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$2? . \ * . . . . OHj? lamherg Hfrnlii Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1910. One Dollar a Year V .I!1 | COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ft ____ SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around th< County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Nov. 21.?Slow rams ? have made a considerable change ir t the weather. Several colored citizens were con. signed to the Red-Top-Inn last week for a variety of offences, but don'1 think any received the sentence ol thirty days on the chain gang. Some of our citizens have gone or It a fishing trip. Will leave from r Lodge and will go to New Bridge over Edisto (Tucker's Ferry) and fish on down until they get to the railroad where they will hold up and come home on the train. The trip will take about three days. Wher | night overtakes them they will gel on the banks and erect their tent anc cook, eat and sleep until next mornt. k ing. i Paroraine nrp hpine- madp with the \ darkeys for another year. The shorl crop has not put them out of heart but will try harder next year, bul will not be able to use as much money on the crops as they did this year, as it can't be had. Several of our town folks were summoned to appear in court at Columbia on a case of Wade Mitchum against the A. C. L. Ry. Co. I am told that the case did not come off; ? as Mr. Mitchum and his attorney did not put in their appearance. Rev. D. B. Groseclose did not preach in the Ehrhardt Lutheran i church Sunday afternoon, but filled his appointment at night in place ol afternoon. He intends to hold Thanksgiving service at Mt Pleasant church in the morning of Thursday and at night in Ehrhardt Lutheran church, jr Dr. J. L. Copeland and his uncle, D. C. Copeland, went to Columbia last week on a short business trip. The railroad company has commenced to paint their depot at this place. It helps the looks wonder. fully. | CardB are out from Mr. and Mrs. r S. H. Folk, of the Old Folk's Store section, for the invitation of friends and relatives to the marriage of theii daughter, Clara, to Mr. Geo. M. * nAAomhnr 9t6pll6QS) OH l liui ouaj, 1st, 1910. JEE. A v Miss Breeland Entertains. ; r* Kearse, Nov. 21.?Quite a prettj compliment to Miss Ritter, who will f \ become Mrs. Bernard Kearse or Tuesday, was the linen shower giver by Miss Cressida Breeland at hei % home on Saturday afternoon, November 19th, from three to five o'clock. Though it truly was a "shower" in every sense, the guests % not intimidated by the downpour ol rain, gathered at the appointed time and for two hours made merry, were k entertained and feasted. r The hostess had prepared cards or which each guest was requested tc write a rule or several rules by which the bride-to-be was to manage her husband. Varied and amusing was the advice more easily giver than executed. After much fun ovei this, came delightful refreshments consisting of a salad and sweel f coarse, served by three dainty little maids, nieces of Miss Breeland: Misses Hilda and Winnie Kearse anc Elma Chitty. Then very beautifully Mrs. Manning Brabham read the con eluding of the poem Hiawatha, ir - ai? : ft which the heroine is so genuy iu W * structed as to the duties of wife t( husband. The favorite spot to which all feei ^ undaunted seemed to turn was th< bowl containing iced grape* juice which held a prominent place in th< entrance hall, out of which the healtl and happiness of the honoree waf drunk. t * Bogus Negro Constable. Branchville, Nov. 22.?A. R. Bvrd a railway detective, arrested a negro Cohen Shuler, better known as Mosi Shuler, who on last Sunday morning had the nerve to get on train No i 35, is is charged, and deliberate^ hold up another negro and tak< $6 from him. This was done in thi (presence of some of the train crev who was made to believe by the ne gro that he was a constable fron Charleston. Shuler had on him a t the time he robbed the negro a larg< badge with letters on it thus * "Charleston Constable," and whei the negro whom he held up was i i ** little slow in giving the money Shu ler showed him his badge and tol< him that unless he gave him thi money he would arrest him. TO WILL'S EXPENSE ACCOUNT. | ) 1 Pinnances of Member of Old State > Dispensary Board Came Up. ? Columbia, Xov. 19.?The subject ? of John Bell Towill and his finances S during the days when he was a member of the old State dispensary board of control was discussed yesterday by the State dispensary commission in executive session when several witt t nesses were called to tell what they ^ tnow of thp mnnev side of the direc tor. g Just why the commission should I r , take up the question of the expenses of Towill at this time is not known, unless it be that the State is prepar- A ing to bring action against the former U member of the board. John Bell si Towill has been indicted for conspir- a acy to defraud the State in connec- fi tion with the "label deal." It may b be that the case is soon