Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hamburg Ijrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT. Editor. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal adTertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local notices 8 cents the line for first insertion; 5 cents a line for subsequent insertions. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising * " > - . i- ,1?i! ? MA. A_i not suDjeet co cancellation aner mot Insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public intereat We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in I 4 our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. ' Thursday, March 4, 1909 So Bamberg county is to have anOther election this summer on the lijjp " quor question. We see no use in it, for we think it will stir up a lot of fc': feeling for nothing. _ Is it reasonable to suppose that Bamberg county people will vote out p.: the dispensaries if Orangeburg, ^ Barnwell, and Colleton?counties all * ?J O A >ri ttTUUUU US leiHiu iucuj; aiiu ?ivc - versa wili not these counties vote ? "wet" under the supposition that counties adjoining will do the same? :l' It is very much like this matter of . reducing the cotton acreage. p. It is a pleasure to note that the best hill passed by the recent session of the legislature was introduced by Hon. C. W. Garris, of this county. ? The provisions of the bill are well explained in an editorial published in pfpp this issue, taken from the Columbia State. The bill of Mr. Garris will be of great benefit to the country schools, and will do much to stimuli' late interest in education. ^ ? In addition to stopping trains from ? running so fast through town, city .council should also put a stop to the ?VV practice freight engineers have of ???. "kicking" cars down grade on the gpsfe* mill siding. Often cars are "kicked" 11^? across the street by Dr. Black's resifty dence at a speed of fifteen miles an k?ur? which is very dangerous, as pfc" there is no engine attached nor no |V^ , ; way to stop them in case some ve- | hide was at the crossing. We trust our officials will look into this matter p . and put a stop to it, for it is likely J to cause a serious accident at this jp| crossing. ) |pf,; The legislature simply marched up !>.>' the hill and then marched down >. again on the prohibition question. \ gvThe people demanded State prohibi- , tion, and a bill providing for this J v; passed the house by a large majority, \ but the Senate refused to pass the ^ bill providing for prohibition \ throughout the State or even to sub- ] \ mit the question to a vote of the j & whole State. Instead, a bill provid- t ing for elections in counties which ^ now have dispensaries was passed, < < which does not settle the matter at j tjj* all. We do, not believe in local op- < tion. We should have a general law 1 for the whole State, and it. is not to ] be supposed that the people of any " v county will vote out the sale of liquor when whiskey is being sold in adjoining counties, for then they 1 would get all of the evils and none ( of the revenue. We prefer clear-cut, unequivocal action, and we would \ 5 have preferred that nothing at all 1 had been done rather than to have { this election foolishness thrust on us. J We'll have a whole lot of stir-up and j excitement this summer, and nothing 1 will be accomplished, for no one will 1 pretend to say that these elections will settle the question. Neither the prohibitionists nor anti-prohibitionists have gained anything, and the elections will cost a lot of money and 1 J serve no good purpose. We expect a j repetition of the fight at the next ses- ] sion of the general assembly. < 1 Dispensary Case Concluded. Washington. March 1.?The dis- : pensary hearing before the supreme i court was completed to-day, W. F. i Stevenson arguing for the State dispensary commission and T. M. Mordecai in favor of sustaining the re- ] ceivership appointed by Judge Pritch- i ard. Each one had one hour and i both went into exhaustive statements about the dispensary commission and < its status in the State, as determined < by law and by decisions of the State supreme court. A number of