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I , - - ' ' w <[ \ Wqt Hamburg fcalb L One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1913 Established 1891. ? 4 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ?? SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. , ^ News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 2.?Warm weather has come, and the youngsters can truly sing "Good Old Summer Time." Sunday night in the Baptist church the pastors in town held a union mpptine Snhieot : Christian Edu cation. Schools have been going on for a t long period. Can you, Mr. Editor, date the first school recorded in ; ancient history? The thermometer registered 94% Friday, only % degree lower than last summer. Town election will be held on the ] 3rd instant. It is of more import- ' ance to get good men on the council 1 > than most of us think. The management of a town is of more import ance to us all than one imagines, and i good men should be selected for < mayor and wardens. All of us should 1 give them our aid in their unpleasant wrork, and not do, as so many of 1 them do, curse and abuse them when ' doing their duty. 1 Mr. J. D. Dannelly has purchased a late model Buick car. He is learn- < ing to steer it along our sandy roads. < Cotton crops in this section are very backward and unnatural look- ( > ing. 1 A nice shower this morning makes < crops, etc., look like it will grow. 3 These tight times makes some of 1 our citizens very close fisted. Don't 1 want to do anything to benefit his 3 fellow man. All for self. When your - neighbors don't want to do anything I ' only for self and self alone, he is no i good. Had better be dead. ( All general merchandise stores < now close at six o'clock in the after. noon, except Saturdays. Closing of Hunter's Chapel Graded ] ^ School. < ( \ One Of the most successful year's work for the Hunter's Chapel school ^ came to a close Friday, May 30th. Under the teaching and supervision , Jp of the principal, Prof. Norman H. ^ Fender, the pupils had a most pleasant and profitable year. I Prof. Fender is indeed to be con gratulated upon the noble work he < has done for the school and in being ^ able to please so unanimously the j trustees and patrons, since he was , laboring with and among his own , people. Not one complaint has been ( heard from all the patrons against ? his teaching or discipline and that ^ is noteworthy, since he taught ten ] x grades and from forty to fifty pupils. This number shows also that the ] school is in the line of progress. Just recently tbere nas oeen an ex- . , tra levy tax voted for the school of two additional mills, making three ] mills with the one already passed, i > and it is likely that another will be put on so that the school will get , $200.00 from the State. ( A handsome and commodious new building will soon be erected in a ; more central location, and more < teachers employed. The people of ] Hunter's Chapel are interested, and they are folks who do things when ] they say they will. ] The patrons and trustees showed j their interest at the closing of the ] school by meeting on the school < grounds in the afternoon to serve ice j cream and cake, both of which were very pleasing to the appetite and re- \ ~ ? ^ * iresnmg 10 me uuuj. } 'yiere were a number of older j people present, some of whom had never been in the school building, < and who expressed themselves as having had a delightful afternoon. Many were asking the principal to return and resume the work next year. < After the refreshments were serv- < ed all were invited into the school < building to witness the presentation ] of prizes. ] Lena Rhoad was given a prize for < excellency in spelling in the second j grade. Katherine Rhoad received i the prize in the fourth grade for best < work in spelling. Marie Steedly, who had been present every day dur- , ing the year and had not missed a ] word in spelling, also was given a prize. < After the presentation of prizes < all returned home, seemingly repaid for having gone. ONE PRESENT. , When women vote and the election frn tn suit him a man can 1 UVVWu v o~ blame it oil his wife. Looking for little faults in your * neighbors enables you to overlook a lot of big ones in yourself. FOUR MEX ARRESTED. | Accused of Stealing $700 From Express Company. i Raleigh, X. C., May 30.?One white man and three negroes were arrested ( here this afternoon, charged with robbing the Southern Express con pany of $700 yesterday between Raleigh and Louisburg. The company reported the missing package this morning and declared that $1,900 had been taken. Later tonight the larger package turned up and a $700 package was missed. The company found $627 with the accused and traced a railroad ticket to Wilmington, Del. The white man is J. H. Kilpatrick and the negroes are John Kitchin, Raymond Johnson and John Moselev. News from Olar. Olar, S. C., June 3.?The commencement exercises of the Olar high school began last Sunday morning, the sermon being preached by Rev. Mr. Bridgeman, of Columbia. Mr. Bridgeman is an eloquent speaker and the simplicity with which he presented his high attaining thoughts made his sermon interesting even to the younger minds. The sermon was preached in the Methodist church, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. Quite an interesting program was carried out Monday evening by the entire school. Tuesday evening the graduating exercises were held. The speaker or ( [he evening, Rev. Mr. McCullough, < Columbia, was introduced by Prof. ( Floyd C. Chitty, one whom we are t proud to acknowledge as a former j graduate of the Olar high school. ( Mr. McCullough pleased his audience. ( A.mon^ the good things he said was :hat while making inquiry about Olar ^ in Columbia he was informed that if f Columbia should grow as fast as Dlar the two cities would soon meet. s The graduating class consisted of 2 Misses Jennie Rogers, Delma Cook, ?. Flossie Lain,' Eloise Cave, Messrs. Roy Barker, and DeWitt Chitty. The j liplomas were delivered by the prin- t Jipal, Miss Jessie Boyd. The past school year was one of ;he best in the history of the school. The entire faculty was re-elected, but sorry some have not accepted posi- ^ [ions here for another year. j The best news we have is that our ^ people are determined to have a t handsome modern school building. ^ Steps will be taken at once to bond [he district. Should our friends trom our neighboring towns-have any idle moments in the near future, we would be glad to have them come and watch Olar grow. Quite a number of our people went ( to Hampton last Wednesday after- j aoon in automobiles to see Richard ( Henry Austin. They left, however, ( before the body arrived. ] Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cain, of Barnwell, were in Olar last Thursday. Mr. C. F. Rizer went to Ehrhardt * last Friday afternoon to deliver a I Buick touring car to Mr. Dannellv. 1 Mrs. Matthews, of Williston, is ( visiting her daughter, Mrs. Paul i Dook. ? Dr. and Mrs. Leighton Hartzog and i Miss Jennie Rogers attended the ' senior play at Columbia College last 1 Friday evening. I A party was given at the home of 1 Dr. and Mrs. Hartzog by tho young < ** '~v 1 1 A r\rmr% in cr men 01 uiar last oaiuiua^ c?cuiub in honor of Miss Jennie Rogers, who 1 left Monday for Pennsylvania to 3 spend the summer. The evening was I pleasantly spent. 1 Judge 0. J. L. Lain was kicked in < the face by a mule last Sunday after- t aoon and painfully but not seriously injured. 1 Mrs. C. F. Rizer and Mrs. Paul ZJook visited Williston last Friday.N < m ? Fairfax Fancies. ? Fairfax, June 2.?The Sunday- t school picnic at Stokes' mill was ( luite a success. Mesdames Move' ? and Myrick laid out the tempting s lunches, and the abundance of iced t lemonade was refreshing. Our high 1 school boys and girls recited well, 1 answered many of the conundrums that were propounded, and helped < antertain the tiny tots. i Mrs. Move entertained the whole 1 :rowd that night at a sociable at her ( home, given in honor of visitors. 1 Miss Maude Dunn, of Columbia, is 1 spending some time with Lylete Wil- i son. f Dr. Chapman spent some time here 1 recently. 1 Rev. W. H. Simpson spent a few i days at Estill recently. j Ethel and Brooker Simpson visited j Elmer recently. i Miss Eunice Sanders was a guest here last week. { Just before school olosed Miss Mar- i IN THE PALMETTO STATE 50ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. An election on the dispensary question will be held in Jasper county in August. The first shipment of freight over :he new railroad from Orangeburg :o North, of which Mr. W. C. Wolfe s the promoter, was received in Drangeburg last week. Last Saturday the governor increased the number of paroles by line, he paroling nine negroes, from various parts of the State, they beng convicted of crimes ranging from jelling liquor to murder. Miss Annie Havnie, living near Belton, was bitten on Saturday by a highland mocasin while she was gathering berries near her home. A physician was sent for and adminis:ered antidotes, and she will get well. Fred H. Dominick, of Newberry, low assistant attorney general, ha6 innounced that he will be a candilate for congress next year in the third congressional district against tVyatt Aiken, the present representa:ive from that district. After a long fight against requisition, C. J. Hebert, of Tennessee, will iome to Columbia and give bond for ?8,000 for appearance at the Circuit ;ourt in September to stand trial on the' charge of conspiracy and obtainng money under falsei pretenses in connection with the late Seminole Securities company. Petitions asking for an election on the dispensary question have been lied with the supervisor of Florence county, and he' states that he feels >ure all the requirements have been net and the election will be called, rhe anti-dispensary people in that county a/*e putting up a strong fight, Florence being one of the few coun,ies which retained the system. Lees Graded School. The closing exercises of the 191213 session of Lees graded school will )e held Tuesday evening, June the L Oth. The public is invited to attend ;hese exercises, which will begin at 5:30. The program follows: Prayer. Song?By pupils. Music. Recitation?By Miss Ethel Grimes. MusicPlay?"The fruits of the, Wine :up." The players are: Misses Bla.nche Atteberry, Ethel Grimes, Barlie Cave, and Otis Sandifer, Blaude Atteberry, Sigsbee Grimes, Leon Gilliam, Eddie Sandifer, Ernest Uteberry. ;aret Youmans gave a party to her ?upils and the base ball nine of the ligh school. In the "observation" contest much fun was enjoyed and nanv local hits made. Wilbur Wilson won the prizes in both contests, md presented the gold pin (which was warranted to "shine" for 24 lours!) to his partner, Miss Ethel Simpson. The ice cream and cake ivere fine, and all said that party ;ould not be beat. Miss Lucile Youmans, who has taught at Kosciusko, Miss., for a .-ear, is home for vacation. She and \liss Margaret, also Miss Grace Zimnerman, expect to form members of i house party among friends in Ken:ucky quite soon. E. 0. Smith, of Clyo, Ga., visited iere last week. I am requested by two of the teachjrs, who are now in their homes, to say that they too have adopted the :loean: "Fairfax the best town, in ;he best county, in the best State on jarth." They say the town folks idded to their joys and divided their sorrows while in the performance of ;heir arduous duties here, and they will ever hold them in grateful renembrance. Sunday evening in the Methodist i ihurch Mrs. Lucretia Addison and Mr. W. P. Wingard were happily narried. The church was beautifully lecorated in white and pink. The bride was dressed in embroidered vhite net over white silk, white hat, md carried a shower bouquet of white lowers and ferns. She never looked ovelier than on this occasion. Her ittle daughter, Jessie, was her only ; ittendant. Mr. and Mrs. Wingard ire popular here, and many friends join in wishing them eternal happi- : less. They will continue to live here. : The Y. P. U. held its meeting right liter me ceremuuj', ciuu an mwi co?,~ ng program was carried out. ! CONFESSES MANY MURDERS. Frank Diamond Says He Killed Gov. Maegher, of Montana. Missoula, Mont., May 29.?A series of murders, including the assassinattion of Gen Thomas Francis Maegher, a Governor of Montana Territory, were claimed as his own misdeeds in a confession made by a man known as Pat Miller, who gave his correct name as Frank Diamond, at the town of Plains on Tuesday, according to information made public to-day. Diamond was brought here to-night and lodged in the county jail. Diamond's confession was- made and signed in the presence of three niti^onc r?f Plains Hp W!IA ill from the effects of a spree and believed that he was dying. He pledged his witnesses to silence until he had died. The confession, however, fell into the hands of a local newspaper to-day and Miller was arrested. Of the murder of Gen. Maegher, the confession reads: "I killed him on a steamboat at Cow Island in the Missouri and threw him in the river. I swam lashore." For that crime Diamond claimed to have received $8,000 from Montana vigilantes. Other murders assumed by him were two he claimed to have com- mitted near the Dalles in 1874 and that of George Mitchell, killed in | Oregon in 1883. For one of the j former murders. Diamond said a notorious Montana-desperado called "Big Nose George" was hanged. Diamond is 67 years old. Gen Maegher was one of the important figures of Montana's early history. He served with distinction in the Union army in the civil war. In * 1 1 m 18bo ne was appomieu uy vjcu uiam on a mission to Montana. Later he became acting Governor of the territory. , He made a trip from Helena to Fort Benton late in 1865 and while there visited Capt John T. Doran, of the steamboat "George A. Thompson." After retiring on the boat Maegher was heard to rise from his berth. A few moments later an outcry brought all on deck. A splash in the water indicated that Gen. Maegher had fallen overboard. Although search of the Missouri was made for months his body was never found. St. Johns News. St. Johns, June 2.?We are having some hot and dry weather now. A little shower of rain would make everything liven up again. Mrs. W. P. Ray, from Tampa, Fla., came home to visit her parents last week, who are Mr. and Mrs. J. C. | Folk. Mr. LeRoy Peters, who nas Deen j attending Furman University, came home last week to spend his vacation. We are glad to have him back in Sunday-school with us again. I am glad to say our Sunday-school is improving, or at least I hope so anyway. We had a large crowd last Sunday. Children, don't forget about Sunday-school. Rev. E. A. McDowell preached a fine sermon at St. Johns last Sunday, his text being found in the fifth chapter, seventeenth verse, in the book of James. This was the text: "Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months." Miss Idell Peters had as ner guesi last Sunday Miss Sue Carter, also Miss Zelma Herndon and brother. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Bishop were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brant last Sunday. Miss Edna Bishop spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. Lewis Ayer. Miss Annie Bishop, also Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ayer, wrere the guests Of Miss Elizabeth Hiers last Sunday. Mr. Albert Loadholdt was the lively visitor of Mr. Merrick Kinard last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Kearse were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Kearse last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hiers gave a fish fry in the grove at their home last Saturday which was enjoyed by all those who were present, there -fift-ir nf us there. The ucing auuui xxivj V* v.~ bountiful dinner was spread at one o'clock, and of course was enjoyed by everyone. They sure had the fish and plenty of ice and tea all the afternoon. Wish those things would happen oftener than they do. It will soon be time for another one, won't it, Mr. Hiers? We are sorry to know Mrs. M. A. Kinard is so ill now. Hope she will soon be uj) again. ' -1 - J.J. JONES IN ORANGEBURG Jo: REACHED THAT CITY LAST MONDAY NIGHT. On Account of His Rapidly Failing by St* Health He Has Been Transat ferred to County Farm. ~r dis John J. Jones, the Branchville at- bu torney, who was convicted in this city several years ago for the killing of Abe Pearlstine, and who has ^Q] served 8 months of his sentence of ^ ten years and thirty days, was pQ brought to this city last night, and . will be taken to the county farm t just South of this city. Thus another chanter in this Ions: drawn out case, w i yjt which has been taken before the supreme court on several different points, is being written. Jones through his attorneys had his case: taken up on appeal and seall cured a new trial, during which time an he remained in jail here and at the ^ State prison in Columbia. ^Something wi like two years elapsed during this fight before Jones was at last forced to begin upon his term of service as a State convict.- He has now been di. in the State prison for eight months during which time he has been placed ^ at such work as he was able to perform. a 1 - During the time that he has been confined at the State prison, Jones' ^ health began to fail, and it is due to this fact that he has been brought Fa back to this county. It is stated that Jones is suffering from tuberculosis, in an advanced stage, and that to keep him confined at the State prison de would have been but a matter of se< time, before he would be a complete Hf physical wreck. fin In view of this fact an effort was made to have him brought to this Mi county and placed upon the county th< farm. The County Supervisors being cu willing to this plan, signed a request to for his transfer to this county, and mi last night in company with Super- th< visor Bolen, he was brought to this of city. Co Arrangements were made today to be take Jones to the county farm. Here he will be put at such work as he is S able to perform, but will be kept in the open air as much as possible. Jones was at the Hutto boarding house today, and was this afternoon taken to the county farm. When seen this morning, he appeared to be in to< the best of spirits, and seemed very Isi grateful to his friends for the ac- Fe tion which they had taken in his be- *<r< half.j-Orangeburg Evening News, wa Tuesday, June 2. ed na Boy Burglar Captured. ?? Ijijj Newberry, May 31.?Frank Killian, ho a white boy, about 11 years of age ^ and a resident at Oakland cotton mill, is in the hands of the law for * committing several robberies. He | entered the residence of Col. E. H. cn Aull and stole several small articles the first of the week. vFrank made Wl three different excursions during the week to Mr. C. W. Fant's residence, where he ransacked the place, get- ting hold of trunk keys and unlockSt? ing trunks, pilfering articles belong- . sh< ing to Mr. and Mrs. Fant and her Wl sister, Miss Marietta Langford. These consisting of about $300 in jewelry, $10 in money and a pistol, the boy a? Cn; watching his chances of getting in ^ while no one was at home. The chief ^ of police caught on to the misdeeds 1 W2 of this boy when he learned that the , ho boy had attempted to hold up the an negro keeper of Rosemont cemetery with the pistol he had stolen from Mr. Fant's residence. Killian has nh been turned over to Magistrate J. C. er Sample, who committed him to jail in default of $200. j Prize Fighter in Street Duel. New York, May 31.?Charles Hubbard, a prize-fighter known as "Jumbo" Wells, is dying at the New York hospital from nine bullet wounds which apparently he received in a . duel with an unidentified man early ^ today. A taxicab in which Hubbard, another man and a woman were rid- ? an> ing,- left an all-night restaurant on ^ Broadway for a trip to Chinatown. ^ At 38th street the cab was stopped and the two men stepped out, armed aQi with pistols. While the woman . in looked on they exchanged shots until Hubbard fell. | His opponent, believed also to * have been wounded, got into the cab ^ with the woman and disappeared heme for** witnesses could call the police. Hubbard is an Australian fighter ^ who came to this country several years ago. He has appeared in most ter of the local clubs, but has never won anv important bouts. 0 , poi Many a frail girl has been able to cln bring a powerful man to his knee9. all $3,000,000,000 FOR ROADS. natlian Bourne's Vast Spending Scheme for States and Nation. "Expenditure of $3,000,000,000 by the government and the several ates for highway improvement is, first thought a startling proposi>n, even though the expenditure be stributed over a period of 50 years; t when we consider the magnitude the interests affected it will be an to be a wise investment," said rmer Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., the Willard, says The Washington st, in discussing a plan for road provement which he has submiti to the joint committee on Fedal aid in the construction of post ads. "There are in the United States ma RQA AAA.AAA sorps of farms. >rth about $39,000,000,000. There . e some 22,000,000 working horses d mules on these farms, costing nually for feed and keep about ,760,000,000. With good roads 11 come substitution of traction for rse power, with a probable saving $1,000,000,000 a year. "My plan contemplates the expenture of $1,000,000,000 for road Qstruction and $4-0,000,000 a year r 50 years for maintenance by the '* vernment and the States, making ;otal of $3,000,000,000 in 50 years. ' JGHTNING KILLS NEGRO MAN. rm Hand and Four Mules Fatally Shocked at Florence. Florence, June 2.?During a thunr storm which crossed over this stion late this afternoon Louis mry, a negro farm hand, and four e mules of Mr. Joe M. Commander jre instantly killed by lightning. \ Commander was stunned from e shock. Henry was in the field tting oats and driving four mules a mowing machine, and Mr. Cominder was standing nearby when ~ Anmrt tVlA 1ACO C i<XIdl UU11 vaiiic. i-?^oiuvo tuv ivoo * ?u,' i one of his most reliable hands, Mr. , >mmander's loss on live stock will about $1,000. AM DUKES TO FORFEIT LIFE. nvicted of Pinewood Policeman's Murder?Electrocuted June 27. Manning, June 3.?Sam Dukes was 3ay convicted of the murder of Mr. idore Barwick, at Pinewood, last ibruary, and was sentenced to elec>cution on June 27. Mr. Barwick is policeman at Pinewood and walkup to Dukes and asked him his me, when, it is said, Dukes imme^ itely opened fire on Mr. Barwick. ie whole case consumed but a few urs and the jury deliberated but a v minutes on the case. Mr. Widem, of the firm of Davis & Wide- . . in, was appointed by the Court to fend Duk'es, and at the end of the arge the Judge spoke in complientary terms of the manner in ii?i \Tr Wiripman had conducted ~ * V. *3 5 defence. Dukes is a young negro, { quite 22 years old. On the trial Dukes went on the md and made the defence that he it Barwick because he thought Barck was about to shoot him. Charley Steney is now on trial as accessory after the fact, being arged with having assisted Dukes escape after killing Mr. Barwick. ikes at first escaped and was aftertrds caught in Charleston and sent ck. He claimed to have been shot d robbed at the Junction and was / ten to the Hospital. He was recogsed by his request to have his mothtelegraphed for. MADE IMPROPER ADVANCES. ttsburg School Superintendent Ad*?* ? -> J UUj^VU U UJI i~jr Uj vuiiuii'iucvi Pittsburg, June 2.?SuperinUndt of Schools S. L. Heeter, whose >rality was investigated by a comttee of citizens appointed by the ard of education, was adjudged ilty of "making improper advances' d taking unwarranted liberties" th three women, in the report of i committee made to the board to^ht. The board received the report d ordered that a copy be placed the hands of the superintendent, .'.I he be suspended and that under i provisions of the school code he accorded a hearing tomorrow. The ding of the committee was unani>us on the immorality charges, but the matter of an alleged refusal pay the bill of a teacher's agency i majority found that the euperini -a <<? 3 ? ?? it?r\i<Anor onH H1Q? idem mailt; an luipi uuu nest proposition to use his official sition in order to compromise a lim made against him individuy." I i>Ti ? n : "1,1 "in I'aifcjftl