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Hamburg ^?ralb Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1910. One Dollar a Year i i } COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. ^ Ehrhardt, August 22.?Messrs. H. W r"hi?ltx* W T K"ina.rd J AT TCirk ? land, J. C. Hiers, Jr., F. H. Copeland, J. J. Copeland and Mesdames F. H. Copeland and Maude Farrell went on a pleasure trip to Baltimore Md., last week. They will take in Washington, D. C., also. The Misses Sanders, of Young's Island, who have been spending some 0 time with friends in this section, kwent home Friday. Miss Ritter accompanied them to their home and will spend some time with them. Messrs. Frank Chassereau and Willie H. Ritter went to the Isle of i Palms Sunday to join their wives I there in pleasures and sight->seeing. f Saturday the freight train was extra late. Did not arrive here until L about 12 o'clock Saturday night. The A cause was the the engine left the rail and got on the ground on account of poor track. The wreck train from Charleston was sent for , before they could get away from RuflBn. =. Messrs. H. C. Copeland and Co. > moved into the D. C. Copeland building last week, and they will now occupy both stores, using one for hardware, furniture and groceries, the other for dry goods, shoes, clothing, etc. They expect a big business this v fall. One of the convicts made his escape from the chain gang authorities. Can't say whether they recaptured him or not, as the knowledge of it is only rumor this morning. JEE. : Olar News. - * * Olar, August 21.?Olar is again V coming to life. All the young folks are returning home after spending pleasant vacations. Mr. C. F. Rizer and family are * at home from Olenn Springs. Miss Bertha All, after spending some time with relatives in Springfield, came home last week. > Mrs. W. E. Sadler and daughter, Miss Kate, left Thursday for Savannah,-where they are to make their home. k Mr. G. W. Adams was in town Sunday. Miss Inez Starr returned last week from a visit to relatives and friends > in Bamberg and Denmark. Misses Goolsby and Martha Ray, of Denmark, are visiting Miss Inez Starr. Mrs. G. W. Adams, after a few weeks' stay at home, returned to her home in Savannah. Miss Bert Coleman, of Chester, is visiting her brother, Dr. J. F. Coleman. Miss Pauline Bennett is visiting friends at Norway this week. Miss Ruth Brabham left Sunday for an extended visit to Savannah, Pensacola, Fla., and other points. Miss Emma Bessinger went to Estill last week, where she has accepted a position as stenographer with the Estill Trading Company. B. M. Ehrhardt News. Ehrhardt, August 21.?Protracted meetings and fodder pulling in this community seem to be most popular of all attractions. We would not mind either so much, were the days more pleasant. The Misses Folk, who have been * visiting relatives in this community, have returned to their home at Williston. We are glad to state that Mrs. C. R. Clayton, who has been ill for some months, is improving. It is reported that Mrs. L. A. Bikle, an old resident who now . * resides in Augusta, Ga., will soon move back among us. The chain gang is camped near > town now, giving us a good road, too; but none too soon. Push the good work on, for we've long needed it. He Drinks Carbolic Acid. f Laurens, August 22.?Jim Davis, colored, who has been in jail since April, charged with complicity in the murder of three members of his race, Saturday niaht. March 28, attempted suicide early Monday by swallowing an ounce and a half of carbolic acid. He is still alive and may linger for it a day or two. A fellow prisoner had the bottle of acid in his cell, treating himself under direction of a doctor. Davis managed to get possession of it and drank all that was in the bottle. > NEWSPAPER AT ALLENDALE. j The Herald, to be Edited by F. Earle Brabham. ^ Allendale, August 20.?The Allendale Herald, the new paper about to S be established in this town, begins publication in a few days. Mr. F. Earle Barbham, of