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HIS FIRST TRAIN RIDE.
Greenville Mountaineer Game to Rock
Hill For Trial.
Mark Bryant, silver-headed, three
scores in age and of feeble step,
boarded the train in Greenville for
Rock Hill, where he was to be tried
on the charge of making whisky contrary
to the laws of the land. Other
prisoners were carried on the same
train by United States Marshal C. J.
Lyon but it was different with the
aged mountaineer for in his three
* score years he had never before ridden
on a train.
In spite of the fact that he had
"been literally snatched away from his
little family back in the mountains,
Bryant enjoyed the ride. He expressed
surprise at many things on the
train, but none more than the fact
that meals were served on the cars, i
In his years he never had heard of
that and it was almost too much for
him to believe with is own eyes, now
weakened by years of peeping through
the coves of the Blue Ridge.
But whatever Bryant's impressions
' might have been on the trip to Rock
Hill, he did not have opportunity to
tell Marshal Lyon what he thought
of the return trip. Bryant did not
return to his Greenville country
home. The sentence of the court was
that he serve a year and a day in the'
Federal prison in Atlanta and In company
with a deputy marshal he was
taken to Atlanta Saturday night. But
not until he had called Marshal Lyon
aside.
"Marshal, 1 am t done noinm ana
I ain't kncr^d nothin' but make licker
all of my lue. My daddy made it
and I suppose my granddaddy did too.
It was about all that we could do"
with the corn that we made," he told
Marshal Lyon.
y The old man's voice almost faltered
as he continued:
"But Marshal, I have a favor to ask
of you. I ain't complaining at the
sentence of this here court. But I
want you to go up to my home and
bring my children and family to town
if you can get them any work to do.
They don't know nothing but them
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mountains and I don't want them to
be raised as I have been. Won't you
see if you can't get them a job in
Greenville, where they can see something
beside those hills all of their
days?" 4
Marshal Lyon assured the aged
mountaineer that he would do what
he could toward bringing his family
Is to Greenville and securing work for
them.
"And one thing more, Marshal,"
Bryant continued, "here is something
that I want you to give to the old
lady. She and the children will need
it, and maybe it will help them from
following in my footsteps." Fumbling
in an inside pocket. Bryant produced
two ten-dollar bills which he
gave to Marshal Lyon with the request
that they be given to his wife.
TllTTim? tn tho nroitino' nffipor Rrrant '
was off and ready to begin his sentence.
He was ready to begin the
second train ride of his life but this
time the train led away from his
home instead of to it.
According to Marshal Lyon, Bryant I
is one of the most picturesque char"
acters that has been in the toils of,
the law in some time. He is a rem-!
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Representatives Bring Report of
Prison Horrors.
J New York, Sept. 27.?Bringing in
a report of "outrageous cruelties per;
petrated on American soldiers" in
j prisons of the American Expedition|
ary Forces in France, the Congress'
ional committee sent overseas to in!
vestigate tales of army "prison liorj
rors" arrived here last night on the
! transport Agamemnon from Brest.
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The party was composed of Representatives
Royal C. Johnson, South
Dakota. Chairman; Oscar E. Bland,
Indiana, and Henry D. Flood, of Virginia.
Conditions in army prison camps
were found "very bad," with special
emphasis laid on Prison Camp Two,
near Paris, the committee stated.
"Conditions were appalling," Representative
Bland said as soon as the
vessel docked. "Nothing like this
treatment of our men had ever been
known before in the history of the
American army. We have copies of
records, reports and testimony of inspectors,
court martial officers, so as
to be enabled to indefinitely fix responsibility."
Representative Bland held that Col.
Grinstead and Gen. Strong were directly
responsible for the "unprecedented
cruelties" at Prison Farm
Two, and that if Gen. Strong, who
was over Col. Grinstead, did not know
of conditions he should have.
^e said that Gen. Harts for months
was in the same building at 10 Rue
St. Anne, where thousands of outrages
were committed. Lack of food, heat j
and air, nauseating sanitary conditions
were before his eyes, and the
reports showing their condition were j
on file in his office, Mr. Bland said.
The Bloodless Duel. j
The old", old French joke, which j
one might suppose the recent bloody ;
war would have utterly wiped out of!
existence, creeps into thenewsagain. I
The bloodless duel has come back. A
Paris dispatch tells us that "the first
duel to be fought in France since the
beginning of the war occurred at Bayonne,
when M. Garat, mayor and
deputy exchanged pistol shots with M.
Gemmes, vice president of the Chamber
of Commerce, without result."
It's time the French sense of humor
put an end to such nonsense. Why
not a correspodence school for dueling?
Let's see, what's that old story?
