Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

^ ANOTHER DEATH IN CHAIR | John Cole Executed at State Rri< Yesterday. fc John Cole, a negro convicted n Charleston county for murder,'5 \ W put to death in the electric chair the State penitentiary at 11:09 y | terday morning. He died protest] I his innocence. I Cole was led to the chair a mini , or two after 11 o'clock. After 1 cap had been adjusted he asked say a word. Several negroes were the death chamber. "I just wants to say to my colo said the condemned man in pz "that 1 am glad to see you here. T am a warning to you all. Of cou i I'm going to Jesus. I want to say you all be particular." Rev. J. C. Abney, the prison ch; lain, had been with the negro an h< f or so before, and had asked him if would confess. The negro said tl he was innocent. Cole thanked thnsp nt the nrison for their kindn to him and said that he had no fe ing against the electrician. Some c had to turn on the current. The mains were buried at the penib tiary, the dead man's family putt! in no claim for his body.?Columl v State, August 22nd. Made Home in Grain Oman's Batl A combination bath room a chicken coop was found by Inspec Mauldin at the home of Grainomi 229 Crew street, and the latter v araigned in police court Saturd morning for violating section 12 of the city code, which relates sanitary conditions. The inspector told the court tl he found chickens roosting eve where in the bath room, and tt were housed and fed in there ji like they were in a coop in the ya: And how anyone could bathe in su I a place he said he couldn't und' r stand. Grainoman admitted all this, I said they were his wife's chicke] > and he wished the court would * her to move them. "Suppose you can't take a ba . without getting feather's on yc X CliiCll XVCU Cuv vvm* ? The man then told the court tt his wife seemed to care more for I chickens than she did for him, a a while back when he was sick bed she wouldn't even give h chicken soup. The case was dismissed, and a cs ordered made against Mrs. Graii man, who will have to explain Mc day to the court why her bath roc was made a chicken ro'osting pla< ?Atlanta Journal. Costume Party Will Cost Much. Newport, R. I., Aug. 23.?The c< tume party which Mrs. Corneli Vanderbilt, of New York, is giving her summer home, Beaulieu, tl evening will cost, it is estimated, ? 2 000. It will be the biggest event the season, and the costuming of t guests will be after the fashion countries that are east of the Sue: A large stage has been erect near the cliffs and performers frc 'Hammerstein's Theatre, New Yoi will give a vaudeville entertainmei which will lack nothing by being . far from Broadway. Some years' ago Mrs. Vanderb had a stage erected and import "The Wild Rose" company from N< York for the benefit of her guests. Playmates Slew Youth. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 24.?T search for little Joseph Timmerms four years old, carried on by re] tives, their friends, the police and t Boy Scouts, ended when the body the child was found in the East B< toms, murdered. Late yesterday afternoon two pla mates, both 10 years old, admitt the deed. They said they stood the top of the steps on the cliff dri and threw stones down at Josej One stone hit him on the head a: Silled him. The boys say they si that he was dead and, to cover their deed, carried him into the u derbrush. "We pulled leaves and branch and dirt over him until he was : covered up," Johnny Heinberger sc bed out. The Timmerman boy left his hoi with five other boys last Sunday i ternoon on a bug hunting expeditic Repeated Her Trip. When the first pasenger train r over the recently completed Dulut Twin City line of the Soo road, i terest centered in Mrs. Harriet Jom 85 years old, who made that trip years ago with her husband, R< James Peet, Duluth's first minisb It was a nine day's trip over wt was then called "the lonesome trai and she was the first white worn to make the journey. She repeat it a few days ago in a luxurious c servation car as the guest of t railroad, and a reception was giv to her when she arrived.?Springfh Republican. Suit cases and hand-bags 25 i cent. off. Write F. G. MERTD Augusta, Ga. PAPA WAS ANGRY. 