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| Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1911. One Dollar and a Half a Year. j|||
I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
L IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around th<
f. County5, and Elsewhere.
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Ehrhardt Etchings.
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6': Ehrhardt, Nov. 13.?Yesterday w<
had high wind, but did not last long
V Some rain fell along with the wind
and since then the weather hks turn
ed considerable cooler.
' Last week one of the Hacker Mfg
* Co.'s hands must have had his hands
.tarry, for he took everything he coulc
( get his hands on in the woy of cloth
ing, oversoats, money, and tools; bu
some of the boys missed some o
their clothing and traced it to Jim
as they called him. He ran from then
and they caught him by shooting ii
his direction. They found several oi
| practically all the goods, and Jin
r owned it all up and said: "Boss, i
anything else is missing, I got tha
too." Jim was sent to the gang t<
work on the roads of the county.
Well, the county fair at Walter
boro was a big success, so some hav<
said, and would have been better bu
they could not see the whole of th<
fair for the signs put up, taxes due
etc. ^Notwithstanding all this, it was
a credit to Colleton county.
Sugar cane win De minea anc
syrup and sugar made from the juice
While it is a sticky, messy work, yei
its nice to have around during th<
balance of the year.
^ Mrs. Groseclose and her daughter
* Miss ChJoe, went to visit her relatives
in Prosperity.
There was a wreck on the Ehr
hardt & Greenpond branch of the A
w C.?L. RailvJav last week. Was caused
by a broken flange on the engine
trucks. No one was hurt or killed
and damage comparatively small.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt weni
to Newberry on a business trip, anc
to see her mother and sisters, lasi
L week.
Mr. I. J. Zeigler has a stranger ai
nis nouse. ?ie is an smnt?s.
. *' G. Lloyd .^Preacher, of Augusta
Ga., has been chosen as the architeci
for the new school building. This
is good news, but we want to see din
move and the brick work begin.
Professor Claude Melton, of th<
Lodge school, with his teachers
Misses Oaks, Padgett, and Robertson,
were seen on our streets Sat.
^ itrda*. They came -Up to be witfarcmi
> teachers and organize a teachers' association.
It is their intention tc
meet monthly and discuss questions
in regard to school work. The nexl
meeting will be held at Lodge schoo]
building. All teachers in the surrounding
section are urged to attend
All meetings will be informal. Subject
for discussion at next meeting
' \ will be: "The Present Status ol
the Schools of This Section."fry
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Fairfax Fancies.
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v the U, D. C., Fairfax Chapter, gave
^ a flower show and display of fancj
z work on Wednesday, lasting' aL
day and into the night. Dinner and
'/ . supper 'were also served, the pro
ceeds going to the Chapter.
First prize for Chrysanthemum?
Miss Maude Barber.
> v First prize for Best Collection?
Mrs. F. M. Young.
First prize for Dahlia?Miss
Maude Barber..
^ * First prize for Collection?Miss
Maude Barber.
[First prize for Carnation?Mrs. S
B. Talley.
- First prize for Fern?Mrs. L. W,
Youmans, Jr.
fipr.ond nrize for Fern?Miss Jen
I - iiie Durant.
% First prize for Begonias?Mrs. F,
M. Young.
'Second prize for Begonias?Mrs
F. M. Young.
Crochet?1st, Miss Hattie Lightsey;
2nd Miss Jennie Durant.
Drawn Work?1st, Mrs. W. M
F*-.,' Lightsey; 2nd, Mrs. W. M. Lightsey
French?1st, Mrs. W. M. Lightsey;
2nd, Miss Sadie Harter.
Colored Embroidery?1st, Miss
I Jennie Durant; 2nd, Miss~Meng.
jlf Eyelet?1st, Mrs. S. B. Talley;
I* v 2nd, Mrs. S. B. Talley.
. Battenburg?1st, Miss Jennie Durant;
2nd, Mrs. Fred Lightsey.
Beaded?1st, Mrs. Fred Lightsey;
J - 2nd, Mrs. W. E. Harter.
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lendale; Mrs.- Robert Causey, Estill;
Mrs. Benjamin Buckner, Fairfax.
The whole affair was quite a success.
