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I K / (HrF Hambrrg ^ralb ^ ' '' **"'" - I . ^ ?^??????? ? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY f>, 1906 One Dollar a Year iy, ? | IN THE PALMETTO STATE. INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading t Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. * Greenwood county will no doubt elect an anti-dispensary legislative delegation. The president has appointed James Tolbert, republican, postmaster at AbbeYille in place of Robert S. Link, democrat. The anti-dispensary people of Laurens county are preparing to put a legislative ticket in the field. All the candidates announced so far in that county favor the v dispensary. Ex-Senator m. o. uuner ua& juai received a fee of $112,000 as one of the attorneys for the Cherokee Indians in the judgment for $5,000,000 before the United States court of claims. At the meeting of the State Dental As, sociation at the Isle of Palms last week, Dr. J. H. E. Milhous, of Blackville, was * elected president for the ensuing year. The association will meet in Anderson next year. A mass meeting of the anti-dispensary * * T ?ttoc koM in thp people 01 Jjaureus cuumj ? ?o UV?U AM wmw | opera house at that place last Monday to consider the question of putting a legislative ticket in the field. A committee was i- appointed to select a ticket. Ed t Rainey, a negro, was tried last week in Gaffney and sentenced to be % hanged. He was charged with assaulting two negro girls, one thirteen and one fourteen years old. One of the girls died gV" from the in j uries received from then egro. v&i Ben Lanford and Tom Williams, [:V; negroes, were tried at Aiken last week * for the murder of Mrs. E. S. Wilson at r Beech Island some months ago and acII quitted. The evidence against them was M, circumstantial, relating largely to tn cks found near the house. ^ . The appointment of James Tolbert to be postmaster at Abbeville has been cancelled, and Robert Link, the incumbent, % ' will hold on unless the president makes a recess appointment. The South Caro p lina representatives in congress were very much worked up over the matter. Tuesday morning Mayor Young of p' Union fined a negro woman $100 in each |. of two cases or 30 days for selling liquor. * m J L^a nacrm man ^ A lew usys ut?iuic uc uuvu u uv^*v - 1100 op 30 days in each of three cases for v . a similar offense. This kind of conduct is liable to cast a damper on the business. \; Madison Cook and Mrs. Leonora Byars; if" white,were tried in Gaffney last week for murder, the crime being that of killing the woman's husband, Cook was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The woman was acquitted. The two were inV timate and killed Byars in order to get him out of their way. C. S. Jones has been awarded $500 r; -damages against the Bank of Fountain Inn because the bank turned down his check when he had ample money on deposit in the bank to pay the check. The bank's defense was that it held up pay-1 ? - ? -1 U I ment until tne party noiuiug mc wcv& could be identified. An appeal will be taken. Two disreputable white women of Columbia were drowned while in bathing in a creek near that city last Thursday. ' Several women of the same character s were in the party, all drinking, and two others were saved with difficulty. It is said one of the dead women came from . < Johnston and that her father is now a < practicing physician in Augusta and very ill. A rather unusual pension case, says a Washing ton special, has just been an, nounced through Representative Finley. Mr. Finley has received notice that Joseph S. Kelley, of Patrick, Chesterfield County, a Mexican war veteran, will receive a pension,cf $12 a month beginning January 5,1893. There will be something over $1,900 coming to Mr. Kelly for back A; pension. ^ I Prof. Spahr for Consular Service. Washington, June 30.?The senate today confirmed the appointment sent in ty :7 during the closing hours yesterday of Herman L. Spahr to be United States consul to Breslau, Germany. Mr. Spahr has recently resigned his position as asa sistant professor in the University of 7 sSouth Carolina to accept a position in the University of Oklahoma. The consular service unuer oeureituy Root has undergone considerable improvement and the requirements for position as consuls have been raised. & strict examination in internationi?