The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 05, 1908, Image 4
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Thursday, Nov. 5, 1908
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? Four years more of Republicanism.
But the cause of Democracy is not
dead by any means, and we have not
lost hope. In fact we do not know
when we are whipped we guess, and
We are ready to keep on fighting. In
the meanwhile if the rest of the country
can stand it, we suppose we can.
The Edgefield Advertiser, always a
good newspaper, now comes out as
a sheet of eight pages, with seven
columns to the page. We congratulate
Friend Mims on his increased advertising
patronage, which made the
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oniorp'pmpTit necessary. The Adver
tiser is no doubt the oldest newspaper
in South Carolipa.
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WOOTEN GIVEN PRELIMINARY.
Lexington Man Charged With Criminal
Assault.
Lexington, November 2.?Z. W.
Woaten was given a preliminary
hearing before Magistrate Bachman
of New Brookland to-day, who came
here for that purpose. After hearing
all the testimony in the case Magistrate
Bachman promptly bound the
4 defendant over to the higher court,
upon the charge of criminal assault.
Mrs. Delia Wooten was the principal
witness against her husband and
she told a horrible story. She told
how she had caught her husband in
? the act, and how he had threatened
to kill her if she divulged the story.
She stated that she had gone out of
the house to get a bucket of water;
she heard the child screaming and
.v ~ rushed in upon her^ husband. She
stated that Wooten caught her in the
collar with one hand while he held a
razor i* the other and declared that
he would kill her and the child both
. on the spot unless she would promise
him never to tell it. *
She said that her husband most al+V,
V> its I
Wciys Slfcjyt Willi ma laiui ucucaui Uia
pillow, and she knew that if she did
tell it he would kill her. She claims
though that she did tell a Mrs. Hutto
at Pelion about it and showed her
the child after the injury. During
her testimony she held the child in
her arms and would often kiss it with
; an unusual amount of motherly affection.
At one time Wooten displayed
his temper He asked his wife if
she did not know that she had to die.
Mrs. Wooten answered in the affirmative,
whereupon her husband told
' her that he was sorry for her.
After Mrs. Wooten's testimony, the
defendant's attorney asked that two
reputable physicians be called to examine
the child, and accordingly the
magistrate summoned Drs. E. P. Derrick
and J. J. Wingard. After an examination
they were sworn and each
testified to the fact that the child had
been injured.
The case will be submitted to the
grand jury Wednesday morning.v If
a true bill is found against the defendant
it is likely that the case will
be disposed of at this court.
Evidence Against Night Riders.
. Camp Nemo, Reelfoot Lake, Tenn.,
Oct. 30.?"We know who fired the
shot and who put the rope around
Rankin's neck," said Gov. Patterson
in a statement this afternoon just
before his departure for Union City,
where a special grand jury is investigating
the night rider depredations
in this section which culminated recently
in the murder of Capt. Quentin
Rankin. The governor said:
"The proof as thus far developed
, is positive as to the guilt of some of
the men under arrest and implicates
% many others. This will all be pre
sented to the court at the proper time
and a long step has been taken to dis
cover and suppress lawlessness in tnis
region. Conditions had been extemely
bad, the night riders going from
one lawless act to another until the
culmination came with the murder of
Capt. Rankin and the attempted murder
of Col. Taylor. We know who
fired the shot and who put the rope
around Rankin's neck. The number
of men actually at the killing was
* probably not more than 10, while
some stood guard and others held
the horses. The whoie number engaged
in the undertaking did not exceed
35. The inquiry will be further
prosecuted and the State will have
ample evidence to convict."
The confessions of Ferriner, Hogg,
and Morris substantiate, it is said,
that of "Tid" Burton. They will be
taken to Memphis for safe keeping.
Three more prisoners were brought
in to-day. .
Use Capitol Stock Remedy. Sold
by Peoples Drug Co.
HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
Mr. James DeHart Chloroformed and
Robbed at Old Town.
Newberry, Oct. 31.?Mr. James
DeHart. of Saluda county, and son
of Mr. Dan J. DeHart, of this county,
had a most remarkable experience on
Saturday, October 17. Mr. DeHart
sold cotton at Chappell's, and was
given a check on Greenwood and he
took the morning train for Greenwood
to get his check cashed so that
he might pay a bank note which he
owed at Ninety-Six. After getting
his money, he came to Ninety-Six.
and finding the bank closed, he says,
as it was after banking hours, therefore
could not pay his note. He then
boarded the night train at NinetySix
to return to his home in Saluda
county. He left the train at Old
Town, and here begins his remarkable
experiences and narrow escapes,
and the loss of his money and clothes.
It seems that that night there was
a freight train following the passenger
train and the engineer, as he approached
Old Town, observed something
ahead of his engine across the
track. His engine carried a brilliant
headlight, and he was thus enabled
to stop his train before the engine
struck the object across the track.
The engineer, whose name has not
been learned, got down from his engine
to examine this object on the
track. He found it to be a white
man. The body was square across
the track with the feet resting on one
rail, and the head, face downward,
on the other. There was a cloth under
the man's nose saturated with
chloroform. His hat, coat and shoes
were missing, so our information
goes, and the man was unconscious.
There was on his finger, however, a
Knight of Pythias ring, and the engineer,
being a Knight of Pythias, recognizing
his obligation to care for
a brother in distress, put the body on
board his engine, and carried it on to
Columbia, but did npt call a physician,
or secure medical aid of any
kind. The story is that the engineer's
home is in Savannah and, as
soon as he got off his run in ColumV?^v
Vv q C/mi+V? nrrt froir? fnr
Uia, ul^ u aiuuu a uvuvuviu u uiu av*
Savannah, carrying the unconscious
form of his brother Pythian with him.
Of all this Mr. DeHart knows nothing.
When he gained consciousness
he was in Savannah, and it was Sunday,
and he discovered that his money
was gone. The last thing he remembers
from the time he got off the
train at Old Town on Saturday night
until he came to himself on Sunday
in Savannah is that as he got off the
train at Old Town some one unknown
to him put an arm around his neck
and held a cloth under his nose. He
remembers having the money for his
check when he got off the train, and
not having it when he reached Savannah,
or rather when he found
himself in Savannah.
Mr. DeHart was given a ticket or
pass by his engineer friend in Savannah
back to Newberry, when it was
discovered who he was and where
his home was. Mr. DeHart says he
came back from Columbia and spent
Monday night there, coming on to
Newberr^ on-Tuesday. Mr. G. M. B.
Epting sent him out to Mr. D. J. DeHart's
Tuesday, after his arrival in
Newberry. In the meantime his wife
had become alarmed at his not returning
home, and his father, Mr.
Dan* DeHart, had gone to Saluda,
where they were searching for the
lost boy, and it was a relief to them
all when he turned up alive.
There seems to be no doubt that
'Mr. DeHart was chloroformed by
some one who knew in some way that
he had this money and that the money
was taken away from nim.
Schooner Burned at Sea.
New York, Nov. 1.?A story of fire
at sea and timely rescue was brought
to port to-night by the steamer Admiral
Schley, from Port Antonio. The
Admiral Schley has on board the captain
and crew of the four^masted
schooner Lulie E. Pollard, which was
bound for New York from Fernandina,
with a cargo of lumber, and
which was burned at sea last night.
Capt. J. C. Powell, of the schooner,
told the story of the disaster. It was
at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, he
said, when the 'schooner was in latitude
35.30, longitude 74.10, that the
steward struck a match in the engineroom
to light the side light. Immediately
there was an explosion, which
set fire to the entire forward house,
containing two tanks of gasoline,
which were used to supply the hoisting
engine. The mate, who was sitting
on the doorstep of the engine
room, and the steward were thrown
on deck, but both. miraculously escaped
unhurt.
The fire spread rapidly and the
seamen fled to the stern without savine
anv of their effects. Had it not
been for the timely arrival of the
steamer Admiral Schley, which reached
them about forty-five minutes after
the fire started, they might all
have perished, as it would have been
impossible for a life boat to live in
the high sea.
The Pollard was owned in Philadelphia.
Toney Case Before Court.
Charleston, Xbv. 2.?In the United
States Circuit court to-day, Judge
Brawley heard arguments on motion
to remand the case of William Toney
and William Spann Toney against the
Southern Railway and Engineer Holland,
of the Southern Railway, for
trial in the state Circuit court in
Edgefield county. It was finally decided
to give the plaintiff time to
answer contentions of the respondents
before taking an order in the
case. The suit is for damages for the
killing of Mrs. Mark Tonev.
Matrimonial Agency Swindle
Pittsburg, Oct. 2S.?Charged with
conducting the most expensive matrimonial
agency swindle ever unearthed
in Pittsburg. James L. Leclair and
Miss Lena Miller are prisoners to-day.
More than two thousand letters from
men and women have been confiscated.
The police say close upon five
thousand people from every state in
the union pai<? a dollar, after being
promised to be introduced and
wedded to an affinity.
TILLMAN AGAINST PROHIBITION.
Senator Thinks Movements to Pass
Measure- Will Fail.
Senator Tillman, who is in Columbia
spending several days with his
friend, Dr. J. W. Babcock, who accompanied
him on his trip abroad
this summer, does not endorse the
movement headed by representatives
M. L. Smith, C. W. Garris, John G.
Richards, Jr., State Senator Earle
and others of the old State dispensary
leaders to join forces with the
prohibition bill through the coming
legislature, as was attempted without
success in the last legislature
when the county option scheme took
the place of the State dispensary system.
