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Thursday, Jan. 7, 1909
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E .'Are your children in school? If
not, they ought to be. Every child of
school age in this district ought to be
in'school.
The outlook in Bamberg for this
year is good. We believe our people
are' in much better shape than a year
ago.
A couple were married in a South
J Carolina town last week and immer
diately started off on their wedding
trip in an automobile. The young
wife evidently wants to find out right
away what a bad temper her husband
lifts. And she will no doubt.
, Make up your mind to be a better
citizen of your town and community
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this year than ever before. If you
? cannot contribute in a financial way
to the upbuilding of your town, by
your conduct at least you can make
the town a better place in which to
live. Good people make a good town,
J and it is not the amount of money
a man has which makes him a good
H citizen. ;
[ The farmers of Bamberg county
could be the most independent peopie
on earth, and every one could get
out of debt in a few years if they
would quit planting so much cotton,
pr rather depending entirely on cotton
as a money crop. Nearly all the
necessities of life can be raised pn
the farms of this county, and there is
no reason why our farmers should
have to buy corn, meat, flour, etc.,
from the West. The farmer who
raises his own corn, meat, potatoes,
wheat, etc., is the most independent
f man we know of, and every one we
know in Bamberg county who follows
this plan is making money on
his farm. Let more of our farmers
T'; try this plan this year.
We hope that some of our thought
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ful citizens have been thinking about
the town and its future. Bamberg is
r lk a better town than it was a year ago.
V When one thinks of the improvements
made here in the past few
years he is bound to admit that we
have made progress along all lines.
New buildings and new enterprises
have materialized, and Bamberg is a
very different looking place from
what it was only a short time ago.
True we have been hard hit by fire,
but we have grown and prospered in
spite of our misfortunes. Take a
' mental picture of the town as it was
when we came here ten years ago and
- now and note the great difference.
We believe that we have also developed
along moral as well as industrial
lines, and our people pull together
better than they did. We are
more one people whose interests are
identical, and we have less selfishness
here than formerly. Let us keep
up the good work for the coming
year.
In our editorial last week in reference
to the Elliott Jones case we
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article taken from the Columbia correspondence
of the News and Courier.
It has been brought to our attention
that our references might create the
impression that the correspondent
was making this statement on his
own responsibility, when the fact of
course is that he knew nothing personally
about the Jones case, and
was only quoting from the records
filed in the application for pardon.
The article in which the statement
was made was one of news merely
and not an expression of opinion on
the part of the News and Courier's
correspondent, and the expressions as
to the innocence and oppression of
Jones came from the records and not
from the correspondent. We make
this explanation so that all our readers
may fully understand who is responsible
for the statements to which
we took exception in our editorial.
Solicitor Davis made the statements
in reference to the innocence of
Jones, and it was his course in the
matter that we objected to.
HOMICIDE IN LEXINGTON. ..
One Young Man Kills Another With
a Winchester Rifle.
Garfield Hutto lies beneath the sod
and Thomas Craft is languishing behind
the bars in the Lexington jail as
a result of the Christmas frolic and
the Christmas dram. A gloom has
been cast over two households, which
generations cannot wipe out, and the
n:e of a young man once so full of
promise has been blighted forever.
On last Saturday night there was
an old-time country "break-down."
as they are termed by the average
country person, at the home of "Feg"
Brown, said to be a questionable resort
in the vicinity of Swansea. There
was plenty of whiskey there, and
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and another young man, in which a
number took a part. Crait became
angry and left the house, only to
bring a Winchester rifle into play,
which he had hidden outside upon
his arrival for the frolic. With this
rifle he fired several shots into the
building, with the result that Garfield
Hutto was struck in the head by
one of the balls, inflicting a wound
from which he died on Sunday about
noon.
At the inquest, which was held by
Magistrate U. W. Jeff coat yesterday,
several witnesses were sworn and the
testimony was conflicting, it is said.
But it was sworn that Craft, after
leaving the house, remarked that he
"would get somebody," and began
firing, the second shot striking
young Hutto in the head. It was
stated that several shots were fired
by Craft, although he says that only
one shot was fired, and that the rifle
went off accidentally. He claims that
the whole affair was an accident;
that he and Garfield Hutto had been
the best of friends and that he had
no intention of killing him. It is
stated, as a matter of fact, that Craft
and Garfield had been bosom friends,
and that they had taken several
drinks together just a short time before
the killing, and that it was another
young man by the name of
Hutto that Craft wanted.
Young Garfield Hutto was just 20
years old. He was a son of Mr. Jerome
Hutto, a well known farmer.
Craft is 26 years of age and is a son
of the late Walter Craft.
Craft was arrested early Sunday
night by Deputy Sheriff Miller, who
went to the scene immediately upon
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Hearing or me irageuy, auu was iuu6ed
in jail late last night.?Lexington
special to the News and Courier.
