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5gj??p^ ' v ; , , .... I , . '' f% f" THE BAMBERG HERALD. ] a a. ??????^... .11 ??? ?r i . Established 1801 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1904 One Dollar a Year =a> 1 1 IN THE PALMETTO STATE. L 1 " A INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. t BV State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading t ? i Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ^ | A negro committed suicide in Columbia j last Thursday night by taking morphine, f j i Dispensary liquor had run him crazy. ' i Philip H. Stoll, one of the editors of the 1 Kingstree Weekly Mail, was elected to the t legislature from Williamsburg county in v i., the second primary. j (Spartanburg county has only had eight ( men to fill the office of clerk of court in 1 ? r*?ntnrv This is certainly a case where 11 . few men die and none resign. Most of |. these died in office. I * William H. Morgan and Arthur Davis. I * two mill operatives, were run over and 3 instantly killed by a Charleston and Western Carolina freight train near Greens' ville last Saturday night. John Bobbins and Jim Martin, two young white men, engaged in a difficulty on the public square in Anderson last Saturday in which Bobbins was seriously cut and Martin dangerously shot. Harry Dean, who murdered Miller McKinney in Spartanburg a year ago, was I tried last week and convicted of murder ^ with recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but his f attorneys gave notice of appeal for a new I * trial. & Dr. E. B. Craighead, formerly a mem-' J ber of the faculty of Wofford college and * later president of Clemson, has been j elected president of Tuiane uhiycibhj ??.., New Orleans. Since leaving Clemson he < has been president of the Misonri Normal 1 college. / The Independent Cotton Seed Oil Company's plant at Davis Station, in Clarenfdon county, was destroyed by fire last s Sunday, about two o'clock. It is partly t covered by insurance. It is thought that j ~ the mill will be rebuilt at Summerton, in the same county. e A fire occurred in the Secretary of 1 State's office in the State house in Colum- ? 'bia last Sunday night, and a number h - of valuable papers and records were destroyed. It is not known how the fife orig- t inated but it started among the books and c papers. The night watchman has been dis- 1 - charged. t A sensation has been created in Horry [s S county by the grand jury's presentmeht. Is I Evidently the finances of the county have 13 [ been wasted, even if there has not been a If misappropriation of public funds. The 1 dispensary business also seems to be in $ - bad shape. The outcome of the matter is * awaited with interest. c S> t, A severe storm swept over the Eastern J ^ part of the State last week. Much dam- *? age was done to growing crops in several ^ of the coast counties. Marion, weorge- \ J town, Florence, and Horry suffering con- * * siderably. The damage was great in j Horry county, where it is estimated at half a million dollars. ] (W. H. Sellers, known in Columbia as j , the "king" of blind tigers, has decided to ] pull up stakes and go to Savannah, Ga., t where he will run a big bar-room. Sellers 3 has been one of the most persistent and j p . irrepressible law-breakers in the State, and for many months plied his vocation openly and even insolently. In the second primary for Colleton f county Walker was elected to the House ' of Representatives, and there will be a 1 third race between Fishburne and Good- 1 win. Padgett is elected clerk of court, ' . his majority over McTeer being 48. Owen ^ is re-elected sheriff by a small majority. Smith is re-elected treasurer. 1 I Louis Young, a white man about 35 years old, was drowned at Georgetown last Wednesday. He fell off the dock into 4 the river and must have struck his head in falling and been stunned, as he was an ' expert swimmer. The body was recovered 1 in about ten minutes, but the three at- tending physicians found it impossible to 1 restore life. j/_ Mrs. M. V. McGee, of Anderson, died s in Greenville last Saturday night from in- j juries sustained by being severely burned j I t that day. She was visiting in Greenville j i and was seen to rush from her room into i f the hall with her dress in dames. She t *' ???? ?.