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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
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County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, S. C., May 11.?We are
experiencing dusty streets and plenty
of dust now, making it disagreeable
to travel or to stay at home.
Can't keep the dust out, unless one
* keeps dusting all the time.
The Methodist church will have a ,
weeks' service in it this week.
Mt. Pleasant Sunday-school will ?
V l ' 1 ?: - ? nn? o i
noia tneir anauai piumu uu maj *1.
All are invited to go with the Sun
day-school and enjoy the day with (
the school. Mr. tf. C. Guilds, of Bam- 3
? berg, hae consented to be the orator
of the day. j
.Mr. Charley Shealy preached to us j
Sunday afternoon. (
D. L. Ming, of this section, was {
taken to Beaufort, S. C., by a deputy {
marshal for some violation of the j
pension law. Have no information ^
as to what the violation was. It ,
leaves a crop on Mr. D. M. Smith's
if* hands to be worked and attended to.
Breaks into his arrangements. No
> one else to be gotten at this time;
. all are taken up.
The only thing that happened Saturday
to break the quiet of our town
was a scared mule. Besides breakis?/
..
ing the buggy, there was very little
damage done. The mule's nerves '
did not damage him any.
A young man was hurt by a belt
at the Hacker manufacturing Co.
last week. Had his arm all broken
to pieces. Was sent to Charleston, J
S. C., to get attention and fixed in ;
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shape. jcacj.
Fairfax Fancies. 3
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Fairfax, May 11.?Ralph and Lee j
Lightsey, of Brunson, were her ^ vis- j
iting relatives recently. ,
Miss Sallie May Gray, of Brunson, \
. was a recent guest of Mrs. Lily ;
Jb;* Myrick. ?
Miss Alice Reedy and mother, of j
Charleston, and Mrs. Emma Lovett were
guests of Mrs. Anderson re- s
cently.
Sis Robert K?nny, a student of Wof- ford
college, was a visitor to his .
sister here this week. }
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Rivers, of Es- j
till, have been visiting G. Young's j
family. .
All are congratulating O. B. Lynes ]
upon the arrival at his home of twin ]
boys. (
W. W. Anderson and C. Davis are j
also receiving congratulations for ,
their very fine boys, a few days old. <
tt n p T?nirfav chaDter. cele- <
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brated Sunday afternoon as mem- j
orial day to the soldiers. A large (
^ * crowd came. To the strains of a <
funeral march played by Mrs. S. L. :
* Sanders the townsmen, school chil%
dren, and U. D. C. marched in, Rev. j
D. B. Groseclose was chairman of the ?
meeting. After selections, inter- ^
spered v^ith hymns, the speaker of ]
the occasion, Hon. R. M. Mixson, of
Williston, gave a speech. All looked
for something extra, and w6re not
-y ' disappointed. After his fine address,
music and a closing prayer followed,
then the ladies and children strewed J
the soldiers' graves with beautiful
?- flowers. A large crowd was present,
and the occasion was one to be long I
remembered, especially by the school 1
children, who took an active part in
decorating the graves.
Denmark Honor Roll.
Honor roll of Denmark public 1
schools for eighth month:
First grade?John Turner, Edward
Zeigler, Sarah Califf, Claudie Holton, 1
Dorothy Matthews..
Second grade?Margaret Brooker, (
Aleen Ellzey, Veta Lou Milhous, Albert
Folk.
Third Grade?Eldridge Hightower,
Ruby Abstance, Evelyn Cain, Leona '
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^ New, BvtI Price, Dorothy Riley,
Helen Turner, Hillary Wilkinson.
Fourth grade?Fred Wiggins, Edward
Cox, Carlisle Folk.
Fifth grade?Earle Rice, Julia M.
Riley, Edna Creech, Frank McMillan, ,
TamM Wieeins.
Sixth grade?Elizabeth McCrae,
Julia McCrae, Daisy Tillman.
Seventh grade?Gertrude Cox, (
Sadelle Cain, Willie Delle Kutto.
