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r ulbe iHambrrg Hffralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1912. , Established 1891. > ' > COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ! SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SEGTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. *v Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Oct. 14.?Sunday after- j noon five colored men got into a row over a bottle or two of fire water [ and chief was told of the affair aftd it ^ w was not long before they were inmates of the Red Top Inn. The amount of board bills will be adjustj ed and handed them by our city fathy ers at an early date. Brick bats seem to be the best weapon to use in this town. A certain citizen has two of them, one on either side of his gate on the railing of the fence, so he will not even 0 have to stoop down to get them. There is no doubt but a brick bat judicially put to the side of an un?-.oT.fv'c hpfld will brins: him to 1 UXJ M w terms as quick as any other weapon. I Rev. D. B. Groseclose left this afternoon, after preaching, to go to Springfield, Ga., to help Rev. Shelly with his big meeting. Will return on Tuesday. N Two little negro children from the Calvin Rentz section, over Colston, were bitten by a mad dog in the road. Both children were bitten in several places. Dr. Copeland is attending them (and giving the treatment sent him from Columbia, each day.. Some one had been after the dog before the two children were ? bitten, as one of the dog's legs was broken as if it had been shot. Would be a good idea to follow a dog when f mad until it is killed. % There is very little money exchanged for goods now. Seems as if the * farmers have enough for the time. Mr. A. W. Brabham was in town Saturday talking cotton. Says his crop is not more than one-third of what he usually makes. I The ladies are busy trying to see who can get the prettiest hat and costume for winter. Can't blame them much,.as they all want to look pretty. They get no praise from the men about their hats as they invariably j look at the cost for one season's wear, and compare them to a toad * ? stool or something about as insignificant. Messrs. J. 3. Ramsey and Frank H. Copeland went to Denmark Sunday morning in Frank's macnine. They returned the same day. It is reported on a conductor on a passenger train that he went with * 'v some friends to take a deer hunt. The conductor was placed on a stand, got somewhat lonely, and the dogs jumped a fine 200-pound or - f more buck, and the buck came behind the tree on which he was leaning and looked at him good, then ran off in front of him slowly. The conductor, waking from his trance, when he saw the buck, jumped up, with gun in hand, and yelled "all on board," at the top of his voice. The I * excitement made him forget his gun +1,0+ v,0 Trne ipft there to shoot ?UU IUO.V uv now Mr. deer, instead of riding him. j * JEE. St. John's News. St. John's, October 14, 1912. Editor The Bamberg Herald:? Please give me space in your valuable paper to make a few remarks in connection with the praises from old St. John's, that was published in the Ehrhardt news of October 10th. St John's is one among the best \ communities of Bamberg county. She has furnished some as good business r men as can be found. For instance, she has furnished one boy to Stokes's ^ Business college who won the medal among ten thousand other contest1 * ants. She has furnished Charleston with three book-keepers, Savannah, Ga., with several, and other large cities, and still preparing more business men; has some at Furman Uni versitv and at Newberry college. As the writer spoke of the 'phone line which is now in operation in our community, it was gotten up by one y t of our young farmers who is under the age of twenty-one. This same young farmer raised thirty bushels of corn per acre on a patch of four acres this year, last year raising 48% bushels per acre on a patch of three acres. (How is this, Mr. Editor, for a young farmer?) < Our school opened Wednesday, October 9th, with Miss Belle Nichols, of Abbeville, S. C., as principal. Miss Nichols comes to us highly recommended, being a teacher in public schools for the past seven years. Miss Rena Kinard, one of our popular young ladies, left us Saturday. She goes to Round, S. C., as one of the teachers in the graded school at TAKE TWO MORE PRISONERS. Only One Escaped Spartanburg De< perado is Now at Large. Gaffney, Oct. 13.?A third membe of the party of four convicts ths waged a battle with officers and cit. zens on the edge of Gaffney last nigl was captured this morning. Ell Sampson, the leader of the convi( band at large all day supposedly i the vicinity of Blacksburg, was cai tured to-night. George 'Fleming, th convict who shot Arthur Hooper, member of the posse, was captured i the Austell woods about 10 o'cloc this morning. B. B. Byars, run policeman, Lloyd Austell, special o ficer, were searching the forest fc the fugitive, when Mr. Austell sue denly stumbled upon him. Flemin was found to be shot in the leg an unable to get away. On his perso t%ie+/-?1 iicq^ in cVinntin? WnnT vv ao yiovvi uovu er and Fleming acknowledges th? he was the one that did the shootini He was taken into custody an brought to the county jail. Th: makes three of the party now in ja with only one missing. Earle Coleman, who was shot la: night in the course of battle by Chif Lockhart, died in the county jail 2 6 p. m. At first it was thought th? the negro was only suffering from flesh wound, but the bullet seems t have passed entirely- through tt body. The attending physician states ths Mr. Hooper's condition is now mo; satisfactory and that he will prol ably recover from his wounds if d complications set in. Sampson was captured by a poss at Cherokee Falls at 6 o'clock an is now in jail. Sheriff White is e route from Spartanburg to tafc charge of the prisoners. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Oct. 14.?On Friday evei ing all of our townsfolks, visitoi from surrounding country and othe towns turned out to hear the Fairfa Minstrels. Realizing that in unio there is strength, our town ladie and the teachers worked together 1 produce as amusing a play as hi ever been acted here. "The Bells < Blackville" 'twas called. The drj matis personne were: Misses Crum] ler, Joella Padgett, Ruth' Wilsoi Sadie Harter, Mary Harrison, Ma garet Youmans, Albergotti, Kenne; Lightsey, Porter, Best; Mesdame Harter, Talley, Youmans, My rick, an Lightsey. 'Twould not be fair to discriminai when all did so well. The costume were amusing and were those of tl ambitious, imitative darkey. Son of the songs were weird and scar; rt+Korc rniiirin'-ne-. and all of the; WUVi U full of tune, impelling them to danc as well as sing. Many instrumen of the bones and tambo order wei used, but the piano was the chi< accompaniment. The program wi beautifully carried out, and Allei dale and Brunson must go out an see and hear for themselves whe our artists visit their towns. Mis Harrison very obligingly played whi the crowd was waiting and conduc ed most of the music during tl play. We were proud of our Fairfc amateurs and they showed what wi men folks can do, for there was n< a man in the play. Miss Geneva Gray, of Brunson, visiting Mrs. Lilly Myrick. Miss Shaw, of Allendale, is at Mr Otis Lynes's. The teachers and some of the friends bad a pleasure gamenug * Mrs. M. Lightsey's Saturday evenin Prof. Munro, of Ridge Spring, here greeting old friends. Miss Zelle Loadholt is with us f< a little visit; we sure will hate to s( her leave, even at stern duty's ca] The venerable father of Rev. Wr Simpson is visiting at the manse. Interesting services were held i Baptist church Sunday, "Missionai Day" was observed. Miss Zelle Loai holt read a suitable piece beautifull then Miss Margaret Youmans recite as she alone can do, Rev. Wm. Sim; son gave a good talk. BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS. Cotton Baskets, Stilyards, Mowir Machines, Grass Blades, Lace Leatl er, Harness Leather, Lanterns, Fie] Fence and Everything else at Hun er's Hardware Store. that place. , .Mr. Editor, I can't near stop u: til I mention something about o' Sunday-school. We have in our Su: day-school some as young officers s any other Sunday-school in the Bar berg and Barnwell Association. Oi superintendent, under the age ' twenty-one, is doing good work; 01 secretary under the age of eightee is in the same row. If this can 1 beat by any other community, let be known. IN THE PALMETTO STATE >" _____ SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ?r I ^ L State News Boiled Down for Quick ilt Reading?Paragraphs About js Men and Happenings. :t n The board