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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
FULLER EXECUTED.
Negro Pays Penalty At Nacon,
Ga, For the Murder of Mrs.
Eugenia POttle.

Allen Fuller, the negro who naur.
dered Mrs. Eugenia Hamilton Pottle
on the night of November Goth, 1899.
was hanged in the Bibb county Jail at
Macon, Ga, Monday morning.
The negro made no confession and
merely stated, when he was given an
opportunity to speak, that what he had
said was true.
No newspaper men were allowed to
be present by Judge FELTON,, and onl y
the ministers OF the gospel were al
lowed in the Jail, besides the physi-
clans and the officers who were needed.
Fuller's remarkable nerve failed him
IS he walked on the gallows. The
officers had to hold him on the trap
door when Sheriff Westcostt pulled
the trigger, as he had fallen forward
against the railing.
The attending physicians say that
the execution was one of the most sue
cessful that they have ever witnessed
and that the negro's neck was broken.
Fuller slept we'll Sunday night and
ate a hearty breakfast Monday morn
ing. Up to the last moment he seem
ed to show little dread of the ordeal
before him, and not until he was on
the trap did he show any weakness.
The streets on each side of the jail
and the parks in the center were
crowded with negroes, who began to
assemble by 8 o'clock. There were
many white people also, but the crowd
was quiet, there being no demonstra'
ton at all. In order to avoid any dis
order that might have occurred, how
ever, Chief Boifeuillet had special
force of police placed around the jail.
About 1890 Sheriff Westcott and
the physicians arrived at the Jail.
They were followed almost immediate
ly by several colored ministers, Revs.
W. G.. Alexander, S. NJ. Hawkins, NJ.
D. Spencer, q. T. Johnson and j. 4.
McClain.
They were taken at once to Fuller's
cell, where short service OF song and
prayer was held. Fuller expressed
the belief that he had been converted
and after death would 60 to heaven.
The service lasted for Is minutes, and
after it had been completed the minis.
ters asked that they be allowed to
have a short prayer and sing one
verse of a song just before the muir
derer was sent into eternity. The re-
quest was granted.
When Fuller was led to the gallows
song was sung and brief prayer fol
the soul of the doomed man was said.
Fuller was then asked if he had any
statement to make.
He replied: mo, sir; I have go'
nothing more to say than I have al
ready said. I did not commit the mur.
der and am innocent. What I have
already said is true"
The black cap was then put over his
head and the rope adjusted. The drol
fell promptly at II o'clock and Fuller
was pronounced dead in five minutes
b. the physicians who were present.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
AS IN THE OLD DAYS.
The Two Branches of the Methodist
Church Will Meet In Washington.

SnufCN VIII N1SSl iu "oSu'Hkson' "
For the first time since 1861, when
the Baltimore conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church divided, the
two organizations, the Methodist Epis'
copal and the Methodist Episct pal
church, south, will meet simultane-
ously in annual conference in Wash
ington during the week.
The Methodist denomination in the
United states divided in 1874 on the
question of slavery. but the Baltimore
conference remained undivided until
shortly after the outbreak of the civil
war. Since 1861 there have been two
Baltimore conferences.
The sessions Of the Methodist Epls-
copal church will be held at the Me-
tropolitan NJ. E. church, and Bishop
John NJ. Walden will preside. The
NJ. E. church, south, will meet in the
Mount Vernon church and Bishop ".
A. Gambler, of Georgia, will preside
and make the opening address.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
COLOR LINE IN CUBA. >
Santiago Mayor To Be Elected and
Whites Will Fight For Office.

The funeral of Mayor Valiente took
place at Santiago Sunday afternoon
with elaborate ceremonies. United
States officers acted as honorary pail
bearers. The military and civil pro-
cession extended two miles.
The death of Senior Valiente mate
rally changes the political situation.
His reelection was considered assured,
but now there is prospect of hard
fight between the rival candidates OF
the black and white parties. Recent
developments have shown that the
color line will be closely drawn and
there may be trouble.
The whites declare their intention
tc organize an annexation party rather
than to accept negro domination.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
SOUNDS SOMEWHAT FIsHY.
Report of Big Coal Deal With English
men Is Not Believed.

