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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, March 13.?The Hacker
Manufacturing company are receiving
their machinery and will
commence placing it in their building
as soon as possible.
Fertilizer is still coming in and
farmers are busy hauling as fast as
? they can. Most of them are ready
to plant, but are afraid of the predicted
cold wave that is to come the
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Two of our sporting men went
., over to Howell's old mill to try their
? luck at the trout fish. They could
< not see anv fish from the dam, so
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they got in a boat and went up the
stream on the pond side. They say
the cooters did not like this and got
so furious they run them out of the
pond after shooting all their balls
into them.
Mr. Herbert Ehrhardt came home I
for two or three days and will return
this morning to his work at Newber*ry
college.
The Ehrhardt Hardware Co. are
busy marking and placing up their
hardware and will be ready for the
trade shortly.
An extra came in Sunday night
^ with fertilizer. This warm spell has
made some of the farmers anxious to
plant corn.
Some of our young men in town
have arranged for a spring course of
attractions with the Alkahest Lyceum
people of Atlanta, Ga. The first
attraction will be given on the 25th
of March in the Coppland hall. These
. attractions are more than to satisfy
curiosity and mirth to an audience,
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uul wm ue Lftjucuciiii ctuu uiiuu improving,
giving a chance to hear
music and singing worthy of a
larger place than this. Your money
will be spent for a benefit, if you
come and attend. Don't forget the
day and the place. JEE.
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m Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, March 13.?Dr. Walter
Hiers delivered a fine lecture here
I. s recently, illustrating^ his talk by
showing pictures of the Holy Land.
Rev. Henry Stokes, agent from the
Columbia Female College, preached
a very fine sermon here Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Bothwell Graham, of Estill,
who has some members here, will
preach for us next Friday night.
A birthday party, given by little
Lee Brabham to his school mate
* friends,
was much enjoyed recently.
Mr. Bennett, while working on Mrs.
Julia Sanders's new residence, fell
!> and broke several ribs. His daughter,
Mrs. Bessinger, of Sycamore, is
here assisting in pursing him.
Dr. Ed. Kerrison has returned
from a pleasant trip to Charleston,
much improved in health.
Miss Mentzer, of Pennsylvania, has
returned after an absence of several
' months, to the delight of her many
friends here.
Miss Tiny Blankenship, of Bruneon,
who lived here several years ago,
visited old friends recently and edified
them with sweet music.
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it is warm enougn now 10 piant
corn?roses are abloom and all looks
V springlike.
Midway Musings.
y Midway, March 14.?The farmers
are all very glad to see the delightful
rain.
Mrs. H. B. Murphy returned Friday
night, accompanied by Mr. W.
^ H. Taylor and family, of Cameron,
B whom she has been visiting for some
[ time. Mr. Taylor and family returnw
ed home Sunday.
Mr. Carlisle Ashe, of Cope, was in
town Sunday.
The recent fire here has caused
Mr. J. B. Smith to make his future
home in Reevesville. He left last
* night to the regret of his friends.
Miss Bessie Stuckey, of Statesburg,
who has been spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. E. W. Duen.
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| Sing, will reiurn uuuie weunesaay,
accompanied by Mr. H. R. Duensing.
( Miss May Smoak, of Langlev, and
f little Emile Smoak, of Bamberg, were
the guests of Miss Daisy Murphy SatBf
urday and Sunday,
f Mr. A. R. Dempsey, who has been
suffering with rheumatism, is improving
now, to the delight of his many
friends.
Mr. A. B. Walker, of Cameron,
visited his sisters, Mrs. H. B. Murphy
| > and Miss Sarah Walker, the latter
part of last week.
Messrs. Kline and Fairey, of
Branchville, also Hunter and Crider,:
of Bamberg, were visitors in town
Sunday.
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TOOK CHILDREN FROM MOTHER.
Wife Asks Authorities for Return of
Colleton Man.
Walterboro, March 13.?James
Price, who was acquitted a year ago
of the killing of Willie Reddish, in
upper Colleton, near Williams, returend
a week ago from Florida, I
where he has been living for some
time and, going to his old home, attempted
to take his two children;
from their mother, his wife, from
whom he had been separated for a'
year. She remonstrated with him
and he attacked her, beating her severely.
Price then took the children, |
a boy and a girl, aged 6 and 4 years,
and left with them for Florida. Mrs.
Price endeavored to stop him and notified
Sheriff Fox to have him arrested
as he pased through Walterboro.
