The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 21, 1909, Page 4, Image 4

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^???? r ! Gtyr lambrrg Ifrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the li7e and growing City of Bam Derg, Deillg issueu irum a yiiiiLiu6 office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, all run by electric power, with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed bylaw. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising oanopllatirm after first UW BUUJVVIr kvr WMUV?.._ ? ? insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions ex| l pressed in any communication. |;> Thursday, Oct. 21, 1909. Take a walk around the town and notice the building and improvement going on, and you will conclude that Rarnhprcr is not a dead town by any (manner of means, but is alive and growing. I The amount of money on deposit in the five banks of this county is larger than ever before. No doubt the people of this county have more cash money just at this time than at any time in the history of the county. There has been a wonderful improvement in the typographical appearance of the weekly newspapers in s> South Carolina in the last few years. New faces of type for advertisements have been purchased, and the neatspj-.. ness in display ads. and the improved printing of these newspapers general. ly is a matter of pride to us. We like to see a newspaper man take enough interest in his business to get out a neat and well printed sheet. g|V x i-}-*:.-- > Last week we received an invitation to attend the luncheon to be given President Taft, in Columbia, ? and accompanying this invitation was a letter stating that a ticket would 01 be issued to us on receipt of our check for $10. The same day we re iceived an invitation to attend the banquet in Charleston to be given President Taft, and with this invitaIIh tion we were not asked for any check. This is a striking contrast between the Columbia and Charleston way of doing things. The editor of The Bamberg Herald has recently received three invitations, which we wish we could ac< cept, and which we appreciate. One is an invitation to be the guest of the city of Spartanburg at a barbecue to be given in the city on Friday, October 29th,, to celebrate the completion of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad to Spartanburg. Another is to attend a luncheon in Columbia in honor of President Taft, to be given Saturday November 6th. The other is an invitation to attend a banquet at the Charleston Hotel in Charleston on the evening of Friday, November 5th, in honor of President Taft. To Fight Freight Increase. Cincinnati, Oct. 19.?That any proposed advanced in freight rates will disturb existing business conditions and that such an advance is not justified and will be vigorously contested ' by the leading shippers' organizations of the country was the tenor of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the representatives of shippers and other commercial organizations from many parts of the country. The day was devoted to a discussion of the freight situation and it was determined to begin a strong opposition to the known pending advances in rates. A committee was created to educate the public on freight rates and to have full power in dealing with that subject. x A pamphlet entitled "The Diminished Purchasing Power of Railway TTaminc^" issued hv the chairman of the Trunk Line association, was held to be the forerunner of an increase in freight rates. The committee appointed to educate the public was specifically charged to prepare a pamphlet for circulation showing discrepancies and omissions in the association's pamphlet. gL _ Treasurer John B. Armstrong made a good beginning, collecting on Friday, the opening day, $471.31 in taxes. On Saturday he remitted $143.45 to State Treasurer Jennings at Columbia, that sum being the State's share of the previous day's receipts. For three years before Capt. Armstrong had been the first county treasurer to send in new tax money,?Barnwell People. OFFICE SEEKING THE MAN SPECULATION AS TO NEW PRESIDENT AT CLEMSON. Committee is Considering the Names of a Number of Good Men, it is Understood. The committee of Clemson College trustees, appointed to select a I I successor to Dr. P. H. Mell, who resigned as president of Clemson Col-! I lege some time ago, his resignation ! to take effect as soon as a suitable j successor could be named, has been very active of late, though nothing 1 definite has been given out as to just what has. been accomplished. The movements of the several members ~c V*AnmvDr thoir via Ui LilC KsKJ JLLL JLil1 uvnvf VA, vuv* ? its to certain localities, etc., indicate positively that the names of a number of strong men are being considered, among them Dr. J. S. Moffatt, president of Erskine College, Due West; Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president of Wofford College, Spartanburg; Dr. K. G. Matheson, president of the Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta; Prof. 0. J. Bond, superintendent of the Citadel, Charleston; Dr. Andrew Sledd, former president of the university of Florida, and Prof. Paul Pressley, a member of the faculty of Erskine College, Due West. A short time ago it was rumored that Dr. Snyder would be tendered the presidency of Clemson, but this later proved to be incorrect, at least in so far that the members of the committee stated that as yet they are ready to make no announcement. He is an able man for the place, and would no doubt serve Clemson with a great deal of good to the college and honor to himself. But all of the men whose names are mentioned above are suited to the presidency of the college. Dr. Moffatt has for the past two years been president of Erskine and before that time was a minister in the A. R. P. church. Dr. Matheson is a native Carolinian, a Presbyterian minister and has served the Georgia School of Technology with credit. Prof. Bond has for years been superintendent of the Citadel, and is familiar with the duties that would be required of him at Clemson. In addition he is a man of military training, and this, writh his other attainments, make him a most suitable man for the head of affairs at Clemson. Dr. Sledd was until a short time ago president of the University of Florida and has a strong following. He is a most able man. Prof. Pressley has had long experience in the training - - - J 1J or tne mmas or young men auu wuuxu fill the position with credit. From the list as here presented it would seem there is no end to the available list of good men for the place, yet tjie committee has not as yet reached a decision; at least, the members say they are not ready to make an announcement, and it is of course, not known who will be Dr. Mell's successor. The presidency of Clemson is a hard position to fill, but it is believed LLicit auiuug tu^ UUUlUVi VTA. VW|/W tive presidents mentioned above there are many who could fill it with credit both to the institution and to themselves. COLUMBL1 TO BORROW FLAGS. War Department to Lend Stars and Stripes for Use on Taft Day. Lexington, Oct. 15.?Several days ago, Secretary of the Chamber of | Commerce, the Hon. C. W. Moor' man, asked Congressman Lever to | interest himself in securing the loan of flags from the war department for decorative purposes on the occasion of the visit of the president of the United States to Columbia on November 6th. Mr. Lever took the matter up with the quartermaster general of the United States army, and is this morning in receipt of a letter from that official to the effect that the acting secretary of war has authorized the loan of such a number of flags as can be spared for use on this occasion, and it is only necessary tr\v fVia af Pnlnmhlji tn Anm ply with certain requirements of the department to secure all the flags it will need for decorative purposes when the Taft smile shall break upon Columbia. BOY WANTED TO BE A HERO. Flagged 18-Hour Flyer and Told Weird Tale of Train Wreckers. Lewiston, Pa., Oct. 15.?The Pennsylvania Railroad's eighteen hour flyer from New York to Chicago was halted at 9.25 o'clock last night at Juniata bridge, a lonely spot, 16 miles west of Harrisburg, by the swinging of a red lantern across the tracks. As the train came to a standstill, John Kretzinger, 17 years old, living at Duncannon, near here, walked up to the locomotive, and reported to Engineer Harry Greenwood that two men had forced him to carry a heavy rock on the tracks for the purpose of wrecking the train. Members of the train crew investigated, but were unable to find any rocks on the tracks, and the boy was taken to Duncannon, where he was examined by Capt. C. C. Port of the Pennsylvania railroad police. The boy finally confessed that he alone was responsible for the stopping of the train. The police say his idea was either to make himself a hero or to receive a reward. Engine Strikes Car. Columbus. Ga., Oct 19.?Mrs. W. o Mnrrpr nnd Miss Strickland were killed and another woman was seriously hurt to-day by a Central of Georgia engine that ran into and demolished a street car in the railroad yards. The motorman and conductor were unhurt. The crew of the shifting engine and the conductor and motorman of the street car were arrested and placed in jail, later being granted bond in the sum of $500 each. Joe Palmer, the railroad flagman at the crossing where the collision occurred, was captured after a lively chase by the officers. ROWDY NEGROES ARRESTED. Participants in Free Fight at Cope Lodged in Guard House. Cope, October 17.?On last night about 9.15 o'clock two or three negroes got into a fight, but quieted down. Later on, from 