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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, June 10.?You have
heard the remark that it would he
a cold day in July before or when
they would do so and so. It did
not reach July but it's certainly
cold weather we are having in June.
The northeastern rain we had lost
week has done the little cotton
harm as well as making too much
water on the ground for it to thrive.
Was expecting a cotton bloom to
send to you to-day, but expect the
rain and cold weather made the
bloom slow to open.
On Friday afternoon, on its return,
the freight engine was derailed at
Williams. Had to send to Charleston
to get the wrecking crew to help
* them on again.
Mrs. F. T. Moore died very suddenly
last week and was laid to rest
by the side of her husband at Pleasor>
Will r>Vin-rr?h <rrnvo vnrri
Mr. Fennell's, the sawyer for
Hacker Manufacturing plant,, at this
place, youngest child, an infant, died
t last week and wras buried at Walterboro,
or near there.
The trustees of Ehrhardt graded
school will have to get a principal
for the school, and perhaps two or
three teachers, as Mr. Charley Shealy
will attend the theological seminary
another year and Miss Jenny Milling
will take a special course in some
school. Who they will be is the
que&tion for the mto decide.
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Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, June 10.?Jaff Davis's
birthday was observed here by the
U. D. C. Fairfax Chapter. Mrs. L.
t W. Youmans, Sr., presented nine
t crosses of honor to veterans. Mr.
Sam. Talley introduced Hon. Gilmore
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About thirty veterans partook of the
dinner, which was an elepant picnic
spread. ;
Mrs. Lilly Myrick entertained quite
> -.a number of young folks recently at
her home.
Prof. Munroe has been detained
re for several weeks shrdlu cmfwyp
here by illness for several weeks.
At a game of ball on the school
grounds a young son of Mrs. Burch,
of Charleston, who is visiting Mrs.
Lily Preacher, was seriously injured
" by the fall of the large school bell,
which was hung outside. It injured
his head and broke one of his ribs.
Dr. Tuten though is very attentive,
, and his father come from Charleston
v " to help nurse him.
The Baptist Missionary Rally was
conducted in the school auditorium
recently. The music was led by Miss
Padgett at the piano, and Mesdames
Talley, Lane, Loadholt, and Sanders
singers. Mrs. R. P. Searson was
"2^ president and Miss Ennill Williams
' secretary. Interesting papers were
read by ladies from Allendale, Beaufnrt
Martin. Fairfax. Meyers, etc.
A splendid dinner was spread down
stairs, which all enjoyed.
Mrs. S. L. Sanders and G. D. Sanders
have just returned from a visit
to Ulmer and thereabouts.
The Bapists are about to erect a
new church.
Dr. Buist Kerrison just from Atk
lanta dental college, is settled here.
; Miss Lucile Youmans, after graduating
at Converse, is with us again.
Miss Zelle Loadholt is charming
us with her sweet smiles, apain.
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F - Denmark, June 12.?Miss Lula
P ; Hightower gave quite a pleasant entertainment
on Tuesday evening in
honor of her guest, Miss Hiers, of
St. George. A very amusing contest
was entered into", the prize being won
by Miss Hiers. During the course of
the evening a delicious salad course
was served. Those enjoying Miss
Hightower's hospitality were: Misses
Hiers, Marion Riley, Ina Califf, Sadelle
Guess, Edna Steadman, Lola
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Folk, Olive Pearson, sanaers. Messrs.
Ralls, of Georgia; Walker, of Batesburg;
R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg;
Elbert Steadman, Wesley Folk, Kennerly
Mayfield, Doc Gillam, St. Clair
Guess, William Mayfield, Randall
Gillam, of Bamberg.
Miss Irene Andrews returned to
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accompanied by Miss Doris
I Goolsby.
i Miss Ada Sanders, of Greenville,
is spending some time with Miss
Olive Pearson, of this city.
The Denmark high school held its
k graduating exercises at the school
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DENMARK SCHOOL ( LOSES.
