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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
A. W. KNIGHT. Editor.
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Thursday, Sept. 30, 1909.
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Judge Meminger recently dismissed
k an entire panel of jurors in York
? . county for not convicting a man
when the evidence was plain. Why
didn't he dismiss the jurors who acj||
.quitted Farnum?
arrant sumrise of every
iu mc <X
body in this part of the State, a Richland
jury last Saturday returned a
X verdict of not guilty against Jas. S. 1
Farnum, charged with bribing a
c* - member of the State board of dispensary
directors. How the jury ar- i
' .rived at such a verdict is beyond
comprehension. The evidence was
plain and it was not contradicted, ,
the defense putting up no testimony
at all. The verdict is a temporary
triumph for the "grafters," but there
are other cases against Farnum as
well as others, and we still hope that
: >r justice will be done.
WIFE NO WIDOW SAYS SACK
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Refuses to Explain why Baby was j
Left in Spartanburg. !
jfe Spartanburg, Sept. 27.?H. A.
Sack, who was arrested in Columbia
Sunday morning on the charge of i
deserting an infant at Spartanburg, '
was brought to the city Sunday night
by Special Constable Hayes and lodg- >
fed in the county jail. Sack is lock- 1
ed up on a warrant sworn out before
Magistrate Kirby of this city by May
or jrioya.
Sunday morning about 2 o'clock :
k:- Officer W. T. Cudd found an infant
in the ladies' toilet room on the
~ floor. The little fellow was crying
lustily when discovered. As soon '<
^ as he found the child the officer re- 1
*, collected that he had seen the baby
/ in the arms of a woman who was
with a rather neat looking and polite
' man shortly before 42 left for Columbia.
He had found the man and
woman when he came on duty at
- midnight in the toilet room together
and he told them that they would
f>- have to get out. When 42 came in
' at 12:42 a. m. the man and woman
boarded that train. The baby was
found sometime after the train left.
The little fellow was dressed very
nicely. The officer put it in the
arms of an oldtime Southern black
mammy who happened to be at the
depot at the time and then busied ,
himself notifying the mayor and in
wiring ahead for the couple he had
last seen the child with to be arrested.
A reporter saw Sack at the county
jail tonight. When asked about the
case Sack said that he had no statement
to give out. The reporter then
asked him point blank if he and his
wife had really forgotten the baby,
and he answered that that was for
the newspapers to find out. When
told that it had appeared in The
State that he had married a widow
only three months ago, he said the
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newspapers always put imngs m mc
worst light and were generall wrong.
The reporter told him that it always
turned out that the newspapers were
' right nine times out of 10. Sack
said that the people always took the
10th paper, and a fellow could get
no showing in them. .
"Well," said the reporter, "it is
stated in print that you married a
widow, three months ago, and that
the baby is 17 days old. Is that
true?"
"You saw it in print, didn't you?"
asked Sack. "Well, then, it must
be true, for you say that newspapers
are right nine times out of ten, but
so far as I know I married no widow."
"Do you mean to say that you and
your wife traveled 94 miles before
you missed the baby?" asked the reporter.
"Suppose you refer to the
newspapers and see how far we
traveled before we missed the baby,
and remember, the newspapers will
have to* be responsible for their
statements. They think and make
a man out a rascal before they understand
the trouble at all."
The infant which Sack and his
wife left at the Southern depot Sunday
morning early is now at the
Good Samaritan hospital. According
to the latest reports the little fellow
is doing well.
KILLED FOR "TWO BITS." ..
Why Cannon Twiggs Met His Death
in Aiken.
Aiken. September 27.?A debt of
2o cents is said to have been the
cause of the killing of Cannon
Twiggs Saturday evening late at a
negro church, about four miles from
Windsor, by Cicero Holland, both of
the parties being negroes.
Children's day exercises were being
held at the church at the time.
Coroner Johnson held the inquest
Sunday and Holland came to Aiken
Sunday afternoon and surrendered
to Sheriff Raborn and is now in the
Aiken jail.
The inquest evidence was to tne
effect that a negro woman named
Mary Holley owed Twiggs 25 cents
and Holland also owed him a quarter.
Twiggs asked the woman for
I his quarter, and some negro men
stepped up and paid the debt for her.
She then asked Twiggs why he did
not ask Holland for the quarter he
owed him, and he did then ask him.
Holland told him to go away, but
Twiggs persisted in asking for the
payment of the quarter, and on the
second request for the money Holland
pushed him away with his hand
and fired at him with his pistol. The
ball struck him and Twiggs' brothers
put him in a buggy to go to a doctor
at Williston, but he died on the way,
and they then carried him to his
father's home on the John Wise
place, near Windsor, where the inquest
was held.
This is the 13th killing to occur
in this county since last January,
and Holland is the tenth man to be
tried at this term of court for murder,
and the 12th in jail charged
with a capital offense. *
Youth Killed at Play.
Sutton, Mass., Sept. 26.?While
playing a "Wild West" game in a
camp at Singletary pond, Francis
Roach, aged 15 years, of Millbury,
was shot and instantly killed to-day
by William F. Nardi, aged 10 years.
Nardi has but one arm, and in raising
a shotgun to his breast, the trigger
was caught by a torn place in
his sweater, discharging a heavy
load of shot into the head of Roach.
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Slain by Unknown Negro.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 26.?Wal-<
ter Deshago died in a Salem infirmtA-dov
frnm tmnshnf wounds in
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flicted by an unknown negro last
night at Montevalo, Ala. The young
man was employed as a pumpman at
the Girl's Industrial school at Montevalo
and had started home last night
when he was fired upon by a negro
who was hidden behind a tree. No
cause is known for the crime.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
.Wgro Wanted on Charge of Forgery
Swallowed Laudanum.
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Frank Harbin, a negro, attempted
to commit suicide Saturday atternooon
by drinking a bottle of laudanum.
He was worked upon by Jailer
Philips and i\Iajor Cooley, who had
gone to apprehend him with a warrant
charging him with forgery. At
last accounts the negro seemed to
be recovering.
The officers had a warrant for the
negro charging him with forgery and
went out to his house on the Augusta
road yesterday afternoon just
after dinner to arrest him. The
family told the officers he was in his
room sick. The officers went to the
room and found that the man was
lying unconscious from the effects of
a bottle of laudanum which he had
just swallowed. They immediately
began operations to save the life of
the man, and called in Dr. Richardson
to assist them. They worked
over the man until nightfall, and
then returned to the city leaving the
neerro in charge of the doctor. It is
probable he will recover.?Greenville
News.
GIRL OUTRAGED AND SHOT.
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Young Lady Dies at Santa Fe as Result
of Terrible Crime.
Santa Fe, New Mex., September
27.?As a result of being criminally
attacked and shot last Tuesday,
while on the outskirts of the town,
Gertrude Montgomery, who came
here from Shreveport, La., where
she taught in college for five years,
died in this city today.
Miss Montgomery was not found
until yesterday, when awakening
from her stupor, she tried to crawl
to a water hole to quench her thirst
and was seen by a little girl, who
gave the alarm.
Three convicts at work on the
highway in that vicinity have been
arrested.
NEGRO CAPTURED BY GIRL.
Daughter of Georgia Farmer Holds
Assailant but Men Let Him Escape.
Statesboro, Ga., September 27.?
After having been captured by the
brave daughter of a farmer, eight
miles from Statesboro, during the
late hours or last nigni, aiter ne iulu
b roken into her room and attacked
her, Otis Hendricks, a burly negro,
later escaped from the men in whose
custody he was placed and is at
large.
The news of the attempted assault
and Hendrick's peculiar escape
reached this place this morning. It
is said the young woman the negro
attacked is large and unusually athletic
for a woman, and the negro had
no chance to get away after he attacked
her before her cries for help
brought several men to the room.
The men took him into the nearby
woods, it is said, to wait for
morning before bringing him here.
They built a big fire and were all
standing around it when Hendricks
disappeared. The negro's shoes,
hat and coat were found on the premises
of the farmer's home this morning.
where he had placed them before
entering the young woman's
room.
You just ought to see that line of
buggies and wagons at G. Frank Bamberg's.
Prices are surely right.
ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY.
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John Huff Married in Orangeburg
But Has a Wife in Georgia.
Orangeburg, Sept. 25.?Last Tuesday
a warrant was sworn out before
Judge C. P. Brunson of the magistrate
court by A. J. Jackson against
one John Huff, charging Huff with
bigamy.
Huff was married to Jackson's
daughter, a maid of about 19 years,
January 10, in the presence of a
large number of the residents of the
mill village here. Before the marriage
Huff was asked whether he
was married but he denied it, but
lately he has admitted possessing a
wife in Georgia. Huff made a boast
of having onother wife, and said he
was trying to see what a set of fools
he could make of the Jackson fajnily.
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had been sworn out against him he
left town. After much driving Constable
Champey caught Huff near
Bowman, in this county, where he
was preparing to leave for Georgia.
