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Shf Bamberg lirralii ? - ? ? ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. \Y. KNIGHT, Editor. Published every Thursday in The; Herald building, on Main street, in: the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing < office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole * ? in inuaat. equipment reyiescunufe au iu<vw? ment 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 i?+ o n'nrH i n cortinn Iieail, X V-CUl, a. nuiu ..V.? Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?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, Jan. 2, 1913. The people of Bamberg are to be congratulated on the quiet and orderly conduct of the holidays. There ormiri ho nniv rmp criticism, and that is there was too much noise on Main street Tuesday night and Wednesday when lots of fireworks were exploded. But there were no accidents or unpleasant incidents, everybody was in -a good humor, and everything passed off nicely. If city council would just forbid the exploding of fireworks on Main street during the holidays, Bamberg would be as quiet as Thanksgiving during Christmas. Fewer Beef Cattle. Chicago, Dec. 28.?Fewer cattle by 2S 1,2 9 8 have been received at the Chicago stock yards this year than in T911, according to figures announced. Despite this fact, more money was paid for beef during 1912 than in 1911 by "$3,282,735. The total paid out this year was $183,488,909. Three reasons are given for the increased price of beef. The Western States did not raise as many cattle as usual, owing to droughts farmers turned their pastures in wheat fields and the demand for beef increased. It was explained that the population fn the United States in the last 20 years has increased 20 per cent, while the increase in catV. r\ r. Knan nnlv fi nor" cie pruuuvkiuu jtxcis uccu uui; v i cent. Beef exports fell off this year, owing to the big home demand. In 1911 there were 47,000 cattle exported from the Chicago yard, compared with 23,000 this year. Prevent Convicts Entering Georgia. Atlanta, Dec. 28.?Gov. Brown said he will make investigation to ascertain whether the State of Georgia can prevent exiled, undesirable citizens of the State of South Carolina from settling in Georgia. "I do not know," said the governor, "whether anything can be done, but it is my opinion that nothing can be done so long as any of the convicts who may move to this State conduct themselves in honorable and upright manners and maintain a standard of good citiznestrp." Gov. Brown criticised Gov. Blease fr%r roit?a<;in<r nrisoners on conditions which relieve his own State of the duty of keeping vigilance over them t and not only places that necessity on neighboring States, but at the same time places in jeopardy the lives and property of the citizens of these States. "Such action on the part of Gov. Blease," continued Gov. Brown, "I think is, to say the least, one of great impropriety." Liquor Sales Increase. Columbia, Dec. 28.?That the sales by the dispensaries in the seven counties of the State retaining the system will almost equal the sales by the old State dispensary saystem was \ the statement made to-day by M. H. Mobley, State dispensary auditor. It is expected that the report for the year, which will be issued in a few days, will show the total sales to be nearly $3,000,000. The total sales each vear for the State dispensary averaged about $3,000,000. In the opinion of Dispensary Auditor Mobley, the large sales are accounted for the purchases by citizens of dry counties. The total sales by the county dispensaries last year amounted to over $2,500,000. The dispensaries will be opened in Union county at an early date. ATTEMPT TO CORRUPT POLICE, j I Columbia's Blind Tigers Busy, Says : 1 Mayor Gibbes. Columbia. Dec. HO.?Charges that j an apparent effort is being made to- j t wards disorganization of the local j c police, at the bottom of which are j t "influential lawbreakers," and that 11 a Pinkerton detective told him that i g i "blind tigers" had reported to him \ x that they tried to "fix" Chief of Po- j c lice Cathcart fair week for $1,000 ! I i not to molest them, were made in a | letter read before city council this i morning by Mayor Gibbes. The may- c or asked for a captain to assist the a chief in his duties. The following is i the letter in full: r "The City Council, Columbia, S. C.?Gentlemen: "As has been ap- c parent for some time, there seems to j r have been a concerted effort made j s towards the disorganization of the j c police force of the city of Columbia. J f Influential lawbreakers and their j t friends have been very instrumental j 1 in this and as much as any one thing j s which is responsible for it was a e statement of a member of city coun- \ cil, when one of the policemen was t brought up for violating police rules and the laws of the city, that 'if he had been in the policeman's place j he would have done the same thing.' t This spread among the men until the ( offence has been repeated and one ( member of the force has just been c indefinitely suspended for a similar offence of a more serious nature, while another of the same kind is t now being investigated. < "A Pinkerton detective, when in | f Columbia on special duty for the po- ( lice department, made a complete in- f vestigation of things and reported, ? after ingratiating himself with the j 'blind tigers,' that their leaders had ? told him that they tried to fix Cath- j ^ cart for fair week for $1,000, but t that he was too big a fool to take it. ^ He also reported that the 'blind ti- j gers' told him that there were mem- c ? bers of the force from whom they could get information if they could not get it from the chief. "The chief's only faults in the eyes 1 of good people are the facts that he has not popular manners and that he is a little slow sometimes in putting orders into effect. On these two 1 points I am constantly endeavoring' ] to bring about improvement and an 3 Improvement is certainly becoming 1 manifest. Of course, on the other < hand, his stubborn honesty and de- 3 termination to bring law-breakers to justice are elements of unpoularity i amongst those people who seem to 1 find too much sympathy from certain elements in the city of Columbia. 1 "Now, the police problem here is 1 becoming a very important one and 1 the chief is overworked. The expert 3 auditor who recently investigated all 1 of the accounts of his office has re- 1 ported them in perfect condition. We should have a captain of police as his ^ assistant, whose chief duty would be ? to discipline the men and keep them up to a rigid performance of their duty or report them for neglect of duty. Such a man would oe wen , worth fifteen hundred dollars a year, j and I believe that I know where the . man is to be found. He will much , more than make his wages back for 1 the people of the city and I earnestly urge the council to authorize the employment of such a-man for the com- ^ ing year. Respectfully submitted. 1 "W. H. GIBBES, A "Mayor." May Parole J. Y. Garlington. 5 Columbia, Dec. 30.?John Y. Garl- 3 ington, serving a three-year sentence ! in the State penitentiary, may be ' given a parole for ten days to enable him to go to Laurens to see his father, Mr. S. D. Garlington, who is ill. it is possible that the parole i for Garlington may be issued to-mor- j row by Gov. Blease for a period of | ten days. This action, if ""alien, will result J ' from a statement made to the governor to-day by Dr. R. E. Hughes, of , Laurens, who appeared before the governor and made the following ; statement: "I am just from Mr. S. D. Garlington's home. The old gen- . tleman is rapidly declining and his condition most pitiable, and I appeal in the name of humanity and beg of you relieve the situation by helping his son, Jojin Y. Garlington. This is something over which man has no control, but simply an appeal from the family physician, which I implore i your excellency to grant. ( "I believe nothing would add more ; to the old gentleman's condition than to see his son again." said Dr. Hughes. It was stated to-night that Gov. Blease has the matter under advisement and may give J.ohn Y. Garlington a parole to-morrow for ten days to go home to see his father. It will be recalled that John Y. Garlington was convicted of breach of trust in connection witn tne iaie Seminole Securities Company and sentenced to three years in the State penitentiary. He has already served over one year of his sentence, having entered upon service of the sentence about December 1, 1911. IOLIDAY MAIL WELL HANDLED. )espite Increase. Postmaster General One Deceives Gratifying Reports. Washington, Dec. 2 6.?Although S he holiday mail is heavier in practi- ? ally every section of the country hea han ever before, the