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Sit? lambrrg ijrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. = I Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing ofiice which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run dv electric power with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $150; six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts madejor three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions. cards of thanks, and all no tices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications-r-We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, Dec. 12, 1912. In discussing the utterances of the governor .recently at Richmond, the Florence Times speaks of him as a blatant ass. Let us have no disorder in Bamberg during the Christmas holidays. The town authorities should see to it that life and property are protected. ????- ? f The frnvprnnr had been let alone - since the election and he just couldn't stand it. He wants his name in the papers, even if it has to be in P an undesirable way. *N . We thought of course the Blease newspapers would defend the utterances of the governor at Richmond, but so far they have kept silent.^ Really we would like to know what they think about the incident. Why is it that when you say anything good about a map he never sees it in the paper, but criticise him a little and that's the first thing he sees. In other words, the newspaper man never is thanked for the nice things* he says about people- but jumped on for his criticisms of men and measures. Sunday, December 1st, in a sermon at Savannah. Ga., Bishop Wilson, of the 'Methodist Episcopal Church, South, said: "Rome in her worst days never harbored such conditions of vice as are prevalent in our highest.social circles at the present time." Pretty hard on high society, and the worst part is that it is largely true. The city and county authorities ' should look after the sale of cap pistols and giant fire crackers. It is unlawful to sell either of these, yet numbers of the small boys around town have them. We also understand that 22 calibre one shot pistols are being sold in Bamberg to small boys. The authorities should get busy. Now let's all get together and see if we can't see to it that Bamberg celebrates Christmas in a proper manner. This holiday celebrates the birth of the Christ, the Redeemer of mankind, and should not be observed with disorder and lawlessness, but rather in the spirit of prayer and thankfulness for the many blessings x ti-o Viqvo at thp hands of a Divine 'Providence. The press of the country is devoting considerable space to the governor of South Carolina on account of his remarkable statements at the recent conference of governors in Richmond. Those who know the governor are not at all surprised, but it is a pity that his automatic mouth should advertise South Carolina in such a bad light before the country. We wonder what the law-abiding citizens who voted for him (and some did) think of his latest eruption? s Greenwood did pretty well last week for a prohibition county in the matter of lawlessness and crime. We don't think the record of Bamberg for any one week was ever half so bad as that, yet other counties have' been disposed to cite Bamberg county as a horrible example of the lawless spirit now abroad in the land. To our mind, no county in tne state has any room to criticise another. We should all sweep before our own doors before criticising our neighbors. The first woman jury ever sitting in the State of Idaho, last Thursday found a woman guilty of threatening a man with a revolver. * MANIAC WITH BOX OF DYNAMITE Tells Police to Send for Highest Official of Southern Pacific. Armed with an infernal machine containing enough dynamite to destroy an entire city block, a bottle of nitro-glycerine and a 4 5-calibre revolver, a masked maniac took possession of the Central police station in Los Angeles. Cal., and held it for more than an hour, while hundreds of occupants of the building and those for blocks around, panic-stricken, sought safety in distance. When Detective James Hosick knocked the man unconscious with a leather "billy" after slipping up behind him, the fuse of the infernal machine was automatically ignited. Detective Samuel L. Brown grabbed the box with its fuse sharply splut tering and hurled it into the street. Stick of high-powered dynamite scattered over the pavement while hundreds of spectators stood apparently paralyzed by fright. Through a freak of chance there was no explosion and Brown continued kicking the sticks of dynamite and jumping on the fuse until he had broken the connection ad extinguished the fire. Manacled to Cot. Manacled to a cot in the receiving hospital to-night the would-be dynamiter, who ga<re his name as Albert Henry Davis, is suffering with Several severe scalp wounds but the police surgeons say his injuries are not serious. Davis entered the outer office of Chief of Police Sebastian this afternoon. His face and head were completely covered with a grotesque mask and he carried in his arms a large box covered with cloth. The i w^/v/1 n Vl 1 O ohnill - DUX cib bliapycu aiuuuu mo ouv/ui aers and resembled a small hand organ. First startled and then amused by the strange spectacle, Police Sergeant R. C. Hilfe. who suspected a practical joke, asked the man what he wanted. "I've got enough dynamite to blow us all into eternity," he said, "and I want you to send for the highest official of the Southern Pacific Railroad." The masked visitor rested the box on a filing cabinet and Assistant District Attorney R. O. Graham, who was in the office, started joking with him. "This is no joke," said Davis. "I mean business and if you don't believe it try to take this away from me. My hand is fastened in t"his box and if I pull it out bang we all die." Hand in Box. A hole had been cut in the box and the occupants of the room saw for the first time that the man's left hand was hidden in the box. They began to realize that it was no joke. Davis then walked into the office of Police Secretary C. E. Snively, which opens into the private office of Chief Sebastian, and repeated his request that the head official of the Southern Pacific be summoned. Snively asked him if he naa any preference in the man he desired to blow up and he replied that he only wanted the head man. Snively then took down the telephone receiver and pretended to hold a conversation with Paul Shoup, general manager of the Pacific Electric Company. "Mr. Shoup is busy but he will be here in about 15 minutes," said Snively. "Well, he'd better hurry," replied Davis, "I'm getting nervous." In the meantime Chief Sebastian who had had a brief conversation with the man and realized that he was in earnest ordered the street roped off for a block either way and tok" steps to have the 100 prisoners in the city prison removed. Upstairs in the building two justice courts were in session and both court rooms were crowded. Court Rooms Cleared. A detective passed the word to a Pliomhorc'e POllI't [J it 11 i ii ill <JUUgC vuumuvi*' ~ , where a Japanese was having a preliminary examination on a murder charge before a crowd of his countrymen. The bailiff whispered to the judge. "Court's adjourned until 2 p. m. Clear the court room," ordered the judge promptly and there was a rush for the stairway. A similar scene was enacted in Justice Frederickson's court. There was not enough patrol wagons to remove the prisoners from the jail to the Doyle Heights prison and two street cars were sent for. It was an orderly procedure, ana the prisoners were sooiL-<m their way to the East Side guarded by the reserves, who had been called out. Ambulances removed the patients from the city emergency hospital just around the corner from the chief's office. The hospital was crowded with patients injured in last night's fire at the St. George Hotel. Realizing the necessity of keeping the man's attention engaged until the building was cleared and some means devised for foiling his plans, Secretary Snively and the detectives carried on a conversation with him. "Why didn't you go down to the ATHLETES ARRESTED. ! Instructor and Five College Studen Arrested on Serious Charge.' Lexington. Ky., Dec. 9.?E. J Sweetland, for the last two years i structor in athletics at the State Ur versity, and five students were a rested here to-day on warran sworn to by Capt. W. S. Webb, J: former coach of the University teai The arrests grew out of the offi( al investigation of State Fire Mars al Bosworth into the burning of tl private desk of Dean Paul Ande son recently. The men arrested were J. S. Char bers, captain of the 1913 footbz team; V. L. Hall, secretary of tl University Y. M. ?. A.; Thomas Ro inson, manager of the 1913 footb? team; W. C. Wilson, captain of tl 1912 basketball team, and W. Harrison, captain of the 1912 foe ball team. Jury Opened With Prayer. Eldorado, Kas., Dec. 5.?When tl first women's jury in a Kansas cou entered the jury room Friday nig to begin its duties, the twelve pau ed, a trifle uncertain as to the fir move. "I believe we should pray," oi juror said. So the twelve worn* jurors bowed their heads in sile prayer. The jury then organized by elec ir.g Mrs. Hattie E. Riley, its olde member, foreman, or rather "for woman," after which it plunged in a discussion of the case. "It seemed as if all the tweh wemen were talking at once," oi of the jurors confessed to-day. "B we were terribly in earnest. We h<' respected the judge's inctructioi and for three days we had not spok( a word about the case, so naturail there was a good deal to be said." After three hours' deliberation tl twelve women returned a verdi awarding the plaintiff $1,200 dar ages based on the alleged misrepr sentation of a quarter section of lan A year ago the same case, tri< before a jury of men, resulted in hung jiiry. ^ Store at Barnwell Burned. Barnwell, Dec. 10.?Fire brol out in the store of Harley & Weat erbee here to-night at about o'clock, and before the blaze cou be gotten under control the buidii and contents were entirely destro ed. Good work on the part of vc unteer fire fighters saved the opei house, which adjoined the buildin TTT1 -lV _ -c - - ?Z x J \vnen me nre was mst uiswvch smoke was pouring from the doo and windows and there was no ho] of saving the building. It is unde stood that the loss is fully coven by insurance. The figures show that* South Car lina will produce much less cottc this year than last. Southern Pacific and blow up tl man you wanted?" he was asked. Wanted to Do Good Job. "Well," he replied thoughtfully, ' thought the police could handle better and I wanted to do a good jo I might have killed the wrong om otherwise." While the conversation was progress several policemen and new noopoH +V>rrm crh tho rnr?T yapci llJCiX paoov LUiuut,.. vuu 4 A newspaper photographer ev< came in and took a picture of ti man sitting on the chair with the i fernal machine resting on his kne Davis finally asked that everyboc be kept back. "Curiosity has killed lots of pe pie," he said, "and if this thing go off there's going to be a whole 1 of them go up." One of the spectators attracted the scene was J. Randel, a minii man from Chihuahua, Mex. Handel Tastes Dynamite. Randel asked Davis if it was real dynamite in the box. "Yes, and its 60 per cent, sti too," said Davis. "I don't believe it; your are blu: ing," laughed Randel. Davis lifted the cloth cover off tl l^ox which had a glass front and dre out a stick of dynamite. Randel to< it, bit off a piece and tasted it, min fashion. He knew what it was, b dissembled in order to gain time. "That's not dynamite," he sa cont mptuously, "somebody h cheated you." "Light it and see," said Davis. Randel lighted a piece of the dyn mite and it caused a flash. Imm diately the room was cleared of vi itors. While Secretary Snivelv carried < the conversation with the manic Detective Hosick tip-toed from t: outer room which was at Davis's bai and struck him on the head with '"blackjack." The infernal machi! dropped and Detective Brown, w] was at Hosick's elbow, grabbed it. Davis reached in his coat pock and Hosick hit him again and ] ! tumbled to the floor unconscious. The bottle of nitroglycerine ai 1 the revolver were in Davis's insii coat pocket, towards which he h; 1 reached. ;<f"g="="?=" ^ 1 f KLAUBERi I [ \ XMAS OFFERINGS B tie n , n b- II We are showine a number of Xmas |] I Goods especially suitable for gifts for # || 1 jj J Ladies and Gentlemen. Below we If mention a tew special items:::::: | II || LADIES GENTLEMEN [ : II Hand Bags at 50c to $7.50 ?gg || , ;t- i Shoes, per pair 75c to $2.50 Suspenders, pr. 50c to $1.00 ' ' \ * Handkerchiefs, each 25c to $1.50 Fancy Vests, $1.50 to $5.00 = f*'-1.??,'Si SB . atB Furs, per set $5.00 to $67.50 Belts, each 50c to $1.50 H ? Silk Hose, per pair 50c to $2.50 Ties, each 25c an^ 50c y, let ; AO Ladies Suits and Coats to close out at cost ; ?- f I Special prices on Men's Fine Suits and Overcoats r I I in a imtinin I 11 MAUBfcK l> ?iM' | ; 11 """ 11 rs BBARS AND THEIR WAYS. with a noose laid around a piece of O. M. CALVERT KILLED. 4 ?e blubber in a hole and captured and t r_' Popular Ideas About Bruin Family j packed in one operation by hauling Prominent Farmer of Greenwood >d that are Only Half True. j them into casks and coopering them. County Met Death by a Neighbor. i Their love of sweet things is the un Many of the conventional ideas as j doing of other bears. They will go Greenwood, Dec. 7.?Mr. O. M. o- to bears have endured from periods i int0 box traps and fall traps after Calvert, a prominent farmer of the long antedating the investigations of honey, or fasten their heads in a nail- Callison section of Greenwood counnaturalists. Certain of these ideas studded molasses barrel while suck- ty, was shot by Mr. J. T. "Hollings- " ^ are absurd; others have a founda- jng the syrup. In some parts of the worth, at an early hour yesterday tion in tact. world they commit such havoc while morning, near his home, and cliea ' It is a fact that the representative in search of fruit that cultivators this afternoon about 1 o'clock. Impolar bear of the greatest strength, are obliged to spread bird lime for mediately after the unfortunate af- . v courage and feroctfy has a yellowish them. fair Mr. Hollingsworth came to the b coat, and that the pure white coat, as Catlin, an authority on the ani- city, surrendered to the sheriff and es a general rule, is a mark of coward- mal, once said, "a man lying down is now in jail. The weapon used ice. It is difficult to account for this was medicine to a grizzly, although it was a shotgun, the load taking efin fact, unless it be ascribed to some is a well-known fact that these feet in the face and chest. s_ taint of albinism, which is almost in- monsters of from 80 to 1,000 pounds | According to a statement made by n variably accompanied by weakness weight will attack any man or horse j Hollingsworth to Sheriff McMillan, and degeneracy in an animal. It has fhey come across." This characteris- | this afternoon there had been bad " ' x ^ *- I hinnH hptwppn him and the man he * been pointed out tnai mere must tic repugnance 10 iuucu auvunug i ? ? Q. have been a time in the dim past dead or motionless seenjs to indicate j killed for some time. This morning 4 ,e when a single type of bear living on that primarily the bear was a fruit-! he and Mr. Frank Luquire were jy a mixed diet of flesh and fruit,-to eating beast. This has become an ; passing the home of Calvert when which polar bears in captivity speed-1 accepted tenet of natural history be- j the latter came out into the road 0_ ily adapt themselves, the lighter and j f0re the discovery of the offal-eating ' with a shotgun and ordered Luquire es more speedy of these animals would j polar bear.' i to get out of the buggy. Hollingsot tend to go northward, finding food j -Bear talk" was always considered ! worth states that Calvert jumped belater in the autumn than the others. ,.o.00d medicine" bv the* Indians. If' hind a larSe tree as he made this t0 and mating together before their a bear biock d their path, they ad- comniand. Later the gun was levelIg winter torpor. Thus they would pro- dressed him politely, reminding him ! ed 011 the defendant, but Hollingsduce the highly specialized type cf their common brotherhood, prais- j worth was t0? Quick and fired first. "which cannot climb trees, but, in- ing his nobility and requesting him | ^oad sll0t entered the ly stead, is wonderfully adapted, with kipdly tQ allow them an unmolested i man's face and chest aud [t was soon its hair-soled feet, to scramble over passage This, it is said, he fre- discovered that his chances for relff ice. and with its long, lithe body qUently did for, being by nature in-1 covery were hopeless. . ? !? 1 - - . ? i Hollinasworth stated that he had ana sinuous mnus to swui iuus uio- offensive, tne son accents aia not uis-j ff. tances or spring upon-its prey, the turb him> and s0 he would g0 on his ; his shotgun leaning on the foot of seal. way , j his buggy and he grabbed it to protie In captivity/no bears hibernate. To Some naturalists contend that I tect himself as s00n as he saw ^al>w the polar bear winter brings a dis- bears do not "hug," while others con- j ver^ approaching. 5k inclination for baths; to the Malay tend that, with the exception of the Calvert was regarded as one of er or Himalayan, kept indoors, it makes Polar bear, they do. It is sometimes j mos^ progressive farmers of his ut no difference; but the black and asserted that the bear never walks i section tbe count}. He was well brown bears of both sexes eat spar- naturally on his hind legs, but this! known in Greenwood where he came id ingly at intervals, and sometimes statement is incorrect. Bears often J verj ?^en 011 business, as sleep for two or three days together walk on two legs after descending a i Hollingsworth is a >oung man bein their dens at this time. In their tree, and they have been seen delib-J tween 25 and 30 jears of age. He i j -ahours i--n aconma on nnricrhottitiirip l bas been employed as rural mail car Wild S lei LtJ LXie UlcKJK <11111 uiunu uvuih ci aicij iu uwuiuv ccxx XA uv..v?. j a- choose 'a cave or hollow tree, and in order to toss an object. The same j rier* e- there the trapper seeks them for their statement applies to their wrestling, is- pelts and for their abundant grease, since they engage in the most strenu- "The president of the -university The discolored snow around the small ous contests of this kind, in which seems to look with considerable tol:>n hole kept open by the animal's hugging plays a prominent part. An [ eration on those who can t pass the ic, breathing does not escape the trap- approved "half Nelson" often finishes j entrance examination.' he per's practiced eye, nor the scratch- the good-natured bout. Bears have j "Yes; he admits that he couldn t ?k pri trpp trunks where the black bear been held to be dull and foolish. In j?p3ss it himself."?Kansas City Jour- ^ a has scrambled up to lie hitmen in the Xorse and Russian folk tales they j nal. ne some hollow, perhaps 40 feet above, are the butts of the peasant or of the I ? bo This mild-mannered and indolent fox. But few animals, except mon- | bears from Britain, and the sport can beast, which seeks only to turn and keys, are so intelligent. None play I be traced in England to the conquest et sleep again, falls an easy prey to the so well together, none learn untaught or beyond. Queen Elizabeth was so be hunter. But the brown bear of Eu- so many tricks and none are so sus- fond of the sport that, by an order rope and the grizzly of America are ceptible to education. Bears, too, in council, she prohibited "plays to id roused to fury when disturbed. have a sense of humor. be performed on Thursdays because de There are various ways of taking Few sports have had such a great bear baiting and such pastimes had id or "turning" the bear. Polar bears, and extended popularity as bear bait- usually been practiced."?New York both young and old, are often taken ing. The Romans imported their Press. j ' .