*?iw; Commercial relations in the history and * geography of the country in which the consulship is situated, as well as in the foreign language. Mr. Spahr was in Washington last week, when he stood this examination and he passed it1 with credit in all its branches. He had already;been designated for the position. ? It pays $2,000 a year and certain fees which amount to something like $500 additional. Breslau is said to be one of the pleasantest cities in Germany to lire. ? - / f:, , iv- . ,,, - , ? . PUNT WRECKED BY BOILER EXPLOSION. Seven Men Narrowly Escape Death in Accident at Camden?The Town Without Electric Lights or Ice. Camden, June 30? Shortly after ten o'clock this morning one of the- main boilers of the Camden Water, Light and Ice company's plant exploded with terrific force and completely demolished the entire plant. Although there were seven men working in the buildings which were destroyed at the time of the explosion, not one received a scratch. Two of them had just a minute before the explosion been working on top of the boiler and had hardly more than gotten down and out of the boiler room when the accident happened. The thoroughly up-to-date, model plant, which was practically new, and which furnished lights for the city of Camden and most of the ice which is used here, is a complete wreck. Part of the ice plant was blown 50 feet over the Southern railway's track and the big tank of the Standard Oil company. The boiler that exploded was hurled high in the air over the Southern depot to a point six or seven hundred feet from where it stood. A big 10 by 12 brace from the main building was dashed through the roof of the Southern depot. Some pieces of timber were thrown in the creek nearby the Hermitage cotton mill and brick fell in showers two blocks away. The Southern depot was not damaged, although only a J short distance away. The oil house of v.Q ctondord Oil rinmnanv was wrecked IU6 i.-?and the big tank was all but turned over. The plastering in several houses in Camden and Kirkwood was cracked and it is said some windows were broken. A physician who was making a call five miles in the country heard and felt the explosion distinctly. Supt. Burdell says that the explosion was due to a defective place in the boiler giving way under pressure. Mr. C. E. Boynton, the company's manager, estimates that it will tafce about three months to rebuild the plant. There will therefore be no electric lights for some time to come, and ice will be an imported luxury. N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 31, '08.? I've lived.so long, I remember well when the Mississippi was a brook. My good health and long life came by taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. H. F. Hoover. Electric Lights. The following persons have had their residences or places of business wired for electric lights. Their names, whether residence or store, and number of lights follows: Jones A. Williams (residence) 56 A. W. Knight (residence) 17 Methodist Church oo W. A. Klauber (store) 10 N.B.Felder (store) 7 J. A. Spann (store and bakery) 16 J. A. Spann (residence) 10 E. C. Hays (residence) 17 Jno. R. Bellinger (residence)' 13 R. M. Bruce (residence) 8 Bamberg Herald (office) 13 H.J. Brabham (residence) 14 Jno. H. Cope (residence) 17 Bamberg Hotel 20 Dr. Geo. F. Hair (residence) 20 W. M. Brabham (residence) 13 J. D. Felder (residence) 10 Methodist Parsonage 11 J. M. Jennings (residence) 9 Telephone Exchange 6 S. A. Kinard (residence) 9 J. A. Byrd (store)..; 10 Mrs. L. E. Livingston (residence) 9 J. A. Byrd (residence) 12 H. W. Beard (market) 6 F. M. Moye (store, electro fan, 4 lights) 10 J. A. Nimmons (barber shop) 5 J. P. Murphy (post office) 4 n T T? froa?/^onr>p\ 1(5 XX* O JLIiaUUOUi) \* VW*v?v**w; mmmmmmrn -w Dr H F Hoover (drug store) 10 C. R. Brabham & Sons (store) 10 Dr J J Cleckley (residence) 10 G M Dickinson (residence) 10 H F Bamberg (residence) 18 D J Delk (store and residence) 10 Peoples Bank 9 H C Folk (store, four 105 c. p.) 30 H C Folk (residence) 15 J. Felder Hunter (residence) 12 Geo. F. Hair (cottage) 10 Cotton mill (office) 8 Carlisle Fitting SchoolMain building 22 Beys' hall 25 Girls' hall 12 Cottage 1 7 Cottage 2 7 Cottage 3 6 Headmaster s residence 9 J. D. Copeland (store) 21 W. 0. Rhoad (store) 11 C. W. Rentz (residence) 9 Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co (store) 5 E C Hays (store). 