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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the 1
* . County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
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Ehrahrdt, Jan. 30.?Everybody (
must be hard at work these days,
and somewhat afraid to leave home.
Every little town bears the name of
having small pox in or near it, so
l. ? S_ .1,. Donopi !511V if
uuuie ie? iue ucoi piavc, vo^w.?^ ?
there is a supply of pudding, sausage,
!I spare ribs and back bones near at
hand, as most of our farmers have.
Its living to stay at home.
Our little town was surprised Sunday
afternoon by the marriage of Miss
Essie Simmons and Mr. Joe L. Hiers
at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. 1
A. B. Watson. No one in town '
thoueht anvthine like this happen
"i; ~ ? - ? ? - wjfr,
ing so soon, as the outward signs
were only of short duration. Best
wishes are extened to bride and
groom, and hope they may have a
long and happy life together.
Some booze is still coming in every
^ week, but not as much as before
gK Christmas.
The Hacker Manufacturing Co. is
jy busy getting their lumber road un- '
y, der headway, so as they can put their
engine on the road to pull its logs
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jg to tneir plant.
| Mr. Charles Ehrhardt and Mrs. W.
S. Folk have bought out the stock of '
goods, known formerly as the Con- ]
rad Ehrhardt Co., and Mr. Jacob
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Ehrhardt is no longer connected with
the mercantile business. They have
employed Messrs. G. B. Kinard, W.
* R. Copeland, and Joe L. Hiers to
manage the business for them. They
have not as yet named their businees.
Suppose it will be Ehrhardt
ft Folk Co., and not Conrad Ehr- ^
hardt Co. as heretofore.
A cold wave must be co,ming; turn
mg cooler very iasi tnis morumg.
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Letter from Georgia.
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Guyton, Ga., Jan. 31.?The farmers
are very busy these days, some
plowing, some building, and some
putting up wire fence. We have had
two good crop years here, and the
^ t farmers are lively and cheerful and
J started to work with a vim.
Small grain is looking nice these
warm days, and the gardens look
like there would be some nice vegetables
in the country after a little
while.
. Mr. G.~ H. JlcCormack had the
"misfortune of losing his barn and
gf. * corn and fodder by fire some few
I* ", days ago. His loss was about $200
|: and no insurance. He asked me to
< state to the good people or uovan,
Georges Creek church, and Olar that
he certainly appreciated the liberal I
contributions sent him from these '
places to help him in his loss.
?. Well, I am glad to state the (
s'| health of our country is good at this
time.
Mr. Giddie, from Columbia, S. C., *
has moved into our midrt. He says 1
he is well pleased with the outlook
at this time.
DOWN IN GEORGIA. ]
Rev. D. B. Groseclose Called. s
Lexington, Jan. 30.?The joint con- 1
ference of the Lexington pastorate <
of the Lutheran church has extend- <
ed a unanimous call to the Rev. D. i
. B. Groseclose, of Ehrhardt, S. C., to <
fill the vacancy caused by the resig- {
nation of the Rev. B. W. Cronk, who <
lias returned to nis rormer nome in <
Virginia. 1
The Lexington pastorate embraces s
four strong churches?St. John's, 1
Nazareth, Pisgah and Providence.
The churches are in the country, t
while the parsonage is in the town I
of Lexington. <
* The Rev. Mr. Groseclose was for 1
? several years pastor of Lutheran (
Chapel, Leesville, and the effective <
work accomplished in that town and i
community by this zealous worker 1
will never die. It is sincerely hoped
that the call will be accepted. <
NEW BAPTIST CHURCH BURNED. ,
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A Edifice at Greenville Completely De- 1
stroyed?Probably Incendiary. \
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^ OA Onmrr?if
<jrreenvine, u<xu. ov. uummit ?
