Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^^^^km I ?_ ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. Five Sing; Sing Desperadoes Halted by Guards. Ossining, X. Y., Sept. 2.">.?Five convicts at Sing Sing prison at work ; unloading a coal barge overpowered j a guard this afternoon, jumped into I [ the Hudson and attempted to swim to ^ the other side. The shots of other j jB guards halted them, however, and all j five were recaptured. Billy Green, no-1 torious convict, was leader of the band. j Green, who escaped two years ago j and was caught in California, liesi^ t tated a moment after the shots were j Bf fired but continued toward the op-: !posite shore when he saw the guards I busy attending to his companions,; |Frederick Del Barri, Joseph White, 'Matthew Loofice and Louis Price. Two guards in a small boat overtook him before he reached land, however, < ^ and he was captured without a strug-1 HS The convicts on the barge were in | Eg charge of Keeper William Gormley. A The five sprang upon him and | H' knocked him down. Armed men in i jjg the sentry boxes on the prison wall j overlooking the Hudson peppered the water on all sides of the swimming j convicts with bullets but took care I not to hit any of the men. Xear Beer is Thing of Past. j Atlanta, Sept. 24.?The near-beer i r | Question, which is involving Macon j ajad other cities again this fall, is i simply the beer question in Atlanta, j Common consent here has knocked j the near out of beer, and suds are j n suds, whether you lap 'em at your club or with your foot on a public brass rail. The old painted signs saying "near- j beer'' still hang over the doors of j most saloons, but there is no longer f any pretense to live up to them. The principal saloons advertise the best - known brands of regular beer by | signs advertising real beer on draught N and by the bottle. There seems to be a tacit sort of an understanding by which as long as the saloons are run in a decent, peaceable way, the city will make no effort to analyze the percentage of alcohol in the beer. On the other hand, it is war to the knife on the illicit sale \ of whiskey or any strong spirits, and 1 it is doubtful if a single beer saloon In in the whole city of Atlanta is sellHP ing any whiskey on the sly. || WARRANT FOR BALL PLAYER. jp Takes Out Warrant Charging Her f * Husband With Desertion. * ??? Mrs. Ellis Blackstone of this city has sworn out a warrant for her husband, Ellis Blackstone, a well known baseball player, charging him with desertion and non-support of family. Blackstone has been playing an outfield position with the Petersburg club of the Virginia league, and alIfe though the season of that league is |jj| closed, he has not returned to GreenB ville. ffi According to information received m from Petersburg, Blackstone left that ? place immediately after the close of | the season and it was presumed that I he was on his way back to his family in Greenville. As yet the authorities have not been able to determine his whereabouts. The warrant for hia arrest is now in the hands of Sheriff Rector. Before becoming a professional ball player, Blackstone worked as an operative in one of the local cotton mills. He played for two years with the Greenville team and was then sold to Petersburg.?Greenville News. LASSOED A BIG RATTLER. How an Oklahoman Captured a 14Pound Venomous Reptile. After struggling for nearly an hour, J. E. Franklin, by main force and strength, captured alive probably x tho hice-pct rattlpsnakp pvcr seen in the valley of the Red River. The weight of the snake is 14 pounds. f. Mr. Franklin operates a saw mill on Red River four miles north of Denison. While Mr. Franklin was walking through the bottoms near his mill he saw the huge rattler sunning himself. The enormous size of the serpent impressed Mr. Franklin and he hurried back to the mill, where he procured a lasso. Returning to the ' place where he had seen the reptile he found his snakeship quite angry, standing almost erect and rattling his buttons with a great noise. The saw mill man is an expert with a rope, and with little effort placed the noose rsxi+ V? .r* Vn-v?-?r\ f * V? ^ rqftlnv HTII^YV U> CI me VI CX1V iuu*VA. Ji uvu came the battle. The snake, realizing that he was trapped^ attempted to strike his captor repeatedly, but Mr. Franklin carefully avoided him. Tightening the noose, he eventually choked the serpent uDtil he could get hold of his tail. Then he dragged the snake to the mill, where* he was weighed and placed in a strong box.?New York Sun. CHESTER YOUTHS IX CUSTODY Charged YYitli Part in Pan* Shoal Robbery. Chester. Sept. 2T>.?John Frazei Jr.. and Bissell Bingham, young mei in the '2t>, were arrested to-day b: Detectives Adams and Baughm o the W. J. Burns detective agen cy of Atlanta, Ga., on warrants charg ing them with being implicated in tin Parr Shoals robbery a few week ago when officers of the J. G. Whit* Construction company were held u] at the point of a pistol and $16,00( stolen. The arrest of these young men both of whom are members of tw< of this county's we'll known families created one of the biggest sensation: ever experienced on the streets o Chester. Mr. Bigham was on his way to Lan do on some business and he was takei from his wagon and arrested, whih Mr. Frazer. the son of one of th< city's wealthiest men, was called ou of his father's stable. They were botl carried to Winnsbore in automobiles Both denied their guilt, but quietl: surrendered Deputy Sheriff Binde man assisted the detectives in mak ing the arrest. While only the names of two o the detectives are known, it is saic that there have been at least half i dozen working in this city for thi past fortnight. Room 35 at the Carolina inn, th< detectives' headquarters, had begui to create a little talk, owing to i number of Chester's citizens beini taken there for conferences. Thi afternoon it was learned from som< of the men that had been in the roon that they had been pumped with al kinds of questions about citizens o Chester. Both youths are orderly and lax abiding and public opinion in Cheste seems to incline to uie uenei ma the young men are victims of a blun der on the part of the detectives. World's Grain Production. Washington, Sept. 25.?The pro duction of wheat in the principa countries of the world that raise it estimated to be 4.1 per cent, greate: this year than last, the total produc tion being estimated at 3,330,000,00< bushels, according to a cablegram t< the Department of Agriculture fron the International Institute of Agri culture at Rome. The oats production, estimated a 3,426,000,000 bushels, is 5.9 per cen less than last year; rye 1,496,000, 000 or 6.7 per cent more; barley 1, 225,000,000 bushels, which is l.J per cent more than last year. The preliminary estimate of corn which is given for the United States European Russia, Japan, Bulgaria Switzerland and Tunis, is 2,766,000, 000 bushels, which is 22.4 per cen less than last year. The l ice crop of Japan is estimat ed at 16,662,000,000 pounds, an in crease of 5.1 per cent over last year Harry Coleman Guilty of Murder. Union, Sept. 25.?The jury in tin case of Harry Coleman, accused o killing his aged father, Robert Cole man. in January of this year, afte being out since 7 o'clock tonight, ren dered a verdict of guilty with recom mendation to mercy at 11:30 o'clock He will be sentenced tomorrow. Tlii is the third time he has been trie< for his life for the murder of hi father. In January of this year Rober Coleman, a prominent farmer o Jonesville, while sitting in front o his fire in the dusk of a winter even ing, was shot in the head with a loa< from a shotgun by some one conceal ed beneath a bush by the side of thi window. The aged man fell to th< floor, dying withing a few hours Certain suspicious circumstances Iea< to the arrest of Harry Coleman, hii 27-year-old son. The state stresse< two points. That Harry Colemai killed his father because he objecte( to his illicit relations witha negr< woman, and because he desired to ob tain his father's estate to continue his dissolute habits. Harry Coleman protested his inno cence throughout the three trials. Cost of Living The high cost of living has beei attributed by some students of th< question to the natural increase ii population and the decrease of th< agricultural districts caused by peo pie moving from farms to cities. Sta tistics recently compiled show tha the increase in the cost of living ha: greatly exceeded the increase in pop ulation and depopulation of the rura districts. For instance the price o bacon has advanced 128 per cent, ii the last fifteen years or about fou times the percentage increase in pop ulation. The number of people leaving the farms for the cities will no make the difference existing