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GIRLS SHOT BY STRAY BULLETS. ft Casualty Causes Excitement in Jonesville. Jonesville, Deec. 26.?A bullet from the pistol of one of two negro man ancairoH in a linpl this aftemOOn near the depot wounded Miss Marie Fowler and Miss Myrtle Coleman, two 16-year-old girls, who were passing along the street when the combatants opened fire on each other. The accidental shooting of the two young women, the daughters of well known * citizens, created great excitement in Jonesville. Angry men beat one of the negroes severely. Sheriff Hay Fant of ^Hnion arrived opportunely Y * on Southern train No. 41 which passes about 6:30 o'clock and took the negroes aboard with him before any violence had been offered to them for their criminal carelessness. Miss Fowler was seriously wounded, the bullet passing through her T- chest. The same shot struck Mi6s Coleman in the arm, inflicting a flesh wound. Miss Fowler is the daughter of C. C. Fowler, a farmer ' who lives two miles from Jonesville, and Miss Coleman is^the daughter ot R. R. Coleman, a member of the Jonesville police force. Miss Fowler, ^ who receeived the worse wound of the two, was carried to the Jonesville hotel, near the scene of the shooting. Tonight she was said to be resting well and to have a good chance for recovery. The negro men who did the shooting are Will Hames and Crawford Thomson, both about 35 years old. Thev are said to have borne each I > * other a grudge for a long time. They took occasion to settle it this afternoon about 5 o'clock when they were on the street near the depot and started shooting. Thomson was shot '' in the leg by Hames. A stray bullet from the pistol of one of the negroes struck both Miss Fowler and Miss Coleman. Officers arrested the negroes while the intense excitement caused by the affair spread over the town. Sheriff Fant was notified of the shooting in time to catch the westbound after? V noon train before it left Union. When the train arrived at Jonesville, ten miles away, the negroes were loaded on it and left in the custody of the sheriff, who took them to Pacolet where he waited until Southern train No. 10, eastbound, arrived. Then he put the negroes aboard and carried them back through Jonesville to Union, where they were put in jail about 9:30 p. m. *, Many Tongues; One People. From the data assembled by the census bureau, says the Philadelphia Ledger, it appears that in the enumeration, on the basis of language, of the 32,243,382 persons of foreign white stock in the United States there are 10.037,420, whose mother tongue is English, 8,817,271 Germans, 2,151,422 Italians, while the French-speaking "linguistic family" numbers 1,3.75,169. and stands seventh in the list, surpassed in point of numbers by the Polish, Yidish and Hebrew, and Swedish elements in our population. The total white population of the United States in. 1910 was 81,731,? 957, and the native stock accounts for 60 per cent, of this total. With cn diversified a remainder, it is not surprising that a wide variety of thinking and feeling on social and political issues is discoverable. Yet in any great national crisis we stand ready to act as one people, and indivisible political entity. Some of c * our noblest patriots are citizens by adoption, who stand firm in their al: legiance to the same traditions of civil and religious liberty that brought our forefathers here and in' spired their first plantation. A TRUE SXAKE STORY. "Doc" Johnson, Colored, Killed Large Number of Deadly Reptiles. "Doc" Johnson, a negro who lives near Elko, is the champion snake killer of Barnwell county. About two weeks ago he was engaged in getting out some 6hingles on the plantation of Mrs. D. M. Johnson and had cut down a large cypress tree in a pond. He had heard a terrible rattling noise and investi gation disclosed the fact that the hollow stump was the den of a tribe of rattlesnakes. When the smoke of battle had cleared away, "Doc" had ^ killed thirteen large snakes and several smaller ones. The largest measured five feet in length and they all had rattles, ranging ini number from eight to twenty-two. Three large snakes succeeded in making good their escape. While the gentleman who reported we awvc uuuncuvc uut w ^ witness, he assured the writer that it is a true snake story, as he was told the facts by a friend who saw the dead reptiles.?Barnwell People. Megaphone Kind. "What do you suppose makes that baby cry so awfully loud?" "Why, both its parents are hard of hearing, you know."?Chicago Tribune. / / USING COTTON PAPEH. Wagener Bank President Succeeds in Experiment. Aiken. Dec. 26.?The financial and business depression resulting from the effect of the European war on the cotton market has been relieved to a certain extent in the Wagener section of Aiken county by the action of E. B. Jackson, president of the Bank of Wagener, in the success with which he has met in having cotton warehouse certificates rediscounted by the federal reserve bank. Some time ago Mr. Jackson organized a company and built a warehouse at Wagener with a capacity of a-1-_ ft /\ r\ /\ i 1 Tkrt approximately z.uuu uaies. mc warehouse was bonded. The Bank of Wagener entering the federal reserve bank system, Mr. Jackson as an experiment, first 6ent to the regional reserve bank five warehouse certificates for five bales of cotton each, and when these were very readily rediscounted, more and more were sent. To date Mr. Jackson has rediscounted about $40,000 worth of cotton warehouse receipts, turning the money into business channels at Wagener through the farmers, who have, therefore, been able to provide for themselves and at the same time reserve to themselves the title to their cotton. In this