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,,~ ,,, . _ " ** *>.' ? ..- ''-' . - - . ' . -. ; . ? , . _ _ ^ 3SBS (Eh? lambenj ijmtlii J | Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1907 One Dollar a Year ' IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS ? KINDS IN SOUK! CAROLINA. . State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About > ; Men and Happenings. The curfew law is now in operation in the city of Anderson. All boys v under 14 years of age must get off the streets by ten o'clock at night. A book agent named W. C. Gardner is in iail at Lancaster chaiged * with making improper proposals to a ;y young married woman of that city. W. S. Green, who was tried in Columbia on the charge of murder, killing Mose Tucker, was found not guilty. Green entered a plea of selfdefence. ; The drug store of Simms & Best in Barnwell caught on fire one night last week, and considerable damage * was done to the stock before the flanws roprp snhdued. AIW11W V* V* V The case against Policeman J. B. J Kelley, of Orangeburg, for shooting at Barney WilBams, a white man, who was trying to escape, was thrown out by the grand jury last week. Mrs. Ethel Blair, of Columbia, was found guilty of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy. Mrs, <Blair was tried for shooting and killing her husband in that city some months ago. A. B. Cargile has bought back the Saluda Standard from the Messrs. Daneil, to whom he sold the newspaper about a year ago. We are glad to have him back in the profession again. , , The trustees of Clemson college asked for the resignation of Prof. C. E. Chambliss. He asked for a hearing before the board, which was granted, but the trustees decided to dispense with his services. He will T continue as State entomologist. W. C. Gardner, a young white man, arrested on the charge of makA ' * 1~ i.~ U T? * ing improper propus&is cu ?ixo. xu. O. Thompson, of Lancaster; confessed and offered to strip and Mr. X' Thompson, the husband, give him 100 lashes, provided he be given his liberty. | The committee appointed by the last legislature to examine into the K* financial affairs of Spartanburg counl) ' . tv has made & lengthly report. Nothing sensational was found, but they call -attention to careless business methods and failure to observe legal requirements: The depot at Enoree on the Charleston & Western Carolina railroad was burned l|Lst Saturday morning about five o'clock. The fire is supposed to > have been caused by sparks from a fj passing engine. The building was a ' new one. Most of the freight in the depot was destroyed. In Clarendon county cotton is said to be opening faster than it can be - - ? ? ? _ /?/> g , picked. The prevailing price is ou | cents per hundred for picking, but in some cases one dollar per hundred is % being paid. The cooks and washerwomen of the town of Manning have deserted and- gone to the cotton fields. Jas. F. Thomasson, a special constable for the Southern Power Com. pany at Great Falls, Fairfield county, ; was shot and killed by Jeff Murphy, * a negro, while attempting to arrest a pity of negroes. Murphy went to Winnsboro and surrendered. Thomasson formerly lived at Rock Hill and was a dispensary constable some years ago. f Attorney General Lyon has taken action against the illegal selling of whiskey at the Isle of Palms, and * has secured an injunction from Associate Justice Eugene B. Gary. The case is to be argued before the Supreme Court on the 28th instant. i The action is based on affidavits from W. B. West, State dispensary audik tor, and others. Mr. West makes affidavit to seeing liquor and beer sold and dranl$ at the "club room" * on the island. / m A Strenuous Hint. It was growing very late, but the young man in the parlor scene showr ed no signs of making a home run. "You evidently have a very vivid imagination, Mr. Borem," said-the | * dear girl as she made an unsuccessful attempt to strangle a yawn. I * "Why do you think so?" queried the unsuspecting Borem. "I thought perhaps you imagined yourself in the Artie regions where the nights are six months long," she [ explained. And thirty seconds later he had faded into the glumpsome gloom.? i Chicago News. They Go Together. n vl ^1 _ "iienry, saia me young wiie, who had taken up physical culture, "how do you think I am built ?" "My dear," replied her husband, fondly, "you are built like a watch." "Thank you, Henry. And, Henry?" ' "Well?" "If?if I am built like a watch, don't you think I should have a few jewels?" And then Henry frowned and said the man who compliments a woman ^ is an idiot. it ivVV-; - DESPERADO ARRESTED. White flan in Jail in Aiken for Alleged Assault. Aiken, September 