Shot by His Brother-in-Law.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 4.?Dr. S. J.
Wylie shot his brother-in-law, Thomas
Dudley, here to-day, when the
men met in the heart of the business
district. ' The wounded man states
that he and the physician were at
outs over a family matter and had
agreed to settle their difficulties in a
duel with pistols. He states he was
present at the rendezvous on time,
but that his brother-ihrB#w did not
show up. As the men -met to-day,
Du< 'ey said, "Doc. how about that
engagement?" Dr. Wylie then shot
him. Dudley's wound is not considered
fatal, the bullet striking near
his hip. The physician's pistol snapped
twice before it was discharged
while Dudley stood coolly waiting for
jthe bullets.
Two Cases ol Strangulation.
Union, Jan. 5.?Last Saturday two
sad affairs occurred in this county
which are unusual because both of
them were little babes and both of
them were found dead in bed, death
coming from strangulation.
One pf the little babes was Lilla
May Palmer, the infant daughter of
Charlie Palmer, who lives near
Kelley's. Death was caused by some
article of bed clothing or like substance.
The other case, over which an inquest
was held, was that of another
white child, a little boy named Clyde
Henry Orr. It seems that this infant
was about four months old and had
been left with a Mrs. Puckett by a
sister of Airs. Puckett, the mother of
the child, who went to Lockhart a
week ago. There were three witnesses
examined in this case, Mrs.
Sallie Puckett, who testified that she
had laid the child down about 8
o'clock and given it milk about 9
o'clock. Went to see about it about
5 o'clock and the child was warm
when she went to cook breakfast.
Went back about 6 o'clock and it was
still asleep. The last time she went
to see it was about 7 o'clock; then
she called her mother and her mother
took it up.
The next witness, J. E. Bentley,
said that he knew nothing of it until
Mrs. Puckett's boy called him to her
home. When he picked up the child
he believed it was dead because it
was not breathing.
Dr. Theodore Maddox, who was
present at the inquest, on being
sworn said: "The child came to its
death evidently from strangulation.
There was a mark under its right ear
which looked very much like the
print of a thumb. The right thigh
was bruised and congested. The
right inguinal region bruised and
congested, and the entire body more
or less congested. The appearance
of the body indicated that the child
had been neglected during life."
Mrs. Puckett, on being recalled,
said that the marks were caused
from a breaking out. "The child
seemed to be all right yesterday,
Might have been from the bottle
from which it was nursing."
After the coroner's jury had
heard all the evidence they returned
a verdict that "the deceased came tc
his death by strangulation, in some
way unknown to the members of the
jury, and careless neglect."
Coroner Hames has stated that he
intends investigating the matter further.
as he considers that there are
some things which require more lighi
thrown upon them.
Garrison Begins Sentence.
Laurens, Jan. 5.?J. Henry Garri
son. the Gray Court citizen who was
convicted in the Laurens court lasi
October of manslaughter and giver
two years in prison for the killing o
Louis Williamson, of York county
last summer at Gray Court, has gone
to Columbia and entered upon his
term, the appeal to the supreme
court having been abandoned.
ALABAMA JOINS "DRYS"
FIVE HUNDRED SALOONS CLOSE
IN THE STATE.
Governor Comer is Doing Little Talking,
but Will Call Extra Session
if Necessary.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 1.?With the
opening of the new year, the saloon?
of Alabama are placed under the
ban. and after that hour it will be
against the law to sell liquor within
the confines of the commonwealth.
Speculation is rife over the State
as to how the liquor men are going to
regard the law, but the general opinion
is that they will observe it to the
letter in most of the cities and villages.
Soft -drink establishments will
in most cases take the places of the
saloons, but it is admitted there will
be a blind tiger or so. Already the li
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test the constitutionality of the statute,
and the saloons of this and other
cities have contributed to a fund to
carry the fight into the higher courts
of the land, if necessary.
The question in the minds of a
great many people of the State is how
Alabama is to fare with the revenue
that is derived from the liquor traffic
cut off. The citizens of Mobile and
Mobile county are especially interested
in the answer to this problem, as
at present all the school funds for
both county and city come directly
from the taxes levied upon the sale
of intoxicants.
Information from the various
chiefs of police and sheriffs throughout
the State are that they are going
to enforce the law to the letter.
In 1907 the State derived a revenue
of $223,000 from the liquor traffic.
This year that sum was considerably
reduced when the barrooms in
Birmingham and several other places
were closed. The revenue for 1908
will however, amount to $75,000.
The loss of this revenue is regarded
as a serious one in some quarters and
predictions are freely made that the
State will suffer for lack of it.
