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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-10-02
News Snapshots
OF the Week
Meeting OF Committee
IN SPARTANBURG WAS
DECIDEDLY TURBULENT

Is. E. Boney in News and Courier.)
Spartanburg, September 24.-Amld
great deal of noise and confusion
the subcommittee appointed by the
State Democratic executive committee
to investigate the charges OF Irregular
tiles and fraud in connection with the
primary election of August II, held
its opening session here this after
noon. Gathered in the court house, IN
which the committee met, was crowd
Of probably six hundred persons, most
of whom were evidently ardent sup
porters of Governor Blease, the con-
testee in the proceedings now being
held. Throughout good part OF the
session the demonstration kept up by
the auditors interferred seriously with
the transaction of business, and at
one time the audience became almost
riotous. Matters finally got to the pass
where Chairman Stevenson declared
that he had made his last request for
order and that unless order were had
the committee would hold secret ses
sions, much as he disliked the idea.
The committee heard reports or
Spartanburg, Greenville and a mum
Der of other counties and numerous
affidavits were filed. Governor Blease
was in Spartanburg, but not present
at the hearing. Judge Jones was rep
resented by attorneys, but they took
almost no part in the proceedings. De-
tective Reed did not appear, and II
was stated by Chairman Stevenson
that whatever work he may have beer
doing was not at the behest OF the
ub-committee.
The Two Factions
The meeting today served to EN-,
phasize the committees factiona
alignment. Messrs. ]. B. Park, ol
Greenwood, and w. B. Wilson, Jr., ol
Rock Hill, the two sub-chairmen nam
ed by the chairman, Mr.. Stevenson
came forward with the claim that they
had done what they could to perform
the duties assigned them. On the other
nand, either directly or indirectly, II
was brought out that because they die
not agree with the method Of proceed
ure, as outlined by the chairman, the
Blease members of the committee
have declined to actively participate
IN the investigation of alleged frauds
in the election. Each Of the three how
ever, publicly stated his desire for
thorough probe and purity in the cleo
ton in this State. In this connection
it may be stated that one OF the Bleast
members declared today that he anc
two others had been designated as the
Blease members, and that he was
proud of the distinction.
Governor Not at Court House
Another matter of interest was Gov
ernor Blease's presence in the city to-
day. By some it was expected that NJ
would attend the meeting OF the com
mittee, and to these his non-appear
ance was a disappointment,
Messrs. R. W. Shand and w. Il
Townsend, OF Columbia, attorneys fol
Judge Ira B. Jones in the contest
were present throughout the pro
ceedings, but did not particl
pate in the discussions, except II
state, upon inquiry from the chair
man, that they had no charges furthe'
than those contained in the reports
of the various committees in the vari
Gus counties, a number Of which wer'
read.
4 Stormy Passage
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
RESULT IN BAMBERG COUNTY.

The election in this county passed off very quietly al
though there was considerable interest TAKEN ALI the
turns by about ten o'clock The table published in
another column contains the figures sent in by the man.
ayers to County Chairman H. c. Folk and no doubt
correct
Jones carried the county for Governor by majority Of
109 votes.
For Attorney General Peoples led Lyon by about Is
votes, the others getting few votes
For Railroad Commissioner Richards led with Cansler
second, Richards having good majority over all.
For State Treasurer Garter carried the county Nc
Laurin, beating him more than two to one.
For Congress Byrnes simply ran away with Calhoun,
carrying the county by majority Of nearly three to one
For State Senator j. B. Black received majority OF
more than two to one over J. F. Folk
For House Of Representatives Mey led the ticket ne
and Hunter being elected with Crum and Carroll following
in the order named.
For Sheriff j. Fielder Hunter led the ticket with S. G.
(Contined on Page a.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
Striking it Rich.

