Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WOMEN IN BURGLAR BAND. Farmer's Wife Caught Red-Handed, Shields Her Accomplices. Logan, la., Oct. 28.?A gang of women burglars dressed as men, in trousers, shirts, top boots and hats, and wearing black masks over their faces, have been terrorizing the country around about Woodbine, ten miles North of Logan. Always searching for male robbers, the officers, deputy sheriffs and detectives who have been for months working on the case were completely Damea ana 11 was amy u> uuautc me surprising discovery was made that instead of the band of robbers being composed of men its members were women. One of the members captured. Mrs. Fred Lind, wife of a well known farmer, has pleaded guilty, accepted a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary, but flatly declines to name accomplices. < When first placed in jail Mrs. Lind , still wore the disguise which made her appearance that of a man, but later she appeared in court dressed as a woman. However, the trousers, coat and top boots worn by her when ' * captured were where the judge could , see them. She is only nineteen years , of age, rather tall, blond, has blue 1 eyes and is good looking./ \ Just how many women there are in , the band is not known. Nor is the ' identity of any one other than the . one under arrest known to the au- . thorities. Mrs. Lind has not come , across with the name of a single one of her accomplices, and there are ru- . mors of oaths of secrecy under pen- ' alties of the most dreadful nature . above the head or' any member of the , band who makes known the secrets ' of the others. : For months Harrison county has been ravaged by robbers. Country j stores were bui larized and large . quantities of goods taken. Farm . houses were robbed. Occasionally a stock raiser, en route home from mar- , ket after dark, was stopped and the ' proceeds of his sales taken from him. Soon it became evident that an or- < ganized band of robbers was operat- ' ing in the county. Some times there were ouly two of the robbers, at other ] times there were half a dozen. Offi- < cers made every effort to capture the 1 robbers but their efforts were without 1 avail. < Then, as with success the band j grew bolder, town residences and i stores in the heart of the business < sections of the small cities were visit- i ed and robbed. Instead of taking j merchandise the robbers now con- i fided their efforts to cash and jewelry, taking only such articles as could be easily carried and were of good value. l All sorts of tracks could be secured. , Abundant clues were left behind, but ] these traces and clues could never be ? run down. Footprints in the mud be- < neath a window through which an < entrance had been made showed men < of normal size, and nothing was ] gained from this by which the rob- ( bers could J>e discovered. , W. D. uromie owns me largest Store in Woodbine and sometimes has a large amount of cash* on hand. After the robberies became frequent Cromie hired a trusty man to sleep in his store and was very careful not to let this fact become known. Two weeks ago this watchman was awakened by a peculiar noise. At a rear window he heard low mutterings in rather shrill voices. Then came the sound of a glass cutter and one of the panes of glass was neatly removed. Then through the hole made by the removal of the glass a leg was pushed. The watchman waited in the store, his revolver cocked in hand. But, instead of using the gun, he stole noiselessly forward and, just when the body coming through the window was in the most awkward and helpless position, the watchman grabbed both the legs and gave a jerk forward. Right through the r - window came the body, and as it struck the floor the watchman pin- ] ioned both arms over its head. A \ wild shriek rang out. It was a high treble voice. 1 "It's a woman, gasped the watch- ] man. 1 The two robbers outside took to 1 their heels and disappeared in the 1 darkness. J The watchman dragged the prison- ' er to the light, tied her hands and < raised an alarm. 