The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 28, 1913, Page 2, Image 2
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
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A. W. KNIGHT, Editor.
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Thursday, August 28, 1913
We have no idea that the recent
dispensary elections settled the question
in any county, in fact the whiskey
question is one that never will
be settled as long as it is manufactured.
We look for a State fight for
prohibition to be waged next summer,
and it is likely to be the paramount
issue.
Fairfax is to have a newspaper it
is said, edited by a gentleman who
started a paper at Blackvilie and
then moved it to North, Orangeburg
county, and now lie is to move to
Fairfax. The life of the sheet at
neither one of the two places was I
long, and we don't see how he can
expect to meet any other fate at his
** war*' 7oootinn
11C? lvvutivu.
NEWSPAPER HONESTY.
An article has been published in
several South Carolina newspapers
recently, under an Athens, Ga., date
line, bearing date August 19. The!
article is headed "Be Honest, Even |
With the Railroad," and quotes the
Athens Banner as having an editorial
under this heading protesting that
the railroads are being underpaid by
the govt rnment for carrying the:
mails. We don't know anything j
about the newspaper from which the
editorial is quoted, but we do know
that the article was sent out by the
office of the Southern Railway in At-1
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lanta, Ga., our recollection being;
that it is from the office of assistant j
to the president, where it appears j
that a regular press bureau is main- {
tained. The railroads and newspa-!
j
pers, too, should be honest with the 1
people and state just exactly where;
such an article originated. It is
nai-toiniv o fnrm nf detention to our
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mind to publish such an article under j
an Athens date line when it was sent;
out from a railroad office. Those who
prate about honesty should first be
honest themselves, and any one with
an ounce of sence knows that the
\ article in question was sent out in |
this manner for the purpose of deceiving
the public and trying to
create sentiment among the taxpayers
in favor of the government paying
the railroads more for carrying ,
the mails. Suppose that each news-1
paper which published the article j
had told the exact truth about the j
origin of the article, stating that it j
was received from the Southern Rail- !
way, how much influence do you sup- i
pose it would have had? And of |
course the editors who printed the i
article had in their pockets a free
pass over the Southern Railway.
NICKEL COSTS WOMAN'S LIFE.
Mrs. Jeanne Meunier is Badly Burned
by Exploding- Lamp.
New Orleans, August 24.?While;
looking for a lost nickel in her home
here tonight, Mrs. Jeanne Meunier, i
aged 4 6, was so badly burned by an J
exploding kerosene lamp that she
died shortly afterward in the Charity
hospital. Her clothes ablaze, Mrs.
Meunier rushed screaming into the
street, closely followed by her son,
Marcel, aged 14, who was severely
burned on the hands and arms while
extinguishing the flames that caused
his mother's death.
Frank to Die October 10th.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26.?Judge L.
S. Roan to-day at noon sentenced Leo
M. Frank, found guilty yesterday of
the murder of Mary Phagan, the
little factory girl, to die on the gallows,
on Friday, October 10.
KILLED BY A. C. L. TRAIN.
Colored Man Found Dead Beside
Track in Sumter County.
Sumter, August 25.?News was rereived
in this city Sunday morning
of the finding of the mutilated body
of Howard Puttee, colored, at Wedgefield,
in about two hundred yards of
his home, by a colored woman, who
was returning from camp meeting, at
7 o'clock in the morning. The man
had evidently been struck by a northbound
Atlantic Coast Line train, the
body being left in a crumpled heap by
the side of the track. The top of the
head was knocked off and the brains
were spattered about the ground, one
arm was torn off and was not to be
tound anvwhere near the scene, and
the right shoulder and side were fearfully
crushed.
Coroner Flowers held the inquest
at noon, the jury returning a verdict
to the effect that the man met his
death by being struck by an Atlantic
Coast Line northbound train between
S p. m. Saturday and 7. a. m. Sunday.
How the train happened to strike
Puttee is an unsettled question, some
maintaining that he was a drinking
man and must have been drunk,
while others stated he was waiting for
some one and was so intently watching
in the dark that he did not hear
the approaching train.
Ditched Express, Saved Collision.
Chicago. Aug. 21.?The quick decision
of Clarence Wise, a railway
tower man stationed at the Calumet
River bridge, near Hammond Indiana
probably saved the lives of 350 men
and women enroute from Chicago to
Xew York and other eastern points
this afternoon. Wise averted a head
on collision between a passenger train
and one carrying express matter, by
throwing a switch that swept the latter
down an embankment, into the
river. Only a few of the passengers
knew of the danger they escaped.
At the Calumet River, the Erie and
the Xickel Plate railways use the
same bridge. The Xickel Plate train,
known as New York, Chicago and St.
Louis No. 1, due at Hammond at
4.35 was whirling along at a rate of
thirty-five miles an hour. Coming in
the opposite direction, but somewhat
behind time, was the Wells Fargo expres
train on the Erie Xo. 14. The
Xickel Plate train carried twelve
carried fourteen express cars and a
vestibuled coaches, while the Erie
diner.
While the Xickel Plate train was
in the middle of the bridge. Wise, stationed
in the tower, saw the Erie express
shoot suddenly from behind a
curve, and bear down upon it.
"I just figured it had to be one or
the other, so I let the Erie train have
it, since it carried few passengers,'
said Wise.
He threw the switch, causing the
train to take a header down the steep
embankment of the approach to the
bridge, and wrecked the engine.
The engineer of the wrecked express,
Henry Palmer, jumped as the
train left the rails. He landed immediately
in front of the Xickel Plate
train, but managed to roll off the
track in time to save his life. J. B.
Hoffman, the Erie fireman, jumped
from the other side of the cab at the
same moment, and also was uninjured.
The Xickel Plate continued on its
way. Xone of the passengers knew
how narrow their escape had been.
Wise is twenty-four years of age,
and lives in Hammond.
"I am not a hero," he said. "The
Xickel Plate had the right of way,
and I gave it- to her."
Hot Shirt and Cold Beans.
Mr. Fussy Dresser made it a point
of pride that he never had less than
a hundred shirts in his wardrobe,
says the Xew York Sun. and every
one uj^ intriii wim iiis xiiuiiugi<xui embroidered
on the sleeve. Mrs. Dresser
would no more have dared to disarrange
those drawers full of shirts
than Bluebeard's hundredth wife
would have dared to unlock the secret
door.
Mrs. Dresser was being driven up
from the station in the dogcart one
afternoon when upon rounding a turn
in the hedge she saw that her home
was afire. From a window in the
second story came a rain of shirts,
and the figure of her husband violently
propelling them over the sill was
almost heroic.
Mrs. Dresser lost her patience almost
as quickly as she found her
senses.
"Fussy!'-* she screamed, "stop throw
ing those foolish shirts out of the
window and come down and help the
man get out the piano and the silverware!"
When it was all over and the fire
i quickly quenched had left only a bad
smell and some charred kitchen furnishings
a neighbor's maid came over
to Mrs. Dresser carrying a dish of
cold lima beans.
"Why, what in the world?" began
Mrs. Dresser.
"Please mum, you carried this
dish over and left it on top of the
missis's new piano during the fire,"
said the maid, humbly.
SOME STRANGE DUELS.
Poisoned Pills, Dynamite and Ava- !
lunches Used as Weapons.
An extraordinary duel was fought
the other day near Mont Blanc, in j
| France. Two young men, who had I
j fallen in love with the same girl, arranged
to fight a duel, with nature as
decider of the result.
Selecting a part of that mountainous
district, many thousand feet up,
I where avalanches are known to fall
j at frequent intervals, the lovers
agreed to take it in turns to stand
for a given time in the most dangerrtne
cnnt that could be found. The
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was that when one was killed
by an avalanche, the other should be
free to propose to the girl whom they
both loved.
This is not the only instance on
record of a duel by avalanche. A
few years ago two Italians, named
Guetta and Sorato. decided to test
fate in this manner, and also for the
love of a woman.
For three mornings they tempted
nature, but nothing serious happened.
On the fourth day Guetta was
knocked down by a falling avalanche,
but not much hurt. Then it was that
their food supply gave out, and they
returned home to get some more.
By this time the police had come to
hear of their strange duel and threated
them both with imprisonment. So
the undaunted rivals settled their
differences in another and less adventurous
way. They drew lots for
their lady love. Sorato won, and
after Guetta had left the village he I
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was xiiameu lu iuc siiA *-" u'o
Some years ago two determined rivals
decided to fight a duel with
dynamite. They arranged that each
should sit on a barrel of dynamite to
which a fuse was attached. Which
ever fuse burned down first would,
of course, have decided which was
the winner. As luck would have it,
however, both fuses went out some
time before the dynamite was reached,
and the rivals were so astonished
at this unexpected happening that
they made up their quarrel then and
there.
A? particularly terrible kind of duel
was fought on one occasion in Mexico.
The opponents were an Indian
settler and a rich cattle-owner. The
weapons chosen were butcher's
knives, and it was settled that each
contestant was to hold out his hand
in turn to have one of his fingers cut
off. The first to show the least sign
of suffering pain was to have a bullet
put through his heart by the other.
The Indian had the first cut and
amputated the cattle-owner's finger
at a single blow.
The Indian's first injury was the
loss of a thumb, and he likewise remained
as impassive as marble. This
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noniuie uremia. wcui uii UJUIIJI catu
combatant had lost four digits. Then
the cattleman's second became so
frightened at the ghastly sight that
he shot the Indian dead and ended
the fight.
Another extraordinary method of
settling a dispute was that hit upon
by a doctor in America some years
ago. Two of his friends had seriously
quarreled and told him that they
had set their minds on a duel. He
replied that if they would leave all
the arrangements to him he would
provide them with a novelty.
They submitted to be guided by
him and on the day fixed for the
encounter they made their appearance
at the place agreed upon. The
doctor was there before them, and,
to their surprise, he had no weapons
of any kind. Instead he showed
them a pill box containing four pills
and informed them that while three
of the pills were quite harmless, the
fourth contained a poison which
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swallowed it.
The rivals agreed that each should
take a pill in turn until one or the
other drew the fatal pellet. The first
two "draws" had no result and then
each duelist had another chance. The
doctor made them swallow the remaining
pills simultaneously and a
moment or two later one of the combatants
fell back in his last agony.
After the Coon.
A Presbyterian minister by the
name of Haynes was once traveling
through the wilds of West Virginia.
One Sunday evening late he called a
halt at a log cabin by the road and
gave a hallo, when a woman came to
the door.
Haynes said: "Where is your husband?"
"He went coon hunting. He killed
two whopping' big coons last Sun
j day."
"Doesn't your husband fear the
Lord?"
"Oh, yes; he always takes his gun
with him."
"Are there any Presbyterians in
this country?'"
"I don't know whether he has killed
'any' Presbyterian or not. You'
can go out to the shed and look at the
hides and see."?.National Monthly.
Henry P. Tindal has been appointed
postmaster at North, Orangeburg
county.
REWARD FOR CHARLOTTE MOB.
If Parties Who Shot Negro Are Ap- X<
prehended They Will be Punished.
Charlotte, X. C., August 26.?City
officials to-day used every effort to W(
uncloak the identity of members of ari
the mob that last night dragged Joe
McXeeley, a negro, from a hospital
here and shot him to death. At a Pa
special session the board of aldermen WJ
offered a reward of $1,000 each for *r'
the apprehension of men who com- tx<
prised the mob. A coroner's jury te
rendered a verdict that the negro G<
"came to his death by pistol shot ^
wounds in the hands of a mob un
known to the jury." ar
Judge Shaw, in the Superior Court, re
from the bench to-day delivered a
charge to the grand jury instructing st
them to make a searching investiga- ut
tion. p2
The sale of firearms and ammuni- ^i
tion to-day was prohibited.
Talk was heard of attempts at retaliation
by negroes, but it is believ- m
ed the police department has the sit- ro
uation well in hand. A number of ?e
special officers are on duty. ur
The crime for which McNeeley forfeited
his life was the shooting of
Policeman Wilson on the streets here
Friday. McNeeley was shooting his T1
pistol in the street. When the officer
appeared he shot him. Wilson in
turn shot the negro. Wilson still is
in a precarious condition, but it is
believed he will recover. u<
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Says Mob will be Punished. to
Asheville, N. C., Aug. 26.?Governor
Locke Craig, who arrived here ce
this afternoon from Raleigh, to-night T1
announced his intention of vigorously
prosecuting the thirty-five mem- Jj*
bers of the mob that lynched the Sg
negro assailant of Policeman Wilson Li
at Charlotte this morning. ^
"The persons who committed this *c
crime," said the Governor, "will be
re
prosecuted and punished to the limit. jS
All good citizens will do their part to a
avenge this outrage against the law. PJ
The accused was in legal custody and rg
justice would have been done in or- 01
der by the Courts. There was not th
the slightest excuse for the deed of Si
the mob. I commend to all officers 0l
of the State the courageous exam- tp
pie of the sheriff of Spartanburg li'
county, South Carolina, who last
week held his prisoner against great
odds and asserted the majesty of constituted
authority."
