The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 21, 1911, Page 3, Image 3
INSANE BOY KILLS FATHER.
Old Barnwell Negro Shot by Half- ]
witted Son.
^ . ??Barnwell,
Dec. 13.?Dan Hayes,
an old negro man, a tenant on a place '
owned by Mrs. Lena Davies, was shot <
and fatally wounded last evening by <
his half-witted son, Clarence. The 3
entire load of the shotgun took ef- 1
^ feet in his left side and death result- 1
pri fhi* mnminp Olarenr.ft was ar- <
rested last night by the sheriff and 1
lodged in jail. <
It is said that Clarence, who at no J
time is in his right mind, was raving ]
all day yesterday, imagining that his
brother, Caesar Hayes, was trying to i
. kill him. When Dan arrived home 1
last evening, Clarence opened fire on 1
I him, thinking that it was Caesar who <
had come to kill him. '*
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Report on Textiles.
A compilation of textile statistics, *
f from the reports of textile establishments,
filed with the department of
agriculture, commerce and industries,
on December 5, shows the total num- 1
ber of establishments in South Caro- 1
J lina this year to be 167; number of 1
i partners or stockholders 15,413; cap- (
ital invested $78,889,154; value of s
I y annual product $70,927,990; aver- j
age number of days plant operated '
270; number of salaried males '
633; number of salaried females 65; 1
number of males over 16 years of 1
age 26,150; number of females same (
^ age 11,481; average number per- 1
sons employed 45,877; number of 1
males unde 16 years 5,058; num- *
ber females under 16 3,188; total 1
wages, not including salaries of man- (
agers, $11,828,452; wages paid to
males over 16 years $7,574,742; 1
> wags paid females over 16 years $2,- (
763,115; wages paid to males under i
16 years $838,662; wages paia to j
females under 16 years $651,933. J
The figures contained in the above
were compiled from reports made out
and signed by mill managers. There ,
^ is an increase of $5,819,154 in the
capital invested over last year, and
an increase of $454,952 in value of
product. There is a slight increase *
in the number of males employed c
over 16 years of age, while the num- ?
ber of all other classes shows a de- J
crease from last year. It will be interesting
to note that there is an in- 1
crease of $51,204 in the wages paid
to females over last year and a decrease
of $42,082 in the wages paid
to males of a corresponding age.
v- There is a decrease noted in the 1
amount of wages paid to all other
classes from last year. 1
POWER PLANT SWEPT AWAY.
Dam at Little Horse Creek Station of *
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Carolina light and Power Co. Broke.
V Aiken, Dec. 16.?The power plant 1
of the Carolina Light and Power *
Company, at Langley, S. C., was 1
washed away at 10 o'clock Saturday 1
^ night when a dam adjoining the 1
structure gave way. Loss is placed ^
at $35,000. (
As a result of the destruction of *
*' - -* ? 1V;~ ?!*? onTTorol c,mall- '
106 piUUl 11X19 Uijf auu
er places in the Horse Creek valley 1
district were in darkness Saturday
night. Current is now being furn- 1
ished from a smaller auxiliary power (
v, station at a pond higher up Horse *
Creek which is owned by the same (
corporation. 1
No lives were lost when the Lang- 1
ley station was destroyed, but C. A. 1
Nipe, engineer in charge of the plant, J
was in grave peril for several min- ^
utes. Shortly before the dam, which *
was built to control 42 feet of water, 1
burst, Nipe started on his usual round 5
of inspection. As he passed the dam 2
he noticed that water was passing )
through the seams. Working his way
along the running board on top of 2
the casement he reached a point
about ten feet from the shore and ]
was preparing to investigate with a 1
view of discovering the weak point ]
and a quick way to stop the leak
" when the dam burst and the water i
^ rushed down in a torrent.
Terrific in its plunge over the darn
the
water carried away the big oricK
building as if it had been a pasteboard
box. A dynamo occupying
, considerable space in the main engine
room alone escaped destruction.
| % A concrete base saved the machine. 1
Extra pressure caused by the heavy
rains of Friday and Saturday is said
to have caused the dam to weaken
and break. It is probable that the
Carolina Light and Power Company
will rebuild within a short time.
