The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 30, 1911, Page 7, Image 7
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? NO TRACE OF BANDIT.
Probably $30,000 Secured in Regis
tered Mail at Columbia.
Columbia, Nov. 25.?Interest cen
tres in the identity of the bandit wh<
held up and robbed the mail car 01
Coast Line train No. 55, at the cit3
> limits last night at midnight. N<
clue to the robber has been obtained
although detectives are on his trai
and every effort is being made to ap
' prchend him.
The fact that the robbery was pull
ed off right at the city limits leads
g the, authorities to believe that th<
robber is an old, cool hand at th<
v business. That he was acquainted
< wim .tne road and knew tnat it wai
the schedule to send a good amoum
of colt in over that line last nighi
is 6Xk(ent, and it is, stated here to
^ day thfrt the amount he obtained ii
iffcistenjd mail was around $30,00(
and som<5 estimate the loss at $50,
W 000. It is said that the money wai
) being forwarded here for the cottoi
f buyers, i
kow it Was Done.
The robbery occurred just at th<
city limits. \ Coast Line train No. 5 i
had passed f^he block at Royster's an(
was heading into the city, when th<
masked man \ entered the mail car anc
commanded the mail clerk, H. L
Meredith, and his negro helper, B
T L. Dreher, to throw up their hands
He then reached over and grabbed
the registered mail pouches, whicl
were in sacks consigned to Columbia
\ and still keeping the men coveret
with his gun, pulled the emergenci
cord, bringing the train to a stand
still, he, however, escaped before th<
t train stopped. The train proceeded
r into the city, where the robberv was
reported, and, although bloodhounds
were taken at once to the scene
no trail was srtuck.
. Gregory on Bandit's Trail.
Mr. Meredith went out on his re
turn run to Wilmington this morn
ing, and, according to his schedule
will return here Monday night. Pos
tal inspectors are expected hen
shortly and then a report on the rob
bery will be made. It is thoughi
that Inspector H. T. Gregory, th<
* well known and fearless postofflce in
spector, might come here and tak<
charge of the investigation into this
case.
Beyond the fact that the man was
vhifp was mnalfprl and wore a lare<
coat, no accurate description of th<
robber has been obtained. He is saic
i tp be slimly built, but this is a mat
* ter of mere supposition.
Fuitless Search for Sacks.
$ The robber left the train at th<
corner of Sumter and Whale]
streets, and, thinking that he mighl
have cut the canvas mall sacks ant
thrown them aside after leaving th?
train, a search over the whole spoi
was made this morning, but no evidence
nor sight of the sacks was
found. No clue at all has been oh
tained.
The boldness of the affair right ir
the outskirts of the city and withir
a stone's throw of the union station
/ , the robber venturing into the ver]
jaws of the police, made the wholt
city gasp when it awoke this morn
ing and learned . of the robbery
Such affairs have been read of ii
the. West $nd other sections, but nc
one dreamed that it would happei
in the Capital City of South Caro
lina. The very nerve of the perpe
trator of the deed is amazing and a
^ the same time excites one's admira
^ tion.
' Interesting developments in thii
matter are expected shortly.
Hampton Negro Still at Large.
? t Hampton, Nov. 22.?Dave Rivers
or Dave Williams, the negro who ii
alleged to have attempted crimina
assault upon a young white girl neai
Hampton yesterday, and who hai
* ' been sought by several posses sinc<
the news spread, is still at large. I
IS repui icu uiai liic ucgiu wcio acci
at Broxton Bridge, about eight milei
^ from the scene of the attempted as
sault, early this morning and a pos
se has been sent to that section.
i Mr. J. Reid Fitts, of Hampton, wh<
was shot by the negro yesterday whei
the party was making search nea:
the scene, is resting quietly to-day
and his wounds are not thought to b<
V " serious. He is attended by Drs. J
. L." Folk, C. A. Rush and J. B. Har
vey. As stated in yesterday's dis
patches, Mr. Fitts was shot by th<
negro, who was hiding in a clump o
bushes. It was thought that the ne
gro was well surrounded in a ba:
near here last night, but search to
day revealed the fact that he hac
made his escape during the night
or had never been trapped as wai
i supposed.
)* It is said that diligent search wil
| :j' be kept up until the negro is caught
Negro Probably in Colleton.
k Fairfax, Nov. 22.?The poss<
which has been chasing the negr<
Dan Rivers since yesterday for ai
attempted assault on a little whit<
girl, and wounding of a prominen
citizen a few miles east of this town
has now dwindled down to about li
men. Reliable information has jus
been received here from one who hai
|v returned from the scene that the ne
gro is about to be located in Colleton
f * and while it is thought that he wil
j be captured by morning, it it not like
ly that he will be lynched.
