The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 25, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
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SOLD SEED TO SOUTHWEST.
ISamberg County Farmer Indicates
His Ability to Succeed.
That a Bamberg county farmer
sold 4,000 bushels of commercial
seed, principally cotton seed, during
the past spring to farmers in Texas,
Mexico, New Mexico and in the Mississippi
valley was the information
contained in a letter from that farm*
ev to Commissioner Watson received
late yesterday. This progressive
farmer stated further that he would
ohrmt 4 000 hnshols of ear corn
seed, selected from fields which yielded
at least 150 bushels to the acre,
for sale next spring.?Columbia ReCord,
Sept. 19.
Wrecks Costly in Human Life.
New York, Sept. 17.?The probable
cost of the latest New Haven
wreck in money damages to be paid
by the railroad company to the injured
and the legal representatives
of the dead is estimated at $300,000
by experts of the interstate com1
merce commission and at $500,000
by lawyers experienced in the trial of
negligence actions.
The cost to the railroads of the 14
New Haven wrecks in the last 27
months, in which 70 persons were
killed and 400 injured, is estimated
, at $900,000 for the dead and $800,000
for the injured
These estimates are based on the
results of the action against the New
York Central railroad, arising out of
the collision in the Park avenue
tunnel on January 8, 1902, when 15
persons were killed and 36 injured. |
Many of the victims were New York!
busiess men. The New Central paid I
$1,000,000 to the victims or their
families.
The cost to the New Haven road
of the latest wreck damage to its j
equipment and in the expense of i
clearing away the wreck is estimated {
at $100,000. An indication of the
? expense involved is shown in reports j
by the railroads to the interstate j
commerce commission of the dam- j
ages to equipment and the cost of j
clearing the wrecks.
The cost for the last five years j
was as follows: 1907, $12,685,702;
1908, $10,183,660; 1909, $7,480,203; |
1910, $9,851,780, and 1912, $11,527,485.
The officials of the inter-j
state commerce commission believe J
that the cost of 1913 will exceed all
* previous records.
The records show 188,037 persons
killed and 1,395,618 injured on railroads
in the last 24 years. This is
an annual average of 7,835 persons
killed and 58,150 injured. Over 53
per cent of the whole number killed
are classified fn the records as "trespassers."
The Pennsylvania, Southern Pacific
>\ New York Central, Atchison, Topeka
Rnntn Fa and the Chicago and
Northwestern railroads have organ-!
iy.ed safety committees among their;
employes with good results.
^ . The Chicago and Northwestern's
report for the three years ended
June 30,, 1913, is as follows:
93 passengers killed.
6,433 passengers injured.
133 outsiders killed.
157 outsiders injured.
It is estimated that $60,000,0001
was paid out last year in personalj
claims for accidents on railroads.
CHLOROFORMED HERSELF.
Spartanburg Woman Leaves Note j
Bidding Farewell to World.
Spartanburg, Sept. 17.?When j
Frank Wymbs. a paperhanger, re-;
turned home from work to-night, he j
found his wife's bed room door lock-!
ed. His little children told him their
mother had entered the room early \
m the afternoon, and they had been :
unable to get any response from her !
since.
Mr. Wymbs forced the door open j
and found his wife lying in bed with I
a sponge soaked in chloroform pressed
to her nose. She was dead. She
had written a note bidding farewell
to the world.
It was given to Coroner John S.
Turned, but he declined to divulge
its contents. He said it indicated a
deranged mind. He will hold an inquest
to-morrow. Mrs. Wymbs was
about thirty years old.
ORIGIN OF DUELS.
Judicial Combats Began with Celts
and Spread to Other Nations.
Duelling took its rise from the Jur
dicial combats of the Celtic nations.
The first formal duel in England,
between William, Count d'Eu' and
Godfrey Baynard. took place in 109(5.
Duelling in civil matters was for-j
T.irifipn n? France in 13or>. Francis I I
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challenged tlie Emperor Charles V. I
in vain in 1.72S. The fight with |
small swords was introduced into!
Engtend in l-'ST.
A proclamation was made in 1G79
that no person should be pardoned
who had killed another in a duel.
The custom was checked in the British
army in 1 792, and was abolished
in England by the aid of public opinion.?Kansas
City Star.
TAMED THE MONARCH.
The Part a Silver Inksand Played in '
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a National Crisis.
The pages of history record many
instances in which trivial incidents
have shaped the destinies of nations.
According io a story in the New York
Tribune, a small silver inkstand and
the quick wit of a prime minister
once played an important part in the
history of the Netherlands.
Wiliam III, King or tne seinerlands,
was a man of violent and ungovernable
temper. Although in general,
a clever statesman, he was inclined,
for some reason or other, to
involve Holland in the trouble that
was brewing between France and
Germany in 1S70. He was deaf to
the appeals of his ministers, who
foresaw the ruin to the country that
war would bring.
