Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PERSONAL MENTION. UJ People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. is ?S. G. Mayfield, Esq., spent Monday in Columbia. ba, ?Mr. C. F. Rizer, of Olar, was in th( the city Tuesday. Ch ?Rev. J. G. Kinsey, of the Smoaks th( section, was in the city yesterday. pie ?Mr. J. J. Simmons, Jr., of frc Orangeburg, spent Sunday in the city mi em ?Mr. W. M. Graham, of Sumter, cu* was in the city Monday morning. ma ?Mr. H. N. Folk is at home from Wofford college, for the summer va- f , cation. ?Mr. L. M. Glenn, of the News yoi and Courier, was in the city Monday cjjj u night. of i ?Mrs. L. B. Fowler visited Mrs. sel Hebron Berry in Branchville this bo; week. to - ?Mr. F. G. Fickling, of the Blackville neighborhood, was in the city aS' last Saturday. *ea ?Miss Llewellyn Cleckley went to tra Orangeburg to-day to visit the Home Mission Society. re* SW HW ?Mr. M. M. Hughes left Monday H 1 for North to spend a couple of weeks wo m with his brother. T7 wa ?Mrs. F. B. McCrackin returned on Wednesday night from a visit to rela- m tives in Newberry. j0I Hh ?Mr. R. Lee Klauber, of St Mat- jol thews, spent Tuesday with his broth- th< er, Mr. W. A. Klauber. pe; ?Miss Julia Copeland, of Ehrhardt, is spending a few days in the no city with Mrs. A. A. Zeigler. ?Messrs. D. B. Hill and Eugene pai Stokes are at home from Clemsou on | College for the summer vacation. off ?Mrs. R. M. Hays and Mrs. J. A. ? am Wyman and little daughter left yes- t terday for a stay at Glenn Springs. trfl I ?Mrs. G. B. Hoover and children, ' | of Hampton, are in the city on a visit ^ai f to her mother, Mrs. G. W. Garland. an, F . ?Mrs. C. F. Gilchrist and little th( ' son, of Florence, are visiting her old parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brab- of ham. in* ?Misses Clara and LinnieRiley are ma at home from Greenwood, where they am have been teaching in the graded am schools of that city Th r * * ?Miss Elizabeth Barnett, of ctl ? >. Laurens, who formerly taught in the as graded school here, is visiting Mrs. of M. W. Brabham. ?Mrs. C. R. Brabham left to-day of ~ wil for Rock Hill to visit her sister, Mrs. T. C. O'Dell. Her two little daugh- he - . ters are already there. mm gu mm ?Mr. J. Z. Harrison, of Smoaks, was in the city last week to see his ? brother, Mr. Sam Harrison. He gtQ stayed over to meet his son, Mr. J. ^ C. Harrison, who graduated as a he k minister at Meridian, Mississippi. ^ ?Messrs. J. P. Abney, W. H. Ha- the ^ Uarrov anH Pant F. S. f * ?WU, ?. V. w., ? - - Lie f Evans went down to Bamberg last an( k Friday and enjoyed a fish fry on the jjai Edisto as well as other entertain- tec ment provided by their hosts there.? 0i(j Greenwood Index. litt wj Negro Boy 'Drowned. Hp One negro boy was drowned, and ( two others who had gone to his as- yol mfg sistance, nearly lost their lives yester- en day afternoon while playing in the f > pool just below where the Southern ^ Railway crosses Gill's creek, about ne^ four miles below the city. The boy ^ who lost his life was about 13 years Bu of age. thr He was the son of Mondy Gynard, ^ a negro tenant on the place of J. P. ~ , McCarthy. The body was recovered ^ about two hours after the accident. p.E Coroner Walker was notified and he . -v- too went out during the afternoon. He ^or par did not hold an inquest. The boy was playing in a poofl me together with his brother and another negro boy. None could swim. rac *t He walked out on a sandbar and Wc > stepped off into water over his head. tha His brother and the other negro tried mQ to save him, and they, too, would dr have drowned had it not been for i Henry Mack, an elder negro, who, pir passing heard the screams and pulled them out. The water where the negro was found was over 30 feet ^ deep.?Columbia State. Is Drowned in Mill Pond. 111 livi Spartanburg, June 4.?Saying to ( his companions on the bank, "Watch aff( here, I can dive," C. B. Prest'wood, the a young man eighteen years of age Gu of the Whitney mill village jumped ^ into the Whitney mill pond this after- < noon about 4 o'clock and was drown- . ed. The pond was dragged and his body recovered an hour later. Coro- 1 ner Turner was notified and went at Soi once to hold the inquest. sys Prestwood was a young man from in North Carolina. He went to Whit- wes nev mill to work about ten days ago. wei