The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 02, 1906, Image 4
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Thursday, August 2, 1906
If it is a part of Coroner Zeigler's duty
to hold inquests over political dead ones,
he'll have a good job on his hands after
the primary.
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The Columbia State, the Charleston
News and Courier, and Senator Benjamin
Ryan Tillman seem to have formed a
mutual admiration society for the promotion
of profitable publicity.
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From the newspaper reports it looks
like Ansel for governor, an anti-dispensary
legislature, and a general mix up in
the Senate. Many Senators hold over,
which complicates matters. Well, we
don't care anything about it. It has
been a great relief to us to be clear out
of reach recently where we didn't see a
South Carolina newspaper.
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A number of people in Bamberg are
now receiving the Columbia Record free.
They have not subscribed for the paper,
t the 6nh?/*rintion of each is Daid up to
ing severed.
After Scott was wounded, and afterwards
it turned out to be a fatal wound,
Noll, in a savage and reckless spirit fired
at Mr. Howie, a white farmer, who was
remonstrating with the two young men.
Noll was sentenced to serve for life and
Smalls was sentenced to be hanged.
Cross When Hit by Train.
St. Louis, July 26.?James Garth, 70
years old, a farmer of "Webster Groves,
was hit by an engine and knocked down
the railroad embankment fifteen feet this
afternoon. The train crew offered to assist
him, but he angrily refused.
"Dol gone it," he said, "why don't you
fellows look out? You'll hurt somebody
some day."
After the train had started on again
Garth got in the middle of the track and
continued his journey.
"After all, it may be the devil's a gentleman?"
"Well, you may be sure he'll
be civil enough to tell all of us to walk
in, and welcome!"?Atlanta Constitution.
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September. The question naturally arises
as to who is paying for these papers and
why. We understand these free papers
are being sent to many towns in the
State. The Record owes it to the public
to explain the matter. Certain it is that
somebody is paying for these papers, and
the people generally will look with suspicion
on such a proceeding.
HUME AttAIN!
Home again! And it's good-to be here.
We have had a delightful outing of two
weeks, and during this time a great deal
of territory has been covered, a number
of cities visited, and much information of
historical value has been gathered. We
shall, as soon as we can get together the
tangled threads of our affairs and get into
harness again, give our readers some account
of our trip, feeling that it will be of
interest and profit to many. "The boys"
have kept The Herald going in good
shape, and last wetk's issue (which we
had absolutely no part in making) is tbe
best we have seen for some time. No
doubt a newsier paper was issued last
week than if tbe editor had been at home.
The loyalty and good work of our office
force during our absence, and at all other
times, deserves this public recognition.
Some of these days we're going to get out
v ^ an industrial edition of The Herald, when
we will print the pictures of the office
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force, from me "oia man uown lorr&us.
Pew. Bnt we want to repeat- that we are
glad to get back. To be back among our
friends and at home again is delightful.
After all, no place suits us so well as
Bamberg, and when one goes away for
awhile he realizes that there is no plaee
like Bamberg. And there isn't.
BOB SMALL SAVED FROM CALLOWS.
fk>v. Heyward Has Commuted the Sentence
in Response to Petition of the Citizens
of Darlington County.
Gov. Heyward yesterday commuted to
life imprisonment the sentence of Bob
Smalls of North Carolina, who is under
sentence of death in South Carolina.
Smalls was sentenced to be hanged in
Hay of last year, but an appeal was taken
to the supreme court. A new trial
could not be obtained and the case then
came up to Gov. Heyward.
Bob Smalls and John Noll were two
vagabond white men working at a saw
mill in Darlington county. They killed
a hard working negro named Frank
Scott on the 6th of March, 1905. Scott
had shot a dog belonging to a Mr. Harper
for whom the white men were working.
Frank Scott was stopped on the public
highway by these two young white
men and was shot down without provocation.
The assailants were drinking.
They perhaps acted more in a spirit
of bravado than with intent to murder,
for the wound was in Frank Scott's thigh
and his death was caused by an artery be
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BEAT HER STEPCHILD
TO DEATH
Inhuman Ohio Woman Kilts little Girl
With a Nail Studded
Stick.
The discovery that six-year-old Elsie
Anderson of Youngstown, O., had died
of wounds on her body apparently the
result of a beating with a stick filled
with nails was followed by the arrest
of her stepmother, Jennie Anderson.
