Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?1}? Imnbrnj ffrralh 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 and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. ? A A Subscriptions?By the year, $i.uv, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable strictly 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 head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political char-i acter 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 interest. We require the name and address 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 are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. ======= Thursday, June 23, 1910 The report of the military court of inquiry, while it does not find that j&" .> Col. Brock was guilty of petit thieving, is a strong arraignment of the * administration of his office, and shows conclusively that he should at once tender his resignation. "Rut" McGhee is sure making good with the Piedmont, Greenville's afternoon daily. He has been aggressive and independent in all things when it came to the real good of his f.'f. City, and as a consequence his peopie have stood by him loyally. He gjj&u*, has just installed a fine new press to | meet the demand of a rapidly increasing circulation. \ While in Columbia last Monday we had the pleasure of inspecting the |p? V, magnificent newspaper plant of the Daily Record. The improvement made in this newspaper by its editor, ' J&S- A. Hoyt, is wonderful, and he has developed The Record along all (lines. It is now one of the great factors in the growth and develop ment of that city. A prominent gentleman of that city said to us: "Hoyt is aggressive, yet he wins those who differ with because he is so fair." \ { THE PRESS MEETING. The meeting of the South Carolina < Press Association at Glenn Springs last week was indeed one of the most pleasant in its history. There was an v unusually large attendance, and there was so much more interest manifested and such a spirit of good fellowship and fraternal spirit displayed, that it can with truth be designated as a record-breaking meeting. The Association met in the hotel Monday night and adjourned Wednesday aiternoon. jjuring our stay the managers of the hotel, Messrs. Chas Green and Jack McGhee, did ail in their power to make things pleasant, and the dining room service was perfect. Good meals were servd, and the help was efficient and polite. The newspaper men of Spartanburg, Messrs. C. O. Hearon and C. H. Henry, with John Wood, secretary of the Spartanburg ; ~ . chamber of commerce, were especially attentive and courteous, and their efforts did much to make the meeting a success. The Messrs. kimpson, of the Glenn Springs Railroad, were ? also mighty nice, and furnished a special train to carry us back to Spartanburg. The Spartanburg people had ark * ranged an automobile ride from ' Glenn Springs to Spartanburg, but the rain made this impossible. Upon our arrival at Spartanburg Wednesday afternoon automobiles were in waiting and the entire party was carried out to Cedar Springs Institute, the State institution for the deaf, dumb and blind. Here a most interesting program had been arranged by Superintendent Walker, consisting of songs, gymnasium exhibition, etc., which was a revelation to most of those present. The training of Dewey Cantrell, the little 12-year old boy who is blind, deaf and dumb was wronderful. The principal and teachers are doing a great work for humanity, and to our mind the institution should be given whatever it wants in the way of support by the State. The children are happy as can be, and the love they bear their instructors was one of the most strking exhibitions to us. From Cedar Springs the party went back to Spartanburg in the machines, where a reception was tendered them at Converse College by the people of / that city. A most delightful repast was served, and a welcome address delivered by Dr. H. N. Snyder, president of Wofford College, the response being made by President August Kohn. The next morning the party started on their trip over the Carolina & Clinchfield Railroad, the objective point being the coal mines at the terminus of the road, Dante, Va. The trip was through the States of South and North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The first night was spent at Johnson City, Tenn., where the party was entertained by a concert at the National Soldiers' Home, an institution at which the national government has spent something like five millions of dollars. Resuming the trip next day, a side trip was made to the natural tunnel through which a railroad runs. While the scenery along the route was grand, the natural tunnel cannot be described at least by us. It must be seen to be appreciated. The tunnel is through a solid rock three hundred feet high, and a water course flows through the tunnel alongside of the railroad tsack. A number of interesting facts were told