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GIRLS SHOT BY STRAY BULLETS.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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. I score. All are magnificent residences,
i but seldom visited by their owner,
who maintains them chiefly for political
reasons.
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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
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terms and conditions of the Dispensary
law of 1907, and bidders must
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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,
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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
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I the 15th day oI UctoDer, isis, uum
the 1st day of March, 1915.
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