Crowd Braves Weather for Commencement
Exercises.
Denmark, June 8.?Despite the inclement
weather the auditorium of
the Denmark high school was well
filled by a large crowd Thursday
night for commencement exercises.
The programme was opened with an
invocation by the Rev. T. E. Morris,
followed by a chorus by high school
girls. The class history was read by
Miss Lois Ray. Next came the class
prophecy by Miss Mamie McKenna
and class will by Miss Annie Lou
Collins. A violin solo was then rendered
by T. B. Wilkinson, Jr. The
valedictory was then read by T. E.
Steadman. Superintendent McCown
read the names of those who were
on the yearly honor roll. J. E. Swearingen
then delivered a forceful annual
address to the graduating class.
The State high school diplomas were
delivered to Misses Collins, McKenna,
and Ray and T. E. Steadman. The
programme was closed with a chorus.
The Denmark school has had a very
prosperous year under the superintendency
of E. M. McCown, of Darling
ton. All of the teachers were re-elected
but Misses Strait, of Rock Hill,
Perritt, of Seneca, and Thorpe, of
Aiken, declined re-election. The list
of teachers for the coming term in
the high school department are: E,
ton; Misses Emma Thomson, Rock
Hill; Ruth Stokes, Mountville; Priscilla
Hart, Estill. The grade teachers
will be: Misses Esther Polier, Aiken;
Josie Pratt, Greenwood; Lillian Gentry,
Florence; Virginia Carroll, Chester,
and Sarah Herriot, of Providence.
PLAY AT DENMARK.
Local Talent Score Big Hit on the
Stage.
Denmark, June 9.?Wednesday
evening the play, "Jack and the Princess
Who Never Laughed," was played
here in the high school auditorium
by members of the Denmark school.
The cast of characters were:
Jack, Bernard Faust; Dame Teat,
Ethel Wicker; the Swan, Witters
Califf; King Jolly, T. J. Hutto; Princess
Melancholica, Miss Louise Zeigler;
Prime Minister, S. T. Califf;
Court Ladies?Sobbina, Miss Euine
May field; Sniffina, Miss Ruth Guess;
Wimperina, Miss Josephine Faust;
Polly, Miss Katherine Wilkinson;
Chimney Sweep, Wm. Califf; Burgomaster,
Samuel Ray; Policeman, E.
H. Goza; Clown, Walker Hartzog;
Burgomaster's Wife, V Miss Julia
Goolsbv; Suitors of the Princess?
Prince Orpheus, R. W. Wiggins;
Prince Gimaldi, Earl Cain; A Christy
Minstrel, F. K. C. Creech; Courtij
ers and Attendants, S. B. Wilkinson,
Jr., C. I. Garris, T. E. Steadman, J.
R. Martin, Jr.
Every participant had been well
trained to their parts by Misses Lillian
Gentry, Rosa Straits, Emma
Thomson, and Superintendent McCown.
Those deserving special mention
for the skill with which they
handled their respective parts are:
T. J. Hutto, who impersonated King
Jolly, and Walker Hartzog, the clown.
In addition to this play two drills
were given, "Bouquet of Daisies" and
"Little Shaking Quakers," both of
which reflected credit of the teachers
respectively, Misses Perritt and Gentry
and Misses Piatt and Stokes.
Cut Off Fingers to Stop Gambling.
Cleveland, 0., June 8.?When W.
L. Bernard stood to receive sentence
for having taken $540 of his employer's
money to stake himself in
gambling, Judge Kennedy hazarded
an opinion that Bernard will be will!
ing to bet the court on the sentence.
Bernard brightened up. He said he
would "take a chance" and guessed
two years. The judge told him there
was a seven-^ear limit, but that he
would not play it so strong. Bernard
had lost again, however, the court
said, and made it three years in the
penitentiary at Columbus.
