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? ' 1 I ( f ?Iff lamfaprg fealfr One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1914 Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SCME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VAJIOUS SECTIONS. News Items fathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. m Ehnardt Etchings. ^ Ehrhardt, lanuary 5.?Have been looking for : snow all of last week, but none cane, and the weather sure missed a god chance. Mr. J. H. render had several oaa days and nihts since his accident. Has had higlfever at times, and the -wounded haEs gave him severe pain, j 1914 it seats has made up for the f latter part f 1913 in the way of ^ shooting scr#es and murders. m Miss Peai Copeland spent Xmas K with her paints, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Copeland. Mrs. M. Kinard died Friday night, afterheing ill for several L years, and w laid to rest Saturday mjorning at !. Pleasant grave yard. K The teachs of Ehrhardt graded m school have turned, and will go to ST work to-day ith a vim, using every m means at thr command to impart knowledge t the children in the way of instrtion. ^ The youn^adies and gentlemen ? are resumingieir work, and the air castles that ey worked on during the holidays ill have to wait until f later to matt. Some of the plans might have the changed, nevertheless the sameesult will he attained if the plans e changed. Our clerksid business men have changed arod considerably. Mr. tE. P.'Copelamas bought out Mr. C. E. Kinsey, arwill run the business on, only add tf to Mr. Kinsev's lint. Mr. L. E. Menzie will clerk for Mr. Copelandnd Mr. F. E. Robinson will run grocery in the building Mr. E. P. peland had last year. Think I hadetter wait until the movers settldown to tell where they go and Jt they will try to do. The parceiit business is grow* ing fast at tlEhrhardt post office. People seem tlace more confidence flk in this new fere of the department Sg than they die the postal savings HI department. JEE. [ Sassafras G* Community Dots. Peace and jty have been the b.v1 words of them muni ty during the holidays. f - . . The Sundajiool at this place is in good shafor the work to be done in 1914.'he public is invited. Come ahead; .-re will be plenty of BE fire during <5 Sundays. |9ft The commy regrets very much bE i its loss of Mi A. McCormaek, he 1KB having movet Colleton county to BB take care of Iged father-in-law. BBk * Mf The commy regrets the illness BT * of Mr. J. T-g?k- It *s hoped that Bf he will be huf again soon. Mr. Jeff Jighes, the energetic farmer, is m<* to his fertile farm g"* in the commr. Look out for the B fine corn andton. Hkr Mr. C. W.oak is establishing W a fine farm he community, and iP has the diston of hauling the I ; first load of feer in the communi1 ty for 1914.ving started some S time in Decer. Go ahead, Con ij nor, "the earrd gets the worm." i Mr. Kistlehdifer and his ami1^ able bride h*ettled in the community. Mr.difer is engaged in farming withe. K. Smoak. WelW come to you, and Mrs. Sandifer. Mr. C. K.>ak has the "belt" H ^ | for having thest pair of mules II in the commi Mr. Smoak has a If whole lot of &1 magnetism about him in the kindness toward his stock, con with an abundance of corn andts, hence the fine mules. jfltt Mr. J. B. ett has the "belt" W for having U the finest hogs in ' the eommunihey were eighteen months old. weighs four hunB dred and sixiie other four.hunB dred and thi Mr. Padgett's enW. thusiasm run* for hog and homi1 ny. Mi;. C. W.rd's mother came over from Co'a few days ago and set him off a home in the comBnMk munity. Yo*n to appreciate it ffi&Br verv much, pv Bv the way, Evou are a lr all round. "Be careful." Miss Mag&dgett, student of the Carlisle i, spent the holidays at home Mrs. Stellason. matron of the girls' hall in arlisle school, and her most int^ little daughter, Mary Ann, v the elegant home of Mr. and j. b. Padgett on Christmas compliment of their daught* The commVegrets the loss of Mrs. Goodwty her three interim FAIRFAX FANCIES. I ____ >lauy Entertainments?Visitors to ' and From That Thriving City. Fairfax, January 5.?There were 1 many social functions here during Xmas week. Mrs. N. B. Loadholt entertained the younger set with a party which they enjoyed very much. Mrs. W. E. Harter also entertained the little ladies and boys of their set and they certainly had a tine time. Now that Misses F. Marsh, Dewv Rheny, and Willie Timmons have returned to their home the boys and girls are inconsolable, but Monday's lessons at school will prove diverting. Mrs. Thomas Sanders gave a party in honor of Miss Alma "Knight, who seems like "one of us." Of course > all enjoyed the occasion and we all hope to see "Alma" back next summer with her well earned "sheepskin," as she graduates at Winthrop in June. There was a large "pound party ' at Mrs. Christina Kearse's which