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Bamberg Sjmtlb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. \V. KXIGHT. Editor] Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City ofr Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by , electric power, with oti er material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Tow 11 1Q19 ? ULUUL ; u ax 1. xx, Congressman Byrnes has introduced a bill in congress providing for an appropriation of $100,000 for a site and a government building at Be mberg. We trust he will succeed in getting it through. The only city in his district which has a public building is Aiken, and Bamberg surely deserves consideration at the hands of the government. In the election for a fourth justice of the State Supreme Court, held "hi* tho cronPral nsRPmhlv TliesdaV UJ ^UV fJVXJLV* MA ? w night, Judge R. Withers Memminger, who made such a fine showing in the race last year, was not a candidate and he asked that he be not nominat- < ed. His patriotism in thus prevent- i ing a long drawn out contest and possibly another deadlock, deserves con- ( sideration at the hands of the peo- ( pie, and he will no doubt receive his reward when he offers for advance '' ment. .] Swallowed Thermometer. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 2.?Joseph Hamilton, of Throop, a miner, who has been receiving treatment at the 1 Hahnemann hospital in this city for ' ' burns received in an explosion in 1 the mines, died in a very peculiar 1 manner. 1 About 10 o'clock the nurse stuck 1 a clinical thermometer into Hamil . ton's mouth to take his temperature. 1 went away to attend to other duties 1 for a few minutes, and upon her return found the patient unconscious and the thermometer missing. With- 3 in two hours Hamilton died. v " An autopsy showed that he had swallowed the theormometer ana that death had resulted from poisoning. 3 Daughter Slew Aged Parents. New York, Jan. 8.?As a sequel j to the finding of the mutilated bodies ' of two aged East Side residents, Isa- ^ ac Futterman and his wife, Rachael, in their home, victims of a shocking 1 double murder, Etka Futterman, the forty-year-old daughter of the slain , couple, was taken to-night to Belle- , vue hospital for observation as to her . mental condition. She had become , hysterical when informed of the double killing and a search of an i apartment in the house where she lived, some distance from her par- , * ents' home, revealed, according to . detectives, a bloodstained shirt waist and various other articles of apparel stained with blood. No charge was preferred against the distraught woman, -who declared she was innocent J of the crime. ? . . _ 1 Etka Flitter mans removal to Bellevue was the request of Aaron ^ Futterman, her brother, who declar- 1 ed that she was confined in an institution for the insane several years J ago. ] The police have from the first 1 scouted the theory of robbery as a 1 motive for the murder and expressed ] the belief that it was committed by J a religious fanatic. 1 i HOLD-UP AT MACON STATION. Two Men Work Neat Game and Get Away with Big Pile. Macon, Ga., Jan. 7.?"Look here!" said one of two men for whom Union Station Agent P. H. Smith was j was looking up rates in an interval < between trains. Smith turned to the i muzzle of a revolver and the next < minute he was bound and gagged i while one of the pair went through 1 the station safe, securing between ] $1,500 and $2,000 in paper money. 1 They made a clean get-away and it was forty minutes before a station watchman found Smith. < The hold-up occurred at 8:05 : o'clock when there was a lull be- , tween trains. Smith was checking up his receipts* when the two came into the office through a side door, a common occurrence outside of rush hours. The pistol was pulled while Smith's back was turned. He was bound to a railing. Two sacks con - * /\ /\ _ ^ * 1 ^ ^ VM. taming $oUV ill Sliver ?CI e icii u? | the robbers. Smith described one of the men as being about 30 years old, short, weighiDg about 1 To pounds. He wore a soft hat with a roll collar. The other, he says, was apparently about 23 years old and was taller than his companion. There is ab- ' solutely no clue to the men's whereabouts as no one about the station watched them leave. The fact that the ticket windows were closed accounts in part