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wrt r ? R ' * ^ V - - ' / i I ; ' ' ^ * (Elj? Hamburg Sferalb ? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS Ce SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. J* News Items Gathered All Around the Ta be County and Elsewhere. inj Ehrhardt Etchings. g0 Ehrhardt, Jan. 8.?A sad funeral a 1 was conducted over the remains of Bellinger C. and Jim H. Folk Sunday morning about 10 o'clock. Two brothers placed in one grave, side by nij side. Both of them went to Charleston last week to purchase a stone to jrj t place over their brother's grave to CQ mark his last renting place. This e . brother was caught in their machin- Bc ery only a short while before and was killed. While in Charleston they Be procured a room in the Pavilion R? hotel and went -to bed early. They ni) partially turned off the gas jet or by q some means it jarred loose and leaked gas in the room in which they BJ i slept and when found they were un- Br conscious. Death claimed them both, Bj Bellinger giving in sooner than his # SO younger brother. They were brought ^ home Saturday to their parents. ^ Bellinger leaves a young wife; Jim was not married. They leave a host ^ of friends to mourn their untimely departure from this life. Sympathy goes out to their bereaved parents, brothers and sisters. . / lei : Report came to town this after| noon that John Evans had shot and . L killed President Green with a 22 rifle on Mr. Henry Z. McMillan's ? f plantation. Could not get any of the particulars of the shooting. Mr. ^ McMillan came to town to 'phone for i sp f the sheriff to come for Evans SunM: ' day afternoon about 5 o'clock. Both parties are colored. Mr. Zeigler says that a hand on his place hired the last bale of cotton ^ picked of last year's crop recently. When ginned and sold, the money ^ that the darky got for the bale of lv rn ( ' cotton, was one dollar short of picking, ginning, bagging and ties ex- ^ penses. Rather discouraging to go ^ after the unpicked cotton. _ M< Denmark Doings. 1 Cr ' Denmark, Jan. 9.?The Denmark pc hie-h school opened on Monday, Jan. ie5 i uary 8th, with a fairly good attend- he \ ance, considering the inclemency of the weather. The school opened later he than was expected, but we hope to q have such a good work done that ^ the week's work will not be missed, iy; | Mr. D. B. Reed, of? Columbia, was th h in town a few days last week. Mr. Reed was formerly a resident of this s[ W city- af Miss Minnie Blount is spending ve | sometime with her brother in Au- 0f gusta, Ga. he Mr. and Mrs. F. C. 'Chittv left last week for Lees, where they will qz remain for sorrie time, Mr. Chitty he being principal of the school there, qj Mrs. W. F.> Rice is- visiting her he daughter, Mrs. Jack Huggins, of Columbia. t0 \ Miss Emma Owens went last week as to Florida to spend a few months visiting different places of interest. Miss Miller, of Pennsylvania, accom- th panied her. * re Miss Dunbar, of Augusta, Ga., spent a few days with Miss Julia ha Goolsby this week. Dr. J. G. Boozer was called to ? * *? i ? BainDnage, i*a., iasi wetK iu aticiiu the funeral services of his grandmother, Mrs. Boozer. She had been M. ill for some time. Her death was vis not a shock* to her many friends in here, but was heard with great sor- da i row. wl r Miss Lillian Gentry, of Florence, Va f has accepted the position in the Ja ^ school here, which Miss Dickert held he before Xmas, but was obliged to give th; up on account of ill health. pr * Mrs. Miller, of Abbeville, is spend- j ija ing some time with her parents here,, cu Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blount. : in; Mr. W. L. Califf, who has been in : 0f the Riverside hospital for the past of week, was brought home Tuesday, an ( and his many friends are sorry in- th< deed to learn that his condition is eri I no better. We hope that he will ha I soon be able to be up again. gii to Bank Makes Fine Showing. wj of Ehrhardt, Jan. 1.?The Ehrhardt Banking Co. has just completed a jn very successful year. The net earnings for this bank during 1911 gr< amounted to 18^ per cent. Follow- ^ ing the usual custom, 10 per cent, of T gO this will be paid to the stockhold- ^ ere, and the balance carried on to . surplus account. The surplus for . this bank now amounts to $6,000. .. tic Dr. J. L. Copeland is president of this institution and A*. F. Henderson, th) to! Let us have your renewal prompt- c0 > ly if your subscription has expired. pa * \ V I ? POSTMASTER AT DENMARK. >cil S. Rice Named to Succeed His Father. Washington, Jan. 3.?President .ft to-day named Cecil S. Rice to postmaster at Denmark, succeedl his father, who held the office for me time. The elder Mr. Rice died 3hort time ago. Denmark Doings. Denmark, Jan. 4.?On Wednesday ght, last, Miss Martha Ray enterined very delightfully a few of her ends on Elm Avenue. During the urse of the evening many interting games were played, and deious refreshments were served by isses Livy Ray, Genevieve and Lula iss Wroton. Those enjoying Miss ty's hospitality were: Misses Min3 Blount, Gladys Milhous, Ruby less, Julia Goosby, Catherine Wiln onn TncanVi i n o TTq n ct Sua flTld UOVil) U VOV|/U*UV A MMWV) p^vtx/ onde Barton, Emerald Gentry, of ooklyn, N. Y., and Duma Ray, of ackville; Messrs. Thomas Wilkinn, Ira Garris, Walter Rice, Clifton >za, Henry Blount, James Fogle, mry Murry Ray, Eugene McNeely, Petersburg, Va., and Malcolm Mcae. The evening was enjoyed by I present. Misses- Blonde Barton and Marion ley have returned to Winthrop Col?e, after a pleasant stay at home. Mr. J. Alvin Riley, who has been Mississippi for some months, came me for Xmas. His many friends jlcome him home. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Goolsby and .ughter, Frances, of Fort Motte, ent the week-end with Mr. and rs. G. W. Goolsby, of this city. Mr. J. D. Milhous and family have Dved to Columbia. Their many lends here regret to see them leave, it wish them good luck. Miss Martha Ray has returned to lumbia College to resume her for3r duties. Miss Lynn Goolsby and little other, G. W. Jr., visited their other, Mr. H. W. Goolsby, of Fort otte, last week. Messrs-. Hammond and Malcolm um, Walter Rice and Christian )lk have returned to Clemson Col?e, after spending the holidays at ime. Mrs. F. B. Wilkinson spent the lidays with friends in Raleigh, N. Miss Emerald Gentry, of Brookn, X. Y., is visiting Miss Blount, of is city. The Denmark high school wilt ben work again on January 4, 1912, ter a two weeks' holiday. We are ry sorry to learn that on account ill health Miss Kate Dickert will unable to finish out the term. The many friends of Mr. W. L. iliff are very sorry to learn that ( is at the Riverside Hospital in larleston. We hope he will soon well and out again. Miss Lynn Goolsby has gone back Rowesville to resume her duties principal of the school there. Mr. C. R. Goza, who has been in iba for some time, came home for e holidays, but we learn he is to turn in a few days. Misses Ruby and Sadelle Guess ,ve returned to Converse College, ter spending the holidays at home. Visiting: at Denmark. Denmark, Jan. 10.?Miss Frances Claiborne, of St. Louis, Mo.; is siting her cousin, Mrs. H. J. Faust, this city. Miss Claiborne is the ughter of Col. Robert Claiborne, 10 was born in Franklin county, i., and served under Stonewall ckson during the war. Afterwards moved to Missoouri and for more an a half century was the most ominent leader of the St. Louis r. He was for many years proseting attorney in the court of crim11 correction and later was judge the same court. He was a member the State Senate for four years d at one time was a candidate for e Democratic nomination as govaor of Missouri. Miss Claiborne s been visiting her relatives in Vir 11a me pasi summer, emu ua? tuuic Dixie for the winter, where she 11 visit many interesting points the South. junction Against I lacing Dismissed. Columbia, Jan. 8.?Upon the ounds that the respondents return owed a complete abandonment in od faith of the nuisance complainof in the race injunction proceed?s the supreme court this mornl dismissed the petition for injunc?n brought December 8 on affidavits Columbia citizens. According to e agreement of the respondents atrneys at a former hearing, the urt requires the respondents to y the costs of the proceedings. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Three candidates are already announced for sheriff in Aiken county. The annual report of the Secretary of State, R. M. McCown, shows that 3,577 notaries public have been commissioned during the year. The fees received from this source amounts to $7,154. Sam Purdy, a young white man, died in Greenville on Friday from wounds inflicted by D. M. Taylor on the preceding Tuesday in a fight in "Cripple Creek," a notorious suburb of the city. Dr. Routh, of the Rockefeller hookworm treatment commission, will begin active work in Orangeburg nfv +Viia mrtnfh Q+ Ornn frohllTP V/VUUVJ Uilu 1UVUVU WU *. MAA0V -? V? A 0 J Springfield, North, Cope and Eutawville. Free treatment, lectures and medicine will be given. Three summer residences, vacant, were set on fire and burned on Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, on Monday morning before daylight. They belonged to the estate of C. 0. Witte, to W. G. Mazyck and to Henry Seigling. The loss exceeds $50,000. The law forbidding the employment of children under 12 in cotton mills went into effect the 1st. Up to that time there had been exceptions to the law; now there is none'. Commissioner Watson estimates that 540 children will be affected by this new law. Congressman Lever is making a big protest against the dropping of Cadet Saunders from the naval academy because he got drunk on board the; training ship while cruising near Gibraltar. The president has endorsed the finding of the command? i. i-. J ~ ~ ~ i d III iur m? uiouiiaoai. The prize hog of Saluda county, so far as can be learned, was killed by J. E. Zeigler at his home near Saluda Monday. It weighed net 578 pounds and from it there were obtained nearly 175 pounds of lard. It was a Duroc Jersey and was raised by Mr. Zeigler. The hog was about two years old and measured about 6 feet in length and 26 inches across the body. The resignation of Ira B. Jones, chief justice of the State Supreme Court, took effect at noon Tuesday, he having tendered his resignation some months ago in order to enter the race for governor. The legislature will have to elect his successor during the present session, and until that time it is expected that Associate Justice Gary, the senior member of the court, will act as chief justice. Charged With Serious Crime. Columbia, Jan. 8.?Columbia is in the throes of a sensation which Saturday overshadowed even the big fire in the wholesale district. Dr. Lewis A. Griffith was arrested Saturday afternoon on the charge of having committed a criminal assault upon a young white woman, a patient. Dr. Griffith is a son of Capt. D. J. Griffith, is chairman of the city board of health and a surgeon of considerable reputation. He has been for several years the head of the order of Eagles in Columbia, which has a large membership and added greatly to Dr. Griffith's popularity. The accusation against him is indeed horrible, and his frienas hope that the whole matter will be cleared up, as there are strange circumstances. The law does not permit the publishing of the name of the woman in a case of this kind. The prosecuting witness is a married young woman whose father is well known in the city, having been tried for his life on at least one occasion, and it was reported that he was hunting Dr. Griffith, who is himself a man of known physical courage. The husband of the young woman is a loco motive engineer. The young woman's charge is that she went to Dr. Griffith's office for treatment. He said a minor operation was necessary and she went into the operating room adjoining. Her allegation is that chloroform was used. Dr. Griffith was arrested by Sheriff Coleman upon a presentment by the grand jury and was released on $5,000 bail Saturday night. His friends confidently expect that he will clear up the n#tter. Blank books and legal blanks at The Herald Book Store. AGENT CONFESSES THEFT. 1 Bound and Gagged Himself to Hide Theft of $1,700. ] Macon, Jan. 8.?Following four hours of sweatbox examination at the ( hands of Central of Georgia Special Officer. Pool and Sheriff Hicks, of Bibb county, P. H. Smith, the railroad ticket agent, who, last night was found bound and gagged in his ; office, saying two men hhd robbed < him, this morning broke down and 1 confessed that he had taken the < money. He at once led them to a i storeroom in the union depot above the ticket office and produced $1,300 i in bills neatly wrapped in bundles embraced by rubber bands. This was shortly before daylight. He was ' tVion ollftTitfi/1 f/\ TirolV nnQOonHorl 1 tUVU ailU Tf tu IV IV UiA UUUVWUUVU through the streets, having stated that he thought he could get the rest of it, the plain clothes men shadowing, until 5 o'clock this afternoon, when they arrested him and placed him in jail. He had not produced the money. Smith said that he had needed the money badly and had made up his mind to frame up a fake robbery. He said he extracted $1,700 in bills from the safe, carefully wrapped them up- and extracted $400 for his persotal use. This he says he gave to a Woman, whose name he refuses to divulge. This was at the noon hour. He took the rest up-stairs and hid it. Shortly before the night man came on he tied his feet and then his hands together in front of him. He then backed up against a ticket rack and made the hanging ends of cord on his hands fast to it, behind his head. In this position the night agent found him half an hour later. Smith's father is a clergyman of Griffin. HUB EVANS GIVES BOND. Newberry Man Indicted for Receiving Rebates Ready for Trial. Columbia, Jan. 8.?H. H. Evans, of Newberry, who was last week indicted for receiving rebates and for conspiracy to receive rebates while a member of the board of the State dispensary in 1900, appeared in the Richland county court at noon today, accompanied by his attorney, Mr. Eugene S. Blease, and gave bond in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance for trial.- The bond was sign ed by L. W. Floyd, C. W. Fant, E. M. Evans and C. J. Purcell. Evans stated that he was ready for trial. Evans is charged with having accepted a rebate from M. A. Goodman, a liquor drummer, in the sum of $50 It is not known whether the case will be tried this term or not. Town Almost Wiped Out. v Sandersville, Ga., Jan. 4.?The little town of Warthen, about nine miles from this place, on the Augusta Southern Railway, was more than half wiped out by fire to-day. The heaviest losers are T. Warthen & Brother, general merchants, who did about two-thirds of the business of the town. It is estimated that the total loss will run be ween $50,-000 and $60,000, with about $15,000 insurance. Tillman's Vote Won the Day. i Washington, Jan. 9.?When seen to-day at his office at the capitol, after the National Democratic committee had closed its work by selecting Baltimore as the place for holding the National Democratic Convention, on June 2.9, Senator Tillman expressed himself as pleased with the general situation and outlook of the party. The senator voted against seating Guffey as committeeman from Pennsylvania, but voted for Baltimore as the place for holding the , convention. In fact, the senator's vote settled the matter, for if he had voted for St. Louis, the ballot would 9 I have been a tie. Senator Tillman was asked if he had any opinion with regard to the , horse racing question in South Carolina. He said that he was against gambling; that he was not opposed to horse racing as such, but was em- ] phatically against the bookmaking ; feature, and hoped that the legisla- , ?~ ^ Anonf o mDoo_ lure ui ine oiuie wuuiu ciiav.t ? ^ lire to prevent it. Representative David E. Finley said that he, too, was opposed to gambling, and hoped that horse racing with that feature attached would be prohibited in South Carolina. He 1 said that if any such racing were ] permitted on the grounds of the State 1 Fair Association, the management 1 would be acting without authority. He said this as a member of the As- ( sociation. j Representative Byrnes, of the 2d 1 district, to-day introduced a bill for c a postoffice site and building at Bam- t berg, at a cost of $100,000. i MIS ON SUPREME BENCH BLECTED FOURTH ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPREME COURT. General Assembly Quickly Disposes of Last Year's Contest?Watts Defeats Fraser. Hon. R. C. Watts, of Cheraw, now judge of the fourth circuit, was elected as the fourth associate justice of the State Supreme Court by the general assembly in joint session Tuesday evening. It will be remembered that there was a deadlock over this election at the session last year, there being three candidates at that time: Judge R. C. Watts, Judge R. Withers Memminger, of Charleston, and T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, a member ... ? of the house of representatives. Neither candidate could get a sufficient number of votes to elect him, so the legislature adjourned without an election. However, this year the matter was taken up and disposed of in short order, and it appears that there were only two candidates: Watts and Fraser, Watts being elected by a vote of 89 to 55. An election will be held to-day (Wednesday) at noon for a judge of the eighth circuit, to succeed Judge Klugh, who died, and a judge of the second circuit, to succeed Robert Aldrich, whose death occurred a few weeks ago. The election of Judge Watts to tfc% supreme bench creates a vacancy in the fourth circuit, and the legisla ture will no doubt elect his successor at this session. ? ? Ehrhardt Bank Prosperous. Ehrhardt, Jan. 6.?The annual stockholders' meeting of the Ehrhardt Banking Company was held in the banking rooms Wednesday morning, January 3, 1912. The following were elected to serve as directors for the ensuing year: Messrs. J. L. Copeland, J. C. Kinard, Jacob Ehrhardt, J. I. Copeland, J. William Carter, H. F. Copeland, D. M. Smith, D. C. Copeland and Charles Ehrhardt. The president made his annual report, showing the Jaank to be in a prosperous condition, having cleared 18^ per cent, net during the past year. The dividend as declared by the directors December 19, 1911, of 10 per cent, was paid. Following this meeting the newly elected board held their meeting and elected officers for the coming year: J. L. Copeland, M. D., president; J. - ? * - ' i J A (J. Kinara, vice presiaent, ana a. r. Henderson, cashier. As a result of conservative management this bank has had a steady growth. Smoaks Wants the Railroad. Editor The Bamberg Herald: ? Please allow me space in your valuable paper to congratulate you and Bamberg on your new railroad from Bamberg to Ehrhardt. I think it a beneficial enterprise for your town and county. And when the road gets to Ehrhardt, instead of running it on to the Hampton and Branchville Road below Lodge, as some one has stated, take a direct course for Smoaks, and when the road crosses the Saltkehatchie swamp, which is only about three and a half miles from Ehrhardt, it will go through a body of timber as fine as there is in the State, all kind^ of timber that -can be used for any purpose. It would also pass through as fine farming country as can be found anywhere, the lands being suited to truck growing. A railroad through this section would be a paying investment. A railroad through this section would give the people of up per Colleton and lower Bamberg county