us aboutv this wonderful work of nature which space will not permit of publishing. The party arrived at the,coal mines Friday afternoon, and were at once taken on a strenuous trip through the mines in small electric cars which are used for hauling coal. This mine is said to be the best equipped of any in the country, being operated entirely by electricity. The cars went through several tunnels in the moun tains, these tunnels being where the coal was being mined. At some places the roof was so low that one had to lie flat in the bottom of the car to avoid contact with the electric wires overhead. At the place* where mining was going on the party was much interested in the electrical machinery used for mining, the drilling being done by electricity. The return trip was started Friday night, and the train arrived at Spartanburg Saturday afternoon, where the party separated, taking various trains for their homes. On the trip the party stopped at many points of interest, but we cannot write of them because of lack of space. We were shown many courtesies on the trip by Messrs. Theo. DeHon, Jr., of Spartanburg, Phetteplace and Mandel, of Johnson City, and other officials of the Clinchfield Railroad. At the mines Superintendent Roan and his assistants, Messrs. J. K. Nelson and T. M. Roan, were especially attentive to the party, and no trouble was spared to make the trip a most delightful one. There are wonderful possibilities of development along this line of road. The country is undoubtedly the most beautiful and picturesque the writer has ever seen, and it is bound to be J J i-A M ?V>?? rtk ueveiU|H?U tu a uiuv;ii 51 caici 1x^51^^. Traveling as one does through the rugged Blue Ridge mountains on through the fertile valleys of East Tennessee and Vinginia, with magnificent stock and grain farms and undeveloped water powers, one could not but be impressed with how much nature has done for this section. But enough has been said. It was indeed one of the most pleasant outings of our life, and when we go again we can hope for no better things than to have with us all the delightful men and women who were along this time. Those South Carolina newspaper men who have not visited Johnson City have something yet to learn. We are forced to admit that there is some slight difference between the climate of Bamberg and Alta Pass. They ao say as now mvia saw no lions on the trip, but, with the assistance of William, slew several "beers." A Hearon is mighty near a Stork, and the name is much more euphonious. "Sound it; it doth become the tongue as well." We are to meet in Columbia next year. May we all be there, with no vacancies in our ranks. "With old friends and new friends and all good friends together." It was intimated that Gus Kohn is in training to succeed "Uncle Joe" Cannon as Czar of the House. Be that as it may, he's onto his job all right as president. The country along the line of the Clinchfield road has wonderful opportunities for development, and in vestment along tne line loonea gooa to us. If some of our friends who were caught in the Seminole deal have some more money they would like to invest and want to recoup, here's where they get on. "Charlie" Hearon and "Charlie" Henry were both right "on the job" at the meeting of the State Press Association at Glenn Springs, and they left nothing undone at the springs or at Spartanburg that would r add to the pleasure or comfort of the newspaper fellows. Spartanburg is j indeed fortunate in having her papers I conducted by such men as Hearon and Henry. FACTS ABOUT THE BAPTISTS. Their Numbers, Their Wealth and the Progress They Have Made. Among the Protestant denominations of the United States, says the Baltimore American, the Baptists rank second. They number 5,662,: 234. The Methodist are first, with 5,749,838. The Baptists of the United States raised last year for church work $22,813,864. This does not include their gifts to education. They own and control ten theologi cal seminaries, valued at $1,327,000, with an endowment fund of $4,000,000. They own and coltrol 94 universities and colleges, valued at $28,846, 085, with an endowment of $28,212,869. They have 36,000 students in their colleges and universities. This means that about one-seventh of all the universities and college students in the United States are in Baptist institutions. They own about one-eighth of all the college and university property in the United States, and control oneninth of the endowment funds.' Besides their universities and colleges the Baptists own and control 84 secondary schools, valued at $4,245,407, with an endowment fund of $1,684,094. They have in the schools 14,453 students. The Baptists of the United States have nearly $75,000,000 invested in educational work. 7 i*r\r\ v* 1 OCA + Vi Qro 'OA _ JL11 IUU J^CLl lOU V bUV/lv ?? vi v vv v, 000 Baptists in the United States. On January 1, 1909, there were 5,145,143 Baptists in good