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END TO CIGARS IN HALL.
Senators Vote Almost Unanimously
to Take Advice.
Washington, March 9.?In calling
up his resolution to prohibit smoking
during the executive sessions of
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the senate, in the cloak rooms, Senator
Tillman this afternoon made explanatory
comment which interested
and amused the galleries to such an
extent that the vice president had to
-I eheck their applause. The resolution
was adopted almost unanimously
without a roll-call.
The senator addressed his colleagues
for perhaps fifteen minutes, explaining
that previous to his illness
r four years ago the smell of tobacco
kad not affected his health, but that
ever since then he had been unable
to endure it. Among other things
he said:
"A majority of the senators are
smokers, and unfortunately, a vicious
habit has so mastered them that they
are nervous and miserable when they
do not get the nicotine poison which
soothes their nerves. I have found my
f democratic colleagues so intent on
gratifying their feverish desire to
smoke that they feel compelled to
light cigars in the caucus, so that I
have almost had to leave or eit by an
epen window, for my very life de?
pends upon a full supply of pure air.
So I am beset with the danger of being
driven out of the party and of the
senate itself, and I do not know
where to turn.
"I believe I would lengthen the
life of every man in this chamber
from six to fifteen years if I could
only get them to believe what I tell
them and follow my advice. I owe
* what degree of recovery I have made
?and I am constantly being told that
( I look a great deal better, and I
' 1 know it is so?to will-power and selfsentrol
in eating.
"Since I was paraiyzea iour years
ago, and read my own obituary, twenty-one
senators, including Vice President
Sherman, most of them younger
than I, have died. Just for the sake of
refreshing your minds and impressing
you, I give you the list as copied
from the Record. No wonder, as I
look around the chamber and see the
changes that have come and miss the
many old familiar faces, I feel as
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though I were serving with ghosts as
well as living men.
"There is no doubt in the world in
My mind that this great mortality
among us is due to the way we live
in Washington. A fitting epitaph for
most of the senators who have died in
service would be: 'He lived hot wisely
but too well, and killed himself
eating.' Indeed, that can be said
* about most men and women in official
life in Washington."
Shooting May Result in Tragedy.
Walterboro, March 8.?Grady
driffln, a member of one of the most
prominent families in Colleton coun1
ty, and assistant to the chief of police
of-.Walterboro, shot and probably
fatally wounded Shealy Bennett,
who lives near town, last night
at 12 o'clock. The trouble arose, it
is said, from the act of Bennett sometime
ago of attempting to give trouble
to the family of Griffin on account
of a school boy quarrel.
^ When the shooting occurred it apthat
Mr. Bennett was attempt
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ing to take from Mr. Griffin the pisj
tol which Mr. Bennett alleged belonged
to him. It appeared that Mr.
Bennett sought to use a knife, and
there are several gashes in the clothing
of Mr. Griffin.
Doctors attending Mr. Bennett say
that there is little hope for his recovery,
five bullets entering his body,
some of which punctured the abdomen
and lungs.
Immediately after the shooting Mr.
Griffin surrendered to the proper officers.
Mr. Griffin is the son of the
late Senator Griffin of this county,
and his family connections are many.
Mr. Bennett is married and has several
children.
PULLED OUT WITH HOOKS.
Clyde Line Officer and Sailor Rescued
at Georgetown.
Georgetown, March 7.?First Officer
R. W. Hart, of the Clyde steamshi
Cherokee, narrowly escaped
drowning at the docks Thursday.
Under the supervision of Capt.
Devereux he was assisting in the
launching of a small gasoline boat
from a floating dock. The little crafi
was on rollers. As the stays were
removed, she moved so suddenly that
Mr. Hart had no time to get out of
* the way, and he was knocked overboard.
A sailor who was working at
his shoulder, was also toppled into
the water. Both were thickly clad
and Hart had on long boots. A swift
ebb tide was running ana me yiaxc
where they fell is locally famous
as a dead man's dock. Quick work
on the part of Capt. Devereux and
others with boat hooks fished the
men out and they suffered no worse
than an ice cold immersion.
After two years of experiments an
English manufacturer has turned out
a successful steam driven motorcycle.
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BOAT STRIKES A SNAG.
Occupants Narrowly Escape Drown- ^
ing in Pee-Dec.
Blenheim, March 7.?What came
near proving a fatal accident occurred
on the Pee-Dee River several ?
days ago when a boat, occupied by
Messrs. Ed Rowe and "Kit" Dudley, ?
of Bennettsville, struck a snag and ^
capsized in mid-current. Although
greatly hampered by heavy clothing,
the young men managed to hold on s
to the overturned boat, which
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eventually floated near enough shore
for Mr. Rowe to wadejout, the water
coming up nearly to his neck. Mr. B
Dudley managed to climb up into the
branches of an overhanging tree. The
water was bitterly cold and the young
men were chilled to the bone by the J
icy plunge. However, they managed
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to call to some negroes who were
hunting in the swamp nearby, and
Mr. Dudley was rescued from his per- 8
ilous position, a rope being thrown r
him for the purpose. '
Both men suffered intensely from
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the exposure, but hajve recovered
sufficiently to be up and about this 1
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afternoon. They say they have had
enough of boating on the Pee-Dee,
which, in time of a freshet, is one of
the most treacherous rivers in the F
State. r
Scandal Stirs Gaffney People.
