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Hambrrg tbrralb Thursday, Feb. 29,1912. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Court convenes here next Monday, March 4th. Mr. G. Brook Kinard announces his candidacy for county supervisor in this issue. m TT T ^ ovin AlirtO iur. vv. -trestun ;\ic.>iiiiau auuuum,es himself in this issue as a candidate for county supervisor. The Carlisle Fitting School gave holiday last Thursday, on account of Washington's birthday. Mr. E. C. Bruce announces his canddidacy for the office of County Supervisor in this issue. Mr. W. Preston Sandifer, of the Denmark section, announces his candidacy in this issue for county commissioner. Mr. W. Barney Smoak, of the Denmark section, announces himself in this issue as a candidate for county commissioner. Mr. R. L. Beard, renewing his subscription, writes: "I think The Her " " ^-1- - 1 ? +V.O Cfofo aid IS llie uest wecaiji iu iuc u>>uvv I cannot afford to miss it." In renewing for The Herald another year, Mr. H. D. Drawdy, of the Olar section, says: "Send The Herald right on. I could hot do without it." Next Monday is the first Monday in March and salesday. Two tracts of land are to be sold by Master H. C. Folk, this being a resale, as the purchaser did not comply. Rev. W. R. McMillan, of Amherst, Va., will preach at the Baptist church in this city next Sunday morning at eleven o'clock and in the evening at 7:30 o'clock. All are invited. The candidates are coming out right ajong, and soon it seems that there will be plenty of them out in the open, ready and willing to serve the dear people. Let them come. The more the merrier. Our patrons will please remember that job work is cash. We have to pay off our force every Saturday night, and it takes quite a bit of cash money each week to keep The Herald going. We are compelled, therefore, to have the cash for all work. This continued wet weather is getting to be a serious matter with the farmers, as no plowing can be doneVery few farmers have done anything so far toward preparing for this year's crop, in fact many of them have not yet finished with last year's cotton crop. Several negroes were before Mayor Smoak Monday afternoon, charged with being drunk and disorderly and cursing on the streets. The fines aggregated $45.00, which were paid. The authorities are determined to break up the habit of negroes standing around on the street cursing, showing no respect for white people. < Wednesday of- last week was a very bad day here. Rain fell almost continuously during the day, and during the afternoon there was considerable wind. About dark it cleared off and the wind Dlew very hard for several hours. Fences were blown down and trees ^uprooted, but this was all the damage done that we have , heard of. We have never received a letter which we appreciate more than this, although it asks us to discontinue The Herald. It is from Rev. A. B. Watson, who was in charge of the Ehrhardt Methodist church last ?ear until his health broke down. He says: "I regret to have to say to you discontinue The Herald. I have enjoyed its weekly visitsr very much. You are getting out a most excellent paper/' Ira B. Jones to Speak Here. The Hon. Ira B. Jones, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, has been secured to deliver a sixth of the series of life-work lectures being given at the Carlisle Fitting School, on "Law as a Life-Work." This will be the last lecture of the series and will be given on the evening of March loth. It is needless to say that not only the students of the school but the town and community in general are most fortunate in having a man like Mr. Jones come to speak to them. Of course no man could be found, so appropriate to discuss law as a lifework, as the man who has risen to the head of the judiciary in his State. Again, Judge Jones is the only announced candidate for governor against the present incumbent. There are hundreds of people in this section who will be glad of the opportunity to hear him. Of course the lecture at the Fitting School will not be a political one, but a meeting will probably be arranged at which Judge Jones will have an opportunity to express his political views. Professor Hand's Lecture. To-night (Wednesday) at the Carlisle Fitting School, Prof. W. H. Hand, State high school inspector of South Carolina, will deliver an address on "Teaching as Life-Work." This lecture was to have been delivered by Prof. Patterson Wardlaw, professor of education at the University of South Carolina, but Mr. Wardlaw had to leave the State on a business trip, and Prof. Hand was secured in his stead. Mr. Hand is an eloquent speaker, and we know he will interest and delight his hearers. 