The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 21, 1909, Page 3, Image 3
STORM HITS THE SOUTH.
CYCLONE DOES GREAT DAMAGE
IN GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE.
Property Loss in Atlanta a Hundred
Thousand Dollars.?Other Cities
Suffered Severely.
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 14.?A wind
and hail storm of cyclonic DroDortions
struck Atlanta at 5:20 this afternoon
and left a trail of ruin and wreck behind
it. Hundreds of windows were
i broken, chimneys were blown down,
trees uprooted and houses were unroofed.
The property loss is estimated
at at least $100,000. There were
no casualities.
, The storm lasted only 12 minutes,
but the wind attained and held a velocity
of 56 miles an hour. Pedestrians
were blown against buildings
and signs blown down. Covers of
umbrellas were stripped from them
by the hailstones, one of which
weighed 14 ounces.
Street car traffic was suspended for
a time and is not entirely restored at
midnight. Electric light wires strewn
# through the streets make travel very
unsafe. Telephone and telegraph
wires are down in all directions and
aavaral tiearbv cities are cut off.
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Big Stones Fall.
Decatur, Ala., Oct. 14.?A terriffic
hail and rain storm broke over Decatur
shortly after 5 o'clock this
afternoon, during which many windows
were broken by hailstones as
, large as walnuts. The streets to'
night are flooded.
Crops Badly damaged.
Rome, Ga., Oct. 14.?A terriffic
rain, wind and hail storm of 15 minutes'
duration shortly after 5 o'clock
this afternoon smashed many windows,
including plate glass store
r fronts, uprooted trees, tore roofs
from buildings in all parts of the city
and wreaked damage generally. It
is believed that crops in this section
have been Dracticallv ruined.
The street railway and electric
lighting systems are out of commission.
Hailstones as large as oranges fell.
^ Almost a Tornado.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 14.?A storm
amounting almost to a tornado passed
over sections of Tennessee about 7
o'clock tonight. A1 Barnes, a prominent
citizen of Denmark, was killed,
and Mrs. Barnes badly hurt. Their
home was wrecked. Tom Helm was
filled in Lincoln county near Mulberry,
and Homer Ashby and wife severely
hurt. Carter Arnold, returning
home from school at Wartrace, was
caught in the storm and has not been
heard from. Many residences were
wrecked in Tennessee.
Most Damaging in Years.
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1 severe electrical storm passed over
this city shortly after 7 o'clock this
evening. Telephone an$ street car
services were badly hampered for an
k hour or more.
Hixon, Cleveland and other nearby
points report the most damaging
hail and wind storm in years.
Communication Cut Off.
Memphis Tenn., Oct. 14.?That a
destructive storm of wind and hail
swept over West and middle Tennessee
and north Alabama early tonight
is evidenced by the fact that no communication
of any character can be
had with these sections. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down and reports
from small towns in the extreme
western counties of Tennessee state 1
that a severe wind storm occurred at
6 o'clock to-night, unroofing houses,
leveling telegraph poles and doing
k ' other damage. No loss of life is reported
from these points.
Town of Denmark Wrecked.
Memphis, Oct. 14.?The town of
Denmark, Tenn., has been wrecked,
two persons were killed, several are
4 injured and others are missing, as a
result of tonight's storm according to
a dispatch received here late tonight.
According to the telegram the ruins
of the town are burning.
.Methodist Women May Ask Rights.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 15.?Women
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, are going to demand all the
rights and privileges of the laity if
the ideas of Miss Belle Bennett, of
Richmond, Ky., president of the
woman's board of home missions,
now in convention here, are carried
out. In an address to-day Miss Bennett
made this the central thought
and the response it awakened makes
evident that the movement in its favor
will be strong.
Its a Top Notch Doer.
Great deeds compel regard. The
4 world crowns its doers. That's why
the American people have crowned
Dr. King's New Discovery the king of ,
throat and lung remedies. Every atom
is a health force. It kills germs, and
colds and la grippe vanish. It heals
cough-racked membranes and coughing
stops. Sore, inflamed bronchial
inh inn ere a to mirAfl And tlfim
orrhages cease. Dr. Geo. More, Black
Jack, N. C., writes "it cured me of
lung trouble, pronounced hopeless by
all doctors." 50c, $1.00. Trial bottle ,
free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug ,
Co., Bamberg, S. C.
