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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
* County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, August 8.?Last week
was a warm one. Cotton improved
more than any one could imagine.
Mr. Miles Warren, a farmer near
here, brought in a boll of this year's
* cotton. It is of the King variety;
first one reported in this section.
The darkies in this section had a
picnic and base ball near here Saturday.
While there was nothing but soft
drinks served on the premises, yet
some of Jacksonville's booze showed
its work towards night with the result
that a colored boy by the name
of Kinard, got a lick over the head
with a bat making the claret flow
freely. On the way to their homes
Willie Ford, from the Colston sec*
tion, shot with a shot gun Perry Williams,
from the Rizer section, hitting
him in the shoulder. Reports have
it that Perry Witjjams died Sunday.
Misses Sanders*S?f Colleton county,
are spending soxfiir'time with Mr. W.
D. Sease. " "
Mrs. Bruce afad daughter,are spending
some time with Mrs. Henry Ehrhardt.
y Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith are pre*
paring to take their summer trip.
Think they will try the island in
place of the mountains this year.
Mrs. Isham Carter, of Orangeburg,
is spending some time with Mrs.
Owens.
f Mrs. Tharrie Delk, of Bamberg, is
spending a short while with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Copeland.
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Spring Branch News.
We are having some very nice
i. weather for fodder pulling, and the
folks around here are pulling their
fodder.
w Miss Florine Hutto spent Sunday
.with Miss Maud and Ruth Crider.
Mrs. Geongean Padgett' and little
, neice, Blanche Crider, spent a few
f . i days in Augusta, Ga., last week and
. * returned home Sunday.
Miss Seannie Rentz and Miss Mabel
Crider are visiting friends in Hamp^
ton this week.
We have had a little more work
done on Spring Branch church, and
we are expecting to do a great deal
{. more later on, and we hope to succeed
iri^our work, as what we have
done has helped the looks of the
church so much.
f Little Minne Crider is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. Bessie
Sandifer, this week.
Miss Dora Brownlee has returned
.1 home to St. George after spending a
week with Miss Maud Crider and
other friends around Spring Branch.
C. W. M.
Entertainment at Kearse.
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Olar, August 8.?On Friday evening
of last week Miss Mell Kearse
delightfully entertained a host of
friends in honor of her guest, Miss
Shuler, of St. George.
Soon after all arrived and being
greeted by the hostess, the pleasures
of the evening began. First of all
the young men were ushered into the
parlor while the young ladies remained
in the hall where their partners
were to find them for the musical
contest which followed. This was
done by each young lady unwinding
v a spool of cord and seeking a hiding
niaop nn the iawn. After all were
hidden the young men came out and
chose a cord which he followed until
he came to his partner. Quite a
lot of fun was participated in this.
After the contest a delightful course
* of cakes and ices were served, then
soon after the guests bade their goods'
byes, one and all expressing their
enjoyment of the evening.
A Sad Death.
Little Odelle, the youngest and
brightest of the household of Mr.
and Mrs. B. D. Donalds, was called
to go to the brighter and happier
home Sunday n. rning August 7th.
- She had been sick about "3 weeks with
typhoid fever.
Being a little babe of only a year
> and eight months old, it was so hard
to give her up. But we must all re^
member that "All things shall work
together for the good to all them that
love God."
Odelle has gone to live with the
^ blessed Savior who said: "Suffer little
children and forbid them not to
come unto me for of such is the
kingdom of heaven."
The stricken family has the sympathy
of a large number of friends
and relatives in their dark hour of
sorrow. M. S.
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C. R. PARXELL COMMITS SUICIDE.
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Financial Troubles Supposed to
1 Have Prompted Deed.
Lamar, August 8.?The entire
town was shocked and saddened when
it became known that Mr. Chester R.
Parnell, a popular and prominent
young man of this town, had committed
suicide by taking strychnine
to-day at noon. There is no motive
that can be assigned for this deplorable
act of Mr. Parnell, but the general
supposition is that financial affairs
are responsible for the rash
deed, he having lost all of his property
while he was in the furniture
business in Georgetown, where he
had done business for the past five
years up until June of this year, since
which time he has made his home in
Lamar, where he was raised.
Mr. Parnell is survived by his wife,
one child, his parents and several
brothers and sisters, all of Lamar.
He was l member of the Elks Lodge
at Georgetown. The interment will
take place at Newman Swamp cemetery
to-morrow morning at eleven
o'clock.
News from Kearse.
Kearse, August 8.?Old Three
Mile is a happy place now. There
are home-comings of children and
grand-children, and the hearts of
parents are glad. Many social events
have taken place that will be long remembered.
