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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1910. One Dollar a Year
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the s
County and Elsewhere. ]
Ehrhardt Etchings. [
Ehrhardt, Sept. 5.?Sunday was j
nearly as warm as a sport said it was ^
in middle Florida. Said you could
put out a cake of ice and it would ^
warp in the sunshine before it would 1
melt
Well, the carnival company left
here this morning for Walterboro, S.
C. The old plantation was nearly
worn out here last week. Every
time they were going to put new features
in the play, but was the same
old play over and over.
Well, we had a very tame election.
The candidates did not spend any
money on the "good people" at this
voting precinct. The "good people"
acted very cool to them at the
campaign meeting. No dinner on
the ground as usual.
r Some few bales of new cotton were '
brought to market last week and sold (
for 14 cents the pound; all it was
worth, as it was badly worked on account
of being too green and damp.
Had some regular trash movers
last week or would have had several
more bales of cotton on our market.
Could not gather it from the fields.
Mrs Addie B. Hartz, Capt. J. C.
Kinard and wife returned from the
mountains last Saturday. They seem
lively, and in good spirits, and I hope
improved.
Our merchants expect a large trade
this fall. They have immense stocks
f ' of goods opened up and more coming
every day.
Miss Salome Wilson is spending
some time with friends in this section.
All are glad to see her and enjoy
her company.
* Mrs. J. B. Ramsey, two daughters
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ana two sons, nave gone to w imams to
visit her mother and friends. c
Mrs. Simmons and daughter have f
> gone to Branchville to visit her sister,
Mrs. Emma Appleby.
The railroad company has im- ,
proved the looks of their yards here.
There is room for more improvements.
The paint brush would help
. the looks of the depot. t
Perry Bamberg, a colored farmer
of this section grew a pumpkin vine
this year on the old Murdaugh plan- t
tation that matured five pumpkins, t
Weights as follows: 122 pounds, r
* 113 pounds, 40 pounds. 20 pounds t
and one 20 pounds, makiDg a total
of 325 pounds of pumpkin to one I
i vine. Who can beat this production?
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Govan Letter. t
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Govan, September 5.?Mr. Ottie a
T.nin nnrt Miss Ethel Whitton were r
> happily united in the bonds of mat- r
> rimony, Saturday afternoon at 2 c
o'clock, at the home of the bride in <
. Augusta* Ga. t
Monnie and Willie Lain were at c
home Sunday, but for a short time, t
A candidate who is defeated
should not feel disappointed at de- r
feat. One should work to make a
\ sucessful career in any undertaking,
* and be contented in the achievement *
of success in his particular calling or 1
profession. The preferment of pub- *
lie office is for only a few, and some- r
times the people make the right se- 1
lection in their opinion, knowing f
that it is the wrong selection. This 6
is due to corruption in the people
^ and candidates. Sometimes misin- *
M A ti/>? r%e* frv n rrton'c nlo f Arm I
lUi iiiauuu as LU a uuau -j piuivi
? causes the wrong man to elect- c
ed, but in this case often we have 1
good men elected on the wrong plat- *
form.
Rev. P. A. Bolen held regular
preaching services at Georges Creek t
? Saturday and Sunday. He used the
subject: "The value of human life."
and preached an instructive sermon. c
He emphasized the truth that man has c
just begun the journey of life at
death, and that God's purpose is for 1
him to understand that he has a duty
to perform here below, using strong >
p illustrations by naming some active r
Hvoc Ti-hn have achieved great things
in life, such as inventions that are of i
great avail in the establishment of t
Christ's kingdom. Also said that
God's purpose is that man should be j
consecrated. r
Cain Moye, an old negro of the i
slavery time type, died last week. It g
* is a sad condition to see these old c
negroes "pass over the river," for 2
with their departure we lose irre- 2
i trievably that type of individuality, c
As John Temple Graves said: 1
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CENSUS ESTIMATES.
Durand Thinks Census Will Show
91,000,000.
Washington, August 27.?Enthusiastic
persons who have been claimng
that the completion of the present
census will show that the United
States has a population of 100,000,)00,
will be disappointed when the returns
are all in, according to the belief
of Director E. Dana Durand.
Not counting the Philippines, if
the census shows a population in the
[Jnited States proper of 91,000,000
census bureau officials will be surprised.
