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& ?b? Damberg fTralb i - Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1910. One Dollar a Year ? . == COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS \ SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the tt County and Elsewhere. ^ ^ ? di Ehrhardt Etchings. XI- D< ? Ehrhardt, Nov. 14.?Quite a lot of 61 % cotton changed hands last week at from 14 3-16c. to 14 1-16c. the C1 pound. ^ Prof. Charley Shealy went to c Charleston where he had to make an ** address before the laymen's movement in connection with the Luther- ' v T A ^ an church work. & Dr. J. L. and F.*H. Copeland went W to Savannah, Ga., to witness the jL races. Both say they enjoyed the ~ trip and sights. * Our town was very quiet last week. The new bank will soon be ready to go to work as far as the building n< w is concerned. Can't say about the cr pt fr UlUIiejr, <15 11 10 a VCi J ovaivc ai uviv in these parts. fTh'e ladies of the Baptist church ^ in the Oak Grove school house sec* tion are interested in raising money ^ to help with the new church they are building in that section, and to raise ?. some money they have been at work ^ on a fancy quilt. This quilt they in- ' tend to auction off to the highest bidder at the Oak Grove school building % i sc on November 24th, which is Thanksgiving day. All are cordially invited 1 to come and give a bid or more on ^ the quilt and get something as hand- ^ some as patient ladies can make with their needles in two or three months' m work. They say they will give din- pi cc ner on the grounds for the occasion, you know what this means?if you don't, come on anyway and you will t see for yourself better than I can ex- .1 IS Plain. "J Rev. D. B. Groseclose went to Synod last week, and for this reason t0 did not fill any of his appointments w at hie various churches. K Quite a crowd left Ehrhardt for n< r Bamberg, suppose to attend court. L ' Fairfax Fancies. I Fairfax, Nov. 14.?Our town was ne ! invaded (amicably) by lawyers, busi- at P ness men and many lookers-on last ge j week. The occasion was the sale of gt I the estate of the late J. F. Sanders. t0 a A block corresponding to one bought ca I ten years ago for four hundred dol- ti( lars sold for sixteen hundred, and showed how valuable property here jc is now. Many of our citizens purB chased lots, on which they expect to n erect fine residences, notably Messrs. ^ ? Wm. Harter and Sam Talley. Fair- su ? fax's doors were thrown wide open ^ * and visitors were made to feel at te . home. Being possessed with the be i bacillus of industry, there is nothing ^ Pnow to keep our citizens fronj be- ne - *Hng in the first ranks in the commer- w, flpR "1 cial world. Among some of the vis- aE *- ' itors to the land sale were Attorneys :^v' Rice, Holman, O'Bannon, Patterson and Maner, Messrs. E. L. Sanders, ^ Dr. S. Hickson, Mr. Robert Mixon ba 'and wife, Messrs. F. Moore and Tuten, and many others were there also. It was our gala day. ca > A ghost party was recently given pr v at the residence of Mr. Sam Talley, be < the young folks making merry and scaring each other for many happy re . hours. Little Sadie Harter in ghost v. costume sang sweetly and scarily ? ? " " *~ +K "The Booiey tsooiey man, uu cu^i | great enjoymen. ' ? . Miss Goolsby, of Denmark, is vis- of iting Miss Maude Barber. She has va P . many friends her!* who are greeting m; J . her warmly. fi The teachers have reorganized the in ^ Sanders Literary Society of the Sfl school, and Mrs. S. Sanders has offered two gold medals (one to girls a ~ and one to boys) to be delivered at commencement to those making the B1 greatest improvement in literature. Mrs. Robert Hughes, who lived t\\ 1 f here ten years ago, is being greeted an warmly by old friends who are glad < ; of her return to live among us. mi ? ? FAMILY BARELY ESCAPES. r Tragedy Almost Follows Attempt to ? Burn Greenville House. EV Uc I Greenville, Nov. 14.?J. W. Run- pi ~ * *1? ?Awdv r\c+nr% rvn/1 Ko_ yon and ramiiy uanuw IJ COV,ajJCU uv- J gg Ing cremated about midnight Sunday, pr when an attempt was made to burn ^h f down a four-room cottage in the Poe fa Mill village. A neighbor discover- jn ed