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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items'Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, April 24.?The young
, ladies and gentlemen of Ehrhardt
made good use of the beautiful Sunday
afternoon, promenading on the
streets and talking soft talk.
Sunday afternoon some little darkies
were playing with one of the
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them fell off and his leg was caught
between the wheel and rail and cut
it very badly. Will be several weeks
before the little negro can work.
Miss Pearl Breland and Mr. Quintus
Brabham were happily married
at the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Breland, on Sun l
day afternoon by Rev. D. B. Groseclose.
I The Hacker Mfg. Co. are fencing
their plant in with a high board
fence.
v Mr. D. E. Fender went to Charleston
for an operaton for appendicitis.
He is getting along all right up to
last hearing.
The cold wave commenced on us
Saturday morning. Monday morning
did not miss the frost line very
I . far. Fire felt good.
The cotton that is up will look red
and hurt after this cold. JEE.
News From Govan.
f / Govan, April 22.?On Friday afternoon
little Gerard Hartzog celebrated
his seventh birthday. For two
hours our little town was made mer\
ry by the little voices of the little
ones. One of the numerous games
played was the pinning on the donkey's
tail, Miss Irene Lancaster winning
the first prize, Heyward Reed,
the booby. But the best came last
when the little folks paired off in
couples and marched into the beautifully
decorated dining room to partake
of the bountiful feast awaiting
thefti. I won't say just how long
the children occupied the dining
room as we all know that children
will be children but after returning
to the parlor, they bid little Gerard
> farewell, wishing for his birthday to
come real soon.
Easter was certainly remembered
iff
and celebrated in old Govan, especially
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Lain, as he had a reunion of his
children, also the Misses Matthews,
> of Augusta, Ga., Miss Still, of Olar,
Prof, and Mrs. T. C. Smoak, and
Miss Curry to dine with them. From
all reports they must have had "the
r fatted calf."
Mrs. L. L. Lancaster has returned
from an extended visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Paul Bollin, near Orangeburg.
Mr. Lamb Lancaster, of Savannah,
Ga., spent Sunday in town as guest
of his sister, Mrs. B. P. Hartzog.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Williams spent
the week-end in Jtaorence.
M Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Eaves returned
from a four weeks' visit to their
daughter on Johns Island.
Miss Lila Lancaster spent the
week-end in Bamberg as the guest
of Mrs. J. B. Hunter.
Mrs. J. B. Zorn and Mrs. T. C.
Smoak spent Monday in Barnwell on
business.
The W. O. W. meeting on Wednesday
night proved to be a success. The
debate was greatly enjoyed by all.
Will Not Tell on Ladies.
Atlanta, April 22.?Members of
the Capital City club and of the
Piedmont Driving club, the leading
social organizations of Atlanta, who
have been subpoenaed to testify in
regard to drinking by women who
William G. Humphrey and other Cap
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iiai uuu inemuers wiiu uavo
been subpoenaed entered demurrers
through their attorneys when the
ease was called in Judge Bell's court
to-day, averring that the court had
no right to force them to answer
questions about their private and social
life.
Judge Bell took the demurrers under
advisement. If he rules that the
questions must be answered the men
say that they will refuse, even if
they are held in contempt of court.
The city is trying to close up the
Union club, alleging that women are
permitted to drink there. The Union
club has enjoined the city and has
?*- subpoenaed members of Atlanta's
g# leading clubs to prove that it is
common for the women who lead in
p| Atlanta society to drink in those
clubs and that if the Union club is
closed for permitting women to
drink all the other clubs must also
be closed.
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NEWS FROM KEARSE.
"Old Timer" Writes of Springtime,
the Crops, and News Items.
Wanderer's Rest, April 23.?
Spring, lovely spring, is on the lips,
eyes and minds of all. Even the
aged look with interest and admiration
on the new formed leaves, fruits
and flowers, and still remember when
in youth their heart turned lightly to
love ns do the youth of to-day. Even
an old rhyme maker is made to sing:
Here the violet and the honeysuckle
grow
In the valley of the great Salkehatchie,
Its lovely glenns and shady dells
Unknown to the warlike Apache.
Here lovely maidens with eyes of
blue
And noble youths of an alien race
Go pleasure bent on a catfish stew,
Not the wily Indian, but the paler
face.
Here the young brave kissed his dusky
bride
And drank deep the waters of Salketcher
Now when her palefaced sister wants
a cat
She bids her lord to the swramps and
fetcher.
