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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Dauo Fruiters Break Bank.

After a run which is said to have
been precipitated by the anxiety cf
several Greek friuters with small de-
rosits, the Columbian Banking and
Trust company of Charleston closed
it's doors a few days ago, the direc-
:crs later made general assignment
CT property and assets for the benefit
OF creditors, naming Edward w.
Hughes assignee. AS no quarterly
statement had been made since No
vcmber, 1905, the figures of liabilities
and assets could not be obtained. In
the last statement, surplus of $6,5OO
was shown, and in January dividend
Was declared at the rate Of per
cent per annum.
The bank was capitalized al $780,
OyO, and was chartered in 1898. The
financial troubles OF director, how
ever, caused uneasiness, and the run,
as above stated, brought matters to
a crisis.
It is thought that the bank will be
able 70 pay up il full.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Wife Murderer Surrenders.

Claiming that he had Drained his
wife because of unfaithfulness, LII
ther Strickland, white man living
in the western portion Of Anderson
county, surrendered himself to the
sheriff. No one in the neighborhood
had heard of the affair, and upon In
vestigation the woman was found cold
in death, with her four-year-old babe
peacefully sleeping beside her. An
ugly cash across her head told the
story. The wound had evidently been
inflicted while she slept.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
FOR FORTY NEW LOCOMOTIVES.

Southern Railway Places Orders for
Extensive Equipment.
The Southern railway has placed
an order for forty locomotives for de-
livery during this present year. Most
of these engines are Of very high
grade and powerful type and range IN
price from $4,000 20 $4,000 each.
This would make the entire contract
in the neighborhood Of $750,000. Or.
ders have already been placed for
some 10000 freight and coal cars in
addition to many passenger coaches.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
BACK TO HOME, DOWN ON THE FARM.

Again 7 loiter near the moorlands,
Chasing butterflies at will;
Again l hear the cowbel,s tinkle,
And the call OF whp-poor-wlll,
The lazy COWS I find in hiding
Meath the willows there in vain,
And / drive them homeward singing,
20, 70 be boy again"
Then the clouds that close enwrap me
In my Retrospective dream
Seem to lift and bear me onward
Toward the ocean-down the stream,
O. how sweet is memory's calling,
Lifting one from thought Of harm,
Back again barefoot boy
Back to home. down on the farm.
A. Z. Mayheld, in Denver News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15

Now and the,. the clouds erwrap me,
Closing al the world from view:
And alone / sit in dreamland,
Where the meadow bathcs in dew.
Ali about the flowers blooming
Nod and bow their pretty head,
And the biuehe;ls seem to iing.e
Merry SONGS to roses red.
Down the pathway to the pasture
Grain is swayins in the sun.
I can hear the co-nD.adeS rustic
can see the shadows run.
In my vision l am listening
In the twilight. when the stars
Dimiy peep through mellow azure
Fastening toward the rustic bars.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Strike Closes Three Mills.

A strike of phosphate hands in the
mills of the Virginia-Carolina Chem
cal company at Charleston has rem
aeled three of the mills idle. Five
hundred men have gone out, and it is
believed that 1,5OO will cult work. The
.pon are getting 81 and demand s1.2o
day. Nearly all the strikers are ne
erces and the trouble affects all the
departments Of the work.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
TO PROBE COTTON REPORTS.

House Committee on Agriculture Ar
ranges for General Hearing.
The house committee on agriculture
has arranged a general hearing on
cotton statistics.
The department of agriculture, GEN.
sus bureau, cotton manufacturers,
planters and others interested In the
cotton industry will be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
l.ynching Charge Failed to Stick.

l.ynching Charge Failed to Stick.
The seven prominent white men,
including farmers, merchants and two
state constables, who were arrested
recently, accused of having participant
cd in the lynching of John and Frank
Deloach, colored, were released at
Barnwell. Magistrate C. w. Moody
decided that the evidence against
them was insufficient to hold them
for murder. The decision of the mag
istrate was greeted with loud cheering
from a big crowd that was present.
More than a score of witnesses were
examined and their testimony was Eli
in favor Of the defendants.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
The Passing of Major Steedman.

Major w. K. Steedman, after IN ILL
ness of three days from paralysis, died
il Savannah, Ga. Major Steedman
was on the floor of the cotton ex-
change when stricken, and died with
out regaining consciousness. The re.
mains lay in state in the veterans
hall until they were taken to the
train for Charleston. They were esq
ccrted to that city and buried with
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Palmetto State NeWs|
citv Delivery for Greenwood

According to washington llls-
,atch the postmaster general has Or
,ered the establishment of city de-
livery at Greenwood.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Thirtwsix Bodies Recovered.

