The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 19, 1909, Image 2
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POSTMASTER EXONERATED.
Georgetown Official Cleared of Charge
of Being Short.
Washington, D. C., August 14.?
Postmaster King, of Georgetown, has
been exonerated from all charges of a
shortage in the money accounts of
his office, and no further proceedings
will be taken in the case by the department.
About two weeks ago, upon
the complaint of King's bondsmen,
postoffice inspectors were sent to
Georgetown to investigate King's
books, the bondsmen claiming that
the latter, they believed, were short.
At the same time, a petition was sent
here asking the department, in the
event there should be a vacancy, that
James E. McQuade, "also of GeorgeSvv<
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town, oe maae rvmg s suuxoawi.
The inspectors have been at work
on the case for two weeks and the resuit
of their work was made public
only to-lay. It is shown that while
King was short several hundred dollars
recently, there was no evidence
going to show any criminal intent or
that he meant to defraud the govern?
ment. On the other hand, there was
evidence to show that because of
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heavy personal demands upon him as
well as some irregularities in the
handling of funds, he had fallen be
hind in his accounts with the government.
The amount he owed has now
been fully paid up and nothing further
will be done in the matter.. It was
stated that in addition to the report
of the inspectors which exonerates
King, many of the leading citizens
of Georgetown had signed a peti(tion
and had also written the postmaster
general signifying their belief
that Mr. King was entirely straightforward
and honest, and asking that
no steps be taken looking to his removal.
His Graduate Daughter.
(From the Boston Herald.)
Our daughter's graduated,
An' we're feelin' quite elated.
For she's eomin' home frum college
in a week or two, she writes:
I She hez studied all the lingoes
Uv the Eskimos an' Mingoes,
An' in 'ologies an' classics she is way
up in the heights.
She hez tuuk, a prize in spellin',
An' in readin', so they're tellin',
She kin reason out an' argue like a
statesman on the stump;
She kin dance an' play pianner
In a most artistic manner,
She hez got the facts an' figures uv
the ages in a lump.
She kin' pose, an' do Delsarte,
An' get up a meal a la carte,
She can do the physic culture in a '
Way to beat the band;
She kin handle all the topics
Frum Alaska to the tropics,
She kin bow an' "slam," her ma says,
in a way that's truly grand. '
She's an actress an' a painter, J
An' in fact, I guess there ain't er 1
Blessed thing in art or science she 1
don't know from A to Z.
An' I s'pose this raft uv knowledge
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But jest how she'll use it farmin' is 1
the thing that's gettin' me.
The Whisper.
"Gentle maiden hear my whisper,
Here beside me gently kneel,
Come oh! quickly, lest I languish, '
To you a message let me seal."
Many were the messages spoken,
By the boys who wore the gray,
Many voices were there lifted,
And were some heard to pray. 1
Hearts were some heavy laden,
With great grief and woe,
Others resigned to God and kept
Their voices still forevermore.
But there was one to anguish given,
And grievous was his tale of woe,
To his country he had given his life,
And now to heaven he must go.
Neither was his grief so stricken,
By the victory of the blue,
For to die was his victory,
And to his country he was true.
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'With you all I cannot linger,
I am going home to-day.' "
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The azure sky had lost its tint
And stars bedecked the lonely way;
And there beneath the pale twilight,
Slept a mother's boy in gray.
?WILLIE HAY.
Govan, S. C.
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Nashville, Tenn., August 15.?
Tom Harding, a negro, to-day fatally
wounded his wife, Mary, shot in the
leg Nathan Marshall, a policeman,
who tried to arrest him.
Later he fired at another negro
whom he charged with alienating his
wife's affections. After wounding the
policeman, Harding led his pursuers
a long chase, finally dropping from
exhaustion and then attempting his
own life.
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BOYS WENT TO CHURCH.
Rector Won All Their Marbles and
Thftv Couldn't Plav.
"Many interesting stones are tola
oi the late Bishop vvilmer, ot Alabama,
who was noted tor his wit and
sharp repartee," said jt^ooert \V\ Kennedy,
or Birmingham, Aia. A story
whicn is considered cnaracteristic oi
the man was told by a V irginia minister
at a private dinner in Richmond
not so very long ago.
" 'When Bishop Winner was rector
of the little Protestant Episcopal
church at Uppervilie, va.,' said he,
ne wa3 much worried by the nonattendance
at service on Sundays of the
majority of the young men of the
community. On inquiring he found
that instead of going to church they
were in the habit of playing marbles
for stakes?marbles in those days, it
must be remembered, was a much
more serious game than it is now,
occupying much the same position in
the realm of sports as do billiards
and pool in these aays.
" 'Bishop Wilmer, then a parson
not well known, determined to break
ilp this practice. He himself had been
an expert marble player in his boyhood.
Accordingly on Saturday he
came across a number of the young
men engaged in a game. The good
bishop asked several questions, and
finally challenged the lot to play him
tor "keeps." They readily consented.
" 'Much to their astonishment, the
young minister won steadily, and
soon they had to go to the stores to
replenish their stock. Toward the
close of the afternoon Mr. Wilmer
had won every marble in the town of
Upperviiie. Putting his "winnings"
in a bag, he remarked, 'since you
can't play marbles to-morrow, I hope
to see you all at church.' And he
did."?Washington Herald.
Snake Leaps 1,400 Feet.
Two Wysox men had a thrilling
experience on Table Rock Mountain
Monday afternoon, one which they
will not care to repeat.
As they were walking on the
mountain they came upon a large
nnnnortionH onal'P whi^h WAS PTllOV
ing a sun bath 100 yards from the
rock which gives the mountain its
name. The men looked around for
stones, but none that they could
handle to good effect could be found,
nor was there a good club at hand.
.Taking sticks of good length, they
attacked the snake, which showed
fight and struck at both men. Failing
to land and not liking the lashing
of the sticks his snakeship started
for the edge of the mountain overlooking
the river which flows at the
base some 1,400 feet below.
Reaching the edge of the table
rock which hangs out from the
mountain-side a considerable distance,
the snake arranged itself in a
peculiar shape, and then with a hiss
balf jumped, half squirmed out into
the air. The men rushed upon the
shelving rock and peered over and
watched the fearful descent 01 tne
snake, expecting to see it strike the
trees or protruding rocks down the
mountainside, but it missed all these
obstructions. It was not thought
possible the snake would clear the
Lehigh tracks, but as the distance
was covered the snake seemed to
straighten out, and, as the men vow,
orawled through the air and succeeded
in landing in deep water with
hardly a splash.
While they were watching to see
if the snake came to the surface one
of the men became dizzy from peering
over the edge of the rock and
would have followed the snake's awful
example had not his companion
oaught him just in time.
Some idea of the distance traveled
by the copperhead can be had when
it is known that but few boys or
men can throw a stone so that it
will strike in the river as the snake
did.?Towanda Review.
Motor Victim Dies.
Wrightsville, Ga., August 15.?
Miss Nina Tompkins, daughter of a
well known banker, who with five
others was frightfully injured in an
automobile accident here yesterday,
died at 3 o'clock this morning.
Physicians to-day performed an
operation on her brother, Roger
TnmnVine in an nttpmTit S3 VP his
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life, but it is said bis case is hopeless.
Miss Emma Tompkins, William
Tompkins and Oswold Tompkins, all
more or less seriously injured, will
recover.
Saves Negro from Lynching.
Americus, Ga., August 15.?By a
clever ruse Sheriff Feagin outwitted
a posse at DeSoto to-day and safely
brought Dean Adams here in an automobile.
The negro was captured
by the officer at an early hour to-day
and confessed his purpose in entering
the home of a well known woman
in DeSoto.
Feeling against the negro was intensified
by his confession and nothing
but the officer's speedy care prevented
a lynching.
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cly5crx suicide a mystery.
Reason for Young Student's Rash
Deed Remains Hidden.
Lancaster, August 14.?Coroner
King held an inquest to-day over the
body of young Ernest Clyburn, who
killed himself at the home of his
father, Capt. W. U. Clyburn, near
Haile Gold Mine, yesterday afternoon.
Only two witnesses were examined,
W. N. Clyburn, a cousin, and
Brokam Clyburn, brother of the deceased.
They testified that the young
man was found in a room behind a
bolted door, lying on the right side
with a revolver, 44 calibre Colts, under
his breast and arm, and was dead
when thus discovered. A bullet
wound was through the head. A note
was pinned to the shirt, stating no
one but himself was to blame for the
deed.
Thor<a was no evidence whatever
throwing any light on the cause of
the tragedy. The verdict of the jury
was that the deceased came to his j
death by his own hand. The remains
were buried this afternoon at Pleasant
Plains church. The father of
young Clyburn is one of the wealthiest
and most influential citizens in
the county, and is prostrated with
grief over the fourth death in his
family within the past two years,
three sons and his wife having passed
away, two of the sons meeting
with violent deaths. It has been suggested
that the death of his mother,
to whom he was fondly devoted and
for whom he never ceased to grieve,
had something to do with young Clyburn's
suicide. He was a young man
of high character and exemplary habits,
had been a close student at Wake
Forest College for two years, and had
arranged to return there next month.
TO OPERATE OX SHERIFF.
P. H. Corley, of Lexington, Goes to
Richmond for Treatment.
Lexington, August 15.?Sheriff P.
H. Corley left Friday night for Richmond,
Va., where he goes to have an
operation performed upon his hand,
which was injured by the negro, Ed
Bynum, a few months ago. The hand
has been almost useless to the sheriff
since it was shot, and it is hoped by
f^ianHs that thp nnpra
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tion will be entirely successful. More
than 100 shot took effect in the
hand, and but few have been extracted.
They are said to be lined up all
against the bones of the fingers, and
it is not certain that the surgeons
will make the effort to extract them.
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TROUBLE IN COLLETON.
Local Paper Claims Supervisor Has
Not Kept Records Straight.
County Supervisor J. 0. Griffin,
of Colleton county, is "shy" approximately
$10,000, according to an
item in the last issue of the Colleton
County News, a paper published at
Walterboro.
The story says in part: "There
is a discrepancy of $10,474.53 between
the supervisor's reported expenditures
as published to the people
he is supposed to be serving,and the
checks he has drawn upon the treasurer.
Supervisor Griffin's report for
the first quarter of 1909, as published
as an advertisement in The Press
and Standard, on April 28, shows an
expenditure of $2,854.06. The re- ,
port for the second quarter as advertised
in the same paper on August 4
shows an expenditure of $9,519.13.
The total repoHed expenditures for -1
the half year Supervisor Griffin has
been in office amounted to $19,373.19.
These reports do not fit in at
all, however, with checks hearing
the signature of J. O. Griffin held by
County Treasurer R. E. Jones. When
The News man called on Treasurer .
Jones, the figures from the treas- .
urer's books of record were called
over, tabulated, checked and re- .
checked and then taken to a bank official,
who footed them up on an add- ,
ing machine and then rechecked his
addition. The result of this showed (
that the county supervisor had |
checked from the county treasury the
sum of $29,847.72 since January 11 .
and that $10,474.53 of this amount
has not been accounted for by him
in his published reports as required
by law."
The article also charges that
"along the interrogation it was dis- '
covered that the supervisor has had i
to borrow $10,000 already this year,
although he found to his credit, when i
he took charge in January, a bal- i
ance of more than $18,000 and has
since had placed at his disposal the!
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COU?ll.y S Sllitl'C U1 lUC uioptuoai J
profits, the money from fines, licenses,
etc. It is very probable that
an investigation will be made of the
affairs in the office of the Colleton
county supervisor in the immediate
future in an endeavor to discover :
why there should be so great a difference
between his advertised expenditures
and the sum he has really
spent." 1
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place, for low priced pianoi
They give people of moi
for enjoyment of music, wl
many cases, if all pianos w
priced class.
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we sell them for just what
the prices asked for them, 1
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for which we ask more.
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to purchase instruments ol
Our experience is freely
wish to benefit by it, even
made from us.
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Established in 1894. The aim at the echoed is
MOTTO* Thorough instruction under
The school was established by the Methodisl
place where girls can be given thorough train
cost. The object has been <o fully carried out t
pr-Qj tj T>t It is to-day. with its faculty
it JLoUL1. building and grounds, worth
THE LEADING TRAINING SCHC
A4 pays all charges for the year, fan
, !S | r^ll heat, laundry, medical attention,
T except music and elocution. Ap
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MAIL CLERK ARRESTED.
Plunkett Cliarged With Selling and
Transporting Whiskey.
Washington, August 14.?Arrested
on the charge of selling liquor ,
without a United States license and
recommended for suspension from 1
the government service for carrying
liquor in a railway mail car is the
plight in which E. C. Plunkett, of J
Richmond, Va., for seventeen years
railway mail clerk on the Charlotte
& Richmond Railway mail route,
Bnds himself to-day.
The announcement of his arrest
and the recommendation was receiv- (
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ea at tne postomce uep<m,mc.uL wday.
The arrest was made at Char- 1
lotte, N. C., yesterday by Postoffice 1
Inspector W. C. Calvert.
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Pistol Duel With Sister-in-Law.
Orange, Tex., August 15.?E. H. 4
Rice and his sister-in-law, Mrs. A.
Smith, engaged in a street duel with ]
revolvers here to-day, following a <
dispute over domestic troubles, and
as a result the former is living at his
home with three bullets in his body i
and the latter is in jail. Mrs. Rice j
and her sister, Mrs. Smith, were at
the Rice home when Mrs. Rice an- j
nounced her intention of leaving her ;
husband. He followed the two wo- 1
men to the street armed with a pistol
and the duel followed. Several <
shots were exchanged until the two i
women took refuge in a building. ]
Rice fainted from loss of blood. One j
bullet penetrated the shoulder, an- '
other the head and a third the neck, i
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Kentucky Negress's Feat Results in . V:
Cardiac Paralysis. :M
Louisville, Ky., August 14.?Lu;inda
Davis, a colored woman, aged
35 years, died to-day as the result of sating
too much watermelon at a contest
last night. Dr. Loomis Blanton,
issistant coroner, pronounced death
iue to cardiac paralysis, superin- ' y
luced by acute indigestion. Lucinda
ite five watermelons.
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The Spiritual Line.
A good story is told of a very seiate
doctor of divinity. When returning
by train from a church congress
a fellow passenger undertook *
to draw him into conversation, and
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;o far succeeded that the reverend
gentleman asked him to what profession
he happened to belong. ? ^
"Oh," said the layman, cheerfully,
'I'm in the cotton line."
"Oh, indeed," replied the clergy- y:.
man, urbanely, 'there is a good deal *
Df business going on in that branch
just now, I understand."
"First-class," said the layman,
with a cunning smile. "And may I
isk what is your line?"
"I," said the clergyman, patronizingly,
with the nearest approach to a ^ j
joke he was ever known to perpetrate,
"I am in the spiritual line."
"Blest if I didn't think so," exclaimed
his companion, knowingly;
md putting one hand on the doctor's
knee, he leaned forward eagerly and <
idded, with an indescribable wink,
'but, I say, what a price you have got
?in up to."?Chicago Record-Herald.