13.?David M. Jeffcoat, the white man charged with the rape of an eight-year-old negro girl in May last, was arrested yesterday and was brought to Aiken and placed in jail. Jeffcoat is a resident of Orangeburg, just over the line, but the crime which he is charged with was committed, it is alleged, in this county. He was arrested by Deputies Busbee and Cato and Sheriff Raborn. When he was arrested Jeffcoat submitted quietly, though it was reported that he would resist arrest, and it was rumored that he said he.would kill any man who attempted his cap ture. David M. Jeffcoat is a cousin of the desperado Jeffcoat, who created so much trouble in this county some years ago and killed several men before he himself was killed. David Jeffcoat is a powerful man, about 47 years of age, and has a wife and five sons, two married daughters and several grand-children. He does not seem to think that his is a very serious predicament, but says he will be out and back home soon, as he has his crop to gather and a turpentine crop to look after. He owns some property on the Edisto river, but he spends most of his time hunting and fishing. This crime that has been laid to his blame is one of the most heinous in the history of the county. It is! charged that he went to the house of a resoectable man while he was at work in a nearby field and assaulted the colored man's little eight-yearold daughter, seriously injuring her. It is alleged* he was seen in the . act by the girl's smaller brother, who reported the matter to his father. The man then went to the house and accosted Jeffcoat and attempted to rescue the girl from his clutches, but was threatened with his life. Afterward it is said that Jeffcoat went around to the field where the man was working and waited at the, end of the row where he was ploughing and then shot him with a shotgun, seriously wounding him. He was arrested and carried before a magistrate, but the charge of assault was not brought against him, so it is said, and he was released on bail. His bondsman finally said he would not stand for him any longer, but the magistrate did not rearrest him. When Jeffcoat learned that a charge of assault was going to be brought againt him he was reported to have caused some fear among the people in the section of country around where he lived. f-ranic hisner urownea. Florence, Sept. 16.?Frank Fishier, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. M. Cohen, of this city, was drowned yesterday afternoon at Muldrow's mill pond by a boat capsizing with he and young Solomon Cohen. Mr. Fisher was only 19 years old and had been married for only a short time. His remains were taken to Baltimore, his old home, today, accompanied by Mr. M. Cohen and Sirs. Fisher. The untimely death of the young man is deeply regretted by those who knew him. Our New York Letter. The past month New York has been visited by hundreds of Florida people on business and pleasure bent. As the Easterners flock to Florida in winter, so the Southerners are be ginning to rush North in summer. "Turn about is fair play," and while there are no orange groves, palm beaches, alligators, etc., jiere for any one of the State's attractions, New York City has dozens, yea hundreds, to offer. Your correspondent met a good many of your people while in the city and was delighted to be able to steer some, direct many to the chief objects and places of interest in Gotham, Many wanted to hear the star preachers, but unfortunately these were all away on their summer vacations and lesser lights had to be listened to. In their trips they all took in Coney Island?wicked Coney. Every one has heard of it and wants to see it. The city has gone into ecstasies over the young Swedish Prince visiting us. He has been lunched by the president, dined by the "swells," gazed at by the masses, and after all is but a human like other mortals. That fellow who was going to take breakfast in New York, supper in China, and be back in the metropolis for breakfast next morning has not as yet completed his trip. He may soon, but the writer can't vouch for it. This daring balloonist asserts he can ascend a certain distance, (anchoring beyond the line of gravitation for 12 hours, then as the world in this time has half revolved, descend on China, then rise, anchor 12 hours and light on America. Well, we shall see. If he does your correspondent will write it up for the Herald. H. W. Finlayson. 