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?h? lambrrg Thursday, January 6, 1910. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. What's the matter with our Denmark correspondent? Meet the auditor on his rounds ana mase your tax reiurus. Mr. J. A. Murdaugh will go to H. C. Folk's as book-keeper after tomorrow. 1 Mr. E. L. Price has accepted a position as book-keeper for the Planters Mercantile Company. The city graded school resumed exercises last Monday morning, after suspending for the holidays. \ 0 Regular summer weather we are having this week. Quite a change from the severe cold of last week. Mr. M. E. Ayer has resigned his position with the Planters Mercantile Company and gone with J. A. Byrd. The examination for those who wish to teach is to be held in the court house here to-morrow (Friday.) fo* ' Mr. Laurie P. McMillan, who has been at J. A. Byrd's for the past two years, went with H. J. Brabham, Jr., the first of this month. C. R. Brabham's Sons are selling out their stock of clothing for men jr. and boys at cost. If you want bargains, this is your opportunity. The banks are loaning money and of course much of it will be spent right here in Bamberg. The merchant who advertises for the trade will get it. So far the county treasurer of Bamberg county has remitted to the State treasurer, $20,180.27 for State taxes received in this county since the tax books were opened. Mr. B. W. Simmons and family, who have been living at Denmark for the past few months, moved back to the city Tuesday and are occupy, ing their residence on Railroad Avev nue. 1 . We notice that some of the claims of whiskey houses against this coun. ^ ty have been approved, and maybe this means that the affairs of the county dispensary will be settled up soon. Mr. J. Dorrill Elkins, son of Mr. J. ST / B. Elkins, formerly of this city, but now of Eastman, Ga., was married in that town on the 12th of December IE to Miss Maude J. Martin, Rev. Geo. Parish officiating. The Civic League of Bamberg has issued invitations to a reception to the ladies of the city, to be given this (Wednesday) afternoon at the '"-V-./"' residence of Mrs. Beach. It promises to be a largely attended affair. Mr. T. C. Bland, who has been manager for the Bell Telephone ComV pany here for the past several months, has resigned and is succeeded by Mr. Coggins. Mr. Bland and Mr. John Herndon will leave this week to try their fortunes in Oklahoma. i Mr. M. Moye and family moved to Cope Monday of this week, where they will live this year, Mr. Moye having accepted a position with the Green-Brabham Co. as book-keeper. Their many friends regret to have them go but wish them all success and happiness in their new home. The paragraph in reference to the quarterly conference of Trinity Methodist church, which appeared in last week's paper, was intended for this week. The conference is to be held next Monday morning, January 9th. We made a note of the conference so as not to forget it, and by inadvertence it was printed in last week's paper. Mr. J. Gordon Braham will. act as correspondent and agent for The Herald at Olar this year. All subscribers at Olar and Govan or elsewhere who want to renew their subscriptions, can settle with Mr. Brabham, who has the mailing lists of these post offices. If you want to subscribe, hand Mr. Brabham your name and dollar. Rev. L. E. Wiggins preached at the Methodist church in this city last Sunday nieht. He left Monday morn ing for Nashville, Tenn., where he will take a special course in Vanderbilt University. Mr. Wiggins was pastor of the Edisto circuit until recently, but at the last conference asked to be assigned to Vanderbilt to spend a year in study. Mr. H. H. Kearse, of Olar, who has been manager of the Farmers Mercantile Company at that place for several years, has accepted the position of manager of the Planters Mercantile Company in this city, taking the place made vacant by the resignation of Mr. J. E. Felder. Mr. Kearse will take charge at once, and will move his family to the city. . A regular meeting of Bamberg lodge Knights of Pythias is to be held next Monday evening. This is an im1 portant meeting, as officers for the b , coming year are to be elected. i F. F. Carroll, Esq., who has been ^ occupying the residence of Mr. B. W. ^ 1 Simmons, on Railroad