Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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lafttbrrg Sjrrall ESTABLISHED APRIL* 18pl. A. W. KNIGHT. Editor. Published every Thursday in Tb Herald building, on Main street, i the live and growing City of Ban berg, being issued from a printin 4 office which is equipped with Mei genthaler linotype machine, cylinde press, folder, two joooers, an run u electric power, with other materif and machinery in keeping, the whol equipment representing an invest ment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.0< or 10 cents a month for less tha one year. All subscriptions payabl strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inc for first insertion, subsequent insei tions 50 cents per inch. Legal ac vertisements at the rates allowed b law. Local reading notices 10 cent a ljne each insertion. Wants an other advertisements under specu head, 1 cent a word each insertioi Liberal contracts made for three, sb and twelve months. Write for rate! Obituaries, tributes of respect, resc lutions, cards of thanks, and all nc /* tices of a personal or political chai acter are charged for as regular ac vertising. Contracts for advertisin not subject to cancellation after firs insertion. Communications?We are alwaj glad to publish news letters of thos pertaining to matters of public intei est. We require the name and ad dress of the writer in every cas< No article ,which is defamatory o offensively personal can find place i our columns at any price, and we ar not responsible for the opinions es pressed^in any conimunication. Thursday, April 21, 1910 Denmark is organizing a board c trade, and we are glad to note thi progressive spirit on the part of ou neighbor. Bamberg ought to hav such an organization, as there i 5&-much work here for such a body t p|;' dO. : * : Now is the time for us to organiz that board of trade, chamber c commerce, business league, or whal fV (ever you want to call it. What w gjL* want is a business organizatio ^ which will look after matters coe (j;f - nected with the growth and develop ment of the town. - There are fifteen candidates fo .* councilmen in Columbia under th new commission form of governmenl . with only four places to be filled r i , ^iOut of this number tnere are oni two or three which are fitted by busi ne88 training and capacity to mar age the large affairs of the positior (. A man who spits tobacco on th floor or walls of a public buildin should be made to pay a heavy fin( ' We know of no more disgusting an ' V filthy habit than chewing tobacc and spitting all round. Between th | : / two habits, we would choose drink ing whiskey rather than chewing to m ^ ? The railroad committees are earn ' estly at work and they will hav something definite to report befor ' very long. Bamberg wants the road and our people are going after it ii a business-like way.' We are no making much fuss over the mattei * ' - --- ?14-r, K urn: out nope to awOi-iyiLsu icauiio u -; ; working" quietly but earnestly. There is no use of course to dis cuss the pardon of Col. Cooper b; ?Gdvernor Patterson, of Tenessee, bu >; we do hope the people of that Stat v will show their resentment of sucl 5; an outrageous act by retiring Pat ^tqrson to private life at the first op portunity. We cannot recall so die g||7graceful a proceeding in the histor; . of any St^te. Again let us remind you that Bam berg is growing rapidly. Notice th jf*. new business .houses .and residence going up, if you please. We ar coming right along. If property wa returned here at anything like it true value, we could issue bonds t pave our business street and instal sewerage, as well as extending th niains all over town. ^ . All the towns in this section seer to be very much interested in rail road propositions just now. It doe \seem that all this talk ought t amount to something. All indica tions point to the fact that the lowe part of the State is going to be cU veloped by new railroad lines soone or later, and it begins to appear tha It will not be very long before som railroad company takes up the mal ter in earnest. The development i % bound to come, as we see it. It is time the young men of Ban: ^ berg were taking some hand in pul lie affairs. Heretofore our youn