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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.
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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"
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| 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.
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>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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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