r i \ I Hamburg Ifpralb 1 One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. 1 * ______ News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Jan. 6.?The high wind last week felled some trees across the K. public roads and tore down some P fencing, otherwise no damage done. However, some of us thought along the line of fearful feelings when some v tall pines were bent so near our houses, and in one instance one blew up and just missed a darkey house. Had it fallen on the house some of the inmates would have been killed. Our mails were somewhat delayed on account of an accident at H. & B. t crossing last week. The passenger t train of the A. C. L. Railroad ran into the passenger coach of the Mauldin train. No one was hurt to any extent. Coach was broken and shaken up so as to be unfit for road service until repaired and the A. C. L. engine lost its cow catcher. Mrs. Adams, of Beaufort, S. C., ? V passed through town on her way to see her daughter-in-law, who is the older daughter of Mr. W. G. Muller, - TT7?; ATT*Vk rv 10 UI llie VVCiXJUCi sctuuu, vv 11 v 10 IS1J ill. Rev. J. W. Daniel, presiding elder, , preached Sunday morning in the Methodist church here. Rev. Hutchinson preached for the Baptists in their church Sunday night JEE. > \ Denmark Doings. Denmark, Jan. 7.?On Wednesday evening last, the home of Miss Julia Goolsby was the scene of festivities when she entertained for her guests, Misses Brux and Guess. One of the w chief features of the evening was a musical contest, questions being asked concerning a "Love Affair," and answered with the name of songs. The prize, pieces of sheet music, was presented to Miss Ruth Seymour. During the course of the evening the guests were taken to the dining room and served to a dainty salad course followed by coffee. Mrs. Fred Turner, of Key West, Fla., is spending some time with rel.atives here. Misses Marion Riley, Louise Zeigler, and Blonde Barton returned to ,lf-? \T 1 CQPQ W imiirup UUiiCgC XliUl ciuu; , Miuvw Ruby and Sadelle Guess to Converse, % and Misses Martha Ray, Lula Bess Wroton, and Eulee Ellzey to Columbia college. ' * Mr. Milton Gooleby, of Blythe, Ga., spent several days with friends here last week. ' f ' / Miss Genevieve Wroton, of Hamlet, N. C., returned 'to her home on Tuesday, after spending some time with Mrs. M. Robt. Willis. After a pleasant visit to relatives here Miss Ruth Gillam returned to her home in Orangeburg. Miss Onie Brux, of Waynesboro, Ga., is spending several weeks with friends here. Miss Kathleen Wannamaker, of Orangeburg, is the guest of Mrs. R. A. Goolsby. Mr. Ira Garris, of Savannah, Ga., 9 was a visitor here last week. Miss Gladys Milhous, of Columbia. is the guest of Mrs. Ray. Miss Josephine Faust went Thursday to Weslyan college to resume her studies. Mesdames George and Tom Turner spent Monday in Columbia. T CHRISTMAS PARDONS. A Growing Custom That is Coming n Into Great Abuse. It Is becoming too much a custom of American governors to pass upon pardons at Christmas time. In this there is a very objectionable imita- | tion of ancient royalty. I Unless we assume that our laws are enforced with great severity and i ' partiality, it would seem that the hol f iday season is the worst of all times ( to review the action of the courts.; Then, if ever, men are governed by j sentiment if not emotion, ana are apt to mistake weakness for mercy. Despots used to open their prisons at Christmas and on royal birthdays,' but it is to be remembered that in j v most cases those whom they freed were political offenders. The monarch, full of good cheer, forgave because he relented. Our prisoners are / all lawbreakers and they are as guilty at one season as another. Governors who feel very benign at this time should remember that the crimes which they forgive are not against themselves but age'nst the people, and that consideration of them should be humane indeed but always judicial.?N. Y. World. FEWER IX PENITENTIARY. |l Population of Institution is Smaller cr Than Beginning of 1912. Columbia, Jan. 4.?The population of the State penitentiary at the end of the year was 761, according to the annual report of Capt. D. J. Griffith, the superintendent. On December 31, 1911, there were 806 prisoners | at the penitentiary. The following to statistics for the year are given: Re- aE | ceived under sentence, 189; recap- se tured, 8; recommitted, 1; in prison ty during the year, 1,004, from which deduct by pardon 5; discharged by ce parole 77; discharged by expiration he of sentence 123; died, 23; escaped, to; 15; leaving in prison on December ha 31, 1912, 761. In his report Superintendent Grif- nj fith