The Dlace where he was drowned 1 in the pond is the same spot where pos Joe Searcey was drowned last year, as It is said that he was taken with tra cramps. It is believed that cold Ala streams run through the Whitney car pond, isuing from springs, and that tor when one strikes colder currents Th< they are stricken with cramps. Bir "GUINEA CHARLES" IS DEAD. he Children of Bamberg versus Guinea Charles." Hush, children, old Guinea Charles dead. For years and years an old man 3 been the defendant in the suit of i "Children of Bamberg vs. Guinea arles." The case is now closed; i defendant has entered his last ;a and the little folks are enjoined ?m again hurling at him the faliar call of the guinea and thus tering into and joining in the acjation made years ago that the old in had stolen some of the "pack. Da-track" family owned by a low citizen now dead. His name s familiar to everybody, old men, ang men, boys and girls and little ildren of all ages. Have you heard him. No. Then you have read yourf out of the party of 'Bamberg ys and girls and you are a stranger Bamberg child life. As each little ild in the town has arrived at the 5 of a very few .years, they have trned to lisp the "pa-track, paick" of the guinea to hurl It at i old man as he and his little sormule went by. He in turn anered each with a shake of his tip and a call of warning that he ?uld "get' them after dark, you just .it." To the hearts of the little es this was fraught with serious janing; to the older ones it was the lg and well-known reply of a ly old man assuming wrath where sre was none and giving the aparance of injured innocence when ?re was knowledge on his part that harm was intended. Many is the le that Old Guinea Charles has ssed through the business section the town on a quiet summer's day d had to fight his way by warding the pelting of the cries from boys d men as well as they each in turn >k up the cry of '''pa-track, paick" and "guinea, guinea, guinea." The accusation against the old man 3 become somewhat of a tradition d each generation has taken up i cry with renewed vigor. But the I man is dead and eighty-five years honesty on his part, spent in try; times and times less trying, detnd that his name be vindicated d that further charges be canceled d his true worth be made known, is is the truth: Old Guinea arles was an honest negro; simple a child himself, he was very fond children and although- his days ve been often full of teasing cries children and his dreams filled ih the thoughts of his tormentors, was always to the last the same : honest Guinea Charles. And old inea Charles knew that he had rer stolen the guinea; and he knew it others knew that he had never ' len the guineas and he also knew it others knew that he knew that had never stolen the guineas, and it was the reason he was always * * i; + ' ! same oia ijumea v/uttxie?, iuc m.old man with the sorrel mule i the little whip. Often, how often 1 re you seen the old fellow? Ofl, old fellow, have you teased the man! But that is gone now. The ' le sorrel mule and the little, old 1 gon will know their master no re. Did Charles was in the war. Would iu believe it? Death itself is ofthe only thing that brings out such ' ts. He was once a young man; it seems hard to believe of an old . jro, eighty-five years old, and ' unken to very small proportions, t he followed his young masters , ough the war. He was the properof Mr. Henry McMillan, of the Iston section, and when Mr. Megan's two son's Messrs. Carey and ickney, went to war, Charles went ' >. Charles was in the same comly that went from this section and ( s in Hagood's crowd of fighting n. There has been a number of chaters locally famous such as old J >odberry, of whom it is believed " it he never had a home, and whose tto seemed to be, "do nothing and >ss as little as the law will allow." I wash Brabham, the greatest um- ( e ever on the scene of action, of om it was known that no team s ild ever win if he was umpiring Bamberg; and whose mouth was ^ loubtedly the biggest ever grown these parts; and others, some 1 ng, some dead but of any of these ;an never be as truly said that he jrded as much pleasure and fun to children of this community as inea Charles of the sorrel mule * I little whip. >o hush, children, old Charles is 1 id. M. W. B. ] Thirty-six Injured in Wreck. ( Birmingham, Ala., June 