Price, however, eluded the sheriff
and went Sunday to Florida. The
Savannah authorities were telegraphed
to stop Price there, but he evidently
got by Savannah, as nothing
has been heard of his capture.
Price has had a checkered career
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I ago he shot and killed Willie Red-j
dish and was finally acquitted, after
a mistrial or two. Drink has been
his besetting sin. ?
Mrs. Price came to Walterboro today
to urge the capture of Price and
the return of her children. Sheriff
Fox has the matter under advisement
and will endeavor to have Price returned.
WOMEN GIVEN BEATING.
White Caps in Kentucky Apply Bug-1
gy Whips to Them.
Garbed as "white caps," a score
or more of women joined with a
mob of 100 men in whipping two women
in Morgan county, Ky., Saturday.
The victims of the mob were
sisters, Nannie and Mary Combs.
The beating was most severe
as attested by the fact that two new
buggy whips were worn out on the
backs of the women. After that they
were forced into a vehicle, sent to
the nearest rairroad station and put
on a train for their former home in
Breathitt county, under orders never
to return.
The Combs women were accused
of operating a resort in an isolated
section of Morgan county. They had
been warned frequently to leave hut
they paid no attention to the orders
and feeling against them became so
intense that when the whipping was
decided upon many women insisted
upon being allowed to join the
"white caps."
Uses Whip, Then Pistol.
Quitman, Ga., March 13.?While
his aged mother looked on, Robert
Howell, a well-to-do white man, shot
and instantly killed John Odom in
a store at Nankin, this county, today.
Before shooting Odom, Howell
gave him a thorough whipping with
a horsewhip. A fight during last
Christmas holidays is said to have
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Saved by Negro Man.
Alcolu, March 13.?A house belonging
to Mrs. Mary E. Hodge and
occupied as a dwelling by J. Mack
Bagnal, was destroyed by fire at
11:30 o'clock last night. Mr. Bagnal
is a cripple and was in the house
alone and asleep at the time the
house caught- fire and would possibly
have lost his life but for the timely
arrival of a negro man, Sam Washington,
who knocked the door down
and aroused him.
The fire started between the overhead
ceiling and the roof.
The stillness of the night, together
with the efforts of those who had
gathered, prevented the spread of the
flames to the nearby buildings.
Was Not the Right Negro.
Orangeburg, March 13.?Sheriff
Salley has been notified by Paul A.
Gibson, who went as Sheriff Salley's
agent to Waycross, Ga., that the negro,
James Evans, who was held in
that city for the murder of J. T.
Philips, is not the James Evans who
committed this murder. Mr. Gibson
lives at Norway, the scene of the
brutal murder of Mr. Philips seven
years ago, and knew the negro Evans
well, as the negro worked for Mr.
Gibson.
However, the police authorities say
that if this is the wrong negro, they
can apprehend the right one and will
do so if they can obtain the reward
that was offered many years ago. An
effort will be made by authorities in
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mis county to ODiain requisition. papers
from the governor of South Carj
olina and also the revival of the re%
ward and have the criminal apprehended
if possible.
"O'Riley Is coming!"
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE I
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down for Quick j
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
D. D. McColl, president of the
Bank of Marlboro, and one of the
wealthiest men in Marlboro county,
died at his home in Bennettsville
last Friday.
It is estimated that Clemson col
lege will receive from the fertilizer
tax this year $300,000. Last year
the college received about $250,000
from this source.
The State board of education will
meet June 17th to adopt school books
for the public schools of the State.
The present contract with the school
book publishers expires in August.
Mr. J. P. Matheny has tendered his
resignation as secretary of the Orangeburg
chamber of commerce, as
he will soon enter a line of business
that will take him away from that
city.
Charleston has just completed a
successful campaign for a new Y. M.
C. A. building. Committees from the
business men of the city canvassed
for a week and raised $158,000 for
the new building.
It is expected that the trial of H.
H. Evans will take place in Newberry
next week, as both sides are said to
be ready and anxious for trial. Evans
is charged with conspiracy to defraud
the State while a member of
the State board of dispensary directors.
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Governor Blease refused to reappoint
J. M. Daniel as dispensary
auditor, but has appointed M. H.
Mobley, formerly an employee of the
old State dispensary. The position
pays $2,500 a year. No doubt the
appointee is a political supporter of
. Via
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The governor is having trouble all
around these days. Magistrates and
other county officials in several
i places refuse to give way to his ap)
pointees, and in Beaufort county an
injunction has been obtained against
his appointees as county commissioners.
