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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-11-25
Terrible Crime
Shocks Bamberg.
Prominent Merchant Waylaid and
Brutally Murdered Mr.. w.
B. Warn is the Victim.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Bamberg, Nov. 20. This town
was shocked and thrown into
state of excitement last night over
one of the boldest and most high
handed murders that has ever
happened in this state.
Mr.. M. B. Warn, a prominent
merchant of this place, left his
store ION Main street last night
about 8 o'clock to go home. He
lived in the south eastern part of
town, on Carlisle street, nearly a
mile from the business portion of
town. He did not arrive at his
usual hour, so about $50 O'Clock
his wife became alarmed and
started out, accompanied by one
of her sons, to see what was the
matter. About 100 yards fl rom
her house, nearly in front of the
residence of MIR. G.. 2. Harmon,
they stumbled over Mr.. Warm S
body lying on the sidewalk on his
face in pool of blood, with the
whole back of his head crushed
in, a CHASTITY sight. His skull
was fractured, he was unconscious
and never spoke afterwards.
The alarm was raised, several
neighbors hurried to the scene
and the man 81 badly done to
death was carried to his home.
Physicians were hastily sum
moned but nothing could be done
and he died at 10. Is O'Clock. He
was hit twice in the back of the
head with some heavy blunt in
strument, the nature of which has
not been determined. An axe
handle and a heavy piece of iron,
a part of a buggy spring, apparent-
ly, were found in the street not
very far from the body, but no
blood was on either.
Two men evidently did the kill
ing as two different tracks were
found at the body and on vacant
lot on the street near town where
they had set down in the weeds
and watched for their victim to
pass. When he came they fol
loved short distance until q
favorable opportunity for striking
the fatal blow presented itself.
Mr.. Warn usually took his
money home at night IN a little
sack. He did this last mig ht,
counting it out in the presence OF
a drummer, q gentleman from
town and negro.
This sack was missing from the
body. From examination of his
cash book today it is supposed te
have contained IS or $40.
In small pocketbook in one OF
his pockets was found some silver
, and IS bill. He also had SOM
bills IN another pocket, which
: we're not touched, the robbers ne
doubt thinking he had all hi
money in the sack. His watct
was not gone.
Three negroes have been ar
rested on suspicion and are nov
in jail-Joe Robinson, Ned War
rem and Tom Matery Robinso'
and Warren formerly drove {
dray for Mr.. Warn and he has hat
: so ne trouble with both of them
The shoes of each were takel
off after their arrest and fitted t,
the tracks on the vacant lot ant
at tho body and it is said the,
fitted exactly. Matery is an as
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-11-25
Maxine Gomez to Get His Fifty
Thousand.
Special Corr. of The State.

Special Corr. of The State.
Ha5ana, Nov. 18.-The bill
granting Gen, Maximo Gomez
$50, 200 now only lacks the sig
nature of President Palma to al
low him to collect this money,
as the bill introduced by the SEN
ate on Tuesday was also approved
by the house yesterday afternoon
amidst great applause.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-11-25

Foley's Honey and Tar for
cough and colds; reliable, tried
and tested, cafe and sure. Sold
by T. Eugene Funderburk.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-11-25

The senate has confirmed s. 7.
Poinior as postmaster at Spartan
burg,S. G.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
A SIMPLE SUMMER.

