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P. ' ; ' "r gg ' " " f ' . - ' HPmV ; p Wye lamterg %mto j i Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3,1911. One Dollar a Year||j? coram news letters SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS [ IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 31.?Cotton is opening fast in this section. Two farmers have enough open now to make a bale each if they had it picked. Miss Helen Satterwhite, of Newberry, is spending some time here | with her school friends. te Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Chassereau have gone to take a dip in the big briny basin and enjoy the social ? * 1? . _ m _? a*. 1 events tnat tne isie or raims auuru. Quite a crowd of young folks from our town went away the latter part of last week seeking the pleasures of the cities. Hope they will have a fine p time and enjoy themselves. The services conducted by Rev. D. B. Groseclose Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were enjoyed by all that attended. If nothing else touched them, the dinner did, but we have heard some that say they think the the teaching of the gospel did some souls good. [ % - There will be a game of baseball on the Ehrhardt diamond between * TX7TV*T.VinT./3f faomc fVlic vv duel uvji u auu jl^ui uai ul v***w afternoon. Mr. Jesse C. Peck, of North Carolina, is on a business visit to our town. Seems to have very good success with his line of business, after long persuasion. There are some blind tigers around town. Our officers are looking for them. So far they have only found the tiger tracks, but hope soon to find them out. JEE. Social Doings at Olar. Olar, July 29.?Miss Inez Starr entertained a number of the young society set delightfully Friday evening at h?*r hnmft. in eomDliment to her house gue&ts, Misses Floryde Garris, Gladys Milhouse, Martha Ray and Julia Goolsby, of Denmark; Miss Louise Felder, of Bamberg, and Miss Beatrice Armstrong, of North Augusta. * , ; Mrs. Homer Kearse complimented her guests, Miss Lindsay, of Chester, and Miss Lucile Jones, of LaGrange, Ga., and the visiting young folks with a delightful picnic at Rush's Mill on last Monday afternoon. Miss Zelma Rizer entertained the * visiting young people of the town at a very delightful informal reception at her home on Monday evening. Laurie Hartzo& of Appleton, is iriei*in?r hie mother in this CitV. Eugene Terry has' just returned from a visit to his home in Oswego. Ira Garris, of Denmark, visited Floyd Chitty this week. Capt. R. J. Armstrong, of Augusta, and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hooton, of Denmark, are visiting at P. H. Starr's. s* Mrs. John Hutchting, of Branchville, is visiting her parents, Mr. and , Mrs. W. W. Barker. Miss Harrison is it Mrs. Minnie Barker's for this week. Mrs. H. Pearlstine and little daughter, Dorothy, have gone on a visit to Jacksonville, Fla. # Mrs. G. M. Neeley left yesterday for Danville and other points in Virginia. Misses Willy Dell Hutto and Sally Neeley, of Denmark, are visiting Miss Maggie Milhous. Miss Inez Starr left-yesterday for a visit to Denmark. Mrs. Manning Johnston, of Ellenton, returned to her home to-day, after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Louis Brabham. Miss Kitty Hooton returned last week from Rock Hill, where she attended Winthrop college summer school. An enjoyable affair of the week was a fish fry given by P. H. Starr for his visiting friends at Schofield's Mill last Tuesday. ??? ? Fairfax Personals. Fairfax, July 30.?Mrs. S. L. Sanders expects to leave for Hot Springs, Ark., in a few days. Dr. Buist Kerrison expects to visit the cattle ranches in Colorado. I v Mrs. Jones Lane and Miss Zoella s expect to visk in different parts of * Florida. Geo. Sanders and Mr. Oregon Lawton expect to be at Glenn Springs and other resorts this week. 1 Frank Wilson, late of Louisiana, is here with his parents. The second overall factory for Chester has $7,500 of the $10,000 capital already subscribed and appli% cation will be made at once for a i charter. f \ 4 TO SAVE ENTOMBED MAN. Desperate Efforts to Sink Shaft Seventy Feet. Joplin, Mo., July 30.?More