A hearing is to be had on
the matter before Judge Gary at Walterboro
to-day.
The work of a preliminary survey
for the Edisto river between Orangeburg
and Charleston will soon be be
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gull. 1 111D SUI VC^ ID IU uctci Iiiiiie
whether it is practicable to open the
river to navigation, and if the result
shows that the Edisto can be made
navjigable, no doubt the necessary
appropriation for this work will be
made at the next session of congress.
KILLS HIS LITTLE SISTER.
Gun in Hands of 10-Year-Old Florence
Boy Accidentally Discharged.
Florence, March 13.?As the result
of a most distressing accident, which
occurred here this afternoon, the
one-year-old daugnter or Mr. ana
Mrs. Charles H. Cole is dead, and the
arm of Mrs. Wallace, a neighbor of
the Coles, is terribly lacerated.
Charles, the 10-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cole, took a shotgun to go
rabbit hunting. As he attempted to
pass out the door of the Cole home,
the gun fired and the entire contents
took effect in the stomach of the
boy's little baby sister, and the arm
of Mrs. Wallace, who was a visitor,
and who was holding the baby in her
arms. The child died almost instantly,
as it was practically disembowelled.
Mrs. Wallace had her arm
dressed as quickly as medical aid
could reach her and she is resting
easily to-night, although it is not
known how badly she is injured. The
parents of the children are greatly
distressed over the unfortunate accident
as well as the boy who had the
gun in hand.
Killed by Fall from Buggy.
Columbus, Ga., March 13.?While
driving late this afternoon Rev. Howard
W. Kee, son of Bishop J. S. Kee,
r?f +V>a Mothnriict r>hnrr?h Smith was
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Distantly killed. His wife, who accompanied
him, also was thrown
from the buggy and sustained serious
injury.
In falling from his buggy Dr. Kee
struck a post, crushing his head.
Mrs. Kee had two ribs broken and
was badly bruised but is expected to
recover. Because of her condition,
she was not informed of her husband's
death to-night.
Dr. Kee was 61 years old and has
been one of the prominent Methodist
ministers in this section of the State
for many years. He is survived by
the widow and six children. The
funeral arrangements will be announced
later.
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WHITE FIREMEN STRIKE.
Disagreement as to .Negro Firemen's
Status Causes Walk-out.
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 9.?White
firemen of the Cincinnati, New Or
leans & Texas railroad struck at 1
o'clock to-night because of a contro
versy over negro firemen. The strike
was in response to order from a com'
mittee of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen and Enginemen. Th(
action was taken by the union aftei
a long conference with T. C. Powell
vice president of the road, had failec
to result in an agreement.
While the union officials were bus:
sending out the strike orders Mr
Powell dictated a telegram to Wash
ington, asking mediation under th<
Erdman act. The union officials re
fused to join in a request for media
ition, asserting that their experience
had led them to believe that the mei
would lose rather than gain by sucl
a course.
The strike is due to a dispute ai
to the status of negro firemen. The
union asserts that the working agree
ment with the road provides that ne
groes are ineligible to any work ex
cept on local and slow freight train;
and on yard engines. The railroac
disputes this and asserts that theii
negro employes are entitled to pro
motion on the same terms as the
white men. About 220 firemen are 01
the roster of the road.
FOIL PLAY NOT INDICATED.
Inquest Held Over Young Hawkins'*
Body?Remains Interred.
Newberry, March 12.?The bod:
of young T. Aughtry Hawkins, whe
mysteriously disappeared from She!
ton on the 23rd of February, aftei
tranennrtins' twn npernps across the
river in a bateau, was found yes
iterday afternoon about 4 o'clock bj
Mr. Whitney, at Henderson's Island
one and a half miles below Shelton
The body was hanging by a snag an<
badly decomposed. Magistrate Hen
derson summoned a jury and held ai
inquest. A physician from the Fair
field side made a post-mortem exam
ination as best he could with th<
body in the condition it was, an<
could find no evidences of foul play
Dr. Legrand Guerry, of Columbia
a brother-in-law of young Hawkins
came up this morning and, aflter ai
examination of the body said it wai
so badly decomposed that it would b<
impossible to determine if death re
suited from violence. The body was
buried this afternoon at Maybinton
Sheriff Buford last night receive<
telephonic messages from the com
munity, urging that a thorough in
vestigation be made, as foul play was
suspetced. The sheriff is confined tc
his bed, but at 3 o'clock this morn
ing sent Deputy Sheriff Pope L. Buford
and Munson Buford to Shelton
and wrote Magistrate Henderson thai
he was ready to co-operate in making
any arrests if there was any evidence
tending to incriminate anyone.
After the inquest and the ex
amination by the physicians then
seemed to be no evidence, and, therefore,
no arrests were made.
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JUDGE POPE DYING.
Former Chief Justice Has But a Feu
Bays to Live.
Columbia, March 10.?Seventy
years old, Hon. Young John Pope
who was Captain B. R. Tillman's lieutenant
in the reform movement ol
the early '90's and who retired twc
years ago from the chief justiceshif
of the supreme court, lies critically
ill at his home in Newberry. A letter
received here to-day says: "We
have heretofore been keeping out ol
the papers all reference to Judge
Pope's condition for the reason thai
he insisted on ,reading them or having
them in a way read to him. He
has passed beyond that stage now
however, and we no longer see any
use in it. In fact, it is now but right
that his friends should be informed,
Poor fellow, he is now permanently
in bed and it is too apparent that
the end is not far ahead. I scarcely
see how he can live for more a short
while. I say five to ten days. The
last stages of the disease have beer
reached and the doctors say that it
could be a month, but it may be at
any moment, or in a day or so. There
is no longer any reason for speaking
quietly."
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MAGISTRATE KIKBY WILL STICK
TO HIS GUNS.
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- Blease Says Any Further Acts by
Major Will l>e in Violation
of Law.
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Spartanburg, March 14.?Augustus
" H. Kirby, magistrate of Spartanburg,
5 who refuses to resign his office in
r favor of Gov. Blease's appointee, J.
? Malcolm Bowden, because Mr. Bow*
den was not recommended by the
county legislative delegation and his
' appointment was not confirmed by
the senate, received a letter from the
governor to-day, informing him that
- any further acts of his would be in
" violation of the law.
The letter was in reply to one of
3 Maj. Kirby, in which he told the gov1
ernor: "Having been appointed for
1 two years, or until my successor is
appointed by and with the consent
3 of the senate, I regret that under the
3 existing circumstances I do not feel
authorized or duty bound to surren"
der the office of magistrate."
Gov. Blease says:
3 "Your letter of the 10th received.
1 I had hoped that you would retire
r gracefully, and not cause me to remove
you. However, I now repeat
3 that your commission is revoked and
1 any further acts of yours will be in
violation of the law."
Maj. Kirby said that he would let
the courts decide whether his. acts
3 were in violation of the law. He said
he had not made up his mind whether
or not to again write to the governor,
but that if he did so that is
what he would tell him.
Maj. Kirby continues tranquilly to
perform the duties of his office. He
will preside over a hearing in an important
civil case to-morrow.
Mr. Bowden is also going about his
business as though there were no
question of his right to the office.
1 TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
1 Negro and His Child Meet Instant
Death, Near Spartanburg.
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j Spartanburg, March 13.?While
standing under a large oak tree,
with his four-year-old baby boy in
' his arms, J. H. Evern, a negro who
' lives near Hobbysville, was struck
by lightning. Both the negro and the
[ boy were instantly killed. A peculiar
feature of the tragedy was that no
marks whatever were left on the boy,
but the father was badly mutilated,
j All metal about his person was completely
melted; the buttons on his
overalls were melted off and a pocket
knife showed signs of the current.
Another negro, about 100 yards
distant, saw the stroke, and when he
arrived at the side of the negro both
were dead. It is thought that death
' must have been instantaneous.
SHOOTS BROTHER IN HEAD.
Negro Boy Plays with Pistol and Ac5
cidentally Discharges It.
Chester, March 11.?Nathan Price,
a colored tenant on the plantation of
J. M. Wise in the Halesville neighborhood,
was accidentally shot in the
' head yesterday evening by his brother.
The negroes were going to the
field, all of them riding in a wagon,
7 and the Price boy was playing with
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off, shooting his brother in the head,
f The wounded negro was brought- to
> the hospital' here to-day and oper)
ated on. He is in a critical condition
with the chances against his recovery.
Capt. Adams to Leave Charleston.
Charlestpn, March 11.?Capt. Edward
M. Adams, corps of engineers,
U. S. A., in charge of the river and
harbor work in South Carolina, has
been ordered to duty as disbursing
officer in the United States engineer's
office in New York city and he will
probably leave here next week, upon
turning over the local office to Col.