The flowers were unusual!}
fine, especially the chrysanthemums
Fancy work was a very- creditable
display for even a larger town thar
*this. Of course the refreshments
were excellent, for Fairfax is notec
for good housekeepers.
Mrs. W. I. Herbert, of Charleston,
spent Wednesday with Mrs. S
L. Sanders,
s Miss Annye Moye has returnee
from her very pleasant visit to Bamberg,
where she was so refreshing^
- and substantially "showered" witt
nice things. All regret that we wil
soon lose her, for she is one of oui
most attractive and substantia
ladies, but we hope her joys wil
ever be on the crescendo.
Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, of Augusta
are spending some time here. .
Mr. P. A. Hodges, of Bennettsville
was a guest here this week.
Certified accounts for 1910 of 10(
English spinning companies show i
loss of $1,790,091, or 10% per cent
g* on a stock capital of $17,243,094, af
? s ter paying 4 per cent, on $11,478,
452 . loans. The spindles in thes*
9 100 mills numbered 8,600,456.
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ZISSETT A FREE MAN.
Convicted of Killing a White Man in
j Bamberg County in 1897.
Charlie Zissett is now a free man.
As stated in his address here during
2 fair week Gov. Blease has granted
a pardon to Charlie Zissett, sentenced
to life imprisonment, after having
been found guilty of the killing of
Stark Wilson in 1897. Zissett got his
pardon on Friday of last week and
5 immediately returned to his home in
Bamberg county near Olar.
, The crime for which Zissett was
convicted was committed nearly 20
years ago in the Olar section of Bamberg
county. His victim was Stark
Wilson. The case was one of the first
3 if not the first murder trial in the
j new county of Bamberg. At the trial
Zissett was convicted and sentenced
to be hanged in May of that year,
t A few weeks before the date of exf
ecution Gov. Ellerbe commuted the.
sentence to life imprisonment, and
' Zissett entered upon his long term
1 of imprisonment.
1 There have been several unsucr
cessful attempts to get a pardon for
. Zissett, but each petition was refus
f ed. Several montns ago, zusseit a?
friends secured the services of att
torneys H. Fullerton Buist and Ed3
gar A. Brown. They immediately
busied themselves to gather informa'
tion and to see the jurors who tried
3 the case. A few months ago a strong
t petition was presented to the gover3
nor requesting the pardon of Zissett, |
? and on Friday of last week it was
3 forthcoming.
Zissett was in Barnwell on Mon*
day of this week, it was a typical
case of Rip Van Winkle the-second,
t He gazed at the acquaintances of his
3 former days, picking out here and
there one whom he recognized by
? some characteristic. Zissett will i
make his future home in the Olar |
section of Bamberg county.?Barn
well Sentinel. J
SURROUNDED IN SWAMP.
' Florida Mob May Lynch Assailant of
I Wounded Officer.
[ Tampa, Florida, Nov. 10.?-Surrounded
in a "hammock head," one
I mile from Plant City, an unknown
negro, who early this morning shot
and fatally wounded City Marshal R.
'l E. Yates and Convict Guard Andrew
5 Garner, is menaced by an armed l?and
j. of 200 infuriated citizens, who are
waiting for dawn to prosecute the
, work of capture. If either of the negro's
victims dies during the night
[ it is almost certain that he will be
. lynched.
Marshal Yates had arrested the ne.
gro on suspicion this morning at 5
( | O'CiOCk. ine DiaCK was carrymg a.
. suit case, which the officer insisted on
' examining. When the case was opened
[ the negro snatched a large calibre
revolver and held the marshal at bay,
backing away and finally taking to
[ his heels. Yates gave chase and was
P joined by Garner. Bloodhounds were
\ pressed into use and cornered the negro
in a thick swamp. He killed two
of the dogs and when the officers
came yp shot both of them. Garner
staggered to a'nearby farm house and
. gave the alarm and a posse was form;
ed.
; The Tampa Light Infantry is
. asleep on their arms at the local armory,
but Sheriff Jackson declares
he sees no necessity for sending them
to Plant City.
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR CHILLERS.
Jury Fails to Agree in Georgia Wife
j Poisoning Case.
i Leesburg, Ga., Nov. 10.?A mistrial
resulted in the case of Mort S.
