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| MOB LYNCHES WHITE MAN. X j Killing of Two Deputies Leads to V Violence in Arkansas Town. SDumas, Ark., Sept. 27.?Forcing their way into the Desha county jail here between fifty and one hundred men, .members of a mob formed so * > i* 4-Vv /vv*i4-ir?r" V* q rl r? nf [ymcci^ mai 'iut; autnuiuico ucbv* u.w the slightest warning, overpowered the deputies in charge and took Charles Malpas, Sr., white, to a water j tank and hanged him early to-day. The mob then dispersed without demonstration. None of its members is known to the authorities, according to their statement. The lynching followed a pitched 1 battle at the home of Malpas, yesterday, in which the sheriff and two deputies were killed. The wife of ^ Charles Malpas, Sr., a negress, and the Malpas younger son, a young mu; latto, escaped from the house during the fighting. The authorities say they do not think the negress and the boy engaged in the battle yesterday, and for this reason, it is jj| not thought the two will be sought further in connection with the affair. The sheriff's posse had gone to the Malpas house to arrest two mulatto sons of Malpas. Shipped His Wife Away. Los Angeles, Sept. 29.?Half starved and penniless, Mrs. Kate Widmer, whose husband she said was a tailor at Red Bluff, Cal., was taken from a train to-day and brought to a hospital. .Upon the woman's waist was a tag reading: "To whom it may concern: This i \ is Mrs. Kate Widmer. She is feebleminded and is eh route to her sister's place, Mrs. Annie Eckert, 31 Green| * wood avenue, Madison, N. J." The tag also bore instructions to trainmen to "Jfiease see tnai me bearer makes all proper changes as ? called for in transportation from > R^d Bluff to Madison, N. J." i Mrs. Widmer said her husband had beaten her into a dazed condition and placed her on the train at Red ^ Bluff after having provided her with a ticket to New Jersey and $200 in money. Two women who befriended her on the train, she declared, rob' bed her of the $200 last night. "I am not so feeble-minded as my husband seems to think," Mrs. Widmer told the police sur&eons. "He tried to get rid of me because I want(ed to be with my five Children!" ? m ? * Announce Engagement. For the purpose of announcing the engagement of Miss Jennie Smith to Mr. John Ligoij, of Georgia, * Misses Lola and Tebie Wanamaker entertained a dozen of their girl friends i with a luncheon Tuesday morning. fii Six courses were served and dainty hand-painted place cards were given each guest. Pink and white roses were used in profusion. Miss Alma Wannamaker gracefully toasted the bride-elect, who responded in like manner. Miss Smith is a charming young lady and is the eldest daughter of Col. W. G. Smith. The .wedding is to take place sometime in November. Those present were: Misses Jennie and Gertrude Smith, Dot Bull, Pauline Cart, Trammel, Ruth Holl man, Helen Salley, Alma Wannamaker, Louise Salley, Lola and Tebie Wannamaker and Mrs. Norman Salley.?Orangeburg Times and Demo. crat. A Fool and His Money Soon Parted. After saving up for years to buy it, Adolph Brambler, a salesman, of No. 427 Pacific street, Brooklyn, bought a $"2,000 automobile recently. After two hours instruction in running it he set out alone to drive home. Brambler got over the Brooklyn bridge all right, wabbling slowly * along, but at last thought he had better get the assistance of a chauffeur. He pulled up at a garage, No. -337 Atlantic avenue, and asked a negro, standing outside, -where he could get a driver. "Why, sure, right here," replied the negro. "I'm { a chauffeur." "Then take me a spin round the park," said Brambler. The negro leaned over to crank the engine. An explosion followed, Brambler was jerked out of his seat onto the pavement. The car burst into f flame. The negro disappeared. O O O + (fiOrillcin _A.rauSb Ui i\u. o&i* avenue, pushed the burning auto from in front of the garage where a quantity of gasoline was stored. When firemen arrived nothing was left of the car but charred metal. Brambler had his $2,000 car exactly three hours. REJECTS COMMISSION PLAN. Atlanta Votes Against Proposed Change by 2,045 Majority. Atlanta, Sept. 27.?By a majority of 2,045 votes, the people of Atlanta to-day rejected the proposed new charter, providing for a modified f-r?T.TY? of nnmmissinn srovernment, and to <stick to the present board form f: \ Only one ward was carried by the I? J friends of the new charter. Aly M though a large vote was polled, the ^election passed off quietly. PROBING WOMAN'S DEATH. Ida Stone's Stomach Sent to Charleston for Analysis. Saluda, Sept. 30.?Information reached here last night from Hibernia that a white woman named Ida Stone had died suddenly, after having taken a dose of medicine, alleged to have been administered by one Emery Rikard. Coroner