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?tjr Bamhrrg Sfrraiii ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor] Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, all run by electric power, with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, - * " ~ ? ? ^ 1 fVton Or 1U cents EL lliuuiu iui icsa luau one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a -word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. 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No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in , our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions ex pressed m any commuuicauuu. 5============ Thursday, Nov. 18, 1909. =============== The State could gain more of a reputation for fairness had it not based its comments on the Hughes ? verdict on the testimony of the defense, ignoring entirely the State's side of the case. ||k- n m m The Columbia State has been having a good deal to say about juries failing to convict white men of crimes, which is well, but it grows hysterical when a mean negro is convicted of killing a white man. Queer consistency! The Bamberg county law and order ' league, which was organized some time ago, will no doubt find some work to do now that the dispensariies have been closed. Is prohibition to be a force or a farce in Bamberg county? The answer to this question is with the officers of the law and the good citizens. Let us show to the world that prohibition will 8 prohibit. We can do so it we win. The dispensary is closed and liquor W:" , can no longer be legally sold in Bamberg county. It is now squarely up to the officers of the law to see that this county is free from the illegal sale of liquor with its many attendant evils. The officers of the law we know will have the support and encouragement of all good citizens in their efforts to prevent the illegal sale of whiskey, and they should pay special attention to the enforcement of the prohibitory law. Will they do it? We shall see. The Columbia State is taking a good deal on itself to say that if the negro "Hughes had been white he would not have been convicted." We would like to inquire on what grounds the State makes such an assertion. Then, too, our contemporary places itself in rather a bad light when it takes the testimony of the defense as a basis for its remarks. Some good white men testified directly opposite to Hughes, and evidently The State believed the negro's testimony against that of good white men ?a very queer position for a newspaper edited by a white man to occupy. It is well to ask for justice for the negro, but this thing of attempting to make a martyr out of a man because of his color is getting to be disgusting. THE MEN OF ILLINOIS. We confess that we have a better opinion of the men of Illinois now than we had before they lynched the negro who outraged and murdered the young saleswoman at Cairo. It may not be right; in fact it is not right in the eyes of the law.hnd we are always a stickler for law; but we do like the Illinoisians who killed the brute better for it. We are not defending them. Perhaps they ought not to have done it, and ought to have let the law "take its course;" but they didn't, and we think more of them because they didn't. That's just the way we feel about it; and no doubt many thousand men and women feel the same way.?Newberry Observer. We are a little surprised but none the less pleased to have the above K expression from the editor of the Observer. Every white man who is the right sort of mail thinks of the lynching just as Editor Wallace. The Cotton Market. Cotton is selling in Bamberg today at 14 cents the pound. Receipts of the past week, about two hundred bales or more. The price seems to remain about the same these days. Jones Bros, will receive another car load of horses and mules next Monday. This will be the finest load received here this season. . ;! . V CHESTER KENNEDY APPEALS. j Supreme Court Asked to Review Case C of Barnwell County Murderer. i j An appeal has been filed in the su! preme court for a new trial in the j: I sensational Chester Kennedy murder j. j case from Barnwell county. It will ? j be recalled that W. Perry Ussery was P 1 killed froin ambush on the night of ^ ; November 28th, 1908. r or some time his death remained apparently a v i myster, but developments after in- 2 vestigation by a detective employed j by Gov. Ansel following the arrest of 3 , Quitman Johnson, a negro, in Aiken, ! caused the grand jury to hand out li j bills against Johnson, Ferdinand tl j Grubbs and Chester Kennedy, for tl j murder. The jury's verdict in the i case of Chester Kennedy was guilty b with recommendation to the mercy C1 of the court, and it is upon this that 0 on onnpfll is now taken. h