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r (Ulji? ^amb^rg feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1912. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 81 Coi SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ( ??D v News Items Gathered All Around the GT3 1 County and Elsewhere. the Ehrhardt Etchings. ove to Ehrhardt, Aug. 5.?Had a regu- for lar fall day Sunday and to-day. Some thr talked about getting cold enough to pi0 build a fire; others got jackets and cas y cloaks, etc., to keep comfortable, his Quite a change in the temperature. spr Mr. Otis L. Copeland, who has gei been traveling salesman for N. Chris- vor A ft ol Uam r rensen & ?uus, ui oeauiuu, uaa tbe changed to Augusta Hardware Co., 1 and will travel the territory for them by that Mr. Sells had. Mr. Copeland Ed has given Christensen & Sons good satisfaction while with them, and a s hopes to make friends and customers f0r in his new territory. W * . Mrs. Annie Furman, of Florida, is boa spending some time with her t0 nephew, Mr. Charles Ehrhardt. She gie left here about 27 years ago. She jjr came to see her brother and sister ^ in particular as well as the balance ^ of her relatives. Mrs. C. W. Carter, ar(] Mr. Adam King, and herself are the remains of a large family, and it is ciaj \ a kind of reunion of the family. It was a joyful meeting, and all are v0^ glad to see her once more. Uj Rev. Mr. Lester, of Prosperity, has cre been assisting Rev. D. B. Groseclose cre carry on a few days' meeting at Mt. a^e Pleasant church. Sunday night he the > preached for us at Ehrhardt Luther- e(j an church. wh, Our chief arrested two colored wo- sejj _v men for fighting on the streets Sat- an(j iC urday afternoon. Miss Pearl Copeland is home for p0j a few days. She is as jovial as ever. j8 ] " the "SHE KNOWS SHE IS GUILTY." Thus Spoke Husband of Mrs. Grace , when Told of Verdict. ^ Newnan, Ga., Aug. 2. ?"In her heart she knows she is guilty," de- C0ll clared Eugene H. Grace at his home rec here this afternoon, when informed jgn that his wife had just been acquitted beg of the charge of shooting him. anc "It's pretty rotten. I don't see gre how they could have even had a mis- a(j^ ^ ? trial. She may be innocent in the mej eyes of men, but she is guilty in the ami eyes of God. pia( "It is bad enough to lie here help- bad less even if I had been shot in a en good cause, but it is almost unbearable when I have been shot in cold jng blood. j i "If tbey will prove that I; so much cou as flirted after my marriage, poor as I am, I will be willing to give tnem f0]j $5,000. She was lying about me try- ^ * ing to push her from a steamer and jn ^ I never asked her for money in my an(j life. 2 "When she testified that she had bUt taken an oath on the Bible to keep kea this shooting a secret she told an in- a^ famous lie. It was a sacrifice on her me: part to bring in God's name." pja Grace declared that he reaffirmed 4 his statement of how he was shot, an(in every detail, because it "is true." jnt, SAVED LIFE OF PRISONER. ^ Abbeville Mob, Foiled, Leaves After Searching Jail. no* COE Abbeville, July 31.?An unsuc- we< cessful attempt at lynching was made * here early this morning by an armed gre mob of 100 men, from Calhoun Falls. ?j~j will wh1a_ J. DC lllieuucu vitjum nao itiu it iuo- | ford, 15-year-old negro, charged with rur cutting a white boy named Ayers, at ghc Calhoun Falls last Saturday. ^ Jailer Cox, warned of'the attempt, r ? % spirited the prisoner away in time to . ' save his life, and there being no gQ0 fe prisoners in the jail, the mob was * permitted to search the building. .. * v Failing to find Willeford, the mob . dispersed. There was no disorder, j Sheriff Lyon kept the prisoner under ^ strong guard all night and carried jg him to Columbia this morning for safe-keeping. gor Ayers is reported at a hospital in Qu Greenwood. Relatives of Willeford ^ claim the negro is weak minded. ^ * Two Score Injured by Tornado. 18 ^ An Yorkville, Aug. 3.?This afternoon _ S6 at 5:30 o'clock, Clover, 10 miles . rac above Yorkville was visited by a very . x a" i . J /n "Drt ^ destructive turiiaau. i au ul luc iwi ria was blown off of the mill building and the machinery was badly dam- ^ aged, so that operation will have to J * be suspended for some time. . A number of the homes of the op- wq eratives were blown down and two we score persons were injured, though ey< none are believed to be seriously hurt. cit The loss of the cottages was covered by insurance to the extent of one half their value. tre \ \ 3LDIERS ANGRY AT "HINT." nfederate Home Inmates Fiercely Resent Dictation. Columbia, Aug. 2.?The issue of leaseism" has invaded the Confed,te home, located in this city, and i inmates there are wrought up >r an alleged effort to induce them cast their vote for Cole L. Blease governor, comipg about, it is said, ough a gentle "hint" to a man emyed about the home that unless he t his vote for Blease he would lose job. This "hint" was promptly ead about, and the old soldiers oeiy resented any euun tiiat taxed