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Hamhmj ISjmtlii j Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1907 ~~ One Dollar a Year M 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. During the year 1906 27.7 miles of railroad were constructed in South Carolina. This is considerably less than the showing made by some oth? - ^ ^ . .1 ii i. er Southern states, out the ouiiook for 1907 is somewhat brighter, there being 113 miles projected. Active steps are to be taken shortly by the members of St. John's Methodist church at Anderson to raise the amount needed for the erection of a new church. They have now on hand the sum of $15,000 but $25,000 is 'the sum needed. This will be raised without trouble, it is thought. It is said that able anti-dispensary lawyers have framed a bill looking to the abolishing of the state dispensary, which .will be offered in the legislature early in the session. The bill will do away with the state dispensary, and give each county the option of a dispensary, prohibition, or high license. A meeting of the South Carolina cotton growers association was held in Columbia last week. The same officers were re-elected: E. D. Smith, president; E. L. Archer, vice-president; F. H. Weston, secretary; F. H.Hyatt, treasurer. No business of great importance to the farmer was transacted. Bamberg county was not represented at the meeting It seems that congress will establlish a sub-treasury in the South, and several cities in the South are making efforts to get it. The South. Carolina delegation will work to get the sub-treasury for Columbia, and v v a delegation from the chamber of commerce of that city has gone to Washington to press Columbia's ft V claims and show the advantages of ' r locating the sub-treasury there. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, at the order of the National Civic League, has visited some of the Southern cotton mills and investigated conditions. Greenville, Greer, Pelzer and Charlotte were inspected by her. She gave a few hours, not more than two days, to any village. She could see ana learn little of the real condition. Her report will be made to the President and he will have the opportunity of sending to Congress a 6-column message on labor conditions in mill villages of the South.? Cv\oi4on VCUVUUO uycu MW> News Among the Churches. i < . The fourth Sunday was spent with * v the writer's brother, S. P. Hair, at Ghent's Branch and Double Pond churches. We were at Ghent's Branch in the forenoon, where the . Sunday school gave the Christmas O ; program suggested by Dr. Brown. Miss Florence Sandifer gave an excellent recitation of her own selectIon, and the writer spoke in behalf vp-Vv of aged ministers relief. A collection was taken for this cause. We went from there to Double Pond, for an afternoon service, where we learned of the burning of Ghent's branch church building. The 5. fire resulted from a defective flue. Some of the people saw the fire and returned in time to save the organ , and a few of the seats. The building was constructed of wood, and finished only about two years ago. It - 1. A ttk-i AAA rPL ^ 1 was worm aooui $i,uw. me iut>s will be felt very keenly by the members who have lost much by the crop , failure of the past year. At Double Pond the Sunday school gave Dr. Brown's program, and Miss May Edenfield gave an excellent recitation. The exercises here took a patriotic turn, and the choir gave some very excellent music suitable for the occasion? The writer spoke again for the old preachers and a collection was taken.?J. K. Hair in Baptist Courier. , Salaries Ought to be Raised. The time has come for an increase in the salaries of the state officers and members of the legislature in South Carolina. The governor should receive $5,000 a year, theoth,er state officers $3,000, the supreme court justices and the circuit judges $4,000 to $5,000, solicitors $2,500 and ' others officers in proportion. These are fair salaries for the ability and talent required for the respective offices based on what such ability would command in commercial and professional life.?Spartanburg Herald. "I have called, ma'am," said the man at the front door, "to ask if yon can't contribute something to the Infants' Home?" "I am already contributing 19 hours a day. to an infants' home of my own," she interrupted, closing the door. v Vi_ - . w,3: ' r" HIGHWAY ROBBERY. White Man Held up on the Road and Robbed by Negro. Aiken, S. C., Jan. 3.?One of the boldest holdups that has ever occurred in the county took place near Aiken Tuesday night. Mr. Press Ergle, of Graniteville, was knocked down and robbed by a negro, Gus Glover, while he was driving to Aiken in a buggy from Augusta. When he was near Kobinson s pond, about two miles from here, he was appoached