Gaffney, March 7.?When the new a
town council met and was organized a
last night, the members were elect- v
trifled at the announcement from Al- s
derman R. C. Swofford that he would t
resign as a member of the body. The 0
resignation was accepted, and the j
council proceeded to elect W. H. Ross ^
clerk and then adjourned until next
itlUUUar U15UL. Y
When asked as to his reasons as 0
to resigning, Mr. Swofford saiid that p
so much pressure had been brought 1
to bear upon him by those whom he $
knew to be his friends to do things j.
which he did not think were for the 4
best interests of the town that he did n
not think it would be best for him to t
remain a member of the body. Mr. a
Swofford is firm in the stand which 0
he had taken, and another election t,
for his ward will have to be order- i<
ed. f P
J. D. Parris, one of the aldermen jj
who was re-elected, has made an affi- e
davit to the effect that he was ap- p
proached by two of the citizens of the \
town yesterday and offered $150 and j
$100, respectively, to vote for a cer- ^
tain candidate for chief of police, j]
These matters are sale topics of
conversation on the streets to-day, ^
and the situation has no parallel in
the history of Gaffney. x \
NEW MODEL SCHOOL. r
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Antioch School one of the Best of
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Kind in South. h
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Darlington, March 9.?To-day
marks a new era in education in this a
county in the establishment of the
Antioch school, the first school of
its kind in this part of the United
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states. AOOUl one year ago mc ouuuui ^
districts known as Bethlehem, Ang
tioch and New Providence, in Dara
lington county, combined into one
large district and voted bonds with '
which to build and equip for their
community a modern school. 2
Thev named as directors of this
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work the following trustees: C. H.
Powre, J. D. Coker and J. L. Byrd,
and these three men to-day gave an .
account of their stewardship when '
they turned over to Prof. V. E. Recn
tor one of the finest rural schools
in the South.
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Addresses were made by J. E. ^
Swearingen, W. H. Hand and many
others, after which a real old-time t
country picnic dinner was served by
the ladies, and every one was satisfied.
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The building is situated on a ridge
on one edge of the eighty-acre tract d
which will be used by the school as a
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demonstration farm, and in the buildv
ina are ten class rooms, including
one used for manual training and one jj
for domestic science. The third floor
is used as an auditorium and will
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seat more than five hundred. There ^
are seven teachers employed, and ^
each morning five wagons, each in
charge of a teacher, carry the chil- ^
dren to the school from all parts of
the forty-seven square miles which
compose this new district.
It is indeed a work of which the t
community may well be proud. Eighty
acres of land, worth one hundred
dollars the acre, and a building that
has cost seventeen thousand dollars,
and this organized and supported en- P
tirely by a farming community, is ^
quite an achievement. c
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Dies at Her Old Home. s
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Greenville, March 9.?Mrs. George 1:
W. Brunson, Jr., wife of the editor t
and president of the Greenville Daily j A
News, died at the home of her parents \ f
in vviimiiigiuu, tmo iiiixs, i
at 10 o'clock. Her funeral will be t
held in Wilmington to-morrow morn-: Y
ing. Mrs. Brunson is survived by e
her husband and two children. j v
STOLE KISS; GETS 30 YEARS. j"
Mifornians Think Negro's Punish
merit Too Severe.
Los Angeles, March 4.?Protests,
hreats of recall and denunciations
oured in to-day on Judge Willis, of
he criminal department of the suerior
court, because he sentenced
o thirty years' imprisonment Charles
luyton, a ^oung negro, convicted of
dghway robbery, although he only
tole a white girl's kiss.
Deputations of white women visitd
the judge to-day to demand that
ction be taken to save Guyton from
uch severe punishment.
Telephone messages informed him
hat petitions were being prepared
or his recall. Other women called in
erson to say that steps would be
aken to procure a pardon from the
;overnor.
Judge Willis explained that the ne;ro
had been convicted of highway
obbery. He had taken a dime from
he white girl, although he gave it
iack after he kiss'ed her, and he had =
ubjected six other young white wo- g
nen to similar treatment, besides ?
riminally attacking two negro girls. I
The deputation of women visited ?
he district attorney to learn what ?
?rocedure was necessary to secure his ?
elease. *
Negro Strikes Youth. g
Chester, March 7.?Robert Taylor, |
ged 15 years, son of William Taylor, ?