1 The prisoner was recognized as Mrs. Fred Lind, despite her disguise. * This consisted of top boots, trousers, ] a shirt, coat and hat, giving her all 1 the appearance of a man. These ar- * tides proved to be her husband's 1 clothing, which she had altered to ( fit herself. The boots were her hus- 1 band's, and while much too large for ( her, she had wrapped her feet in 1 cloths to make them steady. < Mrs. Lind has not said a single 1 word to implicate any other woman, 1 and the police have been unable to 5 note any suspicious actions on the ' part of her acquaintances. ? Charged With Wife-Murder. Roanoke, Va., Oct 31.?Chief of Police Raglan, of Petersburg, Va., arrived here to-day from Fort D. A. ' Russell, Wyo., having in-charge J. A. , Williamson, a young private in the cavairy orancn ui me aimv, wuv 10 charged with murdering his wife at Petersburg last June. When seen in jail here Williamson said if he were given a fair trial he felt confident he would be acquitted. He said his wife died on June 10 and that he remained in Petersburg until September 25, when he left to enlist in the army. Since his enlistment he has been post carpenter at Fort D. A. Russell. Williamson said his wife's father has made the charge of murder and that his wife's stomach was removed after death and sent to Richmond for analysis. Williamson asserted his wife died of what he believed to be ptomaine poioning. He "id Vio nnri his wifp had never had a cross word during their 14 months of married life. .. There are several big plugs of tobacco sold in Bamberg for 10c, but if you will try Merry Widow one time you will be satisfied that you have found the best. Get it from C. R. Brabham's Sons. DORCHESTER BOARD NAMED. Names of Those Recommended by the 3 County Delegation Sent in. Gov. Ansel has appointed O. B. Dukes, of St. George, A. E. Thrower, g of Ridgeville, and W. W. Way, of t Dorchester, as members of the regis- t tration board of Dorchester county to b take the place of the old board which is was dismissed by the governor sever- t al days ago. The old board was com- c posed of Messrs. Ellas Dorr, R. M. t Limehouse and A. W. Rumph. t When the charges were made t against the former board Gov. Ansel ordered the members to appear be- a fore him and show cause why they b should not be removed from office, d On the day set for the hearing only a two of the members, Messrs. Limehouse and Dorr, were present, Mr. s Rumph having previously resigned. 0 The appointment of the new board f j ~ 4-u^ r was Luaue uy cue guvwuui uu mc ict- ommendation of the Dorchester dele- t< gation. Bicycle Thief Captured. r Branchville, Oct. 27.?Last Satur- J day night a colored man named Bry- 3 aitt, who was in Branchville and g. wanted to go to Rowesville, decided ^ that, although he did not have the ^ price to pay his railroad fare, he would go and would not walk either. 0 So he resolved that he would ac- ^ company a bicycle that belonged to a W. C. Steedly there and in the event S( that Mr. Steedly did not miss his a wheel or seem to care for it being out ^ pf place he would keep it and use it 0 is his own property. Mr. Steedly, however, decided later g that someone had stolen his bicycle s] ind at once telephoned to the chief of police at Rowesville. In a short time M the active chief there located a sus- q picious negro in his town that had a ^ picycle and arrested him and captured the bicycle. After investigating ^ the matter it was found that it was tertainly the property of Mr. Steedly, ^ ind a warrant was thereupon sworn ? put for the negro Bryant. ti 0( Secret Societies Sent him to Gallows. 8) Fort Gaines, Ga., Oct. 27.?Syl By- c lum, colored, convicted of the mur- S ler of John Turner, was hanged here rx 1 1 /v'olnnl- pvrinm tyiq/id a /u'uaj at xx u tivtn. j^juuua ixiuuv fall confession on the gallows of the srime, which was a midnight assassi- 5 lation. The hanging took place pri- t] rately in Clay county jail at 11 \ 5'clock. In his dying statement By- r aum advised negroes to stay out of n secret societies, as they had been his ^ ruin, he stated. \z President's Difficult Job. ^ All of us envy the President of the t] United States?chiefly because few of " as ever stop to ponder upon his woes, cj He is the target of every last crank ti md bore in the country?political, socialogical, theological. He is as- C sailed night and day by a million 0 savage and resourceful critics. He c: s called upon every hour to express p affhand opinions upon every subject b inder the sun, and if he errs a hair's tl areadth in either premise or conclu- 1 sion, he is denounced as a deliberate A md sinister sophist. In the course v; Df his constant pilgrimages hither tl md thither he must eat and praise n :he fearful delicacies peculiar to va- ir rious provinces?the salt horse of 2 Wyoming, the indigestible baked t< aeans of Boston, the liver and onions b af Pittsburg, the