The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 10, 1913, Image 1

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SV.-"'. Ir (Tli? Hamburg Sjmlb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1913. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS . SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS m IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. em News Items Gathered All Around the r County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 7.?The glorious fourth of July has gone, glad to say without any fight or killing added to the day's record in this section. Only heard of one negro getting cut and ^ that was done near Bamberg at what is known as Bamberg's cow barn. The cut was painful but not mortal unless not attended to by a physician. Heard of only a few melons for the 4th, but one is enough to show and settle the question that melon seed point to the vine, in place of the heart. Crops are in good condition, and this warm weather has got a hump on the little cotton. A. B. Coggins has commenced work on his home, getting lumber, bricks and carpenters on the grounds. Mr. L. E. McKenzie and little daughter, Meana, went to Charleston, yesterday to visit his mother and pers haps take a bath. Mr. O. L. Copeland and his brother have ordered their engine and boiler for gin outfit. Intend to put it near the Fender Place on H. A. Hughes's land. Will be on the new } rail road when built. JEE. Notice. ^ The surviving brothers, sisters, relatives, and especially old comrades in war of the late John J. Cope land, deceased, will unveil his monument on July 26th, 1913, at noon, at Mount Pleasant Lutheran church cemetery. Suitable music, records of his church life, and war records, will be spoken of by Rev. D. B. Groseclose and comrade C. L. Folk. JOE I. COPELAXD. Ehrhardt, S. C., July 7, 1913. Newberry College Reunion. Ehrhardt, S. C., July 7, 1913.?The annual Newberry College reunion for t Bamberg and Barnwell counties will be held Wednesday, July 23rd, at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church, near Ehrhardt, S. C. Dinner will be served on the grounds. The public is cordially invited to attend. LEROY YOUNG, J E. P. COPELAXD, President. 1 Secretary. Fairfax Fancies. > Pairfav .Tniv 7.?There is a family reunion this week of all the members of the family of Mr. and Mrs, G. S. O'Neal, three sons, G. S. Jr., Elliott, and Matthew, are now living in Florida. Mesdames Chivilette Jamison, Carrie Rutland, with their husbands and infants, from Orangeburg. Mrs. Annye Move O'Neal and * infant, all are with them. Mr. O'Neal has been our accommodating and efficient post master ever since this was a town, and he and his wife are much esteemed here. Friends con- < gratulate them upon having all mem- . bers of his family, together, and hope these reunions will be frequent and v happy, as they now are. Mrs. Ursula Cope, of Ulmer, is vis- < iting relatives here. While at McCormick and Lowndesville Misses Ruth Wilson and Sadie Harter were the recipients of much social attention, quite a number of parties being given in their honor. , * They are two of our brightest and most attractive high-school girls, and erivf* creat pleasure with their fine 1 . piano performances. Mrs. Wm. Boyles and daughter, of i Allendale, are spending some time ' with Miss May Brunson. Mrs. Lily Preacher celebrated little Lily's seventh birthday by having all her little friends partake of delicious refreshments with her. Mrs. Lily Myrick and Miss May ; Brunson treated their Sunday school : < scholars to nice ice cream last week. They formed a pretty picture playing ring-a-round games on the green grass. Mrs. Martin Lightsev and children are spending the heated term in r. wrvl ir> O i> Ui LI1 vaiuuuu. Mrs. J. F. Lightsey and children ?