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r I One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,1912. Established 1891. J COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ] SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. v News Items Gathered All Around the ' County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. j Ehrhardt, Aug. 12.?The Caro- j lina Gin Co. have their gins and press in place. As soon as the engine ( ill -U ? 3.. comes cut?,) wm ue reauji tu gu iw ? k work. Mr. Henry" Ehrbardt has ? charge of the machinery and promises to give farmers the best of service this year. Some of the farmers are talking about their open cotton. Rev. D. B. Groseclose is away on his month's vacation. He has gone to his old home to visit his old mother, who will no doubt be glad to see j him and he to see her. j Mr. Julius D. Fender and Miss * Lucy Carter were married Sunday afternoon by Rev. E. A. McDowell at the Rev's, home. Quite a crowd witnessed the marriage. t It is reported on a certain young , lady that when the 'phone rings the t call bell, before she will go to answer g oVio cnoo hof nro hpr mirror wvjlv* v ? ? * and looks at herself to be sure that her curls and general appearance is to her taste. Another young lady sits and listens to a freight train moving off. Says its the prettiest sound she ever heard; says it sounds like it calls < the name of her best fellow. Ha! ha! ha! The old farmers have it that a thick shuck on corn foretells a cold winter, and that lots of marriages indicate hard times. Look out for \ both of these, if there is anything in their signs. Prepare. Bamberg ball team crossed bats with Ehrhardt team on the latter's. grounds last week, resulting in 3 to 6 in favor of the home team. The game was enjoyed by the ladies as well as the boys. Quite a number of strangers in town visiting, but am minus of their names, so can't inform the public as to who they are. The Ehrhardt Grocery had out its sign, "Fresh Cold Ice For Sale," last week. Mrs. J. Monroe Kinard was laid to rest in the St. John's burial ground last week. She was sick only a short ? C -ri'V. ^ \k?ex xui+ll thp hp Vf Ull^ T? V OJ v^v J. reaved husband and relatives left be- ? hind to mourn her early departure ^ from this earth. JEE. c ^ Govan Dots. c / 1 Govan, Aug. 12.?Plenty of rain and protracted meetings in fodder t , pulling season makes a fellow get r busy. j Miss Letha Fail has returned home c from an extended trip to Guvton and f other points in Georgia. a Mrs. Nettie Hutto, of Georgia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. D. E. Hutto. ^ Mr. D. W. Kittrell was in our midst Sunday. The chain gang is doing seme very ^ efficient and much needed work c around Govan now. Mr. G. W. Fail, Jr., and Miss Pearl r Morris, Mr. W. C. Kearse and Miss Sarah Morris, were happily united in the bonds of matrimony on Sunday, r +>i^ 1 1 inotant _T S FMplris Xo O-XViX , tary Public, officiated. t Death of Mrs. Kinard. s Olar, Aug. 11.?On yesterday the j sweet young wife of Mr. Monroe Kin- j ard fell asleep on death, as a tired j. * babe upon its mother's breast. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. c George R. Ayer, and out of a family j. of fifteen children she was the first t j W to die. The writer knew her from infancy, t and she was a queenly girl?so j. young, so sweet,, so pure, so inno- c cent, and just as she was blooming into womanhood, death claimed her q for its own. However, in the short ^ nieteen years of her pure life she f made the world better for having lived. ( To the bereaved ones we extend s all the sympathies that a bleeding t heart can give, for we know the full j meaning of-the passing through "the a valley of the shadow of death." L ? l Becomes Mother at Age of Eleven, fc c Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. 12.?The youngest mother recorded in Iowa I medical history is an 11-vear-old girl t from near Davenport, who gave birth to a healthy 8% pound child at the ( University hospital to-day. The hos- t N . pital authorities did not make public i the girl's name. a * 'INFERNAL MACHINE" GOES OFF Fatally Injures One, Hurts Another, During Belated Explosion. Hi'sh Point, N. C., Aug. 10.?W. VI. -l. sbee, manager of the local express office, was probably fatally injured and L. C. Morton, cashier, bady hurt by the explosion to-day of an 'infernal machine," which was about :o be consigned to the "old hoss" heap. The package, addressed to Charles L. Hoover, and shipped from Thomasville, had been in the office several months. When Busbee startid to open it to ascertain its contents, t exploded, burning him about the face and chest. It is believed by the police that the package was intended or Charles Hooper, postmaster and nfluential politician at Thomasville, the sender evidently thinking it 7/ould be returned to that address, it is said an arrest is expected soon oo OA U IUC vao^. Wesley Chapel Picnic. On last Thursday we had the pleasire