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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21,1913. Established 1891.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the u
County and Elsewhere. v
Ehrhardt Etchings. a
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Ehrhardt, August IS.?Mr. Geo. A. 0
Carter, of the Lodge section, had the $]
misfortune to lose his dwelling hy
fire on Saturday between eleven and ^
twelve n'elock in the day. Lost near- j.
ly everything he had in the way of a
l beds and clothes. Just what the
F family had on was all they saved. A g
heavy blow to him. c.
Our town is practically without
preachers. Rev. Groseclose went to g
Georgia to help a brother with a Z(
meeting, and the others are away on ^
their vacation. b
V Fodder pulling is about over, and
cotton i6 opening to keep the farm- a
ers busy. n
Misses Bertha Fash and Eliza g
Hollyfield, of Charleston, are spend- S1
ing 6ome time with Mrs. A. C. Taylor. C(
Misses Lula Belle and Reba Cal- ^
houn, of Americus, Ga., are spending q
time with Mrs. W. Max Walker.
The young folks had a little dance p
in the hall last Friday night. They f(
enjoyed the event hugely, at least a
some of the young men did. a
Mr. J. Hampton Fender has opened
up a horse-shoeing establishment
here. He will be glad to have his
friends and customers call on him
with their work. Will be on hand ^
ready for business on Saturdays.
The O. L. Copeland ginnery, at *i
Yanceville, S. C., is about ready for
trial, as soon as enough cotton can S
Ko p-athprpd for a bale. h
Mr. A. W. Brabham was in to wo ^
hunting bagging and ties. Says he 0
will gin a bale this week. JEE.? 0
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Fairfax 4 Fancies. S(
> * Fairfax, August 18.?Miss Susie
Albergotti has- joined several friends
who are being entertained in a house ^
party at Sumter.
Mrs. Jno. Weekley, of Ulmer, has
been on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. P
Otis Deer. The latter is convalescing
> from a recent illness.
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The Misses Davis, of Williston,
after spending time pleasantly with
Miss Maude Barber, have gone to
Allendale for a visit. ^
A gentleman from North expects
to move his family here and run a ^
paper, "The Fairfax Advance."
Mrs. Harriet Jenny has been visiting
relatives here. n
Mesdames Jas. Wideman, Fred
Lightsey and children are spending
time with Mrs. Harry Calhoun in c
Barnwell. s<
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31 rs. 31. .uyve u.a.o~ s<juv i.u w?.
springs. From there will visit up- M"'
country towns.
Miss Claudia O'Neal, after beam- ^
ing upon us for a few weeks, is visit- s<
ing Mrs. G. S. O'Neal, Jr., in Jacksonk
ville. p
Holbrook Williams was a recent g
visitor here. ?
Mrs. W. E. Harter joined the family
reunion at Hickory Grove, recently
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Mrs. Lily Myrick and Mrs. Anderson
chaperoned quite a crowd of
young folks to a fish fry Friday
morning. They seem to have had a d
fine time.
Chas. Miley, of Statesboro, Ga.,
John Bjunson and daughter, from
Gifford, were recent guests of Miss
Mary Brunson.
Mrs. W. Wingard and daughter
have gone to Augusta on a visit to
relatives.
Miss Jennie DuRant gave a party
J ? ? f+ornrifiTi tn her euests.
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which all seem to "have enjoyed very
, * ' much.
On the evening of the 12th quite
a number of couples, both married
and single, drove out to the Loadholt
home, where the 10th anniver- ^
sary of Mr. and Mrs, N. B. Loadholt
was celebrated. Hot house plants h
were exhibited, 10 years of age,
which were beautiful. "Progressive
I Conversation" was played, even the ^
"jolly grey heads." joining in. A
poem, composed for the occasion, ^
was "^ell read by Miss Lucile Youmans.