Mrs. John Hays Hammond, wife OF
the widely-known American mining
engineer, shows as much appreciation
of the marvels of the profession as
her husband, says the Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Zone day q FRIEND" she says,
"came joyfully to Mr.. Hammond, de-
claring he had found oil flowing from
a spring on his land. He brought a
sample in a bottle.
1.-The bottle was one which he had
picked up in hurry somewhere
around the house. Mr.. Hammond
forwarded it to an expert chemist,
and he and his client waited with
considerable impatience for the re-
port of the analysis to be returned.
In a few days this telegram was re-
ceived:.
Find no trace of oil. Your
friend has struck paregoric. "
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
RESULT0F PRIMARY IN DOUBT
Timan Seems to be Elected.-Carter Defeats
McLaurin for State Treasurer-Lyon and Pee
pies in Second Race for Attorney General.
Richards and Cansler to Run Over for Rail-
road Commissioner.

Columbia, S. Co., Aug %, 400 M, Special to The Hera-
adOut of less than votes far reported from
the primary election yesterday Bease leading his two
opponents for Governor by less than votes The re-
suit is extremely in doubt and may take an official count
to decide second primary may be necessary between
Jones and Bease but it is impossible with returns at hand
to state definitely There are between 5000 and 10000
votes still out United States Senator B. r. Tllman ap
pears to have been reelected both his opponents
Congressman Legare, Byrnes johnson, Aiken, Finley
and Lever all appear to have been reeected j. W. Rags
dale defeated Congressman Elerbe in the sixth district
S. T. Carter Overwhelmingly chosen State Treas
urer over D. w. McIaurin
There will be second race between J. Fraser Lyon and
Thos Peoples for Attorney General Lyon is leading
Peeples with two others in the race by ten thousand
votes.
Charleston appears to have gone for Jones by about
1000 majority.
Sheriff Martin, of Charleston, seems to have been
elected.
The complexion Of the next general assembly will be
anti Blease according to partial returns
Neither Blease or Jones had any statement to give to
the press. RECORD.
Columbia, S. Co., Aug. 28 400 M, Special to The Her
adThe latest available figures give Blease O Jones
$685. Duncan 1640 Charleston votes only partially in
as yet but county will probably give Jones majority Of
at least a0 and possibly Returns indicate second
race Probably 10000 votes yet unaccounted for lmpos
sible to forecast result. CALDWELL. ~
The latest returns in the race for Railroad Commissioner
was that Richards leading by large vote with Cans
Ter next and Wharton failing the ticket There will be
second race between Richards and Cansler.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
Baroness and Cats in Port.

New York, Aug. 23.-With one
golden harp, 100 live cats in good
yowling condition, one monkey, one
parrot, one goat, one guinea pig and
$4,000 or 100000 worth of dia-
monds blazing on arms, throat and
hair, the Baroness Nadine Won Klie-
fuss reached New York to-day on
board the steamer President Lincoln
from Europe. The baronee has been
the wife of Percy Proctor, who some
years ago located a. soap factory in
Ohio, and has been making millions
ever since. The woman with the
menagerie is %; her husband 65,
and she is going to have q divorce,
also $4,000 worth of soap factory
if she can get it.
Il have come to get zee divorce
from M'sieu Proctaire certainment. >
remarked the baroness as she stroked
a guinea pig with hand whose arm
carried a $4,000 diamond bracelet.
"Msieu Proctaire would not permit
zat | scrube zee floors. But me,
am zee-what you-zee housewife. |
wish to scrub zee floors. Viola, zee
divorce" Tie baroness, who has had
several legal bouts with her husband
because she will not live in Cincin-
natl, is on her way to the Ohio city
to collect that part of the $4,000
which she gave up in advance to the
customs officers for the privilege OF
bringing in her menagerie and her
diamonds.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
BURGLARY NEAR FORT MILL.
$500 Secured by White Men Who
Make Escape.

Gaffney, Aug. 24.-Infornation
from Fort Mill, which reached here
this morning, was to the effect that a
daring burglary was committed at
the Grattan brick yard, about two
miles from town, last night. The
story goes that the family of Mr..
Charles B. McGill had gone into Fort
Mill, Mr.. McGill staying at home.
Early in the evening he strolled down
to the brick plant to see after affairs,
but hearing noise in his house he
returned to the house and found
three men going through his posses
sions. It is said the intruders shot
seven times at Mr.. McGill in an effort
to kill him, but none of the shots
took effect. He in turn drew his
own pistol, but the weapon would
not explode. The thieves jumped
through windows and made good
their escape with 500 in cash,
which Mr.. McGill had in the house
at the time.
1t is stated that the officials at Fort
Mill have a clue to the identity of the
burglars and it is probable that some
arrests will be made tomorrow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
BADLY BATTERED IN STORM.
Port Patrick Reaches Adelaide After
; Suffering Serious Loss.

