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'. | - .'? 7 . / .; ":"- ; ;; Hamburg ijmlb | Established 1891 . BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 8,1911. One Dollar a Yearff||j COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. j Sunday, the 28th, dawned bright and clear. Rev. B. F. Allen preached the commencement sermon of our High School. Those burning words of truth should he long remembered by the youth of our town. The choir, composed of the best singers, gave a special musical program, and Mrs. S. L. Sanders presided at the organ. Monday evening the pupils entertained us with drills, recitations, and bright music, doing credit to themselves and teachers. Tuesday avening diplomas were awarded Xfeses Lucile Griner and J. Loadholt Two prizes offered by Mrs. S. L. Sanders for most faithful work in the literary society were won by Lee [ Bessinger and Sadie Harter. Miss Moye's .music prize was awarded to Gladys Buckner, and one offered byj Prof. Munroe for excellence in school work was won by Lee Bessinger. The ' " J 1 Trt.V.r?r, + rt? fr\T prize onereu uy rrui. uumioiuu *.*** best essay on a given subject was * won by Gladys Buckner. The community is. blest in having our music teacher, Miss Moye, to live here. She goes among her pupils out of school hours, encouraging and helping them and elevates their standard to what good music is. The address by Prof. W. X. Tate was very fine, and was loudly ap plauded by the large .crowd assembled there. ; I Our teachers have all left, carry- j ing with them the "well done" of patrons and pupils. Prof. Munroe will attend the summer school for teachers in Nashville. Miss Lucile You mans has returned from Converse college. We are glad to see smiling Fred Marsh back again, after an absence of two years. Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Jarrell have also moved from Columbia here. No f place like Fairfax after all. Misses Lucile Youmans, Hattie Googe, Mercedes Buckner, and Lila Barber, also Miss Alma Knight, are home from the different colleges. Mr. Arthur Googe is just home from Wofford. ? Goes on Lion Hunt. ' Newport, R. L, June 5.?Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll and her daughter, Dorothy, have closed their home in Newport and are on the way for a lion hunting trip in the African jungle. Ever since the Roosevelt trip Mrs. > Carroll has wanted to test her marksmanship at big game. Her husband and a retinue of servants accompany her. m I m Compromise Agreed On. jr. A compromise was Tuesday after-1 I noon agreed upon between members of the old and new commission by which the vouchers sought by the new commission are to be placed in H the hands of two accountants and thus will be avoided the necessity of the members of the old commis: sion's remaining in Columbia at all times when the vouchers are being examined. *11 nf tho fnrmer com I/>?i 1UCU1W1S ?**v mission were present Tuesday afternoon when the new commission met in the ways and means committee room at the State capitol. The members of the former commission are: W. J. Murray, of Columbia, chairman; John McSween, Timmonsville, secretary; Avery Patton, Greenville; J. Steele Brfce, Yorkville, and A. N. Wood, Gaffney. They were present with Messrs. Belser and Stevenson, attorneys. The vouchers were brought to the meeting place by the former accountant, J. L. Thorpe of the old commission. The vouchers are to be examined by the new commission's accountant, E. B. Wilson, and by the commissioners. Mr. Thorpe, during these examinations, will represent the old commissioners, mis, it is |S. understood, are the terms of the compromise. R Blind Tigers in Fairfax. Fairfax, June 5.?Charged with operating a blind tiger, Gary Har| vey and Joe Dickinson, two young Efc white men, were arrested Saturday night. Harvey was released under a $75 bond, but unable to furnish bond, Dickinson was held until this morning when he was given a heari ing and fined $30 or 30 days. HarJ vey forfeited his bond. I OPEN LETTER TO BLEASE. Felder Dares Chief Executive to Enter Suit for Libel. Thorns B. Felder, of Atlanta, has issued the following open letter to Cole L. Blease, governor of South 1 Carolina: To Cole L. Blease: Realizing that my card, published in the press of today, is open to the1 criticism of being too general in its terms, this is intended as a supplement, designed to embody only specifics. If the charges I herein lodge against you are true, you are not fit to be governor of a "nigger" col ony, much less the chief magistrate of the grand and glorious commonwealth of South Carolina; and unless you take steps without delay to refute them, you owe it to the position you dishonor and the people you disgrace to forthwith tender your resignation and retire to the "shades of private life," where you will reap the reward of obliquy and execration to which your infamous achievements in public life so richly entitle you. If the charges I make are false, they are libelous per se, and I am suably solvent. Meet you Outside estate. Moreover, with apologies to the shades of my departed ancestors, I in modesty (?) claim to be your equal, and if you are aggrieved by the charges it will be my pleasure to meet you at such time and place without the confines of your State that may suit your convenience, to the end that abundant opportunity may be afforded to redress your grievances. If my charges are groundless and libellous and you do not wish to seek personal satisfaction, you can institute suit against me in the United .Cfatoo nnnrt in thp oit.V of Atlanta should it be objected, however, that this is my home county, then in any of the subdivisions of the district. As soon as suit is filed I hereby promise and agree in order to facilitate and expedite the same and by way of circumventing any excuse you may offer for inaction, that I will acknowledge service and will enter into a recognizance with good and approved security in an amount covering the sum sued for, the fees of your counsel and the cost of court, together with your personl expenses and the expenses of your witnesses; the only condition of the bond be that you shall finally prevail in the litigation. An investigation of this court will disclose that it is presided ov*r by a distinguished jurist, who, in the administration of the laws knows neither friend nor foe and while his decisions are occasionally reversed, they abound in such rigid integrity AU-A intornrofpd Ulttl iiicj arc uuiT^iscuij iuv&i{iivwu to be "without variableness or shadow of turning." Even and Exact Justice. You will find that the juries of this court are selected with such care that they are composed of gentlemen who will mete out to litgants (something you least desire) even and exact justice. So much by way of promise. Now then, in order to afford you grounds for this suit, I charge that you both in official life and as a private citizen, havflbeen a bribe-giver and a bribetaker, "lees of the former than of the latter," that during your incumbency as a State senator from the county of Newberry you were on the pay rolls of at least a half dozen liquor dealers doing business with the late defunct dispensary (and that you received from one alone the sum of about $4,000, and from the others sums aggregating many thousands of dollars.) I specifically charge that these moneys were paid by them ? ? * Wtt wa? nrtfli IV10 distinct ttUU ttV/W:yiCU UJ JVU n tku kuv wwwmv. understanding that it should be for compensation for your services in protecting their interests from hostile legislation and for corruptly influencing the State's agents in the purchase of supplies for the State dispensary. I use your own language. From the "mountain of evidence" in my possession I submit for your consideration "a few grains of sand." In doing so I omit the name of the addressee: "Dear Sir: I am greatly surprised that you failed to call upon me during your recent visit to Columbia and arrange the matter as promised. Spoke to Hub about it and he referred me to you. Have performed all services as agreed, both as to matters pending here and as to the last purchase of the board. Let me near from you at once. Read and destroy. Yours very truly, (Signed.) "COLE." Written to Representative. This letter was written by you during a session of the legislature of the State of South Carolina, in the month of February, 1905, to the representative of a well known liquor house IN THE PALMETTO STATE I SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick i Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings., Governor Blease is out in a state- ' raent in reply to Col. Felder, the At- 1 lanta lawyer, in which he states that he will pay no attention to Felderj and will not be deterred from his efforts to bring him to justice. It is expected that the grand jury of Newberry county will issue an in- ! dictment against Col. T. B. Felder, ; of Atlanta, next Monday. Several witnesses have been summoned, among them being C. L. Blease, H. H. Evans, and John Bell Towill. The governor has issued a procla- , mation ordering an election to be held July 18th to determine whether a new county shall be formed out of portions of Hampton and Beaufort. The new county is to be called Jasper and Ridgeland is to be the county seat. Capt. W. VV. Wannamaker and Mr. O. K. Wilson are announced as candidates for mayor in Orangeburg. Mr. Wannamaker is now an alderman, but Mr. Wilson has not heretofore enjoyed municipal honors. The primary takes place in a month or so. No candidates for alderman have % been announced so far. which has had large transactions with the State dispensary. Thereafter, on March 16, 1905, you addressed another communication to the same party as follows: "Dear Sir: Since writing you on the 26th ultimo, saw Hub. He hand- ed me the five hundred. Hereafter either deal directly with me or through J. P. Confidently, cannot rely on Hub in money matters. Hope to see you soon and report happenings. Very truly yours, (Signed.) "COLE." I charge further that your election ' * * ? Otn+A io me omce 01 guvemui ut mo oww of South Carolina was compassed by methods and means contrived by