Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V, ':-v *, PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Hon. C. W. Garris, of Denmark, was in the city Monday. ?Dr. F. B. McCracken spent a few days in Newberry this week.. ?Mrs. A. J. Foster, of Winnsboro, is visiting friends in the city. ?Mrs. H. H. Copeland is visiting relatives in Augusta this week. ?Mrs. G. N. Dukes, of St. George, is visiting Mrs. E. O. Kirsch in the city. ?Mr. and Mrs. Otis Brabham spent last Thursday night in the city. ?Miss Mary Hill, of Sumter, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. G. Herbert. ?Mr. J. C. Guilds was sick for several days last week, but is out again. ?Mr. and Mrs. Albin Kirsch, of Ninety Six, are visiting relatives in the city. ?Mr. A. M. Kittrell, of Florence, visited his sister, Mrs. Stella Bron* son, last Sunday, ?Miss GeDelle Brabham returned Thursday night from a visit to friends in Greenwood. ?Miss Thelma Bailey, of Edgefield, is visiting her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Black. ?Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Ehrhardt, attended the commencement exercises of Newberry College this week. ?Miss Mary Ellen Eaves is at home for the summer vacation rrom the College for Women at Columbia. ?Rev. and Mrs. T. G. Herbert and their boys, Jackson and Brice, came home last Friday night from Sumter. ' ?Mr. C. L. Wroton, formerly of Denmark, but now of Rock Hill, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the city. I ?Mrs. Jas. E. Salley returned yesterday from Orangeburg, where she has been. visiting relatives for several weeks. ?Mrs. S. J. Legg and Mrs. Robert Jenkinson, of Manning, will arrive to-morrow morning for' a visit to Mrs. A W. Knight. ?Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hays, of ureenwooa, wno nave oeeu vmuug relatives here for some weeks, returned home Monday. ,?1tfrs. L. E. Wiggins is ill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j Thos. Black, in this city. She is! some better at this writing. . f ?Miss Gabriella Martin, of Bluffton,-.S. C., who has been visiting the Misses Easterlin in this city, returned to her home last Friday. ?<-MiSs Linnie Riley, who has been attending Winthrop College at Rock H?U, is at home for the summer vacation Miss L<nnie graduated this i year. -?Mi. L. N. Bellinger left Monday to attend the reunion of Confederate veterans in Birmingham, Ala. He will also visit relatives in Montgomery while away. i ?Mr. H. W. Beard has been sick for the past two weeks or more, but his friends will be glad to know that he is improving slightly. It is hoped he will soon be out again. ?!?. T. LaFitte, Esq., will leave | to-day for Hot Springs, Ark., for the benefit of his health. He will be i away some time, and his many friends hope the trip will be of much benefit to him. ?Dr. Geo. F'. Hair left Tuesday night for Columbia to attend the meeting of the State Dental Associa tlon. He is on the program for a v paper, "local anaesthesia." Dr. Hair will return Friday morning. Shooting Affray Near Ward. Batesburg, JuneB.?Arthur Coleman was seriously if not fatally shot by Jim Golden at Mount Alpha church, near Wards, yesterday, between 12 and 1 o'clock. Coleman is a highly respected negro who lives near Ridge Spring and is well known for his peaceful disposition and is unusually thrifty for one of his race, while Golden is a desperado who has spent a good portion of his life on the chaingangs. It seems that while Golden was on - the chaingang recently he became angered at Coleman and told him he u t,n? WUU1U l-LA xiiiu ouiuc uajf, axiu Having only recently been released from Erison, yesterday was the first time e had seen Coleman. Coleman says he was going into the woods near the church, where he had his horse and buggy, when Golden came out from the bushes, where he was evidently in waiting, for Coleman, and came toward Coleman with a drawn knife, cursing him as he came. Coleman attempted to run backward to escape him and in doing so he stumbled and fell and as he arose he started to run away, when Golden shot him in the back and through the left tang. He stumbled on to his buggy, which was nearby, and others hearing the shots came to