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PERSONAL MENTION. \ J People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. \Y. D. Rhoaa spent Tuesday in Charleston. ?Maj. Kavelock Eaves, of Orangeburg, spent Monday in the city. i ?Mr. \Y. E. Utsey, of Climax, Ga., j is visiting relatives in the city. ?Mr. Vernon Brabham, of Colum-! bia, was in the city this week. ?Messrs. J. Ham Kirkland and G. V. Kearse. of Olar, was in the city [ ? yesterday. i5 ?Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Johns, of Baldoc, spent a few days in the city this week. ? ?Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Glenn, of Charleston, spent Sunday in the city with relatives. ?Messrs. D. M. and D. P. Smith, of the Ehrhardt section, were in the city Tuesday. \ ?Mr. Gordon Brabham, of Olar, was in the city yesterday, on his way " home from attending the sessions of the Masonic grand lodge in Charleston. ?Drs. Chas. F. Black. J. B. Black, Messrs. C. E. Black, W. D. Rhoad, and Thos. Ducker went to Charleston f this week to attend the Masonic grand lodge. ?Mr. W. C. Wolfe, of Orangeburs: was in the city Tuesday and went down to see how the work on the railroad was coming on, he being one of the builders. ' ?The friends of Edgar A. Brown, * Esq., will be glad to learn that he has decided to move back to Barnwell and make this his home in the future. - Mr. Brown will resume the practice of law at this bar.?Barnwell Sentinel. ? ?Mr. and Mrs. I. X. Dunn and Mr. M. G. Dunn went to Graniteville J Tuesday night on account of the sudden death of the father of the Messrs. Dunn. He suffered! a stroke of paralysis a few days ago and never # rallied. ?S. G. Mayfield, Esq., of Bamberg, has been here this week, taking a leading part as counsel for defense in the case against Jim Hogg and Aiken Williams, charged with killing Henry and Velpo Hogg last summer.?Barnwell Sentinel. ? ? * STRYCHNINE IN STOMACH. Florence Doctors Probably Save Life of Young Man. . Florence, December 9.?A young ? i xi n wmi^e man dv me uame ui ueuige McGliee was carried to a boarding bouse here Sunday night suffering from a trouble the nature of which hie friends knew not. After being there some little time, and growing worse momentarily, Dr. F. K. Rhodes and Dr. S. R. Lucas were summoned. From the condition in which the phy cian6 found him they took it to be a case of poisoning, and at once set about to make an effort to save the young man's life. Dr. Rhodes used a stomach pump and found that the young man had swallowed strychnine. It is not known whether the young man took the dose for relief or with suicidal attempt. However, it is said, he told the physicians attending him that he was out of work, owed a * small bill and ,that no one cared, anyhow, whether he lived or died. It is said that a love affair might have been the key to the dose having been found in his stomach. He is getting r?irm?r' nil ri^ht now and will live, the doctors say. THAW APPLIES FOR BAIL. ' Petition Will Be Heard To-day Before Judge Aldrich. Concord, N. H.. December S.?Harry K. Thaw, who is resisting efforts to extradite him to New York on charges of conspiracy in connection with his escape from Mattewan, applied for bail to-day. His petition will be heard to-morrow by Judge Aldrich in the United States Court. i William T. Jerome, who is in charge of New York's case, and his local assistant, Bernard Jacobs, will appear in opposition. Thaw is at present in the custody of United States Marshall Nute and Sheriff Drew, of Coos County, pending the decision on his appeal for a writ of habeas corpus. Something Was Wrong. At a dry goods store they employed a small boy to run errands, says the Pathfinder. The other day, while he was waiting in the store, a lady came in and asked the clerk for a yard of ! , silk. When it was placed before her she exclaimed: Oh, really I must be going mad, I want muslin." I" On hearing this the boy rushed out of the store and, seeing a policeman across the way, ran up to him, shoutf ing. | "'Come over here. There's a wo> man in our store got the hydropho* bia. She wants muzzling." FREED THEX SHOT TO DEATH. Acquitted on Charge of Criminal Assault, Killed by Rrotlier-in-Lavv. Cuthbert, Ga.?S C. Culbreth, a widely-known citizen of Carnegie. Ga., was shot and killed here yesterday by \V. F. Wood ham. The shooting occurred immediately after