than a hundred men and boys are working desperately to-night in an effort to sink a shaft to the drift of a mine, east of here, in which Joseph Clary, 21 years old, son of Thomas Clary, a pioneer mining operator, Ib held prisoner under seventy feet of dirt As it must be days before he could be reached, a special drill is boring a six inch hole to the shaft, through which food and air can be furnished to the imprisoned man. Clary, with a companion, visited the mine to-day, when the roof began to cave. Clary's companion was hoisted to the Burface and escaped. I * ?Midway Musings. Midway, July 31.?The Misses Duensing are just back from a week's stay in Charleston and the Isle of Palms. TTT.tl i. J Inn* Mr. -II. w. waiKer iciuiucu mo?, Sunday night from Fort Motte, where j he had been on a visit? to his sister, Mrs. H. H. Cauthen. Mrs. Lula Stokes, of Branchville, has returned home after a week's visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hunter. Mrs. S. J. Walker is on an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Cauthen, at Fort Motte. Mrs. A. L. Newton, of Clio, S. C., has recently returned home from a visit to her mother, Mrs. S. J. Walker. Mr. A. R. Dempsey is improving very slowly from his attack of rheumatism. Mrs. Jessie waiaer nas just returned home from a visit to relatives in Calhoun, Ga. Miss Daisy Murphy is on a visit to her cousin, Mrs. W. H. Taylor, of Cameron, S. C. She will also accompany them in their automobile to the Isle of Palms for a week's stay. / Mrs. A. R. Dempsey has returned from a visit to her mother in Orangeburg. Denmark Social News. Denmark, July 29.?A delightful compliment to Miss Edith Rice) a charming bride-elect, was the miscellaneous shower tendered her by the *" * ? O.IIJi 3 T CI Misses ma. d. oa-iiu. ?uu u^uu o. Goolsby at the Califf home Tuesday evening. The hall and stairway were artistically decorated in sunflowers and trailing vines, while in the drawing room and dining room the color scheme of pink and green was used, there being a profusion of immense pink roses and ferns. The guests were met by Mrs. W. E. Califf and Miss Mary Moss and served with refreshing fruit nectar by Miss Blonde Barton from a vine clad nook in the hall. An amusing search for hearts was participated in by all of the single ladies present, and great was the paerriment when each one found the name of her fate deftly hidden in the heart. The place cards were dainty heart shaped affairs, each one t # rvinfnra nf o hrido UUU'tCUUXlig tiiU IV/1ui V/ vi u i/i tuv Delicious refreshments were served by Misses Lynn Goolsby and Mary Moss, and Ina Califif. After the guests returned to the drawing room Master George Hightower came in pushing a little express cart, on which was a minature bride's trunk and numerous express packages, containing many dainty gifts for the bttde-elect. The guests present were Misses Edith Rice, Emma Owens, Mary Moss, of Norway, Mary Belle Inabinett, Carrie and Martha Riley, Hattie Lee and Sadelle Guess, Annie Belle. Metz, Hattie and Genevieve Wroton, Doris and Lynn Goolsby, Sue and Ella Barton and Blonde Barton/ Alma and Lola Folk, Lily Ray, Edna Steadman, Lillie Cooper, and Hattie Rice, Mesdames W. F. Rice, Ruby Gilliam, Osteen, W. D. Rice, W. O. Hoyt, J. R. Martin, C. A. Calhoun, W. H. Faust, G. W. Hightower, J. G. Boozer, and H. W. Goolsby. Mr. and Mrs Curtis Metz have returned to their home in Columbia, having spent the week-end with parents of Mr. Metz. Mrs. James McMillan, of Savannah, is the guest of Mrs. John R. Martin. W. J. Moss, of Norway, and Wendell Tiller, of Rowesville, spent sev eral .days this week with Christian Folk. Miss Lillie Cooper has returned from a pleasant visit to friends at Ridgeland. Miss Lula Hightower is visiting friends at Kitchings Mill. Miss Mary Moss, of Norway, was the guest of relatives here this week. F. V. James has returned home from Charleston. Mr*. H. H. Hill left last night for her htme in Sanford, Fla. %&? ' ' * . . V/ \ /. ; IN TUB PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading-?