Heavy Corn Yields.
It is said that Mr. E. R. Hipp, of i
Newberry county, produced 83 bush- :
els of corn per acre on 10 acres of i
land, while a neighbor, Mr. R. C.
Neil, raised 60 bushels per acre on a ]
tract of similar size,
v This year is likely to prove a rec- ;
ord breaker for South Carolina in the i
matter of corn production. Heavy
* yields are daily reported from various '
sections. The cultivation of corn has
been greatly stimulated and methods :
have been much improved as a result ;
of the several corn-growing contests
that have been conducted in recent
years. j
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HAIL FALLS IX AIKEX.
Largo Quantities of Cotton are Seriously
Damaged in the Fields.
Aiken, Oct. 15.?The worst hail
storm, perhaps in the history of the
county visited the upper section of
the county last night during a heavy
storm. As a result of the hail alone
perhaps several hundred bales of cotton
are knocked out on the ground
and much more was destroyed by unopen
bolls being knocked off.
A strip of country several miles
wide and 40 or perhaps 50 miles long
was almost covered by the hail. While
it was worse in some sections than in
others, all sections in this area were
more or less damaged by the stones.
The hail lasted for about a minute
and a half, during which time the
ground was covered to a depth of
several inches with the hail stones,
some of which was as large as partridge
eggs. The hail could be seen
on the ground for several hours after
it had ceased to fall, although a
blinding rain fell afterward. In
some sections the stones broke the
window panes, and many birds are
seen dead on the ground this morning
that were struck. The hail came
down in an almost solid sheet.
A high wind accompanied the
storm, doing in some sections considerable
damage. It is reported that
some damage was done to the Bath
mill by the wind.
The rain was one of the hardest
that has ever fallen in some sections
of the county.
Tt? thin oitv nn riamaee was done
by either wind, rain or hail. The
rain was hard, but the wind and hail
were very light.
The Holly Hill Dispensary.
Mr. W. B. West, State auditor of
dispensaries returned from Berkeley
county where a preliminary hearing
had been given to the persons alleged
to have robbed the dispensary at
Holly Hill.
On the 7th of September it was discovered
that the dispensary was $600
short of stock. The dispensary had
been broken into. Mr. West and a
detective worked on the case and the
following persons were arrested: J.
H. Martin and Steve Boykin, white,
and James Jamison, C. C. Sweat and
Fred Edwards, colored. Martin was
the dispenser.
At the preliminary hearing the
cases were dismissed except that of
Fred Edwards, who was held for trial.
?The State.
Youthful Son Kills Father.
Charloftte, N. C., Oct. 14.?Col.
Robert L. Abernethy, one of the best
lrnnnrn formflro gnH otA/?lr raiflerf^ 1T1
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North Carolina, was shot and instantly
killed at an early hour this morning
in a desperate encounter with his
son Reuben, aged 20, after the father
had made an unsuccessful effort to
kill the son. The tragedy occurred
at the family home, "Open View"
farm, in Gaston county and was witnessed
by the wife and mother.
Abernethy entered his son's room
this morning, precipitated a quarrel
over a trivial matter and drawing a
pistol fired three shots at the boy,
neither taking effect. The son grappled
with him and in the fierce handto-hand
struggle that ensued the pistol
was discharged twice, both shots
taking vital effect in the father. The
rnrnnpr Mnnpratcfl the son. There
had been bad blood between the two
because of the father's treatment of
his wife, which the boy resented.
Money Comes in Bunches,
to A. A. Chisolm, of Treadwell, N. Y.,
now. His reason is well worth reading:
"For a long time I suffered from
indigestion, torpid liver, constipation,
nervousness, and general debility," he
writes. "I couldn't sleep, had no appetite,
nor ambition, grew weaker
svery day in spite of all medical treatment.
Then used Electric Bitters.
Twelve bottles restored all my oldtime
health and vigor. Now I can attend
to business every day. It's a
wonderful medicine." Infallible for
stomach, liver, kidneys, blood and
nerves. 50c at Peoples Drug Store,
Bamberg, S. C.
