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MUST RETURN TO ASYLUM. Mas Who Caused Georgia Hospital for Insane Inquiry Ordered Back. Augusta. Ga.. November 24.?R. E. Dunnington. on whose allegations an investigation of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the Insane was ordered recently by the Governor of the State, was to-day tried before a lunacy commission and . ordered to the asylum. When the finding of the commission was announced, Dunnington swearing that he would not go back to the asylum to be punished for the action that he had taken against the institution, attacked the officers in Court. He was overpowered and placed in jail, pending his return to the sanitarium. Dunnington was on a furlough when he made his charges. Later he developed evidences of insanity. Steps were taken at that time to return him to the asylum. He armed him self, shot officers who tried to arrest him and escaped. He was taken into custody and returned to Augusta, his trial for lunacy following to-day. DUCK HUNTER FATALLY SHOT. Marion O. Westbury Dies as Result of Accident. Georgetown, November 27.?A very regrettable accident occurred on the Waccamaw river last Saturday, November 20, whereby the life of young Marion 0. Westbury was lost. Mr. Westbury, 23 years of age, and his friend, Cornelius Dorrill, were out duck hunting, and while the young mpn were draseine the liaht duck ing canoe across a bank in one of the rice fields bordering the river, one r of the guns in the boat was discharged, the load striking Westbury in the left thigh and a few of the shot penetrating the abdomen, leaving an ugly wound. With great fortitude he bore his sufferings until rowed to town by his friend, where medical attention was quickly had. Young Dorrill, with great coolness and presence of mind, stanched the ^ow of blood as best he could, and .prevented the wounded man from dying from loss of blood before medi cal aid could be secured. It was at first believed that the life of the unfortunate young man might be saved, but unfavorable symptoms set in Sunday, and he passed away early Monday morning. : " The funeral services were held Tuesday, and the remains buried in Elmwood Cemetery, the Rev. Mr. W. H. Hodges officiating. Mr. Westbury was an oiler on one of the river ctoomorc ami well considered by thqse who knew him. ' Five People Drown in Lake. . Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 25.?Five persons were drowned in Muskegon lake this afternoon when a pleasure launch, carrying a party J>t nine young people, capsized as the result of a panic following a gasoline explosion. Four of those who lost their lives were members of one family. (The dead: Oscar Carlson, aged ,28; Hulda Carlson, aged 24; Anna Carlson, aged 20; Jennie Carlson, aged 18; Ann Sanders. The party started out to attend a wedding on the north side of the lake and decided to take a short cruise before going to the festivities. They encircled the lake and were within 150 feet of the north landing when, in some manner, some gasoline exploded. The girls became panic stricken. The bodies were all recovered. r fi- Masked Mob Lynches Negro. Meridian, Miss., Nov. 25.?Morgan Chambers,, a negro, was taken from * Town Marshal Broadway and Deputy > Joe Camp at Meehan, 12 miles west ^ ' of Meridian tonight by a mob of 200 (V. r masked men and his body riddled with bullets. The negro bad earlier in the day \ beaten and robbed Martin Dressier, an aged citizen of Point, a small station two miles west of Meehan. Dressier was taken to Meehan for I;, medical treatment. The negro, cap? ; tured at Chunkey, a few miles furre ther west, was taken to Meehan, where he was positively identified by his victim. After the identification Marshal Broadway and Deputy Camp I: : started with the prisoner for the ?*1 town prison. On the way they were |f confronted by the mob, which took the negro by force, Marshal Broadway having his cheek grazed by a ' bullet in the scrimmage. After ob. taining possession of the negro the mob dragged him a short distance SET and shot him to death, several hundred bullets penetrating his body. The mob then quickly dispersed, K- leaving Meehan, going in the direction of Point and Chunkey. Three Children Burned. Spartanburg, Nov. 25.?A message from Switzer says three negro b' ? children were burned to death on H the Prince Bivings place, near there, I this morning. I Their mother, Norah Evans, leaving the children in bed, kindled a fire in the room where they slept and went a short distance to a neighI bor's home, but before her return I her home was burned and her chilI dren perished. j RAILROAD RECEIVERS' FEES. r Get Sums Ranging Prom $24,584 to $40,000 a Year. ItJudge W. H. Sanborn, of the United States circuit court, at St. Paul, Minn., on Monday filed an order allowing A. B. Stickney and Charles H. F. Smith as receivers of the Chicago Great Western railroad approximately one-half the amount they asked for as compensation for their work. They asked for $50,000 a year. Under the court's order Mr. Stickney will receive $24,584 for serving one year minus six days. Mr. Smith is allowed a total of about $42,000. Part of these sums have already been paid to both receivers. Mr. H. G. Burt, who succeeded Mr. Stickney as receiver, will get $40, 000, but not by the court's order, as he was engaged by special contract with the London committee which is managing the reorganization of the road. He served nine months. MESSERVEY FOUND GUILT1 .JURY COMPROMISES OX VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. The Sentence Twenty Years?Culpri Sobs Like a Cliild. Pleading to be Hanged. Walterboro. Nov. 25.?Sobbing lik a child and begging Judge Dantzle to change his sentence from 20 year in the State penitentiary to hanging J. W. Messervey, the slayer of Con stables Fishburne and Altman, a Ravenel, July 6, was led from th court room this morning at 9:5 o'clock, the jury having announce their verdict of guilty of manslaugfc ter and Judge Dantzler having pre nounced the sentence of the court few minutes later. The sentence was "That you, J W. Messervey, be confined in th State penitentiary at such labor a you are able to perform for the perioi of 20 years." The jury had deliberated 16 hour ?C a /I ^ k i o m Awn a 11(1 W11CLl CUU1L tuiivcucu iuio U1U111 ing for the purpose of hearing thei verdict the foreman announced tha they had just agreed but desire some instruction as to the form o their verdict. It was learned tha two of the jurors were for acquitta and the 10 at first were for murde but agreed to compromise on a vei diet of manslaughter. Judge Dantzler again instructs them and in about ten minutes the; returned to their seats and announce* that they had agreed upon a ver diet. ; The Crowd Expectant. A large crowd was eagerly watch ing the announcement of tjie verdict Judge Dantzler took the precautioi to warn those present that no demon stration would be allowed. Messer vey betrayed no sign of emotion a the clerk read the verdict. ' "1171, 1-^,3 Vv.? 7-.. ^rr/% if V., Vv iJLCii cuacu ujr iuc juugc n 11 had anything to say why the sent ence of the .court should not be pro nounced upon him he replied, ''No except I am not guilty." ' The judge began to write the sent ence but paused long enough to asl the- prisoner, "How long have yoi been afflicted with your leg?" "Sixteen or seventeen years," h< answered. After finishing the sentence Judg< Dantzler said to the prisoner: "If you had been convicted o murder I would not have disturbe( the verdict. You have been repre sented by able counsel who did al they could for you; you have had i fair trial, you had no right to kil Mr. Fishburne. I do not believe h< intended to confiscate your horse am wagon. In consideration of the con dition of your leg I will not sentence you . to hard labor in the penitentiary but will sentence you to perform sucl labor as you are able to perform The sentence of the court is that yoi be confined in the State penitentiary at such labor as you are able to per form for the period of 20 veu?v. ' Breaks Down. Unmoved through all the trial anc seemingly not affected by any of th< testimony, when the words, "For th< period of 20 years" were uttered, th< prisoner broke down and wept like i child, begging the judge to chang< the verdict to hanging, saying, " would rather die than have my lif< wasted in this way. Judge, chang< it to hanging. Let me die, judge change it to hanging. It's not right I'm not guilty." The judge ordered the sheriff to re mand the prisoner to jail. Sherif Fox told him to come with him bu Messervey, not heeding him, con tinued to cry to the judge to hanj him instead. The judge again ordered him re manded to jail. It was a pitifu spectacle, this unfortunate man blind in one eye and a cripple, witl his father on one side and brothe: on. the other, sobbingly pleading with the judge to have himself hang ed. A sigh of relief broke from th< crowd as the sheriff led him fron the room still sobbing. Col. Padgett moved for a new tria on the ground that the judge ba( erred in holding that it was no neccessary for a liquor constabb under the Carey-Cothran law to fib his bond with the clerk of court anc that