The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 01, 1910, Page 3, Image 3
SENTENCED TO BE BANGED.
John Cuffie, Who Was Convicted of
Wife Murder, Will~be Hanged.
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' Greenville, Nov. 23.?Before the
r O ^opening of common -pleas court yesm
terdav for a two weeks' term John
p Cuffie, convicted in the spring of
wife murder, was sentenced to be
%?]: hanged on January 5. The case of
ing home at night he found his wife
p:. In company with a white man, Jess
fej.. Fuller, with whom she said she was
- Cnffie is a most unusual one. GoIt
going to- elope. Cuffie left home, got
> a gun, came back, and the man and
his wife were gone. He followed
? y them into the country, where he had
p|-- learned they had gone, and soon seeg:
ing them ahead in the road, he
9s?? AvifinAH firfl urith fhA sriiTi. and the
woman fell dead. The man was not
injured. Cuffie sat beside the body
\ Oil morning and at daylight came in
and notified the officers that he had
killed the woman, giving himself into
custody, claiming that he had aimed
U; at Fuller and had killed his wife,
t Fuller tried to establish an alibi and
partly succeeded. Cuffie was tried
; and entered plea that he killed his
hc' wife, thinking he had his gun drawn
on Fuller. He was convicted, the
( case was appealed to the supreme
court, but a new trial was refused.
IMPALED BY AN ARROW.
Pinned Through the Neck to a Tree,
Yet He Survived.
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fA It was in the summer of 1859 that
- George Wainwright and Ben Spencer,
|||.;. each in charge of a train of freight
wagons, were headed for the 'Missouri
rlrer to bring supplies- back to Colofe
rado points. The Indians were very
troublesome in those, days, and these
two outfits always camped together
- for protection. One night they had
arranged the camp, with the wagons
forming a circle, and everybody but
the guards was to be inside. Wainwright
preferred to sleep in a clump
of cotton woods about a quarter of a
mile off, and there he fixed hin^elf
with his negro servant as a ooay
guard. Neither the camp nor Wainwright
was disturbed during the
i0- night, but early the next morning
while Wain wright was sitting on the
Bp| ground with his back to a tree drink&
r. ing his tin-of coffee an arrow from an
I> unseen foe entered his neck at the
f right of the jugular vein and was
; driven with such force as to impale
g the victim to the tree. The negro,
believing his master was killed, ran
to Spencer's camp and gave the
alarm.
%: Spencer and some of his men rushed
over to Wainwright. Instead of
being dead Wainwright was not even
seriously injured. Spenqer cut the
??; arrow off close to the point of en?
trance and then gently drew Wainvtrlght's
head forward until he was
released. The victim suffered but
little inconvenience from the wound
? . and by the time the trip was completed
it was entirely healed.?Los
Angeles Times.
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Pleads Unwritten Law.
|l**'Spartanburg, Nov. 25.?The unwritten
law was the plea of George
pf Smith tried in sessions court on a
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V ' Charge Oi assault auu uaueij w icii iu^
' tent to kill. J. M. Zimmerman was
^ the prosecutor and alleged that Smith
cut him severely while he, Zimmerman,
was taking dinner with the de.5'.
fendant some time ago. The cuts
. were so serious in fact that it was
< necessary to take 4 eighty stitches
when the physician began the task of
pf|? sewing him up again.
v ' Smith alleged that Zimmerman
made offending remarks to his wife,
f and that he was ordered to leave the
house. The jury returned a sealed
| y verdict.
Hampton Has Big Fire.
Hampton, Nov. 26.?Fire destroyed
four houses here this morning.
The loss is approximately $4,500 or
more.
At about four o'clock this morning
the citizens of this town were
waked from their slumbers by the
fire alarm, given in the usual way,
the firing of pistols and guns and the
ringing of bells. The whole town
turned out, as is customary- Four
% buildings, including three storehouses^
were totally consumed, and
'r- the Hampton Loan and Exchange
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had it not been for the good work of
local fire fighters. The fire originated
near the store of Mr. H. W. Cook,
in a crowded business section of the
town, origin unknown. The stores of
V H. W. Cook, Mrs. Belgei and Mr.