, Childers, charged with killing his
wife by administering poison, when
, the jury reported late to-day that they
were unable to reach a verdict after
. considering the evidence. The case
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court, but it~was stated that counsel!
for Childers will make application for!
the release of the prisoner on bond, j
By order of the court, Robert Ken- j
. nedy, a former sweetheart of the;
dead woman, and also charged with j
her murder, was released after be- j
ing held in jail two months-. The j
. grand jury adjourned without taking j
any action on his case.
; It is reported unofficially that the i
Childers jury stood eight to four for j
conviction. Scores of residents of the j
county became involved in the trials j
. and it is believed a change of venue I
will be asked for before the case
again comes to trial.
- j Politicians at the Fair.
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j There was a great gathering of i
-; politicians at the State fair in Co'
j lumbia last week and many confer.
ences were held. But none of those j
i participating have gotten upon the j
t housetops and proclaimed what has j
> i been done or what is planned for the!
11 campaign of 1912.
j Xo voter need, however, fear a re-j
-1 duction in the acreage of candidates.!
. | The political pot will be larger than !
! ever and warmer than in any sum-!
11 mer since the entry of Capt. Tillman ;
-1 in the arena of politics.?Barnwell!
r j People.
The Folks from Maine.
* I Thp governor of Maine was at the
1! school and was telling the pupils j
11 what the people of different States!
I were called.
, | "Now," he said, "the people from
| Indiana are called 'Hobsiers'; that;
,! people from North Carolina 'Tar j
Heels'; the people from Michinganj
we know as 'Michiganders'. Now, j
) what little boy ar girl can tell me i
i what the people of Maine are called?"
"I know," said a little girl.
"Well, what are we called?" ask
ed the governor.
i "Maniacs." ? Ncfrfolk VirginianPilot.
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The Orangeburg county fair is being
held this week.
Henry P. Archer, superintendent
of the" city schools of Charleston, died
on Friday, in the 73d year of his
age.
Fire on Thursday night in Greenville
destroyed $15',000t worth of
feed stuffs of the Hayes Wholesale
Grain and Produce Company.
A lot with 46 feet front on Main
street, Columbia, was sold on Saturday
for $$0,000. The same lot was
sold two yeaTs ago for $9,500.
The contract has been let for _the
building of a seven-story, 90-room
in flroAnvillA nn the COmer Of
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Washington and Richardson streets.
Mrs. Henry Garner, aged 32 years,
committed suicide at her home in Columbia
on Saturday morning- by
drinking carbolic acid. No cause is
assigned.
Jerry Moore won the boys' corn
club prize this year in Florence coun- j
ty with a yield of 164^ bushels on
an acre. His world-recard yield last
year was 228 bushels.
Efforts are being made to resurrect
the Heyward county scheme,
which is to be formed from territory
cut from 'Aiken, with North Augusta
as the county seat. James U. Jack- i
son, who manages the trolley line J
and is interested in property in j
North Augusta, is the prime mover
in the matter. A hearing will be had j
by the governor to-day (Thursday)
at which both sides will be heard, j
This matter has been voted on before.
Governor Blease delivered a
speech in Anderson last week in
which he severely criticised the ministers
who condemned the lynching
of a negro recently ait Honea Path,
and said he knew of some preachers
who had more negro blood in their i
veins than the negro who was lynched.
He also said before he would
have ordered out the militia to protect
the negro he would have resigned
as governor and gone to Honea
Path to lead the mob.
KILLED IN GIN SHAFTING.
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Pickens Man Caught and Crushed to
Death at Gin.
Pickens, Nov. 10.?Mr. Riley Porter,
of the Mountain Vi^w section of
the county, was killed yesterday by
being caught in a line shaft at his
brother's gin. Mr. Porter was working
at the gin at the time of the accident.
He went to put a belt on a
wheel and his right arm was caught |
and broken off above the elbow. He \
was carried twice, around the shaft
and received internal injuries. He
lived about seven hours, and remained
conscious until he died.
Air Porter was a son of Phillip
Porter, of near this place. He leaves
a wife and two children. His wife
was before her marriage Miss Hattie
Rampy, daughter of the late McDuffie
Rampy. The burial service will take
place at Second church this afternoon.
