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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Simplifled Language.

. Is-r
Observing q passenger with the;
unlighted butt of a cigar IN his fin-s
gers, the street-car conductor re-
quested him to put it out.
1T is out, you chump, !" responded:
pardon me-" resumed the con-
ductor. eff I have failed to make
myself clear. The condition to which
I had reference was not one Of mere,
temporary on-combustion, but OF
elimination; the eradication, Knight
say, of the physical presence Of your
nicotine laden remnant, this process
followed necessarily by the cessation
of the odor now permeating an at
mosphere already somewhat deficient
I fear, in the essential element OF
ozone. I'm an humble conductor, and:
my aim is to please, but, you big
porcupine stiff, you throw that cigar
through the door, or Til throw you
and it both out. See?"
Excuse me, professor, replied.
the passenger meekly, and the Incl
dent was closed. ~
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
PAY YOUR TAXES.
Time for Paying State Tsxes Withhold
Penalty Is Drawing to an End. M

The time for the payment Of State
taxes is gradually drawing tosan end
and those who have not yet settled
with the county treasury department
should do so at once, and avoid the
rush which will soon set in and M
convenience many In reaching the
counters. ess.ss.s = IS. s
The clerical force Of the depart
ment has been busy for several weeks.
handing out statements and taking
in the money, but while the office
has been kept busy, there is plenty
of room for improvement and those
who have not yet settled had better
not delay the matter long.
Poll tax is one Of the obligations
of citizenship, payable by all white
and colored men, between the ages
of 21 and 60 years, except Confed-
crate veterans, and as this tax goes
to the support Of the schools, 1t
should be paid cheerfully and will
ingly. Prompt payment will save
the penalty and perhaps prosecution
in the courts of the several mag1
trates. Next year is municipal
election year, and the presentation
of the receipts will be requisite for
registration and voting, making it
further desirable for citizens to per-
feet their Suffrage.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Time to Take Good.

There was to be circus in town
next day, and Robert wished to 60
to see it unloaded, so he sought to
obtain his fathers consent. The
first question his father put to him
on being approached was: Have
you asked your mother?"
eyes, SIR" was Roberts prompt
"What did she say?" the father
pursued.
"She said l couldn't CO." was the
frank rejoinder.
"What do you mean, Robert, by
coming to me to ask to do thing
after your mother has told you you
could not do it?''
"Well, papa," the little fellow OBJ
served, 81 heard you say last week
that you're the boss of this ranch,
and | thought it was about time for
YOU to assert yourself"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Marriage at Blackville.

In Blackville last Sunday at the
Baptist church, just at the con-
clusion of the morning service, DR..
Harry B. Hair was married to Miss
Marie Milhous, Rev. C. M. Billings
being the officiating minister. Dr..
Hair is a native of Blackyille, but he
has been practicing dentistry in.
Union for the past few years. He
is a brother of DR.. Geo. F. Hair, Of,
this place. The bride is a daughter
of DR.. J. E. Milhous, president Of
the State Dental Association, and is
an attractive young woman. The
young couple will make their home
in Union.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Stabbing at Columbia.

COLUMBIA, December 2.-Charley
Manney, woo was stabbed last night
in a fight near the Olympia Mill, is
getting along very well, although his
lung was penetrated by the knife.
The wound, however, is very serious.
Manney and J. B. Rogers were in an
alteration and Rogers father, Will
lam Rogers, also took a hand. It is
said that both father and son used
their knives.
Manney has a wound under the
ribs on the left side, and another
under the right shoulder blade, be-
sides other cuts.
The Rogers men are under arrest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
A Curiosity.

Master Tommie Weeks, of White
Pond, this county, has quite curl
osity in the shape of a pigeon that
has an egg growing on the side of
its neck. The pigeon is young one
almost grown, and the egg is a per-
feet one, and has perfect shell. The
eggs is about two-thirds the size of a
pigeon egg. 1t is quite a curiosity
and is being closely watched by a
number of people.-Aiken special to
News and Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Expensive Economy.

l have seen lady spoil a pair of
fine gloves trying to rescue a nickel
from a mud puddle. Several people
have been run over by street cars or
teams in New York while trying to
rescue a dropped package, hat, an
umbrella or a cane.
A Paris bank clerk, who was carry
ing a bag of gold through the streets,
dropped a 10-franc piece which roll
ed from the sidewalk. He set his
bag down to look for the lost piece,
and while he was trying to extricate
it from the gutter some one stole his
bag and ran away with it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
TlLlMAN TO DEMAND INQUIRY:
He Is Expected to Follow Up His Criticism o
the Presidents Action In Dismissins
kesro Troops.

the Presidents Action In Dismissins
Negro Troops.
It is understood here lat Washing
ton) that Senator Tillman will intro
Educe a resolution in Congress calling
for an investigation of President
Roosevelt's action in dismissing from
the army without honor and without
trial by court-martial three negro
companies, some of whose members
committed murder at Brownsville
Texas.
Senator Tillman has not yet arrived
in Washington and it is impossible te
verify this rumor, but it is believed
that his speech in Chicago indicates
that he will take such action.
A Republican politician in discuss
ing the report to-day said:
. 'tIf Tillman does introduce an in
vestigating resolution it will be the
smartest thing he has done since he
became a Senator. It will put the
Republicans in a hole. It will hush
Republican criticism of the President
and force Congressman and Senator:
of his party to stand by him practi
cally to a man in his action in dismiss
ing the negro troops. Tillman i
shrewd enough to see that such vii
be the effect of introduction by hin
of a resolution providing for an in
ouiry into the Brownsville affair. -
W. w. Price in Columbia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
He Was the Boy.