of attending the picnic at the ibove place, and it would not be flatting those good people there to say that there are no cleverer people n the world. The Folks, Varns, fullers, Rizers, Kearses, Keys, and ithers would put to shame "an Arab vith a stranger for a guest," when it. omes to true, unassuming, openlearted hospitality. We met persons from four coun;ies, and we heard nothing but praise )f the Wesley Chapel people and the jicnic. The surprise of the day was the speaker. When clever Miley Varn ^ot up and introduced the orator of hp dav and announced the name Of Hiss Ida Fishburne, everybody, or at east many of us, were truly astounded, when she arose, and began a >eautiful talk. She is very attractve in appearance, with lovely eyes, a nouth simply perfect, a form truly ; aultless, and a voice as sweet as the iiren's song, but rather too weak to ill a large edifice. She handled her ubject, Sunday-school work, splenlidly, much better than some efforts nade by the sterner sex on the same ines. She is an officer in the Word's 5unday-school Association, and it < vould be hard to find her equal in itness for the position she holds. ; Mature gave her a splendid mind, ind art has given it that polish that nakes it shine as a beacon. She is i graduate of Columbia college and tas taken a post-graduate course, reently, in New York. The Sundayichools of the independent Empire >f Colleton are fortunate in having he services of Miss Fishburne. The crops that we see in passing hrough the country will surely not nake more than half of a normal 'ield. Here and there are small spots >f fairly good crops, but, taking one ield with another, the general averige is very poor. ON THE WING. Country Correspondence. Mr. G. W. Folk, of Clear Pond, las been teaching a singing class at Sassafras, and nis session naving tnded, the Sunday-school gave a picric last Saturday. We understand a rerv pleasant day was spent. Misses Marie Smoak and Virginia Seigler, of Sassafras neighborhood, ire visiting relatives at Denmark his week. Some young folks bediked themelves in varied costumes and visit'd Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hughes last Friday evening, at a "tacky" party. )idn't hear who carried away the lonors of the most stylish. Misses Virginia and Grace Hill, >f our midst, are enjoying a visit to 1 heir aunt, Mrs. W. A. Jordan, at Johnston. 1 Mr. Steedley Hughes, of Charles- : on. spent a few days last week with lis father's family. His friends were ?lad to see him home again. Miss Georgie Emma Jordan spent Thursday and Friday in Denmark, he guest of Mesdames Laurie Sandi- 1 er and J. L. Smoak. Mr. David B. Hill left Sunday for Cleveland, Ohio, where he will first et sail in life's canoe as an elec- 1 rical engineer. He graduated in 'une at Clemson college and was ssigned this position by the college ipon his graduation. We miss David rom our midst, but we wish for 1 lim the very best that life can hold ?ut. - - - " TT 1 J Little MISS Lva nugues rciuiucu iome a few days ago from a visit o Ulmer. Messrs. W. M. Sandifer and Alonzo 21ark, of Johnston, made a hurried 1 rip in our midst last week, return- ; ng Thursday with Mesdames Clark 1 md Berry and children. IN THE PALMETTO STATI SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quid Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. At Spartanburg last Friday Judge Jones read a telegram from the Daughters of the Confederacy, whe said they were working and praying for his success. Jno. C. Daniel, who has been su perintendent of schools at Manninj for several years, has been electee superintendent at Darlington tc succeed Nathan Toms, who resigned It is stated that James U. Jacksor and other capitalists will soon appl] for a charter for an electric railway to be built from Augusta to Colum bia. It is expected to have the roac in operation in twelve months. The city council of Charleston ha: granted a franchise to another stree railway company, and the terms o: the franchise provide that work mus' A/1 irt fl'v rv?AT)f^C A OinO*lx UC &iai ICU ill OiA uiuuius. n. track is to be laid on the battery although there was considerable op position on the part of some citizens At the State campaign meeting ir Laurens yesterday the candidate: for State offices were asked how the} stood for governor, and Thos. H Peeples, of Barnwell, J. R. Earle, oi Oconee, said they were going to sup port Blease. The candidates foi State treasurer and railroad commis sioner sidestepped the question. At torney General Lyon was not queS' tioned. Sings Duet^ with Himself. Geramn physicians are trying tc discover the mystery of a man witl a double voice. His normal voice if a baritone of wide range, but ir singing he is able to accompany himself in a higher key. The Berlinger Klinische Wohens chrift says that Dr. Schreir introduced this man at a recent meeting o! the Berlin Laryngological Society the members of which examined him without being able to throw any lighi on this human