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I - : - ^, ,, . (Tit? lantberg feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SI6I '18 Alflf Established 1891. > ?? ?? - ? . ?j COUNTRY NEWS LETTER SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINC IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around tl * L County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 2S.?The Xewber Col'ege reunion at Mt. Pleasa church was not as largely attends as was expected, while there w ^ enough to have comfort in the chur< and plenty dinner. Those that we t Vi am'nvoH the OPPflfil On We i wijv; vu ? ^ not rushed, plenty good speech j were mixed along to keep the mee ? ing lively, and taffy to beat the bai among the young hopefuls. Rev. D. B. Groseclose held mee ing three days, Friday, Saturday, ai Sunday. He was assisted part of tl time by Rev. P. E. Monroe, a form pastor of the charge. All that atten % ed the services enjoyed the serrnoi each day, also the meeting of o friends and shaking their hands, et< added to the occasion. Messrs. Samuel W. Copeland, Jol M. Kirkland. H. Karesh, and Ale ander F. Henderson are trying to g others to take a trip to New York 1 steamer, with them in the near f ture. They intend to take both pleasure and business trip. Some auto drivers recently ha1 been trying to climb trees and ri over ditches without bridges. Tin j, haven't made a success of drivii t along this line much in this sectio Trees must be too stiff and ditch' too deep for them. * Mr. Lem E. McKenzie went to tl city by the sea. Went to see h mother and to bring his daughte Mana, home with him. The country is full of picnics ar big meetings. Fodder pulling w; soon commence, then the farme will give up such pleasures. Mjss Doris, of Summerville, is visi >x ing Mrs. F. P. Wichman. Miss Fay Taylor and Miss Pea Grace, of Walterboro, are visitii Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Eckhardt. M. O. L. Copeland is getting h gin machinery in, and he is bui hauling on the grounds. He is pu ting same up in Hagerville near tl old D. A. Fender dwelling. Says 1 wants to be ready by the time tl cotton opens. A young man says he ate so mu( fried chicken at Mt. Pleasant chun Sunday until every time he start< to talk Sunday afternoon to tl young ladies he felt like crowing. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Goodson desir through your paper, to extend to the many friends the sincere thanks < s their hearts for the many kindness< shown to them and their father, M n T 'Diei-inn irt his last illness, ar VJT. U. JLTlOilV JL>? AAA M-w , especially to Mr. and Mrs. C. ] Mears. with whom he was boardin for their untiring care and interes Very solemn, impressive and bea tiful was the unveiling of the mon ? ment of Mr. John J. Copeland at M Pleasant cemetery, Saturday, Ju 26th. Like flowers, bright and beautif as the armful of white roses th< held, were the little girls, Mildn Copeland and Merle Farrell, who u: veiled the monument. The stone, a handsome, massi1 structure, was erected by his brot ers and sisters, as a tribute of lov and the hundreds who were presec and the beautiful floral offerin; were evidence of the love and estee the entire community bore him. A Confederate soldier, brave ai true, a sketch of his life while in tl army, was given by Mr. C. L. Fol "* " -3? i ^ v-? and as nis oia comraaes nsicuc they who were with him in that ga > lant struggle?they knew that ] nobler soldier fought for his count: than he, on whose grave they hi just placed flowers. His record as a member of M Pleasant Lutheran church was giv( by his pastor, Rev. D B. Groseclos a record honorable?the record of Christian. JEE. CHARGED WITH TRANSPORTED Gaffney Police Arrest Three Proir nent Cherokee Farmers. Gaffney, July 26.?Three pron fo^morc in thp nnnntv and m ucn i iai u vaav ? negro farmer were arrested to-day c the charge of transporting liquc They were each required to gr bond for $200 for their appearan for trial at Police Court on Augu 31. Several places in the city we searched by the police for liquor, b none was found. Additional arres in connection with the transport tion cases are expected. ig| GIRL DROWNED IN PEE-DEE. || ! Miss Annie Rogers Meets Death jgj While in Bathing with Party. S< Mullins. July 25.?A peculiarly sad accident occurred here yesterday g that has cast a gloom over the entire town and community. A small group of young people went in bathing at Huggins Landing, on the Litrv tie Pee-Dee River, two and a half miles from Mullins, in company with 0 a(j two or three older ones, and in some as way Miss Annie Rogers lost her bear- sl ings and was drowned. As soon as re the word reached town men hurried o - * j - 1 a. a o re to tne river ana in auuui uu nuuis " es the body was found three hundred t ,t_ yards below where it was last seen. P 1(j All was done that could be to bring the child back to life but she had d (t_ been in the water too long. r< Miss Rogers was 14 years old and c ie was a very bright girl, the youngest tl er daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rogj ers, of Upper Main street. The par- y as ents are prostrated with grief. 