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^v"-- . - - r . y . > ij,]im I ^ ?br Hamburg Ifmlb , One Dollar and a Half a Year. , BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1913. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS | IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. j * News Items Gathered All Around thej County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt Etchings. f ~ Ehrhardt, December 8.?Sunday Ik morning brought us a refreshQp ing shower, was very welcome, ^ the dust was terrible to endure especially ywhen there was plenty waggons moving on our streets. The young folks stayed in doors nearly all the morning on account of the rain. They amused themselves show^ ing their Xmas presents, and having v pleasant jokes on each other, and * the like, then too they wondered what they would get in return. So take it all round the morning passed ? off soon and pleasant. The older heads listened and thought of times long since gone, when Santa Claus visited them. How they did and how they would do now if they had to live it over, with the experience to guide them along life's way. However, times and ways have changed so much until everything would not work so well. Perhaps our happiness would be somewhat impaired by a life's knowledge ahead, - expect its better to take everything as we find it and work the best out of it, to suit the times and occasion. * The two brick stores in town are making a show and one or two merchants are planning how and where to place their goods in them to make the best display. Di*. and Mrs. J. H. Hucks went to j Fairfax, S. C., to see her parents, - Rev. and Mrs. D. B. Groseclose, on x Saturday evening. Will return on Monday noon on train. The Hacker Manufacturing Co. is cutting timber to haul in and start up their plant again. The Bamberg and Ehrhardt Rail1 road is laying rails down on the road bed. Have down as far as Yankville. Next and the heaviest work will be Little Salkehatchie swamp. This will have to be trestled and will take some time to complete it, as there will be several piling to drive , and perhaps more earth to haul in to make the embankment complete. The ladies are quite attentive to the mail each day, some are delighted, others are disappointed because the special goods ordered did not come. Mr. B. W. Shaw has taken Mr. J. L. Connelly as partner with him in business, or sold out to him. Could not find out which at this writing. Send you the honor roll for November of -Ehrhardt graded school. Our teachers, Mr. S. C. Pay singer, principal. Misses Louise Taylor and Ruby Watson, his assistants, are doing a work that they can feel proud of. They are all young and this is the>ir first exnerience in the work. F Taking all into consideration they are to be congratulated in the way that they handle the work. Our school so far has been running very smoothly and no fault to be found. They have disadvantages in not having a suitable building for their purposes. First grade?Katherine Roberts, Bays Dannelly, Pauline Hutchinson, Maxwell Kinsev, Champion Barns, j Vera Planer, Merle Farrell, Lonnie ? Bishop. Second grade?Hildagarde Dannelly, Alton Ramsey, Florence Fender, Louise Copeland, Reba Kinard, Katherine Lemacks, Cornelius Brab ham, Virgie Barns, M. E. Hutson. Tenth grade?Harry Hiers. 4 Ninth grade?Zelma Herndon. Eighth grade?Estelle Hiers, Grace Moore, Genie Ramsey, Richard Rob-! erts. ^ Seventh grade?Inez Hutson. omJo TTolon ATacDowell. i OIAILL giauc Eleanor Pate, Alice Pate, Effie Ram* * sey. Fifth grade?Wilma Clayton, Ruby Kinard, Zeita Planer. Fourth grade?Flossie Fender, Mildred Copeland. Third grade?Louise Simmons, * Furman Roberts, Gladys Hutchinson, % Alexander Lemacks, Lyles Ehrhardt, Wilhelmina McKenzie, Margurite Copeland. Fell From Fifth Story. Augusta, Ga., December 8.? Whether Clifford B. Baird, aged 32, a bookbinder, despondent over ill health, jumped with suicidal intent | from a fifth floor window of the | Dyer building this afternoon, or whether he was overcome with dizzi[ ness and fell to his death will never ^ be known. Chicago now claims a population of ^ f 2,343,405. MARRIED NEAR FERGUSON. J Miss Mary \V. Connor and Mr. J as. I