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<Hhf lamiirrg Sirraiii ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. ; , A. \V. KNIGHT, Editor. Published every Thursday in The ' Herald building, on Main street, in | the live and growing CUy of BamC nerg. being issued from a printing i offke which is equipped with Mer-1 genthaler linotype machine, Babcock I cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a j fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by j oiootrip nnwcr with other material j l and machinery in keeping, the whole ! j equipment representing an invest- j i noent of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $150; < ?ix months, 75 cents; three months, j j?0 cents. All subscriptions payable , strictly in advance. ' . Advertisements?$1.00 per inch < for first insertion, subsequent inser- } tions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by . law. Local reading notices 10 cents 1 a line each insertion. Wants and j < other advertisements under special j bead, 1 cent a word each insertion. , Liberal contracts made for three, six, ' and twelve months. Write for rates. 1 Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all no- ( tices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular ad- 1 vertising. Contracts for advertising 1 not subject to cancellation after first ( insertion. Communications?We are always ' glad to publish news letters or those I pertaining to matters of public inter- j j est. We require the name and ad- j A dress of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find pl^ce in < our columns at any price, and we are ^ not responsible for the opinions ex- t pressed in any communication. ? ( Thursday, Dec. 11,1913. 1 I ' Bamberg , keeps growing all the time, and it is going to grow much c more rapidly during the next year. The future loks very bright. ? " c Bamberg needs more houses to 1 rent. With the new railroad being completed and the town taking on 1 new life as never before, the demand 1 for houses grows greater every day. Property is bound to go higher, and j1 now is the time to invest in Bamberg t 1 real estate. jt it is reported that more than one- i half of the students at Clemson col- P lege are studying agriculture this t year. We are glad to hear it. Clemson was founded as a farmers' col- j lege, and now. that it seems to be \ fulfilling its mission, under the presi- \ dency of W. M. Riggs, it should be ? doubly prized as one of the insritu- i tions of the State. \ Are the people of Bamberg going c to let the county hospital project die? c Too much work has been done already, r and it seemed that the matter was ^ well under way, but everybody seems t too busy to take any interest in the b matter, except a few. The hospital j. can and should be built, and there is ^ no better time than right now. Everything seems on the move in Bamberg, so let's get busy on the t hospital and build it. Testing His Love. A dentist received a call the other morning from a couple whom he soon had reason to belive were lovers. . The girl had an aching tooth, and as they entered the operating room, the young man said: e "Now, dear, the worst is over: just i ??x * take a seat and it will be out in a n minute." o "Oh," she gasped, "I can't!" t "But it really won't hurt you, you v know," v "But I am afraid it will." "It can't. I'd have one pulled out e in a minute if it ached." E "I don't believe it." b "Oh, yes, I would." j] "Has she got a bad tooth?" asked f, the dentist. r "Yes," answered the young man. "it 1( has ached for a week, and I've just c succeeded in getting her down here, j, Come, dear, have it out." n "Oh. I can't." j; "But, you must." "I can't stand the pain." t "Pain? Now, then, I'll have one s pulled out just to show you that it q doesn't hurt." He took a seat, lean- n ed back, opened his mouth, and the e dentist seemed to be selecting a tooth r to correspond with his forceps, when t the girl protested. "Hold on; the 0 test is sufficient. He has proved his devotion. Get up, Harry, and I'll t "have it pulled out." She took the r chair, had the tooth drawn without a v groan, and as she went out she was ^ saying to the young man: "Now, I j can believe you when you declare j that you would die for me." And f yet every tooth in his head was false. t Next. r Little Bertha was invited out to ? dinner with her father and mother. r Before she went, however, it was i , firmly impressed upon her mind that she must not speak unless spoken to. All went smoothly for awhile, but I when some time elapsed and no notice \ was taken of her she began to get un- 1 easy. t x 'Vi ?