therefore a constable coul< legally perform his duties withou the filing of such a bond. This wa: the main issue in the case from i legal point of view. Judge Dantzle: promptly overruled the motion. The verdict in this case is consid ered a great victory for the defense A verdict of murder was expected at least murder witn recommenaa tion to mercy. The Verdict of man slaughter was not thought of, eithe murder or a mistrial was expected "Hot Supper" Killing Begins. Spartanburg, Nov. 26.?Wil Browen, colored, was shot and kille< by Ed Fowler, colored, Thursda; night at a Baptist church known a: "The Corner," near Wellford in thi county. Fowler gave himself up to day and is. in jail. The trouble oc curred at a "hot supper," and fol lowed a difficulty between the twi negroes. The shotgun Fowler used is said ti have been picked, up by him in th< corner of the room where it had beei placed by a negro who had beei hunting during the day. RAPIST GIVEN LIFE TERM. / v trill u:? iifgru ? v u iuii aiinn^w? tu iuii mil in Cell, but Pails. McAlester, Okla., November 27.? William Jones, a negro, pleade guilty to attacking Mrs. John King near here, and was sentenced to th penitentiary for life here to-day. Earlier in the day Mrs. King, whe: taken to the negro's cell to identif him, attempted to shoot Jones wit a revolver which she had hidden i the folds of her skirt. The bulle went wild, however, and before th woman could fire a second shot, sh was dragged away from the cell. Jones was given a speedy trial o account of the intense feeling agains him. A mob vainly tried to take hir away from the police. 7 . To Tax Bachelors. . - ( What to do about the alarming in-, ,j crease of unmarried men is a prob- -! I lem more pressing than what to do t with our ex President. The increase j in the number of spinsters has. of j course, kept pace with that of the { l bachelors, but?whether justly or i not?the latter get all the blame. ! Various remedies for bachelorhood 4 have bec-n suggested, but the favor- i ite corrective seems to be a bachelor ' e tax. says The Chattanooga Times, r Numerous bills of this nature have, s at different times been introduced in the State legislature, and at the pres1 ent writing there are at least four X States where assemblymen will oiler e a bachelor bill. I 0 In Iowa the proposed tax is $25 nor annum in Missouri. SriO. and in i- Texas it runs from $10 to $25?de> pending on the age of the offender, a The Texas bill also provides that each eligible bachelor shall propose to at f. least one woman each year under a e penalty of a double tax. s The Texas tax would probably d bring the State $2,000,000 annually, j and even in Missouri the revenue des rived from the proposed tax would i- be $500,000. From these figures it " r is evident that as a revenue measure t the bachelor tax would be a success d ?but, for that matter, so would a . >f tax on the people blessed with red ,t hair or large ears, and from a reve.1 nue standpoint one law would be as r just as another. It would be class legislation Dasea on nomenness auu loneliness. J d A Wisconsin assemblyman who has y introduced a bachelor tax says that d many people wish to marry, but ?i don't know how to go about it. TMs is undoubtedly true and . many who "have succeeded in marrying didn't know how to go about it, either. They went about it, some of them, " as..though they were buying a horse C or bargaining for a piece of real es- ~ tate, and others married on sight, < " got acquainted when they had time, < and- then regretted wasting time. J The assemblymen hopes to remedy < this sad state of affairs by a State < " marriage bureau, which is one of the * ~ features of his bill. This . is not < ' freakish, as would at first thought < appear. Isn't marrying as impor- J I tant as stock raising or growing tur- < \ nips? . J Another Fallacy. \ The generally accepted belief that 3 a person is useful in proportion as i hp is hiisv is controverted bv a writer 1 f who says: "I have a dog that is ? j loaded with fleas. In the summer 4 time, when the fleas are plenty, that 4 I is the busiest dog I ever saw; when 4 ^ he isn't biting at the fleas he's snap- 4 j ping at the flies. He never has a J g minute to spare, but when he is the 4 j busiest he is the least account for 1 practical purposes. And there is a | a young fellow in my neighborhood 4 j who has a cheap watch and he * j smokes cigarettes. When he isn't winding his watch he is lighting a 4 j cigarette. He is a mighty busy 4 . young man, but he isn't worth two 4 hoops in a water barrel."