A Gentleman.
What is a gentleman? Here is an
answer by Bishop Doan: "A gentleman
is but a gentle man?no more,
no less; a diamond polished that was
a diamond in the rough; a gentleman
is gentle; a gentleman is modest;
a gentleman is courteous; a
gentleman is generous; a gentleman
is slow to take offense, as being one
that never gives it; a gentleman is
slow to surmise evil, as being one
that never thinks it; a gentleman
goes armed only in consciousness of
right; a gentleman subjects his appetites;
a gentleman refines his tates;
a gentleman subdues his feelings; a
gentleman controls his speech, and
finally a gentleman?deems every
other better than himself."
Trill. TT-. J. T>^11
iviiis acu tuucr nuucr.
Asheville, N. C., Oct. 11.?Leaping
from beside his watchful keeper,
who was accompanying him. on a
walk, J. R. Giles, of Wilmington, N.
C., an inmate of an Asheville sanitarium,
jumped headlong beneath the
wheels of a 15-ton steam roller
Wednesday afternoon and his head
was crushed out of shape by the ponderous
wheels of the machine operating
on the French Broad river road,
four miles from Asheville.
Temporary aberration, for which
Mr. Giles was being treated here,
caused this remarkable mode of suicide.
A Strenuous Hint.
He had been a regular Sunday
caller for six months, when one evening
he dropped in arrayed in a new
suit.
"That's a lovely wedding suit you
have on," remarked the dear girl.
"Why," gasped the astonished
young man; "t-this is a b-business
suit!"
"Well," rejoined the d. g. calmly,
"I mean business."
And the very next day he put up
$19.98 of his hard-earned wealth for
a solitaire.?Chicago Daily News.
Fine Niagara and Delaware grapes
at L. C. Price's, 25c. the basket.
ACCUSED OF STEALING COTTON.
James Higenbotham, White, in Aiken i
Jail on Charge of Larceny.
Aiken, Oct. 13.?James Higenbotham,
a white man of Vaucluse,
was arrested yesterday upon insti- '
gation of the Farmer's Storage com- i
pany, charged with the theft of a 1
bale of cotton. Mr. H. C. Hahn of !
this city had lost a bale of cotton
from his ginnery a few miles from '<
the city and the cotton buyers of the i
city were notified to be on the lookout
for a bale of stolen cotton. Higen
day secretly. Last night he. was
asked by a young white girl to accom- .
pany her on her way to her home in ;
Gilchrist Park, a suburb. As they ,
passed a negro school house rain
came up and they took refuge in the
building. There the negro made his
attempt but was frightened away by
the girl's screams. He was caught j
later.
His Kicking Ability Tested.
A New Jersey farmer, whose farm j
is near a school for boys, was great- 3
ly annoyed by the depredations of ]
the youngsters. Finding two of the ;
boys helping themselves to his choice
apples, he ushered them from his :
premises, ably assisted by the toe of ;
his boot.
The following day he found the
same boys loitering in the vicinity of 1
his orchard fence. <
"What young scamps hangin' '
round here for?' he shouted. "I told <
you yesterday what you'd git if I 1
caught you on my land ag'in."
"Yes, sir, we remember," exclaimed
the spokesman. "We didn't come for
apples this time. W? came to ask you
to join our football eleven."
transferred to another train and
brought to Greenville.
Frightful Fate Averted.
"I would have been a cripple for
life, from a terible cut on my knee
cap," writes Frank Disberry, Kelliher,
I Minn., "without Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, which soon cured me." Infallible
for wounds, cuts and bruises,
it soon cures burns, scalds, old sores,
boils, skin eruptions. World's best
for piles. 25c at Peoples Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. C.
Cotton Picker a Success.
Bennettsville, Oct. 16.?The demonstration
of the Price-Campbell cot- 1
ton picker near here to-day was pronounced
a success. The party of
Northern men interested was inreased
in number this morning and the machine
was operated-in their presence
and it picked a bale of cotton in about
60 minutes.