Eighth grade?Weiters Califf,
Phillip Cox, Ruby Corbett, Hazel
Lecroy, Genie Fogle, Martha Wig'
gins, Clara Wyman. ;
Ninth grade?Annie Mae Griffith, '
Frances Guess, Virginia Hutto, Vera
Wiggins, Christobel Mayfield.
Tenth grade?Bernard Faust,
Kathleen Fogle, Agnes Goza. i
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A TEAM OF CRIPPLES.
Baseball Nine Possesses Just 12 Legs
7 1-2 Feet, and 17 Arms.
At a meeting in Inwood, W. Va.
to-night the most remarkable baseball
team in the country was organized.
The nine players have
twelve legs, seven and one-half feet,
and seventeen arms.
Most of them were maimed at one
time or another in the industries oi
the town. The players are:
William Robusky, manager and
shortstop, one leg and one arm; Joe
Lick, first base, no legs; ''Leg'
Lanon, second base, one leg; George
Ottomiller, third base, one leg;
Ralph Ford, catcher, one foot;
"Crip" Ironsides, pitcher, one foot;
"Cotton" JBowers, leu neia, one ioot;
Edward Earl, center field, one and
ane-half feet; George Miller, right
field, one leg.
The manager has issued a challenge
to any club of maimed baseball
players in this section of the
country. Each member of the "halfand-half"
team, as they have been
christened by the fans here, before
being maimed was a first-class
player, and several of the men can
still put up a fair game.?Wheeling
(W. Va.) Register.
Mr^ N. J. Padgett Dead.
On last Wednesday morning, Ma>
6, just a little after breakfast. Mr.
Padgett was seized with acute, indigestion
and passed away before
medical aid could be otained, or his
only little daughter, whom he asked
for. could reach him from Bamberg,
where she was at school.
Mr. Padgett was about thirty-six
years old, and though young in years
he was old in experience. Labor had
no thorns nor deep roots to Nate.
He was one of the most prosperous
farmers of the Spring Branch community,
and his home was ever open
^ fcrwcrntaiitv He had worked faith
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fully and earnestly for the upbuilding
of the school in his midst. The
writer worked in said echood for
three years, and could always put
my duty, whether to spend money
:>r labor for the school, on Mr. Padgett,
and he was true to the trust.
Twas in his home our father, while
spending the day, was taken sick,
and Mr. Padgett objected strongly
md boldly to his being carried home,
and during the ten days of his sickness
and death we had the Padgett
liome in our keeping; nothing that
that could be done was left undone.
He was a member of Bethesda
Baptist church since his boyhood.
Be leaves a wife and nine-year-old
daughter, a mother, brother, and
three sisters, besides lots of friends
fn mmim his loss. The writer's
family has lost a strong' gentleman
friend, the community a good neighbor,
the wife a devoted husband, the
laughter a devoted father, the mother
a tender son, and in common his
raany friends mourn his death.
He was buried in the family burying-ground
beside his first wife and
several children, where lots of
friends had gathered to pay the last
respects.
Denmark, May 12, 1914.
Father's Son.
"Now, my boy, you'll have to start
it the bottom and work up."
"All right, dad."
"The best I can do is to make you
fourth vice president of our corporation."?Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Branchville Wins.
Branchville, May 12.?The Branchville
High School defeated the second
team of the Carlisle School on the
former's diamond yesterday afternoon
by a score of 11 to 5. The locals
outclassed the Carlisle School in
hitting, getting'eleven safe ones, several
for extra bases. Huntley, for the
visitors, secured two of the five hits,
both being for extra bases. Score:
Branchville High School.... 11 11 7
Carlisle School 5 5 7
Batteries: Berry, Byrd and Williams;
Alexander, Pyatt and Huntley.
A Good Excuse.
Wife?Why did you tell the Batsons
that you married me because
I was such a good cook, when you
know I can't even boil a potato?
