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/ ij ^ " ? 1 y Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, APRIL 18,1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year. f ?? COUNTRY NEWS LETTER SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around tt County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, April 15.?One coul tell from the young couples that wer walking our streets Sunday that / was a fine day. Mrs. W. H. Mason, who has bee spending a few weens at ncr iiumt * > was met by her husband and returi / ed to-day. Gardeners are having fine weathe ? for their plants, etc., looking fin r and bids fair to give us something b< sides frying pan rations to eat in th near future. The big hurry that the school truj tees claimed they were in, one woul have thought that the house woul have been well under headway b now. See nor hear anything mor about it. Hot air! Lodge school gave an entertair | ment in our hall Friday nigh' x Shakespeare as you like it, or som y such title. Taking in consideratio the material thev had. did well. The J will give another six weeks from las Friday night. Romeo, Juliet, an * Summer Girl. Farmers have been busy with thei crop planting. This year has bee an uphill business with them, bi ?#* hope will turn out all right in th f winding up of the crop. Bad begir ning makes a good ending. Haven't heard of a baseball teai for Ehrhardt as yet. What's wrong Getting too tony to play the gam or too lazy? 'Tisn't too much wor for them to leave the stores. Cas is scarce. JEE. Ehrhardt News. Ehrhardt, April 16.?Miss Mami Ehrhardt is spending a few days 2 home, from Columbia college. Mrs. Westbury has returned t her home in Orangeburg, * afte spending some time with her sistei Mrs. H. A. Hughes. Miss Minnie Fender, of Colstoi spent last week with Mrs. E. i Hughes. X ' Mrs. D. B. Groseclose is spent $ ing a few days in Columbia wit friends. Mr. Clarence Farrel, of Jacksoi ville, Fla., is here for a few daj visiting relatives. Misses Edrie and Mamie Ehrharc and Mrs. Ham Kinard spent las ^ Tuesday in Walterboro. Messrs. Kinard, Farrel, Ramse; and Hucks tried their luck as fisl ermen Monday. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, April 15.?A banquet wa given at the Commercial Hotel o Tuesday evening by the Masons c our town. Their wives and swee' hearts were also guests. The ladie had decorated beautifully and a , passed off nicely. Mr. Archer, c Virginia, made a fine address. Mis Mary Harrison gave some lovely mi sical selections. Mrs. Mark Mixon visited her sis ter, Mrs. Lewis Dowling, recentl: She left to-day for her home nea Varnville. * Mrs. H. M. Harveley has gone t visit relatives at Clark's Hill. Mrs. Laura Boiles, of near Allei dale, is visiting Miss May Brunsoi Miss Annie Gregg, of Savannal is spending some time with Di Young. Mrs. Sam Talley and Mrs Fred Lightsev enjoyed the trip t the unveiling in Columbia ver much. Quite a number of visiting girl brightened our town recently wit their sunny smiles and innocent gle< | viz. The Misses Youmans, Misse Porter, Loadholt, Halford, and L( gan. All have left at duty's ster call. Come again girls! On Friday evening the ladies c Olar high school gave a play "Breezy Point." Some Fairfaxar - - - t j attended, and seem to nave nau rare good time. Early Sunday morning two piste shots were heard and some me running in direction of Dr. Addison office were heard to say "he has kil ed himself." Sure enough he had e> ATro Arlicrm Iwhn was i x Augusta) was wired to meet th corpse and relatives in Brunson. H was a talented young man, and muc beloved here. His untimely death i much deplored, and ail sympathiz with the sorrowing young widow an f orphan little daughter. If you boil it down until it is goo and thick you will find that 98.7 pe cent, of human energy is dedicate ' to the interesting job of people trj ing to get each other's money c chattels. ^ ACCUSES TWO WHITE MEN Alleged Attempt* to Assault at L fS mark Station. Bamberg, April 14.?Lee B; berg, of this county, and Ravmi ie Marshall, formerly of Florida, i night operator at the Denmark r way