The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 22, 1912, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
A. W. KNIGHT. Editor.
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Thursday, Feb. 22,1912.
The people of Walterboro want elctric
lights. Why not have electric
livers and lights?
No man should object to a tax for
good roads, for it benefits every citizen
of a community. There is no
more pressing need to our people than
first-class highways.
The politicians in Colleton county
evidently believe that the early bird
catches the worm. Candidates are
already as thick in that county as
bees around a hive.
We have almost come to the conclusion
that the Aiken Journal and
Review and the Beaufort Gazette are
no longer published. Neither of them
have been received at this office in
several months.
Vrm mav ho a nnlitinian'a friend
as long as you may, even when it
costs you something, but just let him
get to the point when he don't need
you any more, and he'll drop you like
he would a live coal.
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This newspaper stands opposed to
graft of all kinds in public matters,
and for this reason we commend the
legislature for refusing to pay the ,
claim of architects for plans for enlarging
and improving the State (
house. This transaction seemed to
us to be in line with doings in dispensary
days.
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Bamberg feels honored at the visit <
of Mr. Robert Lathan, editor of the
News and Courier, last Friday, and
indeed it was, that such a busy man
should leave his work to come and
talk to us on his life work. He enjoys
the distinction of being the
youngest editor of the oldest daily
in the State, and those who heard his
"brilliant address of last Friday evening
recognize/the wisdom of the owners
of that paper in putting him in
charge. .
For several months this newspa- |
per Las been overwhelmed with communications
favoring various presidential
candidates, and if we had
used one-half of the matter sent us
there would have been little room
for news. We have had plate matter
and all sorts of offers, but the
latest is in the form of a supplement,
all of which we respectfully declined.
Really it seems that the average politician
takes the newspapers for
fools, and in a measure they are
right. ' We know of no class which
gives more and demands less than
newspaper men.
The Herald has no objection to the
present governor of the State, except
as he goes contrary to our ideas of
good government. We had hoped for
the sake of grand old South Carolina,
as well as his own, that his course
would be different, and yet he has
apparently let pass no opportunity
to put himself in the wrorst light before
the public. Yet we could have
forgiven him of much had he shown
firmness of character and a real desire
to be of service to his State in
dealing with many matters. It
would appear that it would take
little back-bone to remove from office
Col. Easy Joints Watson, and yet the
governor has not had nerve enough
to do this. Even as a bluffer he has
proven himself a consummate failure.
And yet he had the opportunity to
make himself the most popular man
in the State and threw it away. It
grieves ufc to see a man throw away
such a good chance?one he will
never have again.
Honestly the more we see of politicians
the greater respect we have
for hound dogs.
The Bamberg hen may not have a
pedigree, but she has been doing her
full duty recently, judging from the
amount of eggs displayed in Bamberg
stores.
Governor Blease has done well to
veto the bill for medical inspection
in the public schools. While no doubt
such a measure as this is needed, the
act passed was not what is desired by
those whom it will affect. In mat4
1r i > T?aoror/l cllAlllH
be given the rights of parents.
Possibly the election of Blease was
a good thing after all in some respects.
It has at least served to show
the people of the State how much
power was placed in the hands of a
governor, and it needed the administration
of a vicious and headstrong
man like Blease to convince the legislature
that no man should have so
much power.
Oh, well, what's the use to worry!
The indications are for a good crop
year; the farmers are going to curtail
their acreage in cotton and use
less commercial fertilizer, and it
looks like everybody will be in good
shape. We are looking forward to a
good year, and politics causes us no
anxiety. The State has withstood
worse things than Blease, so let's be
happy while we may.
W. F. Blackburn, stenographer in
the governor's office, who transcribed ,
the letter of J. P. Matthews in ref-!
erence to the loan made to the State, j
is out in a letter to Mr. Matthews in
which he states that the letter was
not changed but was exactly as Mr.
Matthews desired it. He accuses Mr.
Matthews of attempting to keep both
the friendship of the governor and
Treasurer Jennings. His letter is interesting,
and no doubt the end of the
matter has not been seen.
The committee of the general assembly,
appointed to investigate the
claim of Architect Todd, who wanted
$13,500 for plans for enlarging and
improving the State house, presented
a report declaring that the sub-committee,
which made a contract with
him, had no authority of law to make
such a contract and that Mr. Todd,
being a member of the house, should
have known it. rne committee reccommended
that the claim he disallowed,
and the report was adopted.