the fire and rushed over and res- fr iff:/ 11 cued the occupants of the dwelling, js * at the same time summoning others, m who succeeded in extinguishing the jn ^ flames before the house was destroy- f0 4 ed. - / A flask containing kerosine oil : was discovered under the door steps, J. while the door facing, where the fire F started, smelt of kerosine. The po- di lice think they have a clue. 8 J V i t \ SUSPECTED OF MURDER. || egro Said to be Wanted for Killing of J. A. Xix at Denmark. Aiken, Nov. 14.?Some days ago te police of the city arrested one St rill Johnson on a charge of being -unk and disorderly. He was tried ifore the mayor and convicted and ven a fine of thirty days on the tng or a money fine. The negro de- ar ded to work it out. It develops gc jw that he is wanted in Denmark . rr t murder, and yesterday was idenfied as the right man. CO Mr. W. J. Hutto, of Denmark, ?ard of this negro, and he came to iken yesterday and identified the an as the one who is wanted in enmark. The right name of Johnson is Isa- ^ n )re Stevens, and he is wanted in enmark for the murder of Mr. J. ce te . Nix, who was a prominent planter ?ar Denmark. The story of the i ? ? ?? Kv \f*? XInff a io d C I la i me, <ta givcu u? iui. nunv, .u u.u llows: *? Stevens, alias Johnson, was em- of oyed to work for Mr. Nix in the 2lds, and one morning as Mr. Nix ar as admonishing the darky, he is te Lid to have pulled out his pistol and te tot Mr. Nix dead. The negro made da s escape and fled towards Barnwell. w< ogs trailed him for some distance, at it the negro eluded capture. nc Stevens worked for Mr. Hutto for lit me time, and Mr. Hutto identified co m by a mark on the left hand and at so a mark on the left temple. But st< :evens would not say that he knew de r. Hutto, or had ever been to Denark. However, those who were esent and saw these men meet are P] nvinced that Stevens knew someling about Denmark and Mr. Hutto. Monday night Stevens tried to eak out of the guard house, hav- nc g removed some of the wire before ol le of the windows, and was about ga i get busy on one of the iron bars ga hen discovered. to There is a reward of $200 for the hi jgro. ot in Sensational Case in Camden. th Sam R. Kirkland, a farmer living W( ;ar Blaney will be tried this week Camden in the court of general 0'( ssions on the charge of having in- b0 igated his wife, Isabelle Kirkland, sjj commit suicide on March 25. The se is expected to develop sensa- fn >nal features. To a certain extent ju is an exact parallel of the W. T. he >nes case in Union county. ga The facts brought out at the coro- on jr's inquest, held soon after Mrs. ^li irkland's tragic end, were deemed 0f ifficient to hold her husband, Sam ^ irkland, for her death. On the afrnoon of March 24, after having ag ;en out driving with her husband, en rs. Kirkland came back home, her jck bleeding profusely from a ex Dund. She went into her house, id back into the kitchen, where she enched parts of her clothing with trosene and then set herself on fire. Before help could reach her she wz id been burned so severely that she a ed in a few hours. - tic It is probable that the Kirkland he se wifl be tried the middle of the nij esent week. Many witnesses have sei en summoned by the State and the ifense. Sam Kirkland will be rep- hu sented by^Blendel L. Smith. sic ?? Mi Still Unreformed. Mi * ri Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis, at one jn the dinners following the conser,tion congress in St. Paul, said of <je arriage: \y "It is true that some girls, marry- his g men to reform them, succeed. ha Erne girls, too, fail. an "The hostess at a tea once said to ap beautiful, sad-ey%d woman: thj " 'Are you fond of sports, Mrs. ank?' he "Mrs. Blank smiled. Her sad eyes jaj inkled a moment. Then she sighed ^hi d answered: sic " 'Well, I suppose I ought to be, I an arried one.' "?St. Paul Dispatch. th< ^ sis Why Towns Stagnate. m{ th' wnen a town stagnates il is uoilly because its citizens have no iblic spirit. Content with things they are and "unaffected by the of ogress that goes on around them ey see their own community vege- su te, while others nearby, fortunate their type of citizens, go ahead om one year to