The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 02, 1913, Page 5, Image 5

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r? ? n i c i it juu nave l again, for hei j ^ t If you did not get wa Q opening days we ask f* help had it was in usually strive to give. j COME TO SEE US | YOUR BUSINESS | Hootoi * . | TELEPHONE NO. 39-i . PERSONAL MENTION. s People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mrs. Ida Schwartz left iast FriJ ~ n *-r\ mlotiroe in Ohflrlp* U ay lUi <X YlOIl IV ltmu.v.0 ... ton. ?Mr. D. 0. Steedley, of the Hunter's Chapel section, was in the city j last Friday. ?G. Frank Bamberg left Satur- j day night for St. Louis to buy a car j load of horses and mules. ?Mr. A. B. Hair, of Blackville,! spent Sunday in the city on a visit to j the family of his brother Dr. Geo. F. j Hair. ?Mrs. A. G. Hays and Miss Addys j Hays, of Bamberg, are the guests of ! Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hartzog.?Green- | wood Journal. ?Mr. W. P. Jones returned home j last Friday from St. Louis, where he i went to buy horses and mules for j Jones Bros. ?Mrs. W. H. Ritter, of Ehrhardt, j arrived in St. George Monday even- j ing on a visit to her parents, Rev. j and Mrs J. W. Ariail.?Dorchester! Eagle. ?Mr. Swain Merchant, of Branch ville. has accepted a position in the Carlisle School at Bamberg. Mr. Merchant graduated from Wofford College last June and is well qualified for his work?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ?Mr. J. Thos. Arnold, Dr. I. M. Woir an/? Mr Haskell Martin, of Greenville were in the city last Saturday. They came down on a fishing trip. Dr. Hair is a brother of Dr. Geo. F. Hair, of this city, and Mr. Arnold is one of the prominent business men of Greenville. Their friends regretted that their stay was so short. ?Miss Blanche Hair has returned to Greenville Female College; Misses Lallah Byrd and Jeroline Bruce to j Columbia College; Miss Louise Folk to Converse; and Misses Helen and Julien Easterling, Evelyn Free, Vir- i ginia Hill, and Nettie and Ethel San- j difer have gone to Limestone College ! at Gaffney. ?Mr. Laurie C. Smoak. who has ' been attending a business college in Augusta for several-months, came' home last Saturday, having received | liis diploma in book-keeping. He has accepted a position as bookkeeper j for F. \Y. Free Co. Mr. L. E. Spann ; who is holding this position at pres-1 ent, will return to Denmark, where j he will keep books for J. Z. Brooker. j 01 lot been to Hoc re you'll see soi rMillin Even thou, open tile seas< Hats to show} our opening < hasn't seen an ^(' a 1 ^ ^ ^ *** you than ever .VoU w^nt in ii W Flower. Com Kutledge warn qualities, pric< tory we do no' ited on as promptly as yo that you overlook that t ipossible to give each cust i, LET US SHOW IUU VI IF GOODS, QUALITY, n's Lad A ?M. W. I. Johns, of Baldock, in the city Monday. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brickie sj Sunday in Branchville with relati ?Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Gray, of Lees section, wer% in the city Thursday. ?Mr. A. L. Kirkland, of the ford's Bridge section, was in the Monday. ?Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bruce children spent Sunday in Branchi with relatives. ?B. D. Carter, Esq., went dow] Charleston Monday night on pro sional business. ?Mrs. J. F. Andrews has retur from Denmark, where she has t visiting. She was accompanied her sister, Mrs. W. H. Faust, daughter. Miss Margaret.?Gr< wood Journal. ?Mr. M. A. Moye, Jr., who is : working for the Southern Rail as ticket collector, with headquar in Charlotte, N. C., spent a few c in the city this week on a visit relatives. His many friends v glad to see him again. STORK ROBBER AT AIKEX. \\ esley Yonce Victim of Burgl Valuable Articles Taken. Aiken, September 30.?Last n: the store of Wesley Yonce, on \ street, was robbed and the burg made a successful get-away. W Mr. Yonce went down to his si this morning he found that one the back windows had been