Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v.r - - v.. i|' Ws\t Samhrrg frralii ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A, fF. KNIGHT. Editor. Rated?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for *six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, 50c. for each subsequent insertion Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a Word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week. 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regulat advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects "f general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. - * = THURSDAY, APRIL If, MS. While city council is after those p ' who have been keeping hogs in town, fand other nuisances, they might look into the matter of selling on Sunday. If this ordinance is not being rigidly -enforced, we trust it will be. The city of Atlanta, Ga., seems to be prospering under prohibition. The .business licenses issued there for the J : first quarter of 1908 amounted to $2,971.25 more than they did for the same period of 1907. ^ 1 Col. H. H. Watkins, of Anderson, is being spoken of as a delegate at large from this State to the National Democratic convention. It would afford us much pleasure for the honor J - ^ to fall on Col; Watkins, and he would worthily represent South Carolina in :s | the body which is to nominate apresij dent. The withdrawal of D. S. Henderh* son, of Aiken, from the contest for the V United States Senate makes the race [v narrow down to only about two can| didates who are going to poll many i votes in our opinion. There is still fe i room for the right sort of a man in this race. For our part we are not ? impressed with any of the entries so Bp far. " At court in Sumter last week the grand jury in their presentment >J> brought the attention of the court to the custom of waiting until court was |5 * in session before filing subpc4na writs for witnesses with the sheriff and magistrate, which was the habit g|V: of attorneys. Bamberg county's |:; s grand jury might also take action along this line and save delays in the sfc work of the court and thereby money to the county. .From the daily newspapers we fp. learn that there is to be another news'paper started at Walterboro by a ??-" stock company, application having been made to the secretary of state ^ y for a charter. We are not informed as toiwhy another newspaper is considered necessary in that county, but v. we are of the opinion that it is a piece of spite work on the part of those |fe who cannot control Editor Smoak, of the Press and Standard. He is honest and fearless, and comes out bold ^ and strbng when occasion demands, * * . . i . .1 I and we have little douot tnat tms is the cause of the opposition to his papar. Walterboro is an excellent newspaper graveyard. Time after time have opposition papers been v started there, but they are all dead and the Press and Standard is still * doing business at the old stand. We have little doubt but that the present S proposed enterprise will meet the Bfipj same fate. Woman Made Fatal Error. Southbend, Ind., April 10.?Carl:> ton Morgan, a wealthy real estate dealer of this city, was shot and killp - ' ed by Mrs. George Metzger, also of . this city, at Cassopolis, Mich., early IS* ' to-day. It is reported that Mrs. Metzger thought that she was shoot> ing her own husband. Morgan and Metzger went to Cassopolis last night to "havea good time." Mrs. Metzger followed them on a later train. Arriving there at 2 o'clock this morning, she went to the home of May Greene, a young widow. The door was opened, the figure of a man mnanwul on/1 MWJ Mflf7oror nnAnpH aj/^COiCU} aim uu0i fire, killing Morgan. The bullet passed, through his heart. Both Mr. and Mrs. Metzger are v under arrest at Cassopolis. Morgan . was married and leaves one child. At the Greene home, it is said, Mrs. Metzger had called for her husband. a DeCamp Throws a Bouquet. South Carolina is singularly blessed with good newspapers. The daily and weekly press of this State' will compare favorably with that of any State in the Union. It would be a difficult task to name the best. However, the scintillations of thought that emanate from the brain of Bro. Knight, of The Bamberg Herald, are in no sense dark, while Bro. Wallace's observations are gems of terseness and wisdom.?Gaffney Ledger. It is said that dancing makes girls' feet large. It is also said that ice cream makes freckles. Doctors are of the opinion that hanging on the front gate produces rheumatism. A few more opinions like these and the girls won't have any fun left. t CLAIMS HE WAS DRUGGED. Traveler at Greenville Accuses Two Italians of Fixing Him. Greenville, April 10?M. Arthur, bound from Cincinnati to Greensboro, N. C., dropped off-train No. 40 here Wednesday night, claiming that he was drugged by two Italians on the train near Central. The man's story was believed by the two night roundsmen at the station, and they went aboard the cars looking for the two foreigners, who were easily located. They both protested innocence, and the man himself was too far gone to incriminate them. Physicians were called and the man given attention. The doctors are of the oDinion that the man was given whiskey with some sort of poison in it. When he got off the train he could hardly walk, and appeared to be generally knocked out. The two Italians were placed under arrest, but they were later released for lack of evidence against them. Arthur will proceed to Greensboro if he is able to travel. Life of Officials Threatened. Muskogee, Okla., April 10.?A threatening letter was received here to-day addressed to the New Guthrie State Tribune in which the writer asserts that Governor Charles N. Haskell, and Bud Ledbetter, Chief of Police of Muskogee, will be assasinated and the city of Guthrie burned by negroes. The letter was unsigned. The letter is the out-growth of the Jim Crow law passed by the legislature and recently put into force. It has been rigidly enforced by the governor and in addition Chief Ledbetter has ordered all negroes not employed to leave Muskogee. ? ' ' * ?j Every gamDimg nouse auu &oiwu in the city has been closed. Colored Bishops Complain. Washington, April 10.?The interstate commerce commission expects soon to hold a hearing in a case of great interest, in connection with the letter sent by President Roosevelt to the Department of Justice in regard to enforcing the laws requiring equal accommodationsfor colored and white passengers. The case is that of five bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church against four large railroads of the South and the Pullman Company. Inferior accommodations for passengers of the African race, the refusal of sleeping car and dining car - * * ? it . i l facilities ana otner anegea aiscnmmations constitute the grounds for complaint. The letter to* the Department of Justice, made public by the President on Wednesday* resulted from a decision of the interstate commerce commission in the case of Georgia Edwards against the Nashville, j Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway i Company, in favor of the complainant, I The President wrote his letter tc the Department of Justice that aftei receiving a letter from a member of the interstate commerce commissior to the effect that the order of the commission, requiring the railroad company to provide equal acommodations to all passengers had not beer complied with by the road. It is held that the law permits separate accommodations for whites and negroes, but requires the same facilities foi both. The complaint, whiled aimed at al of the railroads operating in the South is made directly against the Seaboard Air Line Company and the Pullman Company, ail of whicl: practically have denied the charges made by Bishops Gaines and Turnei of Atlanta; Tiree, of Nasheville Smith, of Detroit, and Lampton, oi Washington. Negro Boys Whipped. Dresden,, Tenn., April 10.?A sen sation was created here when anum ber of young men took two negr< boys, about 17 years old, out and gav( them a severe whipping. Their of fense was an insult offered a populai young lady of the town, while sh< was returning home from a store. While near her home she was mei by the negroes, who asked her to kiss them and offered her other indigni? ties. After being whipped, the ne groes were ordered to leave town Later they made threats to burn th( place and were arrested and placec in jail. Blind Man a Candidate, Prof. J. E. Swearingen, of th< CaAar- Snrincrs institute, the Stat* ?"l o~ , college for the deaf, dumb, anc the blind, located in Spartanburg county, has announced that he wil be a candidate for State superinten dent of education. Prof. Swearingen is a nephew