station, both white men of pr< inent families, are in jail at B; d berg, charged with attempted cr 'e inal assault upon a young man it woman of Olar. According to formation here, the attempted 11 sault is alleged to have been m at Denmark on Thursday night, wl 1_ the young woman was awaiting train at Denmark. A prelimin hearing will be held to-mori e morning, and it is stated that the -* man will appear and testify. B e the accused men are well kno and of prominent families, and 5_ affair has caused widespread c< J _ ,, J u ment. Consequently, mucn intei d attends the hearing to-morrow, y At Denmark Station. e Bamberg and Marshall were rested by the Denmark town mars l" on Thursday night upon- the c< plaint of the young woman, ; e brought here to jail. It is sta 11 that she was in the passenger i y tion waiting for the train to Augr 5t on Thursday night, and that wl ^ there she was approached by one the men and told that her train " r nearing the station. It proved to n an incoming: freight. One of l* men, it is stated, carried her t e gage into the station yards, and l" cording to the claims of the worn an attempt at assault was made w' n the trio reached the yards. Summoned Town Marshal. e Summoning the marshal, the k man caused the arrest of the 1 k men, following which she boar her train and went on to Augu Whether or not she will appear e Bamberg to-morrow and prosec Lt the case, is not definitely known, though it has been stated that will be here. The friends of the i T men hold to the belief that ther< some mistake and that at the inve gation they will be able to cl themselves. 11 Honor Roll Denmark School. ^ The following is the honor roll ^ the Denmark high school, for seventh month: FIRST GRADE. Ruby Abstance, Wyont Bean, rS cob Fogle, Eldridge Hightower, Matthews, Judson Mayfield, Bri t Walker, Hilary Wilkinson, Wve Sandifer, Evelyn Cain, Sudie Fo Byrl Price, Dorothy Riley, M ^ Robinson. l~ Q^nnvn Annie Belle Way, Edward C Fred Wiggins, Robert Califf, Ha Ls May Way, James Bean, Lagree I n rick, Ollie Bessinger, Ruth Ca >f Lonnie Faust, t- THIRD GRADE. >s Walter Long, Willie Naff, Jai 11 Wiggins, Edna Creech, Anna Go >f by, Anna Sue Matthews, Julia ft jS garet Riley. i- FOURTH GRADE. Leslie Ellzey, Lester Bean, Ji s- McCrae, Elizabeth McCrae, Dj j. Tillman, Douglass Rice, Kath tr Faust. FIFTH GRADE, o Willie Delle Hutto, Julia Cox, E ert Zeigler, William Garvin, He i- Naff, Gertrude Cox. L SIXTH GRADE, i, Martha Wiggins, Ella Mosley \ r. kinson, Genie Fogle, Clara Wyrr 3. Ethel Bessinger, Counts Smoak, o Garvin, Wieters Califf. y SEVENTH GRADE. Frances Guess, Christabel M [s field, Vera Wiggins, Virginia^ Hu h Annie Mae Griffith. ?, EIGHTH GRADE. ;s Fitz Hugh Cox, Frank Cret )- Bernard Faust, Kathleen Fogle, 1 n toria Fogle, Agnes Goza, Euine M field, Helen Milhous. >f NINTH GRADE. Reynold Wiggins, Stella Lancas is Gladys Odom, Ethel Wicker, Loi a Zeigler. ELEVENTH GRADE. >1 Elmore Steadman. About lime to Move. s l_ The small town boy had been s to a farmer uncle's to remain for i n or three months, but at the end ? the second week he showed up home, much to the disapproval of fpthev ft "Why, Willie, what have you cc back here for?" the parent inqui ^ in no pleasant tone. "I sent you your uncle's for a long stay." "I know you did," Willie repli d "but you see, it was this way. r first week they killed a sheep and d et that; the next week they kille hog, and we et that; and yester >r the hired man died, and I thou it was about time to come home. IN THE PALMETTO STATE ten SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, am 0DC* State News Boiled Down for Quid low aij_ Reading?Paragraphs About 3m. Men and Happenings. am im- Confederate monument a ied Johnston will be unveiled the 19tl jD. instant. Thos. G. McLeod, of Bish as- opville, will make the address. ade Julius Brown, a well known busi hile ness man of Charleston, was finec ? a $10 for contempt of court, in fail ary ing to appear as a juror in the cast row of a druggist on trial for sellinj w0' coacaine. oth Robert B. Anderson, who obtainec wn, the a verdlct a few days ag0? on 3m_ fifth trial of the case, for $ 12,50 ( ? , against the Southern railroad for in rest juries received while engineer on th< road,, died on Saturday. ar- Jewelery of the value of $850 wai ihal stolen from the home of Mr. and Mrs Dm- W. J. Murray, Jr., in Columbia and Thursday evening, between 7 and I ded o'clock, while Mr. and Mrs. Murra: sta- were enjoying a ride in their auto Lsta The thief got into the house througl liile a rear window. ; of ? was Xegro Killed His Wife. i be tho Anderson, April 14. ? Clarenci Sheppard, a negro well kDOwn ii ac_ court circles, shot and instantly kill OT_ ed his wife, Janis Sheppard, near th< [all hen late last night. The ne gro escaped, and to-day the officer: have been scouring the county fo him. wotw0 Sheppard and his wife, with tw< other women, were at his house. Hi: gta wife went out in the yard, Sheppan j following a little later. Two pisto ^ shots were heard, and Sheppard re entered the house, saying he wantec she to see w^at he *ia(* done. That wa: two the *ast'seen him* T^e womei % . went out in the yard and found th< i li> S?- Sheppard woman dead on the ground ear a pistol bullet having passed througl her brain. The officers were notified, and th< county bloodhounds were secured f0r but because so many persons ha< the trampled over Sheppard's tracks th< dogs were unable to pick up a scent Later it was' found that some on< ja_ had stolen James Snow's horse, Mr joe Snow residing near where the killing ggS occurred. The supposition is tha Qan Sheppard took the horse to make hi gle, escape. arv Sheppard and his family were ii the city court a week ago on thi charge of fighting. ,ox, Murderer Cheats Gallows. ttie 5at_ A special from Columbus, Ga., Fri j.g, day morning said: James Jefferson, who was to hav< been hanged to-day, committed sui meg cide early this morning in his eel ols_ by taking poison. Jefferson kille< jar_ Policeman Marion Merchant severa months ago while resrsting arrest. Repeated efforts to have Governo alia Brown interfere with death sentenci cv being carried out failed. Jeffersoi i 10 j rvn lost all hope. Where he got the druj is not known. In declining to commute the deatl ,Qk_ sentence imposed upon James Jeffer nry son, the Columbus, Ga., man wh< shot and killed a policeman name< Marchant, Governor Brown complete ly disregarded the unanimous recom mendations of the prison commis ian, , | Joe S10n* In the recommendation to the gov ernor the prison commission declare: ay_ "this case presents a typical case fo: tt0 the exercise of the pardoning power.' It is also pointed out that ever: one of the jurors who tried Jeffersoi jch have un^er oath declared ^ they ha( ^ ic^ been familiar with the facts whicl have come to light since the tria . d y? they would not have convicted th< defendant without a recommenda ter tion to life imprisonment. lise ;5,423 SACKS OF MAIL LOST. Vast Volume of Mail Goes to Botton with Liner Titanic. Xew York, April 16.?Po^tmastei ent Edward M. Morgan stated to-daj two that the White Star Liner Titani* of had on board 3,423 sacks of mail at it is not likely, he said, that the his mails were saved. As the standard ocean mail ba? >me holds about 2,000 letters, ;t is esti red J mated that in all about 7,000,OIK i to pieces of mail matter have been lost About 200 bags contained registerec ed; matter. Postmaster Morgan said this The afternoon that these sacks contained "vve an average of about 8,000 letters d a each. He estimated that approxi day mately 1,600,000 registered letters ght and packages had gone to the bottom. J REIGN OF LAWLESSNESS. 4 Spirit Prevalent That Tends to the 5 Violation of All Laws. Saturday's paper brought to the people of South Carolina two-columned accounts o:J two separate manifestations of the latvless spirit which now prevails in our State. The one detailed the revolting incidents which marked the lynching of twc 1 negroes in Blacksburg. The other " is a signed description of the carnival of vice and defiant lawlessness _ which the races, aided and abetted j by a cor.senting government, have . inaugurated in the city' of Charles5 ton. r So far as concerns the localities oi D these two crimes no section of our State can point the finger of condemning scorn at another for its " lawlessness. We frankly believe thai ^ or,;-,.,* on/ } Hornnra 1 i?ntinn 'whip}" opxiit auu V4VAJ-4 . make for gambling, for vice, for mur' der are pervasive, held in check onl\ by the lack of opportunity and oc3 casion. We doubt if there is 2 . single section of our State whereir , the occurrence of a lynching woulc I come with the shock of surprise tc 7 the rest of the State. The fact is . the lawless taking of human life 1 whether by individuals or mobs, has become so common that it now requires the shooting down of a whol* cour; at Hillsville, Va., to stir the country to the sensational pitct 3 which some years ago attended everj 1 case of lynching. In regard to the present carniva! " r\f oomlilintr o n H nfrhpr vipp iri flhar VI ^UUlUXiU^ uau vvuv* . *wv leston, we dare say from observatior * and from reputable testimony thai p conditions similar in kind and differing only in degree exist at nearly al' 3 cur periodic fairs and carnival occas sions. The result in Charleston moreover, abundantly confirms th< position taken by those members ol the legislature who advocated drasti( * and immediate legislation against the s race track. Their one mistake, how 1 ever, was in confining their attacl " to the organized race course. Oui ' local race courses are no less de 3 moralizing as schools for petty gamb ling. ^ However humiliating the conclu sion one must realize that there ii widely prevalent in our State a spir 5 it and tendency which make for th< " open and defiant violation of law 3 " which have served to raise our pro portionate rate of homicide to tin 3 top of the statistical tables for civil * ized countries, which have so multi s plied lynchings among us as to rol them of their one-time element o 1 horrifying surprise. We are, however, but reaping tin inevitable peril of our own sowing Neither a community nor a State cai long condone the violation of ou: laws?as we have done widely an( . repeatedly in the case of our lav e | regulating the sale of whiskey? j without encouraging in many con j tempt and violation of any or all law j No people can put into official oppo sition men who defy law or condone its violation without suffering infec tion; from the example and virus o lawlessness. When many of oui ? people, including not a few leaders approve and even advocate lynching for one crime, however heinous, the: are signally blind to the contagiou: 5 nature of lawlessness and crime i j they "expect lynching to stop witl this crime. In one way or anothei we are constantly sowing lawless ness and irreverence. What othei reaping may we expect than an increasing measure of like lawlessness ? irreverence and crime? First th< blade, then the ear, then the ful , corn in the ear. And discouraging ^ as it is, humiliating as it should be it looks very much as if the ear oi j this harvest of evil is filling, is ir 1 some parts full, to the grain.?Souj thern Christian Advocate. Up to the House. While Eugene Field was working on the Denver Republican he was ar earnest and ardent patron of Bot ! Stockton's bar, immediately across the street from the Republican office. He ran a bar bill of $80 in one i* month. The proprietor, says Every " body's Magazine, dunned him for it 2 frequently, but never cut off his . credit, for the patronage of "Gene,: ? was worth more to him than the $80. j At last, despairing of ever getting his r money, and thinking to make a -1 strong hit with "Gene," he made out ) a receipted bill, and, calling Field . aside, presented it to him. 1 Then he waited. But Field merely 5 stood in an expectant attitude, hold1 ing the bill. 5 "Well, why don't you say some thing?" Stockton demanded at last. 5 "Well, Bob," rejoined Field, "what - does the house usually do when a man pays his bill?" STEAMSHIP LOST AT SEA. LARGEST SHIP AFLOAT LOST OX HER MAIDEN TRIP. . Steamer Titanic Strikes Iceberg and Goes Down?Estimate is 1,312 L People Lost. ; .Monday of this week the largest i ocean liner afloat,, the Titanic, struck ' an iceberg on her way to New York from England, and was so badly ; damaged that she sunk in less than i four hours. The wireless telegraph i summoned ships to her aid, but as the nearest was 180 miles away, they reached her too late to rescue any of : the survivors. The death list num bers a little more than 1,300. Most - of those saved from the sinking ship 5 were women and children, it appear: ing that the men were heroic and l faced death in saving the small boats of the ship for the women and chilr r?ren The steamer carried more than 1,200 passengers and a crew of l about 400. About 868 people were l rescued. I The steamer Carpath picked up ) the survivors who took to the boats, > and she is proceeding to New York. , As yet the full story of the disaster 5 is not known, but the loss of life is appalling. Other ships went to the i rescue of the Titanic, but she had ; already sunk when they arrived, i Many of the wealthiest people of the r country were passengers and were lost. Maj. Archie Butt, military I I ~ Dr-Aoi rlon f 'Vo ft i c 9m(1Tl? tVlP L diUC LU J. i^OiUvut AU1V) 1W w? missing. The awful disaster has i caused a wave of horror over the t entire country, and the affair is be ing discussed in every city and haml let. This was the first trip of the - Titanic, the building of which cost , about $10,000,000. This is no doubt i the greatest marine disaster which t has ever happened. The accident is 1 said to have been caused by the ship ; taking a shorter and more dangerous - route across the ocean. : YOUNG COLLETON MAN SHOT. . Jack Herndon Probably Mortally Wounded by Kiler Evans. 3 Walterboro, April 15.?Kilei . Evans, a young white man of Stokes, 2 is in jail, charged with shooting and probably mortally wounding Jack . Hernndon. The shooting took place 3 Sunday afterncton about three miles . from Walterboro on the public road, . near L. H. Zeigler's. } Young Evans is a son of B. W. f Evans and is about 20 years of age. His version of the killing is as fol3 lows: Tudor Evans, a cousin of his, has been paying some attention to a IlArn/^An onH TX7Q Q tnlri that 1 .UlOO ilCl UUUU UUU ? uw .... r Kiler Evans had made some deroga1 tory remark regarding her. A1 7 Grace church Sunday Tudoi . Evans asked Kiler about this report. . He denied having made the statement and asked Tudor Evans if thai . settled it. Tudor replied that he was ? going to trace the matter out. WHer . the services were over Kiler Evans, f Jack Wilson, and Jim Hiott got ic r Wilson's buggy and started home, Tudor Evans and his brother, Swint, , and Jack Herndon followed them and j when a short, distance from the 3 church, turned out of the road," and f taking a circuitous route, came out 1 ahead of these boys, and stopped at r a place where they were certain to . meet them. Tudor Evans got a piece r of rail, leaning it against his buggy. . Jack Herndon hitched his mule and made a remark that he was going to 5 beat hell out of Kiler Evans. Tudor 1 Evans then got on Herndon's mule r and started off to find Ben Herndon, > the brother of the girl, and to whom > I the alleged statement had been t made. While he was gone Kiler . Evans tried to go by on to his home. Herndon came to his buggy and threatened to beat him and got in the - ? -3 i. buggy after him. iuvans jumpeu uui and ran around the buggy a time or > two with Herndon after him, strik1 ing at him with knucks. Evans told ? Herndon to stop and shot one time 5 on the ground to scare him. Hern clon coming on, he fired again, strik ing him in the right side. It is understood that there was some whiskey in the crowd, and that > perhaps a number of the party were drinking. Young Herndon is in a critcal con> dition and the physician who was summoned to attend him reports that he is mortally wounded and that he can live but a short while. Kiler Evans came to Walterboro Sunday night and voluntarily surrendered to the sheriff. He has employed attor neys to defend him. If you want a fool to do a certain thing, dare him to do it. Some men sow wild oats and then hope for a bumper wheat crop. i 0 - . MEX WAIVE HKAPJXG. Two Await Triiil Cliarged with Attempt to Assault. Bamberg, April 15.?Magistrate Ray, of Denmark, came down this morning to hold a preliminary hearing in the case of the State against Raymond Marshall and Lee Bamberg, charged with having attempted to commit an assault upon a married lady, who .resides at Olar, in this county, and who with her sevenmonths-old baby was at Denmark for the purpose of taking the evening train for Augusta, Ga., where she intended to visit her mother. Preliminary Waived. A preliminary hearing was waived by the defendants and an order was issued by Magistrate Ray to release the defendants upon the execution of bonds in the sum of $500 each. Bamberg gave bond and has been ' released, Marshall, being a stranger, has not been able to secure bondsmen, but he has telegraphed to relatives at Ocala, Fla., and confidently expects to be able to arrange bail in i a day or two. The lady upon whom it is claimed the assault was committed came in on the morning train and was here to testify against the young men. i She is a pretty young brunette with dark eyes and hair and was dressed very neatly. The preliminary having i been waived, she returned to Au' gusta, Ga., on the midday train, ' which place, it is learned, she and her husband intend to make their fui fund Vinmo tui^ UVLUV* It is difficult to obtain particulars of the alleged assault, and the lady was on her way back to Augusta be; fore press correspondents had an op: portunity to interview her. ' Story of Alleged Crime. A relative of the lady's husband who was here to-day told the News and Courier correspondent that he 1 understood that Bamborg and Marshall were at the depot in Denmark and considerably under the influence of liquor; that Marshall was the telegraph operator and ticket agent; that when the lady went into the waiting room Marshall prepared her ticket for Augusta and came out into the waiting room and handed it to her with 10 cents too much change; that he sat beside her and engaged her in conversation. Presently a train was heard and he offered to assist her with her baby and her baggage to the train. When they got outside the depot the train proved to be a freight instead of a passenger. MarI shall then, it is claimed, made im proper proposals to her and they returned to the waiting room, where Marshall continued to converse with and annoy her, and it is said Bamberg . also engaged in the affair at this time. About this time the town marshals walked into the depot and the lady . had the two young men arrested. She went on to Augusta and it was not until the next day that her husband heard of the incident, whereupon he went before Magistrate Ray and sw^re out warrants against them. May Sue Railroad Also. | To-day's proceedings will end the matter until the circuit court meets, ' and then it is thought that a case will be heard on the civil side of the ' court against the railway company as well as criminal cases against the young men. Killed by Dynamite. Rocky Mount, N. C., April 13.? 1 While blowing up stumps with dyna ? mite yesterday anernuuu uuai ville in some manner a portion of the dynamite was accidentally ex' ploded, the result being that Woodrow Parish was literally blown to pieces, while Charlie Lucas sustained serious injury. How the accident occurred can never be learned until Mr. Lucas has recovered sufficiently to give the details, owing to the fact that these two gentlemen were the only ones present. Mr. Parish, who is a brother to Officer Parish of this city, is a fraternal man of renown in Nash and Edgecombe counties, being one of the most successful and highly respected men in Eastern North CarOl^n TJ nn shnrt.lv af UL1CL. 11^ >? C4 0 p 1 ^ U V U _ ter the explosion and taken to his home, and after lingering throughout the hours of the early evening he passed away shortly after 1 o'clock this morning without regaining consciousness. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his untimely end. Governor Blease seems determined to do his full duty in the matter of these whiskey cases, and to see that the other officials do theirs, for which he is to be commended. 4?