9 He made an address here some years ago at the closing exercises of the graded school. New Advertisements. H. J. Brabham, Jr.?For Sale. E. C. Bruce?Candidate's Card. W. Preston McMillan?Candidate's Card. G. Brook Kinard?Candidate's Card. W. Preston Sandifer?Candidate's Card. The Victor Oil Co.?Salesmen Wanted. G. Frank Bamberg?That ' Very Stylish Cart. Dr. Talley & Co.?A Word to the Sick and Afflicted. W. H. Patrick?You Should Have Your Car Repaired. L. A. Stoney?Melon Seed. Joe L. Hiers?For Sale. J. D. Felder?For Sale. M. A. Moye, Jr., Manager?Reward. : T A Colo J. A. iUllUliCll X'v/i uaib. D. R. Matheny?For Sale. Peoples Drug Co.?Five Dollars Worth of Merchandise Free. Peoples Bank?Statement. W. Barney Smoak?Candidate's Card. For Sale Cheap. Bamberg Banking Company? Statement. The Millinery Store?Listen, Ladies. Ron!/ r>f Olar Stntom ont Bank of Denmark?Statement. Rentz & Felder?A Dialogue Continued. Ehrhardt Banking Company? Statement. Dr. Kollock's Lecture. Those who were at the Fitting School auditorium last Friday evening to hear Dr. C. W. Kollock, of Charleston, on "Medicine as a LifeWork," no doubt came away with a higher and truer appreciation of the physician than they had before. With no attempt at oratory, but with the deft touch of one who has long ministered to the body diseased, he gave his hearers an insight into the work of a noble profession. Commencing at the earliest period at which the practice of medicine is known of, the speaker discussed ancient and modern methods, and it was new information to many of the audience that the science of medicine for the healing of the sick was first practiced among the Egyptians. In discussing the many discoveries made by the profession he feelingly alluded to the man who discovered vaccination and gave it free to the world when he could have made himself many times a millionaire, yet Keely, who has his cure for the whiskey habit, kept it to himself and has made himself many times a millionaire. "Which," added the speaker, "would you prefer?" % ' With no attempt at laudation, for their heroism, Dr. Kollock told of the many instances where physicians had laid down their lives undergoing experiments in the interest of human life, notably in the case where two men met death by allowing themselves to be bitten by mosquitoes which had previously bitten yellow fever patients. He discussed in no uncertain terms the quack and frauds of the day, and when he eloquently proclaimed that the physician must first of all be a Christian and a gentleman the house broke into spontaneous applause. We feel sure that the audience thoroughly enjoyed the lecture, and Bamberg and the Carlisle Fitting School are under many obligations to Dr. Kollock for so interesting a presentation of a profession which comes into such intimate relation with home life. Tendered Beautiful Residence. Aiken, Feb. 27.?Former United States Senator George F. Edmunds, who was for many years a winter resident of Aiken, has tendered the Episcopal diocese of South Carolina his beautiful residence in Aiken for the use of the diocese in any way they may see fit to utilize it, and it has been proposed that the diocese establish a college and use the Edmunds home for this purpose. The Episcopal church has no such institution in South Carolina, and it is understood that a movement if now being started in this direction. HUNTING ALLEGED MURDERER. Angry Posse Seeking Assailant oi Two Women. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 27.?Mrs. Samuel Harker, wife of a mine foreman, and her aged mother, Mrs. Shick, were shot this afternoon ? ; their home near here and a posse is scouring the hills in search of one Cervinski. Mrs. Harker is believed to have been fatally wounded. It is alleged Cervinsky has been annoying Mrs. Harker, and she ran into the house and locked the door to-day when she saw him approaching. According to the story of the woman, Cervinsky broke down ttie door and began shooting. Mrs. Shick fell with a bullet through her arm and her daughter ran from the house. The man followed, firing as he ran and wounding her twice. Neighbors were held at bay by the maddened foreigner while he made his escape. Reward is Offered for Miscreant. Aiken, Feb. 27.?Aiken city council met this afternoon and offered a reward of $1,500 for the arrest and conviction of the unknown person, who last night attacked Mrs. Frederick O. Beach. At the meeting -were present a number of the Aiken winter residents, among them was Mr. Beach, husband of the woman upon whom the murderous assault was made. The city lockup is full of negroes arrested last night and to-day, as suspects, and Mayor Gyles states this afternoon that the police are to make several more arrests to-morrow. Mrs. Beach was reported late this afternoon to be resting easy. According to the story told the police by Mr. Beach, it was about 10 o'clock when he heard his wife scream, the sound coming from the front yard. He rushed to her assistance, and found her lying unconscious inside the yard gate, and bleeding profusely from an ugly wound in her throat. She had been called to the gate, he said, by some one, and that when she went out to answer an unknown man was standing just outside the gate, who stated, that he had a note "from Katiej, who's in the employ of Mr. Harriman." Mrs. Beach stepped from her porch into the yard and reached for the note, when the man sprang inside the gate, slashed her throat, laying her neck open for several inches, and as she fell to the ground, tore her oar-rings from her ears, then dashed away in the darkness. Mrs. Beach, upon recovering consciousness, declared that she did not know ,wno ner assailant was, ana there is doubt expressed that he was a negro. He was dressed, she said, in a gray suit, but she could not see his face. A crowd, attracted by the screams of Mrs. Beach, quickly gathered, among them being many of the winter residents, who had been attending a reception in the neighborhood, and searching parties were quickly organized to scour the town in pursuit of the assailant. Physicians summoned to render medical attention, found it necessary to make nine stitches in Mrs. Beach's throat, and it was w^th difficulty that they stopped the profusive flow of blood. Her injuries, they state today, are noj. as serious as they were reported last night, the most immediate danger then being the loss of blood, which nearly cost Mrs. Beach her life. Mrs. Beach is prominent in New York society, and has been a winter resident of Aiken for several years past. She was formerly the wife of one of the Havemeyers of the American Sugar Refining Company, who met a mysterious death in New York city some years ago when shot by an unknown person. Mrs. Beach is also a sister-in-law, by her first marriage, of Mrs. W. Butler Duncan of New York, who is one of the most prominent of the Aiken winter residents, and she is also related by her first marriage to the Tiffanys of New York. The attack upon Mrs. Beach, the purpose of which was clearly robbery, took place in the heart of Aiken, not more than one square from the main business street. Her condition to-day is reported by her physicians to be improved and she will recover. The clue the Aiken police are working on is that Mrs. Beach's assailant was familiar with the household, if not one of the servants either in the employ of the Beachs or the Harrimans, since he stated to Mrs. Beach that the supposed note was from the Harriman home, and the Beachs and the family of Joseph Harriman are very friendly. Committee Meeting. . The executive committee of the Rivers' Bridge Memorial Association will meet at the memorial grounds on Saturday, March the 9th, at 3 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of arranging for memorial services. A full attendance is earnestly requested. DR. N. F. KIRKLAND, J. W. JENNY, President. Secretary. Jenny, S. C., Feb. 24, 1912. WIFE-MURDERER CAUGHT. ! Tennessee Had Man Caught in California. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 22.?Samuel Stiller, who was convicted of the murder of his wife, Mrs. Gussie Miller, on Thanksgiving day, 1902, here and who escaped from the Madison county jail at Jackson, Tenn., the night of May 28, 1903, has been arrested at Oakland, Cal., according to advices made public here to-day. As soon as extradition papers are obtained, a deputy will go to Oakland to KriTitr Mill or tr* Mpmnbis Miller shot his wife, who had filed suit for divorce, to death in a store that she had opened here. Two children of the Miller's saw their father slay their mother. Immediately afterward he calmly surrendered to the police. Miller was arrested at Oakland on Monday last, but the local police did not announce the capture until today, pending identificfiation of the man, now said to be complete. Miller's escape with three other noted prisoners at Jackson created wide comment at the time of the coicidence that a theatrical troupe, Headed Dy tjoie lounger and r ranic James gave a performance in Jackson the night of the jail delivery. Churchyard Revels. There is a churchyard in the borough of St. Marylebone, London, in which a tombstone is pointed out to visitors as the one on which Hogarth's "idle apprentice" threw dice. Attention has just been called to the fact that his practice of gambling on tombstones has come down to the present day in at least one graveyard in the United Kingdom. A lawsuit, just decided, has stopped the practice in the churchyard of Dungarvan, an Irish village, where some of the inhabitants were in the habit of playing cards on the slabs placed over graves and of dancing to the music .of an accordion. The representative church body was the complainant in the case. It sought and obtained an injunction against sixteen persons, restraining them from trespassing upon the burial ground and premises adjacent to the church of St. Mary. The master of rolls who heard the case held that this privilege was one of permission and not a right and that a churchyard was dedJ AV a mawvmaa /\^ on/1 nnt icaieu IU L liC OTTIVIWC VI uuu d-tivi uv? to the recreation of man. In the days before the reformation, authorities say, the parish churchyard was used as a public playground. Games and revels were commonly held there on Sundays and holidays. At Whitsuntide there was a sort of church fair held in graveyards at which ale brewed by the church wardens was served, while dice throwing, card playing and bowls were permitted. Cock fighting in churchyards did not cease until the eighteenth century. There is a story told that a wealthy man in Hurstbourne