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t COUNTRY NEWS LEITERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Feb. 13.?Carpenters
are as busy as bees, and can't do
work fast enough for parties wanting
houses. ^
Some parties went hunting this
morning. Killed time and powder
r ; was the extent of the killing.
Fertilizer still comes, but farmers
flrp tint no nmrinvift as in other vears.
Could not get enough nor fast enough
last year this time.
The Simms Literary Society of
the Ehrhardt graded school will give
an entertainment on Friday night,
* February 24th. It will he held in the
U Copeland hall, and the exercises will
begin at 8 o'clock. An interesting
program has been arranged consisting
of one leading amateur play,
j& "Farmer Haskins," "A Baseball Game
by a team from Boston." In this
play some classy jokes on prominent
jjfe^ people will be told. The best of dll
feQi is a negro farce, an old time negro
frolic, with enough fun for all. An
f f enjoyable evening is promised to all
who attend. Everybody invited.
^ Admission 25cts. and 15cts. This
entertainment given^for the benefit
H of the graded school.
The popularity of the auto is
somewhat on the decrease. Our
(people haven't means enough to run
y one after they have them.
Rev. E. A. McDowell, of NinetyV
Six, will preach in the Ehrhardt
Methodist church next Sunday morning,
February 19th, at 11 o'clock.
All the members belonging to the
L charge of which Ehrhardt Baptist
J church is a part are requested to attend.
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| Springtown Splinters.
Springtown, Feb. 13.?We are
I coma hod WOothfiP thoCO dOVfi
r / UO f ovmv vuu v%*vuv* vuvwv v.
To-morrow is St. Valentine's day.
Guess the young folks will have lots
of fun sending and receiving valentines.
^ Miss Sadie Murray is visiting her
x parents at St. George for a few days.
Miss Alma Kirkland was the guest
of Miss Nannie Ray Saturday night.
Miss Rebecca Hutto, who has been
the charming guest of Miss Bessie
| - McMillan for the past week, has rek
turned to her home in Bamberg,
ft Misses Elvie and Claribel Kearse
ft visited Mrs. T. D. Beard Saturday
% and Sunday.
Mrs. W. G. Kearse has returned
g. home from an extended visit to her
|p brother at Orangeburg.
Miss Hattie Ray visited her partg
ents last Sunday.
Mrs. D. L. Smoak, who has been
- ' sick, is improving.
fef Mr. Gerald Kearse spent the day
W with Mr. H. H. Hiers Sunday.
Miss Bessie McMillan is expecting
Miss Rebecca Lyles to visit her this
|S wee!,.
(The societay of Duncanville school
|f was a success Friday afternoon.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Feb. 13.?Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Lightsey are receiving congratulations
from all. It is a fine
4 son. Miss Hattie Lightsey, of Brunf
son, has been their guest for several
'
weeks.
TWi?o Tlarii T nodVirtU Ronri
xuio. j??^ jaj juvuuuv/il ivi i/ ivi i^ai u~
well yesterday. She had just heard
|/ ot the death, from asthma, of her
uncle, Mr. Pressy, and hastened to
be with the afflicted ones.
The Baptists and Methodists under
the directions of Mrs. J. D. Timmons
and Mrs. W. E. Harter, gave an oys?
. ter supper Friday night. Quite a
* nice sum was realized for the church
,*-r and parsonage.
Mrs. Sam Talley, who has been
away for her health for several
weeks, is expected back home on
Sunday.
Miss Mary Brunson enjoyed a
pleasant trip to Allendale recently.
The beautiful newr cottage of Mrs.
- Julia Sanders will soon be ready for
occupancy.
On Sunday evenig at the Baptist
parsonage at 7 p. m., Mr. Webb
Brown, of the Bethel church neighborhood,
and Miss Mills, of Hickory
Grove, were married by Rev. J. D.
Timmons. Several buggies with
young folks of their neighborhood
* came with them, also some of our
town folks witnessed the ceremony.
