The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 10, 1911, Page 7, Image 7
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TRAIN DERAILED.
Five Seriously Hurt, But No One
^ Killed.
Washington, Aug. 24.?Five were
seriously hurt and 20 received lesser
injuries to-day when train No. 22 of
the Southern railwav was derailed
*
six miles west of Salisbury, N. C.
The engine and all of the coaches left
the track, and a chair car went down
a 25-foot embankment. Those sejk
riously injured are:
F. S. Taylor, 78 years old, New Orleans;
head cut, injured internally.
Three-year-old son of Mrs. Richard
Clark Wilson, New Orleans; legs
badly mutilated.
% John P. Simms, 30 years old, Augusta,
Ga.; right hip and leg and
bach injured.
Dr. J. M. Belk, 47 years old, Mon*
iroe, N. C.; back of head hurt, spinal
cord seemingly affected.
I Judson Buchanan, 51 years old,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; head severely
cut and bruised.
(The seriously injured were remov^
ed to a hospital in Salisbury.
The cause of the accident has not
been officially determined.
Those receiving minor injuries
?? are: Taylor Daniels, colored porter;
W. A. Harrison, fireman, Asheville
division; Rev. C. R. Beaman and
iiS* Miss Catherine C. Beaman, Durham,
|pi N. C.; E. W. Tatum, Salisbury, N.
C.; W. S. Garrett, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Margaret Hunt, Lexington,
N. C.; L. W. Wessell, Wilmington, N.
C.; I. W. Solomon, Wilmington, N.
C.; Mrs. E. W. Habel, Fred Habel,
Jr., Raleigh, N. C.; Mrs. Richard
Clark Wilson, New Orleans; Nell
Piper, Durham; Elizabeth Warren
Thompson, Raleigh, N. C.; G. C.
Scarlet, LaFayette, La.; Lilly Gray,
* Durham, N. C.; H. E. Ortman, Willi
t mington. 1
Building in Barnwell.
Barnwell, Aug. 3.?Barnwell's
postoffice building is practically completed
and Postmaster Moseley expects
to move in to-morrow evening.
This building is owned by Frank Q.
?, O'Neall, of Charleston, and was built;
& V expressly for a postoffice. The in|
terior is handsomely finished.
B C. N. Burkhalter has been improving
his nroDertv on Main street by
e renovating the interior and the workmen
are now engaged in installiiig a
L' modern front in the building. When
finished the building will be occupied
(by U. B. Hammett, who will conduct
a grocery store.
Next week Mr. Burkhalter will begin
tearing down the old frame buildings
adjoining the store, now occupied
by T. J. Attaway, preparatory
to the erection of two handsome brick
store rooms.
The new home of the Barnwell
$ \ . Sentinel is nearmg completion, and
I, * < the management hopes that it will be
ready for occupancy within the next
t "week.
Work will commence in a few days |
on the Barnwell County Farmers'
Union cotton warehouse, according.
|t to Col. Harry D. Calhoun, who is the
prime mover in the new enterprise.
The site of the building has not been
B * definitely, decided on yet, but Col.
^ Calhoun stated a few days ago that
ft the matter would be settled this
P week. The warehouse will be ready
in time to handle the coming crop.
|| The Southern and Atlantic Coast
Line railroads have promised to have
, their new passenger depots ready for
l|| V the fall trade. The Coast Line audi.
. thorities have already had the old
- f V>?>
building movea preptuau/i J VUV
erection of the new depot, and the
Southern has given out that* their j
new station will be located on the
fe ' west side of the track,
ft Building operations are not confe
-fined solely to the business district,
I" as several handsome new homes are
in course of construction. Barnwell
has improved wonderfully in the past
* several months, and at the rate it is
going now, will soon be classed
f:.. , among the most progressive towns in
V-V * the State.
f Mandamus Proceedings Dropped.
