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?lje Ifomhmj fcalfi \ ;'.. 'vj&f M ? = = >; | One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THUR13DAY, MAY 30,1912. Established 1891. ^ J COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the < County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Whrhardt \fav 27?Wad a heaw rain last night and a heavy electric storm. Lightning struck an old dead oak behind the millinery store, tore the oak to pieces and shattered the sash, splitting some of the siding. Nothing serious, however. Mr. J. W. Priester shot a rattler yesterday afternoon near Mr. Ben ? Bishop's measuring about five feet. Had fifteen rattles and a button, a fine fat specimen of his majesty. Mr. Talbert Warren died last night He has been sick quite a while. Rev. D. B. Groseclose was called to Jennys to assist in the burial service over Dr. Loadholt's child, in connection with Rev. Aull, pastor of V St. Nicholas /ihurch of that section. All of the exercises of the school during the past week have been inand well attended. Stu dents' night, Thursday night, was perhaps the most interesting from the view point of the pupils. The decla, \ mation contest consisted of declama^ tions by six pupils of the ninth grade. All the contestants did themselves cr-dit. Exercises opened with a song by school. Names of speakers and their subjects follow: "Trick vs. Trick," Laurie Kinard; "How Tim's Prayer was Answered," Ethel Smith; ? "Aunt Polly's George Washington," LeRoy Peters; "A Stray Sunbeam," .Clara Copeland; "Mr. Spoopedyke's Experiments at Riding a Bicycle," ? Jesse Rentz; "Beneath a Rosebud and Violet," Annie Rentz. Prof. Claude Melton, Rev. Cooper, and Rev. J. W. Shealy acted as judges. Contest was close, but judges awarded medal to Jesse Rentz, with honorable mention of Clara "Copeland. The medal was given by Mr. S. W? Copeland, of the board of trustees, and awarded by Professor r Melton. Friday night graduating exercises were held. Only one graduate, Raleigh Kinard. He must have been lonesome. Subject of his speech was "Cotton is King," but owing to illness he was not able to speak. k Prof. J. S. Derrick, of Newberry College, delivered the literary address, and it was a good one. He took as his subject, "The Building of Character," and mentioned some of the essentials in building character in a masterful way. Everyone seemed to enjoy all the exercises. The exercises as a whole reflected credit upon the school. JEE. Fairfax Fancies. t Fairfax, May 27.?Our school commencement took place Monday evening. The address by Prof. Morse, of the University of South Carolina, . was a master piece. There were five graduates: Gladys Buckner, Bell x^ T ono TnoH (jompton, fidilil UUUgC, XJKHJin holt, and Lee Bessinger. Their essays were carefully written and were well read, and were greeted with much' applause. Gladys Buckner, making the highest average, took first honor. Hattie Dowling and Sallie Bassett each took prizes in arithmetic^ Ruth Wilson and Sadie I Harter took prizes in music. Miss Harrison's well drilled pupils gave vocal and instrumental music of a high order all during the evening. The teachers have all left for their homes, except Prof. Munroe, who* will soon leave. Miss Sadie Hogg is spending some time with Miss Lily Myrick. } ; Mrs. Burch and children, of Charleston, are visiting Miss Lily Preacher The young people's glee club met at Mrs. S. Sanders's Friday evening. .. Many visitors were present. Mrs. Barber gave a party to the younger set recently. Mrs. G. W. Barber is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Silas Gladden, near Columbia. On Wednesday Mr. Sammie Loadholt was married to Miss Kicklighter, of Georgia. A reception was given them on Friday at his brother's, Mr. Benj. Loadholt, where hey will reside. Mr. Loadholt is connected with the furniture company here, and is well thought of, and we welcome his charming bride heartily. Mrs. Carrie Rutland, niue son, and Miss Sallie Rutland, of Orangeburg, are visiting the family of Mr. G. S. O'Neal. Misses Able and Jeffcoat are guests of the Simpsons. Mr. and Mrs. Moye Dowling, of Augusta, are guests of Mr. Lewis Dowling. Miss Alice Singletarv attended commencement and is visiting old ( friends here. MAY SAVE STATION. |j\ Byrnes Wins on Test Vote to Restore Naval Station in Beaufort. SC Washington, D. C., May 27? Among the naval stations which the gt House committee on naval affairs proposed to abolish by specific provision to that effect in the pending naval appropriation bill was the station at Port Royal, S. C., where the navy department now maintains disciplinary barracks, accommodating several hundred men. aE Representative James F. Byrnes to- W( day offered an amendment on the floor restoring Port Royal as a sta- Bh tion and he beat the committee in the (ja test of strength which followed. His Wj amendment was adopted. There will he another test after the measure is