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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. MAY 25,1911. One Dollar a Year ||||
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING* HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt. May 22.?All is quiet
, in Ehirhardt this morning. There was
music in the air last week. Doc
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periment in teaching music to his
dog, but he carried the dog to Bamberg
Saturday for the amusement of
friends there, so we must content
ourselves with the three D's, dreadful,
doodle, dust, of dry weather.
One of our busy young men in
town, after a series of experiments,
has prepared a schedule which he
recommends for all young people
who carry on much correspondence.
Write only one letter a week, scribble
it off first on Monday night, decide
what changes should be made on
Tuesday night, make them on
Wednesday night, Thursday night
v pay special attention to spelling and
punctuation, Friday night practice
penmanship, Saturday night rewrite
Jhe letter, and on Sunday read it
over once for all and mail it. Rather
U strenuous work for a busy clerk, but
very effective and extremely logical,
he says.
Dame rumor had it last week that
the. long expected hopes and fondest
dreams of ou.r congenial Bamberg
friends had consummated ih the beginning
of the grading of the Bamberg-Ehrhardt
railway. Some of our
sportsmen were glad to hear of it,
for cooters are plentiful down here,
and they thought that the extra
transportation facility which the railroad
would furnish would warrant
their entering the business of a cootr
. er farm. However, the latest bulle
tin has it that the commotion was
stirred by uncle Cain, Paul digging
fish bait. News travels rapidly.
The work of enstalling telephones
in Ehrhardt and vicinity began this
morning. The hearts of all are glad,
but in all probability Uncle Sam will
be the great sufferer, for telephones
will be very popular with the young
people.
&&s. .School closed last Friday, the
streets are lively with the cheerful
P. shouts of the little folks. Some of
the professors are leaving for their
respective homes, while others will
remain for awhile. Mr. J. F. Carter
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delivered the closing address before
the school, and after the exercises,
: '* in a citizens' meeting, the question
of school improvement was discussed.
It was the unanimous opinion
that a new building is needed, and
plans for erecting a building are being
considered. We hope that the
movement will be successful.
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Fairfax Fancies.
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I gave a bazaar, and served ice cream
and cake on Thursday evening.
Quite a crowd was out, and a nice
sum was realized for their church.
Mr. Wm. Myrick was run over by
a heavily loaded wagon Wednesday
morning. He was seriously hurt,
no bones were broken. Dr. Young
hopes to have him out in a week or
The commencement exericeses of
I the Fairfax high school will start on
Sunday morning, the 28th, when
Rev. B. F. Allen, of Denmark,
preaches in the Lutheran church.
Monday evening the scholars will
give music, recitations, etc. Tuesday
evening the graduates will be
addressed by Mr. W. K. Tate, prizes
will be delivered, etc. Miss Annye
Moye has faithfully drilled her pupils,
and we look for fine results.
The principal, Prof. Munroe, and
Miss Lanham will probably return;
the other teachers did not apply.
|y . Mr. and Mrs. Angus Brabham are
visiting Dr. Addison's family.
Mr. R. B. Bradley, of Barnwell,
was the guest last week of Mr. G. D.
Sanders.
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Survey Cnipleted.
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Ridgeland, May 22.?The official
surveyors for the surveying of the
H proposed new county of Jasper, with
E Ridgeland as its county seat, consist|ing
of T., C. Hamby, of Columbia,
and R. C. Mixson, of Barnwell, finished
last week the field work and
are now busily engaged in making
maps of the proposed new county.
If They will report to the commission
appointed by the governor within
the next few days.
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Extra votes offer in Klauber's
great piano contest. Good only until
June 1st. 5,000 votes with $25.00
cash purchase. 15,000 votes with
9 $50.00 cash purchase.
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News from Kearse.
Kearse, May 22.?Dry weather
still holds this section, little rain
has fallen this year. The young cotton
on light lands, filled with vegetable
matter turned under this
spring, has died badly, less than
half a stand, and some of the late
planted is not up nor will not come
until it rains.
The oat harvest is in full sway
now and will be completed by the last
of the present week. Good yields
in most fields are being harvested.
Mrs. Martha A. Kearse died at her
home last Tuesday, the 16th, at the
advanced age of 82 years. She was
a noble woman and will be missed
by all who knew her.
Fishing and fish fries are the order
of the day now. One young man
says he attended three last week.
Capt. H. C. Dickin?)n was in the
neighborhood last week. He still
holds his own and the red shirt boys
of '76 and '78 were all glad to see
their captain again. May many
years be his.