of pardons has recomj. mended that a pardon be granted Q John J. Jones, the Branchville man a who shot and killed Abe Pearlstine. n Tom C. Hamer was nominated last k week as clerk of court of Marlboro il county, this being the fourth primary f- for that office. The vote in the >r second and third primary was a tie i- each time. S At a meeting of the Orangeburg d city council, held last Friday night, n . R. F. Jennings was elected chief of police of that city, succeeding a. it Fischer who has been chief for the = past fifteen years. Jennings has d been a member of the police force for *s several years. Rev. Bunyan McLeod, D. D., who is pastor of the Central Presbyterian church in Anderson has tendered his resignation in order to accept a call lt from Harrodsberg, Ky. The congre!t gation in Anderson has refused to a accept his resignation and asks him 0 to withdraw it. He has been pastor ie there four years and has been exceedingly successful, it _ 5t CAR STRIKE ENDED. > .0 Secures More Money for the Strikers % Than They Asked for. ?e d Augusta, Ga., Oct. 10.?Mayor Bar n rett has finally demanded, and yester;e day afternoon succeeded in securing from the street car company, an increase of about 12% per cent, in the wages of its motormen and conduc1% tors, effective January 1st, next, and rs that the very fairest and most liberal iT spirit will be displayed in reinstating LX the men who recently -went out on n strike. JS In other words, Mayor Barrett has :0 on his own motion, and without pres15 sure from any eource, demanded and secured for the striking conductors l~ and motormen, in a very material and practical way, even more than was a> embraced in their own demands, and r~ more than they could have hoped to y> secrue through mediation, arbitration is or otherwise. d To make a long story short, Mayor Barrett put it squarely up to the e company, in a strong communication JS yesterday morning, and before night ie he had received the company's unie equivocal reply, agreeing to increase y* the wages of its motormen and conm ductors an average of 12% per cent. ;e or from $75 to $10(5 per year each or t3 a total of about $1,000 per month or :e $12,000 per year. ** Which is going some for one man, ls without a union committee, or an arbitration board, or anything, behind l(* him, except the justice of his posi!n tion and an inflexible will. 3S But Mayor Barrett didn't stop ie there. Here is what he naa to say to the company about the"broad and ie liberal spirit" which it should display lx in reinstating its men and in employing "bona-fide citizens of Augusta" 3t- in its service. "I shall further ask and expect you is to be as liberal as possible in the matter of re-employing your men, and s- that you use your utmost endeavors to recognize bona-fide citizens of this ir community in giving out places in the service of your company." And that, too, the company willis ingly accedes to; for, be it now said to the company's credit, it came to )r time on all of Mayor Barrett's propoJe sitions in a most fair and gracious spirit, indicating a desire to have amQ icable relations with its men restored at once and maintained. Thus has some several barrels of oil been poured on its troubled waters at last, and a situation brought about that will, no doubt, lead to i(* good feeling all around and a comP~ plete restoration of conditions in the city to normal. Points in Favor of Wilson. lg He is not a lawyer, h- He has no war record. ^ He is not connected with an uplift magazine. ' TT - J Vinnfinor houro mm rte QOtJB LIUL Ucll G 1UI UUJluuj, UVU1J or other wild creatures, n- He has never been a judge and lr does not boast of a judicial temperan ment. as He has done something else in his n- life besides hold political office, ir He does not come into prominence of on account of either the death or the lr favor of his predecessor.?Life. n, Write for the enterlined collars, they look like linen, need no washit ing, price 2 for 25c. Write F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. \ BATTLE WITH CONVICTS. ^ Arthur Hooper, of Gaffney is Shot by Fugitive. Gaffney, Oct. 12.?Arthur Hooper, a member of a sheriff's posse, at- p< tempting single handed to capture four escaped convicts from Spartanburg on a Cherokee county road was shot and perhaps seriously wounded at midnight by one of the escaped convicts. Following the wounding of ar Hooper one of the convicts was shot 111 and slightly wounded by Thomas H. Lockhart, chief of police of Gaffney, c*' and subsequently captured. After re- hi ceiving a nasty wound Hooper continued his advance on the despera- la does and succeeded in capturing one w| of the number. ac The remaining two escaped from V the posse and a large body of Cherokee county citizens, hastily arming *? themselves with shotguns and rifles ai secured from hardware stores opened m for the purpose, are carrying on a te systematic search of the county for the other two. Just how serious is Hooper's wound can not be at once determin- of ed.. Dr. J. G. Pittman, the attend- cs ing physician, thinks he has a chance ^ to recover. He came near bleeding m to death before the physician could ei be reached. The shot took effect in . tc the groin. . ei Hooper is well known in Gaffney tl and the Piedmont section'of' the M State. Several years ago he was one U1 of the best known semi-professional g* baseball players of this part of the gi State, being a southpaw pitcher of C ability. He is a house mover. Sheriff W. W. Thomas was adviset ed to-night of the escape of four con- m victs from the Spartanburg chain di gang and asked to make an eArt to sc caDture the fugitives. The sheriff secured his deputies and rural police- ^ men and with the chief of police of h: Gaffney and several citizens mounted na a posse*6 institute a search for the convicts. The sheriff and his men proceeded one mile from Gaffney on the road between this city and Spar- gl tanburg, where the party was divid- a ed to make the search. r. Arthur Hooper, while riding near o: the store of Sing Sang, saw the fugi- o; tiyes hiding behind a small bush. He dismounted and advancing on the g" men, called on them to surrender. 5 One replied by firing at Hooper with h a revolver, the first shot taking ef- a: feet. The volunteer officer seized n one"of the crowd, and notwithstand- n ing, 'the attack of the quartet, he was able to hold his man until the ^ arrival of the other officers. The B chief of police shot one convict and e he, too, was captured, the other two IV escaping for the moment. j1 The two captured convicts have not been identified, n The convicts escaped from the e Spartanburg chain gang near Pacolet e mills by overpowering a guard and , P escaping by a boat across Broad riv- ^ er, six miles from the camp. It is ct said that only the agility of a prisoner serving a life sentence prevented ^ Ellis Sampson, the leader of the es- d caping crowd, from shooting the a guard. Sampson was serving a sen- S tence of 12 years for housebreak- J ing and larceny. The guard's re- g volver was carried away by the men, ft and it was probably with this weapon A that Hooper was shot. ? KILLS HUSBAND AND SELF. t< t) Six-Year-old Son Finds Dead Bodies g of His ^Father and Mother. 11 Adele, Ga., Oct. 13.?-The dead bodies of M. A. Crosby, cashier of ^ the Bank of Adele, and his wife were found in their bedroom this morn- . ing by their 6-year-old son. The woman was lying on the floor -y with a 38 calibre revolver tightly c clasped in her cold fingers and a bul- ^ let through her brain. Crosby was in t) the bed with the covers still drawn p over him and had met his death by g a shot in the right eye. jj rT,'u - j o n + a npifh- -l. 1 lit; 1UU icai iui, iuu tv - 0 ^ bors, and upon discovering the tragedy, a coroner's inquest was held. C]The verdict held that both had come r( to their death at the hands of Mrs. n Crosby. That sudden insanity on the a, part of the woman caused the 'tragedy is the only solution that intimate friends can offer. n, She had been somewhat despond- p< ent for some time because of slight- d( ly failing health. The couple lived happily as far as is known. The will of the dead man was found in a bureau drawer. It left ^ - ... u everything to his wife and children. Crosby was a prominent and wellto-do man. w Rub-My Tism will cure you. Light weight rain proof automobile dusters, also fine for traveling men, ri price $6.00. Write F. G. MERTINS, it Augusta. Ga. s< i I. QILHORE SIMMS DEAD * I >X OF XOTED AUTHOR DIES AT HOME IX BARXWELL. / ipular Official Dies After Very c c Brief Illness?Xews Shock ' to Community. ^ Barnwell, Oct. 15.?Barnwell, town a id county, were greatly shocked this j orning to learn of the sudden death ^ the Hon. William Gilmore Simms, r erk of the court for this county, at s residence on Marlboro avenue, af- t r d brief illness of one week. On g st Monday, while at his office, he t as seized with a chill, and upon the ^ Ivice of his doctor, went home. Fe- t ;r followed this attack, but it* was \ iought that he was well on the road ? recovery. This morning at about \ o'clock he complained of nausea t id his physician was summoned, r. Simms was apparently much bet- * r at 9 o'clock, and was talking with ? embers of his family when a turn t r the worse came. At 9:15 o'clock i passed away. rne news or tne aeam or mis son f old Barnwell spread like wildfire, * LSting a gloom over the town in l hich he had spent so many years ] ' his useful life, and for whose oral and social uplift he had striv- 1 1 so earnestly. Mr. Simms was born at Charles- < m, sixty-nine years ago. His par- ( its were William Gilmore Simms, , te author, and his wife, who was iss Chivelette Roach. To this i nion fifteen children were born, 1 t. Simms being the eldest of the 3 ms. When the War Between the tates began he was a cadet at the 1 itadel in Charleston, and was one ' those who left school to lay down ] is life, if necessary, for the belov- , 1 South. He served from his enlistient to Appomattox, and at no time { uring those years that tried men's * >uls did he fail to answer the call < I duty. He was in many bloody bates and received a number of , ounds, but he always returned to is command at the earliest possible 1 loment. He rose to the rank of ' eutenant and was only prevented , om being promoted to a captaincy 1 Y the ending of the war. t After the close of that bitter strug- .' le he returned to Barnwell county 1 nd gathered together the broken . ireads of a life made desolate by the ivages of war." He was one of the rganizers of the Red Shirt campaign 1 f *76, and no man did more for the : Jdemption of the State from carpet- , ag rule than did William Gilmore imms. He, together with Col. Geo. '. Tillman and others, met Chamberlin and his cohorts in joint debate nd degraded them in the presence f their negro followers, filling the egroes with contempt for the goveror and his officials. In 1878 Mr. Simms was elected ldge of probate and served one term, [e was later appointed master of fcrnwell county by Gov. Thompson, [e resigned this office to succeed [aj. J. J. Brabham as clerk of court i 1883. He has served continuousr in this capacity since thaf time,, is nomination over two opponents l the recent primary making the ighth term to whiph he has been lected. The record that he made in ublic service is above reproach and 5 one to which his friends will point rith pride as a vindication of the onfidence placed in him. ' Mr. Simms married Miss Emma G. [artzog, daughter of Mr. Samuel J. - ? - ~ 1 .til [artzog, of Bamberg. several cunren blessed this union, five of whom re living. Besides his wife Mr. imms is survived by one sister, Mrs. lonald Rowe, of Charleston; one rotber, the Hon. Charles Carroll imms, of Barnwell; two sons, lessrs. W. G. Simms, Jr., and Harold .. Simms; three daughters, Mrs. R. oyd Cole, and Misses May and Anie Lee Simms, all of Barnwell. The funeral will probably be held D-morrow afternoon, but owing to ae distance at which some of Mr. imms's relatives live, the hour could ot be definitely stated to-day. GEORGIA JUDGE FINED $5,000. ound Guilty of Contempt of Court of Appeals. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 12.?Judge A V. Fite, of the Cherokee circuit ourt, to-day was found guilty of writing a newspaper article in con- , smpt of rhe State court of appeals. Ie was sentenced to pay $5,000, and iven ten days in which to pay it. 1 the event of his failure to do so, e must serve ten days in jail. The article in question was a criti!sm of the court of appeals for twice ^versing his decision, sentencing a | egro to twenty years for attempted ssault on a white woman. Judge Fite appeared in person for ie hearing. Kis counsel, T. C. Miler, after presenting his case, droped dead late this afternoon in a < own-town office building. Judge Fite's answer cannot be con- i :rued as an apology to the court. ; ; partakes more of the nature of a isclaimer. In it he says: < "Respondent did not by anything i ;ated in the article intend to charge lis court or any member thereof 1 ith corrupt motives, or in any man- < er reflect upon the judicial integ- < ity of the court, or any member of ;, and it contends that they do not do : 3." TWENTY CONVICTS ESCAPE. leign of Terror in Wyoming Town. Nine Recaptured. Rawlings, Wyo., Oct. 12.?Twenty onvicts, led by Jim Dalton, member if the Whitney gang of bank robbers, scaped through a broken fence in he penitentiary yard this afternoon. a Sleven still were at large to-night md the possibility of their recapture s remote. It is believed they gained he hills north of the town before lightfall. The reign of terror which holds the own to-night began at 3 o'clock this Lfternoon, when from the peniteniary burst a bedlam of shouts of convicts and through the streets nineeen men in prison uniform ran in a )ody. Horses hitched in front of itores were seized by the leaders and )ore them away to the hills, outdisancing the guards that closed in on ;he rear of the fugitives after losing some time investigating the catise of ;he uproar in the cells. . Meanwhile four of the convicts seized a grocery wagon and compelled the boy driving it to race for the lills. When the horse gave out they oaded themselves with provisions j*ind ran. Four of the fugitives hiding in a eanyon north of Eawlings were jaught half an hour after the outareak and a fifth was captured while. naking for the railroad tracks. Three svere cornered in another canyon 9. nile west of the town by mounted pursuers, but have not been taken. The guards returning with the five prisoners were greeted by the convicts with groans and it was then iiscovered in the excitement of pursuit that another prisoner had escapar? malrino' tTX/^Tltv in all. Shortly before 7 o'clock to-night four fugitives were discovered in a barn within a block of the prison. Two were caught by guards, but two got away from the officers, who feared to fire because of a crowd in the vicinity. A little later Warden Alston arrived at the penitentiary with two men he had taken single-handed. ' A searching party of citizens is Bcouring the vicinity and armed men patrol the streets to prevent a possible night descent of the convicts in; search of clothing and arms. i* TORRENS LAND SYSTEM- i Matter Will Probably Come up in the General Assembly This Year. V' J The Torrens land system will probably come up for consideration at the approaching session of the general assembly. The following from the Charlotte Observer, will therefore be of inter l.t'iS est: ' 253 "The Observer does not intend to hold up in its fight for an improveed North Carolina system of registering land titles as long as there is hope of persuading the legislature to give the State a good thing. It is admitted on all sides that an improved law is needed. Under the present I 'y ^ system, in order to sell or mortgage a piece of land, of say 100 acres, the following things are necessary:(1) A lawyer must examine the titles, at a charge of say $25.00 Every new transfer or mortgage means the same. * (2) A lawyer must draw a new deed, .r''v at an expense of say $ 5.00 (3) Recording deed $ 1.50 A total of $31.50 "Every time the land is sold or transferred this expense is charged. and nothing is guaranteed. According to the proposed new way to transfer or use 100 acres of land on mortgage to borrow money: The State would have it surveyed, and if neces- ? sary, put it through the courts and give a title guaranteed by the State. Then in case of sale, deliver the new paper for keeps by signing it. over. In case of use for mortgage, sign it and hand it over to the man or banker loaning the money. It is a private transaction and no publicity or expense is incurred unless this debt is defaulted. This is in effect the same as is sometimes called the Australian or Torrens system." New Artificial Milk. \ * New York, Oct. 12.?Synthetic milk is the latest product of the chemical laboratory. The new milk is the discovery of three German chemists. It is the same color as the animal liquid and according to science**, rvii>ro nmirishin? and more LiO CO XilVi V uvv?* 0 _ easily assimiliated than the cows' product, and non-tuburcular. The artificial milk is composed entirely of vegetable ingredients digested by machinery instead of by the cow and is said to keep sweet longer than ordinary milk. Its strength, it is said, can be standardized for the use of the family, infant or invalid.