Mrs. Anderson was very nervous,
and beyond admitting that she bad
beaten tbe child frequently In the last
three weeks refused to talk.
Physicians who examined tbe body
of the child declared that she had been
beaten to death. The body presented
a terrible sight From tbe top of the
head to the soles of the feet there were
not four square inches of skin not
punctured with what were believed to
be nail hole* or covered with wounds.
One arm and a shoulder were broken.
Neighbors say that for three weeks
the woman kept the child hidden from
its father. .When the. father returned,
to his home at night the little one was
shut up in the attic. Marks on her
arms indicated that she was tied with
ropes.
WORE TOO MANY
SHIRTS TOO LONG
Pot on Clean Garment Occasionally, but
Neglected to Discard
Dirty One.
Obadiah Osterhout of Callicoon.
N. J., a character of that place, wore
too many shirts and ware them too
long for the comfort of Its citizens.
When one shirt became dirty be put on
another over It This practice he continued
until he had twelve shirts on,
and then Callieoon's citizens formed a
r>k?nnKlT?ff
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They seized Obadlah and, despite his
protestations, took him to the Callicoon
creek, stripped him and with brashes
and soap scrubbed and soused him until
he had shed twelve old shirts and
had the 6kia beneath treated to a thorough
cleansing.
After he was wrung out and dried,
clothed in clean raiment and brought
back before the meeting of the committee
he was given to understand that
he was to keep himself In such condition
or meet the same treatment every
week at the hands of the working
force of the committee. He promised
to follow their instructions.
BY THE SEAT
OF HIS PANTS
Drummer Is Suspended Over Spokane
Palls In an Embarrassing
Position.
Caught by the slack of his trousers, ,
John P. Beem, a commercial traveler,
hung suspended at a dizzy height over
the Spokane falls when the bridge col- ,
lapsed with a tremendous crash. A ,
piece of twisted Ironwork shot out and
pierced Beem*s clothing, leaving him
unlnjure<j, but hanging In an embarrassing
position Just over the brink of
the roaring upper falls.
The bridge has been for some time
Insecure. Beem, who Is from Honey
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OVEB THE BRISK OF THE FALLS. ,
Creek, Wis., was leaning over the rail- '
lng admiring the plunging cataract A i
street car passed at high speed behind
him, and Just as it reached earth again i
the bridge gave way. ]
Beem was later rescued by means of
a block and tackle, which hoisted him
away from his ludicrously dangerous
position.
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Small Boy Kills Ble Bear.
Frank Munler, a fifteen-year-old boy, J
recently killed a black bear In Rolette
county near Maryland, N. D. Bruin
was seen in the wbeatfield by a farm- i
er, who notified his neighbors, and a <
hunt was started. Young Munier was l
mounted and had a shotgun. He got
close enough to shoot at the bear, but
the shot did no damage to anything
but the bear's temper. The boy later 1
secured a rifle and so badly wounded
the bear that the animal charged after :
him. Murder's pony got away, and the
youngster had a wild race for life till
the bear dropped dead from the effect I
of the wound.
i How Joan Took >
i the Country ji
I By BELLE MAN1ATES )
v Copyright, 1S08, by P. C. Eastment )
When Joan Williams, who had take:,
first prize In the school of photography, j
and her friend, Luclle King, stepped
from the platform of the little station
near the farm where they Intended tc
spend the summer, they at first saw nc
one waiting for them.
Joan's qnickly moving eyes covered
the whole scene In appreciation. The
colliding and iostlina of incoming and !
outgoing passengers, the frantic baste
of belated travelers contrasting with
the exasperating leisure of the ticket
agent, the Jagging pace of the man behind
the baggage track, the vociferous
voiced driver of the baa, besieging passengers
to ride to the Pallet House; the 1
passive miened driver of the one shabby
back, formed a series of most refdIstic
pictures which made Joan touch
the button many times.
A peculiarly fashioned horse attached
to a two seated democrat now drove
up. Joan was somewhat In doubt at
first as to the genuineness of the animal,
which seemed to her to have a
homemade aspect The driver was gazing
into space, with no manifest Interest
In the arrival of the train.
. Again she touched the button, while
Ladle, who had spent the summers of
two years In this vicinity, went quickly
up to the newcomer.
'Why, how do you do, Mr. Bates?