Yesterday a preliminary hearing
was given Huff before Judge Brunson
and the result was that Huff was
bound over for the next session of
the court of general sessions that
convenes in this city in January. A
bond of $200 was fixed and Huff secured
bondsmen. j
At the hearing Huff said he had I
another wife in Georgia and he saw I
no reason why he could not have one I
in South Carolilna. He was informed
that a different opinion prevailed
over in this State. I
This last wife is the fourth that
has been taken by Huff as his lawful I
[ wife. Two have died years ago. Huff
is about 70 years old.
His last wife, Carrie Jackson, J
says that her chaVacter has been
damaged and besmirched and if Huff
will pay her $150 she will compro-l
mise. Huff claims he will raise the
$150. !
Singing Girls are Fine. I
Those who do not hear them will I j
miss a rare treat. The girls are |
sweet and winsome, and delightful P
to hear. The college atmosphere is I
strong and gets out well over the I
foot lights. The program is splend-ll
idly arranged, ranging all the way I
from selections from the latest sue- II
cess, "Habana," to grand opera. 11
The following program is printed I
to present to the music lovers of I
Bamberg a sample of what the Col- J
lege Singing Girls will present to I
you on Saturday nignt, uctoDer zna,
at the C. F. S. auditorium:
College medley (arranged by
Frank J. Smith).
Impersonations?Walter Eccles.
Sextet from "Lucia" (Donizetti).
"Gossip Song" (Philip Kobbe).
(a) Medley of Southern songs; (b)
quartet of excerpts from grand opera
(arranged by J. Frank Smith).
(a) "Mo-No-Be-No-Wa," Indian
song (Standish); (b) "A Country
Sshool" (Standish).
Song?Bertha Giles.
"Wet, Wet Day" (interlude);
"Beautiful Day" (Greenbank and
Mocton).
"Cupid's Telephone," from "Habana,"
(Stuart).
College flag song (from "Over the
Garden Wall").
"Motor Song" (from "Miss Pocahontas")?Mr.
Eccles and company.,
"Maybe It's a Bear" (Edwards)
?Olive Matteson.
"The Hunt" (Philip Kobbe).
"Drum Song."
Monologue?Walter Eccles.
"Hark to the Mandolins" (Parker),
mandolins and guitars.
"Spanish Serenade" (Jouberti).
"The Bolero" (Hubbell).
"Fortune Telling Trio, from "Carmen"
(Bizet).
"Time to Wander" (Philip |
Kobbe). I
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Many of the numbers are in cos- I
tume, riding habits with smart patent
leather boots, checked gingham
aprons, colored Spanish garbs, In- A
dian wampum, and so on. V
Tickets may be had at Simmons 8
Hardware Co. A
Negro Insurance Officer Arrested, i
Aiken, Sept. 25.?Warrants have f
been sworn out before Magistrate W. fi
M. Smoak against the officers of the i
Robert Brown Elliott plantation, fj
"Knights of Agriculture," a negro a
fraternal insurance concern, in this J
city, for violation of the insurance s
laws of the State, by acting as agents
and officers of a foreign corporation J
of Washington, D. C., without a li- \
cense from the insurance commis- ?
sioner. J
Mr. A. B. Wharton, from the in- \
surance department of the State, has ^
been keeping an eye on this concern ?
for some time, and after spending j
several days here this week, decided ^
to issue warrants against all of the ?
officers. Similar warrants are out J
against all known officers of the Bet- {
tis plantation, located near Aiken in ?
this county. J
Mr. Wharton says there are about \
200 lodges of this negro organization {
in the State and that he intends to ;
make cases against every one of %
them. 4
Those for whom warrants are out J
are among the most prominent col- f
ored men in the city. They are J. I
W. Dicks, J. C* Eubanks, _T. H.
Haynes, S. H. Evans, Julian Thomp- ^
son, Ransom Jackson and George J
Fraizier. For the Bettis lodge of .
"plantation" warrants are out for '
for Pat McGhee, Peter McGhee, (
Charles Lee and R. L. Gary. ^
Killed at Near Beer Saloon. (
Douglas, Ga., Sept. 26.?L. B. Hall, (
a near-beer saloon keeper, at an early |
hour to-day at his saloon shot and
killed J. G. Gordon. They had a \
previous difficulty, Hall ejecting Gor- j
don from the place. Gordon returned
to a restaurant attached, '
when Hall opened fire, emptying five |
chambers of a pistol in Gordon's
body, killing him instantly. Hall is '
in jail. *' I
Try an ad in our special column.
Only one cent a word each insertion. 1
Get the habit. Tickets on sale for ,
College Singing Girls at Simmons
Hardware Co. I
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Furniture that
We Know . . .
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to be right is the kind 700*11 find in this careful store.
