Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?b? Bamberg Beralb' ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. 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 ' tVlO whnlp! ana macninery m tvccyxu&, ..-? equipment representing an investment of 510,000 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 ether advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. 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 reauire the name and ad dress 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, April 17,1913. Bamberg is already showing signs of being a cleaner town. Keep up the good work. The Anderson Daily Mail has also announced that hereafter it will not accept liquor advertisements. Come on in; the water's fine. This is the season of the year when a lot of people who ought to know better plow into public roads, to the great discomfort and inconvenience of travellers. Congratulations to Congressman Byrnes. For the first time in many years, the collector of the port and post master at Beaufort will soon be white men. Negroes have held both positions for a long time. Everybody in Bamberg ought to , join in a crusade against the fly. There is no greater menace to the health of our people than the fly, and they are entirely too numerous in Bamberg. The congressional election in the first district Tuesday came out all right after all and the Grace machine was defeated. Charleston was entitled to the congressman, and we are delighted that he is not a man in sympathy with the present city administration. Why can't Main street be paved? True the city treasury is rather depleted, but several of the merchants and property owners have spoken in 1 favor of it and they are willing to stand part of the expense. This plan could be followed if all would come into it and the cost would not be enormous for any one taxpayer. It is likely that a proposition will be presented to the property owners soon, and there seems no good < business reason why wre can't get together on the proposition. 1 ?: ?? CONVICTS REWARDED. - I Feasted by Missourians for Good Work During Flood Crisis. Jefferson, Ind., April 14.?One thousand convicts the State reformatory here were feasted Sunday by the ; citizens of Jeffersonville, in appreciation of the services rendered by the , prisoners during the flood when they worked night and day on the peniten- , tiary embankment, which protects this city from the Ohio river and prevented its breaking. The grey garbed men in turn, showed their appreciation at the close of the banquet by handing Sunorintonrlonf H ("! PpVOTl a TeSOlU" tion signed by 996 inmates thanking him for the courtesy extended them and declaring each of them will do his best to maintain discipline in the ranks. Chickens, cakes, baked by the housewives of Jeffersonville; fruits, ice cream and candy were the main items of the feast. Snow at Caesar's Head. Greenville, April 15.?Three inches of snow is reported in the mountains at Caesar's Head, twenty-five miles north of this city. Mountaineers coming into the city today say the snow commenced to fall yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, and continued until nightfall. The Augusta Chronicle says: "Robert Small must get out. Representative Byrnes has won his fight on the negro collector. By the by, there are the heartiest compliments to Representative Byrnes. He is making the finest kind of a congressman." ARMS AM) LEGS BROKEN. Boy Caught in Shafting at Lancaster Mill?May Die. Lancaster, April 14.?Frank McKinney, a colored boy aged about 15 - x _ _ ~ ik/v years, was caugnt in a suaiuug at. iuc Wilson & Nisbet Roller Mills Saturday and probably fatally injured. The boy was attempting to throw on a belt when his clothing caught on a set screw and he was hurled around the shafting at the rate of more than 300 revolutions a minute. Both legs and both arms are broken, the bone of his right leg protruding from the flesh just above the ankle, and all of his clothing except a part of one stocking was torn from his body. The distance from the shafting to the overhead wall is about eighteen inches. The boy displayed remarkable nerve. Lying on a pile of sacks awaiting the doctor, he greeted his friends saying that his legs and his arms alone pained him. He asked for a glass of water and, after drinking it. chatted with bystanders until the train arrived, on which he was taken to a hospital at Rock Hill. Dies of Injuries. Lancaster, April 14.?Frank McKinney, the negro boy who was caught in the shafting at the Wilson & Nesbit Roller Mill yesterday morning and so severely injured, died yesterday afternoon at the Fennell Hospital at Rock Hill, where he was taken immediately after the accident. His body was brought here for burial this afternoon. Evans Case Continued. * Columbia, April 14.?The case before the Supreme Court today against Barnard B. Evans, a Columbia attorney, was continued until next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. This action was taken on the plea of C. P. Sanders, of Spartanburg, an attorney for the defendant, because of the illness of George Evans, of Edgefield, a material witness in the case. On account of the gravity of the charges against B. B. Evans, the Supreme Court thought that the case should be continued. J. Fraser Lyon, former Attorney General of South Carolina, brought charges of alleged unprofessional conduct against Barnard B. Evans, and, in his petition and affidavits, named many instances to bear out his allegations. The petition also prays the Supreme Court to disallow B. B. Evans to further practice his profession before the bar of the State. The Supreme Court convened this morning shortly after 10 o'clock. C. P. Sanders immediately asked the Court to continue the case on account of the illness of George Evans, a brother of the defendant and a material witness, who is now on a bed of sickness in Edgefield.' The attorney explained that the absence of Mr. Evans would materially hamper the case, because there were certain matters pertaining to Edgefield county the defence anticipated into the evi dence which it was not familiar with j that George Evans had worked up this part of the evidence and counsel needed his advice; that this is the reason why the continuance was requested. W. H. Cobb, of Columbia, solicitor of the 5th judicial district, who is representing the State, said that personally he had no objection to the continuance; but that he had subpoenaed 3 5 or 40 witnesses from Edgefield and Saluda, some of whom were already in the city, while others would arrive on the noon train. After taking the plea of the defendant under advisement. C. A. Woods, Associate Justice, who acted as Chief Justice in the case, on account of Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary being disqualified to sit because of kinship to the defendant, announced that the Supreme Court, for reason of the gravity of the charges against B. B. Evans, had decided to grant the appeal and continue the case. He advised the attorneys of both sides to consult and decide upon a day for the hearing. After a consultation, the attorneys decided upon next Monday morning at 10 o'clock, which was satisfactory to the Supreme Court. A full Court was sitting this morning. Sam J. Xicholls, an attorney, of Spartanburg, sat as a special Associate Justice. This appointment was made by Governor Blease last week on account of the Chief Justice being disqualified. Carpenter Digs Up Jewelry. Americus, Ga., April 14.?Jewelry valued at $1,700. which was stolen at Blackville. S. C.. six weeks ago, today was unearthed by \V. P. Compton, a white carpenter, while digging a post hole in the yard of a local warehouse. South Carolina and Georgia detectives have been conducting a vigorous search for the jewelry, which consisted of a pearl lavaliere and a handsome lorgnette. a ?-1 - ^ O 1 A A A + Vt s-v a rcwdiu Ul was uucicu lkji cue recovery of the articles. [ ANARCHIST SHOT AT ALFONSO. King of Spain Escapes With Life by Fast Riding. Madrid, April 13.?For the third time in his reign King Alfonso narrowly escaped today, being the victim of an anarchist attempt against his life. Three shots were nrea at tne King this afternoon in the streets of the Capital by a native of Barcelona, Rafael Sanchez Allegro, who was immediately overpowered. King Alfonso owes his escape to his own courage, quickness and skilled horsemanship. Accompanied by his staff he was riding along the Calle de Alcala, returning from the ceremony of swearing in recruits, when a man sprang from the sidewalk and seized the bridle of the King's horse with one hand, presenting a revolver point blank with the other. The King, realizing the situation, with lightning rapidity, dug his spurs into his horse, which reared violently. His quickness saved his life. The bul let, instead of burying itself in tne King's breast, struck the horse on the neck, but so close was it that the King's left-hand glove was blackened by the powder discharge. Taken by Secret Service Men. Before the assailant was able to pull the trigger again a secret service man sprang upon him. The two men fell to the ground locked in each other's arms, struggling furiously. The would-be assassin managed to free his revolver arm and fired two more shots in rapid succession, but the officer knocked his arm aside and the bullets flew harmlessly through the air. At tfte sound or tne nrst snoi tne King's staff forced their horses on the side walk and made a ring around the assassin, who fought fiercely in the grip of four policemen before he was overpowered and handcuffed." "Long Live Spain!" King Alfonso, as soon as he saw that the man had been secured, raised himself in the stirrups, turned to the crowd, gave a military salute and shouted in a ringing voice: "Long live Spain." He then dismounted and reassured his staff, saying: "It is nothing gentlemen." Then uprose a mighty roar from the wildly enthusiastic masses which rolled along in great waves of sound, all the way in which the King rode to the palace, cool, collected and smiling. A spectator, a pensioned Royal Uoilmr/lior mieVnaH forward so im liaiUC^l UA^l , yuwwvx* .. v.. v. petuously to offer hie congratulations to the Monarch that he was mistaken for another assassin and arrested. He was released as soon as the mistake was discovered. A young Frenchman who was standing beside Allegro, was also arrested, but it does not appear thac he was connected with him. Tried to Lynch Allegro. The crowd made a determined attempt to lynch Allegro, who was rushed in a house and kept there until an automo-bile ambulance, escorted by mounted police, transferred him to police headquarters. King Alfonso was first to tell of what he lightly called "the incident which caused delay" to Queen Victoria and the Dowager Queen, Maria Christina, who were greatly alarmed. The King smilingly allayed their fears. He had hardly been back in the ~~ Tj'tion on imm^nsA ya.ia.ijt; m i u. ix ico ?< uvu clamor arose. The two squares on which the palace looks were black with people of all classes desirous of showing their joy at the King's safety and their admiration for his bravery. The King went to the balcony and acknowledged the cheers and then sought the Queen and the two stood bowing to the throngs for several minutes.' French Anarchist. The police investigations have established that Allegro was recently expelled from France as an Anarchist, after which he went to Barcelona. He came to Madrid a month ago and obtained employment in a carpenter shop. He worked there until Friday. It is said that during his first examination Allegro declared that on seeing the King pass he was seized with a sudden evil impulse and having a revolver in his pocket drew it out. Driven on by an irresistible force he sprang forward and fired. 'A woman said to be associated with Allegro was arrested tonight. A curious coincidence is found in the fact that the Spanish premier, Count Romanohes, last night declared to be absolutely without foundation rumors circulated regarding the possibility of an attempt against the King on the occasion of the swearing in of the recruits and relative to the presence in Madrid of several dangerous Anarchists. There Are Others. Other counties as well as Spartanburg feel the need, so aptly expressed by the Spartanburg Journal, of "more drags and fewer brags."?Lancaster News. . mw GEORGIA COUNTY IN FEAR. Looks for Rloody Warfare Within Few Days. Rochelle, Ga., April 12.?Central Wilcox county is in fear tonight of much bloodshed within the next day or two as the result of the killing of young Leon Melvin, the son of a wellto-do farmer near here last Sunday night. When three well-known white farmers, W. A. Coleman, Jim Coleman and W. H. Stevens, were arrested charged with the killing, their tenants were reported to be organizing into an armed band to storm the jail and rescue them. Tuesday two negroes who were reported to have been ringleaders in the rescue propaganda were arrested by Sheriff Gibbes, but were taken from his hands on the way to Rochelle by a score of white men wearing masks. The negroes were flogged with buggy whips and turned loose, but the next day reports came that negroes and white tenant farmers alike were organizing to batter down the jail. In the mean time the head of the Melvins was vi&ited by members of the McElmore family, according to the former, and told that if they attempted to prosecute the Colemans they would kill all the Melvin family. The McElmores are tenants of the Colemans. Warrants were sworn out for the McElmores, but, seven strong, they have taken to the woods, where it is reported that they are organizing a large party of armed whites and negroes with which to descend on Rochelle. Word was received in Rochelle today that Sheriff Gibbes had been defied by a body of negroes, a dozen strong, near