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ft Eh? Irnnhmj feralfr One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23,1912. Established 1891. i | ~ 1 I % ft vi? n DimfrYT i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS B SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the a County and Elsewhere. w Ehrhardt Etchings. C h Ehrhardt, May 20.?Mr. Paul *r Arndt, Jr., has opened up a jewelry shop here. 0 I understand that the ginnery will S( be rebuilt at this place, and that s( ? the very latest and best system for ? A- f plans or agreement formed as yet ^ about the selection of lot for school , building. There is a plan on foot to use the lot given them by Conrad ^ Ehrhardt, deceased, and even want S( the record of same put in the corner stone, when laid, of his gift to the ^ * town. They want to show an appreciation of the donor to them, and ai not have it ignored and done away Cc with, as some would have it. Some of the heirs are willing to sign away ^ what interest they may have to the lot, so as the trustees can show up ^ that the title is theirs alone* without - Tn any restrictions whatever. They ^ don't want other property in place of j. ? same, as that would not be what ci Conrad Ehrhardt gave them, and will v< not answer their idea of the gift. In IE putting in the restriction that he did when he gave the town the property 4 it was simply to stimulate the trustees to keep the school up to a graded school, nothing lower, but did not C care how much higher in the order ii of school they might build it m to but must not De 01 a lower uruei cj which any honest thinking citizen g must commend in connection with R Conrad Ehrhardt's gift and his aims cl for the school. si " ? The school so far has done a fairly good work. All that is wanted tl now is a suitable building and more ai energy and we will have an upward c] building school that none of us in the c< town need be ashamed of. JEE. tl Denmark Doings. li Denmark, May 21.?The most E unique affair of the season was the "Mother Goose Party" given by Mrs. ? C. A. Calhoun in honor of her guest, H Miss Sara Haskell, of Abbeville. le Upon arriving the guests were re- K ceived by Mrs. A. L. Blount and pre- F sented to the lady of honor, and im- D mediately afterwards they were serv- S ed to delicious fruit punch by Misses G Edna Steadman and Ina Calitf. R The parlor and reception hall was G > , decorated very tastily in asparagus le fern, yellow daisies and ivy. Small C tables had been placed around the T room, and two couples being seated at each one, a lively contest was be- e< gun. Every one was given a card r< decorated with geese, upon which G was written an appropriate rhyme selected from a Mother Goose book, s] Each one was required to draw the h picture which the verse brought to mind. Mr. Tindall Califf reproduced tl the best picture among the young I e' 4 men and was presented with a lovely b tie. Miss Virginia Faust's was the 4 best among the girls, and she was b presented with a box of Nunally's. S One of the most amusing features of the evening was the rhymes which t] the boys were required to make up, S about the young lady they accompanied. The most of them were very d L original and afforded a great deal of .A IT pleasure to the listeners. n r The guests were next given cards u on which were written the first three n words of "old sayings," and were asked to fill out the rest of each one. t< Miss Louise Zeigler succeeded in E getting the greater number correct e among the girls, and was presented * with a beautiful silk fan. .Mr. Ira Gar- t? ris secured the greater number li amone the bovs and was presented with a tie. v After the awarding of the prizes a a course of delicious cream and cake o was served by Misses Califf and a Steadman. s - t Those present were: Misses Sara o r ginning will be used. The house will 11 be built one-story and corrugated L iron used as siding and cover so as b( * to make it fire-proof to a certain ex- a: tent from outside. 