Mrs. Sallie Jenkins entertained
recently, quite a crowd of young
folks in honor of her niece, Miss
Connelly, of Branchville.
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Have you subscribed to the Confederate
monument fund yet? If not,
you should do so without delay.
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NEWS FROM KEARSE.
"Old Timer" Writes of Past Events
and Those to Come.
Wanderer's Rest, Feb. 13.?Disappointment
sinks the heart of man.
Sometimes the heart of a young lady
as was the case a few days ago.
Now this young lady prides herself
in the fine art of cake making and
her cakes baked last week were of
such fine quality she bethought of a
worthy uncle and his wife; one was
done up in a dainty package and sent
post haste by two little girls; their
return eagerly awaited to receive
the merited praise due her, when lo
in they came full of laughter and
glee, a good omen the young lady
thought, how her heart beat with
pride as she thought of the high
praise she was to receive, when horror
of horrors! they told her amid
laughter, uncle says this is the poorest
cake I have tasted since I kept
bachelor's hall long years ago; yes,
just like the cake old Ann, the cook,
made for me and I thought it was
the poorest cake on earth, just like
Ann's. Here the curtain drops, but
the young lady laughs at it now, for
it was only a joke anyway. Try it
again and success will crown the effort
next time.
Last Wednesday evening will be a
a bright mile stone on the way down
the sands of time. A party of five
went on a fish; pleasure bent they
were to put out the line, one more to
come after dark, make a fire, have all
rea^v for the fry; soon after dark
the lines were gone to, a fine chance I
of cat fish taken, then to camp, an
old man a hoy again, enthused by
the prospect of a fish supper, the
company of young men, the stream,
trees and nature run wild only as it
can in Southern swamps raised his
spirits to the point of overflowing,
and, to the consternation of those
boys he sang amid the hoot of owls
and the croak of frogs, the last song
hit, "Dixie," and "The Girl I Love."
Soon camp was reached, there true
to his word, was an old soldier,
everything ready except the fish.
Soon all hands are at work, the fish
done to a turn, the feast was spread
and for an hour at least the repast
lasted, tales of gourmands and their
fates were told as the coffee was
sipped and the huge tray of fish disappeared.
Sorry you were not with
us Mr. Editor, for a jollier set of six
would be hard to find. Still, anxious
fear may have rankled in the bosom
r\f oAfVi o oe cnm n noi'r> f oln woo
vi i9vuiv uo ovuiv/ pviu ivu taxu nao
told, yet a certain old man ate until
he feared for his own safety, more
fish still left, bu.t eventually he had
to stop for lack of room, hut looked
with longing eyes on the fish, so nice
and brown, still left.
The young ladies are going to give
an oyster supper at the residence of
Mr. G. B. Kearse next Friday evening,
the 17th. All are invited and a
nice ume assured to an,, tfie proceeds
to go to White Point school
house.
Rev. Mr. Walker preached to a
well filled house yesterday afternoon
at White Point and a good sermon,
full of thought for reflection.
Miss Alice Smoak, of Bambc "g, is
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. J. O. Ritter.
A nice rain on Saturday afternoon
and night, a nice season and needed,
the dust that troubles a bad man's
eye laid, the fields will plow better
and a threatened drought ended.
OLD TIMER.
Shoots Himself in Head:
Allendale, Feb. 13.?H. L. Box, a
farmer of the Savannah river section,
about 10 miles from here, committed
suicide Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock by firing a pistol shot into his
brain.
mr. jbox uvea witn His father,
mother and two brothers. After eating
a hearty dinner he left the table
before the other members of the family
and went to his room.
In a few moments a pistol shot
was heard, when his elder brother entered
he discovered that he had shot
himself in the head with a pistol. A
minute later a second shot was fired,
but this was due, it is stated by the
physicians, to the contraction of the
muscies.
Mr. Box suffered a paralytic stroke
about a year ago and it is stated that
he had never regained his mental
equilibrium since that time.
He was unmarried and was about
27 years of age.