0 She was very popular with those of her age. Ae school she did well, 0 having finished the seventh grade last .n session. lu d x" Fairfax Fancies. li Fairfax, July 28.?Miss Olive a Calhoun, the attractive guest of Miss e u" Zelle Loadholt, has returned to her home in Barnwell, after receiving e< much social attention here. c! ^0 Many of our young folks attended ci Ln the annual picnic at Baldoc. Of is ay course they had a fine time. Miss Edith Brooker, the attractive h young sister of Mrs. Wm. Simpson, t< 0S from Swansea, is spending some time q here. t] 10 Rev. Wm. Simpson and a nephew., d is Rev. L. K. Simpson, cf Greenville, T ' are conducting a protracted meeting at Harmony Misses Dorothy DuRant and Mar- c ion Clayton, of Thomasville, Ga., are rs visiting Miss Jennie DuRant. Miss Lottie Singleterry is spending some time with friends in Hampa ton. Mrs. D. D. Cone is visiting at Mix- ^ 1ST . ^ G 6 son s Corner. Miss Pearl Kearse, of Olar, has 1S been the attractive guest of Mrs. ^ Julia Harter. * f. \ Mrs. Martin Lightsev and children ie are taking quite an extended trip ie from Asheville to Salisbury, and ie other points are mentioned before she returns. ^ Misses Ruth Wilson, Edith and * Johnnie Googe enjoyed a fine trip to a Brunson recently. Mrs. Mack Mixon and little son have returned from visiting relatives d f' in Hampton county. ir Miss Maude Barber has gone to b visit a school mate near Darlington. ? 05 will perhaps attend her wedding. r" Mrs. Rebecca Williams and Miss 0 1 Janie Ulmer, of Allendale, were reR I x _* cent visitors here. 1 Mr. L. Hughes and Mr. Arnold Rivers, of Brunson, attended the u~ Methodist meeting on Friday. p Many friends here of Miss Ola Ballentine. of Columbia, were surprised to hear of her marriage at Newberry to Mr. Roy Cohen, of Pros- sl perity. Miss Ballentine had often c visited here, where she made many e iC* friends. ^ a" Mrs. Walker Thames, of Horse ^ Gall, visited Miss Ethel Jarreil C) Thursday. e h Mrs. Carrie Ginn is visiting Mrs. CJ e' Hammond. s, Misses Marie and Lily Deer, of Sycamore, are visiting Miss Edith ^ m Googe and attending the Methodist ^ protracted meeting. t: 1(* Miss Margaret Youmans has re- h ie turned from a pleasant visit to John- ^ ston, where she was the guest of ^ Miss M. S. Harrison. fi A new home owned by Mr. Wil- h 20 liams is nearing completion, and we r- hear of others to be built very soon. ^ l<* Mrs. Robert Mixon has returned p from a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. H. t Hewlett, of Allendale. tj m T-. , x . . x 1 _ f t 11 ?10Dt. .uerriweuier, u? Ancuuaic, p ,e' and Miss Lalla Rush, of Olar, were tl a recent guests of Mrs. M. Moye. n Jessie Thomas and Miss Strick- e; land attended the Methodist meet- a ing here Sunday e The late Dr. James H. Carlisle, like Benj. Franklin, had few books in his home in childhood. Thirsting for knowledge, when spending the ^ . day with a friend, he seized a book 11 and said: "Do lend me this to read." 16 The practical dame replied: "Now, )n Jimmie, don't keep that book long, >r 6 because Henrv uses it for his razor i*e cj strop." Do our boys and girls ap- , ce d preciate the present-day opportunities for reading? Our library is open a re on Tuesday and Friday afternoons , ut _ . , _ b from 6 to 7, p. m. its c< a- On the laugh-and-grow-fat princi- r< pie, he laughs best who laughs last, a N THE PALMETTO STATE OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. tate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. J. B. Marshall was elected mayor f Greenville on Tuesday by a ma)rity of of six over C. S. Webb. Martiall's vote was 629, Webb 623. Milton A. Carlisle, under sentence f one year and a day in the Feder1 penitentiary, will be confined in he jail at Newberry by order of 'resident Wilson. Judge Wilson has issued an order j issolving the temporary injunction estraining the supervisor of Sumter ounty from holding an election on tie dispensary question. Latham Brothers, of Hoodtown, ork county, threshed 928 bushels of ats from nine acres. It is estimated tiat several acres of the nine averged as much as 125 bushels. The Aiken county liquor board of irectors have decided to extend their quor-selling business and will open dispensary at Ellenton, making the ighth dispensary in that county. Two young white men were arrestd in Charleston on Monday on the tiarge of grand larceny. They are acused of breaking open the cash reg:ter in a restaurant and stealing $3S. The National Ginners' association as endorsed Senator Smith's plan d regulate cotton exchanges by reuiring all cotton contracts to specify tie grades of cotton proposed to be elivered. A negro boy