( Deputy Sheriff Killed.
(Fayetteville, N. C., Dec. 17.?The
badly mutilated body of Deputy
Sheriff Benton of this county was
found to-day on the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad tracks at Wade, a sta
tion 12 miles north of Fayetteville.
A train had passed over .the body, but
the physician's examination desclosed
the fact that Benton had been murdered
and his body then placed on
the track to cover up the crime. A
posse has gone to Wade with bloodhounds,
but up to a late hour no
clue had been found.
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HANGED IN OPERA HOUSE.
Plans of Execution Changed to Avoid
Possible Race Trouble.
Jackson, Ga., Dec. 14.?Will
rurner, a negro preacher, was hanged
in King's opera house here toiay,
for killing Jesse Singley, near
Indian Springs, Ga., August 26. The
hanging was to have taken place in
the jail yard, but fear of a large
jrowd which might attempt race
rrmhle caused the change in Dlans.
Dnly a few newspaper men and officers
and relatives of the man were
present.
Singley, a young white man, was
imbushed after trying to settle some
trouble between hotel bell boys, in
svhich Turner's two sons were implicated.
Race trouble was narrowly
iverted at the time.
SHOOTING AT JEDBURG.
Chain Gang Guard Wounds Brother
of Alleged Horse Thief.
Summerville, Dec. 17.?A negro
nan, whose name couldn't be learned,
svas shot at Jedburg this afternoon,
py one of the guards of the county
chain gang. A negro, it seems, had
stolen a horse and buggy, which was
n front of one of the stores here,
ast night. The owner, accompanied
py one of the guards, went to Jed
lurg this afternoon to arrest the culprit
and when they arrived a brother
if the suspected negro was standing,
irmed with a shotgun, at the gate
ind it apparently became necessary
tor the guard to shoot this man. The
particulars could not be obtained,
iwing to the lateness of the hour.The
arrest was made, however, and
:he alleged thief was taken to the
;ounty chain gang, which was campng
near by. Medical aid was sent
tor, but the extent of the negro's injuries
have not yet been learned.
OXE SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE.
In Incident that Reflects Conditions
When the Civil War Ended.
Mr. John C. Wilson, of Heller
township, was in town on Friday
ind talked interestingly to the Observer
man about his early struggles
is a young farmer. He was not
'talking for the paper,'" but he will
lot take it amiss if what he said, or
;he substance of it, appears in print.
Mr. Wilson was a member of Capain
John M. Kinard's company, F, of
he 20th regiment. He entertains a
rery tender recollection of his galant
young captain, who was killed
n the battle of Strasburg, Va., Oc;ober
13, 1864.
When Mr. Wilson reached home
!rom Virginia in the spring of 1865,
ittle more than a youth, he found
lis widowed mother and four chilIren.
His father had been killed in
Dattle. The young Confederate, beng
the oldest of the children, had the
responsibility of the family upon
lim. A band of Sherman's bummers
lad passed through that section and
lad carried off everything eatable except
a few chickens that managed to
let out of the way. It looked like
starvation and was a pretty serious
situation for a young man to handle.
Young Wilson remembered that
lis father and Capt. James Gauntt,
if Newberry, had been mighty good
friends; so he decided he would
jome to town and make an appeal
:o Capt. Gauntt and see if he would
aot help him. He found him in his
home on Adams street?the old
house now occupied by Mr. Robert S.
Perry?told him who he was and the
situation he was in. The old man
looked very hard at him for a while,
md then said: "You are an honest
young man?" "Yes, sir," was the re
piy.
"Will a hundred dollars help
you?" was the next question.
"Yes, indeed," was the young
man's reply, as his heaTt swelled with
gratitude and surprise, for he had
not hoped to get half so much.
"Jennie," said the old man, turning
to his wife, "get the money from
the trunk."
