, SCHOOL BOYS* REVENGE. Bid Not Like Teacher and Burned the School House. Ransome Moorer and Barnwel: Gross, two Holly Hill school boys one about eleven years of age and the other about ten, have been arrested for setting on fire and burning down the handsome school house built at that place about four years ago. Both of the boys are bright, intelligent little fellows and are the children of highly respectable residents of Holly Hill. They both were students at the school they burned, (and the deed was caused by theii dislike of their teacher. efthftftl hftnofl irhiph was 9 1 OVUVW uvr uwvj T* M*v?* .. WW ? large frame building, was burned the first part of last December. The fire was discovered about half-past four o'clock, in the afternoon, a little while after the school had been dismissed. It started on the first floor, ? and had made considerable headway when discovered. There was much | mystery about the origin of the fire, but no one suspecting for a moment k that any of the school children had I anything to do with it, and it was . attributed, to accident. After the burning of the school house, the children had to be divided up, some classes going to the Methodist church and others to the town hall, a two-story frame building, very little removed from the hnolnpsa eentre of the town. The fifth class, of which both the boys were members, was being taught in the town hall. Everybody had about come to the conclusion that the fire at the school house was accidental, and steps were being taken to replace the burned building with a better one. This was the condition of affairs when it was discovered on Tuesday afternoon, 16th instant, that the town hall had been set on fire, but luckily it was discovered before the fire had made much headway, and the building was saved. The evidence was plain that the building had been set on fire since the school had been dismissed that afternoon, and the town realized with a shock that a fire bug was at work within its limits. Steps were at once taken to ferret out and run down the person who had set the fires, as it was now believed that the school house had been set by the same person who set fire to the town hall. Inspector wnarton, of the insurance commissioner's office, went to Holly Hill to work the case up. After being there a few days he suspicioned Ransome Moorer and Barnwell Cross, and they were taken into custody and examined. At first both boys denied any knowledge of the fire, but finally they broke down, confessed that they had set both fires, and told all about how they set them. Every one was astounded, and much sympathy was expressed for the parents of the two little boys. It seems that the boys did not like their teacher, and had adopted this plan of getting rid of her. The fact that the boys set both fires in broad, open daylight, proves that they did not realize the seriousness of the crime they were committing when they set the fires. No doubt they looked upon the matter as more of a frolic than a crime. Both of the little fellows have been bound over to the court, and the case will be taken up at the next term. It is a very regrettable affair, and, as we said above, the parents * of the two boys have the sympathy of all the people of Holly Hill and surrounding country. This will be a severe lesson for the little boys, who so deeply regret their acts, which was done in a thoughtless manner, no ' doubt. They are too young to know the full gravity of what they have * done, and it will be a source of re gret to them the balance of theii lives when they fully realize it.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Camden Hackman Shot. r Camden, Jan. 24.?Last night at the Seaboard Air Line passenger sta? tion, at 11 o'clock, John Hinson, Jr., shot Vanderbilt Kendricks, a negro hackman, with a shotgun, making a wound that may cost the negro a leg. The trouble arose, so it is saia, by Kendricks backing into John Hinson's hack and cursing Hinson. Hinson, who is only about 19 years old, it is stated, secured a shotgun and shot Kendricks in the leg. He was about twenty feet from him when he fired. In the meantime, it is said that John Hinson, Sr., the father of the boy, who was using the shotgun, fired at Tom Kendricks several times with a pistol. Tom Kendricks is a brother to the wounded man, he is a hackman. Hinson denies that he ? did any shooting. Both Kendricks and Hinson were arrested and all of them are out on $100 