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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
* News Items Gathered All Around the
, 4 County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Fhrhardt. "FVh 24.?Six ereen
groceries are now operating in our
town.
Mr. D. C. Copeland has bought out
J. M. Dannelly & Co.'s green grocery,
beef market and ice house.
Spring of the year is coming; the
darkies are pulling off fights at
, nearly every gathering.
Thursday afternoon John Watkins
had gotten some Jacksonville
booze under his shirt and was trying
to take possession of the darkies on
the Hacker Mfg. Co.'s yard. Chief
J. W. Priester was called to take
? charge of John who when he saw
the chief took leg Dan; cnier went
after him with a determination to
catch him. John had a single barrel
shotgun, and stopped to take a shot
at chief but did not hit him. Two
or three shots were exchanged in
quick succession but no harm was
done either way. Chief finally got
* to John and carried him to the Red
Top Inn to await sentence.
There was a free fight at a school
house where they had preaching last
night. One or two coons got marks
on their heads bv a blow from a
stick; no one killed.
The ladies of Mt. Pleasant Lutheran
church will give a box party
and oyster supper at the residence
of Mr. G. B. Clayton, both afternoon
. r and evening. You are invited to
*x ? nn_ti C 4-\
auena. ieii your ueiguuuis wcj
are also invited. The date February
28th. Don't forget; all are invited.
Notice that one of your correspondents
had a mental delusion
one night week before last. Did not.
injure hi? physique to any extent;
was only a mental delusion caused
by going to a grave yard at night.
Miss Louise Wilson, one of the
Lodge school teachers, spent the
week-end with Miss Mamie El*rhardt.
Schoolmate reunion.
The atmosphere smells of commercial
fertilizer. Farmers are gof
? ing to use it this year.
Mr. Geo. W. Clayton was bitten
by his own dog Friday morning.
The supposition is that his dog was
bitten by, a mad dog, as some of the
other dogs in the neighborhood are
going mad. Mr. Clayton thought his
dog was sick and was trying to medi
* cine the dog ^hen he was bitten. I
also hear that Mr. Clayton's son was
bitten by the same dog. JEE.
i News from Kearse.
Olar, Feb. 21.?Mr. W. C. Best,
well and favorably known, died at his
home, Ulmer, on Monday last.
The soiree given by Miss Salome
_ Brabham Monday evening in honor
of Miss Camille Price, of Bamberg,
was quite a success. Many games
were played, and "all went merry as
a marriage bell." Thos present were:
Misses Camille Price, guest of honor,
Minnie Lee Aver, Aline Kearse,
Agnes Kearse, Lena Kearse, Sallie
Neely, Mary Mace, and Mrs. E. B.
Price.
The gentlemen were: Messrs. S. E.
Neely, R. C. Kirkland, Dr. Janaan,
Julius Folk, E. B. Price, Earie, Clyde,
and Faber Kearse, and Quintus Brabham.
Robert Kirkland seemed to be the
most popular beau of the evening,
judging from the many bouquets he
i received. We saw him next morn
mg and he had on a real Taft
smile, one not to be washed off.
If Miss Price's Bamberg friends
can get her to relate the meeting of
i a visiting dude, who had down pat
"doncher know," it will be rare, rich
and racy, "doncher know."
Your scribe is in bed in the grasp
of la grippe, with a huge amount of
medicine to take, but two jokes came
by mail to him to-day which helped
his feelings. One was a letter from
a Confederate general addressed to
"Captain" so and so, and began,
"Dear Comrade." I wish somebody
would refresh this general's memory.
The other was a package by parcel
post, in which was a real Dan
Cupid minus his bow and arrow?a
belated Valentine. My man Dick,
brought in the mail, and when Cupid
was shown him he "fell at the crack"
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and I knowr our near neighbors
thought he had found a full supply
of laughing gas. Dick is under the
impression that it was sent by a female,
but I know better.
LA GRIPPE.
You can't always tell what your
neighbors think of you by what thoy
t say.
FAIRFAX FANCIES.
Week of Prayer Closed?Visitors in
and Around the City.