way numbers of farmers have been able to stock their places with hogs and cattle, or at least to make the beginning in this direction, ,&nd to buy seed grain for sowing. This plan has enabled the Bank of Waeener to advance about $30 a bale on cotton. The president of a larger bank, which is in the federal reserve system, said when Mr. Jackson's achievement was brought to his attention, "I thought of this, but I did not believe that it could be done, and I was afraid to try it." ' Historic Cities Bombarded. The Turkish official statement of December 17 says: "A British cruiser unsuccessfully bombarded a watch tower between Jappa and Gaza, in Palestine, on the Mediterranean." The mention of these historic seaports in connection with the fighting carried on throughout almost the whole of the eastern hemisphere, conjures up memories of their past. Gaza is the place where Samson got "roped in" by a designing woman aihong the daughters of the enemies of the children of Israel, but made a successful getaway. The Bible account says: "And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compased him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, in the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar nil on/1 nnt thfkm UDOn his auu an, uuU v..v? -r shoulders, and carried them up tc the top on a hill that is before Hebron." Joppa is the seaport whence Jonah took a ship for Tarschish in seeking to avoid the command of the Lord tc warn the Ninevites of their wickedness. We all know what happened to Janah. At Joppa Peter brought back to life Tabitha, otherwise known as Dorcas, after she had been laid out for burial. It was also at Joppa that Peter had his remarkable vision which convinced him that "there was nothing unclean which the Lord had cleansed." and after that i? is to be assumed that Peter indulged in food he had never before eaten. Joppa also was the seaport where the ships that brought the cedars that were cut from Lebanon were unloaded, the timber to be transported to Jerusai i~ .."""3 in flio ortnctruptinn nf ItJIIl IU uc U9CU 1U lu? -.vr ? w... ? the temple under the reign of Solomon. Gaza has a population at the present time of about 35,000, while Joppa has a population of something like 20,000. The belief pretty generally prevails among neutral military authorities that the present war will result in wrestling Palestine from Turkish rule.?Houston Post. ENDORSES POSTMASTERS. Lever Suggests Names in Two Districts. Washington. Dec. 24.?Representative Lever today recommended tc the postmaster general for appointment in the 7th congressional district the following postmasters: Sumter, Dr. George W. Dick; Lexington, Frank George: Mayesville, f*\ 1 TN fAAnar Gt MattVl OW.C -l/. .mmw..V..V Samuel E. Owens; Leesville. J. Henry Bodie. In the 2nd district. John B. McMillan has been appointed postmaster at Ulmers, Barnwell county, to succeed J. C. McMillan, resigned. Jesse W. Chisolm has been reappointed postmaster at Garnett, Hampton county. New line of Waterman's Fountain Pens at The Herald Book Store. v TIKI) COW TO TRAIN. i Negro E\|>ecte<l Animal to Keep Up With "Cannon Ball." ( John Williams, alias Frank Potts, a negro of gingercake color, evidently does not entertain much respect for the speed of Capt. Edmunds' | "Cannon Ball" on the Savannah Valley road. For if he did have the right amount of respect he certainly would not have expected a young heifer, which he admits is stolen property and which he tied to the steps of the rear coach to be able to keep up with the train. Capt. Edmunds' fast flyer leaves , out of the Anderson yards about 6 o'clock in the morning. An hour or two before the time of departure the negro fireman gets on the job, and steams up. When the fireman reported for work at his usual hour this morning, he found the young heifer securely tied to the steps of the rear coach. Investigating further the fireman located the Williams negro snug and comfortable by the stove inside the coach. When Capt. Edmunds came down ready to board the train the fireman told of his disclosures and the gen ial captain telephoned to police headnnartprs The neero readily admit ted that the young heifer wasn't his, I , and stated that he had taken it from a pasture about four miles west of the city. He said that some buggy reins were hanging over the fence just inviting him to use them on the heifer, which was standing not far from the pasture gate. He accepted , the invitation, and today he is the | guest of the county in the jail, having been moved from the city lock up early this morning. The offeers telephoned to several farmers west of the city to learn if, they were missing a heifer from their! herds. .Mr. Oliver Bolt, who has so j i many cows and stock of all kinds, be-! 1 ' gan search, and because of the great, number he has never would have found out that one heifer was rniss-j ing had it not been for the fact tjiat ' j this particular heifer was raised ' around the yard and was somewhat j of a pet. Mr. Bolt hurried to the city, bringing along several negroes who work on his place, and the feifer was driven back to the haunts, from j i which she was disturbed at an early, ' j hour this morning. | ! .Tiist. what would have happened if | Capt. Edmunds had flagged his "can-j non ball" ahead without detecting; the presence of the young heifer, is; i mere speculation. Maybe the negro | ('figured on what would happen, and; maybe he came to the conclusion that] the heifer could keep the pace set J ijhy the engine in front. And if he ! did think 60, right there is where he; jshowed his disrespect for Capt. Efc J munds' lightning express.?Anderson 1 , Peoples Advocate. [ Gorky and the English. i i Maxim Gorky, who is now serving with the