The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 24, 1908, Image 8
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Thursday, Dec. 24, 1908
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Celery and cranberries at D. A.
v Kenard & Company.
Christmas shoppers have thronged
the streets of Bambreg last and this
week.
Li you need a mule, see G. Frank
Bamberg. He has a big lot of fine
ones.
The banks of the city will be
closed Friday and Saturday of this
week on account of the holidays.
For rent, January 1st, 1909, the
^store next to Peoples Bank. Apply
to W. D. RHOAD.
The graded school closed last Fri-?
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ers have gone to spend Christmas at
their homes.
No doubt the Siemens-Pace Concert
was a fine thing, but their music
was rather too classical for the ears
of average people.
Mr. J. W. Stokes can now be found
at G. Frank Bamberg's stables,
where he will be glad to see his old
friends and customers.
Mr. H. E. Dickinson will move with
his family to McCormipk in the near
future. He will engage in the jewelry
business in that town.
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who have been away attending college,
are coming home on every train
to spend the Christmas holidays.
Mr. B. S. Smoak has moved down
near Pregnalls. Broadus is a son of
, M. Smoak, Sr., and a solid young
fellow. We wish him much success.
The first quarterly conference of
th^; Bamberg Methodist churches for
next year will be held here by Presiding
Elder C. B. Smith on the 7th
of February.
See the new ad. of Jones Bros, in
this issue. They have just received
another car load of stock, and have
animals for all purposes. See their
stock before you buy.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold its regular
monthly meeting at the ladies' parlor
of the Methodist church Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Jno. E. Carter, one of the
fine farmers of the Ehrhardt section,
recently killed a hog which weighed
500 pounds. Not long ago he killed
a beef from which he got 47 1-2
pounds of tallow.
Heavy shoes for winter wear,
men's, women's, and children's, full
line. W. D. RHOAD.
The bazaar held by the ladies of
the Methodist church last Thursday
and Friday was very successful.
About" $185.00 was realized, which
will be used in refurnishing and repairing
the parsonage.
The Herald force has been so busy
ro/?Antiv that we have been comDell
ed to work day and night. Our
linotype has been running day and
night as well, one man running it in
day time and the other at night
G. Frank Bamberg has in his stak
bles the largest lot of horses and
mules of any dealer in this section.
He can suit you in prices and terms.
v Don't fail to see him before you
buy.
C. F. Rizer received at Olar a fine
car of horses and mules Monday afternoon.
He has some of the finest
mules ever shipped t this country,
and some fast trotting horses which
can show a speed of two forty. Be
sure to see his load before you buy.
As usual, The Bamberg Herald
will not take a holiday. We issue
this week, as we always do, and the
office will be open Christmas day.
Our force will not be at work, but
the editor never takes a holiday and
can be found in his office at work as
usual.
The eighth annual ball of the
Ehrhardt Cotillion Club, for which
invitations were sent out for the
evening of Monday, December 28th,
has been postponed until Wednesday
i - evening, December 30th. All who
expect to attend will please note the
change in date.
Mr. Dickinson, of Bamberg, will
move here about first of next January,
and open a jewelry store in the
building on Main street recently occupied
by Mr. W. O: Sturkey. He will
keep on hand a full stock of jewelry,
clocks, guns, etc., and also do repair
work.?McCormick Messenger.
The law firm known as Wolfe,
Berry & Ritter has been dissolved.
The office will be continued by Mr. E.
E. Ritter. Mr. Ritter is a young man
who is highly thought of and he will
doubtless make a success in the legal
profession. He will carry on the business
as usual, the only difference being
in the name of the firm.
We are glad to have the communication
from Mr. M. W. Brabham,
published in another column. He
gives some good reasons why Bamberg
is a good place in which to live
and do business, and articles like
this which set forth the advantages
of the town are bound to do much
good. Let others follow Mr. Brabham's
example.
Miss Stella Cumiskey having completed
her season as trimmer for
Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co., left on
the 19th instant for her home in
Martinsburg, W. Va. Miss Cumiskey
is a trimmer of extraordinary
ability and a young lady of pleasing
manners and obliging disposition.
She gave entire satisfaction to her
employers, who hope to have her
return another season.