A very relishing salad course was
served, then a delicious o
sweet course. The presents were a
numerous, useful and beautiful. One F
?a pair of scales?had on attached a
* card: "Our love to you cannot be ii
measured by pounds and ounces." g
Little Brunson, the youngest son,
gave the automatic music and man- c
aged it well. All wish this popular t
couple great happiness. a
W. E. Harter, F. Lightsey, T. Wil- t
son, B. Brunson and Allen Harter
*; went on a trip to visit Washington, 3
Baltimore and other cities. f
On Thursday evening Mrs. Atkins, v
AGED WOMAN ATTACKED. j
'egroes of Branson Stirred over
what Seems Dastardly Deed. J
Brunson, Aug. 13.?Quite stirred
p, temporarily, was the colored pop- <
lation of Brunson and immediate
icinity when on Saturday evening
bout 8 o'clock a young negro man
ving in Brunson went to the home
f an old negro woman just beyond
lie town limits, and, it is said, at- 1
icked and brutally beat her over the 1
ead and face until he had beaten her 1
lto submission to a more criminal 1
S6ault. .
The aged husband of the old ne- *
ress, more than 60 years of age, (
ame up in time to see his wife's al
iged assailant running away and <
ave the alarm. A number of citians,
white and black, immediately ;
ent in search of the fleeing negro, '
ut in the darkness he eluded arrest. 1
He is reported to have been back j
mong his friends in town Sunday
ight, but such information was not 1
iven until, it is presumed, he was
apposed to be safely on his way, in j
ompany with a brother with whom
e had been recently working, to 1
eorgia.
About a year ago, the same negro
robably escaped heavy punishment '
:>r improper language to a respectble
white woman of Brunson under
technicality of law. .
English Justice.
A cablegram from London tells of <
ie trial of a man in that country ]
)r murder and of his execution with- <
1 60 days after his arrest. . ;
In this case William Burton, a 1
ame supervisor employed by the 1
>rd of the manor at Gussage St. 1
lichael, was hanged for the murder s
f Miss Winifred Mitchell, employed
n the same estate, in spite of the
*rt that Burton concealed his crime
d ingeniously that it was more than
month before the fact that the girl .
ad been killed was established. ,
within another 60 days Burton had j
een arrested, convicted and hanged.
This is the kind of action that ap- '
eals to the honest, law-abiding men
nd women of the United States. It
ill take Americans some time to foret
the case of Dr. Crippen who was .
rrested in Canada, carried back to
Ingland and tried, convicted and exe- ,
uted in a short time. There was no ,
urrying of the Crippen case, but at
tie same time there were none, of
aose long, tedious and often sense- ,
jss delays that mark the trials of
mrder cases in this country.
It is proper that a lawyer should
xhaust every legal means to save a 'i
lient, but when an attorney repre- ,
enting a criminal whom he and t
veryone else knows is guilty, appeals (
d "old technicality"?to borrow a
hrase from the sage of Darien?
:e can see how fatally defective
ome of our criminal laws are. (
We rather like the English method, ,
romptly executing a man after his ,
uilt has been firmly established.?
avannah Press. (
Complete Night's Work.
Have you got everything?" asked
tie householder anxiously, as "he
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eered at the burglar from beneath
tie bedclothes.
"I think so."
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"Did you get my daughter's fid"Yes."
"Did you get my son's phonoraph?"
"Yes."
"My wife's bridge outfit?"
"Yes."
"Her tight skirt?"
"Yes."
"My mother-in-law's parrot?"
"Yes."
"My daughter's camera?"
"Yes."
"Well, then call at my office tomorow
morning and I'll give you $50.
rou have done a good night's work."
"Right-o" replied the burglar, as
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e turned with his sack to cnmD oui
f the window.
"Just a moment," said the houseolder.
"Bring three or four pals tolorrow
night, and take my daugher's
pianola and I'll double the regard."?Chicago
Journal.
f Tenn., gave a temperance address
t school-hall. It was sure very fine,
lev. Wm. Simpson also gave a talk
nd made a prayer. On Friday evenag
Dr. Richardson, of Washington,
ave a talk on temperance.