Hubby?I had to make some exmisp
mv dear, and I didn't know
what else to tsay.?London Opinion.
A small boy was having tea away
from home. He was about to have
another piece of cake, but refused.
The hostess said: "Are you troubled
with a poor appetite?"
The boy answered: "No, but I'm
troubled with politeness."?London
Opinion.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
. State News Boiled Down for Quick
> Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
City mail delivery in Hartsville
will be inaugurated on July 1.
^ The Methodists of Saluda are going
to build a ten thousand dollar
church.
The Greenville horse show, held
last week, came out behind from
$600 to $1,000.
The annual music festival was
held in Spartanburg last week, with
[ the usual large attendance.
: Jas. A. Summersett of Columbia
has announced that he will run for
comptroller general in the primary.
The Wholesale Grocers association
5 of the South will hold its annual
meeting at the Isle of Palms June
1 17, 18 and 19.
The line of march of the school
children at the Florence field day
exercises was a mile in length, 3,000
children taking part. v
A special from Graycourt to the
Greenville News says a light snow
fell in Graycourt Saturday morning.
Graycourt is in Laurens county.
Henry Wedekind, a young workman
on the pier of the Clyde Line
steamers in Charleston, fell from a
J scaffold on Friday and was killed.
Several hundred South Carolina
Shriners are this week attending the
. Imperial Council in Atlanta, where
. over thirty thousand are in attend[
ance.
At the second primary held in Co\
lumbia, Dr. L. A. Griffith was nomi
nated for mayor, receiving 1,415
l votes to 1,224 cast for Dr. F. S.
TTurlo
Memorial day exercises were held
all over South Carolina on Sunday
' and Monday, Monday being observ
ed as a holiday in many cities and
towns.
The little town of Gilbert had an
$8,000 fire Thursday morning that
} burned the stores of D. E. Hammond,
Ioor Hayes and Dr. W. A.
Oxner. x
The State Federation of Women's
Clubs opened the annual session in
Spartanbi^g, at Converse college,
Tuesday. About 200 delegates are in
attendance.
Adjutant General W. W. Moore has
gone to Washington to confer with
the war department relative to matters
concerning the South Carolina
national guard.
A voung woman about 20 years
. old, -after securing a room without
; registering at the Columbia hotel,
. left the hotel, leaving in the room a
; two-weeks' old baby boy.
The Southern Railway company
has announced that it will continue
1 the double-tracking of its road, the
' next work to be done from Charlotte
; to Armour, Ga., a distance of 263
miles.
Wm. F. Young, assistant postmaster
at Spartanburg for many years,
left on .Saturday for Hawii to accept
the postmastership of Honolulu,
to which he was recently appointed
by President Wilson.
President Wilson has been invited
. to speak at Cheraw on July 8, on
the occasion of the celebration of
the founding of the city. Secretary
Daniels and Secretary Houston have
also been invited, it is stated mat
" the invitations have been accepted.
W. B. Atwater, an aviator of international
note, is under bond of
$200 for hunting in South Carolina,
the alleged offense being committed
in Aiken county. Atwater told the
game warden that he would probably
go to Mexico to engage in scouting
' service for the UnUited States.
The Columbia newspapers are having
an argument about circulation,
and the State has brought suit
against the Record for $50,000 damages
because the Record published
an advertisement in its columns stating
that the State had "misrepresent
ed" its circulation in Columbia and
> suburbs.
It is reported that the warden of
. the prison at Rusk, Texas, does not
lock the cells at night nor the gates
at any time and that the men work
on the farm daily without a single
one having attempted to run away.
1 The warden's control over his men is
said to be due to his disposition to
' trust and help them.
l Now is the time to play checkers,
i Boards for sale at The Herald Book
Store.
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HOT CAMPAIGN IN COLUMBIA.
One of the Candidates Has a Fight
With One Man and is Shot at.
