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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported in the
South During the Past Week.

The New Industries Reported in the
South During the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported by the Trades
man for the week ended October 26,
are 100000 boiler works at Louisville,
KY; a buggy and carriage factory at
Henderson, Tenn; $4,000 canal
company at Bay City, Tex; s50,O00
company at Houston, Texas; a canning
factory at Decatur, Ca; chair factory
at Decatur, Ga; church factory at
Bowling Green, Ky; a s500,OOO coal
mining company atHartford, Ark; coal
mines at Salem, Va; $4,000 cotton
compress company in Atlanta, Ca; a
cotton gin at Sayersville, Tex; an
electric light and power plant at Rose
bud, Texas; a plant for the manufac'
ture Of emery wheels at Gafney, S. c.;
a feed and fuel company at Dallas,
Texas; Touring mills at Bardwell, KY;
Manchester, Tenn, and Culpepper,
Va; a $4,000 -four and grist mill COM
pany at Memphis, Tenn; a $4,000
-four spar mining and manufacturing
company at Smithland, KY; $4,000
gin and machine works at Memphis,
Tenn; a $4,000 glass factory at Hunt
ington, w. Va; a grist mill at Eden
ton, N. c.; $4,000 ice and cold stor-
age plant at Cameron, Texas; $780,
900 iron, phosphate and railroad COM
pany at Louisville, KY; $4,000 kao-
lin company at Aiken, S. c.; $780,
900 land and cattle company at Fort
Worth, Texas; a $4,000 lumber CON-
pany at Bonneville, Ark; $4,000
planning mill at Neptune, Fla; stave
and heading factory at Memphis,
Tenn: $4,000 telephone company at
Piedmont, w Va; a $4,000 telephone
and telegraph company at Nashville,
Tenn; a wagon factory at Waverly,
Ala, and a $4,000 wagon factory at
Ridgeland, Miss.-Tradesman (Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31

At 1890 Tuesday morning, Leon
F. Czolgosz, the murderer of President
Mckinley, paid the life penalty for his
crime in the electric chair at the Au-
burn, N. Y, state prison.
The prisoner made brief speech in
the chair. He said he was not sorry
for what he had done, but expressed
regret that he had not seen his father.
The prisoner was given three con-
facts OF electricity before he was final
ly pronounced dead.
He died unconfessed and unrepent-
ant, spurning the Offices of the priests
and cursing them.
He maintained his stolidity to the
last. and there were no signs Of ply
sical collapse. His action was not
that of bravado, MOI hat which springs
from physical courage; it YVES simply
the stolidity which is born Of indif'
ference.
OF all the men who have sat in the
death chair its terrors seemed to have
had the least effect on Czolgosz.
Half an hour before execution the
prisoner sent for the superintendent
and warden and said:
81 want to make statement before
you kill me-
what do you wish to say, Czol-
gosz?" asked the warden.
II want to make it when there are
a lot Of people present. 1 want them
to hear me-" saiA the prisoner.
'tWell, you cannot" said the super
fntendent.
'"Ihen I won't talk at ALL" said the
nriSOner Sullenly
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
POWERSLOSESAGAl
Jury at Georgetown, Kentucky,
Renders Verdict Of Guilty. -
SECOND LIFE SENTENCE GIVEN
Motion For a New Trial Overruted and
CaS. VIII Be AppeaIed-Pris-
oner Sat Unmoved When
Verdict Was Read.

At Georgetown, KY, Saturday ex-
Secretary Of State Caleb Powers was
again convicted of being accessory be-
fore the fact to the murder OF Cover.
nor William Goebel in January, 1906,
and for the second time has been sem
fenced to imprisonment for life.
The second trial began October 8,
and has continued with three sessions
daily, court adjourning late at night
The present term expired Saturday
night. Arguments were limited so rnat
the case went to the jury at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon and verdict Of guilty
soon followed.
Powers sat pale and motionless
when the verdict was announced by
the foreman, B. s. Valvert. his old.
schoolmate. Opposite Powers, on the
other side Of the court room with zthe
attorneys, sat Arthur Goebel, brother
of the late governor, with his eyes
fixed on the prisoner. The attorneys;
Of Powers shook his hand, expressing
aloud their belief Of his innocence.
Women crowded around Powers, EN-.
bracing and kissing him, and tears
were shed.
The defense having filed motion:
for a new trial, Judge Cantrill, at 4:30
p. m, heard arguments on the same.
The jury was out only SO minutes.
Then a motion for new trial was
overruled, and the case will be ap-
pealed. The sentence was read and
Judgment suspended pending the de-
cision OF the higher tribunal. Powers
was taken to Frankfort Cd an evening
train and committed to Jail without
bond.
At 6 o'clock Friday morning spe-
cial train on the Kentucky Midland
railroad took the jury trying Powers
to view the scene of the murder. The
jury was accompanied by Caleb Pow
ers and two of his counsel, John ".
Douglas and F. Sinclair; Judge Can
trill, Commonwealth Attorney FrarS
lin and Messrs. Hendrick, Williams
and Golden, representing the state,
and four deputy sheriffs.
On their return Judge Cantrhl
charged the jury. Arguments were
then begun. A
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
Riohts of Constables Defined.