was quite a success. Mrs. W. E. Harter and Miss Sadie attended the party given in Bamberg by Mrs. Wm. Jones to her sister, 1 Miss Melle Kearse, and brother, Carl, (a student of Wofford college.) They report a very fine time. Miss Hoover and her sister, of the Harmony section, were here this week. Mrs. W. L. Brooks is home again after visiting relatives at Holly Hill. We are glad to notice the smiling face of Miss Flora Kenney with us again after spending the holidays with loved ones. We attended the concert given by the lyceum course and 'twas indeed a treat. The four ladies taking part are artists of'distinction, and whether ! in smarms:, nlavins: on Diano or violin. reciting, whistling, etc., they were at ease and did well their parts. , Our return college girls and boys have brightened us up, but return row to stern duty's call to lessons and boarding houses. Miss Louise Weekly, of Ulmer, visited Mrs. Gordon Kearse recently Rev. P. C. Cogburn and Miss Susie Dunbar (the latter the accomplished teacher of Meyer's Mill school) visited Mrs. Wm. Simpson last week. Miss Pauline Harter is spending some time with Mrs. J. Knopf. Miss Brunson, of Gifford, has been visiting her brother, Benj. Brunson. The Lutherans not only gave an Xmas tree at the manse, but on New Year's day many of their members from distant churches united with them in giving their pastor's family, . not only a very fine dinner, but a kind of house warming. Rev. Wm. Simpson was a guest at the dining. Several of our gentlemen went to Salkeatchie on a deer hunt Xmas. but I think the bird hunts they indulge in here are more profitable to them. Lee Beessinger seems to be improving. Joe Thomas was shut up all of the holidays with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Davis and children have returned home after spending several days with friends and relatives at Tillman. Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Ellis, of Jesup, Ga., visited Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Davis last week. esting children, Mattie, Dottie, and Charley; she having moved for the purpose of being in reach of a school. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Folk, from Clear Pond, spent Christmas day at | the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pad! s:ett. Mr. B. F. Pearson, one of the chief managers of the Farmers' ?rln Co.. of Bamberg, was in the community in the early part of the holidays, and did some fine butchering | for some of the folks. He returned later and had a pleasant stay for a short time. Mr. E. K. Smoak spent a few days in Savannah, visiting his brother and > other relatives. j Misses Johney and Virginia Zeig! ler, pupils of the Hay ward school, spent the holidays at home with their mother, Mrs. C. K. Smoak. ; Mr. Herbert FoJk, from Clear Pond, was in the community a few i evenings ago, looking after some special friend. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Clayton were | in the community during the holi- j | days, visiting Mrs. Clayton's parents t and others. The holidays have been very quiet in the community, nothing happening t to mar the feelings of the most i peaceful. But this quietude is being broken by the sound of the farm bells, the rattle of fertilizer wagons, and the old familiar command: "Gee" and "haw." I IN IKE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCC URRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Lewis Smith, colored, was locked up on Thursday in Spartanburg on the charge of passing forged checks on merchants. Spartanburg county invested $1,365,300 in the 23 new enterprises organized in that county in 1013, according to Secretary of State Mcrnwn's rpnort J. A. Maxwell, a middle-aged white man, claims lie was robbed of $150 on a Spartanburg street Thursday Dight by three white men who follow! ed him from one of the "sociai | clubs." Mrs. Irene Ehney, of Charles[ ton, died at the Roper hospital I Thursday night from swallowing by mistake cresoline?which was in| tended to be inhaled for asthma. She is survived by a husband and four children. Fair Notice. Bamberg now has a nice post office building, and the postmaster has already noticed that some people are spitting tobacco juice on the floor and walls, and yet the building has been occupied only a week. This must not continue, and the defacing of the walls by leaning up against them and placing shoe heels against ! the walls will not be permitted. We do hope the patrons of the office will not. romnel us to use drastic means to put a stop to the defacing of the I building, but we certainly do not propose to put up with it. It does seem that the people would have enough pride in a nice new building to act decently therein. We give notice now that we expect to have the lobby thoroughly cleaned this week, and the postmaster expects to spend some time out there while the mails are being