Thorbecke. the prime minister, resolved
to make one last attempt to
change his majesty's resolution. On
entering the royal presence Thorbecke
was greeted with a rough
"Good morning! What's the news?"
"Nothing particular, your majesty.
Only the people of the Hague are
talking a great deal of nonsense
about your majesty.
"About me!" exclaimed the monarch
in wrath. "What do they say
about me?"
"Well, sir," answered the old
statesman, "The Haguers declare
that your majesty has become stark,
staring mad!" Before he could utter
another word King William, his face
purple with fury, jumped up and seized
a heavy silver inkstand, with the
intention of hurling it at the head
of the premier. Fortunately a projecting
angle of the inkstand caught
in the table cloth and dragged it off
the table with everything upon it.
In the confusion the discharge of the j
missile wets uciai cu iui a nivun.ui.
"Sire,"exclaimed Thorbecke quietly,
if your majesty hurls that beautiful
inkstand at my head The
Huguers will have much reason for
their assertion!"
For a minute the angry king gazed
in silence at his minister. Then he
gradually lowered hisarm and replaced
the inkstand on the table. He
walked to one of the windows and
stood looking out for a few minutes.
Returning to the table, he resumed
his seat and said, as if nothing had
happened:
"And now tell me what you have
got to say."
An hour later, when the statesman
left, he carried with him the
monarch's promise to issue a proclamation
that would declare the neutrality
of Holland.
Zaehry Case to be Heard.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 16.?On her
promise that she will not again take
the children and flee with them, as
she did before, seeking then a refuge
in Columbia, Judge Henry C. Hammond
has arranged that Mrs. Mary
W. Zaehry shall some time this week
see her older child, little Frances,
who was snatched from her side and
hurried away in an automobile after
Tit /I nr/\ Ao V* ? /I nritran V? ar f a V> ai?
?j uu5c uai j> uau 51* cn nci iv 1
father, Julian J. Zachry, on habeas j
corpus proceedings in Columbia.
The Zachry case was set for a rehearing
last Saturday, but Judge
Hammond was then holding court in
Millen, presiding at the famous Godbee
trial, and could not be here.
He has set the rehearing of the
case for September 27, when Mrs.
Zachry will continue her fight for the
possession of her two little girls, one
of which?Mildred?she has kept in
her keeping.
Little Frances is with her grandmother
at Harlem, where her father
carried her after leaving Columbia
but she will be brought to Augusta
some day this week and while the
father waits to carry her back to
Harlem, she will be given into her
mother's arms for a few hours.
When the case is heard on September
27, the newly enacted "mothers'
rights bill," which was born of this
case, will be invoked for the Ijrst
time in Georgia.
GLOW WORM GOWX SHOWN.
Girl Wears Clothes Agleam With
Phosporous.
A dispatch to The New York World
from Carlisle, Pa., says: A gown of
flimsy material, which evidently had
been treated to a phosporous wash,
worn by Miss Beresford, caused much
excitement on Main street.
The gown was diaphanous and had
a glow that gave an etheral appearance
to tlie young woman as she,
tripped boldly around the principal \
streets accompanied by a stalwart!
escort.
A mob followed her. Churchgoers j
paused on their way to evening ser-'
vices, and many of them joined the j
throng. A motorman and conductor
abandoned their car and followed.!
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as did the passengers.
The glow-worm gown lighted Miss j
Beresford's graceful form, and the
crowd, silent, but watchful, pressed
closer. Two policemen tried to turn
the spectators, but were brushed
aside.
JOY RIDERS OR BANDITS?
Wrecked Touring; Car Found, but!
Occupants Missing;.
Detroit. Mich., Sept. IS.?A gray!
touring car wrecked and unidentified,
lying in a ditch fifteen miles south of;
Mount Clemens, Mich., with 110 trac-j
es of the party that drove wildly
through Detroit early today, exchang-j
ing revolver shots with local police,;
has halted Detroit and Mount Clem-|
ens police officials in their attempts;
tn annrehend the mvsterious OCCU- I
pants of the car, at first believed to j
be the Bryan. Ohio, automobile ban-1
dits, who shortly after midnight held
up and robbed a touring party of
32,000 in currency, besides considerable
jewelry.
With reports of the hold-up near
Bryan freshly received, the Detroit j
police early today were on the watch j
fcr an automobile carrying the robbers,
who supposedly had started for j
Detroit.
When a car manned by three or
four persons sped through the city,
answering orders to halt with revolv- j
er shots and finally eluding a motor-!
cycle policeman and three high-pow-l
ered police automobiles, besides a;
score of patrolmen sent in pursuit, j
the police believed the Bryan thieves I
had escaped them. The car shot away j
toward Mount Clemens and the au-j
thorities there were notified. The |
flying automobile never reached
"Mount Clemens, and later to-day a:i
interurban railway conductor report- j
ed the finding of an automobile j
wrecked in a ditch south of Mount
Clemens, which is believed to'; be the
machine that sped through Detroit.
Up to to-night the automobile hadj
not been identified and no traces of I
the part} had been 'ound.
With the repotts of the appreheu-1
sion of the Bryan robbers confirmed,
the police now believe that the an-;
tomobile carried a party of *'jov
riders." perhaps with a stolen car j
taking desperate chances to acoid ar-'
rest.
Daughter Kills Drunken Fanner.
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Clayton. Ga., Sept. 19.?Manuel j
Nichols, Jr., a farmer living ten j
miles from here, was shot and kill-1
ed by his 15-year-old daughter Wed-;
nesday night after he had tried to
slay his baby in a drunken fit and
announced that he intended to murder
the whole family.The
Nichols homestead is in a
lonely stretch of country hidden in j
the hills. From the meager details i
received here it seems that Nichols
came home late at night raving boisterously
that he meant to "clean up"
the household. As the mother and
children crouched trembling in one
corner the drunken father battered
in the door, seized his shot gun and
fired.
The charge struck his youngest
baby. Before Nichols could fire
again his young daughter grappled
with him and, turning the gun upon
her father, pulled the trigger. The
load plowed a red lane, through I
Nichols' breast and tore his right
arm from his body. He died instantly.
Nichols was 40 years of age. County
officers have been dispatched to
the scene of the tragedy. It is believed
that Nichols' infant victim
will die.
DEATHS DUE TO ALCOHOL.
Eight Per Cent. Traced to it, Say Insurance
Companies. .
The influence of alcohol upon longevity
has now been studied with
some thoroughness by physicians and
actuaries and some definite results
have been gained, although here
much work needs to be done. The
results show at any.rate that alcohol j
does not increase longevity and hence
we have here again no clew to the
world-wide desire for it. Robert
Mackenzie Moore, actuary of the
United Kingdom Temperance and
General Provident institute, in a recent
report based upon 60 years' experience
of that company in' the in
surance of the lives of abstainers and
nonabstainers (the latter being moderate
drinkers and good risks and
belonging to the same class and following
the same occupations as the
former), found that in respect to
longevity the abstainers showed a
marked superiority over the nonabstainers
throughout the whole period
of life for every class of policies and
for both sexes, however tested. For
instance, at the age of 30 the expectations
of life for the non-abstainers
is 3o.l years: for the abstainers 3S.S
years, a difference of nearly ll per
cent. At the age of 40 the percentage
of difference is the same. Another
very thorough and impartial
investigation has been made by Edward
B. Phelps on the mortality due
to alcohol. It is based on the testimony
of the medical directors of
B twonn'nnnt i i f A inenronen _
t li I CC |#i uniiiiv ill 111^ 1UOU1C4IRC L V7 ui
panies of America. Mr. Phelps' conclusion
is" that S per cent, of all
deaths of adults in the United States
are due to alcohol.
All kinds of ledgers, and blank
books at Herald Book Store, cheap.
STEVENSON HASN'T DECIDED.
Says Mind not Made Up as to Rare I
for Senate. I
Washington, Sept. IS.?Former
Speaker W. F. Stevenson, of the
South Carolina House of Representatives,
on his way to his home in Cheraw,
alter a visit to Atlantic City, N.
J., when asked about his rumored intention
to be a candidate to the Senate
to succeed Senator Smith, said
that he had not yet made up his mind
what he would do. He expressed
much interest in the movement for a
primary election law in South Carolina.
Mr. Stevenson took dinner with
Senator and Mrs. Tillman at the Capitol.
~ NOTICE OF TRUSTEES( SALE.
United States District Court, for
the District of South Carolina?In
Bankruptcy.
In the matter of H. C. Copeland &
Company, bankrupts.
By virtue of an order of Hon. A. J.
Hydrick, Jr., Referee in Bankruptcy, _
issued in the above entitled case, the I
undersigned trustees will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash before the Court House door, *
Bamberg, South Carolina, on the 6th ?
day of October. 1913, between eleven
and twelve o'clock, a. m., on said day, g
the following real estate, to-wit: I
All that certain piece or lot of .
land with the improvements thereon, 4
situate in the town of Ehrhardt, J
County of Bamberg, State of South
Carolina, containing two acres, more 4
or less, and bounded on the North '
by lands of J. H. Roberts and the
School property; East by Main or
Broadway Street; South bv lands of
J. Frank Chassereau and J. D. Dannelly,
and West by , said lot be- j
ing the same upon which the said H. |
C. Copelaiid now resides.
Also all that other certain piece or j
lot of land with the improvements j
thereon situate in the town of Ehr- j
narai, uouniy 01 joamuerg, cnaie 01
South Carolina, having a front on
Broadway Street of fifty (50) feet,
and running back to a depth of two _
hundred and ten (210) feet, and M
bounded on the North by lot of Mrs. i
\\. S. Folk; East by Broadway j
Street; South by lot of D. C. Cope-j
land, and West by the Ehrhardt Es-1
tate lands.
J. F. CARTER, '
H. H. COPELAXD,
Trustees of H. C. Copeland & Co.,
bankrupts.
Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 8th., 1913
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES' SALE.
In The District Court of the United ]
States, for the District of South Carolina?In
Equity.
J. F. Carter, et al., Trustees,
against D. C. Copeland, et al., De
fendants.
By virtue of a decretal order of
His Honor, Judge H. A. M. Smith,
issued in the above entitled case, the
undersigned trustees will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, up- *
on terms hereinafter stated, in front
of the Court House door at Bamberg, .
South Carolina, on the 6th day of Oc- v
tober, 1913, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, a. m., on said day, the i .
following described lands, to-wit: |
All that certain tract or parcel of
land situate in tne uouniy 01 Bamberg,
State of South Carolina, con- y
taining one hundred and sixty (160)
acres, more -or less, and bounded as
follows: North by lands of M. A. .
Kinard; East by lands of G. F. Copeland;
South by lands of T. P. Rizer
and John E. Carter, and West by
lands of D. C. Copeland.
Terms of sale: one-half cash, balance
payable in one year, with interest
from date of sale, payable annually,
secured by the bond and
mortgage of the purchaser.
J. F. CARTER,
H. H. COPELAND,
Trustees of H. C. Copeland & Co.,
bankrupts.
Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 8th.? 1913.
Notice to Distillers and Liquor
Dealers.
Bide and samples are hereby requested,
in accordance with the dis- =
pensary law now in force, for the
following goods to be furnished the
State of South Carolina for the use
of the county dispensary board of
Bamberg county, S. C. Liquors to be
shipped in car load lots, except beer,
freight prepaid to Bamberg, S. C., towit:
All kinds of corn, rye, gin, wines,
brandies, both in bulk and bottled in
full one-half pints, pints, and quarts.
Beers in pints and quarts to be
delivered at Bamberg, Denmark,
Ehrhardt and Olar, S. C.
Also oids on empty bottles, onehalf
pints, pints, and quarts, in dispensary
cases, corks and tin foil.
All goods shall be furnished in
compliance with and subject to the
terms and conditions of the dispensary
law of 1907, and bidders must
observe the following rules:
1st. All bids must be sealed, and
there shall be no signature or mark
upon the envelope indicating the
name of the bidder.
2nd. All bids must be sent by
express or registered letter to Geo.
A. Jennings, treasurer, Bamberg, S.
C., on or before October 10, 1913.
3rd. The contract will be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder,
the board reserving the right to reject
any or all bids, or parts of bids.
The board requires that on all bids
submitted the age and proof of all
goods shall be stated, and all bids
shall be.in gallons, one-half gallons,
quarts, pints and one-half pints. i
Bids will be opened at the office of
the county board. Bamberg. S. C., on
October 10, t913.
Also bids are wanted at once for
rent of buildings in towns of Bamberg.
Olar. Denmark, and Ehrhardt,
in -Viir.il r.An/lnrt rlicnonoorioc
J. M. GRIMES,
Chairman,
J. B. KEARSE,
W. H. FAUST,
Board of Control County Dispensaries,
Bamberg County, South Carolina.
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We have just received a new
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how to play the game.
While attending school your child should have an
Individual Cup i
fou can get a nice Collapsible Aluminum Cup for 5c and
10c, also all kinds of School Supplies, at j
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Bamberg, South Carolina
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Savannah, Ga. Lexsy, Ga.
Anderson Cotton Company
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GIVEN OUR PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION
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AUTOMOBILES ?? i
For Sale, $125 up. Let . )
me know your require- J
ments in used Autos : f
and I can get a machine to suit you. JJ ? |[
Prompt Attention to Repair Work |
Patrick's Garage, Bamberg, S.C. |
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y?|| M}and Good Roads
The telephone goes hand in hand with good'
roads. ' . J
The telephone overcomes many of the obstacles
of bad roads and makes it possible for the
farmer and other rural residents to transact business
in the city and with neighbors when the
roads are impassable.
Progressive farmers are insisting upon good
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modern civilization are doing more than all others
toward eliminating the isolation of country life.
You can have a telephone in your home at very
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