View Baptist church, situated near i
the Woodside Cotton Mills, just be- -t
yond the city limits, was burned to ;
the ground about 5:30 o'clock this ]
J. morning. The church was complet- ;
ed only last Friday and the first <
service was held in it on Sunday. ;
w The structure cost in the neighbor- ]
hood of $1,800 and insurance in the
sum of $600 was carried on the
/ building. The origin of the fire is
thought to have been incendiary. <
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4'OLD TIMER" WRITES. j
If Taxes are Higher, We are Reaping
the Benefits. *
Wanderer's Rest, Jan. 30.?The
articles on taxes in your paper have t
been read with interest, and must
say that while they are higher than
formerly they, or part of them at
least, are spent to a good purpose.
Our schools are run much longer than
in other days, our teachers are better
paid, and from the bright smiles '
nearly or all of them wear, feel that
their efforts are being appreciated, 1
and then the public highways that are ?
being constructed and maintained 5
are wnrfh mr?ro tr? tho farmPr than
the average over former years and
the marvel is how our worthy supervisor
has accomplished so much for
the good of the traveling public with
so small amounts at his disposal and
so few to do the work. None of this
was done in the years of old Barnwell,
and such roads! sand beds,
logs, unkept bridges, brush and
briars up td the ruts was the rule,
not the exception. Four mules to
draw a wagon with one ton a burden
gives place to two or more tons
at half the wear and tear to vehicles,
and if the teams could speak would
praise the man or men who lightened
their burdens. These mentioned
above will more than compensate the
extra dollars we havte to pay.
While perhaps some of our officers
receive too much pay for the amount
of work may be granted. This I am
cot in position to say, but stand first
and last for good schools and public
roads if taxes have to even go higher,
for good roads are what we need, for
they cut half the distance to the
markets and we want to develop our
resources and beautify our homes
and landscapes?bright, intelligent,
well-educated boys and girls taught
to farm and make the desert places
blossom as the rose?all this takes
money.
The warm and balmy days of the
E>ast week have made the small grain t
turn a dark green, the little violets t
are blue, and how they cheer us t
when all nature is taking its winter 1
nap, and to see great hunches of I
them worn by our young ladies and
^irls is a pleasing sight to an old f
nan's eye. Then the fragrance they r
shed around reminds him that to be ^
aright and smiling even through the a
;ears, and the fragarnce of little acts c
>f kindness are all to he learned of f
;he little blue and laughing eyes of c
he violet. Soon the jonquil, and j
spirea, the cowslips and daisies, with
;he rose to follow with the song of
airds gladden the vision that spring, 1
solft balmy spring, will soon be here. s
The farmers are busy now and all E
>f last year's failures are forgotten ^
is the hope of a new year brings re- *
ief. But my! what is an old farmer c
;o do. He buys fertilizer?some one r
says ho-ho, you will never pay for it. *
rhen some one says you are ruining
that field plowing it seven inches a
leep; another this or that. When (
:he city editor of our rural maga- p
lines says 12 or even 16 inches is ^
;he way to do it, and the old farmer ^
vho has never accomplished any- i
;hing in his past would like to make c
in effort, knowing that only a few i
nore years at most mark his destiny e
md failure engraved on his grave
;tone is not to his liking, for he must
:ry and leave the world better than
s
ie found it, is the problem to solve,
md scratching the first three inches
Df a field don^t bring large returns,
50 the old farmer is going deeper
sach year trying to find tfie Hidden
?old that is buried in old mother
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?arth. With shallow and nearly level ^
culture he fails, then the plow factories
and fertilizer companies can
jay poor old fellow he did his best, a
tried and failed, peace to his ashes, c
But failure won't come, boys. The u
soil is deeper and richer, and with ^
?rain, corn, peas, and cotton growing ^
jn them, these old fields will be bet- t
;er each year, and will smile for c
jvery-bit of extra labor given them I
ind will make the whole world smile c
n triumph over the good times the s
veil filled barns will bring.