distributed and the lobby crowded, and legal action will be taken against those who will not respect the building. We do not like to do this, but it seems to be forced on us. News From Cope. Editor Bamberg Herald:?Cope has now a dispensary in full blast, and seems to be doing a good business for the small stock it has on hand. This is the first time Cope has ever tried the dispensary, and it is to be seen which is best, dispensary or "blind tigers." The town election came off yesterday for intendent and four wardens. There were two candidates or tickets out for intendant, namely, J. E. Felder, of the Cope Supply Co., and J. D. Kittrell, of Kittrell Bros. The total vote cast was 37, of which Mr. Kittrell received 24, and Mr. Felder 13; Wait, Jr., for warden, 37: 0. F. Smoak, for warden, 25; G. E. Griffith, for warden, 24; Edgar L. Brickie, for warden, 23. Mr. J. D. j Kittrell, with the four gentlemen above, all business men of Cope, will give Cope a good administration, and we can look for big improvement in our streets and little town generally. G. B. KITTRELL. , Cope, S. C., December 31, 1913. NEGRO SHOOTS MERCHANT. 1. Donen is Wounded at His Home in Beaufort. Beaufort, Jan. 7.?About dusk yesterday evening word was brought into town that I. Donen, a storekeeper at Tomotley, about 15 miles above ceauiort, naa Deen snot., onerin ivi. 0. D. White, State Detective Hammond. Deputy Sheriff Cooler and a physician immediately left for the scene of the shooting and on reaching there found that Mr. Domen had been seriously shot by an unknown negro man. Medical attention was rendered the wounded man. while a search was made for the negro, which did not prove successful. It seems that the negro came into the store of Mr. Donen as if to buy something and was talking with Mr. Donen when, without any warning or apparent motive, suddenly whipped out his pistol and fired at Mr. Donen, who fell to the floor unconscious. While his victim was in this condition the negro rifled the store of small articles of little value. He is thought to be the same negro who several weeks ago shot a man at Wiggins. Mr. Donen, who is in a~serious condition, was brought here this morning and is now under the care j of a physician here. I GURGANOUS LEAVES JAIL. Wounded Man's Wife Remains?Chat i in Private Refused. 9 Lexington, January 5.?Walter E. I Gurganous, the young Southern Bell telephone lineman who is charged with being the principal in the shooting of J. Milton Hite, the popular young Batesburg man who was shot in his own home on the night of December 6 last, was to-day released from the Lexington jail, bond in the sum of $1,000 having been furnished for his appearance at the January term of the Court of General 3es% sions for Lexington County, which convenes next Monday,. Young Gurganous before leaving the jail asked permission of Sheriff Sim J. Miller to have a private conversation with Mrs. Ella Belle Hite. the pretty wife of the wounded man, who is charged with being an accessory to the shooting of her husband. Sheriff Miller did not grant the request, but gave the two permission to talk to each other in his presence. The greeting is said to have been most cordial, the young woman expressing great satisfaction at the release of Gurganous, also expressing the hope and belief that she, herself, would soon be released. Gurganous, it is said, promised Mrs. Hite to let her hear from him soon and asked her to exchange letters with him. Sheriff Miller stated to-day, however, that he "will be on the job" and that no letters would pass through the jail to or from the young woman without his first seeing their contents. Since the two have been confined in the jail Sheriff Miller has used ever} effort to keep them from conversing with each other, but on more than one occasion, it is said, Gurganous has made efforts to communicate with Mrs. Hite through the jail bars, and he has been reprimanded by tfte sheriff for his conduct along this line. No effort has been made to secure me release of Mrs. Hite, no attorney having been employed to defend her, and it is very probable that no action will be taken in her case until the convening of the General Sessions Court next Monday. Solicitor Timmerman will make an announcement of his attitude in the premises within the next the next few days, he stated to-day. WOMAN DIES OF BURNS. Mrs. R. C. Simpson Passes Away at Green ville. Greenville, January 6.?Mrs. R. C. Simpson died at the city hospital this afternoon from burns received just before the holidays, when her dress caught fire as she was standing before an open grate. At the time her little^ 6-year-old boy made heroic efforts to put out the flames, which enveloped his mother, but did not .succeed till after she had been horribly burned. Mrs. Simpson was before her marriage Miss Fant, of AnHorcoTi onH n*ox? nrnminnnflr M"U " pi VlllillViltiJ V/WH