On last Tuesday evening Miss
Elouise Brabham entertained a number
of friends in honor of her friend,
Miss Bessie Lee Black, of Bamberg.
Games and contests were participated
in, and all went "merry as a marriage
bell." Delicious ice cream and
cake were served in the dining room
where the colors of pink and white
were carried out in every detail. The
crowd left at a late hour, all voting
the party a success.
Another pleasant evening was
spent at the home of Miss Mell Kearse
on the 6th, where she entertained
in honor of Miss Pritchard Shuler.
Miss Koarse was assisted in her
duties as hostess by her sister Mrs.
M. M. Williams. An interesting feature
of the evening was a song contest.
Questions were asked?the
answers being the names of old-time
songs, and while the couples were
racking their brains for answers, Mrs.
Williams played snatches of these
old-time melodies on the piano.
Watermelon, sherbert, nabiscos, etc.,
were served in the parlor.
A picnic was given on the fourth
by the White Point Sunday-school in
the grove at Mr. G. E. Kearse's home.
Dinner was served at the appointed
hour, and while standing around that
groaning table we were visited by a
down-pour of rain. 'Twas a sad sight
that met our gaze for a little while
but a little while only. The poet
says: "If there's a remedy, try and
find it, If there's none, why never
mind it." Soon the crowd entered
into the spirit of the poet ana forgot
the disappointment of the dinner
hour. "Old Sol" showed his smiling
face and all was happy again.
"Old Timer" and an old friend passed
us with violin and banjo well in
tune, thereby announcing the fact
that there soon would be "music in
the air." The children played their
games; the old folks told of their
trials and triumphs in life's journey
?of chicken raising, etc. The young
folks told (we suppose) the same old
story, often told, yet ever new. All
were -willing to pause, however, and
indulge in a saucer of ice cream.
Thus passed another pleasant day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Dixon, of
Bishopville, are visiting the old folks
at home.
Mr. M. M. Williams, of Bayard,
Fla., is in our midst for a few days.
We are sorry that we can't convince
him and his better half that South
Carolina is the best' place after an.
Miss Edna Chitty left last Satnrday
for a week's visit to Colleton relatives
and friends.
Miss Ettie Kearse left last Friday
for an extended visit to Bishopville.
Misses Sudie and Leda Ritter entertained
a few friends on Friday
with a "social tea."
Mr. Carl Kearse is at home from
Brunson, where he has been taking
a business course.
Got Big Sum for His Crop.
St. Matthews, August 8.?O. H.
Weings, a Calhoun farmer, sold his
gear's cotton crop, consisting of 4S7
bales, this afternoon, the price paid
being 15 1-2 cents per pound, aggregating
about $30,000. Mr. Weings
has just installed a $3,uuu ginnery
on his plantation. He says that he
can better afford to invest in this
ginnery than to pay for having his
cotton ginned elsewhere.
IN THE PALMETTO STATI
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quid
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Orangeburg county is preparing t<
install a steam heating plant in it
court house.
The Peoples Bank of Sumter, witl
a capital of $30,000, has been chart
ered. This makes the Ifxth bank fo
Sumter.
A movement is on foot in Green
ville to have the election on the pro
posed county dispensary changei
from the primary to the general elec
tion.
County Superintendent of Educa
tion Nicholson, of Anderson, has in
st'ituted in the State supreme cour
mandamus proceedings against th
I State treasurer and others to requir<
them to pay the schools of Andersoi
county a balance alleged to be du<
j from the dispensary fund.
The State board of equalizatioi
held a meeting in Columbia last weel
to hear complaints from those cor
porations affected by their findings
The board dismissed several request;
for reductions in assessments fron
cotton mills, but they made reduc
tions in a number of cotton mill as
sessments, the total being $974,
130.
Death at Ehrhardt.
Ehrhardt, August 8.?On last Fri
day morning the soul of Isaac, th*
youngest sdn of Mr. and Mrs. G. J
Hiers, went back to its Creator. H(
was sick only a few days and hi;
death came as a great shock to all
The death of this young man, not yei
nineteen years old, apparently ii
good health, should remind us tha"
death is ever near?that his icj
hands may be laid upon us at anj
time. The father and mother have
lost a devoted son, the brothers anc
sisters a kind and loving brother, anc
the community one of its noblesi
young men. He was a gentleman ii
the truest sense of that word, always
and everywhere. He was always
ready and willing to lend a helping
hand wherever needed. He was kinc
and courteous to all, and he made
friends wherever he went. He was
a good church member and a devoted
Sunday-school scholar, always there
when possible with a well prepared
lesson.
