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I I; ?Iff Sambfrg ijrralii J |a Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1910. , One Dollar a Year jji t COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS a.. ? s SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS (k IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. h % News Items Gathered All Around the r County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. ^ ST Ebrhardt, Oct. 17.?The Barnwell! A . Baptist Association will convene at r St. John's Baptist church to-morrow, t and will be in session for three days, j Many eminent persons from a dis- t ? tance are expected to be present during the meeting, which will doubtless ^ be instructive, elevating and of gen- ^ Spv' . eral interest throughout the delibera- t [gray tions. ^ With the exception of slight show- j ers of rain late Friday evening last, r the farmers had another ideal week for gathering their crops. Cotton ^ picking and mowing hay was the , rule, and the week's work is further evidence of the shortness of the cotton r*ron: it is even less than it was .. 9% " > adjudged to be two weeks ago. The . hay crop is admirable and much of- it will be saved in fine condition if the ? present desirable weather continues, j Some eighty-five bales of cotton tj were marketed here on Saturday, the t best grade bringing 14% cents the t pound, which shows, according to ^ the daily reports published, that Ehr- ^ hardt is in line with many of the r larger markets throughout the State t in the price paid for the staple. 5 tA party of gentlemen, impatient j. but joyously determined, went on a deer hunt the first day allowed by j. law. Several trails were siruca dui "Crier," "Louder" and the rest of the \j / pack, after hours of faithful effort, gave up the job as the coldest trailing they had ever attempted to do, and there was no ~ venison in consefluence. The efforts of one of the hunters, however, were attended with some success, that is, if bringing ? down what he shot at in this instance ? may be considered success in the true t sense. This special hunter had taken ^ a stand but a few yards from a giant t old oak, close beside a dim road in j the edge of the swamp, where the g deer was sure to run, before it was a hardly twilight. The hunter was t eager for a shot and was listening intently for the baying of the dogs j. some two miles away with the driv- x ers. Directly he heard a rustle in f the tree tops; he scanned closely the surroundings above and saw the bulk ^ c of something?"turkey, by George," j he thought?and he turned loose j * \ v both barrels of the gun with twentyfour buck shot in the direction. The object at which he shot fell at the crack of the gun, creating a vol- c gir.. ume of noise as it bumped its way i * to the ground. The hunter was on i hand wearing a horse shoe smile c ~ orakkinr hofnrn it : ^ LU Clii Ui aLC UIO fjUUUlVl uvivi V ? | i struck the ground had not an unmis- f -V takable odor forewarned him that he ^ had killed the biggest buzzard in ten States. Mrs. Martha Bishop continues to *yj? be a patient, uncomplaining sufferer from a complication of diseases which have confined her to her bed for some months, with little or no change for i %%; the better at this writing. She deserves and surely has the sympathy of the entire people here. Mr. W. P. Pate, who has been sick * for some weeks, is able to be out ? again, to the delight of his friends and family. Mr. Wash Westberry, of Orangeburg, made a hurried trip to town ] Saturday while on a visit to rela- ? tives in the community. t Messrs. A. F. Henderson, cashier of y / the Ehrhardt Banking Co., and Joe ? Hiers, with the Farmers Mercantile ( Co., went on a pleasure trip to Co- ] lumbia yesterday. ( ^ Rev. W. T. Derieaux, of Green- >t ville, will spend the night here to- ] night, the guest of Rev. J. Earl Free- t man, on his way in attendance upon j f the Baptist Association to be held j with St. John's church, beginning tomorrow. j Mr. Jason Fender has just complet- ( &G* ' . * ed a bay window to the north end of his dwelling house, which adds very ( much to the general appearance of his pretty little home. ] Farmer Ben T. Zeigler, thorough- ^ P going and prosperous in every thing he does, who lives but two miles j out of town, has in course of build- x ing a dwelling house, planned both - for comfort and beauty of style, which , * r_ o rpflefition uDon . H < * IS IUUCCU a ^ ? r the energy and progressiveness of . 7 that worthy gentleman. j The Southern Bell Telephone Co., . has about completed its line from i Bamberg to this place; offices will be ] established, putting the town in com- ( b munication with the outside world < - within a very few days, and our peo- i pie will be glad. 1 [ The family of Mr. W. H. Preister, ] i NEWS OF EHRHARDDT. Sunday Train Being Run by Coast Line. Ehrhardt, Oct. 15.?At last the eople of Ehrhardt and vicinity have ieen favored by the Coast Line railray with a Sunday train and it is loped that traffic wil be sufficient for he continuance of the train. , Ehrhardt's position in regard tc ailroad facilities is peculiar. The own is at one extremity of the Coast ^ine branch from Green Pond, and here is no outlet to the North. Not ong ago there was agitation among irominent busines men of Columbia nr thp p*tension of the road across o Denmark and make connection rith both Seaboard and Southern Nothing has been heard of the movenent lately. It is hoped that such in extension can be made. The peo>le of this section are tired of being 'bottled up." The Bell Telephone company has ecently installed a long distance serrice in town, and are ready to furnsh service to the farmers of the surounding section through farmers' exihanges as soon as they are organzed. Notwithstanding the cotton crop >eing from only 50 to 60 per cent., he Ehrhardt ginnery is kept busy, dost of the staple and the seed are ?eing readily marketed. The local * 1 - ? nntr A! narKet compares wim lucil ui he small towns of the state, even, ast week, going 1-8 to 1-4 of a cent ligher than Bamberg and Olar. The second bank in Ehrhardt, mown as Farmers' and Merchants >ank, began operation to-day, J. M. Cirkland, president; H. A. Hughes rice president, and Max Walker, ol Bamberg, cashier. It is in a neat, lew building on the block, below the (ostoffice. Obstreperous Negro Shot. Lancaster, Oct. 16.?Henry Neely, i farmer in the western portion ol he county, had a difficulty on his ilantation yesterday with a negrc enant, Herbert McGiff, in which the atter was shot, in the body with a hotgun loaded with bird-shot. The ittending physician, Dr. Brown, says he negro will live. McNeely says the negro came tc lis house in a drunken condition and ranted to have cotton, which he reused to let him do until he sobered up. McGiff went back to his home mt soon returned with a gun in his land and renewing the trouble, McCeely shot him. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, - Oct. 17.?Again our lalies are to the front in good works rhe Ladies' Missionary Society of the mtheran church entertained a large :rowd in their church Sunday evenng at 8 o'clock, carrying out beautiully the following interesting pro ;ram: Song?Forward. Talk by Prof. Munroe. Children's Song'?Jesus Loves Me Recitation-r-Zoe Thomas. gong?Onward Christian Soldiers Recitation?Alma George and Salie Bassett. Song?Jamie Carter. Recitation?Miss Zelle Loadholt. Exercise by six children. Song?We are Growing Up for Jesus. Address?Rev. D. B. Groseclose. Offering. , Mrs. Martin Lightsey and Mrs Pred Lightsey drilled the childrei md they reflected great credit or ;heir teachers. All denominations vork together so harmoniously here md the choir was from the differeni ehurches, making quite a full one Miss Zelle Loadholt holds the subjeci >f missions very dear to her heari md recited very feelingly. Littlf Helen Lightsey and Lizzie Loadholt ;wo tiny tots, passed the collectior Mates, and reached the hearts anc jockets of many of the sterner ones Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hughes an low living here, in the house formerly occupied by Mr. G. W. Barber. Mrs. Hughes's sister, Airs, wogarm )f Brunson, visited her on Sunday. A younger sister of Mrs. San Souse, from Virginia, is expected thii veek to spend some time with her. Mrs. Luther Barber, of California s on her way here to visit the pa ents of her husband. The sound of the hammer is hearc ill around. Our people are wide iwake. Mr. George Young has moved his 'amily here. ivho lives near Bamberg, has been ii Ehrhardt on a visit to the family o: 2hief of Police J. W. Preister, whos< laughter, Miss Bessie, has been se iously ill with" hemorrhagic fever fVe are glad to state that she is in* proving. v ... >r:a IN TDE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ; State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?-Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Jim Davis, a negro convicted of ' murder at Laurens, has been senf tenced to be hanged on Friday, De' cemb^r 9th. The hull and meal house of the ! Bishop vile oil mill was destroyed by firp last: Fridav mornine iust before ' day. About 325 tons of meal were destroyed, partially covered by insurance. The Charleston chamber of com, merce has taken up the matter of . raising $10,000 in that city to assist ; in establishing the boat line to Orangeburg in case the Edisto river is ; opened to navigation. There was a big fire in Sumter Tuesday night, the Hotel Jackson and several stores being destroyed. The loss on the hotel is about $18,000, with $15,000 insurance. The total loss may reach $25,000. ' A. N. Willing, a juror serving at ' court in Aiken last week, was dis missed by Judge Memminger during - the trial and ordered to appear before ^ the judge next day for being intoxi: cated and asleep while on dutyMiss Daisy Calder, of Charleston, ' was awarded damages of $7,500 in the circuit court in that city last I week against the Pullman Car Company. The complainant alleged that ' she was robbed or a satchel contain[ ing a gold watch and other articles ' of value while a passenger on a Pull' man car attached to a Southern 5 Railway train at Dorchester. Miss Mary Johnson, daughter of Congressman J. T. Johnson, was slightly injured in Spartanburg last | Monday evening when the carriage, t in which she and Miss Maxie Brown > and Florence Moss were driving, was , struck by an automombile driven by L Paul Labree. The vehicle was over, turned and all the young ladies were , thrown out. Miss Johnson's injuries are not serious. > Ed Byrd, a young negro from Or[ angeburg, committed thp crime of criminal assault upon a white lady in . Columbia Tuesday afternoon, he gos ing to her home where she was alone i and accomplishing his purpose at the ? point of a pistol, he having stolen tl\e weapon a short while before from a locker on the cab of a Seaboard engineer. The negro was arrested soon after and identified positively by' his victim. The woman is married i and has two small children. Her husband had just returned from Bamberg, where he had been on busi ness. The negro is now in the peni tentiary, he having been taken there for safe keeping. The crime was a horrible one. Clemson Extension Work. Realizing the need of industrial . education, the State Board placed the - subject of agriculture in the public school curriculum. The good to be derived from this step can net, at this early date, be estimated. Ihe average child, when it enters jchool, - knows more about agriculture than any other profession, and most of them go back to this caling when they have finished the public school . course and the sad part is, they go i back little better fitted to carry on i their work than when they entered 5 school. They have their minds filled , with facts about almost every cont ceivable subject except the important . one, the one by which they are to t derive a living. t The interest in the teaching of i agriculture is but a part of a much , larger question, the movement for i teaching by means of things that I have come within the student'^ ex. perience, and for teaching something i that will be of some material use to - tne student wnen scnooi aays are over. Unless our education is of some , practical use, time rffe ill spent in obtaining it. i When the subject was placed in 3 the public school course, very few of the teachers were prepared to teach , it since their training had not in. eluded it. Realizing the state'of affairs, the trustees of Clemson College 1 created the position of rural school . agriculturist. The work of this position to assist the teacher in any 3 way possible in presenting the subject of agrculture to the pupil. This . is done by co-operating with the i teacher, visiting the school at reguf lar intervals, and giving help by sug; gestions or any other way by which - the subject may be presented to the . pupil in a helpful manner,- The plan - at present is to select a few schools In different sections of thp State, and V ... ' > ..o V, - V *&?&&&&& &. t :< SLAYER ARRESTED. j Walter Hurtz Lodged in Jail at j Marshfield, Mo. ^ Springfield, Mo., Oct. 15.?Walter A. Hurtz, who shot and killed Stan- I ley Ketchel, the world's middleweight champion, yesterday, was captured at the home of Thomas Haggard, one mile from Niangua, Mo., to-day. Hurtz was taken to the Webster coun- , ty jail at Marshfleld, where he is be- ( ing closely guarded. ( After being placed in his cell the prisoner made a statement in which ] he declared he shot Ketchel in self- ( defense. He says he ordered the prize ^ fighter to throw up his hands, and when he did not obey him, he fired. ( Sought Food and Rest. Late last night, overcome with hunger and fatigue, Hurtz reached the ( home of Thomas Haggard, where he applied for a place to ?leep and some- j thing to eat He was given food and a bed. At that time Haggard had not heard of the shooting, but a short time later learned of the affair. He ! also received a description of the slayer and for several hours, while Hurtz was sleeping he stood guard with a shotgun. Shortly after 4 o'clock this morn TT 1 J Xl ~ C ing riaggara secured me services ui thtee neighbors and they awakened Hurtz. At the point of a gun they forced the man to roll up his sleeves, and, finding a tattoo mark there, accused him of having killed Ketchei. Hurtz then broke down and admitted the shooting. He was turned over to the officers and taken to Marshfield. Feared for His Life. Hurtz, in telling his story, asserted Ketchei made insulting remarks to Goldie Smith, a cook employed at the farm. He says words passed between Ketchei and himself, and he then demanded that the prize fighter throw up his hands. When the champion refused to do this, he declared, he was so frightened, knowing Ketchei carried a revolver, that he fired, and, hardly realizing what he had done, fled. Goldie Smith, the woman in the case, has been taken to the Webster county jail and will be held pending the inquest to-morrow. Funeral services over the body of the fighter were held at the Elks' club here to-day, and to-morrow the corpse will be taken to Grand Rapids, Mich., the home of Ketchel's parent,. The body will be accompanied by R. P. Dickerson, who Ketchei was vis iting. The officers here assert that Ketchel's slayer to-night admitted that his real name is Walter Ripley, that his home is at Webb City, Mo., and that he is a deserter from the United States army. To avoid detection he roamed over the country working; as a barber until he met Goldie Smith at Bluff, Christian county, Missouri, a month ago. The two then came here and secured work at the Dickerson ranch. visit each of these once a month, staying a day or two days if necessary and work with both teacher and pupils. It will not be possible for one man to work with all the schools of the State, but by working with as many as possible in different sections, others may profit by the work of those visited. Since the principal thing in teaching is to keep the pupil interested (for if we can keep the interest up, the process of obtaining the knowledege will follow naturally) the visits to the schools will be to work with pupils as well as the teacher. This work with the pupil t will be of different nature as circumstances differ. With some, clubs of an agricultural nature will be organI ized and prizes awarded. With othI ers contests of different nature will j be given, as for instance, corn judg| ing contests. With still others, reading courses will be given, and essays written by the pupil on agricultural subjects. The underlying reason why such teaching is desirable is because it brings the school in touch with the , home life. As Mr. Warren, of Cornel. savs: "The teaching of agricul ture will make better farmers, whol will make more money," and it is only by this means that we can build up our schools and make our coun- , try life what it should be?the most pleasant, profitable, and independent of all lives. Since it will not be possible, as above stated, to visit all the schools of the State, it will be necessary for the teacher, or any one interested, to make application for the work. This can be done by writing the superintendent of the extension work, Clemson College, S. C., as this work is directly under the extension division. C. B. HADDON, Rural School Agriculturist, Clemson College, S. C. SEGRO CONFESSES MURDER HENRY HUNTLEY ADMITS KILLING JAILER WITH CUSPIDOR. Segro Says His Companion in Jail Delivery Should Also be Hanged. Details of Escape Told. Camden, Oct. 16.?Henry Huntley, svho, with Jim Cox, another negro, escaped from the Kershaw county jail m Saturday, September 8, releasing it the same time a negro woman and leaving Jailor Cook dying from the effects of a blow in the back of the head inflicted with an iron cuspidor, has confessed that it was he who dealt the fatal blow to Mr. Cook. According to Mr. Rowe, Huntley 3tated that it had been the intention of the prisoners to make the break for liberty for some time and that for the purpose, in case a weapon of any Bort should be found necessary, Cox had washed the iron cuspidor and placed it in a convenient place, but that it was not decided between them who should strike the blow when the time came, both fearing lest they might kill the man, which they did not desire to do. The Escape. The opportunity presented itself for the delivery when the waterworks got out of order and the prisoners called Mr. Cook to see about it; that upon going back down stairs after inspecting the trouble he locked Cox in his cell but having put Huntley on the task of sweeping up tH6 water which naa uvcmuwcu, uc5~ lected to lock him in his cell. Remembering this when he got down stairs Mr. Cook went back up to do so. While upstairs for the second time v he viewed a balloon ascension from the window with the prisoners, after which he told Huntley to go into his cell, comentlng upon the fact that it was after hours for prisoners to be out and that the sheriff would reprimand him severely if he knew of it. Having sworn to Cox that he would never go back into his cell Huntley, instead of doing so at Mr. Cook's order, demanded of him the keys and in a tussle succeeded in getting them from him. It was then, seeing Mr. Cook go to the window and fearing that he might give an alarm, that Huntley, seizing the cuspidor, struck him in the hack of the head and, with Cox, started down stairs. Turning back he saw the jailer raise himself up a little. Feeling that he was now in for it, he struck the man a second blow and calling for Cox to hand him his hat, which was nearby, the two proceeded down stairs, released the woman prisoner, left the keys in her cell and, for the time, made good their escape. Mr. Row? says that Cox, when asked if he had any statement to make, said that Huntley's version was the correct one. For some time after his recapture Huntley was inclined to lay the blame on Cox; afterward he became moody and silent, only saying that he was tired of telling lies and would teJl the truth in court. He decided, however, to make his confession and did | so Friday in the presence of Jailor, Rowe and a few other witnesses. The above version of the affair was gotten from the jailor. Mr. Cook died of his injuries early on the morning after the jail delivery. The prisoners were all three recaptured later and are now safely lodged in jail. Huntley, according to Mr. Rowe, says that he knows that he will hang, but thinks the other two prisoners should hang with him. , Name Us. Rose and Violet, sister babes, Twain one (in innocence) just born Who gently sleep in trundle bed, From dewy-eve to sun-kiss'd morn, And with each breath reward the spell, Ere life awake in fitful starts, When reality drew the weight, From fond, anxious, parental hearts. To Rose, with-dimpl'd, peachy cheeks, To Violet, beautiful, 'tis meet, In memory of thy birth, to lay Love's garland at thy tiny feet. With prayer that each bud blossoms, With grace to adorn and perfume, The pathway innocence shall treald, Till 'twill please God to claim his own. ?WALTER S. EAVES. Ehrhardt, S. C., Oct. 3, 1910. Columbia, Oct. 15.?Each military company in the State wil receive from the General Assembly for this year $220, which is larger than ever before. The board to apportion the appropriation met here to-day. It Is composed of Governor Ansel, Adjt. Gen. Boyd, Brig. Gen. Wilie Jones, Lieut. Col. J. E. Cogswell, of the 3d regiment, and Major John G. Richards, Jr., of the 1st regiment. ' ' ' '/ ' ''-.y' , ^ ^ SHUUIIMt A**'KAI. S. W. McKenzie Killed Henry Garland at Ea stover. In a row at Eastover late Saturday night, S. W. McKenzie, a substantial merchant and planter, shot and killed Henry Garland, a blacksmith. McKenzie, together with W. C. Joyner, who was also implicated in the affair, was lodged in the Richland county jail early Sunday morning by Harry Grey, the constable at Eastover, on a warrant charging them with murder. Several shots were exchanged by .