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C xO?-:::C-;v^ . "*> . :: ;J>-r # . P*]'' . < (Hhr Batttbrrg If?ralb I = j ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A, W. KNIGHT. Editor. ? I THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1908. I The city council of Spartanburg has passed an ordinance putting a tax of two dollars a head on dogs and requiring, them to be kept off the streets of that city. It is our opinion that Bamberg's city council ought to take similiar action. ? ? If city council does not feel like putting a tax of two dollars a head on dogs, an ordinance might be passed requiring them to be kept off the streets. Many of us (who walk the streets of Bamberg would feel a great Ideal safer if the many dogs in town were kept shut up or chained. f; The withdrawal of C. C. Feather-s y stone from the race for governor makes the re-election of Governor Ansel practically certain. Mr. Ansel has made a very good chief executive, even if he has occupied so many positions on the liquor question, and | " the people will make no mistake to give him a second term. t In glancing over the list of recent purchases of the Richland county dispensary board we find that they paid 19.25 a case for Cream of Kentucky whiskey, bought from I. Trager & i Co., while the Bamberg county board tonly paid $8.75 a case. We would be glad if the Columbia State would investigate and explain why this difp* ference in price. We can't understand what's the ; ; matter with would-be candidates this year. Never have, we known of so many men announcing themselves as candidates for State offices and afterwards withdrawing. It lqoks like the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. At one time it seemed that the field .for United States Senator ?* j - j (and governor wouia De overcrowueu, but they keep dropping out of both races. The Herald has no particular ob_ jection to the nomination of William J. Bryan for president, but we have no idea he will ever be elected. As to whether some good Democrat will , stand a better chance of election, we are not well posted enough to say, / but we do say that Mr. Bryan has absolutely no showing for president. - He may be a good man and may get to heaven, but he'll never get to the white house. In fact, as Sam Jones used to say, the road to heaven doesn't go by Washington. Comptroller General Jones has bfcen endeavoring for some time to make improvements in the financial methods of the State government, but so far Sfg/ without success. His recommendations to the geneiral assembly have life been disregarded, and if relief is to - come at all the voters must take Stiv;' action. Mr. Jones says with truth ! . that any business conducted like that > of the county and State would soon be bankrupt, but candor compels the statement that the average citizen takes absolutely no interest in the matter of taxation, except to dodge as much as possible. This is campaign ' - year, and the voters need to be interested in this matter. Candidates . for the legislature should be put on record, and men should be sent to the general assembly who will readjust business methods as well as equalize v taxation. Congressman J. 0. Patterson has been and still is doing all in his power \ to encourage the establishment and extension of the rural routes in this county. Recently he has been endeavoring to get the government to establish a complete system of rural delivery service in Bamberg county, so that the service might cover the county by connecting routes. At last _ 4 the post office department has con sen ted to take up the matter, and now Mr. Patterson finds himself unable to proceed further in the matter because a map of the county is not obtainable. The department will^iot i_ do anything unless a map can be obtained showing the different roads, etc. Mr. Patterson has written Postmaster Murphy in regard to this map, and he has also written the editor of this paper, as he dislikes to see his labor lost for want of this county map. Every citizen of the county ought to feel an interest in this matter, and the cost of making such a map ought to be paid for by public subscription. We hope some steps will be taken to obtain the map, for without it there carl be no complete system of rural service in this county. ft j|. ' .'.t DECIDE TO CLOSE MILLS. Southern Hard Yarn Spinners Determine to Shut Down. Charlotte, N. C., April 17?Although resolutions were adopted at the meeting of the Southern Hard Yarn Spinners' Association, held here to-day, to withold from the public the conclusions of the convention, it is learned late to-night that a virtual agreement was reached to shut down all plants for a period of sixty days. At the end of that time another conference will be held to consider the situation and decide whether further curtailment is necessary. Approximately 1,500,000 spindles were reprerented at the meeting, which was entirely harmonious. The attendance at the meeting was not confined to members or tne association, many outside mills being represented. It is understood that the cotton