450 Broadway, New York. Young married people and old ones too, That have no children to laugh and coo, Find their troubles will "little ones" be, If they take Rocky Mountain Tea. Sold by H. F. Hoover. I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered AH Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, September 16.?Rain last week retarded the cotton gathering. Farmers say they can't gather cotton it is so wet and will soon sprout if rain continues. Up to Saturday noon about 450 bales of cotton left here by train for other markets; 11:90 was the least paid for cotton last week. Some of our young men went opossum hunting Saturday night. Say they saw one, but could not get it. i A They say they have enougn ior awhile. Buck Ehrhardt says he has cotton stalks 12 feet high. It is reported among railroad men that the freight will be put on our branch road to-day. Perhaps this will help to get our mails here on time, so the carriers can get it for distribution the same day after arrival and not a day late, as is the case very often. Mr. John Frank Chassereau has taken a job behind the counter at Mitchum Bros, and will be glad to serve all his friends. Mr. H. N. Folk, of the Folk's Store section, was in town on business last week. Mr. Howard S. Folk was in town hunting seed oats last week. The cross tie business is about held up around here. Sugar cane patches are very fine around here. Will be able to sweeten up later on. - Jee. Country Correspondence. Equinox is with us and judging by the beauty of our nights we are hopeful that the usual gales that herald in the Indian summer will pass us, at least we hope so as the fields of fleecy staple suffer so from the gales. Hampton school began Monday with Miss Girtrude Oxner, of Leesville, as teacher. Mr. Eddie McMillan, of Colston, was to see his sister, Mrs. J. W. Hill, Saturday. Mrs. McMillan is visiting her mother in Atlanta. Mrs. Wilmot Sandifer and little son, Marion, spent several days with her parents at Colston last Week. Miss Nettie Sandifer and Messrs. David Hill and Bartlette Jordan represent our vicinity at the Bamberg high school. Mesdames Julia Crouch Sandifer and 0. P. Jordan were among the sick last week, but glad to report them out again. Rev. S. P. Hair, who has been pastor of Springtown Baptist church for several years, has resigned, his resigfn toirp pflW.t the first Sunday in October. Mr. Hair has done some good work in Springtown church, and no doubt his members are loath to give him up. A dog belonging to Mr. Geo. Smoak became mad one day last week and bit one of his finest meat hogs. The dog was a pet and had been playing with the children up to a short time before the discovery of its insanity. Miss Alma Sandifer is teaching the Binnaker's school. WeJiope the W. M. S. and Sunbeam picnic at Springtown Saturday a success. Let all who go be sure they contribute a penny for every year. The most of us have a delicacy in expressing our ages, so to avoid that just give several pennies over your age. Mr. J. Clifton Sandifer went up to Augusta Saturday night, returning Monday. Mr. Editor, why*doesn't some of The Herald's readers who have been to the Jamestown Exposition write an account of something they saw't There are lots of us who will be unable to attend the sight, see: ng at Norfolk and a description in The Herald's columns would be of much value to its readers. We do not mean to encourage competition, but will say that we feel sure some one who has been would write their trip, if only very briefly, if they could read the very interesting article in the Barnwell People by Dr. R. C. Brabham, in a July number. The writer thinks it a duty (and it should be a pleasure) for some one to give us some news in The Herald of the centennial show in Virginia. "A word to the wise is sufficient." Election for Alderman. An election was held here Tuesday for an alderman for the town to fill ; the vacancy caused by the resignation of M. M. Smoak. The election was [ managed by M. W. Brabham, F. W. : Free and F. M. Moye. Two candi; dates were voted for, D. J. Delk and F. W. Free, neither of whom made 1 any effort to win. Little interest ' was taken and a very light vote was ' rv-kll^rl Mr PYpp WAR plppt.pd. the ^/VHVU 1U1. JL * wv .? , vote standing 70 to 18, Mr. Free is a progressive young man and will no doubt make a good alderman. It is ' only fair to Mr. Delk to say that he has served on council before and was not a candidate, some of his friends voting for him anyway. DENflARK'S SCHOOL. Fine Opening Last Holiday Morning. Addresses Delivered. Denmark, Sept. 16.?The Denmark graded school began the fall i session this morning with the following excellent corps of teachers in charge: Prof. E. H. Hall, superintendent; Prof. John R. Jeffries, principal; assistants, Misses Minnie Tim- 1 mie, Lela Sellers, Georgia Graham, j Harriet Ketchin and El lie Blyth. Miss Irene Whisonant of Blacksburg will be at the head of the music department. Sight singing will be taught the entire school. Instrumental and vocal music will be taught pay pupils. This is Miss Whisonant's first year at Denmark. Her first day's work shows that she will be V.n*./3 -nrrvflrci/-} ontirp VPflT. Prof. 11CU U TT U1 nvu wtv v?