History of the Case. p At the spring term of court in 6( Barnwell Quitman Johnson and Fer- j( dinand Grubbs were tried upon an g indictment charging both with the a murder of Ussery and a verdict of guilty was rendered, Grubbs being recommended to mercy. A motion Z( for a new trial was made by their r( counsel, A. H. Ninestein, and Judge Watts, then presiding, the solicitor K consenting, ordered that the verdict be set aside and a new trial granted; a) whereupon the solicitor entered a j noil pros upon the indictment and w ! handed to the grand jury at the sum- ^ ! mer term the indictment upon which | the defendants were later tried. ^ When the case was called for trial at the July term, it is stated, the ^ State moved to sever the case and e] try the defendant Kennedy first. This g( motion was granted. The jury failed sj to agree and a mistrial was ordered. sc The case was again called for trial e( and Kennedy was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, hav- ^ ing been recommended to the mercy -p of the court. ^ It is now claimed that the verdict was "influenced entirely by passion b( and prejudice, engendered by false m and erroneous statements made and ^ circulated outside of the trial of the pi cause" and that "there was an abso- ^ lute failure of evidence to support jE the verdict of the jury; that the testimony of the alleged principals was tc entirely uncorroborated by other bj testimony, positive or circumstantial." bi A sensational feature of the trial ^ was the introduction of a story from g] the Barnwell Sentinel which quoted b. Quitman Johnson as having made a j confession. Even before the trial it g I was generally hinted that Johnson a; had confessed. b In this confession Johnson claimed ic that he was to be paid $100 by Ken- ^ nedy and "a certain woman in Augus- g ta" would pay $100 if Ussery was $ killed by him and Grubbs. Chester Kennedy! whose appeal is ij now before the court, testified at the S( ! trial that he was not at Dunbarton c on the night of the killing, denied p, that he had gone behind a barn or u seed house with Johnson on the day of the killing, and generally disclaim- e] ed any knowledge of the killing. C] There were many questions asked ti him about his relations with Holland, whom he had indicted for S( shooting him some time before. a; K Saves Five Sailors' Lives. w Bamberg, Nov. 16.?Word has h ; been received here by the parents of ^ Ensign David Graham Copeland, U. 11 S. N., telling of the heroic action of a] this young naval officer Sunday night when he rescued five sailors from a: drowning. fl Mr. Copeland was here several days &' last week, having been recently mar- r< ried in New Orleans, and left Sunday for Charleston, where he went to re! port for duty on his ship, the Dixie. a: It seems that while enroute to his r( ship he crossed from a tug boat on a : gang plank just behind some sailors, h and the plank in some way slipped or gave way -in such a manner as w to throw the sailors overboard. Seej ing the peril of his comrades, Ensign I Copeland unhesitatingly plunged in y< after them and rescued one after the a< other in a brave and unselfish man- o1 ner. A little later while Mr. Cope- d< land was on board his ship, which is undergoing repairs, he fell through the hatch hole and sustained painful but not serious injuries. Mrs. Copeland, the wife of the officer, tele- r( phoned to J. D. Copeland of this I ?i A -ii; - * ii _ J x TTI T piace teiuug ui me aceiueni. r ur- * ther details of the accident and the heroic incident were related to the ii parents of the young man by the commandant in command at the navy a1 yard in Charleston. Always recognized as a bright, stu- ? dious and industrious young man, Ensign Copeland has added this deed of bravery to his accomplishments in b the school room and to his career in d; the navy. He was first honor man at the South Carolina Military academy h in the class of 1903 and he took a w high stand at Annapolis, where he went on a scholarship won from this ^ State over a number of competitors. ^ He has been doing splendid service s since his graduation from the naval academy a few years ago. New Advertisements. ^ t Jones Bros.?Still in the Lead. v H. C. Folk, Master?Sale of real estate in case of L. B. Wyman against J. G. Gutekunst et al. G. Frank Bamberg?Car Load ti Horses and Mules. g E, A. Hooton?Hooton's Ladies A Store and Dress Making Parlor. ii H. C. Folk, Master?Sale of real ^ estate in case of Bank of Branch- d ville against R. C. Woods. a H. C. Folk, Master?Sale of real " estate in case of Mrs. M. E. Abies t, againsst D. K. Ray and J. F. Jones, g H. C. Folk, Master?Sale of real a trfciait? iu tdoc ui ui jDiauuu- j] ville against Wash Williams. e E. Bart Price?Seasonable Deli- a cacies. e