Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SHOT AT BASEBALL GAME Elder Hudson Killed, Son and Conr stable Wounded. Roanoke, Va., July 22.?Robert Hudson was shot through the heart ^ and instantly killed, Ernest Hudson, aged 19, son of Robert Hudson, was shot through the abdomen, and R. A. Walk, a constable, was shot * through the arm at a baseball game at Max Meadows, Va., to-day when Constable George Alford went to arrest the elder Hudson. Young Hudson may recover. Walk went to the i assistance of Alford, and Ernest Hudson went to his father's aid. Walk fired four times, two shots striking the elder Hudson, a third ^ hitting young Hudson, and the fourth ' * T_ xT passing tnrougu tut; ? vj?u. t arm. Xo other shots were fired. Walk surrendered and was taken to the > county jail at Wytheville. Two brothers of Robert Hudson met similar deaths to that which befell him to-day. Charles Hudson was killed some years ago at Max Meadows, and Richard Hudson was killed at Coeburn, Va. How Your Local Paper Helps You and How You Can Help It. We believe every farmer should take at least one of his local or county ? papers. If he does not, he can scarcely expect to keep up with the happenings og his own neighborhood and the doings of his own acquaintances, and while we would not have any reader of ours limit his interest to the things that are going on immediately around him, he is certainly not a well-informed man if he is ignorant of these things. ^ This, then, is one reason why you should subscribe for, ana pay for, and possibly write for and advertise in your local paper. Ank other reason is that a good paper in any town or county is a positive force in the upbuilding of that town * or county. A good paper is one of the surest indications of, and the best advertisements for, a progressive community; and it is impossible for any editor to make a good paper if he does not have the support of the people for whom the paper is made. > The local paper may also be a source of direct financial benefit to you. To say nothing of what its advertising columns may be worth to you, either as buyer or seller, cases are always arising when it is a positive saving of time and money to know just what is being done by one's neighbors, or one's county officials, or the business men with whom one has to deal. Next to a telephone, a really live local paper will do more than anything else in keeping you in touch with your local market. for these reasons, and many others that might be given, the local editor has a right to expect your patronage and your co-operation. In return there are some things you have a right to expect of him. In the first place, you have a right to demand that he keep his paper \ clean?that he make it fit reading matter for your family. If more space is developed to scandals and murders and sensational fake sto f ries than to the really important happenings of the day, you not only have a right, but it is your duty to protest. These things are not news, though many editors think they are, and others publish them because they think that people want to read about them. You should give the more hearty support to your county paper if its advertising columns are clean?it it refuses to carry whiskey, patent medicine, and fraudulent investment advertising. No farmer should subscribe for any paper of general cir culation that carries such advertising, and he has a right to insist that L his county paper shall not only refuse the more vicious of such advertising, but completely purge itself of all such as rapidly as its support will permit. Then you have a right to demand that your editor tell the news as it is. He has a perfect right to pres ent his views with all the force he has in his editorial columns, but when he presents anything as news he must have it just as accurate? just as free from personal or partisan views?as possible. The editor who permits his personal or political feelings to color his news columns is guilty of an actual immorality. A third right you have is to demand that your local paper give the LLLUSL U1 JK ClCC^lltlVLL LU lUCcti uay enings and local problems. It is the special business of "Rural County News, to tell what is happening in Rural County and to aid in this county's development and progress. Its views on the tariff or the Congo slave question may be interesting and valuable, but it can probably do more good by giving this space to helping have the back alleys of Ruralville kept q clean, or by interesting the farmers of Rural County in the institute that will be held for their benefit this summer. Insist, then, that your paper deal \ BATH DOUBLED MONEY. Alleged Swindler of Unique Character at Snniter. Sumter, July 21.?About three months ago "Professor" Goodwin, an alleged palmist, came to Sumter and opened up parlors on South Sumter street, and for several weeks did a phenomental and rushing business. In the zenith of his glory, he suddenly disappeared, and upon inquiry it was learned that he had relieved Ralph Hill, a local bicycle dealer, of seven hundred dollars by a cunning1.. TU;il iv IdiU x uuug xjliu liaiuio that he told him he possessed a secret process by which he could make money multiply by subjecting it to a certain electrical treatment. In order to demonstrate that wonderful power, it is said, he induced Hill to bring him one hundred dollars in currency, which roll he dipped into a bucket of water and gave , to Hill to keep until the next morning. Hill agreed not to open the package until a specified hour. When the package was opened on the following morning, lo and behold there