The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 09, 1909, Page 3, Image 3
BOARDS DEFERS ELECTION.
Postpones Selection of President
f\% Mell's Successor.
Clemson College, Dec. 2.?The
board of trustees of Cleinson College
tonight decided to postpone the election
of a president for the institution.
To fill the vacancy, which will
be caused by President Mell's retirement
on January 1, Col. M. B.
^ Hardin, chairman of the faculty, was
elected acting president.
1
Clemson
College, Dec. 2.?The
following memoers or tne Doara oi
trustees are here in session tonight:
Messrs. Johnstone, chairman; Tillman,
Simpson, Hardin, Evans, Donaldson,
Bradley, Manning, Mann,
; Mauldin, Richards, Rawl and Wannamaker.
It is understood that the meeting
is called for the purpose of electing
j a president and a director for the
agricultural department. Dr. Mell
has made all arrangements to move
^ to Atlanta by the first of January and
v says he will not remain longer at
Clemson.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Johnstone, Tillman and Manning, has
been looking for a suitable man for
the presidency. Rumor has connected
the name of nearly every college
president in the State with the po'
action. Rumor has also said the
> _ committee would make a majority
* and minority report. If there is no
election tomorrow the trustees probably
will ask some member of the
faculty to serve as acting president
until June while the committee continues
in search for the right man.
The trustees will not give out any
indication of their probable action
and no one seems to have any inside
information.
v The committee appointed to recommend
a president not being ready
j to make a full report, the election of
a president was postponed.
Col. M. B. Hardin, chairman of
the faculty, was elected acting president,
to take charge of the college
when Dr. Mell retires on January 1.
He is to receive the salary of the
president so long as he acts as such.
He has authority to appoint the asso.
* ciate professesor of chemistry as acting
head of the chemical department.
Prof. W. R. Perkins of the Missist
sippi Agricultural and Mechanical
; college was elected director of the
agricultural department. Prof. Ricks
of the''same institution was elected
assistant professor of agriculture.
V Stung for 15 Years
by indigestion's pangs?trying many
doctors and $200.00 worth of medicine
in vain, B. F. Ayscue, of Ingle^
-A " a J
Side, IN. u., ai last useu jlh. xviu.6 o
New Life Pills, and writes they wholly
cured him. They cure constipation,
billiousness, sick headache,
\ stomach, liver, kidney and bowel
troubles. 25c at Peoples Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. C.
Collision at Park Station.
Laurens, Dec. 1.?A head-on collision
between trains 52 and 53 on
the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens
railroad occurred at Park's station
this afternoon at about 2:30 o'clock,
resulting in considerable damage to
the two engines, severe bruises to
Engineer Dan McCraney, of Columbia,
and a thorough shaking up for
all the passengers. It is learned that
every passenger was thrown from his
! seat.
> The collision was the result of Engineer
Joe Gates' confusion of yesterday's
and to-day's pass orders, so
I it is reported. He had both orders
in his pocket and read the wrong
one. Train 53 was just leaving
(Park's station, three miles from
Laurens, when it met, train 52. He
not full sneed or the
! damage would have been greater.
? Both engineers and both firemen
jumped from their cabs and it was
in this manner that Engineer McCraney
was hurt.
Trains Delayed.
(The engine attached to the regular
freight brought 53 down to Columbia.
The engine sent up from Columbia
to take the place of the
wrecked one was derailed in the
yards at Prosperity, necessitating
the use of the freight engine the
entire distance. The immediate
2 scene of the accident was in a small
l cut, terminating in about a 5 degree
curve, and had the engines been
tunning at full speed a most disas/
trous accident inevitably would have
1 ensued. Engineer Dan McCraney,
of Columbia, suffered a severe
sprained ankle, being the only one
'% injured. The brakes on 52. it is
understood, failed to work properly.
Train 53, bound for Columbia, was
delayed nearly four hours and a half
as a result of the accident.
The two wrecked engines, together
with the express cars of the respective
trains, were left in a siding near
i * Parks.?The State.
| ! ?
There is more catarrh in this secI
tion of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
? last few years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years
doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with local
\ treatment, pronounced it incurable.
* Science has proven catarrh to be a
r- constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
It acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circu 4
lars and testimonials. Address:
r' F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's family pills for constit
pation.