"This is only a rough guess," said
Director Durand, "but I believe the
returns will show there is a population
of 90,000,000 in the country, not
counting the Philippines. It may
*un up to-91,000,000, but I doubt it
Df course if the population of the
Philippines is included the figures
will be close to the 100,000,000
nark.
"I expect the tabulation to be
jompleted by November 15, and imnediately
afterward we will be able
;o announce the population of the
country.
"The net gains from immigration
luring the last ten years has not
ieeen so large as would be supposed.
"For example, immigration from
1001 tn 1007 into the United States
vas only 6,219,000, in round num)ers.
Of this number 1,927,000 reurned
to the countries from which
:hey came, leaving a total of only
1,292,000.
"We have been surprised at the
)opulation of cities of 100,000 and
liore since the figures of many of
hese have been announced. The
jercentage of increase since the
ast census of these cities?that is,
hose whose population has been giv;n
out is more than twenty per cent.
"Whether or not the country disricts
will show such a. percentage
)f increase in population we do not
tnow yet. Some believe that the
'apid rate of increase of the large
sities is caused by population drawn
rom the country districts."
City Council Meeting.
City council held a regular monthy
meeting Tuesday afternoon. The
egular routine business was transited,
and Mr. Marion Smoak, night
)oliceman, tendered his resignation,
o take effect October 1st, as he will
mter another line of business.
TVio fllorl* onH treocuror rdnnrtnH
hat he had writtten the Bamberg
>u3iness league in regard to the good
oads rally projected by council but
lad not heard from that body so far.
Jobbers Kill Two?Rob Pay Chest.
Hudson, N. Y., Sept. 3.?Masked
nen sprang out of the bushes along;ide
a lonely lane this afternoon,
leld up Dent Fowler, aged 21, paynaster
of the Atlas Brick company,
md his negro driver, shot the driver
lead, wounded Fowler mortally and
nade off with the chest of pay envel>pes
containing $5,000. George Ragslale,
the driver, died instantly, his
lead being torn away by two .44
:alibre revolver bullets. He was a
rusted employe. Fowler was wound>d
over the heart and died without
egaining full consciousness.
The robbers escaped.
Young Fowler went armed and for
urther protection took with him
lagsdale, who was stable boss at the
jrick yard. It was raining and they
ode with the buggy top up, the boot
veil raised in front, and their heads
ar back in the hood. That made it
tasy for the robbers.
Just what happened when the
lold-up came will never be known
mtil the murderers are caught and
onfess. Fowler died before he could
ltter more than a few unintelligble
vords.
'There should be a monument erect'd
to their memory that would reach
o the skies."
Cotton fs being gathered slowly
>wing to the heavy rains. The pea
rop appears to be good.
We don't hear much about autonobile
road construction.
vaooz-vn litltnnwn P P V
r ui duuic i wuouu uutkiiv ??.
Vilkes didn't fill his regular appointnent
at Salem Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Alva Rogers, of Atlanta, Ga.,
s visiting relatives and friends in
he community.
Mr. Jack Hutto and Miss Mattie
^ena Mather were married Sunday
light at the home of Mrs. Luther
Lancaster. Rev. P. E. Bolin officiited.
We wish for the young
:ouple a happy and prosperous life.
Jr. Hutto is in the railroad service
md located at Hix in Orangeburg
:ounty. They left for Hix last
light..
OFFICIAL RESULT OF 1
The Following Figuri
suits as Declare<
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f Blease
! Duncan
n r> ? Featherstom
For Governor j Hyatt
] McLeod
[ Richards
, For U. Governor..
. For Sec. of State McCown
For Comp. Gen Jones
For State Treas Jennings
(Moore
Adj. and In. Gen.. - Newnham....
(Richardson..
, State Supt. Ed Swearingen .
Attorney General., j Lyon8;;;";;;;;
f Cansler
Railroad Com {
[ Scarborough
( Byrnes
For Congress - Garris
(Patterson....
j Crum
tt ? -r, Hunter
House of Rep -j Mi)ey
1 Riley
For Supervisor -j Kearse""""
For Treasurer. Folk
For Auditor Rowell
f Bellinger... .
I Copeland
Folk
County Commis...-! Kinard
| Patrick
I Phillips
i Walker
Total vote at
WRECK OX SEABOARD,
Two Freight Cars Ditched by
out Xear Patrick.
Patrick, Sept. 1.?Seaboar<
Line local freight No. 5 ran j
small washout one and a half
south of here yesterday. The <
and seven cars passed over, but
a heavily loaded coal car reachi
undermined track it went
Only two, the coal car and tl
boose went down. But for th
that No. 5 had a "wait" order c
66 at, Middledorf, No. 66, pass
train, might have run into this
out. Only one man, Webber W
flagman, was hurt, he not seri
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Tne wrecaer was seni nom n
and soon had the track clear.
Condition of Cotton.
Washington, September 2.crop
reporting board of the d
ment of agriculture estimates
the average condition of the <
crop on August 25 was 72.1 pei
of a normal, as compared wit!
on July 25, 1910; 63.7 on A
25, 1909; 76.1 on August 25,
and 73.1 the average of the pa
years on August 25.
Comparisons of condition
States on August 25 follow:
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States: 1910 1909
Virginia 82 73
North Carolina 76 73
South Carolina 73 74
71 75
UCUI 51a A W
Florida 74 75
Alabama 72 66
Mississippi 71 61
Louisiana : 60 48
Texas 69 59
Arkansas 78 60
Tennessee 78 75
Missouri 78 80
Oklahoma 85 56
California 95 ?
United States: 1910, 72.1;
63.7; ten-year average, 73.1.
While the average condition (
ton on August 25, according 1
figures of the crop reporting bo:
the department of agricultui
S.4 per cent, better than it was
corresponding date last year,
lower by 3.4 per cent, than it
a month ago. It is 4 per cent,
than it was at this time in 190!
is 1 per cent, below the averaj
the last ten years.
Officials of the department <
riculture declined to estimate t
feet of the figures made by the
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reporting Doara. i ne uiu ci up
ton, by reason of existing high i
has been practically exha
"Twenty-cent cotton" has callet
stantially every bale of spot <
from its hiding place, accordi
the views of the department ofl
Just now the new crop is beginn
come into the market. In Sou
Texas the crop is being picke*
ginned as rapidly as possible
from now on the crop marketer
continue to increase for s<
months.
ELECTION IN BAMBERG COUNTY.
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BUYS PLANT IX GREENVILLE. 2
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Wash- Duke Company Purchases Greenville 3
Street Car System. ^
3 Air Grenville, September 3.?Follow- f
into a the announcement of the pur- ,
miles chase by the Greenville, Aderson & .
engine Spartanburg Interurban Railway com- .
when Pany of the Geenville Traction com3d
the Pany and light and power plant, came
down. the announcement from New York ,
le ca- that *he directors at a meeting in t
e fact that city had decicded to increase the.
>n No. capital stock of the interurban qom- .
senger pany to $2,000,000 and to begin work
wash- on the Greenville-Belton branch at t
alton, once.
ously. The Duke interests, controlling the t
[amlet Greenville, Anderson & Spartanburg
TpaIIov nnmnonv nurphospH tbp
XI Uiivj vvuij/uu; , | g
Greenville electric plant', including) t
the traction lines, from the corpora- j
tion known as the American Pipe j
The company of Philadelphia. The price c
epart- Paid f?r the Greenville property is j
i that understood to be $500,000. a
cotton The dispatch confirming the report c
cent, of the sale was received this afteri
75.5 noon by Mayor Marshall from W. S. r
.ugust Lee of the Southern Power company j
1908, and reads: "Our interests have to- t
st ten day purchased the Greenville railway t
and light properties. We wish to ads
by vise you of this and assure you and ^
the citizens of Greenville that as soon t
)-year as we perfect our organization we T
aver, will have our representative call on t
76 you with the end in view of securing f
76 all interests concerned to the best s
76 possible advantage." E
76 The increase in the capital stock, g
78 designed to cover the cost of the
72 Greenville property, and the an- a
75 nouncement of the determination to c
71 begin ^york on the Greenville-Belton v
69 branch assure early developments in 0
73 the project which is designed to link j
81 the leading cities of the Piedmont g
80 with lines which will furnish cheap c
75 and convenient transportation be- (
? iween mem. :
1909, Contracts for the grading and t
equipment of the line from Greenville s
)f cot-i will be let at once. p
:o the The lines of the Greenville, Auderard
of son & Spartanburg company already ^
re, is extend from Anderson to Belton, and t
at the this extension means.one more step s
it is in ?he plan of binding the Piedmont r
was j yet more closely together.
