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- -IW " % Hamburg ijmtlb I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1911. One Dollar a Year ? I " > COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS I IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the Bt County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Feb. 20.?The paint brush is being plied on Mr. H. A. ' Hughes's new dwelling. The work has not advanced far enough to tell what color he intends using. The Rev. R. A. McDowell has accepted the call from the pastorate of . which Ehrhardt Baptist church is a $ ? part. Will take charge perhaps the middle or last of March. Prof. C. J. Shealy went to D^n(mark recently to meet with superintendents of education and other teachers of schools to swap thoughts, etc. There is one teacher from this section that pleased him more than the others and said it would be a I ; pleasure to him to instruct and be instructed on a subject that he believes would be interesting to both, ha! ha! ha! Mr. Charles Ehrhardt is the busiest man in this community, always i on the move, Sunday not excepted. Mrs. J. C. Move and son passed through Ehrhardt en route for Walterboro this morning to visit her ^ brother. 1 f A vaii ti ct mon fram tvid hlar cop A J VUU^ XA1CVXJL X X Vili VUV N/mMA wv r tion sold to the Farmers' Mercantile Co., of this place, a light bale of cotton not long ago. Samples of the cotton were returned to them last ,t- week?old pieces of cast iron and the like. This community is won-j dering what kind of seed was planted by him and in what kind of soil. Too bad. JEE. Springtown Splinters. V . Springtown, Feb. 20.?Mrs. F. M. Ray and son, Horace, visited Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Ray, of Denmark, Saturday and Sunday. We are sorry to note Mr. A. C. Free and Mrs. W. S. Eaves are on the sick list. Mr. Gerald and Wesley Kearse spent Sunday with Mr. Milford Free. Mrs. Rosa Hooton is the guest of her brother, Mr. F. M. Ray. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Starr, of Olar, visited Mr. F. M. Ray Sunday. Miss Hutto, of Denmark, visited Miss Ethel Sandifer Saturday and Sunday. r Miss Elvie Kearse spent the night *" v with Miss Fannie Lou Free Moday / i night. ' Mr. H. D. Free, of Bamberg, and Mr. D. H. Rice visited Mr. A. C. Free Sunday. /i. Miss Claribel Kearse was the guest of Miss Nannie Ray Saturday night. Mr. Louis Blume visited friends I in Olar Sunday. Mr. Daniel Carroll visited Mr. D. L. Smoake. Mrs. D. L. Smoake is not improving very fast. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Free visited her father Sunday, Mr. F. M. Ray. It seems as if all the young men j were out calling Sunday evening. Farmers* Union Prize. St - ??. TThrhorHi S C. Feb. 18.1911. ~ ? J ' Editor Bamberg Herald: Dear Sir:?I see a good deal being said about a corn contest for Bamberg county. The Farmers' Union of Bamberg county has offered a prize for the best acre of corn to be grown in 1911. A good number have expressed their intention of compet^ ing for it. I will be glad to correk s spond with any one desiring to compete for the Farmers' Union prize, t. The next meeting of the county t union, April the 1st, will be pretty I late to enter. Your truly, ^ J. E. MCMILLAN, Secretary. * Deserving of No Mercy. " Here," said the policeman after > he had hurriedly entered the dentist's reception room, according to the Chicago Record-Herald, "what's going on? You've had a man in t there hollerin' bloody murder for nearly half an hour. Why don't you give him something to stop his pain?" "Give him something to stop his pain? My dear sir, you don't under stand. I had occasion to take a lady to lunch one day last week?oh, it was a business matter, nothing more > ?and this chap saw me. Well, the r next day he happened to meet my wife, whom he knew before she was married, and he mentioned that he had seen me and wanted to know what the other lady's name was. Of course, I?" "Oh, never mind. Go ahead and kill him." t > MEMORIES OF "OLD TIMER." The Oyster Supper at Kearse a Great Success. Wanderer's Rest, Feb. 20.?The oyster supper given by the ladies at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Kearse on Friday night last was a great success social as well as financial, and all who were there, so far as this old scribbler has heard express themselves, spent a delightful evening. Glad to hear it, for it was for a worthy cause. A certain old man was left at home to nurse his many aches, and enjoy an evening all alone. Tho madam went with the boys and girls to the oyster supper, all was quiet except the tick of the clock, and memories of the past came thick and fast. Old things were wont to run riot in his reveries; old days of the chase came, when i foxes were much more plentiful than; now. The time when an old hunter said soon after one was caught, "well, boys, this is our 64th this fall. ' It