4 J D Copeland (residence) 10 W A Riley (residence) 10 E C Bruce (residence) 8 J A Murdaugh (residence) 7 . Total 747 A little love, a little wealth, A little home for you and me; It's all I ask except good health, "Which comes with Rocky Mountain Tea H. I\ Hooyer. L New Bank Building. The plans for the new building for Bamberg Banking Company have been completed, and several bids for the erection of the building have been received. Mr. Edwards, of Edwards & Walter, the architects, will be here today with a contractor and it is likely that the contract will be let. The plans call for a handsome two-story building, with pressed brick front, metal ceiling, and all modern conveniences. This building will be a great improvement to Main street, for no town in the State has poorer business houses as a rule than Bamberg. Our peo pie build fine residences but cheap stores. Death of Mr. Adam Kinard. Mr. Adam Kinard died at the home of his son, Mr. J. I. Kinard, in this city last Friday afternoon about seven o'clock, after a protracted illness. He had been sick for some months, suffering with a cancer on his tongue, and his death was not unexpected. The burial took place Sunday at Edisto church at Farrell's X Roads. Mr. Kinard was a life member of Ornan Lodge, A. F. M., at this place, and this lodge with the Branchville lodge conducted the ceremonies. Dr. J. B. Black acted as W. M. Mr. Kinard was about seventy eight years old, and was born in Colleton ! county, but he had lived in Bamberg for a number of years. He was married three times,but.his lastjwife died some years ago. He leaves two sons, Messrs. J. 1. and S. A. Kinard, of this place, and three daugh ters, and a number of grand cnnaren ana other relatives. Bamberg Guards Will go to Chickamauga. The Bamberg Guards are having drills every Tuesday and Thursday nights now. There was a large attendance last Thursday night and Lieut. Bamberg commended the boys for their close attention and improvement. Let those who have not been attending regular come out every night now and when the Guards go in camp at Chickamauga next month they will have a company that will be a credit to them, as well as to our city. The Guards are in the Second regiment and this regiment goes in camp on August 3, and remains in camp until August 10th. Governor Hey ward and his steflf will visit Chickamauga, but the date has not been decided on. South Carolina will make the best showing on encampment this year that it has made in years. Confederate Reunion. The annual meeting of the survivors of Company G., 1st S. C. V., will meet on the 26th day of July, 1906, at Bethesda church. The public generally are invited to attend with well filled baskets. - i i ? All Confederate veterans are expected to be there. We will have distinguished speakers for the occasion. Respectfully, J. B. Hunter, J. C. Copeland, W. T. Beard, Committee. Young Folks' Party. On last Friday evening Miss Florence Dickinson entertained a number of her young friends at her home on Orangeburg street. The evening was made enjoyable by the unique idea of each guest present drawing off hand a pencil portrait of his or her partner. Considerable skill was evidenced by the results; Miss Bessie Armstrong won the prize offered for the best sketch. A tempting course of refreshments was served. Those who partook of Miss Dickinson's hospitality were: Misses Gedelle Brabham, Sadie Brabham, Camille Price, Xania Easterling, Led a Kice, Lizzie Hand, Nettie Free, Mary Livingston, Flossie Murdaugh, Belle Cooner, Bessie Armstrong, Ethel Black, Urma Black, Nellie Kinsey, Wilhelmina Folk, Alice Smoak, May Brabham, Mrs. J. E. Felder; Messrs. E. P. Cave, Clinton Dickinson, Charlie Felder, Tillman Felder, Clarence Free, William Rice, Charlie Black, Charlie Jones, Clarence Black, Tommie Black, Herbert Young, Henry Stokes, Dick Rice, Carl Kirsch, Bart Price, Willie Black, Leonard Spann, Joe Spann, H. N. Folk. County Board Meeting. The board of county commissioners held a regular quarterly meeting here last Monday, Supervisor Bruce and Commissioners J. Wms. Carter and J. J. Fogle being present. A number of claims against the county were approved and j one pauper was added to tlie list. A proposition was made to wire the court house for electric lights, but the board decided not to have it done at present. The plan was to wire the court room and all the offices. j Cotton weighers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Bamberg?W. G. Kirkland. Denmark?J. P. Storne. Olar?E. T. Morris. A HARD LOT of troubles to contend with, spring from a torpid live and blockaded bowels, unless you awaken them to their proper action with Dr. King's New Life Puis, the pleasantest and most effective cure for constipation. They prevent appendicitis and tone up the system. 