Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ ACRES OF QUILTS. Needle Artists of Georgia Engage in V . g Unique Competition. 1 A few weeks back when Major Archibald W. Butt, aide-de-camp to jjS- President Taft, was in Atlanta, Ga., he was taken for an automobile spin out in the country. On this ride he m happened to see an old fashioned Quilt hanging in the yard of a coun\ try house. Major Butt is a former ESTC XT i_ ?* j xi..' T?. ~... If* Houmeruer aimsen, ana mis uruugui him back to the days of the youth when the home-made quilt was used r altogether. Major Butt is just completing a r handsome new home in Washington and to the friend who was driving ^ with him, he mentioned the fact that R he> wanted to secure one of these old |f-\ fashioned quilts to adorn his home. I| He asked his friend to look out for Eone for him. The major's friend mentioned the w matter to the Atlanta newspapers, S * and all three of them had long aril tides on the subject, stating that the friend of the president's aide-de^ camp would like to get one of these 3$ quilts by May 22. S The office of the Atlanta man now looks like a county fair, it is said. From far and near quilts have come. lL Manv of the good women of Georgia are experts in needlework and they pjL are proud of it. When it became known that there would be a good many quilts offered and the best one &$? selected from the number, all of the k good women entered into the contest with zest. The result is that quilts tT. have been offered in very large numf v bers, of every description. Those who tg are schooled in the art say that every Idesign known to needlework was there, "nine-patch," "sunflower," ??sllgar loaf," "log cabin," "bow i ? knot," "block quilt," "crazy," and all %t of the others. To make the selection the Atlanta $ man selected a committee composed r- of well known dry goods men. The t latter stipulated, however, that their ? namps should never be announced f and that no one should ever know \j. who they were. They were afraid of \ the consequences. And who can "V blame them??Greenville Piedmont. i f Kills Family. ? Pawnee City, Neb., May 29.?Jas. Fielder, a farm hand employed by J. M. McVittie, angered because McVitItle objected to Fielder's attention to his daughter, to-day killed McVittie and his wife, and two children, troanded a third child fatally, shot Sheriff Claude Fuller, who attempted to arrest him, and then killed himself. ' ?After killing four members of the ? McVittie family, Fielder, at the point * ? !of a revolver, iorcea anas ?n;?iuic ^to accompany him in a buggy. He fired two shots at her when she drove away while he stepped from the vehicle for a moment. She was not wounded. For some time Fielder had paid unwelcome attentions to McVittie'sciaughter. According to the daughter, the only member of the family left alive, her father this morning told Fielder to leave the place. Fielder immediately got a revolver and began shooting. After Miss McVittie escaped to a neighbors' home and sounded the I alarm, Fieiaer was iuuuu m an ' empty school house. He barricaded himself. Sheriff Fuller soon arrived with a deputy and attempted to capture Fielder.' The maddened man fired three bullets into the sheriff's body. Seeing the officer fall, Fielder fired a bullet into his heart and was found dead when farmers arrived to aid the sheriff. Blind Fish Caught in Cistern. Atlanta, June 1.?Men of science in this locality are deeply interested in a ehtch recently made by some small boys who were fishing in an abandoned fire cistern yesterday. The boys found a fire cistern that had caved in and with the true instinct of embyro Sir Isaac Waltons, speedily rigged up some improvised fishing tackle and baiting with tempting worms, anxiously awaited results. They had not long to wait, for soon one of the youthful fishermen "got a bite" ad after a smart tug landed the queerest looking fish he had ever seen. It was white and perfectly scaleless, and more astonishing still, had not a sign of an eye. There were closed slits where the eyes should have been, but nothing else. Shortly after the first of the queer fish was landed, another was caught, and soon still another. All were identically alike and all lacked eyes. Quite a crowd collected to watch the boys fishing in the old fire cistern, and the remarkable eyeless fish 1 -11 rwere tn? marvei oi an ucuumci o. It is thought that the fish, like those of the great Mammoth Cave of f Kentucky, have lived in darkness ^ for so many years that they have lost their power of sight from lack of needing it. The fire cistern was fe constructed many years ago and its existence forgotten until it caved in a day or two ago. There is no outII let i I WOULD SAVE NEGRO'S LIFE. ' Sheriff Hunter