to be called ' to trial. The session was held behind n ^ closed doors. This was all of the Q t business done by the commission. ^ Among those who were called by the commission and asked with reference to the past financial activities of j ' John Bell Towill were: Dr. E. J. L Ethridge, of the Bank of Leesville, S. j | B. Zlaze, of the Home National bank, of Lexington, and W. A. Cooner, who ' is said to be a former business asso- s ciate of Towill. t As has been expected the commis- t sion did not take up the case of the a Richland Distilling company, against t which there is a judgment of approxi- S 1 mately $300,000. . t [ a Linen Shower. Kearse, Nov. 21.?Still, as of old, 1 1 time rolls on ceaselessly, and changes C | in this broad land of ours are con- I ' tinually taking place. One, now oc- c 1 cupying much time and attention of d our community, was happily discuss- c ed on last Saturday at the hospitable b home of Miss Cressida Breeland, c where we assembled to spend a few t ' hours with our fond friend and neigh- t ' bor, Miss Leda Ritter, who, ere s the close of another day, shall appear at Hymen's sacred alter and there ^ place her hand and heart into the gentle keeping of a brave young hero, whose place of abode, we are glad | to say, is also in our midst. Despite' the inclemency of the weather, many birds of beauty feel- 8 ing no fear of Adam's ale, a most | enjoyable afternoon was spent, Miss { Breland proving herself to be a ' charming hostess. Words are inadequate and fall far short of expressing ? the sincere good wishes entertained ' for Leda as she, with perfect grace L and dignity, presented herself bridel elect on this occasion. She was mod- v i estly attired in a suit of cream, hand- t somely braided and trimmed, and, t - which, in contrast with her rich dark t ; hair arranged in late Parisian style, a l was extremely becoming. Soon af- t , ter her entrance the busy party was s f engaged in writing out rules for man- t ? aging a husband. These were writ- c i ten in red, the double-hearts drawn e in red, and the cards being tied to- a l gether with ribbon?thus carrying > out the color scheme and also makr ing dainty souvenirs. a i Just after this came the refresh; ments. which indeed seemed an im- * i portant part. A salad course, olives 1 r and crackers, followed the delicacies c , tempting and delicious, were served v - * ? - * v t and sucn grauncauon 01 me muaci i man can hardly be described. *( : Throughout the entire afternoon the v I grape juice bowl was frequently vis- i r ited. A unique feauture of the en- b - tertainment was the appropriate d i reading of that grand and beautiful ^ - poem by Longfellow, "Hiawatha's P > Wooing," which gave advice in the ^ true sense and seemed to have been t appreciated. > May the union of this young couple , be one long scene of sweet sunshine ? without the least shadow to darken ( i their pathway. i j Many presents, lovely and service- j able, were showered and received a with expressions of gratitude. f College President Breaks Leg. t . i > Lancaster, Nov. 21.?The Rev. R. J 5 L. Robinson, former pastor of the t ' Lancaster and Shiloh Associate Re- c formed Presbyterian churches, now i f president of the Woman's college at c ~ Due West, met with a serious acci- s 5 dent in Due West Sunday night. He c v and Dr. T. G. Boyce'were on the way t " to the residence of Dr. F. Y. Ressley t 1 to attend a meeting of the foreign i t mission board, when in the darkness s e they lost their way and fell down an > embankment, Mr. Robinson break- ( a ing both bones of his leg above the s a ankle and Dr. Boyce sustaining pain- 1 - ful but not serious injuries. Mr. i 1 Robinson was removed as quickly as < e possible to his home, where physici- 1 ans set the broken limb. c 9 - N THE PALMETTO STATE OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. tatc News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. An election was held Tuesday on he question of annexing Clemson College and adjacent territory to Anderson. Only 45 votes were cast, ind the territory will remain as a art of Oconee county. A defective flue set the Main Street lethodist church in Columbia on fire ist Sunday. The building is a handqme one, being recently completed t a cost of $40,000, and while the re was put out, the damage to the uilding was about $3,000. Tne state ooara or canvassers let last Friday to declare the result f the recent general election, but it yas found that some counties had iot sent in the returns and the board djourned to meet two weeks hence, t is not known of course how the ote stood on the various constituional amendments. Mr. Walter E. Duncan, who for ome time has been one of the ediors of the Aiken Sentinel, will reire in a short time to devote his atttention to publishing a magazine o be known as the South Carolina Itate Magazine. The first issue of he publication will appear in Janury, and it will be issued from Aiken. Weston & Aycock, attorneys of Coumbia, are suing Clarke Bros. & 'o., the big whiskey house of Peoria, 11., for $3,000 attorney's fees. The laim is that the services were renlered before the State dispensary ommission. The case was to have een heard in the. United States Ciruit Court at Columbia last week, tut was postponed until the January erm on account of the Illness of ome witnesses. D. V. Welborn, a young white man iving near Townville, in Anderson ounty, was burned to death in Townille guard house Saturday night, trhere he had been held for drunkentess and disorderly conduct. It is upposed that he fired the prison in n effort to escape, but the coroner's ury failed to establish this, returnag a verdict that the deceased came o his death by fire of unknown ori;in, while a prisoner in the guard louse.' Sam R. Kirkland, who was tried q Camden last week for inciting his rife to suicide, was found not guilty iy the jury. It will be remembered hat Kirkland's wife killed herself >y pouring kerosene over her head nd setting it on fire. She suffered lorrible burns and death occurred oon after. It was brought out in he testimony that she was driven to ommit the act because of her eldst daughter's shame and not from ny ill treatment of her husband. Minus Hightower, alias Ed. Byrd, young negro, was tried at a special erm of court in Columbia Monday, Special Judge T. Yancey Williams, of Lancaster, presiding. The crime harged was criminal assault, and he ras found guilty by the jury in a ery few minutes. He was sentenced d be hanged December 23rd. It rill be remembered tbat this negro issaulted a white woman of Columia in her home a few weeks ago, uring the absence of her husband in lamberg, where he was at work, ainting the residence of Mayor J. ildrich Wyman. Xot Yet Indicted. James Gallagher, who shot Mayor Jaynor in Hoboken last August, has lot yet been indicted by the grand ury. He is in jail in Jersey City and ilthough the mayor has been perorrning the duties of his office-for leveral weer.s, Gallagher is still deained "to await the results of the njuries" which he inflicted. The Tersey City prosecutors declare that hey would be glad to get Gallagher's :ase before the grand jury and move t to a speedy trial, but efforts to prosure from the physicians a written itatement to the effect that the may>r is out of danger and strong enough o stand the ordeal of appearing at he trial have been in vain. A statenent from the prosecuting attorney ;ays: "While Mayor Gaynor may be veil and sound and able to attend laily to his official duties, it seems itrange that the doctors attending iim won't send to me a written rejort saying just what the mayor's sondition is. Until such a report is forthcoming, we shall not present the ;ase to the grand jury." KILLS WHOLE FAMILY Farmer, His Wife and Two Children Slain Near Bernard, Mo. Marysville, Mo., Nov. 21.?Oda Hubbell, a farmer living near Bern- J afd, Mo., and his wife, aged 20, and two children, a boy aged 4 and a gir) aged 6, were shot and killed at their home last night by an unknown person, who set fire to the house to < conceal his crime. Eearly last night neighbors heard ' shots at the Hubbell home but no one made an effort to investigate. At midnight it was discovered that the Hubbell bouse was burnine and Sea Island cotton included is 52,585, compared with 68,495 in 1909 and 56,701 in 1908. The distribution of Sea Island cotton for 1910 by States iB: Florida 19,669 1 Georgia 28,032 South Carolina 4,884 Fired to Defend Herself. Monongahela, Pa., Nov. 21,?Iva Bush, 27 years old, a strikingly pretty telegraph operator at Baird tower on the Pennsylvania railroad, near here, declared calmly to-night that the shots she fired at Harry F. Smith, a railroad detective, early tc-day were intentional and necessary to defend herself. She is held in $2,000 bail, i while Smith, who has a wife and two i I children, is in the hospital with a painful bullet wound in the hip. < During the night Smith went to the railroad tower and found Edwin Lloyd, a close friend of Miss Bush, visiting her. He arrested Lloyd, taking him to the office of Alderman A. i R. Day, where he was told no charge could be preferred, so Lloyd was released. After midnight Miss Bush returned by a freight train to her home in Monongahela Smith approached her. She says she fired twice to frighten him away, but he seized her and as he held her she shot him in the side. Miss Bush sopports a widowed mother and a sister in Springfield, Ohio, where she formerly lived. Wore Barbed Armor. Providence, R. I., Nov. 21.?His entire outfit of clothing filed with sharp tacks, so that it resembled a coat of barbed mail, Henry B. Gris- ' wold, who was recently released from an insane asylum, suddenly attacked Policeman Foy to-day. The policeman secured a butcher knife which Griswold carried but fell a vie- i tim to the tacks, which punctured and lacerated his face, hands and body severely in the strugg e. There were more than 1,000 tacks in Griswold's clothing. all the neighbors then hurried to as- ' sist in extinguishing the flames. When this was accomplished the ^ charred remains of the two children were found in bed in their room where it was evident they had been , killed while sleeping. Hubbell's body was found lying on the floor of another room and his wife's body in ! her bed where she had been shot. It is believed Hubbell had a struggle ] with the murderer. A pool of blood outside the house indicated he had been shot there and his body was i dragged inside after he was killed. Hezekiah Roscoe, of Bernard, was ' arrested later in connection with the crime. Although Roscoe was taken to jail here the officers said he probably would be taken elsewhere as the people of the county are greatly ex- ' cited over the crime. The murderer had poured a great quantity of kerosene over the bodies of his victims. ( Cotton Ginned to November 14. Washington, Nov. 21.?Cotton of the growth of 1910 ginned to Novem- ' ber 14, according ^o census bureau ( report issued at 10 o'clock this morning, amount to 8,764,153 bales, counting round as half bales. Last year to November 14, there was ginned 8,112,199 bales or 80.5 per cent. ( of the total crop of 10,072,731 bales ' and in 1908 the ginning was 9,595,- 1 809 bales or 73.3 per cent of the total crop of 13,086,005 bales. By States, the number of bales ginned to November 14 is: Alabama 891,631 Arkansas *.. 474,422*1 Florida 46,765 Georgia 1,434,60^ Louisiana 184,058 Mississippi 755,146 North Carolina ^ 494,723 Oklahoma 727,237 South Carolina 888,309 Tennessee 192,213 Texas 2,636,944 All other States 38,370 Round bales included this year are 91,939, compared with 123,757 in 1909 and 173,908 in 1908. ETCHINGS FROM EHRHARDT IVHAT OUR NEIGHBORS IN THAT SECTION ARE DOING. Sew Bank Opened?Mr. Priester Buys Farm, and Mr. Ehrhardt an Automobile. Ehrhardt, Nov. 21.?The night the moon went into eclipse, Wednesday of last week, The Herald's correspondent was stopping with a friend living several miles Bambergward from here. While discussing the cause of the eclipse the aforesaid friend explained that "it was the tail of Hal's Comic crossin' over the face of the moon." Wow! The jolt shoved us into a back seat, where we sat ruminating 'till the mysterious and following resolve opened to our astonished vision plain as the handwriting on the wall: "Resolved, That a statute of the iforesaid man living Bambergward be placed in the hall of fame in honor of the great Captain whose astronomical discoveries may yet startle the scientific world." The Merchants and Farmers Bank, the second bank for this place, open3d its doors for business Tuesday, the 16th instant. John M. Kirkland, manager of the Farmers Mercantile Co., is president; Haigler A. Hughes, vice president; "and W. Max Walker, cashier. The directors are: H. L. Kinard, Dr. J. H. Roberts, J. M. Dannelly, J. E. McMillan, G. J. Herndon, H. A. Hughes, and John M. Kirkland. The bank is capitally officered, and with its present force of brains and energy to direct its course, the belief is current that it will be the medium to be reckoned with in trade circles of this community for a long while to come. 3&r. Charles Ehrhardt has just bought an up-to-date and decidcly the handsomest automobile that was ever brought to this town. The cost of the'car, it is said, is $1,500. We do not expect the honor of a ride in the costly flier, but will experience no little pleasure in being permitted to stand on .the corner and see Charley go by. Chief of Police J W. Priester concluded negotiations last week for. the purchase of the Joiner place, in the Mrs. Esther Sease'communitj', three miles from town, containing some 354 acres of valuable farming lands, for the spot cash price of f7,500. The land is very desirable, and Mr. Priester now has the coveted and well-deserved opportunity of his life in which to show what past success in the field proves him to be? a farmer in the full sense of the word. Messrs. W. L. Mitchum and J. W. Priester were in attendance upon the Federal Court in Columbia for several days of last week, awaiting trial of a cause pending, in which the former is plaintiff and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company is the defendant. The case was continued. Perhaps individual experience in this connection is admissablo and worth relating here. Many, many years ago, oh how long! the individual in question had a thin:y-two dollar case in the Barnwell courts, His lawyer, whom he believed to be something of a deity then, but who proved to be in later years a being of the inferno, had him hiking between the run and the fly to and from the court house a period without cessation embracing seven successive terms of the court, a little over two years. When the case was eventually tried, the individual got for his pains what they say the devil shot at?nothing. It was then he began to wabble under the strain of horse feed, hotel and frolic bills incurred at each term of the court from the incipiency of the case, which in the end trebled