Thirty-Six Bodies recovered
A special from Victoria, B. c., says:
Thirty-six bodies Of the Valenc1e vic
tins have been recovered, including
twelve men brought in Tuesday mine
men and three women.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
HELD ON c4n&ReE OF ARSON.
Two Young White Men Accused OF
Being Barn Burners.

Jesse and Albert Russell, two young
white men Of Lifsey Springs, Ga,
we're arrested Friday on warrants
charging them with burning the barn
OF Smith Brothers, the big nursery
men Of Concord, Ga, on the morning
of December Is last
The fire destroyed fifteen head OF
stock. mostly fine mules, with other
vafuab4es amounting to over four thou
sand dollars, with no insurance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
pearnointed Postmaster.

Colonel Charles J. Purcell has
learned from the Washington author
tiles that he has been nominated for
another term as postmaster at New
berry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Charleston Wars on Migrants.

A Charleston news item states that
many negro laborers are striking for
s1,25 per day, but the movement will
receive a sudden check in the deter
lnination OF the police department to
renew the warfare against the va
grants. The operatives at the ferti-
lizer factories were so successful that
the craze for striking has reached the
city. but with the police prosecuting
the vagrant, the movement is not like
l. to be very successful.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
MUST HOLD TAX RECEIPT.
Kentucky House Passes Measure fol-
Qualification Of Voters.

The lower branch of the Kentucky
general assembly Thursday adopted
the proposition to submit to the peo-
pie at the November election the ques-
ton of so amending the constitution
as to provide that poll tax receipt
shall be a qualification for voter in
all elections. Republican members
opposed the passage Of the bill.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15

Senator Tillman has wired ]. T.
Hay, chairman of the dispensary in
vestigating committee at Columbia,
that he would leave Washington for
Columbia at once for the purpose Of
appearing before the committee. He
says he had not received an invitation
from the committee to appear before
it, but could not leave at any, other
time on account of the railroad rate
legislation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15

Fifty Die In African Gold Mine.
Fifty five natives were. drowned Fri.
day, owing to the flooding of the South
Rose, a deep gold mine near. johannes
burg, South Africa
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Hasty Trial Begins on 26th.

Hasty Trial Begins on 26th.
George Hasty, of Gaffney, who "a.
tally shot Milan Bennett and George
Abbott Dawson of the Nothing But
Money" theatrical company, on
December Is, will be tried on the
charge of murder February 26.
Hasty, who has been in Jail since
the killing, will be defended by local
counsel The prosecution will be con-
Quoted by T. E. Sease, state attorney
for the circuit, who will be assisted,
it is understood, by special counsel,
employed by the Actors Association
of New York, which has taken the
matter up.
Several witnesses of the tragedy,
members Of the theatrical company,
will appear on the stand for the state.
The trial will be followed with the
greatest interest, and private homes
in Gaffney have offered hospitality to
the members of the company who
will attend the trial.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-02-15
Es..Ss
IN THE FIRE=ROOM
OF THE. BORODINO
Bv G.. A. STEPHENS.


AST March Peter McCcm-
frey, once 4 fireman Oh the
White Star steamship Teu-
tonic, and afterward on a
French steamer plying to
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

no fewer than 10000 persons. HE seems 10
have been unable to understand the meaning
Of money or the relation between things ne
desired and the taxable wealth of the country
So having at last gone too far in exactlon' the
CITY of London sent for Henry, Duke or Ian
caster A stiff picture in Froissarts "Chrohi-
cles' shows how Richard. splendid no longer
renounced his crown at Westminster TO bet
ter man Besant wastes sympathy on the
deposed King in the matter of his unt1nlely taH-
ing off pointing out that it undoubtedly came
about from the knowledge that there would
be constant risings against the government as
long as he lived As for the wild Prince. the
most fascinating of ShakeSpeare's English
princes the author takes unromantc and
unconventional view. declaring that this Harry
never existed except In the later popular tnag-
nation He did not revel in London with a
FalstaH and Poins. because he was a hard
working youth in Wales Besant suggests that
Harry of Monmouth has been confused with
Edward III. Concerning the seizure OF the
throne by Richard III and the murder of the
little princes in the Tower chronicler re-
moves himself entirely from the limbo of
romance:
The history of Henry Ill of Richard III, OF Henry
country whose King child All the rivers Of
blood. the destruction of noble houses the loss OF
France, the national humiliation. the waste of
treasure the ruin OF trade. Of the last sixty years
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