Mrs. Lily Myrick and Chester Lanaster
got up a "fish fry" picnic for
he visitors, They went in wagons,
.utos, etc. They sure had a fine
ime, and the visitors were charmed.
Misses Margaret Youmans and
larv Harrison leave tomorrow, one
or Richmond, to he gone a long
vhile, the other to Johnston.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
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John Wood, for four years secre:ary
of the chamber of commerce of
Spartanburg, leaves that city October
1 to take a like position in Roanoke,
Va.
A petition is circulating in Anderson
city for an election to issue $75,)00
in bonds for street improvements,
Anderson already has a bonded debt
Df $209,000.
Robert Richardson, colored, shot
and killed his wife at Georgetown
Tuesday because she refused to go
with him to Alcolu, where he was
?oing to move.
The governor has granted a parole
to Webb Simmons, a white man of
Anderson county, who was convicted
in April 1910 of the murder of Bert
McAdams and sentenced to the penitentiary
for life.
State Insurance Commissioner McMaster
says that so far this year his
department has collected $142,137.45
in insurance fees, and expects to
collect approximately $180,000 for
the year. The total fees collected in
1912 were $177,000.
Capt. John M. Graham, who leases
convicts from the State to operate the
hosiery mill at the penitentiary in
Columbia, has stated that he will not
attempt to enforce his contract but
svill surrender tne convicis on ;\ovember
1st, this being the date fixed by
the legislature for abolishing the hosiery
mill.
To the Fiddlers.
We hope all the fiddlers will keep
in mind during the year the annual
meeting appointed for next summer
and keep well organized so we can
have a good meeting again next year.
Next year we propose to run the
convention entirely for the fiddlers.
The meeting this year was suggested
by a member of the local board
for Alkahest Lyceum, on account of
a. shortage in treasury of some $72.00.
Some of the board did a little
<vork in getting up convention, and
537.80 was paid on Lyceum shortage
This was what was left after paying
expenses of advertising, printing
ind postage and holding $25.00 for
convention for next year. But as
stated above, we will run the conven
tion next year altogether for the
best interest of the fiddlers. Before
a great while, at some convenient
time, we hope to get a good number,
one from each section, and plan out
work and let all work to it as much
as possible.
While we are writing in interest
of the fiddlers, wish to mention something
about an? editorial of the Sumter
Herald, in July, which is as follows:
. "We note there was a fiddlers'
convention in Bamberg and we
doubt not but that the meeting was
full of harmony; that the members
did C. -sharp, and, Bamberg being
dry, there was no occasion for any
to B. flat." Perhaps this editor does
not know who made up the fiddlers'
convention or the object of same,
so for his information we wish to tell
briefly of its mission: First of all,
we wish him to understand that it is
not a booze-fighting machine, as he
would seem to insinuate, if Bamberg
had not been dry. Its object is to
create more generally musical organizations
and to develop among
our people higher ideals in a musical
tvay. It is seen in communities where
such organizations exist, stronger social
relations also exist. What bet- |
ter way can the young people (and
older ones, too) spend their leisure
than in such organizations? We wish
to mention just one neighborhood
where seven young men constitute
the band. They always have "harmony,"
are bright enough to "see
sharp," and not one of them never
"be flat," and Bamberg being dry is
not the cause, as each one of them
has been wearing the white ribbon
for years, and they all fully carry out
its meaning. There are several others
similar, and so these Danas wars j
during the year and we meet once a
year to hear ourselves. And, Mr.
Sumter Herald, we will let you know
when our next convention convenes
and we will show you that our fiddlers
do "see sharp," and everything
will be so harmonious as to make
you feel at home, unless you be A
flat, -and that would be too bad, as
the key of A flat is a scale of four
flats, so you would have to drag
three other fellows down with you to
make your scale, and we couldn't
spare them. SECRETARY.
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LEMACKS SENT TO PEN.
Colleton Prisoner Transferred After
Attempt to Break Jail.