>J? the parties involved in the shooting affray. McKenzie was wounded in arm and Joyner in the thigh by bullets from Garland's pistol. ^|ff| The shooting occurred in front of Garland's blacksmith shop. Nothing could be learned yesterday about the cause of the row which resulted in Garland's death. The parties were drinking at the time, but how the ; quarrel arose is not known. All three were comparatively young men. Details of the affair were difficult to obtain yesterday. A reporter of the State called at the county jail Sunday afternoon, but neither of the incarcerated men cared to make any " ^ statement. The telephone and tel- .ajB graph offices at Eastover were closed as it was Sunday, and the passengers on incoming trains had learned no ~ details. r v-*?x9!9 McKenzie is a member of a well known-family and Is well connected. His father was the late S. W. McKen- limzie, a prominent Richland county physician. S. W. McKenzie and his brother, R. S. McKenzie, conduct a large country store at Eastover and jJM also have large farming interests. S. \ 7 W. McKenzie, popularly known as ;J|| VTeddy," is known as a man of de- " : termination and of lack of fear, al though he has never been* regarded "h as a violent man. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Co- JB lumbia and has many friends in the ( -iWk McKenzie's attorneys for a number | of years have been Weston & Aycock. 0 F. H. Weston was out of the city yes- '.''/jjSM terday and W. T. Aycock, the other member of the law firm, had not . . heard of the tragedy until last night when The State called upon him for information. Coroner Walker had not v been officially notified of the killing jijjjMg I by J. A. Byrd, the magistrate at East- *? : 'iWLM ' A 1 n ft4- r> 1 ?V*f ol. | OV6Tj Up W *2 V i/lUV/A 1CWV lU^UVy A ~ - -, " I though he had in the afternoon heard [ some talk of the affair. Solicitor Cobb also had no official statement of the case. ^ The man who was killed was a ' jPft blacksmith and seems to have been ? living in Eastover but a short time. His father, Henry Garland, Sr., is also ; r'Wk a blacksmith, and lives in Darlington. The dead man has an uncle employed .3 in the Olympia mill. | Eaptover is a small town 22 miles southeast of Columbia on the Atlantic Sps Coast Line. Numerous homicides have occurred near the place. At "m least one has been very dramtic in V/4||S| its particulars. Lyles Irby and another constable were alleged to have 1*|9| killed each other with no witnesses . to the tragedy. But there was at the time a rumor to the effcet that ; -jjjlg both men were murdered by a third party.?Columbia State. ; Conscience Lashed This Man. New York, Oct. 14.?A well dressed youth, who said he was William M. Lazenby, 24 years old, entered po- J|j|g lice headquarters toAiay and told ' Lieutenant Nunn that he had stolen $500 from the Central of Georgia railroad while he was cashier in its freight office at Birmingham, Ala., and said he desired to give himself up. He explained that he had arrived here three days ago and that yesterday the last of the amount, $34, was taken from him by a pickpocket. The youth was sent to the ;*||| tombs prison until Monday, the police meanwhile communicating with the Birmingham authorities as to the accuracy of the story. William Lazenby, who surrendered himself as a confessed thief in New York to-day worked three days Pslf as cashier here for the Central of Georgia railroad. He came here from High Point, N. C., and previously worked for the Atlantic Coast Line at Jacksonville, Fla. His shortage is said to be less than $500. But then, Bamberg is only an ad' -Pr?11pfnn J unci ui V/uneiwu. men out of Bamberg, and nobody would have anything to do with the little county, in fact, there would hardly be anybody left. Let's see, there are Black, Jones, Carter, Gar ris, Miley, Polk, Hiers, Padgett, and others too numerous to mention who'would be doing better if they had never left Colleton county.?Walterboro Press and Standard. ^