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Stye Bamberg Ijeralh ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor] Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing 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. Thursday, Nov. 25, 1909. A rush of advertisements at the last minute causes us to leave out until next week an editorial in reply to The State in reference to the Hughes case. Smith Named for Legislature. Walterboro, Nov. 23.?D. L. Smith tp-day was nominated for the legislature to succeed the late D. C. Sanders. Twenty-two out of 29 boxes give Mr. Smith 41 majority over his opponent, D. H. Towles. The other boxes will not alter the result. The to-day's election?the second primary for the office?stands: Smith 493: Towles 452. Negro Ran Amuck. Lancaster, Nov. 22.?Henry Witherspoon, a young negro, apparently crazed with liquor, ran amuck here yesterday. Falling out with a colored woman, he armed himself with a shotgun and put to rout a number of colored people in the neighborhood* finally leveling the weapon on a police officer who started to arrest him. When pressed, however, the negro ran, making his escape out of town. . - Dog Rescues Child. Saluda, Nov. 22.?A mad dog passing through this town Saturday w>/,?n)n(ir nrQQtor? n 11 ito g r>rvmmntf nn U1V1 U1U5 VI vuwu After he had bitten several dogs he was followed and killed. His movements for the 24 hours previous have Wben traced and it is learned that besides biting numbers of dogs, geese, ; turkeys and hogs in the Ellis section of the county and between here and there, he bit the little 10-year-old .daughter of Brown Butler. The child was out in the yard when the dog ran into some geese near by. The child went around the house to see what was causing the commotion. ? ' The dog at once jumped on her and fastened his teeth in her face. It is very probable her face would have been lacerated much worse had not Butler's dog run up and, seizing the rabid dog made him loose his hold . on the child. Butler has gone to the Columbia hospital with the child for treatment. Negro Kills Boy With Rock. Albany, Ga., Nov. 22.?Charged with the murder of Frank Hill, a 10 year old negro boy whom she killed with a rock, Lula May Sheppard, a negro girl of the same age, is In jail here. The children were fighting with their fists to-day until the girl sought a better weapon. One blow on the bov's head ended the fight and * bia lite. ' * Queer Cause of Accident. 5&rv Saluda, Nov. 20.?Clyde Crouch, "while jumping from a freight train between Wards and Jonston yesterday afternoon to escape from what was thought would be a head-on collision was considerably bruised about the face and shoulders besides sustaining other injuries. He had come up from Columbia on the engine with his brother, M. T. Crouch, and after passing Wards went hack into the caboose preparatory to leaving the train cn reaching Johnston. The conductor who was on the caboose in the lookout, rushed down into the cab and shouted "look out, we are going to have a head-on collision." Young Crouch, thinking the conductor was going to leap from the train, sprang out of the door. It appears that the conductor, who was in the lookout on the caboose, had seen a smoke ahead and thinking it was a train which he expected to pass at Johnston ran down into the cab with the remark above quoted and to the rear to put on the emergency brakes. It is thought he had mistaken the smoke from the Johnston oil mill for an approaching train. It was a narrow escape for young Crouch. He does not attribute any blame to the conductor. Captured Second Still. Aiken, Nov. 22.?Late Saturday Constables HoUey, Samuels and Cato returned to the city, bringing with them another large copper blind tiger still, captured in the swamp of the Runs, within 200 yards of the same place where one was captured only two or three days previous. The constables received information that another still had been carried in that section. They made a visit Saturday to the place and after a careful search found the still concealed in some thick bushes in the woods. It had been recently