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KIDNAPPING AT MAYESVTLLB. Israel Benjamin Takes Child fror Divorced Wife. Mayesvilie, April 12.?All othe means having failed, Israel Benja min, of New York, in his efforts to ge possession of his small daughter fror his former wife who is married agai: and living here, the man kidnappei the child and got away with it. H left presumably for New York am though telegrams were sent in ever direction in an attempt to apprehem him, they have so far been withou avail. Benjamin's wife after securing ; Ai wArno f mm him married JoseDl Denmark, who was a business man ii this town. Benjamin having faile* to get possession of the child throug] the courts, came here some time ag' and has been keeping close watch oi the Denmark home. Yesterday, du ring the absence of Denmark in Sum ter, Benjamin, having hired a buggy watched for an opportunity, seize the child from its nurse and left It was learned to-day that he drov to Bishopville and from there wen in an automobile to Bethune, wher x he boarded a Seaboard Air Dine train presumably for his home in Ne\ York. Benjamin is said to have once heli a position of some sort with th New York city government. Cooper to be Tried Again. * Nashville, Tenn., April 14.?Th bond for the appearance of Robin J Cooper for the next term of th< criminal court to answer to an in dictment charging the murderN o s Former United States Senator E. W Carmack was to-day fixed at $10, 000 by the State supreme court, fol lowing the action of that tribuna yesterday, reversing the verdict1 o the lower court, which had sentence! the young man and his father to 2< years in the penitentiary for th< murder of Mr. Carmack. Pendinj the action of the supreme court yes terday on the appeal, Col. Cooper an< his son were at liberty on bonds o 125,000 each. The bonds for th< son's appearance is thus reduced t< V- .110,000. By virtue of yesterday'; action the judgment of the lowe court was wiped out, the presumptioi of innocence is again restored to th< young defendant, and he stands in dieted only, not convicted. Accord ing to Attorney General McCarn, th< case will be placed on the docket o V * ' the Davidson county court and wil v . come up at the next term. Gov. Patterson, whose pardon o the elder Cooper almost immediatel: v -. after the supreme court had con firmed the 20-year sentence to tin y (f T " penitentiary caused considerable ex ; citment, made no comment on his ac > * tion to-day, except that the pardoi spoke for itself. The governor ha received about 150 telegrams fron his friends, indorsing the pardon. While the events of yesterday wen still the chief topic of conversatioi to-day, there was no gathering o groups anywhere to discuss the mat ter and there is no ground whateve / for several sensational rumors tha > have gained currency. * ^ WW 1_-.11 A. U. nu&cu l/cau. >. - v 1 ' S Columbia, April 13.?Judge A. C Haskell, for many years one of th< .v-v leading men of the State, both ii public life and in business, died thi morning at 2:30. Last night Judge Haskell was op erated on for an obstruction of th< intestines. He stood the operatioi well, and his condition was such a greatly to encourage his physician and friends. Later in the night \ t . however, he grew rapidly weaker ^ \ and early this morning the end came He was seventy-one years old. Judge Haskell served with distinc tion in the Confederate army durini the civil war. Led Fight on Tillman. Columbia, April 13.?Alexande Cheves Haskell, who led the boltinj ticket against Ben Tillman when th< latter was first elected Governor, i dead here in his seventy-first year. He was a Confederate colonel, dis A -? ? J irxct ana supreme juuge, iaw yiuics eor, railroad and bank president. H< was appointed by Grover Clevelan* a government director of the Unioi Pacific and was chairman of the re organization committee. Mr. Hungerford Transferred. Mr. H. L. Hungerford, who ha been promoted from the superintend ency of the Charleston division of th< Southern Railway to the Danvilli division, left this city yesterday after noon for Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Hun gerford made a number of friend while stationed here and they regre that he will make his home else where. Mr. J. W. Wassum who succeed Mr. Hungerford, visited the variou offices of the Southern here yesterda; and met the officials connected wit] the road. Mr. Wassum comes t Charleston from Birmingham.? Charleston News and Courier. \ ' ' Jmt.1. ? r ' . v vtVvr. ?W' r; '. i ' - " FEARFUL DEATH OF FIREMEN a Trapped in New Haven County Jai Six Perish. r New Haven, Conn., April 13 ? - Trapped by metal doors and barret * windows, six firemen