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^ - ' :H I iamforg fnralii J P Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 23,1911. One Dollar a Year ' j| I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. ^ Ehrhardt, March 20.?Rev. E. A. McDowell, who is to take charge of It./ the Baptist pastorate of which the Ehrahrdt church is a part, came in ^ town Saturday afternoon. He is expecting his goods by every freight, r v* As soon as they land here he will go | to housekeeping at once. Rev. T. W. Shealy, of Springfield, Ga^, will assist Rev. D. B. Groseclose to conduct next week three days' services at Ehrhardt Lutheran church preparatory to communion on the first Sunday in April. Mr. Charles Ehrhardt intends going into the transfer business with automobiles. He has three autos now, and talks of getting a fourth and larger car than either that he has now. Some of our farmers have planted corn for more than a week, but think most of them are waiting for more favorable weather conditions. Messrs. Frank Hiers and Jacob Ehrhardt attended court at Walterboro last Tuesday. Mrs. J. L. Copeland and her sister, Miss Esther Farrell, and sister-inlaw, Mrs. J. J. Farrell, went to Char" leston to do some shopping and pleas' ure seeking last week. Mr. George Westerlund is visiting vl- ?A/I/4SA Mart? fUIB 81SIC1, ;*iic. auui? **?? w. Mr. Charles Thomas leaves us to I take charge of the bank at Smoaks. I Mr. Thomas has been studying the E/ banking business under Mr. A. F. Hendrson, of this place, and think $}. him a good honest man for the po? sition. It is reported that he is X.-, ; K : thinking of employing a stenographer and assistant cashier from Bamberg. The young lady has been taking lessons preparatory to this end, I am told by one that should know. How ^ about it, Charlie? More houses are wanted in town. (At least six dwellings are wamea now, and could be rented next week if ready. JEE. Governor's Action Illegal. v Columbia, March 18.?Judge Ernest Gary, after hearing arguments to-day, enjoined Governor Blease's appointees to the office of township commissioner for Beaufort county. Judge Gary holds that the appointment of Messrs. T. R. Kittles and J. E. Mason is%legal, because they were not recommended by the delegation, and that these two men are enjoined from interfering with Messrs George W. Wilkins, Jr., Edgar* Fripp and William Keyserling in the discharge tot their duties as township commisnioners. ! The order concludes as follows: ,<Til x ? minil 1 n wifim nf Iii is ClCttl iu llijr luiuu, iu i iv- ii vl the above decision of the supreme eourt, that the appointment by the governor of the said T. R. Kittles and J. E. Mason to the respective offices . of township commissioners, without their having been recommended by the delegation from Beaufort county, is illegal and void, and that they ahould be enjoined and restricted r from interfering with the possession of the said incumbents." Odom Dies from Wound. Bennettsville, March 20.?Jno. A. Odom, who was shot at Brightsville school house Friday night, died yesterday morning. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict that his death was HR- caused from gunshot wounds inflicted by Geo. W. Bullard and William Bar| rington. v Conflicting accounts have Wn sriven of the homicide and ft is I impossible to give details that are not contradictory. Odom was shot several times, first by Bullard and last by Barrington. Odom cut Barrington after Bullard had shot Odom. Barrington is regarded as being in a very serious condition. Bullard has been arrested. Hero Dies in Ambulance. Cleveland, O., March 19.?An unknown hero died in an ambulance this afternoon after he had snatched Ernest Baker, a child of six, from in front of a moving train on a grade crossing. The man's attempt to save the boy proved fruitless, the lad dying in a hospital to-night. The man, a Hungarian, saw the child standing apparently bewildered on the tracks. A train was coming from each direction. He ran forward, picked up the boy and escaped one train but stumbled in front of the other. Nothing was found on him to establish his identification. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. NEW COMMISSION APPOINTED. Commssions Issued Monday to Five . New Members. Governor Blease commissioned, Monday, Messrs. John V. Wallace, of Charleston, James Stackhouse of Marion, Thomas F\ Brantley of Orangeburg, Fred H. Dominick, of Newberry and John Lanty Mimnaugh of Columbia, as members of the dispensary winding-up commission, in the place of the commissioners whom he summarily removed from office recently, for "neglect of duty and incompetence," Messrs. W. J. Murray of Columbia, J. Steele Brice of Yorkville, John McSween of Timmonsville, Avery Patton of Greenville and A. N. Wood of Gaffney. "Will they all accept," the governor was asked. "Well," he replied, "I am sure enough about that io go ahead and issue the commissions." Who They Are. Mr. Wallace Is Charleston manager for the