The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 26, 1911, Page 5, Image 5
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.
?Miss Alice Sease is visiting
friends in Barnwell.
?Mr. J. Z. Brooker, of Denmark,
was in the city Monday.
?Mr. O. E. Kearse, of Ehrhardt,
was in the city yesterday.
?Mr. A. McB. Speaks spent a few
days in Varnville last week.
?Mr. G. O. Mather, of the Govan
section, was in the city last Saturday.
?Mr. J. C. Bishop, of the Colston
section, was in the city last Saturday.
?Mr. Geo. J. Hiers, of the Ehrhardt
section, was in the city yesterday.
?Mr. G. Laurie Sandifer, of the
Denmark section was in the city
Tuesday.
?Mr. T. A. Green, of Spartanburg,
spent several days in the city
this week.
?Messrs. H. C. Copeland and J.
w Frank Chassereau, of 'Ehrhradt,
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^ were in the city Sunday.
B ?Messrs. G. F. Copeland and H.
W I. Chassereau, of the Ehrhardt secP
tion, were in the city Monday.
?Mr. J. J. Jones went to the
West last week to buy a car load of
horses and mules for Jones Bros.
?Rev. W. H. Hodges left Tuesday
night for a short visit to relatives
in Kingstree and Bennettsville.
?Mr. J. B. Brickie and Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Bruce spent Sunday in
L\ Branchville with friends and relaI
tives.
I ?Miss Mildred Bailey, of Edistoi
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Camile Price, returned to her home
Tuesday.
?Mr. A. Wilson, formerly of the
h Smoaks section, but who recently
moved to Rinktum, Ga., was in the
city last Friday and Saturday.
?Mrs. O. A. Simomns and Eva
May and Blanche Spann returned
* Sunday night from an extended vis
it to relatives in Florida and AlaL
bama.
I ?Mr. H. B. Linder, of the Smoaks
K section, was in the city last SaturB
day. Mr. Linder says the people in
bis section favor annexation to BamK
berg county.
L * ?Dr. J. J. Cleckley and Mr. G.
W* Frank Bamberg went to Asheville,
* N. C., last Saturday night, being called
there by the condition of Mr. J.
Norman Walker, who is in a sanitarium
there and whose condition was
not favorable. j
?Mr. F. M. Simmons returned
from Charleston last Saturday, where
he had been for treatment. He was
not operated on, but will go to Baltimore
in about ten days for an operation,
which it is hoped will make him
sound and well again.
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The Careful Shopper.
A fashionably dressed young woman
entered the postoffice in a large
western city, hesitated a moment,
and stepped up to the stamp window.
The clerk looked up expectantly, and
she asked: "Do you sell stamps
here?"
The clerk politely answered,
"yes."
!"1 would like to see some, please,"
was the unusual request.
The clerk dazedly handed out a
large sheet of the 2-cent variety,
which the young woman carefully ex.
amined. Pointing to one near the
[ center, she said, "I will take this
one, please."?Everybody's Maga
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I A CHEERFUL LIAR.
I like to hear the wild winds roar
When all the scene is dreary.
When idy waves dash on the shore
Where all was once so cherry;
My heart is glad when grandpa draws
Up near the dying fire?
I nay these things to you because
I'm such a cheerful liar.
I thank the gods that I must strive
Among the toilers daily;
Tis toil that keeps my hopes alive
And spurs me< forward gayly;
My state is one of constant glee,
I claim no vain desire?
I say these things to let you see
That I'm a cheerful liar.
I would not if I could have wealth,
To me 'twould be distressing;
More dear to me than gold is health,
WM/?h ovAr is a hlessinsr:
II toil within a narrow groove.
And scorn those who are higher?
I merely tell you this to prove
That I'm a cheerful liar.
With what I have I'm satisfied,
I have no foolishing yearning
To put my daily tasks aside,
To be from labor turning;
Each morning gleefully I go
kTo earn what I require?
I say these things to let you know
I That I'm a cheerful liar.
?S. E. KISER, in the Chicago
Record Herald.
It is announced that President
Taft will pay a visit to Anderson in
March, while on his way to Atlanta.
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TAAL.
Facts About the Biggest Volcano of
the Philippines.
The central or main crater of Taal
is nearly round, its diameter on an
air line north and south is 6,233 feet
and the east-west diameter 7,546
feet The edge of this crater is
somewhat irregular, but is nowhere
broken through, its heighest point
standing at only 1,050 feet above
sea level and its lowest 426 feet.
It is said that Coshima, in Japan
is the only volcano of similarly low
altitude. Within the rim are two hot
pools, known respectively as tne yellow
and the green lake, and a little
active stream and sulphurous gas issues
in varying quantities.
In the smaller lake every few minutes
the water in the centre is blown
up like an immense bubble, which,
rising above the surface, finally
bursts, revealing a black orifice and
causing the boiling and very turbulent
water to assume all imaginable
colors. The aqueous vapor escaping
is sufficient to form a broad
smokelike column which is visible
especially during the night and in the
early morning.
At some distance and before reaching
the edge of the crater, where a
view of the bottom can be obtained,
the rumbling sound produced by the
escaping vapor, under the influence
of the mysterious subterranean
forces, can be heard like that of an
immense boiling kettle.
The greatest eruption of Taal took
place in 1754. It consists of only
fragmental ejecta, but these were
'sufficient to destroy four villages lying
about the lake. "The ash," Semper
says, "has now indurated and a
new growth of bamboo and palms has
sprung up around the projecting
ruins." Father Buenuchillo wrote
also a pathetic description of this
eruption, from which the following
is taken:
"The eruption began on May 13
and did not end till December 1.
During this time the intensity and
aspect of the eruption was continually
changing. It was 200 days of
devastation and ruin for the inhabitants,
to whom the time must have
appeared an eternity. During this
terrible time the four principal towns
of the laguna of Bombon disappear
ed, viz., saia, Lupa, ienauau auu
Taal, with the numerous villages
around them."
It is impossible to describe the
beautiful coloring effects caused by
the different mineral deposits on the
walls and cliffs of the crater.
As the lake is fed from underground
springs and no surface water *
drains into it it is as clear as crcystal
and much cooler than sea water and
has an abundance of fine, hard-fleshed
fish which are highly esteemed by the
Filippinos of the region. They are
game fish and some reach a size that
makes their capture with light tackle
a matter of some difficulty.
The clear water of the lake has an
other marvel that is well worth seeing.
Some comparatively modern
eruptions of the volcano covered some
towns, in two of which only the
church roofs are visible. Others are
completely submerged, and on days
when the surface of the lake is unruffled
one can look down into the
streets of these submerged towns
and see the fish dart through doors
and windows of once populous barrios.
The water is twenty-five feet
deep, but so clear that every detail
is visible.?Manila Times.
Marjorie's Decision.
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The mother of one came into the
room and engaged the children in
conversation.
"Marian, what are you going to be
when you grow up?" she asked.
"I am going to be a famous singer,"
she replied.
"And you, Susie, what are you going
to be?"
"Oh, I am going to write stories
when I grow up," she answered.
"And what is Marjorie to be?"
continued the mother.
Marjorie, aged 5, thought seriously
a moment and then said: "Well, I
am not sure, but I think I'll be a
widow."?Chicago Journal.
Shot Down in Road.
Abbeville, Jan. 23.?The first killing
of 1911 in Abbeville county occurred
last night near a negro
church, 14 miles from this place, and
near the home of Capers Riley.
Coleman Rodgers and Fed Finch
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Finch accused him of coming from
his house and started at him with an
open knife when he shot, killing
Finch instantly.
The body lay all night in the
road. Negroes gathered there from
all sides and watched the body by
the light of a big bonfire.
Sheriff Lyon, Coroner Bowie and
Dr. J. C. Hill went to the scene early
this morning. Dr. Hill found that
Finch had been shot with a pistol
ball through the heart.
Coleman Rodgers was on hand; he
admitted the killing and is now in
jail.
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VENETIAN KEY OF DEATH.
Invention of Unwelcome Suitor
Brought Quick Death to Enemies.
Among the many relics of antiquity
preserved in the arsenal of Venice
there is one to which a peculiar and
grewsome interest is attached. It is a
heavy key, which to all outward appearances
might have been fashioned
for one of the ponderous locks of olden
times. Yet, if tradition is to be
believed, it was designed for a dead
ly purpose, and people were slain
with it in a swift, subtle and mysterious
manner. It is known, in fact,
as the Key of Death.
The chronicles of the city tell that
in the earlier part of the seventeenth
century a certain Stranger arrived in
Venice, a man of dark and sinister
aspect. His name was Tebaldo. He
seems to have been a man of unruly
passions, of great intellectual power,
but one whose talents found their
chief outlet in crime. In Venice he
established himself as a merchant or
trader. For a time his passions lay
dormant. They were aroused, however,
in a stormy manner, which
caused him to sweep from his path
all who sought to oppose him.
One day he observed a beautiful
girl leaving church, attended in a
manner which showed that she belonged
to a family of high degree.
Sh? was; in fact, the daughter of an
ancient and noble house, one which
had long held foremost rank in Venice.
He fell violently in love with
her. Though far removed from him
in station, his blind passion took no
count of this fact, and he determined
to sue for her hand. There proved
to be, however, a more insuperable
obstacle to his suit. The girl was
already betrothed to another, a young
nobleman of almost equal rank and
fortune. The knowledge did not deter
Tebaldo, who boldly presented
himself before the girl's parents in
the capacity of a suitor for her hand.
As might have been expected, he met
with a curt and unceremonious rebuff.
The repulse rankled in his mind.
Enraged beyond measure, he shut
himself up in his house and there secretly
studied a means of revenge.
Profoundly skilled in the mechanical
arts, he allowed himself no rest until
he had invented a most formidable
and death-dealing weapon. This was
a large key, the handle of which was
so constructed that it could be turned
at will. When it was thus turned a
secret spring was disclosed, which, on
being pressed, launched from the key
head a fine needle or lancet. The latter
was of such delicate construction
that it penetrated the body of the victim
and buried itself deep in the flesh
without leaving any external trace.
The marriage of the betrothed couple
was fixed to take place in the
pr'neipal church at Venice on a cerPofrtro
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baldo, cunningly disguised, stationed
himself at the church door armed
with his diabolical weapon. As the
bridegroom was about to enter the
building the concealed watcher pressed
the spring and sent the deadly
ofcu^l iar>r?c?+ infn the breast, of his vie
tim. The young nobleman had no
suspicion of injury at the moment..
In the midst of the ceremony, however,
he was seized with a sharp
spasm of pain, and sank fainting on
the steps of the altar. His illness appeared
so alarming that he was hur^
riedly conveyed to his home, where
the leading Venice physicians were
summoned to attend him. Despite
their unremitting efforts he sank and
died, nor were they able to discover
the nature of the mysterious and fatal
seizure.
With the removal of his rival Tebaldo
once more appeared openly on
the scene. Again he presented himself
before the girl's parents and renewed
his request for her hand. Their
refusal to listen to them sealed their ,
doom. In what manner he accom_
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few days both had been done to death
in mysterious fashion. The exalted
rank of the victims created a profound
sensation, and when on examination
of the two bodies, a fine
steel instrument was found In the
flesh, terror became universal. The
citizens feared for their lives. An
assassin was at large among them,
and no one knew upon whom the next
blow might fall. The utmost vigilance
was exercised on the part of
the authorities, but as yet no suspicion
fell upon Tebaldo.
The bereaved girl was prostrated
by the triple tragedy. Robbed of
those who were most dear to her,
she retired to a convent where she
passed the first few months of
mourning in sorrowful seclusion.
Tebaldo, however, did not abandon
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her to his will, he sought her out in
her retreat, and hegged to speak to
her through the grating.
His dark, evil face had been displeasing
to her, but since the death
of her betrothed and parents, it had
become repulsive. When, therefore,
in the course of the interview he
pressed her to fly with him he met
with an instant and indignant refusal.
Her scorn stung him to the
quick. Beside himself with rage, he
brought his deadly weapon once more
into play and succeeded in wound?
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ing the girl through the grating, the
obscurity of the place preventing the
action from being observed.
On her return to her room the girl
felt a sharp pain in her breast. Examination
of the spot showed that
it was dotted with a single drop of
blood. Physicians were hastily summoned.
Taught by past experience, l
they waisted no time in vain conjecture,
but cut into the. flesh and
extracted the slender steel, thus saving
the girl's life.
The attack occasioned a public outcry,
and the state inquisition used
every means to discover the assassin.
The visit of Tabaldo to the convent
became known and caused suspicion
to turn upon him. The emissaries of
the law descended suddenly upon
him. His house was searched, and
there the abominable invention was
discovered. Swift justice followed
and Tebaldo was executed. The key
is still preserved in the arsenal at
Venice.?New York Press.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT.
Man Struck on the Head with a Piece
of Plow.
Mr. N. P. Abrams, who manages
Mr. L. W. Floyd's plantation on the
Belfast road ten miles west of Newberry,
met with d featful accident on
Wednesday morning about ten
o'clock. He was grinding a plow
point on an emery wheel that was
turned by a gasoline engine. Close
to the wheel was a pulley, over
which the belt ran to a pulley above.
In some way the plow point got
caught by the belt and was carried
to the upper pulley and from that
point was thrown with great violence
downwards, striking Mr. Abrams on
the top of his head. The skull was
fractured and crushed in, and he fell
as if dead. Mrs. Abrams was standing
near him when the accident hapov./i
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near by, no other persons being at
the house at the time. Mrs. Abrams
called for Dr. Senn over the phone,
,and Mrs. Senn answered that the
doctor was out visiting patients. Dr.
Gilder was then called, and he and
Dr. Senn, who had heard of the accident,
got there about the same
time. Realizing the extreme seriousness
of the situation, the doctors
telephoned immediately for Dr.
Guerry, of Columbia, to come up and
perform an operation in the hope of
saving life. Dr. Guerry cam up on
the midday train and was carried
out to Mr. Abrams's as rapidly as
possible by Mr. Will Waldrop in his
automobile. The doctors operated,
moving the fractured skull from the
brain, removing the badly shattered
portions, and then dressed the
wound. Dr. Guerry leturned to Newberry
in time to catch the 9 o'clock
train to Columbia. The doctors stated
that there was about one chance
in a thousand that the injured man
would survive. He was still living
yesterday afternoon, though he had
not regained consciousness since the
accident happened.
Mr. Abrams is about 50 years of
age, is a fine farmer and good citizen.
He was married on the 28th
of last December to Miss Verona
Salter, of Vaughanville, she being
his second wife. His first wife was
a daughter of Maj. W. R. Elmore, of
Whitmire. He has six children, the
oldest, Claude, being grown, and has
been with the Johnson-McCrackin
company for some time.?Newberry
Observer.
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BODY RIDDLED AND BURNED.
Story of Lynching of Negro who
Killed Brakeman.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 23.?What appears
to be definite information that
William Johnson, a negro charged
with the murder of Brakeman Humphreys,
white, at Avera, Ga., was
lynched early Sunday morning, his
body riddled with bullets and later
burned, was contained in a special
dispatch from that town to the
Chronicle to-night.
According tp tne statement received
here, after shooting Humphreys
when he left the train to go to his
home, Johnson made an effort to escape.
So hotly was he pursued that
he gave himself up to the authorities
and was pldteed in jail. Hardly
had an hour passed, when a mob,
numbering about 50 men, appeared]
at the jail, overpowered the guard:
and forcibly took the negro several
miles out of town, stringing him up i
to a tree. The body was then riddled
with bullets.
A fire of brush was then kindled,
and when the flames had reached sufficient
intensity, it is said the ne-j
gro's body was hurled into them and!
almost totally consumed.
Every Precaution Taken.
During a recent smallpox epidemic
in Alabama special precautions
against the disease were taken in the
mining camps. In one of these camps
the president of the mining company
paid a visit on inspection and came
upon an old negro leaning against
the side of a building.
"Jake," asked the president, "are;
you afraid of the smallpox out j
here?"
"Some may be, sah," Jake replied.
"As fo' me, I ain't scahed; I'se jest
gwine toh get some lime an' limate
mah house; an' den de doctah, he's
comin' up an' 'sassinate mah fambly;
so dat, den, sah, if we do git de
smallpox, 'twon't be nothin' but de
celluloid."?Woman's Home Companion.
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Bales of Cotton Ginned.
Washington, Jan. 23.?Cotton of
the growth of 1910 ginned prior to
January 16, according to the report
of the census bureau, issued at 10
o'clock this morning was 11,254,115 I
bales, counting round hales as half
bales, compared with 9,787,592 in
1909; and 12,666,203 in 1908. The
per cent of the 1909 crop ginned to
January 16 was 97.2 while that of
the 1908 crop was 96.8.
Round bales included this year
are 110,815 compared with 146,378
in 1909 and 232,510 in 1908.
Sea island included was 86,411
bales compared with 92,191 in 1909
and 90,282 in 1908.
By States the number of bales
ginned were:
Alabama i,i/i,ooi
Arkansas 746,247
Florida 64,770
Georgia 1,779,966
Louisiana 242,612
Mississippi 1,158,267
North Carolina 718,389
Oklahoma 906,186
South Carolina 1,178,895
Tennessee 297,610
Texas 2,912,244
All other States 74,278
The distribution of sea island cotton
was: Florida, 28,782; Georgia,
45,436, and South Carolina, 12,193.
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O'Riley, the Photographer,
after doing an enormous
business for four X
weeks in the town of Ehrhardt,
left that point for I
Hampton last Monday; he
offers the above amount to ]|
anyone that can find one igff
displeased patron. ^
O'Riley is not the "best"
photographer, but will make |
onori the claim to Droduce
better average results than
have heretofore been given
the people of Bamberg; of
course it is understood that
no guarantee goes with pen
ny pictures or post cards;
these are made simply to
satisfy a demand and are ' ItffiBI
what they are intended to ^
be?cheap pictures. The
quality of photographs made
by O'Riley depends upon .\.tthe
price you pay. Regular 'j|S
cabinets $4.50 per dozen, i
$3.00 U dozen; carbon i
cabinets mounted in folds . rjjSjH
$6.00 per dozen, $4.00 per i
% dozen; other sizes in
the same quality for less
money. If you are not ;
pleased in the beginning, a ;\f
second trial is made, should :;JjgS
this prove a failure we
throw up the job and re
fund your money.
Will open in Bamberg on ^
or before March 5th.
SPECIAL NOTICES. ||
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
Strayed.?A jet black male hog,
weighs about seventy-five pounds. . <^gjf
Has been gone five weeks. Reward
paid for recovery.v EMPRESS LEE, /c||i
on Mr. C. A. Milhous's Place, Bamberg,
S. C.
Strayed.?There has been taken
up on my place just out of town, a rs'i- 'h
young heifer. Owner can have same
by proving property and paying ex- --,^8
penses. J. W. STOKES, Bamberg, ^^3
For Rent.?The four front rooms
up-stairs in The Herald building.
These are the very nicest offices in v%1s
the city. They have electric lights ^
and water and all the rooms are con
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nice office. Will rent the four rooms
as a whole or separately.
A. W. KNIGHT.
SALE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
On Thursday, February 16th, ?
1911, I will sell at public auction, at
the late residence of Daniel Jones, -figi
deceased, all the personal property
of his estate, consisting of corn, fodder,
cows, wagons, farming implements,
etc. Sale to commence at
ten o'clock a. m. Terms cash.
C. B. FREE,
Administrator. -,$
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS* ?J|
All persons having claims against
the estate of Daniel Jones, deceased,
will file the same with the undersigned
administrator duly sworn to, on
or before the 23rd day of February,
1911, and all claims not filed
within the time aforesaid will be
barred, and all persons indebted to
said estate will make payment immediately
to
C. B. FREE,
Administrator. ; ' ^3
Bamberg, S. C., Janury 21st, 1911.