o: Senator Tillman. He is totally blinc and has held the position of professo: at Cedar Spring, the State institutioi for the blind, for nine years. He i a man of recognized ability and ha a wide acquaintance and connectioi throughout the State. He is a nativ of Edgefield. Fined $50 for Writing Notes. Savannah, Ga., April 10.?Mr. E Rheet Wever, a clerk in a shoe stor was fined $50 yesterday by the record er for having written two notes fo young girls asking the principal 0 the school they attended to excus them for the day as they were unwell He signed the names of the girls' par nm J 1 _ ents to the notes; ine recorder iuu* ed upon the matter as a very seriou one and fined Wever$50. Hewasur : able to pay it for several hours an i had to spend about half the day i i jail before he secured the desire . amount. One of the young girls tol i her father some very bad stories c Wever's conduct toward her. A BAD LOOKING AFFAIR NEGRO PREACHER SHOT AND DIED IN JAIL HERE. Shot by Alleged Negro Detective Who Claims He Was Resisting Arrest. Tomac ToffArcnn tViP rnlorpd nreach er who was arrested and shot at Branchville the first of last week by a negro named B. W. Williams, who claimed to be a United States' detective, died at Bamberg on last Saturday from the wound inflicted by Williams. After arresting Jefferson and shooting him Williams took him to Bamberg and committed him to jail under the name of W. H. Blaekman. When carried to Bamberg Jefferson was suffering from a pistol shot wound in the abdomen, inflicted by Williams, and at an early hour Saturday morning he died from perotinitis as a result of the wound.' A jury of inquest was empanelled by Coroner Zeigler, which, after hearing the evidence of Jefferson's wife, Dr. H. F. Hoover, J. B. Hunter, sheriff, and C. B. Free, rendered a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to his death from a pistol shot wonnd inflicted by B. W. Williams, Jr. From the evidence adduced at the inquest it would seem that a mqst uncalled for murder has been committed by this man Williams, and he should be made to pay the extreme penalty for his foul crime. Williams, who murdered Jefferson, seems to think that his claiming to be a de tective should have shielded him from arrest and punishment for his outrageous crime. It was also brought out at the inquest that Williams, who did the shooting, saw an advertisement offering a $200 reward for an escaped criminal from Alabama and concluded that Jeff ejson was the man wanted. He accordingly went to Magistrate Zeigler, of Bamberg county, and swore out a warrant charging him with murder. Armed with this warrant he went to Branchville, accompanied by Quillie Drawdy, a white man, and drove up to the residence of the deceased at about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, April 6th. ; Jefferson was asleep in his house when 1 they hailed at the gate. His wife responded and was told to ask her husband tc come out to look at some pictures in the buggy. She woke him np and he wen1 ' out to see the pictures, but as soon as he reached the buggy Williams, "the de , tective," threw his pistol on him and il went off, and Jefferson fell to the grounc ! mortally wounded. ; Neither "the detective" nor his white 1 friend made any explanation of their ac ' tion, but securely tied the wounded mar 1 and put him in the buggy and drove of , to the residence of Magistrate Zeigler, it Bamberg county. He was kept then > until Tuesday afternoon, when he wa sent to the Bamberg jail in almost a dyinj " condition, where he remained until deatl 1 relieved his sufferings Saturdayvmornin'g : To say the least of it the magistrate actet very strangely* He should have investi { gated the matter when he found th< [ prisoner so desperately wounded. Williams^ "the detective," admitted t< , Messrs. C. B. Free, J. B. Hunter an< * others that he did the shooting, but claim ed that the deceased jumped at him whei ' he started to arrest him and took hold o ^ his hand, and that his pistol went off, bu I he did not know how. This is a lame tal j and should not be believed for one mc 3 ment. If an innocent man can be calle out of his hckne and shot down as Jeffei ; son was by a so-called detective there is F defect in the law and it should be remedi ed at once. The above are the facts in this ver strange and outrageous case as wa brought out at the coroner's inquest a ' Bamberg on Saturday. Most of the test ? 