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<?hr iBambrrg ibrralh d< Thursday, August 7, 1913 ! j0 SHORT LOCALS?" : E, Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. *1( cc Bamberg county farmers will make U] some money this year if cotton brings Pl a fair price. rd If nothing happens, work on the new postoffice building will begin in m a very short time. W( o 1 We hope the ^amberg-Ehrhardt n railroad will soon be completed. We pi want to see the rails'being laid. I p w; Mrs. H. H. Copeland entertained a ^ few friends Saturday evening at her attractive home. A salad course was served. th It is expected that work will begin jv this week on the new dormitorv of oc the Carlisle School. Messrs, Grandy j & Son will erect the building. or C. R. Brabham's Sons are offering a a lot of barefoot sandals and ladies' se oxfords at cost. This is your oppor- er tunity to secure bargains in foot- gr wear. On Wednesday morning Miss Addys Hays complimented Mrs. Annie Hays with a delightful porch party. Five fr( tables were laid, and a most tempting salad course served. fa In renewing for subscription to te: The Herald for another year, Mrs. G. at S. O'Neal, Jr., says: "The Herald is he such a good county paper, and we th enjoy getting it each week." bu The first open cotton of the season was sent to us Tuesday by James pr Grant, a colored farmer, who lives Sc near town. He says he has about he ? -? ? ~ ~ i/>. rr O Hint? acres \> Uim IS yycum? la^iui;, a. Mr. W. G. Hutto and family, who SCJ have been occupying the Pearlstine sc] house, just behind The Herald office, tic moved Tuesday to the house owned Gr by Mrs. A. J. Alexander, opposite the graded school. The annual Crocketville picnic will at be held at Crocketville on Wednesday, August 13th. Music by Metz's orchestra from Charleston. Dancing all day and ball that night. Ball ^ game in the afternoon. Everybody * dr invited. wc Mr. L. A. Searson, from the comp- ^e troller general's office, was in the wj city last Thursday for the purpose of an making the annual settlement with th) #the auditor and treasurer of this no county. He found everything ready OC( for him and the work was completed in a very short time. A letter from Mr. J. B. Gillam. ye; formerly of Denmark, but now of ph Leary, Ga., where he manages a large farm for Mr. W. M. Brabham, says aft that the crops over there are very he good. He is always glad to get The de Herald, as it is like getting a ietter ne from home folks. his Those attending the dance at Tb Aiken on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of last week were Mr. and syi Mrs. H. H. Copeland, Mrs, Alf Hays, thi Miss Addys Hays. Messrs. A. M. Den- so: bow, G. D. Ryan, and Dr. Geo, M. Fl; Sibert. Miss Hays motored to Aiken ana Augusia. m uci cm. The news of the death of Mr. David ^ E. Pifer was heard with regret in Bamberg. He had visited here a eoi number of times and made a number of friends. Mr. Pifer was killed last ^ Saturday by a log train on the railroad of the Schofield Lumber Ccmtt ? us pany. He was a fine young man. The .Atlantic Coast Line will run -j 9 its annual excursion to the mountains and seashore resorts on the jo 13th instant. The rate'to Washington, and return is only $10, and sever- jq al of our merchants will take advantage of the cheap rates to go Sp( to New York to make their puchases vi1 for fall. v,e Last Saturday morning about half th past one o'clock the African Methodist church, situated in the North- egl eastern part of town, not far off New Bridge street, was totally destroyed j,a by fire. It *vas a rough frame struc- sj( ture, without ceiling, and the loss qi] is not heavy. There had been no Cj1 fire around the building, aad it is a mystery how the fire originated. There was no insurance. There is a postoffice ruling which imposes a fine of $500 or a year's im- te< prisonment on anyone who through carelessness or otherwise takes mail from the postoffice not belonging to him and fails to return it immediately. This applies to newspapers as well as letters. To sav it's the postat master's fault cuts no figure under the ruling. Better look over your at mail before leaving the office. While in New York last week Mr. A. M. Denbow, cashier of Peoples Bank, of this city, was an eye wit- ^ ness to a tragedy which took place on Fifth avenue, one of the fashion- ev able streets of the metropolis. A well-dressed man shot a handsome young woman three times