There is type of summer life, now
fast disappearing, which, says the New
York Tribune, is purely American and
is quite without parallel on the other
side, namely, that of people of culture.
position and means electing to spend
a simple summer as boarders in a sea-
side or mountain farmhouse, where
fare and service are OF the crudest the
only essentials being plenty of the for
mer and clean, roomy quarters. Twenty
or thirty years ago this was a general
custom. Cottage life, as it was called
was then comparatively unknown at
the smaller resorts, where the hotels
and boarding houses held all of the
visitors, SO that it was no wonder that
those who disliked crowds and enforced
intimacy should select for their fani-
lies some out Of the way farm house,
where the accommodation, primitive
though it might be, insured a COMPARE
tive amount of privacy. But it was
very queer said the mistress of
charmingly artistic cottage at X.
Beach. 1--WE have spent our summers
here for fifteen years, and the first FIVE,
which l may say were the happiest we
boarded at the Whites farmhouse. The
AS, BIS and ourselves would come
DOWN from 6OSIon IN Ine early part of
June and take possession of the clean,
bare bedrooms. the stuffy little parlor
and the big, ugly dining room, with it's
hard chairs and coarsely set table, all
clean. of course but so primitivel Mrs.
White was a regular martinez and the
meek way we gave up all our habits
and adapted ourselves to her hot, plen-
tiful midday dinner, somewhat scanty
teas and substantial breakfasts, makes
me wonder even now. The White girls
two red haired damsels, who copied
our clothes and Joined in our CONVEX
sa abbreviated on us at table and did
our rooms, and would come out and
join us on the veranda in the evening.
Il remember Sally A, who had had a
season in London and been presented
at court, coming back one summer and
Joining US at the Whites, and her con-
sternation on receiving a note from
young Lord NJ. whom she had met at
some English country house and rash
~ invited to visit her when he came
to Boston, saying he was about 70
make the tour of America and proposed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
HER MISSION.

She was only a little woman It's true,
And hers was a common story;
She never had dreamed of a thing to
do
That would lead to fame or glory.
She could not paint, and she could not
sing,
And she could not write sonnet;
She had not a face that could lend a
grace
To stylish love of a bonnet.
She had not wealth, and she knew not
ease;
She never had travelled for pleasure
She knew not the art to charm and
please
In the realm of social leisure.
And yet she deemed that her life was
blest
In it's humble sphere of duty,
Though only those who knew her best
Guessed half of it's hidden beauty.
For hers was a genius for little things,
The realm of home to brighten;
And she scorned not the humblest work
that brings
Some force to cheer and tighten.
For comfort and order were hers to
command,
And the joys of life seemed longer,
While childhood chung to her loving
hand,
And manhood. through her, grew
stronger
And some who loved her were half
afraid
That her sphere was far to small;
But, oh. the happy home she made,
Was a great thing, after all!
And when her beauteous spirit shall
flee
From it's realms of loving and CIV
ing,
Her stainless monument shall be
The lives that were blessed by her
living.
-Wnnnan's Life.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
WHY WOMEN WORRY.

If a woman, says the Boston Tran
script, is to protect herself from the
ravages of worry and so retain her
youth for a longer period she must
come into more frequent contact with
other people. as her husband does, and
read good books; she must relieve the
monotony Of her duties and the limit
ing influence of confinement within
four walls by taking outdoor exercise
walk every day or spin on a BIZ
cycle; in short, she must exercise the
body and mind in a healthful manner,
and she will find the bloom of youth
and health remain with her for years
after it has faded in other women of
the same age.
THE ordinary woman" says a cele-
brated physician. leads such a mo-
notonous existence that her mind has
no occupation but worry. What she
needs is to come out of herself much
more than she does. She must have
intercourse with more people and take
more exercise. This can be done with
out neglecting the home, and every
right-minded man will do his best to
secure for his mother or his sister OF
his wife these aids to the retention OF
youthfulness of body and mind"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
NEW ETHICS OF HOSPITALITY.

In fashionable life, says the New
York Tribune. the ethics of hospitality
and the consideration which guests owe
to their host and hostess have been so
greatly modified that one wonders
where the new ideas will lead to and
whether in the end there will be any
mutual obligation at all, such entire
independence being the order of the
day at present. A few years ago 1t
seemed rather odd to old-fashioned no.
lions that invitations to dinner and
other outside functions should be ac-
ceptcd Independently by both host and
hostess, ard that an invited guest
could be left at home without rudeness
to eat a solitary dinner, IL he or she
did not happen to be invited out. But
row still further latitude is permits
sible and 1t really seems as If it could
go no further.
You know Mrs. M. was not at home
when 1 visited her." said girl who
had been off on weeks end house
party.
What do you mean?" queried her
companion.
why" answered the other, "she had
an invitation that she wanted to ac-
cept, so she went off and left us to
take care of ourselves Her mother
was there, we were chaperoned all
right and it was really more fun than
If she had been at home"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
THE GIRL MEN LIKE.