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Senator Earle, of Oconee, introduced
a bill allowing the governor
to appoint special judges, but it was
killed by the senate by the decisive
vote of 23 to 19. Senator Black
voted against the bill. The governor
wished this bill passed in order to
take away from the supreme court
the right of recommending special
judges.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The new law in reference to notaries
public has gone into effect.
They are to hold office at the pleasure
of the governor, the fee for a
commission is $2.00 instead of $3.25
as formerly, and they must register
with the clerk of the court.
The legislature killed the bill apn.nnriotinor
410 000 tr? JlflVArtlRA thp
pi upl y X VJV V V VV VV* . W.
resources of the State of South Carolina,
this amount to he supplemented
by $10,000 each from the three great
railroad systems of the State: the
Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard, and
Southern. The legislature did well
to kill the bill.
South Carolina will neither gain
nor lose a congressman under the
provisions of the apportionment bill
which passed the national house of
representatives last Thursday. The
increase in the population of the
State has just kept pace with the increased
ratio of representation to
population, and South Carolina's representation
in congress will remain
at seven.
Percy Sweatt, of Blackville, a
young white man, has had his sentence
of four years in the penitentiary
commuted to two years. It will
be remembered that young Sweatt
shot and seriously wounded J. D.
Whittle, of Blackville, and was given
four years in the penitentiary.
Another instance of abuse of the pardoning
power, but the chief executive
"stands by his friends."
Colston Cullings.
Colston, Feb. 18. ? Everybody
seems to enjoy going to pindar shellings.
There are two or three a week;
and they don't forget to play that
new game of snap.
Mr, and Mrs." Purdy Ayer, from
Olar, visited friends on Colston last
Sunday.
Messrs. E. B. Fender and Olive
Chitty visited Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Kearse Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton and
Mrs, Ida Ussery visited Mr. anl Mrs.
J. B. All last Sunday.
We are sorry to note the illress
of Mrs. J. W. Beard, but we hope she
will soon be out again.
Everything on Colston is in the
same old way. Pindar shellings and
quiltings are the order of the day.
Mr. J. P. Hiers and Miss Annie
Bishop were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Clayton, Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Martin, the Baptist minister
at Colston, gave us a very interesting
tsfak last Sunday morning.
I think all the boys and fathers
ought tovhave been there to hear his
good sermon.
Mr. Eddie Hiers and .mother, from
the St. John's section, visited Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Clayton last Sunday.
Mrs. Pauline Ayer, of Olar, is visiting
her mother this week.
Messrs. G. C. and H. O. Folk visited
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kirkland
last Sunday.
Messrs. J. J. Bishop and F. C.
Padgett were the guests of Mr. G. C.
Beard last Sunday.
We had some nice showers last
Saturday. Were glad to see them.
It began to feel like summer time.
There was a quilting given by Miss
Annie Bishop last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams Bessinger,
from Midway, visited friends and relatives
on Colston Saturday and Sunday.
The farmers are busy hauling
their fertilizer for their farms this
year.
Miss Minnie Fender is visiting
friends in the Ehrhardt section last
and this week.
There will be a valentine party
given at the home of Miss Nattie
Lee Kearse to-night.
Governor and Senate in Clash.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13.?There
is an open rupture to-night between
the senate majority and Gov. Hooper
over the appointment of G. W.
Dyer as State superintendent of
schools. The appointment of Dyer
was sent to the senate this afternoon
and after a half hour's executive session
it was unofficially learned that
the confirmation of the appointment
had been refused. Dyer was one of
the most active opponents of the
regular Democracy in the judicial
and November elections and it is said
the governor had been repeatedly
told by the Democratic leaders that
Dyer's appointment would not be
confirmed.
POLICE HEAD PROCESSION. i
When College Girls Go to Church in
Greenville
Two young men of Greenville were
in this city several days and tell- !
ing the progress of that city in every
way began discussion of the new ordinance
in Greenville which prohibits
the young men of the city stopping
on the streets where the college girls <
are accustomed to pass, or congregating
in conspicuous places.