5011 Wake Farmer Resented Interferes in His Family Affairs. in Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 23.?At h ras home near Wake Forest, D. Brya] at Harrison, a prominent farmer of tl es- county, cut Rev. C. R. Sorrell twi< ing with a knife last night because tl young minister, a student at Wal ate Forest College, it is alleged, had a the sisted in the runaway marriage i to Mr. Harrison's daughter, Miss Ev in Harrison and Bennett Wall, who Mr. Harrison objected to as a son-i: r," law. irt, Sorrell had been making his hon his with Harrison while taking his cc rse lege-course and he helped the your to couple in the runaway to Smithfie Wednesday night after he had bee ap- warned by Mr. Harrison to ha^ >ur nothing to do with the threatene he marriage. Sorell is the pastor < tiat Harrison's church and the latter hi all all along been much interested ess the efforts of the young man to g Ho -?Y,i?ieforial or?nr?rtifln. 'CI" HID illiUi?VV4 >ne Sorrell returned to the Harrisc re- home after the runaway, as thouf en- nothing had happened and Harrisc ing ordered him from his place rnd mac bia the attack on him. Harrison h? given bond in the case against hi for the attack on the minister. T1 k* latter is cut across the cheek and c nd the neck, neither wound being vei tor serious. an, ? ras $500,000 Mansion in Potato Field lay 50 The spacious lawn surrounding tl to mansion of the late John W. Wheel* has given place to one of the fine; iat potato fields in Massachusetts. Tl ry_ mansion is occupied by the millioi iey aire's aged widow, who recently ma ist ried G. Taber Thompson, of Philade r(j phia, her junior by 25 years. ;Cb Every foot of the lawn has bee or_ plowed and planted with potatoe WA , The Wheeler home,- an impressn )Ut pile of stone, costing $500,00^ whic QS> has long been the "show" resident ret t0WD? has acquired interest 1 visitors since this agricultural featui became prominent. ,ur Many Orange residents who ha\ limited garden facilities, have decide iat to utiliae their front lawns for rai: ier ing garden truck next year. If a n(j the plans of this nature are carrie in out the high cost of living will r< im ceive a solar plexus blow locally. The first few bushels of tb lse Thompson potato crop were dug Sa 10_ urday in the presence of curious 01 >n_ lookers, who crowded as close to tb )m scene of operations as the iron fenc ,e inclosing the grounds permitted.Orange, Mass., telpgram to N. 1 World. is- Orangeburg Lands Fish Hatchery. us at A telegram received in the city ? lis 4 o'clock this afternoon announce 5 . the fact that a fish hatchery will b of located in this city by the Unite he States government. The hatchery wi of be located at Duke's Fishery whic 5. has already been surveyd out by a ed engineer from the fisheries bureai >m $25,000 will be expended in Orang< k, burg. -i. lnrvotinn nf the hatcherv in thi [111 J. a\^ 1WMW4VM m so city will mean that something lik $25,000 will be exepnded in Orangf ilt burg by the United States goveri ed ment. An appropriation equal t that amount was made available las July a year ago by Seantor Tillmai who had this item added to the ai propriation bill passed last year, he During the past twelve months rej in, resentatives from the bureau of fisl la- eries of the United States goveri he ment have visited a number of poinl of in this State. Several visits wei 5t- made to Orangeburg and at one tim Commissioner Bowers, in charge c iy- the department, came to Orangeburj ed this being the only place in Sout at Carolina he visited, ve Last week Mr. H. Von Bayer, a 5 ? **?? /-.wlmAwf onor )]h, 6H^iii66r xrum cuimcu^^v*? ad several days here, and during his vii iw its he surveyed Duke's Fishery, It up cated to the south of the city, an in- it was upon his report on this sit that the fishery was ordered to he lc ies cated here. all It is expected that work will con >b- mence on the property at an earl date.?Orangeburg Evening New: ne .August 23rd. if- " m Little Woman Beat Her Big Husban< Chicago, Aug 23.?Emil Brand, teamster, who is six feet and tw an inches tall, entered Judge Hopkins court yesterday with one discolore in" eye, a bleeding ear and two teet es> missing. 56 A few minutes later Mrs. Bran< 3V- who weighs 95 pounds, appeared t Br* prosecute her husband on a charg St nf heatine: her. "She says I beat her, judge," sai an Brand. "Do you think it looks life ed it?? )t}" "On the face of the evidence," tt he court said, "I would say it doesn't. en "Well, I had to defend myself. ^ spoke up Mrs. Brand. "Besides, th is the first decision I've gotten ove ^_ him." )er ^S, Testimony showed Brand ha started the trouble and he was finei FIVE ARE NABBED. re Secret Service Agent Thomas Aftei Counterfeiters. is Secret Service Agent Henry E at Thomas, has returned from a trij ie through Tennessee, Georgia, Ala 2Q bama, North and South Carolina ie where he was on the trail of a bund re of counterfeiters, wantd by the JJnit s_ ed States government. He, with sev of eral other agents, succeeded in ar ie resting I. C. Lawing, J. L. and LeRo: m Case, Sam Smith and William Holl? q- on the charge of making and dis tributing counterfeit money. Then ie are four other men said to belonj ,1- to the gang, but these have not beei ig arrested as yet. The officers have the Id men located and their arrest is ex m pected daily. re The men seem to have made theii id headquarters at Alton Park, nea: of Chattanooga, Tenn., but their outfit! is are supposed to have been distributee in in North Carolina and Alabama. I et is the opinion of Mr. Thomas tha the main outfit for the coining of the )n counterfeit half-dollars and dollar! rh was located in Cherokee county, thi! )u State, and that the money was sen ^ftuvAMtvAireor Ctotofl 20 UUl LLF LLiCUL in, oui uuuuiug is The chase lasted for about a week o: ra ten days. There were three outfits ie captured in the round-up. ,n Mr. Thomas stated that the officers *y had no idea as to how much mone: the men had coined, but the amoun was well up in the thousands. Then have been cases made against th< men in several States and they wil ie be tried in the different States foi sr each case of passing the worthless st money. There is no telling hov ie many charges the men will have tc a- face, as each day new cases hav* r- turned up. 1- His service in this case only adds another to the long list of counter sn feiting cases that are to the credii s. of Mr. Thomas, who is one of th< re government's best-Known agents 11 :h this section of the country. He was the leading man in the famous Allei :o counterfeiting case. That never cam< *e to trial, as Sidney Allen is still ai large, wanted for the murder of sevre eral court officers who were killed ir sd the Hillsville tragedy last spring.? s- Charlotte Observer. 11 Hobble Skirt Causes Near Riot. Because of the disorder that one hobble skirt brought about, the poie li e have issued an order that nc more hobble skirts must be worn ir 1_ the streets of Bellefonte, Pa. Miss Myrtle Ewan, daughter of a je wealthy business man, appeared or ? the streets attired in one of th( latest hob; "? skirts. It was made ol a soft, clinging material that clung to her form with such defining pertinacity that she was soon the cynosure of all eyes. Gradually the satellites began to gather dn her trail. ^ The retinue grew until all ages, col,e ors and castes were represented. ^ As the procession swept down 11 Main street Policeman Jim Duncan h approached Miss Ewan and told her n she must go home or he would be compelled to arrest her. Miss Ewan consented and disappeared. The crowd melted away. * is e ANNUAL MEETING SOON. 1. Cattle Creek Campground Services ;o Begin September 25. it Rranchville. Aug. 25.?The trus ). tees of the Cattle Creek campground met Thursday and decided to hold the ). annual meeting this year beginning Wednesday, September 25, and closing the following Sunday. This is :s one of the most noted religious in e stitutions in this section of the State, [e some great revivals having been held >f there in years gone by. At the meetrt ing Thursday all the officers and dih rectors were re-elected, and contracts wer given out for cleaning and ren pairing the grounds, etc. The preachers for the coming meeting will be 3_ assigned later by Rev. Mr. Banks, presiding elder of the Orangeburg d district. e Bright Bits. The chief end of man is the end his head is on. y Some men even work overtime on s> Sundays?with their mouths. How fortunate that some automobiles are not so bad as they smell. 