Editor Had Terrible Time.
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A playful kitten spoiled a week's p
work for George A. Jones, editor of a<
"The Snow Hill Square Deal," Kinston,
N. C., known as the most eccen- tl]
trie newspaper of that section, Wed- ta
nesday night. Mr. Jones had gather- Ji
ed together the material for the editorial
page of the week's edition, and j
was busy with his final effort, when ! gj
the cat leaped upon his desk. ! JjJj
Since fire destroyed the electric i th
plant in the town, the editor has had
to depend upon a kerosene lamp for A
light to prepare his odd editorials. *"
When the cat stalked upon Jones' disseration
upon the immorality of the M
split skirt the scribe fondled the little
mouser.
The cat's nose came into contact , {
to
with the business end of Jones' cigar. jn
It gave a howl and kicked out with ^
both hind legs, kicking the lamp over
and setting fire to several thousand of
words intended to amuse and edify ti:
+ lao^orc nf "Tho Rmiarp Deal." ts
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The editor has but one arm, and be- *s
fore he could squelch the flames the 112
damage was complete and irrepar- ^
able. | a,
SAYS GRAFTERS HOUND HIM. fe(
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Sulzer Writes a Long Epistle to Gov- ^
vernor of Alabama. tt
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Montgomery, Ala., August 25.? **
Governor William Sulzer, of New **
York, has written to Governor
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O'Neale a lengthy letter in answer to
the Alabama .Governor's invitation to g.
attend the Governor' Conference in
Colorado Springs. tfi
"You have no conception of the _
obstacles in my way," wrote Governor
Sulzer. "Neither have you any /
idea of the difficulties that beset me. n
Often I am sick at hert; but then
words of assurance like yours come
to hand, and I take renewed hope
to go forward with determination?
come what may.
"When the political boss found out
that he could not control me and
make me a rubber stamp, he did
everything in his power to destroy
me politically. However, I have no s
fear of the ultimate result.
"The grafters are hounding me.
Mr. Murphy and his hirelings are
traducing me and trying in every con- j
ceivable manner to get mud to throw
at me."
"However, I can assure you there !
is little or nothing in the charges j
against me. Most of the stuff Murnhv
and his agents nut in the news
papers about me is baseless and pure
fiction. They know this and they
know it will not in the last analysis
hurt me; but they also know it disconcerts
me and worries Mrs. Sulzer." *
WRECK OX GEORGIA ROAD. I
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?gro Killed and Two Wliite Women ;
Seriously Injured.
Scottsdale, Ga., August 24.?Two
amen were dangerously wounded
id a negro man killed here to-day,
lien a freight train crashed into
e rear end of a Georgia Railroad
ssenger train. The passenger train
as just leaving Scottsdale when the
eight, running in the same direcan,
struck it The freight engine
lescoped the rear Pullman. Mrs.
sorge Matheison, of Atlanta, and
rs. R. T. Cresse, of Charlotte, X.
, were removed from the wreckage
id sent to Atlanta, where they are
ported to be dangerously injured,
agineer Joe Gwynn, of the freight,
ated that his watch was ten min:es
slow, and that he thought the
issenger train was miles ahead of
m.
Xo official report of the cause of
te wreck at Scottsdale has been
ade to the general offices of the
>ad here, but the statement from
meral offices is that the trains were
ider orders to run ten minutes
)art.
SK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
here is a New Remedy that Takes
the Place of Calomel. Recommended
and Guaranteed by
the Druggists.
cality who have tried it and every
ser will speak a good word for
odson's Liver Tone. It livens up a
rpid liver and makes you feel fresh,
?althy and clean.
The price of a large bottle is 50
;nts?money back if not pleased,
lie success of Dodson's Liver Tone
is brought many medicines into the
ild that imitate its claims, and some
lve name very similar and package
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iver Tone is guaranteed by Peoples
rug Store who will give you back
>ur money if you want it.
Peoples Drug Store never sold a
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than Dodson's Liver Tone?
mild vegetable remedy for constiition,
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Folks who have suffered for years
ither than resort to dangerous cal nai
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lis pleasant-tasting vegetable liquid
ves them a long sought relief withit
bad after-effects.