His brother, Waddy Porter,
was accidentally killed three weeks
ago while out hunting.
DISAGREE OX EVERYTHING.
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First Female Jury in Los Angeles a
Flat Failure.
Los Angeles, Nov. 10.?Unable to!
agree on anything, the first women's!
jury to sit in Los Angeles was dis- j
charged late to-day.
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accused of having violated the speed j
ordinance, and arraigned in a justice's
court. After listening patiently
for three hours to testimony
and argument, the jury, at 12:30
o'clock, was notified to get ready for
luncheon. Twelve eating places were
selected by the twelve jurors. Then
two said they did not want to go at
all. In vain did Justice Forbes urge
them to reach an agreement as to a
place for luncheon. Finally, at 1:30
o'clock, he ordered them locked up
again. The justice, too, lost his
luncheon.
At 5 o'clock, after four and a half
hours' deliberation, the jury reported
that it was unable to agree on a
verdict, and the court ordered its discharge.
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YOUNG BOY LOSES ARM.
Williamsburg County Lad Victim of
Own Gun While Hunting.
Kingstree. Nov. 11. ? Eugene,
the 11-year-old son of Mr. J. H. Hanna.
who lives five .miles east of town,
had his left arm all but severed from
his body this afternoon by the accidental
discharge of a breech-loading
gun. The little fellow had just left
his home to shoot some game in a
nearby woods and was standing on
a log, when the butt of the gun, j
which had been resting on the log, j
slipped off, the hammer striking the;
log in the fall, discharging the gun,
the load entering the arm near the j
shoulder with the above results.
He was being brought to town for
medical attention in a buggy, but;
Afr. J. F. Cooper, when returning i
home from town in his automobile, j
realizing the necessity of immediate j
medical attention, brought the little
fellow quickly in and the arm was
amputated at the shoulder. That he
did not die from loss of blood and exhaustion
is possibly due to Mr. Cooper's
kindly act.
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DESCRIBES MOB'S BRUTALITY.
Revolting Story by Witness at Trial
-- of Mexican Boy's Lynchers.
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Cameron, Texas, Nov. 10.?Revolting
'scenes attending the lynching of
Fernando Gomez, a Mexican lad, at
Thorndale, Texas, last June, were described
in court to-day by Alfred Wilsod,
first witness called in the trial
of Z. T. Gore, Jr., charged with participation
ip the murder.
Wilson testified that he was guarding
the boy, Gomez, after the Mexican
had been arrested on the charge
of having stabbed to death Charles
Zietung, a garage keeper. Gore and
three other me^i, the witness said,
took the lad from him by force.
One -ef?fhe four men, according to
the witness, dragged away Gomez after
a trace chain had been fastened
about the neck of the young Mexican.
The man who dragged the boy
away, Wilson testified, was on horseback,
and took a half hitch about the
pommel of his saddle with the chain.
Some distance away, according to
Wilson, the horseman stopped amidst
a crowd. Numbers of men in this
mob. Wilson said, kicked the prone
and half conscious form of the youth,
inflicting bruises about the trunk,
head and face; then Gomez was
hanged to a telephon^pole.
VETERAN MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
J. Wash. Cadet Leaving Soldiers'
Home, Killed by lS*ain.
Columbia, Nov. 11.?Mr; J. Wash
Cade, an inmate of the Confederate j
home here, was run over and killed j
by a train on the Spartanburg branch i
of the Southern Railway this morn- j
ing at the little station 01 .viontgom- j
erys. The body was almost mangledj
beyond (recognition and several of!
the limbs severed by the train. The:
remains were brought to this city;
and are at a local undertaking es-1
tablishment.
Mr. Cade was- 74 years of age and j
was from Horry county, having en
tered the Old Soldiers' Home on the j
8th of June this year. He served in!
the Confederate army as a member
of the 10th South Carolina regiment.
It is stated that he leaves two sisters,
both of whom live in Horry county.1
Mr. Cade was attempting to run away !
from the Confederate home, so it is!
stated, having disappeared , yester-;
day morning, and the next thing |
heard from him was that he had been!
killed by a train. It is presumed j
that he was attempting to make his |
way North.. Once before he left the:
home and was found in Charleston j
and brought back. It is reported that
hi.^nind was affected.*
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ONE BODY TORN TO PIECES.