Representative of southern coal
companies in New York say thevregard
the contents of the recent New Orleans
dispatch, announcing the sale OF
9,O0O,O 900 tons of Alabama coal to an
English syndicate at rs cents ton, at
tie mouth OF the coal pits with 80 cents
ton allowance for transportation to
NeS Orleans, as highly improbable, If
not gigantic hoax.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
China Issues Blue Book.

A blue book of China has been is-
sued covering the period between JAN
uary 6, 1899, and January Is, 1900,
and including the correspondence be-
tween the United States ambassador,
Joseph n. Choate, and Lord Salisbury
on freedom of trade as recently pre-
sented to the United States senate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Commission Outlines Plans.

The Philippine commissioners met
in Washington Thursday and agreed
upon the personnel of the staff that is
to accompany the commission to Ma
nila. They also agreed on certain
outlines which they will follow in their
work in the Philippines.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Demand nore Paw.

Several Thousand men in New York
City and neighboring towns in New
Jersey and Westchester county, New
York, struck Monday for increased
wages and shorter hours. Most Of
the strikers are carpenters and the
enormous amount of building in pro-
eress favors the men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
NEGROES DENOUNCE BOERS.

Complain of the Slavery System as
Practiced By Burghers.
At session of the Delaware Metho-
dist Episcopal (colored) conference in
Philadelphia a resolution dsnouncing
the Beers as shareholders was present
ed By Rev. F. II. Butler and unani-
mously adopted. The conference is
composed of colored preachers and
laymen of Deleware, Maryland and q
portion Of Pennsylvania. The slavery
complained of is the apprenticeship
system in vogue in the Boer republic.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
BRlCKMAKERS POOL INTERESTS.

Thirty.Six Large Concerns Combine
Under One Administration.
A corporation embracing majority
of the brick manufacturers Of Cook
county, ILL.,, was formed at Chicago
Saturday. The new concern has o
capital of $9,OOO,000 and will practi-
cally control the brick market OF
Chicago and the neighboring cities.
Thirty.six firms, including, all of the
large and important brickyaras OF
Chicago, have been combined 10 the
deal under the name of the Illinois
Brick Company.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Ship Load of Lunatics.

The United States transport Sher-
man sailed from Manila Sunday with
battalion of the Fourteenth infantry,
Captains Richard T. Yeatmau, Armand
Lasseigne and William S. Biddle,
Lieutenants Robert Field and Oliver,
ITS military prisoners and twenty-fv
insane men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05

VIII Disburse 500, 900 Month.
Arrangements have been made by
the war department for the transfer OF
$3.50, 900 of the 81, ,0OO,00 appropriated
for the relief of Porto Rico. Governor
General Davis will spend the money
in payment for labor in public i'm
provements at the rate Of about $780,
600 a month.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

The Southern Railway alone pays on
over seven millions of property IN
South Carolina, on little less than .
thousand miles of road.
-.
Road to Cheraw Ready.
4 Columbia special says: The
bridge building force of the Seaboard
is now at work on the bridge across
the Congaree river. The piers, over
which there was go much delay, have
been completed and the bridge Is nov
going up at rapid rate. The track
laying on Lincoln street to the bridge
will be completed before the bridge =
ready for the track. The line from
Colu mbia to Cheraw is now praetis
cally completed. The Seaboard ar-3
thorities have asked that the line b.
inspected by the railroad commissions
ers on April 12, and Immediately after;
that dat. regular schedules will bs put
into effect. The transportation de-
partment has already gotten ont ~
time cards, and everything will 20 m
readiness for the operation OF the road:
as soon as the railroad commissioning
inspect the line and accept it for busty
ness.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Taxes of Sonthern Railway.