-3 OA OOTTfi ran ont into tne yaru ttUU WWOU OV V Wj I * k Jjurned when assistance reached her that , r she died a few hoars later. ( | A negro named John Sams was killed J by a Coast Line passenger train in the outskirts of the city of Sumter last , r Wednesday. He was drinking and de. ' clared to a negro woman, who was walk- 3 ing with him, that he was going to let the train run over him. She said she tried to i pull him out of the way but he was struck 1 by the train and knocked into the ditch, L * dying soon after the accident. Governor Heyward has pardoned H. R. I Williamson and his negro accessory. 1 ! . They were sentenced from Greenwood county in March, 1903, for whipping J. H. a Wertz, each being given a term of five It . years. The negro held Wertz while Wil- 1 11 liamson applied the whip. It is said that Wertz and his two brothers withdrew their opposition to the pardon, because of j r . the delicate health of the prisoner's wife. ,4 Two distinct tremors of earthquake vere felt in Augusta on Wednesday of ast week, but no damage was done. Two voters named Drawdy have been irrested in Richland county for voting at wo precincts in the recent primary elecion. W. B. Smith Whaley, the financial sup>ort of several cotton mills and other nannfacturing enterprises in the Sonth, iled a petition in bankruptcy in the Jnited States district court Tuesday. His iabilities are $1,114,125, with assets to he amount of $1,200. A negro named Sam Marks struck a roung white man namea unary j^aogsiuu >ver the head with a piece of scantling in Darlington county last Friday afternoon, md Langston died shortly afterwards Tom the effects of the blow, his skull beng crushed. A lynching was feared, and ihe sheriff slipped the negro away and jarried him to the penitentiary in Colum)ia for safe keeping. A negro named John Cannon was shot md killed by another negro named Tom Etobinson at a "hot supper" near Leesville n Lexington county last Saturday night. The relatives of the dead negro refused o be present at the inquest or to take iharge of the body, so Magistrate Shealy, vho held the inquest, had to order the >ody buried. The slayer was present at he inquest and testified that; Cannon nade at him with a knife and he shot lim. A Proposition. If I can get contracts for five wells in Jamberg, I will guarantee a flow of ten gallons a minute with force sufficient to jo into the second story of any house in own. Will furnish all material and paries not to pay one cent until these retirements are carried out. I will furlish these wells at $300 each. Jno. M. Jennings. Card of Thanks. To the Electors of the Second Congresional District: I hereby extend to you ny sincere thanks for the consideration rou gave my candidacy for congress. Never perhaps in this district has a hard:r fight been made for this position, and lever has any candidate been so slanderid and fought by men not in the race but vho had political axes to grind. One of the many letters written under he pretence of friendship to men in vari>us parts of the district appeared in the Augusta Chronicle. Under these condiions I am sure you gave me a very handome vote, for which I am thankful. I im a Democrat, and in defeat I assure rou I have always been a Democrat, stood or white supremacy, and shall ever stand >y you and your children. I bow to your judgment as expressed at he primary, arid urge every man to go >ut and cast your ballot on November ^th for the nominees of the Democratic >arty of the State, district, and counties. This is essential in the case of the con* ppessional election, for with the threat of he Republican party in our ears, we will >e remiss in our duty if we do not go out ind cast our ballots for Hon. J. O. Patterion for Congress. So long as the race was in the primary [ opposed him. Now that you have spoken ma nominated him, I accept that derision, and he is your and my standard bearer, and if opposition should be offered ;o him, I tender my services to you and him. Again thanking you, I am, though lefeated, Gratefully yours, id v. S. G. Mayfisld. Denmark, S. C. September 20th, 1904. Squared. A card sharp swallowed a fish bone and was choking when a physician reached aim, says the New York Times. In a eery short time the doctor removed the bone and the gambler asked gracefully how much he owed for the service. "Fifteen dollars," replied the physician, without a sign of a blush. "What!" exclaimed the sharp. "You weren't working for a minute. That's an mormons fee." "My dear sir," reponded the physician, with professional dignity, "that is not the way to look at it. You must consider the pears of practice necessary to acquire my drill." The sharp had to pay the bill. Several weeks later the sharp was on 1 train