T. H. Sheppard and the dwelling of
the latter and a few outhouses were
burned. There was no insurance on
.. any of the buildings, except the one
belonging to Mrs. Belger. The building
occupied by Sheppard belonged to
Mr. H. F. Bass. The Hampton Loan
and Exchange Bank's loss will probably
be $500. It was the last building
to catch fire. This is a brick
structure.
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See me before trading your cotton
seed. W. G. HUTTO at Copeland's
tore.
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He Built a "Spite Fence" and She
Retaliated.
William Durland, wealthy person
of New York, has discovered that it
is a rather costly thing to stir woman
to anger. Mr. Durland owns
some pretty valuable real estate in
the upper part of Gotham, and wh$n
he bought the lots he put up a fence
between his property and that of
Miss Minerva Deitsch, a school
teacher. Miss Deitsch asserted that
the fence took in 30 inches of her
land, and after Mr. Durland had disputed
the claim 'for some time he
proposed to buy a narrow strip of
earth, 6offering $600 for it. Miss
Deitsch turned up her nose at this
and demanded $5,000, and when Mr.
Durland declined to come to her
terms, she set about devising some
way ol getting even. Meanwhile,
during the lady's spell of scheming,
Mr. Durland put up two very fine
apartment houses on his land, and
these are now proving a most remunerative
investment.
But a rude awakening has come to
him. Staring him in the face as he
walks by and admires his' two flat
buildings i$ a sign informing the
world that Miss Deitsch wants to
sell the four lots she owns, which
stand on each side of the Durland
buildings, "to colored people only, to
be owned and occupied by' colored
people only."
The house which Miss Deitsch herself
has occupied and which the Durland
"spite fence" abuts, has been
rented to negroes who have taken
possession, and a stream of negro
real estate operators and prospective
purchasers of the same race makes
-the tenants .of the Durland apartment
houses wroth to the point of
giving notice of their intention to
move as soon an possible. Miss Deitsch
sits back serenely in her new home
somewhere and smiles, while the
things Mr. Durland thinks would
certainly not be reproduced in a reputable
newspaper.?Nashville Tennesseean.
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ESTIMATE 1913 COTTON CROP.
Memphis Newspaper Says Total Approximates
11,928,000.
Memphis, Tenn. Nov. 24.?The
Commercial-Appeal to-morrow will
publish the following:
"Replies from correspondents of
the Commercial-Appeal throughout
the cotton growing States of the
South, indicate that there were grown
this season approximately 11,328,-1
000 bales of cotton, taking no account
of linters from the seed.
"Owing to favorable weather, little
or no rain having fallen during
the autumn, picking has made rapid
progress, and in many sections it is
estimated that it will be completed
by December 1. The farmers are
selling freely at prevailing prices.
| 1 "The returns by States follow:
North Carolina, 690,000; South Carolina,
1,180,000; Georgia, 1,740,000;"
Alabama, 1,180,000; Mississippi, 1,150,000;
Tennessee, 275,000; Missouri,
52,000; Arkansas, 750,000;
Louisiana, 220,000; Oklahoma, 900*I
000; Texas, 3,106,000."
Mossy Shuler Bound Over.
Branchville, Nov. 24.?Cohen Shuler,
alias Mossy Shuler, was given a
preliminary hearing before Magistrate
A. S. Dukes to-day; he was
bound over to the Court of General
Sessions on $500 certified bond,,
which he failed to give, and was sent
up to a wait, his trial.
From the evidence produced at
the trial it appears that Davis
Pringle, a darky from Ridgeville,
boarded the train , for Bamberg, and
that while seated and nodding, Shuler
tapped him on the shoulder,
showing his badge saying that he
was a "protective," and that he hand
what money he had over to him, or
he would send him back to Charleston.
