The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 06, 1913, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, March 6,1913.
SHORT LOCAIiS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Fine weather we are having these j
days. j
Read the new ads. in this issue of!
The Herald. You will'find them interesting.
Sunday-school at the Methodist
church i?- now at four o'clock, in
stead of 3:30 as rormeny.
There is a good crowd in the city
this week attending court. People
are here from all parts of the county.
The Herald's contest is arousing
considerable interest and a number
of young ladies are at work securing
new subscriptions and renwals.
The Epworth League meets every
Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in
the .Methodist church. These meetings
are very interesting. Everyone
/\/3 tr\ nr\y^-? Q
IS III v lieu. iu ei/mi..
We learn that Mr. M. A. Move, Jr.,
will soon move his family to Atlanta,
which city is his headquarters.
Their many friends here will regret
to have them leave.
Mr. J. A. Mitchell, rural carrier on
Route, 2, has bought a motorcycle
wrhich he will use in delivering the
mail. He will use it for the first time
to-day. This will enable him to
make a quicker trip than by using a
horse and buggy.
Right Rev. W. A. Guerrv Episcopal
Bishop of the Diocese of South
Carolina will visit our city on
Wednesday, the 12th instant, and will
hold divine services at the Presbyterian
church at 8 o'clock p. m. on
that day. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
City council held a regular meeting
Tuesday evening at which a petition
was presented by six ladies,
which was signed by about 140
ladies, asking council to enforce the
whiskey and Sunday laws. After a
good deal of discussion it was received
as information.
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On account of the inclement weauier
the civic league meeting was not
held on last Thursday afternoon.
Every member is urged to meet at
the home of Mrs. Clarence Brabham
this (Thursday) afternoon, at five
o'clock, as the best and most important
wosk of the league is to be accomplished
at this season of the year.
Where Saloons Met Their Waterloo.
The salofins can be driven out of
any community and illicit selling of
intoxicants prohibited if the better
element are in downright earnest
about it. Our readers are referred
to the way this evil is handled at
Waterloo, la. The citizens of that
enterprising city were brought to
^consider this question: Can a man
spend a dollar for booze and spend
the same dollar for food and clothing
for his wife and children?
With this in mind the business men
of the city secured a special expert
to ascertain the amount of money
being paid to the twenty-six saloons
in this city per annum for drink.
The amount was $900,000. The
amount received for licenses paid by
the saloon keepers was $39,000, beside
$1,200 paid by wholesale liquor
dealers. The rental paid by saloon
keepers for their buildings was
about $40,000. The salary paid their
bartenders about $70,000. This
would still leave an amount of about
$700,000 that the saloon men would
receive from the citizens of Waterloo
to account for. When the business
men had these facts brought to
their attention they agreed that
$700,000 in cash turned into other
channels would mean more for the
city than to have the saloon keepers
transfer the money from the pockets
of the citizens to the big breweries
and distilleries.
The corporation was formed two
years ago, known as the Business
Men's Temperance Association, which
has a little over six hundred members
or stockholders, made up of the best
business men of the city, with capital
of ?50.000. The stock is assess
able on a basis of not to exceed ten
per cent, per annum each year. The
best and most influential citizens of
the place are enrolled as members
and take interest in the workings
of the organization.
As a direct result the saloons in
the city were closed the twentieth
of last November, under order of
the supreme court on a former
petition circulated about eighteen
months prior. This petition was
successfully fought by the association.
The saloon keepers have circ
dated a new petition of consent
which they have a right to do under
the laws of Iowa (circulating not
more than one petition during a calendar
year,) and the association is
now engaged in fighting this new pe
tition, which they anticipate win ue
successful.
There is only one- way to drive
saloons from any community, and
that is to get after them?Northwestern
Christian Advocate.
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DIRECTORY OF TRINITY METHOODIST
CHURCH.
Preaching every Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock.
Preaching every Sunday evening
at 7:30 o'clock.