35c at Hoover's drug store and J, B. Black's. MR. N. M. SALLEY ELECTED Superintendent of Greenwood City Schools to Succeed Mr. Coker. Greenwood, June 29.?The boar.' of trustees of the public school elected this afternoon as superintendent Mr. Nathaniel M. Salley of Laurens. There were about 14 applicants for the position and the election of Mr. Salley comes as a compliment to his ability and experience. The Greenwood public schools rank among the most prominent in the State and are always desired. Mr. Salley has had a number of years' experience in graded school work, Laving taught in Bamberg, Laurens, and also in the Wofford Fitting school. An Unexpected Question. Apropos of the discussions now on as to whether hell is a place of fire and brimstone, a state of mind or merely an idea, the following anecdote, for which strict originality is not claimed, was told by a layman: "A negro parson in Macon was addressing his congregation on the birth of man. In an eloquent and exegetical voice he said: " 'And de Lawd, He made Adam out uv wet mud and sot him up against a fiahplace to dry?' "A brother among the congregation arose and interrupted: 44 4You just said dis wafe the fu'st thing de Lawd made. Now, who made dat fiahplace?" 4'The parson hesitated a minute and then cleared his voice: it fOU J t rrrrfir ' V* a C a i rl OIL UUV> U) J VJU iuui uv uuiu) 'sich questions as dem -will upset any cistern of theology.'" "Chester Reporter" Sold. Chester, June 28.?A change of proprietorship of one of Chester's papers has been made in the last few days, to go into effect July 1. Mr; John H. Buchanan, proprietor and editor of the Chester Reporter, has sold to Messrs. J. T. Perkins and W. J. Irwin, two young men of this place. Mr. Buchanan has been editor of The Reporter since July, 1874, and the proprietor since 1880. Mr. Perkins has been foreman m the office of the Chester Lantern for nine years and Mr. Irwin has had editorial connection with that paper for a few months. The Reporter will be changed to a semi-weekly paper, the first issue will appear on Thursday, July 5. Wise Snake Blows Whistle. Irvin Durnill, who runs the engine in the saw mill at Martinsburg, Ind., had a three-foot rattlesnake blow the whistle of his engine for him. This is a true story. The whistle blew so long and hard one day that everybody in the town ran to the mill, thinking it was an alarm ot nre. xney iouna uuraui standing at the door of the engine room, apparently afraid to enter, while on the rope attached to the whistle the snake was wound, tooting as if it enjoyed the sound. The theory of the local zoologists is that the snake crawled up on the boiler of the engine in the night to keep warm, and that when Durnill got up steam it climbed the rope to escape the heat, its weight being sufficient to blow the whistle, and that Durnill was afraid to go after it. The engineer, however, denies he was afraid. There is another story going around, that Durnill had trained the snake to blow the whistle at 7 o'clock every morning, and that this morning DnrnilTs assistant, becoming over-enthusiastic, simply worked too long, rousing the whole place. Somebody got a shotgun and killed the snake.?Denver Post. To Fight for His Life. ** ?- T ? A aa<I V\n wo l/eablestun, juuc io.-auYitw uai? been received here that Lewis Gibbs, the negro farmer and merchant of Kingstree, who was arrested last week and taken to Lake City, Fla., to be resentenced for murder has engaged the services of one of the leading lawyers in Florida, and immediately with his resentence a motion will be made for a new trial, and it is thought there that in view of the reform of the negro and the fact that by behaving himself and by industry and thrift, he had become a good and substantial citizen, he stands a good chance of getting his new trial and perhaps being acquitted, enabling him to return to Kingstree and resume charge of his property. The negro escaped from the Lake City jail 11 years ago, within a week of the time of his execution for the murder of a woman. With money at his command, he will be in a position to make a better fight for his life. A TRAGIC FINISH A watchman's neglect permitted a leak in the great North Sea dyke, which a child's finger could hare stopped, to become a ruinous break, devastating an entire province of Holland. In like manner Kenneth Mclver, of Vanceboro,Me., permitted a cold to go unnoticed until a tragic finish was only averted by Dr. King's N w Discovery. He writes: "3 doctors gave me up to die of lung inflammation, caused bv a neglected cold; but Dr. King's New Discovery saved my life." Guaranteed best cough and cold cure, at Hoover's Drug Store and J. B. Black's. 50c and 11.00. Trial bottle free. MURDER OR ACCIDENT. Badly Decomposed Body of Operative found. Four Suspects Arrested. Columbia, June 29.?The body of Ben Walsh, an Englishman and an