1. ~ Somebody said that the "D" in John D. Rockefeller's name stood for a "Dough." o Accounts state that Nat Goodwin 's is getting better. Nat was always d good at getting free advertising, h a Massachusetts printer married a woman weighing fifty pounds. She undoubtedly was his "type" ol 0 beauty. Many a man will let his wife train the children, but will insist on traind ing the dog himself. a case of the blues and a darl* brqwn taste is generally the result ol le painting the town red. Some men give so many presents to their sweethearts that they do not is win the girls, but earn them, ir Secretary of Agriculture Wilsor says he will quit on March 5th. The ^d country will be resigned to its fate, d. ?New Orleans Picayune. LIGHTNING PLAYS FREAK. r Strikes Property of Dunbar Brothers ] Near Beach Island. A remarkable story is told of the ) first of the two strokes of lightning I * at the Dunbar home in Beach Island, ] , the latter of which resulted in the : 1 destruction by fire of the gin house i - on the place. The first stroke of 1 - lightning, however, while not nearly ; - so damaging, frightened the family i 7 and for a while it wras feared would ] 7 destroy the old home. 1 It is a three-story structure of the ] 2 old-fashioned type with the chimney ] ? in the center of the house. The 1 i ligntning came aown me cnimuej j - without doing any damage to the i - house and striking a shovel and pair j of tongs on the hearth on the second 1 r floor, melted them into a shapeless < r mass of metal. It went to the first ] s floor where it had the same effect on 1 * a pair of brass and-irons. From ,1 t there the lightning went to the back i t veranda where there was a hydrant, i 5 Here it tore away a few feet of wains- 3 5 coating and for about two feet melt 3 ed the water pipe. i Mrs. Dunbar and her daughter 1 were seated in the hallway on the j r first floor when the lightning struck, 3 the "ball of fire" passed between 1 them the fractional part of a second ] 3 before it struck the water pipe on ] 1 the back veranda. Mrs. Dunbar 1 t had a piece of fancy needle-work in < 3 her hands. When it was examined ] 3 after the lightning had passed it was ] 1 perforated in hundreds of places as j r if it had been shot through with j 3 small birdshot from a shotgun. 1 J Several nPrsnna have visited the < } home from Augusta and bear testi- i J mony to the phenomena of the light- 1 ning's course.?Aiken Journal and 5 Review. < t Of Interest to Farmers. : ' # i j A few questions and answers taken j from the Progressive Farmer, that " t will be of interest: 1 > "What will stop the cotton cater- 1 t pillar?" Spraying the cotton, the ' . grass and weeds with lead arsenate, 1 i one pound to 30 gallons of water. "What is the best time to turn under cowpeas so as to get the full nitrogen fixation that they will make?" Just as the leaves fall. The crop is then fully mature and has done all 5 that it can in the way of getting , nitrogen. Many complain of the red spider or 1 mite in cotton. This is one of the \ troubles of a drouth. If heavy rains 1 come, they will not spread. Spray- 3 ? { ing with strong soapsuds is as good , * as anything but rather costly. A r ' good rain will do as much good as ' anything. ' "Will oats that were grown where the Hessian fly attacked the crop be 1 safe to use for seed?" Yes, the in- 1 ' sects are not carried by the seed, and in my experience I have never 1 had the fly attack oats, while they 1 1 are pretty sure to find wheat, if sown 1 too early. i, c 1 By the Yard. ( L ^ 1 ! The other day three or four Lyons t boys went into a local meatshop to i "get one on the butcher." One of them advanced to the counter and saia: "How do you sell your meat?" 1 "Any way you want it," said the butcher. "All right; what will it cost for a | yard?" ] "Seventy-five cents." c "I'll take a yard." ? "Where's your money?" T ' The money was paid over and the 1 butcher shoved it in the cash regis- T ' ter, reached under the counter, pull- * ed out three pig's feet and laid them 1 before the young man with the re- 1 mark: "Here's your meat; three I feet make a yard." 1 The young man was not to be bluff- ? ed and took his meat amid the laughter of his friends.?Kansas City. Jour- i [ nal. J m I CONDEMNED MAN CURSES WIFE. T ?? I Blames Her for His Conviction of Murder?Hanged To-day. I i Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 25.?Mrs. Geo. Rose was bitterly denounced by her husband to-day when she entered I the death cell at the State prison to t bid him good-bjre. Rose is to be hanged at sunrise tomorrow for the murder of James Mil- 3 . ler in McMinn county, and Mrs. Rose 3 i also is held as an acessory. 'He feels 1 that his wife's testimony was respon- 1 . sible for his conviction, and he cursed 1 t the woman "with such vehemence that ' she fled from the death cell without s Iaotta f o 1.* t ri or f 1 ui iiicu icavc-iaiiiuf,. i Rose was also bitter in denuncia- ( tion of Sheriff Hart, of McMinn coun- ] ty, and called vengeance down upon c : the head of Gov. Hooper for refusal s : to reprieve him. Dick Rose, a son t of the condemned man, who is under ^ i a fifteen-year sentence at the State t : prison for murder, also visited his 1 father in the death cell. The con- i i demned man exacted a promise from i ) him that he would even up scores i . with Sheriff Hart as soon as he is re- < leased. _ I ? POIvEBERRY STALK COST $1,000. [ncident Related to the Observer Man by Newberry County Farmer. How a pokeberry stalk cost a farmer about a thousand dollars was related yesterday to the Observer man by Mr. M. W. Oxner, of Kinards, one of the best farmers of Newberry and Laurens counties. Some years ago, before he knew as much about farming as he knows now, he bad a large field of fine cotton. In the midst of the field was an immense pokeberry stalk, one of the largest be ever saw. It did not occur to him that there was any danger in it; but Lie iiuLiueu Uiie udj tuai iuc wuuu stalks on one side of the stalk be?an to turn red. Then they began to* shrivel up and dwarf and he examined them to see what was the matter. He found the red spider on the under side of the leaves. The blight continued to spread until he thinks the field was so badly injured that he lost at least twenty bales. He found that the big pokeberry stalk was the starting point of the pests, and since then he never lets a pokebery stalk to grow anywhere in or about his fields. Mr. Oxner has not been bothered this year by the spider, but one of his neighbor, Mr. Andrew Johnson, has. Mr. Johnson has got rid of them by a method all his own. When he 3ees the signs of the red spider in his cotton he. takes a tin pan of kerosene oil and a short broom and ?oes into the infested portion of the held. Bending the stalks over so that the kerosene can reach the under side Df the leaves, he sprinkles them with the kerosone; and that puts a stop to the trouble. Mr. Johnson has tried this plan before with perfect suc2ess. Others may take a hint from this. Begin it ju^t as soon as the red spider is discovered, and the cotton will be saved. Kerosene is one Df the best insecticides in the world and seems to be a perfect antidote against the red spider. It is cheap and is easily applied.?Newberry Observer. BURNED IN HOME. Mother and Father Unable to Reach Child in Burning Building. Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 25.?Standing outside their burning home at White Oak mill village, two miles from Greensboro, to-night, Mr. and Mrs. John Terrell, heard the dying moans of their 5-year-old daughter md witnessed the flames envelope her body, unable to render assistance. rue family or ratner, motner ana :hree children and another family vere awakened shortly before midijght by neighbors crying "fire." The nother caught the baby in her arms vhile the father carried a 7-year-old son from the burning structure. Ter ell attempted to return for the sleepng daughter, but was driven back by ;he flames. The child awakened and ;ried piteously for help until the fire mded her agony. All occupants of :he house narrowly escaped death, ;wo members being seriously burned vhile escaping through the flames. LAWYER SHOT BY NEGRO. Posse Pursues Negro who Fired the Shot. Shreveport, La., Aug. 25.?While Percy Alexander, lawyer, was sitting >n the porch of Mrs. W. B. Jacobs, i half negro named Sam Johnson, vho is employed around the Jacobs lome, appeared on the gallery and vhen asked what he wanted, replied hat he came to get some turpentine. iVhen told there was none in the louse and ordered away, the negro ?ulled a revolver and fired at Alexinder, the bullet striking him just tbove the stomach. The wounded man started on foot .'or the hospital, but fell near the Tacobs home. He was picked up and ushed to the infirmary. While the vound is serious, it is not considered lecessarily fatal. Teh negro fled and is now being mrsued by a posse. POLICEMAN WOUNDS NEGRO. Issailed with Brickbats Officer Baker Uses Pistol. During a fracas in Mason's court yesterday morning about 2 o'clock Policeman Harry Baker shot John Proctor, a negro, when the latter jelted him with rocks. The policenan arrested one of the noisemakers. According to Frank Bennett's ;tory, who was arrested, he and Procor was fighting in a house in the ;ourt when Officer Baker came in. 3e says that both he and Proctor escaped through a window. Baker started after the two negroes, but vas suddenly forced to pull his pistol ,vhen he encountered a shower of )rickbats. He fired one shot. The Dall, Bennettxsays, entered Proctor's leek, but this did not stop Proctor, md he ascaped over a fence. Benlett was caught trying to make his escape in the same way.?Charleston \Tews and Courier, August 26th. y Our Citizen's Demand. Fully Complied With?A Bamberg Resident Furnished It. There are few items which appear in this paper more important to Bamberg people than the statement published below. In the first place it is from a citizen of Bamberg and can be thoroughly relied upon. In the second place, it indisputably proves that Doan's Kidney Pills do their work thoroughly and not temporarily. Read this carefully: Mrs. Samuel Harrison, Church St., Bamberg, S. C., says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills and they have been very benenciai. My Kianeys annoyed me and I suffered intensely from backache and pains through my loins. Doan's Kidney Pills, which I got from the People's Drug Co., relieved these difficulties and improved my condition wonderfully. You are j at liberty to use my name as a reference." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. | W. P. RILEY | -'I | Fire, Life < v J | Accident jj || 1 INSURANCE i; J BAMBERG, S. C. <> V W W W , v ; Improved Saw Mills.! VARIABLE FRICTION FEED. S^^*Re?bUs!ti Best material and workmanship, lighti running, requires little power; simple J easy to handle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial moneyj making machines down to the smallest! size. Write for catalog showing Eni gines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies^ Lombard Iron Works A Supply Co.^j m AUGUSTA, CA. '0% L * " Z?. 0 % FRANCIS F. CARROLL Attorney-at-Law ' <; \ % Office in Hoffman Building i GENERAL PRACTICE. BAMBERG, S. O. G. MOYE DICKINSON INSURANCE AGENT WILL WRITE ANYTHING "/SS8 Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most reliable companies. 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. J. Aldrich Wyman " E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law > BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated. .? . Delays Are Dangerous I represent the Mutual Life In- v surance Co., of New York, one of the strongest old line companies in existence. Let me show you our many attractive policy contracts. I also represent the Standard Live Stock Insurance Co., of Indianapolis. This is a strong company. Insure your horses and cattle. W. MAX WALKER 1 EHRHARDT, S. C. CHICHESTER S PILLS W^rv THE DIAMOND BRAND. A //IA Ladle*! Ask yoor Druglst for CW {ESm Chl-che*-tertDlamondBrand/aVv h*t|nJTL Pills in Red tad Held metallic^wx >y J|wli boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. M Take no other. Bar of year ? , r/ ~ ft DruffUt. Ask fo* CHI-CireS-TER tt S I C Jjf DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for S* _ \y 0 jrears known as Best, Safest, Always Reiiablo ?r SOU) BV DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE ! NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC -1 When in need of Fanning Implements snch as c Corn Drills, Stalk Cutters, Disc HarsfrtiArc Hvain Rinrl. i VTT Oj UU< ers, Mowers and Rakes, Gasoline Engines, J. I. Case Road Machinery and a General Repair Shop S66 D.J.DELK BAMBERG, S. C. Higher prices paid for beef cattle. H. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C. Rub-A^ Tism will cure you. . ' ") /. i - uk