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j| Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1911. One Dollar and a Half a Year. ,:J
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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* News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
} Ehrhardt Etchings,
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Ehrhardt, Nov. 27.?The merch/
js ants are feeling the low price of
i cotton in their daily sales now. What
A will it be in 1912?
Lots of the cotton grown this year
will be plowed under, as it will be
impossible for the farmers to get
labor to gather it from their fields.
I never saw labor so indifferent
v in my life. Don't seem to worry
J them a particle whether they have
work to do or not.
N There is talk of an excursion train
1L running from here to Savannah, Ga.,
to see the auto races.
Fairs, shows, and now the auto
races will take and have taken lots
[of money out of our section of country
that should have gone on notes
and accounts that are now due.
On Friday last the Hacker Mfg.
s to Co. came very near having two fires,
f The first was a spark from the smoke
stack set their water tank on fire.
This was seen in time and easily put
out. The second was the sheathing
around the smoke stack caught on
fire. This was seen in time and
i water turned on and put out in short
x order.
^ Messrs. Jacob Ehrhardt and Frank
Hiers wrent to Walterboro as witnesses
on a case.
Corn will be scarce next year and
high.
\ g This cold wave has made every
one don their winter dry goods, and
^ where none was left over new ones
have been purchased. ,
v Wood and fires are in good demand.
JEE.
Alleged Wrecker in Pen.
Lexington, Nov. 26.?Lawrence
Robertson, the negro who is charged
with breaking the lock of the Seax
board switch at Swansea on the night
of November 5th, causing train No.
129 to wreck and causing the death
of Engineer Pritchard, of Augusta,
- and the serious wounding of his fireman,
has been removed to the State
penitentiary from the Lexington
jail.
, INvo other negroes, Faust Strbther,
of Lexington, and George Jamison,
of near Swansea, have been arrested
in connection with the crime
and are now in the Lexington county
4 \. jail. Both Stroth$r and Jamison are
preachers. Strother was at the
home of Robertson on the night of
wreck and just what he knows
. n abput the affair has not been divulged
by the-authorities. It is expected,
however, that he knows
+Vte>+ 11 hova or? Jmnnrt.
? SUUICVUiUg tliot TV4U uwvv V
ant bearing on the case when the
. . / f trial is held. The arrests of these
negroes were made by Sheriff Sim
' J. Miller and Detective E. O. Conklin,
of the Seaboard, both of whom,
together with other detectives, have
been diligently working on the case
f ever since the crime was committed.
V The officers feel sure that they
[ ' have one of the right suspects in
J the person of Robertson. Robertson
has made a number of statements,
it is1 said. He seems to be
an old hand at the business, having
IS previously served a three-year sen,?
tence on the Lexington county chain
: gang fox having attempted to wreck a
Seaboard train at Dixiana some years
' _ ago. It is claimed, also, that he
% placed a spike on. another railroad,
which was discovered in time to prevent
a wreck.
While serving his sentence on the
chain gang, it is said he deliberately
took an axe and chopped his foot in
Kr- order to keep from working. The
feeling against the accused in the
| L vicinity of the crime was strong im|
* mediately after the occurrence. It
will be recalled that bloodhounds I
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carried a irau lrum me s**uuu w
Robertson's home and his arrest followed.
The arrest of Strother and
Jamison was affected a few days afterwards.
Both of them assert their
innocence.
Sheriff Miller and the detectives of
the railroad are bending every energy
to secure evidence which will
j * convict There is a reward of $1,000
/ > offered by the Seaboard for the conviction
of the guilty person or persons.
WON'T LEAVTE MINISTRY.
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Dr. E. O. Watson, of Methodist Conference,
Corrects Report
. J Columbia, Nov. 27.?The Rev. E.
O. Watson, D. D., pastor of Washington
Street Methodist church, in this
city, will not leave the ministry to
1take active charge of the Industrial
School in Horry county, as was renortpd.
Dr. Watson is interested in !
this school, which is now forming, |
and it had been stated that he was j
1- to quit the ministry and take charge
J . of the school, but when asked about
J| the matter this morning he said he
had no idea of doing any such thing,
Y and unless sent elsewhere by the
conference, will be in Columbia next
year at his same charge.
