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r -- >;"V^ -^r-- T^5P?1 i> dilt? lambtrg feralb jk ? ? ??? One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS To SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. jt ??? tic News Items Gathered All Around the i ^ ur County and Elsewhere. ? an Ehrhardt Etchings. aii Ehrhardt, March 3.?Miss Kittie tj? Dannelly is away, visiting her sister jn at Ridge Springs. 011 Mr. Wescott, of Walterboro, came ' > - > in * tn up Saturday ana "win remui w-ua,-. i Rev. D. B. Groseclose preached ^ from the subject: "Life?God. W( v Death?Evil," to an attentive audience. He handled the subject in an ea able manner as usual, and when he eT concluded his congregation appeared ou as if they were glad that they had gone to the house of the Lord and had the truths placed before them with such force. Dr. J. L. Copeland is giving Mr. ^ Geo. W. Clayton and his son the treatment for hydrophobia. Our passenger and freight trains et have not been malting very good schedule time since the fertilizer sea- mi son set in. The passenger has been helping the freight handle the cars vis of fertilizer, and some days is more te1 than an hour late as a consequence. Carriers could not wait on the tram for the mail, which disappointed lots of folks on the routes. fir The rains have put the fishermen to work. Xearlv every ditch of any Bi 4 size has a trap in it. The pike, perch, and mud fish are being caught in te Is.] quantities. Scarcity of coin is cutting down the ta 3. ' booze orders considerably. Jamaica 3 ginger holds the fort, however. JEE. m to Denmark News. w] Denmark, March 4.?On last Fri- w< day evening the Lanier Literary So- in ? ' ciety held a public meeting at the a school auditorium, with the follow- a ing program: ne Duet?Misses Vera Wiggins and an Christabel Mayfield. m; Life of Poet?Miss Hattie Mae an Sandifer. w< Current Events?Miss Kathleen ed Fogle. . ha Instrumental Solo?Miss Kathryne Wilkinson. Declamation?Mr. Willie Califf, dc I Jr. sn Reading?Mr. Walker Hartzog. m; , Instrumental Solo?Miss Polier. ar Declamation?Miss Gentry. Reading?Miss Ruth Guess. * Debate?Resolved that South Caro- pa lina should have a compulsory educa- ba tion law. Affirmative, Messrs. Rey- su nold Wiggins, Bernard Faust. Neg- th * ative, Misses Christabel Mayfield, Ju- R? lia Goolsby. Vocal Solo?Mrs. A. P. Guess. be Girls Chorus. w The program was well carried out its and the debates were especially th good. The judges found it quite a | na task to make a decision but finally ?r decided in fovar of the negative. iii Cabinet Xo Longer in Doubt. m Washington. March 4.?Secretary ar Tumulty announced to-day that jG President Wilson would hold an in- ar formal meeting to-morrow forenoon jlc of the men whose names he will send nj to the senate as members of his cab- fa inet. The senate of the G3rd con- n t gress will meet to-morrow at noon. W) President Wilson's cabinet is com- ^ nnd it. remains only to for mally send the nominations to the w senate. Until act ally nominated, hi the list is unofficial, but the list is ai definitely accepted to be as follows-: he Secretary of State?Wm. Jennings ^ Bryan, of Nebraska. he Secretary of the Treasury?Wm. hi G. McAdoo, of New York. th r Secretary of War?Lindley M. Gar- j-j rison, of New Jersey. j nj Attorney General?James McRey- [ lv nolds, of Tennessee. j m Postmaster General ? Repre- j he sentative Albert Burleson, of Texas, yc Secretary of the Navy?Josephus tfi Daniels, of North Carolina. | C1 Secretary of Interior?Franklin K. | jn i Lane, of California. Secretary of Agriculture?David F. Houston, of Missouri. Secretary of Commerce?Represpnrarive William C. Redfield, of j New York. ** Secretary of Labor?Representative Win. B. Wilson, of Pennsylvania. , cl Financial Explanation. "Well, sir," cried .Mr. Richpop, "what does this mean? My daughter sitting on your lap, sir?" \ cl "Why, yes, Mr. Richpop," said Waggley. "You see. sir, I have just ti< suggested a consolidarion of our interests, and 1 have undertaken to act ce as a holding company until the mer- m ger is comDleted according to established