44 Candidates are on the war path i now. As yet have had no speeches I from them, stating their platform. [ Suppose they are getting chips from the voters and later they will as semble them and make a board for 1 i their platform. ^ . "* These cool nights are making the k farmers blue as to their cotton. \Farmers are complaining about the ~ labor they have to use, say,it is no . good. b. The Hacker Manufacturing Co. is getting their works under headway . and it will not be long before they will be hustling the lumber out again. There has been no permanent KILLS HIMELF IX HOTEL. j ullet Ends Life of Man Registered from North Carolina. S New York, May 17.?The body of man, who registered at the Broad- g ay Centra! hotel as Hugo Neyes, of astle Hayne, N. C., was found in is room to-day, with a bullet wound i the forehead, self-inflicted. Besides between $11,000 and $1200 found on the body, there were E jveral letters of introduction to per- 0 )ns in this city. One was signed by [ugh McRay, and was an introduc- a on to Arthur Page, of Garden City, e . I. The letter spoke of Neyes as n eing a civil engineer and landscape rchitect and artist. ii Jack the Shooter" Excites Little ^ Rock. j I Little Rock, Ark., May 19.?A lysterious prowler, whom the police n ill "Jack the Shooter," entered the a jsidence of D. P. Coulter, three a [ocks from the center of the busi- n ess district, early to-day and at- 8 unpted to assault Mrs. Coulter. Then she made outcry the man fired c vice at her. Her nine-months-old C aby was lying on her breast and E Dth bullets struck the babe, killing c instantly. Mrs. Coulter was not J ijured by the bullets. The intrud- a r then fled. n The murder follows a long series v f crimes believed to have all been V jmmitted by one man. He has s ounded two women who made out:y when he attempted to assault g lem, assaulted one woman and made d , -.1 nr. f,, 1 r, + r\f c * JVtJl'ttl ULild uaauucooiui uu^l Mayor Charles E. Taylor this af- E jrnoon issued a proclamation calling t pon the citizens of Little Rock to ^ rm themselves and aid the police in 0 ipturing or killing the murderer. f Half an hour after the murder of p le babe, a prowler, supposed to be le murderer, entered the home of q [. M. Hankins, a half block from the ^ tain street of the city. He fired at jj [rs. Hankins and also at two po- 0 cemen who were attracted by her ies. The police emptied their revivers at his fleeing form but he lade his escape. ? d Husband Seriously Accused. ^ Carrollton, Ky., May 20.?The * arroll county grand jury which was npanneled to-day is expected to t take immediate investigation of the ^ varge that Dr. J. M. Gilbert, of Enlish, Ky., tried to induce Charles ' oss to enter the Gilbert home and iloroform Mrs. Gilbert while she ept. Ross informed county officers of f le alleged proposals and Gilbert was t rrested in the rear of the Christian ^ rmrnh at "English where the offi *rs say they overheard him repeat ^ le poisoning proposal to Ross. Dr. Gilbert and his wife are promlent in church and social circles at t nglish and own considerable prop- ? ! askell, Minnie Blount, Louise Zeig- 0 ir, Julia Goolsby, Josephine Faust, 0 Catherine Wilkinson, Hattie Sue ogle, Ruth Guess,, Ruth Seymour, t iuma Ray, Virginia Faust, Edna t teadman, and Ina Califf; Messrs. Ira 1 arris, Tyndall Califf, Henry Murry s ay, Thomas Wilkinson, Clifton a oza, Elmore Steadman, Walter Gil- ^ im, John Martin, Stanwix Mayfield, ounts Hutto, James Fogle, John vler. The evening was thoroughly enjoy- j 3 by everyone and it was with much ?gret that the guests told "Mother . oose" goodnight. * Miss Duma Ray, of Blackville, is j. pending some time with relatives ere. g Mrs. W. D. Rice, of Appleton, spent t le week-end with friends here, and ^ reryone was very glad to see her ack at her old home. ^ Miss Freda Rutland, of Bates- ^ urg, is the gues{ of Miss Edna teadman. ^ Miss Mell Kearse, of Olar, spent tie week-end with Miss Margaret tokes here. ^ Quite a crowd attended the chil- . ren's day exercises held at the ^ Iethodist church on Sundav afterC oon. The program was one of un- ^ sual interest and everyone was very luch pleased with it. Quite a nice crowd from here at- ^ ^ nrlo/^ tho r-locinp- pvornicpc nf tllrt &UU^Vi liiV ViVWiUn V4M VV/ V ? ?