Sunday-school every Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
Mid-week prayermeeting every
Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Epworth League every Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend these services.
W. H. HODGES, Pastor.
Railroad Avenue.
Bamberg, S. C.
Sunday morning subject: Seeing
the Promises Fulfilled.
Sunday evening subject: Our Feet
en the Xeck of Kings.
The Foreign Missionary Society
held an interesting meeting Tuesday
afternoon. The leading feature of
the program was an excelent paper
on "Woman's Place in Heathen
Lands," prepared by Mrs. C. R. Brabham,
Jr.
Let every member rejoice in the
fact that our Southern # Methodist
church has passed the million mark
ir. itc r?r?n tri hn t i on S to home and
foreign missions for the past year.
Of this amount the women's societies
raised above four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
God has been pouring money into
the lap of Southern Methodists, and
more and more men are realizing
that they are but stewards of God's
bounty. In a higher way are we
stewards of the grace of God and
everyone who has received this graee
is a debtor to him who has received
it not, whether the Christless one
live across the street or across the
oceans.
County Board Meeting.
The (jounty Board of Commissioners
held a call meeting on February
10th and cletced officers as follows:
Dr. J. J. Cleckley and Dr. H. J.
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Mayfield & Free, County Attorneys.
H. D. Free, Clerk to the Board.
On Monday, March 3rd, the regular
meeting was held, at which time
the election of the officers-, which
were made at the call meeting, were
confirmed.
All bills presented were passed upon
and other business transacted.
Sales Monday.
Master H. C. Folk sold last Monday
at public auction 160 acres of J
land in the case of Elvira Walker
against Anna Hay et al. It was
bought by J. W. Crum, Jr., and E.
H. Henderson, Esqs., for $2,415.
Clerk of Court C. B. Free sold at
public auction 150 acres of land in
the case of H. C. Folk against C. C.
Keenheels. It was bought by H. M.
Graham, attorney for $1,350.
U. I>. C. Meeting.
The members of Francis Marion
Bamberg Chapter. U. D. C. are cordially
invited to meet with Mrs. B.
W. Simmons, at her home on Railroad
Avenue, on Tuesday afternoon,
the 11th, at 4 o'clock.
Violates His Oath?
There was considerable surprise
and indignation expressed in this
community when it became known a
few days ago that the governor had
refused to appoint H. C. Folk as master
in equity for this county and
had appointed J. S. J. Faust, of Denmark,
to the position. Mr. Folk has
held the position of master for a number
of years, and was nominated for
the office in the primary last summer
without opposition. Upon being
informed of the governor's action
Mr. Folk at once sent him a telegram,
reminding the governor that both he
and .Mr. Folk had taken an oath to
support the nominees of the primary
and stating that he (Mr.
Folk) had supported Blease for governor
as the nominee of the primary,
also asking if the governor was sup
porting him for master. If not, why
not? .Mr. Folk asked for a reply,
but of course he has not received one
nor is he likely to hear from the chief
execucive.
However, the legislative delegation
from this county are right in behind
this matter, and Senator Black
will no doubt see that Mr. Folk is
confirmed by the senate. Of course
the governor will not commission
him, but he will hold-over under the
law. If the governor goes so far as
to commission Mr. Faust without the
Senate's confirmation, we have little
idea that he will attempt to discharge
the duties of the office. We have not
consulted Mr. Faust and do not presume
to speak for him, but the recent
decisions of the Supreme Court
in such matters are plain, and there
is little doubt that Mr. Folk will continue
to hold the position. He knows
his rights in the premises and will
maintain them, and in so doing he
will have the hearty support of the
Democracy of this county.
The trouble is that Mr. Folk, while
he voted for Blease two years ago in
the second primary, was not a supporter
of the governor last year. And
therein lies his great crime.
\ew Advertisements.
H. G-. Delk & Co.?We want Your
Trade.
