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WIDOW SLAIN BY SUITOR! ! mikdkk and sunni: shoc ks town or si:\rr.\. Mrs. Anderson Killed in her Dining j Hooni by .Man sin- Hcl'iiscd l?> Many. Walhalla. September 2.?Because* she had repeatedly refused to marry j him Mr. .1. P. Hinekle. a former po-j Mceman at Seneca, eight miles from Iwre. at '1 o'clock this afternoon shot Mrs. Emma L. Anderson, a widow, proprietress of a boarding house, indicting wounds from which she died a: 8 o'clock to-night, and then sent the public. In Dr. Doyle's letter he < requested him to buy a cheap coffin ; and bury him beside his first wife in ? Seneca cemetery. Mrs. Hughes of Richland, a sister < of Mrs. Anderson, arrived about four hours before she died. Mrs. Anderson's brother. Dr. Cox of Pendleton, was also with her in her last hours. Xo funeral arrangements have yet 1 been announced. '< The verdict of the coroner's jury 1 is in accordance with the above facts. 1 Mrs. Anderson was a native of An- derson county, wide and prominent- 1 lv connected. t ir 1 < River's Course Changed. ] Ware Shoals. Sept. 1.?The plant ] of the Ware Shoals Manufacturing j company at this place was start- , ed yesterday morning, after be- \ ing closed down since last Tuesday j by high water in the Saluda river. . The plant has probably suffered less j with the high water than any plant on the river. The water rose up nearly lfeet irt the power house, but none of the machinery was injured to any great extent. J The flood was highest here Tuesday afternoon about 6 o'clock, and at that time there were 10 feet of water going over the top of the dam 1 here. i The steel bridge across' the Saluda ( river here is about the only bridge c left on this river between here and i Greenville. Old residents of this part of the country declare that this i flood was eight to ten feet higher ( than any high water they have ever t seen in these parts. * Over on the Reedy river at Boyd's j( mill, about six miles from Ware 1 Shoals, where the Reedy River Pow-ji er company is developing a water i power, the entire course of the 1 Reedy river was changed for a quar- ( ter of a mile, and the river flows en- t tirely around the old dam of this J concern. c a bullet through his own brain, (lying a few minutes later. Coroner .1. W. Holleman was immediately notified. and went to Seneca to take charge of the bodies. The tragedy was one of the most harrowing that has occurred in Oconee in years. It took place in the dining room at .Mrs. Anderson's boarding house, and brought to a tragic end a conversation between Hinckle and .Mrs. Anderson, which followed the midday meal. As soon as he had shot .Mrs. Anderson. Hinckle turned the weapon upon himself firing point blank under his chin, the ball ranging upward and into the brain. Within a few minutes he had expired without having spoken to any one. .Mrs. Anderson lingered until S o'clock to-night without regaining consciousness. Hinckle fired three shots at Mrs. Anderson, one of which was warded off by her, one breaking her arm and the third entering her body between the seventh and eighth ribs, and coming out at the back, crashing through her body close to the heart. Mrs. Anderson ran from the room and was caught by some one as she fell, mortally wounded. It is stated that the first shot fired was aimed at Mrs. Anderson's daughter. two of her children being in the room with her when she and Hinckle entered the room. Hinckle engaged Mrs. Anderson in a conversation under the pretext of wishing to pay his board bill. It is understood that he had been a persistent suitor for .Mrs. Anderson's affections for'some time, 1 and that today's tragedy was the culmination of her refusal to marry him. Several notes were left by , him, and are in the possession of ; Coroner Holleman. but their contents have not been made public. For a number of years Hinckle was policeman at Seneca and was well thought of. For some time he and Mrs. Anderson had been quite < intimate. She was a woman of beau- , ty of face and figure and had many . admirers. .Jealousy and Mrs. Ander- < son's persistent refusal of him are , generally thought to be the prime j factors that led to the murder and ( suicide. Hinckle was about 50 years ( of age, and a widower, and Mrs. Anderson. several years younger. Her , husband has been dead about three , years. , o j Another Account. j Seneca. Sept. 2.?J. F. Hinckle shot and fatally wounded Mrs. E. L. Anderson, a