The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 05, 1908, Image 3
WIDOW SLAIN BY SUITOR!
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town or si:\rr.\.
Mrs. Anderson Killed in her Dining j
Hooni by .Man sin- Hcl'iiscd l?>
Many.
Walhalla. September 2.?Because*
she had repeatedly refused to marry j
him Mr. .1. P. Hinekle. a former po-j
Mceman at Seneca, eight miles from
Iwre. at '1 o'clock this afternoon shot
Mrs. Emma L. Anderson, a widow,
proprietress of a boarding house, indicting
wounds from which she died
a: 8 o'clock to-night, and then sent
the public. In Dr. Doyle's letter he <
requested him to buy a cheap coffin ;
and bury him beside his first wife in ?
Seneca cemetery.
Mrs. Hughes of Richland, a sister <
of Mrs. Anderson, arrived about four
hours before she died. Mrs. Anderson's
brother. Dr. Cox of Pendleton,
was also with her in her last hours.
Xo funeral arrangements have yet 1
been announced. '<
The verdict of the coroner's jury 1
is in accordance with the above facts. 1
Mrs. Anderson was a native of An- derson
county, wide and prominent- 1
lv connected. t
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River's Course Changed. ]
Ware Shoals. Sept. 1.?The plant ]
of the Ware Shoals Manufacturing j
company at this place was start- ,
ed yesterday morning, after be- \
ing closed down since last Tuesday j
by high water in the Saluda river. .
The plant has probably suffered less j
with the high water than any plant
on the river. The water rose up
nearly lfeet irt the power house,
but none of the machinery was injured
to any great extent. J
The flood was highest here Tuesday
afternoon about 6 o'clock, and
at that time there were 10 feet of
water going over the top of the dam 1
here. i
The steel bridge across' the Saluda (
river here is about the only bridge c
left on this river between here and i
Greenville. Old residents of this
part of the country declare that this i
flood was eight to ten feet higher (
than any high water they have ever t
seen in these parts. *
Over on the Reedy river at Boyd's j(
mill, about six miles from Ware 1
Shoals, where the Reedy River Pow-ji
er company is developing a water i
power, the entire course of the 1
Reedy river was changed for a quar- (
ter of a mile, and the river flows en- t
tirely around the old dam of this J
concern. c
a bullet through his own brain, (lying
a few minutes later. Coroner .1.
W. Holleman was immediately notified.
and went to Seneca to take
charge of the bodies.
The tragedy was one of the most
harrowing that has occurred in Oconee
in years. It took place in the
dining room at .Mrs. Anderson's
boarding house, and brought to a
tragic end a conversation between
Hinckle and .Mrs. Anderson, which
followed the midday meal.
As soon as he had shot .Mrs. Anderson.
Hinckle turned the weapon
upon himself firing point blank under
his chin, the ball ranging upward
and into the brain. Within a few
minutes he had expired without having
spoken to any one. .Mrs. Anderson
lingered until S o'clock to-night
without regaining consciousness.
Hinckle fired three shots at Mrs.
Anderson, one of which was warded
off by her, one breaking her arm and
the third entering her body between
the seventh and eighth ribs, and
coming out at the back, crashing
through her body close to the heart.
Mrs. Anderson ran from the room
and was caught by some one as she
fell, mortally wounded.
It is stated that the first shot fired
was aimed at Mrs. Anderson's daughter.
two of her children being in the
room with her when she and Hinckle
entered the room. Hinckle engaged
Mrs. Anderson in a conversation under
the pretext of wishing to pay his
board bill. It is understood that he
had been a persistent suitor for .Mrs.
Anderson's affections for'some time, 1
and that today's tragedy was the culmination
of her refusal to marry
him. Several notes were left by ,
him, and are in the possession of ;
Coroner Holleman. but their contents
have not been made public.
For a number of years Hinckle
was policeman at Seneca and was
well thought of. For some time he
and Mrs. Anderson had been quite <
intimate. She was a woman of beau- ,
ty of face and figure and had many .
admirers. .Jealousy and Mrs. Ander- <
son's persistent refusal of him are ,
generally thought to be the prime j
factors that led to the murder and (
suicide. Hinckle was about 50 years (
of age, and a widower, and Mrs. Anderson.
several years younger. Her ,
husband has been dead about three ,
years. ,
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Another Account. j
Seneca. Sept. 2.?J. F. Hinckle
shot and fatally wounded Mrs. E. L.