Bernard when convicted a few days
ago asked that in lieu of a sentence
an operation be performed on his
brain to cure him of the gambling
habit. The alienist to whom his application
was referred wanted Bernard's
fingers cut off.
auditorium on Thursday evening last.
The exercises were opened with a
chorus by a number of the girls, fol
lowed Dv tne reading 01 me ciass win,
history, prophecy, and the valedictory.
Mr. Swearingen gave an address
which was quite appropriate after
which the following received diplomas,
presented by Mr. J. A. Wiggins:
Miss Annie Lou Collins, Miss
Lois Ray, Miss Mamie E. McKenna,
and Mr. Elmore Steadman.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Qnick j
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
W. H. Black,, a Barnwell county j
farmer, reported the first cotton
bloom a week ago.
Charleston had the heaviest rainfall
from Thursday night to Friday in
IS years. The fall was 5.93 inches.
The delegates from South Carolina!
to the national Democratic convention
in Baltimore will leave by special
train out of Columbia the 24th at
3 p. m.
Civine Hutchison, Jr., son of Civile
Hutchison, of Greenwood, was
drowned Monday night near Blackshear,
Ga., while fishing with other
young men.
It is estimated that 14,000 acres
of land in Charleston county will
yield this year truck crops valued
at. $2,62,500, netting $1,302,500 to
the growers.
Chester and Rossville townships,
iD Chester county, have each bought
a traction engine for road-working.
They are 25-horsepower, use gasoline
and cost $1,700.
The bill against the State presented
; by Detective u. w. ureignion, ui
Greenwood, has been paid, he having
"itemized" it, as requested by the
comptroller general.
Twelve Charlestonians,' including
ex- Mayor Rhett and Editor Thos. R.
Waring, were fined $10 apiece in the
mayor's court on Friday for over!
speeding in their automobiles.
Harold Jordan, a young white man,
was arrested in Columbia on Friday
or. the charge of passing a bogus
check on W. V. O'Brien, of Charlestot:.
He was taken to Charleston for
1 trial.
Mrs. Martha Boyleston died on
Sunday at her home near Springfield,
1 Orangeburg county. She was 79 years
old, was the mother of 12 children,
grandmother of 78 and great-grandmother
of 24.
Dr. F. M. Routh has completed his
campaign against the hookworm in
Colleton county. He treated 2,658
cases. He found that 80 per cent,
of the Colleton people were infected
with the disease.
A young man named Hayne was
shot in the neck in Lee & Blake's
. store in Greenwood on Tuesday, by
a young farmer, DuPre Shealy. The
. young men had farmed together and
. fell out over some differences in settlement
of their accounts.
Capt. J. M. Bell, a prominent and
useful citizen of Aiken county, died
suddenly on Sunday in the Baptist
church at Montmorenci just after
completing an address to the Sundayschool,
closing with the words, "We
all commit ourselves into His hands."
A committee from the State sinking
fund commission, composed of
Attnrnpv ftpnerai Lvon. Comntroller
General Jones and L. J. Browning,
i chairman of the house ways and
means committee, went to New York
last week to look after the refunding
' of five million dollars of the State
debt.
A curious thing happened in the
graduating class of the Spartanburg
city schools on Thursday. The son
of a Converse college professor won
the Wofford scholarship, and a
daughter of a Wofford college professor
won the Converse scholarship.
There were 17 in the class?
four boys and 13 girls.
WELL WAS A DEATH TRAP.
Four People Lose Their Lives Trying
to Save a Man.
Five persons perished as the re,
suit of being overcome by gas fumes
ir? n trrain wpll at thp dairV Of JaCOb
Sach in Fairmount near Cincinnati,
i A fireman who went into the pit to
get out the bodies also was overcome
i and lies at the city hospital in a serious
condition. Two of the dead are
women.
Four of the victims forfeited their
lives in efforts to rescue Jacob Sachs
1 the first victim. Henry Estermann,
a city fireman, was overcome while
being lowered into the well by means
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of a rope. Me was puueu uui auu
rushed to the hospital.