The examination for a court stenographer
for the second judicial circuit
was held at Aiken last week, Mr.
H. N. Bellinger, of Bamberg, and Mr.
Brown, of Aiken, being the applicants.
The result of the examination
will not be made known until January,
at which time Judge Robert
Aldrich will make the appointment.
All Bamberg people hope Mr. Bellinger
will receive the appointment.
He is fully competent, and is a yonug
man who will fill the position most
ereditably.
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New Advertisements.
Thomas & Barton Co.?The Best
Gift for Christmas.
Jno. H. Cope?For Rent.
\V. S. Bamberg & Son?For Sale.
Jones Bros.?Horses and Mules.
Farmers' Gin . Company?Ginning
Notice.
Ehrhai dt Banking Co.?Closing
notice.
Standing of the Contestants in the
Voting Contest at Klauber's.
Handsome gold headed parasol
goes to the winner of the contest.
Miss Lizzie Hand 187
Miss Annie Lou Byrd 172
Miss Blanche Hair 159
Miss Pearle Delk : 108
Miss Mamie Gee Jennings 70
Miss Mortima Ray 66
Miss Frankie Folk 57
Miss Ottowa Easterlin 41
Miss Mildred Beaty 31
\fiss Bessie Armstrong 26
Miss Bertha Wannamaker 23
Miss Effie Felder 19
Miss Kate Felder 13
Miss Kate Hogan 10
Miss Roberta Johnson 9
Miss Alice Smoak 3
Miss Camille Price 1
Miss Lucille Lightsey 1
Christmas Service.
Thursday evening the children of
Trinity Methodist church will have a
Christmas service, commencing at 6
o'clock and continuing for perhaps
an-hour. Exercises of a sacred nature
will be held, consisting of songs
appropriate to the Christmas season.
A poem or two will be read,
and then a few words will be spoken
by one or two members of the Sunday
school.
The chief idea of the service is
to make it one of giving. Each one
is requested to bring some little
thing, either dry goods or groceries,
and a large basket will be placed
to receive the things. Dolls, toys and
such things are also acceptable. The
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things in charge and distribute them
to the needy. The idea has been practiced
in many towns with marked
degrees of success, and it is now adopted
here for the first time by Trinity
school.
Immediately after the exercises in
the church, a mammoth balloon will
be sent up by a committee having
this in charge. Other things of this
kind will be fired, such as Roman
candies, skyrockets, etc. However
it is stated that no fire crackers of
any size are to be shot. The occasion
is to be a quiet and impressive
one, and no boisterousness will be
allowed.
Everybody is invited to come to
the church and join in the beautiful
Christmas giving service.
KtAflrhnldm' Meetine.
The annual meeting of the Bamberg
Banking Company was held in
the directors' room of that institution
Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
The affairs of the bank were found
to be in excellent condition and the
regular dividend was declared and
a nice sum carried to the surplus account.
Immediately. following the stockholders'
meeting, the directors met
and elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, H. J.
Brabham; vice-president, J. A.
Byrd; cashier, D. F. Hooton; assistant
cashier, M. W. Brabham;
bookkeeper, Miss Myra Hooton. All
of these were old officers, and no
change was made in any department
of the bank. *
Horses and Mules.
C. F. Rizer at Olar received Monday
afternoon a car load of horses
and mules, and in this car he has
some of the finest mules that have
been shipped to this country. He
also has in the car some trotting
horses which can show a speed of two
forty. If you want something extra
nice in a mule or a fine trotting
horse, he can suit you. Everybody
knows that Rizer always handles the
very best grade of stock, and when
he states that this is an extra fine
load, you can depend on getting
something extra choice. Give him a
call before you buy a horse or mule,
no matter what your wants are. He
can surely suit you in an animal, and
the price will be right.
Visit the School.
The graded schools deserve more
attention than is usually given them.
Parents, as a rule, regard their entire
duty in this connection discharged in
paying their tax and properly clothing
and sending their children to
school. There is reason to fear that
many look upon the school room as
a nursery to relieve them of their
troublesome children. The public
schools cannot accomplish the full
measure of their possibilities unless
the parents join with teachers and
directors in attention to pupils.