And he humbly asks the critics to
be lenient with his verse for the
valley of this historic stream in
spring will cause these spells. Even
on the face of a calf is written fun
and frolic as he scampers with uplifted
tail and its dam looks on complacently
knowing it will soon wear
off and this same calf will be an old
and sedate cow; not so with men who
drink this water, for as the years
roll on the sense of fun and humor
grows, the eye still has the merry
twinkle and the face wreathed in
smiles, and legend has it that if fate
so decrees that far away he shall
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roam, sun witu uuugiy duui auu
longing eyes he yearns for Saltkehatchie.
But even here com'es sorow in the
night. Alas that prize acre of corn
has had a visit from an old sow and
eight or ten pigs, a fourth destroyed
and all to do over again! How green
and pretty it looked, an almost perfect
stand as it stood four to six
inches in four foot rows, now prone
and dead, those intruders little
dreaming the harm they were doing,
and the pride of an old man's eye
marred and disfigured; not a word
of reproach to them has he, for had
they belonged to a careful owner
nothing would have been. Yet joy
comes in the morning, it will be
planted over, and as so often before
the old farmer will console himself
that all happens for the best, even
if he gets left in the race, for then
he can dodge behind the wall an old
sow and her brood of pigs did it.
Then, too, on yesterday evening
the Rev. D. B. Groseclose gave the
baby boy, Quintus Brabham, as a
blushing bride, Pearl, the charming
daughter of Mr. J. C. Breland, at
whose home in the presence of many
friends he pronounced them man
and wife.
Miss Mary Abell will give a public
entertainment at White Point school
house on Friday evening May 5, at
8 p. m. All are invited and a pleasant
evening assured.
Miss Gertrude Johnson left to-day
to resume her school at Swansea, so
rudely broken into by smallpox a
few weeks ago.
Gardens are on a boom, and the
fresh, crisp and tender vegetaoies
are to be enjoyed in every home. One
gardner measured a cabbage that tipped
the rule at three feet seven and
a half inches across the top in the
presence of others.
The oat crop will be poor In many
fields, but where fertilizer was liberally
used a fair crop is assured and
enough gain over the unfertilized to
pay a handsome profit for the use
of same.
L. A. Brabham and Misses Mell
Kearse, Ettie Kearse, and Evelyn
Brabham attended the Sunday-school
conference at Orangeburg last week.
A pleasant time reported, and high
praise given the hospitable people of
that city. OLD TIMER.
Senator Smith Given Committee.
Washington, April 24.?Senator E.
D. Smith was this afternoon notified
that he had been chosen to a committee
chairmanship over Senators
Shively, of Indiana, Fletcher, of
Florida, and Chamberlain, of Oregon.
What this committee will do
has not yet been made public. C. M.
Galloway, Senator Smith's secretary,
will probably be made cierK 10 mis
committee on account of his good
record since he came to Washington.
He will continue with Senator Smith
while serving the new appointments.
The weather this week has not felt
much like spring.
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IN THE PALMETTO SIATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Qnick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Gov. Blease and Cashier Pope
Matthews, of the Palmetto bank, left
Columbia on Saturday for New York
to arrange for borrowing $500,000
for the State.
W. M. Lanford, of Woodruff, was
found guilty of manslaughter in
Spartanburg on Friday, the offense
being the killing of his own son.
The judge sentenced him to 15 years.
Mr. Lanford is over 60 years of age.
Governor Blease has stated that
if blind tigers are to be operated in
the city of Charleston, they must buy
their whiskey from the Charleston
dispensaries. He says he will not
interfere with the mayor in the enforcement
of the dispensary law in
that city.
Gov. Blease's appointee as magistrate
In Greenwood county was
knocked out by Judge Watts, who
also decided that the county commissioners
had no right to pay the
salaries of rural policemen appointed
by the governor, as there was no
money in the treasury for that purpose.
The Orangeburg military band will
p-iv? q minstrpl fihnw in "Ramherer on
the evening of Friday, May 5th, under
the auspices of the local chapter
Daughters of the Confederacy.
This band is a fine organization, and
the entertainment is certain to
please. A portion of the proceeds
will go to the monument fund.
Charleston is in the throes of a
municipal campaign, with Capt. T.
T. Hyde and John P. drace as the
avowed candidates for mayor. Grace
is making a hard fight, and is already
making charges of fraud against the
city executive committee. The election
does not take place for several
months yet, but it is certain that a
bitter campaign is to be expected.
The ' suit between the Seaboard
Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line
in regard to a railroad crossing at
Cheraw has been settled by the State
Supreme Court, and the Seaboard
wins. Under permission from the
railroad commission the Coast Line
put in a crossing over the Seaboard
tfoolr of "RVr?nf ofr^of in tho tnwn nf
Cheraw and the Seaboard objected.
