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5tljr Bamberg tirral Thursday, Dec. 26,1912. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Through< the Town and County. Be careful with fire during 1 Christmas season. Help The Herald to have 2,0 subscribers by tne nrst 01 jauua 1914. The banks will be closed Wedn day and Tnursday of this week, ] the Christmas holidays. A fertilizer factory is one of t new enterprises planned for Ba berg in the near future. 1 The new county officers have ceived their commissions, and tt will take charge January 1st. This issue of The Herald is print Monday night in order to allow t office force holiday Tuesday a Wednesday. Our merchants report a very go Christmas trade, but there is doubt but that money is scarcer th usual at this season. There is considerable valual real estate to be sold by the Masi here at public auction the first M< day in January. See the ads. in tl paper. The people of the county are < pecting great things in the way good roads from the new supervis E. C. Bruce, and we feel sure will not disappoint them. The graded school closed last F day for the Christmas holidays, a the out-of-town teachers have go to their respective homes. Sch< will commence again Monday, Jj uary 6 th. Rev. G. C. Hutchinson and fam left for Ehrhardt yesterday mo: ing. Their many friends were soi to see them leave but wish them w in their new field.?Winnsboro Ne I and Herald. Congressman Jas. F. Byrnes forms us that he has a quantity flower seed for distribution throu? out the district, and will be glad forward a package to any pers who will send him a postal reque ?ing same. t A typographical error in li week's issue made us say that 3 N. P. Smoak had been elected "i tive president" of the Peoples Bar when it should be have been "acti vice president." The error was ma in correcting "proof." A Christmas tree will be given Trinity Methodist church Thursd evening of this week for the pup of that Sunday-school, also for t school of the Southside church. T ladies have been working hard on t Affair and it nromises to be a go success. i When one gets to counting up t boys and girls who go from Bambe to the various colleges of the Sta he realizes what a fine record t town has along this line. No dou more boys and girls are in colle from Bamberg than any town its si in the State. We notice that a farmer in A derson county made 1,600 bushels corn on 21 acres. Mr. Jno. H. Coj who lives near Cope, made 1,5 bushels of corn on fifteen acres. "V do not believe this can be beaten any farmer in the State, but if i we would like to know of it. The cotton mill closed down i nie'ht fMnndavl and will beein OLM ations again Thursday morning. T past year has been one of the m< prosperous in the history of the c< poration. The mill is a valuable i set to the business life of the co munity, and our citizens genera are delighted at its prosperity, o\ which they heartily congratulate t management. Wedding Invitation. Denmark, Dec. 23.?I take tl method of extending to my friends cordial invitation to attend my mi riage to Miss Ada Williams at t Baptist church, Norway, S. C., Si day afternoon, December 29th, 19: at 4:30 o'clock. JAMES S. TANT. A Delightful Entertainment. Miss Bell Cooner entertained 1; Thursday evening in honor of 1 C. and Y. club, which proved to one of the most enjoyable social casions of the season. Those present were: Misses B sie Armstrong, Mary Livingst Louise Felder, Frankie Folk, Ri Herndon, Harrie Dell Free; Mess Clarence Black, Charlie Black, Wi] Dickinson, H. N. Folk, Henry Stok Tillman Felder, Frank Folk, Chai D. Free. Bunco and high dice wi played. Miss Bessie Armstrong sc ed highest and was awarded 1 ladies' prize. After the games a lightful course of refreshments w served. ONE PRESENT I ^ Xo Board at Present. At present the town is without Fe board of public works, as the. only ^ two members of the board, Messrs. G. Move Dickinson and A. M. Brabham, resigned this week. The reason frc t for their action is that city council pe< repealed an ordinance or contract