She brought it and the husband
counted out ten gold eagles into the
young man's hand. With this he
bought ten bushels of corn, which
was then selling at $3 a bushel, and a
few other necessaries, including a
calico dress for his young sister, for
which he paid 25c a yard. The corn
he immediately took to Aull's steam
mill, a mile north of the city, and
had it ground into meal and carried
it home; and until he could raise a
crop and some vegetables and pigs,
the family lived almost entirely on
corn bread and chicken.
That year Mr. Wilson, with the
help of the younger members of the
family, raised two bales of cottor
weighing 500 pounds each, and carried
them to Augusta and sold them
for 43 cents a pound, in greenbacks.
He bought only a few necessary articles
in Augusta and brought the
greater part of the $400 and upwards
that he got for the cottor
back home with him, and came tc
Newberry the next day and paid
Capt. Gauntt $140, the premium al
that time on gold being 40 per cent
?Newberry Observer.
BLOWING UP OF "MAINE."
President Sends Report of Board to
Congress.
Washington, Dec. 14.?President
Taft to-day sent to congress a brief
formal message transmitting the full
text, of the report of the investigating
board, which found that the battleship
Maine was blown up in Havana
harbor by an external explosion. The
board was headed by Admiral Vree
land, of the navy, and included Col.
Wm. M. Black, of the engineers
board of the army.
It began work on the exposed
wreck at Havana November 20 and
found that the injuries to the bottom
of the Maine was caused by the explosion
of a charge of a low form of
explosive, exterior to the ship, between
frames 28 and 31, portside.
This resulted'in igniting and exploding
the contents of the six-inch reserve
magazines. The more or less
complete explosion of the contents
of the remaining forward magazines
followed.
Destruction Complete.
The board in its report emphasizes
the fact that it found what is called
the port starboard strake?a continuous
line of planking running
from stem to stern?was "dished upwards
as much as 24 inches from a
straight line;" that another strake,
technically called "C," was displaced
"upwards and inwards for
100 square feet;" and that part of
the inner bottom plating was "displaced
upwards and left approximately
six feet above its orginal position."
The destruction wrought by the
two "explosions of distinctly different
character" was found to be mucn
more extensive than had been anticipated.
The report in technical terms
described how plates weFe crumpled,
how some portions of what had once
been a great battleship were turned
inside out and how parts of the bottom
works generally were displaced.
Widely Scattered.
"The debris of one-pounders, sixpounders,
six-in^h and ten-inch ammunition
were found widely scattered
through the wreck," said the report.
"The location of much of this
material bore little relation to its
original storage condition. Powder
tanks were torn asunder or crushed
and flattened."
The condition of the vertical keel
and flat keel at frame 18 was ascribed
by the court of inquiry, 1898?
(the year of the war with Spain that
followed the blowiilg up of the
Maine)?"to the direct effect of an*
explosion exterior to the ship in that
vicinity."
Because of its better opportunity
for a detailed examination of this
wrApkacrp. now fully exposed, the
present board concluded that the
external explosion, which ignited the
magazine, was not in the vicinity of
this frame "18."
Gases Generated.
. "The protective deck and hull of
the ship," said the report, "formed
a closed chamber in which the gases
were generated and partially expanded
before rupture."
The bow portion of the Maine was
found pointed nose downward in the
mud, to port sides and lying on its
starboard side. The upper part of
that portion of the ship in the vicinity
of the forward magazines was
entirely swept away. Only about
one-half of the bottom was left in
position.
The. Maine explosions occurred almost
fourteen years ago. In that disaster
two officers and 264 of her
crew perished.
The report perfuctorily was ordered
printed and referred to the
naval affairs committees of the two
houses.
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What Kind of Roads Have You?
After all, there are just two kinds
of roads?the kind that help a community
and the kind that tax the
community. It has been shown that
to carry a ton one mile by sea costs
one-tenth of a cent; by railroad, one
1 cent.
tv* haul o tnn nvpr cnnd roads
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L costs seven cents a mile; over ordin
ary roads, 25 cents a mile.
The mud tax, the excess cost you
pay your bad road, therefore,
L amounts to 18 cents a mile per ton.