5.?The t ithern limited on the Frisco ( tem was wrecked this afternoon 1 Walker county, about 60 miles 1 st' of Birmingham, and 36 people c re injured, 20 of them seriously, i rhe recent heavy rains are sup- i ;ed to have undermined tne traca, ^ every car left the rails when the c in rounded a curve, near Tawney, c i., at high speed. None of the e s turned over, but the track was n up for a distance of 300 feet, i i injured are being brought to f mingham. i CHARGED WITH FORGERY. J. M. Baughman, Wanted in Ker shaw, Arrested in Orangeburg. Orangeburg, June 3.?J. M. Baugh man, a young white man, who cam< here yesterday from Kershaw Coun ty, was arrested last night by Sherif Salley on a telegram from Sherif Trantham, of Kershaw county. Baughman is charged in the war rant with forgery in connection witl an alleged transaction had with th< Keystone Company, of Kershaw coun ty, and is in jail, waiting the fur ther order of the Kershaw sheriff The prisoner was found at a board ing house in this city, and when ar rested had little to say about th< matter. Storm Costs Lives and Property. Washington, Ga., June 3.?Two fa talities and property damage whicl will exceed $50,000 are the results o the terrific cyclone, accompanied bj a hail and rain storm, which visitec Wilkes county late last night. A pathway 100 yards wide was made from one end of the county tc the other and whatever was in tha' zone was swept away regardless o any resistance it offered. The greatest damage in Washing ton pccurred in the negro sectioi known as Freedmenville, where sev eral houses were demolished and on< blown across a wide street The resi dences of W. Barnett and T. G. Hel mas suffered much damage, the lat ter being taken completely off it! hasft and carried several feet while i portion of the building was splin tered. Farmers were hard hit by the ter rific downpour of hail stones whicl stripped young cotton and cori plants to such an extent that re planting will be necessary. The names of the dead at Freed menville could not be learned to night. Father and Son Held. Lexington, June 3.?M. B. Buf and Artie Buff, father and son, res pectively, were given a preliminary hearing to-day before Magistral Thos. L. Harman upon the charge o assault and battery with intent t< kill, and bound over to the court o general sessions upon $500 bone each. It is alleged in the indictment tha the elder Buff and his son fired upoi John H. Hendrix, while the two were passing along the road on their way home on the 25th of last March Each of them swore to-day that the old man used a pistol while the soi used a ahnt. enn. None of the Darty however, was injured. All are prominent farmers of the Hebron section, and M. B. Buff is a, Confederate soldier. The eldei Hendrix is an ex-county commission er and a leading church worker. It is hardly probable that the case will be reached at the coming tern of court, as the docket is very mucl congested. Sues Woman Lawyer. Dalton, Ga., June 3.?Growing ou1 of the government's payment ol thousands of dollars to descendants of the Cherokee Indians, James R Brackett, of Murray county, Georgia to-day entered suit for $10,00C against Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood Washington's famous woman attoraey, alleging "malicious abuse ol legal process," in having the plaintiff arrested and placed in jail on the .hartrck <-?f lareenv after trust. Mrs. Lockwood distributed the Iniian claim money at Rome, Ga., Satjrday last. Brackett, in behalf of his family, received $1,600. He refused ;o pay the commission claimed by Mrs. Lockwood, as a result of whicb ;he caused his arrest and had him :aken to Rome for trial. Bracketl vas released upon the plea that he lid not employ Mrs. Lockwood to collect the claim. When served with lotice of suit, Mrs. Lockwood merely >aid: "I hope he will get his money for lis pains." The hearing will be held next ^.pril. Destroy Big Still. Gaffney, June 4.?Deputy Collector Merrick, of Greenville, accompanied >y Deputy Sheriff Watkins, State officer Williamson and Deputy Lockrart, made a raid into the Thickety Mountain section, eight miles west of ^affnev t'o-dav and destroyed a ninety jallon copper still which was in full jperation. About one thousand galons of beer and mash, ten fermen:ers and a quantity of jugs. The ;opper still and worm and all conlections were destroyed. Two men .vho were operating the plant, made ;ood their escape after being pursued luite a distance by the officers. The )fficers were unable to recognize either of the men. This is the same neighborhood vhere the officers were fired upon a !ew weeks ago, resulting in the killng of a horse. GREENVILLE WANTS VOTE. ALL. EYES DIRECTED TO PEARL OP THE PIEDMONT. > Small Interest Shown in Liqnor Question this Year, but Sentiment f has Changed. C The whiskey situation in South Carolina just at the present time 1 proves interesting. * Those interested in the whiskey question have turned their attention to Greenville where petitions have . hpon Hrpiilntpri asking that an elec tion be held for the purpose of decid" ing whether or not the county disJ pensaries are to be reinstated or .not. Greenville County was among the first in the State to vote out the county dispensaries. Since that time much of the business of the courts of that county has been taken up with whis1 key cases. p According to reports received from 1 Greenville, it is stated that the peo* pie of that county will have to wait for sometime to see whether or not 3 the county supervisor will have to } call an election on the question of the dispensaries. A number of names f asking for the dispensaries have been secured on the petitions. "It is certain," says a paragraph in a dispatch from Greenville, "that the petition as presented to the supervisor contains sufficient names to require him to call an election. Whether or not all who signed the petition are qualified voters or not is the question which must be answered and the supervisor and his assistants check each name from the petition to the registration and tax books." The proposition as set forth by the Democrats 01 ureenviue uouniy in 1 their convention was that the dispensary question be voted on by the Democrats in the primary. In that case, if the election is carried for the dispensary then all Democrats will be bound to vote for the dispensary in the general election, in which caSe it would certainly be carried. The reverse is true, that if the disr pensary was defeated even its staunchest supporters who voted in 7 the primary would be bound to vote J against it in the general election. ^ The dicision of the county supervi5 sor as to the number of names on p the petition will have no influence on * the primary, his work being only for the general election. In Other Towns. 1 The increase in the whiskey busi' ness by express had been marked in 7 all of the dry counties of the State. * In several places the express comi panies have been forced to enlarge 1 their office room to accommodate the ' trade. The shipments come from Jacksonville, Richmond, Baltimore, i Washington and Louisville. 3 Prohibition Waning. During the past several weeks the question has been asked many times: "Is the Prohibition wave in South ' f??nlino Tirom'r>cr9" This ryinnnt be V/aiv/iiua ?t uuiuQ .. - 1 answered at the present time, even by 1 those why have kept in close touch wih the situation. The records in the office of the dispensary auditor show that the sales in the six counties retaining the dispensaries have been two-thirds as much for the present ^ quarter of this year as for the same 3 time last year for the twenty-two counties. ' County Press. ' The newspapers of the State have ' had very little to say one way or the other as to the whiskey situation. f The county papers are always a fine index to local situations. This would 3 indicate that very little interest is being shown one way or the other in matters pertaining to whiskey.?Joe Sparks in Augusta Chronicle. I Boy Shoots Another. Marion, June 3.?Marvin Wall, a ' * - ~ * ^ i. 1 boy of 10 or 12 years oi age, suui 1 Louis Brooks, son of Armitage ; Brooks, to-day. ! Brooks, about 10 years old,^ was 1 passing the home of James" Richard1 son, who is the uncle of the Wal^ boy, when the latter ran out with a 22calibre pistol, pointed it at young Brooks and fired, the ball lodging in the fleshy part of the thigh. Wall no : doubt thought the pistol was empty. Brooks was picked up by some men who happened to be passing in an automobile and hurried to the office of Dr. Z. G. Smith, who extracted the ball. While painfully hurt the wound is not considered serious. Brorthers Drown. Tampa, Fla., June 5.?While bath' ing in the Hillborough river near here this morning, Victor Fabler, aged 19, and his brother, Henry Fabler, 16 ? ?1J 1 1 ittoc Vipfnr ' ytjctrs uiu, iusi mcn mvs# .ww. was teaching his younger brother how to swim and the latter had lost the wings with which he was attempting to swim. Laughingly dei claring that he would teach Henry how to swim, the older brother ducked the younger one, who clutched him in a death grip so tight as not to permit either party's release. A number of people were gathered on the shore of the river, but the drowning occurred so quickly as to preclude possibility of rescue. COME TO THE CON ON FRIDAY, JIINI The Denmark Concert air performance free, served for the benef 1 ? + and bring your t few HARD, 1 rWRUBBER ' ^PfNECSSSniES There's nothing so pleasant and so good for the scalp as a GOOD comb and brush?they will enable you to take added HEAL ENJOYMENT in your toilet. We have a splendid stock on hand ?one that embraces everything from the most plain to the most elaborate, and of course, REASONABLY priced. A real necessity in EVERY home is a syringe. It will prove of incalculable value in cases of illness. Have YOU one?and a good one? If not look over our assortment NOW. HOOVER'S DRUG STORE BAMBERG, S. C. Hunt's Cure Is the guaranteed cure for skin dis eases. If yon suffer from any such trouble, get a box from your druggist and be cured. Don't suffer the annoyance of scaly, itching, burning or pimply diseases of the skin when a 50 cent box of HUNT'S CURE will relieve you. We guarantee one box to cure any one case. If it doesn't, you get your money back without question. But one box WILL cure Just try it. You can get it at your druggist. It comes in the form of a salve and is easily applied. Remember one box is guaranteed to cure any , one case of Skin Disease under our pledge that you get your money back if it fails. Ask your druggist. The price is 50 cents a box. Prepared by A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman, Texas. Sold by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg. SHERIFF'S SALES. The State of South Carolina?Bamberg County. < By virtue of an execution to me directed by John F. Folk, Treasurer of Bamberg county, I have levied upon and will sell at public auction i to the highest bidder, for cash,,, on Tuesday, the fifth day of July, 1910 (Monday, July the fourth, being a national holiday) Tuesday then being salesday, in front of the court house at Bamberg, S. C., at twelve o'clock, noon, the following described real estate: Two lots in the town of Denmark, Bamberg township, Bamberg county, State aforesaid, 25x100 feet each and bounded as follows: North by lands of Aaron Hartzog? South by lands of F. V. James, East by Cedar Avenue, West by alleyway. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of Julius Wolfe at the State of South Carolina for taxes due and owing. ALSO One lot and house in the town of Old Graham, Bamberg township, Bamberg county, State aforesaid, bounded as follows: North by Southern Railway, East by W. S. Cooper, West by J. E. Steadman, South by public road. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of Joseph Johnson at the suit of the State of South Carolina for taxes due and owing. ALSO All that piece, parcel or tract of land being in Fishpond township county, State ^foresaid, containing one acre, more or less, bounded as follows: V.1T Af P "R FfPO Insist. | 1XUI lii U\ lauuo ui v. ?. ??, ?? by lands of Toby Felder, South by lands of C. B. Free, West by C. B. Free. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of Mamie)Lou Parker at the suit of the State of South Carolina for taxes due and owing. ALSO All that piece, parcel or tract of land being in Fisnpond township, Bamberg county, State aforesaid, containing eight acres more or less, and bounded as follows: By lands of William Jones on three sides and on the other by Levied upon and to be sold as the property of estate of Will Aiken at the suit of the State of South Carolina for taxes due and owing. Purchasers to pay for papers. J. B. HUNTER, Sheriff Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., June 8th, 1910. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Harmon, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas Mrs. A. R. Lancaster hath made suit to me to grant her letters of administration of the estate of and effects of L. L. Lancaster, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said L. L. Lancaster, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on Friday, June 17th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of June, A. D., 1910. GEO. P. HARMON, Judge of Probate. iSfikr," v >; ; CERT AT DENMARK E 10th, 8:30 P. E Band will give an open Refreshments will be it of the band. Come riends. %h %h I... A Mother's Gratitude ? m Many a Mother in Bamberg Will Appreciate the Following. Many a strong man and many a healthy woman has much for which to thank mother. The care taken during their childhood brought them past the danger point and made them p healthy men and women. Children are generally bothered at some period with incontinence of urine, and in- ;rJ* ability to retain it is of times called a v ^ habit. It is not the children's fault? :4S the difficulty lies with the kidneys, and can be readily* righted if taken . vS: in the proper way. A Bamberg Vj$!$ mother shows you how. Mrs. L. B. Fowler, Bamberg, 8. C.. says: "My daughter suffered from . * weait aiuueya lur scvciai ;caio uuv to an attack of fever. She had bat little control over the kidney secretions and often said that her back pained her. Another member of the 'v||| family had used Doan's Kidney Pills several years previous with greet benefit, so I finally went to the Peopies Drug Co. and procured a boat. . In a few weeks after my daughter | began using Doan's Kidney Pills she ceased to complain and how she hae , no trouble from her kidneys what- ^ ever. We never fail to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills when the opportunity occurs." For sale by all dealers. Price cents. Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the- JM ; United States. Remember the name?Doan'e?* and take no other. mninrop toueje v*-r?SS0 SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. -::j , The examination for the award of , vacant scholarship in Winthrop College and for the admission of nfw.,'students will be held at the County ' Court House on Friday, July 1, at 9 ' y'M. a. m. Applicants must not be less . /; than fifteen years of age. When 'rg|S| , Scholarships are vacant after July 1 , they will be awarded to those making ^ the highest average at this examin** - ; 5 tion, provided they meet the condfc* virHjH' tions governing the award. Apptt- ;:'3 cants for scholarships should write , to President Johnson before the exr , amination for Scholarship examina- -^^|: tion blanks. - v ? . i Scholarships are worth $100 free tuition. The next session wilt nnen Sen tern her 21. 1910. For fui^lsSHMI > ther information and catalogue, dress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock HM, , FRANCIS F. CASBOLL^|^3 Attoniey-at^Law J| Offices Over Bamberg Banking Co. .My GENERAL PRACTICE.' I $ i mi Attorney-at-Law X BAMBERG, 8. C. J? Special attention given to set- ^ f tlement of estates and invest!- J * , , %J? Z gation of land titles. ,' Loans negotiated on farm lands ? f in Bamberg County. Z Office over Bamberg Banking Co.", INSURANCE AGENT ! F^?|g J t WILL WRITE ANYTHING a ^fj|9 < Fire, Tornado, Accident, * Ida- <> v ' ** bility, Casualty, in the < > ^ o strongest and most re- . < > < * liable companies. < ^ \\ 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, 8. C.J W. E. FREE Attorney-at-Lj&w 1 All business entrusted to me < will receive prompt attention. Investigation of land titles a specialty 'X. ;J1| Office for present .at court house. ; 1785 1910 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON .Sp|j| 126th Year Begins Sept. 30. /-vS'liffl Entrance examinations will be held .^?8 in the County Court House on Frfday, July 1, at 9 a. m. All candidates for admission can compete in Septem* ber for vacant Boyce scholarships, which pay $100 a year. One free S tuition scholarship to each county in South Carolina. Board and furnish* ed room in dormitory, $12. Tuition $40. For catalougue address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President DE. 0. D. FAUST l?3B| I mSM DENTIST BAMBEBG, S. C. Office in Herald Building. I D R G E 0 F HAIE i \ > Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. C. , r ^Jl !! In office every day in the week. !! ?*|l 4 * Graduate of Baltimore College 4 * J [ of Dental Surgery, class 1892. J * 4 Member S. C. Dental Assoda- 4 ' y tlon. Office in old b^nk build- J* O f,,n,8, .M.i.n.mT ; !