The darky being scared handed
him his only five dollars. He identified
Shuler as the man that had
the badge on. The badge was produced
in court and identified,
j The news agent came in at the
time and heard the conversation and
told the flagman to go into the colored
coach, as Shuler was doing
something crooked to a darky. After
leaving Branchville, the darky reported
the matter to the flagman
and the conductor. A "preacher"
also was on the train at the time,
and -saw the affair which he reported
to the flagman. He knew Shuler. '
Will Recover Part of Money.
Spartanburg, Nov. 26.?Mrs. L. G.
Calvert, of Glendale, will recover $78
of the' $118 recently chewed up by a
I calf. The wad of greenbacks sent on
I to the treasury department in WashI
ineton several days ago was found to
contain pieces of three $20 notes, one
$10 note, one $5 and three $1 bills.
The pieces of predigested currency as
put together at the treasury department
are on exhibition at the Bank
of Commerce and are attracting considerable
attention.
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Postmaster General Hitchcock Rc
moves Postoffice Employees.
Washington, Nov. 23.?Postmaste
General Hitchcock to-day ordered th
removal,, from the postoffice service
of Edward F. Blodgett, superintend
ent of stations, and of Jones V. Noi
ton and S. F. Giles, clerks, all in th
Atlanta postoffice, as the result o
gross irregularities in the weighiii
of newspaper mail.
The order folle^ved an investiga
tion at the Atlanta office, into irregu
larities, which the postoffice depart
ment claimed covered a series c
years, and resulted in the loss o
many thousands of dollars to the de
partment. The department an
nounced, in connection with this 01
der, that a general investigation o
methods of weighing second class mai
throughout the country is now bein
conducted by inspectors, with th
idea of detecting and bringing to a
end such irregularities as those die
closed at Atlanta.
Terrell Degraded.
Because of inefficiency in the dif
charge of his duties, the superintend
ent of the railway service at Atlanta
L. M. Terrell, who failed to take th
precautionary measures required b
the postal regulations to prevent cei
tain of the irregularities, was trans
ferred by the Postmaster General'
order, from his position of responsi
bility to a minor place in the sei
vice. /
Superintendent G. W. Pepper, c
the railway mail division, havinj
headquarters at Cleveland, has bee
assigned to Atlanta, to superced
Superintendent Terrell. Clyde M
Reed, superintendent of the divisio
of railway adjustments, in the pos1
office department, was sent to Cle^
land to take the place of Superintend
ent G. W. Pepper.
Mr. Reed's position -in the depart
ment has bee'n tilled by the promc
tion of C. H. McBride, formerly as
sistant superintendent of the divis
ion of railway adjustments.
The evidence obtained in the in
vestigation at Atlanta has been sub
mitted, by the Postmaster Genera]
to the department of justice and tha
department will determine the ques
tion of prosecution.
Blodgett Silent.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23.?Edward E
Blodgett, when asked to-night for i
statement about his removal from th
postoffice, said he had nothing b
say. He refused to discuss the mat
ter in any manner.
Postmaster H. L. McKee declinei
to comment to-night on the repor
of the finding of irregularities fn th
weighing of newspaper mail in th
Atlanta postoffice,.except' to say tha
Norton and Giles, mentioned in th
disDatch. had been out of the servic
for some time.
Neither Boll Nor Bear.
Charles M. Schwab, in a recent in
terview in New York, pointed out th
folly of ignorant speculation.
"The average man with no knowl
edge of finance," he said, "has n<
business to speculate. Let him do s<
and his case is Jones's all over again
"Jones stepped in at a garage on
morning to see about selling off hi
two automobiles.
" T hear you've been speculatinj
on the stock exchange, Mr. Jones?'
the agent said politely.
" 'Yes,' said Jones. 'Now,' thes<
cars, understand, can be had chea]
for cash.'
" 'Were you a bull or a bear, sir?
asked the agent.
" 'Neither,' said Jones gruffly,
was an ass.'"?Detroit Free Press.
A Good Job.
Jacob H. Schiff at a dinner on th<
yacht Ramona condemned a conceri
that had gone up, says the Pittsburj
Dispatch.
Straight business methods are thi
only ones," he said. "There is i
moral in the receiver story.
"A man, you know, said one day t<
a little boy:
" 'Well, Tommy, what are you go
ing to be when you grow up?"
J"4A receiver, sir,' Tommy answer
ed, promptly. 'Ever since pa's beei
a receiver we've had champagne fo:
dinner and.two automobiles.' "
Attacked by Highwayman.
Greenville, Nov. 26.?Manager H
B. Bryan, of the Bell Telephone com
pany's plant here, was knocked un
conscious by an unknown highway
man to-night about 9 o'clock, anc
roDDea or a goia waicu, uu xvivo
street, not far from the centre of the
city. Mr. Bryan is not seriouslj
hurt, but has a bad blow under hh
left eye and his lower lip is cul
through.
Mr. Bryan stated that he was cross
ing Reedy river, on the River streel
bridge. Just as he reached the enc
some one stopped him and he fell unconscious.
When he recovered himself
he found his watclf missing. He
had no money on his person. The
alarm was given, but the local police
have not yet made any arrests. Mr
Bryan came to Greenville four yean
ago from Raleigh, N. C.
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TAX NOTICE.
The treasurer's office will be open
> for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the
lotn day of October, 191u, until the
15th day of March, 1911, inclusive,
r From the 1st day of January,
e 1911, until the 31st day of January,
1911, a penalty of one per cent will
'? be added to alb unpaid taxes. From
i- the 1st day of February, 1911, until
- the 28th day of February, 1911, a
e penalty of 2 per cent will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
f day of March, 1911, until the 15th
S day of March, 1911, a penalty of 7
per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes.
THE LEVY.
l" x or State purposes 5 3-4 mills
For County purposes 5 1-2 mills
if Constitutional school tax....5 mills
f Total
14 1-4 mills
" SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
l- Bamberg, No. 14 : 9 mills
- Binnakere, No. 12 3 mills
f Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
Clear Pona. No. 19 2 mills
11 Colston, No. 18 2 mills
g Cuffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills
e Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills
_ Ehrhardt, No. 22 4 mills
Govan, No.' 11 4 mills
h Hutto, No. 6 2 mills
Hampton, No. 3 2 mills
Heyward, No. 24 2 mills
Hopewell, No. 1 ..3 mills
" Hunter's Chapel, No. 1 3 mills
l" Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill
l, Lees, No. 23 4 mills
e Midway, No. 2 2 mills
_ Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills
y Olar, No. 8 4 mills
St. John's, No. 10 2 mills
i- Salem, No. 9 3 mills
8 Three Mile, Nc?. 4 : 2 mills
All persons betweenMhe ages of
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sailers,
who are exempt at 50 years of
,f age are liable to a poll tax of one*
dollar.
* Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
n All persons who are twenty-one
e years of age on or before the 1st day
l. of January, 1910, are liable to a
' poll tax of one dollar, and all persons
who have not made returns
to the Auditor, are requested to do
!- so on or before the 1st of January,
1 m 1 J AT _ 1 ... iV? . ?.1
[ iv ??f auu tuereuy save lac yeuaitv
and costs.
I will receive the commutation
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
h* the loth day of October, 1910, until
the 1st day of March, 1911.
JOHN F. FOLK,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
: FOR FRESH MEATS
I, such as beef, pork, dressed chiekt
ens, and the like, you will do justice
to both your appetite and to
your pocket to hunt for the
market opposite the artesian
well, second door to Copeland's
warehouse. We only handle the
a best meats that money can buy.
We also pay the highest prices
e for beef cattle, pork hogS, chick0
ens and eggs. Restaurant hi connection,
where you can getvhot
meals at all times.
1 A. W. BRONSON,
1 BAMBERG, S. C.
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e p| PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
Fucmicc
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AND BOILERS '
e Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors,
Pumps and Fittings, Wood
Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys,
- Belting, Gasoline Engines >
I UAROB5TOCK LOMBARD
' Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works.
Supply Store,
s AUGUSTA. GA.
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THAT PRESCRIPTION
- To have it produce the best results,
i it must be compounded by competent,
careful pharmacists?it must
> be filled with fresh, pure drugs of
requisite strength and quality.
You can safely entrust your prescription
to. us if yon wish the above.
; HOOVER'S DRUG STORE
r BAMBERG, S. C.
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[ improved Saw Mills.
VARIABLE FRICTION FEED. d 'keHable. j I
j Best material and workmanship, light
, running, requires little power; simple,
easy to :-andle. Are made in several
sizes and are good, substantial money
making machines down to the smallest
I size. Write for catalog showing En?
, gines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies*
1 Lombard Iron Works A Supply Co. J
Q AUGUSTA. CA. *
? PUBLIC NOTICE.
? I positively forbid anybody hunti
or trespassing in any way on my land.
If any one should be -caught doing
what is hereby forbidden, he will be
s punished by the full extent of the
law. MRS. P. W. SAND!PER.
j Horses & Mules!
I buggies & Wagons |
Full Stock in Our Line . S| ^
on hand at all times. N g
See us before you buy. 1
Horses on Hand.'.*.'.*.'.'. ?||f|
JONES BROS., I f
| BAMBERG, S. C. I |
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iReadv for Youi 1
I Z Our tell stock is here, and we have a most complete a? |9
* j assortment. If you don't believe it, come and see. We tS
% f bought early, at low prices, and can save you money. 9 9
| - Our old customers know our goods and prices, and we (
; J want to show them our new fall and winter line. We J | -f| 9
; j also want to welcome many new customers. We have | | V||
Is Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Extra || '|9
: Trousers, Dress Goods, Notions, Underf
? wear for men, women, children, Trunks,
; ; and many other things for men, women, and children $ ' ^Wl
;; to wear. .Our line of Clothing for men and boys con- A ^
> 5* tains some special bargains. ^ call will convince you
JJ that we can suit your pocket book in all onr line*. *
I RUBIN & PESKEN ?1
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I ehrhardt banking coMPAinr. TIM
I CAPITAL "STOCK $20,000.00. ' I 185
I We 'do a general banking business, and solicit your account.
I We are backed by a strong board of directors, insuring you
every safety. We allow you 4 per cent on deposits in our say-i '*?S '^SB
I ings department. We extend to otir customers every courtesy
I consistent witb/good banking. We receive accounts of individu- . v^n ^H
9 als, firms, and corporations on favorable terms, and shall be '
pleased to meet or correspond with those who contemplate mak9
ing changes or opening new accounts. ^
E J. L. COPELAND, J. C. KENARD, A. F. HENDERSON,
I President Vice-President Cashier. 9 :v|n
A Constant m
Protection fl
| A telephone on the Farm affords the Farmer's family freedom
| from isolation as well as protection in the absence of the men. ^J|g
Mr. S. S. Lee, of Blanch, N. C., writes: "Some time ago one rJflH
of our friends' husband was compelled to be off until ten o'clock at "vfgHlig
night. During that time no one was in the house but his wife.
She talked to us all up and down the line, and each family was
ready to go to her at a minute's notice. She said she was so glad
she had a phone, as she would not feel at all lonely."
Write for our free booklet and see how little it costs to have a ' 31
| telephone on your Farm. Address
9 Farmers Line Department I
g SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE fffl |j ifjS
9 & TELEGRAPH COMPANY pfM
1 100 South Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga. I