The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 19, 1909, Image 3
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WOMAN DEFIES OFFICERS.
^ Lexington Deputy Has Trouble in Arresting
Negroes.
Lexington, August 12.?Deputy
^ Sheriff Sim J. Miller, of this county,
returned late last night from a man
hunt extending over two days, bringing
with him two negroes, Chester
Pridgett and John Mance, whom they
arrested in Aiken county. The two
officers were met with great resistance
by the wife of Mance, who declared
that she "would drink her own
blood before her husband should be
taken." She secured a double-barreled
shotgun, swearing vengeance
upon the officers if they attempted to
take her husband. Finally Deputy
Sheriff Miller became tired of the
abuse and he drew his pistol and held
the woman at bay, while Constable
' s nrrl ol i nnoH
j?"uimer stjcureu .uauto auu
away in the darkness.
From Mance's the officers drove to
the home of Pridgett, two miles
away. They met no resistance here,
however, and were soon on their
journey with the two prisoners.
Trim Has Lots of Trouble.
Chattanooga, Tenn., August 13.?
"Rev." Henry Trim, leader of the
Holy Rollers, a religious sect which
has met with opposition in this section,
has once more returned to East
Chattanooga despite threats of violence.
He erected his tent on private
property and held a meeting last
night. This was interfered with by
a number of men, but Trim managed
to finish the service. When he awoke
this morning, it was to find that his
tent had been cut down and a portion
^ carried away. The tent was reerected
to-day and Trim announces that
he will continue to hold services.
Trim has been threatened with violence
in case he should refuse to
abandon the services, and trouble is
expected.
What Rural Free Delivery Does.
toiontmriA oonnection brings
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the distant city to the farmer's door.
But rural free delivery does more. It
brings him the daily newspaper, telling
all that has happened round the
world in the last twenty-four hours.
And it is the daily paper that has
widened his horizon from the village,
postoffice to the other side of the
' globe. Statesmen and parliaments
and famous personalities have entered
his personal field of consciousness.
New inventions, great achievements,
reach him now so that he thrills with
the rest of the world at their happen
ing. He is living with his time instead
of following it. And his intelligence
has quickened and his convictions
have strengthened as he finds
himself abreast with the world.
When rural free delivery was first
agitated, people said: "Why, the
farmer doesn't need it. He seldom
gets any letters and he takes only
weekly papers." For that the farmer
was not to blame. To-day there
are over 32,000 free delivery routes.
The first route was established in
1896. Out at Turner postoffice, Ore.,
there were then just thirteen daily
papers taken. Three years later
there were one hundred and thirteen.
"It would take part of life away to
give it up," an Indiana farmer wrote
to the postoffice department at Washington.?The
Delineator for September.
Women "Blind Tigers."
Greenwood, August 12.?Two negro
women wearing jackets and
Bkirts of convict stripe made their ap^
pearance on the square this morning
with brooms in their hands and were
kept out for a couple or nours ana
then carried hack to their cells. They
will repeat the performance this afternoon.
One of the women was convicted
of selling whiskey, and the other for
disorderly conduct. Not being able
s to pay their fines, the above method
; of punishment was decided upon by
Mayor Baker and Chief McCombs. It
is hoped the moral effect will be sufficient.
There have been four convictions
since January 1 of female blind tigers
and the officials are determined
to break the practice up. The women
are not required to work on the
V- streets, but being out in public in
their convict stripe, it is hoped, will
have a good effect.
Ernest Clyburn Commits Snicide.
Anderson, August 13.?John Dean
Hall, a colored convict, aged 40, at^
tempted to escape from the chaingang
and was shot at by one of the
guards, the shot going wild. Hall ran
40 yards and then fell to the ground,
completely paralyzed. Death resulted
later.
Fear evidently caused apoplexy.
Hall was serving short sentence for
gambling.
The Crime of Idleness.
Idleness means trouble for any
one. Its the same with a lazy liver.
It causes constipation, headache,
jaundice, sallow complexion, pimples
and blotches, loss of appetite, nausea,
but Dr. King's New Life Pills soon
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your health. 25c. at Peoples Drug
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HANGED IN 6E0K6ET0WN
FIRST EXECUTION UNDER ACT
MAKING NEW CAPITAL CRIME.
No Unusual Incidents Marked Death
Scene Except That One Person
Fainted.
Georgetown, August 13.?In accordance
with the sentence which
was passed on John Jenkins, alias
"Slippery Joint," by Judge John S.
Wilson at the special term of court
which was held here on the 2 7th or
July, Jenkins to-day paid the penalty
for his crime.
A special term of court was held
here at the request of the citizens
through Solicitor W. H. Wells,
specially for the purpose of trying
Jenkins. Jenkins at his trial put up
the plea of alibi and not until a few
days ago did he confess his crime of
an assault with criminal intent upon
a young white lady of this county.
Several days ago the sheriff was in
the jail house, at which time Jenkins
confessed that he was the right party,
saying that he had had a dream in
which the Lord told him to tell the
truth about the matter before he
died.
Death Warrant Read.
The death warrant was read by
Sheriff C. W. Scurry to Jenkins this
morning at 9:20 o'clock, immediately
after which he was carried to the
gallows in the jail yard.
The condemned boy did not show
signs of nervousness to any extent,
except that he was perspiring freely
in the face. After he ascended the
steps of the gallows, he made no
statement regarding his crime, but
in a low tone he was heard to utter,
"Lord, have mercy on my soul," and
"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall
not want."
Rev. A. B. Jackson, colored, who
has been acting as his spiritual adviser,
offered prayer in Jenkins's be
nan wnne on me ganows.
A Silent Criminal.
After the prayer Jenkins was asked
by the sheriff if he had anything
further to say, to which he replied,
"No." The trap was sprung at 9:31
o'clock and Jenkins hung for 16%
minutes before life was pronounced
extinct by Dr. Olin Sawyer.
Jenkins wore a new pair of trousers,
which had been sent to him by
some of his friends and carried a
small testament in his hip pocket.
The execution passed off quietly and
Jenkins's family took charge of his
body. This is the first execution unJ
laorielofll rD
Ut!I IUB lie W ?aet VI IUC itb'SiHiuiv
making attempt at the crime against
woman a capital offense.
One of the witnesses to the execution
fainted when the, trap was
sprung and was immediately taken to
the jail house by the doctors, who
were present, for attention.
Italian Shoots Skipper.
Charleston, August 14.?Capt.
Jones Townsend, of the well known
coasting schooner Josephine, of Baltimore,
was shot at an early hour
this morning by an Italian, Antonio
Aratano, on the corner of Meeting
and Chalmers streets. The men had
been drinking but when they left the
establishment on the corner, they
seemed to be in friendly relations, as
far as could be learned. Aratano was
arrested later in the day. He denies
that he shot Townsend, but he was
taken over to the Roper hospital and
there positively identified by the sea
captain as his assailant
Aratano is in jail awaiting the results
of Townsend's injuries, which
are thought to be fatal. Townsend's
intestines are perforated in several
places and there are slim chances for
recovery.
Ernest Clyburn ommits Suicide.
Lancaster, August 13.?Ernest
Clyburn, a young man about 19 years
old, son of Capt. W. U. Clyburn, of
the Haile Gold Mine section, committed
suicide this afternoon by locking
himself in his father's room and
blowing out his brains with a shotgun.
No cause is known for the rash act.
He was a young man of quiet, steady
habits and deservedly popular. He
was a brother of young Thomas Clyburn,
who lost his life in the double
tragedy at Kershaw about two years
ago. The father of young Clyburn
was on his way to Hot Springs, N. C.,
this afternoon, when his son took his
life. Capt. Clyburn was notified at
Monroe of his son's tragic death.
'Twas a Glorious Victory.
There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn.
A man's life has been saved, and now
Dr. King's New Discovery is the talk
of the town for curing C. V. Pepper
of deadly lung hemorrhages. "I could
not work nor get about," he writes,
''and the doctors did me no good, but,
after using Dr. King's New Discovery
three weeks, I feel like a new man,
and can do good work again." For
weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs
and colds, hemorrhages, hay fever,
lagrippe, asthma or any bronchial af
fection it stands unrivaled. Price 50c.
and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Sold
and guaranteed by People's Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. C.
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BODY FOUND NEAR CONWAY.
Corpse of J. S. Cooper Found in the
Road.
Conway, August 12.?Lying dead;
in the woods was the condition in j
which J. S. Cooper, of Conway, was j
found yesterday afternoon. He was j
j found about five miles from Conway
[ on the Dog Bluff road, lying a lew
[ hundred yards from the road. The
| coroner's jury rendered a verdict
that the deceased died from the effects
of excessive drinking and that
he had been dead about 24 hours
J when found.
Cooper was an excessive drinker, it
is said, but for last few weeks had
been very sober. Monday he left Conway
for the country, presumably to
trade horses, as that was his favorite
pastime. Early Tuesday his horse
I returned home unattended and a
quart of liquor was found in the
buggy. Mrs. Cooper at once grew uneasy
about her husband, and sen:
some of her friends to look for Mr.
Cooper. He was found as above
stated on Wednesday afternoon. His
body was very much discolored and
where he lay were signs indicative of
scrambling. This, it is thought, was
where the deceased lay while in his
drunken condition. No signs of foul
I play were seen.
Cooper was about 35 years old and
I leaves a wife.
New Crop Coming on Market.
Clio, August 13.?This morning
about 6 o'clock Mr. T. H. Hubbard
brought the first bale of the new crop
of cotton to this market and sold it
to the E. Sternberger company at 12
% cents a pound. A few hours later
Dr. C. S. Evans put on the market the
second bale, for which he was paid 11
cents. The crop is opening very rapidly
and there will be a quantity of
cotton marketed here by the first of
September.
Death of Little Rnth.
It was seven o'clock in the evening.
The old fashioned farm clock
swayed slowly the dull moments, in
puny effort to measure the dreadful
long hours of death! Little Ruth re- |
vived from a stupor, her beautifu.;
brown eyes catching a vision of the.
evening star, before hiding itself be-i
hind the thick forest, dimly showing
in the twilight.
More and more adroitly she gazed,
as if some treasure in itself is departing
never to return to her sight
on earth again. She lay all that day
in an unconscious state only at that
opportune time reviving to catch a
vision of that heavenly treasure now
seemingly passing in transport to
her behind the thick forest.
"Ruth!" "Ruth!" a voice from
her mother kneeling beside her. Ruth
only at this sublime moment looking
around to those in the room.
"Mother," she said, "I dreamed that
yonder in the western sky, I saw a
beautiful star, only to awake and see
it in reality."
Feeble and trembling, little Ruth
grew weaker as she talked, her eyes
sparkling with an inspiration of
heavenly bliss, as is often the case
with a dying Christian.
"I dreamed that I had passed from
this life, and two angels robed in
white came for me, telling me to look
no to heaven, to a certain star, and
oh! it was such a brilliant star, and
showed such splendor! 'They took
me into their arms and tenderly bore
me away and presently I found myself
in a realm of angels in another
world, and I was told that it was
heaven, and that I was to live there
always in peace and happiness."
Suddenly falling backward little
Ruth sank into eternity. Her roseate
cheeks grew fainter as life became
more extinct, and a sweet smile lingered,
bespeaking ecstacy and bliss.
Those rosy lips that had just bo flu- i
ently spoken these tender words were
waxen. Those beautiful eyes that so (
radiantly depicted such sincerity and
love lost their glow and magnificence,
for death had triumphed over a beau- 1
tiful life, and a soul was borne to the i
heavenly shores to dwell in paradise! i
W. A. HAY, JR. ,
How Uncle Sam Teaches Farming. 1
The department of agriculture is i
maintained by the United States, at i
an expense of eleven million dollars (
annually, to discover and teach improved
methods of farming. Cooperating
with it are sixty-three State agricultural
colleges with free tuition. 1
And a further important feature of I
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the system is some iour muusanu
farmers' institutes, by which the
classroom is taken to the fields
wherever fifty farmers will gather to-:
gether to hear lectures and experts.
Sometimes these institutes are sent
on wheels; a railroad train is chartered
and an entire equipment for
demonstration purposes placed
aboard, accompanied by horticulturists,
entomologists and botanists.
At each little station a halt is
made while the lecturers from the
rear platform address the crowd that
gathers round. Such are the "corn
specials" of Nebraska and Iowa, the
"wheat special" of Washington and
the "fruit train" of Idaho.?The Delineator
for September.
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