The Millinery Store?We Will
Make Money for You.
Farmers & Merchants Bank?Who
Gets the Money You Earn?
Rentz & Fekler?Sweet Angeline.
Klauber's?We Have Finished
! Moving.
J. H. Wolfe?For Sale.
A. M. Brabham?For Sale.
F. W. McMillan?Lost.
Hooton's Ladies' Store?Hooton's
[ Spring Opening.
J. J. Smoak?Still Another Load.
J. F. Folk?Fire Insuanrce.
J. F. Folk?For Sale.
J. F. Folk?Wanted.
Mrs. H. C. Wright?For Sale.
I E. C. Bruce?For Rent.
! F. V. James?Notice.
! Iiamberg Graded School Honor Roll.
Honor roll of the Bamberg High
and graded school for the month ending
February 7th.
I First grade?Nell Beard, Corrinne
Brabham, Jennie Lou Creech, Mar!
garet Free, Grace Hughes, Jane Rice,
| Dot Van Orsdale. Helen Price,
Colonel Bessinger, Klugh Faust,
j Maner Graham, Theo. Hodges, Caldwell
Jones, Edd Kirkland, Mathew
Sandifer, Harry Simmons, Harold
Simmons.
Second grade?Myrtle Black, Elizi
oKatv, TTry-vo Tv'ntick Hprndon Alline
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Hutto, Nannie May Moody, May Sanders,
Harriet Wiggins, Adlaide ChanI
dler, James Grimes, Louie Klauber,
| Willie Moody.
| Third grade--Robt. Hodges, Walter
Hutto, Frank McMillan, Fred
Sanders, Irma Dixon, Yancey Graham,
Montine Griffith, Ruth Hughes,
Beulah Jennings. Annie May Lott.
Fourth grade?Vivian Free, Helen
Free, Daisy Free, Julia Price,
Nannie Sue Smoak, Bernice Simmons.
Maggie Creech, Thurman
Herndon, Allie McCue, Henry Wilkerson,
Natdlie Hooton, Maggie Zeigler,
Ida Brabham, Wilhelmina Sandifer.
Fifth giade?Lee Delle Bessinger,
Thelma Bruce, Nannie Faust, Aegina
Knight, Clara Priester.
Sixth grade?Ruby McMillan, Tom
Felder, Gene Price, .Alary Lee Grimes,
Roy Free, Rena Herndon, Jennie
Simmons.
Seventh grade?Eunice Hunter,
Garris Zeigler.
Eighth grade?Francis Rice.
Ninth grade?Arrie Free.
Tenth grade?Nettie Mitchell, Nell
Black, Edith Rice.
Eleventh grade?Marian Simmons,
J. B. Rice.
Honorable mention?Carey Graham,
Homer Godbee, Hazel 'Armstrong,
Thelma Elzey, Rekeka Graham,
Hartvell Dixon, George Hoover,
McGee Bamberg, Lucile Hunter,
Ola Zeigler.
Bandits Hold Up Freight Train.
Huntington, W. Va., Feb. 2S.?
Masked men held up a fast freight
train on the Norfolk & Western railroad
last night at Altwick, 35 miles
from Williamston, W. Va. Two of
the bandits, it is believed, were
wounded in a revolver duel.
The scene of the hold-up is an isolated
mountain spot. Evidently the
bandits believed they were stopping
a passenger train. Wires were cut
and only meagre details filtered in
here late to-day.
From what has been learned the
men flagged the train. When they
discovered it was a freight they
opened fire, shooting into the freight
cars, sending c steady stream of
cbnr alone- either side of the train.
After the first shock the train crew
returned the fire. Two of the three
bandits were seen to fall, but, aided
by the third, regained their feet and
retreated up a mountainside.
Warnings were sent to nearby
points by messengers. To-night many
persons have volunteered to hunt
down the men and posses are scattered
throughout the mountains.