The right Of state liquor constables
to search a mans business establish
ment for contraband goods will be de-
termined in the court of common pleas
at Charleston in the suit brought by E.
T. Heriot against four members OF the
state constabulary. Some time ago
warrant was issued by Magistrate
Levy allowing the constables the right
to search Mr.. Heriot's store. They
seized a keg of wine valued at $3.50,
which Heriot claimed was for his own
personal use AS a result Of this raid
Heriot filed suit for $500 damages,
claiming that his business was injured
by reason of the false advertising. The
answer to the suit which has been filed
by Attorney General Bellinger states
that the raid was made in accordance
with a warrant issued by Charleston
magistrate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
DEFENDED HOME AND HONOR.
Wronged Husband Makes Quick work
With Wife's Illicit Lover.

With Wife's Illicit Lover.
Jesse A. Wall, q switchman for the
Southern railroad, was shot to death
in Atlanta, Ca, Wednesday afternoon
by Robert A. Keith, who runs a mar
ket at No. "a Decatur street.
The tragedy occurred at No. 26
Jones avenue, directly opposite the
Jones avenue Baptist church, in the
house where Wall was boarding.
The killing was the result OF an al
legged intimacy between Wall and
Mrs. Keith. Mrs. Schlapbach, the
mother of Mrs. Keith, was present and
identified Wall before the shooting
took place, as Keith did not know
Wall by sight.
Immediately after the shooting
Keith surrendered himself to. the po-
lice and was locked up at the police
barracks. An hour later Mrs. Schlap-
bach was locked up as an accessory
to the killing.
Attorney Burton Smith was retained
to defend Keith, and he did so with the
statement that he only took charge
of a criminal case because he felt that
Keith should have proper considera-
ton, as he had struck a blow for the
defense Of his home and his honor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
FOOTBALL GAME ENDS IN RIOT.

Five Mon Severely Beaten and Four.
teen Receive Painful Bruises.
Fourteen men painfully bruised aud
five seriously beaten is the score OF
football game in Mckinney, Texas.
Friday.
Two OF the players got into dispute
that developed into a fight. Others
1olned In the affair and the fight be-
came general twenty-five men were
soou involved in fist fight. Bystand-
ers Joined In the affair with clubs, and
several men were frightfully beaten.
Police and deputies rushed In and az
ter some time succeeded In quelllng
the riot, Both teams were arrested.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
Causes Political Stir.

The appointment Of George R. Koes-
ter as collector of internal revenue for
the district of South Carolina has stir
red up a veritable political hornets
nest here. Republican leaders are
wrought up over the matter, and they
aress#earing all kinds OF vengeance
against Senator McLaurin and the ad-
ministrative influences which accom-
plished the humiliation of their party
and some of its most worthy members.
They declare that they had accepted
in good faith President Roosevelt's as
sertion that he would only resort to
the ranks Of gold democracy for ap
pointees when the republican timber
presented was not available. Their
contention in the present Instance is
that he bas turned down men OF his
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
PARsoN FIRED FOR ARSON.

Tennessee Methodist Conference Ex.
peIs Brother For Alleged Crime.
The Tennessee conference in ses'
sion at Pulaski has expelled Rev. B.
A. Cherry from the ministry and mem
bership of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Rev. Cherry was charg'
ed with fraudulently collecting insur-
ance on personal property in the de-
struction Of which he is alleged to
have been co-incendiary. The report
was signed by all the members OF the
trial committee. Counsel for Rev
Cherry Immediately gave notice OF an
appeal to the general conference.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
MACON ENTERTAINS VETS.
Georqia Heroes Had the Right Of Way
in Central City.

Georgia Heroes Had the Rignt OF way
in Central City.
Macon, Ca, entertained more than
5000 confederate veterans Wednes-
day and Thursday, the occasion be-
ing the annual reunion Of the Georgia
division, United Confederate Veterans.
There were in the neighborhood OF
10000 visitors to the Elks' fair, in
addition to the visiting soldiers, but
the old veterans had the right OF way
at all points and at all times.
General Clement A. Evans delivered
his annual address Thursday. The au-
ditorium. or that which passed for an
auditorium-the market house-Was
2lled with 1000 veterans. The streets
we're packed outside and many did not
try to get about the place, knowing the
incapacity Of the building to hold
them.
General Evans had been unanimous
" and most enthusiastically reelected
commander of the division, and the
compliment that had been paid him
caused him to rise to very high pitch
Of elouuence and to show deep feeling
in his speech. He paid glowing trib'
ute to the south's cause, for which her
soldiers fought so valiantly during the
WAT.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
RAVISHER CREASED AND FIRED.
Mob at BaIItown, Louisiana, Burns at
the Stake the Black AssaIlant
of 4 White Woman.

A Columbia, Miss, dispatch says:
The negro, Bill Morris, who commit
ted the outrage on Mrs. John Ball at
Balltown, La, was burned at the stake
Thursday. After being captured he
made an effort to implicate others, but
they soon proved their innocence.
He was carried to the scene OF his
crime and there tied to pine sapling
with chains and his hands and feet
chained to his body. Pine knots and
pine straw were piled about the body
and saturated with coal oil and the
whole set on fire. The negro made no
outcry when the flames reached him
and only when partially consumed dlo
the spectators notice any movement on
his part. He made no resistance when
being bound to TIE stake and said that
he deserved his fate.
Mrs. Ball, who conducts store, was
waiting on the negro when he clutched
Q6r Dy Luo CuICdI, uloS6So ANA ~
down a hill and accomplished his pur-
pose. After that he beat her in the
head with a pine knot and thought he
had killed her.
Going back to the store, he collected
all the change that was In the cash
drawer and had presence OF mind
enough to put coal oil on his feet when
leaving the store.
Mrs. Ball, however, recovered con-
| sciousness and crawled to tho nearby
| home of her father-in-law. He at once
gave the alarm and the neighborhood
gathered and commenced a search for
| the negro. He was found at his home
about four miles from the scene OF the
tragedy and at once ran off, when ne
was shot at By one Of the posse and
wounded in the hip. Later on he was
captured in Mississippi.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
Accusers Sued For Damage.

J. T. Fuller, formerly a pay1naster
at the Bradley fertilizer works, who
was acquitted at the last term OF the
general sessions court on charge OF
having misappropriated funds belong
ing to the company, has entered suit
against the Bradleys and c. c. Clark,
their agent, for $4,000 damages, al
legged to be due on account Of his hu.
initiation and disgrace. The suit is
one Of the heaviest of the kind ever
filed in Charleston.
The fact of Fuller's arrest, his effort
to secure bail and his subsequent ac-
quittal of the charge, which all along
he had declared was false, were given
in the bill of complaint. Fuller was
charged with having feloniously and
fraudulently appropriated and mis-
placed for his own use certain funds"
alleged to have been the property OF
the Bradleys. The case was tried at
the June term Of court and the jury re-
turned a verdict of not guilty.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
WHIRLWlND OF APPLAUSE
Breaks Loose In Court Room Over
Testimony of Photographer Hill.

Breaks Loose In Court Room Over
Testimony Of Photographer Hill.
During the session of the Schley in
quiry court Wednesday mighty shout
of applause swept the room as the
courage and wisdom Of Admiral Schley
was portrayed in the testimony OF
Witness Hill, a photographer on the
Brooklyn.
Admiral Dewey's gavel fell again
and again in vain attempts to silence
the shouting audience.
A second time during the session a
burst o. applause greeted the witness
testimony.
stop! Stop!" shouted Admiral
Dewey to the cheering spectators.
"Just give the facts" he cautioned the
witness.
"Whst l am swearing is the truth"
the witness replied.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
Clear Field For Sports.

W. Brooks Harley, who has secured
the racing and sporting privileges for
the Charleston exposition, has return
ed from a trip through the west to get
horses for the exposition races. Har-
ley says he met with wonderful sue
cess, and he will have more horses
than room at the track. Already his
books show 400 runners and trotters
entered. The aggregate amount OF the
purse money is s1S5,OOO. Harley and
his associates have me exclusive privi-
leges, and every game will be set forth
for those who wish to seek big for
tunes on small investments.
There will be no fear OF trouble
from the authorities, as the privilege
granted the syndicate by the exposl-
ton company carries with it the right
to sell pools and operate the tables.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
NEW COMPRESS COMPANY.

