The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 21, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
A. W. KXIGHT. Editor.
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Thursday, Dec. 21, 1911.
! Among the handsome Christmas
editions received at this office were
those of the Greenwood Index and
the Camden Chronicle, both of which
were exceedingly- creditable. The
art setting and nress work of these
issues was exceptionally good.
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We suppose that now, since the
death of Judge Robert Aldrich, there
will be a great scramble for the position
of judge of the second circuit.
The legislature at the coming session
in January will elect his successor,
and no doubt there will be plenty of
candidates.
Let us have a safe and sane Christmas
in Bamberg. There is a State
law against selling explosives or
bombs, and the law should be enforced.
There is also a town ordinance
against shooting fire works on the
streets, and we do trust city council
will enforce the law. There is no
^ reason why license should be given
at this season for people to disturb
others who wish peace and quiet. In
times past there has been considerable
disorder here during Christmas,
so much so that many people were
j kept off the streets. Let there be no
fepetition of such a state of affairs
this year. No one has a right to
interfere wth others who mind their
own business, and we trust that city
council will see to it that Bamberg
is a safe place for the law-abiding
citizen. Why should a man who
obeys the law be subjected to annoyance
and the possibility of danger
as he walks the streets? We
pay taxes for protection and should
have it. If extra policemen are
needed to preserve order, they can
be procured. There is no reason
why life and property should not be
as safe in Bamberg during the holi
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tiays as at any otner time, auu it
will be if the authorities will strictly
enforce the laws.
Judge Aldrich in Critical Condition.
Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, one
of the best known members of the
bench of South Carolina, is critically
ill at an infirmary in Florence.
Judge Aldrich has been at the infirmary
for about three weks, but
about three days ago took a turn for
the worse.
The immediate family are at the
bedside. Three of Judge Aldrich's
daughters live in Columbia, Mrs. D.
G. Ellison, Mrs. Frank G. Tompkins
and Miss Roberta Aldrich, who attends
the College for Women. The
other daughter is Mrs. William Eggleston,
of Hartsville.
Judge Aldrich has many friendsall
over South Carolina who are
grieved to hear of his serious illness.
?State, Monday, December 18th.
Child Boiled in Syrup.
Tifton, Ga., Dec. 15.?Elton, the
3-year-old son of Mr. and' Mrs. W. P.
Lightfoot, living near Inaha, met a
horrible death yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Lightfoot was away from
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Home ana .\irs. Lignuoui uau ju&l
taken off a boiling of syrup and had
left it to cool in a large tub while
she cleaned bottles to put it in,
Unnoticed the little child, who was
bringing the bottles to its mother,
fell into the tub, which contained 12
gallons of boiling hot syrup and was
scalded so badly that he died within
five hours despite the frantic efforts
of the family and the hastily summoned
physician to give relief.
Slate is being quarried commercially
in ten States, Pennsylvania and
Vermont leading in the industry.
REWARD FOR MISSING MAN. D
Express Company Seeks Messenger V
Accused of Taking $7,000.
Atlanta, Ga., December 18.?The
Southern Express Company to-day b<
offered a reward of $300 for the ar- w
rest of Robin C. Fargason, of Macon, Ii
Ga., an express messenger wanted in ir
connection with the disappearance of b<
a package containing $7,000. tc
The package was consigned to a p:
bank at Griffin, Ga., and left Macon
in Fargason's care on the Central k:
of Georgia train Saturday. The F
money is declared to have not been o;
delivered and Fargason did not show T
up for the return run to Macon. He hi
has not been seen since, it is report- w
ed. tl
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WILL SINK THE MAINE. h
House Keruses to sen nrecK to i nm
vate Parties. a
Efforts to authorize the sale of ^
the hull of the battleship Maine to
private parties who desire to exhibit
it at various ports of the United ^
States and charge an admission fee ^
to visitors were defeated in the house
S(
to-day. The urgent deficiency bill,
carrying an appropriation of $250,- C<
000 to complete the work of raising ^
the Maine, after a hard fight, passed
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the house without change.
It was admitted in the debate that
offers approaching $1,000,000 have ^
been received from exhibition inter- .
ests for the rear portion of the hull, 1D
which can be fitted up with a bulkhead
and towed from Habana to the
United States.