This is my friend, Miss Williams."
The girls occupied the back seat of.
the vehicle. Mr. Bates uttered a mild
?-w niui tKa Knwa marlo a tnr
vjrwu-ap? emu 4m#*ov ?.
ward movement, tearing away In clumpy
gallop across the long bridge, at the
end of which he settled down Into a
nippy little gait
"Old Hundred didn't omit his usual
bridge sprint" observed Lucile.
"Old Hundred! He doesnt deserve
such a cognomen," observed Joan.
"You will think so. He hasn't settled
down into his snailiest pace yet"
"Geed-ap!" reiterated Mr. Bates,
roused to effort by this Insinuation
and smartly slapping the reins across
the steed'9 ample back.
"He doesn't 'geed-ap* very fast"
commented Joan.
"Do you earn your own living, too?"
asked the old man, turning to her
quickly.
"I hope to," she replied modestly. "I
take pictures. I expect to take your
whole country."
"I hope It brings you more than writing
poetry," he said, with a glance at
Lucile. "The Hedgeton Gazette only
pays for It In subscriptions and trade."
Joan gave an ecstatic laugh.
"But Lucile writes for big magazines.
She is paid by the word."
"You dont tell me! She must be
awful rich."
"But sometimes I sit for hours and
can't think of a word," confessed Lucile.
"Words are plenty enough," he declared
scornfully. "You can get them
out of a dictionary."
"I never thought of that" she rej
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tuieu utuveijr.
At nearly every; farmhouse en route
Sir. Bates "whoaed"- to deliver pur-,
chases. Now it was the farmer's wife
who came out to th^ wagon and again
It was a bashful boy or a giggling
girl. In every Instance Joan's camera
was active.,
The last commission was not delivered
at house or In person. Mr. Bates
stopped in front of a barn near the
roadside and there deposited a suspicious
looking package. Farther on
they met a farmer who looked at them
Inquiringly.
"Put it In the barn, Fred," said Mr.
Bates significantly.
"All right" Bestowing a knowing
wink upon his purchasing agent Fred
hastened forward.
"How are the Locke girls?" asked
Lucile. "And do you all help them as
much as you did?"
Mr. Bates then related a pathetic
story of the misfortunes of the Locke
"girls," who had lived together for
seventy odd years In the little tumble
down house with Its sparse garden
patch. The mortgage had been foreclosed.
Boxy's sight had failed her,
and she was unable to do the "piecing"
and quilting by which they had helped
eke out their living.
The poorhonse was looming up In
their horoscope, though the neighbors
were preparing to ftfve a harvest ball
and bestow the proceeds therefrom to
the averting of this calamity.
By the time this narrative was finished
they had reached the farmhouse
of the Bates household, and Mrs,. Bates
came out to greet the "city folks," who
were shown to their "bedroom off the
sitting room."
"The live stock seem to be making a
grand entrance," said Joan presently,
parting the curtain. "Through the hole
In the screen door some chickens are
entering. On the stairs are a multitude
of cats, and a stray sheep?I think
It is a sheep?bleats on the back steps.
Mrs. Bates Is sending the dog for the
rrrara Will hp brlmr thpm Infn +hp
bouse?'
Her thought was still of a menagerie
when she awoke the next morning, conscious
of a slight motion of the house,
accompanied by a most peculiar sound.
She awoke Lucile, who sat up to listen.
"It's an earthquake!" asserted Joan.
"Unless the house is portable. I should
not be surprised if we were all en
route to the barn to do the chores."
"Mrs. Bates!" called Lucile. "What
ails the house?"
Mrs. Bates answered the summons.
"The house isn't boarded up, you
know, and the bogs go under it when
they get out of their pens. They
scratch their backs on the floor, and
It rocks the house a little, but ifs
safe."
"Lncile," said Joan gravely when
their hostess had returned to the kitchen
precincts, "I had thought of naming
this delightful place Noah's Ark. but
now I think the Hogs' Back will be
more appropriate."
At breakfast Mrs. Bates gave more
particulars of the disasters that had
attacked the Locke household and asked
to enlist their help in the forthcoming
ball. Joan appeared abstracted
and offered no suggestions. L^cile
proposed a fair in connection with the
dance and began to ply her needle in
the fashioning of sofa pillows.
The next few days were devoted by
Joan to long solitary rambles, In which
she always carried her camera.
"I think I have took the whole country,"
she announced one day. "I am
going to send the plates to the city for
development, as I haven't the raciimes
here."
Hie day before that set for the fair
and dance a huge express package was
brought to Joan, but she refused to
show the contents to any one.
On the momentous evening she went
to the big tyarn where the dance was to
be held an hour hi advance of the time
set When the Bates household arrived
they saw her seated demurely at a table
surrounded by a group of eager,
chattering folks. An artistically lettered
sign read:
'Would you see yourself as others
see you? Come and find yourself! If
not here, faces made to order at future
date." Lucile
and the Bates family hastened
to the table, which was' covered with
photographs of all styles and sizes,
snapshots of the country folks In and
about Hedgeton caught In unpremeditated
poses?Farmer Lange hooking up
the team, Mrs. Lapps feeding chickens,
Bessie Graves churning, Jed Strackhom
milking, the little Blatchfords going
blackberrying. Lane's Carlo bringing
home the cows, etc. No one was
overlooked.
Also there were pictures of home,
barns, cattle, the church, the cemetery,
Bchoo[house, sawmill and many old
landmarks, all on sale, not to mention
pictures of the Locke girls.
The news spread, and every newcomer
hastened up to see if his likeness
was there. Ardent swains secured pictures
long denied them by coy damsels.
At the close of the evening her hand
bag was well filled with coin.
"This," she said, extending the money
to Mrs. Bates, "Is my contribution
toward the Locke estate."
As she suspected, she was besieged
for many days by people from miles
around who heard they had been
"took." If by chance one had been
overlooked, the omission was remedied.
"I think," -emarked Joan meditatively
as she ? ed a last farewell from
the car wlnu. w on her return to the
city, "that the country and I are now
on intimate terms, and with the sale of
pictures and proceeds of the dance, not
to mention contributions from the
neighbors, I can see at least two years
of prosperity for the Locke girls."
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The Parmer's Individualism.
Farming is virtually the only great
series of occupations that Is unorganised,
unsyndicated, Tm monopolized, uncontrolled,
except as It Is dominated
by natural laws of commerce and the
arbitrary limitations Imposed by organization
In other business. In a time
of extreme organization and subordination
of the individual the farmer still
retains his traditional individualism
and economic senarateness. His en
tire scheme of life rests on intrinsic
earning by means of bis. own efforts.
The scheme In most other businesses
1$ to make profits, and these profits are
often nodntrlnslc and fictitious, as, for
example, In the habit of gambling In
stocks, in which the speculator by
mere shrewdness tarns over bis money
to advantage, but earns nothing in the
process and contributes nothing to
civilization In the effort If the farmer
steps outside Ills own realm he is
met on one side by organized capital
and on the other by organized labor.
Ee Is confronted by fixed earnings.
What he himself secures is a remainder
left at the end of a year's business.?
Century.
The Alps Will Be Washed Away.
The Alps, from a geological point of
view, are very recent The Welsh
hills, though, comparatively speaking,
Insignificant are far more ancient
They had been mountains for ages and
ag?s before the materials which now
compose the Rigi or the Pilatus were
deposited. Indeed, we may say that
it is because they are so old that they :
have been so much worn down. The
Alps themselves are crumbling and
being washed away, and if no fresh
elevation takes place the time will
come when they will be no loftier than
Snowdon or Helvellyn. They have already
undergone enormous denudation,
and it has been shown that from the
summit of Mont Blanc some 10/000 or
12,000 feet of strata have been already
removed. Denudation began as soon
as the land rose above the sea and the
main river valleys were excavated.?
Pearson's Weekly.
What It Cost.
In a little town in England not long
ago the entire family had been at
church and the young minister was
coming home to dine with them. While
at dinner they were discussing the new
rrf-olTwa/l (Tlaaa TTrlnrtnTTT. fl mpmh(!P had
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given. "It Is a most beautiful piece of
workmanship," said one, "and must
have cost a great deal of money." "Do <
yon have any idea how much?' "I
really do not," replied the minister,
"but far Into the hundreds, I should
imagine." "No, it didn't," said little
Harold. "I know how much it was. It
cost 14s. lOd." "Why, Harold, how do
you know anything about it?" "Be- j
cause, mamma, it says at the bottom
of the window, 'Job 14,10.'"
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