yarn situation was discussed in all its phases at the meeting, and it was the sense of the mill owners that nothing but a complete shut-down would clean up the surplus stocks on hand and place the market on a fair price level. The shut-down will throw thousands of operatives out of employment and work great hardship to them, and indirectly to large business interests as well. Resolutions bearing upon the curtailment plan, and also relative to the prices of yarns, were adopted at to-day's meeting, but these the secretary refused to make public. The action taken today is in line with the resolutions and decision of the executive committee of the North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association held recently. Express Company in Dilemma. Roanoke, Va., April 17.?Because the Southern Express Company refuses to receive shipments of liquor from Roanoke dealers for parties liv ing at Marion, Glade Springs, Radford, and Saltville, Va., the company has been cited to appear before the corporation commission and show cause why it should not be fined for such failure and refusal. The towns naiped have ordinances which prohibit the delivery of liquor within their corporate limits. The State laws provide that if a common carrier shall refuse to receive and deliver promptly articles offered by shippers and fail to deliver the same with promptness it shall incur a fine of $100. The company is complying with the ordinances of the towns, and it is held to be guilty of violation of State laws in obeying the town ordinances. The town ordinances provide penalties ranging from $3.50 to $50 for each offence. The case will be heard at An Arvril 29. 4WVHIIMV?4Vt VM Rare Disease Kills Child. New York, April 18.?One of the rarest of diseases known caused the death yesterday of Bennie Postelnek, eleven months old. The baby bled to death without any blood leaving his body. This strange malady which was manifested by dark spots all over the body, is known as morbus maculosis werthoff. The child became ill last Saturday and the peculiar black spots began to develop on his skin. The parents thought that he was turning to a negro and were puzzled to know what to do. They took him to the Harlem hospital, where the physicians consulted all the authorities, but for hours they could not decide what was the matter with the child. Several specialists were called in and after a consultation the diagnosis was made. The black spots are caused by the leakage of veins, which permits the escaping blood to lodge in various parts of the body. In forcing its way to the skin it gives the appearance of dark blotches. It is believed that the emptying of the vessels at last caused the death of the - - ^ i i baby, as the heart had no more to ao. Many physicians visited the hospital to look at the body." They declared that such a case had not been known for years. An effort is being made to induce the parents to permit an autopsy on the body of the child, as it is hoped the examination will prove of great value to science. Shot Her Brother. Chicago, April 21.?Mrs. Havel Mikoletio, of Forest park, shot and killed her brother, John Stoni, during a street fight in front of her home in which her husband and a second brother were involved. The woman was arrested and is in a state of nervous prostration, threatening to commit suicide. The trouble is said to have been started over a crime committed in Austria, where the father of the woman was murdered a few years ago. The woman accompanied by her husband, was leaving the home of a neighbor when her two brothers, John and Thomas, fell upon her husband and beat him. Rushing into the house, 4she secured a revolver. She fired the first shot in the air, with a view of frightening away her brothers. This had the effect of infuriating them, John Stoni, leaving the unconscious form of her husband, approached his sister, and, it is charged, struck her. The woman pulled the trigger and the man fell with a Vinllot- thrrmaVi his hpnrf. Her Inadvertence. One evening at the Teacher's Annuity Fair the fattest instructress in the city sat down to rest her weary feet. She was soon aware that every one who passed her laughed and made some jocose remark. Being abnormally sensitive on the subject of her size, she soon arose and sought an obscure corner without having discovered that she had been sitting in front of the guessing cake table, di"rectly under the placard: "Guess my weight and I am yours."