as showi by the statistics. Remembering tha an effect always follows a cause suf ficient to produce it, it is evident tha other strong forces are at worl against low cost living. WILD RIDE WITH DYNAMITE. s Horses Drawing; Load of Explosives, Stung, by Yellow jackets. Run Away, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 24.? i While driving a team of horses ati tached to a wagon which contained f 1,000 pounds of dynamite, George - Willis had an exciting experience to - day when a swarm of yellow-jackets 3 attacked the horses and they ran s away. 3 For three miles the team dragged d the wagon, dynamite, and driver over ) a rough road. Willis realized that if he jumped the team and wagon , would surely be blown to pieces, and ) he decided to take a chance anji , keep them in the road. 5 Several times the wagon nearly f upset. The horses stopped when exhausted. Lights up Homes 76 Miles Away. a Tyrone, Okla.^ Sept. 23.?This a little town, just over the Kansas bort der in the northwestern panhandle of 1 Oklahoma, bids defiance to the Standard Oil Co., when John D. Rocke. feller raises the price of kerosene to meet the costs of a court fine. Here the women wash and wipe the supper dishes with electricity, though there f is not an electric light plant within j forty miles of the village. ^ From 7 to 9 o'clock each evening a the dozen homes, of Tyrone are lighted by the great headlight of a Rock a Island passenger train, and the story ^ of a traveling man's discomfiture and , the $2 it cost him for cigars for the X y men of the town explains the disg tinction held by this panhandle mea tropolis. J. P. Bancroft, representing a Kani ~ J 1 A i sas L'liv nouse riau uten seat uw?u 1 > f here to establish a new customer. He had finished his work and intended _ to take a night train back to Liberr al. With a half dozen men Bancroft t sat in the hotel balcony playing cards. He looked down the track and saw a great headlight looming up. He made a rush for his grips and yelled for the boy to take them over to the depot quick. Bancroft rushed up to " the ticket window and demanded a 1 ticket for Liberal. ? "How's this," he said to the agent, r "I thought this train wasn't due for " an hour, and here she is not a mile * away?" 3 "Mister," the agent replied, "you 1 had better go back to the hotel and " buy cigars for that bunch. I guess this is your first trip down here, t That headlight is just 4 9 miles away: t you've got nearly an hour to finish - that game of pinochle. "This is the longest stretch of I straight track in the United States? seventy-six miles clear across the pan, handle without a curve. You see , that house over there? That's where I live. I don't have to lieht up until - after 9 o'clock winter nights. About t twilight the Golden State limited looms up down about Texhoma, and _ she shines into my kitchen window . for an hour, finally getting so bright . that my wife has to pull the curtain, and ten minutes behind her comes 34, and it takes her seventy minutes to get by with her light. 2 "It's a great saving for me( and f my wife now won't wash dishes by - anything but electric light. I never r have to call the dispatcher to get the - time on trains. I climb to the roof of the station, get a line on the headlight and make up my board acs cordingly." ' HUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE [ After Four Years of Discouraging 3 Conditions, Mrs. Bollock Gave e Up in Despair. Husband Came to Rescue. 1 5 Catron, Ky.?In an interesting lettei I from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock i writes as follows: "I suffered for foui I years, with womanly troubles, and during ^ this time, I could only sit up for a little - while, and could not walk anywhere al s all. At times, I would have severe pains in my left side. The doctor was called in, and his treatment relieved me for a while, but I was soon confined to my bed again. Aftei that, nothing seemed to do me any good; I had gotten so weak I could not stand, 1 and I gave up in despair. B At last, my husband got me a bottle ol 1 Cardui, the woman's tonic, and I coms menced taking it From the very first ' dose, I could tell it was helping me. 1 " can now walk two miles without its 1 tiring me, and am doing my work." 5 If you are all run down from womanly - troubles, don't give up in despair. Try 1 Cardui, the woman's tonic. It has helped f more than a million women, in its 50 years of wonderful success, and should 1 surely help you, too. Your druggist has r sold Cardui for years. He knows what _ it will do. Ask him. He will recommend it. Begin taking Cardui today. t Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies' Advisory Dept., Chattanooga. Tenn., for Special 1 Instructions on your case and 64-page book.' Home ^ Treatment for Women," sent in plain wrapper. E66-B - Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. t The worst cases, ao matter of how long standing, ire cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heal9 at the same time. 25c, 50c, |1.0C A MOTHEfTSGRATITUOE ! Many a Mother in Bamberg Will Appreciate the Following. Many a strong man and many a ; healthy woman has much for which to thank mother. The care taken during their childhood brought them past | the danger point and made them j healthy men and women. Thousands of children are bothered with incon I tinence of urine, and inability to re; tain it is ofttimes called a habit. It is not always the children's fault?in many cases the difficulty lies with the kidneys, and can be readily righted. A Bamberg mother tells how she went ! about it. Mrs. J. C. Folk, Jr., Carlisle St., Bam| berg, S. C., says: "One of the younger I members of my family was troubled by a lame back and could not control the kidney secretions at night. I finally got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills from the People's Drug Co. and they brought relief." For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and j lake no other. NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of a decree of the court of common pleas in ihe case of Nettie Ximmons, plaintiff, against J. E. Kennedy, et al., defendants, I, H. C. Folk, Master for Bamberg county,, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door, Bamberg, S. C., on the 6th. day of October, 1913, between the legal hours of sale on said day, the following described tract of land, to-wit. All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in the county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing ninety-five (95) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North Kir ~ t At T) T- ~ ,3 .. J T-> ; idiius ui *?i. jd. rvumieuv cuiu n.iv;u, mond Wroton, East by lands of Dave Geter, (known as Bolen lands.) South by lands of Mrs. D. E. Hutto and Nettie Nimraons, and West by lands of the said Nettie Nimmons. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg Countv. CARTER & CARTER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Bamberg, S. C., September 15, 1913. CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank my many friends for their kindness in my recent sad bereavement in the loss of my father, as it is impossible for me to see them all personally. WM. H. PATRICK. TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the l-5th day of October, 1913 until the 15th day of March, 1914, inclusive. From the first day of January, . 1914, until the 31st day of January, 1914, a penalty of one per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From 1 the 1st day of February, 1914, until ! the 28th day of February, 1914, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1914, until the 15th day of March, 1914, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be addea to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For state purposes 5% mills For county purposes 5% mills Constitutional school tax....3 mills ? For public schools 1 mill For roads % mill Total 15% mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills > Binnakers, Xo. 12 3 mills ' Buford's Bridge, Xo. 7 2 mills , Clear Pond, Xo. 19 2 mills Colston, Xo. 18 2 mills Cuffie Creek, Xo. 17 2 mills Denmark, Xo. 21 6^ mills Ehrhardt, Xo. 22 9 mills Fishpond. Xo. 5 2 mills Govan, Xo. 11 4 mills Hutto, Xo. 6 2 mills , Hampton, Xo. 3 2 mills Heyward, Xo. 24 2 mills 1 Hopewell, Xo. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, Xo. 16 4 mills Lees, Xo. 23 4 mills Midway, Xo. 2 2 mills > Oak Grove, Xo. 20 2 mills Oiar, Xo. 8 4 mills St.John's, Xo. 10 2 mills Salem, Xo. 9 3 mills Three Mile, Xo. 4 2 mills All Dersons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age, 1 except Confederate soldiers and sail: ors, who are exempt at 50 years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one i dollar. I Capitation dog tax 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of ; age on or before the 1st day of Jani uarv, 1913 are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not made returns to the Auditor, are requested to do so on or before the ' 1st of January, 1914. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from the loth day of October, 1913, until the 1st day of March, 1914. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg County. Kaiser & Walker Plumbing, Heating, Roofing Modern and Sanitary Plumbing. Private Water Systems Installed. Sanitary Septic Tanks Installed. JtSamberg rarues inquire at The Herald Office. AIKEN, S. C. JOHN D. HADWIN WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER Fine Railroad and Complicated Repairing a Specialty. 35 Years Experience DENMARK, S. C. jfOurFafl ; Was One of the Most S The weather wa up-to-date and re; and the number oi j eminently satisfai We thank the |S appreciation of ou |i and invite them b We are opening of Baby Caps, I I Cuff Sets, and N< j| We are gettinj daily, call and in: will make the pri< Mrs. A. McB. BAMBER WHEHEVEIIII i Mai tii The Old Standard Grove's Ta Valuable as a General Tonic 1 Drives Out Malaria, Enrich* the Whole System, ForGr You know what you are talcing wnen y as the formula is printed on every label i tonic properties of QUININE and IRON tonic and is in Tasteless Form. It has r Weakness, general debility and loss of a Mothers and Pale, Sickly Children. I Relieves nervous depression and low spi purifies the blood. A True Tonic and Sur No family should be without it. Guarantc ^i Do Lil Of course you do. especially if you h turnout. Youcai are looking for al stock of buggies < be beat and the ] reach of all. We extra nice horses 1 shipped in. If yc and look them ov< J. J. S] Sale and Livery Stable I What Will Th If you are a farmer, you lating, hoping and worry general, over the country Have you ever stopped vest of your life's work away part of your monej old age and misfortune? An investigation will cc would be an ideal place safely. It's a good plan f strong banking connectioi row one of these days; v for you, on good security out any red tape. Drop you're in town. Make th< haVe to do business every "hello." REMEMBER US WHEN 1 WE'LL REMEMBER YOU 1 Ehrhardt Band Capital and Surplus $27,000.00 FARMS F AT LOW PRICES AN T ' ? ll. fii rrrtrt fvrtn J. li'diVC lilt;ILL ill iiuu that are adapted to all ki cotton, grain, trucking, character of soils: sand 1 and clay subsoils. Some sonal effects, ranging in ] acre. Your inspection is awaits you. Apply or sen< Also Some fine Valu< J. T. O'NEAL, R BAMBERL uccessfu! In Oar History j s ideal, our Hats jj asonable in price, f sales made were j j ctory to us. i ladies for their I r efforts to please o come again. 1 j this week a line .ace Collar and 11 ;ck Bows. ji g up New Hats j ipect them. We I ces right. I o II opeahs a to. mi g, s. c. jot [ED UK HOKE'S steless chill Tonic is Equally because it Acts on the Liver, ts the Blood and Builds up own People and Children. e ou take Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic showing that it contains the well known . It is as strong as the strongest bitter 10 equal for Malaria, Chills and Fever, ppetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursing Lemoves Biliousness without purging, rits. Arouses the liver to action and e Appetizer. A Complete Strengthener. sed by your Druggist. We mean it* 50c. rn fn Rirla?ll ^ IV 1UUV Everybody does, tave an up-to-date i find the kind you t our place. Our and harness can't prices are within also have several :hat have just been ?u need one come if MOAK Bamberg, S .C. .. e Harvest Be? are doing a lot of speeuinc about the crops. In , the outlook is tin<i. to think of what the harwill be. Are you storing 7 crop for the winters of nvince you that our bank for keeping your funds or every farmer to have a 1. You may want to borre can negotiate the loan , at right rates and within to see us, next time e call friendly?you don't time you come in to say rOU HAVE MONEY AND VHEN YOU NEED MONEY dng Company Ehrhardt, S. C. II OR SALb D ON EASY TERM-S a 35 acres to 1,000 acres, nds of farming; for corn, and stock raising, with oam, Norfolk, or yellow, with stock and all perarice from $10 to $60 per invited. An opportunity i for full descriptive lists ss in Town Property eal Estate Agt., J, s. c. . "r -A