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I One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913. Established 1891.
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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.
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folks and their chaperones enjoyed
a fine moonlight picnic and fish fry
on Wednesday evening.
Mr. Lee Beesinger, who has been
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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
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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.
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MARRIAGE AT ALLENDALE. |
j Miss Sadie Merriwether Becomes j
Bride of Dr. J. E. Warnock.
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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.
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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
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commuted to jcin iu wiuugcuuig uu i
Saturday for giving a bogus check
for his board bill.
IN TSE PALMETTO STATE!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Bone Removed From Skull May Have s<
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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
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bone two inches long and one inch
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wide was removed from the boy's
skull. n
The child, it was stated, was a ^
good boy when he first went to school
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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,
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probably the result of a fall or a blow, .
which, the surgeons say, caused the 1D
change in the boy's deportment.
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&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- ^
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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
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RIES TO SHOOT UP COURT
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UDGE HIDES UNDER DESK AND
OTHERS VACATE ROOSl.
iTild Scramble for Places of Safety s;
When Ray M. Stewart Whisks s
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Out Pistol.
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Washington, June 23.?Judge, lawers,
policemen and spectators were J
rnt scurrying to cove^in uie v_/nmlal
Court here late to-day, when _
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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- .
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ppeared beneath his desk and out ^
1 the Court room there was a wild
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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
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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
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srgt. Grant's head. It struck a wall
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tafford's bench. The third shot hit ?
le ceiling.
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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
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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- ^
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Two homicides are reported from
arlboro county Saturday?a negro te
lied in one part of the county and
white man in another.
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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
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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."
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Mary Gaffney, a colored woman,
iffering with pellagra, committed
licide at Jonesville, Union county,
riday night by hanging herself.