- are at Sullivan's Island. There was a lawn party and silver tea at Mrs. S. L. Sanders's on the i afternoon of the fourth under charge of the Ladies' Aid Society. A nice sum was contributed, and all seemed to enjoy it. A party was given last week by Miss Alma Knight, complimentary to her friend, Miss Halford. The young folks are enthusiastic in praises of < the whole affair, and everything was CONVICTED OF BRIBERY. West Virginia State Senator and Wife Overcome at Verdict. I Webster Springs, W. Va., July 1. ?State Senator Ben A. Smith was convicted of bribery to-night in connection with accepting $2,200 to vote for Col. William Seymour Edwards as a candidate for the United States Senate. After a prolonged trial the r>oco wont tn thp inrv shortlv after 4 o'clock this afternoon. The verdict of guilty was returned at 9.35 o'clock to-night. Senator Smith is the first member of the West Virginia Legislature ever to be convicted of such a charge. Senator Smith and his wife were overcome when the verdict was signed. Smith was taken into custody. The penalty is from 5 to 10 years in the Penitentiary. Six members of the lower House of the Legislature charged with a similar offence are under indictment and awaiting trial. TWO MEN ARE KILLED. And Two Wounded in Fight Between Cops and "Bootlegger." Champaign, 111., July 6.?Two men were killed and two others seriously wounded in a fight here today between the police and alleged illicit liquor sellers. The dead are: Ray Williams, alleged "bootlegger," andThomasDodsworth a policeman. The wounded are: Albert Keller, chief of police, and Oliver Harding. As a result of the affair the streets are crowded with men threatening violence to liquor sellers. Chief Keller and Dodsworth went to Williams* home to arrest him on a charge of selling liquor illegally. As Keller began to read the warrant, Williams, it is said, fired three shots at the officer. Dodsworth ran to the Chief's aid and Williams fired at the policeman, killing him. Williams then was shot dead by Keller. Harding was struck by a stray bullet. Denmark Social News. Denmark, July 5.?Misses Lilial Jaeger, of Florence, and Janie Ford, of Chester, are the guests of Mrs. John R. Martin. Mrs. H. W. Matthews has returned to her home in Birmingham, Ala., after a visit of several weeks to her father, Mr. James B, Guess. Mrs. J. W. Wvman, accompanied by Misses Christobel Mayfield, Vera and Martha Wiggins, left Tuesday for a visit to Mount Pleasant. Misses Hazel Osteen and Lucile Cole, of Florence, are visiting their grandfather, Mr. H. C. Rice. Mr. J. E. Steadman, Jr., has gone to Chappelle for a few days. Miss Anna Matthews has returned j from a visit to relatives in Charleston. Mr. St. Clair P. Guess has returned from a trip to Sumter. ' Mr. W. H. Rice is visiting his brother, Mr. C. S. Rice. Mrs. R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg, spent Monday in town with her mother, Mrs. W. L. Califf. Mrs. S. D. Guess is in Sumter for a week's stay. Messrs. T. B. Wilkerson, Jr., and C. H. Pool have returned from Garnett. .Miss Louise Zeigler is visiting Miss Emma Warren in Allendale. Mr. J. E. Cohen, of Richmond, Va., was in town this week. Mr J. R. Minor is spending several weeks with relatives in Atlanta. enjoyed. There was a picnic on the fourth at Youmans's mill. Children, young ladies and gents and some chaperons. All enjoyed the ride, the dinner, and games. Miss Lily Preacher gave a sociable Thursday evening. Miss Margaret Folk entertained the young people on Friday evening. A lllUbl uutaoiuu. Miss Wethersbee, of North, visited Mrs. Wm. Simpson on Saturday. Little Joy Gregs, of Savannah, is visiting her aunt. Miss DuRant. Fairfax was blest in a visit from Mr. Warren Lipscomb, brother of Mrs Johnston, recently. A graduate of Furman University, he decided t that preaching was his calling, so is taking a theological course at Rochester, X. Y. He gave a fine talk at the Baptist church, then sang, oh so sweetly at the Y. P. U., meeting that evening. A trio by Mesdames Johnston and Harter and Mr. Lipscomb was much enjoyed. Mr. Johnston, our popular cashier, made a fine talk to the U. P. U. Sunday evening. Miss Ruth Wilson sang very sweetly "Moment by Moment." IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quid Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. About