Avenue, has ** moved into the residence of Mrs. J. j C. Lewis, opposite the Carlisle Fit- a j ting School. F a Mr. J. L. Quattlebaum has given y up his position at the Simmons a j Hardware Co. to become a member | of the firm of The Felder-Murphy Co. t Mr. Geo. A. Jennings has taken a po- g I sition witn tne Simmons naruwai e ^ .! Company. t Miss Stella Hair, of Williston, has t been engaged as teacher in the grad- h ed school here, to fill the vacancy * . caused by the marriage of Miss Gor. d don. Miss Hair is a graduate of I Winthrop college, and has had five years' experience in teaching. The clerk of the board of county commissioners has made up his estimate of money needed for expenses a of the county next year, and accord- ^ ing to this estimate of receipts and ' expenditures, taxes will have to be d raised at least 2 % mills, making our county taxes nearly double what * they are now. 6 c Death of Mr. C. F. Carter. p s Mr. C. F. Carter, a well-known clti- j, zen of this county, died suddenly at f his home in the Ehrhardt section last Thursday night, or rather early t Friday morning. He was taken sick ^ suddenly Thursday night and died be- c fore a physician could reach him. ^ The burial took place Saturday after- t noon at the Carter burying ground j. in the presence of a large number of ^ friends and relatives. Rev. J. R. t Martin conducted the religious ser- t vices, after which the body was interred with Masonic honors by the p members of Union lodge of Ehrhardt, j, where Mr. Carter held his member- t, ship. D Mr. Carter was forty-eight years p old, and leaves a wife and seven i; children, as well as numerous rela- jj tives. He was a brother of Mr. Isaac W. Carter. c ^ B New Advertisements. D. J. Delk?For Sale. A Olar Lodge?Tribute of Respect, n C. R. Brabham's Sons?Great Cost ^ Sale of Clothing. ^ B. F. Maynard?Pressing Club. J. M. Jennings?For Sale. s T k. TTT TT j. a. vvyuiau?nuutse iui ivcui. C City of Bamberg?Wanted. t Bureau of Instruction?Wanted. r City Council Meeting. c A regular monthly meeting of city a council was held in the law office of ^ Mayor J. A. Wyman Tuesday evening of this week. A number of matters were discussed by council, and the session lasted for some time. S There were a number of applications filed for the position of night policeman, but council held no election. D Later it was decided to advertise for 5 applications for the position, to be 13 considered at a future meeting. t The sum of fifty dollars was ap- 31 propriated for the fire department * for the purpose of purchasing rub- 15 ber coats, etc. Also to pay expenses of Chief W. D. Rhoad to Orange- ^ burg to examine the hook and ladder a truck for sale by one of the com- a panies over there and for which they ^ ask $400. * A resolution was passed that coun- * cil confer with the county authorities ^ and endeavor to urge the immediate * turning over to the town and coun- * ty the dispensary profits now on *hand. As both the town and county 1 need the money, it is hoped some- 1 thing will be done right away. * , d Master's Sales. ^ Master H. C. Folk sold several ^ tracts of land at public auction here J Monday. In the case of Mrs. M. E. * Abies vs. D. K. Ray, a tract of 218 S acres was sold to J. D. Whittle for 1 $2,200. a I . In the case of the Bank of Branch-; ville vs. R. C. Woods, three tracts ag- * gregating 126 acres was sold to J. B. ^ Williams for $880. These were re- 1 , sales, the land having been previous- * , ly sold the first Monday in Decern- J er, and the prices brought at the last * sale were not as much as the first ^ ! time it was sold. A 1 1 Purchased the Davis Place. > E Justin P. O'Neill, of Blackville, S. f , C., has purchased the Davis place t located one and one-half miles South j , of the city. The farm contains 97 3 acres, an artesian well, buildings and a twenty acres are in cultivation. There ^ is 30 head of cattle on the place. Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill and their niece, Miss Kathleen Matheny, will take up their residence in their new home at once. t The Record extends a hearty wel- n come to Mr. O'Neill and his family e and trust he will be the means of. v bringing more settlers to this fav- r ored section.?Kingsville (Texas) \ Record. - ^ * - * County Commissioners Meet. The county board of commissioners ield their regularly quarterly meet- i ng at the court house here last Mon- t lay, Supervisor J. B. Kearse and c Commissioners D. W. Phillips and H. t '. Bellinger being present. t A number of claims were approved I ,s usual, there being a lot of money t iaid out to those having claims f gainst the county. Five paupers < t*ere added to the list, whjje a few t pplications were refused. The board decided to buy an addi- ] ional mule for the county chain 1 ;ang, and to do away with the founain on the public square in front of ( he court house. The water from his fountain is objectionable, as it :eeps the walk wet all the time, and i or this reasc* the board decided to i lo away with the fountain altogether. + ?M'11 of AnPO J I nui UC Uiotvunuuvu u> w v/uvv? , ] New Year Reception. ] Perfect in every detail was the nagram party given by Mr. and Mrs. 1 ones A. Williams, at their palatial 1 tome on Railroad avenue, last Fri- ] ay evening. From the crimson carnations en- * wined in the dark hair of the hostss. lending just the needed bit of oloring to her handsome costume of j earl grey messaline, the color ( cheme of red was effectively fol awed, both in decorations and re- i reshments. The beautifully polished dining able was indeed a dream, having as ts centre piece a great mass of rimson canations, with festoons of he fairy like smilax reaching from he table to the chandelier above, lere and there were touches of red, a Christmas bell, or festoon, making he already exquisite rooms most atractive to the artistic eye. The gay party which thronged the arlors and reception hall until a ate hour, enjoyed to the fullest exent this unique method of entertainaent, as was evidenced by the merry eals of laughter that came unceasQgly through the evening. We beieve that the person calling out Wesey as a biblical character, or that >ne classing hash as a vegetable, Qight not have been very far wrong. The game being concluded Mrs. E. il. Hooton was found to be the winter of the ladies' prize, Mr. L. P. IcMillan, the gentleman's prize, and Irs. C. J. S. Brooker and Mrs. W. A. ] dauber the consolation prizes. ( Mrs. Williams was efficiently as- ( isted in her duties as hostess by her ( harming sister, Mrs. J. C. Lewis, and bree little maidens, Nell Black, Harie Delle Free, and Mildred Knight. During the evening a delightful wroo ofimrA/1 m onu TTOQ UU1DC ITftO IVU. JL iiv AUVUU ff s follows: Alted almonds, Stuffed olives, Chicken salad, Pickles, Crackers, < Tomatoes, itraws, Sandwiches, Coffee, Fruit cake. 1 Mrs. Williams, who is always a aost gracious hostess, in the large 3 arties she frequently gives, was iever more charmingly hospitable han on this occasion, her guests leavng with the heart felt declaration 1 hat they had never spent a more de- 3 [ghtful evening. , The invited guests were as follows: Ir. and Mrs. H. F. Bamberg, Mr. j nd Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Jr., Mr. nd Mrs. M. W. Brabham, Mr. and 1 Irs. W. A. Klauber, Mr. and Mrs. G. 3 foye Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. W. 3 >aul Riley, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabam, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Walker, 1 Ir. and Mrs. E. A. Hooton, Mr. and ( Irs. A. Wilkes Knight, Mr. and Mrs. ? ). J. S. Brooker, Dr. and Mrs. V. W. J Jrabham, Dr. and Mrs. G. F/ Hair, 3 )r. and Mrs. H. F. Hoover, Mr. and * Irs. Leroy Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Gor- ' .on Hoffman, Dr. and Mrs. J. J. * Jleckley, Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Mc- 1 Jrackin, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Felder, 3 ir. and Mrs. J. H. Murphy, Dr. and { Irs. E. J. Wannamaker, Orangeburg, 1 Ir. and Mrs. F. M. Stubbs, Augusta, Ir. and Mrs. H. H. Copeland, Mr. ( .nd Mrs. J. A. Wyman, Mrs. R. M. 3 lays, Misses Llewelyn Cleckley,- 3 ^arle Counts, Addys Hays, Kate Feller, Annie Lou Byrd, Ottawa Easterln, Bernie Counts, Bessie Lee Black, mcille Folk, Elise Rentz, Mamie G. ennings, Frankie Folk, Bessie Danels, Genevieve Kirsch, Linnie Riley, lozelle Copeland, Messrs. Frank loye, C. D. Felder, L. P. McMillan, 3 ^ommie Black, J. D. Copeland, Philip lurphy, G. E. Bamberg, John Sim- 3 cons, Bert Carter, W. P. Murphy, J. { \ Carter, Leland Spann, J. L. Quatlebaum. Norman Kirsch. Misses 3 Celle