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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
r County and I/^ewhere.
^ Ehrhardt Etchings.
*Ehrhardt, Jan. 29.*?Well, January,
1912, has about gone, and the
worst of it no one can say they have
put in one month's labor full.
The cotton remains in some fields
p unpicked.
Mr. A. W. Brabham's wife died
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Drummers are complaining that
I their orders are small this season.
Rev. J. W. Daniel, presiding elder,
held conference in the Methodist
church here embracing Sunday.
Had very good attendance and gave
them something to listen to and ponder
and reflect on.
Miss Hattie Groseclose is spending
some time with her parents, Rev. D.
B. Groseclose and wife. She comes
from Prosperity, S. C.
Rain has commenced again. The
ground hasn't dried up enough for
arrvrt +n ffi nn in tho fiplris nnd WOodfi.
Everybody down here is trying to
work all they can, but most of them
'* hardly work enough to make ends
meet.
A darky wedding last week resulted
in a fight. One party reported to
be cutting at another with a jack
knife, another stepped up behind and
hit him over the head with a rifle
.and the blow of hard material sounded
so he thought he was shot, but
the blow was all, no shot was fired.
The loss of some of his claret and
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a sore head was all the damage done.
Some booze comes in yet. Can't
stop it as long as the coons get
some money. JEE.
vDenmark
Doings.
Denmark. Jan. 23.?Mr. H. W.
Goolsby, of Fort Motte, spent Sunday
with his parents here, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Goolsby.
While taking part in a snow ball
fight last week, Mr. J. E. Martin was
thrown backward. His body struck
a barrel, breaking a rib and fracturing
the shoulder blade. Mr.* Martin
was rendered almost entirely helpless,
but his condition is not thought
very seriotfs.
Mr. R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg,
was here Sunday. There seems to be
some attraction at this place for Mr.
If lUTA mo/lA i c Vila nl Q /IQ
r ilil/VCll Uidt iJLV iuau^ vuio uio j^amw
f of residence for some years, as superintendent
of the oil mill.
Miss Mortimer Ray, of Blackville,
is spending some time with her
grandmother, Mrs. M. J. LaFitte, of
f i this city.
Mr. Stanwix G. Mayfield, Jr., left
last week for Washington, D. C., to
attend the U. S. Naval Preparatory
School. Mr. Mayfield won the Annapolis
appointment, and is now preparing
for the examinations to be
held in April. For some time past
he has attended the Denmark high
schoo1, and his record is one to be
i proud of. His teachers and numerous
friends here regret to have him
leave, but he has our best wishes for
much success.
Mr. W. B. drillam is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gillam,
of Leary, Ga. Mr. Gillam has been
for some time with the Denmark
^ ' Drug Co., but is now taking a few
weeks' vacation.
Miss Ollie Wright is the guest of
Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Morris, of this
city.
Rev. B. F. Allen has resigned his
position as pastor of the Denmark
f Baptist church. Mr. Allen has won
many friends during his stay here,
k and it was with much regret that his
friends and members learned of his.
k ' resignation.
Miss Carrie Cave, of Barnwell, is J
spending a few days with Mrs. W. L. j
Califf, of this city.
Mr. Elbert Steadman has accepted
the position of assistant postmaster
k . here, Mr. Cecil Rice having recently
been appointed postmaster.
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P of Mrs. J. A. Walker, of this place,
her daughters, Mrs. John Black and
Mrs. Will Stevenson, were called to
her bedside.
Miss Bessie Armstrong, of Bam~
berg, is the guest of Mrs. E. P. Sojourner,
of this place.
Miss Marguerite Stokes, of Orj
. angeburg, the charming neice of Mrs.
^ W. L. Riley, is here on a visit.
Mrs. F. C. Chitty and Miss Bertha
Auld, of Lees, are the guests of the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Garris. "G."
When you want a good team, call
on J. M. Dannelly & Co. at Ehrhardt.
u They operate a first-class livery
stable.
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BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Gun in Father's Hands, Wounds Lad
at Columbia.
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Columbia, Jan. 29.?Young Clayton
McDonald, white, was accidentally
shot in the side to-day by a gun
in the hands of his father, and is seriously
wounded. Reports from the
hospital to-night, where he was taken
for treatment, is that he is in a serious
condition, but he is resting
easy.
The accident happened to-day, just
at noon, near the Olympia school.
The boy and his father had been
hunting and had returned, the father
going into a butcher shop, where
he picked up the gun, which had,been
pur in a corner, ami it went uu, tue
load taking effect in the son's side.
Both the father and son live at the
Olympia mill village, where they are
employed.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Jan. 30.?Last Friday
evening Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wyman
entertained a few friends very pleasantly
in honor of Miss Claibourne,
of St. Louis, and Miss Armstrong,
of Bamberg. During the course of
the evening delightful fruit punch
was served by Miss Clara Wyman;
also a dainty salad course was served
by Mrs. H. J. Faust and Mrs. Wyman.
Those enjoying Mrs. Wyman's
hospitality were. Misses Margaret
Stokes, of Orangeburg, Frances Claibourne,
of St. Louis; Bessie Arm
strong, Livy Ray, Edna Steadman,
Mr. and Mrs. -Richardson, and Dr.
and Mrs. H. J. Faust; Messrs. Ralph
Goolsby, St. Clair Guess, Gordon
Steadman, Wesley Crum, Charlie
Milhous, and James Guess, Jr. The
evening was very much enjoyed by
all.
Mr. S. D. Guess spent several days
last week with his brother, Mr. D.
E. Guess, of Hendersonville.
Miss Hattie Lee Guess spent some
time last week with Miss Christine
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?uiey, 01 st. mauuews.
Miss Lula Hightower spent the
week-end with her parents here, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Hightower. Miss
Hightower is teaching in Reevesville.
Miss Genevieve Wroton visited one
of her college friends in Elloree last
week.
Mr. C. R. Gillam? of Bamberg,
spent Sunday with his brother here,
Mr. W. B. Gillam.
Miss Juliaette Street, of ReevesVille,
spent a few days witji Miss
Julia Goolsby last week.
Fairfax Fancies.
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Fairfax, Jan. 27.?Mrs. Benjamin
Brunson has been in Charleston this
week.
Mesdames Talley and Lightsey visited
Savannah recently.
Mesdames Young and Harter visited
Mrs. Rosa Platts at Hickory
Grove.
Mrs. Anna Marshall, of Savannah,
was the guest this week of Mrs. S.
L. Sanders and Mrs. E. S. Ulmer.
Mrs. Geneva Barber has returned
from a pleasant trip to Allendale.
Miss Jtfrazie is DacK wnn us again
and is domiciled at Mrs. Cleo Sanders's.
Miss Ethel Jarrell is assisting Mrs.
Mary Wilson in her millinery.
. Mr. and Mrs. Boney, of Blackville,
are new residents here. He is depot
agent.
Mr. Porter Barber is back with us
again as telegrapher.
Mr. H. Blankenship has moved his
family to Augusta.
Sydney Padgett, the bright and
popular high school boy, was expected
here this week, and his loving
aunt, Mrs. Jones Lane, had .invited
many of his school mates here to a
party in his honor, but so far he has
net reached here, and all were disappointed.
Miss Joella Padgett conducted the
song service at the Baptist church
Sunday, which was much enjoyed.
The daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Jordan Lightsey are spending some
time with Mrs. Fred Lightsey.
Mrs. Jones "Williams is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Julia Harter. '
XegTo Used Axe.
Estill, Jan. 30.?Enraged at what
ie caiH to havp been iealonsv. Charlie
Moore, a negro, killed his wife, Emma
Moore, yesterday afternoon by
striking her in the head with an axe.
After killing her Moore made his escape,
but returned later in the night
and surrendered to the town marshal.
Magistrate M. F. Long held an inquest
to-day and Moore was commited
to jail on a charge of murder.
J. M. Dannelly & Co. at Ehrhardt
operate a first-class livery stable.
Nice teams on hand all the time.
Traveling men and others wanting
livery service will do well to see
them.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Twenty-one negro men were arrested
in a pool-room in Columbia on
Tuesday, the charge against them be
lug vagrancy.
W. G, Peterkin, of Fort Motte, Calhoun
county, has sold a portion of
his Belleville plantation to H. G.
Kaminer for $70,000. He paid $16,000
for it ten years ago.
Batesburg and Leesville are uniting
in the effort to have the new Lutheran
college for girls at a midway
point between the two towns. Lexington
is also bidding for it.
By "a vote of 62 to 50, which
though a majority was not the necessary
two-thirds, the house of representatives
on Wednesday sustained
the T7Atr? r?f the eovernnr on the libel
act. The two members from Bamberg
county voted to pass the measure
over the veto.
Gov. Blease paid Mr. L. M. Green
$1,000 from the contingent fund to
drt the factory inspection work provided
for at the last session 9f the
legislature, and the Columbia State
shows that, most of Mr. Green's report
on the subject is merely copied
from a report prepared and published
by Mr. E. J. Watson, commissioner
of agriculture and labor.