Manning, S. C., is editor and manager. He is a young man with several years exeprience in ^ the work, and success is predicted for this worthy enterprise. , The progress Allendale is enjoying, ' and the encouragement this new enterprise is meeting with are good in- 1 dications for the success predicted. t ( Blackville Budget. ; < Blackville, August 24.?Messrs. P. t G. and G. W. Boylston attended the reunion of the "old vets" in ^ Spartanburg. Miss Dora Gyles, formerly of this place, but now of Aiken, has been > visiting relatives here. Mrs. William Sydney Shelton, who has been visiting relatives here loft ? last week for Bainbridge, Ga., where 1 she will visit relatives for a while before returning to her home in Wauchula, Florida. Mr. L. F. Hair has returned from a visit to Spartanburg. j Miss Daisy Hair has returned from j a pleasant visit to Denmark. Mrs. C. L. McMurphy, of Augusta, , was the guest of Mrs. T. R. Chisolm '{ recently. ^ Clyde Boylston, Jack Strobel, Em- : met Gribben, Harry and Albert j Blume left last week for Rocky Ford, . Colorado. ( Mrs. Eva Lamar, of Augusta, Ga., 4 ' visited Mrs. Ben Boylston one day ' last week. Mrs. T. W. Thompson and little j son, of Atlanta, Ga., were the guests of Mrs. T. R. Chisolm recently. Miss Kellah Walker, of Beach Island, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Halford. 1 Miss Corinne Mixon left Wedne's- < day afternoon for Washington, D. C., i and other points of interest. i Mr. W. A. Baisden, who has been ] with his family for the last six weeks, I has returned to Bartow, Fla., where ( he will resume his business. < Mr. J. C. Matthews and his sister, < Miss Lucille, visited Orangeburg last 1 week. t Miss Emmie Plunkett, of Augusta, 1 is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. J. Mar- ? tin. 1 Mr. J. D. Whittle and little daugh- i ter, Lena, have gone to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Whittle has purchased a home ? there, and intends to make Atlanta ( his future home. < Mr. Emmet Matthews left last 1 week for Richmond, Va., and will en- 1 ter Richmond College when school J heeins. 1 Mrs. S. E. Ray has returned from a 1 visit to Augusta. Mr. Reeve Sams, of Beaufort, was 1 the guest of Mr. L. R. Free last week. 1 Mr. W. B. Johnston has returned '* from N. C. He came in his touring < car, and made a 200 mile run one * day. Mr. Johnston and wife have < now gone to Rocky Ford, Colo, and * will prbably remain until October. Mr. G. L. Weissinger left Wednes- * day to spend a week in Henderson- ( ville, N. C. 1 Mr. Chester Matthews, who has * been right sick, is convalescing. Misses Alma Free and Leonard Kelly have returned from a pleasant trip to Beaufort. Miss Bessie Murphy, of Neeses, is * visiing relatives here. r Mrs. Mary Phillips and Miss Lu- 1 cille Odom, of Springfield, were the i guests of Mrs. J. M. Halford last Fri- c day. ? Mrs. P. C. Mellichamp, and her sister, Miss Annie Laurie Groves and Mrs. D. L. Lynch are visiting New York and other points. Maj. Laurie T. Izlar and his wife, * formerly of this place, but now of * Ocala, Fla., are spending a while with their daughter, Mrs. C. S. Buist. Miss Julien Easterling, of Bamberg, was the guest of Miss Mortima Ray c Sunday and Monday. Mrs. W. A. Baisden and daughters, Ansapc Miriam and Loratta, left last week for Savannah, Ga., where they will visit relatives for a while, and s then go on to Jacksonville, Sanford, Bartow and Wauchula, Fla., visiting i relatives and friends, for about six weeks. - a Thurmond's Slayer Surrenders. ? Edgefield, August 20.?Joseph L. s Crafton, who shot P. 0. Thurmond in the public road in the lower part of the county last Saturday, death resulting after an operation at the Augusta hospital on Monday, came up c to-day ?nd surrendered to the sheriff. He has engaged counsel and will apply for bail. ? Both parties are connected with prominent families. * c IN THE PALMETTO STAT] iOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quic Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The