1 This matter is, especially timely just
now, for the winter is coming on,
when all hauling must be done un
der maximum difficulties. Which
1 kind of road have you in your neigh1
borhood?the kind that taxes a community,
or the kind that helps? And
if you have only the kind that taxes,
- whose fault is it??Progressive
1 Farmer.
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i There is no acocunting for the
. tastes of ?ome people. A young lady,
at Sterling, 111., has just married a
s man after he had shot her fourteen
tinges. The young woman was mar
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l riea to tne man upon ueuig icicoscu
> from the hospital. She remarked that
I she did not care for the man until
t he showed his love for her by try.
ing to kill her rather than see her
the bride of another fellow!
TWO MULES DROWNED.
Animals and Wagon Went Down.
Flat Chain Broke.
A dispatch from Lexington to the
State says two mules were drowned
in the Saluda river at Dreher's ferry
late Saturday afternoon when an attempt
was made to cross on a flat
operated by the county. The mules
were hitched to a wagon loaded with
brick, and as the driver started to
enter the flat a link in the chain
broke and the flat went out from
under the team and all went down
together. The wagon was later recovered.
One of the mules belonged
to John J. Dreher, the other to
Thomas Shuler. Mr. Dreher's mule
was valued at $250, and Mr. Shuler's
at $150. No one seems to be directly
responsible for the accident, the only
reason assigned being the defective
link in the chain.
Bullet in Throat 47 Years.
At a meeting of the Confederate
Veterans camp of New York at the
Hotel Astor, Gen. Clarence R. Hatton
g^Ve a vivid description of the
battle of Cedar Creek where Sheridan's
forces were momentarily repulsed,
.and then informed his comrades
that he had learned only last
week, after a surgical examination,
that the bullet he received in the action
was still in his throat.
Gen. Hatton was a student at the
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington,
Va., at the beginning of the war,
and at the age of 15 was appointed
adjutant general of Goddard's brigade.
His forces were among those
leading the attack at the battle of I
Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864,i
and he received a bullet wound in
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the throat. He was laid up in a hospital
at Lewisburg until after Lee's
surrender, the following April.
Last week Gen. Hatton was suffering
from what he thought was
throat trouble. Upon examination
the bullet lodged in his neck for 47
years was found to be the cause of!
his trouble.?New York Times.
Jesse Cantrell, a prominent farmer
of Pickens county, aged -25, was
shot in the head by a negro named
Davenport on Saturday night and
died on Monday. The shooting is
said to have been unprovoked. The
negro has not been caught.
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LAURENS MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
John H. Price Sends a Load of Shot
into His Head.
Laurens, Dec. 15.?Jno. H. Price,
a young white man, committed suicide
early this morning by shooting
himself through the head with a
shotgun at the home of his father,
Henry T. Price, four miles north of
the city.
The inquest was held this afternoon,
and according to the father of
the deceased, the young man fastened
himself in his room last night and
refused to come to supper or breakfast
this morning, declaring he was
not well. About 8 o'clock the
family was startled by the report of
a gun in the room, and when the
door was forced open the young man
lay dead on his bed, the charge of
bird shot having torn a ghastly
wound in the side and tof of the
head.
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE WOMAN.
Chicago Policeman Emerges with
Parrot, to His Great Disgust.
Chicago, Dec. 15.?A uniformed
policeman won favor with a crowd
last night by ascending three flights
of stairs in the smoke-filled building
going, as he thought, to the rescue
of a woman.
A few moments later he lost his
popularity with the same audience
by coming out of the building with
a cage containing a parrot, placing it
on a sidewalk and kicking bird, cage
and all into the street.
Phnhiii<H Wfl.e UarppfJ.
The incident happened at camp,
when a corporal who was making up
the rations, was approached hy the
tent orderly, and the latter suggested
a change in the dietary.
"We should like to have some rhu-r
bard," he said.
"You may have it," replied the
corporal, who, with pencil and paper,
then commenced trying to record
the order. He began "Ru," hastily
abandoning that for "Reu," and
then put "Roo" and "Rheu," respectively.
Thoroughly exasperated
at last, the corporal exclaimed,
"Rubub be blowed; you'll have cabbage!"?New
York Mail.
Xmas Cards at Herald Book Store.
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SHE COULD SHOUT, SAYS
Mrs. John YV. Pitchford, of Aspen,
North Carolina.
I will always use Hunt's Cure for
itching trouble, and tell all I see
about it. I could shout now to know
that we are all well of that dreadful
trouble. The first of last fall my
little boy broke out with some kind
of itching trouble. Thinking hi$
blood was bad I gave him a blood
tonic, but he got worse, and could
not sleep at night. Some said he had
itch, and told me what was good
for it. I used what people said
would cure it but nothing did any
good. My other two children and
myself took the disease from him in
January, 1911. I saw Hunt's Cure
advertised and I purchased a 50c.
box. It helped my little boy so much
I got a box for each of the family,
and now we are all well of that awful
frnnhlp Wnnt'a P.nrp <will rtnre
itch in a short time if you will go by
directions. We had it in its worse
form, and used Hunt's Cure, and we
are now all well.
Thanks to A. B. Richards Medicine
Co. of Sherman, Texas, manufacturers
of such healing medicine.
MRS. JOHN W. PITCHFORD,
Aspen, N. C.
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TAX NOTICE. 7.P
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,
1912, until the 31st day of January,
1912, a penalty of one per cent will
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. From the 1st
day of March, 1912, until the 15th
day of March, 1912, a penalty of 7 *
per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes.
THE LEVY. . -X
For State purposes 5% mills
For County purposes 5 % mills j* "...
Constitutional school' tax....3 mills
Total ,.^,..-..14 % mills
. CJOPPTAT onur?r>T_ T.*T!VTT7!S
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BEHtiberg, No. 14 9 mills
Binnakers, No. 12 ?.3 mills
Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills.
Colston, No. 18 2 mills
Cuffie 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 . V'
Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill
Lees, No. 23 4 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills
Olar, No. 8 : 4 mills
St. Johns, Ncf. 10 2 mills
Salem, No. 9\ 3 mills *!
Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills v ^
All persons between the age^ of.
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sailors,
who are exempt at 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of one ^ ; <
dollar. ; . >S
Capitation dog tax 50 cents. * 'A
All persons who were 21 years of
age on or before the 1st day of January,
1911, are liable to a poll tax
of one dollar, and all who have not .
made returns to the Auditor, are re-' . j
quested to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1912.
. I will receive the commutation
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
the 15th day of . October, 1911, untit
the 1st day of March, 1912.
. JOHN P. FOLK,v : f-i
Treasurer Bamberg County. ; $
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FAKVSRS' UNION MEETINGS.
The local Bamherg r armere u mv?
meets at the court house in Bamberg:
on the first and third Friday mornings
in every month. * Meeting at
11 o'clock. Applications for mem- \\ 7*
bership received at every meeting.
Let all members be present ,
J. W. STEWART, ,
J. P. O'QUINN, President.
Secretary.
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D. J, DELKI
CARRIAGE WORKS
When in need of anything in t l
my line, don't forget the place,,
No. 24 Main street, Bamberg,
S. O., in front of the cotton mill.
We ran a first-class repair
and wheel wright shop, bnild
one and two-horse wagons, sewing
machine and delivery wagons,
log carts, and any special,
>?'?+ Kniwrlna and ATI*
WagUIlj 1?UU?I Uu6(,*VO Maiv ??
tomobiles in factory style.
? We
are agent for the Deering
harvesting machinery, disc
harrows, compost spreaders,
gasoline engines, etc. J
We carry a stock of the best
grain drills on the market.
Call and see us before yon buy.
Anything sent us will have the
same attention as if you were
to bring it yourself.
D. J. DELK
BAMBERG, S. C.
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INSURANCE AGENT
WILL WRITE ANYTHING
Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability,
Casualty, in the
strongest and most reliable
companies.
'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, S. C.
Before disposing of your cotton'
seed, see me. Will buy or exchange.
W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland'a store.
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