Three Boys Dead! from Explosive
Thrown Into Bonfire.
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Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 13.?A
boyish prank of throwing nitro-glycerine
blasting cartridges into a bonfire
they had built late this afternoon,
resulted in an explosion that
instantly killed one boy, and two
companions died later at the General
hospital.
The dead are: John McGuire, aged
14; Archie. Clark, aged 13; William
Perry, aged 8.
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tered windows within a radius of
500 feet.* It is believed that the
boys threw about 450 of the blasting
cartridges into the fire. They took
them from the plant of the Rochester
Lime Company. The body of Perry
was hurled high in the air, over a tall
tree and landed in the branches of
an apple tree. The head was found,
on the roof of a back kitchen of a
dwelling about 100 feet in an opposite
direction, while one leg was carried
over several trees and one dwelling
before it landed on the sidewalk
of a street, nearly 200 feet Way.
The eyes of both Clark and McGuire
tAVn r?n+ , o n rJ fVloir hnrllPC TX*PT*e
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mutilated. Neither .recovered
consciousness.
FLORIDA MOBS FOILED.
Officers Capture Fugitive, Landing
Him in Tampa Jail.
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 11.?Lee Armistead,
the negro who shot two officers
at Plant City early Friday
morning and was chased over 30
miles by posses,. was captured and
was landed safely in jail here to-night
at 10 o'clock.
Sheriff Sturkey, of Pasco county,
accompanied by two deputies, made
the trip to Tarpon Springs in an automobile
and when the machine
struck an impassable place in the
road, the officers took their prisoner
and walked back, getting another
automobile with which to complete
the tfip to Tampa.
None of the posses supposed to be
in waiting were encountered, the officers
making a wide detour to escape
them. Both of the men shot by
Armistead, it is believed now will
recover.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Will sell you a farm or a dwelling
cheap, and will lend you all that can
be advanced on the property for a
term of years with interest payable j
annually. H. M. GRAHAM, Manager.
An average of one in ten gin
houses will burn each year. Insure
your 2-innerv with H. M. Graham..
agent. !
Winter is here. Insure your
dwelling and furniture with H. M.
Graham, agent.
See me now about your cotton
seed. Will buy or exchange for meal.
W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
Before disposing of your cotton
seed, see me. Will buy or exchange.
W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
Highest price paid for cotton seed.
W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
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TIITEN CASE BEING TRIED.
WEALTHY HAMPTON COUNTY
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Brilliant Array of Counsel on Both
Sides?State Has Not Made
Out a Strong Case.
Tuesday morning of this week the
trial of Leroy B. Tuten, charged,
with the murder of J. R. Langford,
was taken up in court here, the case
having been transferred from Hampton
county. Langford was found dead
in the woods near Bruripon about a
ago, and the circumstances- caused
ed the belief that he wa^ murdered.
First a negro was arrested for the
crime, upon the statement of Mary
Harris, a white girl, who stated that
the negro killed Langford and that
she was present at the time. Later
Tuten was arrested for the crime and
the negro was held as a witness.
The story of the finding of the
body of Langford, after he had been
missing all day, is famliiar to our
readers, as we published the full
story at the time. He was found lying
on a lap -robe in the woods and
his horse hitched near by.
There was a strong array of counsel
on each side, R. H. Welch, of Columbia,
Mayfield & Free, of the local
bar, W. S. Tillinghast, of Beaufort,
B. R. Hiers, J. W. Manuel, and W.
P. Tillinghast, of Hampton, representing
the defendant, while Solicitor
Gunter, Jas. E. Davis, W. J.
Thomas, Beaufort, C. J. Searson,
Hampton, Carter & Carter, of the
local bar, and R. C. Hardwick, of
Denmark, represented the State. Mr.
Welch for the defense and Mr. Davis
for the prosecution examined the
witnesses. \
Up to the time of our .going to
press Wednesday afternoon fifteen
witnesses had been presented for the
State, most of them intelligent white
men, and we understand that the
State will rest. At this writing it is
not known what the defense will do,
but it is likely that no witnesses will*
be presented for the defence, as it is
conceded that the State has not made
out a strong case.