Tippetsville, and that from there he has sent for help from the sheriffs of surrounding counties. When aid arrives he will move on the recesses where the McElmores --- 3 X _ U ^ are oeiieveu ue. The combined forces will then start a man hunt, the outcome of which fills the peace loving portion of the community with dire misgivings. ENOCH McELMORE SURRENDERS Leader of Wilcox County Fugitives in Charge of SherifT. Abbeville, Ga., April 14.?Enoch McElmore, the leader of the seven Wilcox County fugititves, who took to the swamps Saturday night when they learned that McElmore was wanted with the two Colemans and Stevens for the Leon Melvin killing, gave himself up today, and tonight is on his way with Sheriff Gibbes to Ocilla for safe-keeping. For a time it looked like trouble when the sheriff and his posse of six came up on the fugitives today. At first they were defied, and several shots were exchanged. Finally, McElmore and W. E. Yates laid down their arms and surrendered. The other five fled further into the swamp, but were not pursued as the two in custody are looked on as the ringleaders. A man named Ridgeway is also among the refugees. In the meantime feeling, which might have worked up to lynching heat against the Colemans and Stevens, has cooled down to a point where a demand is being made that a special term of Superior Court be called to try them and McElmore, who will be made a joint defendant. "Hon." Robert Smalls. It is said that Congressman Byrnes, in whose district Beaufort is, has secured a promise from the administration at Washington , that Robert Smalls will be removed as collector of the port at Beaufort, and that a Democrat will be appointed in his place. Smalls is one of the legacies of Reconstruction days. He had earned some fame before?near the close of the war?by taking the steamer Planter out of Charleston harbor, through the Confederate lines of gunboats, "through a rain of shot and shell," and turning her over to the Federal navy. For this act he was regarded by the Republicans as a great hero. Had Andy Carnegie's "hero fund" been in existence then, no doubt he would have got a medal. Tnstpad of that, however, he got about all he wanted from the "Radical" party in South Carolina from 1868 up to 1876?and beyond. He was senator from Beaufort county for a long time, and was at one time a member of congress. Since losing office from the State he has held the position of collector of the port by virtue of presidential appointment. Older people about Columbia will recall Robert Smalls as a sort of swaggering fellow, saddle-colored, ' somewhat portly, but flabby, and reminding one of Dickens' "Rev. Chadband," in Bleak House?"a large yellow man, with a fat smile, and a general appearance of having a good deal of train oil in his system."? Newberry Observer. Read The Herald, $1.50 year. ^ - VICTIM OF MURDER IDENTIFIED? Lancaster County Mystery Probably Cleared. Lancaster, April 14.?Sheriff John P. Hunter yesterday received a letter from L. Slesinger, a merchant, of Bishopville, S. C., making inquiries concerning the body of the unknown man found on the banks of Twelvemile Creek, about three weeks ago, near Oeceola, this county. The body was discovered after having been in the water about ten days. There was a wound in the head made by some blunt instrument, and the verdict of the coroner's jury was that the deceased came to his death by the hands of parties unknown and his body thrown in the creek. The letter follows: Letter Gives Description. "Sheriff of Lancaster County, Lancaster, S. C.?Dear Sir: We received news concerning a person that was murdered about fifteen miles north of Lancaster, and from the information received from the party, he seems to think that the description that the foreman of the jury of inquest gave him, was H. Hyman, (Harry Hyman as we all knew him.) This party?H. Hyman?is 21 years old, clean face, very dark skin for a white man, rather Indian co-lor, a Jew and weighs about 135 pounds. He had an operation last fall on one side of his toes and the nail was taken off. He was about five feet, seven inches tall, or under. If he had any papers on him or letters that bear his name they are in the Hebrew language, or if he had a check-book, this might lead us to think that it was Harry Hyman. How long had this body been dead and on what day was it found? If this party does not answer to the description and if he was a Jew, please let me know. Also please inform me when and where you buried the body. "L. Slesinger." One Hundred Dollars Reward. After receiving the above letter Sheriff Hunter renewed his efforts to unravel the mystery. The Governor has offered a reward of $75 for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty parties, and Sheriff Hunter has personally supplemented this amount with $25. About two weeks before the body was discovered Constable John Caskey passed a peddler in the road in that neighborhood, who, he says, fills the description given by the foreman of the jury of inquest and that of Mr. Slesinger. He asked the man his name, and he said it was Hvman. He also told Mr. Caskey he was on his way to Lancaster to get a license to peddle in this county. He did not reach Lancaster, however, as the clerk's books do not show that any license was granted to a man by that name. Control of Cotton Marketing. "To get a fair price for cotton, growers in the South are being advised to follow one or all the three methods," says a cotton specialist. "Some propose direct reduction of acreage, and conduct campaigns for " T"?.. A f A fhot tllC purpose. DUl iuc diionci vv/ is given pointedly by the Dallas Cotton News, when it says of cotton growers, 'that they can not control the acreage because a large proportion of them? possibly a majority of them?must rely on the cotton crop for practically everything they need, from a side of bacon to a span of mules and a striped wagon. This necessitates large cotton acreage.' "The other method is presented in an advertisement of the Southern States Cotton Corporation according to whose policy farmers are asked to contract for their 1913 cotton crop at a price of 15 cents per pound, basis middling, and at this price it will create wealth in the South to the amount of $225,000,000 more than was brought by the crop of 1912." This organization claims that more than 250 cotton-growing counties in the South are organized under this co-operative plan, and that if every county contracts 10,000 bales, a total of 2,500,000 bales would be taken off the market until the price of 15 cents is reached. This is the second way by which it is proposed to market cotton so as.to avoid the losses from dumping the crop upon the market in what is known as the distressed period. "But there is a third way in which the individual figures more than the reduced acreage campaigner, the mass meeting of the 15-cent corporation. A cotton seed authority says: 'Nothing under heaven, except great- , er diversity of crops can give the cotton farmer any control over the market of his cotton or put him on anything like an equal footing with the buyers of his staple. Rotation and diversification of crops alone can j give relief by gradual reduction of!] acreage.'"?Wall Street Journal. ji ^ ?? i Sleet Storm at Chester. J Chester, April 15.?Chester was in < the grip of a sleet storm this morn ing about 8 o'clock. It is feared un- J told damage has been done the fruit and early vegetable crops. Regular winter weather prevails. - We Do Not Have to Sell Goods The Goods SeD Themselves..... 4 Just come and make your j selections. No use to be -11. . i * persuaded to take some- j thing you do not exactly * w like somewhere else. ^ Come get your choice in A Hat, A Dress, * \ Embroidery, A Suit, House Dress . - j Anything you want to I wear or to trim a gar- fl ment with, get your 1 choice. We have as ? J complete line as large cities and about half the ( price. | , i The Millinery Store " (C. W. Rentz, Prop.) E. H. HENDERSON j Attorney-at-Law J BAMBERG. S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated. fl More Time At Home M . ' j TO and from work?four trips a j day?a wheel will save ten minutes each trip or nearly an hour extra?three hundred hours a year more at home. You'll feel better and act better. Gets the cobwebs out of your brain and honest hunger Into your stomach. The * fIVER JOHNSON has more strong features, is better built and finished .? ' and runs smoother than any wheel you ever mounted. You needn't buy till you try. Trust I the Truss. Bicycles, Guns, and Automobile Supplies, Key Fittings, and General Repair Shop. First-CI ass Workmen. ) J. BUIST BRICKLE J Bamberg, S. C. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. The regular teachers' examination ;vill be held in the court house at Bamberg, on Friday, May 2nd, 1913,- * oegining at nine o'clock in the morning and closing at four o'clock in the afternoon. The subjects trill be Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, \lgebra, Geography, History, Physiology and Hygiene, ?ivics and Cur+ Toronto A orinnltii rp Orammar. cut in v cin.o, "o? Pedagogy and Spelling. No one will 5e allowed to teach the next session, ivho has not a certificate. R. W. D. ROWELL, > ; County Supt. of Education.