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3 an(l Drank Laudanum.
;e for Union, Sept. 5.?S. S. Waldrop, a
well known operative in the Union-if
Buffalo mills, committed suicide Sun- c
he ef- day morning by drinking laudanum h
} crop and died shortly afterwards. Mr. o
)f cot- Waldrop was a prominent member of E
)rices, the Second Baptist church of West, h
usted. End. Mr. Waldrop was about 46 o
1 sub- years old and is survived by a wife r
cotton and several children. He left letters n
ng to to his wife and son explaining the e
icials. reason of his death, saying that he c
ing to had betrayed the confidence of his E
ithern family and friends and could not face T
3 and them again. The funeral services t;
i and were held this afternoon at the Sec- a
d will ond Baptist church by his pastor, n
sveral Rev. Mr. Anderson, and his remains a
were laid to rest in the city cemetery, n
PATTERSON OFFERS REWARD.
>peaks His Mind About the Circular
With Forged Name of Byrnes.
Edgefield, September 1.?Hon. J.
). Patterson, of Barnwell, candidate
or re-election to congress from this
listrict, spent a portion of the day
n Edgefield receiving the congratulaions
of his friends upon the splendid
ote he received through the district
:nd especially in this county. He
earned here for the first time that
lis name was being connected with
he widely discussed Byrnes circular,
.s having something to do with its
leing sent out. This he denied most
mphatically.
The county Democratic executive
ommittee was in session at the time
Congressman Patterson was here, and
le was invited to address the committee
concerning the circular, which
las caused such widespread comment.
He accepted the invitation,
leing introduced by E. A. Padgett, a
member of the committee.
He stated that he was surprised
0 learn upon arrival in Edgefield
hat his name had been connected
nth the circular in any way, and was
;lad of the opportunity to make a
tublic denial of having had any
inow'edge of the circular which was
landerous in the extreme, reflecting
n the severest terms upon Mr. Garris
:S well as upon himself. Just before
eaving Mr. Patterson gave out the
ollowing statement to all the newslaper
correspondents:
"A circular or letter has been cirulated
throughout the second congressional
district purporting to have
>een written and signed by James F.
3yrnes, a candidate for congress, in
vhich serious and scurrilous charges
ire preferred against C. W. Garris,
1 candidate for congress, and also
igainst me.
"Mr. Byrnes has issued a circular
lenying tne autnorsnip or sucn ieter
or circular and declaring the same
o be a forgery and Mr. Garris has
ikewise issued a circular denouncing
he statements made against him and
>oth of those gentlemen have offerid
a reward for the conviction of the
>arty who wrote and circulated the
etter referred to. I am informed
hat this letter has ben used against
ne in the primary election just held,
t being charged that such letter was
;otten up and circulated in my inerest.
"I desire to say to the people of
he second congressional district that
uch a statement is absolutely false,
nd any intimation from my enemies
hat the letter was written or circuated
by myself or any friend of mine
denounce as untrue and as absurd
>n its face, and I further state that
have no knowledge or information
s to who is the author of the letter
?r by whom it was circulated.
"As to the charge of forgery I have
10 knowledge or information. All
know of it is I saw a copy of it with
he name of James F. Byrnes signed
hereto.
"I am informed that an effort is
>eing made to find out the perpetraor
of this crime, which effort I hope
rill meet with success. I will bring
his matter to the attention of the
>ost office department at once and
ee that a thorough investigation is
nade with a view to having the
;uilty party punished.
"In addition to this I hereby offer
. reward of $500 for the arrest and
onviction of the party or parties
rho wrote and circulated the scurrilous
letter above referred to, signed
ames F. Byrnes and dated Aiken,
. C., July 8, 1910 and addressed to
enator Geo. H. Bates, Barnwell, S.
., bearing post mark Aiken, S. C.,
August 29th, 1910 and received at
he post office at Barnwell on the
ame date. It has always been my
urpose and effort to conduct a clean
nd high campaign and I feel confient
that those who know me.know
hat I would not under any circumtances
stoop to such dirty and outageous
political tactics.
