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y : .* jF,. y 7 * ~ "" WHIPPED BY WOMEN. S*. ______ Georgia School Teacher Then Suet and got a Verdict for $400. Athens, Ga., April 29.?The cas* of J. H. Bailey against twenty-twc men and women of Canon, Ga., foi $35,000 damages on account of be * " ~ ? ? -V J t. .. 1 I St i /\( zng norsewmppeu u> scvciai iauici of that place last year, was settlec yesterday afternoon for $4<j0, thai amount to include settlement of fines of $25 against each defendant in the town of Canon. Professor J. H. Bailey alleged thai he was horsewhipped by these ladies on February 7, 1 908, and driver from the town. In answer to the defendants twe of them admitted striking him with buggy whips and the others deny striking him. All deny driving him from the town. Ic this flnswr the ladies set forth that Bailey had stated that there was no1 a virtuous woman in Canon and that they went to him to see whether or not he had really said so. He admitted that he said so, except that he did not mean it to apply to one of the ladies present. The ladies had armed themselves with buggy whips, that is a portion of them had, and they said they did so because Bailey was of a violent temper. When he said to them that he did mean to apply the statement to them, they allege that he threw his hand behind him as if to draw a pistol and that they struck him with the whips. itesf ? "In Bamberg." The moonlight falls the softest "In Bamberg;" The summer days come oftest "In Bamberg;" 1 Friendship is the strongest Love's light glows the longest Yet wrong is always wrongest "In Bamberg." Life's burdens bear the lightest "in camoerg; The sun shines ever brightest "In Bamberg;" While players are the keenest, f: > v Cards come out the meanest The pocket empties cleanest "In Bamberg." The breezes whisper lightest "In Bamberg;" The people treat one whitest |r>v; "In Bamberg;" Plain girls are the fewest Maiden's eyes the bluest Their little hearts are truest "In Bamberg." IThe buildings tower proudest &; "In Bamberg;" The thunder peals the loudest "In Bamberg;" p?... Dispensary booze is clearest And in some ways the dearest, r ; a Yet it always acts the queerest |p?. "In Bamberg." New Trial Refused. Atlanta, Ga., May 1.?The Mitchell-Linton mystery, one of the most unusual cases ever threshed out in gpj&.;-. Georgia courts, will not be tried a I&.5. second time. This was the decision 0*-': of Judge Roan of the superior court here to-day in denying William H. Mitchell, one of the wealthiest and most prominent residents of Thomasville, Ga., a new trial on the charge of attempting to abduct his townsy. woman, Miss Lucile Linton, well known throughout the State as a wealthy and cultured woman. The . case will be appealed to the supreme g&-' court. The feature of the first trial was P the judge's verdict in sentencing Mitchell to one year's imprisonment for assault and battery. He told the f defendant that he did not believe the Will Mitchell who stood before him, respected by the entire community, had been guilty of the assault and battery, but that it was "another Will Mitchell, a sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde case." Mitchell was charged with attempting, while disguised as a negro r- woman, to carry Miss Linton to a fortified house belonging to him. The trial failed to show any motive for such an attempt. Kills to Stop the Fiend. The worst foe for 12 years of John ? Deye, of Gladwin, Mich., was a runU. ning ulcer. He paid the doctors over k- - $400.00 without benefit. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve killed the ulcer and cured him. Cures fever-sores, '' boils, felons, eczema, salt rheum. Infallible for piles, burns, scalds, cuts, corns. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., o r> v-/. .Thomas Dixon, Sr., Dead. Raleigh, N. C., May 1.?Rev. Thomas Dixon, Sr., died here tonight in the 9 Oth year of his age. He was one of the best known Baptist preachers of North Carolina and came here recently from Shelby, where he held a pastorate fcr 65 years, to visit his daughter, Dr, Delia Dixon-Carroll. He will be buried in Cleveland county. Mr. Dixon was the father of Thomas Dixon, Jr., the author; Rev. A. C. Dixon, pastor of the Moody church, in Chicago; Dr. Frank Dixon, of Washington, a lecturer, and Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll of Raleigh. Smashes all Records. As an all-round laxative tonic and health-builder no other pills can compare with Dr. King's New Life Pills. They tone and regulate stomach, liver and kidneys, purify the blood, strengthen the nerves; cure constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, jaundice, headache, chills and malaria. Try them. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co. Bamberg, S. C. Wants Three Encampments. Columbia, April 30.?Col. W. P. Brock, assistant adjutant General, will go to Washington Sunday to confer with the war department concerning the encampments in this State. The equipment of the State troops is not yet complete, but Col. Brock carries with him a letter from Governor Ansel asking that the militia be allowed to buy one-half of the overcoats this year and one-half next year. The balance of the'appropriation will allow for two encampments, but if the request of the department is granted the three regiments of infantry will be sent in camp for ten days each. ? 1 r f NEGRO GIRL KILLS NEGRO BOY. | I Claims Shooting Was Accidental. Victim Was Cousin of Slayer. ? Gaffnev, April 30.?A negro girl, > named Mary Watkins, fatally shot a r negro do;. , named Odell Watkins, on . the plantation of Mr. E. W. Jolly, ; about fear miles irom Gaffney, Wed1 nesday afternoon. The hoy lingered t until 2 o'clock this morning, when 5 ne died. The girl was brought here i ami committed to jail to-day, ana 'a li'.u seen said that she and Odeli [ *w..o was her v.ousm) were in ne ; iiousc- with two small children, the.i emest about .i.'e years Oi age, and ' * - A - ? ~ " ? -V J / . M A O T? tnai Wab i.-iIUWiilg UUCU sumt cli> tides which she had purchased at t Gaffnej, and while he was looking at . the articles she picked up her fath' er's pistol, which was in the drawer i enclosed in a scabbard, and that ; when she picked up the weapon it : went off, and that she has no idea as ; to what caused the weapon to be dis charged, as her finger was not on the . trigger, and she did not cock the pis; tol. The ball entered the boy's head : on the right side, fracturing the [ skull, and came out through his fore, head. The girl in her statement i further said that when the pistol was fired it was in the scabbard, and that ! she put it back into the drawer withi out taking it out. Those who saw the weapon in the scabbard say that it is some two : inches longer than the pistol and that there is no smoke on the leather, or anything to indicate that the weapon had been fired while it was enclosed in its case. Odell died without making a statement, and the children are too small to be able to throw any light on the transaction. The coroner is on the scene holding an inquest, but it is not likely that he will be able to procure any testimony other than is outlined above. In view of the girl's statement that the pistol was fired while enclosed in the scabbard, and nothing appearing on the same to indicate that such was the case, and the further fact that the boy was shot on the side of his head, it is believed that the girl's story as to its being an accident is not true. The boy was about sixteen or seventeen years of age and the girl is probably a year or two young er. The Billings Case. In the list of ten appeals disposed of with opinions and otherwise by the supreme court is that of Billings vs. The Charlotte Observer Publishing Company, from Rockingham, in which the appeal by the plaintiff is dismissed. This is the case in which Rev.- C. M. Billings sued for damages because of a news article printed in The Observer involving charges against the character of Billings through compromising relations he was alleged to have had with a negro servant, conduct at Blackviile, S. C., and Wavnesville, being specified. At the trial last June the jury round that the charges as to Blackviile were true as published, but that the Waynesville charges were not true, the jury fixing the damage verdict of $5,000 against The Observer. Judge Ward ruled that the damages allowed were excessive and ordered a newtrial on that score. At the same time counsel for the plaintiff moved to set aside the finding against the plaintiff as to the Blackviile charges being true. This was overruled and the plaintiff appealed. It was this appeal that is now dismissed, Justice Hoke writing the opinion, the ground for dismissal being that the appeal was premature. Under this ruling The Observer Company will come in for* the new trial on the question of damages as to the publication of the Waynesville feature of . ?j. T-> ; 11 tne cnarges against oimugo.?v^uenlotte Observer. Shooting at Bennettsviile. Bennettsville, May 2.?"Sonny" Williams, colored, shot and seriously wounded another negro, Walter Townsend, here this evening about 7 o'clock. The shooting occurred in a negro pool room under the Sawyer building. It seems that the Townsend and another negro were playing pool and got into a dispute. Williams, who is employed in the pool room, attempted to stop the quarrel, and caught hold of the pool cue held by Townsend. Townsend jerked the cue from Williams and struck the latter over the head with it. Williams then drew a pistol and fired at Townsend, the bullet striking the latter below the heart. Townsend's condition is critical and his recovery is very doubtful. Williams made his escape, leaving the pool room by the back door and going directly into the creek sw?amp. While Williams was running away he was stopped by the deputy sheriff, but put the latter on a false scent by telling him that there was a row in the pool room. The deputy went to the pool room and the negro got away. Consul Spahr Coming Home. Washington, April 29.?Mr. Herman L. Spahr, United States consul at Breslau, Germany, with Mrs. Spahr, is in Washington, en route to Columbia. They landed in New York from Germany Tuesday for a two months' vacation. Mr. Spahr was formerly assistant professor of modern languages at the University of South Carolina. Mrs. Qnuhr was Miss 7.aida Whitman. Of Columbia. They leave here to-morrow for Columbia, Mr. Spahr having some business with the state department, under which he holds his position. Both are 'looking well and appear to have been enjoying their residence in Germany in spite of the homesickness which at times possesses them. They will spend most of their time in Columbia and in Orangeburg, Mr. Spahr's former home. Hoy Killed in Feud Fight. Washington, Ga., May l.?A family feud resulted in the death of Paul ' Dunaway, aged 17, and the serious wounding of his brother, Henry, aged ! 15, by James Stribbling last night, 12 miles from here. A quarrel over an employe whom both families claimed caused the fatal meeting in front of the Dunaway home. Stribbling used a pistol. Henry Dunaway is expected to recover. " s VIOLATING THE LAW. Liquor Houses Try to Bribe Express Agents. Spartanburg, S. C., April 2i5, Editor The Bamberg Heraid: As some of the liquor houses are sen a ing out a letter to express ag-.uu, which is nothing less than a br... , we think it advisable- that tlie lowing sections of the Knox bill, recently passed by congress, be p_ lished. This part of the bill app..c.. ^specially to express agents and rn..road companies: Section 238: Any officer, agent Oi I r\f lrnaH AAm > .*i .: | vi auj luuivuu wui^uu; * J express company or other common carrier, who shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered to any person than the person to whom it has been consigned, unless upon the written order in each instance of the bona fide consignee, or to any fictitious person, or to any person under a fictitious name, any spiritious vinous, malted, fermented or other intoxicating liquor of any kind which has been shipped from one state, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any states or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisonment not more than two years, or both. Section 239:- Any railroad company, express company or other common carrier, or any other person who, in connection with the transportation of any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor of any kind, from one state, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdicdiction thereof, into any other state, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any state, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, shall collect the purchase price or any part thereof, before, on or after J r? frAm ueiiveiyi uuiu inc v^uusigucc, v?i num any other person, or shall in any manner act as the agent of the buyer or seller of any such liquor, for the purpose of buying or selling or completing the sale thereof, saving only in the actual transportation and delivery of the same, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. Following is a sentence from one of the letters referred to above: "On the other hand, if you yourself wish to make this money on the side we will think still better of it and want to assure you that any dealings that we have together and all communications that pass between us will be held strictly confidential. We have a number of express agents throughout the United States that are making nice money in this way, and some of them are handling this business under an assumed name, which of course is none of our affair. At the end of each month we will send you our check for commissions due you, and with a little effort on your part you would be surprised to see what a snug little sum of money this would amount to. "Kindly let us hear from you at once and oblige, "Yours for business, i i 9t Now, we have a verbatim copy of this letter, and we want the people to know the game being practiced or attempted by the liquor people. JNO. L. HARLEY, State Superintendent. Meat Ruined by Water. Greenville, May 1.?Seventy thous and pounds of meat in the local warehouse of Swift & Co., was condemned to-day by City Meat and Food Inspector Smith. The heavy rains of last night backed up the water in a nearby stream and the warehouse was flooded with city sewerage. Nearly three car loads of meat was submerged, causing it to become soaked in the filthy water. While the meat has been condemned, it has not yet been determined as to what disposition may be made of it, the opinion of the city attorney being awaited in the matter. It is learned, however, that the meat may be shipped away from the city, but it is apparent that it is unfit for food. It certainly will not be sold here. The loss to the packing concern, if it is not allowed to take the meat to another town for sale, will be about $4,000. Won't Slight a Good Friend. "If ever I need a cough medicine again I know what to get," declares Mrs. A. L. Alley, of Beals, Me., "for, after using ten bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, and seeing its excellent results in my own family and others, I am convinced it is the best medicine made-for coughs, colds and lung trouble." Every one who tries it reels just that way. Relief is felt at once and its quick cure surprises you. For bronchitis, asthma, hemorrhage, croup, lagrippe, sore throat, pain in che3t or lungs its supreme. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the dis ease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. I I We Will Give $15.00 j In Cash For 1 4Un Tli fflfl I uic i in ee u?i Advertisements ! 1 $5.00 for the best Stieff Piano advertisement. \ $5.00 for the best Shaw Piano advertisement. $5.00 for the best Stieff and Shaw Piano advertisement combined. Mr. John Ross, of the Charlotte Observer and Chronicle, Mr. Birch, of the Charlotte News; Mr. Withers, of the Columbia State; and Mr. J. F. Jacobs, of the Religious Syndicate, Clinton, S. C., will act as judges. Contest open until June 1st, 1909. Open to every one. Send your add To CHAS. M. 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A stitch In time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; In fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring It In and have It cured. Gas engines and automobile engine cylinders bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and better efficiency. We repair and charge storage batteries. Call when In trouble and see what we can do. I SHOP AT COTTON MILL I DR. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST BAMBERG, S. C. Office in Telephone Building. MEAT MARKET. Same men at a different place. When you want the best meats obtainable call at our market opposite The Herald Building, Main street. Our prices are right. We also buy beef cattle, pork, hogs, hides, chickens and eggs. BR0NS0N&GRANT BAMBERG, S. C. - - " . .. -1,. . I Our Prices on m j Building Material *f I Will Save You from 10 to 20 per cent. 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