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PERSONAL MENTION. * T People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. J. D. Miley, of the Smoaks section, was in the city Tuesday. ?Mrs. E. V. Camp, of Savannah, Ga., is visiting relatives in the city. * ?MrJ. G. Rhoad, of the Hunter's Pk/NriAl 1 An Tl*OC ir\ IR A All IT Til Afl_ [v^uayci nao in iuc x u^o day. ?Mrs. J. R. Owens left Tuesday morning for Charleston to spend several days. ?Mr. H. F. Lynch, of Hampton, has accepted a position at the Bamberg Pharmacy. ?Mrs. 0. A., Simmons, who has been in Florida and Alabama, returned home Monday. ?Miss Jenkins, of Kline, visited jfek her sister, Mrs. J. F. Carter, for Rl| several days last week. ?Miss Wiinelmina Folk, from Columbia college, spent a few days at home last and this week. ?Mrs. David G. Felder, of Char. ? leston, is in the city on a visit to the family of her mother, Mrs. L. E. LivIingston. ?Mr. L. M. Glenn, of the Greenville News, spent Sunday in the city with relatives. Mrs. Glenn has been here for some weeks. ?Misses Ruth Byrd and Jeroline Bruce, who are attending Columbia college, came home Tuesday night .for the Easter holidays. ' ?Misses Leonard and Louise Folk and Mozelle Copeland, from Converse ' college, Spartanburg, spent a few days at home last and this week. ?Mr. R. A. Ayer has resigned his position at the hardware and furniture store of G. O. Simmons, and has gone to Savannah, where he has accepted a position. ?Mrs. W. Max Walker, of Ehrhardt, and Miss Kathleen Kearse, of the Buford's Bridge section, visited > their sister, Mrs. J. Frank Brabham, Sf in the city this week. W ?Mr. P. B. Murphy left yesterday r for an extended Western trip. He ' . will go with some gentlemen from Hampton county,* and the trip will be made in an automobile. They will go by Hot Springs. Ark., where they will spend some time, and from thereon to El Paso, Texas, and on to California later. Mr. Murpljy will be , away several months. I Say Mails Looted of $60,000. Rome, Ga., April 1.?United States detectives and postoffice inspectors are here and have made two arrests in what is believed to be a systematic scheme of robbing mails carried on for more than a year and involving ^ . between $60,000 and $70,000. All officials refuse to give out information or to allow access to the two prisoners, Jim Carter, colored, and W. C. Earle, white, the latter baggage agent for the Rome Transfer company. These men are believed to have been tools for others and arrests of men higher up are hourly expected. It is said that the thefts took place ^ from the baggage room of the Southern Railway station when mail was I stored over night from late trains. The last package taken contained a shipment of $15,000 to two Rome banks. Only $5,000 has been recovered fViof wac falfon frnm Oarfpr Fwho spent the day in Atlanta making small purchases and having bills of large denominations changed to small. White Girl Offers to Defend Negro. New York, March 30.?Judge Swann to-day in general sessions assigned as counsel to Leroy Poindexter, a negro charged with murder in the first degree. Miss Lucile Pugh, a young woman lawyer. The assignment of Miss Pugh was made after the young woman had made a plea, saying she was willing I to waive the State fee of $500. She said that Poindexter comes from the * same part of North Carolina that she does and that he appealed to her for aid. Poindexter is under indictment for shooting Thomas Brown, a white man, during a fight. Negro Murdered White Barber. A. Morris, a white barber, was stabbed to death by an unknown negro in Atlanta Monday night when ne slapped the negro after the latter had grabbed the hand of Mrs. A. Cohen, according to a statement by Mrs. Cohen. Morris was sitting on the porch of his home when he heard a woman's cry for help. He ran to the sidewalk, where Mrs. Cohen explained r what had happened. By this time L the negro had walked up the street. B? Morris followed and catching up with if him, slapped him. The negro drew B a knife and stabbed him in the heart. gsf The Ford is the simplest and most |? reliable car on the market. Write F the Ford Sales Co., Bamberg, S. C. for catalogue and price?. Stock of cars on hand. i POSTOFFICE SAFE ROBBED. I Robbers Secure Booty Over $1,000, Leaving no Clue. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 31.? The safe in the postoffice at Stelmo, a suburb at the foot of Lookout Mountain, was blown open with nitro glycerine, early this morning. The thieves escaped with over $1,000, mostly in stamps. Dogs were taken to the scene, but failed to take up the trail. There is no clue tao the identity of the safe blowers. This is the second suburban postoffice robbed within 24 hours, probably by the same gang. The Father of the Melon Industry. It was on the first day of Janu ary, 1863, that Lincoln issued the famous proclamation of Emancipa- < tion. The slave was a great factor in the Civil war. His liberation was : the doom of the Confederacy. < In the tide-water section of South : Carolina slavery had wrought won- < ders. Marshes were dried, ravines ' and morasses were subdued and an i earthly Eden established where for < ages Fauna and Flora held high car- < nival in the dreary wilderness. The ' sea island, and rice planters had < upon slavery built up the very acme I of aristocracy. No planters on earth ? were more prosperous or lived on a i grander scale. The ancient Barons ' of England and Germany were poor 1 when compared with some of .the rice < and sea island planters in ante-bel- ' lum days. The planters themselves ' were for the greater part educated in < Europe, and their children were sent i to the great European seats of learn- i ing and returned with not only learning, but with the social polish of i burnished steel or refined gold. Sev- < nrol (Tflnorotinnc Vin H hoon CI U1 g^UVlUllVUU Ub^U vvv* VV*M abroad, from the most wonderful : agricultural country on earth?the farming Eldorado. One dreary morning in January, 1863 a prominent sea island planter was in his palatial home going over the morning's mail -and found- the Emancipation Proclamation. He was not only a learned, but a wise man, and he didn't need a Daniel to interpret the handwriting on the wall, but he himself saw that slavery was done, and that the Confederacy was doomed. He called up his houseservants and bid them to go over the entire plantation and summons every slave to appear at the residence at once; that he had good news for them all. In due course of time every slave came according to orders. He then read to them the Proclamation, and explained it to them. He made them a fine talk, and wound up by asking each and every one to remain on the plantation, and stated also that- he had a gift for each and all. He proceeded to make these gifts, and to the oldest couple on the place, Uncle Ben and Aunt Bina, he gave them their cottage and a few acres of land around it. On going home Aunt Bina made several suggestions, what crops to plant, and so on. Uncle Ben was silent. On entering his cottage he sat by the fire, smoked his pipe, and was in a deep study. At last he spoke: "Bina I done figger out wfiat we fer plant." t?/mi ornrinci for rilant Rpn1?" vv uai jvu 5 ?tiuv iv* . I "De watermellin." "Watermellin 011 de whole crap Ben?" "Yes, on de whole crap. You sees da be two armies 'roun Charlestown, dont e. Den dere's de city right at de door wha we fer sell de mellin, an' us git rich." "Oh! Ben I neber Know you "Oh! Ben I neber know you could forecass matters dat away. When spring came the entire place was planted in melons, and if I mistake not this was the very beginning of melon culture on a commercial scale. Old Ben had access to both armies, could go to the city when he chose, and he knew that nice watermelons would sell like hot cakes on a cold day to a hungry crowd. And the melons grew finely, and when the crop was made, it was a wonder to behold. But every night thieves would raid the melon field, and Uncle Ben swore vengeance on the depredators. He loaded up an army musket, and when dark came he went to the middle of the melon field, and sat down by a low stump, to guard c his fortune. The night was delight ful. The ocean breeze was cool, j saline and balmy. In front the lights from Charleston, the doomed, and at l that time the Niobe of cities, were like beacons keeping vigils over the ? watches of the night. On the bay or rather in the harbor the Federal < blockading fleet was sweeping the en- i trance to the city with powerful < searchlights, and were signalling to ] each other in those mysterious flash- ] es, which to Uncle Ben was Greek, l but which spoke a mute but fiery < language. The bands of both armies were playing martial airs. On the i east old ocean was sighing and sing- t ing a low and lulling song. In the i west a cloud was forming, and