The campaign for mayor of Columbia
is a hot' one. At the first primary,
last Tuesday, the incumbent,
Wade Hampton Gibbes, was beaten
by the two other candidates, Fort
Sumter Earle, a former mayor, and
Dr. L.( A. Griffith, Earle getting 937
votes, and Griffith 935. Gibbes has
come out for Earle vand is trying to
carry his friends that way; but Griffith
is making a game fight. In an
advertisement in the city papers he
said the liquor and dispensary interests
were against him, calling the
names of liquor bosses; and also
said that there is a frame-up for Dr.
C. Stanley to be city recorder. On
Saturday Dr. Stanley attacked Dr.
Griffith about his remarks?pulled
off his coat and called Griffith a liar,
when Griffith promptly slapped him
down. About that time T. B. Roach,
member of the Richland county dispensary
board, drew his pistol and
fired at Griffith, missing him?and
missing everybody else, though it
I happened on one of the business
I
| streets and there were many persons
passing. Roach was arrested.
| QUERRIES BY PHONE.
| Newspaper a Clearing House for the
Inquisitive Public.
One of the many advantages that
the development and multiplication
of telephones has brought to the
j modern newspaper is the privilege of
answering questions of a thousand
; and one varieties and sorts. In this
j way the paper is able perhaps to
serve the community, or rather certain
inquisitive members of it, to a
! greater extent than before ^he days
( of the telephone, but to many newspaper
workers who have other things
to do besides answering the tele;
phone the privilege is not an unmixed
hlassin2.
Every class of the community
seems to rely upon the newspaper office
for authoritative decisions upon
[ any and all subjects. Even the school
children call up the office, evidently
to prepare their lessons for the following
day. When the same inquiry
is received in the office a dozen
times in the course of an afternoon
and evening and most of the voices
that ask the question sound youthful,
the patient newspaper worker
who has courteously informed a dozen
inquiries that the poet laufeate ol
England is Dr. Robert Bridges, or
that the salary of the president is
$75,000 a year, begins to feel that
he is doing more than his share oi
the "home work" of several school
children.
Possibly some of the teachers instruct
their pupils to call up the
newspaper office in order that they
may learn something %of the value ol
the newspaper to the community,
but one is often led to suspect that
the pupils have found it easier tc
call up the newspaper than to dig
the desired information from an
encyclopedia. At any rate it is to be
hoped that the children profit by the
information they gain over the wire.
This office is always glad to give
legitimate help to school children.
Another occasional plague of the
newspaper office is the historian, or
would-be historian, who wants to
know the year, month and day wheo
the toll bridge was built, when the
Johnstown flood occurred, when and
why the Titanic sank, when the wood
pavement was laid on Main street,
when trolley cars were first operated
in this city, when ?he town of
Longmeadow was named and why,
when the water in the Connecticut
rose as high as the rail of the toll
bridge, when Theodore Roosevelt
first referred to the "strenuous life,"
or when Caruso made his first American
appearance in grand opera, and
also the date he "pinched the lady in
the monkey-house."
Then there are numerous geographical
questions that are propounded
gravely to the cheerful
newspaper workers. In the
height of last season's baseball season
someone called up the office of a
newspaper and asked the location
of the Giants' Causeway. The
modern American office boy who was
in charge of the switchboard that
night promptly gave the inquirer
the sporting editor. The latter official
generally has troubles enough in
answering fans who have been arguing
over a technical point of the
great American game.?Springfield
Republican.
Cats hate water, probably because
their fur has nothing oily about it
and conseqquently takes a long time
to dry.
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WON CASE; SHOT DEAD
J NO. M. CANNON, OF LAURENS,
FATALLY SHOT.
Tragedy the Aftermath of School
Case?-Slayer Accused Cannon
of Falsifying. I
Laurens, May 12.-^Just after he J
i had concluded a speech in Magis- <
i trate Hellams's Court at Gray Court i
. this afternoon John M. Cannon, a 1
prominent attorney of the Laurens i
i f Bar, and one of the best-known citi- J
zens of the county and State, was !
i shot and almost instantly killed by :
Joseph G. Sullivan, son of Thos. J. 1
Sullivan, and a prominent young i
farmer of near Tumbling Shoals. :
Mr. cannon was snot nve times, iour 1
of the bullets penetrating his body <
, and the fifth piercing his arm near 1
the elbow. One of the bullets struck 1
, a bystander, Archie Willis, passing
through his leg near the ankle.
