Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m jji ivfkAvccn uvicDiun cmc TTiVUimH UU3DA1W UAillli SAME OLD BADGER GAME WORK* ED AT HENDERSON VILLE. But Victim Had Cut a Wisdom Tooth and Had Husband and Wife Arrested. Hendersonville, X. C\, August 18. ?Flourishing a deadly six snooter and wildly excited, Baxter Mitchell, of Hendersonville, broke into a room in the Swannanoa hotel, Asheville, occupied by his wife, Mabel, and a stranger, also of Henderson ville, and demanded a thousand dollars from each of the alleged guilty pair as the price of his silence. The woman paid him $600 in currency, the man gave him two checks, one for $200, another ior $395, and five dollars in currency. The alleged injured husband then left the room, soon followed by the stranger, who could still see the glistening barrel of that big revolver. Such, in brief, is the story of a "badger game" successfully worked on a visitor in Hendersonville by Baxter Mitchell and his wife, Mabel, who also have been spending the summer here and who have registered at some of the most prominent houses in town. The stranger immediately left for his home in South Carolina. Returning to Hendersonville yesterday on js the one o'clock train, he had two warrants sworn out. One charged Baxter Mitchell with assault with a deadly weapon, the other charged Mitchell and his wife with "unlawfully and wilfully conspiring and agreeing to defraud and extort from said plaintiff certain checks and securities amounting to ?595." As Mitchell and his wife stepped from the five o'clock train from Asheville yesterday evening they were placed under arrest by Sheriff Blackwell and Deputy Otis Powers. They were immediately taken to 'Squire Dermid's office. Both parties were represented by counsel, and after a long consultation the case was compromised, the checks returned to the plaintiff and were burned by 'Squire Dermid in his office. Mitchell was accused by the plaintiff of enticing him to his room in the Swannanoa hotel in Asheville, last Friday night, under pretense of buying some stock. He soon left the room, it is said. Mrs. Mitchell entered and in a few minutes the husband 1 returned waving a pistol in the air ? and demanding a thousand dollars from each of the alleged guilty pair. ; The woman, in tears^ gave him $600 in currency. The stranger paid ; in two checks, dated Saturday, drawn on a South Carolina bank. He | immediately left for his home town, returned here with his attorney yesterday, and Mitchell and his wife : were brought to 'Squire Dermid's of. fice, where the above alleged facts were brought to light. Mrs. Mitchell is an exceedingly 1 striking and beautiful woman. With . her husband she has been in Hen- , dersonville for several weeks, where 1 the same game it is rumored, was , tried on another man in one of the ( hotels here. The plaintiff in the case, who has J been in town for about a month, al- ( leges they followed him to Asheville j last Friday, where he had gone on ( business and Mitchell, meeting him on the street there invited him to his , room on the pretext of talking busi- , ness. He had but five dollars on his per- . son when Mitchell broke into the room and demanded a thousand dollars from him. He gave him two checks, dating them Saturday, and five dollars in cash. At the trial yesterday he withdrew the warrant, the checks were returned and burned and he paid the costs, amounting to ^s.o, auer wniuu ivn. and Mrs. Mitchell left the court house together. Body Found on Tree. Pittsburg, Pa., August 18.?After hanging for about three months to a tree within a few feet of a public road, along which hundreds of persons passed daily, the body of an unknown man, apparently about 70 years old, was found last evening by berry pickers. No clue as to the identity of the supposed suicide was found on the body. Seared With a Hot Iron, or scalded by overturned kettle?cut with a knife?bruised by slammed door?injured by gun or in any other way?the thing needed at once is Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue inflammation and kill the pain. It's earth's supreme healer, infallible for boihs, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Back. "Marv is-back from the seashore. With a lovely coat of tan, Johnny is back from the country, A freckled and fat "little man." Mother is back from the mountains, Looking on life as a joke. And father is back in his office? BROKE!" k CASE OF SUICIDE? Physicians