William Allen White makes room in
the Emporia Gazette for department
called "The Emporia Chaperon.' This
is a sample of the matters which en-
gage her Cor is it his?) attention:
You have given such excellent adj
vice to other correspondents that 1
hope you will be able to help me.
came to Emporia two months ago to
spend year with my aunt, who lives
here. 1 am from little town in Os-
born county, where I have the reputa-
ton of being a model young woman,
according to the Ladies' Home Journal.
l am a graduate of Wellesley, where
1 was respected by all of the teach
ers for my unusually correct manners
and good conduct. Comparing myself
with other girls 1 know 1 am hand
some, that l am an entertaining con-
versationalist and that I am we'll and
becomingly dressed without affecting
any of the immodest fads which the
smart set" are continually taking
I'D.
1 have been here two months now,
and although l have been introduced
to dozens of people by my aunt, the
only callers I have had were a few
young women sent around by the pas
tor or the CnufCn TO WHICH my aunt
belongs, and the visiting committee of
the Christian Endeavor, and my aunt
hasn't been able to get any young men
within two blocks of the mouse. Con-
sdering the fact that 1 am entertain
ing, handsome, we'll dressed, that my
father is a wealthy ranch owner, and
that I have never violated any of
the rules of propriety, why is it that 1
am not taken up by the society peo-
pie of this town? 1 know l deserve
a high position in society here.
Rachel r.
The trouble seems to be, Rachel. that
YOU overdo the proper stunt. If you
weren't so blamed proper maybe you
could make yourself fascinating as well
as entertaining, and young men could
be got into the same parlor with you
without the aid of a Winchester 1t
NAV shock you to learn, Rachel, that
although young men may protest that
their ideal girl must lead the life map
ped out by Edward Box, and that they
mustn't hold hands, and shall confine
their conversation to art. literature and
religion, it is a noticeable fact that the
girls whose porches are the most
crowded are the ones who have been
known to sit in a hammock during
an afternoon with young men and
whose callers don't feel a hard win
ter set in directly after $3.50 o'clock.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26

In bargain sales particularly she can
have no part. All the ready-made
things displayed so temptingly in the
shops are in sizes termed regular"
which are far outside the small wom-
ans dimensions. And the average
measure for woman's stature has be-
come larger within the last decade. So
that the shopping troubles of the little
woman of the future promise to be
even greater than they are to-day.
The little woman does not realize
probabl how far behind the standard
she is until warned to try the misses
department when she applies to look
at suits or coats, or until she discov-
ers that even so commonplace a thing
as leather belt cannot be got for her
unless a cobbler be petitioned to inset
few additional eyelets that it may
be fastened at the desired point.
For a woman to be nobly planned
is just so much money in her pocket
these times" sighed a little woman
lately. Il miss it all around"
For small woman to buy a ready
made skirt means practically that she
must have it made over from top to
bottom to insure anything like SYM
metry. And the same thing with coats
Jackets, mackintoshes or other desir-
ables.
The ready-made corset for the lit
TIE woman is an lrnpOSSlDlllIY. ana
the dressmakers and tailors are so ac-
customed now to making for big wom
en- or very nearly big women that only
by making several garments success
lively for the little woman does 1t seem
to get through their heads that she
is planned on a small and delicate
scale for which allowance must be
made.
The little woman who is properly
proportional has trouble enough to
get things to put on. But the bothers
of the little woman who is out of
plumb in her dimensions are threefold
and fourfold. She of the overlong
waist or overlong arms or over-ac-
centuated hips is likely to be months
| trying for a fit. Only if she be alb
surdly stout she may happen to get
hold of a big woman's gown or coat
in which her additional breadth will
| serve to take up the length and so
simplify the alterations needed. All
| things considered, the fat little woman
of the stocky order has better chance
than her thin or barely plump sister
There are some phases and aspects
| in life in which the little woman might
stand a fair show with her sisters who
take up more space in the world
| this on the principle that little things
can sometimes edge in where big ones
cant. But in shopping the little wom-
| an is handicapped.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
HER COMMON SENSE.