duet. In demonstrating his faculty h( sings an air that in the normal, ther in the double voice. Unfortunately when the laryngoscope is in positior for study the double singing is produced with great difficulty and the artist would not permit the use ol cocaine. The possession of the double voice makes it easy for him to imitate various instruments. As thi: class of mimetics and also ventriloquists have already been studiec profitably with radiography the thought lay near to use this diagnostic resource in the present subject The skiagrams showed enough tc suggest to Shreier that the double voice was produced by the simul taneous action of the vocal chords and epiglottis. Others have suggested that the extra voice mighi have been produced with the sofi palate or ventricular bands. It is highly improbable that it can be produced by the vocal cords alone. As the vibrations cannot be seen theii causation must remain conjectural.? Cleveland Plain Dealer. THERE WILL BE EARLY FROST If the Oid Sign About Fog Holds Good This Year. According to an old tradition there will be frost sixty days after the firsl fog in August. There was a heavj fog on Friday morning, August 2 and if the sign comes true then there will be frost about the first or seconc of October. However, it is said thai this sign is like all other signs, never infallible. In commenting or signs the Augusta Herald says: A ring around the moon, lightning -? ^ ^ V?n?Acf of r>iorV?i Ill lilt? 11U1 L11 diili uui ci u xxi^m and other signs are said to indicate rain for the next day, but all signs fail sometimes in dry weather. A cotton man said Friday morning thai if a killing frost would come sixty days after the first fog in August cotton should go up a cent per pound on the strength of it. This year's crop will be later and the farmers want frost to come as late in the fall as possible. An early frost would prevent great quantities of cotton bolls from maturing and with a late crop there must necessarily be a late fall for ah even fair yield will be far short of what it was last year and as the farmers are facing the prospect of only a moderate sized, and in many instances, short crop, they want the frost to stay away as late as possible in order to let all the cotton bolls mature that are on the plant. J AWAIT ACTION OF GRAND JURY. ^ Plantation Manager and Overseer 5 on Cliarges of Peonage. I Savannah, Aug. 8.?Jonas Kilpatrick general manager of E. T. Comer's plantation at Millhaven, Ga., and R. Lee Chew, an overseer there, were held under bond at $1,000 each on the charge of peonage, to await 3 action of the federal grand jury at 3 the end of hearings before United i 3 States Commissioner Walter G. God= win, here this afternoon. Similar r charges against E. T. Comer, his - brother, J. W. Comer, and Mungeon F I Peele, another overseer, were dis 1 missed. t > The Comer plantation is among t the largest single tracts of cultivated s i land in the United States. The men c jr who work there do so "on shares." j j Some of these men, negroes, are al- a . ieged to have sold stolen goods, from j 1 the plantation to "blind tiger" keep- a ers outside the plantation. Late in 3 May two negroes suspected of these t thefts left and were found at Aiken, 4( ? S. C., where a rural policeman ar- ^ j. rested them. There was no warrant, ^ j but witnesses sai? the negroes made no objection to returning to the plan- . ' tation. They were handcuffed until ^ they reached Georgia. The negroes, v Evans Martin and George Smith, said in their testimony to-day that they ^ ' were on their way; back to Georgia when arrested and''after they reach- * ' ed the plantation believed they were ^ free to go or stay. ' r TYRUS ROUTS A TRIO OF THUGS. 1 \ - Demand His Cash, But Get a Trounc- S ing. ^ < C Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. iz.?iy uodd e was attacked and stabbed in the b back by three unidentified men in v Detroit early to-day while on his way a to the train which was to bring him ( and the Detroit team to this city for g l an exhibition game this afternoon, s Cobb's agility saved him from se- C rious injuries and. possible death. His t injuries are slight. I ^ Cobb, accompanied by his wife, ( was driving his automobile to the g ' station when three men ordered the a J car to halt. t The men were partly intoxicated t and when the machine came to a g stop Cobb jumped out and began to f argue with the men. ' The trio then demanded money of the ball player and with the demand r all three made a lunge at Cobb. s p He attacked the trio and then be- s gan a battle royal. One man was I knocked down with a blow on the i chin, another began to run, while I the third grabbed Cobb around the t j neck. They clinched. e While wrestling the thug pulled a 5 knife and inflicted a wound in Cobb's s back. Cobb finally shook off his as- 1 sailant before he could cause any ( further injury. r Cobb was treated here to-day on 3 the arrival of the Detroit team. Two c stitches were required to close his i | wound. . i t Electrocuted in Columbia. 3 . Columbia, Aug. 13.?Alex Weldon, 3 the Florence county negro who was * convicted in 1910 on the charge of . - killing Elihu Move, a prosperous 1 r planter, was electrocuted at the State . penitentiary this morning at 11:18 o'clock. He made a talk of ten minutes af- 1 ter being seated in the chair and bit- r terly denied that he was guilty. "I v ? can not face God Almighty with a lie 6 ' E t on my lips," said the negro, as the " ? r metal cap was being placed over his * head. . f ' s x Uttering a prayer, he declared he I was an innocent man just as the cur2 h rent was turned on. The current was . applied by J. C. Robbins, a guard at * , the prison. 1 m o Why We Are Late. 3 f m* " 1 ^ i- 1?,? _ TJ ' i. ne neraia is uxit? uav iauc m w- p i suing this week, but it could not be g 5 helped, as our supply of blank paper a l did not arrive, although it should v : have been here more than a week y ago. We were forced to get some by n ' express from a near-by newspaper i 1 friend in order to complete this fi week's issue. Had we known in a ^ time that we would be late we would n * have published an account of the t Denmark campaign meeting, which s ; j we understand was more exciting s t than the meetings previously held, a ' on account of spats between the can- f didates. However, it was impossible ^ ; for us to be present at the meeting, t, i and we cannot, therefore, report it. ^ S18.00 suits now $13.25, all wool, 1 ; perfect fit. Write F. G. MERTINS, t] Augusta, Ga. u We cover all kind of umbrellas and s: parasols. Write F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. I iVAISON TALKS HARSHLY. 3LEASE BITTERLY DENOUNCED BY FORMER FRIEND. Vatson Gives His Version of BleaseKing-Watson Episode at Governor's Mansion. The following statement from 0. J. Watson concerning the KingVatson-Blease episode has been oade public: I have tried to keep out of the lapers as much as possible with ref:nce to the King-Watson affair at he governor's mansion, of which here has been so much said, but the governor has not seen fit to let up in either Mr. King or myself, and notice his statement in the Herald md News, of Newberry of Friday, August 2nd, and I cannot help but .nswer same. Who Watson Is. The question has been asked, 'Who is O. M. Watson?" Olin M. Vatson is a son of the late O. A. Vatson,, who shed some of the best ilood ever spilled upon Virginia soil n defense of his country. Olin M. Vatson is a son of widow Watson, yho lives on Buncombe street, .nd who is a sister of Capt. J. B. lumbert, of Laurens county. Olin 1. Watson is a nephew of Capt. Joe 5. Humbert, of Laurens county; the ate Emory Watson, who was a pasor of the Methodist conference was ay uncle. E. O. Watson, pastor of Vashington Street church, Columbia, 1. C., is my cousin. G. P. Watson, 'astor of the First Methodist church, laffney, S. C., is also my cousin. I ould give name after name of good iigh class citizens of South Carolina /ho are closely connected with me nd am willing to measure blood with 'ole L. Blease, and I defy him to ;ive his record of kin folks and himelf, and let the good people of South Carolina see who has the better ilood running through their veins, iet the people judge who is the hobo, )lin M. Watson or the slanderer, ;rafter, liar and thief, Cole L. .Blease nd I dare the said Cole L. Blease to ell me to my face just the words hat I have repeated, and which will ;ive me great pleasure to tell him ace to face. In Good Standing in Lodges. He has tried, or his friends, to ake capital by making the lying tatement that I was not in good tanding in the lodges to which I beong. I am a member in good standng with all dues paid, of Walden ,odge, A. F. *M. No. 274; am secreary of said lodge. I am also Sachm of Tallulah Tribe No. 33, I. 0. R. with all dues paid up. I am alo Worthy Patron of the order of eastern Star. I am also Assistant ehief Hay-maker of Tallulah Tribe, Jo. 33%. I am also past N. G. of fountain Lodge, Independent Order if Odd Fellows. Incident at Governor's Mansion. The facts are these, as to what lappened at the governor's manion: Mr. J. N. King and myself, who tad been strong friends of Governor 31ease, went to his mansion about 2 ('clock on Sunday, found Mr. Blease n his night robe with Sam J. Nich>ls and another elderly gentleman, n the room and a quart bottle of vhiskey on a table with the contents uostly gone. Neither Mr. King nor nyself were under the influence of whiskey while in the mansion; neithir did we take a drink while there, tor did we say anything that the ;overnor could take offense at. In act, he ordered us out of the manion because Mr. King had asked dm for a respite of thirty days for n old negro who had been sentenced o be executed. This request seemed o enrage him, and he ordered us ut of the mansion. As we went out Irs. Blease was standing ' at the ront door of the mansion. Mr. Cing introduced me to Mrs. Blease. he talked to us several