J. H. Padgett was summoned to hold an inquest and returned here this morning. He states that the stomach of the woman has been sent to Charleston, that its contents may be examined, and that the inquest was adjourned until Saturday, October 7. It appears from what could be learned that Miss or Mrs. Stone had been ill for several days and was unde treatment at the hands of a Monet ta physician, but without any apparent change. It is also stated that Rikard called in to see her and persuaded the sick woman to believe he coma reaany eneci a cure ami proceeded to prepare and administer a dose of something, and as soon as the medicine was taken the woman began to froth at the mouth and became intensely ill and died in about an hour. A report oh the contents of the stomach is awaited with much interest. Rikard, it appears, lives in that community. It is stated that so far as is known he had never administered physic to any one else. Hazing at Wofford College. j Spartanburg, Sept. 22.?The old ! students of Wofford passed a motion j that they would, as an organization and as individuals, refrain from haz J j- -.11 '" nnnrftr frt IrOOn llig auu UU CLXl ill 111CX1 pu n ci 11/ it down in the college this year. The meeting was called by Dr. Snyder and he took the chair. He explained that the object of the meeting was to prevent hazing at the college and told the boys that the honor of the college was at stake. He said that the general impression throughout the State was that the new men were treated very roughly and that the practice had grown within the last few years. He said that many times he was asked by parents who wanted to send their boys to Wofford why the custom was not put an end to by the faculty. . After lecturing for some time on the ill effects, on the reputation that ' - it I lil i!^? J it was giving to tne msuiuuuu auu the foolishness of the practice, Dr. Snyder then put a motion in effect as told above. Ho asked that all that would give their words to refrain from hazing and would do all in 'their power to discourage it, to hold up their hands. The response was a surprise to the president, and he told the boys so, and that he intended to take the name of every student who refused to pledge himself. Only about half of those present had held up their hands. Dr. Snyder said that everyone who refused could be forced to j leave the campus, and it was to be implied from the way the doctor made this remark that some drastic action will be taken against all whose I views on the subject differed from | his. Dr. Snyder then left the room and came back with pencil and paper, and, beginning at one side of the room, began to take down the names as he said he would. He also asked each boy whose hand was not in the air the reason for his refusal. Many more hands had gone up, though, during his absence. Several of the students said that they had never indulged in the practice and did not intend to, but that they preferred to remain neutral and t _ ... would not promise to do anytmng against other boys who differed with them. : Charged with Girl Traffic. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 27.?Charged with violating the Federal statutes governing the "white slave traffic," Marion Lawrence and her sister, Ethel Lawrence Edmonds, were arrested here to-day. The women are accused of being parties to enticing Pearl Snyder, a young white girl of Louisville, Ky., to leave her home for a life of shame. A woman named Edna Shelley, of that city, is alleged to have been an agent of the arrest-' ed women. 4 - - 3 - ? ~ ^ nri r*1 ' fi | ACCOraiUg LLf UC OU?UCl feilistory, she was promised a job as a house girl; she later escaped. The prisoners gave bond and will be given a hearing on Saturday. Railroad to Cease Operations. Columbia, Sept. 28.?The order of the railroad commission condemning the Glenn Springs railroad will stand until the required improvements have been made by the company. H. S. Simpson, the president ~ ? - -? ? * H 21 oi tne road, appeared Deiore uit; railroad commission to-day and said that it will be impossible to make the improvements at this time. The commission will refuse to allow trains to be operated over the line. It is very probable that a new company will be formed and that the road \gjll be able to resume operation early next year. : ; /, 1. _y\ - V J A Few Good Reasons Why You Should Deposit With The Ehrhardt Banking Company 1st. Because we are absolutely safe. 2nd. Because we are conservative. 3rd. Because we are constantly helping the farmer, and in helping the farmer we are building up the country in which we are located. 4th. Because a bank account with a strong bank stimulates credit, and helps you to help yourself. 