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-' ' : - "* * -I? -V -TV \-: . - -.-.x . .. ... . ^ ..... vpn ,v*t v . . W, $ lamhmj Jfrnlfc j It Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12,1911. One Dollar a Year i coram news letters i.". SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ~ ? News Items Gathered All Around the ? County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. . Ehrhardt, Jan. 9.?Our homes seem somewhat lonesome since our boys t 5 and girls have returned to college, but, it is for their good that we give them this opportunity. It remains with them as to what benefit they will derive from this sacrifice on our part. Mr. F. E. Robinson is all smiles. Its a bouncing baby boy. Farmers are going to work on another crop, but more careful. Don't think there will be near as much fertilizer used as on last crop, *, as our merchants are strapped for means, carrying large amounts of last year's accounts over for the farmers. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ehrhardt Banking Company was held in the office of the bank. A report of the officers was read and showed that the bank had EL ' a most favorable year. The report - further showed that the net earning v" of the bank for the past year was 17% per cent. A dividend of 10 per j cent, was declared December 19, 1910, and ordered paid January 3, fc; . 1911, and $1,550.00 was placed to surplus assessment. The following jc # directors were elected for 1911: Joe I. Copeland, J. C. Kinard, D. C. Copeland, Jacob Ehrhardt, Frank H. ' Copeland, D. M. Smith, J. L. Cope\ land, J. Wms. Carter, and Charles Ehrhardt. After the stockholders' 4 \ r meeting there was a meeting of the directors, who re-elected the officers of the bank as follows: President, J. ' # L. Copeland; vice president, J. C. Kinard; cashier, A. F. Henderson; elerk, C. A. Thomas. * / Death of Mrs. Bitter. r Mrs. Eugenia Bitter, wife of Mr. I- J. B. Ritter, was buried at St John's yesterday. She was compara7. 1 tively young', left three children. | Truly, in the midst of life we are in t death. It seems these sad occurrences would draw us nearer to God, and make us think that we too will have to meet Him and give an account for the deeds done in the body. 1 The services by Mr. Groseclose were ; very impressive, I hope they will bear fruit v The church.is large, neatly painti ed, and very comfortable, with one i? exception; the seats are too close || - together in the centre of the church to allow people to kneel during If- prayer. 3|. It seems people have forgotten ? that this is the proper position to > j approach God, the King of Kings. Is it any wonder that He does not manifest his presence now as formk eTiy when people are so indifferent? f Satan is busy in our midst, we should get so too. "Humble yourselves and He will lift you up." If God does not meet with us, then our assem* bling together is in vain. I am afraid the people of all denominations are following Christ, like Peter, . afar off. Let us go back to the old ;; ways and bring heaven here on | ? earth. MRS. A. W. BRABHAM. Boy Party. For the purpose of raising money ' 4 ~ -1 1 to improve me scnooi uuuuiug a*. White Point in the Kearse neighbors'' hood, where Sunday-school and . church services are held, a box party ? will be given on Friday evening, January 20 th, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. We particularly invite the atten$1 y tion of all to this good work, and sincerely request every one who can to come. Music and other forms of innocent amusement may be enjoyed as well aoflnor ?M Don't forget the date, January 20th, and come, everybody. *1 Kearse, S. C., Jan. 9th, 1911. An Entertainment. Ehrhardt, Jan. 9.?To be given at - F. H. Copeland's hall Wednesday night, January 18th, an entertainment gotten up by Miss Sadie Bickle for the benefit of the Baptist church here. Now, Everybody try to come ( and help make it a success?S: 15 p. ,f ' m. Admission, 25 cents. I The State Supreme Court has issued an order forbidding the Atlantic Coast Line or the Seaboard Air Line from making any further move * in the matter of the crossing at Che < raw, about which there has been so much dispute. The court will hear the case on its merits the 16th of , this month. NEWS FROM KEARSE. "Old Timer" Believes This Will be a Good Crop Year. Wanderer's Rest, Jan. 9.?The sun shines bright, the violets are in bloom, their little blue eyes look up with bright and smiling eyes to cheer the heart of a lone old man as he sits and muses over his pipe of peace trying to fix and plan for the new crop soon to be planted. Many are the complex problems to puzzle and mix his brain at this season of the year; then to make things worse, here is the ever-dreaded grip to rack his nerves, his rheumatism to nurse and to keep him awake at night, and his moans and groans disturb the madam as she hunts the camphor bottle, bathes his chest and throat, Htptd tho mvpre around his shoul ders and she is soon sleeping calmly while the old man waits for the breaking of the day. This is a part only of the old farmer's life. Along with his woes come many things to cheer his stay. There are the pigs and other animals to look after, then music and song are sprinkled thickly among the sighs and tears and last but not least is hope, and the farmer who wisely plans and prepares his land will rarely make an utter failure. So, off with coats, boys; hitch old Dobbin to the plow, dTive steady and plow deep, whistle or sing "Old Grey Bonnet" as the loam is turned, keep at it and the crops of 1911 will make up the shortage for last year. This is to be a good year to the farmer who tries, for the fields are covered with a dense growth of vegetable matter, and the outlook is for good prices next fall, and the old farmer, now cast down, will then rub his hands in glee and think he that laughs last laughs best. The oat crop now bids fair to make a full crop, while small, good stands are the rule, none winter killed, and if we are to judge the future by the past the time is past for them to be killed. Glad to report Carl Kearse, who has been quite ill, is doing nicely this morning and hope he will soon be well again. Rev. Mr. Walker preached a fine sermon at White Point school house on yesterday evening. He will give us two sermons each month this year, which will be a great convenience to many who are too far from the churches to attend regularly. The young ladies of the neighborhood wiil give a basket party on the evening of the 20th. They will have in each basket just enough for two, so come, boys, one and all, bring your best girl with you, and remember these young ladies do not know the word fail, and if you don't watch out they may win some of you. Don't forget the date, Friday evening, January 20. They will have music, too, to help you while away the hours. They want to make some needed improvements on the schol building, so hard indeed is the heart of the young man who will not buy a nice basket filled with delicacies from a pretty girl who wants to help and beautify a public building. Dr. N. F. Kirkland, Sr., was at the borne of Mr. J. J. Kearse on yesterday. OLD TIMER. A. C. L. TRAIN TRUCK TEAM. Kills Mule and Seriously Injures Young Man at Orangeburg. Orangeburg, Jan. 10.?This afternoon at about 2 o'clock an accident occurred at the Whitman street crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, in this city, whereby a mule was killed and Mr. Ben Stroman, a son of Mr. Zack Stroman, was quite seriously injured. It apnears that the young man, driving a double-team, attempted to cross the railroad track just ahead of an incoming freight train, and that the mules and vehicle were struck by the front of the engine, causing the death of one of the mules and in the fall of Mr. Stroman from the shock of the collision his head was pretty badly injured by some portion of the wagon or engine, a hole being knocked into the skull. It is not though now that Mr. Stroi man's wound will endanger his life. I Dr. W. R. Lowman was called to the ! injured man in a short time after i the accident and rendered all nec; essary assistance. I The First Baptist church of Co; lumbia has extended a call to the i Rev. Charles E. Burts, now pastor I of the Baptist church at Edgefield, to become pastor, succeeding in that j position Rev. W. C. Lindsay, recently j made pastor emeritus. He has been j notified of the call, and while his j decision has not yet been given, he j win no aouut accept. ivir. jdiulj> waa | formerly pastor of the Blackville i Baptist church, and has many friends j in this part of the State. IN THE PAUETTO STAI1 SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quic Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. A white man named D. H. Le has entered suit against the town ( New Brookland, in Lexington cour ty, for $10,000. He alleges fals arrest by the chief of police of th town. The census department has ai nounced the population of Orange burg as 5,906. The census of 190 gave Orangeburg a population of 4 555, so that the increase for the laf ten years was 451. Why Bamber has increased that much or more. Several South Carolina postmasi ers were reappointed by Presider Taft this week, among them being ? F. Richardson, of Greenville, Geo. I Shore, of Sumter, and Mr. Carmai of Aiken. All the appointees ar white men. The trial of J. J. Jones for th killing of Abe Pearlstine in Branch ville only a short time ago has bee set for trial at court in Orangebur for to-day (Thursday.) There ar rumors that the defense will ask fc a continuance. Senator Tillman has gone back t Washington, and says that he wi remain to the end of the sessioi It is sincerely hoped that his healt will continue to improve, and he wi yet be able to do much good work i the Senate for South Carolina. The South Carolina legislature mc Tuesday. W. L. Mauldin was electe president pro tern, and will presid until Lieutenant Governor Smith as sumes his office. All the employee of the Senate were re-elected. In th House M. L. Smith, of Camden, wa elected Speaker without oppositioi and Jas. A. Hoyt was re-elected cler over J. Wilson Gibbes. ' Governor Ansel has ordered a election to be held on the questio j of forming a new county out of part of Aiken and Edgefield. The pre j posed new county is to be calle j Heyward, and North Augusta is t J be made the county seat. The elec j tion is to be held February 7th. A i election was held several years ag on this same new county, but th proposition was defeated. James t Jackson, head of the street railwa of Augusta and the Aiken trolle line, is at the head of the movemen R. M. Bateman, who participate in the killing of a negro hackmav named Eddie Bossard at Sumte / ! Christmas. night, and wfto was nei j by the coroner's jury as an accessor i to the crime, was granted bail lat Friday by Associate Justice Eugen B. Gary in Columbia, the amount c the bond being $3,000. A man nan ed Harper did the killing, but th trouble was precipitated by an altei cation which Bateman had with th negro on Christmas morning and h was present when the killing too place. Harper left immediately afte j the shooting and has not been ai prehended, but his attorney says h will be present at the trial, and he i staying out of custody because he i a poor man and cannot give bon and would have to stay in jail unt the trial. Another Railroad Project. Denmark, Jan. 10.?It begins t look like the plans for building railroad from Ehrhardt to Denmar are going to mature in the very nea future. An enthusiastic meeting < the business men of the two plact was held at' Ehrhardt yesterday, i which it was determined that waj maonc chnniH be Drovided < auu Uivuw; A once to begin building the road. Tli preliminary surveys will be mad next week, and the charter applie for at once. The distance between Denmar and Ehrhardt is 16 miles, and tb proposed route is one in which thei will be very little filling, cuts an swamps to contend with. At Ehrhardt the new line will coi nect with the Green Pond and Eh - " -L t A X 1 i. hardt branch line or me aiwui Coast Line, making a link with d rect connection at Green Pond wit the Atlantic Coast Line throug trains and the local trains of tt Charleston & Western Carolina rai way. The line will supply a ne feeder for both Augusta and Charle: ton. The gentlemen to whom credit fc originating and putting through tt plans is due are Hon. C. W. Garri S. G. Raj', J. Z. Brooker, Asa Ba: ter, C. C. Ellzey, Henry Walker, . E. Steadman, who composed the con mittee representing the Denmark en of the proposition. |j WEDDING AT LEESVILLE. Mr. Jasper Zeigler and Miss Gertrude S Oxner Married Wednesday. Leesville, January 7.?A beautiful k wedding was solemnized Wednesday, January 4, at 4 o'clock, in the home of Mr. S. L. Oxner, when Mr. Jasper Zeigler, of Bamberg County, and Miss Gertrude Oxner. of Leesville, were made husband and wife. The Rev. J. C. Oxner, brother of the bride, assisted by the Rev. S. C. Bal{e lentine, performed the ceremony ace cording to the beautiful liturgy of the Lutheran Church, l- The wedding march, Lohengrin's 5- Bridal Chorus, was artistically played 9 bv Miss Ethel Eargle. The parlor had been beautifully decorated, was jt lighted with candles, and under the g letters Z and O the couple stood, and plighted to each other their love t- until death them part, rt The bride wore a brown graveling f. suit, while the groom was dressed in conventional black. They left at lf once for their future home, near e Bamberg, where Mrs. Zeigler has been, and will continue to teach school. The groom is a handsome and prosperous farmer of that section. They are followed by the best wishes of many friends in Leesville, where the bride is deservedly popular. ?r WANTED OATS; GETS CATS, o _____ N Wrong Letter in Advertisement Caus 1. t. ; ed Lot of Trouble. jj Neligh, Neb., Dec. 25.?The substitution of a lower case letter "c" for the letter "o" in an advertise* ment in the Sioux City, Omaha and ^ local newspapers has caused John e C. Trothers, a grain merchant here, >_ all kinds of trouble. * Trothers, wishing to replenish his e supply of oats, concluded to adver,s tise. Writing his advertisement on a typewriter, he manifolded it and sent copies to the newspaper as follows: n "Wanted?Delivered on track at n Neligh 10,000 bushels of cats. Will 8 pay highest market price." h Not noticing the error he awaited d results which came sooner than he a expected. Within a week cats of all kinds and descriptions commenced to n arrive consigned to Trothers. Some 0 were sent prepaid and others collect. e They came from the East, the West, the North and the South. The agent y of the Northwestern road became y alarmed. He was being swamped by t- cats and wired the superintendent d for instructions. That official, not i, knowing what else to do, wired back: ir "Release all cats not accepted." d Still cats continued to arrive, and y still Trothers refused to accept the it felines, but his trouble did not end e there. Boys about town had learn>f ed that he was in the market for i- cats. They commenced to catch the e strays and take them to his place of r- business. Some days last week he e refused as many as 500 cats brought e in by boys and three and four times k as many coming by rail, ir It is estimated that fully 5,000 y. cats have been shipped into Neligh, Le and the end is not yet. They are is becoming a nuisance, and the city is council is about to take action and d order a slaughter of the animals. il ? , Smallpox Patients on Train. Sumter, Jan. 5.?Sumter to-day contained, if it did not enjoy, the ;o novelty of a quarantine of a railroad a coach with two smallpox cases segrek gated aboard. ir C. W. Birnie, a colored physician >f of Sumter, was on the 11:30 train Js this morning, coming from Florence, it Sometime before the train reached Lynchburg he heard that there were it two negroes aboard with smallpox. ie They were in the smoker of the nele gro coach. One seemed to be just id getting over the case and the other seemed to he just taking it. They k were to get off at Lynchburg, but te were not allowed to remain aud had e to get on again. Birnie then learnd ed that the conductor proposed bringing them on to Sumter, so at i- Mayesville he communicated with r- Mayor Jennings and when the train ie reached here the health officer and j i-| a policeman were at the depot to see! h | that a disembarking did not occur. ;hi The conductor was advised to take ie his passengers to Columbia, but 1- finally decided to sidetrack the coach w here till this afternoon. This was; 5- done and all day the health officer j maintained a quarantine around the )r coach. When the Florence train iC came through this afternoon the s, coach was attached and when the i- train pulled out the Sumter end of J. the story had ended, l- Officer Towles says the negroes d were from Marion and had tickets for Lynchburg. f YOUNG UN KILLS HIMSELF V. M. C. A. SECRETARY VICTIM OF DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. In Handling Pistol, Walter Brook: Abbott Receives Ballet in Right Eye. Spartanburg, S. C., Jan. 10 ? While sitting at his desk in th< Young Men's Christian Associatioi rooms this afternoon, at fifteen min utes past 12 o'clock, Walter Brooki Abbott, secretary of the Association shot himself. The weapon was a 38-calibre pis tol and the ball struck Mr. Abbot squarely in the right eye. Ranginj downward, the ball passed througl the base of the brain and lodged ii the skin in the back of the head. H< lived perhaps four or five minutes. Purchased Pistol. Last night Mr. Abbott' and his wif< went to a recital at Converse Col lege, and found it necessary to leav< his sister-in-law at home alone. H< remarked that in the future he woulc provide a pistol for his wife and hei sister, as he feared to leave then at home alone. Testimony wai brought out in the coroner's inquesi showing that he had bought this pis tol and it is supposed that he wai cleaning it up when it was accident ally discharged. It is presumed that he was look ing' down the barrel, and there beinj but one shell in the chamber, tha this was concealed and he did no know it was loaded. Beyond Aid. D. C. Scott, a student at Wofforc College, whose home is in Kings tree; W. F. Milan, a mail clerk 01 the Charleston and Western Caro lina railway, and Geo. L. Sargent, ? traveling man, of Maxton, N. C. were the only other persons in th< building at the time of the sad trag edy. These men were reading anc hearing the shot so close at hand they looked up in time to see Mr Abbott sliding from his chair to th< floor. Reaching his side and realiz ing what had occurred they sum raoned a physician. Dr. H. R. Black chanced to b< passing the building and he reache< the side of the dying man just as h< was drawing his last breath, and hi; pulse was beating for the last time. Native of New Hampshire. Mr. Abbott came to Spartanburj about five years ago from New Or * - J leans, wnere ne nau yrevivuoij ucci been connected with the Y. M. C. A of that city. However, he was no a native of New Orleans, but of Con cord, N. H. \ With a pleasing and cheerful dis postion, a character untarnished an< undying love for the right, he ha< accomplished much for the good, o the Y. M. C. A. in this city. Taking a deep interest in all thing for the betterment of the Associatioi and doing many things to create ai interest in this great moral institu tion, his achievements were numer ous. * He was especially loved by th boys of the city and a great numbe of men wTere members of the Asso ciation. Active Y. M. C. A."'Worker. It was largely through his effort that the Young Men's Christian As sociation had purchased the beauti fill lot on East Main street, and wa on the verge of starting a campaign during which $100,000 was to b raised. Mr. Abbott lost a son severa months ago. This was the first chih born in the Abbott family for fort; years, and the man was totally wrap ped up in Walter Brooks, Jr. Hi death greatly affected the man, bu since another child has been bon and he was the proudest of all fath ers. His wife, their baby and on brother and one sister, of Concord N. H., survive. The funeral will be held in thi city on Thursday afternoon. The ver diet of the coroner's jury was tha ]\Lr. Abbott came to his death by ai accidental gun