out of the city and the doctor was in the same car, but he did not recognize lis former patient. The sharp was workng several of his little tricks with the boards and he finally induced the doctor ;o play, who at last was $30 out. "Waro l" shonted the doctor, when he saw his roll disappear. You haven't giv2n. me any show at all. You got that money out of me by a simple twist of the wrist." "My dear sir," responded the sharp soothingly, "that's no way to look at it. You should consider the years of practice necessary to acquire my skill." The doctor looked the sharp over curiously. Then he smiled faintly and blushed and said: "Can't you give me back $15 of that and call it square ?" SOUR STOMACH. When the quantity of food taken is too large or the quality too rich, sour stomach is likely to follow, and especially so if the digestion has been weakened by constipation. Eat slowly and not too freely of easily digested food. Masticate the food thoroughly. Let five hours elapse between meals, and when you feel a fullness and weight in the region of the stomach after eating, take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and the sour stomach may be avoided. For sale by Bamberg Phar; H. C. Rice, Denmark. 1 s'\ * BAMBERG'S Short History of the Wor Enrollmen' The first of July, 1899, the editor of this newspaper moved to Bamberg and as- a sumed charge of The herald. He was g utterly astounded upon learning of the r condition of the school affairs of this dis- 1 trict and the outlook for the education of 1 those children who of necessity largely 1 would have to attend a school supported t by public fnnds. Every one who is at c all familiar with the history of the town knows the condition of afiairs at that a time. Mr. H. J. Brabham, than whom ] there is no man in the town has done t more for education, took up the matter, ] and largely through his efforts a new c board of trustees was elected and school ? resumed in the old Baptist church build* ] ing, with Mr. C. R. Calhoun as principal, c The special levy on the district had been J done away with and the only income of the school was from the constitutional f school tax and the dispensary fund. The s income from these sources only sufficed z to run the school for about nve months \ and after that time tuition fees were s charged. g Our public spirited and enterprising citizens saw that something must be done 1 "> \ * >"'%"?? PS " ^ '' ' '": ' \ , ,vv ' ' .>' /.-y/< ^ / :. -v\' H %* ,? >;. 1 s : rejj? and to the end that the school might be a improved an election was held on the I question of levying a special tax of three 1 mills on the property in Bamberg district J No. 14 for school purposes. This was defeated, but those who opposed the idea said they would agree to a tax of U mills, 1 so another election was held and this tax 1 voted. In season and out of season?in fact t ever since we came here?the writer has s kept up the fight for a sufficient levy to t run the school nine months and for a new building. Personally and through the ( columns of this newspaper we agitated the . matter, and we are glad to say that we f had the hearty support and endorsement i of a number of our best citizens and large J property owners. That the outcome has been successful and that a handsome \ school building has been erected, is a i great source of pleasure to us. Much hard } work had to be done and mucb opposition j overcome, but many of our people had < determined not to be satisfied with any- i thing short of the best. The next movement was for the new * building, and an election was ordered on I the question of bonding the district in the * sum of $10,000 to erect a modern school building. The election was held and the ( bonds voted, but on account of the elec- 1 tion having been held without authority 1 of law, another election was ordered un- * der a joint resolution of the general as- j sembly. y Excursion for Colored People. The last excursion of the season will be run from Williston to Sumter Friday, 1 October 14th, for the advancement of ed- j ucation. Last year a train was run for a similar purpose and the handsome sum t of about $200 was netted. It is the pur- < pose of the committee in charge of this 1 train to raise four or five hundred dollars 1 this year. j Let every negro within reach of the t road, in the teritory over which this 1 train will run, go to Sumter and show his j appreciation to the vital cause of educa- t tinn The time! for the train will meet y the approval of all, both white and