The whole transaction looked fishy,
and the house did well to refuse to
pay the claim.
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The continued bad weather of this
winter has put the roads of the county
in very bad condition, for which
the authorities are. in no way responsible,
as there has been too much
water on the ground to do any sort
of satisfactory work in the way of
repairing the highways. Then, too,
the heavy hauling at this season of
the year cuts up the roads badly. We
trust our officials will realize the wisdom
of using the money derived from
the road tax in building permanent
highways, for in this way only can
present conditions be avoided. Even
if not but a few miles are built each
year, it will not be many years before
they can be extended over a large
part of the county.
Triple Murderer Executed.
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Mobile, Feb. 19.?Refusing the offers
of a minister who labored with
him all night, his own son, a Catholic
priest and members of the Salvation
army, J. L. Odom, a triple
murderer, went to his death here on
the gallows early to-day. On the
gallows, the condemned- man when
asked to say his last prayer, answered
by requesting that his five-year-old
daughter Hazel be brought to him to
remove the black cap from his face.
He mounted the gallows stoically and
laughingly asked to see his wife.
Odom was convicted of killing
Charles Goland, Joseph Stokes and
David Gartman, the latter a 16-yearold
boy. They had been witnesses
against him in police court on a
charge of cruelty to a dog. The killing
took place March, 18, 1910, at
Citronelle, Ala. He shot the boy at
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tne ieei ui m& muwci ?o ou^
pleading for his life.
Odom was tried twice and declared
guilty each time.
After the Party.
"Well, George, I hope you are
pleased with yourself."
"Suffering Sampson, what have I
done now?"
"Oh", nothing, of course. What
did you say to that aristocratic Mrs.
Pingleton?"
"Well, what did I say?"
"And right after I warned yofi
against your awful breaks. You said
to her, "How time flies! I suppose
your young hopeful will soon put on
long trousers?"
"Well, what's the matter with
that? Friendly, wasn't it?"
"Friendly! Mrs. Pingleton has but
one child, and she's a young woman
of 20."?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TALK OF LYNCHING. - But
Kershaw County Prisoner Now
on Chain Gang.
Camden, Feb. 14.?It was rumored
here on the streets to-day that
three negroes had insulted a woman
near Kershaw, and that the citizens
there were bent upon lynching them.
No definite information could be had
here. Sheriff Trantham received a
telephone message to meet the 1:40
o'clock Southern train, as there were
three prisoners on it. Only one prisoner
arrived. He was Sam Jackson.
Jackson was taKen immediately to
the gang, having been sentenced by
Magistrate Jordan, of ,Kershaw, for
being drunk and insulting a lady on
the highway and discharging firearms.
The negro told Jailer Boone, who
took him to the gang, that he and
two other negroes were drunk and
that they do not remember insulting
a lady. He said that a number of
persons wanted to lynch them last
night, but the officers secreted them
over in Lancaster county, where they
were held during the night for safekeeping.
He said that the two other
negroes were let out on bond.
Mob Attacks Prisoners.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 19.?Armed
with clubs and revolvers, a mob of
18 or 20 men shot and killed Watt
Greer, dangerously wounded Dave
Neal and badly beat up Green Bomar
at Shelbyville, Tenn., to-day. The victims
are the negroes charged with
the murder of S. W. Everson, special
r*f tbo Nashville. Chattanooaa
& St. Louis railway, which occurred
near Bellbuckle Saturday, February
10.
The wounded negroes now are in
jail at Shelbyville.
None of the members of the mob
wore masks. The negroes were attacked
by the mob as they were being
taken to jail after the trial about 2
o'clock. They were in the custody of
Sheriff Williams and six deputies and
were going down the steps of the
court house when the mob attacked
them. Greer was shot in the stomach
and killed on the steps. Neal and
Bomar were beaten up, the former
being seriously injured.
The officers rushed the wounded
negroes into the sheriff's office, the
door of which was locked, and the
sheriff stationed himself on guard
at the entrance. About 4:15 o'clock
the mob returned and captured the
sheriff and removed him from the
building. One of the mob then broke
into the office and fired once at each
of the negroes. Neal was shot in the
abdomen and seriously hurt, the bullet
lodging in a glove in his pocket.
Subsequently the wounded negroes
wprp taken from the sheriff's office
to the jail, but it is expected the mob
will endeavor to lynch them to-night.
Motherly Admonition.
A New York woman of; great
beauty c.tlled one day upon a friend,
bringing with her her 11-year-old
daughter, who gives promise of becoming
as great a beauty as her
mother.
It chanced that the callers were
shown into a room where the friend
had been receiving a milliner, and
there were several beautiful hats lying
about. During the conversation
the little girl amused herself by examining
the milliner's creations. Of
the number that she tried on, she4
seemed particularly pleased with a
large black affair which set off her
light hair charmingly. Turning to
her mother the little girl said:
"I look just like you now, mother,
don't I?''
"Sh!" cautioned the mother, with
uplifted finger. "Don't be vain, dear."
.?Lippincott's.
A Human-like Dog.
He was a poor, miserable looking
dog, and the stranger's heart was
filled with pity. For the dog was
howling and it was only too evident
that he was suffering pain. So he
asked the tired rustic who lounged
near by, why the dog howled.
" Tm?" asked the rustic. "He's
just lazy, that's all."
"But laziness doesn't make a dog
howl, surely?" queried the benevolent
one.
! "Does 'im" saia tne urea owner..
I "pnly lazy."
{ "But how," queried the persistent
questioner?"how can laziness make
him howl?"
"Well, you see," said the rural
lounger, "that pore dog is sittin' on
some real tough thistles, and he's
too lazy to get off, so he just sits
there and howls 'cause it hurts 'im."
?Tit-Bfits.
Bamboo hats are made in the Philippines
at prices ranging from 15
cents to $12.50, while some specially
fine weaves cost as much as the finest
Panamas of South America.
A minister can't win the poor by
courting the rich.
The English parliament may be a
tolerably well behaved body, but not
all the British parliaments can boast
of their manners.
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Blizzard in Southwest.
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 20.?Ushered
by a wind storm, varying at different
points from 90 to 70 miles an hour,
the most severe blizzard of the winter
is general over the Southwest to
night. Railroad traffic is demoralized,
wire communication is hampered
and meagre reports from outlying
districts tell of damage to property
and cattle on the range.
In North Texas the temperature
fell from 70 degrees this morning to
freezing to-night.
In the panhandle section of Texas
and Oklahoma, rain and sleet and
snow fell during the afternoon and
early to-night. The snow-fall was
reported to have reached a depth of
four inches, with the storm at its
height.
At Hobart, Okla., buildings were
unroofed by the storm and glass store
windows demolished.
We have 100 tons of kainit that
we will trade for cotton seed meal.
See us. HUTTO & COPELAND, at J.
D. Copeland's store.
DEO RUMfN PEOPLE
A North Carolina Man Suggests
a Remedy
Greensboro, N. C.?'Tor a long
time I was so run down and debilitated
that I could hardly drag around.
My appetite was poor and I could not
sleep nights. I had tried different socalled
tonics without benefit. I was
advised to try your cod liver and
iron tonic. Vinol, and I am so glad I
did, for it gave me a hearty appetite,
I soon commenced to sleeD soundly.
and I feel strong, well and more active
than I have for years. Every rundown*
or debilitated person should
Just give Vinol a trial." K. Allsbrook.
What Vinol did for Mr. Allsbrook
It will do for every weak, run-down or
debilitated person in this vicinity. To
show our faith we will furnish the
medicine free if it does not do as we
claim. Come in and get a bottle on
these terms.
Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg?Court of Common Pleas.
J. W. Black, et al, plaintiffs, against
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Janie TucKer, etc., et ai, aeienuauus.
Pursuant to an order made in the
above entitled cause on December
8th, 1911, by his Honor Judge S. W.
G. Shipp, Circuit Judge, presiding in
the second circuit, ,1, H. C. Folk,
Master in and for the county of Bamberg,
will sell at public auction for
cash, to the highest bidder, in front
of the court house door at Bamberg,
S. C., on March 4th, 1912, the
same being sales day, the tracts of
land hereinafter described, being the
portion allotted to the estate of J. M.
Tucker in the above entitled action.
All of that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate, lying and being
in the county and State aforesaid,
containing one hundred and eight
(108) acres, and known as the May
home tract, and designated as Tract
A, and bounded on the North by the
Charleston and Augusta public road;
on the East.by lands of Isaac Belcher
and Henry Felder; on the South and
West by lands of J. J. England.
ALSO
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situate, lying and being in the
said county and State, containing two
hundred and eight (208) acres, and
designated as Tract B, and bounded
on the North and West by lands of
W. L. McFail, N. P. Smoak and
Southern Railway; on the East by
lands designated as Tract D, and belonging
to J. W. Black; and on the
South by lands of W. L. McFail.
The two tracts above described are
more fully designated and described
on a nlat made by order of court in
this action, that is filed in the clerk's
office in this county, reference to
which may be had if desired.
If the successful bidder at the sale
of these lands fails to comply with
his bid, the property will be sold on
the same or some subsequent sales
day, at the risk of the former purchaser,
and so on from time to time
until a purchaser be found who will
comply. Purchaser to pay for papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. C.f February 14, 1912.
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Mrs. Smoak Seeks Divorce.
Savannah, Feb. 19.?Because, she
alleges, her husband is now serving
a term in the South Carolina penitentiary
for shooting at her, Mrs. W.
Frances Smoak has brought divorce
proceedings in Chatham Superior
Court against J. E. Smoak, her husband.
First papers were filed today.
This couple was married in
1904.
She charged, along with the more i
serious allegation that Smoak made
an assault on her, that he is an habitual
drunkard. The assault, she
charges, occurred in September,
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was used, she alleges, and, although
she was not ^iit, the shot splintered
the door facing near which she was
standing. For this offence Smoak is
now doing time in the sister State
penitentiary, she avers.
Mrs. Smoak wants her maiden
name of W. Frances Rice restored to
her in the final decree.
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Wi'fn. Going t0 Bam"
? II berg to-day
I John?
I 1 I'm going to
I JOnn Rentz & Felders.
II Q ||* Papa, listen at
11 OcUiie this ad. what
11 they have that I want. White
I Slippers, Velvet Slippers,
I White Button Shoes, White
I Stockings, 10c up, MercerI
ized Stockings, 10c up. (Joe
I interrupts.)
I * And papa, listen
j|| JOC. what they have
111 +vio+ t TTTorit Umiclnss Shoes.
IV luat x nuub) a-'v\*o*w?ww -,
I in low cut, Blucher and ButI
ton, gun metal, tan and patent
leather; sox to match,
beautiful designs of shirts,
collars attached?detached,
I to match, and none at all.
Now, John you
I W lie. bring me a nice
white quilt, one-half dozen
| towels. Samples of those
I white goods, flaxons, etc.
I Yes, and going in the buggy,
bring a sack of flour.
Better brin& a
vOOK* barrel, a sack
[ don't make a biscuit a piece
for this crowd.
RENTZ&FELDER
BAMBERG, S. C.
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Catholics Losing Ground. Instead
of gaining in South Carolina
the Catholics don't seem to he
holding their own. The New Century,
a Catholic paper, has an editorial
on The Dry Rot in South Carolina.
It states that over pne hundred
and twenty years ago there
was a Catholic congregation in Charleston
and that a bishopric was established
there in 1820. .In 1872
the first Catholic paper in the United
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states was puDiisneu in v*>iuirit;?iuii.
"Yet in all South Carolina to-day
there are only 9,675 Catholics." In
1890 there were 8,000. "While the
population of the State as a whole
has increased thirty-one per cent, in
twenty years, the Catholic population
has increased only twenty per cent."
The New Century gets no comfort in . ^
these figures from the fact that im- x
migration is not Southward. It says
"But at least we should expect the
Catholic population to keep pace in
growth with the general population.
When it fails to do so, we interpret
a condition of dry rot. It is not race
suicide nor the hook-worm; it is loss
by leakage and indifference."?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat. ^
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Millinery
Center
Of the State \
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New Arrivals
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Lace, Flouncing, Per- '
cals, Flaxons, Galatea,
Madras, Chambray,
Batistes, Mesi*
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saline, ropiin, lambric,
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ALL THESE AND '
MORE TOO
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Miss Clara got off in such a
hurry, she may get to France
before she stops. She is
now in the Northern market
getting decorations for the
State. The latest that fash- B
ion affords and best that j
money can get.
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