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. At a meeting of the State Farmers' Union in Columbia last week a resolution was adopted condemning the State board of education for the wholesale changes of text books. Mrs. Anna Roddy, widow of the late Capt. W. L. Roddy, of Rockhill, has riven to Erskine College, Due West, $6,000, the interest from which is to be used to establish four scholarships of $100 each, to be known as the "W. L. Roddy scholarships." Stereopticon Lecture Sunday. Next Sunday evening an illustrated lecture will be given at Trinity Methodist church. About eighty-five stereopticon slides will be used to illustrate the lecture and an evening of interest, and help is promised. The theme will be "China's Teeming Millions" and will deal with the cities V " Vi /-I TTT i -n cr *Vl?> ftonnnn. Ul LLLC X aU53LC, OUV/TTiUg tuv vvvu^M tions, habits and mode of living of the people of that great country. There will be a glimpse of country life on the great frontier of Thibet, the world's greatest prospect. The lecture will take the place of | the regular evening service, beginning at 8:30 o'clock and continuing for about an hour or more. Similar services-will be held during August . on each Sunday evening while the pastor is away on his vacation. The services are free to all, and the entire community is urged to take advantage of the course. A free-will offering will be taken during the evening. _ Telephone Service. t>^Ka*a V?oa haan nnnotdpr. XVCUCU11JI lutic UUO UVVU vuuu.uv. able complaint as to the telephone service in Bamberg, and at the meeting of the business league last Fridhy afternoon the matter was discussed, and the proper committee will look after the matter and see .if the .service cannot be improved. It is likely that the manager will be called on to meet with the committee or the league in order to see if something nnnnnt Ko dnno tn rtimflHv PftniHtiflllS ^aUUUV l/V/ UVUV tv * We understand that the poor service is caused because the sydtem is not in proper condition, the lady operators being as accommodating ad possible. In this connection, it has been suggested that it would be a good idea if the company would place a booth in the waiting room at the passenger station for long distance calls, and we trust this will be done at once. It would not only be a great convenience to the public, but would make money for the company. COMBATANTS FINED. # Mayor Ackerman Imposes Fines on Those who Participated in Fights. Mayor W. B. Ackerman has imposed fines upon those who took part lr? riiffipnltiea prowinc nilt of the fights occurring here, Monday, the 17th inst. He held court Wednesday and imposed the following fines: L. H. Zeigler, $15.00; Willie Zeigler, $10.00; Paul Herndon, $10.00; A. H. Herndon, $25.00; L. Hiott, $10.00; Errett Hiott, $5.00; G. McD. Hiers, $1.00; Emile Hiers, $1.00; J. D. Colson, $10.00; C. A. Graves, $25.00; W, W. Smoak, $25.00. The amounts of the fines in some of these cases have caused considerable comment especially among those who know the circumstances surrounding these several affrays. It is thought that some of them are excessive in view of circumstances, and In several of th& cases appeals have been noted.?Walterboro Press and Standard. Get No Extra Pay. Washington, July 31.?Though all of to-day in the house was supposed to be devoted to Republican speeches j against tje Underwood cotton tariff revision bill, about half the time was taken up by Democrats for pension legislation and an ineffectual attempt to secure the passage of- the senate amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill providing for an extra month's pay for employes of con-J gress. Abandoning a practice of 30 years' standing, the house voted down the amendment, 181 to 25. Representative Austin (Tenn.,) Uter (Rhode Island) and Green (Mass.) denounced the Underwood bill, saying that if passed it would utterly destroy the cotton manufacturing industry in the United States. They urged, that there be no tariff legislation without a report from the tariff board. , * . - ' ' V - . .. ' f1 V- < V; EDITOR TAKES IT BACK. Glad to Escape Consequences for Attack on Georgia Judge. Dalton, Ga., July 29.?Judge A. W. Fite, of this place, annoyed by an editorial in the Dalton Citizen, which I he