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I ?lte Hamburg Sjmtlb I l> ? '3 H Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL, 13,1911. One Dollar a Year > jj I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the . County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, April 10.?Had a much 1 needed rain Saturday and Saturday night, with some hail in places. Plenty of electricity was in the clouds that passed over town. The lightning set an old tree on fire near town. Old Patty Bryant was found dead in her home last week. She was old > and by herself, living in a house on Dr. J. L. Copeland's lot. I Miss Florrie Hiers and Willie h Bishop were married Sunday morning at the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. D. B. Groseclose. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt and their little son. Liles. went to New berry Sunday on business and to see relatives. The times are not too hard to get up a row. Saturday night an impu|| dent darky, spiked with Jamaica ginger and whiskey, struck Willie Ehrhardt in the face with his fist two or three licks, and was badly used up for his impudence, and spent the night in the red top inn. Our city fathers will tell him what his wrong doing will cost him. The fishermen had very good luck last week; caught a nice chance of t . uuu uou. ; The Hacker Manufacturing Co. 1 will start their engine, Annie, on J > their log road this week. What's our railroad commissioners | doing towards our freight rates? I ' notice that the railroads are going to make the minimum rate 35 cents where it is now 25 cents. The small 1 ghippper and consumer are the ones Pthat will be affected by this raise; 1 will not effect car lot shipments. Baseball Monday afternoon; first game of the seaon. JEE. Sycdmore Siftincs. i Era'.- Sycamore, S. C., April 10.?How : tool the wind is this morning! Our Easter bonnets and the little young || torn alike look out of season; the , S| oak Are is much more in vogue. Farmers here are busy planting < cotton.. They think it will mot be ] cold long. The rural schools around are clos Eing, one after another, till, ere ; many weeks more, all will have finished their six or seven months' < term, about the limit of the rural j | schools. Mrs. B. T. Lynes boasts of the ; first garden peas. Mr. and Mrs. G. i T. Loadholt and baby, Ruby, dined ] ( 1 there yesterday (Sunday) and enJoyed a dinner of delightful, fresh : f garden peas. Mrs. Lynes's peas are i fine, though suffered a terrible < fttAvn a aa1/1 /I t?aii rrV? f 11 Ulii luc V/Uiu auu uiuugut four weeks ago. The chain gang is giving us some fine roads. Everybody lives on Broad street now, who lives on the < ^ public road. The clay is much bet- < ter than so much sand. i The little children of the Bethel ( school are looking forward to the egg hunt next Friday afternoon. The i school closes that day, so they will i be free after Friday. Mrs. Mary Brabham, who has been ; very ill, we are glad to report, is convalescent again. i Mr. Fred Manuel is the proudest ; i ti Cirno m r\ro TVlO hll G V lllllO iuau XXJL UJ vauiviv/. I | old stork brought him a fine baby ( girl last week to enliven their very , quiet home. . Lawyers Call on President. Washington, April 10.?President " Taft had another opportunity to-day to learn the qualifications of numer| ous South Carolina lawyers who det ' ?ire to become the successor to Ifti, * Judge William H. Brawley when the latter retires from the federal bench If . next month. Among the well-known South Carolina attorneys who were here to-day were the following: George F. Von Kolnitz, E. M. Rucker, M. Rutledge Rivers, B. H. Rutledge, P. A. II Wilcox and George H. Moffett. Some of them saw the president about vaj|j rious candidates and others had private business. Later in the afternoon E. W. 'Hughes, of Charleston, who was one of the first to enter the race for the federal bench, visited President Taft in company with Maj. J. C. Hemphill, of Richmond, and spent |j| about half an hour discussing the matter. \ So keen has been the fight for the judgeship during the last few days that no one is able to pick the winner. I tot PARTNER TOLD OF SCHEME. * J. W. Napier Convicted of Diamond Frauds?Six Months' Sentence. ! Charlotte, N. C., April 10.?J. W. Napier, charged with using the ! United States mails to defraud diamond dealers in the North and the Southern Express Company, was found guilty by a jury in the Federal District Court here to-day, and sentenced to six months' impirsonment in the Atlanta federal prison, or pay a fine of three hundred dollars and serve two months. B. W. Duke, who was Napier's partner, voluntarily turned government witness and furnished the evi- , dence which convicted Napier. The ' pair operated in Langley, S. C., and several Georgia towns. Their scheme was to have jewelery firms send them diamonds, collect on delivery, to the express office, with the privilege of examination, and paste substitutes were used to replace the genuine he- [ fore the stones