four hundred and fift} teachers are attending the summei school at "Winthrop college. W. H. Aughtry, a looker-on at th< automobile races in Columbia on Friday, was struck by an automobile one had his leg broken. The New York Journal of Commerce reports that the South Carolina cotton crop improved from 69.? to 73.3 within the past month. The fines in the recorder's court ir Charleston for the month of June amounted to $6,499. It is not statec how much of this sum was paid by blind tigers. Sam Dukes, colored, aged 22, was electrocuted in the state penitentiary on Tuesday. His crime was the mur der of Policeman Barwick of Pine wood, Clarendon county. Comptroller General A. W. Jones has reported to Attorney General T H. Peeples shortages in the accounts of former Treasurer J. X. Jenerette and former Sheriff B. J. Sessions ol Horry. Mack Smith, assistant superintendent, and W. L. Hames, weave roon boss of the Glendale mills, Spartan burg county, were fined $50 on Saturday for working their employes longer each day than the law allows Eastern Star Chapter Organized. This scribe spent Saturday, it being the first Saturday of the month at Jennys, and of course attendee the regular communication of Buforc Lodge. A fine attendance was present, and while no degree work was on hand, the communication was very pleasant and considerable business was attended to. From labor the lodge was called to refreshment, anc you never saw such a spread. The ladies of that section did themselves proud in providing every good thing eatable, in season and out of sea son. Then, to wash down these gooc things, was hot coffee, iced tea anc lemonade. Many kings, princes, anc potentates have lived and died, anc feasted, but never in all their days ol feasting ever saw such a sumptuous repast. It was indeed a marvel ir the art of the cuisine. These ladies met there to entertain Mr. W. C Davis, of Manning, the worthy patror of the Eastern Star Grand Chapter He was there, and after dinner pro ceeded to organize a Grand Chapter which was done, the grand officers be ing W. C. Davis, W. P; A. W. Brabham, Grand Secretary; J. L. Folk Grand Marshal; J. C. Mayer, Granc Chaplain. These then proceeded tc organize an Eastern Star Chapter, inl tiating twenty-two candidates intc the beautiful mysteries of the order Mr. Davis made a beautiful lecture and the election of officers took place: Mrs. Ollie M. Chitty and G. W. Jenny Matron and Patron; Mrs. Jttena k Jenny, Conductress; Ada, Mrs. Bessie J. Rast; Ruth Mrs. Leda R. Kearse; Esther. Mrs. Emma S. Jenny; Martha, Mrs. Donie Loadholdt;,. Electra Mrs. Rebecca W. Jenny; Secretary A. W. Brabham; Treasurer, Dr. G W. Loadholdt; Warden, J. R. Loadholdt; Doorkeeper, J. C. Loadholdt; Marshal, J. L. Folk; Chaplin, J. C. Mayer. The Chapter will meet on the same day that the Masons meet, and thai means a picnic once a month; and the good people there know how tc provide for a picnic. Ben Franklin said that a fat kitchen meant a lean will, and if that is true all the wills made in the Jenny section will be as lean as the seven kine that Pharaoh saw in his dream. We don't think "Poor Richard's" philosophy will hold good in this instance, for we do not know any section more prosperous than Jennys. The people all have money, and they spend it. Long may they live, and may they ever prosper, is the wish of your scribe. By the way, the kind treatment to visitors causes, each month, visitors ;o come from Fairfax, Brunson Crocketville, and other places, to share in the pleasantries of these monthly meetings, and Masons are talking of getting dimits and coming to our lodge. It is prospering, and we have some room to spare. a. P. S. Mrs. Addie J. Coleman also holds an office in the Chapter, but not having the minutes, we cannot call to mind the position she occupies. B. Olar, July 7, 1913. j DROWNED IN CONGA REE RIVER, j j ?J. W. K. Beckham, of Calhoun Coun- j > ty, Meets Tragic Fate | I St. Matthews, July 5.?News was ? received here this morning of the drowning of J. W. B. Beckham in Congaree