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I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL ?, 1911. . One Dollar a Year W
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\ SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
jj IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
^ County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
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Ehrhardt, April 3.?Mrs. Herbert
Kearse was burned to death on yes
terday morning. Caught on fire
while dressing. She will be buried
| this morning by Rev. D. B. Groseclose.
The accident was a sad one
to the young husband, and he has the
sympathy of his many friends in his
> ' bereavement.
Br '
! April had its numerous fools as
usual, and put every one on guard
to such an extent until business men
would not notice business calls for
fear of getting fooled.
Farmers are making good use of
this fine weather; some are planting
cotton.
Miss Jennie Milling, one of the
teachers of our graded school, was
fc called home on adfcount of her mother's
sudden death. This leaves her
i\. without father or mother now.
Merchants complain of dull busi.
ness now. No money. JEE.
jrairiax f ancies.
Fairfax, April 3.?Mrs. McGruder,
the mother of Mrs. Timmons,
Bp who has been here for so many
months, is visting in Augusta, but
we hope soon to see her smiling face
hack in the parsonage.
Dr. E. H. Kerrison is attending the
National Dental Association in Atlanta.
Miss King, of McClellanville, is
visiting Mrs. W. G. Ruddell.
Miss Viola McPhail, accompanied
V by her aunt, of Georgia, is visiting
^ Mrs. Julia Sanders.
, Miss Zella Loadholt, the scholar
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and poetess, charmed all at Meyers'
when she recited her poem so beautifully
for the veterans' reunion.
1 1 AV .1, n,or.
S>ae accepitxi a auuuui wcic mat ?oa
offered to her.
Miss Margaret You mans has charge
of the grade in school recently taught
by Miss Clarie Drummond. The latter
contemplates a trip to Arizona
for her, health.
Miss Ollie Rhode, of Branchville,
is visiting her sister at the Fairfax
Hotel.
Miss Minnie Harter, who has been
ft ' away from us in Columbia for many
I' months, has returned to be with relatives
here.
The stables and wareroom . of
Messrs. John and Willie Harter were
burned last week. No insurance.
ilioss about $2,000.
Mrs. Boyles, her daughter and
granddaughter, of Allendale, are
guests of Miss Mary Brunson.
Miss Lillie Lightsey, of Brunson,
is visiting Mrs. Etta Lightsey.
Mrs. Jones Lane is in Charlotte a^
a witness in the diamond theft case.
Colston Callings.
Colston, April 3.?Everything is
dull on Colston at present. Pindar
shellings and quiltings are a thing of
the past, but an occasional wind
storm breaks the monotony and gives
folks something to talk about. We
| hear of one lady being exposed to the
g balmy breezes of March last week
and coming home minus hair pins
and -rats. This comes as a timely
warning to the wearers of rats and
B-i, puffs.
r Spring is with us again and nature
seems truly waking up from her long
sleep. We see the tired, discouraged
farmer of last fall, going to work
|? with a vim as he prepares to ','try
again," and is, no doubt, building
"castles in Spain" already. We hope,
however, that these castles will be
furnished.
Children are looking forward to
Easter, and the grown folks too, and
why shouldn't they? For this is a
time that should bring joy to all
hearts. An egg hunt will be given
^ at Mt. Pleasant church on Saturday
f afternoon, to which all the little
folks are invited.
Mr. Calvin Rentz has been on the
sick list, but we are glad to report
him better now.
Miss Lizzie Fender, of Lodge, is
visiting at the home of Mr. Willie
Beard.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Smith, of the
Oak Grove section, visited Mr. Calvin
Rentz Sunday.
f>\ Mrs. Annie Lou McDonald is on a
f'r ' visit to her brother, Mr. Ernest Chassereau,
of Jacksonboro.
jjjj Mr. C. C. Fender was called a few
ipv days ago to the bedside of his brothggf
er, Mr. Houck Fender, who is extremely
ill with pneumonia. We are
not able to report his .condition at
this writing.
Misses Minnie and Alma Fender
visited relatives in Bamberg last
^ week.
| CRIMINAL ASSAULT CHARGED.
Cotton Mill Operative Must Answer
Serious Accusations. 1
Columbia, April 3.?Charged with
criminal assault on March 10, upon i
a motherless girl of 15, who is the
only surviving member of his immediate
family, William Mims, a 40year-old
mill operative who had been
arrested on Sunday by the New
Brookland police, on the nominal
charge of disorderly conduct, was today
committed to the Lexington jail,
upon a warrant issued by Magistrate
Buff.
According to the story told by the
girl, the incident of March 10 was
not the first mistreatment of her by
Mims. The girl first told her story
to some relatives, and it was those
who caused his arrest on Sunday by
John Sturkey, chief of the New
Brookland police. Later in the day
she made a full statement to Magistrate
Buff, in the presence of Messrs.
J. B. Mims/'C. L. Wyndham and R.
D. Haley, and as a result a warrrant
charging criminal assault, was sworn
out by Mr. Wyndham, who is the
overseer of spinning in the duck mill
of the Columbia Mills Company.
Mims, the defendant, has been at various
times an operator in the twister
room of tne duck mills.
Upon this warrant Mims was removed
from the town guard house in
New Brookland and taken to the
county jail at Lexington by Chief of
Police Sturkey, who Magistrate Buff
deputized as a constable for that purpose.
Mims did not ask for a preliminary
hearing. The girl is with
relatives in New Brookland.
Mims is described as a "floater." 1
He is said to he from Sumter. Recently
he has not worked regularly
anywhere. His wife died about 13
years ago. He has but one child.
The penalty for his alleged offense
is death by hanging. Magistrate
Buff does not care at this time to
give away the State's case by discussing
for publication the details of
the girl's story. He intimates that
there may be other arrests. J
CONGRESS CONVENES.
Chamo Clark Elected Speaker, De
feating Mann and Cooper.
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Washington, April 4.?The Sixtysecond
congress met in extraordinary <
session to-day. What the session will i
bring forth in the way of legislation
or when it will adjourn were matters 1
on which no one in Washington <
dared to venture an opinion.
The Democrats took full possession 1
of the house and put Champ Clark
of Missouri in the speaker's chair.
In his speech accepting the honor
Mr. Clark warned the Democratic
members that the eyes of the country
were upon them; that the party :
was on trial, and that it had an op- '
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pUrtUULltj 1U1 tJULC 1I1DL vl JLL1T7 in JLU
years to prove its worthiness for a
still higher expression of confidence
on the part of the American peo- :
pie.
Coming Events.
Throughout the day shadows of
the coming presidential fight hovered
about the capitol and there is no
'question that manoeuvres for political
advantage will play an import- 1
ant part in the affairs of the house
and the senate during the next few
months.
William J. Bryan of Nebraska and
Gov. Harmon of Ohio were prominent
figures on the floor during the opening
ceremonies, and both shared in
the Democratic demonstrations that
marked the day. Had Gov. Woodrow
Wilson been present, the list of generally
accepted Democratic presidential
possibilities would have been 1
complete.
Senate Was Sedate. 1
The senate opening was sedate as
usual. While the leadership of the
upper branch of the new congress remains
in Republican hands, the
change in the personnel of those assuming
command was almost as
marked as In the house itself.. Aidrich,
Hale, Beveridge and a dozen
others of both the regular and progressive
factions of the majority
were missed.
To Prohibit Free Lunch.
Little Rock, Ark., March. 30.?
Gov. Donaghey to-day signed the bill(l
recently passed by the legislature
prohibiting the giving away of lunches
in places where intoxicating liquors
are sold. The bill also makes ,
it unlawful to sell or give away in- 1
toxicants to a person who is drunk. .
