The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 31, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
< A. W. KNIGHT, Editor.
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||.. Thursday, August 31, 1911.
Bfe\ * Why don't the business men of
Bamberg get in touch with the Farm8|-;ers'
Union and endeavor to have a
cotton warehouse erected at Bamgfev.
berg? No doubt this could be done
pfe'. if our citizens would take some stock
in the company. K
We would like to see the newspaIfe
'^ pers more interested in a fair elec;
tion next year than candidates.
There will no doubt be plenty of
I candidates, but the primary should
be so safeguarded that there will be 1
no room for fraud.
There was said to be more drunkenness
in town last Saturday than
for a long time. Some people said
it was worse than in dispensary days, i
If we are having the evils without <
the revenue, we might as well have
the dispensary back.
Some people seem to be still in ,
doubt as to the building of the Bam- .
berg-Ehrhardt railroad, and all such
are invited to go down and see the
work of grading going on. We think,
however, that*most of the doubters '
are convinced that the road is a re? '
ality.
I We would like very much to see
more of the streets in totom clayed,
and we suggest to city council that
teams can be had at this season of <
the year on very favorable terms and
the work can be done cheaper now
than at any other time we believe.
Nothing that council can do will be (
of more benefit to the town than good
streets* and we hope to see the re
g cent good work kept up.
. Why don't the business men of s
Bamberg get together and build a '
cotton warehouse? Barnwell is
"building a warehouse, and surely
Bamberg can do as much for the 1
(progress of the community. A warehouse
will be needed this winter, as '
it seems to be the plan of the speculators
to keep the price of cotton
down if possible. This they can do
if the crop is rushed to market.
Our business league should take
some action in reference to the in- <
surance rates for Bamberg. The
town was re-rated last year on account
of the protection given our
merchants by the water works, and
the new rates are not at all satisfactory.
In some cases rates were rais
I- " ed instead of lowered, others were
jgfkw not lowered enough, and in fact the
whole re-rateing does not appear to
be consistent. We'would suggest that
the business league take up the matter
with the Southeastern Tariff Association
and have the town rated
again, or at least the re-rating gone
over. The rates now are not equalfelvS
ked at all.
It is all very well to arrest the
negroes who are selling liquor. The
Herald has no sympathy for any lawbreaker,
either white or black. But
why not arrest some of the white
* people who are said to be selling
liquor? For months there has been
! considerable taiK arouna lown as to
white people selling intoxicants, yet
no arrests have been made. Whether
there is any truth in the reports
we do not know, and we do not
know of our own knowledge that
apy white man in Bamberg is selling
liquor. But we do know that it has
been practically common talk around
town, and we want to see the law
enforced against all alike, white or
black.
NO LIGHTS YET.
The railroad authorities have not
yet placed electric lights in the pass
enger station here, nor have they
indicated when they will do so. This
is entirely in keeping with the policy
of the Southern so far as Bamberg
is concerned. The railroad never
does anything for its patrons here
that it can avoid, and every now and
then tries to give the town authorities
trouble in one way or an another.
When the electric lights were installed
here some years ago the railroad
tried to claim Railroad Avenue
and wanted the town to sign a paper
that the poles wrould be removed
whenever the railroad said so. But
the town authorities wrould not sign
the agreement and the road dropped
the matter. We understand the railroad
stopped the town from getting
clay near its right of way, just above
town, a few weeks ago, or rather attempted
to, for we understand that
the town authorities stopped at first
and later kept on getting the clay as
heretofore.
Our citizens should grant the
Southern Railway no favors, and the
town authorities should force the
road to observe the laws as to speed
of trains .through town, blocking
street crossings, etc., as well as keeping
the right of way and street crossings
in town in proper repair, for the
road never grants the town any favors.
Give the road fai^ treatment
but demand on its part a compliance
with reasonable requirements.
Scarcity of Cloth Sends Prices Higher
New York, Aug. 27.?Readjustment
in the cotton goods markets is
going along very slowly, but steadily.
The demand for merchandise for future
delivery continues light, while
the supply is being materially re
stricted by the very extensive curtailment
that is on. It is noted by merchants
#that buyers will pay from
1-8 to 1-4 cent a yard for goods
they must have above the parity in
prices current on other cloths of
similar general construction. This
emphasizes the scarcity in many
cloths that has been brought about
by the stopping of looms in all parts
of the country.
Exporters are doing little and do
not anticipate much business until
the new year begins. Yarns continue
to show the effect of pressure
for new business on the part of the
spinners whose orders are running
out.
Jobbing houses report a fair trade
but a lack of desire to anticipate beyond
the well-defined needs of a
week or two ahead. Prints and ginghams
are being purchased in a handto-mouth
way by jobbers. The better
known brands of bleached cottons
ire held steady. Denims are quiet
and steady. Tickings of the staple
grades are sold ahead ror a monin
dt six weeks in the leading mills. 1
SUIT FOR LIBEL.
Citizen of North Augusta Placed Under
Arrest at Aiken.
Aiken, Aug. 28.?A sensation was
created in Aiken this afternoon when
t n Who+ipv of North Alien fit a.
was placed under arrest, charged
with criminal libel, on a warrant
sworn out by Magistrate T. L. Hahn,
Df North Augusta, before Magistrate
W. M. Smoak, of Aiken. Mr. Hahn
came to Aiken this morning and
swore out the warrant and Mr. Whatley,
being in the city, he was immedi-,
ately placed under custody. Bond
was granted for his appearance at a
preliminary hearing.
_ In his affidavit, attached to the
warrant, Mr. Hahn alleges that said
J. C. Whatley did "unlawfully, wilfully
and maliciously commit the
crime of libel by publishing of de
famatory matter concerning the character
of deponent." The ajjeged
offense, said deponent, occurred during
the months of July and August
of the present year and that Mr.
Whatley published an affidavit or instrument
of writing or communicated
it to various persons with intent
to expose Mr. Hahn to the hatred of
the people. Whatley published, it
is alleged, that deponent collected
moneys for one Jack Austin and had
failed to pay the said moneys over
to Austin; that he published other
libelous and slanderous matter alleging
that deponent collected $50 from
one Andrew Anderson and had failed
to account for the same; that the
intent of Whatley was to show deponent
had fraudulently made way
with said funds, defendant knowing
same to be false at the time. That
the said publication was not in the
nature of publishing the proceedings
of the magistrate's court, and not
privileged. That Whatley published
other statements to show deponent
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The affidavit of Mr. Hahn was
made before Mr. Smoak and alleges
that he has been damaged more than
$100.
Mr. Hahn has been magistrate at
North Augusta for some time and is
well known. Mr. Whatley has occupied
a prominent place as a citizen
of North Augusta, and the case has
created considerable comment hers
and the outcome will be closely
watched.
SEED NOT SO HIGH.
Price of Oil Goes Down and Sect
Follow.
; Columbia, Aug. 26.?With a distrous
year behind them, but witl
hopes for better results during th(
coming season, the crushers of cot
ton seed in Columbia, as well as
throughout the entire State, are already
beginning their work for th<
1911-1912 season. Some few bales
of cotton have been ginned in this
State, and some seed is already being
put on the market. Within th(
next few weeks, in all probability
with the rapidly increasing quantitj
of cotton ginned, the cotton seed oi]
mills will be working on full time
which means twenty-four hours z
day, for the mills run both day and
night during the 120 days which generally
constitute their season.
Outlook for Coming Season.
Although the manufacturers oi
cotton seed oil in Columbia, as well
as in other portions of the State,
are looking forward hopefully to the
coming season, many of them believe
that the mills will not be able to pay
much more than half what they paid
for seed last year at present prices
of the products. As is generally
known, the season of 1910-1911 was
a most disastrous one for the manu*
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iacturers 01 culiuu sccu uh, emu. ix, ?
estimated that many of the crushers
lost as much as $2.50 on every ton of
seed they bought and crushed.
The price at which the products of
the mills is being sold is much lower
than it was at the beginning of last
season, in some cases the drop being
more than fifty per cent. At this rate,
according to one local manufacturer,
who weathered the storm last year,
the mills will not be able to pay more
than $15 or $16 per ton for, seed,
whereas they paid last year as high
as $36 in some cases.
"When we are getting only 30
cents for oil, as against 63 cents last
year," said Mr. R. E. Taylor, "when
we are getting only $23 per ton for
meal as against $26 Jast year, when
hulls are selling at only $5.50 now,
when they sold last year for- $7.25,
and when linters are bringing only
2*4 cents, as against 5 cents last
year, the mills will be obliged to get
their seed cheaper in order to operate,
unless the price of oil increases."
LAWYER FATALLY SHOT.
Slain by Brother-in-Law of United
States Senator Works.
Shelby ville, Ind., Aug. 25.?Charles
Tendell, a prominent attorney,
was shot and killed here to-day by
Edward C. Van Pelt. Van Pelt surrendered
to the police. The men have
been enemies for several years.
Van Pelt is a brother-in-law of
United States Senator Works, of
California, a civil war veteran and is
irn^Tirn +h much mi t thn rountrv as an
active worker in fraternal organization.
CHARGES AGAINST MAGISTRATE.
A Bad State of Affairs Seems to Exist
in Cowards Section.
A very interesting case was heard
by Magistrate McClenaghan in the
court house this morning, but the
parties waived the preliminary and
will have the case in the sessions
court. .
The charge is against Mr. Matthews
of the Cowards section, who is
charged with making a criminal assault
upon a young woman in that
section. He was arrested and on his
own recognizance, was released to
come to the hearing to-day, as it was
represented to the officer who made
the arrest, Policeman Langston, that
there was little more than neighborhood
feeling and bitterness in the
case and that Mr. Matthews would
certainly appear in court, as he did,
In this same connection there is
another case which seems to be o 1
the same unfortunate character, a
charge against Magistrate Collins foi
the same offence. Magistrate Collins
and his friends indignantly deny the
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reported crime, ?uu tucj oaj m?.
they would be glad for anything that
can be brought out in the matter tc
be made public and that the public
may see and know how this man it
being pursued with charges of the
sort.
At all events, what ever there it
in the cases will be brought out ii
the sessions court.?Florence Times
LOSES HIS COIN AND GIRL.
Disappearance of Both Spoils Ro
mance of Octogenarian.
Chicago, Aug. 25.?No wedding
i bells will ring for William Dennis
i 83 years old, a retired farmer fron
Mount Hope, Wis., who came to Chi
cago yesterday to be married to i
- young woman he met at a counts
i fair at Boscobel, Wis., two weeks ago
To-day Dennis reported to the po
i lice that his prospective bride hat
t disappeared with $3,000, which h<
i had given her for safekeeping
' Farmer Dennis avers that romanc<
is dead in Chicago.
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FAIR CROP ASSURED.
Commercial'-Appeal Says Deterioration
Has Been Checked.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 27.?The
Commercial-Appeal's weekly cotton
review to-morrow will say:
"The decline in the condition of
the cotton plant, which set in several
weeks ago, has been checked in the
two Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama,
, or has ceased altogether by reason of
more favorable weather, rain having
. fallen in the Carolinas and dry
weather supervened in the two latter
States. Cotton is early in the
Atlantic States, and without more
rain will open rapidly. A fair crop
t is assured and a large one . seems a
possibility, despite the deterioration
that has been suffered.
"In Mississippi, Tennsessee, Arkansas
and Louisiana rainfall continued
during the week, and some of
the reports take a very gloomy view
r>f tho nntinnk. The chief damage
has .resulted from the shedding of
young forms by reason of the rank
growth of the stalk and from boll
weevils in the southern part of this
valley territory. It is evident, however,
that bright weather would vastly
reduce present estimates of damage.
"In Oklahoma and Texas a period
of extreme heat, accompanied by a
burning sun and hot winds, caused a
quick setback to cotton, which had
but lately taken on fresh growth
from rain. The plant was being
1 forced to an early maturity, but rains
1 toward the close of the week put an
end to the condition and hold out a
promise of better returns jiext week.
As most correspondents state, there
is yet time to derive benefit from the
rains.
"Cotton is moving very freely to
market where any picking is being
i done."
' REPORT IS MAIN FACTOR.
Crop Figures to be Announced Friday
of This Week,
s New Orleans, Aug. 27.?From the
1 present outlook the most important
, feature to he considered during the
\ week in the cotton market will be the
! report on condition of the crop on
i August 25, which will he issued Fri
day. The fact that the report will he
\ followed hy the triple Labor day hols
idays leads many to believe that
t much evening up will be done bet
fore the report is published.
) The expectation now is that the
; coming ireport will be anywhere from
{ 77 to 79 per cent. Even conservative
> traders express the belief that a deterioration
for last month's report
j of 89.1 will be forthcoming to the exl
tent of 10 points in the condition flg.
ures. The rise last week partially
discounted bullish anticipations, but
it is not likely that the movement
during the coming week will show an
" advancing tendency as the result of
the anticipated condition figures. At
the close of the week the only thing
' in evidence which could rob the con>
dition figures of their influence was
i the prospect of trouble between Ger
many and France, but it will take
* decided developments to make the
7 situation a bearish factor.
The movement of new cotton will
- be watched with interest by both
1 sides. Bears, however, can not hope
3 to see the movement will have much
. pressure on the market until com3
mitments out of Galveston have been
filled.
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KILLS WIFE, COMMITS SUICIDE. the neiShb?rs, and late this afternoon
^ Anderson set upon her and shot her
down. Seeing that he had killed her,
Double Tragedy with Florida Farm-' he then committed guicide by bIow_
er Principal Actor. ou^ jjjg brains.
Tampa, Aug. 25.?A murder and At a meeting on Saturday, the
suicide was enacted at Kathleen, a Florence County School Trustees assmall
village some forty miles from sociation adopted resolutions deTampa,
this afternoon, Needham nouncing the recent school book *
Anderson, a farmer, being the main adoption, and saying they "cannot
actor in the tragedy. and require the patrons of
It seems that thfls morning he our schools to conform to the
whipped his wife. She complained to change."