was the two hundred dollars in currency of the real money, and ( Hill fell into the well-laid trap. The same afternoon after consulting with the professor he got together seven hundred dollars and off he went to have that amount subjected to the same treatment and doubled in the same manner. The same immersion in the bucket took place and another package was handed to him to be kept until the folowing day. When the last package was opened, it con- 1 tained only a piece of paper, and Goodwin had flown the coop. Every effort was made to apprehend the professor before he got beyond the borders of the State, but ; all to no avail. Then Hill had circu- 1 lars printed giving the size and de- ' scription of the professor, and of- ; fered a reward of one hundred dol- i lars for his apprehension and arrest. About a tfeek ago word was received from Bellair, Ohio, that the officers had the man, and to send some one on for identification. Hill went and found that the suspect was the right man, and he immediately wired the 1 authorities here. Deputy Sheriff Sykes landed his man in Sumter this morning, and he is now in jail in default of a $3,000 bond required by i Magistrate Harby. As soon as his pals arrive, he says, he will be able to come across with 1 the coin. Mr. Sykes had every difficulty in securing his prisoner. He fought ex- i tradition, and Governor Ansel refus- < ed the Sumter deputy sheriff's request by wire for permission to em- ! ploy counsel to represent the State; Mr. Sykes employed a lawyer, however, on his own responsibility and 1 had he not done so he would never have been able to bring the professor to South Carolina. The people here are very much interested in the outcome of the case, 1 and they want to see the professor get the limit of the law, but some think as the deputy sheriff was ad,vised by the officials at Bellair that i he belongs to a set of the worst criminals in the country, it is more than likely that they will come across ?i*v. + ftiroc* thrmsanri that will Willi 111^ WUiVV vuvv?v?%MM. put their man on the ground. After the Lecture. A lecture was over, and the gentleman who did the talking strained his ears as he followed the audience out of the hall to gather in, so far as he could, what sort of an impression he had made. As he drew near the doorway the old gentlemen who were making their way out just ahead of him rendered a verdict. "Well, Bankside," said one of them, "what did you think of it?" "I've heard worse," said Bankside. "Did you think it was at all illuminating?" asked the other. "In an old-fashioned way, yes," replied the venerable Bankside. "I don't quite catch your point," said the questioner. "Why, it was illuminating, but it struck me as having more gas than electricity about it," explained the critic.?Judge's Library. with the things of your community, that it give the local news and help solve local problems. Here again your help may be required, and you should feel it your duty to let your paper know of any local event of interest that comes under your notice, or to use it as a means of calling attention to any movement that will make for the betterment of community life. A good local paper is one of the best assets a small town or a farming county can have. In its work of education and entertainment it does good to every one in its territory. To be a good paper, it must be, as we have said, clean, accurate, wideawake, and in touch with the life of the community. It is your duty to help make it so; first, by giving it financial and moral support, and second, by insisting that it have high ideals and live up to them.?Progressive Farmer. EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN. Target Practice Results Fatally at Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, Va., July 21.? Eleven men of the coast artillery are dead to-night as the result of the blowing out of a breech block in one of the big guns while the fort was engaged in target practice. A half dozen others are in the post hospital, one of whom may die. The exact cause of the explosion is not yet definitely determined, although a board of inquiry was appointed immediately after the disaster by orders from the war department in Washington. The toll of death, it is believed, would have been larger had it not been for the heroism displayed, both by the officers and men in the battery. The wounded forgot their hurts and aided the uninjured in stamping out the burning powder that threatened the sacks in which the charge for a second shot had been brought up. The explosion took place in Battery De Russey, Xo. 1 gun doing the damage. The gun was in charge of Capt. James Prentice, who had with him Lieut. George P. Hawles, Jr., and George L. Van Deusen. Lieut. Hawles had gone forward from the breech to examine the range when the charge was exploded. He was thrown down and momentarily stunned, but otherwise was uninjured. Eight Killed Outright. In the thick, heavy smoke, the scene was almost indescribable, Eight men were killed outright, their bodies lying scant;reu aiuuuu mc cmpiattment. Under the pall the wounded writhed and moaned. Capt. Prentice and Lieut. Hawles foresaw a further sacrifice of life if the other charges caught from the smouldering sparks, and the two sent out a call for surgeons, while they attacked the flames with their naked hands. Capt. Prentice reached the emplacement first, and before looking into the extent of the damage, he pushed his way through the smoke and sparks and carried out a bag of powder. He then was joined by Hawle and the two completed the task of averting a further explosion. During this time Lieut. Van Deusen lay crumpled beneath the gun, his leg broken in two places. He was suffering agonies, but when the officers and men tried to move him he would not hear to it. "See to the men first," he ordered and propped himself against the gun carriage and aided in directing the work of the rescue parties and the surgeons. Corpl. Humphreys and Sergt. Brinkley, a gun pointer, also distinguished themselves. The former's hand, body and arms were filled with pieces of flying concrete that had been blown from the emplacement when the explosion came. In spite of his painful wounds, he rushed to his dead and wounded comrades, extinguishing their burning clothing and then hurried to the nearby encampment for water. Sergt. Brinkley was close to the breach when it blew out. He was hurled over the sight standard, and, when he regained consciousness, found himself hanging by one arm from the railing of the sighting platform. Although severely bruised and suffering from the shock, Brinkley declined to go to the hospital or permit the surgeons to examine him until after he had assisted in the work of rescue. Theory of Disaster. Col. C. P. Townsley, commandant of the fort, promptly ordered an investigation. While no decision has yet been reached, Col. Townsley advanced his theory of the disaster. "It is evident," he said, "that the explosion occurred during the insertion of the breech block into the breech of the gun, and before it had been rotated and locked in place. The safety devices on the gun are intended to make a premature discharge impossible. Just how they failed to operate prooaDiy win never be known to a certainty. Every member of the detachment who could explain it, was killed. The inquiry, however, is to be thorough. Assisting in the investigation arej some of the leading officers of the army, who were present at the time of the explosion. Among them are Gen. Crossier, general of ordinance of the army; Gen. Carter, assistant chief of staff; Gen. Murray, chief of coast artillery and Gen Bixby, chief of engineers. The fatal accident occurred during target practice at floating targets, which were built to the porportions of battleships. The firing was prosecuted as nearly as possible under battle conditions and the shooting was on a more pretentious scale than ever has been attempted before. Ef flyin' machines don't ever do nothing more than give people a tendency to look up they will hev done the world some good, anyway. r-'J - '* - - - - vi ^ ^ _'5?. XEGRO PAYS PENALTY. Texas Mob Burns Would-be Assail ant and Murderer. Belton, Texas, July 22.?Henrj Gentry, a negro eighteen years old paid the penalty of his crimes, murder and presumably intended assault, at the stake to-night, while twc others, a brother of the man lynchec and a companion, charged with implication, missed a like fate, onlj through the pleadings of Sherifl Burke and several citizens. Early to-day the negro attempted to force an entrance into the home o1 .Mrs. Lamb, a widow, but was frightened away with a shot by the woman's daughter. Several hours later while Gentry was being searched foi by a posse headed by Constabh James Mitchell the man, firing from ambush, killed the posse leader. Then the mob formed and, aftei an all day search, surrounded th< fugitive in a corn field. As the mot closed in Gentry made a dash foi liberty, but was brought to eartl by two well directed bullets. A rope was quickly brought and th( man dragged to an automobile anc hurried to Belton, where severa: thousand frenzied men and boys awaited his coming. As the public spuare was reached the rope was tossed to a man 01 horseback and the negro draggec about the square to the pyre. Th? applying of a torch was the work ol a moment and when several hundred shots were fired into his body, th? already dying man was incinerated When the work of the mob was ended there, a dash was made for th< city prison, with the intent of lynching the others charged with aiding Gentry in the killing of Mitchell Pleadings and a show of force stop ped the mob before an attempt was made to storm the jail. The crowds then dispersed and further disordei is not anticipated. The Peach Tree Borer. Next to the San Jose Scale this is the most destructive peach insect ii the State. Every fruit grower is familiar with its work. The time is approaching when effective work foi preventing the ravages of this pesi next year can be done. Briefly stated the life history o: this insect is as follows: The smal brownish eggs are laid in the crevi ces of the bark or in wounds on th< base of the tree and also on exposec roots. These soon hatch and th< small whitish larvae begin burrow ing into the sap and outer layer o: wood where they continue to develoj until growth is checked by colt weather. In this condition they li< dormant except for an occasional in terruption by warm weather, unti the approach of spring when feed ing is resumed and contained unti about the tenth of June. At this tim< [ the fully developed larva leaves th< , tree and forms a cocoon or capsul< about one inch in length composed o ! silk in the soil at the base of the tre< In this cocoon the larva passes a qui scent period of about three weeks the male of which slightly resemble! an ordinary wasp. The beautlfull: colored female begins laying eggs for the next generation, soon afte: emerging?about July 10. Approxi mately speaking, the egg laying pe riod extends from July 10 to Octo ber 1. If the soil is banked around th< base of the infested trees to a deptl of about ten inches after the larva< have entered the soil for pupation which is about June 20, the result ing moths will perish in att'emptinj to come to the surface of the mount of earth. The mound should be lef about the tree until October 15 which will prevent female mothi from other orchards, and any possi ble ones that may have escaped, fron laying their eggs on the moist por tion of the tree. Many of the egg! laid higher up on the trunks of th< trees will never hatch, and the larvat of any that may hatch can easily b< destroyed by carefully going over th< orchard with a knife in the fall After October 15 the mounds may b< removed and the upper portion of th< roots uncovered during the winter in order to destroy any borers by ex posure should the weather be suffi ciently cold. This method has beei tried in several orchards in Soutl Carolina and found to work admira bly. By following these few simple sug gestions we will be able to improv< the quality and quantity of our frui besides adding greatly to the protec tion of our orchard. W. A. THOMAS, State Entomologist. A Neat Excuse. The small boy sought his mother "Ma," he said, "the teacher talk ed just awful about 'my manner to-day. She told me I acted like \ hr,T who Hirtn't have anv hrinaini up." '"And what did you say?" hi mother asked. "I excused you the best I kne\ how," he replied. "I told her yoi was only my stepmother." OIL MILL ABSORBED. Southern Cotton Oil Company Buys Properties at Kingstree. Kingstree, July 22.?The oil mill at this place, owned by the once In. dependent Cotton Oil Company, which . has been sold to the Southern Cotton , Oil Company. .Mr. L. P. Kinder, who I is its local representative at this . place, states that the ginneries inr eluded in this purchase will be put i> in first-class shape and will be ready for operation at the beginning of [ the season. I Just what will be done with the oil . mill, it is unable to ascertain, but it . is safe to say that this big corporation will not tie up the amount of . capital invested in this property ; merely to operate the ginneries. This { charge of ownership will result in one or more industrial enterprises . for Kingstree. Arrested for Soliciting. r Greenwood, July 22.?F. M. Da1 vis, a young white man, traveling L salesman for a Richmond, Va., whisJ key house, spent last night in jail ^ here, having been arrested on the 1 charge of soliciting orders for wet 5 goods by distributing circulars. The arrest was made late yester* day afternoon by State Constable J. 1 B. Riley as Davis was about to leave 1 town. Davis got in touch with his house F this morning and put up the $200 ^ bond required of him. Davis is the young man who was ' arrested about a year ago in Laurens 5 on a similar charge and the case was 5 carried to the supreme court. H. M. GRAHAM Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. p Practices in all Courts of this State. Offices in The Herald Building. : Droosv? A W : Given up by Doctor f "I had dropsy, and was told j by my family physician that - there was no chance for me. My * family also gave me up. My 1 limbs and body were swollen 3 i * one-third larger than natural, E water collected around my heart > and I had to be propped up in 1 bed to keep from smothering. I took Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy I until I was entirely cured. This - was in 1902, and I am now able 1 to do any kind of work on my J farm. My cure was certainly ^ marvelous." t L. TURLEY CURD, 5 Wilmore, Ky. Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy has 3 been wonderfully successful in * relieving heart trouble. Its tonic ' effect upon the heart nerves and muscles is a great factor in . assisting nature to overcome - heart weakness. Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy Is sold by - all druggists. If the first bottle does l not benefit, your druggist will return 5 your money. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. t j | For His Sake I 1 "My husband begged me H - to take Cardui," writes Mat 3 H tie L Bishop, of Waverly, I 3 Va"and for his sake I a- H - H greed to try it Before I had 3 taken 1 bottle, I felt better. 3 "Before taking Cardui I H . suffered miserably every H 3 month and had to go to 5 bed until it wore oft but I , now 1 am all right" ICARDIII Tl*a U/nmen'e Tah!/* a 1119 vfwiiiaii 9 i VIIIW 1 B You know Cardui will B B help you, because it has B B helped others who were H B in the same fix as you. B B It is not only a medi- B B cine for sick women, but B B a tonic for weak women. B . B Being made from mild, B . B gentle, vegetable ingredi- B s B ents, it is perfectly harm- B a B less and has no .bad N T B after-effects. Eg B Cardui can be relied H _ B upon to help you. B Try it today. B A A 4t J f _ ^B C-% I _ > --v.; - . U. .. Jx.. - . -^Z. '/<-'. jl.JL ^ V- :*' <L.~v>C . .?. Accidents Will Happen And when they do?they hurt. HUNT'S LIGHTNING OIL is the one instaneous relief and cure for all wounds, bruises, sores, cuts, sprains, and abrasions of the sldn. It forms an artificial skin covering, excludes the air instantly, stops pain at dnce. There are many oils, but none like HUNT'S. The action is different and the effect as well. ...HUNT'S? /^\I| LIGHTNING Always have it in the house. Take it with you when you travel ?You never can tell when HUNT'S LIGHTNING OIL may be most needed. 25cts and 50cts > bottles. :::::::::: y. m -w -rs T?"WT T T T\T>Tr/1/1TOmfl f UK MLK ax ALL LFntULrnxo. A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE C0.f Sherman, Texas. Sold by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg. ??_^grnrw-^? 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