One of the young visitors to Spar- j
tanhnr? aairi that it was reallv and ,
truly a fact that when the young la- ;
dies at the female institutions of ,
Greenville! "went shopping or even i
went to church, noe policeman head- ,
ed the line and another brought up j
the rear, protecting the young ladies {
from the glances or even smiles of ^
the young mn of that city. j
This may sound absurd, but it is \
really and truly a fact and condi- ]
tions existing in Greenville have not ,
been exaggerated. Newspapers of <
Greenville have had very little to say <
in regard to the new ordinance and j
its results and effects. :
# Several days ago two young men
of Greenville whose names could not
be learned were arrested on a charge 5
of stopping on the streets where the
college girls were accustomed to
pass. They were tried in police r
court in that city and each fined $10, j
which was paid. These young men <
oun fVin mftot ni?nini'iiont familioe
aiu jli v/uuL uuuot pji vmiuvut iummvu
in Greenville and nothing appeared <
in either Greenville paper about the
court proceedings. It is said that
this case has been a good example ;
for the other young men.?Spartanburg
Journal. ]
LINCOLN AMONG LAWYERS. 1
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Sympathetic View of Martyred Pres- j
ident by Late Lambert Tree. j
Speaking of Lincoln as a lawyer.
Leonard Swett, his contemporary
and friend, once told me that Lincoln
was not worth a cent in a case
in which he did not believe. In
this connection he related an inci- ;
dent of Lincoln and himself being
appointed by Judge David Davis to
defend a man indicted for murder
who was supposed to be without
means to retain a lawyer. However,
the prisoner had friends who were '
able to raise $100 for his defence.
The money was turned over to Swett,
who handed half of it to Lincoln.
When they came to consult with the
nrisoner Lincoln became convinced '
that he was guilty, and that the only
chance of saving his neck was to
have him plead guilty and then appeal
to the court for leniency. This
was opposed by Swett, who was an
extremely adroit criminal lawyer.
The case, therefore, came to trial,
but Lincoln, though present and sitting
beside Swett, took no part in it
further than to make an occasional
suggestion to his associate in the
course of the examination of witnesses.
The outcome of the case, thanks
to technicalities, which unexpectedly
appeared, and which Swett was not
slow to take advantage of, was that
the man was acquitted. When the
jury rendered the verdict, Lincoln
reached over Swett's shoulder, with
the $50 in his hand, and said:
"Here, Swett, take this mdney. It
is yours. You yarned it, not I."
Lincoln's career as a lawyer shows
him in an admirable light as a man
who* cherishe,^ no malice, and this
was equally true in the midst of the
most heated political contests. It ;
was indeed a beautiful side of his
character, for no man in politics was :
ever more frequently called upon, 1
prior to his election ,to the presidency
at least, to drink to the dregs '
the bitter cup of political disappointment.
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County Seat Fight.
Oklahoma, City, Okla., Feb. 13.?
Wyatt Staples, a farm hand, is dead 1
and three county officials are in jail
at Mountain Park as the result of the
trouble which has arisen over the re- !
moval of records of the county from
Mountain Park to Snyder. 1
Staples who was employed on the i
farm of C. E. Bull, one of the county i
commissioners, was shot by one of
the men who arested Bull, although ]
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It is said Staples attempted to pre- 1
vent Bull's arrest. J. T. Armstrong, 1
another commissioner, and G. B. Bristow,
county clerk were arrested later
and taken to Mountain Park. Gov. 1
Cruce has ordered Sheriff Daniels of .
Kiowa county to Mountain Park to '
prevent trouble. ^
The county officials are charged
with moving the county records from j
the legal county seat.1 j
The census bureau gives Walter- <
boro, the county seat of Colleton *
county, 1,677 population for 1910. *
The population in 1900 was 1,494. <
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HELD FOR FLOYD HERDER.
HUSBAND AND BROTHER-IN-LAW
CHAREGED AS ACCESSORIES.
State Claims to Have Established
Conspiracy to Murder Young Man.
Prisoners Show no Emotion.
Whiteville, N. C., Feb. 14.?The
shifting of scenery in the deplorable
Hayes-Floyd affair from Tabor, N. C.,
where Robert M. Floyd, a young medical
student, was killed on Saturday
aight, February 4, by Mrs. Rosa D.
Hayes to Whiteville, the county seat
of Columbus county, where the preliminary
investigation was held tolay,
by no means showed a decrease
in the interest taken in the affair
iinpD nijrht nf fhp lHlline. Everv
train coming into this place last
night and to-day brought people to
the hearing, especially the train from
Horry county, which reached here
this morning literally packed with
witnesses and onlookers. Tabor, the
scene of the first chapter in this mysterious
tragedy, was here almost en
masse.
Remanded to Jail.
The hearing opened at 10:30 this
morning.in the county court house,
W. C. Graham and J. C. Hooks
magistrates, sitting on the case,
rhe State of North Carolina was represented
by D. J. Lewis and Lyon &
3reer of this place, while the Hayes
were defended by the local firm rot
Schulken, Toon & Schulken &nd Don
McRacken of the local bar
The court ruled early during the
hearing that the three defendants,
Mrs. Rosa Hayes, as principal and
her husband, N. M. Hayes and Lloyd
Hayes as accessories, would be tried
together. The case tifesomely and
slowly proceeded throughout the day,
having been concluded late this evening,
when the court ruled, as moved
by the State's attorneys that Mrs.
Hayes be remanded to jail without
bail and that N. M. Hayes and Lloyd
Hayes be held as accessories before
the fact. Court fixed the bond for
N. M. Hayes and his brother,\ Lloyd
Hayes, at $1,000 each.
Bond Was Not Given.
None of the defendants had a word
to say at the hearing, nor was Mrs.
Hayes' testimony before the coroner's
jury admitted. In fact, the position
of the defense was as stated
early in the hearing by the senior
Mr. Schulken: "We are not agreeing
to anything." Nor did they, relying
entirely on the chance of a failure of
the State to make a sufficient show
ing.
The State put up upwards of a
dozen witnesses and announced that
they had still others, but thought
they had gone far enough to establish
a conspircay to take the life of
Robert M. Floyd.
Banqueted Her Servants.
' St. Louis, ,Feb. 13.?Mrs. Irene
Catlin Allen, who was married here
a week ago to Frederick Winthrop
Allen of New York, gave her deposition
here to-day in behalf of her
brother, Theron E. Catlin, in Patrick
F. Gill's contest for the congress
seat to which Catlin was elected
last November.
Regarding a dinner to bricklayers
at the Catlin home on 'the day after
the election, said to have been promised
them in the interest of Theron
Catlin's candidacy for congress, she
testified.
"I was talking with our yardman
about 1 o clock election aay. 1 askea
him to vote for Theron if he could
and he said my brother was all right
and we'd be celebrating next day.
"When the returns showed Theron
elected I told my father we ought
to give all the servants a celebration
and he told me to go ahead. We arranged
a dinner and I told the yardman,
as he was the cause of it, to
notify all the men working about
the place."
When asked what she had done to
help her brother in the campaign
Mrs. Allen said:
"I asked all my personal friends
to vote for him if they could. I
also asked the men servants? Outside
of this I did nothing."
She said she had disbursed no
money, had no checking account in
any bank and put no money under
the plates of the laborers invited to
the dinner.
Senator Tillman is out in a statement
in which he says he does not
believe he is violating the law in
holding the position of trustee of
^lemson and Winthrop, and that
:hese things were known during the
constitutional convention, of which
ae was a member. He says he would
have waited for the courts to pass
an the matter without making any
statement had not the governor in
i special message referred to him as
>ne of the law-breakers.