Stripling Stricken at Child's Bedside
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 25.?Having
% been allowed to come home from the
ptj prison camp where he was confinec
to visit his child, who was ill. Thorn
as E. Stripling, is now confined t(
his bed at his wife's home on Xortl
Highlands with rheumatism, and i;
' j.
not able to get up. me lhu gu<uu;
^ who came with him are on duty a
his house to prevent any attempt a
escape, although such a thing is no
apprehended.
While hunting in the Wateree riv
er swamps last week, W. R. Drivei
and Sid Smith caught a snowy whit(
ij* o'possum. which has pink eyes lik<
r those of a white rabbit. The o'pos
sum has been on exhibition at Cam
. den and the oldest residents say i
} is the only pure white o'possum tlja'
that they ever have seen.
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TEACHER TELES HER STORY.
- , Calmly Relates to Jury Details c
Humiliating Affair.
Lincoln Center, Kan., Nov. 21.>
This was Mary Chamberlain's day i
i court, in the "tar party" case. Fac
r ing three of the men accused of com
> plicity in attacking her, on a roa
, north of Shady Bend the night c
1 November 17, she told in a cour
- room of her terrifying experience.
She gave a coherent narrative o
- the episode in a low, even voice. No
3 once did she lose her self-control
? neither did she speak with any feel
3 ing against any of the defendants.
I Throughout the time she was ques
3 tioned she addressed the jury. O
t cross-examination her story was ue
t shaken.
The girl's examination lasted abou
i half an hour. With the completio
- ? 1 A--il il Ot.i. U
) oi uer lesumuuy uiv ouiit; tesvcu it
- case. The defense immediately be
3 gan examination of its witnesses
i Ten had been questioned when ad
journment was taken to-night.
It was not the freshness of Mia
Chamberlain's story that held the ii
r terest of the throng, for she told lit
j tie that was not known. Her narra
J tive set forth how Edward Ricord,
* villaged barber, decoyed her to th
1 country on the pretense of going t
a dance, his insults and their decis
ion on her demand to return home
: how when they had gone a short dig
1 tance a .party of five masked me
1 dragged her from the buggy whil
j Ricord hid; the subsquent pourin
1 of tar on her body by a man, whil
r the others rubbed it in with thei
" hands; how from this experience sh
* became almost unconscious froi
1 fright and shame, and later awok
5 to find herself being driven home b
J the barber and how the tar clung t
? her body for days. She said she fail
ed to recognize any of her assailants
The different viewpoint of the plain
. tiffs and defendants regarding th
. case stood out plainly, when the d
fence offered the testimony of Jame
1 Booze, a few minutes after Mis
? Chamberlain had finished her dra
I matic story.
t Booze started for the "tarring,
5 but did not reach there.
"Why did you wish to go?" h
? was asked by Prosecutor McCanlest
j "I just wanted to see the fun," h
replied.
j "By fun, you mean the process o
? putting tar on Miss Chamberlain?
? "Yes."
[ Booze is under arrest, but not o:
. trial now. The three defendant
now before the court are Sherril
Clark, Ames and John Schmid-1
charged with complicity in the a?
sault.
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The Small Things of the Farm.
As there is always somethin
wrong with cotton, either the cro
is too short or the price is, siste
women, let us prove ourselves help
meets indeed and reality, by paj
ing more attention to the small thing
on the farm. I remember once heai
ing a merchant who kept a genera
merchandise say that there was fa
greater profit in the sundries, th
small articles, than in the heavie
lines. Possibly this rule may hoi
good on the farm.
As Christmas is approaching an
we will need a bountiful supply c
eggs for making sweetmeats, let u
do what we can to increase the eg
supply. A hen must be kept in com
t fortable -condition and comfortabl
housed to lay well. On most farm
too large numbers are kept to prov
3 profitable. A small flock well care
for pays better than a large one lei
to take care for themselves. The
should not be crowded in .their sleep
ing quarters; to do well they mue
, have plenty of breathing space.
3 Another important thing is to avot
1 draughts on fowls. If your hous
r has cracks, get to work at once, usin
3 thin boards or barrel staves, and nai
> them on lightly, you can then re
t move v them in the summer if yo
i like. Ab driving nails is a most ej
3 hilarating exercise, you will not onl
- be adding to the comfort of you
- fowls, but will be benefitting youi
self also. When you find your eg
> basket filling up rapidly, you wi]
i feel doubly paid for your work.
r In this Southern climate some pec
, pie have very open houses for chict
3 ens. This is' all right for the sued
. mer but won'.t do for the wintei
- Cotton sheets should be hung aroun
- in them to make them comfortable
3 This is the time of the year whe
f eggs are most profitable, therefor
- the hens should have the best atter
f tion. After a comfortable night'
- rest, they should be treated to
i warm breakfast, not overfed as tha
, will make them lazy. Cold scrap
3 broken in small bits, with any lei
rxTTAv. tmerofoKilac /-> Vi nnnofl finp -an
V V CI vuivjjyvu aaixvj v*M
1 scrappy' bits of meat, -put in a pa
. on the stove, and warmed, stirring i
some bran, and little water to moisl
en, makes a meal which they wil
> eat greedily, and .go off to thei
3 scratching with great zest,
j In the middle of the day if I hav
2 any chicken bones or any kind o
I green bones that is not too tough,
get out a hatchet which is kept fo
* that purpose, and crush the bone
t on a block for them. This is especi
s ally good, as insects are not plentifu
_ at this season. Use the blade some
times and sometimes the head of th
j hatchet, being careful when yo
crush the leg bones, as the Ion
splintery bones may kill your fowh
Skimmed milk is also given t
make fowls lay. In cold weather i
* should be slightly warmed.
Now, won't some of the sister
[ give us their ideas on the subject
j We can thus be a help to each othei
1 Woman was made to be the help
~ meet of man, and should not alloi
herself to be dependent on him. Le
J us ponder the truths in these line
* of .Mrs. Browning:
*; The honest, earnest man must stan
and work,
J The woman also: otherwise she drop
At once below the dignity of man
Accepting serfdom. Free me
freely work,
Whoever fears God, fears to sit a
[ ease.
5 Let us be content in work,
' To do the thing we can, and not pre
sume
' To fret because it's little.
' MRS. A. W. BRABHAM.
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BEATTIE BABY NOT NAMED. |j
>f Parents of Murdered Wife Fear Lest ||
Child Later Learn Awful Story.
Dover, Del., Nov. 24.?The family
11 into which Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
married?the R. V. Owens?did not
i- permit the execution morning of
d their son-in-law to break in upon
>f their daily routine,
t News of the electrocution of young
Beattie was flashed to Mr. Owen,
f who is manager of a large plant here,
>t but he declined to say anything about
; the tragedy that began with his
I- daughter's murder and ended with
the legal, yet. violent, death of his
>- son by marriage.
n Of the Beattie's baby, however, Mr.
l- Owen talked. The child is six months
* old, but it has not been named yet;
it and the underlying fear that goes far
n toward marking out the tot's daily
? life is*that some day it will hear of
* its parents' tragic fate.
J. "My wife," said Mr. Owen, "was
I- naturally much wrought up after the
Hooth nf rmr Hanehter and our doctor
s told us it would be better for her to |
care for the child and relieve her
> mind. We brought the baby to Dol
ver and it is with us now. We will
a keep it and rear it."
e The child is well and receives
0 much attention from the members of
s- the family and intimate friends of
1 the Owens.
"Is that so? I am glad he made a
a clean breast of it," declared Mr.
? Owen, when told that Beattie had
S confessed the crime and asked fore
giveness. "He was convicted on cirr
cumstantial evidence, and this fact
e left a doubt in the minds of some
Q people. His confession satisfies our
e minds and clears up the case and to
y that extent I feel a sense of relief."
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Girl's Father Stopped Lynching.
[l Spring Hill, Nov. 25.?To save the
e name of Kansas a father prevented
H the lynching of a negro who had atVifi,
/Infan^or'a Hall trV\ tor
g ItlVi&CU UiO UClOuvtv* a wmuquvv
g While Clarence Davis, a young negro,
sat shackled to a chair in a pool
hall, 200 men who had captured him
" for an attempted assault on Ruth
Fike, 14 years old, argued the ques- j
e tion of taking the law into their own I
} hands. Twenty speeches were made,
e At last a tall farmer pulled the negro
towardB the door and cried:
,f "Come on boys; we'll burn thei
" scoundrel- at the stake."
Willing hands dragged the negro
a to the street. At this juncture J.
s A. Fike, father of the girl attacked,
ll arrived. Pushing aside the mob he
^ reached the negro's side. Address>1
ing himself to the crowd he declared
the men must disperse and let
. the law take its course.
"This is undoubtedly the man who
attempted a vicious crime on my
g daughter," he said, "but 'Judge j
p Lynch' does not live in civilized Kan- j
r sas any more. To burn this fellow j
i- to death will only scandalize the
r. country. Let the law take its
s course." ?
After a conference the mob turned
the negro over to Fike who took
r him to the sheriff.
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