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0% Bamlimj l^rralii 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 Mer genthaler 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 itrictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50. cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by J law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special l 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 no?tices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and ad-1 dress of the writer in every case. I No article which is defamatory or 1 ? ??.onnal /? ?! ? find T">1 P PP if) OiLtJIIbi V XZiy ycioyuoi v?u u?v4 j. ? ? our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions ex. pressed in any communication. Thursday, January 6, 1910. . What lively squealing we are going to hear about taxes next year. Did you read the News and Courier's editorial, "Merry Christmas," . if you didn't, you missed a treat. " Possibly some of our farmers would sell cotton now for delivery next fall if they could get fourteen cents a pound. The town of Griffin, Ga., has placed a license of $5,000 per year . on near-beer dealers, and as this is a prohibition license practically, the near-beer saloons of that town will close. Other towns in Georgia should follow Griffin's example. ? The showing of South Carolina's n a nnhlichdH in Thf? State yil/Op^lAbJ) UO yUVAAWMVM - ? of last Saturday, was good, and that newspaper is to be congratulated on its efforts to let the world know what we are doing. New population will move to a prosperous town or State, hut they shun the dead ones. We are informed that about two . hundred packages of whiskey were received by the express company in Bamberg during the Christmas holidays and just before Christmas. While doubtless this is less than many towns the size of Bamberg received, it was more than there should have been. ; Let's organize a board of trade or ehamber of commerce and put in some hard licks for Bamberg during 1910. The town suffers for the want of an organization to do some things of a public nature which should be done. There is much work for such ~ an organization here, and the time ? to organize is now. ?? By the way, that was a fine industrial issue of the News and Courier last Sunday. Such a comprehensive showing of facts cannot but result in great good to Charleston and the State generally. The story of indusL?v< - _ trial progress and advancement^ was good to read. It was a great issue, and the News and Courier is to he congratulated. ... Up to this writing the parties who wrecked the Seaboard trains near i * Denmark have not been captured, and ^ if any efforts are being made by Bamberg county officials to bring the guilty parties to justice, we have not > been advised of it. This was a most serious crime, and the fact that no arrests have been made is a serious reflection on the county.? We hope that many of the roads in Bamberg county will be clayed during this year. Good roads are important business factors, and money spent for this purpose is always well spent. Cannot the farmers cooperate with the county supervisor and furnish teams to assist in claying roads near their farms? This has been done in the past, and a little help to the county chaing gang would oe a gooa 1111115. Prohibition is said to be a farce pure and simple in Georgia, and no efforts are being made to enforce the law in Augusta and Savannah. In these two cities whiskey is said to be > sold openly, just a3 in the days of bar rooms, and some of the places even have signs hung out as formerly. The dispensary at North Augusta is doing little business, as Augusta people can buy all the whiskey they want right in the city. Evidently Georgia needs a new governor. There appears to be considerably less drunkenness in Bamberg since the dispensary closed. If the law is enforced, no doubt conditions will continue to be better than formerly. It is evident that the prohibitionists will try to pass a State-wide prohibition law at the coming session of the legislature. Senator H. B. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, says that he will introduce a prohibition bill in the Senate. Nineteen millions of dollars were on deposit in the banks of Charleston the first of this year. If some of this money was UBed to build up the old city, Charleston would indeed be the best city of the South. There is plenty of Charleston money for the development of its resources if it would only be used in this direction. However, Charleston is growing anywav. desDite the close-fisted policy of some tight wads who have made their money there. Educators Confer With Governor. Columbia, Dec. 31.?Representatives of the four State colleges? Winthrop, Clemson, the Citadel, and the University of South Carolina? and State Superintendent Swearingen had a conference with Governor Ansel in his office to-day with a view to his reccommending to the legislature about to convene such changes in the law with regard to awarding scholarship as will harmonize the re quiurements between the four col| leges named. Present at the conference were Prof. Riggs and Daniels, of Clemson; Prof. Coker, of Winthrop; Superintendent Bond, of the Citadel, and Prof. Wardlaw, of the University. The contention is that the present lack of harmony with regard to requirements and benefits has a tendency to cause students to change from one college to another. Of course, Winthrop being in a class by itself, does not suffer in this respect, but the Winthrop faculty desires the change in the interest of education generally. The request is along the line suggested by Superintendent Swearingen in his annual report. The Governor gave a respectful hearing to his callers, but they went away rather disappointed. He did not impress the members of the conference that he agreed with them regarding the essential features of the proposed change. Macon Sewer Bursts. Macon, Ga., Jan. 1.?Gas that had accumulated in the New street sewer . 