Russian army in Galicia.1 . has a very genuine appreciation of ,'the English character and attain. iments. When Mme. Yavorska produced his play, "The Lower Depths," l in London a number of well known ; English men of letters sent him a , message of congratulation, says the . London Chronicle. In the course of [I his reply Gorky said: "I am the more ;i proud of this witness to the interest l created by my play in London because [! as I survey the work done throughout L the world by Englishmen, I say to myt self, 'this is the race which has dei voted itself, and still does, to the [ propagation of fruitful ideas, and to ?!the spread of the culture common to; [ Aryan peoples, with the greatest I energy and the most conspicuous suci cess.' " ; Probably no writer living has ever . had such varied experiences as have . fallen to the loV of Gorky. A few ; years ago he published a sort of . skeleton autobiography. Here it is: "1878, shoemaker's apprentice; 1S7. . draughtsman's apprentice; 18S2, . scullion on a steamer; 1S83, baker; 1884 hall porter; ISS.t, baker; 1S8G, chorus singer in a traveling com. panv; 1887, hawking apples in the . street; 1888, candidate for suicide: . 1889, lawyer's copying clerk; 1891, , tramping through Russia; 1893, railway navy; 1894, published my first story." And now he able to add "soldier" to the list. The Kaiser's Real Estate. The kaiser is threatened with se Hems nprsonal' losses through the > Russian invasion, for in addition to the great game preserves at Ronu ten, already in the hands of the enemy, he has a magnificent castle at Posen, according to the London , Chronicle. He can, however, well , afford tojose, for he is the possessor of ninety separate estates, the bigi gest comprising a quarter of a mil lion acres, and holds the record , among monarchs in the matter of . castles, of which he has just three - . I score. All are magnificent residences, i but seldom visited by their owner, who maintains them chiefly for political reasons. Subscribe for The Herald, $1.50 year. i . r # NOTICE TO DISTILLERS AND LIQUOR DEALERS. , 4 Bids and samples are hereby requested in accordance with the Dispensary 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, South Carolina. Liquors to be shipped in car load lots, except Beer, freight prepaid to Bamberg, S. C., to-wit: All kinds of corn, rye, gin, wines and brandies, both in bulk and bottled in full 1-2 pints, pints and quarts. Beers in pints and quarts to be delivered at Bamberg, Denmark, Ehrhardt and Olar, S. C. Also bids on empty bottles, 1-2 a pint, pints and quarts, in dispensary cases, cork and tin foil. V 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: 1 1. All bids must be sealed and there shall be no signature or mark upon the envelope indicating the name of the bidder. 2. All bids must be sent by express or registered letter to Geo. A. Jennings, Treasurer, Bamberg, S. C., on or before Monday, Jan. 11, 1915. 1 3. The contract will be awarded = to the lowest responsible bj4der, 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 bids shall be in gallons, 1-2 gallons, quarts, pints and 1-2 Dints. Bids will be opened at the office of the County Board, Bamberg, S. C., on Jan 11, 1915. J. M. Grimes, Chairman. J. B. Kearse, W. H. Faust. Board of Control County Dispensaries. Bamberg County, South ' Carolina. TAX>. NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1914 until the 15th day of March, 1915 inclusive. From the first day of January, 1915, until the 31st day of January, 1915, a penailty of one per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1915, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March,. 1915, until the 13th day of March, 1915. a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 6 mills For county purposes '. 4 mills For bridges 1 mill For roads 1-2 mm Constitutional school tax 3 mills Total 14 1-2 mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills 1 Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Colston, No. 18 4 mills 1 Denmark, No. 21 6 -1-2 mills [ Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills Fishpond. No. 5 i mills | Govan, No. 11 4 mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills Heyward, No. 24 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mills Lees, No. 23 4 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills Olar, No. 8 9 mills | St. John's, No. 10 2 mills ~ ! Salem, No. 9 * 4 mills Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills All persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age, except Confederate soldiers and saili ors, who are exempt at 50 years of | age, are liable to a poll tax of one : dollar. Capitation dog tax 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of January, 1914 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, 1915. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from - ~ - A4 J ill I the 15th day oI UctoDer, isis, uum the 1st day of March, 1915. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg County. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. FRANCIS F. CARROLL Attorney-at-Law Office in Hoffman Building GENERAL PRACTICE. J BAMBERG, S. C. * LODGE MEETING. Bamberg, Lpdge, No. 38, Knights of Pythias meets first and fourth Monday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visit- J ing brethren cordially invited. A. M. DENBOW, ' Chancellor Commander, C. R. GILLIAM, Keeper of Records and Seal. eUB-MY-TISM ' Will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Eczema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally or externally. 25c I R p RPT.T.mar.R I ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Over Bamberg Banking Co. 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