tht made by council some years ago with br< yie the board of public works, which was ne' that the city would pay over to the to\ board each moilth $200 for the light- ter ing of the streets. In addition to ag< repealing the ordinance, council coi adopted another, the provisions of coi es" which are, so we understand, that for council would pay to the board such agi sums as could be spared for street to :he lighting. As the members of the th( m- board did not care to run the plant the under such a haphazard arrangere_ ment, they promptly resigned. Coun- ag< iey cil will elect a new board we pre- at sume. is Pretty Wedding. ;ne nH of Beautiful in its simplicity and dig- t nity was the marriage of Miss Annie iod Marie Sease and Ansel Fowler sol- . no emnized at the home of Mr. and an Mrs. Strock Sunday at 10:30 a. m. by the Rev. J. H. Wilson. Cards were . issued to only a few of the most in- ble im timate friends and relatives of the ter oi contracting parties. The ceremony _T_ )n- w a room was exceptionally lovely, the QlS improvised altar and cabinets being banked with countless ferns and tQ_ sx- white chrysanthemums, of The bride is a popular Bamberg dej or, girl, who has resided here for sevhe eral months. Mr. Fowler, originally from At- a iri-_ lanta, connected himself with the A X n(j Mirmow mercantile business here two Co ine years ago and during that time has 30l made many loyal friends. m_ Mr. and Mrs. Fowler will make 1 their home with Mr. and Mrs. Strock 40 for the next few months.?Orange- in? *1* burg Evening News. me rn~ M we Pretty Home Wedding. wo Wi ws Kearse, Dec. 19.?A pretty home ' wedding was given at the residence da; in_ of Mr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Breland, Gr; December 18th. Their daughter, to r^_ Vena, and Mr. Melvin Carter, of Ehr5t0 hardt, were married, by the bride's pastor, Rev. E. A. McDowell. As _ 1 st_ they came out Mendleshon's Wedding J March was softly played by Miss Wilbur Carter, of Goldsboro, N. C., and sll< lst during the ceremony Hearts and er ^r- Flowers was also rendered by Miss or ac~ Carter. Mr. Carter is to be congratulated, as Miss Vena is one of our no1 lve sterling young ladies. B. ! ,de ^ for Fire at Denmark. teE dri at ??? ay Denmark, Dec. 22.?A store be- hoi lAnorintr fr\ A \T Spodpr WAS hlimed tie ilS 'uut|1"b " ? - , this afternoon. The loss is small and in ke partially covered by insurance. The i ke fire originated inside the building. ?1 Q(j The excitement for the moment was be great, but know the cause seems on entirely to have allayed the excite- the he ment. The responsibility for the tas !r& fire can not be placed upon any one. cui te, , ? he WOULD LIVE IN WHITE HOUSE. thi ibt __ ge 13-Year-Old Maryland Girl Asks ^ ize President-Elect to Adopt Her. sta ~~we Trenton, N. J., Dec. 21.?A little ^ n" girl in Maryland wants to be the daughter of President-elect Wilson. i )e' A letter, which the president-elect received from the girl, read as follows: Fai "Dear President: I thought I k* would write to you and ask if you s0' would want to adopt me. I am a 1 poor orphan and I have to'work for bo< to- my living. I heard you was so nice an< 3r- and kind, and by all your children ma he being grown, I thought you might by jst want me. ing 3r- am 15 years old, and I would me is- love very much to be your daughter, aei m- I hope I will not insult you by this. Sai lly Excuse writing. * Please answer. rer From your little friend." * yoi he The name of the child was not yoi made public. wa ne? Don't miss that great feature at wa the Pastime Wednesday. Queen a ? bis Necklace plays as the Woman in 5 a White. pia ar- ? mi: he BIG BLAZE IX BIRMINGHAM. in- ??? ^2 Paper Company Building Destroyed. Loss Over $200,000. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 20.?The ma six-story plant of the Birmingham n^: Paper Company, on First avenue, 30 as* was totally destroyed by fire to-night th< '^e with a loss estimated at more than lo"* hp $200,000. The building belonged to oc" H. H. Mayberry, of Franklin, Tenn. Ca The Chamber of Commerce build- He PR" - J- J A~ mg, adjoining, was Uttma-seu mc on' extent of about $5,000, chiefly in the Bii lth auditorium, where the skylight dome ,Tf' of glass was broken by the heat. A G. llie small restaurant adjoining the Paef' per Company building was complete- K1 ly demolished by falling walls. ha ere * lia or- Santa Claus will be at the Pastime Mr the Theatre Wednesday/ and every child an de- attending the picture show Wednesere day will receive a present which will be handed them by Santa Claus. a 1 FLEEING FROM MENINGITIS. B aring Dread IWsease, People S Leave Georgia Town. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 21.?A special im Waynesboro says: Because nine li Dple in one locality have died in cl j past couple of weeks from cere- s< d spinal meningitis, and several S w cases have been anounced, the tl vn council of Waynesboro this af- cl noon ordered on a quarantine a linst the southern section of Burke w inty, of which Waynesboro is the inty seat. tl The federal government has h reed to furnish serum with which d fight the disease, and doctors of c< i county have agreed to join in h 5 movement to stamp it out. B A ^ t + o r-i nn + Vi rm & m oc.C- ft il IUU5 UiOtauw iv^^/uvuv/ A 11 v.?^jvi m.M i. from Midville to the Chronicle, n 12:20 this morning, says the town T emptying itself of people as rapid- ti as the people can get out. ti The secretary of the State board si health was appealed to three times night for aid in fighting cerebro nal meningitis, which is sweep; the community, and refused. P v. Brown has been appealed to 3 asked to file formal request by re for a federal expert to be sent mediately. Dr. Theo. G. Kershaw, T Augusta, an expert on the disease, tl s appealed to this morning, and is V w on the scene. ir rhere have been two more deaths ai night and three new casee. Since la Dn Saturday fully 200 people have Si sertea tne town, going to Au<iuia <xi i Savannah. li SSAULTEJ) TWENTY WOMEN. ( nfessed Criminal Dies from Wound Inflicted by Detective. tl ??? p< Chicago, Dec. 20.?Martin Panko, years old, who confessed to hav- . ; assaulted more than twenty wom within a year, died at the Bride- j 11 hospital to-day of a bullet ^ und inflicted by Detective Frank ^ pi ilff. The detective shot Panko yester- , f, after he had attacked Mrs. H ace Reichert and then attempted b evade arrest. .j My Affinity. / [ don't know where she is at all? i may be up in Mars. It may be i has stopped to call at sundry oth- T stars. I don't know if she's dark m fair, a blonde or deep brunette. *E e color of her eyes and hair I've ^ t discovered yet. 111 She may be fat, she may be lean, P] aught I chance to know. . Her PJ oper may be as serene as the un- P{ ven snow, or it may be as seething fc t as pepper of Cayenne?these lit- ^ points as yet are not at all with- "{ my ken. iB 3he may be tall, she may be short ^ the truth I can't disclose. It may ** she's the simple sort with freckles her nose, or maybe she's one of ^ >se girls who have expensive w tes, who wear some sixty'leven i Is and $90 waists. * ** The fact is, I've not met her yet, a] s fair twin soul of mine; and )ugh sometimes I feel regret, at iers I opine, considering the flabby w te I'm in financially, it's just as Z( 11 for my soulmate and better far s? me!?Judge. , T JODIES TAKEN FROM OCEAN. a< re te of Aviator Kearney and Com- Q1 cLJ panion Mystery no Longer. sc Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 19.?The lies of Horace Kearney, aviator, 1 Chester Lawrence, newspaper n, rescued from the sea, lie side w side to-night in a little undertak- m ; shop at Redondo Beach. They t death in an attempted hydro- w oplane flight from Los Angeles to i Francisco. a< Ten hours after the body of the ing reporter, battered almost be- a< id recognition by waves and rocks, te s found on the precipitious coast a] ir Rocky Point, that of Kearney tj s picked up a mile away at sea by searching party. 