Dodson's Liver Tone is guaranteed
7 Peoples Drug Store to be a safe
ver stimulant and to be absolutely
irmless?without bad after-effects,
ou will find many persons in this
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
To all and singular the creditors of
le estate of G. W. Fail, Sr., deceas1:
Notice is hereby given that a
sference will be held in the office of
robate Judge for Bamberg county,
. Bamberg, S, C., on the 8th day of
spt., 1913, ten o'clock, a. m., for
ie purpose of hearing testimony on
te proof of claims against said esLte.
G. P. HARMON,
ldge of Probate for Bamberg Co.
Bamberg, S. C., August 18th, 1913. j
The Best Hot Weather Tonic
MOVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches the
Dod, builds up the whole system and will wonrfully
strengthen and fortify you to withstand
e depressing effect of the hot summer. 50c.
, MOTHEfTSGRATITUDE
any a Mother in Bamberg Will Appreciate
the Following.
Many a strong man and many a
jalthy woman has much for which
i thank mother. The care taken durg
their childhood brought them past
ie danger point and made them
jalthy men and women. Thousands
; children are bothered with inconnence
of urine, and inability to rein
it is ofttimes called a habit. It
not always the children's fault?in
any cases the difficulty lies with the
dneys, and can be readily righted.
Bamberg mother tells how she went
30Ut it.
Mrs. J. C. Folk, Jr., Carlisle St., Bam.
3rg, S. C? says: "One of the younger
embers of my family was troubled
7 a lame back and could not control
le kidney secretions at night. I
nally got a box of Doan's Kidney
ills from the People's Drug Co. and
ley brought relief."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
;nts. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
ew York, sole agents for the United
tates.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
;ke no other.
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We received |llSg|
Monday morning ^
of this week sev- * *
eral extra nice horses,
of work. Come and s
are in need of one or r
new buggy house full <
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT if
AND DISCHARGE. V
To all and singular the kindred 1
and creditors of L. L. Lancaster, deceased:
Take notice that the undersigned
will apply to the Judge of
Probate at Bamberg, S. C., on the
30th day of August, 1913, 11 o'clock
a. m., for a final settlement of the
estate of L. L. Lancaster, deceased, % ?
and discharge from the office of administratrix
of said estate.
ANNIE R. LANCASTER,
Administratrix.
August 4th, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given to the creditors
of the estate of G. W. Fail, Sr.deceased,
to render an account of
their demands, duly attested, with
tne undersigned administrator on u?before
the 8th day of Sept., 1913:
a>nd all claims not filed within said
time will be forever barred.
G. W. FAIL, JR..
Administrator.
Olar, S. C., August 18th,'1913MASTER'S
SALE.
Pursuant to an order of the court of
common pleas in the case of P. C. d
Dukes, plaintiff, against Geo. W. May, A
et al., defendants, I, H. C. Folk,
Master for Bamberg county, will sell V
to the highest bidder for cash at pub- V
lie auction, in front of the court ^
house door at Bamberg, S. C., on the
first Monday in September, between
the legal hours of sale on said day,
the following described tract of land:
All that certain tract or parcel of
land situate in Fishpond Township,
county of Bambery, State of South
Carolina, containing twenty-eight f
acres, more or less, and bounded on
the North by lands of G. W. Rivers,
East by lands of Hester Glover, South /
by lands of Amelia Whetsell, and
West by lands of Joseph Zeigler;
said tract of land being the same
which the said Geo. W. May received
from the estate of his father, Joe '
May. H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
CARTER & CARTER,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition of the
Bank of Denmark, located at Den- ,
mark, S. C., at the close of business
August 9th, 1913. '
RESOURCES. j
Loans and Discounts $103,746.63
Overdrafts 1,280.16
Due from banks and
bankers 67,831.09
Currency 1,274.00
Gold 5.00
Silver and other minor
coin 981.41
Checks and Cash Items,.. , 290.30
Total, $175,408.59
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in....$ 10,000.00
Surplus fund 3,000.00 ,
Undivided profits, less 1 ?
current expenses and!
taxes paid 8,321.17
! Individual deposits subject
to check 124,143.42
Savings deposits 29,944.00
Total, $175,408.59
State of South Carolina?Count> of
Bamberg. '
Before me came J. Arthur Wiggins,
cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
J. ARTHUR WIGGINS, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 14th day of August, 1913.
J. WESLEY CRUM, JR., , 4
Notary Public, S. C.
I Correct-Attest: /
S. D. M. GUESS,
I JAS. B. GUESS,
J. ARTHUR WIGGINS.
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