Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ELIMINATE NEGROES. That is the Advice Southern Republicans are Giving President. Washington, Decemoer 5.?President Roosevelt has been told by Southern Republican leaders that if they are permitted to eliminate the negro in a quiet sort of way from j party councils down there the growth of the party strength will probably be rapid?" Figures have been submitted to the president tending to strongly confirm the desires of the Southern leaders. He has been shown that in South Carolina and Mississippi, where the I national leaders insisted on putting J up several negroes as electors, in the \ recent presidential election, compara-1 tively small gains were made, while in the Southern states where the electoral tickets were made up wholly of white men the gains were surprisingly large. Flatfootedly the president is told that the Soutnern Democrats { nf manv vears standing, inclined for | business and other reasons to support the Republican national ticket and Republican candidates for congress, will never do so long as the ticket contains the names of negroes. The discovery has been made that j in the congressional district in Geor- j gia in which the mother of President! Roosevelt was born the Republican gains among white voters were so great that Taft carried the district by a majorty of 2,000 and that a < clean white Republican could have been elected had there been a candidate in the field. No candidate, however, was put up. Taft carried tweni * ty-seven counties in Georgia, polling 53,000 votes, nearly all white. The Republican electoral ticket in that i: state was composed of white men i solely. . j North Carolina showed tremendous Republican gains for an electoral ticket made up wholly of white men. v ' Three Republican congressmen were * elected and there were gains all alohg the line, more than 100,000 votes being polled. Virginia Republican leaders treatV v ed the negro with consideration in their state convention tbat nominated the electors, but not a single black e. ? man was put on the ticket. The gains V"- in Virginia were surprisingly large. For the benefit of the president the results in these states are contrasted with the results in South Carolina and Mississippi, where negroes were placed on the electoral ticket tXj and where small gains only were u- . / made. In South Carolina about 3,tf-i < TAA whita mon vntpH rhp ticket ajlV . I W nuivv ujivm * _ how, but the Republican leaders there, including John G. Capers, com;;.J missioner of internal revenue, have been told frequently that the negro electors caused thousands of white i men to refrain from supporting the :'l - ticket. It is learned definitely that the nei. groes named upon the tickets in those states, hopelessly Democratic, by direction of the Republican national H committee, which desired to prevent the cry of discrimination against the negro on the eve of election. Unquestionably, President-elect *- Taft must face the question of willv ingness to Lily White the South in ^ important features. He will be adI vised that if the party there is to make progress the negro will have to be relegated to the rear in every way except in the distribution of minor offices, with recognition nationally by the filling of several good offices in Washington. In party conventions a I few negroes will be allowed to take part, but they will be no longer permitted to actually dominate in num| I ber of votes in such bodies. At least g that is what the Southern leaders are planning to do in the next administration and they will have to be held back with the strong hand of the new president or .they will carry out their program. Fears to Meet Tillman. A dispatch from Springfield, 111., r says Shelby M. Cullom, dean of the United States Senate and for years one of the prominent members of that body, recently left Springfield for Washington with trembling flesh j c and with fear in his heart. | The venerable statesman is terrorstricken over the prospect of his coming meeting with Senator Tillman. For years Cullom and Tillman, as widely separated as the poles in their political ideas and methods, have been warm personal friends. Outside the halls of congress the two, by mutual consent, have avoided all political discussion', save one subject?the negro. The Illinois Senator, from the home of Lincoln, the emancipator, has taken keen delight in lambasting his Southern friend on the floor of the Senate, in committee, and in private, because of his hatred of the blacks. Just before Cullom left Springfield, he was talking to United States District Judge J. Otis Humphrey, of the meat packers' "immunity-bath" fame. "Well, Senator," said the judge, "I suppose you will be glad to get back to Washington, where you can busy yourself with the affairs of state?" "Not by some sight," emphatically responded the Senator. "Why I thought you found your greatest pleasure in your official duties," said the surprised judge. "Official duties be blowed," exclaimed Cullom with emotion. "Since this Springfield race riot, I have not spent a happy moment, sleeping or awake, because of dread of what Ben Tillman is going to do to me the remainder of my life." Work on C. C. & O. Railroad. Spartanburg, December 3.?There are now employed by contractors on the construction of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad between Bostic, N. C., and this city over 2,000 men and this force is augmented by many big steam shovels. Dirt is being moved rapidly and splendid progress is being made all along the line. This is the substance of a statement made here to-day by Superintendent Morris of the MacArthur Brothers, the general contractors. So far as the road's plans south of here have been disclosed, it seems that there is ground for the statement that a survey will be made between Spartanburg and Newberry and thence to Columbia. Xmas cards at The Herald Book Store. Buy them while the assortment is complete. I FLOOR COVERINfisI and venture the assertion that the line we have is as fft, complete as will be found. Our leader for the week is Mm of rather a sensational nature,?beautiful 2 5 Axminister Art 000 CO |?l j Squares, 9*13 I These art squares are well worth more money and the 4#, purchaser is assured of a splendid bargain if he selects 2" one of them. We are also offering a handsome line of "XT 1 RUGS AND MATTINGS | in which there are to be found astounding values. Call (A, \ and inspect our stock and let us demonstrate our claims ?) | Bamberg Furniture & Hardware Co. \ 2 BAMBERG SOUTH CAROLINA Ju I The Millinery House News I !We want you to keep as busy as we have been, so Sg we will offer goods still lower, such as 5? Ladies' Coats, Kid Gloves, Corsets, Under- @ wear, Zephyr Goods, Dress Novelties, Etc. @ We offer a beautiful prize for you to work for yourself * We sell you a piece of stamped work and floss to Jx/ work it with, and party doing best work of this gets GS the prize. This prize is furnished by the Corticelli Q Silk Co. Call and see it. A competent lady of the A city will be judge of the work. Work of this kind jSt makes a nice Xmas present, and is easy. Line of Stylish Millinery just in, all going cheap * firs. K. I. Shuck & Co. I BAMBERG SOUTH CAROLINA ?v |I^oi^1iv^Decide^Upoi^^| I A Piano For Christmas I I ^ iiil urana or uprignr NEW OR SLIGHTLY USED , wiiraoRWHrao?TPUN(ftA It will be decidedly to your advantage to purchase it from Thomas & Barton Co. Augusta's Piano Center Here you will find the Finest Pianos?Pianos that are endorsed by the World's most eminent musicians. Here you wiU find the largest stock and the greatest variety of makes to select from 18 : DIFFERENT MAKES s 1& and any given sum will buy Higher Quality Here than anywhere else. Used Pianos from $100.00 up. New Pianos from $185.00 up. New Pianola Pianos from $550.00 up. Used Organs from $10.00 up New Organs from $65.00 up. I mmnvmu l\TO T7V AlirV V1V MTTCir\ 1^?i> Tinx IILLlIU nil Vt?il til luvoxv; m Do not fail to see our mammoth stock, bought specially for 1 holiday trade. No matter whether you want to buy or not, I we will be glad to show you these beautiful instruments. I THOMAS S BARTON CO. Broadway, Augusta, Ga. J |Ask For a Coupon Trading Card I Given absolutely free only at Hoover's Drug Store. When I your card is punched showing cash purchases amounting to S3.00. return it to us and you will receive a SI,000.00 accident policy free. I thix-ic THIS OVER CAREFL'LUY__^ Would your family be benefitted by receiving 81,000.00 in the event of your sudden death, and have you provided for this B emergency? NOW IS THE TIME. The goods you purchase B here cost no more than elsewhere. We have Just opened up our new line of holiday goods, and a large line of jewelry of high class. I Hoov er's Drug Store ^TELEPHON^4^^^^^^^^^^^^l3AMBERG^C 4 A FKIGHT IX MIDAIR. Going I'p In a Balloon and Coming Down in a Parachute. 1 once went up in a balloon and came down .. parachute. Something went vw ...j, a^id ail the monev in the worlu ^.^oiea would not induce me 10 ...u?\6 the experiment again. uue grows strangely accustomed to dangers as an acrobat, and when it was suggested that I should earn $25 in as many minutes by takipg the place of a parachutist who had fallen ill at the last minute 1 jumped at the chance. It was at a large country fair. The laughing crowd had probably never seen a balloon go up. As the great silk bag gradually swelled a silence fell upon the onlookers. The sick parachutist's manager patted me on the back and said it was money easily earned. I agreed ?then. "Keep cool," he said, "and what ever juu uu, uuu l luuh. uuwu c&ucpi to judge your distance from the earth. You see that tower? It is about a thousand yards away. When you are that distance up pull the check string and shut your eyes." A dull murmur rose as the ropes were cast off and I felt my feet leave the ground. The upward movement was gentle, and a great cheer came up to me until the band drowned it. I hardly heard the cheering or the band. The involuntary murmur still rang in my ears. Perhaps my nerves were upset, possibly it was intuition, but from the moment I was drawn up from the ground I felt the conviction that grim trouble