* rr CAUIO. ( ? inally tne nosier, scnug owm^- \ thing was wrong, asked her what she I would like next. 1 "I should like to have you begin 1 to ask me questions." was the polite j t reply.?Lippincott's. j * 1TTY. GEN. KILLS NEGRO; \< CIDKXTALLV SHOOTS MAX AT i t ELKS' ( LI B. * I iherill' Orders Deputy to Accompany Attorney General to Gover! nor's Mansion. Columbia, December 6.?Robert: Marshall, colored, was killed to-night1 )y Attorney General Thomas H. Pee- ; Mes at the Elks' Club in this city, j svhere the negro was employed as | ;hef. The inquest will be held at j loon to-morrow. According to those j It IflG C1UU II1G SIlOOLliife was cuinci; iccidental and Mr. Peeples is sorry leyond expression at the happening. It was a pistol shot, the ball pierc- j ng the brain of the negro. The oc- j :urrence was about 10 o'clock to- j light. .Mr. Peeples rested to-night j lat the Governor's Mansion, where he vent after the shooting took place. i Governor Blease was out of the 1 uty. being at his home in Newberry, ie made an effort, according to1' riends. to come here to-night, but I *ould not reach the city. He is ex- j ected to return early to-morrow. The news of the shooting spread i ibout the city, although every effort j vas made to keep it quiet. Many I riends thought it best not to publish anything about the affair, but as it vas an accidental killing, according o those at the club to-night, others ieemed it best that the facts be ( tnown. The details will come out o-morrow at the coroner's inquest. Sheriff McCain was on hand per;onally at the club soon after the diooting and on the sugestion that dr. Peeple's get a good night's rest it the Mansion he sent a deputy with lim. Sheriff McCain was heard to -xnress the oDinion that this was a , natter of form, although the shoot- ( ng was explained as accidental. J. F. Weaver, attendant at the club, s quoted as saying that Mr. Peeples vas passing a gun over the counter o him when it exploded, the bullet . J )iercing the brain of the negro, who ' vas instantly hilled. The gun is ] laid to have been a 44-calibre. The , )all entered at centre of right temple. A brother of the dead negro was 1 )resent at the shooting. He aftervards stated that he had- heard no 1 vords pass between his brother and , dr. Peeples, and the first thing he , mew was the report of the pistol, vhich he was very much surprised to lear. The brother is an employee >f the club also. It has been very | lifficult to secure any coherent state- { nent of the affair to-night, and will , >e until after the inquest at noon ( o-morrow before all the details will , e obtainable; all those present agree, 1 lowever, that the shooting was acci- , lental. Mr. Peeples was asked for a state- ^ nent, and said he would make one o-morrow. ( VERDICT ACCIDENTAL KILLING. Attorney General Peeples to Stand ] Trial, However. Columbia. December 7.?That Rob- ( rt Marshall, the negro cook at the , Clks' Club, came to his death last ] light from the accidental discharge i d a pistol in the hands of Attorney s leneral Thomas H. Peeples was the j erdict of the coroner's jury that in- \ estigated the shooting to-night. j This means that the Attorney Gen- 3 ral will be brought to trial at the t text term of court for accidental omicide. The court convenes dur- c ng the first week of .January. The ( ormal bond will be arranged to-mor- ? ow before Coroner Scott. The Atorney General was released to-night t ? 1. ? a/\ TKa t r? i o I II 11155 UWI1 i fCUguiz-autc. ? nc^ ti it** ii January is regarded a mere for- t nality. but is necessary under the t aw of the State. t All the testimony brought out at | he inquest tended to show that the c hooting was an accident. Attorney i eneral Peeples himself made a state- ] nent to the jury in which he explain- * d the discharge of the pistol, his i eason for having it and all the mat- i ers leading up to the unfortunate ( ccurrence at the club. < In effect Mr. Peeples stated that < te had placed tne pistol in nis auto- \ nobile yesterday when his mother j vent with her brother to Lexington. ~he return trip was made by Mrs. 'eeples with a strange chauffeur and ie desired that she should have the 2 >istol for protection. When he went o the Elks' Club at 10 o'clock last light he took the pistol out of the car l md carried it upstairs to the club i ooms with the intention of leaving j t there. Says He Does \'ot Carry Pistol. "1 -do not carry a pistol," said Mr. < ^eeples," and wanted to leave the 1 veapon at the club." He said that as i le walked Deiiind tne ounei 10 piace lie weapon near the cash register 'apt. J. H. Weaver, who was standing ! leiiind the counter, asked him to let lim see the pistol. He stated that le was handing it over when the pis- s ol discharged, killing the negro cook, j vho was standing in front of the buf- < EDISTO RIVER PROJECT. People of Interested Territory Rack- F ing Lever's Efforts. Orangeburg. December 0.?The ef- j . forts Congressman Lever is making; to have the adverse report of Engi-1 ^ p.eer Howell in regard to the Edisto j T * - ^ O*?A o-rnof li* on. I Kiver project re^ciscu mc cif ; j.j preeiated here and along the line of I the river. The people are in real I t tl earnest about this matter and there ! seems to be no doubt in the minds j of those who are best versed in the I' possibilities of trade and commerce n on the Edisto, should it be opened }] and made navigable, that it will be a _ I " paying proposition and not money ^ thrown away. This they thought had been shown to the engineers some r time back when considerable pains were taken to procure data and infor- jmation for the engineers. The peo- N pie to be benefitted by the opening p of the river are not going to give up the fight so long as there is the slight- j, est ground to stand on, and that is n not in sight yet, it is said. f( fet at the moment. From the testimony of other wit- e nesses it was brought out that the 0 ustol was cocked. Mr. Peeples stated that he did not know of this. "My God, what have I done!" ex- a claimed Mr. Peeples when he saw the n negro fall after the discharge of the gun. "I felt like blowing out my a own brains," he said. All witnesses c testified the Attorney General was t] distressed and Sheriff McCain said he wept as he told him of the shooting o | a few minutes after it happeud. The supposition is that the hammer of the gun struck the counter 11 I as Mr. Peeples handed the gun to j Mr. Weaver, and it was thereby dis- tJ charged. Sheriff McCain made an examination of the room that bore out ^ the statements of witnesses with reference to the range of the bullet, and the doctor's testimony also confirmed . a: this. No Words With Negro. , b All witnesses agreed that no .words passed between Mr. Peeples and the negro before the shooting. The other negro help in the club also testified to this. ? Capt. J. H. Weaver, conductor on e: the Southern Railway, bore out Mr. ^ Peeples's statements with regard to the discharge of the gun. Capt. Wearer says he was standing right next ^ to the Attorney General. ' . Assistant Attorney General Fred ^ K. Dominick appeared as counsel for ^ Mr. Peeples and questioned witnesses briefly. Solicitor Wade Hampton Jobb, of this circuit, appeared for the State. He will be the prosecuting nfficer at the trial. Governor Blease ^ ft-as Dresent at the hearing: to-night, ? ~ 'a 5ut took no part in the proceedings. The little room at the undertaking ?stablishment was crowded. The pis- ^ :ol that did the shooting was a curi- ^ ms affair, being one of the old-time f, bolt's 45-calibre. n. The inquest was postponed from ir 3.30 until 7 o'clock this evening, vhen it finally took place, lasting one C( lour. Awaited Arrival of Blease. w The inquest was set for noon toiay. Governor Blease and Assistant s< attorney General Fred Dominick left a dewberry at 10 o'clock in order to be w ^resent at the investigation of the st shooting. When they had not arrived jj it midday the inquest was postponed Y intil 1 o'clock. At that hour the ^ uitomobile of the Governor had not 0] --et arrived and notice was given that lie inquest would be held later. cj Solicitor Cobb, of the fifth judicial circuit, was present for the State to T conduct the investigation. Coroner 5cott presided over the inquest. n A number of prominent men atended the hearinf this evening. Governor hJiease ana Assistant at- d< ornev General Fred Dominiek went pi o Newberry yesterday afternoon in 5 :he Governor's car. They were in- w formed by long distance telephone )f the occurrence last evening and ^ kvould have returned to Columbia, S( nit for the fact that it was raining r, tnd the roads were slippery. This p. norning request was made that the nquest be postponed until the Gov?rnor and Assistant Attorney General :ould reach the city. The conditions )f the roads were such that the trip Tom Newberry, 45 miles distnt, could F not be made in quick time. SURETY BOND FOR PEEPLES. \ttorney General to Appear at Court . . ti for Accidental Killing. c, Columbia, December 8.?A surety s< bond in the sum of $1,000 was armO ri Oro/1 1 Q to tn.riav fnr the aoDear-1 ? langjtu ?utv w A A ance of Attorney General Thos. H. t Peeples at the January term for in- *t< voluntary manslaughter growing out 3f his accidentally killing a negro ^ cook at the Elks' Home Saturday C( night. H Assistant Attorney General Fred H. Dominick appeared before Coroner Scott this evening and secured the tt issuing of the bond. .Mr. Peeples has h been very much grieved over the ^ shooting. Many expressions of sym- ^ pathy from all parts of the State have v. come to him. y< $20,000 PROM ONE FARM. j [amber# Men Show Alabamians How i ? to Farm. j ? Spann Brothers, who own a large j ??! ract of land four miles west of j 3w 11, known as the Peterman place, j ?|j ave made a record on their farm *fj [lis year that should be worth someiiing to the farmers of this countt. ?* They planted 225 acres in cotton nd will make 200 bales. They planted 60 acres in corn and ot 50 bushels to the acre. The planted 20 acres in oats and $? lade 60 bushels to the acre, and jF rom the oat land, cut 500 bales of #? ? - - - v. .. Ol s tine a nay as was ever snipped tu T4J othan. ijj The total value of this crop runs ight around $20,000. They used only commercial fertizer. about 600 pounds to the acre. ,'ext year they expect to use 1,000 ? otinds to the acre. This is good farming. The land ?|j i the first place is good, but it had ever done anything like this beDie. *1 Most of the farm has been stump- J d, and was thoroughly broken with Sjl ultivators and disc plows. Instead of waiting till the spring f the year to begin plowing, they ^ re plowing now. They have ten mles pulling plows that break the *? md from 12 to 14 inches deep. They re turning under all cotton stalks, orn stalks, grass and all ivegetaon on the ground, and by planting ime in the spring this vegetation ill be in good shape to do its part s a fertilizer. Sj! There has been an idea from time = nmemorial, that if you turn up the fj| ed clay and mix it with your soil lat you are injuring the lands. But j :iat isn't so. Deep plowing will do ^ lore toward making a good crop in lis section than anything else, and 'hen coupled with intelligent work |jj| nH fort il im tinn n orr>n alwflvs ssured. When the lands are thoroughly ?1 roken they are in shape to stand g mch rain, or a drought. They can j|g e plowed any time during the year. On this Peterman place bought by le Spanns, a great deal of it had ermuda grass, and this was consid- jgg red by some agreat drawback to it. (any wouldn't have bought a piece f land with Bermuda on it. It was no trouble for Spann Bros. i kill it. Of course they didn't $8 et so good a yield from that land tie first year, on account of the ork they did killing the grass, but ac aey killed it out alright, and they ?? ill keep it down. 3? It is this kind of farming that is ?? oing to save Alabama from the oil weevil. The man who farms long the old methods will smell le patching. The man who uses lodern methods; breaks his land Brie loroughly, cultivates fast, and de- O troys the vegetation early in the ^or ill, is the man who is going to ^ lake plenty, of stuff on his land, >^or i spite of the boll weevil. It It is worth something to any Ere immunity to have such farmers, )r the neighbors learn much that ill be of value to them. ? jbui nere s me main pomi 10 mis :ory: The Spann Brothers' plows j re running now. They are not thei aiting till next spring. When they r?nc ;arted out to working their hands ke this, the hands wouldn't quit, ou couldn't run them off now. They aven't a man?and they all work I a halves?who didn't make money her lis year. Some made over $500 in do c ear money, and have it now, when ley owed big debts to start off with. hey are in good shape, and they are I illing to work when and how they re told.?Dothan (Ala.) Eagle. Adv Dr. L. A. Riser reports to the State __ oard of health that he examined 861 F ersons in Berkeley county and that suit. 86. or 68 per cent, were affected ^0SI itrh hook worm. C of 3 Twenty-four children have been ? ors, arred from the Spartanburg city __ ^hools for failure to comply with the ^ er0i lies regrding vaccination. Some arents refuse to permit their chil ren to be vaccinated. , A els , cent USE OF CALOMEL GRl PRACTICALLY STOPPED. ? Si or Bilious Attacks, Constipation and P*ac 163.1 All Ljver Troubles. Dangerous bug Calomel Give? Way To mar Dodson's Liver Tone. ?Every druggist in the State has no- kric ced a great falling off in the sale of t??l ilomel. They all give the same rea- sel1 in. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking on rt VI/ s place. "Calomel is often dangerous and RO* eople know it, while Dodson's Liver one is perfectly safe and gives bet?r results." says Peoples Drug Store. Dodson's Liver Tone is personally uaranteed by Peoples Drug Store ho sells it. A large bottle costs 50 7; rnts, and if it fails to give easy re- 60 , ef in every case of sluggishness, root ou have only to ask for your money eigli ack. It will be promptly returned. A r Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant reas isting, purely vegetable remedy? livii nrniipss to both children and adults. *<> H bottle in the house may save you Ban day's work or keep your children ?~" om missing school. Keep your liver ? orking and your liver will not keep sPer ou from working. fam > jfc.y i^y ^ ^ y t^y^ ^.1^ rwTWT^ 'JWWTWWTl VTVVTWTVV I'V V I WTWVTVVTWTWTVVTV ftl^TX^TI^TX^^I^?!^ They Keep Coming f & We received this week another H car load of H HIGH CLASS HORSES and MOLES | i v M ! Extra good ones. They were se- \l lected in the leading horse and j| mule market of the world by our I ? Mr. W. P. Jones. Come and see a , them quick. We can suit you. J* Remember, stock don't stay on $ hand with us very long .*. .'. ' ? jJONES BROS.) ? j UK THAMSCMK MY I ; We received last Thursday a car load f| r\4 nvtro mVn MiiIac onH q "fpw n"f tVlORP 55 4 * \J ?. VAIXU X11W 1TJL UlVtJ UilU V* X \/ TV vx VAAVK/V gTlfa I fine horses for which we are known. m . 1 If you want an animal for any purpose p [ it will be to your interest to see ours ?? * : before you buy. We also have a nice || line of Buggies, Harness, Etc., and || ; our prices and terms are made to suit - [ | i you. Come to see us. |? ! J. J. SMOAK I 1 | Rear Passenger Depot - Bamberg, S. C. jj j ~ IX MEMORIAM. j |\ 1 . 1) x * ines on the death of the infant ! KCHl JjSUu6 D2r?2IDS - ; of Mr. and Mrs. Decania Dowl-; * jf was thy sojourn on this scene 84 acres good land near town ^ f sorrow and distress, limits, dwelling and outbuildings, ' ; hadst thou known its anguish worth $2,500.00, under wire fence. H. . k,e?n\ , ' ' sold profcptly will sell at a sacrifice. :s grief, its wretchedness. I hadst thou tasted of its joys, 3s8 acres 7 miles from town; dwel- * ,s pleasures thinly strewn, ling worth $2,500; timber enough to thou wast called from strife and. , , ^ ^ ' nav for nronertv and some to spare. noise ?"~-' o a celestial throne. Prices and terms right. Must be. sold - FANNIE BROOKER. i at once. See me quick or you will be Card of Thanks. j t0? late , Modern two-story dwelling in the desire to thank the friends for _ o - s r kind and valuable assistance town of. Bamberg, Prlces and ter,me lered at fire on the evening of the right if sold by January 1st. With instant. C. W. RENTZ. the new railroad coming in now is the NOTICE " time t0 buy city Propertywill be at Ehrhardt. S. C., Decern-! H. M. GRAHAM 27th to January 6th, prepared to lental work. Will be at the hotel. MASTER'S SALE. ' By virtue of a decree of the court ? " of common pleas for Bamberg county, SPECIAL NOTICES. S. C., in the case of Mrs. M. S. Cope ' ; land against Robert W. Miller, et al., ertisements Under This Head 25c. siSne(l hy the Hon. G. \V. Gage, circuit judge, at the November, 1913, term For 25 Words or Less. ; 0; court, I, H. C. Folk, Master of said================================= court, will on Monday, January 5th, or a good tailored-to-measure 1914, the same being salesday, in call on the Dixie Tailors, op- front of the court house door at Bamte post office. . berg, S. C., between the legal hours : : : " ?: of sale, sell to the highest bidder for leaning, pressing, and repairing ^3^ the following described lot of .11 kinds neatly done. Dixie Tail- ; jan(j . opposite post office. , AU that certajn iot of ]an(j sjtu^ or Sale.?Appier Seed Oats, home a*cd in the town and county of Bamvn, 75c the bushel, sacked. J. K. berS> s- c-? containing one acre, more > \ i ? inoe on/1 K/-V11 nHor! nn the North hv FFIELD, Denmark, S. C. i ".Y ; Snnthprn Railway Co.; on the East utomobiles Insured.?1912 mod- and South by lands now or formerly 2*4 per cent; 1913 models 2 per, of estate of E. M. Cox; and on the Old line company. H. M.! West by lands of James Redford. ' *.HAM, Agent, Bamberg, S. C. j Terms cash, purchaser to pay for i papers. fcolen?Last Friday night one; H. C. FOLK, J k top buggy, new shafts with old I Master for Bamberg County. V hers. $5 reward for return of! November 22, 1913. gy. NANCY DOWLING, Den-j k, S. C. ! PUBLIC NOTICE. uction Sale.?Several hundred j j ffer f sa]e at my residence on k, farm implements carpenter s Frid December 19th, next, at 10 s some household articles. WiU; . , "k t the he3t ?idder to the highest bidder for cash < - cagh. Friday, December 12th, at two j t hor3 6 , 16 head of ^ 3ERTPADGETT* BamTera S C 1 tle: 10 -"^.hogs; 4 sows; 10 pigs; 3ERT PADGETT, Bamberg, S. C. jqq busheis 0f COrn; 3 wagons; 4 - - j sewing machines; 1 hay press; 1 T?r\n CAT C weeder; 1 harrow: 1 cooking stove; r \_/|\ 2 bed steads and bedding; a lot of household and kitchen furniture and other things too tedious to mention. 5 acres of land, 3 miles of Olar, t g BRELAND. acres under cultivation, with 4-1 ,oiar, S. C., December 2nd, 1913! n house, barn and stables, for __________ DMR.MV.TIQM cai uai^a'ii jivi ^vmv v/nv# g ^ rbm ?81 W 9 ? M P 9 W on for selling at this price owner TTr-n j.? ig away from the State. Apply ** *" cure your xtneumatisill r. M. GRAHAM or J. T. O'NEAL, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, iberg, s. c. Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and -Mr. l. a. Klauber, of St. George,. Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects it Sunday in the city with the | Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used iniiv Of his son, Mr. w. A. Klauber. ternally and externally. Price 25c. $ r * f / - V * V.vV- _ < * ' _ 'lkittJ