Petitions For Charter Of incorporation
at Atlanta, Georgia.
A petition for charter for the Capt.
tai Compress Company has been filed
IL the Office of the superior court at
Atlanta. The incorporators Of the.
concern are James Swami, John W..
Sanders, Inman H. Sanders, Frank NJ.
Inman and J. S. Akers, composing the.
brm of Sanders, Swami & Co., and
". H. Beatty. The capital stock is
placed at $4,000, it being stated that
more than ten per cent has already
been paid. The privilege is asked to
Increase the amount to not more than
100000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
SPANISH TITLES KNOCKED OUT.

Don, senor, Sonora and Senorita
BIacklisted In Philippines.
General Wade has issued a circu-
lar in southern Luzon, doing away with
Spanish titles of don, senior, sonora
and senorita" and gives for those ap-
pellations the American equivalent OF
Mr.. Mrs. and Miss.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
TROOPS FOR PHILIPPINES.

Plan Is Formulated For Replacing Sol
diers Whose Enlistment Expires.
The war department has formulated
g plan to replace troops now In the
Philippines with others to be sent
from the United States. The Seventh,
Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-irst, Twenty-second and
Twenty-third infantry will be with
drawn from the islands and replaced
BY the Eleventh, Twelfth and Fif-
teenth cavalry and Twenty-seventh,
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Ia
fantry, all being recruited to their
maximum strength.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
colored Paper Criticises Roosevelt.

colored Paper criticises Roosevelt.
A sensation was created among the
negroes in Charleston by the publica-
ton of an editorial in The Charles
ton Messenger, the leading negro
newspaper Of the state. in which Book
er T. Washington was severely critics.
ed and blamed for having accepted an
invitation to dine with President
Roosevelt. The Messenger admits
that the incident was productive OF
harm. The editorial is significant, rep
resenting, as it does, the advanced
thought Of the negroes of Charleston.
although to very large army OF
blacks it has been displeasing. Among
other things, The Messenger says:
"The harm that has been accom-
plished springs from the race preJu-
dice and political animosities which
have been excited. The public feeling
Of the south toward the negro was neV-
er better than it has been within the
last two or three years, and it may be
remarked in passing that Washington
himself has been a conspicuous instru'
ment in the development Of this con-
diuon of things. He had been accept
ed by the white people, no less than ny
the negroes, as the chief exponent OF
the relationship which should exist be-
tween the two races at the present
time. It is questionable whether the
injury done his influence with the
whites of the south by the white house
dinner will not overbalance any cred
it that he may have acquired from 1t
for himself and with his own people.
1--WE honor President Roosevelt for
the personal liberality Of thought and
high sense of public duty which act
uated him in issuing the invitation to
Washington. Had Washington de-
clined to accept it, because OF the
strife the acceptance Of it would
arouse; because Of his willingness to
accept the hospitality which might
prove Injurious to his host; because a
self-respecting negro man, as any 9TH
er gentleman, should be willing % 90
where he is admitted purely upon snf-
ferance-if, we say, Washington had
declined to accept the presidents invi-
tation because of these things, he
would have achieved for himself spd
for his race victory in public opinion
beside which the present notoriety be-
ing given him would have been but a
small and inconsiderable thing.
I'm the face Of the bitter animosity
with which the white people, north and
south, east and west, regard the ques'
ton of social intercourse, it is degrad'
Ing to the negro to insist upon it. 1t
would be the better part If we, too,
would stand aloof until time and our
own achievements shall have rectifed
the conditions of which we are the vic
tins. This is a part Of men and gen
tlemen. and we wish to see the negro
prove himself to be BOTH
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
POLITICS JUMBLED IN OHIO.

