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I lambrrg fornix | K One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1914 Established 1891. | ??? r ===== COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the j j i County and Elsewhere. i1 r Ehrhardt Etchings. ? : Ehrhardt, January 12.?Dr. Voigt, of the Columbia Theological 1 Seminary, preached for us yesterday: ' in the morning at Mt. Pleasant 1 church and in the afternon at Ehr- 1 hardt Lutheran church. As usual - - |] P his thoughts were careiun.\ scicvicu I and rendered in his own good pleas- 3 I ant style. After the sermon at each 1 I place communion service was given : the members by the doctor. Dr. : | Voigt went to Columbia from *Den- ' # mark Sunday afternoon, so as to get I to his work in due time Monday 1 f morning. I Oh, my! isn't trade dull since the ' I Christmas holidays! ^ The new brick buildings under construction by Messrs. S. W. Cope- . land and Joe I. Copeland will soon be ready for use. Putting in the fronts, ; counters, and shelving as fast as the 3 material can be gotten. Others will tbe started soon as these are finished. ^ Mr. Sam W. Copeland and Mr. ( r Alex Henderson went to the city by 3 the sea Sunday. 1 k . The Hacker Company will saw * some lumber this week if the machinery can be repaired in time. They ' have some beautiful logs on the yard 1 and log-skids. Mr. Jno. M. Kirkland received a ' ' i four-passenger Ford car last week. JEE. < t Fairfax Fancies. 4 \ Fairfax, January 12.?Miss Delphine Googe, of Allendale, is visiting Mrs. Agatha Ruddell. , Miss Lucile Griner, of Brunson, j was in town recently. < Mesdames Joe Knopf, Maggie Hoiman a and Jennie Lacy, of Atlanta, are visiting relatives here. ( . Mies Loyal, of Augusta, was here 1 I last week. She is now spending , y some time with her friend, Miss f | Julia Parnell, at Luray. I What is the attraction at Luray, } for two of our Fairfax young men? ; We hear of their going there very . often. ' j J. W. Jenny, of Jenny, is in town f . quite often. , ( Prof, and Mrs. McCain report a ( > very pleasant stay at McCormick for j the holiday. ^ All the teachers seem to have en- < ? joyed the season, and school is now . in good running order. < Mesdames Harter and Preacher x enjoyed a trip to Allendale recent- ( ly* 1 Rachel Brant, of the Ulmer sec j ; " tion, is now living with her brother, and attending school here. ' E. Lammas, who visited his home | folks at Louisville, Ky., aurmg me L holidays, has returned to continue \ ^ his position with J. T. Wilson. ] The Misses DeLoach, formerly of ( Gilford, visited here this week. j Mrs. Long, of Townsend, Ga., and \ grand-daughter, Miss Hamilton, of < Summerville, stopped over with Mrs. 3 M. A. Wilson last week. Mr. Ready, of Baldoc, was here re- ( j cently. Cone Mixson and family have < moved here from "Mixson's Corner." 1 William Harter, of Jenny, lives here new. Miss Nettie Fogle, with her broth- , er and his bride, of Orangeburg, vis ited their sister, Mrs. Dr. Tuten, recently. 1 G. H. Jarrell, of Barton, was in \ (town last week, and visited his ] daughter, Miss Ethel. 1 ^ Mr. and Mrs. Jones Williams, of j Hickory Grove, were in town recentiy. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Williams were j 1 here and attended the lyceum Holbrook Williams has returned / to school here, after visiting home 1 folks. .y . pi Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hartman and daughter, of Milltown, Ga., have ^ been visiting Air. Kaymona ivearse. p John Smith, who now lives here, visited his parents at Thompson, Ga., ^ recently. Mrs. Wm. Roberts, of Jenny, was here on business recently. Miss Hattie Cone, with Lottie and Robbie Singletery, (who have lived j together for years,) have gone to make their home with the latter's , father at Amit City, Louisiana. They are much missed here. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ehrhardt and Dr. and Mrs. Hucks, of Ehrhardt, visited Rev. and Mrs. D. B. Grose - ciose recent^. Mrs. M. Lightsey visited Varn4 / '. . i f . J V / i A ENGINE STRIKES BUGGY. | Velucle is Destroyed But Occupants Are Unhurt. Denmark, Jan. 12.?Messrs. Sand- j ford and Hartzog, from Orangeburg j county, while driving?across the Seaboard track near the water tank yesterday, collided with an engine, which destroyed their buggy. The track and moving train were obscured from their view by the ice factory. Neither of the men was hurt to any extent. The Carolina Public Service company is pushing the work of repairing its plant, and expects to have the machinery in and operating within 60 or 90 days. In addition to manufacturing ice they will run an electric lighting plant, which is the hope, now, of Denmark for town