Superintendent Allen and the teachers
would be glad to have the parents
visit the schools any time.
A Prosperous Town.
The remark is often made by visitors
to our town that Bamberg is a
prosperous, thriving town. Traveling
men especially, speak of the amount
of business done here. To our merMmnta
in fin#* a laree share of the
credit for the good name the town
has abroad. They carry large and
well selected stocks, bought in large
quantities at close figures for cash,
and give their customers the advantages
of the cut prices. Nothing
helps to build up a town more than
live, energetic business men. Then
too our cotton buyers pay the very
best prices possible for cotton.
Negro Postal Clerk Sentenced.
Charleston, Dec. 21.?W. H.
Wright, a former negro clerk in
the postoffice at Beaufort, was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary
at Atlanta for stealing from the
mails. He was convicted several days
ago but sentence was suspended by
Judge Brawley, pending the motion
for a new trial and the consideration
of the matter by the court. Judge
Brawley ruled that the negro had
had a fair and just trial and the verdict
of the jury will stand.
AN EXCITING FINISH.
Voting Contest for the Big Doll
Closes Thursday Night.
The voting contest for the big doll
at The Herald Book Store closes this
(Thursday) night at twelve o'clock.
Numbers of votes have been polled,
and numbers are yet out, so it cannot
be said with any degree of certainty
who will win.
The vote so far stands as follows:
Juiia Price 1049
Matrude Brabham 925
Virgie Folk 535
Mary Cleckley 458
Mildred Jones 328
Mary Williams 275
Harriet Wiggins 140
Hazel Armstrong 185
Myrtle Black 104
Lillian Delk 72
Helen Free 72
Natalie Hooton 71
Gussie Hutto 67
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Hilda Free 54
Elizabeth Inabinet 41
Rebecca Dickinson 43
Louisa Kilgus 31
Helen Price 25
Hazel McCormack 17
Lizzilee Priester 15
Homer Godbee 14
Daisy Free 13
Vista Brabham 12
Corinne Fowler 12
Marion Harmon 10
Mary Lee Grimes 10
Eva May Spann 1 7
Ann May Kearse .. 6
Edna Spann 6
Blanche Spann : 6
Margaret Kinard 6
Wilhelmina McMillan 5
Marie Steedley 5
Lucile Utsey 5
Marie Steedley 5
Evelyn Brabham . 4
Inez Sandifer 4
Adelle Brabham 3
Margaret Ray...... 3
Ida Brabham 3
Julia Utsey 3
Margaret Easterling 2
Lillian Hoffman 2
Vera McMillan 1
Gene Price 1
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Vivian Free 1
Estelle-Creech 1
Norma Brabham 1
Gwendolyn Fowler 1
Elizabeth Wright 1
Madge Brickie 1
Theresa Fowler 1
A Bold Robber.
Last Friday morning, a little before
six o'clock, Policeman Moody
surprised a thief breaking into the
show window of the hardware store
of F. M. Simmons. A number of
shot guns were on display in this
window and it will be remembered
that only two weeks ago a thief
broke into the window and stole
three guns.
The thief ran when discovered by
Mr. Moody, and came down street,
dropping his hat and a gun in the
middle of the street. He then turned
into the alley between the Bamberg
Banking Company and Pearlstine's
store, going into the back lots in
rear of the stores. Mr. Moody followed,
firing at the fellow, but he
got safely away. Councilman A. M.
Brabham, who was in a room in The
Herald building, was awakened by
the shots and came aown ana assisted
in the chase, as also did Policeman
Hand. No trace of the thief
could be found.
As stated above, when the thief
ran he dropped his hat and the gun
he had takpn from the window, so
he went away empty handed. Efforts
are being made to identify several
parties as the thief by means of the
hat, but so far they have failed. Willie
Frederick, a young negro, was
first arrested, but was released in an
hour or so.
Friday night a white man named
John Henry Weeks was also arrested,
but he was released Saturday afternoon.
The Cotton Market.
Cotton is selling in Bamberg today
(Wednesday) for 8 5-8 cents the
pound. The total receipts here for the
season amount to 10,500 bales.
Boxer Charged With Murder.