nected in that city. This Preacher Played Tango. St. Paul, Jan. 6.?The Rev. G. L. Morrill of Minneapolis, pastor of the People's Church has the novel experience today of performing the wedding ceremony for a New York couple, who were married at a Minneapolis hotel and furnishing the music while the newly wedded pair danced the tango and Texas Tommy. The bride and groom wer^ Herman F. Schneider and Eunice M. Mitchell. After the ceremony Sheneider told the minister that he and his wife were professional dancers and were about to leave for Australia, where they would follow their profession. The floor was cleared and a wedding dance, with the preacher at the piano, followed. KISSES A SERVANT, IS SUED. Girl Says Her Aged Employer Helped Himself to One Without Asking. A stolen kiss is valued at $10,000 by Miss Ema J. Evans, a servant girl in the house of William L. Simpson, a wealthy sheet mill owner of Zanesville, Ohio. Miss Evans has filed a suit for $10,000 damages against Simpson, charging that on December 4, while she was pursuing her duties in the defendant's barn, he threw his arms around her neck and kissed her. Simpson is vice president of the American Rolling Mill company. He is about sixty-five years old and the girl is thirty. Mr. W. P. Jones is now in the West buying three car loads of mules for Jones Bros. This will be the largest shipment ever made to Bamberg at one time. They will have a fine lot of animals, so wait and see them, for they can sure suit you.?adv. % ' ; \ ! EeS," . . IRVING TO GET HIS SON. L. B. HARTLEY BRINGS HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS Child Was Kidnapped by Mother in Alabama Several Weeks Ago. Governor Gave Protection. Lexington, January 6.?Judge James W. DeVore, at chambers at Edgefield tomorrow, will hear the habeas corpus case brought by L. B. Hartley, of Batesburg, through his attorney, E. L. Asbill, of Leesville, for the recovery of his ten-year-old son, Julian Hartley, who is now in the custody of his mother, Lena Blease, at Batesburg. The case is not without interest, it having been in the courts before. The child was secured from its father, L. B. Hartley, at Sampson, Ala., several' weeks ago, the mother having gone to that State, it is said, for the purpose of securing her child. Miss Lena Blease, daughter of Magistrate Augustus W. Blease, of Batesburg, and a cousin to Governor Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina, married L. B. Hartley, about 11 years ago. There were two boys. More than two years ago, according to the statement of the woman, Hartley left her, going to Georgia, where he married again, his second wife being Miss Ida Shealy, of near Batesburg, and a relative of his. Later Hartley wen: back to Batesburg and is said to have taken both of the children while they were on their way to school. He carried them with him to Samson, Ala., where he and his second wife and the two children lived. Later the second wife Decame dissatisfied with her surroundings, it is said, and she left Hartley and the children and came back to the home of her parents in .South Carolina. Miss Blease went to Samson, secured one of the children, and in an auto slipped out of Samson and went to Montgomery, the entire trip being made in an auto. Hartley had the woman and child arrested, charging his former wife with kidnapping. A hearing was held before Judge Armstead Brov/n, of the citv court of Montsrorrverv. nnrt he awarded the child to its mother and released her in short order. Miss Blease came back to her home at Batesburg, where she resides with her father and mother. A fewT weeks ago Hartley cajne back to South Carolina and is said to have been reconciled to his second wife. Hartley claimed that he secured a divorce from his first wife, the divorce having been granted in the State of Alabama. Hartley was served with a warrant by Sheriff Sim J. Miller a few days ago. charging him with living in adultery. He gave bond for his appearance at the January term of the court of general sessions. His petition for habeas corpus to secure his children from his first wife followed. Hartley is represented in the case by E. L. Asbill, of Leesville, while Miss Blease is represented by Barrett Jones, of Batesburg. The decision of Judge Devore will be awaited with keen interest. CONFINED IN BARN 14 WEARS. Widow's Punishment of Animals That Killed Husband. A telegram from LaFayette, Ind., on Saturday says: An animal resembling a horse, yet lacking many equine characteristics, was led down Main street by a deputy sheriff and taken to a livery stable to be cared for by humane authorities. The seizure of the animal by the authorities revealed a case of cruel treatment which has caused astonishment and indignation. Fourteen years ago William H. \Tnnrc j pnntraptnr killpri in n runaway accident. His widow, Sarah Moore, said nobody should ever ride behind