River, about dark yesterday afternoon, in the extreme upper portion of this county. After a long and tedious search, Beckham's body was found late this afternoon. c He was known to the public as t j having killed his step-father, Henry s - Frank, by the roadside, October 22, \ I 1912, was tried for the offence at the a first Criminal Court in November t following and acquitted. Since that c time, it seems, he lost interest in his a ( farm, built a tent on the bank of the Congaree River, and lived the life of c a fisherman. t i Reports all agree that he had been \ ^ drinking heavily under his new and t I weird surroundings, and his unfor- 1 * tunate end was not a surprise here. n He was 4 2 or 43 years old, and when 5 not in his cups was a man of splendid s 7 manners and pleasing personality. 1 . Nineteen years ago he married Miss f . Ellen Davis, daughter of Kinsler s Davis, deceased, who for years, repre- 1 , sented Lexington County in the Leg- 1 islature. She died in 1907, leaving i one son and two daughters. His a mother, Mrs. Frank, two half-broth- s ^ ers and one half-sister, are still liv- i ing. His father, Dr. Beckham, while on I his way from Columbia to his home, < 1 was thrown from his buggy into a ditch and his neck broken as the result of the runaway. This happened 9 when "Willie" Beckham, the son, was just four months old. Tha Hosth r?f Air Raplfham ^nrlo i family feud which had existed for . many years. He and his step-father 1 were enemies of long standing, and s 1 only the graves of both would have i 1 ever covered the wounds engendered. Yeggnian is Shot Robbing Postoffice. 5 Atlanta, Ga., July 5.?Barricaded * 5 in the postoffice of Kirkwood, a sub- ( i urb, where he had blown open the 1 safe. J. W. Johnson fought a posse of 3 constables and citizens early today 5 until he fell, probably mortally wound? ed, by a bullet. Johnson said he " came from Philadelphia. 1 The noise of the explosion aroused constables and a posse surrounded I the postoffice before Johnson could 1 complete his work and escape. ^ J. W. Johnson, alias "Portland 5 Ned," and a number of other names 1 known to the police of the country, I 3 is said to have made a statement to- ? day in whicn he claimed to be Walter i Turpin, recently released from the * Atlanta Federal penitentiary. He A - stated he came from Bedford county, ? . Virginia, where he said that he has 1 - relatives. r SHOT I)OWX BY POSSE f I 1 j Andrew Solomon Killed and His \ Brother Wounded. ? > c Wavcross, Ga., July 3.?A Coffee " county posse today surprised Andrew and Randall Solomon, wanted for J various crimes, at the home of Henry ' Marier, near Kirkland, and when the ^ | men showed fight the officers opened . fire on them, Andrew Solomon being killed and his brother Randall se- ? riously wounded. It is believed he ' will die. In response to the command ^ to surrender, Andrew Solomon made ^ a movement to bring his gun to his ^ shoulder. A volley from the posse sent him reeling to the earth, mortally wounded. His brother surrendered after being wounded thrice. g The dead man's body was brought here tonight. His wounded brother | was taken to Douglas. WOMAN SHOT IN SCUFFLE. 1 _____ & ; Abbeville Man Claims His Mother F \ was Accidentally Killed. d Abbeville, July 3.?Ben Ashworth, 9 of Calhoun Falls, 21 years of age, is b 1 alleged to have shot and killed his v 1 mother Monday night in a scuffle over b a pistol. Ashworth's version of the J I affair is that he went home, had been b drinking and his mother asked him a ' if he was drinking, and he sair, "Yes, t I have had a drink." She said, "You 2 1 and your father will kill me yet." i Ashworth claims then that his moth- a er went to the bed and got a pistol c and when he tried to take it away h " -I-A-l J ?5 irom ner tne pisioi was uwtuaigcu, ? killing his mother instantly, and t ' wounding Ashworth in his left hand, il It is stated that his mother's hand is ^ powder-burned. "V 1 Rural Policeman Bruce was at Cal- e i houn Falls and arrested Ashworth t ; and brought him .0 Abbeville, and he s is