Columbia hospital is to be er arged and improved. The contrac hoc lot Q R .V/i auuiwvuu uu? wwu *v vj V?M :hey will cost $45,000. Clarence Gregory, a young whit x>y, has been lodged in jail at Spai anburg charged with arson. It i iharged that he set fire to the bar ind dwelling of Louis Dean, nea Spartanburg. The boy is only sever :een years old. Rev. Coke D. Mann has withdraw Tom the race for congress in th ;hird congressional district, thu eaving a clear field for the re-ele< :ion of Wyatt Aiken, Julius E. Boggi mother opponent, having withdraw some time ago. Death in Branchville. Branchville, August 19.?Yestei lay afternoon at the home of he laughter, Mrs. Minnie Watson, Mr; Prances Byrd, wife of the late Wi iam Byrd, died. Mrs. Byrd had bee n failing health for several month! Mrs. Byrd had reached the age c 38 years and is survived by two son: Peter and Frank, and two daughter! Mrs. Minnie Watson and Mrs. Netti Frederick. All of her children resid n Branchville except Mrs. Free jrick, who lives in Georgia. Th luneral services were conducted thi ifternoon at Sardis church, wher Mrs. Byrd had been a life-long men per. Pleaded Guilty to Charges, A. B. Patterson, corporal, Con pany E, third regiment, of the Sout Carolina National Guard, has pleade guilty to the charges of disrespect t ind offering violence against his sx perior officer, Lieut, Col. H. I Springs, and of conduct to the preji lice of good order and military dh dpline of good order- )..tionsflfl-789 dpline. He was sentenced by Maj. I Boyd Cole, the officer presiding ovc ;he summary court which sat i Barnwell, to pay a fine of $100 or t serve 30 days at hard labor. Coi )oral Patterson paid the fine and wa eleased from custody. The report of the trial before th summary court in Barnwell was r? ;eived yesterday at the adjutant get iral's office. The incidents out c ntta,<rao acaSnflt Pnrnnrj rY 1111/11 IUU V/UUl 5V/U MQMAMVV VW* rv.. Patterson grew occurred on the trai lear Jefferson City, Tenn., while th :hird regiment was returning froi ;he encampment at Chickamauga. According to the specifications sc :orth in the report of the trial, Pai ;erson was drunk and disorderly an ifter breaking glass in the train wir lows, threatened to stab Lieut. Co Springs with a bayonet The specif nations also state that he disobeye m order to stop drinking. When arrested and taken befor ;he summary court which was oi lered to try him, Patterson pleade *uilty to all the charges brough igainst him. Woman Killed by Cow. Roanoke, Va., August 18.?Whe drs. Nathan Brown went to take sal ;o her cows on her farm near Wj ;heville, Va., to-day she was attacke )y one of the animals. She suffere i broken arm and has several rib Iriven into her lungs. She died i t few hours. In Hiding for Safety. Hot Springs, Ark., August 19.)scar Chiltwood, who, with his brott ?r, engaged in a pistol duel wit sheriff Houpt at the court house her Vednesday, was captured to-night i h* mountains near Hot Springs. Because of an anticipated attemp it mob violence the whereabouts c he man were not made known. Picking Up. "How's your wife?" asked th parrow. "Oh, she's picking up," replied th< >lue-jay. Teacher?An Indian's wife is calle< l squaw. Now, who can tell me wha in Indian's baby is called? Bright Pupil?I know, miss? iquawker. She Was Wrong. Teacher?Johnnie, who compilei tur first dictionary? Johnnie?Daniel Webster! Teacher?No, it wasn't Daniel; i ras Noah. Johnnie?Come off, teacher; Noal ompiled the ark! p THINKS HUSBAND A NEGRO. Man Girl Married Told Her He Was ? an Indian. Philadelphia, August 20.?Regret^ ting her action in eloping with a man who is said to be a negro, Nellie Violet Melhuish, or Mrs. John Mason, returned to the home of her parents, 255 South Twelfth street, on Monday l" and has been living there since. Mason has been at the house sevd eral times demanding his bride, but the young woman has refused to see q him. She says that she will not return to him until he proves that he is s not a negro. n The girl says Mason has a power ,r which she could not resist, and that he persuaded her to elope with him from Atlantic City to New York on June 30. She says that he told the marriage license clerk that he was an Indian and a graduate of the CarHoi a Tn/Ho a OaV^aaI ' He had made her believe that he ^ was an Indian, but her parents were told after she eloped that the man was a negroi and was married. "WILD MAN FROM BORNEO." rT Derizon Who Had Been Terrorizing 3 New York People is Caught. 