Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WILL DIE PROM SCALDS. Spencer Man Falls in Vat of Boiling 1 Caustic Soda. Spencer. X. C., March 6.?Scalded in a vat of boiling caustic soda, Sam i Sydeham, aged 28, from England, ( was carried to a Salisbury hospital < late this afternoon in a desperate \ condition. The seething fluid in a i large tank was used in boiling grease 1 from locomotives and Sydeht ni iell 1 into it at an unguarded moment. i He was given medical attention i immediately, but the skin dropped off of his body from head to feet. His sufferings were intense and his screams for mercy were heard several blocks. His clothing was removed and his body covered with oil and cotton. Sydeham began work here yesterday. He has two sisters in Montreal. His recovery is not expected. ARRESTS IN HAWKINS CASE. Four Indicted in Connection with Hendersonville Girl's Death. Hendersonville, March 8.?The curtain of mystery enshrouding the the death of Myrtle Hawkins, whose dreadfully decomposed body was found in Lake Osceola on September 10 last, is slowly ascending. The Henderson county grand jury 10-day returned a true Din cnarging ueurgc- ^ Bradley, and Abner McCall and his f wife, with the murder of the young s girl. Bonny Bradley is charged with c beingan accessory before the fact, and j Daniel McCall, the father of Abner ^ McCall's wife, is charged with being [ an accessory after the fact. Capiases \ were immediately issued and within ? half an hour, all were in the county ^ jail, which is surrounded by a mob, \ of morbid curiosity seekers. I Three Held Without Bail. ? Daniel McCall late to-night was re- ^ leased in $10,000 bond, the bond be- c ing signed by three bank officials and many prominent business men. ^ His daughter, Mrs. Abner McCall, \ and the two Bradleys, will not be al- \ lowed to give bond. A special term : ' of, court in May has been ordered to ; try this case. All the parties indict- ^ ed bear excellent reputations, Daniel t McCall being a man of considerable i j property. | s The grand jury deliberated on the i ( : v case from Wednesday morning until I e this evening. About forty witnesses J were examined, all of them with but j two exceptions having appeared at the two coroner's inquests previously j 1 held over the remains of the girl, j The State has retained eminent legal i talent to assist the solicitor, A. Hall .i Johnson. The accused have employ- ? ed the best lawyers here. f Body Found in <Lake. d It will be remembered that Myrtle p Hawkins, the young daughter of W. 1 H. Hawkins, a wealthy jeweler here, e disappeared from her home on the j I morning of September 7, and was t seen no more untii her dreadfully t decomposed body was taken from the e waters of Lake Osceola the following ) Sunday. Two inquests were held, i: and while the people now in custody o were then suspected, no arrests were 3 made until to-day. It is the theory of t that State that the illegal operation, I which caused the girl's death, was v performed in the home of George t Bradley and of Abner McCall, which t they shared in common, that the fatal t result made concealment imperative, t and that the body, after being hid c in the stable of Daniel McCall, was i later taken to the lake and there thrown in. All evidence produced s is ilnrtP' this linp Identified by I>octors. One of the most important witness- a es before the grand jury to-day was r Dr. John Hey Williams, of Asheville, v who testified that Myrtle Hawkins \ and Bonny Bradley had called upon \ him seeking medicine to produce an c abortion. He declined to render such 1 aid, of course, and positively identi- c fied Bradley and the dead girl from r a photograph. An unknown person named in the true bill is supposed to be a woman, who actually performed the operation which resulted fatally, t Mrs. McCall, now in jail, and the s dead girl were life long friends. 