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r (Thr Vamtorg Ifmtlii I One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913. Established 1891. _ . ^ - ?. - ? - ? _ - : ; j - ? COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS fSOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 23.?Capt. Jno. F. Lightsey, of Brunson, died Friday, June 20, in the afternoon, and was ^ buried at Wesley Chapel grave yard Sunday morning at 9.30 a. m. by bis brother Masons. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Ritchie, of Albemarle, N. C., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt. There is a poor prospect ahead for a good cotton crpp in this section. Cotton don't seem to grow, no matter what the farmers do to it. Too much cold nights. Seems as if times are too tight to have many picnics. Not as many as other years at this time. Miss Ruth Groseclose has g.one to Prosperity, visiting her 6ister and relatives at that place. The Supervisor of Colleton county should ride the road from Ehrhardt to Broxton's bridge. I think he ^ would have the plum bushes cut from the Folk lane so buggies could pass along with more comfort. Almost impassible. JEE. Fairfax Fancies. $1 t Fairfax, June 25.?The young folks and their chaperones enjoyed a fine moonlight picnic and fish fry on Wednesday evening. Mr. Lee Beesinger, who has been .* - tt_: v. attending tne mivei'siy ui cvut-u Carolina, is enjoying vacation with home folks and friends. Misses Margaret and Lucile Youmans are now enjoying the house party in Kentucky. Mrs, Hanty Griffin Higginbottom, recently of Florida, has been spending some time with Mrs. Mary Wil\ son. She lived here about twentyfive years ago, when her father, Mr. Hansford Griffin, was depot agent here. She notes most wonderful changes in our embryo city. Twice a week now our public library is the centre of attraction, especially as a gathering place for our young folks?return graduates?aspiring seniors, those more settled, all agree with Fenelon: "If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid at my feet in exchange for J my books and my love for reading, I would spurn them all." "Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual." The 4 habit of reading is the only one in which there is no alloy. Verily, "in the midst of life we are in death." Mrs. Wm. Simpson took her lovely infant (who was in the baby show) with her on a visit to her father at Swansea. A telegram came yesterday for Mr. Simpson to hurry there. Today little Sadie's * corpse is all that is left them of that sweet babe. All of the family are at Sw-ansea for the funeral. At 4 p. m. Sunday Miss Mahala Folk and Dr. Johnston Peeples, of "Refill, werp married. It was a quiet home affair, only a very few friends and relatives present. Rev. E. Nungezer, of Estill, officiated. The bride wore a becoming traveling suit of tan, hat and gloves to match. They left on the afternoon train for Glenn Springs and the mountains of North Carolina. The bride has not lived / here long, but by her sweet attractive ways made many friends, who * wish her much joy throughout life. Dr. Peeples is a rising physician. They will live at Estill. , Miss Rosa Wingard, of Clinton, a j recent graduate, is here on a visit to her brother. She won a medal at commencement. Confesses to Part in Murder. Phoenix City, Ala., June 23.?Homer Carmack, aged 21, is alleged to onnfocQPd tr> nffip^rs tO-night xxav v w _ _ that he and an accomplice murdered J. J. Folks, a merchant of Phoenix City, whose body was found in his store this morning. The murder was committed Sunday night. According to Carmack's recital he and another young man, whom he named, deliberately planned the crime. Carmack says he watched while his companion went to the store and called the old man out. They struck their victim on the head with an old iron spindle, and notwithstanding the promises of Folks that he would give them all he had, cut his throat with a knife. Then, Carmack says, they divided Folk6's money, about $57. Officers are searching for the young man Carmack accuses. ... MARRIAGE AT ALLENDALE. | j Miss Sadie Merriwether Becomes j Bride of Dr. J. E. Warnock. i Allendale, June IS.?Dr. J. E. Warnock and Miss Sadie Merriwether, both of Allendale, were very quietlv married Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs J. G. Merriwether. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. M. M. Brabham, of DenmfrV Orilv the nearest relatives of the families were present. Immediately after the ceremony the couple ' left for Wrightsville Beach, where ! they will spend their honeymoon. Allendale will continue to be the home of this popular young couple, where both have a wide circle of friends, and where Dr. Warnock is well established in his profession. SOME NARROW ESCAPES. Lightning Knocks Men Down in Newberry But Kills No One. Newberry, June 20.?There has been a good deal of thunder and lightning with the rain clouds the past few days. On Tuesday afternoon the lightning was particularly severe. In Floyd township a wire fence on Dr. W. D. Senn's plantation was struck. Two cows, touching the fence some distance away, were instantly killed,and a mule and a cow were knocked down but revived. In Newberry township John C. Hipp and his men and team, hauling in oats, ran under a shelter out of the rain. Lightning struck the shelter, knocked down a mule and two negroes and Mr. Hipp, but killed no one. In, Cannon township lightning struck a large white oak under which the road working force had their tent j and split the tree. J. M. Wicker, who i has charge of the road machinery, and another white man were stunned, but not seriously hurt. II . ' ' *' 4 >i4i> v?4: ? :> , . - ~ ' ,'V - <' ' . ' -* ? . . ; - .l-'i: r: , U V ' :> . : . ? : ' . f 3BiiaBlra3? : New Dormitory of ( PUTS MARRIAGE ABOVE CAREER President of University, of Illinois, So Tells Three Hundred Co-Eds. Marriage is better than a career, president Edmund J. James, of the University of Illinois, on Monday told about 300 women graduates who had! just completed four years of training' for a profession i "The average man and the average ; woman can do their best work for j themselves, and for society, in a part- I nership which results in a social unit effective for social progress," said President James* "The woman who deliberately chooses the career when the opportunity offers itself or when J she makes it for herself, as every wo-! man can, is choosing a highway to j social service which is far ahead of t all teaching of legal or medical ser-! vice she can possibly render society. "It looks sometimes as if our mod- I ern society is giving the honors Of social recognition and opportunity to the bachelor maid instead of to the wife and mother. Just in proportion as this is done, society will surely suffer by recruiting its ranks in the long run from the uneducated and more animal elements." J. A. Copeland, a cotton buyer, was ' ' "* A - -" ^ Awn ? fvnK,, y*ry nrt i commuted to jcin iu wiuugcuuig uu i Saturday for giving a bogus check for his board bill. IN TSE PALMETTO STATE! _ SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS j KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick | Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Major St. James Gumming, of the faculty of the Citadel academy of Charleston, died on Tuesday, aged fifty-five. M. D. Yarborough of Columbia, stepping off a street car on Tuesday was struck by an automobile and his ankle was broken. It is stated that Baltimore capita lists are ttiinKing 01 erecting a fertilizer plant at Georgetown, to include a ginnery and oil mill. Three hundred and twenty-three marriage licenses were issued by the Spartanburg probate judge from Jan. 1st, 1913, up to the 18th instant. The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Thrower of Ridgeville, Dorchester county, was fatally burned on Monday while playing with a lighted candle. Twenty-nine young men, having completed their course at dental colleges, appeared before the state board ef examiners at the Isle of Palms on Saturday and stood examinations for license to practice. A petition of the voters of Orangeburg has been filed with the mayor of that city, asking for an election on the commission form of government. Our sister on the Edisto is nothing if not progressive. Mrs. Kitchens is suing the Gaffney Manufacturing company for $75,000 | for the death of her husband, who ' was killed by the explosion of a J steam pipe while he was working as engineer for the company. : t&$e:>. ; -: j|te ' ' ", ' -. Lisd'i %' ': cSii...r-r, . i*..- '..?i':V'-' * ' . ; " ;..' - -.* ' , : " .' r-Vi..-; -'x ; - - \<V.- " ., . 's-> - - *.. H*h .i . . . .? '.... -'" a: ,:... , ^v- *> ?'& -':p> . ?"*/ . >i" 5."^* r . . i-. V . r"' * ^ Carlisle School for which COTTOX BLOOMS IX BARXWELL. County Expects to Again Market First New Bale. Barnwell, June 19.?Several cotton blossoms have been reported this week. S. E. Moore, of Snelling, sent a bloom to one of the local papers Tuesday afternoon. Another one, that opened Tuesday, was brought to town yesterday by E. R. Cox, who moved to this county from Marlboro several months ago. Barnwell carried off the honors last year for making the first bale of new cotton, and the farmers hereabouts are apparently determined to repeat the performance. VERDICT OF DEATH BY SUICIDE. Xorris Xewsome, Held for Murder of Wife, May be Released. Valdosta, Ga., June 21.?A verdict of death by suicide was returned by the coroner's jury to-day, which has been investigating the death of Mrs. Xorris Newsome, who was found dead in bed several days ago, a pistol wound in her head. The body was ovhnmpf] this mornina: bv the coron er and examined. Newsome is in jail, charged with killing his wife by William Swilly, a brother of Mrs. Newsome, but it is believed he will be released on bail. . . GALLOWAY THANKS PRESIDENT, j Carolinian is Proud of Position on Civil Service Commission. ^ Washington, June 18.?Accompanied by Senator E. D. Smith, Mr. ^ Charles M. Galloway called at the White House this morning and thanked the President for his (Mr. Galloway's) appointment to succeed Gen. Black on the civil service commission. y< The President was very cordial and s( said that this nomination was in line ii with his policy of trying to get the R best men he could find for the posi- w tions he had to fill. The Senate this u evening confirmed Mr. Galloway's J nomination, and as soon as his com- a] mission is made out, which may be ir to-morrow, he will enter upoh his 6< new duties. Senator Smith has not fi yet announced who will succeed Mr. a: Galloway as his secretary. o: Benson Glymp Ate Poison. tc c< Many people will be interested in r< the following account of the attempt- tc ed suicide of Benson Glymph, a sign n painter, taken from Tuesday's Atlan- S ta Journal: - H B. D. Glymph, an aged white man H said to be a native of Hodges, S. C., w despondent over ill health, ate a w whole box of rat poison yesterday in h a futile attempt to commit suicide. The dose he took was so violent that his stomach reacted sharply and > na he survived. The physician at the ^ hospital where he was taken declared Ji if he had taken a teaspoonfull of the 01 stuff instead of deliberately eating up the whole box, no human power could ly have saved him. it Glymph, who suffered horrible | hi agony, and manifested the 6ame un- | oi quenchable thirst which poisoned rats j t have before they die, regrets his at- te tempt and is now very anxious to con- si tinti/v +A 1)VD Hi ?tu II f L. :: :- ; '? h?^ ' IjSEfe *:~ S_'f '.. ' -" i-F V; p mm*1*: -- # : -c>m ^ " ' '' ^ ^ ^ ^| M :Jt. ^ . I" I . ::; *!' w- ' '.'" I S f??'' '; : /JSf ^ . I ^ 1; '4raS??Ite9rv wn " ' - m - ? material is now being plac OPERATION TO MAKE BOY GOOD, si pi Bone Removed From Skull May Have s< Moral Effect. ai Si Philadelphia, June 18.?An oper- tj. ation which, the surgeons declare, will make a good boy of eight-year old Clay Jamison, was performed yes- ^ terday in the West Philadelphia Horn- ^ ti^onifni nrViorn a nippp of cuyamj* xiuspiuii, ?? w z __ bone two inches long and one inch S wide was removed from the boy's skull. n The child, it was stated, was a ^ good boy when he first went to school SI three years ago. The second year he * was not quite so good, and since then ^ he has been a terror to his teachers, ^ parents and other children. An X-ray operation disclosed the fact that n( there was a depression in his skull, w probably the result of a fall or a blow, . which, the surgeons say, caused the 1D change in the boy's deportment. , se &ir Archibald Geikie tells a story di of a Scotsman who, much against his own will, was persuaded to take a in long holiday. w Hen went to Egypt and visited the Pyramids. After gazing for some time at the Great Pyramid he mut- ^ - n tered: "Man, what a lot of mason work not to be bringin' in any rent!" a Before starting on the road to ruin f0 a man should secure a return ticket, ja - -.J- . ....... ..VjSKk v2 RIES TO SHOOT UP COURT S UDGE HIDES UNDER DESK AND OTHERS VACATE ROOSl. iTild Scramble for Places of Safety s; When Ray M. Stewart Whisks s d Out Pistol. 1; Washington, June 23.?Judge, lawers, policemen and spectators were J rnt scurrying to cove^in uie v_/nmlal Court here late to-day, when _ a ay M. Stewart, aged 18, fired three ild shots in an attempt to "shoot ^ p" the Court. At the first crack ustice Wendall P. Stafford dis- . d ppeared beneath his desk and out ^ 1 the Court room there was a wild h jramble for places of .safety. Some, ., enzied by fear, leaped into windows nd dropped to the ground fifteen r twenty feet below. Justice Stafford had just refused > release Stewart on probation after i] mviction for attempted highway c Jbbery. The boy whipped out a pis- f )1 and fired three shots, two of which arrowly missed Assistant United ? tates Attorneys Samuel Hawken and b arvey Given and policeman Moffett. P e was in the attitude of turning to- tJ ard the Judge as if to shoot when a itness sprang upon him and choked y im into insensibility. Without a Scratch. ^ In the confusion that followed " lany thought Justice Stafford had fi een struck by a bullet, but the iidge emerged from his haven with- C at a scratch. Stewart had been convicted recent- P ' of holding up a negro in a Wash- ^ igton suburb last December. He n - 4. A a.d applied for probation as a first L' Tender. The Judge had barely ut>red the last word in passing sen- v :nce wnen the prisoner began to loot and just missed Hawken, who F licked under the table. The next a ^ I g ' Si ii I 3?., - ; >.' si - -$ \i' 's1 IfeSf< p!&l i.'-: ''$'? '& 'i- &' "*? ' 'NV'-' ",=} o ... ; * "... s; - - - ' j \ : 1* ; . Ci 1 ** l- rfl | " ... : g ^ +i tJ ii y w :ed on the grounds a ~ n lot wont toward the jury box and issed dangerously near Detective j, srgt. Grant's head. It struck a wall i/i rohrmnripri falline near Justice y tafford's bench. The third shot hit ? le ceiling. Choked by Witness. f; As the youth wheeled and faced c: le bench, Edwin Blaine, a clerk in a Le department of agriculture, who d id been a witness for the State, a jized the boy by the throat and car- V ed him to the floor. c< By this time the Court room had ?en nearly cleared of officials and >ectators. T Stewart lay unconscious for sever- tl minutes after being disarmed. Later t( i was removed to the cell room be- jc ?ath the Court room. b: Counsel for Stewart said the youth k as unbalanced as the result of read- ti g cheap literature,. The hold-up, m >r which the boy was about to be ntenced, had many features of the me-novel variety. a] To-night the boy is in jail await- ^ ? +V10 avcro- c\f fihnntinf? 6 LI iai uu w ith intent to kill. ? m m Two homicides are reported from arlboro county Saturday?a negro te lied in one part of the county and white man in another. SI Buy your disinfectant and sprays r mosquitoes and flies, also fruit S1 ,rs, at Hunter's Hardware Store. F SHOT WHILE CHASING NEGRO. fierifT Leading Posse Kills Wrong Man. Montgomery, Ala., June 19.?A pecial to the advertiser from Penacola, Fla., says that Charles Henerson, a prominent resident of Marmna, Fla., was shot and instantly illed by Deputy Sheriff Gregory late esterday evening. Henderson was a lember of a posse chasing a negro, lenderson crossed a corn field and iscovered the negro running in adance. He started in pursuit when rregory, leading the posse, thought lenderson was the negro, three hunred yeards ahead, and fired several imes, one bullet penetrating the eart. Gregory was exonerated by be coroner's jury. Olar News. Olar, June 24.?The few refreshag showers during the past week has aused our farmers to smile more requently. Crops in this section are not as ood as we would like them to be, ut there is time to improve, and our eople are consoled by realizing that he fertility of the soil around Olar 3 so great that it seldom fails' to ield abundantly. Mr. Y. S. Brown has purchased a 'ord car. He says running his car 1 the evenings after closing his of- . ce is fine recreation. Messrs W. B. Chitty and J. E. took went to Bamberg Monday. Mr. Green Morris is circulating a etition in behalf of his son, Mr, laner Morris, who was convicted of lanslaughter during last November srm of court. Miss Julia Goolsby, of Denmark, v isited Miss Inez Starr last week. Mr. J. W. Smith has bought a new tord runabout. There are so many utomobiles in Olar it would be a ood idea for the council to pass a peed limit ordinance. Miss Zelma Rizer left Monday fternoon for McColl. She is to be a ridesmaid in the Gibson-Beach mariage. Mr. Westcoat, of Walterboro, was 1 Olar last Saturday. . 'g Mr. A. H. Neeley visited Denmark ist Sunday. Mr. Hugh T. Kearse, who has been esiding ifc Codey, Fla., for the past ear, has returned and will fill his irmer position at Schofield. When ne lives at Olar once he* is never 1 itisfied anywhere else. Mr. C. F. Rizer went to Ehrhardt, 1 ist Friday to deliver a Ford touring ar to Mr. H. Karesh. Messrs, W. Z. Ayer and Chas. M. hitty went to Ehrhardt last week. A mass meeting was held last hursday evening in the interest of lie Olar high school. Addresses rere made by the Hon. S. G. May- . f.: eld, and the Rev. Mr. Huggins, of lenmark. Much enthusiasm was lanifested. Mr. and Mrs Floyd C. Chitty are isiting Mrs. Chitty's parents, Mr. nd Mrs. C. W. Garris, in Savannah. Mr. Henry Lightsey and Fred ilgllist; v, ui v^i ui;h.t5ttvnic, uuugui 'ord cars here last week. An election to bond this school istrict to build a $10,000 school uilding was held last Thursday and ras carried by a large majority. The onds will be sold as soon as possible, nd the erection of the magnificent ew building cominenced. Mr. C. F. Rizer went to Blackville t londay. Mr. Gooch, cashier of the Bank of odge, is keeping up with the times, [e purchased a Ford car last week. Some of our folks in automobiles ~ , ailed to climb the hill at Williams's rossing on the road between Govan nd Bamberg after the rain last MonV? 111 in trAmr nf Ann cty cli JLIUUli. in is ill 11 10 v^ijy nd slippery during damp weather. 7e would like to see it put in better andition. * r ?? Governor Blease proposed to Gen. eague that they raise the money for le other veterans to pay their way ) Gettysburg by the two giving their )int note and borrowing it at some ank, on the presumption that the igislature will make the appropriaon to cover the amount when it ieets again. When Shimmerpate arrived home a hour later than usual he was nibling a clove. "I stopped in a concert hall for a iw moments," he observed. "The tusic was intoxicating." "That's right!" exclaimed his betsr half. "Blame it on the music." r i Mary Gaffney, a colored woman, iffering with pellagra, committed licide at Jonesville, Union county, riday night by hanging herself.