Fairfax, Feb. 24.?The Lutherans
closed their week of prayer and selfdenial
at their church Sunday evening.
The Ladies' Missionary Society
took charge. Mrs. W. B. Aull read a
fine opening piece, Miss Margaret
Youmans recited well (as she always
does,) Miss Rosalind Summer gave a
very fine missionary address. Her
mother being a missionary the subject
is very near her heart. The
large audience listened attentively to
her good advice and burning words
of zeal for the cause. The choir, led
by Mrs. J. F. Lightsey, gave good inspiring
songs. Rev. W? B. Aull announced
that this was his last appearance
in that church, as he will
soon remove to Florida.
Miss Mahala Folk spent the weekend
here with her sister at the Commercial
hotel.
Miss Willie Daniels, who teaches
near Hampton, was a recent guest of
Mrs. W. B. Aull.
Mrs. I. C. Gray is the guest this
week of Mrs. Moye Dowling.
Mrs. Dowling, of Varnville, is visiting
Miss Hattie Dowling, who is at
school here, and her sons.
Misses Cone, Kearse, Jarrell, Singleterry
and Wilson visited Olar on
Sunday.
Our teachers have enjoyed several
trips to Allendale recently, chap
eroned by Mesdames Harter and McDaniel.
D. H. Gelzer and Jno. Bratton, of
Columbia; T. Harry Oats, of Augusta;
Fred Fisher and Benjamin
Cain, of Charleston, were recent
guests here.
Jas. Norwood, president of the
Citizens Bank, spent Tuesday here.
Mr. and Mis. Otis Deer have moved
into, one of Miss Singleterry's
new houses. This was Mrs. Deer's
home before marriage, and all welcome
her back.
\ Mrs. P. H. Loadholt slipped on the
ice Thursday, fell and broke a limb.
She is very popular here, and all regret
the serious accident.
Misses Marie and Carrie Weekly, of
Ulmer, visited friends here recently.
Prof. Theo. Campbell, of Brunson,
visited G. D. Sanders recently.
Mrs. Emma Kennedy, of North
Augusta, is spending some time with
her sister, Mrs.N Geneva Barber.
G. D. Allen, of Sycamore, was a
guest last week of Miss Sue Best.
Mrs. Polly Best's condition is still
quite serious, and her four daughters
are untiring in their daily and
nightly vigils over her couch.
Mrs. Henry Ulmer, Misses BCrtha
A T"> ~11 ? TTlmnv r\f Driicnn vis.
dlJlU numcnc uirnci, ui J_>I uovu, ?
ited relatives here recently.
The Y. P. U. met Sunday evening.
An interesting program was carried
out. Mrs. Robert McDaniel recited
feelingly; Misses Flossie Porter and
Ethel Jarrell had fine essays; a sextette
was much enjoyed, led by Miss
Harrison.
Rev. Wm. Simpson spent several
days this week at Saluda, where he
assisted in dedicating the new Baptist
church. He was a former pastor
there.
W. T. Brooker, of Columbia, visited
his sister, Mrs. Wm. Simpson,
this week.
Miss Alma Griner, of Brunson, visited
here recently.
T. J. Folk's family has moved here
from Ulmer.
Miss Mattie Harter, of Ulmer, visited
here recently.
Harry Williams, of Ulmer, visited
friends here Sunday.
Country Correspondence.
We are glad to welcome Dr. Ed.
Kirkland and family in our midst.
He has moved on his farm.
Mrs. Henry Herndon, who has
been in Charleston for two weeks at
a hospital, is at home again,, and
we are giad to say is doing nicely, to
the delight of her many friends.
Miss Hattie Priester, of Allendale,
is visiting her brother, Mr. Willie
Priester, and family.
A Sunday-school has been restarted
at Spring Branch church, with
Mr. D. F. Smoak as superintendent.
Mr. C. M. Varn, of Colston, was
a visitor of Mr. J. W. Hill (?) Sunday
evening.
Last Thursday's rain was one of
the heaviest we've had for some
time. Several rural teachers failed
to be at their post. At Pine Grove
school five of the faithful band went,
but no school inarm was there to
greet them.
Glad to say everybody in our
midst is*well.
The State reunion of Confederate
veterans will be held in Aiken April
23d and 24th.
IN THE PALMETTO STATI
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quiet
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
A negro boy of 15 was killed at Allendale
on Friday while playing with
a gun.
The supervisor of Orangeburg
county has offered ?25 reward foi
every person convicted of violating
the dispensary law.
Acting under orders of Sheriff McCain,
rural policemen of Richlanc
county seized 22 gallons of whiskej
and 200 bottles of beer at Ras Scely's
place, a mile from Columbia, on Saturday.
Two negro prisoners got out o:
the Easley guardhouse Friday nighi
by blowing down the concrete wal
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WILLI UJ1 LldJUJU IC. XL 10 uui jvuu it jjl uu,.i
they got the dynamite. They hac
been arrested on the charge of housebreaking
and robbery.
Reuben C. Clinkscales, aged 22
medical --student, and Miss Janei
Fields, aged 19, were arrested in Bal
timore on Friday and brought bad
to Anderson, their home. Clinkscales
is a medical student, and had enticec
the girl away from her home.
Rewards aggregating $100 wen
offered for the arrest of Eugene C
Campbell, the bigamist, who escapee
from the sheriff of Richland count:
while being brought back to Colum
bia from Atlanta on Thursday. H<
was recaptured in Atlanta Sunday.
A Ford touring car belonging tc
G. M. Anderson was stolen from th<
street in front of the opera house ii
Columbia Tuesday night while it:
owner was attending the theatre anc
was found near Swansea, Lexingtoi
county, next day, where it had "gon<
dead" for lack of gasoline. The thie
is not known.
Attorney General Peeples declare:
he will make no further effort t<
bring Mr. Hebert into the State t<
answer to an indictment charginj
him with attempt to embezzle $98,
000 from the Seminole Secnrity com
pany, for which he has been arrest
ed in Tennessee, and is fighting {
requisition. Solicitor Cobb, on th?
contrary, says he intends to get He
bert back if he can.
Henry Smith and James Weasley
young white men, were committed t<
jail in Lexington on Saturday
charged with breach of trust witl
fraudulent intent. They hired {
horse from a livery stable at Bates
burg, on the pretense of wanting t<
go a short distance into the coun
try, and then went to Columbia
where they tried to sell the horse
They are mill operatives, and clain
they were drunk.
Miss Virginia Latimer obtained :
verdict for $1,000 against Andersoi
county at the Anderson court on Fri
day for injuries received by bein{
hurt in an automobile by a rop<
stretched across the road by the su
pervisor, the object being to wan
travelers of a bad place farther on
The driver of the auto did not se<
the rope until he was jerked unde:
the chin by it and thrown violentl:
against Miss Latimer.
News from K^arse.
Olar, Feb. 24.?On Sunday morn
ing we were debating in our mine
whether to try and stay up or g(
back to bed, our real gooa ineuu
W. H. Ritter, knowing we had beei
sick, sent for us to come and spenc
the day with him, that he had com
pany that he would like for us t<
meet. We went and everything wai
so pleasant till we soon forgot w<
had ever been sick. His friendi
were W. Gordon Kearse, one of oui
own kinspeople, while the other wai
Joe Johnson, of Philadelphia. Thes<
young men are both holding dowi
good jobs with the Scofield people.
By the way, if all Yankees are a:
clever as the Scofield lot, then the:
are certainly a clever set.
Both Mrs. W. H. and G. E. Rittei
have been on the sick list?chill!
and fever?but are better now.
Our hostess, Miss Sudie Ritter, is
looking for company this week, anc
should this company fail to show up
we know full well that she too wil
be numbered among the sick.
Miss Mell Kearse got a fall th(
other day which left some bruises
but we hope she will be out agaii
soon.
Clever Ennis Breland is holding
down a job in Atlanta. He mus
like it, for he's sticking. His letter:
contain all of his secrets, but i
would be cruel to give away so gooc
a boy. L. G.
f MAY LOSE EYESIGHT.
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Dallas Kimball Suffers Serious Injury
I From Powder Explosion at Aiken.
Aiken, Feb. 21.?Dallas Kimball,
the 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Kimball, will very probably
lose his eyesight from a powder explosion
which the little boy precipitated
yesterday afternoon when he
took the charge of powder from a
1 shotgun shell, placed it in a tin can
and fired it. The little chap was in
: the field near his home when the
" explosion occurred, and the first his
> parents knew of his accident was
. when, blinded and bleeding from a
. terrible wound in his head and blackl
ened face, he stumbled into the house
r after groping his way home. Physi5
cians say he will not likely recover
. his eyesight.
Ehrhardt Graded School.
The attendance for the past two
^ months has already broken all previous
records. For some months
j now it has been beyond the one hundred
mark. This month's work
shows an attendance of 102; while
the average has been 89. This makes
' on ovoontmnol o-nnrl ohnwintr when
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it is remembered that fully half of
our students drive in from the counL
try. The honor roll for theMnonth
3 will show-something of the work that
* is bfeing done by the individual students.
About these, same averages
- have maintained throughout the
year's work. It is sincerely hoped
1 by the faculty that the future will
? be still better.
HONOR ROLL.
3 Primary department ? Hildergarde
Dannelly, Reba Kinard, Sallie
j Morris, Vera Planner, Catherine
a Roberts, Catherine Lemarcks, Corx
nelius Brabham, Nell Hudson, Louise
3 Copeland, Edna Kirkland, Dorothy
j McDowell, Marguerite Copeland,
j Lyles Ehrhardt, Wilhelmina McKena
zie, Furman Roberts, Louise Simf
mons, Autrey Warren.
Honorable mention?Lyles Copeland,
Flossie Fender, Surry Wingate,
3 M. E. Hutson.
? Intermediate department ? Wilma
Clayton, Ruby Kinard, Thelma
a Priester, Willie Bikle, Eleanor Pate,
feffie Ramsey, Bettie Kinard, Inez
Hutson, Henry Hutson, Milton Kinard,
Louis Bikle, Grace Moore, Es
telle tilers.
Honorable mention?Zeita Planner,
Alston Hutson, James Roberts,
Kate Rentz, Cecil Copeland, Alice
' Pate, Glenn Smith, Helen McDowell,
5 Vertal Wingate, Ada Smith, Bertha
' Kinard.
High School Department?Carolee
1 Hiers 90; Laurie Kinard 90; Zelma
Herndon 91; Alma Fender 91; Geo.
5 Fender 91; Wilsie Clayton 91; Anne
Rentz 91; Ethel Smith 92; Harry
' Hiers 94; Robert Peters 96; Allie
Kinard 97; Clyde Herndon 97; Ed1
ward McDowell 97.
Honorable mention?I^eber Hern1
don 88; Clara Copeland 89; Lillie
i Kinard 89.
y News from Olar.
d
5 Olar, Feb. 25.?The school im.
provement association of Olar gave a
i play here on Friday evening. After
. the performance a supper was served
3 in a beautifully decorated banquet
r hall. Both the play and the supper
j were a success, financially and soci
ally, for a long while has passed
since we have had anything as enjoyable.
It is also a direct proof
- that the people of Olar are taking an
1 interest in their school.
5 Mrs. W. B. Chitty, Henry Chitty,
, and Wilton Smith spent a few days
i in Savannah last week.
1 Miss Cressie Breland was in town
- Friday night.
> Miss Agnese Kearse is here visit3
ing Miss Inez Starr,
s Miss Faye Blanton, of North Caro3
lina, is in Olar on a visit to her
r aunt, Mrs. Bessinger.
3 On last Saturday afternoon Mrs.
3 C. F. Rizer entertained in a most
i charming manner for her daughter,
Daisye. The invitations, which were
3 quaintly written, caused much excite?
ment among the young people, for
they were invited to hunt Washingr
ton's hatchet at Miss Rizer's.. The
3 hatchet was found by Caroline Starr,
who was presented with a box of
3 candy. The girls and boys amused
i themselves by making hatchets out
, of twine by winding it around tacks
1 they had driven in boards. Miss Jen-1
nie Rogers was the receiver of the
? prize for the best hatchet made.