forms." tt OVER $1,500 IX FIXES. n Sumter Timers Assessed Limit of One Hundred Dollars. Sumter. March 3.?The prosecu>n of the blind tigers arrested Satday was commenced this morning d continued all day, and will probly last for two days longer. In 1 more than twenty alleged blind ,rers have been arrested and lodged the guard house for trial, only e or two being out on bond. In e cases tried to-day every one of e defendants were convicted, alough in several cases attorneys ?re secured by the accused. More an ten convictions were had and in ch case the sentence of the recordwas a fine of $100 or thirty days the gang. Xews and Xotions. Olar, March 3.?"Old Timer" has ceived a letter from one of his boys, io is now in West Virginia, saying at he has just married. We rather ink this boy is "working the rack" on the old man for a hundred or ore plunks. Boys know all the iys to pull pa. Mrs. E. A. Smoak, of Bamberg, is siting her daughter, Mrs. J. O. Rit r. Dr. H. M. Brabham leaves Tuesday r the Northwestern part of the ate, where he has been offered a ?e practice. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Carter, of 'anchville, are visiting Mrs. Carr's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bread. This scribe was invited over to ke tea and spend the evening, but week of gayety has worn us out to frazzle. One day this week we were invited dine with some real classy people ao had real classy company. We ?re all chatting merrily in the drawg room, and the hostess had sent colored boy to get another servant, woman, to assist in preparing dinr. The boy appeared at the door d informed the lady that the worn would come in a few minutes, d the lady wanted to know what is detaining her. The boy hesitata moment, and the entire company d their eyes on the boy, who said: "She hadter suckle de baby!" One of the young men present was "ii v>o <-><-? nl^ tn toon Hnwn a '1115 All 11^ WU1U IV liie, but failed, and the young woan's looks, coupled with the boy's iswer. brought down the house. A party of ladies and gentlemen snt on a hunt one afternoon the ist week. All sorts of game was igged: birds, squirrels, a fat 'posm, but. pretty Sudie Ritter beat em all, she caught a full grown abb (it.) Mr. Roy Rabb, of Charleston, has en visiting here for the past week, e can't account for his frequent vis> here unless he's Sue(d) and if at is the case we fear that when a imeless young man reads this paraaph his face will look very much ce that, of a wry Ann. Saturday we spent the day at Jen's; attended lodge meeting there, id after the communication Capt. tuny took several of us in charge id shared with us his wonderful >spitality. He has a big heart, a ce home, and a very interesting mily. The jokes we got off on his jphew, clever Albert Loadholdt, are rich. Albert has a fine horse; is horse likes the tinkling of a bell, id Albert is never happier than hen he has a belle beside him in s brand new buggy. So now if ly one should hear the tinkling of a ill after nightfall, they can put it >wn that Albert is passing with a ill on his horse and a belle also by s side. But never mind, Albert and lis scribe have planned a high old me for* the near future. So if some ght a bell is ringing, and you hear ro females singing, and two buggies ud a slinging, and two girls with )th arms clinging, round two men, >u then can swear, that we are lere. on a wild tear, the road please ear, for everywhere we're going, gog, yes going some! LA GRIPPE. Dense Stupidity. "Is that clock right?" asked the sitor, who had already outstayed s welcome. His hostess yawned. "Oh, no!" she said. "That's the ock we always call The Visitor." The obdurate one sat down again. "The Visitor?" he remarked. What a curious name to give a ook!" His hostess ventured an explanaon. "You see," she cooed sweetly, "we ill it that because we can never ake it go!" And even then he failed to see te point.?London Answers. jlN THE PALMETTO STATE | SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I ! : State News Boiled Down for Quid .Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Work on the enlargement of the Lancaster cotton mill has begun anc will be concluded, it is thought, bj July, when the mill will be th* largest in the world. W. P. Jernigan, of Cope, Orange burg county, died on Tuesday froir having his leg crushed by a railroac train while jumping off at a crossing a few days before. A special from Sumter says a negrc woman in that community became th< mother of six children in 11 months Thev were born in triplets, 11 month: apart. All have died. A negro girl, Bessie Stroman through her guardian, has begun sui against the city of Orangeburg fo: $3,000 for injuries received from : live wire of the city's lighting sys tem. . James Williams is suing the Xa tional Electric Supply company o Washington, contractors, because h< fell into a posthole the company dig ged in Barnwell the 3rd of February He asks $20,000 damages. Lewis Martin, 9-year-old son o T. L. Martin, of Ware Shoals, wa: accidentally shot and killed on Sat urday. He and his counsin, 13 year: old, were handling a gun, whicl went off with fatal results. Rev.- J. H. Wilson, D. D., has re signed from the pastorate of th< Lutheran church in Orangeburg, t< take effect April 1st, and will accep the position of financial secretary o Marion Female college, Marion, Va A negro 7 0 years of age is charg ed with criminally assaulting a negr< girl of 12 years in Sumter county oi Wednesday. He made his escape His name is Tom McFadden, and hi has served several terms on the chaii gang and ten years in the peniten tiary. XO LIGHT OX MILLS MYSTERY. Missing Money Xot Recovered?X* Arrests Made. Chicago, March 3.?Despite the ef forts of the police, the strange stor; told by Mrs. Mabel Mills, 45 year old, wife of a real estate dealer ii San Antonio, Tex., that she lost o was robbed of $41,000, after becom ing unconscious in Evanston, a sub urb, last Saturday night, remainei to-night a mystery. Xo one had beei arrested and none of the money hai been recovered. Searching the ground where Mrs Mills said she struggled for mor than an hour and a half in the sno\ and under porches, where it wa hoped the money, all in $1,000 bills might have been blown by the gale the police, after interviewing the wc man at a hospital, announced the had discovered these facts, whic' they said only puzzled them. Somewhat Conflicting. Mrs. Mills said she became con scious only when she was being pick ed up on the porch of Mrs. A. J Cooper, to which she had crawled ^"Vreas Chief of Police Shaffer, o Lvanston, said he had good authorit for stating that a blow causing th bruise on the back of the woman' head was not sufficient to have ren dered her unconscious, and the phj sicians at the hospital said Mrs. Mill could not have lost consciousnes from any other cause. The envelope in which Mrs. Mill said she carried the money on th street, and which was found oper had not been sealed, although it wa one of the regular safety deposit er velopes taken from a hotel where sh had been staying and where the cler said he had seen the money sealed. Mrs. Mills toftl the police she wa indifferent about the loss of th money and said she wanted to leav the city. She announced she migh be in St. Louis by to-morrow. Afte going thoroughly into the case, Chie Shaffer said he had no basis on whic to make any arrests. "The woman does not insist sh was robbed," Chief Shaffer saic "She says she became unconseiou . and when revived the money wa gone." In spite of the puzzling features c the case, Chief Shaffer said he wa continuing work on the theory tha ' footpads saw Mrs. Mills handle th money on an elevated train, and, fol lowing her, knocked her down whe she walked up a dark street. ? PEPPER IN THE PARSON'S SOCK < , , , Cured Him of Cold eFet?An Arka > siis Example. Of the many A. R. P. ministe who have preached at Broad Cree I am proud to have been one. The is not a congregation in our Syn< that is more loyal to our distincti principles than Broad Creek. My first visit to the church was * the winter of 18G0, and I never w forget a thing that took place on t 5 road to Lexington one very col frosty morning. My hostess, a Mi . Lackey, was very much afraid th j my feet would freeze, and so it w I that she told me a plan that wou r keep my feet comfortable all the w to Lexington. I was glad to knc how that could be done. She ga ' me two pods of red pepper and to me to pulverize them and to put t dust in each sock. I cheerfully d as the good woman directed, put ' my boots, mounted my horse and s , out on my journey, fearless of t t frost. I thought it was a good i r vention, but in a half hour it prov i to be too much of a good thing. - had not gone over three miles wh my feet felt as if there was a sto under each foot. A few miles ft ? ther it seemed as if my feet were a fire, and I had to get down, take < my boots and socks, shake out t pepper and let my feet cool down, finished my journey in comfort a: gratitude to Mrs. Lackey. f In 1867 I told this experience tc 5 lady in Arkansas, about six mi] " southeast of Monticello. She said: s wjll give you my husband's expe 1 ence and mine with pepper. He h suffered with cold feet winter a . summer, and a doctor told him a take five pods of long red pepper, c 3 them in two and slip a piece o\ I each toe and wear them half a dj f But I do not know how he stood that long. He followed the docto advice and he has never had a cold feet since. But that is not a D he has never been able to sleep wi 1 his feet under the cover at night !* account of hot feet."?Jno. H. Sin 3 son, in Associate Reformed Presl 1 terian. Negroes Kick on Segregation. Atlanta, March 1.?Atlanta i groes who as a class have never 9 any time in the city's history tried force their presence as residents any section of the city inhabited " white people, are none\he less stn y uously objecting to the proposed ; s tion of council to establish a re a dential "dead line"?a jim crow r vision of residential sections, o> " the line of which it* will be unlaw '* for any negro to live or any negro ^ stitution to be established. Q Several leading Atlanta ne? ^ preachers, who have always been one with the white people on questions bearing on the relation e the two races, are in this instai v openly objecting to the establii s ment of such a dead line. It is i >> derstood that there will be a fight council on the subject this afterno< as some of the members of that be y are strenuously in favor of the p k posed ordinance* and others are ji as strenuously opposed to it. " Xever-Stop Papers. f. At this season of the year we ; ceive a good many communicatic if from subscribers who want to kn y how they can get rid of never-el e papers. Some of them send us di s received from collection agencies l- subscriptions which have been ci - tinued after the subscriber ordej ~ A i r*ns\ r\ + i mi /-.H OtllDrC COTlH Ot O Llimil UiaUUULlUUOU. uwiwu ? s ies of what purport to be subscripts laws, which seem to compel subsci; s ers to pay for papers which h? e been sent them, whether ordered l, not. s The short and easy way to av< i- trouble with these never-stop pap e is to refuse to subscribe for the lv and refuse to receive them if tl are sent without definite order. Pr s ticallv all of the worthless papers e the country could be put out of bis e ness in one or two years if the p< it pie would simply refuse to rece r them at any price. When a si if scription has been given to a nev h stop paper, and has expired, the ] per should be refused and the pi e lisher notified that it is no lonj 1. wanted. If this is done, a subscr s er is under no obligation to pay s it, and should not permit himself be bluffed into paying for it by bos if collection agencies. A large p s centage of these latter are mer t conductjd by the papers themseh e under another name. It is astoni: I- ing that people continue to submit n this gross imposition by never-sl papers.?Wallaces' Farmer. s DICKINSON FREED QUICKLY 11 VERDICT RETURNED IN THREE rs MINUTES AFTER CHARGE. k, re Defense Offered No Testimony?A 3(j Large Crowd Was i'resent ve Throughout Trial. *n Wednesday morning of this week HI the case of G. Move Diciknson for ke the killing of W. Paul Riley was Id. taken up. The State was represented rs- by Solicitor R. L. Gunter, W. H. at Welch, of Columbia, B. W. Miley, 35 and J. Ham Kirkland. Mavfield & Id Free and Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand, a3r of Orangeburg, represted the de)W fense. The case was called at nine V6 o'clock and some time was taken to dd select the jury. The indictment was read by the solicitor and he askid ed that each juror be put on his voir on dire. The panel was exhausted dur;et ing the drawing of the jury and a dehe lav was nnpasioned hv summonine: n~ additional jurors from the three mile e(* box. The following compose the 1 jury: J. D. Sandifer, G. W. Bessing-? en er, J. G. Kirkland, J. G. Kinsey, ve foreman, A. H. Patrick, J. A. GilIr" lam, C. C. Ellzey, J. M. Staley, P. E. on Jennings, J. B. Brickie, A. R. Deippsev, H. S. Kearse, Albin Kirsch. The following jurors were stood * aside by the Court because of being nd related to the defendant: J. F. Brabham, J. T. O'Neal, O. A. Simmons, 1 a W. F. Hughes, J. J. Brabham, J. C. 'es McMillan, and W. H. Faust. G. A. "I Rice was related to deceased and was r*~ excused by the Court. The defense a(* objected to W. R. Copeland, S. B. nd Black, J. C. Beard, G. 0. Barker, W. S. Creech, J. F. Clayton, L. M. Ayer, :ut W. L. Chassereau. The State objecter ed* to D. W. Phillips, J. E. Darnell, J. H. Fender, A. Drawdy, R. L'. Rish^ er. A. P. Guess was related to the r's defendant and said he was someny what biased and was excused. R. M. Sutton, E. .M. Zeigler, and J. E. Zeigler had formed or expressed an on opinion and were excused. ip~ The examination of witnesses was conducted by W. H. Welch, and B. W. Miley for the State and S. G. Mayfield for the defense. Dr. H. J. Stuckev was the first witness sworn. He testified as to going to iethe Dickinson home on the night of ^ the killing and examining the body. One wound in back of head and one in left shoulder. Wound in head pro* duced death. Examined cow stalls mand found load of snot in scantlmg acinside stall. Met Mr. Dickinson go, ing to jail and later found him at home. Mr. Dickinson was very nerrer vous and he gave him a hypodermic of morphine. Dickinson stated that he did not know it was Paul Riley. Identified watch found on Riley's rro body. Examined body and found no as weapons. Dickinson expressed ref gret at killing. During his testimonv the jury visited the lot where 1C6 k the body was found. At the conclusion of Dr. Stuckey's testimonv, court adjourned for dinin ner. Dn, ^ V. Bounds was the next witness. He testified as to going to the Dickro t inson home that night and finding the body in the lot. Had seen Mr. Riley about nine o'clock that night, at the drug store, and he seemed to be all right?not drinking. Had npvpr seen Mr. Rilev intoxicated. Did ic- ? ? ms not remember that Miss Leighton ow said she was preparing to retire and :0p felt as if some one was at the window ins gazing at her and she turned out the for light and went and closed the win3n. dow. Heard Dickinson say that he -ed did not know who it was when he 3p_ shot, that he wouldn't have killed ion Riley for anything. That Dickinson lamented the killing and spoke of the ive widow and little boy. Mr. Dickinson or was barefooted and not fully dressed. H. H. Copeland testified that he aid destroyed the hat and clothing of the ers dead man, simply on account of the >m, physical condition of his sister. iey Found Riley's bicycle near Dickinac son's side gate, on the side of the in street next to the house, and took it isi- away. eo- J. W. Stokes saw no barefoot ive tracks in the lot; saw a chair by a ib- window. Saw the dead body in the er- lot, and saw tracks going into the pa- stable and coming out. Picked up a ib- watch near the window, maybe ;er twenty feet away. Did not see Dickib inson that night. for H. H. Stokes went to the show to that night and sat near Mr. Diekinjus son. Both left about the same time, er- Escorted a young lady home from oiv t-hp show and was 011 his way home ires when he heard the gun shots. Shootsh ing was about fifteen minutes to to eleven. Left the show at 25 minutes :op after ten. He went to the house. Dickinson was barefooted and had KILLED BY A. C. L. SPECIAL. Su inter Man Sitting: on Track, Made No Effort to Escape. Sumter, March 3.?Peter W. Boykin, a son of Mr. Hardy Boy kin, a farmer livirig near Mayesville, was killed Sunday afternoon, when he was struck by a special passenger train, near Chandler's Siding, about five miles from this city. The dead man was 21 years of age, and is survived by his father, ond brother and one sister. At the time he was struck he was sitting on the track, and, it is said, apparently made no effort to get out of the way of the oncoming engine. The train ! - 1 ? A,,rr?o + q W-cLS it ISp^L'lcli, riiiiiiiiig n uixi AU5U01.U to Washington, and carrying troops to the inauguration. It was in charge of Conductor Langdon. Jones and * Engineer Boone, both of Florence. The body was taken from here to Mayesville by the young man's father this afternoon and will be buried at Mayesville to-morrow morning. Dr. Mitchell Exonerated. i Columbia, March 1.?Saturdaymorning the committee that investigated the charges made against Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the university of South Carolina, by the governor in his inaugural address made its report in which it completely exonerated Dr. Mitchell. The report says: "We do not find from the testimony that Dr. Mitchell, the presi- / dent of the university of South Carolina, signed an agreement by j which any money of the Peabody fund that had theretofore been designated to be given to Winthrop college, should be transferred from Winthrop and be given t6 the university of South Carolina and negro schools. In this the governor was therefore misinformed. "It is well however, that the governor called the matter to the attention of the general assembly and urged this investigation for in doin^ so he has caused the whole matter to be fully and we hope sat- t . isfactorily cleared up." The house adopted the majority report of the committee which was signed by Senators F. H. Weston andMcBeth Young, and Representatives Nicholson and ' Welch. ? A woman gets up, builds the fire, gets breakfast, gets three or four towsel heads off to school, 'washes. . the dishes, does a washing, gets dinner, washes dishes, cleans up the house, changes her dress, receives callers, gets supper, washes dishes, does some mending, takes care of a baby during all this time?and then her husband wonders why she doesn't read the newspapers. _ . . mud on his feet. j % F. B. McCrackin was at the show that night. Had'gotten home when . he heard shots, had been home about ten minuses. Lived a block beyond Dickinson. Went to Dickinson home . and saw body of Riley in lot. W. D. Rhoad received watch from J. W. Stokes. Turned watch over to the coroner. Saw the body and noticed tracks. . ^ J. H. Zeigler, coroner, told of Mr. Rhoad turning over a watch to him at inquest. He turned watch over to Sheriff Hunter's wife. Mrs. J. B. Hunter told of Mr. ZeigMer giving her the watch, which she turned over to Mr. Dickinson at the jail. Saw Dickinson when he first came to the jail. He was barefooted, bareheaded, trousers on over his , night shirt, with suspenders down. He was crying, lamenting that he had killed Riley, stating that he would not have done it for a million dol-' lars. At the conclusion of Mrs. Hunter's testimony attorneys for the State asked to be indulged for a consulta| tion, after which they announced that the prosecution would offer no further testimony. Mr. Mayfield for the defense then stated that no testimony would be offered for the defense, and the case was closed. The first argument was made for the defense by Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand, and he was followed by W. H. Welch for the State, each making a short argument. Solicitor R. L. Gunter followed for the State and Mr. Mayfield closed for the defense. Judge Spain then delivered a short and concise charge to the jury, giving the law of the case. The jury retired and in about three minutes returned a verdict of not guilty. There were a number of ladies present throughout the trial o'f the case. * < > The jury returned a verdict a few minutes after six o'clock, Wednesday afternoon and court adjourned for the day. i ' $