B. Guess, Jr. j SC Ferguson. Dec. 6.?An occasion of unusual interest to their many gt friends and acquaintances was the marriage of Miss Mary W. Connor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Connor, to MP? James B. Guess, Jr., of Denmark, which took place at the Tr home of the bride's parents, "Walnut Grove," near Ferguson, at half-past co] 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. in< The bride, who is a 1911 graduate an of Converse College, and well known in social circles throughout the State, co wore a simple, but tasteful, gown of white crepe meteor, trimmed with ch lace and pearls, train en court, with fr< ? wKito fullo naiicht tneAthpr d V^H V/l "Uivg vw% v?0.* v with orange blossoms, and carried a sv shower boquet of lilies of the valley th and maiden hair fern. be Her two sisters, Misses Eloise and di; Carrie Connor, acted as maids of Pp honor, while the bridesmaids were Misses Wessie Lee Dilal, of Laurens; f0 Mattie Lou Anderson, of Fayetteville, w. N. C.; Maud Williams, of Pinopolis; Louise Salley, of Orangeburg; Sa- Qf delle Guess, of Denmark, and Miss Lucia Simpson, of Laurens. Mr. Wesley Crum. of Denmark, and Mr. Thomas Moss, of St. Matthews, u attended the groom as best man, with Messrs. Cecil Crum, of Den81* mark; James H. Harris, of Spartanburg; K. N. Felder, of Vance; F. K. te Norris, of Vance; Sinclair Guess, of Denmark, and T. L. Connor, Jr., of ne Ferguson, acting as groomsmen. Mi The beautiful Indian summer day T1 permitted solemnizing the wedding lv, ceremony on the veranda, and the sti entire home was artistically decorated in pink and green. Mrs. M. B. ?n Cross sang "Because," by Charles or Horwitz. followed by Mendelssohn's Wedding March. ^ A large number of friends and rela- ^ tives of the bride and groom attend- ^ ed the ceremony, including Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Williams, - of Pinopolis; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shingler and Mr. Aire. AfofcViall Sbine-lpr. of Char- m< (IUU I O . 4>1U* IJltkVi & )S/ M a v- y _ leSton; Miss Marion Peeler and Miss Wj Martha Piatt, of Wedgefield; Miss ta: Eugenie Sallev, of Orangeb^g; Mr. on J. C. Townsend and Mr. Mario.i Piatt, 0f of Columbia, and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. pjj Wiggins, of Moncks Corner. The numerous beautiful gifts serv- t0 ed as evidence of the hearty good will g0 and'best wishes of many friends. Fol- fjn lowing the departure of the happy e(j couple on their honeymoon, to New York city, a large party of the guests were delightfully entertained at a on dancing party at the home of Miss Emile Sinkler, at "Belvidere." near Ferguson. . tin The groom is a 1906 graduate of Wofford College. Mr. and Mrs. Guess will make their home at Denmark, I f0 where the former is well known as an extensive plantation owner. A0 BULL ATTACKS DOCTOR. at A'eterinarian Severely Hurt by Mat! Bovine at Clinton. j IX Dr. R. E. Lewis, veterinary surgeon of Greenville, was severely hurt | at Clinton Wednesday afternoon, I when a Jersey bull belonging to the Thorn well Orphanage to examine ^ some cattle, several of them having died recntly. Dr. Lewis, with Dr. ^ w a Shands. of Clinton, one of the trustees of the institution, was in the ^ lot. when, without any warning, the . bull advanced upon Dr. Lewis and J ^ se tossed him fully twelve feet into the 111 c air. He was thrown in this manner Ca; three times. The bull, thinking that he had killed Dr. Lewis, left off attacking him. Dr. Shands, although ca but a few feet away, was unable to . is render any assistance. SOLDIER TWINS A PUZZLE. fn lat Commanding Officers Require A\lcp- cei F0) tion Special Hair Cut. Twins brothers who have been call- _ an ed up for service in a Paris regiment ne are so alike that it is impossible to t distinguish between them. The other rn, III c day one of the pair was confined iO lQ, barracks, but by changing his cap ...J+V. raoiniontQl rmmhpr for that ? I LII IUS m, of his brother the defaulter was able ne to pass the guard with impunity whenever he wished to go out. Nve The colonel of the regiment has ce) now issued the following order: "The c]a soldier Bonhomme (even number) ne will wear his hair as long as the in< regulations, construed with the ut- cp most leniency will allow, and will sai shave his beard and mustache. The ha soldier Bonhomme (odd number) will v.T allow his beard and mustache to grow in full and will have his hair regularly hu cut as closely as possible by the regi- los mental barber."