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% SWINDLE BOBS UP IN BAMBERG. Local Merchant Recipient of Timeworn Appeal to Get-Rich-Quick. Varied and many are the schemes evolved to separate a man from his money. Some have the merit of novelty, some are plausible in the Mtrpme. some are adorned with golden trimmings?old games in new guise?but about the most ancient of them all, one that has come down > through the years unchanged until even the little children have become familiar with it is the old Spanish swindle in which a supposed criminal Russian banker is arrested and confined in a Spanish prison after having absconded from Russia with an > immense amount of money. He appeals to some one in the United States to come over to Spain with a bunch of money and secure his release and as a reward he will share hair ana nan me SW1CU 1UJ- I tune with his liberator. The letter received by the Bamberg merchant is written in an excellent hand and although bearing the post mark of the capital city of Spain, Madrid, an examination shows the paper to bear the water-mark of an American mill. The letter is accompanied by a clipping supposed to be from an English newspaper, but in reality has the appearance of being printed "to order." Both the letter and the clipping are given be* low: Madrid, 24th-5-1909. Dear Sir. > Although I- know you only from stand references of your honesty my o-" sad situation compels me to reveal you an important affair in which you can procure a fortune, saving at the same time that of my darling daughter. I charge you absolute reserve about this affair. Before being imprisoned here I was established as a banker in Russia as you will see by the enclosed article about me of many English newspapers, which have published - j my arrest in London. I beseech you to help me to obtain ftftn dollars I have in ft bUUi U1 !OV|V vv . America and to come here to raise the seizure of my baggage by paying to the Receiver of the Court the expense of my trial and recover my portmanteaus containing a secret k. pocket, where I have hidden the document indispensable to recover the said sum.. As reward I give up to you the third part, viz, 160,000 dollars. I cannot receive your answer in the prison, but you must send a cablegram to a person of my confidence, who will deliver it to me for to know if you received this letter. Awaiting your cable to instruct you in all my secret, I am sir, yours truly, PETROVICZ. First of all answer by cable, not * - UA4a? ?? follnrrc Dy ao luuvnvt v* Madrid, Spain, Antonio Bada, Naval de Folosa, F 30 derechn. By precaution you must sign your cable following name: Calanares. ARREST OF A ST. PETERSBURG BANKER. Charged With Fraud in Russia and ? Manslaughter in Spain. Interview of the Two Ambassadors. Some months ago our readers may remember we referred in these col" I umns, to the great scandal caused, in St Petersburg and in Russia generally by a noted banker who absconded, leaving a deficit of over five millions of rubles. The Russian police sought for him * for a long time in vain, for it seems he had not left the least trace of his flight, and the continued search over Europe and America proved unavailing. Yesterday, however, a Spanish inspector accompanied by two officers from Scotland yard and acting under instructions of the Spanish Ambassador, who had previously interviewed the home secretary, arrested him / on his way from the hotel where he was staying to the steamship office. It seems that it was his evident intention to take passage for New York. From lniormauuu 1 CVCl V CU I v by the Ambassador, he had been in hiding in Spain, where he lived with a woman and with his daughter. A few days before arriving in London he had. quarreled with another Rusr , sian, who was mortally wounded by a revolver shot during the scuffle, > and who only lived long enough to v v denounce his assailant. In an interview with the Russian Ambassador, it seems that the name be had been using in Spain, and which he gave on being arrested was not his real one, Manasseina, being simply an alibi, but after comparing the prisoner with photographs in his possession the Russian Ambassador > recognized him- as Petrovicz, the criminal banker, who eloped with 5 million of rubles; he is a native of SL Petersburg, a widower 48 years old, with an only daughter, whom he left in Spain on escaping from that f country. On being arrested, two of Manasseina's or Petrovicz portmanteaus ? olfhmifh fitrictlv i were ociicU) uui. ??v4.v-o searched nothing but personal effects were found in them, in spite of which, the Russian Ambassador declares that prisoner ought to have several million rubles somewhere. t The Russian and Spanish Ambassadors conferred yesterday evening as to whether the prisoner should be conveyed to Spain or to Russia, and after an interview with the home 4 secretary and in accordance with the extradition treaty of England, Russia and Spain, it was agreed that the prisoner should be conveyed to Spain, to stand his trial for manslaughter, and that only after his trial can the Russian government ask Spain, through diplomatic channels, for his extradition. $ It is safe to say that the percentage of victims of this scheme is a comparatively small one, due to the many exposures it has received at the hands of the newspapers of the country. The postal authorities will unj doubtedly land these swindlers in time, but as yet, the same old gang is still looking for "suckers." SLAYS FAITHLESS OVERSEER. Wealthy Florida Man Kills Overseer Who Eloped With His Wife. Bradford, Fla., June 10.?C. M. Murphy, a wealthy contractor and planter, shot Paxton Carver, Murphy's overseer, at his farm at Burt ?a ~ ****** inton, wnne me ianer saw m a tuauu of a passenger train as it stopped here to-day at noon. Carver was carried from the train to the hospital, where he died 20 minutes later. Sheriff Rickerson, of Live Oak, who was on the train arrested Murphy. According to Murphy's story Carver and Mrs. Murphy eloped from the Burtinton farm yesterday. The husband learned of this, he said, and learned that Carver was returning to Burtinton to get some of his belongings, which the hurry of the elopement caused him to leave there. Murphy met the train and killed Carver. Both men are well known in this part of Florida and have relatives here. Carver was unmarried. A preliminary trial will be given Murphy to-morrow. He and Mrs. Murphy Lave several children. Lynched Negroes Confessed. Branchville, June 12.?Since the killing of Mr. Ben Smoak on the nicht of Mav 29 both of the negroes, Frank Samuels and Quille Simmons, have been watched and under suspicion. Thursday night direct proof of their guilt was discovered. About dark Thursday evening Ben Minus, colored, heard Samuels send word to Simmons to come over to his house, that he wanted to see him on some business. Minus, suspecting that their business was something concerning the killing of Smoak, went back to Ben Smoak's father's home, and related what he had heard. Mr. Smoak tjien asked Minus to watch these parties and report to him. Minus went back to Samuels' house to watch the men. After a short while he saw both of them go to the ox stable, back of Samuels' house. They did not have any light, except now and then they would strike a match. He overheard their conversation and the rattling of money. After this the question came up as to what to do with the checks and one said, "Let's bury the checks here in the stable." Then Minus returned to Mr. Smoak's home and related the story to him. Mr. Smoak, accompanied by two other gentlemen, proceeded to the hiding place and after a few seconds discovered the checks covered in the. centre of the stable. Early next morning Mr. Smoak reDorted these facts to Constable N. M. Maxey, who, with his deputy, arrested Samuels and brought him to Smoaks. They then started to Walterboro with their prisoner and after going about six miles were overtaken by a posse of 30 or 40 people, who brought the prisoner back to Smoaks. Late yesterday afternoon Simmons was arrested at Mr. Garris', about a mile on this side of the town. There seems to be no doubt that the guilty parties have met their fate, according to reports from Smoaks. The negroes made a confession that they were the guilty ones. To Dizzy Height to Rescue Man. New York, June 12.?The versatility of the New York policeman was sensationally demonstrated when Patrolman John Whitman, popularly known as "Ajax, the Strong Man," because of bis many heroic encounters with runaway horses, climbed the steel tower of the new Queensboro bridge, shinned up the swaying flag staff and rescued Thomas Jones. Jones had ascended to the gold ball at the very top of the flag staff, 385 feet from the water, to string flags in preparation for the official celebration of the opening of the bridge. His leg was attacked by a cramp, the swaying pole in the heavy breezes made him seasick, and he shouted for help, hanging on to the gold ball for dear life, and expecting to drop any moment to the mesh of steel girders below him. "Ajax" Whitman was patroling the promenade on the bridge near the tower and heard Jones's cries. The policeman, who has a half a dozen bravery medals, scampered up the steel work of the bridge's superstructure, and then up a lofty steel tower more like a monkey than a human. On reaching the base of the flagstaff, which is sixty feet high and a foot and a half in diameter at the base, Whitman called to Jones to hang on while he tore off his shoes and the next minute he was climbing the pole like a professional steeplejack. On reaching the top he threw one arm about the dizzy Jones and then slid swiftly and safely down the pole. From there he carried him down to the steel work. Blue Grass Bon Mots. Representative Cushinan was talking on the lumber tariff, says The Washington Post, and a Kentucky member interrupted. "Oh," replied Cushman. "the gentleman comes from the glorious State of Kentucky, which produces the best whiskey, the fastest horses, and the most beautiful women, but what does he know about this? "I'm told they make whiskey there so good that they have to blindfold themselves before drinking it, because if they saw it it would make their mouths water, and that would spoil the drink." Mr. Stanley, of Kentucky, was on his feet in reply. "Sir," he said, "Kentucky is justly proud of its horses, its