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PAYS PENALTY. \ Negro Bunk Sherard Hanged Las > Friday at Greenville. Greenville, Oct. 7.?The first lega execution in Greenville in sevn year; occurred this morning in the jail yart 4 when the negro, Bunk Sherrard, pai( the penalty with his life for havinj murdered SDecial Officer WaldroD a Piedmont two months ago. r Dead in Few Minutes. Sherrard was pronounced dead ii 12 minutes after the springing of th< trap. His body was cut down anc after being prepared for burial waf turned over to his family. ^ * There were few spectators admit ted to the jail yard, only the countj officers, county physician and twc newspaper men being present. The I Sherard case has had some peculiai ' sides throughout. Officer Waldrop the slain man, was returning with c party of officers from quelling a dis t turbance at a negro church near Pied mont, and becoming aware of a partj of gamblers in the woods near th< town they closed in on them, with th( result that the negro Sherard openet fire, killing Waldrop almost instantly The negro then made his escape anc titoo Viiin + a/i !? mnh fnr npnrlv twf days. When finally exhausted he sur rendered to the sheriff. ^ Confessed After Conviction. During the trial late in Septembei Sherard declared his innocence, bu after being found guilty and when th< V- judge ordered him to stand up anc receive sentence he fel into a fain and many people supposed he hac been literally frightened to death For several days Sherard was uncon scious and under care of a physician Finally he rallied and soon after sen tence was passed upon him he sern for his lawyer and made a confession Many Homeless From Flood. Louisville, Oct. 7.?Almost unpre cedented rains have fallen in the Ohio river valley during the pasi three days, and as a result the Ohic threatens to reach a flood stage in ? J few days.\ In the past thirty-sis 1 hours the ri>er at Paducah, Ky., hat risen 6.3 feet and continues to rise At Evansville, Ind., the river was rising at the rate of three tenths of ? foot an hour. The rainfall at the lat ter point totalled eleven inches in 4? I hours, breaking the record in thai section for the past 40 years. At Louisville, Owensboro and other points in Kentucky, Eevansville Booneville and other points it Southern Indiana, the rain of th( t past few days has caused damage amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is estimated. Bridges have been caried away, crops are totally destroyed, railroad tracks wash ed away and various otner losses ,. have been caused. < A dispatch from Boonville, Ind. states that 500 people are homeless ^ there and that the deluge has destroyed more than a million dollars worth of property in Southern Indiana. Damage to bridges and roads x in six counties in Kentucky has beer placed at half a million dollars. According to the officials of the *?: weather bureau here the rain sieg was one of the longest and most damaging in years. k How's This? We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh thai cannot be cured "by Hall's Gatarrh Cure.^ ^ F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. f We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions anc financially able to carry out any ob1 ligations made by his firm. WALD1NG, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inf ternally, acting directly upon the A blood and mucous surfaces of the i system. Testimonials sent free \ Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold bj all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. ^ Mob Hunting Marshal's Slayer. bT Macon, Ga., Oct. 9.?With Charles Bush, the town marshal of Monte zuma, dead as a result of a shot bj Joe Napier, a negro whom he was arresting this morning, fully 100 mer and boys of Montezuma are ranging the woods and adjacent territorj looking for the negro. Lynching wil probably be the fugitive's fate if captured by any but the meagre part} of the law. Details are meagre, the first inti? mation here being a wired advertise ment by Mayor Walker, of Montezuma, to The Telegraph offering a re ward of $100 for Napier's capture Mayor Walker also wired here foi bloodhounds, but they are not to b< had in this section of the State Bush was shot on the main street a; he went to arrest the negro. / -f Kills a Murderer. A merciless murderer is appendi citis with many victims. But Dr King's New Life Pills kill it by pre vention. They gently stimulat* stomach, liver and bowels, prevent ing that clogging that invites appen Ji-ii--- : V ^ uicius, L'unug uuusnyaiiuu, ucau ache, billiousness, chills. 25c a People's Dmg Co., Bamberg, S. C. ? i k ' . * . y ' . - : ' L ASYLUM LANDS BOUGHT. t Commission Has Purchased T Thousand Acres. 1 Columbia, Oct. 7.?The asyli 3 commission to-day announced tt i 2,000 acres of land had been pi 1 chased in Richland county near'C I lumbia. The new asylum buildir t will be erected on this site, which made up of seven tracts. An avera of $25 per acre was paid, which w i represent an outlay of $50,000.. T } new site is located about six mii i from Columbia, on the line of t s Southern railway to Charlotte a between the asylum and Koon roa< - This announcement was made folio r ing a long session of the commissit ) The names of the owners of the t v riAiits rtf o m o l'i n rr n r\ f Vi/i + ro nt Vi ; a iv/no uavto uxaivtug up navv ?j r not been announced. [ Desperado Shot Near His Cabin. Winter, Wis. Oct. 8.?The fii - shooting in the attempt to captu ? John Dietz, at Cameron Dam, sta - ed to-day, when John and his sc - Leslie, exposed themselves outside I their cabin. Every rifle in the pos of nearly ninety men -surroundi 1 the Dietz home flashed fire. ) John Dietz suddely dropped to 1 - knees. He remained there for moment and then jumped to his U and ran into the cabin Leslie bac [* longer distance to run, and show t some fear. Whether he was hit ? not could not be learned. 1 It is not definitely established tk t John Dietz was hit. Mrs. Dietz w 1 in the midst of the hail of bulle but was not hurt. One scream w - heard from within the cabin, wh Helen; aged fourteen, and Johnn - aged seven years, ..were shelter* t One of the watch dogs was kill* . In all, about 100 shots were fir and five shots were fired from t cabin. It appears that John and Les Dietz walked into the trap set by t deputy sheriffs. Leslie left the cat to go to the far side of the cleari for a cow. He had proceeded abo 250 yards when a single shot w fired at him, followed by ten twelve more. Leslie jumped back and ran alo the crest of the hill on which t cabin stands, to get behind a lumt pile. For a distance of about 2 * feet he was a fair target for the gu ^ of the officers. He weakened as ran, but whether it was from fear because he was wounded can not ? stated. 1 John Dietz, when the shooti ' started, was between the barn a: i the lumber piles. Behind one of t 5 piles of lumber were some depu J sheriffs and he received the full fi from these men. He suddeply pitched forward a: 5 down on his knees and then lay pre trate for a moment. Then, sera: ' bling to his feet, he ran for the hou 5 and darted inside the door.' M Dietz was about 100 feet from t ' door when the bullets began to f She ran inside the house and app? 5 ently wa9 not injured. 1 Meanwhile the fusillade was ke up from all sides of the clearir ' the crack of high power rifles min 1 ling with the rapid fire of automa pistols. Neither John or Leslie appear to be armed. When they were i within the shack, five shots we . fired back through the window i That was the only reply. The gu of the besiegers soon quieted dow Before the shooting began Jo Dietz, for two hours, walked about > the early morning fog on the edge 1 the trap laid by the officers. Ov< night the Dietz farm yardNhad be taken possession of by the officers. John F. Dietz came into the lin light about four years ago when [ defended Cameron Dam, on t Thorn Apple river, against one r the largest lumber comapnies in t State. He claimed the dam was his property and tied up several wi ters' cut of logs valued at thousan of dollars by refusing to allow tht to pass the dam without paying tol , He was fought in the courts by t lumber company, but defied the ord of judges and held off, at the poi of a gun, all officers who attempt to serve papers upon him. Di( won. The lumber company paid hi ' a large sum and he allowed the lo j to go through. The sheriff deputized men from ; over the State to make the arest f Dietz, and several people were sh< In one engagement Dietz's son w shot in the head but recovered. The latest controversy dates frc September 6,-when Dietz shot a seriously wounded Bert Horrel, in wrangle. Dietz first quarreled with C. O'Hare, president of the Winl * school board, it is said, and Horr taking O,Hare's part, struck Die Dietz then shot Horrel, and has sir claimed he shot in self-defense. Since the shooting uieiz n<t& u^u . the sheriff to serve a warrant on hi - The international prison congre which met in Washington last we< debated the question whether drur t enness was a crime or a disea Why it's both. CARLISLE TO BE TRIED. wo Special Term of Federal Court for That Purpose. im Greenville, Oct. 6.?A special term iat of the United States district court ir- wil convene here Monday morning ]Io- for the purpose of trying Milton A. igs Carlisle, former president of the Nais tional Bank of Newberry. Judge ge Boyd of the North Carolina district 'ill wil probably preside in the place of he Judge Brawley, who will be unable [es to attend. he Mr. Carlisle was indicted at the nd term of United States court in Greenis. ville on October 22 of last year. The w- indictment charges misapplication of >n. funds. Mr. Carlisle immediately ra- gave bond in the sum of $10,000. tas Mr. Carlisle was president of the National Bank of Newberry until the first of last year. The action was instituted against him as the iai result of an investigation into the [re affairs of the bank by a bank exrt_ aminer. )n> The indictment is 340 pages in 0f length and contains 162 counts. The 5Se defendant is charged with the misng application of funds and a false certification of checks. The total 2iS amount alleged to have been misa applied to the personal account of jet the defendant was something over I a $18,000, while the total amount aled leged to have been misapplied to or the amounts of the Cold Point Granite company of which Mr. Carlisle iat was president and treasurer was as something over $15,000. ts, Mr. Carlisle will be represented by as Cole L. Blease, Democratic nominee ire for governor, and his law partner, ie, Fred H. Dominick. The case was >d. originally placed on the docket of id. the United States circuit court but ed at the. spring term was transferred he to the district court. The regular term of Federal court lie will convene in this city Monday he week, uctODer jly . ine ust 01 jui(in ors for the special term and the ng regular term have not yet been reiut ceived in the city, as There is much interest throughor out'the State in the approaching trial of Mr. Carlisle as he is well known. ng Circus Negro Tells of Murder. er Lexington, Oct. 8.?After being in 00 jail since Tuesday night and refusns ing to say anything for publication, he William Grayson, a mulatto negro, or who is held as a witnes against the he party or parties who killed young Wililams on the circus train Saturng day night, made a statement: od Grayson says that he was on top he of a box car immediately behind the ty flat on which Williams and his chum re were riding. He says that he heard loud voices on the flat car and looked od over to see what the trouble was. >s- There were several men in a wagon on the flat car fighting. A man se whom he does not know had Williams rs- down in the wagon choking him, he but could not manage him alone and ly- called for assistance. Then, he says, ir- John Wilson, a negro, who is in jail here, charged with being implicated in the crime, placed a pistol in Will?? liatns's face and fired. There was a trail of blood for a tic hundred yards or more from the place where Williams was found back ed toward Columbia, and it was thought that the murderer held his victim re until they reached the cut and tnrew him in there to keep the body from ns being found easily. Grayson says 'n- that Wilson immediately threw the 1111 body out of the wagon, but that it in fell on the floor of the car and it was several minutes before itj was discov*T~ ered that it was still on the train, en and that when it was found it was immediately thrown off. le- ? he Reaching the Top he in any calling of life, demands a f vigorous body and a keen brain. Without health there is no success. he But Electric Bitters is the greatest on health builder the world has ever in_ known. It compels perfect action d of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, purifies and enriches the blood, tones Jm and invigorates the whole system Is. and enables you to stand the wear he and tear of your daily work. "Afi ter months of suffering from kidney trouble," writes W. M. Sherman, nt of Cushing, Me., "three bottles of ed Electric Bitters made me feel like a jtz new man." ' 50c at People's Drug l'm Co., Bamberg, S. C. gs The Retort Courteous. all Whe Davy Crockett sat in the naof tional legislature as a representative ot. of the State of Texas, he had many as clashes with men of more education but less wit than himself. It is told >m of him that one day, while standing nd in front of his hotel on Pennsylvania a avenue, a drove of mules trotted by under the custody of an overseer G. from one of the stock farms in Vir :er ginia. A congressman from Boston, el, who-was standing near by, attracted tz. Crockett's attention to the unusual ice sight, saying: "Hello, there, Crockett; here's a ed lot of your constituents on parade, m. Where are they going?" The celebrated hunter looked at ss? the animals with a quizzical glance, and then turning to the other, said quietly, but with much emphasis, se- "They are going to Massachusetts to teach school.?Harper's Weekly. / * j DROVE TEAM INTO RIVER. Olid Confederate Veteran Drowns in Chattahoochee. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9.?Blinded by darkness Howlett Joyner, aged 6l?, brdther of former Mayor Joyner, drove a team off a ferry landing intc the Chattahoochee River, eighteen miles west of Atlanta, about midnight Saturday night, and was drowned in the swollen stream. Jack O'Mara, who was in the buggy with Joyher, hid a narrow escape from death, i swimming several hundred feet before reaching land. He was asleep | when the team, which was also lost, j fell into the river. Joyner was a 1 Confederate veteran and prominent member of several secret orders. Fashion and Grief. To the Editor of The Bamberg Herald:?The News and Courier of October 4th treats editorially a subject that to my mind needs agitation, and I ask that you publish it in full that the readers of The Herald may consider it. It is as follows: "A writer in Leslie's Weekly questions the right of those who have suffered bereavement to inflict their personal griefs upon their friends by trailir.g their crepe through our thoroughfares, by the use of black-bordred mourning cards and stationery and in other similar ways. Color, we are reminded, has its distinct effect upon the nervous organization of every living creature, and the suggestion is made that the health of persons of high strung temperaments, may be seriously affected by thpsp constant rpminders of sorrow ful experiences. "This thought seems to us a pertinent one, even though it relates to but one phase of a matter which is of much greater importance than most people imagine. It may seriously be questioned whether our mourning customs are those which one of a right ought to expect in an enlightened civilization. Sorrow for the dead is natural. To publish to the world that one's heart is heavy with sadness because some dear one has been taken is proper. Embarrassment both to one's friends and to one's self may thus be avoided. But in our obedience to the decrees of fashion as to how we shall mourn the departed, it cannot be gainsaid that much inconvenience and expense and suffering are caused to no good purpose. "Often it happens that death visits a family of relatively slender means just after wardrobes have been purchased for perhaps a number of th# family's female members. To lay these aside and purchase other clothing of the kind decreed by fashion may run the family into debt at a time when it can least afford to incur additional expense. Gay colors, it is true, would not appear seemly in one who has recently suffered affliction, but why would it not be posible to indicate in some simple way the loss of a loved one rather than to spend money needed for other purposes, and, perhaps, to impair the health of some girl or woman by the purchase and wearing of gloomy black. Moreover, our mourning customs work an especial hardship upon the woman. Because of the cares of maternity and for other reasons, woman's opportunities for the full enjoyment of life are more restricted naturally than those which belong to man. Why limit them yet further unnecessarily? Why make grief artificial? Why add to the burdens of nature?" Another custom of funerals prevaling still in some communities, needs to be discouraged, and that is the opening of the casket in the church or at the grave for friends to take a last look at the deceased. The reasons most objectionable are: 1. The bereaved family, already prostrated, ought not to be forced or permitted to endure thisalmost heartrending s -ene. Fainting under the strain is not unheard of. 2. It a"ords an occasion that tends to an ostentatious display of mourning, censorious criticisms by the thoughtless and unsympathetic. 3. It frequently calls for\the removing of the lid of the casket that th^ body may be arranged for inspection, and thus becomes a means of spreading contagious diseases; and if not this, at least it fills the auditorium with an odor that is unpleasant. Of course this custom in these communities can not be broken up at once, for many will wish to cling to the old ways, and their feelings must be respected, but as a pastor, I always advise against it, when I am | consulted. After all is not tne uebi i impression to leave on friends that of the living person rather than the horrible one the lifeless corpse will make? J. EARLE FREEMAN. Ehrhardt, Oct. 6, 1910. The C. A. Phillips Western Comedy Company will present "Broken Arrow" in their canvas theatre in this city Friday night of this week. Hear the famous cow boy band at noon Friday on Main street. Prices 20c. and 35 cents. .7 ? ....OUR SHOWING OF.... ? I Fall Millinery, Hats, & Cloaks I 1 IS COMPLETE 1 1 i lei us jiivit iuu i {Mrs. E. P. Copelandi 1 ? Ehrhardt :::::: South Carolina ? WE ARE FULLY PREPARED | To take care of your needs. Our great variety of Dress Goods, Ladies' Cloaks, Skirts I Or any other ladies' garment will enable you to pick just what you want at the very lowest price, com paling favorably with the snort crop or cotton in our section. Before you go to buy your fall suit for yourself or for your boys, it will be to your benefit, as well as ours to look over our Immense selection in that line. Did you say Shoes? We have the largest Stock of .-V Shoes in this county. We are selling lots of Shoes now, but we have plenty more to fit your feet and . your pocket. Anything else? Yes. Come and see. It will be our pleasure to show you H. KARESH EHRHARDT, S. C. J KEEP COOL! KEEP COOL! I 4lJ DRINK TETLEY'S TEAS. DELICIOUS WHEN ICED. j8 11 "DCD CFPTinW" The Flour that makes the bre^l like ^ ' V j|f jjpj * mother made. 24 pound sacKtor oac. jj j || Lunch Tongue, Chipped Beef, Fresh Crackers ] j |g Fine for Auto Lunches. 1 | ||||H 11 4 {GET THE HABIT." R1NQ'PHONE 32 jj j | J NO W. 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