The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 24, 1908, Image 4
HANGS HERSELF IN JAIL.
Young Woman, Caught Stealing at
Burkhannon Fair, a Suicide.
Cambrian'], Md., Sept. 1 >.?An!
unknown young woman, strikingly (
handsome, committed suicide by (
hanging herself In the jail at Buck- ,
hannon, W. Va., last night, and so t
tar the authorities have not been able
to identify her. She was arrested on ,
the Buckfcannon fair grounds Thursday,
tried, and found guilty of steal- .
lng a package containing two skirts: ,
from a woman who had taken them .
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Into the dancing pavillion, and in de- (
fan It of l~> fine was committed to ,
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Jail. When sentenced she informed .
the judge she would kill herself.
Saturday morning she swallowed
some poison that she evidently had j
concealed on her person, hut quick !f
'action of physicians saved her life.
Saturday night she tore up her bed ^
sheet, made a rope of it, which she'j
threw over a building brace rod that!
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passed through the top of her celi.-^
She was about 22 years old, of r
girlish figure, with Jet-black hair, |"
rather fair complexion, and was plainly
dressed She is the third prisoner!
that has committed suicide in that'*
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cell in the past six months, the
other two having been men. ^
A MACEDONIA* CRY. 1
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Aiken Farmers Call on Smith to = 1
Boost the Price of Cotton. c
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Aiken, Sept. 16.?A number of '
Aiken County's farmers held an in-*
formal meeting this morning and the
low price of cotton was the subject
for discussion. Since the nomination i e
Of "Cotton" Smith for the United)
States Senate, they thought the price,
should be around 15 cents, so the j?
body resolved to telegraph him about
the matter. They drafted the following
telegram: e
Aiken, S. C., Sept. 16, 1908. z
Mr. E. D. Smith, Florence, S. C.? 1
We respectfully call your attention ^
to the downward tendency of the ^
price of cotton, which will soon reach
zero.
Do please, Mr. Smith, come to
our rescue. We stood by you in your
distress, now do please stand by us,8
in the time of peril. Mr. Smith, if a
you can't raise the price of cotton. 11
please send a wireless to Uncle Ben, ,?
|p!g< "Who is now in Europe. c
Aiken County Farmers.
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GIRL SHOT FROM AMBUSH. tl
Bullet Meant for Georgia Farmer s.
Passes Through his Daughter. ^
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 17.?Elbm
Had en, the ten-year-old daughter of j ^
T. J. Haden, a Lee county, Ala., far-p
mer, living four miles from Columbus c;
jf-"- was probably fatally wounded to-jp
night by a Winchester bullet fired at e
^p^ her father. e
Mr. Haden and wife were seated
on their back porch, when suddenly a
there was a flash about thirty steps H
p.? away, an unknown person who had' h
& concealed himself behind a fence firpV
ing upon the farmer. The bkll missis
* ed him and, entering the hallway,
?3^ StVuck his little daughter in i11
; the abdomen, going through her D
body. The bullet went through the,n
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child and four walls and even then;
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its course was not checked.
pL " The identity of the would-be assas- a
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sin is a profound mystery.
My GIRL SHOT FROM AMBUSH DEAD.! P
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Neighbor of Georgia Farmer who was j tl
Shot at Arrested. j t]
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 18.?The'd
death of 10-year-old Elbin Haden T
from a rifle wound, and the arrest of f<
Martin V. Culpepper, a merchant of
Oirard, on the charge of being the as- e
aassin, and of his son, Uhland, as ac- ^
cessory, were to-day's developments b
In the sensational assassination at- e
> tempted in Lee county, Alabama, last n
fa- Bight when an effort was made to ^
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; murder T. J. Haden, a farmer, at
, his home. The bullet missed him and
struck his little girl. ' 0
To-day a warrant was sworn out
against Martin V. Culpepper, charg- n
ing him with doing the shooting.
It seems that Haden and Culpep- ^
per had a personal difficulty yester- 0
day in which Culpepper got the worst v
of it. Culpepper asserts his innocence
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In the most emphatic manner. u
tt developed to-day that the bullet
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whlcn enaea tne me ui me en IIu, nao|
fired from a Krag Jorgenson rifle in- a
stead of a Winchester, as first sup- ^
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NEGRO MURDERER ARRESTED. 1
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Self-Confessed Slayer of Two Florida s
Women Caught.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 20.?Wal- a
ter Ledbetter, a negro tramp, was ar- 11
rested early this morning by Sheriff '
Bowden in the settlement of Marietta 11
and confessed to the killing of .Mrs. a
' Norman and her daughter there Sat- h
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urdav. As soon as the residents of t
the settlement learned that the negro s
had been captured there were threats P
of lynching, but the negro was safely t
lodged in the Duval county jail, E
where he is under guard. A speedy P
> trial is now being arranged for the d
negro. I
Expen.sk of candidates.
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Experience of a Georgian that Many
C arolinians Can Appreciate.
Helow is given the expense account
of a Hall county candidate who favored
a late primary. From this time
on he says he v.dll always he in favor
of an early primary, although he will
never be a candidate again. Here is
:he way he put it down:
"Lost 4 months and S3 days canvassing;
1,34 0 hours thinking about
he election; -o acres of cotton; 23
iores of corn; a whole sweet potato
;rop; 4 sheep; 5 shoats and 1 beef
;iven to the barbecue; 2 front teeth
tnd a considerable quantity of hair ;
n a personal skirmish. Gave 27
dugs of tobacco, 7 Sunday-school :
jooka, 2 pair of suspenders, 4 calico.'
Iresses, 7 dolls and 13 baby rattlers.!
"Told 2,882 lies; shook hands 23,-j
175 times; talked enough to havej
nade in print 1,000 large volumes i
tize of patent office reports; kissed!
12% babies; kindled 14 kitchen fires,;
:ut 3 cords of wood; 474 bundlesj
>f fodder; picked 774 pounds of cot-f1
on; helped pull 7 wagon loads ofj
:orn; dug 14 bushels of potatoes;
oted 27 buckets of water; put up 7|*
toves; was dog bit 4 times; watch!>roken
by baby, cost $3 to have re- 1
>aired. i
"Loaned out 3 barrels of flour, 50 *
lushels of meal, 150 pounds of baon,
37 pounds of butter, 12 dozen 1
ggs, 3 umbrellas, 13 lead pencils, *
Bible dictionary, 1 mow-blade, 2 1
ioes, 1 overcoat, 5 boxes paper col- '
ars, none of which have been return- c
d. 1
"Called my opponent a perambulat- *
n' liar?doctor's bill $10. Had five
rguments with my wife?results: c
>ne flower vase smashed, 1 broom *
andle broken, 1 dish of hash knock-;'
d off the table, 1 shirt bosom ruined, *
handfuls of whiskers pulled out. *
0 cents worth of sticking plaster *
ought, besides spending $1,768.? 1
rainesville (Ga.) News. *
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Xegro Held for Murder. r
Darlington, Sept. 16.?Joe Robin- *
on, a colored lad about 18 years of 1
ge, is in Jail charged with murder- *3
ag Mary Williams. In this case it 8
j claimed that the shooting was ac- c
idental, but there was testimony at c
tie coroner's inquest which creates *
oubt on that part. Robinson was at t
tie Williams home, and while hand- E
ng a pistol it was discharged. He *
ays he does not know how. Other 1
fitnesses say that he requested the ^
-oman to hand him the pistol, which 1
as lying on the bureau, and that u
hile he was handling it the woman ^
autioned him to be careful. His rely
was that he loved her well ^
nough to kill her, and the pistol fir- ?
d. 8
The woman had been married about ^
year, and it appears that she and
lobinson were sweethearts before
ay morrtacp
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Bribes for Clergymen. *
"Three or four attempts have been
lade to bribe me," said the clergylan.
"My friends of the cloth tell
le that they, too, have been occaionally
tempted with bribes.
"Once ic was the. advertising manger
of a health food. He offered a
ubscription of $100 to our mission ?
chool if I would tell from the pulit
how much good the- health food ^
ad done me. I made him give me
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be money for the mission under
tireats of exposure, but, of course, I
id not mention his food in church.