Democrats Say Republicans Are TAX.
ina Refuge Behind Mckinley Tomb.
The peculiar situation is presented
In Ohio of the two parties not only dif-
ferjug on issues, but also as to what
are the. Issues. At the republican open
ing at Delaware last Saturday none OF
the five speakers referred to state is
sues. At the democratic opening OF
the campaign at Bucyrus Wednesday,
state issues were paramount in all the
speeches Of the afternoon and at the
night meeting. Nearly all the speak
ers denounced what they called firing
srom behind the tomb of Mckinley"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
PREJUDICE DON'T COUNT.
NJ embers Of American Missionary As
Gail D,Hr;rr $ho CNuth

Members Of American Missionary As
sociation Still Rapping the South.
At Wednesdays meeting of the
American Missionary Association, Rev.
Frank S. Fitch, of Buffa,o, made the
report upon the southern missionary
work. He declared that the church in
the south labored under great Difficult
ties because Of political disturbances
in that section.
Rev. Woodbury. made reference to
the invitation extended to Booker T.
Washington. He said:
"The association is Independent In
reference to southern prejudces. First,
last, all the time, it has stood for free
dom and equal rights"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
DRY DOCK IN STRETCH.

Bulky FIoater Is Well on the Way to
Aiaiers, Louisiana.
Rear Admiral Endicott, chief OF the
bureau of yards and docks at Washing
ton. has been informed by the Mary
land Steel Company that the big foat.
ing dry dock built by that company,
which is now on its way down to the,
naval station at Algiers, La, was re-
ported several hundred miles on Sa.
vannah, Ca, on the 21st instant III
coed condition.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
FOUR sUFFocATED IN MINE.

Fresh Air Pumping Machinery Failed
to Do Its Work.
Three men lost their lives in the
HOLY Terror mine at Keystone, South
Dakota, Tuesday night from foul air.
The dead are Lew Crouther, Andrew
Miller and Peter Pohlan. With two
other miners they had been lowered
to the 1900 foot level and the machln'
cry failed to work.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN WlNE.

Five Men Killed and Nine Hurt BY an
Explosion of Gas.
A special from Wilkesbarre' Fa''
saws: A terrific explosion OF gas IN
the Buttonwood mines Friday after
noon caused the death of five men ana
the injury OF nine others.
The killed arc: Ebenezer Wllllams,
first assistant foreman; Conner Will
Iiams, second assistant foreman;
Thomas Gust. company hand; Thomas
Price, track layer w. s. Pn'llps' m
Epector.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
UNIVERSAL MOURNING IN CUBA

General. Wood Says Islanders Deeply
Feel Death Of President Mckinley.
General Wood, who arrived In Wash
iogton Wednesday, said he had never
seen such universal mourning as was
shown in Cuba for the death OF Mr..
Mckinley, and that its extent and sin.
cerity showed how deeply the Cubans
felt 1t. General Wood states that i'm
cortant business with the secretary
Of war brought him here, and that he
would probably return In about q
week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
MINERS AMBUSH OFFICERS.
Secret Service Man FouIly Assassin-
ated Near Hopkinsville, KY.

Secret Service Man Fouiiy assassin
ated Near HopkinsviI!e, KY.
The mining troubles which have agt-
tated Kentucky for months have cul-.
minated in a foul assassination. Ear.
ly Saturday morning John Fields, 9
guard at the Empire mines, near Hop
kinsville, was fred upon oy eight or.
ten men in ambush. Fields lay fat on
the ground with bullets whistling over
him and returned the fire. Other
guards came up and beat the intruderss
off. A posse started in pursit- ROD
ert H. Coffey, a detective, was 10
charge of the party. When some dis:
tance from the mines he was fired on
from behind, his body being riddied
with bullets. He was dead when pick.
ed up. The assassins escaped.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
PREHISTORIC oUADRUPED FOUND

Giant Remains Of Brontasauer DiscoH'
cred In Southern Wyoming.
c.. W. Oddmore, in the employ OF
the Carnegie museum Of Pittsburg.
has discovered near Medicine Bow, gu
mile. west of Laramie, Wyoming, the
almost complete fossil remains OF an
immense brontosauer a very rare spe'
cimen and one of the largest ever
found in the southern Wyoming field.
The remains will be unearthed and
sent to Pittsburg.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31
LEGISLATOR DIES SUDDENLY.

Hon, Porter King. Of Atlanta, Sue
cumbs to Stroke Of Apoplexy.
Hon. Porter King, one OF the most
nrominent attorneys in Atlanta, Ca.
and a member of the present general
assembly of Georgia from Fulton coun-
tv. died suddenly Thursday night OF
apoplexy at his nome, 79 East Merits
ovonue
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-10-31

Carneeie's Offer to Porto Rico.
Andrew Carnegie has written to Mar
tin G. Brumbaugh, commissioner OF ed
ucation of Porto Rico, offering $780,
900 for the erection Of public library
at San Juan.