Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ' ' ; j * A JHJlf *<V . s ' K ^ - > ' v LAKE STILL IN CALABOOSE. * Traveling Man Arrested by Lexington Sheriff Remains in Jail. c. Lexington, March 25.?W. E. Lake, the traveling man who was arrested in Columbia yesterday by Sheriff Corley, under the charge of \ "skipping his board bill at the Meetze ' jt -* hotel, in this place, is still in jail. (Chief of Police John G. Darby, of Batesburg, came here this morning and swore out a warrant for Lake, charging him with jumping his hotel bill at Batesburg. Lake positively ^ refuses to make a statement as to his V' doings. He claims to represent the Up-to-Date Advertising Company, of -1', New York, and the papers tound in his possession bear out this statement. He skipped his board bill at the Grice hotel in Edgefield and at , the Penn house in Batesburg. His grips were searched to-day but nothing was found that would indicate > that h"e had been connected with safe blowers. One thing that has caused a great deal of comment is that Lake regisi tered at the hotel here under the name of W. E. Lawrence, at another place as W. E. Landham, and his baggage and" letters bear the name of W. E. Lake. When asked why he used so many different names he j* V positively refused to explain. It is understood that he wired his house for money to-day. He has employed Messrs. Graham & Sturkie to look - ?? ?%* *? i 1 J I after his interest, we win De nem for a day or two for further investigation. Representatives Came Near Blows* Washington, March 26.?Through \ - a misunderstanding Representative Byrd, of Mississippi, and Representative Fordney, of Michigan, almost came to blows on the floor of the house to-day while the latter was making a speech on the tariff. Mr. Byrd asked Mr. Fordney if it were not true that a combination existed among the retail dealers of , Michigan, to which Mr. Fordney's firm, which is operating in that ? > State, was a party. Mr. Byrd added that he knew whereof he spoke when he charged the existence of such a If combination. "The gentleman does not know a * damned thing about it," shouted Mr. Fordney, irritably. Immediately Mr. ' Byrd made his way toward Mr. Fordney, but several Democratic members stopped him. Mr. Fordney apologized to the ?, house for his profanity and said that if he had offended the gentleman - from Mississippi he most humbly x apologized. He added, however, that w Mr. Byrd could not say that his firm was a member of a lumber trust. Mr: Byrd then explained that it was not his intention to make such a charge, and the incident was > closed. J Postmaster Short. V 7*$ > . Marion, March 23.?C. R. Moore, postmaster at Pee Dee, in Marion county, has been found short in his accounts by a postoffice inspector to the amount of $703.16 and he has left for parts unknown. The inspector checked up his office on the 23rd and found the shortage and Moore told him he would go over to Florence and get the money to re> . place that which was short. Moore has been missing since the 23 rd and all hope of his return has now been . abandoned. He left a note behind addressed to his family stating that he was accused of being short, but that he was not short, and that if they ever found his body he wanted his family to give him a decern burial. Up to two years ago Moore was a resident of Marion and he moved to Pee Dee to engage in the mercantile business. He has been conducting a store in connection with the postofflce at Pee Dee fqr about two years and he has also been running a farm in Florence county, near Winona. He is married and has several children, one of his sons being grown. The bondsmen have made good the shortage and the government will lose nothing. % Murderer Strangles Himself. New York, March 28.?James Vango, a young negro, who, after his arrest in Chicago, confessed that he had murdered Isadore Devallent, night clerk in the Eastern hotel here, for the purpose of robbery, strangled himself in his cell in the Tombs prison to-day. Vango used a method to encompass his death which required almost Spartan courage. He twisted a handkerchief around his neck and after tieing it securely, tightened it . i with a small piece of lead pencil, ' which he used as a tourniquet, until it closed his windpipe. He then ? threw himself on the cot, placed his hands under his adbomen, buried his face in the pillow and waited for death. With the same pencil he had pre. ^ viously written two notes of farewell, one to his wife and the other to Detective James Murphy, who captured him in Chicago. To his wife he wrote this brief line: "Dear Wife: Death is but eternal f sleep; why should I stay and suffer? Forgive me. JIM." His note to Detective Murphy was a practical admission of the crime of which he is charged. Devallent was murdered early in the morning of March 15. The hotel till had been rifled, Devallent's watch and money were gone and the safe had been tampered with. Vango, :f who had been a porter in the hotel, disappeared about the time of the crime. Detective Murphy found him in Chicago. Vango confessed that he planned the murder, but said that the killing was done by two accomplices. Up Before the Bar. N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pittsf field, Vt., writes: "We have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for years and find them such a good family medicine we wouldn't be without them." For chills, constipation, biliousness or sick headache they work wonders, 25c. Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. * * IP* . WANTS TO SELL HIS LEG. 1 I Self-Coiifessed Failure Makes Peculiar Offer. The fame of the Rockefeller institute, Isiew York, where physicians transfer to utter strangers the most essential parts of animal economy, has reached Highland Park, {Kentucky, and stirred a Kentuckian to offer to "part with one leg to relieve a sufferer." The offer is made in a letter, which ays in part: "I need the money and am willing to part with one leg to relieve a sufferer if I can but find him. "I have been one continual failure at all attempts in everything from childhood up to 28 years of age, and at last, for the love of a child over whose future I was brooding, a thought came to me, 'why not sell one of my legs to the New York wealthy for grafting. "I have met about all the failures that are on two legs, and I won't have much to avoid on one leg, and I am anxious to try it, and really look forward to it, for I can but change my fortunes as I want to for this child. I'll gladly part with a leg and go to my grave happy with a peg leg." . $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will he pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. He Played Jean Valjean. How a soldier escaped from a coffin and got a pension is told by Capt. J. W. Lindsey, commissioner of pensions, and it has to do with one of prison war records of the civil war record. "This applicant for a pension," said Capt. Lindsey, "claimed that he was a veteran of the civil war and that he had been a soldier in one of the Georgia regiments. I investigated the records and they showed that he was marked up as a deserter, having been placed on a post as picket, from which he mysteriously disappeared. I could not approve the pension, aunougn mere was uu actual proof that he had been a deserter. "A short while later he came back and said he was ready to show that he was not a deserter. He proved that he had been captured by Federal soldiers and put in prison, from which he had later escaped. The story of his escape was peculiar. "One night six coffins containing the bodies of men who had died were brought into the guard house where other prisoners were confined. The soldier induced one of his fellow prisoners to assist him in taking out one of the bodies, which they hid in a pile of rags. Then he climbed in and had his comrade to lightly nail the lid. "Next morning the coffins were carried out some distance from the prison to be buried. You can imagine what .happened when that fellow burst out of the coffin with a bloodcurdling shriek. Graves and gravediggers fell pell mell back to camp and the Confederate soldier hurried into the thicket and was lost, i approved the pension."?Atlanta Georgian. ^ Deputy Postmaster Faces Murder Charge. Jackson, Miss., March 24.?Judge Potter has fixed April 2nd as the date for the beginning of the trial of Will Sorsby, the young deputy postmaster, of Clinton, who shot and killed Postoffice Inspector Charles Fitzgerald after he had checked him up short several hundred dollars in his accounts and declined to agree not to report the matter to the department at Washington. The special venire of 200 men demanded by the defense has been ordered drawn Monday preceding the trial, but the question as to whether the venire shall be taken from the entire county or only from this, the first district, has not been determined. The proceedings Tuesday lasted but a short while and the great crowd in attendance was disappointed that no further proceedings are to be had till Friday week. Sorsby was accompanied to and from the court room Tuesday by his wife, as on the day previous, the little woman taking more interest in the proceedings apparently than does her prisoner-husband. Postmaster Moore in Jail. Marion, March 26.?C. R. Moore, the postmaster who absconded from Pee Dee on account of a shortage in hie nf $702.16. was arrested at Pee Dee this morning by Deputy Marshal W. A. Wall. Moore came back to Pee Dee last night under the impression that since the money had been made good to the government he would not be arrested. This, however, was not the understanding of the postoffice inspectors and he was arrested and brought to Marion this morning. United States Commissioner W. F. Stackhouse bound him over for the next term of the United States court in Charleston. The bond was placed at $2,000, but Moore was unable to give bond and he is now in jail here. The entire matter was a great surprise to everybody here, where Moore was well known. He was a man with a family consisting of a wife and several children, and he conducted, in addition to the postoffice at Pee Dee, a store at the same place and a farm near Winona, in Florence county. ORIGIN OF "RED SHIRTS." Col. Crews Does Not Think Col. Sitton Was Originator. The following from Col. T. B. Crews, the veteran editor of the Laurens Herald, appeared in that paper in its issue of March 18: "We see it stated in several newspapers that Col. A. J. Sitton, who recently died in Anderson county, was the "first captain of Red Shirts that did so much to redeem South Carolina from Radical misrule in '76." With no disposition to take any credit from the memory of Col. Sitton due him, we will say that the claim that he was the originator of tne iamous neo ouins ia uiuerem from the generally conceded version that the late Gen. Mart Gary, of Edgefield, was the originator of the "scarlet uniform," and that it first made its appearance at that place on the occasion of a Radical powwow there, at which the then governor (Chamberlain) was present; that the old 'Bald Eagle' (as Gen. Gary was sometimes called) forced Chamberlain to 'divide time,' and that the powwow was finally broken up and dispersed. This initial incident occurred, if we remember correctly, a short time previous to the opening oi the regular Hampton campaign oi '76. "As to the origin of the 'Red Shirts' as a uniform, so far as our recollection goes, they made their first appearance at Abbeville on the day immediately succeeding the historic event of firing on the Federal steamer 'Star of the West' by the Citadel cadets in Charleston harbor, from a battery on Morris Island, on the morning of January 9, 1861. Capt. Jas. M. Perrin, of Abbeville, who commanded a company oi minute men, received orders from Gen. Maxcy Gregg, then colonel oi the First regiment, on the evening oi the 9th to report with his company in Charleston, forthwith, and the company left for the designated point on the morning of)either the 10th or llth of January, 1861. "The Minute Men, of which the wrf.ter was a member, having no uniform, the Red Shirt was adopted. i Words to Freeze the Soul. "Your son has consumption. His case is hopeless." These appalling words were spoken to Geo. E. Blevens, a leading merchant, of Springfield, N. C., by two expert doctors? one a lung specialist. Then was shown the wonderful power of Dr. King's New Discovery. "After three weeks use," writes Mr. Blevens, "he was as well as ever. I would not take all the money in the world for what it did for my boy." Infallible for coughs and colds, its the safest, surest cure of desperate lung diseases on earth. 50c. and $1.00. Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C., guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottle free. Attempt to Kill Policeman. Greenville, March 24.?Five shots from a revolver in the hands of a man who kept himself hidden in the darkness were fired at Patrolman Attaway early this morning as the officer was on his way to his home. But for the presence of mind of the policeman in dropping to the ground when the first shot whistled by his head he would more than likely have been hit by the other four that whizzed above his head.' While on the ground the officer emptied his revolver in the direction whence the leaden missiles flew, but so far as is known he did not strike any one. Officer Attaway has been on the force for about a year and is generally regarded as being a man who strictlv enforces all ordinances and statute laws and for this reason he is attacked by an element of lawbreakers which infest the outskirts of the city. The officers have been searching diligently all day for a clue to the man who attempted the assassination. Thus far no arrests have been made. Swept Over Niagara. This terrible calamity often happens because a careless boatman ignores the river's warnings?growing ripples and faster current?nature's warnings are kind. That dull pain or ache in the back warns you the kidneys need attention if you would escape fatal maladies?dropsy, diabetes or Bright's disease. Take Electric Bitters at once and see backache fly and all your best feelings return. "After long suffering from weak kidneys and lame back, one $1.00 bottle wholly cured me," writes J. R. Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only 50c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Prohibition Bill Passed. Little Rock, Ark., March 24.?By a vote of 69 to 28 the house this afternoon passed the house joint resolution which provides for statutory State-wide prohibition by constitu tional amendment. If the resolution passes the senate the question will finally be settled by a vote of the people. "I'd Rather Die, Doctor than have my feet cut off," said M. L. Bingham, of Princeville, 111, "but you'll die from gangrene (which had eaten away eight toes) if you don't," said all doctors. Instead, he used Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly cured. Its cures of eczema, fever sores, boils, burns and piles astound the world. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Burned Under Automobile. West Palm Beach, Fla., March 27. ?Deputy Sheriff James R. Abrams was burned to death and George C. Barco was seriously injured when Mr. Barco's machine turned over near Boynton shortly after midnight last night, pinning Abrams, Barco and Richard Gardner under the machine. The gasoline tank exploded, scattering the burning fluid over the men. Gardner succeeded in extricating himself uninjured and helped Barco from under the machine, but Abrams was pinned under in such a manner that he could not be moved. The accident was caused by the steering gear becoming unmanageable. 't V . . - , . urana iruiiinery Display i Do not forget the Opening Days, I : Friday & Saturday, April 2nd & 3rd If you are looking for a stylish Hat at a moderate price I can please you. No effort has been spared in gathering together the choicest offerings in WOMEN'S SPRING HEADGEAR The latest designs in Millinery that will please the most critical observers, are ' constantly received from the leading fashion centers. 1 have now ready the ; most magnificent line of MILLINERY AND EASTER SPECIALTIES ever exhibited in the town of Ehrhardt. ; Come in and Jet us show you some of the swellest creations of the season. What has not already been made can be designed and built especially for you. Prices are right, and for economy the styles can't be beaten. ; Mrs. E. P. fiopeland EHRHARDT, SOUTH CAROLINA. 14 PER CENT. AND SAFETY! \ This bank gives yon protection for your savings and 5 c pays yon 4 per cent, interest for the privilege of serving jj z you. When yon hoard your money it earns you nothing, 2 X and you * assume all risk of loss from carelessness, 3 C thieves, fire and poor investment. Which is the better BE way?to bring your savings here where they will be ab- I | solutely safe and earn you an income, or put them away in some place of fancied security where they will bring Kg rnti In nnf-hincr tint. wnPTV? 181 I |j EHRHARDT BANKING CO., - Ehrhardt, S. C. | j ? I have moved my hardware store into the ? ? brick store next to the Peoples Bank, on ? 1 ? Main street. Have just received a new ? ; ? line of all kinds, of Hardware,"'Tools, I ? ? Farm Supplies, etc., and can save you ? ? money. Don't fail to see me before buy- ? ; ? ing anything in my line. ? . ? J. A. HUNTER jg ! ? The Hardware Man Bamberg, S. C. x 1 DON'T THROW JT AWAY 1 & ?2 T ? > That broken gun or pistol, or perhaps $ 1 it's a bicycle that is not in working $ I order. Dpn't throw it away, but let ' ;9? 1 ? me repair it so that it will give you as ? * ? much service as though it were new. * ? ? I am fully prepared to execute repair i ? ; if work promptly and satisfactorily, v ! t i and solicit your patronage. ? ; II j. b. brickleI m m ; ;; The Repair Man Bamberg, S. C. fj C;di il? tl? ill ill il? ill ill ill *1? 0* it1 il-'I?il?-I? il? !? -I? -I?-I? 4? I The Spring Season 1 : ? is near at hand, and you will soon want a new ? ? buggy and set of harness, for this is the time of ? 1 ? year when one wants to ride around a great deal. ? i ? We have a mighty nice line of buggies, both open ? ? and top, fine harness, lap robes, whips, etc., and ? ? will be glad if you will come to see us before you ? ? buy a new buggy. Also full line one and two- ? i ? horse wagons. ? 1 Fancy Driving Horses I j|j If you want a fancy driving horse, we can suit |g * you. They have the looks and the speed, and if * * you want a turnout that will be just a little better * ; * and a little faster than the other fellow's, come * * here and let us hook up one of our fancy steppers x x to an elegant new buggy. Also a good lot of mules x x on hand. x | Jones Mors I , x Bamberg, - South Carolina x 4 ' . T . . - - . -Aa-.. XiJ : .-??3 Sii '' "* V 3a | J. P. CAETEB j; ! Attorney-at-La^ s![ J BAMBERG, S. C. J | : f Settlement of estates and inves- } > X tigation of titles a specialty. < > x Office over Bamberg Ranking Co. i J. Aldrich Wyman ,E. H. Henderson * Wyman & Henderson % Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated , oj ERNEST E. BITTER ^ Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. Rp?r?pr?tfiillv nffpra hia aervlcfta tn -m the people of Bamberg county, and vjS by giving faithful attention to allyv|$ business trusts to merit a portion of' ^ the legal work, and assures in advance his sincere appreciation. Offices upstairs over Bamberg H. M. GBAHAM Attorney-at-Law i:||| BAMBERG, S. C. Practices in all Courts of this State* Offices in The Herald Building* ^ Jas. M. Brailsford. J. P. Matheny.-,%g|l Brailsford & Matheny Jf Attorneys-at-Law No. 20 Church St., Orangeburg, S. ft: Will practice in all the courts South Carolina. Owners and managers of the Edisto Real Estate & Mortgage Coi/^.-v;': Iff mo'stb ^viDKrssmM 1 J[ INSURANCE AGENT J! WILL WRITE ANYTHING , j t JgS < > Fire, Tornado, Accident, Ida- < ][ bility, Casualty, in the { ' ? ^ ^ o strongest and most re- . V 0 liable companies. ; ; j J[ 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. ] ; ^ 1 If yon need a safe that Is a ( safe see me before buying V/2wj J. D. FELDtfB BAMBERG, . * S. C. Agent Victor Safe AL k Co. < 'S.^ Anything in Safes Cincinnati, O. 1 Shoe & Harness Bepairiag1||^ I have moved into the store lately co* ]3 cupled by The Bamberg Herald, where I am better prepared to serve you than . ever. All sorts of harness and shoes re- -stM paired and satisfaction guaranteed. 1 y ^ manufacture harness of all kinds, bridles V.ffifBM halters, etc. Give me a trlaL _ . H. W. JOHNSON, | BAMBERG. S. C. i|| / wmAiM *MMI*C'aa' ^aaa*.^na*a. ^*aD wvM a*a 1 I Ooo?Crease Company, .Why it Succeeds Because it's for One Thing Only, ana Bamberg People Appreciate this. fyga? Nothing can be good for every^fffiSB thing. Doing one thing well bringB ano* cess. Doan's Kidney Pills do one thing!They cure sick kidneys. They cure backache, every kidney^ Here is Bamberg evidence to R. M. Zeigler, Bamberg, S. CM says: "I am recommending Doan's Kidney Pills in the hope that other persons afflicted with kidney com- - ^ plaint will use them. I was bothered by attacks of backache for more than a year. My kidneys were also --fM badly disordered and at times I had ^4^ considerable difficulty in passing the kidney secretions. Learning of Doan's Kidnfey Pills, I went to the Peoples Drug Co. and procured a -j, supply. They have given me great relief. Since using them the pain f^jj has disappeared from my back, my kidneys are performing their fnnetions properly, and I feel better in. every way." For sale by all dealers. Price cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the . United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. HI PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills Injector*, Z Pumps and Fittings, wood Saws, Splitters, , Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline ftnginw . LARQB5T0CK LOMBARD I Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store AUGUSTA, GA.