Black, Harrie Delle Free, and Iildred Knight, and Masters Edward ,nd Marion Wannamaker, Orange urg. Deadly Hot Supper. Two negroes, Rass and Joe Horn, mothers, are dead, and three other legroes, Henry Wharton, Wess Fishr and Luther Lomax, are badly t mounded, as a result of a general t ow and fight at a "hot supper" near 1 rerdery, in Greenwood county, early 1 Vednesday morning. ( MORSE RONS PRISON STRIPE Former "Ice King" and Banker cupies Steel Cell. Atlanta, Ga., January 3.?Chai Wyman Morse, former "ice king" i millionaire banker, at noon to-i began the service of a fifteen-y sentence in the Atlanta Federal p on for violation of the national ba ! ing laws. He is registered as C vict No. 2,814, and to-night occup a steel cell not in the least differ from those to which are assigned several hundred prisoners. His maculate tailored garments gave i to a regulation suit of stripes, did the distinguished prisoner esc Boys and Girls at Home. The following young men and wonen of Bamberg, who are attending ;he various colleges spent the holilays at home. They have all reurned to their studies, and we trust ;hey will make good use of their opportunities. It is a pleasure to state ;hat Bamberg stands well in the jreat number of its young people who ire attending the various colleges of :he State. University of South Carolina? Messrs. B. D. Carter, R. Pinckney 3ellinger, Clarence Black. Wofford College?H. N. Folk, jlenn Cope. Citadel?Carl Kirsch. Clemson College?Henry and Eugene Stokes, W. Frank Johnson, Darid B. Hill, Clyde Rowell. Winthrop College?Misses Pearle md Alma Black, Ruth Riley, Mary Ellen Eaves. Greenville Female College?Misses 3elle Cooner, Jitnei ana urma tuaca. Columbia College?Misses Ruth Byrd, Wilhelmina and Louise Folk, Providence and Jennie Graham, May Brabham, Genie Cope. Charleston Medical College? Dharles Black. Doing a Good Business. In sending us a check for advertisng, which by the way was done with>ut our rendering a bill, the Denmark Machine Works writes us as ,folows. The letter was not intended 'or publication, but we take the liberty of printing a portion of it in >rder that our people may see what ;his concern is doing: "We have had a good business the iast year, all things considered. We lave bought half of square No. 41 n this place, which is just across ;he railroad from the passenger station, corner of Magnolia Avenue and f th street, where we will in the near 'uture erect a foundry and machine itinn haw Inst, finished unload w ? ? ng from cars the big 350 horse pow;r Corliss engine which was damiged in the fire at Schofield, S. C., md will rebuild it at our shop here, vhich shows that we can handle any >ize job and that we do as good work md do it as cheaply as it can be done inywhere. With our best wishes, we ire yours truly, DENMARK MACHINE WORKS." Masonic Election. At a special communication of Orlan lodge, A. F. M., held Friday jvening, the following officers were elected and installed to serve the :oming year: Dr. Robert Black?W. M. G. E. Bamberg?S. W. J. E. Felder?J. W. M. E. Ayer?Treasurer. Thos. Black?Secretary. M. W. Brabham?S. ,D. L. B. Fowler?J. D. C. A. Dean and R. M. Ervin? Stewards. D. W. Phillips?Tiler. MTA1TWR XXTk HHiRTCSS MTSSTNG. disappearance of Former's Wife Adds to Mystery of Case. Philadelphia, Pa., January 2.?The thereabout of Roberta B. DeJanon, ;he 16-year-old heiress, and Frederck Cohen, the Bellevue-Stratford taiter, who disappeared on last Wedlesday, is as much a mystery as ever. The disappearance of the waiter's tife from her boarding place here las added another element of mys:ery to the strange case. It was reported early to-day that i couple answering the description )f Cohen and Miss DeJanon had been jeen in the vicinity of Lancaster, Pa. i detective discovered that the supposed elopers had taken a trolley joing to Lancaster. Ferdinand DeJanon, the girl's' father, and her grandfather, Wm. Buist, the millionlire seed dealer, left this city late ills afternoon for Lancaster. There ill the trace of the missing couple vas lost. Another clue led in the direction >f Trenton and New York, but late ;o-night this also was said to have proved false. LAD ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. k'oong John Dodd Shot With a Parlor Rifle. Batesburg, Dec. 29.?John Dodd, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. fames Dodd, was accidentally killed lere yesterday afternoon by a gun shot wound. John, with two companions about lis own age, were out hunting with i 22 calibre parlor rifle, when the accident occurred. His companions in :elling of the shooting are rather incoherent and the exact details are not vnown. It seems, however, that two )f the boys were holding the gun vhile John Dodd was standing near. Dne of them was explaining how to operate the gun when it was discharged, the ball entering just under ;he left shoulder blade and pene;rating the chest near the heart, it odged just under the skin Deiow tne eft nipple. Death was instantane)U8. ' . ! -J". \ the Bertillon expert, the prison p tographer, the regulation bath of barber. Mr. Morse arrived from New Y on the "Birmingham Special" 10.45 a. m., in charge of two de ty marshals and accompanied by friend and close business associ; W. P. Reid, of Boston. He decli to be interviewed, but made no ] test when the cameras of the ne paper men were trained upon h He was placed in a hack and dri 10 me prison, mree mnes xruiu terminal station. There the form ties incident to the entry of all p oners were promptly entered u and completed before the dinner sounded. Because he had not b vaccinated, Mr. Morse was not ] mitted to eat in the big dining re with his fellow convicts, and his 1 meal was served in his cell. Except when his "pedigree" being taken, Morse showed no si of emotion. The prisoner tur over to the clerk $218 in curre and some private papers. Beca there was no evidence of viole shown in the prisoner's record, was assigned by Warden Moyer Class "1." which entitles him to privilege of seeing relatives or frie for thirty minutes in each two we of his confinement. He may w and receive letters and have act to the library. Morse will arise at 5 o'clock morrow morning for "house deta and at 7.30 o'clock he will file i the big dining room with the moi horde of prisoners, white and ored, whose crimes range fi "moonshining" to murder. He pi ably will be assigned to the ta shop or put to work on the conflti tion. Mrs. Morse, formerly the wife an Atlanta hotel proprietor, is pected to arrive here from New Y to-morrow. After a conference v her husband she will return to f York and take up in earnest her clared purpose to seek a pardon the hands of President Taft. Women Tortured Atlanta, Dec. 30.?That white men were hung up on the walls meir ecus, Luen locb uaici; iui ing the floor, that at least one tempt was made to whip a wl girl, that prisoners work for prh citizens, were some of the things tified to to-da,y before the cou committee investigating the stockade. The grand jury recently indi< Superintendent Vining and a gu for cruelty and put out a scatt report resulting in the council ginning an investigation. Ruby Gaither, a country girl, 1 of her being handcuffed, her d hooked to rings on the wall, and ing allowed to remain there, toes barely touching the floor, u she fainted. She said she had 1 Vining she was ill, but .he paid attention. She said she hung tl for nearly an hour. When she covered consciousness, doctors v attending her. She told of another girl hang by both arms in a similar way, of an attempt to hang another f whose arms were so small t would not stay in the handcuffs. said the guard then placed this in the whipping machine, but slipped through and the guards g up the attempt to whip her. Members of the grand jury, scribed the stockade as the "dirti foulest place on earth, dirtier t any pig pen." More than a hundred witnesses summoned. Building operations in Bamfc start off well for the new year. Railway Hail Clerks Waal The Government Pays Railway B Clerks $800 to $1,200, and Ot Employees up to $2,500 annua Uncle Sam will hold spring aminations throughout the coui for Railway Mail Clerks, Cust House Clerks, Stenographers, Be keepers, Departmental Clerks ; other Government Positions. The ands of appointments will be mi Any man or woman over 18, in ( or Country can get Instruction : free information by writing at o to the Bureau of Instruction, 76 Hamlin Building, Rochester, N. 1 IS. COTTON STOCKS SMALLER. Oc- 1,505,968 Bales in 1909, as Against j 1,793,690 ill 1908. Washington, Jan. 2.?American rles cotton stocks at the end of Novemand t)er aggregated 1,505,968 