San Francisco, Aug. 26.-The
British ship Port Patrick, from New
York, reached Adelaide, Australia,
minus her mate, two seamen, a suit
of sails and the ships stores, accord
ing to advices received here to-day.
The Port Patrick, sailing on Janu-
ary 2, met her first storm one day
out and her last on the day before
size reached Adelaide and saw no fair
weather.
Two weeks out, a northwest gale
drove wave over her stern and
snapped off her wheel, carrying the
two steersmen to their death. Sweep
ing forward, the comber wrenched
away the wheel box and two COM
passes, smashed the cabin skylight
and flooded the ships stores. The
chant house was crumpled up and as
the ship, free from her helm, rolled
into the trough of the sea, the wind
stripped her upper canvas and re-
duced the rest to ribbans.
A temporary steering gear rescued
her for the time, and with makeshift
sails she weathered gale after gale
until she made the Australian coast.
The mate died of heart disease.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
Burns in New Orleans.

New Orleans, Aug. 26.-Following
the publication in local newspaper
of an article stating that Detective
William J. Burns at the instance of
several citizens, is making an investi-
cation of municipal conditions in
New Orleans which have been pro-
ductive of sensational revelations,
Mayor Martin Behrman to-day re-
quested Judge Chreiten, of the GRIM
inal district court, to convene speci-
al session of the grand jury to make
an independent investigation.
1T is said the investigation by the
Burns agency has brought to light
conditions almost as startling as
those which existed in Atlantic City,
Detroit and other cities where Burns
had been called upon to expose graft
and corruption.
"I demand facts, not rumors or
hints,' asserted Mayor Behrman. IF
there is any corruption in the police
or any other department of the city
government, l want the public to
know it and so far as I am concern
ed, I pledge the people that no man,
whatever his position, will be shield
ed from prosecution, and if guilty
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, Aug. 26.-Blease and
Jones occupies all the time the farm
ers have for idle chat now. l know
their ears burn them all the time.
Some of their confabs about them
are rich in humor and expression
Tomorrow will let us all know
what's what.
Hope Gov. Blease will have man
hood enough to not execute his
threats, as he is before the worlds
eye instead of South Carolina alone
Saint Johns section have the
poles up and hauled out the wire,
etc., to stretch and put on pole, and
in the near future will be connected
to central Office of Ehrhardt's phone.
Others will build in later.
Mr.. F. H. Henderson will soon
have his dwelling ready to move in
Col. Willie Moore has his new
dwelling under headway and will
soon be ready to occupy it.
Rev. D. B. Groseclose has written
that he will be home and preach IN
the Ehrhardt Lutheran church first
Sunday of September. His many
friends will be glad to know that so
far he has enjoyed his trip in every
way.
Some of our towns folk have gone
to try their luck with the finny tribe
this morning. Hope their luck will
be good as I have the promise OF
largest one they catch.
Mr.. John L. Kinard is trying a
costume for hot weather. Gave his
first exhibition of same Sunday af-
ternoon. If it proves satisfactory no
doubt he will soon apply for pat
ent. Write him for particulars II
expecting to invest in new suit OF
the latest cut and convenience.
Six or eight bales of cotton changed
hands here last week, several more
ready for ginning, but are waiting on
the Carolina Gin Co. for them to get
their plant going.
Our town was very quiet Saturday
and Sunday. Some could not walk
exactly straight and sober, but then
they managed to get through without
boarding in the Red Top Inn.
Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt and her son,
Lilies, went to Newberry last week
to visit her mother and sisters.
JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
WHIsKEY SHIPPED INTO UNION.
Mayor Duncan Wires Revenue Off
GERS to Take Charge of Stuff.

