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WHIPPED BY WOMEN.
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Georgia School Teacher Then Suet
and got a Verdict for $400.
Athens, Ga., April 29.?The cas*
of J. H. Bailey against twenty-twc
men and women of Canon, Ga., foi
$35,000 damages on account of be
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zng norsewmppeu u> scvciai iauici
of that place last year, was settlec
yesterday afternoon for $4<j0, thai
amount to include settlement of fines
of $25 against each defendant in the
town of Canon.
Professor J. H. Bailey alleged thai
he was horsewhipped by these ladies
on February 7, 1 908, and driver
from the town.
In answer to the defendants twe
of them admitted striking him
with buggy whips and the others
deny striking him. All deny
driving him from the town. Ic
this flnswr the ladies set forth that
Bailey had stated that there was no1
a virtuous woman in Canon and that
they went to him to see whether or
not he had really said so. He admitted
that he said so, except that
he did not mean it to apply to one of
the ladies present. The ladies had
armed themselves with buggy whips,
that is a portion of them had, and
they said they did so because Bailey
was of a violent temper. When he
said to them that he did mean to
apply the statement to them, they
allege that he threw his hand behind
him as if to draw a pistol and that
they struck him with the whips.
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"In Bamberg."
The moonlight falls the softest
"In Bamberg;"
The summer days come oftest
"In Bamberg;"
1 Friendship is the strongest
Love's light glows the longest
Yet wrong is always wrongest
"In Bamberg."
Life's burdens bear the lightest
"in camoerg;
The sun shines ever brightest
"In Bamberg;"
While players are the keenest,
f: > v Cards come out the meanest
The pocket empties cleanest
"In Bamberg."
The breezes whisper lightest
"In Bamberg;"
The people treat one whitest
|r>v; "In Bamberg;"
Plain girls are the fewest
Maiden's eyes the bluest
Their little hearts are truest
"In Bamberg."
IThe buildings tower proudest
&; "In Bamberg;"
The thunder peals the loudest
"In Bamberg;"
p?... Dispensary booze is clearest
And in some ways the dearest,
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|p?. "In Bamberg."
New Trial Refused.
Atlanta, Ga., May 1.?The Mitchell-Linton
mystery, one of the most
unusual cases ever threshed out in
gpj&.;-. Georgia courts, will not be tried a
I&.5. second time. This was the decision
0*-': of Judge Roan of the superior court
here to-day in denying William H.
Mitchell, one of the wealthiest and
most prominent residents of Thomasville,
Ga., a new trial on the charge
of attempting to abduct his townsy.
woman, Miss Lucile Linton, well
known throughout the State as a
wealthy and cultured woman. The
. case will be appealed to the supreme
g&-' court.
The feature of the first trial was
P the judge's verdict in sentencing
Mitchell to one year's imprisonment
for assault and battery. He told the
f defendant that he did not believe the
Will Mitchell who stood before him,
respected by the entire community,
had been guilty of the assault and
battery, but that it was "another Will
Mitchell, a sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde case."
Mitchell was charged with attempting,
while disguised as a negro
r- woman, to carry Miss Linton to a
fortified house belonging to him. The
trial failed to show any motive for
such an attempt.
Kills to Stop the Fiend.
The worst foe for 12 years of John
? Deye, of Gladwin, Mich., was a runU.
ning ulcer. He paid the doctors over
k- - $400.00 without benefit. Then Bucklen's
Arnica Salve killed the ulcer
and cured him. Cures fever-sores,
'' boils, felons, eczema, salt rheum. Infallible
for piles, burns, scalds, cuts,
corns. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co.,
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.Thomas Dixon, Sr., Dead.
Raleigh, N. C., May 1.?Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Sr., died here tonight
in the 9 Oth year of his age. He
was one of the best known Baptist
preachers of North Carolina and
came here recently from Shelby,
where he held a pastorate fcr 65
years, to visit his daughter, Dr, Delia
Dixon-Carroll. He will be buried in
Cleveland county. Mr. Dixon was
the father of Thomas Dixon, Jr., the
author; Rev. A. C. Dixon, pastor of
the Moody church, in Chicago; Dr.