Anderson, a widow with three children,
here at her home on Main
street to-day. between 1:30 and 2 <
o'clock, and then killed himself.
Mrs. Anderson died at 7:30 tonight.
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It is rumored that Mrs. Anderson .
refused to marry Hinckle and this is j
said to have caused the tragedy.
Hinckle shot at Mrs. Anderson's
daughter. Christine, once and then (
shot at Mrs. Anderson twice, and af- |
terwards shot himself once, the ball ]
entering his head below the chin and j
passing through the roof of his j
mouth, lodging in the brain. He died (
instantly.
One ball entered Mrs. Anderson's
left side passing through the abdo- t
men, and one broke her right arm. ,
Hinckle used a .4 4 Colt's pistol.
Hinckle went into the room where
Mrs. Anderson was sitting with several
boarders and said to her: "I
would like to pay my board." and
asked her to come into the dining <
room, which she did. Upon her re- i
fusal to marry him he shot her. ]
Hinckle left three letters, one ad- j
dressed to Dr. Doyle of this city, one i
to the Atlanta Journal and one to l
ri-:i:sox.\l mkxtiox.
People \"itii?ji in This City and
at Other Points.
Misst-s Mildred and i-Ithel
Keaise. of the Kearse section. are
visiting their sister. Mrs. \V. P.
lones. in this city.
? .Mr. and Mrs. .1. 1). Copeland audi
daughter. Miss Mozelle, and Mrs. W.
P. Riley and little son. .Jefferson,
returned last Wednesday. after
spending the sunmier in Hendersonville.
X. C.
?Mrs. W. I). Roberts litis been
visiting her sister. Mrs. W. P. Jones,
this week. She leaves to-day for Tatu'.n.
Marlboro county, where Mr.
Roberts will teach the coming year.
Mr. Roberts is over there now. atfd
she goes to join hint.
Gets Rig Contract.
Mr. L. L. Chartrand. the well
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just made a contract with Mrs. A. C.|
Tyler, of North, for a handsome
brick store, two stories, with plate
glass front. It will be a handsome
and up-to-date building, the kind
which Mr. Chartrand knows so well
how to erect. Mr. Chartrand is
known all over this section of the
State as a competent and reliable
contractor. He is not only a contractor
but a practical builder as
well, and has done a number of fine
jobs in Bamberg, giving great satisfaction.
The handsome residence
of Mr. M. J. Black, which he recently
finished, is certainly a beauty.
The acceptance of the contract at
North will not prevent Mr. Chartrand
from taking other jobs, and he
will be glad to give prices and estimates
on any sort of building. True,
he may not be the cheapest man. but
you will find him the cheapest in the
long run. On the North job, there
were other bidders cheaper, but they
wisely decided to give it to him.
knowing that in the end his work
would be the cheapest.
Mistake in Cotton Market.
There was a serious error in thej
report of the cotton market in ourj
last issue. We had the price at eight.
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CPntS, WUfU IL &11UU1U lia?r uccn UJI1V I
rents. The farmers can rest assured ;
that Bamberg's buyer's will always i
pay the very top of the market, and !
it is a fact that the Bamberg market
is usually higher than surrounding
towns. Bring your cotton here and :
prove it. j
Extra Edition. j|
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This issue of the Bamberg Herald !
is an extra one. and is sent out to 1
subscribers without additional cost. 1
The extra should have been issued
Thursday of last week, but the floods '
tied up the book paper on which it 1
is printed. We use an extra quality 1
of paper for the issue because of the 1
?uts of the Carlisle Fitting School. 1
Especial attention is directed to the <
educational matter in reference to 1
the Fitting School, and the adver- 1
tisements are interesting and will re- i
pay perusal. When you want goods. 1
?o to the merchants who advertise ;
with us.
Birthday Party.
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' 1 b0.r>?1908. Edward Harold, j
Simmons, at home .Monday afternoon <
from four to six o'clock." j
In response to this invitation, i
there came the folowing little girls,1
and boys to help Harold celebrate i
his third birthday: Helen Price, M
Myrtle Black, Ageina Knight, Adellej
Brabham, Helen Free. Margaret East- (
erlin. and Arrie Free: Louis Klau- i
ber. Wilkes Knight, Harold Free. Al-j
Ian Hand,and Henry Frederick Bam-11
berg. The afternoon was spent play-'<
ing various games and a light course j
3f refreshments were served by little |t
Misses Margaret Easterlin and Arrie j i
Free. The little host received many j 1
tokens of esteem from his guests and j
all left with a wisn tor many nappy i
returns of the day. t
Protracted Meeting.
Services were held in the Baptist I
i-.hurch every morning and night I j
this week, until Thursday night, the!]
preaching being done by Rev. O. J. j ]
Frier, of Pinehurst, Ga., .Mr. Frier ]
returning home that day. He has ]
ben called to the pastorate of the (
ihurch here, but has not accepted ]
ret. He has the matter under con- ]
sideration. and he will likely come.
Mr. Frier made a fine impression up- <
:>n the people here during his visit. ]
Goes to Bennettsville. I
Mr. Geo. R. Bullock, who has been ^
nanager of the telephone exchange
it this place for several years past,
las been transferred to Bennettsriile.
and will leave Bamberg the
15th instant. At that place he will
lave five exchanges in charge, but
:he number of subscribers will be
arger than here. He now has
*harge of the exchanges at Bamberg.
Denmark. Blackville, Barnwell. Alendale.
and St. George, and he is
)ne of the busiest men we know. Mr.
Bullock is a young man of fine charicter,
and his many friends in Bamberg
regret that he will leave us. He
las made a fine record in the telephone
business here. We do not
<now so far who will succeed him.
Kill IMtK LOSS HEAVY.
>>200,000 Would not Replace those
Destroyed by Flood in Spartanburg.
Spartanburg. Sept. 1.?If Spartan>urg
county had $200,000 lying idle
n its treasury the bridges that were
lestroyed by the flood last week
ould not be replaced within the
,veek.
There are fully a hundred bridges
n the county and fifty or more were
lestroyed. Supervisor West is now
mgaged in trying to finance a .
;eheme to raise funds with which to
commence the work of rebuilding the
bridges, and when the Legislature
neets it is hoped to secure addition>1
money to carry on the work. The
oss of so many bridges has had a
lemoralizing effect on the trade of
he merchants. Country people can't
;et to town and trade has fallen off
considerably.
SHOUT LOCALS.
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Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Work will soon eomnienee on the
Baptist parsonage, and the plans
show it to he a nice building.
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Read the advertisements in this
issue and go to those merchants who
advertise, for you will get bargains. 1
They want your trade.
The county has had a fine cement j
sidewalk put down from Railroad;
Avenue to the court house front
door. It is a nice piece of work, and |
will add materially to the looks of
things.
Rev. .J. B. Holley. who was at one
time pastor of the Bamberg Baptist!
church, but who resigned about two;
years ago to accept the call of the,
Second Baptist church at Augusta,'
has resigned his pastorate at Augus j
ta and will serve the churches at j
Louisville and Hepzibah, Ga. It is
stated that these churches pay a
larger salary than the church in Augusta.
Mr. Holley was exceedingly
popular in Augusta, and his people
hate to give him up.
We made a trip to Ehrhardt last
week for the first time in several
years, and found that many changes
had taken place in that good town.
The people are prosperous and happy,
although crops are not so good
as it was once thought they would
be. Cotton is large, but the farmers
say it is not fruited as well as one
would think from the size of the
weed. The town is growing right
along, many new buildings and stores
having been erected in the past fewyears.
New Advertisements.
Peoples Drug Co.?Let Cs Serve
You.
Bamberg Furniture and Hardware
Co.?Fall Goods Coming In.
Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co.?Millinery
Bargains.
Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co.?Ladies.
C. R. Brabham's Sons?The Man
Who Cares.
A Leap Year Party.
Among the most enjoyable social
events of the summer was a leap
year party given by Miss Annie Lou
Byrd at her pretty home on Midway
Avenue last Monday evening. Japanese
lanterns were hung here and
there in the large cedar bushes that
>o conveniently shadowed the cozy
corners on the lawn, that had been
prepared tor the "lover's retreat."
About half after nine all the guests
bad arrived, and in a short while
the girls had made engagements to
propose to each young man during
the evening. Quite a lot of fun was
derived from this amusement forj
in hour or two. and then the young |
met. counseled together to decide
ivhich young lady had made the best
proposal. .Miss Mc.Manus was the
most successful, and was presented
i dainty framed sketch of a pair of
lovers, by .Mr. J. F. Carter with an
innroDriate little speech. ' The girls
:hen decided which gentleman had
iccepted their proposal the most
gracefully. Mr. Bert Carter receiv
?d the most votes, and was given a
souvenir, by Miss Jennings, who
voiced the sentiments of all the girls
a*hen she said that they hoped 'ere
mother leap year came that not only
le?but all the young men that were
there?might be able, not only to accept
proposals gracefully, but to
nake them, equally as well.
Dainty refreshments were served,
ind the punch bowl was presided
)ver by Misses Hair and Bvrd.
When time passes in pleasure we
:ake no note of the swiftness of its
flight, and it seemed a short while we
had to enjoy the hospitality of this
;ood home. Everybody present I
;horoughly enjoyed themselves at
;his novel party, and complimented
Miss Byrd on being such a handsome
and gracious hostess.
The invited guests were:
Misses Bessie McManus. Genevieve
xirsch. May me G. Jennings, Eula
Rowell. Lucille Folk, Ottawa Easterin.
Xania Easterlin. Pearle Counts,
Bernie Counts. Clarence Houser,
Prankie Folk, Kate Felder, Provilence
Graham. Lollie Free. Myra
riooton. Mrs. Sadie Gilchrist, Messrs.
.aurie P. McMillan, Bert Carter.
1. F. Carter. Jack Riley, Leland
5pann. James McGowan. Geo. R.
Bullock. F. M. Move, J. D. Copeland,
J. D. Faust. Jr., Norman Kirsch,
<at Felder, Jarrell Quattlebaum, W.
P. Murphy. A. M. Brabham. F. B.
McCrackin. M. G. J.
Our Natural Products?Water.
This necessary product is used in
iath tubs. Wall Street, and Califorlia
wines. It is one of our absolute
lecessities. It is all that the Paninia
Canal lacks. Mixed with earth,
t makes a splendid and universal
:ampaign material. It also furlishes
a fine covering for some of
>ur seaside belles, and in the form
>f lakes is used extensively in suniner
for rowing and spooning purjoses.
It usually comes In drops, the only
lifference between a puddle and an
>cean being the quantity used. It
s also useful to carry germs to and
ro between counties.
Water is of three kind?salt, fresh,
md fire. Salt water is polygamous
see Salt Lake City), fresh water is
acteal (see city dairies), and fire
vater is elevating (see Kentucky).
Served in the form of wines, it
nakes a delightful irrigation course:
n brooks, it is used as a trout apartnent:
and in pipes it aids the plumbt
in his mission.
In drops, it has been known to j
vear away a stone in the course of
luhdreds of years: in tears, it accomplishes
the same result 011 a|
leart of stone in less than a minute: |
t is even (sprinkled 011 babies) a
lassport to heaven. But it is the j
ause of much crime: without it no I
Hie would lie about the umbrella he
las stolen. Yet it is responsible,
ery largely, for the roofs over our
leads. Although we can not get
Llong without it. we are damming it j
ontinually.
2 Hooton's Fall Announcement j
I am now exhibiting the most complete line 3^
of Ladies Fall Goods ever brought to Bam*S5
berg. CateHng strictly to the ladies trade, Mi
fig we are, of course, better prepared to carry a
Jrtte complete line of these goods than anyone in 3K*
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Laces,
Trimmings, Ribbons, Cloaks, Hosiery, Cor- ??*
sets, and Underwear are a few of the ar~ 5K*
tieles we carry in stock.
Experienced designers and dressmakers
?E5 on the spot to assist you in selecting goods +2m
and to build garments.
hp a hnmvwq 1
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j|| Ladies Store & Dress Making Parlor ||
ONLY STORE OF ITS KIND IN YOU CAN FIND TRIMMINGS TO
THE COUNTY MATCH HERE ALWAYS J&J
| HICK GRADE PIANOS j
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I Bargain Prices j
ff In order to advertise ourselves in Bamberg County and become better acI?
quainted with the good people of this flourishing section, we have had shipped m
lis to Bamberg a car load of high grade pianos. These handsome instruments are m
|| now displayed in ||
i Folk's Opera House, Bamberg, S. C. |
ii and everybody, especially the ladies, is cordially invited to call. Makes no ||j
?| difference whether you want to buy a piano or not, we will be glad to have you ||
pP come. Among the instruments displayed are the following well known makes: M
j|j Cranich & Bach, Hanes Bros., and Tonk, all first-class and fully guaranteed p
j Low Prices, Easy Terms I
11 You don't have to have a pocket full of money when you buy a piano from us. 11
p We sell on the easiest sort of terms and don't charge you a big price either.
yjj This car load of pianos must be sold in the next two or three weeks, as we will
M only be here that long. Come to see us. ||
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I Marchant Music Cj^ j