Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sfyr Samberg Sfcralft 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. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, reso-' lutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters of those [|| , pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. ; No article which is defamatory or . v offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, ami we aic not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. V Thursday, July 21, 1910 !>? <';> It is announced by Mr. E. J. WatSpJ'^ son, State commissioner of agriculture and immigration, that he has been offered a position by the United -; States government at an increased salary. He says that he has not yet decided to accept, but is thinking Ifv. - over the matter. Of course he will take it, and we know of no one who 11?^; can draw a salary with greater ease . j and efficiency than our present com* missioner. It will be a good thing 8|^| - \ ?or South Carolina if he does accept, cgiy so that the position he now holds can be abolished, for, as we see it, no Blfcfcv. good results are being obtained for the money expended on this departg|ir : ment. Those voters who are in favor of prohibition seem to be centering their hopes for a State-wide law on the jaSjT ^election of governor, but there i$ ' where they are off the track. A governor cannot enact laws, and it should be remembered that the leg islature is our only law-making body. If- It you want prohibition, vote for a yy. representative or senator who is in favor pi such a law; if you want local option, vote for the candidate l:' who represents this idea of settling the whiskey question. So far as Bam> berg county is concerned, we consider v the whiskey question settled. Our % ; people have voted on the question, i \ and their decision should be final h. until they say by their vote that P - they want a change. . We heartily agree with the edito-j risl from the Spartanburg Journal \\ which-we republish in another column. We do not need more circuits nor more judges, nor do we believe that any of the present judges are : \ overworked. The State is not a hard taskmaster, and it is the first time we have ever heard of anybody in any department of government service dying from overwork. From the number of candidates for these ? - u ^ I positions, we wouiu juugc luat vuv position was pretty much of a soft snap. However, we need judges who will force the dispatch of business instead of going in a slow, poke-easy sort of way, allowing the lawyers to consume practically an entire day in trying one little petty case. Of the . ipen retired from the judgeship some years ago by the political unheaval, we know of none who were incapaciy ted by overwork. And no one can question their ability or devotion to I duty. gr; :> The Greenwood Index, usually an accurate forecaster as to political matters, believes from the reports it gets that Featherstone will lead the primary for\governor, with Blease or McLeod a close second, with Hyatt, .V Richards and Duncan following in the ;" order named. This newspaper doefe not pretend to be a political prophet, and we are not informed as to conditions in the up-country, but since Kg* 4 i,- <N the campaign meetings have lpeen iheld in this part of the State we have J . . . . + Deen at some paius iu mquuc cw iv sentiment. From what we can gather Featherstone has a lead over any other candidate, but Richards and McLeod are gaining strength. Most of McLeod's vote is coming from the s former Blease vote, and it is our candid opinion that in this section of the State at least Blease will get a much smaller vote than usual, his vote going to McLeod. Richards is getting some of the Featherstone vote down here, while Mr. Hyatt's candidacy is not making a serious impression. Not that he does not make good speeches and is well received, but the people generally seem to have the idea that this is not his time to run. We feel that the meeting here Tuesday in the interest of good roads has given a great impetus to better highways in Bamberg county. At the meeting Mr. Winslow read a letter from Supervisor J. B. Kearse regretting that he could not be present and giving some figures as to the road mileage in the county, the number of miles of sand-clay roads, and the amount received by the county for support of the chain gang and repairing of bridges. It was regret ted that the supervisor could not be present, as it was felt that he could have received valuable and practical ideas from Mr. Winslow. However, others heard these plans, and it will be the work of the League organized at the meeting to make the organization cover the entire county, and to this end members are