Mr.. Henry W. Miller, of the South
ern Railway, has filed in Columb'a
the annual tax returns of the system.
The returus ore in book form and ev-
erything is as plain as possible. Ev'
cry township has M itelnized state
meut of the property reported for tax
at,on. The company returns every
pump, section house, station house
and all classes of property. The VAL
nation on the real estate and buildings
is regarded as being fall.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
ROBERTS SENDS CONDOLENCES.
British General Expresses Sympathy
Over Death of Joubert.


Lord Roberts has sent the following
dispatch to President Kruger:
"Have just heard of the death OF
General Joubert, and desire to offer
my sincere coincidence upon the sad
event. Would ask you to convey to
General Joubert's family an express
sion of my most respectful sympathy
with their sad bereavement, and to
assure them also from me that all
ranks of her majesty's forces share my
feeling of deep regret at the sudden
and untimely end of so distinguished
a general, who devoted his life to the
services of his country, and whose
personal gallantry was only surpassed
by his humane conduct and chivalrous
hearing under all circumstances"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
LAID TO REST.

British Prisoners Send Flowers and
Military Attend Body.
Advices from Pretoria state that the
funeral of General Joubert took place
Friday afternoon and was attended by
all classes. The foreign military at
taches, in uniform, were among those
present and the British officers who
are prisoners in Pretoria sent wreath.
There were universal signs of mourn.
ing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
XlRKMAN DISMISSED.

6 COurtmartidIed Al IIanlIa TOT DFunk'
enness and Insulting Priest.
Secretary Root stated Monday that
Major George O. Kirkman, Forty
ninth volunteer infantry, is no longer
in the service of the United States.
Under the articles of war, the approx
al by General Otis of the action Of the
courtmartial which recommended
Kirkman for dismissal on the charge
of drunkenness, was sufficient to exc
cute the sentence. kirkman was &C.
cused of being drunk on the transport
Liverpool on the voyage from San
Francisco to Manila, and Of insulting
q nrieat aboard his vessel.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
KEEP AWAY FROM CUBA,

Unless You Are Blessed With An Am.
ple Supply Of the "Whsrewith."
The war department has been OBJ
liged to sound note of warning to
restrain over. confident Americans
from flocking into Cuba without re-
sonrces. General Wood has made this
a matter of special representations to
Secretary Root. He reports that there
are onite number of such Americans
completely stranded in Cuba, whom
he is unable to relieve.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
TURN ON THE LIGHT.
Casualties Ia the Philippines Must Be
Made Public BY Otis.

The senate committee on military
has authorized favorable report upon
Senator Aliens resolution calling on
the secretary of war fol- information
regarding casualties of all sorts in the
Philippines.
The committee amended the reso.u-
ton so as 10 call for information as 10
the comparative losses and disabilities
Of colored troops ii the Philippines as
compared with white troops
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
ALLEGED SAFE ROBBER

Apprehended In Jacksonville, Fla,
aud Subsequently Identified.
George w. Clark, white man, S.
years of age, was arrested at Jack
sonville, Fla, Thursday, charged with
blowing open the safe in the bank OF
the Perry Loan and Savings company,
of Perry, Ga, from which he is alleged
to have stolen 81, 900.
W. G. Riley, representing the bank,
went at once to Jacksonville and iden'
tilted Clark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Death of "ISI2" Pensioner.

"Auut" Emily Bennett, the oldest
citizen of Plainfeld, Conn.,, AID the
last 1912 pensioner in the county, died
Sunday after long illness, aged SO.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
INSTRUCTIONS Kept Open.

Secretary Root says that the inst1us-
tions to the Philippine commissions
will not be made public st present -
j is desired to keep them open toe
possible change or addition until the
last moment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Genera, Broadwood's Losses.

The London war Office reports that
Colonel Broadwood lost seven guns
and all his baggage in the ambush
laid for him by the Beers on Saturday.
The casualties numbered $50.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
TPANsvAAL REPRESENTATIVE

Holds Conferences With President
Mckinley and Secretary Hay.
General James R. O'Beirne, who
was appointed by President Kruger
commissioner extraordinary OF the
Transvaal republic, had long inter
views Friday with the president ana
secretary of state concerning AFFAIRS
connected with the Boer government.
While General O'Beirne discussed
Transvaal matters with Secretary Hay,
the latter rs authority for the state
uent that it was in an informal and
unofficial capacity entirely.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
confinement killing Beer Prisosers.

The departure Of the British trans
ports from Capetown with the Boex
prisoners for st. Helena has been de-
lsyed in consequences Of tho increased
sickness among the prisonSra. Three:
died Saturday and twelve died during
the week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
KRUGER TAKES BOAST.

Declares That Beers WIN Eventnelly
Retake Bioemfontela.
The Bloemfontein correspondent at
The London Morning Post, tslegraph-
ing Wednesday, says:
president Kruger boasts his IN.
tention to retake Bloemfontein within
q week, and 1t appears probable that
the Beers are advancing in force south
ward"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
CASHIER GOES dLlMMERlNG,
And With Him, 1t Is Alleged, Went
the 0oodly Sum of $4,000.

the Goodly Sum of $4,000.
The chief of police of Jacksonville,
Fla, received inquiries Monday asking
for information concerning the where
abouts of Roland Quintin, the missing
cashier of large corporation of that
city. He is said to have absconded
with $4,000.
Quentin was traced to New Orleans,
from which place he left for Florida,
going by way of Atlanta. He is said
to be accompanied by large blonde
woman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Discuss Ei1ht.iiour Law..

Thursday the house COMMITTEES on
labor proceeded with heAxings on tha
bill to extend the eight hour lav 70 III
government work, including shat dons
in private establishments. s
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
RoTHA SUCCEEDS JoUBERr.
New Commander of Bosrs Tlade Big
Reputation In Present War.

4 New York Herald dispatch from
Pretoria says:
General Louis Botha has been ap-
pointed to succeed General Joubert as
commander in chief Of the TrausVaal
forces.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
CLEVELAND FAvORS TREATY.
Homes That the Hay.Pauncefote Ar.
rangement Will Succeed.

Former President Grover Cleveland
has relaxed his customary reserve as
to the discussion of public and politi-
cal affairs, and in the course OF An in
terview expressed himself in approval
of the Hay -Pauncefote treaty for the
naturalization of the Nicaragua canal.
Mr.. Qeveland added that he hoped
the treaty would he ratified.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
Life Sentence For King.

LILO ScHtcUCo 1UK HAs"S'
On his fourth trial for the murder OF
his brother-in-lsw, Taylor W. Mabry,
Herman E. King, at Greenwood, was
found guilty with recommendation to
mercy. The. whole case has been a
remarkable one and both men stood
high. King alleges that Mabry had
robbed him of his wife. -Four lawyers,
including Ex-Governor Sheppard, de-
Tended King. A life sentence will be
passed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
DOUBLE TURRET APPROVED.

Admiral Sampson Expresses Salts.
faction Over Test of the Kearsage.
Admiral Sampson vas aboard the
Kearsarge during her last run out to
sea. and witnessed the test of the
double turret, feature of naval archi-
lecture peculiar to the United States
navy. The test settled completely all
doubts as to the practicability of this
idea. According to Admiral Sampson,
none of the predicted faults of the
system developed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
HEAVY DEAL IN COAL.

A Years Output In West Virginia
District Is Bought Up.
One of the largest coal deals ever
made in the West Virginia district was
closed in Charleston Saturday by c. j..
Wittenberg, president OF the High
Carbon Coal and Coke Company OF
New York. The owners of twenty COL
lieries signed contracts With this COM
psny for the sale of al! Goals shipped
by them east for the ensuing year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-05
prov,des For Court Sittinss.

