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?he Bamberg i^ralh ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor] ' Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, all run by electric .power, with other material maehinerv in keeDing, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable trictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for 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 bead, 1 cent a word each insertion, j . Liberal contracts made for three, six, . and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, reso-j lutions, 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 of those pertaining to matters of public inter! est. We require the name and adV dress of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we ate not responsible for the opinions ek?v pressed in any communication. Thursday, May 26, 1910 The business league is going to be a great thing for Bamberg if every business man will join the organization and lend his support and en' couragement, but a few cannot do it ^ all. Join the league and give it your 7, support and influence. By all workf -; ' ing together we can accomplish much 'or thLe growth of our city. Hand your name to Secretary W. Paul Riley . without delay. The graduating class at the Bam|berg graded school this year con> sisted of five girls and one boy, and r . about the same proportion obtains in Bpft''- the higher grades of the school. Where are all the boys? This is a |g|>' condition which should not exist. Parents should not allow their boys to quit school just as soon as they are *arS0 enough to work. They if . should at least require them to finish the course in the public schools. The editorial from The State which WM: we publish in another column is exi.-'f.: ' actly along the right line. Too many W.:?' - so-called newspapers have no reason or right to exist, and the sooner the fife?-,. ~ pewspaper fraternity takes definite and positive action in regard to such /!;.' sheets the better it will be for the :, newspapers which cost time and money to publish. We commend the ^ x consideration of this subject to our > brethren at the annual meeting soon to assemble at Glenn Springs. Slpfe. . ' . Recently a little boy of Charles' ton died a horrible death from the bite of a rabid dog. There are en tlrely too many aogs running ai P . large on the streets of Bamberg, and K we are doing absolutely nothing to Sy vl*: protect our children from rabid animals. A fate such as overtook the || s" Charleston child may happen to any i?v'- - of our loved ones at any time. Is ?j. v it not time that something was be0:< fng done by the city authorities of Bamberg to protect our citizens If along this line? All the dogs in ; ^Bamberg county are not worth the pj Z fife of one child, and it will be too i late to take precautionary measures jT'.vl- after some one is bitten. Let us act P?p?wBrock Promises to Explain All. Columbia, May 24.?Gen. Boyd had an inning to-day before the miliP ' tary court of inquiry in the BrockBoyd row and a sensational showing was made as to how Col. Brock charged expenses on his inspection tour in the spring of last year. Col. - # Brock, however, has promised to satisfactorily explain all the things brought out to-day. The investigation is becoming intensely interesting. Lieut. Cabannis, the army officer attached to Gen. Boyd's office who made the inspections with Col. Brock, was placed on the stand and a comparison made between his expenses | at the various points where the inspections occurred with the itemized vouchers filed by Col. Brock and on which warrants were issued to him. % / < These vouchers were approved by Gen. Boyd, himself, however. The evidence showed that Col. Brock charged the State at every f point from two to six times that Mr. Cabannis charged the Federal government. At various points team and hack fare were charged when apparently no teams were used or the two rode as guests of the local militiamen. In some places Mr. Cabannis made no charges for hotel bills, as he and Col. Brock were guests of friends. During these inspections Mr. Cabaniss used 1,500 miles of mileage while Col. Brock charged the State up with 4,000 miles. I: I CONFERENCE DISCUSSED. Agitation of Defeated Measures Will Continue. Asheville, X. C., May 22.?Nearly all of the newly elected Bishops created at this session of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to-day filled the leading pulpits oi various denominations in Asheville and vicinity. The subject of the removal of the time limit is still a favorite theme and the failure of the Conference to pass a law allowing a minister to remain so long as his congregation, presiding elder and Bishop were satisfied, will continue to agitate the Church during the next quadrennium, and a more powerful effort will be made at the next session of the General Conference to bring about a measure pleasing to those who wish to see the limit removed. The woman's memorial was defeated not because the women did not work hard to pass the measure, but probably because the more conservative members of the Conference were afraid that it would aid the suffragette movement. The women are stoutly denying that their measure meant anything more than a sincere desire to be of more and better service to the church. The question is far from dead and from the great number of letters and telegrams received from women all over the South, pledging their further support, it