widow with three children, here at her home on Main street to-day. between 1:30 and 2 < o'clock, and then killed himself. Mrs. Anderson died at 7:30 tonight. , It is rumored that Mrs. Anderson . refused to marry Hinckle and this is j said to have caused the tragedy. Hinckle shot at Mrs. Anderson's daughter. Christine, once and then ( shot at Mrs. Anderson twice, and af- | terwards shot himself once, the ball ] entering his head below the chin and j passing through the roof of his j mouth, lodging in the brain. He died ( instantly. One ball entered Mrs. Anderson's left side passing through the abdo- t men, and one broke her right arm. , Hinckle used a .4 4 Colt's pistol. Hinckle went into the room where Mrs. Anderson was sitting with several boarders and said to her: "I would like to pay my board." and asked her to come into the dining < room, which she did. Upon her re- i fusal to marry him he shot her. ] Hinckle left three letters, one ad- j dressed to Dr. Doyle of this city, one i to the Atlanta Journal and one to l ri-:i:sox.\l mkxtiox. People \"itii?ji in This City and at Other Points. Misst-s Mildred and i-Ithel Keaise. of the Kearse section. are visiting their sister. Mrs. \V. P. lones. in this city. ? .Mr. and Mrs. .1. 1). Copeland audi daughter. Miss Mozelle, and Mrs. W. P. Riley and little son. .Jefferson, returned last Wednesday. after spending the sunmier in Hendersonville. X. C. ?Mrs. W. I). Roberts litis been visiting her sister. Mrs. W. P. Jones, this week. She leaves to-day for Tatu'.n. Marlboro county, where Mr. Roberts will teach the coming year. Mr. Roberts is over there now. atfd she goes to join hint. Gets Rig Contract. Mr. L. L. Chartrand. the well i. .......... /i/.n?i.nntnv 'A n ft hllilHfT haS IWlllWll luimnvuM uuu >/U..Uv. , .. just made a contract with Mrs. A. C.| Tyler, of North, for a handsome brick store, two stories, with plate glass front. It will be a handsome and up-to-date building, the kind which Mr. Chartrand knows so well how to erect. Mr. Chartrand is known all over this section of the State as a competent and reliable contractor. He is not only a contractor but a practical builder as well, and has done a number of fine jobs in Bamberg, giving great satisfaction. The handsome residence of Mr. M. J. Black, which he recently finished, is certainly a beauty. The acceptance of the contract at North will not prevent Mr. Chartrand from taking other jobs, and he will be glad to give prices and estimates on any sort of building. True, he may not be the cheapest man. but you will find him the cheapest in the long run. On the North job, there were other bidders cheaper, but they wisely decided to give it to him. knowing that in the end his work would be the cheapest. Mistake in Cotton Market. There was a serious error in thej report of the cotton market in ourj last issue. We had the price at eight. __i ~ u ^. 1 V, r\ Kflon nino ! CPntS, WUfU IL &11UU1U lia?r uccn UJI1V I rents. The farmers can rest assured ; that Bamberg's buyer's will always i pay the very top of the market, and ! it is a fact that the Bamberg market is usually higher than surrounding towns. Bring your cotton here and : prove it. j Extra Edition. j| ! This issue of the Bamberg Herald ! is an extra one. and is sent out to 1 subscribers without additional cost. 1 The extra should have been issued Thursday of last week, but the floods ' tied up the book paper on which it 1 is printed. We use an extra quality 1 of paper for the issue because of the 1 ?uts of the Carlisle Fitting School. 1 Especial attention is directed to the < educational matter in reference to 1 the Fitting School, and the adver- 1 tisements are interesting and will re- i pay perusal. When you want goods. 1 ?o to the merchants who advertise ; with us. Birthday Party. < ' 1 b0.r>?1908. Edward Harold, j Simmons, at home .Monday afternoon < from four to six o'clock." j In response to this invitation, i there came the folowing little girls,1 and boys to help Harold celebrate i his third birthday: Helen Price, M Myrtle Black, Ageina Knight, Adellej Brabham, Helen Free. Margaret East- ( erlin. and Arrie Free: Louis Klau- i ber. Wilkes Knight, Harold Free. Al-j Ian Hand,and Henry Frederick Bam-11 berg. The afternoon was spent play-'< ing various games and a light course j 3f refreshments were served by little |t Misses Margaret Easterlin and Arrie j i Free. The little host received many j 1 tokens of esteem from his guests and j all left