1 Myrtle spent almost as much of her J time at Mrs. McCall's home as at her '< own. According to the State's con- i ter.tion, the young girl came to her i death at the hands of her friends, i while under the roof of these same 1 friends. < HALF OF HEAD BLOWN OFF. ; 1 Calhoun County Boy's Awful Death ^ While Hunting. St. Matthews, March 9.?Perry i Dantzler, a colored boy 13 years of j age, on the farm of Mrs. A. M. Jen- 1 nings, in the lower portion of this 1 county, met with a horrible accident- 1 al death this afternoon, while hunt- i ing. Two smaller boys were with ] him. Coroner Spiegener held an in- ! quest and all the signs tended to show that when he stumbled the : hammer of the gun struck a pine log and blew off about half of his head. His brains were scattered over the ; log and leaves nearby. The jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above. UNION TIMES PLANT BURNED. Destroyed by Early Morning Fire. Origin Probably Incendiary. Union, March 6.?The new buildng of the Union Times Company, ?rected only a year or two ago, was lestroyed by fire at an early hour :his morning. The Union Time3 lewspaper will be published this iveek as usual, the owners of the Progress having tendered the use of ts press and equipment for this purjose. The Rev. L. M. Rice, the editor ind largely the owner of the Times, las exerted himself most earnestly ;o raise the funds with which to erect he building and provide the equipnent necessary for the proper pubication of a modern newspaper. It s understood that the insurance overs about half the loss, though no igures are given. Mr. Rice will )robably lose a considerable sum. The fire appears to have origintted in the second story of the buildng in the rear end away from any ;tove flues. While Editor Rice states j hat he has no knowledge as to how he fire started, it is evident that he onsiders it as of incendiary origin, rhe building was of brick. Only the ;econd story, with the presses and >ther paraphernalia of a printing ;hop, was burned, the lower floor, . vii<%Vi ^ritQinor} th? nffipft and some Y U1VU VUUVMiu.v\A ^ ? )rinting machinery, had also a coniiderable stock of stationery merihandise for sale and all of this was >ractically ruined by the water with vhich the firemen deluged the buildng. The walls are intact. That the mildings which enclose it on both iides were saved is due to the good vork of the firemen. A wooden luilding, probably a hundred yards )ehina the Times building, occupied is a residence, was also burned, but vhether it caught from flying sparks loes not seem to be known. The Times has been conducting a rigorous campaign against "near )eer" dealers and others alleged to )e engaged in illicit liquor traffic. A lumber of raids have been made vithin the past week. Editor Rice, vhen asked about the report that he fire had been set by persons- who lave written him threatening letters, ;aid only that he had his private ipinion, which he did not care to sxpress. EDITOR CHESHIRE ATTACKED. njured by Magistrate Muldrow in Anderson Newspaper Office. Anderson, March 9.?V. B. Chesh" ? * - j re, editor or tne Anuersun liueiu:encer, was attacked in his ofice to-day by Magistrate W. J. Mul[row. The encounter grew out of the lublication of an article, ini the Inteligencer, which Mr. Muldrow considred to reflect upon him seriously, accompanied bV C. E. Tolly, a relaive by marriage, Mr. Muldrow went o the newspaper office and demandd a detraction. It is said that as Ir. Cheshire reached to get some aper, apparently with the intention >f writing out the apology demanded, Ir. Muldrow struck him over the lead with a billet. Mr. Cheshire ached out of the office on the street, viiile, it is said, Mr. Muldrow coninued to hit him over the head. Afer going about one hundred feet on he street, Mr. Cheshire pulled out tis automatic pistol and fired twice >n the ground. Officers and friends nterfered and the fight ended. Mr. Cheshire was taken to a drug tore to have his wounds dressed. He iled profusely. Late this afternoon Messrs. Tolly nd Muldrow were arrested on war ants, charging assault and battery rith intent to kill. The affidavits vere signed by Mr. Cheshire. They vere admitted to bond in the sum >f $500 each by Magistrate