of dictating to them as to how y should vote. According to the matter as related an inmate of the house, one Mr. Jones, who works about the home a responsible capacity, and who is supporter of Judge Ira B. Jones governor, stated that Major H. Richardson, the chairman of the ird of trustees of the home, said him that unless he voted for ase he would lose his job. This , Jones promptly told among the soldiers. festerday, it is stated, Major Rich.son addressed the old soldiers ile they were at dinner, and disimed any intention of trying to insnce them as to how7 they should e for governor. In his speech he ogized Blease and claimed for him dit for getting the large apprapridit for getting the large approprid for the maintenance and care of old soldiers, although it is recall that the last Legislature was overelmingly Anti-Blease, and he him: had stated that they were "liars," I simply went against anything he ocated. This the Jones men are nting out, and the whole incident being much discussed throughout city. Country Town Field-Days. in interesting experiment has n under way for some time in enia, a small town in Dutchess nty, N. Y., intended to promote reation and sociability. It is desated as the Amenia field day, and ;an last year with a large attende which this year was very much ater. Its conscious purpose is to i enjoyment to country life by ins of co-operative games and usements, to some extent taking se of the old country fair, which [ become commercialized, and givover to vulgar side shows. On program was printed the follow: f .. You have' got to make the qc attrnptivp Horiallv as the I r if you want to keep the young ts on the farms. t. There is a good deal of work the country, but most of our boys [ girls have forgotten how to play. ;. Baseball is a splendid game, ; it isn't the only one. Every .lthy boy should be interested in least half a dozen others. Don't rely watch others play games; y them yourself! You can't drink strong drink I be an atnlete. Get your boys arested in honest healthy sports, I save them from drink and disation. i. Contests and competitions are , the main things. "The strong Qpete and grow stronger; the ak look on and grow weaker." 5 main thing is play. Learn the at lesson that play is just as necary for your son as work. 5. The community should help to t its own recreations. Its festivals >uld be not only for the people, ; of and by the people, rhere is a whole lot of good sense those six statements, and the >ner the country towns everywhere I it out, and act on it the better will be for them. Others in the crVihnT-VinnH nf Ampnin havp nlrp.adv rned the lesson, and begun to rt field days. It would be a good n to have one once a month right ough the year, varying recreations newhat according to the season, r people work too hard, don't ve play enough, and don't have 1 enough when they do play. It not necessary to exactly copy lenia, but their plan for a day >ms a good one. They had a pale in the morning, with prizes for ) best decorated farm wagon, carge and automobile; then there was picnic luncheon, and afterward acing, athletic games and varied :ertainment in a large tent, finish; with a baseball game and firerks. If country young people re to have something of that sort 5ry once in a while, they would t be so anxious to go off to the ies.?Cincinnati Enquirer. You won't travel very far if you (ad on other people's toes. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quid Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Blease is out in a long statement denying the charges made by hii former friend, John P. Grace. Well it's just a question of who you can to believe, Grace or Blease. William Reed, an Anderson countj negro, was electrocuted at the State penitentiary Tuesday morning of this week, he being the first criminal electrocuted in this State, the electric chair having only recently been installed. Reed was convicted of attempted criminal assault. He con fessed the crime before his death. The supreme court has refused the injunction asked by the street railway company of Charleston forbidding the city council to reduce the rates for lights, power and gas. The reductions ordered by council are: Electric lights from 12 to eight; electric power from 7% to six; gas from $1.20 a thousand to $1.00. It is regarded as a big victory for the city The people of Spartanburg were to have held an indignation meeting Tuesday evening to protest againsl the .howling down of Grace and the rowdyism prevalent at the meeting but as the city council took actior and dismissed several policemen, the meeting was called off. However the people of that city seem determined that the mayor shall resign, il they can force him to do so. HOW THE MONEY GOES. High Cost of Living Facts Worth Thinking About. , Do you wear them? Foolish question. Of course yor do. Your mother never had a pair it her life and you were brought lip or 25-cent cotton ones and taught tc put in new feet when the old one? were past darning, but in these day? of sensitive feeling3 and low shoes darned hosiery is an impossibility And when one can get silk stockings for 29 cents, and for a cent or twc less than that on bargain days, one wonders that cotton hose are mad? at all. Of course, you don't get the 29cent grade if you can possibly help it, and of course, silk does not weai well, but it is so much more comfortable. At least, it makes one fee' much better, particularly when one's neighbors and even one's maid, the waitress at the restaurant and the clerk in the store all flaunt gossamerclad insteps in one's face figurativelj sn^akiner. Under such conditions ii is quite to be expected that even th( baby's socks must be of silk. Not to change the subject, thougt it may seem to, do you faint or g( into hysterics when you see the tele graph boy at the door? Certainly not. Your mother would have knowi that news of death or disaster await ed her inside the dreaded "yellov envelope." But times have changed This is probably a night letter fron John explaining that he has beei too busy to write. This remind: you that you have been too busy, too so you reply to his message with i similar one. So convenient, thes* night letters. And, by the way, you also forgo' to drop that line you promised to th< friend in Chicago. Never mind. Cal up on long-distance. You can say i lot in three minutes if you really se about it. Would you walk three blocks ii the hot sun or wait for a street car' Would you think of buying a 5-cen drink in a drug store? Would yoi dare risk your reputation by taking a friend to a theatre without "buy ing" afterward? And do these things, or do the] not, have anything to do with th< "high cost of living?"?Milwauke< Sentinel. OUTLAWS WERE NOT THERE. Sidna Allen and Wesley Edward; Reported Near Seattle. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 4.?Informa tion that Sidna Allen and Wesle: Edwards, the Virginia outlaws, wer< believed to to be hiding in the vicin ity of Seattle, caused the federa and county authorities to conduct i thorough search of the surrounding country for the men, but neither wa: found. Allen is said to have beei seen in Ballard, a Seattle suburb two weeks ago, but since that tim< no trace of him or of Edwards ha; been found. The local authoritie; kept the fact of their search secre and it has just become known. J MRS. GRACE NOT GUILTY. < i Jury Deliberated Two Hours?Ver> diet Received in Silence. 4 Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 2.?"Twelve ^ good men and true," to-day declared Daisy Opie Grace "not guilty-' of the charge of shooting her husband, Eugene H. Grace, with intent to murder. : The verdict was reached after two 3 hours' deliberation, during which the 1 ' accused woman underwent all the ? 5 agonies of one in her position. When . she was supported into the court , ' room just before the entrance of the , s jury at 5 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. j 5 Grace appeared to be bordering on , collapse. Trembling from head to ^ foot she was assisted to the chair she 1 - had occupied all during the trial, , which began last Monday, and await ed the verdict. i As the juryment filed in, one by ^ > one, Mrs. Grace straightened herself ] - in her chair, then sank back and , - gritted her teeth. > "Gentlemen of the jury, have you ( 5 agreed upon a verdict?" ] Judge Roan's inquiry broke a si- . - lence similar to that of the tomb. j t . "We have," responded the fore man. "We find the defendant not , . guilty." ( > Utters Fervent Prayer. , . Several seconds elapsed before a ( 'n +V>ot /innrnnm otirroH Mrs. . I DUU! m " I > Grace bowed her head and uttered . a fervent prayer. Then the newspa- i t per men making a mad scramble for , 5 the door to get the news to the world, transformed the scene into . one of activity. Some enthusiastic ; * spectator gave vent to his feelings , and shouted. There was some hand ( clapping. Judge Roan raised his , hand and any demonstration that ] might have occurred was quickly 1 suppressed. , While Mrs. Grace's head was still , bowed, Attorney Moore, at her side, , 1 arose and said: , "Your honor, Mrs. Grace would j 1 like to thank the jury." Like one in a daze, the woman j ) was assisted to her feet. J "Gentlemen," she said in a voice , ! hardly audible, "I want to thank you ^ - * 3. X ^ ?f ior your Kinuuess ui me. ? She sank back, inert, while friends , crowded around her and grasped her 3 limp hand. Not even a smile ex' pressed the relief she must have felt 5 after her terrible ordeal. Women struggled frantically to reach the place where she sat only to [ be forced back without reaching their , goal. The juryment remained in their * places even after they had been dis- , charged. A full minute elapsed and 3 then Mrs. Grace arose and was assist? i ' ed to the jury box. For the first time ' she showed a sign of animation as silently she clasped the hands of each one of these twelve men who had t spoken their belief in her innocence ' and had given her freedom. ; Mrs. Grace was helped from the 1 court room immediately afterwards. * It was announced that she would " leave to-night for her old home in ' Philadelphia. Her joy had to be 1 tempered with sorrow. Hardly had she heard of her acquittal before she , 1 was handed a telegram announcing ' that her blind son in the Quaker City , 1 was seriously ill. Mother love then 1 conquered every other feeling and 3 her only thought then was to reach ' his bedside. 