Little of the testimony has been
of a sensational nature. . Tuesday
various white men testified as to finding
the body and that the clothing of
the dead man was unfastened and his
body showing, and as tb Tuten's conversation
a day or two after the killing,
but there was nothing direct as
to Tuten's connection with the murder
except the testimony of Mary
Harris, the white girl, who was put
on the stand Tuesday morning. She
got all mixed up in her story and told
several conflicting tales, although she
swore that Tuten killed Langford.
John Allen, a negro farm hand of
Tuten, testified that Tuten promised
him and others $100 if they would go
in court and stick to him and tell the
truth. Allen also signed an affidavit
creating an alibi for Tuten, but it isan
interesting fact that this affidavit
was signed about a month before Tuten
was arrested for the crime.
However, if Tuten is guilty of murder,
it has not been proven, and we
confidently expect a verdict of acquittal.
Let us hope that no more huch
cases as this and the Causey case
will be transferred here from Hampton
county. We are tired of airing
that county's dark deeds.
'TWAS JUSTIFIABLE [HOMICIDE.
Case Against L. Y. Randall, of Gaffney,
Will Not be Tried.
Gaffney, Nov. 11.?It has been
learned in this city that L. Y. Randall,
the Gaffney mam who shot and
killed a Cleveland county, N. C.,
farmer, some three weeks ago, will
not be tried at the court of general
sessions, which is now holding at
Shelby, N. C. Mr. Randall made an
effort to have the case tried, but the
solicitor of the district stated that
this would not be necessary. It will
be remembered that Randall shot in
self defence and killed Whitworth,
who was intoxicated at the time. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict to
the effect that the affair was a ''justifiable
homicide."
A MiliKU ItUUUHiJLf.
Says White Man Took His Watch at
the Point of a Pistol.
On Saturday afternoon John I
Thomas, colored, swore out a warrant j
for Earl Pearsall, a young white man
of near Saluda, for highway robbery.
Thdmas claims that as he was going
along the road just the other side of
J. B. Foy's he heard a summons to
halt and that he stopped his horse
and Earl Pearsall got out of his buggy
with a pistol in his hand and came j
to the buggy in which he was sitting
and asked him if he had any money.
He says tbat he told Pearsall that he
did not and that he was then searched,
and that Pearsall, failing to find j
any money, took his watch. He claims j
that he expostulated with Pearsall, j
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back. That afternoon he came to
town and swore out a warrant.
Pearsall, who was accompanied by
Watt McCarty, was in town Monday
and made the statement, along with
.McCarty, that he bought the watch
from Thomas for fifty cents. It is
likely that the case will not come up
and that nothing will be done about
it, as the negro was unaccompanied
and has no witnesses, while he has
the words of two white men against
him.?Saluda Standard.
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Driving Rod Crashes Into Cab- and ' ->V^
Smashes Engineer's Seat.
Floreiice, Nov, 10. ? Engineer J *
Marion Brandt, of the Coast iifie, f
had a vewt narrow escape from "the
last call" Monday morning, when the
driving rod of his engine broke and '?|m|
smashed through the cab, striking
the seat he was sitting on.
The accident happened between
Floyds and Hartsville. He was go-'
ing at a lively clip, about twenty *
miles an hour, when the drivire ^:|||
wheel became damaged and the
broke. The end of the broken . d. 'c?|?|
smashed through the cab like through. '
a paper house, and crushed the seat
into Winters. Mr. Brandt was stun*
ned by the shock, and does not know
whether he jumped or was knocked v "'IfsB
from his seat, or whether his "guardian
angel" lifted him out of harm's
way, he only knows that he did not VM
get killed and that the hurts he t?ceived
are not dangerous.
ELECTIONS BY LEGISLATURE. ? f|f|
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Several Places on the Bench to be |||g9
Among the. most important el'ec- 'Jllg!
tions at the next session of the iegis- lature
will be those of the justiceship
of the supreme court. Ira B.