> Plans Hig Skyscraper.
| Spartanburg, Dec. 2.?T. A. Green
stated to-day that he had practical Incompleted
arrangements for the construction
in this city of a 12-story
skvscraper, to be erected on North
Church street, just South of the Harris
theatre. The building will cost
i - over $200,000 and its construction
. will be begun in the early spring.
A
BIGHAM REOPENS FIGHT.
Refuses to Return to Charge at Newnan,
Ga.
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 1.?With the
positive statement that he will not
return to Newnan, Ga., as pastor in
charge, despite the decision of Bishop
E. R. Hendrix to that effect, Rev. R.
J. Bigham to-day reopened the dispute
which is threatening to cause a
wide split in the Methodist conference
of North Georgia.
Mr. Bigham came to Atlanta for a
conference with friends relative to
the controversy which has been
stirred up in Methodist circles over
his recent appointments.
"Under no circumstances will I return
to Newnan as pastor in charge,"
he declared. "I shall ask the bishop
to release me from the assignment. I
have already practically asked him to
do so in a telegram sent him this
morning."
Mr. Bigham was assigned to the
St. John's Methodist church of Au
gusta at the recent conference, but
protests from that body resulted in
an order from the bishop assigning
him to the presiding eldership of the
Atlanta district. An even stronger
protest from the Methodist ministers
of Atlanta against the removal of
Dr. J. T. Daves to make way for Mr.
Bigham brought another order from
Bishop Hendrix sending Mr. Bigham
back to his former charge at Newnan,
where he had served two years
in an acceptable manner.
Mr. Bigham is recognized as one
of the most capable ministers in the
conference and the protests launched
against him have caused his friends
to rally to his support, creating a
wide division of opinion among the
Methodists of Georgia.
Alone in Saw Mill at Midnight
unmindful of dampness, drafts,
storms or cold, W. J. Atkins worked
as night watchman, at Banner
Springs, Tenn. Such exposure gave
him a severe cold that settled on his
lungs. At last he had to give up work.
He tried many remedies but all fail
ed til he used Dr. King's New Discovery.
"After using one bottle,"
he wries, "I went back to work as
well as ever." Severe colds, stubborn
coughs, inflamed throats and
sore lungs, hemorrhages, croup and
whooping cough get quick relief and
prompt cure from this glorious medicine.
50c and $1. Trial bottle free,
guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. C.
Society Girl Kills Herself.
Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 1.?Without
any previous intimation and with
no incentive other than a slight remonstrance
from a member of her
family about extravagant indigencies,
Miss Ethel Norman, aged 17,
prominent in society in this city, committed
suicide here this afternoon by
shooting herself through the heart
with a revolver. She came home
about 6:30 o'clock and passing her
mother in the hall went directly to
her room, where she pressed the revolver
to her heart and fired, death
resulting instantly.
Rich Men's Gifts Are Poor
beside this: "I want to go on record
as saying that I regard Electric
Bitters as one of the greatest gifts
that God has made to woman," writes
Mrs. O. Rhinevault, of Vestal Center,
N. Y.. "I can never forget what it
has done for me." This glorious
medicine gives a woman buoyant
spirits, vigor of body and jubilant
health. It quickly cures nervousness,
sleeplessness, melancholy, headache,
backache, fainting and dizzy spells;
soon builds up the weak, ailing and
sickly. Try them. 50c. at Peoples
Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
New Trial Given.
Because the circuit court apparently
allowed punitive damages in the
case of S. G. Mayfield vs. the Southern
railway the supreme court remands
the suit for a new trial. It
was found by the court that, according
to the testimony, the defendant
company hauled the stock referred
to in the complaint 711 miles over
its road in 4 or 5 days which the
court thinks was good service. The
case came up because of alleged negligence
on the part of the road in
the handling of a carload of horses
and mules which had come to this
State 1,418 wiles. It was alleged that
some of the mares, colts and horses
were missing and that later three
horses died and four colts did the
same, that the stock was "gaunt,
weak and poor" on arrival at Spartanburg.
The complaint set forth
damages to the amount of $1,429.90.
The verdict was for $995. The court
points out that this must have included
punitive damages and cannot
see any wanton or willful disregard
on the part of the road so that the
Southern's appeal is upheld and the
cause remanded for a new trial the
circuit judge being reversed.?The
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U IUVV
Picking Them Out.