HEALTH OFFICER ARRESTED.
Youg Woman Charges Him With Assault
and Battery.
Florence, April 21.?Harry DeBerry,
health officer, was arrested
yesterday and gave bond for his appearance
before Magistrate McClenaghan
on a charge of assault and
battery of a high and aggravated nature.
The warrant was sworn out
by the chief on information and belief.
xThe story is that on Sunday night
Officer DeBerry was requested by a
young woman at the passenger station
to show her a hotel or boarding
house. She had come to the city with
her uncle and two of his children,
who were with her at the station.
Her uncle had gone to telephone, she
said, and had been away so long that
they had missed the train. She says,
and the same atorv Dractically is told
by the children, that Officer DeBerry,
who wears the police uniform, escorted
her to one of the best boarding
houses in the city, but followed
her to the room, and when the landlady
returned a few minutes afterward
there had evidently been some
stir in the room. The girl said to
DeBerry, "You must be a fool."
She charges that Mr. DeBerry put
his arms around her and kissed her
and made improper proposals to her,
and that she had resented them and
told her uncle, whom she afterward
joined.
Mr. DeBerry is not talking for publication,
but is not avoiding the hearing
in the case.
PENNY POSTAGE LIKELY.
Postmaster General Makes the Prediction
for Snch.
Washington, April 25.?Postmaster
General Hitchcock is confident
that "penny postage" is a probability
of the near future, as the result of
reductions in the $17,600 postal deficit
which existed when he took
charge of the Postoffice Department.
He has made a statement to this
effect in acknowledging letters received
regarding the postal situation.
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SWINDLING GANG RUN DOWN.
Wife of Alleged Leader Tells of Operations
at Baltimore Trial.
Baltimore, April 21.?The operation
of one of the boldest gang of
swindlers in the United States, with
alleged headquarters here, were described
in the trial of the local peace
board on misconduct and complicity.
The witness was Mrs. Alice Berman,
wife of Edward A. Berman, the alleged
leader of the gang, and who is
now in custody, charged with swindling.
The object in calling the woman,
as stated by the prosecution, was to
show that the gang made its headquarters
here, with the full knowl~J
rtffl flinlo and
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according to Mrs. Berman's testimony
it was understood that no person
living in or near Baltimore was
to be swindled, because the outcry
would cause trouble for the police.
Two instances of the gang's operations
were the swindling of a Harrisonburg,
Pa., man out of $8,000,
and a Washington business man out
of $5,000 on a fake horse race two
years ago.
The gang, according to the witness,
operated in Cleveland, Toledo,
New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic
City, St. Augustine, and Baltimore.
Commission Now Issued.
Despite the efforts of some unknown.
party or parties to cause the
governor to hold up the commission
of Maj. A. C. Dibble as Judge of
Probate for Orangeburg county, he
having been duly and regularly elected
at a special election, Gov. Blease
has issued a commission to Maj. Dibble.
The point raised in the protest
made to the governor in the effort
to hold up the commission, was that
the consolidation of the offices of
Judge of Probate and Master was unconstitutional,
and therefore, Maj.
Dibble could not perform the duties
of Master in this county, although the
legislature some 16 years ago passed
an act combining the two offices.
The commission from Gov; Blease
was issued to Maj. Dibble Saturday
afternoon, after a consultation with
Senator Robert Lide of this city. In
the issuing of the commission Gov.
Blease made a statement that it was
not within his province to determine
the constitutionality of the combination
of the two offices. This matter
he pointed out, was for the supreme
court to decide. This action on the
part of Gov. BleaSe has met with
approval in this city. It was pointed
out that as the petition to the
governor was unsigned, it should receive
no attention from the chief executive.
Maj. Dibble pursuant to the commission,
will take charge of the office
on May 1, the time which he announced
he would assume the duties
of the office, and he will perform the
functions of both Judge of Probate
and Master. If there is anyone who
desires to test the constitutionality
of the combination of the two offices,
thev can then make out their case in
the court, where the matter can be
fairly settled, for once and all times.
As yet it has not been announced,
by whom the petition for the holding
up of the commission was filed.?Orangeburg
Evening News.
Aiken County Vandals.
Batesburg, April 21.?A few nights
ago the closing exercises of Miss Mary
Corley's school took place in Aiken
county. Everything was passing off
in a most pleasant manner, when it
was announced that some one's buggy
harness had been cut into ribbons.
Upon investigation it was
found that 22 sets had been cut in
like manner.
When it was discovered that vandals
had been at work pandemonium
reigned. Men swore and women
fainted. It was at first a hard matter
to place the blame; but it leaked
out that there were three or four
men present whose harness were not
harmed, and in one of the buggies it
is said that there were 13 quarts of
whiskey, but no buyers. It was
thought the parties became angered
at finding no buyers and wreaked
vengeance bv cutting up the harness.
Acting on information and belief,
Rural Policeman Samuels, of Aiken
county, swore out warrants for the
following: W. D. McCarty, of this
place; Clifton Enloe, near this place;
Spradley, of Augusta,'and a young
man by the name of Anderson. Some
of the men have been apprehended
and some have not so far, but it is
just a matter of time before they all
will be arrested and carried before
the officers to answer the charge.
When you see a man armed with
a corkscrew the chances are that he
is going to be present at an opening.
SHOOTING AT ORANGEBURG
W. R. SARIN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
BY R. CHESTNUT.
Domestic Trouble Rumored?Sabin
Carried to Columbia for
Treatment.
Orangeburg, April 25.?A most
deplorable occurrence, in which two
prominent business men of this city
were the principals was enacted in
the early business hours this morning
on Sellers avenue.
At about 8 o'clock, according to
the most reliable information ob
tainaDie, Mr. JttoDeri; unestnut, a contractor
of this city, walked into the
office of the Dixie Lumber Company,
where was seated Mr. W. R. Sabin,
the manager, and after applying a
vile epithet to Sabin pulled a pistol
and fired two shots at him, neither
pf which took effect. About this
time a Mr. Cunningham, an employee
of the lumber company, and
the only eye-witness to the affray,
except the participants, attracted
by the reports of the weapon, entered
the office and remonstrated with
Chestnut, who was being pleaded
with by Sabin to desist in further
attack and to explain the cause of his
action, as he, Sabin, was not aware
of anything he had done to give offence,
when Chestnut cursed Cunningham
and threatened to shoot
him, but at the same time placing
the pistol in his coat pocket.
Talk was rapid between the three
men, however, and Chestnut not having
cooled off, again drew the pistol
when Sabin closed in upon him and
was shot in the left side, just below
the heart, and fell to the floor. After
shooting Sabin, Chestnut is said to
have retreattd very rapidly, in a run,
to his home, which is not far away,
where he remained only a short
time, then coming out and surrendering
to the sheriff. The city police
had been notified by 'phone of the
difficulty, and were in search of
Chestnut, but failed to reach him before
the surrender to Sheriff Salley.
Mr. Sabin was at once attended by
Dr. L. C. Shecut, but it was impossible
to determine how serious the
wound was, an ugly one, and it was
hastily decided to take him to Columbia
on the 10 o'clock train for
treatment. Chestnut was placed in
jail.
Several rumors were afloat as to
the cause of the shooting, but the one
perhaps which best explains Chestnut's
actions is of a domestic character.
It is said that he found this
morning at his home a letter signed
by Sabin and incriminating in terms,
which so infuriated him, that he lost
all control of himself and rested not
until he had made the attempt to
avenge the wrong he thinks had been
done himself and family. It is further
stated, however, that the lady
in the case denies the slightest intimacy
with Sabin, asserting that she
barely knows him and pronounces
the letter a forgery.
W. R. Sabin has been a resident
of this city for about two years. He
is about 30 years of age and unmar
nea. Jtie nas made many mends
since he has resided here and is well
thought of.
R. Chestnut is a contractor, and
has been resident here off and on
for several years. t
Sabin's Condition Favorable.
Columbia, April 25.?At the local
hospital, to which W. R. Sabin, of
Orangeburg, was brought to-day, it
was stated to-night that the wounded
man's condition was "favorable."
He was operated on this afternoon,
and is resting well. Late to-night
the information from the hospital is
that Sabin is not regarded as fatally
shot, as was the intimation from Orangeburg.
Alleges Negro Plot.
Spartanburg, April 24.?According
to a story told Magistrate R. J.
Gantt to-day, certain negroes in the
county, angered because they de
clare Gary Gist's crime of attempted
criminal assault was not sufficiently
henious to warrant the death penalty,
and because they think sufficient
effort has not been made to apprehend
Sam Davis, a white man, accused
of having assaulted a little negro
girl, have organized themselves
into a society to prevent the negro
women from laboring in white families.
The story was told by a negro
woman, who claims sne was driven
from her home near Glendale, because
she washed for white people.
She gave the names of the negro men
who threatened her, and three of the
six, she said, were in the mob, were
arrested to-day and were lodged in
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MAN'S LEG IS MASHED.
L. L. DeLaney, of Atlanta, is Seriously
Injured in a Columbia Garage.
A big touring car, rushing backwards,
struck L. L. DeLaney of Atlanta,
a traveling salesman, as he was
standing in the Roddey garage yesterday
afternoon at 4:45 o'clock.
The left rear spring of the automobile
crushed Mr. DeLaney's thigh in- , .v-vfe
to a desk against which he was leaning,
cutting a deep gash, which bled
profusely. Last night Mr. DeLaney's
condition was regarded as serious by
Dr. L. A. Griffith, the physician who .
attended him.
The accident was the height of the 7:3^m
unexpected. Mr. DeLaney, who represents
the Atlas Oil company of At- vJ-|fgj
lanta, had just walked into the garage,
and was talking to B. J. Hen- >J?B|
nies, an employe, who was seated at jS.'.v
the desk near the show window in ^ ?
the garage.
Wrecked Desk.
The touring car was standing
about 20 feet from the desk. Walter '
Alexander, a negro, cranked the car, >3^9
and, without warning, it plunged j^|||
backward, striking Mr. Delaney and K1jj8Sj
wrecking the desk at which Mir.
Hennies was seated. Mr. DeL&ney
had his back turned to the wild an- -.iffs'-v:
tomobile. Mr. Hennies jumped away flS ^
from the desk just in time. An em- '\?M
ploye of the garage threw in the low
gear and the car rushed forward.
Then he managed to throw on the ; ^
brake and the car came to a standstill
near the spot where it had stood M f-\
before it-went on the rampage. fWSKi
Blood Flowed Freely.
It was several minutes before a ^58,
physician could be found to attend
Mr. DeLaney. Dr. R. L. Moore and ^9 '
Dr. L. A. Griffith took the injured ;|||,
man in charge, and after considerable
difficulty managed to staunch the i|
blood which was flowing from the
wound. The main artery in the
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ngOl IDlga was BCVCiOU. zui, 1/wLaney
was taken to the Columbia /J|jS
hospital, where his wound was dress- ?
ed by Dr. Griffith. His family in ^
Atlanta have been notified of the ao- |g9
cident, as his condition is considered
very serious.
Gears Got Mixed. j;
J. B. Ro,ddey, the proprietor of the | yi
Roddey garage, said last night that ' Jjj .1
he was at a loss to account for thin - jlSB
reverse gear, instead of the neutral, :
being on in the auotmobile which in- \ '*
jured Mr. DeLaney. The negro, Wal- ij$8&
ter Alexander, who cranked the car,
intending to drive.it out into Main
street, according to Mr. Roddey, says
that he did not throw in the reverse ^|h|
gear. It is considered remarkable |
from an automobile standpoint that
the negro was able to crank the car
with the reverse gear in. Mr. Roddey
believes that some irresponsible person
in the garage during the day tampered
with the gear lever.
The accident created a sensation
on Main street. It happened in plain \v9hB
view of the sidewalk, and passersby
thronged the garage and crowded
about the windows. Among the first
to lend tne injured man aiu wom ?.
B. Dunaway and James Altom of ^SH
Greenville. A policeman had to be .
called to clear the garage of the
crowd and to keep the sidewalk open. |
?Columbia State, April 21.
Refuses Pardon for Stripling.
Atlanta, Ga., April 22.?In denying
the application for pardon filed
by Thomas Edgar Stripling, former
police chief of Danville, Va., under ^81
sentence of life imprisonment for the
murder of William J. Cornett, Gov.
Brown in a review of the case made -^ySSj
public to-night, excoriates the "un- ' ^
written law," which Stripling plead- "Sffa
ed in justification of his act as euphemism,
presenting, when unmask- $|fl
ed, "the hideous features of anar"One
of the most dangerous evils
menacing our institutions is lawless- .
! nees," declares the governor. "The
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i victim and the individual wreaking
his own revenge for wrongs real or ^
imaginary, the man or interest treats
ing with contempt the laws of the ;
land and trusting to gold or 'influ- ?jj|l
ence' for safety, are striking mani- ;&&
festations of this spirit of lawlessness."
While expressing profound sympathy
for Stripling's family and high X#
respect for the impulses which
prompted his friends to apply for a '
pardon for him, Gov. Brown says ~j,
that sympathy and personal friend- -:J||
ship have no right to supplant an
oathbound duty to execute the laws
of Georgia.
Another reference was held here
yesterday in the bankruptcy proceed- %S|
ings instituted against Still Bros.,
of Denmark, lmt no decision has
been reached yet