Believe South Carotin Took Poison. Augusta, August 20.?P. P. Hoi way, white, aged 37 years, died t afternoon at the city hospital, a the physicians are sure that it case of suicide. Dr. G. T. Horre \ called to the boarding house at ? Broad street, where Holloway liv about two o'clock this afternoon a found him in a comatose conditi His eyes were wide open and his g eral appearance caused Dr. Horne believe that the man had tal opium. He was sent to the hospi as soon as the ambulance could procured and died about 3 o'clo Mrs. Tyler Brown, who is the p prietor of the boarding house wh' Holloway had been living for f< months, stated to-night that Hoi way was a native of Gaines, S. ic q email r?l?pp near Grf?< *? UiVU U r.vVV ?? wood. He was married to a M Stallworth when about 21 years age and has a son aged 15 years a a daughter 17. The son is in Grei wood and the daughter is in McR Ga. Holloway was a fireman on 1 Georgia railroad. Recently he w< to McRae to see his daughter and his return Mrs. Brown says that told her his daughter's aunt woi not let him see her. Mrs. Bro says that his daughter and son inh ited several thousand dollars es from their mother and that on count of ~ Holloway's drinking times she supposed that he was i permitted by his daughter's relatr to see her. firuul Wnrlr Tnpsdav. To our sister counties, Abbevil Fairfield, Lexington, Bamberg, ( angeburg, Kershaw, Berkeley, C houn and others that voted out t dispensary, congratulations. The v ers in these counties who voted c the dispensary did a fine day's wo; It will never be regretted. All of you will feel better about a year hence when you see the bei ficent effects. In Greenwood we km how good it is and we feel good know that you are to get on a sar basis in curtailing the sale of wh key. Some will be sold yet and the who have been drinking for yez will continue to get it. That part it can't be helped, but you can m imize the sale of whiskey. Blind gers can be made to come under t yoke, if your officials are the rig kind of men and as for the reveni you will make money by it. T poorer classes will save money it. They will not have to buy wh key so as to enable the towns to g a revenue from the sale of whisk< They will have more money to put: to shoes, clothing, food and some put by for a rainy day.?Greenwo Index. ITT* rccus jCjiu jiui x uuiiuo. "I had deard it said all my 1 that if you want hens to lay, fe them pepper and other hot fo stuffs," said Congressman Johns( to a Spartanburg Herald represeni tive in discussing chickens, "so concluded that hot potatoes might just as well. I had an abundance sweet potatoes?more than we coi destroy?and last winter I took baking a few in the oven of the stc each day and feeding them to 1 hens. The hens began laying last h vember and have been laying e\ since. You can take that for what is worth, but I believe it's due to t potatoes. Views Change. The election Tuesday did not any wise involve men. It was enti: ly a question of principle. We ha noted with considerable interest t position taken by two or three of c preachers on this question, which volved the direct issue of prohibiti or whiskey, as against their positi two years ago, when it involved t question of one form of regulati whiskey as against another, and which men were involved. Some w were then very active in the use their pen were conspicuously sih this time. Place and environment ( ter largely into the views of so: people.?Southern Christian Adi cate. SLAPPED HER FACE. Because He Said She Sent Him I seemly Post Cards. As an excuse for slapping ] wife's face, William Schenck, Cincinnati, 0., said that he was t victim of "postal card mania," a that his wife had sent the cards him. Judge Hoffman, of the pol court, dismissed the case and t( the wife not to send her husband a more postal cards. The husband p sented several cards to the court. < one was written. "All in, down a out;" another showed a handsoi young woman, with outstretch arms, and underneath the pictu was printed the words, "I don't ci if he never comes back." Anotl had written on it, "Come in; the v ter is fine." % . V. V- V - ' LANGUISHING IN JAIL. ian Santuc Express Agent Fails to Find Bondsmen. llo- Union, August 20.?J. E. Morris, his the young Southern railway and exind press agent at Santuc, formerly of is Montvale, Va., who was arrested sevras eral weeks ago, charged with being 36 short in his accounts, is still in jail ed, here, not