light- 4 ning was flashing and the thunder HIGHEST DAM In the World Will be Built in Ida! by the Government. The highest dam in all the wor is to be built by the United Stat government in Bpise canyon, Idah The dam, which will be locat< about twenty miles above the city < Boise, will be 351 feet wide at tl top and 1,060 feet long. This wonderful dam will be throv across a narrow place in the hif canyon and will hold back enouj water to irrigate 250,000 acres i desert land. It will take three < four years to construct the masonr Bed rock has been found at a dept of 90 feet below the surface of tl river, and when completed the stru ture will occupy an acre of groun It is only by storing the floe water in such dry sections of th country that the desert land can 1 reclaimed and made to grow i cVioro r\ f ornno WVien tVlp Ham Jiiai ^ V/l vi vyj^/u. *? &ivu wuv v? A..**. completed the water will be drawn o into feeder canals through gates 1< cated near the top of the dam. I the level of the water is lowers gates lower in the dam will be ope] ed, so that the gates will never 1: operated under an excessive head < water. The water pressure will t enormous, but modern hydraulic e] gineering is capable of handling sue a giant task. Even should the Bois river be visited by a great flood will not destroy the dam. Spillwa: located at each end of the dam wi carry away 40,000 cubic feet < water a second, and if necessar; ninta* nan Via pun nirOr VVlO fo AO A f tV 3am itself to a depth of from to four feet without injuring tt structure itself. But water is of little value unle: it can be applied direct to the pare) 2d earth and not in every case can be handled by gravity alone. Certai sections around Boise can be irr ?ated by a canal system, dependei upon the natural flow of the wate but all the higher levels must be fe dy an elaborate pumping systen These pumps will be operated I Plecric motors and the electric m< :ors and the electric current will t obtained from the stored-up wate The dam will be pierced by a pei stock, which will carry the water ui ier enormous pressure to the wate :urbines, which in turn will drrv powerful electric generators. Th jlectrical energy will be transmitte pver copper wires to the varioi pumping stations and fed to the m< :ors as desired. If there is any e: less power it can be readily sold i ;he city for manufacturing purpqse ?Electrical News. Negro Goes on Warpath. Timmonsville, April 1.?Jno. Loci vood, a negro, to-night ran amucl tilled his infant child shot his wif< stabbed another negro man in th jye, cut a negro woman's throat an ;hen, going into the outskirts c :own, ended his life with carboli icid. Lockwood first ^cut the child hroat with a razor. He then she lis wife, seriously wounding her. H stabbed John Russell in the eye an vound up his madness by cuttin Sllie Black's throat. Passing into legro pool room he warned th labitues that he was going to ki limself, went out and took poisoi 3is dead body was found shortly a erwards. The three injured persor vill recover. vas rolling like a heavy cannonade [Jnder such influences Uncle Be lulled off his cap, leaned against tb stump, and was soon sound aslee] in the meantime two thieves cam tear Uncle Ben, filled up a bag eac if choice melons, and concluded th? they would eat one on the spo Neither had a knife, so one of thei iecided to break the melon on th learby stump. The melon, a larg me, was raised to strike the stum] but just then a terrific stroke < ightning struck in their midst, tb nelon went down with fearful fore )n Uncle Ben's bare and wooly hea knocking him down, and breakin :he melon all to atoms. The thieve ?ot away, and later on Uncle Be irose and made a bee-line for h jottage and Bina, hollowing "o Lord," every step. Bina came to the door and said: "Whatter matter, Ben?" "De Lord, oh de good Lord but Dut me brains wid de tunderbolt." "Ben, what kind of fool talk yo ?ot ?" "De Lord, I say, done buss out m Drains wid de tunderbolt." "Come in hur Ben, an' lemu] ;ee." , ... So saying she applied a light t Did Ben's head and it was covere vith the remains of a luscious meloi seed, and all, and the seed was whi Ben took to be his brains. Aft* Bina had satisfied him that h Drains were not bursted out, old Be said: "Bina, I tank de good Lord dat il 10 wuss dan it is. I been close d< :ernight, an' I now want you fer jin n an' we'll sing dat good old hyme Nearer by God to