whiskey and its women. But it pays a tax of $1.10 per gallon on its whiskey and pays it gladly; its horses are being put out of business as fast as anti-racing laws will do it, and as to its women, why, sir, I want to say that Kentucky will never appeal for protection for her women so long as the angels in Heaven d< n't engage in a beauty contest an.ong themselves." And then Mr. Cushman went right on talking about lumber, stopping occasionally to pick up a sliver out of himself. A WOMAN WINS. Subdues Drunken Indians in Southern California. Away down in the tiptoe corner oi J the United States in the furthest | end of southern California there dwells or rather roams a tribe of na-| tives known as the Mission Indians. For years the Mission Indians have I been a thorn in the tiesh of the government. Lawlessness of all kinds, wherein murder was of frequent occurrence, was the rule. The Indian agents were powerless to control them. And the greatest evil, the root of all other evils, was whiskey. Of course, as all know*, it is a crime to sell whiskey to Indians. But there is a certain class of unscruplous white men who pander to the thirst of these barbarians. And nowhere did this evil flourish more than among the Mission Indians on the Morongo reservation of southern California. The Indian of-J flee at Washington offered them every inducement for a better life. There was put at their disposal the fairest lands of the continent ready to bloom like Eden did they only put their hands to the work. But the call of the bootlegger who sold the contraband stuff, the lure of liquor was too strong upon them. And that was the condition two years ago when Francis E. Leupp, commissioner of Indian affairs, went West and thrust his probe into the state of things there. He found much that needed his executive surgery, but none more than the deplorable conditions among the Mission Indians. They had degenerated into a tribe of drunkards.. It was a sad state of affairs. The commissioner' returned to Washington, shut himself up with himseir ana mougni nara ana iuug. And this is what he determined: Some years ago there taught at the Indian school of the Rosebud agency, among the Brule Sioux in South Dakota, a quiet, unassuming little woman, Clara D. True, by name. She was from Kentucky, and while without any bravado that marks many of the folks of that good state she had all the sterling qualities that have made Kentuckians known for their nerve and sticking qualities. And when the problem of the Mission Indians confronted Commissioner Leupp he found the solution was Clara D. True. "I looked over all the field for the "I looked over all the field for the best man," said the commissioner, a short while ago, "and I found he was Miss True." So to southern California, among the drunken Mission Indians, Mis* True was sent as superintendent o: the half dozen schools there on the Morongo reservation. Her position as superintendent made here ex-officio supervisor and chief police officer of the reservation. And the first instruction the commissioner gave her was to break up, at any cost, illicit liquor traffic of the bootleggers, now grown so flagrant. For a year and a half Miss True studied both Indian and bootlegger. She knew that the way to make a lastine imDression upon the mind of the Indian was to strike a telling blow with a dramatic setting. She waited the proper time?and the time presented itself at the big "fiesta" at Palm Springs on the Morongo reservation, on February 8 of last year. Miss True, who was living a short distance away, at Banning, started for the scene of the fiesta. Nearing the spot she came upon one Dol Martin, an old offender in the whiskey selling line and a bad man who had several murders to his discredit. Miss True walked up to his buggy, reached for a jug, pulled it out and emptied its contents on the ground; another and another she disposed of while the outlaw sat dazed at her conduct, l ne maians were sun more bewildered. When the last drop of whiskey had been drunk by the earth she turned to the astonished outlaw, sitting stiff with astonishment: "You are under arrest," she said, "and you are going to be tried and sent to the penitentiary." With that she moved on through the dusk to where several hundred drunken Indians were rioting around a huge fire. One huge and whiskey sodden buck, who had learned of the strange doings concerning Dol Martin, advanced toward her in a threatening manner. There was no word spoken as Miss True whipped out a pair of handcuffs and snapped them around the wrists of the astonished brute. Before he realized what was going on he found himself ignominously chained to the wheel of a nearby wagon?and very much sobered by the incident. Miss True walked to the fireside, where more than 300 drunken braves who had watched her dealing with the drunken buck had stopped their rioting and now Btood spellbound. Standing in the midst of that throng of crazy savages she made a speech. The wretch whom she had chained to the wagon moved by the words, voluntarily offered to disclose the place where he got his supply of liquor. She unchained him, and a short distance away he unearthed enough rum to make a regiment drunk. She didn't waste any time in properly disposing of it. When she returned to the crowd around the fire, still silent, overawed by this small and wonderful specimen of the "white squaw," she perceived a Mexican "bootlegger" who had crept over the border for the oc casion, slinking into concealment behind a group of Indians whose attitude was still hostile. She started for him, and the craven "greaser" ran to a neighboring hut in which he kept his liquor. Miss True pursued him. He gained the door and shut it on her. She seized a stout piece of wood and soon battered it in. Meantime some half a hundred drunken Indians who resented her intrusion upon their festivities?and probably saw a chance of looting the Mexican's stock?made a rush for the hut. Miss True stretched her arm across the now open door. The drunken mob halted, but one bold buck thrusting himself out of the press seized hold of her wrist. The next instant he felt the cold - - * - . . ... ' muzzle of a pistol against his temple. "Go back!" said Miss True, "or .'11 blow your brains out!" The buck went back; so did all the .rowd of them, sadder but wiser, -iiss True entered the hut, captured ?.e cowering Mexican and emptied _is plentiful stock of "red eye" on ihe ground. That evening of the 8th of February marked an epoch in the whiskey . j_ _ *V ? Mi,,n]An TV. stJinug uaue amuug liic .uissivu dians. No longer did the bootlegger boldly ply his trade among the Indian villages. Man aiter man she hunted down and sent to the penitentiary. But while the unscrupulous bootlegger was forced to work in the dark he did not act wholly on the defensive. Shortly after the Palm Springs episode she started to retire one night. A neighbor in the little settlement of Banning, where she lived, came in and persuaded her to come over and spend the night. When Miss True returned home the next morning she found a pane of her bedroom window smashed to smithereens and her pillow riddled with copious buckshot. Miss True does not seem to look upon her remarkable career as anything more than merely the day's work. Her reports telling of her thrilling experiences?for the Palm Springs raid was but one of many? are written in a modest matter-offact style, as though she had not the smallest comprehension of what a novel and dangerous work she was engaged in. Witness this telegram dated May 12, 1908: "Raided San Manuel reservation Saturday night. Captured wagonload of whiskey and nine whiskey sellers. Very little violence. Prisoners now in jail at San Bernardino." By her work and her teachings Mtss True has brought about a marvellous change among the Mission Indians. Drunkenness is now almost unknown in the tribe. "It has been six months since a drunken Indian has been seen near Banning," a special agent lately reported. "It is all due to Miss True," he continues.? San Francisco Call. NEW ARRIVALS Curtis Brand Peas, iter can 15c* Jumbo Tomatoes, 3 lb. can, 10c Mackerel, fine, 2 for 25c. Misletoe Hams, per pound 16c. Good Old Country Syrup, in barrels, 50c. per gallon, in quart bottles, sealed, 15c. a quart. Just received fine line of 10c. packages Lowney's Chocolate Candies. The finest lot of Fresh Prunes that ever hit the town. Seeded Raisins on hand all the time. Have yon ever tried our Butter? We only ask 35c. the pound. Don't forget that we handle Snowflake Floor, the best that is pot op, in sacks. Don't forget to ask for anything in the grocery line. We come mighty near having it. E. BART PRICE BAMBERG, S. C. C. & K. HAT For $8.00 and $3.50 and a Florsheim Shoe For $4-00, $5.00 and $6.00 C. I. BRABIIAI'S SONS RAMHERG, S. C. SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. At the county court house on Friday, July 2nd, at 9 a. m., the scholarship and entrance examinations to Clemson Agricultural College will he held under the direction of the county board of education. Applicants must be at-least 16 years of age and must be prepared to enter the Freshman class. There are no scholarships in the Preparatory Inioeo This, nines is nnlv oDen to a VAUUW* A ? w limited number of boys who cannot reach high schools and who are living in sections of the State where school facilities are poor. Scholarships are worth $100.00 and free tuition. The next session of Clemson Agricultural College will begin Sept. 8, 1909. Apply to the county superintendent of education after June 20th for needed information concerning the scholarship examinations. For catalogs, further information and cards upon which to make application for entrance to the College, pririrpfiQ I P. H. MELL, President, Clemson College, S. C. I Renew your subscription to The Herald while the contest is on and have the votes credited to one of the young ladies in the race. ' ... - v : 'iui * -v.. 'V- /. / NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS. Office of County Dispensary Board of Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., June 2, 1909. Bids are hereby requested, in accordance with the terms of the Dispensary Law now in force, for the following kinds and qualities of li quors, Deer, ana otner articles Herein enumerated, to be furnished to the State of South Carolina for use of the County Dispensary Board of Bamberg County, to wit: Fifty barrels Corn Whiskey, 90 proof, different grades. Fifty barrels Rye Whiskey, 90 proof, different grades. Five barrels Alcohol, 188 proof. Fifty barrels Gin, 90 proof, different grades Bids will also be received for Case Goods, including Rye, Corn and Scotch Whiskies, Brandy, Gin, Rum, Wines, Beers, Ales, and Porter. ' Also glass, corks and tinfoil, wire and other articles used for a County Dispensary All goods shall be furnished in compliance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Dispensary Law of 1907, and bidders must observe the following rules: 1. The bids shall be sealed, and there shall be no sign or mark upon the envelope indicating the name of the bidder 2. All bids must be sent by express or registered mail to Jno. F. Folk, County Treasurer for Bamberg County, at Bamberg, S. C., on or before 12 o'clock of Monday, the 5th day of July, 1909. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder on each kind, the Board reserving the right to reject any and all bids and any parts of bids. The Board reserves the right to increase or decrease the above quantities at the same price as the bids submitted. 3. All goods to be delivered f. o. b. Bamberg, S. C., freight prepaid. Terms, to be paid for within ninety days and subject to regauge at our warehouse. Also state discount for cash payment Bids will be opened in the office of the County Dispensary Board at Bamberg, S. C. on Monday, July 5th, 1909. E. C. HAYS, H. C. COPELAND, J. Z. BROOKER. County Dispensary Board for Bamberg County. AUTOMOBILES 1 I have opened a first-class 1 i-Ji- 1- ~.l~ ?*+ a atom o one rvpuir buui m my carriage works, and we are prepared to execute all kinds of Automobile Repairs, We vulcanize tires, and carry auto supplies in stock. All business entrusted to us will have my persona] attention." I have secured the services of W. H. Patrick for my business, and the new business will be known as The Delk Motor Co. D. tf. DELK, 1 J. H. DIXON I Machinist and Engineer I General Repair Shop* !g We repair all kinds of machinery and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make It run like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and nave them repaired before the busy season. A stitch In time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; m fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring It In and have It cured. Gas engines and automobile engine cylinders bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and better efficiency. We repair and charge storage batteries. Call when In trouble and see what we can do. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. * The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the county court house on Friday July 2, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 15, 1909. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. <[ DR. GEO. F. HAIR jj i y Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. C. < > t i In office every day In the week. Gradu- !, Z ate o! Baltimore College of Dental Sur- X ] [ gery, class 1892. Member 8. C. Dental 4. \ I Association. Office in old bank building 4 > MM## 1. - :*t?4,. d.W'&fcjisS i'' j.' ' f.' carter' m: i Attorney-at-Law '<> 2 BAMBERG, S. C. 1! Special attention given to set- ^ X tlement of estates and investi- o gation of land titles. . < x LOANS NEGOTIATED. o T Office over Bamberg Banking Co. \ \ J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law n ? *rr*r^r?/^ c* n J ' '.V; OiliTlDCnU, a. V/. General Practice. Loans Negotiated | W. P. RILEY j; .fl | Fire, Life ;; . t Accident !! | INSURANCE i| '^Wm BA^ERG,^g.^J I 'fC'wjj HT MOTO$ DICKSON \ INSURANCE AGENT J| o WILL WRITE ANYTHING !! ,^|9| < Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia- < j [ bility, Casualty, in the J \ r|||sH J strongest and most re- <> i>$Wk < liable companies. 4 ; \ \ 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. a ] [ p.p.p.i i P. P. 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FElDER | BAMBERG, . . . S. C. | Agent victor Safft Lock Co. ' V Anything in Safes *?j Cincinnati, O. % DB. 0. D. PAUST | DENTIST BAMBERG, S. C. Office in Telephone Building. MEAT MAEKET. 5?|| Same men at a differ- i ent place. When yon want the best meats obtainable call at our market opposite The Herald Building, Main street. Our prices are .:.s?ig right. We also boy beef cattle, pork, hogs, hides, chickens and eggs* BBONSON&GRANT BAMBERG, S. C. TOWN PROPERTIES I FOR SALE IB One two-story dwelling, with six aatnr\ nnrnor r>f "Mftur And I lUViiiO) VU VVAMVI VA *?v*( *> ..Q w Second street. One two-story dwelling, with eight rooms, on corner of Calhoun street |2| and Railroad avenue. One two-story dwelling, with six ~ :JM rooms, on Second street. One live-room cottage, on Maim street. One seven-room dwelling, on east wing of New Bridge street. One block of five tenant houses, on south end of New Bridge street Two open lots, on south end of New Bridge street. One open lot, on Church street Several building lots on Elmoor Heights for sale at reasonable prices. Description, with price and terms, on application. * .:^|S J. T. O'NEAL \'|?J Real Estate Agent Bamberg, S, C.