The firemen then used grappling
' hooks and brought the bodies to the
surface. The well was used by Sachs
for the storage of wet malt feed,
which he fed to his milk cows. The
i grain had fermented and generated
, deadly gases. A ladder was the
means of entrance and exit.
SEIGLER GETS SEVEN YEARS.
Convicted of Manslaughter?Withdraws
Motion for New Trial.
Aiken, June 8.?James G. Seigler,
who on the afternoon of November
17, last year, shot to death Policeman
Wade Patterson, convicted yesterday
of manslaughter, after one of
the most noted trials ever held in
Aiken county, which had consumed
the entire week of general sessions
court, was this afternoon sentenced
by Judge Rice to serve a term of
seven years in the State penitentiary
or on the public works of Aiken county.
Notice was given yesterday afternoon
by attorneys for Seigler that a
motion for a new trial would be made
to-day. When, a little after 12
o'clock, the convicted man was
brought into the court room, however,
and the matter came up, Seigler's
attorneys retired with the prisoner
into the jury room, and after
a conference, W. Q. Davis, Seigler's
father-in-law. announced to the court
that after considering the matter the
prisoner had decided to withdraw the
motion for a new trial.
It had been reported on the street
this morning that this action would
be taken, and it was not a surprise
to the crowd in the court room.
A few minutes afterward, James
G. Seigler entered the dock and stood
up to receive his sentence.
TILLMAN ADDS $300,000.
Amendment to Naval Bill Would
Help Charleston Yard.
WashinetoD. June 5.?At a meet
ing of the senate committee on naval
affairs to-day, Senator Tillman secured
the agreement of the committee
to an amendment to the United
States naval appropriation bill, adding
$300,000 for the purpose of affording
wharf room and berthing at
the Charleston Navy Yard for the
torpedo fleetOnly
$39,000 was appropriated for
the Charleston yard in the hill as it
came from the House. Senator Tillman's
amendment, if adopted, will
make the Charleston appropriation
$339,000, and the senator intends to
fight for it with all his power. He
will he on the conference committe.
Marri<js His Donghter-in-Law.
Spartanburg, June 8.?Approaching
J. J. Burnett, judge of probate,
yesterday afternoon, as he was engaged
in conversation with another
gentleman, a reporter over-heard
them speaking of a marriage in which
there were legal complications, and
asked them about it. He was told
that a man living near the city had
married his daughter-in-law.
Judge J. J. Burnett said that the
man, in applying for the matriage license,
did not mention the fact that
the bride-elect was his deceased son's
widow, and the judge issued the license
in good faith. Later the record
of the marriage was returned to
Judge Burnett's ofiice, as is required
by the marriage law.
Judge Burnett learned that the
man had married his daughter-inlaw
and, upon investigation, discov
ered th.it such a marriage was forbidden
by the State laws of South
Carolina. He wrote to the man, who
consulted an attorney in regard to
the matter.
The attorney to whom the man
was referred is acquainted with the
laws of North Carolina, and the matter
of having the marriage ceremony
performed anew in North Carolina,
in order to evade the South Carolina
I law, was considered. It was found
that North Carolina had no law forbidding
the marriage of a man and
his daughter-in-law.
Elephant Needs a Wooden Foot.
Atlanta, June 7.?The elephant at
Grant Park has worn out one of its
feet, anc: is so badly crippled that the
menagerie keeper is considering the
advisability of petitioning the park
board for money to buy it a wooden
leg.
The left hind foot of the big animal
is all worn down on the side,
like a fat woman's shoe-heel, and has
got so bad that it can hardly navigate
without a serious limp.
Veterinaries who have looked at
the foot express the belief that a
wooden foot could be very easily
manufactured and attached just as
wooden legs are attached to humans
in such a way that the big beast
would not only be saved from further
limping but its very life saved as
well, for the keeper believes that if
something is not done it will catch
cold in the injured foot this winter
and die.