in amount that sued for at law. It was then ^ ?h'HHthr nn thp wall. lucre was suuic nnviuQ or rather upon the forehead of the individual's little deity, and it was as plain as that interpreted by Daniel for Belshazzar: "Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." Only once since, in all these years, has the indivdual sought redress for any cause before a court of law. It was a small matter, indeed, but evoluted out of that form of meanness that increased in rankness with each passing night, when a nearby negro tenant on an adjoining place turned his stock on tl^ individual's growing crops. It was a grave offense, and the individual believed he had a cock sure case, hence he went to law once more. What then? Why, on the day of trial, a negro preacher swore the individual out of the case ?and out of the court house forever hereafter. The negro preacher is dead now, and if he ever has another audience it will be a black one indeed?reeking with smut. 1 .. i nrj 9/unfi uiiii tm. * "Farmer Jim'' Predicts Hard Times ,y Under Democratic Congress. -- ? Chicago, Nov. 19.?The United States Land and Irrigation Exposition was formally opened here today, before a crowd which filled the s coliseum. James Wilson, Secretary ) of Agriculture, delivered the princi- J pal address. He declared that the homesteader of the West is in part to blame for the present high cost of living, and also predicted a return of hard times under Democratic control of Congress. The exposition contains exhibits from every section of this country and many from other countries. Prize yields of grain, fruit and produce are being shown in addition to agricultural machinery and various processes iur 11115 ouno. According to registrations already made, the exposition will be visited by thousands of farmers and land owners from all parts of the United States. ; f ? 1 Fire Burns Three Days.. Spartanburg, Nov. 19.?Fire at the cotton warehouse of Converse mill, nine miles east of Spartanburg, has been burning since Wednesday night and over 300 bales of cotton have been badly damaged. There are said to have been 500 bales in the warehouse and only a few of these were gotten out without being damaged. The cotton has all been gotten out but much of it is still burning. The' loss will probably exceed $15,000. MEMBERSHIP OF NEXT HOUSE" , .3 Roster Gives Democrats 227, Republicans 163, Socialists One. ;|B Washington, Nov. 22.?The ,Democratic representation in the next House will be 227, as against 163 Republicans and one Socialist, according s to the roster of the House published to-day. These figures give the Demo- | crats a majority of 63, and a plu- / % raiity or t>4. According to the publication, Kansas is the only State of size which has a solid Republican delegation. ^ A number, however, contain only one Democrat, among those thus Included being Iowa, Minnesota, California and Wisconsin. ' i ' ' All of the Southern States have solid Democratic delegations, except Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Maryland and Virginia each have one republican, while Tennessee and Kentucky each have two members of that party. Colorado is the only Northern State represented entirely by Democrats, but Indiana, posessing a much larger represents- * :$ tion, presses close upon her heels, , with twelve Democrats out of thirteen members. f .?& Illinois has eleven Democrats in her membership of twenty-five; Massachusetts four out of fourteen; Michigan two out of twelve; New Jersey seven out of ten; New York twenty-three out of thirty-seven; Ohio sixteen out of twenty-eight, and Pennsylvania nine out of thirty-two. Missouri's delegation consists of thirteen Democrats and three Republicans. The Nebraska delegation is evenly " ' * - 1 ? --J oo {a (11 Video, mret; a.uu iui?, us ? Maine's, two and two; Oklahoma has two Republicans and three Democrats; Washington is represented by three Republicans. All of the States, having one representative only are Republican. ROBBED THRICE IN HALF HOUR Visitor to Chicago Sent to Hospital Badly Beaten. j Chicago, Nov. 22.?Within half an hour from the time he reached this city from his home in Rockford, John McDonald had been held up by three separate thugs, lost most of his valuables, was badly beaten and cut and woke up in a hospital in the care of ' physicians. y - ?oftor A negro ussituiicu iuv.L>uuaiu u^vv. he left a street car on Harrison street and robbed him of his suit case and $13. While the Rockford man was in a saloon telephoning a police of his loss a second robber stole his overcoat which he left on the bar. When within a few doors of the street and looking for a policeman, a third thug caught him, dragged him into an alley and forced him to change clothes, giving the Rockford citizen a suit, principally of rags, in return for the other's new suit. When the thug found no money in McDonald's clothes he hit him with a club, knocking him unconscious. A policeman found McDonald in the alley and sent him to a hospital. -'-'M :