>? V ^ Jeffries is also a newcomer. His work will be wholly in the high school department. Mr. Jeffries is a graduate of the pedagogical department of the South Carolina university and comes highly endorsed. A teacher for the commercial department of the high school will arrive in a few days. The inauguration of this new work promises to be quite popular. The opening exercises were simple. Good talks were made by Messrs. S. G. Mayfield, C. C. Ellzey and J. B. Gillam, the latter two are members of the present board of trustees. The new high school building, now in course of construction, will be completed by January. When present plans are completed, Denmark will have one of the best equipped public schools in the State. It is difficult to say what will become of the old wooden school building. Some 20 years ago, when the community was without a school building of any kind, the people were called together at a public meeting and money was subscribed for the purchase of a lot and the erection of a school building. Messrs. S. D. M. Guess, J. G. H. Guess, H. C. Rice, J. E. Steadman and G. W. Goolsby ? nn fwicfooc; \ canrl tjip were iiaiueu <u n w.u property was deeded to them as trustees of Graham school. The above named gentlemen contributed the bulk of the money to build the school. About 12 years ago a special district was created and a public board I of trustees assumed cofitrol of the property, which was the beginning | of the present system of excellent schools. Until recently the public board of trustees was composed of members of the original board, when the school was run as a pay school, supplemented by public funds. At a [recent election a new public board I was elected with a great issue which involved the location of the new building. On this new board not one of the original five was elected. The campaign was waged with bitterness, with a final victory for the new town, now known distinctively as Denmark. Before the election, two influential members of tne oldtime board expressed themselves as being willing to donate the old property to the public schools, but, on account of the feeling created in the hot campaign, they have gotten together and asserted their right to the property and will likely refuse to turn it over to the public. The public board, which most of the time preceding the recent election, was composed of members of of the old original board. It is ru mored that there was a tacit understanding among them that all improvements put on the old school building should go as payment of rent by the public school. This agreement, if it is true, has never been announced to the public, the voters, the tax payers, although the real ownership of the property had been discussed at public meetings many times. The people are really expecting the old board to donate the property to the public schools and are watching the issue with intense interest. The original cost of the old building was $1,000. Public funds amounting to $1,600 to $2,000 have been spent on the old building, enlarging - - j * and repairing. The donation 01 tms property to the public trustees would remove every handicap and a fine equipment would be the final outcome. Lawyerg have given their opinions freely, unsolicited, and the real point of legal right is still debatable. The old board consisted of the strongest men in the community. Their release of the property would only be in harmony with the great and good record of each one for these many years past. Each has educated large families and for the past 12 years have not paid a cent tuition. Their feathers have been ruffled and only time can and will reveal tneir decision. They are all considered men of means. Olar Graded School. To patrons: The Olar graded school will begin its next regular session the 23rd of September at 9 o'clock a. m. The outlook is very encouraging, and we are looking forward to the best year in the history of the i school. We earnestly request that each patron seM the children in the first day as thac means a great deal. W. M. Oxner, Principal. Olar, S. C., Sept. 15,1907. VV"/. " BAMBERG GRADED SCHOOL AN INSTITUTION OF WHICH ALL BAMBERG IS PROUD. Opening; Exercises Monday?Speeches by Prominent Citizens?Unusually Large Enrollment. The Bamberg graded and high school opened for the regiiar fall session last Monday morning. At 9.30 o'clock a good crowd of friends and patrons of the school had