The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 08, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
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fgj# FIXES BLAME ON NEGRO.
Coroner's Jury Finds Verdict in Ac
cordance With Girl's Story.
Brunson, Dec. 2.?The coroner':
jury which since Wednesday hai
been investigating the death of J. R
Langford, the prominent plantei
? found dead in the woods near her<
Tuesday night, has returned its ver
I diet and has fixed lie guilt 01
Richey Williams, the negro who is ii
the penitentiary in Columbia for saf<
keeping.
Mary Harris, the 20-year-old whits
girl, who admits being in the woods
with Mr. Langford at thie time h<
was killed and upon whose accusa
tion Williams was suspected and ar
rested, is in Hampton jail. The jun
visited her there-again to-day -and en
deavored to learn something furthei
v of the crime, but she stuck to hei
previously told story, that the negr<
had crept up behind Mr. Langforc
and killed him by a blow on the heac
with a stick. No evidence was ad*
duced at the investigation to throv
suspicion on any one other than the
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against him except that of the girl.
Mary Harris and her father anc'
three smaller sisters live near where
the crime was committed. They are
- "illiterate, it is said, in the extreme
It is admitted that she told nothing
of the killing until it was suspected
she knew something of the crime anc
upon being questioned closely she
finally told the story which resulted
in the arrest of Williams.
The negro bears a good reputation
has been a hard worker and has several
children. His wife died aboul
> year ago.
The whole story is considered a
most revolting one here and the various
explanations that have been suggested
are only talked of in whispers,
Did His Part.
' In a Western Kentucky town Ben
Watson had saved the life of Myra
Underhill. Miss Underbill's boat had
been overturned in a creek with a
swift current, and the act of young
Watson was a very heroic one. He
had saved the life of the girls aftei
she was sinking for the third time,
and he had barely strength to pull
himself and the young woman tc
shallow water.
The news soon spread and Ben
Watson was hailed as the real, live
I hero of the village.
Aunt Tabby Wilson, the oldest woman
in the village, mother of the little
colony, was loud in the praise oi
the heroism of the young man, and
at once declared that Ben and Myra
LV'. must get married. "Ben saved Myra's
life," she said, "and now they
must marry and be happy ever afterwards,
just as they do in the story
books."
"Dnf Ron (?omi,rroH Tho a rra n PP~
ment did not suit him.
"Why not marry Myra, Ben?"
said the old lady. "She is yours and
ve must have a wedding."
'*She's a nice girl, all right," replied
Ben, "but I don't think we
oughter marry.' Seems to me," he
went on, "I have done enough for
Myra."?Harper's Weekly.
A Lesson in Banking.
In the drawing room car of a
Washington lfmited the conversation
turned on the way interest mounts
"It'B like this," said R. B. Brown,
?*of the American Surety company.
"The leading negroes of a Georgia
town started a bank and invited persons
of their race to become customers.
One day "a darky, with shoes
run down at the heels, a gallus over
' one shoulder, and a cotton shirt,
showed up at the bank.
" 'See here,' he said 'I want mab
ten dollahs.'
" 'Who is yuh?' asked the cashier.
" 'Mah name's Jim Johnson, an' I
wants dat ten dollahs.'
" 'You ain't got no money is dis
* aafH tho oashipr after
looking over the books.
" 'Yes, I has,' insisted the visitor.
'I put ten dollabs in here six months
pfe er go.'
fev " 'Why, man, yuh shure is foolish,
De intrust done et dat up long ei
|l- go.' "?Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Tillman Just Tolerable.
Washington, Dec. 2.?Senator B
||> " P.. Tillman, who arrived here this
morning, said he was feeling "jusi
. tolerable," but seems very cheerful
^ v Senator Tillman arrived here this
^ morning from Rock Hill where he
and Mrs. Tillman spent the nighi
ph' with D. B. Johnson, president oj
Winthrop. Their young daughter
Miss Sallie, is in college at Winthrop
The Senator came, he said, just tc
see how he would feel in harness
again, but he will go home the last
of next week, and if his experimenl
shows that he feels all right in harness
he wlil return in January.
He is cheerful though feeble anc
has received a number of callers ir
his rooms at the Normandy and ii
his office at the capitol during the
He is not discussing any politica
or official matters for publication.
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STATE'S FUNDS RATHER SHORT.
- Sum in State Treasury Insufficient to
Meet Maturing Obligations.
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s Columbia, Dec. 2.?The State of
5 South Carolina will have to meet ob.
ligations to the extent of approxir
mately $500,000 by January 1. There
3 is only about $75,000 in the State
- Treasury at present. The county
i treasurers are behind in sending in
i the tax money to the extent of about
3 $35,000, as compared with this date
last year.