Chairman Fitzgerald of the appro- 1
priations committee admitted that it ni
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is the present intention of the government
to tow the rear part of the *
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hull out into the ocean and sink it,
with the naval honor that goes to a 01
gallant battleship. , 1
"I believe it would be better for K
the people to get what we can for n(
the ship." declared Representative
Macon, who opened the fight for the
sale of the hulk. "There are plenty
of novelty seekers and Coney Island- tl]
/ Tf1
ites who would gladly take the old
carcass where it is and pay a good **
price in order to get it over here and t0
charge so much per look at it or sell ar
pieces of it to curio purchasers at so s
much per curio." a
"In my opinion the American peo- co
T1
pie would not tolerate making a publie
show of that old vessel," said Mr. ?*
Fitzgerald. "There are some things ^c
that are sacred to the people, and cc
among them are the remains of men Fl
or of vessels lost in defense of the Wi
nation. I would deplore the Ameri- sc
can government attempting to make a
profit out of this ship, merely to
gratify the idle curiosity of any peopie
of the United States." co
Representative Sisson, who was aD
one of the committee of congress su
that recently visited the wreck and v,i
inspected the work, then attempted ch
to secure the adoption of an amendment
authorizing the war depart- rfc
ment to invite bids from private par- ca
ties for the rear portion of the hull, ga
to be used for exhibition purposes. nc
He said Gen. Bixby, in charge of the
work at Habana, stated that offers
had been received from the United n
pAmQ /-> f tViPm annrnaphinEf
kv LA l/U O y OV 111 ^ VI vuv&u 0
$1,000,000. co
Mr. Sisson said he did. not con- ^
sidef that it opposed the desires of 60
the America^ people to provide^ for t0
a public exhibition of the wreck of
the Maine under private auspices.
"I would have no objection to hav- tl(
ing it towed up the Mississippi river
and exhibited to my children," declared
Mr. Sisson. ^
The house refused to sanction any
sale of the Maine. The bill, as tri
passed, would permit the secretary
of the navy to give a portion of the
wreck to the city of Habana, for a 1L
public monument, such a request of
having been made by the president e
of Cuba; and would authorize the ga
secretaries of war and navy to grant m
other portions as souvenirs to cities, ex
patriotic societies or survivors or
heirs of survivors of the vessel. 1
Woman Killed Under Auto. pi
th
Montgomery, Dec. 19. ? Edna
Stewart, a woman of the underworld, at
was pinioned under the car and
burned to death when an automobile ar
was wrecked on the outskirts of
Montgomery last night. Deputy bi
Sheriff W. H. Bridges was seriously at
injured. of
It is said that there were five oth- m
er passengers, three men and two T]
women, who may be more or less in- ai
jured, but every effort is being made w
to conceal the details and as yet the b(
names of these persons have not
been learned. in
The machine was running at a w
high rate of speed when one of the hi
front tires blew out, throwing the fe
wheel around and turning the car cs
headlong down an embankment. The lc
machine was destroyed by fire and tl
the remaining framework was twist- al
ed into an unrecognizable mass. ei
Immediately after the accident w
newspaper reporters were warned to ai
keep away from the scene at the th
peril of their lives. I tl
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REAMS REVEALED FOUL CRIME
isions of Two Men Bring Murder
* to Light.
There are many people who do not
glieve in dreams, and there are some
ho have the greatest faith in them.
1 quite recent times there have been
istances of dreams not only having
gen fulfilled but having actually led
) the detection of crime and the aprehension
of criminals.
In a small western village a well
nown former suddenly disappeared,
oul play was suspected, but the body
f the farmer could not be found,
wo men living in distant villages
ad the same dream one night. They
ent to a magistrate and told him
lat in their dreams they saw the
3dy of the farmer lying in a well in
is farmyard.
rne men were iaugnea at, Decause
0 one ever knew of the existence of
well at the place mentioned. The
reamers, however, were determined,
id an investigation was made. In
le barnyard a heap of manure was
amoved, revealing a layer of boards,
nder this was the well and in it was
le body just as the dreamers had de9
iribed it. Officers were put on the
ise anew, and it was proven that
v'o nephews of the farmer had killed
im. They were executed for the
ime.
Charles King and Edward Hayward
ere fellow prospectors in western
anada. One day Hayward was missig.
The Northwest mounted police,
ssisted by Indian trackers, found
ayward's remains, burned and char;d,
among the ashes of King's campres.
Hayward's brother, living in
irthern Minnesota, dreamed that he
iwVhis brother shot. Two days later
1 received a telegram from the Can1"
i?f nr Kim rtf V?ic
I'd. puilUC, iuiui uuut, uiut ui iiivj
other's death, and asking him to
spear as one of the witnesses at
ing's trial. King protested his inscence,
but he was found guilty of
le murder.
One night a traveler arrived at an
rkansas town, footsore and very
red. He went to a little hotel and
gistered. Soon he was dreaming,
e dreamed that he had come to the
\tn during the middle of the day
id had walked about the town to
e the sights. He finally went down
by-path and came to a dilapidated
ttage in a yard overrun with weeds.
Sere he noticed an old well, and out
curiosity peered into it. To his
>rror and amazement, he saw a
rpse, stabbed in several places,
om the wide and deep gashes blood
as still flowing. He attempted to
ream,,but could not, and awoke in
sweat. . *
He tried to go to sleep again, but
s nerves were so unstrung that he
uld not sleep. He dressed himself
id went out for a walk. He was
rprised how familiar everything
as to him. There was the old
urch with the Gothic portico and
e by-path. Then he knew he was
alizing what he had dreamed. He
me to the old house and saw the
,rden full of weeds. But he could
>t find the well he had seen in his
earns.
He returned to the inn, and the
xt morning asked the landlord for
me particulars concerning the old
ttage. He was told an old couple
red in it, but that they were so unciable
and morose that no one ever
ok notice of them, and they seldom
ft their little abode. The traveler
is not satisfied with the explana)n
and went to the magistrite, to
tiom he told how every fact in the
earn had been verified, excepting
e finding of the well.
Two policemen were sent with the
aveler to make an investigation.
Jthing was found suspicious in the
ttage, and they went to the garden
search of the well. The presence
the policemen naturally attracted
crowd of people, and when they betn
talking about a well an old wo-,
an, leaning heavily upon a crutch,
claimed:
"A well? Why that has been gone
ese thirty years. I remember disictly
when I was a little girl dropng
stones into it and listening for
e splash."
The stranger asked the where>outs
of the well.
"As near as maybe just where you
e standing," was the reply.
Picks and shovels were soon
ought, and when the men had dug
>out two feet they came upon a row
: bricks. These were quickly reoved
and disclosed some boards,
tiese, too, were soon removed, and
1 old oaken chest was found in
hich was the partially preserved
)dy of a man.
The old man of the cottage was
amediately arrested, but his wife
as gone. Later she was found in
iding in the woodshed. She conssed
that one evening a peddler had
lIIpH at their house and asked for
idging. He happened to mention
iat he had quite a sum of money
)out him. The old woman said that
*rery time they heard a sound they
ere afraid some one had come to
-rest them, and in the dead of night
tey were terror-stricken at the
lought of their crime. The old
man at first stoutly denied his wife's
confession, but eventually he, too,
confessed.
A story of a very extraordinary
dream of this nature comes from
across the sea. It is the dream of a
Mr. Williams, of Sco.rrier house, in
Cornwall, who dreamed on May 11,
1812, that he saw a man of the name
of Bellingham shoot the Right Hon.
Spencer Perceval, chancellor of the
exchequer, in the lobby of the house
of commons. Mr. Williams was greatly
agitated by his dream and told it
to his wife. She told him not to worry
and go to sleep. But he soon had
a second dream like the first He fell
asleep again, only to repeat the
dream. He had never seen any of
the parties in the dream and had
never been in the lobby of the house
of commons.
The next day a norse ganoyea uy
to the Williams house. It was Williams's
son, who brought the news
that Mr. Perceval was shot, in the
lobby of the house of commons by a
man named Bellingham. Mr. Williams
at once described the men and
their dress, and his son said the description
tallied exactly. Two months
later Mr. Williams went to London
and visited the house of commons. He
pointed out the spot where Bellingham
stood, and where Perceval stood
.when he was struck by the bullet.
It is related by Isaac Walton that
Sir Nicholas Wotton, who was an
ambassador to France in 1653, one
night dreamed that the treasurer of
Oxford university was robbed by five
persons.. The next day Wotton wrote
a letter to his son, who was a student
at Oxford, and in his letter mentioned
to his son the incidents of his dream.
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i ne letier reacueu uie sun cue mummg
after the robbery was committed.
The son took the letter to the authorities
and, acting on the information
it gave, the five men were found, arrested
and tried and imprisoned.
Rev. Mr. Pearing, vicar of a village
near London, had an awful dream
about his oldest son, who had died a
few days before and was buried in
the vaults of the church. The father
dreamed that he saw his son's shroud
spotted with blood, and an expression
of great agony on hig face. The lad
cried, "Father, come help me; they
will not let me rest." The father
awoke, greatly excited, but dismissed
the dream from his mind. No sooner
had he fallen asleep again than he
dreamed again of his son in agony,
and crying, "They are tearing my
body to pieces."-As soon as it was
ciawn the minister went to the clerk
for the keys of the vault. The clerk
tried to explain that his son had
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Big Bill On All
PASTII
PEARLSTINE STOI
Somethi
We have something entir
show you our line which
days, such as Sunbeam S
Awake Series, and man
Sets, Bfush Sets, Handk
Post Cards, Bells, Seals,
Pin Cushions, Trays, Nu
eling Cases and many
goods were bought in Ju
was fine, and now we ar?
for these we will be morf
from last year that we \
in and see our line is all i
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RIGHT MEN, CREW DECLARES.
Hill and Eckstrom Identified as (
Coast Line Bandits.
Savannah, Dec. 17.?For five
hours this afternoon and to-night of- s
licers questioned George H. Hill, the t
young Baltimorean, and Henry Eck- t
strom, his companion, in an effort to t
secure a confession that the men are \
guilty of holding up an Atlantic a
Coast Line train last Tuesday morn- a
ing and taking registered mail valued
at $5,000. 1
Seven members of the train crew f
also were present and stated that c
thev nositivelv identified the men as l,
the bandits. They first declared c
Hill's voice was that of one of the r
men; then seeing the prisoners, de- g
clared they were positive as to the i
identification. \
One Robbery an Hour. [
Chicago, Dec. 13.?One burglary, | *
highway robbery, or case of pocket- v
picking for each hour of the 24 is *
Chicago's current record. Probably
as many more never were reported.
The loot ranged from 50 cents to
$600. s
Thirty of the victims were women,
most of them being robbed as they r
were walking. One was robbed of v
$500, one of $215, another of $260, c
and five others of $100 or more. j
Robberies in which automobiles f
were used were frequent. Three c
armed highwaymen entered a saloon
in North California avenue early t
this morning, drove the owner and a s
customer into the basement, locked ^
them in, and escaped in an automo- c
bile with $40 and two boxes of cig- a
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It is not the things we take up t
that make us rich but the things we
can give up. ;
Wealth gotten by vanity shall he t
diminished; but he that gathereth ^
by\ labor shall increase.
A newly invented nail splits as it *
ir. driven into wood, the parts sepa- i
rating so that it cannot, be with- d
drawn. a
taken the keys to the repair shop.
The vicar secured a crowbar and ^
pried open the door of the vault, j
Then he saw that the coffin had been
disturbed and that his son's body had t
been tampered with. Not a tooth re- j
mained in the boy's mouth. The t
clerk's son, who Was a dentist, had
visited the vault during the night and /c
had drawn the teeth, one by one, in
order to use them.?Detroit News
Tribune. I i
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> the Great (
DECEME
;n and horses. Two sho\
dmission, for afternoon,
light: 7:15 to 8:25,8:30 1
sion, at night, 25c to all.
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ng Entin
ely new to show you for Xmas
consists of Bibles, Testament
leries, Jolly Santa Clausf Alice
y others, also Sewing sets, M
erchief Cases, Lap Tablets, To
Xmas Boxes, Paper, Jewel (
it Sets, Mirrors, Hat Pin Holt
other things too numerous
ly, when the prospects for a go
> anxious to get our money ba<
! than satisfied. We also hav
rill take any reasonable offer
ve ask.
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NEGRO OBJECTS TO ARREST. J
harged with Forgery Lexington
Negro Puts Up Hard Fight.
Lexington, Dec. 18.?Jack Ren- * V
ick, a negro, was placed in jail yeserday
by Sheriff Sim J. Miller upon
he charge of forgery. It is alleged
hat Rensick forged the name of A.
V. Oxner to an order on C. D. Barr,
l . merchant of Leesville, to the
.mount of $14.6.\ t
Rensick was apprehended in Coi
umbia by the sheriff, having been
ound at the Southern Oil Mill in that
ity. The negro asked that he be alowed
to go to his home and change
lothes befo're coming to jail, which
equest was granted. When the ne;ro
reached his home he decided that K
le would go no further, and put
ip a desperate fight, declaring that
le would die before he would go ^
inywhere. He changed his mind,
lowever, when the sheriff drew his
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vcayvu wiiu. a ucici uuiucu lvvay uuu
le was safely landed in prison. 4
Trains Collide.
Odessa, Minn., Dec. 18.?Nine per-* 1 I
ons were killed in a wTeck on the I
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul jjJ
aflroad here to-day and ten or more
rere seriously injured when the sec- I I
>nd section of train No. 18, the Co- y I '
umbia,from Seattle, crashed into the. I
Irst section which had been stopped
>n signal.
The wreck occurred a short disance
?from the signal tower at Odesa.
The first section of the train had 4
>een stopped by the towerman 4>eause
of a freight train in the block
ihead of it.
Railway officials attribute the acident
to the failure of the operator
o set the signals against the second
ection. They also believe that the J
>rakeman of the first section failed
o run back to flag the second secion.
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1 lie reai car ui uic mov ocvuvw
vus telescoped and the car next to
t was badly shattered. The nine ^
lead were occupants of the last car
is were mosf of the injured. The
rreck tore down the telegraph wires
ind there was some delay in getting
vord of the disaster to the road's
leadquarters.
The seriously injured were taken
o a hospital at Ortonville, Minn,
leroic work was done by those on *
>oard the train in assisting the f
mounded and in aiding others to esape
from the wrecked cars.
A beautiful assortment of Christ- y
nas cards at Herald Book Store.
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to 9:45, 9:50 to
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s, Books for the Holii
in Wonderland, Wide
[anicure Sets, Military
ilet Cases, Hand Bags,
Jases, Picture Frames,
lers, Infant Sets, Travto
mention. These j
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