The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 11, 1905, Image 4
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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; 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
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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. ?
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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
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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.
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? > Rich colors and patterns in white,
pink, blue, nile, champagne and
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of P. K. Neat dots and small floral
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