?Lloyd's Weekly. Or * i ( THE PALMETTO STAT ME OCCURRENCES OF tARIOI KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ate News Roiled Down for Qui Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Despondent over nis health, J. )lbert, a Laurens county farm* mmitted suicide 011 Friday by drin g carbolic acid. He was 65 years c d leaves a family. Two white men of AnAdersi unty, p. L. Kay and H. M. Sargei ire committed to jail on Thursds arged with stealing seed cott Dm a number of farmers. The report of State Superintende iearingen shows a large increase e school fund, the sum this ye ing $3,129,804. Of the 1,934 sclic striets 64 per cent, have vot ecial tax. W. W. Dixon, of Fairfield county, rmer member of the legislatui is arrested in Columbia Saturd r passing bad checks to the amou $63. He was released upon pa g the amount and costs. The Mail says: "There has be ore cotton stealing this year in A rson county than for several yea st, and several cases of this kii e to come up for trial at the ne rm of the criminal court." R. V. McClain, a lumber contract ar White Stone, was fined $25 agistrate Gus Kirby in Spartanbu lursday for treating his stock cru< the prosecution having been i ituted by a rural policeman. A woman's auxiliary to the 1< d order league of Charleston w ganized in that city on Thursd th more than five hundred met rs. Mrs. W. P. Cornell is pre nt. They will work for a bett larjeston. JKasiiy r ounu. It is often said that a Yorkshii an is so keen after money that II grab at it dead or alive. A ce in native worked at a saw mill, ai e day he met with an accident, t\ his fingers being cut off and drc ag in the sawdust. Of course the man was hurried < the infirmary and after he w ne his mates began to look for 1: igers in the sawdust, when in wal the foreman, who said: "I say, what are you wasting vo ne there for? Why don't you g with your work?" One Of the men replied: "That Yorkshire chap has had t^ igers cut off. and we're looking f em." "What a waste of time," cried t' reman. "We'll soon find them." Arid he threw a half crown on t or, when up came the two finge -iggling out of the sawdust to g the money. COTTON PICKING MACHINES. nnonstrations Have Been Made thf? Wnrk. Last week five Price-Campbell cc n picking machines arrived in tt v over the Orangeburg Railroa der the charge of Mr. B. C. Calde >od, and assistants Two of the >re unloaded and taken to the far Mr. W. Mc. Walter, about sev< les from the city, and since th< veral demonstrations have be* ide of the work that the machin n do. It is built upon four wheels, sep ted so that a row of cotton stal n pass beneath it. As the machii driven along by a gasoline mote takes the cotton from the branch* d with it some little trash. T] ;ter, however, is eliminated by rtain process and only the cott< mains finally. This machine is very complicate d a very costly machine. They a ver sold outright, but are put o operating companies at $5,000 p ichine, and a royalty upon the cc n picked must be paid. It aught that one machine could < e picking of all the cotton in I ighborhood rather easily. These machines are the same th ;re tested in Texas, and more r atly in Marlboro. Their invent tims great things tor them, and b ves he can revolutionize the cottc Justry should they be placed eration all over the country. It d that in some places the machini ve to be guarded from negroe 10 attack them by throwing bricl them, or anything else liable 1 rt. They don't like the idea < iing the cotton picking monev.angeburg Times and Democrat. \ ' ^ | I'VE TOO MANY FRIENDS. j j| President Declines Georgia Invita-, JS tion Because of Too Much Fun. ^ Washington, December 9.?Presij. dent Wilson feels that what he needs ^ just now is plain rest in order to be fit for the winter's pull, and he has declined to accept an invitation to take his holiday vacation at Augusta, in the midst of the scenes of his boy- i -r' hood, because it would be next to p impossible for him to rent among so F many of his old friends. o Congressman Hardwick, who ex- c on tended Augusta's invitation to the 2 it, president, to-day received a cordial o lv, letter from Mr. Wilson, declining the a on invitation, which the congressman d presented at the suggestion of Bow- s nt dre Phinizv. a in "I am sure that you know that it is F ar because I have been knocked out by n >ol a cold that I have not sooner com- v municated with you about Phinizv's r suggestion," wrote the president. 1 a "Augusta is my old boyhood home, t re I know so many people there that it A would be almost impossible to be t n"t quiet and restful. I should be on the h v_ go in spite of myself, whereas, what tl I need just now is plain rest in order n to be fit for the winter's pull." t en ? s n- HAS TAKEN LAST RIDE. irs ^ nd Motordome Rider Dies Prom Injuries * ixt Receive<l While Exhibiting. Aiken, December 6.?A fatal accior dent happeded to Frank Barnady, one k- of the motordrome riders with the rg Krause Greater Shows, which are ^ i; here for the week, yesterday aftern" noon about 4 o'clock, when he fell from the top of the motordrome to iw the bottom, landing on his head. He as was taken to a sanitarium, and all ay that could be done for him. in the m- way of medical attention was in vain, si- death coming this morning at 5 ^ er o'clock. e He was riding at the top of the motordrome and as he had about finished his exhibition he made a ^ turn to come down, but in some way *e-1 he must have made the turn too ^ he j ouicklv. for he landed on his head ir- and never regained consciousness. . ad Barnady, who was known as , vo "Daredevil Barnady," held the ^ ?p- world's record for fastest riding, hav- t ing attained a speed of 96% milies aff per hour on a cement track at Riveras | view Park, Chicago, 111. He is the ^ lis only person who has ever attained a j k- speed so great that the press grafiex could not'get a snap shot of him, ur and this wonderful machine takes a .. :et picture in 1-1,000 of a second. g His parents live in Germany, but he claimed Chicago as his home. His vo body will be sent there for inter- ^ or ment. On account of his daring tdeeds he had won the admiration of he many people in this city. It is said ^ that he had handed in his resignation a he to the manager to go into effect to>rs night. h ret it might be said in connection t with this that Mrs. Steifel, of Granite- j, ville, fainted last night while watch- h ing the races at the motordrome, and t from a report about noon had not re- 0 111 . e gained consciousness. k Fairfax Fancies. 0 * u )t_ Fairfax, December 8.?Mesdaines lis G. W. Barber, Eliza Hickson, S. L. Sanders and G. D. Sanders, Cleo Sanr" ders, Chas. Hammond and others m from here attended the funeral at ^ m Salkehatchie church of the late E. L. sn Sanders, of Ulmer section. He was an nr>olw/\^ Ktt U <mt \\T U Qlmncntl I lUllCiaii^CU tJJ Aigv( H . XX. MAAlAf/WVM* en A very large crowd was in attendance. es The pastor spoke feelingly of him, ' much that church would miss him. g a~ E. L. Sanders died at the Augusta ks hospital from the effects of an operaQe tion performed several weeks ago. ir ^ ' He was highly thought of.' Not only ^ JS' were many relatives present, but a crowd of Barnwell gents autoed to a pay their respects to the famiK of )n deceased. ' . D Our teachers attended the teachj ^ ' ers' meeting at Wiiliston and report rp I a ' ~ a nne time. ut , it er FUGITIVE SURRENDERS. g it- ci Man Charged With Killing Negro j0 Will Stand Trial. b< a Sullivan Hughes, a white man, who f< has been a fugitive from justice for e: at nearly six years, returned to Spar- H e- tanburg Saturday and surrendered to k ar Sheriff W. J. White. He was accom- IS] e- panied by his father. Hughes is w >n charged with killing a negro, John n: in I Franklin, in J. C. Irwin's store at En- a is oree on February 22, 1908, after a di es Quarrel, in which Franklin is said to H is, have called him a liar. Hughes fled ai is after the shooting and has remained to in hiding since. He was overcome i\] of with home-sickness and decided to b ? return and stand trial. He