3 On December 30 four notes aggre3
gating $400,000, will fall due. The
3 interest on the State debt amounts
- to $145,000. The running expenses
- of the State Government for two
T months will also have to be paid.
The sum of $500,000 has been borr
rowed by the State during the year,
r The tax levy for this year was 5 3-4
) mills. It is not thought that the
1 next general assembly will have to
I increase this amount. The borrow
ing of money means that the State
r Government has to mortgage its
i taxes for running expenses.
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A Method for the Improvement
I of Corn.
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> The proper observance of av few
important factors relating to the
, breeding of corn will result in SeI
curing increased yields of a better
I grade of corn than the original seed.
> This gain can be easily secured if one
! will devote a little time and patience
in making the proper start in the
right direction.
| The first thing to be done in the
i breeding of corn is to go through a
field before the crop has been gatherL
ed and select about one hundred of
the best formed ears that point downward
from the most vigorous looking
stalks, but in order that any
future increase in yield may be
brought about by these selcted ears,
they should be taken from stalks
t which have not been favored by feri
tile spots in the field or had more
1 distance in the drill from which to
i draw an extra supply of plant food.
: After having made the above selec>
tion the ears should be "shucked"
' and placed on a large box or table in
, order that each individual ear may
1 be carefully examined.
> In making this examination one
should consider the following points:
i (1) All the ears which are to be
planted in the breeding patch should
be as much alike in every respect as
possible, thus securing uniformity.
(2) All ears should be as near a
cylindrical shape as possible, as a
cylindrical' shaped ear will carry, a
higher percentage of grain than a
tapering one.
(3) All' white varieties should
have white kernels and white cobs
unless a red cob variety, then all
cobs, should be red. Yellow kernels!
and red cobs in white corn indicate
mixture.
(4) The tips and butts should be
well covered with uniform and well
shaped kernels.
(6) The kernels on all parts of
1 the ear should be as near alike in
1 shape, size and color as possible, as
the shape and size determine, in a
large measure, the regulartiy with
which a corn planter will drop them.
(6) The lenghth for single ear va-1
rieties should not be less than eight
inches wth a circumference about six
inches measured one-third the distance
from butt.
Having selected about fifty ears
according to the above directions
from the one hundred first gathered
they should be stored away until
near planting time in some dry place
where weevils or mice will not affect
them. Then they should be placed
on a plank or large box and numbered
consecutively from one to 5.0
in order that they may be tested for
germination or ability to sprout.
This test is made as follows: Fill a
soap or starch box with wet sawdust,
placing on top of the sawdust a wet
flour or meal sack which has been
* laid off in pencil squares 2x2 inches.
The squares should then be numbered
from one to 50. Then take ear
No. 1 and remove six kernels fFom it,
taking the first about one inch from
the butt, slightly turn ear in the hand
| and remove another kernel about one
and a half inches from the- place
whefe the first one was removed.
Continue this slight turning of the
ear and removal of kernels until the
. six are secured. Having removed
> the kernels, place them germ side up
t in square No. 1, all tips pointing
. in the same direction. Continue to
i remove kernels from the individual
i ears, placing them in the square cort
responding to the number of the ear
F from which they were removed. Then
, cover them with a wet sack and place
. the box in the kitchen and allow it
> IU remain iucic cl yyctn, nciuug n,
5 twice during that length of time. Aft
ter the test has been running about
t a week remove the top sack and ex
amine each square contaniing the
kernels. The number of those
I squares which do not contain six
t large sprouts should be ascertained
i and the ear corresponding to the
i number of that particular square
should be discarded, as all of the
L kernels on it will not grow.
Having decided which ears are to
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USED RAZOR ON TWO. I"
Jilted Lover Slashes Young Woman,
then Himself.
Houston, Texas, Dec. 3.?Miss Bertha
Woodworth, daughter of W. W.
Woodworth, a prominent member of
the Texas Oil Company, was attacked
with a razor at her home here early
to-day by Lloyd B. Shaffer and, it is
believed, received mortal wounds. It
is reported that the young couple
were engaged to be married, but Miss
Woodworth had recently broken the
engagement.
Shaffer slashed her throat and then
used the razor on himself. To-night
neither has regained consciousness,
and their condition is critical.
News Around Smoaks.
Smoaks, Nov. 31.?The school at
Tabernacle is getting along fine.
Most of our farmers are busy planting
oats.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Jones visited
their mother last Saturday, Sunday
and Monday.
Mrs. M. Shedd is visiting relatives
in this community.
Miss Bessie Proveaux is quite ill
now. We trust she will soon recover.
Falls Against Saw. j
1 Walhalla, Dec. 1.?E. Pinckney
Wood, of the Ne* Hope section, six
miles north of Walhalla, had a leg
cut off late yesterday afternoon by a
wood saw and died from the effects
early this morning. Mr. Wood ran
a saw in connection with his ginnery
and had just thrown on thejbelt and
started up the saw. He turned for
something and in doing so, fell, his
foot catching in the saw which severed
his leg below the knee.
A Prize Hog Killed.
Clover, Dec. 3.?Jas. A. Clinton
slaughtered one of the largest hogs
that has been raised in this section
to-day. The hog was of Poland China
stock and about 17% months old,
and weighed, gross 625; net 585
pounds.
Mr. Clinton bought /this hog on
March 1 and at that time it weighed
107 pounds. He fed it 278 days, with
a g%in of 518 pounds. Almost two
pounds per day.
Wants to Help Some One.
For thirty years J. F. Boyer, of
Fertile, Mo., needed help and couldn't
find it. That's why he wants to
help some one now. Suffering so
long himself he feels for all distress
from backache, nervousness, loss of
appetite, lassitude and kidney disor- _
ders. He shows that Electric Bitters
work wonders for such troubles. H
"Five bottles," he writes, "wholly W
cured me and now I am well and
hearty." It's also positively guaranteed
for liver trouble, dyspepsia,
blood disorders, female complaints
and malaria. Try them. 50c at
People's Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
What He Thought.
1
The subject of conversation between
the last two sportsmen lefi up
at night in the smoking room after
a hard day's shooting was the won-i
derful^scent of dogs.
"Mine is a marvel. Not long ago I
went motoring, far from home. My
pointer, although chained up, worked
himself out of his collar and found
me two hours afterward. What d'ye
think of that?" 1
"I think you ought to have a I
bath."?Buffalo News. I
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McKenzie Resigns.
J. M. McKenzie, who has for more
than two years been the efficient and
1 am/I 4 A1 nh
competent, ueput agcm auu icicgiafu
operator at Walterboro, has resigned
his position to accept that of bookkeeper
for the Thayer Lumber company.
Mr. McKenzie will enter upon, his
new duties as soon as his successor
arrives. The business men of the
county, who have had business here
at the depot, regret to see Mr. McKenzie
sever his connection with the
railroad company. It is not known
yet who Mr. McKenzie's successor y
will be.?Walterboro Press and
Standard.
be retained each should be planted
on a separate row. It is not necessary
that the entire ear be planted,
but precautions must be taken so
that each row planted will have the
same number of stalks and distance,
both in the drill and between the
rows.
The following fall each row should
be gathered separately and the ears
trom it weignea. me Dest ears irurn
the highest yielding rows should be
saved to start another breeding
patch the second year. The most desirable
ears from several of the next
highest yielding rows can be used m
for planting the general crop. (
It is necessary that the breeding
patch be several hundred yards from
any other corn field to prevent mix.
ing with inferior varieties, and that
the character of the fertilizers and
cultivation of the land used be as
near like the general field as possible.
J. M. NAPIER.
GreatCIothing Sslcji
Our large stock of Clothing must _ i
be sold, and we are offering the Jjjl* |jf|j
entire line at a sacrifice. You fifr jjjjl
had better take advantage of ' ^jSI
opportunity, for it will not oc- %
cur again soon; Every suit in r.:|f
the house will go strictly Mm
NEW YORK COST lj| 11
When we.say cost we mean it, and all we ask - SB H . '?:$
E vou to do is to come in and get prices and you f j0 HH J
will be convinced of the truth of this assertion. MB MB . ' iffffliB
We have suits for men, young men, and boys, H II ;^?j
also extra trousers, We have a large line, and ; B BR I J
you can surely get a tit here for yourself or boy. IB . hV
LISTEN: * * |
Pure Wool Suits, in latest colors and shades, blues andj 3mm
browns, handsomely made, with first-class linings, form?f
erly sold at $12.50, now only $9.50. Others in proportion* HH
YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS THIS GREAT COST SALE 1 ljjj[
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THE REASON WHlfl
There is always a reason for every- ;':|||
thing, and if you will pay our store a .;f|B
visit you will know at once the reason f||
why we are offering our large line of f||
HOLIDAY GOODS?
at such remarkably close prices. Having bought MSli
during the early summer, before the crop pros- 9
pects were so poor, we purchased an immense ^
line, and not wishing to carry any over, as we -1
try at all times to handle the most up-to-date |?jj
goods obtainable, we are going to to make them fjj
move, if low prices will make them go. We j3
have the most up-to-date and largest line of ' jS
rOYS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS 1
that we have ever shown. We also have an assortment
of Mirrors, Picture Frames, Toilet Sets,
Jewel Boxes. Lap Tablets, Bibles, Fountain Pens, . Ifjil
Handsome Box Paper, Silverware, CutGlassand >%||jj|
some of the handsomest Hand Painted China
ever ?hown in Bamberg. All we ask is that you f INI
- see our line and get our prices before you buy.
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