shot' wound, inflicte< by his own hand. Negro Republicans Elect Candidates Beaufort, Jan. 9.?With two excep tions all the candidates nominate( by the negro Republican conventioi won out in to-day's municipal elec tion, 204 whites voting and 96 ne groes. Results are: Intendant W. F. San ders, nominated by the negroes, 155 R. R. Legare, 104. It is estimate( that Legare received but ten negr< votes. Wardens elected are: W. M Steinmeyer, Chas. Cohen, M. Levin Jno. Stevenson, C. A. Andrews, E. D Raney. ; > *V 72 xr*tV .. . -y | RAYMOND BERRY PAROLED. County Officer of Marion Released [ During Good Behavior. G. Raymond Berry, a defaulting county officer, who was convicted in 3 Marion county in 1907 on the charge of embezzlement and sentenced to a term of six years in the State penitentiary has been paroled by Gov. ; . Ansel, during good behavior. The \ 3 action of Gov. Ansel was taken on 0? ! the recommendation of the State Xl . board of pardons. ^ 3 At the trial in Marion county Berry m pleaded guilty to the charge of em- * bezzlement and was sentenced to the . penitentairy for six years. In making I the recommendation for a pardon, the , State board of pardons said that from j the testimony presented that there 1 was some agreement or understading ? between the solicitor and the attorn eys for the defendant that upon the plea of guilty he should be sentenced, but that they would join in asking a 3 pardon at the expiration of one year. The application for pardon was in- * ' 3 dorsed by Judge Dantzler who heard , Sli 3 the case. The case was considered at 1 the meeting of the board of pardons r in 1909. The board at that t'.me re1 fused to recommend a pardor. In the parol of Gov. Ansel it is ^ required that Berry shall make report each year as to his conduct. Berry 3 was captured in Florida several years : ago after an exciting search. Wlf GIVES BOND OT TO WED. t Hotel Secures Itself Against Losing t Telephone Operator. A Spokane, Wash., special says: When Miss Margaret Perkins went I to work as telephone operator in a -V'jla . local hotel .to-day the management f i required her to give a bond not to . marry within six months. This in- Jag i strument, duly signed and sealed, 3S , holds Miss Perkin's bondsmen liable . ? to the extent of $500 in the event . she becomes a bride on or before 1 June 21, 1911.- The sureties are , prominent business men. Jl|j| The reason for this unusual re > quirement by the hotel management - is that a half dozen telephone opera tors have married within as many ,.v? months, the last two being Miss .flaM a Florence Joyce, who recently mar1 ried a rancher, and Miss Olive a Bourne, who has gone to Rockland, jaB s Mich., to join her intended husband. ^ "I am not engaged to marry anyone, nor do I expect to enter into an engagement during the coming six | 3 months," said Miss Perkins, a comely brunette, and "for that reason my bondsmen have nothing to fear. Of " course, I have received a proposal or t two, but am not ready to settle down for life. ' -3g||?| "The making of a bond is a matj ter of business with the management of the hotel," the operator continued. "There is more or less trouble every time a new operator is broken ' , $? in, the rule being that as soon as a - S girls becomes efficient sne deserts ras i the switchboard to join heart and hand with some mere man. "As I said, I am not ready to become the wife'of any man; therefore the management has nothing to fear so far as I am concerned. The two young women working on the other eight-hour shifts will also be requir- v ed to give bonds, I am informed." A. G. Benson, manager of the , s house, believes that Miss Perkins and - the other operators will carry out . - their agreement to the letter. Actually Doing Something.. e If the announced plans of the textile plants of the State are consum- * ,1 mated, Charleston will now become i a great distributing point for cotton. .fM y goods. The railroad commission has / - reduced the rates on cotton piece s goods from Spartanburg, Greenville /;f|H t and Columbia groups of mills to a Charleston by approximately 20 per - cent. The new rate goes into effect March 6th, 1911. ' The order was e signed by John H. Earle and John I, G. Richards. B. L. Caughman did not sign the order, but gave his reas sons for not doing so.* The rates from Columbia on cotton t piece goods were reduced from 23 a cents per 100 pounds to 18 cents. i I The rates irom ayaruuuuig ( ! Greenville group of mills was re! duced from 30 cents per hundred 1 pounds to 24 cents. | Over 110 textile plants of the State -1 several months ago petitioned for a l| commodity rate of 20 cents on car i load lots and 22 cents on all other - shipments of cotton goods from - South Carolina mill points, embracing the Greenville group and the -. Spartanburg group to Charleston and ;: a commodity rate of 16 cents on car i i load lots and a like rate of 18 cents >j on all other shipments of cotton . j goods from the Columbia mills to ,S Charleston, making a tariff of rates . from other mill points in the State to Charleston upon this basis. > v - m