Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' THE BAMBEBG HERALD ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 . A. W. KXIGHT. Editor. Sates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for jix months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for Erst insertion; 50c. for each subsequent inaertion. Liberal contracts made foi three, six, or twelve months. Want No - > *- J 1..' T AA.1 feces one cent a worn eacu inscruuu. Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on mbjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature I. will not be published unless paid for. ^BMr5===^=^=========!==^====^= Thursday, Sept. 22,1904 = When it comes to dirty politics and the bnying and selling of votes, there are mother counties besides Aiken. # If dispensary liquor will run a negro ' , crazy and cause him to commit suicide, what will it make a white man do ? ** / j The conviction of a young white man j <A % prominent and influential family for the crime of murder by a Spartanburg jot j is a healthy sign. It seems to us he ( ought to have been hung, but even a sen-gence of life imprisonment is much better ( than South Carolina juries have been in ( the habit of doing. Ifc **# If there is a law against bribery and ] whiskey-treating near the polls on elec- } tion days, where were the Aiken officers 1 4m the day of the recent primary t It is ?\. * jmblished that votes were bought for money and whiskey in open violation of < tbe law, but we predict that this law will ( I I t* enforced about as rigidly as the pistol \ toting law. ] #% Sumter's festival or carnival is about to 4*11 through on account of the lack of en' tbusiasm of the business men, whom it ^ aeems are a little slow in putting up the , necessary cash. Possibly it is just as , well, for as a rule these things never pay . lor themselves, or in other words, the cost , Jf entirely out of proportion to the benefit derived. However, they serve to advertise a few individuals who thrive on publicity. - The Aikenites evidently have very little gratitude in their hearts. In the recent primary the city of Aiken gave Patterson ?71 votes and Mayfield only 100, nearly four to one, while the county gave Patter*on a majority of only 575. In view of the fact that Mayfield withdrew in favor Ol Croft, this vote looks decidedly ungrateful and we might say treacherous. Mayfield's friends in Bamberg county will remember this and endeavor to return the hindness (?) should the opportunity offer. The railroad authorities should certainly give the people of Bamberg better service. There is not enough force at the d&pot to handle the business. The agent and his assistants are simply worked almost to death. We know for a fact that Agent Eaves works all day and nttrht and vet it I if impossible for him to keep up "with the work. Oar business men should require the railroad to give the depot more force, for it is certain that one man cannot do the work of two. The npcountry ought to get justice from the railroads with one commissioner from Saluda, one from Laurens and the other from Greenville.?Newberry Observer. ; Veil, let us hope so. We haven't been i getting anything from the commission heretofore.?Anderson Advocate. Our contemporaries ought to know that the up country has at least received justice at the ( hands of the railroad commission and they Ought not to want anything more. ' If their section gets any favors from the ] new commission of "npcountry" men, we 3 g; would be glad for them to let us know ; when it happens. Pride and Honor Lost. 3 i The Bamberg Herald, which possesses ] the virtue of speaking its mind and t aking sides, says the campaign this year was "the dirtiest ever held in South Carolina," I 7 and it thinks it quite an honor to be a defeated candidate in some counties in 3 South Carolina when the character of some of the men elected is considered. 3 This, in connection with the bribery in Aiken, is not very encouraging. It is the 3 direct result of the seeds planted in the camDaisms of 1890, 1892 and 1894. Can- ] didateswand voters seem to hfcve lost pride And honor. How are they to be regained? ( ?Columbia State. ? Bore Print of the Springs. A politician, upon his arrival at one of i the small towns in North Dakota where 1 he was to make a speech the following day, found that the two so-called hotels < were crowded to the doors, says the ] Youth's Companion. < Not having telegraphed for accommodations, the politician discovered that he would have to make shift as best he could, i He was compelled that night to sleep * on a wire cot which had only some blankets and a sheet on it. As the statesman is a fat man, he found this improvised bed anything but comfortable. 'Well," asked a friend, when the politician appeared in the dining room in the morning, "how did yon sleep ?" "Oh, fairly well," replied the statesman nonchalantly, "but I looked like a waffle when I got up." When troubled with constipation try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets They are easy to take and produce no griping or other unpleasant effect. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy; H. C. Rice, Denmark. r-' ^ PITHY PARAGRAPHS. Something has "broke loose in Georgia," from the daily reports of murders, lynchings and suicides. Port Arthur is doomed to fall again The Japanese are tunnelling the city, and her last fall will be in the Japs' gully. The general election is only five weeks 0 ? * J *V?/v TYftm iroin DfSl luesuay auu iuc j/cmuuutiv management has done practically nothing in the way of campaign work. The Angnsta Chronicle asks, "Shall the State or mob rule?" To the casual ob server the mob seems to be on top ovei there just now, as well as in South Caro lina. The sleeves the women wear now are like the Dutchman's churn, big at the little and bottom at the top. Over in Georgia a negro baby was kidnapped last week. It is presumed that the kid was napping at the time. That Atlanta doctor who took a mouthfull of another man's ear must have been fond of hoghead cheese. A friend stated that a dog attempted suicide by hanging in town Sunday afternoon. Evidently the suicide mania is becoming epidemic when it strikes the poor canines. One of oar young men says he has at last found his girl out. He called on her * few evenings ago and found her out svith another fellow. Now that the primary elections are Dver, it is suggested that the ex-candidates organize reunions in each county in order ;o keep their memories fresh with those halcyon campaign days. A lady entered one of our dry goods stores and bought two yards of material for a waist. A few days later she called for half a yard of the same materia], and when the clerk asked her if the two yards be had sold her were not enough for a waist, she replied that those two yards were for the sleeves and she wanted the half yard for the.waist. WHAT'S IN A NAME? . Everything is in the name when. il comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, discovered some years ago how to make salve from witct hazel that is a specific for piles. For blind bleeding, itching and protruding piles eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and skir diseases, DeWitt's salve has no equal This has given rise to numerous worth' less counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt's, the genuine. Sold b^H. F. Hoover. Thft Torn Field. "v *"hi?v''- ? David Rankin, of Missouri, is fairlj entitled to be called the "corn king." H< owns 20,000 acres, which are located it Atchison county, Missouri, joined by 3, 000 acres in Fremont county, Iowa, jusl across the line. His son, W. F. Rankin is the proprietor of 5,000 acres of his owr and various interests in which the twc own much land in the vicinity. Mr. Rankin's first concern is the corn for it is the corn that makes the business Of the half million bushels which ar< raised on his land every ear is fed anc not an ounce is sold. The first principle of his system is, "Buy corn and neve: sell." From all his neighbors the corr pours into his cribs, and some seasons he has fed more than 1,000,000 bushels of the great fatmaker. On the payroll are between 200 and 30C men, varying with the seasons. These men are paid at the rate of twenty dollars a month. FROM 148 TO 92 POUNDS. One of the most remarkable cases of a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion, Ind., who was cured by use of One Minute Cough Cure. She says: "The coughing and straining so weakened me I ran down in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried a number of remedies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough [Jure. Four bottles of this remedy cured me of the cough, strengthened my lungs rod restored me to my normal weight, iealth and strength. Sold by H. F. Boover. Pointed Paragraphs. Love your neighbor in spite of his spite fence. If a girl's face is her fortune, she seldom needs a chaperon. Too many family Bibles are more ornamental than useful. Even the wise man relishes the silly prattle of a pretty woman. We all have money coming, but it sellout arrives on schedule time. Many a man's so-called gems of thought ire nothing but paste. The young man who flies high doesn't stop to worry about where he is going to light. No matter what a married man buys lowntown his wife always knows of a place where she could have bought it cheaper. It it said that a soft answer turneth away wrath, but occasionally a soft answer a matrimonial encasement which ends in war. EMERGENCY MEDICINES. It is a great convenience to have at hand reliable