suggests that the old cell build- -pi ings be converted into a structure js for the women prisoners. ry Fairfax Fancies. ha Fairfax, Jan. 4.?Christmas week . ch passed here merrily for the young _ 16 folks, and without any distressing A J C* rtTTAVfi 1 r\r? i nn tttav/v ' butiuvuio* oevciaj (iai uca ncic ^ Miss Willie Timmons, of Lowndes- , ville. The first one was at Mrs. . ho Pauline Sanders's, which was an enjoyable affair. Miss Lucile Griner has been spend- ba ing some time with Miss Alma Knight. Mrs. Cleo Sanders gave At these girls a party Tuesday evening. Ml "Such a nice time we did have," they pa all sa^d. After games, etc., delicious mi refreshments were served. The girls su will return to their schools this week. Brooker Simpson spent his vacation at Swansea with relatives. Jk Mesdames Julia and Lizzie Sanders have returned from a pleasant trip to Florida. Mrs. Julia Harter visited Mrs. RoCcl sa Platts, of Hickory Grove, Xmas i oc week. Miss Theresa Lightsey is with the family of Mr. F. M. Young. A little new daughter came Xmas , n o eve to bless the home of Mr. and "" Mrs. Fred Lightsey. Li Miss Hattie Lightsey is with Rev. ge W. B. Aull's family. Br fir This scribe visited Charleston and At Mt. Pleasant Xmas week. We can't ever join in the cry: "Don't speak lightly of the dead," as so often re- UD ferring to Charleston after an experi- 111 ence there. Arriving as we did at 9 p. m. m a pouring rain we were warmly and cordially received in the UE ladies' waiting room by Miss Fowler, who represents the Traveler's Protective Association, the work of the an Y. W. C. A. She ordered the car- se riage, put us in, went with us, and did not stop till this scribe was in a WJ + V* warm room of a boarding house. -We do not meet such courtesy in all *a: strange cities, and will never forget en it. "Down the country" we could aD hear of nothing but the new proposed w< railway across the harbor?expected to go even as far as McClellanville. re It is proposed to bridge Cooper River nc from a point opposite Calhoun street. The railroad would run gVer Hog fe Island to Mt. Pleasant, thence across i?+1. Oiilivon'c TolanH b G anoiner titjsnt; hj ounvau ^ through Beach Inlet to the Isle of Palms. They would use the. same tracks nows used from Mt. Pleasant to Isle of Palms. It would be operated ni by storage battery cars. The time now in required to make the trip from Char- LI leston to the Isle of Palms is an hour, th The new route will make it in 27 OC I minutes. Senator Tillman has con- sp sented to use his influence in congress fo j to pass a bill getting permission from se the government to span the Cooper in | river. This bridge would have to be es constructed with a draw span to al- ar low the passing of vessels up to the su navy yard and lumber plants higher ot up the river. fu Mr. Charles Owens, who runs the tr Commercial Hotel here, gav^quite a Je feast new year's eve to the town ar council. They sat in the warm dining su hall till late, joking, feasting and en- co joying themselves as only gentlemen can when not bothered with the form- ar alities. m mis? dell Harvelev. of Parksville, dt is visiting relatives here. LI Miss Maude Compton was a recent vi guest of Mrs. Jno. Harter. (] Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dowling, of St. of Stephens, were the guests of Mrs. 8, H. Harveley Xmas week. Ji Wednesday afternoon the little tots ac of the community were invited to the if birthday party of little John Young (] Wideman. Passersby were attracted in by the "ring-a-round" games and co shouts of laughter showed their gen- th uine enjoyment of the games, as well ec as nice refreshments spread for ac them. st On Wednesday evening, Mrs. Roy Brant entertained the younger set. is They report a very pleasant evening. ($ I ME PALMETTO STATE >ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The first package to reach Lexingn by parcels post was a pudding id sausage over R. F. D. No. 3? nt by a farmer in Lexington counto relatives in Lexington. Bill Garnett, 14, and Earl Spenr, 13, of Columbia, ran away from me and were taken up in Charlesn on Friday and sent home. They ,d started out to see the world. A white man named W. C. Jenngs was arrested in Columbia on rnrsday, charged with forgery. It alleged that he signed L. J. Per's name to two cheeks?one for if the other for $4. Dick Rarley, a white man of fifty," 5 been jailed at Lexington on the arge of shooting Vastine Jeffcoat a w nights, while Jeffcoat was ridg along the road. He was shot in e back and seriously wounded. The o men are neighbors, and there ,d been trouble between them. Mrs. Clara E. Cannon and her