- , S lamberg graded school on .Monday vening. . Miss Lucia Andrews, of Charles- ? on, spent a few days with .Miss Lil- j. ian Goolsby this week. Don't forget that the musical t - hich is to be held in the school uditorium on Friday night is free f charge and that everyone is cordi- * Uy invited to attend. It is to be j omething worth listening to, and no \ ne who attends will regret it. 1 N THE PALMETTO STATE c OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. tate News Boiled Down for Quick K Reading?Paragraphs About 0 Men and Happenings. 0 a A charter has been issued to the g tank of Cope with a capital of $10,- ^ 00. M. C. Dowling is president. Gaffney is taking steps to extend t< n invitation to the Confederate vet- p rans of the State to hold their an- tl ual reunion in that city in August, p An eagle, measuring five feet eight ^ iches, was shot while flying low at s1 he Saxon mills, Spartanburg, a few a ays ago. Its wing was broken and b : was captured. " ci "Dixie Lodge," one of the most ^ lagnific'ent structures to be found at ny college, has just been completed t Limestone college, Gaffney. The ^ loney was furnished by the Montomerys, of Spartanburg, and others. si At the meeting of the State Demo- u ratic executive committee, held in c. lolumbia last week, John Gary Ivans, of Spartanburg, was elected hairman, succeeding Col. Wilie ^ ones. Col. Jones was presented with , handsome silver pitcher by the lembers of the committee, and he ? ras elected as treasurer. 0 The Grace faction in Charleston q eems to be in a bad way politically, k lot only did they lose out in the ^ tate convention, but now their can- ? :idate f6r sheriff, W. F. Carr, of e leggetts, has announced that he will n ot run, as he approves the action of ^ he committee on credentials in seat- t! ag the Barnwell delegates and he is ^ pposed to the tactics of the Grace action and will not accept their sup- n ort. This makes the fourth man 8, 'ho has announced for sheriff against !apt. Martin, all of whom have witn- n rawn from the race: It looks now n ike the genial sheriff will have no pposition for re-election. Levee to Protect Augusta. \ Augusta, May 18.?Augusta will ecide on June 24 whether or not she rishes to have a levee to protect her gainst flood water. A proposed bond ssue of $1,000,000 is to be voted on * t that time. The levee is expected o extend for 12 miles along the river ank. Along the river front direct- j y at Augusta the levee will be of con- ^ rete and it is expected to protect the ity against a 42-foot river. The record flood stage here is 39 feet. Two expert levee engineers, one rom Mississippi and the other from he Colorado river, were brought , ;ere to prepare estimates on the best dan to protect the city against . loods, wThich are frequently recuring, and both agreed that a levee r*as the only practical plan of pro- ' ection. The levee itself will cost 1.000,000, while the property that /ill have to be purchased for a right if way will cost in the neighborhood if $250,000. In addition to protecting'the city he levee will be an incalculable boon o the farmers of the Savannah val- ^ ey as thousands of acres of fertile c oil will be protected from overflows a nd crops made certain each year, n vbereas now they are uncertain. ^ e Cousin Killed Another. c Waycross, Ga., May 18.?Clifford * Bennett, a Baptist preacher, was kill- 0 ;d and Carey Bennett, a cousin, was njured in a pistol duel here to-day. ^ rwo bystanders also were slightly t turt by stray bullets. Clifford Ben- y lett, who was wealthy, had been E .. \ eparated from his wire ror some ime and the wife filed suit for di- a V orce yesterday. The shooting is L c aid by friends of the two men to Lave been due to young Carey's at- ^ entions to his cousin's wife. The cousin had been notified to ;eep away from Milwood, the village r ^here Clifford lived, but to-day got E iff the train there in company with t wo young women, for the first time ^ n several months. Clifford was at ^ The station, and it is said that the shooting began immediately. A v irother of Carey ran between the two t lien, but Clifford fired over his shoul- ? iers, striking Carey in the head. g rhe latter than returned the fire, a hooting Clifford three times. Carey was arrested when he went s ~ o -inntriv's frmr milps from the VJ CL UVV/tVi KJ J cene. Further trouble was expected * )ecause of the prominence of the )articipants, but everything was quiet ' o-night. * m s Hats and caps the largest selection c n Augusta; straw hats $1.00 up; v 58.00 Panamas at $4.75; Stetson . md other fine makes $2.25 up. Caps ind hats, a full line, 25c up. Write t <\ G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. t KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. hester Foster, Young Man 18 Years of Age, Lost His Life Yesterday. Newberry, May 17.?Chester Fos?r, a young man of 18 years, was illed on Main street near the centre f the town this afternoon at 5:30 'clock by a live wire while he was ssisting in swinging a cable of the outhern Bell Telephone company for men ne was worKing. The electric light wires and the slephone cables run on the same ole. The young man was up on le cable about midway between two osts and 30 feet from the ground hen reaching round to get some intrument out of his belt he touched live wire. The shock threw his ody across another live wire where , hung suspended. Persons near nt the wire as soon as possible and aen one of his fellow workmen [imbed out on the wire and tying a ape round his body let him down to ae ground where physicians went to rork immediately to attempt to retore life trying for nearly 30 mintes by vigorous rubbing and artifiial respiration to bring back the viil spark, but in vain. It is said that 2,300 volts passed tirough his body. The young man was the only son f his mother and she a widow, Mrs. lella Foster, who lives with her only ther child, a daughter, younger than ihester, in that portion of the city nown as High Point. Chester Foster ras a grandson of J. A. Foster at iinard's, who was for many years ngineer at the Newberry cotton fills, and the son of William foster, rho was killed four years ago by he explosion of a locomotive that he ras running in Mexico. Great sympathy is felt for the lother, who has lost husband and on by violent deaths. The son was an industrious young lan and the chief support of his lother. NEGRO LOSES BOTH ARMS. William May bin Fell Against Saw in Mill Newberry, May 18.?William Mayin, a negro about 30 years of age, set with a terrible accident on 'hursday at A. C. Thomasson's sawrill, on Jas. G. Brown's place, five riles north of Newberry. In removig lumber from the saw he fell and rying to catch himself fell again the aw and was badly cut. Both arms re re so mangled that they had to be mputated between the wrist and elow. The left leg had both bones hattered just above the ankle and be big bone at tbe rignt Knee was ut by the saw. The right knee will ikely be stiff, but that leg will be aved, and the doctors are trying to ave the left foot also. After all he as gone through, the negro's pulse nd temperature are reported normal his afternoon and he is apparently n the way to recovery. Tries to End His Life. Union, S. C., May 20.?Because of espondency, W. G. Tippett, who reently took a position with Progress s linotype operator, late Saturday light attempted suicide by taking a ?ig dose of laudanum, which he pourd in a glass of coca-cola, and it was rnly after physicians had worked for tours that he was pronounced out f danger. It was only about a month ago that "ippett came here from Latta, S. C., o take his present position. For two ears he was employed by the State irinters of Montgomery, Ala., but his rife having been shot and killed in . boarding house there by a drunken ioarder then, Tippett came to this Itate to bring bis infant daughter to >e with his sister, though his home ras in Georgia. For the murder of Mrs. Tippett the nan was sentenced to death this nonth, but an appeal was taken to he supreme court and is still beore that body. For some time TipLett's troubles have been bearing on [is mind and on Saturday night he rent to a drug store and bought a wo-ounce bottle of laudanum, and ;oing to another, poured it into a tfass of coca-cola that he ordered nd immediately drank the entire nixture. As soon as he had done o. he asked for a piece of paper on v*hich to write the address of his siser. A clerk, realizing the man's terri ile danger, summoned help and Tiplett, who had hurriedly left the tore, was overtaken and doctors at ?nce began to work on him, but it ras not until after hours had elapsed hat he was revived. He is now able o be at work again and is grateful hat he escaped death. MESON DIES IN CHAIf FORFEITS LIFE FOR MURDER O FORMER SWEETHEART. Confessed Poisoner of Avis Unne Calmy Meets I>eath in Massa chusetts State Prison. Boston, Mass., May 21.?Clarenc V. T. Richeson was electrocuted i 12:17 this morning. The currer was turned on at 12:10:02 and tb prisoner was declared dead at 12:1' The former Baptist clergymai who confessed poisoning Avis Lii nell, of Hyannis, his former swee heart, was outwardly calm when h entered the death chamber and t maintained his composure while tfc straps and electrodes were being at justed as he sat in the electric chai Richeson walked to the cha erect, eyes straight ahead, until I sat down. Then he closed his ey< and kept them shut until the em Seated in the chair, he was asked series of questions by the Rev. He bert S. Johnson, his spiritual advise "WiIHtio- trt TYi#v" During his answers he said: "Gc will take care of my soul and I pra for all. I forgive everybody." T1 last of the questions was: "Are yc willing to die for Jesus' sake?" tl reply, in an even, well modulate tone, was simply: "I am willing 1 die." The current applied was of 1,90 volts, 8 amperes. One applicatic was sufficient. When the officials and witness* of the execution entered the deal chamber, after walking through tl prison yard in a pelting rain, th( heard sounding through the wal the strains of song. It was Richesc and his spiritual advisers, Mr. Johi son and Chaplain Stebbins, singin Distinctly audible as they close were the words: "For I know whate'er befall m Jesus doeth all things well." Leaves Cell Smiling. Richeson left his cell smiling i 12:08. Before starting on the deal march he shook hands with Willia A. Morse, his counsel, who, at tl last moment, had been admitted as witness of the execution, and wii the ..two chaplains, the Rev. M. Murphy, the Catholic prison cha lain, being also present. Then he said: "I'm ready," ai walked on. He was dressed plain in a black cheviot suit, a frock cos white vest, white shirt, turned-dov collar and a black bow tie, with go studs on his shirt front, and with lo black shoes, brightly shined. H head was shaved down the middle. The party then entered the char ber. Richeson, accompanied by tl clergymen, followed soon after, tl unfrocked minister appearing as cal as either of his companions. Poison Sent to Prisoner. Among many letters addressed Richeson, which were opened 1 Warden Bridges to-day, was o: which was found to contain cyani< of potassium. It was mailed fro Station N, New York city, on M; 19, at 3 p. m. It contained no cli to the sender, the powder being e closed in a small sub-envelope mar ed "headache powders." An anal sis developed that it was poison the same nature as that which killi Avis Linnell. Richeson was entire innocent of any knowledge of its ha ing been sent, Attorney Morse decla ed. Brother Refuses to See Richeson Boston, May 2b.?wnen uiaren V. T. Richeson, the slayer of A\ Linnell, reflected that he probah had less than twelve hours to live, ! expressed a desire this afternoon see his brother, Douglas Richeso of Chicago, who is in the city. Dou las Richeson decided this afterno< that he would not go to his broth* The condemned man slept sound for four hours this morning, aft being awake nearly all night. I was calm and even cheerful at tim during the night, occasionally sin ing a hymn or repeating his favori Scriptural passages. Richeson spe much of his time to-day in prayer ai in reading his Bible. Deputy Brings Death Suit. Richeson had no supper, savii that he desired none. After eatii ? + + Via lio-Viforl n fMfTJir <11 it 1XUHC 111111 HO v* , he was sitting on the edge of his cc apparently enjoying his smoke, wh< Deputy Warden Allen entered h cell with the black suit of clothes be worn during the execution. JRich son nodded calmly to the deputy, b said nothing. Yesterday and during the for noon to-day the prisoner lay on b cot, but this afternoon and this eve | .-1 l/rjju.l irjiv lai.'iuni, Edgefield Citizen keimbursed for AnF inial Lost 57 Years Ago. Edgefield, May 18.?Yesterday Alu bert R. Nicholson, a Confederate soldier, received a check from Washington in payment for a horse which was taken from him 57 years ago by the federal authorities. Two days before Mr. Nicholson surrendered at Amelia tt Courthouse, Va., his horse was taken R from him by federal soldiers. Soon after the surrender as he was about 7 I 1^. A V? O /I tkzi OTAA/i 1 * L*J uepai l iui iiumc, 1ic uau (jvuu fortune to "pick up" a horse that bei longed to the Union army. The anit mal bore the brand "U. S.," as all t? other federal property. While in the L? field plowing, after being at home about two months, the horse which 1- Mr. Nicholson had ridden from Virr ginia was seized by soldiers that were ir stationed at Edgefield at the time. i? Having been informed that other -s Confederate .soldiers in this section , a- had been reimbursed by the national a government for horses that were r- seized without authority by federal r. soldiers soon after the surrender, Mr. Nicholson made out a claim for )(j the damages which he had thus susLy tained and through the assistance of ie Congressman James F. Byrnes he )U succeeded in having the claim paid. ie If other veterans who sustained a ;(j similar loss will present their claims to properly attested they will likewise be reimbursed. The time for filing ,0 such claims will expire on the first of )n June, so no time should be lost. ^* Burglar Answers Prayer. ae U0 -k Atlanta, Ga., May 20.?A burglar with a bottle of chloroform was lnjy strumental in answering a prayer of Mrs. Isabella Reagan, aged 75, early )n to-day. On retiring last night Mrs. Reagan told her daughter, Mrs. Robs' erta Herbert, aged 40, that she had m -d prayed for a "night without waking and dreaming." The two women, e? both widows, lived alone except a poodle dog. Some time in the night a burglar entered and drugged al at three. After ransacking the - house he departed with $2 cash, all the ? money the women had. "I got the ni sleep I needed so badly," was Mrs. a Reagan's comment to-day. tfc Blease Commission Files Report. J. p- The official report of the commission appointed by Governor Blease to > id wind up the affairs of the late State ly dispensary, known familiarly as the it, Blease or Stackhouse commission, hag m been made to the governor and is Id now in the safe in the governor's ofw fice. !is Governor Blease states that the re port of the Blease commission had *,* n- been filed in his office several weeks ie ago, but that yet he had not read it. ae He said it had not been opened, but m was then in-the safe in his office. 'He further said that he did not intend to open it, but would let it lie in the t0 safe until the convening of the genDy eral assembly in 1913, when he would follow the provisions of the Lie 2e act passed this year abolishing the w Blease commission and hand the re- m ay port to the president of the senate. je Silver Half-Dollar Worth $2,500. n k- Atlanta, May 20.?City Policeman , . y- G. Allen Maddox has carried a forof tune in his frayed trousers pocket ed for many years without suspecting it. sly Mr. Maddox, who is in modest cirv cumstances, has z. pocket piece, a ,r- silver half dollar minced in the year 1853. He supposed it might possibly be worth a little more than its face value, because of its age, but ce never took the trouble to inquire. Ms Yesterday he found out by accident ,ly that there are only two other coins be of that mintage in existence, and that to his is worth at the lowest estimate $2,500.. Mr. Maddox has refused g. that sum and is holding his coin for 3n a better offer. But he doesn't carry ;r> it around as a luck piece any more, ly It is locked up in a safety vault iner stead. It is worth more than his je house and lot. es ing he sat up most of the time. Ready to Die. tp Attorney Morse, who visited Richent son this afternoon, found his client 1(* calm and anxious to have the sentence of the law carried out to-night. Mr. Morse, in an interview later, ig said: ig "Richeson has made up nis minu id to die and he does not want any >t, delay. This has been a long story m and the last chapter is being written lis to-day. to "Richeson is going to die without e- holding a grudge against any one. ut He has scarcely uttered a harsh word, and to me personally and to those e- who come in contact with him he has lis again and again expressed his gratin tude." I n ^