work of hand- Sev ing it was performed with less con- suci restion and confusion than in pre- en i -ious years, according to reports re- goii eived to-day by Postmaster General I litchcock. froi Slight interruptions were reported mei n a few sections of the country on whi iccount of weather conditions, but am iside from that there was at no point wh< n the service any congestion of the all nails which was not under control. All, A larger iorce iu<iu usuai was pui sen* )n this year to handle the Christmas ash nail in order that the capacity of the pou -ervice could be tested in anticipation whi )f the .establishment of the parcels pov >ost, which becomes operative Av? ;hroughout the service January 1. i The reports made to Mr. Hitchcock bar how that holiday mail was delivered stri ?arly Christmas day and conditions inh vere generally normal throughout hoi he service on Christmas night. fori dee Appeal of Carolina Glass Co. bar Washington, Dec. 30.?Steps were the aken to-day to have the Supreme the ?ourt of the United States pass on on Dne of the phases of the alleged Tat scandal connected with the conduct res< )f the South Carolina dispensary. sav An appeal was filed from the ac- tioi ion of the South Carolina Glass . 1)1 Company from attempting 10 coiiect rom the State $23,000, alleged to be prij iue it fpr bottles and demijohns urnished the State d;spensary. The state Supreme Court upheld the find- q ngs of the State dispensary commis- re(^ ;ion that the Glass Company has been ta< )aid $51,000 for bottles in excess of w^( he fair market price, and, therefore, j nstead of- the State owing the com- w janv $23,000, the company owed the state $28,000. SHOT BY UNKNOWN PERSON. atJ inf< IVinter Resident of Waycross Not Expected to Survive. esc; Waycross, Ga., Dec. 25.?R. A. ^ Phillipson, of Newberry, N. Y., was bus probably fatally shot late to-day in er lis front yard of his winter home tr01 lere by an unknown person. Wheth?r the shooting was accidental or in- ? :entional has not been ascertained. Two negroes have been arrested on . suspicion and more arrests are ex- iag I ^ x ? ,, Ala pected to follow. Phillipson was standing in his yard the with a neighbor and fell unconscious without a sound. The bullet entered the his back under the right shoulder. ^ for rT~ ? at nnoo tn fl local hOS- _ nc >v ao mvfvu Mb vw pital, where his condition was pro, . ten pounced very serious. ^ [)emocrats caucus, jaxuary 7 gro bro To Discuss Committee Assignments yar in Xew House. a^' dia Washington, Dec. 25.?Committee try assignments in the house of represen- Op iatives, made necessary by changes Bri in membership, will be considered it a Democratic caucus, which has been called for January 7 and an- i pounced to-day. Sm The chairmanship of the commit- E. :ee on foreign affairs, made vacant acc by the election of Representative Sul- wh jer as governor of Xew York, is one on pf the important places to be filled, bui md it is probable that the place will o'c] ?o to Representative Flood, of Vir- wil ?inia, who now is acting chaiFman at pf the committee. To succeed former Representative thr Hughes, of Xew Jersey, 011 the ways the and means committee, Representa- nia tive Ansberry, of Ohio, is said to have ?et been selected. set The caucus also will award the he chairmanship of the committee 011 n*S public lands, contest for which is ter between Representative Ferris, of abl ' n?n?nr.nnt<lfivQ U t UKianoma. aim ixc^icacniaui^ ham, of Illinois. The outgoing chair- to man is Gov.-elect Robinson, of Ar- shc kansas, whose inauguration, like that of Gov.-elect Cox, of Ohio, a mem- at0 ber of the appropriations committee, ?lu^ will not take place until later in the J'01 month. There are a number of can- wa dictates for the Cox vacancy. the Glass Cut Her Throat, She J tied St. noc Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 28.?Be- m0 cause she did not approve of cigar- yes ette smoking, Mrs. Hortense Koetch, eve a young widow, met death last night. ato At a holiday party where Mrs. the Koetch was a guest, S. C. Howe, a ch young man. exhibited a box of cigarettes and announced that he was go- Sin ing outside to smoke. Mrs. Koetch said she did not approve of cigarette ing smoking and playfully snatched the she box as she ran to another room, ty, Howp erivins: chase. res Mrs. Koetch shut the door just as ey, Howe reached it and his shoulder ey, went through the