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?Ijr Hmttbrrg ijrralh 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 invest ment or $iu,uuu ana upwuruo. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable atrictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch tor first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal adTertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents & line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special bead, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. -Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and al) notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters of those P pertaining to matters of public interest We require the name and address of the writer in every case. 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 expressed in any communication. Thursday, March 16,1911. Tho article* of Mr. A. W. Brabham, fefi; published this week, is most timely. We are spending a lot of money for ;j> education, but are we getting value received ? Bgfol' j.. As to a trip for the South Carorv lina editors this summer, President Kohn will suit us exactly if he arfe"' ranges for the trip over the-Clyde Liine to New York. From the way American troops are being sent to the Mexican border, it begins to look like Uncle Sam . . is preparing to take a hand in the P?: ' * trouble over there. The opinion of the Supreme Court in re Cole L. Blease as gbvernor Ife: -would no doubt make interesting fe'C'."- Teading, and we'll warrant no dis|j| senting opinion would be filed. Our noble governor did not create 8j&2 much of a stir in Atlanta last week. Slfe' Evidently he was outclassed. PosSp sibly he'll say that those attending the commercial congress did not rec|tfjs' ognize his executive ability. lrn^Unnnirar OQVO it 1 lie 1 UI AVillC JUIU4U11?( oujw ?V fcnows of no good reason why an fnPfb station should not be extended to the governor to address the meeting 3p? f of the State Press Association at Columbia in June. Well we do.. |M/' The fact that there was no court W: last Wednesday and expenses going IfeS > on caused a good deal of comment P& and criticism. There is a feeling on g?V-. the part of the tax payers that the ir"' roster should be done away with and let witnesses in all cases be present py< t so that the business of the court can ll?' 5 SO on without delay. Some of our newspaper friends wonder that Bamberg county is out fc * of debt and has m oneyaahdeybaocea of debt and has money ahead. Possibly that is a strange condition for a. South Carolina county, but it is true nevertheless, and our levy for county purposes this year is only Hp - \ mills, which is no doubt lower than the levy in many counties of the State. The number of cases in this term of court, brought by laides against the Southern Railway, shows that there is something radically wrong I? r in the management of the road. The president would do well to quit making speeches and writing letters telling the people of the South how to manage their business and devote some attention to the running or his railroad. Evidently the manner of ' handling pasenger trains and the treatment of passengers needs a vigorous overhauling. Opposes Stripling's Pardon. ;'...i Atlanta, Ga., March 13.?Edgar M Stripling, who, while serving as chief of police at Danville, under the name of Morris, was arrested on the charge of murder after 14 years of freedom, will not get a pardon from the Georgia pardon board if the widow and relatives of the man he killed can . bring sufficient influence to bear. This . statement was made to-day by Mrs. G. M. Nelson, of Harris county, formerly Mrs. Wm. J. Cornett, widow of Stripling's victim. Speaking of those who are seeking Stripling's pardon, Mrs. Nelson says: "They seem to forget there is a widow, children, aged father and mother and sisters (for he was the only boy in the family) to whom the loved one whom Stripling shot can never return." ARE WE WASTING MONEY? Nearly Sixty Per Cent, of Our Taxes Goes to Schools. Editor Bamberg Herald:?Nearly 60 per cent, of all taxes colected in Bamberg > county goes to the public schools. Never in the history of this country was so much money used for education. The people seem to think that education is the penacea for all evils and all ills. We need education, I admit. It is needed in the homes, in the community, in the church, in our counting houses, on the farm, at the bar, and on the forum, but are we setting: it. I fear not. I cannot call to mind a single boy, and every boy in the county had a better chance tha his father had, who gives promise of going higher up than "the old man." Judge Prince, in his charge to the grand jury at Bamberg a few days ago, used these words: "The public schools of South Carolina are a perfect farce." well, the tax-payers are toting a heavy burden to sustain a valueless system. But does higher education pay? Let us go back and take the successful men locally known. Here are a few I will mention: F. M. Bamberg, E. R. Hays, H. J. Brabham; J. B. Black, C. R. Brabham, S. D. M. Guess, Joseph Guess, Simon Brown, Robert Aldrich, W. G. Simms, G. | H. Bates, J. O. Patterson, J. W. Jenny, Miles Loadholdt, Jacob Lightsey, J. A. Lightsey, Hansford Rizer, C. F. Rizer.Josiah Ritter, Conrad Ehrhardt, I all picked up what they/knew. Their