operated, and the fresh smell of "blind tiger" was upon it. No clue was found as to the operators or owners of the still, which is a 45-gallon copper apparatus. The officers continue to do excellent work and the people of the county are grateful to them. Killed in Alabama. Charleston, Nov. 20.?The police department tonight received a telegram asking the location of relatives of J. Sharf, who was reported to be of Charleston, killed at Obeaiah, Ala., last night. The telegram stated that the body would be buried Monday unless claimed. Relatives were located tonight in the family of R. F. Lanier on Nassau street, and the remains of the young man will be shipped to Charleston for burial. SEABOARD TRAIN WRECKED TRAIN WRECKERS REMOVE TWC RAILS FROM TRACK. Colored Fireman and White Tramj Killed?No Clue So Far to Miscreants. Again was a passenger train or the Seaboard Air Line wrecked fi this county last Thursday morning about one o'clock, the wreck occurr ing only about two miles South 01 Denmark. Mr. M. W. Brabham, loca correspondent of the State went ui to the scene of the wreck Thursday afternoon in an automobile, and the following is his account, sent to the daily papers: Bamberg, Nov. 18.?The wreck o: passenger train No. 43, believed to be caused by miscreants, on the Sea board Air Line railway this morninf just before 1 o'clock, resulted in the death of two and the serious injurs of one and great loss of money to the railway company. The dead are: Charles Bell, colored fireman; a white tramp, be lieved to be one J. R. White. The injured man is the engineer, Henrj Poteat, of Savannah. The injuries to the engineer arc believed to be quite serious, for ir addition to having his leg and nose broken, it is feared that internal injuries may be found. The presence of mind of this man probably saved >?ia Uf? and thA Hfp of manv of the large number of passengers aboard the train. The train left Denmark, going south towards Savannah, just before 1 o'clock and when it reached a point nearly two miles south, Engineer Poteat saw ahead of him what appeared to be a spread rail. Quick as a flast he closed the throttle and as the en gine ran from the tracks he jumped trying to catch a telegraph pole This threw him out of the way of the wreck but caused his serious injuries Engine Turned Over. The engine turned completely ovei and was demolished, and there No 64, one of the finest of the engines or the Seaboard, lies tonight a wreck From beneath her has been dug the unfortunate fireman, who was doubt less killed outright and whose bodj was burned fearfully. In the same condition was the body of the white tramp was found; parts of his bodj being burned to a crisp. From i letter found on the body of the tramp, he is believed to have been i white man from Columbia, or at leasi he had been making his headquarters in that city. It was addressed in i crude but legible hand to J. R. White Columbia, in care of J. H. Hamilton and was marked in pencil "Genera Delivery." He had $2.65 in money It is believed that there are perhaps one or two other tramps buried be neath the boiler of the engine, as th< engineer says that the dead man go on the engine with him at Denmarl and that he thinks two other mei got on the tender just after leavini Denmark. The engine will probabl: not be moved before Saturday, as i is the worst part of the wreck. This work is not believed to be th< work of fate but the culmination o a series of diabolical attempts t< wreck this train. It will be recalle< that on April 10 of this year a simi lar wreck occurred just above Den mark and the facts gave every indi cation of train-wreckers having Deei at work. The present derailment i: even more clearly the work of crimi nals. Just at the point where th< engine left the track this morninj were found a wrench, a kerosene cai and a crowbar and near by were th< taps and bolts which had been takei from the steel rails and the spikei which had been driven on the insid< of the rail. All of these facts poin unerringly to a crime that should b< ferreted out by the authorities no only of the railroad company but o tne state ana cownty as wen. The bloodhounds from the Bam berg county chain gang were carrie( to the scene of the wreck early thii morning in charge of R. O. Kirkland They took the trail right at the loos ened rail and carried it through i field for about a mile in the direc tion of Denmark and then went witl | LOTS 1 C. H. 1 SAVANNAH, II have r blocks spec terprises, c roads, viz: I also ha sively for c A postal H secure pro g I visit D< | lots. : I it to the railroad again and kept I hot trail right into Denmark until th coal chute was reached when it wa lost. It is believed that the parties o > party took some train at this poin The criminal wore about a No. shoe and from the track it appeal to have been a good shoe, whic > leads to the speculation that th party was well dressed. There j little doubt in the minds of the pec pie that the work is that of a whit man. 1 Company Offers Reward. 1 General Manager C. H. Hix of th j: Seaboard stated that the compan . would gladly pay $500 for the apprc . hension of the criminal. He wit some other officials was at the seen 1 early to-day and according to Mi > Hix the road has spent a large sum c r money already trying to find out th 4 criminal wrecker, for tnis is tne ntt ' time that an attempt has been mad J to ditch the train since the successfi attempt in April. He spoke- ver f feelingly of the matter and says th? ; he thinks that the people of Dei 1 mark and of Bamberg county shoul r lend every aid possible, as the coi \ stant presence of the criminals cei ) tainly speak3 very poorly for this se< ? tion. Conductor Harry Butler, of Savai . nah, was in charge of the train an . he is the same man who was i ? charge in April. In fact the sam r train crew was running last, nigt that was running when the'othe 5 wreck occurred and when the othe i attempts were made to wreck No. 45 ? The wreck consists of the engim .. the express and baggage and ma ? cars and the two passenger coacfcei I The engine is badly wrecked, pi > coaches while entirely derailed, ar I not badly broken up. The engine fell to the right of th r track, the next coach went to th ; left and the remaining coaches to th i right. Wrecking crews have been ? . work all day and by 7 o'clock tonigi I tin/t mrtef nt wrP^kn?A cleared i L UOU UiVOb Vi VUV ff ? wvmwqv ? i such a manner that traffic could t - resumed. It will be Saturday befoi , the wreckage will be complete! . cleared. > Coroner Gillam went to the seen . of the tragedy this afternoon an had the bodies of the dead remo.^e to Denmark, where a post-mortem ej amination was held by the count physician, Dr. V. W. Brabham. Th 1 inquest followed. The coroner ei onerates the railway company froi } all blame. ... .. - ??1_ 11 * i [ MASTER'S SALE. I State of South Carolina?Count 'T of Bamberg. t Mrs. M. E. Abies, plaintiff, , ? against { D. K. Ray and J. P. Jones, defenc t ants. 5 By virtue of a decree of the cou] L of common pleas for Bamberg coui ty, in the above stated case, date ' November 8th, 1909, I, H. C. Foil j Master for Bamberg county, will se to the highest bidder, for cash, ? 3 the court house door of Bambei . county, between the legal hours < ; sale, on Monday, December 6t! t 1909, the same being legal salesda c in said month, the following real ei i tate, to-w it:-. 1 All that piece, parcel or tract j y land, situate, lying and being 1 t Bamberg county, State aforesai* containing two hundred and eig] 3 teen (218)- acres, more or les e at> +V*a Worth hv lands ( I UV/UUU^U UU vuu A i v* ?u 5 M. M. Roach and others, South t 1 lands of the estate of D. H. Rice, c - the East by lands of Mrs. C. C. Star - and on the West by lands of F. 1 - Ray, now Mrs. S. H. Counts, an i others. 5 Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, 3 Master for Bamberg County. % Bamberg, S. C., Nov. 15. 1909. I MASTER'S SALE. i State of South Carolina?Bambei 3 County. 