eight years old was rrested at Lancaster on Wednesday n the charge of trying to wreck a outhern train. He was seen putting railroad spike and several rocks on le track. John Graham, constable and depot gent at Thickety, Cherokee county, as beaten into insensibility on Monav by a man from whom the constale was protecting a woman. The ian was arrested and committed to ail. He gave his name as James ick, and says his home is nowhere. Not Contagious. A careful school teacher in the forth of Ireland made a rule that if here was sickness in the family of ny of her pupils they must be able 3 report if it was contagious. A small boy came to the school one ay. "Please, teacher, mother is sick, ut I don't know whether it is contaious or not." She sent him home at once to find ut, and he returned with the report: "It ain't contagious, teacher; it's wins." SEALS DESTROYING FISH 'ishermen Say It Is Useless to Set Nets on British Columbia Coast. Vancouver, July 25.?That some teps should be taken by the provinial fisheries department to put an ud to the depredations of hair seals, hich are present in large numbers 1 the Fraser and in the Gulf, is the onsensusof opinion among local fishrmen, who figure that the seals will ause them great loss throughout this =ason. The experience of one fisherman is epical of many. Casting his net late 1 the evening he did not draw it unil dawn. Three sockeyes and the eads of 49 others met his eyes and is chagrin, can be imagined. What ould have been a profitable night's shing but for the hair seals returned im no more than 75 cents. The fishermen declare that fully a lird of the sockeyes which enter the 'raser this year will be devoured by he seals unless drastic action is iken at once. The seals seem to be resent this year in greater numbers aan ever before. The suggestion is lade that the fisheries department stablish a bounty on all skins taken, nd in that way, it is thought, the vil would be abated. CAR INSPECTOR KILLED. ohn McKensie Caught Between Cars at Spartanburg Spartanburg, July 26.?John Mckenzie, car inspector for the Southrn Railway, was caught between two ars at Spartanburg junction while etaching an air hose this morning, nrt rpreived iniuries from which he ied two hours later at the Spartanurg Hospital. He came here re*ntly with his wife and three child3n from Salisbury, N. C. The funer1 will be held in Salisbury. DIES SUDDENLY ON TRAIN. |i Miss E. Patterson, of Barnwell, j Stricken with Heart Failure. ; > Columbia, July 26.?Miss English Patterson, a daughter of the late Congressman J. 0. Patterson, was ' suddenly taken ill on a Southern railway train between Charleston and Summerville to-day and died in less than an hour. The train was held for 45 minutes and physicians were c enmmnnoH tn tbp aid nf the vnnnfiT r lady, but they were unable to stay \ the hand of death. Heart trouble is ] supposed to have caused her death. i Miss Patterson was en route with t her mother, brother and sisters from ? Charleston to their home in Barn- c well and apparently was in perfect j health when the train left Charles- ^ ton. She was a daughter of the late ^ Congressman Patterson from the 2nd South Carolina district. Friends and \ relatives will learn with sorrow of ? her sudden death. c Barnwell Shocked. j Barnwell, July 26.?The many t friends of Miss English Patterson were shocked to learn of her death ^ this morning between Charleston and t Summerville, while she and other ( members of the family ^were return- , ing from a two weeks' vacation spent on Sullivan's Island. -The cause of < her death was due to heart failure, j Miss Patterson is a daughter of the ( late Congressman J. 0. Patterson. The funeral services will be con- t ducted this afternoon and the body . laid to rest in the Episcopal churchyard beside that of her distinguished c father. j XEGRO LYNCHED IX GA. 1 i Man Who Wounded Merchant is Rid- < died With Shot. 1 Macon, Ga., July 27.?After an all * day's search for a negro burglar, who { last midnight shot down J. F. Ham- ( mock, a merchant of Dunbar, fifteen miles south of here, a posse to-night 1 captured the negro in a swamp at j Wellston, and after taking him back to Dunbar, strung him to a pole in the heart of a negro settlement and riddled his body with bullets. Mr. Hammock was brought to this city and he lies in a critical condition j at the Williams Sanitorium, suffering from gunshot wounds in his wrist and breast. Mr. Hammock heard a noise j in his store Saturday at midnight and leaving his house, nearby, investigated. He saw a man working inside and commanded him to come out. * The negro loaded a shotgun inside J the store and came forth, shooting two charges into the body of Mr. Hammock. The merchant fell to the ground. He recognized the negro. Persons rushing to the scene, attracted by the shooting, were given a description of the burglar and start- < ed at once on the hunt. The posse