now in jail here. There were no S eyewitnesses to the affair, except Ash- p worth. g ATHER AND SON IN DUEL 1 A ORMER LIES DEAR AS RESULT OF FAMILY TROUBLE. ? fohn Dobson Receives Four Bullet . d Wounds from Pistol of Will Dob- r son in Pickens County Tragedy. n ' A ^ /Inrcnn TiiItt C T n O nictnl dlipl 1 OV/li, %J U1J U. MU t4> V?v.v? in the Pelzer plantation, just across c he Pickens County line, John Dob- ^ on, a white farmer, was killed and * lis 13-year-old son. Roy, was prob- s ibly fatally shot. The duel was be- T ween John Dobson and his 17-year ?ld son, Will Dobson, and occurred * it the Dobson home. a It seems that John Dobson was * iverbearing toward his wife and that * hey quarrelled on Sunday. After- 1 vards he left home, going to Pendle- j on. Dobson returned to his home ate yesterday and again quarrelled ] vith his wife, it is said. She sent to the field for Will Dobson, who, it is said, went in the louse, and secured his pistol. The S 'ather had his pistol in his hand, and 1 >ome say that he was the first to fire. ? Will Dobson fired five times, four 1 pullets striking his father, who fell ] n a heap on the ground. i One of the bullets from John Dob- < ;on's pistol hit Roy Dobson, who was 1 n the house shielding his mother. < rhis ball broke a rib in the left side, < puncturing the colon in three places md tearing the intestines fearfully. < Etoy Dobson was hurried to the An- l :erson Hospital ana was operatea on, 1 the surgeon's knife nearly cutting < lim in two in the attempt to save his ' ife. The doctor in charge says he 1 las a fighting chance for recovery. < Will Dobson surrendered to the 1 Pickens County officials. John Dob on died from his wounds early this norning. ^ Account from Greenville. Greenville, July 8.?John Dobson, i farmer living about a mile from < Jentral, in Pickens County, died < ibout 2 o'clock this morning from < vounds received in a pistol duel yes- 1 terday evening with his seventeen- 1 . ear-old son, who had, it is said, at- ] tempted to save his mother from ] ibuse at the hands of her husband. < The shooting occurred about sundown 1 esterday at the Dobson farm. i A twelve-year-old son of Dobson, t vho was standing by, was struck ac- < ndentally by a bullet from his fath- < ;r's pistol and is to-day lying at the t joint of death in a hospital in Ander c ;on. 1 Will Dobson, the boy who shot his 1 ather, immediately went to Pickens, t vhere he surrendered to the sheriff ind was placed in jail. He has made 10 statement. < The tragedy is said to be the cul nination of a period of domestic inelicity between Dobson and his wife asting over several years. During c ;his time, Dobson, it is said, had l severely abused his wife on many oc- j :asions. Trouble of this kind occur ed only a few days ago, reports t stated, and the boys had warned the ather that it must not occur again. * Yesterday afternoon Will Dobson vas in the field at work, and hear- j ng trouble at the house, rushed to ^ he defense of his mother. Both he ^ md his father had revolvers and a t lumber of shots were exchanged, the t 'ather, it is declared, firing first. ^ foung Dobson fired six shots, four of vhich took effect. I OLD-FASHIONED FIST FIGHT. 1 jaluda Rural Policeman and Citizen Have Lively Scrap. . 8 Coin/To Tulv fl An altprraHnn hp- c UUiUUU, \J U* J V# M. w ween Rural Policeman J. E. Zeigler 1 ,nd George C. Wheeler occurred here } 'riday afternooon. Xo weapons were 1 rawn. It was an old fashioned "fist T ,nd skull" affair. Zeigler being the * arger man, had Wheeler at a disadantage when they were separated by 1 lenry C. Smith, clerk of the Court. t 'he trouble grew out of the bond beQg given on behalf of Cary McCarty, white man arrested by Zeigler for he alleged selling of liquor at the v !oar barbecue yesterday. a The magistrate was out of town, t nd the parties had repaired to the ti lerk's office to give bond, Wheeler f< tending to go on the bond. Zeigler uggested that it was customary for p wo to sign bonds. This suggestion. 