questions were asked by various members of the court. Justice White seemed especially interested in knowing whether the old dispensary board had ever been sued in court and whether it could have been sued. Mr. Stevenson's argument was that . it could not in law be sued and pointed out that Mr. Mordecai's brief so < admitted. It is believed that a decision will be reached in about a month. LIFE ATTEMPTED. At Hotel Genesta Prominent Contrac- J tor Shoots Himself. J. F. Ong, a well known South Carolinian, and a contractor, attempted 1 suicide Thursday afternoon at 4:30 i o'clock in his room at the Genesta ' Hotel in Augusta. Ong fired three 1 shots from a .32-calibre revolver ] into his head, and face, but none of 1 them penetrated the brain. He will 1 recover. Dr. Thomas D. Coleman was the I physician who attended Ong soon aft- i er he was shot and had him carried ; to the hospital, where he is resting ; well. 1 The hotel officials were alarmed i Thursday afternoon by the firing of t five shots in rapid succession and a i search was begun at once to locate i the room in which they were fired. After a search lasting for two or < three minutes they went to Ong's i room, where he was found lying i across the bed with a pool of blood J near him. < Police headquarters were notified at once and Lieutenant Hatcher and < Sergeant Grubbs went to the scene i at once. To the officers Ong stated i that the shooting was done for the < purpose of taking his own life, as he i was blue, and had been sick for a 1 couple of weeks, and besides was t worried about his business affairs. Oiie of the bullets struck the top of the wounded man's head, but did not penetrate the skull as it was a glancing shot, another bullet entered 1 the left cheek and caused the great flow of blood, a third shot the tip of his nose off and still another grazed his lower lip. The city hospital au- * thorities say that Ong is expected to ? recover rapidly. * Ong is well known in Aiken, and is at present constructing a court c house at Manning for the Woodward 1 Lumber Company. He was the con- 1 tractor for the Park-in-the-Pines J Hotel and has a good reputation as a 1 contractor. He is a man apparently ( about forty years of age, and has a ? wife in Columbia, where he lives. It is stated that Mr. Ong is recov- J ering rapidly. j With the Newspapers. J It is announced that the Daily Record of Columbia has changed hands, its founder and owner, Geo. R. Koester, having sold his interest to Jas. A. Hoyt. It was the intention of Mr. Hoyt to start an afternoon paper in Columbia, and his purchase of the Record prevents a newspaper war. The transfer took place Monday, Mr. Hoyt being the new editor. This was a very good arrangement, and no doubt Mr. Koester is glad to get out .of the daily grind and hard work of a newspaper. The Colleton News has been reorganized, and the editor, Mr. Jno. W. Hammond, states that he has taken ovfer the controlling interest in the newspaper. He states that he will c hereafter issue the paper once a a week, which is a wise move on his f part. We had no idea that the semiweekly would last, especially at one dollar a year. .The Hampton Guardian comes to j us this week printed in its. own office, j for the first time since the fire which ^ destroyed its plant some months ago. t Since that time the paper has been 0 printed elsewhere. . r ? - fi SNEEZE KESTUKES SENSES, h ?: ' d Physicians Say This Loosens Blood J3 Clots and Saves Boy's Life. ^ New York, Feb. 27.?Wilbert c Healy, a seventeen-year-old boy, of Bloomfield, N. J., sneezed violently p yesterday evening and regained con- v sciousness after being in a ten-day ? trance. He was injured in a basket ball j? ?ame ten days ago, and after return- u ng home lost consciousness and was ? kept alive only by the use of liquid ? foods, forced between his clenched teeth. ? It is the belief of physicians that tiis sneezing loosened a blood clot on p th^Jbrain and that he wil recover. He was conscious to-day and appar- s mtly improving rapidly. Dust from 0 i sofa cushion evidently caused him :o sneeze, although he was uncon- j* jcious at the time. c Ask an Immediate Trial. i h Manning, March 1.?A petition to a :he Hon. P. H. Stoll, solicitor of this lircuit, signed by a majority of the y iounty officials and many other t< prominent citizens, is being circulat- c ?d throughout the county praying li chat a special and speedy trial be ;iven William Bethune for the killing of Mr.' G. Benjamin Mims on Sunday evening, February 21. The q petition states that feeling is running ^ high, and it will be for the best in- n terests of the law and justice that a t( special trial be ordered. 1 t? Found Guilty of Murder. v d Decatur, Ala., March 1.?The jury n in the case of Bob Clements, for the ^ murder of the Edmondson family of c five members, to-night found the t, prisoner guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed his sentence at life imprisonment. a Clements was charged with the s murder of Tom Edmondson, and Ed- d mondson's wife, mother and two children. last November, near Woodland i,-. +V>io n/Mintv A f tor the film LliAAAO, All lilXO VVUUVJ . wi vmv ilv had ben murdered their bodies were placed in the barn and the fol- ' lowing night the barn was set on fire, only a few bones remaining to tell of the gruesome tragedy. Clements had been in the employ " of Edmondson and it was brought ** out that Edmondson came home and * found Clements talking to Mrs. Ed- * mondson, and the suposition is that 3 Edmondson threatened his life, and v that Clements killed him and then r killed other members of the family t to hide the crime. n Clements chewed gum while the * verdict was read. An appeal will be taken. J. A. Byrd has a mighty pretty line fi of spring dress goods and white s goods. The ladies are especially in- s vited to call and look over rhe hand- C some assortment. ; PAGEANT HELD AT NORFOLK. Soldiers, Sailors and Civil War Veterans in Great Parade. Fort Monroe, Feb. 27.?Thirtytwo companies of blue jackets, forming a fleet brigade of 2,000 men, were brought to Norfolk to-day, where the sailors--made.their first appearance in a parade at home after the notable voyage around the world. Eight companies of coast artillery from Fort Monroe accompanied the jailors to Norfolk, where they were joined by aditional companies of blue jackets from the Norfolk navy yard, oy a regiment of the National Guard md by various other o-ganizations :hat helped to form the greatest martial event Norfolk has known in recent years. Veterans of both the Union and Confederate armies were brought together in the parade and in the re ('ltJWIIIg SLO.I1U, 1U1 iXIJUfe <1 vuui l \JL tlonor," through which the soldiers md sailors passed. In traversing Main street the sail)rs and their escorts passed through i cordon of honor in front of the reviewing stand, composed of hundreds >f veterans of both the Confederate ind Union armies. The blue jackets nade a splendid showing in spite of ;heir long stay on board the ship. crumT resigns. Vegro Collector of Port in Charleston Steps Down and Ont. Charleston, S. C., March 1.?With he resignation of William D. Crum is collector of customs at this port, ;he resignation to take effect March 1, a situation which threatened to ;ause President-elect Taft considerible embarrassment is avoided. No ippointment made by President Roosevelt during either of his adminstrations has given rise to as much liscussion as that of ('rum, whose ippointment as collector at Charleson was vigorously opposed because )f the fact that he is a negro. A ong and hard fight against his conipmatinn u-jis mflHp hv Senator Till nan and others when he was first lamed for the position by President toosevelt in 1903 and within the last ew weeks, following his reappointnent, Senator Tillman conducted a tuccessful filibuster against his conirmation by the senate. Crum says that no pressure has >een brought to bear upon him now o cause him to resign, but that he loes so in part because he wishes to ;ave Mr. Taft, for whom he enterains great respect, from any possible imbarrassment as to his reappointnent, and chiefly because he feels hat he has been especially identified vith President Roosevelt's andminisration and he wishes to retire with lis chief. In his letter to President ioosevelt, after thanking the presilent for appointing him six years ago md for renominating him recently or a second term, he sava: Cram's Statement. "Since assuming the duties of this >osition I have striven diligently to ustify the confidence imposed in me. )uring all these years, so far as I mow, not a single charge has been irought against my moral character ; r a single adverse criticism made in : egard to the performance of my oficial' duties. I wish further to add ! hat those employed, in this office uner me, composed of both races, have een at all times courteous, kind and , nterested, and we have all worked . Dgether to make, the office work sue- ; essful and satisfactory. '.'When I became collector of the ort the annual receipts of the office re re scarcely $20,000. I am glad to J ay that they have shown a' flattering acrease each year, the total for the : seal year 1908 being almost $71,00, and for the first eight months f the present fiscal year arc more < han $80,000. I do not claim credit ' or this increase in business; much j f it would have been brought about hrough the natural growth of the j ort,. but cite these facts to show ' bat I have striven in every way posible to increase the usefulness of the ( ffice and the position which I hold, i "Before closing I feel that I should < dd that during all these years I i ave been treated with kindness and ; ourtesy by all those who have had fficial business with the office, and ave not had unpleasant contact with ny one ir the city. I "In conclusion permit me to thank ] ou again for the trust imposed, and ( 3 wish you, as you end your official ] areer, a hearty godspeed and long \ ife." < i Xo Statement Made. \ Washington, March 1.?W. D. ^ !rum's resignation did not reach the i Vhite House to-day and no state- 1 lent was given out there in regard ] d the matter. Secretary of the i 'reasury Cortelyou, when informed ] o-night of the resignation, said it \ ,*as the first he had heard of it and i eclared that if Crum's successor is ' ot appointed before his resignation ecomes effective, the special deputy ollector of the port will fill the place emporarily. ] The merchant cannot swell your ccount when he uses the McCaskey ystem. So-called "sharp" merchants on't use it. D. A. Kinard & Co. KILLS HUSBAND. - i Voman Takes Part of Her Son and ' Uses Axe on Better Half. Nashville, Feb. 27.?Ben F. Hurt, illed to-day by his wife. The ' bout thirteen miles from here, was illed to-day by his his wife. The ' armer and son engaged in a peronal difficulty in the yard and /hile they were fighting the woman an out and struck her husband in he head with an axe. It was wit- ' essed by several friends waiting at he gate for Hurt. We say without hesitation that we tave the most complete and the mest line of ladies' footwear for pring ever shown in Bamberg. City hoe stores can show no better line. !ome in and see them. J. A. BYRD. j| Prettiest ? ( i* ( ? %? ( ? %9 ; THAT'S WHAT s: AND WE HAVI 2 J COME VISIT U j J NICE LINE OF S f BEAUTIFUL LI $ LINENS IN SE1 tf; BORDERED C.4 J; TABLE CLOTH J: BOYS COME I* t J WE WANT TO i f HATS, CAPS, S A $2.00 KID GI ; ; COAT ANI) TE | f HAVE FOR SAJ i m if !! H. J. E J DON'T FORGET TH ARGUING DISPENSARY CASE. Mordecai and Stevenson Before the Federal Supreme Court. Columbia, Feb. 28.?The South Carolina dispensary case, which was commenced in the United States Supreme CouTjt late yesterday afternoon, will be concluded on Monday. T. M. Mordecai, for the Wilson Distilling Company, will make his argument and W. F. Stevenson, for the commission, will close. The question to be determined is one of jurisdiction, the creditors claiming that the Supreme Court has jurisdiction and should order the funds paid out, while the State takes the opposite view of the case. ; WOMAN CATCHES BURGLAR. Prisoner Shows no Concern in Telling Police He is Criminal. New York, Feb. 27.?Mrs. Carrie Rooney, returning from the theatre late last night, gave chase to a man whom she saw in the dining room of her home, grapple.d with him and j him until O Tin- I ouica ixit:u auu u^iu uiui uuw? m liceman arrived. Taken to a police station, the man showed little concern" and said that he was a burglar by profession. He volunteered this information after being asked the regulation questions by the police lieutenant. "Why do you ask me what I work at? You know I'm a burglar. That's, my trade," answered the man. A quantity of jewelry was found on the man, which was identified by Mrs. Rooney as her property. The best automobile oil on earth, Veroline, only 75c. the gallon, at G. Frank Bamberg's. SPECIAL NOTICES. = Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Sale.?Selected Eden and Watson watermelon seed. Apply to 3. R. BRABHAM, Bamberg, S. C. Life Insurance.?All those wishing life insurance will save money by * * -e t T7< T DDTPP geiimg ngures uum ea. xj. x ?ivu, Special Agent, Bamberg, S. C. For Sale.?One new upright Conaver piano, mahogany finish; made by The Cable Co. Cheap for cash or an easy terms. Apply at The Bamberg Herald office. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In re H. F. McGowan, bankrupt. You will please take notice that on :he 23rd day of February, 1909, H. P. McGowan was adjudged by an or- 4 ier of the Honorable Wm. H. Braw- J ley, Judge of the District Court for ( :he Eastern" District of the State of 4 South Carolina, to be a bankrupt, ! rnd the matter was referred to me ( :o take such steps as m^y be pro- 4 sdded by law; you and each of you ) ire.therefore notified that a meeting I svill be held in the court house at 4 Bamberg, S. C., at 10 a. m., on Wed- a aesday, March 10th, 1909, for the \ purpose of electing a trustee and 4 taking such further steps as may be a necessary in said matter, and you!" svill govern yourself accordingly. ( T. J. COUNTS, \ Referee in Bankruptcy. " Bamberg, S. C., Feb. 24, 1909. [-( s-r TIT ORAHAM. , e. eVritter, " * Attorneys for Petitioning Creditors. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass on any of the lands of A. B. or J. T. Griffith for any purpose whatever. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. A. B. GRIFFITH, J. T. GRIFFITH. Bamberg, Feb. 2nd, 1909. Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. Newark, X. J. AMERICAN SURETY CO. of New York M. T. BBiBHlM, Agent Bamberg, S. C. Office at Bamberg Banking Co. ? '-t ' # i 1:! Store in Bamberg I $ a if THE PEOPLE SAY. { J. 3 THE GOODS TOO. ' ' t 1 S AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Z * MOTOR CLOTH IN PRETTY PATTERNS. ' * J-. GHT WEIGHT SKIRT GOODS IN NEW WEAVES. 11 : g FERAL DIFFERENT SHADES. i LICOES AND PERCALES GALORE. J LINEN, SKIRT LINEN, SHEETINGS, ETC. { 1 OWN ON THE BAY, j J .SHOW YOU A SWELL LINE. 2 OX, SHIRTS, CRAVATS, COLLARS, ETC. ; f v:; OVE IN TAN AND GRAY FOR $1.50. ? } IOUSERS HANGERS FOR MEN ONLY. j } / LE CHEAP A BIG LINE GLASS AND TINWARE. g J i} M - -! 2 -V.: ih -:' m I rv-* i r--. * l.i oil >raDnam, jr. ? AT WE STILL HAVE SEED OATS FOR SALE. { "The Lack of Money is the Root of All Evil" As Mark Twain once said. If most people stopped to realize how money grows when systematically saved, there would be more saving and consequently more prosperity. iia&W ...P EOPLE MAKE A MISTAK E... - "}' |v:5^ In thinking that they must have a hundred dollars or I so before starting a bank account. One dollar will > * ' open an account in this bank. ?.4|s Interest credited quarterly. Your money subject to - \ check. PEOPLES BANE Bamberg, S.C. > '/(mm "SHIELD BRAND H/n | single op double breasted style, j; MM 11 |H I both two and three piece suits ||H |:1 j* I sold within the range of f*mM l-s^l I JM. THE LOWEST 1H If I $29. THE HIGHEST MM H ''-W% will wear until , cold weather ?MH mH I comes again, and then look too MM mlm I good to throw away. JBB S They are here, look them BP .over free of charge?whether ^^r?/ . I you buy or not. , I Conrad Ehrhardt Co.pf| Ehrhardt, :::::: South Caro^hu^.^ I n^wm 1 I II to" ANNOUNCE j 1| to the public gener- ? ally that we have re- ? cently opened office in ? -/M this city for the pur- ? pose of conducting a ?^ general brokerage ? business and solicit a ? share of their patron- ? age. From time to ? time we will call at- ' ? ; ^ tention to our offer- . ? ings through the col- ? urns of this paper ! w j WHICH may uutivoi , w I j Carolina Brokerage Co. j IpH | Spann Building over Peoples Dru^ Store i : ; ' : .. .