an outlet to the up-country. I really believe that the people from the swamp to Smoaks# would give the right of way free, fn order to get the road through here. Now, Mr. Editor, if you can do anything to encourage the officials of the road to carry it in this direction it will be greatly appreciated. I am quite sure it will be a better route than the one they have outlined, at any rate, investigate the territory I have mentioned and find 3 ut for yourself. ONE INTERESTED. Smoaks, S. C., Jan. 6, 1912. Born a Slave, Died Wealthy. Champaign, 111., "Jan. 4.?George W. Smith, born a negro slave in Tennessee 75 years ago, left property cvorth $116,000, according to his will Sled for probate here. Smith ran away in 1862 and join?d the Union army. He acted as a ?uide for Gen. John A. Logan. After :he war Smith came tp Champaign jounty, where he bought a small :ract of land. He added to his holdngs steadily. 4 RICHESON PLEADS GUILTY. Pastor Sentenced to Die on May 19th. Sentence May be Commuted. Boston, Jan. 9.?Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, former pastor of a Baptist church in Cambridge, formally entered a plea of guilty of murder in the first degree in court to-day. The judge sentenced him to die on May 19. It is thought that the gov- > ernor and council will commute the sentence to life imprisonment. Richeson has confessed to the murder of Miss Avis Linnell, a music student, who had been his fiancee. He gave her cyanide of potassium under guise of a medicine that would relieve her of an embarrassing physical condition. Recently Richeson mutilated himself with a niece of can in his cell. He claims to be thoroughly penitent and remorseful. Sentencing to-day puts his case, should there be an attempt at appeal, up to the governor and execu-' tive council who might alter Richeson's fate to life imprisonment. Richeson's original plea on arraignent was not guilty. Richeson made no statement. He was in court only about six minutes. His face was pale, but he was perfectly composed and answered formal questions . in simplest possible way. When asked if he had anything to say, replied, "I have nothing fur- > ther to say than my written confession." Richeson heard the death sentence with little display of emotion. District Attorney Pelletier read the minister's written confession and added the government had sufficient evidence to have convinced the jury ?" r.t * > rAo - ? - - -? j ? tnat nicneson was guilty 01 muraer in the first degree. He then said * < > that it became his solemn duty to move for sentence. Judge Sanderson read the statutes bearing on case and adked the pris- .* oner if he realized the gravity of his action in pleading guilty, if he had consulted counsel and if he had acted . voluntarily. To each question Richeson said "Yes, sir." Sentence was; I then passed. Overcome by Gas. Ysterday afternoon some one in the | Pavilion Hotel, on King street, in passing one of the roms, noticed the odor of escaping gas, and upon entering found two young men who had registered as James and/ Benjamin f Folk, of Ehrhardt, S. C., lying unconscious on the bed. The room was thick with the fumes of illuminating gas and the rescuers were almost x overcome. The two men have been under the constant care of physicians and nurses ever sincr\ but late thisr afternoon were reported as being: still unconscious and in a very criti cal condition. Immediately after the - discovery Dr. Lane Mullally was called in to attend to the asphyxiated strangers, and worked over them at the hotel the whole night, even using large quantities of oxygen. The young men failed to recover consciousness," and at noon to-day were removed to the Riverside infirmary. How the gas was turned on has not yet been discovered. The two young men registered at the Pavilion on Monday, and did nothing to arouse the least suspicion. They were in their room but little, and had attracted no notice until the gas was detected to be coming from it yester day, and both were found unconscious.?Charleston Evening Post. WOMAN STARVED TO DEATH. Lived in Fine Home and Had Bank Account. New York, Jan. 3.?Miss Anna Thornton was found dead from starvation in her luxurious home in Bay Side, L. I., to-day. Coroner Amber gave his verdict as death by starvation. The woman was 65 years old. She was wealthy and lived alone. The police found no food in her house. Her house is valued at $10,000 and she had an account at a local bank. ELLERBE'S POSTOPFICE BILLS. Seeking Federal Appropriations for Dillon and Marion. Washington, Jan. 3.?Representative Ellerbe, of the 6th South Carolina district, to-day introduced bills to appropriate $100,000, for the acquisition of a site and the erection of a federal building at Dillon, S. C., to be used for postoffice and government purposes, and for the appro- . . priation of $100,000 for the erection ' of a postoffice building at Marion, S. C., on a site already selected.