Attorneys representing the Carolina
Glass company of Columbia last
Saturday filed a request with Attorney
General Lyon and the supreme
court, asking that the mandamus
V proceedings recently instituted to reij
- quire the dispensary commission to
| | review the case of the glass company
||* be dismissed. The action of the
glass company follows the filing of
the
return by Attorney General Lyon.
The Carolina Glass case involves
about $53,000, and the company was
seeking an order to force the dispenj*
sary commission to review the ac*
tion of the old dispensary commis?*?..
i
sion.
PThe proceedings were brought in
the supreme court several weeks ago
by the glass company. As pointed
out by Attorney General Lyon, the
; .V';. V members of the dispensary commis-1
sion failed to notify him of the case.
The supreme court gave Attorney
General Lyon permission to file a return.
The return reviewed the en-i
tire case in full. |
j Just what steps the Carolina Glass I
t company will take is not known. The!
1 case will very probably be appealed!
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V
PELLAGRA FILLING HOSPITAL.
During May 40 Per Cent, of Admissions
Had Pellagra.
Spartanburg, Aug. 1.?That inI
s^jiity is increasing in South Carolina
I at a greater rate than the populal
tion of the State is increasing was
! the statement made yesterday by Mr.
I J. Wright Nash, a member of the
board of regents of the State hospital
for the insane. Mr. Nash said that
the increase was probably due to pellagra,
which frequently produces insanity.
He said that in May there were 89
admissions to the State asylum and
that probably 40 per cent, of this
number were pellagra cases.
"Von would be surprised," said
I Mr. Nash, "to know of the interest
that is taken in the State hospital.
More people than you would imagine
| have friends or relatives or acquaintt
ances or somebody in whom they are
interested in the hospital.
Nearly 1,700 Patients*
"There are nearly 900 white people
and nearly 800 colored in the hos;
pital. It is the biggest institution in
the State. Taking care of so many
people, even if they were healthy
and sane, would be a large task, and
' to take care of that many crazy peo!
pie is a tremendous undertaking.
"The old idea of treating the insane
was to whip them and bind
j them and manacle them?to treat
| them harshly and kill them as quickj
ly as possible.
| "The modern idea is that they are
ill?that they are not criminals, but
j unfortunate people and that everything
possible should be done to cure
them and restore them to society as
useful citizens'. And I am glad to
say that our institution is curing patients
and restoring them to society
every week.
Wards Comfortable.
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""mere are auoui ow wmtc wumgu
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patjents in the hospital. Their wards
are as clean and sanitary and comfortable
as they can be made. In
fact, I can't see how they could very
well be improved.
"We are now beginning to improve
the condition of the wards of the
wrhite men?in fact all the other
wards.
"The institution has been in operation
for nearly 90 years. In all
that time no effort has been made
up to the present to separate patients
suffering from tuberculosis from the
others.
"The tuberculosis patients have
gone into the same wards, occupied
the same rooms and eaten at the
same tables as the others. The re
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the death rate from tuberculosis was
very high. And new cases were contracted
in many instances within the
institution."
Naval Officer Found Dead.
New York, Aug. 3.?Lieut. Charles
E. Brillhart of the Washington navy
yard was found shot to death this af
s- a- _ i. *1 A O
ternoon in ms ruum at mo nwioi
tor. The case was reported to the
coroner as a. suicide.
Lieut. Charles E. Brillhart of the
United States navy was found dead
from a bullet wound in the temple
in his room at the Hotel Astor late
to-day. There was no circumstance
to contradict the coroner's immediate
opinion that the case was one of
suicide. He clutched a .32 calibre
revolver with all but one of the six
chambers loaded. The bullet from
the empty chamber had struck his
right temple, made its way through
his head and was found on the floor
behind him.
To Mrs. Charles Brillhart, who is
said to be his bride of but eight
months, the navy lieutenant had sealed,
addressed and stamped a letter
which the coroner forwarded to-night
without opening to Washington, D.
C.
Lieut. Brillhart arrived at the Astor
shortly before noon Tuesday without
baggage.