What caused the left hind foot to
wear out before any of the others is
something that the zoo keeper is unable
to explain.
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Ctrr TO DEATH BV BROTHER
HORRIBLE CUTTING SCRAPE ON
SATURDAY EVENING.
Arthur Robinson Now Lies in Jail on
Murder Charge for Cutting His
Brother, Mike.
Slashed almost beyond recognition,
Mike Robinson, a farmer of the Fork
section of the county, was found in
the public road early Sunday morning
near Shepheard's place in a pool
of his own blood, and almost dead.
The man was horribly cut about the
head and face, and had been in the
road for five or six hours before he
was found. Medical attention was
called in but the condition of the
man was such as to be beyond medical
skill, and before he could be
taken to the hospital for treatment,
he died.
Arthur Robinson, brother of the
dead man, is now in the county jail
having been lodged there on the
charge of murder, it being alleged
that he inflicted the wounds on the
dead man which caused his death.
Arthur Robinson himself, is badly
cut but his wounds are not considered
necessarily serious. He has several
cuts about the head and face and
several stabs in the body. Robinson
was brought to this city Sunday afternoon
by Rural Policeman T. M.
Hall. :
It is stated that the two Robinson
brothers were seen in Neeses Saturday
afternoon, and were seen to leave
the town late Saturday night. It is
also stated that they appeared to be
in an intoxicated condition. The
cutting occurred a few miles out from
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took place between 11 and 12 o'clock
Saturday night. The dead man was
not found until about day break on
Sunday omrning, having laid out in
the road all that time. He was discovered
by a negro man early Sunday
morning, who first heard his
cries. When the negro came upon
the wounded man writhing in his
own blood, it is stated that he was
unable to tell whether he was a
white man or a colored man, he was
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so covered with blood.
The most of the wounds inflicted
on Mike Robinson were about his
head. Both sides of his face were
terribly cut. Two long gashes, one
on each side of his face extended
from a point near the mouth almost
to the back of his head. The remainder
of his face was hacked with
cuts a short distance apart. He was
left bleeding in this horribly lacerated
condition for several hours, and
had almost bled to death when he
was discovered.
Arthur Robinson was found in a
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neighbor's house some distance from
where the body of his brother was
discovered. He was also cut about
the head and one of his ears was almost
cut away. He was the last
one seen with his brother, and he was
placed under arrest. When questional
onthnritips hp disclaimed
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any knowledge of the affair. He
was also at a loss to tell how he came
to be in the house of a neighbor. His
wounds were given attention and he
was taken in custody to see his brother.
When he saw the condition of
his brother, he was unable to stand
the strain and fainted away. The
accused man was very much moved
over the affair, and he said that if
he did the cutting, he was entirely
ignorant of it, and he did not know
when it happened or what caused it.
So far as is known there were
no witnesses to the affair, and it will
probably be hard to get any definite
information about the killing.
The two men are between the ages
of 30 and 35 years and Mike Robinson
was the elder of the two.?Orangeburg
Evening News, June 10.
TO EXAMINE HYDE.
Fate of Murderer Rests with This
Commission.
Columbia, June 7.?Gov. Blease
has named as a commission of alienists
to examine Sam Hyde, the Anderson
county man under sentence of
electrocution for July 5, Dr. W. J.
Babcock, superintendent of the Hosnitni
fnr the Insane: Dr. W. G.
House, of Newberry, and Dr. Robert
Wilson, of Charleston, chairman of
the State board of health.
With these men the fate of Sam
Hyde largely rests. This commission
will examine Hyde and report to the
governor, recommending whether he
be electrocuted, his sentence respited
to allow for treatment or the sentence
be commuted to life imprisonment.
Hyde will be brought to the penitentiary
in a few days and the commission
will make the examination soon
thereafter.
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TRAIN KILLS CONGRESSMAN.
Southern Train Kills Representative
Wiekliffe, of Louisiana.
