Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hamburg Ijrnilh ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891. A. W. KNIGHT. Editor. Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live ana growing uity or camberg, 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?51.00 per men for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, - and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political 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 interns;.:. est. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. K* No article which is defamatory or gfc offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday. Nov. 3. 1910. I I A QUESTION OF COMPARISON. The editor of the Press and Standard is evidently alarmed over the movement of the people of Warren township as to voting themselves into Bamberg countv, judging from the . space devoted to the subject last week. Only one or two matters need be touched on in reply. The telegram sent our contemporary], said nothing at all about Warren ? township voting themselves into r "Bamberg" county; it plainly said a * "better" county, so whether the editor believed they would be better off by coming into Bamberg does not apply. The question was whether he would be willing for the people of Warren township to vote themselves into a better county and he said "no." We are not informed as to the telegram, and we took it to mean just fjjr what it said. Let's look at the question of tax assessments. The Press and Standard says that land is returned in Bamberg at an average of $4.18 per acre, while in Colleton the average is $2.78 per acre. Possibly the lands of Bamberg do average higher than Colleton because much of the farming land in this county is highly improved and will sell for about $100 per acre. But where there are poor, lands and ponds and bays, the value is very low, but there is less waste land in Bamberg than in Colleton, hence the difference in the average. We feel sure that a comparison will show that the same class of land in Colleton is not valued less than in Bamberg, but it can readily be seen how' the general average would be higher on account of Bamberg having mnrp imnroved lands and so much Iless waste land than Colleton. " As to what Colleton has done for Warren township in the way of giving citizens from that section positions of honor and trust and predicting what their political future in Bamberg will be, we can only pull the record at this end on him, and if it does not suit him we can't help it. Evidently Bamberg county delights in honoring the sons of Colleton who have cast their lot with us, for most of our public servants are originally Colleton men. There is Dr. J. B. V Black, for many years a member of the house of representatives, and for the last two terms State Senator; C. Garris, member of the legislalp? ture; Jno. F. Folk, county treasurer; lllljr- H. C. Folk, master. Those sons of ?'; Colleton who have cast their lot with I Bamberg are prominent in business Wspy- and political affairs, and if we are to judge the future by cne past, the eitiP:' V zens of Waren township will be well treated in all respects should they i| . decide to vote themselves into Bamberg. We feel sure, too, that they know what is for their best interest and will decide this matter in a busigpV ness way, looking at the matter from Pf every side. ' While we are discussing this mat Iter of taxation, suppose we get right down to facts. In a page article advertising Walterboro, in last Sunday's State, we notice that the last legislature levied a two mill tax on all real and personal property in Colleton county and a commutation tax , of two dollars on all persons for the x purpose of building roads. We also notice in the same article it is stated that at the last primary Colleton - elected a legislative delegation which favors a bond issue for the county in the sum of $250,000 to $300,000 for the purpose of building roads. It is also stated that the revenue from the two mills tax and the $2 commutation will raise $22,000, which is to go on the roads. It should be re-j membered tbat Bamberg count: builds good roads without any specia tax or bond issue, and the total ex penses of our county last year wen less than $20,000. Yet Colletoi taxes her people at one time $22, 000 for roads alone. Does this lool like taxes are cheaper in Colletoi than Bamberg? We would be gla< to have the Press and Standard dis cuss this matter and show how th< people of Warren township are to bi benefitted by remaining in Colleton It will take many advantages to off set the taxes mentioned above. Next Tuesday is election day. I is the duty of every voter to go t< the polls and cast his ballot. B< sure to vote against the constitu tional amendments. Surely th< framers of the constitution were wis< enough to know our needs, and w< are opposing to this continual patch ing of our State constitution. If the white Republican party or ganized in Columbia last week re suits in making the Democrats pu forth their very best men for office it will bring about a much desirec result. Men will differ politically and if the opposition party develops into such* an organization as will at tract men who honestly believe ir the doctrines of the Republican par ty, not being an organization foi patronage only, politics may get in teresting in the general election South Carolina is rapidly developing into a manufacturing State, and noi a few of our citizens are supporters of the doctrine of protection wher their interest lies that way. DISPENSARY TRIALS. "Conspiracy Indictments" to be Press ed at Chester, Next Week. Columbia, Oct. 28.?The dispensary "graft" cases will be called al Chester on November 7. This information was obtained here to-night being the first definite announcement as to the date for the trial of the notorious cases connected with the old State dispensary. The witnesses ol the State have been subpoenaed tc appear on November 7, at Chester was also learned to-night. "Conspiracy" Indictment. The indictment to be pressed al Chester is that containing the "conspiracy" charges. Written across the back of this indictment are the following names: Jodie M. Rawlinson, Joseph B. Wylie, John Black, James S. Farnum, John T. Early, Morton A. Goodman and H. Lee Solomons. Ie brief, the indictment charges that the State of Sotuh Carolina was defrauded out of $133,000 by an alleged conspiracy, the nature of which is set out. The witnesses written on the back of the original indictment here were: Smith, Thorpe, Collins and Wylie. Tc this number may now be added Morton A. Goodman, Joe Wylie, formerly a member of the State board of control, has already turned State's evidence and testified in two cases here, Alleged "Rebate Schedule. The indictment charges that the State board and whiskey agents conspired together to defraud the State, and that the members of the board received for their individual use, and not for the benefit of the State, rebates in addition to the compensation allowed by law. The "rebate schedule" is made a ~ ^ 5?>/liafmhnt thot go vl ph. pel I I Ul llIC lilUiV/l/UiVU W. AUUb wvmvm ule says that on whiskey selling for $1.47 a gallon, the board got in rebates $1.50 per barrel, and so on up the line. Three dollar whiskey netted the board $25 a barrel in rebates, says the indictment. Case goods had their figures, too. Between March 6 and March 22, 1906, the board is said to have "cleaned up" $24,000, and from March 22 to the end of the year $108,000, making $133,000 in all. Cases Slated for Trial. Jodie M. Rawlinson and Johr Black, members of the old State board of control, are the ones mentioned for trial at Chester, as is Lee Solomons, formerly a whiskey agent John T. Early has testified, as has Joe Wylie and Morton Goodman furn ished certain evidence in connectior with the "Hub" Evans case. Johr Black was placed on trial here, but i copy of a newspaper found in the room of jurors halted the trial which Judge Memminger declared t( be a mistrial. No Clue to Assailant. Gaffney, Oct. 29.?Although ? search was kept up for some hours b: the large party of people gathered for the miscreant who assaulted Prof W. J. Francis, superintendent of the public schools of this city at his home last Thursday evening no trace coulc be found of the person or person! who committed the act and the effor was therefore given up. Not th< slightest trace could be found of any one. The officers are still looking ou for suspicious persons and it is pos sible that he may yet be captured Prof. Francis has practically recov ered from the effects of the blow an< will doubtless be able to resume hi! duties at the schools by Monday. - ...v.. .,v.. - 7 BREAKS UP GUN GANG. 1 - Policeman in New York Kills Leader 5 and Wounds Follower. l New York, Oct. 30.?Through c quick work with his revolver, Robert 1 Adler, the special policeman in a * West Twenty-third street dancing " academy, who late last night shot 5 and killed one man and probably fa5 tally injured another while the dancers were in the maze of a waltz, " broke up for the time being the Greehr gang, a band of gun fighters. Six of them, led by Charles Hunt, t cherished hatred against Adler and, 3 according to the police, went to the 3 dancing academy to "get" him. When Adler stopped them at the 3 door, six hands reached for as many 3 pistol pockets r A shot was fired and a door near Adler's head was splintered. Then Adler's pistol flashed and Hunt crumpled up and fell, shot through the head. , t He never moved again. Three other shots were fired at j Adler, but all missed. William Morris, one of the band, then lunged for' ward with pistol raised, but the special policeman was too quick and shot him through the head. The remain* ?- < ^- i j ?.,'l 1 aer 01 lUK UclIlU itcu. .uuins mil probably die. Wage War Against Tigers. r, Barnwell, Oct. 28.?The mayor's t court has been kept pretty busy for s the past two days disposing of the i cases against the alleged "blind tigers," which was raided here last Satdav morning. The first case was that against John McLemore, charged with unlawfully storing whiskey. He was found guilty and senteced to pay a fine of $100 or serve thirty days on the public works. Marvin Holland, charged with unt lawfully selling whiskey, was acquit. ted. In the case against Claude and t Norman Greene, charged with unlaw. fully storing whiskey, the jury acquit[ ted the first named defendant on the I ground that there was no proof > against him, he being merely a clerk in the store of his brother, and found a verdict of guilty against the last named defendant. He was sentenecd to pay a fine of $100 or serve thirty . days on the public works. It is un, derstood that the defendants will ap. peal fn both of the above cases. Marvin Holland was next arraigned j on the charge of carrying concealed weapons and the case resuled in a t mistrial. > ' J. W. Burke, a witness for the de. fence in oae of the cases tried yes* -? 1 ?? ? l ? - ?? 4- 4- vi a ^ aqq . teraay, an*.? wno cumus mat, . "collecting ' for a "restaurant keeper" in Augusta, was arrested here yesterday afternoon on the charge of soliciting orders for whiskey for the , said restaurant keeper, who, it is said, is a seller of the "essence of joy." , He gave bond in the amount of $500 for his appearance here next Wednesday. B. H. Cullum, a news butcher on the Augusta-Bfanchville division of , the Southern Railway, was arrested at Blackville yesterday on the charge of unlawfully selling whiskey. He was brought to Barnwell and waived a preliminary hearing, giving bond in the amount of $500 for his appearance at court. The case against Marvin Holland, charged with unlawfully storing whiskey, was set for trial for this after, noon, but owing to the difficulty in securing a jury the trial will be post( poned. The above cases, it will be understood, were tried before the mayor. | The offenders will likewise be prose, cuted on the same charge at the court I of general sssions, which convenes I here the latter part of next month. Arm Mangled in Machinery. St. George, Oct. 29.?Charley Kit zer, who is employed by the St. i George cotton seed oil mill and manufacturing company, had his right arm terribly mangled in the machinery of the plant yesterday. Just how the accident happened is not known, as there were no eye-witnesses. The young man's duties were about the gins. It is supposed that when one of these machines became clogged, he thrust his hand into it to remove the ' obstruction and it was put in motion ' without his knowledge. Medical aid was immediately summoned but the physicians who dressed the wound have not fully decided as yet whether it will be possible to ^ save the injured member, though it is probable that amputation will not. be necessary. The young man, who is about 20 j years of age, is well known. - Accused of Stealing Cotton. 1 3 Manning, Oct. 28.?J. Edgar Haley, t a white man, was arrested and bound = over Wednesday Dy :\iagisiraie u. j. - Bradham on a charge of grand lart ceny. It is alleged that he went in - the night to Thomas's ginnery at Bloomville and hauled away to his - own home 820 pounds of seed cotton 1 left there by one of his neighbors. 3 Haley furnished bond for his appearance. - " ... . ^2 _ \ J V MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of a decree of the cour of common pleas for Bamberg county State of South Carolina, in the cas of S. M. Brown et al vs. Rober Hughes et al, I, H. C. Folk, Maste for Bamberg county, will sell, to th highest bidder for cash at the cour house door, Bamberg, South Care lina, on the 7th day of November 1910, the same being the first Mon day and legal sales day, between th legal hours hours of sale on sail day, the following described lands: All that certain tract or parcel o land, situate, lying and being in th county of Bamoerg, State of Soutl Carolina, measuring and containim one hundred three and one-hal (103%) acres, and bounded as fol lows: On the North by the lands of es tate of F. M. Bamberg; on the Eas by the lands of I. Jones and J. Jones and on the South and West by land of Mrs. S. M. Brown: said lands beinj more fully described on plat made b; Charles Smiley, surveyor, bearin, date March 2nd, 1910, on file in th office of Clerk of Court for Bamber county, said lands being described oi plat as Lot B. Purchaser to pay for papers, am if bid is not complied with withii one hour after sale, the land will b resold at the risk of the former pur chaser until a purchaser is found whi shall comply. H. C. FOLK. Master for Bamberg Countv. J. F. CARTER, Plaintiff's Attorney. Bamberg, S. C., Oct. 15, 1910. MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of a decree of the cour of common pleas for Bamberg county State of South Carolina, in the cas of A. F. Brown vs. Wesley Dyche et al, I, H. C. Folk, Master for Bam berg county, will sell to the highes bidder for cash at the court housdopr, Bamberg, South Carolina, oi the 7th day of November, 1910, th< same being the first Monday and lega sales day, between the legal hours o sale on said day, the following de scribed lands: All that certain tract or parcel o land, situate, lying, and being in th county of Bamberg, State aforesaid and South of the town of Bamberg containing thirty-seven (37) acres more or less, and bounded as fol lows: on the North by cemetery lot East by lands of Malinda Smalls South by lands of Mrs. S. R. Gar land, and West by the public road and known as tract No. 4 of th George R. Dyches estate. Purchaser to pay for papers, am if bid is not complied with within om hour after sale the land will be re sold at the risk of the former pur chaser until a purcnaser is iounu. wit shall comply. . H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. RAYSOR & SUMMERS, Paintiff's Attorneys. MASTER' <6 SALE. By virtue of an order in the casi of Julia E. Blount vs. Janie Su Weekley et al, in the court of com mon pleas for Bamberg county, Souti Carolina, I, H. C. Folk, Master fo Bamberg county, will sell 'to th highest bidder for cash on the sev enth day of November next, the sam< being salesday, between the lega hours of sale, at the court house doo at Bamberg, South Carolina, the fol lowing described lands, to-wit: "All that piece, parcel or lot o real estate situate, lying and beinj in the town and county of Bamberg State of South Carolina, containinj three (3) acres more or less, am bounded as follows::: North b; Church street, Eat by lot formerl; of J. M. Smith, and lot described be low, South by Brick Yard street, am West by Cox Avenue. / ALSO All that piece, parcel or lot of rea estate, situate, lying and being ii the town and County of Bamberg State aforesaid, containing and meas uring one (1) acre more or less, an< bounded as follows: North by Churcl street, East by lot formerly of J. M Smith, South by lot described above and West by above described lot. I terms of sale are not complied witl within one hour after sale, the land will be resold, at the risk of th purchaser, until a purchaser is fount who will comply. Purchaser to pa; for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. W. E. FREE, Plaintiff's Attorney ID. J. DELK CARRIAGE WORKS When in need of anything in my line, don't forget the place, No. 24 Main street, Bamberg, S. C., in front of the cotton mill. We run a first-class i-epair and wheel wright shop, build one and two-horse wagons, sewing machine and delivery wagons, log carts, and any special OTanv^n. noint HricrcnPS and SU " "f??" , P"*"' 55C tomobiles in factory style. We are agent for the Deering harvesting machinery, disc harrows, compost spreaders, gasoline engines, etc. We carry a stock of the best grain drills on the market. Call and see us before you buy. Anything sent us will have the same attention as if you were to br/ng it yourself. D. J. DELK BAMBERG S. C. Buy your winter underwear, cloth ing and shoes from Kirsch and yoi will not dread the cold weather. Full line shoes for men, women am children at Kirsch's. He can pleas you in quailty and price. \ [FaffFu^tuife j SWe can interest the careful and discriminating furniture A | buyer. If you want tasty home furnishings, let us show X you our stock. We are very particular as to workman- w d to) ship and finish of cur furniture, and if you buy from us A X you get the benefit of our discriminating judgment. Our A f w line of furniture and house furnishings for the fall and w e i KM winter season is twinpinct iicau;, nc vumu uui aajr more n ti; if we used a column of space, but you can find here hand- A g w some w 1 g Bedroom Suits, Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs, Side-g t 1 boards, Rockers, Lounges, Mattings, Rugs, Etc. 1 . ^ \ i @ Just remember that we can supply your wants complete- A & ' @ ifl ?Ur line* ^ C are Pai ticu^ar as we^ a^?ut our a I |j Hardware, Stoves, Heaters, Ranges a ;;|jj a ' Plenty of things in this line to interest you. We also e carry Coffins and Caskets, Lime, Cement. We handle the * . genuine Oliver chilled plows. We sell the Avery 9-blade M 11 A stalk cutter at $30.00. Come and get one, A 11 Bamberg Furniture & Hardware Company 1 m I BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA. * j ^^^Sr^SrSpSf\ux?P^\i^cr^en^\0KirSrSrS^S^SrS^S^S^9r9 11 JiKt h | | : | MRS. K. I. SHUCK & CO., Bamberg, S. C. | j j FURNITURE 1 y Our fall display of Furniture of all kinds >* I is ready for your inspection. In medium >?:J9 i and high-grade furniture we have what | you want. Furniture for the home and 1 l office?we can fill your wants nicely and 1 ,a at most reasonable prices. See those \ 1 handsome bed-room suits, wardrobes, I I etc. All kinds of house furnishings, in- 1 eluding rugs and mattings. I I G. O. SIMMONS J Furniture Exclusively - - Bamberg, S. C.. Prompt Powerful Permanent I Its beneficial ef- Stubborn cases Good results are H III U fects are usually yield to P. P. P. lasting?it cures a felt very quickly when other medi- you to stay cured ||^ Wcones ^re useless ?y p. p. p. 11 \ Makes rich, red, pure blood?cleanses the entire system ? clears the brain ? strengthens digestion and nerves. H A positive specific for Blood Poison and skin diseases. H I Drives out Rheumatism and Stops the Pain; ends Malaria; H * is a wonderful tonic and body-builder. Thousands endorse it. H I F. V. UPPMAN, SAVANNAH, GA. I |New Goods at Hunters! 1 i/& Go to Hunter's Hardware Store for Sugar Cane A stills. Sucrar Kettles. Two-Horse Turn Ptows, Field Wire Fence, Heaters, Ranges, Grates, Bugggy Robes, Sulky Plows, Barbed Wire, Axes, Paints, * * ? Guns, Bicycles, Tricycles, Boys' Wagons, Athletic ? @ Sweaters, Foot Balls, Christmas Goods and Toys, @ ! ^ Brass Andirons, Oil Heaters, Nails, Harness, @ I Leather, Pumps, Piping, Tinware, Glassware, Crock- /Ex ery, Wall Paper, Alabastine, Frescoat, Wall Stains, 5? vg Food Choppers, Lard Presses, Gun Shells and Am\ | ? munition. We also handle Har^ and Soft Coal. ? ? 11 J. A. HUNTER I 1