with a wisn tor many nappy i returns of the day. t Protracted Meeting. Services were held in the Baptist I i-.hurch every morning and night I j this week, until Thursday night, the!] preaching being done by Rev. O. J. j ] Frier, of Pinehurst, Ga., .Mr. Frier ] returning home that day. He has ] ben called to the pastorate of the ( ihurch here, but has not accepted ] ret. He has the matter under con- ] sideration. and he will likely come. Mr. Frier made a fine impression up- < :>n the people here during his visit. ] Goes to Bennettsville. I Mr. Geo. R. Bullock, who has been ^ nanager of the telephone exchange it this place for several years past, las been transferred to Bennettsriile. and will leave Bamberg the 15th instant. At that place he will lave five exchanges in charge, but :he number of subscribers will be arger than here. He now has *harge of the exchanges at Bamberg. Denmark. Blackville, Barnwell. Alendale. and St. George, and he is )ne of the busiest men we know. Mr. Bullock is a young man of fine charicter, and his many friends in Bamberg regret that he will leave us. He las made a fine record in the telephone business here. We do not <now so far who will succeed him. Kill IMtK LOSS HEAVY. >>200,000 Would not Replace those Destroyed by Flood in Spartanburg. Spartanburg. Sept. 1.?If Spartan>urg county had $200,000 lying idle n its treasury the bridges that were lestroyed by the flood last week ould not be replaced within the ,veek. There are fully a hundred bridges n the county and fifty or more were lestroyed. Supervisor West is now mgaged in trying to finance a . ;eheme to raise funds with which to commence the work of rebuilding the bridges, and when the Legislature neets it is hoped to secure addition>1 money to carry on the work. The oss of so many bridges has had a lemoralizing effect on the trade of he merchants. Country people can't ;et to town and trade has fallen off considerably. SHOUT LOCALS. i Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Work will soon eomnienee on the Baptist parsonage, and the plans show it to he a nice building. t Read the advertisements in this issue and go to those merchants who advertise, for you will get bargains. 1 They want your trade. The county has had a fine cement j sidewalk put down from Railroad; Avenue to the court house front door. It is a nice piece of work, and | will add materially to the looks of things. Rev. .J. B. Holley. who was at one time pastor of the Bamberg Baptist! church, but who resigned about two; years ago to accept the call of the, Second Baptist church at Augusta,' has resigned his pastorate at Augus j ta and will serve the churches at j Louisville and Hepzibah, Ga. It is stated that these churches pay a larger salary than the church in Augusta. Mr. Holley was exceedingly popular in Augusta, and his people hate to give him up. We made a trip to Ehrhardt last week for the first time in several years, and found that many changes had taken place in that good town. The people are prosperous and happy, although crops are not so good as it was once thought they would be. Cotton is large, but the farmers say it is not fruited as well as one would think from the size of the weed. The town is growing right along, many new buildings and stores having been erected in the past fewyears. New Advertisements. Peoples Drug Co.?Let Cs Serve You. Bamberg Furniture and Hardware Co.?Fall Goods Coming In. Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co.?Millinery Bargains. Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co.?Ladies. C. R. Brabham's Sons?The Man Who Cares. A Leap Year Party. Among the most enjoyable social events of the summer was a leap year party given by Miss Annie Lou Byrd at her pretty home on Midway Avenue last Monday evening. Japanese lanterns were hung here and there in the large cedar bushes that >o conveniently shadowed the cozy corners on the lawn, that had been prepared tor the "lover's retreat." About half after nine all the guests bad arrived, and in a short while the girls had made engagements to propose to each young man during the evening. Quite a lot of fun was derived from this amusement forj in hour or two. and then the young | met. counseled together to decide ivhich young lady had made the best proposal. .Miss Mc.Manus was the most successful, and was presented i dainty framed sketch of a pair of lovers, by .Mr. J. F. Carter with an innroDriate little speech. ' The girls :hen decided