The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 01, 1907, Image 4
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Thursday, August 1, 1907
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If a certain editorial writer of the
News and Courier had his way about
it he'd have the game played at old
man Greenhut's in Arkansas City to be
the national game from now, henceforth
and forever. No doubt it is
more exciting and interesting to the
players than base ball.
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Some editors have called us down
so hard on our statements as to |
bankers among the editors, that we
must reply by saying that the gentlemen
mentioned run newspapers as a
side line. They can afford it, but we
fellows who make running a newspaper
our chief work are not financially
strong enough to get in the
banking business.
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The dispensary people of Newberry
and Marion were not strong enough
to get sufficient names to the petitions
for the ordering of an election
on the dispensary question. These
counties have been dry a year or two,
and the people must be pleased with
the situation or the election to vote
f; the dispensary back in would have
been held. Couldn't get one-fourth of
the people to ask for the election.
There is a reason for it somewhere,
and from this distance it seems that
prohibition must be working mighty
well there.
Why all this talk recently about enforcing
the dispensary law in CharlesPton,
after years of the most open and
flagrant violations? Is it because
some of that city's "favorite sons"
are being boosted by the people there
for State positions? Everybody knows
there has never been an honest effort
made to enforce the law against
the illegal sale of liquor in Charleston,
by governors nor nobody else.
The mayor and the entire police force
know that whiskey is sold openly and
without any attempt to be secret
about it. In fact the police will point
out to a stranger where he can get a
: _ drink. But all this talk at this late
day will not fool the people. If the
mayor of Charleston wanted to he
could reduce the illegal sale of liquor
in Charleston to a minimum, but
there's the rub, he don't want to.
There has been somewhat of a system
of fines imposed on the tigers,
which was practically a license. Put
the sellers on the chain gang and then
we'll believe you are trying to enforce
the law.
The Sunday News contained some
excellent lessons for the Bamberg
Herald pertaining to the leading intv.
door intellectually athletic game.?
News and Courier.
Examination for Annapolis.
Editor The Bamberg Herald: I
have just received notice from the
secretary of the navy of a vacancy
from this district, which I am called
upon to fill in the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis. I will,
therefore, hold a competitive examination
at Barnwell C. H. on Thursday,
August 15th, for the purpose of
nominating a principal and three alternates.
Candidates must be beA"f
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years and physicially sound and well
formed. They will be examined in
the ordinary English branches, in.
eluding Algebra and Plane Geometry.
There will, therefore, be examinations
on this day for lx>th the U. S.
Military and Naval Academies and I
hope there will be a number of applicants
on hand, as either affords a
means of obtaining an excellent training
and education free of charge.
Please give this notice publication.
Very truly yours,
J. 0. Patterson,
Member of Congress.
Barnwell, July 29, 1907.
No Election in Newberry.
Newberry, July 24.?The county
supervisor and board of commissioners
this afternoon completed the
work of comparing the names of the
petitioners asking for an election on
the question of voting the dispensary
back in this county, with those on
the registration books and the result
is that there will be no election. The
petitions contained 812 names, 595 of
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The registration books show that the
county has 3,024 registered voters.
Seven hundred and fifty-six would
have been one-fourth, so it will be
seen that the petitions were 161
names short of ordering an election.
The anti-dispensary element in the
county had no fear of the result had
an election been ordered.
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NO HUGGING IN THE WALTZ.
Western Dancing flasters Institute
a New Rule.
Omaha, July 24.?There is to be no
more hugging in waltzes and other
round dances in fashionable social
circles in Omaha. The dancing masters
of this city, according to an announcement
made by one of them,
have signed an agreement not to
teach hugging by pupils at their
academies and not to permit it, by
pupils or others who may attend the
"hops" given under their auspices.
They will hereafter teach their
pupils to preserve a more or less
formal attitude when on the floor.
The new and correct position, the
mactprs ?tv will he an imDrovement
on the old, so far as gracefulness is
concerned.
The gentleman will lightly rest his
right hand on his partner's back, his
left gently clutching the tips of her
fingers. Her left will be gently resting
on his right forearm, and both
bodies will be held erect.
Killing Near Springfield.
Springfield, July 25.?M. Gantt,
a young white man of this community,
shot to death John Jackson,
colored, yesterday afternoon at the
saw mill of his brothers. Gantt came
into town and surrendered to Judge
Corbett, who will commit him to
jail.
According to reports Gantt states
that some days ago his brother employed
a negro by the name of Sterling
Mathews. It seems that Mathews
was under contract to work for Jackson
and left him. This evening Jackson
took his repeating rifle and went
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down xx) tne mm <uiu gut unu a umr
culty with Mathews, during which
he attempted to shoot him. Gantt,
it is claimed, interfered or attempted
to prevent Jackson shooting when he
turned the gun on Gantt, who grasped
the barrel and barely escaped a
shot fired by Jackson. Gantt then
drew his pistol and shot Jackson as
above stated.
It flows like electricity through your
veins; it does the work. If you are wasting
away, take Hollister'sKocky Mountain
Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. H.
F. Hoover.
Our New York Letter.
Down in 42nd street near 8th avenue,
in glad tidings hall, a strange
religious sect is holding forth with
two meetings daily and attracting
crowds.
These people claim to acquire "gift
of tongues" by power of prayer. ,
The writer wended his way thither
on Sunday last to see for himsel with
his own eyes and with his ears hear
these strange sensationalists.
Sic tor Smith a widow of 27.
from Texas is the chief "preacher."
Seventeen tongues have been given
to her so far and more are expected.
Mrs. Smith is not alone, there is
quite a following and other "preachers"
in and near the city who have
this year been sweeping across the
country from the West and South.
piese people think themselves enthused
with a Pentacostal fire which
makes them think they exhort in all
the languages of this wicked world.
A "sinless" one they claim can be enendowed
with the power to dis-'
course in every known dialect.
The leader or "preacher" "comes
through" they term it, and immediately
delivers a sermon, part in one
language, part in a dozen or more
other dialects. They admit they understand
but one tongue, yet persons
present, may be a German or
Frenchman, Assyrian or Spaniard,
declare that not only the language
is correct but pronunciation is perfect.
Here will be an appeal in English
to turn from the ways of the world,
then it is fired forth in French, German,
etc.
The writer cannot account for it,
the speakers admit they do not remember
after it is over what they
said, only affirming that they are
"sinless" and that they put themselves
through a course of prayer,
then in a receptive attitude and the
"tongues of fire" are given them,
and the message to deliver.
Sister Smith knows not what she
talks according to her own story but
it has rhyme add cadence in places
and the gestures keep up just as
though all were in English. Even the
Chinese get a message.
It is one of the puzzles of these
latter days to understand the ways
of the new sect. Followers are sincere
in the belief that they are speaking
with the tongues of men and
angels. It is thought by some that
the secret lies in the actual learning
of some sentences in each language
for the purpose of deceiving, others
"give it up" and admit it.
H. W. Finlayson.
The secret of fashionable beauty. I
asked the question of a beauty special|
ist. In order to be round, rosy and very
j stylish, take Hollister's Rocky Moun|
tain Tea. 35cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F.
Hoover.
I DR. (i. K HAIR;
Dental Surgeon - - - Bamberg, S. C.
In office every day in the week.
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+ Dental Surgery, class 1892. Mem- +
ber S. C. Dental Association. Office
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OPENING BIDS.
Notice is hereby given that the county
dispensary board will open bids in their
office in rear of the dispensary in Bamberg,
S. C., on Monday, August 12th,
1907. E. R. HAYS,
E. L. Price, Chairman.
Clerk of Board.
Bamberg, S. C., July 30, 1907.
FOUGHT WHOLE ARM!
American Single Handed Stood
Off Nicaraguan Horde.
WAS SHOT EIGHTEEN TIMES.
But Killed Twenty-five of the Enemy
Before He Fell?Foe, Marveling at
His Bravery, Buried Him With All
Honors of War.
The fighting power of an American
shows in the desperate battle of Fred
Mills in the battle of Amisegir in the
recent war between Honduras and Ni<rn.q
Mo
John P. Poe, who once kicked a field
goal for Princeton, winning the most
sensational football game on record, recently
returned to Nevada from Honduras,
where he served as captain in
the Honduran army. About his own
service he has little to say, but while
In San Francisco on his way to Nevada
he told the story of Mills, an American
adventurer, recently of Goldfield, New,
who, with his back to an adobe wall,
held the whole Nicaraguan army of invasion
at bay and killed twenty-five of
President Zelaya's men before he was
finally borne down by overwhelming
numbers.
The story comes from an officer in
the Nicaraguan forces, who came in on
the close of Mills' great fight
When there was rumor of war in
Central America, Mills, who was at that
time in Goldfield, went to San Francisco
and shipped on the first boat He
readily obtained a captaincy in the
Honduran army and in the upset state
of affairs just before the war broke out
helped get the army into shape.
Then came the rumor that the Nicaraguan
troops were preparing to cross
the Honduran frontier in tne interior.
Mills was detailed with a company of
native soldiers to go out into the mountains
where the Nicaraguans \fere expected
to cross and, avoiding the main
body of troops, to pick up any skirmishing
parties he could find and learn
the number of the Nicaraguans.
At Amisegir, a mountain town which
the Nicaraguans were advancing upon
and were forced to occupy as a key to
the position, Mills found himself the
only man in the Honduran forces who
realized what was at stake. He prepared
to hold the place against'all
comers.
The town lies high up on the hills,
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with nothing uui zigzag uvuuunu u. u>iu
leading to it. They are the highways?
camino8 reales?of Honduras, though in
any civilized country they would be
called goat paths. ,
Mills realized that he could not be
forced from the town by artillery, as it
could only be moved against him on
the back of mules. He took up his position
in an old graveyard, commanding
the last angle of the road, with
thick adobe walls jutting out at a
sharp angle over the hillside.
Had to Fight His Own Men.
-The value of this place for him lay
not in the fact that these walls formed
a first barrier against the enemy, but
also that once he got his handful of
barefooted, hungry soldiery into the
graveyard he was able to take up his
stand at the gateway, the only exit
from the place, to keep his men from
running away as the enemy approached.
This was only accomplished after
he had shot down one of his own men
who tried to brush past him and had
locked the iron gate, throwing the key
over the wall. Seeing themselves trapped,
his men, after one futile rush,
which stretched two of them at his
feet, recognized their master and manned
their positions. Mills made them
knock holes through the wall on the
side commanding the trail, through
THEY BUSHED AT HIM WITH A WILL.
which, had they been Americans, they
could have kept off the enemy almost
forever. What he had not reckoned
with, though, was their propensity to
blaze away all their ammunition regardless
of whether they were hitting
anything or not.
As soon as their fire slackened the
Nlcaraguan general, with the help of a
machine gun placed behind his men,
forced them up the steep hill. They
outnumbered their foes ten to one.
Swarming along the trail, although the
first ranks went down from the fire of
the men behind the wall, they managed
to worm their way up to the graveyard.
The shooting holes having become
useless, Mills' men, trapped as
they were, spent their last ammunition
firing blankly through the wall, while
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the Nlcaraguan soldiers replied witl*
tenfold effect. The wall now looks like
a sieve.
When the last rush came and the N1
caraguans were scaling the wall from
every side, Mills, with his handful of
remaining men. fell hack into one cor
ner of the graveyard near the gate
way. Just as he was rallying his men
one of them smashed the lock to the
graveyard gate with the butt of his
musket and swung it open. Mills' men
saw their chance and rushed out pellmell,
leaving him alone to face the en
emy.
Mills n>hjht have followed them, hut
his fighting blood was up. With one
last shot at his own men he turned to
face the whole Nicaraguan army,
which by that time was s warm in c
MADS HIS LAST STAND.
from all sides. Finding only one man,
they rushed at him with a will. Mills'
automatic revolver for a few brief moments
kept the horde at bay. He made
furrows in the Nicaraguan forces at
every shot with his quick firing autontflHr
For a moment the Nicaraguans
fell back before the deadly aim of the
American, leaving the victims of his
marksmanship groveling among the
gravestones.
Shot In the Back.
In the heat of the next rush a random
shot fired through the walls behind
Mills' back penetrated his body
and for the moment brought him to his
knees. Nicaraguans who had not been
able to hit him in the first rush closed
in with their machetes. Mills fired his
last shot while still on his knees. His
right arm dropped as he was reversing
the pistol to use it as a club. A bullet
had shattered his wrist
With his left hand he drew his saber
and leaned back against the wall.
Weak from loss of blood as he was, he
still managed to run his sword through
three of the men closing in upon him. i
h?a a-isrnrd was still cauaht In
the body of one man another jumped
for his throat, but Mills held him off
with the elbow of his shattered arm.
At this moment a big Nicaraguan negro,
who had climbed the wall behind
Mills, leaped down upon hhn. They
both went down in a heap. Mills took
advantage of the deadly embrace in
which they were locked to use the negro's
body as a shield, Such was the
fury of his foes that they hacked the
body of their own comrade to pieces In
their efTorts to get at the hated gringo.
Rising with the body of the negro
held In front of him, Mills tottered
blindly to the nearest gravestone and
hia last stand. With his
bloody sword drawing a dead line
about him, he lasted a full minute
longer. He stood his full height, head
and shoulders above his enemies. With
his long reach he was able to keep
them at distance, but he was a mark
in the crowd to the fellows on the wall.
Down at Last.
Chips from the gravestone flew about
him, when suddenly a bullet struck
him square between the eyes, and he
pitched forward his full length. Even
as he fell his enemies jumped back.
About the dead body of Fred Mills lay
the bodies of twenty-five soldiers whom
he had slain in the uneven conflict.
The Nicaraguan officer who tells the
story says that the American's body
had eighteen bullet wounds, and It was
a marvel to the Whole army how he
had lasted so long.
The Nicaraguans were so profoundly
impressed that, though they did not
know the stranger's rank, they gave
him the honorable burial that they
would give to a generalissimo of their
own forces.
When the last three volleys were
fired over his grave they placed over
him the gravestone by which he bad
fought and fallen and rudely scrawled
on it with a sword an American flag.
SHOCKED BY A CLOTHESLINE
Wire Carries Lightning Into Kitchen j
and Knocks Out Nine.
Nine persons who were in the kitchen
at the home of Lewis Crawford at
Delphi, Ross county, O., were shocked
by lightning during a recent storm.
Several children were rendered unconscious,
and one of them, Goldie
Karshner, aged twelve, who had a wire
comb in her hand at the time, was seriously
hurt. Her limbs have swollen
to twice their natural size. Mrs. Karshner
was also badly burned.
The bolt hit a maple tree, passed
along a wire clothesline to the house
and tore a big hole in it.
A shotgun hanging on the wall was
broken in two, and the barrel was hurled
across the room and stuck in the
other wall. The bolt then followed
the wire around to the kitchen and
tore out a screen window and door. j
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Notice of Dispensary Election.
Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held at the various election precincts
in Bamberg County on Tuesday,
the 20th. day of August, 1907, to determine
the question whether alcoholic
liquors and beverages may be sold in
said county in accordance with the terms
of sections 2 and 3 of the Act No. 226 of
the General Assembly of this State, approved
February 16th, 1907, commonly
called "The Carev-Cothran Act," the
Petition provided for by said Act having
een duly filed with me. The said election
shall be held and conducted by the
same officers and under the rules and
regulations provided by law for general
elections. The Election Commissioners
for said County shall at each voting precinct
therein provide two ballot boxes
in which the ballots must be cast. Every
voter in favor of the sale of liquors and
beverages in said County shall cast a
ballot in the box provided therefor, on
which shall be printed the words, "For
Sale," and every voter opposed shall
cast a ballot, upon which shall be printed
the words, "Against Sale." At said
election any person who is a qualified
elector of said County may vote. The
Election Commissioners of said County
will provide for said election.
J. B. KEARSE,
County Supervisor for Said County.
Bamberg, S. C., July 16, 1907.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
Pursuant to an order of J. B. Kearse, |
Supervisor for Bamberg county, calling
upon the Election Commissioners of said
county to prepare for an election on the
dispensary question, in said county of
Bamberg, to be held August 20th, 1907,
the following are appointed as managers
of said election:
Bamberg?G. E. Bamberg, C. A. Milhous,
J. A. Byrd.
Denmark?J. H. Atterberry, J. P.
Storne, C. T. Bamberg.
Ehrhardt?J. E. McMillan, J. E. Bishop,
J. A. Peters.
Farrell's Store?J. C. Smoak, J. E.
Stokes, W. W. Connelly.
Govan?J. H. Lancaster, W. H. Collins,
J. A. Lain.
Kearse?L. A. Brabham, H. W. Chitty,
W. K. Best.
Midway?A. J. Hunter, J. B. Smith,
M. Smoak, Sr.
Olar?W? T. Cave, Jimmie Morris, J.
I J. Brabham.
The managers shall take and subscribe,
before any officer authorized to administer
oaths, the oath of office prescribed
by the constitution for such officers.
Managers may appoint a clerk to assist
them m the discharge of their duties,
whn shall take the oath Drescribed before
the chairman of the board of managers.
The managers shall elect one of their
number chairman of the board, and the
chairman is empowered to administer
the oaths to the other members.
The polls shall be opened, at the voting
places designated above, at 7 o'clock in
the forenoon, and shall close at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon of the day of election.
The managers shall administer to each
person offering to vote an oath that he
is qualified to vote at this election according
to the constitution of this State and
that he has not voted during this election.
The voting shall be by ballot, which
ballot shall be of plain white paper two
and a half inches wide by nve inches
long, clear and even cut, without ornament,
designation, mutilation, symbol
or mark of any kind whatsoever except
the words "For Sale" or "Against Sale"
printed thereon in black ink; and such
ballot shall he so folded as to conceal the
words printed thereon, and so folded
shall be deposited in a box provided for
that purpose, and no ballot of any other
description found in the election box
shall be counted. Each box, which must
be provided with a sufficient lock, shall
be publicly opened and inspected to show
that it is empty and secure, and locked
iust before tne opening of the poll. The
keys shall be hela by the managers, and
the box shall not be opened during the
election.
The managers of election shall require
of every elector offering to vote at any
election, before allowing him to vote, in
addition to the production of a registration
certificate, proof of payment of all
taxes, including poll tax, assessed against
him collectable during the previous year.
The production of a certificate or of the
receipt of the officer authorized to collect
such taxes shall be conclusive proof
of the payment thereof.
Each clerk of the poll shall keep a poll
list which shall contain one column headed
"Names of Voters," and the name of
each elector voting shall be entered by
the clerk in such column.
At the close of the election the managers
and clerk shall immediately proceed
publicly to open the ballot box and
count the ballots therein, and continue
such count, without adjournment or interruption,
until the same is completed,
and make such statement of the result
thereof,-and sign the same, as the nature
of the election shall require. If, in
counting, two or more like ballots shall
be found folded together compactly, only
one shall be counted, the other must
be destroyed. If more ballots shall be
found, on opening the box, than there
are names on the poll list, all the ballots
shall be returned to the box and thoroughly
mixed together, and one of the
managers, or clerk, shall, w^hout seeing
the ballots, draw therefroffi and immediately
destroy as many ballots as there
are in excess of the number of names
on the poll list.
Withm three days thereafter the
chairman of the board of managers, or
one of them, to be designated in writing
Uy UlC uuoxu, ouau u^ix t ? w vuv wu.
missioners of election at Bamberg C. H.
the poll list, the boxes containing the
ballots, and a written statement of the
result of the election in his precinct, and
the oath forms signed by the managers
and clerks. All these regulations must
be strictly observed.
The managers will call at the Court
House on Saturday before the election
for the boxes and tickets.
J. F. CARTER,
H. B. GRIMES,
M. N. RICE,
Commissioners State Elections.
Bamberg, S. C., July 30,1907.
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FOR SALE.?A few bushels of peas
and several bags nitrate of soda. Apply
at once. G. MOYE DICKINSON,
Bamberg, S. C.
FOR RENT.?Six-room house in good
location. Rent reasonable.
GEO. F. HAIR.
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Bamberg, S. C.
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Located ? mile from side track on Southern
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Bamberg, S. C..
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Twenty fine mules for sale, ten of ,
which are extra large timber mules; two
extra fine horses. Will be sold cheap
for cash or on easy terms with proper
security. J. W. BARNES!.
Cope, S. C., July 10, 1907.
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and Kidney troubles. Pimples,
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