In the wee sma' hours a party of
men left their club, where they had
drunk unwisely. They proceeded
until they came to a semi-detached
villa, where they stopped, one of
them advancing and knocking at the
door. A woman put her head out of
an upper window.
"What do you want?" she demanded.
"Ish this the residence of Mish'r
Shmith?" inquired the man.
"Yes. What do you want?"
"Dear Misshus Shmith! Good
Misshus Shmith! Will you?hie?
come down an' pick out Mr.
Shmith? The resh of us want to go
home!"?Philadelphia Inquirer.
King Works as Stevedore.
Stockholm December 5.?King
Gustave, on Saturday inaugurated a
new departure for sovereigns. Disguised
as a stevedore he spent most
of the day carrying sacks of coal
from a lighter. In an interview,
after it was all over, the King said
that this was only the beginning. He
intended to mix up with all classes
of laborers, so that he might ascertain
their opinions and wishes. Already,
he added, he had obtained
many valuable hints from the men
with whom he worked.
MAY FORFEIT THEIR CLAIMS. I
New Development in the Dispensary Cai
Situation.
Columbia, Dec. 5.?The never end- *
ing dispensary web has developed a?t
another serious situation. Whiskey nig
firms not appealing to the Supreme to-<
Court will likely forfeit their claims by
against the county dispensaries, if tan
there have been overjudgments as
against them by the winding-up com- wr<
mission. This new phase of the it ii
claimants' run will mean at least in?
$65,000 in over-judgments secured cau
by the State if it pans out as expect- to
ed. No:
There has been a great deal of it
speculation recently as (*to what eri]
method would be pursued by the exI
State to recover the over-judgments lite
"rl> ? titaro o-ai* n (y +A 3.HC
ui w uat tuc tianuauio itcit guiug
do to get their money from the coun- inS
ty dispensaries. Not long ago Gov- the
ernor Ansel ordered the county dis- sPe
pensary boards to hold up the claims the
of the firms named in the commis- inS
sion's findings against whom overjudgments
had been found. The
claims were also held up in dispen- ]
sary counties, Charleston, Richland, Tit
Beaufort, Aiken, Georgetown and Sw
Florence. It has been stated that adj
the whiskey firms understood that hai
the appeal would be to the Circuit dis
Courts, but it now appears that the tri<
firms not appealing to the State Su- Th<
preme Court are in a bad way. offi
Appeals to Supreme Court. 8^j
Only a few firms appealed from the cor
findings of the dispensary winding- Coi
up comission. These cases will be nai
fought out in the Supreme Court, fat
and it is of more than passing interest
just what the highest court of the
State will say in regard to the commission's
actions in the dispensary
claims. The other firms not appealing,
it is taken, lose their claims ^
held up in the county dispensary mat- ^
ter. The total amount held up in the '
case of the fifteen now dry counties iv.
was about $62,000. There were also
held up claims to the amount of me
about $20,000 in the six wet coun- ed
/ties of the State. The total net
amount would be about $60,000, as CQ]
an estimate, represented in the
claims held up in the case of firms ter
not appealing to the Supreme Court. wi]
Reference to the audit of claims in ig
the county dispensaries, as shown by in
published statements from several of me
the counties, shows that the dispen- ca]
sary auditor has audited those claims fof
which are all right and proper in- CQj
structions were given the boards as prj
to what money to pay out. Claims y01
of firms, against whom the dispen- wo
sary commission Ijas over-judgments, pn
have not been O. K.'d, but it is stated t0
that this would not affect the aitua- me
tion at all because the money has ter
been tied up and could not be paid ev(
out under any circumstances. ev(
Matter in Status Quo. to^
The status appears to be that no
movement is being taken on either ^
side. The appeal of the claimants ret
under the Closina-down Act. in the
event of dissatisfaction with the dispensary
auditor's accounting is to the
Circuit Court. But, although the con- tje
tention of attorneys for whiskey firms D0]
would be that the appeal in regard ^a
to securing payment on bills now ue]
should be, under the Act, to the Cir- ?
cuit Court, it is understood, as stated
above, that the State's contention is
that firms not appealing to the Su- gUT
preme Court forfeit their claims in elg
the dispensary county purchases. wa
The commission did not meet <
here last week, as was intimated, y0
The New York and Kentucky claim is
still being held up. The commission
has paid out through the chair- *
man a considerable sum of money to noi
claimants under the findings of the
commission.