men have been too modest to pus themselves into public matters an public service, but it is time the were lending their efforts toward making Bamberg a better and mor progressive town. The old cit zens cannot be expected to do all th public work, and it is the duty c every young man to join in ever movement looking to the growt of the town. We would like to s our young men form a Young Men Business League, the object being t " ??'i* n-olfora nf tha tnu'l WUIMV 1U1 LUC n^iiHiv v.? having as the motto of the organizs tion: "The Growth of Bamberg." r \ ' ' t Vvv. ; ' \ _ v,-; V *. - - ->- 'i- r- .. ^ CHARGES CONSPIRACY. ? Attorney General Thinks He Has 1 - Proof of Illegal Combine to Restrain Trade in CAtton. ,e 1 n Washington, April 18.?Attorney l- General Wickersham has taken up ? the cudgels aginst the pool in raw ! J cotton which, it is alleged, already J y has resulted in an increased price of ' il that staple and a curtailment of e the output by manufacturers and consequently loss of employment by ' )f mill hands. n The attorney general has given ine structions to have the matter in^ vestigated by the grand jury in the southern division of New York and L- subpoenas were issued there to-day y which the officials of the department ? of justice marks the commencement of a thorough investigation by the 1. government of alleged pool. Announcement of the determination to proceed against the pool was y, coincident with the publication of r- the dispatches from New York that 1- Mr. Wickersham had ordered an in| quiry by the special grand jury as to the terms and conditions of an 's agreement for the purchase and dee livery of 150,000 bales of cotton in a proceeding against New Orleans ~ cotton brokers. J William S. Kenyon, assistant to n the attorney general, in charge of e trust prosecutions in the department, had a conference with Mr. Wicker sham at New York over the telephone touching the new move made = to-day and subsequently made the following announcement on the sub8 ject: r "In connection with the discussion e over the prevalent high prices of 8 food and other commodities, the at 0 tention of the attorney general has been directed to the alleged existence of certain pools and combinations operating corners in various comraoditites and their effect on inter' state commerce, e "Information was laid before him n indicating the fact that combination ( has been formed between a number of operators to buy up all of the remaining unused raw cotton produced r in the United States during the crop e year 1909-1910. It has been charged 1 that as the result of the operations I or this pool the price of this cotton y has already been advanced so large[. ly in excess of the normal price that f the cotton manufacturers had greatly ( L reduced their output rather than buy at this exorbitant price, throwing out * e of employment upwards of 25 per * g cent, of the cotton mill operatives of * j. the United States, thus resulting in 1 d the monopolization of the entire { o visible supply of raw cotton in the * e market and the diminitution in the * :? commerce in cotton goods.. 1 i- "It is anticipated that interesting i disclosures will be made as to the * composition and management of this * L" combination." ( e ; t e New York Life Abandons Appeal. 1 I. t n ? *1.^ XT,.,-. T ita 1 AllUruejH 1UI LUC lien xw 1 IV UUV * Insurance company have notified ' Commissioner McMaster that they y have decided to pay back taxes for the years 1907 and 1908, amounting to from $12,000 to^ $14,000 to the county treasurers of the State. The y cases have been in litigation for the past several years. While no inti^ mation was given by the attorneys it is taken for granted by the commissicner of insurance that the company has decided to abandon its appeal from the United States supreme * court, which was filed last week. With the payment of the back taxes there is nothing left for the company e to fight for in the courts. s Several years ago a majority of the e insurance companies, not of this s State, brought suit against the coun- t s ty treasurers of the State to recover t ~ certain amounts for taxes paid. The i L> ij companies won on a test case in Ab- < e beville county. The case was car- t ried to the South Carolina supreme \ court and the law which required the n payment of the tax for doing busi- i [- ness in this State was declared to be 1 s unconstitutional. < o In the meantime, Attorney General i l- Lyon, knowing the defects of the old < r law, secured the passage of another s act in the legislature. This act was ( r declared to be constitutional in a de- : Lt cision by the supreme court. After i e the decision by the court all of the 1 t- companies notified the attorney gen- ( is eral that they would not appeal to the United States supreme court, with the exception of the New York Life i i- company. Last week the attorneys < )- for this company filed notice of ap- ; S peal. ! h With the action of the New York 1 d Life Insurance company the State has i y been saved nearly $40,000. < e Should be Impeached. i 1 ie Rev. J. Inman Townsley, pastor of i )f the Second Methodist Episcopal ] y church, South, in New Orleans, ,de- 1 h clared, during the course of a ser;e mon there Sunday night, that Gov. ] 's ernor Patterson, of Tennessee, should i :o be impeached for pardoning Col. D. i, B. Cooper, convicted of manslaughter i i- in the killing of former United States < Senator Carmack. ' v '< i - . ., ' ' ' - ' ' - > . GOVERNMENT HELPS BEARS, dickers ham Begins Conspiracy Proceedings against Cotton Bolls. New York, April 18.?There will be started in New York tomorrow a federal investigation without precedent in this country. The attorney general of the United States has ordered an inquiry into the gigantic bull movement in cotton, with which the names of James A. Patten, of Chicago, Frank B. Hayne, William P. Brown, of New Orleans, and EuCaoIoo nf Tovas havp hppn UVaiVO) v*. A vnvwi ? popularly connected. Hayne and Brown bottuappear as Jefendants in the proceedings, but it ;ould not be learned whether Mr. Patten will be subpoenaed at Chicago to come here and testify. He bas been generally credited, however, tvith being the financial genius of the pool and in recent interviews he has Dutlined his bullish position and his ietermination to fight the supposed bear clique, which has been reshipping cotton to this country from England in endeavor to break the market. The bull movement has reached such a stage, however, that :here are rumors of a possible May corner in the New York market. A New Move. Never before has the government brought similar action against any pool operation in the market on either the long or the short side. Subpoenas were issued at the direc:ion of Mr. Wickersham, commanding i dozen or more prominent New Fork cotton brokers to appear before a special federal grand jury tomorrow to testify in the matter of :he "United States against Frank B. Sayne and William P. Brown." ine suDpoenas aemauu uc auuuie5ion to the special grand jury of all -ecords, papers, letters, memoranda, md an agreement dated February 26, last, by Hayne, Brown and others. The agreement, the subpoena jtate, was for the purchase of 150,300 bales of cotton for delivery in Stew York during the months of May md July, inclusive at certain prices md under certain conditions. The ixing of the price and conditions, ;he government charges, was a vioation of law. Excited Break Follows. Announcement of the government's iction was followed by a very exited break in prices on the New fork cotton exchange which at -one ;ime bade fair to result in almost as jreat a demonstration as that noted ast January. Early in April the narket bad a very severe decline unler heavy liquidation and at that ;ime there were rumors circulating ;hat the bulls were abandoning their )ositiori, but a considerable recovirv in prices since then suggested ;hat the selling had been largely, in :he way of outside liquidation and luring the past week or 10'days here have been renewed rumors of in impending squeeze. The posi;ion in the near months, at any rate, las led to heavy shipments of cotton ;o New York for delivery on contacts and the arrivals reported toiay were in excess of 23,000 bales, ncluding nearly 1.4,000 from Liver>ool, while the stock of cotton availible for delivery on contract has al eady increased from about 87,000 )ales' to 120,000. Even so, it has >een apprehended in local circles that he amount of cotton arriving here rom the South and abroad would lot completely