Dan C. Kingman, of Savannah, who
will temporarily have charge of the
office until Capt. Adams's successor
is appointed. The announcement of
l Capt. Adams's departure will be re
; ceived with general regret, tie nas
: made many friends during his stay
s here of two years. His administra;
tion has been marked by a particularly
business-like control of the department
and the inauguration and
conduct of a number of reforms, in
the way of improvement of navigation
of rivers and other works. . He has
shown a friendly consideration for
the commercial development of
Charleston which has been appreciated
by the business interests of the
port.
"O'Riley is coming!"
RACE RIOT STARTS.
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Entire Police Force of Galveston
('ailed Upon to Quell Disturbance.
Galveston, Texas,, March 12.?A
race riot was precipitated early today
by the stabbing of Winfield Joel,
a soldier from the camp at Fort
Crockettt, by an unknown negro in
Galveston. One Mexican and four
negroes were severely beaten and the
house in front of which the stabbing
occurred was set on fire and burned
to the ground. The entire police
force of the city was called out to
quell the disturbance. Joel, who is
a member of the One Hundred and
Forty-fourth company, coast artillery,
stationed at Fort Moultrie,
Charleston, S. C., lies in Sealy hos
pital, seriously wounded with a deep
knife wound in the chest just above8
the heart. He probably will recover.
Started the Puss.
An invidious remark made by one ... 0A
of Joel's companions about the color
of the occupants of the house where
the trouble occurred is supposed to
have caused the attack.
Joel was about to open the door
of the place, it is said, when some
one leaned out of an adjacent window
and stabbed him. He fell into the &|jj
gutter unconscious and immediately
a great crowd gathered, composed of ^
soldiers and civilians of both colors.
The soldiers and white civilians attacked
every negro in sight and set
fire to the house. The solitary policeman
who appeared and attempted to ^
restore order likewise was set upon
and wounded.
Called for Aid.
' Realizing his inability to cope with
the situation single-handed the of- , '-.v*,
ficer sent in a riot call, and in a
short time every available policeman
in Galveston was on the scene. The
fire department had great difficulty
in fighting the fire on account of the
crowd. '.-jaM
Order finally was restored and the ,i%
soldier who is supposed to have V||
wounded the policeman was arrested
on the charge of assault with intent
to kill. His name is Alfred Burk- v /J*
waiter, a private in the Fifteenth
company, from Fort Barrancas, FloriCol.
Bailey, who is in command of
the provisional regiment to* which tm
the soldiers are attached, is investi- I'ijM
gating the affair and a courtmartial
probably will be ordered.
Names Willcox as Speical Judge.
Gov. Blease Announced Saturday
that he had commissioned F. L. Willcox
of Florence as special judge for
the Florence county court, which
commenced Monday, thus following
the recommendations of the supreme
court. He issued the commission, he
said, upon the recommendation of
the Florence County Bar association.
\fy mac nrvf nn tho "plipihlfl"
"Did you regard the recommendation
of the supreme court in granting
the commission to F. L. Willcox?"
he was asked.
"No, I commisioned Mr. Willcox /- |
upon the appeal of W. F. Clayton,
the chairman of the Florence County
Bar Association," he replied.
F. L. Willcox is a well-known attorney
of Florence and was endorsed
by the bar association for special
judge to Chief Justice Jones, who
sent a recommendation to the governor.
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A special judge was needed for the
regular term of court.
Gov. Blease takes the position that
the law requiring the governor to
commission special judges upon the
recommendation of the supreme
uuui l xs uuuuiiBiuuuvuai.
There are 16 prisoners in the Florence
county jail awaiting trial.
Gov. Blease has ordered a special
term of court for Horry county to
commence on April 3 to take the
place of the court that was not held
on account of the need of a judge.
Gov. Blease refused to commission
C. P. Quattlebaum as special judge
for Horry county, although Chief
Justice Jones on three occasions called
his attention to the fact that there
was not a disengaged circuit judge.
The special term of court was ordered
upon the request of Solicitor
Wells.
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Non-Suit in Damage Case.
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Walterboro, March 14.?The case
of PinlrnAv vs thp Atlantic Coast
Line and the Charleston & Western
Carolina railroads for $40,000 damages
was non-suited to-day. An appeal
will he taken or a new suit
brought.
Pinkney was train inspector and in
1907 he was seriously injured while I"
inspecting a car at Yemassee, being
badly mashed by the coupling of the
care while he was underneath one of
them.