"I can't see that prohibition stands
any cnance 01 success m me uuuuug
legislature," said the Senator, in ananswer
to a question. "With a majority
of the counties in the State
holding on to the county dispensaries,
isn't it natural to suppose that
the delegations from those counties
will stand by the present system?"
The Senator added that so far as
he was concerned, it was a matter of
indifference whether a prohibition
bill was enacted or the present system
was continued.
"Two hundred years from now
folks will be wrangling over this
same liquor question," said he, "and
it is idle talk of settling the problem.
I have been seeing the same old tussle
over in Europe. The countries
that have been longest at it have
reached a solution that seems most
satisfactory to them in the adoption
of beers and light wines. During all
my travels through Italy, France and
Germany I never saw a drunken man,
but plenty of drinking men. Over in
London, where a big fight is on over
the matter I saw many drunks. When
I was Governor I recommended this
same substitute of light alcoholic
drinks. I wanted to see beer given
a chance. If we could give the beer
privilege to a big responsible concern
that would be under a heavy bond,
say something like a half-million dollars,
to sell beer throughout the State
under certain definitely stipulated
conditions, we would do much for
the cause of temperance, and get a
big revenue for the State beside."
Senator Tillman occupies a unique
position in the present situation regarding
whiskey in this State. He is
not with the State dispensary leaders
in their efforts to join forces with
the prohibitionists. He is not with
the prohibitionists, and he is not an
unqualified endorser of the county
option scheme. He thinks every county
in the State would be better off
having dispensaries.
"I venture to say," said he, in an
swer to a question, "that counties
like Orangeburg, Sumter and Florence,
which $Te retaining the dispensaries,are
in a much better state morally
than such counties as Greenville,
Spartanburg and others which have
voted out their dispensaries and
where blind tigers are doing the business."
When he was reminded that it appeared
to have ^>een proven that the
police records of the dry counties
had materially improved, the Senator
said this only is temporary, that it
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ty going dry before it was in a worse
state morally from blind tigerism and
other forms of lawlessness than it
had been on voting out its dispensaries.
On the whole the Senator did not
appear to be much interested in the
situation and answered questions
guardedly.
The Wealthy Man.
If you had $50,000 stowed comfortably
away in a bank, would you
shine shoes at 10 cents a clip seven ,
days, year fn and year out? It is
not very likely you would, but that
is just what A1 Shartie, one of the
most unique financiers of Dayton, is
doing, and moreover, he is happy ana
can't be induced to quit his job. The
only time Shartie gives us his "shine
box" is during the autumn, when, accompanied
by his brother, he makes
the rounds of the county fairs of
Ohio. This week he is at the State
fair, conducting a restaurant under
the grandstand. This is vacation. It
gives him a rest from bending over
the muddy boot, and at the same time
he is adding to his fortune and having
a good time, which means something
to a fellow who is making
thousands of dollars, 10 cents at a
time.
Shartie began his strange money
making career in Dayton in 1867. t
when he discovered that there was
more money in pollening snoes at iu
cents than in cooking meals for which
someone else obtained the profit. He
had been a cook as a youth. Wtien
he changed his trade business was
small at first, but gradually he increased
it, until at the present time
his clientele is sufficient to keep him
busy all day?every day.?Ohio State
Journal.
Trade Outlook Promising.
New York, Oct. 30.?R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow
will say:
"Decided improvement is noted in
trade reports this week, especially in
respect to distributive departments.
Orders have come to manufacturers
more freely in many cases, accompanied
by requests for immediate or
very early delivery. Evidences of increased
confidence are numerous and
prices are more firmly held where
concessions have been offered recently
without attracting business. Many
mills have resumed, after months of
idleness, sufficient orders having accumulated
to assure active capacity
during the balance of the year and
there is a general belief that contracts
will be placed freely during the
next few months.
"Increased strength is noted in the
leading textile industries, a broader
market promising to sustain improvement
with prospects of further gains
in some departments. A few reductions
in prices are recorded, but these
are exceptions, and manufacturers
are assuming a more independent attitude.
Jobbing houses report that
traveling men send in fairly good orders
for cotton goods, but house
trade is not yet normal, election uncertainty
increasing the feeling of
conservatism."
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Boys Suits regular price $4.00 during $1.00 now.... 90c I 1 J ?0
this sale $3.00 Dress Goods that formerly sold for ' gm 1
Boys Suits regular price $3.75 during 75C now OOc gK
this sale $2.75 Dress Goods that formerly sold for ^ W
Boys Suits regular price $3.00 during 50c now 45c
this sale ... $2.00 Dress Goods that formerly sold for Jjfi
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DAIISI rffcATS Dress Goods that formeriy sold for |8
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Rain Coats, regular price $15.00, BLANKETS
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Rain Coats, regular price $12.50 Blankets, wool or cotton, from $1.50 V m dvis
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