Frank Dixon, of Washington, a lecturer,
and Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll of
Raleigh.
Smashes all Records.
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health-builder no other pills can
compare with Dr. King's New Life
Pills. They tone and regulate stomach,
liver and kidneys, purify the
blood, strengthen the nerves; cure
constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness,
jaundice, headache, chills and malaria.
Try them. 25c. at Peoples
Drug Co. Bamberg, S. C.
Wants Three Encampments.
Columbia, April 30.?Col. W. P.
Brock, assistant adjutant General,
will go to Washington Sunday to
confer with the war department concerning
the encampments in this
State. The equipment of the State
troops is not yet complete, but Col.
Brock carries with him a letter from
Governor Ansel asking that the
militia be allowed to buy one-half of
the overcoats this year and one-half
next year. The balance of the'appropriation
will allow for two encampments,
but if the request of the department
is granted the three regiments
of infantry will be sent in
camp for ten days each.
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NEGRO GIRL KILLS NEGRO BOY. |
I Claims Shooting Was Accidental.
Victim Was Cousin of Slayer.
? Gaffnev, April 30.?A negro girl,
> named Mary Watkins, fatally shot a
r negro do;. , named Odell Watkins, on
. the plantation of Mr. E. W. Jolly,
; about fear miles irom Gaffney, Wed1
nesday afternoon. The hoy lingered
t until 2 o'clock this morning, when
5 ne died. The girl was brought here
i ami committed to jail to-day, ana
'a li'.u seen said that she and Odeli
[ *w..o was her v.ousm) were in ne
; iiousc- with two small children, the.i
emest about .i.'e years Oi age, and
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tnai Wab i.-iIUWiilg UUCU sumt cli>
tides which she had purchased at
t Gaffnej, and while he was looking at
. the articles she picked up her fath'
er's pistol, which was in the drawer
i enclosed in a scabbard, and that
; when she picked up the weapon it
: went off, and that she has no idea as
; to what caused the weapon to be dis
charged, as her finger was not on the
. trigger, and she did not cock the pis;
tol. The ball entered the boy's head
: on the right side, fracturing the
[ skull, and came out through his fore,
head. The girl in her statement
i further said that when the pistol was
fired it was in the scabbard, and that
! she put it back into the drawer withi
out taking it out.
Those who saw the weapon in the
scabbard say that it is some two
: inches longer than the pistol and
that there is no smoke on the leather,
or anything to indicate that the
weapon had been fired while it was
enclosed in its case. Odell died
without making a statement, and the
children are too small to be able to
throw any light on the transaction.
The coroner is on the scene holding
an inquest, but it is not likely that he
will be able to procure any testimony
other than is outlined above.
In view of the girl's statement that
the pistol was fired while enclosed in
the scabbard, and nothing appearing
on the same to indicate that such
was the case, and the further fact
that the boy was shot on the side of
his head, it is believed that the girl's
story as to its being an accident is
not true. The boy was about sixteen
or seventeen years of age and the
girl is probably a year or two young
er.
The Billings Case.
In the list of ten appeals disposed
of with opinions and otherwise by
the supreme court is that of Billings
vs. The Charlotte Observer Publishing
Company, from Rockingham, in
which the appeal by the plaintiff is
dismissed. This is the case in which
Rev.- C. M. Billings sued for damages
because of a news article printed
in The Observer involving charges
against the character of Billings
through compromising relations he
was alleged to have had with a negro
servant, conduct at Blackviile, S.
C., and Wavnesville, being specified.
At the trial last June the jury round
that the charges as to Blackviile
were true as published, but that the
Waynesville charges were not true,
the jury fixing the damage verdict of
$5,000 against The Observer. Judge
Ward ruled that the damages allowed
were excessive and ordered a newtrial
on that score. At the same time
counsel for the plaintiff moved to set
aside the finding against the plaintiff
as to the Blackviile charges being
true. This was overruled and the
plaintiff appealed. It was this appeal
that is now dismissed, Justice
Hoke writing the opinion, the
ground for dismissal being that the
appeal was premature. Under this
ruling The Observer Company will
come in for* the new trial on the
question of damages as to the publication
of the Waynesville feature of
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tne cnarges against oimugo.?v^uenlotte
Observer.
Shooting at Bennettsviile.
Bennettsville, May 2.?"Sonny"
Williams, colored, shot and seriously
wounded another negro, Walter
Townsend, here this evening about 7
o'clock. The shooting occurred in a
negro pool room under the Sawyer
building. It seems that the Townsend
and another negro were playing
pool and got into a dispute. Williams,
who is employed in the pool
room, attempted to stop the quarrel,
and caught hold of the pool cue held
by Townsend. Townsend jerked the
cue from Williams and struck the
latter over the head with it. Williams
then drew a pistol and fired at
Townsend, the bullet striking the latter
below the heart. Townsend's
condition is critical and his recovery
is very doubtful. Williams made his
escape, leaving the pool room by the
back door and going directly into the
creek sw?amp. While Williams was
running away he was stopped by the
deputy sheriff, but put the latter on a
false scent by telling him that there
was a row in the pool room. The
deputy went to the pool room and the
negro got away.
Consul Spahr Coming Home.
Washington, April 29.?Mr. Herman
L. Spahr, United States consul
at Breslau, Germany, with Mrs.
Spahr, is in Washington, en route to
Columbia.
They landed in New York from
Germany Tuesday for a two months'
vacation.
Mr. Spahr was formerly assistant
professor of modern languages at the
University of South Carolina. Mrs.
Qnuhr was Miss 7.aida Whitman. Of
Columbia. They leave here to-morrow
for Columbia, Mr. Spahr having
some business with the state department,
under which he holds his position.
Both are 'looking well and
appear to have been enjoying their
residence in Germany in spite of the
homesickness which at times possesses
them. They will spend most
of their time in Columbia and in Orangeburg,
Mr. Spahr's former home.
Hoy Killed in Feud Fight.
Washington, Ga., May l.?A family
feud resulted in the death of Paul
' Dunaway, aged 17, and the serious
wounding of his brother, Henry, aged
! 15, by James Stribbling last night, 12
miles from here. A quarrel over an
employe whom both families claimed
caused the fatal meeting in front of
the Dunaway home. Stribbling
used a pistol. Henry Dunaway is expected
to recover.
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VIOLATING THE LAW.
Liquor Houses Try to Bribe Express
Agents.
Spartanburg, S. C., April 2i5,
Editor The Bamberg Heraid: As
some of the liquor houses are sen a
ing out a letter to express ag-.uu,
which is nothing less than a br... ,
we think it advisable- that tlie
lowing sections of the Knox bill, recently
passed by congress, be p_
lished. This part of the bill app..c..
^specially to express agents and rn..road
companies:
Section 238: Any officer, agent Oi
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J express company or other common
carrier, who shall knowingly deliver
or cause to be delivered to any person
than the person to whom it has
been consigned, unless upon the
written order in each instance of the
bona fide consignee, or to any fictitious
person, or to any person under
a fictitious name, any spiritious
vinous, malted, fermented or other
intoxicating liquor of any kind which
has been shipped from one state,
territory or district of the United
States, or place noncontiguous to but
subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
or from any states or place noncontiguous
to but subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, shall be fined not
more than five thousand dollars, or
imprisonment not more than two
years, or both.
Section 239:- Any railroad company,
express company or other common
carrier, or any other person
who, in connection with the transportation
of any spirituous, vinous,
malted, fermented, or other intoxicating
liquor of any kind, from one
state, territory or district of the
United States, or place noncontiguous
to but subject to the jurisdicdiction
thereof, into any other state,
territory or district of the United
States, or place noncontiguous to but
subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
or from any foreign country into any
state, territory or district of the United
States, or place noncontiguous to
but subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
shall collect the purchase price or
any part thereof, before, on or after
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ueiiveiyi uuiu inc v^uusigucc, v?i num
any other person, or shall in any
manner act as the agent of the buyer
or seller of any such liquor, for the
purpose of buying or selling or completing
the sale thereof, saving only
in the actual transportation and delivery
of the same, shall be fined not
more than five thousand dollars.
Following is a sentence from one
of the letters referred to above:
"On the other hand, if you yourself
wish to make this money on the
side we will think still better of it
and want to assure you that any
dealings that we have together and
all communications that pass between
us will be held strictly confidential.
We have a number of express
agents throughout the United
States that are making nice money
in this way, and some of them are
handling this business under an assumed
name, which of course is none
of our affair. At the end of each
month we will send you our check
for commissions due you, and with a
little effort on your part you would
be surprised to see what a snug little
sum of money this would amount to.
"Kindly let us hear from you at
once and oblige,
"Yours for business,
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Now, we have a verbatim copy of
this letter, and we want the people
to know the game being practiced or
attempted by the liquor people.
JNO. L. HARLEY,
State Superintendent.
Meat Ruined by Water.
Greenville, May 1.?Seventy thous
and pounds of meat in the local warehouse
of Swift & Co., was condemned
to-day by City Meat and Food Inspector
Smith. The heavy rains of
last night backed up the water in a
nearby stream and the warehouse
was flooded with city sewerage. Nearly
three car loads of meat was submerged,
causing it to become soaked
in the filthy water.
While the meat has been condemned,
it has not yet been determined as
to what disposition may be made of
it, the opinion of the city attorney being
awaited in the matter.
It is learned, however, that the
meat may be shipped away from the
city, but it is apparent that it is unfit
for food.
It certainly will not be sold here.
The loss to the packing concern, if
it is not allowed to take the meat to
another town for sale, will be about
$4,000.
Won't Slight a Good Friend.
"If ever I need a cough medicine
again I know what to get," declares
Mrs. A. L. Alley, of Beals, Me., "for,
after using ten bottles of Dr. King's
New Discovery, and seeing its excellent
results in my own family and
others, I am convinced it is the best
medicine made-for coughs, colds and
lung trouble." Every one who tries
it reels just that way. Relief is felt
at once and its quick cure surprises
you. For bronchitis, asthma, hemorrhage,
croup, lagrippe, sore throat,
pain in che3t or lungs its supreme.
50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. C.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years and is
a regular prescription. It is composed
of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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$5.00 for the best Stieff
Piano advertisement. \
$5.00 for the best Shaw
Piano advertisement.
$5.00 for the best Stieff and
Shaw Piano advertisement
combined.
Mr. John Ross, of the Charlotte
Observer and Chronicle,
Mr. Birch, of the Charlotte
News; Mr. Withers, of the Columbia
State; and Mr. J. F.
Jacobs, of the Religious Syndicate,
Clinton, S. C., will act as
judges. Contest open until
June 1st, 1909. Open to every
one. Send your add To
CHAS. M. STIEFF
Manufacturer of the
Artistic Stieff Shaw and
Stieff Selfplayer Pianos
Southern Wareroom:
5 W. Trade St.
Charlotte, N. C.
C. H. WILMOTH,
Manager.
Mention this paper.
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We vulcanize tires, and 8
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D. J. DELK,
Manager.
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General Repair Shop*
We repair all kinds of machinery
and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fit- :
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Bring It In and have It cured. Gas engines
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Call when In trouble and see what we
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Office in Telephone Building.
MEAT MARKET.
Same men at a different
place. When you
want the best meats
obtainable call at our
market opposite The
Herald Building, Main
street. Our prices are
right. We also buy
beef cattle, pork, hogs,
hides, chickens and
eggs.
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