I out of committee of the whole but Mr. Byrnes believes he can hold his as ground. t0 m in Play by Lodge School. aD ci1 Lodge, May 27.?On Monday evening, June 3rd, the Lodge high school gr will present in theCopeland hall.Ehr- cr hardt, three exceedingly humorous little plays, written by Prof. Claude 0D Melton, superintendent of the Lodge ?0 high school. So Music lovers will be given a rare treat on this occasion. The piano and violins will add a greater charm a to many of the scenes. All will see Sa in each of these plays something to w appreciate and enjoy. Especially, the aD married gentlemen will enjoy ex- E* ceedingly and will appreciate to the ku fullest many laughable experiences ye of their former days. ?r Newberry College Notes. frf 0. Newberry, S. C., May 23.?^Newberry is still progressing. During ^ the last month many events have ^ taken place on the campus and else- ' where concerning the college. The seniors finished their final examina mi tions, and have now their subjects ^ for senior orations in hand. These orations are to be delivered at the 1 j preliminary on June 6th. Six speakers will be chosen from the senior class to represent it on Wednesday by of commencement week. First honor fe1 was assigned to Robert H. Folk, of un Pomaria, and second honor to John Tr Bochman Smeltzer, of Columbia, ro with special mention to J. B. Ehr- gh hardt, of Ehrhardt, for excellency sp in the department of technology. The juniors have also completed to their year's work in oratory, and six uu speakers have been chosen to contest gr for the junior oratorical medal on inj Monday evening of commencement ex week. On Thursday night, May 23rd, the inj base ball, the tennis and basket ball teams were tendered an open air re- ^ ception on the campus by the faculty and literary societies. Many fine speeches were made, which were very appropriate. Prof Voigt, of the faculty, then presented Prof. Rountree with a loving cup as an appreciation br of his most excellent coaching ability, w, which was shown by the work of the baseball team this year. Refresh- m. ments were served, after which many e(j yells were given by the student body, ofi all of which tended to make the even- Tj ing a delightful occasion. Newberry is to be congratulated ~ upon her success, in general, this year. Dr. Harms has the $50,000 endowment fund practically in sight, O. and hopes to be able to announce on m; commencement day a complete sue- H; cess in his undertaking. be Commencement begins on June 9. in An excellent program has been ar- Se ranged, and many brilliant speakers ne have been chosen. On Wednesday pr the graduating exercises will take su place, and also the awarding of hon- cr ? ^ Xi J11 mi ors. The crown or graauauuu wm ?j be placed upon the heads of twenty- de two young men and women. This he will end the present session of New- st< berry college. It has been indeed an ar illustrious one. Many victories were rie gained by this dear old college this year. Next year we hope to do still ro greater things if possible, and wi "Still we'll gain athletic victories, de Gaining honors day by day, Still we'll work for old Newberry, For the scarlet and the gray." H. E. C. . Bi Ponted Paragraphs. 2. i th And many a fair maid goes in for w< local color?of the drug store brand, da Many a girl talks of marrying co again who has never been married in at all. co Had some men never been born, w; some others would have to work for re a living. of A girl is almost sure to fall for a J. moonlight proposal. St Speaking of aquatic sports, did you ye ever see an ocean greyhound chasing pi a catboat? d? . -v ' ' . - i THE PALMETTO STATE >ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. A Southern freight train of 17 cars mped the track near Wellford, >artanburg county, on Wednesday id 14 of the cars and their contents jre burned. Tom Wilson shot Joe Brooks with a otgun in Richland county on Tuesy?both white. He fired four times Lth bird shot and 40 took effect. ) reason is stated. The News says that the increase in sessments of property in Greenville wnship alone is more than a million excess of the former assessment, Ld that the increase in polls in the vy is 1,500. John Cole and Isaiah Butler, ne oes of Charleston, will be the first iminals to be electrocuted in South trolina. They ard sentenced to die i the 21st of June. Cole is to die r murder, Butler for criminal asult on a white woman. Mrs. Clara J. English was awarded verdict in the Richland court on .turday for $14,000 against - the estern Union Telegraph company d $6,000 against the Columbia ectric company for the death of her isband, who was electrocuted a ar ago while working on a teleaph pole in Columbia. Following the decision of Magisite Inman, of Greenville, to the efct that certain fine liqudtrs and diiipagiic wcjc iu uc tciruiuyu i>v :torney Oscar Mauldin, attorneys r, the sheriff have appealed the case . orders from Gov. Blease. It is very