the animals again and that they should never leave the barn in which they were kept. She and her son, Wilbur Moore, an electrician, kept the animals confined in the same barn in the rear of their home, a stone's throw from the retail business district. One of the horse3 died two years ago. The other is still alive, but so emaciated and deformed from long confinement and lack of exercise that it looks very little like a horse. Never having been shod for fourteen years, the hoofs, like nails, have kept growing until they are nearly a foot high. The horse's legs are thin and the animal is scarcely arne 10 stand. The horse is practically blhiJ from standing so long in darkness. The humane authorities have filed affidavits against Mrs. Moore and her son, charging them with cruelty :o animals. CORPSE ON PILOT OF ENGINE. Atlantic ('oast Line Train Kills Man Walking on Track. Charleston, S. C., January 3.? When train No. 82 of the Atlantic Coast Line, hound from Savannah for New York, flashed by a signal tower near the union station in this city to-night, the operator was horrified to see a corpse, face upward, on the engine pilot. It developed that Marks Nutting, of Middletown. N. Y., had been struck and killed between the city and Ashley Junction, the engineer and fireman knowing nothing of the tragedy until the sig- f nal man notified the conductor. It is not known how Nutting happened to be walking^ong the track. He was about 36 years old and is believed to have come here for the horse paces. At his room in a local board-7 ing house no notes or messages from him could be located to-night. SEEKS PELLAGRA HOSPITAL. Congressman Johnson Has Introduced Bill for Appropriation* Spartanburg, Jan. 3.?A bill introduced by Congressman Jos. T. John- ~ son early last summer provides for an appropriation of $300,000 to build a federal hospital in or near Spartanburg for the study and treatment of pellagra and other diseases. The bill has the approval of Senator Tillman. Before leaving Washington last week Representative Johnson had a long conference with Secretary McAdoo and Surgeon General Blue concerning his bill. The Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce has been interested in this hospital matter and as a result of the joints efforts of that bodv and Dr. Siler of the Thompson-McFadden pellagra commission, Surgeon General Blue visited Spartanburg last September to look over the local situation. in OLANTA OISPPENSARY CASE Comes Up on Its Merits at Next Term of Court in Florence. Columbia, January 6.?The Olanta dispensary case was aired in the Supreme Court this afternoon on a motion t/r supersedeas. The Florence i dispensary board ordered the estab-' lishment of a dispensary at Olanta, in that county. A case was brought to question the right of the board to establish the dispensary in that town, i ne legality of the ^appointment of two members of the board was questioned. The case comes up on its merits at the next term of court in Florence, unless the appeal now pending should be settled in such a way as to dispose of the matter. The dispensary was opened for a short while and was closed under a temporary restraining opder. SHOOTING AT MALLORY. , j' Mail (Carrier Bounds is Shot by His Substitute. A serious shooting affray occurred at Mallory late Christmas Eve night. Marion H. Bounds, rural carrier on 1 \ Route 1, was shot by Vernon. Parham, substitute carrier on the same route. Both men were drinking, it is said, and it is alleged that Bounds began the shooting but hit no one. Parham, it seems, fired three shots, two taking effect-in the hip and one penetrating the abdomen, causing a wound from which Bounds died Wednesday. This is the second man shot by Parham in the last few weeks, the other one being a negro, who is still suffering with a wound, though able to be out. TRIED TO KILL HIM. ' Daylight Assassination is Attempted in Lancaster. While F?ranJk Williams, superintendent of the Lancaster county chain gang, was driving in his buggy along one of the public highways several days ago inspecting work recently done by the gang, he was fired upon at close range by an unknown neero man who. riding a bay horse. rushed upon Williams unseen and after firing two shots at him in quick succession darted into the woods J near the roadside. One of the balls, went through Williams' hat. Williams' horse became frightened ant ran for some distance down the road before he could be checked. This bold attempt in broad daylight upon one of Lancaster's public roads to assassinate Superintendent Williams while in performance of his official duty will be thoroughly investigated. Mr. W. P. Jones is now in the West buying three car loads of mules for Jones Bros. This will be the largest shipment ever made to Bamberg at one time. They will have a finCMot of animals, so wait and see them, for they can sure suit you.?adv. \ y