My husband says women have no
common sense, but I tell him, says a
writer in the Philadelphia Ledger, a
little story when he says that, in proof
that he is wrong. He always laughs
when I tell it, but 1 can't make out
whether / convince him or not. l went
out to the Pan-American Exposition
with him. We went in a hurry, and
as usual left all the planning to him"
said the woman who prides herself
on being a woman with resources. II
did not even know the name of the
hotel at which we stopped, and as
we started out the very next morn
ing for the fair grounds / did not find
the opportunity to ask In wandering
around the grounds we lost each other
and 1 was almost frightened to death
l knew 1t was useless to hunt for my
husband in that crowd, and as / did
not know the name of my hotel could
not hire a carriage TO take me there
1 almost cried l was so worked up.
Finally had a brilliant idea. re-
membered that my husband always
left his address with his business part
ner, so / hustled to a telegraph station
on the grounds and wrote this message
10 his partner:
"'At what hotel sEe the Johnsons
stopping?
Then I signed the name Of Smith
and gave my address at a station on
the exposition grounds. After a little
the answer came back giving the
name Of the hotel Then called a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26

coming to see her. Let him come l
advised when she came to me in great
perpleXity asking what she could do.
'Englishmen of rank are always simple.
I daresay he will enjoy the experience
hugely and be your friend for life
a prophecy which turned out truer
than I thought, as Sally is now Lady
NJ. But that all came off later; at that
time it was only the question of an in
convenient visit. Sally's mother, who
was always wondering plaintively
every summer how we endured it. an
nounced that her nerves could not
stand the ordeal of receiving a strange
Englishman at the Whites, and that
she should remain in her room during
his weeks end visit. The rest of us.
however, enjoyed the humor of the
situation, and as for Sally, she be-
haved charmingly. Well, he came, and
it all went off splendidly. You see, we
have one great advantage in America
there is no sense of anachronism in
anything an American may do to the
English mind. We are entirely with
out precedent, as far as they are con-
cerned, and may do just what we
choose. Lord NJ. appeared to find our
way of living perfectly natural, enjoy
ed with boyish appetite Mrs. Whites
pies, pork and beans and sweet corn,
maze IflendS with IIe MISSES Wnlte,
who admired him excessively, and
talked intelligently about English
crops and farming to Farmer White,
who admitted he had good stuff in him.
although he was a lord; in short. the
visit was a success, and Mrs. B. had
to admit after he left that ii would
have been a great pity to put him off
on account of the Wits menage
particularly as ,she had the satisfac-
ton of giving him a perfectly well
conducted conversational dinner party
at her house in Beacon street the next
winter"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26

AS a starter, just tell the next society
woman you meet, as a dead secret be-
tween you and her, that you were
about to elope once when your folks
discovered the plot Just in time" 1
would also hint at a few school girl
pranks" you had been caught in while
away at boarding school, Besides,
you might sprinkle a little up-to-date
slang in your conversation. BY this
time you will find the male population
in your part of the town taking con-
siderable more interest in you. A lit
tie later go to another woman who has
a wide acquaintance and confide to
her in whisper that you once met a
travelling man without the formality of
an orthodox introduction, and a few
days later you will find that a good
many of the young men you have met
will recognize you on the street.
If you follow these simple rules, and
don't shout at every person you meet
that your one accomplishment is be-
having properly, you will inside of
three months occupy the position in So
ciety that you really deserve.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
IF PEOPLE SAID WHAT
THEY THOUGHT