lives are behind them, and need no comment at my hands, fc On the other hand, of the many college-bred men known, I can name only a few: J. J. Maher, G. Duncan ? Bellinger, H. C. Folk, and H. S. Hart- < zog, who made and are making a succes^ The world owes its greatest debt to men of limited education. Nearly all the great books were written by uneducated men. All of the great inventions were made by uneducated men. When I say uneducated men, I mean men who educated themselves. Lord Bacon was one of the best educated men the world has produced, and the most learned of all English judges, yet never was a criminal docked before him who was lower down the gamut of crime than Lord Bacon himself. His life is a disgrace to learning and to Engiish jurisprudence. Lord Byron, the most wonderful master of the English i language known, was at best a moral i leper. So also was that most gifted of women who is known as George : Eliot. The rice planters sent their children to Europe to be educated. They got a thorough education in books and into European society, but where vino fioMc nnw? O T1 ttlP CLl c tu^ 1 iV/V uviuo *iv ?i vmvv VMW garden spot of the world, a land of. beauty and prosperity. Go there, and it is fast becoming a howling wilderness, and one is forced to exclaim: Icabod! Icabod! the glory of Israel hath departed. Education of the highest order has not saved the rice fields. The last, census reports that 49 per cent, of all the Southern white farmers and planters have left their farms to negro tenants and have ' moved to town to educate their children. For 6,000 years the negro race has farmed in Africa, and in all those centuries Africa has made no progress at the hands of her own people. What progress has been made is what foreigners have done. And do the Southern people think they can live in town and that their farms will prosper at the hands of those who for 6,000 years have shown no cunning in the art of husbandry? I shudder for the future of the fair Southland. A. W. BRABHAM. Olar, S. C. SKULL CRUSHED. I B. H. Keller Injured in Fight with John Sellers at Spartanburg. Spartanburg March 13.?In what is said to have been a drunken fuss, B. H. Keller, a white man, was ; knocked in the head with a beer bottle by John Sellers, white, about 2 o'clock Sunday morning, and as a result Keller lies in a critical condition at Dr. Pott's sanitarium with his skull crushed. It was necessary to perform an operation on Keller's head after being hit by Sellers, and several pieces of his skull had to be removed. Though his condition is serious, it is not necessarily fatal, and the wounded man's physicians, Drs. Nettles and Dorsey, believe he will recover, unless some dangerous complications arise. However, it will be at least to-morrow before it will be possible to predict his recovery. . Keller is in the employ of the electric light company in the capacity of meter reader. The fight took place in a nearbeer saloon on Magnolia street, near the union station at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning. Immediately after hitting Keller, Sellers was arrested and will be held by the police pending the recovery of the injured man. CALLS OUT MILITIA. Governor of Oklahoma Summons Troops to Keep Order. Oklahoma, City, Okla., March 9.? Gov. Cruce to-night ordered out three companies of the Oklahoma National Guart to prevent rioting in connection with the local street car strike. The order followed trouble late this afternoon which came as a result of an attempt to operate cars on the lines of the Oklahoma railroad after a settlement of the strike had been agreed to by the company and the men. While there were several fights no one was seriously hurt. The lines have been out of commission since Sunday morning. It is expected another attempt will be made to operate the cars to-morrow. When the first cars started thousands of persons collected in the downtown district. The trouble be gan when a crowd of men demanded that a motorman and conductor "show their cards." When they failed to comply they were pulled from the car and a fight followed. Several arrests were made. Operation of the cars was stopped and.Gov. Cruce was asked for aid. Under the agreement made to-day it was provided that there should be no discrimination by the car company against the men because they belonged to "any organization." They also agreed that practically all the strikers should be reinstated. LESS CORX FROM WEST. South Carolina Farmers Have Saved $300,000 So Far. According to a prominent railroad official there is an estimated shortage of 600 cars of corn shipped from the West to South Carolina points so far this season. The approximate value of each car is $500, which means that at least $300,000 has not been sent out of the State for the purchase of corn, as has been the case in previous years, but has been spent at home. In matter of freight the saving is about $50 per car, or an aggregate of $30,000. Undoubtedly this decrease in the purchase of corn from the West has been brought about by the successful agitation to raise corn within the borders of this State. T4- in AAnnrul/v/l + Vi?