colored, and the committee will highly appre- j ciate whatever efforts their white friends j will make in urging the colored people to ' take the trip and help themselves along the line of education. G. W. Moobe. t , 1 The time for the State Fair is drawing near when the crowds will surge towards 1 Columbia. ( NEW SCH001 k?Cost of Plant Over E t Largest Yet?Opening ! Great opposition now developed, but iter a time the opposing forces got together and at the election a handsome aajority for the bonds resulted. This ast election took place in the spring of 903, and those of us who had labored so ong and earnestly for the cause ofeducaion in Bamberg saw the coming fruition >f our hopes. A mass meeting of citizens was held md a building committee consisting of C. i. Brabham, chairman, C. B. Free, secreary, E. C. Bruce, D. J. Delk, and H. C. Tolk was elected to have charge of the srection of the building. The first of last September the bonds were issued to Gen. <\ M. Bamberg, he being the highest bidier, the amount realized from the sale of ?10,000 in bonds being $10,315.35. The committee, after much deliberation, inally adopted plans for the building ubmitted by Geo. W. Stewart, of Atlanta, ind he was made supervising architect. Jnder these plans bids for erecting were ubmitted, and Mr. C. L. Rounds, of Augusta, was awarded the contract. Work was commenced about the first of ast February and the building completed /'i < "--1 day tne corner sione 01 me structure was aid by Grand Master Jno. R. Bellinger, me of the trustees of the school, the oficers and members of Oman lodge as- , isting. The building is a handsome one, as will >e seen from the above cut, and cost all old, including the site, architect's fees, stc., $10,310.35. The lot on which the building is situaed cos'i $900, and contains nearly three icres. It is in a high and dry portion of own, although it is not as centrally locaed as we would have wished. During the summer handsome golden >ak furniture was purchased by the trusees at a cost of $1,018.49, which amount ncludes freight and installing. A barn md stables has been erected on the premses to accommodate the horses and velicles of pupils from the country. This md other improvements cost about $50 00 ivhick makes the total cost of building, furniture, grounds, etc., to date $11,378.84 i magnificent investment for the cause of education in the thriving city of Bamberg. The furniture is of the latest and most nodern pattern, and there are in all 245 lesks in the building, single desks being ised from the fifth grade up inclusive, rhere are also nice desks and chairs for jvery teacher and the principal. In the inditorium there are fifty-one seats of jolden oak, each ten feet long, which will seat 408 people. On the first floor are spacious halls, two jloak rooms, four recitation rooms, an ifflce for the superintendent, and a li)rary. On the second floor are four recitation rooms, and an auditorium something like 90x42 feet, decidedly the largest auditorium in Bamberg. The building is leated by an improved hot air system ivhicb will insure an even temperature Letter to M. Moye, Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sir: You sell a good many things py the gallon. Being a decent man, you jive full measure. You know what we mean; you know hat short weight and short measure are iommon among?well, we hope there are 10 short measures and weights in your own. There are, though. Ribbons and laces md trimmings, sold by the "dozen," measlre nine or ten yards. There is no complaint, because "they all do it." You have he same plague in your goods?nearly jverything canned and bottled, cheats in ;he quantity. Almost nobody gives full weight in a" factory package! We are one of the almost nobodies. We jell paint, by the gallon, to paint your louse; and our gallon is just the same size is yours that you measure vinegar with? j J31 cubic inches. Good paint too?Devoe lead-and-zinc? ;akes fewer gallons than mixed paint and wears twice as long as lead-and-oil. Yoq, own a house. That's why we are writing to you. Yours truly 32 F W Deyoe & Co. - BUILDING leven Thousand Dollars. Exercises. throughout the halls and recitation rooms. The class rooms are large and commodious, and the building will be sufficient for the needs of the town for many years. OPENING EXERCISES The fall session of the school opened last Monday morning, the new building being occupied for the first time. The total number of pupils enrolled the first day was 228, the largest in the