Drunkenness is defined as the degree
of intoxication which incapaci- i
tates a person to reasonably transact
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the eyes of the people.
O'Riley is busy.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
, Men and Happenings.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
named the postoffice at Anderson as
a postal savings depository. This is
the second postal savings bank in the
State, the other being at Newberry.
A petition has been presented to
the governor asking for the pardon
of W. T. Jones, of Union, a wealthy
white man, who was convicted on
the charge of murdering his wife.
Action on the petition has not been
taken so far.
The special session of congress convened
in Washington Tuesday, March
4th. At the Democratic caucus Congressman
Jas. F. Byrnes, of the second
S. C. district, was assigned to
the committees of banking and currency
and war claims.
The State Bankers' Association is
to hold its annual meeting at the
Pine Forest Inn atSummerville April
18, 19, 20. A big time is promised
the bankers, and there will be a trip
to aaagnolia gardens, the navy yard,
and other places of interest around
Charleston.
J. H. Tillman Dead.
Asheville, N. C., April 1.?With
only his physician and a young
nephew with him at the end, Colonel
James H. Tillman, once lieutenant
governor of South Carolina, died here
to-night at 9:45 o'clock. The end
came very suddenly.
He had been here for his health
for the past six months and has been
apparently getting better. A few
days ago he became worse and reach
ed the stage where.it was hard for
him to take nourishment. Late
this afternoon he became much
weaker, and about 9:30 had collapsed,
the end following almost immediately.
For years he was one of
the political leaders in South Carolina,
rising to the position of lieutenant
governor of the State, as a
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Senator Benjamin R. Tillman.
In 1903, following editorial criticisms
in The Columbia State, he shot
and killed on the streets of Columbia
the editor of that paper, N .G.
Gonzales. A jury later acquitted him
of the charge of murder.
The body will be taken to the old
Tillman home at Edgefield, S. C., for
burial.
Killed by Falling Limb.
Conway, April 4.?Dick Thompson,
the 28-year-old son of J. S.
Thompson, a well-to-do farmer of
Bucksville, this county, was struck
in the head yesterday by a falling
limb and died this morning as a result
of the blow. He was in the
woods near his home cutting timber,
anri whpn struck bv the limb paid lit
tie attention to it. Shortly afterward
he became sick and a physician
was summoned. The physician pronounced
death due to a hemmorhage,
caused by the breaking of* a blood
vessel in the head.
Mr. Thompson was a member of
Georgetown lodge, Knights of Pythias,
which lodge will conduct his
funeral to-morrow afternoon at
Hebron church.
The death of young Mr. Thompson
breaks the chain of a remarkable
family circle. Living in the home
were Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and
their 11 children, all grown and all
single. Nine of the number were boys
and none have ever left the family
circle. The loyalty of the whole family
was exceptional. Originally there
were 15 children in the family, but
four of the number died in infancy.
An Excuse that Held Water.
"Waiter!" roared the diner.
The waiter looked intently out of
the window, pretending he hadn't
heard. The diner already had complained
of his chop and his chips
and his napkin, and Alphonso had
had enough of him.
"Waiter!"
Reluctantly Alphonse moved over.
"Just look at the color of this
water, waiter," growled the diner.
"It's not fit to drink."
Critically the waiter raised the
glass to the light and examined it.
Then, triumphantly, he set it down
again.
"No, sir; you're deceiving yourself,
sir," he said, kindly. "That
water's perfectly all right, sir. It's
the glass what's dirty!"?Pittsburg
Leader.
O'Riley 1b busy. x
GIVE HIS SIDE.
Gov. Blease. Answers Representative
Smith's Charges.
Concerning the Greenville county
appointments for township commissioners
that have created such a stir
in the upcountry, to the extent that
an affidavit was made and published
by a member of the Greenville delegation,
charging the governor with
changing names, a statement was
Friday given out by the governor.
Here is the statement about the matter
given out by the governor:
"On February 13th, 1911, the recommendations
were handed in for
Greenville county, accompanied by a
note signed by W. L. Mauldin, senator.
Later, Mr. C. D. Smith came in
and asked to be allowed to make
some changes in the recommendations.
The governor requested him
to take the matter up with Miss
Newnham, who was then a stenographer
in the office, Miss Newnham having
charge of this part of the work.
The governor, going into the front
room, with Mr. Smith, and instructing
Miss Newnham to make such
changes as Mr. Smith suggested.
Miss Newnham says a large, stout
gentleman came to her and stated
that he wanted to make the changes,
but did not have the names with him,
but that he would get them. He later
came back and suggested that Miss
Newnham insert the names in the
townships in her own handwriting,
crossing out the names sent in on
the orginal list. After Miss Newnham
made the changes, she asked
the governor if he wanted to lok at
them, ana tne governor saia, i\o, go
ahead and make the appointments
just like he gave them to you' and
the appointments were made.
"The following letter explains the
changing of the names:
" 'Greenville, S. C., Mch. 11, 1911.
"His Excellency, Cole L. Blease,
Governor of South Carolina, Columbia,
S. C.
" 'Dear Governor: In re appointment
hoard of assessors Cleveland
township, Greenville county: Your
excellency has appointed Ben Hagood,
W. L. Morgan and J. D. Drake
on tlie recommendation of Mr. C. D.
Smith and myself. I find that we
were mistaken in the initials of
Drake, and same should be C. G.
Drake instead of J. D. Drake. There
is no J. D. Drake in this township.
I suggest that you have an oath sent
to our clerk of court reading to C.
G. Drake, recalling the one to J. D.
Drake. There is a small kick going
on from friends of Senator Mauldin,
but they amount to nothing, and
didn't support either you or myself.
" 'With best wishes, I am,
" 'Yours very truly,
" 'WILTON H. EARLE.'
"Aftor the appointments were
made, Senator Mauldin came to the
governor and stated that the orig
inal list contained the names of tne
parties recommended by a majority
of the Greenville delegation and insisted
upon their being commissioned.
"The governor, in view of the recent
decision of Judge Ernest. Gary
in regard to such appointments, revoked
the commissions of those appointed,
and commissioned the parties
who were recommended by a majority
of the Greenville delegation^
"The governor says that there was
nothing dishonorable in the transaction
on the part of any one, so far
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the changes; that they were made for
him, and Senator Mauldin insisted
upon the appointment of the original
named parties; and, in obedience to
the decision of Judge Gary, these parties
were appointed. That it was
merely a delegation fight and that he
does not see that anything dishonorable
has been done by anybody, and
that he is surprised at Mr. Smith endeavoring
to place the blame for the
changes on a secretary ii^the office."
Preventing a Disturbance.
Colonel Scotchem was weary. He
had had a very arduous day retreating
from the enemy, and he wished
to recoup his strength in order that
w,n. Vi 4- of ill farther nn the
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morrow.
"MacPherson," he said to his new
servant, "I'm going to snatch 40
winks' sleep. Stay by my tent, and
see that I'm not disturbed."
Mac saluted. Not five minutes later
the snores of Col. Scotchem were
cut short by the loud report of a
gun.
"Great Scott!" cried the colonel.
"Are the enemy upon us?"
"Na, dinna fret," replied* Mac, inserting
his head reassuringly through
the tentflap. "It was only a wee
mousie. But as I thought he might
wake you up I shot him."?Answers.
DEMOCRAT WINS VICTORY
CARTER HARRISON IS ELECTED
MAYOR FOR FIFTH TERM.
"Silk Stockings" Failure to Vote
Spells Victory for Practical Politician
Against Theorist.
Chicago, April 4.?Carter H. Harrison,
mayor of Chicago from 1897
until 1905, and son of Carter H. Harrison,
Sr., who occupied the mayor's
office from 1879 to 1887, and was
assassinated during the World's Fair,
was elected mayor for the fifth time
to-day. He defeated Charles E. Mer
riam, his Republican opponent, by
17,082 votes, gaining a total of 177,358
votes.
In spite of the opposition of a majority
of the local press, the election
was almost a complete Democratic
victory. The election of Fred Connery
for city clerk and, Henry Stuckart
for city treasurer, was conceded
early, although a count of their total
vote has not been completed.
The Democratic majority of the
city council has been increased by at
least a dozen members.
Prof. Charles E. Merriam, his Republican
opponent, conceded the
election to Mr. Harrison at 6:30 p.
m., two and a half hours after the
polls closed, but declared that the results
were such as would give hope
for another contest. In giving up the
fight Mr. Merriam said:
Har Fought it Out.
"I am satisfied with the fight we
have made. We have presented the
issues of decent, honest, economical
and progressive government squarely
to the voters in a way that can not
fail to help conditions. The battle
Trrnet ho frmchf Tint nnro hilt manv
times and in the long run it will
prove successful. I congratulate Mr.
Harrison on his victory and wish
him well in his administration."'
Returns by wards show &at Prof.
Merriam was given nearly 7 per cent,
less votes than Busse (Republican)
was accorded four years ago, while
Harrison ran over 17 per cent, ahead
of the figures attained by Dunne
(Democrat) at that time. The vote
reached above 340,000, which is
practically 25,000 more than the
record at the same time in the last
mayoralty contest.
In spite of this, both sides agreed
that Merriam lost through failure of
the "silk stocking*' wards to show
the strength expected.
Forgot to Vote?
Even in the 25th ward, where
Merriam's candidacy was conceived,
fa tin pp of Morris m flimnnrtprR to
vote caused the professor's total to
drop far below what had been expected.
Harrison announced as soon as*
this ward had reported that he
had won and prepared a statement.
After this ward had reported the result
never was in doubt.
While the first ward gave up ite
usual Democratic plurality, it was
not alone from this and the river
wards of similar character that Harrison
drew his support. His eight
vears' service in the mayor's chair
drew many votes his opponent had
not counted on and his promise of
70-cent gas was said by his managers
to have had a great influence
with the West Side wards, where he
showed unexpected strength.
. One of the features of the campaign
was the vote polled by the Socialist
party. Five-sixths of the total
precincts in the first indicated that
the vote would reach 24,000, a gain
of 11,000 over the vote of four years
ago. On the other hand, the prohibition
vote, which had been 5,875
four years ago, dropped to 3,000 this
year.
Cannot Fix Prices, *
Washington, April 3.?The attempt
to put the ban on "cut rates" in proprietary
medicines in this country today
received the unqualified disap
proval of the supreme court of the
United States. The tribunal declined
in an opinion by Justice Hughes,
to give its aid to such an attempt on
the ground that it would afford the
manufacturers of medicine an unlawful
monopoly.
The question of the right of a manufacturer
to control the price of his
article to the consumer arose in a
suit begun by the Dr. Miles Medical
company of Elkhart, Ind., against a
wholesale dealer in medicines in Cincinnati,
John D. Parks Sons company.
The manufacturer sought to enjoin
the Cincinnati firm from inducing
dealers who had procured medicines
from the manufacturer to sell in violation
of a contract with the manufacturer
and from selling medicines
procured in this way at "cut rates."
O'Riley is busy.
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GUILTY OP ASSAULT.
White Man Who Hit Washington
Pleads Guilty.
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New York, April 3.?A formal plea
of guilty was entered in the court of * .Jl
special sessions by Albert Ulrich, the ..gA
carpenter, arrested two weeks ago charged
with assaulting Booker T..
Washington, the negro educator.
At a previous hearing Ulrich wae
held for trial and was summoned to
court to-day to plead to the charge "-JSp
of assault in the third degree.