11 to 1 ; o'clock, the fight was renewed and several others took a hand, and for I a time quite a little war was carried ! on. The council was dissolved here some time ago, so Magistrate D. W. Bonnet and several citizens took a hand in the affair, and soon had Ben Reed, Jeremiah Henderson and Simon Henderson behind the bars. Josiah Sumter was also arrested, but made his escape later on. This morning, when Mr. Bonnet went to arrest Sumter, he defied the magistrate and stated that he would not be taken alive. Mr. Bonnet telephoned Sheriff [ Sailey oi tne situauon ana men bcui several citizens to guard Sumter's house until the sheriff arrived. While Magistrate Bonnet was at the 'phone Sumter took leave of absence, and went to Bamberg to see Mr. John Cope, (for whom he works,) to get Mr. Cope to stand between him and the law. As soon as it was learned that he had gone to Bamberg Messrs. [Vernon Brabham, W. H. Smith and Roy Hoover hurried to Bamberg in [ Mr. Brabham's auto, and found their quarry in Mr. Cope's back yard. He was soon given a seat and whirled back to Cope and put in the guard house with the other prisoners. A little later on Sheriff Sailey, with his clerk, Mr. Tom Sailey, arrived at Cope to find that he had taken a fourteen-mile ride for nothing. There are five prisoners in the lockup and warrants are out for the arrest of three or four more. There will be a preliminary held to-morrow, and it is safe to say that the offenders will be severely punished, as the people of Cope are becoming tired of the law-breaking that has been going on for some time. Killed by Train. Edgefield, Oct. 19.?Mr. L. F. Dorn, of Parksville, was struck by an engine at Trenton this morning and instantly killed. Mr. Dorn had just left the train from Augusta and was watching this train as it pulled out from the station, standing near the track on which the Edgefield train was operating and facing the outgoing Columbia train. The tender of the engine which was backing on the Edgefield track struck him from the rear on the shoulder and as he fell he received another stroke from the boards, causing immediate death. Mr. Dorn was one of the most useful and prominent citizens of the county, high up in the councils of the Baptist denomination, one of the trustees of Furman university and the local manager of the Twin City Power company. His tragic death has cast a gloom over the entire community. Stray Shot Hit Woman. Jackson, Miss., Oct. 18.?Mrs. George Harris, wife of a Jackson business man, was shot and perhaps mortally wounded last night by a stray bullet fired by Charley Grapewine, a hotel porter, at another negro, striking her in the stomach. Mrs. Harris is a young married woman, daughter of the late Dan Sullivan. She was standing on the street corner with her husband when shot and fell to the pavement She was carried to a hospital where the surgeons pronounced her wounds. serious. Her corset stays deflected the bullet. A crowd of 5 white men and boys seized the negro and but for the timely arrival of the police he would have been lynched. He was badly beaten and slightly cut with knives before rescued. The affair created great excitement and Mayor Grower communicated with Adjutant General' Fridge as to troops to guard the jail, but it was decided to be unnecessary. "Night Riders" Threaten Farmer. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 19.?No word has been received of the movements of a detail of soldiers ordered out from Cynthiana last Saturday night but it is believed they are on the way to Bath county where it is reported several farmers have been warned by night riders to pool their tobacco. Gov. Wilson to-day refused to discuss the night rider trouble. A special from Mason county says the following note was found pinned to the door of the residence of Fred Adams to-day: "Fred Adams and Wife: We give you just five days to sign your tobacco to the Mason county board of control or one of its solicitors, and if at the end of that time we find you have not signed you will have to suffer the consequences." The note was signed "Braken County Night Riders." Adams says he will not sign. More "Conscience" Money. Columbia, Oct. 18.?If the wire9 that were kept burning tonight between Columbia and Cincinnati speak the truth, Dennis Weiskopf, of the Ohio city, will be used by the State qq o Tuitnoea in tbe famous label deal UL> (A n *vuvww - ? case when the dispensary trials are taken up again, and the State of South Carolina will have $7,500 added to the "conscience" fund that now is deposited with the dispensary winding-up-commission. That this announcement is correct there is no doubt as the information comes from an authoritative source, Linked with the startling assertion that the member of the firm of Nivison and Weiskopf has turned state's evidence is the information