Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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0% lamisrrg ifrralb i j ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT. Editor. Published every Thursday in The 5 Herald building, on Main street, in 1 the live and growing City of Bam- t berg, 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, * "* A frtr 1 DOC thnn ( UI XV CCUU3 a UUUtu 1V1 >vw > one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch lor first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 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 notices 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 address of the writer in every case. NO article waicn is Qeiamaiuiy vi i offensively personal can find place in ? our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. * ; . "s. Thursday, January 20, 1910. < ' Dispensary profits are increasing in Aiken as well as other counties which retain the dispensary. No 1 wonder. They are selling whiskey to the dry counties. We feel sure .. that Aiken is getting some whiskey v business from Barnwell and Bamberg counties. . & . * Some of the members of the South * | V Carolina legislature drink branch c water at home and think it mighty t good, but when they get to Columbia they shy at Columbia water which is 1 offered free and make the State pay * for water from Glenn SDrinss. "How we hoss apples do float." 1 The legislature has decided to visit 1 Winthrop College on the 19th in* ? stant. Four coaches will be car- ^ tered to carry the party, at no ex: . pense to the State, it is said. Well, : the trip is going to cost somebody | ^ something. We'd like for those who ^ L/ - know to state who will bear the ex- ^ || . pense. * | We note in a Columbia special t that representative Garris, of this ^ ||/ <' county, wilil introduce a bill pro- ? viding for the re-enactment of the c lien law, the reason given being that ^ the farmers want it. We don't know j what grounds Mr. Garris has for this t belief, but so far as we know the t farmers of Bamberg county are not r ' worrying about the matter. In fact t tilings are moving on just as they ^ Edid before, and any man who wants v . advances can secure them. We be lieve everybody would be better off t v . if the whole thing was repealed. 0 People are now giving mortgages on 0 their crops just as they formerly t gave liens, and there is no differ- t ence in the situation that we can see. c -1 The Newberry Observer is mistaken ? tH 11 SUpi>USW< lUia ucwspapci v/uuoiu- ^ ers itself under any obligations to the railroads on account of the passes ^ | * issued to us. The fact is we con- ^ v eider that the obligation is entirely r % > the other way, for we pay them pretty high for what riding we do. As ^ we view the matter, however, it is a fr r business proposition. We have a Is regular contract with the roads for Q transportation for a definite amount, ^ and if we don't use it up that is our v loss, that's all. In fact, we have v failed to notice where any newspaper in this State has been influenced on K; 0 account of having a free pass. We t : /were under the impression that the Q most persistent prodders of the rail- n roads were the newspapers. ? 1 a Loath to Lose Negro College. t ft. ? Orangeburg, January 17.?The | _ propostion for the removal of the State College for Negroes from the city of Orangeburg, emanating from h the Race Conference, has caused \ some talk here, and it is certain that t the proposition has its advocates, but I it -is not believed that they will be c able to influence favorable action by s the legislature. In fact, this action on the part of certain leaders of the t negroes is regarded by many as a t fight, or perhaps more accurately c speaking, a continuation or extension r of the fight already on against the I present management of the institu- i tion. The white people here are s really divided in opinion as to this remaining the location of the college, 1 but a majority of the business men c of the city would probably vote to t have it remain. There neve has t been any complaints against the stu- a dent body, and only rare instances of ( individual misconduct on the part f of members of the college.. f FIGHT OX CLEMSON COLLEGE. U Jpecial Committee Makes Its Report. * Charge of Xepotism. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 17.?The special committee appointed to in- c ,'estigate the Clemson College ques- d Jon has made its report. Dr. Mell c sends a stinging letter. f The report foreshadows the bitter ^ ight that is coming in the present legislature on the management of * Jlemson. Already a bill has been 1 >assed by the house forbidding nepo- 1 ism on the part of trustees of State t ;olleges, and Representative Brown- t ng's bill, providing for a thorough n egislative investigation of the affairs r )f Clemson, will likely be deemed 11 lecessary under the charges brought ^ >y Dr. Mell, although the committee t >nnn1iiHes hv savins1" "We do not think it advisable for a :he legislature to take any radical i iction at this time, as we hope that ^ vith a new set of by-laws and a new resident, conditions will soon be ^ astly improved." I To the report of the legislative v 'ommittee appointed last session to d nvestigate the State colleges, is ap- l )ended a statement from former d ^resident Mell, of Clemson, severely * Criticising the board of trustees and 3 lolding them responsible for the 11 ong years of friction at the college, 1] ind making several sensational * :harges against them; among others s hat nepotism is so prevalent in their * employment of teachers and others hat friction is inevitable. is Details as to Nepotism. Y Specifying as to nepotism, he f nakes this statement: s "R. W. Simpson?Three sons-in- t, aw on the faculty. c "W. W. Bradley?A brother on the acuity. "J. E. Wannamaker?A brother- \\ n-law on the faculty; a nephew on f he station staff; a niece in the office s )f the president; a relative in the q reasurer's office. a "W.'D. Evans?A son in the treas- t, irer's office; a son holding the posi- t< ion of fertilizer inspector. ? "Alan Johnstone?A nephew on the acuity." The committee renews the recommendation of its last report that iteps be taken to place the Stat* enirely in control of the institution. Jnder the Clemson will a majority >f the board is self-perpetuating. " "In view of the fact that a great 0 leal has been said in the press of the 0 >tate as to conditions at Clemson Col- D ege, and also in view of the fact that t( ;uch a large sum of money is yearly 11 expended there by its board of trus- c ees, your committee felt it incum- ? >ent upon them, as far as time would n illow, to make a somewhat thorough investigation. c "We find that there has been a de>lorable lack of co-operation between a he trustees and the president and be- a ween the president and the com- ^ nandant, to the serious detriment of s he institution. The retiring presilent feels that the trustees have a isurped his powers and by interfer- ^ nee with the details of the instituion, which are directly the duties ^ 'f the president?such as discipline 11 f cadets, orders to his subordinates, ^ aking charge of buying the books of 0 he library, and dictating the curri- ^ ulum?made a successful adminisration impossible for him." " Dr. Mell's reasons for resigning are ^ s follows: ? "When I tendered my resignation, ^ a July, 1909, the board of trustees ^ ere informed that my reasons for c{ esigning were because: , "1. The frequent interference in he administration of the college af- H airs by the trustees. "2. Selecting the officers of the ollege without allowing the presient a large share in determining N rho shall fill these positions. This n rill avoid nepotism. fi "3. The need of a reorganization B f the military department so that s< he recent attitude of the last com- si aandant against the president may d ot again occur. tl "The board of trustees refused to ^ ccept my resignation, and adjourned tl o meet in August." h a The Bigham Case. 1< Florence, Jan. 17.?J. W. Ragedale s< las just returned from Columbia, tl there he went to look after the in- e erests of Avant, the man, who with )r. G. C. Bigham, was found guilty if the killing of Mrs. Bigham last ummer at Murrell's Inlet. tl Avant gave himself up to the peni- s entiary authorities when called upon a >y Mr. Wells, the solicitor, whose il pinion was that he and Bigham had n 10 right to be out on bond. Dr. Biglam has been in Greenville and other T >oints and effort had been made to a irrest him. d Mr. Ragsdale will return to Co- e nmKin +Vi{c tttoqI- f r\ n rcnD tVio hohoas UUlUia lUxo rr wiv tv ??i quv vuv u??vvv?w orpus proceedings. It is understood a hat should a new trial be granted b hat a change of venue will be asked, e is it is stated that sentiment in Georgetown is too strong to allow p air and impartial trial to the de- li endants. li 1ULE DRIVER TO AMBASSADOI i. C. Keren's Case Illustrates Fli{ flops of Time's Whirling. Truly time works wonderfi hanges, and one of the most woi erful in America, this land of mag al changes, is the appointment c tichard C. Kerens, of St. Louis, t e Ambassador to Austria. The original location of the Keren amily in the United States was i owa, from where they moved t )oniphan county, this State, wher hey resided for some years, and the he family, consisting of father ar aother, two brothers, and one sistei einoved to Leavenworth, where the nade their home for several year: Vhile they lived on Ottawa stree he father and the mother died, an o-day their remains lie in the ol bandoned Catholic Cemetery, ac oining the Federal prison quarry o lovernment Hill. Both Richard C. Kerens and h: mother obtained employment at Foi ^eavenworth as teamsters, or as : ras more familiarly called in thos ays, "mule whackers," and this wa heir means of gaining a livelihoo uring the years they spent then 'inally Richard C. gained promotioi .nd left there as assistant wago aaster under "Jack" Wilson, fathei n-law of R. B. Bradford, of S iOuis, and who died in Chicago hort time ago, for Fort Smith an ,eavenworth knew him no more. The house where his father die a Ottawa street is still standing, an 3 occupied by a colored family rhile the last place occupied by th amily, a one-story frame with tone wall in front, in Seneca streei ids fair to last for many a year t ome. But what a change! The erstwhil mule whacker," who had to earn ' J * 1 1~ V ~ ^ *4-^ [vennoou uy luauuai uxuui ivu& a.i?,c our years' steady work gained light advance in position, is to-da uoted as being worth between thirt nd forty million dollars, and is Air assador to the oldest and most aris ocratic monarchy in Christendom.ieavenworth Labor Review. MORE MONEY FOR MISSIONS. 'rotesta nts of Greater New Yor Decide to Increase Offering. New York, Jan. 16.?Five thousan lymen, representing practically a f the Protestant churches in th ity, voted unanimously at a mat leeting in the Hippodrome this a: ernoon to increase the foreign miss hnary offerings at the Protestar hurches of Greater New York b 325,000 during the coming tw l\ lonthSi This is slightly more than 80 pe ent. increase over the sum give ist year, which was $400,116. Tb mount to be donated this year wi pproximate $725,000, of whic trooklyn churches have assumed r< ponsibility for $225,000. The meeting was held under th uspices of the Laymen Missionar lovement, and marked the close c he Greater New York Conventioi finet^en cities, including New Yorl i which conventions have alread een held, have pledged an increas f $1,750,000 for foreign mission! uring the coming year. Two addi onal series of conventions begii lis week. One will include most o le large cities in the South; th ther a group of Northern citief he campaign will close with i ational Missionary Congress at Chi igo on May 3 to 6. SAW WIFE FATALLY BURNED. [elpless Paralytic Forced to Witnes Terrible Scene. Goldsboro, N. C., January 14.? ews was brought to this city to ight from Brogden Township of th? orrible death of Mrs. Haywooi aker, who dressing her children fo ihool her clothing caught fire an< he was so badly burned that sh ied in a few hours, after sufferinj le greatest agony. Her entire bod as literally cooked. What adds t le horror of the scene was that he usband, who was a paralytic am n invalid, was compelled to witnes ae horrible spectacle and was help ?ss to render any aidi, while th sreams of her five liittle children h ie room were pitiful and heart-rend ring. ' Shoots Tenderfoot and Escapes. New York, January 17.?"I'm fror tie wild and woolly West," yelled tranger in an uptown hotel to-da s he drew a six-shooter and pointe : at the neat patent leathers oC lild mannered young man. "Dance, you tenderfoot, dance! 'he terrified young man did his bes t buck and wing, but the strange emanded, "Faster, you dude, fasl r!" The young man could not go fastei nd the man with the gun sent ullet through hi3 ankle, and quick! scaped into the street. The victim is in a hospital with i ermanently crippled foot and the pc ce are seeking the man who look ke a wild Westerner. t. MESSAGE WAS MISWORDED. Western Union Assessed $75 for Mistake in Telegram. l* Spartanburg, January 13.?T. P. l" Sims, flour and grain merchant was i- to-day awarded damages against the >f Wocf orn TTn-frn '"rplpp"rn nh Pnmnanv. 