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* I ' ' l'i%'' i' alt? Umnltmi lin-ali k ^^^=====================??= One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1913. Established 1891. T COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS: SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS | IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. I I a * ' i \ News Items Gathered All Around the! County and Elsewhere. News from Olar. t _____ ( Olar, June 17.?Mrs P. H. Starr j ( K 7 and her daughter, Miss Inez, went to < Augusta last Monday. i * Mr. Andre R. Wallack, one of ( Olar's most popular young men, was married to Miss Cleo Bronson, of j Barnwell last Tuesday. They left 1 * immediately after the ceremony for a < tour to Brooklyn, N. Y., and other 1 Northern places of interest. The happy couple have our congratula- ; tions. i We haven't seen our county road i builder in this section since his elec- < tion. We know he has lots of work i to do, and it's impossible for him to , 15 be at more than one place at the same time. Doubtless he will be surpris- 1 ed when he comes over and finds the 1 roads leading into Olar so badly cut ] up by such heavy travel as he is not ] accustomed to seeing. 1 Miss Llewellyn Zeigler, of Clear < Pond, is visiting Mrs. W. Hampton 1 P Varn. Miss Eddie Kearse, of Kearse, is 1 visiting Miss Zelma Rizer. Mr. Stacy Kearse, who has been i working at Cadey, Fla., returned ^ home last Monday. The negro woman who made a . .1 complete recovery from a bullet ( # wound in the abdomen about a month ago, was shot again last Fri- , day, the bullet entering the abdomen just below the former wound and 1 coming out near the spine. She has complained very little from her injury, and her chances for recovery } are good. She has been fortunate , by not having been shot in the , "heel." Mrs. Robert C. Jones and little son, Caldwell, of Bamberg, spent the week-end with Mrs. C. F. Rizer. Mrs. Norte, of Jacksonville, Fla., 1 is visiting her sister, Mrs. Stella ^ Vara. 1 Rev. Jno. L. Hariey, of the Anti ( Saloon League, preached here Sun- 1 day evening. He held the attention of a large congregation for about an hour and a half. * The Barnwell county chain gang is working just across the county ' 1 line. The Barnwell supervisor visits i the gang constantly in his new Ford car. He is determined to give his * folks who love to come to Oldr a J good road to travel. * Mr. W. Z. Ayer's new'home will * soon be completed. ? 1 , Hon. S. G. Mayfield will make an address here next Thursday evening, 1 the 18th, on school improvement. 1 Of course a large audience will wel- ( come him. 1 Mr. Ben Cain, of Barnwell, came r?ve?r last Tnpsdav and boueht a Ford 1 car from Mr. C. F. Rizer. 5 * An election to bond this district ] to build a new school building will be held here next Tuesday. 1 Mr. Cleveland Morris will com- J mence to build a nice residence with- * in the next few days. * Mr. C. F. Rizer spent last Tuesday f in Brunson. Mr. J.no. Rice McCormick, who is * employed by the Southern Express Company, spent a few days at home 1 last week. Mrs. Neeley, of Denmark, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. U. G. Milhous. Mr. C. F. Rizer, and aughter, Mrs. Hartzog, spent last Wednesday in Sa- 7 vannah. * Miss Alma Folk, of Denmark, is ( j visiting Mrs. U. G. Milhous. Most of the traveling men are de- j lighted that the present train sched- . ul? maKes it convenient ior tuern tw ^ spend the night in Olar while work- ^ ing nearby towns. They love to ^ come to Olar because the atmosphere j is pure, the water is refreshing. There is always plenty of delicious and nu- -j tritious food. No mosquitoes to an- j > noy them, and always plenty of good l people to talk to. Mr. G. M. Neeley spent last Sunday in Blackville. Mr. Corinthian Morris is home < from Clemson College. Mr. P. H. Starr went to Estill last Monday. . * It looks like some of our property owners would build some more houses to rent. People want to move v to Olar, and there isn't a vacant \ house in town. Mr. Jno. W. Smith visited Me- ii herrin, Va., last week. I Mr. Robt. Brunson is spending a * few days with his brother, Mr. Max I Brunson. t Miss Myrtle Everett, of Timmons- f SEVERAL PASSENGERS HURT. | [\vo Coaches of Spartanburg-Augusta Train Jump Track. 5 Laurens, June 16.?Several passengers and Pullman Car Conductor < Sdwin Barnes were injured this afernoon on the Charleston and Wes;ern Carolina Railroad, when the ihair car and one of the day coaches vP noeoancor train \'n 1. from All J L V* - ;usta to Spartanburg, were thrown * :rom the track near Coldpoint, this :ounty, six miles south of the city. The accident occurred shortly after 1 I o'clock and was caused by a "rail "5 buckle." Both cars were thrown ilear off the track and the coach for j legroes derailed. i Ross Blakely, of Laurens, received i severe cut on his leg, presumably ^ :rom broken glass. Conductor Barnes -eceived a painful scalp wound, as iid Mr. Preston, travelling man. Mr. 3. C. McAlister, from Augusta, was ilso slightly injured. * The injured received prompt at;ention by Dr. J. L. Fennell, of Wa:erloo, who was aboard the train. ^ Later Conductor Barnes and Mr. t Blakely were brought to the Laurens 1 aospital where their wounds were c iressed. Several ladies and children * svere on the train, but escaped injury. The train was in charge of Conductor t W. A. Wallace, of Augusta. I The track was repaired this after- : ioon. i A Natural Thought. A teacher in a nearby town is noted ?or his patriotic fervor. One day in f ;lass, while in a particularly uplifted i nood, he turned to one of his pupils, t in average boy of 12. 1 "Now, Tommy," said he, "tell me T vhat you would think if you saw the Stars and Stripes waving proudly t >ver the field of battle." < "I would think," replied Tommy, t 'that the wind was blowing."?John ( Marshall School News. \ Fairfax Fancies. , r Fairfax, June 16.?The last meetr * ng for the summer months of the t Fairfax chapter, U. D. C., was held i Wednesday afternoon at the home c )f Mrs. Audrey Sanders. At this c neeting the following officers were I ilected: a Mrs. 0. B. Lynes, president; Mrs. S -.aurens Youmans, vice-president; ^ Mrs. Newton Loadholt, secretary; Mrs. James Wideman, treasurer; Mrs. M. P. C. Youmans, historian; Miss Jennie Durant, registrar. At ;he conclusion of the program and ifter all business was transacted the ^ lostess served delicious refreshments. ( Mrs. Jenny Lacy, of Atlanta, is j spending some time with her uncle, j Mr. J. Knopf. ] The Ladies Aid Society furnished i i supper for the Masons Tuesday ^ ?vening, and quite a nice sum was , ealized. ( Mr. ana Mrs. jacK tsrooKs nave ( eturned from Augusta, and are ] spending some time with Mrs. W. L. jSrooks. Misses Margaret and Lucile Younans leave Monday to visit friends in ventuckv. They will join a large louse party of friends from differ- 1 mt places there. ' Mrs. W. L. Brooks has returned 1 Tom a pleasant visit to friends in J Sstill. ( Mr. Roy Young has returned from ( i pleasant trip to Newberry, where le attended the commencement of he Newberry Lutheran college. Mr. Gordon Kearse and Miss Sadie 1 3ogg, from near Ulmer, were marked at ,six o'clock Thursday afterloon at the residence of her uncle, Vlr. John Weekley. Miss Sadie has 1 risited here often, and is quite a so- ] ;ial favorite. Mr. Kearse was born 1 tnd raised quite near Fairfax, and ] las been a popular and trusted clerk 1 n the large store of F. M. Young Co. i or many years. They are keeping louse in a lovely new dwelling. Many ( Tiends wish for them a happy and ] oyous pilgrimage through life. i Misses Ruth Wilson and Sadie < barter are spending some time at 3 n-l'+Vi TXTillizi Vftll. T JUVHiUCSYlUC WHU T' 111 A. V A nans. They expect to visit friends at VIcCormick before returning home. Miss Maude Barber is spending ;ome time in Augusta with Mrs. Ed. J Shepherd. * Mrs. DeLoach, a former Fairfax 1 jirl, nee Miss Lena Loadholt, passed * hrough here on her bridal trip. We 1 vish them eternal happiness. 1 ille, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. i \ Kearse. c Mrs. Hattie Milhous, of Denmark, j s visiting the family of her son, Mr. j J. G. Milhous. j We are sorry to note that Dr. N. } i\ Kirkland is indisposed. We trust he venerable old veteran will soon eel like himself again. * iN THE PALMETTO STATE >OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. state News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Commissioner Watson says South Carolina sends away $13,000,000 rearly for canned goods. Rob Johnson, colored, shot and tilled his wife at Hickory Grove, fork county, Thursday night. Esther, the 4-year-old daughter of Baxter Lee, of Pacolet, set her clothng on fire while playing with match;s on Tuesday and was burned to leath. Jos. T. Koenecke, a railroad man >f Columbia, was killed by an engine it Cayce on Saturday. He was 51 ears old and was yardmaster of the southern. Geo. W. Williams, of Charleston, vho has already given two dormitory mildings to the Epworth orphanage, n Columbia, has offered to build an)ther. It is to have ten rooms and to >e of brick. The Supreme court has sustained $40,000 verdict in favor of H. C. Juggins against the Coast Line road, dr. Huggins while engineer for the oad received injuries that rendered iim a bed-ridden invalid. Lexington county received $800 in ines and, in addition, will receive 15 years' work as a result of the senences imposed by Jud&e Rice during the term of general sessions court, vhich adjourned on Friday night. The cornerstone of the new Indusrial institute, of which Rev. D. E. Camak is head, was laid in Spartan>urg on Saturday. It is to cost $25,)00. The institute was founded two 'ears ago. The students work in the nills one week and go to school the text. More than 2,000 girls in 16 counies of South Carolina are enlisted n the Tomato club work under the lirection of the United States farm lemonstration work. Miss Edith 5arrott, of Winthrop college, is the igent in charge of the work in this Rate. NEW POSTOFFICE FOR BAMBERG. W. Knight Will Put Up Building for Government. Washington, June 13.?Through :he efforts of Representative Byrnes, if the 2d district, the postoffice department recently decided to make setter provision for the postoffice at Bamberg, S. C. The proposal of A. W. Knight to rent new quarters to :he postoffice at Bamberg at $500 a >rear, which is nearly twice the present annual amount, has been accepted. Mr. Knight will put up a new luilding. Jumps Into Tennessee River. Knoxville, Tenn., June 15.?Frank ^ritts, aged 21, jumped from the Tenlessee river bridge at this place late :his evening, plunging into the wa:ers 100 feet below. Several persons saw him remove his coat and hat and ilimb upon the balustrade, but no sne was near enough to prevent him caking the fatal plunge. Recovered vithin thirty minutes physicians svorked for hours without success to 'esuscitate him. Mr. Pfaff Promoted. Mr. R. N. Pfaff, who has been for :he past two years manager of the Bell Telephone Co.'s exchanges in ibis district, with headquarters at Blackville, has been promoted and :ransferred to the Marion district, vith headquarters at Marion. Under Mr. Pfaff's management excellent service has been maintained, tie will carry with him to his new ield the good will and wishes of the company's patrons and employees. \lr. J. B. Halliburton, of Charlotte, ST. C., will succeed him. Conductor is Killed. Columbia, June 14.?Joseph T. Sr POTlflllCtOr Of a S63. X)ard Air Line switch crew, working n Cayce yards, across the Congeree Tom Columbia, was run over by a ocomotive last night and so badly lurt that he died in a hospital five lours later. Mr. Koennecke was for 15 years a yardmaster here for the Southern railway. He has been in :he service of the Seaboard Air Line n the capacity of yard conductor and light yardmaster, for six or seven nonths. Paper, envelopes, pen staff and pen 'or 5c at Herald Book Store. i SAVANNAH DOCTOR MURDERED, Q Young Widow Shoots Dr. Guy Brinkley and Kills Self. W Savannah. Ga., June 16.?Dr. Guy 0. Brinkiey, a prominent young physician of this city, was killed this afternoon by Mrs. Eugene H. Whisnant, formerly Miss Katie Kittles, who then turned her weapon, a 32calibre Colt automatic revolver, on herself, falling dead across the dead er body of Dr. Brinkiey, with a bullet in her brain. Pa The young woman, who was a wid- in ow, went to the office of Dr. Brink- 3 c ley, accompanied by a woman companion, whose name has not been as- ea certained. Mrs. Whisnant and the co doctor went into the private office r? and the other woman remained in t*1 the outer office, leaving hastily when m the shooting began. A few minutes after Dr. Brinkiey A and Mrs. Whisnant entered the office, la the firing began and the door opened T1 and Dr. Brinkiey rushed out, fol- in lowed by Mrs. Whisnant, who was m steadily firing upon him. Dr. Brink- a] ley called to a maid servant to get f the police and the woman ran for br help. Meantime Mrs. Whisnant pur- dj sued the doctor to the porch and af back into the office, firing upon him all the time. Her sixth shot entered pc the physician's heart, causing death, tl Without a moment's delay \?he wo- m man turned the weapon upon herself e~v and fired a bullet into her temple, tl causing instant death. "i Dr. Brinkley was a Virginian, com- in ing to Savannah from Suffolk, sev- hi eral years ago. He was unmarried, and was prominent in business and ti social circles. ye His slayer was about 27 or 28 er years old, slim, with dark, brown ca eyes and hair. She was married to hi Whisnant, in Charlotte, N. C., in pe 1906, while he was ill with typhoid or fever, from which he afterward died, cc Since then she has made her home vi with her mother here. de "Take Good Care of the Baby." or al Atlanta, Ga., June 15.?After ^ drinking the contents of a bottle con- jn taining poison here today, M. Roy Fowler, a former railroad man and member of the Brotherhood of Railway < Trainmen, entered the room where his wife was, and begging her ^ tn "take eood care of the baby," fell ? to the floor unconscious. He died D; shortly afterward. Worry over money n matters is said to have caused the ^ suicide. For the past few months m Fowler has conducted a butcher's c< shop here. . A ^ MANY FAVOR DISPENSARY. tc n< Petition from Williamsburg County 10 Asks for Election. tt Kingstree, June 16.?Discussion on P< the dispensary question is very quiet here, although a petition, signed by U1 more than the required one-third cc voters, has been forwarded to the si Governor, with a request that he order an election on the question of a ?] dispensary or no dispensary to be operated at Kingstree. Until recent- c* ly the blind tiger business was so flourishing here that a number of the n< townspeople who voted against the n< dispensary three years ago believe ol now that it will be a great relief, and ft have not only signed the petition for ft nn p1 potion, but oDenly signified their intention of supporting the dispensary question at the polls when the election is held in August. K New Advertisements. k] fii Bank of Denmark?Statement. Farmers & Merchants Bank? tc Statement. oi Mrs. M. E. Tant applies for letters ** of administration on estate of T. C. m Tant. w Ehrhardt Banking Co.?Statement. w ? m Bamberg Pharmacy ? Vacation Things. Hooton's Ladies Store?Special June Prices at Hooton's. of , E. C. Bruce, County Supervisor? Vi Notice of Proposed Election. ai th DIRECTORY OP TRINITY METHOODIST CHURCH. C Preaching every Sunday morning pc at 11 o'clock. gl Preaching every Sunday evening cc at 7:30 o'clock. h( Sunday-school every Sunday af- ec ternoon at 5 o'clock. re Mid-week praverraeeting every Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, sa Epworth League every Tuesday oi evening at 7:30 o'clock.# tii Everybody is cordially invited to attend these services. to W H. HODGES, Pastor, Railroad Avenue, ar Bamberg, S. C. to RANGEBERG MAN LILLED. HITE MAX MEETS HORRIBLE FATE NEAR AIKEN. e Maroney Found Beside Railroad Track .Monday Morning Near Montmorenci. Aiken, June 17.?With his should crustied literally to pieces ana a arful hole in his skull, crushed bone .rticles and pieces of a felt hat restg against the brain, Joe Maroney, a i-year-old white man, residing at ikwood, in this county, was found rly this morning in an unconscious ndition beside the Southern Railad tracks, about six miles east of is place and one mile east of Montorenci. The wounded man was brought to iken and all day local physicians bored faithfully to preserve his life, le bone particles and hat felt restg on the brain surface were reoved successfully, when it became pparent that the man had also suf>red a fracture at the base of the ain. For this there was no remer, and he died about 6 o'clock this ternoon. The physical facts in the case, the isition of the body, the location of le wounds and the train schedules ake it appear that he was sitting idently on a cross tie, jutting from le track, and that the so-called nidnight train" from Augusta, passg here about 12.45 at night, struck m and knocked him off. It has been stated by reliable pares that Maroney was seen in Aiken ssterday afternoon, under the influice of alcohol, if not actually intoxited. From infancy the dead man id been subjected, it ife declared, to sriods of partial blindness. The corter's inquest was begun to-night, but intinued until to-morrow evening in ew of the absence of some persons >emed material witnesses. The dead man is survived by a wife * mv ?:? v.^ La One sun. iue miiicuxis win uv; ipped to Orangeburg to-morrow for terment. Wanted to Mob Detectives. Anderson, June 14.?Two negro etectives, who had worked up a umber of liquor cases here, escaped y the timely arrival of police and seous injury to both on the square toly, when surrounded by an angry ob of negroes they had brought into >urt. James Templeton and Lovey Jones, ie detectives, were followed about >wn all morning by some of the 15 sgroes against whom cases had been ade, and their friends. Just as the meeting took place on ie principal corner, policemen step3d in and averted trouble. Had the police arrived three mintes later or had the detctives been )rnered in a remote section, bloodied would have resulted. Threats were made and the neroes were about to close in on the -ii ?nr\r\T?Aonh f f VlCL nffl_ - IfciULi VCS CL L L11C appiuat.11 ui luv. uuj irs. At police headquarters it was stated d threats were heard by officers so 3 arrests were made and no names ' the negroes in the mob taken. The ?o detectives left the city this afirnoon for Greenville. The came are from Elberton, Ga. Aeronaut Wins Horse Race. Berlin, June 15.?Lieut, von Egan rieger, of the 1st Hussars, a well aown gentleman jockey, won the rst race at Magdeburg today and ten mounted his aeroplane and flew > Berlin. He landed in the middle ' the Grunewald race course, ran to ie scales and weighed. Then he imediately mounted his horse, which as entered in the fifth race, and on handily. Magdeburg is 76 iles distant from Berlin. Not What He Came For. In illustrating that apparances are ten deceiving, Senator Francis 'arren, of Wyoming, recently told of l incident that happened in one of ie western states. Some time ago, the senator said, a irtain party was traveling past a >nd when he noticed a man struging in the water. Evidently the man uldn't swim, and, seeing the peril, i was in the traveller quickly jump1 from his horse and went to the scue. In a few minutes the man was .fely ashore and wringing himself it, and then came the usual quesons. "How in the world did you come fall in?" asked the traveler. "I didn't come to fall in, partner," lswered the rescued party. "I came fish.?Saturday Evening Post. 1" \ - - j ALLEGED GAMBLERS ARRESTED. Men Charged With Betting on Ball Game Turned Out of Grounds New York, June 16.?A large number of men whom the management alleges have been laying odds on the baseball games at the Polo Grounds 9 were denied admission to the ball park for the New York-Detroit American League game to-day. It is estimated 150 of them were not permitted to pass the turnstiles and that 50 others who had evaded the detectives at the gates later were orgates later were ordered from the grand stand. It is said that recently the baseball authorities have had detectives circulating in the stands to watch for bettors and .today's disbarments and evictions were due to their work. President Ban Johnson, of the American League, whose hostile views against betting in baseball parks are well known, was a visitor at the Polo Grounds to-day. The crusade against bettors is a concerted one. It was started by Ban Johnson and Both Frank Farrell, owner of the New York Americans, and Harry Hempstead, proprietor of the New York Nationals, and various other club owners will work actively for the abolition of the betting evil at ball games, it is said. UNCLE SAM HOLDS THE BAG. Gold and Silver Left in His Keeping Becoming Serious Nuisance. Washington, June 16.?More than a half-century ago Uncle Sam was handed three bags of gold, worth about $600; he is still holding them. Some thirty years ago he was handed a bag of valuable silver bullion and the owner has left it with him ever since. This gold and silver has been a great nuisance to the accounting office of the Federal Government. Comptroller of the Treasury Downey has just decided that to convert it into the treasury to the credit of the men ,who presented it would require an Act of Congress. In 1856 H. J. Peters brought $127.87 worth of gold bullion to the San Francisco mint; in 1858 Joseph Baker presented $333.27, and in 1863 J. M. Souther handed over $156.96. They never returned. In 1882 Thomas F. Davis brought 180.90 ounces of silver bullion to the New York assay office to be made into fine silver bars and has not been seen since. MARRIAGE AT COPE. Miss Annie Laurie Thomas Becomes Bride of Mr. Tom Black. Cope, June 16.?Miss Annie Laurie Thomas, of near Cope, and Mr. Tom Black, of Ruffin, were married yesI terday afternoon at Union Methodist Church, shortly after 4 o'clock, the Sunday-school exercises being suspended long enough for the Rev. L. ' E. Wiggins to perform the ceremony. The happy pair was taken by auto to BranchviHe, where they boarded the afternoon train for Charleston. <-m SURVIVES 2,300 VOLT SHOCK. Spartanburg Motorman Seems Immune to Electricity. Spartanburg, June 16.?Edward Kitchin, a motorman, has the unique distinction of being alive after 2,300 volts of electricity passed through his body. A less powerful shock is usually fatal. Kitchin found a guy wire, which was in contact with a feed wire, lying across the track. It seem? ... , ed to be dead. He cut it neany through with his pliers then took hold of the wire with one hand on each side of the cut place and broke it in two. His body at once became part of the circuit and he was thrown five feet and rendered unconscious. ' " * A spark tore a hole through his hand. His eyes almost popped from their sockets and his lips were swollen and contorted. He was able to be about tonight, however. Greenwood Man Badly Burned. Crwinwnnfi .Tune 16.?Averette Arrington, a young man employed by the Greenwood garage, was severely burned this afternoon by having his shirt catch fire, the garment being saturated with gasoline. Mr. Arrington had soaked the greasy shirt in gasoline to clean it and thought the gasoline had evaporated. On striking a match to light a cigarette the shirt blazed up and he was severely %burned about the body and arms. Though suffering great pain, his condition is not serious. He was hurried to the Greenwood Hospital.