Now the boys are laughing at the
>ld man and are laying plans to beat
lim in a corn contest?three of them, c
me a neighbor's son, two of them e
tiis own?each one is to do all the s
vork himself and won't it be fun to c
:he boys as the old man drives his a
aiule to the end of the row, hunts a r
shade and exclaims ot himself that c
3oy is going to outfarm me. Think
iway, boys, for the old man will give *
rou a close call if he is not in the s
lead, and we invite all the fathers
ind sons of the county to join in the *
contest, and it will be the biggest *
advertisement Bamberg county ever i
bad. OLD TIMER.
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Fresh eggs at Herndon's. c
Phone 24, you can get it. Hern- I
ion's Grocery Store. *
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
It is said that no negroes will be
appointed as notaries public by Governor
Blease.
A rtVm vnVr f Al*
A IlilUUbUlllO UllVD. tuuiku iui
the Presbyterian congregation has
just been completed at Blackville at
i cost of about $7,000.
The new law in reference to notaries
public makes a term of office
ten years. They must register with
:he clerk of the court, and the commission
will cost $2.00 instead of
$3.25 as heretofore.
The dispensary winding-up commission
and Attorney General Lyon
iave addressed letters to the legislature
asking that an investigation
3e had of the charges against them
)y Governor Blease.
A case of small pox developed at
Uope last week, and as a consequence
;here was a general vaccination of
jchool children and others. The
town council passed a compulsory
vaccination ordinance as well.
Dr. C. E. Burts, who has served
:he Baptist church at Edgefield for
jight years, has accepted the call ex;ended
him by the First Baptist
ihurch of Columbia, and he will en;er
his new field the first of March.
Lawyers Weston & Aycock ob?
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;ourt on Wednesday for $3,000
igainst Clarke Bros. & Co., of Pe>ria,
111., wholesale liquor dealers,
vhom they represented before the
vinding-up commission.
J. J. Jones, who was sentenced to
;erve ten years in the penitentiary
:'or the killing of Abe Pearlstine,
vas carried to Columbia last Friday
;o begin his sentence. Jones says
hat he will do cheerfully whatever
ask is assigned him there, and that
le will endeavor to make a model
)risoner.
Jno. D. Williams, a well known
armer of Greenwood county, comnitted
suicide on Sunday morning
?y shooting himself in the head with
l pistol, leaving a wife and eight
hildren. Bad health was the suplosed
cause. Mr. Williams's father
:ommitted suicide many years ago
q Edgefield county.
Col. F. Mixon, formerly of
3arnwell county, has been elected
uperintenedent of the Confederate
tome in Columbia, in place of Capt.
IV. D. Starling, me election was
leld by the new board appointed by
Jovernor Blease. The governor did
tot reappoint a number of the old
loard.
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The North Carolina Press Assocition
did not come to Florence and
Charleston last week, as was proiosed.
It is stated that the reason
ras a part of the new road from
Vinston-Salem down this way was
lot open for traffic. This is the new
onnection which the Atlantic Coast
>ine has been building for some
Qonths.
Governor Blease last Saturday sent
t message to the legislature in re;ard
to members of the general asembly
holding two offices. Several
nembers of that, body are trustees
?f State colleges, and the governor
ays this is in violation of the State
onstitution. A committee will in
-estigate the matter and report at
his session.
R. L. Gunter, of Aiken, has been
ppointed solicitor of the second ciruit
by Governor Blease, to fill the
mexpired term of James F. Byrnes,
pho was elected to congress. There
vere several applicants for the posiion,
among them being C. A. Best,
>f Barnwell, and H. M. Graham, of
lamberg. J. F. Carter, Esq., of this
ity, was not an applicant, as was
tated in the daily papers.
College Girls Flee From Fire.
Baltimore, Jan. 31.?Fire which
aused a panic and for a time threatned
the lives of forty young women
tudents, destroyed the main building
>f the Maryland College for Women
t Lutherville, Baltimore county, last
ns?ht Thp blaze orieinated in the
hemistry room on the first floor.
The students fled to the campus,
lalf clad, where they huddled in
hivering groups.