1 The Court's Charge. Argument in the case was conclud y ed shortly after 1 o'clock and Juage " Roan immediately began his charge ' to the jury. In this charge he said: "You have heard the defendant | make her statement. She was not subject to examination or cross-examination, and her statement was i } not made under oath. The jury can ' take that statement as it sees fit. It can believe it all or reject it all as J it sees fit. It can believe one portion 9 or reject another portion as it sees fit. In other words it is for the jury to determine the force and effect that j shall be given her statement. "There is some evidence, two leta ters claimed to be in one envelope and addressed to Mrs. Grace, claimed to have been mailed in Atlanta and addressed to Newnan, and, further3 more, the envelope is claimed to have been 'backed' by Eugene H. - Grace. The defense claims one of f the letters was in the handwriting of 5 Eugene H. Grace. I simply let in ~ the two letters for you to determine 1 one point. If you believe that E. H. i Grace backed the envelope or wrote I the letter these letters should be ex 5 eluded." i < ? Those who insist upon having the b biggest half do not seem to realize s that there is no such thing, s There are more chances to show a t woman's shapely arms, but they are not always preferred by her. A SAMPLE OF "BLEASEISM" ??? 1 EGGS THROWN AT CHARLESTON MAYOR IN SPARTANBURG. Howling Crowd Refuses to Permit t Speaker to Make Himself Heard. Police Fail to Preserve Order. ' Spartanburg Aug. 3.?Rotten eggs 1 were thrown, Blease men shouted and 1 the police force failed to preserve any c semblance of order to-night in a the- 1 atre filled with 1,200 representative ( voters of Spartanburg and 100 mill operatives who had congregated in ] the building to hear Mayor John P. 4 Grace, of Charleston, who attempted * to speak. After frying from 8:30 5 to 11 o'clock to get a hearing and ( luring this time speaking only about * 15 minutes, the Charleston mayor 1 ijave it up as a hopeless task, and 1 the 100 mill operatives who had ] tiowled him down congregated out- 1 3ide of the building and continued * their rowdy tactics. Mayor Grace luit trying with the statement that 1 tie would see Blease tried, convicted 1 and put behind the bars of the State 1 penitentiary. 1 The meeting opened at 8:30 J 3'clock. O. L. Johnson, mayor of the ^ :ity, some say, was out of town; oth- ] srs say he was not. At any rate, Al- 1 lerman 0. W. Leonard, mayor pro tern, attempted to preside and made 1 a failure. He managed somehow to ?et through his introduction and 1 then Mayor Grace arose. ( Cheers for Blease, Jeers for Grace. 1 "Hurrah for Coley," and "We want { Blease," "Who are you?" "Go back * to Charleston," "Your eyes are too ' slose together," and the like resound- 1 5d from the gallery where perhaps a 1 hundred Blease supporters were con- 3 gregated. Mayor Grace, who was suffering from a cold, several times 1 got a start, only to be stopped on the lompletion of a sentence. He appeal- * ed to the men who live within a stone's throw of Cowpens and King's Mountain, where their ancestors fought for liberty, to accord him the privilege of free speech, for which ^ their forefathers had died. Such a plea, of course, had no effect on the ] men in the gallery and the jeers con- ! tinued. J Attacks Blease's Record. After some time,, Mayor Grace was permitted to utter a few sentences, while some of the leaders of the 1 howling down brigade were outside, < it is said. He assailed Blease's reference to the constitution, when the governor is said by Grace to have sai'd, "To hell with the constitution." He appealed to the mill hands on this j ground and pointed out that Ira B. Jones sat on the supreme court bench, which upheld a decision giving one of their number a verdict of 1 ?7 ftftA qoraincf T.owis W Parker's i I V V V ?.V ?? . . . ? . mill because the mill blacklisted him I and prevented him from securing ] work. i Then the howlers down returned. Bitterness was growing fast. The 1 would-be presiding officer asked every ; citizen who would volunteer to be ] sworn in as a special officer to come ; on the stage. Hundreds responded. ? But the sheriff of the county appeared and in lieu of a police force said < he would keep order'. He did for a few minutes, but then pandemonium : again broke loose worse than ever. This continued until Mayor Grace : stopped trying. ; Rotten Eggs Thrown. On one occasion, some one threw an over-ripe egg on the stage. This was quickly followed by another. Mayor Grace dared the "nigger" who threw it to come on the stage. He ; then apologized to the several negroes in the gallery for referring to the monster who threw the egg as a member of their race. Grace assailed Blease's record, but < only got him as far as the alleged stolen essay in college Derore. ne was howled down. The Spartanburg police force came in for much bitter , criticism for the part it played. The Charleston mayor reiterated that this : could never happen in his city, and on more occasions than one advised Mayor Pro Tern Leonard to resign. He said the Spartanburg police were i worse than those in New York. Several Fights. Several fights occurred outside the < building. One young man soaked a i Bleaseite in the face and both were < arrested. The young man put up bond and the friends of the other contributed to his bond and then paraded him around the streets as a < hero, while the police department ' looked on. Many a man is friendless because he's too popular with himself. We would be unhappy if we knew everything that is going on or coming off. SPARTANBURG POLICE FIRED. Vlayor to be Asked to Resign as Result of Riot at Grace Meeting. ?????? 0 Spartanburg Aug. 5.?Following :heriot in the theatre Saturday night, ivhen Mayor Jno. P. Grace, of Chareston, attempted to speak and a por:ion of the crowd yelled him down, md when the police force failed to preserve any semblance of order, the lity council held a meeting to-night, it which the matter was threshed )ut. At this meeting Chief of Police J. E. Vernon and Lieuts. Cudd and rohnson were discharged. Johnson is - - - ? . \' V i relative of tne mayor. Tne meetng was attended by five aldermen, )ne remaining away. Mayor 0. L. Fohnson was not present. The men vere discharged because they failed :o obey the orders of Mayor Pro Tern Leonard, who presided at the meetng, and who attempted to keep down :he noise Saturday night. Elected in the place of the officers . .. . -etired were Chief Moss P. Hayes, formerly captain; Capt. R. C. Hall, vho was chief in a former adminis:ration. Privates S. J. Alverson and ; klex Fleming were promoted to be ieutenants. Four additional privates will be chosen at the next meetng of council. The petitions which are in circula;ion in the city, calling upon O. L. lohnson to resign as mayor, are beng signed by many of the leading jitizens. There is no way to force iis resignation. It was alleged in in inquiry to-day that M^yor Johnson issued orders to his policemen to irrest no one in the building, unless the person was using profanity or became very disorderly. His men, it is said, were to arrest no one for celling and hence the breaking up of the meeting. The following affidavit was secured this afternoon: 'State of South Carolina?County of ^ Spartanburg. "Personally appeared before me R. W. Knox and made oath that' he beard Mayor 0. L. Johnson say he was not going to appoint any extra policemen, and he did not care how much Mr. Grace was howled down, and if any were arrested he would turn thenrtoose. "This conversation took place In Rawling's barber shop, on North ./ . . , Church street, about 6 p. m., on Au- ? gust 3. (Signed) "W. P. KNOX. "W. P. Irwin, Jr., Notary Public." * SERIOUS CRIME CHARGED. Darky Accused of Attempted Assault Captured After Hot Race. Lexington, Aug. 5.?Charged with ^ the serious crime of attempting an assault upon tl^ wife of a well-known white citizen residing about four miles from Lexington, Olin Watson, a negro, was lodged in the Lexington county jail late Saturday evening by Sheriff Sim J. Miller. The crime is alleged to have been attempted on r -JtZi Saturday, when the negro appeared at the house of the woman and asked for something to eat. Later he returned and asked if the husband of the woman was at home, and upon being advised that hp was not, the negro is said to have made advances, whereupon the woman picked up her infant and hurriedly left the house, going to a mill near by, where she broke the news of what had happened. It is said that the negro evidently feared the result, and left the community, coming to the court house. In the meantime the sheriff had been notified of what had occurred, and the officer at once went to work on the case. After securing a description of the negro, Sheriff Miller kept on the watchout for the man, believing that he was in the, town of Lexington at the time. Late in the even- - , ing he discovered a negro passing the jail going toward the depot, and the officer followed. The negro realizing that he was about to be captured, made a hasty run for the depot, Sheriff Miller in pursuit. For several hundred yards the negro and the officer had a warm foot race, and when Watson found out that the sheriff was rapidly outstretching him, he dodged behind a large, tree on the side of the road. Sheriff Miller ran r?n hv the np?rn fnr a few steDS. when he suddenly came to a halt and nabbed the negro by force. So far there has not been any excitement and no fears of summary vengeance is anticipated. ( Watson is said to be from Saluda county, but has been driving a lumber wagon for the past several weeks for a prominent saw mill man near Lexington. Rub-My Tism will cure you.