Walterboro, Aug. 14.?I. S. Lemacks,
who is in the county jail awaiting
trial on the charge of having
killed Aquila Blocker, of the Black
Creek section of the county, nearly
succeeded in escaping from the county
jail yesterday morning at 10.30.
Tearing up the flooring he used a
piece of the floor as a club and had
broken through the ceiling of one of
the rooms on the first floor, which h?d
been occupied by Sheriff Owens in
the absence of Jailer Padgett.
If the discovery had not been made
as early as it was, in the course of
another half hour Lemacks, in all
probability, would have succeeded in
making hi6 escape. The wife of
the jailer, hearing a noise, gave the
alarm and the sheriff immediately
came upon the scene and securely
shackled the prisoner.
The Governor was communicated
with by wire and instructions were
received to send the prisoner to the
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penitentiary yesieiuay iiuciuuuu.
V. Svkes, special deputy sheriff, left
with the prisoner on the 2.30 train.
VAST PETRIFIED WOOD.
Xntural Curiosity in the State of New
, York.
"Near Mumford, in the southwestern
corner of Monroe county, New
York," said a native of that locality,
"is a stone quarry that perhaps has
| no counterpart in this state or elsewhere.
"A dense grove of cedars northeast
of the village grows on a wide
and long level of bluish gray muck
down into which the prevailing lime
rock dips out of sight. The grove
'and the muck land are on a thick deposit
of what appears to be a white
rock mottled or streaked with a mixture
of green, its appearance having
been described as that of huge slices
of Roquefort cheese.
"When the idea was'advanced that
this rock would make a novel building
stone and blocks of it were removed
from beneath the muck, it
was found that it came to the surface
soft and with a tendency to crumble,
thus presenting additional resemblance
to Roauefort cheese and ap
j parently destroying its availability.
I After a few hours in the sun and
wind, however, the rock became hardened
to a flintlike consistency, a solidity
and toughness not exceeded by
the hardest granite.
"The discovery was then made that
there was not a particle of basric
rock in the deposit at all. It was
all made up of fossil vegetable fibers,
petrified cedar leaves, branches,
twigs, broken bark and even whole
stunps and knots welded and knit
together into one dense tangle.
"The theory is that as those parts
of cedar trees, the growth of an unknown
past, fell one layer upon another
into the mucky depths, once the
bed of a prehistoric lake, they were
saturated with the dampness of the
swamp and with the lime held in solution.
As the vegetable matter decayed
and the water evaporated every
line, fiber and grain was preserved
by the lime sediment, in time to be
turned into flintiest- of limestone.
"A church built of this fossil
stone is an architectural feature of
Mumford. A stranger glancing at
the walls of the church would regard
them as having been constructed of
rough sand-stone, smeared with an
uneven coating of gritty, coarse plaster,
but from a closer view he would
see instead of plaster, traceries of
delicate leaves, lace work of interwoven
twigs, bits of broken branches,
fragments of mussy bark, splinters
of wood, every block of "stone in
the four walls a closely cemented
mass of dainty fossils, an exhibition
of prehistoric vegetation standing
forth in bold relief as imperishable
stone."
ESCAPED CONVICT SURRENDERS.
Stake Morris, Colored, Said He Merely
Wanted to Visit Family.
Greenville, Aug 15.?Stake Morris,
the Greenvflle negro who made his
escape from the State Penitentiary
a few days ago and for whom re
wards have been isued from Columbia,
surrendered himself to Sheriff
Rector tonight and is in the county
jail waiting to be taken back to Columbia.
Morris was serving a life
sentence. Sheriff Rector this afternoon
got a message from Stake Morris
that he had merely wished to visit
his family and that he was now ready
to surrender. The official immediately
got busy and soon had Stake in
jail.
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COUNTIES YOIE ON LIQUOR
SOME VOTE BACK THE SYSTEM
OTHERS DO NOT.
Vote in Bamberg and Barnwell Overwhelmingly
in Favor of
Dispensary.