lay ahead. Ignoring the oft repeated instructions, I looked down. How slowly the baloon went up! Could it be possible that I had not gone more than a hundred yards? The giant overhead became a living thing, intent on torturing the puny mortal who had trusted his life to it. I knew I dared not leap before I was high enough, for the parachute takes 100 feet sometimes to open. I shut my eyes and tried to count to kill time, but the figures became jumbled, and I looked down again. A swallow skimmed past underneath. Far below there was a sea of upturned faces, and the music floated up distinctly. The balloon seemed to stopped rising, and for an eternity I tried to gauge the height. Again the band stopped, and I was in a silent world. The crowd of breathless specks far beneath was getting full value for its money. The only noise I heard was the beating of the blood through my head. I was was afraid. It was the first real fear I had ever felt in my work. When the supreme moment came I pulled the string without realizing what I was doing. What years I lived in those next few seconds. An appalling nausea and consciousness when my feet touched a wild desire to live came with the first terrible rush, and my heart stood stll as I looked eagerly aloft. The r^pes of the parachute had twisted and I was falling to instant death. Grasping the ropes in a clutch of steel, I shook them frantically. Half the huge parachute bellied out with a noise like a pistol shot and the speed of the fall was lessened with a jar^ Again I shook the death trap. The ropes were sliding at a snail's pace, and bit by bit the parachute was opening. Still I fell far too fast. I could not breathe, and my han<Jg seemed to be refusing to hold on. Bang! The last fold had opened out, and I was saved. Dizzy and numb with fear, I held on tightly, wondering whether I should faint before I touched the ground. That, and that onlv. was my thought as I sailed through the space. I had almost lost the ground gently. And then I collapsed.?Buffalo Times. No Fight Against Crum. Washington, December 2.?The decision of the president, announced yesterday, to appoint W. D. Crum, the Charleston negro, to another term as collector of the port of Charleston, caused no surprise, and was not even protested against by the people of Charleston. The president showed in his childish determination to push Crum's appointment over heads of the people of Charleston and the senior senator from South Carolina when the fight was made against it in the senate, that he was determined to have his way, in spite of precedent, excellence of service, or anything else, and it seems that the people of Charleston have decided to let him have his way again. It is to be hoped that he derives some pleasure from forcing an objectionable appointment, simply to get himself talked about in the papers, which is the ruling passion of his life. Crum's term expires this month, and he will be re-appointed. It is not expected that any fight will be made against his confirmation by the senate. Liquor Shipments Limited. Richmond, Va., December 3.?rne supreme court of appeals to-day affirmed the decision of the State corporation commission in the case of the Portner Brewing company against the Southern Express company. The effect of the decision is that while common carriers must receive shipments for delivery to parties in "dry" territory, wholesalers, brewers, distillers and manufacturers can not avail themselves of that right, for by so doing it would be made possible for violators of the law to compel common carriers to aid and abet violations, owing to the consignees receiving the liquor when shipped in large quantities and there selling it contrary to law. Converse Teacher Identifies Xegro. Spartanburg, December 5.?Miss Elise Dorst, vocal teacher at Converse college, who was shot by a negro on Thanksgiving afternoon while walking in rear of Mr. John Gary Evans' residence, was more seriously wounded that was at first thought. Alphonso Logan, aged sixteen years, colored, was to-day identified by her as the boy who fired the rifle. She charges Logan with firing the shot intentionally. Logan has been lodged in jail. Miss Dorst is in a very nervous condition, and since Thursday has been at the home of Dr. R. L. Gantt under treatment. If FINDING Interest money is like mc conies easier when once ; takes OXE DOLLAR to money works for you bo make a start to-day and Cent 011 Savings Deposit* | PEOPLES BANK, . . N |l SAFETY AI> I I Your money is absolute! A * with its capital and surj )B j offers you absolute prot< g A We pay you 4 per cent, ii S g savings against loss fron 1 extravagance and foolish gK and counsel are always at to give the small deposil |j1 ing attention as the large 2 K home here. Do not get t 3E cial affairs are not a ma " * *> " 'I Wo a/V) 2H V;U111C U1 auu iov a gvi HV? || Ehrhardt Ban J g Ehrhardt < SPECIAL I For Quid PAR BAMBERG COUNTY. Two hundred and fifty acres, in Fishpond Township; two tenant houses four rooms each; barn and stables, two deep wells, 90 and 100 feet; about 160 acres open in good state of cultivation. We are offering this property at a very low price and on easy terms to a quick buyer. About seven miles Southeast of Midway. Price and terms on application. i Eighty-five acres, about sixty-five acres cleared; only about one mile North of Bamberg. Thirty-six acres, about twenty-five acres cleared; about one mile Northeast of Bamberg. Fifty acres, about forty acres cleared; about two and one-half miles Smith of Bambergr. Five hundred acres, about three hundred cleared and in high state of cultivation, with good improvements; about one mile East of Kearse.v Nine hundred and ten acres, about three hundred acres cleared, and three hundred acres more of fine lands can be cleared; within one-half mile of Midway. ...CITY PRC BAMBERG. One six room dwelling; % acre in lot; good servant house; good water; all in good order and under fence. A first-class piece of property. Price low, terms easy. One six-room, two story dwelling, on New Bridge street, with servant's house, barn and stables and other outbuildings. One five-room dwelling, on Main street, South, with barn and stables. J. T. O DmI Aownt i\V?H . I? ili !; tl! il; ft in ili iji ft-J I if DON'T THRC > g That broken gun c i it's a bicycle thai order. Don't thri 3? me repair it so tha i? much service as t i? I am fully prepare i i work promptly i f and solicit your j fj. B. B The Repair Man - MONTHLY * OF THE DISPENSARIES IN BAMBE JNUVEMJB. Stock on hand Dispensary No. 1st of month Receipt Bamberg 1 $6 800 82 $3380 Denmark 2 5 744 96 1821 Olar 3 2 886 49 725 Ehrhardt 4 3 672 04 1 273 Olar 2 844 96 241 Total $21 949 27 $7 442 State of South Carolina, ) County of Bamberg. > Personally appeared before me E. < CLAYTON, members of the Bamberg Cc duly and severally sworn, deposes and i ment is true and correct. Sworn to and subscribed before me t MONEY TO LEND. We are prepared to lend money upon good security upon reasonableterms to all persons applying for same. Call or write to WOLFE, BERRY & RITTER, Attorneys, Bamberg Banking Co's. Building. Bamberg, S. C. There was a good crowd in town -Monday attending the sales of real estate by the Master and doing shopping. MONEY >ney found?and no money you have made a start. It make the start, and your th night and day. Better see how easy it is. 4 Per *. Bamberg, S. C.\ / . ' ? D SERVICE J lus to safeguard deposits J action for your savings. 3 iterest, and . protect your fi i carelessness, fire, thieves, j? investment. Our advice 1 M t your service. Our aim is x? tor as careful, painstak- ? i one. So please feel at W the idea that your flnan- ra itter of real interest to us. ? [uainted. g king Company S South Carolina g BARGAINS k Buyers SMS * 7* j c' k.c g Thirty acres, about twenty acres cleared; two and one-half miles South of Bamberg. Four hundred and forty-two acres, about one hundred and fifty acres cleared; one mile North of Midway. One hundred and fifty acres, about seventy-five acres cleared; about one mile East of Midway. Two hundred and sixty acres, about one hundred acres cleared; about two miles North-east of Bamberg. Six hundred and fifty acres, finely timbered with hard yoods; about five miles east of Ehrhardt Two hundred and fourteen acres, about one hundred cleared; about ? six miles East of Ehrhardt. ? One hundred acres, about seventy- , five acres cleared, and in good state of cultivation; one mile South of Odom's Bridge. Five hundred acres, two hundred acres cleared, balance in timbers; about three miles East of Midway. ftno hnndrpd and seventv-eiffht acres, about seventy-five acres" cleared; about one mile North-east of Bamberg. 3PERTIES... One seven-room dwelling, on New Road street, Soyth, with barn and ,. % stables and other outbuildings and three acres lot. Five tenant houses, three with four rooms and two with two rooms, on New Road street. Two open lots, containing two or more acres, on New Road street. One open lot, on Church street, West, ninety-eight feet front by fifty- '.'-vj three and one-fourth feet deep. J 'NEAL Bamberg, S. C. - :j, i 3? 'ft 'ft 'ft 'ft ift ift fli ift fll flHftjlj i! IW IT AWAYIII >r pistol, or perhaps 9 ; is not in working fi . dw it away, but let tg it it will give you as hough it were new. jg id to execute repair ? and satisfactorily, f >atronage. i J f RlCKLEjj - - Bamberg, S. C *&&&&&&&&&&&&? 1 STATEMENT RG COUNTY FOR THE MONTH OF ER, 1908. s Expenditures Breakage Liabilities 40 $ 103 04 $13 46 $ 3 406 96 on 09 17 12 22 3 910 94 * . OV vv as ?- ?? ? , -T_ . 11 120 89 1105 2 150 88 v*? 70 75 75 5 75 2 38250 ^ H 45 Fire Nov. 12-08. Totally destroyed. 46 $392 85 $42 48 $11860 82 ~ V: " V-, ^ 3. HAYS, J. A. WALKER and G. B. mnty Dispensary Board, who being each says that the foregoing monthly state' Uj?i ;his 4th day of December, A. D. 1908. E. L. PRICE, [L. S.l Notary Public for S. C. I PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, wood Saws,Sputters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARQE5T0CK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine. Boiler Works, Supply Store AUGUSTA, GA. i . - , 7 V . ..V.. ?>.'. > >* . ' ? i --'..;vvv - - . ' v ' ' ?