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.?Benjamin
Barnett was today committed oy tne
coroner, charged with causing the
death of James Curren, aged 18
years, during a boxing bout at the
Broadway Athletic club in the lower
section of the city on Friday last.
The boys, who were novices, appeared,
at an amateur match. Curren collapsed
in the second round after a
blow on the jaw and died before he
could be taken to the hospital.
Choosing an Aim in Life.
Every girl needs an aim in life.
She, as much as anyone else, needs
to work toward a definite goal, if she
is to work to the best advantage. But
it is important that she should be influenced
by the right motives in
choosing this goal.
The girl who makes up her mind
that she is going to win distinction
as a writer, is not always guided by
love of the work. It is quite possible
that she frets and fusses over her
school composition quite as much as
another girl who never suspects herself
of literary talent, and her friends'
letters lie unanswered so long as to
suggest that she finds answering
them hard work. It is not love of literary
work which has led her to
choose it, but a longing for the praise
and admiration which she fancies are
lavished on the successful writer.
How many girls are guided by vanity
in selecting their aim in life, and suffer
the bitterness of disillusion in
consequence?
Before you decide on your aim in
life, you should study your own powers,
and ask counsel from those who
will answer you sincerely and frankly,
instead of giving you the reply
which they fancy you would prefer.
Do not be in too much of a hurry.
The girl with several years of school
life ahead of her can afford to take
time. Whatever you decide to do with
your life, be sure that slavish imitation
or vanity are neither of them
factors in determining your choice.?
Richard Crane.
SUICIDE AT DENMARK.
Berry Gibson Takes His Life With
Carbolic Acid.
News reached Bamberg Tuesday
night that just about dark Mr. Berry
Gibson, a youn< white man of Denmark,
had committed suicide by
taking carbo!: acid. Mr. Gibson was
cotton weigher at Denmark, having
been elected to the position last July
by the county board of commissioners.
He was about twenty-four
years old, and leaves a wife and a
number of relatives. He was married
only a few months ago to Mrs.
Davis.
No real cause can be assigned for
his act, but it is said that he has
been despondent for some time, and
has often said in the presence of others
that he wished he was dead.
About dark he went to his room in
his home at Denmark, and shortly
afterwards when his wife went to the
door, it was locked. He did not anewpr
when she railed to him. so she
called for help at once and entrance
was effected by the window. Mr. Gibson
was found in a dying condition,
and death ensued before a physician
could be summoned. He must have
drank the carbolic acid immediately
on going to the room.
He leaves a large family connection,
his father and other relatives
living near Denmark. The burial
took place yesterday afternoon at
Ghent's Branch Baptist church.
Didn't Know Fiance's Name.
Indianapolis, Dec. 22.?Henry Clay
Gore appeared at the county clerk's
office yesterday for a license to wed.
"What is the young lady's name?"
asked License Clerk Berner.
"Oh, I don't know; it's a funny
kind of a name," said Gore. "Just
put anything down; I don't care."
"But really don't you know?
Can't you think of your girl's name?"
questioned Berner.
Gore couldn't and was sent back
to find out.
The name was Matilda Davis.
Stole the Cash Register.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 18.?At
a late hour last night three white
men walked into the Olympia restaurant
at 325 East Ninth street and
picked up the cash register, carrying
it across the street where they smashed
it to pieces, securing a sum estimated
at about $50. They were discovered
by two policemen just after
they had completed their work. The
officers gave chase when the robbers
turned and fired several shots at
they- pursuers. The officers returned
the fire and there was a running fight
for several blocks, the thieves finally
escaping.
Earlier in the night an aged merchant
was knocked in the head on
Main street, presumably by the same
gang.
Testimony in Trial of Hargis.
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 21.?The jury
which is to try Beach Hargis at Irvin,
on the charge of murdering his
father, Judge James Hargis, was completed
soon after court convened today.
All the jurors are farmers.
It is stated that the defense will introduce
witnesses to lay bare the
whole life of Judge James Hargis,
giving th.e whole of his alleged connection
with Breathitt county feuds
and assassinations. The defense
hopes it can prove by these witnesses
that Judge Hargis was responsible for
his own death.