is safe to predict that renewed J f..l i. ?.;n mnitn ana more puweriui euoit will uc maut to have women in the councils of the Church and to fill all positions except that of preacher in charge. Notwithstanding the fact that the Conference discussed for nearly an entire afternoon the subject of changing the wording of the creed from "the Holy Catholic Church" to "the Church of God," no action was taken, on account of the fact that at the last moment of an afternoon session the presiding officer, Bishop H. C. Morrison, ruled that the paper was not drawn up in proper form and for that reason could not be discussed. It is generally understood that the old College of Bishops, with the exception of one, Bishop James Atkins, are not in favor of the name of the Church to the "Methodist Episcopal Church" in America. The question will now be put before every annual Conference in the congregation, and some delegates wrho voted for the change so as to bring the matter before the Conferences have already declared that when the matter comes up before the Conferences they will vote against changing the name. So far as the Church is concerned, the Vanderbilt University matter is settled. It was proven that during the past four years the Church has made great advances along educational lines and f 1 ? tirill Via lanioH lar larger asseasmcuus mm ut i&itw on the annual Conferences fop the purpose of still further aiding the cause. There was much discussion on the subject of increased assessments, some claiming that the Church is too heavily assessed. It is thought' that one of the best provisions enacted at this session was the establishing of a Court of Appeals, which will enable a minister under charges of his Conference to appeal his case, and not cause him to wait until a session of the General Conference convenes. This Court will have full power to either sustain the action of the annual Conference or to reverse its findings, thus placing the man under charges, if acquitted, in full possession again of all his prerogatives as a preacher. One of the most radical laws made, was that requiring the Bishop to announce his appointments at an annual Conference before his cabinet of presiding Riders before giving them in open session of the Conference. It is claimed this measure will protect the presiding Bishop, the presiding elder and the preachers. m ? Liquor Sales. The total sales of the dispensaries in 21 counties of the State during the month of April in 1908 was $271,751.68. The total sales of the dispensaries j in 21 counties for the month of April in 1909 was $242,657. The total sales of the dispensaries in six counties of the State for the month of April of this year was $181,879.15. These figures are taken from the reports on file in the office of W. B. West, State dispensary auditor. Several days ago Mr. West said that the sales of the dispensaries in six counties of the State for the present year would be two-thirds as much as the 21 counties for the same month of last year. The sales for the six counties were over one-half as great as for the month of April in 1908. "More babies than any other town" is the Bamberg Herald's claim for Bamberg, but who is going to concede that the Bamberg babies are superior to others? What best town has the best baby??The State. LIQUOR XOT POLITICAL ISSUE. . Declaration of Alabama Anti-Saloon < League Superintendent. Montgomery, Ala., May 23.?"The prohibition question in Alabama is no < more a political issue than is the sav- ] ing of a soul," said the Rev. Brooks J Lawrence, superintendent of the Ala- ] bama Anti-Saloon League, in a ser- ] mon preached at the Southside Bap- < tist Church to-day. i Referring to the recent State pri- < mary he declared the people of Ala- J bama to be now passing through the < vaney or numuiauuu. uxetru, selfishness and unbelief he cited as the three causes for recent political < reverses of the Prohibitionists. "If < saloons are a good thing," he said, ] "we ought to have several round this I church." 1 The sermon was his first public ut- t terance since the primary, at' which < time, it was asserted, Dr. Lawrence < had left Alabama for good. A big < subscription was taken to aid the Anti-Saloon cause. ' < 1 Anderson Jury Acquits Harris. ( ~ ( Anderson, May 20.?Calhoun Har- ( ris, former secretary and treasurer of , < the Orr cotton mills of Anderson, to- , night was acquitted of the charge of ? forgery and breach of trust. The , jury returned the verdict of not guilty , at 9.10 to-night, after deliberating a little more than three hours. Rain was falling in torrents when , a deputy was dispatched to the hotel for Judge Watts when the jury an- . nounced that it had agreed upon a , verdict. More than 100 men and wo men quickly gathered in the court room, and when the verdict was announced there was an outburst of i handclapping and straightway there . gathered around Harris 30 or 40 of his friends to extend congratulations, * Mrs. Harris, her father and Harris' , father, with several other near rela- x tives, were with him when the clerk . read the verdict. All of them were , visibly affected. Harris' face brightened and a broad smile came to take the place of the tired and worried ex- ( pression that he has had during the trial I Judge Watts directed Harris' coun- f sel to prepare the order of discharge : and the court house was soon de- | serted. j The Harris case was opened Mon- j day morning and has been attended ? with