bales, com3ay pared with 1,795,690 and 1,214,791 ear bales reported on the same dates in 4 Tls~ 1908 and 1907, says to-day's report \ nk" of the bureau of statistics for Novemon" ber. tied Sight receipts of cotton during Noent vember totalled 1,141,139 bales, comL pared with 2,595,097 bales during im- November, 1908, and 1,930,193 durway ing November, 1907. The port re- % nor ceipt 1,323,224 bales, shows a simiaPe lar decline from 1908 and 1907" fig- t 'ho- ures of 1,888,922 and 1,529,526 V the bales. The takings of American spinners for the three months of the ork present season, says the report, were * at 1,517,194 bales, only 171,000 bales !PU" less than for the corresponding pebis riod of the preceding year. The deate, cline in total marketings is attribute 'l ned ed exclusively to the curtailed de?ro mand of the Northern mills, the seaw8_ son's takings of the Southern mills, rtin- 696,973 bales, exceeding the corresven sponding figures for the past seathe 8on. . ali- ? v <m Tis. Justice and Mercy. pon One day last week a negro woman bell named Jennie Davis was committed een to jail charged with selling whiskey.per The woman was unable to give bond, >om and it transpired that she had three Irst little children with no one to care for them. As soon as this fact was hrnncht tn thA AttAntinn nf SoHHtnr VT ao w ? ? W4.W.W. gns Otts, he consented to allow the woned man to come out under her own hond ncy for appearance at the next-term of ' use the sessions court. Solicitor Otts is nee to be commended for his action in he this case, and shows that while he is to relentless in his pursuit of those who the persist in violating the law as to the ^ nds sale of whiskey he is reasonable eks enough to make an exception in cases rite like the one herein mentioned:? ;ess Cherokee News. Negroes to Take Negro Census. U ? Washington, Jan. 3.?Predicting ^ n^0 that the coming count will show ap- J tley proximately 10,000,000 negroes in col_ the United States, directing that ne.om groes be selected to count their race .ob_ in those enumeration districts where jlor blacks muster two-fifths or more of .uc_ the population, and requiring both' white and negro enumerators in * , many southern districts to preclude ex_ negroes from enumerating whites, ork Census Director Durand to-day issued general instructions to super- > jew visors. de_ "Negroes doubtless can obtain the at information required from their own race more accurately than white enu- V merators," says Mr. Durand. "I /*/% HA+ nnnol r? or i H oaira hie fVtof in ^ VL\J UV V VVUOiUVl A v UVUii vuwv AM the South negroes enumerate white wo_ families. In the South negro enumt of erators would not be to obtaip lch_ as accurate statistics regarding the white population as white enumerbite atora could." I rate The instructions, approved by Sec- J tes_ retary Nagel, subject all applicants ' ncil to the efficiency test. citv Government Witness Killed, 'y > >ted Mobile, Ala., Jan. ~2.?James M.' * ard Middleton, a farmer and principal ing S?vernment witness, In a night rider > . ? be_ case set for trial in the federal court here this month, was shot from am- J told busb near bis * ome in Bal(*win coun ty last night. He died this morning < ' be_ while being brought to Mobile for her surgical attention. ntil In the vicinity of Loxley, Middleton's home, there is much excitement __ and citizens aided the sheriff to-day no ? in futile effort to capture the assaslere ? sins through the use of bloodhounds. iC" / j rere Middleton, in a buggy with a neighbor, William Wade, was en route to Pj his hone when from the darkness ' ? -m- ?.* UMilta. tWO riiiK suuis raug uui> auu muuiv ^rl ton fell mortally wounded, a bullet hey In his abdomen. She girl : : I Pressing Qub ' de~ est, I mmm???* han I This is to notify my pa1 trons that I have moved my. are I uessing club to the buildI iag next to Price's ice house, where I am better prepared ,erg to serve them than ever. Will appreciate all work " given me and guarantee satisfaction. We make a specialty of cleaning and pressing ladies* skirts and her coat suite' and do the work jjy nicely. Give us a trial. ex- ' = B. F. MAYNARD ,0k" i - A and t z. H. M. GRAHAM A 11 .1 * ? jlty Aitorney-ai-jjaw BAMBERG, 8. C. nee N, Practices in all Courts of this State. Offices In The Herald Building*