, After this the guests were invited
i into the dining room, which was
beautifully decorated in our national
I colors. The refreshments, which
t consisted of cream and cake, were
3 served by Misses Jennie Rogers and
t Inez Starr. The guests were enter1
tained by Mrs. L. A. Hartzog and
Miss Alma Black.
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PRISON OFFICIALS SCORED
1
ASKS LEGISLATURE TO STOP
ALLEGED CRUELTY.
Because Negro Convict Spoke to Gov- 5
ernor on Streets, it is Alleged
He was Cruelly Beaten. ^
1
Columbia, Feb. 25.?Charges of ,
cruel punishment of a convict at the j
penitentiary were sent to the senate i
to-night by Gov. Blease in the fol- 1
lowing message:
"I transmit to you herewith letter
received by me on the morning (
of February 25, 1913.
" 'February 23, 1913.?His Excellency,
Governor Blease, Columbia, .
S. C.?Honorable Sir: Simeon Ellis, j
(colored,) a prisoner, I understand ,
\yas talking to you yesterday (Satur- 1
day) on the street. He was working (
on the city street detail, and as you .
passed asked his guard, Corporal
Boykin, to speak to you, and Boykin .
refused him the permission to do so,
and he spoke to you anyhow.
" 'To-day he was brought up before
Capt. Sondley by Boykin and
was sentenced to the stocks, and Ellis
says he was struck 45 or 50 lashes?
he cannot say the exact number, and 1
his back now shows the result from
his head down to his hips.
" T am telling you this as a matter
of information, which I think you
will be glad to know at this time, as
I am very well posted as to what your
politics are regarding such things regarding
the State penitentiary.
Therefore, I do not hesitate to send
you this information, as I know you
will not give the source of your information.
" 'Yours respectfully,
(Signed) " 'Monday Morning.' "
The letetr continues:
" 'Ellis was taken to the blacksmith
shop and a pair of very short
shackles put on him, and he* then
told the captain and Dr. Jennings
that he was going to tell you the
first chance that he had been whipped
for talking to you. Then he
was taken to the shops again to have
the chain lengthened, and while this
was being done he had a fit. He is
subject to such spells. The chains
were cut off him and he was taken
to the hospital, where he now is. I
understand he is in a seroius condition.
" 'Later: To still punish this poor,
ignorant, defenceless negro, Dr. Jennings
applied a strong electric battery
to him and tortured him for
more than a half hour. His screams
and cries and piteous appeals for
mercy could be heard all over the
penitentiary grounds.'
"Upon receipt of this letter, Col.
Aull, my private secretary, requested
Capt. of the Guard Sondly, at the
State penitentiary, to bring this pris
? x C A'/ilnnlr r\ m
oner to iny umce at o w vivvn. p. w
He was brought in his prison garb,
closely shackled, with a chain around
both legs. As to his physical condition,
I leave the description of that
for Representatives C. C. Wyche,
Mitchum and Fortner, who were
present and saw the negro's back and
hips.
"This is but another instance,
which came to my ears only by accident,
and which I am giving to you
for the purpose of showing that I am
doing what I can to relieve suffering
humanity, and that I am only heeding
the demands of humanity upon
me.
"After finding that the negro had
been in the penitentiary for 13 years
for killing another negro, and feeling
sure that if I returned him to the
penitentiary as a prisoner he would
again be whipped, shackled and possibly
killed, I granted him a parole
during his good behavior.
"In taking this course I am satisfied
that I am not only heeding the
demands of humanity, but that I am
upholding the letter and the spirit of
the constitution, which provides in
Section 19 of Article 1, 'Nor cruel
and unusual punishment inflicted,'
and' corporal punishment shall not
be inflicted.'
