i. \ BEAT AIX)PTED CHILD. L. A. Matthews Arrested for Chastising Elizabeth Morrow. 4 Spartanburg, Sept. 9.?Terribly bruised and cut with an unmerciful j bearine administered by her foster | father, L. A. Matthews, Miss Elizabeth Morrow slipped away from the Matthews home on Pollard street at 4 o'clock this morning and sought refuge at the home of Mr. P. J. Dock* endorff, a neighbor, living on Morgan avenue. Matthews is alleged to have beaten his adopted daughter because she allowed young men to talk with her at the box office of the Magic theatre, where she sold tickets. It is said Matthews began beating Miss Morrow at about 1:30 a o'clock this morning and continued beating her for about an hour. The (. whipping was administered with a < hickory stick and in the presence of Mrs. Matthews. The young lady was called up out of bed by Matthews and made to take the brutal punishment he administered without clothing to pro V>o-r in tha t^VV UVi AAA -r At a late hour to-night Dr. Bunch stated that he did not consider Miss Morrow's injuries as extremely dan- 1 gerous, but that she was fearfully bruised and her nervous system all broken up. She will need days of quiet rest and careful attention. . The whipping of Miss Morrow was reported to Chief of Police Hall this : morning early, and as a result Capt. 1 Bobo and officer Nolan arrested Matthews about midday in front of the 1 ? Magic theatre and locked him up in 1 the city jail. Later in the day a ( warrant was sworn out before Magis trate Wetmore by Chief Hall charging Matthews wih assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, i Bond was fixed at $500 and made \ 4 good by Mesrs. 0. L. Johnson and , Joe Miller. j PRONOUNCE NEGRO INSANE. j End of Case Against Bob Ellerbe in j Bennettsville. < Bennettsville, Sept. 6.?Bob Eller- J t be the negro man who was lodged in jail here last Friday evening on ac- 1 count of his misconduct, insulting a 1 white woman, was pronounced insane by Drs. Faison and Woodley to- < day. He has been in jail since last < Friday, held for investigation and -t safe keeping. The first reports al- i leged an attempt assault, but the facts showed that he did not come \ > near enough to the woman to touch i her, and his general bearing did not < - - 1 A - 1 Ttk A nAAAA seem oruiai or iciuciuus. x uc ucvca- i v f sary papers have been forwarded to s Columbia, and as soon as possible he will be taken to the Hospital for the ] Insane. 1 f Stabbed to His Shoulder. 1 Mr. J. L. Stacy, of the Clover , * , neighborhood, brought to The Enquirer office on Wednesday a flesh ] creeping exhibit in the shape of a t piece of plank an inch thick, three ( y inches wide and about three feet . long that had just figured in a sur- ( prising but unexplainable tragedy. When his brother. Star M. Stacy, j went into his stable last Saturday . morning, he found the piece of plank ( protruding from the neck of one of j his mules. It was a terrifying ] > sight and at first he did not know ] what to make of it. On realizing the j trouble, however, Mr. Stacy began to extract the piece of plank and after ' considerable difficulty he drew it out, and found that it had been buried in the mule's neck to a depth of nine- , teen inches. The piece of plank had . been used as a brace to a manger, ^ and it is thought that the mule had j come in contact with it on atttempt- < ing to rise from the ground. To look j at the horrible piece of wood it seems , impossible that it could have been \ buried in a mule's shoulder to such j a depth without producing death, \ either instantly or in a very short i while. The mule however, seems to ] be getting along very well and looks } as if it will recover.?Yorkville En- j quirer. ] m ( The Truth About Mary. ( Here's an obituary notice, taken ( y from a Missouri paper: "While it is almost a crime to speak ill of the dead, we feel it our duty to tell the truth about Mrs. Mary Bower, : who died last night. She never ] spoke a decent word of any person : * living or dead, and slander was the ' joy of her life. If she goes to heaven we don't want to be there, and we be- ] lieve we voice the sentiment of very < man, woman and child in this town. < We will gladly contribute a quarter for ice for Mary. She will need it." i ? ] A Sunny Husband. i A sunny husband makes a merry, ] beautiful home, worth having, worth ] , working in and for. If the man is ? breezy, cheery, considerate and sym- j pathetic, his wife sings in her heart j over her puddings and her mending ] basket, and renews her youth in the . security she feels of his approbation * and admiration. You may think it weak and childish if you please, but it is the admired wife who hears 1 words of praise and receives smiles of commendation, who is capable, nnd ATrflnntil'O T VlQVd SPPTl U 1 cci, CLLIXA CAtVUU? V. Jk. **M.f V wv ? a timid, meek," self-distrusting little ( * body fairly bloom into strong, self- ( reliant