1 Little doubt remains that the aero,ne made the fatal drop within 15 p nutes after it was last sighted last :urday by watchers at San Pedro. Christmas Dance. n Invitations are out for a Christ- a] ls ball to be given in the city on n: set Monday evening, December li th. Music will be furnished by c< i Metz band, of Charleston. Fol- k ving are the committees: a Executive committee?Bert D. si rter, W. A. Klauber, E. Henry ei mderson. Invitation?Laurie P. McMillan, ssell Beach, G. D. Ryan. h Reception?Dr. H. J. Stuckey, Dr. b' M. Sibert, Norman Kirsch. a Chaperones?Mr. and Mrs. W. A. w auber, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brab- ei m, Mr. and Mrs. Jones A. Wil- h ms, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker, -. and Mrs. H. H. Copeland, Dr. ci d Mrs. F. B. McCrackin. c< Floor manager?H. H. Copeland. s] Refreshments will be served, and w arge affair is being planned for. s LAIR DECLARED NOT GUILTY. layer of Southern Railway Freight Agent Pleads Self-Defence. Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 20.?Wilam Finley Blair, formerly chief lerk in the office of Geo. G. Thompdu, division freight agent of the outhern Railway, was acquitted of le charge of murder of his former tiief, Thompson, on October 19, by jury here this morning. The jury as out all night. Blair, who had for five years been le chief clerk in Thompson's office, ad been absent from his work ten ays prior to the killing and had revived a note from his chief carrying is discharge. Thompson went to the lair home in answer to a request om Blair. He was shot down a few linutes after reaching the house, here were no eye-witnesses to the agedy. Blair's contention at the ? - ' ? - ? ? * A ^ 4- *> n/\ /I n rt '13,1 was LL13t 3 HgUL cusucu auu uc lot Thompson in self-defence. OFFENDING" AD. CLIPPED OUT. apers Have Rare Experience with a Postoffice. Hendersonville, N. C., Dec. 21.? he French Broad River Hustler and le Western North Carolina Times, no weekly publications published l Hendersonville, were "up in the ir" yesterday in ordinary street parmce but in the vernacular of Uncle am, they were up in the postoffice ad held up at that, the latter pubcation being held up for 24 hours. The whole difficulty was occasioni by the innocent little word chance" occurring in an advertisetent. Postoffice authorities held lat it would be a violation of the ostal regulations to dispatch the apers, and then the publishers were i a dilemma as to what course to ursue?whether to insist upon mailig the papers as they were, clip out le advertisement, or reprint the paers. Commissioner of Labor and Printig, M. L. Shipman, editor of the bustler, arrived from Raleigh just efore publication, in time to face le difficulty and after suffering luch "mental anguish," as he put , and being in the "greatest mess in is newspaper experience." Editor T. R. Barrows, of the imes, wired Third Assistant PostLaster General J. J. Britt, regardig the matter, to receive a reply to le effect that the papers were unliable. He began on the clipping rocess after a goodly portion of his apers had been mailed and disatched. The task was no easy one >r him, as it was his Christmas edion of 28 pages and contained four ffiance" advertisements. Accordtg to former Editor Tom Valentine, ley "cut the whole gizzard out of le paper." The little advertisement in queson as published by both papers, as that of W. H. Hawkins & Son, iwelers. It was said to be a violaon of Section 573 of the postal laws ad regulations, subject to a penalty : $1,000. The trouble started this week hen Postoffice Inspector C. W. Setsr, of Asheville, discovered, it is lid, that "chance" circulars had sen mailed through the local office, he question as to chance or lottery Ivertisements was discussed, as a >sult of which the papers were exaained by the officials and were con;quently held up. A Xew Side Show. Tommy had been to the circus ith his father and was telling his other all about it. "But," he said regretfully, "there as one side show we didn't see." "How do you know you didn't?" Viic mnthpr J U1U JlMJL v/ VAAW* "Well," explained Tommy, "just 3 we .were leaving I heard Mr. Jones ;11 papa that he'd better stick round so as to see some of the pretr chickens."