thee!' " A. W. BRABHAM. \ UNCLE SAM GETTING RICH. jo Federal Treasury Fast Making 1 Big Panama Deficit. Id Washington, April 1.?The fedei es treasury is fast overtaking the t o. deficit which has been reported di 3d ing the current fiscal year. The hi] of total of revenue for the month ie March, exceeded the expenditures $10,638,000, has reduced the defi< n from $20,550,000 to $9,932,000. T jh surplus a year ago was only $1,96: jli 000. Total receipts for March reac of ed $59,296,000 and disbursemen )r exclusive of the Panama canal, $4< y. 658.000, The receipts from intern revenue were greater than durii ie March a year ago, and customs sho' c- ed evidence of spring trade and w d. probably be in excess of March, 191 >d jg Have We a Dictator? je Frank M. Cary is a member of t: ts house of representatives from Ocon is county. He is a man above reproac iff whose standing and character Ci o- be attested by all who know hii is He is a brother of Mr. J. P. Cary, id Pickens, another most excellent ge a- tleman, who is well known in pu >e lie life. af It seems that Mr. Frank Car )e while in the legislature, did not alij a- himself with the supporters of tj :h governor and hence incurred the di se pleasure of the State's chief exec it tive. As a result his recommend is tions as to county appointments a 11 being ignored. Which, while it m; af be displeasing to Mr. Cary not to y, treated as a gentleman such as hii ie self has a right to expect to be tres ro ed, will hurt the county of Ocon ie far more than the representati' himself. 3S At the last session of the legisl a- ture a bill was passed providing f it rural police for Oconee county. Thr in were to be appointed and as the i- are three members of the Oconee d< it egation it was decided that eai r, member of the delegation shou id recommend one man. a. Accordingly Senator Earle recoi >y mended B. F. uoutnit, Kepresent > tive Harris recommended J. H. M >e son and Representative Cary recoi r. mended H. C. Harbin. The latte l- according to the Keowee *Courif l- held the position of State dispensa sr constable for several years and mai re a splendid officer, is |a. short time after the recomme d dations were sent to the govern is the latter, according to the Keowi )- Courier, wrote Senator Earle as fc i- lows: "Your letter of the 4th i n stant with recommendations for r s. ral policemen received. I am infori ed that Mr. Harbin is a bitter enen Ov mine; in fact he is fighting n every day. I will be glad if you w send me a man in his place." Upon receipt of this letter, Sen v' tor Earle, who is a close friend i ' the governor's, wrote Mr. Cary as ? ing him to make another recomme dation. -Mr. Cary states that unle ) Mr. Harbin voluntarily requests h l~ name withdrawn he will not mal , another recommendation. s And in the meantime the govern* has appointed the men recommend* by Senator Earle and Representati1 Harris. The third man has not y z been named. ? It is clear that the governor w: ^ appoint no man recommended by M Cary unless the latter should recor ^ * J ^ ? * ? ?. ^ ? c V? /wrt/vllon AT'1 IlltJLLU it uieuu yi uio This, we believe, he will refuse ls j do. = Such is the manner of governme 3. we have in this State. u m ie Refused to Resign, p. "The governor's act in attemptii .e to remove me from office is pure h arbitrary, and his statement that tl it condition of the bank was not pu t. lished is false. I shall disregard h 31 order and shall hold the office urn ie ordered by the court to relinquii ;e it." p, This statement was made yeste jf day by B. J. Rhame, State bank e te aminer, following his dismissal 1 :e the governor. Mr. Rhame yesterdi d made his reply to the chief executi1 g on the Lexington Savings bank. ;s Several days ago the governor, ac n ing under his constitutional right, d is manded the report on the conditic h of the Lexington Savings ban which had been filed with the Sta treasurer by Mr. Rhame. The r port was turned over to the governc 5s The governor at the same' time wro a letter to Mr. Rhame charging d u relectioa in duty and threatened dismiss him if he did not give a sa ie isfactory explanation. The reply of Mr. Rhame was se: ie | to the governor yesterday in whi< I Vi a rianlinori tn rPfiien his DOSitiO ;o Mr. Rhame pointed out in his rep d that he had performed his duty 2, accordance with the law and that it was not necessary for him to repo ?r on the condition of banks to the go is ernor. n