another. Thus it th that oftimes towns with many itural advantages are out-distanced El population and wealth by places m( >r which nature has done but little. di; sh Messrs. J. A. Murdaugh, C. S. Folk, th S. J. Faust, G. W. Goolsby, J. H. ch ender, and D. B. Rhoad were re awn as hold-over grand jurors to ke trve Bamberg county next year. w? i THE PALMETTO STATE )ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The citizens of North Augusta are e again trying to put through their heme for a new county to be cut om portions of Aiken and Edge;ld, with North Augusta as the unty seat. A delegation appeared ifore Governor Ansel this week to ge an amendment to the lines. The second annual session of the uth Carolina Conference of Charijs and Corrections will be held at orence inursaay ana rnaay, member 8th and 9th. All persons inrested in work of charity, correc)n, reform, child care and other reted problems are cordially invited be present. Rev. A. T. Jamison, Greenwood, is president. Joe Bowman, a negro from Origeburg county, is serving a sennce of twenty years in the penintiary for attempted assault. A few lys ago the husband of the white Dman whom he was convicted of tempting to assault, wrote Gover>r Ansel a letter saying that he beived the negro did not mean to mmit any crime, that he was djnink the time and the lady misunder od his -intentions. The governor tclined to pardon the negro. ENDS LIFE WTTH SHOTGUN. dest Son of Former Sheriff of York County Shoots Himself. Rock Hill, Nov.. 14.?Sunday afterion, about 5 o'clock, David Logan, dest son of ex-Sheriff John R. Lo,n, of Yorkville, living on Mr. Lo,n's farm, southwest of that city, ok a shotgun and deliberately blew s brains out. Mr. Logan, with anher brother or two, had been keepg "bachelor's hall" at the farm, e had on one or two 'occasions reatened to kill himself, but his >rds were not taken seriously. Yesterday afternoon, about 5 :lock, a younger brother left the use on some domestic errand, and ortly after he left the house anher brother, who had been absent 3m the place, rode up on horseback, st as he was riding into the yard ( heard a gun fired. On investition he found David Logan's body a chair with the top of his head 3wn off and the brains and pieces skull scattered all over the room, p. Logan had placed the gun beeen his knees, put the barrel ainst his forehead and blown the tire top of his head off. No cause is assigned for the act, cept that it is said that he had been inking. Tug of War Over Bride. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 14.?A tug of ir for possession of a bride of only few minutes threw the congrega?n in the Central Baptist church re into the wildest confusion last ?ht and caused a suspension of the rvices. The tussle was between the young sband, George N. Coker, on one le and the two maiden sisters of s. Coker on the other. Mr. and s. Coker had eloped and were i$ar- 1 (d by the pastor of Central church his study shortly before the even- i I service began. Bride and groom cided to remain for the service, hile the minister was announcing ' j text the two sisters of Mrs. Coker, ving learned of what was coming d hoping to prevent the marriage, peared on the scene. Declaring at Mr. Coker should not marry eir sister they attempted to pull 1 r into the aisle. Mr. Coker also < U hold of his wife and between ?m thev succeeded in creating con lerable excitement. The combatts were finally persuaded to leave 1 e church, however, and when ihe '< ,ters of the bride learned that the irriage had already taken place ey gave up the fight. Grimsley Admitted to Bail. Lexington. Nov. 9.?Upon motion Duncan Bellinger, of Columbia, dge Gage to-day granted bail in the < m of $500 to Butler Grimsley, the leged bigamist, who has been conied in the penitentiary hospital for e past several weeks. Grimsley was married to Miss Ella lrhardt, of New Brookland, a few Dnths ago, the couple leaving immeately afterward for Washington. A ort while afterward it was learned at the young man had a wife and ild living in Columbia, and the arst of Grimsley followed. He was tpt in jail here for some time and is later carried to Columbia. - V .V : .r*;- ' V ' WOULD HOLD UP OIL KING. Young Hungarian Writes Threatening Letters. Charged with writing threatening letters to John D. Rockfeller, de- i manding $50,000, Peter Lillijohn, a Hungarian, 23 years of age, is held at police headquarters in New York. Hougo Kardoff, who accused Lillijohn of sending the letter to him to be forwarded to Mr. Rockfeller, made the complaint- which caused the young Hungarian's arrest. Kardoff told detectives he received three letters from Lillijohn Friday afternoon. One written in Hungarian, was ad dressea to tne sianaara un cmei, and contained the demand for $50,000. The others were addressed to Kardoff and directed him to translate and forward the message to Mr. Rockfeller, under threat of death. Won Votes With Dead Bodies. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 10.?The bodies of two men who died of alcoholism were placed on exhibition in the windows of the undertaking establishment of the deputy coroner at Auburn, 20 miles south of Seattle, in an effort to win votes for the "drys" in the local option election held here Tuesday, but without apparent effect for the town voted "wet." Both factions were making a hard fight and the prohibitionists appeared to be in the lead until late in the afternoon. Then the tide began to turn. In a frantic effort the anti-saloon leaders appealed to Deputy Coroner Pnnnpll an nrriprit nrnhihitinnist. for aid. He hurried to his establishment where the bodies of the two men lay. Bolstering them in an upright position in their coffins' he placed them in the front windows. Above the head -of each a sign bearing the words: "He died of drink" was tacked. As the voters hurried by anti-saloon men directed their attention to the exhibition. "There was no desecration of the dead," said Connell last night. "The men were without friends and their bodies might as well .-have been put to some good use." Saw Mill Burned. Cope, Nov. 12.?The saw mill of J. P. Cleckley was destroyed by fire this morning, between midnight and daybreak. Origin unknown, but supposition is, it caught from the furnace. Those who went to the scene managed to save two mules, carts and most of the lumber that was stacked, as the breeze ^as in their favor, but the fmill and machinery proper was destroyed. ACCIDENT, SAYS THE JURY. Because Football Player Dies of I11% juries Bethany Abolishes Game. Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 14.?The coroner's jury to-night returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Rudolph Munk, the West Virginia University player, who died of injuries received. in a football game Saturday. . The University council, of West Virginia University, to-day cancelled the remaining football games scheduled because of the death Saturday of Capt. Rudolph Munk. Charles E. Hogg, dean of the University law school, was directed to represent the University at the funeral of the young man. The football team and the Greek Letter Fraternity, of which Munk was a member, will attend the funeral ii> a body. No More Football. Bethany, W. Va., Nov. 14.?There will be no more football at Bethany this year, as a result of the tragedy at Wheeling Saturday afternoon, when Capt. Rudolph Munk, of the West Virginia University, was fatally injured in the game with Bethany College. At a meeting of the faculty and the student body commiuee they voted to abolish the remaining scheduled games. Father Shoots Son. Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 14.?As the result of a shooting affray engaged in by William Jett, a wealthy farmer and stock raiser, and his two sons, Scott and Clarence Jett. in the family home near Mendora, Va., Saturday, Scott Jett is dying while his brother. Clarence, and the father are dangerously wounded. The sons were about to dispose of property, intending to leave home, when the father, who is said to have been drinking, opened fire on the sons. Scott Jett was hit in the abdomen and Clarence was wounded in the neck. One of the sons returned the father's fire, the bullet taking effect in the latter's left breast near the heart. > BUCK GIVEN FIVE YEARS. t JUDGE REFUSES NEW TRIAL. IMPOSES PRISON PENALTY. Refuses to Permit Alternative of I Fine. Black Released