minutes and sked us to return at any time that :e saw fit, she not knowing that Ir. Blease had ordered us from the aansion. After leaving the mansion stopped, and not being fully satised told Mr. King I would go back nd see what Cole meant by the manor in which he had talked to us, hat I could not see how he could inult us after we had been such trong friends and supporters of him nd he being a brother in some of he orders to which I belonged. I ent back and told him I would like d talk to him. Mr. King refused to o. He (Mr. Blease) asked me what wanted to talk about. I told him bat he had been a little rough with s, and that I thought he should conider the respite for that old negro (Continued on Page 8, Column 5) YOUNG FARMER DROWNED. Edward Brady, of Cherokee, Meets with Tragic End. Gaffney, Aug. 12.?Edward Brady, a well known young Cherokee county farmer, who lived near this city, was drowned in Broad river, near Goat Island, this evening at about 4 o'clock. A party of fishermen left the city this morning for a day at Broad river. The party went in seining, and young Brady, who was a poor swimmer, got in water too deep for him and went out. Jesse Brady, his father, who was with the party, made a brave attempt to rescue the young man, but without avail. Up to this hour, the body has not been recovered. Brady was about 18 years of age, and enjoyed a good reputation in the community. Confederate Home Embroglio. / / Columbia, Aug. 12.?Old soldiers quartered there and the officials of the Confederate home are busy writ-^ ing articles to the papers explaining the pros and cons of the recent difficulty resulting in the whole State being aroused over the situation; fierce resentment being expressed at what is said to have been a "hint" to one of the old soldiers that, unless he voted for Blease, he would be discharged; the suspension of a veteran from Lancaster county, the home of Judge Jones, for thirty days, and the charge by Mr. Jno. J. McMahan that the chairman of the board, Major Richardson, in allowing himself salary is violating the law. The controversy begun over the publication of a statement coming from an old soldier to the effect that an employee of the home, Edward Jones,, a supporter of Judge Ira B. Jones for governor, had been given a "hint" by Major H. W. Richardson, the chairman of the board, that unless he voted for Gov. Blease he ... would De "nrea. ' me matter was aired in the press and Major Richardson denied any attempt at coercing the old soldiers or attempting to influence them to vote for Blease. It seems that Major Richardson made a speech to this effect at the home and denied Veteran Massey the right to reply, at least that is the charge. Subsequently more charges and denials passed and then Veteran Mas- v sey was suspended from the home for thirty days on the charge of being drunk, and in a card Major Richardson stated that he had a petition signed by a number of the veterans, asking that Massey be barred from the old Soldiers Home. It should have been stated that Major Richardson is an ardent supporter of Gov. Blease. Former Representative J. J. McMahan, who is running for the legislature in this county, wrote a letter to the press in which he stated that the records showed that Major Richardson had been drawing a salary and pointed out that the act creating the home allowed the members of the board - /*? i ?ti. no salary, hie cauea ior ligni. In his reply Major Richardson stated that he had drawn the salary as treasurer of the home, saying, "As chairman I draw no salary. The money I earn is for my services as treasurer, bookkeeper and general manager. The last card was signed by thirty of the old soldiers at the home and declared that they have no knowledge of the petition which Major Richardson says he holds from a number of them asking for the permanent discharge of Veteran Massey. The whole matter has caused intense interest throughout the State and the people are stirred up over it. It is said that out of about thirty odd soldiers who reside at the home all favor Judge Jones but about six. Four-Year-Old Boy Kills Brother. Auburn, N. Y., Aug 11.?Imitat ing what he said he had seen in moving pictures, four-year-old Leo Avery, son of Merton Avery, picked up a revolver he found lying on a mantle piece in his home to-day and fired a bullet into the brain of his twoyear-old brother, Floyd, killing him instantly. The father of the two boys, who is a night watchman at a factory, left the revolver where he thought it out of reach. Leo, however, climbed on a chair, and spied the weapon. As his little brother todd^d into the room, the boy playfully pointed the rpvnlvpr at him and nulled the trig ger. The child stumbled into the kitchen and died almost instantly in his mother's arms. Carhartt's Overalls and gloves $1.00. Write F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. Suit cases and hand-bags 25 per cent. off. Write F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga.