The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 14, 1911, Page 5, Image 5
PERSONAL MENTION.
r People Visiting in This City and
r at Other Points.
I) ?Mr. J. O. Harteog, of the Govan
section, was in the city last Saturday.
?Henry Zeigler, of Bamberg, visited
friends here last week.?AllenSir
dale Herald.
?Messrs. H. Spann Dowling and
W. C. Patrick, of Anderson, spent
Sunday in he city.
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?Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hooton ana
Mr. Henry Felder, of Denmark, spent
Sunday with relatives in the city.
S/ ?Mr. Carl Kearse, book-keeper
|| for the Farmers Mercantile Co. at
SS- Ehrhardt, was in the city last Thurs ?.
day.
?Mr. Hammond Bamberg, of
Charleston, spent Sunday with his
parents, Capt. and Mrs. W. S. BamIfv
berg.
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' ?Mrs. Frank Bamberg, of Baml,'
berg, is visiting relatives and friends
in the city.?Orangeburg Evening
Hi News.
?Misses Addys Hays and Bernie
Counts, of Bamberg, were the guests
of Miss Gladys All last week.?Allendale
Herald.
' ?The family of Rev. W. H.
Hodges returned last week from an
extended stay in the mountains of
North Carolina.
?Mrs. LeRoy Wilson, Jr., of Allendale,
has been visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham,
tne past weea.
?Miss Pearl Black left last Friday
for Florence, where she will
again teach in the graded schools
the coming year.
?Miss Aline Kearse, of Olar, who
has been visiting Miss Annie Jones,
; returned to her home on Friday.?
Newberry Observer.
?Mr. Otis Brabham, of Allendale,
and Mr. Vernon Brabham, of Cope,
> spent Sunday with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Brabham.
?Miss Lucile Lightsey has resigned
her position with Raysor and
Summers and accepted one in Charleston.?Orangeburg
Evening News.
?Miss Ruth Riley has returned to
Bamberg, after a pleasant visit to
her sister, Mrs. Havelock Eaves, in
* this city.?Orangeburg Times and
Democrat.
?Mr. F. M. Simmons, of Black
Mountain, N. C., who has been visiting
relatives here, left Monday for
Charleston, where he will have an
operation performed.
?Mr. D. R. Matheny and others
from this community, went down to
^ the coast experiment station Tues'
day to get information on tile drainage
and other matters.
?Mr. J. A. Zeigler, of The Herald
force, spent last Saturday in
I Charleston. He went to Dr. Parker
for an operation on his throat. He
T is getting along all right.
?Miss Mattie Riggin, of Baltimore,
Md., has accepted a position
with The Millinery Store as milliner.
She arrived last week, and now has
charge of this department,
y ?Miss Elise Rentz, who graduated
in music at Brenau college this
summer, has been elected as an instructor
in the musical department
/ there, and will leave in a few days
to assume her duties.
?Court Stenographer E. A. Brown
and Mr. V. S. Owens, former private
secretary to Congressman J. O. Pat*
?11: onmn n/V.
Iterson ana now umug mc same
sition for Congressman J. F. Byrnes,
of Barnwell, were in the city last
Thursday.
?Mr. H. Z. McMillan, of the
Ehrhardt section, was in to see us
last Thursday and told us how much
he appreciated The Herald and that
he would not do without it. He said
we could always count on him as a
subscriber.
?Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Owens re-1
turned last Saturday from an extended
trip. They visited relatives al
Birmingham, Ala., Johnston, Aiken
and Batesburg, and Mr. Owens alsc
attended the reunion of Confederate
?f-i
? veterans in Columbia. They enjoyed
| - their trip very much, and Mrs
Owens's health is very much improver
ed.
?Rev. L. E. Wiggins, who has
been spending the summer here, bewi
ing in charge of the Ehrhardt cir
'? cuit. left Tuesday morning. He wenl
f| to Greenville to visit his mother, and
from there he returns to VanderbiH
f" university at Nashville, where he
f graduates in the theological course
next June. He will then take ur
: -a regular work in the South Carolina
I . conference.
^ ?Mr. E. V. Camp, the new super
C. & intendent of the electric light plan!
and water works, arrived,in the citj
f Monday morning and stayed unti
Tuesday night, getting thing:
straight on account of starting the
lv new engine. He went on to CharlesJ&g
ton frofn here to visit his wife, whc
St is in the hospital there, hut will come
F- back here the 15 th, when he wil
I % take entire charge of the plant. Mr
j L W. F. Johnson, who has had charge
.(,C of the plant for some time, will re
h turn to Clemson the first of ner
% week.
REV. W. BRAND ASKS DAMAGES.
' Westminster Man Says Autos Caused
Injury to Himself and Wife.
Anderson, Sept. 6.?Rev. W.
Brand, pastor of the Baptist church
of Westminster, was in the city today
to look up the names of certain
automobile owners, who he says,
were responsible for his horse being
1 frightened a few weeks ago, and for
' injury suffered by himself and wife
and damage done to his buggy and
harness. He said he intended to call
; on the automobile owners for a settlement,
and intimated that a suit
might follow.
Rev. Mr. Brand says his horse was
frightened, and both himself and
wife injured on Dobbins' bridge sev;
eral weeks ago. The machines, the
i numbers of which were taken by
, him, were those of Mr. G. H. Bailes
and Mrs. A. N. Reynolds. Rev. Mr.
Brand says that at the time he was
en route to a church south of An]
derson to conduct a revival meeting.
On his trip here to-day, Rev. Mr.
Brand is accompanied by Mrs. Brand.
Personal Mention.
?Dr. J. S. Matthews, of Denmark,
was in the city yesterday.
?Messrs. Ben Hill and George Mc>
Millan left Tuesday for Clemson college.
?Mr. M. L. Warren, of the Ehr,
hardt section, was in the city yesterday.
?Mr. J. H. Fender, of the HuntV,ot-x-il
eoM-i/vn Trn<i in the citv
CI 0 Ullapci OVVVtVUy II .
[ yesterday.
i ?Mrs. Flossie Smith, of the Olar
section, spent yesterday in the city
, with relatives.
?Miss Annie Hutto, of Jacksonville,
Fla., is in the city on a visit to
Mrs. Jones A. Williams.
?Mrs. J. J. Smoak spent several
days in Orangeburg county this week
on a visit to relatives.
?Dr. H. Manning Brabham and
Mr. J. S. Breland, of the Kearse section,
were in the city yesterday.
?Miss Nell Roper, of Atlanta,
Ga., milliner for Mr. E. A. Hooton,
has arrived and has taken charge.
' ?Mr. H. N. Folk, who has been
spending a while in Blackville and
Barnwell, returned home Tuesday
afternoon.
? ?Mrs. C. A. Gillam, of Savannah,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J.
J. Brabham, Jr. She returned home
yesterday.
?Miss Leona Padgett, of Walterboro,
who has been visiting Miss
Bessie Lee Black in this city, will
return home to-day.
?Mr. G. A. Ducker returned last
Saturday night from a visit to hiB
old home in Greece. He brought his
mother and a cousin wiith him.
?Mrs. M. A. Bamberg and Mrs.
Elise B. Walker and little daughter
returned Monday from an extended
stay at Hot Springs, Ark., and Asheville,
N. C.
?Mr. A. C. Hobson, district manager
of Columbia, and Mr. R. N.
Pfaff, of Blackville, local manager of
th telephone exchange, 'were in the
1 city Tuesday.
?Mrs. D. F. Hooton and little
daughters, who have been spending
1 cnmo time with relatives in Estill
and Passaic, N. J., returned home
Tuesday afternoon.
?Mr. D. L. Betts, who has been
spending some days in Hampton
county, canvassing for the Carlisle
Fitting School, returned to the city
' Tuesday afternoon.
?Mr. Norman H. Fender, son of
! Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fender, of the
' Hunter's Chapel section, left yester
day for Plum Brancn, s. u., wnere
' he will teach the coming year.
?Mr. W. C. Duncan, first assistant
at the Carlisle Fitting School,
and Mr. Horace B. Anderson, who
has been added to the faculty, arrived
in the city Tuesday, as school
^ will open next week.
' ?Hon. S. G. Mayfield has been in
k Montgomery, Ala., for several days,
| attending the cotton convention, to
which he was appointed a delegate
by the governor. He will be away
until some time next week.
, ?Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCue and
little son, have moved to Orangeburg
and will make this their home in
k the future. Before her marriage
J Mrs. McCue was Miss May Carere and
. her friends are glad to welcome her
> back to the city.?Orangeburg Even
> ing News.
? GAVE DAUGHTER MORPHINE.
Lancaster Man Makes Fatal Mistake
in Medicine.
: Lancaster, Sept. 7.?Thinking he
* was giving his daughter, Mattie, four
3 grains of quinine last night, J. W.
J Stogner, of the Tabernacle section of
the county, made a mistake and gave
} her four grains of morphine, death
* resulting in a few hours. The young
1 lady was 19 years old and was the
* idol of her family.
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See me now about your cotton
t seed. Will buy or exchange for meal.
W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
CHESTNUT GETS FIFTEEN YEARS
Slayer of W. R. Sabin Convicted of
Manslaughter.
Orangeburg, Sept. 9.-?Fifteen
years in the State penitentiary or a
like period on the public works of
Orangeburg county was the sentence
imposed to-day upon Robert Chestnut,
following his conviction of man
slaughter for the killing, on April
25, last, of William R. Sabin, a young
lumber dealer of this city. The
prisoner, whose slaying of a fellow
being, twelve of his peers have pronounced
unjustifiable, listened with
downcast eyes as Judge James W.
DeVore uttered the words which legally
deprived him of next to his
most cherished possession?-his liberty,
which the law now claims as
the penalty of his act in taking human
life.
Showing plainly the effects of his
confinement in jail since the day of
the tragedy and the ordeal undergone
during his trial of the past three
days, the prisoner stood in the dock
and had nothing to say when asked
by the court why sentence should not
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De passea uyou mm. ms uuuuaci,
who had striven to satisfy the' jury
of his innocence, pleaded eloquently
and earnestly for leniency from the
court in passing sentence. With
voices at times affected by the emotion,
which was evident, Messrs.
Adam H. Moss, William C. Wolfe
and Thomas M. Raysor drew attention
to many of the phases of the
case favorable to the defendant and
laid much stress upon his good character
as testified to by a number of
witnesses, begging that the court
would take these into consideration
in fixing the punishment and make
the sentence as light as possible.
Counsel for the defence also took occasion
to thank Judge DeVore for
his uniform impartiality throughout
the trial and the learned manner in
which he expounded4the law from
the bench, stating that he had been
just to the State and fair tQ the de
fendant. They asked for a sentence
that would vindicate the law, calling
attention to the fact that anything
like a long term might mean a life
sentence to the convicted man, who
is now 38 years of age.
Might Have Been Murder.
After giving careful* attention to
the remarks of counsel for the prisoner,
Judge DeVore stated, addressing
the defendant, that since the verdict
was rendered he had been great
ly concerned over the amount of
punishment that should be meted out
in this case. He told the prisoner
that an intelligent jury, after considering
the law and the evidence
for about ten hours, had failed to
recommend him to the mercy of the
court, as they were told in the charge
they might do. The court further
declared that in its opinion the verdict
was a just one; in fact, Judge
DeVore stated that he felt satisfied
that a verdict of murder, under the
testimony, would have stood the test
of the courts. Without attempting
to lecture the prisoner or make his
burden any heavier, Judge DeVore
reviewed some of the testimony, particularly
that of the defendant,
which, the' court declared, in its
opinion, was sufficient to convict of
either murder or manslaughter, with
the elimination of the evidence given
by every other witness In the case.
Pardon Possible.
Continuing, Judge DeVore said the
testimony of the defendant showed
that he deliberately got iiis gun,
went to his victim's place of business,
his castle, and without sufficient provocation,
so far as the testimony
shows, took the life of William R.
Sabin. Judge DeVore reiterated
his opinion that taking out all of the
testimony except that of the defendant,
the jury was bound to convict of
manslaughter or murder. In finally
passing the sentence of fifteen years
Judge DeVore did not leave the prisoner
hopeless, for he stated that, after
a portion of the sentence has been
served, (how much he did not say,
however,) he would, if still alive and
circumstances prompted him, join in
a petition for a pardon.
How Jury Stood.
That the length of the sentence
surprised the prisoner, his counsel
and many spectators was evident,
although none was heard to say that
the court had not in this case tempered
justice with mercy. The verdict
seems, to have given general satisfaction,
the popular opinion being
that the prisoner has fared exceedingly
well. This would seem to he
the case when it is considered that
on the first ballot at least seven of
the jurors voted for a verdict with
recommendation to mercy, finally
compromising on one of manslaughter.
The jury retired at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and it was not until
12:30 o'clock this morning that an
agreement was reached but the result
of their deliberations was not
announced until about 7 o'clock this
morning, Judge DeVore having given
instructions that the verdict, if
reached after midnight, would not be
received until manning. The impression
that the verdict would not be
announced until the regular hour
for the convening of court kept away
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would have greatly swelled the small
crowd that had assembled to learn
the fate of the^man whose act produced
one of the most sensational
and interesting situations in the
criminal annals "of Orangeburg county,
and whose sole defense was that
the man he slew had invaded his
home, wronged his wife and destroyed
his peace and happiness for all
time.
The Deceased and the Woman.
These thines are charged by the
defendant against his victim, who,
now sleeping in his Tennessee grave,
his lips forever silent, can make no
answer in his own defence, except
his last mesage to the world, given
through his brother as he felt the
death damp gathering on his brow,
that he was innocent; that he knew
nothing of the woman he was, accused
of wronging and that he was ignorant
of the whole affair.
What of the woman who many
blame for the sorrow that has come
to two households? What would she
have said had she been placed upon
the witness stand? Such can only
be guessed at and is is improbable
that what is in her mind and heart
concerning this deplorable affair will
never be known to others.
Legal blanks of all kind at The
Herald Book Store.
MASTER'S SALE.
Pursuant to a decree of the court
r\f ffftmmnTi nionfi haarine date the
16th day of March, 1911, in the case
of The Peoples Building and Loan
Association of Bamberg, South Carolina,
plaintiff, against J. J. Brabham,
defendant, I, H. C. Folk, Master
for Bamberg County, will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash, on Monday, October
2nd, 1911 the same being legal sales
day>. during the legal hours of sale
on said day, before the court house
door at Bamberg, S. C., the following
described real estate, to wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or
lot of land near the Southern limits
of the town of Bamberg, County of
Bamberg, State of South Carolina,
containing one (1) acre, more or
less, and bounded on the North by
rtf UMlo Tirohham* nn the East by
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land of H. W. Beard, formerly land
of Shealy; on the South by land of
Susan Daniels, formerly land of Geo.
B. Daniels; and on the West by the
Bamberg and Buford's Bridge public
road. Said lands being a portion
of the same formerly owned by Alexander
Brabham and by him devised
to Ella Brabham.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
CARTER & CARTER,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
September 7th, 1911.
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established at Greenwood in a few
weeks, to be edited by W. T. Crews,
late of the Laurensville Herald. It
will doubtless be called the "Carolina
Appeal." The paper will be a
Blease organ no doubt, and it is proposed
to make it a stock company.
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ation in 1910 was $1,405,908, and
for 1911 the amount is $1,371,260,
which is a. substantial decrease. In
, 1910 the personal property returned
for taxation was $588,710, and in
1911 it is $516,880. What is the
. matter? Surely our people are not
i poorer, and property has been increasing
in value all the time. ,