Cable Piano company. He was formerly a member of the lower house of the general assembly. Mr. Stackhouse was formerly senator from Marion county. Mr. Brantley, formerly senator from Orangeburg county, was once a candidate for congress. Mr. Dominick, a former representative from Newberry county and now chairman of the county Democratic executive committee, was Governor Blease's law partner until shortly before the latter's inauguration. Mr. Mimnaugh, the Columbia merchant, was formerly a resident of Newberry, where a brother now lives. Little remains to be done by the new commission toward winding up the affairs of the late State dispensary. The commissioners whom Governor Blease removed have practically finished the work. The only important matters undisposed of are the accounts with the JUchland Distilling company and the Carolina Glass company, both of Columbia. In each case the State's claim is in suit. Ansel May be Appointed Judge. Greenville, March 20.?If Federal Judge William H. Brawley retires this year, having reached the age limit of 70 years, the name of Hon. Martin F. Ansel, former governor of South Carolina, will be presented to the president for the position. This announcement was made today with the consent of Mr. Ansel, who says that he would accept the rvncftiATi if it wail tendered him. A number of the most prominent and influential men in the State including some congressmen have recommended the ex-governor most highly. It will be remembered that at the meeting of the house of governors in Kentucky last fall 20 governors recommended Mr. Ansel for a position on the court of commerce. This <t is thought will have considerable weight with the president in this appointment. Not only have prominent men in this State recommended him for the judgeship but from other States have come endorsements. The announcement to-day is taken to mean conclusively that Judge Brawley will retire for it is not thought this step would have been take unless it is sure that Mr. Brawley would give up the position. FOUND GUILTY. Merchants1 and Miners1 Transportation Company Convicted. Savannah, Go., March 17.?Guilty of violating the Elkins act was the verdict returned against the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation company in the federal circuit court here today by a jury which has been hearing evidence in the first of a series of cases which involved also the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard A if T.ina railroads and T. P. Millar & Sons, grain merchants of Philadelphia. Immediately following the verdict, sentence under which will be pronounced Monday, the two railroad companies entered pleas of guilty on one of the counts in the indictment against them and were fined $2,000 each. The case agaihst the Miller company will be tried beginning Monday. The conviction of the transportation company is for participating in the carriage of grain in car load lots from Philadelphia to Jacksonville through Savannah at the rate of 10 cents a hundred pounds when the tariff filed with the interstate commerce commission called for a rate of 15 cents. The conviction was on all of 14 counts found in the indictment and the penalty is not less than $1,000 or more than $20,000 on each count. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. A meeting of the executive committee of the State Press Association was held in Columbia, at which it was decided to hold the annual meeting of the association in Columbia May 31st and June 1st and 2nd. After the meeting the editors and their families. will take a trip over the Clyde line to New York. N B. F. Kelly, former member of the State senate from Lee county, was appointed by Gov. Blease as a member of the dispensary winding-up commission to take the place of John L. Mimnaugh of Columbia, who resigned. J. J. Jones, who is now confined in the penitentiary at Columbia for the killing of Abe Pearlstine, was in Branchville last Sunday. He was in charge of a guard from the penitentiary, and was on his way to Smoaks to attend the funeral of his mother. He wa carried back to Columbia Monday night. Mr. J. L. Mimnaugh, a prominent merchant of Columbia, who was appointed by the governor as a member of the new dispensary commission, has declined to accept the appointment. He did not give his reasons publicly, saying they had been given in a letter to the governor dedining the appointmen.. All the other appointees will accept. BUCKS POLITICIAN. Governor Clashes with Democratic State Chairman. , Trenton, N. J., .March 20.?The Geran bill which Gov. Wilson is so earnestly advocating was > scheduled to come up on second reading in the house and late this afternoon Gov. Wilson sent for Mr. Nugent, Democratic State chairman, with a view of talking matters over. The interview terminated in Gov. Wilson practically ordering Mr. Nugent out of his executive office. After the meeting Gov. Wilson and Mr. Nugent gave out statements which were practically the same as to