1 - J A OA -' ,.A<.?a.i)gD expioaeu it I ^.OV U UIWR jcsiciua; afternoon, and the negro driver of a coal wagon was blown 30 feet into the air as a result. The wagon was passing over a manhole when the explosion occurred. The metal covering was blown with terrific force into the wagon just below the driver's seat, and the man and the coal were scattered in many directions. The driver had to be taken to the city hospital in an ambulance. He will recover. As the result of this explosion the engineering and sewer departments of the city have gotten busy and will try and prevent further accidents of this kind. Such an accident had not occurred in years and it is rather difficult to account for. Boy Shoots His Mother. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 28.?Entrenched at the home of a friend, apparently desperate in the belief that he had killed his mother, and ignorant of the fact that she doubtless will recover, James F. Roach, scarcely more than a youth, held a small posse at bay on the outskirts of Memphis for some hours early to-day. At davlieht Roach still held forth in the little delling house, wellarmed, it is believed, and a lone deputy sheriff with a posse of citizens on guard, awaited the arrival of reinforcements before an attack would be feasible. Besides Roach, it is stated, an elderly man, his wife and daughter, were in the house. Later in the day entrance was gained to the house and Roach was found to have made his escape. The shooting of the woman, Mrs. Sallie E. Miller, occurred at the suburban store conducted by the two, and followed an argument as to money matters late yesterday. Quitting the scene of the quarrel Mrs. Miller went to another portion of the building, Roach followed some moments later. As he entered the room, it is stated, he immediately opened fire, the bullet striking the woman in the head. In the subsequent confusion Roach escaped and a sheriff's posse trailed him over a circuitous route to the house beyond the city limits. Here the man was hemmed in and, to all appearances, determined to resist any effort to take him into custody to a last extremity. Mrs. Miller was hurried to a hospital, where an operation was performed last night, and this morning her chances for recovery are considered bright. SAII) "DAMN" AT BREAKFAST. ; Inmate of Confederate Home at Columbia Suspended. Columbia, January 2.?F. Douglas Walker, one of the most widely known soldiers at the Confederate ' Home, was yesterday suspended from the home for 60 days. Mr. Walker ! has no living relatives and the Conl federate Home was his only home, so he yesterday afternoon applied for admittance at the county alms house, i and was given a bed there. Mr. Walker says that because he ' said "damn" at breakfast he was i notified by the commandant that he i would be given a furlough of 60 days, i Mr. Walker's account of his trouble i is that Mrs. W. D. Starling, wife of . the commandant, asked one of the men at breakfast if he had heard the whistles blow for the New Year the ' night before. The man addressed was deaf and the question was repeated, whereupon Mr. Walker said, "Mrs. Starling, he is so damn deaf that he can't hear any whistles." After the meal was concluded Mr. Walker says Capt. Starling said to him: "Walker, I have a New Year's present for you. You are suspended! for 60 days for swearing in the presence of my wife." Mr. Walker expects to stay at the county alms house until his enforced furlough is ended. Mr. Walker is a native of Charleston, was a member of Hampton's Legion, and after the war went to New York, where men of wealth be came interested in him and assisted him until he was a well-to-do business man. But his benefactor died and he lost what he had accumulated in the crash that followed. Finally he could find no work and was starving on the streets when he went to a police station and told them that he was a Confederate soldier who could get no work and had nothing to eat, and requested that they send him to an alms house. Kills His Brother-in-Law. Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 29.?Acting, it is said, upon the orders of his father, Rupert Carleton, aged 18, to-day shot and killed his brother-in-law, Arthur Howard, aged 27, a former special police officer. As Howard lay dead with two loads of shot in his body, his father appeared upon the scene but made a hasty retreat when the Carletons opened fire upon him. The shooting occurred at the home of the Carletons after the elder Carleton had ordered his son-in-law, Howard, not to enter the house. When Howard attempted to enter, regardless of Carleton's warning, the latter is said to have shouted to his son to< get the shotgun and kill Howard, which the young Carleton promptly did. Howard was recently prosecuted on a criminal charge by the Carletons. John Carleton, his wife and son, Rupert, were arrested following to-day's shooting. AIKEN NEWSPAPER PURCHASED. Messrs. R. M. Hitt and W. E. Duncan Acquire the Recorder. Aiken, January 3.?Messrs. R. M. Hitt and Walter E. Duncan, two young newspaper men have purchased the Aiken Recorder and will take charge of that paper in a few weeks. Mr. A. P. Ford is at present editor and publisher of the Recorder. Messrs. Hitt and Duncan state that extensive improvements will be made to the paper, which will be made an all-home-print up-to-date semi-weekly. Mr. Hitt is at present connected with the Journal and Review, and Mr. Duncan has had a newspaper career of varied experiences. For a time he published the Elks' official | paper, and for a time conducted the Aiken Times, which flourished several years ago. He has also been connected with several other papers. The Recorder will be conducted under the new editorial and business ? -? A a a f managemtjiiL tucei auuui mc u*? wx February. Another Panama Canal. New Orleans, La., Dec. 28.?Passengers arriving from Colon to-day declare a corporation backed by Wall Street money and known as the Mandingo Darien Company has been organized to dig an air line sea level canal across Panama, 50 miles South i of the big United States ditch. The Colon representative of the company is Captain Thornton Bonneville, of Newport News, Va. He asserts that his corporation is assured that a sea level canal, 29 miles . in length, can be constructed for $80,000,000. s This amount has been pledged. Work on the new canal will be begun , early in the year. Captain Bonneville is quoted as declaring he agrees with Admiral Evans that the United States canal ean never be successfully operated. The Mandingo Darien Company will ; build its canal with private capital. Concessions of land for construction purposes have been secured., $100,000 FOR MODEL SCHOOL. President Johnson Secures Five Times The Appropriation. Rock Hill, Jan. 2.?The people all over the State who are interested in Winthrop college can again say, "Hurrah for President Johnson!" For he now has in possession a certificate representing $100,000 with which to build the proposed new model school for Winthrop. It will be recalled that the legislature two years ago appropriated $20,000 for this purpose, expressly conditioned upon Dr. Johnson raising an aHriitlnnal 42K.000. At that time Dr. Johnson thought that a $45,000 building would be ample. But he soon drew away from these modest plans and made up his mind to give the State of South Carolina a $100,000 model school, the equal of any in the country in beauty of construction and thoroughly equipped. With this purpose in view, he promptly raised the $25,000 required by the State legislature. This gave him $45,000. Then he went to New York and had an interview with Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, the multi-millionaires. Mr. Morgan gave $25,000 and Mr. Car negie gave $15,000?but both of these subscriptions were conditioned upon Dr. Johnson raising the entire $100,000 by January 1, 1910. With these two subscriptions, Dr. I Johnson then had in hand and promised $85,000. He felt that he was nearing the goal. Se he put forth extraordinary efforts?and this meant much, for Dr. Johnson is the most successful "beggar"' in this country. His next trip was to appear before the meeting of the Peabody board. That body gave him $5,000. This put the fund up to $90,000. Then came the real hard work., getting that other $10,000. Martin Moloney, of Philadelphia, owner of the electric light plant here, gave him $1,000. G. L. Winthrop, a member of the Peabody board, made a personal contribution of $500. Col. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, sent his check for $100. That made the amount $91,600, and in the last ten days the balance of $8,400 was promptly subscribed by friends of the institution in various parts of the State. So it is now a fact that Winthrop college will be able to present to the State a model school valued at $100,000, for which the State appropriated only $20,000. It is a great victory for President Johnson. The only thing needed now is the site for the building. The question of selling this ground for $20,000 to Winthrop was thrown into litigation by the "minority" trustees of the local school board. The case was tried in the York court a couple of weeks ago and a decision in the matter is looked for shortly. If he can get this land, it is the intention of President Johnson to ! proceed at once with the construction of the proposed building. Confesses to Murder. I Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 3.?"I want to tell you something I have had on my mind for a good many years. I can not keep the terrible secret any longer. It was I and two foreigners who killed Contractor Samuel T. Ferguson near Washington", Pa., on September 25, 1903, and the man they hanged and the man who is serving 20 years for that crime are innocent," said Joseph Vastello to-day. He is a prisoner in the Moundsville, W. Va., penitentiary. He made the statement to Captain of the Guard G. G. Dawson. Milovar Kovovic was hanged for the murder of Ferguson and Milovar Patrovic is now serving a sentence in the penitentiary at Pittsburg. Vastello is serving a sentence for another crime. He was arrested a few months after Ferguson was murdered for the robbery of the railroad station at Burton, W. Va., and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. His term expires next November. Vastello is said to have told a detailed and consistent story. Vastello implicated two foreigners who are belived to have returned to their native lands. Cashier Admits He Got Money. Niagara Falls, Jan. 1.?Cashier William Dobson to-day confessed that he and two others executed the robbery here last November, when fourteen thousand dollars, consigned to Toronto banks, was stolen after a XI 1 TTTV^rtV, r?/Vh sensauuuai UUiuuy m r? txivu. son's head was cut open with a piece of lead pipe. The others under arrest are P. W. Whistler, express messenger, and Charles Flynn, a former saloonist. According to Dobson's first story, he was asked by two strangers to see if there was any express for them. As he reached for the book one of them struck him over the head, and seizing the money lying on the counter, escaped. Dobson was found unconscious a few minutes later. In his confession to-day he said the crack on his head was part of the plot. ' ' ' / I WAIT! 1 I MM??? v Two Carloads Horses and Mules Coming. : : : . Our Mr. W. P. Jones is now in the West buying two carloads of Horses and Mules. They will tlT . 1 . ? iL arrive soon, natcn next weens paper ioriunner notice. Don't buy until yon see these two loads. ??==??========S= 4 'A Jones Bros. n Bamberg, South Oaioltoa | , J f GREETINGS! 1 r? This bank wishes to all its patrons and friends as happy a new year as it is possible for any one to have. Tiines are good. The 1910 outlook is bright. To everyone * with a cheerful and optimistic spirit who is looking;for chances to better himself, the coming year is going to offer abundant opportunities. Here's hoping that every one of our readers finds himself or herself much farther along on the road to fortune and independence; at the end of 1910 than at the beginning. We are wry sure that our bank will be a help, in this respect! to everyone that uses it. And we ask your patromge with the assurance that it will be of great benefit to jou I as well as us. In the coming year, as in all previ#us years, this bank will be found to be loyal to the best interests of all its customers. f Resources over $117,000.00. 4 per cent, interest allowed on savings deposits. EHRHARDT BANKING COMPANY, t - 1 ^ Ehrhardt, .... South Carolina, m .v' jza ioi ioi?no^, [CARLOAD FINE HORSESij i have just received a carload of extra fine : * driving horses. They are the kind you are * I not accustomed to seeing in Bamberg. All well ' bred, high grade stock from North Carolina and Tennessee. No Western horses in the lot They are FOR SALE. If yon want something met at I right prices, I can suit you., Come see me (pick, m T I t J SMOAKi souri. come after us and I, therefore recomj "The House leaders are using ev- mend it." i erything to get appropriation meas- The other State officials, are of the i ures through and that subject and same opinion as Gov. Ansel and there ! the ship subsidy proposition seems are several after serving terms in ofi to be about the only two to be taken and feeling the responsibilities i up. We are opposed to the ship sub- attached do not think that the job is i sidy bill. We favor the rivers and worth the quest, that is financially, harbors bill. Just what action the legWature will ~ -- - * *obo r?n tho recommendation of Oor. "I look for trie adjournment 01 ? v~~ Congress in April, certainly in May." Ansel is a Question. *:- i nBAMBERG, SOUTH C AROLINAjB M1 JO1 IP" 'O^ i Robbed of Her Hair. I WILL RECOMMEND INCREASE. ?^ r St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28.?Mrs. Will- Governor Ansel Thinks State Officials iam J. Ehlen, 28 years old, whose Should be Paid More.' five feet of blond hair had been the - , envy and admiration of St. Louis Columbia, Dec. 30.?Gov. Ansel women for years, was knocked down, w|? aga,n recommend t0 ^ general ! rendered unconscious, and shorn of her locks by an unidentified man as assembly that the salaries of the she was leaving her home for church State officials and the members of the to-day. He hair was shorn off close judiciary be raised so as to meet the to the scalp with a razor. demands of the present increased Mrs. Ehlen was dragged, uncon- COgt of living. This recommendascious, into the hallway of her home, tfon has been made before by Gov. and lay in that condition for an Ansel but the legislature did not see hour before she was found. Her to take action upon the question, condition is serious. In a previous message he s&id: "The To-day's attack was the third at- salaries of the State officers and su- * tempt in two weens to steai - vs. preme court ana circuit juuges snouia Ehlen's hair. She was stopped on the raised to at least whatthey were f street on the previous occasion, by a a few years since. It costs more now * man. He first offered her money for t0 jive formerly, and the officers the hair and the next time unsuccess- should be paid a salary commensurfully attempted to clip off the tresses ate with the work they have to do andwith shears. the dignity of the position they hold. ~~ 77 Compare the salaries of the officers Keep Down Expenditures. ^ ^ pajd by other stateg Qf ^ Washington, Dec. 28?"The pro- South to its officers of like rank and gram of the Democrats in the House the difference will be manifest. ! this session is to keep down the "The increase will not effect me, amount of the appropriation bills and or the other officers now holding vote against ship subsidy," says Mi- office under their present terms, but noritv Leader Champ Clark, of Mis- I feel that it is due to those who