Mobile and Mobile county are peculiarly
affected by the new law. The
schools of both the city and county
are. supported by the liquor tax,
every cent of which goes to their
maintenance. As the law stands now
the schools of the county get about
$80,000 annually from the saloons,
and those of the city about half that
sum. With the dawning of the new
year's sun, -a me# condition exists
and the schools wi# have to discover
some other sourch. pf revenues. An
appropriation by the legislature of
$50,000. for schools of the county
will, however, soften the effects of
the blow/*^
It'is* estimated that about 500 saloons
were closed in the cities of Mobile
Montgomery. Selma and Annis
ton, the principal towns of the State
not already dry when the prohibition
law went into effect. An authority
on the subject has figured that each
place supports at least fifteen people,
counting the owners and the employes
and their families. Accepting
these figures as correct, it will be
seen that 7,500 people will be directly
affected by the closing law, to say
nothing of the man who Has been accustomed
to getting his teddy whenever
he desired.
Gov. B. B. Comer is doing little
talking in regard to what action will
be taken by the State authorities if
the saloon interests continue to fight
the law. This much is certain, however,
that he will call a special session
of the Alabama legislature to
strengthen the laws.
"There has never been any doubt
where I stand on this question," said
the governor, when discussing the
prospects of an extra session. "The
State has passed certain laws that
are thought to be good and wholesome,
and it is my duty, and will be
parried out. to see that they are en
forced, if, indeed, it becomes necessary
to take any action at all. I have
said that things seemed to be shaping
for an extra session."
Negro Physician Before Magistrate.
Magistrate Fowles heard an interesting
case yesterday afternoon in
the charge against H. Van Buren, a
colored man. In a warrant sworn out
by the medical society, through Dr.
S. S. Harmon, defendant is charged
with practicing medicine without a
' license.
The prosecution offered in evidence
a number of prescriptions filled
by the Waverley Drug Company,
signed by Van Buren. These prescriptions
were not filled out, how;
ever, in any patient's name and the
defense took the position that the
exhibits could not be construed as
' evidence on this account.
Magistrate Fowles decided that it
: is a case for a higher court to pass
J upon, so sent the case to the circuit
' court. Van Buren gave a $200 bond
for his appearance. He is connected
with the Taylor-Lane hospital. It is
alleged that he failed to pass the ex|
amination before the State board last1
! June.?Columbia State.
! Killed by His Son.
' Greenville, Dec. 31.?From a gunshot
wound inflicted by his 16-yearold
son, Thomas Springfield, a mer,
chant, died at his home in the
suburbs of the city this morning.
; Springfield was shot by his son in the
dining room of his home yesterday,
the difficulty between the two having
t begun while the younger Springfield
) was eating his dinner.
x Among the eye-witnesses were
| three young men who had dined with
the family that day. Evidence at the
, inquest tended to show that Spring[
field attempted to chastise his boy for
j refusing to tell him what his mother
f had said about him. Young Springfield
left immediately after firing the
fatal shot and has not been located
as yet.
" New Advertisements.
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1 H. W. Johnson?Notice to Credif
tors.
I E. Bart Price?Happy New Year.
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CHARLESTON,
SLAVE FOR SIX YEARS.
Negro Boy Has Georgia Farmer Arrested
for Peonage.
Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 31.?T. F.
Ramsey, a well-known farmer of
Brooks county, was arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Sutton and
brought to this city under a charge
of holding a negro boy in a state of
peonage.
Ramsey's bond was fixed at $1,000
for his appearance before United
States Commissioner Powell to-morrow.
The negro boy's name is Gus
Scott, and he alleges that he has been
held for six years as a slave. During
that time, he says, he has received
only nine dollars for his services.
It is alleged by the prosecution in
the case that two or three times the
boy ran away> but that Ramsey followed
him and brought him back to
his home and kept him there. It is
said that there are a number of
prominent white men to testify in\he
case.
Great Things in the World.
What is the greatest thing in the
world?
Ask the scholar and he gravely
tells you that learning is, for that
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comprenenas ana yruujuico <m.
Ask the preacher and he solemnly
assures you that religion is, because
it is a light from heaven.
Ask the artist, and he cries: "Art.
for it combines matter and spirit
both at their best."
The lawyer declares: "Justice, for
it is the soul of peace and progress."
"Money," says the banker. "It is
the spring of all action."
Ask the young man full of hope
and spirit, and he cries, "Ambition."
Ask the weary old toiler, and he
tells you: "Rest and content."
The pair of lovers, hand in hand,
answer as one: "Love."
The mother with her baby at her
breast says: "Sacrifice."
The wild roisterer cries: "Pleasure."
The wan invalid whispers:
"Health."
Then meet a shambling, grinning
fool and put to him the question. He
simpers and says: "I don't know."
And which, think you, is the wiser
of them all, from the scholar to the
fool?
I. J. BRABU
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See the notice of mass meeting in
another column. This meeting is to
be held under the auspices of the
Farmers' Union, and President Harris
and Executive Committeeman
Parks -will be present, as well as other
speakers. Let all attend who can.
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