J. I). Whittle Dies.
Blackville, March 1.?J. D. Whittle,
one of this town's leading business
men, died here at 8 o'clock tonight
following the taking of two
doses of laudanum, one at 3 o'clock
this morning and another at 9
o'clock. Physicians worked throughout
the day in an effort to save his
life but the labor was fruitless, death
coming early this evening.
Mr. Whittle was a man of wide
interests. He was an extensive stocKman,
having sold as many as 35 cars
of stock in a single season.
He was 57 years of age and is
survived by his wife and one child,
11 years of age. He was the largest
planter in this section and is said to
have carried life insurance amounting
to $1 00,000.
He is said to have suffered financial
reverses and in the last few
month has suffered from ill health.
The cunning of a fox isn't in it
with the cunning of a young widow
who is in love.
March Term of Court.
The .March term of the court of
general sessions convened in the
court house here Monday morning of
this week. Judge T. H. Spain presiding.
Solicitor R. L. Gunter and
Stenographer E. A. Brown were at
their posts.
The cases disposed of by the grand
jury and the court up to the time of
going to press are as follows:
Green Leaphart?house breaking
and larceny?true bill.
Arthur Wright and John Green?
house breaking and larceny?true
bill. Plead guilty and sentenced to
two years each on the chain gang.
There were two cases against Green,
that of breaking into the store of the
Bamberg Furniture & Hardware
Company and also a drug store at
Denmark. He Vas given a sentence
of two years in each case, malting a
total sentence for him of four years.
Green wrote a letter to the judge
which he gave to Jailer Dickinson to
deliver. In this letter he stated that
he was guilty of the charges against
him, but in two places in the letter
he asked that he be given the benefit
of the doubt.
Georgeanna Bronson ? murder?
true bill. Tried and found guilty of
murder with recommendation to
mercy. Sentenced to life imprisonment.
This is the killing wdiich occurred
in town only a few weeks
ago, both parties being negroes and
the woman killed being named Anna
Curry. Our readers are familiar
with the circumstances, so it is not
nprPRsarv to reDeat the story. The
killing was about the husband of the
Bronson woman.
Henry Graham ? murder ? true
bill. Found not guilty. This was
the case of a young negro killing
another at Denmark. It appeared
from the testimony that the killing
was an accident and the jury acquitted
Graham, who appears to be a
half witted negro, or at least one
with very little sense.
Docia Toomer?assult and battery
with intent to kill?no bill.
Charlie Ford?grand larceny. ^)ne
year on chain gang.
John Loper, Leasie Bunch, and
John Jones?fornication?true bill, j
Henry Raysor?appeal from magistrate.
Appeal sustained. It appears
that there was a charge of
rape against this defendant and the
magistrate erred in his handling of
the matter.
Allen Gaillard?entering house
with intent to steal?two cases.
Plead guilty and given one year in
each case.
Tuesday afternoon the grand jury
finished its labors and made the fol
lowing final presentment, tne report
being signed by H. C. Crum, foreman:
To the Hon. T. H. Spain, Presiding
Judge: ?
We beg leave to submit herewith
our presentment.
We have passed on all bills of indictment
handed us by the Solicitor
and have returned the same to the i
Court. I
We have visited all of the county
offices and inspected the books and
records of the same and we find them
all neatly and correctly kept, with
the exception of the office of the,
Judge of Probate, which we think!
could be greatly improved.
We have visited the jail and find
a great improvement in its condition,
and we find that the prisoners are
well kept and cared for.
We have not had time to visit the
county chain gang, but from the best
information obtainable its condition
has been greatly improved. A committee
has been appointed to visit
the gang and co-operate with the
supervisor in making the prisoners
comfortable and recommend what
tools and nxtures are neuessai* iu
work to the best advantage.