Interesting side lights on the situ- i
ation are many, and, while there is
less general concern about what is ste
done throughout the State, the com- . <
plete history of the dispensary may yoi
make good reading later on. One cai
firm, the McNulty Company, was not paj
down on the list of firms that sold to
the State dispensary, but their claim
was held up because it was another ,
case, so the commission figured, of a
duality of business interests, for Blu- t0*
thenthal & Bickert were supposed to ? _
be the other horn of this concern. ^
So the $8,000 claim was held up. 101
Laurens County not long ago sold
its stock to Abbeville. Abbeville was
one of the counties having claims
from some of the whiskey houses in J3?
bad light with the commission. These |h<
claims were held up. Laurens hasn't
received her money yet; neither have pe]
the houses. J-0
It is costing the counties retaining ~a;
the dispensary boards something like
$150 or more per month to keep pa]
these men in office, but under the ta2
law they are to be kept there until
the business is wound up. In the Eo
meantime matters appear to be at a Eo
standstill. Co
Charged With Firing a Barn.
Lexington, Dec. 5.?Charged with Ba
setting fire to his brother's barn, Bil
West Crim, a well known white man CI<
about 60 years old, to-day was ar- Co
rested at his home near Swansea and Cu
brought to jail here. Crim denies De
the charge. Eh
The barn was on the farm rented ?.?
from Vandy Crim by J. P. Jeffcoat. f;a
Last night about 11 o'clock it burned
to the ground. Jeffcoat suspected
that the hre was or incenaiary ongiu --and
had the dogs from the county
chain gang sent for. The dogs followed
the track from the barn to a Pa
spot near West Crim's house.
Jeffcoat then swore out a warrant St.
for West Crim, and Deputy Sheriff
Miller arrested Crim at his home in tW(
the Swansea section. Crim submit- Co
ted to arrest without making trouble. are
but denied his guilt. He was brought
here tonight and put in jail. 1
The Crim family is well known in
the Swansea section of this count}. aS<
m arj
on*
Looking One's Rest. ma
Tf'o o mnnmn's rlplip-ht tr? Innlr hpr QU<
best but pimples, skin eruptions, Jai
sores and boils rob life of joy. Lis- Pei
ten! Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures 1
them; makes the skin soft and vel- roa
vety. It glorifies the face. Cures the
pimples, sore eyes, cold sores, crack- the
ed lips, chapped hands. Try it. Infallible
for piles. 25c at Peoples
Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. 1
EXPLOSION NOT EXPLAINED.
ise of the Disaster at Camden
Wrapped in Mystery.
Camden, December 3.?The disrous
explosion and fire of last
ht was not satisfactorily explained
lay. The idea that it was caused
the explosion of a presto-carbon
k is not believed now, especially
this article has been found in the
jckage without being exploded, so
3 claimed, though it had been leakThen
the question is: What
ised the explosion : No one seems
be able to throw much light on it.
r does anyone seem to believe that
was dynamite. Was it nitroglycne?
Certain it is that it was an
>losive of terrible power, for it
rally tore up the express office
1 wrecked the two stores adjoinGroups
of people were about
> scene of the fire to-day, and
(culation as to the cause, while
unfortunate ones were busy lookfor
new quarters.
Officers Caught at Still.
Lincolnton, N. C., December 3.?
uothy Lail, a magistrate, and Carl
ink, a deputy sheriff of Burke, the
ioining county, were caught red
J - J nnni.ot)no> on "llHMt
LlUt?U HTUtt/ upciauu^
tillery in the South Mountain disit,
twenty miles from this town,
e still was in full blast when the
cers descended, and a fifty-gallon
11, nine fermenters, one thousand
Ions of beer and many gallons of
n whiskey were destroyed. The
mty officers were given a prelimi*y
hearing and went to jail in deLit
of bond.
Keep Your Town Alive.
A. town is very much like an indi- i
ual. To be flourishing, it must
ve energy and enterprise. The
>ple in a town should remember
it the individual prosperity deads
to a large extent upon the
iracter of the place in which their
siness is located. Every public
asure should be liberally supportby
all, especially the business men.
the present day there is as much
npetition between towns as there
among persons and business enprises.
A man seeking a location
11 invariably select a town tnat
up to the times, and is eagerly
favor of every modern improvent.
A town in these modern times
l't afford to be peopled with old
jies or antediluvian fossils who are
itinually kicking at every enterse.
To make a flourishing town
a must believe in its future and
>rk for it, encourage every imDvement.
Make a special effort
exhibit some evidence of improveint
in your own work and characHelp
every worthy man, help
3ry enterprise and encourage
jry good man to locate in your
vn.
The Day After Election.
Beekman Winthrop, assistant secary
of the treasury, told at a relt
banquet a voting story.
"The New York election before
s one," he said, "a certain genman
of spotless integrity was sup ted
ardently by another gentlen
on whose integrity there were,
haps, a few slight spots.
'However, the spotless chap won,
i he owed his yictory in part to
loyal if polka-dot supporter. The
>porter visited him the day after
etion. As they shook hands
rmly, the victor said:
' 'I want to thank you, Smith.
>ur disinterested help saved the
7. I want to thank you from my
irt.'
" 'Very good,' said Smith, 'and
v' suppose you write me out a nice
1Q '
The victor frowned.
" 'I demand pure disinterestedness
politics, Mr. Smith,' he said, in a
rn voice.
' 'Well,' Smith replied easily, 'if
1 want pure disinterestedness you
1 always get it; but it must be
d for, and darn high, too.' "
TAX NOTICE.
The treasurer's office will he open
the collection of State, county.
looI and all other taxes from the
th day of October, 1909, until the
th day of March, 1910, inclusive.
From the first day of January,
10, until the 31st day of January,
10, a penalty of 1 per cent, will
added to all unpaid taxes. From
i 1st day of February, 1910, until
i 28th day of February, 1910, a
salty of 2 per cent, will be added
all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
v of March, 1910, until the 15th
y of March, 1910, a penalty of 7
cent, will be added to all unpaid
:es.
THE LEVY.
r State purposes 514 mills
r county purposes, 3% mills
nstitutional school tax,..3 mills
Total 11% mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
mberg, No. 14, 7 mills
makers, No. 12, 3 mills
jar Pond, No. 19, 2 mills
lston, No. 18, 2 mills
ffle Creek, No. 17, 2 mills
nmark, No. 21, 6 mills
rhardt, No. 22, 4 mills
van, No. 11, 4 mills
mpton, No. 3, 2 mills
yward, No. 24, 2 mills
pewell, No. 1, 3 mills
nter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill
es, No. 23, 4 mills
dway, No. 2, 2 mills
k Grove, No. 20, 2 mills
ir, No. 8, 4 mills
Johns, No. 10, 2 mills
A.I1 persons between the ages of
snty-one and sixty years, except
nfederat soldiers and sailors, who
s exempt at fifty years of age, are
ble to a poll tax of one dollar. !
Capitation dog tax, 50 cents.
A.11 persons who were 21 years of
j on or before the 1st day of Jan- <
r, 1909, are liable to a poll tax of
* dollar, and all who have not
de returns to the Auditor are rented
to do so on or before 1st of
luary, 1910, and thereby save the
laity and costs.
[ will receive the commutation
id tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
> 15th day of October, 1909, until
i 1st day of March, 1910.
JOHN F. FOLK.
Treasurer Bamberg County. ,
Bamberg, S. C., Sept 30, 1909. <
^ That Carload of ^ I |j
Horses & Mules! 1
v v 1 nni m m -i^^8
Has arrived, ibey came in ivionday.
Come and get them. We U
sure have some good ones in the *|fl
lot, both horses and mules. We :%|j
can suit you, and the prices will be ' J|j|
right. : : . : :
Jones Bros. J
Bamberg, South Carolina ^|jjM
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We know we can please yon In both quality and price, J ;*??
? for we keep right up with the best markets and when t
* there is anything good in eatables to be had, we get it. ? f
Our stock is always new and fresh, for we are constant- j
^ ly getting in new goods. No stale groceries are sent 5 'm
J * out of this store. *
t; OUR TOOTHSOME DELICACIES : * ^
t ? will make you a regular patron of ours if you will try us f ,i||j
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W not. nrove-^to be exactly risht. let us know. We will be
fglad to adjust anything to your satisfaction. Won't yon , f
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f J. W. McCUE jliM
W "THE QUALITY SHOP." 11
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OF ALL KINDS
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