The governor upon the receipt < the reply wrote a letter dismissii ts Mr. Rhame. it The matter will very probably 1 ie carried to the supreme court, for ?: decision. It is said that Mr. Rhan has employed W. F. Stevenson to d fend his case. MADMAN T1UES TO KILL GORE. Up Blind Oklahoman Has Narrow Escape from Death. *al Waukesha, Wis., March 30.?Senjig ator Gore, of Oklahoma, narrowly esir caped death this afternoon, when a gh crazed Pole, Charles Schomulk, atof tacked him with a club, while the by senator was speaking. The Pole was jit sitting near the stage and in the he midst of the senator's speech sud3, denly leaped to the platform, drawh ing a club from under his overcoat ts, as he jumped, and swung instantly 3,- at the senator's head. ial One of the men on the stage, ag Judge C. Hamlin, was quicker than w- the maniac, however, and knocked ill Schomulk off the stage before the 1. blow landed. The senator, who could no see his danger, was unaware of the incident until later. he ^ Governor and Wife Were Snubbed. ee ,h Chicago, 111., March 27.?Governor an or no governor, it makes no differm ence to the clerks at the Great Nor0f thern Hotel?you can't get a room n_ there for your wife and yourself unless you have baggage. Gov. John Marshall, of Indiana, .v tried it yesterday and failed.. The J j ,n governor and his wife who are making a tour of the West, arrived in [S. the morning and went to the Great Northern. The governor registered. a_ The clerk asked: "Where is your re baggage?" ay "Why, it's at the station. We are l36 only going to be in town a few hours n_ and didn't have it sent to the hotel," Lt_ was the governor's reply. ee "Can't accommodate you." ve Why not? We've got to have a place to wash up." a_ "Well, if you haven't a suite one or room will do." ee The clerk's tone became icy. "We re can't accommodate you, I tell you. jj. This hotel does not accept couples without baggage." 13 "Young man, I'll have you understand that I am the governor of Inn_ diana and that this is my wife,'" the a_ governor fairly shouted as he graspa_ ed Mrs. Marshall by the arm and rushed out of the building, leaving ;r> the astonished clerk before he could ;r> mase a repiy. ry A Welcome Visitor. Judge Clifford Overstreet, of Scren_ ven county, Ga., spent several pleasor ure getting and giving days in town ee last week with relatives and friends, ,1_ after an absence of 47 years. He n_ was born in Barnwell in December, u. 1840, in the O'Bannon residence, afn_ terward owned by the late Mr. E. A iy Bronson and now the property and ie residence of Capt. C. B. Swan. His HI father's family moved to Georgia in 1852. a_ He was in Barnwell last in Feb0f ruary, 1865, wrhen he was a courier of Gen. Joseph Wheeler of Confedn_ erate cavalry fame. He had been ss sent from Fiddle Pond, where Gen. iS Wheeler's force was in battle line, -e with dispatches for the ordnance and wagon trains on the Savannah river. or On his way back to his command he S(j stopped to chat with the ladies of the tre late Mr. C. F. Tobin's family, old et time next door neighbors, when some one told him,that the Federal troops ill were approaching. Thinking that r they would approach from the South n_ and West he rode down the Hagood's mill road and just as he reached the to forks of the road on the East side l.* Vlin nrtryinonmno OOW and ICPfP iiC <?1112 LLIO LUiU^uuxvuu ?M?f MU\? ?> v* ?* Qt seen by the approaching infantry of Stoneman's corps. They were fired at but the shot went wild. Taking the northern road they reached Blackig ville and found the place occupied ly by Union soldiers. Riding through ie their lines he was chased for several b- hours, until he succeeded in escapes ing by dashing across the Edi&to til river over a burning bridge from 3h which several plank had been taken. He succeded in rejoining Gen. !r_ Wheeler and helped to defeat Kilx patrick in the battle at Aiken and t,y thereby the Graniteville cotton mill iy was saved and the capture of Augusta ye prevented. After the battle of Bentonville he was sent with a com>t mand of several hundred to. take care e_ of a raiding force that was endeavor)n ing to get in the rear of Gen Joseph E. Johnston's army. They were in te line of battle when a courier brought e- news of Johnston's surrender. They ,r. were ordered home and were paroled te in Augusta. e_ Judge Overstreet was a school to mate of Messrs. A. P. Manville and t- Alfred Aldrich