with a re- at volver and then fired a bullet into his own brain, dying almost instantly. The woman may recover. Mr. Denbow had an unusual and unique experience in connection with the trag- 6, edy. Ask him to tell you about it. tu A party of young folks are camping >wn on the Edisto river, at Xew ridge, this week, and having an enyable outing. George, a little son of Mr. and Mrs. . L.'Price, was painfully cut on the ft leg a few days ago by a reap )ok. The little fellow and his ?usin, George Bamberg, were cutng millet, when by accident young rice was cut. The wound is a pain;1 one. but will not prove serious. City council held a regular monthly eeting Tuesday evening of this &ek. An ordinance providing a pen ty of SI00 fine or thirty days' im-isonment for maintaining a cess >ol or dry well within the city limits as passed. B. W. Miley, Esq., was ected city attorney at a salary of 100 a year. The reunion of Company G at Beesda church last Thursday was largeattended and was a most pleasant casion. M. L. Smith, speaker of e house of representatives, was the ator of the day, and of course made fine address. A fine dinner was rved, and everybody, the old vet-1 ans especially, enjoyed the day eatly. I Last Thurscay during the day the relling house on the plantation of r. W. F. Hughes, about four miles i 3m town, was destroyed by fire. It is occupied by Mr. R. J. Dewitt and mily, and they were all away, at tiding the reunion of Company G Bethesda. They lost all their usehold effects. We understand ere was some insurance on the ilding. | Miss Linnie Riley, who taught the imary department at Carlisle 1 hool last year, declined re-election re, and while she was elected as < teacher in the Greenwood graded nooi ana aiso in me .lugusw, lioools, she has accepted the posi- | < >n of teacher at Lander college, eenwood, where she will have | : arge of a primary department, do- j ? much the same work that she did Carlisle. ? 1 Drowned in Clark's River. j j i Mr. Frank Sahlman, son of Mrs. C. Sahlman, met his death by j 1 owning in Clark's river, near Glen-; ( >od, last Wednesday,'July 9, while! ' ' ] was in bathing. He went over th his mother on a pleasure trip I c d when last seen was sitting on j ' e docks in his bathing suit. It Is | ' t known just how the drowning; ( curred. I ' The' deceased was a paralytic, from | lich he had suffered for several! : I / ars, the stroke affecting him both ysically and mentally. His body was recovered shortly ^ :er the accident and was brought c re and prepared for burial by Un- ' rtaker Mrs. Estelle Rogers, the fural taking place from the home of * ; mother* on Third street, at 3.30 ursday afternoon. T The mother and family have the ' mpathy of the entire community in ' e bereavement occasioned by the * - rJr.otVi TTo-rn anrHna ' Q S UilliLLICl* ucam. a. , a., News-Record. 1 Public Meetings. There will be addresses as to lether it will be advisable to re:ablish the dispensary in Bamberg j unty, as follows: At Ehrhardt, Saturday, August 9th, a. m. At Hunter's Chapel, Saturday, Augt 9th, 4 p. m. At Denmark, Tuesday, August th, 10 a. m. At Olar, Wednesday, August 13th, a. m. At Bamberg, Friday, August 15th, a. m. At these meetings there will be eakers to address the people. In:ations have been sent to the memrs of the general assembly asking 5 em to join in the discussion as to lether the dispensary should be retablished in this county. A good line of speakers will be on nd, and a discussion from both ies is expected. Everybody is retested to come, and bring their ildren along with them. ( Very Respectfully, G. F. HAIR, ( W. D. RHOAD, Chairman. Secretary Prohibition Commit5. < August 5th, 1913. 1 RECTORY OF TRINITY METHOODIST CHURCH. Preaching every Sunday morning 11 o'clock. Preaching every Sunday evening 7:30 o'clock. Sunday-school every Sunday afrnoon at 5 o'clock. Mid-week prayermeeting every ednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, Epworth League every Tuesday ening at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody is cordially invited to tend these services. W. H. HODGES, Pastor, 1 Railroad Avenue, Bamberg, S. C. Each week patrons pay more than 3S0,000,000 nickels to moving picre shows in the United States. 1 New Advertisements. Atlantic Coast Line?Annual Mountain and Seashore Excursion. C. R. Brabham's Sons?Barefoot Sandals and Ladies' Oxfords at Cost J. C. Guilds. Headmaster?Carlisle School. J. M. Felder. Jr.?.For Sale. Jet White Laundry?C. B. Wiggins, Agent, W. D. Blume et al?Notice of Opening Books of Subscription. C. H. Gattis. Assistant Traffic Manager?Homeseekers' Excursion. Annie R. Lancaster. Administratrix?Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge. J. T. O'Neal?For Rent. Reunion of Company G. Thursday, July 31, was the regular annual reunion of Company G, it being their thirteenth meeting at Bethesda. In early morning people were going in all directions toward the "home" of the reunions. Services were begun about 11:30 with a song, "Nail Prints" by the choir. Song?"Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow." by the choir, led by Mrs. E. A. McDowell. Scripture Reading?7th chapter of Judges, followed by prayer by Rev. E. A. McDowell. Welcoming Address, by Rev. E. A. McDowell. Response, by J. F. Carter. Esq. Song?"He Is So Precious To Me," by choir. Song?"When The Roll Is Called Cp Yonder." Minutes of last meeting read by secretary. Motion to adopt minutes made by W. T. Beard, seconded by J. B. Hunter, and carried by all. Introduction of speaker by Chairman J. B. Hunter. Speaker, Mendel L. Smith. Subject, "True Patriotism of the South." Mr. Smith held the audience spellbound for nearly an hour, and during bis speech he flung some beautiful ;vords at true manhood and true womanhood. When he quit he was the inly one that was tired. Song?"What A Crowning By and By." The chairman made a little speech, bating that Mr. Byrnes would also lave been with them if the reunion :ould set their day to fix his time; ilso stating that their day, the las't Thursday in July, is as much fixed is Thanksgiving day the last Thursiay in November. Resolutions were offered and read ly S. G. Mayfield, Esq., on the ieaths of ("Texa9") L. X. Bellinger, ind Lawton Bishop. Resolutions adopted and assigned ;o the minutes. Song?"Beautiful Isle Of Somevhere," during which all the veterans lad a handshake among themselves, ind Rev. E. A. McDowell and Hon. J. \. Hunter gathered up the names of ill visiting veterans. Benediction by Rev. E. A. McDowell. A most hospitable dinner was served on the grounds, under the stately spreading oaks, and there it was a i pleasure to see the honors of the lay being given the veteran fathers; :hey being the younger, happier and gayer of the hundreds of hosts and nostesses assembled to do honor to :he secession fathers. These reunions are a source of pleasure to hosts of people, and despite the ever hot and iry season, the day finds the historic ild church and grounds thronged tvith people. There were only seven members if Co. G present, and seventeen visiting "veterans. We trust these fathers will live to see many more such occasions. GEORGIE EMMA JORDAN, Secretary. Public Notice. August, 5th., 1913. To Honorable J. B. Black, Senator; To Honorable J. A. Hunter, House if Representatives; To Honorable B. W. Miley, House 3f Representatives.? Dear Sirs: As representatives of Bamberg county in the general assembly you are herebv invited to attend a series of meetings called by the committee, to-wit: Ehrhardt, Saturday, August 9th, 10 a. m. Hunter's Chapel, Saturday August, 9th., 4 p. m. Denmark, Tuesday, August 12th, 10 a. m. Olar, Wednesday, August 13th. 10 a. m. Bamberg, Friday, August 15th. 10 a. m. At these meetings we desire that vou give your views to the people as to whether the dispensary shall be re-established. Full discussion is desired. A good line of speakers will be on hand. Respectfully, GEORGE F. HAIR, W. D. RHOAD, Chairman. Secretary Prohibition Committee. WITH DRAWS REQUISITION. 1 Governor Hooper Derides He Roe-si Want W. ?J. Massee. Columbia. S. C., Aug. 3.?Gover or Hooper has written to Govern | Blease withdrawing the requisiti< | which he issued over a year ago f I the return to Tennessee of W. I ' Massee. a rich Georgia capitalis wanted in Tennessee and who was a - rested while passing through Spa tanburg in this State. Govern > Blease has turned the matter ov to the Attorney General for an opi ion and will take all the proper ste to protect the State on the matter the bond wnich Massee was releasi on while fighting the requisition. Mr. Massee resides in Macon, G He fought the extradition to Tenne see and carried his fight to the Sta . Supreme Court, meantime being r leased on a $10,000 bond and retur ed to Georgia. He lost the case, tl South Carolina tribunal ordering hi turned over to Tennessee and he b ing in Georgia and beyond the juri diction of this court his bond w said to be forfeited. The latest a tion of Governor Hooper in wit drawing the requisition adds anoth angle to this already interesting cas Trail of Blood in the Sunny Sout The most hideous blot on our civi zation today, the most shameful fa to be asserted about us througho Christendom, is seen in the homici< records of state after sate, couph with the callous indifference of juri to the horror of the situation and tl utter breakdown of our judicial sy tern in handling of murder. It pas es the comprehension of Europe ho this can be in the foremost republ of the world. In fact, it baffles ai thoughtful American citizen, for th matter, to explain this dark phenoi enon of our present social order qui satisfactorily. In no "holier than thou" spir: but rather in a spirit of anxious co cern for our common civilization, 1 direct attention to the fearful reco: that a next-door state, Georgia, h; made during the past year as regari homicidal activity and judicial let argy or indifference. That no le than some hundreds of homicid should hare been, committed in th state, not to count the victims that peculiar form of murder call' lynching, and over against this on 30 legal executions within the spa of one year, is something well-nit incredible. Along with this is seen peculiar growing tendency to make joke of the situation, which is a su tie symptom of the insidious sprei of that contempt, which familiari breeds, surely it is a Mephistophelic spirit that can see humor in so pUif a tale of human beings done to dea' and courts of justice standing by u aroused by the scene.! When will there come a turn this path we are treading toward heedlessness of human life that sha make of murder one of the least crimes and render the life of eve citizen liable at any time.to pay tl forfeit for some slight offense giv< or obstruction occasioned to anothe: To murder a fellow man is steadi becoming safer than any other offen against society. Do our juries refuse to convict b cause capital punishment is involve and this extreme penalty no long fits the spirit of our time? If s better change the law to one th< will enforce. Is it that our judici procedure gives the defendant completely the better of every stra egic point in the conflict with tl prosecution that the latter is a but blocked? There is certainly great deal in this. Yet why shou ^ +/->tvarr? thp rrrn we ue uiuic icuuti derer than to his victim, for who there was no protection at the ham of the state? It is a condition sad, mortifvii and dangerous all in one. Unceasii effort to correct it is the stern du of every patriot citizen.?The Stat CARLISLE BEGINS SENTENCE Former Newberry Banker Servii Time in Local Jail. Newberry, July 31.?Milton Carlisle, former president of the X tional Bank of Newberry, who w; convicted in the United States Cou in Greenville, of violation of the n tional banking laws, began this mor ing the service of his sentence of 01 year and a day in the Newberry ja The commitment was turned over Sheriff Blease. by an officer from tl marshal's office in Charleston, b Mr. Carlisle had already gone to tl jail before the arrival of the offio in Newberry this morning. Mr. Carlisle was sentenced to sen five years in the Federal Penitentiar but his sentence was commuted 1 President Wilson to a year and a d; and then commuted to service of tl sentence in the Newberry jail. S day out of every month are taken c for good behavior and this will shor en Mr. Carlisle's sentence conside ably. Further clemency is still ho; j ed for by his friends. Keep the Issue Clear. ! There are many otherwise good 1 men who intend to vote for the reestablishing of the despensary on the c 19th of August because they think * n~ that this will be the best way to reg- * 01 ulate the whiskey traffic. In other c 311 words, they think that this course is 5 j1 the expedient one. Let me say first j ^ of all that I am convinced that this " is not the case, but am sure that a Lr~ return to the old dispensary system, ( ir- i which has been tried and found wantor ing, would be but multiplying our 6 r \ troubles. We have our blind tigers n- c now, but if we went back to the old ps c riisnpnsarv sv?tpm our own expe- K rience tells us and the experience of ed those living in the dispensary counties todav confirms it, that we would but be adding the dispensary to the blind tigers. I can see how a man te who never had anv experience with '0the dispensary system with all of its , attendant rottenness could vote for Q0 it, but I am at a loss to understand how we who endured its noisesome 0. stench for seventeen years could IS* deliberated vote to fasten it upon as , ourselves again. k But the question we are to decide when we come to cast our ballots is 0r not one of expediency, even if it ,e' could be proved that the re-estabh. I lishment of the dispensary were the ! most expedient course. It is a moral li- question, one between right and ct wrong. We cannot afford to temporut ize with evil or to make a truce with 3? the devil. We retard our civilization ~d end stultify our manhood every time ?a we gain the consent of our consciences to do so. The whiskey traf'9 fic is wrong, and it can't be made is- right, though the law may make it re'w spectable by throwing its protecting ic arm about it. True, whiskey is being iy sold now by blind tigers, but that is at the only way a self-respecting people a n- should permit it to be sold, in the ^ te back alleys and down in the cellars, (in the dark and on the sly, by negroes 3 it, and lawless whites. That is just the a u- difference between the dispensary * v? and the blind tigers. One drives its r rd trade in the dark and under cover. * as a recognized law-breaker. But the 8 is dispensary occupies a building on t h- the principal street in town and is * ss made respectable by the loving arm 6 es of the law thrown about it. No at consideration can ever make it right * ef to do wrong, and the whiskey traffic c 5d is an unmitigated wrong, though it * iy tries to bribe and thus soothe our ce consciences by the paltry revenue which it pays. I like the ring of the a words of a certain state officer in a prohibition Kansas. He said that b- Kansas would be for prohibition even id if it could be proved that it entailed ^ ty a financial loss on the state (and it * in doesn't) for Kansas sets a higher . \ nl ?yalue on manhood than money. th a Christian and a church member c n- cannot afford to vote for the re-es- \ tablishment of the dispensary for he . in would thus be giving his approval a to one of the greatest curses of the ill race. He can't afford to temporize of with- such an evil. When it asks him C ry to give it the respectability and pro- * ^e tection of the law there is only one ^n thing that he can do even though he r? were convinced that the present numly ber of blind tigers would increase a se hundred fold; as a follower of Him I who was manifested that He might = e- destroy the works of the devil he is ?d false to his Lord unless he casts the j er whole weight of his influence to an- <o, nihilate this masterpiece of the devil, ey Nor can any true citizen afford to J al cast his vote in favor of the dispen- jso sary for it has been tried in South it Carolina and it has polluted everytie thing and everybody it touched'and t ill cast reproach on the fair name of 3 a our great state. We do not want to Id degrade her to the level of a common g r- saloon keeper. 6 m I would be glad if every member of t ds the church who has made up his j mind to vote for the dispensary would _ ig read the following story which met lg my eye the other day. A certain \ ty young man who had a weakness for * e. strong drink lived in a certain town c where a campaign was being con- c ducted for the establishment of a ^ saloon. The young man knowing ~ his weakness worked hard to defeat the saloon but the majority said that it must be established. The temptaA. tion was too much for him and he t a- fell and became a confirmed drunk- * as ard. At last he was dying of delir- ^ rt ium tremens and sent for his pastor, c a- He said to him he had one request o n- to make of him, that he would get c ? le for him the names of the members T il. of his church who voted for the es- a to tablishment of the saloon that had te caused his downfall and after he was ut dead that these names should be ie pinned to his breast as he lay in his ? er casket that he might plead them at * the judgment seat of Christ as one t e reason wny ne was iosu y. L. E. WIGGINS. a 3y Cope, S. C., Julv 31, 1913. c iv ? ? S ie ?Mr. S. W. Copeland, of Ebrhardt, * ix was in the city Tuesday on his way >ff home from New York. e t- The second Baptist church at a r- Hartsville was struck by li'ghtning E p- Saturday night and damaged to the extent of $500. tlcLaurin and State Warehouse Bill. Former Senator John L. McLaurin, ^ )f South Carolina, who spent several lours in the city yesterday en route !rom Filbert, where he spoke Frilay, to his summer home at Hendersonville, was asked about the enlorsement by Senator Tillman of the State Warehouse Bill, reference to svhich had appeared in the press lispatches. In reply Senator McLau in stated that it was peculiarly gratfying to him. that he realized that it' vas a complicated question of finance ind that it did seem to him that when senator Tillman said a bill of which le (McLaurin) was the author would >e of "untold benefit to the people of * he South," that it must have great nerit. Continuing Senator McLaurin said: T am more interested in this than I tm in any question of public office. I :onestly want to do something for he benefit of the people, and if it is lecessary for me to go into a cam- ' )aign to educate public thought in his direction, I would not hesitate 1 i moment. Governor Blease is in 4 avor of this bill. He was like every- ^ >ody else at first, didn't like the idea, )ut when he studied, gave it his ap>roval. His only fear is just like >y nine, of incompetent men being chos;n to run it'or getting it into poliics. If you will make a man like T. 3. Stackhouse chairman of the board, *11 .guarantee it can be successfully ; landled. One reason I put the bill >ver until next session was because ome of the men who seemed likely o get on the board, did not, in my udgment, have the capacity to hanlle a big proposition like that. We vant business men, not politicians, o handle a business proposition." Senator McLaurin was looking fine md apeared in excellent spirits. His ;ye is clear, his movements quick and lecisive and his mental grasp of men md measures is that of the modern, iggressive constructive statesman. ? le is the fine type of the business : nan in politics and should he decide o enter the lists, he will unquestionibly make a powerful contender. Asute observers of tendencies in South Carolina politics are keeping their >yes on him, but as yet they have )een able to secure no expression rom him as to his plans. This will loubtless come in due season.?Charotte. Observer. 4 DIES FROM WOUNDS. Jrs. Lucy Moore Was Shot by Brother-in-Law. Waycross Ga., Aug. 3.?Mrs. Lucy >Ioore, who was shot here last night >y her brother-in-law, R. F. Smith, ; y iho killed himself before a mob could >vertake him, died early to-day. Smith's act followed reported threats igainst Mrs. Moore, and a difficulty n which her father, M. Freeman, jrappled with Smith in an effort to . )revent the shooting. After fatally bounding Mrs. Moore, Smith then ;hot himself in the head. SPECIAL NOTICES. ' 4 Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Sale.?Twenty-five share of il mill stock. JONES A. WILLIAMS, lamberg, S. C. For Rent.?One seven-room dwellng. convenient to business part of own. Apply to J. T. O'NEAL, Bam>erg, S. C., * f Cattle Wanted.?I will pay 3 Vz ents the pound for all feeding catie delivered at my barn on the Jatheny place. J. A. SPANN. For Sale?The farm consisting of 121/2 acres, known as the J. M. Feller homestead, situated just outside * he corporate limits of Bamberg. / 3rice $3,000, cash. Apply to J. M. ^ELDER, Jr., Bamberg, S. C, For Sale.?Pair of nice large natched bay horses which will weigh ibout 1,100 pounds each, gentle mough for any lady to drive, are now >n exhibition at our stables. Come luick if you want something nice. rOXES BROS., Banfberg, S. C. , , vOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION. . f Pursuant to a commission issued o the undersigned as a board of cor>orators on the 31st day of July, 913, by the Honorable R. M. Mc?own, Secretary of State, the books ?f subscription to the capital stock .f tho Rnsiness Men's Club will be ipened at the office of W. D. Blume n Friday, August 8, 1913, and will emain open until the requisite mount of stock is subscribed. ? W. D. BLUME, . L. D. BLUME, Board of Corporators. August 5, 1913. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. To all and singular the kindred nd creditors of L. L. Lancaster, deeased: Take notice that the under igned will apply to the Judge of 'robate at Bamberg, S. C., on the Oth day of August, 1913, 11 o'clock ,. m., for a final settlement of the state of L. L. Lancaster, deceased, nd discharge from the office of administratrix of said estate. . ANNIE R. LANCASTER, Administratrix. lit en-ret 4 th. 1913. ^WCJUWV f " 1 0