The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 11, 1912, Page 8, Image 8

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lamhrrg i|?ralii Fh ch Thursday, April 11,1912 mc SHORT LOCALS. _ an Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. we Easter hats and dresses were much rp j in evidence in Bamberg last Sunday. act Bamberg is growing along all lines all the time, and yet some of our people do not seem to realize it. ^ Mr T w Kinard announces his candidacy for magistrate at Ehr- C0] hardt in this issue. sw Cloth bound novels, $1.50 editions, tre only 25 cents at The Herald Book Store. All late editions. Mr. J. Ruben, of this city, and Miss B. Pesken, of-New York city, will be married in Charleston next D Tuesday. , ' 11> There was a large crowd in town l6 last Saturday shopping, and our mer- eS{ chants report a most satisfactory fuj business for that day. f0I The Home Mission Society of Trin- of ity Methodist church gave an egg pa; hunt to the Mite Box Brigade on the an< lawm of the church last Saturday af- Th ternoon. da; See the new ad. of the Ehrhardt Hardware Co. in this issue. This concern is now under new management anH naprips a full assortment ^?, ? ? an( of goods in their line. cit. The Carlisle Fitting School gave holiday from last Friday until m( Wednesday of this week, on account ge< of Easter. Many of the students wa spent the holidays at their homes. thi Reports from all over the coun- yea ty are to the effect that the farmers ma are hard at work preparing for this wa year's crop. They are making up for Sh< lost time on account of the long con- Th ynued wet weather. no< Last week Jones Bros, sold Mr. J. m0 Felder 'Hunter the fast trotting rie horse, "Mazeppa." He is a brown wr horse, with a lot of style, being one tor of the handsomest animals seen wh around here recently. re2 Master Charlie Moye entertained a number of his friends Tuesday afternoon in celebration of his 11th ( birthday. A number of little boys gea and girls were present, and they had a most delightful afternoon. ^ Freight receipts at Bamberg con- at tinue to increase. The amount of an( money received at the depot for wa freight last week was the largest of an( any week in the history of the road. ter One day the receipts for freight alone jja amounted to over $900. em Our merchants report a much bo( more satisfactory spring business lun this season than last year, in fact as ing a rule the merchants of this city are net doing a great deal more business this wa: year, and it is for cash, too. The wh town is extending its shopping ter- bea ritory all the time. We know all our readers will read ?t?/1 nnnromoto lottop ftf Pnl T _T auu CVMpi VVlUbV VUV AWVV* V*. . ?r . ] Counts, of this city, which we republish from last week's Barnwell Peo- Lie cf o pie. Age has not changed the colonel's interest in the farmers or lo^ aid anything that pertains to the welfare of the people of his county. gra she The handsome residence of Mr. S. .. tin A. Hand is rapidly nearing comple- CQr tion, and he expects to occupy it be- itg fore very long. Mr. B. W. Simmons is preparing to erect a handsome Tll( home on Railroad Avenue, and Mr. ma A. M. Brabham will no doubt build k a nice residence next door to Mr. ma Simmons. ^ We are sure that every farmer reader will thank Col. T. J. Counts j for his thoughtful and timely letter of advice and encouragement. His love for the people of his old home giv county is as undimmed in the golden the afternoon of his years as it was in daj its bright, strong morning.?Barnwell the People. ' urn The Heyward school taught by Miss Viola Shuler, will give an en- 001 tertainment and picnic on Saturday, bes April 20th. In the morning there Pla will be exercises by the children, af- in? ter which Prof. Shealy, of the Ehr- val hardt high school, also Rev. J. C. en1 Whittaker, will make addresses. Everybody is invited to come and tax bring well-filled baskets. Kg/ A very delightful occasion was the tai informal bridge party given on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. H. H. Cope- uir COl land in honor of her guest, Mrs. LeRoy Hankinson, of North Au- a ! gusta. The parlors were most attractive in their decorations of cut flowers and pot plants, and a de- ^ lightful salad course was served. Mrs. Hankinson, the guest of honor, was presented with a handsome parasol. ne As a result of the competitive ex- g animation held some time ago by Postmaster Murphy for a rural car- da rier on Route No. 1, to succeed Mr. eX( E. F. Free, who had resigned, Mr. ctl J. A. Mitchell has received the ap- wa pointment and will enter upon his po J ?x- f fV>io TY-* f\TS f Vl \f T* . . UUlltJS 1 lit? iilLU U J. iui>) rnuuvu. 