bonds. The trial will come up at the recorder's court on Monday morning. The licenses of all four hackmen have been revoked. Hinson runs several hacks and has a number of times gotten into trouble with other hack^ men. WEIGHS 585 POUNDS. < I W. T. Brinson Believed to be Largest I Man in the World. [ Waycross, Ga., Jan. 18.?Waycross , continues to enjoy the distinction of 1 [ being the home of the world's largest . man, despite the reports to the con- i . trary. When "Baby" Bliss died this ' ? month in Bloomington, Ills., the ' j country generally was told that the < . world had lost its largest man, but i s the largest man went to his work at i . the usual hour, and so far as is 1 . known, is enjoying better health ! , than he has for years. His name is * W. T. Brinson and Waycross is his home. i , By the figures given in the account J . of Leonard Bliss's death, Mr. Brin- 1 > son, in average weight, topped Bliss 1 by 45 pounds, weighing 585 pounds, 1 > and at times as high as 600. Bliss 1 is said to have weighed 540 pounds, s In addition to being the world's - largest man, Mr. Brinson is the 1 : world's largest Elk. He is a mem- < , ber of the Waycross Lodge* No. 369, 1 ; and has been for years. His initia- 1 . tion is now. a matter of history in < i Elkdom. Despite his large size, Mr. Brinson i has no trouble in getting around. He 1 goes to his turpentine business, near : i Waycross, almost every morning and i is an active man in business. He i lsughs and jokes about his size and 1 > always has a satisfied look. On one of 1 > Gov. Joseph M. Brown's visits to ] ; Waycross he rode about the city with i Mr. Brinson, and while on this trip < ; photographs that have been sent all < > over the country were taken. Gov. ! Brown stated at the time that he i was glad to have such abundant evi dence of the health conditions of this ( section. ^ Died Just Before His Trial. j Orangeburg, Jan. 26.?John D. ' [ Hungerpiller, who has resided in , . this city at intervals, died at his ^ i home, on West Russell street, this ^ ; morning at 4:30 o'clock. He was i about 60 years of age. i Hungerpiller was under a charge , of arson, having been arrested sev. eral days ago and charged with burning the residence of Mr. Frank , ; Champey, in the Fork section of the ! i county, and the preliminary hearing . . was to have been held this morning. , t Tl^p coroner empanelled a jury ana . held an inquest over the body this 1 . morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Minnie . Hungerpiller, wife of John D. Hungerpiller, testified that the deceased came home at 3 o'clock yesterday af. ternoon in a very serious condition, , i and he gradually grew worse, until J about 9:30 p. m., when she summon- , ed help and Dr. D. D. Salley was call ed in. By this time Hungerpiller ' ; was unconscious, and remained in J I this state up to the time of his death. "Little Joe" Aagain Governor. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 25.?Joseph M. ! ( Brown was inaugurated governor of . 1 Georgia here this morning. He took ] ; the oath of office in the presence of ' members of the senate and house, ' judges of the supreme court and 1 ! State and city officials. He received - the great seal of the commonwealth . L from the hands of Acting Governor ' Slaton. ( The ceremonies were simple. This is Governor crown s secona term, me ( brief term of Hoke Smith interven- , ' ing between his two. i Josh Perry, colored, who w^s in Saluda jail for cow-stealing, escaped ] 5 Monday night, but returned on Wed nesdav, after "attending to a little business," he said. ] GIRL SCHOOL TEACHER KILLED. Shot by Husband of Woman She Accused of Sldnder. Salem, Va., Jan. 24.?Miss Eva Chambers, a young school teacher, was shot and killed near her school, at Lockett's store, in Roanoke county, to-day by Joshua Raines-. Later be shot and wounded Charles Day, ane of his neighbors. Raines then surrendered himself to the police authorities here. The killing is said to have been the result of a suit for ?