Wilson. The fight has been the chief topic of onversation here to-day and tolight. Bogus Arthur Bowen. Orangeburg, March 8.?The auhorities at the State penitentiary are somewhat puzzled as just what to do vith a negro, who has been termed Arthur Bowen No. 2. Some months ago a criminal assault was attempted lpon a prominent married woman rear Springfield in this county and a legro named Arthur Bowen was the perpetrator. He made good his escape and succeeded in eluding the officers for some time. A negro in an adjoining county gave himself up to :he authorities and said he was Arthur Bowen. This alias Arthur Bowen was taken :o the penitentiary and there identified by Springfield people not to be the real Arthur Bowen. About that time the real Arthur Bowen was captured. It was thought that the bo?us Arthur Bowen was crazy. It appears that this fake Arthur Bowen is still at the penitentiary and the authorities are puzzled as what disposition to make of him. It was thought that he was a criminal and some county would want him. As yet there has been no call for him. The real Arthur Bowen has been tried, given a 20-year sentence and is now serving his term. DEATH RATHER THAN PRISON Alabama Postmaster, Short in A< counts, Sends Bullet Into Brain. Abbeville, Ala., March 6.?Aft* writing a letter to his wife, tellin her he was short in his accounts an declaring 'it is this or go to the pei itentiary," Postmaster H. L. Mars committed suicide to-day by firing bullet into his brain. In his letter Marsh said: "Dea Mandy: I am going out of this worlt My life has been a failure all the wa through. I am short in my account: and it is either this or go to the pen tentiary. God bless you and the chi dren. I hate to leave. Keep what yo have got, for you are not responsibl for my shortage. I have take enough strychnine to kill me if th bullet does not. Bury me just as am." Marsh was 71 years old, a Unio veteran and had been the postmaste here twelve years. He leaves a wic ^ G V? i 1 /I T>r?n | u\v a.Liu uvc Liuiuicu. Suffragettes Told to Labor. London, March 5.?Two of the sul fragettes who took part in last night' window-smashing campaign in Vic toria street, near the houses of Pai liament, were sentenced to-day t two months' imprisonment at har labor. The magistrate has 150 case against suffragetts still to deal witl 87 of them arising from the seriou riots of last Friday when the accuse caused damage to the extent of $25 AAA on^ Vi ore in nrmnPAtin VU V, auu tug v/tiivi u v\/uuvw>v with last night's disturbances. Alice Wright, described as a American residing in Paris, was sei tenced to-day to two months' impris onment at hard labor on a charge c window smashing yesterday mori ing. All the other women who were er gaged in the raid yesterday in th West End received similar sentence: The addition of hard labor to th term of imprisonment is a new d( parture, and has caused disma among suffragettes. Search Abandoned for Mrs. Greeve Washington, March 5.?Discoui aged after a two weeks' f utile attemr to find some clue as to the where abouts of his wife, who disappeare in this city, Rev. W. H. Greever ha returned to his home in Columbu S. C. Relatives of both Mr. and Mr: Greever, who have been in Washing ton aiding in the search for the mis: ing woman, have also returned t their homes. Descriptive circulars have bee sent broadcast over the country, an Mr. Greever says that now the onl thing to do is to await developments He is confident his wife is still alnh Mrs. Greever disappeared whil shopping in this city over two week ago, and since then nothing has bee heard from her. She has not bee near her two young children, who ar with a relative at Tazewell, Va. Mrs. Greever had been in Wast ington for several months for treal ment for a nervous breakdown, bu her condition had not been regarde as serious, and on the day of her dis appearance she seemed to be partici larly bright and happy. Her disappearance has caused great deal of interest and speculs tionr but so far it has been a complet mystery. Not the slightest clue ha been secured