Nothing was heard from him until
a maid complained this afternoon
that she could not get into his room.
Entrance was forced and the body
was fdund as described.
Identification was made from a
check book, showing a balance of
$202 in a Washington bank, August
1, cards and signet rings.
The body was removed to the Bellevue
hospital morgue, where an autopsy
will be performed. No one at
the hotel could be found who heard
the shot, but it was the coroner's
opinion that the lieutenant had been
dead at least 12 hours. He was apparently
between 35 and 40 years
old.
Scraps of News.
Uncle Sam has 51,000 saw mills.
More than 57,000 motor vehicles
have been registered in Loudon.
To trim the edges of lawns easily,
a New Hampshire man has invented
a rotary sod cutter.
School children in Germany are
taught to swim by going through the
motions without entering the water.
5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any
case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c.
COULDN'T BREAK ENGAGEMENT.
Flogging of Bradley Was Recourse
of Girl's People.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4.?Because
her parents could not break up an engagement
between and prevent the
marriage of a daughter of A. L. Holstein
and Columbus Stradley, Sidney,
R. H., J. C., and T. C. Holstein
and Robert Cockrell are >now in
Aiken county jail, Mrs. Ben Spradley
is dead from nervous fright, Ben
Spradley is not expected to recover
from the effect of a merciless flogging
and Columbus Spradley is missing.
Both families are fairly well to do
and are prominent in the section in
which the flogging occurred. When
the parents of the young lady found
that they could not break up the
love match, members of the Holstein
" - **? A x C?*\r?n <11 /Mr llAtnO
iamny wcm lu cue opiauic; uumv
Wednesday night and calling Columbus
Spradley from the house took
him to a nearby field and began flogging
him in a merciless manner, telling
him meanwhile that he would
have to leave the community. Ben
Spradley followed the Holsteins and
Cockrell to the field, and when he attempted
to interfere was treated similarly,
being so severely flogged about
the stomach that he is still in an unconscious
condition and physicians
say he has little'chance of recovery.
Mrs. Spradley, formerly Miss Ettie
Ail--.-. /intinfr tl'Oe fVlP
sawyer, ui aikcu wuuij, nu? ? ? >mother
of a five weeks' old baby,
and in her weakened condition, bearing
the screams of the flogged men
and probably seeing the flogging going
on, succumbed to nervous fright.
She was found dead the following
morning in the Spradley home. Sheriff
Raborn, Rural Policemen Holley
and Solicitor Gunter are still on the
scene. When the officers arrived there
yesterday afternoon they found Ben
Spradley unconscious.
Police Theory Scouted.
Augusta, Aug. 3.?While the local
police department has practically arrived
at the conclusion that Robert
C. Shirer, of Orangeburg, the young
baggagemaster on the Southern road,
who was found dead in the Savannah
river at the foot of Washington
street yesterday morning, was not
murdered in the upper part of the
hndv thrown into the
CltJ ftuu J
river, and that in all probability the
death was an accidental one, this
opinion is not commonly entertained.
While the inquest or none of the other
clews run down by the officials
have placed Shirer later than 1
o'clock Tuesday morning, it developed
to-night that three men were
seen at 3 o'clock the same morning
turning out Washington street toward
the river, and Shirer is believed
to have been one of them.
} The department is inclined to believe
that Shirer fell from the Southern's
bridge into the river and broke
his neck on a piling. However, it
is known that members of the family
are not satisfied with or do not en
tertain wholly this opinion, because
his brother, T. D. Shirer, of Orangeburg,
will return to Augusta to-morrow
to assist in the investigation. It
is also stated that an outside detective
will be put on the case at once
by members of the family and secret
orders of which the dead man was a
/
member in Augusta.
Senator Percy to Resign.
Greenville, Miss., Aug. 3.?Declaring
that the "result of the election
entirely absolves me from the State,
and that which they have chosen for
themselves," United States Senator
Leroy Percy formally announced tonight
that he would tender his resignation
at the next session of the
legislature.