We have learned with regret that
an attempt was made by the legislature
to reduce the salaries of the
county treasurer and county auditor,
but are glad to learn that it was not
done, especially the salary of the
auditor, as the present salary of said
officer is now entirely too small for
the work which has to be done by
the auditor, he having the work of
the auditor and county superintendent
of eduaction to do, the two being
combined. We would respectfully
recommend that our delegation to
the general assembly, at is next sitting,
endeavor to have the salary of
this office increased instead of lowered.
We thank your honor and the court
officials for kindnesses and courtesies
extended to us in the discharge of
our duties.
notice.
The executive committee of the
Rivnre Rririp-p Memorial Association
will meet at the memorial grounds
on Saturday, .March Sth, at 3 o'clock
p. m., for the purpose of arranging
for memorial services. A full at-j
tendance is earnestly requested.
DR. N. F. KIRKLAND,
President.
J. W. JENNY,
Secretary.
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IGNORES THE PRIMARY.
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H. C. Folk, Master of Bamberg, Ig
nored by Blease.
| A letter from Bamberg says it became
generally known there Saturday
morning that Gov. Blease had ignored
the recommendation of the pri-,
mary election by appointing J. S. J.
Faust, Master in Equity for that
county, to succeed H. C. Folk, who
has held that office for eleven years
and was nominated in the last primary,
without opposition, for another
term.
Many were the comments heard on
the action of the governor and his
ignoring of the will of the people as
expressed at the ballot box is very
generally condemned, even by his political
friends. No other recommendation
of the primary eletcion in that
county has been ignored by the governor.
When apprised of the governor's
atcion Mr. Folk sent him a
telegram reading as follows:
"Governor Cole L. Blease, Columbia,
S. C.: In the primary y^u and I
swore to support the nominees of
the party. I supposrted you as nomi
nee for governor. Are you supporting
me as nominee for Master? If
not, why not? Please answer."
Up to a late hour Saturday evening
no answer had been received to
the telegram and his reply is awaited
with interest. It is understood
that the Senate refused to confirm
the governor's appointment of Mr.
Faust, and that the delegation from
that county will make every effort
possible to have Mr. Folk retained as
Master of the county.
Mr. Folk himself has little to say
about the matter, but intimates that
he will take such action as he deems
wise after careful and cool deliberation
over the situation. The people
are given the right to choose the
Master and all other appointive officers
by the State Democratic Executive
Committee, of which Gov. Blease
is a member.
He is the first governor that ever
attempted to take this right from
the people. Xo other governor has
ever attempted to set aside the vote
of the people in the primary and appoint
his own choice to an office.
Even since the primary was adopted
the people have nominated all officers
and they will continue to do so, regardless
of what Gov. Blease may
do or say.
The United States Senators are
chosen in the primary and elected by
the general assembly. Suppose Gov.
Blease is nominated for senator as
he hopes to be in the primary, and
the general assembly refuses to obey
the primary and elect some one else
senator instead of him, what would
he think about it?
Would he have the right to object
to the general assembly ignoring the
primary when he himself had ignored
it? If he refuses to obey the
people by refusing to appoint those
whom they have nominated in the
primary, could he consistently object
to the general assembly doing the
same thing by electing some one else
to the United States senate in place
of himself?
Gov. Blease should think about
this before he slaps the people in the
iice by refusing to obey their orders
issued to him by way of the primary
eletcion. The people nominated Mr.
Folk, and he and not Mr. Faust
should have been appointed by Gov.
Blease, whatever might be his own
wishes in the matter. The people
had spoken and it was his duty to
obey.
As Senator Tillman once said, the
man who attempted to break up the
primary is an enemy to his State.
The surest and easiest way to break
it up is to ignore and refuse to obey
it. Any defeated candidate has just
as much right to ignore and refuse
i to obey it as Gov. Blease. Suppose
in the next primary all the candidates
who were defeated would run anyhow,
what would the people think
of their action??Orangeburg Times
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Resuscitation After Hanging.
Resuscitation after hanging, as the
Southwark coroner remarked, is not t
uncommon. In 1705 a housekeeper
named Smith was hung up at Tyburn.
A reprieve came after he had \
been suspended for a quarter of an ^
hour, and he was taken down, bled
and revived. One William Duell, duly
hanged in London in 1740, was taken
to Surgeons' Hall to be anatomized,
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DUL came IU 11115 <2.5 am, auu r? aa
transported. At Cork a man hanged
in January, 1767,'for a street robbery,
was immediately after hurried 2
to a surgery, where an incision was
made in his windpipe, and he recovered
and went to the theater the
same evening. And after Fauntleroy,
the banker and forger, was executed
in 1824, there was a widespread ru- ^
mor that he had escaped death by the *
insertion in his throat of a silver
tube which prevented strangulation,
and that on being restored to con- ^
sciousness he went abroad and lived
for many years.?London Chronicle.
USE OF CALOMEL PRACTICALLY
STOPPED.
For Bilious Attacks, Constipation and
All Liver Troubles. Dangerous S
Calomel Gives Way to Dodson's
Liver Tone.
Every druggist in the State has noticed
a great falling off in the sale of
calomel. They all give the same reason.
Dodron's Liver Tone is taking
its place.
"Calomel is often dangerous and
people know it, while Dodson's Liver >,
Tone is perfectly safe and gives bet- _ Vi
ter results," says Peoples Drug Store. $
Dodson's Liver Tone is personally
guaranteed by People.-. Drug Store,
who sell it. A large bottle costs 50
"ontc onri if it fails tn PflSV Tfi
lief in every case of sluggishness,
you have only to ask for your money,
back. It will be promptly returned. *
Dodscn's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy?
harmless to both children and adults.
A bottle ifi the house may save you j
a day's work or keep your children : .
from missing school. Keep your liver lM
working and your liver will not keep
you from working. \
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under This Head 2oc.
For 25 Words or Less.
For Sale.?Any one wanting
shingles see J. H. WOLFE, Cope,
S. C. V
Wanted.?White man for overseer
of small farm. Apply to J. F. FOLK,
Bamberg. S. C. '
Cattle Wanted.?I will pay 3 %
cents the pound for all feeding cattle
delivered at my barn on the
Matheny place. J. A. SPANN.
;
For Sale?About 100 bushels selected
Bates cotton seed at $1.00 per
bushel. A. M. BRABHAM.
For Sale.?Store house and lot on
West side of Broadway street in town
of Ehrhardt. Apply to J. F. FOLK,
Bamberg, S. C. *
For Sale.?Fine chrj'santhemum ? .
plants. Call MRS. H. C. WRIGHT,
Johnson Hotel, or MRS. STELLA
BRONSON, Girls' Hall. S
For Rent.?Residence in front of *
graded school, belonging to Mrs. A.
J. Alexander, with 7 or 8 rooms.
Apply to E. C. BRUCE, Agt., Bamberg,
S. C.
Canned Tomatoes.?I have for sale
about three hundred 3-lb. cans of fine
hand packed Tomatoes at 10 cents
the can or reduction in quantities.
Leave orders at W. D. Rhoad's. J.
G. RHOAD, Branchville, S. C. Jv 4
Lost?Two hound puppies, one ^
larger than the other. The largest
has very long ears, with light sandy
colored face, the smallest has ears
shorter, with dark red face; both females.
They disappeared February
27th. The finder will please notify
F. W. McMILLAN, Bamberg, S. C., 4
R. F. D. No. 2, Box 43.
NOTICE. %i
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Common Pleas in the case of A.
G. Middleton vs. Denmark Ice and
Fuel Co., we will sell on Thursday,
March 27th, at public auction lo
the highest bidder, for cash, the plant
of the said Denmark Ice and Fuel v
Co., at Denmark, S. C. J
F. V. JAMES, A
A. G. MIDDLETON, A ^
Co-Receivers. ^