husnd, Nathan A. Cannon, have ought suit for $50,000 against the lantic Coast Line for injuries to rs. Cannon at Yemassee, when the ssenger train in which she was ridg was run into by a freight. The it has been filed in Charleston. WRECK'NEAR EHRHARDT. C. L. Passenger Crashes Into Coach of H. and B. at Junction. Ehrhardt, Jan. 3.?A wreck that 1 me near being a very serious affair ' curred yesterday morning at the and B. junction, a few miles east here, when the regular passenger lin on the Green Pond and Ehr,rdt branch of the Atlantic Coast 1 ne Railroad ran into the passen- : r coach of the Hampton and anchville train that just at that ne was crossing the track of the lantic Coast Line. 1 The trucks were knocked from ider the coach, its walls and floorg were smashed, and possibly the e only thing that prevented a more rious disaster was the automatic icoupling of the coach struck from e forward section of (the train, veral passengers were on board d it was not at first known how rious were their injuries. Dr. John L. Copeland, of this town, is called by wire to the scene of e wreck. He found that Mrs. Strickad, of Smoaks, was the only passger that had sustained injuries of iy consequence, and that even they jre not serious. In consequence of the wreck the pillar nnondav Dassenger train did >t reach Ehrhardt yesterday at all. 3 passengers and mail were transrred by use of the engine and coach a mixed train, their delivery here ing delayed about three hours. Jewish Colonies in Palestine. There sje now over 100,000 colozing Jews in Palestine and accordg to a writer in the Osmanischer oyd they are rapidly redeeming e country. Of these 50,000 or 60,i0 are in Jerusalem alone and deite the "red passport" with which reign Jews .must provide themr lves, and which limits their stay Palestine to three months, their tablishment or stores in tne wy Ld their purchase of farms in the -rounding country goes on. In her words, these foreign Jews rnish the capital and the execute ability in making the native iws of Palestine self-supporting, td in many cases wealthy, while iniring to themselves the basis of mfortable fortunes. What this influx of Jewish capital Ld brains has meant to Palestine ay be gathered from the figures esented by the Osmanischer oyd. The colonists now own 40 llages about 40,000 hectares .00,000 acres) of land, 75 per cent. wbiVb is under cultivation, viz., 600 hectares (21,000 acres) in idea, (15 colonies;) 6,000 (15,000) res) in Samaria, (eight colonies;) >,200 (40,000 acres) in Galilee, L6 colonies;) and 200 (500 acres) the Trans-Jordan country, (one lony.) The most important of ese settlements, which were found[ between 1878 and 1902 are Peth:h-Tikweh (1,500 colonists.) Rilon le Zion (1,000 colonists) in Ju;a, Zikhron-Jacob (1,000 colonts) in Samaria and Rosh-Pinah $00 colonists) in Galilee. BOOZER PAYS DEATH PENALTY. Electrocuted for Murder of James S. Gilliam. A Columbia, Jan. 2.?Sam Boozer, colored, was electrocuted at tbe State penitentiary this morning for the murder of James S. Gilliam, a white man of Newberry county, whom he shot and killed in December, 1911. The condemned man was strapped in the death chair and the death deal- si ing current switched on at 11:28, and c< three minutes later the physicians d< present pronounced life extinct. The n remains were taken in charge by a at brother, who took them back to the a; old home, in Newberry county, for oi burial. a In view of some sensational stories, which have appeared in the Georgia H papers to the effect that the shock a in the electric chair did not kill Sam- cj uel N. Hyde, the Anderson county al wife murderer, whose body after elec- U trocution was shipped to a medical ai college in Atlanta, several physicians hi were invited to witness the execution w of Boozer this morning. In three si minutes after the shock all the doctors present pronounced him dead. k rinrr Dlnoea Vi n ri crivon fVia /">acO 1] uuy, jlii^oo^ uau wuv vmw careful consideration and went so far 01 as to be represented at the execution this morning by Private Secretary ct John K. Aull, in order that the gov- t( ernor might be in touch with the sit- si uation up until the very minute the e< fatal current was loosed. Only a few a: minutes before the time Capt. Sond- ir ley, of the penitentiary, telephoned w the governor asking if there was any- ai thing further, and the governor stat- A' ed that the execution must go on m under the showing at that time. Gov. tl Blease had already passed upon all d< the petitions and recommendations fr in his hands, but wanted to be in position to act in case there were any tc eleventh-hour developments. tl Boozer's dying statement was made bi Pn'vuto Sprrpfarv Anil. He said hi VVZ JL AATMVV WVW'v??