itinerant cotton mill operative, who has been working here, in Winnsboro, at Charlotte and other points was foand this morning in a swamp near the Assembly street railroad bridge, in a badly decomposed state, though the man is said to have been seen alive as late as yesterday. Whether he was murdered or accidentally drowned is what is now puzzling the officers. His body is covered with blue marks, but the physicians have so far discovered no other marks of foul play. His pockets were turned out. Four men have been arrested pending investigation. These are John and Henry Green, of this city and Pink Dewitt and I. C. Crouch of Winnsboro, all cotton mill operatives. The Greens and Dewitt were seen drunk with Walsh yesterday. Crouch's father is DeWitt's brother-inlaw. DeWitt went to Winnsboro on the early train today and Crouch says that he told his relatives that the man's body might be found in the swamp here. Crouch came here this morning after seeing DeWitt in Winnsboro. The Greens say they moved Walsh in a helplessly drunken condition from under the bridge yesterday and left him in the swamp to get him out of danger and out of sight of the police. Tillman to Speak Here. County Chairman H. C. Folk has been in correspondence with Senator Tillman, as the Senator wrote to Mr. Folk desiring to address the people of this county. A letter was received from the Senator last Monday morning saying that he would speak here on Friday, July 13th. There is no grove near here where an open air meeting can be held, so the speaking will take Dlace in the court house. Mr. Folk has written to Mr. W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia, who is a candidate for the Senate against Tillman, inviting him to be present also. So these two Senatorial candidates will have the whole day to themselves, and can speak to their heart's content. Let everybody turn out and hear them. Mr. Lumpkin is said to be a fine orator, and it is likely that Mr. Tillman will have something interesting to say. Remember the day, Friday, July 13th/ Jane Honor Roll. The following persons paid their subscription to The Herald during the month of June. The list is not near so large as it should be: Miss G Brabbam, ? P Kinard, John Cooner, A C Carter, Y T Behre, J M McKenzie, W I Johns, Mrs C F Ellzey, IE Tant, - Simpson Spires, L B Yarn, J J Elkins, J C Breland, D F Hooton, David Ritter, J H Murphy, Mrs Ida Walker, J A Peters, L M Ayer, Ephriam Parker, . W G Kirkland, G F Copeland, Mrs H Alexander, M M Carter, / WI Carter, M N Rice, Miss Lee Weeks, P B Moore. Third Quarterly Conference. The third quarterly conference of the Bamberg Methodist church was held in the parlor of the church last Monday morning at eleven o'clock, Presiding Elder Marion Dargan presiding. The various questions relating to the welfare of the church at this point were asked and satisfactorily answered. The financial showing was good. The matter of greatest importance discussed was that of providing for services at the mill chapel. This matter will be taken up at once, and it is likely that arrangements will be made whereby Rev. J. M. Kowles, pastor of the Orangebuig mills church, will preach at the chapel here one Sunday in each month. He will likely arrange for a protracted meet- j ing here at an early date.. His Knowledge of Weeds. At a surburban residence near Philadelphia there recently appeared an unkempt-looking individual who asked for employment. It chanced that this application was made to the lady of the house herself, who was superintending the transplanting of plants in the garden. "Are you a gardener?" asked the lady. "'Ain't had much experience at gardenin'," was the reply. "Can you plant these bushes?" "I'd hate to risk spoilin' em, mum." "Then what can you do?" "Well, mum," responded the unkemptlooking individual, "if you was to hand me one of your husband's cigars I might sit in the green house an' smoke out them insects that's eatin' the leaves of them rose-hushes." ONLY 82 YEARS OLD. "I am only 82 years old and don't expect when I get to be real old to feel that way as long as I can get Electric Bitters," says Mrs. E. H. Branson, of Dublin, Ga. Surely there's nothing else keeps the old as young and makes the weak as strong as this grand tonic. Dyspepsia, torpid liver, inflamed kidneys or chronic consti-1 pation are unknown after taking Electric Bitters a reasonable time. Guaranteed I by Hoover's Drug Store and J. B. Black. Frice 50c. MR. LYON'S LOGICAL POSITION. i His Work of Investigation Ended, Was Free to Offer for Office. Some weeks ago dispensary newspapers were demanding that