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I w< i?#; |||p * r Kk;v . V/ |MS?p^r V. .. r y; 4 c. v?. r E"the uve stoc MEETS DEATH ON RAILS. }; Empty Whiskey Bottle Near Body Probably Tells Tale. Newberry, Nov. 10.?Sim Gilliam, a negro 25 years old, was run over and killed by an engine on the SouthEB||>.!N-?ern Railway, near Kibler's Bridge, this county, last night. The body was found by the crew of the westbound passenger train this morning, the head being crushed in and the right ||p arm cut off. An empty whiskey bot* .tie was found near the body. :f'- It is supposed that Gilliam, having BWf< imbibed too freely, went to sleep on ||?v ; the track and thus met his death. jgg<: Coroner Chappell went to the scene i and held the inquest this afternoon, the verdict being in accordance with Epgjgf the above facts. j jpf r JAIL FOR PREACHER. feV' Giri's Affinity Doffs Ministerial Garb v for Prison Stripes. \ , Shelby, Nov. 11.?Rev. B. L. Pad??&.* gett, the holiness minister, indicted j nhder several charges for illegal relations with pretty Miss Can-ie Stock-j Wtf: ton, of King's Mountain, was convict|j|jv ed of the most serious of the charges against him in the superior court of ft. ' ,v Cleveland * county at this place. , Judge Webb sentenced Padgett to p< i X two years in the St^te penitentiary, Jfe.v and Solicitor Wilson cancelled the ether indictments against him. pV Padgett is a tall, rather handsome man, with an intellectual face. He first knew the Stockton girl when she fey" i -was a mere child, 12 years ago, and PC - lias heen going to her home in Kings Mountain since that time. Some time X ago he held a series of meetings there V and boarded at the Stockton home, several members of the family being J - - members of his church. He seemed 0\'x to be infatuated with her, took her on trips with his little daughter and made gifts of clothing and jewelry. There are other indictments stand'3ng against Padgett in Burke county and Greenville, S. C., both growing out of his relations with the Stockton girl. The charge against him at Greenville is for kidnapping the girl, the arrest having been made in At? lanta. He will be turned over to the Greenville authorities when he completes his sentence in this State. The charge against him in Burke county is a more serious one than that on which he was convicted here, Y\r\??r~% o oonirol AfFonco nrinr JLla V 1U5 uct-u u vuvacv yi & v* to a change of statute a few years ago. During the trial here Mrs. Padgett and his daughter sat beside him and listened intently to the evidence. Many people were here from Kings Mountain, where the sentiment is '.strong against him, and the court room was crowded throughout the Shearing of the evidence. The Stock' ton family is well known, Mr. Stockton holding a position as superintendent of the spinning room in one .' of the large mills ttiere. An ad. in The Herald will bring recults. Try one and see. 3 Have ( *se: E^t i i I \ s // i RA :k and vehicle i CASHIER'S LIFE IN DANGER. Depositors of Wrecked Arkansas Bank Make Lynching Threats. Bentonviile, Ark., Nov. 10.?Sever l't J J 11-r 4-Vi ^ An liuuureu pt?nsuu&, piouuuaii; tuc cutire population of Gentry, 15 mile! south of here, to-night are lookini for C. A. Catron, cashier of the Bank of Gentry, which. failed yesterday with liabilities of $16,000 and assets estimated at $ 125,000. The authorities fear the angry depositors will lynch the cashier if they locate him and with that idea in mind have hidden him in'the village. Meanwhile an appeal has been sent Sheriff J. A. Russell, of this city, tc send an oifcer to protect the cashier. In response to the appeal a deputy sheriff is on the way to Gentry. He also carried a warrant for his arrest, but on what charge ^the authorities refuse to divulge. According to depositors, the failure of the bank followed a loan of $30,000 four years ago on security for which the bank has not been able to realize. Yesterday the crisis came, and the bank was closed. In the afternoon a number of armed men procured a rope and declared their intention of lynching the cashier. Details are hard to obtain. DISAPPOINTED FIANCE. Young Aiken Woman Elopes on Eve of Appointed Wedding. Aiken, Nov. 11.?Tuesday morning Miss Elizabeth Holley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spann Holley, was married to Chas. S. Garrett, who resides at Hitchcock experiment station, near Aiken, Rev. M. W. Hitt performing the ceremony at his residence at Montmorenci. This tnarriage came as a complete surprise to the friends of the young couple, Invitations had been issued to the marriage of Miss Holley and a young man at White Pond, this county, and . this marriage was to have occurred I Wednesday afternoon, but Tuesdaj morning Miss Holley was married quietly to Mr. Garrett. Near Lynching in Pennsylvania. Meyersdale, Pa., Nov. 11.?Isait Dorman, a negro, charged with attempting to assault nine-year-olc I Hitnei Morgan yesuerua.^, v>a? ieixiwcu ! to the jail at Somerset this morning under a heavy guard. After an exciting night, the towr is quiet. After Dorman was held foi the court, crowds gathered in the streets and lynching was threatened The determined position of Chief o] Police Cramer, who guarded the prisoner in jail, prevented violence. The I Morgan child is not seriously injurj ed. Hundreds of enraged citizens sur! rounded the borough jail last night -threatening to lynch Dorman, agec 22. After making two attempts tc get the negro to the county jail al Somerset, the authorities were compelled to rush the prisoner back tc ; the borough jail.. )n Hand n & 5 A Cents I Some Extra Come and M V 11 IV I ; MAN." ? MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE. j Southern Wisconsin's Worst Cyclone Brings Death and Rain. t Janesville, Wis., Nov. 12.?Splin tered timbers, broken furniture, i crumbled rock and plaster, scattered j : farm produce and dead farm animals, : littering the ground of an area a p quarter of a mile in width and 20 > miles in length, indicate the tremfcn dous force with which Southern WisL consin's worst cyclone swept a path l through Rock county, killing eight persons, injuring many more, and <}oing damage to the extent of nearly ; a million dollars. Three members of > a family named Schmidt were killed and a fourth will die. Wire 'Service was demoralized last > night and it was not until to-day that , details of the catastrophe were obt tained. Saturday night the thermometer dropped nearly to zero, and ' it was a fearful night for grief strick en survivors, many being left with' out a roof. The cyclone lasted only s a few minutes, and although it oc, curred about the middle of the after noon, the sky was as dark as night. The blinding downpour made search for the dead and dying a terrible task. There were many freakish incidents connected with the cyclone. At the home of William Little, a six by six timber was driven through a cow. > At the Schmidt farm, a hog was cut in two by a plough. At this same place a cook stove was carried to an . adjoining field, and where it was deposited right side up, apparently ) - ! i unaamagea. Charged with Abducting Girl. Florence, Nov. 9.?Winston L. Suggs, a white man about 28 years of age, was arrested in Darlington ! Tuesday, charged with abducting a j young white girl who is a member ; of a well known family in this city. | Suggs was taken up on a warrant issued by the mother of the child, J and brought here for a . hearing. A .r preliminary was held before Magistrate McClenegan, and Suggs was committed to jail to await trial. It is stated that Suggs married into a prominent family in this town. Charges Abandoned ' I Spartanburg, Nov. 9.?Mrs. Lel nora Clack, the 18-year-old woman ,r on whose testimony before Magistrate D. H. Golightly John Sudduth, 68 i years old, her husband's landlord, i was committed to jail Wednesday to I i | await the the action of the grand j . I jury on a charge of having tried to; : attack her, made oath to-day that - the charge was utterly untrue. She i swore that Mr. Sudduth did not lay - hands on her or in any way insult her. Her husband, W. R. Clack, who - is said to be more than 60 years old, , requested Solicitor J. C. Otts in writl ing to drop the case, saying he was ) satisfied there was no ground for a t warrant and that he regretted hav ing had one issued. Solicitor Otts > accordingly directed Sheriff W. J. White to release Mr. Sudduth. i Two Ca ND Cotton i Nice Driven ( t TL aee mem BAI I t . - MAN, 71, KILLS WIPE, 70. Woman Slain While Asleep, Slayer Refusing to Give Cause. Macon, Ga., Nov. 12.?Mrs. Lizzie McCall, aged 70 years, was shot and killed by her husband, Roger McCall, aged 71 years, while she lay asleep in her bed at 'her home, 4th and Mulberry streets, this evening. McCall then barricaded; himself in another bed room, and when thesheriff arrived on the scene and broke the door, he was found lying on the bed sound asleep with a shotgun by his side and on the floor lay a half pint bottle, which had contained whiskey. ' McCall told the sheriff that after he fired the shot he drank the contents of the bottle and immediately went to sleep. The old man declines to make a statement. He is known hnvo hp#?n drinkinsr heavilv fori two or three days. The only words he uttered before he was confined in a cell at the jail after being told that his wife was dead, were: "Well, I'm d?n glad of it, for she was mean as h?1 to me." The couple are said to have quarrelled during the afternoon about renting a room to a couple of yoilfig men, the aged husband protesting. His action is attributed to the fact that he was crazed with drink. The dead woman and her husband had been lifelong residents of Macon and the family is well known through Middle Georgia. Mrs. McCall had been an invalid for twelve years and and had been confined to her bed for several weeks. NEGRO TAKEN FROM SHERIFF. Mississippi Mob Makes Short Work of White Man's Assailant. . Meridian, Miss., Nov. 7.?"Judge" Moseley, a negro, was taken from Deputy Sheriff Brown, near Lockhart this morning, by a mob of about four hundred persons and lynched. The negro's body was riddled with bullets. Moseley assaulted J. H. " ' ? ?1-14- I ?J4.V - ntinl. of I uovingura, wuiw, ? wnu <% ui. Lockhart yesterday. The trouble which resulted in the lynching, occurred yesterday, at Lockhart, a station north of this city. Moseley assaulted Covington with a stick. The latter was beaten over the head and also had one arm broken. A posse searched the woods for Moseley all afternoon and by quick work, the negro was placed in jail. Covington was unable to appear at the trial to-day and the negro was ordered taken to Meridian for safe i keeping. Deputy Sheriff Brown left immediately in a buggy. When about two miles out of town l\e was met by a mob of forty masked men, who demanded the negro. Brown remonstrated without avail. Brown says just after turning back he heard shots in the woods toward the place where the negro was taken. There is much excitement at Lockhart, according to advices to the sheriff here, who sent deputies there to-day to help preserve order. i tr Loads MIT \ Mules j \ * i m ' f i . MB I I. BAMBERG, S< PREACHER-CONVICT FREED. Slayer of Service Disturber Pardoned by Smith. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10.?With less than one year of his eight-year sentence served, the Rev. J. A. Kimmons, convicted of killing Carter Lingerfelt, about a year ago, to-day was pardoned by Gov. Hoke Smith. The killing of Lingerfelt occurred in the yard of Mount Pisgah church, Gilmer county, after Lingerfelt and several friends had disturbed the services by shooting pistols about the building. ' After the meeting Kimr mons and his brother met the disturbers in the yard, and in the quarrel following Lingerfelt was killed. Tn orKon+inof + TVJJrdnn PYWPT XXX ^ X CbJLL 1/lUg VUV v?w?* WMV QW < ? nor says: Gives His Reasons. "According to the evidence, the defendant or his brother, whichever did the firing, shot under circumstances where they were not legally entitled to shoot, but it is at least a question of doubt as to whether they would not themselves have been seriously injured had they acted other wise." Kimmons will be freed from the State prison camp to-morrow. Negroes to Build Theater. Winston-Salem, N. C., Nov. 6.? An interesting experiment is to be undertaken by several well-to-do colored men here, in erecting a twostory, brick, composition-roof theater building for the use of negroes. Plans have been completed and a permit was issued to-day for the new structure, which will be located on East Fourth street, near the depot. The building will cost $4,200, exclusive of equipment. Moving pictures and vaudeville will hold the boards, but porbably the place will be used fn.-* rao-nior dramatip nerformances l.V/1 X V{3 UiWl *r ? - also. The negroes in Winston-Salem are a particularly thrifty lot, a good proportion of them owning their own homes, and it is believed that the theater will prove a popular place with them. The management promises to cater only to the good element and says that the project is designed to be helpful as well as to pay. Richardson Elected. Columbia, Nov. 7.?The commission charged with the affairs of the Confederate home, meeting to-day in the office of the governor, elected H. W. Richardson, of Columbia, a member of the commission, as command* 1? i- ~ ? ? fnr t-Vi a novt fwn anx or xne iiuluc ^ months, to succeed Col. Frank M. Mixson, who died Sunday. Col. R. A. Thompson, of Walhalla, was elected to take Mr. Richardson's place on the commission. The members of the commission are: James Crews, Laurens; R. A. Thompson, Walhalla; Thomas A. Dickert, Newberry, and F. S. Earle, Columbia. The Kelly guaranteed axes and tools at Hunter's Hardware Store. Of Ij El S -I > . . V / ' ' x V : ./" ' ' A:5S&?| -' ':-v - H % 4 K I . OUTH CAROLINA ;| TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open ? for the collection of State, -county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, ,1911 until the -,;/ 15th day of March, 1912, inclusive. From the first day of January, ? ' 1019 until fha 91 at ftf JjinHAPr// 1912, a penalty of o?e per cent Trill" ~>;f be added to all unpaid taxes. From* the 1st day of February, 1912, until the 28th day of February, 1912, a ^ penalty of 2 per cent will be added to all unpaid taxes. Frozn the 1st > day of March, 1912, hntil the 16tii day of March, 1912, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. > . THE LEVY. . For State purposes ? 5% xnills ; ' j| For County purposes ...5% mills '7 JE Constitutional school tax?3 mills' ^ ^ Total 14% mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills Biimakers, No. 12 3 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Clear Pond, No. 19 ? 2 mills ftp Colston, No. 18 2 mills ; V*$ Cuffle Creek, No. 17 2 mills / ^ Denmark, No. 21 6% mills.. Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills ' Govan, No. 11 4 mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills : / Hampton, No. 3 ..2 mills , Heyward, No. 24 ^2-mills 'J' VW| Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills tMM Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill " -jW. Lees, No. 23 - 4 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills-yrt Oak Grove, No. 20.. ?2 mills Olar, No. 8 4 mills Mp St. Johns, No. 10 2 mills ; -J fr-i* Salem, No. 9 3 mi8s Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills All persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age, except Confederate soldiers and sail- ' ors, who are exempt at 50 years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one ||3j dollar. A r\rr to* Rft Mnia l(X tiUii UV^ vv vvuvmi All persons who were 21 yeare of- ' age on or before the 1st day of Jan- v uary, 1911/ are liable to a poll tax J|:-* of one dollar, and all who have not made returns to the Auditor, are re- * quested to do so on or before the 1st of January, 1912, ' I will receive the commutation ''ff road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from f # the 15 th day of October, 1911, until W , the 1st day of March, 1912. "f"& JOHN F. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg County. J|, Coal&Lumber 1 All kinds always od band m PROMPT DELIVERY BAMBEBG BUILDERS SUPPLY CD.4M& L. B. FOWLER, Manager " ;; T 'Phone 33L ^ :