1U1. E. D. Felder, the substitute, who th( has been carrying the mail since Mr. t0 Free's resignation, continues as Sub- ^ stitute carrier. - Dr. S. J. McLeod, of Jacksonvil a., will preach at the Bapt urch in this city next Sund >rning at eleven o'clock. He w :o deliver an address on Mason turdav night, if a meeting can -anged for. Notwithstanding the very b ather of the last few months, t iding of the Bamberg-Ehrhar lroad is practically completed. ( ?ount of so much water in t amps these were skipped and wo now going on in them. Ties ha an placed over a considerable pa the line, and track laying will soi mmence. The work in the ti amps will be finished and t sties built as soon as possible. U. D. C. Meeting. The regular April meeting of t' ancis Marion Bamberg Chapter ^ VIA TIovt TuPcHav tJ V>>. Will UC UC1U UVAI. A , .. th, at 4:30 with Mrs. J. B. Hunt* t every member revive her int ; in chapter work with this beau 1 spring weather. The programr this meeting will be on the batt Shiloh, and some most interests pers will be read. A full atten ce of the members is requeste e chapter will observe memori y the 10th of May. Aged Negro Woman Dead. '.'Maum" Daphne Battey, an ag< I respected colored woman of th y, died last Saturday night abo give o'clock. Her death was caus< irally by old age. She had be< ;ting weaker for some time. SI s no doubt the oldest person s Dart of the country, being 11 irs of age. She had the perfe nners of the old-time slave, ai s well liked by the white peopl 5 leaves a number of descendant e burial took place Sunday afte Dn. We have asked J. A. Nir ns, the colored barber, who ma d one of her grand-children, ite us something of her life hi y, and he will no doubt do s ich will be of much interest to o* iders. Whist Party. 3ne of the prettiest affairs of tl .son was given last Monday nig! Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Riley, wh< ly entertained 40 of their frien< whist in honor of Mrs. Hankinsc 1 Miss Copeland. The Riley hon s beautiful in palms, cut flower 1 ferns. Miss Hays and Mr. Ca held the highest scores and Mi: ys received a beautiful han broidered waist and Mr. Carter >k. A delightful three couri icheon was served. The charr ; hostess was lovely in a whi evening gown; Mrs. Hankinsc s beautifully gowned in pin ile Miss Copeland was a girk ..1+TT in o airanintr frTknlr k VI IJ1 1U U i VU V * VUiUQ 1.4 vv?* Kind Words for The Herald. [n a private letter to the edito ut. D. Graham Copeland, no tioned at Troy, N. Y., has the fo ring to say of The Bamberg He : "Allow me to extend my co] filiations on your most excellei >et. As the years go by it co: ues to improve and meet the ne iditions of the times, still showir right, in my opinion, to be calle i best town paper in the South ese kind words, coming from n of the extensive travel ar jwledge of Lieut. Copelan kes them very deeply appreciate us. Hale Quartette Monday Night. rhe Otterbein male quartette wi e a concert at the auditorium < ( Carlisle Fitting School on Mo: j evening, April 15. This will 1 > last regular number on the lyc i course for the season, rhe Otterbeins have a splend """"" " i>onl7 qc nno n f tl Liy<XU.J auu xauxv uw - rt male quartettes on the lyceu .tform. In addition to their sin ; they are bell-ringers. This adi :iet,y, novelty and charm to the tertainment. The school auditorium ought to 1 :ed to its capacity to accommoda i crowd on Monday night, not on ;ause it will be a splendid ente nment but also because the lyc l management this year will lo isiderable money on the course ?ood audience is not present. CHAUFFEUR NOT TO BLAME. arleston Coroner's Jury Exonerat Driver of Automobile. Charleston, April 9.?At the cor r's inquest to-day, the chauffeur W. Hughes, whose touring c led little Adell Abrahams yest< y afternoon on King street, w onerated from all blame. T anffenr, Joseph Harper, a negi is declared to have exercised < ssible effort in preventing the i lent and that he was not speedi e machine. The accident is sa have been caused by the child ru ag into the machine, rather th