It was my privilege to have him
as one of my students in the Ehrhardt
high school last session. A
teacher never had a better student
He was faithful, obedient and intel
ligent. .tie naa a Dngnt miiia, auu
he was striving hard to prepare himself
for a life of usefulness. It was
a great pleasure to teach him. He
had a bright future before him. His
purity of character, his intellectual
ability, and his earnest desire to gel
an education gave promise of his becoming
a useful man. But God in
His wisdom has seen fit to take him
from us and to-day he is asleep ir
Jesus, blessed sleep. W. F. H.
Girl Swimmer Beats Men.
Boston, August 7.?A 15-year-old
Dorchester girl, Rose Pitnoff, to-day
succeeded in swimming from Charleston
bridge to Boston light, a feat attempted
many times by most of the
best distance swimmers of the East,
but heretofore accomplished only by
one person, Alois Aderle of New
York. Seven men competed afainst
Miss Pitnoff to-day but the cold and
the baffling tides and currents that
have made this 12-mile course one
of the severest attempted by swimmers
in this country forced them out
of the water some distance from the
goal.
The girl was in the water six hours,
50 1-2 minutes, as against the five
hours, 38 minutes of Aderle, who
swam on August 29 last year.
Outlook Bright for Democrats.
Washington, August 4.?Representatives
James T. Lloyd, of Missouri,
chairman of the Democratic congressional
committee, returned to-day
from a tour of the West.
Fresh from conferences with party
colleagues and observations, he claims
that the Democrats will carry three
congressional districts and the gover
norship in Californa; that tne regular
Republicans will vote for the Democrats
in Kansas as a result of the recent
insurgent victories in the primaries;
that the insurgency has developed
among the Republicans in
New Mexico, in the selection of delegates
for the constitutional convention
and that the Democratic prospects
were good in Utah and other
States.
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g BRIBE-PROBE MAY AID INDIANS.
Gore's Charges May Lead to Saner
S Legislation.
McAlester, Okla., August 7.?That
k a new era of wholesome legislation by
congress has dawned for the Indian
as a result of the congressional investigation
into the McMurray contracts
is the belief among senators,
0 congressmen and other government
s officials assembled here.
The committee appointeu by the
1 house of representatives, headed by
Congressman Charles H. Burke, of
r South Dakota, to inquire into the
charges of Senator Thomas P. Gore
- that he had been tendered a $25,000
- or $50,000 bribe to help pu? the Mci
Murray deal through congress, ar
rived here to-day from Muskogee and
to-morrow will continue its hearings.
McAlester is the home town of
- J. F. McMurray, the attorney, who,
t with others, holds the contracts. Sene
ator Gore, D. F. Gore, the senator's
5 brother, and J. L. Thompson, the
i senator's secretary, have been inter5
ested spectators at all the sessions.
Congressman B. F. McGuire, of Oklaj
homa, and Senator Charles Curtis, of
c Kansas, both of whom were named by
. Mr. Gore as having been the men
mentioned by Hamon as being "in5
terested" in the land deal, have left.
i Curtis Denied It.
Senator Curtis strongly denied hav"
ing any relations with Hamon. Mr.
" McGuire, who testified concerning
meeting Hamon in Washington and
in response to direct question denied
that he had ever been improperly approached
in regard to the MeMurray
- contracts, told the committee he was
- ready to reappear at any time. The
name of Vice President Sherman, who
- according to Senator Gore, was men3
tioned by Hamon as the man "higher
up," has been eliminated from the
t Investigation so far as Senator Gore
1 is concerned.
The senator said he had no object
1 in mentioning Mr. Sherman's name
J other than to relate all of what Hai
mon had said to him.
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L May Call MeMurray.
t Since MeMurray also has been
! charged on the stand with having
5 tendered a $25,000 bribe to a Choc5
taw delegate to Washington to withr
draw opposition to old contracts that
I were subsequently disapproved by
> President Roosevelt in 1908, it is be5
lieved MeMurray will be called to
I testify.
> What are known as the present Mcl
Murray contracts consist of about 10,000
documents secured individually,
i The story told on the stand by
. Green McCurtain, the venerable InL
dian chief of 10,000 Choctaws, made
, a deep impression. McCurtain related
. how his tribe, year after year, had
I waited for t"he government to sell
their lands and how at last the Ini
dians, becoming discouraged, had be>
come the prey of attorneys, whose
; promises were more glowing than
[ tnose or me guveiumcuc.
; Cost Tribe Dear.