his assistance, while Golden ran away. Golden was afterwards apprehendond kwrnflrVif Pl'^oro SnrifHT flTlfi I VU UUU M4 VU^AAV W *mO | ^ placed in confinement. Coleman was brought .to Ridge Spring and while he is still living it is feared that the shot will prove fatal. Rev. T. M. Boykin of Batesburg was conducting services in the church at the time the shot was fired and thoughtfully kept the congregation j from rushing from the building, I otherwise more serious trouble, involving others, would doubtless have resulted through the excitement usual to such affairs. Rev. Boykin says Coleman is one of the best members of his congregation at Mount Alpha, where he has been pastor for five years, while Golden is one of the most worthless negroes he has ever known, having caused more trouble among members of his congregation than all others combined, j 4 DROWNED IN MILL POND. A Popular Young Lady of Florence Loses Her Life. Florence, June 7.?Miss Kate Knoblock, formerly of Macon, Ga., but lately stenographer for the Water, Light and Power company here, was drowned between 5 and 6 o'clock this' atternoon at Muldrow's mill near this city. With several others she had gone out to the pond for an outing and had gone out in a boat with Mr. W. L. Black. The boat was upset and Miss Knoblock lost her life. Her escort escaped. About a year ago Miss Knoblock came here from Macon and accepted the position of stenographer for the Water, Light and Power com panv. She was a very popular young lady and her death has cast a gloom over the whole town. She was about twenty three years old. ?Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Bellinger left Monday for Robinson Springs, Miss., where they go on account of Mr. Bellinger's health. They will be away a month or six weeks. Fine Racers Here. ' Mr. L. W. Verner, of Seneca, S. C., a veteran horse trainer and driver, who has been called the "Lord Chesterfield" of the track, is now in the city with a string of horses which he is training at the race track of Jones Bros. They have a lot of very fast horses, which are owned by parties in different sections of the State, and Jones Bros, have four very fast horses at the track, which are now being handled by Mr. Verner. These horses will be put in condition here during the next three months and raced at the different tracks this fall and winter. The animals now in the stables at the track are. Sorrel gelding, green trotter, high bred and very fast; owned by W. M. Thompson, Greers, S. C. Sorrel mare, ^reen pacer, very promising; J. T" Willard, Spartanburg, S. C. ' Bay gelding, pacer; J. S. Haynes, Roebuck, C. C. Bay gelding, green trotter; D. H. Counts, Laurens, S. C. Ben Hur, black gelding, record 2.29%; L. W. Verner, Seneca, S. C. The following horses are owned by Jones Bros: Bad News, bay gelding, record 2.08%. Jeff McGregor, sorrel horse, record 2.16%. Queen B., brown mare, record 2.11% Lillian C., green trotter. Mr. Verner is an experienced trainer of many years in the business of handling racers, and those having horses which are promising should give them a try out in his hands. The weather is good, the track is in fine condition, and he is well equipped. As a special favor Jones Bros, ask that automobiles and buggies will keep oil the track, as it is novf closed to the public, and will be closed for the next three months, when the training of horses is going on. After that time the track will again be open to their friends. Sister Shoots Brother. Greenville, June 9.?Eugene Green, a resident of Park place, was shot this afternoon by his married sister, Mrs. Alice Campbell,- who lives in the same neighborhood. Mr. Green was out in the street engaged in a difficulty with his brother-in-law, Campbell, almost in front of the Campbell cottage and only a short distance away from his own home, where Green lives with his wife and mother. Mrs. Campbell rushed out of her house and fired four shots at Green in quick succession. The first ball fired took effect in Green's arm, the second in his left eye, the third in his stomach and the fourth in the man's chin; It is said that before Mrs. Campbell fired the gun Green had cut Campbell about the face. At the third shot Green