"I insult you!" wrote the fire-eater,
"Consider yourself slapped in the
face." "I shoot you. Bang!" wrote
the one challenged. "Consider yourself
dead."
Box paper at less than wholesale
prices at Herald Book Store.
ed in the mountains but which now
has almost passed away. He and his
family resided in the upper section
of the county more than a mile from
any road and where the only means
of travel were walking and horseback
riding.
In passing sentence on Bryant the
presiding judge stated that if the
prisoner's conduct was such that he
merited it a parole would be recommended
within three months. Bry- ;
ant received a sentence of one year <
and a day in ^.tlanta prison.?Yorkville
Enquirer.
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Timmonsville Land Market Shows
Much Activity.
Timmonsville, Sept. 27.?Interesting
land sales are still constantly
taking place in this community.
During the past week the two brick
stores on Warren street, occupied by
C. X. Salisbury and R. C. Love, were
sold at public aution by the Penny
Brothers to X. E. Moore for $9,500.
The 400 acres of farm land six
miles from here, belonging to Dr. C.
A. Foster, netted $150 an acre when
cut up into small tracts.
The highest price so far paid for
farm land around here was for five
acres of the old Ragsdule Cemetery
field, which brought $5,000. A large
ginnery is being erected on this proptt.L
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the center of the town.
A Hot One From Catts.
A sizzling little message was received
by the Tampa city council from
Gov. S. J. Catts in reply to a resolution
recently passed by the council
calling upon?him to retract statements
attributed to him in a speech
at Pensacola Labor day when it is
said the governor declared, in referring
to Peter O. Knight, that "he
would not give two bits for his life
if he walked down the streets of
Tampa."
The council voted to frame the
communication upon motion of Councilman
Lightfoot, Councilman Etzler
added the remark ."to show people
who come into this chamber what an
nt?<5 nnr ^nvprnor is." The letter fol
lows:
"Messrs. Fred W. Ball, Pres. City
Council: W. A. Johnson, city clerk;
and D. B. McKay, mayor, Tampa, Fla.
"Dear Sir: Your contemptible
resolution concerning what I said
about Peter 0. Knight has been received.
If you think you can make
me take back what I said, suppose
you come up to Tallahassee and try
it, or the next time I am in Tampa,
suppose you try it there.
"Respecfully,
"S. J. CATTS, Governor."
The letter was written on a letter
head of the "Executive Chamber,'S.
J. Catts, Governor," and bore the seal
of Florida and the inscription "In
God We Trust."
"We might meet the old gent half
way," remarked Councilman Etzler.
"I move the communication be
framed," said Councilman Etzler.
The motion received a formal second
and carried unanimously. The!
communication will soon adorn the j
walls of the council chamber to ".show ]
the people who come in this council;
chamber what an ass our governor.
is."?Lakeland (Fla.) News.
ROCKEFELLER HELPS.
Gives $2,000,000 Fund to Northern
Baptists.
Columbia Baptists are interested in
the announcement from New York'
that John D. Rockefeller has just giv- i
en $2,000,000 to the ministers and j
missionary board of the Northern
Baptist convention. In making the;
gift Mr. Rockefeller made no restric- j
tions as to the use of the principal ]
and income from the big sum. Thei
entire amount will be spent in caring;
for indigent Baptist ministers of the ;
Northern States.?Columbia State, j
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Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine."
E. W. GROVE'S signature cn box. 30c.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
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Notice is hereby given to the stock
holders of the J. E. Spann Company,
a corporation under the laws of South
! Carolina, that on the 17th day ot
October, 1919, at ten o'clock A. MJ
at the store now occupied by the said
corporation in the town of Bamberg,
. S C., there will be a meeting of the t
! stock-holders of the said corporation
j to consider the proposition of winding
up the affairs of the said corpora-1
tion and action taken to dissolve the
i charter thereof. J. E. SPANN,
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ATTORX14YS-AT-LAW
Special attention given to settlement
of Estates and investigation
of Land Titles.
BAMBERfl, S. C.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the estate of James R. Owens, deceased,
will please file the same duly
verified with the undersigned executrix
of said estate, and those indebted
to said estate are. hereby notified to
make pavment likewise.
MRS. SALLIE R. OWEXS,
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j NOTICE OF TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
The regular fall examination for
teachers' certificates will be held at
; the court house in Bamberg, S. C., on
| Saturday, October the 4th, 1919, bei
ginning at 9 o'clock a. m.
Teachers holding second and third
; grade certificates are urged to take
I this examination.
The usual subjects will be given as
| follows: Algebra, arithmetic, English
grammar, pedagogy, geography,
physiology and hygiene, history, civics
and current events and agriculture.
W. D. ROWELL,
Countv Supt. of Education.
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