Mule milliners, that's exactly what we are. Let us trim your mule up with a good set of plow gears. We t have the best, and our prices are v always such that will cause you to f smile. SIMMONS HARDWARE CO. g BOY BANDITS HOB A BANK. Jot $800 Dollars Aftei Shooting Fred * Starr, the Cashier. At Eudora, Kansas, on Friday Earl lullock, a boy bandit of Lawrence, Ian., accompanied by William Mc- j j lay, 15 years old, of Jacksonville, da., in an attempt to repeat bis ex- I j loit of a month ago, robbed the Eu-1' ora State bank of $800, after shoot-! ig Fred Starr, a banker, and later i robably mortally wounded himself j hen closely pressed by armed citi- ! ens. In his first hold-up of the Eudora 1 tate bank, in October, Bullock, who \ > 17 years old, shot and killed a po-!, ceman. Officers had about decided I' hat Bullock had left the State with j' he loot of the previous hold-up. : ( He and .McKay entered the State! j ank about closing time. Fred Starr, j. ashier of the Kaw Valley State bank \ f Eudora, who was in the bank with , is day's clearings, stood by as the utlaws held up the bank's cashier, 1 [enry Wilson. Although Starr offerd no resistance to the hold-up, Bui- c )ck shot him through the jaw. ' natching more than $800, Bullock . nd McKay fled. Each youth had vo revolvers. Wilson spread the alarm and citisns, armed with shotguns, rifles and svolvers, pursued the bandits across le fields. In attempting to swim the !aw river the boys lost ground and a >w minutes later the pursuers were t their heels. g McKay surrendered, but Bullock, renching the revolvers from his falling partner's hands, sped on into le woods. John Miller, a farmer, ho knew nothing about the pursuit, ;epped into Bullock's path, and the 3y thinking him a pursuer, fired sevral shots that barely missed Miller, eeing that the youth was ready to ? loot at any one, the pursuers fired a :ore of shots at Bullock, who returnI the fire. Thus the chase continued for some me, none of the shots taking effect. he hunted robber gradually losing round, he stopped and shouted: "I have only one bullet left, but I'll c sat you yet." Then he fired his re- *] aining bullet through his own head, hinking Bullock dead most of thd ursuers turned their attention to [cKay with the intention of lynch- c ig him, some announced. t Officers, however, hurried McKay i > the Lawrence jail in an automo- j !1a Li^t After Bullock held up the State ank of Eudora on October 11 he turdered Policeman William Prin!e, who attempted to arrest the andit. in his home in Lawrence. It was while in charge of Deputy heriff Woods of Lawrence, who had rrested the boy on a charge of robing a second-hand store, that Bul>ck drew two revolvers and forced /oods and cashier Wilson into the tate bank vault. Then he snatched 1,000, fled and was lost to view. According to McKay, Bullock was ving at a fashionable hotel in JackDnville under the name of "J. A. onaldson." He had money on deosit in the Florida National bank nder that name, McKay said. McKay, a tall slender and apparatly weak youth, was led into the rime by Bullock's description of a . irilling life of a desperado. "Bullock, whom I knew as Donald3n, fell in with me in Jacksonville ( ud entertained me royally," said Mcav. "One day Bullock told me he anted me to go to Kansas City with ] im, as he knew where there was a ttle bank near there with only one lan in it that we could rob without < uy trouble. t "We left Jacksonville Sunday and ] rrived at Lenate, Kan., two mileR t om Eudora, yesterday. Then he ave me some ammunition and two jvolvers and told me we would rob le bank to-day. "I was supposed to guard the door ; ad see that nobody escaped. He )bbed the bank and shot the man Starr). Then he told me to follow im." Bullock will probably die. Starr's ound is said to be not serious. ? ^ ? Don't forget the date and have 3ur costumes ready for the masquerie rink Thursday night, Nov. 25th, ver the grocery store of W. P. Hernon. Personal Mention. ?Mrs. John's of Baldoc, is visiting Natives in the city. ?Mrs. H. J. Brabham, Jr., spent uesday in Columbia. ?H. P. Rice, Esq., of Aiken, was 1 the city Monday. ?B. T. Rice, Esq., of Barnwell, is ttending court here this week. { ?Mrs. M. E. Edwards, of Lawtey, ( la., is visiting relatives in the city. ( ?Mr. G. F. Copeland, of the Ehrardt section, was in the city yester ay. < ?W. H. Townsend, Esq., of Co- < imbia, is attending court here this 1 eek. < ?Hon. J. O. Patterson, of Barn- [ rell, congressman from this district, ras in the city Monday and Tuesday, 1 haking hands with his many friends. 