was sport then. Other nights spent alone came, too. and old books and papers reviewed. Soon the last night of last year returned, as the lines below will show: The old year is dying, dying, It is half minute to eight, The clock on the mantel ticks away, Merrily it ticks at a lively gait. ******* The old year is going, going, Four hours more it has to live, Then all is over, the year 'tis done. Some to recall, their all would give ******* The old year is dying, dying, Soon its hours will be gone, Only in deeds it is remembered, Yes, by only the things that were done. * * * \ * * * The old year is fading, fading, n s requiem me wmus uu mucin, No more 1910 we will write For it is going, going, it is gone. ******* And as the chase returned he thought, yes, the old hunter gone, one then a boy gone, one boy now an old man left, only one out of three that were on the chase that night so long ago. Then school days, the boys and girls of long ago, the games that were played, mumble the peg, steel burr, jumping the rope and many others. The teachers,* too, that learned new ideas how to shoot, came one after another, and the old field school-house among the pines where the old man, then a boy, graduated at the tender years of twelve, all came. The old house gone, more than half the boys and girls gone, I MM J mVI nil oma An fliA nfhrtr auu LUC Lcacucio an axe uu luc v/luvi side save one; hallowed memories these. But now the spell is broken, they all come tramping in from the oyster supper, all fun and mirth, hunting ! up the old man, tucked snugly in bed they found him, soon all was quiet. Thus ended the evening, so much enjoyed by all. OLD TIMER. Saves Station for Port Royal. Washington, Feb. 20.?The Port Royal naval station has been saved. The order for its abandonment, which was contained in the naval appropriation bill, has been knocked out on a point of order raised by Representative Legare of Charleston. The consideration of the paragraph in the naval appropriation bill directing the secretary of the navy to abandon and dispose of the naval reservations at Port Royal and certain other places, was reached at tonight's session of the house. As soon as it was read Mr. Legare raised the point of order that this was new legislation and can not be included in an appropriation bill. There was some discussion of the point, but Representative Currier of w.T tt -/v ?..v.? A i\ew nauiysunc, wuu wens iu iue chair, held that the point was well taken. This decision knocked out the entire paragraph directing the abandonment of the several navy yards. Mr. Legare was congratulated on having won out for Port Royal so easily when it was supposed the fight for the navy yard would have to be made in the senate and the navy yard is safe until another ses sion of congress at least. Petition Circulated in Colleton. Walterboro, Feb. 15.?Hugo S. Strickland, of Williams, was in town Monday with a petition to Governor Blease, asking pardon for John J. Jones, who is now at the penitentiary, having been sentenced to 10 years for killing Abe Pearlstine, of Branchville. This petition has a large number of signatures and was being generally signed here. Mr. Strickland stated that he was circulating this petition on his own initiative. I IN THE PALMETTO STATE ! SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ! Stato News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The legislature has passed the bill introduced by Mr. Hunter forbidding speculation in theatre or railroad tickets. T. Hasell Gibbs, cashier of the Bank of Columbia and twice mayor nf thp. oanital citv. died last week after an illness of only a few hours. In Florence county the governor ignored the delegation and refused to appoint the man for county commissioner whom the delegation liad named. He appointed another man. It is likely that there will soon be a clash between the governor aid the supreme court in reference to appointing a judge to hold the term of court in Horry county, which convenes next Monday, as Judge J. C. Klugh has notified the chief justice that he is too ill to preside. The bill to allow Barnwell county to vote on the liquor question was opposed by Representatives Hunter and Riley of this county, and very properly so. They very truly stated to the general assembly that Bamberg county would be flooded with liquor from thp Barnwell dispensaries. The house refused to pass the bill. There will be no fifth associate justice of the supreme court this year, the general assembly having adjourned without electing. Last Friday a resolution was passed postponing the election until next session, as there was a deadlock and no plp.rtinn was nrobahle. Watts. Mem minger, and Fraser were still in the race to the last. The governor ignored the recommendation of the Spartanburg delegation in appointing magistrates for that city. The delegation recommended two men, but the governor appointed