?Popular Magazine. KILLS BABY, STABS HERSELF. ride of Birth Prompts Deed of Despondent Japanese Woman. Oakland, Cal., Dec. 21.?Pride of oble ancestry incited Mrs. Kate Kitkami, a young Japanese woman, to lurder her son and attempt her own fe yesterday, because she had beome an object of charity. Mrs. Jtakami's husband died two months go, and as she is without funds, le was given a home with an influatial Japanese family. Lashing her year-old baby to her ody she plunged a dagger into its eari. She was found bowed down efore an image awaiting death with dagger wound in her throat. The eapon was an heirloom, inscribi with a plea that it always bo used 1 defence of the family honor. The young woman resisted her resaers, but it is believed she will reaver. Her friends explained that lie had come of a family of warriors, hich held a proud place among the amari of Japan. Abseil nwBBMnMc The Woman M She makes it best ' culinary department, ti ly upon unhealthful, o: accessories. She is e< * that true economy doe of inferior meat, flour, < is an earnest advqcate baked food, and has pi statements of the expx ing in the world toda; Baking Powder. CONVICTS DECIDE TO QUIT. Three Make Getaway in Aiken, But Two Brought Back. Aiken, Dec. 19.?The white convicts on the Aiken county chain gang recently decided that they would give the county no more free work, and they carried their plan into execution on Saturday night; they all made' thpir psranp with thp PTP.pntion of I Lawrence Wise, who is a "trusty." The plan was well laid and worked well and, if it had not been for the dogs at the camp and the determination and courage of Foreman R. L. Chancey, the three white convicts would still be at large. This wholesale desertion took place from the gang now working in Beech Island, and the convicts could not have picked a more favorable place to make their escape to than the Savannah river swamp. The convicts retired usual on Saturday night. The negroes are kept in the cage, while the white men are kept in a tent. Near the tent were also several negroes, who act as "trusties." The convicts in the tents are chained at iright and locked with penitentiary locks. Some time early in the night the white convicts broke the locks and made their escape. It is supposed that! this occurred about 11 o'clock. How-I ever, about 1:30 a. m., Sunday, the colored "trusties" discovered the departure of their white comrades, and gave the alarm. Foreman Chancey was in a quandary. There is no ' A J 1 1 1 1 _ rx XT in I DlgQL guard, UUl Lit; itsit tue v;ajmy 114 | charge of the "trusties." He had two j mules saddled and with a colored | "trusty" as a companion started in ' pursuit. The foreman had two young dogs, 7 and 9 months old, respectively, i They are not so well trained, and have had little practice. The dogs soon took up the trail which went directly to Mr. George Boyleston's blacksmith shop, near Page and Hankinson's store. The convicts broke into this and secured cold chisels and hammers necessary to cut their chains off. The shackles were found at the blacksmith shop. The convicts then headed for the Savannah river. They travelled in company until they reached Horse Creek bridge; then they separated, one going in one direction and two in another direction. It is also strange that the two dogs also separated, taking different trails. Mr. Chancey took the stronger of the two, making both dogs run together. Here he had to dismount and left the "trusty" in charge of the mules, and followed the j dogs alone. For several hours he trailed the fleeing convicts through^ the Savannah river swamp, and about j o o'clock Sunday morning ran upon ; i two of the men before he expected j it. They did not resist, but probably i if they had known that the foreman ! was alone, they might have put up a i fight. The second trail was too cold after 1 Mr. Chancey had gotten his first two j convicts back to camp, and it was j abandoned. It was found that Paul j Burnett was the convict who had j taken