-i + +V,a rannril madal Jib ID WUbCUtJU buab tUV^ 1 vvuiu 1UUUV by Jerry Moore of Winona, in the production of corn on one acre, has given South Carolina the greatest amount of advertising that has been received from any other source in years. Killed by Sister's Friend. . Knoxville, Tenn., March 12.?Kidwell McSween, son of W. J. McSween, a prominent lawyer of Newport, was shot and killed to-day in a street duel at Newport with John Pritchett. Pritchett was seriously wounded and may die. The tragedy resulted from the meeting of Pritchett and Miss Emma McSween, sister of the dead man, in Knoxville, Saturday. Miss McSween had run away from a school at Nazareth, Ky., to which place her fatner sent ner some months ago in order to break up an affair between Pritchett and Miss McSween. After she left Nazareth, &iss McSween came to the home of a relative in Knoxville and a report reached Newport that the young couple had been married. When this was denied and Pritchett and Miss McSween arrived in Newport on the same train to-day the tragedy followed. Slain by School Teacher. Ten^ille, Ga., March 9.?Dr. T. J. Kelly of this place was shot and instantly killed today by Nathan L. Johnson, superintendent of Tennille institute. The punishment of Dr. Kelly's son at the institute, it is said, led to the trouble, the culmination of which wasf to-day's tragedy. Friends had tried to settle the trouble, but when the disputants met on the street to-day the killing occurred. Johnson was taken to the county jail at Sandersville by Sheriff Moyie. Both men are prominent ana excitement here to-night is intense. An immediate trial probably will be granted. Fire Sweeps Rutherfordton. Rutherfordton, N. C., March 10.? Fire of unknown origin, which started at 10 o'clock last night in the Carpenter block, in the heart of the business district, destroyed a dozen mercantile establishments, the Central hotel, the Baptist^, and Methodist churches, the Carpenter residence and a livery stable. At 1 o'clock this morning the fire is not under control. The local fire department, which is a small volunteer outfit, is paralyzed. The walls of the Carpenter block in falling demolished a brick building across the street and started the fire in another direction. The loss cannot be estimated at this hour. Foile du nord ginghams in fanices and solid colors to match, at W. D. Rhoad's. "O'Riley is coming!" "O'Riley is coming!" > ft 4 < ! 1 You are at ?* ( > !? in trying to live \ 3? ally if you do not ? the opportunitie! 1 - 1 1 g day in the week | GOOD GF S 6f us at less than $ best at the lowesl ? what you want 8 everything we sel $ of Lipton's Teas. Tea will go to 3 p Syrup. Try us, 1 I Uflmrlnn i uciuuuii f 'PHONE 24 : : it ' * ;t? ?t? ?f ? *V? 'ftif 1 Ift'fiift'fi'fiifii ; A v a* '4?? I Bail Granted Tuten. Hampton, March 1.4.?LeRoy B. Tuten, charged with the murder of James R. Langford on November 29, was granted bail to-day in the sum of $5,000. Mr. Tuten's attorneys appeared be- j fore Justice E. B. Gary at chambers : at Abbeville to-day, and bail was granted with no less than two, nor more than five securities. Mr. Tuten's bond is now being executed with the names of W. C. Mauldin, Joeb Mauldin, Jacob A. Lightsey, W. Fred and Henry W. Lightsey as sureties, all of whom could qualify for at least $500,000. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Sale.?Eggs for hatching. Barred Plymouth Rocks. $1.00 for fifteen. J. M. GRIMES, Bamberg, s. c.. Lost.?Somewhere between the residence of Mr. N. Z. Felder and Bamberg or on the streets of Bamberg, one brown fur scarf. Lost last Thursday by Mrs. C. R. Hooton. Reward paid for return to N. Z. Felder. ?. i Salesmen Wanted to look after our interest in Bamberg and adjacent counties. Salary or commission. Address: LINCOLN OIL COMPANY, Cleveland, u. For Sale.?Selected, Thoroughbred Single Comb Brown Leghorn Eggs for setting, 60 cents per dozen. No eggs sold over five days old. CLIFF JOHNSON, Bamberg, S. C. For Sale.?Lots at Denmark, suitable for residences, stores, factories or cheap tenements. Easy terms given. Denmark needs houses to rent. They will pay large revenue on cost. Inquiries addressed to me at Savannah will receive prompt attention. C. H. DORSETT. For Rent.?The four front rooms up-stairs in The Herald building. These are the very nicest offices in the city. They have electric ngnta and water and all the rooms are connecting. See me quick if you want a nice office. Will rent the four rooms as a whole or separately. A. W. KNIGHT. Does Your Baby Suffer From Skin Disease? He would be a heartless father indeed, who did not allay baby's suffering as did Mr. E. M. Bogan of Enterprise, Miss. He says: "My baby was troubled with breaking out, something like seven-year itch. We used all ordinary remedies, but nothing seemed to do any good until I tried HUNT'S CURE and in a few days all symptoms disappeared and | now baby is enjoying the best of : health." Price 50c. Der box. Manufactured and Guaranteed by A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO. Sherman, Texas. Sold by: Peoples Drug Co. Bamberg, S. C. NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE. I hereby give notice that on Friday, March 31st, 1911, I will file my final accounting as administratrix of the estate of W. R. Bennett, deceased, with Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bamberg county, and wTill ask for a final discharge as administratrix of above estate. MRS. M. E. BENNETT, Administratrix. Olar, S. 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