took to reflect on his official and | personal position, brought about the I arrest yesterday of Editor T. S. | Shope, of the Citizen, on a charge of j contempt of court. Mr. Shope sent ! a letter to the judge assuring him that no offence was meant, but the latter refused to accept the explanation. Instead, he prepared a statement, couched in legal terms, and nroson+ori H tn the editor tS sign. The latter did bo when assured that no other course would prevent somer thing worse than the imposition of a fine. It appears from the editorial, which was written in a humorous vein, that Editor Shope thinks Judge Fite has held office long enough. He also objects to some of the charges and statements the judge has made from the bench. One of the conditions that Judge Fite imposed was that the signed statement be published in the same position as was occupied by the editorial. Mr. Shope promised. Big Fertilizer Plant. Spartanburg, July 31.?Like magic there has sprung up within the last three months on a hill above Fair forest creek, near Arkwright, a huge industrial plant which will mean much to this city. It is the new fertilizer factory of the International Agricultural corporation. It is expected that the factory* will begin work next week. j Without attracting any particular attention in the city, scores of mechanics and laborers have been busy since the latter part of March laying a siding, building roads, erecting the mill and other buildings, putting up a water tower and an acid tank, digging a reservoir, installing pumps, machinery and engines. For a good part of the time.there have been 200 men employed on the work. Last week there were 14U men at wora. -Witli the exception of ihe electrical wiring, the entire job is being handled by Hugger Brothers, contracting firm of Montgomery, Ala. The mechanics and artisans employed are from many places in the South. J. B. Hunt, the chief millwright, who his charge of installing the machinery, said to-day that if it had not been for the rock encountered in excavation which delayed the work, the plant would have been in operation a week or so ago. About the same time the Spartanburg plant was started Hugger Brothers began work on another of equal size at Augusta for the same corporation. The fertilizer factory" is connected with the Charleston & Western Carolina railway by a long siding. / Dead Child Fonnd. Brookland, July 29.?A perfectly formed white male infant was found yesterday morning by the side of the Seaboard Air Line railroad near the five-mile post on Albert R. Taylor's plantation by tenants living on his place. Magistrate Buff and Coroner Clark was notified, and they, accompanied by Dr.* F. R. Geiger, went to the scene. The child, which had been wrapped in a State newspaper dated July 24 and a New York American of July 23, was found ,with broken jawbone and neck, evidently done by the fall, either from a passing train or from the railroad track, presumably from the former. Dr. Geiger says the child was prematurely born, but from the indications was living when thrown away. It was deemed useless to hold an Inquest and the child was buried. "This is a horrible deed," said Magistrate Buff, "and needs a thorough investigation, and no effort will be spared to bring the guilty party to justice." This may prove a difficult task, however, for, from all indications, the child was thrown from a train which passed over the road the night previous. GIRL KILLED BARTENDER. Tragedy Occurred at Early Hour in Girl's Room at Macon. . Macon, Ga., July 30.?Eva Goodwyn, a 19-year-old girl from Tampa, Fla., stabbed and killed Clarence C. Peavy, of Cordele, Ga., a bartender, after a quarrel in the girl's room at her boarding house about 5 o'clock this morning. She says that he attacked her first. The coroner's jury held that the act was justifiable and the girl was released. m DROUGHT CLOSES MILLS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY SHUTS DOWN PLANT. 