the other direction. He was convicted, with Tillman Hadwin, for stealing from the person of Wadei Samuels, under the North Augusta J bridge in the early part of this year. I The two convicts who were return- j ed to camp were Hadwin and Benson, j New Advertisements. H. C. Folk, Master?Sale of real j estate in case of J. J. Cleckley j against Alice Walker. The Carr-Carlton Co.?Frost Proof Cabbage Plants. R. W. D. Rowell, Auditor?Assessment Notice. ) I tfrfare ekes the Home who, looking after the irns her back resoluter even suspicious, food conomical; she knows . i s not consist in the use )r baking powder. She . 4 of home made, home J!. . roved the truth of the jrts that the best cooker is done with Royal , \ f, - V ? "A BURNING, SEETHING HELL." *; i How Arkansas Governor Describes State Penitentiary. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 20.?Characterizing the Arkansas penitentiary under the lease system as "a burning, seething hell, consuming human beings," who are "being fed into it in a manner which results in nothing but making fortunes for contractors/' Gov. George W. Donaghey to-day issued a lengthy statement in defence of his action last Monday in issuing pardons to 316 State, convicts. * '! ' Sharp cirticism of the governor's action from State officials and citizens had previously drawn from the executive the statement that all ' ' those who oppose the abolishment of the inhuman convict system, which we now have in Arkansas, are, in my !. opinion, bound in the direction of that place spoken of by Gov. Blease in connection with the constitution of his State, and it is my belief they \ K are going to land there in spite of every effort of mine to prevent them doing so." Further criticism of the governor's course resulted in another statement to-day. According to a newspaper compilation, based on the State records, 43 of those pardoned by Gov. Donaghey * ' t were convicted of murder or man slaughter; 111 larceny, 26 assault to> kill and 66 of crimes ranging from hog-stealing to bigamy. Inquiry Brought No Fruit. * Denmark, Dec. 22.?Norway is quiet after the shocking killing of 4 ' Friday night. No further progress has been made in the effort to apprethend the members of the mob. The ' people as a whole are reticent and 4 disposed to shift responsibility for the probe entirely upon the officers of the law, but are apparently V anxious to see the proper officials enter the investigation with the hope that the horrible crime will be laid bare to the public. The negroes of the community are very quiet. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. < r. . 1 71 For 25 Words or Less. Pork Wanted?Will pay 11 cents .j the pound. H. G. DELK. ? For Sale.?A desirable Main street j business property. Apply at THE ' HERALD OFFICE. ' Notice.?Town taxes are now due and payable to the town treasurer ati his office over Bamberg Banking Co. Notice.?We have installed a grist mill and are ready for business. Will grind any time of day you want it. DELK & COPELAND, Ehrhardt, S. C. < . # Lost.?A pair of eye glasses in Fitting School chapel. Useful only ^ to owner. Liberal reward offered if returned to MISS LYNN RILEY. * Pork Wanted.?Will pay 11 cents the pound. H. G. DELK. Wanted.?To buy farm of 500 to 1,000 or more acres, well located. Must be good value at price asked. Give full particulars in first letter. FARMER, Box 121, Bennettsville, S< C' \ i j Wanted.?By young man of life- ' 4 time experience, a position as farm manager. Can do all repair work, < also handle gin system. If you are in need, address Farmer, care of The Herald, Bamberg, S. C. Pork Wanted.?Will pay 11 cents > TT n TlT^T zr tne pounQ. n. kj. jl/uuu.. For Sale?At bargain prices, 15 * head horses and mules; four twohorse wagons; all kind of farming implements, grain drill, mowers and rakes, hay press, reaper and binder; also ear corn 80 cents the bushel; pea vine hay $1.00 per hundred; fodder $1.35 hundred, delivered Bamberg. Also have some hogs fo. sale. See Julian Gray near Cope, S. < C. VERNON BRABHAM, Columbia, S. C. 1