Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|j^ '" ? ^.''. ^ " ' * " ^ ; Ufye ittmferg IfmtUi j Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1910. One Dollar a Year M > COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the v County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. SsK Ehrhardt, Oct. 31.?Jack frost came in good shape Saturday night; did not have to put on spectacles to see him. When the sun came out it showed up what he charged Mother Earth for his first visit. On Saturday night, while all the ^ folks were up in the hall, Boy K Kearse, a young negro buck about grown, stole out Mr. Frank H. p Copeland's horse and then went to Capt J. M. Dannelly's and stole his I buggy and* harness. By the aid of the chain gang hounds the party was in/uitaii irHh Ant -m-nob trouble. Thfi : ivvaivu n ivu vuv *++ v ??v , party is in the Red Top Inn awaiting ^ . the action of the council and magis trate. W Mr. Laurie Copeland brought me ! a sweet potato that only lacked an \ ounce of eight pounds. Says that I his father made three or four twoB horse wagon loads of them. They f are of the 40 to the hill variety. > . . > Cotton is not moving as fast as at the first of the month; must be get. > f ting scarce. The grade since the I rains is far below what it was at the ' first of the season. Mail came in on train yesterday; none went out as there was not any I mail agent on the train. Pouches came in express car. Farmers are planning for cane grinding. Sugar boiling is the common name for this work; and then next comes the hog killing time. The young folks enjoy the sugar boilings, but don't have anything to do with the hog killing only eating sausage, pudding and spare ribs.. A certain young lady was very i much disappointed on account of a certain young man leaving town yesterday on the down train. JEE. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Oct. 29.?Thanks to the hold-on-ativeness and untiring enerv gy of Mr. Sam Talley, our popular | cashier, and Mr. E. L. Young, of the I F. M. Young Company, the concert | of the lyceum course came off on [ Thursday evening at the school audiI torium. Words fail us in trying to I express the pleasure these gifted mu| sicians gave us (all of them blind but & one.) They poured out the liquid W ' music of their voices to quench the I thirst of our restless spirits, and of ten the strains sank deep in our hearts, like the melody of a song sounding out of childhood's days. * "Such songs have power to quiet \ -The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction, B That follows after prayer." V But there were also mirthful songs J ?the kind that make such gleeful sensations that we feel like nails are v being pulled out of our coffins, for Peter Pender says: "Care to our coffins adds a nail, no doubt, ; But every grin draws one out." The quartets were lovely, whether 2 in singing "Dixie" or something operatic. They played on so many different instruments, and we are glad I for our school children to hear the master touch of these various mediums of communicating sweet, grand sounds. A good house was present, and we hope all the other attractions of the lyceum will be as well attendMr. W. E. Harter paid a business visit to Barnwell this week, and Mr. F George Sanders to Augusta. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Platts recently, leaving a lovely little daughter to be the - sunshine of the family. Mrs. James Preacher and children have returned from a two and a half [months stay in the mountains of r North Carolina, showing great improvement in health. Mrs. Luther Barker, of Imperial, California, is visiting her husband's parents here. She was traveling five days and nights. She notes with pleasure the many changes and improvements since she lived here about five years ago. I Mr. and Mrs. KObert Mixson are guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Barber. There was a lecture recently at the Methodist church by a converted Texas cowboy. He passed around the same old hat he wore years ago as a cow boy, at the close of his talk, for " a collection to pay traveling expenses. Miss Copland, of Ehrhardt, is visiting her sister, Mfs. Martin Light' The new Baptist parsonage is almost completed. Another play is on hand, to complete furnishings for the school house. * V*.; - . . ~J CENSUS FRAUDS. Director Strikes 4,668 Names fron Returns in Minneapolis. Washington, Oct. 29.?The popula tion of Minneapolis was announcec to-night by Census Director Duran, t< be 301,408. In connection with tht figures Mr. Durand charged that in dividual enumerators had fraudu lently returned 4,668 names. These of course, were not conuted in th< final ronnrt The announced figure is a gain o almost* 4 9 per cent, of the populatioi J of 1900, which was 202,718. Mr. Durand said that as originall: forwarded to the bureau the repor contained 306,076 names. But whil< more than 4,000 of these had beei eliminated there was no evidence, h< said, of any concerted attempt on th< part of enumerators or of the super visor or any group of private in dividuals to pad the census returns The greater part of the names elimi nated were in two out of 196 enum eration districts in the city. "The enumerators for these tw< districts may not have deliberatel; intended to defraud, but it scarcel; seems possible that they should hav< failed to note that they were, to sa; the least, interpreting the instruc tions very loosely," said the director "The overcounting in these two dis tricts resulted almost altogether frou repetition of visits to lodging house and hotels. Not content with enum erating all the peQple who were pres pnt in surh lodeine houses and hotel on the census day or on the day o the first visit of the enumerator, thes enumerators counted very large num bers of people who were not presen at the first visit or on the census da; but who came to the lodging house subsequently." HARRISON CONVICTED. Doctor Found Guilty of Issuin, 'Worthless Checks. Gaffney, Oct. 29.?A case that ha excited much interest, not only ii Gaffney, btu in other parts of Soutl Carolina, was disposed of yesterdaj Dr. L. M. Harrison was tried am convicted on three counts, issuing i worthless check, obtaining money un der false pretenses and attempting t breaking jail. This case has been very interesting not only now, but when Harrison wa or com capturea. nc couic iv uauu^ ?vu* months ago and succeeded in gettin, a draft on a bank at Winter Pari Fla., indorsed by a prominent citize: of this city. He then disappeared and nothing was heard from him fo a long time. When the draft wa sent to -Winter Park, it was foun that there was no bank at that plac and that Harrison was unknow there. Harrison is wanted in fou Carolina towns. Some three months ago a commu nication was received from Jackson ville, stating that Harrison had bee captured there and would be turne over to South Carolina authoritief An officer was sent for him an brought him back to this city. A fc weeks after Harrison was placed i jail, Sheriff Thomas walked into hi cell and found the doctor busily a work upon the steel bars of the eel He had succeeded in cutting two bar and only one was left between hii and freedom. Harrison is a scholarly looking ma and is a graduate of the medical co' lege of the University of Marylanc having served two years as interne a a Baltimore hospital. SHOT AT HIS WIFE. Former Columbia Policeman in Ja: on Serious Charge. Columbia, Nov. 1.?Seeking fc many months to renew domestic hai piness and failing, to-night forme Policeman Julius E. Smoaa went i his old home and, throwing open th door, fired at his wife. Her scream brought to her rescue two men, wh held Smoak while his wife ran to pc lice headquarters, summoning the o: ficers. Smoak was placed under ai rest and to-night is in the city jail. Several months ago Smoak and hi wife separated. Since that time, o several occasions, it is said, Smoa J endeavored to get back into the goo graces of his wife, but was unsu< cessful. So to-night he apparent! sought to kill her. Fartunately th bullet went wild and Mrs. Smoak wi <> unhurt. It is probable that Smoa will have to serve a year and a da for his act to-night, inasmuch as h was under a peace bond. This ws for a year and a day and the amour of the bond was $200. There na previously been trouble betwee Smoak and his wife. For a while Smoak was a membe of the local police department. He i well known here. c ' . : ... - . ..' i. i IN THE PALMETTO STATE i SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 State News Boiled , Down for Quick ; 5 Reading?Paragraphs Abont Men and Happenings. The court house at Dorchester is ' to be enlarged and improved to a " considerable extent, the contract for such repairs and improvements having been awarded. Mr. J. M. Sullivan, one of the v members of the railroad commission, ? suffered a stroke of paralysis one B day last week while seated at his 1 desk, and since that tftne has been g very ill. e The postoffice at Newberry has - been designated as one of the postal " savings banks, under the act passed by congress at its last session. It is " not stated when the arrangement will " go into effect. 3 T. B. Fraser, Esq., of Sumter, will p be a candidate for associate justice P of the State Supreme Court in case , the constitutional amendment pro" I v viding for an additional justice is adopted. Mr. Fraser has been a , prominent member of the legislature _ for several terms. a The suit against Smith greater s shows, which was instituted at Union - last Friday by Sheriff J. G. Long and Mr. J. G. Long, Jr., as guardian for s his child, for injuries sustained when f leaving the merry widow swing last e Tuesday night, was settled late Sat urday night, by the Smith show com* pany paying $1,500 as a compromise. y Fire broke out Sunday afternoon on the platform of a ginnery at Mullins, Marion county, on which was stored 100 or more bales of cotton About fifty bales were more 6r less g burned. It was not stated how the fire originated. The loss will be on s the farmers to whom the cotton beq longed, it being stored on the platb form at their risk. ^ Pickpockets Nabbed. Anderson, Oct. 29.?A neat, well dressed white man giving his name as W. Davis and two negroes W. J. Johnson and Homer Gray were lodged in " the county jail late to-day charged - with picking pockets here yesterday and last night on the Blue Ridge train ? * J r riovi'o tttohrorl rvTSX. , DOU11U 1UX ijciicva. i/aiio n?>i vu v Q' liminary hearing, and was released on I five hundred dollar cash bond. The ' $115 found on him when he was arr i rested was also held. The two neg groes were committed to jail in de? fault of bond. e Davis was caught in the act of picking a pocket in a crush at the union depot Lieutenant Russell of the L_ United States navy, who is visiting _ here, being a witness. The lieutenant n grabbed Davis and turned him over ? to an officer. Johnson and Gray opi erated on the train and were caught ^ by the train crew. As an aftermath of the circus yesiV n terday, 88 cases were docketed in the police court to-day and the fines ag^ gregated several hundred dollars. Negro Confesses Murder. s . n Florence, Nov. 1.?Clarence Ham, the negro under arrest for the murn der of Elihu Moye, has confessed, and I- his confession implicates four other 1, negroes. Some of them are sawmill it hands, some laborers on adjoining plantations. A woman known to all the men is held as a suspect. Ham confessed to Deputy Sheriff James Burch and again to Deputy U Harrell. He said robbery was the object. ,r The negroes knowing that Mr. Moye >- had money to pay off his hands, en;r tered the house when Mr. Moye was 0 in Timmonsville. Aleck Willington, e a sawmill negro, was sent into the lS house to hold up Mr. Moye. When 0 it was discovered that the expected >- money was not in the house the othF ers watched outside. > As Moye entered his home some noise in the closet attracted him and is as he turned in that direction with n his cravat half untied, he was shot k in the stomach. As he staggered out d of the room he was shot again, and > as he lay on the porch of his house y he was shot again. & Conscience began to work on Ham, is who had been many years with Mr. k Moye and had nursed him in sickness y and been helped over and over again. ;e The other negroes are Aleck and is Henry James and Alice Wild. Ham it says he received about $2 from Willd ington, who seemed to be the boss of n the &ang, for his share in the crime. Solicitor Wells will join in the pe)* tition for a special term of court since Is this confession and the arrest of all the negroes implicated. ENGINE STRIKES YOUNG MUTE, Clyde Rogers Leaves Cedar Springs, Perhaps Fatally Injured. Spartanburg, November 1.?Clyde Rogers, aged 14, a student at Cedai Springs institute, whose home is ir Florence, ran away from the school Monday morning, and wandering through this city toward Greenville on the main line of the Southern railway, was struck by a shifting engine and seriously injured. The boy had quarreled with several of his com panions and left the institute without telling any one of his intentions As soon as the authorities learned that the lad had run away they ini vestigated, made a thorough searct and also notified the local police who were looking for the youth. No word was heard of him, however, until about noon, when he wai brought to Spartanburg on the shifting engine that struck him. A terrible hole was in his head and he was otherwise injured. An emergenc3 ambulance was summoned and th< deaf and dumb boy moved to th< Spartanburg hospital, where a thor ough examination was made. It wai found that his skull was crushed anc that he has but a slight chance o recovery. A NEGRO FOR CONGRESS. V Republican Convention Met in Aikei and Nominated Myers. The "black and tar." wing of th< Republican party met in district con vention in Aiken last Saturday after noon, and among other things tha they did, they nominated {he negro Meyers, for congress, to run arfains the Democratic nominee, James F Byrnes, Esq. The Republican party or tnis stau is now split into two wings?thi "lily whites" and the "black an< tans." In this district the "blacl and tans" are again divided into th< "Boss Perry" and "Boss Eubanks' factions. This convention was noth ing but Eubanks, and the Perr; bunch did not have a look in. The convention met in temperanc hall, and there were eleven delegate present, and according to H. Rouse who really belongs to the Perr; bunch and tried to get on the Eu bank band wagon but was pushed ofl the convention was cut and dried and the convention did not represen the Republican principles. Rous has an excellent flow of language an his expression was that Eubank soured on him and would not let th "gentman" speak. J. C. Eubanks was elected distric chairman, and the only busines transacted was placing Isaac Myer in nomination for congress from thi district. Rouse is a good old darkey and th reporter told him it was a shame fo a dozen able bodied cotton picker to be wasting their time in a schem like this when the country neede< their work so badly at the presen time. Rouse agreed that it was shame to and especially so sine "Boss Eubanks" soured on