Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ " * * 43 lambwrg %irrafo " . Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. | I Denmark Doings. Denmark, Feb. 6.?Miss Nettie Miller and Miss Emma Owens have returned from an extended trip to Florida, having visited St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and many other interesting Doints. Miss Miller is from Pennsylvania, but is spending ) the winter with her numerous friends here. Denmark was once her home, hut for the past few years she has been living up North. ^ . Mr. H. W. Goolsby spent Sunday with his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. G. W. Goolsby. Rev. M. L. Banks, the new presiding elder of the Orangeburg district, filled the pulpit at the Methodist #?>irirch Snndav evenine. His inter f esting sermon was enjoyed by all present. Mr. B. F. Allen, the pastor of the Baptist church here, has accepted a position in Batesburg. Mr. Allen's friends here regret very much to have him leave. Miss Emma Owens was called Sunday to the bedside of her father in Barnwell. Mr. R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg, L was in town Sunday, r The many friends of Mr. W. L. Califf will be glad to know that he is improving. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Copeland were among the visitors at Denmark on Sunday, with Mrs. J. A. Walker. Miss Mae Pearson left Tuesday morning for Micanopy, Fla., where she has accepted a position. Mr. W. D. Mayfield, of Texas, the f . ex-State superintendent of education of South Carolina, is spending some time with his brother here, Hon. S. 6. Mayfield. Miss Martha Riley spent the week. end with friends in Norway. , Mr. and Mrs. Knight, of St. George, spent a few days with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Pearson. Miss Alma Sandifer, the efficient teacher of the Binnaker'8 school, " spent Sunday with her mother in the OMinrr^nnrn r,Tl 1U? W TV U DVVV1VU. Ehrhardt Ethchings. N ^ Ehrhardt, Feb.- 5.?Mrs. M. A. Buck, of Ceres, Va., is spending time with her daughter, Mrs. D. B. Groseclose. Dr. J. L. Copeland went to Columbia Saturday. Miss Julia Copelknd has returned /rom an extended visit to relatives J in Greenville. [ Miss Josephine Copeland, of Oe& lumbia, is spending time with her parents. She will return to her work Tuesday. Rev. D. B. Groseclose will leave "Wednesday for Salisbury, N. C., * ?S11 -x*?J T nflinron wnere ne win aieuu uc UUtUVi uu Laymen's Missionary Convention. Mr. G. P. Sease and mother have moved into the Jones house. Col. John F. Folk has bought out the mercantile business which has been running under the name of Conrad Ehrhardt Co. Mrs. S. P. Chisolm and Miss Hart| aog spent a few days in our town i last week. I Onions in the Sick Room. I "What is your favorite prescripI lion for colds?" we asked a lady docB tor, and she promptly replied: "Onf ions, inside and out." This doctor I has her patients eat all the onions ... ? 1 3 e>v.^ r they will, eitner raw ur wuaeu. ouc rders onion syrup prepared as follows: Fill a bowl with alternate layers of onions and brown sugar; place in the oven until a rich syrup forms; J give as often as required. She has the chest, back and throat well rubbed with onion salve. This is made by putting six or eight large onions in a pint of melted lard and frying until they are very brown, being careful not to scorch the fat or the onions. The onions are then strained ?ut, a lump of beeswax as large an an egg is melted and stirred into the lard, which is then left to cool. The beeswax gives body and adds to the keeping qualities.?Wallaces's Farmer. Surveying the Edisto. ? ????? The work of surveying the Edisto river by the government engineers has been temporarily stopped by the high water in the river. They are not more than half done with the work yet. Work will be resumed on the river just as soon as the water recedes.?Orangeburg Times and , Democrat. It | IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. CHARLESTON-NORFOLK RATES i _____ Government Alleges Excessive > Charges by Coast Line Road. Washington, Feb. 5.?A petition" . was filed by the United States today, with the Inter-State commerce commission, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, complaining that the through passenger rate between Norfolk, Va., and Charleston, S. C., of $10.55, is excessive and unreasonable on the ground that it is more than the sum of the local rates. The same complaint alleges ; that the corresponding rate between Norfolk and Savannah, Ga., of $13.45, is similarly excessive. The government intervenes because of instances in which men traveling for the navy department were subjected to the alleged overcharge. The petitioner asks the commission to order the establishment of a through one way rate of not more than $9.70 between Norfolk and ' Charleston, and not more than $12.50 between Norfolk and Savannah, these sums being declared to be the aggregate of the local rates now in effect between the cities named. Took Strychnine by Mistake. One of the saddest deaths, that has occurred in Barnwell county in many years was that of Miss Kathleen Bax-1 ley, of Blackville, on Friday night of last week. Miss Baxley intended to take calomel upon retiring and by mistake took six grains of strychnine. It seems that Miss Baxley's brother bought several one grain strychnine tablets to be given to the stock. He brought them home and placed them on the mantlepiece. That night before retiring, Miss Baxley took six of the tablets-. The box was marked "strychnine, one grain." Miss Baxley read it "strictly one grain." Immediately after swallowing the tablets she retired to her room and in a short time commenced to suffer one convulsion after another. She lived less than thirty minutes after taking the fatal dose. Physicians were summoned but she expired before their arrival. Miss Baxley was eighteen years - old and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Baxley, of Blackville. She was a most lovable young woman and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew' her.?Barnwell Sentinel. Broker Suicides, Firm Failed. New Orleans, Feb. 3.?Immediately after the announcement on the cotton exchange floor at noon that Chas. D. Finley, a member of the brokerage firm of Finley'& Simpson, had committed suicide, news of the firm's failure was announced. This is the second failure in two days here. Both are generally attributed A- /.-.nnoHnnol rieo in tho TirlPP nf lu tut; scuoaiiuuai i !l;v iu .w futures. Finley & Simpson had been in business only a few months. It is not believed the firm is heavily involved. The failure will not effect prices. Finley was one of the youngest brothers here and shot himself in the head at the Louisiana Club, a short distance from cotton exchange. I FELL ASLEEP ON TRACK? Inquest Over Remains of Greenville Trolley Victim. Greenville, Feb. 4.?An inquest was held early to-day into the death of H. N. Pruner, a white man who was killed near Brandon village last night by a belt car. Testimony adduced tended to show that the man h?d evidently fallen asleep on the track while en route home. Mr. Pruner was in the sewing maI /.V.'n/. V.i,r.inasc and WflC ? TIAt.iVe Of j CUllur uuoiiicgi) uuu mux r- ! Marion, Va. The body will be taken to the home of his widow in Louisiana. STOLE PINT OF RINGS. Postoffice Thief Has 250 Neckties and 300 Pairs of Socks. Denver, Col., Feb. 2.?Nearly 3,- { 000 articles of value, said by post- j office inspectors to have been stolen by W. T. Johnston, a Union Pacific traveling electrician were found by the inspectors to-day in Johnston's rooms here. The alleged booty included 250 silk neckties, 300 pairs of silk socks, and more than a pint measure of gold rings and unset gems. Johnston, who was arrested yesterday, is in the county jail, unable to procure bail. The inspectors refuse to make public his alleged, confession. See J. M. Dannelly & Co. at Ehrhardt for first-class livery service at reasonable prices. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Ply man McDonald, aged 15, was accidentally shot and killed on Monday in Richland county, near Columbia, with a shotgun. The hoy had i just returned from hunting, when his father picked up the gun and it went off. I Jack Liner, a young man, was shot with a shotgun and seriously wounded, on Friday night at a dance at the Beaumont mill village, Spartanburg, by Miss Nancy N. Gregory, a young woman of the village. Liner was drunk at the dance and tried to cut the young woman with a knife. His wound will probably prove mortal, r Jim Kennerly, a negro, was shot and killed last Saturday night at his home a short distance from Neeses, Orangeburg county. Four young I white men are alleged to be implii cated in the killing; two named Williams and two named Hughes. Sher| iff Salley went to the scene of the I tragedy Dut couia not secure iuivimation on which to make an arrest, but it is said the young men will surrender. About 1,000 people took part in the celebration Saturday of the completion of the Augusta Northern railroad to Saluda, the county seat of Saluda county, which since its attaining the importance of a county capital has suffered the disadvantage of lack of transportation facilities. M~. W. J. Montgomery, of Marion, is president of the Augusta Northern I road, and Mr. L. A. Boyd the general manager. -* m ? Battle With Pistols in Lobby of Hotel I Athens, Ga., Jan. 31.?Dr. H. M. j Fullilove, one of the most prominent men in this section of the State, shot and probably fatally womnded C. L. McKee, a former stock dealer. The shooting occurred in tl? lobby of a hotel here Tuesday, aftap-MeKea-had refused to