Says Condemned Man is an Idiot. Lancaster, June 1.?Sheriff Hunter sent Gov. Brown, of Georgia, the following telegram to-day, in relation to a negro who is condemned to hang June 2 in the Fulton county court: ! "Gov. Brown, Atlanta, Ga. "I have just learned that Sam Swatson, colored, is condemned to hang in Fulton county, Ga., on June 2. I therefore hasten to wire you that Sam Swatson is a natural born idiot, and I consider him totally irresponsible for any crime charged against him. He was born in South Carolina in an adjoining county to tins, ana came nere last year ana was considered harmless and was placed in our county poor house until he ran off. So on accout of humanity sake I feel it my duty to let you know these facts so that you may have his case examined into at once and if possible have him incarcerated in some insane asylum for life. "JOHN P. HUNTER, "Sheriff, Lancaster County, S. C." \ Murray Case Aftermath. Columbia, June 1.?The aftermath of the contempt proceedings against Dr. W. J. Murray is the call upon the members of the old commission to appear next Tuesday with the vouchers sought by the new commission. The vouchers will be considered from meeting to meeting until the matter is disposed of by the commission. Intimations by the commission, gathered from questions asked, is that the Atlanta firm will come in for some investigation as to amount of money paid out by the former commission to the firm for services. The commission states that it will ' -1- ? ? ? J - ? -3 ?? VvTT A f_ not accept any uruei uiawu vj attorney Stevenson, to be signed as the order coming from the supreme court in the discharge of the: Murray contempt proceedings. The court had instructed that the proper order be drawn. It would apper from the statement to-night of Secretary Kelley, for the commission, that the commission will ask the court itself to make out the order, as there is a difference of opinion as to just what the order should contain under the court's ruling. The court meets Monday' Liquor Funds Distributed. Columbia, June 1.?The dispensary commission to-day ordered the funds nhont. $25,000. now on de posit in a local bank, transferred to other banks in the State. The commission passed the. following resolution: "Whereas the moneys on deposit to the credit of the State dispensary commission are deposited in the National Loan and Exchange Bank, of Columbia, without interest; and "Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the commission that the same can be deposited in other banks at a rate of interest of not less than 4 per cent, per annuija, subject to call; and "Whereas, this committee is of the opinion that the said funds should be deposited upon interest. There fore be it "Resolved, that out of .the funds on deposit, as aforesaid, the sum of $5,000 ttt deposited according to law in ?ie Enterprise Bank, of Charleston; $5,000 in the Bank of Mullins; $5,000 in the Bank of Bishopville; $5,000 in the Farmers' Union Bank and Trust Company, of Orangeburg, and $5,000 in the Newberry Savings, Bank, of Newberry, as required by law, said deposits to be made upon the condition that interest will be paid at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, and that the said funds be subject to call."' Warrant fo-r Teacher. Atlanta, June 1.?For whipping a delicate 13-year-old boy until his legs were stripped with bleeding wounds and his back was a mass of \ bruises, Mrs. W. J. Albert, a public school teacher in charge of the fourth grade of the Inman Park school, has been arrested on a charge of assault and battery, on a warrant sworn out by the child's father. The little boy's mother, Mrs. R. F. Maulin, hearing of the flogging of the child before the father did, armed herself with a heavy strap and went to the school where she administered a whipping to the teacher. Illiterates and Auto Cars. The Bennettsville Pee Dee Advo-. cate says that the 250th automobile was registered in the office of the clerk of court of Marlboro county the other day and that Prince Wallace, who registered a touring car, is j a negro and unable to write nis name. A negro who can afford a touring car can perhaps afford to be i illiterate, but thousands of white I children are growing up in this State without learning to read who will [ never own a touring car. The privilege of bringing up a child as an illiterate will continue to have defenders, though.?The State. f ; - v., ; . .. . .... >.j ' . -<V* -) " CLEMSON IS LIABLE. Supreme Court Declares it May be Made Defendant. Washington, May 29.?The United I States supreme court, in an opinion rendered to-day by Justice Lamar, reversed and remanded to the lower courts of South Carolina the case of Dr. John Hopkins of Oconee county against Clemson