Mayor Duncan, of Union telephon-
ed to Greenville last night for United
States Revenue Officer Aiken to come
to Union on the first train and take
charge of two solid car loads of whis-
key which he is having guarded. The
whiskey is believed to be Illegally
shipped, and for illegal purposes
hence the Union mayor intercepted
them. One of the cars was consign-
ed to Union and the other to Colum-
bia. The whiskey is thought to have
been shipped to this State to be used
for campaign purposes.
Revenue Officer Aiken left on the
first train for Union after receiving
the call from Mayor Duncan. AS a
matter of precaution he suggests that
authorities all along the railway lines
be on the lookout for Whiskey.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
ROCKEFELLER EMPLOYEE SHOT.
Victim, Seriously Wounded, Quiet as
to AsSailant.

Tarrytown, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Glu-
seppe Rosso, an employee on the
John D. Rockefeller estate, was shot
this afternoon while picking beans
in his garden. He was picked up,
and carried into his house, where
Mr.. Rockefeller's physician probed
for the bullet, but was unable to
reach it. The wounded man was
taken to Fordham hospital in a Sc
rious condition. He refused to de-
scribe his asailant.
The deputy sheriffs on duty at the
Rockefeller estate because of recent
troubles with the employees there
and of several hold-ups which have
taken place nearby, have increased
their guard. The other foreign en-
ployees on the Rockefeller estate are
terrOriZed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
GROOM LOSES MIND.
j. A. Hurst, Who was Locked Up
Thursday Night, Just Married.

J. A. Hurst, the young man who
appealed to the police Thursday night
to lock him up, saying that he was
crazy, married Miss Louise Robertson,
young lady of East Atlanta, the
same afternoon about 1 o'clock at the
home of Rev. Virgil Norcross, 40
West End avenue. The ceremony
was witnessed by the minister's
daughter, who talked with the young
couple for some time. They waited
on the porch there fully two hours
until the preacher came, and his
daughter saw nothing out of the Or
dinary in the bridegroom's behavior
under such circusmtances.
Since the ceremony the mans mind
has apparently been blank. The
couple went up town on a trolley car
and at Broad and Marietta streets
Mr.. Hurst put his bride on car
bound for her married sisters home,
and told her he would see her later.
She heard nothing more from him
until she saw in the Journal Sunday
that the man was held at the police
station in a demented condition until
his relatives could be located.
Miss Robertson, who is 20 years of
age, comes of a fine family, and re-
Gently moved from Alabama. She
Lives with her married sister. Mr..
Hurst gave his age as 30, and his
home as Griffin, Ga., and said his
father was J. L. Hurst, of Social Cir
lcle, Ga.
It is understood the couple have
been corresponding for some time,
and that the groom came to Atlanta
just to be married.
The young man was we'll dressed,
and seemed quite out of place in his
surroundings at the police station,
where he has been since Thursday
about midnight, when he walked up to
Officer Brady at Broad and Marietta
streets, and asked to be locked up.
He later told the officer he had been
around that corner since 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. City Physician
Martin, after making an examination
declared the man was insane. Mon
day morning his father came for him,
and said he would take his son to his
home county, where he would be
tried for insanity.
The man has talked freely at the
police station since his Incarceration,
but in all his ramblings he never once
alluded to his marriage on Thurs
day.-Atlanta Journal, August 26.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
SHOWED OFF PISTOL.
Demonstration Ended in Partially
Filling Hospital.

Waxhaw, N. c., Aug. 26.-The ne
gro campground at the old Red
Springs, about six miles north Of
Waxhaw, had it's usual annual shoot
ing last Sunday, when Harri Foster
showed his pistol to another negro
Jim Stitt, whi is now in Massie's col
ored hospital at Monroe as the result
of receiving what is said to have been
an accidental shot.
This is an old camp ground which
has been used by the negroes for half
a century. Hardly a year passes that
pistols toters do not disturb the
peace of the meeting with a free dis
charge of their weapons.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
THROWS HERSELF FROM TOWER
Suicide One of the Most Startling
and Spectacular Ever Known.