leave town when requested to do so by Fullilove.. Fullilove claimed McKee had been i annoying Mrs. Fullilove. When McKee declined to leave town at the physician's request both men drew revolvers and began firing, the former receiving three bullet wounds. Fullilove was not hit. To the sheriff, to whom Dr. Fullilove immediately and coolly reported oftai* tho shnntinc. he said in sub-7 stance: 'I am sorry it occurred. The man had been annoying my wife for some time. I gave him warning to leave j town and cease the attempts at at-1 tentions which were offensive. He drew his gun first on me when I met I him this morning and I immediately j fired in self-defense. I regret that I had to do it." McKee made a statement in the j presence of Judge J. P. Young and Chief of Police Lloyd Brooks as fol-! lows: "He walked up the steps. I was standing up against the desk. The fellows were with him. This was his first words: 'I want you to leave town to-day.' I said T have not done anything to you and I won't leave town.' Fullilove said, 'I do not want to kill you.' Fullilove had his gun in his right hand and pointed it out. He is an assassin pure and simple. He may kill his wife if you don't watch him. Well, I tell this whether I live or die. "There is nothing wrong with Mrs. | Fullilove and I am innocent and I justifiable. I saw this man Sunday and he said it was all right. I would not have been shot but for his brother. This statement I make of my own free will and accord and is true. I am in my right mind absolutely and I swear all I have said is true." Gov. Blease must have made a big mash on the negroes by his speech at the race conference held by them last week in Columbia. In speaking of the governor's speech The Light, a Columbia negro paper, says "if Gov. Blease would turn the crowd of negroes he talked to at Bethel church aloose at the polls, he is elected now for governor of the State, and Dr. j Chappelle, Bishop Warner and Richard Carroll will keep tally and even stuff the ballot boxes for him. Gov. Blease won his case and got the negroes." . Wonder what the governor said to make the negroes warm up to him so??Orangeburg Times and Democrat. O'Riley closes February 15th. GAS CAUSED DEATH OP THREE. Not Triple Murder, as Suspected, Officials Decide. Nowata, Okla., Feb. 5.?Harvey Hurst, his wife, and Elsie Adams, 16 years old, who lived with them, whose bodies were found in the ruins of the o f "HaI onroro o omoll I ^i U X01/ XXV/XXX^ j CL t X/^iu if itii d 0 mil ?j. ? a town near here, Saturday night, were not murdered, according to Nowata county officials, but were the victims of accidental asphyxiation. The presence of a small wound in Mrs. Hurst's head indicated that all three might have been killed and the house fired in an attempt to cover the crime. This evening county officials, who viewed the bodies and the premises, concluded that flames from an overturned gas stove had overcome the family and that escaping gas had subsequently been ignited by a lamp and had partially destroyed the dwelling. Officials say the wound in i Mrs. Hurst's head was caused by a fall. ? ? No more photographs after Feb. 15 r Hearst Purchases Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta, Feb. 2.?Public announcement is expected to be made to-day of the purchase by William Randolph Hearst of the Atlanta Georgian from Fred L. Seely, the present owner and publisher, for $313,000. Of this amount $115,000 is to be paid in cash, and $2uu,uuu t0 De taaea care of in bonds, it is said. That Mr. Hearst had purchased the Georgian, lock, stock and barrel was verified yesterday afternoon, though no announcement of the deal was made or recorded up to a late | hour. Mr. Hearst, it is understood, proposes to enter actively the southern journalistic field. According to report, Foster Coates, prominently identified with the Hearst newspapers in New York, will be managing editor here, and in all probabil| ity John Temple Graves will come back South to preside over its editorial page. Mr. Seely, it is understood, will leave the newspaper publishing business, going abroad for a year, and afterward associating himself in bnfltoeaa with iiis father-in-law, Mr. G^oira, the millionaire medicine manufacturer. The Atlanta Georgian is about five years old, and has been up to this time a six-day afternoon paper. It was founded by Mr. Seely, who has been its editor and publisher. While it built up a good subscription list, particularly in the city* of Atlanta, the paper, it is understood, has always been a losing proposition fi naacially, and for some time past it has been understood that Mr. Seely was willing to sell, on proper terms. The Georgian has always called itself an independent organ politically, and has never been strongly identified with either of the Democratic factions of Georgia. On occasion it has praised Joe Brown and roasted Joe Brown; it has praised Hoke " ?