as to her whereabout: Rev. W. H. Greever is editor of th Lutheran Visitor, published in Cc lumbia, and is a well known Luthei an minister. *ive ivjuea in ivrecn. Danville, 111., March 7.?Five pei sons, were killed and nearly thre score injured to-night at Redwoo Bridge, two miles west of West Let anon, Ind., by the derailment of th Continental Limited train on the Wc bash Railroad. All the cars left th rails and some of them turned ovei A broken rail is said to have cause the wreck. The locomotive remaine upright on the rails. Peru, Ind., an Decatur, 111., sent relief trains to th scene. The wounded were rapid) placed aboard a special train, con posed of two cabooses and hurried t Danville. Along the snowy banks of the rive fires were kindled to keep the wome and children warm. Residents < West Lebanon and Redwood crossin hurried to the wreck with hot coffe and bandages for the wounded. Wailing Disturbs Court. Tampa, Fla., March 7.?Federi court was disturbed for a period th afternoon when J. J. Abbott, his wil ^ r\ V* 11 /3 Knr?of intn oncrniol CI 11 U. L ? LililUI ^11 UU1UV/ A AA vw UU^UlkJi ed cries when a jury brought in verdict of guilty against Abbot charged with robbing a mail pouc of $10,000 in currency last summe The pouch was cut open and rol bed as it lay on the transfer platfor] at Tarpon Springs. The accident; discovery of the money in a hollo log on Abbott's premises by rabb hunters, led to the latter's arres An appeal was taken by Abbott b< fore he was sentenced. He is a. wel known citizen of Brooksville. *. "SHOW DOWN" COMING SOON. r> Committee Ready to Begin Probinj Dispensary Affairs To-day. ;r Columbia, March G.?The member S of the committee to probe into al d matters connected with the late Stat* i- dispensary are gathering in Columbic h preparatory for the first sessioi a which will be held in the library a the State House beginning to-mor ir row at noon. Senator G. W. Sulli 1. van, of Anderson, was the first t( y arrive, and the others came in late] 3, in the night, the other members be i- ing Senators H. B. Carlisle and J. H I- Clifton, and Representatives F. M u Cary, J. J. Evans and W. L. Daniel e Senator Carlisle is the chairman an: n Representative Evans the secretary e of the committee. I Every one realizes that the "shov down" concerning all the charge: n which have been going the rounds o :r the State for the past few years has 1- come. T. B. Fclder is going to b< summoned to come from Atlanta tc tell what he knows. He -is expectec to give all the information which h* ctnfprf hp hnri whfi'i hp sDOke of writ s ing a book relative to the allegec ?_ dealings of Gov. Blease with the dis^ pensary regime. It is said that Gov 0 Blease, both the Ansel winding-ui ? commission and the Blease winding up commission will likely be asked tc ,s appear. In other words, the probe is . going to be complete. M m s Should Children Work. The constant agitation agains ' child-labor is a good and prope; thing, so far as it applies to thi sweat-shop work and the practice o taking children from school to pu them to making money; but of lat< ? years many school teachers and par ents have been passing to the othe: 1 extreme, in relieving the child alto gether of work. This is much more true in the cas< g of city children than country chil dren. The country boy goes hom< e from school at 4 o'clock, to mill cows, feed the cattle and chop wood 1 but the city boy is turned loose fron 4 to 6 to fall directly into the hand: r. of that sulphurou3^>ld party who "al ways nnas worK ror laie nanas t< r- do." >t One cannot commend too strong ly the action of many leading pub d lie school boards in introducing man .s ual training and domestic science de i, partments in their schools, in whicl 5. children are taught to do useful worl rr with the hands. 