Tarrant, a village of Hampshire, ordered that a flat tombstone, large enough to enable the boys to play marbles on it, should be placed over his grave.?London dispatch to New York Sun. A Truly Adventurous Career. Mr. J. W. Adcock, of Ore Hill, (not O'Hell, as some ultra smart boys once changed the depot sign-board to read) was in town yesterday. He dropped into this office to renew his subscription and in the conversation that ensued we learned some interesting facts. He has had so many accidents that he may be well likened unto a cat with nine lives. He will be 71 on Washington's birthday. In March, '62, he enlisted in Company E, 26th Regiment, and at the first day's fight at Gettysburg was shot through the lungs. He recovered from this near-death and later rejoined his command. Since shot and shell wasn't able to lay him out, a horse tried a hand, or rather a foot, . two years after the war and he was stretched out, but aside from a broken leg he was not much hurt. In the eighties when the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway was being DUili, ne was a iuemuer ui mc uiawn.laying squad, and while working near the Dowd Poe place, two miles north of Siler City, the work train was wrecked and his other leg was broken. Still this didn't "feaze" him. His last real accident occurred about thirteen years ago. He was climbing into a hog-pen when his foot slipped and a broken collar-bone was the result. Instead of discouraging, these numerous injuries have tended to give him a stronger hold on life.?Siler City Grit. Got Eight Years for ''Cussing" Judge. I After Woolbridge Golden was sen-! tenced to two years in the penitentiary at Brookfield, Mo., on Thursday for assault to kill he cursed Judge j Lamb, and his sentence was increas- j ed five years. i "I don't give a d? if you make it ten,' judge," Golden retorted. "Mr. Clerk," said the court, "I sentence the prisoner to ten years in the penitentiary." I R(y BAKING Absolut The only Bakii from Royal Crap NO ALUM, NO MAY ASK FELDER TO TALK. Dispensary Probe Committee Plans First Session Wednesday. Columbia, Feb. 26.?The legi&la tive uuwmuiee lu investigate everything in connection with the late State dispensary, for which Gov. Blease asked in a me sage last year, and then vetoed the bill, and which was passed over his veto, will hold their first meeting on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. It is possible that the opening meeting may be postponed to a late" date by reason of the general assembly being in session this week, but Wednesday is the date fixed at present. The committee is composed' of Senator H. B. Carlisle, chairman; Senators Sullivan and Clifton, Representative J. J. Evans, secretary, and Representatives W. L. Daniel and F. M. Cary. It is said that T. B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, will more than likely be summoned to appear before the committee and tell what he knows. His letters to the press of the State last year are remembered by the whole people. WOMAN WANTED TO ENLIST. Balked When Ordered to Undergo Physical Examination. In the hope of joining her sweetheart, who is in the Marine corps, stationed in Peking, China, a young woman, clad in male attire, applied at the recruiting office in Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday for enlistment. She broke down when ordered to undergo the physical examination and admitted her sex. She refused to give any name other than the one under which she applied, Jacob Lansing, Tell City, Ind., and tearfully confessed she had "bobbed" her hair and disguised herself that she might ho cont tr? Phina rohoro hor Invor i<a* and "now my hair is ruined," she lamented. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Sale. One Odorless family refrigerator. Apply to G. A. DUCKER & BRO., Bamberg, S. C. For Sale.?Fine White Plymouth Rock eggs, from $1.00 to $1.50 per setting. Apply to J. D. FELDER, Bamberg, S. C., P. O. Box 136. For Sale.?One family horse, absolutely gentle, automobile proof. Cheap for cash or on easy terms. Apply to J. A. MITCHELL, Bamberg, S. C. For Sale.?Farm, two miles Ehrhardt; 8-room housev barn, stables, other out buildings; good condition; good water. JOE. L. HIERS, Ehrhardt, S. C. Salesmen Wanted to look after our interest in Bamberg and adjacent counties. Salary or commission. Address THE VICTOR OIL COMPANY, Cleveland, O. For Sale Cheap?Good gentle family horse, also Rock Hill top buggy, etc., a one-horse wagon. All as good as new. Will sell at a bargain. Apply at Herald office. For Sale.?A second-hand twohorse wagon. Also a good family horse. Also 60 bushels good peas. Cheap for cash. H. J. BRABHAM, JR., Bamberg, S. C. For Sale.?I. H. C. gasoline engine, grist mill, Farquar thresher and separator, and nice Jersey heifers fresh to milk in April and May. D. R. MATHENY, Bamberg, S. C. Reward.?$25.00 reward will be paid for informatibn sufficient to convict the party or parties who entered the Pastime Theatre last Sunday or Sunday night and damaged the pianos, curtain and other fix ? ? "A ^ A T\f A V I? TD TV/To t* o crcxr* llir^b* 1U. lvivy i UJ, uiiM iuauu^vi For Sale: The H. J. Brabham home place. The lot contains about three acres. Has a good eight-room house on it, artesian well, swimming pool, fish pond and all kinds of outbuildings. Also one lot on Main street next to H. J. Brabham, Jr.'s store. Also three residence lots on Carlisle street. All at a bargain to quick buyers. Apply to MRS. ADELLE J. BRABHAM or H. J. BRABHAM, JR., Bamberg, S. C. Melon Seed.?Stoney's Improved Watson: extra fancy, from melons 45 lbs. and over, first from the vines, fields reserved exclusively for seed purposes. Rind very firm?the best carrier, best shipper; meat very sweet, luscious, melting?excluding other melons from all markets. Very prolific?producing car per acre. Seed 75 cents lb. in any quantity f. o. b Allendale, S. C., cash with order. L. A. STONEY, Allendale, S. C. References: Allendale and Citizens' Banks, Allendale, S. C. ll fAL I POWDER fe/y Pure lg Powder made le Cream ofTartar LIME PHOSPHATE ?4 i CITY WIPES OUT ITS DOGS. Poisoned Sausages Kill 200 When Spread of Rabies is Started. _____ Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 26.?A raid on the dogs of the city caused the death of about 200 animals, only one dog, as far as is known, escaping ^ the poisoned sausages which were scattered all through the pity streets before daylight. J The only dog to escape is one which is suspected of rabies and is in a box in the office of a doctor. There is no apparent reason for the slaughter of the dogs, for there has* been no extensive rabies infection. The sausages were given enough poison to kill the dog almost instantly, and 0 Ktr C n'nlAnlr 4r? mAraino' fKa vj o kj AU vug uiviumg wuv streets were filled with dead dogs. Dead from Accidental Shot. Laurens, Feb. 27.?Thaddeus Cooper, aged 25, a guard with one of the county chain gang sections, as A the result of an accident, was fatally shot this afternoon near Friendship 1 church in Youig's township, death r?church in Young's township, death . resulting three hours later. At the time of the accident he was trying to run a rabbit out of a brush heap in a gully when his pistol fell to the ground, causing the discharge of one chamber, the ball entering his , ( head. He was a son of Brooks Cooper, of Young's. CANDIDATES' CABDST flj FOR SHERIFF. Having been solicited by a number - ; of friends, I have decided to offer for Sheriff of Bamberg county, and here5- t by announce myself as a candidate, J pledging myself to abide the result ? rtf tVio Domnpraortsi ant?_ ^ v * V"V X/VU1VV/1UUV AAliOl J UUU 0U|/ port the nominees of the party. J. FELDER HUNTER. Grateful to my friends for their very liberal support some years ago, I announce my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. S. G. RAY. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. i ] I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Treasurer of Bamberg county, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the nominees. I will appreciate the support of the voters and i promise you my best service, if elect- / ed. GEO. A. JENNINGS. # FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. , I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Supervisor of Bamberg county, subject to the rules \ and regulations of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nominees thereof. E. C. BRUCE. * T rpsnpr?tfiillv annoimrp mvsfilf a candidate for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic pri- imary. If elected I promise to give L* my entire time and best talent to the . work. Respectfully, G. BROOK KINARD. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Supervisor of Bamberg County, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and \ support the nominees of the party. A W. PRESTON MCMILLAN. M FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. W1 I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Commissioner of Bamberg county, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. PRESTON SANDIFER. j I hereby announce myself a candi- >' fdate for County Commissioner of Bamberg county, subject to the rules ^ . and regulations of the Democratic * primary. W. BARNEY jSMOAK. . I am a candidate for County Com- ? ^ misisoner of Bamberg county, subject \ to the result of the Democratic primary. J. J. ZEIGLER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Commissioner of Bamberg county, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. H. W. CHITTY. L FOR COTTON WEIGHER AT BAMBERG. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for cotton weigher at Bamberg, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. G. A. RICE. ? NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the estate of Francis Black, deceased, f j will file the same, duly itemized and sworn to, with the undersigned, administrator of said estate, on or before the 13th day of March A. D., 1912, and failing so to do will be v barred. And all persons indebted to the said estate will make payment at J once to the undersigned administra- Jf tor at Ehrhardt, S. C. W. C. BLACK. if Administrator. Ehrhardt, S. C., Feb. 10, 1912. ^ v J??3 isi