"'The letter which I have transmitted
to you says that when this negro
was tortured with 'a strong electric
battery for more than a half i
hour, his screams and cries and pite- i
.0U9 appeals for mercy could De neara i
all over the penitentiary grounds;' >,
they reached my ears; they have
now reached yours. The demand <
upon me was not for mercy, but for i
justice, and I believe that justice was ;
secured from me, so far as in my
power lay to give it. What will you
do?" ;
The message was referred to the ;
committee on penal and charitable :
institutions, which will hold an immediate
investigation and report to j
the present session. i
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT CHARGED.
W. A. Hartzog, of Barnwell, Lodged
in Jail.
Barnwell, Feb. 21.?W. A. Hartsog,
a well-known white farmer who
resides about three miles from Barnsvell,
was arrested this afternoon and
lodged in jail on the charge of at:empting
criminal assault upon a
poung white woman of his neighborhood.
Hartzoe denies the charge in
toto. The warrant was sworn out by
:he husband of the young woman.
Particulars of the affair are not
obtainable; in fact, little was known
of it until this morning, when the
warrant was isstfced. It is stated
that the alleged attempt was committed
on Tuesday of this week, it
having been kept quiet until to-day.
There is no excitement in the neighhood,
although, it has been reported
that a meeting between the husband
of the young woman and Hartog
occurred some time after the alleged
act. Hartzog is about 40 *
years of age and is married.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Feb. 25.?Quite a number
of friends attended oih Sunday
evening, last, a simple but very pretty
wedding, which was solemnized at
the home of Mrs. W. L. Califf, when
her daughter, Mis? Ina Sue, was mar- ,
ried to Mr. KeuDen ivi. lvicoanua,
formerly of Leesville, but now residing
in Bamberg.
The parlor was tastily decorated in
jonquils, violets, and Southern
smilax.
The bride entered with Mrs. J. Sigmund
Walker, dame of honor, and
was met before an improvised altar
of ferns, by the groom, with his
brother, Mr. J. N. McCartha, of
Leesville, who was best man. They
were united in marriage by kev. M.
M. Brabham, pastor of.the Methodist
church.
The bride wore a traveling suit
of grey with hat to match and carried
a shower bouquet of bride's
roses.
Immediately after the ceremony
the folding doors were thrown aside,
leading into the dining room, which
was decorated in red and white japonicas,
the color scheme also being
carried out in the dainty refreshments
which were served to the
guests at small tables. Mr. and Mrs.%
McCartha left immediately after for
a short trip.
Miss Lula Hightower, from Lynch- .
burg, spent the week-end with her
parents here.
Miss Wyman, of Estill, spent sev
eral days this week with relatives.
Miss Sara Herriot made a short
vis-it to her home in Sumter last week
Mr. Livingston, of North, is visiting
friends here.
Miss Genevieve Wroton, of Hamlet,
is the guest of Mrs. Robt. Willis.
Miss Clara Wyman entertained
quite a number of her little friends
with a Washington party on Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. B. Lyles is spending some
time witn her parents in Sumter.
Quite a great deal of interest is
being manifested in the debate,
which is to be held in the school
auditorium on Friday evening. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Batpist Pastor Assaulted. . .
* Greenvile, N. C., Feb. 18.?Sunday
night the Baptist and Methodist pastors
preached strong sermons against
blind tigers, pool rooms and gambling
that, it is alleged, exist here. These
sermons were much discussed to-day,
and this afternoon S. J. Nobles, proprietor
of a pool room, made an assault
upon Rev. C. N. Rock, pastor
of the Baptist church.
The pastor received some bruieses
on the head and face, and, it is said,
was giving his assailant a severe
lambasting when a bystander, who
sympathized with the pool room
keeper, is said to have struck the
pastor from behind, then caught and
held him.
WANTED A HUSBAND PROTEM.
Woman Sought License to Wed for
One Year Only.
El wood City, Pa., Feb. 19.?Katherine
Scollise and Erich Stopinski
caused surprise in the marriage license
office at Newcastle, the county
seat, when they applied for a license
to be married for one year only. The
clerk asked the young woman's reason
for seeking but one year of marital
bliss and she coolly infromed him
that she had a husband in Russia
who could come to this country a
year hence and if she found on his
arrival that she loved him she would
return to him.
The young woman was much chagrinned
to learn that a license could
~nn ?iiph rrenditions.