him. INJURIES MAY PROVE FATAL. Florence CitaBen Struck by Train L Critical Condition. Florence, Oct. 28.?Mr. George W Moore, who was seriously injured b being knocked from his buggy at th Evans street crossing by a Coast Lin train on Monday afternoon, and wh has been in the Ildertcin Infirmar for treatment, is now ?.n a critica condition. It was fourd necessar to amputate his left arm at th shoulder last night, and the physici ans are unaoie to say wnemer or uu he will be able to pull through. Mr. Moore's horse that he wa driving and which had its hip and le broken had to be killed, as the ani mal was too badly injured to over come its injuries. FIRE IN BARNWELL. House of Col. W. Gilmore s)bm Damaged Saturday Night. Barnwell, Oct. 29.?The handsom residence of Clerk of Court W. Gil more Simms was considerably dam aged here early to-night as the resul of a fire which is supposed to hav been caused by rats and matches The blaze originated in the parlo and ran up between the walls, poi tion of which had to be torn dow in order to extinguish the fire. Th damage has not yet been estimated but was principally from water an the moving of furniture, besides th demolition of some of the interio walls. This was the second fire i: Barnwell to-day and the fourth with in a week. - " -"Vv ' * y '. ,' - ' f' - -,-v * *"' v v ETCHINGS FROM EHRHARDT \ A BUDGET OF NEWS FROM A GOOD COMMUNITY. Minister's Narrow Escape?Negroes r i "V in the Toils?Acetylene Light 1 a Plants Installed. ti I h Ehrhardt, Oct. 31.?It is a mat- jj , ter of speculation and conjecture I whether or not the readers of The g Herald will relish a bit of news rela- a tive to G. W. M. Williams, once so g well known, but hardly kindly re- t I membered, by a great number of peo- t pie throughout a wide territory in t t this portion of South Carolina. t Information obtained from a letter < of recent date from an authoritative g source in Savannah, Ga., says: "G. ^ j W. M. Williams, or Gilbert Williams, f was arrested July 11, 1910, for cheat- t inland swindling in five cases; again t j arrested on lunacy warrant July 20, j and was sent to the lunatic asylum < ; August 21, 1910. 3 It would have been better could _ the lunacy proceedings have been in- a , stituted some fifty years ago as hu- | j manity in a great number of in- ^ f stances would have- been spared the ^ ordeal of a heartache harrowing to j the soul and perhaps a soul might r have been saved. j From hypocritical prayest in pub- j 1 lie with diabolical imposition upon a j church-going, God-fearing people, c thence a course as a practitioner of ? s law that trailed its way in sut and - reigned till the crowning finality of - being burned in effigy by an aggrievt' ed people on the street of Bamberg, J i, thence stricken from the bar at law, t is a long and devious route so shamefully traversed as nowhere to be found but upon the map, and by way e of a self-made devil, the willing tool e of an encouraging Iiell. It is not inI tended here to kick a man that is i down and bedraggled with mud, oh e no, it is painful rather to place on = " record facts so degrading to one who * - at one period of life was well known, 1 y well thought of, and who wielded an j influence in the every day walks of * e life that was as marvelous as it was s charming. 1 >, The Rev. A. B. Watson, of the i y Methodist church at this place, es- * - caped with life by the skin of his < ', teeth, as Job of faith and patience 1 1, said, on Sunday night the 23rd in- t t stant. In the hasty 'effort to use a 1 e mouth wash the Rev. gentleman took 1 I a mouthful of. carbolip acid by mis- * s take, but instantly detecting the un- < e usual taste spit out the poisonous i stuff before harmful results attended * t the act. With not the slightest in- '< - *JL*5 ? :x 1 s tention to censure or cnucise, il id ? s the opinion of this humble scribe i s that the proper place for all poisons are upon the shelves in drug stores, 1 e the dispensing of which to be guard- 1 r ed with intelligence by druggists and 1 s physicians well up in their calling. 1 e What might have happened in the 1 d instance cited makes one shudder to 1 t think of. So good and noble a man J a as Mr. Watson can illy be spared ' e from the ranks by any people at any i time, even at an advanced age in life, i and the pity of it is that such are not 1 permitted to remain and do good trebble the span alloted man on < 11 earth. < Tuesday, the 20th, was circus day 1 at Walterboro. The attendance from 1 r * here and the community generally i J so thinned the ranks of pedestrians 1 e on the streets during the day as to 1 e give the town a sort of grave yard J 0 quietness all day. It was a jolly i ^ crowd that went to the circus, and 1 it is believed all who attended the i ^ performance speak in John Robin- < son's praise. 