standing in the United States. < The 15 Southern States, comprising the territory of the Southern Baptists convention, have within their borders 2,139,080 Baptists. There are 48,302 Baptist churches and 34,132 ordained ministers of this denomination in the United States. There were 29o,000 people baptised in the United States last year. When George Washington took his oath of office as the first president of the United States one man out of every 94 was a Baptists. Gas-Electric Cars. Atlanta, June 20.?Following the announcement made by the Southern Railway Company on May' 31 that the use of gas-electric cars in some of the more congested districts along its lines was contemplated, it is definitely announced by that company to-day that its steam passenger train service in the Greenville, S. C., territory is to be supplemented in July by the inauguration of regular gaselectric motor car service. Pending the completion of three motor cars now being built for the Southern Railway Company, the management, determined not to de lay the inauguration of the new service, has arranged with the General Electric Company for the return of the gas-electric car which was used experimentally with very satisfactory results last summer on the line between Manassas and Strasburg, Va. Gas-electric motor car service will be furnished in the Greenville territory by this car until the delivery of the two improved gas-electric cars, being built especially for the Southern Railway Company by the General Electric Company, and the gasoline car being constructed by the McKeen Motor Car Company, of Omaha, Neb. These cars will be completed in a few months and will be put into regular service as soon as delivered to the Southern Railway Company. Negro Shoots at Invalid. Macon, Ga., June 20.?While the family of Mrs. C. V. Adamson were seated at supper, Mrs. Adamson's aaugnier, wno naa ueeu siuh. iui suuic time, was eating her supper in bed in a nearby room. She happened to glance upward and saw a big yellow negro standing at the side of her bed fumbling between the mattress. She screamed to alarm the household, and the burglar, instead of making his escape as quickly as possible, pulled out a pistol that he had found between the mattresses and deliberately shot at her. The bullet passed through her hair and buried itself in the head of her bed, and the negro, hastily springing over the bed on which the sick woman was lying, jumped out of the window and made his escape. The pistol was found on the grass n-ar the house where he had thrown it away. Rev. M. L. Lawson, the new pastor of the Baptist church, will arrive tnis afternoon and will conduct services in that church next Sunday.?Camden News. Rev. Lawson was formerly pastor of the Baptist church in this city, but has been at Johnston during the past few years. c I / CHARGES NOT PROVEN. But Brock Was Careless and Extravagant in Administration. Columbia, June 17.?Col. W. T. Brock, Assistant Adjutant General of South Carolina and candidate for the position of adjutant general in the aDDroachina Drimary. is absolved of the charge of wasting the State's money with criminal intent, but the court of inquiry which made its report at 11 o'clock this evening finds that there were some things for which Col. Brock was to blame and some things which a lack of system in the office of the adjutant and inspector general made possible. The court says in its report, "If the charge is intended to imply criminal intent the court holds and finds that the evidence fails to disclose any criminal intent on the part of Col. Brock, but that he was unfortunately ignorant of the responsibility of the high trust reposed in him and careless and extravagant in his administration of that trust." Condemning the system of accounting in vogue in connection with the turning in of expense accounts the court says, "This system of accounting the court condemns in no uncertain terms, for the reason that whether so intended or not , it is rendering false accounts. It affords no correct information to the officer whose duty it is to scrutinize the accounts. It offers no protection to the nerson whnsp accounts are to be scrutinized at a time possibly when he is not in a position to explain and if such a system is allowed to obtain in the State government it will as surely lead to petit thieving as night follows the day. This court, however, does not charge Col. Brock with petit thieving." The court exonerates Col. Brock from the so-called "political charges." In this connection the court says in part, "We find as a matter of fact that so far as he learned the situation, Col. Brock reported it correctly to General Boyd, and this court is of the opinion that there is no foundation in fact for the charges made against Col. Brock by General Boyd in respect to any misrepresentation. We also find as a matter of fact that there is no fact upon which to charge against Col. Brock that