Later they were sheltered at neigh>oring
cottages. The college, fornerly
known as the Lutherville Scmnary,
was established in 1853.
The loss is approximately $100,>00.
Little of value was saved, many
>f the 100 or more students losing
tactically all of their effects. There
vere no casualties.
POLICEMAN BRAVES THOUSAND.
New York Patrolman Stops a Parade
of Anarchists.
New York, Jan. 29.?A' thousand
men and women marched down
Broadway to-night behind a large anarchistic
banner brought out the
police reserves whose forcible arrest
of the alleged leaders caused a small
riot.
The parade followed a meeting in
an East Side hall at which speakers
had denounced the execution in Tok
yo last weeK or a aozen persons
charged with plotting against the
life of Japan's emperor. It is alleged
that the crowd was marching
on to the Japanese consulate to make
a further demonstration there, when
Patrolman Reilly sighted the crowd
rounding into Broadway.
Pilled the Streets.
According to the officer the paraders
filled the street for two blocks
back, bearing a red flag in their
ranks. Men and women on the outside
ranks were handing out circulars
in Italian and Russian to the onlookers
and the paraders seemed to vie to
outdo one another in shouting. "Kill
the Japanese!" could be heard in the
babel. The lone officer, Reilly, stepped
in the path of the approaching
mass and demanded if they had a
permit to parade. As he did so the
flag bearer tossed the red banner to
another man and bolted through the
crowd. Reilly was after him and
finally cornered the fugitive in the
haUway of an office building.
Police Reinforced.
The alleged flag bearer gave his
name as Benjamin Weinstein, a Russian
tailor of Brooklyn. The crowd
became riotous when they learned of
his capture and threatened, the police
who had now arrived in force. One
woman wno sougnt to snatcn weinstein
away from the officer was arrested.
She said she was Lillie
Chessman, aged 23, a Russian dressmaker.
The others taken were Simon
Friedman, aged 18, a Russian hair
goods worker; Dominick Valentine,
aged 47, an Italian silversmith, and
Victor Flasseus, aged 22, a Swiss
cook. All were locked up after the
crowd was dispersed.
DANIEL'S BILL PASSES HOUSE.
Books of Revenue Collector May be
Introduced as Evidence.
The house has passed a bill by
Representative Daniel, of Greenville,
making it competent for one man
who has inspected the books of a
revenue collector to testify whether
the defendant in dispensary law
prosecutions has a federal retail
liquor license, possession of which
is prima facie evidence of intent to
violate the State law.
It has been impossible heretofore
to use this provision because the government
will not allow books to be
removed to a courtroom from the
collector's office in Columbia.
Victim of a Vampire.
The seductive smile of a beautiful
woman caused C. S. Steele, aged 63
years, scholar, author and friend of
John Wilkes Booth, to be confined in
a madhouse for five weeks, according
to a story told by him to-day after
a jury in the district criminal
court had declared him to be of
sound mind.
Like a page from Kipling Steele's
charges allege he was held powerless
by an exquisite tenderness which
alternated with diabolic heart torture.
The woman, Steele said, "gloried
in her terrible influence, gloated
over her evil power."
"I am the vanquished victim of a
vampire, with the face of an angel
and the heart of a fiend," Steele declared.
"I was held spellbound, powerless
as a babe to resist her fascinations,
beauty and angelic smile. I
was infatuated with her and insanely
jealous of her. She hypnotized
me completely. I was her veritable
slave. I am a very foolish old man,
more sinned against than sinning."
?Norfolk Landmark.
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jNegTo anoi ana jvmeu.
Spartanburg, Jan. 29.?Caught unarmed,
Sam Peaden, a notorious negro
gun fighter, was shot and killed
at a hot supper near Duncan at midnight
Friday night by Elas Coan, a
negro who has also figured in shooting
affrays previously.
Coan fled after the killing but was
caught in the woods about four miles
from the scene by the sheriff, W. J.
White, at 3 o'clock this afternoon
and placed in jail.