was com- C( mitted to jail. EST'S SLAYER TO DIE ] COTT MADISON TO DIE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Silbeit Miller, Colored, Found Guilty t of Assault and Battery, Gets 30 Days. 1 f 1 Barnwell, December 8.?Scott ] ledison, colored, will pay the death 1 enalty for the murder of Mr. E. 1 'eyton Best in this city on the night i ? O V,i->+^?Arvrv Amr T\A_ 1 1 JL/WCill uci O. ucuwccu r i iua;, i ember 19, and Monday, December 1 2, inclusive. Such was the sentence i f Judge Gage late this afternoon, i fter the jury had brought in a ver- 1 ict of guilty of murder as to Madi- ] on, and guilty of assault and battery 1 s to Gilbert Miller, also colored. Ed )urant, a negro, testified this after- i loon, that Mr. Best pushed Miller, ; ?'ho was standing in the door of the estaurant, out of his way, when he eft the building, and that Miller i hen threw a bottle at him and ran. < according to the testimony, Mr. Best : urned and asked Scott Madison who it him, the defendant replying that tie man that hit him was the one runing down the street. Mr. Best then urned to walk away and the fatal hot was fired. ! The testimony of Rufus James, i Iitchell Stroy and Julius Williams, he proprietor of the restaurant and ool room in question, all corroboratd in the main the statements made iy Durant. Major R. Boyd Cole testified to mding al>istol under the depot, upon nformation given by Andrew Simms, he same being, it was alleged, the < ne with which the murder was comQitted. Other Witnesses. , Dr. R. C. Kifkland testified as to he nature of the gunshot wound on he body of Mr. Best?that the bulet entered from the back and passed ntirely through the body. Mr. Alvo Mellett, the undertaker, estified that there was a small bruise iehind the left ear of the dead man, , 'hich could have been caused by a ; ilow from a bottle. Mr. Vince Dunbar, who was standng in the doorway of Kearse's pool oom at the time of the tragedy, testited to having seen the smoke from he pistol immediately after the firing f the two shots; that Mr. Best stagered towards him and Mr. A. M. larden, exclaiming as he fell, "Boys, 'm shot." That deceased died im- 1 iiediately thereafter. Mr. A. M. Harden, who was stand- ( Qg by Mr. Dunbar at the time of the hooting, testified to having seen the 1 !ash of the pistol in front of the ! legro restaurant and that he caught Ir. Best in his arms as deceased was ailing. Andrew Simms, a negro section ; and, testified that Scott Madison had ttempted to buy his pistol?a 38- 1 alibre, left-hand wheeler?from im on the afternoon of the shooting; hat he refused to let defendant^hve t and that it was later stolen?lm ( is trunk, presumably by Madison; ; hat after the killing juaaison returnd the pistol and said that he had illed a white man; that witness beame frightened and hid the pistol 1 nder the A. C. L. freight depot. Albert Cave, colored, testified that ; negro threw a bottle at Mr. Best, r'ho turned and asked who hit him. iO one replied, and deceased then urned and started up the street, riien a negro snapped a pistol at him hree times. Another negro, he said, hen fired the shots, one of which hit j Ir. Best in the back. Witness could , ot identify the assailants, who were j trangers. Madison's Story Weak One. Scott Madison is from Remini. He 'as put upon the stand in l^is own efence, and told a story entirely at ( ariance with the testimony of the itnesses for the State. So unsupport- ^ ble was his testimony that he got J adly mixed in the telling and no , eight was given to it whatever. He 1 enied doing the killing, but said that t ; was done with the gun that he had } otten from Andrew Simms. He ac- t lsed one Seamon Moore of the crime. 