The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 12, 1911, Image 1
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Established 1891 BAMBERG-, S. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12,1911. One Dollar and a Half a Year,
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Oct. 10.?Denmark U
receiving its full share of amusement
now, there being a motion picture
show there for this week. *
Algie and St. Clair Guess, Wesley
and Cecil Crum, also Charlie Milhous,
spent Friday in Columbia.
Mrs. J. E. Steadman and daughter,
Edna, are visiting in Orangeburg
to-day/
Mr. Frank Moye spent Sunday in
Denmark.
Miss Martha Ray spent the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. Holman, ic
St. Matthews.
Misses Hattie and Genevieve Wroton
spent Friday in Orangeburg
with their brother, Mr. Harry Wroton.
Miss Rosa Lee Bernhardt, of sailsbury,
N. C., is the guest of Miss Hattie
Lee Guess.
Mrs. R. H. Gillam spent the pasl
week with relatives in Augusta.
Mr. T. O. Chaplain, formerlj
agent for the Southern Railwaj
here, stopped over to-day.
Miss Sarah Wallace, of Atlanta
was the guest of Miss Livy Ray
Monday.
Denmark is certainly automobile
> struck, there being seven new cars
in town.
Mr. Mclver Ray spent Sunday ir
town with his parents.
Mrs. LaFitte and Sturgeon spenl
Monday in Blackville.
Mrs. George Hutto, of Aiken
spent Friday in town.
Mrs. W. H. Faust is quite sicfc
with fever.
Mr. D. B. Reed, of Columbia, spenl
Monday in town.
Dr. Boozer was in Bamberg Monday
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED.
The Dedication of Bethany Baptist
Church, Near Ehrhardt.
Ehrhardt, Oct. 10.?It was a glad
day for the saints at Bethany and
their many friends when they found
themselves assembled last Sundaj
morning within the walls of the beautiful
house that they had built with
the avowed purpose of sacredly setting
it apart to the worship of God.
An attractive program in the form
of a card board folder containing
cuts of the building and pastor had
been provided.
At 11:30 o'clock the exercises
were begun with a voluntary by the
choir, Mrs. Williams Carter presiding
at the organ; after which the
people rose and sang the long metre
doxology. While they stood the
pastor led in an invocation. Then
the congregation joined in singing
"Come Tnou Aimigniy jvmg, nei*
us Thy Name to Sing.
Help us tQ praise,
Father, all Glorious, O'er all victorious
Come and reign over us, Ancient oi
Days, etc."
Bethany Ba
Dr. W. T. Derieux then read the
27th Psalm and Rev. G. W. Brittor
offered prayer. Then followed a
violin solo rendered with ineffable
sweetness and pathos by Miss Elizabeth
Roberts, of Ehrhardt. Aftei
this the congregation sang "Holy
Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning our song shall
rise to Thee."
At the conclusion of this hymn
the pastor, who was rifester of ceremonies,
introduced Rev. Wm. T
Derieux, D. D., corresponding secretary
of the State mission board oi
the Baptist convention of South Carolina,
who preached the dedicatior
sermon. Dr. Derieux announced as
his text Psalm 27:4, "One thing have
I desired of the Lord, That will 1
seek after; that I may dwell in the
house of the Lord all the days of mj
life, to behold the beauty of the Lord
and to enquire in His temple." The
speaker was earnest and eloquenl
and the masterly discourse was listened
to with rapt attention throughout
the forty-five minutes of its delivery.
At its conclusion, Messrs. J. Williams
Carter, G. J. Hiers, and Johr
R. Carter, recently elected trustees
were requested to come forward
and face the rostrum. In behalf oi
the building committee, Prof. Jak(
Carter, in a few brief but well choser
remarks, delivered to them the
church keys. The ceremony ovei
the people rose and repeated in unison
the following renunciation anc
prayer: "We the members of Bethany
Baptist church of Jesus Christ dc
> joyfully dedicate this house that wc
have built to God the Father, Sor
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EHRHARDT ETCHINGS.
I
Farmers Holding Cotton?News in
. the Ehrhardt Section.
Ehrhardt, Oct. 9.?The cold wave
reached us In good shape yesterday.
} Made us all hunt up some heavier
clothes than we have been accustomed
to wearing.
Sugar cane is growing very fast.
These cool nights will cause it to mature
faster. Soon we will have to
* work it up into syrup and sugar.
Some one in this section must have
. been trying to teach ithe mosquitoes
the phonetic method. I have noticed
, quite a number of them among
some daily papers, suppose looking
up the latest news.
Farmers seem to be in no hurry
[ <to sell their cotton now. Say the
price is too low for them. They are
hauling it home and piling it to await
the higher market.
The Baptists had an oyster supper
last week, the proceeds to go towards
furnishing their church at this place.
A moving picture show the same
'r night divided somewhat with them.
' Some of our citizens are thinking
of attending the dedication service of
the Theological Seminary building,
" to he held in Columbia this week.
Drummers are very thick over the
t county, so mind how you shoot at a
' target with your rifle, or you will kill
r one?or more. JEE.
Xegro Woman Shoots Husband.
Saluda, Oct. 7.?News reached
* i
here to-day of the shooting of Arch
J Williams, a negro, in the Higgins
Ferry community Wednesday aftert
noon by his wife, Viett Williams.
The cause of the shooting is not
* known. It is said that the weapon
used was a shotgun and that the
femoral artery in the right thigh
was severed. Information was had
here to-day that the attending phy'
sician has stated that the negro will
r die.
and Holy Spirit. The Lord Our God
he with us as He was with our fatht
ers. Let Him not leave us nor farsake
us, that He may incline our
hearts unto Him to walk in all His
[ ways and to keep His commandments,
| Amen, Amen."
[ While the people still stood upon
r their feet, Rev. E. A. McDowell, the
. pastor, led in the prayer of dedica
t tion.
The closing exercises followed as
the congregation joined in singing,
"I love Thy kingdom Lord, the
; house of Thine abode, the church
[ our blest Redeemer saved, with His
own precious blood."
j The benediction was then pro>
nounced by Dr. Derieux.
The building is commodious and
> convenient and as may be seen by
| the accompanying cut, presents an
j attractive exterior appearance. A
[ Brussels carpet and a set of three
- handsome chairs grace the pulpit,
\! while the other furnishings are all
I At.Vi? /Irtnir? Thaca irtolnrt.
! lliai UUU1U UC UCOiivu. X UMV iuwux
ing the organ, are special contribu.
tions of the ladies. The pulpit Bible
and beautiful silver communion ser;
vice are the personal gifts of Mrs.
Williams Carter, who though recent
iptist Church.
/ ly celebrated her 80th birthday is a
* regular and punctual attendant upon
L the church services.
Rev. E. A. McDowell, Pastor.
The liberality and zeal of the
1 Bethany people, that has resulted in
? the erection and furnishing of the
' house, are to be highly commended
^ and most heartily are they to be conJ
gratulated on being able to dedicate
1 it free of debt. In order to effect
J this, a comparatively small balance
was apportioned among themselves
and each loyally assumes his part as
I personal obligation, thus relieving
" the church itself of any financial en}
cumbrance.
* We believe there is a bright and
1 useful future in store for this church.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
A boy at the Connie Maxwell or-,
phanage at Greenwood was operated
on for appendicitis, and when the
appendix had been removed a pin
was found imbedded therein. The
boy has no recollection of ever swallowing
the pin, so that no idea is had
as to how long it had been in the
appendix. The little fellow is getting
on very nicely.
In a hotel bedroom at Gaffney
Tuesday morning Henty S. Drummond,
a traveling representative of
a Baltimore grocery house, was
found dead in the bed he occupied
the night before. The coroner's jury
was in doubt as to the cause of death,
but an empty bottle of morphine
found in the suit case of the dead
man seems to indicate suicide.
The Greenwood hospital will be
ready for use in a few days. The
building is almost completed and
the work of. furnishing the rooms of
the hospital has been done almost
entirely bv donations from nrivate
individuals, Miss Isabel White, formerly
head nurse of the Augusta
City hospital, has been secured as
superintendent. Mrs. E. D. Andrews,
of Greenwood, is the president of
the association.
An election was held in Camden
last week on the question of granting
a franchise to the Camden Light &
Water Company for twenty years^
which included a contract to furnish
lights and water for the city for the
same term. The vote was overtttVioI
mJn .atraiTiGt erftntincr the
franchise, and the city will i?sue
bonds and install its own water and
light plant, which Is what they
should have done years ago.
Several- thousand bales of long
staple cotton have been sold for the
farmers of the State by the State department
of agriculture. The department
Is in a position to put the
farmers in touch with a ready market
for the staple. The prices being
paid for upland long staple cotton
in South Carolina runs from 17 cents
to 24 cents. The cotton mills of
this State consume about 880,000
bales of this cotton. Of this amount
about 50 per cent., or 400,000 bales,
are brought from outside the State.
U. D. C. Meeting.
Local Chapter No. 71, general No.
1,263, U. D. C., met on Tuesday ^afternoon
with Mrs. Robert Black and
Miss Newsom as hostesses. The
meeting was largely attended and
plans were completed for the 26th instant.
The introductory speaker
for the unveiling program will he the
I TTrm P W fJnrris th#* orator of the
occasion will be Senator E. D. Smith.
Prof J. C. Guilds will be master of
ceremonies and there will be other
numbers on the program. As the
veil falls from the monument the
Bamberg guards will fire a salute and
the band will play Dixie.
The exercises will begin at 11
o'clock, and immedately after the
Chapter wil^ serve dinner in the
court house auditorium for 50 cents
a dinner, and the public is invited to
come to this; the proceeds will go
to the monument fund which is growing
nicely.
The Chapter urges everybody
whose subscription is not paid, to pay
it on the 26th if it is possible, and
all who have promised an additional
subscription will please hand it in
on the same day. And to those who
have not contributed, the Chapter
urges that you do not wait to be so
licited but send In or bring in your
contribution at your convenience, for
surely there is not a man nor a woman
either, not only in this county,
but in the entire Southland, who
does not want to have a part in honoring
with a memorial those who in
the days of '61-'65 faced death and
suffered the pangs of bodily pain,
hunger, cold, fatigue, separation
from home and loved ones, and everything
the human body and mind can
suffer! They are all heroes, and let
us honor them with this memorial,
that their deeds may live to our posterity.
FELL FROM TRAIN.
Traveling Salesman Lost Balance,
Striking Match and May Die.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 8.?Losing
his balance when he struck a match
on the seat of his trousers, Max
Freting, 35 years old, a traveling
salesman of New York, fell from the
platform of a Seaboard Air Line
train 38 miles west of here late this
afternoon. His right leg was broken
and his head and chest were injured.
Physicians at the hospital here
whither he was brought say he is
dying.
Drink at the Bamberg Pharmacy
fount next Tuesday and help swell
the monument fund.
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STRIKERS ATTACK TRAIN CREWS j
Trouble Near Augusta Among Striking
Firemen.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 4.?The operations
of trains on the Georgia and
Florida Railroad met with the first
material resistance from the striking
ftreman and sympathizers ill the vicinity
this afternoon, when two
freight trains were stopped by mobs
and the train crews overpowered. |
Four employees of the company were j
seriously injured, one of them sus- j
taining a fractured skull.
Sylvester Moriarty, guard from
New York, was struck on the head
with a coupling pin, and his skull
fractured. William King, of New
York, a guard, was badly cut about
the head and face and shot through
the arm. William Ray, fireman, from
New York, was badly cut about the
head and face. All the injured men
are strike-breakers, and are now in
the city hospital.
In Hamburg Yards.
A train leaving with supplies for
way stations between Augusta and
Douglas was stopped just outside the
city limits, on the belt line, and was
abandoned by the crew. The other
was a train of freight cars being
transferred from the Augusta yard
of the Southern Road, and was held
up near Schultz's Hill," on the Carolina
side of the river.
Sympathizers of the striking firemen
literally swarmed over and took
nossession of both trains.
On the way to Hamburg the guards
defended themselves as best they
could with engineer tools, but were
overpowered and forced to .fun. The
injured men were not permitted to
get conveyances to bring them to the
city, but were forced to walk the long
Southern bridge to the city, Molarity
being aided by his companions.
An ambulance was called for them
when they reached the Augusta side
of the river.
Firemen Taken from Cab.
Vidalia, Ga., Oct. 4.?Though protected
by armed guards, a white fireman
of the Georgia and Florida Railroad,
was taken from his engine here
this afternoon, though his train carried
United States mail.
A hundred strike sympathizers met
*?n<Ti irrVit/tVi orrlvod ViAT"ft nrao
LUC uaiu, nutvu im vu . c
tically on time, took the fireman and
his guards and locked them in the
baggage car. They were released
later, when they had given up their
weapons, fed and sent jut of town en
another railroad. Later a meeting of
citizens was held to protest against
any violence.
To Enjoin Strikers.
, Augusta, Ga., Oct. 4.?Application
was filed by the Georgia and Florfda
Railroad Company this afternoon
before Judge Don A. Pardee, in At lanta,
in the United States Circut
Court, asking for a restraining order
AtViA elritino' firpm An nr
IU picvcut I/Uc OUIUIUQ
their sympathizers from interfering
with the road's property.
Judge Pardee was not in Atlanta
last night, but information comes
from his office that the application
has been taken under advisement
and a decision will be rendered in the '
matter just as early as possible.
cfnTTPTTOV n4fiF AT SALUDA.
Young White Man Promptly Convicted
of Heinous Offence.
Saluda, Oct. 7.?For two days the
court here has been engaged in the
trial of Clarence B. Roton, a young
white man of the county, on a
charge of seduction. This is the
first case of this characteV to be tried
in the courts of this county. The
defendant was ably represented by
Messrs. Thurmond and Ramage,
who contested every inch of the
ground, and many difficult legal
propositions were from time to time
argued. Solicitor Tiramerman was
assisted in the prosecution by B. W.
Crouch.
+V10 n.+tpndancA UDOn the
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court during the trial of the case
was large yet there #was a complete
absence of any evidence of vulgar
curiosity. There was a tense seriousness
manifested.
The arguments to the jury lasted
for nearly five hours. Judge Memminger's
charge was clear and explicit.
The jury were out only about
fifteen minutes when they returned a
verdict of guilty.
The testimony showed that the
victim had been terribly dealt with
by the defendant.
If the public expression counts for
anything no verdict ever met with a
warmer endorsement at the hands
of a Saluda county jury.
A notice of a motion for a new
trial was noted on request of defendant's
counsel. 1
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BAMBERG GRADED SCHOOL
THIS INSTITUTION DOING BETTER
WORK THAN EVER.
Enrollment Largest in History of the
School?Honor Roll for the
Past Month.
Last Friday, October 6th, closed
the first month of the school year of
1911-1912 for the Bamberg graded
Bchool. While the school has been
opening under very favorable circumstances
in former years and making
a remarkable stand in the work it
has done, the opening and the beginning
of work this present session
have been the best in the his
tory of the school, and the outlook
for the best year's work is the brightest
the writer has ever experienced.
From the standpoint of enrollment,
attendance, and general interest on
the part of the pupils, this fact seems
very evident. The enrollment is the
largest it has, ever been any year to
the present time, and the attendance
has been remarkable. Notwithstanding
the fact that the weather has
been disagreeablyw arm, the average
attendance for the month just closed
falls but little short of the total enrollment.
And these pupils have not
only been present every day, but they
have been at school on time. Out of
an enrollment of considerably over
two hundred there h^e been few
tardies. In some ver^large grades
there was not a single tardy.
While there have been considerable
-? ?? - ?. A#
impruveiLieats iu mo aucuuaum u*
the school, other improvements have
been made. Every effort 'is being
put forth to make and equip the
school to train the pupils in several
lines, and, at the same time, make
it up to the highest standard as a
preparatory school for the college
and university. Already several
branches of the high school science
are being taught sucessfully, but a
complete physical laboratory is soon
t& be installed, so that experimental
physics may be taught. There is a
class in typewriting in the school
now, and bookkeeping is to be placed
as soon as practical.
Besides the regular course with its
extras the school has its music department.
While this is independent,
the school is glad' to have it.
This department is in charge of Miss
Franke Folk, who has taught in it
very successfully for the past two
years. Every pupil who cares to do
so has time to take music at some
time.during the school day.
While the school made a good record
the first month, it can do better
the next. The superintendent and
teachers welcome the heartiest cooperation
of the parents and guardians.
Let each parent see that his
child not only goes, to school, but that
ho rm time and with the neces
sary amount of study. Let parents,
pupils, and teachers work to make
the Bamberg school the best in the
State. Your most hearty co-operation
is invited.
Honor Roll for the Month Ending
October 0th.
SECOND GRADE.
Irma Dixon, Yancey Graham, Hein
rich Arndt, Walter Hutto, Lawrence
Kirkland, George Yeitrakis.
- THIRD GRADE.
Adelle Brabham, Daisy Free, Vivian
Free, Bernice Simmons, Maggie
Zeigler, Nannie Sue Smoak, Lethia
Cooner, Norma Brabham, Julia
Price, Marie Phillyps, Wilkes Knight,
Willie Sanders, Henry Wilkerson.
FOURTH GRADE.
Hazel Armstrong, Elizabeth Inabinet,
Aegina Knight.
FIFTH GRADE.
Rebecca Dickinson, Mary Lee
Grimes.
SIXTH GRADE.
Von Etta Rentz, Garris Zeigler.
EIGHTH GRADE.
Arrie Free, Reba Free.
NINTH GRADE.
, Edith Rice.
The following is a li& of the
names of those who made above 90
per cent..on every subject except one;
and they are entitled to honorable
mention:
Evely Brabham, Tom Felder, Roy
Free, Mildred Jones, Gene Price, Benjamin
Rentz, Leighton Rentz, Bennie
Black.
AGED WOMAN SOLD LIQUOR.
Chester Negress Again Caught in
Unlawful Traffic.
Chester, Oct. 8.?Delia Caldwell,
colored, who was fined $25 In mayor's
court a few days ago, for violation
of the dispensary law, the fine
being reduced on account of the woman's
infirm health, contributed an
additional $50 fo the city's strong
box Saturday morning, on a similar
charge. She was caught Friday with
the goods in her place by Chief of
Police Sanders and Officer Jackson,
and evidently considered the case
against her too clear and conclusive,
as she elected to forfeit her bond
without appearing for trial.
The liquors were concealed in a
table, which had a loose board on top
communicating with a cleverly-concealed
compartment below, trap-door
fashion. On the table dishes were
piled about, and it required a keen
eye to discern the slide that communicated
with the stock of liquor
concealed in the table.
Fifteen empty bottles, kept on
hand for putting up stock, and three
full pints were seized.
Accused of Abducting Child.
' ;
Nashville, Oct. 10.?Carline Smith,
the 13-vear-old girl who disappeared
on Sunday on the way from Sundayschool
and was found last night in a
vacant house near the city with Ed
Turbeville, a former substitute fireman,
is expected to go before the
grand ju-ry this afternoon with her
father and give evidence against
Turbeville.
THAT HELTON INCIDENT AGAIN.'-4
News from Greenville that Miss 3$
Rogers Denies Being Insulted.
Columbia, Oct 6.?A new phase
of the railway station incident" at' -?Sjj
Bel ton, in which it was charged that .-M
Gov. Blease was discourteous to the
young lady ticket seller, developed
to-day at Greenville, according
dispatches received here to-day. The ~
governor is in Greenville and to-day
made public, it is stated, an affidavit
from the agent at Belton and a let- gag
ter from Miss Mary J. Rogers, the - -M
ticket seller, to Superintendent H. A. dm
Williams, of the Southern Railway, \;SSj
denying that Gov. Blease's naanner
was "in the least insulting."
By accident, Mr. Archie Willis, th*
editor of the Belton Times, which- r^g
Jlrst printed the story of the inters ';|| ;
view between Gov. Blease and Miss 3lM
Rogers, was also in Greenville to-daj^aB
and, it is understood, contends tha&^yjl
Miss Rogers had acquiesced in the :-'M
publication of the story in his ptrsffiB'per,
and says that he has to-day re~^^H
ceived from Miss Rogers a statement|
to the effect that her original affl-~? ^
davit, as published b? the Beltonj^H
Times, charging the governor withef^ rj
insulting her, was correct find that
I she wrote the letter Gov. Blease hadzmS
exhibited after she had been called '/;*|S
upon by Mr. Williams for an explan^^H
The affidavit exhibited by the :goJjj|8^f
ernor from Agent Harper, at Belton^l
is to the effect that at the time
Blease was alleged to have been 'diifgS-%
courteous to the young lady ticket,
agent, Miss Rogers, Mr. Harper waj^^
ten or twelve feet from the ticke?||pf
window and heard no loud taUdai^
nor anything unusual occurring
the window. The letter from &
Rogers is addressed to* Mr. H. . Ai>k ^
Williams, superintendent of thfi
lumbia division, Southern Ralhwgr^^
and is as follows: ||
"Belton, S. C., Sept 5, 1911.?Mr.' '
H. A. Williams. SuDerintendent,
lumbla, S. C.?Dear Sir: In connec|BH
tion with the newspaper accounts f: ja
incident between Gov. Blease an4(|S?|i
myself on or about July 29, 101l3 S
in which it was stated that I had %Jl
been insulted by the governor,,
wish to say that Gov. Blease's mai*|pM
ner was not in the least insultin|&9 M
in my opinion, and I did not then,; 5^
nor do now, feel that I had beeft|l J
. insulted by the conversation - between
ourselves and the wrong im-v^?
pression has been created concern^'M:^
ing the incident, which was a very:
ordinary occurrence, of which
thought nothing at all, and wouI<M|^
have entirely passed from my mindc-.^S
in a few minutes nut ior tne newB".-^M
paper reports on it. I am anxionj^^B
that this wrong impression be
rected and would thank yon to ^
sist in any manner that you can to ^ ^
that end. Yours truly,
"MARY ROGERS, '
"Ticket Seller.
This is the same incident, it
be remembered, about which thregS^fl
notaries puouc lost tneir uumm
heads, one of which was restoreifcilfl
recently by the governor. '
Fatal Row at Scranton. M
Florence, Oct. 8.?Five yonng^J
men, residents o? the Scranton sec*9j
tion, are in jail here to-day, charged'^R
with the killing of Robert Parrott .0
on the streets of that town yesterday
evening. Parrott was killed in ' a
general row between the McKnight
brothers, the five who are now in
jail, and one friend and seven of
opposing faction composed of tha^|
Hymans, Bentons, and Parrotts. In
the riot several of the young meiL>|M
were cut and bruised and one of the
McKnight boys in jail here is serl^|?|
ously cut.
Magistrate Baldwin, of Lake City, 4
held the inquest to-day and the ver-jfjfl
diet of the jury was that Parrott ^B
came to his death either by a blow
from a baseball bat in the hands of
Wallie McKnight or by being cut br
Lexton and Liston McKnight. Eith- i^
er of the wounds would have been
fatal. .
The row between the two partiee^^S
started from a quarrel among their p??|
younger sisters and brothers atschool
last week, which was taken np.'^S
by the older ones. The father of the ^||?
McKnight boys sent word to Intend*
ant Cannon, it is stated, that the Benr
tons and Hymans were threatening ai??|B
! row with his boys and asked that Wh
thev he arrested and bound over to
keep the peace. He was sick in bed i^jfS
and could not go to town with his
boys, but sent an older brother, who
did his best to stop the row when
the two parties met on the streets. ;|j?
He had gone to get aid when the
fighting began and Parrott was kill- ;|fS
The city council of Sumter has
granted a franchise to a Baltimore
man to erect a gas plant in that city. ^