Culbreth had been acquitted of a charge of criminal assault upon Woodman's 1 4 A M A 1 d f A J. t-> eai-uiu sicici. { Culbreth was tried here Tuesday for criminal assault on the sister of Woodham and was acquitted. He left the court house and was standing between his two sons in a grocery store when Woodham walked in and fired. Both lived at Carnegie. Culbreth conducting a store at that place, and both were here for the trial. Woodham is married. Culbreth leaves a wife, who took his side, and six children, one of whom was born Monday night. Feeling has been high in the neighborhood, and threats of lynching are said to have been made. Both come from respectable and well-known families. Woodham gave up and was lodged in jail. The Ehrliardt-Baniberg Kailuay. Elsewhere in this issue we carry a story concerning the new line of railway now under construction from Ehrhardt to Bamberg. This road will be completed early in the new year," and will afford much better freight and passenger service to the entire county of Colleton. The building of this road means that a new period of prosperity will nchoro/1 intr* Wnltorhnrn and OCT UOiiti tu 4 1A W ? f WAA VVk w ? V Colleton county. For years, with exit and entrance from one direction only, the county has enjoyed a slow growth. Now, by being put into touch with the outer world in a different direction, trade should materially improve, the county should begin a greater growth than ever before in its history and prosperity should smile* abundantly. The latent natural resources of Colleton are indeed great, and with adequate railroad service, these resources are bound to be developed Thus it is that after years of waiting, we are to have the benefit of another railroad. But the part in which our people are most interested is whether or not the Coast Line will operate this new road. While some contend that the business interest of the county will be damaged by the new road being absorbed by the Coast Line, there is no question but that the passenger service, if operated by the Coast Line, would be materially improved. It will be quite inconvenient to make changes at Ehrhardt for the new line of road, and much delay might be caused there on account of the transfer of freight. It matters not how that may be, this section of territory will be delighted with the building of the road and much increase in prosperity can be expected. ?Editorial in Walterboro Press and Standard. ROSE TELLS LIFE STORY. Reformed Gambler Tells Audience He Never Had a Chance. Jack Rose, the reformed gambler, repeated the story of his life before an audience in the First Union Presbyterian Church, Lexington avenue and Eighty-sixth street. His only reference to the Rosenthal affair was that six of the eight men involved in the crime had been graduated from State reformatories that do not reform. Every gambler, he said, sounds the depth of human misery, and his hour came when "that affair oc1 WAOr QCrr\ * * T-To V Ui l^u a ? CUl U5V. AA.V, .WW4WVVV4, however, that if the reformatories had been different "there might have been a different story," Rose told how he had been led to the underworld through a boys' reformatory, and how many others in the institution with him were turned out worse than when they entered. People in the underworld, he said, owe their existence there to those in the upper world, for they are not given a chance to reform because of the odium and scorn that follows their first slip.?New York Sun. BUYS CHESTER LANTERN. John E. Nunnery to Edit Newspaper. Chester, Dec. 6.?A change of interest in newspaper circles is the purchase of the Chester Lantern by Mr. John E. Nunnery, the change of ownership to take effect January 1. Mr. Chas X. Wrenshall, the present editor and proprietor, came to Chester two years ago and the Lantern under his management has been well conducted and prosperous. It is .Mr. Wrenshall's intention to locate in Western North Carolina, although his plans at this time are not fully determined upon. Mr. Nunnery, the new owner of the Lantern, is a former Representative in the Legislature from this county, and is widely known. MRS. E. J. HUE IN JAIL I CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY IX SHOOTING HUSBAND. Occupies the Cell Near That of Walter ' E. Gurganous, Held as Principal in Saturday Night Affair. Lexington, December 9.?Mrs. Ella Delle Hite, wife of J. Milton Hite, the Batesburg man who on Saturday i nip-lit- u-3< shnt and nrnhahlv mortal- I ly wounded, the shooting occurring in the dining room of Mr. and Mrs. Hite at Batesburg, is to-night in Hie Lexington county jail, having been arrested at her home in Batesburg to-day by Sheriff Sim J. Miller and brought to Lexington in the sheriff's automobile. She is charged with being an accessory to the shooting of her husband. Walter E. Gurganous, charged with doing the shooting, is now in jail here. Mrs. Hite was arrested on a warrant sworn out before Magistrate A. H. Blease by John G. Darby, chief of police of the town of Batesburg, in which she is charged with being an accessory to the shooting. The affidavit sets out: "That on information and belief at Batesburg, Lexington county, State aforesaid, on j the 6th day of December, 1913, one Ella Delle Hite did unlawfully assist, aid, abet and procure one Walter E. Gurganous without just cause or provocation to violently assault, shoot, penetrate and wound one J. Milton 1 Hite with intent, him. the said J. J Milton Hite. to kill and murder, said aiding, abetting, assisting and pro- ^ i curing being against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State." ' Mrs. Hite refused to be interviewed after reaching jail, telling Sheriff . Miller that she would not make a ' statement now but in a few days she would be glad to talk. I Gurganous. who is charged1 with J the shooting, is ocupying a cell on the upper floor of the jail, while Mrs. Hite occupies a lower cell just to the right of the cell occupied by the young man. Carrying out the instructions of Solicitor George Bell . Timmerman, who accompanied Sher- " iff Miller to Batesburg, Mrs. Hite and * Gurganous will not be allowed to talk to each other. A close guard will be ( placed around the jail during theday in order that no message may j pass between the two. Mrs. Hite showed no visible signs J of emotion. She took ker arrest . calmly, it is said, and will await the J outcome of her husband's injuries be- j fore making any attempt at securing bond. The same course will be fol- ( lowed by Gurganous' attorneys. Mrs. Hite is a brunette, very at- ( tractively and becomingly dressed. Hite, for the shooting of whom Gurganous and Mrs. Hite are being held, was seriously wounded Satur- * day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hite at Batesburg. Mr. Hite left his work at the store of L. D. 1 Cullum to go to supper a little bec n -'-1 ? "1- <"> fonr minllf-OC lfltpr IUrG i U L'lUth auu a i^n uiaaau ww ? a pistol shot rang out. Nearby neighbors rushed to the home, only to find Mr. Hite with a pistol wound in the lower part of the neck. Gurgauous and Mrs. Hite were found in the house together, Mrs. Hite being at the telephone trying to get a doctor when the first person arrived. The weapon with which the wound is . supposed to have been inflicted was the property of Mr. Hite and has never been found. Gurganous was arrested a few minutes later at the Hite home by J John G. Darby, chief of police, and j was rushed to Lexington in an automobile. The feeling at Batesburg .] against Gurganous was so strong that a circuitous route was chosen by the ^ officers in order that no attempt at summary vengeance might be made. Gurganous has refused to make a ^ statement further than tha.t he did not do the shooting. His father and ? - -? * n mother, Mr. and Mrs. a. m. ijuiguuous, of Durham, X. C., came to Lexington yesterday, and it is understood that they secured counsel to represent their son. So far as is known Mrs. Hite has not employed an attorney. i The condition of Mr. Hite is said " to be grave. Upon the advice of physicians he was carried to*an Augusta hospital to-day. The injured man is one of the 1 most prominent and popular young men of Batesburg. He has been for a number of years a member of the town council and he is held in the highest esteem. . The 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hite, who is said to have been a witness to the shooting, is in I charge of Mr. Hite's mother at Bates burg. ' f Teacher?What do you know about George Washington? Boy?He never told a lie. Teacher?Is that all you know about him? Boy?Ain't that enough??Chicago News. Read the Herald, $1.50 a year. \ Give i VII ( ( Below we mention a 1 we have. 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