Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r$ PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. W. C. Patrick, of Columbia, _1 _ r- ? is spending a rew days m the city, fc ?Rev. .J. G. Kinsev, of the FarI rell's Store section, was in the city V last Thursday. ?Mr. J. W. Pearlstin. of Olar. spent Sunday and Monday in the city with his father, Mr. S. \Y. Pearlstin. & ?Mr. Tom Watson, formerly of iSf .. this city but now of Bamberg. is in |k- the city to-day.?Gieenwood .Journ?Miss Blanche Hair, who lias been attending Limestone college at Gaffney, is at home for summer va$ : cation. ?Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Allen and sT children left last Saturday for Willie liamston. where they will spend the summer. ?Miss Mamie Hartzog. who has been teaching near Laurinburg. X. p: C., is at home for the summer, her t school having closed. ?Mrs. D. Dowling and little daughter, Margaret, of Bamberg, arrived last week and are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. E. D. Raney.? Beaufort Gazette. ?Misses Erdie and Mamie Ehrhardt, o'f Ehrhardt, are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. H. F. Cline, having come from Mont Amoena seminary, where the latter has been attending.?Newberry Herald and News. ?Mr. Michel Bronson, son of Mrs. Stella Bronson, who has been in the I navy for a year or more, returned home last Friday. He will not return, having been given an honorable discharge on account of his health. ?Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Ask ins have gone to Bamberg to remain permanently. The former* will, we are informed, continue the practice of law and will be connected with a Mr. Graham, an attorney of Bamberg.? Lake City correspondence Kingstree Hp: Record. ?Headmaster J. O. Guilds, of the Carlisle Fitting School, went to Bish? opville last week and attended the Sumter district conference. From there he went to Summerton and attended the Kingstree district conference. Mr. Guilds thinks he will * cret some students from that section next year. Family Wiped Out. Newark, Ohio, May 21.?The entire family of D. W. Dodson was s wiped out at 9:30 to-day when an an |y X interurban car on the Newark di?: . vision of the Ohio electric railway I f struck their buggy and killed Dodf';v son, aged 30, Mrs. Dodson, of the : same age, and their two little girls, K aged 7 and 4. The mother was killpi ed instantly. The younger child E; 1 died almost immediately, Dodson died while being taken to a physician, and the other child died this fcC afternoon. The bodies were mangled. Their horse became frightened at j|| the car and plunged across the track. The motorman was unable to stop his car in time to prevent the collision, jfc and the buggy was struck in its cenShot and Beaten to Pulp. iCrawfordville,Ga., May 21.?Henry jj Googer, 50 years old. a well-known | and prosperous farmer, residing a mile from this town, was found mur% dered last night. He had been shot t from behind, and then his assailant I had pounded his body almost to a | pulp with rocks. The brutality displayed by the jt murderer and the devolpments since then has kept this ordinarily quiet town in a state of excitement since i" the crime was discovered. Joseph Moore, a negro, on whose shoes bloodstains were found and 5 who had a shotgun that was loaded with the same sized shot found in ^ the body of the dead farmer, has |f been arrested on a charge of murder. The chain of evidence that is being gathered by the authorities about the negro is so convincing that they B&-- have the guilty party that there is jp : strong talk of lynching. The negro who is under arrest |g? had been employed by Googer for Bet some time. ||| Ask Half Million for Postoffice. jpff Congressman Lever announced ? "? ? i a _ i\ yesterday that ne wouia introduce a measure in the house this week or ? early next week, calling for an ap| propriation of. $500,000 for the new ( Columbia postoffice. He was here on j| his way to Washington from his home I in Lexington, where he has been for % the past several days on personal P business. He left yesterday after'f noon for Washington. % The new Columbia postoffice will p he located at the corner of Gervais and Sumter streets. The lot was reP cently acquired for $75,000. * Mr. Lever expressed the opinion that the extra session of congress will not ad* journ until early in September.? The State, May 23. 