1 - 1 ?Mr. J. B. Elkins, formerly of his city, but now of Eastman, Ga., .as been in the city this week at- . ending court. His many friends , rere glad to see him again. To Ask Mercy for Negroes. Alexandria, Va., Nov. 15.?Two pe- i itions will be presented to Gov. wanson at Richmond tomorrow by .ttornev Lewis H. Machen, one ask- ! ig that the death sentence of the bree negroes convicted of the murer of Walter F. Schultz, the Chicago < rtist, be commuted to life imprison- < wnt and thp othpr asking that, their lectrocution be postponed until after tie trial of Henry Smith, who turned tate's evidence, which will be heard t the December term of court. The .egroes are Calvin Johnson, sentnced to die Friday next, and Richrd Pines and Eugene Dorsey, sentnced to die a week apart following he execution of Johnson. The Herald Book Store has a quanity of fountain pen fillers which ;e will give away to our customers or the next thirty days. Call and et one. They cost you nothing. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina?Count: Df Bamberg. The Bank of Branchville, plaintiff against R. C. Woods, defendant. By virtue of a decree of the cour Df common pleas for Bamberg coun ty, in the above stated case, datec November 10th, 1909. I, H. C. Folk Master for Bamberg county, will sel to the highest bidder, for cash, a the court house door of Bamberj county, between the legal hours o sale, on Monday, December 6th 1 909, the same being legal salesda: in said month, the following real es tate, to-wit: All that certain tract of land situ ite in Bamberg county, said State containing seventeen and one-hal (17%) acres and having such shap< is a plat thereof made by Prestoi Dtt, surveyor, dated December 15th L905, doth represent, and boundec by lands of Wash Williams, Mrs Ella Mays, George Stephens, and th< public road. AL.SU All that certain other tract of lane situate in said county and State, con ;aining fifty-one (51) acres, and hav ng such shape as a plat there )f made by Preston Ott, sur reyo::, dated December 11th, 1905 loth represent, and bounded bj ands of Mrs. William Mays, C. F >maok, George Stephens, Wash Willams and the Edisto river. ALSO That certain other tract of land lituate in said county and State, conaining fifty-eight (58) acres, mors >r less, and having such shape as s fiat thereof made by Preston Ott lurveyor, dated December 21st, 1905 loth represent, and bounded by lands >f Mrs. Ella Smoak, -Reuben Montgomery, George Stephens, R. C JVood, Wash Williams and Georgs Stephens. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Nov. 16, 1909. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina?Count} >f Bamberg. Phe Bank of Branchville, plaintiff against Wash Williams, defendant. By virtue of a decree of the courl >f common pleas for Bamberg coun,y, in the above stated case, dated November 10th, 1909, I, H. C. Folk daster for Bamberg county, will sel! ;o the highest bidder, for cash, ai he court house door of Bamberg :ounty, between the legal hours o1 sale, on Monday, December 6th L909, the same being legal salesdaj n said month, the following real es ;ate, to-wit: All that certain tract of land situ ite, lying and being in Bamber* iounty, in the State of South Caro ina, containing sixty-eight (68] icres, more or less, between the Edis :o river and the Charleston anc iugusta public road, and having such shape as is shown by a pla nade by Preston Ott, surveyor, datet December 11th, 1905, doth represent hir lanHs of Mrs Will am Mays, Woods and Stephens. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina?Count] )f Bamberg. Mrs. M. E. Abies, plaintiff, against D. K. Ray and J. F. Jones, defend ants. By virtue of a decree of the couri )f common pleas for Bamberg coun ;y, in the above stated case, datec November 8th, 1909, I, H. C. Folk Master for Bamberg county, will sel :o the highest bidder, for cash, a" ;he court house door of Bamberg ;ounty, between the legal hours o sale, on Monday, December 6th L909, the same being legal salesda] n said month, the following real es ;ate, to-wit: All that piece, parcel or tract o and, situate, lying and being ii 3amberg county, State aforesaid ;ontaining two hundred and eigh ;een (218) acres, more or less jounded on the North by lands o: M. M. Roach and others, South* bj ands of the estate of D. H. Rice, oi ;he East by lands of Mrs. C. C. Starr md on the West by lands of F. M itay, now Mrs. S. H. Counts, anc )thers. Purchaser to pay for papers. ii. ej. ruijiv, Master Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Nov. 15, 1909. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina?Bamberg County. Pursuant to an order of his Honor George W. Gage, Presiding Judge dated the 16th day of November 1909, in the cause of Mrs. L. B Wyman, plaintiff, vs. J. G. Gutekunsi st al, defendants, arising in the Couri Df Common Pleas for Bamberg coun ty, I will sell, during the legal hours of sale, for cash, to the highest bid tier, in front of the court house a1 Bamberg, South Carolina, on sales day in December, 1909, (or some subsequent salesdav) the same be ing Monday, December 6th, the prop irty hereinafter described, and shoulc the purchaser fail to comply with his bid within one hour, I shall proceet to resell the premises on the same oi some subsequent salesdav, on the same terms, and at the risk of the former purchaser, and so on fron time until a purchaser be found whc will comply. The purchaser to pa: for papers. The description of the land is as follows: All that piece, parcel or tract o land situate, lying and being in the county of Bamberg, State of Soutl Carolina, containing one hundret (100) acres, and bounded by the estate of Robert Jones, Jeff Ayer Mrs. S. M. Brown and C. Ehrhard or Hughes land. ALSO All that piece, parcel or tract o land in the same county and State containing one hundred and twelv< (112) acres, more or less, and bound ed North by lands of C. R. Miller East by lands of Mrs. Mitchell an< F. M. Bamberg, on the West by Litth Saltkehatchie and C. R. Miller, Soutl by F. M. Bamberg. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. 1 Some Mistakes are 1 I Wot Serious,:::: :| ? but the one who makes the mistake of going V from store to store and asking for an article, W and then not getting what they want, has ftp made a costly error. Time is money. : : : A We have the goods, and they are here for a you, to keep you from making the mistake of asking for an article that we haven't got. Pg I FINE TOILET G00DS| SK is complete and up-to-date: Ask for a Patent Bt ' ' Medicine that is not on our shelves. : : : gK i \27] We sell cigars to smoke and serve Soda w 1 ?j Water to drink. Any rare prescription care@1 fully compounded. If the mistake is made by n a] calling for something that we haven't got, we ' s v. 50 will gladly get it for you as soon as possible, 0K jSjl and without any ext.a cost to you. Rr . J ^ : Telephone your wants to No. 48. Iffi} Prescriptions a Specialty K IPeonles Druv Co. 1=1 ; OUR FALL DISPLAY OF : Choice Furniture I 1 is ready for inspection, and we want an expression I from you as to how you like it. Walk right in, we'll be glad you've come, and we know the verdict will be favorable to our swell display of all kinds of house-furnishings and the reasonable prices. If you have a house to furnish, or even want to buy II a single piece, it will pay you to inspect our stock of furniture in all lines. The vast scope of our furniture, the splendid values, and the emphatic savings in prices ma&e it wortn your wnne to come to the store and select what you want, even if you 1 live miles away. Anyone wanting furniture can be I I j suited here. We have the best at lowest prices, t Remember, we also carry RUGS, MATTING, ? STOVES, and RANGES, and conduct the only , exclusive furniture store in the county. ] By the way, come in and see that beautiful Mahogany Bedroom Suite. / I G. 0. SIMMONS I ! THE FURNITURE STORE | | Opposite Hoover's Drug Store. BAMBERG, S. C. ? ?i ' ': I Seasonable Delicacies! |p ' T I HAVE JUST RECEIVED AN IMMENSE STOCK OP T ' T FRESH GROCERIES, AND I WANT TO SERVE YOU. W : LOOK OVER THE LIST AND PRICES, AND GIVE US - M* t &> YOUR ORDER. WE GUARANTEE TO PLEASE YOU. t - 2 r' vf' [ 2 Fresh Fruit Cake Material Just In. t ; M t Seeded Raisins, 1 pound packages, two for 25c I 2 Currants, per package, only 10c Citron, per pound, only 20c w Dates, per pound, only 15c Ap/>. " 2^ Brown and Pulverized Sugar for Cakes. ^ 1 " * Heinz's Loose Pickle, new and fresh, very fine, each lc i 2 Reboiled Georgia Cane Syrup, per gallon, only 50c* ^ r ^ Blue Label Sweet Sugar Corn, per can, only 15c 1 5 Stalk Sweet Sugar Corn, per can 10c ^ . W' J J Curtis Brand Garden Peas, per can 15c F.V" i *W Curtis Brand String Beans, per can 15c ) gft, The finest that are put in cans. f 7 Gold Band Hams, per pound 18 ^c 7 5 Toxaway Coffee, 1 lb. cans 35c., or 3 lb. cans for 95c (ft, All we ask is that you give it a trial. f 2 TRY SNOWFLAKE FLOUR, and if it does not prove satisfactory, 7 i we refund your money. 90c only for 24 pounds. ? 1 - vom rwn SvruD. ner half gallon, only 30c 1 2 Jumbo Brand Tomatoes, 3 lb. cans only 10c X - * ' Riverside Tomatoes, 3 lb. cans, only 9c 'v.'^2-. Did you ever stop to think that I am headt quarters for Heinz's Goods? Full line Pickles, " * Preserves, etc., of these fine goods. ?? Diplomat Lemon Cling Peaches, 3 lb. cans, only 20c ?? f i Evaporated Peaches, new and fresh, 2 lb. for 25c ^ 2 Big line FIXE CANDIES, also FRUITS of every descrip- "J* 3 tion. Everything that is seasonable can be found here, "?*- Tupvt. nrder. Promnt delivery. 1^, itxi xrc3ii. ijch ud iu> ?? -A I i E. BART PRICE f I 1 2 BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA