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? * - J WRECK NEAR DENMARKSeaboard's Fast Train Derailed by Wreckers?-No Lives Lost. The Seaboard's through southbound passenger train No. 4 3, carrying a Pullman, one day coach, a baggage car, express car and mail car from New York to Florida points with about 20 passengers aboard, was wrecked by running into an open switch at Hicks Station, 42 miles south of Columbia, near Denmark, at 1:15 this morning. All of the passengers and every member of the train crew received some slight bruises, though none of the passengers was seriously injured. remaps me wusi iujuicu mau id ^ Mail Clerk Rudolph McDavid, formerly of Abbeville and once of Columbia, but now of Jacksonville, who was probably internally injured. The only man carried to the hospital is the engineer, Mr. J. M. As'ae> ley, a widower, of Savannah. His engine was completely demolished, and when Mr. W. R. Black, a Co* . lumbia passenger, and Conductor H. W. Butler went to his assistance he was pushing his own way out of the wreckage. He greeted the crowd that expected to see him hauled out in pieces with a smile. He said he v was attempting to make up lost time when the wreck occurred and must have been pulling the train at a speed of 60 miles an hour. Day coach passengers think, however, that the p dazed engineer overestimated the ; speed. They do not think the train ; was exceeding a speed of 40 miles. Four negroes were carried to the * Taylor Lane hospital, the fireman, who has a broken leg, and three ne- * groes who were beating their way, one of the three a train hand. There is clear-cut evidence that the wreck was deliberately planned, but what the motive of the criminal * or criminals was is a mystery, as there was no attempt at robbery after the wreck. The switch lock had been broken and the switch turned so as to throw the rapidly moving train into the side track ^ against a section of freight cars, which were demolished and thrown into the swamp. The switch lights were thrown away, and in order that ' the engineer might not save the train by observing the change in the switch by his engine headlight a wad of newspaper (a copy of the Augusta ' Chronicle of March 8) was stuffed between the switch point and the main rail and this darkened with 1 ?? O<nra?ol roi 1 rnor? i ittjers ui jiiuu. otitiui iuulvuu >?v tectives at once got busy on the case, but though dogs were promptly secured, no important clue has so far * been discovered. 7 A view of the wreck causes one to wonder that not half the people on board were killed. The Pullman was the only coach that did not leave the track, but though the engine was demolished the mail car was the only thing to be overturned. There were three other mail clerks in this be' . sides Mr. McDavid, Clerks Smith, of Savannah, and Stanley and Gordon, of Jacksonville, none of whom was seriously injured. The Pullman was driven up to the parting of the nnrifnli V* O /lov OAQ (iff fhft tr?pk DWltVU) WUV UUJ s VVM.V44 V? ? just ahead of it. The big heavy rails of the main track, as well as those of the sidetrack, were snapped in two, some of them without bendi ing. In the sleeper were two ladies with their husbands. One of these was a bride, who did not leave her berth. For the present the Seaboard's trains are all being detoured over the Southern's lines around by Den* mark, thougtf the passengers on - the wrecked train were brought back here on a special that was sent to the scene for that purpose from Columbia. ;' The day conductor, Mr. Harry W. Butler, was painfully bruised, but the Pullman conductor, Mr. Wiley, was just badly jarred. The negro fireman acted the part of a hero in r helping with the injured, although he himself had a broken leg. Baggagemaster Fleming received some bruises, but he is walking about cheerfully. Governor Ansel this morning received the following telegram from ex-Chairman C. W. Garris, of the * railroad commission, now living at Bamberg, which is near the scene of the wreck: "Seaboard Air Line 43 was wrecked at South Edisto this morning. Circumstantial evidence is strong that the wreck was the result of criminal design. Can you not forward bloodhounds promptly? I have seen the situation myself." After consultation with the railroad people the governor decided not to send any dogs, the railroad detec. tives having very little confidence in dogs in a case of this kind. The detectives had already been on the scene and preferred not to have any ^<~>erc? "moeo" -crifh +Vi?k r?aco fnllim > bia Record, Saturday, April 10th. The Generous Lawyer. V . A Boston lawyer tells this story on another lawyer named Ames, who was retained as counsel for a f man who stepped in a hole in the street and broke his leg, says Lippincott's. Suit was brought against the city in the sum of one thousand f dollars, and Ames won the case. The city appealed to the supreme court, but here also the verdict was in favor of Ames' client. v After settling up the claim, Ames handed his client a silver dollar. "What is this for?" asked the man. "That is what is left after taking out my fee, the cost of appeal, and t other expenses." The man regarded the dollar a moment, then looked at Ames. "What is the matter with this?" he asked. "Is it bad?" > Beaten for Upholding Law. Pensacola, Fla., April 11.?Deputy Sheriff Johnson, who was beaten f * into insensibility Saturday morning by four men. revived sufficiently today to make a statement. He says the assault was due to his activity in investigating the recent lynching. He says he had previously received a letter warning him to be on his guard. / He believes he knows his assailants and arrests are likely to follow. > * ENFORCEME Good Citizenship Means En Influence of Pi At the recent term of court in Saluda county, Judge Chas. G. Dantzler, of Orangeburg, used the following language in his charge to the grand jury. It is such a sound, sensible utterance, that we commend it to the careful perusal of our people: When I first held court here, years ago, nearly seven years now, the first thing I heard the morning court convened was that there had been three fights just before the convening of court. One of them occurred on that porch right out there, and I :came upon the scene just after it was over. Things have been changed since that time, the appearance of things has been changed, things look differently. Whether it is due to prohibition, the prohibiting of the sale of whiskey in your town, I do not know, but some change has come about for the better since that time; I have seen that sinc'e my short stay here from last Saturday until to-day. I have not heard of any fights, except ths.t I did hear of a shooting scrape that occurred last Saturday, in which two men were shot. That is not as near upon the convening of court as in the instance I have just mentioned. There has been a decided change for the better in your community. I do not propose to deliver a prohibition lecture to you this morning, but I suggest this for your consideration: "What has brought about the change?" There is probably a combination of circumstances contributing to this desirable condition of things; probably so. I am not a pessimist; I do not believe the world is getting any wors?; on the contrary, I think it is getting better. I think the people generally are beginning to have more respect and a higher regard for the law, and for the enforcement of it, the necessity for the enforcement of it, than .formerly. I think the people generally are beginning to appreciate the responsibilities of good citizenship. And good citizenship does not consist merely in the observance of the law from a fear of the consequences of its violation. That is not the best citizenship. Good citizenship is a proper appreciation of the responsibilities * involved in it, and coupled with a determination that so far as lies in the individual the law [will be enforced. You have heard it and I have heard it uttered from the pulpit and from the bench in this State time and again, the necessity for the enforcement of the law to prevent revolution and anarchy, to prevent disregard for the law, and some contend that the proper enforcement of the law is the only way by which better times can be had, and a better and higher regard for the observr? aa + V* q 1 n tit nhf q i n VI tuv At* Tt vuvu*u. The cause of it goes farther back than the verdicts of juries. It reaches to the individual, and behind all of that it goes to the home life of the people. A child who is not brought up to obey and observe parental authority, when he becomes a citizen will not, in all likelihood, respect governmental authority. I do not know what my clerical friends will think of my construction of the commandment where it says: "Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee," but I have never been able to reconcile the interpretation of it to the individual, in relation to individual application. Why, it does not mean that a boy who obeys his parents is going to live a long time, no; but it has a national significance, meaning that those who obey their parents will live long as a nation, for the reason that obedience to parental authority will result in the obedience to governmental law and authority. So, after all that may be said in relation to the enforcement of the law, it reaches back at last to the home life of the people?there is where it is. You tell me that a boy who is not required to obey and respect and regard parental authority in the 'home is going to respect and obey authority in the school room, and is going to become a good citizen?never; impossible, . impossible. The only way to deter such people from crime, from the commission of crime, of course, is by the enforcement of the law; but you will never have good citizenship out of such material as that, you never will. It depends, at last, upon the home life of the people of a community. What is public sentiment? You say public sentiment embraces thus and so, that it approves of this and disanDnroves of that. Public senti ment is nothing more than an aggregation or collection of individual sentiment?certainly not, and when people talk of miscarriages of justice by juries, such miscarriages result from wrong public sentiment. Juries are the representatives of the people, and their verdicts are the verdicts of the people. I repeat, that public sentiment is an aggregation or collection of individual thought, which determines the character of all life. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," is the declaration of the highest authority; so, when our people begin to realize the necessity of controlling their off spring, then a safe and sure foundation will be laid for good citizenship in this country, and no sooner. Another Lynching Offense. Yazoo City. Miss.. April 11.?After besting an officer who was about to take him in custody and firing on a posse who later succeeded in placing him under arrest, Howard Montgomery, a negro, was placed in the Yazoo City jail early to-day, charged with having violated a labor contract. An hour later a mob formed, overpowered the jailer and hanged the negro. Old newspapers for sale at The Herald office, 15 cents a hundred. Cheapest kind of wrapping paper. i NT OF LAW.1 forcement of the Law?The ablic Sentiment. j i ROBBED OF $8,000. Sack of Currency Snatched From X. | G. Evans, at Denmark. i Augusta, Ga., April 11.?Em- j ployes of the Southern railway here report that early yesterday morning at the Denmark, S. C., railroad crossing a negro seized a grip containing $8,000 in currency, the property of N. G. Evans, of Edgefield, S. C., leaped from the moving train and esMnwl intr* the wonds Afr Evans was riding in the first class coach and the grip was by his side when the thief snatched it and broke away from men of the train crew who tried to halt him. Up to this time no arrest has been made. The railroad men intimate connection between this thief and the wreckers who wrecked a train on the Seaboard Air Line Saturday morning near the same place. The theft occurred three hours after the wreck. Cannot be Brought Back. Laurens, April 10.?Solicitor R. A. Cooper is in receipt of a letter from Postoffice Inspector Hardy T. Gregory relative to a yeggman with a number of "aliases," now held in the Atlanta federal prison on the charge of robbing the postoffice in Bonifay,' Fla., on December 22 of last year. The purport of the letter is to advise that the man confesses to have teen with "Sheney Mike" or Charley Silas in Laurens on the night of January 28, when Policeman Stone was "killed, and to request the solicitor to institute any procedings necessary to bring the man to trial in this district. Mr. Gregory gives the prisoner's name as "James Martin," "Frank Harris," "George Wallace," "George' Davis" ana "Wally." Solicitor Cooper returned this morning from Atlanta, where he had a conference with Inspector Gregory relative to the matter. When seen this morning Mr. Cooper states that the Atlanta prisoner says he was within six feet of the scene of that memorable and deadly combat in the Laurens railroad yards in January, but as to participating in the fight at all he had nothing to say. Mr. Cooper stated that the Laurens authorities had no legal means by which they can handle the prisoner, and that it will be impossible to bring him to this district for trial. Inspector Gregory is not positive that he has sufficient evidence to convict Martin on the Bonifay charge, and if not he has one other charge to bring. But it was his desire to bring him to Laurens if possible. Governor Scores Legislature' Austin, Tex., April 11.?Upon the expiration of the first called session of the legislature to-day, Gov. Campbell called the lawmakers to meet tomorrow for a second special session, submitting legislation in the matter of appropriations for the State government for the next two years and the enactment of a law for the protection of bank deposits. In a special message to the legislature the governor scored the legislature for failure to enact the platform demands. "Your regular session of 60 days was expensive and of little value to the people," says the governor. "Not a single platform demand was enacted into law; one was defeated and you adjourned without ever considering the appropriation bill, whereupon tne, lobby applauded and it is not strange you received through the newspapers the felicitations of the chairman of the Republican executive committee of this State. "Altogether your honorable bodies have been in continuous regular and called sessions since January 12. It will hardly be denied that everything that has been done in the way of legislation by tjie regular or called session could have been done in 10 days and then the appropriation bills could have been considered and passed." He recites at length what the governor has sought to be enacted into laws with special emphasis upon the bank guaranty law, the failure to enact which he severely condemns. FOUND PART OF A SKULL. Tragedy Discovered in Cabin of Negro in Georgia. Shellman, Ga., April 10.?The finding of a portion of a white man's skull in a pool of blood in a negro cabin here to-day, and of the body of the negro owner of the cabin, Alfred Iverson, behind his bed, led to the discovery that a posse entered Iverson's cabin last night and shot him. Iverson is believed to have shot one of the attacking party. No reason for the killing of the negro had been learned. According to Iverson's wife, the posse consisted of four white men, who went to the cabin to whip Iverson, because he had quit work. A fight ensued. After it was over she says the men carried the body away. Job for South Carolinian. Washington, April 7.?Henry F. Greene to-day tendered to President Taft his resignation as a civil service commissioner, asking that it be maae enective on .May 1. it nas oeen reported for some time that the first vacancy on the commission would be filled by the appointment of Jas. T. Williams, Jr., of the District of Columbia, formerly a newspaper man, who acted as secretary to National Chairman Hitchcock during a greater part of the presidential campaign. He is a native of South Carolina. Commissioner Greene was appointed from Minnesota. The president has taken no action as yet in the matter. I Style for Every Head That our new hats styles fully deserve the enthusiastic praise we have been giving them in our announcements is gratifyingly shown by the unprecedented de- * mands we have had for them thus far. New supply of latest styles just arrived, and more to come. Whatever our price you can depend upon its buying the best that can be produced for the money. We invite a careful inspection of Spring Hats, quality of material, and excellence in workmanship. Our Millinery Department is under the supervision of a trimmer of talent and experience. We can promise the very best to be had in any wiowlrA^a To ir? on/1 nnni4aAiie frfiofmorif Uldi lielOi x an (duu vuiuvvvuu vivuvuivuv to all. Large and select line of the famous American Beauty Corsets just received. Come and make your selection early. Yours to serve, Mrs. E. P. Copeland EHRHARDT, SOUTH CAROLINA. II THE ROAD TO jf 3* SUCCESS IS For t^loS who practice economy and fix fia ti a riT-nnm show wisdom by keeping their sav- fiS 11 EASIEST ings in a BANK. || I t vSwvV EABMTS and .g a factop thieving ! I Sg MONEY success. v 2 i START TO SAVE and open a savings account NOW. gjj II ONE DOLLLAR WILL DO. 2* II EHRHARDT BANKING CO., - Ehrhardt, S. C. II gS 4 Per C&nt. Interest. Capital Stock $20,000.00. g } I J H A V B.M OV BDI I have moved my hardware store into the ? brick store next to the Peoples Bank, on ? Main street. Have just received a new ? line of all kinds of Hardware, Tools, ? 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 *f* >f* ' > tf* *ft < > ?9* ? ? ?f? ? ? ?fi I DON'T THROW IT AWAY li ? M ? ? That broken gun or pistol, or perhaps * $ it's a bicycle that is not in working 4? t? order. Don't throw it away, but let ' ? 4? me repair it so that it will give you as w 4? much service as though it were new. 4} f I am fully prepared to execute repair ? 4? work promptly and satisfactorily, 4? 4? and solicit your patronage. t ? |j. B. BRICKLES M i; The Repair Man Bamberg, S. C. ;; ^ -I- !: | The Spring Sum i ffi is near at hand, and you will soon want a new ? ? buggy and set of harness, for this is the time of ? ? year when one wants to ride around a great deal. ? ? 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- ? ? horse wagons. ? I Fancy Driving Horses 1 ^ If you want a fancy driving horse,, we can suit jg g you. They have the looks and the speed, and if * j|| you want a turnout that will be just a little better * jg and a little faster than the other fellow's, come jg jjg here and let us hook up one of our fancy steppers jg to an elegant new buggy. Also a good lot of mules X on hand. j|j 1 Jones Brothers 1 X Bamberg, South Carolina x - ' " \; ' '.v- . .. " v'V - . . ... -r ' * % - V ' . I J. ' P. CAB TEE ' 'j | 1 Attorney-at-Law J; J BAMBERG, S. C. J[ Settlement of estates and inves- J [ I tigation of titles a specialty. o J Office over Bamberg Banking Co. J * " J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Mm Wvman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. ' :M General Practice. Loans Negotiated ? ERNEST E. RITTER Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. Respectfully offers his services to the people of Bamberg county, and by giving faithful attention to all business trusts to merit a portion of the 1e?al work, and assures in ad vance his sincere appreciation. , :iM Offices upstairs over Bamberg Banking Co. <: H. M. GRAHAM ;||| Attorney-at-Law j BAMBERG, S. C. : Practices in all Courts of this State. j ^ Offices n The Herald Building. J[ INSURANCE AGENT J [ . o WILL WRITE ANYTHING !! ||8| < * Fire, Tornado, Accident, Ida- < ] [ bility, Casualty, in the ] | o strongest and most re- <> $$$!& < liable companies. < > ^ 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C, J | ^jlg If yon need a safe that is a safe see me before buying ' J. D. FELDEB 1 BAMBERG, C? Agent Victor Safe A Lock Co. Anything in Safes Cincinnati, O. Shoe & Harness Eepairing I have moved Into 'the store lately oo cupied by The Bamberg Herald, where -ggfi I am better prepared to serve yon than ' ever. All sorts of harness and shoes repaired and /satisfaction guaranteed. I ' manufacture harness of allk tads, bridles halters, etc. Give me a trial. H. W. JOHNSON, BAMBERG, S. C. ~ 1 For m?y iwiiiiiiw Coo? Gwe U t?i nn^iw) m? I I woadafaj nmd?J amAan in tracing nd coring Pneumonia I '->j I IfcrtftOWftllM I I (.till ! it nmit from po? foom great. w?i odw tWmU* I I Wtitf hgwJhHllfct Try it. ' fl 1/ Jk 4 Dr^gi* *?d Dalen, ?C I m ' Coos* Grease Companfi ' -j^Si THE ONLY WAY. |8 Many Bamberg Citizens Have Ws- / ';>* W& covered it. Just what to do when the kidneys v%jSB| are affected, is a question that con- :#J8S cerns both xoung and old. Weak kidneys neglected in childhood lead 'V* to life-long suffering. People of advanced years, with less vitality, snffer doubly. In youth or age, languor, backache, urinary irregularity, dizziness and nervousness make life a burden. There is one remedy that acts directly on the kidneys and cures these troubles. Doan's Kidney Pills owe their world-wide fame to the fact 'CvfflM that they cure sick kidneys and cure them permanently. Follow the ex9 fV^io "Do-wt 7an onH .^3 auipic VI tuio JL^am wvi ^ viviuvu wuu you will be convinced that this is so. Mrs. J. Q. Adams, N. Main street, Bamberg, S. C., says: ' "I can say that no remedy I have ever tried has given me as much relief as Doan's :^| Kidney Pills. I suffered from kidney trouble for three years. -There was always a dull pain across the ' small of my back and at times I felt " very dizzy. The kidney secretions were also irregular in passage and caused me added annoyance. Upon f? hearing of Doan's Kidney Pills, I went to the Peoples Drug Co. and procured a supply. The contents of three boxes have helped me wonderfully. I intend to continue the use , of this remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, I New York, sole agents for the United States. M Remember the name?Doan's? and take no otner. .-ass mm PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills Injectors Pumps and Fittings, wood Saws,Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARQE5T0CK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Stors AUGUSTA. GA.