the dispensary investigating committee shonld finish its work. It was urged that it was unfortunate to carry the investigation into the summer when the campaign would be in progress. The argument was that the work of the committee might be used to further the interests of certain candidates and to work harm to others. Friends of the committee urged that such charges would certainly be made and that the investigation would be discredited. Senator Tillman suggested that the committee was delaying the work with the deliberA# if AtVAF lllfrt fflA ate ptupusc vt tanjiug tt vivt UMV ?UV summer aud using it for political purposes. , It ha? been the purpose of the committee to finish its work before the campaign opened, and it ha9 done so, it has gathered enough facts to show the legislature and the people what the conditions are. It has exhausted the funds provided by the legislature. The matter of the accounts which have been held up is still to be settled, but the examinations are at an end, unless some important evidence comes to light. In the face of these facts, which should be known to every newspaper in the State, the following appeared recently in the Sumter Watchman, a dispensary organ: "The notoriety that the part he has taken in the dispensary investigation gained him has been too much for Mr. Fraser Lyon and he has jumped at what he thinks is an opportunity to be elected attorney general. He has undoubtedly done a good work in the investigation of the dispensary, bat the work is not finished and by becoming a candidate for office he has tamed his back on the work he had undertaken and pat an end to his v fi usefulness in that line." It is absolutely false to say that Mr. Lyon "has tamed his back on the wofrk." As stated, there is nothing left to do bat * act on the accounts, and he and Christensen have presented their report on this matter and so far as they are concerned it is closed. He finished that job and has been induced to seek another in the same i line. He has unearthed graft, as an investigator that was all he could do. As attorney general he will be in a position to secure the punishment of grafters. His proposition is logical. As the Spartanburg Herald puts it: "If the people are in earnest about punishing those guilty of dishonest methods and practices, they will elect Mr. Lyon to the office and thus place hiin in a position to continue the good fight he made against corruption." City Council Meeting. City council held a ^regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, with the Mayor and all the aldermen present. A letter from Superintendent Heether, of the Southern Railway was read as to the placing of timber on Railroad Avenue, " * '< along the right of way of the railroad. On motion of Alderman Brabham the mayor was authorized to employ a firstclass lawyer in the matter of forcing a discontinuance of this street as a lumber yard. Letters from the board of health were read, recommending that the mayor and clerk investigate the cost of using buckets for soil closets and hauling excrements away. This report to be made at a called meeting of council. The board of health also recommended that dry wells with toilets connected be condemned and that same be discontinued hereafter. These recommendations of the board of health. were adopted by council. On motion the railroad authorities were required to lower the pipe under the cotton mill track, so that the water may not be obstructed. Clerk and Treasurer Riley has written Superintendent Heether in regard to this. The matter of putting terra co'ta pipe in the ditch alongside the property of W. A. Klauber was held up for the present. Five dollars was paid G. Frank Bamberg for one-sixth of an acre of land on the Dyches place, on which to obtain sand for the streets and sidewalks. The ordi- , nance requiring that hogs be kept out of town at all seasons of the year passed its third reading. This ordinance makes it unlawful to keep hogs in the corporate limits of the town at any time. Real Luxury. Two gentlemen dining in a New York restaurant were surprised to find on the bill of fare the item, "green bluefish." "Waiter," one asked, "what sort of bluefish are green bluefish?" "Fresh?right from the water," said the waiter, offhand. "Nonsense!" said the man. "You know well enough they do not take bluefish at this season." The waiter came up and looked at the disputed item. "Oh, that, sir," he said, with an air of enlightenment, "that's hothouse bluefish, sir?'? \ . In sickness or wellness; in gladness or sadness, use SHAW'S MALT. For sale at the dispensary. * ? <r '"'I ' ' < M