1 t appears, nettled Wheeler and one o rord brought on another until r V'heeler cursed Zeigler and was curs- a d in return. Then Wheeler struck r he rural policeman, who at once c truck back and a clinch followed, a ome blood, not much, flowed. Both b arties, as well as their friends, re- y ret the affair. 1 2X-CONVICT SHOT AT LAURENS. ilbert Boyd, Colored, Probably Fatally Wounded. Laurens, July 6.?Albert Boyd, ne;ro, ex-convict, was shot and probbly fatally wounded some time after nidnight last night by Jess Reeder, a egro farm hand. Reeder was arrestd early this morning by Sheriff Owng and lodged in jail. The shooting >ccurred at a house near Davis Jprings, two miles from the city. It s said that Reeder was trying to hoot his wife when Boyd interfered, thereupon Reeder, it is alleged, turn !d nis gun on JBoya, snooung mm hrough the body. Boyd was paroled ibout eighteen months ago, after he lad served six or seven years of a ife sentence for the killing of another legro, near the city. jEAVE church to have figrt. father and Son Are Killed by Two Church Members. Lahlequah, Okla., July 6.?Henry Sanders was shot and killed and his 'ather, Matthews Sanders, a former sheriff of Cherokee county, was stabDed and probably fatally injured at Dykes Chapel, a country church five niles south of here today as the remit hi a difference with Henry and Will Johnson, members of the church Dver the management of a Sunday school class. The Johnsons fled. The disagreement arose during the services. The principals left the juilding, the audience following, but tvhen the congregation reached the scene the tragedy had been enacted. 7oung Sanders died in a few minites and his father, suffering from several knife wounds, was lying on :he ground. ?? BIG FIRE AT SPARTANBURG. Lightning Starts Destructive Blaze tSS at Junction. Spartanburg, July 2.?Fire which started during a violent thunder storm to-night and was supposedly caused by a stroke of lightning, * Durned six frame buildings at Spar:anburg Junction. The flames were first discovered in Robert Swain's Hotel, which collapsed almost immeliately after the railroad men living :here had fled. There were no facilties available to fight the fire and ;he wind caused it to spread $o James , stone's store, Wallace Whitlock's store, James Evans'store, anegrores:aurant, the railroad depot and a car >f cotton. All were destroyed. The oss is about sixteen thousand dolars and the insurance about nine ;housand dollars. VICTIM OF PECULIAR ACCIDENT. skull Crushed by Stone Thrown by Automobile Wheel. Louisville, Ky., July 6.?Unconscious and with his skull crushed, Alfred Attebury, a Louisville grocer, s in a local haspital, the victim of a )eculiar accident. Attebury was siting in front of his store this afterloon when the wheels of an automo)ile, running swiftly along the street, x ^ ^ TfA ir>nVl OC .ciugl.ll up Cl SLUIIC auuui. xitg n diameter and hurled it against his lead with such force that the skull vas fractured. The doctors do not hink he will recover. The driver of he automobile has not been identified. )ROPPED DEAD WHILE PLOWING llfred Guntharp, of Blacksburg, .Overcome by Heat. Gaffney, July 3.?Alfred Guntharp, i well-known and respected planter, ibout 50 years of age, living in 31acksburg, dropped dead between lis plough handles while ploughing n his field this afternoon. Death ras presumably due to heat prostraion. Mr. Guntharp was town contable at Blacksburg and well known, 'he mercury reached 101 in Gaffney ? J ? U-Uctjr . A Versatile Speller. It requires versatility to spell r'ords more than one way. Here is n example of real ability in handling he language, received by a Georgeown merchant, names being omitted or obvious reasons: "dair sir i wont you to send me a rice liss for soda wauter, ginger ale Oc seller for I wont to handle some f yor soda wauters and i know i can etone the crate better know for i m hmainj? bisness know at s. c. ^ V4MV.-0 ight at the railroad staishon and i an retune the crate back bouthout ny truble a toll so please to let me :air from you by retune mall and ers very truly ?Georgetown 'imes. *