. prominent planter of the Halsell- |
ille section of Chester county, was ?
truck in the head with an axe yes- |
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ci'Uitv a.1 LCI iiuuii neat mo nvinc vj u. ?
legro, Walter Beaty, alias Walter ?
Jrice. Taylor is in a serious condi- |
ion. The negro is in jail here.
The trouble seems to have started g
rith a debt of $1.75 which the boy |
wed the negro. As the boy drove ?
ast the negro on a horse, it is said, g
he negro asked him for the money. |
l few words ensued, and, it is said, %
leaty toid him to get off his horse. ?
lS the youth was dismounting the ||
egro struck at him with the end of ??
he axe, hurting him on the shoulder ffl
nd leg. As he endeavored to fall
n his feet, it is alleged, the boy fell
E) the ground, whereupon Beaty j
ifted his axe and with the sharp edge M
ierced him in the back of the head, m
aflicting a serious wound. It is claim- I
d that at this time the negro's com- ^
anion, Will Halsey, a farm hand of ^
V. S. Durham, jumped in, and in all
ikelihood saved the boy's life by
eeping the negro from striking him
a the head again.
The boy was carried to his father's JS
ome, where medical aid was renered
him, while the negro escaped.
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> UIU wao quiv^riij i^cpuuutu w
Jhester, and Deputy Sheriff W. W.
tindevin was sent 'by Sheriff D.
larle Colvin to arrest the negro. Afer
searching a number of negro
ouses Beaty was found and he was
rought here and locked in the jail.
The trouble created a sensation
mong the people of that section.
Would Segregate Negro Employes.
Washington, March 6.?Segregaion
of the white and negro races in
overnment employ was urged upon *
house committee to-day by Repreentative
Aswell of Louisiana. He fo
aid there were 490,000 federal emloyes
in the United States, of whom
2,500 are negroes, and that 13,000
ailway postoffice clerks had petition- ^
d to be segregated from the negro
lerks. His bill proposes segrega- a
ion in the mail cars throughout the
ountry and in the executive departlents
at Washington.
His argument was interrupted by m
olloquies in which he contended
hat members of congress would not BT
are to sit with negro colleagues; B
hat no one would care to have a B1
tegro president and that the best
egroes in the South and elsewhere *
avor segregation.
Representative Edwards of Georgia
declared it would be better for both
aces if white and negro workers
7ere separated and that he would
liminate the negro government emiloye
entirely if he could. W
Archibald H. Grimke, negro repesenting
the National Association oi
or the Advancement of the Colored
tace, predicted that the negro race re
wuld be part of the governing class 1
i this country within 50 years. HI
Representative Madden of Illinois *j
.sserted that the segregation plan 11
ras discriminatory and unconstituional.
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Why Not, Indeed. ai
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a iarmei, wuu was uanj'iug an
ress package from a city mail order
ouse, was accosted by a local mer- Uw
hant: "Why didn't you buy that
ill of goods from me? I could have
aved you the express and besides
ou would have been patronizing a
lome store, which helps pay the
axes and build up this locality.'" J
Vith characteristic frankness, the
armer asked: "Why don't you patonize
your home paper and adverise?
1 read it and didn't know you
lad the goods I have here, nor do I a
ver see your name in the paper in- ^I
iting one to come to your store."
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S||k "Worth More
|w Than it Costs"
Lots of farmers declare their telephone service
worth more than it costs. J. W. Harris, a welllown
farmer living near Choccolocco, Ala^
rites:
"I had occasion to c U our doctor not two
hours after my telephone wa& connected with
our exchange. My mother, who is very old.
fell down the door steps and broke her arm, and
I called the doctor. He was at my house before
I could haye gone to his residence, as he has an
automobile.
44 We would not be without our telephone for
more than it costs and appreciate-the assistance
you rendered us."
Our free booklet tells how you may have telelone
service on your farm at small cost. Write
r it today. A postal will do.
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ND TELEGRAPH COMPANY uAJ
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/e have a nice lot of Horses and Mules
i hand. Our Mr. W. P. Jones has
;cently returned from the West where
5 bought an extra nice lot of Mules and
orses. They are now at our stables,
id we can suit you with an animal for
ly purpose. A full assortment of
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aggies, W agons, Harness, etc. can aiso
3 found here.
(ones Bros.
Real Estate Bargains
84 Vz acres good land near town
limits, dwelling and outbuildings,
worth 52,500.00, under wire fence. W
sold promptly will sell at a sacrifice.
388 acres 7 miles from town; dwelling
worth $2,500; timber enough te
pay for property and some to spare.
Prices and terms right. Must be sold
at once. See me quick or you will he
too late.
If ttta! Unc 1m f)lA
iTiuuem l v* iraii/ij unouuig iu >?
town of Bamberg, prices and terms
right if sold by January l8t. With
the new railroad coming in now is the
time to buy city property.
H. M. GRAHAM
FRANCIS F. CARROLL |
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hoffman Building
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