Messrs. G. E. and J. J. Kearse
have some pretty fields of cotton.
On Friday evening, June 9th, beginning
at 8 p. m., the young ladies
will give a moonlight picnic in the
grove at the home of Mr. G. E.
Kearse. Delicacies of all kinds will
be sreved and a reasonable charge
will be made, as they want to raise
funds to beautify White Point school
house. All come and bring plenty of
cash, as a pleasant evening awaits
the visitors.
Midway Musings.
The ice cream festival and box
party given at the school house Friday
evening was quite a success.
Had cream and cake in abundance.
We appreciate the cakes presented
by Misses Huttq and Strong. The
cream being furnished by the ladies
of the church. There was a good
crbwd and the presence of every one
was highly appreciated. There was
a box and cake won by Messrs. Rubin
add Peskin, presented to Miss Daisy
Murphy. Also a box and cake won
by Mr. P. C. Baxley, presented to
Miss Georgia Anderson. The proceeds
will go towards paying for the
organ in the.Baplist church. Miss
Georgia Anderson, the teacher, will
leave for her home Friday, to the re
gret of her many friends.
Miss Pauline Phin, of Norway,
spent a few days last week with Miss
Daisy Murphy.
Mr. J. B. Smith, of Reesville,
spen Sunday in town:
Mr. N. C. Kline, of Branchville,
visited Mr. A. J. Hunter Sunday.
There was services at the Baptist
church Sunday. A very impressive
sermon being preached by Rev.
Hughes.
Messrs. Rubin and Peskin, of
Bamberg, honored our little town
with a visit Sunday afternoon.
Mr. E. W. Duensing, accompanied
by his wife and Mrs. H. R. Duensing,
will leave in a few days for Columbia,
and will also visit Sumter on
their return home.
We are expecting to hear wedding
bells in our town soon. M.
Lumber Trust in Court.
New York, May 19.?Sweeping
charges of a gigantic conspiracy to
maintain high prices, to blacklist
concerns not regarded as ''proper,"
and to violate generally the Sherman
antitrust law, are made in a
government suit Sled by Attorney
General Wickersham in the United
States court here to-day against the
so-called lumber trust.
Attorney General Wickersham and
his special assistant, Clark McKer
cher, have devoted more than a year
to gathering the evidence on which
today's suit is based. This evidence
includes copies of the alleged agreements,
blacklists and reports of the
various organizations branding
wholesalers and retailers who have
dared to violate the rules of the association
as "poachers," "mavericks,"
"scalpers" and "illegitimate
dealers," to whom "short shift must
be applied."
Ten trade organizations and more
than 150 individuals are named as
defendants in this suit, which may
be the first of several planned by the
department of justice against combinations
of retailers in staple commodities
and the necessaries of life
to prevent the ultimate consumer
from buying anywhere except from
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lucai reianers.
The government's suit is replete
with sensational allegations, and it
is asserted that builders and consumers
of lumber the country over
are at the mercy of the retailers' organization
in different sections of the
United States. The suit filed to-day
is against the Eastern States Lumber
Dealers' Association.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Gary Gist, a negro nineteen years
old, is to be hanged in Spartanburg
to-morrow for attempted assault
upon a white woman in that city
some months ago. The negro was a
driver for a grocery delivery wagon
and stopped at the house in the daytime
and made the attack. He says
his crime was brought about bywhiskey,
but says he does not remember
attacking the woman.
Prof. Earl C. Houck, vocal director
in the Wittenberg College, at
Springfield, O., who is blind, has
been given a season pass to the Ohio
State league baseball games to be
played in that city. Prof. Houck enjoys
"hearing" baseball games. The
umpire's calls on balls and strikes,
the sound of the batsman hitting the
ball, the shouts of joy or groans of
the spectators all tell him how the
game is going. He has to be told
the result of some plays, and especially
when bases are stolen.
Former Police Chief Guilty.
New Orleans, May 19.?Edward
Whitaker, once honored by New Orleans
as chief of the city police department,
was convicted late to-day
of criminal abuse of a 12-year-old
girl. A half dozen other indictments
of a similar nature are ' pending
against Whitaker. Whitaker probably
will be sentenced to-morrow.
Not since the sensational Lamana
kidnapping has any case attracted the
attention in this city and State as has
the Whitaker trial. Because of the
tender ages of Whitaker's alleged
victims, and their large number,
there was a strong feeling against
him.
Several years ago, following criticism
in the Morning World against
the police department, Whitaker,
then chief of police, took a squad of
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proceeded to shoot up the editorial
rooms. ' No one was wounded. Whitaker
resigned as chief and was sentenced
to six months imprisonment
as a result of this affair.
Fall River Mills Close.
Fall River, Mass., May 20.?A
heavy curtailment of cotton cloth
production, is again in progress in
this city. The seven mills of the
Fall River Iron Works company,
owned by Mr. C. D. Borden of New
York, closed to-day until May 29,
the beginning of a 50 per cent, decrease
in the output.
The American Printing company
also controlled by Mr. Borden, is
running five days weekly, but part
of the plant is operating nights finishing
goods recently placed. Thirteen
other plants, nearly all print
mills, are on short time. This week
the curtailment in Fall River amount
to 170,000 pieces of fine and print
goods.
Mr. Borden's curtailment will be
about 40,000 pieces weekly.
Robbed of His Teeth.
Chicago, May 20.?R. F. Dudenthal
was given credit by the police
for the "hard luck" story of the day.
He was passing an alley in Indiana
avenue, near his home, when two
man ooi7Q/1 him Hno ^hnkoH him en
hard that his gold teeth fell out.
"Hey, Jack," said one robber, who
caught up the teeth,' "this looks
good. Tighten up on him, he may
give up more."
They not only took Dudenthal's
gold teeth, but $50 and a merschaum
pipe.
Jones Not a Convict.
John J. Jones has been at the State
penitentiary for several months, not
as a prisoner. He is being detained
Jones was convicted in Orangeburg
county on the charge of killing Abe
Pearlstine and was sentenced to ten
years and 30 days in the penitentiary.
He is an attorney and formerly
resided at Branchville. - His
attorneys several weeks ago nied notice
of appeal with the supreme
court, but his case has not yet been
docketed.
It will be impossible to, argue his
appeal at this session of the supreme
court. The next session of the supreme
court is in November.
Should his case be filed with the
supreme court, it will not be heard
until November. This will mean that
Jones will have to remain at the
, State penitentiary for at least one
year before his case is finally passed
upon by the court.
(URLS Bl'RXKD TO DKATH.
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Baseline Mistaken for Kerosene
Brings Death to Five.
Utica, Kan., May 21.?Five daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Roach,
of this place, ranging in ages from 7
to 16 years, were burned to death
late last night, in a fire which started
in the Roach restaurant.
The parents were badly burned.
The mother of the young girls filled
a lamp with gasoline by mistake,
preparatory to ascending a stairway
leading to the second floor room,
where her daughters were asleep.
She applied a match to the lamp ?nd
an explosion followed, sending a
burst of flames up the narrow stairway.
The woman's dress caught
fire, but the flames were extinguished
by her husband. He rushed up the
burning stairs and caught his
youngest daughter, 5 years old, in
his arms. Calling to the other girls
to follow him, he ran to a rear window
and jumped to the ground, the
little girl safe in his arms. For
some reason the others failed to follow'
him and in a few minutes the
bed room, in which the girls were
sleeping, was a seething mass of
flames. Later their bodies were recovered.
Pistol Buttle Stops Meeting.
Columbia, May 22.?In a pistol
battle which was precipitated at a
negro society meeting at Rocky Zion
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the Laurens line on Sunday evening
by a negro walking into the church
with his hat on, one negro was killed
and four or five others more or less
seriously wounded, between forty
and fifty shots being fired.
Henry Baxter, the negro who gave
offense by not uncovering his head,
forfeited his life. It is said that
Verge Williams started the fuss
when Baxter went into the meeting
and that a stampede followed to the
grounds outside, where a number of
pistols were put into action. The
wounded include a negro, Robinson,
shot in the head through the ear, a
woman shot in the thigh, and Jim
Workman, shot in the arm.
Sheriff Buford went to the scene
fast night and brought - back with
him Jim Workman and Ephraim
Williams, a brother of the negro
who fs said to have precipitated the
racket, it being stated that Ephraim
took his brother's pistol when the
riot commenced and used it promiscuously.
The two negroes are being
held for the sheriff by Mr. W. Pink
Smith.
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arrested another negro, Jim Williams.
Verge Williams could not he
located. Coroner Felker and Deputy
Sheriff Buford are on the scene
this morning holding the inquest and
it is expected that other arrests will
follow.
Two Hurt in Wreck.
Laurens, May 19.?As the result of
his engine being wrecked here early
this morning, David Kelly of Augusta,
engineer on through freight
202, from Spartanburg to Augusta
on the Charleston & Western Carolina
road, was more or less seriously
injured^and a colored trainman, Cullen
Dolphus; also of Augusta, was
probably fatally scalded, though he
is still alive to-night.
When the wreck occurred the
freight was just leaving the Laurens
station, and the engine and tender,
breaking away from the long string
of cars, plunged over an embankment
at the north approach of the trestle
immediately south of the station.
A broken rail is supposed to have
caused the derailment. Mr. Kelly
stuck to his post and had to be extricated
from his cab, while the negro
was caught under the debris and
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Shot by Maddened Father.
Mobile, Ala., May 18.?James W.
Duggan, a railroad clerk, was shot
and fatally wounded by James L.
Reynolds, of Augusta, Ga., when he
found Duggan, as he alleges, in a
room at a local hotel this evening
with his daughter. Reynolds is a
law book salesman, and with his
daughter reached the city yesterday.
On returning to his hotel this evening
Reynolds missed his daughter
and hearing her voice, peered over
the transom of a room adjoining and,
according to his statement, discovered
Duggan and his daughter. He
broke in the door of the room and
fired twice at Duggan, one of the bullets
taking effect just below the
heart.
Reynolds is held without bail to
await the result of Duggan's injuries.
Any fool can criticise and destroy,
but it takes a man with brains and
backbone to build up.
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RAILROAD WILL BE BUILT
WORK BEGUN OX LIXE FROM
BAMBERG TO EHRHARDT.
After Years of Work the Efforts of
Bamberg's Citizens is
Successful
In the Columbia State of last
Thursday Mr. M. W. Brabham wrote
the following in regard to the construction
of the railroad from this
place to Enrhardt. It is such a comprehensive
history of the enterprise,
that we feel we cannot prepare a
better article, and therefore reproduce
it in full:
Bamberg, May 17.?The work on
the Bamberg, Ehrhardt & Walterboro
railway was commenced to-day
at 1 ri n m
This tells the tale of perseverance,
determination and progressiveness on
the part of Bamberg citizens; that
the work will be completed will show
the doubtful ones whatever is needed
to convince them that the railway
is to be a fact.
There ha& been a great deal talked
and written in the past five years
about the railway from Bamberg to
Ehrhardt; a number of towns have
announced their intention to build
such a line, realizing that Ehrhardt
is situated in one of the best parts
of the county and that the opportunity
for opening up a good territory
is great. Bamberg took the lead
about five years ago, when a number
of its citizens, together with some
from Denmark and Walterboro and
Ehrhardt, applied for a charter and
received the same. Senator J. B.
Black was instrumental in getting
the charter through the legislature.
Bamberg at Work.
Following this action a \iumber of
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citizens assembled in mass meetings
and discussed the matter. Always
the question uppermost in the minds
of the people was "How will the
money be secured for the work?"
The question was asked, and then the
answer was wanting for a long time.
Again and again schemes were devolved
for working out plan.
Finally the citizens determined to
build the road themselves. Under the
leadership of such citizens as W. D.
Rhoad, Thomas Black, J. A. Wyman,
J. F. Carter and others equally interested,
the plans were perfected.
They secured subscriptions from the
citizens amounting to about $20,000,
and also rights of way and terminal
sites. When this was in sight, two
prominent and wealthy citizens of
Bamberg, Jones A. Williams and E.
C. Hays, together with William C.
Wolfe, of Orangeburg, announced
that they would form a construction
company and take the contract to
begin and fully complete the road.
This contract has been worked upon
for a period of several months, and
to-day was finally approved by all
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the intention of the promoters to
carry the work forward to the end.
Work will be entered upon more
fully on next Monday. A number of
citizens were present with the officials
of the railroad company and
construction company to-day to have
a part in beginning the work, which
is to mean a great deal to Bamberg
and to all the neighboring country. It
is the purpose of the company to extend
the road to Denmark when the
line has been completed from Bamberg
to Ehrhardt. The road will be,
according to the contract, about 14
miles in length; is to be of standard
guage; is to have rails not lighter
than 56 pounds; is to meet all requirements
of the railroad commission;
work is to commence in three
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pleted in not more than three years.
It is taken as an evidence of the
earnestness of the construction company
that work did not commence in
three months, but in three hours, it
having been practically assured that
the agreement would be completed
to-day.
The Directors.
Tho directors of the Bamberg. Ehr
hardt & Walterboro Railway company
are as follows: J. A. Wyman, a
prominent attorney, president of the
company; W. M. Brabham, president
of the Cotton Oil company, and vice
president of the road; Thomas Black,
dealer in live stock, and vice president
of the road; W. D. Rhoad, a
merchant, and treasurer and secretary
of the road; Aaron Rice, A. M.