which gentleman had iccepted their proposal the most gracefully. Mr. Bert Carter receiv ?d the most votes, and was given a souvenir, by Miss Jennings, who voiced the sentiments of all the girls a*hen she said that they hoped 'ere mother leap year came that not only le?but all the young men that were there?might be able, not only to accept proposals gracefully, but to nake them, equally as well. Dainty refreshments were served, ind the punch bowl was presided )ver by Misses Hair and Bvrd. When time passes in pleasure we :ake no note of the swiftness of its flight, and it seemed a short while we had to enjoy the hospitality of this ;ood home. Everybody present I ;horoughly enjoyed themselves at ;his novel party, and complimented Miss Byrd on being such a handsome and gracious hostess. The invited guests were: Misses Bessie McManus. Genevieve xirsch. May me G. Jennings, Eula Rowell. Lucille Folk, Ottawa Easterin. Xania Easterlin. Pearle Counts, Bernie Counts. Clarence Houser, Prankie Folk, Kate Felder, Provilence Graham. Lollie Free. Myra riooton. Mrs. Sadie Gilchrist, Messrs. .aurie P. McMillan, Bert Carter. 1. F. Carter. Jack Riley, Leland 5pann. James McGowan. Geo. R. Bullock. F. M. Move, J. D. Copeland, J. D. Faust. Jr., Norman Kirsch, <at Felder, Jarrell Quattlebaum, W. P. Murphy. A. M. Brabham. F. B. McCrackin. M. G. J. Our Natural Products?Water. This necessary product is used in iath tubs. Wall Street, and Califorlia wines. It is one of our absolute lecessities. It is all that the Paninia Canal lacks. Mixed with earth, t makes a splendid and universal :ampaign material. It also furlishes a fine covering for some of >ur seaside belles, and in the form >f lakes is used extensively in suniner for rowing and spooning purjoses. It usually comes In drops, the only lifference between a puddle and an >cean being the quantity used. It s also useful to carry germs to and ro between counties. Water is of three kind?salt, fresh, md fire. Salt water is polygamous see Salt Lake City), fresh water is acteal (see city dairies), and fire vater is elevating (see Kentucky). Served in the form of wines, it nakes a delightful irrigation course: n brooks, it is used as a trout apartnent: and in pipes it aids the plumbt in his mission. In drops, it has been known to j vear away a stone in the course of luhdreds of years: in tears, it accomplishes the same result 011 a| leart of stone in less than a minute: | t is even (sprinkled 011 babies) a lassport to heaven. But it is the j ause of much crime: without it no I Hie would lie about the umbrella he las stolen. Yet it is responsible, ery largely, for the roofs over our leads. Although we can not get Llong without it. we are damming it j ontinually. 2 Hooton's Fall Announcement j I am now exhibiting the most complete line 3^ of Ladies Fall Goods ever brought to Bam*S5 berg. CateHng strictly to the ladies trade, Mi fig we are, of course, better prepared to carry a Jrtte complete line of these goods than anyone in 3K* Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Laces, Trimmings, Ribbons, Cloaks, Hosiery, Cor- ??* sets, and Underwear are a few of the ar~ 5K* tieles we carry in stock. Experienced designers and dressmakers ?E5 on the spot to assist you in selecting goods +2m and to build garments. hp a hnmvwq 1 u? n? i IW t vi j|| Ladies Store & Dress Making Parlor || ONLY STORE OF ITS KIND IN YOU CAN FIND TRIMMINGS TO THE COUNTY MATCH HERE ALWAYS J&J | HICK GRADE PIANOS j li ?AT? ss I Bargain Prices j ff In order to advertise ourselves in Bamberg County and become better acI? quainted with the good people of this flourishing section, we have had shipped m lis to Bamberg a car load of high grade pianos. These handsome instruments are m || now displayed in || i Folk's Opera House, Bamberg, S. C. | ii and everybody, especially the ladies, is cordially invited to call. Makes no ||j ?| difference whether you want to buy a piano or not, we will be glad to have you || pP come. Among the instruments displayed are the following well known makes: M j|j Cranich & Bach, Hanes Bros., and Tonk, all first-class and fully guaranteed p j Low Prices, Easy Terms I 11 You don't have to have a pocket full of money when you buy a piano from us. 11 p We sell on the easiest sort of terms and don't charge you a big price either. yjj This car load of pianos must be sold in the next two or three weeks, as we will M only be here that long. Come to see us. || m i I Marchant Music Cj^ j