remedies for use in cases of accident, injuries and ailments. A good liniment and one that is fast becoming a favorite if not a household necessity is Chamberlain's Pain Balm. By applying it promptly to a cut, bruise or burn it allays the pain and causes the injury to heal in one-third the time usually required, and as it is an antiseptic it prevents any danger of blood poisoning. When Pain Balm is kept at hand a sprain may be treated before inflammation sets in, which insures a quick recovery. Sold by Bamberg Phar; H. C. Rice, Denmark. % I BENNETT AGAIN ARRESTED HAMPTON COUNTY CRIMINAL CAUGHT IN SAVANNAH LAST SUNDAY. [ Was Pardoned on Condition That He Leave the State, But Came Back and Accidentally Killed His Wife. > Ben Bennett, the white man who jumpi ed into the public eye a few weeks ago by ,r accidentally killing his wife while on a visit home in violation of the condition of his pardon from the penitentiary? > which provided that he should not again . set foot on South Carolina soil?has been ? arrested in Savannah, according to a tel. egram received last night by Gov. Heyward from Sheriff Lightsey: Savannah, Sept. 18. 5 D. C. Heyward, Governor, Columbia. S. C. H. W. Jenkins has Ben Bennett locked up. Wire me what to do. J. H. Lightsey, Sheriff. The governor replied to the sheriff that > he might have Jenkins deliver Bennett here, or that he would, send , a man from here to bring him in. The correspondence did not indicate whether Bennett would resist coming without requisition. Since Bennett's escape from Hampton just after the killing of his wife the governor and Capt. Griffith, superintendent of the penitentiary, have been working on the case energetically but quietly, and though many never expeeted to hear of Bennett's capture, the telegram from the | sheriff of Hampton was not a great surprise to the governor, although it was very pleasing and gratifying to him. Gov. Heyward said last night that he had in formation which convinced him that the Hampton sheriff has been doing his foil duty in this Bennett matter. A telegram received late last night from Sheriff Lightsey informed the governor that Jenkins would deliver Bennett here. ?Columbia State, Monday, Sept. 19th. BENNETT WILL FIGHT REQUISITION. He Has Engaged Counsel to Resist the Move. Said to Have Quarreled With His Wife?Had Enlisted in Army. Savannah, Ga., Sept. IS.?James B. ' Bennett was arrested here today and is to ! be taken back to Brunson, S. C., by Sherifi John H. Lightsey, who came today for him, provided a requisition is granted. ; Bennett was wanted for one or two - reasons. The sheriff himself does not ' seem quite certain which charge it is that [ he will use in trying to get Bennett back , to Brunson. i Bennett was convicted some years ago as being accessory to the murder of John , Lightsey, at Brunson, and was given a life sentence. Eventually he was pardoned by the governor, but the pardon was conditional upon his. never returning to r South Carolina. As he violated this con? dition, the sheriff thinks he can get Beni nett and have him serve out his life in the . penitentiary. I The other charge against Bennett is one , of murder. He is charged with having t murdered his wife several weeks ago at > Branson. Bennett declared it was an accident, and the coroner's jury accepted , his version of the killing and discharged . him. ? Since his discharge Bennett has been to 1 Charleston, to North Carolina and finally 5 came here day before yesterday. He then r enlisted in the United States army and l was to have left tonight for Fort Caswell, i N. C. ? Bennett declares that he shot his wife accidentally, that she had got up in the i night without his knowledge and that as t she was re-entering the room he fired, i thinking her an intruder. He shot her through the heart. Sheriff Lightsey says that Bennett's little girl now says that Bennett and his ! wife had some quarrel before retiring the ' night of the killing. This evidence was ' not brought out before the coroner's jury. Bennett, who is about 32 years old, has ( employed counsel and will fight against removal to South Carolina. REQUISITION FOR BENNETT. E>edines to Come Beck to South Carolina Until He it Brought Back. Ben Bennett has declined to comeback to South Carolina without a requisition. Accordingly Gov. Heyward yesterday wired Gov. Terrell, of Georgia, to have him held in the jail at Savannah until the papers could be made out. Gov. Terrell acknowledged the receipt of the request and declared that he would hold Bennett and would aid the authorities of South Carolina in every way. The office of the attorney general has now taken up the matter and will prepare the papers demanding Bennett's extradi-j tion to this State. No further trouble is looked for and it is expected that Bennett will be landed here in a few days to serve the rest of his life for having taken the life of a man named Lightsey in Hampton county. Had he kept the faith he would be free today under the parole given him by Gov. McSweeney, but his coming back to South Carolina was made known only through another horrible tragedy, the killing of his wife?Columbia State, Tues day, Sept. 20th. U. S. ARMY CLAIMS PRISONER. Governor Terrell Orders Bennett Held for Requi. sltion Papers?Ai-my Officer Will Try to Hold Him. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 19.?Gov. Terrell today wired the Savannah authorities, directing them to hold J. Ben Bennett until proper requisition may be made for him. The police also received instructions from Lieut. Moore, United States ". ..4 3 ' i'.5 recruiting officer at Savannah, who had enlisted Bennett for the service, to hold Bennett subject to his orders. He is in communication with the army authorities at Washington and expects the war department to advise him that the man is Ka mMn iin tn (ha fitril nntV>i"?riti?*s UVb IV VV gifVU U^ KV vuv V* * ?? muvuv. of South Carolina. The lieutenant seems to think that the army is entitled to Bennett. The police scarcely know for whom they are holding Bennett, but he is still held. His attorney, R. L. Colding, is about to institute habeas corpus proceedings to secure his release. Sheriff Lightsey is here still, and his claim for the; man is before the police still. Lightsey is anxious to take him back to Brunson. Bennett is only 27 years of age and was married at 17. He has a little girl nine years of age dependent upon him for support. The man seems to have provoked sympathy here.. He is almost wild with the thought of spending his life in the penitentiary. Mr. Colding is in conference today with Lieut. Moore and efforts to secure the honorin g'of the governor of South will VBruiiun b CAuauuiuu niu uv utuiij issisted. The Frenchman Was Logical. W. B. Yeats, the Irish poet, lectured at the University of Pennsylvania upon Ireland's literary revival, says the Boston Post. Afterward, in his apartment in i Houston hall, Mr. Yeats talked for a while with some reporter. He said, among other things, that America reminded him of France. He said that the clear air and the gay sunlight made him imagine himself in Paris, so that be was often under the impulse to enter the American shops and ask the price of things in bad French. "My French is very bad," he explained. "I have no doubt it is as bad as the English of a Frenchman whom I met in Paris once. "I had told this Frenchman that a young lady whom we both knew was ill. He became sympathetic. " 'She is ill,' he said. 'Eet is too bad. And what is ze mattress ?' " 'What is the mattress ?' said I. 'Oh, I see. You mean what is the matter?' , " 'Ah, but,' objected the Frenchman, 'is eet not of ze feminine gendaire zat we speak ?'_ HE SOLD A PILE OP CHAMBERLA.15'8 COUGH REMEDY. . I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for more than twenty years and it has _ .1? ? T 1?J ? given enure eaiiMatuuu. x nave emu a Sile of it and can recommend it highly.? oseph McElhiney, Linton, Iowa. You will find this remedy a good friend when troubled with a cough or cold. It alwavs affords relief and is pleasant to take. Sold by Bamberg Phar, H. C. Rice, Dbnmark. "It's Not My Business." A wealthy man in St. Louis was asked to aid in a series of temperance meetings, tut he scornfully refused. Being pressed, he said: "Gentlemen, it is Dot my business." A few days later, his wife and two daughters were coming home on the lightning express. In his grand carriage with liveried attendants he rode to the depot, thinking of his splendid business and planning for the morrow: Hark! Did some one say "Accident?" There are twenty-five railroads entering St. Louis. If there has been an accident, it is not likely to have occurred on the and Mississippi Railroad. Yet it troubles him. It is his business now. The horses are stopped on the instant, and on inquiry he finds that the accident has occurred twentv-five miles distant on the and Mississippi. He telegraphs the superintendent. "I "will give you $500 for an engine." The answer flashes back, "No." "I will give you $1,000 for an engine." "A train with surgeons and nurses has already gone forward, and we have no other." With white face and anxious brow the man paces the station to and fro. In a half hour, perhaps, which seemed a half century, the train arrived. He hurried toward it, and in the tender found the mangled bodies and lifeless forms of his wife and one of his daughters. In the car following lay the other daughter, with her dain &y ribs crushed in,- ana her precious life oozing slowly away. A qutrrt of whiskey, which was drunk fifty miles awafjp by a railroad employe, was the <^ause of the aatastrophe. Who dare say of this tremendous question, "It is none of my business?" fVernon Brabhaml AT MIDWAY A CALL When you want anything in Clothing, Shoes,* Hats, Hardware, Furniture, Groceries, Tinware, Etc., Etc., and you will Come Again _ kiMM??# 1 WASTED. Industrious man or woman as permanent representative of big manufacturing company, to look after its business in this courity and adjoining territory. Business successful and established. Salary $20.00 weekly and expenses. Salary paid wppklv from hnmn rvffic.e. Exnense monev advanced. Experience not essential. Enclose self-addressed envelope. General l Manager, Como block, Chicago. ' v.;; : v'-Ji. : From Manufacturer To Consumer i Many lines of Dry Goods, formerly to be had only through the jobbers, are now bought by the Emporium directly from the manufacturer. Buying in large quantities and directly from the makers, we are i in a position to, and do sell our goods as cheap as many ^ | merchants buy them for from the jobbers ???? . <2* There is no middle-man's profit where we buy and our many customers reap the benefit of our dose buying. Silks, Dress Goods, Dress Trimmings, v l v Domestics, Gloves, Underwear, || Belts, Hosiery, Hats, j||| an?? all rporltr-mado irarmentfl w? hnr Hiivrtlv frnm th? TnannfaptnrprR 'J We get in on the ground floor. We get the benefit of the lowest prices, the newest'Styles end the most prompt deliveries.- Naturally we are in a position to offer our customers the newest styles at the very lowest market prices?and that is exactly what we do do. Shopping at our Emporium is both profitable and safe. Profitable because at our store you get, for the dollar, more new and fresh merchandise than can be procured elsewhere. Safe because you know what you buy here is stylish, and a guarantee to please goes with every sale, otherwise >' wl money is cheerfully returned. It pays to shop at the Emporium. Many say so. Why don't you try us ? ??? J ^ . .V .jt New Goods at Low Prices! 20 pieces Broadcloth, full 52 inches wide, with beautiful high, luster^falifh; wre ~ ? 9how all the fashionable shades of brown, blue, red, green, and gray. Fashion baa declared that Broadcloth is to be the most popular fabric this fall, so do not hesitate to select one of these for your best dress. Our cloth is exceptionally good, and the :',;r price exceedingly low?make your purchases now at the low price of 78 Centa { Snowflake Wool Waistings, one of the novel ies of the year, these are to be the Jjj goods used for serviceable waists, they are pretty, warm ana substantial, beautiftil designs in blue, pink, helio, red, grey, tan, cadet, navy and black. The material is ! ' all wool, 28 inches wide and highly desirable, or price is interesting, only 30 Ctn >v iGrand Millinery Opening^ J Wednesday and Thursday, September 28th and 29th A treat that will pay you to attend Write us for samples of anything you may need in Dry Goods. | p| THEODORE KOHN M of SS'Oo non ! or M?~. | ORAINQEBURQ, S. C. I***"- I f I J. M. Dannellf ?Son, 11 EHRHARDT, S. 0. I White Star Buggies i|j " 3 We have just received a solid car load of the celebrated White Star Bug- ^VJ| gies, and they are for sale at prices to suit the buyer. We have all styles, ??rJp * and can suit you, no matter what may 6e your wants. Come and see them. Harness! Harness! Harness! Seventy-five sets of bran new Harness just in, all kinds. Prices from $7.00 ' 4 A to $40.00 the set. Can please anybody in any kind of Harness, so be sure fl to see our line before you buy. Lap Robes, Whips, Etc. j P| Our Spring and Summer line is in, and it is the largest and prettiest assort * ment ever shown in this part of the country. You'll certainly be disap < pointed if you buy without seeing this stock. I flcCormick flachinery .J This is the season when you need Binders, Reapers, Rakes, Mowers, etc. We sell the famous McCormick machinery, the best on earth. We can furnish you anything needed in this line, ana our prices are surely right We are here for business, and will make it to your interest to trade with us. rVia ji/i JC. I ! THE BE5T PLACE | To buy your Writing Papers, Tablets, Pens, Pencils, etc., f Jj is the place where there is a large assortment to select jfl from. My stock of Stationery is the largest that has f ever been on sale in Bamberg, and if you will visit the 1 store you can find what you really want. I W. G. HOFFMAN'S f j Telephone 32. Bamberg, S. C. J ?????^?? 1 BABY EASE the world's beat babyN^j j 3l T* It I R A) medicine is a prompt, safe, sure and harm- JK J *ess remed7*or8" sorts of stomachandbowel mjk I 1H| 0g W trouDies 01 Daoies auu cuuuicu. *? *- ?? ? ^ 1 W J all rfooSd^St ?Q??n?5c? 4 I ^Manufactured by BABY EASE CO., Maook, OA. # 1 SOLD IN BAMBERG BY BAMBERG PHARMACY ^ I