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1 ?be Smnberg Seralft Thursday, Sept. 22,1910. =================================== SHORT LOCALS. f-, C-*; ""m^mrnmmm Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The boys and girls are leaving for college this week. Cotton picking is going forward rapidly in this section. Miss Estelle Smoak has accepted a position as clerk in the post office. Those wishing cotton baskets and scales can find same at J. A. Hunter's hardware store. f The oil mill commenced operations last week, and is now crushing seed at a lively rate, running day and < night. See the big ad. of Kirsch's Bargain House in this issue. He is overstocked on all lines of goods and must re- 1 duoe. Highest prices paid for cotton seed, or I will give you a good exchange I-, for C. S. meal. W. G. HUTTO at 1 Copeland's store. 1 Miss Annie Belle Metz, of Denmark, a Winthrop graduate, will ' teach in the Burroughs high school ' . at Conway this year. f See the new ad. of Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co. in this issue. Their fall millinery opening will take place Wednesday and Thursday, October 5th and j 6th. i ' The Weekly News and Courier has < |l* withdrawn its clubbing rate with all j j| weekly newspapers, and therefore ] our subscribers need not send their renewals to us. Please take note of ' . tws. Some rascal stole Mr. L. B. Fowl- ( er's watch at the oil mill Tuesday, going into his closet to get it. Mr. Fowler advertises for it in another i column, offering a reward for its return. 1 JRev. A. B. Watson, of Ehrhardt, is spending a few days of this week in t Beaufort. His object in visiting < , Beaufort is to look after his farm j K which is located a few miles out of j | the city, though he is also enjoying ? the hearty hand-shake of many ' !' V friends between times.?Beaufort Ga- j zette* ^ Big values in dress goods at W. D. j ' Rhoad's. { ||r - At the last meeting of the board ; of public works a petition was received from a number of citizens ask- j ; * ing that an arc light be placed on the street in the rear of Mr. H. J. Brab- 1 ham's residence. The petitioners 1 were notified that the board had no authority to place the light, this mat- 1 ||&vy ter being one for city council. 1 pv v It don't take a primary election to 1 if^ decide that I have the goods and 3 jg?V4 prices for fail. W. D. RHOAD. ] 11. >. Cotton is coming to this market at 4 m a lively rate, and good prices are be|? ' ing paid by our buyers. Several resident buyers represent exporting firms, and Sprunt & Son, of Wilming- ( ' ' ton, are represented by Mr. Fleming, while Mr. Whitesides is buying for Maybank & Co. The competition is ( keen between all buyers and the re- , ^ suit is that high prices prevail. ^ rf Bring your cotton to Bamberg. Start right for winter with a pair j ?!{:- of guaranteed solid leather shoes from W. D. Rhoad. ' The figures in the article of our : |?{ friend, D. R. Matheny, in reference ||\ to milch cows, got badly mixed somei how last week. He intended to say that a good cow would pay eight per 1 cent, interest on $1,320, and we had it $132.00. Don't think that he ' can't figure interest; it was simply a |i trick of our linotype machine we :! guess. My fall clothing for men and boys is here. Get prices before buying. |% W. D. RHOAD. Governor Ansel is right as usual. Tuesday he refused a pardon to Isaiah Bartley who was convicted in Bamberg county in 1908 on the charge of killing Willie Cutter and sentenced to four years. John Anderson was also charged with the crime, hut he escaped at the time. He was later captured and given a sentence of 20 years in the State penitentiary. IV' Ladies, we are receiving our fall line of goods. The selections were made with care and we feel confident that you will be pleased with our .v showing. Our line of ladies' tailor made suits and skirts is especially ir'' . strong, and the prices are most reasonable. We have a splendid assortment, and can suit the most fastidious. Will be glad to show them to you. C. F. RIZER, Olar, S. C. Mr. L. N. Bellinger a few days ago told us of Mr. E. E. Ritter's corn crop. Mr. Ritter lives in the Cope section of Orangeburg county, and his corn made seventy-two bushels to the acre. He also derived 1,046 pounds of fodder per acre and 345 pounds of shucks, the total showing a net pront aDove expeuses ui wci fifty dollars per acre. We have asked Mr. Bellinger to give a more extended description of this crop, and hope he will do so. V' r v - . V Fine weather we're having th( days. Read the new advertisements this issue. See the new ad. of Mrs. A. M( Speaks & Co. in this issue. Th fall millinery opening will take pie Wednesday and Thursday, Octot 5th and 6th. The citation bulletins sent by t Columbia State to this newspaper t mVbr of thp second nrimarv wi much appreciated by those who w< waiting to hear the result for gc ernor and other State officers. Mr. G. M. Hogg and Mrs. Dn Williams, of Ulmer, were quie married at the Baptist parsona Monday evening the 19 th itsna: Rev. 0. J. Frier officiating, Mr. J. Smoak and Miss Roberta Adam3, cousin of the bride, witnessing t ceremony. The cotton mill started up h Monday morning, and in consequec The Herald is being printed in d time. For the last few months ' have been forced to run our lionty machine and presses at night, on i count of the shut down of the cott mill. By next summer we tn that the city mill have day currei as that matter is now being consi ered by the commissioners of pub works. Baptist Church News and Notices DIRECTORY. Preaching service every Sund morning at 11 o'clock and evenii it 7:30 o'clock by the pastor, Re 0. J. Frier. Sunday-school every Sunday mor ng at. 10 o'clock, C. W. Rentz, s perintendent. B. Y. P. U. every Tuesday eveni] it 7:30 o'clock, David G. Felde president. Prayer meeting every Thursd evening at 7:30 o'clock. Woman's M. U. meets Wednesd ifternoon after each 2nd Sunday. Conference each fourth Sund ifter preaching service. Observance of the Lord's Supp ;he first Sunday in each quarter. NEWS AND NOTICES. Two large congregations attend the morning and evening service Sunday. Pastor Frier's theme at t morning serviee was, Two reviews life by two great men. The life Solomon from the selfish motive svhat is there good for me und leaven, which at life's sunset be sa svas a failure; and the life of Pai from the unselfish motive?wh ?ood can I do under heaven, wbi it life's sunset, be called a success Five more candidates were receiv for baptism at the morning service The theme of the evening servi vas the conversion and baptism the Ethiopian eunoch. The following persons were ba tized on profession of their faith the evening service: Misses Kat leen Ducker, Josephine Adams, Jos phine Free, Gladys Free, Hiida Fr< Ruth Herndon, and Thjlma Lew ilso Master Clifford Kinard. Trinity News Notes. ?1 Saturday will be observed as wo lay by the children of Trinity Metfc iist Sunday school, and the procee 3f the day will be given Sunday to t contribution for Epworth orphanaj rhe offering for this purpose is ? pected to exceed any previous amou contributed by the school for a li purpose. A nlan was launched at the moi ing hour last Sunday whereby t Sunday school will be able to supp( four or perhaps five orphans; tl with the one who is supported the Epworth League will give o church a fair representation in tl work. October will be an exceedingly bi month in all lines of business a this will be no less true of the Si day school "where there's a diffi ence." Great preparations are goi forward already for rally day. < this occasion there are expected be 500 present, which means that t capacity of the church will be tax to the fullest. Appropriate sou1 nirs have already been secured, a each one present will be present with one. A special innovation alo this line will be the souvenir to presented to each Confederate v eran present. The theme of the (3 will be along a line which will app< to all of these old veterans, and tl will be especially remembered wh the tokens pf the day are given o Following on rally day will be 1 Orangeburg District Sunday sch convention. This will be an occasi of great help and pleasure to all Si day school workers, and will dou less prove an inspiration to ma others to engage in the work. Cotton Mill Meeting. A meeting of stockholders of Ba berg Cotton Mills Company was h at the mill office in this city Mond The following directors were elect E. F. Verdery, H. C. Folk, J. A. By H. J. Brabham, Jno. H. Cope, J. Black, E. C. Hays, J. A. Wyman. 1 officers are: E. F. Verdery, presid and treasurer; H. C. Folk, vice-pr< dent; W. E. Andrews, secretary; I. Dunn, superintendent, he succeed Mr. J. E. Whitesides, who has b< superintendent for some years. >ge New Advertisements. Kirsch's Bargain House?Great in Overstocked Sale. Box IS, Govan, S. C.?Milch Cow jB.. for Sale. e*r Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co.?Millinery LCe Display. )er L. B. Fowler.?Stolen. Hoover's Drug Store?Your Fondhe ' est Expectations. .he J. J. Smoak?Our Horses Lack jre ire Nothing. >v_ Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co.?Fall Opening. Sunday School Convention, tiy ge The first annual convention of the Qt' Orangeburg District Sunday school Association will be held in Bamberg. a This means much to the people of he this community, for there will be visitors from every Methodist school in ist the district, and the occasion will be tee one fUn 0f interest to our entire comay munity regardless of denomination. we Some of the workers are Dr. Henry Pe N. Snyder, of Wofford College; Mr. K5" J. M. Way, the general superintendon ent of the Methodist conference Sunist day schools for the State; Rev. C. B. a*? Smith, presiding elder of this district; Rev. H. W. Bays, pastor of St. Paul's at Orangeburg; Rev. E. Alston Wilkes, of Barnwell; Mr. F. S. Dibble, of Orangeburg, who by the way ** was a resident of this place at one time; Mr. Guilds, of the Carlisle Fitay ting School, and others, all of whom ^ will take part in the program. The convention will begin on Friday n- morning and will continue through 1U" Sunday, these dates being October 21 to 23 inclusive. Qg There will doubtless be about 100 delegates and visitors present and the ay homes of our people will have to be ay thrown wide open if they are to be TiritVinnt incnnvpnienr1. ai'CUJLilllll'llCll^U. WALUWUU li4VVM ? vM?vMv ay ing any one. The committee in charge of this work will begin to caner vass the town before long. It is hoped that the citizens will freely e(j open their homes and agree to take ^ just as many delegates as possible, k' It is desired that Bamberg shall make a new record on this occasion and that many more homes than nec_ essary will be easily secured. The idea which seems to prevail in the er Jd minds of a groat many people is that . these occasions are times when the ^ hosts must feast their delegates and ch thereby many homes are not opened 5 to the delegates because they feel ^ that it will be a burden to entertain k the visitors. On this occasion at " least this will be laid aside, it is believed, and the people will take them in camp meeting style if necessary and simply provide them enough to at eat and a place to sleep; if there iB to be any feasting, let it be one of ;e_ the spiritual sort which they will get ?e at the meetings of the convention, j ' If our people will fill in the blank and send to the undersigned it will save a great deal of hard work on the part of the committee; we will be glad to have homes from all denomirk nations. M. W. BRABHAM. L?- I will take delegates ds to the Orangeburg District Sunday be Sunday school Convention to be held 'e* in Bamberg, October 21st through the 23rd. nt ke An Unfortunate Occurrence, n he Last Saturday afternoon Mallory )rt Creech, the son of Mr. J. T. Creech, a*s an estimable citizen of this county, by residing on the old Major Bill Hutto ur place, shot and killed a son of Fran118 cis Walker, colored. Young Crech is a boy under 13 isy years of age. He had taken a shot n(* gun and went out hunting, and late in~ in the afternoon came to where two Br" little boys were gathering sticks, nS when one said: "You ought to have been here a little while ago; there t0 were lots of squirrels in the hickory be tree." Closer investigation showed :ei* that a squirrel was in the tree, and ^e" when attempting to make it show nd itself more distinctly, the squirrel ;ed jumped from the hickory tree into nS an oak, and the boy threw up his be gun, and as he did so, it discharged, et" emptying its contents in the side of lay the negro boy. Death resulted in a ^al few hours. iey No blame is attached to young ien Creech, but, of course, he was bound ut* over for court. the ool YOUTH KILLS HIMSELF. ion jn. His Family Can Assign no Cause foi bt- Larry Patterson's Act. my McCormick, Sept. 19.?Larry Patterson, a young man living near Winterseat, about 10 miles from here, shot himself last Saturday night at Lm~ his home and died a few hours after eI(* He will be buried to-day at Bold ay* Spring Baptist church. Young Patterson was a promising youth of IS rd, years. The family and all the com?* munity can, so far, assign no reasor rhe f0r the rash act. He is of one of th ent best families in this county, and tin sorrowing family has the sympathj of all who know them, ing , een Patronize Herald advertisers anc save money. Farmers Should Organize. Editor The Bamberg Herald: ? After thinking over the condition of i the farmers generally of our county, JI think that it is important for them I to come together and strive for their own interests, and we have the Farmmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America for them to work to this end in, where they can keep. | all their transactions to themselves | and be able to cope with all other I businesses as to their welfare. It seems to me that there has never been a more important time in the history of this country for the farmers to work together than now. i Any person that would like to| join a local union may see Mr. J. P. I O'Quin, of Bamberg, county organizer, and get any information they would like to have. D. P. SMITH, *; * County President. Obituaries Are Advertising. It is strange that some people cannot realize that an editor has to live and that his only source of income is from selling his space and copies of his paper. There is a standing notice at the head of our editorial column stating that obituaries, tributes of respect, and resolutions in regard to persons who have died, are charged for as regular advertising. These matters are of interest to no one except the immediate family and friends, and it costs us money to publish them. Our rule is to charge for them, and we trust our friends will not continue to embarrass us by sending this sort of matter in and having us decline to publish it without pay. Farmers' Union Meeting. All local unions of Bamberg county are requested to send delegates to the county union which will meet with the Oak Grove local union at Oak Grove school house on Thursday, October 6th, 1910. D. P SMITH, County President. County Expenses for 1901. A few days ago a friend sent us the following and asked that we republish it. This is a clipping from The Bamberg Herald and we published the article in January of 1902. It shows the expenses of the county for the year 1901: The following statement of the expenses of the county for the past year has been issued from the Supervisor's office, and .we publish it for the information of our readers: Expenses of chain gang....$2,730.22 Mules, harness, and tents.... 257.60 Paupers 607.48 Jail 286.36 Roads and bridges 1,346.18 Denmark special road tax.... 739.09 Road overseers 190.75 Township commissioners .... 525.00 Commutation tax 145.05 Post mortems 40.00 Lunatics 113.60 Stationery and Books 227.54 Printing 80.00 Salaries and postage stamps 3,758.52 April Court, 1901 654.05 .Tulv Court. 1901 707.97 December Court, 1901 1,108.20 Serving jurors 30.60 Paid for rights of way.... 35.22 Inquests 32.50 Miscellaneous 201.93 Wood 46.30 Arresting prisoners out of county 38.25 Total $13,902.39 Credits. Special load lax $739.09 Commutation tax 145.05 Licenses and fines 155.00 Magistrates' fines 322.90 Work Orangeburg county.... 53.34 Total $13,902.39 When the amount of credits is subtracted, it leaves a net total of $12,487.01 for the expenses of the county for the year 1901, and the income of the county now from all sources should be something like this amount. Carlisle Fitting School. Thp Carlisle Fittina School opens to-day (Wednesday) and yesterday and to-day students have been arriving. There will no doubt be an unusuallly large attendance this year, and the prospects for the school are most bright. The regular opening exercises will take place this (Wed. nesday) evening in the school chapel, . when addresses will be delivered by several prominent gentlemen. After the exercises a reception will be held in nrder that the bovs and girls may [ get acquainted with Bamberg people. ; The Cotton Market. t Cotton is coming in at a lively rate > these days, and our buyers are paying ; the very highest prices. The receipts r for the season so far number nearly fifteen hundred bales. Two hundred bales have been received so far I this week. .The price to-day is 13 1-8 cents the pound. DUKES IX JAIL. Man Who Shot Spires Gives Himseli Up?Spires Still Alive. Sam Dukes, the white man froir Sumter, who shot and seriouslj wounded Aidee Spires, of Orangeburg county, is in jail in Bamberg Dukes came here last Friday morning, arriving just before daylight and surrendered to Sheriff Hunter al the jail, telling the sheriff what he had done. The shooting occurred in the towr of Denmark, the difficulty taking place on an excursion train returning from Augusta to Sumter. Immediately after the shooting Dukes jumped from the train and came on tc Bamberg, in fact he says that he was forced to leave the train at once, as others were atempting to take his life. From his account, he acted ir self-defense, and this will be his plea, He has employed S. G. Mayfleld, Esq., to defend him. Dukes is a car inspector for the * n?A f _ .?j. i? 11 2^ n..M Atlantic uoasi uiie anu. uvea m. cumter. It appears that he went on this excursion in the capacity of peace officer, or rather representing the railroad, to keep down trouble. Hi8 story is that he did not cut James Spires or anybody else, that he had no knife or pistol, and the pistol with which he shot Aidee Spires was one he had taken from some man whc was flourishing it around in the car. Dukes states that he was approached by young Spires and possibly others, who accused him of cutting James Spires. That he told them he had done nothing of the kind, and did not even know the mau who was cut. That they would' not be satisfied and attacked him with knives, Aidee Spires having him by the coat and attempting to cut him when he fired. He fired four shots, but only two took effect. Spires is still alive, and it is thought he has a chance to recover. In the meantime Dukes will remain in jail without applying for bond, until Spires gets better or worse. Carlisle Fitting School. The Carlisle Fitting School reopens to-day to begin its eighteenth year's work. Both dormitories are comfortably filled and everything looks favorable for a most prosperous year. Considerable repairs have been made on the buildings recently with many added improvements. We are delighted to say that Mrs. Josephine Beach, for several years theii proficient matron, is again in charge of the boys' hall. Mrs. Mary Van: has charge of the girls' home. Prof. J. Caldwell Guilds, the head master, is assisted by Profs. W. C. Duncan and D. L. Betts with Miss Annie Lou Byrd, of this city, in charge of the music department. The opening will be held to-night in the chape] too late for the publication this week, but an account will be given in the next issue of The Herald. Believes in Unwritten Law. Lexington, Sept. 20.?"Not guilty' was the verdict in the case of M. B Buff, the Confederate soldier, whe was placed on trial yesterday in the sessions court together with his son Artie Buff, for assault and batterj with intent to kill. "Guilty of aggravated assault," was the verdict as to Artie Buff. At the opening of court this morning the case was resumed, and by 11 o'clock the arguments had been concluded and the case placed in the hands of the jurors. It was 5 o'clock when the verdict was reached. This is the case in which Miss Mallissa Buff, daughter of M. B. Buff *??-Lr- J -4 A oVintQ Q1 3.Qmilieu III it L ill CU lut ouvvu John Hendrix, Jr., because he had seduced her under promise of marriage. Her testimony was dramatic at times and she was the star witnest for the defense. The father and son as well as all of the other members of the household, corroborated the young woman's statement. Judge Gage immediately sentenced young Buff to pay a fine of $100 oi serve 60 days in jail. In the course of his remarks to the prisoner, Judge Gage statel that h< regretted very much that there wai not a law in this State permitting the shooting of a man like a mad dog who had seduced a woman. "Th< man who seduces a woman under th< promise of marriage and then fails t< marry her is the lowest sort of a vil lain," he declared. He stated tha he regretted very much that it wai not in his province to give youn* Hendrix five years on the chain gang There is to be but one change ii the congressional delegation fron this state, in the second district James F. Byrnes has won the nomi noHrm nvor Pnri?r(?sman J. 0. Pat terson. We are glad there are to b< no more changes; it is our idea tha a congressman with a half dozei years experience behind him can ac complish much more than one bran* new. When putting in a congress man for keeps, however, be sur you have an able congressman.. W< I consider that our state has thre> able and three mediocre represents tives; we hope young Mr. Byrne ' will make the majority in the righ I direction.?Sumter Herald. MAKING STATE FLAG KNOWN. r Public Buildings Must Display Palmetto Tree and Crescent. i t One year ago the South Carolina - flag was practically unknown to the . school children of the State. Gov. - Ansel knew that there was a flag of , the State but he did not think there ^ t were thousands of the children who ; were unacquainted with the flag. He had occasion to leave the State and i neede a flag. One could not be ; found. There was some discussion ; started as to the State flag and it - was found that few people in the State knew anything about it. Gov. ? Ansel became very much interested. i He studied tne History or rne nag ana s as a result there was a measure pass5 ed at the last session of the general l assembly requiring that flags be . placed on the public buildings in the , State including the school houses. The flags will be manufactured at i Clemson College. The flag has not ^ as yet been placed on the State capi\ tol. Will Allow No Fight. i Spartanburg, Sept. 19.?Solicitor ^ Otts of this district to-day called a halt in the arrangement to have a k prize fight in this county between two ' negroes, one representing Union county the other a Spartanburg negro. ^ For some time there have been rumors of this fight, so to-day the solicitor took a look into the matter. He I summoned to his office Alfred Dean, > ( whose name rumor had associated with the promotion of the fight, read . him the law on the subject and told, him if the fight was had he would be ? r prosecuted. The solicitor says Dean declared he would call the fight off. A Good Position 1 Can be had by ambitious young , men and ladies in the field of "wirelooo" Ar rqilnrov talcoranhv Qitl pp I Vi 1 Uli TT VVlVQi M/AMW the 8-hour law became effective, and since the wireless companies are es' tablishing stations throughout the country there is a great shortage of telegraphers. Positions pay beginners from $70 to $90 per month, with good chance of advancement. The National Telegraph Institute 1 operates six official institutes in ! America under supervision of ; railroad and wireless officials and . places all graduates into positions. It will pay you to write them for 5 full details at Davenport, la., Cinr cinnati, O., Portland, Ore., of Mems phis, Tenn. i Waylaid and Robbed. > ' t Spartanbiurg? S. C., Sept 14.?Decoyed to a lonely spot near Glendale, six miles from this city by a call for l his professional services. Dr. William, y j G. Sexton tof this city, was waylaid > this morning by two white men who overpowered him, rendered him un[ conscious with chloroform and rob( bed him of $500. According to his . L statement he had intended to give the money to a building contractor in payment for repairs to his house which was almost destroyed by fire ? ' three months ago. Dr. Sexton had . a narrow escape from losing his life > on that occasion. > Dr. Sexton lay unconscious for nine , hours. When he recovered conscious' ness he called to a passing negro for assistance. He was brought to j Spartanburg and taken home. He was still dazed but managed to give a fairly good description of one of his assailants. Deputy Sheriff J. Edward Vernon and a posse at once ? started in pursuit. ?. GIRL CONFESSES MURDER. /$ 5 Killed Father and Uncle Because t They Had Whipped Her. I Arkansas City, Kan., Sept. 18.? : Miss Ebby Shepard, 16 years old, i whose father, J. W. Shepard and his , brother, Taylor Shepard were slain ' f s at their home in Newkirk, Okla., last i Friday, to-day confessed to County Attorney Burns and Sheriff Rader 1 that she killed the two men. It was r first reported that the brothers had been killed by a young man who i afterwards attacked the girl. 3 In her confession, the girl declares ; 3 the cause of the crime was that the . 3 men whipped her. She went to a , woodshed, brought the axe with 3 which the crime was committed and 3 gave it to the officers. * > The girl has always been regarded . feeble minded. \ i t Church and School Burn. r ?? Bishopville, Sept. 19.?Saturday night about 1 o'clock a. m. the school i house and church at Ashland about ^ i nine miles from here were destroyed , by Are. The school house caugut, - first, and it is the opinion of the peo pie that the sparks from the school 3 house set fire to the church which t was situated about 50 yards from the i school house in the direct course of - the wind. .fc: i The school house was a large build ing with two stories to the main part e and a long addition to one side.' The - * - *? ? ..o.rt/1 hr + Vi o WnrwImPTl b upstairs weic u?*cw wj e of the World, and this order had a > - meeting before the fire. There was * s no insurance on the church and only t $1,500 on the school house which was worth about $3,500.