much interest. It originated from an alleged shortage of about $53,000 in the accounts of the Orr < mills. By agreement among counsel x three cases of forgery and one of .. breach of trust were tried together j and a verdict of not guilty was re- j turned in each. There remain two 3 other counts of forgery yet untried j and these may never be tried, certainly not at this term of court. This term lasts 10 days or more but there is other business sufficient to keep < the court busy until adjournment can ( be reached. i ( Damaged Corn. i The first pellagra order has been 1 issued by the department of agricul- < ture under the pure food and com- < mercial food inspection laws. A car- 1 load of corn has been held up by the 1 denartment at Clio. It is claimed that 1 the corn is damaged and unsafe for food for either man or beast. The car will be shipped back to Nashville. Samples of the corn are now being examined by the health department at Washington to see if there is any eevidence of a substance that might cause pellagra. Dr. J. W. Babcock and Dr. J. J. Watson of this city examined the corn and are of the opinion that it is damaged sufficiently to cause pellagra. It is the opinion of the two physicians that at least $10,000 damage would be done should the corn be fed to the live stock in the eastern section of the State. Commissioner Watson notified the food inspection department of Tennessee to-day to watch the car and see that the corn was not ground into meal and sent back to this State for sale. The car of corn was shipped by the W. H. Crozier Grain company of Nashville, Tenn., on February 7 and i was consigned to the E. Stern Derger i company at Clio, at which point it ar- < rived on February 29. The Stern- 1 berger company notified the commission that the corn was in the company's warehouses and asked what disposition should be made of it. The Sternberger company has been notified not to offer any of the corn 1 for sale. It is stated in the order is- 1 sued that any agent attempting to sell the corn will be prosecuted.? Columbia State. Few towns or cities anywhere have ( better railroad connections than Den mark, S. C., has and, besides, Den- ; mark is in a country that the rest of the world is glad to be closely connected with. A railroad to Ehrhardt is what Denmark desires and if Denmark doesn't get it, it will be the first railroad built in many years that took another than the Denmark direc- i tion.?The State. , SUGAR TRUST'S SCAPEGOAT. Oliver Spitzer Testifies in Sugar Fraud Trials. New York, May 23.?Oliver Spitzir, whose conscience hurt him, came Dack to New York to-night like a spectre from the grave, and, with a pardon from the president in his Docket, gave testimony at the trial of Charles R. Heike, secretary-treasurer of the American Sugar Refining company, who, with five subordiaates, is charged with conspiracy to iefraud the government in underweights of sugar imports. Spitzer as superintendent of the company's Williamsburg (Brooklyn) locks, got two years in the Atlanta prison for his participation in the frauds, but he was quietly pardoned py the president, after serving only :hree months and having made full confession and promised that he will lid the government in its attempt to convict his former associates. Spitzer's story on the stand to-day lid not directly connect Heike wi,th :he frauds, but his confession resulted in one new arrest to-night. James C. Brzezinski, formerly an employe )f the treasury department and now i private detective, was locked in the Tombs, charged with perjury. Spitcer confessed that he attempted to jribe Brzezinski to conceal the frauds ind the latter is alleged to have delied this before a federal grand jury. This apparent conflict brought about Brzezinski's arrest. Spitzer told an amazing story unler direct examination and hurried :rom the court to the federal grand iury room. This led to the rumor that his full confession would result in another catch of indictments. He was not cross-examined by the defense because of the peculiar situation created jy his sudden appearance as a government witness. Two of the de'enses's lawyers had previously ap leared for Spitzer when he was de'endant, and for ethical reasons could lot now examine him. The court uled that they must agree on some ine to examine him Wednesday. No promise of pardon brought Lbout Spitzer's confession, say the 'ederal authorities. His conscience nerely hurt him, it was explained; iut realizing the importance of his ;est'imony and the legal obstacles ikely to bar it were he a convict, iction was taken to restore him to jitizenship. , When convicted in February last, Spitzer declared the sugar trust had nade him the scapegoat. "It hounded and ruined me after I lad served faithfully for 29 years," le said. To-day he told how for / ears he had assisted in the alleged frauds. Slain by His Father-in-Law. Charleston, May 24.?Charles, W. hooper was shot and killed at 1 j'clock this afternoon by his fathern-law, Ben M. Piquet, in front of the loorway of the latter's residence on John street. The killing was done vith a double barrel shot gun and the veapon was discharged from a sec)nd-story window of the house, Hooper falling in his tracks as the oad of nine buck shot' entered his eft shoulder, reaching his heart. Piquet was placed under arrest imnediately, offering no resistance and surrendering his gun. A pistol was ilso found on his person when he was searched at the station