Jones, of Lancaster, has resigned
chief justice and several lawyers
been mentioned for this place. He
wiii retire from the bench on Janu-.
arv 9, the day before the legislature * Mlli
convenes. An additional justice will', .Z-m. vlg
be elected as provided by the consti- '
tutional amendment of 1911. The-*",
legislature failed to elect this justice .*
at the last session, a aeaaiocK iasi- .
ing for several weeks with the to*?
for those leading in the balloting un- "I
changed. The same candidates and p
others will probably again be in the
race for this position. The term of -r'vf';
C. A. Woods, associate justice, ex- ; If
pires next year. It is thought he
will be re-elected. At the last ses- Vxi&Xi
sion of the general assembly the constitutional
amendment providing for
a tenure of ten years for supreme
court justices was adopted. This will
cause an election every two years - ^|JjSf %
with five members on the bench. ^
Three circuit judges will be elect- Jla :v
ed at the next session of the general ,'y1 |
assembly. The terms of Judge J. W. '
DeVore of the 11th circuit and Judge
S. W. G. Shipp of the 12th circuit will ; M
expire next year. -They will be re- ..*M"2^
elected, it is believed. A successor ^
to the late Judge J. C. Klugh of the " yt*
Sth circuit will be elected. >
There will be two vacancies on the
board of directors of the State penl- yMH
tentiary. The terms ot J. D. Deds, - '-5^
of Camden, and W. H. Glenn, of An
derson, will expire. /|
The general assembly will elect a.' '^ >4
State librarian. The only candidate ^
announced so far id Miss L. H. La- -VgSSMB
Borde, who has filled the position acceptably
for the past several years. fgg
P. H. McMaster. is the only candi- ;
date announced for the commissioned
of the State insurance department. , >/f||
He was the first fire insurance com- l
missioner elected apd^has built up a.
on uii? ucjL/ai IUUVUV.
merchant robbed* *
cs >?ysaEB
Joseph Traxler, of St. George, As- 7
saulted in His Store. 7
St George, Nov. 11.?Joseph Traac- .&S?|g?;:
ler, who conducts an ice cream'pifr- (j:f.
lor in St. George, was assaulted and
robbed of $240 in his establishment*
about 10:30 o'clock Thursday night./ \j|gfl|
Mr. Traxler was in the act of lock- ; " v
ing the front door when a noise in
Lilt; l ear ui me uuuuiug autiaeceu uio . -v'Cl.'sSflJ
attention. He returned into the
store to make an investigation,'with
the result that he was struck on the V : ' ^
head by the assailant, who was con- IS
cealed in a room adjoining. '
\ Mr. Traxler has absolutely no idea
who dealt the blow, being unable to'v.I MB
see his assailant. When struck the
young man was going from the front
room to the one in the rear, and just
as he stepped in the doorway was
knocked unconscious. The weapon
used was presumably a sandbag,, as
there were no bruises or cuts.
x The victim ofHhe assault remained
upon the floor, where he was felled,
for approximately a half hour
before regaining consciousness. As ' '
soon as he regained himself he immediately
went to his boarding place
and gave the alarm, but the assailant
had made his escape when assistance
reached the scene.
The bloodhounds of the State penitentiary
werey telephoned for and
reached here on the early morning Vxl
train. They were immediately placed
on the trail, which was kept for a
considerable distance. The trail was . ;
lost about four blocks from the
scene of the robbery. It is presumed /,' A'fi
that the robber had a conveyance in '
waiting where the trail was lost.
CHOCKED BIG LINER'S PUMPS.
Had to Come to a Full Stop Out in
Mid Ocean. . 5|j
A remarkable experience, on the
voyage from London to Halifax was
reported Friday by Captain Cham- bers,
of the Furness liner Durango. .v i-f|
While in mid-oeean the big liner
came to a full stop, the circulating
pumps failed to work and for a time r the
crew were unable to account for
the trouble. When the interior of the
CI TCII I<? lliig ItJ^U pipe w ao eAauiiu\>\4
it was found to be chocked with a
mass of fish. After the fish were removed
the Durango proceeded at her * '^isS
usual speed. The vessel had passed :*^gj
through a school of fish and many of
them were drawn into the feed pipe . VVJ$i
by the suction of the pumps. The
fish taken from the passage were long
and thin and of a kind unknown to
Captain Chambers. / ' y