lighting. S. G. Mayfield has moved into the Rice residence, one of the handsome tiomes in Denmark, which he recently purchased from Miss Don Ella Rice. James Guess, Jr., with his bride, bas moved into his handsome new residence on Main street. After this week Mr. and Mrs*. Wiliam Mavneld. one of Denmark's re cently married couples, will be at home at Lees, where Mr. Mayfield has an extensive planting interest. ' J. J. Hiers, of Lodge, Colleton county, was in Denmark Saturday ind Sunday, visiting his son, who is here in school. A number of automobile owners in md around Denmark have organized :he Mutual garage, with John Dan Turner, president; Algie Guess, secretary and treasurer, and C. A. A.sendorf, manager. Refuses to Honor .Requisition. Columbia, Jan. 9.?It is understood that Gov. Blease refused to honor requisition papers from Gov. Slaton, of Georgia for O. M. Grubbs, charged with horse stealing or simple larceny under Georgia laws. Jrubbs was arrested in Ellenton and vas taken to Aiken. His release vas ordered this afternoon, it is stated. Phorliae Parrnll fiimms PflTldidiltP tor governor, appeared for Grubbs. Mr. Simms stated that Grubbs 'was i cotton mill boy and rented the lorse and buggy Christmas eve from i liveryman in Augusta with the unierstanding that if he used it longir than a certain period he was to ?ay for. the difference. He started ;o Barnwell, his old home, said Mr. Simms, and was arrested en route md-pharged with horse stealing. Mr. Simms appealed to Gov. Blease and stated this afternoon that the rejuest not to honor the requisition lad been granted, and the boy's re- | ease ordered. State Sells $3,000,000 in Whiskey. Columbia, January 6.?Close on to :hree million dollars' worth of whistey, beer and wines were sold by the lounty dispensaries in South Carolila during the year 1913, according to an estimate prepared today Ly State Dispensary Auditor Harvey W. Mitchum. Mr. Mitchum estimates that the iispensaries disposed of $2,863,731.65 worth of alcoholic beverages luring the year. The amount sola svas $2,662,029.27 for the year 1912. If the estimate is taken as approx* mately correct last year's sales out+ fVinca nf 1 01 9 hv 4 901 - I CA1VOC7 V4. X v wrj ^ ~ v 702.38. The estimate by Auditor Mitclium vas unofficial. It is impossible to get the exact figures yet, owing to the fact that reports from all the counties having dispensaries are not in for the month of December. There are twelve counties that are now operating under the dispensary system with Orangeburg in addition, just having commenced with the New Year. Lexington's dispensary is tiedi up in the courts. f ville last week. G. D. and Cleo Sanders visited Atlanta this week. Mrs. J. E. Johnston was called to her old home at Gaffney on account of extreme illness of her father, Mr. Lipscomb. The family of Dr. Coleman will soon move into the O. J. Youmans house. The U. D. C. held its last meeting at Mrs. L. W. Youmans's hospitable home. Miss DuRant presided with* dignity. After business Mrs. Youmans served a delicious salad course. Then her charming children handed 'round coffee and cake. Little curly head, the pet of the home, handed 'round "after dinner mints." f IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH^CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Sheriff Rector raided two white blind tigers in Greenville Saturday night and captured a large quantity of whiskey and beer. A drunken negro, Jim Adams, cut Mr. Boyce Lynn severely with a knife at Clover, York county, on Saturday. The negro then fled. P. F. Fu^tick, auditor of Calhoun county, was thrown /rom his buggy and his left leg broken in two places when his horse ran away. Frank Gallman, 20 years old, shot himself through the heart near his home in Union county on Tuesday. His body was not found until Thursday. The city council of Chester have passed an ordinance making jt a misdemeanor for any one under 16 years old to appear on the street with any kind of firearms or with air rifle. Orangeburg has sold $60,000 worth of water and light bonds to the Security Trust Company of Spartanburg, at a premium of $500. The bonds will draw five per cent interest. The city health officer of Sumter reports 60 births among whites and 58 among negroes in that city during 1913; deaths reported?whites n. noorrnoe l ft9 Hpnths frnm tiihprm l<v sis?white one, negroes 15. Rev. J. H. Wilson, D. D., has accepted a call extended to him by St. James' Lutheran church, Sumter. Dr. Wilson took charge of the pastorate last Sunday after having spent the Christmas holidays in visiting his children at Montezuma, Ga., and other points. John Taylor and Cal Shealy, whjte men, had a shooting scrape at Gilbert. Lexington county, Saturday night,-the outcome of too much liquor. Taylor shot shealy in the hand and stomach. The wounds are not considered dangerous. Bitli are married men. The Greenville sheriff and deputies made a raid on Stradleyville, a suburb *of Greenville, on Friday and rounded 17 soiled doves and carried them before the recorder on the charge of vagrancy. Fifteen pleaded guilty and paid fines of ?15 each. Warrants were issued for a number of others of like kind. Homer Brown and John Duckworth, two of the five negroes charged with the murder of Jno. W. Lee, white, near Piedmont, two weeks ago, were bound over to court after a preliminary examination on Thursday. The body of Mr. Lee has not been found; there are many who think that he is not dead, but that hp left the countrv. ? Child Burned With Hot Iron. Holly Hill, Jan. 9.?The 3-year-old daughter of Walter Kizer was seriously burned a few days ago at their home near Holly Hill. A hot flatiron had been placed near a fireplace to cool. While Mrs. Kizer was serving the midday meal, two children had been playing about the floor, when they fell, the little girl directly upon the hot iron. The smaller child not seeing this held the little grild C seeing this held ..the little girl down until the lower portion of her body was seriously burned. The child is still in a serious conditoin. Youths Given Seven Years Each. Logan Branham and William Trapp, white youths, were found guilty yesterday in the criminal cou. t for Richland county of mayhem and assault and battery with attempt to kill, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. The sentences imposed were seven years each in the penitentiary. They gouged out both eyes of a citizen in a fight at Blythewood.?Columbia State, Jan. 15. NEW DISPENSARY AUDITOR. Governor Appoints >1. H. Mobley to j Succeed H. W. Mitchuni. Columbia, Jan. 1 3.?The governor has appointed Mose H. Mobley as State dispensary auditor to take the place of Harvey W. Mitchum. No in timation was given in the papers filed ? 5*1* *1* ^ ortr r\ f Ctotn r\ f* rnooAno I Willi II1C OCtl Cltti j \ji oiaiu VI i guovuo for the change. Mr. Mobley is a former auditor having resigned several years ago because of ill health. LAURENS MAN MURDERER. Body Burned in Home?Geo. F. Young the Victim. Laurens, January 13.?Burned almost beyond recognition, the charred body of George F. Young, a widely known citizen and one of the largest land owners in the county, was. found early to-day in the smouldering coals and ashes of his own cottage, on his plantation at Stomp T> oyrmgs, ntju.1 rveunu, iu ua^i\o xwv?uship. It is believed that he was murdered and the house set on fire to cover up the crime. Two negroes, Tom and John Young, brothers, were implicated by the coroner's jury and both were brought to jail to-night by Sheriff Owings. Both negroes testified at the inquest, but their statements were at variance as to the time Tom came home and went to bed with his brother. Tom was at the Young cottage late last night and returned to do some work for Mr. Young this morning, when he made the discovery of the fire and then gave the alarm. It bame out at the inquest that Tom Young had had some trouble with Mr. Young in the recent past. His Skull Crushed. That Mr. Young was murdered was evidenced by the fact that his skull had Wen crushed, presumably with an axe. Two handleless axes were found near the body, which lay near the fireplace. There was some doubt at first as t9 the identity of Mr. Young, but after careful examination, and the fact that he was known to* have been at home last night, no doubt remained in the minds of the jury of inquest, and they so found. Robbery may have been the motive, as no money could be found oil the person or in the debris. Then again, it may have been for revenge. The body .of Mr.; Young vas brought to his home here to-night and will be interred in this city tomorrow, perhaps. He is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Anderson, and four children,'two sons and two daughters, the sons being, Dudley Young, of Gaffney, and' J. Stobo Young, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Young was about 55 years old and owned 2,000 acres of land in Jacks Township. His mineral springs were widely known and largely patronized in the summer season. He lived alone in a small cottage at the springs, making occasional visits to his family here. Hundreds of people from all parts of the county visited the scene today, but everything passed off quietly. ! RECLUSE LEAVES $100,00. Woman Who Lived in Poor Quarters Gives All to Charity, When the will 0/ Mrs. Amelia. Marks, of New Brunswick, N. J., is made public in about 10 days with its probate at the office of the surr gate of