3 Pursuant to an order of his Hono t George W! Gage, Presiding Judg 3 dated the 16th day of Novembe t 1909, in the cause of Mrs. L. 1 f Wyman, plaintiff, vs. J. G. Gutekupi et al, defendants, arising In the C&ui - of common pleas for Bamberg coui 1 ty, I will sell, during the legal houi s of sale, for cash, to the highest b,i< . der, in front of the court house1' i - Bamberg, South Carolina, on salei i day in December, 1909. (or sore - subsequent salesday) the same b< i ing Monday, December 6th, the pro] at M = FOR SALE BY ===== DOR; v-> mm isidence and busin< :ially adapted to in onvenient to three 5. A. L., A. C. L. ai ve one section res :olored buyers. : QHHppccpH to UVtVI VUUVVt fcVf w mpt attention. : enmark frequently HHBm ' - ' '- v -- - r , -V/.' ' a erty hereinafter described, and shoult e the purchaser fail to comply with hi; .s bid within one hour, I shall procee< ir to resell the premises on the same o: t. some subsequent salesday, on th< 8 same terms, and at the risk of th< s former purchaser, and so on froD h time until a purchaser be found wh< e will comply. The purchaser to pa; is for papers. The description of tin )- land is as follows: ;e All that piece, parcel or tract o land situate, lying and being in th< county of Bamberg, State of Soutl ie Carolina, containing one hundre< yl (1UU) acres, ana oounaea Dy in j- estate of Robert Jones, Jeff Ayei h J Mrs. S. M. Brown and C. Ehrhard ie or Hughes land, r. ALSO >f All that piece, parcel or tract o te land in the same county and State h containing one hundred and twelv le (112) acres, more or less, and bound il ed North by lands of C. R. Millei y East by lands of Mrs. Mitchell am it F. M. Bamberg, on the West by LittI i- Saltkehatchie and C. R. Miller, Soutl d by F. M. Bamberg, l- H. C. FOLK, r- Master Bamberg County. MASTER'S SALE. i- State of South Carolina?Count; d of Bamberg. n The Bank of Branchville, plaintifl e against it . R. C. Woods, defendant. By virtue of a decree of the cour t of common pleas for Bamberg coun L ty, in the above itated case, datei -? November 10th, 1909, I, H. C. Folk 11 Master for Bamberg county, will sel 3- to the highest bidder, for cash, a e the court house door of Bamber '? county, between the legal hours o --1^ Uam^AV Donnm Via* CfV itaic, uu irxuuuaj i x/ov,&muci v^u 1909, the same being legal salesda e in said month, the following real es e tate, to-wit: All that certain tract of land situ tt ate in Bamberg county, said State n containing seventeen and one-hal ie (17%) acres and having such shap e as a plat thereof made by Presto: y Ott, surveyor, dated December 15th 1905, doth represent, and boundei by lands of Wash Williams. Mrf " Ella Mays, George Stephens, and th ^ public road.' ALSO >" All that certain other tract of lam te situate in said county and State, con c" taining fifty-one (51) acres, and ha\ 11 ing such shape as a plat there . -at" made by Preston Ott, sui T.j.veyor, dated December 11th, 190? doth represent, and bounded b y lands of Mrs. William Mays, C. F Smoak, George Stephens, Wash Will iams and the Edisto river. ALSO 1- That certain other tract of lane situate in said county and State, cor rt taining fifty-eight (58) acres, mor !- or less, and having such shape as t(j plat thereof made by Preston Oti 1C| surveyor, dated December 21st, 190? li doth represent, and bounded by land it of Mrs. Ella Smoak, Reuben Mon1 g gomery, George Stephens, R. ( )f Wood, Wash Williams and Georg h; Stephens. v Purchaser to pay for papers. . H. C. FOLK, a v Master Bamberg County. n * MASTER'S SALE. ft, State of South Carolina?Count l- of Bamberg. s, The Bank of Branchville, plaintif 3f . against >y Wash Williams, defendant, in By virtue of a decree of the coui r, of Common Pleas for Bamberg cour I. ty, in the above stated case, date d November 10th, 1909, I, H. C. Foil Master for Bamberg county, will se to the highest bidder, for cash, a the court house door of Bamber county, between the legal hours c sale, on Monday, December 6tl ? 1909, the same bemg legal salesda in said month, the following real ej 'g tate, to-wit: All that certain tract of land situ r, ate, lying and being in Bamber e, county, in the State of South Care r, Una, containing sixty-eight (68 3. acres, more or less, between the Edk 3t to river and the Charleston an i*t Augusta public road, and havin l- such shape as is shown by a pla *s made by Preston Ott, surveyor, date i- December 11th, 1905, doth represem it and bounded by lands of Mrs. Wili 3- iam Mays, Woods and Stephens, le Purchaser to pay for papers. 3- H. C. FOLK, ?- Master Bamberg County. MARK 1 SETT, | s a^oRaiA. J ess lots, also | idustrial en= | lines of rail= 1 id Southern. | erved exclu= | ***** s 'r'Hannah will i to show the 1 v? |S j I Some Mistakes are I ( IINot serious, but the one who makes the mistake of going Rk from store to store and asking for an article, Kg and then not getting what they want, has ^ made a costly error. Time is money. : : : m We have the goods, and they are here for jA ( XI you, to Keep you irom matonj; uie uii&uuc ux ? i V asking for an article that we haven't got. pjj e @ Our line of W {FINE TOILET GOODS? ) i A is complete and up-to-date: Ask for a Patent > ' ^ ' 5?i Medicine that is not on our shelves. : : : ' HP 1 Hoi t vjj We sell cigars to smoke and serve Soda Ng j @ Water to drink. Any rare prescription care- . IB f A fully compounded. If the mistake is made by |A ' a calling for something that we haven't got, we A will gladly get it for you as soon as possible, EK * and without any extra cost to you. HP . ' I * ^ : Telephone your wants to No. 46. 's : d (5) Prescriptions a Specialty ?g $ jgK: ? I Peoples Drug Co.f ? ? ^@@@@@@@^^@@(^@(5)15)0 D C3 D ( I OUR FALL DISPLAY OF a I riiAiVa Cifftiifiifa I J i viiuiit luiuuuiw if ! is ready for inspection, and we want an expression - . j from yon as to how you like it. Walk right in, well ... - be glad you've come, and we know the verdict will | be favorable to our swell display of all kinds of ' house-furnishings and the reasonable prices. If mmi f, you liave a house to furnish, or even want to buy ! \r;' ' a single piece, it will pay you to inspect our stock 't of furniture in all lines. The vast scope of our furniture, the ^splendid valuer, and the emphatic savings in prices make it worth your while to come to the store and select what you want, even if you ' S live miles away. Anyone wanting furniture can be >f . T->_"v4?Ji? suited here. We have the best at lowest prices. * > y Remember, we also carry RUGS, MATTING, ' STOVES, and RANGES, and conduct the only I V l- exclusive furniture store in the aunty. I f_ By the way, come In and se* i iat beautiful Ma ) hogany Bedroom Suite. I ^ \ G.O.SIMMONS THE FURNITURE STORE I ;; ; H Opposite Hoover's Drug Store. BAMBERG, S. C. ^ ! 1 Seasonable Delicacies! I;Jl i 5 I HAVE JUST RECEIVED AN IMMENSE STOCK OF ? I W FRESH GROCERIES, AND I WANT TO SERVE YOU. W I ??" LOOK OVER THE LIST AND PRICES, AND GIVE US I* jm YOUR ORDER. WE GUARANTEE TO PLEASE YOU. v%M T Fresh Fruit Cake Material Just In. ? .. Jt Seeded Raisins, 1 pound packages, two for 25c ^ > Currants, per package, only 10c T J Citron, per pound, only 20c y fK Dates, per pound, only 15c Brown and Pulverized Sugar for Cakes. t ? ^ Heinz'e Loose Pickle, new and fresh, very fine, each le y r f-i ** Reboiled Georgia Cane Syrup, per gallon, only _6?c J 't J Blue Label Sweet Sugar Corn, per can, only jloc -m* S m> stalk Sweet Sugar Corn, per can 10c g ^ Curtis Brand Garden Peas, per can 15c T 2 *W Curtis Brand String Beans, per can 15c S gC, The finest that are put in cans. jL* g T" Gold Band Hams, per pound 18He T / < g J' Toxaway Coffee, 1 lb. cans 35c., or 3 lb. cans for 95c * All we ask is that you give it a trial. ^ i 2 TRY SNOW-FLAKE FLOUR, and if it does not prove satisfactory, T g we refund your money. 90c only for 24 pounds. I JL Karo Corn Syrup, per half gallon, only 30c | J Jumbo Brand Tomatoes, 3 lb. cans only 10c r | Riverside Tomatoes, 3 lb. cans, only 9c * % ft a fC, Did you ever stop to think that I am head- jk fj ? 2 quarters for Heinz's Goods? Full line Pickles, ? I Preserves, etc., of these fine goods. | (ft, Diplomat Lemon Cling Peaches, 3 lb. cans, only ^uc m I Ift. EvaP?rated Peaches, new and fresh, 2 lb. for 25c C . II ^ j| Big line FINE CANDIES, also FRUITS of every descrip- " * g tion. Everything that is seasonable can be found here, | all fresh. Let us fill your next order. Prompt delivery. ^ | S E. BART PRICE t ' % | ^ BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA ^