The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 22, 1910, Page 6, Image 6

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DAGGER IN HAND, KILLED. Broke Into Man's Home and Was Shot to Death. Washington, Pa., Dec. 18.?William Love, aged 26, is dead with his head blown off; George Broadnax, charged with the shooting, and his ^ wife as a witness are in jail, while a huge dagger that was in Love's hand when he was shot, still sticks in the floor of the Broadnax house, where Irom, while her husband went into an adjoining room for a shotgun. . As Broadnax entered the room with the gun, Love leaped for him with the dagger in his uplifted hand. There was a flash from the gun and Love fell prostrate on the floor, the dagger sinking deep into the boards a few inches from the feet of Broadnax. The house was sealed by the police until an investigation is made. FIREMAN KILLED. Claude Fowler Shot by Curtis Amnions at Lockhart. Union, Dec. 18.?Curtis Amnions, nr> in fho T/K?bhart mill. I this afternoon shot and killed Claude Fowler, fireman on the Lockhart branch of the Southern railway. The cause of the killing, which occurred .at Lotkhart about 6 o'clock this afternoon is not known. Ammons h has not been apprehended. It is believed that he has gone toward YorkJ. L. Hames, coroner of Union county, left Union for Lockhart in an automobile at 8:30 to-night. Ke is not expected to return before tomorrow. The details of the killing are not known. It is said that immediately after the homicide Ammons hired a horse and buggy, and, crossing the . Broad river, made off through Chester county. He is about 26 years of age, clean shaven and weighs about 135 pounds. When he left Lockhart he was wearing a gray suit. Fowler was about 22 years old and unmarried. Ammons also is unmarried. Carolina Needs Half Million. Columbia, Dec. 17.?The State treasurer will need the sum of $550,>000 to meet all obligations of the State before the first of the year, with only $70,000 in cash on hand. An urgent letter has been addressed to the county treasurers ^of the State, asking that all tax money be for-wofriari nt nnw to meet. the oblisa Itions of the State, which must be fcaid before January 1. The sum of $400,000 will be needed on December 20 to pay two notes. This is a part of the loan authorized \ by the general assembly. The total amount borrowed during the year has b$en about $550,000. The sum of $145 ,000 will also be required to pay the interest on the State debt. The expenses of the State government will be $75,000. The tax levy for this year was 5 3-4 mills. It is not thought it''will be necessary to increase the levy for next year. This matter will be determined by the general assembly. Mysterious Shooting. Georgiana, Ala., Dec. 18.?Citizens of Georgiana are infensely excited over a mysterious shooting affray which took place late Saturday night, in which J. T. Smith was killed by W. J. Brown. The mystery was increased by the spiriting away of a negro, Sam Singer, to the Greenville jail in order to prevent his being lynched for a part he is- supposed to have played. The tragedy occurred in Smith's store. It is said that Smith cut Browp's clothing before he fell dying from four bullet wounds. Two of the bullets entered the stomach, the others entering an arm. Both are of prominent families. The authorities are making a hurried investigation of the case and will, in all probability make the facts known in order to prevent an open AIAAK K/if fo TITVIIAII cOOm C IBfc uaou la^vxvuo, n ui^u W<\': imminent. Wj"'i To Increase Salary. Washington, Dec. 16.?RepresenBfs tative George S. Legare to-day introduced a bill in the house to raise the salary of Collector Durant from $1,200 to $4,000 a year. It is provided in the bill that he shall draw $1,000 a year as salary, and in addition thereto, the fees allowed by law and a commission of 36 per cent, on all moneys collected on account of duties on imports and tonnage dues. In no event shall the salary exceed $4,000 a year. ||fe it was plunged into the boards by the weight of Love's body when he fell. The tragedy ^as the result of a min||| ers' card game at Mariana, this counAs reported to the police, the fight B; started in Love's home, and when he drew a dagger Broadnax ran out to his own house, bove followed, but found the door barricaded. He beat gN'- upon the door until the panels splin wrea, aiiu cmwieu wivugu, mw dagger in his teeth. Mrs. Broadnax, a nrmmheri in a POmftr of the ' .... . ' \ ISLET VANISHES. - > , j Nearly a Hundred People Said to Have Perished. * New Orleans, Dec. 18.?A special dispatch to the Times-Democrat from Port Limon, Costa Rica, says that a small island off the coast of San Salvador disappeared last Thursday following a series of earth shocks and it is believed that 17 families, or about 90 persons, lost their lives. The dispatch adds that San Salvador was repeatedly shaken by earthquakes last week and the series of Thursday night was especially severe. "The people on the little island Ilopango were observed giving signals of distress late Thursday afternoon, says the dispatch, "but it was out of question of that hour, because of the exc'table condition of the people on the Salvadorean shore, to send them relief. The earth shocks continued until past midnight Thursday and Friday morning the island had entirely disappeared." Reports at New York. New York, Dec. 18.?Reports here tonight place the scene of the disaster on a small island in the Ilopongo. lagoon, southeast of San Salvador. It is asserted that about 170 of the inhabitants were killed. The island is said to have sunk following a series of earthquake shocks last Saturday. There is no confirmation of the rumors. GRAY MULETCAUSED IT. Three Dead as Result of Row Over Hard-Tail. Tallapoosa, Ga., Dec. 17.?Will, ? _ a ?x. T-fc J jonn ana wnne ceiieueiu,^ uiumcis and well to do farmers, who' lived near Hojlewell, Ala., near the Georgia line, are dead as the result of a duel following a quarel over the ownership of a gray mule. In the exchange of shots between the brothers, the mule was also killed. The animal was in possession of Jonh Benefleld. Will demanded that it be turned over to him. Following a bitter dispute both mfen drew revolvers and began- firing. White Benefleld, the elder brother, yas acting as peacemaker when a stray bullet laid him low. He lived only a few minutes. The triple tragedy occurred Friday, but owing to the remoteness of the locality the details were not obtained until to-day. Mrs. Bigham'8 Body Moved. Florence, Dec. 16.?The remains of Mrs. Ruth * Crisp Brigham were disinterred at Beulah Baptist church, at Hyman, last week and were carried to her . old home, near Laurens, S. C., for re-interment in the family burying ground in that county. It will be remembered that Mrs. Bigham was shot to death near Sunnyside Cottage, at Murrell's Inlet, Georgetown county, on the evening of September 4, 1909, by W. B. Avant, in the presence of Mrs. Bigham's husband, Dr. G. C. Bigham, who claimed that he shot at a 'supposed ghost. The disinterment was made by Mr. C. D. Waters, brother of Mr. W. M. Waters, the local funeral director and embalmer, and was made quietly and under the direction of Mrs. Bigham's father pnd brother, who come here to carry the body for burial where the family could care for the grave and be further removed from the scene of the horrible tragedy of that September evening at quiet little Sunnyside. Nothing so far has been heard of either Avant or Bigham, the two men charged with the death of this happy young bride of only one year. Most Valuable Faculty. "The late William James," said a Bostonian, "used to smile at the brain fag that so often attacks the American business men. Professor James had his own opinion of the average business man's hard- work. -He thought that brain fag came more frequently from an excess of whiskey and tobacco than from an excess of mental application. "Apropos of this he used to tell a story about a little boy who asked his father: " 'Papa, what is executive ability?' " 'Executive ability, my son," the father replied, 'is the faculty of earning your bread by the sweat of other people's brows.' " Seaboard Train Wrecked Americus, Ga., Dec. 18.?Passenger train No. 72 on the Seaboard Air Line, from Montgomery to Savannah was wrecked in the Americus yards this afternoon just escaping a headlong plunge into Muckalee creek from a 30-foot trestle. The engine jumped the track at the edge of the creek, the trucks of the tender going into the water. The entire train left the tracks, and the coaches were criss-crossed across the rails. The wreck blocked the line during the afternoon. It was stated that no one was hurt. - - ' - --- - - - " . WILL NOT TOUCH MONEY. ;" : Banker's Widow Gives Her Share of It Damages to Chnrch. ? Mrs. Katrina Trask, widow of Specer Trask, of Saratoga, N. Y., to the banker who was killed in a wreck tfc on the New York Central railroad Si at Croton, December 31, 1900, and sc for whose death the railroad has 0 made a settlement with the estate in for $60,000, has announced her in- ag tention of dedicating her share of B< the settlement, $32,000, to the work O: in which Mr. Trask was deeply inter- oi ested. Mrs. Trask, in a letter to w Village President James D. McNulty d< said: ^ ai "The subject upon which I ap- fr proach you is so terrible to me that T1 T find it almost imDOSSible to write, ar But as I want you and your associ- lu ates to distinctly understand my feel- ra ings in the matter, I must myself p] state it. After the death of my hus- h? band, Spencer Trask, it was many ec years before I was able to talk with tl my counsel and advisers. When I hi saw them they urged upon me my tc duty to take action against the New th York Central railroad for the un- fr speakable criminal carelessness which d( led to the fatal tragedy of December in 31, 1900. / b? "Such action I positively refused to consider. I made only one re- w quest, namely, that I might never Sc again hear the name of the New si York Central railroad spoken in my w presence. My advisers, however, pj pointed out to me that this was im- th possible. They said that I owed a th duty to the community, and grave oi responsibility to the public. This oi argument was further urged by sev- ir eral other able advisers, who pleaded that I must sacrifice my feelings at whatever cost of pain for the protection of others in time to come. ^ Mnrenvpr. mv counsel told me that I F had no choice in the matter; that, as si executrix, I was obliged under the *1 law to join in bringing suit. a1 "Therefore, greatly against my jj purpose, I consented to allow my co- P executors to proceed as they felt it j* to be their duty, entreating them, if h possible, to avoid litigation. The g officers of the railroad, to avoid liti- al gation, made a settlement with my 5( co-executors. From the amount paid g by the officers of the railroad in this settlement, the proportion required by law was given to my husband's next of kin, and I am informed that th?r remaining sum of $32,000 be- ^ longs to me. t "Of course, Impersonally would not ^ touch this money. It hope it is need- j less for me Jo say that it would not ^ be conceivable for me to use it, no . Dl matter what my stress might be. It must be dedicated. And I am sure T, that the most fitting dedication is ^ to give it to the town to which Spen- ^ cer Trask devoted many years of zealous service, and for which, in 1 g( the end, he sacrificed his life, I therefore have directed my lawyers to hand to the Rev. Dr. Carey $7,500 to complete my husband's gift to the Bethesda church parish housp, for I believe that such a house will conS( tribute largely to the common good of the village. And I have directed the remaining $24,500 ?with my bankers in trust, to be used for the village of Saratoga Springs." ^ ^ ? Sewed Up in Mule's Hide. x Young Harris, Ga., Dec. 19.?Bart el Rrnwn of Gumloe. this county, has tt just emerged from the unusual ex- cc perience of sleeping six hours while sewed up on the inside of a mute's ?] carcas. Yesterday Brown and other qi bibulous companions after imbibing it, much moonshine whiskey were wending their wabbly ways homeward q down the country road. The "going" pi was too heavy for Brown and he col- 0f lapsed by the roadside near the car- tt cass of "old Hump Back," who has been carrying the mail to and from 0i Brasstown for, lo, these many years, ei but who left the government service w several hours before Brown and his a companions came along. The practical jokers, seeing Brown fr helpless, hastily transformed the SJ mule into a lower berth and stowed tt Brown away, stitching up the hide e( with strings. The sleeping man 01 finally awoke and began yelling, h) After several pedestrians had been rf badly frightened two men came up and hearing shrieks cut the stitches tt and let Brown out, cold, sober and badly frightened. Brown is pow on the water wagon, but swears vengeance. He compared his experience with Jonah's, but said n the sailing wasn't quite as fast. p] SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE. JT: le Four Open Gas Jets Cause Death of C( Two Women. a1 cc Orange, N. J., Dec. 18.?Four wide * open gas jets in three adjoining eJ rooms caused the death in East Or- ri "1 ange to-day of Mrs. Josephine Harri.man, aged 70, and Mrs. Bella Zeliff, aged 40, mother and daughter, both 11 widows. Dr. M. H. Simmons, the S] deputy county physician, who investi- ^ gated the case, declared it to be a case of homicide and suicide but o could find on indication of which f< woman turned on the gas. C is Located in Sweden, and Its 1 Name is Orson. The story of a "taxless town" is >ld by the Omaha Daily News in ] lis way: "There is a little town in i veden by the name of Orson. Or- < >n. Remember that name. For ] rson is one of the greatest towns i the world. Of course, Orson isn't i big as London, or New York, or ] agdad, or perhaps Oshkosh. But i rson has done something that none ; ' the so-called 'great' cities of the orld has ever done. Orson has >dged all local taxes?successfully id honestly. The Orson railway is ee to every citizen of the town, tie telephone service is free. Schools id libraries cost the citizens absotely nothing?all because, a geneition or two ago, the patriotic peo- 1 e of Orson planted trees. Orson is a municipal forest that has yieiaI the town $5,000,000 in the past lirty years. And the $5,000,000 s is paid the running expenses of the >wn. Of course, there isn't any- 1 ting to hinder any American town 1 om doing the same thing. But we 1 jn't notice any American town dog it. To date Milwaukee seems to i the only American town that has ren thought ahout it. But its orth thinking about, isn't it? Al> it might he worth while to con- j der at the same time the fact that hile Orson was paying her munici- 1 il expenses for the past year from 1 te proceeds of her well-kept forest le American nation, through neglect her forests, was suffering a loss ' $20,000,000 and more than 100 res. Saved From Awful Death. How an appalling calamity in his , imily was; prevented is tofd by A. D. [cDonald, of Fayettevllle, N. C., R. . D. No. 8. "My sister had conimption," he writes, "she was very lin and pale, had no appetite and jemed to grow weaker every day, as II remedies failed, till Dr. King's ew Discovery was tried, and so comletely cured her, that she has not een troubled with a cough since. ? the best medicine I ever saw or eard of." For coughs, colds, lariODe. asthma, croup, hemorrhage, 1 bronchial troubles, it has no equal, )c, |1.00. Trial bottle free. Guarantee! by People's Drug Co., ^amberg, C. . , -* ' Will Lose One. Upon a re-appointment of the repssentatives in the house of representees, Aiken county will lose one presentative, according to calculaons based on the recent census reirns of the State. Aiken county now is four representatives, one having ?en added on at the last census, be per centage increase from 1900 > 1910 was very small, and if the j-apportionment, is based as hereto>re Aiken will get but three repremtatives. The following counties, a this same basis, would lose one ipresentative each: Beaufort, Berkley, Charleston, Chester, and Faireld. The following counties would e accredited with one each: Ander>n Dillon, Greenville, Orangeuburg, ichland and Spartanburg. Each ecrease means an increase for some ther county. An Opportune Circumstance. Garrett P. Serviss, the noted scilce writer, said at the Brooklyn niversity club approros of Halley's met: itmnranf and snnerstitious A iQAAV* V?u W w?r ? ead that the comet evoked in some uarters remands me of the Milleres. "The Millerites, back in '72, when rant was up for a second term, were reaching the immediate destruction ! the world. They were even giving ieir property a v. ay. "Well,, at a Millerite camp meeting ae night in Maine a Millerite preach preached that the end of the orld would come on October 1, just month before election. "The preacher noticed a man in a ont seat who manifested every rmptom of satsifaction whenever ie date was driven home. Perplex1, he accosted the man at the end ' the service~and asked him why he ad shown pleasure over such a terble matter. "Anything to beat Grant!" was te reply."?Washington Post. , The Man to Challenge. Of the challenging or jurors one imembers a tale from Ireland. The risoner was hard to satisfy, and iryman after juryman was asked to ave the box. However, all things >me to an end, even in Ireland, and : last the swearing of the jury was jmpleted. And then the mrisoner aned over the dock and sought the .?. nf +v.fAl!ni+ni< "TVid inrv'c nil 11 U1 OUUV/UW1 . uv j ? ? ^ ??.ght now, I think," he whispered; but you must challenge the judge, ve been convicted under him siviral mes already, and maybe he's beinnin' to have a prejudice."?LonDn Chronicle. Highest prices paid for cotton seed, r I will give you a good exchange >r C. S. meal. W. G. HUTTO at opeland's store. rook 500 Grains of Cyanide of Po- 17 tasdnm. It took 500 grains of cyanide of * potassium to kill ths Gypsy Queen, tl a. trick elephant, in execution of the t! ieath sentence passed on her for the n murder of hey keeper, Robert Schiel, ^ in New York on Friday. ^ Less than one grain of cyanide of potassium is fatal to man and the s first convulsive symptoms supervene almost before the victim can set down ^ the glass from which he swallows. jj / q But the Queen swa.yed backward and fo forward, flapping her big ears, for n ten minutes before she showed the * least uneasiness, and it was forty- ^ four minutes before she was pro- a nounced dead. u The poison was given her in three ? pailfuls of bran mash in which had T been sprinkled 100 capsules, each of ? five grains of cyanide. She had been ^ starved for twenty-four hours and d ate greedily. ? At the end of ten minutes Gypsy * Queen shivered in all her vast bulk gl of 7,650 pounds, her knees weak- c ened, her trunk grew rigid, she 1: rolled her eyes, .and fell. In the next two minutes she got up four ? times, struggling against the chsins \ that botind her. At the end of twenty minutes her a breathing was imperceptible, but " forty-four minuteu after her first swallow she winked when her trainer passed his hand before her eyes. That was the last sign of life. The Queen was 87 years old, born in Africa, and one of the largest elephants in captivity; she stood eight feet seven inches high. Of recent years her temper had been bad, and last October she picked up a keeper, slammed him against the walls of her cell, and then trod him into pul]?. A few days ago she* grabbed for another keeper, but he had kept cautiously out of reach. Neverthe less her trainer never lost faith in her. To prove her docility he took her out a few minutes before her execution and led her through her paces. She submitted to being caressed before she was led into her death. * Jones Granted Bail. John J. Jones, the Branchville lawyer who became involved in a personal altercation with Abe Pearlstine, of Branchivlle, Thursday morning and who shot and killed Pearlstine, was granted bail this morning in the sum of $3,000. * Substantial and prominent buisness men went on Jones's bond and this morning he was released from custody, Jones has been in the city ever since the killing in the custody of the sheriff, and upon the execution of <jthe papers this morning he allowed Jones to go. The bond for Jones was secured by Mr. W. C. Wolfe, who appeared before Judge Gary yesterday in Columbia. When seen this morning after being released, Jones was a3ked if he intended to go back to Branchville, and he announced that this was his purpose. He stated that he would le^ve this evening for his home in that place.?Orangeburg Evening News, Saturday. A Smooth-Tongued One. Cnortanl.nrc 1 ft A TIAAt.lv v*4.u. ...s, ~--? -W. ? | dressed young man with a smooth I tongue has issued several hundred | dollars' worth of checks in this city, and has made what seems, to manV here to be a clean get-away. Waiting until after the banks of the city had closed, he cashed about a dozen checks at local stores and other business houses. In most instances he made a small purchase and gave the check for a much larger amount and f pocketed the change. After getting ? his roll in this manner he went to the city ticket office and bought a ticket to Montgomery, Ala., paying for it with a check. Under another name he engaged a berth and left on a midnight train.- This is the last heard of the gentleman., Officers in all Southern cities have been notified, and are looking for the young man. He is a wonderful fellow in many respects, and seems to have travelled all over the country He is an expert draughtsman and exceptionally well read along all lines. He said that Henry Watterson is his uncle. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas county. SS. Frank J.*Cneney makes oath that i he is senior partner of the firm of F. t J. Cheney & Co., doing business in a the city of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for e each and every case of catarrh that t cannot be cured by the use of Hall's < Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. " Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De- i cember, A. D., 1886. c (Seal.) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter- i nally, and acts directly on the blood J and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. i n.TniTTlW O A rPnlAllA UriHilN JIj I OC Kj., lureuu, Sold by all druggists, 75c. t Take Hall's Family Pills for con- 5 stipation. s . 'Yt . V . ' -j; Vbm Bamberg Citizens Show the Certain Way Oat. There can be no just reason why ny reader of this will continue to , offer the tortures of an aching back, tie annoyance of urinary disorders, tie dangers of diabetes of any kid- / . ey ills when relief is so near at ^ tand and the most positive proof iven that they can be cured. Read v '&z rhat a Bamberg citizen says: D. J. Cain, Church St., Bamberg, .. C., says: "I suffered from kidney trouble or two or three years and during the ' ast six months my condition became ?fgg uite serious. 1 often had spells of ":'j ackache which were so acute I could ot work. I could not ait down rlthout first grasping something for upport and then patting my whole reight on my arms. After lying Vi own it was impossible for me to get :'rW p without assistance, and I; might ay that I was as helpless as a child, he kidney secretions were dlsorderd and at times there was an almost omplete retention. My condition ras critical and all the doctoring I id brought me but little relief. Bo> ently I began using Doan's Kidney " ^ Ills, which I obtained from the Peo-.v\ les Drug Co., and I have since felt o much better in every way that I annot praise the remedy too high- v'gp For sale by all dealers. Price 56 ents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, lew York, sole agents for the -MM Inited States. * Remember the name?Doan's? '>'|p nd take no other. $11 Nervous Prostration For Three Years "Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine <;ured me of a period nervous prostration of over oiree years duration, v and the Anfe Pain Pills are as necessary to : ;l us as the roof of bur house. -J Tp cy have been household rem- v ?aies with us for many years." : WM. J. LOUGHRAN, ' 1214 Catherine St., Philadelphia, Penna. Much sickness is due to nerv ous troubles. Headache, dizsiness, epilepsy and insanity a*fv||?y; nervous troubles. Then there ; is a large; class of disorder* .1 | which arise from a weakness ;:r|f? | the nerves of an organ or part, -1RMM as weak lungs, heart, stomach, % kidney, bladder, eyes, etc, .??|| Dyspepsia and indigestion are" usually the result of rtervous 4 ^ % Restorative Nervine soothes the irritated nerves, an4jf8,'jl assists the nerve cells to gener ate nerve force. "Jwk Dr. Miles* Nervine is sold by all drug* gists. If the first bottle fails to benefit, / ^ your druggist will return your money*: ^ ^ MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, lad.'.^g DE. 0. D. FAUST ; :'mm DENTIST ' ,-3jji BAMBERG, 8. C. Office In Herald Building. 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