bro and the store robbed of several h dred dollars worth of goods. Parties living at the rear of store stated that they heard a n< as of the breaking of glass abou o'clock this morning, and it thought the rohhery took place at this time. The robbers took a n ber of watches, diamond rings several suits of clothes. A Necessity. The other Sunday two small t were industriously digging in a cant lot when a man who was p ing stopped to give them a lecture "Don't you know that it is a sii dig on Sunday, unless it be a cas< necessity?" asked the good man. "Yes, sir," timidly replied one the boys. "Then why don't you stop it?" " 'Cause this is a case of ne sitv," replied the little philosopl "A feller can't fish without bait. Washington Post. ! the New JR FALL OPENINt >ton's this season, c mething new almc ery Department gli we had an enormous stock to m with, we have very few of the :ou that we were showing during lays. Miss Rutledge says she iytiling like it in her experience. ? n > H/i lli-llll' X mi' > > Jii;mo iici \ xiidvit" xiiciii? v iv you since the others have been e also received many shipments tment since the season opened, fore in better shape to please before, for we know just what t Hat, a Shape, a Stick-up or a e and look is all we ask. Miss ts to show you, and if our styles, es and service are not satisfaet want your business. u would have liked during our his time. Even with the extra ;omer the personal attention we fHAT WE HAVE. WE WAN! PRICE AND SERVICE COU2 lies Store MAIL ORDEI was | REP. BYRNES TALKS ON ROADS. )ent' C?mm*tte Has ?Raps ves j "Auto Suggestions." thp i ???. J Washington, Sept. 28.?As a memlast ber of the committee on roads Mr. Byrnes has been invited to attend and ?u" address a number of conventions held city in the interest of road improvement. While unable to accept the invitation and to address the National Association rille j at Detroit, he has accepted the insociation at Mobile. November 21). a to siciation at Mobile, November 20. ,fes. Mr. Byrnes states that the House committee will endeavor to put a bill d through the House as soon as the regular session convenes, and he beleen ky. lieves the bill will be similar to that and passec* the House and killed in the jen- Senate durin? the last Congress, providing for the payment by the Government to the States, for the use of Q0V the roads over which rural mail xv J carriers travel. Mr. Byrnes declares that a concert]o vq ed effort is being made by certain ' *? interests to have road legislation to take the form of a transcontinental highway, and to encourage this sentiment all kinds of road associations, with nominal membership, are being ars formed, and resolutions fathered by the American Automobile Association and road machine factories, adoptight ed- Re states that road legislation Iain desired by these associations would lars be a great luxury to the automobile hen tourists, but would be of no service to tore man *n t^ie country who wants to , 0f take his crop to market. ken He says that any bill adopted by lUn_ the House committee must provide for the improvement of plain roads the used by plain people, and it would not oise be surprising if there should be some 4 investigation as to the source from is which funds are secured to originate tout road papers and hold conventions. am- ?-? and XEGR0 LYNCHED IN KENTUCKY. Mob Strings Up Black Who Assaulted Little Girl. s Litchfield, Ky., Sept. 26.?A mob >0^s i of citizens visited the county jail here ^a~jabout 1 o'clock this morning, overaSS" j powered the jailer, took Joe Richard! son. a negro, from his cell and hang1 t0 J ed him to a tree in the public square 3 i Richardson was charged with assaultI ing Ree GofF, 11 years old, as she 5 | was on her way to school in the coun| try near here Tuesday morning. The i negro's body was still hanging in the ces"! public square early today, tier. | , "?! All kinds of ledgers and blanfc books at Herald Book Store, cheap. ffti rocss - Tilings S A GRAND SU ome. If you ha >st daily while tl Dry Goods &S We showed during Ilieve the largest and m< in ladies' and misses*, and children's Coats, e of the State. They h expectation, and if we ( Suits and Coats the lin hut we add to this dep< We have received t1 partment in the last t< anotlier the last of this something over sevent and when the other s have a more complete 1; children's Coats than v Our Silks, Dress G< will find more eompl shown. We invite vou ?