womanhood under the tonic , and cordial of companionship of a husband who really went out of his way to find occasion for showing her ! how fully he deferred to her his opinion.?Christian Work. Two Hurt in Shooting Affray. Greenville, September 12.?Two white men, Ralph McCall, and Robert Duncan, were brought to the city late last night, the former cut so badly * that it is feared he will die, the latter seriously shot through the right breast. The men were wounded in a row at Stradleyville, about a mile from the city limits. Details of the affair cannot be learned so far, but the sheriff and deputy are at the scene of the trouble making investi* gations. McCall is so badly cut up that he was unable to make any statement. The parties who brought the wounded men to the city claim to know nothing of the affair. ? oppose" investigation. Parents of Mrs. Bighara Do Not Wish 3 to Punish Slayers. Georgetown, Sept. 9.?Mr. M. B. Crisp, father of the unfortunate lady < who was shot at Sunnyside, Murrell's i Inlet, Saturday night, and M. L. s Crisp, her brother, arrived in the 1 city yesterday to make further in- t quiries as to the manner of her t death. The Crisp home is at Mount- i ville, Florence county, Mr. Crisp be- 1 ing a prominent farmer of that sec- I tion. The family consist^ of the t mother and nine children, five boys j and four girls. Ruth, the oldest of 1 the girls, was a graduate of Chicora ? College, Greenville, S. C., where she c was most highly esteemed for her i character and attainments, becoming 1 an ar>nnmnlifihprt miiRiVinn Tn .Tune, t one year ago, when but 22 years old, t she was happily married to Dr. G. C. j Bigham, a son of the late State Sena- c tor Smiley Bigham, of Florence coun- g ty. Mr. Crisp and his son exhibited intense sorrow over the terrible calamity which had befallen their devoted home circle, in the untimely i death of the beloved daughter, sis- ( ter and wife. They showed no signs i of resentment against the men who t unwittingly slew her, but expressed j keen sympathy for the bereaved hus- j band, who, they said, had always ap- t peared to be devoted to his wife. ^ They were strougly opposed to any r further investigation being made as a to the causes leading up to Mrs. Big- t ham's death, feeling satisfied that t the reports given by Mr. W. B. Avant u and Dr. Bigham were substantially i correct. j 1 Arrest of Dr. Bigham. t Florence, Sept. 9.?Dr. G. C. Big- c ham, who was arrested at the home s of his mother, Mrs. L. S. Bigham, near Forestville, in the lower part of * this county, late yesterday afternoon, c and brought to Florence last night ! and placed in ,the Florence County jail, on telegraphic instructions from r Sheriff Scurry, of Georgetown, to 1 Sheriff Burch, of this county, on the charge of murder, was released from J jail this afternoon, after having giv- t an bond in the sum of $2,500. The warrant for the arrest of Dr. E R{f^ham wna Rwnm nut here after the 8 telegram had been received upon in- 1 formation and belief, and Deputy a Sheriff Harrell, in accordance with ? Sheriff's Scurry's telegram, secured J in automobile and hurried to Forest- f wille. Dr. Bigham was resting quietly at c the home of his mother, and when the deputy informed him of his mis- ^ >ion gave completely away and broke 1 iown with grief. It was a sad mis- c sion indeed, as the whole family n were grief stricken and the aged mother's heart seemed as if it would J; break. J As soon as possible Dr. Bigham * left and came on to Florence with d the deputy, offering no resistance ^ whatever. jMrs. Bigham, the mother of Dr. * Bigham, after the deputy left, went :o Coward's last evening and took c ;he train for Georgetown; the rest of ? the family came to Florence this *] evening. b The Hon. J. Willard Ragsdale, of ;his city, was retained by Dr. Bigham D is counsel this morning, and it was J" Dnly a short while before he had t the telephone and telegraph wires a tiot with messages to and from So- * iicitor Wells, of this district, who is ? in the mountains, and His Honor 1 Judge S. W. G. Shipp, who is elsewhere in the State. Just a little "thank you" but how c pleasant an act of kindness or chiv- t ilry will seem if only rewarded by a g gracious "I thank you." Politeness S s never beyond the reach of anyone, 1 and it is the truest sign of good breed- v ng. It is not more than right, and p t should be expected of everyone, to t :hank the people for any kindness 1 :hey may show us, whether it may be \ :heir duty or not. How much more t willing we are to do for one when we v 1- ill T 1 V, snow mat our woi"K win ue ayprcui- u ited by a grateful thank you! If a d friend takes the trouble to send any ittle token of love, no matter what, e common sense, if not decency, should "v lictate that an acknowledgement, i: either verbal or written, is expected, o r Cotton Goods More Active. u New York, Sept. 5.?The next re- ? suit of