1 ~ It is stated in this connection that \ numbers of the people here would l attend the State fair if the town had < iS proper railroad facilities. The way ] things are now, going away rrom tne town is a matter of concern that tire 1 one to think of. And once having 1 gotten away the return by rajl is the ' journey that puzzles. It is worse ?' than going around by the elbow to i is get to one's mouth?you just simply 1 keep on round back of the neck in i a tiresome circuit till when in the 1 e vicinity you ricochet and make a ] [_ dive for the facial opening?and 1 t_ sometimes miss. < t Mr. Pokeroot Potassium Padgett < e had a gin accident innictea upou mo 5. anatomy at Mr. Henry Ehrhardt's r gin Monday of last week. Mr. Poke 1 - "was doing the gin to make her i n feed faster" when a hungry cog yank- ] e ed off a portion of his left thumb, i I, The accident might have been se- i d rious, indeed, but upon being caught i e Mr. Poke hollered "ouch" so scream- < r ing loud that the cog jumped its feln low, and Mr. Instinct, who is always i i- on duty, jerked the bleeding thumb ] from out of the jaws of iron. Dr. j . - v iiM SWINDLING THE NEGROES. l White Rascal Arrested While at a Negro Church. A dispatch to the News and Couier says a white man was arrested Wednesday in a negro church about mile below Cross Hill, explaining o the negroes a great scheme of ^ding them money at 5 per cent aterest. It seems that a man was around ome two or three months ago and rranged everything with the ne- ,-^a ;roes, and this man was to receive he commissions, and the money was o be let to the negroes later. He * vSl old the negroes a woman died in he North some time ago and left 50,000,000 to be loaned to the ne- Jig ;roes at 5 per cent, interest, but they cere to pay as a matter of good aith so much money down before ,$|| he money could be gotten, according o their rating, according to' the property they had, some paying . >13.25, $20, $30 and $50. He was just about ready Ur revive their money when Officer Lane tnd Policeman Koon arrested him. le is being tried now before Magisrate Culberson, at Cross Hill. He vas at a negro church Tuesday, and t is said took in a good deal of noney from the negroes. The man lad an appointment Thursday at a arge negro church some five miles ^ 'rom Cross Hill, where he would loubtless have gotten more money, is the negroes are "well to do." ~|pP! Reports were brought to Anniston, 11a., last Thursday ot a phenomenon JlSj it Heflin, Cleburne county, Ala., vhich has attracted much attention. , According to the reports an incessant rain has been falling on a plot of * land several feet square at Heflin for " the last week while everywhere i iround the atmosphere was perfectly dry. r Roberts dressed the wounded mem)er, and Mr. P. goes on his way re- -: * joicing that the accident ie no worse ;nan it is. The Acetylene Apparatus Manufacturlng Co., New York, is putting *j?j n some lighting systems here ;hrough their local agent, Mr. S. W. /$ 2opeland. The following named are -lIBj jutting in plants: 35 light plant for ;he Methodist church; 35 light plant tor Dr. J. H. Roberts; and 50 light ^ plant for Dr. J. L. Copeland. This ' :rj*. system of lighting is employed in sevjral dwellings and stores in town vja low; they are considered cheap by :he operators and, giving an abundmce of brilliant light, soft and easy J ipon the eyes are proving highly sat sfactory. A negro, Boy Kearse by name, vent on the rampage Saturday night hat ended in a drunk on blind tiger vhiskey, his being trailed to his den f*J| jy bloodhounds, his'capture and lodg ng in the guardhouse on yesterday cvith the serious charge of stealing i horse and buggy to his account There is another negro, Mose Jones, and a tall, angular damsel, beautifully black, in the mix up. It is expected Mose will be captured to-day. The damsel in question was taken in custody on the charge of being accessory to and after the fact. She lodged yesterday and last night in the calaboose near enough her paramour to hear him snore, (that is, if ie slept.) The first named of the trio stole Mr. Frank Copeland's horse and it is believed the buggy was stolen from Dannelly's stables. The ;||| - tn n A/tmnapaHvfl :nree went unvmg m a w ill night frolic. Mr. Copeland discovered early Sunday morning that his horse had been driven and immediately went to the chain gang camp for dogs to try and trail down the culprit. The dogs took the trail readily, which led to the house in which Boy Kearse was found. And * J| here the wonderful intelligence of the noble animal was demonstrated. The dog trailed up the steps, passing i negro man in the house, till at the room door in which Boy Kearse was -gg in bed he had to be held in his fierceness to keep him from Jumping on the negro. Noble animal! It's a \' pity there is not nny 01 mem iu where there is but one the county Dver. Chief of Police Priester took i hand in the game, and is doing 3plendid work in the whole business. Copeland's hall was the scene of - ^ :he second performance in the Iycenm course to interest and instruct tiere this season. Again it was a single performance, but Mr. Hale's impersonations, mimicry, songs and music gave much pleasure to his auJience. Heavy frosts on yesterday and this morning has, it is believed, done much damage to the sweet potatoes ind sugar cane crop.