The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 27, 1905, Image 1
I THE BAMBERG HERALD.
m Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1905 J One Dollar a Year
K\ PROF. N. M. SALLEY ELECTFDLaorens
City Schools Choose Teachtr to Suc|i
\ cecd Mr. B. L Jones.
I Laurens, April 22.?Prof. N. M. Salley,
r superintendent of Bamberg graded
I schools, has been elected by the board of
E trustees and he has accepted the position
| of superintendent of the Laurens city
^ schools for the term beginning next Septemper.
Prof. Salley is chosen to succeed Supt.
< B. L. Jones, who has been at the head of
the schools four years. He resigned the
place a year ago, but was prevailed upon
1 to continue another year. He finally cont
sented, with the understanding that his
connection with the schools would termi*
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> nate witn tne curreat kxw.
Mr. Jones is regarded as one one of the
foremost school men in the State. He has
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made a success in this work, but for special
reasons he has decided to give up
teaching.
Superintendent Salley is an experieocSf
ed educater. He has been at the head of
' the Bamberg schools for several years.
PR He attended the Citadel, and afterwards
pent some time at Wofford.
A Reply to "Citizen."
Mr. A. W. Knight, Bamberg, S. C.,
^ 1 . \ Dear Sir A law abiding citizen of Bam-1
f .. ' berg for thirty years begs space to reply
to some of "Citizen's" queries. He asks,
"Have we any laws? and if so, are any of
them enforced?" Tes, we have laws, and
I*--'-" many of them are enforced by fines and
Hi other punishments,' by sentence in open
court Nearly every offence on "Citizen's"
P list has been dealt with. We are not re^
sponsible for his want of knowledge on
the subject. This misguided effort has
' V done far more harm than good. Your pa'per
has a wide circulation, and extracts
are made from it to the detriment of the
town. This is not the first time a claim
m: has been published abroad and copied
" ** i?r? Iava are made or enforced here.'
{:; v. Maybe, Mr. Editor, as Paddy would say,
you "mind the time." The worm you see
?? / sometimes will turn.
But, sir, if one wishes to help build up
?? the tcgwn, stop washing soiled linen in
public. Speak up for your home town.
Say a food word for it when you can.
' There's an old adage that it's a dirty
bird that fouls it's own nest. Strangers
who tarry here go away much pleased,
gg: V and are very complimentary. How ques"&v
tionable, then, this indictment of a whole
G community, this severe, not to say insultIk'
ing, reflection on the mayor and council.
H But maybe the gentleman means it in a
SfeS--- Pickwickian sense.
B'v:. But, fir, what can we expect from this
f" Moses, the law giver or wouldbe maker,
the author of "Perilous Times," another
; Alexander Dowie, who virtually consigns
Jfe to hell all lovers of our National game,
base ball, men, women, boys and girls for
witnessing or playing ball. No excepk
, tions, not even many of our ministers
who keenly enjoy the game. Surely this
v world is too sinful for this good man.
Wonder if he's not sprouting wings?or
would he establish here another city of
* ,Zion? Surely there is no labor problem
to trouble and vex, and the machinery
runs smooth, for our Moses to indulge in
two separate contributions in same copy
I # of paper. But then, Mr. Editor, you know,
a certain class enters where angels fear
I to tread. Very respectfully,
Bp ^ S. W. J0HK8ON.
Bamberg, S. C., April 22,1905.
LAST HOPE VANISHED.
When leading physicians said that W.
M. Smithart, of JPekin, la., had incurable
consumption, his last hope vanished; but
Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption,
coughs and colds, kept him out .of
his grave. He says: "This specific cured
$ me, and saved my lifel Since then, I have
used it over 10 years, and consider it a
marvelous throat and lung cure." Strictly
scientific cure for coughs, sore throats
or colds; sure preventive of pneumonia.
;? Guaranteed, 50c and $1.00 bottles at all
druggists; Felder & Matthews, Denmark.
Detailed for Baptism.
Some ofthestories dating back to war
times will never grow old. Private John
Allen fathers this one:
A chaplain of the army called on a colonel,
who was noted for his profanity, to
talk of the religious interests of his men.
"You have a fine regiment," said the chapif
lain in an effort to break the ice.
"Yes, sir," answered the colonel.
"Do you think you pay sufficient atten|
tion to the religious instruction of your
H . men?"
I s 71 aon i KUU w, paxoiui.
f "A lively interest has been awakened
) in the Massachusetts. The Lord blessed
us and ten privates have been baptized."
"The devil you say. Sergeant-Major,
? have,fifteen men detailed for baptism, forJ
I be cussed if that rival regiment shall
outdo us."
Mr. Takahaira, the Japanese minister at
Washington, according to The New Orleans
States, has a new story which he
tells with great glee. He says he heard
two women discussing his nation. "The
Japanese," said one of them, "ought to be
| > excluded from the country. Their young
I men come here to school, and no sooner
I do they arrive than they begin a system-1
atfc course of cheating." "How is that?"
asked the other. "They only pay tuition
r for one," said the complainant, "and they
| . learn enough for two or three." j
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
There is a movement on foot to create
Edisto county out of portions of Orangeburg
and Aiken, with Wagener as the 1
^county seat. i
Ron. J. P. Cary, of Pickens, has been | ]
appointed judge ior a special tom ui
court for Richland county. The term is '
to ,last four weeks, commencing last Mon- '
day. 1
The town of Johnston, in Edgefield
county, suffered a serious fire in the busi- :
ness section last Friday morning. Several
stores were burned. The loss if about
$20,000.
Comptroller General Jones has raised
the assessment of the Standard oil com- 1
pany in this state for franchise tax from
$56,878.99, as returned by the company,
to $200,000.
Two men named Nance and Bishop
were shooting at each other in Spartanburg
on Saturday, when one of them hit
a little white girl, making a wound that
will probably prove fatal.
The county commissioners of Pickens ]
county have ordered an election to be ,
held on Saturday, May 20th, on the question
of voting the dispensary out of the :
county. There were over 1,100 names i
signed to the petition asking for the elec- ;
tion. .
The Columbia Record says that $104,000
has already been turned over to Clem
son, from the tag tax. Last year tne lax j
-amounted to $118,974.15. At the present i
rate it will be a good deal higher than j
that this year. It will all go to Clemson, ,
the senate having killed the bill to divide
with Winthrop. 1
Bob Smalls, the white man recently 1
convicted of murder in Darlington coun- 1
ty and sentenced to be hanged on May <
5th, has appealed to the State Supreme
Court. This is the case where two white
men were convicted for killing a negro. ?
The other man was sentenced to impris- ]
onment for life, and has begun to serve <
his sentence. ^
A commission has been issued by the
Secretary of State to the new company ?
which will publish the Spartanburg Her- ]
aid. The corporators are A. ?. Gonzales, i
W. W. Holland, H. L. Watson and F. H. .
McMasier. Mr. Watson is to be the edi- *
tor, and Mr. Holland the business manager.
Mr. Watson was formerly editor of
the Greenwood Index.
Sunday morning while the Southern <
train which leaves Charleston at 7:30 A. j
M. for Columbia was moving at full speed .
between Jedburg and Ridgeville a pistol 1
shot was heard, which is supposed to J
have been fired by a negro. The ball ^
passed through the frame work of the ]
yrindow and struck Billy Earle, the manager
of the Columbia base ball team, on ?
the neck, wounding him slightly. (
A white man named Morrison was <
taken out of the guard house at Kershaw, (
Lancaster county, last October and 1
lynched. The matter was investigated at 1
the time but nothing came of it. Tuesday 1
a sensation was sprang when a number 1
of prominent citizens of the town were 1
arrested, charged with complicity in the 1
lynching. It is said the case Was worked 1
up by W. B. Howie aid W. H. Newbold. J
mu 1
An Independent Magistrate.
Representative Bede, of Minnesota, is ?
among the best of story tellers. One of s
his latest is this: 1
"Many years ago there lived in Minne- 1
sota an eccentric justice of the peace, but <
be was thoroughly honest ana tnea to ao
justice in adjudicating between his neighi
bors. The old gentleman had a decided
hatred for the quibbles of the law, and
not infrequently he rendered his decision
without regard to the legal points laid
down by ancient jurists. In a certain
case before him it was shown that justice
was on the side of the plaintiff, but that
he had slept on his rights until he had
legally lost them. The attorney for the
defense called the justice's attention to
this fact and cited a decision of the Supreme
Court to sustain him.
"If the Supreme Court made such a decision
it acted wrong," said the justice.
"The attorney brought forth volume
after volume and read the authorities.
! "You can stop where you are," interrupted
the justice, as he pulled off and
nibbed his spectacles. "I am satisfied that
such a decision was made by the Supreme
Court, but I want to say that if that Court
sees fit to make a fool of itself, it is no <
reason why I should. It is my opinion j
that the Supreme Court is a nuisance, and
I over-rule its decision on this point and t
give judgment for the plaintiff. Justice <
is justice, sir, in this Court, and to the 1
devil with the higher tribunal." t
Equal to the Occasion. !
A traveling man at a hotel recently J
found a hair in his honey. He went to
the proprietor and kicked. "I can't help .
it," said the latter. "I bought it for combed
honey." The next day at dinner he
happened to run across a hair in his ice
cream and the landlord could not account
for it. "The ice was shaved," he said.
The guest was boiling, for the next day
he picked a raven hair out of his portion
of pie, and angrily jerked up the proprietor,
who turned him down effectually as
follows: "In the pie, eh? Well, that
beats the Dutch! I bought those apples
for Baldwins."
FRIGHTFUL SUFERING RELIEVED
Suffering frightfully from the virulent
poisons of undigested food, C. G. Grayson,
of Lula, Miss., took Pr. King's New Life
Pills, "with the result,1 he writes, "that I
was cured." All stomach and bowel disorders
give way to their tonic, laxative
properties. 25c by all druggists; Felder
& Matthews, Denmark.
EMPTIED SHOTGUN INTO HIS HEART.
Younj Man in Anderson County Committed
Suicide on Account of III Health.
Iva, April 21.?Mr. Jim McCullough, a
young man about 26 or 27 years of age,
committed suicide late yesterday afternoon
by shooting himself in the heart
with a shotgun.
It is not known that he ever intimated
that he had any intention of killing himself,
although he said sometime ago that
tie would just as soon be dead as alive.
He was suffering at the time with rheu
matism and for some time the family circle
has not been as pleasant as it might
have been, and it is thought that for these
reasons he committed the rash act. He
went out in the yard and placed the gun
against the garden fence and called his
brother who was working nearby, and
then fired the fatal shot.
An inquest was held today by Magistrate
J. A. McAlister,' and the jury rendered
a verdict in accordance with the
facts.
Left Alone to Die.
Bound hand and foot and gagged, the
maiden was put into the gunnysack, and
unable to move or scream, felt herself being
carried down a flight of stairs, put into
a buggy and then driven down the street.
Ineffectually she tried to release herself
from the gag. Alas! she was bound too
lecurely. Finally the conveyance stopped.
She was again carried into a building,
fainting and gasping for breath; the
sack was taken from her head. The vil
iian, still masked, took the gag from her
nontb, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire
;hrough his black mask, released her and
iissed through his tightly clenched teetb:
'There, my pretty bird, scream and yell
is loud as you like, no human ear will
iver reach you. You are in my power.
Do you hear? Totally in my power!"
'Where am I?" she gasped. "In a store
;hat never advertises," was the cruel rejponse.
"Alas! Alas!" she moaned. "No
power on earth can save me; no one
vould look for me here," and the poor
girl fainted.
Pretty Home Wedding.
A wedding of general interest through>ut
the State was that which took place
lerethis Wednesday evening, the 26th
nstant, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jno.
3. Cope, when their daughter, Miss Clio,
vas married to Mr. Angus McKay Brablam,
also of this place.
As Mrs. A. W. Knight plaved Mendelsshon's
Wedding March, the bride's maids
same through the back parlor door and
?ch was met by a groomsman; Miss Julia
3ope, of Cope, with Mr. Henri Copeland,
Bamberg; Miss Myra Hooton, Bamberg,
vith Mr. Thomas C. Moss, Orangeburg;
Hiss Lillie May Russell, Prosperity, Mr.