interesting case in that it irks the first clash between the ate and Federal courts. mparted Power Even to a Mouse. A new arrival strolled into the lobof a popular Muskogee hotel a w evenings ago and walked rather isteadily to the desk to register, irning to follow the porter to his om, there was a crash, and bits of iss and an amber colored liquid read along the floor. Before a porter could be summoned mop it up a tiny mouse crept from ider the cigar counter and lapped eedily at the liquor. Then mountg the edge of a cuspidor, the mouse claimed: "Where is that cat that was lookS for me last night?" fOTHER KILLED; BABY SAFE. oman Shot With Child in Her Arms. Monaca, Pa., May 26.?With her months-old baby feeding at the east, Mrs. Anna Bozono, aged 26, is shot and killed to-night. Michael ibberstick, aged 64, whom the woan had called a "scab," was arrestMrs. Bozono's head was blown C with a double-barreled shotgun, le baby was unhurt. Drummer Held as Witness. Hendersonville, N. C., May 26.?W. Shelnutt, the Atlanta travelling an, who claims to have seen Myrtle awkins in Jacksonville, after her idy was reported to have been found the waters of Lake Osceola last sptember and who is held as a wit!ss for the defence, declared to a ess representative to-day that if the m of $3,000 was deposited to his edit in one of the local banks, he ill produce Myrtle Hawkins in Hensrsonville. Counsel for the State, >wever, declare that they take little ? nn /I r\T?Am JUil ILL OXlClllUlL O DLV/1 J auu pi vjluiov I interesting half hour for this witsss when he is placed on the stand. The case will he resumed to-morw morning at 9.30, when the State II continue the presentation of evitnce. Jones Case Heard. The appeal of John J. Jones, the :anchville attorney, who is under sentence of 10 years and 30 days on e charge of killing Abe Pearlstine, is argued for the second time Tuesiy before the supreme court. The urt recently gave a decision affirmsr the verdict of the Orangeburg unty court and the second appeal as from an order by a circuit judge fusing a new trial upon the grounds after discovered evidence. John Jones has been confined in the ate penitentiary for more than a sar pending a final decision. He was esent in the Supreme court Tuesty and heard the argument. ( -- -1- . l , . As. v? VERDICT FOR $2,500,000. Largest Judgment Against Individual Ever Decreed by U. S. Court. CU Washington, May 27.?One of the largest judgments against an individual ever decreed by the Supreme Court of the United States was an- ur nounced to-day against Albert S. Bigelow, of Boston. He will be called upon to pay a judgment of ?2,100000, together with interest, which cau probably will bring the total to $2,- an(= 500,000. ha\ The victor in the suit is the Old jU(j Dominion Copper Mining and Smelt- fcas ing Company. Bigelow and Leonard Lewisohn, of New York, promoted an(; the company, and while owning its pia stock sold to it property at an enor- mjj mous profit. Then they sold their ( stock to the "innocent public." With par tne company unaer tne control 01 tne pr0 "innocent" stockholders, it sued the Lewisohn in New York for the prof- ^cc its. The company lost. reij Then Bigelow was sued by the com- me pany in Massachuetts, and the Courts (jeg of that State laid down the far reach- $ec ing decision that the company, no ^o longer controlled by its promoters, could rescind its contract to purchase tio] the property from them, and make Bigelow account. Consequently con Bigelow was directed to pay the com- fro pany $2,100,000. to Corporation lawyers are in a quan- str< dary to-night as to the law. The Su- fUS preme Court in 1908 affirmed the New ^ York decision, which held the com- jmi pany could not recover, while to-day the it likewise affirmed the Massachusetts sug decision which allowed it to recover. veri The decision to-day dealt exclusive- au2 ly with the discussion whether the tr0l Massachusetts Court was controlled reb by the New York decision under the tra: full "faith and credit clause" of the 1 Constitution. The Massachusetts ^ha Courts will he called upon to enforce m? the judgment. 0tb m eve Keep Your Windows Open. ed ? pro Don't sleep in a closed room. N ceri Fresh air is the basic requisite to good health. A sealed chamber is a ( breeding place of disease. by The lungs utilize all the oxygen j . they breathe and expel their impuri- " ^ ties in your exhalations. Qri Within an hour a man consumes ., ed ] all the oxygen in the average room. an(3 If the windows and transom are down ^ ^ and the door is shut thereafter he aJ.e breathes foul poisons. me Rural communities should, by rea- c son of natural advantages, be practically immune from the "white j . plague;" but statistics show a greater percentage of consumptives among farmers than any other class of people. Who isn't familiar with the deadly ( parlor with its stale atmosphere aga where for days at a stretch whole cep generations of malignant germs are permitted to incubate undisturbed! m0 A week often passes without the ad- jan mission of sunlight.* As well spend n0l an afternoon in a smoke-filled tun- C0lJ nel as remain in such a pest hole. tor Open the windows, even in the noc rain?far better to spoil a few trump- for ery lace curtains and spot the carpet p0g than jeopardize your health. 0'C] ?: pos Who Started It. I ?_ cou A little fellow who had just felt anc the hard side of the slipper turned to gta his mother for consolation. Gei "Mother," he asked, "did grandpa an( thrash father when he was a little Th< boy?" thii "Yes," answered his mother, im- tha pressively. to-i "And did his father thrash him nci when he was little?" Gei "Yes." I "And did his father thrash him?" 0f "Yes." mo A pause. up "Well, who started this thing any- wh: way?"?McCall's Magazine. Tot ? /liol " UiOi Snake Chases Man. are ?? wit Lincolnton, Ga., May 24.?While Was walking to a spring in his pasture to get a bucket of water one day this i week Mr. George Sims heard something rattling beside him. Looking Los down to one side he saw an immense coach whip snake running along beside him about two feet distant and 1 v.-ith his head high in the air. Mr. bet Sims threw the bucket at the snake to and shouted alond in his fright, for cou it was the largest snake he had ever pel' seen. Runing to a branch he leaped sun across and stopped. Looking back stoi he saw the snake had pursued him to I the edge of the branch and was stand- Bla ing four feet high on the opposite lan side of the branch and staring at him aga fiercely. Mr. Sims called for a gun be and a negro working nearby ran to res the house and got one. The snake cov I was shot, and measured seven feet. | hai MS ?ROW DESPERATE BANS THREATEN TO PILLAGE TO PROCURE FUNDS. te Department Thinks Quick Meases May Suffice to Put Down Rising and Restore Quiet. Vashington, May 28.?The pretions taken to protect American I other foreign interests in Cuba re been amply justified in the [gment of the state department ed upon the reports that have n received from many sourcee I especially from the owners 01 ntations and sugar mills and iron les and other industries. ' )ne fact vindicating the state detment's action in asking for naval tection of American interests i? threatening attitude of rebels, jording to information apparently iable, that comes to the departnt, the insurgents are becoming perate and Estenoz, their leader, lares that if President Gome2 is not secure the repeal of the rua law, prohibiting the organiza1 of a strictly negro party in Cuba, and the other leaders will demand tributions from the railroads and m the owners of estates, in order prolong the conflict, and will de5y the property of those who ree. rhe state department hopes thai nediate and energetic measures or part of the Cuban government will 0 4-1% A OTlH TITP. L1CC LU qucn me ivtun r- ~ it further depredations. It is re:ed that it is not easy for regular ops to run down and capture these els, who are familiar with every il in the jungle. \.s the idea has been broached t the rebels are calculating upon king an easy escape from Cuba tc er West Indian islands in the nt that they are too closely pressby the government troops, it is posed by some of the naval offis here, if they are called upon tc e an active part in the troubles, jut off the retreat of such fugitives a thorough boat patrol of every h of the estern coast of Cuba. >ne of the Cuban generals in ente estimates the number of armrebels in the field at between 3,000 I 4,000 and that perhaps 6,000 oi 00 unarmed negro revolutionists in the province waiting developnts. 5o far, according to official advices, rebels have taken forcibly $6,000 money and have destroyed by fire iv s80.000 worth of sugar 'cane. V T - - / Hub Evans' Trial Begins. ^. Columbia, May 28.?The case dnst Hub Evans, charged with acting rebates and with conspiracy defraud, will be called to-morrow rning at 9.30 o'clock in the Richd County Court, according to anmcement from R. H. Welch, oi nsel for Mr. Evans, and of SolidW. H. Cobb in court this after>n. The case was originally sei to-day, but after having beer tponed from this morning until 4 lock this afternoon, it was agair tponed until to-morrow morning, lub Evans was in court with hie insel, Eugene Blease, of Newberry I R. H. Welch, of Columbia. The te was represented by Attorney leral Lyon, Solicitor W. H. Cobt 1 W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw. 3 Attorney General was in court 3 morning, but the announcement ,t the trial was postponed until morrow morning was made by Sotor Cobb in behalf of the Attorney leral this afternoon, t is the expectation that the trial Hub Evans wil be concluded torrow and the "label" case taken on Thursday. This is the case in ich L. W. Boykin and John Bell vill, who were members of the pensary board with H. H. Evans, under indictment in connection - - - T-?