the 1 ssignment of a day for the execuion. Edwards killed his wife in * 901 and escaped, but was arrested 1 Florida in 1909. a 1 ORONEirS VERDICT DROWNING. len Charged with Killing of Cleo ] Starnes Fleleased. Columbia, July 10.?The inquest ver the remains of Cleo Starnes was eld to-day and the two men held for er drowning were released. The tes- . imony showed that the woman was rowned and not killed, as was at , rst supposed. The two men held were Louis fealy and Bookter Martin. Bookter Iartin was married to the drowned roman. -The verdict of the coroner s ary was that the woman came to he-* eath by drowning. URLS WHO MAKE GOOD WIVES. \ 1 i Presses Costing Not Over $1 Worn . by Graduates. The sweet girl graduate of Wash- ! lgton Irving high school, New York l Ity, surprised and delighted the au- ] ience by appearing before the foot ghts to receive their diplomas dressd'in gowns that cost only $1 apiece, i .nd the general opinion was that olomon, in all his glory, was not ar- ; lyed like one of them. That wise Id cynic declared that all is vanity, nd here was an aggregation of ; .merican beauties who had, for the me at least, renounced vanity and II the vain pomp and glory of the j orld. It would have been hard for 1 iiese young women to have ended ] ieir school career in a more sensible 1 nd praiseworthy way. They not only ressed with uniform simplicity, but eclined to receive publicly the costly i owers and presents that their riends were anxious to press upon lem. Some of the girls were wealthy nd could afford to wear costly resses, and ttieir wealthy friends s Duld afford to send them flowers and 1 raduation gifts. The girl who sat I eside one them might have been i oor, with a cheap dress and receiv- ( lg no gifts. Such things cause s eartburnings and discontent. It was < tost praiseworthy to decide for them-11 elves tnat an snouia aress aiise i nd none receive presents. It is al- ] lost certain that these happy young < iris looked just as beautiful in their 1 imple gowns as they would have i joked in silk and satin. And thus irtue is its own reward. It is safe 1 d predict that the members of this lass will make mighty good wives, t -Baltimore Sun. 1 i WILLIE ZEIGLEK ACQUITTED Charged with the Murder of E ward Evans. Walterboro, July 9.?The court general sessions was taken up F jay in the trial of the case of W lie Zeigler, charged with killing E ward Evans. A party was given at Paul Her ion's, to which several of the you: people of the neighborhood were i vuea. dine nivans was tut; uau player and was so intoxicated that said that he fell on the floor, a: was picked up by several of the bo and taken out to the piazza. ? uncle, Edward Evans, went out to i tercede for Billie, as he wished hi to play the banjo some more. T following is an account of the sho< ing, as told Dr. Riddick Ackerma physician who^attended the wound men, as a dying statement by X Evans: "Cleeland Hiers and Wil Zeigler were taking Billie Evans o of the room and I went out to get the to turn him loose so that he cou come hack and play the banjo. Zie ier turned Evans loose and shot n [ then drew my razor to defend m self and Zeigler shot me again, lid not know what happened aft that." The wounded man lived abo two hours after he was shot. He w 54 years of age. Zeigler is a you man and is a guard on the coun chaingang. The contention of the defendant this case was that Evans was drur and advancing on him with a dra-* ? ? ? ? ? ~ J ? i V? ? 4 ki'a nr razur, SicLSlit?U ?lt mill, iuat mo \,\j had been cut in two places by Evai and that he shot him in self-defem The jury, after remaining out abo half an hour, returned the verdict not guilty. Rock Hill is Swept by Storm. Rock Hill, July 9.?The most t< rific and destructive storm expe anced here in many years stru Rock Hill yesterday* evening, lasti about an hour. The electrical displ was fearful,, carrying with it dea and destruction to property. The only fatality so far report occurred on the plantation of A. Willis, a short distance from this ci A negro, John Seagle, was struck a bolt and instantly killed. A barn on the plantation of Jo A. Black was struck and went in flames, killing a mule at the sai time. Loss, $800 with little insi ance. The residence of Leroy Wilkers on Saluda street was struck, but serious damage done. The residence of Clark Starnes East Moore street was struck fi Hmoa toarinp1 hnlps in the Structu: knocking down the plaster in sevei rooms. That no one was killed see ed miraculous. Nothing in a Name. "Did you ever hear the story abo the Irishman who was caught in crap game raid with some Chines* said Capt^ Carroll, of the local c tective bureau. "It happened not yery long ago in the First precinct. "The plain-clothes men had be sent out to investigate a crap gai somewhere in Market street. Th brought in_four Chinese and Mi Kelly, an Irishman. Of course, th were all lined up in court the ne morning in front of a roomful spectators. " 'What's your name?' asked t judge of the first of the prisoners. " 'One Lung,' said