on Bond : of $10,000. * i Chester, Nov. 12.?Five years in t ? the penitentiary without labor was the sentence pronounced this morning by Judge Moore upon John Black ^ who was convicted here last night of conspiracy to defraud the State. m1 J" J ?" ^ ^ mMAtvtAiinlir ^ I Iiy JUUgC Iiau pirviuusi; UTtu uivu a motion by M. P. Howell, defendant's counsel, for a new trial. Immediately on tbe announcement of the verdict counsel for Black gave notice of an appeal to the State supreme court and pending this appeal Black was released on $10,000 bond, which was furnished by friends in -Colleton county. The defendant, John Black, took the sentence without a tremor. He appeared in court this morning with his attorney, M. P. Howell, of Walterboro, and throughout the proceedings maintained a calm exterior and so far as appearances went was calm throughout the whole time. Asks for Clemency. i Before sentence was pronounced ( Mr. Howell made a statement to the j court in behalf of his client. . Mr. ( Howell said that Black was in a pe- ( culiar and sad predicament. Black \ TI'OC hnrn on/1 rpnrpd in Colleton < county and had served with distinc- , tion as mayor of Walterboro, he said. Black now is broken in health and finances, and at present has no prop- t I erty, declared Mr? Howell, as only a f short time ago necessity forced him ] to dispose of his home in Columbia. ] He has not recovered from an opera- ] jtion performed some time ago ana { would possibly never fully recover, ! said Mr. Howell, as he asked the j court to be lenient and to give the j alternative of a reasonable fine. j The attorney general, Mr. Lyon, j stated to the court that he did not j consider it meet or proper as the ] representative of the State to indicate to the court what sentence \ should be prononunc^d. He said ] that he did not desire a vindictive sentence and none was more willing to see leniency extended. He only desired that such punishment should J1 hp metprt nut. sn that, it would serve I as a warning to others and deter them from like example. The attorney general was desirous only that such punishment be inflicted as would sound a warning that law and order must be observed. Brought Shame on State. Judge Moore then told Black to stand up and before prononuncing sentence made some remarks anent the case. He told the defendant that he had been convicted by the jury of conspiracy to defraud the State and that the facts bore out the verdict beyond a reasonable doubt. The attorney general had been fair and impartial and that the presiding judge had been impartial in all his rulings and the jury had given the case care-1 ful consideration and was honest in its conclusions beyond shadow of a doubt. Judge Moore said that Black was convicted of a crime which had brought such shame and disgrace upon South Carolina as had not been the case since 1876. The judge expressed only the kindest of feelings toward the defendant, but his duty, be said, required that he impose sdch sentence as would deter others from following Black's evil example and as would be sufficient punishment for him. Personally he was inclined to be lenient but duty required that E sufficient punishment be meted out. E 6 Judge Moore stated to the defendant that the fact, if it was a fact, that others were guilty of like examples and had not been brought to punishment could,not be considered in this ^ case. Counsel for Black had request- ed the judge to impose an alternative c fine, but Judge Moore said that he fl did not think he would be justified in t giving the alternative of a fine in a such a case for allowing the fine E would in effect be saying that one guilty of such crime could escape t the effect by refunding part of v the money gotten fraudulently. E The judge seemed to be of the opinion that allowing a fine would S permit the prisoner to escape s the fullest consequences of his act a and that it was too serious an offense n to allow one to escape with a fine. The judge went on to point out that c the object of sentencing to the peni- E tentiary would be an example to all f evil doer that the day will come when s they will be brought to the bar of jus- i tice and made to give an account of g their crimes. ? Then followed the announcement g :.