glass. .Mrs. Koetch wo tried to pull the door open but she poi fell forward against the shattered ing glass. A sliver of the glass pierced an< her neck, severing the jugular vein fer and she died almost instantly. alii TUG POUNDED TO PIECES. of Crew Drowned in Wreck Off Jersey Coast. ea Isle City, X. .J., December 30. ifter a desperate battle against vy seas and a thirty-mile wind at en-mile Beach to-day, life-savers seeded in rescuing ten of the elevmembers of the crew of the oceanig tug Margaret. n attempting to launch a lifeboat n the Margaret, James Duffin, a liber of the crew, was drowned, le the life-saving crew from Tathrmrrnwlv psrnnpd n similar fate m their power boat capsized and hands were thrown into the sea. however, reached the beach in jty. Duffin's body was washed ore. The Margaret is being nded to pieces by the heavy surf, le the government's abandoned rer boat was washed ashore at ilon. "he wrecked tug, towing three ges from New York to Norfolk, lck a submerged wreck at Ford it. Water rushed through a big e in her port bow and in an eft to prevent the tug sinking in p water, Capt. Scott ordered the ges anchored and cut adrift. He n proceeded with all speed toward shore and beached the Margaret a bar, two miles north of the ham life-saving station. Th( 2ue was later effected by the lifein?y prpw from the Avalon sta w - v ** - - 1. SPUTY'S SLAYER CAPTURED. soner Probably Taken to Atlanta ^ to Prevent Lynching. .'olumbus, Ga., Dec. 26.?Advices :ived here from Fottrock, Ala. :e that Howard Davis, the negrc ) shot and killed Deputy Sherifl B. Davis, near here Tuesday night ; captured there to-day. Aftei killing Davis barricaded himsell a vacant house and kept officers bay for several hours. When re> arcements arrived at the hous< place was stormed by officers it was found that the negro hac aped. Iheriff Beard returned to Colum to-night with Davis. The prison was quietly taken to the jail. N( able is anticipated by the officers man's Alleged Assailant Caught i'roy, Ala., Dec. 26*.?Albert War , the negro charged with assault Miss Alice Graves, at Brunbridge .., last Monday night, was arrestee lay at Opp, Ala. He is said by police to have made a complete fession. Fearing mob violence negro was spirited to Montgomery safe keeping. Feeling in the indige section is said to be in se. diss Graves was attacked by a ne Monday night at the home of hei ther. She was dragged into the d, but the negro was frightenec * I DA^oaci imntD 1J' Dy ner SCrtJclillS. i, uoaco imiuv tely were organized and the conn was scoured for her assailant p is about severity miles fron indige. Senator Smith's Son Dead. Florence, December 31.?Martiu; ith, son of United States Senato: D. Smith, of this place, who wai identally shot on Christmas da: ile out gunning with his fathei his farm, four miles from Lynch g, died last night about elevei lock. The funeral and intermen 1 take place at St. George, S. C. noon to-morrow. Foung Smith, although sho ough the abdomen and liver, stooc ( operation after the shooting re rkably well and was thought to b< ting along nicely until pneumopk in on Friday. From this attacl was desperately ill until Sunda: ht, when he seemed to rally, hi: nperature having been consider y reduced. But yesterday he tool urn for the worse and continuec sink until death relieved hin >rtly before the midnight hour.' Uartius was the only son of Sen r Smith by his first wife, and wa: te a favorite here among his man: ing friends and school chums. H< s extremely fond of his father anc i father devoted to the son. rhe body will be taken to-night t< George, and there laid to rest a )n Wednesday by the side of hii ther, who preceded him some 2( irs ago. The remains up to thi: jning were at the old home of Sen >r Smith, near Lynchburg, when > deplorable accident ocurred 01 ristmas day. Kiting Affray May Lead to Feud Talled^ga, Ala., Dec. 27.?A shoot ; affray at a Christmas turke: >ot in the mountains of Clay coun southwest of Talledega,-15 miles ulted in the death of Caleb Lock the fatal shooting of Joseph Lock his brother, and the serioui unaing of John Dunn. Meagre re ts allege that considerable drink ; was indulged in at the contest! i the fight started over a petty dif ence. A feud among friends am ies of the men is feared. MYSTERIOUS DYNAMITING. Authorities of Georgia Town Prol ing Murderous Deeds. Fairburn, Ga.. Dec. 25.?Invest) gation of the