were caught b; Q a back draft and burned to deatl Q during the partial destruction of th< ^ New Haven county jail to-day. Thre< e of their comrades were saved througl 3 Viomiom r\f flrDmon T'hl W1U U^l VIOUI VSAi VVUVl U1V1UVM. * y bodies of the six men were founc d late to-day after the debris cooled t Many other firemen were fearfull: burned, but remained at work. a Six men from Truck No. 1 wer< k fighting their way through the eel Q room of the jail into the workshop when an explosion of a gasoline tanl k caused a back draft and slammec 0 behind them the iron doors separat a ing the two buildings. Three of the men were hemmed ii ~ a corner and burned to death whil< r- the other three made their way to i ^ barred window, to which they clung " with streams of water playing 01 e them from the outside. Soon aftei t reaching the window the roof fell in e and ladders were put up from th< L? outside and drawn to the inside anc v the men taken out. The other deac firemen were caught by the same ^ back draft as they were working ai e the other end of the building, anc were carried down by the roof whei it fell in. The fire was discovered by a pris oner and the 175 men in the work e shop were sent to their cells. Wher ' it was seen that there was danger ol e the fire spreading to the main build ing the 246 male and 42 female pris ' oners were taken to the police sta ' tions and the Foot Guard armory. To-night the prisoners were re~ turned to the jail. The buildings destroyed were twc ^ work-shops and several adjoining sheds and two dwelling houses. The fire is thought to have beer 3 caused by crossed electric light wires T => Editor as Private Corset, i f A paragraph is going the rounds 3 about a girl dying from tight lacing 3 An editor commenting on the faci s says: "Those corsets should be don< r away with, and if the girls can't liv< 1 without being squeezed we suppose 3 men could be found who would sacri ~ fice themselves. As old as we are " we'd rather devote three hours a day e without a farthing of pay, as a pri f vate corset than see these girls dying 1 in this manner. Office hours almosi any time." f ? y Negro Official Released. 3 Charleston, April 9.?Selmoure E . Smith, a deputy negro collector anc _ clerk in the customs department, hat 1 been dismissed from the service or 3 orders of the United States treasury l department in reducing the clerical force and expenses of the administra s tion in Charleston. The enforced re . tirement of the negro is accentuated 1 ? f by a furlough which has been imm& _ diately granted to Smith- until Apri r 15, when his retirement becomes ef t fective by the order of the depart ment. Some time ago the Charles ton custom house was visited by In spector Charles Lyman and it was then said that his visit would hav( something to do with greater ec s onomy in administration^ Nothinj 1 more seems to have been thought o: B the visit of the official until yester day's mail brought a letter from the - assistant secretary of the depart s ment, notifying him to discontinik 1 the services of Smith and authoriz 3 ing the collectoi to give the negro i 8 furlought upon the receipt of th( order. The order puts an end to th< '? official career of one of the proteges of former Collector of the Port Johi R. Tolbert. Smith was quite an ac - tive politician among the negroes 5 about Aiken some years ago, and To! bert desired to have his services bringing him here and putting hin in the department under the title o! r "cashier" in place of Deputy Collec ? tor W. E. Milligan. Smith was con e tinued in office under Collectors Wals lace and Cram. He was not a satis factory official in more ways thai one, which was emphasized shortlj - after Collector E. W. Durant assum e ed the duties of the office, whei i Smith was relieved of the duties 01 a cashier. There were no evidences ol - the shedding of tears about the custom house to-day at the dismissal ol the negro. Auto Turns Turtle. s Gaffney* April 14.?While F. H - Knox, of Spartanburg, superintende ent of the street railway, Presideni s C. M. Smith, of the Merchants' anc - Planters' bank, Dr. C. A. Jeffries - and W. F. Smith, of Gaffney were or s their way to Gaston Shoals in W. F t Smith's car the machine went intc - a ditch a mile from Gaffney anc turned turtle. All the occupants re ceived painful though not serious in s juries. Mr. Knox received the mosi s painful injury of any of the party y his shoulder and wrist being sprain ti ed. Considering the place where th( o accident occurred escape from seri ous injury is a little short of miraculous. The car was badly wrecked. BIRDS HAD FLOWN. S 1 Officers Raided Still But Operators ( Had Disappeared. Gaffuey, April 13.?Last Friday 1 night Deputy Collector John P. i f Scruggs, of Greenville, came to Gaff- J l ney, organized a posse consisting of \ 3 Deputies Lockhart and Watkins and I 3 Special Officer Williams, and went j l up near the North Carolina line, fi 3 where they discovered a large dis- c 1 tillery plant, which had recently g . been in operation, but all the fixtures i had been taken away. The officers l found about 600 gallons of beer, j 5 several tubs of mash and other ac- r 1 cessories, which they proceeded to , destroy. The furnace was still warm t t when the officers arrived, which t 1 tended visit. Mr. Scruggs says that c - showed that the operators had re- s ceived notice in some way of the in- e 1 the plant was a very large one, with i 2 a probable capacity of about 90 gal- t i Ions per day. The distillery was re, mote from any dwelling, and there a i were numerous paths leading to and r from the plant, so the officers were c , unable to find any clue as to who t i were the operators. 1 Judge Fines Night Riders. * t Cincinnati, April 6.?Eight of the J I alleged night riders of Grant county, ^ Kentucky, on trial in the United States district court at Covington, . Ky., were found guilty by a jury to. day. Three others were acquitted, t t Fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 a f were assessed against the guilty, by a . Judge Cochran, who released the men ti . on their own recognizance, pending b . appeal to higher court. S The fine of $100 was inflicted upon v . John F. Spedrs, a member of the KenTtroc mit ii IUVJ&J lUgiOiaiui i jui; tt uu v/ui? > , less than three hours o The defendants convicted we^e al- * leged to have interfered with inter- s j state commerce by "intimidating and 5 persuading" W. T. Osborne, also a s Grant county farmer, to withdraw n from shipment a lot of tobacco con- v signed to the Cincinnati market from c 3 the station at Green Ridge, Ky. All . of the men found guilty are promi- o t nent in their locality. r i The prosecution in these cases c J marked the first efforts on the part f: i of the federal government to take a ii hand in dealing with alleged "night t i rider" outrages. P ^ GORDON ARRESTED. ^ ^ Former Charleston Bank Official Taken Into Custody. Charleston, April 15.?J. Alex , Gordon, formerly teller of the Ger mania Savings bank, was arrested I this afternoon on a warrant sworn v 5 out by State Bank Examiner Giles L. a 1 Wilson before Magistrate G. W. 1 7 Rouse, charging him with breach of D 1 trust to the amount of $10,520. He was released to-night from custody w " upon furnishing bond of $7,500, * I eiven before the same magistrate. 0 " with five substantial citizens as sure- 8 1 ty. 0 The announcement of Qordon's ar- a " rest came as a great surprise to his 8 " friends and acquaintances. It has v " been known for several weeks since t J he left his position at the bank that ^ 1 he was short in his accounts. The ^ ' bank officials refuse to discuss the ? matter. The parties who might be 11 f expected to give the facts jealously a " guarded them and with the passage * of time nothing more seems to have ' been thought of the affair until to-. 1 i day, when the warrant was taken out ^ " at the instance of Attorney General C 1 Lyon and served by Sheriff Martin. i It was a shock to Gordon's friends * i to learn that he was short In his ac- a 3 counts and it will be a greater shock t 1 when the fact becomes known that he 0 " has been arrested and held for trial r 3 at the next term of the court of gen" eral sessions. He was so well re- F ? garded here and had been al trusted 0 1 official at this well known institution 8 ^ for so long that his friends could *! " scarcely believe the charge against a " him, and many still believe that he " could not have been himself if he " took the money as charged. 1 The warrant was served by Depu- tl T ty Sheriff J. M. Poulnot and the' de- p " fendant offered no objections to ac1 companying the officer to the sheriff's f office, where he remained until the f bond was arranged for to-night " i W. C. Miller has been engaged as * ^ Gordon's counsel. Mr. Miller was asked to-night for a statement, but he said that he had nothing for to say for publication save a denial of * the charges which have been brought ^ against his client. The bank officials have no state-|p J I TL Atr OVA H i anncoH to ! lllCXlt IU Luarv^. x uv/j aiw uioj^vuvu w keep out of the proceedings, which 1 have been initiated by. the State g Q bank examiner under the law affect) Q j ing banking corporations. It is understood that the bonding company a will settle Gordon's shortage, in re? cent years there have been several f, cases of the kind, but this is the p ' first prosecution instituted. d _^mm e i Those sample tablets and box pa- ? - pers at The Herald Book Store are g - great bargains. Get them quick, as h they are going rapidly. I . . JPOOL OF SILK WON HUSBAND. Carried Girl's Name and Address to Mine Owner Who Wooed Her. A spool of silk prominently figures n an unusual courtship by mail, and diss Rosa M. Robert, 20 years old, a dvacious young woman of Pottstown, 5a., departed the other day for Cherene, W., where she will meet for the rst time Edwin Baker, a mine owner, >f Goldfleld, Nev., to whom she is engaged to be married. Miss Robert was an employee in a ocal silk mill, and in a spirit of fun laced a slip of paper containing her tame and address in a spool of silk. Baker, who is a bachelor, is forced o do his own mending, and brought he silk for that purpose. When he pened the spool he found therein the lip of paper. He wrote to Miss Robert, and photographs were exchanged, t was a case of love at first sight of he photographs. The pair will meet at the home of relative of Miss Rebert in Cheyenne. Miss Rebert stated before starting n her long trip that she expected o return home a bride about Easter. Miss Rebert is a daugher of Wiliam Reber. Her brother, Charles A. Rebert, is a professor in the St. x)uis high school.?Philadelphia 'forth American. Printer Uses Pistol. Rock Hill, April 16.?In a quarrel bis evening at 7 o'clock S. H. White, printer, shot M. Simes, an insurnce agent working for a Georgeawn concern. White was cut in the reast. White is painfully hurt and Imes is seriously, but not fatally, rounded. The men are close neighbors, and : is understood that the matter was n account of their children, over rhicb, it is stated, there were words ome days since. Simes had just gotten up from the upper table and started up town and let White entering his gate. There rere no witnesses, and the details an not he learned. Two shots were fired by White, ne of which struck Simes in the egion of the groin and just missed utting a large artery, glancing out rom t!he hip bone. White was cut a the breast, the knife glancing rom the breast bone and inflicting a ainful wound. As a special officer of the city, Vhite was legally armed. PRESS MEETING IN JUNE. Executive Committee Has Prepared Programme. The newspaper men of the State rill have a good meeting this year ,nd expect to make it a week of ileasure, when they go to their anLual . press meeting. The executive committee of the louth Carolina Press association met n Columbia last week, at the home ? August Kohn, president of the asociatlon, for the purpose of going ver the details of the programme, rrranging for an excursion trip, and electing speakers and attending to arious little matters connected with he annual meeting. The programme rill be announced later and it will ie found to be very attractive. The members of the executive comaittee of the State Press association re: President, August Kohn; Willam Banks and J. C. Mace, vice presdents; James L.vSims, treasurer; R. i. Freeman, secretary, and Elbert H. Lull, Ed. H. DeCamp and Wm. E. ionzales. , It will interest the members of he press to know that arrangements re oeing maae to taKe a mree-uaj rip from Spartanburg to Dante, ver the new Clinchfleld & Ohio oad. This trip will be over beautiul country, and will give the newspaper folks a delightful opportunity f seeing this wonderful railroad ;ind uperb mountain scenery. The plan 3 to make a daylight trip, both gcing nd coming, and spend the nights at ohnston City, Tenn. The Clincheld railroad people have taken a :een interest and will do all they can o make the trip pleasant and inexensive. The executive comittee wish to ave the meeting at Glenn Springs otel open on the night of the 13th f June and leave Spartanburg for he trip over the Clinchfleld road on 'hursday morning. The executive committee sincerely opes that every newspaper man and roman in the State will affiiliate rith the association and attend the rlenn Springs meeting and join the arty for Dante, where the coal mines rill be visited. Details of the trip and the proramme, which will no doubt include stop over in Spartanburg, will be nnounced from time to time, as they re definitely agreed upon. The CaD of the Blood or purification, finds voice in pimles, boils, sallow complexion, a jaunippd innV mnth natches and blotcli s on the skin,?all signs of liver rouble. But Dr. King's New Life 'ills make rich red blood; give clear kin, rosy cheeks, fine complexion, ealth. Try them. 25c at Peoples >rug Co., Bamberg, S. C. - ^ - - , I ;.^vh ' Quaker Oats is the world's food Eaten in every country; eaten by r . 