college. Dr. Hopkins is the owner of very valuable ion/la olnnp' the Seneca river, in Oco nee county. In his complaint he alleged that because of dykes constructed by Clemson college the river had been made to overflow his land, trees and banks had been washed away, and that otherwise he had been damaged to the extent of $8,000. Action, was begun in the case on September 1, 1905, in the court of common pleas for Oconee. For defense Clemson college set up the plea that as its trustees were merely the agents of the State of South Carolina, hence the college could not be sued without the State's consent. This plea was upheld by the court of common pleas, and then the case went to the supreme court of the United States, where the constitutional question of whether the trustees of Clemson college iwere or were not the agents of the State was the issue. Reviews the Case. Justice Lamar went thoroughly into the case. He reviewed the conditions of the will of the late Thomas G. Clemson, the founder of the college which now bears his name, and most especially the question of whether or not the trustees are agents of the State. The practical effect of the decision may be summed up in the following language of Justice Lamar: "Plaintiff prayed not only for damages, but that the embankments should be removed. The title to the land and everything annexed to the land is in the State, subject to the conditions named in the will. The State, therefore, may be a necessary party to any proceedings which seek to affect the land itself or to move any structure thereon which has become a part of the land. "If so, and unless it consents to be sued, the court can not decree removal of the embankment which forms a part of the State's property. But the prayer for that part of the relief can be stricken out without depriving the court of jurisdiction to hear and determine the question whether Clemson college is liable to plaintiff for its own prosperity and ' * ?1Ji r^ Attrn corporate act in Dunamg iw iw? proprietary and corporate purposes a dyke, which it is alleged damaged or took the plaintiff's farm, and if the facts hereafter warrant it the college may be enjoined against further acts." The Alleged Damages. Telegrams received in Columbia yesterday made known the fact that the supreme court of the United States had decided that Clemson college was liable for about $8,000 for damages alleged to have been done on the lands of John Hopkins of Oconee county. The Clemson college property is situated in Pickens and Oconee counties, one of the county lines running just opposite the parade grounds. Several years ago permission was obtained from the legislature for the right to bring suit gainst the college by Dr. Hopkins of Oconee county, because of damage done to his land by dykes constructed by the college. A legislative commission was appointed to investigate this case, and in the meantime the suit went through the usual course and the supreme court decided that the institution, being under State control, could not be sued except by consent of the Legislature: Trustees Not State's Agents. Seven of the trustees of the college are life members, being named in the Clemson bequests. Vacancies are filled by these trustees. These seven members constitute a majority of the i~ tviq rJam'cinn nf fhfi United j UUCVL U* X uv> uvuiwivu w ? v?? I States supreme court means that the majority'members do not represent the State of South Carolina, and that the college is liable for a suit J at any time, just as any corporation or individual, without the necessity of obtained permission from the State of South Carolina. The decision is far-reaching in effect. It may have some bearing on the fertiliser tag tax, which brings to the institution over $250,000 yearly; on the present agreement beween the State of South Carolina and the life trustees; on proceedings in volving the right of the lire trustees to hold other offices, and matters discussed for years hy the people. J. P. Carey, of Pickens, represented the State in this case.?The State. The South Carolina Goods Roads association will meet in Spartanburg in August. A Costly Hug. Putnam, Conn., June 1.?William White, aged 27, of Plainfield was sent to jail for one year and fined $265 for placing his arms about a woman on the street. This is the heaviest penalty ever imposed in the State for a similar offense. t / I 9 I I I FELDER TALKS OF CASE. Atlanta Attorney Interviewed on Is. suance of Warrant. Atlanta, May 31.?The Atlanta Journel publishes the following: "According to a dispatch from Newberry, S. C., a member of the new commission appointed to wind up the dispensary system in South Carolina, Monday swore out a warrant in Newberry for the arrest of T. B. Felder, of Atlanta, member of the law firm of Felder, Rountree & Wilson, on the charge that Mr. Felder tried to bribe H. H. Evans, a member of the board of directors of the State dispensary of South Carolina, and that he conspired to cheat and defraud the State. "Mr. Felder said Tuesday morning that this action was political bluff and that it was prompted by Gov. Cole L. Blease of South Carolina. J f V\of Vi n ntr uictue tut; suticuicm, vuu.b has in his possession evidence that Gov. Blease, while State senator, received $4,000 from one liquor house for using his influence in its behalf, and that he received many other thousands from other liquor dealers. " 'As soon as Blease's term of office as govenbr expires,' he declared, 'I expect to place this evidence before a grand jury in South Carolina and have him indicted.' "Mr. Felder said: " 'Gov. Ansel, who was succeeded as governor of South Carolina by Blease, appointed a commission of five to wind up the dispensary commission. I was attorney for this commission. When Blease came into office he charged that this commission was corrupt, so he discharged it and appointed a new one that consisted of his former law partner and his personal friends. He then had a bill introduced in the legislature author1*7111 er an investigation of the old com mission. The bill passed, but he vetoed it?vetoed his own bill. Why? because he had found out that an investigation of the old commission would result in an investigation of himself. He, says he is quite willing for the new commission he appointed to investigate his record, but Jhis commission, as he himself admits, is composed of his personal friends. " 'This commission met yesterday at Columbia, S. C., for the ostensible reason of beginning an investigation, but for the real reason of whitewashing Blease. I was notified to appear before it. I didn't go, of course. One reason was that the threat was made that if I ever came back to South Carolina I would be put out of the way. " 'The truth of the matter is that Blease ought to be under indictment right now. He is nothing less than a crook. This man Evans whom tney say I tried to bribe is himself under indictment for cheating and defrauding the State, and he is under indictment on evidence that I produced. He is Blease's close friend and is an enemy of mine. There you see why he wishes to injure me. " 'The charges against me are based on forgery and perjury and they are participated in if not actually prompted by Blease. I have written and verbal evidence that will establish his connection with gigantic frauds during the old dispensary system/ " MORE OF A MUDDLE. Employs Special Counsel Over Protest of Attorney General. Columbia, May 30.?The action of the new dispensary commission in employing Holman and Holman of Charleston as special counsel over the protest of Attorney General Lyon may lead to further complications. The act under which the commission is working authorizes the board to "employ such assistant counsel as may be approved by the attorney general." The latter himself being the leading counsel and the act of 1909 says "all board or departments are forbidden to employ any counsellor any purpose except through the attorney general and upon his advice." Attorney General Lyon told the commission he himself stood ready to advise them and he could not sanction the employment of other counsel. Nevertheless Hollman and Hollman were retained and W. A. Hollman of that firm is here in consultation with the board. mARsm Murray. McSween. Patten and Wood made to-day a return to the commission rule requiring the production of vouchers and records. The old commission deny the authority of their successors to demand these papers and say further that the old board is under a heavy bond and cannot afford to let go the only evidence they have of their honesty in handling large sums of money. Dr. Murray appeared with counsel in response to the rule and filed this return instead of producing the original vouchers demanded. Whether he will now be ruled for contempt is a matter not yet decided. The Middleburg cotton mill at Batesburg has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $300,000. y IMPORTANT NOTICE! To All Prospective Purchasers a Gasoline Engines:? I have the exclusive agency for th< DETROIT KEROSENE ENGINE, anc offer you: An engine complete, ready to nil when you receive it; entire freedon from adjustments and complications; A RELIABLE ENGINE THAI STARTS WITHOUT CRANKING, re verses and runs equally well in eith er direction. An engine which runt on COMMON KEROSENE Oil (lamp oil) better than ordinary en gines run on gasoline. ABSOLUTE steady POWER; ah solute reliability; full control ovei engine and speed while engine is running; entire absence- of gears, cams sprockets (the things that give i lot of trouble on ordinary gasolint engines.) The only engine whicl women and children can safely run Just the thing to run anything fron a sewing machine to a ginnery, u{ to 50 horse power. Write me your wants and get ? oflffllncmp And nrires. Yours very truly, Dr. J. H. E. Milhous BLACKVILLE. S. C. 1/01116 UUI6 I "I would like to guide I suffering women to a sure I cure for female troubles/9 I writes Mrs. R. E. Mercer, of Frozen Camp, W. Va. "I have found no med- I icine equal to CarduL I H had suffered for about H four years. Would have I headache for a week at a time, until I would be H nearly crazy. I took Car dui and now I never have I the headache any more.991 ICARDUI The Woman's Tonfc I The pains from which H many women suffer every ft month are unnecessary. U It's not safe to trust to H strong drugs, right at the fl time of the pains. Better to take Cardui IV for. a while, before and II after, to strengthen the [I system and cure the cause. H This is the sensible, H the scientific, the right way. Try it | Why Safer from Eczema? A Georgia Man Tells Bis Experience. I was afflicted with a very bad case of Eczema for twenty-five years, which was in my feet, legs and hips. Through all this time I tried different remedies and Doctors* prescriptions, obtaining no relief until I used your HUNT'S CUBE, One box (50c.) cured me entirely, and though two years have elapsed I have had no return of the trouble. Naturally I regard it as the - At. - ?J greatest remeay in me worm. Yours, J. P. PERKINS, Atlanta, Ga. Manufactured and Guaranteed by A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO. Sherman, Texas. Sold by": Peoples Drug Co. Bamberg, S. C. 4 per cent. 4 per cent What is Your Balance Carried Forward Into 1911 A Any Money Invested? Any Money in the Bank? NO TO THESE QUESTIONS means a year without progress. Th< man who says "What little I couli - - - . ? 1 save wouldn't amount to anyuungdoesn't know the value of the WORKING DOLLAR Don't be ashamed to save small sum and send them to our Savings De partment. We're pleased to hav you, deposit any sum of Savings, am will allow you four per cent, inter est, compounded quarterly. Ehrhardt Banking Company EHRHARDT, S. C. / . Coal&Lumber All kinds always on hand PROMPT DELIVERY BAMBERG BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. L. B. FOWLER, Manager 'Phone 33L Bamberg S- C. . j.-.; ">> v ' . . D. J. DELK j CABHAfflfMIS | i When in need of anything in 1 my line, don't forget the place, j, No. 24 Main street, Bamberg, S. C? in front of the cotton mill. } We run a first-class repair i and wheel wright shop, build . ^ one and two-horse wagons, sewing machine and delivery wagJ ons, log carts, and any special wagon; paint baggies and an tomobiles in factory style. i We are agent foj the Deer1 ing harvesting machinery, disc | harrows, compost spreaders, ? gasoline engines, etc. ' i We carry a stock of the best grain drills on the market. Call and see us before you buy. Anything sent us will have the same attention as if you v to bring it yourself. I 'jaw D. J. DfcLK I BAMBERG, S. C. - | l^VT. P. RILEY <; H| 11 ' Fire, Life j; gfM 1 . Accident i: insurance:; fll ?o BAMBERG, S. C? . o ' " MONEY TO LOAN. Loans made on improved farm lands in Aiken, Barn; JfIs well, Bamberg and Hamp- Wgh ton Counties. No delay. JAMES A. WILLIS, Attorney, jf y/''- Barnwell, S. C. Shoe & Harness Repairing I have moved my shop to my new vj||3 building in rear of Johnson** Hotel* by the passenger depot, where I am read to serve yon with all kinds elf j'JaB harness and repairing, as well as new work in the harness line. Give me a | EEYWOOD JOHNSON BAMBERG. 8. O. . J ./.7I 1^. MOTE DICKINSON INSURANCE AGENT x WILL WRITE ANYTHING v |?^B Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the >? strongest and most reliable companies. y^rajM 'Phone No. AO-B. Bamberg, 8. C. v f TO THE PUBLIC ^ The undersigned have formed &:(. "J copartnership for the purpose of yj|9 practicing law under the firm name of Mayfield & Free. S. O. MAYFIELD, W. E. FREE. I PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES I V AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injec- : tors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines ;:||8 larob^tock LOMBARD Z0ji Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, S Supply Store. ? ';J5 B AFGF8TA,. GA. I i. D. COPELAND, JR. I I ...agent for... j Peon Mutual Life lus. Co. | J Money to Loan On Real Estate }. !tl| BAMBERG, - ^ SOUTH CAROLINA J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law I BAMBERG. S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated FRANCIS F. CARROLL '||1 Attorney-at-Law Office In Hoffman Building. GENERAL PRACTICE.