gained in size until to-night, when the canture was made, there were more than a hundred in the party. < The pursuers had been led into ] Houston County by bloodhounds that ] were placed on the trail. Not far c from Wellston, some fifteen miles i from the scene of the crime, the dogs i came to a halt at the water's edge of i the swamp. ? Members of the posse waded into the water with their drawn revolvers, t There in the water nearly up to the c negro's neck they found him. The < negro was dragged from the swamp, i placed in one of the automobiles j used by the pursurers, and taken to ( Dunbar, where the lynching occurred. ( Several hundred shots were fired into the body of the negro. ( The negro's name was John Shake, \ about 50 years old, who, according to j Dunbar people, has caused much { trouble in the past and it is said has been caught in the act of attempting < to break into this same store before. ( Easley Farmer Killed. \ Easley, July 28.?L. H. Hammond, a farmer residing several miles north of this place, met instant death here this afternoon when he was struck by a southbound passenger train. The details could not be ascertain- ^ ed, but it is believed that the man stepped from the track and thought * that he was far enough away to al- * low the train to pass when the step J of the engine's tender struck him in ^ the back of the head and it is be- , lieved knocked him against an iron blowpost. The post was covered with blood. The step of the tender was ^ broken off by the jar which it re ceived. I Mr. Hammond was a former employe of the Alice cotton mills of this place and was 55 years of age. He leaves a family. 1 This is the third death of the same ? kind occurring within 200 yards of ] each other within the past few years, t mm COMMITS SUICIDE. _______ I IKS. MARY ROBERTSON KILLS SELF AT LAXDO. "red Hefley, an Expert Diver, Re- , covers Body and Brings it to Surface. Chester, July 2S.?With the strings >f a gingham apron tied around her leek and a seven pound rock secured n the body of her apron, Mrs. Mary Hobertson, wife of Sam Robertson, eaped to her death from the bank o 15 feet of water in the mill race it the Manetta mill. After much living by Fred Hefley the body was ecovered 35 feet down stream. The rillage of Lando, in Chester county, vas stirred by the affair. Mrs. Robertson left Wylie Campjell's house at Lando about 3 o'clock, ipparently in a state of great nervmsness. She borrowed an apron from \Irs. Campbell, which was afterward found tied around her neck at the jottom of the stream. Mrs. Robertson is said to have made :hreats recently to kill herself but :he villagers paid little heed to her. Dn yesterday her husband left for Columbia to stay some time and this seems to have precipitated the deed. She is said to have claimed that she lad no7riends and that the only and learest friend in the world was going md she thought the suicidal course :he speediest way to end her sufferng. She removed her shoes and had she not left this clew it might have jeen a week before her body would lave been found. When she leaped nto the stream the noise attracted considerable attention from some joys that were fishing further down he stream. They immediately made in investigation, which led to the liscovery of the shoes on the bank. The alarm was spread and an im nediate search instituted. Mr. weney, m expert diver, was near, and he Degan diving and soon brought the Dody to the surface. This made the Llth person that he had pulled from :he water. It was at first thought that the Irowning had been the result of'vioence on the part of some outsider md Sheriff D. E. Colvin and Coroler J. Henry Gladden, along with Deputy C. Y. Young, were rushed to :he scene in an automobile. Coroler Gladden made a careful investigation of the body after empaneling i jury, with G. B. Heath as foreman. 3e could find no marks of violence save a contusion on the nose which vas attributed to its striking a root >r rock at the bottom of the race. HEY WARD TO BE COLLECTOR. Charleston Man is Chosen For the I Office. Washington, July 29.?Former Dov. D. C. Heyward, of South Caroina, will be collector of internal "evenue for South Carolina just as soon as his name is sent to the senate jy the president and confirmed, this lgreement having been reached here to-day by the two South Carolina senators and Secretary McAdoo. When it was announced last week :hat the president had issued an executive order reestablishing the South Carolina collection district, Mr. Heyward took the matter up with his Tiends here and asked the members A the South Carolina delegation in congress for their support. While other names have been discussed it has been apparent from the irst that Mr. Heyward would be the nan who would be selected. To-day's iction verifies these predictions. Gov. Heyward came to Washington Sunday with Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston, and