Dr. Watson was one of the leading
spirits in the formation of the
"Horry County Industrial School and
Development Company," recently
commissioned, and which will be located
near Conway. Dr. Watson and
, ^ the other incorporators have recently
had conferences concerning the
plans, etc., for getting the school under
way, ai>d it was probably from
his connection with the formation
that the report arose as to his inrtention
to take active charge of it.
Dr. Watson said he was "born in
the ctmference," his father, the Rev.
E. J. watson, being a member at his
birth.
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DISASTROUS FIRE AT HA>IPTOX.
Mill and Lumber Plant, Owned by H.
and B. R. R. Co., Burned.
Hampton, Nov. 22.?Two dry
kilns, a planing mill outfit complete,
and about one hundred yards of lumber
sheds filled with dressed lumber,
were destroyed by fire here to-day at
about 10 o'clock. The loss will ag
gregate $15,000 or $20,000. There
was no insurance. The property
burned was owned by the Hampton
and Branchville Railroad and Lumber
Company. The plant was located
within ten feet of the tracks of
the Charleston and Western Carolina
Railway and the morning passenger
train to Augusta was delayed here
about three hours on account of the
fire. The fire department responded
as promptly as possible, but nothing
could be done to stop the flames.
The fire originated in the kilns either
by spontaneous combustion or by a
match dropped in the kiln. Considerable
damage was done to the crossties
on the railroad track, and some
of the steel rails were badly bent.
Rivers Reported at (Mar.
Hampton, Nov. 23.?Word has
been received here that Dave Rivers,
the negro who is alleged to have attempted
criminal assault upon the
13-year-old daughter of a prominent
farmer residing near here, and who
afterwards shot Mr. J. Reid Fitts, of
this place, has been seen near Olar,
in Bamberg county, the home of his
family. Immediately a posse of citizens
left for Olar. Up to a late hour
to-night nothing had been heard of
the success or failure of the search.
As reported in yesterday's correspondence,
the negro was said to
have been seen at Broxton Bridge,
in Colleton county, and a party went
to that section. Their return here
to-day revealed the fact that the report
of his appearance there was untrue,
as a thorough search was made
of the entire ^community.
The citizens of v Hampton have offered
a reward of $200 for the capture
of Rivers.
Somewhat alarming reports come
from the bedside of Mr. J. Reid Fitts,
who was shot by Rivers soon after
the alleged crime was committed,
while Mr. Fitts, together witfc the
party, was making search for the
negro. It is recalled that Mr. Fitts
was shot with a shotgun, and at first
it was not thought that serious
wounds had been inflicted. However,
it appears that the physicians attend*
it-- J~J C
ing toe wuuuueu mau icai
tions.
' $45,000 Fire at Winnsboro.
Winnsboro, Nov. 26.?A costly and
destructive fire, which occurred early
this morning, destroyed the handsome
Enterprise building and three
other structures on Main street. The
fire originated in the drug store of
McMaster & Co. and no water being
available for an hour, on account of
certain parts of the fire engine failing
to work properly, the flames
spread to the adjoining buildings,
and were not checked until they
reached the store of McMaster, Davis
& Co. on the north, and had completely
destroyed the three-story Enterprise
building, on the south, owned
by the Bank of Fairfield.
The flames leaped from these
buildings to the Presbyterian parsonage
and; fanned by a breeze, soon
burned it to the ground. The belfry
of the old clock facing the town
square was ablaze from a spark, but
by climbing near the top several
men extinguished the flames. The
old abandoned Methodist church, a
block away, also cau'ght from a
spark, but prompt work saved it.
The buildings that were completely
consumed by the fire were the handsomest
on Main street and, with the
exception of the Presbyterian parsonage,
had been erected in" recent
years and added much to the appearance
of the town.
Those who occupied these buildings
and suffered loss are: Bank of
Fairfield, Commercial Club, J. Q. Davis,
real estate and insurance; J. A.
Laval, cotton buyer; \voodmen of
the World, Knights of Pythias, Ernest
Gladden, furniture; Masonic
Lodge, McMaster & Co. drugs; the
News and Herald, local newspaper;
Dr. A. G. Quattlebaum, dentist; A.
Golden, colored barber; Dr. J. M.
Holladay and Zion Presbyterian
church. The total loss will aggregate
$45,000, with $25,000 insurance.
GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
Former Georgia Convict Guard Sentenced
for Murder.
Savannah, Nov. 25.?For killing
John H. Gaynor, as he claimed, to
"avenge an insult," Joseph B. Davis,
formerly a convict guard captain, was
sentenced to-day to life imprisonment.
Gaynor was a kinsman of Jno.
Gaynor, of Greene and Gaynor fame,
and had a prominent part in the famous
Savannah harbor frauds case.
Davis, after the alleged insult, shot
Gaynor to death on a street here, November
6.
VERY CONSIDERATE JUDGE.
Sentenced Man to Prison and Gave
Him a Bible.
At Chattanooga, Tenn., in overruling
a motion for a new trial and
formally sentencing Joe Saulesbery
to the penitentiary for life for the
murder of Nicholas Shentzen, the
hermit of Altoona, Judge J. A. Bilbo
at Gadsden presented the prisoner
with a Bible. In making the presentation
the judge said: "Within the
pages of this book you will find promises
certain and sure that your sins,
though they be as scarlet, can be
made as white as snow. I commend
the book to your careful study."
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick J
Reading?Paragraphs About i
Men and Happenings. 1
The governor has offered a reward 1
. of $100 for the capture of Dave Riv- (
: ers, the negro who attempted to as- ]
sault a white girl in Hampton county (
loop woolr The nitfronR of HflmntiTii
' offer $300. ,
The citizens of Hampton have of- j
i fered a reward of $300 for the arrest ]
or delivery of Dave Rivers, the negro <
who Tuesday afternoon attempted a <
criminal assault on a little white i
girl near there,
i Comptroller General A. W. Jones, <
says that he will ask the legislature
to repeal the income tax law or give i
him some means of enforcement J
Everylbody knows that the law at '
present is a farce. 1
The seven-year-old son of W. E. (
Waldrop, of Greer, while standing hefore
the fire in his night clothes on
Thursday caught fire and was so bad- i
ly burned that he died in the after- j
noon of the same day. \
Wait for.O'Riley., i
Prayed for Guidance, Killed Husband
New York, Nov. 23.?As a witness
in her own behalf Mrs. Frances
O'Shaughnessy took the stand to-day
and told the jury which will decide
whether she shall live or die pf the
events which led up to her kiling
her husband, George, "to save his
soul."
A year after her marriage, she
said, George began to stay out late
at night. She suspected another
woman, she said, hut was not sure
until she saw George with this woman?the
cashier of the store where
he was employed.
A bundle of notes which Mrs.
O'Shaughnessy said she found under
her husband's pillow was handed to
the jury. The notes were from Tessie
Hayes, the other woman, she said,
and in them the writer called George
endearing names. Mrs. O'Shaughnessy
had read them all, she said,
then prayed for guidance before she
shot. her husband.
She decided- that by killing her 1
husband she would keep ;him from '
violating the seventh commandment :
and thereby save his souL ,
Negro Killed in Marlboro.
Sellers, Nov. 23.?A shooting took J
place yesterday in the Tilghman j
Lumber Company's woods, near ]
Brownsville, in Marlboro county, \
which resulted in the death of Au- i
brey Miles and the wounding of John
Wigfall, both "young negroes. From i
what can be learned they were saw- (
ing logs when Wigfall cursed Miles, (
whereupon Miles drew his pistol and ^
commenced firing. Wigfall then
drew his pistol and killed Miles. An
inquest has been held by the proper
authorities of Marlboro county and ]
the body of Miles has been brought
here by the Tilghman Lumber Company's
log train.
John Wigfall is a Georgetown ne- j
gro, while Aubrey Miles was born j
and raised here. His father, Hilliard f
Miles, is a very respectable negro (
and owns a small farm near here. j
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Wait for O'Riley. j
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Dies in Flames He Started.
Dade City, Fl^, Nov. 23.?Noah <
Green, a prominent farmer living t
four miles from this city, was in- s
cinerated at an early hour this 1
morning, when the city "calaboose" 1
was burned. t
Green had been locked up over >
night for drunkenness. Some time g
in the night he started a fire to keep \
himself warm. The prison caught (
fire and he was burned before he I
could be rescued. He leaves a wife t
and five children.
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Women Barred from Juries. ?
Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 23.?Attor- t
ney General U. S. Webb ruled that t
women cannot serve as jurors in this t
State, the question having been rais- 1
ed as a result of success of the equal 1
suffrage constitutional amendment.
"Under the common law," says *
Webb- "a jury consisting of twelve a
free and lawful men and under the
same law women are not eligible to J
jury duty. I think our code did not
change the common law rule. *
"I don't understand that the constitutional
amendment, extending the
right of suffrage to women, has af- (
fected the question of eligibility for
jury service." '5
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Meted Out. Swift Justice. g
A + "Polaicr'h 'NT C\ Rrtco Frpnr>h n T
14 9 X 1 t AVVUW * * VUVU} Mr A
Cherokee Indian, paid the death pen- c
alty Friday in the electric chair for t
; the murder of Miss Ethel Shuler near d
i Bird Town, last September After \
j the girl's body was found, Ross con- \
fessed he had attempted to crimi-1 c
} nallv assault the girl, and that he e
I was struck on the head with a stone, t
| after which he drew his knife and >
i cut her throat. 3
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Aufoist Convicted of Manslaughter. ^
Edward H. Hancock was found a
j guilty g of manslaughter at Taunton, 1
Mass.,* on Thursday, as the result of
an automobile accident, in which Miss a
Lottie Thomas and George Hunt were j t
killed, in Attleboro last April. Sen- \
tence was postponed. f
Charles W. H. Day, who was in r
the auto with Hancock, was acquit- t
ted of a similar charge. Both men
are prominent residents of Attleboro. g
".Smile?he is coming again."
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REMITTITUR STAYED.
Defence Obtains Order from Chief
Justice Jones.
Columbia, Nov. 23.?An order
from Chief Justice Jones, staying
the remittitur in the case of John
ST. Garlington and James Stobo Young
until the third day of the fall term
Df the supreme court, which opens
3n the 28th instant, and the permitting
of a petition for a rehearing in
the case was obtained to-day by Mr.
Christie Benet, attorney for Garlington
and Young, who went to Lancaster
to-day for this purpose.
This will give the entire court time
to pass on the petition, and if they
?rant it the whole case will be reheard,
but if they refuse that will
snd the case so far as the supreme
court is concerned. Mr. Benet returned
to-night from Lancaster.
For the time the supreme court's
arder keeps Garlington and Young
from entering upon the serving of
their sentences, and transfers the
ngnt again, to to tne supreme coun.
The remittitur would have been
handed down to-morrow, but the orier
from Chief Justice Jones stays it.
Convicted Year Ago.
Garlington and Young were convicted
in the Richland county court
in November, 1910, of breach of
trust in connection with funds of the
Seminole Securities Company, of
which they were president an? director,
and were sentenced to three
pears and one year respectively, on
the public works of Richland county
yt in the penitentiary. The appeal
in the case to the supreme court was
taken and, pending the outcome
yf the appeal, the defendants were
released on bonds of $5,000. Ten
lays ago tne supreme court, in an
opinion by Chief Justice Jones, upheld
the sentence.
John Y. Garlington and James Stobo
Young have been in Chicago in
business together, and when the
aews of the confirming of the sentence
reached them, Garlington came
on here, leaving Young behind, in
Chicago, to attend to their business.
However, Young was ready to come
if needed. Garlington is here at a
local hotel.
HANGED HIMSEIF IN BARN.
Lifeless Body of Oconee County
Youth Found by Brother.
Walhalla, Nov. 25.?The body of a
poung 16-year-old son of John F.
Rice, who lives several miles from
Walhalla, was found hanging from
tlie end of a rope in the barn on Mr.
Rice's place yesterday afternoon.
Young Rice has never been strong
mentally, and it is thought that in a
temporary fit of insanity he ended
his life. His body was found by his
brother, who went to the Darn late in
the afternoon and the body was still
warm, though life was extinct.
The body was taken down with the
issistance of neighbors, who were
called in. The rope used was a long
>ne, and when found the unfortunate
youth's feet were touching the floor.
A POLITE YEGG.
Robbed Safe at Honea Path in a Very
Gentlemanly Manner.
Honea Path, Nov. 22.?The safe of
:he oil mill at this place was burglarized
some time between Saturday
ifternoon and Monday morning. The
iooir of the office was not forced
lor was the safe cracked. It is supposed
that the burglar either had a
ley or that one of the windows was
eft unfastened.
He worked his way into the cash
Irawer in which was the combina:ion
to the safe and then opened the
lafe and took therefrom $81 and a
'ew cents. When, he got the money
le locked the safe \yith the combina;ion
and left it in the drawer from
which the money was taken. It is
supposed that the burglar either was
rery familiar with conditions in the
iffice or that he was a professional,
>ut there is no strong clue by which
he guilty party may be apprehended.
It is entirely unusual that so much
noney is left in the safe over night
tnd would not have occurred this
ime but that money was kept back
o pay off the hands and then after
hat pome arooiints were Daid which
eft a balance on hand in the safe.
The mill is in operation every night
ixcept Saturday and Sunday and the
leed could scarcely have been done
it any other time without detection.
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*OT GUILTY OP BOY'S MURDER.
xaffney Men Freed of Charge in
North Carolina.
Gaffney, Nov. 25.?The case of J.
j. Simmons and John Black, both
ather prominent men in this county,
las at last been settled and both
Jorth and South Carolina people are
Jad to finally have the straight of it.
n North Carolina court on Wedneslay
it was decided that neither of
he parties were guilty of the murler
of Calvin Weaver, a young boy,
rho is said to have been made away
nth some 32 years ago. The proseution
was represented by J. E. Fishtr,
who has worked up the case, while
he Hon. Clyde Hoev, of the Shelby,
C. C., bar, appeared for the defence.
Jagistrate Beam heard the evidence
Lnd his decision was to the effect
hat no case had been established
igainst the South Carolina men.
i'hey were accordingly acquitted.
The matter has aroused considerible
interest, not only in this city,
>ut in the North Carolina towns as
veil. Fisher has stated that he had
iositive proof that Black and Simnons
did commit the murder when
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ney uvea in iNonn ijaroima, uui
Vednesday he failed to deliver the
:oods.
"Smile?he is coming again."
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MASKED MAN ROBS MAIL (
DARING ROBBERY TOOK PLACE
IN MILE OF STATE HOUSE.
Train No. 55 of Atlantic Coast Line j
was One on Which the Ban- I
dit Did the Work. 5
Columbia, Nov. 25.?Train No. 55 t
on the A. C. L. was robbed last night t
shortly after 11 o'clock while the >
train was within a mile of the State *
house, and a considerable amount of
valuable registered mail was taken t
fVi? ntall oaf Thfl rrtKhorv WOO I
UUU1 LUC mail vai* x uv A vwwvi;
committed between Royster, just a
mile south of this city and the outskirts
of the city between which
points a masked white man entered
the mail car and held the mail clerk
with his colored assistant at the
point of a pistol, while he proceeded
to take possession of the registered
pouches. When he had completed his
work he pulled the emergency brake
and jumped from the train at the
crossing. The robbery, for boldness
and daring, happening as it did, with
in earshot of the police, hardly has
an equal.
When train No. 55, due in Columbia
from Wilmington, N. C., at 11:10
p m., reached the block office at
Royster, it was runing 11 minutes
late. Mr. Meredith, the mail clerk,
had just finished putting the registered
mail packages in a pouch in
readiness to carry them to the mail
transfer office at the union station.
J. D. Minnis, the conductor of train
No. 55, got off to register at the block
office and then signaled his train
ahead.
Soon after the train began to move
a masked man threw open the front
door of the mail car, the second from
the engine, stuck a pistol in the mail
clerk's face and demanded the registers".
"Give them to me," he said "and
be quick about it or your head will
have a hole through it!"
After he got possession of the
pouch containing the registered mail
he sorted over the packages and taking
the most valuable ones and leaving
a few which contained only merchandise,
all the while backing toward
the door by which he had entered.
While he was preparing to make
his exit, Dreher, the negro assistant
to the mail clerk, moved and the rob^
ber shifted his gun on him-, and demanded
that he hold up his hands.