dynamiting of thre buildings here last night was begu by the authorities to-day. The tow % calaboose was wrecked and the resi dence of Marshal Joe Banks and th law offices of Attorney Oscar Par damaged. No reason has been as . signed for the acts. The wife and children of the tow marshal were asleep in their horn i when an explosion tore away the ve randa, shattered the window pane and otherwise damaged the hous< The occupants were badly shockec . but escaped serious injury. No pei ; sons were lodged in the calaboos , at the time of the explosion. Missing Banker at Leesville. Lexington, Dec. 30.?Dr. E. . " " ' -1 . -/ il i Btneriage, presiuem 01 me jrcuyic , Bank of Leesville, which closed H . doors on November 27, is now at hi ; home in Leesville, according to ac vices from that town to-day. D i Etheridge appeared on the streets c s Leesville yesterday afternoon wit i his wife for the first time since h: 1 sudden and mysterious disappeai ; ance more than a month ago. He i i said to have boarded the north-boun J train last evening and returned t Leesville on the early train th: - morning. At a meeting of the stockholders c the bank held on Saturday last committee of three was appointed t take up the matter of setting the a 1 fairs of the bank and to report o January 10 next. If Dr. Etheridg can raise sufficient funds to meet h indebtedness to the bank, it is state ' that there will be no criminal pr< f ceedings brought, so far as the ban officials are concerned. But on tt | other hand if the money cannot I . raised it is said that development | of a sensational character will follow In case the shortage is not mac i good, however, the stockholders an directors will have to make up tt j amount, which is about $18,000. Ui der the State banking law eac stockholder is personally liable to tt depositors to the amount of his stoc j in addition to what he holds. So f< as is known, Dr. Etherdge has mac no statement as to where he has bee during his absence from Leesville. Too Much Christmas. Atlanta, Dec. 28.?Too muc 1 Christmas has ruined at least tv j happy homes in Atlanta. Two d 5 vorces, intimately connected wil 5 Christmas jags, have just been file j in the superior court here. 3 One is from Mrs. Mamie Carr, wl _ says her husband, Joseph Carr, fe off the wagon after keeping sober f< _ a whole year, and that instead < r presenting her with the handson 3 gifts she had expected on Christim 1 morning, he gave her a cruel beatin . She says she spent most of Chris . mas day terrified by the abuse ar cruelty of her husband, i The other divroce case revers< the situation. Harry A. Glaser sa: that he was amazed on Christm, -;~Ui Vi i o lovinc wife r>a rr Ill 511L ? 11 Gil 1110 JWI1UJ, .. A.. ^ ~ 5 staggering home drunk after an evei r ing of hilarity spent with friend 5 When he lectured her about her coi 7 dition, says Glaser, she got after hi r with a knife, and when he escape - that she got the clock off the mant i and whanged him over the head wil t it. Mr. Glaser is very eager to get divorce without any unnecessary d t lay. Ask Sheriff to Guard Plant. 5 Greenwood, Dec. 28.?Suspectir i that the framework of the fertiliz* c plant, which was wrecked yesterda ( was torn down by persons with m s ilcious intent the head contracto - who is looking after the constru i tion of the building, appealed 1 Sheriff T. W. McMillan yesterday a i ternoon to empower two men watch over the property night ar - day. It was stated in the Journ 5 yesterday afternoon that the struc / ure was blown down by the hi| 3 winds and this was the general opi: 1 ion. but there seems to be a suspicic that the braces were pulled loose 1 3 some one through spite and tl t frame work thus tumbled down. 5 Sheriff McMillan went over tl ) property with the head contract" 5 yesterday afternoon and, at the la - ter's request, appointed a man 3 look after the building and grouri< l last night. Another man has be< engaged to watch over the proper during the day. It is said that a short time ago se - eral of the hands had some troub 7 with one of the boss men and tin - later his place was given to anothe The accident occurred yesterdi - about 12:30 o'clock when none < - the hands were on the grounds. C s account of the plant's distance fro - the city it is thought that the struc - ure could very easily have bet 3 wrecked and the culprit escape wit] - out being detected. Thus far i 1 clue has been found as to the guili party. BAItX FALLS, PONIES KILLED. ?