e machine running her down. le, New Advertisements. ist ay J. A. Hunter?Repaint Your Furniill ture. ry The Millinery Store?Beauty and be Comfort. Rentz & Felder ? Interwoven ad Socks. he J H. Kinard?Candidate's Card. ^ E. C. Hays?Long Staple Cotton "*n Seed, he rk Klauber's?Special Bargains at ye Klauber's. Lrt Pastime Theatre?Live Baby Given on Away. vo N. J. Padgett?por saie. G. Frank Bamberg?Perfection in Carriages. Ehrhardt Hardware Co.?Hardware. be Sam Lovinbein?Special Free OfU. fer. he A. M. Brabham?Lost. H. G. Delk?For Sale. irti_ Big Bankrupt Sale. Qe Peoples Drug Co.?The Rexall ie Store. ig Working on the Roads. The county is spending the coma* mutation tax by hiring an overseer in each township who works a gang of hands on the public roads. Mr. H. J. Bellinger :is the overseer in ; this township. The overseer is paid is $2.00 a day and the hands $1.00 a i day. We understand that something 5(j like $1,200 will be received in this ?n township from the commutation tax, ie of which $500 has already been spent in on the roads. We believe the of[5 ficials would have secured better rect suits had they used this tax or a i 1(j large part of it in building a few e> miles of first-class highways out from s the court house, instead of spending r. a portion of the money in each townn_ ship. It is the idea of the county T_ board to spend on the roads in each 1 township the money paid for road s_ purposes by the township. < ?' Say Beach Will Come Back. , ir New York, April 9.?Frederick O. Beach, the broker and society man, who is charged with attempting to kill his wife and who, with Mrs. ie Beach, is now in London, will return ht ' ' to this country to meet the charges in against him, according to a statement *s made to-night ^by the law firm of )n Nichol, Anabel, Lindsay and Fuller, ie of this city. The statement follows: , 8* "Mr. Beach, accompanied by his r" wife, went abroad on the 3rd ins:., . eg / J intending to return about the first of June. The trip was made for his , o 0 tt'1 fn'o Vioo IfVi TViav intonH +r> mflkp fl I T1 O U^aiVU* X T AAAVVMVk vvr ap ^ short stay in London, and then join . Q~ friends on the continent. We are aute thorized to say that Mr. Beach will ; >n return in ample time to meet the pre- ' | posterous charge against him. In the ' meantime, the public may be trusted to see the cruel absurdity of the 1 whole proceeding." Spartanburg Lad Drowned. ' r, J w Spartanburg, April 8.?Johnny 1 1- Waldrop, the seven-year-old son of r_ Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Waldrop, of No. 41 Beaumont avenue, was drowned ] in the Beaumont mill pond about 3 1 a~ o'clock this afternoon. w Johnny and his nine-year-old ' lS brother climbed over the low fence ( surrounding the pond in order to play 1 " on the shore. Johnny threw a board ! a into the water, as he did so his foot 1 ld slipped and he fell in. The water ( close to the shore was supposed to be 1 only two or three feet deep, but ] proved to be ten feet deep. When the little fellow disappeared 1 his brother ran screaming to the mill 1 office, a telephone message was sent 1 ^ to a physician who soon arrived. ' About 30 minutes after the boy fell 1 n- - - ? ' in his body was recovered. rne 3e physician pronounced life extinct. ' The body will be sent to Landrum ' at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, ' and the the funeral will be held there 1 10 ' immediately after the arrival, m ^ i g" BATTLE WITH MANIAC, is ______ ] !*r Louisville Policemen Fight for Their lives. be te Louisville, Ky., April 9.?Cooped up in a room with a giant negro !r" maniac, two policemen battled for e_ their lives here to-day and when the ' se negro finally fell dead with five bul- : lets in his body, the officers were covered with blood and nearly prostrat-. ed. The negro, William Landrum., was over six feet tall and weighed nearly es 300 pounds. He recently was released from an asylum, but became violent again to-night. o- am . y-w T t snot uver cuuuiy uiiie. ar _____ ir- Bainbridge, Ga., April 9.?J. E. as Sullivan, son of a Baptist minister, he died this afternoon as the result of '0, a pistol wound inflicted by Emory ill Harrell at Vada, Ga. The slayer ic- stood in Decatur and Sullivan fell in ng Mitchell county. A surveying party tid to-day sought to determine which in- county has jurisdiction, an Sullivan recently cut his throat in an attempt at suicide. WEST INDIAN WITCHCRAFT. Obeah Doctor Wrought Demonstration That Convinced. Those who are turning longing eyes in the direction of the West Indies at this season of the year hoping to escape the rigors of our winter climate, will not find on the announcements of the tourist agencies one of the most interesting attributes of those balmy islands. While everybody who has been to the-islands has heard of the "jumbies" mentioned, it is only those who have stayed for some length of time = and become acquainted with the natives who will have had a chance to see their Obeah doctors with their offensive personalities, which, once ^ seen, are never to be forgotten. ^ The owner of a large sugar cane a plantation?a very sensible, well in- 11 tentioned Englishman?had very lit- ^ tie faith in the superstitions of the blacks, although he frankly admitted that he was at a loss how to confute them. One morning, an hour af- ^ ter his help had gathered in the r< fields, he sought out a traveler whose acquaintance he had made, and to whom he had spoken of some of the e< peculiarities of farming as practiced 0: in that section. P 11 "You are familiar with Obeahism u and its practices already," he began, s< "and you know that our 'quashees' 81 call persons who have had the jumbies set upon them very dangerous to tl have around or to be made associates, k Well, let me tell you the predicament a: that I find myself in this morning r< through my determination to ignore 01 our local superstitions and act ac- ft cording to the mandates of a white man's nature. 0 "Some time ago a woman came to n: me with a pitiful story. She said she ci had become the victim of some un- fi known enemy, and that the Obeah b doctor had set the jumbies upon her. P< Am oViq mont micfnrtiir>A nr>_ 3.] CiVCl / nugig ouv nvub UA4W&W* ~ companied her. All with whom she came in contact shunned her, so that fi she could obtain no work on the is- C land and was in danger of starving, tl Almost against my judgment I hired si her, thinking that perhaps among e: the large number of 'quashees' that fii I employed in my fields that she n might not be noticed. is "This morning I discovered my error, for I was waited upon by a dele- D gation of my laborers, who told me u 3trange stories of what was going on ai In my fields. According to their re- t< citals, which I did not then wholly be- w lieve, snakes were jumping out of the cane brakes in alarming' numbers, D the sickles were turning in the hands tl of the cane cutters and injuring E them; queer insects, some deadly n poisonous, were hopping about the a: ground, and showers of stones were ir rising ffom the earth at intervals A and bombarding them. ai "The story seemed preposterous, g< but the annoyance had assumed h< alarming proportions, and they be- w lieved it to be wholly due to the qi hoodooed woman whom they had dis- si povered to be working beside them.' n< "With a desire to see for myself t what condition my hands were in I ir mounted my horse and rode around pi the fields trying to calm the blacks, p] who had stopped work and were loit- I ering in groups on the edge of the w :ane talking over the situation. Three le dt four times my horse shied as a bi snake sprang out of the brakes, and w twice he pricked up his ears as a it creature entirely unknown to me, but ci resembling an iguana, ran across his p] path. m "Then, to my surprise, I was hit on ct the back by a stone that rose directly cc from among the cane, and as it fell i to the ground I sprang off my horse F: and picked it up. It was a round w in/1i(ronf?tc /"? thiff PrtTintrV. oi L uun, 1IUI liiUigguvuu bv w , ttj and as I raised it several drops of water exuded from it and trickled 6i Sown my fingers. I turned it over, gi and on one side was a rude cross? iE made by a piece of chalk apparently n( ?but it could not be effaced even by energetic rubbing. "What did you do after that very a1 practical demonstration?" asked the ^ planter's tourist friend. ^ "Discharged the woman! There S? was no help for it. I had to get my g. 'quashees' back into the field and my can cut. Now all is peace. The g snakes and insects have disappear- g( ed. My hands heaped the mystic stones in a pile at one corner of the field from whence they have not jumped. I turned- my attention to finding the Obeah doctor, who was si doubtless hidden somewhere in the w brakes, but that was a hard thing to R do in such a growth of foliage and I had no such good luck."?New York "w Times. N ? h In his testimony before the legis- g lature dispensary investigating com- a mittee Mr. F. H. Dominick said he o felt he had a right to use a free "w railroad pass and charge the State mileage for the number of miles he ii traveled to attend the meetings of b the dispensary winding-up commis sion, of which body he had been ap- ti pointed a member by Gov. Blease. Many will not agree with Mr. Dom- n inick in this position.?Orangeburg c; Times and Democrat. ' o rw BAKING Abso/u The only Baki from Royal Gra| NO ALUM, NO Hon. Xeal Dow, ,v Neal Dow was so fortunate as to ave his lot cast in pleasant places, [e came in 1804 to bless the hearts nd lives of English parents who lade their home in Portland, Maine1 ie State which has had a prohibi>ry law longer than any other State 1 the union. A splendid argument for putting lings that are harmful out of the *ach of people was made by him hen only six years of age. His ither possessed a large, old-fashiond silver watch, so large that it hung n the wall instead of being in his Hut nf childish PiiriositV le "ticker" was taken down and irutinized?when lo! it dropped, 1 lppose, and broke. A rebuke fol>wed. Neal then told his father aat the watch should have been ept out of his reach. What better rgfiment can be advanced than that jlative to the putting aside?even ut of our reach?all things harmll? Let us not forget the social side E Mr. Dow's life. While a young tan he affiliated himself with a so:al institution called the "volunteer re department." At one of their anquets, a man who was not a arty to Mr. Dow's excellent temperQce views proposed this toast, Brandy and water, water for the re and brandy for the firemen." hief Dow responded wittily and, at le close of his speech, made this atement, "Brandy and water; water Ktinguished the fire and brandy the remen." Influenced by this godly tan, the fire department finally ban ihed wine from their spreads. Long before this, however, Mr. ow and his sister put their veto pon its use at their table. It was 3 common too, for folk in that day > serve wine at their meals as it as to have chocolate and coffee. Be it said to his credit that Mr. ow was at all times the friend to lose who needed a strong friend, ver a friend to those who suffered tost because 6f the dreadful use ol Icoholic liquor was he. A striking icident regarding this is told of him, n acquaintance came to him once ad asked him to use his efforts to et a liquor dealer to refuse to sell er husband strong drink. Mr. Dow ent to the man and made his reaest known unto him with the relit that some facts, which should ot have existed, were thrust in his teth. We learn that Mr. Dow said t regard to the occurrence: "Surrised, disappointed, indignant, *1 relied to the effect that sooner or later would see that he and all like him ere driven from the community unss they abandoned their infamous usiness. The incident affected me ith vital force. As I reflected upon as only one of the thousands of ises into which it might be multilied, with a product of misery to so iany helpless women and innocent lildren, I became more strongly mvinced that my duty was clear, resolved to try and discharge it. rom that day I have followed it ith such strength of body, mind id purpose as God has given to me." Mr. Dow was a temperance work and speaker not only in the United tates but in England also. -Strong i the fixed belief that total abstiance was right he set himself to *ht the monster?rum?legally. Miss Willard thought it would .be a appropriate thing for the National J. C. T. U. to celebrate his birthday. !e now commemorate the anniveriry of his birth as Prohibition Rally ay. What a priceless heritage did this rand old man leave to the rising enerations! B. L. B. Beach to Be Brought Back. Augusta, Ga., April 9.?When the :atement of the New York attorney as read to him to-night, Solicitor .. L. Gunter, of Aiken, said: "We have not decided yet just hat steps will be taken to bring [r. Beach back from Europe, bul e will be brought back. I have not one as fully into that as I want tc nd until I have studied that feature f the situation more carefully 3 'ould not like to make a statement." The Aiken county authorities are isistent that Mr. Beach will be rought to trial. Col. D. S. Henderson has been relined to represent Beach. C. Oliver Iselin made the statelent this afternoon that he had abled Mr. Beach to return to this ountry at once. . * 1 ?. V* 7% J* y *'* VALl\ POWDER iely Pure ng Powder made jieCream ofTartar i LIME PHOSPHATE EDITOR'S WIFE KILLS HIM. * * i Poor Fellow Found in Bathtub With Four Stab Wounds in Breast. i New York, April 7.?Walter J. , Snyder, 27 year old, managing edi tor of the periodical, Sport of the i Times, was found dead in the bath 1 ^ tub of his apartments in St. Nicholas ' ^ ; avenue to-day "with four stab wounds i near his heart, when his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Snyder, called two bell boys T \ into the rooms. Mrs. Snyder was ar rested and charged with homicide. ; According to the police, Mrs. Snyder i said she was holding a pair of seven' inch scissors in her hand when her 1 husband attempted to embrace her ! and the scissors accidentally pene trated his body. r When Snyder's body was found it * was unclothed and the police discovered hanging on a clothes line in the kitchen a union suit having three holes in it. The suit had been washed. Solicitor Henry Sounds Warning. > Solicitor J. K. Henry, who, accord- 1 ing to Judge Ernest Gary, has no su- I i -n fVilo Q+ara aa a 1 , 1V1 1U I^VMVV WW M WV**V?VW?| . has issued a note of warning that I will be of immense interest to a great many counties in South Caro, lina where petitions are being cir- > * culated among the people calling for J an election to be held at the general election this fall en the dispensary , 1 , question. He said that he desired to * | , sound ? note of warning against mix. ing liquor with the general electioa There is being circulated, so he has heard, a petition ot vote at the general election on the reestablishment ( of a dispensary in Chester county. ( "This will be a terrible mistake/' , , said Mr. Henry, "because everybody . . votes Democratic and Republican at the general election. It means that the liquor interests will have an op- *3 , portunity to get some negro votes on this question, and gradually this interest will see that the negro is re, gistered in order to vote him at the , general election. ' '^-3 "To mix a vote on liquor with our ^ general election is the most danger' ous move made in this State for many years. It will prove the begin- \ p ning of the end to undisturbed white 5 supremacy. i "Two years ago I predicted, from signs that I saw in the political sky, * -j , that this move would be made. The only safe thing to do is tcr refuse to sign such a petition for such an election except during an off election ) ^ year. This liquor question should be kept clear of our politics." / SPECIAL NOTICES. / Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. * For Sale.?Barred Plymouth Rock > Eggs for hatching, fifteen for $1.00. J. M. GRIMES. For Sale.?One milch cow; will give 2 gallons milk, good qualities. Apply 10 ?1. lj. UHi-Lil*.. For Sale.?Several nice Jersey milch cows with young calves. Will ^ ^sell reasonable. N. J.^ PADGETT, ? Bamberg, S. C. Lost, Strayed or Stolen.?One mouse colored mare mule. Reward if returned to A. M. BRABHAM, , Bamberg, S. C. For Sale.?Fine White Plymouth i Rock eggs, from $1.00 to $1.50 per setting. Apply to J. D. FELDER, ^ Bamberg, S. C., P. O. Box 136. For Sale.?Farm, two miles Ehrhardt; 8-room house, barn, stables, j other out buildings; good condition; j ' good water. JOE. L. HIERS, Ehr- 9 J i hardt, S. C. * ^ For Sale.?One Leonard Cleanable refrigerator, porcelain lined. i Capacity 100 pounds. Will sell cheap. Also a stair carpet, extra good quality. A. W. KNIGHTf Wanted.?To buy stock in either Bamberg Banking Company or Peo' pies Bank.' Address in writing only to "W.'y care Bamberg Herald, ^ stating number of shares offered and \ lowest cash price. ^ Long Staple Cotton Seed.?I have ^ a quantity of long staple cotton seed for sale. This cotton sold for sixteen ' cents a pound last season. Lots ten > bushels $L00; above 75 cents. E. ; C. HAYS, BamDerg, s. u. , * For Sale: The H. J. Brabham ^ * home place. The lot contains about \4 1 three acres. Has a good eight-room \ house on it, artesian well, swimming pool, fish pond and all kinds of out- \ buildings. 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. 5 ADELLE J. BRABHAM or H. - J. BRABHAM, JR., Bamberg, S. C, ? < V - , ^ * V*^ ^ 'V ' '-V f '