that in the bank at Cincinnati there is on deposit the $7,500 which is a practical admission that the firm overcharged the State in the "label deal" that is now known from one end of the country to the other. Attorney General Lyon has nothing to say to the confirmed rumors that reached the city tonight. However, the Attorney General states that bond has been arranged for iJennis Weiskopf in the sum of $10,000. Weiskopf is under indictment in the label case and also for perjury in connection with testimony he gave before the dispensary investigating committee in 1905. STANDING OP LIFE FREE PASSES. Interesting Railroad Situation to be Passed Upon by Supreme Court. Washington, Oct. 14.?The validity of the anti-free pass section of the Hepburn railroad rate law came up in the supreme court to-day on a motion for the advancement of the appeal of the Louisville and Nashville railroad from the judgment of tne Kentucky court of appeals holding it to be constitutional. The railroad in the settlement of a claim for personal injuries 28 years ago agreed to carry Erasmus L. Motley and his wife of Bowling Green, Ky., over its lines free for the rest of their lives and issued them annual passes until the Hepburn act went into effect. The Motleys then brought suit to compel the performance of the contract, and the Kentucky courts so ordered, taking the ground that thte passes to be issued under the contract were not free passes within the meaning of the act, as they were for value received. The court to-day took the motion under advisement. Union Meetings. Union Meetings of the Barnwell Baptist Association will be held at Mount Calvary, Allen's Chapel and Bethesda churches Saturday and Sunday, October 30th and 31st. PROGRAM. Topic 1.?State mission needs. Topic 2?The advantages and disadvantages of organized fields. MOUNT CALVARY. Introductory Sermon?Rev. R. P. Galphin. Topic 1.?W. M. Jones, D. D., R. R. Johnson, G. E. Birt. Topic 2.?R. M. Mixson, J. T. Grubbs, Jeff Hair, Rev. J. K. Goode. Missionary Sermon on Sunday? Rev. J. D. Peacock. ALLEN'S CHAPEL. Introductory Sermon?Rev. J. Hopkins. Topic 1.?Rev. W. G. Britton, J. A. Jenkins, C. M. Edenfield, Rev. W. C. Baxley. Topic 2.?Rev. S. P. Hair, H. Clay Creech, W. Barker. On.mnn An Qnn/lav 1>1 IBSiUUai Jr OC1U1UU UU WUUUUJ Rev. D. L. Roton. BETHESDA. Introductory Sermon?Rev. Mr. Allen, of Denmark, S. C. Topic 1.?Rev. C. H. Turner, Rev. W. H. Simpson, D. 0. Hunter. Topic 2.?W. Folk, Capt. D. Rice, C. B. Free, Rev. 0. J. Frier. Missionary Sermon on Sunday? Rev. 0. J. Frier. SPECIAL NOTICES^ Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. Wanted.?To buy a good secondhand violin, Don't care whether it is in good or bad condition, but must have good tone. Apply at The Herald office, stating price wanted for instrument. Rye and oats seed for sale.?Rye $1.75 a bushel; oats 65 cents a bushel, f. o. b. Cope. These grown by me. Cash must accompany order. J. B. TRAYWICK, Cope, S. C. Wanted.?First class man to act as book-keeper and manager of new mercantile business. Must give surety bond. Salary $1,000 a year. Will also pay for bond. None but experienced man need apply.?FARMER'S MERCANTILE CO., Ehrhardt, S. C. For Exchange.?I have a quantity of pure Toole cotton seea wmcn 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.?Six head of stock. Two first-class mules, in good order and sound, five and nine years old, good workers; also one bay hor*e mule, a little thin but sure a good mule, about nine years old; also a red mule, about eight years old; also one large bay mare, known as the Hartzcg mare. Anyone can tell you all about this horse. I also have a nice buggy mare, perfectly gentle, not afraid or anything, sound, and only eight years old; any child can drive her. Any one wanting a nice little family I nag, this is the one for you. I also nave two timDer cans; twu ^-uuiac wagons, one good as new; also one 4-horse wagon (Delk's make); two 1-horse wagons; also one 8-wheel log cart, cost new $200.00; also about 900 feet % inch, 1 inch and IVz inch best quality manila rope, some of it new; also 250 feet wire cable. If you need a mule or a horse or can use any of the above, I will sell at a very low cash price, or on time with good security. See I me at once. MALCOLM MOYE, Bamberg, S. C. EHRHARDT BANKING CO. I Statement of the condition of the Ehrhardt Banking Co., located at Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of business October 9, 1909. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $15,260.10 Banking house 2,250.00 Furniture and fixtures 1,396.47 Due from banks 93,069.11 Cash in safe 3,147.85 TWoi S115.1 23.53 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $20,000.00 Surplus fund 1,200.00 Undivided profits 2,152.11 Dividends unpaid 1,325.58 Personal deposits 71,410.65 Savings deposits 19,035.19 Total $115,123.53 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. Sworn to before me this 11th day October, 1909. FRANK H. COPELAND, (L. S.) Notary Public, S. C. We invite your attention, and respectfully solicit your account. 4 per cent. interest on deposits in our savings department e OUR FALL I Choice F i is ready for inspection, ai from you as to how you 111 be glad you've conic, and be favorable to our swel house-furnishings and th you have a house to furn a single piece, it will pay of furniture in all lines. ' niture, the splendid va savings in prices make it to the store and select wl live miles away. Anyone suited here. We have t Remember, we also a STOYTSS, and RANGES, exclusive furniture store By the way, come in a] hogany Bedroom Suite. G. 0. SL THE FURNIT Opposite Hoover's Drug Store. pOE=aOE n Saturday. I is' thi H WE WILL GIVE AWAY C FIT TO THE LUCKY H NUMBER OF OUR CAS WE CORDIALLY INVITE BE PRESENT AT OUR. I S New Jew* FOR THIS DAY?BETWI TERNOON. EVERYONE] CHANCE TO GET THE Si SAME TO YOUR HOME IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT CHASE TICKETS, YOU C EVERY 25 CENTS in our new jewelr new anr reliable s anteed goods and n U S. FINN'S J H EHRHAR Special Trains SCHEDULES OF SPECIAL TRA LUMBIA AND RETURN, AUTHORIZED ON ACC FAIR VIA SOU! November 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th ( Leave Branchville....7:15 a. m. Leave Rowesvl!Ie....7:30 a. m. Leave Orangeburg....7:48 a. m. Tootrfl Tamiann fi'Oft a. m. Leave St. Matthews..8:13 a. m. Leave Fort Motte....8:25 a.m. Leave Kingville 8:45 a. m. Leave Weston 9:03 a. m. Leave Childs 9:24 a. m. Returning special train will Round trip tickets to Col urn to November 6th, 1909, inclusive, ber 8th, 1909. Tickets will be gc mentioned dates, also special ti For further details, rates, etc., or address . J. L. MEEK, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. FOR SALE. 137 acres land, known as a part of the Dr. C. I. Faust estate, three miles south of Denmark, S. C. One hundred acres open; three good tenant houses; has seven pecan trees bearing 300 to 400 pounds yearly; good water, and rents for six (6) bales cotton. Price, $23.50 per acre. Object of selling: bought lands in Aiken county. Apply to W. H. FAUST, Denmark, S. C. or O. R. FAUST, White Pond, S. C. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but who wants to be a mossback? Dr. Cook declares that his records will first be submitted to the University of Copenhagen, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary. He says that he will ask that the result of the examination of his records be withheld until they have been laid before other scientific bodies. )ISPLAY OF > 1 urniture ; . . , : > id we want an expression fee it. Walk right in, we'll we know the verdict will 1 display of all kinds of ( e reasonable prices. If % ish, or even want to buy vou to insDect our stock * ? The vast scope of our furlues, and the emphatic worth your while to come lat you want, even if you 1 wanting furniture can be he best at lowest prices. irry RUGS, MATTING, and conduct the only > in the county. ad see that beautiful Ma- * WMONS URE STORE BAMBERG, S. C. October 23 eday. >UR GRAPHOPHONE OUT- 1 % ' OLDER OF THE LUCKY H PURCHASE TICKETS. 2 ALL OUR PATRONS TO e 1 r v Stores.:? SEN 1 AND 2 IN THE AF.8 WELCX)ME TO GET THE LME OUTFIT AND CABBY AND ENJOY YOURSELF. ANY OF OUR CASH PUR1N GET SAME FOR...... I CASH PURCHASE ' Y LINE. WE CABBY A 4|l TOOK. GET THE GUARGET THE CHANCE AT I I ewelry Store D % DT, S. C. to State Fair. I JNS TO BE OPERATED TO COAND EXCURSION RATES /OUNT OF THE STATE HERN RAILWAY , special trains as follows: ^ Leave Sixty-Six........7:22 a. m. Leave Felders 7:38 a. m. _ Leave Stilton ! 7.54 a. m. Leave Riley 8:06 a. m. # Leave Singleton 8:18 a. m. Leave Congaree 8:30 a. m. Leave Gadsden 8:56 a. m. Leave Hopkins 9:12 a. m. Arrive Columbia 9:40 a. m. leave Columbia at 8:00 p. m. -;'-k ibia will be on sale October 81st , limited for return until Novem>od on regular trains on above ains as above advertised. , apply to Southern By., agents ' J. 0. LUSK, if! Division Pass. Agt., Charleston, S. C. V ? " -,-! nTATTOV VOTTfTR. The State of South Carolina? ; >. County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Har mon, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas, W. E. Barnes, hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of C. M. Gray: These are therefore to cite and y admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said C. M. Gray, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Bamberg on Saturday, Oct. 30, next, after publication thereof, at 11 > o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this ' * 12th day of October, A. D., 1909. GEO. P. HARMON. Judge of Probate. ^ No man ever got the better of * ) his wife in an argument without re- , gretting it. m