Then the robber seized the cord gpverning
the emergency brake and pulled
it. In less than a minute, the 1
tran. which was movine slowly, came
to a stop just at the corner of Sumter
and Whaley streets. As soon as
it began to slacken speed, the masked
man jumped back, slammed the
door and made off. ?
Conductor Minnis was in the third
car from the engine when Mr. Meredith
rushed in and told him that a
masked man had held up the train
and taken the registered mail.
The train pulled into the union
station, where the robbery was com- ^
municated to the police by telephone.
They in turn telephoned to the penitentiary
for bloodhounds and in less
than half an hour, after the affair,
the dogs were on the spot where the
robber is supposed to'have leaped
off the train. They failed to strike
a trail.
H. L. Meredith, of Wilmington, the
mail clerk, is positive that the masked
robber who held him up is a white
man. He noticed his hands, his nose
and his eyes, which were not covered
by the mask.
The coolness and deliberation dis- ?
played by the robber sugests that
he is an old hand at his trade. His <
knowledge of the registered mail and J
the emergency brake also go to prove
that he was no amateur. ?
He is described by those who saw f
him as a man of medium height, 1
rather frail, with dark hair and probably
dark eyes. t
Conductor Minnis is positive that r
not more than five minutes elapsed c
after he signaled his train ahead at r
Royster before Mr. Meredith came to e
him in the third coach and told him
that he had been held up. Conductor
Minnis and Mr. Meredith both ^
stopped in Columbia. r
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Woman Takes Poison. 0
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New York, Nov* 26.?Alice Tris- t
tram, aged 38 years, said to be the c
daughter of a prominent clergyman
in, Dublin, Ireland, committed sui- a
cide in the golf club house at Van 0
Cortlandt Park to-day, by drinking is
poison while sitting at a table. She $
came to this country last September a
and at the Y. W. C. A., where she j.
lodged, told an acquaintance that
her father was Canon Tristram, of g
Trinity church, Dublin, and that she j
was married to a wealthy mineral
water manufacturer named Shanks. y
QVio +ri ro ciirrna Vi or maiH on
name, she said, after her arrival Q
here, although she had a 14-year-old
son in Dublin. ^
The Dublin *city directory contains
the names of the Rev. John
William Tristram, D. D., secretary of
the board of education, and J. Y.
Shanks, Ltd., mineral water manu- si
facturers. t]
The woman's principal reason c<
for leaving home, according to her I3
story, was because her father had b
married a second time and it was n
impossible for her to be a companion p
to her steDmother. a
Miss Tristram had a sweet and t<
well cultivated voice, and had sung
here on several occasions at musi- tl
cales and dinners. She had been tj
unsuccessful, however, in an effort c<
to obtain pupils, and it is believed o
by some of those who know her that a
she. was pressed for funds before b
she took her life, although she had ji
spoken of an engagement she had secured
to go on the stege.
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INDICTS THOMAS B. FELDER.
Solicitor Cooper Hands out Bill of
Indictment at Newberry.
Newberry, Noy. 27.?An indictnent
was handed to the grand jury
n the general sessions court here ,
his morning, charging Thomas B.
Pelder, of Atlanta, with bribery. The
harge is that he attempted to bribe
3. H. Evans, in 1905, while Evans
vas chairman of the board of direc;ors
of the State dispensary. At
hat time Evans was on the board
vith John Bell Towill, of Batesburg,
ind L. W. Boykin, of Camden.
Evans, Towill and Boykin were
his morning sworn as witnesses be- :
'ore the grand jury. Gov. Blease >
vas in court at the time the indlctnent
was handed out by Solicitor,
hooper.
the indictment follows a warrant
sworn out some months ago by B.
Prank Kelly, then secretary of the 1
iispensary winding-up commission
rhis warrant was placed in the hands
ju outrrm duiuj u uj. mis cuuiiio', wuu
vent to Atlanta for Felder but was
K)werless to arrest him, because
jov. Brown, of Georgia, refused to
lonor the requisition issued by Got. f >
31ease, of South Carolina.