the man. " 'One Lung, you're fined $10. Ai pour name?' " 'One Foo.' "The others gave their names Sing Ho, Wah He and Foo Gee. Eai was fined $10. Then it came t irishman's turn. He did not wa Put stepped up to the desk. "'Your name?' " 'Oh, ?! Here's your $10. Nev mind the name.' "?Newark Star. Unpopular In England. Daniel O'Connell had a favori story of one Parsons, an Irish barri ;er, who hated the whole tribe of 2 :orneys, and one day was approachi in the lobby of the Four Courts by i ittorney who was soliciting shillii subscriptions to pay the burial fee in attorney who had died in povert ^arson offered the gentleman a poui lote. "Oh, Mr. Parsons," said the a plicant, "I do not want so much, )nly ask a shilling from each conti butor. I have limited myseir to tnz md cannot really take more." "Oh, take it, take it," said Parsor blandly. "For God's sake, my good sir, ta he pound, and while you are about bury twenty of them." s. i r CANDIDATES IN BAMBERG,id ,M THOSE WHO WANT STATE OFFICES ADDRESS VOTERS. of N rj_ Good Crowd Present, who Listened i jl_ Attentively to the Right ] (j. Good Speeches. i . ] ,n_ About three hundred of the voters , Qg of Bamberg county assembled in the ? n_ court house last Monday to hear the j j0 candidates for State offices get oif , he their speeches. In the audience were j Q(j a number of ladies. County Chairman < ys H. C. Folk presided, and Rev. T. G. ; [js Herbert offered prayer. , j n_ Chas. A. Smith, candidate for lieu- \ im tenant governor, was the first speak- i ke er. His opponent, Mr. uuvau, was ] not present. We did not hear Mr. in Smith's speech, but as he is a sensi- ; ed ble man, no doubt he talked good, , jr hard sense. j lie When we went in the court house ] ut B. B. Evans, candidate for attorney general, was ranting and prespiring ] at a great rate. He attacked Attorney j ,g_ general Lyon, saying he had wasted the ie money of the State and of the schools. ( [y_ He read a lot of figures from the re- j j port of the dispensary commission as i er to fees paid lawyers, and wound up ut by saying that his fight was in the ] as interest of the common schools and < Qg he expected to expose the grafters if j he lost his life. Mr. B. F. Folk dryly remarked that he didn't think < in anybody would take the trouble to k kill him, and Barney sat down. vr| J. M. Richardson, of Aiken, Chas. 1 )at Xewnham, of Richland, and W. W. ! 1S Moore, of Barnwell, all of whom 1 ' want to be adjutant general, gave a ut short history of their lives and careers generally, and discussed the duties of the office and their qualifica- ' tions for same. Col. Moore wfented : pay for officers and men, annual en- 1 campments, and convenient rifle iT_ ranges, as well as a strict accounting for State property. He was the ck favorite, being well known here. Qg G. H. Mahon, of Greenville, made a ay red-hot speech for railroad commissioner, and seemed to be of the opin- i ion that he was going to turn things ed upside down if he got on the job. He claimed to be supported by boards jty of trade and the commercial travelers, but the other candidates say he is "J talking through his hat. hn O. C. Scarborough, a plain farmer, up discussed the duties of the office and ne his knowledge of them, and said that ir_ being a farmer and a shipper of cotton, lumber, etc., he was in a posion tion to render the people good sern0 vice. Discussed his work for fertilizer rate reduction in the legislature on and railroad discriminations. He ve made a candid, plain speech, without re any attempt at oratory, and made a ral good impression. [ Jas. Cansler, who is still running for railroad'commissioner, nrtadt; a characteristic speech. He came to the stand wearing a black skull cap with ' "Cansler" in large yellow letters on the front of it. Really it is unfora tunate that he should be a figure in , > the campaign. What would a strangle er in South Carolina think of our so politics were he to see Cansler on thestand and hear one of his speeches! en G. McDuffie Hampton, of Richland, ne told of his experience as civil eney gineer and his qualifications for the j.e office. He, too, wants to be railroad ey commissioner. ^ a -r T (j.* vj. u. r eatnersiuue, ui uauivua, icu off for governor. He (is an attractive speaker, and being well known in ke Bamberg, was well received. He discussed State-wide prohibition, which he favored, advocated biennial 3essions of the legislature and four-year terms for officers. Elections every four years would save money to the ^ State, and taxes might be reduced a Pk little. However, he saw little hope ke for a reduction in taxes. The bur- ; den of taxation should be equalized, but the present system of assessing property by home people was the 1 er best we could get. His record as a business man would compare with any candidate. "Ask my home peo- ! pie what success I have achieved as 1 a business man," he said, "and if it 1 te does not measure up with any candi is_ date, I will quit the race." He closed ( amid applause and was given flowers. ^ F. H. Hyatt, of Richland, wno aiao ln wants the gubernatorial job, said he 3g came as a plain business man, and if elected would introduce business y methods into every department of the 1(j government. Had always been a prop_ hebitionist?was raised one. Wanted ,] j agriculture taught in the public ; schools. Was raised on .the farm. ' lt Had given his time and money for ' good roads and education. Received ^ appltfhse. j T. G. McLeod, of Lee, also wants ( j.e to warm the gubernatorial chair. He it was not feeling well, he said, but he j (Continued on fourth page.) < MOB LYNCHES WHITE MAN. Victim Was t'nder Death Sentence for Killing Town Marshal. Rayville, La., July 10.?Aroused by the fact that an appeal to the supreme court had been taken, follow- \ ins: his condemnation to death here Friday on the charge of having mur- iered Town Marshal C. C. Chenault, a mob battered down the doors of the parish jail, at Rayville to-day, and iragging J. D. Freeman, a white man, rom his cell, hanged him on the same spot where he had slain the marshal. The fact that a deep gash was found V 4, in Freeman's throat led to the theory that he had attempted suicide, proba-, bly with a piece of glass, when he ; beard the mob's approach. The lynching occurred shortly after 2 o'clock thjs morning. Late Satur- . . ';u. lay afternoon an appeal to the supreme court in Freeman's behalf had been granted. "This is .the outcome of the ap- r. ^ peal" was the note found pinned to the dead man's clothing. , Freeman, who, was a blacksmith, 3hot and killed Chenault three weeks ago, when the latter attempted to ar- ?| rest him for a minor ofTense. *The officer was one of the most popular residents of this' community and feeling against his slayer was intense. " A. Bitter Dose for Mail Order Buyers* ' fij There are six hundred farmers in the northwest who have been given ' -M Viiifnw nrViin'h nil^hf tn 011T6 Cb uvuv tv uiVM ^ ^ -MfflYTa? them of the mail order habit. It ap- ^ pears from an examination of the books of a catalogue house against which bankruptcy proceedings recent- v^.|| ly -were instituted, that the concern Is <88 indebted to about 700 business men and individuals. This large number >c. was astonishing to the investigators until they learned that most of thfe individual creditors are farmers who have paid in advance for goods which have not been delivered. There was a similar case in Michigan some years ago and the courts >f|| held that the claims of those who had'V paid money in advance for goods 'fll must take the same course as others '$ *? representing purchases of merchandise by, or money loaned to, the catalogue house in the ordinary course of . business. They could not be classed- ,*;3p as perferred claims. Presumably, then, the six hundred farmers in the \ northwest will receive no greater pro- - ^ portion of their claims than ordinary creditors and from present appearances this will be considerably short of 100 cents on the dollar. \ This case constitutes an object les- . ' - 0 son which dealers should not fail to 1 place before the farmers of their resi active communities. The claims do rj represent money the farmers de- * posited with the house with the ex- ' pectation of ordering goods in the future. The most credulous farmers would hardly do that, although many 1 ? X - ytawi/IITO AA_Ar\nV?Q. . HcLVtJ Idh^u biuch ixi vanvuo wyv*?r - ''-yx-gfr' tive schemes and mail-order enter- r^M prises, the promoters of which have glib tongues The claims represent v'vjIS money sent with orders for goods, and apparently the house became flnan- 'y^M cially embarrassed before the orders V ^ were filled. This is likely to happen - : to any concern. Hence the only safe way to buy is to get the goods be- ^ fore paying for them, or at least to get them immediately after payment has been made. This cannot be done by one who buys from mail-order concerns, many of which do not carry the grea t stocks they claim to carry, but often buy the goods after they obtain the orders. If the catalogue / houses were really what they pretend to he, failure to fill an order on /'"? the day it is received would be a rare exception to the rule. Prompt service is the exception, hence every ?| patron wno pays in aavance ruu? uic risk of losing all or a large portion */./ of his money through the failure ,of the house to which it is paid, ere '> the order is filled. Of course there are some catalogue houses of great financial strength, but none is proof against unwise management. None is exempt from failure when the conditions are conductive to that result, v :' ^ Barnwell's Municipal Primary. Barnwell, July 12.?Dr. R. C. Kirk- . M land was nominated for mayor to-day, over Mr. W. V. Richardson, by a vote of 82 to 66. The following were nominated for aldermen: R. A. Deason, W. J. Lemon, G. W. /; Manville, C. C. Owens, P. W. Price in/1 T5oniQTr?ir? WvmflT). He?Come now, Mabel, are you going to marry me or make a fool out 3f me? ' She?My dear boy, I shall probably end in doing both!?London : |g Dpinion. : v2