It cost his tribe in the last ten
i years, MeCurtain related, $300,000 in
t attorneys' fees besides a share in the
i $750,000 fee paid to the McMurray
firm several years ago in the citizenship
cases involving the Choctaws
and Chickasaws.
I Congressman J. H. Stephens, of
r Texas, a member of the present in.
vestigating committee, in a speech in
. congress referred to the $750,000 fee
. as "a scandal" and declared the attorneys
shoifld have been made to pay
> back the money.
"It is evident that the whole In;
dian situation needs to be gone over
I by the government," said an official
; to-day. "The Indians are the wards
i of the government, yet they have be.
come the prey of attorneys. For in
stance, one attorney received $12,000
i a year for representing one tribe and
he resides in New York.
"In instances where the govern.
ment interests and those of Indians
, conflict only should attorneys be employed.
Other cases for settlement
can be arranged by treaty. This investigation
should enlighten congress
on what should be done."
Strained Relations.
"Say," said Baitmann, as he passed
the fish dealer's stand, "send up a
couple of nice bass to the house tomorrow."
"All right, sir," answered the
1 dealer.
"And be sure they are bass,"- continued
Baitman. "You see I'm going
I ?er?out?of town for the day, and
?er?the last time I went I told my
wife I was going trout fishing, and
you sent up a salt mackerel. Another
error like that on your part and there
will be strained relations in my family.
See?"?Chicago News.
Buy your fruit jars at Hunter's
hardware store. Prices right.
ARRESTED FOR BOARD BILL
WARRANT SWORN OUT BY MANAGER
R. C. WRIGHT.
Gave a Worthless Check to Get Into
the Race for Attorney
General.
On account of a charge that he refused
to pay a board bill at Wright's
hotel, B. B. Evans, candidate ror tne
office of attorney general of South
Carolina, was arrested' Sunday afternoon.
The warrant for his arrest was
issued by James H. Fowles, Jr., magistrate.
When the arrest of the candidate
was made Mr. Fowles was automobiling
near Eastover. On Mr.
Fowles's return to Columbia Evans,
who had been in jail for several
hours, deposited a cash bond for his
appearance August 29, when a trial
of the case will be heard by Magistrate
Fowles. Evans, it is said, will
fight the case on the ground that he
missed certain meals included in the
bill.
R. C. Wright, manager of Wright's
hotel, said yesterday afternoon that
the arrest of Evans followed his failure
to pay a bill for board after urgent
request from the hotel. Mr.
Wright said that the defendant was
warned that the bill would be turned
into legal channels unless it were
paid. When no payment was forthcoming,
the arrest followed.
Mr. Wright said that he told Evans
when he commenced taking his meals
at the hotel before the campaign
opened that on account of the very
low rate given he would have to pay
for all meals whether he attended
these meals or not, and that Evans
agreed.
The bill the hotel claims Evans
owes amounts to $36.75. Evans
mailed a check to the hotel for $19,
and deposited a cash bond with Magistrate
Fowles completing the $36.75.
The case will come up for trial
August 29, the defendant in such an
action having 21 days to come into
court with a reply to the charges. 1
Since the campaign opened, the
matter of Evans's personal finances
has been the subject of more or less
discussion in the State, especially as
he was unable to pay the assessment
levied upon candidates for office and
yet has managed to continue in a
campaign which must of necessity
cost a candidate something like $500.
The question frequently has been
asked, "vvno is pa^iug oaiuc; i
Evans's expenses?" and this no doubt
arose from the rumor that he had
given a worthless check with which
to pay his campaign assessment. Geu.
Wilie Jones, chairman of the State
Democratic executive committee, at
the time asked Evans if the check on
the Bank of Columbia was good and
Evans replied that it was "backed by
$1,000 in collateral."
Newspaper men, hearing that the
check had been protested, asked Gen.
Jones for information and he declined
to give it. Later Mr. Lyon himself,
as a matter of curiosity, wished to
find out who Evans's financial backers
in tbe campaign were and asked
Gen. Jones the same question. The
answer to that inquiry is found in the
following letter, which withholds the
name:
"Columbia, S. C., July 19, 1910.
"Hon. J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia,
South Carolina:
"Dear Sir?In accordance with
your verbal request to give you a
statement as to the payment of campaign
assessment by Mr. B. B. Evans,
as a candidate for attorney general
in the present campaign, I have to
state that he gave me a check on the
Bank of Columbia for $50, being the
assessment required, at 11:55 a.
m., June 21, 1910, the time for filintr
nipdces exDiring at 12 o'clock on
that day. On the 22nd of June this
check was presented to the Bank of
Columbia for payment and was returned
unpaid. This check was afterward
taken up by a friend of Mr.
jbvans's so that his assessment has
been received by the State Democratic
executive committee, as will appear
by reference to the books, which I
exhibited to you this morning.