(Signed) "J. 0. PATTERSON*."
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Committee Meeting.
The county Democratic executive
ommittee met in the court house
ere last Thursday, and on account
f the close vote between Messrs.
t. W. Miley and W. L. Riley for the
ouse of representatives, a recount
f all the votes was had. The recount
esulted in Riley being elected by a
lajority of two. Kearse was declared ^
lected for Supervisor; Kinard for
ounty commissioner; Ray, Copeland,
lenderson, and Free for magistrates,
here will be a second race for coun- <
y commissioner between Bellinger :
nd Folk, also a second race for
lagistrate at Olar between Fields i
nd Lain. The primary will be held
ext Tuesday.
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RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY
OFFICIAL COUNT OF DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Hampton in Second Race for Railroad
Commissioner?Patterson
Leads for Congress.
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The State Democratic executive
committee met in Columbia last Friday
night in the office of the secretary
of State at the State house and declared
the official results of the re- /'
cent primary election. The second
primary will be held on September
13. The official returns put Hampton
and Cansler in the second race
for railroad commissioner, although
Scarborough ran close for position.
The following were declared to be
in the second race: / $$$&
For Governor.
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C. L. Blease. :
C. C. Featherstone.
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For Adjntant General.
W. W. Moore.
J. M. Richardson.
For Railroad Commissioner.
James Cansler.
G. McDuffie Hampton.
Those Elected.
The following were declared as having
been elected on the first pri- . -- '4
mary: Charles A. Smith, lieutenant
governor; J. Fraser Lyon, attorney
general; R. M. McCown, secretary of
State; A. W. Jones, comptroller gen- , '' y-'M
eral; J. E. Swearingen, State super- ^
intendent. of education; R. H. Jennings,
State treasurer. These are
declared the nominees of the Demo- KEf
cratic party.
The following were declared the 4 $11
nominees for congress from the
various districts: George S. Legare, ivj
first district; A. F. Lever, seventh
district; Wyatt Aiken, third district; V5fl
Joseph T. Johnson, fourth district; :
D. E. Finley, fifth district.
A second primary is ordered from cji
the following congressional districts:
Second district, James F. Byrnes, ' ii|
Jas. 0. Patterson; sixth district, J.
E. Ellerbe, P. A. Hodges.
Official Vote.
The following is the official vote J
for State and congressional officers:
For Governor.
Cole L. Blease 33,414
C. C. Featherstone 30,045
Thomas G. McLeod ....25,263
F. H. Hyatt 5,436
John G. Richards, Jr 9,770 *
John T. Duncan 1,436
Fnr Tii An tenant Governor.
E. Walker Duvall 44,907
Chas. A. Smith 59,017
For Secretary of State.
R. M. McCown 92,731
For Comptroller General.
A. W. Jones 93,353
For State Treasurer.
R. H. Jennings 92,616 ^
Adjutant and Inspector General.
W. W. Moore 49,726
Chas. Xewnham 21,483
J. M. Richardson 32,656
State Superintendent of Education.
J. E. Swearingen 92,133
For Attorney General.
B. B. Evans 27,632
J. Fraser Lyon 73,863
For Railroad Commissioner.
Jas. Cansler 41,320
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u. mcisuuie namyiuu
G. H. Mahon 18,350
0. C. Scarborough 21,990
Congress, First District.
Geo. S. Legare 7,111
J. H. Lesesne 2,464
Second District.
Byrnes 4,897 '
Garris 2,355
Patterson 5,391
Third District.
Aiken 12,803
Fourth District,
Johnson 10,570
Fifth District.
Butler 6,131 y0
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r Illiey
Henry 1,769
Sixth District.
Brown 2,621
Ellerbe 7,832
Hodges 3,781
Sellers 2,133 '
Seventh District.
Lever 12,760
Hay 1,246
Blackville Woman Takes Deadly Dose.
Americus, Ga., Sept. 2.?Mrs. C. A.
Parker, of Blackville, S. C., who has
been under the treatment of a physician
because of her mental condition,
suddenly seized a bottle of poison at
the home of a relative here to-day
and drank its contents. She died in
a few minutes. Her family is prominent
here and in South Carolina.
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