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TBI BAB HERALD! ????????? ? I ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A TV. KXIGHT* Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, May 11,1905 The wisest move yet made in the matter of increasing the price of cotton is that of using the staple for all sorts of bags and wrapping instead of burlap. If we who live in a cotton country, and get our living indirectly from the farmers, will make the effort, it is certain that cotton will take the place of jute for the purposes mentioned. The price of cotton can be materially increased in this way. * * * We have received the initial number of The Carolina Field, the new weekly paper established at Georgetown, with James Henry Rice, Jr., as editor. The paper has for its mission the exploitation of the resources of the coast country, news being a secondary matter. It is an advertising venture pure and simple, but that it will be interesting and entertaining is assured so long as Mr. Rice conducts the editorial end. The first issue is indeed a creditable one, and we sincerely trust it will be a success, financially and otherwise. * * * Important matters will have to be acted on by the new city council, and they should have the support and encouragement of our citizens. Possibly we all * * ? ? *> r* in have done 100 mucu ujuwsiu6 ?u. past and too little suggesting. It is easy enough to point out where things are going wrong, but each of us, when we do this, should recommend a remedy. The trouble heretofore has been that council and the people generally were too far apart, that is council has not had the support of the citizens which they should have received. We feel sure council will ft' give us what we want if we will only take an interest in the affairs of the town and let them know our wishes. Call to the Farmers. I hereby issue a call to the farmers and all interested in the South Carolina Association to meet on Monday, the 22nd instant, at the court house in Bamberg. All officers and delegates will come prepared to make full reports oh organization, membership, acreage in cotton, and use of fertilizers under cotton. Other matters of importance will be discussed and acted upon. Will try and get some one to address you on the importance of the movement. Encourage us by a large attendance. Jso. W. Crum, President. ^ The Woman Tempted Me. "o"* inmotoc r\f k3IAl^ -liIliC pCl b? Vi iuv luiuwvvw v? a western prison," says a recent writer, "say that they were led to commit crime * by the extravagance of their wives." In all probability 69 per cent, of that 69 are unconscious liars. Adam lusted after the forbidden apple until his mouth watered, and after he had eaten it laid the blame on his wife. His example has been followed by his male successors. Of course there are extravagant and improvident and silly wives?too many of them. And it may be that a man is sometimes driven to crime to support a wife who wants to live beyond his means. But the excuse is a frayed one. A man goes and gets drunk because he has made a bad investment or guessed on the wrong side of the market or because somebody invites him to drink, or because . . he wants to drink. He does a mean thing or commits a crime. "When brought to bay he whines about his "wretched domestic affairs" and says his wife drove him to drink. On the contrary: Leaving out of account the exceptions to the general rule, it may be affirmed that the average wife is more economical than her husband. She will submit to more personal sacrifice under unfortunate financial conditions. And her ability to get along under strain is greater than his. Besides, a woman's ideas are usually higher than a man's. Her code of honor is more binding. And her influence over her husband tends to prevent rather than encourage crime. Congressman Lever to Speak. Congressman A. F. Lever is to make the address at the closing exercises of the Bamberg graded school. Mr. Lever is an orator of talent and reputation. For a while he had the unique distinction of being the youngest member of the House of Representatives. He has been a very useful representative of his district in congress. He is a member of the committee on agriculture, one of the most important congressional committees. Mr. Salley has been very fortunate in the selection of the speaker for the closing exercises. The closing exercises will be held at 12 o'clock on Thursday, June 1st. Remember the game of base ball at the park Thursday afternoon between the Fitting School and Denmark. Christian Unity. The other day, in the city of Des t Moines, Iowa, an old gentleman, member of the Presbyterian church, after a few days' illness, died. His nest door neighbor on one side was a Hebrew; on the other side, a member of the Methodist church, and the neighbor a sceond door j away a Catholic. During his illness the neighbors took turn about caring for the old man, whose wife was an invalid. There was no help iD the household save that rendered alter- , nately by the Jew, Catholic and Methodist. They took splendid care of the aged Presbyterian and his wife. While the old man was dying there was ho minister present, and the wife asked if some one could not offer a prayer. The Catholic repeated reverently the .Lora s prayer, and the others as reverently joined. Together the Jew, the Methodist, the Catholic, prepared for the funeral. A Presbyterian minister read the services. There was but one relative, a daughter living in Chicago, and the funeral consisted of the daughter and the families of the Catholic, the Jew and the Methodist. j ?Milwaukee Journal. , I . v ; New Principal Elected. ! The board of trustees of the graded 1 school held a meeting last Monday after. 1 noon and elected Mr. "W. C. Koger as ... superintendent of the school for the coming year, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. N. M. Salley, who goes to Laurens as superintendent of the city schools there. Mr. Koger is a graduate of Wofford college, and has been teaching for three ! years. He is at present principal of the I Rowesville graded school. Mr. and Mrs. Koger spent Sunday and Monday in the city. A meeting to elect the assistant teachers is to be held next Saturday, the 13th. Is the Deyil Loose I Editor Bamberg Herald?Dear Sir: Is it true as I have h ^erd . Dat Bamberg's time fer gittin' skeered Is right on hand; an' de debil's loose, De police sleep, an' de calaboose . Is standing empty just becuz Der aint no 'forcement of de laws? s Is it so dat dis 1 ere town Is falling fast an' going down " - - ' An' nothin tan aais au/ Is goin' on in de neigh bornood? De Sabbath's broken ebry day By de kids at dere play? Is it so dat a cent Will buy tie town's whole governmen ? Dat Moses' laws upon de stone Is no more counted and am gone? i If dis is true as I have heerd Shure Bamberg's time fer gittin' skeerd Is not fer biff, but is it true? ' I haint said so ner goin' to. c Is dere a "plague sometimes called Der National game of base ball" J Er goin' on in dis here land j Dat damns de kids an' de man ^ What goes ter st e hit or ter play Just fer fun on er week-er-day? Dat innocent fun fer exercise ' Is no mo' preached by de wise? Can it be true dat de bad ^ Speerits loose? I say, egad! ^ Hit 'pears ter me dere aint but one Man in de town what's got er gun ^ And dat is loaded so's ter shoot ^ Our name ter pieces an' ter loot j De 'cinity ob her enterprise And make us vile in der eyes Ob all de towns in de State j By printing matter on de slate c Before de whole public gaze c And makin' trubble 'stead er praise p Fer our town which is no worse Dan obber towns in de universe. ? 1 Now once dere was a leetle child He wuz de wuztest?he wuz so wild, Dat his mama had ter chide Dis wicked boy and how he cried Till he wuz three and he ran away And wuz just as "bad (so they say) As he eber wuz; but after while De mama won her wayward child From his ways ob debilment An' he let go ob his natural bent. Dat mother never took her boy Upon der house top and cried: "Ahoy I've got de wuz boy in de land Now watch me whip him. Play the band!" But in her room closed within. She rid her boy ob all his sin. Now dis here towvn may be bad Hit mout need cleaning, and I'll be glad Ter see hit done, but I can't see Dat it should be done so publicly. Yours truly, Billy. Deacon Foster. A letter received at our office this morning concludes thus: "If this letter is not received please inform me." How, if the letter were not received, it would have been possible to inform the writer is a question. A great many Boston people used to know an old colored man called Deacon Foster, who once a year got up an entertainment for his own benefit, in Boston music hall, which was always so entertaining that he generally succeeded in selling one or two thousand tickets at w . ' r f fifty cents each. One of the features of the entertainment was always a speech from the Deacon. On one of these occasions he told how he had been cheated on the weight of coal, and in the midst of his oration was inter, rupted by a loud call, "Who was it, Deacon?" The Deacon, somewhat thrown off his balance, replied, "I won't tell you, I won't tell you. I promised Mr. " [naming a well known Boston coal dealer] "I promised Mr. that I would'nt say anything about it" The applause was simply tremendous, i A Murder *ReH)ealed Hctu a Mysterious Disappearance In MebrasKa Was Explained. XOb*n a Clairvoyant War Employed Clettu to ike Mystery tOere Secured? Tke Slayer* Were f*unieked. Murder wlli out, but the untangling vf t+ui r?h?<n nf pvldenoe leading to the inding out of the perpetrators seldom presents a stranger case than that Involving the recent conviction in the Ne>raska courts of the slayers of Eli Feaeel, says a correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, writing from Ltnjoln, Neb. Clairvoyancy as a means of ferreting rat crime is tabooed in criminal Juris THE THIRD TRANCE RESULTED IN THE REVELATION THAT TWO PERSONS HAD LIFTED THE BODY FROM ITS GRAVE >rudence and even jeered at by the .riminaJ lawyers of the country, but here is no gainsaying that it played in important part in unraveling the nystery surrounding the murder of teasel. The victim of the homicide in his instance was Eli Feasel, a bachilor farmer living in Nuckolls county, ind well to da Feasel had one of the1 >est stocked farms in the nelghborlood. In recent years be bad secured a housekeeper in the person of Mrs. fannle Hutchinson, a widow several ears the junior of ber employer. The Toman's son, Charles Hutchinson, arely of age, also lived on the place, ''easel's nephew, Harley, was an occalonal visitor. On Oct 81, 1903, Feasel and young lutchinsoa started to drive to tbe town it Guide Bock with a load of bogs, the Id bachelor intending to make several purchases with tbe proceeds. He nevt reached bis destination. A week or o later neighbors, taking note that teasel bad not been seen, made Intulrles of Mrs. Hutchinson and also ler son and were Informed that he lad suddenly become possessed of tbe lotion to take a long trip and that he had gone without stating bis destlnaion. Weeks passed,- and Feasel's Wends became suspicious concerning lis absence, as be bad various busitess matters on band which needed bis ittentlon. Fea&al was noted for bis teen business methods, although he tad a reputation for fair dealing, and lis friends would not believe that be vould absent himself In such a mysterious manner. A brother in Kansas htv was summoned. Search as he night, with the aid of scores of others, rathlng tangible developed. Finally a )rother-ln-Jaw of the missing man suggested that a trance medium be called nto the case. The first trance resulted n the declaration that Feasel had been ilaln and the body burled In the earth n a shed back of the farmhouse. Hur ylng to the spot, it was discovered hat the earth bad been freshly turned >ver as If something might have been ildden there and then later removed, [he body of Feasel was not found, but he diggers unearthed a heavy monkey vrench on which were stains as if torn blood. This was a clew which ired the brother and the authorities to jontinue their efforts. Almost every nch of the farm was rigidly inspected, rat still they were baffled. Again the trance medium was appealed to, and this time It was asserted hat the body had been removed from he shed to a place In one of the fields, rhe spot designated was located with rat little trouble, and again was evilence found of newly turned earth. Digging still deeper, a man's dismembered hand was brought to light along svith a piece of cloth torn from a man's rait of clothes. The band was partly lecayed, but intimate friends of Feasel itoutly Insisted that the torn cloth ?me from a suit frequently worn by he missing man. The authorities were convinced by this time that Feasel had been murdered and the body hidden by his slayers. Mrs. Hutchinson, who bad continued to live on the farm, and her son were both I arrested and charged with murder. The j nephew was discharged, as be present| ed proof that be was not In the neighborhood the day that Feasel had disappeared. The authorities still had no absolute case, and the trance medium was called Into action a third time. This resulted in the revelation that two persons bad lifted the body from its temporary grave in the field, placed it in a buggy and driven to the Republican river, where it had been thrust under the Ice. The next link In the sohrtioo of the mystery was the discovery that young Hutchinson had hired a rig and bad brought it back with muddy wheels, the seat being covered with mod and with a strong odor of decayed animal matter clinging to the buggy. With these facts, purely circumstantial In their nature and without any direct evidence that Feasel had actually been killed, such as would necessarily hinge upon the discovery of his corpse, the case came up for trial at Nelson, the county seat mu _ A Jk A 1 J me iwu ueieuuauLH uau uuic uwiuaw, bat the suspicious facts were Btrong enough to convince the Jury that Mrs. Hutchinson and her son were guilty of murder In the second degree. Neither of the defendants was placed upon the stand by counsel, a phase of criminal procedure which under the law Is not supposed to count against the accused, but which doubtless is taken into account by every Jury In every court in the land as tending to substantiate the accusation of guilt After the completion of tbe trial the gossip within tbe circle of acquaintances of tbe Jurors was that the Jury bad proceeded upon tbe theory that Feasel had returned home in a quarrelsome mood and assaulted either Mrs. Hutchinson or her son, as a result of which the old man was strwdc over the head with tbe wrench and killed. Tbe court fixed Mrs. Hutchinson's term of imprisonment at ten years and that of tbe son at twelve years, the latter at hard labor. Both have been delivered to tbe warden of the state penitentiary at Lincoln and h^ve begun to serve their sentences. No appeal to the supreme court of tbe state was taken by their counsel, and it has since developed that tbe attorneys involved feared to take tbe case to the higher court, as It might be reversed. Meanwhile tbe body of Feasel might be discovered, with thb consequent likelihood that the sentence would be only tbe more severe. THUEE -DAyS IJV A WOLF'S VEST. OKJahoma Man Huried by Canting In qf Earth White 'Reaching After Coyote. An Oklaboman named Lawson recently had an unpleasant experience , while visiting nis urotner-in-iaw, imio Blodgett, who lives near Adobe Walls, in the Texas Panhandle. Lawson went wolf hunting alone. Next day his horse was found saddled, but without a bridle. Blodgett f summoned about thirty neighbors and began searching for Lawson, who was located after nearly a day's hunt His feet were sticking from the top of a wolf den, and about three feet of ???> I HIS TEST WERE 8TICXXNQ FBOM THE TOP OF A WOLF DEN. dirt rested on his body. Lawson was so fastened that be could not extricate mmseir. He bad dug down In tbe wot* den about five feet on a slant In a manner something like tbe entrance to a dugout, then lay down In tbe trench to reach In after some coyote papa. He caogbt one and threw It oat, and it Is supposed that this frightened bis horse, which was tied to a bunch of bear grass near the hole. ' The horse made a lunge and caused the bank to cave, the dirt falling on the prostrate body of the man, covering his body and head. The dirt caught him with his arms stretched out In front so he could not use thfem to much advantage, but he managed to' work his hands and shove the dirt down the hole until his head was uncovered and he could get air from the top. He lay In this position from 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon till 10 (/clock Bunday morning. % f? fft if* >f ?f JTTJ7TJTTJ7TJ7TJ7TJ7TJT?JTTJ7TJ7TjyTJ? 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