1 HIS PRESENCE NOT DESIRED. Erskiiie College Wins in Action Against Dewitt Blackwell. Due West. May 20.?A case of un usual interest occurred in uie mayor's court here to-day. The authorities of Erskine College swore out a warrant against Mr. Dewitt Blackwell, for coming to the auditorium on a public occasion. Mr. Blackwell was notified that his presence at the institution would not be permitted, but he did not heed the warning and appeared at the public occasion, which occurred there again, hence the issuing of the warrant. Mr. Homer Blackwell, of the Laurens bar, a brother of Mr. Dewitt Blackwell, was here and represented his case. A jury was drawn, and after a heated debate during the course of the trial, Mr. Blackwell was found guilty and a small fine was placed upon him. An appeal was taken. The authorities of the college tried the case on its merits, to see what police powers they had. Actor's Slayer Pardoned. Columbia, May 22.?Geo. Hasty, formerly proprietor of the Piedmont InD, at Gaffnev, who left this afternoon via Spartanburg for Gaffney, said this morning when he called at the executive offices to thank Gov. Blease for the unconditional pardon granted him, that he was suffering from consumption a'nd for that reason he had been removed five months ago from the hosiery mill. Since getting outdoor work he had gained, he said, thirty-five pounds. Hasty in 1905 killed Milan Bennett and an actor named Davidson, both members of the "Nothing but Money" theatrical troupe, following alleged insults by Hasty to Miss Verne Sheridan of the same company. About a year after Hasty's conviction charges of theft and statements reflecting on the girl's character in other respects came to light. Hasty declares Miss Sheridan and another girl from the troupe called on him at the penitentiary, but were not admitted. ' Uses Hatchet on Husband. Monroe. La., May 20.?A Mrs. Logan, of West Monroe, suddenly terminated the joint proprietorship of a railroad restaurant r~d a domestic argument yesterday when she seized a hatchet, lopped off her husband's left ear, whacked a deep gash in the side of his head and made other serious and sanguinary incisions which will keep the patient in a hospital several days. Mrs. Logan is quoted as saying that the row was an aftermath of yesterday's differences when Logan knocked her down with'a chair. Granted Bail. Columbia, May 18.?A father who had killed his own son got bail here this afternoon. A pathetic situation was revealed before Justice Gary at chambers when J. Martin, of Chesterfield county, applied through Senator Geo. R. Laney in his proceedings. It was brought out by affidavit that Oscar Martin, the son, made a dying statement asking that his father be not blamed for the shooting. There were affidavits also from the wife and brothers, all witnesses to the tragedy. According to the affidavits, the daughter of Martin had just returned from the asylum during a lucid period and all at once she appeared again to become demented. In seeking to keep the daughter from the gun both the son and the father grabbed it from the corner. The father had chastised the girl in order it is stated to quiet her. As both the son and father went after the weapon it was discharged killing the son. Oscar Martin made a dying statement saying: "I hope father won't be punished as it was an accident." Bail was granted in the sum of $2,500. Attorney General Lyon represented the State. Judge Brawley Resigns. Charleston, May 16.?William H. Brawley, judge of the United States for the district of South Carolina, mailed his resignation to-day to President Taft. Judge Brawley attained the age of 70 years on May 13, and is, therefore, entitled to retire with full pay. He has been judge of the federal district court of South Carolina for 17 years, having received his appointment from President Cleveland in 1894. Among those who are mentioned for the vacancy are: H. A. M. Smith, B. A. Hagood and E. W. Hughes, all members of the CharlesI ton bar; C. P. Sanders, of Spartan| burg, and ex-Governor Martin F. An| sel, of Greenville. J Get busy, girls, and win the beauti! ful piano to be given away at Klauber's. Get your friends to buy their goods from us and give you the votes. ORDERED TRAIN TO STOP. Passenger and Conductor Shoot Each Uther on Georgia Railroad.. Augusta, Ga., May 21.?Capt. C. D. Bailey, - conductor on passenger Xo. 27 of the Georgia Railroad, which leaves Augusta at 3:20, Eastern time, running between Augusta and Atlanta, was shot yesterday on his train about half a mile this side of Mesina and, in turn, shot his assailant, A. J. Thompson, a well-known white farmer of Warren county. Capt. Bailey was painfully, though not seriously, wounded, the bullet entering his leg between his hip and knee, and it is believed that A. J. Thompson, his assailant, was fatally wounded. The shooting arose over the refusal of Capt. Bailey to stop the train at Mesina, a flag station four miles this side of Camaek, and an argument resulted. When asked to stop. Capt. Bailey stated he could not make a stop without orders and Thompson drew a revolver, saying"You will stop this train at the muzzle of my revolver." Capt. Bailey knocked Thompson's hand down, throwing the muzzle of the gun from his breast as Thompson fired, the bullet entering Capt. Bailey's leg between his hip and knee. Thompson then turned to run and Capt. Bailey, who had drawn his pistol in the scuffle, fired and shot Thompson between his shoulders, the bullet penetrating hit right lung. Thompson was turned over to the county authorities at Camack and Capt. Bailey was taken to the hotel. Too Many Aces. Ki^taning, Pa., May 22.?Five aces' found in one deck of cards caused a quarrel among miners here last night in which three men were killed and one was fatally shot. Dick Sendrio, accused of cheating, was beaten, and in revenge shot into the crowd, hitting four men, including his brother, who was one of the three Uniontown, Pa., May 22.?A quayel over a poker game resulted in one man being killed and another wounded at the Sunshine Coke works last night. Three brothers named Log-, wabaca were playing with Frank Pecan and Frank Rinite. The latter charged one of the brothers withj holding out four aces and it is. al-j leged one of the Logwabacas shot I and killed Pecan and shot Rinite in the right leg. The three brothers j escaped. Will Ask for Pardon. Lexington, May 20.?Perhaps the largest petition ever presented to a governor of South Carolina, asking1 for the pardon of any one man?a petition bearing the signatures of approximately 17,000 individuals? will shortly be presented to Gov., Blease, asking for a full pardon for George Nichols, who is serving a life term in the State penitentiary for complicity in the murder of Paul A. Williams, of Columbia, who was kill-ed on the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train on the night of October 8, last year, according to the statement of G. S. Cunningham, an attorney of Pekin, 111., who spent yesterday in Lexington, seeking such information as might be of aid in securing the pardon of Nichols. The chief ground upon which a pardon will be sought is the fact that Nichols's health is such that he will soon die, it being alleged that the young man is now in the first stages of consumption, and that the confinement in the penitentiary will hasten the end. The petition contains the names of practically every male resident of Pekin, a city of 19,000 population, as well as many others of the county of Tazwell, the home of Nichols's family. The crime for which Nichols is now serving a life sentence was one of the most brutal ever committed in this State. Mr. Cunningham will return to Lexington on Monday, and it is likely that the case will be presented to Gov. Blease some time during next week. Nothing Doing, Says Blease. Polnmhffl Mav 20.?Gov. Blease said this afternoon that he did not purpose to reihove his constables from Dorchester county, because in his opinion they were doing good work and the request for their removal was based on politics more than on considerations of public welfare. The Dorchester grand jury and board of county commissioners have recommended and urged withdrawal of the constabulary force saying the county was being put to heavy expense with no proportionate returns in service. The Dorchester Eagle, says: "If we are to have prohibition, it seems that at least some of the existing tigers could be treed." 1,000 extra votes given this week with the purchase of a suit. Buy your clothing and vote for some of the girls for the piano at Klauber's, "The Store of Quality." i 0 v;> *A-v- - .r * : - . - - ' . - '..V : -v. i ?-Vi- v^?*. .r | Spec | Good Until Ne ? If you will cut this I WE V 8 Bars OcU 7 one lb. pi 2 packages ? But now rem x So come earl I Herndor Malcolm Moye, Mgr. ?@???????@???3 APPEAL TAKEN TO CONGRESS. Further Protest Against Brigham Young Silver Service. Washington, 'May 20.?An appeal has been taken to congress from the navy department by persons who protested to the government against the acceptance of the silver service for the new battle ship Utah, one piece * * A ? 