fell and it was some seconds before assistance reached him. A physician was called and the i man's wounds examined. It appears that the affair was the outgrowth of a family difficulty, which started Sunday and which broke out in a fresh place again today. Deputies Ballenger and Noe : were called to the scene and placed both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell under arrest, later lodging them in the county jail, where they await the outcome of Mr. Green's injuries. Mr. Green was taken to the Greenville sanatorium, where his wounds are receiving attention. The physicians are yet unable to state what ! his chances for recovery are. Killed by His Son. Joe Mims, keeper of the Southern railway drawbridge over the Wateree river, was killed by his son, Pressly Mims, Sunday night. The man's neck was broken by a load of shot?in fact he was almost decapitated. The son is now in jail. Joe Mims was well known in Columbia, having lived in the mill district here several years. Pressly Mims himself is now a resident of the mill district. He says that upon the insistent invitation of his father he went to Wateree Saturday to be company for his father. In the meantime Joe Mims got hold of a lot of whiskey somewhere and acted in a very ugly manner, as he is reported to have done on many occasions before. Sunday night he got his son Pressly backed up into a corner and made at him with an axe. At least that is the defendant's statement to a reporter. Thereupon Pressly Mims got his father's shotgun and fired with fatal effect, the entire load entering the neck and practically severing the head. Pressly Mims surrendered to Magistrate E. C. Touchberry and was committed to jail yesterday morning. Smith Thomas, an eyewitness, was arrested pending a preliminary and is also in jail?Columbia State. \ MODEL.ROAD FOR ILLINOIS. "Object Lesson" Highway Traversing Several Counties Piannco. A campaign designed to interest fanners in the good roads and bridges movement has heeu started by the Illinois highway commission, says the Chicago Tribune. "Spend better, not more," is the slogan on which the commission bases its appeal to the agricultural taxpayers. Farmers' institutes throughout Illinois have beeu invited to co-operate " '* * * 1- * -1_ PT.vm wim tue commission, wuicu ua* uuned to send speakers to their meetings to explain in detail the plans for the campaign. In each county there is a farmers' institute, and 100 of the 102 such bodies in existence have signified their acceptance of the commission's offers for co-operation. Circulars containing printed suggestions of topics to be discussed by the speakers and the audiences at the institute gatherings are being mailed to the farmers of the state. Many of these suggestions deal with the details of scientific road aud bridge Dunaiug. One of the special projects of the commission is to construct in the near future a so called "object lesson" road. This highway will traverse several counties of the state. It will l>e an ideal country highway, emphasizing in a special way the value and inexpensiveness of dirt roads. Earth road drags will be utilized to a large extent These drags are made of logs. Roads made with these drags are laid and finished with amazing speed. They are good at least nine months in every year. Roads of this sort are becoming quite the vogue among the fanners. The number of miles of road made with these log drags is now upward of 15.000. Designing of road bridges will be made a special feature of the commission's work. The farmers will be told and shown how to build these structures at the right price. The special value of re-enforced concrete for this class of work will be emphasized by all the lecturers. The corps of lecturers selected to peregrinate among the farmers' institutes includes the following: A. N. Johnson, chief engineer of the state highway commission; Clifford Older, C. F. Terhune, T. H. McDonald, W. S. Gearhart H. E. Bilger. The Illinois highway commission has three members. President E. J. James of the University of Illinois, Lafayette Funk of Bloomington and Chief Engineer A. N. Johnson. ? OILING OF ROADS. Why It I* a Benefit to Country Highways. Those who have observed the oiling of country roads in Missouri and watched the effect on the pavement are pronounced in favor of the system, says the Motor News. They state that the road is improved 50 per cent and believe that the damage by washouts after the freshets will be reduced to a minimum. The wagons grind the macadam to a powder, and when the wind attains the proper velocity macadam dust is blown intn the fields. It is claimed that with .oil the process of grinding the limestone rock to dnst is reduced to a minimum and the pulverization only tends to make it pack harder and the life of the road will be prolonged many years after oiling and subsequent treatments. Farmers advocate the oiling of roads, realizing, however, that it will entail more careful driving, especially on the hills. The farming community generally shoe their horses in the fore feet and allow the hind feet of the animal to remain unshod except in sleety weather, the idea being that the fore feet, if shod, will keep the horse from slipping when pulling a load. Oiling has a tendency to make the road slippery. Governor Hughes on Good Roads. In the course of a speech recently delivered at the town fair at Dryden. N. Y.. Governor Hughes had the following to say with reference to road imnrovement: "You may be thankful for the efforts of the state grange; you may be thankful for what your representatives in the legislature have done for the agricultural interests. It was due to the state grange that we have made such progress in the settlement of our highway problem, but much remains to be done. We do not want good roads until we have roads that will be kept good and the money appropriated for them economically laid out We should not waste a dollar of the people's money." / Bad Roads Come High. It costs the farmers of the United States $30,000,000 to haul their corn crop to market and $22,000,000 to get the wheat crop to the elevators. For hauling twelve of the principal products of the farm to the market places it costs farmers $73,000,000?millions, please understand. These figures are made up by government experts. Trolley lines will in a few years reduce this cost materially, and good roads ?111 +V?a />ao+ oHll rnnra onvfl thp niu ICDDCU U1C VVOV OMli ? ? ? Atlanta Constitution. When the roads are in such condition that .two tons can be hauled in one load Instead of 1,500 pounds the saving will be enormous. Is there any reason, then, why farmers should not do everything they can to get good roads? Dust Laying Tests. It is stated that the state highway department of Pennsylvania will make some dust laying tests on state roads a short distance from Harrisburg. A stretch of road in Hampden township will also be treated. After treatment the roads will be carefully observed by engineers, who will file reports with State Highway Commissioner Hunter. jSacr g& We have s @ goods must ? reduced pri< iJune It All Lawns, colored and whi' from 10 to 15c, now going ? Dress Ginghams that sold at 1 we only ask 11c. Silk Mulls, usual price 50- cent) at only 35c. A beautiful line white merce: "An/In *V>of ffntn 1 +/ Iguuua kuai ouiu n vui xw have been cut, now 11c to 2' We have on hand a lot of Emb Insertions, usual price from now from 5c to 20c. Ladies' long silk gloves, blaci now going at 85c. Ladies' % length black silk going at 45c. Men's and Boys' Straw Hats at from 25c to $1.25, now g 20c to 80c. Fruit of the Loom Bleach, 1 usual price 12^c, now 9^c. Fruit of the Loom, 7/s yard w <S> Prompt ai @ Better get || are going, t V All Prices a Quoted A 1 are imi & Strictly ' ? ^as*1 Rj D.C. HEY WARD OUT OF RACE B a ex-goVernor withdraws in u. | s. senate contest. j P Ill Health Caused His Action?Mayor S Rbett, of Charleston, Enters n the Contest. o b The political sensation of the year g came this (Thursday) morning. It was announced in the daily papers = that Ex-Governor D. C. Heyward ( had withdrawn from the race for the ^ United States Senate because of ill ^ health. He will at once enter a hospital in Philadelphia. Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett, of Char- " leston, announced his candidacy in c: the same papers. Disbarment'(or Duncan, ? Disbarment proceedings were begun in t< the State Supreme Court Tuesday of this r< week against John T. Duncan, a Colum- 0 bia attorney, on account of affidavits read before the Court last week. The justices ordered the disbarment proceedings brought. At the hearing Tuesday At- T - * ? a?J ?1? m torney lienerai i^yon represemcu mc i w. State and moved to include contempt of v; court in the charges because of language used by Duncan in a note written to So- "~ licitor Timmerman. The whole matter was postponed until July 15th, when a j full hearing will be had. This is the _ second time disbarment proceedings have ~ been taken against Duncan. It will be c] remembered that he ran for the United u States Senate in the famous J. H. Earle ^ and Jno. Gary Evans campaign, and ? many people believe that Duncan's charges against Evans defeated him. It si is charged that the affidavits Duncan read e< before the Court were false. R ? bi War on Dogs. . B War is being made on stray dogs Z all over the country in an effort tojc stamp out hydrophobia. The time has come when all dogs must be muzzled or killed if found at large. ? This is right. It is better that a c thousand worthless curs should be c killed than that one human being 9 should die from rabies. Orange- ? I v...n oVmild tha nrrw^Rfllnn. UUlg DUUU1U JU1U vuv r^--. ^ Times and Democrat. b( ti Cotton Bloom. fc Shep Kirkland, who signs himself Sc our colored friend and reader, sends us a cotton bloom. His letter is dat- e< ed at Brighton, and he says the sc bloom was grown by Messrs. E. H. j?3 Kearse and E. A. Brabham, both of 31 whom are Bamberg county boys. a] The bloom was plucked on a fifteen acre tract, which will average thirty 0J inches in height. He states that the first bloom was seen in the field on a] Tuesday, June 2nd. @@@@@@@@@@@@@{ ifice laughtered prices, and all t go regardless of cost ces will hold good for or 5th to Jul L- \ 11 ^4-U^ Kf O W?, LilctU &U1U All uniti uiauu rom8to lie. portion. 2^c and 15c Children's Para 20c to $1.00. t s, now going Ladies' Silk Ps price $3.00, n rized figured Umbrellas, all ) 25. Prices $2.25, now 4< Girls' Sailor Ha roideries and now anc* 6Y2c to 30c, china Silks in usual price 45 : and cream, Fans in all styk ish you. gloves now Nice Line Ladie embroidered, i, usually sell A splendid lot ? nants from 3 unit CtL liUlll 10c and 15c, i to 11c. . yard wide, Ladies* and chil been selling ; ide, now 9c. going at 80c ' id Polite Attention Gii these Qreat Bargains w hey can't last long at th nir . K.1V amberg, S. C leware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, < / s mercury will surely destroy the sense of mell and completely derange the whole Fstem when entering It through the mucous iirfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable 1 hyslclans, as the damage they will ao is ten >ld to the good you can possibly derive from a em. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured y P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no 1 lercury, and Is taken internally, acting lrectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces f the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure e sure you get the genuine. It Is taken In- 1 jrnally ana made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. henev & Co. Testimonials free. Sold'by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. I Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. SPECIAL NOTICES. idvertisements Under this Head 25c For 25 Words or Less. 1 " i FOR SALE?One fine large young . iuleJ seven years old, weight about 100 pounds. Terms to suit pur- , haser C. C. ELLZEY, i Denmark, S. C. I] FOR SALE?At Denmark, S. C., nice fresh meat, fruit, green and * incy grocery business. Refrigerator, 1 x>ls, and everything complete. Will ! ant or lease stand for any number 1 f years. C. C. ELLZEY, Denmark, S. C. STOCK HOG.-I have a fine Red < amsworth boar for service. Fee $1.00, r one bushel of corn, to bp brought 1 ith sow. Improve your hogs. J. M. JENNINGS. 1 RICE FLOUR, best cow food, for sale ! t $1.75 the sack while it lasts. Call on \ **?i a. _? i. D. r owier at icsiucutc. FOR SALE?Complete shingle ma- 1 line; saws, gummer, etc. Same been 1 sed only three months. Price $275.00. J ddress DAVID E. PIFER, Olar, S. C. j FOR SALE.?A new copy of Web- ] ^r's International Dictionary, latest iition, fully indexed, bound in sheep. < egular price is $10.75 but will sell at a ' ig discount. Apply at The Bamberg < [erald office for a bargain. 1 ============ < lemson Agricultural College Exami- * nation. ? - ? ?* Tne examinauou iur mc bwuu ui cholarships in Clemson Agricultural ollege will be held in the County < ourt House on Friday, July 3rd, at a. m. Applicants must fill out roper forms, to be secured from the ounty Superintendent of Education, efore they will be allowed to stand le examinations. For detailed formation apply to the Supt. of Edcation or to the President of Clem-, m College. Applicants for admission to the )llege, who are not seekng for the iholarships, will also stand entrance caminations at the court house July ' -d. The scholarships are worth $100 id free'tuition. The next session of the college lens September 9, 1908. For catalogues and information iply to P. H. MELL, President. ' - J, - " ' ' ' .c -v - .u / ... i , ' *' ,K ^?1 Lv" . ' - .S. . ' ' V ;,r ; Sale] I summer A le month @ v;;f| y "5th I s bleach with prices', in pro- a v "f* sols, silks and lawns, from ? irasols, in all colors, usual ? vj|j styles, usual price 50c to X -f j| ts, usual price 50c and 75c, X all colors, 28 inches wide, * c, now 30c. jjg is at prices that will astons' Belts, whites and blacks, X going from 10c up. X of curtain goods in rem- O to 12 yards, regular price A iow closing out at from 8c A -<n Idren's white slippers, have 9 ,J| at $1.25 and $2.00, now 0 ^tiS ia ran teed. ? hile they ? ese prices ? I Guaranteed . * to be as X *f|| r Represented j g NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALER&^M Office of County Dispensary Board . ^ of Bamberg County. \ Bamberg, S. C., June 2nd, lSO.S^-^S Bids are hereby requested, in ae^sSH cordance with the terms of the Dispensary Law how in force, for the ;.'||| following kinds and qualities of li- - '$$ quprs, beer, and other articles here- /:$ in enumerated, to be furnished to . the State of South Carolina for use ; of the County Dispensary Board of Bamberg County, to wit: Fifty barrels Corn Whiskey, 90 -&SSSB proof, different grades. \ Fifty barrels Rye_ Whiskey, 90 ^ proof, different grades. Five barrels Alcohol, 188 proof. 1 Fifty barrels Gin, 90 proof,' ferent grades Five barrels Sherry Wine, twd-/J^|| Bids will also be received for CaseJ^^ Goods, including Rye, Corn andvjj|i Scotch Whiskies, Brandy, Gin, Rnm^4^S Wines, Beers, Ales, and Porter. A1-' '.ffm 30 glass, corks and tinfoil, wire and -f^S other articles used for & County -A'&i Dispensary All goods shall be furnished ,-ln ' /Ma compliance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Dispeasary Law of 1907, and bidders must observe the following rules: 1. The bids shall be sealed, v and there shall be no sign or mark upon the envelope indicating the name -f|i of the bidder 2. All bids must be sent by express or registered mail to Jno. F. Folk, County Treasurer for BamPerg County, at Bamberg, S. C., on or before 12 o'clock of Monday, the 5th day of July; 1908. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder on each kind,the Board reserving the right to reject any and all bids and aay 'l^ parts of bids the Board reserves tne rignt to increase or aecrcatsv '-"SgH the above quantities at the same price as the bids submitted. 3. All goods to be delivered t. ^ 5. b. Bamberg, S. C., freight prepaid. $?js Terms, to be paid for within ninety- .y-ij lays and subject to regauge at our warehouse. Also state discount for lash payment Bids will be opened n the office of the County Dispensary board at Bamberg, S. C. B. C. HA^S, J. A. WALKER, f.Sgg G. B. CLAYTON, bounty Dispensary Board for Bam- -.3*2 berg County. Dr. 0. D. Faust i! DENTIST BAJVfBBRO, S. C. OFFICE IN FOLK BUILDING : * Shoe & Harness Repairing I have moved Into the store lately oe- / . cupled by The Bamberg Herald, where -' $28 I am better prepared to serve you than ever. All sorts of harness and shoes re- *2 paired and satisfaction guaranteed. I r<manufacture harness of all kinds, bridles, . halters, etc. GHve me a trial. fl. T. JotasM, Baaberj, & C.