two others, something that no chief executive has heretofore done. One of the governor's appointees has notified him that he will not accept the office. The senate must confirm these appointments, and it is not likely to do so. AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS. Senate Passes Only Three Items Over Governor's Veto. Columbia, Feb. 19.?The Senate this (Sunday) morning took the following action on the items coming from the House: Extra clerical help, treasurer's office, $600, Governor's veto sustained. Water for public institutions, $7,500, passed over governor's veto, 21 to 8. -Extra work code commissioner, $450, by vote of 25 to 4, passed over governor's veto. Insurance on armory $31.50, governor's veto sustained; for work on State House grounds, vote of 13 to 16, veto is sustained; repairing or arsenal $400, by vote of 23 to 6, veto was not sustained and becomes law; salaries Inspector Commissioner Watson department and expenses $3,400, by vote 11 to 17, governor's veto sustained. The big fight in the Senate this (Sunday) morning was on the University appropriation, which Governor Blease had vetoed, but the House had passed over his veto. The Citadel got her building and Winthrop hers, so the argument was effectively urged that Carolina get the proposed $50,000 auditorium. The vote in the Senate to pass the appropriation over the governor's veto resulted: Yeas: Carlisle, Christensen, Clifton, Croft, Green, Johnstone, Laney, Lawson, Mars, T. J. Mauldin, Mc Cown, Montgomery, Muckenfuss, Spivey, Stewart, Stuckey, Young? 17. Nays: Appelt, Black, Crosson, Earle, Epps, Forrest, Hall, Hardin, Lide, W. L. Mauldin, Stuart, Sullivan?12. So the University lost. 1 The Senate sustained Governor Blease on nearly all items he vetoed. The governor thus won nearly every contention, except three. Only $10,000 was appropriated over the governor's veto. Winthrop loses the $960 for three critic teachers, the governor's veto hpine sustained The college at Orangeburg, for negroes lost its $2,000 for an artesian well, the governor's veto being sustained. Prof. Tate lost the $720 for a stenographer. RE A PPORTIOXM EXT BILL. Measure Passes Ik>th the House and Senate. Columbia, Feb. 17.?Charleston retains her eight representatives in the House of Representatives under the provisions of the amended re-apportionment bill, passed in the Senate to-night and adopted later in the House. This ended the most persistent fight, extending over several days, that the Senate had and is all the more significant, inasmuch as the House passed the original bill with no changes. The Senate adopted the amendment of Senator Sinkler to-night, giving Charleston eight instead of seven representatives, as the bill at first provided, and giving Colleton two representatives, instead of three, as originally inserted into the bill and as Colleton now has. In the battle for reapportionment at this session Senator Robert Lide, of Orangeburg, was the leader, and it is owing to his untiring efforts that the maesure finally passed the senate He was helped by other Senators, with no ill-feeling toward Colleton county. Senator Sinkler, when he found that Charleston should, because of the annexation of a part of Colleton, retain her present representation, came to the rescue and won out to-night. It so happened that when the reapportionment bill was made up, Charleston, because of the smallness of the fraction of proportionate inhabitants, after the seven representatives had been accorded, was not entitled to another representative. This cut Charleston from eight to seven. How it Figures Out. By the anexation of Adams Run and Collins townships, formerly in Colleton, to Charleston county, Charleston gained 6,444 inhabitants. Before this Charleston's fraction was only 3,047, with a representation of seven. Adding the two townships Charleston's fraction would be 9,491, entitling her to another representative. Colleton, on a population of 35,390, had two representatives and a fraction of 10,948, which would havegiven heranother representative Taking away the two townships' population, namely, 6,444, Colleton has two representatives and a fraction of only 4,504, not enough to give her another representative. She thus loses one as Colleton now has three. After Hard Fight. This state of affairs was called to the attention of the Senate by Senator Sinkler and a fight of three days was then had on the bill. The question arose as to whether the census should De adopted as it stood Deiore the annexation, or should the new territory be added to Charleston and taken from Colleton. The Senate voted 20 to 6 to give Charleston he? eight representatives and Colleton only two. The six negative votes included Ackerman, of Colleton; Black, of Bamberg; Earle, ( Oconee; Green, of Marlboro, and Summers, of Calhoun. The Senate adopted the bill with the Sinkler amendment inserted therein. Charleston