- * 1 -l -**? -n _;_ ?? sianaer against i\irs. ivcuiujs, mcu several days ago by Miss Chambers. The contention is substantiated by i statement reported to have been made to-night by Raines, to the effect that he went to see Miss Chambers, walked about a hundred yards with tier and tried to get her to dismiss the suit, and when she refused he 3hot her. The slander suit was instituted after Mrs. Raines had attempted to nust Miss Chambers as teacher. . It was then that Mrs. Raines is alleged to have circulated reports reflecting 5n Miss Chambers's character. Raines was taken to Pulaski tonight and lodged in jail there. This was a precautionary measure, the fudge fearing a lynching. Raines's only motive for attempting to kill Chas. Day was because of :he interest that Day had taken in Miss Chambers. The grudge that Raines held against the young woman began when she left his home is a boarder and took up her resilience with Day and his wife., ? m ? Greenwood Man Kills Himself. Greenwood, Jan. 23.?M. F. Saniers, a prominent business man of this place, committed suicide last light about 7:30 o'clock, by shooting himself in the right temple with a 38 calibre pistol. That the act was premeditated is evidenced by the fact that he left in a note to J. B. Haltiwanger instructiops where to 5nd his body. > The note, which evidently was written only a short time before his ieath, is as follows: "Get Pat Blalock and some other ? if our friends and come down to the Seaboard. You will find me on the lower side of fill below switch near large drain pipe, that is under fill below Taylor ring. You will see my loat near the pipe, so don't say anything to many, as I don't care for my family to be alarmed until you see ? if T? o A wnvpQ " She said that in searching his clothI ing in the belief that he had taken poison of some kind and that some may have remained on his person, > a letter, evidently intended for hi3 \ wife, wae found, of which the follow- ^ ; ing is a copy: 1 Orangeburg, S. C., Jan. 23, 1912. . the time is come that I must say j i goodby for life is no longer for me ^ l minie please due with the money as , ' I told you I don't Blame you I take J , it to end the truble so I must close. JOHN D. HUNKERPILLER. i I take it myself I have dide a inner . man to all I say don't think my wife ; ; did this I take it myself to end the j , truble. ( i JOHN D. HUNKERPILLER. . Drs. D. D. Salley and D. J. Hydrick } . testified that, after careful examin, ation, they found none of the symp- ^ ' toms which would be caused by pois- ( i on, and that, in their opinion, death ] *1./. nnn?U A# o V* ATV1 AmVl o era nf-tho 1 w do tuc i cou.11, ui a uciuuiiuu^b vi wv ' brain. > After a short deliberation the jury returned a verdict to the effect that ' the deceased came to his death from natural causes unknown to the jury, and that their had been no foul play x whatever. The theory upon which the verdict is based is that Hungerpiller intended by what he said in the letter to his wife, to commit suicide should he be bound over at the preliminary hearing, which was to have been held this morning, and that constant worry over the situation brought on the attack which caused his death. [UtJ. iU. X' tJAll l/XJAVkf* Mr. Haltingwanger received the aote, which was sent by a negro, ibout 8:30 o'clock, and of course tiurried to the spot designated and found the body in a pool of water md mud at the*end of the passenger station. Another note was found pinned to his coat, as follows: "There is no foul play responsible for this act. 7:30 o'clock. M. F. SANDERS." Mr. Sanders had met with business reverses lately and the probable cause of his act can be attributed to this fact. For the past sevpral years Mr. Sanders has been actively engaged in the dry goods and millinery business here and during this time has made many fi^m friends. He was 50 years old. Mr. Sanders is survived by his wife and three children. Big Cotton Crop. Washington, Jan. 23.?The vast L911 cotton crop of the United States bad been ginned and baled to the sxtent of 14,510,676 bales on January 16, according to the census bureau's report issued to-day showing 193,674 bales were ginned during the period from January 1 to 15 inclusive. Ginneries this season have been forced to greater activity than ever before by the enormous crop. A considerable quantity still remains to be ginned before the close of the season. The exact amount will be made known by the census bureau's 5nal ginning report March 20, giving figures up to February 28. Toiay's ginning report is about 375,000 bales less than the department of agriculture's estimate of production, ivhich was 14,885,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. The census bureau's ninth cotton ginning report )f the season, issued at 10 a. m. toiay, and showing the number of runling bales, counting round as half Dales, of cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned prior to Tuesday, January 16, with comparative statistics ;or last year and other record years, s as follows: United States, 14,510.676 bales, compared with 11, ? 1 ^ ^ lonf ^TAO Y? TTrVlDTl Q 7 ^ l uaica iaoi jcoi, mivu u > .u per cent, of the 1910 crop was ginn?d prior to January 16; 12,666,203 sales in 1909, when 96.8 per cent, of :he 1908 crop was ginned, and 12,767,600 bales in 1905, when 94.9 per cent, of the 1904 crop was gin3d. Round hales included were: 97,568, compared with 111,079 bales in ;he 1910 crop, 146,378 bales in 1909 md 232,510 bales in 1908. Sea isand cotton bales included were: 109,592, compared with 86,424 bales In the 1910 crop, 92,191 bales in 1909 and 90,287 bales in 1908. Let us have your renewal promptly if your subscription has expired. It : = si rr! I ih sk < > (? < > ( M I I* ( i? ? ? ?? 1 * We have had several | < ) , z * ? t If H shipments of Sample ? Box Paper but we| I honestly believe this] J! F last shipment is the | i I. best of them all jj ^ 4HHHH #* U In this lot is some of the $ II 11 ? finest paper ever offered to the ? i trade of Bamberg County. We 1 now have, this paper on display j j;, 11\ in our show window, and we j | BcT want you to come in and look \\ I IJ it over. It is just as good as p i the regular stock except that!! & F1 the boxes are a little soiled from || i M handling, but the contents are jj I J^i as good as ever. j j1 There is only one cheap thing about 11 1 ft this paper and that is the price. We || ? will offer this paper, as long as it lasts fj | \ at just half of the regular retail J jjj price, that is we will sell the one that \ f ? retailed for 60c at 30c; the 50c kind at H $ FT! 25c; and so on down to 5c the box. 1I $ | a ?, , i f ? ? L ? MiniAltAAAll Ann At 4? Anyone woo oas ever puicuaseu ? ? ? _ we would advise yon to come at once J $ m f if yon want any of this lot We also $ I V have some nice paper that we have W ? 5; I fnr ennu Kme wliirh wp will differ at x ^4 1V1 OVU1V UIUV IIU1VU ** V IIW vuws mmw pjy ? jg * 10c the box, some of which sold as |f J high as 40c the box. We also have 1 | * anything else you might need in the sla-1| $ B4 tionery line. ? $ & $ I I ? i_ The j | T Herald I 11 Book Store. | otti oi^ti /4i ti ill iiiti ta^ti /ii t^t^t^ojt it \ FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS. The local Bamberg Farmers' Union meets at the court house in Bamberg on the first and third Friday mornings in every month. Meeting at 11 o'clock. Applications for membership received at every meeting. Let all members be present. J. W. STEWART, J. P. O'QUINN, President. Secretary. I " a mm PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES j AND BOILERS < Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARO^STOCK LOMBARD % Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, - # Supply Store. AUGUSTA, GA. * THE BEGINNING AND .J END OF A RIDE are equally enjoyable when it is taken in one of our buggies or runabouts. a The carriages are so comfortable, so easy running and above all so staunchly built. They are carriages in which you can trust your wife and little ones, vehicles that you can take pride in as well. See them and you will surely like them. HORSES AND MULES. G. FRANK BAMBERG, Bamberg, S. C. D. J. DELK ; | CARBIA6E WORKS | When in need of anything in my line, don't forget the place, ,y: No. 24 Main street, Bamberg, S. 0., in front of the cotton mill. We run a first-class repair . Vand wheel wright shop, build one and two-horse wagons, sewing machine and delivery wagons.'log carts, and any special wagon; paint baggies and automobiles in factory style. We are agent for the Deering harvesting machinery, disc harrows, compost spreaders, gasoline engines, etc. We carry a stock of the best grain drills on the market. Call and see as before yon bay. Anything sent us will have the same attention as if yon were , to bring it yourself. D. J. DELK v l BAMBERG, S. C. ? il 'I * fl ' ;:| ' ^ HUNT'S CURE 1 ' Guaranteed Gore For All SKIN DISEASE | Vj > ?cm A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO. ' Sherman, Texas. y^r. " Sold by:? PEOPLES DRUG CO., | Bamberg, S. C. ___^^^ * i n rnPHANn m ?! !/ VUI XJLUUll/^ VIU ...agent for... Penn Mutual life Ins. Co. Money to Loan On Real Estate BAMBERG, - - 50UTH CAROLINA r. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Atiorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated # ^ . - - . --1-1 - iV