Coroner J. S. Turner was unable
to obtain much information from the
score or more of negroes who were
summoned to the inquest, but said
the two men seemed to have quarreled
over a woman.
HONEY FOR WATERS OF S. C.
SOUTH CAROLINA GETS $289,000
BY BILL PASSED BY SENATE.
Item is Included for Extending Navigation
of Congaree River to
Gervais Street Brigde.
Washington, Jan. 31.?The river
and harbors bill, as it passed the senate
to-day, carried appropriations or
authorizations for expenditure, aggregating
$289,000 foir South Carousel
T + olon rnri to nmvlsinriR
11JJKJ,. Xll U10V r.wt.w.VMr
added by the senate for the survey
of Tugaloo river, Georgia, from its
mouth to Fort Madison, and for a
survey of the basin of Winyah bay
with a view to providing an uniform
depth of 18 feet at Georgetown.
The appropriations carried by the
bill are $100,000 for improving
Charleston harbor. Not to exceed
$100,000 exclusive of former appropriations
for improving Winyah bay;
maintenance of improvements in
Mingo creek, $1,000; improving the
Santee and Congaree rivers, including
the Estherville-Minim creek
canal and the Congaree river as far
up as the Gervais street bridge, Columbia,
$47,000.
Improving the waterways between
Charleston and Aligator creek and
completing the improvement 6f the
inland waterways between Charleston
harbor and McClellansville, including
the branch to Morrison's
landing, $41,000.
MISSING HEIRESS IN EUROPE?
Miss Dorothy Arnold's Father Insists
in Belief of Her Death.
New York, Jan. 31.?Despite the
finding of a new clue which indicated
that Miss Dorothv Arnold, the miss
ing heiress, contemplated a trip
abroad on the day of her disappearance,
her father, Francis Arnold,
still maintains his belief that she is
dead.
To-day marks the end of the seventh
week of her absence from home,
and little has developed to aid in
clearing the mystery of the girl's
disappearance. \
The plan to drag the lake in Central
park has been temporarily abandoned.
Instead detectives will
search every place in the park where
a body might be concealed. The
lake is still frozen over.
After a search of steamship records
to-day had revealed, that Mrs.
Arnold, the young woman's mother,
had sailed with her son John for
Europe January 5, Mr. Arnold's lawyers
(admitted she was abroad and
with friends. A member of the legal
firm declared Mrs. Arnold had
gone abroad solely for her health,
however, and that her departure had
nothing whatever to do with the
search for Miss Dorothy. He disclaimed
knowledge as to whether
Mrs. Arnold was the heavily veiled
woman who was said to have called
with young Arnold upon George S.
Griscom, Jr., an old admirer of Dorothy's
at Florence, Italy.
The Arnold family believed at first
that Dorothy had gone abroad, but
later became convinced that she had
not left the country. "That Miss
Arnold did not go away with a man
is settled beyond a doubt," Mr. Armstrong,
one of the Arnold lawyers,
declared.
FELL INTO OCEAN.
Aviator McCurdy Almost Reaches
Cuba in Biplane.
Key West, Jan. 30.?Aviator J. D.
A. McCurdy, Canadian aviator, started
upon his record breaking 110 mile
over sea flight to Havana this moraine
of 7-39 rVnlrvlr Thp start was
made under most favorable weather
conditions, a great crowd witnessed
the start.
McCurdy said as he was starting
that he hoped to be in Havana in two
hours. He flew over the city before
starting upon his course towards
Cuba. Boats are at their station ten
miles apart all along the route.
Havana, Jan. 30. ? McCurdy's
flight ended ten miles off the coast
to-day and after he had completed
100 miles of the journey. The biplane
dropped into the water, after
the motors had stopped because of
lack of lubricating oil. He was so
near land that word had been flashed
to this country of his arrival. He
was picked up uninjured.
Postoffice Robbed.
