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?h rBamhrrg iiirralfr , ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. J A. W. KNIGHT. Editor./ 1 \ Published every Thursday in The ( Herald building, on Main street, in , the live And growing City of Bamberg, being iBsued from a printing 1 office which is equipped with Mer- i genthaler linotype machine, Babcock ] cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a 1 fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power, with other material 1 and machinery in keeping, the w hole \ equipment representing an invest- ? ment of $10,000 and upwards. ( Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable J strictly in advance. i Advertisements?$1.00 per inch j ? * * ...knAni./Mlf 1T1 QOr lor first insertion, aauacq Ut/Ut iuwvft | tions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and H / other advertisements under special ' vhead, 1 cent a word each insertion. ^ Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. >1. Obituaries, tributes of respect, reso- 1 lutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political char- -c ^ acter are charged for as regular ad- ? * > . vertising. Contracts for advertising J > not subject to cancellation after first 1 ^P^nsertion. 1 ? . : Communications?We are always t 0/- glad to publish news letters of those t ft pertaining to matters of public interest We require the name and ad- ; F* dress of the writer in every case. * ft No article which is defamatory or 1 gftp offensively personal can find place in i S : our columns at any price, and we are i. not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. fll Thursday, June 15,1911. 5 We long to see the day in South Carolina when every newspaper will be printed entirely at home, discardJSi-v ing ready prints, and every editor re- ( |jv; quire the-railroads to pay cash for V their advertisement and he pay cash p for his Tailroad tickets. We believe jfe it would be of great benefit to the g profession. g ife.? The postmasters at Barnwell, Al- t 1^4, lendale, Denmark, and Branchville . get an increase in salary beginning e first of July, but the salary of the s Bamberg post office remains the * Igy same. The salary at Barnwell now is 1 ; the same as Bamberg, and there is s jp? only $100 difference between Bam- 8 berg and Denmark. It seems that the * fe; salary of our post office is not keep^I' ling up with our growth in population. cGovernor Blease ousted the former a&f * asylum commission which was charg- s p|' ad with the duty of erecting new T fe buildings for that institution, and ap- r pointed his personal friends. Now t : wb 'own commission h&s engaged the l lE>services of a New York architect, in \ p: ' ?pite of the fact that there are many : competent architects in this State, c y.r The governor had a good deal to say <v recently about the Winthrop trustees c employing an architect from North 8 ^^ V<!jftrolina, yet we notice he is as dumb ^ - ' * * Ui? IjV aa an oyster about tne action 01 ms s Pj|si personal asylum commission. s fey /Blackvllle, Branchville, and Den- ^ f v mark have recently had their postal ^^^lacilities improved by the erection . life;Of nice buildings with new equipment |-.f and furniture, and now comes the iews that Barnwell is to have a new II '. building and new equipment in the j "way of up-to-date boxes etc. We jpsr have here the same furniture and R& boxes which has been in use for fifgj| teen years or more, while the build- t is entirely inadequate. There e are not enough boxes, and even those B Pjl^fcre not what they should be. It s Sjjg-. seems that our people would get busy * fl|p? and require the government to give towif proper facilities. k i|fe The State board of education is to o ^' meet next Saturday to adopt text t books for the schools for the next a S&fry K \ five years, and agents of the various C ^- ' publishing houses have recently been working on the members of the $ fboard to get their books adopted. It 1 l|p: 1s evident that the governor intends 0 Iprtd try to control the adoption of I ' books, as he had something to say ? about removing the board. This i week he stated that there %would be t ? ; no changes in the board before Sat- i : urday, and it is evident he is holding ^ ?f:. over the members the threat of re?>'' moval in order to try to bully them ||| into adopting such books as he fa- ^ Bgpgorg/ c S' v Let's have the truth of that story \ as to the Winthrop college girls re- t fusing to receive their diplomas from l the hands of the governor. Some s ? papers have said the story was a fake, but we have not as yet seen I any official denial of it. ir an m: ^ justice was done the governor, we feel sure every newspaper will want to correct it, no matter whether , friendly to him or not. Blease's newspaper supporters continually froth at the mouth about news items not doing the governor justice, yet fso far we have not seen a single news atory concerning his actions proved untrue. It should not be charged against the newspapers when they publish unpleasant facts as to his excellency. The newspapers don't make the news?they only publish the facts. If they publish anything untrue, show them up, but until they do, keep quiet about not doing the governor justice. pft . ' w I; We notice that Maj. John W. Holmes, of the Barnwell People, is mother newspaper editor who does lot ride on a railroad pass, but pays tlis fare just like any other passenger. Unfortunately there are too few editors in the State who do this, but we believe the newspaper men are beginning to realize that the railroads are getting the big end of the present arrangement, and that soon uhe time will come when the newspapers will do business with the railroads on a business basis?that is, 30 much space for a stated number Df miles of railroad travel. We want ;o do away with the pass arrangement and have the railroads issue mileage books. That is the only busi less way. Two First Bales of Cotton. Houston, Texas, June 10.?Two 'first bales" of cotron are racing towards Houston, Texas, to-night to ;laim first honors in this cotton market. The Houston cotton exchange was idvised yesterday that one bale started from Rivera, booked for deivery at the lo ?al exchange, and folowing this came ^he announcement ;hat San Benito had started a special ;rain with Houston as its destination ind bearing the first bale produced n that section. Both bales are fully LI days earlier than the first bale ast season. The two trains should reach here jarly to-morrow morning. The speciil bringing the San Benito bale cost >528.75. Firemen Won't Strike. Washington, June 10.?The dis>ute between the Southern Railway Company and its firemen, which has >een in mediation for the past two reeks, has been settled on a basis atisfactory to both sides. Each side, it is said, made conceslions, but what they were none of hose interested .would say. In making -various concessions >ach side it is said in a statement isued by the mediators was influenced >y a desire to maintain friendly reations with the other. The conlideration of public interests played in important part in effecting a setlement. Because of some of the delicate luestions involved it was said no furhor would be eiven out. The negro question, it is underitood, figured largely in the controrersy. Fear tha^ any statement in egard to this question now might >e misunderstood, is believed to have ed to the determination to say nothng. The controversy has been a long me. When it seemed the firemen vere on the verge of a strike they nncantoH maHfatinn.' Even for VU0VUVVU vv ? ome time after the mediators took ip the case about two weeks ago the tubbornness with which the firemen tood by their demands made the ase look hopeless. To the last minite the firemen declared they would onsider nothing but a 20 per cent, ncrease in their wages. HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS. / ?mmmmm iammage Will Aggregate $100,000. Was Heaviest at Flushing, L. I. New York, June 11.?A survey of he nearby territory over which the lements raged from 10 o'clock last tight until 4 o'clock this morning howed to-day that three lives were ost and the havoc wrought by water, ightning, wind and fire amounted to Lundreds of thousands or aoiiars. 'wo bodies were found early to-day >n the shore of Gravesend bay. The hird death was in Jersey City, where . fallen live wire electrocuted David 'lark. Losses aggregating more than 100,000 were caused by fires set by ightning. It is estimated that $50,i00 damage was done at Flushing, L. ., where 25,000 men and women rere within a big enclosure witnessng a society circus. Twelve large ents were leveled by the wind and n the stampede which followed six romen were trampled. At Coney Island tents and shacks irected on the site of the recent fire Fere blown down and some whirled >ut to sea. At Patterson, N. J., 200 big trees ?ere uprooted, carrying down with hem arc lights and trolley wires, eaving me city wunoui ngnt or car lervice for several hours. The British tramp steamer Susquelanna and the coastwise schooner Nellie W. Craig did not disentagle hemselves until to-day from the colision into which they were brought >y last night's storm. The Susquelanna being without ballast was swept from her anchorage off Stapleon, Staten Island, and carried down stream across the bow of the schooner, which was at anchor off quaran;ine. The vessels came together with i crash, carrying away the schooner's leadgear and breaking off her bowsprit close to the hull. The damage :o the Susquehanna was slight, and she was towed back, to her anchorage po-day. The Nellie W. Craig was jound for Charleston, S. C., and expensive repairs will be necessary before she can proceed. t FIRST TEXAS BALE. Special Train Chartered to Carry it to Houston. Houston, Tex., June LI.?The Houston cotton exchange will be opened to all business men to-morrow regardless of whether or not they are members of the exchange when the first bale of cotton produced this year I will be auctioned at 10 o'clock. The bale was grown at San Benito, Cameron county, by Ernest Matz, on a 100 acre farm leased by Alfonso Hicks. It was rushed into San Benito Saturday by automobile, ginned and rushed to this city on a special train. Tn cot the hale to Houston before all other bales, reported to have been ready to ship on the regular train, comprising a private car and a passenger coach was chartered at a price of $528.75, or at the rate of $1.50 a mile. | It is predicted that this price will j be covered by that paid to-morrow by the hightest bidder, making the price greater than ever paid in history for the first bale. The weight of the bale is 490 pounds, in spite of the fact that one large gunney sack of seed cotton was lost in the rush. The "first bale" reported ginned at Riviera, has not arrived here yet. Cotton Acreage Increased. New Orleans, June 11.?The Times-Democrat in the first of its report of the cotton crop of 1911 tomorrow will say: "There has been a considerable increase of acreage, probably about 5 per cent., after allowing for acreage abandoned because of boll weevil and for other areas over which the seed failed to germinate for want of moisture. The supply of labor is sufficient and the cultivation has been exceedingly thorough. Texas correspondents state that rains must come in the next few days, else serious deterioration will take place and certain sections of the Atlantic States are also in need of moisture. I The boll weevil is active fn parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkan 1 j i.u ^ sas; not mucn is iiearu ui iuc pcot elsewhere. Taking the belt as a whole the condition of the crop was unusually high at the date of this report, June 5, but the outlook is subjected to sudden change. Favor Clark for President. The Washington correspondent of the New York World says the Champ Clark boom for president was boosted to-day by assurances from William J. Bryan and William Randolph Hearst of friendly hopes for success.' Mr. Clark received a letter from Mr. Bryan protesting that the Nebraskan's turndown on the wool schedule had not led to hard feelings, that anyhow Mr. Bryan was in a forgiving and even generous mood, and that Mr. Clark still was his ideal of a leader (granting of course, that Mr. Bryan was not in the running.) Mr. Bryan, it is understood, did not commit himself to advocacy of the nomination of Mr. Clark, but indicated clearly that if Mr. Clark could get away with the nomination Mr. Bryan not only would not put rocks on the track, but would help heave off those that might be chucked by others. mv?? nnAni.AF lator trraa oaanrc/1 hv X lie Bpcan.ci latvi ttuo ?uuu> vu Col. John Temple Graves that Mr. Hearst has a kindly feeling for him and his candidacy. Col. Graves said to the World correspondent: "Mr. Hearst and Mr. Clark served in congress together. Mr. Clark, with that faculty for making friends which has become famous, made a friend of Mr. Hearst, and the friendship has continued. , "Mr. Hearst, naturally, is not unmindful of claims that he himself has on the Democratic party. The ideas th8t he has put forth and has consistently defended?not only defended hut advanced?in the last 15 years have become the principle of the new or progressive Democracy. "As Mr. Bryan has admitted frankly several times, and as Mr. Hearst has said himself, the presidential bee is a persistent tempter and hard to get rid of. But I think I can say that of the present avowed or tentative candidates, Mr. Hearst feels ' ? J1 ? CnAobav PVioran Ill US I KlilUl.y luivaiuo 0|icaa</i vuuuip Clark." The Missouri delegation in congress learned of this development with great interest, but was compelled to keep silence for the present. The compelling force was the fact that at the Democratic Missouri platform convention last fall former Gov. Joseph W. Folk was indorsed for president. That was done at the time, it was said, to eliminate Mr. Folk from the senatorial race, which finally was won by the present Senator Reed. The Missouri delegation therefore had to content itself with silence, supplemented only by the statement that if Missouri desires Clark rather than Folk the Democrats of Missouri will find a way to express that next spring, when delegates are selected to the National Convention of 1912. I Colgate! I J I for the n 1 to sell a 1 Violet, Ca 1 We have 1 for less 1 i order to 1 going to I days at I Peopl MANGLED BODY ACROSS TRACK. Gruesome Find by Engineer Near King's Mountain. <li<oanvnia Tilno 1 1 TTlnT1 ppr .Tftfl 1 VI1 T il*V) 1/ MUV a a* Austell, arriving in Greenville this morning at the throttle of Southern railway train No. 39, reported the finding of the mangled body of a white man across the track about three miles this side of King's Mountain in Cherokee county., The body appeared to be that of a man about 30 years of age, was well dressed and bore every mark of refinement. The absence of cards or letters in the dead man's pockets rendered identification impossible. From all appearances the man met his death several hours previous to the passing of No. 39, which was about 8:30 o'clock. Will Appoint M. L. McCrae. ; Washington, June 8.?Profs. Fender and Crouch, who, at the request of Congressman Byrnes, held a competitive examination at Blackville last Saturday for a scholarship at * 11- 1 l-J J-Vo* A# +V?? Anna, puns, uavtJ icpui icu iuai, ui vuc eligible applicants M. L. McCrae, of Bamberg county, received the highest average and will therefore be nominated as principal. John Ashhurst and J. C. Browne, Jr., of Aiken county, and S. B. Mays, Jr., of Edgefield, came next in order named and will be named as alternates. The regulation require applicants to be between 16 and 20 years of age. The i examiners state in their report that, at the request of S. G. Mayfield, Jr., who is barely 15 years of age, and therefore could not enter the contest, they let him participate, and had he been eligible he would have won the contest. In Defense of Her Honor. Creede, Col., June 12.?In defense of her honor, as she alleges, Mrs. Michael Lefevre, wife of a prominent man of this district, shot and killed John Zang, proprietor of the Zang Hotel here at the Lefevre home in South Creede, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Zang was fifty-five years old, and his slayer is twenty years his junior. Mrs. Lefevre is held in the county jail here charged with murder. Ac-' cording to the woman's story, Zangj called at her home about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. He asked for the woman's husband, and on learning that he was not at home, seized Mrs. Lefevre. She took her husband's revolver and shot Zang in the face. V > Talcum * . ^ nr [5c? ext ten days. 3( t this price. A ishmere Bouquet, 5 never sold this ) than 25c per ca /vim ICUUt^ UU1 OiUVJ sell it for the fifteen cents 1 % es Dm Bamberg, South Carolina SHERIFF'S SALES. State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. By virtue of tax executions to me directed by John F. Folk, county treasurer of Bamberg county, I have levied upon and will offer for sale on Monday, July 3rd, 1911, it being sales day in said month, before the court house door'at Bamberg, S. C., during the legal hours of sale, for cash, to the highest bidder, the following described property to-wit: All that piece or ;tract of land situated in Bamberg county, Fish Pond Township, containing twelve acres, more or less, with the buildings thereon, bounded as follows: On one side by the Charleston & Auoriiotd nnhiir road, on the East by Suuw* r?? > lands of Daphney Davis, on the other two sides by C- F. Smoak. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of D. B. Rowe at the suit of the State for taxes due and owing thereon. ALSO At the same time and place three and one-half acres in Bamberg county, Bamberg township bounded as follows: On the North and West by C. B. Free, South by public road leading to Denmark, East by Parker. Levied upop as the property of Jones F. Faust at the suit of the State for I taxes due and owing tnereon. ALSO At the same time and place, all that piece or parcel of land situated in Bamberg county, Midway town-! ship, containing seventy acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the West by Mrs. Ellen Mitchell, North by Mrs. Sallie Clayton, East by lands now or formerly of C. M. McMillan, and on the South by lands now or formerly of George Dyches. Levied upon as the property of J. S. Martin, it being one-half interest of the tract containing one hundred and forty acres, known ae the property of C. D. & J. S. Martin, seventy acres of same being the part of J. S. Martin, at the suit of the State for taxes due and owing thereon. ALSO At the same time and place, all that tract in said county, lying in Three Mile township, containing fifty acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On one side by the run of Little Saltkehatchie Swamp, on one side by Hiers Bros., and two sides by lands of Williams Carter. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of the estate of I. W. Carter, Sr., at the suit of the State for taxes due and owing thereon. ALSO At the same time and place, one house and lot in the town of Midway, bounded as follows: On the East by] Main street, West and South by A. J. Hunter, and on the North by Walker. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of the estate of Adam Kinhrd at the suit of the State for due and owing thereon. Purchasers must comply with their bids within two hours after sale or same will be resold at risk of former purchaser. Purchaser to pay,for papers. J. B. HUNTER, Sheriff Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., June 12, 1911. t Powder! R N 30 boxes 1 ny odor: 1 j Dectylis. I nr_i 8 f i i aicum | n, but in 1 k we are I ^ 1 next ten | | the can. 1 if. ", i- *A.V/ RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED. ? - J Capt. W. H. Branson to Continue w . J Edgefield's Postmaster. fl Edgefield, June 10.?About a fl month ago Capt. W. H. Brunson, on ; rvl account of ill health, sent in his res- ? ignation as postmaster at this place. | Tt Vinw nnnpars that the same was 1 never accepted by the Washington J authorities and that he has been re- .V-) instated to the position, and will continue in the office until the expiration ' . r ' of his term, next spring. - Much to the gratification of his friends his health is very much improved. About six had made application for the place. ' < ? <- -V" -w- ? =-c- 4 Would Experiment with Negro. : Boston, June 11.?The problems of the rural population were considered k V j at tonight's meeting of the National ' ' Conference of Charities and Corrections. Experiments in connection with the regenration of the negro in the South were discussed along with a proposition to provide for amusements in rural districts for the whites, with an idea of making these ; classes more content with their lot in life. Another address emphasized the importance of the observance of ' a religious life by the farmers. 4 V . ' V ?? g as as ss a LIKE FINDING WATER IN THE DESERT. ' You can never appreciate how good water is until you travel across a sandy desert and feel your, throat burning up for lack of it. So, like ordinary drinking water, you cannot value our delicious soda until you compare it with ordinary sodas. There is an art in preparing soda water that WE at least understandAll fresh fruit flavors. Try our soda and learn the difference. HOOVER'S DRUG STORE The Nyal Store. BAMBERG, 8. C. - ; ' / . i o " 1