0 in the sum of $75, because of the wrong wording of a message quoting s prices on flour. The message quoted n flour at- $5 per barrel when it should 0 have read $5.50 per barrel. He ore dered 150 barrels and sought to hold n the flour company at the price quoted d in the telegram which the milling r> company would not stand for. An y action was then brought against the ; 3* Western Union and damages were awarded in the sum of $75. d ? ^ Train Leaps Over Precipice. 1- Leadville. Col., Jan. 16.?A freight n train jumped over a precipice near Leadville to-day on the Colorado Midis land railway and two trainmen and -t Edward Davenport of Van, Mich., it were killed and three other persons ie were injured. Albert Harter of ,s Grand Rapids, Mich., was slightly d hurt. 5. An extra freight East bound started i, down the steep grade from the East n portal to the Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel to r- Arkansas Junction. At Windy Point, t. on a sharp curve, the locomotive and a the 11 cars left the track and plungd ed down a precipice. The accident was caused by a broken rail, d Harter and Davenport were riding d a box car. Harter was thrown more j, than 200 feet into a snow drift. He e made his way toward the wreck and a found Engineer Forest 40 feet from t, his engine, buried under the ruins of o a box car. The body of Fireman Rich was found under the engine, e cut in two. Davenport was f6und a under a box car. ^ Body Half Eaten by Rate. y Pittsburg, Jan. 15.?"Thrust a y dagger through my heart three times {_ to make sure I am dead. Let my body lie ten days, cremate it then _ and bury the ashes." The written instructions found with the dead body ofvLaura White, single, aged 65 years, supposed pau* per, living alone. She was discover^ ed early to-day in a room with five locks upon the door, the decomposed body was half eaten up by s d rats. Police found bank books and 11 will, disposing of $100,000 to local e charitable institutions, in a trunk in ss the poorly furnished house, f- j MASTER'S SALES. it State of South Carolina, County of y of Bamberg?-In Court of Common ,e Pleas. Mrs. Elizabeth Fogle, et al., plaintiffs, ;r against n Mrs. Joanna Fogle, et al., defendants. e By virtue of a decree of the court .. of common pleas for Bamberg county in the above stated case, dated Januh ary 17th, 1910, I, H. C.Folk, Master i- for Bamberg county, will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door of Bamberg county, bee tween the legal hours of sale, on y Monday, February 7th, 1910, the >f same being legal salesday in said . month, the following real estate, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of y land allotted to Mrs. Elizabeth Fogle ' e and children, containing eighty-three j (83) acres, more or less, lying on ' the Northern side of the Southern Railway Company, bounded on the a North by the lands of Mrs. L. K. f Mayfield and the Blackville public e road; South by the South Carolina & Georgia Railroad, now known as the ' Southern Railway Company, up to a the twenty-five feet of right of way - of the said road; East, by public road from Ghent's Branch to Holman's bridge, with an extension across said nnhlic road at the intersection of the Denmark and Blackville public road; said extension being bounded by the s lands of W. P. Sandifer; West, by lands of Mrs. L. K. Mavfield, known as the Bryant-Rhodes tract. Sold as - the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Fogle, ? and children, plaintiffs. e ALSO j All that piece, parcel, tract or plantation of land containing one hundred and seven (107) acres, more or less, * consisting of one parcel containing e five (5) acres, more or less, and g bounded by the lands formerly owned by J. W. Walker and Herman y Walker, and now owned by W. P. 0 Sandifer, the Denmark and Blackr ville public road, and the Ghent's = d Branch and Holman's bridge road; | said lot of land having one tenement house thereon and being triangular in K shape as shown by the plat of J. N. e Hankinson, surveyor, and on the a Northern side of the South Carolina & Georgia Railroad Company, and extending up to twenty-five feet of the track of said road; also, ninetyseven (97) acres, more or less, being ? on the South side of the said South ? Carolina & Georgia Railroad, now '* Southern Railway Company, Carolina 11 Division, and extending up to twentyy five (25) feet of the center of the (1 track of said road, said lands being bounded on the North by the Southern Railway Company, Carolina Division; South by the lands of H. J. " Zorn and Melton Zorn; East by the lands of Dan A. Fairey, formerly I owned by John W. Walker and Her man Walker; West by the Fogle, Gregg-Jones tract, bought by J. J. Fogle and Mrs. Joanna Fogle from t Francis Jones in the suit of Gregg' Jones vs. J. N. Wood and W. B. Rice. Sold as the property of Mrs. Joanna y Fogle and children, defendants. Terms: Cash; purchaser to pay a for papers. H. C. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 17, 1910. 8 Master for Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 17., 1910. Tombstones and Monuments f I am now representing the Consolidated Marble and Milling Co., of Cartersville, and can furnish anything in Monuments and Headstones, $7.50 to $7,000. See my styles before you buy. I can furnish any design you want in Italian or black marble, or granite. My house is a most reliable one, and I guarantee satisfaction. Drop g me a postal or 'phone me a*:d I will call and show the \ many beautiful designs w carry. G. W. GARLAND I Barabe g, S. C. I I?-JOE J0E=30E= FOR SALE H Automobiles ' * 2 Fords, $250 and $295, both in No. 1 Condition. : : : : : : : 1 Reo, 22 H. P. Touring Car, $400, in J good shape. : : : : : : S f * V 1 Northern Runabout, $125, in good shape. v . ' ? ' - v r, * All these cars have been over hauled j and in good shape. If interested in , > any second-hand cars, mite us and S ' we will surprise you. : : : : ^ = We are agents for the Maxwell, Mitchell, 4 Demotcar and Hupmobiles. Write ; n for a demonstration. : : 1 ' " P_ C-ll I I II i/Uiier ol oaiicy,|| i L Orangeburg, S. C. H o^?^oi lor?trH 1|;> WE THANK THE t' -'S-i. ! Machinery Owners ffj OF BAMBERG AND ADJOINING COUNTIES v FOR THE More than Liberal Patronage g which has been given to us since we opened our shop April 1st, 1909. If we have failed to please a single customer we have not heard of it. On the contrary we have had nothing but good words and "repeat or- .1., ders." To those who have not tried us, we extend a cordial invitation, and refer them (if necessary) to the host of good friends we have made by GOOD WORK and SQUARE DEALING. Yours truly, DENMARK MACHINE WORKS, = - denmari, & c. f| , I :> I GREETING S! 1 I ?? l This bank wishes to all its patrons and friends as happy I a new year as it is possible for any one to have. Times < are good. The 1910 ontlook is bright. To everyone I with a cheerful and optimistic spirit who is looking for I ' * chances to better himself, the coming year is going to I offer abundant opportunities. Here's hoping that every I one of our readers finds himself or herself much far- I ther along on the road to fortune and independence at I the end of 1910 than at the beginning. We are very fl sure that our bank will be a help, in this respect to I ? everyone that uses it. And we ksk your patronage I with the assurance that it will be of great benefit to you I as well as us. In the coming year, as in all previous I t years, this bank will be found to be loyal to the best 1 interests of all its customers. 9 yResources over $117,000.00. 4 per cent, interest al- I wed on savings deposits. I HARDT BANKING COMPANY. I it, South DE. 0. D. FAUST | |f 1 j''p" CAETEE'' _ _ __ m t c m i Attorney-at-Law !! , DENTIST I BAMBERG, S. C. J[ BAMBERG, S. C. Special attention given to set- i , _ _ .... tlement of estates and investi- ? Office In Telephone Building. J [ gation of land titles. \ [ mhhhhhhbhhmmhhhm# * * Loans negotiated on farm lands < > ???????????? ], in Bamberg County. < ^y Office over Bamberg Ranirfiig Oo. J > If you need a safe that is a 4 safe see me before buying T TTTmz: J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson J. D. PELDEE ^ ? bamberg, s. c. wyman Henderson Agent Victor Safe & Lock Co. AttOTHOyS-Rt-IiRW Anything in Safes RAMRFRn n Cincinnati, O. BAMBERG, S. C. ???? General Practice. Loans Negotiated , W. P. EILEY i DR GEa F^HT"^! T.. , of Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. C. 2 Fire, Life ?; 2 1 Tti ovorv rlnv fn thft wpfik. 2 Accident < j _ Graduate of Baltimore College J * J o Z .of Dental Surgery, class 1892. J J [INSURANCE;:! ? ?MnSn^SS?S" o BAMBERG. S. C. o J f*on* 0fflce ln old bank bulld* <> ; ? ^ ^ / *.? . * '.. ^ ^ ^ ^ y v