-_ T->?n rrnwn'n h a label deai. juuu jdch xvn... 3 in court this morning. I AIR UNCUT FOR 28 YEARS. ;er of 1884 Election Bet is Now a Hirsute Marvel. in object lesson in freak election s by a truthful man was furnished attendants at the Ulster county rt when they beheld John B. CrisI, of Old Hurley, who had been amoned as a juror, says a Kinga dispatch. n 1884 Crispell bet that James G. ,ine would defeat Grover Cleved for President, and agreed never in to shave or to allow his hair to cut if Blaine was defeated. The ult is that his face is completely ered by a heavy beard, and his r hangs to his shoulders. NEGRO ESCAPES TEXAS MOB. Jail is Searched, Suspect Believed to be Safe in Penitentiary. Waco, Texas, May 26.?George Price, a negro for whom a mob of 265 Tyler citizens is searching, had been spirited away when the mob reached Waco at 2.30 o'clock this morning. A committee from the mob was permitted to search the jail.Sheriff Tilley escorting them through. The mob to-night has gone to Axtell, \ ( fifteen miles east of Waco, where it ' ; was reported to-day that the negro , had been taken. It is believed here /43I i that Price is now safe in the peniten- : ; tiary at Rusk, though officers refuse V/ t to talk. Price was implicated in the assault fgjj . upon a young white woman at Tyler 1 a week ago with Dan Davis, another j negro, according to the confession of Davis just before he was burned at 1 r the stake in Tyler early Saturday | . morning. The victim of the assault is M ; reported to be in a critical condition , in Tyler. He skull was fractured by r a blow when she resisted her assailAfter searching the jail this morniner the leader of the mob said: V'V~'il3 [ "The negro is gone, but they've got to I bring him to Tyler some time. We've done our duty here." \ v" Tried to Pass Bogus Bill. Aiken, May 28.?Lonnie Randall, 3 ' a young white man of the Eureka ; % L section of this county, has been ar^ rested charged with tampering with ' United States currency and endeavor' ing to pass the same. He presented ' what appeared to be a $10 bill at one v -2B * ' of the Aiken dispensaries, but the v bogus bill was turned down. It was >':J| a $1 bill, over the 1 on one side of 1 which had been pasted the flgL ure ten, which had evidently been 1 cut from a mail order house certifl cate. Later Kanaaii appearea ax another of the dispensaries and tried ;'0| 1 to pass the bill. The dispenser notified the police who took Randall into custody. The United States marshal at Edegefleld was notified and Jp 1 came to Aiken and took Randall back to Edgefield with him, where , he will be held for trial at the next session, of United States court. Ia defense of his action in trying to pass off the hill, Randall claims that' A,?# the worthless bill had been palmed 1 off on him in Edgefield last week in a horse trade. . Old Rooster Too Gay. Chicago, May 24.?"There is no 1 fool like an old fool," commented 9 Municipal Judge Goodnow when < IjjjB Frank Hughes, who has an automo- 9 bile shop at 2258 Lincoln avenue, was k arraigned yesterday ?in the court of domestic relations because of his pro- >^9 r pensity to "run around with the r girls." Hughes is 61 years old and has gray hair and a beard. He has two sons, one 29 and the other 27 , years old. "For' seven years," testified his wife, Mrs. Anna Hughes, "my heart . has been wounded by his friendly re- ^31 { lations with young girls. He takes | ' .:Jp| them out riding in his automobile, . and frequently I see him going by the house with the girls on his arm. One S |g|| j of his favorite recreations is to take JPsMj them to the nickel show. | Mrs. Hughes said she told* him to 'r choose between her and the girls. He ( chose the girls. Hughes admitted he had a "friend. ly, but innocent" interest in some ^2 . young women. He said his only ? | amusements were those pointed out by his wife. He didn't see anything - ^ r very bad in them. "I suppose not," returned his wife, I "but you don't let me take your arm ^3| or give me an automobile ride. You said you didn't enjoy yourself in my company." " Hughes said his wife wanted him , to take her to church in the automor -1?% bile. He didn't care to use the ma- sJj chine for that purpose, he said. Mrs. Hughes then reproached her husband with too great an intimacy with "Tootsy." Hughes said "Tootsy" came to his y place of business as a purchaser. He : ^ had given her automobile rides on that account. Assistant State's Attorney ErickI son recommended Hughes be sent to 'r?3 I the bridewell. "That is the place for these foxy grandpas," he said. Judge Goodnow said he would give Hughes another chance and continued the case to June 10. "You are too old to go joy riding with "Tootsy," said the court. "Go home to your wife and take care of her. At her age she shouldn't be ; subjected to such treatment." Boys' suits and pants, also children's wash suits, a full line, prices I low. F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga.