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Hamburg iSjrralb 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. AH subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent inser tions 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 3 i-i.'.v. , gi&Q lO puuusu liens iccterio ui tuuot pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in" every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in Pour columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, Nov. 24,1910. ' Mr. O. C. Scarborough, who wants to be railroad commissioner, sold his plantation a few days ago for $50,000. Why should a man worth that much money want to work for $1,900 ?. a year? Bamberg has cause to be proud of the record made in the matter of subscription* to the capital stock of the Edisto boat line. Over $12,000 subscribed in less than an hour is going some. Wonder how much Charleston has raised so far for this purpose? I The record of Bamberg's criminal court here last week should be a mat.. ter of pride to all our people. Although no summer term of court was held, there were only three criminal cases to be tried this time, ^ and the work of the general' sessions court was finished Tues- j clay. One day's criminal court j is a fine record, especially so j when it is remebered that only j two terms of court a year are held , in Bamberg county. Possibly the I voting out of the dispensary has had-; something to do with this good rec- j ord, for which we are pleased to give j it full credit. If our good friend. Mr. A. W. Brabham, will look up the report of the j comptroller general he will find that j lands are returned 36 cents per acre j higher in Bamberg than in Barnwell, and that Bamberg's levy is one-fourth , of one mill higher than Barnwell's, j We have not discussed the matter of anybody's tax receipts for the reason that we don't know anything about! nnntontinn xrflc 9nH Still ! PUICUI. VU1 WUbVuvivu ?* MW ??-- , is that the official reports show that, there is very little difference in the j taxes of Bamberg and Barnwell. As | to the valuation of special pieces of! "property in the different counties, it j is likely that ^ome was returned i much lower in one county than the j other, hence the difference in the j amount of taxes paid. We are glad to have the statement; from Mr. Byrnes, published in an-j other column in this issue, as to what j f has been done and is still doing in1! the matter of tracing the authorship j of that scurrilous letter issued dur ing the congressional campaign. The | editorial comments of this newspaper I were not "directed solely to the silence of Aiken," for although there have been various comments in this newspaper from time to time since the primary, in only one instance was anything said about silence from Aiken in regard to this matter. It was not our desire or intention to have Mr. Byrnes engage in a newspaper controversy, and he is correct flSraI . . x * -? ? ^ A ^ ?- r% Aftirin 4" A Ill assuming lllxtL it w<ii> a ucoiic w acquire information. Much publicitywas given to this circular letter's authorship during the latter end of the campaign, and we could not understand what seemed to be a total dropping of the affair. If it was a crime that should be unearthed, it seemed to us just as important that this should be done after as before the election. We are assured by Mr. Byrnes that both he and Mr. Garris have been at great expense in the employment of a detective?in fact he showed us one bill rendered to him for nearly $300?and while we 'A? regret the occcasion for this heavy . expenditure, we trust that finally the author will be found and punished as he deserves to be. This newspaper stands for cleaner methods in politics, and such actions as this should be put a stop to if possible. ? m ?? Now is the proper time to send in your subscription. w i,v . V v . . GAVE TOWN CLOSE CALL. Horses Pull a Wagon Over Forty Cases of Dynamite. The two thousand inhabitants of the little village of Roselle Park, X. J , have good cause for celebrating 'Thanksgiving day this year. That the inhabitants are all alive Saturday is little short of a miracle in the opinion of most of them. A junk man's horse wihch ran away on Main street Friday night plunged through the fence enclosing a freight yard and pulled his heavy wagon right over forty cases of dynamite which were being unloaded by a contracting firm. The explosion of the stuff would have blown the town to pieces. The wheels of the wagon struck the boxes and knocked several of them into splint ers scattering tne contents aDout. Men who saw what way the runaway was headed scampered in all directions, expecting each moment would be their last. Mr. Brabham on Taxes. Editor Bamberg Herald:?It is rather hard to pass unnoticed your editorial in regard to my statement in the Press and Standard. I have this statement to make: I can produce tax receipts which show that the taxes here now are from two to four times as high as we paid to Barnwell county before the formation of Bamberg county. I paid taxes for my wife in Colleton county on six times as much land as I own here and better land, and the taxes on one-sixth of the amount (my own place here) was almost as great as hers. And I have this statement also to make, that each year I am paying higher taxes; and this is true of my near neighbors, and I hear complaint on all sides of the advance in taxes. Many good men refuse to vote, on account of the yearly increase in taxes, and if a good slice can be obtained from Colleton in a year or so, Bamberg will almost be sure to lose all the Salkahatchie valley. Any one doubting any statement I have made, can refer to the records in BambeVg, Barnwell and Colleton. The Colleton property was returned by Augustus Verdier in Sheridan township, my own was returned in Barnwell county from Three-mile township and is thus returned in Bamberg county. And I will further add, that no one who knows me well, doubts no statement I make, while it is a patent fact, that in forming Bamberg county many men of that town made promises that they could not make good. A. W. BRABHAM. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure noyv known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. U. S. Engineer Returns. United States Engineer Capt. E. M. Adams has returned from Springfield, BlackVille and Bamberg, where on Monday evening he attended meetings of citizens, held for the purpose of laying before him the matter of the Government taking up the work of dredging out the South Edisto river and making it a navigable stream. The first meeting the United States Engineer attended was at Springfield on Monday morning. Here a large crowd of citizens of the town and adjoining towns gathered. anu the proposition of making navigable the South Edisto was thoroughly discussed. From Springfield Congressman Lever and Capt. Adams went across country by automobile to Blackville, where about noon a meeting was held. From Blackville the party journeyed to Bamberg, where Monday evening a smoker was held and the river proposition discussed by many. At this meeting there were many representatives from Orangeburg, Springfield and Blackville. Among the more prominent figures at the smoker held at Bamberg was Congressman Byrnes. Some time ago Congressman Lever wrote to Capt. Adams and asked him to name dates most convenient for him to meet the business men of the above towns and have their plans for - - - ?' s ? making tne hjaisto navigauie. vapi. Adams had intended naming earlier dates, but there was such a press of business that it was only several days ago that he was able to write Congressman Lever that he would be able to attend Monday.?Charleston News and Courier. \ v.- - MR. BYRNES MAKES STATEMENT Efforts Made to Trace Author c Scurrilous Letter. Editor Bamberg Herald:?My a tention has been called to seven editorial articles which have recentl appeared in your valued journal asl ing for information "from Aiken" ? to the result of the investigation mad by Detective Kilman to discover th author of the circular letter issue the day preceding the first primal election. At the time this circuis was issued, each of the three cand dates offered a reward of $500 fc the arrest and conviction of tt guilty party. The Hon. J. O. Pa terson stated he would endeavor 1 have the postoffice authorities to ii i 4- nn/4 T AtVinlAVA/1 o D In] VtttllgillC It auu i cmjiiuj cu a. X 1U< erton detective in addition to the r< ward offered. Inasmuch as the ed torial comments have been directe solely to the "silence of Aiken" has been suggested to me that the purpose was to have me make a stat< ment in the hope of having me ei gage in a newspaper controversy wit you. However, from my personal a< quaintance with you, though we di fer politically at times, I credit yo with an honest desire to acquire ii formation for your readers and wi state that when this outrageoi letter was issued criticizing Mr. Pa terson and in most severe languai criticizing Mr. Garris it was a sourc of great gratification to me that M Garris immediately both privatel and publicly, declared his firm beli( in my innocence of any connectio with it. As I was then engaged in the can paign I requested Mr. Garris to d rect the operations of the detective had employed, which he did until th day after the second primary ? which time Mr. Garris and I jointl employed the detective, agreeing t divide the expense, and he was coi tinued upon the investigation of thi matter until the first part of Octobe: when his services were discontinuet not because either Mr. Garris or self were satisfied to let this invest gation cease, but because furthe prosecution of the particular line c investigation then being pursued di not seem to us justified, considerin the expense of $8 per day and all ej penses. In discontinuing the serv ces of the detective however we di not discontinue our efforts to secur evidence in this matter throug other sources. Other efforts ha^ been made and though my means ai limited, and Mr. Garris informs m that his means are likewise limftei we some time ago agreed that shoirt either of us learn anything in connei tion with this matter that warrani the employment of a detective th* we stand ready and anxious to agai employ one and continue him in ox employ as long as results justify regardless of expense, and we sha gladly welcome such information. As to the result of the investigj tion, I am at this time forced to r< peat what I stated in the Augusl Chronicle a day or two before tt second primary, that we have bee unable to secure such evidence of tt identity of the author as would t deemed sufficient under the rules < evidence in a court of justice whei guilt must be proved beyond reasonable dt>ubt, and in the al sence of such evidence I cannot stai that I suspect any person of th crime because to do so would n< only make me liable to a crimia prosecution for libel and a suit f< damages, but would moreover be ui fair to that person. Mr. Garris ar I have agreed that should the r wards we have offered or our pi vate efforts bring to us in the futui such evidence as would be sufflciei to convict in a court of justice, 1 make known the result of such inve tigation, not through newspap? statements, but through an arre warrant and we believe every fai minded and reasonable man wi agree with us as to the wisdom of 01 course. From the above it will be seen th this investigation did not cease ii mediately after the second prima but continued for some weeks at co siderable expense to Mr. Garris ai myself, and while neither he or deem it wise to declare even whe this investigation was carried on, +Viof tVio npnnlp whn knc UCll^ Y C tUUW l>uv f w ?w .. _ ? him. and know me, will accept 01 statements. I have personally i formed Mr. Garris of my intention write this statement and do so wi his assent. The reward of Mr. Pa terson has not been withdraw neither has that of Mr. Garris or m self, and I feel confident that each these gentlemen are as ready ai anxious as I am, to receive any i formation tending to prove the ide tity of the man who, intentionally unintentionally, greatly wronged ? of the candidates in the recent pi mary election. Respectfully, JAMES F. BYRNES. Defy the cold weather by invei ing in warm underwear, durat clothing and solid leather sho from Kirsch's Bargain House. Yo dolar goes a long ways here. : ^ Vti-'-1 ' - ... .- > r. BOGUS PRIEST TRIES SUICIDE. >f Man Suspected of Theft Denounced by Cardinal Gibbons. t- Baltimore, Md., November 19.? il Denounced by Cardinal Gibbons as [y an imposter and straightway carried c- to the central police station, Paul is West, alias Frank Hume, alias Henry le Knowlson, who the police declare had ie been posing as a Catholic priest, made ;d an unsuccessful attempt to commi* y suicide by shooting, as he stood beir fore the desk at the police station, i- ten minutes later. He was disarmed >r before he could fire a second shot, ie West protested, when arrested tot day on a charge of the theft of blank ;o checks from a local printing estabi lishment. that he was a Catholic c- pirest and asked to be taken to Cardi3 nal Gibbons for identification. He was i- taken to the Cardinal's residence, but J ? *?? fVio Corrlinal hnri nilt. a few ;U d - ici i,nv vui uiiiwi mvv. r ? ? it questions to the man the prelate was ir convinced that he was not a priest 2- and denounced him as an imposter. i- The police say that he has posed h in various parts of the country as a Catholic priest, a United States food c- inspector, and that in Washington he f- represented himself to be a lieutenant u commander in the United States nai vy. He was garbed as a priest when 11 arrested uo-aay. jg ? t In Interest of South Edisto. crG | A magnificent banquet was given 8 last night at Bamberg by the business r' men of that town, at which the quesv ^ tion of opening up the South Edisto river was discussed. The banquet n was well attended bv the representative people of Bamberg and the sur!" rounding country, and much enthu~ siasm was shown. 1 Congressman Lever, Capt. E. M. e Adams, the U. S. Engineer, and Con1 gressinan-elect Byrnes were present J and addressed the gathering. Capt. 0 Adams made it very clear in his short speech that the Government would is hnvp tn bp convinced that there r' would be sufficient commerce from the towns on the river, to warrant [' the expenditure for opening up the 1_ river. 'r Orangeburg was represented at the Bamberg meeting by President R. H. d Jennings, of the chamber of comg merce, Messrs. W. L Glover, M. E. Matthews, Frank Seignious and Fred 1_ Wannamaker. Messrs. Jennings and d j Glover were called upon for speeches e j and responded in a very appropriate h j manner. e The people all along the South e Edisto are anxious to have the river ie opened for navigation and are working with a vim to that end.?Oranged burg Sun. ts / Kills His Brother-in-law. it n Cordele, Ga., Nov. 19.?Judge J. A. ir Collins shot and instantly killed his if brother-in-law, C. H. Johnson, in a 11 quarrel at the former's home at Listonia, eight miles from here, late yesterday. The trouble is said to have b- grown out of the efforts of Judge Col* lins to get his brother-in-law, who ie is declared to have been drinking, to !n leave his plantation. In the fight Collins received a severe knife wound in the shoulder. Both men are promi>f nent. , :e / ? a The Only Way. b te When Gertrude Hoffmann and her is company were playing here a week 3t ago one of her "broilers," who had al unknowingly stopped at a boarding jr house in Pittsburg where there had a- been small pox, went to a physician id to be vaccinated, e- She was very anxious to have it i- where the scar wouldn't show or be re exposed when she appeared on the at stage. to "Ah, yes," said the M. D., stroking s- his beard. "What is your business?" ar "Why, I'm with Gertrude Hoffman, st One of her dancing girls, you know." r- "Well," said the man of medicine, ill as he laid down the virus, "I guess if, ooaa vrm'il have to take it J r \*Lia,c o tuv vuuv0 j v vi * . internally."?Cincinnati Commercial at Tribune. n ry Easy. n- "How many brothers have you?" id the census man asked. I "I have four and a half," replied re the woman.. ee "Nonsense!" cried the questioner. >w "How can you have four and a half ar brothers?" n- "How can I help having four and to a half brothers?" retorted the woth man, "I have nine half-brothers; and it- don't that make four and a half n, brothers?"?Pathfinde \ ^ Not Sorry for Blunder. "If my friends hadn't blundered in 1(1 thinking I was a doomed victim of n- consumption, I might not be alive n- now," writes D. T. Sanders, of Haror rodsburg, Ky., "but for years they saw every attempt to cure a lungllJ racking cough fail. At last I tried ri- Dr. King's New Discovery. 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I gNew Goods at Hunters I dg Go to Hunter's Hardware Store for Sugar Cane A Sn- Mills, Sugar Kettles, Two-Horse Turn Plows, Field A X Wire Fence, Heaters, Ranges, Grates, Bugggy X jg'j w Robes, Sulky Plows, Barbed Wire, Axes, Paints, Sg ? Guns, Bicycles, Tricycles, Boys' Wagons, Athletic ftivpntcrs. Foot Balls. Christmas Goods and Toys, 1 A Brass Andirons, Oil Heaters, Nails, Harness, A Leather, Pumps, Piping, Tinware, Glassware, Crockery, Wall Paper, Alabastine, Frescoat, Wall Stains, 2k S? Food Choppers, Lard Presses, Gun Shells and Am- NF ^ @7 munition. We also handle Hard and Soft Coal. @7 A. HUNTER 1 1 s: the hardware man. bamberg, s. c. a