Middlesex county, it will _ ?veal a fortune of $100,000, most of it to be held in trust for charity. Mrs. Marks had lived for years as a recluse in a ram-shackle building in the poorest section of New Brunswick. Fat Woman Dead. / 4 Huntington, In,d?, Jan. 9/?Mrs. William Setelemier, aged 58, who weighed 600 pounds, died yesterday of pneumonia. A special coffin forty-four inches wide and twenty-eight inches deep was required for the body. It. was also necessary to enlarge the doorway to admit the coffin to the house., A dray wagon will be used for a hearse c^t the funeral. INSANE MAN A SUICIDE. James P. White Hangs Himself in Asylum Cell. Columbia, January 13.?James P. White, a patient at the State hospital for the insane; committed suicide at the hospital to-night by hanging himself to the bars of his room by means of a rope which he made by tearing a sheet into strips and tying them together. White tied one end of the hand-made rope to the bars of his cell, put the other around his neck and then jumped from the bed on which he was standing, death being due to strangulation, tfe was from Sumter county and was committed to the hospital last April for a second time. The remains will be taken to Sumter to-morrow. Coroner Scott, after reviewing the body, said 110 inquest was necessary.! I BOTH ADMIT THEIR GUILT UUKOAXOUS AND MRS. E. HTl'E SENTENCED. Sensational Case Closes, But Mystery Still Shrouds Batesburg Affair. Mrs. Hite to Leave State. Lexington, January 12.?Walter E. Gurganous, the young telephone lineman, and Mrs. Ella Belle Hite, charged with the shooting of J. Milton Hite, the prominent young business man of Batesburg, on the night of December 6, last, to-day entered pleas of guilty to the charge of assault and battery with intent to kili^ and carrying concealed weapons, in the Lexington county court of general sessions, Judge T. H. Spain, of Darlington, presiding. Without any ceremony Judge Spain pased sentence upon the prisoners. Judge Spain commanded the prisoners to stand up and said: The Sentences. "The sentence of the court is that the prisoner, Walter Gurganous, be sent to labor upon the public wcks of Lexington county for a period of six months or be confined at nard * labor in the State penitentiary fo' a like period, or iin lieu thereof pay a fine of $125. "The sentence of the court is that the prisoner, Ella Belle Hite, he confined in the county jail of Lexington county, at such labor as she may be able to perform, for a period of three months and pay a fine of $100, provided that so much of the sentence as imposes imprisonment be suspended upon the prisoner paying the fine imposed herein and up-, on her leaving the State of South Carolina and remaining away therefrom." Both Gurganous and Mrs. Hite paid their fines promptly. _ Before sentence was passed, Col. J. Brooks Wingard, of counsel for the defense, said: In Behalf of Gnrganons. "May 4t please the court, it is agreed by the solicitor and counsel of Mr. Gurganous that counsel shall have the opportunity at this poinc in behalf of Mr. Gurganous, to make a short statement and to have the same incorporated. in the. record of this case. Mr. Gurganous is quite a young man, engaged in the laudable business of earning an honest livelihood by his own labors. His present situation has impressed him as perhaps nothing else could, the fact that some time or other all men are or may be subjected to influences that too frequently cause a lappe from the path of uprightuness and right living. He is conscious oven now of not having committed any OMANS-Bh22.p ,s$ legal wrong, which could justify or give rise to the offence now pending against him. He fully realizes the indiscretions of his past associations, but he is willing to enter this plea and to meet this obligation ratherthan to enter into an investigation which would disclose a situation which might be construed by some as bearing too hardly upon others who are interested in this case, and could result only in producing a sense of deep humiliation on the part of all parties interested in the issues involved." Mrs. Hite Signs Plea. Mrs. Hite appeared in the court room neatly attired in a becoming suit of blue. She did not appear the least nervous until the time came for her to sign the plea acknowledging the Dart she played in the shooting of her husband, which, perhaps, will cause his stalwart form to be impaired for life. Her fiand trembled as she clasped the penstaff and her signature showed that her condition i . , was not normal. On her beautiful face the lines of deep worry were drawn and her stately form shook with slight emotion. As soon as the sentence had been pronounced she left the court room with the sheriff, he alone appearing as her escort, none of her relatives or friends having taken any interest, apparently., in her behalf. Her attorney, E. L, Asbill, Esq., of Leesville, did not make any open plea for his client, but he and the solicitor conferred quietly with Judge Spain before the sentence was pronounced. A few feet distant on the opposite side of the room sat Walter E. Gureanous. "the man in the case." , Mrs. Hite's eyes were centred on the court and she did not glance in the direction of the young man. At the jail, in a private room, after the proceedings were over, Mrs. Hite agreed to receive a reporter in the presence of Sheriff Miller. This is the first time since her confinement MAW INDIANS DISEASED. ? Big Percentage Suffering ir.ua Tuberculosis and Trachoma. A report made to congress by a joint commission appointed to investigate the condition of the American Indians and the feasibility of erecting certain sanitariums for the cure of tuberculosis among these Indians discloses a proportion of Indians suffering from disease mat is appalling. The diseases which j they seem chiefly addicted are tuberculosis and trachoma, the latter being a disease that prevents the landing, of any immigrant in any American port. The discovery of the generality of tuberculosis among the Indians is of comparatively recent date. The report says that the commissioner of Indian affairs realizes the deplorable conditions among the Ihdians. Of 16,470 cases at Indian boarding schools examined, 4,916 \ cases of trachoma were discovered, or a percentage of 29.86. On the reservations, where 39,231 cases ot adults and children were examined, trachoma was discovered in 8,940 casej, or 22.7 per cent. The death rate frrmn all ransps arnNn? thp. In- . ' dians is approximately 32.24 per thousand. x Were Children Caucasians? Columbia, Jan. 9.?An interesting case was heard in the Supreme Court yesterday in proceedings to reinstate several school children who had been dismissed from the school at Daicho.. Dillon county; on the allegation thait , ?* they were- not of puye Caucasian descent. The proceedings were ex-parte G- ^ W. Tucker, in re the dismissal cf Herbert Kirby et al, from the Daicho public school, against the board 01 education respondent. Messrs. Muller & Gibson appeared for the peti-* tioners and Mr. L. D. Lide for the respondent. It was argued among other things .* ^ that the predecessors of the children '"^*8 fought in the War between the Sec- ? tions and that at that time no quesion .tfas raised such as was raised ' in the dismissal of the children from me sci:uois. Only the arguments were heard, t \ the court not yet having decided the cas& ' ''-M that she has permitted herself to be interviewed. In a calm and dispassionate manner,ever .modest, she . expressed her great satisfaction that the case had been ended. Hans to Leave State. ""My only hope and desire," she said, "is to be with my husband and darling girl. I want you to,correct the impression # that has gone out over the country to the effect that my husband and I have separated.. . Jj Such is not the case, I assure you. Milton is anxious to be with me and I know tha? he will come to me as soon as be can. "I don't mind leaving 4he State at all. There are other places to live ' besides South Carolina, and I know that we will be as happy as ever once . we get settled down and my husband ' recovers entirely. I expect to go where he can come to see me every day if he wants to and where I can go to him. Of course, our future Dlans have not been definitely de cided upon, but it is my intention now to go to Augusta. My husband and I will decide all of these matters later." Thanks Sheriff and Family. Continuing she said: "I want to express my sincere appreciation to Sheriff Miller and his family for the many kindnesses they have shown me since I have been in jail. They have shown me every kindness and coneideration that in their power lay, and I shall ever remember them. A although I know that I will not be permitted to come back this way again. "My life is not near as black as it has been painted," she concluded. ' Mrs. Hite left, in company with >?*>? oictar In an " a litnmnhilft for C?>- I lumbia this afternoon, from wnich point she said she would go to Augusta. Young Gurganous left Lexington to-day in company with his brother-in-law. Before leaving the court house Judge Spain called Gurganous to the bench and admonished him to "let other men's wives alone in the future. rrhot '1'Qus came iu a cuuuuaivu > uu<. promised to be the most sensational case ever tried in the courts of this county, and, too, the mystery surrounding the unfortunate happening remains as deep as it was at the beginning. ' - -Wk / v- J< ''J&f -j