were | caused by the reebleness Of ehnd King and
troubles to be begun again? II would seem so We
have seen similar hesitation with the ArchbishOps
the younger should join his brother in the Tower,
would be most certainly murdered; no one could
doubt that; yet-yet-what We're the lives OF these
two boys compared with the chance of bringing
sented to the removal of the younger boy and the
full We'll befoTeSand that the Children rD would be
murdered: yet feeling that the evils OF long
boys; and that strong King sitting on the throne,
by the distracted and bleeding and impoverished
country. In the same way am OF opinion that in
agreed upon by the City-it certainly was agreed
upon-deliberately and perhaps unanimously. per
vent worse calamities
The chapter the port and trade OF London
is full of picturesque interest The comfort of
the citizen insured by countless rules
which would be blessings in modern New York
Each Ward Mote made inquisition into small
nuisances into large ones. and there were
fines ready for offenders. The city was curl
ousy self-suffcient in its making Of the neces-
saries for daily There q Protection
law which prohibited the importation OF a great
number OF goods. AS for the merchants the
author Is of the opinion that there was far
closer connection between London trade and
the country gentry than has been supposed
as they sent into the army. for career
considered both honorable and profitable. "'The
leaders among the citizens always according
to my view, were connected with brothers and
cousins the whole OF the country; and
when the great mobiles rode up to their town
houses with their following OF hundreds all
gentlemen. they entered City containing their
own people, their own cousins. living in palaces
equal to their own; appareled In the robes of
authority and with the gold chains of power and
dignity" He has discovered groups of families
which seem to show this connection but he ac-
knowledges that more direct proofs are necessary
to establish his theory. He does not think that
such connection existed after the middle of the
seventeenth century. and reminds that ''one
of the latest instances. indeed. OF the country
genteman's being sent up to town and
made an apprentice is that of Gibbons grand
father
The chapter on the manners and customs of
medieval London IS packed with interesting
detail II Is a vivid Transcript OF the life OF
the TINA stirring with incident and anecdote.
The chapter ON food suggests many entertain
ing comparisons What does the modern cit
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

contrived an Ingenious punishment Because
it from London Bridge that these insults
were hurled at the Queen he gave the Bridge
and its tolls to her; and for the years in which
she maintained possession she carefully neg
lected to keep it in repair.
One of the dramatic happenings in the first
and forcible reign of Henry's son. Edward 1.
was the relentless punishment Of the Kings
Justiciars for delays and corruptions in
Quoting their courts. Edward did not mince
matters. Not penny of his property did the
Chief Justice retain-stripped of ALL he
sent out Of London, a banshed man. The
twelve judges who were found guilty fined
large sums. Here is the lesson-respect for
law-which medieval London left to posterity;
It was @ steTnry tsgsht the citizeIs by the Kings
ample of the foreign merchants: for finding them
justly charged with short measure and false
fined them thousand pounds. This punishment
struck salutary terror into the heart of many
everywhere restored to tner original dimensions by
me removal of the pitch which had raised up the
rescue attempted. The Sheriff haIing
assaulted him and forcibly released the man They
Were promptly arrested tried and sentenced to
ment which would not willingly revived;
at the same time it may be acknowledged that the
spectacle Of these unhappy stumps must have
minded the citizens every day Of the respect due
taught them when some OF the principal citizens
broke open the Tun PRISON and set the prisoners
free. They themselves imprisoned and the
city fined 10000 marks
The most horrible thing which London saw
in the reign of this first Edward was the ex-
ecution, under circumstances of savage bar
barity, of the heroic Scot, Sir William Wallace
To cut man up alive was then the fate al
lotted to so-called traitor, and Besant casts
about for justification of the Kings severity
finding IL in Sir William Wallaces irregular
warfare after peace had been concluded be-
tween Edward and the other Scottish patriots
The head of Wallace was the first that ever
grtnned from London Bridge
The author is more sentimental concern
ing the charming, handsome. unfortunate King
Richard II than he IS over Wallace. Waste
full. revengeful, unscrupulous, influenced by
| base companions. Richard called down upon his
own head the tragedy that came upon him
He made naught of the liberties of the city
and he squeezed from It all the cash possible
He fancied himself in gorgeous garments and
| spent part of his extortions In the purchase
! of cloak Of cloth Of gold and silver studded
with jewels-a garment which cost 5000 900
In money. He maintained about hi, court
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
OLD LONDON.
Life of the People in the Middle
Ages.

MEDIAGvAI. LONDON Vol. / Historical and and
Social. BY Sir Walter Besant- 4to. PIP. 1x 4I9
The Macmillan Company.
This first volume of the new Survey of Lon
don" offers a mass of curious and suggestive
historical details accompanied by quaint illus
trations drawn from sources not accessible to
the casual bookmaker. 1t opens with the ac-
cesson of Henry II. and the story of the city
in all it's aspects is continued to the death or
Richard III In that whole period the reign
in which London suffered most was that OF
Henry Ill Her people were throughout this
long reign the unceasing objects of the King s
rapacity, tyranny and hatred" and their fall
ure to resist cruel oppression and Illegal en-
croachments is explained by the dissensions
among themselves. Queen Eleanor was as
heartily detested was her husband II Is
recorded that day she was on her way
by boat from the Tower to Windsor divers
''naughtepacks got them to the Bridge, making
a noise at her. and crying Drown the witch?
threw down stones. cudgels. dirt and other
things at her, SO that she escaped In great dan
ger of her person" The King at a later day
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

fields Quickly in the wake OF SuIIivan's army
OF vengeance, sometimes even before the ashes
or the American camp fires were cool followed
the Indians These once bold warriors now
saw their homes and food swept of the face ot
Ihe earth, and themselves paUpers and beE-a-S
Tor British aims At this place of skeletons the
indians collected the skulls aad arranged them
In lines by the side of the trail, piled them Up
and Fastened them on trees. and otherwise made
an unusual and conspicuous display of equine
relics The neighbOrhOOd thus received the u---e
or the valley of hOrSeheadS'' even before he
town was settled Painted Post marks the srot
where stood a highly decorated memorial COLI
uInn, reared either in honor Of a dead I01-ln
chle1, son or Catherine MOntOur or TO serve IS
news bulletin. or to stand like the column Of
PaSQuln IN old Rome Indeed. in the primitive
landscape OF the Indians world. these posts or
painted trees were quite common along the
great trails After the battle of NewtoUn our
men discovered one on which were pictured
twelve Indians stuck through with arrows u
announced, as clearly an Illustrated news
paper, that battle had been fought and lost
and that az least twelve Iroquois had been slain
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

say 70 the fact that IN old London when pro-
visions began to be dear the mayor and alder
men made laws TO the market price and
restrained the greed OF traders7 The chapter
on sport and recreation is elaborate and shows
that London IN those days. despite occasional
famine, plague and tyrants. was a Joyful city
and given to magnificent pageants- For the
reader who sincerely cares to know what the
far away man and woman felt, saw and ex-
perienced in the great English city OF the MID
die Ages this volume is the most agreeable and
useful OF companions We could wish that II
were little less bulky and heavy.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
MY NORMANDY.

rom The Westminster Gazette
When with new hope all things advance
And winter flies away;
When from the azure sky OF France
Light falls in golden ray:
When Nature wakenS merriIy
To bud and swallow flight
Then I return to Normandy
Where first i saw the light
Swiss pastures. chaIets have seen.
Glaciers, Italian skies;
The regions where the seas fair QueeI
Venice. a-dreaming lies.
But while with joy and heartily
hailed each besuteOuS sight.
The faireSt StiIl was Normandy.
Where first l saw the light
A time comes. IN Hfe's afternoon
When dreams draw TO their end:
When memory. the old mans boon
Has no more gold to spend
When all my love songs fly from me.
My Muse takes farewell flight,
I shall return to Normandy.
Where first saw the light
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
"N4N IN THE STREET.
From Notes and Queries.

Emerson was not the first to use this phase
In his Conduct OF Life" which was published in
1S6O. In the first series of the "Grevhle Me-
moirs," under date March 30, 1880, occurs the
following passage:
Then will come the question Of a dissolution.
which side affrTns will take place directly.
and the other that the King will not consent to
IT, knowing. as the man in the street (as We
call him at Newmarket always does, the great
est secrets of kings, and being the conddaut Of
their most hidden thoughts"
It would appear from this that the expression
was In common use among racing men In 1850
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
STORY OF TWO NAMES.
Incidents Of suHivan's MGrch in 1779.

Incidents Of SuHiUan's AGrch in 1779.
From the Magazine OF History.
At FOrseheads an incident took place that
gave the pretty village of the future its historic
name Looking on map of New York, SO pep
pered over with names borrowed from the clas-
sical dictionary. il is refreshing 70 find few
that have in them the favor OF local history, aS
have Painted Post and HorseheadS-
Being now near the end OF his tOilsome Jour
ney, and having less need Of pack horses. SulIi-
van ordered number of the beasts in poorest
condition to be shot This was in mercy to the
miserable beasts With their backs made raw
by their heavy packs, the bUZzards swoOped
down on them to eat them alive Several score
of the horses were thus put out of pain by bull
let's Within a few weeks after the event their
bleaching bones and skulls Lay on the old uaizs
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
LAUGHING SONG.
BY WILLIAM BLAKE

When the green woods laugh with the voice Oh
joy.
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry W.T.
And the green hill laughs with the noise OF H.
When the meadows laugh with lively green
And the grasshoprer laughs in the merry scene
When Mary and Susan and Emily,
With their sweet round mouths sing "Ha, ha'
he!"
When the painted birds laugh in the shade
When table with cherries and nuts Is spread
Come live, and be merry, and join with me,
To sing the sweet chorus of "Ha, ha he!'