solicited from every section. The League wants to be of practical assistance to the officers in improving the highways of the county, and in this work the assistance of every citizen is needed. With organized, persistent. effort much can be accomplished, and we feel sure the supervisor and all his force will gladly co-operate with the Good Roads League. Now, let's get to business and see if we cannot show results. * W. H. Fulmer Commits Suicide. Mr. William Fulmer, an old and respected farmer of the Shiloh section, committed suicide Sunday night by hanging himself in the buggy shed of one of his neighbors. For some time he has been in a melancholy state of mind and only recently, it is reported, made an effort to kill himself. Saturday night, after a big rain storm, he left his home and wandered off to some unknown plaSe. Sunday he spent the day with Mr. John Busbee, who lives several miles from Mr. Fulmer and towards night he complained of feeling bad. Saying that he was going to the home of another of his neighbors, he left the house alone, and until|found dead, was not heard of again, j Yesterday morning, some one going to Mr. Busbee's shed to feed, found Mr. Fulmer hanging over the rear of the buggy with a driving rein looped around his neck. Judging from the surroundings, he had run the line overr the rafter above looped the line around his neck and jumped off. Mr. Fulmer was somewhat feeble minded and had at one time been an inmate of the State sanitarium at Columbia. His family is a prominent one in that section and they have the sympathy of many friends.?Aiken Journal and Review. LAWSUIT OVER VAXDERBILT. I ? _____ Courts Will Settle Differences Between Board and Bishops. The differences between the board of trust, of Vanderbilt university, and the college of bishops, of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, over the control of the university will be threshed out in the courts. Such is the meaning of the action of the bishops. With Bishops Kilgo, Lam ? - * i- -Li buth and Henanx aDseni, me cunvgc of bishops rejected the idea of any compromise and named a committee, with Bishop Collins Denny as chairman, to carry out an agreed-upon program of a- lawsuit. Bishop Hendrix, who is president of the board of trust1 of Vanderbilt university, attended the morning session of the bishops and opposed the plan, which was adopted at the afternoon session, at which he was not present. Details of the planned litigation we^e not made public. NEGRO RIDDLED BY MOB. White Woman's Assailant Talveii from Constable and Lynched. Sylvania, Ga., July 18.?Ending a two days' pursuit, a mob during last night took Evan Roberts, a negro, from Constable C. V. Riggs, in the lower part of this county, strung the negro up to the limb of an oak tree and poured at least 500 bullets into his body. The negro attacked two white wo men who were driving along a lonely road Saturday afternooi in a buggy. The horse became frightened and jan away and took the women out of danger, though the negro pursued them with a pistol. Constable Riggs captured Roberts and hid him from the mob for twelve hours. Short work was made of the negro when his hiding place was found. Dump Peaches Into River. Fort Valley, Ga., July 15.?It was stated here to-day that 30 carloads of Elberta peaches will be dumped into the Flint river, eight miles from here to-morrow, as a result of the failure to move the crop quickly. Eighty thousand crates were awanmg cars here to-day and it feared will be a dead loss. Already growers here have lost $100,000 because of the lack of iced cars. The situation is said t to be the worst in the history of the industry ii: this section. BEAR HUNT NEAR EHRHARDT. Mr. Bruin Puts Mr. Parsnip to Flight. Ai His Version of the Encounter. Ehrhardt, July 18.?Judging from the tracks found in many places a ki monster bear is roaming at large out In in the Hiers settlement, a few miles C. from town. ui Bruin was cornered a few evenings w< ago and should have been captured, he but for reasons that follow. b A farmer friend, designated Pars- su nip for special reasons, whose fields re seemed the favored grounds for a bruin's depredations, shouldered his ei trusty rifle, whistled up his dogs, and ta started on the hunt. Bruin was not tv lined up in a bay in a hole of water fr when there was much racket and bay- wl ing by the dogs, which increased in m fierceness as their master pushed his so way through the bushes, encouraging them with, "Take him Brag!" al "Pinch him. Louder!" "Leg him, co Buck!" "Hold him, Nigger!" whoop, of whoop, whoopee!"