(Efe Hamburg ijrralb | One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 17,1913. Established 1891. __ - - i i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, April 11.?Quite a crowd of people were on our streets Saturday, but not many goods were sold to them. Now and then one would pass with a Jacksonville cartoon containing Jacksonville booze. When this was me case you couia nuL see me party's face for the smile he had on it. % Some few farmers have planted small fields of cotton, but nothing near what they intend to plant. Too wet and rather cool yet to risk planting much until warmer weather sets in. Mr. R. L. Williams, now of Bethune, S. C., was down here Sunday morning and returned the same day. '*l He was hunting hands. Rev. D. B. Groseclose preached an interesting sermon Sunday afternoon from the text, "David's Dream." The entire audience was attentive and interested. Orangeburg conference will be held in Ehrhardt Lutheran church. Will convene Wednesday night and continue for a day or two, perhaps until' Sunday . Have learned recently that some parties have leased the Howell old mill property and have posted it, nmhihitinjy anv tr^snass to hierh water mark as far up as the Jeff Ayer place. Seems as if they are extending their claims rather far, with no dam to stop the water to run any machinery. High water mark 1 as they have it posted, can't go as far as claimed. I look for hard feelings and perhaps a fight or two to come out of this same order, posted recently. Have quite a cold snap this morning; cold enough for a light frost. \ Did not get up time enough to see itj however. JEE. Birthday Party. Olar, April 14.?On last Saturday afternoon Miss Salome and Master , Harry Manning Brabham were made the recipients of many lovely and useful presents as well as had several of their young friends with them for a few hours' pleasure, being given a birthday party together at the home of Mr. L. A. Brabham. Although the weather was very inclement, each smiling face gleefully responded to their sweet little invitations and began the pleasures of the ] afternoon, being allotted partners and were immediately busily engaged in k a word-making contest from the names of the honoraries. Miss Hilda Kearse and Master Edward Neely scoring the highest number of words, wron the prize, a box of candy, which was presented in a sweet manner by '? ? rni ? I Mrs. H. M. hsraDnam. xueu wuu mtistic fingers each lass and lad proceeded to display their talent in draw- . ing the happy faces of Miss and Mas- , ter Brabham. Miss Sara Neely and Master Fletcher Kirkland proving to be the best artists won a box of can- . dy, while Miss Thelma Kearse and J Mr. Hayne Breland were given the consolation, a large Palmetto fan, handsomely tied with a large red how. After their teachers, Misses Minnie Lee Aver and Mary Mace, served them with delicious ice cream and cake, they then helped to bring the happy affair to a close by joining in a few childish sports. The ; event ended all too soon and all made their departure hoping for another I pleasure soon. Those who attended were: Misses Sara and Mary Neely, ' Thelma, Hilda, Winnie and Cleo i Kearse, Norma Brabham, Zelma, v Janelle and Sadie Breland, Kathleen ^ T?li7Qh^th tJSWaid, Hiima , emu. utiuuuvvu Kirkland, Masters Fletcher, Toney, Will and Wallace Kirkland, Hayne Breland, Lemacks and Hollie Brab- , ham, Wilbur Star, Earl Rizer, Eu- ; gene Brabham, Faber Kearse, and Edward Neely. < Train Hits Buggy. Mansfield, O., April 14.?Clinging to the pilot of the engine with one , hand while she held the unconscious form of her companion with the other, Miss Mary Farber, a small 17year-old girl, yesterday rode more than two miles from the West Park iivpnnp crossing: where their horse and buggy was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio passenger station. Her screams there brought help. None of the train crew knew anything had been struck until the station had been reached. Miss Farber ? escaped with only a few bruises. Her companion, Fred Lutz, 18, is suffering with two fractures of the skull and will probably die. | TILLMAN CALLS OX DANIELS. Confers "With Secretary of Navy in Regard to Charleston Yard. Washington, April 14.?Senator Tillman called on Secretary of the Navy Daniels in person today to- back up his strong written appeal sent to the department Saturday in behalf of the Charleston Navy Yard, which is having difficulty in keeping skilled machnists because other yards offer them higher wages. The Senator also urged the department to send more supervisory officers to Charleston. Mr. W. R. Dillingham, of Spartanburg, is in Washington and called today at the office of Senator Till-' man. While neither Mr. Dillingham nor the Senator would say anything for publication it is taken for granted that the visit was to do with protests filed with the Senator against the recommendation of the Spartanburg man for postmaster of that city, for which position he has been endorsed by Representative Johnson. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, April 14.?It was missionary day Sunday at the Baptist church, and there was an interesting program carried out. Miss Flossie Porter spent last week in Orangeburg with home folks. On Tuesday evening the ladies of the Library Association and a few outsiders, including some of the high school girls and boys, assembled in the spacious parlors of Mrs. Sallie L. Sanders' home, being invited to a library social and book contest. Some of the books represented were: "Freckles," "Girl of the Limberlost," "Following the Star," "Bow of Orange Ribbon," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "Rich Mrs. Burgoyne," "Lavender and 014 Lace," "Lamplighter," Lucille," "Romance of Two Worlds," "Rose in Bloom," "Silver Butterfly," "The Jew," "The Music Master," "The Rose in the Ring." Prize for the best represen tation among the married folks was won by Mrs. Martin Lightsey; prize for the best among the young folks, Miss Mary S. Harrison; prize among boys and girls won by Ruth Wilson. The prizes were books and were presented to the library. A renewed interest is awakened in that good institution and we hope for brighter days. Jos. Norwood, of Columbia, president the Citizens' Bank, was here Tuesday. Ben Cain, of Barnwell, G. W. Urquart, H. McTeer, of Savannah, W. K. Sease, of Orangeburg, were here this week. Mrs. Julia Sanders, after spending months with her son in Florida, has returned home. Her son, William, has also been visiting in Florida. Mrs. W. L. Brooks has returned from a pleasant visit to friends in i irespite the pleas of the attorneys of Jrant that he would be lynched if 1 Drought back to this State, Governor rener honored the papers. Attorney General Peeples has received a wire from Mr. Timmerman : idvising him of the turn the case has !aken and informing him that he has ?ut the matter in the hands of the ! ocal district attorney and is return- 4 ng home. Mr. Peeples said that he 1 ntended to get the negro back in 1 South Carolina even if the State has ;o take the matter into the United : state Supreme Court;'that men canlot be murdered in South Carolina ndiscriminately and the a&sassin get )ff scot free. The wire of Solicitor Timmerman :o Attorney General Peeples is as 'ollows: "Won before Judge, but illowed ten days to appeal. Have ar'anged with district attorney to look ifter case. Coming home." Less Liquor Consumption. Some contend that there is as nuch whiskey consumed now as vhen Abbeville had a dispensary. The receipts at the express office and < he cases docketed before the mayor 1 io not warrant such an assertion. The receipts at the express office < 'or the month of February, 1911, 1 vere about 600 packages; 1912 1 ibout 500 packages, and 1913 about 1 1000?showing a decrease of 200 1 )ackages in three years. < The cases in the city court for the ast two years of the dispensary for i Irunkennness for the month of Feb- 1 uary were 66, while for the past two ? 1 'ears for the same month only seven j :ases were docketed for the same" of- 1 ense. 1 From these figures it does not ap- < )ear that there is as much whiskey 1 :onsumed now as when the dispen- J &ry was in operation.?Abbeville < dedium. < 1 Adopts Commission Form. < t Raleigh, N. C., April 1.?The comnission form of government was tolay adopted by Raleigh by a majoriy of 685 votes. Three commissioners at a salary of !3,000 a year are to be elected on the j( ;th of May, the primary election to 1 >e held on the 21st of April. 1 _ i Edwin M. Levy, a negro mail clerk, s vas given a preliminary hearing be- I ore the United States commissioner < n Columbia on Thursday on the i :harge of robbing the mails and was i >ound over to court in the sum of t 52,000. I( MISSIONARY KILLS FRIEND COMPANION, IN KERSHAW JAIL, ON MURDER CHARGE. Body of Abraham Michael Found in Culvert Near Wateree River. Benjamin John Held. Camden, April 15.?Abraham Michael was shot to death near the Watered River yesterday about noon, and it is alleged that the shooting was done by Benj. John, both representing themselves as ministers from Turkey, touring America to collect funds for Christian churches in the old country. The killing has been the chief topic of conversation on the streets today. Both Michael an^ John appeared before Mayor Brasington yesterday and asked permission to solicit church funds. Mayor Brasington told them to present their credentials to a Camden minister and if favorably passed upon he would consider the request. They left Camden later by foot, following the Seaboard track in the direction of Columbia. They passed Section Master Sanders and a force of hands on the road. Later John returned from across the river alone. Body Found in Water. Upon being questioned by Mr. Sanders as to the whereabouts of his companion, he said that he left him 11.. T T r> di iue trussing iieai juuguu.. in the day Mr. Sanders started towards Lugoff on his hand car, inspecting the track. When crossing a culvert, near Mr. Kennedy's plantation, he noticed the water backed up in the culvert's entrance and a pair of feet projecting from same. Upon investigation, the bullet-riddled body of Michael jvas found. The coroner and sheriff were notified. Several persons reported that they saw a foreign looking man hurrying towards Sheppard. Sheriff Huchabee had Constable McDowell to arrest John at Bethune. "He was placed in jail here at midnight and protested his innocence. Alleged Eye-witness. Flora Kershaw, who lives on the Kennedy plantation, says she saw the two men fighting on the track and saw one shoot the other to death and then place his body in the culvert, placing the dead man's coat over his head. John changed his clothes ear Sheppards, and it is said they were found in the woods nearby and were saturated with blood. When arrested $385 was found on his person, together with five pocket knives, seven pocketbooks and a lady's hand bag. Robbery is thought by some to have been the motive of the alleged murder, although both men seemed to have collected other things besides funds. G. G. Alexander, Jr., has been retained by John to defend him. Several Assyrians interviewed John in jail today and said that they were of the opinion that the men were imposters and were either Greeks or Turks. DIED LIKE A HERO. Virginian Gives Up His Life to Save That of His Wife. Roanoke, Va., April 14.?While crossing the James River Sunday afternoon in a row boat near Buchanan, Va., Samuel Hope, 33 years old, was irowned when the swift current sent the light craft against a ferry towline and unset, it. His 15-year-old bride of less than a month and her brother, Raymond Booze, were rescued. As the boat turned turtle, Hope seized the tow-line and was holding 5rm. The swift current of the river, iwollen from recent floods, carried the :ine out of his wife's reach and she svas rapidly being swept away. Unlesitatingly Hope released his hold in safety and swam to the rescue of lis bride. He succeeded in keeping ler afloat until relieved of his burien by a negro boatman, who had ;ome to their rescue. Exhausted by lis efforts to- stem the current and support his wife, the husband sank :o his death. His body has not been 'ecovered. ? Aviator Met Death in Water. Nice, France, April 15.?Louis Gaulart, a French aviator, was drowned vhile flying in a hydro-aeroplane here :his morning. Gaudart was skimming n the machine in front of the pigeon shooting grounds where a large number of spectators were admiring his evolutions. Suddenly the hydro-aero}lane lost its equilibrium, the left ving cut the water, the apparatus silted and plunged into the depth6. jaudart's body was not recovered. KILLS CHILDREN AND SELF. Ill Health Drives Bay State Man to Do Murder. Fitehburg, Mass., April 14.?Ernest Moschner, aged 35, murdered his four children and then killed himself by shooting at his home here tonight. Continued ill health made the man temporary insane, the police believe. Moschner's wife, upon returning from work, discovered the bodies of her children and husband with bullet holes in their heads. The murdered children were: Elsie, aged 12; Myrtle, aged 11; Norman, aged 8, and Ernest, aged 6. According to the police the chilS dren were playing in the yard when j their father called them upstairs to his bed room. There, from the marks of the muddy feet, the officers believe, he lined the children up in I front of the bed. Shoots His Children. While the children, half frightened, were gazing at him, Moschner drew a revolver and fired at his elder daughter, Elise. The bullet entered the head near the left ear, causing instant death. The other children, evidently, broke from the room madly. Ernest, } the youngest child, was found crumpled lifeless on the floor of a closet in the front room of the same floor. The shot had entered the left side of the head just below the temple. . Myrtle and Norman fled downstairs. There Myrtle sought vain refuge in a closet, but the insane ' r-j father's Hnerring aim brought her 'down just as she stumbled over the threshold. Boy Fights for Life. From appearances only one of the children had any chance for self-defence. Norman, the older boy, was found in the coal bin, his torn clothes A v vV and blood-spattered club beside him, giving mute evidence of a brave but futile struggle. Moschner then retraced his steps, first covering up Norman's body with rags and boards. Halting at the closet on the first floor, he covered Myrtle's body. Then entering his bed room he drew a sheet over Elsie's form as it lay 011 the bed, and standing beside her sent a bullet into his brain, causing instant death. Mother Faints at Sight. Two hours later Mrs. Moschner came home. Mis6ing the sounds of the children's voices and noticing the < * overturned furniture, she rushed upstairs to her husband's room and found his body and Elsie's. She fell in a dead faint, and when she recovered ran shrieking out of the house to call her neighbors. Moschner, the police learned, bought his revolver this morning. Up to a short time ago he had been a tuberculosis patient at the State Hospital. Previously he had been employed as a baker for twenty-three years. When his health broke down he bought a delivery wagon and delivered bake-house goods. When he grew too weak for this work his wife took up the work. Brooding over his poor health, the police think, caused his mind to become unbalanced. RAT PROOF YOUR BUILDINGS. Government Health Bureau Recommends Such Measures. Washington, April 14.?As a further step in its crusade against rats as breeders of disease, the United States public health service, has issued an appeal to property owners to "rat proof" structures now under construction and to transform buildings now erected so that rats and mice may be kept out. Dr. French Simpson, of the service, gives direction for "rat proofing," and dwells on the importance of the subject. "Those contemplating the erection of a new or the repair of an old " cave T>r Sirrmson. "wheth UUilUlUQ) ^ -r J -- er of frame, brick, rock, concrete or other construction, should be informed as to the sanitary and economic benefits to be derived from rat proofing measures of a permanent character, and should require the scrupulous application of such measures as a part of the builders' contract." Dr. Simpson characterizes as "a popular fallacy," the idea that successful war can be waged on rodents through the use of traps or poisons. They are so prolific, he declares, that the birth rate always keeps in advance of the death tolls." Some people seem to live a long time iust to spite other people. The dispensaries will be closed in Aiken during the State reunion of the Confederate Veterans, April 23d and 24th. .