70,000 People Idle?Thought Mills Will Resume Operations Soon. Conditions Serious. Charlotte, N. C., July 31:?As a climax to the unprecedented drought this section is experiencing 152 cotton mills in North and South Carolina shut down to-day because the water in Catawba river is so low that the Southern Power company can not supply the plants with power. It is estimated that 70,000 operatives are thrown out of employment. It is expected that work will be resumed in two days. It has been many weeks since rain of any consequence has fallen, and local weather bureau records show now a deficiency of 50 per cent, in precipitation for this section. Creeks which have not gone dry in .45 years are mud holes, and distress among the rural population dependent for water on wells is great. Mountain streams to the west, upon which many flouring mills, tanneries and cotton mills are dependent for power, have dwindled to mere brooks in some instances, and many enterprises have been forced to shut down. Crops in this immediate section are burning up in the fields. Many farmers in this and adjoining counties, despairing of a corn crop, have chopped down the young corn and are using it for feed; while the hot winds are playing havoc with cotton. Cities and towns to the north and west of Charlotte are facing the ordeal of a water famine that this city is now experiencing. At Greensboro, Salisbury, Concord, Spencer, Monroe, Wadesboro and other places the water supply problem has reached the serious stage and measures of economy are being rigidly enforced. The situation in Charlotte has not improved materially, though the authorities are working day and night on the problem. Feeling that the distress of the people is not being relieved as promptly as was hoped by means 'of tank trains from Mount Holly, the offers of water from Gastonia, Shelby an/1 T.innnlnfnn fn-dav WArp .AAMTtted and a train brought in to-night 50,000 gallons from each place, 'rtiis is being pumped into the city mains direct by means of fire engines and an additional steamer, borrowed from Columbia, S. C? will augument the local fire apparatus in this work tomorrow. It is hoped by Wednesday to resume an economic supply through the mains. It has been cut nflP ainpA parlv Fridav. Special prayer service for rains were held in churches throughout this section yesterday. There was a brief shower this afternoon and rain is falling lightly to-night, with at-' mospheWc conditions that promise relief. DEMENTED MOTHER'S DEED. Gives Poison to Two Children and , Takes Some Herself. / Indiahoma, Okla., July 30.?Despondent because of ill health, Mrs. M. Gore, 40 years old, wife of a farmer living six miles southwest of here, to-day administered strychnine to her two daughters, 4 and 6 years old, then swallowed a large dose of the poison herself dying soon after. The youngest child also died andkthe other cannot live. Mrs. Gore had been ill for some time and it was thought she was temporarily demented. Tigers to be Raided. Charleston, July 31.?capt. n. a. Miller of the police force of the Charleston navy yard received to-day his commission as a deputy sheriff fror~ Sheriff Martin and raids on the blind tigers In the vicinty of the government plant may be now expected at any time. Capt. Miller did not go after the tigers to-day but he was making his plans. By frequent seizure of the contraband goods and constant harassing of the dealers, they will be forced to move so far from the navy yard as to cease to prove of any annoyance and perhaps be "closed entirely. Under the act of the legislature, providing for this special deputy, he is authorized to call for all assistance that he may dekire and he is expected to give pretty soon a practical demonstration of up-to-date methods of meeting the blind tiger situation about the navy yard. It has been rumored that there are blind tigers within the yard, enlisted men selling wood alcohol, stolen from the stores of the vessels, diluted with water. Capt. Miller will keep his eyes over the whole territory, catching and suppressing the blind tigers wherever he may find them. PITCHED BATTLE MAY ENSUE. Georgia Officers Pursue Crowd Aid- J# ing Merchant's Slayer. Macon, Ga., July 29.?When J. R. Bullington, a well-known storekeep- ' ^ er on the outskirts of Macon, ordered ^lj| a drunken negro crowd to leave his store to-night, one of them, Prank J Daniels, shot him through the heart. *|f The negroes, numbering ten or -#||| twelvjg, fled and took refuge in a ne- ^ gro house down the road. The sher^ iff and his poeee came hp half an rrgjlS hour later and were met with a vol- :>||| ley. A negro deputy attempted to ^J0 force the door and was shot through 3||| the shoulder. Suddenly the negroes " Pushed through the back door, and \-?