history of the school. Opening exercises wefe held in the auditorium at eleven o'clock, which were largely attended by the friends and patrons of the school. Addresses were made by John R. Bellinger, Esq., secretary of the board of trustees; Rev. Prank Willcock, pastor of the Presbyterian church ; Rev. M. W. Hook, pastor of the Methodist church; Mr. H. G. Sheridan, Headmaster of the Carlisle Fitting School; Mr. R. W. D. Rowell, county superintendent of education; and Superintendent N. M. Salley. The school starts off under the most auspicious circumstances. The board of 4 Tm.x XT Prtnn iiVioiftmon Tn A "D ii uaccca, o uu. u. L/upt, Vsuuu uiau, u uu. !? Bellinger, secretary, and J. A. J. Rice, are most energetic and faithful in their duties, and with a strong and enthusiastic corps of teachers the future of the school is decidedly bright. The teaching force consists of N. M. Salley, tenth grade; Miss Jesse W. Black, ' 'PX!- v M.ZP,vr v v M v m ' .V '' ' ': '< . \? Ay. ,/OxOy*;- \ X< J/i mM:M?\,/?mm*< m&&W&MMi " : * N / -' "t?<l7'i'' ' -.yr "A f- './fyM-.7'yJAi ix / /,7,* ii ggggpffl&^p ^af y 8th and 9th grades; Miss Emma L. Rasor, 6th and 7th grades; Mrs. J. A. Murdaugh, fifth grade; Miss Clara E. Riley, 3rd and 4th grades; Miss Gertrude Hamilton, second grade; Miss C. E. Mcintosh, first grade. The number of pupils in the differentgrades are as follows: first, 37; second, 37; third and fourth, 37; fifth, 33; sixth and seventh, 40; eighth and ninth, 21; tenth, 3, a total of 228 pupils. It shall be the aim of the Bamberg graded school to furnish a course unexcelled by any other preparatory school. The course as now arranged carries a child of six through ten grades, and at sixteen he is ready to go off to college. The idea is to carry a child along rapidly enough and yet not overtax its strength at any stage of growth. The policy of the school shall always be to give the best physical development possible; the highest intellectual attainment; and the soundest moral training. The trustees have wisely decided to admit pupils from any place into the school without tuition charges, and this places the best graded school advantages in reach of every boy and girl in this section. No matter "whether you live in the school district or not, your children can attend the Bamberg graded school without one cent for tuition or fees of any kind. Bamberg has always been Known as an educational town?where people realized the benefits of education and freely spent their money to secure the best advantages for their children and their neighbor's children. The generous gift of a $20,000 plant by our people for the Pitting School attests tms iact. 1 ney nave ueen equaiiy as liberal in the matter of a free graded school. They have invested wisely and well, and increasing dividends will come in each year from it. A Splendid Crop. I was recently on the farm of Senator Mayfield and passed through his cotton crop. Mr. Editor, such a crop of cotton I never saw before. The rows in one field were laid oif five feet and the cotton left 24 inches on drill, and it was locked in the rows. One field of about 100 acres, the best judges say, will make from 150 to 200 bales of 500 pounds each. Then there is another field that contains 60 acres, of this 20 acres has been adjudged the best ever grown in the county. Mr. Jno. C. Matthews, one of our best planters, says it will make three bales per acre. It is a sight to behold. The remainder of the field is fine, for it will make two bales per acre. This field is the Senator's pet patch, planted in his famous "Little Brown" seed j which yields 43 pounds of lint to every! 100 pounds' seed cotton, besides it is an early cotton, far superior to the "King" and is just about as early. Come and see it for "the half has never yet been told." 1 / M. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. <sa . . News Items Gathered All Aronat the Coanty and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, September 19.?The twa darkies. Milford Green and L. T. Thomp* son, who were suspicioned of the crime of horning Abram Smoak's residence dn the night of the 10th of September, were taken before Magistrate Henry Camming*. The evidence was enough to send them to Walterboro jail to await trial. Since then most of the cotton pickers hare gone to work again, but rather stubborn, an? the work goes on with a drag. About seven hundred bales of cotton have been marketed here, of the new crop. Mr. Sam. W. Copeland married a darkey couple on Sunday afternoon and sent them on their way rejoicing. The town council should look more after the streets and keep obstructions off of them, especially Main street, and the shade trees should be better protected. If ffi stock is hitched to them and allowed to . " \J| tramD on the roots and bruise them, it will not be long before they will die. Rural Delivery No. 2 started from Ehr- ^ bardt postofflce on the 15th September. It takes in the Folk's Store section and the St. John's neighborhood. When in good working order it will serve aboot one hundred and seventy families. It seems as if our school can't get under headway. The trustees thought they bad J| a principal but so far have failed. We '/JjB hope the old adage, "a bad beginning makes a good ending," will be true in the case of our school. ' Miss Mamie Hall and Miss Mattie Wil- ' liams, of Ocala, Fla., spent a few days visiting Mrs. F. T. Moore, ' Jee. Country Correspondence. With the beautiful summer season pass- ' ed and gone, we welcome fall with its warm days and cool nights. The fields are white and the harvesting season is upon the farmers. The gins in this vicinity are not able to accommodate ;/|S the patrons by ginning day and night. . -J?S More ginning plants could be kept quite . M Mr. Willmott Morris, of Danforth, Ga. and his sister, Miss Mary, were visitors in our midst Saturday and Sunday. The handsome new two-story residence of Mr. J. W. ?1111 is aooui compietco, building and painting. The Hampton school will begin Mon- . .Ja day, the 25th, with Miss Belle McKewn, , ;M of Orangeburg, as teacher. Let every pupil be present on the first day that pot* sibly can. Rumor hath it that orange blossoms ? >^8 have been budding in the Gear Pond vi- . cinity for quite awhile, but in a very short while they will be in full bloom,?when Jj?j the silvery ripples will wave the Ayer M (air) and wedding bells will chime from \ J Midway's clime. Miss Alma Sandifer has been elected to teach the school,at Colston this term. * Misses Minnie Ayer, of Gear Pond, and . Lee Vara, of Weimer, spent Saturday with Miss Georgie Jordan. Mr. John Strong's family, who have' been ill so long, are all better. Mr. Frank \ Bessinger a brotherdn-law, now has the same fever, also his brother Mr. Billie ' .'Ja Bessinger, of Spring Branch, they making . kg the eignt or ninth of the same family of brothers and sisters, besides their families that have had the same fever this season. Mesdames P. W. and J. R. Sandifer, and their daughters, Misses Alma and Lessie, were visitors at Mr. O. P. Jordan's Sunday. Hoping the other silent correspondents ; ^ will awaken after a prolonged nap and > assist in brightening the Herald's worthy ^ columns. Miss Mixson Married. A very pretty wedding was solemnized - :J? at the Methodist church here Monday ^ evening at 9 o'clock. The parties were '/ ^ Mr. Daniel Q. Towles of Young's Island and Miss Mary Enid Mixson, one'of Al- % lendale's fairest daughters. The attendants were: Mr. Frank Towles and Miss Gertrude Mixson, Mr. John Rrvan and Mias "Ella Towles. Mr. Ernest All and Miss Bess Connor, Mr. J. C. Sessions and Miss Alen^ All, Mr. ?. M. Mixson and Miss Henrietta Hydrick. Messrs. J. S. Mizson and R. ?. Harwood acted as ushers. The pretty, graceful little bride entered the church with Miss Mizson, the , ' M first bridesmaid, and was given away by her brother, Mr. W. H. Mizson, of Charleston. The wedding march was beautifully rendered by Miss Gertrude All assisted by Mr. P. H. All with the violin. The beautiful and artistic decorations at the church were arranged by many friendly hands and bore to the popularity of the young couple, as did also the array of handsome and costly wedding gifts. -A reception took place immediately after the ceremony at the home of the bride's mother. Those present at this elegant function were the bridal party, the relatives, a few invited friends of the bride and a number of Mr Towles' friends and relatives who came with him from Young's Island to do honor to this happy occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Towles have gone on their bridal tour to Washington and other points north. They will be at home on Young's Island after the 20th instant. ^ The Cotton Market. The weather has been fine for the past * two weeks for gathering cotton, and our farmers are harvesting the staple at a rapid rate. The receipts at this market have been heavy, the total number of bales received for the past week being nearly fifteen hundred. The price to-day is 10.40 cents the pound. $