1 n Poughkeepsie, August 20.?A 3. "wild man," who has been terrorizing >f the residents of Wurtemberg and 3, other towns a few miles east of 3, Poughkeepsie, was captured in the e cellar of Walter Pells' house this e morning, after a desperate battle in l- wnicn nair a aozen men iougnt me e lunatic. is The man, clad only in trousers and e a ragged shirt, finally was tied hand l- and foot and brought to the county jail. He is being held until the authorities can learn more about him. Messages have been sent to several Insane asylums. ? For a month the residents have been living in terror because of the presence of the man. Racing about hatless and barefooted and chattering incoherently he has frightened many persons at night. He has lived by raiding cellars and hen houses. y~ Fleet of foot he has eluded parties ^ who have hunted him in the country. Eearly this morning Pells heard a noise in his cellar and discovered the stranger throwing cans of fruit about ' the room. Pells locked the man up and telephoned to Rhinebeck for dep IS uty sheriffs. When they arrived they found the cellar afire. They rushed in and put out the fire and tried to rope the wild man. In the struggle the officers were bitten by the maniac I and were cut by falling upon the broken fruit jars on the cellar bot_ torn. .e During the struggle the maniac worked his way out of the cellar and upon the lawn. There he continued tc struggle over the wet grass until d stunned by a blow on the head from lm the butt of a rifle in Pells's hands. I The prisoner was rushed to jail here / in an automobile and locked up in d a padded cell. His hair is long and his skin has been turned brown by e the summer sun. The police are now p_ trying to locate the wild man's hidd ing place. He says his name is Michael Sullivan and that he is 35 years old. On Sullivan's suspenders was the name "C. S. Birden," and his troun sers were marked "J. Doe 5th," with 3.11 A <111U Ill ill AO lJL l>UiC lUiUUi\/i#v t* m r_ State hospital in Conneticut, under d the name. The hospital authorities d stated over the telephone that they )8 thought Sullivan was formerly an inn mate of that institution. Sullivan after he was locked up in jail, frankly acknowledged he was crazy. Sibley Retires from Race. t h Franklin, Pa., August 22.?Former c Congressman Jos. E. Sibley, Republin can nominee for congress from the 28th district, announced his withit drawal from the contest to-night, if Mr. Sibley defeated Congressman N. P. Wheeler for the nomination and filed expense account of $42,000 as election expenses. An investigation of Sibley's accounts was ordered by e the courts. Mr. Sibley announced his AUa decision to retire rrom pontics as mc e cause of his withdrawal. ^ Drank Laudanum. t Gaffney, August 22.?In that portion of the city known as "Stumptown," Saturday night a white man named Horn attempted to commit suicide by drinking laudanum. Horn took a generous dose of the 3 poison and stated that he wanted to end it. But for the prompt work of his friends and the immediate art rival of a physician Horn would doubtless have bidden this world i good-bye. No reason is known for the act. MANY PERISH IN FLAME DETAILS OF FIRES BRING O GRUESOME NEWS. Property Loss Stupendous and L of Life Startling?Flames Still Rage in Places. Wallace, Idaho, August 22.?1 loss of life in the forest fires t! swept over the Souer d'Alene reg Saturday and Sunday is to-nii placed at 80 persons. Forestry officials received wi that 34 fire fighters had been bun tn dpnth rm Ric f.rpplr and 30 had r death on Superior lake. Six men were killed in the pla creek fire, three miles from h* three near Mullan and three at "ft lace. The whole country from here to St. Joe river, 25 miles, has b< burned over. The loss at Wall still stands at $1,000,000. One h' dred buildings were destroyed. 1 hospitals are full of wounded, a ni ber of them blind. Little Hope for Companions. Spokane, Wash., August 22.?Nc ' of the loss of men at Bear creek ^ brought here to-day by W. D. ] Clellan, a newspaper photograph* He was one of the relief party t made the trip to Big.creeK sum to rescue survivors. The heat y so intense the party was unable 1 approach the camp. . 1 According to the 17 survivors \ reached Avery, the fire came on th 1 while sleeping, and they were s rounded by flames. The men s< tered and ran for safety. Little h is entertained by the 17 that tl companions survived. At least five farmers are dead Newport, Wash. Several persons were rendered t< porarily insane. Mrs. Ernest R 1 hardt broke away from her rescu ! after they had borne her from ; burning home and madly rushed i ' the flames. Fires are still threat ing Newport. Ordered to Shoot. Soldiers of twenty-fifth Uni 1 States infantry, colored, who patrolling Wallace under the dii - tion of Mayor Hansen, L.ive been dered to shoot vandals whos.e dei : dations are serious. Chicago, 2 1 waukee & Puget Sound refu trains through the burned region furnished with guards of negro i I diers. ' Gould, 17 miles from Helena, ! entirely surrounded by fire. Wilbui : just over the mountain from Goi 1 is also threatened. A correspondent gave the foil ing account of the journey of : Northern Pacific special relief tra t "All the way from Mullan to ' Regis the Northern Pacific t through two walls of burning timb< 1 The relief train got as far as Bo and was compelled to turn back ' burning bridges. i "Getting back to Saltese, it 1 I found the bridges east had b burned. It was possible to m either way. The train was compel to stay at Saltese and this saved 1 'town, which soon began to bu There were 150 men on the tn Bucket brigades were formed i men set at work with shovels. r train was just half an hour ahead the fire and only six small housed the west end of the town w ' burned." At the Bullion mine eight n were burned to death and two pr ably fatally burned. Fires .Rage in California. Auburn, Cal., August 22.?For fires are raging in the Forest I divide country in Placer county. 1 buildings of the Hidden Treasure ? Whiskey Hill mines have been stroyed and great damage has b< done to other places. Brush Fire Breaks Ont. Tacoma, Wash., August 22.brush fire that broke out last nigh ranging across the southwest limits Tacoma at the rate of 70 miles : hour before a stiff wind. Oakla a community of workingmen's hoir is threatened, as is also Regnets pa q fachinnahlft residence district. Suit for Damages. Orangeburg, August 20.?A 1 suit to recover $25,000 damages ] been instituted against the Bk Lumber company, of Rowesvillc this county, and the papers have be filed with the sheriff for service. 1 papers were sued out by the admir tratrix of William S. Beard, his mo er. Beard was killed about one y< ago by the derailment of a log car which he was riding. The case v probably bo tried at the Octcl term of the court of common plei CROP CONDITION SUMMARY. Unfavorable Reports from Texas and ^ Georgia. Memphis, Tenn., August 22.?Sumoss mary of cotton crop condition published by-the Commercial Appeal today as follows: Unfavorable reports come from r^e Texas and Northern and Central jjat Georgia. Elsewhere with local exion ceptions the crop is now in the best ght state of promise of the season. The August fruitage has been heavy and >r(j the plant is thrifty and growing. In le(j Oaklahoma with an average of late net frost the largest crop within a num ber of years will be harvested. cer No shedding is reported except in > >re> the districts as above. The bolls on raj_ the plant are still young and