|? followed by a hail of pistol bullets, >|ll made their escape in the darkness. Sheriff Hicks and eight deputies, armed with repeating rifles, and fully ^ii twenty citizens, armed to the teeth, are scouring the countryside for the via negroes, and if the blacks fall in \i|| with the party, a pitched battle is :^||j likely. mTARTiOTTE IN DISTRESS. Failure of City's Water Supply Prp? dnce Grave Situation. % | Charlotte,/N. C., July 30.?With the big ponds, which have furnished M Charlotte's water supply for many f vasts onlv inundations of sun-baked mud, and the stop cocks to the small supply in the reservoirs shut down :$jj tight since early Friday morning. jjSBI this city is undergoing a period of distress. The plan is to haul water - ^ in tank cars from the Catawba River ' received a setback to-day, when one of the big pumps at Mount Holly v broke down. J Mayor Bland to-day. peremptorily $ suspended the blue law, which for- vJSj bids the dispensing of mineral waters (J and soft drinks at soda fountains, so dgjgj; far as the water is concerned. With the famine of water the sewerage ;;J|1 i system has been abandoned, and the -m--^forced installation of surface closets has brought a menace to health, -jpH that has necessitated great sanitary ;jjw regulations. Health guards are be- ;J|?| ing sworn in every day to patrol tli*i\ljSi city, along with squads of extra men, to minimize the danger of firb/^ilBB for the city now is absolutely at th^SS fhercy of the flames. Hundreds are : leaving Charlotte, flocking to the sea- ^ shore and mountain resorts to escape the present perils. | $50 TAX ON BACHELORS. 0 * ' '.i: Georgia Senator Thinks Single Men J vl.\ Aid State Too Little. Atlanta, Ga., July 29.?Bachelors |5m are shortly to become ja hunted thing-^g , in Georgia. At least they will if Senar tor Shingler has his way and poses the bachelor tax of $50 a yeary7f^| as provided for in a bill he introduced in the Georgia senate. Unless th^^gH bachelors of Georgia are minus eye or a leg or can flaunt dire pover- . ' ' -% ty as an excuse, they must pay thej|?'-1 tax or take wives. Senator Shingler believes in mar* riage as the final solution to all life's .'||| questions. He takes the bill seriously and says it,will be passed. "The bachelor has lived on the fat 7? of the land long enough/' said the''-;'?9 senator. "He has squandered his substance in riotous xliving and the State and the schools are getting nothing from him except the miserly poll tax. If he won't marry he ought to he taxed heavily." |SM| The revenue from- the proposed tax is to go.to the school fund. ' ^313 EATEN BY AN ALLIGATOR. Watch of Missing Girl Found in the J||fS Reptile's Stomach. A dispatch from Forsyth, Ga., says * .|jg the finding of a valuable watch and 4||j chain in the stomach of a large alii-' /^Sgj gator that died itf a pond near there Monday night is believed to solve the. . "??1 mystery of the disappearance of 12year-old' Janet Thompson from the ^ home of her parents at Island Grove, Fid., two years ago. The alligator was captured near Island Grove :<y| some weeks after the girl disappeared and was, brought to Forsyth by J.' " *- ??_1 t.An ?A?aw M. JaCKSOU. l XIV litXJic gin iiao uct vi been heard from since she disappeared. When last seen she was stand- <88 ing on the banks of the lake near where Jackson captured the alligator, and was wearing at the time a gold Ijjpl watch with her initials engraved on the back. The same initials are on ^Jig the back of the watch found inside *:M the dead alligator. It is believed by ?g Jackson and others that while the >||| girl was playing on the bank of the lake the alligator came upon the' bank and devoured her.' The parents -i'-M of the girl have been notified andr the '' rM watch will be returned to them.