Gov. Blease last Wednesday sent
a message to botli houses of the legislature
asking that a committee be
appointed to correctly inform the
people as to whom burned Columbia.
He referred at length to the
press of the State, the words "liars"
and "lies" abounding in the com
munication. He eulogized the Confederate
soldiers and condemned
northern writers and newspapers
and negroes. 1
By a vdte of 22 to 16 die bill to
abolish the office of commissioner of
agriculture, commerce and industries
was killed by the Senate lot * week.
The hill was introduced'&V Senator /
Strait. A prolonged debate marked
the consideration of the bill. We are
glad to note that Senator Black, of
this county, voted against killing the
bill. If the department presid-d over
by Mr. Watson" has been worth any
thing to the State we have failed to
notice it.
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Dr. and Mrs. Wyman Entertains.
Denmark, Jan. 29.?Dr. and Mrs.
J. W. Wyman entertained a few
friends on last Friday evening in
honor of Miss Francis Claiborne, of
St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Bessie Armstrong,
of Bamberg. A delicious
salad course, sweet course, and punch
were served during the evening.
Those present were: Misses
Frances Claiborne, of St. Louis, Mo.;
Bessie Armstrong, of Bamberg; Margaret
Stokes, of Orangeburg; Livy
Ray and Edna Steadman, and Msedames
Richardson, Soujourner and
Faust; Messrs. James Guess, St.
Claire Guess, Ralph Goolsby, Gordon
Steadman, H. J. Faust, E. P. Sojourner,
Wesley Crum, and Douglas
Richardson.
Horse Bites Out Another's Tongue.
A fine horse of Mr. Percy May was
ruined in a remarkable manner yesterday
in its stable.
The horse and one in an adjoining
stall were playing with each other,
nipping and licking each other, when
this horse licked at the other, whereupon
a quick snap of the teeth of the
other horse caught the tongue of Mr.
May's horse, and in the spring back
of the horse the tongue was jerked
entirely out. About four inches of
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the stables on Ellis street, and the
horse will doubtless be put to death.
Last fall a worn out mule was
turned in the pasture near the city
to graze and rest up, and while biting :
grass stepped on his tongue and
jerked it out by the roots, causing
its death some time later. It was
the first instance known about Augusta
of such a thing, and the biting '
off a horse's tongue by another horse '
yesterday sets another record for
such unusual happenings.?Augusta
Chronicle.
To Sell Old Dispensary.
Columbia, Jan. 25.?The sinking i
fund commission will advertise for 3
the sale of the old State dispensary 1
building. The building which is be- i
ing used for warehouse purposes is i
valued under the law at $15,000. 1
This action was taken at a meeting
of the sinking fund commission.
CHAS. L. EMANUEL A SUICIDE?
Camden Reports Say Borden Merchant
Took His Own Life.
Camden, Jan. 29.?According to
reports received here, Charles L.
Emanuel, of Borden, a small station
on the Northwestern Railway, between
Camden and Sumter, committed
suicide yesterday hy shooting
himself twice. It is said that Emanuel
had several financial setbacks
recently and this, together with poor
health, caused him great worry. He
told several of his friends, it is said,
that he would commit suicide if he
got into such a financial shape that
he could not meet several notes that
were due.
Emanuel was a well known man
in that section. He farmed on a
large scale and ran a store and dealt
in fertilizers. It is said that he was
worth over one hundred thousand
dollars. A life insurance agent here
recently delivered him a $20,000
policy, and he had an application
for additional insurance. He was
originally from Marlboro county.
Hog Cholera.
Hog cholera is now prevalent
throughout the entire State and numerous
requests for assistance in the
control of this disease have been received
from practically every county.
Owing to the large number of
these requests, it is absolutely impossible
for this office to immediately
send our veterinarians, but we will
give these requests attention in the
order received. When this is impractical,
they will be given attention in
the order of importance or according
to location.
To enable owners to prevent the
introduction of this disease into their
herds and to assist in its control the
fnllnwinp- information is eiven:
Hog cholera is a contagious disease
caused hy the germs that are
present in the blood tissues and excretions
of hogs affected with cholera.
Unless these germs are carried
from sick hogs or infected premises,
the, disease will not spread. The
following are a few of the most common
ways by which this disease is
scattered:
1. By failure to properly dispose
of carcasses of dead hogs. Buzzards,
dogs, etc., will carry infection.
Bury deeply or burn all carcasses.
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2. By persons walking through
yards where sick hogs are kept, the
infection then being carried on shoes
or clothing to yards where healthy
hogs\ are confined. Keep visitors
away from your hogs. Do not go
or allow any of your help to go on
premises where there are sick hogs.