having furnished the necestnd sary $500 bond. It is understood on. that perhaps no more strenuous efen forts have been made to raise this to bond because there is another war:en rant out and waiting to be served tal should he be released, this warrant be charging him with forgery in connecck. tion with some money alleged to have ro- been paid about July 15. The case ere will come up at the criminal term of >ur court which convenes here next lo- month. C., A Popular Appointment. iss In the appointment of Mr. George Waterhouse to the office of census n(j supervisor for the second census disen_ trict of this State President Taft ae made a wise choice. Mr. Waterhouse is as well fitted to undertake the task tiie as any one who could have been se3nt lected from this section and is representative of the hiehest tvDe of our on ? - __ he citizenship. He is not in politics, 32? and on the other hand is a business wn man to whom the office has no attracer_ tions from the standpoint of either the salary or the "influence" that ac_ goes with it. It is gratifying that at this position was given to a citizen 10t of this county and to one who so ^ well represents it. If President Taft keeps on making this class of appointments the South will begin to really feel that it is a part of the [je national government.?Beaufort Ga)r_ zette. ^ Man is a Little Cuss. ;he 0t_ Man is a little cuss and hasn't long )ut to stay. He flies around and makes a fuss and then he hikes away. Some men imagine they are great and try it to tear up jack, but each one meets ie_ the same old fate, and treads the same old track. Great Caesar's dead DW t0 and turned to clay, and so is Cicero. ler Alexander has gone the way the rest is_ of us must go. The sages, poets, heroes, all the men of the world, into )se an open grave must fall and crumble irs back to earth. Then let's not join in of the affray and struggle like the deuce and agonize our lives away; for realti_ ly what's the use? Let's live and love he and sing the while, and work some now and then, and give to every one a smile that cheers the hearts of men. And whether we are crowned ky with flowers or chilled with winter is*_ snows, with happiness let's fill the rpt hours ere we turn up our toes?Exchange. Sunday-School Convention. 0(j The Barnwell and Bamberg Sunday-school convention will meet at Healing Springs church Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The following is the ' ife program: ed WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. od 11:30 a. m.?Service of song and m praise. 12:00 noon?Introductory sermon ta" by E. S. Reaves. Organization. I 1:00 p. m.?Adjourn, do 2:30?Service of song. of 2:45?The relation of the church to the Sunday-school?M. M. Benlld son, W. H. Simpson, J. D. Moore, to 4:00?Miscellaneous business. >ve 4:3 0?Adjourn, ny THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. Jo- 10:00 a. m.?Service of song. rp 10:30?Discovering teachers?O. . J. Frier, R. A. Smith. " 11:00?Developing teachers?W. he W. Cope, H. J. Hair, I. H. Hutto, C. C. Ellzey, E. S. Reaves. 12:0 0?Presentation of diplomas and certificates to normal class by president. 111 12:30?Address to normal class? re- J. D. Moore. LVe 1:00 p. m.?Adjourn. he 2:30?Service of song. 2:45?Teacher preparing the les,ur son?G. M. Smoak, R. M. Mixon, W. in- G. Britton, J. E. Chandler, on 3:45?Teaching next Sunday's on lesson?Miss Clara Johnston. 4.15?Miscellaneous business. 4:30?Adjourn. nS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. *n 10:00 a. m.?Service of song, ho 10:30?Home department?A. P. of Manville, I. H. Hutto, C. C. Ellzey, R. t S. Reaves. ' 11:15?Presentation of convenm" tion banners by R. M. Mixon and O. me J. Frier. r0- 11:30?Cradle roll?M; M. Ben t t\ SUI1, d. u. itiUUlC. 12:00?Organized class for young women?Miss Bessie Willis. 12:15?Organized class for young men?H. J. Crouch, J. D. Moore. In- 1:00 p. m.?Adjourn. 2:30?Service of song. 2:45?Missions in the Sundayhis school?W. R. Smith, S. P. Hair, of 3:15?Habits of Promptness?H. ho J. Hair, R. M. Mixon, O. E. Still, O. J. ne Frier. n(* 3:45?Men in the Sunday-school to and how to get them there?R. S. ice Reaves. H 4:15?Miscellaneous business. 4:30?Adjourn. Each Sunday-school is entitled to re- five delegates. Singing will be led On by C. C. Ellzey. Gospel Hymns 1 to j 6. Dinner will be on the grounds all three days of convention. Deleme gates who desire to be met at Black a ?- - J J r? TT- i r?i i niA tea vine auaress d. r. nair, oiacE-vine, re> R. F. D. No. 1. lre S. P. HAIR, W. S. MIMMS, ier C. C. ELLZEY, v*' W. G. BRITTON, M. M. BENSON. RUTLEDGE COUNTY DEFEATED. Both Williamsburg and Clarendon ( Voted it Down. A dispatch from Lake City, which town expected to be the county seat is of the new county, says the propo- h sition to form the new county of n Rutledge out of portions of Wil- n liamsburg and Clarendon was voted a on by the voters in the sections af- o fected Tuesday and the result was f a victory for those who are opposed t to the formation of the county by t a little over two hundred votes. The fi Williamsburg portion of the proposed s county gave 823 votes for the new county and 415 against. The Clar- p endon voters, whose precinct was t Sandy Grove, gave 45 for the new ii county and 25 against. The new li county to have won required 831 n trAfoe in Wi'lliomoKnror nnnntv an A lr T WVk3 1U IT UliU111iJUUl ^ V/VUUWJ UUU W X ? votes in Clarendon. So the proposi- t tion was voted down in both Williamsburg and Clarendon counties. t ? i. r Negro Lodged in Jail. v McRae, Ga., August 21.?Henry v Taylor, the negro charged with the fi murder of Mrs. Josh Vickery and her infant at Lumpkins ferry, in Telfair county, was not lynched but is safe in jail here, as are also Josh Vickery, h the husband of the unfortunate woman, and Sambo Robinson, a cousin ^ of Mrs. Vickery. g The negro was not taken from the sheriff of Willcox county. c Sheriff J. D. Williams and Deputy Etheridge, of McRae, and others crossed the river and captured the negro at Evergreen Thursday night, brought him over to the scene of the murder, had an investigation and the general opinion is that this negro . is not guilty of the offense. ^ The negro and white men are now a in jail here, and all denied any knowledge of how and when the crime was committed. The negro was especially loud in his protestations of innocence and said he could ^ prove an alibi. When brought to the scene of the murder, feeling was high against him and threats of lynching were ^ made and a rope was tied around his ^ neck and he was told to confess, but he stoutly declared his innocence and ^ the people believe him after investi- j. gation. Vickery and Robinson are being held on account of alleged conflicting statements they have made. H. M. GRAHAM Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. Practices in all Courts of this' State. Offices in The Herald Building. W. E. FREE Attorney-at-Law All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. OfBce for present at court house. ii ...... 1 NEW ARRIVALS Curtis Brand Peas, per 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 you ever tried our Butter? We only ask 35c. the pound. Don't forget that we handle Snowflake Flour, the best that is put up, 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 $3.00 and $3.50 and a Florsheim Shoe For $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 C. R. BRABflAM'S SONS BAMBERG. S. C. ' " - ,/v.. .v- VV'1' ATLANTA LEADS IN REFORM. Jity Fathers Call on Police to Stop Kissing in Public Parks. Atlanta, Ga., August 21.?Kissing s under the ban in Atlanta. It's unealthy and embarrassing to those ot taking part in the exercise. A few aonths ago they convicted and fined traveling man who kissed his wife n the street as he arrived home rom a trip. The judge announced hat there was nothing personal in ho wee that ho wmild have been ned just the same had he kissed ome one else's wife. And now they have called out the olice and the electric light company o put a stop to reckless osculation a the public parks. The electric ight company is to erect lights every ow and then in the parks so that the issing squad may catch and arrest he awful violators of the law. People who live near the parks say hat they are driven from their veandas every pleasant night by the rholesale love-making under their ery noses. So the word has gone orth, "No kissing goes." Sticks by his Principles. Atlanta, Ga., August 21.?They ave discovered a real Confederate, n un-reconstructed Confederate, ere in Atlanta. He is Col. G. N. aussy, of Sylvester. Gov. Brown recently named Col. !ol. Saussy a colonel on the goveror's personal stall and the adjutant eneral mailed the old soldier his ommission, together with the oath f allegiance to the State of Georgia nd the United States. Col. Saussy made a few changes in he commission and more in the oath, le erased the word -blue wherever it ppeared in the regulations for the niform and substituted the word ray. Then he'erased the oath to the Tnited States constitution and wrote: "I except to the 12th, 14th, and 5th amendments. I am a Confedrate soldier, still on parole, and rhile pledged not to again bear arms gainst the United States, I still reain the views I had when I entered tie Confederate army. I have never aken the oath of allegiance to the fnited States and while God gives me fe I never will." i i Remember the Place to get polish for the brass .work on your car. Top dressing for your top. Compression grease in a density that will suit you. Automobile Oil I that will Dlease vou by elimi nating half the trouble you I are now having. I , Remember that the win- I ning car in the New York- I to-Paris race run 21,000 miles without carbonizing, on this oil. We have oil for air cooled engines, too. Say, have you heard about our gasoline contract to au- | tomobiles? Fifteen cents a gallon, put in the car. j We also rebuild any kind of automobile and sell new tops. The Delk Motor Co. 1 1 J. H. DIXON Machinist and Engineer General Repair Shop. 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. Maae urun use new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. A stitch in time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; in 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. ^ : DR. GEO. P. HAIR j; ,' Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. C. 0 ! In office every day In the week. < > Graduate of Baltimore College <> | of Dental Surgery, class 1892. j[ Member S. C. Dental Assocla- o * tion. Office In old bank build- <[ I ing. !! ' . -- r '/V -;. -. . - - ? < .? < *' * . .I Ml Ml I 'j'^'?*J'j'?' * *; | Attorney-at-Law ' I Z BAMBERG, 8. C. !! J Special attention given to set- J [ 1 tlement of estates and invest!- < > gation of land titles. < 2 LOANS NEGOTIATED. J| T Office over Bamberg Banking Co. * \ J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson ' %>vi Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated i jj W. P. RILEY \\ o <> V:.|? j| Fire, Life j| $ Accident ;; i; INSURANCE i: If 0 BAMBERG, S. C. O Vg! 'moto #dic^son :\ INSURANCE AGENT ][ | WILL WRITE ANYTHING <| Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lis- t :M bility, Casualty, in the J [ ? strongest and most re- o " *, X UaWe companles- ii m X 'Phone No. 10*B. Bamberg, 8. C. T lP.P.P.1 1 P. P. P. will purify and vitalise your I VV* blood, create a srood appetite and Rive jour :m whole system tone and strength. W A prominent railroad superintendent at <^3 Savannah, suffering with Malaria, Dyqpep- ' eia, and Rheumatism says: "After taking RP. P. he never felt no well in his life, ana '{ feels as If he could live forever, if he could .l always get P. P. P." .. ' ^ If you are tired out from over-work and ' -* dose confinement, take p. p. p. ?? If you are feelina badly In the spring and out of sorts, take P. P. P. If your digestive organs need toning up, take 'fjmm p. p. p. m If you suffer with headache, indigestion, Jg debility and weakness, take P. P. P. If you suffer with nervous prostration, nerves unstrung and a general let down of the system, take p. P. P. - mm Tor Blood Poison. Rheumatism, 8crof- >*$. ula, Old Sores, Malaria, Chronic Female - 5 Complaints, take P. P. P. Prickly Ash, Poke Root ,|l| and Potassium. The best blood purifier in the world. F. V. LEPPMAN, }M Savannah, . Georgia. If you need a safe that Is a - . safe see me before buying lv J. 13* FELDER BAMBERG* S. C. Agent Victor Safe & Lock Co. Anything in Safes v$|k| Cincinnati* O. DR. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST BAMBERG* S. C. Office in Telephone Building. . MEAT MARKET. f| Same men at a differ- ' j|5jjg ent place. When yon 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 ";v|.p eggs. BRONSON&GRANT BAMBERG, S. C. ' :V#|f TOWN PROPERTIES FOR SALE J One two-story dwelling, with six rooms, on corner of New Bridge and Second street. :>A One two-story dwelling, with eight <-2|l rooms, on corner of Calhoun street ' aM and Railroad avenue. One two-story dwelling, with six rooms, on Second street. One five-room cottage, on Main ?? street. l> One seven-room dwelling, on east >vi 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 ?||1 Heights for sale at reasonable prices. Description, with price and termi, on application. J. T. O'INEAL, :m Real Estate Agent Bamberg, S. C.