"Very respectfully,
"WILIE JONES,
"Chairman."
Wire Fence Carries Death.
Abbeville, Ala., August 7.?Mrs. A.
B. Metcalf, wife of the Baptist minister
at this place, was instantly killed
by lightning this afternoon. Mrs.
Metcalf vas standing in the door of
an outhouse when the lightning
struck the front end 01 inp aweiiiug
and followed a wire fence a distance
of 100 yards to the outhouse where
she was standing.
Rev. Metcalf preached in Atilla today
and drove through the country
from there when news reached him.
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UAMJ1TS KlLLi A.> 1) tUiUAlMSK.
Albuquerque Stage Coach Held Up
and Driver Murdered.
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Albuquerque, N. M., August 6.?
For the second time'within a week
the Mogollon-Silver City stage was
held up and robbed to-day, murder
being added to the crime in to-day's
affair.
Jose Dominguez, the driver, watchful
as a result of his experiences last
week, opened fire on the bandits today
and brought a volley from their
weapons. Several of the bullets
pierced his body, killing him in- i i
stantly.
The robbers hastily gathered up
twelve bars of silver buillion, the
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property of the Ernestine Mining
company and the Socorro Mining
company, which was being shipped
out from the mines, and left the
scene. They met no further resistance
as the stage was making its trip
without passengers.
When the stage failed to arrive at
Glenwood, Jake Rouse, relief driver,
was sent out to ascertain the trouble.
He came upon the coach, which had - . .[ ?
been driven several hundred yards
from the scene of the robbery by the
bandits, and pursuing his search
further, found the dead driver lying .J
in the road, where his body had been
tossed by the robbers.
Posse Chasing Bandits.
Returning hastily to Glenwood,
Rouse reported the affair and soon \
a posse was chasing the fleeing bandits.
Mounted police took the trail
and within a short time found eleven
of the twelve silver bars lying at the
roadside near where the stage was
robbed. N \|J||S
Evidently the burden was too great
for the robbers and they abandoned
all but one bar of the treasure, which
is valued at about $1,500. t #3
It is believed by officers of the
mounted police that there were only - ^ |
two men engaged in the holdup and ;y:
that they have succeeded in reaching
a mountainous country, having had
three hours' start on the police.
The scene of the robbery is 20
miles from a railroad and in a sparsely
settled section of Southwestern
Socorro county. ^
Jose Dominguez, the dead driver,
lived at Silver City and leaves a wife.
The Love Story of George V. A"
"Hardly had the betrothal of Prince lM
George and Princess Mary been announced,"
says Philip Hume Forster
in the Woman's Home Companion for ,
August, "when the future Queen of > f ^
England had opportunitty to test her
sense of duty and her self-control.
While the Duke of Clarence had been
studying statesmansnip as neir iu
the English throne, Prince George
had been slowly but surely advancing
in the royal navy. As an admiral
his flag-ship had been^stationed
off Malta, and here he had met,
I wooed and won the beautiful daugh4**
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ter of Admiral Seymour. Before
marrying her, Prince George had
written a formal renunciation of his
claims to the throne of England and
for a few years had lived very happy
with the fair-headed, blue-eyed
English wife who flitted from colonial '
port to colonial port to meet her ? ?
royal husband. One winter they spent
in Bermuda, where they were most
popular with both English and
American residents. v
"When Prince George found himself
almost at the foot of the throne
through the death of his brother, he
realized that it was one thing to renounce
the throne and another to
have his renunciation accepted.
Queen Victoria and all the political
powers behind her insisted upon the
annulment of the romantic marriage,
so the engagement of Princess Mary
and Prince George was shadowed by
this ugly cloud. The young princess y
did not indulge in hysterics. There
were no recriminations nor unpleasant
scenes for Prince George to endure.
As his wife, she believed that
she should and would be able to hold
his affections, and she went about
the task of winning the love of the
man whom fate had decided should
lead her to the throne. In fact, it
was generally felt in England that
she was more deeply in love with
Prince George than with his unfortunate
brother.
"The morganatic wife of Prince
George was provided for, it is said,
by no less a person than his mother,
and since then no shadow of scandai
has ever entered the life of the young
couple.
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Mayor Gavnor, of New York, was
shot and seriously wounded Tuesday
by a discharged city employee named
Gallagher. The shooting took place
on the deck of a steamship in New
York harbor, the mayor having started
on a trip abroad. The assassin
fired four shots, but only one took
effect. It is thought he will recover.
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