The dispensary election in this
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be noted that only a little more than i
half the voters of the county exercised
the right of suffrage. However,
much interest was taken at the Bamberg
poll, and prohibition meetings
had been held at various points
throughout the county, at which addresses
in favor of prohibition were
made by S. G. Mayfield and H. M.
Graham, Esqs., of Bamberg, R. O."
Purdy, Esq., of Sumter, and Mrs.
Atkins, of Tennessee, who addressed
a good crowd on Main street, in the
open air, last Friday night. Tuesday
morning a wagon loaded with small
boys and girls paraded through the
principal streets of the town, with
large signs: "Vote for Prohibition,"
and waving flags containing prohibition
sentiments. All the blind tigers
in Bamberg were closed by order of
the mayor while the polls were open,
and their doors remained locked until
the polls closed. It will be seen that
the dispensary won by a good majority,
but candor compels the statement
that there has been no great change
in sentiment in this county since the
dispensary was voted out four years
ago. The people generally seem not
to favor the sale of liquor, but they
say they were simply disgusted with
the farce of prohibition in this county,
and that they preferred the dispensary
as the least of evils. Following
is the unofficial vote by precincts:
For Sale Against Sale
Bamberg 149 82
Ehrhardt 102 50
Denmark 99 53
Go van 27 11
Olar 21 * 19
Midway 23 5
Lees 5 6
Farrell's Store 47 <19
Kearse 26 11
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Total 499 . 256
A total of 755 votes were polled,
both for and against. It will be seen
from the above figures that only one
precinct in the county gave a majority
against sale, that one being
Lees. It is thought that the dispensaries
in this county will be open
in about sixty days, and it is likely
that four will be put into operation,
at Bamberg, Ehrhardt, Olar, and
Denmark.
Elections were held in seven counties,
and three voted against the dis- i
pensary, viz: Abbeville, Lexington,
and Sumter. In Abbeville the majority
against the dispensary was
large, being more than two to one.
In Lexington the vote was 939 for
and 944 against, being very close.
In Sumter the vote was also close,
473 for and 485 against.
Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Dorchester,
and Orangeburg voted the
dispensary back, they having voted it I
out four years ago, while Florence
and Jasper voted to retain it, these j
counties now having the system.
In Barnwell the vote was 907 for
and 297 against. Calhoun voted 363
for and 281 against. Florence's vote
was 673 for and 612 against, but
the figures for that county are not
complete. Jasper's vote was: 87
for, 49 against, with one box missing.
In Orangeburg the vote for sale was
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majority of only three for the dispensary.
A recount has been asked
by the prohibitionists there, and it is
likely that there will be a contest.
The smallness of the vote in all the
counties shows that many people:
took no interest in the matter or
that they were not satisfied with I
either prohibition or the dispensary.
We feel sure that there were a number
of such in Bamberg county. They
did not feel like voting for the sale
of liquor in any form, yet they did
not like the present condition of affairs,
and therefore did not vote at
all.
Shot Husband and Her Guest
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 14.?Miss Bertha
Neeze, aged 24, was shot and
killed, and Robert Iy. Adams, aged
43, was shot through the spine and
probably fatally injured at the Adams
farm house, near here, last night.
Mrs. Adams, who was released on i
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$1,UUU DOHU, is cuaigcu mnx |
shooting. In a statement she declares
she found the girl, who was her
guest, and her husband in a room
and warned them she intended to
shoot.
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HAMPTON MAN SHOT; MAY DIE. '
Charles S. Blocker Perhaps Fatally
Wounded by Jesse Smith.
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Hampton, August 13.?Chas, S. ,
Blocker, a prominent young white
man of this town, w^s shot and probably
fatally wounded last night about
10 o'clock by Jesse Smith. The shooting
occurred on Lee avenue, the main
thoroughfare of the town, in front of
the store of W. Fred Lightsey, in
which Mr. Blocker works as manager
for Mr. .Lightsey. The wound was inflicted
in the lower intestines, and the
exact nature and effects of it cannot
be ascertained without an exploratory ,
incision.