he proved a traitor to General Boyd. On the contrary this court is of the opinion from the testimony that at all times Col. Brock has been entirely loyal to his superior and that the charges of the adjutant general to the contrary are entirely groundless." Hub Evans Indicted. VowrKorw Til no 1 A Oliito 9 flllf' TT UVI i J j V UUV X 1 u*VV M u v ter was perceptible today when Attorney General Lyon appeared in the court room and with Solicitor Cooper handed out an indictment against H. H. Evans, charging him with receiving rebates while he was a director of the dispensary. The grand ji^ry brought in a true bill. Mr. Evans immediately appeared in court and through his counsel, E. S. Blease, offered bond and asked that a day be set at once for trial. The attornty general suggested that the amount required from other defendants, similarly charged, was from $10,000 to $25,000, and he thought the amount of the bond for Mr. Evans should be $10,000. Mr. Blease urged that this amount was out of all proportions to the fine that would be impose*even were the defendant guilty and, while his client was among his friends and was able to give the amount easily, he thought it was excessive. Judge Aldrich admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of $1, 000, which was promptly given and Evans smilingly paid his respects to the attorney general and to Judge Aldrich and with apparent satisfaction beaming from his ruddy countenance, passed out among his friends. The counsel for Mr. Evans urged an immediate trial, saying that his client was ready and anxious for a prompt determination of the case, but upon motion of the attorney general the court continued the case till next term of court. The indictment charges that rebates were received from one M. A. Goodman in 1900 and also in 1902 in amounts of $200 and $250. Head Blown Off. Lancaster, June 17.?Carter Parks, a young farmer residing over the North Carolina line, son of H. Mobley Parks, of this county met with a mysterious and tragic death this week. On Wednesday afternoon he left Home on a snort Dusiness errand, and not returning, a search was instituted by , family and friends. Nothing was seen or heard of him until this morning, when his dead body was found near the spring on his place. His head was nearly shot off. No further particulars are obtainable here to-day. Mr. Parks was about 22 years old, and his home was near Mt. Prospect, in Union county, N. C. He leaves a widow, daughter of the late Barnes Plyler, and one child. ' * ' 's V . * ^ i - - ." . . IP I Bargains in Re Farms in small and la and residences, me: J mill sites, sale stable propositions, at low terms. Descriptive ] tion. Call on or writ J J. T. C J^Real Estate Agent, - WEEK-END AND SUNDJ CHARLESTON AND E ?-VI SOUTHERN Effective Sunday, May 29th, and son, Southern Railway will have on si to Charleston and Isle of Palms, S. C., also week-end tickets to be sold on S trains, beginning Saturday, May 28th, midnight the foUowing Tuesday. Also cheap Sunday excursion tic trains, good returning on last train day night. For further information, rates, et agents or address, J. L. MEEK, Asst. Gen'l. Passenger Agent, iiuania, kju. I ^???????M? BATH TUB FOR MULES. jThe Shower Attachment Makes the Long Ears Wag with Joy. [ A concrete bath tub some 40 feet long and a few inches more than four j feet deep has been installed in the Henry colliery of the Lehigh Valley | Coal Company at Plains, Pa., for the [accomodation of the mine mules. This mine improvement is built at the entrance of the mule barn, says Popular Mechanics. The long-eared beasts are pretty tired when they conclude the day's work, but when they strike the bath all fatigue disappears and they rush in, crowding each other for the deepest place in the tub. Directly over it runs a perforated pipe, and when the mules have disported themselves in the water in the tub the shower bath is turned on. The speed with which a mine mule will hurry to the barn when the day's ( work is over is proverbial, yet with I all their desire to get the second meal of the day, they have to be driven out of the bath. One old fellow is said to take such delight that no amount of coaxing will get him to leave the tub until he has had at least 10 minutes of the fun. Others will not leave the tub until the shower is turned on, and it seems that this feature is the most enjoyable. Some of them, the mine foreman says, will look at the attendants longingly and then swing their heads appealingly toward the spray pipe until some one turns it on. The bath is expected to prolong the vigor and vitality of the mules. The driver boys are the only workers in the mine who are not absolutely in sympathy with the innovation, the bath keeping them in the mine 10 or 15 minutes longer than before, yet the enjoyment of their charges seems even to offset this inconven- J ience to a great extent.?Nashville American. A stranger rode up to a farmhouse and said to the farmer: "I under- . stand you have a fine cow. What will you take for her?" "See here, responded the farmer, "has that cow I been killed by the railroad, or are you the assessor?'.'?Atchison Globe. LUTHERAN PARSONAGE FOR SALE. Situated Near Ehrhardt, S. C. The undersigned secretary of a committee is duly authorized to receive legal bids for the above proper ty until July 14th, i?iu, at wmcn time bids will be opened on the premises at 10 o'clock a. m. All bids will be considered, but the right is reserved to accept one or reject all. ; The property is 1% miles from Ehrhardt, S. C., and consists of about 50 acres of land. One 7-room dwelling and all necessary out buildings. Has daily mail service and 'phone connection. Terms of sale: Onefourth cash, balance October 1st, 1910. Possession will be given January 1st, 1911. JACOB EHRHARDT, Secretary. Ehrhardt, S. C., June 11, 1910. 1785 1910 i COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 126th Year Begins Sept. 30. Entrance examinations will be held in the County Court House on Frl day, July 1, at 9 a. m. All candidates for admission^an compete in September for vacant Boyce scholarships, which pay $100 a year. One free tuition scholarship to each county in South Carolina. Board and furnished room in dormitory, $12. Tuition $40. For catalougue address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. * - V'f- .i'_J. . ? . . V ? aoDE=ao ial Estate, etc. ! ,rge tracts, town lots rcantile businesses, * ;s, and pole and tie , / figures and on easy list sent on applica,e, I'NEAL U ' . . Bamberg, S. C. If aoE=oa 4YEXCURSI0NRAI1S ^ 1LE OF PALMS, S C. ' % ? &'r:& A? RAILWAY continuing during the summer seaile regular summer excursion tickets , with final limit October 31st, 1910, aturdays, and for Sunday morning final limit to leave destination before kets sold only for Sunday morning leaving Charleston 8:15 p. m. Sun:cM apply to Southern Railway ticket W. E. McGEE, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. TRAVELLING NEEDS- W n ^ ?v-'i Perhaps you're going away on a trip?have us supply you with the necessary toilet articles, you'll need v) such as Talcum Powders, Perfumes, v? Manicure Sets, Shaving Necessities, Combs and Brushes, and all- other ar- i tides a first-class properly stocked drug store can supply.. Look over your present articles and supplies and see what you need. , HOOVER'S DRUG STORE 'Mm BAMBERG, S. C. ; SHERIFF'S SALES. v :|1|B The State of South Carolina?Bamberg County. 'v^Sj By virtue of an execution to me directed by John F. Folk, Treasurer of Bamberg county, I have levied 4 upon and will sell at public auction . ' vf.. to the highest bidder, for cash, on Tuesday, the fifth day of July, 1910 (Monday, July the fourth, being a "psfe national holiday) Tuesday then being :"V;J salesday, in front of the court house >$ at Bamberg, S. C., at twelve o'clock, noon, the following described real, edtate: ' :'f Two lots in the town of Denmark, - ^ | Bamberg township, Bamberg county, . gjk State aforesaid, 25x100 feet each and * bounded as follows: , North by lands of Aaron Hartzog, , / South by lands of F. V. James, Fast ' r* by Cedar Avenue, West by alleyway. Levied upon and to be sold as the "m property of Julius Wolfe at 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 aforesaid, containing T ^ j one acre, more or less, bounded as follows: North by lands of C. B. Free, East by lands of Toby Felder, South by ' ;rlands of C. B. Free, West by C. B. Free. , , Levied upon and to be sold as the ; operty of Mamie Lou Parker at the silt of the State of South Carolina i'or taxes due and owing. Purchasers to pay for papers. J. B. HUNTER, Sheriff Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., June 8th, 1910. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. The State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?Court of Common Pleas. M. MOmiK, piainuu, agcuusi iTiamie M. Morris, defendant. J To the defendant, Mamie M. Mor- ? ris: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint In this action, which is on file in the office of the clerk of said court, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, 190 Meeting street, Charles- , ton, S.. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the V day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Attest: * B. C. BELLINGER, - , C. B. FREE, Plaintiff's Attorney. C. of C. for Bamberg County. Dated Jany 22, A. D. 1910. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Varied courses of study in Sci- -v ence, Liberal Arts, Education, Civil and Electrical Engineering and Law. College fees, room, lights, etc.? $26; Board?$12 per month. For , those paying tuition, $40 additional. The health and morals of the students are the first consideration of f the faculty. Vf-j 43 Teachers' Scholarships, worth ? $158. For catalogue write to S. C. MITCHELL, President. Columbia, S. C. , - - ; -v.