- i Polo Trainers at Aiken Lose Several , Valuable Animals. i- Aiken, Dec. 25.?Last night e .Messrs. William Post and son, who n are trainers of polo ponies, suffered n the loss of three of their most valui able horses by the collapse of their ; e building. k The barn was located just on the 5- eastern edge of the city and several carloads of feed were stored upn stairs in the building. About mide night it collapsed, one horse being crushed to death; another had to be >s killed and a third will probably have i. to be killed. These ponies were very ? 1, valuable, being worth something like r- $1,000 apiece. ie ? Mule Bites Negro on Arm. Sumter, Dec. 30.?Lincoln Taylor, colored, was bitten on the arm by a T mule this morning at his home near s Stateburg, and the mule had to be ? ^ "s killed before the arm could be removls ed from its mouth. The mule was acting strangely last night, and this ? < r* morning sprang at those who tried to enter the stable. When it bit ^ Taylor efforts were made to prize its ls jaws open with poles, but all of r~ them were unsuccessful. It is IS thought that the mule had rabies, d and the head will be sent to the State 0 pathologist for examination, is d are the carriages on view at our warerooms. First and foremost every 3 carriage here is honestly and strong ly made. Next comes the exquisite * finish which makes them so attractive le to the eye. Last but possibly not ir least the prices we ask for them are j extremely moderate. Come, if only ;n to look. We'll trust the carriages to make you buy. HORSES AND MULES. G. FRANK BAMBERG, -h Bamberg, S. C. [j_ PENSION NOTICE. .jj I will be at the court house every * Saturday in January, 1913, from 10 5(1 o'clock a. m. to 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of writing up and preio paring all applications for all Con- * federate soliders and their widows that wish to go before the county >r pension board which meets the first * 3f Monday in February, 1913,'and all ie those already on the pension roll will , please report to me in person or by letter. C. R. CLAYTON, Pension Commissioner. t ld ASSESSMENT NOTICE. The Auditor or his deputy will be 3s at the following places on the days jrs and dates named below for the puriS pose of taking returns of personal * property, notice of transfers of real 1 estate, and income tax returns: a- Bamberg?January 1st to 18th. s. Denmark?Monday and Tuesday, Q_ January zutn ana zisi. Lees?Wednesday, January 22nd. m Midway?Thursday, January 23d. id oiar?Monday and Tuesday, Janel uarv 27th and 28th. h Govan ? Wednesday, January ' 29th. Farrell's Store?Friday, January a 3lst. e- Ehrhardt?Tuesday and Wednesday, February 4th and 5th. St. John's?Thursday, February 6th. Camp Hill?Friday, February 7th, lg until 11 a. m. ?r Kearse?Friday, February 7th, " from 12 to 2:30 p. m. I will appreciate it very much if a" every taxpayer will meet me and >r, make his or her return in person. c_ All male persons between the ages t of 21 and 60 are liable to $1 poll tax, except Confederate soldiers and sailors who are exempt at 50 years to of age. 1(j All able-bodied males between the , ages of 21 and 55 are liable to the commutation tax of $2. Come prepared to give the name jh and number of your school district, q_ and if you have bought or sold any y real estate be sure to give notice of n same when you make your returns. W 50 per cent, penalty will be added le to all personal property not returned before the 20th of February. R. W. D. ROWELL, 1 Auditor. or t_ MASTER'S SALE. ^ State of soutn uaronna?uoumy ui 3s Bamberg. m By virtue of a decree of the court ty of common pleas in the case of J. J. Clecklev vs Alice Walker, et al, I, H. C. Folk, Master in and for the v~ county of Bamberg. S. C., will sell le at public outcry, to the highest bidat der for cash, in front of the court house door, at Bamberg, S. C., on ' January 6th, 1913, the same being . salesday. between the legal hours of 3f sale, the following described real esin tate: That certain lot, in the town of Bamberg, S. C., containing one half acre, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands now or formin erly of Arthur Nimmons; East by h- Colored Graded School; South by J. A. Spann; and West by Tom Banks. Purchaser to pay for papers. ty H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. f '