population un der tbe census was given at ?s,oy4 for the county. The bill as adopted reads: Reapportionment Bill. "Section 1. That for the purpose of the apportionment of representatives in the House of Representatives among the several counties in the State, the enumeration of the inhabitants of the several counties by the United States census of 1910 is hereby adopted as a true and correct enumeration. "Section 2. That, until the next apportionment, the representation of the several counties shall be as follows: Abbeville, 3; Aiken, 3; Anderson, 6; Bamberg, 2; Barnwell, 3; Beaufort, 2; Berkeley, 2; Calhoun, 1; Charleston, 8; Cherokee, 2; Chester, 2; Chesterfield, 2; Clarendon, 3; Colleton, 2; Darlington, 3; Dillon, 2; Dorchester, 1; Edgefield, 2; Fairfield, 2; Florence 3; Georgetown, 2; Greenville, 6; Greenwood, 3; Hampton, 2; Horry, 2; Kershaw, 2; Lexington, 3; Marion, 2; Marlboro, 3; Newberry, 3; Oconee, 2; Orangeburg, 5; Pickens, 2; Richland, 5; Saluda, 2; Spartanburg, 7; Surnter, 3; Union, 2; Williamsburg, 3; and York, 4. "Section 3. That this apportionment shall not take effect until the next succeeding general election." The following counties gain one representative each: Anderson,] Greenville, Dillon, Orangeburg, Richland and Spartanburg. The following lose one each: j Aiken, Berkeley, Beaufort, Chester, | Fairfield and Colleton. When the bill went back to the House to-night a big fight was precipitated on the change, but the bill passed. WHITE DUN WILL BE TRIED L. B. TUTEX CHARGED WITH MURDER OF J. R. LAXGFORI). Grand Jury Finds True Bill Against Him and Bench Warrant for His Arrest Has Been Issued. Hampton, Feb. 21.?The grand jury rendered a true bill this afternoon, charging Leroy B. Tuten with 1 the murder of James R. Langford and the court has issued a bench warrant for his capture. Up to this hour, 8 o'clock, Mr. 1 Tuten has not been found. If Mr. Tuten is arested to-morrow, his trial 1 will probably take place at once. Richie Williams, the negro who was at first charged with the murder of James R. Langford, has been confined in the Hampton jail since being brought from the penitentiary and Mary Harris, the white woman 1 who figures very much in the case, is also in the jail, being held waiting further development. The jail is closely guarded at night but no violence is probable. The court house and grounds have been filled with people from every sec- ' tion of the county, anxiously awaiting the trials of various cases. Killed Under Mass of Steel. Greenwood, Feb. 18.?Mr. J. P. Hill arrived yesterday afternoon ( from Lenoir City, Tenn., with the body of his son, Julian, who was killed Wednesday in the large car shops in that place. The burial was held at 4 o'clock here yesterday afternoon, the service being conducted by the Rev. Geo. N. Cowan. When the news of the young man's death was first ? received here no particulars as to the manner of his death were given. It seems that young Hill, who had quite a mechanical turn, had entered the employment of , the shops only & short time ago. He was directed to do certain work with , which he was not familiar, piling pieces of steel, and while engaged in the work the pile gave way, precipi- ; tating a large mass of the steel upon , him, killing him instantly. The young man had made many friends in Lenoir, and many expressions of sympathy and kind acts were extended to Mr. Hill while there. DENMARK BLOCK BURNED. Flames Consume Dwellings and Outhouses?Total Loss $9,000. Denmark, Feb. iy.?adoui z o'clock this afternoon fire was discovered fiercely burning in the upper story of the Griffith residence, located on Beech avenue. From this building the flames spread rapidly / north and south, until the entire block consisting of four dwellings ' and many outhouses, was consumed. In one hour and ten minutes $9,000 worth of property was in ashes, with insurance of only $4,000. Two dwellings on the east side of the block were owned by J. T. Grif- ( fith, of Denmark, valued at $5,000, insurance $1,500. West of the Griffith property, and in close proximity, was the residence of J. S. Matthews, , valued at $2,500, isurance $1,500. , The last building on the west side of the block belongs to Miss Donnella Rice, valued at $1,500, insurance $1,- 1 000. ; The origin of the fire is unknown. , < The large art glass windows of the Methodist church were cracked and warped by the heat. Two of the . buildings could have been saved, if the town had had even a small water supply or a partially trained bucket . brigade. . Latest Tilings in Titles. "We Americans," said Simeon 1 Ford, the famous after-dinner speak- 1 __ . ( er, at a banquet in New York, "are justly famous for our titles. "I used to think that the finest of all our titles was that of Col. Abra- ! ham Hardgrass, who told a question- 1 er that he was neither a regular nor a volunteer colonel, but a colonel by c marriage, having wedded the widow of Col. Harrison Pike of Pink Creek. "But I came across the other day a g still better colonel than this. He was rather seedy and, handing me a ? soiled card, he asked me in a low voice if I could lend him $2. "I glanced at his card. It was inscribed Col. William Melcher Dana. I " 'Viin aro T nrfsnme.' I said, 'a ** **" ' ' J. colonel in the army?' " 'Yes sir,' said he. " "Regular or Salvation?' I asked. * " 'Neither, sir,' he answered. 'Army 1 of the unemployed."?Detroit Free s Press. All kinds of legal blanks for sale J at The Herald Book Store. ( / ATTORNEY'S STATEMENT. "Give Us a Rest on Jones Case," Pleads W. C. Wolfe, Esq. Orangeburg, February 15.?Owing to the continued discussion of the Jones case in the newspapers and especially the letter published Monday in The News and Courier, from its Columbia Bureau, signed "A. K.," the correspondent of The News and Courier here interviewed this morning (he was absent from the city yesterday) Mr. W. C. Wolfe, the leading attorney for Jones, and after discussing the matter freely and candidly, Mr. Wolfe handed the correspondent the following statement for The News and Courier: Attorney Wolfe's Statement. "The continued discussion of the* Jones case in the newspapers has not been especially agreeable to Jones nor his counsel, and a number of erroneous statements have been made in connection with the case, ' both before and since the trial. In order to set these questions at rest his counsel are induced to make a brief statement. -h "First of all, Associate Justice Gary has been severely criticised for granting Jones bail before trial. This was wholly undeserved, as Solicitor Hildebrand, consented to it and to the amount of bail. Again at the trial Mr. Raysor, leading counsel for the State, in argument, practically conceded it was manslaughter under the evidence, and the verdict was for manslaughter. Manslaughter before trial is always bailable. Before ? criticising Justice Gary these facts, which were of record, could have been ascertained from the records. .; "As required by law counsel for Jones gave notice within ten days after adjournment of court of intention to appeal. The appeal has never been abandoned. Counsel for Jones have 30 days in which to prepare the case for appeal, which will be done; then the case cannot be heard in the supreme court until during the first week in May next, and Jones has until that time to determine whether he will press or abandon his appeal. Of course he may abandon the appeal at any time before then, and in candor his counsel have been considering the advisability of abandoning the appeal and allowing him to enter upon his sentence. . Jones Wasn't Comfortable. "The jail at Orangeburg has an iron cell or cage in which the negro prisoners are confined; thru there is one cell fixed up for white prisoners, but the lunatic, Gunning, (who has within the past few days been taken to the asylum,) occupied this cell, Trtnao nnnl/1 nnt ha ailU) Ul twui cv, u vu^o VVU1U uvu vv put in a cell with him, and had to be kept in the corridor of the jail, which was neither safe nor comfortable; hence the sherff took Jones to the penitentiary, Jones assenting to same, pending the appeal. The sheriff carried along a certified copy of the sentence so that in case of abandoning the appeal, which was then, and even now, seriously considered, there would be no hitch and " ? * 1 j t-?_; runner rormamy required, rrisousrs are often carried to the penitentiary for safekeeping, both before and after trial, so why so much talk about this case? Petition for Pardon. "As to Jones's intended application for pardon we will say that we know nothing of this at this time and have taken no part in such an affort,, but if necessary, and at the proper time, we have no doubt that an application for pardon will be made, as it ought to be. As we un- ^ ierstand, Jones has the constitution il right to apply for pardon; he has :he constitutional right to work for lis pardon whether in jail or in the penitentiary, pending an appeal or vhile serving his sentence, and upon . proper showing the governor, whoever he may be, will have the consti;utional right to grant him pardon, ill prejudicial newspaper correspondents to the contrary notwithstand ng. "We have been informed that some >f Jones's friends, without consultaion with us, are now circulating pe;itions for his pardon, to be used, 10 doubt, at the proper time, and we ;ee nothing improper in this, for the >verwhelming opinion in Orangeburg md surrounding community is that tones should be pardoned. In imposng sentence Judge Memminger stat;d that if Jones behaved himself at he proper time, he, no doubt, could ^ ecommend executive clemency. "So why cannot we have a rest as o this matter? We are not criticisng anybody. Jones is not saying mything." WANTED.?A good porter at the tohnson Hotel. Apply to G. W. JARLAND. * * "*>*" * * ;y .. . . '/t&i