That "nothing succeeds better tlian success** is exemplifled
in our growing Furniture trade. All the time we strive
for new ideals that embody every good idea that is helpful,
both to our trade and to ourselves. It means, of
course, the getting away from trashy furniture, which is
absolutely the most expensive investment you can make.
W? rarrv a erenera 1 line of Furniture and Rousefurnish
ing Goods, which embraces M
Bedroom Suites, Wardrobes, Tables, |j
Chairs, Rockers, Bedsteads, Mattings, I
Rugs, Carpets, Stoves and Ranges, a
We candidly believe we can save yon money in purchases R}
in our lines, as we bay in carload lots for cash, and take 11
advantage of all discounts. A visit to our store is well I
worth while. I
II. 0. Simmons I
THE FURNITURE STORE I
Opposite Hoover's Drug Store. BAMBERG, S. C. II
caoi??to I TOI?IB
Invitation!
You are cordially invited to visit the Just
Opened New Jewelry Store, located at > I
I the old stand of Mrs. Jones's Millinery H
Store, and inspect the complete line of ||
I Solid Gold, Gold Filled and Ster- I
4 ling Silver Goods,
suitable for Ladies and Gentlemen, young
and old. Most anybody ought to find i
something that would suit them. We guarantee
the quality of everything we sell
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For First Thirty Days,
We will give to any purchaser of 25 cents
in cash, a number, with the privilege to
obtain a $15 outfit, Disk Graphophone
Iwith a half dozen records. The outfit H
may be inspected at the store. II j
] S. FINN'S Jewelry Store ||
Lehrhardt, s. c. ft
I Reductions 1
I For Monday Only. I
K Kirsch offers for Monday only, October <|j
? 4th, for spot cash, the following specials: ?
M 18 lbs. Granulated Sugar for $1.00. ^
K Fmir boxfs Star Lve and 7 bars Octagon Soap for 50 cents. - ^
fAll 50c. Dress Shirts for men at 42% cents. - 2K
'All 50c. Undershirts for men and women at 42% cents. at
Twenty yards of yard wide Sea Island for $1.00.
All 50c. Dress Goods at 42% cents the yard. ?
10c. Ontings at 8% cents the yard. @
10c. Ticking at 8% cents a yard.
All $16.50 Snits for $13.99. jgj
All $15.50 Snits for $12.99. %
All 11.50 Snits for $10.00
Our Clothing is well made, and of the latest styles and patterns. ?
Wo nriii nisn mflkft bis? redactions on Boys* Clothing, Men's {8
1 Pants, and Shoes for men, ladies, boys and girls, as well as on ^
Hats and Trunks.
Remember, these reductions hold good only on Monday, Octo- ^
ber 4th, and for spot cash.
1 E. 0. KIRSCH
H BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA 1
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
Found.?A small sum of money on
the streets last Saturday afternoon., .
Owner can have same by calling at
The Bamberg Herald office, proving
property, and paying for this advertisement.
For Exchange.?I have a quantity
of pure Toole cotton seed which I
will exchange for other seed on a
basis of two bushels for one. Exchange
seed to be delivered at Bamberg
oil mill. J. J. SIMMONS. Bamberg,
S. C.
For Sale?Two thousand bushela
Appier seed oats raised by Mr.
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EHRHARDT BANKING CO. f
Statement of the condition of the
Ehrhardt Banking Co., located at
Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of business
September 18, 1909.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $29,041.61
Banking house 2,250.00
Furniture and fixtures 1,396.47
Due from banks 53,712.16
Currency 3,500.06
Silver and other coin 578.66 i.
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Total $90,478.88
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $20,000.00
Surplus fund 1,200.00
Undivided profits 2,148.59 /
Deposits, individual 48,140.84
Time certificates 17,663.87
Unpaid dividends 1,325.58
Total $90,478.88 . Before
me came A. F. Henderson, <
Cashier of the above named bank, \
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement Is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
A. F. HENDERSON. Cashier.
FRANK H. COPELAND, (L. S.)
Notary Public, S. C.
We invite your attention, and respectfolly
solicit your account. 4
per cent. interest on
deposits in our savings ?
department
TEACHER'S EXAMINATION.
The regular fall examination for
teacher's certificates will be held at
the court house on Friday, October 1,
1909, beginning at 9 a. m. and clos- rlffl
ing at 3 p. m. Applicants will please
be on hand promptly and bring with
? ?tea
them necessary stationery, mis win
be the last examination for this year,
and all who wish to secure certificates
are urged to be present on the day
above named. '
R. W. D. ROWELL,
Supt. of Education.
Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 16, 1999.
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