1 !1- /Xrtr. A P Q of wmcn Dears tne lincucoo Mormon leader, Brigham Young. A delegation of women from Utah was given a hearing in executive session, in which the matter was urged on the house naval affairs committee. The committee was told that the non-Mormon citizens of Utah subscribed as liberally as did the Mormons for the service and that they had no idea that the gift was to symbolize Mormonism. A Knife in His Skull. With a knife imbedded an inch and a half in his head, its point an infinitesimal fraction of an inch from his brain, August Hamilton, a negro lad about 15 years of age, was carried laughing and chatting to the City hospital, where the united efforts of two doctors and an improvised lever were necessary to extract it. The boy is now resting easily at the public ward at the hospital , and unless an internal hemorrhage was formed by the knife-thrust, he, will be all right in a day or so. According to the boy's statement he was attacked at about 9:30 o'clock last night on the corner of King and Wentworth streets by another negro boy named John Gary. It is said that there had been a few words when the bystanders, were horrified to see Gray raise a knife and plunge it, with a vicious swing, deep into the head of Hamilton. The lad staggered, but did not fall; looking solemnly after the fleeing figure of his assailant. He fell to the ground, and then slowly regained his feet with the knife standing in his skull in a vertical position. He didn't utter a cry, and not a drop of blood was visible. A doctor, who happened to be there, rushed the boy into Freyschmidt's drug store, at which place the boy is employed as a porter, and tried to pull the knife out, but was startled to see that his best efforts met with no success, as the sharp instrument could not be moved. Tn the meanwhile a call had been sent in for the automobile police ambulance, and that reached the scene in a few minutes. Accompanied by the young doctor, the negro jumped, unassisted, into the auto and they sped to the hospital. ?There a second physician helped the first to pull out the knife, but they found that they were unable to move it until they used a lever, when they braced against the boy's forehead. Not until the knife had been taken out did any blood flow, and not until then did the lad feel any pain. The wound was cauterized and the boy was carried to the ward, where he dropped to sleep within a few minutes. The doctors fear an internal hemorrhage, but if this injury has not been spstained the negro will recover shortly. Detective Levy of the local police force has been assigned to the case and is hot on the trail of the assassin and it is expected that he will shortly be apprehended. This incident recalls to mind the somewhat similar i! ;ial C ? ? 4 /m xt Monday Attem ad. out and and bring or send to /ILL GIVE igon Soap, 4 Cans igs. Soda, 7 lbs. Gold Dust. 0 tember this is subject to b !y. We want to sell you. i's Grocer t Telephone 24 TO STOP BRAYIXG OP MULE. Illinois Judge Grants an Injunction Against Leather-Lunged Animal Poritiac, III., May 17.?Judge Kimbrough has granted a temporary injunction to restrain the raucous ( braying of a leather-lunged mule, the property of Frank Deamude. D. B. Wise, of Potomac, was the plaintiff and told the court that the mule 1 made night hideous by constant bray- 1 ing, and that he and members of ! his family wgre unable to sleep. { Witnesses were produced who testi- fied the mule could be heard-at a distance of a mile and that it de- 1 voted all the time it was not eating or working to assailing the atmosphere with unearthly hee-haws. This is claimed to be the first ini i + n lrirtrl /\? rOrtAr/1 in T1 _ I JUUtnuii WL ao rv i ii u. vyn iswiu ill 11 Unoi3. i Lorimer Case Renewed. _______ I Washington, May 22.?A prompt 1 and sweeping inquiry into newcharges against Senator Lorimer of Illinois, growing out of the investigation by the Illinois State legislature, was assured to-day when, the 1 regular Republicans decided to present in the senate late to-day a reso- ^ lution calling for the conduct of 1 such an inquiry under the direction of the senate committee on privileges and elections. v The Democratic senators will support the resolution, which will be a 1 substitute for the La Follette resolu- ; tion naming a special committee of new senators to take up the inquiry. : The Democrats held a caucus this ! morning and decided in favor of a resolution directing the inquiry by ' the regular senate committee. ' ; Senator La Follette had given notice last w-eek that he would call up his resolution to-day. 'Senator Dillingham, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, will introduce the substitute agreed upon to-day. It is probable that the committee on elections will be directed to conduct the investigation through a subcommittee to be chosen from its own members, but affirmed by the senate. Passes May be Debarred. Atlanta, May 20.?The Georgia State railroad commission has an- ' nounced that on May 31, it will settle the question as to whether or not newspapers and railroads have a right to exchange advertising for transportation in this State. Letters have been mailed to all of the newspapers in the State, notifying them of the hearing and \ inviting their representatives to appear before the commission. 1 The commission some time ago decided to apply the Hepburn act to this State, and recently the Supreme court held that under the terms of this act the exchange could not be made, even though dollar should be given for dollar. Judge J. K. Hines, + Vi^n voiItaqH pnrn syccia.i uuuuoci iui me ? ? mission, also has held that the exchange is illegal. happening of about a week ago, when a white man shot at a negro, the bullet, which was fired from a < 38-calibre "Special" at a distance of about 15 yards, flattening out against the negro's skull without inflicting any injury, or even knocking the negro down.?The News and Courier. . - v . jfferl \am fi nVlnrk I IVVII V V V*V VII 07 our store with $1 | -j TOU I J Lump Starch, ' 8 wj eig sold out. ? I y Store I Bamberg, S. C. A DEADLY GAS IN WELL. v S William Riehle Dead and Fritz Muller Desperately 111. ^' '181 Walhalla, May 21.?Wm. Reihle is dead and Fritz Muller is dangerously ill as a result of gas poisoning in the well of Wm. Reihle, near Walhalla. A blast was placed in the ; ^ well yesterday morning and late in x ;|jgX the afternoon young Muller went into the well. He soon called to those above saying that he was sick and " x'isSb asked that he be drawn out. After . Muller was drawn up for 2Q feet he ';ii was unable to hold and fell back in- ^ to the 'well. Mr. Reihle and Jim ) Pruett then went down into the well. - :|gj '* They succeeded in raising Muller, but both Mr. Reihle and Pruett were ; | ! very sick by this time. When' the |H aegro, Pruett, went down he tied a ^ifSl rope around his body. Those above drew Pruett up, but Mr. Reihle was ?$ unable to help himself. Jim Hunt- ? . er, another negro, then went down into the w.ell and brought Mr. Reihle ^ up, but Mr. Reihle had been in the well so long that he was dead. Dr. B. F. Sloan was on the scene before Mr. Reihle was brought up, but was unable to restore him. v: : Both negroes are sick to-day. Muller is not only suffering from the "Poll in inra/1 Viim _ r' g(tS, UUL IUC A-"**" mjuitu Fritz Muller is a son of Dr. and Mrs. Muller, of Walhalla, and a /^fl nephew of Dr. Muller, of Charleston. . Mr. Reihle was a substantial citizen, , a mechanic by trade. He has only recently returned "from Columbia. He leaves a wife and seven children, all of them living in this county except one son, Fritz, who is in Co- . lumbia, and Mrs. Aice Whitten, of ! Spartanburg. Mr. Reihle and family have many relatives and friends Another Dispensary Snag. Columbia, May 20.?It transpired to-day that difficulties lie in' the way of any attempt by Attorney General Lyon to obey the instructions from the new dispensary commission by f pressing the State's claim of $625,000 against the Richland Distilling Company, because this matter has been handled entirely by Thomas B. Felder and by B. L. Abney, of Columbia, and W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, the latter two attorneys being employed by Col. Felder. It is said that the cancellation by rJ|| the commission of the contract with Felder automatically withdrew Abney and Stevenson, as his agents, ' from the case, so that no attorney familiar with the case and armed ' with the needed evidence is now in the State's employ. Attorney General Lyon has not received instructions officially concerning the commission's wishes in the matter and will make no statement. Gaynor's Daughter Elopes. Wilmington, Del., May 19.?Gertrude Gaynor, aged 22 years, daughter of Mayor Gaynor of New York, and William Seward Webb, Jr., son of a New York millionaire, eloped here to-day and were taarried in the First Presbyterian church by the T% x T? O. : rP v. ^ Viri^o! rvtiv. j. xv. oiuiiwuei. x uc vnuw. couple left this afternoon for Los Angeles, Cal., where they will reside. The utmost secrecy was observed regarding the affair, the Rev. . ' -;|g Mr. Stonecifer refusing to give out any details.