(Y. DuPre Burnett, Spartanburg. Folowing
these came the groom with his
jrother, Mr. M. W. Brabham; the maid of
lonor, Miss Addie Rawlinson, of Rock
Bill, came in just preceding the bride,
vho leaned on the arm ot ner lamer.
There in the large parlors the relatives
ind a few intimate friends were gathered
md as the soft and low tones of Mendelsohn's
Spring Song were being played,
Rev. W. T. Dnncan, of the Methodist
church, read the simple and beautiful
ivords of the ritual which made the young
couple man and wife. The parlors were
irtistically decorated with a pink and
vhite colori scheme with green additions;
the bridal arch was made of bamboo
Tom which was suspended a bell of bride
oses, just behind which was seen a pyranid
of palms and ferns.
The costumes of the bride's maids were
rery handsome; Miss Julia Cope wore a
Iress of white crepe dechene over taffeta,
*ith trimmings of lace and chiffon; Miss
tlooton, white liberty silk over taffeta,
irimmings of lace and chiffon; Miss Rusjell,
crepe de chene, trimmings of opalescent
applique, and hand made medallions;
he maid of honor looked very becoming
n a white silk net over taffeta with trimning
of chiffon. The bride was very
jeautiful in white silk lace with trimnings
of real lace and tulle, with a neck
ace of pearls, and the veil was caught
sack with a diamond sunburst, the gift of
;he groom. The bride's mother wore a
)lack silk net trimmed with real old point
ace. The bride's maids carried pink
carnations with asparagus ferns tied with
vhite tulle; the bride carried brides' roses
md lillies of the valley and maiden hair
ferns.
After the ceremony a delightful course
)f salad was served in the'dining hall;
n the rear hall cream was served, gnd
fruit, punch in the front hall. In the back
parlor the presents were placed, and
ihese were very many and handsome,
consisting of cut glass, silver ware and
land painted chic a.
The bridal couple took the westbound
;rain for Augusta, leaving amid a shower
if rice, old shoes and other such manifestations
of the good wishes of those who
lade them God-speed, not alone on this
;our, but throughout their life journey,
returning home thev will visit
LICLV1& m
iugusta, Savannah and Spartanbnrg.
' BAIL GRANTED MARION BUCK.
3amber$ Youth Who Had a Pistol in His Pocket
and Killed Another Man.
In the State supreme court yesterday
ifternoon Chief Justice Pope heard argunents
on the application for bail in the
case of the State of South Carolina against
Marion Black. The testimony taken at
;he inquest shows that the accused and
;wo other boys were standing up taking
i drink of liquor when they were joined
3y Hampton Zeigler. The latter pulled
)ut a pistol and was exhibiting it to the
crowd. Marion Black in a boasting way
nulled out his revolver and said: "Let me
show you a gun." The pistol was discharged
as he was taking it out of his
socket and Zeigler was killed. Mr. E. T.
LiaFitte represented Black, and Mr. W. H.
Townsend, assistant attorney general,
-epresented the State. Bail was granted
n the sum of $1,000.?The State.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around <
the County and Elsewhere. <
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, April 24.?All the gardeners
in this section planted theif beans and <
other vegetables that the frost had killed i
last week. Some few covered some of (
their beans and saved them, but as a gen- 1
oral t.Mncr t.hfi hfiATTR. notatoes and COttOn
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were killed to the ground. 1
Most of the cotton held by the farmers ;
in this section is being put on the market. '
The farmers are of the opinion that ten
cents cotton is a thing of the past.
Orangeburg Conference will meet in
Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church on Friday 1
of this week, and will end Sunday. The
sessions of conference will last the entire
day. Dinner will be served on the grounds
each day.
On next Sunday night there will be
services in the Ehrhardt Lutheran church, 1
by one of the visiting pastors of Confer- '
ence.
Mr. J. M. Dannelly has put in a new
light, supplying his store and stable, and
has rented the drug store a light. The ?
light is a good one, and so far as I can
learn gives perfect satisfaction.
One night last week a crazy negro :
woman went about midnight to a colored
man's house, and same not being locked,
entered and groaned a few times, waking
A/innnontc C/?J?rin(T th#?m tlPftrlv tO ^
WUe VWU|/i?4?vwj ^ y
death. The colored man, Joe Copeland,
was so frightened nntil he conld not be in- '
duced t o work the next day.The demented '
woman was found later to be the wife of
Sam Halyard. Her brother, David Ritter,
has gone crazy once or twice for a short 1
while, then apparently gets over it and 1
attends to his farm with very good sue- '
cess. 3
Easter Sunday was a fine day for the 1
young folks to display their taste in dress. I
Rather cool, however, for some of their ^
costumes to feel comfortable. 1
It is talked aronnd town that two or '
three of our townsmen were summoned 1
to court last week as jurymen, and when 1
they displayed their countenances in the
court .room, it had such an effect upon 1
the judge that he immediately dismissed '
the whole jury and discontinued court. 1
Tough, isn't it? Jee. \
* Easter Egg Hunt
A very delightful Easter occasion was
the "egg hunt" at Clear Pond Academy.
The excellent arrangement showed the
thoughtful care bestowed upon their 1
work by the teachers, Misses Eula Oxner 1
and Mabel Felder. It was admirably 1
planned and the students engaged in the (
hunt with a zest that showed how much f
they enjoyed it. The hunting grounds 5
mere in an nnen wood near the ean.nna 3
At 5 o'clock the students marched frdm ?
the academy to the hunting grounds, the i
procession being led by Miss Sallie Felder *
and the writer as honorary "hunters." *
As soon as all were on the grounds the .
order to "break ranks'* was given and c
then the fun began under tufts of, straw *
and grass, beside bushes and trees, every
place that showed the slightest indication a
of the coveted "egg," agile fingers were c
seen, whose owners had lost all thought e
of spiders, snakes and the like, in their
eagerness to win first prize. The forty 11
hunters finished their work in forty-five a
minutes. v
First prize was taken by Miss Arsula e
Walker who found seventeen eggs, second
prize was awarded Miss Sallie Felder
who failed to show one at the count up.
Some had only one, others had a dozen.
Lucius Mitchell declared he had found J
two and a half and he was wondering 8
what the directors did with the other t
half. y
Of nineteen and a half dozen all were ,
found but three and a half.
H. F. Bbinson. S
Govan, S. C., April 25,1905. i
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Married in Branchville. s
BranchyillR, S. C., April 24?Miss i
Tinnie Berry, of this place, and Mr. W. c
W. All, of Spartanburg, were married here l
yesterday at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. B. Berry, the f
Rev. S. A. Nettles, officiating. Miss Ethel
V. Dukes played the wedding march. The j
marriage was a quiet one, only the family j
and a few special friends being invited.
Mr. and Mrs. All will make Spartanburg
their home, where Mr. All has a position
as telegraph operator. r
Miss Ida Byrd, of this place,"and Mr. I
.Eddie Hutto, 01 unarioiie, n. u., were j
quietly married at the parsonage here last c
evening after Easter services, the cere- c
mony being performed by the Rev. S. A. t
Nettles, of the Methodist church. The 3
marriage of these young people was quite c
a surprise to their many friends, who a
wish for them a long and happy life. Mr. c
and Mrs. Hutto will spend some time here v
with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. o
S. Byrd. I
Mrs. Abe Pearlstine and her children v
are spending time with her parents in
Charleston.
A protracted meeting was commenced p
here at the Methodist church this morn- v
ing and will continue for a week or ten c
days. The Rev. S. A. Nettles will be j;
assisted with the meeting by the Rev. R. *
A. Young, and probably others. 1
SHOT AT A [NEGRO.
Sumter Policeman Takes a Crack at a Negro
Creating Disturbance.
Sumter, April 23.?Assistant Chief of
Police Weeks shot at Willie Saxton, colored,
while on the colored passenger
3oach of the Columbia train this afternoon.
Saxton, it is said, was underjthe influance
of whiskey, and was pushing his way
into the coach, preventing other passengsrs
from getting off. Chief Weeks was
called and used his stick. Saxton, Mr.
Weeks says, slashed at him twice with a
knife, and Weeks fell from the car platform.
He then fired at Saxton, but the
bullet went wild, and he hit no one.
Saxon was arrested later and locked
p.
The difficulty created a great excitement
among the Sunday crowd at the depot.
Kot a <4Light" Drink,
An easterner, riding on a mail-stage in
Northern Colorado, was entertained by a
dialogue which was sustained upon the
one side by the driver, and upon the other
by an elderly passenger, evidently a
native of the region.
"I understand you're temperance," began
the driver.
"Yes, I'm pretty strong against liquor,"
returned the other, "I've been set against
it now for thirty-five years."
"Scared it will ruin your health?"
"Yes, but that isn't the main thing."
"Perhaps it don't agree with you?" ventured
the driver,
"Well, it really don't agree with anybody.
But that isn't it either. The thing
;hat sets me against it is a horrible idea."
"A horrible idea! What is it?"
"Well, thirty-five years ago I was sitting
in a hotel in Denver with a friend of
nine, and I says, 'Let's order a bottle of
jomething,' and he says, 'No, sir, Fm saving
my money to bay government land
it one dollar and a quarter an acre. Fm
joingto buy tomorrow, and, you'd better
let me take the money you would have
ipent for the liquor and buy a couple of
teres along with mine.' 'I says, all right.'
3o we didn't drink, and he bought me two
teres.
"Well, sir, today those two acres are
right in the middle of a flourishing town;
and if I'd taken that drink I'd have swallowed
a city block, a grocery store, an
apothecary's, four lawyers' offices, and it
Is hard to say what else. That's the idea.
A.in't it horrible?"
1 Trial Justice Tersed in the Law.i
Apropos of the reconstruction period
;he writer was residing in Summerville
about 1869, and ignorant of the town law
igainst cutting down pine trees, had five
jut down on his lot. The next morning
l negro constable called on him with a
lummons to appear before the negro trial
ustice. Upon his appearance the justice
laid: "Mr. , you have been report>d
for cutting down five pine trees. The
ine is $5 for each tree, making $25. What
lave you got to say?" The writer replied:
'Well, Justice, I have only to say that I
lid not know of the law, or I would not
iave violated it."
"Well," the trial justice replied, "then,
. man can't be expected to obey it, and
an not be punished. You are discharge
d."
"Thank you," the writer replied, "that
3 good law, and I am glad to see we have
, trial justice in Summerville who is so
rell versed in the law."?Aiken Recordr.
Conrd Not Remember' His Prayer.
John Rogers was station master at Cou?ar-Angus,
on the Caledonian railway,
ays an exchange. He was a pious man,
tut, like many other railway men, he
raxed a little profane under excitement,
rohn was a member of the local Burns
Jociety and attended the annual dinner
egularly, getting a little mellow by closng
time. After one dinner he got home
imongthe "wee sma' oors," undressed
limself with some difficulty, and went
lown on his knees beside the bed, where
le sent forth some incoherent mutterings.
"What's the matter John?" asked his
)etter half. "Are ye no feelin' well?"
"Am felin' a' richt," replied John, "but
i' canna mind a damned wird o' ma
jrayers."
An Old Negro Killed.
Laurens, April 23.?Acting on inforuation
contained in a brief message from
ilagistrate Campbell, o? Waterloo, Sheriff
)uckett's deputies went to the vicinity
?f Owensville, fourteen miles south-west
>f this city, this afternoon to investigate
he killing last night a; his home of Abe
IcDaniel, a worthy negro aged 60. The
(fficers have not returned at this hour,
,nd details of the affair are meagre. Acording
to reports, a party of white men
rent to McDaniel's home for the purpose
?f flogging certain members of his family,
tbe undertook to defend his people and
ras killed.
WON A NAME OF FAME.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, famous
tills, have been made famous by certain
et harmless and gentle action upon the
towels and liver. They have no equal for
(iliousness, constipation, etc. They do
tot weaken the stomach, gripe, or make
ou sick. Once used always Preferred.
They strengthen. Sold by H. F. Hoover.
/ HUNTS FATHER'S SLAYERS.
California Girl Hunting in Toughest Nevada;
for Murderers.
When Michael Ahern, of Oakland, foreman
of a construction gang on the Government
canal between Derby and Wadsworth,
disappeared on July 19, he had upon
his person $800 In cash and a number ,
of pay checks.
Two days later his murdered body waa .
found in the Truckee River. The pockets
had been rifled of the cash, but the checks .
% *
nrara nn/liatnrHod
n v*v uautwuuA wvtj
No effective steps being taken by the
Nevada authorities to ran the criminals
down, Miss Annie Ahern, one of the three
daughters, resolved to take matters into
her own hands. She is a determined
_
young woman of 24. 8he went to Derby.
There, procuring a pony and a rifle she
has spent three months in the canal
camps, and she believes that she had an
unmistakeable clew to the identity of the ' 'I
murderers. This is her story: ?'
((I took the train as soon as I reached
Wadsworth last October. I had to ride
85 miles over the roughest kind of country,
and in a region inhabited by men
who are more like fiends than human beings.
(T worked, on the theory that father
had been followed by men who saw him
cash some of his checks at Buckman's
store. I made many inquiries, and my i
suspicions fastened up on two men. They
are still employed in one of the canal , |
camps. In order to learn what I have, * ,
I went through many hardships. V
"Every possible obstacle has been put
in my way by men who are trying to'
shield the culprits. There was a man
named Costello who wrote to me that
he knew who the murderers were,/ and 'M
would tell me. Well, before I could get
to him a crowd got him drunk and spirited
him out of the way * ''Si
"Upon several occasions my life was
threatened in anonymous communics- , :.kM
*?. T :.j m 11 it.
lions, uui x carneu a riuo mi uic tunc, auu
had resolved to kill the first one who
made a move. I guess they saw I meant
business, so they did not try to make way
with me. v .
"It is an awful community. Men would
sooner kill each other there than to kill
jack rabbits. Since I have been there, -.-J*
there have been twelve murders.
"Sheriff Quirk, of Storey County,* and :J||
his deputies have been "kind to me, bat
they do nbt seem to be able to do anything.
I have made up my mind that I I
have the murderers spotted,and I am going
back to get them. 1 don't believe that v|j
they suspect what I know, or they would :
try to kill me too."?New York World. |9
Endorses "Cttiiea's" Article. .
Editor The Bamberg Herald. Dear
Sir: Will you allow me space in yon*
paper for an endorsement of the article. 45
in your last week's paper, headed ?Im- Ja
! provements Wanted," and signed "A Citizen."
This citizen has asked many ques- j||
tions that I could not answer, as I have .V|9
been Hvining Bamberg only four years, a||
and I don't remember ever seeing any : \
laws in print, and but one enforced. That vJ|S
is, every spring we are no tified .to move
all four legged hogs out of town, or pay a
fine of fifty dollars. Others are allowed to
run at large from January until January |
without being disturbed or paying any
fine, and if one should be taken up and a
fine imposed, he claims to be sick, and "jM
walks around the streets drunk whenever , ;M
he can beat his wife out of the money to
Duy wnisaey, aim uu xuxuid uvinw n?us
to be taken of him
Now, Mr. Editor, some weeks ago I noticed
my name in your paper as one for
Alderman. To this I said nothing for a
few days, w^en a friend came to me and
stated that he had made the announce- a
ment I at once told him that I could not J|
serve from the tact that my opinion 5of
the way a town ought to be run, and the $?
way Bamberg had been run differed too
much for me to allow my nameto be used. * -'tl
I was then informed that my name was
going on the ticket, and if elected I had
to serve. .
Then I saw nothing left for me to say, .
only Til rive the very best service I can.
Now, Mr. Editor, if the voters of Bamberg
will elect six men who will endorse
the suggestions made by your former
writer, "A Citizen," I think they will turn
the good side of this town (Bamberg) up. .J
and try for better times in the future, ana < *|
then they can use me for one. ( ; ^
Respectfully yours for better times,
Geo. H. Smoax.
Bamberg, S. C., April 25, 1905.
He Stopped Them.
The president of a certain athletic club
in Baltimore which has a fondness for
amateur exhibitions of the "manly art," $?
tells of the trials of an Irish boxer imported
from Philadelphia to meet a local artist.
It appears that the Philadelphia man
was getting the worst "of the argument
C US? fnan/lo nrhionfiml in hlft . S
wnen one ux uu uivuiu nuw^vv ?
^"Brace up, old man, an' stop some of
them blows."
"Stop 'em?" murmured the unfortunate
man. "Do you see anny of thim gittin'
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