5- The first principle that should b( o taught to every child is that useful ness is the true test of greatness, anc n that actual service will make one o: d far more value than will mere boot y learning. ; HOW OLD PEOPLE s n May Prolong Their Lives ii At an advanced age waste is more e rapid than repair. The organs ac1 more slowly and less effectually thar L_ in youth. The circulation is poor, the t_ blood thin and watery, the appetite t poor and digestion weak. , We want to say to every aged per son in this vicinity that Vinol, our de licious cod liver and i^on tonic (with l_ out oil) will prolong life. It creates s.n appetite, aids digestion and makes a good blood. In this natural mannei l- Vino! retards waste and replaces e weakness with strength, giving nev s life to the worn system. If people in this vicinity only real g ized how Vinol invigorates old peopk we would not he able to supply th( ) demand. Try a bottle of Vinol with the un derstanding that your money will b< returned if it does not help you. Peoples Drug CoM Bamberg, S. C. FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS. e The local Bamberg Farmers' Unioi d meets at the court house in Bamben ). on the first and third Friday morn e ings in every month. Meeting a 11 o'clock. Applications for mem l" bership received at every meeting e Let all members be present. r J. W. STEWART, d J. P. O'QUINN, President Secretary. d . The Famous McKay Steel Rolle; ^ Bearing Stalk Cutter, .with a full sup ply of repairs, for sale by ;! D. J. DELK BAMBERG, S. C. t, Tliis cutter has won the highes :h prize at every Fair above all othe: r. cutters. We invite a competitive 3- field test, and will pay expenses if oil m cutter is decided against, al w FRANCIS F. CARROLL it Attorney-at-Law eOffice in Hoffman Building. GENERAL PRACTICE. - I ???? ?????? I ^ * Attention: Farmers of South Carolina j This is the year for you to return to your "first love/^l 1 the Old Reliable "Star Brand" Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co's Manipulated Guano, and use it on your crops exclusively. It has given satisfaction wherever used for over 45 years, and is acknowledged by those who use it to be the best all-round Cotton and Corn Fertilizer in j the world. It gives you the Best Results for the Least J Money. It is Cheap in price, High Grade in Analysis, d \ made of the Best Materials, and has a record of 45 years 1 (which proves its Superior Value as a Crop Producer. , 1 For Economy and Best Results this is The Fertilizer for * 1 * * i j. r? J J I you to use. ask your iviercnani iur u anu insist un navi ; ing it. We sell all other grades of Fertilizers. If your * J [ Merchant does not handle our goods, write us direct ^ The Macmurphy Company | Successors to The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co. * Charleston, S. C. - , | "" I 1 j| jSC / IMfF Every Good Boll founts I t B * TJ *'lr many cotton fields there is too I r iffi much 4 * weed" and the bolls fall. To 8 2 prevent this balance the plant food. 1 f The old idea that cotton does not need much 1 t Potash is hard to eradicate. But the longer I * 2 *' Phosphates have been used on the crop the I fcpfe- '% \ greater becomes the need of more I - i?mA POTASH I Try a cotton fertilizer with 6 to 8 per cent I *jM b P0^-1 an(^ use liberal side dressings of Kainit * 1 I LtL*f ^^ because Potash Pays* S ' I \f /[^lX ^?Ur Si^6 ~^eri^'1Zer Qn e^ua^ I I 5 S *1 /JwY We now sell Kainit and all Potash Salts direct. Write I I \ Jul us *or Pr*ces anc* *or our *ree book on Cotton Culture. || 3 8 !V GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc. I $ II Continental Bids., Baltimore Monadnock Block, Chicago I n /* Whitney Central Bank Bids., New Orleans *9 . " m BANK STATEMENT. ENDORSED AT HOME. ! Statement of the condition of the j . Ehrhardt Banking Co., located at guch proofs as This Should Convince ] 1 Ehrhardt. S. C., at the close of busi- A Bambe^ Citizen, ness February 20th, 1912. ' y 2 _ _ RESOURCES. The pUbiic endorsement of ia local _ Loans and discounts $49,438.69 , , Furniture and fixtures 1,151.78 Cltizen is tb* best Proof tbat can be Banking house 2,250.00 produced. None better, none strongf Due from banks and _ j er can be had. When a man comes ;> : bankers 45,049.39 | forward and testifies to his fellowGold611^ "'222*50 Wizens, addresses his friends and = Silver and other minor neighbors, you may be sure he is coin i... 346.36 thoroughly convinced or he would Checks and cash items 5.50 no^ ^0 s0 Telling one's experience TOTAL $101 340 29 wben for tbe Public S??d is an LIABILITIES. ' " act kindness that should be appre5 Capital stock paid in $20,000.0b ciated. The following statement ^0 - Surplus fund 6,000.00 given by a resident of Bamberg adds l Undivided profits, less cur- one more t0 tbe many cases of Home ? rent expenses and taxes _ , , . , , . , s paid .. 