1 nrifa fVlA mm j mony was given uy me 0^^ . dered preacher, who says she was a ey * witness of the whole affair. The body wa i shipped to Branchville for interment, ac companied by the wife of the murdere C preacher, who had been nursing him sine 3 he was first put in jail on Tuesday, Apri 7. The deceased is said to have been i resident of Branchville for the last six o i eight years, and a preacher of the gospel j Williams, hearing of the death of Jeffei son, and having been made to believe tha * the fact that he is a detective will sav him from prosecution, went to Bamber 5 Saturday and surrendered to Sherii ' Hunter. Sheriff Dukes, having been nob * fied, he sent over to Bamberg and ha | Williams brought to Orangeburg am lodged in jail, where he will likely sta until he is tried, and we hope convicted f if the case is like it is reported above.I Orangeburg Times and Democrat. r 1 New Paper for Walterbero. v s Walterboro, April 12.?The Colleto s News Publishing company of Waltei g boro applied yesterday to the secretar of state for a charter of incorporatior The object of this new enterprise is t publish a semi-weekly newspaper and t do a general job printing and stationer e business. I- The capital is stated to be $5,00( r which will be invested in an up-to-dat f and first class newspaper and job plan' e Besides a fine Potter newspaper presi four high grade modern job presses wi ~ be installed; also a type-setting machir g and everything to insure excellence ar dispatch in its business, d The type to be used is all selected c n the best makes and the most approve d and modern styles, d The company's plant will be locate >f on the public square, fronting the com house. X v j.,, k QDARTERLY STATEME For Thn ACCOUNT State Dispensary Commission S. Grabfelder & Company rvwncnmors R R_ Establishment VVKUUiUVAW ? . ? ? Wm. Lanahan & Son "Strauss, Pritz & Company Mallard Distilling Company The I Trager Company Meyer, Pitts & Company Rosskam, Gei'stley & Company .1 Paul Jones Company Capital Brewing Company Peoples Distilling Company Cash on Hand Furniture and Fixtures Merchandise Salary Account Miscellaneous Account Dispensary Expense Supply Account Breakage Estimated Profits, Warehouse Net Profits : ). / 1 State of South Carolina, ) County of Bamberg. ) Personally appeared before me E. C. Dispensary Board, who being each dulj is true ana correct. Sworn to and subscribed before me t1 ? - w ? ? n Purchases made oy u From Whom Purchased An Wm. Lanahan & Son, Baltimore, Md., 1( n t* tt a' tt *' 3( it t tt tt tt tt if 21 a tt tt a tt a , Paul Jones & Co., Louisville, Ky., 1< Strauss, Pritz & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 tt tt tt tt it g Peoples Distilling Co., Cincinnati, 0., 1 The I. Trager Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 6( i tt tt tt tt tt 2? Fall City Distilling Co., Louisville, Ky 16 Rossk'am, Gerstley & Co., Philadelphia 40 > " ? " " 15 ! Rehm, Zeiher & Co., Louisville, Ky., 4 c ? Consumers B. B. Establishment, 80 * 5? n if ft ^ 1 E. L. Price, Clerk ,of-3oanL , Bamberg, S. C., April 14th, 1908. fCOMETOUSl . | p At this season of the I j I year the farmers are I f I F busy breaking up their fl j I A land, preparing for I , I R - this year's crop, and s B M of course they want fl r B 1 , the very best and latest fl x I N improved tools with I I Q which to do their work. 1 1 I i ^iave most fl I m kind of Farming Im- fl ? I J plement you may want I fl ^ and the price is the fl 3 fl p only cheap thing about fl i fl them. Remember you fl * I f: wiU always find our j I J prices as low as they I f T Can ke made. I e B 31 Simmons Hardware Co. I I Bamberg, South Carolina I i- { PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, wood Saws, Splitters, d Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines a laroestock LOMBARD a Foundry. Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store r AUGUSTA, GA. [. D.J. DELKII t- CARRIAGE WORKS I I ANYIHIN6 ON WHEELS I l> ? n Delivery wagons, one and two I horse farm wagons, ice wag- I ons, log carts, sewing machine I y wagons, or any kind of special 1 i. work built to order on short I 0 notice. First-class repair and I paint shop, does pipe work and I ? carries piping and fixtures, y brass fittmgs, engine supplies, I injectors, steam gauges, en- I j gine oils, large stock of bug- I / gies, harness, lap robes and I ^ whips for sale cheap. All work * I t. will be appreciated and satis- I 3, faction guaranteed I * D. J. DELK I :d BAMBERG, 5. C. I NT OF BAHBER6 CO ;e Months Ending April Is TRIAL BALANCE LOSS ANI .02 : $ 833.33 283.98 3,660.97 1,128.62 528.00 677.50 644.45 598.75 759.20 238.50 . 258.93 S 3.208.96 572.38 28,442.57 21,702.53 808.40 808.40 259.66 259.66 1,098.27 1,098.27 1,299.98 1,299.98 109.87 109.87 4,485.31 7,214.41 $35,800.09 $35,800.09 $10,790.59 HAYS, J. A. WALKER and G* B. CLA1 r and severally sworn, deposes and says his 9th day of April, A. D. 1908. lamberg County Dispensary 1 aount and Brand Cost Price ) barrels X Corn $1.39 gallon $2.25 ga ) barrelsX Rye $1.40 gallon $2.25 & > barrels X Grin $$.40 gailon $2.25 gi > cases Hunter Rye $10.00 $12.00 $13.00 3 barrels XX Rye $1.60 gallon $z.o gi 0 barrels XX Rye $1.60 gallon $2.75 gi 0 cases Lewis' 66 $11.50 $11.50 $12.20 0 barrels XX Rye $1.57J gallon $2.75 g; ) cases Cream of Ky. $8.75 $9.75 $10.75 1 cs. Stony Hill Corn $8.00 $8.75 $9.50 cs Dawson's Prvt. Stock $11.00 $12.00 $1J cases Old Saratoga $13.75 $14.50 $15.25 cases H A Rogers $9.00 $10.00 $11.00 ases,Cognac Brandy $19.00 case i bbl8 Premium Pale $7.75 barrel > barrels Budweiser $12.02 barrel I " _ $11.52 barrel ? 'stop? . t ' Spending that dollar f bank where you can noi earn you interest. If y habit," you will be su1 account w$ grow PEOPI BAMBERG - m ? _ _ liwisi M s. <g TO BU I EASTEB ? So don't wait but come ? you will find a nice assor ? and Tokio Silks, 27 to 34 ? the yard. Also the pret ? Linon, Organdie, Persiai ? and Corduroy that haw ? before and at prices that ? am willing to divide pr i the (I have had lately evidem and quality of goods ar forgotten. I offer afe\ CROC Luzianne Coffee, 1 lb. can 20c Acme Coffee, 1 lb. package... 12Jc Green Coffee, per lb..9c, 10c, 12Jc Tomatoes! 3 lb. can ^...10c Remember I ( Article I Sell to sented or Your TOURS FOR BONEST 61 S W flf ?UI VI I VI EHRHARDT - Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted in any way to the estate of Mrs. Minerva Bryant will make payment tome at once, and those having any claims against said estate will present same, auly attested, .immediately. ' HENRY KINARD, c Executor. Bambeig, S. C., April 4, 1908, . , / ran DISPENSARIES Jl it, 1908 jH ) GAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ^ $ 833!? 11 283.98 vfl 3,660.97 II 1,128.62 | 528.00 " IJ 677.50 M 644.45 ! 598.75 11 795.20, &>/$! 238.50 {J 258.98 ' 11 $ 3,208.96 572.38 $10,790.59 17,530.63 9 "'42?u. g; ;JIm 7,210.41 $10,790.59 $21,311.97 $21,311.97^ ' fTON, members of the Bamberg County j| I that the foregoing quarterly statement *f m x E. L. PRICE, [L. S.1 n Notary Public for S. C. J J ioard April 6th, 1618 tfj Selling Price ' * | dlon 60c quart 35c pint 20c half pint fl allon 60c quart 35c pint 20c half pint -Ifj allon 60c quart 35c pint ' 20c half pint U j $1.25 quart 75c pint 40c half pint!_ , Jjj allon 75c quart 40c pint 25c half pint |l illon 75c quart 40c pint 25c half pint w|j $1.25 quart 75c pint 40c half pint | j allon 75cqpart 40c pint $5c half pint. $1.10 quart 65c pint 35c half pint $1.00 quart 60c pint 30c half pint:'. .?Li 5.00 $1.25 quart 75c pint 40c half p^it $1.50 quart 85c pint 50c half pest; 7' VJ $1.00 quart 60c pint 80c half pint *3 . $2.00 quart J 10c pint ' 15c pint - ^ 25c quart J e. c. hays, G. B. CLAYTON, J. A. WALKER, J County Dispensary Board. : oolishly and put in the | t only save it, but it will j| ou will start the "saving v jj rprised how your bank /1 |||9H -ES BANK J SOUTH CAROLINA I 1 pili i DRESS I I to the busy store, where A tment of Suesine, Pongee, A inches wide, at 40c to 50c jK tiest line of Swiss, India A | 1 and Berlin Lawns, Pique A e ever been shown here A -\j ; will convince you that IA ofits with my customers. A RUSH A j ;es the fact that my prices X : iH e popular and not easily X ^ v prices on X HRIES I Good Luck Baking Powder, 3 cans W Grist, per sack?. $1.75 A Best Patent Flour $5.75 X Rice, persack..$4, $5, $6 and $6.25 X J iuarantee Every w\ f be Just as RepreMoney Refunded w KIDS AND CLOSE PttlOS j| | ^??@????????@^ WiTfHPC Cleaned, Polished, Oiled, t|8 VTAlUlJuJ from $1.00 to $1.50 each , /$ Clocks Cleaned, Polished and Oiled from 50c to $1.25 each. . Jewelry repaired. Satisfac- ! tion guaranteed. H. E. Dickinson, bakr&S.C. .