3. By streams receiving drainage
from infected premises. If streams
running through your lots are
draining infected premises, move
hoes to other lots.
4. By buying hogs from herds
where the disease exists or from public
stock yards. Do not buy hogs
unless you know they come from
healthy herds. Hog cars and stock
yards are always to be considered
infectious.
Remember that hog cholera is
usually contracted through the
mouth and digestive tract and that
the discharges from a hog affected
with cholera are very infectious.
Healthy herds should be taken care
of by persons who have not been
where the disease exists and no one
else should be allowed near tne
healthy herd.
In herds where the disease has already
appeared the healthy hogs
should be moved to new lots and
pens and again moved if any hogs
are later taken sick. Disinfect pens
and lots that have been occupied by
sick hogs. Plow the lots and disinfect
pens, troughs, etc., with 3 per
cent solution of compound solution
of cresol or with strong solution of
other good disinfectant which your
druggist can furnish.
Treatment is useless and money
spent for drugs had better be expended
for disinfectants. While we
have no cure for this disease, we
have a sure preventive in hog cholera
serum, prepared according to the
method originated by Doctors Dorsey
and Niles of the U. S. department of
agriculture. This serum is now being
prepared by this division and is
being used by our veterinarians in
controlling outbreaks of this disease.
As previously stated, this serum will
protect hogs from cholera, but will
not cure those that have already
contracted the disease. As we cannot
supply more serum than needed
by the veterinarians of this division
in their work throughout the State,
it will be useless for veterinarians
or others to apply for serum.
M. RAY POWERS,
State Veterinarian.
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WOMAN JARS STATESMEN.
MRS. MARY HARRIS ARMOR BEFORE
SENATE COMMITTEE.
Tells Members That They Will Display
Ignorance by Voting Against
Anti-shipment Bill.
Washington, Jan. 30.?Mrs. Mary
Harris Armor, of Eastman, Ga.,
known in prohibition circles in her
own State as "the Georgia Cyclone,"
jarred senatorial dignity to-day. She
told the dignified members of the senate
committee on the judiciary, in
the hearing on the proposed law pro
hibiting shipment or aicononc liquors
into dry States, that they "could
learn a lot," and that whoever on the
committee votes against the bill was
"a mighty poor lawyer." She was
supported by Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens,
president of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union, a half hundred
members of that organization, several
Georgia women and a scattering
of men.
"I don't know why we should be
here at all," said Mrs.-Armor, "since
it is an insult to your intelligence for
us to have to plead for such a law.
I don't want to hurt, anybody's feelings,
but I'm here to talk common
sense, and I haven't any time to
waste on you all."
Mrs. Armor and Mrs. Stevens
spoke to-night at a temperance rally,
and the former told the senators she
thought it would do them good if
they would attend.
"You senators think you all are
too big folks to come and hear me
speak," she said, "but I want to tell
you that you could learn a Jot. But
speaking of this bill, I'm no lawyer,
DUt i ve reaa law, ana any one wnu
votes against this bill because of alleged
inconstitutionality is a mighty
poor lawyer."
Negro Woman Wants Route.
Washington, Jan. 25.?A new R.
P. D. route is to be established at I
Eastover in Richland county. A civil
examination was held a few weeks
ago for the position of carrier, and a
negro woman made the highest
rating.. The people of the comgiuni- j
ty are much exercised, and declare
they will not permit the woman to
carry the mail in case she is appointed
carrier. Telegrams #ave been
pouring in here to-day concerning
the matter.
The next highest rating in the examination
was made by a white man,
and Representative Lever has taken
the matter up with the postoffice deI
nartment and will trv to have the
white man appointed. It is feared,
judging by the telegrams received
from Eastover, that there will be
trouble if the negro woman is appointed.
Postoffice Clerk Kills Himself.
Americus, Ga., Jan. 28.?After
warning friends yesterday that they
would never see him alive again, Sidney
Alexander Sullivan, deputy chief
clerk at the local postoffice, was
found dead to-day behind the bed in
his room. He had thrust a knife 12
times into his breast and, to complete
his search for death, drew a razor
across an artery in his wrist, and held
his hand over a washbowl until he
fell. He was 43 years old and had
been a postoffice employe for 20
years. He had been in ill health.
Found Beside Railroad Track.
Spartanburg, Jan. 26.?Ed. Gresham,
son of E. B. Gresham, was found
to-night lying beside the tracks of the
Southern in an unconscious condition.
Passersby heard his groans. He
left the hotel this morning without
telling anyone where he was going
and the theory is advanced that he
fell from a train.