spent yesterday and ;o-day in a canvass of the situation, rhis afternoon it became evident that ?ther names would be eliminated and :hat Mr. Heyward would be the winler. When Senator Smith, who has been ictive in the matter of establishing he new district, was asked about the situation he confirmed the story that tfr. Heyward would be named, and >aid that the matter had been satisfactorily arranged with the White louse and the treasury department, ind that the nomination might be expected possibly tomorrow. The fact that this appointment has )een agreed upon will be good news o the friends of this popular Caroinian elsewhere, as it is in Washingon. A letter from Mrs. K. I. Shuck, ivith a remittance for renewal of ;ubscription to The Herald, gives the pleasing news that she cannot do vithout the paper. ? KILLING IN COLLETON COUNTY. Clarence Woodward Shoots Young Man Named Haley. Walterboro, July 28.?Clarence Woodward, of Bamberg county, shot and instantly killed a young man named Haley at Tabernacle church, near Smoaks, in this county, on Sunday. It seems that the trouble was the aftermath of another shooting scrape which occurred last year In Bamberg, this being the first meeting of the parties since that date. At that time several shots were fired and Woodward was under bond at the time of the shooting Sunday. Woodward claims that he was driving along the road when he met Haley, who immediately placed his hand in his pocket as if about in the act of drawing a weapon. Woodward then shot him six times, from which Haley immediately died. Woodward then came to Walterboro and, after arranging with a local firm of attorneys to defend him, surrendered to the sheriff. He is now in jail awaiting the outcome of application for bail. Both parties are comparatively young, Haley being unmarried. Woodward has a wife and four young children. Both parties were citizens of Bamberg county. Protest Negro Appointment. ??? Washington, July 28.?Senator Hoke Smith and Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, talked with President Wilson to-day about the opposition of Southern members to the confirmation of A. E. Patterson, an Oklahoma negro nominated for register of the treasury. Neither Senator cared to discuss the conference, but it was said no effort would be made to press the confirmation of Patterson and that the withdrawal nf his name would not be surprising. Senator Gore did say, however, that he had originally picked an Oklahoma Indian for the place. He said Patterson had been highly recommended by those in charge of the negro bureau of the Democratic national committee. Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, who came to the White House on another matter, said he was mildly in favor of Patterson if the President wished to appoint a negro to that office. "I am in favor of segregating," he said the negro appointments to the registers' bureau and thus stimulating their desire to enter that department of the government. This would not offend the most scrupulous of white persons. I am opposed to the appointment of a negro t<3 a position which would give him supervision over white persons." ? KILLED BY XEGROES. Oklahoma Melon Merchant Decapitated With a Razor. _______ iPals Valley, Okla., July 26.?Officers and citizens are scouring the . country in the vicinity of Hennepin, \ Okla., where four 'negroes killed a white man in an atrocious manner Friday night. The victim was A. G. Arington, who was selling water melons at a negro picnic. He became involved in a dispute with four of his customers regarding payment for a melon. They threatened him and he ran. After pursuing him a quarter of a mile Arington was caught. Three of the negroes held him while a fourth drew a razor and severed his head from his body. They threw the body to one side of the road and fled. Moving Brick Building. Work was commenced Thursday afternoon moving the Baptist' parsonage, a brick structure from its position close beside the church to a position nearer the side of the lot next to Middleton street. The work of moving is progressing very rapidly and it is expected that the building will be placed in its new position by late this afternoon. The moving of this brick, two story building, is a novel sight in this city and many spectators have been viewing with interest the work of moving. A net work of heavy timbers were first placed under the building as a frame to support the structure. The new position of the building was then determined and excavations made, and tracks of heavy timbers laid, roll ers were then placed under the building, and four wire ropes were then attached to different jortions of the structure. These ropes were fastened to windlasses which were turned by mules and men. All four ropes were pulled at the same time, and in this way the building is being rapidly moved from its old to the new position.?Orangeburg Sun, July 25. J