*-L'L 1 uo Smith npv & III 11II Ct 11 LI 1 LMOtCU xxvnv VM7 _ _ er identifying itself fully with either of the branches of politics led in the past few years hy those two men respectively. The Georgian has always proclaimed itself the champion of righteousness, and supported Pope Brown, the prohibition candidate in the last gubernatorial campaign. The most prominent part the paper has ever taken in Georgia politics was in connection with the convict lease fight, in which it went furI fhor than anv other organ in its fierce denunciation of the late Jake Moore, and other people connected with the old system. What policies Hearst will advocate, or precisely why he has desired to enter the southern field at this time are stili matters of speculation, though it is supposed by many that his personal interest in presidential affairs is one of his strong motives. O'Riley closes February 15th. Pointed Paragraphs. It takes more than hot air to lift a mortgage. Criticism often turns out to be a tribute of respect. Another remedy for insomnia? turn over a new leaf. The race isn't always to the swift ?and never to the loafer. Even a college education doesn't hurt a sensible young man. A woman may not have the laugh ?even if her diamonds are paste. What about that ship of yours that is to come in?has it started yet? The love of money is truly the root of much evil?if you marry for gold. It's near enough to loving if it's not fighting. O'Riley closes February 15th. TELLS FACTS ABOUT LOAN JENNINGS DECLARES GOVERNOR MADE FALSE STATEMENT. Letter Shown by State Treasurer Given to General Assembly?To be Printed in Journal. "I therefore deny the statements made in tne message of the governor. They are absolutely without foundation." This statement was contained in a communication addressed to the general assembly last night by R. H. Jennings, State treasurer, who is a one-armed Confederate veteran, in replying to statements made by the governor with reference to the low rate of interest on the loan of $500,000 made to the State of South Carolina. "Again, the statement," continues Capt. Jennings, "made by the governor, that the money was on deposit here drawing interest for the State, is at variance with the records submitted." "Inasmuch as I am the person," he continues, "who gave out a statement of the facts in regard to the money borrowed in 1911, and to which the language of the governor was doubtless directed when he, in his message, said that 'Any report or correspondence to the contrary is a malicious falsehood and was an effort to fob me of the credit due me in securing this loan,' I beg to state that the foregoing records and correspandence sustains the truth of my statements." The reply of Capt. Jennings, which contains letters from several, sustaining his position and discrediting the governor, will be printed in the journal. Buy a machine that will bring you home. The Ford does it. Juat received, four handsome machines, new model. FORD MOTOR CO., Bamberg, S. C. MOTHER. The Greatest Debtor of Gratitude in the World. . It matters little what you her ''???? " "mnmnv" mamma, uiu, wx your mother was the most wonderful woman in the wortf. Her smile?such a knowing, sympathetic smile!?was as sweet as a benediction, and at night when she pulled the covers up about your neck and tucked them in at the sides, that smile always accompanied her good-night kiss. You were not always good to your mother. Often you forgot to do the little chores she asked you to do? sometimes you just sneaked away purposely, and your mother had to make many an extra step because of your neglect. Yet she did not often complain, and certainly she did not remember it against you, for when you were sick don't you remember how she hovered over your bed? Don't you remember how cool and soft her hand felt when she passed it across your forehead? And when your face was red and hot and your lips parched, she kissed you. She did not stop to think about these modern germs; little she would have cared anyway! Mother always understood your troubles, and she never laughed at * If All r you wnen you look uc* m?.v jvm confidence. Of course as you grew older, mother stopped kissing you. It wasn't that she didn't want to; but you were beginning to feel too important and dignified for kissing, and she understood. Mothers always understand. Is your mother dead? If she is, you can recall 1,00Q things you meant to do to lighten her burdens?and forgot. You can even remember a few cross words you spoke one time?and doesn't the memory hurt. Mother did a great deal for you. She nursed you in sickness, prayed for youv in temptation, wept with you in sorrow, and joyed in your success and good fortune. She worked for you at night and by day?and what have you