3,464.36 Endorsement which are being pubTki,a ' <-1 Vicnte onH h?anVptq 4S4.77 lished about Doan s Kidney Pills. 17 UC LU UUUXkU uuu uuuikvtk/ v .. . . Individual deposits sub- Read it. ject to check 43,615.78 J. J. Smoak, Bridge St., Bamberg, " Time certificates of de- S. C., says: "I have used Doan's posit 27,682.11 Kidney Pills which I obtained at the 5 Other liabilities, partial Peoples Drug Co., and can strongly r payments 123.20 recommend them. I took this reme dy for backache and other symptoms , TOTAL $101,340.22 of kidney complaint and found it to g State of South Carolina?County of t>e Just as represented.- You may ^ Bamberg. publish my endorsement." . 4 Before me came A. F. Henderson. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 " Cashier of the above named bank, cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, 5 who, being duly sworn, says that the New York, sole agents for the United ' above and foregoing statement is a States. true condition of said bank, as shown Remember the name?Doan's? - by the books of said bank. an(* take no other. 5 A. F. HENDERSON. Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me. , ISBflBf Jj Notary Public, S. C. / ?rtnnY A XTT-v T\ JACOB EHRHARDT, ^9HHttAHHB9 I I FRANK H. COPELAND, ! .L Directors. "LOMBARD" ! 1 s. g >lwfield. w. E. free improved Saw Mills, J MAYFIELD & FREE ! VARIABLE FRICTION FEED. ^and'kelUble.1*! ra ATTORNEYS AT LAW Best material and workmanship^ lighij M BAMBERG, S. C. running, requires little power; simpleJ m easy to handle. Are made in several Practice in all the Courts, both 8izeg and are good, substantial moneys fl State and Federal. Corporation making machines down to the smallesif | practice and the winding up of es- gjze Write for catalog showing En4 f| tates a specialty. Business entrust. j * Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies, trusted to us will be promptly at- Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co.* tended to. r aucusta. ca. ^ i DR. J. G. BOOZER i DENTIST, I AN ITCHING SKIN I DENMARK. Graduate Baltimore College of Den- Is about tlie most troublesome tal Surgery, Class 1907. thing there is. You know it if *" * " ' * " " ^ ? * ' ?I.O.I anu L-iriH ftf skin 4 MeniDer souin tarouna uemax asso- juu civi r ciation. trouble. But they all give way, . Office Rooms 1-2 Citizens Exchange disappear, every last one?every Bank Building. pimply, scaly, itching, eruptive Hours: 9-12 and 2-5 every day. kind of disease of the skin?when ?? you treat them to a box of Attorney-at-Law M HUNT'S CURE n ^ ill practice in the Inited States and well rubbed in. Nothing like it to / State Courts in any County make the skin healthy and smooth B in the State. and free from sting, or itch or ? - - - ?- ?- -<- f o o kav an/1 r pain, i-rice is i^ma a uv.?, ?uu BAMBERG. S. C. one ^K)V guaranteed to cure any aiiimifAVfn a mi n one case or jou GET 10LR " CHICHESTER S PILLS M?NKY back. TIIE DIAMOND BRAND. A A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO. /V*>\ Ladle*! Ask your Drunlst for m ?S\ Chl-clies-ter's Diamond Brond/>\\ Sherman, Texas. 1>n,? ln Rcd ?nd fcold metalUc\V/ T-v ?I/Sft? boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. vX c^ld Kv m Take no other. Boy of your * &OIQ y. i 1/ ~ flf DruMist. A>k for Ciri.CltE8.TER 8 PEOPLES DRUG CO., ^ |C Jp DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 2& " ? ? r> ^ If K years known as Best, Safest, Alwtys Rellabl* rSamDerg, O. 9 ^?r SOLD BV DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE 1 1 ? <hi