what actually happened, although differing in their conclusions. Nugent's Insult. Gov. Wilson asked Nugent if it was true that he was opposing the bill and Nugent replied that he was. Nugent said that he understood that the governor had the votes, ''but I don't know how you secured them." This angered the governor, who inquired what Nugent meant. Nugent repiled that it was common talk that the governor had "obtained the necessary votes through the use of patronage." Orders Him Out. This the governor characterized as an insult and bade Nugent good afternoon, at the same time waving his hand toward fhe door. Nugent retorted that he had "always been satisfied that you were not a gentleman" and left. Just before the house convened Assemblyman Matthews, the Democratic leader, who has been opposed to the Geran bill, expressed a willingness to resign. As soon as his purpose was disclosed the Democratic members drowned out his voice and refused to listen to him. No Record of Parole. Lexington, March 20.?It is reported here to-day that Gov. Cole L. Blease has granted a parole until July 1 to W. B. Glenn of Batesburg, who, on March 24, last, shot and killed Clinton Rhoden on the streets of that town and who was tried at ' * * * - * A - ? J tne June term 01 cuurt imu wuvitwu of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a period of five years on the public works of the county or in the State penitentiary. The case was appealed to the supreme court and that tribunal, on last Thursday, affirmed the decision of the circuit court. An inquiry at the clerk of court's office brought out the information that no official notice from the governor had been received. Mr. Glenn, however, who came to Lexington this morning, states that^he parole has been granted and that he has a copy of the order at his home in Batesburg. It is understood that the parole was granted upon the earnest appeal of Mr. Glenn's daughter, who is a telephone operator in the city of < Columbia. The parole is said to have been issued on last Saturday. Glenn is city electrician for the town of Batesburg. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. . ' . .' ; / * 'IV. HIT BOOKER HARD. Janitor Mistook Negro for Burglar and Used Club on Him. New York, March 19.?Upon complaint of Booker T. Washington, negro, a man was locked up by the police to-night charged with assault. The negro received so severe a blow on his head from a club that he was at the Flower hospital for over an hour late to-night having the wound dressed. The trouble occurred in front of a OiAtJ "lUli CI XIV UDC U t naivu Washington called about 10 o'clock. No one answered his repeated calls on the door bell. Thinking the man he wished to see might appear at any moment, Washington walked up and down in the vicinity for more than half an hour, when his walk was interrupted by a man having the appearance, of a janitor, who emerged with a club in his hand, according to the complainant, and struck him. He said he returned the blow with his fist and held the man until the police arrived. The janitor acted, according to Washington "as though he thought I was a burglar." The alleged assailant, who is a large German, gave his name as Albert Ulrich. Ulrich told the police that his wife complained that a negro had been hanging around the hallway, acting suspiciously. He walked up to the man and asked him what he wanted. No reason being given, he promptlygrabbed the negro. In the mix-up which followed Ulrich used his club and received the return blows which the negro admitted he struck. At the flower hospital it was said Washington had suffered two lacerations of the scalp, each about four inches long; that his right ear was split and he received several body bruises. Washington came to New York last Saturday to meet the auditor of Tuskegee institute, D. C. Smith, whom he was trying to locate in West Sixty-third street to-night when the attack occurred. READY FOBTTHE PUMPS. mmrnammmmmmmm Wreck of the Maine Will be Inspected Within Six Weeks. The dam about the wreck of the battleship Maine will be completed within a week and pumping will start, according to an announcement by Col. Black of the Maine commission. The battleship will be on dry ground within six weeks, he says, ready to be inspected by the official commission which is to discover the exact cause of the explosion. Col. Black says the divers' reports indicate that the hull is in very bad condition. The top of the forward turret was' found buried this week in the mud of the harbor, it was lifted to the surface, intact, but with the riverts torn and twisted, showing the great force of the explosion. BLEASE PRAISES BABCOCK. Denies Rumor that He Would Tender Position to Newberry Physician. Newberry, March 20.?Asked as to a rumor to the effect tha had come to Newberry to tender the superintendency of the asylum to a Newberry physician, Gov. Blease said to-night that his visit to Newberry was for purely personal reasons and had nothing