by some one behind, who struck him and he fell out of the buggy. The negro instantly was upon him and clutched his throat and choking him into silence, proceeded to relieve him of all he had in his pockets, about two dollars, a knife, pair of gloves and watch. The negro then left Mr. Ergle, who hid himself for the time near the road. Shortly after his horse, which had gone a short way and stopped, was led on by some one coming up in a wagon, who Mr. Ergle thought to be the robber, but which was his own team he had along. He then walked on to Aiken, where he spent the night. Yesterday morning, while upon the street, he saw a negro whom he suspected to be the guilty one, as he decoyed the negro into showing his knife, which was the one taken from him. He immediately had the negro, who was Gus Glover, arrested and Mr. Ergle's watch, gloves and pocket knife were found upon him. He is now in jail awaiting trial for highway robbery. Money to Burn. A well known Philadelphia real es- , tate man who occupies offices in a , Chestnut street building entered the elevator and was confronted with the customary Christmas box, and stepping up to it, remarked: "Money! ; Money; what good is money, anyway?" at the same time dropping a generous contribution. "What good is it?" remarked the colored elevator : boy. "Why, what are you going to do with all your money when you die?" "Why. I am coiner to take it with me, of course." Quick as a flash the boy replied, 4'I always thought you had money to burn." Gave His Wife Away. "Where is your wife?" his neighbors asked Ed. Garrison at Millville, N. J., yesterday, says the New York World. "Oh, I gave her for a Christmas | present to that young fellow Kelley," Garrison answered with difficulty. "You have all seen Kelley . around here? I began to think she j liked Kelley better than she did me, i although we have lived together eighteen years and never had a quarrel. I asked her, and she said 1 she thought a good deal of Kelley. So I gave her to him for Christinas. And I gave them all our household goods, too; hung them all on the same tree, as you might say. For after eighteen years I wanted to make her comfortable." Some neighbors were about to condole with Garrison when he interrupted languidly: "Oh, it's all right. I got a letter from her today, saying that she has found out she thinks a great deal more of me than she thought she 1 thought of young Keltey. She found i that out in three days, she wrote; i which isn't long compared with eighteen years. So I wrote her she could come back, but that young j Kelley must bring back the furnish- i ings, too, and tack down the carpets ! and hang the pictures and put up 1 the stove pipe. For I'm blessed if ' I'm going to do that again. "I don't want you to think I'm an 'Indian giver'," Garrison concluded, half apologetically. ' 'I'm taking her back because she wants to come back. But I'll bet you I won't have ' to give her away again." The Sultan to Theodore. j The Sultan recently addressed the President as Mows: ] "The beloved, the mgst cherished, < the exalted, the most gTacious friend, most honored and excellent ] President of the republic of the ' United States of America, who is the pillar of its great influence and the , director of its most important affairs, the most celebrated preserver : of the ties of true friendship, the 1 faithful, Theodore Roosevelt." < Sounds like the preliminary to a ] touch. , ! BROUGHT BACK FROM FLORIDA. J. K. DeLoach Held in Greenwood on Several Charges. Greenwood, Jan. 5.?J. K. DeLoach, a white man who once lived in this county, hut has recently been living in Saluda county, was brought here yesterday from Lake City, Fla., by R. F. McCasland, Jr., son of Sheriff McCasland. DeLoach is wanted on the charge of obtaining money on property that he did not have and also for forging the name of his father-in-law to a note which he jiiscounted at a Ninety-Six bank. He obtained money from both banks at Ninety-Six and also the bank at Saluda, so it is said. He was willing to come back. iiug i laugcu iui i iuiuci Anent strange cases, a lawyer said that ? hog had been tried for murder, convicted, and hung. "At Clarmont-Avin, in France," he said, "a huge hog killed and ate a child. The people, horror-stricken, treated the hog as they would have treated a human being. They tried it." He took down a book bound in gray calf. "Here is the verdict," he said, "the original of which is kept in the National Museum of Paris. It is dated June 14,1494, and it reads: " 'We the jury, in detestation and horror of this crime, and in order to make an example, and satisfy justice, have declared, judged, sentenced, pronounced and appointed that the .said hog, now detained in the abbey as a prisoner, shall, by the executioner, be hung and strangled on a gibbet, near the gallows which now stands within the jurisdiction of the monk. In witness whereof we i 1 if i. fxL nave seaiea tne present wim our seals.' "?Chicago Examiner. Badly Tangled. The Census Taker?Your name, mum? "I don't know." ^ "Beg pardon, mum," ^ "I've been divorced. At present my name is Mrs. Jones in this state. In several states it is Miss Smith, my maiden name, and in three states it is Mrs. Brown, my first husband's name." "This is your residence, mum?" "I eat and sleep here, but I have a trunk in a neighboring ttate, where I am getting a divorce from my present husband.'" Then you're married at present?" "I'm married in Texas, New York and Massachusetts, divorced in South Dakota, Missouri, Alaska, Oklahoma and California, a bigamist in three other states and a single woman in eight others."?Chicago rrioune. Merchants Protest. Merchants in Charleston are raising a loud protest against the change of the 5 o'clock Augusta train out of Charleston in the afternoon to 3.45 p. m. They declare that the advancing of the hour for departure will mean the loss of heavy trade from their customers from Bamberg, St. George, Orangeburg and other nearby cities. It has been the custom of these good people to come to Charleston in the morning, do their shopping and return home the same afternoon. Now, the merchants say, the business they enjoyed will be diverted to Augusta. The schedule goes into effect next Sunday unless some change is made, which Col. R. W. Hunt, passenger agent at Charleston, says is not; likely to happen.?The State. Dispensary Sales for December. Bamberg?Sales, $5,107.09; invoice price, $3,959.83; gross profit, $1,147,26; expenses, $215.56; net profit, $931.70. Denmark?Sales, $2,768.70; invoice price, $2,131.37; gross profit, $637.33; expenses, $151.07; net profit, $486.26. Olar?Sales, $1,581.65; invoice price, $1,206.95; gross profit $374.70; expenses, $90.17; net profit, $284.53. Ehrhardt?Sales, $1,781.35; invoice price, $1,357.42; gross profit, $423.93; expenses, $102.05; net profit, $321.88; Midway?Sales, $426.29; invoice price, $322.16; gross profit, $104.13; expenses, $60.04; net profit, $44.09. Profits to the towns and county for the month are as follows: Bamberg, $465.85; Denmark, $243.13; Olar, $142.26; Ehrhardt, $160.94; Midway, $22.04; Bamberg county, $1,134.22. ' ~s . ;.vv%. .i-V 1 V, ?? ... .-,v - . GOT GOOD PROMOTION. Wm. R. Fishburne Made a Traveling Auditor of Southern Railway. Mr. W. R. Fishburne, a well known railnnari man +V?ie nif^r Viae? VX VA4A0 VI UJ ) TV L JL\J XX CUD sbeen in the passenger service of the Southern railway, with a run between Greenville and Columbia, for years, has recived a notable promotion. He has been appointed a traveling auditor for the Southern, with territory between Louisville and St. Louis, and has already gone to work. Those who know his energy, alert intelligence and enthusiasm will not doubt but that he will make good in his position. Mr. Fishburne's departure leaves a vacancy in the post of county game warden, which will be filled by Governor Heyward upon the recommendation of the county legislative delegation.?Columbia Record, Trotti's Assailants Arrested. Williston, Jan. 1.?It is believed that the parties who waylaid and robbed Mr. Sam Trotti a few nights ago are now safely lodged in jail. By the evening of the day after Mr. Trotti had been knocked senseless with a piece of two-inch pipe, four negroes had been arrested. Of these all were released except Haywood Jefferson, who was lodged in Barnwell jail. The better element among the negroes took an interest in running the guilty parties down, with the result that Quincy Bunyan, another negro, was arrested last night and made a full confession of the whole affair, stating that Jefferson had knocked Mr. Trotti down and he received a part of the stolen money. The spirit of those negroes who combined to ferret out the criminal can not be too highly commended, and if their example shall be followed by others it will mark a new era in the negro problem. It may be 11 1 ft 1 il /-V . T1 aaaea mat me negro, wumcy cunyan, who was arrested last night, has a brother, Jesse Bunyan, who is now serving a term in the penitentiary for burglary. Technical Terms. The Sunday school lesson had been on Moses, and when the time for summing up came the teacher asked, "What was it that Moses received on the mountain?" \1 A nice little boy confidently answered, "A pill." "A pill?" repeated the bewildered teacher. ' 'What kind of a pill, Tommy?" "Oh, a very hard pill. A stone pill," was the reply. Then'suddenly understanding came to the teacher, for she remembered that Tommy's father was a druggist, and also that she had told the children that Moses had received a < ? i 11 J stone taDiet. Shot His Little Playmate. Greenwood, January 5.?A most distressing accident happened today in Greenwood, the first of its kind in this city. Little Hal Norris, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Norris, and aged about ten years, was shot in the head, and perhaps fatally wounded by Will Bodie, son of Mr. J. W. Bodie, with a parlor rifle. Accounts of the shooting differ. One is to the effect that it was intentional, while young Bodie says he did not intend to shoot his playmate, but shot at a sparrow, and did not know that the boy was in range of hjs rifle. Young Bodie is now in jail pending the effect of the shot. It is a most deplorable affair. Young Norris is a very bright little fellow, and 'the whole town sympathizes with his parents in their grief. Cremated at Lozzinz Camo. Georgetown, Jan. 2.?Intelligence has been received of the burning to death of Mr. P. R. Nesmith, familiarly known as "Pink" Nesmith, at one of the logging camps of the Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation. Mr. Nesmith was spending the Christmas holidays in camp alone, the rest of the force having gone to their homes or come to town. The supposition is that he became intoxicated and fell asleep in his camp, which caught fire and consumed him. His charred remains were found among the burned timbers. Foul play is not suspected, as he had had little or no money at the camp and probably not an enemy in the world. " County Commissioners. There was nO meeting of the county board of commissioners last Monday, as the new members had not yet been commissioned. A called meeting of the old board was held on December 31st for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the year. One application to be placed on pauper list was granted and another was held for further investigation. S. D. M. Guess petitioned for a new road, and it was granted, provided he would pay all expenses. The use of the old Charleston and Augusta road near Midway was discontinued, as there is another road used by the public. A statement of the total county expenses for last year is now being prepared, and we will publish same, as a matter of information to the tax payers, as soon as it is finished. December Honor Roll. The following persons paid their subscription dues to The Herald during the month of December: G M Dickinson A L Harter J E Zeigler Mrs. H Wolff Edward Simms, J W Barnes J I Kinsey Scott Nimmons B T Zeigler (J F Bishop G A Jennings 1J A Klein Mrs J D O'Hern I Goodwin, Jr B F McMillan G W Hunter C H Brabham P K Kinard Mrs Will Bryan W R Bishop H C Rush R S Simmons J M McMillan Rev W G White W H Kearse J T O'Neal J F Carter A W Braham WC Black Miss A Felder Col Wllie Jones P K Hughes G W Henderson Jno E Carter Joe H Glover Miss M Felder P. W Walk er Miss Sail if* Folder Chas Ehrhardt S E Neely CEhrhardt &Son Mrs T H Watson J B Ritter Molicie Gaskins GP Harmon SS Williams J H Kearse J F Brickie C R Branson Henry Brown A 0 Able H B Linder J M Grimes G F Hiers NC Kline RM Kearse Geo W Jenny C E Sandifer H J Riley ; A E H Simmons A Mclver Bostick Mrs R B Still E P Chassereau Miss Jnlia Rice Thos Clemon C C Simms J A Willis J W Goodson GFKinard LCRice , The General Assembly. The general assembly met in Columbia Tuesday. There was a spirited contest for speaker of the house, the candidates being J. W. Nash, of Spartanburg; D. D. McColl, Jr., of Marlboro; and R. S. Whaley, of Charleston. After the first ballot Nash withdrew and Whaley was elected over McColl by a vote of 64 to 55. T. C. Hamer, of Marlboro, was reelected clerk of the house without opposition; J. S. Withers, of Chester, was re-elected reading clerk with no opposition, and J. S. Wilson was reelected sergeant-at-arms, being the only nominee. Rev. R. N. Pratt, a Baptist minister of Columbia, was - ? % t mi ? I re-elected chaplain. speaKer wnaiey has not yet announced his appointments or house committees. In the Senate, Col. Jno. T. Sloan, retiring lieutenant governor, called the body to order, and will preside until Lieutenant Governor T. G. McLeod is inaugurated on the 15th instant. All the State officers-elect will be inaugurated that day. Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, was elected president pro tern, and all the old officers were re-elected without opposition as follows: R. R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, clerk; W. H. Stewart, of York, reading clerk; J. F. Schumpert, of Newberry, sergeant at arms. President McLeod's appointments are: G. E.' Moore, of Anderson, journal clerk; J. Rutledge McGhee, of Greenwood, bill clerk; W. Eugene Cook, of Williamsburg, secretary to the president. Cole L. Blease offered a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt's action in dismissing the negro troops, but consideration was postponed, as several Senators objected. Governor Heyward's message was read in the Senate, but the reading of it in the house was postponed un| til the next day. Beat Son With Fence Rail. Barnwell, January 8.?A negro named Granderson Gaines tied his fifteen year old-boy, Dan, on Saturday night, at Ussery's Crossing, on the Salkehatchie River, and beat him with a fence rail so severely that the boy is not expected to live. His skull and one arm were fractured. The rail was covered with blood, i A very strong sentiment prevails against Gaines. A warrant has been. : issued for his arrest. SHOT BY PLAYMATE. .; /-|S| Sad Accident in Columbia Whicb May Cost a Boy His Life. While playing with a parlor rifle at the Driggers lumber mill yards, ^ Harry Driggers, son of Mr. N. H. '-:M Driggers, shot and seriously wound- J ed Berry Motley, son of Mrs. Maiy ('M Motley, a widow, who lives on Lady street,,near the Southern railroad crossing. The ages of the boys are . lO on/) 1ft voorc rocn/wfiimlu JLArf U11U XV J VUlVj VIJ* These two boys, with several others, had been shooting birds -.'M, shortly before and were all playing in the yard, when Harry, who was ^ sitting on a fence, pointed the -J? rifle at the Motley boy, who was ;/js leaning against a trough only a few feet away. As the gun, which was cocked, was pointed toward Berry, T^8 he cried to the other boy to turn *t ||M another way, and while thus jesting } j?j| with him, Harry pulled the trigger and the gun was discharged, the'hatt S^S entering Berry's abdomen and pass-^M ing through his intestines. When shot, the unfortunate lad fell to the ground and one ofhis|<J|v brothers picked him up, carrying^? him into the house nearby. Doctors | |jg were summoned and the wounded boy was carried in an ambulance to the Columbia hospital. ^ ' Early last night the ball was moved from the young man's tines and he was resting as well asV^w; could be expected, His injuries are ;^|g| serious, but, however, he hai|"w| chances for recovery. ' The gun which fired the cartridge is one of the small rifles of 22-calibre. ?}^f| the kind which has been the cause of many sad accidents.?Columbia3^B Fitting School Notes. '"-flag After a rest of ten days, school re*^||^ opened on the 3rd, and regular work was immediately resumed. All of 1 the students spent the .holidays a|^H home, and, no doubt, greatly enjoy1 . ^ ed them; coming back, after the days f^| of pleasure and various festivities, -'v | refreshed and ready to take up thej||?| duties of a student's life with renewh^Jl ed interest. v . An event of much interest to us all took place during the holidays? \ the marriage of Pirof. W. D. Roberts. ^ | He was married on Christmas day to v|| Miss Marion Kearse, of Olar, leaving l|g| fnr> h'l/Mn/1o nrkoM UlilUCUJabVlJ ivi X IVliUQ) TT itbXV happy young couple spent the holidays, returning for the opening of 4 | school. We welcome Mrs. Roberts^lji^ among us; she is an ex-Fitting School I 4 student and so feels at home on campus. Prof, and Mrs. Roberta will live in the boys' dornytory> - J Prof, and Mrs. Hogan spent thei^H holidays at home on the campus. ^ They were visited by their parents 3? and other relatives. Prof. Guilds spent the time at his ;'M home, Cordesville, with his parents. Miss Walser visited her sister, Mrs. Edens, at Clio,'during the holidays. ; | ; Mrs. Shuler and her daughters,* 'M Misses Pritchard and Ruth, visited ^ relatives at and around St. George. We were favored last week with a ||9 visit from Dr. J. W. Wolling, father - JM of one of our students, Meredith /*^ Wolling, and who has just returned to this country from Brazil, where :| he has teen a missionary for twenty J? years. Dr. Wolling spent several ^J|J days on and about the campus, telling the students during that time some interesting and valuable things about Brazil and the work he has ^ been doing there. Prof, and Mrs. Roberts spent Sun- ||| day and Monday with his parents at ~?jj their home in Lykesland, Richland \ rj county. It is with much regret that we*vfj! learn of the death of Clyde Rogers' father, who died a few days before ^ Christmas. Clyde has our deepest and most sincere sympathy. He will probably not return to school. Sooth Carolina Day at Jamestown. ^ Norfolk, Va., Jan. 2.?To cele- tvjj ormivoroonr nf tho rpmiloA MI C*l/Vs U1V (liUUTVAUVMJ V* V**V * V|T?UMV ' ~ ffcJJB of the British soldiers at Fort Moul-y; J trie in the Charleston harbor, South || Carolina has selected June 28 as the South Carolina day at -the Jamestown exposition. At the request of the South Car- v olina commissioners the chief sexton ||| of the department of special events ' < announced today that he had set apart June 28 as the Palmetto State day. No announcement has been made % as to what plans are being made for '0 the celebration of the day.