1 i . imams, atnietes, young and old. Recognized as the great strength builder. Delicious and economical. Packed in regular size packages, and in hermetically sealed tins for hot climates. 52 W. L. DOUGLAS ?3c00,s3.50, ?4.00 & ?5.00/5tf?s=^ SHOES/jg Fast Color Eyelets W. L. Douglas shoes are the lowest price, quality considered, in the world. -r-i _ 11 m. Cii!? ? _J i neir exceucm njricj coa/ huwk mm long wearing qualities excel those of other makes. If you have been paying high prices for your shoes, the next time you need a pair give W. L. Douglas shoes a triaL You can save money on your footwear and get shoes that are just as good in every way as those that have been costing you higher prices. If you could visit our large factories at Brockton, Mass* and see for yourself how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better and wear lonsrer than other wV? CAUTION ? W. L. Douglas name and price is stamped on the bottom to protect the wearer against high prices and lnfeHor shoes. Take No Sabstl. tote. If W. L. Douglas shoes are not for sale in yora vicinity, write for Mail Order Catalog. W.L. Douglas Brockton, Mass.?JaE BAJXBT J. A. BTBD BAMBERG, S. C. ' W. E. FEEE Attorney-at-Law All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. Investigation of land titles a specialty Office for present at court house. J. H.DIXON Machfflist and Engineer General Repair Shop. We repair all kinds of machinery and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make itrnn like new and give you more powor. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. A stitch in time saves nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; in fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring it in and have it cured. Gas engines and automobile engine cylinders ' bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and better efficiency. We repair and. charge storage batteries. Call' when in trouble and see what we can do. SHOP AT COTTON MILL RrHurej "I would like to guide B B suffering women to a sure 'M cure for female troubles," B B writes Mrs. R. E. Mercer, B B of Frozen Camp, W. Va. B B "I have found no med B icine equal to CarduL I B B had suffered for about B H four years. Would have B B headache for a week at a B time, until I would be B nearly crazy. I took Car- B B dui and now I never have B the headache any more." B 1CARDUI The Woman's Tonfe The pains from which B monw iimmAii cnffpr PVPrv I I mmij nviuvu v w v*j hh month are unnecessary. I It's not safe to trust to H strong drugs, right at the H time of the pains. F1 Better to take Cardui f I for a while, before and ra m after, to strengthen the [1 system and cure the cause, ftfl This is the sensible, m the scientific, the right way. H # ' \ - - Ladies and Gentlemen! Our pressing dab is now next door to Price's ice boose,, _ vV, on Broad street. We make a f. specialty of renovating carpets and rugs?a fine finish given. We dye garments any color desired in a flrct-class manner.We want more clnb members. , We also clean and renovate > 1 Hats of all kinds, and we can : ' ../ please the most fastidious per* son. Ladies' skirts and coat suits cleaned and pressed nice* : ^ ly. We will appreciate your patronage, and guarantee satisfaction. - sMi B. F, MAYNARD .7. Aldrich Wyman B. H. Henderso^0-j Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, 8. O. General Practice. Loans Shoe & Harness Bepairh^ I have moved my shop to my new tspa I building in rear of Johnson's noccs^ , by the passenger depot, where I: read to serve you with all kinds harness and repairing, as well work in the harness line. Give me a pHEYWOOD JOHNSON BAMBERG. 8. O. . FRANCIS F. CARROLL f | Attorney-at-Law Offices Over Bamberg Banking Cow GENERAL PRACTICE. , iP'w. P. KIIE7 pi Fire, Life j; Accident :||| t INSUBANOElfl ?? BAMBERG, S. a ' Nervous J Prostration ? For Three Years 9 "Dr. Miles' Restorative Ner#^|lf^ ine cured me of a period nervous prostration of over thre^^MM years duration, and the Pain Pills are as necessary' us as the roof of our They have been household ;p*j edies with us for many yearifc*^||/'2 WM. J. LOUGHRAl^ ^ 1214 Catherine St, Much sickness is due to ous troubles. Headache; ziness, epilepsy and insanity ari0 ^'| nervous troubles. Then tbe^J is a large class of di'sordertSpiM which arise from a weakness the nerves of an organ or pg^^Jp; da wuuw luuga, iiv?ik, ....T? kidney, bladder, eyes, Dyspepsia and indigestion arf <|l usually the result of nery^i^l Restorative Nervine ff soothes the irritated nerves, assists the nerve cells to gea^|k& ^ ate nerve force. , ; :S| Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold by all dr*?* ;^|j? gists. 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