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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1910. One Dollar a Year
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt. August 15.?The yoting
?, folks are moving about lively. Sup,
\ pose hunting a cool place these warm
F days.
Mr. Carl Wermir, of Florida, is
spending some time with his grand
1 father, Chas. Hartz.
Miss Dukes, of Orangeburg, is the
guest of Mrs. Dr. Copeland.
Mr. Jack Smith and Mesdames
? Jack Smith, Marrie Chassereau and
Lalla Ritter have gone to the Isle
of Palms for several weeks of en-j
joyment.
Mrs. Addie B. Hartz and little
daughter, Gladis, have gone to the
mountains for the summer.
Mr. O. D. Richie, of North Carolina,
is spending some time as the
guest of Mr. Jacob Ehrhardt, visiting
friends and school-mates.
Mrs. Laurie R. Clayton died Sunday
and will be buried at Mt. Pleasant
grave yard to-day at 3 p. m.
Our sympathy is extended to the husband
in his great bereavement.
Mr. Karesh and family accompanied
the remains of their infant
daughter to Charleston to-day where
they will put it in its last resting
place beside relatives.
* This bad weather has put some of
our autos out of commission. They
seem to be stubborn and don't want I
to move under any treatment.
The Crocketville picnic, or dance,
? was a lively affair we understand.
Two men received wounds from a
pistol, and numerous fisticuff fights
were pulled uff. Don't think I
would like to indulge or witness such
pleasures.
Mrs. Dursse, who has been spend;
ing some time with Dr. Copeland, has
returned to her home in Charleston.
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? Midway Musings.
Midway, August 15.?Last Thursday
was a most ' lovely day
for the baptising at Cannon's
bridge. The candidates for baptism
were for the Midway Baptist church.
The pastor, Rev. Hughes, was assisted
by Revs. Foreman, of Orangeburg,
and Kenny, of Bolins, S.. C.
Mr. H. B. Murphy, of the Cope
section, had the misfortune to loose
his two-story dwelling by fire last
Sunday night. No insurance.
Mr. H. R. Duensing spent last
k Wednesday with his uncle, Mr. H.
Schruhoff, at Rowesville. |
Tne lime jusess oiui uuuiio, ui
Rowesville, spent last Sunday with
their aunt, Mrs. H. Duensing.
Very sorry in deed to note the
illness of Mrs. A. R. Dempsey.
Mrs. M. A. Steedley, post mistress,
spent last Sunday with Mrs. A. J.
f Hunter.
The Midway Baptist church installed
new deacons last Sunday.
Misses Daisy Hamilton Murphy
and Sadie Walker Murphy are visiting
their cousin, Mrs. W. H. Taylor,
at Cameron, S. C. D. H. M.
^ FIRST TRAIN RUN.
Service of North and South Carolina
Line Inaugurated.
Mullins, August 15.?The first
train over the Noth and South Carolina
railroad came in to-day at 1
o'clock. There were on board aboui
50 passengers. J. E. Hamnock, vice
president of the road, accompanied
the party. The trip from Dillon was
* made without any incidents of special
interest. Those in the party were delighted
with the trip and the fine
equipment of the *road. Two cars
were built especially for the road
- v over which they are to run daily be-tween
Hamlet and Mullins. They are
large and well arranged and will
prove a great convenience to the
traveling pudiic.
About 200 citizens gathered at the
depot to welcome the new train.
Music was furnished by the brass
band and altogether the scene was a j
j lively affair.
The road is having some difficulty I
in getting permission to cross the
tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line and
as it is very indefinite as to when it
will build the crossing temporary
quarters for a depot have been arranged
wheie the road crosses Marion
street.
; The new road starts work under
bright prospects and will develop
and bring near to Mullins one of the
most fertile sections of Marion county.
if
EVIDENCE STRONG.
Mr. Charles Karesh Saw Duncan at
Lubelsky Store on Day of Murder.
Additional evidence in the chain
which the detectives have been working
about Daniel Duncan as the probable
slayer of Max Lubelsky, the King
street merchant, who was foully slain
in his store at midday three weeks
ago, was given to-day in the prompt
identification of the negro by Charles
Karesh, as the negro that he had
seen about Lubelsky's place on the
day of the tragedy.
Mr. Karesh stated at the time of
the tragedy that he had seen a negro
about Lubelsky's place and that
he was certain that he could identify
him if the negro was brought before
nim. Later Mr. Karesh went to New
York for a short stay. Upon his return
yesterday afternoon he was asked
by Detectives Hugon and Brennan
to go with them to the county
jail and take a look at the negro who
is charged with the crime of killing
the merchant as well as attempting
also the life of Mrs. Lubelsky. Mr.
Karesh readily complied.
Capt. Hanley, the jailor, had been
asked to have the man ready for a
look over. When Mr. Karesh and the
officers reached the jail, they were
shown into Capt. Hanley's office. Six
men of about the same color and
make up, as nearly as could be selected
from among the number in
jail, were placed in a line by Capt.
Hanley, and Mr. Karesh took a look
at them. As his eyes rested on Duncan,
without hesitation, he exclaimed
"that's the man that was by the
store."
The detectives and Capt. Hanley
feel that another link in the chain of
evidence has been woven by the authorities.
Karesh said from the first
that in standing in front of his store,
which adjoined that of Lubelsky, he
had observed a suspicious negro on
the day of the tragedy, and he comes
back to Charleston three weeks later
and promptly identifies the man that
the officers have arrested and charged
with the terrible crime.?Charleston
Evening Post August 13.
NEW FOREIGN LOCOMOTIVE.
Carries, Turbine, Dynamo and Motor.
Will Pull Express Trains.
I Glasgow, August 15.?A remarklable
railway engine, with a saloon
hitched on, has just made a very
successful run from this city to Gartsherrie,
on the Caledonian and North
British railways. The locomotive
consists of three seperate parts?a
steam turbine, a dynamo for generating
electricity, and electric motors
for the actual driving.
The boiler is fixed at one end of
the engine, which is a very long one;
the generator is situated in the center,
and consists of a Zoelly steam
turbine working at 3,000 revolutions
! per minute, directly coupled to the
dynamo, which supplies the electric
[current to four motors; these motors
j give a direct drive to four sets of
j heavy driving wheels. The nominal
power of the locomotive is 1,000
horse, and considerable economy in
fuel is anticipated.
All the advantages of an electric
engine are obtained without recourse
to external wires, and it can therefore
travel over any lines. The exhaust
steam is also condensed, so that
a very long run could be made. The
current, of air which passes through
the cooler for the condensed steam is
driven by a fan to the furnace of the
boiler, which is thus under forced
draught.
Extraordinary ingenuity has in fact
been displayed in order to make the
greatest use of every possiDie ieaiure
to increase the efficiency of the engine.
The new locomotive is now
having the finishing touches applied,
preparatory to being exhaustively
tested at pulling heavy express
trains.
Texas Militiamen Runs Amuck.
Hillsboro, Texas, August 13.?At
Abbott, ten miles from here,12345
Abbott, ten miles south of here, today,
P. M. Firmin, a member of
battery A, Texas national guard, shot
and killed A. B. Puckett and O. L.
Williams, first-class privates of the
hospital corps. Firmin used a revolver,
one of his victims being shot
twice, and the other receiving one
bullet.
Firmin and his brother, Burt Firman.
also a member of battary A,
were placed in jail. Firmin is said
to have been absent from his com
mand without leave when the shooting
occurred.
The troops were en route home
from Leon Springs, where maneuvers
have been in progress for several
days.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
. State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Sixty machinists employed at the
Southern Railway shops in Columbia
i walked out Monday afternoon. An
official statement could not be had
! from either side, but it is said, the
men quit because the management re'
fused their demand for the discharge
of an apprentice who had not paid
. his union dues.
Broke Up Mail Box.
Saluda, August 11.?Clinton Preston,
a negro living near Ridge
Spring, was up before United States
Commissioner C. J. Ramage here
Tuesday charged with breaking to
pieces a rural mail box of Jake Nor.
ris, another negro. He was committed
to jail by Commissioner Ramage,
who, after hearing the testimony,
sent the case up to the federal court.
The amount of bond was fixed at
$400.
Earl Holloway, Negro, Captured.
Saluda, August 13.?After an all
night and all day chase, Sheriff Sample
and Deputy Padget, with the aid
of two negroes, succeeded in capturing
Earl Holloway, who was wanted
for shooting and fatally wounding
Willis Wiggins, another negro, near
J- rn ? 3 TT VT TtTAfl
I saiuua iuesuav. nunuwaj' wao
placed in jail yesterday afternoon.
Magistrate Ramey held the inquest
on Wiggins Thursday. The testimony
was to the effect that the shooting
was without provocation.
Train Almost Wrecked.
Aiken, August 15.?A near-wrecK
of dangerous proportions occurred a
day of two ago, on the EdgefieldAiken
railroad, according to reports
received here. At' Pace's trestle, on
this line, the mixed passenger and
freight train was running at full
speed. Two cars of coal were next
to the engine. As the train was nearing
the trestle, brakes were put on to
slow the train down. The heavy coal
cars refused to stop, and the wheels
began bucking, with the result that
the front wheels of one of the cars
jumped the track on the trestle several
feet from the creek below.
The engineer, seeing the plight in
which his train was getting and the
serious result liKeiy, put on tun speea
and jerked loose from the car that
had jumped the track. The coupling
pin was broken, and the engine
went on to safety, while the coal car
was stopped immediately. The rear
coal car did not get off the track and
the passenger coaches remained intact.
The foresight of the engineer possibly
saved many lives, as there
would have been serious results had
the train fallen from the trestle.
ENGINES AT PLAY.
Two Locomotives Escape From
Blandixig Street Shops.
Columbia, August 15.?Supt. Williams,
of the Columbia division of the
Southern railway, is investigating a
case apparently of malicious mischief
which might have caused the
loss of many lives at an early hour
to-day.
Two heavy locomotives coupled together,
ready to take out the early
trains, were started by a person unknown,
from the Blanding street
round house and had gathered a
nf fnrtr mllpcs nn hour whpn
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they passed throught the union
station.
By cross-over switch beyond the
station they were derailed and after
tearing a hundred yards of track
came to rest, one engine turning
over.
Had the runaway occurred a half
hour earlier they would have struck
a train bringing several hundred persons
back from a week-end outing at
Charleston, if later they might haVe
struck one of the early trains for
; Florence, Spartanburg, Greenville,
Augusta, Savannah or Charleston.
Train No. 35 for Charlottee was delayed
half an hour.
Millions of Eggs in Cold Storage.
New York, August i?j.?More tuan
five million eggs are annually retired
from circulation by t. mire food law
inspectors in New York city, according
to a report just made public.
Most of the condemned eggs are of
the dessicated variety. The quota
for August was augmented yesterday
by a seizure of six "drums," containing
25,000 dozen, which were
taken from a down-town store house
as unfit for consumption.
NEWS FROM BLACKVILLE.
Happenings in and Around On
Thriving Sister City.
Blackville, August 15.?Mr. Lero
Still returned Sunday from a pleasac
trip to Glenn Springs and Hendei
sonville, N. C.
Misses Ida and Marie Groves hav
returned from a visit to Charleston.
Miss Pearl Price, from North, ?
C., is the charming guest of Mrs. E
F. Storne.
Mr. Mike Groves is visiting hi
brotner in savannan, ana irom tner
he will go to the mountains of Nort
Carolina.
Misses Alma Free and Leonar
Kelley are spending some time i
Beaufort, S. C.
Mr. Dan Halford, of Augusta, wa
the guest of his uncle, Mr. J. M. Ha
ford, last week.
Mr. Rutherford Free has returne
from a pleasant stay at Beaufort, S
C.
Misses Hattie, Rena and Ver
Milhous, accompanied by their cot:
sin, Miss Perry, from Texas, ar
visiting relatives in and aroun
Batesburg.
Miss Rosa Hutto and her mothe:
Mrs. T. A. Hutto, are spending a fe1
weeks in Hendersonville, N. C.
Mr. James G. Halford visited rel?
tives in Barnwell several days las
week..
Miss Mortima Ray has returne
from a visit to ber grana-motne:
Mrs. S. S. Laffitte, at Denmark.
Miss Daisy Stokes is visitin
friends at Newberry and differet
points.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Still and chi
dren have returned from a visit t
relatives in Spartanburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Hair an
family are sojourning at Saluda thi
summer.
Mrs. H. D. Still and Mrs. J. Kog
Still are spending some time at Glen
Springs and points In western Nort
Carolina.
Miss Cecil Gyles is the guest of he
sister, Mrs. T. R. Chisolm.
Mrs. E. C. Oakman, of Augusta, i
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. I
R. Free.
Miss Dorothy Morris, of August;
who has been the guest of Miss Care
line O'Gorman, has returned ho*n<
after spending a pleasant two weeki
weeks' vacation visiting friends an
relatives at Little Mountain, S. C.
Mr. T. R. Boland, our assistai
postmaster, has returned to his pos
of duty.
Miss Isabel Free, who has bee
visiting friends in Orangeburg, ha
returned home.
Mrs. Daisy Sanders and childre
are at home again after a pleasar
trip to Columbia.
Mr. J. M. Halford and daughte:
Zelda, aye spending a few days s
Ulmers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Weisinger an
their little son, who have been ?
Glenn Springs and Asheville, N. C
have returned home.
Mrs. C. C. Rush, Mrs. G. L. We
singer and her little daughter, Helei
are at Hendersonville N. C. for
few weeks.
Mrs. Willie Altman and her intei
esting family are visiting relatives ?
Springfield.
Mrs. McCreary is spending a whil
at Hendersonville, N. C.
Miss Sara Hammet is visiting he
brother in Alabama.
BRUTAL HUSBAND'S DEED.
Man Beat Wife's Head with Hammei
Demanded Money.
Birmingham, August 12.?Wi
Milfred, residing at East Lake, entei
ed his wife's room this morning b(
fore she was up, and beat her int
insensibility with a machinists' hart
mer. The woman was rushed to
hospital and physicians say she car
not recover.
The man left a note addressed t
a neighbor asking him to care for th
three children. One of the childre
stated that the father asked th
mother for some money which sh
could not give him, and the traged
followed.
Yearly Swim for Jersey Ruralites.
Sea Girt, N. J., August 13.?Thi
was salt water day for a large set
tion of New Jersey. Thousands c
farmers gathered at the beaches t
take their annual bath. They cam
with their wives, sweethearts, chf
dren and grand-children, in all kind
of wagons. While the rustics too
their wash thousands of spectator
looked on. The farmers' wives an
daughters were dressed for the mos
part in tight-fitting wrappers an
some attempted to swim in hobbl
skirts.
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SOLDIERS WOUNDED NEGRI
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MUCH DISORDER AMONG MEN Ol
FIRST REGIMENT,
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Col. Lewis Has Ordered a Thoroug
Investigation?Only Four Companies
Involved.
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"In any event you will make
j* most searching and careful investigs
tion and make a full report to this ol
fice at the earliest possible momern
IS The most scrupulous observance c
e every provision of this order is er
h joined."