done to repay her? Let me tell you what you do. If your mother is alive, and I hope she is, sit down right now and write her a letter. It has been some time since you wrote. Tell her how you still love her; tell her that business cares have claimed your attention, but that you have not forgotten her nor all her kindnesses. Thank her humbly for the multitude of her services. There never was, nor ever will be, another woman like mother. Be I kind to her.?Fountain Inn Trij bune. February 15 th. On the above date O'Riley will close bis photograph business in Bamberg. i f SHOT TO DEATH, BODY BURNED. . y Macon Mob Wreaks Vengeance on Girl's Assailant. Macon, Ga., Feb. 4.?Charles Powell, a negro, who assaulted and robbed a young white woman here last night, was taken from officers and lynched by a mob early to-day, and later the body was burned in the negro section of the city. The lynching took place in the yards of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, four miles from Macon, where the officers, -hoping to outwit the mob, had gone with their prisoner to take a train for Atlanta. Powell was tied to a telegraph pole'and hundreds of bullets fired into his body. He Attack. The crime with which the nesrro was charged was committed about II o'clock last night, while the young woman was on her way home from - ' work in the downtown district. - She ^ was seized by Powell, dragged down an embankment and assaulted. Two policemen, summoned by two young " ' men who had heard the young wo- ?. man's cries, arrived on the scene just as the negro made his way up the embankment with his victim's \ purse. . -v3 The officers landed their man in jail, but when news of the gathering of a mob was received the negro was secretly taken out a back door with the intention of hurrying him to Atlanta for safekeeping. The two officers guarding him had stopped in the railroad yard waiting for a train when they were found by the mob. Body Secured. To-day at noon a crowd of between 300 and 400 men gathered behind an undeirtaking establishment, in the heart of the city, entered the embalming room, took the body of Powell, put it in a wagon, carried it to the heart of the negro section of the city and burned it. Oil was poured over cross-ties and the negro's body and his pyre was of no small dimensions. It was all done s~ :etly that the authorities knew n<_ ling of : it until the torch had been applied. Th coroner held an inquest on the ^ scene of the lynching, some six hours before; at 9 o'elock this morning, far out in the railroad yards, where the body was strapped to a telegraph pole v and torn and sieved with bullets. The verdict placed the blame on. "parties unknown." The Capture. The dozen men who had received the tip that he was somewhere out i j.% in tiie yards naa aDout given up mesearch, but when passing a box. car they heard the unmistakable chink: of metal, like a chain, on the inside. They forced the door and found the two deputies with their prisoner. A. .dozen guns covered the trio and the I officers gave their man up. The deputies stated that as the men drew near to the box car where they were hiding, the fright of the negro became uncontrollable and he trembled violently. It was the rattling of his chains caused by his fear that led the pursuers to their prey. Up to nightfall all was quiet and officials stated that no further trouble was feared. J . m Killed His Sutler. Charleston, Feb. 3.-J. Fred Hacker, a well-known business man, shot and killed William Dobson, the butler of his residence, at No. 33 Pitt street this morning shortly before 9 o'clock. No statement was made by Hacker and the police would say nothing. A wound in the neck cau-r sed death almost immediately. Dobson had been in the employ of the family for many years. He dressed sportily and was a well-known figure ' on the streets, after his hours of do-' mestic employment. The arrival of the patrol wagon at the Hacker residence was the first intimation of the tragedy that the neighborhood hod. The wagon responded to a telephone call from the Hacker residence, sent in by some member of the family, perhaps Hacker himself. When Hacker stepped from the patrol wagon into the office and advanced/ to the desk of the orderly sergeant, he had a magazine pistol with which he had done the killing in one hand and an ordinary revolver in the other. He was sent to jail. The coroner's jury viewed Dobson's body and the inquest will be held on Monday. It is said that the defense will be temporary insanity, but all the parties to the affair are /eticent on account of the prominence of Mr. Hacker, and no authorized statement could be gotten to-day. It was said that a mo| tion will be made in a few days for bail for Hacker, but this could not be verified. No more photographs after Feb. 15 i . ' / * .? > . . . - yl M .