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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
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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.
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The order concludes as follows:
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.^ ^ ^