-t; ....... that his trouble was none of his, but r< was on the hands of white people. He said that as a result of conditions existing Mr. Gilliam, the deceased, was ol trying to run all the negroes off Mr. b] Hipp's place, that Mr. Gilliam tried to a< kill Boozer, and that Gilliam and oth- oi er white people caused Boozer to w get into his trouble. He thanked the a: officers for his kind treatment, and said that he was ready to go home, o1 to die no more. He was specifically w asked if he had anything more to say s< in regard to one white man whose ' name he had mentioned as being a tl cause of his trouble, and said that he had not. Gov. Blease, after the execution, ^ said that he was satisfied, in view of all the circumstances of the case and of the circumstances attending the electrocution, that he had done his d duty in refusing the petition for t] commutation of sentence, which had a been filed by the negro's attorney, S( Mr. G. G. Sayle. t] James S. Gilliam was overseer on u the plantation of John S. Hipp, at Old f( Town, in Newberry county, and he was shot and killed by a negro named Sam Boozer. Boozer was tried tl for the killing along with Hipp, who j( was charged with being an accessory, but the jury acquitted Hipp and " "* 'A? TTA rt?o iouna Jtsoozer gumy. nc wao biu- 0 tenced to hang by Judge Ernest Gary. c; The case was appealed to the supreme court, which affirmed the death a sentence, and in November, of last a year, Judge Memminger sentenced h Boozer to die in the electric chair on t] December 13. On the day preced- 0 ing he was respited until to-day in or- L der to give his attorney time to make ^ a further showing on the petition for u commutation, but th,e governor did d not interfere with the sentence and a this morning the mandate of the law C( was carried out. A Fine Way to Pay Debts. When a newspaper man of New Orleans was preparing to leave that k city in order to take a position in t< New York a tailor named Eistenstein t< overwhelmed him with offers of new wn authorities of Hardeeville lackled the prisoner securely, plac3 - 1 ? ? +Via ioil 1 a Heavy glicUU CLl UUUU mc jm;, ad turned the prisoner this mornig over to the sheriff of Barnwell, ho securely manacled him hand ad foot, and fastened him to the aor. Upon going back, about 30 inutes later, the sheriff found that le prisoner had escaped. It is evismt that the negro had outside help om others of his own color. Bloodhounds' on the scene failed I > take the tracks, and it is thought tat the prisoner was taken off in a uggy- The negroes at Hardeeville ave been much excited since the arists, but the town is quiet to-day. Following is a description of the egro, who escaped: About 20 yearfe id; height, 5 feet 9 inches; coal lack with bumps on face; a scar :ross forehead, and a fresh wound a wrist; wearing a dark brown &uit ith initials on inside coat pocket cid tan shoes. Posses are looking for him all yer this section, and with all roads ell guarded, it is hoped that he will )on be be apprehended. The sheriff of Barnwell is still on le hunt with several deputies. LESSON OF TITANIC DISASTER. r ansa tl an tic Lines to Move Lines Further Southward. Washington, Jan. 4.?The navj epartment has announced thai -ansatlantic steamship lines have crr^a tn mnvp their tracks to the VVU WV x authward in order to avoid icebergs le change to become effective Janary 15. The new tracks will be as allows: East-bound, cross 47 degrees mgtitude, in 40 degrees north lati;de; west-bound, cross 47, wesl mgitude, in 41 degrees, north latiide. These crossings are one degree r about sixty miles, to southward o1 rossings heretofore used at thai me of the year. The branch office t New York reports the new tracks re due to recommendations of the ydrographic office, concerning raclft suggested by Capt. Jamerson f the American Steamship Line, St euis. It is expected that the cross lgs agreed upon will remain in use ntil August, unless the ice comes own in abnormal quantities. Pas angers thus will avoid much dis omfort due to corn, ana neavy seai irther north due to the ice. Had His Nerve. This story is being told of a weL nown London doctor. A friend cam* > consult him professionally and af2r the-consultation was finished th* octor wrote out a prescription, says tie Houston Post. "You had better have this made up t the chemist's," he said. "It wil] robably cost you half a crown." "Half a crown!" the patient ex[aimed. "All right. I'll get it made p." Then, as he turned to go, he dded: "I say could you lend me alf a crown to pay it with?" The