and his meeting with them was especially happy. Physiot cally and mentally he is as young as ;b they are. He is a nephew of Hon. n. James Overstreet, who was a member ly of congress from this district many in years ago. Among his South Caroit lina relatives are Mrs. Julia B. Easrt terling, the Calhoun families, and v_ Mrs. Hartzog, of Denmark. Judge Overstreet holds the office of of Ordinary of Screven colinty, a pojg sition similar to that of probate judge in this State.?Barnwell Peo 3e Piea 1C See the- new Ford models and write or call on the Ford Sales Co., e" Bamberg, S. C., for catalogue and prices. Stock of cars on hand. "DON'T TALK HIM TO DEATH." v 9 Suicide Leaves Grim Warning for His Wife. Houghton, Mich., April 1.?"Now that you have a chance to get a third husband, for God's sake don't talk him to death." So read a note which Henry Juntunson, a prosperous citizen of Otto Lake, wrote to his wife just before tying a noose about his neck and then sending a revolver shot through his brain. The body was found in a shed. Juntunson was the woman's second husband. Seven children survive him. How Pat Sored on the President. Once when Stuyvesant Fish was president of the Illinois Central Railroad he was sitting in his office looking over reports. The door opened to admit an Irishman clad in jumpers, who, without removing his* hat or taking his pipe out of his mouth, blurted out: "Oi want a pass to St. Louis." President Fish looked up in a mild surprise and inquired: "Who are you?" "Oi am Pat Casey, a switchman in yer yards here." Thinking to teach the man a lesson in politeness President Fish said: "Well, Pat, I will not say that I will refuse your request, but there are certain forms of etiquet that a man shold observe in asking a favor. You should knock on the door, and when bidden to enter you should remove your hat and take your pipe out of your, mouth as you come in. Then* you should say: 'Are you President Fish?' and I would reply: 'Yes, sir; who are you and'what can I do for you?' Then you would reply: 'I am Pat Casey, a switchman in the Illinois Central yards, and I came to * . ask you for a pass to St. Louis.' Now, Pat, you go out and come back in a little while and see if you can't do a little better." Pat withdrew, and about two hours aftewards there was a rap on President Fish's door, whereupon he said: "Come in." The door opened and in walked Pat, hat in one hand and his pipe in the other. "Good marnin'," said he; "an' are yez Mr. Fish, th' president >' ,? of th' Illinois Centhral?" "I am," replied Mr. Fish. "Who n?t 4 are you? . "Oi am Pat Casey, a switchman in th' yards." "What can I do for you, Mr. Casey?" inquired the president. "Yez can go t' hell?I've got a pass over th' Wabash." ' ? Human companionship counts for so much, in this life?but, after all, the sharpest corners are to be turned alone. IP YOU WANT A POLICY On Your Life IX OXE OF THE MOST LIBERAL AXD LARGEST DIVIDEXD DE I CLA RING INSURANCE COMPANIES IN AMERICA, WRITE OR CALL ! Isaac M. Loryea Bamberg, S. C. Office Over Bamberg Herald. Delays Are Dangerous I represent the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, one of the strongest old line companies in existence. Let me show you our many j attractive policy contracts. I also represent the Standard Live Stock . Insurance Co., of Indianapolis. This * is a strong company. Insure your horses and cattle. s , W. MAX WAKLER Ehrhardt, S. C. , IMPORTANT NOTICE. All parties having claims against Dom karar fl/MITltv O TO VlDfohv TinHfied Vvuuw; U4 v MV* WJ that their claims must be filed three days before the county board meets. The board meets the first Monday in each month, - so if you want your claims approved, file them three days before. * J. B. KEARSE, County Supervisor. Bamberg, S. C., April 1, 1912. SPECIAL NOTICE. All parties are hereby warned not to plow into the public roads of the county. This offense is punishable by fine or imprisonment, and viola- . tors of the law will be prosecuted. J. B. KEARSE, County Supervisor. Bamberg, S. C., April 1, 1912. LETTERS DISMISSORY. On Monday, April 15th, 1912, at 11 o'clock a. m., I will file my final account as executor of the estate of Mrs. Charity Steedley, deceased, with Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate of Bamberg county, and will thereupon ask for letters dismissory as such excutor. J. FELDER HUNTER. Bamberg, S. C., March 15th, 1912. * I .... ; 1 ?