satisfy the contract leld by bull leaders, which has been jstimated at about 400,000 bales, and ;here has probably been some scattered buying on the unexpected sjtc essfuhissue of the bull campaign. Traders Get Out. The selling which followed to-day's ;hreat of possible legal obstacles to >ullish plans, probably represented in i measure, the liquidation of this so;alled trailing interest. In addition; here was undoubtedly some selling or the account of professional traders on the idea that legal action night force the liquidation of the mil holdings. But usually close stulents of trading around the local ing expressed the opinion after the 2lose that the hull leaders themjelves had increased rather than reiuced their contract holdings and the market ruled considerably steadier n the late trading and closed at a oss of only 1 to 19 points for the lav. Became Very Weak. When the news of the government's decision aj: first was circulat:-d. the market became very weak ind unsettled and inside of an hour May cotton sold at 14.54 or 30 points below the high level of the day and about 45 points under the high prices 3f last week. M?v closing at 14.65 bid. Later months sympathized in Lhe near months' break, but the market was spotty and confined to the Md crop and aside from the excitement with reference to May and July there was no particular feature. Wall street was stirred by the news and it was widely discussed also in banking circles. Much interest will be taken in the hearing by the financial districts and the stock exchange, as well as by the entire cotton trade. ?5'.y / / $5,000 FOR SAYING "YES." Woman Asked Lawyer if Deathbed Marriage would be Legal. Lawyer Seth F. Crews was given $5,000 by Judge Pinckney in the circuit court yesterday for advising Sarah Peterson that it would be legal for her to marry John R. Smith, a wealthy mine owner, on his deathbed. Miss Peterson married Mr. Smith and he died almost immediately afterward. When his estate was probated she fell heir to $350,000. Mr. Crews thought if Miss Peterson's "yes" was worth $350,000 his "yes" ought to be worth onetenth of that sum, so he brought suit for $35,000. Mrs. Smith's defense was that she hadn't married Smith for his money. Judge Pinckney intimated strongly that he held a contrary view. "I do not see why a woman should marry a man on his deathbed as Mrs. Smith," did he said.?Chicago Special tcTBaliimore American. Byrnes for Congress. / Aiken county is to have a candidate for congress in the field this summer. It has been rumored for several days that Solicitor James F. Byrnes was considering making the race and a reporter of the Journal and Review interviewed Mr. Byrnes ~ as to his intentions. He stated 'that he had had the matter unaer consideration for. some time and had ^ finally decided to enter the race in the"approaching primary; that at the proper time he would through the g press and from the stump make J known his views upon public ques- c tions and present to the people of the ^ second district his reasons for asking C their support. Mr. Byrnes will undoubtedly prove 8 a strong candidate and has an excel- & l&it chance of being elected. In his t] race for Solicitor he received 5,500 , votes in the Second Circuit against two able and popular gentlemen. The counties composing the second cir- = cuit, together with Saluda, Edgefield and Beaufort counties compose the second congressional district. It will take 6,400 votes to elect a con gressman, and if Mr. Byrnes can sue- b ceed in holding his vote of two years n ago, and from the counties of Edge- Jj field, Saluda and Beaufort receive on- p ly^ 900 votes he would have a major- n it?. u I As Solicitor, Mr. Byrnes has made c an excellent record; according to the ^ report of the Attorney General, one D of the best in the State, and it is n thought that his friends throughout t the circuit will help him to secure ? the coveted promotion.?Aiken Jour 1 - ? J T)/s^tATCf f Uitl ctUU rvcucrr. - Vi n CRAZl^ NEGRO SHOT. i] _____ c 2L In a Desperate Street Battle at Mar- a ietta, Georgia. r v In a desperate street battle at Mar- ? ietta, Ga., Friday, Charles Lloyd, an insane negro, stabbed and seriously wounded Sheriff McKinney, of Cobb county, and Policeman Osborne. As the negro started to flee he was shot twice by McKinney, and when he turned a corner of the street he was t; shot twice more by Chief of Police p Grogan, who had just come upon the d scene. The negro was finally over- ^ powered and taken to jail. He is ^ not expected to live. The fact that 1 the negro was crazy was all that * prevented a lynching. SPECIAL NOTICES.' c t Advertisements Under This Head 25c. a For 25 Words or Less. e - a Found.?A gentlman's scarf pin. * Owner can have same by calling at f The Herald office, proving property, 0 and paying for this advertisement.' b g For Sale.?-Two brood sows and \ / I Dies for sale. Pigs three months old. | G. J. HERNDON, Ehrhardt, S. C. For Rent.?Five room house with three acre lot, in town of Bamberg, for rent. Apply to L. N. BELLINGER, or C. B. FREE. Grist Mill.?I have just installed, a new grist mill, and am prepared to t serve the public satisfactorily. Grind ? every Saturday. Mill in rear of f postofBce. J. H. MURPHY, Bam- t berg, S. C. ? Automatic Window Lock.?Sim- h pie and convenient, and the very f thing to put on your windows. Fits ? any window. Will be at the Jennings ? House taking orders for the next r few days. It takes the place of * weights and cords, and is an im- ? provement where weights and cord c are already in use. P. J. TURNER, e Bamberg, S. C. .1 r NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE. <? Please take notice that on Friday, J May 13th, 1910, we will apply to ^ Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate v for Bamberg county, for letters dismissory as executors of the last will a and testament of R. E. Steedley, de- j ceased. c N. P. SMOAK, J. H. FENDER, Executors. Bamberg, S. C., April 12th, 1910. *\ * 1 | From New Yoi 2 To the People of E fl|. Having decided ? > your midst, we hi 2 cantile business in at tne oia bpann < 2 and, commencing T 23rd, and continu T thereafter, we are if new and complet< ? We want to ge I* this is our way of T a complete line of T Goods, Clothing, : I Rubin & if Bamberg, So DO BUSINESS WITH A Gf Statement of the condition of the I Ihrhardt, S. C., at the close of busi-i RESOURCES oans and discounts 134,745.58 anklng house 2,250.00 urnlture and fixtures 1,396.47 ue from banks and bankers 74,531.71 urrency 2,000.00 old 57.50 liver and other minor coin 569.47 hecks and cash items % 16.65 Total 8115^67.38 tate of South Carolina?County Of Bamberg. Berore me came a. v . uenaereon, caemerox w iye that the above and foregoing statement L le books of said bank. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 31st Correct-attest: J. J. L. COPELAND, M. D., CHAS. EHHI EHBHABDT BAN EHRHARDT ATTENTION DEMOCRATS. In obedience to the constitution of he party, presidents of Democratic lubs throughout Bamberg county are ereby instructed to assemble the lembers of their respective clubs at be usual place of meeting on Saturay, April 23rd, 1910, for the purose of reorganizing and electing a aember of the county executive comaittee and delegates to the county onvention, which will convene at the !ourt House on Monday, May 2, 910. Each club is entitled to one lember of the county executive comr littee and one delegate to the couny convention for every twenty-five lembers, or majority fraction theret. , . Let me urge upon club presidents he necessity of getting'out as many lembers as possible to the club meetngs, so that the delegates to the ounty convention will be elected by s large a vote as possible. I especilly urge every club to be fully repesented in the county convention fhich will be called to order at 11 'clock a. m. or as soon thereafter as ossible. H. C. FOLK, County Chairman. R. W. D. ROWELL, Secretary. mjr m. HO1 O T P lOAOXCin 9 a.lUJCj. By virtue of a decree of the Court f Common Pleas for Bamberg couny in the case of Jones A. Williams, laintiff against J. A. Spann et al.t efendants, dated March 21, 1910, I rill sell at the court house door, lamberg, S. C., during the legal lours of sale on Monday, May 2, 910, to the highest bidder fo ca^h, he following described lands, to wit: All that lot, piece and parcel of and, situate, lying and being in the ounty of Bamberg, state of South !arolina, containing two hundred and wenty-two (222) acres, more or less, nd known as the Hays place, boundd North by the lands of C. B. Free nd others, East by lands'*, of Mrs. tebecca Murphy and John Hadwin; louth by lands bought by J. A. Spann rom R. J. Hightower, West' by lands f R. J. Hightower and E. C. Hays, ieing the same tract of land mort;aged by J. A. Spann to Jones A. Villiams, plaintiff herein. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. S. G. MAYFIELD, Plaintiff's Attorney. Bamberg, S. C., April 11, 1910. SCHOOL ELECTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given- that upon he written petition of more than ne third of the resident electors, ; na a iiKe proporuun 01 ine resiueui reeholders of Salem School Disrict No. 9, of Bamberg county, S. of the age of 21 years, an elecion will be held at Saiem School ouse, on Tuesday, May 3rd. 1910, or the purpose of levying a special chool tax of 3 mills on all real and iersonal property in Salem School Hstrict Nc. 9. Only such electors as eturn real or personal property for axation, are residents of Salem School District No. 9, and exhibit heir tax receipts and registration ertificates. as required in general lections, shall be be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levy of three nil Is special tax will cast a ballot ontaining the word "yes" printed or ,'ritten thereon, and electors opposed o the levying of the 3 mills special ax will cast a ballot containing the rord "no" printed or written thereon The polls will be opened at 7 a. m. .nd close at 4 p. nr. L. W. Abstance.C. J. Creech, and C. ). Hutto are appointed managers to onauct saia eiecuuu. R. W. D. ROWELL, S. G. MAYFIELD, J. H. A. CARTER, County Board of Education. Bamberg, S. C., April 19, 1910. . .'\ ' '* * ?- '*'? ' ' ; ^B ^B ^B^ ^B^ ^B^ ^B^ rk to Bamberg | tamberg County: J ., to cast our lot in ? / ^iM?4>/\H M *%? />? *^P \ ive sutncu a mci - t \ 1 your county seat, ? going to offer our ? 2 stock AT COST. ? doing it. We have ? Dry Goods, Dress ? Shoes, Pants, etc. ? mmmmmmmmm^mm^mmmmrnamammmmmi mm : Pesken I I uth Carolina v tOVINC AND SAFE BANK. Chrhardt Banking Co., located at teas March 24, 1910. LIABILITIES Capital stock paid In 130,POMS *1 Surplus fund 8,(XXX00 Undivided profits less current expenses and taxes paid 2^34.71 Individual deposits subject to check 50.37&.48 \ v v i ; Time certificates of deposit 39^47.18 v i Total tie above named bank, who, being duly sworn 9 a true condition of said bank, as shown by A. F. HENDERSON, Cashier, day of March, 1910. . * M. KIRKLAND. Notary Public for 8. C. IARDT, ' J. WMS. CARTER, Directors. % KING COMPANY. SOUTH CAROLINA. > . T THEOW OUT THE LINE . v.? ? ' ? ? Give the Kidneys Help and Many Bamberg People Will Be Happier. i "Throw Out the Life Line"? x 4 The kidneys need help. . 9 They're overworked?can't get the . ,-i poison filtered out of the blood.. i ; They are'getting worse every min- ? ute. | Will you help them? ^ ? v Doan's Kidney Pills have bronghjt V v ' > thousands of kidney sufferers back \ 'f4 from the verge of despair. Will cure any form of kidney ;'l/. ' trouble. C. J. Willis, Main St., Barnwell, 8. C., says: "For several months: I was annoyed by too frequent passages . tjf of the kidney secretions. At times I also felt a slight soreness in-my back and taking this as evidence of kidney .. trouble, I procured Doan's Kidney Pills. The use of one box entirely - ; cured me and I have been entirely free from every symptom 01 kidney complaint since. I do not hesitate 4 to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to other kidneys sufferers.", For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the ~ ; United States. Remember the name?Doan's-? . ; ^ and take no other. ? ? w You'll Not "Split" Your Trade with others once you try . our SODA. The most delicious pure fruit flavors?luscious as well as palate tickling. We serve your favorite drink best. Try our fountain. Hoovers DRUG STORE i BAMBERG, S. C. > V Tombstones and Monuments i 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 yon buy. I can furnish any design yon - * want in Italian or black marble, or granite. . My house is a most reliable wone, and I guarantee satisfaction. Drop me a postal or 'phone me and 1 will call and show the many beautiful designs we carry. n \\r r.ADi awn VJt uniyuriMt/j . BAMBERG, S. C. * . v