/ All this time wi bruin was doing some Jeffries stunts hi in the effort at a knock out blow, but hi failed to land on his tormenters, hi while the agility displayed to keep pi them off would have done credit to ki Jim Corbett the day he wrested the w< world's championship from John L. gy Sullivan. by Parsnip was, indeed, coming, pushing his way through the thick bushes, H; while thoughts of bear steak and th heroism caused him to tighten the th grip on his rifle at every step. He ga was determined and bent on destruc- lei tion. Bruin was mad, very mad, and at sight of the intruder, his worst ki enemy, he emitted a "gr?r?r?r" se and "swish-swish" and advanced to give battle. No, sir, the odds were too great; the old "trusty" went up in the air and Parsnip split his way through SP the thick bushes at the rate of a quar- K< ter of a mile in a quarter of a min- fr< ute, the two best dogs making the las same distance in the same time, less W( three yards, tw*o feet, eleven inches de and a few hairbreadths. co In his lightning-like retreat through the thick bushes, Parsnip vil sustained a severe contusion of the tw nose, which he explains is a carbuncle, ed and he further explains that if a -tot dark and threatening cloud had not re< risen up he would have killed the ca bear. Clouds do rise up at unfor- ac tunate times, sometimes, and of is course, they are no respecter of per- su sons, even in a bear hunt, and therefore are not blameless. th One more instance in connection so herewith that may cause a smile: ag To show how hard the farmers foil were pressed to save their crops af- nn ter the ten days' rain in June, when los grass seemed never to grow so greedi- los ly before, the saying of but one man, alt who lives near town, is sufficient. For the lack of labor he was forcejl vil to throw away four acres of pindare. sw When questioned about the loss he fo: said he could have saved the pindars, Tc but he positively had no place to put th the grass. in m< FORTUNE COMES UNSOUGHT. av Trained Nurse Receives $50,000, But an Will Continue Work. dii so Atlanta, Ga., July 18.?Despite the unexpected bestowal upon her of a ^ fortune of fifty thousand dollars, Mrs. W c J. S. Hollins, a trained nurse of this city, announced- to-day that she had no intention of giving up her work among the sick. Mrs. Hollins's benefactor is Dr. Herbert H. Wyming, a as prominent physician, of Los Angeles, st( Cal., whom she met a little more than wj three years ago in Savannah, Ga., ^ immediately following her graduation as a nurse. The doctor wrote her a few days ago that he had decided to Bj make her a present of $50,000 and the money would reach her within a ra few days. Mrs. Hollins admitted that Dr. Wyming has a very likeable son, " Harry, who the doctor wishes her to gj. marry. sn "He has always liked me and has ta often jokingly told me that I had bet- 0 ter marry Harry ana ne wouia mane me wealthy, but I never had any idea that he would give me so much money." sh Still in Speakership Race. ^ Burlingame, Kan., July 18.?Jo- ^ er seph G. Cannon will not take himself out of the race for speakership of the next house of representatives. This he made plain near the conclusion of his speech at Emporia, Kan., this afternoon. He said he would abide by the will of the Republican caucus if the Republicans control the next conSE gress, but that no "muckraking magazine" could make him say he would not be a candidate. In other words, c he said, he would not make an ef- ^ fort to win the speakership; yet the emphasis with which he spoke made it as as *vioi? if thft Rpnuhlican caucus pxaiu vuat **. ? ? should nominate him he would be ^ willing to serve. ^ Speaker Cannon's remarks on the speakership were made just before he left the platform at Emporia to catch a train for Burlingame, where to-night he made his third political speech in the Kansas primary cam- or paign. C. i ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE. iken County Citizen Seriously Wounded "by Unknown Party. Augusta, Ga., July 16.?Ben Han nson, a prominent white farmer ring a few miles from Langley, S . was shot by some party, as ye lknown, and probably fatall: ounded yesterday, while on his wa: >rae from Langley, where he hat ?en on business. Complete myster: rrounds the tragedy, which occur d on a secluded road, hedged in b: very thick growth of bushes 01 ther side; the spot of the alleged at ck being at a dip in the road, be reen two Hills, ana aoout zou yara: om the nearest house. The spo here the shooting took place is i ile and a half from Mr. Hankin n's house. Mr. Hankinson says he was ridins ong the road near the Rockhil lored church, close to the residence Mr. A. P. Franklin, and a mai ith a dark mustache came from be nd a bush and fired two shots ai m. The unknown assassin missec s first aim, but the second shoi erced the left breast of Mr. Han nson, just