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Stop Samhwg %ralh f ' > Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. S., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909. One Dollar a Year 1 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. } Ehrhardt, June 21.?Heavy rains, and in some sections hail storms, are ? * ? Xl - ? ?/VTNrt A eof ho ot giving me gruwmg wups a ow Crops are growing fast in this section, and are iL good shape; worked up better than usual. Cotton blossoms have been reported more than two weeks-ago. so we feel that our farmers are not far behind those in other sections. Base ball is the principal game indulged in by our young folks. There will be three games played June 28th, 29th, and 30th, on the h i q m nn H hetween the uut uaiut umuivu. Charleston Tigers and the Ehrhardt team. The Ehrhardt team won a game from Oak Grove last week. Ehrhardt has a dry dock; a boat v a week, sometimes three, is the output The boats are not men-of-war, but are used to capture the finny tribe. I I / Messrs. J. M. Dannelly and S. W. , Copeland have purchased acetylene j plants for their dwellings, and will soon put them in. * _______ The postoffice will be moved down street about the first of July, and will be conducted in the grocery part of the store building owned by Jacob Ehrhardt. At an ice cream supper given by * the Missionary Society last week at the Methodist parsonage in town, it is reported that all attendants enjoyed themselves hugely, and will be long remembered by those present, even those that tried to pocket some of the frozen cream. J?E< % Colston Cullings. Colston, June 21.?We have been having some very fine weather. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clayton visit ed Ehrhardt Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Beard and family, of Bamberg, were the guests of Rev. S. P. Chisolm and wife Sunmr aw. . .5 x ._ Mrs. J. C. Bishop and daughter, Annie, visited Mrs. S. W. Clayton Sunday. ' Quite a crowd from Colston attended Children's day at Bethesda Sunday. We are delighted to report that * we have a new physician in our vicinity, Dr. J. G. Woolly, of Livingston. We wish him much success. Miss Pearl Sandifer, of Bamberg, is the charming guest of Miss Pauw line Clayton. Mr. S. W. Clayton is delighted to send in a cotton blossom from his > ten-acre field. He reports a good crop. Miofloa Pearl Sandifer and Pauline Clayton attended a picnic at Olar last Thursday. i Mr. Jesse O'Byrnes visited Colston Sunday. i. '* * Spring Branch News. A We had plenty of rain last week, but the crops are looking very well around here now. Well, the picnic at Spring Branch \ church will be on the 3rd of July. Everybody is cordially invited to come and bring well filled baskets. On Sunday following will be children's day at Spring Branch church. Everybody is cordially invited. It ; w will be the 4th of July. The Bessinger Reunion. The anual reunion of the family 1 of the late Wm.' Bessinger will be held at Spring Branch church on . Saturday, July 3rd, 1909. Everybody invited to go and witness the -gathering together of one of the , largest families in the county. WRITER. The Famous Kingsbury Piano. The offer of a Kingsbury piano in * tire subscription contest now being conducted by The Herald has called forth much- favorable comment from > many of the contestants. Those who t are experienced in music realize that this prize is well worth working for, for the musical qualities and constructive merit of the Kingsbury > -gives this instrument a standard r reputation in every part of the county. - The factories of The Cable Company at St. Charles and Chicago, 111., s" are kept busy meeting the demands a which comes from all parts of the country for this piano. It has always had a very large sale through South Carolina, and its name has bei ; come a household word among music lovers. This piano is kept constantly in stock by the Charleston house of The Cable Company, in The Cable k building, King and Society streets. Those who have entered The Herald subscription contest, as well as those A who are considering the purchase of reliable pianos, can obtain catalogs e.and full information at that address. * CRIME IX GEORGETOWN. * Negro Attempts to Assault Young White Woman. Georgetown, June 19.?It was learned that John Jenkins, alias "Slippery Jim," is the guilty party who attempted a criminal assault on a young lady school teacher near Socastee Landing yesterday afternoon and was privately identified last night, immediately after the arrest was made. The sheriff did not make this known until this morning, after the prisoner had been taken out of town, about 3 o'clock. An automobile was secreted in the jail yard and as soon as convenient arrangements had been made the officers placed the prisoner in it and left the city. It is supposed that the automobile party will meet the passenger train at some point between Georgetown and Lanes, where the nwannpp will be transferred to the train and taken to Columbia for safe keeping. There were three parties arrested last night in connection with the crime and one other this morning, who will be held as witnesses. Jenkins was secretly identified last night, although this was not known until after he had been carried out of town. It was rumored on the street here also that in the community where the crime was committed three parties had been arrested, but until to-day no one ex-, cept the officers knew positively who the guilty party was. Sheriff Scurry said when he brought the three parties to the city that he did not know who the guilty party was and that they would be kept in jail until they could be identified some time to-day by the young lady. However, this was to avert anw lawlessness that might have taken place, had the public known positively that the guilty party had - ? t - J -it. Deen apprenenaea. xue omci yaities who are now in jail will be held as witnesses. Sent Towards Columbia. It is hoped that Jenkins was landed safely on the train for Columbia, though this is not known to be a fact at present. Sheriff Scurry is to be highly commended for his conduct in regard to this matter, as only for his cool head and steady nerve possibly Jenkins would have ne^er seen the jail house. It is likely that an extra term of I court will be ordered for the trial of j Jenkins at once. Sheriff Scurry is now in communi-1 cation with Gov. Ansel regarding the matter and will probably go to Columbia to-morrow to advise with him. Jenkins is said to be a notorious villain in this section and has been at this work among his color for some time. The young lady comes from one of the most prominent families of the county and is about 18 years of age. ThA Vpimt's Crime. Georgetown was terribly shocked yesterday afternoon when the news of the commission of this, one <Jf the most horrible crimes that has ever stained the history of this section of the State, was learned. About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, near Socastee Landing, on Waccamaw river, just a few miles above Georgetown, a young school teacher, belonging to one of the most prominent families in the county, while on her way from her school to her boarding house, was attacked by a negro brute who attempted a criminal assault upon her. While the particulars relating to this crime cannot as yet be stated positively as facts, from what can be learned by the correspondent it appears that the young lady, after school was out, in company with a little girl whose parents the school teacher boarded with, started for home in a buggy. After they had gone a short distance the negro brute halted the buggy and by force took the school teacher from the buggy and compelled the little girl to drive on towards home. After the buggy had left the young lady was thrown to the ground and part of her clothes were torn from her, but it is not said that his purpose was accomplished, though it is said that the lady was horribly scarred and bruised up. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Sheriff C. W. Scurry received a 'phone message requesting him to come to the scene, bringing necessary aid to apprehend the guilty party. Immediately upon receipt of the message Sheriff Scurry secured several gasoline boats and a crowd of probably 50 or more left here about 4:30 o'clock for Socastee. The crowd returned this morning between 2 and 3 o'clock, having arrested three negroes near Socastee, who are now in jail here awaiting to be identified by the young lady, who is expected here to-day for this purpose. Sheriff Scurry seemed positive that one of the three is the guilty party as stated, though the names of those arrested were not divulged this morning. No trouble is anticipated just at present. Convicted of Wife-Murder. Atlanta. Ga.. June 21.?George Burge, a truck farmer, was to-day found guilty, in the superior court here, of the murder of his wife in this city on the night of May 17. He will be sentenced to death to-morrow. Mrs. Burge's throat was slashed while she was asleep in her home, death resulting almost instantly. It was testified that Burge then cut his stepson, Frank Britton, sleeping in the same room with his mother, and before leaving the room picked up his 12-months' old baby from the bed where it lay beside its dead mother and kissed it. * * VOTES STIL1 iStanding of Conte ing in the Pop The highest number of publication will be 50,000 ei Those contestants who turn given credit for same and pi previous to the last week of Miss Pearle Delk, Bamberg, Miss Bessie Armstrong, Ban HJTJ? T7I 1 T> iviiss Livviyn Diauimm, vioi, Miss Estelle Lancaster, Govs Miss Ida Lou Hiers, Ehrhari Miss Leda Ritter, Olar, Miss Mary Matheny, Bambei Miss Louise Felder, Bamberj Miss Camille Price, Bamberj Miss Katie Carter, Ehrhardi Miss Lucile Lightsey, Bamtx Miss Zelma Herndon, Ehrha: Miss Bettie Steedley, Bamb< Miss Reba Williams, Olar,... Miss Mary Wright, Denmarl Miss Georgie Emma Jordan, Miss Nell Clayton, Colston,. Miss Alice Smoak, Bamberg, Remember all votes over "?'ll La aLATTrn linfl'l fVlfl TT Will 11UL UC oixvwxx uxxiax kxxv ti the contest. An Appeal for Temperance. Editor The Bamberg Herald: Shakespeare says: "We are creatures* that look before and after," intimating that we do not see what is actually passing under our eyes. This must be true, else, why this seeming indifference to the fatalities happening all around us, even at our doors? When we see smoke we naturally conclude there is fire somewhere. When we see all these things happening and with such frequency, it is high time for the thinking people to find out the cause and try to remedy it, or God may pour out "the wine of hfs~ wrath" in a ; greater measure than he has already ; been doing. I do not say strong drink is the only evil, but I do say it is the mightiest agent the devil possesses for the destruction of human souls. I Many valuable lives have been destroyed by it. As long as this temptation is kept before the people, this will continue. . "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good." He aeeins iu 11 a v c a j^vunat mnug ivi the poor and needy, and has promised to hear their cries. "Man's extremity is God's opportunity." When we feel we can do nothing by ourselves then he makes us strong; with him we can do all things. You, good .women, who feel so helpless, crushed by this modern juggernant, think what a power you can be. Your innocence and purity fits you to come inco the presence of God. Do not neglect to intercede with him for the advancement -of right in our land. I fear you underestimate your value. You can say with Sir Galahad, "My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure." Remember, "Satan trembles when he sees TVid Tirisoboct saint- nnnT"; his knpps." As a people we are forgetting God ?a dangerous thing to do. "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." PRO BONO PUBLICO. Householder Kills Boarder. Steubenville, Ohio, June 20.? Meier Osman shot and killed Mike Demick, shot and seriously wounded his wife and then attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself here to-day. Osman quarreled with a neighbor, Jrvseph Benitski, over a cat and ran into his house to obtain a shotgun, with which to shoot Benitski. In the room where Osman kept his gun he found Demick, a boarder, caressing Mrs. Osman. Securing his gun, Osman shot and almost instantly killed Demick. Mrs. Osman was a>inf in fho hnplr Hsmfln then turn ed the gun upon himself and fired, but failed to inflict a dangerous wound. He upbraided the officer who arrived at this moment for arresting him, saying if he had delayeda few moments there would have been no necessity of trying him for murder. Special Days at Springtown. The regular annual Sunday-school picnic will be at Springtown on July the 3rd. Rev. J. D. Moore, Sunday-school field secretary of the State Mission Board, will be present. The public is cordially invited. The Sunday-school is also preparing for children's day, which will be held on Jul/ the 11th. We wish all of our friends to be with us at this service, and cordially invite the public. Service will begin at 10:30 o'clock. MILFORD J. FREE. LOOMING IN stants This Morn% 1 ularity Contest ! ] votes allowed to appear for i ich week to each contestant. : in over this quantity will be j ublication made on the week 1 the contest. 109,500 : iberg, 104,000 ! AA /\/\/\ I ?y,uw m, 88,500 : dt, 86,500 . *. 69,000 ! rg, 58,000 ?, 51,000 ' I, 36,000 t, 24,000 : irg, 11,500 1 rdt, 6,500 ' ;rg, ;. 4,500 4,000 e, 3,500 1 Bamberg, 2,500 i 2,000 j 1,000: 50,000 turned in each week ! reek before the last week of i i 4 i WHISKEY USED BY PUPILS In Public Schools of Bayonne, New Jersey. The report that drunkenness prevailed among the pupils of the Bayonne, N. J., public schools has been verified, despite the denials of the city officials, by a special committee of the schol board, whose report sustains the charges made by Dr. Henry A. Abbott, medical inspector, that many children attended the school under the influence. The board has issued an appeal to parents, teachers and pupils to do their utmost in discouraging the use of intoxicants by the children of the city. It was also resolved to enforce the law forbidding the sale of cigarettes to boys under sixteen years. SHOT VISITING PREACHER. An Incident in dolored Society in Lexington County. Lexington, June 20.?George Simmons, a negro residing nfear SaxeGotha mills, a few miles from Lexington, yesterday shot and slightly wounded a negro preacher by the name of Bowman. It is said that Simmons came upon the preacher c visiting his wife in his house, and i when he went in by one side of the i house Bowman went out by the other. As the preacher ran Simmons discharged his shotgun at him, but the man was so far distant that only t a few shot took effect. Bowman is still on the go, however, and no arrests have been made. Govan Correspondent Replies. Editor The Bamberg Herald: I observe a letter printed in this week's issue of your paper purposely addressed to you. The writer signed "One of Them." I suppose by his signature that he gives himself the distinction of posing for the mass of The Herald subscribers in his rebuke and criticism of my recent theological doctrine. % I thank him kindly for using his masterly foresight in conveying to my mind my wrong action, in using the county paper as a medium for s rliamioainor a thonlncrioal HrtPtrlriP a 1- I UXOVUWW***0 M. VUVVAVQAVMA VfcVVV* ?? though I shall say that I was aware c of the inappropriateness, but knew it ( the only means through or by which I could reach the people. ! Doubtless the paper is open for an- 1 tagonisio, but I don't suppose this 1 kindly coadjutor would venture to 1 contend with this enlightened age's exploitation on the subject. I would remind him (perhaps though he is not teachable) that it was a minister of the gospel who preached from the pulpit up in "Yankeedom" that Sharp's rifles would be good to use to bring back into the union the seceded States. Now, I would ask him why is it that the great conferences are divided today? We hear the echo answer, "public sentiment." We hear and have read (the youth) of the culmination till actually we imagine we hear the booming of the cannons on a Manassas or Gettysburg battlefield! I merely use this as an illustration. The great trouble now is that we pay 100 mucn iriDuie 10 some auc- ? trines" as are often arrayed in the '< pulpit, and the pulpit is screened 1 from attack because it is termed a 1 sacred altar, but my understanding is 1 that it would be defined sacred in 1 civil justice, when slander or ignom- < iny is dashed against its worthy institution and there would come dire intervention. s WILLIAM HAY, JR. < Govan, S. C., June 18, 1909. ] > ' . - >_? vs*.' 'jj'., 'i. MAX IDENTIFIED. Negro Brought from Georgetown Seen 'by Woman. John Jenkins, alias "Slippery Jim," the negro charged with attempted criminal assault on a young lady in Georgetown county, was identified yesterday by the lady. The negro was brought to Columbia Saturday night and lodged in the penitentiary for safe keeping. It was decided Sunday to bring the young lady to Columbia and accordingly ahe ramp aprnmnflm'erl bv her fath cr, and made oath that Jenkins was the negro who dragged her from the buggy and attempted the crime. She brought with her a written statement which was filed with Mr. A. J. Bethea, private secretary to Goy. Ansel. The statement carries out practically what has already been given: In the newspapers and gives no new facts as to the attempted crime. When she was shown Jenkins she begged her father to kill the negro and was absolutely prostrated as a result of the shock. This is the first case of this kind in that section of the country and efforts will be made at once for a speedy trial. Mr. Geo. W. Watts has written Gov. Ansel, who was out cf the city yesterday, requesting a special term of court. mere was at no time any danger or violence and the people are convinced that should the law be allowed to take its course there will be no difficulty at the trial.?Columbia State. Civic League.' An unusual amount of sickness imong the members of the Civic League at the time of the last meeting, and the inclemence of the weather since, has prevented a meetng for some time. But now. after a season of seeming idleness, a grand 'rally day" of the League will be leld at the Fitting School chapel on Thursday afternoon of this week at Ive o'clock. This is the regular :ime for the monthly meeting, and ifter the usual routine of business s finished, it is proposed to hold a egular health session. With an unlimited supply of pure vater furnished by our far-famed aresian wells, there is no reason why vith proper attention given Jo the lanitary conditions of the town, 3amberg should not be an ideally lealthful place. But to secure this lanitary condition a vigorous cam>aign must be conducted?just as is >eing done all over the civilized vorld?against improper drainage, itagnant water ' on vacant lots, ilthy barnyards, weeds growing up iround the home, as well as unsaniary conditions around the premises. In an article from the State the . ouowing extract was taaen irom an nterview with a member of the >oard of health of the Crescent City, is to the danger and habits of the louse fly: "Already in our midst, he house fly, the dirty fly, the ty>hoid and cholera infantum fly, will oon swarm in thousands and milions, unless precautions are taken, rhe house fly, which we were taught n childhood to treat with kindness, las been exposed. Its habits are ilthy. It breeds in stables and gar>age pails and carries the filth it evels in and tracks it across the iugar, the butter and the beefsteak, t is a nuisance. It must be extermilated. The doctors have declared var on the house fly. It probably lisseminates disease of every kind, t can be driven out of every city, n an age of knowledge, screens and :heap disinfectants there is no exuse for flies in any household. Clean ip your premises and report to the lealth department your neighbor vho does not. Get rid of breeding daces of flies and you will get rid >f flies." When it is so clearly demonstratsd to us that the fly is the breeder of nost diseases, has been tried and :ound guilty of spreading malaria, yphoid fever and other diseases no ess dangerous and that he can only jreed in filth, how can we afford to eave him alone in his haunts? In 10 way can this be done as thoroughy and systematically as in a cleanlp day or week if necessary. In connection with this campaign t is encouraging to note that those rears in which a vigorous war was vaged against the mosquito and fly showed a greatly decreased death ate and also a most comforting decease in the number of deadly diseases. Let us no longer discuss this mat:er which may mean life or death to is and our household, but get to work at once and influence our leighbor to do likewise. Appreciated Kind Words. Ensign D. Graham Copeland, U. S. S\, now on the U. S. S. Kansas, sta:ioned at Hampton Roads, Va., who s the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. r. D. Copeland, of this city, writes is as follows in renewing his subscription to The Herald, and we cer:ainly appreciate his kind words: "I notice in recent issues of your nost excellent sheet various anaouncements of the results of the -V* ft -rrn Inon 0*nrofoH JUHCC51, liiAt juu uavu luauguiuwu .'or the purpose of increasing your subscription list. This is but another form of the progressiveness that las characterized your paper for several years, and in renewing my subscription to The Herald I desire to idd my congratulations to' those which must daily pour into your ofIce, and to wish that you will meet with every success in the modern methods that are employed in your Dffice." See Klauber's new ad. in this issue. He is going to have a great special sale, from July 1st to 15th. \Tote the special prices quoted. > L IN THE PALMETTO. STATE | SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Dov. . for Quick Reading-?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The State reunion of Confederate '; J| veterans is being held in Chester this week. The Barnwell county board of education has granted a petition for ? \ the establishment of a high school at Williston. The contract for Barnwell couo? ' -;#j ty's new jail has been let to the Pauly Jail Building Co., the contract price being $9,000. This amount ought to build a handsome jail. Wash Medlin'has been held by the coroner's jury for the murder of Mrs. Victoria Griffin in Columbia Taat week. The evidence azainst him, however, is circumstantial Willie Bethune, a negro, who shot and killed G. B. Mims, a white man,' C.3 in Clarendon county a few months ago, was tried at court in Manning last week, found guilty of murder and sentenced to be hanged on Fri- . & day, July 13th. Mose Stevens, a negro, was convicted of arson at court in Aiken ' last week, and sentenced to be hanged. His crime was the burning . of a barn belonging to Mrs. M. C. \ ? Moseley. Stevens's wife and mother * ... in-law testified that he told them he burned the barn for revenge, because Mjb. Moseley would not lend him some money. Mr. Chas. C. Rickenbacker, a ' prominent farmer of the Cameron section of Orangeburg county, was\ killed last week by being kicked by >,rrj8B a horse. His 'stock were loose in the : lot, and in passing along Mr. Ricken- -v backer slapped the horse on the back, and the animal kicked him, inflicting injuries from which he died \ /|s in a few hours. r ;z*t>: % Veteran Quits Soldiers' HQme. ' Confederate Veteran R. A. Patter* son, of Georgetown, has left the new* ly established soldiers' home for the Richland county almshouse, where he says he is getting better treat* ;j|a ment. He says he doesn't like the manager or the management of the home and is much more comfortable % and happier in the ''poor house" than in the home, tie says that a number of others are dissatisfied, among thejn W. B. Brantley, of Lan* caster, who will go back home next Saturday. Mr. Patterson was a member of the nineteenth South Carolina regiment, Manigault's brigade, and is said to have made a splendid sol* dier. Capt. Starling, in charge of the home, says bluntly that Patterson left because he wanted to go where he could get more corn liquor to drink; that he was drunk three days in succession last week, and waa worried by a son who came here and An fnnt Ua on. ncui, j\jj nuiug v/u iuvv> uv dorsed Patterson's discharge "left to . go where he could drink corn liquor in peace and more of it." "This is no Salvation Army, Toung Men's Christian Association, young ladies' seminary, nor kinder- - ~ garten," said Capt. Starling, "and we expect things of this kind to come ' up occasionally, but on the whole we are getting on mighty well, getting plenty of goo<T things out of the garden, and the veterans are for the most part mighty well satisfied, or' they are fooling us all with the way they do and talk."?Columbia Record. Miss Carrie Armstrong Married. The marriage of Mr.? Frederick Henry Hobein and Miss Carolyn Metzer Armstrong was solemnized in St. Peter's Episcopal church last Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock. The earliness of the wedding hour did not lessen the throng of friends and acquaintances of the' popular^ couple who wished to witness their marriage, and before the arrival of ' the bridal party the church was crowded. The floral decorations and groupings of palms and ferns were most beautiful, the couple standing beneath an arch of palms while Rev. Mr. Wye performed the marriage ceremony. The bride, accompanied by her maid, her sister, Miss Amelia Arm* strong, entered the church through the front door and was met at .the chancel by the groom and his best man, Mr. E. R. Hopkins. The ceremony over, the couple took a carriage for the depot, where they were met by a large number of their friends, who deluged them with rice, and at once left for a trip North, stopping en route home at Bamberg, S. C., to visit a sister of the bride. They will be at home to tneir menas in aoout ten uaya at their handsome cottage on Fourth street, near Centre. The bride, a daughter of Mrs. C. W. Weeks, is one of the city's most popular young ladies. She ia always pretty and charming, but on this occasion looked lovely in a most becoming traveling coat suit of tancolored cloth. The groom is a native of this city and is so well and favorably known that nothing that we could say would * ? add anything to the esteem and conf.dence in which he is held in this y i communitv. He is a prosperous and thorough business man, and above all a most exemplary citizen. Numerous handsome and valuable presents were received. The News joins the many friends of this truly happy couple in wishing them a long life.?Fernandina, Fla., News. ?