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TROUBLE AT THE COLLEGE
Has Been Happily Settled and Everything
is Serene Again;
There was some trouble at Newberry
college a few days ago that looked
serious for a time, but fortunately it
has been settled. A member of the
Junior dfass was suspended indefinitely,
and this came near resulting in
th? whole class leaving college.
The facts briefly stated are these:
On Wednesday night during faculty
meeting, at which infraction of
rules was being discussed, the knob
of the door to the room was tied so
that, the door could not be onened
from the inside, the windows of the
room having been fastened down secretly
before the meeting. While . ' -J-W
the meeting was in progress a fusilade
of pistols was heard out on the
campus. When the members of the
faculty rushed to the door for the
purpose of going out to catch the offenders
they found themselves fastened
in; and this fact gave the of- /
fenders time to get out of the way. j
But one student was caught returning
to the dormitory, and, the evi- ' '^f|S
dence satisfying the faculty that he >|||
was among the offenders, he was sus- '
pended, and announcement of the ^ fact
was made.
The suspended student's classmates,
. or most of them, thought he had
been treated unjustly, and drew up
a statement in writing to that effect,
accompanying the statement with j
the threat that if he were not taken
back they would leave college. This
paper was signed by 23 of the 27 <
classmates of the suspended student,
including one of the two co-eds of *
the class, the other co-ed and three 5
young men refusing to sign. The re- "-'jpM
ply of the faculty to thL# paper was
that the suspension of the one student
should stand; that the 23 signers
of the statement were also suspended
until they should withdraw the ^
paper, and that if they proposed to A
stand by their paper, they must get
off the college campus without un- I
necessary delay. They were fully de- rl
termined on leaving; but older and
wiser friends to themselves and to the
college talkd with them; they
became convincd that they had been t
too hasty, and asked that thepr be per- ^
mitted to withdraw their paper; * S
which was readily granted by the |
faculty, and the trouble was ended,
much to the gratification of the
faculty ? "d all others concerned.
In speaking of the incident, Pres- |
ident Harms remarked to the report- -"?
er that the Junior class was a. fine i
body of college students; one of the $
best the institution has ever had. He ;
is sure they acted hastily and with
out taking time to think. As soon as
they took time to consider the attitude
they had taken they realized ,?!.
they were in the wrong and did the |
manly thing in setting themselves in "
the right. The president says that
the class are stronger in the affections
and the confidence of the facul- m
ty than ever before.?Newberry Ob- /
Coal Gas Causes Death. ;
Cumberland, Md., Feb. 13.?That
Chas. E. Twigg and Grace JElosser, ^SgB
the young couple found dead in the
parlor of the Elosser home on December
31, last, the eve of their wedding
day, came to their end from carbon
monoxide (coal gas) poisoning was
the conclusion of the Washington and
Baltimore chemists who tested the
blood of the two victims. State's At- iSH
torney Robb announced the result
of the chemical analysis to-day.
Heretofore the authorities have
maintained that the pair met their
death by cyanide of potassium, the
coroner's jury returning a verdict to
that effect.
Deadlock Over Judgeship.
The general assembly has been trying
since last Wednesday to elect another
associate justice of the supreme
court, under the constitutional
amendment adopted at the last general
election. When the ballot* commenced
W. B. Gruber, of Colleton,
M. L. Bonham, of Anderson, T. B.
Fraser, of Sumter, R. C. Watts, of
Chesterfield, and R. W. Memminger,
oi v^uaiiesiun, were rm; cauuiueiies.
Later Messrs. Bonham and Gruber
withdrew but the legislature could
not decide between Memminger, Fraser
and Watts. Monday J. P. Carey, ^
of Pickery, and J. W. Devore, of
Edgefield, were nominated. The last
ballot on Tuesday stood: Watts 56,
Memminger 45, Fraser 42, Carey 13,
Devore 4. It is thought the deadlock
will be broken to-day. Senator
Black and ' Representative Hunter
and Riley voted for Gruber until his
name was withdrawn, then Senator
Black and Represntative Hunter
voted for Memminger, while Mr.
Riley is voting for Fraser.