* The cotton was ginned at once and
showed up about as well as that ordinarily
picked by hand. The exhibi
tion was not strictly a public on? as
the purpose was to demonstrate to
those who would likely become interested
financially. Mr. Theodore Price
and Mr. Angus Campbell have been
here several days, and it is understood
that the other members of the
party of 30 are here upon the invitation
of Price.
Mr. Price and about 15 of his
friends are at Hotel McCall and will
remain here until Monday.
Many Lots Sold to Negroes.
Bamberg, Oct. 15.?A land sale of
about 60 lots in the southern suburbs
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evidence of the general prosperity of
this section. The sale was exclusively
for negroes, there having been
recently two other sales which were
for white people alone, and the lots
were sold quickly, and a great deal
of cash was paid down. The negroes
are in good condition in this county
and are making rapid strides towards
becoming good citizens. Many of
those who bought lots to-day are
farming negroes who are accumulat- ,
ing property and will doubtless build
homes in the near future.
Rev. Richard Carroll made an appropriate
oration, which lasted about
20 minutes. He took as his theme
the subject, "Why Every Man Should
Own a Home." This influential negro's
words doubtless influenced .
many for good and the fact that his
speech was not a paid-for affair made
it more valuable as advice to the
people of his race. 1
Just in this connection Carroll
pointed out that in some counties of {
this State the negroes were unable !
to pay their farm rent, much less able
to buy real estate. Carroll was in j
the home of his youth to-day and he
has many friends here among both 1
races, who always listen to him with j
^pleasure. '
Nurses Strike. ^
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 15.?Eleven 1
nimciAo AAnofifiifmty fV> a DnfirD cfoff 1
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of St. Peter's hospital, except the 1
head nurse and superintendent, walk- :
ed out on strike this morning at 7 ]
o'clock, leaving the 13 patients in i
the institution to shift for themselves. ]
Miss Mary Cordner, of Canada, is i
superintendent and Miss Janet i
Brown, of New York, is head nurse. ;
"We left because of ill treatment," ]
declared one of the young women to- I
day. "The superintendent and head 1
nurse are from the North and are 1
always throwing off on Southerners
and calling us fools. I suppose it is t
the hot-headedness of the South that <
makes us strike, but we are not sorry i
and we'll not go back." <
One by one the strikers are leaving i
for their homes. The hospital management
declined to make a statement
except to say that none of the
strikers would be reinstated under
any circumstances. j
WOMAN FOUNDER IN WISCONSIN.
Mrs. J. H. Peters Said to Be the Only
Machinist of Her Sex.
Rice Lake, Wis., Oct. 12.?Mrs. J.
H. Peters, of this place, is the only
woman iron founder and machinist
in the county, besides being a clever
cook, a pleasing singer and a fair
performer on the piano.
Mrs. Peters can cast or mould
anything that comes to hand, carrying
the sizzling hot metal and doing
her own pouring. She also handles
brass castings, melting and pouring
the metal herself.
ouc cau mu a uaiiu saw auu is.ccy
It in order, and she cam even make
her own patterns from the blue prints
as they come from the hands of the
draughtsmen.
In an engine room she can fire the
boilers, keep up the proper amount
of steam and water and run the engine.
Not only that, she can take
the engine apart and put it together
again.
It is the work in the machine shop,
however, that attracts this remarkable
woman most, and she likes such
difficult jobs as "keysetting a coupling,"
"threading a piece of steel"
and making a "shrinking fit."
And yet she is not spoiled for a
housekeeper, nor has her experiences
as a machinist detracted from the
feminine side of her nature. She has
a good education, her conversation is
intelligent and entertaining, and, besides
being a cook of no mean ability,
she sings and plays.
Mrs. Peters picked up her trade
when frequenting her husband's
shop, where she watched the men
operate the machines until she had
gained sufficient courage to undertake
it herself.
Ladies, J. A. Byrd can suit you in
fin# shnoa na wall aa rirv cnods. pt.r.
His large fall stock is awaiting your
inspection. Costs nothing to look, so
call in.
When you hear a man sneering at
the local papers you can safely bet he
don't spend his time making them
better. They who don't see a benefit
arising tp a town from its newspapers
haven't as much sense as a cove
oyster, and are of about as much
value to a town as a ten-year-old delinquent.
The nobbiest vehicles in this section
for sale at G. Frank Bamberg's.
Bought right and will be sold the
same way. Give us a chance to
quote you prices and show you what
we have.
The life of an old editor was saved
the other day by a silver dollar in his
pocket. A crank shot at him and the
ball struck the dollar. Now should
we happen to get shot before you pay
up your subscription and there is no
dollar to stop the ball we shall always
presume you might have saved
our life.
Simmons Hardware Co. is always
anxious to give you information and
figure with you about that house that
needs painting. Best fresh paints
and oils in stock the year round.*
MASTER'S SALE^
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Common Pleas, in the case of N.
P. Smoak, et al., vs. Mrs. Alice M.
Steedley, et al., I will sell to the highest
bidder for cash on the first day of
November, 1909, the same being the
first Monday and legal salesday, between
the legal hours of sale on the
said day, at the court house door,
Bamberg, South Carolina, the following
described lands, to wit:
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tract of land, situate, lying and being
in the County of Bamberg, State of
South Carolina, measuring and containing
46 acres, more or less, and
bounded as follows:
On the North by lands of J. H.
Fender and J. N. Zeigler, East by
lands of J. H. Fender and J. N. Zeigler,
South by lands of Martin Hunter
and West by lands of J. H. Fender.
AND ALSO
All and singular that certain tract
or parcel of land situate, lying and
being in the County of Bamberg, State
of South Carolina, measuring and
containing 40 acres, more or less,
and bounded as follows:
On the North by lands of Dan
Rhoad, East by lands of F. E. Steedley,
South by lands of Joe Smith,
and West by lands of D. 0. Steedley.
Purchaser to pay for papers, and if
bid is not complied with within an
hour after sale, the land will be resold
at the risk of the former purchaser,
until a purchaser is found
who shall comply with his bid.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
J. F. CARTER,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
October 8th, 1908.
MASTER'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Court
3f Common Pleas for Bamberg County,
in the case of C. R. Brabham, Jr.,
st al, plaintiffs, vs. W. D. Rice, et al,
iefendants, I will sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, on the first day of
November, the same being the first
Monday and legal salesday, between
the legal hours of sale, on said day,
it the court house door, at Bamberg,
South Carolina, the following described
lands, to wit:
All those certain lots or parcels of
Innd sif-naf-pd lvine1 and heiner in
the Town of Denmark, County of
Bamberg, State of South Carolina,
Deing known as lots Number 11 and
12, in block 51, as shown on map or
plat made by W. G. Gooding, engineer
of Southbound Land and Improvement
Company, each lot frontng
on Magnolia Avenue 25 feet, each
running back 100 feet to 20 feet lane,
and bounded as follows: On the
tforth by 7th street, on the East by
20 feet lane, on the South by lot
dumber 10 in said block, on the
(Vest by Magnolia Avenue.
Purchaser to pay for papers, and if
:he bid is rpt complied with within
)ne hour after sale, the land will be
esold at the risk of the former purjhaser,
until a purchaser is found
vho shall comply with his bid.
H. C. FOLK,
Master Bamberg County.
J. F. CARTER,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
October 8th, 1909.
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@ up-to-date, and ready to serv
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poses. No matter what your
mal, we can suit you. Come
you. This load of stock was
horse and mule market in th<
Jones, who knows so well hoi
have also received a new lin<
Buggies and Wagons
etc., and we want to show yoi
you prices. You will find tl
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If prompt and reliable, and if a:
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let us have a chance at servii
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H. C. FOLK JONES A. WILLIA/IS
President Vice-President
Peoples
Bamberg
Statement showing condition of People
close of business Oct
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $76,996.36
Overdrafts > 2,238.98 Sr'
Real estate and furniture.. 5,788.76 ^
Due from banks 75,290.70 Bl
Cash in safe 10,593.78 ^
Total $170,908.58
This bank is a designated depository
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LIABILITIES.
ash capital paid in. $25,000.00
irplns fund. 2,000.00
ndivided orofits 3,549.40
ills payable 30,000.00
ashler's checks 84.52
eposits 110,274.00
Total $170,008.58
for the City of Bamberg, and the
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