/ vinc-ed that Ilooton ca line of Ladies' Furnish State. ? YOUR BUSINESS, WE NI <TT FOR ANYTHING. i and IN IS SOLICITED. 01 IOI 12,000 PERSONS LIABLE. More than That Number Must Pa Income Tax in Chicago. There are approximately 12,00 persons in Chicago with annual in comes of more than $3,000, accord ing to a preliminary estimate c Frank E. Hemstreet, chief deput collector of internal revenue, wh has completed an investigation at th orders of the department in Wash ington. The investigation was t discover the number of persons wh will be affected bv the proposed iD come tax if it becomes a law. "Of a total of 600,000 wage earn ers in Chicago," the deputy saic "there are about 12,000' having in comes between $3,000 and $20,00 yearly. There are 500 persons whos incomes are between $20,000 am $50,000; 175 whose incomes are be tween $50,000, and $100,000, am 35 whose incomes exceed $100,00 yearly. This gives 12,710 person with incomes at more than $3,000. "I found that in proportion to th number of persons employed, bank pay more relatively high salarie than any of the commercial occupa tions in which lists were submitted,' lie said. RIG TWIXK CONTRACT. Postoffice Department Wants 2,200, OOO Pounds to Tie Mail. Some idea of the amount of mai nanaiea dv tne postorace uepanuiem and the energy required to prepare i properly for delivery, is conveyed in ; call issued Wednesday by Postmaste General Burleson for bids for 2,200, 000 pounds of twine with which t< tie up letters. That even the vast amount may no be sufficient is indicated by the adde< appeal that inventors of substitub tying devices enter the competitioi for the material, "as it may be re quired by the postal service durinj the remainder of the year endinj June 30, ] 914." "Think what the proposed contrac J means," said an official of a statisti c-al turn of mind. "It would be a sim pie matter to tie up old Mother Eartl with the amount of string we are t( get; we might stretch a communicat ing link to one of the planets; if th? energy spent by postal clerks througl the United States in twisting th< string around packages could be har ressea it wouia prouauiy serve l?j drive the vessels of the navy; if th( ?. Oh; but what's the use?" IE CCESS ve been, come le season is on 1 4 wit Department j our opening days we be- ip| ost complete line of Suits, jp| as well as ladies', misses g|' ver shown in this section & lag ave sold far beyond our |sp| lid not fill in and get Xew ipr e would be badly broken, fey irtment almost daily. K'o siiipments for this de- W m days, and will receive > week. We are showing y-five Suits at this time, hipment arrives we will ine of ladies', misses' and pe have previously shown, oods and accessories you ete than we have ever to come and look, be'eon- ^ " j , u a rries the most complete ings in this section of the ^ IED YOUR BUSINESS, AND I YOURS FOR BUSINESS lillinery 'i |1~ WAS KILLED BY TRAIN. That is Yerdict in Case of Crum c' Reeves. q St. George. Sept. 29.?After waitL_ ing for about one month at the re[_ quest of the coroner's jury trying the ,f case of Crum Reeves to find by what v means he came to his death, 11 of the o 12 jurors signed a verdict that he e met his death by having his head cut L_ off by a train on the Southern railo way. 0 About one month ago the body of t_ Crum Reeves was found dead on the track of the Southern railway about ^ 300 yards from the court house at ; 1 St. George, with the top of his .head ( ^ cut off. At that time there was sus- ; 0 picion of foul play and it was at the e request of the jury that the hearing ? was postponed in order to make an 1 investigation and find out more facts i d about the case. On Saturday night ^ after dilieent search bv the Southern y . s railway officials 11 of the 12 jurors trying the case signed their names e under a verdict that Reeves came to g his death as above stated. The other ' s juror, a railway conductor, refused to sign any verdict whatever. It is ? understood that suit will be instituted for damages by the widow of the ' dead man. ' Crum Reeves was about 30 years ( old and leaves a wife and one child 1 to survive him. ( i ATLANTA ATTORNEYS INDICTED. * Burton Smith and Reuben Arnold j t' Charged with Assault. J a " Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.?Burton Smith, brother of United States Sena3 tor Hoke Smith, and Reuben R. Arnold to-day were indicted by the Ful- j t ton county grand jury for assault and ] j battery. Both are prominent lawyers J e of Atlanta. The indictments were re- j turned upon complaint of W. H. Byrd ^ and C. W. Wharton, who testified 1 y that they were beaten by Smith and ^ I Arnold in a fight'in the Court House 3 . ? JT P Pav AA.inint. L'Ui MUUI iddl .ua> . v. WA, V.V jv*a-a.v m I ly accused v/ith Smith and Arnold, was not indicted, Wharton alleged that Smith, who has only one arm, 1 knocked him down for remonstrating ^ against language Smith used to a woman witness. In the fight which fol- ^ lowed Smith is said to have floored j "! several men. The complainants s ^ charged that Arnold and Cox interfer- J ed in Smith's behalf. Both Smith and Arnold gave bond of $200. y _ ( ' Highest prices paid for pecans. G. ? A. DUCKER & BRO., Bamberg, S. C. c , - **? m "tI m First | g-\ m&^Jmgk - n mmmm /f| fo f3 ^ ' tailored by , nnenberg, Son fe? Q ^JBlumberg iTIMORE. MARYLAND LU?d Wtfk BeUia<'? Pare Dye Cu<ruti^ Set.a NTEND TO HAVE || Parlor | BAMBERG, S. C. jj FOREST FIRES UNDER CONTROL. Damage to Agricultural Lands in California Runs High. _ San Francisco, Sept. 24.?Aften* burning for three days with damage to timber and agricultural lands estimated at $1,000,000 and upwards, forest fires in four counties of Central California were reported under control this afternoon. In Santa Cruz county, where only desperate work saved the Hercules Powder Works, smouldering embers were being watched on the hillsides. In Napa county the Napa soda springs and Wilson's Inn were reported safe, and flames in Capell, Foss and Gordon Canyons under control. Twenty families are homeless. The largest area burned over was in Napa county. No loss of life has been reported. _ 4 3 Woman Walker Wins Home. > ->. * "Minneapolis, Minn., September 30. ?Marie Chester, of Middletown, N. J., mother of ten children, three of whom accompanied her, to-day in Minneapolis, finished a 1,500-mile walk Shp Ipft New York citv on July 31 and spent fifty-three days on :he road. A.number of business men Middletown agreed to rebuild Mrs. Chester's burned home at an expense }f $4,000 provided she made the trip in sixty-five days. Jones Bros, have received a car oad of horses and mules, extra nice ;>nes, this being the first load for this season for the town and county. Ad. " 1 PIRn AP TH1V1T6 V^U?JLr V* AlXiAillftM ?? As we cannot communicate with jach one personally, we wish to ;hank, through the columns of this )aper, our relatives and friends for ;he sympathy and kindness shown n our recent bereavement, and for he lovely tribute of flowers which vas so generously sent to mark the ast resting place of our brother, Yilliam Parsons Murphy. J. H. MURPHY. P. B. MURPHY. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE on Wednesday, the 15th day of October, 1913, I will offer for sale it public auction, to the highest bidler, for cash, in the town of Ehrlardt, S. C., one house and lot in aid town of Ehrhardt, known as the 5. L. Bishop place.. House has five ooms This property to be sold for livision. Purchaser to pay for papers. Sale will commence at 12 >'clock, noon. C. >1. BISHOP. i 3 ' 'Z A -*. y