you, your law partner. Fred Dominick? now a member of your winding-up , commission?your henchmen and al- ( lies, whose master hands are dexterously skilled in the art of corruption and debauchery as the result of m?iy years of practice in this art The specific means to which I refer being the raising of a gigantic corruption fund, which was used under your direction to debauch a large portion of the electorate of the State of South Carolina. I serve you with , notice that I have a full roster of the names of the solicitors of this fund and a partial list of the contributors. , Notwithstanding the fact that this fund was disbursed under your direction and supervision, you signed an affidavit prescribed by the statute of your State in which you declared that the disbursements made by you in your candidacy for governor were infinitesimally small. Socially Ostracised. As to your "conduct as a citizen" I have no concern. I understand, how-' ever that it is true tnat Decause ui your conduct you are very largely denied the privilege of association with the ladies and gentlemen of your State; that you are scorned of the one and despised of the other; , that in effect you are socially ostracised and that your most intimate associates belong to the criminal class- , es. I do not state as a reason for your conduct, but as a matter of fact, ] that, instead of frequenting the social ( clubs of your city where convivial , gentlemen are wont to assemble to appease their appetiteri, you do your tippling daily at the bars of the "blind tigers" of your city, in viola- i tion of the laws of your State which i *"" fVi fn Minaopvo and ' JUU ttic UUUU1 VUVU vv vviwv. , v ? protect. I am without information as to whether your visits to the one and not to the other are from choice or necessity, but from my knowledge of the gentlemen who compose these social clubs and from the character of gentlemen who usually compose the membership of like institutions, the inference upon my part is justified that it is with you a matter of necessity and not choice. Steeped in crime and infamy as you are, I gravely doubt whether you will pursue either of the courses above indicated for a redress of your grievances. Your failure to do the one or the other will necessarily place i you in the category of coward or thief, one or both, and no gentleman ( could thereafter afford to take further notice of your vaporings. However, when the opportune time presents itself you and yours will ' hear further from me through the < proper channels. ! THOMAS B. FELDER. 1 HAILE GOLD MINE SOLD. >ale Made by Receivers Under Order of Court. Lancaster, June 5.?The Haile gold mining property in Lancaster county, consisting of 1,895 acres, was sold here to-day at public auction, together with all the machinery and personal property on it. The sale was made under order of court by the receivers, Chas. D. Jones, of Lancaster, and L. W. Amerman, of New York. The property brought $ 39,000 and was >purchased by John T. Stevens, of Kershaw, for himself and associates, Leroy Springs, Chas. D. Jones, J. #H. Witherspoon and E. D. Blakeney. who will organize a company to operate the mine.. The work of repairing the machinery and pumping water out of the mine will be begun at once, and it is thought that the mills will be running within 30 days. By those in a position to know, it is believed that the purchasers of the property have secured a bargain, the land alone, 213 acres of which, is heavily timbered with . long-leaf pines, and is said , to be worth the purchase price, to say nothing of the mineral interest. ' In fact the next highest bid at the sale was $68,000, made by a prominent planter in the neighborhood, W. U. Clyburn. The buildings on the place, it is stated, cost $50,000. Shoots at Fleeing Negro. Brunson, June 2.?Considerable excitement was occasioned here Tuesday, just about dark, when three pistol shots rang out, quickly, in the residence part of the town. The wife of a merchant was sitting alone on the veranda of her dwelling house when a young negro, about 18 years of age, came to the steps and stated that he had called for 5U cents aue the washwoman who'had sent him to make the collection. The woman, recognizing the negro, stepped into the room and taking the change from her purse returned to the veranda and handed it to him. The negro lingered, and finally made insulting proposals to her. Quickly stepping into the house, she secured a pistol. On coming again to the front, she saw him hastily going out of the front gate. She began firing at him asghe ran, and fired three shots?all the loaded chambers of the pistol?as he fled in the gathering darkness. A searching party found him about 3 o'clock this morning in a negro's house about one mile from the town. He was brought back and identified . . by the lady whom ne naa accosiea, and was hurried to the Hampton jail. He is a loafing negro youngster of the town, and is known by the name of Reverend Best. William Roddy Shot Dead. Charleston, June 4.?Roddy Lanigan shot and killed his uncle, William Roddy, at their home on Queen street Saturday night, and surrendered himself to the police this morning, when the first news of the killing was learned. A coroner's jury this atfernoon exonerated Lanigan of * >?