1T often think" said a woman whose
made her the recipient of many com
pliments, "how astonished people would
be if, when they are giving me tof-
fey as the children would say, 1
should. instead of smilingly accept
ing their prettily turned phrases, sud
denly let out my real sentiments. Sir,
or madam l often feel like saying,
do you actually think me such a fool
as to fancy | really believe your con-
Ventionally polite speeches? NO, do
not think you do. You know and
know, that they mean absolutely moth
ing, and yet you feel you must per-
force make your polite compliment, and
] must accept them and smile my
murmured thanks. What farce 1t all
isl And yet how disagreeable the
world would be if every one spoke as
they really thought! If, instead OF
congratulatory praise, certain persons
would say to me Mrs. - l thought
your last book a very poor production.
very inferior to your former works,
l should be very angry, and yet hap
pen to know that is what he really
thinks"
mo one realizes" said another wom-
an, whose genius has made her promi-
nent, ''how tired we poor artists get
Of complimentary speeches! Almost
every one we come in contact with
seems to think it necessary to make
some polite allusion to our work. The
other day / was introduced to a woman
who treated me as she would any one
else. She never mentioned art, but
when on gossiping about our mutual
acquaintance. Oh she said, naively,
just as we were about to part, I for
got to congratulate you about the
success of your picture!' That is just
what 1 wish every one else would do
I said quite truthfully. I am sick of
the subject "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
A PRINCE FOR AN ADMIRER.

Miss Clara Bull, writing in the New
York World on How 1t Feels to Have
a Prince for an Admirer," says: How
does it. feel to have a prince as youl
admirer? Not half as strange as peo-
pie might imagine. Prince zee has
been in this country for some time
now and he is fast getting like any
other American gentleman. But if
must confess it, he is far more inter
ing hard, not only English, but French
and German. His progress is wonder
full, considering that he is trying tc
master three languages at once.
But even now he gets his English
words most amusingly twisted, partic-
ularly when he tries to express some
gallant Corean thought in plain every
day American style.
His calls are the most formal things
in the world He always sends a mes
senger up here to see If am at home
and If l will receive him. If I send
back word that / am in, he follows
his card up as fast as a cab will bring
him. Every call is regularly arranged
beforehand, just as it would be fol-
any prince or king in a foreign coun-
try
Prince Yee calls us "Amero" girls
He likes us ALL but ne is frank to say
that we talk too much. Girls are more
to be seen than heard in Corea. As
for himself, he is extremely quiet, but
a most agreeable conversationalist
He seldom talks of Corea or of his Co
rean home, and he never allows him.
self to think of the time when he may
be called upon to ascend the throne
of his native land where his fathers
before him have ruled for so many
generations. In fact. he is rather Of
Tended If you mention it. Once We
were all wildly excited over report
which spread throughout the world
that the Emperor was dead. When
the report reached the Princes ears
he was quite unconcerned.
II don't believe a word of IT," he
said. MY father isn't going to die
yet"
Love letters? OF course he knows
how TO write interesting ones. but be-
yond this 1t would not be right for me
to go. have his picture; II was SO
funny the way l got It. One day he
begged me for mine.
you give me yours and I'll give
you mine" he said.
His secretary, Mr. Hahon. turned
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
WOMAN'S WORLD

well. because the rather proud mega
ton OF the family affirms: 1--WE are not
demonstrative people" Why this is
Virtue-sensible demonstration of
true feeling, l mean-is a problem. I'm
questionably it is so considered by a
very large number of very loyal and
affectionate hearts. to their own great
loss.
The mere outward contact of hands
and lips, made foolish by lack either
of thought or love. do not count as
worthy of so gracious a name as a ca
ress, which in itself it most tender
word. But I do believe that when
words fail us because of a trembling
heart and an unsteady tongue, there
are ways open to us, which can truly
convey what we feel. and it is given,
even to soulless things, to find COM
fort in standing shoulder to shoulder
in bitter blast.
Many human being has gone out
of this world hungering and thirsting
for tender touch and the sense of
personal value which il imparts There
was sweeter, better ways of saying,
81 love YOU" than by the words of
our mouths.