A Washington dispatch says: Rep
resentative Norton, Of South Carolins,
has introduced bill in congress to
provide for sittings of the circuit and
district courts of South Carolina IN
the city of Florence, the courts to
meet on the first Tuesday in March IN
each year hereafter.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
Special Prices

Special Prices
Special prices on all Ladies Tailor
made suits, large stock to pick from, black
blues, brown and grays 5000 to $40 were
$40 to $35 Silk skirt 3.9S worth 500
Bargains await you in our Ready to Wear
Department.
Summer UnderWare
We are headquarters for knit and
muslin underware for men, women and
children; priced l0c up. Special values
on sale now.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
Death Of H. Walter Webb.

NEW YORK, June 19.-Henry Wal
ter Webb died at 1:45 p. M. yesterday
at his residence, Beechwood, Scarboro-
on-the- Hudson. His death was due TO
heart failure. Mr.. Webb was the son of
the late General james Watson and Lau-
ra Virginia Webb and the brother OF DR..
w. Seward Webb. He was in the forty
eighth year of his age. He was i'll less
than half an hour. His death was Who'll
ly unexpected, although he had been
close to death many times during the
last few months. Mr.. Webb was Il di-
rector in the Wagner Palace Car COM
pany, the Buffalo Erie Basin Railroad
company. the National City Bank and
the Oswego and Rome Railroad compa-
ny and was trustee Of the Mutual Life
Insurance company.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
HOnOring the Father of Printing.

BERLIN, June 19.-The five hun
dredth anniversary of the birth OF John
Gutenberg, the inventor of cut metal
type, was celebrated in Berlin yesterday
by an immense gathering of printers and
type founders in the Circus Schuman.
At Frankfort it was celebrated by Il
meeting Of the civil and military authori-
ties, together with a street parade culmi-
mating in the decoration of the Guten-
berg monument. AT Leipsc u prominent
publishing house marked the anniversary
by opening a subscription to the local
Gutenberg fund with 100000 marks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-21
peace ana ror righteousness.
In conclusion he said:

The American people are neither pol
troons nor pessimists. and they will not
signalize the dawn of the new century by
the surrender of either convictions or ter
ritory. Every soldier back from the is
lands. and they are in almost every ham,
let in the land, returns an advocate of
their retention. Our dead are buried
along the sands of Luzon, and on its soil
no foreign flag shall ever salute the dawn.
Whatever may be in store for us in the
new and unbeaten track upon which we
are entering, we shall not be found with
the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin." Our
way is new, but 1t Is not dark. In the re-
adjustment of world conditions. where we
must take our place with the other great
nations of the earth, we shall move with
caution but not with fear. We seek only
to lift up men to better things, to bless
republic accepted with courage such re-
sponsibilities as devolved upon them. The
same heavens bend over u.s. and the same
power that shielded them will guard and
protect us, for what we seek is to build
still more firmly. always upon founda-
tions of probity and of virtue, the glo-
rious edifice of the republic.
We stand at the dawn of the new centu-
ry. Before it shall have reached its merid-
ian the youngest here will have passed be-
yond this life or beyond the sphere of
usefulness. New recruits will step into
thousands of young men will for the first
time exercise the right of citizenship and
cast their ballots at the national election.
The safety of this republic must ever rest
in 1.-The courage of young hearts and the
vigor of a noble manhood" Youth Is
buoyant and hopeful. No snarlilg criti-
cism or gospel of little America or
prophecy of despair will find response
from hearts that beat full and strong with
courage and with faith and whose creed
it is that
Goods in his heaven,
Alrs right with the world"
Whatever else in the past has suffered
change or decay, the Republican party.
which for 40 years has been identified with
everything ennobling and uplifting in our
history, was never as vital. as virile and
as vigorous as today. And the heritage
we shall transmit to the new century. to
the coming generation and to their chill
dren and to their children's children
shall be a record clean and untarnished,
an unquenchable faith in free institutions.
an unalterable belief in the patriotism of
the people and an undying love of liberty
and of country.
During and at the conclusion Of Sena-
tor WolcOtt's speech he received enthusi-
astic and long continued applause.
The members of the national commit
tee and committee on resolutions were
then named.