?Rule * (Tex.) Review. ^ j "The Rival Shysters." | 1 A recent number of the Saturday 4 5 Evening Post has a most amusing J [ story of four shyster lawyers who 4 J were in turn, one after the other, j 1 and neatly, too, made to contribute 4 | handsomely to the purses of two ? 1 sharp negroes. These four shysters, * like all other shysters, jumped and f leaped and ran after an apparently ; promising damage suit, "against the * company." The two negroes put up a very plausible story about a third " negro being hurt on the railroad. * Each lawyer was approached, and each one greedily took hold of the " case, and as readily loaned the al- ' * leged plaintiff sums up to $50 in a " lump. Each lawyer promptly, filed V " his suit, and when court came each I I t? 4.1. ? i- _ 1 uuc wao iu tuc v;uuii iuuui cu picoo ? his case. Finally things came to 1 such a pass that the railroad's atr torney carried them all into a room ' and showed them that the two ne" groes had brought forty-six cases of 5 the same nature, bleeding forty-six 1 lawyers the while. The story is rich for the reason that the tables were 1 turned on the shysters, who got a * stiff dose of their own medicine. It t makes good reading. a < 3 Stung for 15 Years ! by indigestion's pangs?trying many . doctors and $200.00 worth of medil cine in vain, B. F. Ayscue, of Ingle* side, N. C.', at last used Dr. King's New Life Pills, and writes they wholly cured him. They cure constipation, billiousness. sick headache, stomach, liver, kidney and bowrel * troubles. 25c at Peoples Drug Co., I Bamberg, S. C. ] ~ Lanahan Appeals. Columbia,Nov. 25.?The first notice of appeal to the supreme court from the findings of the dispensary commission in the matter of the several 1 whiskey firms having claims against I the State has been filed by the attory neys of William Lanahan & Sons, s The notice was served yesterday on s Attorney General Lyon. The claim of this firm was $5, 916.54 and over judgment was found - against them to the amount of $23,o 563.46. The firm also has a claim againct Bamberg and Colleton couno ties amounting to $2,456.27 which e was oraerea neia up as me result 01 1 a a resolution passed by the commisa sion. -It is stated that the attorneys * for the Big Springs Distilling com- ^ pany of Savannah and the Jack Cranston company of Augusta will also serve notice of appeal before the time expires. Only a few days ren main for the firms to appeal, the time being ten days from the time the judgment was rendered. A Wofford Receives $10,000 >, Spartanburg, Nov. 24.?President e Henry N. Snyder of Wofford college I announces tonight a gift of $10,000 a to Wofford by E. L. Archer of this y county. The gift came unsolicited h and will be used in the erection of a n much needed dormitory building at it Wofford. e Mr, Archer is a farmer residing e near the city. He has represented this county in the general assembly n as State senator and is one of the it public spirited men of Spartanburg, n He is well known throughout the State. ["T'F!MCTETERM| ... Attorney-at-Law 2 [ BAMBERG, S. C. 2 Special attention given to set ? tlement of estates and investi- t L gation of land titles. a Loans negotiated on farm lands I in Bamberg County. T t Office over Bamberg Banking Co. ^ H. M. GRAHAM , Attcrney-at-Law ' BAMBERG, S. C. 'ractices in all Courts of this State. Offices in The Herald Building. g W. E. FREE Attorney-at-Law All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. investigation of land titles a specialty | OfBce for present at court house. g FRANCIS F. CARROLL ATTORNEY- AT-LAW Offices Over Bamberg Banking Co. GENERAL PRACTICE. , '.'Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law % .. : ==*= BAMBERG* S. C. , 5 . . reneral Practice. Loans Negotiated @ W., P. RILEY > | ? Fire, Life A Accident ! @ INSURANCE! 1 BAMBERG, S. C. )? G# MO YE ' DICKIN SON ! jl INSURANCE AGENT gg WILL WRITE ANYTHING 2 !g Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia- ^ bility, Casualty, in the f * strangest and most re- + ? liable companies. ^ 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. J ^ 'D'E.'GEO.'F! H'AIR'J Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. C. a ~ In office every day in the week. + | g Graduate of Baltimore College J || of Dental Surgery, class 1892. J ig Member S. C. Dental Associa- 35 tion. Office in old bank build- | || DE. O. D. FAUST 1| nPWTTOT Us XV JL4 XI J. JL hJ X jm| BAMBERG, S. C. , |g Office in Telephone Building. ? 3 If yon need a safe that is a XX safe see me before buying eg J. D. FEEDER M BAMBERG, S. C. Sgj Agent Victor Safe & Lock Co. 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