were returned to the importers. Concerns in Salem, Mass., 1 and New York were victimized. News from Govan. ] Govan, April 11.?At the W. O. W. meeting on Thursday night, after 1 the regular routine business, a sup- 1 per was enjoyed that will long be { remembered by the lodge. The speakers of the evening were Prof. ( T. C. Smoak, Messrs. W. H. Collins, and W. A. Hay, Jr. It was moved and carried*by Prof. Smoak that in 1 order to build up a greater interest in the camp that at the next regular ] meeting to hold a debate on some 1 live question. The speakers appoint- 1 ed were: Mr. W. A. Hay, Jr., and Dr. 1,. A. Hartzog, negative; Mr. W. < H. Collins and Prof. T. C. Smoak, ; affirmative. j We are glad to note that Prof, i Smoak has decided to be with us in 1 our school another year. He has 1 made us a very successful principal 1 for the past two years. 1 The Govan high school will close ] on the 20th of May with the annual < picnic at Georges Creek church. 1 Everybody is invited to attend. < Mrs. Holland Kennedy is spending 1 some time with her daughter on i Johns Island. Miss Lether Pail spent the week- j end in Olar as the guest of Mrs. O. ] L. Lain. { Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Bruce, of } Bamberg, spent Sunday with Prof. 3 and Mrs. T. C. Smoak. i Miss Lillian Lancaster has return- i ed home, after teaching the year j near Orangeburg. There will be an Easter egg hunt j at Georges Creek church on Satur- ^ day. All the little folks are antici- { pacing a grauu ume. ] We were visited on Saturday \ night* by a severe hail storm, one \ that has not been seen in a number < of years. ] ( Blease Writes Supervisor. ~ j Charging J. P. Goodwin, county, ( supervisor of Greenville county, with seeking to defy him, Gov. Blease has addressed a letter to that official calling upon him to pay for the work being done in Greenville coun- 1 ty by one of Gov. Blease's liquor con- 1 stables, or the county of Greenville * will be sued for the constable's sal- 1 ary. ] The governor's letter to Supervisor J Goodwin is as follows: "The law 1 plainly prescribes that I shall appoint ( constables when it is deemed neces- { sary in counties where there are no ( dispensaries. Yours is not the first 1 attempt to thwart me in the exercise of the laws of the State. Because ; some newspapers have been brag- 1 ging about certain officers defying the ^ laws, others, like yourself, who op- 1 posed my election, are now very 1 much inclined to defy my authority, ( which is not unexepected by me. I Bhal instruct Mr. Head to proceed with his work and bring suit against the county of Greenville for his salary, if not paid as provided by law. , Cole L. Blease, Governor." , This letter was written in reply to j one from Supervisor Goodwin, stat- i ing that he could not pay Constable ' J. W. Head, who had presented a bill ; for $74. The supervisor explained , that, heretofore, $1,600 had been in- . eluded in t?e supply bill for work , of constables, but that no provision was made this year. The only way , he said he could pay would be to draw a warrant on the treasurer. Some other explanations were made but Gov. Blease replied with , the letter given above, showing that the counties have to pay the expenses of the constables appointed by the governor to carry on the crusade j against the illicit sale of whiskey. , O'Riley is delisted with this town. . .j ?''->& -i--- - * . IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for' Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The State board of pardons held a meeting in Columbia last Thursday as required by law, but there was no business before the body, Governor Blease having withdrawn all papers from the board. The members must meet under the law and draw their salary, but the governor says he will not call on them to pass on any petitions for pardon. In Spartanburg and Greenwood counties, where the governor appointed persons as magistrate who were not recommended by the legislative delegation, the matter is to go to the courts to decide who is entitled to hold the office. In both instances two men are serving as , magistrate, and the supervisor has declined to pay either one until the matter is settled by the courts. Last Saturday Goveronr Blease vetoed the Stevenson act passed by the last legislature, which provided for distributing $300,000 of dispensary funds to the common schools. The governor took this action be sause the State board of education yoted unanimously against the act. The board did not like the provision for distribution, the apportionment being made on the basis of enrol- 1 ment. A committee from the board will draft an act to be presented to the legislature in January. The State Supreme Court has ren- ( lered an opinion to the effect that a presiding judge cannot sentence a 1 man and then parole him during ?ood behavior, if the act he commit- , ted is a crime and the penalty fixed . by statute. The matter came before . the court on appeal from Spartan burg county, where a circuit judge bad suspended sentence on a man convicted of gambling. - Later he was . onr? fniinH emiltv of thft flame U* *VU l?ll Vfc A,WMMVk ? ? I Dffence, and when the former sentence was attempted to be enforced , in appeal was taken. ( Up in Oconee county a modern ; miracle has happened. A Mr. j Poore lost his voice about three years 1 igo, and since that time had been un- ] ible to utter a word. Recently he < revival meeting shrdlu etaoin shrdlu vas present at services during a re- i rival meeting at the Baptist church in Wesminster, and during the service prayers were offered for the "octnmtirm of bin voire. Soon a hvmn ^as sung, and Mr. Poore was much 1 astonished to find that he was singing right along with the balance of the congregation. Then he went to :he platform and told about the re- ! jovery of his speech. The incident ' is vouched for by the minister and ather prominent citizens, including Mr. Poore himself, who have made affidavits attesting the truth of the occurrence. - i Shot as Friends Hold Him. Savannah, Ga., April 10.?Escap- : ing unharmed though three loads from a repeating shotgun had been sent at him, C. E. Lee, a planter of this county, this afternoon sent three : pistol bullets into the breast of L. H. Hilton, president of the Screven i County bank, member of Sylvania ;ity council and one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of this jounty. Hilton was dead in five min- i ites. i Hilton, armed with his shotgun, < approached Lee on the streets and L a , T7I_J__ Degan nrillg. r neuus uioaiuiou auu tield him after he fired three times, i and then Lee walked up and sent ; three bullets into his foe. Lee es- i saped, but telephoned the sheriff he ffas ready to surrender. < Raided Distillery. Wedgefield, April 9.?Two revenue officers came here from Columbia Fester day and were join^l by Deputies Sykes and Muldrow and State J Constable Bracey from Sumter, rhey all went on to Owens Mill, seven miles below here, to try to locate a distilling plant that has been , a source of trouble for this part of the county for several years. They . were amply rewarded, as they came through town this morning with the remains of the plant, two jugs of whiskey and one Singleton, a negro. ( About 200 gallons of beer was also destroyed. , Three of the officers went back to-day to arrest the men who have been operating the still, but were unsucessful, they having made their escape. O'Riley is delighted with this town. i NO NEGROES TO BORDER. War Department Rescinds Order Affecting Ninth Cavalry. Washington, April 6.?The order transferring the 9*th cavalry, the negro regiment of the manoeuvre, from San Antonio, Tex., to the Mexican border for patrol duty was rescinded late this afternoon by the war department. This action followed a conference at the White House, in which President Taft, Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, and Representative Garner, of Texas, participated. The change in plans, it is under stood, was the result of the protests from the bolder towns against the assignment of the negro soldiers to duty in their vicinity. The presence of the negro troops in Texas has constituted a delicate question for the president during the past few days. When they were ordered to the border yesterday, Gen. Carter was directed not to permit their duty to extend to Brownsville, although that point was one of the places patrolled by the 3d cavalry. Officials here, it is assumed, were unwilling to run the risk of a repetition of the Brownsville incident of nearly five years ago, when that town was "shot up" by some of the members of the 25th colored infantry. But the assignment of the 9th Tegiment to the frontier met with disfavor from other towns, and it is said that the 11th cavalry, at San Antonio, probably will be sent to the border later to relieve the 3d. Jennings Remains as Mayor. Sumter, April 10.?Last week the executive committee of the chamber of commerce appointed a subcommittee to urge upon Mayor Jennings the withdrawal of the letter of resignation he had filed with the city clerk to be presented to city council at regular meeting to-morrow night. The mayor replied to-day consenting to withdraw the letter because of harmony and the city's interest?the viewpoint presented by the committee. In his letter, however, Mayof Jennings makes it clear that he is still of the same opinion as to the correctness of his position and that the action of council is exceedingly distasteful to him. He concludes that he is willing that the past bury its lead. Citizens generally had urged him to withdraw tne letter. Sharpshooters in Duel. Len Doremus was the crack sharpshooter of Gen. A. P. Hill's division. It was his boast when the war was not yet two years old that he had picked off thirty-odd Yankees, some of whom were officers of high rank. No doubt he had done it. Pete Martin of Gen. Slocum's di_S_1 V- 1 VIS1U.U. was I1IS ta^uai 111 OA.U1 a.i-i<a uuiing. He and Len had been intimate friends before the war, and the dearest wish of each was a chance to draw bead on each other. They manoeuvred for a long time to do so without success. One sultry afternoon in the Summer of 1863 while both were scouting a stretch of woods between the lines they came face to face so suddenly that neither had an advantage. "Let's fight fair!" called Len, instantly recognizing his enemy. "All right; you do the counting." "Make ready!" Each man brought his rifle to his shoulder and took deliberate aim at the breast of the other. In a clear, even voice Len called: "One?two?three!" The weapons rang out at the same Instant Then each lowered his gun and stared in amazement at each other. Neither had been grazed. "Goodby!" called Len with an oath of disgust as he turned on his heel and walked away.. "The same to you," replied Pete, fully as chagrined as he. Since both were unerring rifle shots their mutual nausea was beyond description. They could not understand it. After the war they met at a reunion of the Blue and Gray. Recalling their former encounter, Len said: "I have never been able to figure it out; have you?" "Yes," replied Pete with a grin. "Our aim was true, but the bullets met in midair and each smashed the other." He was right. ? Los Ang'eles Times. A fine rain fell here Saturday night with some hail, and there has been showers Tuesday and yesterday of this week. O'Riley is delighted with this town. OPENS FIGHT ON OPTIONS BURLESON BEGINS WAR ON COTTON SPECULATION. Texas Representative Says He Will Use every Effort to Have the Bill Passed. Washington, April 11.?Declaring that he means to use every possible means to secure the passage of what is known as the "Scott anti-option bill" at this session of congress, Representative Burleson of Texas, to-day began a fight to this end. In explaining why action should- be had now, Mr. Burleson says: "Something must be done, and at once, to stop gambling in cotton futures, and the duty devolves upon this congress." "A disposition has been manifested on the part of the exchange to so reform rules and methods as to minimize the effects of the evil qf cotton gambling, but the great controlling exchange (the New York cotton exchange) has persistently refused to do anything indicating even a desire on the part of the element in control to meet the views of the bureau of corporations which has clearly pointed out what should be done to protect the producer of cotton from the great injury which results from illegitimate cotton speculation. "I have introduced a bill which I believe will remedy the evil. Certainly it will prevent unrestrained gambling where that gambling is now obtrusively evident. "My bill denies the use of the telegraph and telephone lines between States for the transmission of messages relating to contracts for future delivery where there is no intention on the part of the seller to deliver the cotton or the buyers, to receive. "The measure will not interfere with the legitimate trading in cotton, but will undoubtedly put a stop to those transactions which are proving so hurtful to the cotton trade, and have been repeatedly declared by'our courts not only illegal, but against public policy. "I think I understand the sentiment of members of congress on this subject, and I do not hesitate to say that, in my opinion, if the exchanges refuse to reform their methods, they will be destroyed." Placed Under Arrest. I Spartanburg, April 8.?Following a raid of the Argyle hotel, made by the police at nocn to-day, W. H. Hester, proprietor of the hotel, and Walter Bullington were arrested, charged with storing whiskey. Both gave bond of $100 for their appearance in court Monday morning. The police found seven gallons in the hotel in a room rented by Bullington, and a case of liquor in Hester's office. In Bullington's room, which they had to break open, they found many tags and packages bearing the names of persons unknown here, which the police take as evidence that liquor has been shipped into Spartanburg under factitious names. Orangeburg District Convention. beginning next \ruesaay morning the second annual Sunday-school convention of the Orangeburg district of the Methodist church will convene in St Pauls church at Orangeburg. It is proposed to make the convention one of instruction primarily. Good lryswn Vi OTT/\ l/\ epcaaoio nave ucvu |fiunucu w i&au the discussions and make remarks helpful to those attending. Each Methodist school in the district is urged to send three delegates to Orangeburg, and those who will attend as delegates should send in their names to Mr. I. W. Bowmah at Orangeburg so that he can provide entertainment for them. Mr. J. M. Way, the well known and efficient conference secretary, will be present and will have much to do with making the meeting a success. OnnriMl SflVAnnnh. Savannah, Ga., April 11.?In the custody of his attorney and Sheriff Joyner of Screven county, C. E. Lee, survivor of the fatal duel yesterday at Sylvania, with L. H. Hilton, wealthy president of the Screven county bank, was brought to Savnannah tonight for keeping in Chatham county jail. He received two wounds in the hand and leg, from Hilton's shotgun. It was stated that the was telephoning to the sheriff from a house near Sylvania when he saw an automobile filled with Hilton's friends, who were armed, approaching and that he fled to the swamps, later notifying his attorney and surrendering to the sheriff. NEWS PROM KEARSE. ; 'm "Old Timer" Writes of Corn Growing, Also Some News. Wanderer's Rest, April 10.? Where the treasure is there the heart will be, is a fact that can't be controverted, and from all signs the -? corn crop is uppermost now, and go where a single farmer is or a group, it is only a little while before the allpervading corn will bob up. Nothing , Ml is heard of other crops; corn, corn, more corn, is the talk, and if effort and exchange of ideas combined with good seasons will make it, there will be many acres of the best corn ever grown in this section, and more seed of a known pedigree is the kind planted, and seed as well as blood will tell. Soon the little, yellow, half-starved corn grown for so many years will be a thing of the past, and ;'J|| 40 to 200 bushels will be the rule, for it is in the air, and, as all con- v ; tagions go, catches like wild fire; :^jjj 45 years ago 200 pounds of fertilizer was considered a heavy applica- '> $$ tion, now 20 loads of barnyard ma- /|?? nlire, a ton of lime, and one to two or more tons of fertilizer on an acre jj|| is not thought to be too large a dose, /111 and on a well-prepared seed bed cul- 4j|gH tivated in a way not to injure the > roots is a paying investment when ' used by even the novice. Only yesterday a bright-eyed littie boy drove up to the front gate, . asked if he could exchange some corn he had for a variety that has its ' good qualities as a producer here for rU the past five years, for, said he, "I y$3m am in the contest and mean to win ' and I want the best seed to be had," ^ all the while his eyes sparkling with the interest shown, for the eye is the - f index to the soul, soon convinced the old man that this was the kind of boy wanted. Soon tfye corn was ex- -/JS! changed and success will crown his r efforts^ Well, we old farmers like . v|j3B this in a boy; we want professional M ranners, meu iuai uui wxo vx yiyn, "i'SSS dig a ditch, fell a tree in overalls, ./$?$ and still be, as occasion requires, a ' ^ professional man, not ashamed in WLMm; any crowd or company but a gentle- ^^^H man and a man that belongs to thi'* grandest and oldest profession on :J|a ' the globe, a farmer, for Cain, a son of Adam, was one, and holy writ says Adam also was a keeper and a | dresser in paradise, the place beauti- % Yes, let the boys go forward, help them to go by leaps and bounds, and rit to the old man who would discour- ? age a boy in a worthy cause should be banished to Siberia or some other ' > f y cold clime, there to shiver until he ' learns better. Now a young man, a neighbor's son, is going to beat s* HS1 certain old man on an acre, and with *v '..J3H a merry twinkle in his eye tells the old man so. The old fellow,feels sore he will just a little, but he wants it that way, for he wants his young competitor to be in the lead, but if he does he will have to put on his .gJH thinking cap and do some fine farm- , ing, for his old friend will do his own cultivating in that acre an.d will ''^mn use all the skill many years of ex- "fjjfl perience have taught him. So, off with your coats, boys, and ' let the world see what a cool de- . jJjHi termination will do on the farm, , " >J IViii vfiore afo m anv Q Am A ~ Ma dJlU UCIU1C l/UC Jtuio u> V UM*u,7 of the boys now moving to town will v'3ji| look with envy at the up-to-date pro- , fessional men of the farm and remember this too, tfiat an old farmer ^ wrote it. ' Nice and Jimely rains came on Saturday evening and night, about : ^ an inch and a half fell here. Now the oats will grow, the corn and cotton also, the grass will come up, and until layby time the fight will be on, and only the man that fights with a determination to win will come out out conqueror in the end, and with a cheerful heart, a well deserved rest, sit in the shade in late July, eat ' watermelon and fruit and feel proud ; ;|j that providence placed him in the country, and as those acres of corn now green and laden with ears, the broad leaves rustling in the early i ^ * 4 morning breeze, the farmer can feast his eyes and. rub his hands in glee and say (to those who go to admiTe his success at farming: "Next -iSS year, God be willing, I will do betRev. W. M. Jones will preach a Masonic sermon at Olar on the 5th J Sunday, April 30th, at 11 a. m. All are cordially invited to go out to hPAr him. Don't forsret the date. for much valuable information will be gained by all who hear him. OLD TIMER. {'|||| J. K. Dixon, of Gastonia, N. C.f has been appointed by State Bank Examiner B. J. Rhame as second assistant to the examiner. He will enter upon his duties about the first of May. -