-U : ' . ' &. t -h: TILLMAN PLEASED. , ' M ?r~ lays the People Ought to Have Done it Last Time. The Chronicle says Senator Benjanin Tillman, of South Carolina, vas in Augusta Friday on business, tnd while there he talked with a epresentative of The Chronicle on he recent Democratic victory. The tenator was particularly mild in speaking of Theodore Roosevelt, vhom he has dubbed "the greatest 'akir on earth," but the very quietless of his voice lent additional icorn and contempt for the ex-presiient. senator Tinman was asaea ior an sxpression of the Democratic victory, md what he thought of "the slap in ;he face to Mr. Roosevelt." --'W "It was more than a slap in the !ace," said the senator. "The resent victory of the Democratic par;y is evidence of returning sense on ;he part of the people, in a realiza:ion of that change particularly leeded now, if we expect a good government, ana God knows fts bad mough. The corruptions that are Altering into it now ought to make i good patriot tired. "As to the causes of the election. .. rhe tariff had something to do with \ >~f|3 t. The pernicious activities of T. R. lidn't have the effect he desired, but ' ?| iust the reverse. The tariff, of course, ;ut some figure, as shown by the Section of Foss inMassachusetts and :he congressman in Buffalo, where :hey turned Republican strongholds 1 upside down and walked off with "But the new grace of common sense is the essential factor in the success, and the people ought to lave done this in the last election. rjg But, like all the rest of us, their aind sight is better than their fore -rag sight.- Wm Senator Tillman seemed delighted it the outcome of the election, and frequently chuckled., to himself, probably at some memory stirred by present events. The, senator seems much stronger after his recent illless. Senator Tillman left Friday af-r < :ernoon at 4 o'clock for his home, in. Edgefield, S. C. HAUGHTON CASE OX TRIAL, ||j Widow Suing to Recover Five Thousand Dollars on Accident Policy, Columbia, Nov. 15.?A death from ; )lood poisoning, said to have been :aused from a finger nail scratch, . nay prevent the widow of William G. -iaughton, of Spartanburg, from re- ;|||i :eiving $5,000 on an accident policy rhe case, now being tried in the Jnited States Circuit Court here, is >ne of the most interesting that ever .. ame to trial in this city. . ' Jp? Mr. Haughton died in April, 1907, ifter an illness of only six days. He s said to have had a habit of scratching his nose and, according to. the witnesses brought forth by the do ence, his death occurred from a cratch on his nose, which Mr. laughton himself caused, blood pois- :J| >ning setting in. Several physicians estified that Mr. Haughton's death I esulted from blood poisoning. The' widow of Mr. Haughton, Mrs. Eliza Haughton, is seeking to recover !5,000 on an accident policy fron he Order of United Commercial rravellers. Mrs. Haughton's testi- . oony is that her husband told her hat a hose in the yard flew up and " truck him on the nose, pausing the njury from which death resulted, i'he point at issue is whether Mr. i laughton died from an accident or **(? tot. The case will be concluded toaorrow. All testimony was complet Kirsch's Bargain House is selling * lothing, all kinds of dry goods and hoes at sacrifice prices. See him or bargains in all lines. ^ , Jg f the sentence to the penitentiary for ive years without labor. Black's atorney immediately gave notice of an' ppeal to the supreme court and ^ Hack was released on $10,000 bond. Mr. Lyon was the only State's atorney present in court this morning, rhile of Black's counsel only M. P. lowell and J. M. Wise were present. Jodie M. Rawlinson and H. Lee iolomons both departed for their repective homes last night after the t |J nnouncement of their acquittal and nost of the attorneys went also. One fact mentioned this morning if interest was in the statement of ' Slack's counsel that Black was rar . rom being a well man. Judge Moore tated that this could not be taken - - m nto consideration ^)y him and he sug;ested that the ones to consider this vere the pardoning board and the .overnor. ii . .. . < s '