Hearing of testimony began in the
afternoon. James P. Brophy, clerk in
the Hargis store, swore that Beach
xtor-oHa stint hia father. Judee Har
gis, five times, that young Hargis
shot his father before the father
grappled with him and that two
shots were fired while father and son
lay on the floor.
Former State Senator Alexis Hargis
arrived today and is sitting at the
prosecution's table, this being, the
prosecution states, with a view of
asking for certain information during
the trial.
Lover's Wait Was Vain.
New York, Dec. 22.?When the
big liner Baltic warped into her dock
here after one of the most tempestuous
voyages of her career, Charles C.
Clarke, of Eureka, Utah, learned
the woman he has waited years to
wed had died while crossing the
ocean to join him in the home he
had made for both. The girl?Priscilla
Hewison, of White Haven, England?was
stricken with peritonitis
soon after the ship sailed. So rough
was the sea that the ship's surgeon
found it impossible to perform an operation,
and after two days' illness
death ended her sufferings. Neither
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accompanying her, had money to defray
the cost of burial ashore, but
several first-cabin passengers, among
them Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, wife of
the American ambassador to Great
Britain, made up a liberal purse and
arranged to have the body brought
to New York for burial. Clarke and
Miss Hewison had been childhood j
sweethearts, and they had planned to
be married before Christmas. Instead
he and the dead girl's brother will]
be the chief mourners when the body
is laid away in Kenisco cemetery on
what was to have been her wedding
day. '
The Shortest Day.
Tuesday the sun reached the winter
solstice, which marks the shortest
day of the year. Astronomically
speaking, it is the beginning of winter,
the year being divided into four
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seasons. It is naeiy to De we uegiunning
of winter in reality also, for up
to this time there has been very little
cold weather. The weather prophets
predict a hard winter. Last winter
was mild all through, the thermometer
not going lower than 24 at any
time.
A Christmas Reception.
A reception will be tendered the
ladies of the town at the home of
Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker on Thursday
afternoon, December 31st, by the
members of the Civic Association.
A most delightful time awaits
those who attend, we feel sure.
A called meeting of the executive
committee will be held at the home
of Mrs. D. F. Hooton, on Monday
afternoon, December 28th, at which
meeting arrangements will be made
for the reception.
STATEMENT BY PATTISOX.
Denies Truth of Report Made by Mr.
E. B. Wilson.
Edgefield, Dec. 21.?J. T. Pattison,
treasurer of Edgefield county, wuo
was suspended by Gov. Ansel as a result
of a report charging shortages
in his accounts, today gave out the
following statement:
"Having read in yesterday's issue
the tremendous statement made to
Gov. M. F. Ansel by Comptroller General
A. W. Jones as reported to him
by E. B. Wilson, his expert accountant,
it is but justice to myself that
the public know something of the
truth or falsity of that statement. On
the 6th of January, 190J, I took
charge of the treasurer's office here
and in May of the same year, in making
up a report of receipts and disbursements,
it was ascertained that I
was short in cash something more
than $4,000. I went to work to find
thft nause of this discreDancy and
within about three months after I
took charge it was found that I was
charged with an amount that I
should have received but did not receive
and the balance was traced to
the Farmers' Bank of Edgefield,
where I stand ready to prove it is.
This shortage Auditor J. B. Haltiwanger
made known to the foreman
of the grand jury, A. E. Padgett, who
was at that time and is now president
of the Farmers' Bank. Afterwards
the investigating committee
for the grand jury, the foreman being
chairman, corroborated the statement
already made. Subsequently
both the auditor and myself notified
Comptroller General A. W. Jones and
he and his experts worked the matter
to their satisfaction and for this
I was removed. I, however, was reinstated
after putting up this money,
which I am now due the Bank of
Edgefield, as the records in the
clerk's office will show. The county
and State lost nothing in this transaction.
"As to the investigation r^jently
made by Eugene B. Wilson from the
comptroller general's office, I stand
ready to show and to prove by books
and vouchers checked by him that
the statement made toy him is not onl*r
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ment Comptroller General A. W.
Jones makes to Gov M. F. Ansel
without making any effort to ascertain
the truth of it. If men of honey
and self-respect are to be subjected
to such humiliation and such indecencies
as are contained in the report
of A. W. Jones to the governor
as is published in The State of yesterday,
then it does seem that the
time has really come when all decent
and respectable men will surely seek
other employment than that of public
office.
"J._T. PATTISON."
Racial Mixture Tragedy.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 21.?Deluded
with the fear that high binders were
about to decapitate her, Mrs: George
A. Wong, a Chicago girl, who was the
daughter of a wealthy retired merchant,
and who married a Chinese
restauranter and laundryman at
Piano, 111, ear|y today hacked off the
head of her three-year-old daughter,
gave wood alcohol to her three sons
and then hurled herself in front of
a Burlington passenger train, where
she received fatal injuries.
Mrs. Ah Wong, who is said to have
been a beautiful and highly educated
brunette, was the daughter of Julius
Ehrlers, a former wholesale dealer in
notions on the West Side. She is said
to have parted company with her
father at the time of her second marriage
and since then there has been
no reconciliation.
Eighteen years old and in search
of her own living; she met Ah Wong,
a well educated and Christian Chinaman;
was employed by him and he
finally married her. The two were
happy until a few short months ago.
Shortly after midnight, while Ah
Wong was at Aurora, where he has
a restaurant, Mrs. Ah Wong awoke
the three sons in their Piano home.
The boys are Cressie, 12 years old;
Walter, 10 years old, and Herbert, 5
years old. Under pretense that they
were sick, she made each of them
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take wooa aiconui. me; w cic nauseated
but survived.
In another room was Iola, the 3
year old daughter. Her head had
been nearly severed with a dull knife.
On her blood-stained night dress was
pinned this note:
"Thank God, it is over. It was horrible.
I can go on with the rest, but
no one will lead my girl the life of
misery I have had. I shall not depend
upon the poison. The way must
be sure."
Nine years ago Ah Wong and his
family went to Aurora, where he opened
a restaurant, and later they lived
at Piano, near Aurora. Ah Wong
joined the New England Congregational
church of Aurora, the fashionable
church of the city. He was made
much over by the men and women of
the church, but Mrs. Ah Wong, who
was not only pretty, but educated
and of literary aspirations, was totally
shunned. The Chinaman was
honored by the Sunday school at the
time when members of the congregation
would not speak to his wife.
About six months ago Mrs. Ah
Wong retired completely from sight,
shunning everybody on the streets
because of the glances they gave her
and the attention she was attracting.
Later there came to her reports that
Chinese high-binders were preparing
to pay her a secret visit to kill her.
This so preyed on her mind that she
on atfnrnftv a few days ago
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and begged him to help her to a reconciliation
with her father. They
had arranged to come to Chicago.
Mrs. Ah "NYong timed the murder
of her daughter, apparently, so as to
meet a through Burlington express
train that passed close to their house.
As the train approached at full speed
her sons heard her rush from the
door. She reached the tracks, waited
the arrival of the train and hurled
herself to death in front of the engine.
Her body was terrible mutilated.
It was taken home but no lamp
could be found in the weird home and
the coroner summoned a jury that
met by lantern light to view the
bodies.
The price of the semi-weekly News
and Courier will be raised after Feb,
ruary 1st. Better renew your sub-,
scription. ;
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OXNER NOT FATALLY HURT.
Prominent Farmer Shot by D. L.
Boozer at Kinards Will Recover.
Newberry, Dec. 21.?Manuel K.
Oxner, a prominent farmer of Kinards,
who on Saturday was shot at
that place by D. Luther Boozer, another
well known planter, i& not )
thought to be dangerously wounded,
though his injuries are serious. He
was struck by two bullets, one taking
effect in his right foot and another
in his right hip.
The troubie seems to have been
about hiring labor. Today Mr. Booser
was in Newberry and gave out a
statement on being asked about the
trouble. He says that the trouble
came about from Mr. Oxner's hiring
hands that he had already hired and
had a written contract with; that Mr.
Oxner knew this, and in spite of the
fact that he had written a note to Mr.
Oxner telling him of this contract ;
and asking him not to move tne iamily,
he did it anyhow; that this was
not the first time that Mr. Oxner
had taken hands away from Mm.