to do with such a matter and that nothing was further from his thoughts. He spoke in the highest terms of Dr. Babcock, saying that after an explanation from Dr. Babcock in regard to a certain matter and after finding that Dr. Babcock had been maliciously deceived and did what he did under legal process after being promised "upon the honor of certain people that he would not be called upon to do the very thing that they resorted to legal process to make him do" he found Dr. Babrock a thorouehlv honest eentleman. competent in his position and worthy the confidence of the people of South Carolina, and he would gladly do what he could to uphold his hands. He expressed himself as pleased with the selection of the recent asylum site and with Dr. Babcock's report of his management of the affairs of the institution. He said he had nothing further to say at present in regard to dispensary makers but that he was satisfied, when the people of South Carolina were thoroughly informed as to who Mr. Felder was that they would be very much surprised "that the immaculate ex-members of the former dispensary winding-up commission and the present attorney general of South Carolina should trust to him the power of immunity, which they had given." O'Riley will arrive next Monday. ? V # t FELDER ANSWERS BLEASE ATLANTA ATTORNEY" REPLIES TO GOVERNOR'S EXPOSURE. Serves Notice that Unless Investigation Act is Signed in 30 Days Ua Will VUrito a Rnnlr. To the Editor of The State: On the 18 th inst. I addressed a letter to J. S. Brice of Yorkville, S. C., a copy of which I beg to hand you herewith enclosed and which I ask that you publish, as it will, I think, suffice, at least for the present, as a reply to the last deliverance of the general counsel of the plunderbund, Cole L. Blease, late of Newberry, now of the state at large. It seems that the aforesaid "Coleman" is a man of very unique and versatile talents, a sort of "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," a genius possessing a dual character and dual characteristics. In the capital city of your State his sign reads: "Cole L. Blease, Governor. Pardons for Grafters granted while you wait." In Newberry it is : "Cole L. Blease, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Practice confined to representing my friends, who have been and are now my partners in crime." When he wrote, as "Dr. Jekyl," his memorable message demanding the appointment of an investigating committee, he was not aware of how much of his record I knew, in addition to the fact that as State sena tor he received $100 per month from the Lanahans of Baltimore to influence business for them, hut he found out very soon thereafter that I had all the facts and that if the committee was appointed which was demanded by him, the "fur would fly." An emissary from him and his gang appeared in Atlanta shortly after he discovered ho,w much of his record I knew, with the statement that the governor "knew some things on me, and if I would not tell on him, he would not tell on me." I bade him convey to his chief and his chief's fellow-criminals the message that I had never done a dishonorable act in connection with the State dispensary of South Carolina and that his governor knew this as well as I did, and that if the governor had any documentary evidence showing any improper connection with the late dispensary or its officials, they were forgeries, and that if any of his minions testified to any improper relations, the testimony would be perjured, and he knew it; that in common with everybody interested, I desired the fullest, freest and most searching investigation, and that he might say to the governor and his allies that my attitude towards him would be "Lay on, Macduff, and damned be he who first cries hold, enough." My associates and myself have discussed on more than one occasion the propriety of noticing the vaporings of this mental and moral pervert in the public prints and concluded that it would be indelicate and unwise to do so in advance of the organization of the committee demanded by him (but the creation of which I knew he would contrive to defeat.) Serves Him With Notice. I serve him with notice here and now, unless he approves the joint resolution demanded by him of the legislature within the next 30 days, fin thflf the committee can Droceed with the work at hand, I propose to write a history of the dispensary, with particular reference to "His Fraudulency's" connection with it, from his employment by the plunderbund as "Attorney and Senator" down to his employment as "Attorney and Governor." In passing, I shall devote a page or two to a brief history of his campaign and the source whence he derived his revenue, which was raised to defray his "legitimate campaign expenses." I I shall obtain a list of the registered voters of the State of South Carolina and mail a copy to each. I assume when this is done, it will be concluded by everybody in your State, outside of the penitentiary and the lunatic asylum, that the conduct of this modern "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," since he commenced his career of crime by stealing the speech of his collegemate down to date has been such as to create a panic about the habitues of a rat pit and to bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of the inmates of a brothel, and that instead of wearing the immaculate purple robes of the governorship, he should be clad in the filthy striped habiliments of a convict. - ? 1?- J x ^ l snail not ne provoKeu tu lunuei trespass upon your valuable space during the next 30 days. I trust that during that time I shall be able to force this man to sign the joint reso CROWDS SEARCH IN VAIN. t ^ Negro Who Attempted Assault Has Not Been Captured. Due West, March 16.?This community is still very much excited over the attempted assault by an unknown negro on a very prominent woman of the town as she returned home from her usual walk across the creek where she had been going w' jome ' |?jj| small children in the aftern. a, as they returned home from school. But little has developed as she has been unable to give any definite description of the assailant, and be- >S| cause of the fact that she was blinded with a shawl, thrown over her head from behind. The brute was evidently waiting for her as she returned and immediately after the attack jumped in the creek and went down or up the stream. All Turn Out. The entire community, including the college students, turned out within half an hour after the alarm was given and as the news spread crowds began to come in from the surrounding towns and country. Sheriff Lyon, with three deputies arrived on the * "'Sg3 scene in an automobile within an \ fefc hour or more and aided the crowd :||jj in its efforts. All negroes who could - ? have possibly known of the woman's usual walk were placed under arrest, at once and others have been arrested' this morning. ^ Intense excitement has prevailed J and the crowds did not disperse until 3 o'clock in the morning, and by daylight immediately resumed their search. Ready for Action. Crowds of men with rifles and guns M have been ready on a moment's notice to do anything suggested or by order |f|| ~ of the intendant of the town, Capt G. N. Nickels, or Sheriff Lyon, who have been on the job continuously last night and to-day. Automobiles : and buggies have brought in men /i||| who are in dead earnest as far as> " 25 miles or more from town. Noth- I ing definite has been accomplished, J however, and those arrested have been turned out on bond and the ex- ^jfi citement is abating this afternoon. ; The crowds are beginning to disperse. , p They are not satisfied yet, however, V^|S| and efforts will not cease. . , ;.M9j Will Offer Reward. Gov. Blease, it is expected, will . jf|u offer a reward for the arrest of the ' ||BB criminal( and the citizens will supplement this reward. The woman attacked has been rest- ) ing easier to-day but is very much / excited and nervous and unable \ to j see any one. She was not bruised nor much hurt in the struggle, but the fright was especially.hurtful, because of her nervous temperament. Has Somali Deposits. Washington, March 19-.?The pos- pM1| tal savings bank at Newberry, S. C., y does not seem to have proved popular as a savings institution. Accordto a statement given out to-night by the postmaster general Newberry has the smallest amount on deposit of all the 48 postal savings banks in the country. The statement shows the condition of the various institutions at the close of business February 28, after having been in operation since January 3. Leadville, Colorado, leads . with deposits $21,253, while Newberry is last on the list with $199 on deposit. Newberry has '18 de- * positors with an average deposit of $11.05. The offices at Carthage, Mo., . f|| and Johnson City, Tenn., are the only ;-flj ones in the Southern States which show large deposits. Clifton Forge, Va., with more depositors and more deposits than Newberry, has the lowest average deposit of all, its' average deposit being $9.07. the statement would indicate that mining and large mining communities are the principal patrons of the postal savings system. C. F. Rizer at Olar will have his onrinc millinery onenine next Tues day, March 28th, at which time will be displayed the latest models in pattern and ready-to-wear hats, as well as dress goods, trimmings, no tions, and all kinds of goods for the ladies. You are esiffecially invited to attend, whether you wish to buy anything or not. You can be sure it's stylish and the price right if you get it at Rizer's. lution. If I /ail to do so, I shall enlighten the people of your State as to the record of this man, by furnishing evidence which will be entirely satis- ' - i| factory to the most skeptical, as \to his criminal connection with all ofthe State's affairs during the last 16 to 18 years. THOMAS B. PELDER. Atlanta, March 20, 1911. O'Riley will arrive next Monday.^ ^ ^