continued favorable weather is needed for the their proper development while the 5en general lateness of the plant in the ace matter of growth makes a-late frost un_ very desirable, with such a frost asPhe su-red the general crop prospect will im_ be favorable. |g Telegraphic reports up to Sunday night show that Texas had no general rainfall during the week and ;ws that deterioration of the crop has va8 been checked over a limited and < \IC_ scattered territory comprised main>.r< ly of the lower pan handle and northhat ern an(* extreme western central 3ay Texas. The heavy movement in the vas south and southwest is the result of $ A to rapid and premature opening of bolls. < ^ The crop is now nearly matured. ' "'5^2 rho Boll weevils have destroyed consid:em arable cotton in Louisiana and southlur. ern Mississippi, but elsewhere have ?at- not been an important factor with ope the crop. ipjr Flagman Saves Conductor. at Wilmington, N. C., August 23.? W. R. Johnson, a conductor on a Coast Line passenger train, narrowly ' n" escaped drowning this morning while ^f1*8 in surf bathing at Wrightsville Beach. Mr. Johnson was caught by the unnt0 dertow and carried some distance en" from shore. His life was probably saved by the timely assistance rendered him by J. D. Austin, Jr., the flagted man on Conductor's Johnson's train. are Mr. Austin reached Mr. Johnson ec~ Just as the last bit of his strength ;>kJj or" was ebbing from his battle with the , ^ tide. With Mr. Austin's asistance . ' u"~ he managed to make tne Deacn. com gee men were exhausted after their Strug- - '( ] are gle. s Conductor Johnson was able t come out on his run to Columbia on : Atlantic Coast Line train No. 55. Mr. *us' Austin, who has many friends here, -j | ^ 11U' was heartily praised for his heroism, ow- Assistant Postmaster Removed. kin: Aiken, August 23.?D. Ramsey, St. George, assistant postmaster at the ran Aiken postofflce, has been removed ors. from his position after an investigarax tion by detectives of alleged irregu- ?>T by larities in the office. Ernest Brown, heretofore mailing clerk, has been aras promoted to assistant postmaster. f||l een Whether or not Mr. George's dismis- * ove sal from the service is permanent or led not cannot be ascertained, and the , / ;' the postoffice officials decline to state. j ^ irn. The matter has grown out of com-* ; > v|j tin. plaint made of letters having been ^ md opened at the Aiken office. Mr. George rhe has been dismissed, the officials say, 1 i hcnmiHp hp declined to erive a state on ment to the detectives when the inere vestigation was made. Mr. 'George . - J.., .\Jj states that he did not give the state- . ien ment because he had been accused of S:* ob- opening a letter or tampering with the mails in some way, and the de- # tectives refused to allow him to have 1 gj his attorneys present, and acting on est their advice declined to be closeted ? . rg 5111 with only the detectives to give out 7he a statement and undergo a catechism. ,;" md The affair has created a sensation de- here. Mr. George is one of the best een known and most highly esteemed young men of the city. He has been connected with the postofflce several years and was rapidly promoted. He _A was a swift worker, and especially t is pleased the patrons of the office. ' Lad of Six Fractures Skull. nd, Les Florence, August' 23.?James Sanrk' ders, son of Robert Sanders, a lad of 6 years, fell from a wagon in the road to Claussen this afternoon and was instantly killed by a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain. I ~ - _ aw Mr. and Mrs. sanaer9 were wxiu a ias party going on a fishing excursion ike and the boy was allowed to ride in in the wagon, which, making a sudden lurch threw him to the ground. 'he ? ^g. Hampton Bank Applies. th- Washington, August 19.?The 3ar Hampton Loan and Exchange Bank, on of Hampton, S. C., to-day made aprill plication to the postmaster general to t>er be designated as a depository for sav s. ings funds under the new law. i V '