for the fact that the two entered the office through a side door. KILLS HERSELF. l'ost Card Tells Story of Woman' Broken Heart. Xewburgh, N. Y., Jan. 3.?A pos card picture of Mrs. Minnie Palme who committed suicide by shootin; herself on the steps of the resident of Charles V. Phelps, the wealth; superintendent of the Chilemark estate at Ossining, may result in a re quest by Coroner Fred Buss askin; Phelps to appear before the coroner' jury. The post card was found ii the dead woman's effects and bor the inscription: "Charles V. Phelps Ossining?I hope you won't breal any more hearts as you have brokei mine. I hope you and Miss Lam phier are happy. I hope and pra; you will suffer as I have before voi die." Another post card found oi the body of the suicide bears a pic ture of Phelps and on it was written "I am in the way after sixteen years Am broken hearted. He has anoth or. Electra Lamphier, from Ohio has taken my place in his heart. S< I expect I will be put out of the wa; as I have been warned I would, am ready and waiting. My heart i with him and no one else. Minnii Palmer." t Miss Electra Scribner, an eighteen year-old student at the Ladyclif Seminary, was a visitor at the Phelps home at the time of the suicide which took place at 7:45 Sunda; evening. Phelps, who is fifty year aid, and married, denied emphaticall; to-day that Miss Scribner was th< iv^man raforrod in r>OSt eftrd He said Electra Lamphier was form srly a housemaid in his employ, bu had returned to Ohio. The Scribner girl, after the shoot ing, rushed from the house, an< 30ught refuge in the home of som< neighbors. She claims to know noth ing of the circumstances leading u] to the shooting and says she nevei knew Mrs. Palmer. Mrs. Palmer was a woman of abou thirty-five years of age, of fine fig nre, and comely appearance. At th< time of committing the deed she wai (veil attired, and had the general ap pearance of a woman in good finan 2ial condition. Chased Bugs With Pistol. Atlanta, Jan. 6.?"If I ever ge married again, you can bet I'll marr: an orphan," feelingly declared A. E Brown, drug clerk, when he wai hauled before the city recorder 01 charges brought by his mother-in law. Brown was driven away from hi! bride a few days ago, all on accoun Df mother-in-law, he says, and then according to his tale of woe, sin 'cooked up" a lot of crazy allegations against him to keep him permanently away. The mother-in-law told the polic< that her son-in-law was in the habi 3f using pure alcohol as a beverage and that his favorite sport was chas ing bti?s with a revolver. Hanged for Murder of Woman. Windsor, Vt., Jan. 5.?Elroy Ken [jaid the penalty for murder at th< ?tate prison here this afternoon whei tie was hanged for clubbing Miss De lia B. Congdon to death at her hom< in East Wallingford, July 24, 1908. As the drop fell, the rope brok< and Kent fell flat on the floor. Th< rope was then hung around the bal astrade over the gallows and Ken remained suspended there until 1:4: p. m., when he was pronounced dead doctor, who examined Kent, saic that the condemned murderer's necl svas broken by the rope on the fall M: C. SANDIFER'S FUNERAL. Services Held at Johnston Sunday Afternoon. Johnston, Jan. 8.?The burial o M. C. Sandifer, whose death occurret ? - -A - - 1 3n Jh'riaay evening, ai ms uumc ucic took place at the Mount of Olive; cemetery on Sunday afternoon, bein* 2onducted by Dr. W. S. Dorsett. Hi belonged to the Masons and the bod: paid a tribute to his memory by at tending enmasse. His death resulted from pneu monia, and he was ill only a fe\ days, and his sudden demise was i shock to the town. About six year: ago he came here from Bamberg t< reside, and had proved himself a tru< citizen and kind friend. He was i member of the Baptist church. Be sides his widow, he leaves five chil dren, and several sisters and broth ers, Mrs. Jordan of this place beinj one of the sisters. Many beautifu flowers were sent by friends. Suit Against A. (>. Simpson. Spartanburg, Jan. 5.?Suit was to clay tiled by Dr. H. R. Black and oth er former stockholders of the Farm ers' Fertilizer company against A. C Simpson, secretary-treasurer of th company, to recover money which, i is alleged, the stockholders lost. Onl that .Mr. Simpson purchased the stoc] holders' attorneys decline to revea the nature of the complaint. It i said that