dubious scrapple of Philadelphia, the revolting stewed e< -entiles of San Francisco, the Creole a concoctions of the Gulf bottoms. He w nust listen in patience to the amaz- T ng rhetoric of local orators; he must tl submit to the tiresome attentions of Y local nabobs. And all the while, U with his head a-whirl, his ears buzz- if ng, and his outraged stomach pro- t< :esting, he must wear the fixed me- n chanical smile of a prima donna.? ei Baltimore Sun. n S Warrants for Cotton Men. The war between the Farmers' ^ [Jnion and the cotton buyers is wax- . ng exciting. Yesterday morning Magistrate Fowles issued warrants 'or three well known cotton buyers, Daniel Crawford, Jefferson D. Blakey and E. T. Tarrer. It is alleged j, ;hat last Saturday each of these a cought a bale of cotton that had not k 3een weighed by the public weigher, tc rhe case will come up for trial before t< Magistrate Fowles Wednesday, No- t< member 3rd, at 10 o'clock. S Twe weeks ago Mr. Blakely was ;ried on a similar charge to the one y, iow involved, and upon being con- ^ dieted was fined $5 by the magis- tl ;rate. The case was appealed on the r ground that the law requiring the h cotton to be weighed by a public a sveigher is unconstitutional. The h cotton buyers, for whom warrants ft aave been issued, are charged with committing a misdemeanor, as the legislature passed a bill providing for public weighers to weigh all cotton md making it a misdemeanor for any ^ -!-* ! 1 1 ..i... ? D aue iu exmer uu; ur bcix tuuuu uvi ?_ weighed by the official weigher.?The F State, October 28. ? ii Tom by Fire Engine Tongne. ? Tampa, Fla., October 30.?As are- ^ suit of being struck in the abdomen j] with great force by the tongue of a fire engine, J. A. Walcot, a street car ^ motorman, lies seriously hurt, and { with the lower portion of his body c temporarily paralyzed. \\ Walcot, in obedience to the con- t: ductor's signal, was crossing Florida ^ avenue at Constant street with his t car, when the hook and ladder wagon t going to a fire bore down on him at E high speed, but the skill of the driver t prevented a collision. Attempting to a reverse, Walcot, who is a "green t man," got rattled and sent his car 0 further ahead, blocking the fire en- j gine. The latter struck the front platform, one of the horses being tthrown partially on to it and strik- t ing Walcot. The break lever at this j< moment released also and struck him. t Xo one else was hurt. Walcot says a the fire company was approaching a without ringing any gong. The hook a on the end of the pole tore into his p abdomen. r c If you want the best 10c plug of 0 tobacco in Bamberg, go to C. R. r Brabham's Sons and call for Merry v Widow. 0 BIG FORTUNES SCATTERED. lillions Left by Rich Men Not Kept Together. ^ That the piled up wealth o! the It. ;reat captains of finance will in time V tecome so huge that all the rest o' he country's population will one day e dependent upon a few money kings W 5 a cry very often raised, but the acual facts show that these vast acumulations soon become widely dis-! ributed and lose practically ail oi' heir power with the second genera ; * t? ion. j E. H. Harriman left a fortunee of \ pproximately $100,000,000. Under j ? ? lis will he divided among five chil- j .ren and his widow, with consider- *jf ble sums going to other relatives. H. H. Rogers, who died last pring, left also approximately $100,00,000 and under his will it goes to & our children and his widow. Aleady there are nine grand children *3? 0 share in a further division. jfj Russel Sage, who died July 23, JF 506, was the only great financier of tjf ecent years to die childless, he left 66,753,000 and of this his widow ;F aherited $63,778,000. Since his tj? eath Mrs. Sage has spent immense urns for philanthropic purposes, and TF - " - ? ?t--i. -* 1 i?i fcli oe duik 01 wnai sue leaves win, uu *4? er death go into the same channels. ?& CorneliuB Vanderbilt left an estate iff f $72,500,000, and $69,500,000 was tff Ivided In different proportions mong his five children. His second ifc on, Alfred G., got the largest W mount, $44,500,000, and Cornelius, is second son, the smallest, $1,500,- ifc But to avoid a contest Alfred G., ave Cornelius $6,000,000 of his bare. 3? Jay Gould left $72,000,000, and It ras divided among six children. St eorge, the eldest son, received the tp irgest share, and the other five chil- i| ren equal shares. All of them, with be exception of Helen, the eldest V aughter, married, and of the five ?? rho married all have children except ? ? loward. Thus, of these five caplins of finance who left $441,000,- fjf 00, this great sum has passed, or will Don pass, to twenty children without ounting the widows.?Washington pecial to Louisville Courier-Journal. Great Tide of Money Rolling In. J. G. Anderson, of Rock Hill, has ?Jf een figuring on the cotton crop in *? be States from North Carolina to Iissis8ippi, and is satisfied the net esults will give the farmers more loney than they have ever had. Mr. mderson's investigation was stimu- ?Jf ited by reports of unfavorable conitions in the Gulf States, and as he } interested as a manufacturer in be ability of the people to buy, he jL set about to look into the matter arefully," and presents the result in abulated form. Estimating the increase of North Carolina's production at 10,500 bales *1? ver last year, South Carolina's in- A rease at 37,000 bales, and Georgia's 3* roduction the same as last year, and asing the value of both crops upon ??4, le price quoted on September 25th, ^ 908, and September 25, 1909, Mr. = .nderson estimates the increased j alue of the crop in these three States bis year over last, at nearly eightyine million dollars! Of that huge Inc icrease he gives South Carolina $29,87,734?the total value of the cot)n in the State, exclusive of seed, ( eing placed at $86,142,981. a The yield for this State, as estimat- the d by Mr. Anderson, upon the figures the vailable, is 1,315,160 bales. That ing e are afraid is an excessive estimate, the here is no certainty, of course, that has be price of 13.60 quoted in New and ork on September 25, will be main- not lined or averaged for the year, but wat the actual cash receipts of the cot- hor jn growers in this State fall.fifteen mai lillion dollars below Mr. Anderson's nt stimates, it will still be by far the 0ve last vnlnnhl* rrnn ever raised in ran outh Carolina. int< The next twelve months must be gte; le most prosperous for all lines of wa usines that the South Atlantic States Ele ave ever known.?Columbia State. i ?- Ele Doctor's Droll Wager. 1 A young London doctor, who has r?* ist finished his studies in medicine , t Oxford, made a wager with a well th nown English Socialist to make a t >ur on foot through Switzerland and gt ) have himself arrested in several >wns for the purpose of studying the 7^ wiss prison conditions. When he arrived in Geneva the oung doctor engaged in a quarrel ith a policeman by threatening to ^ irow the constable into the River wai .hone. Thus he soon succeeded in t * aving himself taken into custody. __ fter he had given his explanation of 77 is strange conduct he was fined five N i ancs and released. 11L Some Time Before Work Starts. While the check for $10,000 from tie United States government has assed into the hands of Judge Jas. ^ '. Izlar, of this place, for the site ^ ar the looation of the public build- ^ lg to be erected here, it will proba- j ly be some months yet before ^ tiere will be any move made by the ney epartment towards the erction of j tie postoffice here. ney It is stated that it will probably j e eight or ten months yet before j here will begin any activity in this g ity towards the erection of the pub- '? ic building. The government at all ^ Imes is occupied in erecting buildags in different parts of the coun- ^rQ. ry, and the work is taken up in he order that appropriations are * ?rovided for. Contractors will ^ J herefore, not have an opportunity ecording to this rule of bidding on he building here before the middle ^ if next year at least.?Orangeburg pT '.inninir Von-c Oof/", Hot* 97tVl J VCiillig n O, W CVWi m vu. J)l0! It will be startling news to many hat the gross debt of New York City . 5 as large as the national debt, and .. he annual expenditures of the city . re one quarter as large as the aver- . ' ge annual expediture of the nation- , .1 government. There are very neary fifty thousand persons on the pay- ' oil. The interest and amortization harges on the city debt alone is $j>0,- cfD '00,000 a year, and before the expi- ^ei ation of the term of the next mayor ^Tn nil, in the opinion of some, be $75,- 1 00,000. anc f ^ * ? Denmark; !l & Continues to Grow! 2 1 w ft ft m . I II IMIMIII ? Ml??| < I* '4 a i * $ There are new stores, new residences, m A new bank, new people. I am selling fc .? Residence and Business Lots jj H si at low prices and on easy terms. \ I will be at Denmark Hotel a |?M o Saturday, Nov. 6th, 1609,1* and will be glad to see persons desiring j [ to buy lots. liPlB : ? 1? ????II a .a' C. H. DORSETTi SAVANNAH, OA. . pjjl "f onnnn u p i 4" New Goods at Hunter's. Q;: rease of 20,000 Horse-Power in; * X this State in Five Years. T Ladies' and Men's Rubber Heels 9: |^|1 Columbia, Oct. si.-According to T 42 piece Dinner Set, plain white, @ $2.75. F ill preliminary report, issued from T. 42 piece Dinner Set, decorated, @ $3.25. t '<v n^rV^SS'pow^ 3 Single and Double Barrel Shotguns, Cane Mills, used by the textile industries of Single and Double Plows, Distributors, Buggy 1 tSSSSflXffX 1 and Wagon Harness, Single and-Two-Horse T i horse power. The report does T Wagons, Disc Harrows, Stoves and Banges, Pea 7 \ j erand efe^tn'cpower^The wltef 2 Threshers, and in fact everything kept in a first- F S-' se power in 1905 was approxi- T class hardware store. We haven't room to men- J teiy 51,000, and during the pres- <w ^ion many articles, but remember that we can 9 year the textile plants were using am, aaawaaj ^ w Mm r 70,000. The following is the T supply your every want in our line, as we have t rxgt. 25L2S* which wiU prove very T the most complete stock in this section. J jresLijug. n - am, horse power 76,734 T J. A. HUNTER ter, horse power 26,23o * CITY HALTi BUILDING. V lorse power^.^ 45 478 Jf^^Hardwiire 'I lorse power 16,375 - )uring the past several years sev1 very large power concerns have j * ',*" *' '*" "*" '*" n established, and are generating ^ v m m |fm 11 J usands of horse power from the ^ IVI lm/1 I - i ? w jams of the upper section of the J I 1 IVI fg | fk I te. A perfect net work of electric *111/ klMAJk W JL 1 VUMIV /er wires now traverse the Pied- il> ? * at section of the State. There i ..... many water powers, which are ^ with that automobile, bicycle, gun or pistol If you will n to he developed. v have me to put it in first-class repaii I am just as well M* ? x prepared to do your work as anyone outside the larger "T ?> ] 7.he man who stands in his own cities, and. W prices are about twice as reasonable. I. * f is not necessarily blocking the also have in stock a well selected line of iflft nc- 5 AUTOMOBILE & BICYCLE SUPPLIES T ITITDE TCIIC VflfT 5* which I will sell to you at closest prices. If I haven't J* . ?: A I UlYC IlLLJ 1 uli * what you need I will get it for you just as prompt as s gS, the next one. When in need of anything in my line _ ? , ? X don't forget me. All work guaranteed. x Many a Bamberg Reader Knows (K 4J. B. BRICKLEll? Vhen the kidneys are sick, w * * * 3 Mature tells you all about it. ? The Repair Man Bamberg, 3. C. & 'he urine is nature's calendar. x aaaaaaaaaaaaaaja a ? v nfrequent or too frequent "3* tny urinary trouble tells of kid- ? = Joan's Kidney Pills cure all kid- . WE THANK THE ills. Jamberg people testify to this. ? * % 6.csary'Main st-Bamberg' Machinery Owners mm 'I am very willing that my name ** * ./,t?SLz Down's KneynP[ns?m I16suffered 0F BAMBERG AND ADJOINING COUNTIES FOR THE * m kidney trouble for several " of^verb6ackandSemes'1! More than Liberal Patronage - -I j hered by irregular passages of the _ ney secretions. The use of sey- I which has been given to us since we opened our shop 1 remedies brought me but little April 1st, 1909. If we have failed to please a single I ef and when I saw Doan s Kidney customer we have not heard ot it. On the contrary we \ # , ts advertised, I went to the Peo- have had nothing but good words and "repeat or- H s Drug Co. and procured a sup- n ders." To those who have not tried us, we extent? a I . Although I have not taken them B cordial invitation, and refer them (if necessary) to the B g enough to justify a cure, from , B Iiost of good friends we have made by GOOD WORK and 4 benefit already received, I feel! N SQUARE DEALING. Yours truly, ] t it will be but a short time be-: S M e this result is brought about. I: 9 u ~ '1 . I DENMARK MACHINE WORKS, = denmabk, s.c. f 4 m's Kidney Pills a trial." * ?or sale by all dealers. Price 501 " ' -Ml C its. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, j The Herald Book Store has a quail- Tne CUllim mm suti icu up ivmuuaj w York, sole agents for tlie, tity of fountain pen fillers which morning, and will run all this week, ited States. , we Wjll give away to our customers No doubt the regularity with which Remember the name?Doan's? j for the next thirty days. Call and the mill will run will depend on the 1 take no other. j get one. They cost you nothing. price of cotton.