The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 16, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
A. W. KNIGHT. Editor.
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Thursday, March 16,1911.
Tho article* of Mr. A. W. Brabham,
fefi; published this week, is most timely.
We are spending a lot of money for
;j> education, but are we getting value
received ?
Bgfol' j..
As to a trip for the South Carorv
lina editors this summer, President
Kohn will suit us exactly if he arfe"'
ranges for the trip over the-Clyde
Liine to New York.
From the way American troops
are being sent to the Mexican border,
it begins to look like Uncle Sam
. . is preparing to take a hand in the
P?: ' * trouble over there.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
in re Cole L. Blease as gbvernor
Ife: -would no doubt make interesting
fe'C'."- Teading, and we'll warrant no dis|j|
senting opinion would be filed.
Our noble governor did not create
8j&2 much of a stir in Atlanta last week.
Slfe' Evidently he was outclassed. PosSp
sibly he'll say that those attending
the commercial congress did not rec|tfjs'
ognize his executive ability.
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1 lie 1 UI AVillC JUIU4U11?( oujw ?V
fcnows of no good reason why an fnPfb
station should not be extended to
the governor to address the meeting
3p? f of the State Press Association at Columbia
in June. Well we do..
|M/' The fact that there was no court
W: last Wednesday and expenses going
IfeS > on caused a good deal of comment
P& and criticism. There is a feeling on
g?V-. the part of the tax payers that the
ir"' roster should be done away with and
let witnesses in all cases be present
py< t so that the business of the court can
ll?' 5 SO on without delay.
Some of our newspaper friends
wonder that Bamberg county is out
fc * of debt and has m oneyaahdeybaocea
of debt and has money ahead. Possibly
that is a strange condition for
a. South Carolina county, but it is
true nevertheless, and our levy for
county purposes this year is only
Hp - \
mills, which is no doubt lower
than the levy in many counties of the
State.
The number of cases in this term
of court, brought by laides against
the Southern Railway, shows that
there is something radically wrong
I? r in the management of the road. The
president would do well to quit making
speeches and writing letters telling
the people of the South how to
manage their business and devote
some attention to the running or his
railroad. Evidently the manner of
' handling pasenger trains and the
treatment of passengers needs a vigorous
overhauling.
Opposes Stripling's Pardon.
;'...i Atlanta, Ga., March 13.?Edgar
M Stripling, who, while serving as chief
of police at Danville, under the name
of Morris, was arrested on the charge
of murder after 14 years of freedom,
will not get a pardon from the Georgia
pardon board if the widow and
relatives of the man he killed can
. bring sufficient influence to bear. This
. statement was made to-day by Mrs.
G. M. Nelson, of Harris county, formerly
Mrs. Wm. J. Cornett, widow
of Stripling's victim. Speaking of
those who are seeking Stripling's
pardon, Mrs. Nelson says: "They
seem to forget there is a widow, children,
aged father and mother and
sisters (for he was the only boy in
the family) to whom the loved one
whom Stripling shot can never return."
ARE WE WASTING MONEY?
Nearly Sixty Per Cent, of Our Taxes
Goes to Schools.
Editor Bamberg Herald:?Nearly
60 per cent, of all taxes colected in
Bamberg > county goes to the public
schools. Never in the history of this
country was so much money used for
education. The people seem to think
that education is the penacea for all
evils and all ills. We need education,
I admit. It is needed in the
homes, in the community, in the
church, in our counting houses, on
the farm, at the bar, and on the
forum, but are we setting: it. I fear
not. I cannot call to mind a single
boy, and every boy in the county had
a better chance tha his father had,
who gives promise of going higher
up than "the old man."
Judge Prince, in his charge to the
grand jury at Bamberg a few days
ago, used these words: "The public
schools of South Carolina are a perfect
farce." well, the tax-payers
are toting a heavy burden to sustain
a valueless system.
But does higher education pay?
Let us go back and take the successful
men locally known. Here are a
few I will mention: F. M. Bamberg,
E. R. Hays, H. J. Brabham; J. B.
Black, C. R. Brabham, S. D. M.
Guess, Joseph Guess, Simon Brown,
Robert Aldrich, W. G. Simms, G.
| H. Bates, J. O. Patterson, J. W. Jenny,
Miles Loadholdt, Jacob Lightsey,
J. A. Lightsey, Hansford Rizer, C. F.
Rizer.Josiah Ritter, Conrad Ehrhardt,
I all picked up what they/knew. Their
lives are behind them, and need no
comment at my hands,
fc On the other hand, of the many
college-bred men known, I can name
only a few: J. J. Maher, G. Duncan ?
Bellinger, H. C. Folk, and H. S. Hart- <
zog, who made and are making a
succes^
The world owes its greatest debt
to men of limited education. Nearly
all the great books were written by
uneducated men. All of the great
inventions were made by uneducated
men. When I say uneducated men, I
mean men who educated themselves.
Lord Bacon was one of the best
educated men the world has produced,
and the most learned of all
English judges, yet never was a
criminal docked before him who was
lower down the gamut of crime than
Lord Bacon himself. His life is a
disgrace to learning and to Engiish
jurisprudence. Lord Byron, the most
wonderful master of the English i
language known, was at best a moral i
leper. So also was that most gifted
of women who is known as George :
Eliot.
The rice planters sent their children
to Europe to be educated. They
got a thorough education in books
and into European society, but where
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garden spot of the world, a land of.
beauty and prosperity. Go there,
and it is fast becoming a howling
wilderness, and one is forced to exclaim:
Icabod! Icabod! the glory of
Israel hath departed. Education of
the highest order has not saved the
rice fields.
The last, census reports that 49
per cent, of all the Southern white
farmers and planters have left their
farms to negro tenants and have '
moved to town to educate their children.
For 6,000 years the negro
race has farmed in Africa, and in all
those centuries Africa has made no
progress at the hands of her own
people. What progress has been
made is what foreigners have done.
And do the Southern people think
they can live in town and that their
farms will prosper at the hands of
those who for 6,000 years have
shown no cunning in the art of husbandry?
I shudder for the future of
the fair Southland.
A. W. BRABHAM.
Olar, S. C.
SKULL CRUSHED.
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B. H. Keller Injured in Fight with
John Sellers at Spartanburg.
Spartanburg March 13.?In what
is said to have been a drunken fuss,
B. H. Keller, a white man, was
; knocked in the head with a beer
bottle by John Sellers, white, about
2 o'clock Sunday morning, and as
a result Keller lies in a critical condition
at Dr. Pott's sanitarium with
his skull crushed.
It was necessary to perform an
operation on Keller's head after being
hit by Sellers, and several pieces
of his skull had to be removed.
Though his condition is serious, it is
not necessarily fatal, and the wounded
man's physicians, Drs. Nettles and
Dorsey, believe he will recover, unless
some dangerous complications
arise. However, it will be at least
to-morrow before it will be possible
to predict his recovery. .
Keller is in the employ of the
electric light company in the capacity
of meter reader.
The fight took place in a nearbeer
saloon on Magnolia street, near
the union station at 2 o'clock on Sunday
morning. Immediately after hitting
Keller, Sellers was arrested and
will be held by the police pending the
recovery of the injured man.
CALLS OUT MILITIA.
Governor of Oklahoma Summons
Troops to Keep Order.
Oklahoma, City, Okla., March 9.?
Gov. Cruce to-night ordered out
three companies of the Oklahoma National
Guart to prevent rioting in
connection with the local street car
strike. The order followed trouble
late this afternoon which came as a
result of an attempt to operate cars
on the lines of the Oklahoma railroad
after a settlement of the strike had
been agreed to by the company and
the men. While there were several
fights no one was seriously hurt.
The lines have been out of commission
since Sunday morning. It is expected
another attempt will be made
to operate the cars to-morrow.
When the first cars started thousands
of persons collected in the
downtown district. The trouble be
gan when a crowd of men demanded
that a motorman and conductor
"show their cards." When they failed
to comply they were pulled from
the car and a fight followed. Several
arrests were made.
Operation of the cars was stopped
and.Gov. Cruce was asked for aid.
Under the agreement made to-day
it was provided that there should be
no discrimination by the car company
against the men because they belonged
to "any organization."
They also agreed that practically
all the strikers should be reinstated.
LESS CORX FROM WEST.
South Carolina Farmers Have Saved
$300,000 So Far.
According to a prominent railroad
official there is an estimated shortage
of 600 cars of corn shipped from the
West to South Carolina points so far
this season.
The approximate value of each car
is $500, which means that at least
$300,000 has not been sent out of
the State for the purchase of corn, as
has been the case in previous years,
but has been spent at home. In matter
of freight the saving is about $50
per car, or an aggregate of $30,000.
Undoubtedly this decrease in the
purchase of corn from the West has
been brought about by the successful
agitation to raise corn within the
borders of this State.
T4- in AAnnrul/v/l + Vi?-i + +V,a rannril madal
Jib ID WUbCUtJU buab tUV^ 1 vvuiu 1UUUV
by Jerry Moore of Winona, in the
production of corn on one acre, has
given South Carolina the greatest
amount of advertising that has been
received from any other source in
years.
Killed by Sister's Friend. .
Knoxville, Tenn., March 12.?Kidwell
McSween, son of W. J. McSween,
a prominent lawyer of Newport,
was shot and killed to-day in
a street duel at Newport with John
Pritchett. Pritchett was seriously
wounded and may die. The tragedy
resulted from the meeting of Pritchett
and Miss Emma McSween, sister
of the dead man, in Knoxville, Saturday.
Miss McSween had run away
from a school at Nazareth, Ky., to
which place her fatner sent ner some
months ago in order to break up an
affair between Pritchett and Miss McSween.
After she left Nazareth,
&iss McSween came to the home of
a relative in Knoxville and a report
reached Newport that the young
couple had been married. When this
was denied and Pritchett and Miss
McSween arrived in Newport on the
same train to-day the tragedy followed.
Slain by School Teacher.
Ten^ille, Ga., March 9.?Dr. T. J.
Kelly of this place was shot and instantly
killed today by Nathan L.
Johnson, superintendent of Tennille
institute. The punishment of Dr. Kelly's
son at the institute, it is said,
led to the trouble, the culmination
of which wasf to-day's tragedy.
Friends had tried to settle the
trouble, but when the disputants met
on the street to-day the killing occurred.
Johnson was taken to the county
jail at Sandersville by Sheriff Moyie.
Both men are prominent ana excitement
here to-night is intense. An
immediate trial probably will be
granted.
Fire Sweeps Rutherfordton.
Rutherfordton, N. C., March 10.?
Fire of unknown origin, which started
at 10 o'clock last night in the Carpenter
block, in the heart of the business
district, destroyed a dozen mercantile
establishments, the Central
hotel, the Baptist^, and Methodist
churches, the Carpenter residence
and a livery stable. At 1 o'clock this
morning the fire is not under control.
The local fire department, which is
a small volunteer outfit, is paralyzed.
The walls of the Carpenter block in
falling demolished a brick building
across the street and started the fire
in another direction. The loss cannot
be estimated at this hour.
Foile du nord ginghams in fanices
and solid colors to match, at W. D.
Rhoad's.
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Bail Granted Tuten.
Hampton, March 1.4.?LeRoy B.
Tuten, charged with the murder of
James R. Langford on November 29,
was granted bail to-day in the sum of
$5,000.
Mr. Tuten's attorneys appeared be- j
fore Justice E. B. Gary at chambers :
at Abbeville to-day, and bail was
granted with no less than two, nor
more than five securities.
Mr. Tuten's bond is now being executed
with the names of W. C. Mauldin,
Joeb Mauldin, Jacob A. Lightsey,
W. Fred and Henry W. Lightsey as
sureties, all of whom could qualify
for at least $500,000.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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For Sale.?Eggs for hatching.
Barred Plymouth Rocks. $1.00 for
fifteen. J. M. GRIMES, Bamberg,
s. c..
Lost.?Somewhere between the
residence of Mr. N. Z. Felder and
Bamberg or on the streets of Bamberg,
one brown fur scarf. Lost last
Thursday by Mrs. C. R. Hooton. Reward
paid for return to N. Z. Felder.
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Salesmen Wanted to look after our
interest in Bamberg and adjacent
counties. Salary or commission.
Address: LINCOLN OIL COMPANY,
Cleveland, u.
For Sale.?Selected, Thoroughbred
Single Comb Brown Leghorn Eggs
for setting, 60 cents per dozen. No
eggs sold over five days old. CLIFF
JOHNSON, Bamberg, S. C.
For Sale.?Lots at Denmark, suitable
for residences, stores, factories
or cheap tenements. Easy terms given.
Denmark needs houses to rent.
They will pay large revenue on cost.
Inquiries addressed to me at Savannah
will receive prompt attention.
C. H. DORSETT.
For Rent.?The four front rooms
up-stairs in The Herald building.
These are the very nicest offices in
the city. They have electric ngnta
and water and all the rooms are connecting.
See me quick if you want a
nice office. Will rent the four rooms
as a whole or separately.
A. W. KNIGHT.
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Bamberg, S. C.
NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE.
I hereby give notice that on Friday,
March 31st, 1911, I will file my
final accounting as administratrix of
the estate of W. R. Bennett, deceased,
with Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of
Probate for Bamberg county, and wTill
ask for a final discharge as administratrix
of above estate.
MRS. M. E. BENNETT,
Administratrix.
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