Sullivan was brought to jail soon
after the shooting. When seen' by (
; newspaper representatives' he de- (
i clined to make any statement, saying j
> that he might have something to say j
to-morrow. The body of Mr. Cannon
was brought here this afternoon ]
on the late train and the burial will j
( take place tomorrow. ]
Back of the Tragedy. ,
/ The tragedy grew out of a case ]
brought in the Magistrate's Court by
' Miss Maude Sharp, teacher of the ]
' Mount Bethel School in Sullivan .
; Township, against Humbert Sullivan,
aged 18, a pupil of Mis6 Sharp and a
brother of Joseph G. Sullivan, the ,
' alleged slayer of Mr. Cannon. Hum- ,
1 bert Sullivan was charged with common
assault, using profane language ;
' in a public place and committing
' depredations on the property of the .
school building several weeks ago.
' Mr. Cannon was employed by Miss :
Sharp to prosecute the case. A \
change of venue in the case was ob- :
tained and the trial came up for a
hearing to-day before Magistrate ]
Hellams, of Dial Township. W. R. ,
1 Richey, Sr., of Ihe Laurens Bar, represented
the defendant. A number (
of witnesses for both sides testified/ ,
" -including a sister of the defendant. ,
After ascertaining that Miss Sulli:
van was a sister of the defendant,
Mr. Cannon is said to have'asked her
' to "come down." Exception was
taken to this by opposing counsel and
Mr. Cannon disclaimed any intention
j of reflecting on whatever she might
_ have testified to and thus the incident
was ended. N
Wanted an Apology.
Mr. Cannon made the opening and
, closing arguments and is said to have
excoriated the conduct of the young
defendant in no. uncertain terms.
, When the jury filed out of the depot
P office, where the trial was held, Mr. 1
. Cannon stepped out into the depot
tto -rr* Wq -tiro a o nnrnpr?h p(i hv a nfl
! tron of the school, who complained
( that the attorney had in his speeches
. reflected on the character of his son,
one of the principal witnesses for the
, defence. Mr. Cannon is said to have ;
, replied that he sought only to bring ,
out the truth and had no apologies
, to make, whereupon Mr. Wood, the
patron, turned away, saying he want- 1
( ed an apology or trouble. At this
. juncture it appears Joseph G. Sulli(
van took up the matter and told Mr.
Cannon that he had disgraced his
, brother and the Sullivan family, and ,
that when he made certain derogatory
statements he (Cannon) knew .
they w'tere lies.
Struck Sullivan.
, Mr. Cannon resented this and .
struck Sullivan on the head with a
cane, which the deceased had used .
since hie leg was broken several j
months ago in a railway accident.
The instant he struck Sullivan the ]
latter drew his pistol and fired five \
times in rapid succession, and at a j
very close range. Mr. Cannon was 5
standing near the steps of the depot and
sank as he attempted to ascend i
them. Friends rushed up and caught him
before he fell. He said he knew .
he was mortally wounded and was t
going to die, but he was conscious \
of having performed his duty, and ]
that in defence of a woman. Then ]
he asked that he be sent home to his ]
wife ancT baby, and expired before
uttering another word. j
The inquest was held this after- i
noon by the same officer who had l
conducted the trial. Just as the ,
shooting occurred the jury returned i
a verdict of guilty against Humbert l
Sullivan. <
Graduate of Wofford. i
Mr. Cannon was 34 years of age, (
a son of L. M. Cannon, of Lanford, j
and a nepbew of John W. Lhnford. ]
He graduated from Wofford College (
and studied law in this city and en- i
BECKER JURY COMPLETE.
Whitman in Address Does Not Mention
Gunmen Execution.
New York, May 11.?A jury to try
Charles Becker, former lieutenant of
police, charged with instigating the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler, was again completed toiay.
Frederick A. Strock, a bookkeeper
and Frederick C. Barrett, a
consulting engineer, were chosen to / ' r .. J|
take the places of men excused Saturday.
District Attorney Whitman
!r> Viia r?r\oriin cr mflfift no
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mention of the execution of the death
sentence on the four gunmen and iff*
no way suggested that the pros ecu- ' ^
tion had any new evidence to pre- *'
sent. It is understood that whatever '
new evidence the State does intro- ? *
duce will be held as a surprise. His
speech was chiefly a review of the *
events leading up to and following ' |
the murder.
Capture of Vera Cruz in 1847.
Extracts from letters of an officer
of the United States army who participated
in military operations resulting
in the fall of the city, written
from the front:
Vera Cruz, March 9, 1847^?"We
left Anton Lizardo early this morning
and ran up here with the squadron
and anchored about a mile and j-ji
a half from the shore. Then our
brigade got out into the boats and
pulled for shore. The * weather
beautifully clear and the ocean calm
as a lake. Ten minutes row brought
us to land and with a hearty shout
we once more placed our feet on the
shores of Mexico. No enemy save
scattered horsemen in sight. The
face of the country is broken by
hills of sand?some few covered
with chapparal?the most part sand
and movable. That night most of _ jgla
the troops landed and encamped * \
near the beach. During the night
the advance guard engaged in a
3light skirmish, no one hurt. The
following day we observed a small
body of the enemy between us and :5|j
the-left of the town; they fired a few
shots, but did not come near
enough to do any harm. We nlov- *
ed on until we got on a slight ridge
of sand about two and a half miles
from the city. When we reached
this poin,t they commenced firing '
heavy shot and shell from the castle,
forts and the town, but so far
have done no damage. In the evening
we moved down so as to bring - >
this sand hill between us and the
town. There encamped, where we
still remain." 4 ?*?
Vera Cruz, March 11, 1847.?
"The morning after we got to shore
Gen. Patterson's division of volunteers,
while ours (Worth's, was
ascending the hills, passed to the - u
left and occupied a still higher ridge. ;
They had skirmishes all the evening,
but no damage done. The evening
brought Gen. Scott ashore, and the
next day Gen. Twiggs's command Vvf|S
passed, still moving to the left so
as to nearly enclose the town. From- - ;
the right of the town, circling
around it at a distance of some, two
or three miles, is a high broken
ridge of sand hills, terminating in a
plain on the side towards the ocean.
The enemy kept up a desultory fire
from this plain, the castle and the Lv*5jB
town. They do not, I fancy, intend
giving us a fight in the field,' but
will hold the town so long as they /
can. Last nignt they were ringing ?
bells and shouting about something
?a reinforcement, it is thought. The
weather warm the first few days?
yesterday a tremendous norther, and
as we are envoloped in sand banks,
you never saw snow fly as did the
sand?eyes" were blinded and ears
filled." ^
Vera Cruz, March 13.?"We have ^Jjj
been now ashore for three days and
there has been some slight skirmishing.
The town is now completely
surrounded and I hope it will fall in ?;
a few days. I wish I could think it
tvould end the war. Joe Johnson is
(Continued on page 4, column 1;ered
upon the practice of his pro
'ession her? about nine years ago.
Fie represented the county in the
Legislature one term, from 1906 to
1908.
He has been very active in politics
ind was a recognized leader. Three
rears ago he was appointed a member
of the Governor's staff as .
ludge Advocate and was recently
lamed by the Governor as' a member
of the board of regents for the
State Asylum. He was also recently
re-elected county chairman and a
lelegate to the State Convention. He
narried Miss Jessie Huey, of Rock
Flill, who survives him, together with
>ne little son. He was a Mason and *|
i member of the Methodist Church.