house. Coop;r's body was removed to the Roper aospital by order of the coroner. The nquest will be held to-morrow. In i hip pocket of the dead man was found a 38 calibre pistol. The killing was the result of famiy trouble and seems to have been justified from the statements of parlies. Cooper bears a bad reputation, tie married Piquet's daughter last Christmas against the wishes of the parents, who seem to be people of 50od standing. Yesterday he beat the young woman, a charge on which tie had been arrested in the past before his second marriage and an ofiff jer was summoned. Tfre wire wouia riot prefer the charges and Cooper was not taken into custody. It is said he was standing about his father-in-law's place, waiting to get i chance to kill him and the old man ?ot the opportunity to put his gun an the mark first and Cooper was killed. New Press Bought. The Herald has bought a new press for high-class job work, and this equipment will enable us to handle all sorts of book and other job work rapidly and most satisfactorily. It is a Miehle cylinder press, the very latest and best' press for letter press work on the market. It costs considerably more than the job or niatpn nresses. but the work is superior and the speed is much greater. We will no doubt have this fine machine installed the latter part of this week or the first of next, and our friends are invited to come in and see it at work. This will give us the best equipped office below Columbia, outBide of the larger cities. j Millinery! jj We have anott 1 Minn? display ? ? i t your inspection. ? ^ i smart creation ii ? ? ^ $ at a minimum ci j ????? ?J be convinced. .' ?? ???? I l? ift < > if Mrs. E. P. #4* ? EHRHARDT, i * X ^ ft ?f??t? ?f ?f t t? ?f i *f if?if aft ?f ?' ( > ?4* *4'*4* ?4* #4**4' 4??1> ?4? o4# 74* #4* ?t Horses J Buggies & 11 Full Stock ii || on hand at || See us befoi 11 A few Fan || Horses on hi JONES If B AMBER SPECIAL NOTICES. {| 11 Advertisements Under This Head 25c. < For 25 Words or Less. < ============== < * ^ A hnnd hlr> dor 1 r or sate. UUC BCtUUU UO.UU umuv,. m in fine shape. Cheap for cash. Ap- j ply at once. D. J. DELK, Bamberg, J S. C. j For Sale.?In Denmark, one large 4 nine-room house, and one cottage. * Both "as good as new" and "as ? cheap as dirt." Also fine lots for ? building stores. All at a price. C. 1 H. MILHOUS, Agent, Denmark, S. C. 2 Dry Stove Wood.?I have a large ? supply of dry stove wood on hand. J Wood delivered promptly. Cash with 2 order. J. H. MURPHY, Bamberg, S. ? - For Rent.?The front suite of 2 rooms in The Herald building. This 4 suite has three connecting rooms, and " they are the handsomest offices in the city. They have electric lights and water. Apply quick to A. W. KNIGHT, Bamberg, S. C. Grist Mill.?I have just installed. ? a new grist mill, and am prepared to serve the public satisfactorily. Grind every Saturday. Mill in rear of 1 postofflce. J. H. MURPHY, Bamberg, S. C. Winthrop College jj SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE f( EXAMINATION. b The examination for the award of ' vacant scholarship in Winthrop Col- t lege and for the admission of new S students will be held at the County e Court House on Friday, July 1, at 9 $ a. m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 1 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examina4-1 | Wiuu uiauiko. Scholarships are worth $100 and J free tuition. The next session will open September 21, 1910. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. FRANCIS F. CARROLL Attorney-at-Law Offices Over Bamberg Banking Co. GENERAL PRACTICE. - - - - ' viv-ji' -vav."- ' 1PI**-\J. :i j [Hli il i fl; did? flifli fli (ft fli fliflj Millinery!I 1 i a | ier fascinating i? on hand for 1 ^???- i j Every hat a h i correct strfe, | , . )st. Call and S J ? ft a i Copeland | f S. C. I? I !: I? !:* :!? :!? ii? ??u? ill S na : Wagons ||J i Uur Line $ : all times. s |Jp a.' MO^TTmCKCNSON ! -V$S INSURANCE AGENT J[ . WILL WRITE ANYTHING \\ r Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lis bility, Casualty, in the ' V strongest and most re- < > liable companies. < 4 1 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, 8. C. 0 * J. F. CARTER | t Attorney-at-Law 1 ; BAMBERG, S. C. j | ' > Special attention given to set- o | tlement of estates and invest!- J * j > gation of land titles. o > Loans negotiated on farm lands < j. in Bamberg County. J j Office over Bamberg Banking Co. < . W. E. FREE Attorney-at-Law All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. ^ nvestigation of land titles a specialty Office for present at court house. 785 ' 1010 jJM COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 126th Year Begins Sept. 30. Entrance examinations will be held a the County Court House on Friay, July 1, at 9 a. m. All candidate* or admission can compete in Septemer for vacant Boyce scholarships, ,'hich pay $100 a year. One free * uition scholarship to each county in xi H Tl J J M l.L, .Olim uaronna. cuaru auu luruisud room In dormitory, |12. Tuition 40. For catalougue address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. DR. O. D. FAUST DENTIST BAMBERG, S. C. Office in Herald Building. Shoe & Harness Repairing I have moved my shop to my new mil ding in rear of Johnson's Hotel, >y the passenger depot, where I am ead to serve you with all kinds of larness and repairing, as well as new cork in the harness line. Give me a rial. , 77 >j HEYW00D JOHNSON naunvnn c r * ---' rit-'\ ;r, ^mWcSBrrs^Th