The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 10, 1907, Image 1
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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?
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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.?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. '
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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
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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
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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.