gathered in the large auditorium on the second floor of the school building, among them being a number of business men, this going to show the interest taken in the institution by our people generally. mi * J Ti.1. ? i:ne exercises were upeneu wim a reading from the Scriptures by Rev. Peter Stokes, pastor of the Methodist church, then a song by the school, "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Mr. Stokes then offerered prayer, after which Superintendent Sheridan introduced J. F. Carter. Esq., who made a strong, practical address. Rev. Peter Stokes was the next speaker, after which Jno. R. Bellinger, Esq., was called on. Mr. Bellinger was seated in rear of the hall and did not expect to speak, but he has always been a warm friend of the school, being for years secretary of the board of trustees. Mr. Sheridan was the last speaker. All of the addresses were good, and no doubt the utterances of these thoughtful men will result in great good to the school and the community generally. No synopsis of any of the speeches can be attempted here, for lack of space. This closed the opening exercises, and the audience was then dismissed and the work of enrolling the pupils begun. The year's work has begun most au spieiously. Bamberg has taken a great stride forward in educational matters in the last few years. When the writer came here in 1899 there was no public school, but soon afterwards the school was opened in a dilapidated wooden building with no income except that derived from the constitutional three mill tax, there being no special levy on the district. Our readers well remember no doubt the long, hard fight for a special levy and a new builaing, both of these objects finally being pushed to a successful conclusion, so there is no need to re-write anything in regard thereto. But our people were not satisfied with these improvements, and the past summer an election was held and Bamberg school district was the first in the State to organize under the high school law enacted at the last session of the legislature. Three additional teachers were elected and a business department added, which gives Bamberg children advantages not surpassed by any city in the State of its size. The faculty this year consists of H. G. Sheridan, superintendent; Mrs. Mamie Murdaugh, who teaches the fifth and sixth grades; Miss Elizabeth M. Barnett, fourth grade; Miss Clara Riley, third grade; Miss Ielita Ott, second grade; Miss May zeigler, first grade. In the high school department Mr. Sheridan teaches mathematics and Latin; Miss Mamie Connor, English and Latin; Miss Louise Saratt, history and geogrophy; Miss Jessie Huey, stenography and typewriting, as well as a general business course. Another grade has been added to the school course this year, thus giving pupils another year at home before going off to college. The school course now embraces ten grades, as well as a commercial course. The enrollment this week was the largest | in the history of the school. The principal directs us to announce that after Monday, September 23rd, no further enrollment in the commercial department will be permitted. This is made necessary by the work of the department. Orphans' Workday. Brethren of the press, please tell the tidings to everybody in the State that orphan' workday falls in this month of September. And that means that everybody will set apart a day in this month to help the orphan institutions with their wage or salary or income for that day. For the Sunday-school children, Saturday the 21st, or if more convenient the 28th is fixed. Cotton will be ready for picking and it will be easy to make a day of it. Collections on the Sabbath following. But this day is not for children only. Old folks make more money than children and money is what the orphans must have for their education. In the various institutions of the State, dependent upon Christian men and women for support, there are hundreds of orphans; the Thornwell Orphanage at Clinton, S. C., has 260; the Epworth Orphanage at Columbia has nearly 200, and the Connie Maxwell at Greenwood has more than that number. All these need help. And there are others. It is hoped that September will result in great good to the orphans. It will be if all lend a helping hand. But let each reader oi these lines say "it does not mattei what others are doing, I am going tc send my help and give my day's work," and depend upon it, our fathi v -u -11 if I eness cniiurcn win uc vu ivi u, ? BOYS' EXCITINU KIOE. One Has Fractured Skull and Others Are Burned. Joilet, III., Sept. 13.?Six boys, who attempted to steal a ride on the limited train on the Sante Fe road, reached here after an exciting experience. One of them, Robert Bullock, whose home is in Richmond, Va., sustained a fracture of the skull and may not recover. The other boys gave the names of Edward Smith, James Brady, Harry Jones, Leslie Achison and Robert Araez, and declared that their homes are in " ~'>M Cincinnati. They climbed on the train as it was leaving Chicago and lay down on the roof of the first car. * When the train attained full speed - ? yflgW after leaving the city limits the boys narrowly escaped being tossed over ^ ^||| the edge, and managed to cling on 1- "Al-. iLa iltft/Milfrr All %> * VSt oniy wiui uie greatest ujnnvuibv. .m* ? of them were badly burned by hot cinders from the engine, and finally, young Bullock, screaming that ne could stand it no longer, attempted .M to rise. The train just then passed over a bridge, and Bullock's head t struck the superstructure with ter- ^ rific force. He was dashed to the *edge of the car insensible, and was saved from falling by Jones, who seized his clothing. All of the boys, appear to have come from good Patrimonial nissteps. Divorce, so often termed a national evil, would be more appropriately called a national symptom. One need not be an alarmist to see in its increasing frequency a sign that something is wrong with that institution of matrimony itself, with the people who marry or with social conditions. And yet those who advocate no divorce at all, or even but for one cause, may be as far wrong as those 9 who would impose no restriction. Not every home is a blessing to its inmates or to the community. The ^ one, for instance, where either parent is in a state of frequent drunk- \||j enness, or where brawling and fightin <r arp pnnstanfc?is it of anv ad van- >$19 tage to children to continue in a . home of that kind? Or one where the husband is shiftless and improvident, placing upon the wife the burden of support?would it not be much better for herself and the chilI dren if she would get rid of him legally instead of adding others to v&JB their number to be also cold, hungry and miserable? Are such homes of any benefit to the public??Ida Hus- , | tard, in the Delineator. ^ . Death of Daisy Ayer. , j On Monday morning, September 9th, just as all nature was waking from its night of sweet repose it bore , upon its broad wings a messenger . that is true to you and me, a messenger that is cold and firm, yet gentle and everlasting and these wings of morning had been summoned to bear this messenger to the home of Mr. , and Mrs L.'M. Ayer, of Clear Pond, and kiss the lips of their youngest daughter, Daisy, which meant the cold, dewy kiss of death. The sun in all its glory was waking this old mother earth of ours, while death's cold hand was putting to eternal sleep one who was loved. To say that Daisy was loved is to merely express the words of all who have known this child, as she has always been known by old and young, white and black, as a lovable, true . Ja and affectionate little friend. She -Sj? would have been fifteen years old the i 13th of November had she lived, but ? VSl her years have been of value to her parents and all who knew her. "jjsj At the age of twelve she gave her heart to the Father and has been a worthy member ever since of Pleasant Hill M. E. church, where her remains were laid to rest 'Tuesday morning, where several brothers and sisters have already been lain. Rev. T. L. Belvin, in beautiful words, spoke of her life and character, of the bright future that seemed to be promised her on earth, but the Fa- j^g ther knew best, and just as this flower was budding into womanhood, v?| He plucked it to bloom in glory where a Daisy never dies. She was a worker in the temperance society and will, as in all other places, De missea. In the home she leaves a broad vacancy that father, mother, brother Ola and sister, Minnie, will grieve over, beside her sister, Mrs. David i Black, of Walterboro. She has lots of relatives and friends to mourn i her loss. i She died of that well known disease, hemorrhagic fever, that rarely : visits without taking away. All that medical science and loving hands ; could do was done and those who ' were so anxiously awaiting a change for the better were shocked yet not ; surprised when the end came. The writer extends sympathy to the grief-stricken home, as we too ..? ; will feel her loss as her young lire has touched ours so much and so oft ten, and we hope all grieved ones will be fully impressed that it is in ! our power to go to her and to know that "He doeth all things wisely and : well." The following acted a pall bearers ?, at the funeral: Messrs. John Mitchj ell, Herbert Folk, Charlie Mitchell, Willie Priester, Johnie Folk and Per. ry Beard. G. E. J.