Senator Percy's intention was made
known to a gathering of his friends
on the lawn of the Percy home, his
first public utterance since Tuesday's
primary.
"The returns from the senatorial
election are decisive," Senator Percy
said to his fellow townsmen. * "In no
uncertain manner the voters have indorsed
Vardamanism and all that it
stands for in Mississippi. The result
calls for no comment or criticism,
certainly no complaint from me.
"That the people of the State deserve
the consequences which will
follow this election I am unwilling to
say. An indictment so severe I would
draw against no people, but, believing
in a government of majorities,
I have no desire to thwart their expressed
will."
Just Dropped In.
Returning from a week's vacation
in Lancaster county, Silas Mulford
tells of a conversation between a
farmer and a tramp that indicate
the intellectual advancement of the
knights of the road.
The tramp was in the farmer's
cherry tree eating his fill of luscious
fruit. '
"Hey, there," yelled the farmer,
"what are you doing in my cherry
tree?"
"Tryin' to get out," explained the
tramp. "I just fell down from a balloon."?Philadelphia
Times.
$15,000 REAL ESTATE DEAL.
Peterman Place, Containing 547
Acres, Brings $28 Per Acre.
The following will be of interest to
many Bamberg people, as the Messrs.
Spann are well-known and have many
friends and relatives here, having
lived in Bamberg for several year:
"Deeds were delivered to-day conveying
to Spann Brothers the Peterman
place four miles west of Dothan,
on the Brannan Stand road.
The consideration was $15,000,
which is the record price so far this
year as consideration for a single
transaction in farm lands. The big
place consisting of 547 acres brought
an average price of $28 per acre,
indicating that the farm land values
are still on the rise. The place is
considered one of the choicest in the
county and the new owners will continue
to improve it. It lies just
west of the Calhoun place" which H.
H. Dowling and Company sold in
March to some gentlemen from New
York, and much of the land is of the
same quality as the Calhoun place.
It is a good sign when our farm lands
attract the attention of business
men such as Spann Brothers, who
are recognized as among the most
successful in this part of the State.
"Spann Brothers, Fletcher, P. N.
and M. S., are from Fountain, Fla.,
where they own some large tracts of
land, and where they have been in
the turpentine and timber business.
Messrs. P. N. and M. S. Spann moved
to Dothan some time ago, and have
erected handsome houses on W. Main
street, and this last deal will result
in bringing Mr. Fletcher Spann to
Dothan. These are enterprising people
and Dothan people are glad to
see them locate here, and invest some
of their money in this section.
"The deal was negotiated by L. G.
Biggers, secretary of the Dothan
Land and Development Company.
This company has been instrumental
in bringing over $60,000 of outside
money into Dothan since January 1.
Mr. Biggers, who is the active manager
of the company, makes a specialty
of going after outside money
and holds as one of the mottoes of
his business that it is of little value
to the city to promote trading among
local people, as no wealth* is added
. to the community by local trading."
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?uotnan .News, uumaix, au.
Many Bonds Cancelled.
Columbia, Aug. 1.?Bonds with
attached coupons, aggregating, in face
value $2,365,000, were cancelled today
by the State treasurer, Capt. R.
H. Jennings, and his assistant, Judge
J. Fuller Lyon, bond clerk. The
bonds numbered 1,000, each being of
the denomination of $1,000.
These bonds were turned into the
State treasury by the American Bank
Note company of New York, by
which they were lithographed in
1869 on the order of Niles G. Parker,
who was then treasurer in South
Carolina. The bonds were to have
fallen due in 1888. .The securities;
have lain all these years in the vaults
of the lithographing company and
they were surrendered for cancellation
in order that they might not fall
into the wrong hands some time and
afterward he'filed for redemption.
Antomobile Race.- Dead.
Greenwood, July 31.?Russell
Lawson, the young man whose reputation
as an automobile racer was
State-wide until he was injured so
severely last November that he could
no longer figure in races, died here
last night at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Kate Lawson, on Oak street.