Saturday morning, when he drove V
with Mrs. Boozer to Kinards with the
intention of coming to Newberry, Mr. }
Oxner passed by where he was hitch- ,
ing. He spoke to Mr. Oxner, he says, f
and told him he did not think he /treated
him right in hiring those v
hands and moving them. Mr. Oxner, ..
in an angry tone, said it was "hone *
of your business," and advanced toward
him with his right hand in his
pocket, in a hostile manner. Mr.
Boozer has been in bed sick two ^
weeks and was too weak to cope with ^
Mr. Oxner, even if he had known '
that he was unarmed, and he understood
that Mr. Oxner is accustomed
to carry a pistol. So he told Oxner to
stand back, the latter still advanced
and Boozer then shot him in the footHe
advanced further, and Mr. Boozer 3
shot higher, striking hirr In the hip.
He says he did not intern o kill Mr.
Oxner, oiriy to keep hin. o>."; that he jj
could have killed Oxnc oasily, but
stopped firirg when Oxner stopped
and said he was unarmed.
Messrs. Boozer and Oxner both live
in Laurens county, the shooting occurring
just over the line in Newberry
county.
Son Born of Leper.
A dispatch sent out from Washington
says:
It is stated at the health office to- 'rS
day that a son was born last Friday ? ':i
to Mrs. Lotta Early, wife of John R. ;
Early, the North Carolina leper. The
child, according to the physician of
the health department, who attended
Mrs. Early, bears every mark of good
health and exdellent formation.
There is no suspicion of a sign that ^
would indicate the presence of the ,
disease, the physician said, and added
that according to medical science y^
there is no reason why the disease
should have been conveyed to the
child. ?
"Mrs. Eany had not been in her ,
new home furnished by the district i
government more than forty-eight ; K*'hours
before the arrival of the child. .
The cottage provided for her is cloise '
to the one provided for her husband
on the Washington asylum grounds. Early
is not allowed to leave certain
bounds established for him and there *
is a certain restriction placed around .\*:f
Mrs. Early's contact with the outside
world."
1 I , . .?
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS. -M
On the first dij of January,
1909, I will cut off all water
spigots in excess of the number ' ^
put in at time of contract. I
am compelled to do this because
the extra number of openings l ^
cuts off the supply of water front
power house and will not allow
good service for* original patrons.
*
J. M. JENNINGS.
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 14, 1908. fi
Jas. M. Brail8ford. J. P. Matheny. ^
BRAILSFORD & MATHENY,
Attorneys-at-Law,
No. 20 Church St, Orangeburg, 8. C.
Will practice in all the courts of ;v|3
South Carolina.
Owners and managers of the
Edlsto Real Estate & Mortgage Co. '
NOTICE. '
Notice is hereby given to all parties .<
that the undersigned has been apnntn+a/t
q /imin tatratrix of the estate
pviu tvu
of D. F. Hutto, deceased, and all > y
creditors are hereby notified to file
their claims, duly approved, against
the above estate, with S. G.,Mayfleld,
attorney for the administratrix, on
or before the first day of January,
1909. MRS. L M. HUTTO,
Administratrix of the Estate of D.
F. Hutto. . - J
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 1st, 1908.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under this Head 25c
For 25 Words or Less. ( , |
Closing Notice?Christmas day
falling on Friday, December 25th,
this bank will be closed on Saturday,.
December 26th. EHRHARDT BANKING
COMPANY. > >
Ginning Notice?We will run oar
gins next Wednesday, December 30th
for the last time this season. Parties
who have cotton to be ginned must
bring it by that day. FARMERS'
GIN COMPANY. ? {
For Sale.?Three brood sows, Bs- *
opt and Berkshire. Will farrow
about January and February. Also
one three-fourths Jersey cow, with
four-months' old. calf. Apply to W.?
S. BAMBERG & SON, Bamberg,
S. c.
>
For Rent.?Four-room house, formerly
occupied by J. W. Baxter. Apply
to JNO. H. COPE, Bamberg, S.
c.
For Sale.?Eighty-six acres good ?
land in Fishpond Toipiship, on hill
near Clear Pond. Tenant house and
lot on place. For full particulars as
to price and terms, write R. B.
JONES, Walterhoro, S. C*
; . . ; ':'VV. ' /