Brabham and J. A. Byrd, prominent
merchants; J. F. Carter, a prominent
attorney, and president of the
Bamberg Business Men's League; H.
A. Hughse, a prominent citizen of
Ehrhardt.
All of the men back of the enterprise
are pnblic spirited and are pull1
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TO END FIGHTING.
Both Parties Accede to Basis for
Peace in Mexico.
Juarez, Mexico, May 21.?Officially
designated representatives of the *;*||
Mexican government and the revolutionists
at 10 o'clock to-night signed '^3
a peace agreement at the custom -;^|g
house here intended to end the hostilities
waged in Mexico for the past ?|?
six months.
Though covering only the principal
points agreed upon thus far, the -.YjjgM
agreement Dracticallv records the
concession by the government of , ^||S
those demands,"which on November
20, last, started armed revolution in '4
Mexico. Telegrams announcing the ;
signing of the armistice were dispatched
throughout Mexico to revolutionary
and federal leaders. ;
Constitutional restrictions prevented
the inclusion in the agreement of
the fact that the rebels will be per- "
mitted to suggest to various State
legislatures the names of provisional . r'jjH
governors and likewise the fact that ; ^
six of the eight members of the new cabinet
have been chosen by the rev- ^ ;
olutionists.
Peace Formally Declared.
In the same room where President
Taft and President Diaz met two *3 5years
ago, where the portrait of J
President. Taft in silent solicitude ->Ji ~'v
looks down on the peace commis^:
sioners, the portrait of President
Diaz, which hung .^de the Taft
picture, having long since been removed,
the document was formally
drafted to-dav.
The actual signing of the agreement
took place under most extraor-1 1
dinary circumstances on the steps
the customs house. When the com- ?
missioners arrived they found the
door of the customs house locked'
and no one there to let them in. Ac-'
cordingly they gathered on the steps 3
of the building and while newspa- 'M
per men held matches, fountain;s|8^B
pens were produced and the docu-^^^Sj ?
ment signed. , v
Four automobiles turned their
searchlights on the scene when the
signatures were affixed, the com- *
missioners of bbth sides embracing $3|
joyfully, while a small crowd shout-^^* u
ed "Vivaria Pazque." ; ,
Hotel in Gaffney Burned. r
Gafifney, May 20.?The most destructive
fire that has ever vigited'/SH
Gaffney occurred to-night about 8
o'clock, when the old Central hotel |gg building,
one of the largest in the .^
city, constructed entirely of wood,
caught on fire. Great damage was v ^
done, but the flames were finally ex- ^ V
tinguished by the heroic work of the-^^Bv'
fire department, which acquitted jgar
itself better than ever before.
The building is owned by Dr. J. N. Jam
Nesbitt, of this city, Isaac Turner,
Spartanburg, and Horace Brown, of \
Cowpens. It was valued at $10,000, g
with no insurance. The hotel part ' ?S?
of the building was not occupied but J :
the firm of Vineset Brothers, gro
cers, was a heavy loser, with some' >jjjj|,V
insurances Sarratt's barber shop's : Jsl'
loss was $800, with no insurance,,
Green's cafe is an entire loss/ With
no insurance. The Cherokee Com- ' , t
mission company, Postal Telegraph.
and Western Union Telegraph com- ;
panies sustained small losses.
All of the occupants of the building
removed their goods and accordingly
what damage was done was :M?'
through water and handling.
The loss to the owners of the
building will be quite large as the '^|Bj
damage was such that it will neverbe
of great value again.
This same building has caught
number of times before and has been
condemned by the insurance com-.
The origin of the fire to-night is a y|9S
mystery, as the fire started in a - .^JB|
closet in the part vacant.
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particular, and Bamberg county in
The men of Bamberg are back of
the work, and not only are the more
wealthy citizens pushing the work
with their money and interest, but
even the young men working on salaries
are putting down their money
for this work. Bamberg has not asked
others for aid in the work, but it ji
is nopea mat L/enmarK, niumarui ^3
and other places interested will join
hands in making the work more of a
county enterprise. The Bamberg
Ehrhardt & Walterboro railway is /^|jj
an assured fact. Work is not only in
sight?it is going on now.
If there is any special mention to
be made of any individuals for the N|g||
part they have played the entire roll
of the business men's league would ^32
have to be called; but W. D. Rhoad
and Thomas Black have done more of \lj|
the preliminary work than any others,
and this is gladly conceded by ^
the other citizens of the community. > ||