Thus concludes W. W. Lewis, wh
d is colonel of the first regiment, t
n Maj. M. J. Walker and the command
inc nffinpro nf prtmnanips P. K". T. an
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is M of the regiment, in ordering an ir
I- vestigation of the alleged injury to
man near Sally from a rock throw
d by one of the soldiers returning froi
3. the Aiken encampment. Col. Lewis'
order follows the proclamation issue
a by Gov. Ansel, who is commander-ir
chief of the national guard of th
,e State, a few days ago, when the mai
j ter was reported to him.
When the soldiers were returnin
r from Aiken on August 8 a rock wa
^ thrown from one of the windows c
the special bearing the troops. Ths
t_ day Gov. Ansel received a telegrai
}t from J. M. Hawley at Sally, statin
that a member of the company on th
d first train from Aiken, passin
r through Sally that day, had injure
one of Mr. Hawley's men with a rocl
g Gov. Ansel immediately ordered a
investigation and directed a telegrai
and later a letter, giving all the ii
1_ formation he had to Col. W.
0 Lewis.
Letter from Lewis.
d That Col. Lewis is determined tha
is the guilty person shall be found 01
in this matter is shown by the fo
(r folinw letter addressed to Maj. Wa
n ker and those commanding the fou
h companies mentioned above:
"It has been reported to me tha
t when the first section 01 the militar
train bearing the second batallio
is and part of the hospital corps was a
-< or near Sally some person on tb
train threw a rock or other miss]
i, and seriously wounded a man worl
>- ing in the fields. This was on the r<
3, turn trip from Aiken,
s* "You are hereby directed at one
d to summon before you every man b<
longing to your several command
it and examinfe each and every one c
st them under oath as to his knowledg
of the incident, requiring him to stat
n the facts as he knows them or an
is hearsay testimony that will throlight
on the subject.
n "Tn tVio pvpnt anv man refuses t
it appear and testify you will at one
prefer charges against him and foi
r, ward them to this office. In the ever
it any man refuses to testify after aj
pearing you will prefer charge
d against him unless he refuses to tei
it tify on the ground that his testimon
will incriminate, in which case yo
will report that tact' to this office ?
i- once.
Strict Compliance.
3.
"Should you be able to obtain an
evidence tending to locate the guilt
party you will at once report hi
name and the names and addresse
of the witnesses to this office.
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"In any event you will make a mos
searching investigation and make
full report to this office at' the earl
est possible moment. The mo*
scrupulous observance of every pr<
vision of this order is enjoined."
P4 Wounded Man Not Known Here.
At the office of Gov. Ansel th
name of the man who was injure
has not been received. Secretary B(
r_ thea has addressed a letter to Mi
Hawley asking him to furnish to
0 name of the man who was struck b
{_ the rock. Mr. Bethea, in behalf c
a Gov. Ansel, also requested more d(
t_ tails, as to when and where th
throwing took place and any infoi
0 mation that may throw light on th
? Tri n-rAaf +/-> inHiot the
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n person in case the investigation re
e veals who threw the rock, the nam
e of the person struck will, of course
y be necessary.?Columbia State.
GIRL TAKES POISON.
Suicide Caused by Quarrel Wit
s Teacher.
-- Atlanta, August 15.?Miss Emm
Lee Campbell, aged 25, of Edgemoni
o N. C., who was a student at a loca
e business college, died at a hospita
I- here to-night as a result of poiso
s taken with suicidal intent. She es
k plained to her landlady shortly afte
s she had taken the poison that th
d rpasnn for her act was that she ha
it had a quarrel with one of her teach
d ers.
e The body will be sent to Nort
Carolina for interment.
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-X KILLING NEAR BOWMAN.
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Charles Dwight, a Negro, Shoots His
F Wife.
News of a killing in the Bowman
h section of Orangeburg county was
telephoned to the governor's office
yesterday afternoon with a request
that bloodhounds be sent to the scene.
All the information that could be oba
obtained by Mr. Bethea was that
l- Charles Dwight, colored, shot and
instantly killed his wife, Lucy
t. Dwight, while she was working in .