above the heart, anc *nt through the back of the bug seat, falling to the ground close The physician who examined Mr ankinson said had it not been foi e muscular contraction of the heart e bullet would have hit a vital or.n, causing instant death. The bul t barely missed the heart. At a late hour to-night Mr. Han nson was reported to be in a verj rious condition. Cloudbursts Cause Damage. Louisville, Ky., July 16.?Wide read damage in several counties it rntucky and Indiana has resulted Dm the cloudbursts which brok( st night and to-day after thre< jeks of almost constant rain. Henrson, Union, Webster and Nichola* unties in Kentucky suffered most A quarter of a mile of the Louislie & Nashville railroad track be een Paris and Maysville was washaway and three steel bridges wen tally wrecked, according to reports ceived to-night. Many houses wen rried offi by the waters and a large reage of tobacca, corn and wheal a complete loss. Live stock also ffered heavily. In Carlisle City, tobacco stored ir e warehouse of the Burley Tobaccc ciety was soaked and badly darned. Eight blocks of the city anc mber yards were inundated and nch timber was washed away. The 5s in Carlisle and Nicholas countj 58 in Carlisle and Nicholas counties Dne is estimated at $200,000: Two inches of rain fell in Mayslie, Ky., to-day and the waters ept through houses, carrying ofl rniture and everything movable tbacco plants were washed out anc e swollen creeks carried everything their paths. The bridges at NeedDre and Moransburg were swepl ray. Washouts occurred on the Monor d Inniana Central railroads in Inma and traffic will be tied up tc me extent. Practically all the lowlands in Jefrson county (Louisville) are undei iter and much damage is reported. A Tomb of Snow. One of the saddest of the stories sociated with the heavy snoyDrms of the winter of 1884, whict 11 long be remembered as one ol e severest of the last century, is e following: In one section, near the foot of th< ue Ridge Mountains, just when e Leesburg turnpike crosses ths nge, an old lady lived with a young andson alone in a small house i ile away from the nearest dwelling le was completely entombed by th< ow drifting down from the moun in, and for several days was with it food. Being reduced almost to starva :>n, and knowing that a relief part: not be able to find her house ie cut a hole through the roof an< rust a long pole through the snow ith a gayly colored shawl on th< id. It was seen by persons who noti ?d an old gentleman living a couph miles away. He immediately or >red a colored man to mount i >rse and take with him food an< tel. The man rode toward th< >use until the horse stuck in th< tow, and then could go no further He managed with difficulty to ge ick home, and upon telling his em oyer the latter summoned out al ie hands on the place, and, gettinj ( near to the old woman's cabi] i they could, they worked wit! fhov mit t'hrmip'h int< IUVC13 until tuvj vwv WA*? w ie cabin. On breaking in the; mnd it too late. The woman an< >r grandson were both frozen t< ?ath. Dry Stove Wood.?I have a larg< pply of dry stove wood on hand ood delivered promptly. Cash witl der. J. H. MURPHY, Bamberg, S V NO PARDON. T 7 Orangeburg Convicts Must Serve Sentence. n Columbia, July 15.?Governor An, sel to-day refused to pardon Daisy ri . Moss serving three years for man- q t slaughter from Orangeburg. The wo- tl 7 man killed Sam McCrary and came fi 7 to the penitentiary four years ago. 1 Governor Ansel refused to grant ^ 7 a pardon to D. V. Berry, of Calhoun t< - who is serving two years for cutting tl 7 a man on the train who resented in- ^ tc i sun 10 ms wire. *i ai Drowned in Lynche's River. r< 5 ~ t Lake City, July 16.?Frank Ken^ nedy, a young man about 18 years . old, was accidentally drowned in Lynche's river, at Courtney's point, r about seven miles from here, late 1 yesterday afternoon. ? Mr. Kennedy, who could not swim, 1 was bathing with several boys and . men. It seems that Mr. Kennedy and L I Press Hyman, a boy about 15, got I into a canoe to go from one point to I another. Hyman, who was standing . up, either fell out or jumped out. The I boat overturned and threw Mr. Ken. nedy into the water. At this point the x water was only deep enough to reach Mr. Kennedy's chest had he stood on his feet, but he seemed to become . paralyzed with terror and every effort to save him failed. Up to this . time the body has not been recovered. Mr. Kennedy was a son of Geo. E. Kennedy, of the High Hill neighbor. hood, an energetic farmer and a good . citizen, and the tragic death of his son is a shock to his family and i.eighbors. . b t< SHERIFF'S SALE. TJ <V - Slat? oi soum ^arouua?Diiuuueig u t County. p . By virtue of an execution to me