/% IrilHnff hr o ver/lift nf UldLLIO iUi tUC rvniiug u ? v* justifiable homicide. Lanigan was released on bail of $500. " Roddy, insane from drinking, attacked Lanigan with a chair and knife, and received a pistol shot in the throat that proved fatal. He was about 35 years old and unmarried. A year ago Rcfddy, while intoxicated, nearly killed Lanigan by knife wounds. Roddy's brother was a witness to the shooting, and corroborated Lanigan's statement at the inquest to-day. Sensation in Sugar. Washington, June 5.?Representative Hardwick of Georgia, chairman of the special house committee named to investigate the sugar trust, called at the White House to-day and asked the president to lay before the committee all data in possession of the executive departments. This the pres' * ? * ' "douHolr idem promiseu tu uu. i?>. 8aid the sugar investigation would begin in earnest next week. He said he would not be surprised if it developed into another steel investigation, in so far as sensational features were concerned. It is known that the committee will inquire deeply into the cash settlement made by the government with the sugar company, following the conviction for frauds in underweighing imported sugars. This promises to be the most important part of the coming inquiry. To Increase Salaries. Pittsburg, June 5.?A resolution was adopted to-day at the Reformed Presbyterian synod making the minimum salary of the lowest paid minister $900 a year instead of $800. ' . -a : HUB SAYS FELDER'S A LIAR ] FORMER DISPENSARY CHIEF IS NOT CAREFUL |OF WORDS. Blease No Fool.?Ready to Give Sat- ; isfaction to Enemies Any Time ' and Any Place. Columbia, June 6.?It was 1 o'clock this afternoon before the dis- 3 pensary commission convened. Mem- ' bers of the old board had been summoned to appear and produce all ; vouchers and other original records in their possession. The supreme court handed down this morning the written order affirming the oral or- 1 der of Chief Justice Jones in the contempt case against former Chairman Murray. The court says that Dr. Murray can not be held in contempt because the commission, while it could require him to produce the vouchers for examination, could not make him give up the custody of the documents, the title to which re mains in him. Hub H. Evans when asked about Thomas B. Felder's article criticising Gov. Blease made the following statement in writing: "Yes, I read Felder's article in the Atlanta Constitution. I do not know to whom the alleged letter was written to as the addressee's name is not given by Felder. As far as the 'Hub' is concerned in the said letter, I presume that it applied to Hub H. Evans, as he was the only man of the name of Hub that was ever on the board of directors. Uses Short and Ugly Word. "Felder and the addressee are both infamous liars, as I have never turned over to Cole L. Blease $500, or any other moneys, and there is no man living in the world knows " J T JU I better tnan rom r eiuer iu?i ? uiu not do it If I had done so, every man who knows Blease knows he would have had too much sense to hiive acknowledged it in writing, for whatever else may have been or may be said of him, not even his bitterest political enemies have accused him of being a fool. "Not cnly that; what inducement could have possibly been brought upon me to deliver over to Cole L. Blease $500, or any other moneys? All my friends and enemies know that Hub Evans did not give Cole L. Blease, or any other man $500, and another thing; I know that the language published in the letter as to my not being reliable in all my finan^n'Unorn TI7QQ Tint IICpH hv "Riprap l/Idl T? WW UV? ^ ? ? ? ? for he knows that I am reliable in all my financial dealings. Ready to Give Satisfaction. "I do not care to take further Notice of Felder, but am ready and prepared to meet him and his associates on any charge that he may make, as I have been endeavoring to do by clamoring for a hearing before the winding-up commission and demanding a trial in the courts, both of which have been denied me,vknowing the fact that the Constitution of both the United States and my State guarantee me the right to a fair public and speedy trial. All of this has been repeatedly denied me by the commis sion, and the circuit judges who have held courts in the Eighth circuit. "I have been so lied upon, insulted by insinuations and lying charges by Felder and his crowd that I now call for a show-down. The limit is reached. If Felder or the addressee of the said alleged letters published in the Atlanta Constitution feels aggrieved at my language, I am ready to give them personal satisfaction at any time, any place they or either of them may desire."The commission has engaged an expert accountant and he is checking up the vouchers submitted for inspection by the old commission. It Is understood tnat tut; coumumiuu hopes to show that Felder was overpaid