>r the field yesterday morning about
i- 10:30 o'clock.
The information was 'phoned to
o the governor's office by E. N. Mittle,
. i-v
rnshipr r?f tha Rnwman hank, who
[- stated that, as far as he could learn,
d the act was without provocation,
t- Three shots were fired by Dwighti
a who said not a word as he approachn
ed his wife and fired. Two of the
n shots taking effect, the woman died
s instantly. No motive for the killing
d is known.
l- Immediately after shooting Dwight
e made his escape from Bowman,
t- Mr. Mittle asked Mr. Bethea to
send bloodhounds from the State
g prison. The penitentiry authorities
.s were asked for the bloodhounds but
it the country where some convicts
11 were cutting wood for the prison. ,
g The hounds could not be secured
e soon enough to do any good at Bowg
man so they will not be sent.?Cod
lumbia State, August 16.
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FLAMES WIPE OUT FAIR.
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Exposition Grounds Mass of Blaze
j and Smouldering Ruins.
Brussels, August 14.?The white
city of the "world's fair" as the Belit
gians have called their 1910 exposiit
tion, is to-night a mass of flames
1- and smouldering ruins. The loss is
1- estimated at $100,000,000. ( ;||
ir A spark falling into inflammable
material in the telegraph building,
it burst up in flames, which, driven by
y a high wind swept rapidly in all din
dections. Soon the Belgian, English
it and French sections were destroyed.
ie The firemen and deatchments of solle
diers called quickly to the scene,
c- found themselves baffled by the veritable
gale, which carried the burning
embers to all parts of the grounds. - ^11
:e To the left of the main building /-$8|
s- arose the picturesque roofs and spires
Is of "Bruexlles's Kermiese," a Bel- ; . v|jj
>f gian. Coney Island, with water chutes,
;e toboggan slides and scores of side
:e shows. This place was alive with
y Sunday crowds and before they could AIll
w be gotten out with any semblance of
order the Kermesse was afire. The
;o crowds became panic-stricken and
e men, women, and children fought
r- madly to escape. The exits became
it choked with the struggling masses
>- and men used their fists to clear the v
;s pathway.
3- Many were trampled under feet 'M
y and badly injured. An engineering "/i
u corps from Antwerp attempted to
it dynamite the bridge of the French
section in the hope of checking the
fire but the flames leaped across and
y engulfed the Italian, Russian, Aus- ||j
y trian, Japanese, Chinese and Nor,g
wegian buildings. Forty houses on
g the Avenue Solbosch, adjoining the
exposition, were destroyed.
,t At the time of the outbreak not \
'a less than 100,000 persons were circulating
in the grounds and the Kermesse.
Troops were ordered out to
aid the police in clearing the grounds.
This was accomplished in fair order
except within the limits of the Ker*
messe, where the vast crowds be.
came entangled in an almost inex^
tricable mass, fighting desperately to
p escape lruiu me names.
e Soon the enormous facade tumbled/'
' in ruins. Considering the rapidity of
the conflagration, the small loss of
^ life is mavelous. So far as known up
' to a late hour to-night, only two '
are dead. The injured as officially
' announced, numbered thirty, but
probably many hundreds received
J minor hurts.
As the flames reached the mena?
gerie it was decided to shoot the
" beasts, but the heat drove back the
soldiers and the animals were left
to their fate.
Tongues of fire mounted high into
h the heavens and flaming embers were
carried off by the wind and fell upon
-J ~ ? J +Viam
me resiliences uejuuu, scmug w^ui
a 011 fire. :
t, The fire was finally gotten under
il control. The Belgian and English
l1 sections are in ruins, while all the
o other sections, including the American,
were partly destroyed,
r Bands of thieves engaged in pile
lage and a soldier was stabbed while
d attempting to arrest three men whom
i- he found rifling a jewelry exhibft.
The aggregate loss will be enorh
mous. The diamond exhibitors are
heavy sufferers.
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