The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 16, 1909, Image 3
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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
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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 <
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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. ]
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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
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A Sunny Husband.
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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.
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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
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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
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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. \
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KILLS HIS BROTHER. I
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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.
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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.
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Post cards five cents a dozen at ??
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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
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| At J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. II
| are treated with equal courtesy at this 1
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I cannot be expected to require large quan- || :V;f|
1 ties of groceries. mtfmgm
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| we know that if your family ever does ||
I become larger, you'll continue to buy 311
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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|
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