, Young Lawson, who was only 19
years old at the time of the accident,
made a brave fight for life, but it has
( been known ever since the accident
that he could never recover.
Lawson was making a preliminary
run in his car, Ford 99, on the track
in Columbia Saturday afternoon, November
5, 1910, when the accident
occurred. While going rapidly the
spindle of the right fore axle broke
and he was thrown violently from the
car, striking a small oak tree near
the track, the blow fracturing his
spinal column. He was picked up unconscious
by a man riding behind
him, hurried to a hospital in Columbia,
and though he subsequently
regained consciousness he never arose
from his bed. His lower limbs have
been paralyzed since the accident.
He remained in Columbia some time,
but some months ago was brought
here. He has been growing weaker
for the past few weeks.
* * '? art/1
He is survived oy m? mumoi
two sisters. Conductor J. M. Lawson
of the Southern Railway is a halfbrother.
The burial took place in the
family plat in the cemetery at Hodges
this afternoon.
Had to Bathe or Pay Fine.
Antonio Irovano, of Waterbury,
Conn., paid a fine of $17 rather than
take a bath. He was arrested on a
trespass charge. He protested that
he was "too poor to pay a fine" and
was sent to jail.
At the jail he was told to take a
bath. Rather than bathe, he pulled
$200 from his coat lining and paid
the fine and departed.
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NEGRO BOY KILLS ANOTHER. BEATTIE ONE OF JUDGES.
Claims it Was Accident, Bnt is Charg- Alleged 7 Wife Murderer Could Not />||?
ed With Murder. Serve, However.
Newberry, Aug. 3.?Richard Wick- \ Richmond, Va., Aug. 3. Henry ?"|?
er, a negro boy about 15, was shoti ?Iay Beattle- Jr- the aIleged mur"
and killed yesterday evening in No. d?rey' is one, of the J""1??8 of the
11 township by Manuel Chaplin, an- elect,on ?PPOtated to serve in Washother
negro, about 10 years of age. i ^D^ton ward at Pr^mar5r to be
The Chaplin negro claims that it September 7.
was an accident, but the testimony Beattle was Pat ?? the 1,8t many
did not convince the coroner's jury 'montha *#>. His official connection v
at the inquest held to-day and he was, wlth the eulection waa ?,blocked unUl |
arrested and charge with murder. t0"day' when an eIectl011 offlcer ap*
The weapon used was a pistol. pearad bef?re tbe Huatin88 to
Sheriff Buford reutrned yesterday 88 or instru?t onsfrom
Fayetteville, N. C? with Andrew _ The ?hf offlcers tn Beattle 8 Pre*
Pratt, a negro, who ran'away after w'" b? P* ?"?d t0 swear ln ?
shooting and killing Gordon Hodges, Judge to Uke fri8J>laceanother
negro, in a negro church near CAN NOT UNRAVEL TANGLE.
Maybinton on June 25. The sheriff ,
fv.ov.oH him to TTavfitteville. where he investigators of Negro Fraternal Or
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was passing under the name of Wil- ? der h,?v stumped. -M
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Man Killed by Train. grand jury Investigating the fraud? ' ~ ^
that led to the failure of the True
Union, Aug. 4. This afternoon, Ref0rmers bank, an adjunct of the
about 5 o'clock, the second fatal rail- Qran(i Fountain of the Order of True
road accident of the day for this Reformers, a negro fraternal order,
county occurred. The Union & Glenn has encountered what is described at
Springs train, while en route to Buf- an jncre(iible tangle of irregular fifalo
and about a quarter of a mile nancing A State insurance actuary
from the depot, ran over and killed g^tes that the details may never be
Bud Lipsey, a white man. It Is said unraveled.
that Lipsey was rather deaf. It is committee appointed to ferret
understood that he is a married man ou^ frau(jg appeared before the , f*
and was about 30 jrears of age. jury to-day to eeek the indictment of
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