1 Gilbert Miller testified in his own ? *half, and apparently told a straight- < >rward story, impressing his hear- 1 rs with the truth of his statements, c [e admitted buying a bottle of whis- t ey in the restaurant; stated that ] fr. Best had pushed him out of the 1 ay, and that he had hit the dead 2 lan with a bottle, after which he ran 1 way, and that he was quite a good t istance off when the shots were fired, t e later met Madison, who, he said, t Emitted having shot a white man. j Two negro women and Seaman e [oore were put on the witness stand, c ut they denied knowing anything r mnected with the tragedy. s This completed the case. The jury 1 / EH KHAR] >T TO BAMBERG R. R. Rails Being Laid Now?Probability That Coast Line Will Operate. The new railroad from Bamberg :o Ehrhardt, connecting with the Atlantic Coast Line at Ehrhardt, will De a certainty within a few weeks, [or already rail is being laid, and 011 reliable authority, we are informed :hat the new line will be ready for business by January the first, A rumor which seems to have much foundation in fact is that the Atlantic Coast Line will control the newroad. and that a lease with the od tion of buying will be entered into between the officers of the new line and the Atlantic Coast Line. If this be true, in all probability there will be through passenger and freight service between Green Pond and Bamberg. The new road will give to the people of Walterboro and other stations along the line a new system of transportation, and will much improve the passenger service to the interior of the State. At Bamberg passengers will make connections with Southern trains for Branchville, Denmark and Augusta, and several different trips to the center of the State will be available. To go to Columbia, passengers from Ehrhardt and Walterboro must now pass through Charleston, and in the morning there is no connection at Charleston for" the interior. By using the new railroad, passengers for Columbia can make connection at Branchville or Denmark, thus mater* ially reducing the mileage and length of the trip. . ^|jj The completion of the new railroad will probably open a new era of prosperity for Colleton county 4 with good connections and shorter mileage, freight and passenger rates will surely be reduced. In addition to that, the new road opens much new territory, and Colleton's 1 business men will derive much trade from sections which now trade elsewhere.?Walterboro Press and Standard. * 4 UNUSUAL CASE. ^ . A ' ; 1 Saluda Girl Gets $1,000 Damages for Mistreatment. On the ground that an agent of the Southern Railway company had encouraged others to attempt to hug and kiss Miss Emma Rodgers, a 16year-old Saluda girl, a jury in the court of common pleas at Saluda returned a verdict of $1,000 in favor of the young woman. A motion for a new trial was overruled. It appeai-s that Miss Rodgers, ? while in the passenger station at Ward in August last, was mistreated, and the allegation of the complaint was that the agent of defendant failed and neglected to give the protection to the young girl that the lawrequires and that, acting in concert with others, he aided and abetted and encouraged others to attempt to hug and kiss the plaintiff. Miss Rodgers is only about 16 years of age and was on her way to Graniteville to visit relatives when the alleged misconduct and maltreatment occurred. A verdict for $1,006 was returned against the railroad. MYSTERY VEILS SHOOTING. Bate.sburg Man Wounded Seriously. Accident; Reported. Batesburg, December 6.?J. Milton. Hite, bookkeeper for L. D. Cullom. was shot and seriously wounded in His home here to-night. Although it * ts said that the shooting was accidental, it has been absolutely impossible to learn any of the details ' the affair, which seems to be shrouded in mystery. Mr. Hite is between 30 and 35 fears of age, and has a wife and one *r two children. ^as out about twenty minutes, re:urning the verdict given above. Mller was sentenced to thirty days on :he chain gang. After sentence had >een passed Madison asked permission to speak. And made several requests as to the disposition of his )ody, the collection of some money jwing to him, and that he be allowed ;o thank his friends for <what they *.ad done. The defendants were then emanded to jail. There is hardly tny possibility of any further trouble, rhe verdict of the jury is conceded :o be a just one, and the early execuion of the murderer should satisfy he most exacting advocate of speedv Mctino Thp nmsprntion was assist id by E. A. Brown, Esq., who conlucted the examination of the witi.esses. The defendants were repreented by Attorneys H. A. Simms and !\ M. Boulware, of Barnwell. . ^ ^ - "A