Petersburg, Va., Jan. 31.?When
Postmaster Waddell to-day opened i
the postoffice at Victoria, Lunenburg
county for the day he found the safe
and stamp drawer opened and robbed
of about $300 cash and about
$400 worth of stamps. There is no <
clue to the robbers.
WOULD REMOVE WATSOX.
Richards Desired as Commissioner
of Agriculture.
Several days ag? John G. Richards,
Jr., a member of the railroad commission,
called at the office of Gov.
Blease to pay his respects, according
to Gov. Blease.
J USX Deiore xvir. rueuarus icit iuu
office Gov. Blease said that he was
sorry that Mr. Richards had accepted
the appointment as railroad commissioner
as he had a better job in view
Mr. Richards asked Gov. Blease
what might be the nature of the
Gov. Blease replied that he had
intended to appoint him as commissioner
of agriculture, commerce and
industries to take the place of E. J.
Watson.
Following the incident there were rumors
that Gov. Blease intended to
have a general shaking up in the department
of agriculture and that
John G. Richards, Jr., and A. D.
Hudson or E. H. Aull would be appointed
to succeed Commissioner
Watson.
Yesterday Gov. Blease was asked
if he wanted to dismiss Commis-teif
he intended to dismiss Commissioner
Watson. He said that he had
not stated that he would do so. Mr. 7 it-fag
Watson's term of office expires in
1912. He was again asked if he intended
to dismiss Mr. Watson. In "%|gj
answer he related the above incident
of his desire that Mr. Richards
become the commissioner of agriculture,
commerce and industry.
The department of agriculture was
built up by Commissioner Watson,
who was appointed under Gov. Heyward.
The department is considered
one of the most efficient in the United
States. Commissioner Watson was
appointed by Gov. Heyward ^nd later
reappointed by Gov. Ansel.?Columbia
State.
ARRESTED ON FRAUD CHARGE.
D. G. Zeigler Held for Using Mails
to Defraud.
Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 30.-*-D. G.
Zeieler. who was prominently con- 5
netced with a project to develop 5
water power on the Suwanee River, f
Florida, was brought here to-day ^
and ordered held under bond for r
the Federal court, under an indicfc J
ment charging him with using the 't
mails to defraud in this project.
The indictment was returned at
Jacksonville. He was arrested at
Douglas, Ga.
Vftterans Rimed Petition.
Many of the veterans of the Confederate
infirmary regretted very
much that Capt. W. D. Starling was
not reelected commandant by the
commission charged with the administration
of the affairs of the instituResolutions
regretting the loss
have been adopted by the veterans -ijjffl
as follows: "Whereas; Our commander,
Capt. W. D. Starling is '-'0$
about to sever his connection with
us to accept another, and while we ' '
exceedingly regret to part with so
excellent a gentleman, we desire to
manifest our high esteem for him.
"Therefore be it resolved: That
we will ever remember his uniform
and impartial treatment which is
characteristic of a noble, a generous
heart, and to his new field he is ac-*
companied by our best wishes for his
future success. These principles
combined with his social Qualities
cause us to regret his discontinu- i||l
ation. We hope that those who may
come under his jurisdiction will (realize
and appreciate the value of a :|g||
practical man."
The name of Capt. Starling was
not considered by the board appointed
by Gov. Blease. F. M. Mixon was
the only man considered and he was
elected without dissent. There was f
a petition containing 60 names out
' ' m
of 64 from the home asking that
Capt. Starling be reappointed to the
place. Members of the board gave
no reason why Capt. Starling was
dismissed. Mr. Mixon is a Confederate
veteran.?Columbia State.
The Newberry Herald and News,
one of the few newspapers that supported
Cole L. Blease for governor,
says of the governor's message to
the general assembly asking for an :)fs
investigation of the winding-up commission:
"We think Gov. Blease's message
as to the winding-up commission
had been better not said. There are
some things in it, at least, that had
been better left out. We do not believe
in casting aspersions or in
making charges by insinuation, unless
there is evidence to sustain the
charges, and if there is, then there
is no need to insinuate."