Paris, Aug. 24.-An elegantly
dressed young girl, whose identity
has not yet been esta blished, COM
mitted suicide by throwing herself
from the topmost platform of the
Eiffel tower, 905 feet from the
ground.
The girl ascended in the lift and
was seen to scribble something hasti-
ly in her notebook and then to tear
up what she had written. For a mo-
ment she leant on the balustrade
contemplating the superb panorama
spread out at her feet and weeping
bitterly. Then size suddenly sprang
onto the bench running round the
large platform and dived head first
out of one of the windows.
Her body dropped to the second
platform, 525 feet below. after be-
ing practically cut in two on the in
tervening iron work. The remains
were mutilated beyond recognition.
In the pocket of her serge tailor-made
dress was found s1.96 in French
money and a pencilled note giving
the address of Paris hotel. There,
however, the girl was quite unknown.
The remains were sent to the morgue.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
Postofhces Close Sunday.

Washington, Aug. 26.-All first
and second class postofices will be
closed on Sunday as result of one
provision of the new postal appropri-
alton bill passed by congress and
signed by President Taft. Every i'm
portant city in the United States is
affected. Hereafter only special de-
livery letters will pass through on
that day and no mail will be placed
in lock boxes. Postoffices in several
cities have been closed Sundays here
tofore. The postmaster general has
permitted it under regulation
where it was evident that local senti-
ment demanded it. The closing is
now compelled by law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Mayor Grace, of Charleston, and
Editor Albert Orth, proprietor OF
Deutsche Zeitung, a German paper
published in Charleston, came to
blows in an argument over politics
in that city during the election Tues
day.
The Branchville Building & Loan
Association was commissioned last
Thursday by the secretary of State
with a proposed capital stock OF
$4,000. The petitioners are: P. P.
Bethea, L. H. Fairey, Steedman
Weathersbee and J. B. Williams, Jr.,
all of Branchville.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
NO MONEY FOR PRIOLEAU.
Perpetual Contestant of Congressman
Legare's Seat Gets Nothing.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Aaron Pri-
oleau, the South Carolina negro who
has been getting good pay from the
government every two years by max
ing contests against Congressman
Legare, has probably drawn his last
stipend from the federal till. Prio-
leau has regularly been receiving ST.
600 for these bogus contests, and un-
til a short time ago his claims were
promptly paid. Now, however, the
axe has fallen.
To-day, when the deficiency bill
making provision for payment OF
such claims came up, there was moth
ing for Prioleau.
So far he has received about $751;
600 in hard cash from the govern
ment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
RESULT IN BARNWELL COUNTY.

Barnwell Aug. 27.-Twenty- one out of twenty seven
boxes gve for State Senate Davis 415, Harley TAT, Pat
terson 1O51 For the House, Bouware 408 Cochran $685.
Creech 103S Folk S5S Nixon 1925 Taley 1885, Warner
1,076. For Clerk of Court, Duncan 677 Hagood 429,
simms 1119. For Sheriff. Creech 965, Morris l288 For
Master Bust 1884, O'Bannon 1416. For Coroner, Blume
1l5 Croft 459 Dek 210 Haford $685. Lancaster 344 Still
176 Woodward 514 For Treasurer, Armstrong 2,253.
For Auditor Riley 1888. For Supervisor, Allen 254,
Bates 129 Bennett 254 Cave 116 Diamond $780, Gub 362
Langley s Moody 1885, Sanders 319 Morris elected sher
iff. Nixon elected to House.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
The Latest.

Columbia, S. c., Aug. %,
$50 p. m., Special to The
Herald. - Incomplete re-
turns give Governor Blease
58,72l, Jones 81, ,l18, Duncan
l,777. THE STATE.
It will be seen from the
above that Blease likes only
174 votes going in on the
first primary. There are
still more votes to be heard
from, which may change the
result.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
SHOOTING AT CHARLESTON.
J. Davis Wounds III. Suttler After Po'
itical Argument.

Charleston, Aug. 26.-The second
shooting scrape of the campaign IN
Charleston occurred when in the
course of a political argument this
afternoon J. Davis shot H. SuttieI
in the stomach. 1t could not be
stated tonight whether the wound
is serious. Davis is a printer on
the German paper which has been
issuing an English daily supporting
Gov. Blease and Sheriff Martin for
reelection.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29
What He Considered the Best Part.

walter, did you give your broth
er the best part Of the apple, as
told you to-" asked the mother.
Eyes, mother" said Walter, Il
gave him the seeds. He can plant
'em and have whole orchard
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