The indictment comes after an investigation
by the winding-up com- ;?-J|?
nission. Judge Gage charged die
jrand jury that they should find a
;rue bill if the testimony before them *
satisfied them beyond a reasonable
loubt; it not, to find "no bill." In
iddition to the forpier members of o
:he dispensary board sent before the - ^
jrand jury, it is understood that sev- Ml
jral letters purporting to have been
written by Felder to Evans and oth- i
?rs were submitted to the jury. / -r ^
The indictment is drawn under ;
section 261 of the, criminal code and
jontains three counts. In effect, it - 5
harc-as that. Faldar ?on or about Oc- 1
iober 2, 1905, offered H. H. Evans, of / ^
Newberry, then chairman of the
State dispensary board, a large
imount of stock in a company or- \-VJi
?anized by Welder, to influence Evins's
vote to secure orders for liquors
Irom the company so organized. The
Irst count charges that on the date
named Felder offered Evans $50,- ''Mj|
)00 of the capital stock of this com- '
?any organized under the laWs of
>ne of the States of the United >
States, said State being to the ju-m
known.
The second count charges Felder .
with offering Evans $250,000 of the ^
preferred stock of this company and
ke third count charges the offer by / ^
Felder to Evans of $250,000 in
.awful moppy of the United States,
aeing practically a repetition of the.
second count in different form. '
The famous "T. B." letter/ adr
Iressed "Dear Hub," which was some M
:ime ago given to the press by .Qov.(; v
Blease, as a letter written by Felder :e
Evans, bears date*Atlanta,. Octof ?; '%
i.? o 1 ftAr J .v.
Jt>r if, 19U9, auu LUC 1UUIVL1UCUL
[jears to be grounded upon the matr , %\
:ers^ set out in this letter. * ^ iriflM
"Smile?he is coming again."
TWO CONVICTED. ' - -'M
Verdict Returned by Jury in "Tar j
Party" Case.
Lincoln Center, Nov. 24.?Two men J
charged with complicity in the tarring
of Miss Mary Chamberlain, a M
school teacher, John Schmidt and
Bherrill Clark, to-day were found Y^ff
guilty of assault and battery by a ".
jury in Judge Grover's court, while
k. N. Simms, the third defendant,
vas acquitted. The jury was out for
learly thirty hours. Sentence was ig
leferred to permit attorneys to argue 'J*
i motion for a new trial.
Early in the day. the court impos- .1 r-Vj&f
sd sentences of one year, each, in
iail, the extreme penalty, on Ever- ' ?
>tt G. Clark, Jay Fitzwater, Watson
Scranton, and Edward Ricord, conessed
assailants of Miss Chamberain.
These four men confessed before
he present trial began. The court
uled that the men must pay the costs . /Y
>f the prosecution. Ricord -was'at*
eady in jail, having been surrenderid
by his bondsmen 77 days ago.
Make No Protest. A
The confessed men took their senences
calmly. The four confessed
nen expressed themselves as glad
hat the long period of waiting was
?ver. None of the confessed men ofered
any reason why he should not
>e sentenced. The court made no'
omment on the crime. - .> >
The aged father of Jay Fitzwater, * ^
, preacher widely known in this part
f Kansas, saw his son arraigned. He
3 greatly downcast over the boy's ;
isgrace, but has no harsh feelings
gainst the officers for enforcing the
iw. O
"It was a shocking crime," he
aid. "I so expressed myself before
knew my son was implicated."
The most surprising feature of the
erdict, to those who have followed
he case closely, was the conviction
f Schmidt. He is a quiet little
armer, against whom, it is thought
y attorneys, the State made a weak
ase.
Teacher Xot Present.
Mrs. Simms, who has been a contant
court attendant, .remained with
he two convicted men until after
aurt adjourned. Her husband, highr
pleased over his acquittal, smiled
roadly and congratulated his attoreys.
Mary Chamberlain was not
resent. It was said she, too, thought
verdict impossible, and left town.
D-day for Beverly.
Ricord is the barber who decoyed
ie girl to the place where she was
irred. Simms was acquitted, acarding
to one of the jurors, because
f slight evidence against him. The
lleged bad reputation of Miss Cham- )
erlain was not considered by the
iry.
. ?: ?
"Smile?be is coming again."