and to reveal other irregularities. The old commission made it clear in filing the vouchers for examination that custody of them was not surrendered. LAWYER SENT TO JAIL. New York Attorney is Given Five Months in Penitentiary. New York, June 5.?Daniel O'Reilly, the lawyer, who was convicted of receiving stolen goods in the Bancroft bond robbery case, to-day was sentenced by Justice Davis in the criminal branch of the supreme court to five months in the penitentiary. Abraham Levy made a plea in his behalf, but District Attorney Whitman made a demand for a jail sentence. O'Reilly appeared to be deeply affected by his sentence. Screen wire doors and windows of all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardware store.' TREASURER HALTS COMMISSION. '% ? ';M Refuses to Sanction Transfer of Dispensary Funds. The State treasurer, R. H. Jen- *^|gj nings, will refuse to countersign '4%\ checks transferring the dispensary -JjjM fund, amounting to $25,000, to four banks in the State, the banks not - :-h having been approved by the State* 0% financial board as depositories for 7^ State funds. The $25,000 in question is now on deposit in the National Loan and Exchange bank of Colum- .7* bia where it was placed as a working capital by the former commission. Several days ago the new commit >4 sion passed a resolution authorizing ^ the $25,000 to be placed in the lowing Danits; Enterprise Bank of Charleston,, ^ $5,000. j Bank of Mullins, $5,000. Bank of Bishopville, $5,000. Newberry Savings bank, $5,000. Farmers Union Bank and company, of Orangeburg, $5,000. The Newberry Savings bank of Newberry, is the only bank approved ' '$$& by the financial board, which is com- / ^ posed of the governor, State treasurer and comptroller general, as depost-Z^l ~ tories for State funds. Each bank is W%m located in the resident town of u *|j| member of the commission. ' The action of the State treasurer | in refusing to countersign the checks is not a reflection on the banks men^|ffl : tioned. There are a large number banks in the State, not designated as ]? depositories for State funds, and ttos^ ' board selects those in which money^OH will be placed. v^8b State Treasurer Jennings has ad? ^ dressed a letter to the secretary of - '0M the new commission informing him of his position and this letter Jig sent following the receipt of the reso- '\^ lution. Comptroller's Position. Comptroller General Jones is of the same opinion as the State trees* urer, and the action of Mr. Jennings will be upheld. The State treasurer -,2 will countersign checks f. r the mosey to be placed in banks that nave been approved by the financial board. State ^Treasurer Jennings is actinff^:J| under section 12 of the acta of 1908. The act requires that he coimteralgt^Jj > all checks payable according to He takes position that the chetiE?'7^^g transferring the money to four of tne ||& banks would not be according to law S|| and therefore will refuse to give hia ys|Hj signature. j The Resolution. The following is the resolution of j the commission: "Whereas, the moneys on deposit fgjm to the credit ol the State dispensary jg|8| commission are deposited in the Nk- ;H:|3| tional Loan and Exchange bank of ; Columbia without interest and "Whereas, it has come to knowledge of the commission that the same can be deposited in other banks at rate of interest not less than 4 peg-^^H cent, per annum, subject to call; dnd "Whereas, this commission is of^wj the opinion the said funds should be deposited upon interest; therefore .^||| "Resolved that out of ?the funds on 'JS deposit as aforesaid the sum of $5,- ^|l 000 be deposited according to law in ^||! the Enterprise bank of Charleston; |1 $5,000 in the Bank of Mullins; $5,- .^g'-i AAA in iliA DnnV a# Qiahnnvtllo* fS.a * ; SS VVV ill t/U^ JLiftll IV VI JJAOUV|fV?MV| Y w; "<23# 000 in the Farmers' Union Bank and . Trust company of Orangeburg; $5,000 in the Newberry Sayings bank of Newberry, as required by law, said deposits to be made upon the condi- ;|yl tion that interest will be paid at the rate of 4 per cent per annum and that the said funds be subject to . ^ call." Lumber Concern in List. Columbia, June 1.?The Big Sal- C:?| kebatchie Cypress Company, of , jM Charleston, has been chartered with ^ a capital of $300,000. The company will engage in the lumber business. ^ H. B. Hewes is president; R. H. Dowman, vice president; R. L. Mon- . tague, secretary. The People's Gin Company, of Pageland, has been chartered, capi- ^ tal $10,000. The officers are: R. H. Blakeney, president; M. H. Daw- . kins, secretary; P. H. Avant, vice Jf3 president. The Heath Springs Mercantile Company, capital $25,000, has been chartered. The officers are: H. D. Heath, president; S. W. Heath, vice president; D. M. Jones, secretary. The Citizens' Insurance and Brokerage Company, of Williamston and Pelzer, has been chartered, with a . capital of $10,000. The officers are: John A. Hudgens, president; B. B. Gossett, vice president; R. E. Tolli- 5|| son, secretary. ^5 or 6 doses "666" will cure an case of Chills and Fever. Prlce^t5a ^