Mr. Blocker was given immediate
medical attention. He was carried to *
a hospital in Charleston by the early :
morning train, being accompanied by
Dr. J. F. Folk, of Bruhson, and
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Messrs. W. F. Lightsey and L. F.
Causey.
Alleged Starting of Trouble.
It seems that Smith, who prior to
this time has been repeatedly incarcerated
in the local jail on charges |3
ranging from drunk and disorderly to murder,
and who *was tried for mur- 'vjj
der and acquitted several years ago, -vjj
proceeded to get drunk last night and
to shoot up the town. Mr. W. M.
Bishop aqd several other young men
were, it is said, threatened by Smith,
and the drunken man shot at Mr. J
Bishop twice before the altercation ,{$8
with Mr. Blocker, but his aim proved ^.3
untrue. ';||1
Hearing the shooting, six travelling
men at the local hotel went out to. investigate,
but, Smith herded them into
a residence on Lee avenue. Mr.
Blocker, ^who had just come into the f %
town, heard the shooting and
thought fire had broken out. When
he arrived at his store he found ^
Smith there, and tried to quiet him,
placing his hand on Smith's shoulders,
when he was shot at close range,
the bullet taking effect in the right f
side of the lower abdomen, and f 3|
coming UUl itUUUl SIA IU^uco ai uuuu * -t
in front. It is possible that the mus- "
cles of the abdomen deflected the
bullet so that there was no entry into \ypr
the cavity. , '
Wounded Man Whips Assailant.
After being shot, Mr. Blocker, who
is a powerful man, knocked Smith :
down and proceeded to give him a
sound beating. Mr. Blocker was about vS
to shoot Smith, when some men rushed
up and prevented any further
trouble. Mr. Blocker was then given. ,<f
medical attention and Smith was
locked up in the local jail. . . - *y '* f$8
Warrants were sworn out before
Magistrate Murdaugh this morning
and Smith was committed to jail to /
await the outcome of the shooting;"
that Is, whether or not Mr. Blocker . .. *> !
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Information Wanted. . ; ' .
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Editor The'Bamberg Herald: Will
some one, through the colums of The' O * v:
Herald, give me desired information? '
Can a town council compel owners of .v .. V
automobiles and of bicycles to pay- a. .... .
tax or license for same and owners of
other vehicles pay absolutely noth:
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IJLlg r ui liiowaiiV'C, ou^/^vov? x v *t * (
an automobile and my neighbor-over V^j||
the way is the possessor of a horse.-.* , ^
and buggy, or carriage and pair,, and.
the little boy next door owns a bicy- - * ^
cle. Why should I pay $2.00 a year,
the little boy pay 50 cents a year,
and my neighbor nothing? He drives
his buggy as I run my car, just for
pleasure, and each is a mode of con-:
veyance, driving through the same *
streets and with the same object. This 4
rule holds in a certain small town, * <
and may be perfectly right and justiliable.
I only ask is it right? And.' V ;'
if so, why? A RESIDENT.
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Among the Profession.
Mr. L. M. Glenn, a native of Anderson
and son of the late Laurens
Glenn, was in the city yesterday arranging
some affairs here preparatory"1 ? /
to leaving for Charleston where he
will be city editor of the Charleston
Evening Post. / \fr
nionn rnmmenced his-newspa
per career on the Daily Mail. Since * '
that time he has worked as reporter
on the Greenville Piedmont, Columbia
Reoord and Charleston ?News and
Courier. At present he is city editor
ot the Greenville News.
He goes to Charleston to take the
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place vacated by Joseph Barbot, who ? .
has been made city clerk. Mr. Bar
bot's long experience in newspaper
work, hi?|thorough understanding of
the affairs of the city and his high
character insure his success in a municipal
position. Mr. Glenn has the best
wishes of a host of friends in
Anderson in his new field of labor.
The editor of the Evening Post,
Thomas R. Waring, is one of the *>.. 'M
most respected and most successful
| men of the craft.?Anderson Mail. . ' i
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