Washington, June 11.?Representative
Robt. C. Wiekliffe, of Louisiana,
was run down on the tracks of the
Southern Railway in Potomac park \,v J|
today and instantly killed. He had
left the capitol yesterday to be away
to-day on a fishing trip. How he happened
to stray on to the railroad > 1
tracks has not been cleared up. The
engineer of the train said he saw the
congressman too late 10 avoid the accident.
News of the tragic death of the
prominent Southern representative
traveled fast, but did not reach Mrs.
Wiekliffe before she had started for
the capitol, as was her daily custom,
to watch the proceedings in the
house. That body, it was said, was
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Wickliffe when several members happened
to catch a glimpse of his wife
in the gallery. There was a hurried
conference. Representatives Estopinal
and Cullom, of Indiana, made
their way quietly to where Mrs.
Wickliffe was sitting and invited her
downstairs to "Speaker Clark's of- ^
There, as gently as they could, they
broke the news to her. Mrs. Wickliffe
fainted. Later she cried to be
taken home. *Mrs. Champ Clark, a
close friend, was quickly summoned. Immediately
after she was seen to
leave the gallery the house adjourned
at 11:50 a. m. until 11 a. m. to- y*j?g
morrow. Memorial services will be .
held later in the session.
Mr. Wickliffe was alone when kill- i
ed. He was paired at the house with
Representative Dupre, of Louisiana, ' ^
for to-day and jocularly explained to
the pair clerk that he was going on
"a fishing trip."
- The accident was on the railroad
embankment at the north end of the
railroad bridge over the Potomac
river just at the entrance to Potomac
park which borders the river in the vSs
southwest section of this city.
Despite a sign at that point warn- / : JIH
ing against trespassing on the rail- ^
road property, Wickliffe was seen to j-||i
climb the elevation, apparently unconscious
of an incoming train. He
was struck and instantly killed. A
deep gash was cut on his forehead -Jg
and the body was badly crushed.
Mr. Wickliffe's watch had stopped
at 9:23 a. m. His body was laid on :|gl
the green near the track and later
carried to the morgue.
PLAYED WITH PISTOL, DEAD.
Isaac Mack Shot by Brother, Wound
Proving Fatal.
Shot in the abdomen accidentally
by his young brother, on John's Is- J
land, Sunday afternoon, Isaac Mack,
colored, died suddenly on a wharf at
Chisolm's Mill yesterday morning,
shortly after he and his mother had
landed there with the intention of >
going to the hospital for medical
treatment
Julia Brown, the mother of the
dead neero. said that the two boys
were fooling with an old pistol Sunday
afternoon when the weapon,
held in the hands of Julian Mack,
suddenly went off, the ball striking , f;
Isaac Mack in the abdomen and in- >
dieting what later proved to be a
mortal wound. The shot which entered
the man's body, was a small 32
ball and the mother states that they
were bound for the hospital to have
it removed, when Mack suddenly
dropped dead on the wharf.
Coroner O'Donnell was summoned
and viewed the remains and had the
body taken to the morgue at the
Roper hospital by the police patrol.
There the inquest will be held this
morning. Julian Mack, who did the
shooting, has been sent for and will
return with his mother this morning
to attend the inquest.?News and
Courier, June 11.
Had Made Money While Prisoner.
Atlanta, June 10.?The story of
how Charles W. Morse, behind the
bars of the Atlanta federal penitentiary,
pulled wires that set deals in
motion in Wall street and brought
a stream of gold to his cell door, is
paralleled in Georgia's own convict
system by that of Wood C. Campbell,
of Columbus, who had been serving
a sentence for manslaughter since
1907 until it was recently terminated
by a commutation. During his imprisonment
he worked in a convict
camp like other Georiga convicts,
but was a "trusty" and found opportunity
to make hundreds of dollars
by dealing in cattle and negotiating
loans.
Campbell is the ex-convict who has
made charges against Hill C. Tuggle,
charging that the former prison inspector
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