?Brooklyn Life. EHRHARDT SCBOOLCOLUMN * PERSONALS AND NEWS FROM A GOOD OLD TOWN. News Written by Pupils of the School Under Supervision of Principal T. D. Jones. Ehrhardt, April 20?Mrs. Theacia Copeland has been spending a few days with Mrs. J. H. Roberts, who E\as been sick for several days. Miss Elizabeth McMillan and Kathleen Miller spent a few days at the home of Mr. G. F. Miller last week. The farmers of this community are very busy planting cotton now. They have a good stand of corn, and cotI ton is coming up also. , Lilly Kinard spent a few days in town last week at the home of her uncle, Mr. Henry Planer. Mr. Henry McMillan, of Colston, was in town last Wednesday. Mrs. W. B. Moore and little daughter, Grace, left last Tuesday for Hendersonville, where they will spend some time visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bishop spent lsst Sunday at the home of Mr. L. M. Bishop. The school boys lost the game of ball last Thursday to the big men of town, the score being 15 to 10 in their favor. Look for their names the next time we play. v Miss Leila Epps left Friday for her home in Kingstree. School will continue one month longer, but the attendance now does not justify the employment of two teachers. Mr. S. W. Copeland went to Bamberg last Sunday. v Laurie Kinard. weekly summary. The following merits were earned last week. The number should be 24. What is it? * John McMillan 20 Talbert Warren.. 22 ? - - - AA Robbie Hughes zv Harry Hiers....*. 23 Jesse Rentz 17 Annie Rentz....!..! *24 Lionel Clayton absent Ryan Clayton 17 Laurie Kinard ...21 Clyde Bishop 14 George Bishop 21 Purdy McLeod *24 Clarence Moore . 21 Clemmons Carter 21 Jonnelle Hoffman *24 Gilbert Hiers absent Maurice Clayton. absent John Copeland *24 Harry Copeland ...*24 Biddie Carter .... 24 NOTED BANK BURQLAR FREE. flan whose Gang Stole $2,000,000 in Ten Years Released from Prison. Concord, N. H., April 19.?Adhering firmly to his story tl^at he was a victim of mistakefi identity a prisoner known as Mak Shinborn, a bank burglar of international notoriety, was released to-day from the State prison, his sentence for the robbery of the Walpole, N. Y., Savings Bank naving expired on Easter Sunday. All through his confinement the-prisoner has insisted that his real name is Henry E. Woebus, and he has made numerous unsuccessful attempts to have the courts consider his claim. In the police records of this country and Europe the name Max Shinborn is written large as a daring, ex pert and successful safe-blower. It is estimated that in the series of burglaries committed by his gang more than $2,000,000 was stolen within ten years. In addition to the Walpole robbery, which was committed April 2, 1865, Shinborn is said to be the head of a gang which in 1869 broke in the vaults of the Ocean Bank, on Greenwich street, New York, and got away with one million dollars worth of plunder. Following this came the robbery of the Boyleston Bank in Boston, the West Maryland Bank in Baltimore and the Manhattan Savings Bank in New York. It was more than thirty years after Shinborn's conviction for the Walpole robbery and his subsequent escape 1 from prison here that he was brought back to Concord to finish a ten years' sentence. Meanwhile he had been living in Belgium, where he bore the title "Count" and moved in aristocratic circles. Shinborn is now 74 years old. Funeral Hack Overturned. Baltimore, April 19.?Just after the starting of a funeral procession to-day one of the hacks was overturned and six persons were injured, two of them seriously. The funeral was that of 4-year-old Bertha L. Hoffman and the injured include her ?? ?? a**'! rtiofat* nnfk xauier, inumci euiu oioi^x, nuv, mm two others, were in the hack immediately following the hearse. Just how the accident occurred no one seems able to say, but when the vehicle went over on its side the horses became unmanageable and smashed the back of. the hearse. Catherine Hoffman, aged 9 years, was taken from beneath the other four persons in the overturned hack with her chest crushed. The physicians are unable to say at present whether she will survive. Edward Eck, aged 38 years, in attempting to quiet the struggling horses, was knocked down and trampled. He was removed to his home in an unconscious condition. The little body of Bertha Hoffman was finally taken to the cemetery, accompanied by a single hack, the occupants of the others that had formed the procession having abandoned them in the excitement following the accident. FELL UNDER CAR WHEELS. ! Death Comes to Young Freight Brakeman at Branchville. Branchville, April 20.?Murray Heaton, a young white man of this ' place, was run over by a local freight here this morning and instantly killed. It appears that young Heaton, who was braking on the freight, attempted to get on top of the c2r and was struck by a stand pipe and knocked under the car. ^ One leg and one arm were crushed and his back broken. An operation was performed by Drs. Wimberly and Fairy and everything was done to relieve the young man's suffering, but it was soon realized that his injuries would prove fatal. The death of this young man is 1 ?J v. 1? ? 01 v, particularly uau, ue ueiii^ uciwccu and 22 years old, in the prime of young e manhood, and a young man of excellent r qualities. The coroner's iury viewed the body and the inquest will be held later. P a Row at School Closing.?? E Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Dannelly, of 8 Ehrhardt, recently vistited Mrs. Dan- F nelly's sister in Marlboro county, and J while there attended the closing ex- 8 ercises of her school. During the t evening some drunken fellow began using profane and obscene language a in the presence of Mrs. Dannelly, and F when remonstrated with by Mr. Dan- p nelly he grew abusive and defied Mr. J Dannelly to resent it. Mr. Dannelly knocked him down and took from F him a knife which he had drawn, 8 when a number of the fellow's friends ? took a hand. Mr. Dannelly had quite a fight with the crowd, but he got in 8 some good blows and was not hurt ? himself. However, his coat was cut across the back during the scuffle. The parties' who raised the row have F been indicted, and some of them, who , were school trustees, have been re- * moved. , s o Candidates' Cards I 3 " t] FOR SHERIFF I To the Democratic voters: I herebv announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county, sub- r iect to the rules and regulations of the 0 Democratic primary. If elected I prom- & ise faithful service. I will thank the pub- a lie for their support. Respectfully, \ E. C BRUCE. fl I take this method of announcing to p the voters of Bamberg county that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of t Sheriff, subject to the rules of the Demo- t cratic primary. I desire to thank the li voters and friends for their support and d patronage in the past, and promise to h conduct myself ana the affairs of the office as to merit the confidence of the ^ people in the fut ire. Respectfully, J. B. HUNTER. a ============= v FOR COUNTY TREASURER r ============= 8 To the Democrats of Bamberg county: T I hereby announce myself a candidate 0 for. the office of County Treasurer, subject of course to your will as expressed ^ at the primary election. I solicit your L suDDort on merit, and will appreciate your endorsement. t A. L. KIRKLAND. s ATTENTION DEMOCRATS, t Pursuant to the constitution of the u Democratic party, club chairmen t throughout Bamberg county will call their clubs to meet at the usual place j of meeting on Saturday, April 25th, for the purpose of reorganizing and electing a member of the county executive com- 0 mittee and delegates to the county con- 1 vention. 1 Each club is entitled to one delegate 1 for every twenty-five members and one 2 additional delegate for a majority frac- a tions thereof. 3 The county convention will convene at the court house Monday, May 4th, at 12 o'clock m., for the purpose of reorgan- 1 izing and electing a member of the State 0 executive committee and six delegates v to the State convention, which convenes o in the city of Columbia May 20, 1908, a and to attend to such other business as j may come before the convention. s The retiring county executive committee will meet in grand jury room at 11 o'clock on Idonday, May 4th. . 0 " ' H; C. FOLK, ? County Chairman. a Bamberg, S. C., April 6, 1908. E 4^- ; sm mm : flPHHBHHHHHHBHB ^ m ? t I Coming Events I Cast their shadows before I JflkCThePainlerSflySI STAG PAS NT ? t is the paint of the B future. That s because B its so good. 9 'QUE gallon makesTWP J For Sale by I Simmons Hardware Co., BAnBERO, S. C. (TITLES LOANS I EXAMINED NEGOTIATED 8 J. ALDRICH WYMAN I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW I Civil and Office upstairs, over I Criminal Practice Bamberg Banking Co. I Dr. 0. D. Faust DENTIST BAMBERG, S. C. OFFICE IN FOLK BUILDlNd . ^ ' - ' - vo ' '/ -' v *r- ' ' t, ' '? ? \J 9 - ' ~y4 - '? -***"?- \ ; - - :tx- r/v si v, ;?> - v ' v -T-v" - f >; '< * 1 ON RURAL ROADS Mileage and Cost of Public Highways In United States. rEXAS FIRST, MISSOURI NEXT >utside of Settlements In 1904 United States Had 2,151,570 Miles?But 7.14 Per Cent of All American Roads Have Been Improved. While it is known in a general way hot on mo nnrto nf the TTnltert States iave made greater progress than othrs In the improvement, of the public oads and that enormous sums are expended annually on road construction nd repairs, there has been no information compiled up to the present time howlng just what has been accomplished and how much is expended antually for this purpose in the United itates, says a Washington dispatch to he St. Louis Republic. The office of the public roads in the gricultural department recently. completed the collection, compilation and ublication of information from every ounty of the United States in regard o the mileage of Improved and unimproved country roads in the year 1904, nd the expenditures on roads and ridges from property and poll taxes, pond issues and state ^unds under the tate aid laws, and the amount of valle of the labor expended under the tatute labor laws. In 1904 there were 2,151,570 miles of pflblic roads in the United States. Of his mileage 108,232.9 miles were suraced and gravel, 38,621.7 miles were tone, and 6,809.7 miles were special aaterials, such as shells, sand-clay, oil nd brick, making in all 153.664.3 miles f improved road. From this it follows hat 7.14 per cent of all the roads In the Jnited States have been improved. By comparing the total road mileage rith the area of all the states and teritories it appears that there was .73 f a mile of road per square mile of erritory. A comparison of road milege with population shows that there ras one mile of road to every thlrtyve inhabitants and one mile of imroved road- to every 492 inhabitants. The 2,151,570 miles of public roads in he United States do not include roads a Indian Territory, Alaska and the ismd possessions. The mileage of roads oes not include streets or boulevards 3 incorporated cities and villages. The majority of all the roads in the Jnited States were originally laid out long the boundary lines of farms, fith little regard for drainage, topogaphy and alignment In the eastern tates the boundary lines of farms are ery irregular, and consequently many f the roads are crooked and badly loated with reference to grades. In he middle west, where the land was aid out by the government the roads ollow the section lines and in thickly ettled communities the quarter secIon lines. In compiling these figures he aim has been to include only the aileage of roads actually open and a use. Only four states have more than 00,000 miles of roads. Texas stands Lrst with 121,409 miles; Missouri secnd, with 108,133; Iowa ^hird, with 02,448, and Kansas fourth, with 101,96. The District of Columbia has only 91 miles of road. Rhode Island has ,361 miles, which is the smallest milage of any state. Delaware has only ,000 and Arizona only 5,987 miles. By comparing the road mileage with he areas in square miles the District if Columbia is found to stand first, rith 3.18 miles of road per square mile t area, while Connecticut is highest mong the states, with 2.90 miles, thode Island has 2J24 miles and Pennylvania 2.21 miles per square mile of rea. Arizona has only five-hundredths f a mile, the smallest mileage per auare mile. Utah has elght-hundredths nd Wyoming ten-hundred ths of a mile >er square mile. x Assuming the average width of the ights of way of country roads In the Jnited States to be forty feet, the area if such rights of way in 1904 amountd to 10,431,727 acres. Estimating the ralue of this land on a basis of the paluatlon of farm lands in each state, he approximate value of the rights of ray of all the public roads would be 341,899,306. A much higher valuation rould be amply justified by the fact hat in sections where the mileage of oads is greatest the land is consideribly above the average in value. Of the 163,662 miles of improved oads in the United States Indiana has be largest mileage?23^77 miles. Ohio las 23,560, Wisconsin 10,633, Kentucky i,488, while twenty-nine states in an lave over 1,000 miles of improved oads. In about two-thirds of the states travel is the most used agency in lm>rovement, while in eighty states the nileage of macadam exceeds that of travel roads. Of those states employing special dnds of improvements to roads Calioraia has 2,541 miles surfaced with ?11, South Carolina has 1,680 miles of and clay mixture road, Maryland has 50 miles of shell road and Ohio has )rick country roads 1,400 miles long. The total expenditures for public oads during 1904 from property and >oll taxes, bond issues, state aid funds md the valuation of the labor expended under the statute labor laws of tome of the states aggregated $79,771,LL7.87. Of this amount $53,815,387.98 vas expended from property and poll axes, payable in cash; $19,818^36^0 At"* ?1?~ lohnf tanas vas uie vcuuo vi , >3,530,470.93 came from bond issues ind $2,607,322.66 was from state aid 'unda. The aggregate shows that 137.07 was expended in 1904 for each nile of public road, or $1.05 for each nhabitant in the country. t sT : ^ V.. v?' . r, * ?" ? y-> ' tv ?' J'V '*.: v / .../ -rr'<" vA [COME TO US] | ^ At this season of the &< \ year the farmers are I 1 F busy breaking up their ' M A land, preparing fpr T R this year's crop, and I ^ M of course they want . 1 the very best and latest I N improved tools with < I j Q which to do their work. We have most any :mg0%W ' kind of Farming Im- ' . 2J plement you may want I J and thd price is the 1 ~1 only cheap thing about ' l J jjj them. Remember you I p will always find our ' 2 prices as low as they %|| {* can possibly be made. B. ; | Simmons Hardware Co. 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Just received a big line of F t gA Heinz Pickles, both bout Bp a ^ and sweet. Try them. " ^ , rf Try one of those Mistletoe < ;' j ^ Hams at 15c per pound. Ap' :M 3 Smoked Shoulders, ^some- ^ '':-M IV mmg 111CC) Hi pw yvmiw : ~ c*W? 4 A big line of brooms froip V ' X 25c to 50c each. F ' a^SH Georgia Buck Sweet Pota-B toes and Sweet Potato Slips ^ 3 only 80c per bushel. ^ i E. BART PRICE L| T 'Phone 51 Bamberg, 3. fc' |'dr" 0.' F.' H Al' R*| 3 \ \ Dental Surgeon - - - Bamberg, 5. C, ! | In office every day In the week. Gradu- ! ' Z ate of Baltimore College of Dental Bur--. ^ 4, gery, class 1892. Member 8. C. Dental , . y Association. Officelnold bank building > ItW. P. RILEYI: 1 i: . P'RE. LIFE , /;-( ? ||j|j ;; accident i: INSURANCE: i < BAMBERG 8. '<&) 1 i! (L10 YE DICKINSON ;r ill ;; INSURANCE AGENT ; | < WILL WRITE ANYTHING ! t Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lla- <> } ;; bllity, Casualty, in tbe ; J[ strongest and most re- |:W' J < liable companies. 1! JI TELEPHONE No. 10 B. 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