5th. Because we are strong in the desire to make our bank of practical valne to every man, woman or child that favors it with, their account* We pay 4 per cent, interest on deposits in our savings department. Now that the cotton season is on, bring us your checks and drafts, and we will handle to your satisfaction. Ehrhardt Banking Company Capital and surplus $24,550.00. EHRHARDT, S. C. FRANCIS F. CARROLL Attorney-at-Law Office in Hoffman Building. GENERAL PRACTICE. J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated H. M. GRAHAM H. G. ASKINS GRAHAM & ASKINS Attorneys at Law. We practice in the United States and State Courts in any County in the State. BAMBERG. S. C. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter v CARTER & CARTER Attorneys -at-Law Bamberg, S. C. Special attention given to settlement of estates and Investigation of land titles. S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE. MAYFIELD & FREE ATTORNEYS AT LAW BAMBERG, S. C. Practice in all the Courts, both State and Federal. Corporation practice and the winding np of estates a specialty. Business entrusttrusted to us will be promptly attended to. I 0. MOTE DICKENSON I 1 r ?r o tt n ? von ii nrvnn I lXIStAAUVfi a u 11 jl WILL WRITE ANYTHING Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most reliable companies. 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. | W. P. RILEY 0 <> . Fire, Life 31 1 Accident 2 if I N S U R A N C E II O BAMBERG, S. C. ' O DR. J. G. BOOZER DENTIST, DENMARK. Graduate Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Class 1907. Member South Carolina Dental Association. Office Rooms 1-2 Citizens Exchange Bank Building. ; Hours: 9-12 and 2-5 every day. I J. D. COPELAND, JR. ...dgent for... Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co. Money to Loan On Real Estate BAMBERG, - - SOUTH CAROLINA CHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladies! Ast yonrI)rac|lst for ^ & f\ Chl-ches-ter's Diamond Brand^#V\ IMHs in Red and Bold metallic^^rx *-y ?boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \I '6^ TcLe no other. Buv of voor " , "/ ~ ffj Dmxarlst. AskfotCIII.CIIE8.TEB8 , W Jf DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 85 IV fA years known as Eest, Safest, Always Reliabl# r SOLD BV DRDCGiSTS EVERYWHERE H| PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Fhcimfs iaIIUIRIbV AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws; Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARQESTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA, GA. SON KILLS FATHER. % Oscar Hall Shot at Anderson by Sick Boy. Anderson, Sept. 28.?Oscar Hall, aged 50, a well-to-do white farmer, was shot and instantly killed by his son, Walter Hall, aged 18, last night. The elder Hall was in the city yesterday -afternoon and returned to his home six miles west of Anderson in a drunken condition. Walter Hall was sick in bed with gastritis and his father tried -to force some whiskey down his throat. The boy's mother interfered and she was hit over the head with a broom by her husband. The woman then fled out in the yard and was followed by Oscar Hall, who had secured his rile from a hook on the wall. Mrs. Hall entered the house from the rear and passed through the room of her sick son. She hid behind a door in an adjoining room and while in that position she heard three reports of a pistol. ( The sick boy had staggered to the window and with a 22-caliber pistol fired three shots at his father, who was out in the yard. The three bullets entered his back and all of them pierced his heart. He died instantly. The coroner's jury returned the usual* verdict charging the death to the son. On account of his condition, Walter Hall can not be removed to jail. An effort is being made to secure bail for him. When Will Frost Come? Farmers throughout the cotton belt are this year much interested in the first killing frost. On account of peculiar weather conditions the past summer the farmers expect a - 1- i ? -11 - ? 11 1 ..1 J mucn larger yieia 01 uunuu suuaiu the frost hold off well along in November-. In South Carolina the season has been a decidedly peculiar one. Continued drought during the middle summer prevented the darly growth of blooms, and caused shedding of the smaller bolls and squares during the early days of August. Rains which came fairly heavily between the 15th and 25th of August gave the cotton a new start, so that many new blooms and squares have been put forth, and are rapidly, approaching maturity. The question with farmers is now whether this "top" crop, or what portion thereof will come to maturity before the first frost falls. * According to the weather maps in the office of the federal department of agriculture, the earliest killing frosts ever recorded by the government observers in South Carolina were on October 10th for the upper section, October 20 for the central and November 1 for the lower. The average first frost date, according to the map, in South Carolina, is November 1 to 5, for the upper sections. Farmers who are familiar with the time consumed by the cotton boll from tbe bloom to maturity can figure out their "top" crop yields by some such data. Commits Suicide Before Altar. Winston-Salem, N. C., Sept. 27.? Lying on his back at the foot of an altar in a lodge room in the Masonic Temple,- the body of T. L. Farrow, Sr., aged 54, was discovered yesterday afternoon by a negro janitor/ On the. altar a Bible was opened at the 18th Psalm, the pages being held down by a square and compass. A note was left by the dead man, giving instructions for the disposition of his body and stating that he did "not see any use in trying to fight it out." It is believed Mr. Farrow killed himself while kneeling at the altar. He was prominent in the Masonic fraternity and for many years was city tax collector. Ill health is believed to have led him to seek death. All Bias Turned Down. St. Matthews, Sept. 27.?The postoffice inspector was here all day in reference to a place of business and to inspect bids for it. It was announced late this afternoon that all * offers were knocked out and new bids will be called for. Uncle Sam, 'it appears, wants more for the money than was offered. This town enjbys many of the luxuries and utilix * ? * ^ - ?' ??-J x l*. A + o xr Ar? f r?Y* lies 01 cmey ana me mgu uaco awi them precludes low rents any more. HELD UP A NEGRO. A White Man and a Negro Attempt to Commit Robbery. Near Allendale two men, one white and the other a negro, made a bold attempt at robbery about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, when they drew revolvers on Richard Bryant, a negro, who lives on W. F. Googe's plantation, near the cemetery, as he was going to town to market a bale of cotton. Just as Bryant was passing a thicket the two highwaymen ? ' " a - ? t- :. >. y\ stepped out in ironi ui, uim wim icvolvers and demanded that he halt. They then proceeded to search him, but found nothing, and ordered the negro to move on. The robbers are still at large and there seems to be no clue as to who they are. ^ ^ \ jOF THE SEASONS5. 1 We received last week a car load of extra ?9 nice Horses, this being the first car load of ij| the season for th? county. You know we are \ |i|< always alive to the interest# of our cus- B tomers, and have Horses and Mules on ggj hand when others are out. This load will fg be sure to please, so come and see them early. Remember we also have a lot of the . S v See us if you want live stock. K | BUGGIES and WAGONS and HARNESS I 3 New line just received. Bought in large 2 S lots and at the very lowest prices. Snappy 8 up-to-date styles, reasonable prices. See S Siiji us for you new fall turnout. a JONES BROS., | i BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA, j r'Tis education forms the common mini IJ Just as the hviq is bent, the tree inclinedrRje 4||| ?repanttum, -Educatuto. "Krwbdje, - unit 43 ope^i oil door) Prvble/nis to be Soloed will .|h -melt before, the searcJityfeb* of bnowldje.. j?|j As ciotlizaium, <uUmds, YHorc thorn, cuer 48 become, one nqu-ir&s the best dUioAbn,. : ojlj Stlppioiq stents to education wit it? I power cm lotll be pUeel m a. scumas. ;4|?| account" to paot the i bjv\r jutiwi jilflj attymct/niertt. I The result of economizing ywnut omjL. 4|l ewploijwuj Ob for benefwat purposes Is ; f|| e| I/H. progress. ., . j t <xkvwt/Ujes 9^ ear w I - j ypen *fe ijetu \' x I ;|jjl FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANE 1 ^31 , Paid Quarterly on Savings Accounts. Ehrhardt, S. C. I Newberry College ^ 1.3 1 [FOUNDED 1856.]' A safe college. Regular Classical Courses, also courses in v/jj llll -r-i*?J. i'?i j l?n<*jnoain>ia Art aKla Fflfnlfv ATirl JCjlCClriCltl UIUI lUCCUOlUtai Ull^niv^im^. uui wwiv modern equipment. Locality'famed fop its health record. Fine Preparatory School connected with colle e. Expenses in any department very reasonable. For catalogue or otrfer information address ml President J. Henry Harms 11 t| NEWBERRY, S. C. if 3 Never Leak?Never Need Repairs?Fireproof?Stormproof?Hand. H some?Inexpensive?Suitable for all kinds of buildings. We Lave local 9 representatives almost everywhere but if none in your immediate :-||i m locality, write us direct for samples, prices and full particulars. I CORTRIGHT METAL ROOFING COMPANY ||1 | 50 North 23rd Street Philadelphia, Pa. f I Wffl Credit You| < I have just received a shipment of brand new bi- vi gift. cycles of the latest make which i will sell you on Mm m, easy terms. A small amount when you get the wheel and the balance in weekly payments. I also., T ;r|| have a large supply of bicycle supplies and will ft* J" repair you old wheel at a reasonable price. Auto- ? mobiles, Bicycles, Guns and Pistols repaired on - M J short notice. J J. B. BRlCKLEt I