His injuries are serious but not
fatal. He is still unable to give a
lucid account of the accident.
BOY KILLED IN BOXING BOUT.
Floored by Uppercut, Suffers Broken
Neck and Dies. A
blow upon the elbow during a
boxing match late Friday resulted in
a broken neck and the instant death
of Hough Rouden, a student of the
Burns academy at Gadsden, Ala.
Rouden and Fister Jenkins, also a
pupil of the school, were boxing
when Jenkins slashed in an uppercut
which Rouden caught on the elbow.
The force of the blow stood
him on his head and resulted in the
dislocation of his neck in the fall.
A number of teachers of the school
were present during the contest as
well as half a hundred students. "An
accident," was the verdict of Ihose
present and an inquest was considered
unnecessary.
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LONE MAN ON BIG JOB.
Single Handed He is Grading for Fifty-four
Miles of Railroad.
Rudolph Myers, the man who is
building a railroad from Jetmore to
Garden City, Kansas all by himself,
has purchased more right of way and
is pushing his grading work westward
at a more rapid rate. Four
years ago he took up his residence
in Jetmore. About a year later
he began work on his proposed railroad.
His first obstacle was a hill
fifty feet high. He has cut through
this now, and used the earth to fill a
ravine some forty feet deep. For the
remainder of the distance there are
few hills or ravines and Myers hopes
to grade at least ten miles a year.
Myers has never taken anybody into
his confidence since he began work
on his grade. He has used only his
own money and his own labor, but he
appears to have all the money he
needs. He never has employed anybody,
doing all the grading himself
With a four mule team and a wheeled
scraper. Naturally, tne people 01 tne
vicinity are exceedingly curious, but
Myers never has given them the
slightest idea of his plans. All he
has ever said is that he is grading a
railroad to Garden City.
Jetmore is on a branch of the Santa
Fe running from Lamed. The people
of the town have hoped for years
that the branch would be extended
along to a main line connection at
Garden City, and for that reason
they have always encouraged Myers,
but he. always has refused any financial
aid. Whether he hopes to build /
the road himself, or whether he intends
to sell the right of way, he haa
never told. Nevertheless, if the San^
ta Fe ever builds from Jetmore to
Garden City, Myers's right of way is
there, holding the key to the situa
tion.
Myers is past 50 years of age, a
Kansan born. He will soon have acquired
the right of way for his entire
54 miles of railroad, but he declares
the people of Kansas will never learn
the exact reason for his building until
he has the job completed.
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Clown Preaches Sermon.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 27.?Raleigh
Wilson, of'this city, a circus clown,
is to abandon his profession and become
a Methodist preacher.
(One Sunday afternoon last sun*
mer, while the Volmer Brothers^,
circus, in which he was appearing^
was playing in Minneapolis, Wilsontook
a walk. He ran across a littlecountry
church and decided to go inside
and listen to the singing.
When Wilson entered the churchi
an usher caught him by the sleeve?
and hurried him to the pulpit, where
he was introduced as "Brother
Pope." The truth was that the
deacon had taken the circus clown
for the Rev. Cademus Pope, an itinerant
minister, who was expected to'
fill the pulpit that afternoon.
Rather than disappoint the country
people, Wilson launched forth on
a sermon. The clown was very much
humiliated when near the close of
his sermon Rev. Pope made his appearance.
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Afterwards when/Wilson was on
the road with the circus he began to
attend church wherever he could and '
finally he became convinced that he
had been called to preach.
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Accidentally Killed.
Johnston, Jan. 29.?Gary Temple,
a young man of about 18 years of
age, accidentally shot and killed
himself Saturday afternoon. He was
repairing a pistol, and not knowing
that it was loaded, snapped the trigger.
As he was looking into the pistol,
the contents entered his head,
and death resulted instantly. He was
the son of R. A. Temple, and leaves
several brothers and sisters.
The interment was on Sunday afternoon
at Phillipi. Angry
Posses Seek Negro.
Cordele, Ga., Jan. 29.?Stepping
from behind a fence into ner patn
early to-night, an unknown negro
seized a young white woman of a
prominent family of this city, choked
her and assaulted her. She became
unconscious, recovered and crawled
to the street, where she was found
by A. F. Churchwell, who gave the
alarm. 4
The sheriff and police, with hundreds
of armed citizens, are searching
for the negro, and feeling against
him is very high. Bloodhounds took
the trail, but a heavy rain fell soon
after the negro fled.
The crime was committed in the
principal residence section of the
city.
See J. M. Dannelly & Co. at Ehrhardt
for first-class livery service at
reasonable, prices.
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