Ulrich was accompanied by coun-'
sel. He hurried away from the court * ~>|||
after pleading, declining to comment
upon the case. No date has yet been
set for the trial.
Pressure was brought on Ulrich to * ;
plead guilty to a technical assault,.
and pay a light fine. His lawyer said: a?
"Ulrich feels that his action was? v
justified under the cirmustancee. In
fact, I have been informed that
Washington himself has admitted |3Kj
that his conduct appeared suspicions, >'
and that, under the circumstances, ' ; {'jfi
Ulrich acted in a natural manner.
"Ulrich has given up his apartment
in the West Sixty-third street
house^ storing his furniture and going
ttf a boarding house." : ;||S
Since the defendant plead guilty, a
fine of five or ten dollars might be ,
imposed, and no trial at which Washington
will appear will be necessary. ; ?
It is regarded as probable that it
will never be called for trial.
"Joy Ride" Proves Fatal.
Daytona, Fla., April 2.?Felix
Faust, a chauffeur of New York, was
killed, Misses Doris McDonald and
Gertrude Pfeffer of Boston fatally in- iM ,
jured and Miss Emma Lacid of Boston
hurt internally, in an automobile
"joy ride" accident on the Portx fhj
Orange road near here early to-day.
Th? car was the property of E. A.
Warner, of New York, who left for
his home last Friday, after spending - ^
the winter season here. He left in- Instructions
with Faust, his chauffeur,
to ship the car ta New York to-day. \
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his friends to take a farewell "joy
ride," and they were on their way
home when the accident occurred.
While the car was proceeding at a >111
high rate of speed, it is said, it be* .:P'M
came unmanageable and left the road, ' /|9|
plowing through a ditch and grazing |8 .
a tree. The tree tore away the steering
post, broke Faust's neck and >
crushed \is skull. The car continued ' >|jjH
for a hundred feet and collided with igH
another tree, throwing the occupants ^*?111
in every direction. Miss McDonald
suffered a broken jaw, broken shodb^ <^8
der and concussion of the brain an<t"
is said to be dying. Miss Pfeffer's iff?'
juries also are expected to prove fatal.
William Thompson of New
York and Clyde Springs of Dayton^*:
who were also in the car,. were 1 /
thrown or*, but their injuries are -v, 'igm'
The car took fire after the acci-_
dent and was burned up.
S. C. DELEGATION PLEASED*. . |||
Congressmen are Well-Placed
House Committees. ,f}
Washington, April 3.?'Represent- -0
ative Finley says though South Caro- ;
lipa gets only two committee chairmanships,
her delegation is so well -&fggs|
placed on important committees that v
every material interest in the State ij?!
will be well proftcted. Representative
Lever says he is much pleased V;'J|fl
and disavows any intention of seeking '
the chairmanship of the agricultural ' - ;3
committee over Lamb of Virginia.
He thinks Canadian reciprocity ' ' .^1
should be held back as big stick to
force tariff reduction on wool, cotton,
bagging and ties and farming
imnlomoTito and Hnasn't hplipvp th? ''^E
president would dare to prorogue the ' ^
session until the reciprocity bill is
considered, if the house sends other
measures to the senate first.
The delegation made a strong effort
to get Legare on the naval affairs - 3
committee, but the general policy of
the caucus as to navy yard districts
prevented* Aiken voluntarily yielded
the the chairmanship of the District
of Columbia committee to Johnson,
of Kentucky. Pinley was endorsed
by the South Carolina delegation
for heacf of the postoffice committee,
on condition that he should
not contest Moon's right by seniority
if Moon wanted the chairmanship,
but Finley made a vigorous fi^ht
against the attempt of the Missouri
delegation to put Lloyd, whom he
ranks, at the head. Finley retained
second place, with Lloyd third. The
South Carolina delegation, generally,
got what they wanted, and are enthusiastic
about the party outlook.
O'Riley is busy. - X:M