'he church is no place for health
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Dod talks. j
"The widow of a drunkard and genral
good for nothing offered me $50
f I would lie in praise of her hus- ^
and in his funeral sermon. I prais- !
d the man heartily in the sermon? {
o matter how bad a man may be,
f you examine his character you will
nd in it many traits worthy of praise
-and to the widow I wrote a note
f gentle rebuke.
"Often we are asked to date back
carriage certificates, to say a couple
;ere married six months or a year
efore they really were. A man once
ffered me $1,500 to perpetrate a
frong of this sort. I thrust a tract a
n his hand and turned him out of r
oors."?Cincinnati Enquirer. r
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Aegro miieu in i/ariiugwu. y
Darlington, Sept. 16.?Gus Tedder g
nd his sons, Bright and. Henry Teder,
and Deuteronomy Revelation e
fields, are in jail charged with hav- j.
g murdered Ed Isaacs at a church c
ionic last Saturday, in the Antioch r
ection of the county. a
From the information in hand it
ppears that all parties were drink- y
ng, and that the Tedders, Fields and j
saacs became engaged in a quarrel, f
nuch profane language being used, j
nd that Bright Tedder went to the ^
lome of his father, about a mile dis- t
ant from the church, procured a f
hotgun, came back and gave it to c
lis father, who shot Isaacs, and reurned
the gun to Bright, who, to
nake things certain, fired another
oad into Isaacs's body. The Ted- C
[ers are mulattoes and Fields and *
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saacs are negroes.
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COTTON" PLANTERS WARNED.
New Kind of Night Riding Develops
in Mississippi.
Meridian, Miss., Sept. 16.?A
special to the Dispatch from Sandersville,
fifty mile3 south of Meridian,
says: ''Night riders have appeared in
Jones County, and three prominent
farmers living six miles east of here,
received notices Monday night to
haul no more cotton to gin, or else
they would "get paid," as they returned
home. A general notice was
also placed on the public road3 warning
all farmers to cease hauling cotton
after September 16. Considerable
excitement prevails and farmers
near town are rushing their cotton
in while those farther away have
ceased hauling to the gins.
SUICIDE AT GEORGETOWN.
>. M. Tompkins KJils Himself Because
of Finnancial Troubles.
Georgetown, Sept. 16.?Monday
morning at 6:30 o'clock Mr. S. M.
Tompkins, who resided at 1109 King
street, committed suicide by shootng
himself through the head with a
32 caliber pistol. He leaves a wife
md two children, the children being
ibout 12 and 14 years of age, respec:ively.
Mr. Tompkins came to this cit7
ibout a year ago from Enterprise and
ias been running a private boarding
louse in the old Beckman buuilding.
3e was thought to be doing very well
>? late but from what can be learned,
lis trouble seems to have arisen from
inancial embarrassment.
Mr. Tompkins seemed to be in ex:ellent
spirits and was talking and
aughing with his boarders. After
eaving the table he entered the hall
rom the dining room, and very soon
he report of a pistol was heard. The
amily and all the boarders rushed
nto the hall, and found Mr. Tomp:in8
lying prostrate, face downward,
>n the floor. Drs. Gilliard and Becknan
were summoned by 'phone, but
rhen they reached the scene, Mr.
Tompkins had breathed his last
i'hree letters were found on his peron;
one addressed to Mr. Burroughs,
it Pnnwav another to Mr. Hal Buck.
?f Bucksport, and the other to his
vife stated that he preferred death
o life, as he owed a great deal of
noney and could not see how he
would ever be able to pay it. His
etter to his wife closed 'With a farewell
to her and the children. Mr.
\)mpkins was insured in the Woodnen
of the World, also in two New
fork life insurance companies.
His remains were taken to Conway,
where they will be laid to rest
with Masonic honors. The sincerest
ympathy of the entire community is
with the bereaved wife and children.
Must Furnish Equal Facilities.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 17.?Declarng
that a railroad must give all shipiers
the same transportation treatlent,
whether it owns all or any part
f the cars it carries, the United
itates circuit court of appeals to-day
eversed the decision of the United
Itates circuit court of Maryland in
he suit of the Pitcairn Coal cornany
against the Baltimore & Ohio
tailroad company, the Cumberland
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L, A CUiiOJITuuiu Avu??*VMVk ,
he Fairmount Coal company and its
llies and 30 other coal companies,
'he complainants alleged that they
/ere discriminated against in distri>ution
of coal cars by the defendants,
specially the Baltimore & Ohio. The
ower court decided in favor of the
efendantB. Judge Pritchard delivring
to-day's opinion, held that the
nterstate commerce law "casts upon
he carrier the plain duty of furnishng
a fair and equal distribution of
ar facilities and this duty can not
?e evaded by the carrier claiming
hat it is not the owner of a portion
f the cars carried over its lines."
The case was remanded to the
laryland circuit court.
Case Will be Appealed.
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 17.?Inquiry
,t the Baltimore & Ohio building in
egard to Judge Pritchard's opinion
egarding the coal car case elicited
he information that the case probacy
will be appealed to the United
itates supreme court.
The decision affects practically evry
railroad in the country and it is
irobable that the legal departments
>f other companies will aid the Baltinore
& Ohio in the preparation of its
ippeal in every way ; osslble.
Misses Edina Dargan, Spartan>urg;
May White, Hartsville; Sarah
^eslev, Lexington; Esca Banks, Florrnce;
Etta Carswell, Hepzibah, Ga.,
fanie Gilmer, Lebanon, Va., and Mrs.
>V. D. Rice, of Denmark, constitute
he corps of assistants. They are
rraduat.es of the best colleges in the
South and entered upon their new
vork with enthusiasm.
Small block of Bamberg Banking
lompnnv. Peonies Bank, and Bamierg
Cotton Oil Company stock for
ale. H. M. GRAHAM,
Attorney.
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PASTOR ASKED TO RESIGN.
Blunt Talk in a Sermon Tears a
Church into Factions.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 15.?Because
Rev. Phillip Elsom preached a sermon
on the text "Thou Shalt Not
Commit Adultery," the Fayetteville
street Baptist church, the leading
church of the denomination here, has
been torn into factions, and the pastor
has been asked to resign and
leave the city. The sermon was delivered
last Sunday, and words were
not minced. Some of the references
to certain people were so broad as to
be unmistakable. During the discourse
many members left the
church, and they were so indignant
that there was talk of handling the
preacher roughly.
To-day the entire board of deacons
and over 300 members requested Elsom
to resign and leave. The preacher
says he will not quit, and that only
the guilty are condemning his;
sermon. The mattef will likely go
to the courts.
It is not work that kills; it is wor-j
ry. It is not toil that burdens your-1
self and others half so much as temper,
undisciplined and uncontrolled.
Sorrow and struggle destroy the soul
only when there is rebellion within.
The stress and strain of life is manifest
in your face because of the fret
and anxiety in your heart. The
wrinkles on the brow are often the
result of acrimony, not age. What
a difference it would make in the
lives of men and women if, by the
grace of God, they would truly take
the yoke of Jesus and live their lives
under His guidance and control. It
is wonderful how all the little difficulties
of life are smoothed away by
the presence of Christ in the- heart.
Take his yoke upon you, "that amazing,
august, sublime yoke and burden
of His cross bearer with the Lord
Jesus for the salvation of men" and
then see how your heavy burdens will
be lightened, your own toil find a satisfaction
unknown before, your own
sorrow and struggle be sweetened by
the sense of a near and vital companionship
with Jesus. Come to Him
who found room in His heavy laden
Hfo Mr vnnr rare and for your bur
den and bore them in infinite compassion
and love; come to Him and
find rest.
"Send me to the hearts without a
home, to the lives without a love.
Send me to the children whom none
have blessed, to the famished whom
none have fed, to the sick whom none
have visited, to the fallen whom none
have lifted, to the leper whom none
have touched, to the bereaved whom
none have comforted. Then shall I
have the birthright of the first born;
then shall I have the blessing of the
mighty God of Jacob."
rolina Go-Ei
Institute
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i that our Students show mar!
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always been eminently succe
;udents of the S. C. C. 1 can 1
al attention to the individual
poung, we take only a limited
possible for each Student to
table.
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Meat Market
Fresh Beef and Pork Market at
rear of J. W. Pearlstine's Store
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NONE BUT THE BEST TO BE HAD
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Bamberg, s t South Carolina
JOHN F. FOLK
AGENT FOR....
Ford Automobiles
The Car That Goes
TAX NOTICE.
The County Treasurer's office will
be open for the collection of State,
county, school and all other taxes
from the loth day of October, 1908,
until the 15th day of March, 1909.
From the 1st day of January, 1909,
until the 31st day of January, 1909,
a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
day of February, 1909, until the 28th
day of February, 1909, a penalty of
2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes. From the 1st day of
March, 1909, until the 15th day of
March, 1909, a penalty of 7 per cent,
will be added to all unpaid taxes.
Following is the levy:
For State purposes, 5 % mills.
For county purposes, 3 mills.
Constitutional school tax, 3 mills.
Total, 11% mills.
Special school levies:
Bamberg, No. 14, 7 mills.
Binnaker's, No. 12, 4 mills.
Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills.
Colston, No. 18, 2 mills.
Cuffie Creek, No. 21, 6 mills.
Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills.
Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills.
Govan, No. 11, 4 mills.
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16, 1 mill.
Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills.
Hey ward, No. 24, 2 mills.
Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills.
Lees, No. 23, 4 mills.
Midway, No. 2, 2 mills.
Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills.
Olar, No. 8, 4 mills.
All male persons between the ages
of twenty-one and sixty years, except
Confederate soldiers and sailors,
who are extempt at fifty years of age,
are liable to a poll tax of one dollar.
Capitation dog tax, 50 cents.
All rpale persons who were 21 years
of age on or before the 1st of January,
1908, and have not made returns
to the Auditor, will do so on
or before the 1st of January, 1909.
I will receive the road commutation
tax ($2.00) from October 15th,
1908, until March 1st,.1909,
JOHN F. FOLK,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15, 1908.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned not
to trespass upon our lauds for the
purpose of hunting or for any other
purpose whatsoever. Trespassers
will te prosecuted.
W. E. SPANN,
J. A. SPANN.
DomKortr Santomhpv 1st. 1008.
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NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS.
Office of County Dispensary Board
of Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 4, 1908.
Bids are hereby requested, in accordance
with the terms of the Die
pensary Law now in force, for the
following kinds and qualities of li- -S? '*
quors, 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
proof, different grades.
Fifty barrels Rye Whiskey, 90
proof, different grades. V;yv;j
Five barrels Alcohol, 188 proof.
Fifty barrels Gin, 90 proof, different
grades . ..
Bids will also be received for Case
Goods, including Rye, Corn and
Scotcu Whiskies, Brandy, Gin, Rum,
Wines, Beers, Ales, and Porter. Also
glass, corks and tinfoil, wire and
other articles used for a County
Dispensary
All goods shall be furnished in r
compliance with and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Dispensary
Law of 1907, and bidders
must observe the following rules:
1. The bids shall be sealed, and v
there shall be no sign or mark upon
the envelope indicating the name
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or me oiaaer
2. All bids must be sent by express
or registered mail to Jno. F.
Folk, County Treasurer for Bam
berg County, at Bamberg, S. C., on
or before 12 o'clock of Monday, the
5th day of October, 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 any
parts of bids. The Board reserves
the right to increase or decrease
the above quantities at the same
price as the bids submitted.
3. All goods to be delivered ?
o. b. Bamberg, S. C., freight prepaid.
Terms, to be paid for within ninety
days and subject to regauge at our
warehouse. Also state discount for
cash payment. Bids will be opened
in the office of the County Dispensary
Board at Bamberg, S. C.
E. C. HAYS,
J. A. WALKER,
G. B. CLAYTON,
County "Dispensary Board for Bam
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