Mr. Simpson purchased th stock and then transferred it to th American Agricultural corporation. \ YOUNG MAN BURNED TO DEATH. | s Clothing Ablaze He Fought Off As- H* sistance of His Bride. II t Ellaville, Ga., Jan. 7.?Maddened r by the flames, which licked his body, g Joe Sears fought off the frantic ate tempts of his bride of three weeks to y extinguish the fire, and died in agony e several hours later. Clad only in a - night shirt, Mr. Sears was standing in % front of an open fire Saturday night s berore retiring, wnen tne garment a caught and in a moment was a mass e of flames. i. His wife, who was in the room at k the time, ran screaming to his assisti ance. So frightened was he, how ever, that she could do nothing. y He died at 6 o'clock this morning, n He was the only son of Dr. W. D. a Sears, a prominent physician of Ella ville. i. Abuse of the Pardoning; Power. i, Editor Bamberg Herald: Men who r* nntrfl^ society or s:overnment should y be tried, and, if found guilty, should I be condemned and punished. This II s is the purpose of organized society, e Withuot the feature of compulsion why men's liberties would be of too II - wide compass, and often an individu- I T al would encroach ppon the rights of II i' another and to the detriment of the II i, whole. y. The word liberty bears the sense s of unrestraint. When an outrage is j y committed, the victim upon whom the q offence falls should be tried, and if II . found guilty should be condemned - and sentenced. Then for the gover- II t nor of a State through sheer sympa- II thy to liberate the prisoner, I deem II - that society has been done a palpable 1 wrong. I believe that the many good II 3 people of our commonwealth who II - supported Blease are surprised at his II 3 actions in regard to pardoning so r many criminals. The setting at lib- || erty of so many criminals in South 11 t Carolina suggests to my mind that - society (government) will suffer the ? awful consequences by an increase of s crime. Is not this State already high up - in the scale of crime? What will be the outcome? It appears to me that the governor sets at liberty a great many merely t with the .motive of gaining more ^ friepdsr. It will doubtless make a great many more friends for him, but what will those good men think who voted for him with an idea that he would give an equable administra- j tion for the people as a whole? Is yj Gov. Blease only governor for a few > ? and d?n the "rest?" , Doubtless Gov. Blease has a magI nanimous heart, but he fails to ex' ercise good judgment in regard to 7 pardoning criminals. Of course the W turning out of so many criminals a should not altogether be blamed upon ^ Gov. Blease. I believe a great deal of the fault lies with the juries that sit upon the cases and for the lack of stability and manhood,, they sign W? petitions renouncing that duty which *? they swore to God and their country to support. It is a deplorable condi- ft* 1 tion for our commonwealth. ifc s The governor appears to assume i the nttidnp of the "Prince of Peace" " by declaring that, "Men should mani- 3? 2 fest more mercy than they do." He 5ft cannot assume that attitude and be 2 a governor of a great State without If* 2 bearing reproach. ? Could he have the power to restore ft? t life (remit for crime) as did the ?|? y "Prince of Peace," then he could say 5ft too, "I come not to destroy (punish) ?& men's lives but to save (liberate) c them." I imagine he soliloquizes, "I 2J can 'remit' for the crime committed ft? in South Carolina. I am Cole L. ft? Blease, the governor, and all power 5jf y is given to me in South Carolina." Blease is working for preferment, worldly glory, and he assumes a false T|f f attitude in the guise of the perfect ft? 1 man. WILLIE HAY, JR. ft? ? Govan, January 8, 1912. fji > Oil Mill Burned. f Newberry, Jan. 9.?Reports receiv- ft? - ed here this morning are to the effect fx? that the Pomaria oil mill was on fire 5ft - yesterday evening and that consider- ft* v able damage was done to the plant lil i which is valued at between $30,000 p s and $40,000. The reports indicate d that a good part of the plant and Co e possibly the entire plant has been dei strayed, on account of the breeze. - - There is no wire connection to-day < - with Pomaria, which is 16 miles be- Col - low Newberry, and it is impossible to int 5 get any details. It is known that at Coi I 6 o'clock on Monday afternoon about jus one-third of the plant had been de- is strayed. The mill is owned by home th< people mainly, most of the stock be- ho i- ing held by the people of this county, wii - Mr. V. L. Smith is president of the fre i- mill. Th >. acc e The refusal of the supreme court br< t to grant a new trial to J. J. Jones, ou y the slayer of Pearlstinc at Branch- nig k ville, is no more than was expected, wa II The grounds for the appeal were noi s wholly flimsy. Jones should have e been convicted of murder instead of dei e manslaughter.? Spartanburg Jouru- Wj al. rei \ 9 'All Winter tads At tell CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, DRESS GOODS, BLANKETS, LAP ROBES, GLOVES, SWEATERS, UNDERWEAR, AND IN FACT ANYTHING THAT YOU WILL NEED IN THIS LINE OF GOODS WILL BE SOLD TO YOU FOR THE WHOLESALE PRICE. HART SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS HAVE BEEN THE BEST SELLERS WITH US BUT WE HAVE ON HAND SEVERAL NUMBERS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO SELL AT AND BELOW COST, SO AS TO CLEAN UP OUR TirnTfTPD cjrprtriTr PAD mxx A m DPAQAW \ITT? vy n\ xjjxv oivvii. x v/iv x iin i ?f ? ARE MAKING THE FOLLOWING SACRI FICES: Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats Overcoats that sold for $22.50 now $16.00 Overcoats that sold for $25.00 now $18.00 Suits that sold for $27.50 now . $19.50 Suits that sold for $25.00 now $18.50 Suits that sold for $22.50 now $15.00 Suits that sold for $20.00 now .. .. .. $14.50 Henry Sonneborn Clothing Overcoats that sold for $18.50 now $13.75 v Overcoats that sold for $16.00 now $12.00 Overcoats that sold for $15.00 now $11.00 , Overcoats that sold for $12.50 now $10.00 Overcoats that sold for $10.00 now; $ 8.00 ' Overcoats that sold for $ 7.50 now $ 5.00 ti n > !/' nr : i ne ranis ivmg 1 rousers n | We will sell this entire stock at and below cost, so if you are interested at all, give us a call. < J ;;3 C. R. Brabham's Sons i. ',>'"'11 ?I?I? a? iii a^??ngig a? as ?I?I> a jggiis as si? at q?g?qig?gi?tg ! ll I . 'v| ...ANNOUNCEMENT FROM..... 1 Ik Farmers Mercantile Co. fi ? t i 0 ii EHRHARDT, S. C. l\ iK H ' I? To Our Friends and Patrons: :? " I We extend our best wishes for a prosperous New Year, and ? ] I *al re>this rmnnrtnnitv of exnressincr our tlianlra for natronasre dur- <6 ?w -rr ^ 1 O * ^ 0 M, ZZ . J ing the past yean*, and assure you we will appreciate a continuance $ f 1 of your trade. We will endeavor to serve you in the future as we " have in the past. When in need of advances for the coming year, : \ m i * J * J we will be glad to have you call in and see us, as we are better / * i* , prepared to serve you now than ever before. ( FARMERS MERCANTILE CO. \\ i ? H \ 1; j -I? -I? !?-I--I? ;I? ;I? -I?03 :!- lH 0] Hi Hi 0?$ "EDESTRIAN ELECTROCUTED. | I. ^?^Zfl 'ir^rrur^r"! 11 over-sea railroad celebration | Columbia, Jan. 8.?Edward Allen. I KEY WEST, FLORIDA. I ored, was electrocuted by coming! # T I o contact with a live wire at the! Jcinuciry 20th Fsbniciry 3rd, 1912. | ner of Laurel and Sumter streets, j Account the above occasion the ATLANTIC COAST LINE >t after dark to-night. Allen, who \ RAILROAD offer special reduced round-trip rates from points on a young negro, was walking along line in South Carolina: * street, presumably going to his CTPT T TNTC DATPQ. v me. when he walked into a live OXiiililllUr re which had broken by the heavy J llll Via Jacksonville & F. E. C. Rwy.?January 20th and 21st. IIII seze and fallen to the sidewalk, j jjjj Via Port Tampa & P. O. S. S. Co.?January 17th and 20th. e negro was instantly killed. On j l||| FINAL LIMIT* ;ount of the freeze and the wires j l||| making from the ice the lights are i |||| Via F. R. C. Rwy & Jacksonville?January 34 St. t in that section of the city to- I |||| *ia Port Tampa & ^' k.-?February Jth. . . . .. . . .. . aii ' llll Fo1' schedules, rates, reservations, etc., apply local agent or rht and it i& presumed that Allen llll a(jdress s unable to see his way and did j ||j| t know the danger. I T. C. WHITE, W. J. CRAIG, The body was removed to an un- |||| Gen. Pass. Agent. Pass. Traffic Mgr. rtakine establishment and Coroner I llll WILMINGTON, N. C. |?| ilker will hold an inquest over the ||[j^||M=?' tj nains to-morrow. IsS?!?/ * "' "Hpi : / \ -;|||