the publication of an unexpectedly low crop condition on the market for cotton goods and yarns . was a steadying of prirec and a no- ' ticeable increase in the desire of f large operators to close all pending ieals for goods to be delivered on f contract. t While jobbers have not been able t to bring cotton goods prices up to a , parity of the values prevailing in the primary market, they are generally convinced that a higher level will lave to be paid for new stocks. The local jobbers had a good week, a r special sale of dress brocades result- 1 ing in a distribution of a quarter of c a million dollars worth of fall fab- c rics. \ ^ i KILLS HIS BROTHER. I 1 Shoots Down Young Man on His Re- * turn Home. j Butler, Ga., Sept. 10.?Henry Gar- c rett, a young white man 25 years ? old. was shot and killed by his broth- ^ er late last night. Henry had been s away from home and returning at a late hour took from his buggy a chicken which had been given him. The noise attracted the attention of 1 Napoleon Garrett, who seized a gun, went to the back door and fired, the load taking effect in the face, causing almost instant death. 1 Boy Finds Suicide's Body. Columbus, Ga., Sept. 12.?While hunting muscadines in the woods t near the city to-day, a boy came upon i the lifeless body of Walter E. Mc- t Crarv, a well known bookkeeper, who t had been missing since yesterday. A i bullet hole in his head, a .32 calibre i revolver at his feet, and a note ? scratched on the back of an envelope, c "I am crazy, W. E.," told a story that s the coroner's jury declared was sui- 3 cide. i Nice feather dusters, 25c. and 50c. t at The Herald Book Store. 1 ROSS MTST SERVE SENTENCE. Barnwell Appeal Settled by Supreme Court. John B. Ross, who was convicted it the November term of court, 1908, n Barnwell county and sentenced to serve a term of five years at hard abor in the State penitentiary, on he charge of entering the office of ;he Barnwell county treasurer with ntent to steal, will have to serve out lis sentence, the supreme court laving rendered a decision affirming ;he judgment of the circuit court, rhe decision is by Associate Justice Rydrick. Ross was indicted with mother man on two counts; first, if breaking and entering the treaslrer's office in the court house at Barnwell in the night time with in;ent to steal; second, with entering ne omce witn mieni 10 steai. ine ury in the case rendered a verdict jf "Not guilty as to the first count; ;uilty as to the second count." How She Stumped Colorado. It happened that I was the first voman who stumped the State of Colorado, says Minnie J. Reynolds n The Delineator for October. We tad no idea whatever that voting im>lied making campaign speeches. 3ut the first election after we got he vote was a very exciting one? rVaite's second campaign?and the nen of all parties scurried hither md yon to find women who would ake the stump. The sex has never teen accuped of backwardness in the tse of its tongue, but with painful inanimity it refused to stand on a tlatform and talk to an audience. I tad had a tiny bit of experience in he suffrage campaign, and for want if better my party put me on the tump. I traveled over two thousand miles hat Fall of '94, and still stumped >nly the mountainous western half if the State. I stumped afterward, n two other campaigns, but it is that Irst one which remains fresh in nemory. But wherever I went I was sure of wo things?a full house and an enhusiastie audience. However it aay be now, in that first campaign leople of all political faiths would ;o to hear a woman, no matter what ler party. The people of Colorado ,re glad to hear a woman speaker; ager to listen, pleased to applaud. Vherever I went I found kind riends and audiences, warm Westrn hospitality. Politics were disussed morning, noon and night. The women talked politics over heir sewing, their dish-washing, and heir afternoon calls. They prourred sample ballots and practice * larking them at little club meetings q their homes, solemnly depositing hem in the dish-pan in lieu of a allot box, of which it was difficult1 o get a sample. I may be prejuiced, but it seems to me this is valiable, in a self-governing country. Iverywhere that first Fall, I found he presence of women in the politial arena welcomed as a matter of ourse by the men. There was that latter-of-factness about it which has mpressed every visitor who has ever een to the State since to study the uestion. When the central comlittee at Denver announced that it ras sending a woman speaker from he capital, the , women were in pecial fettle. The meeting was urned over to them. They decorted the hall, they met the speaker, 'hey entertained her in their homes. Remember the Orphans. Attention is called to the concert if action among the orphan instiutions of South Carolina with re;ard to a special work day effort iaturday, September 25, next, 'hornwell Orphanage, Connie Maxwell Orphanage and Epworth Orihanage have definitely planned for he success of the day and are circu ating literature upon the subject. Ve presume that every orphan instiution, of whatever size or under whatsoever auspices, will be glad 'to iave its friends remember it on this lay. This plan is simple enough. Let very boy and girl, every man and woman, young and old, devote the ucome of the day to the Orphanage if his choice. Some of the children oay pick cotton, others may gather ip old iron and sell it, some will do >dd jobs, others will devote their alary or wages of that day to the are of the orphans. Coming down to the plain truth, s there any cause that warms the ockles of the heart like the plea or the fatherless? Let all the peotle join in the work day effort Sep. 15, and roll up a big amount for he orphans, and forward the same o such institution as each may seect. Work on Postoffice Halted. Greenwood, September 8.?The tew postoffice building here is not ikely to be completed by the first tf November as first called for in the ontract. Mr. Fred Minshall, of Abbeille, has stopped work on the buildng, and according to common report tas given up the contract. In fact le has so stated here. He is bonded n the U. S. A. and G. Co, of Baltinore, for $21,000, and this com>any can carry on the work if it ihooses. It is expected there will be iome developments in a day or two. dr. T. F. Faris is the Government inpector in charge here. DRANK LAUDANUM. [iife of a Young White Man at Gaffney Barely Saved. Gaffney, Sept. 11.?A young white J * "N Via O V\ All + OX nail, WHO s^fllltru IU uc auuui ears of age, went into Robbins' livery stable on Robertson street about .1 o'clock to-day and when he reachid the rear of the building proceeded o drink a bottle of laudanaum. A legro who was working nearby ran to lim and told him to stop, but he coninued drinking, and in a few minites went into a stupor. Drs. Pitnan and Steedley were summoned md succeeded in getting the poison >ut of his scomach, and he is now lupposed to be out of danger. The roung man lives in the Gaffney mill tillage. He did not talk much and jave no reason for his rash attempt ;o take his own life. He gave his lame as Ed. Walker. I INSPECTION PUTS OUT MANY. g| Reports Have Been Recently Re- g ceived by Commissioner Watson. c.a Under the working of the child la- s| bor law, about 3,000 children have |! been taken out of the various corpora- n tions, including cotton mills, stores g and other enterprises employing chil- ?! dren, during the present year. In || many instances these children have 5? been placed in the schools. All of & this has been accomplished without jS any friction between the factory in- ja -? ? -i -v ? 4>U T?^11 Afflnora onH iS SfCULUlSi cILIU II1C l_uui g uuu without decreasing the efficiency of |i the mills and without injury to the g children or to their families. According to a tentative report issued 01 by Commissioner Watson, which is ?j made up from the reports of the in- |< spectors, cards and affidavits, the $1 total number of children employed 3j in the mills under 14 years of age is 5,019, of which 2,729 are boys and gi 2,280 girls. Of the 5,019 about 552 were under 12 years of age and =? working during the summer months and will now go out, and of the 552 j?| there were 314 boys and 238 girls, ffi Five hundred and ninety children M under 12 years of age (which number is included in the 5,019) are jfij working under the parent's disability affidavits?326 boys and 220 ^ girls. The total number of children un- ^ der 12 years of age in the mills this ^ year was 1448, leaving 596 in the Jnj mills at present. Taking out the Ua school children, there were 3,654 less children in the mills this year than in 1907, and 4,368 less than in Ltf 1905. The total number of children ^ in the mills, under 16 years of age, |m in 1907 was 8,121 .and in 1905 Lw 8,835. The tentative report as sub- gjjj mitted will be embraced' in the an- jnj nual report of the commissioner and ufl ripnls with a mill DODulation of be- M tween 150,000 and i60,000. The commissioner expressed himself as being very much pleased with the report and was surprised at the large fi|' decrease in the number of working [w children. Crimson Clover a Great Forage and Lw Soil Improver. (!& We have been growing crimson Mi clover for a number of years for m grazing purposes, and find it a very iSy valuable crop for the purpose. We Mi sow in the fall, preferably about the m first of October, mixed with rye, fey rust-proof oats and a little rape. The Mi rape is some winters killed by the M cold, but furnishes excellent grazing my while it lasts. It grows rapidly and Mi ;s ready to turn on long before the M 'over or grain amounts to anything, my -e grain is put in with a grain drill, Mi c bushel per acre, with two or three m ounds of rape seed mixed with it. m The clover is sometime put in at the same time, using the grass seed- m ing attachment on the drill, or sew- fey ed broadcast after the grain and cov- Mi ered by running over it with a weed- ^ er, using 15 pounds, or one peck, per acre. The clover seed costs usually about $4 per bushel delivered at our a farm, making the seeding a very M economical one compared with other legumes, or any other grazing crop I except rape. ? We find that it will grow to some I extent on any kind of land, no mat- I ter how poor. On poor land, the I flrct vpar it ir shown the nlants will I be scattering and make a weak, sicklyly growth, due we think to the lack of humus and, what is just as important, inoculation. The same land, if sown the second fall, will make a much better growth, the stand being good and showing a much thriftier growth and better color. Sow this same land the third fall and you will have a piece of land that will grow profitable crops of anything. As an experience in early sowing, last year in laying by a piece of upland corn on July 9th, I sowed one bushel of cowpeas and one peck of crimson clover per acre. Manure had been put on this field in the spring with a manure spreader at the rate of 9 loads per acre. There was a slight shower about noon of the 9th, stopping the work for that day, and the sowing and laying-by were finished on the 10th. From that time until in October, after the corn was cut and in the shock, not a drop of rain fell, the weather at times being very hot, making very unfavorable condi- , tions for the crimson clover. The 1 peas, of course, grew and the clover ^ germinated nicely and for a few days ? looked well, but a hot spell came on and it almost disappeared and I ? about concluded that such an early ^ sowing would not do. But when the fall rains and cooler weather set In ? that clover sprang up as by magic and the field is now a beautiful sight, 5 knee high and a mass of bloom.? ? C. E. Vance, in Raleigh (N. C.) Pro- 1* gressive Farmer. \S Georgia Pours Liquor Into Aiken. Aiken, Sept. 10.?The officers and constables of this county have made S a good deal of complaint, because, ft they allege, Aiken has been made the dumping grounf for Augusta vj liquor since the prohibition law 0 went into effect on Augut 3. /I Several days ago the constables were busy watching the trolley cars ? out of Augusta, and it is estimated 3 that in one day 500 quarts of liquor ? were brought from Augusta. On one ft car there were 130 passengers, and S nearly all of them carried the famil- vS iar looking packages. The constables ft succeeded in capturing 13 quarts of contraband goodes. vr all of them carried the familiar look- ft ing packages. The constables sueceeded in capturing 13 quarts of con- \S traband goods. ft The fact is that the law is being rigidly enforced in this city and >S vicinity, and not much of an oppor- ft tunitv is presented the blind tiger patrons for purchasing in this sec- vS tion. The constables have kept in ft behind them so closely that few violations have been reported or heard *S Despite the fact that some liquor is hroueht from other places, the pro- | ? hibition law has seemingly created a & sentiment in its favor in Aiken county. Drunkenness has about gone out VX of style, only two or three cases be- ft ing reported since the law went into effect. i Post cards five cents a dozen at ?? The Herald Book store. "C a \ tfgi - * VVSt . Sfj%a8B8i%85i%gBE^^ I Buying Cotton Seed | | W. G. Hutto, at J. D. Copeland's store, is buying i| * cottonseed this fall, and will pay the very high- |v | est prices. Give me a cai! before you sell. I will |g tf appreciate it, and will do my best for you in the E 2 | matter of price. Don't fail to see me before you | s ? sell your seed. ::::::::::::: gg 1 W n. HIITTO I Hi | At J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. II | are treated with equal courtesy at this 1 I market. .If your family is not large you m I cannot be expected to require large quan- || :V;f| 1 ties of groceries. mtfmgm | We're Glad to Sell Yon Groceries, I ':fc i) no matter now uttie yuu iieeu. uuw. xui jaw | we know that if your family ever does || I become larger, you'll continue to buy 311 \ where your small orders are so cheerfully |? I and satisfactorily filled. if wU pj 'Phone Xo. 24. 'Phone us your or- v f ders. They will be filled satisfactory Htjjj , \ ly and goods delivered promptly. ||| V| jw. P. HerndonM I The Up-to-Date Grocer Bamberg, S. C. || c ? ? ? \ horse or mule you buy from us has the Jones Bros. |x I reputation behind him. That alone eliminates all a | "plug" possibilities. Our line of I |||i \ Buggies, Wagons, Harness, 1 I Lap Robes 1 || | etc, are of the kind that must give you satisfaction A J and value for your dollar. @ ^ Our reputation is behind them, too. ? ? Innao Rrnthorc I I UUIIOO UIUUIUIO | ^ Bamberg, South Carolina x ^ For Job Printing that pleases see the Bamberg >rald Office. Nothing but the best work.