directed by John F. Folk, treasurer for w i Bamberg county, I have levied upoo ii i and will sell at public auction to the ? . highest bidder, for cash, on Monday, * the first day of August, 1910, same being sales day, in front of the court _ house at Bamberg, S. C., during the * legal hours of sale, the following de. scribed real estate: One lot and house in the town of Midway, in Midway Township, county 5 and State aforesaid, bounded as fol> lows: ; North by lands of J.. M. Stokes, [ East by Hayne street, South and ' West by lands of G. S. Walker. - Levied upon and to be sol<^ as the > property of the estate of A. Kinard at the suit of the State of South Carolina for taxes due and owing. " Purchaser to pay for papers. > J. B. HUNTER, Sheriff Bamberg County. I Bamberg, S. C., July 8th, 1910. j ???i DR. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST BAMBERG, S. C. ; Office in Herald Building. I I HAPPY EESULTS > Have Made Many Bamberg ; Residents Enthusiastic. No wonder scores of Bamberg citizens grow enthusiastic. It is enough > to make anyone happy to find relief after years of suffering. Public . statements like the following are but . truthful representations of the daily " work done in Bamberg by Doan's Kidney Pills. J. C. Utsey, Main St., Bamberg, S. C., says: y "I am very willing that my name } should be used in recommendation . of Doan's Kidney Pills. I suffered { from kidney trouble for several years. There were pains in the f small of my back and at times I was > bothered by irregular passages of the kidney secretions. The use of sev> eral remedies brought me but little relief and when I saw Doan's Kidney i Pills advertised, I went to the Peoi pies Drug Co. and procured a sup; ply. I have not taken them long l enough to justify a cure, but considering the results already received, - I feel that it will be but a short time - before this result is brought about. - 1 hope that other persons who are afflicted in a similar manner will give Doan's Kidney Jfiiis a trial/' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo C New York, sole agents for the/ , United States. 1 Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. * to. Mora DIOKmSON i; " ! INSURANCE AGENT . Z WILL WRITE ANYTHING o i Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia- <> I x bility, Casualty, in the ][ 5 Z strongest and most re- o liable companies. X 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C. X t j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA y Varied courses of study in Sci1 ence, Liberal Arts, Education, Civil i and Electrical Engineering and Law. j College fees, room, lights, etc.? $26; Board?$12 per month. For those paying tuition, $40 additional. * The health and morals of the stuo dents are the first consideration of the faculty. 43 Teachers' Scholarships, worth 5 $158. For catalogue write to 1 S. C. MITCHELL, President. Colombia, S. C. ( i . " . SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. 4 he State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?Court of Common Pleas. M. Hornik, plaintiff, against Malie M. Morris, defendant. To the defendant, Mamie M. Moris: You are hereby summoned and reuired to answer the complaint in ' lis action, which is on file in the ofce of the clerk of said court, and to ' >rve a copy of your answer to the lid complaint on the subscriber at is office, 190 Meeting street, Charles>n, S. C., within twenty days after le service hereof, exclusive of the ay of such service; and if you fail ) answer the complaint within the me aforesaid, the plaintiff in this will annlv tn th?> nourt for thfl Liiuu nm " f l' * ?r ? ?lief demanded in the complaint. Attest: * B. C. BELLINGER, . B. FREE, Plaintiff s Attorney. C. of C. for Bamberg County. Dated Jany 22, A. D. 1910. _ j W. E. FEEE ~ 3'|||f Attorney-at-Law All business entrusted to me . will receive prompt attention. * nvestigation of land titles a specialty Office for present at court house. ? [FOR THAT HEAT] ;J?? EXHAUSTION When you are worn to a "frazzle" j'/.'""|S y torried weather?you need a good .a >nic that will tone up the system, 1 jvive the appetite, make you feel 'v .* ctive, well again. That tonic is n r DR. BROWN'S TONIC COM- tSisS ound. --- It's atonic that YOUR doctor ' ill recommend after examining its lgredients. $1.00 the bottle. lOOVER'S DRUG STORE BAMBERG. S. C. WAKE UP!' '{ Shake off that I tired feeling due to sluggish liver, kidneys, , stomach and bowels. , ^|j| Cleanse and purify a your system with the \ greatest of tonics, OXIDINE ?a bottle proves.^' The specific lor Malaria, Chills ^ and Fever, and all diseases due to disorders of liver, bowels, stomach ^ and kidneys. SOc. 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