doctor gasped. He recovered 1 a second, however, and asked foi tie prescription. The patient handed ; back, and after the doctor had cratched out one item in it he reurned it again, together with a sixence. "You can get what is left made up Dr a sixpence," he remarked drily What I scratched out was for youi erves." BARNWELL MERCHANT BEATEN. Robbery Probable Motive of Two Assailants. Barnwell, Jan. 5.?A telephone mesage was received here late last ' night about 11:30 o'clock to the effect that a Mr. Hankinson, a merchant of Walker's station, on the Southern Railway, a few miles above Blackville, had been attacked by two negroes while in his place of busii ness and severely beaten about the head, and asked that the county bloodhounds be rushed to the scene at once. Sheriff J. B. Morris, Su' pervisor G. J. Diamond and two dep uties left in Capt. Morris's automobile, carrying the dogs. The alleged attempt at murder was made about 7 o'clock last evening, and owing to 1 ?he delay in getting word here, it i was several hours before the authorities and the bloodhounds were on _____ _____ _____ . _ the ground. It was also learned that shortly after the attack, two ne- / groes were seen running down the railroad track in the direction of ... ?; i Blackville, and as the roadbed is covered with coal cinders, it was impossible to find the trail". ( . . Two strange negroes had been noticed hanging around the little station yesterday, it is said, and early i last night a fire was noticed in the > woods a short distance away, with the two negroes beside it. About 7 o'clock a man went into Hankinson's store to make a purchase and when the storekeeper failed to answer him, he noticed blood on his head. * A closer examination disclosed the fact tnat ne naa Deen strucK a terrmc ; blow with some blunt instrument and was in a dazed condition, walk- 19 i ' y ,'.' I 1 ing around in a circle and taking notice of nothing. A doctor was called in and advised taking him to a Co lumbia hospital, as his skull was . badly crushed. This was done this ' morning. At the place where the negroes had their camp fire was found a heavy oak stick, as large as 1 a man's wrist, on> which were blood i stains. The tree from which the stick was cut was also found. ' ^ Capt. Morris has sent telegrams in ,' ^ every direction asking that a close - watch be kept for the two assail ants, and the rural policemen are also doing their utmost to apprehend them. It is thought that robbery f was the motive for the attack on Mr. I Hankinson. *- v CONGRESSMAN A SUICIDE. , Rep. Wedemeyer, of Michigan, Jumps from Ship; Body Not Found. Washington, Jan. 3.?'Representative W. W. Wedemeyer, of Ann Harbor, Mich., who suddenly went insane at Colon, Panama, at the time . of President Taft's recent visit to the 1 m Isthmus, jumped overboard last mgnt | from a ship which he had taken at Colon. His body had not been recovered last night. Representative Wedemeyer went to the Isthmus of Panama with a congressional party at the same time President Taft visited there. On the t voyage from New York he collapsed and was taken first to a sanitarium in Panama and later was put in confinement in a hospital, where he be| came violent and raved about his t defeat last election. He developed a ^ suicidal tendency and was closely ' watched. Mr. Wedemeyer's close friends say ^ that a few days before leaving for 3 the Isthmus he fell and struck his ' head on an icy sidewalk. It was not regarded as- serious and did not deter him from going with the congressional party. Caused by Recent Defeat? Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 3.?Al5 though it was reported that the mental condition of Representative William W. Wedemeyer, who, while insane, leaped overboard from a steamI er, was due largely to a violent fall ; on a Washington sidewalk, his local - friends attribute the congressman's > breakdown to the strenuous cam3 paign he went through last autumn, which resulted in his defeat by S. W. > Beakes, Democrat, by 200 votes, and I his enthusiastic congressional work in general. Mr. Wedemeyer was 40 - years old and a lawyer. i Confirmed by Wireless. ; Colon, Jan. 3.?Confirmation was. ! received here by wireless to-day of the report that Representative Will liam Wedemeyer jumped overboard from the steamer Panama, on board I of which he had left Colon in charge i of two nurses. He leaped from the deck of the vessel at 7:30 last evening. The word of "man overboard" was given, > and a boat lowered. The crew . searched the surface of the sea in the vicinity for forty minutes without finding any trace of Mr. Wedemeyer. : -'V ; !||| ' : zrJjs&iSji