A publisher who occupies a loft in
Seventeenth street directed one OF
his clerks to hang out a "Boy
Wanted" sign at the street entrance
a few days ago. The card had been
swinging in the breeze only a few
minutes when red-haired little lad
climbed to the publishers office with
the sign under his arm. 'Say, mis-
ter" he demanded of the publisher,
"did youse hang out this here Boy
Wanted sign?"
II did," replied the publisher
sternly. "Why did you tear ii
DOWN."
Back of his freckles the youngste1
was gazing in wonder at the mans
stupidity.
'sHully geeY' he blurted, why,
I'm the boy!"
And he was.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Dispensers Elected.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the county board of control held last
Monday, the annual election of coun-
ty dispensers took place. The board
is composed of j. Jones, chairman,
C. R. Clayton, and C. C. Ellzey.
Some of the dispensers had oppo-
sition, but the present incumbents
were reelected as follows: Bam-
berg, E. L. Price; Denmark, w. H.
Faust; Olar, G. ]. Bessinger; Ehr-
hardt, G. L. Kinard;' Midway, E..
Hutto.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
SENSATION IN AUGUSTA.
Charge of Miscegenation Brought by
Police-White Man In the Tolls.

AUGUSTA, Dec. 1.-The first case
of miscegenation has been made in
the local court by Sergeants Sullivan
and johnson against w. H.. Hunter
for living with Daisy Williams, a
negro woman. The case has been
docketed against them at the police
headquarters, and both sent to jail.
tits charged by the police that
Hunter, a middle-aged, well-dressed,
white man, has been living with this
woman for some time. The chief Of
police stated thatit was not a crusade.
against immortality that they were,
bringing, but that this case was re-.
ported to them, and they made the
arrest from the report. There is no
name of any other witness on the;
docket, however, except those Of the
officers. ~
The last grand jury, which is still
on duty, having asked to be held IN,
readiness, promised to take the mat
ter up, and was assured by. Judge.
Hammond that he would lend them
his efforts in prosecuting any cases.
brought to his attention.
The case against Hunter will doubt
less be brought before the grand
jury at once. There are other cases
that are. being worked up, and there.
will doubtless be a moral crusade e
waged, in reality, if not in name.
It is said that a number Of people,
of high standing viii be brought be-
fore the grand jury. when it holds
another session. This body is stand
ing together for the purpose Of proc
ecuting crime, and there may be 8
special term of the superior court %
try any cases they may bring.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
APPEAL IN THE HASTY CASE.
Ian Who Killed Two Members of The
atrical Company in Gaffney Takes
Case to Supreme Court.

In the supreme court, seventh cir
cult, there is a notice Of appeal in the
case of the State against Geo. Hasty,
of Gaffney. The case will be we'll re-
membered not only in the South but
all over the country.
Hasty was the brother of the pro-
prietor of the Piedmont hotel at
Gaffney and on December Is, 1905,
he killed Milan Bennett and w. c..
Davidson, members of the Nothing
But Money" theatrical company, be-
cause they resented alleged insults
offered by Hasty to Miss Verne Sheri-
dan, also member of the company.
Alta trial in March of the present year
Hasty was a given a life sentence.
The appeal is made on several
grounds and there are Is exceptions
filed. It is contended by Hasty's at
torneys that Judge Memminger
erred in not quoting the Indictment
in that it appeared on the face
thereof that it charged the crime of
murder and charged that the alleged
crime was committed with a pistol
and, therefore, it was necessary that
the indictment should contain a
special count charging carrying Of
concealed weapons, was not con-
tanned therein"
It is also contended that the verdict
of the court was illegal in that court
was held after the end Of the fourth
week in February and there was no
authority for same.
The other exceptions are upon al
legged errors in the judges charge.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
City Council Meeting.

A regular monthly meeting of city
council was held last Tuesday even
ing, at which Mayor Dickinson, and
Aldermen Brabham, Stokes, Fielder,
Hair, Cooner and Riley were present.
B Bills for the month amounting to
$500. .78 were approved and ordered
paid, and the report Of police as to
number of arrests and fines was re-
ceived.
The board of public works appear
ed before council and reported prac-
teal completion of plant and asked
for an appropriation of $500 to finish
paving for same. Also for $500 as
a loan to the board for the purpose
of putting in a stock of material for
inside wiring, etc. Council granted
these requests. The following reso-
luton was adopted: THAT the
board of public works, consisting OF
C. R. Brabham, ]. A. Byrd and A.
W. Knight, be heartily congratu-
lated on the most excellent electric
light plant which they have erected,
and for their business-like methods
and untiring efforts in the discharge
of their official duties"
The tax levy for the ensuing year
was fixed at six mills, the old rate,
and County Auditor Rowell was or
dered paid $40 for preparing the tax
duplicate for the town,
Some repairs on the town hall, SO
as to make it more convenient
place for lodge meetings, were or
dered done, the matter being left in
the hands Of Alderman Brabham.
These repairs were authorized some
time ago, but Mr.. Brabham has been
unable so far to get any one to dc
the work. It is hoped to have the
work done shortly, in order to have
the hall in nice shape for the meet.
ing of the district lodge, Knights OF
Pythias, in February.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
KILLED BY HIS OWN PISTOL.
The Weapon Accidentally Discharged
While Driving Home.


AIKEN, Dec. 2.-Luther Craig met
a tragic death here last night at $3.50
o'clock by the accidental discharge
of a pistol. Mr.. Craig, a resident of
the Town Creek section, five miles
from here, for the past three months
had been experimenting squad of
laborers at work on Whitney's race
track. Being late in paying off the
hands he left the city a few minutes
after 8 o'clock and had only reached
the edge of town when some part of
the harness became detached from
his buggy. In getting out of buggy
to repair the trouble his pistol, which
was lying on the seat, fell to the foot
and was discharged. The ball en-
tered the right side of his body be-
low the third rib ranging upward.
The accident occurred near the
residence of DR.. Croft, who was
summoned and was upon the scene
within a few minutes afterward, and
Mr.. Craig was removed to DR.. Croft's
office, where he remained conscious
until his death, one hour later.
The funeral and interment were
conducted this afternoon at 4 o'clock
at Town Creek cemetery by the Odd
Fellows, of which organization the
deceased was a respected member.
He leaves a very large family.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Masonic Election.

At a regular meeting Of Ornan
Lodge, No. 38, A. F. M, held last
Friday evening, the following officers
were elected and installed to serve
for the ensuing year.:
M. j. Black-W. M.
E. L. Prices. w.
DIR. Geo. F. Hair. w.
Geo. H. Smoak Treasurer.
Thos. Black Secretary.
DR.. Robert Blacks. D,
G. E. Bamberg-J. D.
w. B. Smith and j. w. Stokes
Stewards.
M. Smoak-Tiler.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
IF there is q chance t0 hoom hrs

If there is chance to boom busi-
ness, boom it. Don't put on long
face and look as though you had a
pain in your head. Hold up your
head, smile and look for better
things. Hide your little hammer,
and try to speak we'll of others, no
matter how small you may know
yourself to be.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
The Cotton Markets

The price of cotton has gone up q
little, and the receipts have increased
somewhat. For the past week three
hundred bales have been received,
and the price to-day "wednesday IS
104 cents.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06

"Alas!" confessed the penitent
man, ''in moment of weakness |
stole a carload of brass fittings
''In a moment of Weakness!" ex-
claimed the judge. Goodness, man!
What would you have taken if you
had yielded in a moment when you
felt strong?''
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06

In the case of Heyman against the
Southern Railway Company, the
United States Supreme Court has
decided that goods are in transit
until they are actually delivered to
consignee. This means that goods
stored in the company's warehouse
must be paid for if lost or destroyed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED
R. A. ADAMS, SLAYER OF JACQUES, MUST
HANG FOR HIS CRIME.
Says He is Ready to Die-First Friday in Janu
uary IS the Day Set for Execution.
Famous Case Closed.

WATERFORD, Nov. 3O.-R. A.
Adams, the famous manslayer of
Colleton, was brought to Walter
boro Wednesday night from Colum-
bia, where he had been confined in
the penitentiary since his recapture
about year ago..
Sentence was passed this morning
by Judge Purdy at the opening OF
court on R. A. Adams. The day
fixed for his execution is the first
Friday in January, 1907, between the
hours of 10 and 2 o'clock.
This case has attracted consider.
able attention, Adams was placed
in the dock at the opening of court
this morning. He seemed composed
and not at all nervous. When asked
if he had anything to say why the
sentence of the court should not now
be passed upon him, he answered in
a clear voice: Nothing at all"
After the sentence was passed he
was taken back to his cell in the jail,
where he was later seen by your cor
respondent. Adams talked freely of
his case and said that he was pre-
pared for the worst. He says that
he hated to leave his wife and five
children, as the expenses Of his trial
had taken all they had and only one
of his children was able to work.
This is not the first time he has been
sentenced.
ADAMS CRIME.
The crime for which he was sen
fenced was committed Feb. II, 1903,
and he was convicted and sentenced
to be hanged by Judge Ernest Gary
the first Friday in June, 1903.
The succeedidg steps in this case
are familiar to the people in thii
State. How his case was carried to
the supreme court, his escape from
Jail and subsequently his recapture
all is familiar to the readers Of
newspapers. This final chapter il
his history will be no less interesting
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt News.


EHRHARDT, December 4.-Some
people observed Thanksgiving by
going to church and others by
hunting.
Mrs. Theacia Copeland spent sew
eral days last week in town with her
brother, Mr.. w. R. Copeland.
Miss Sallie HERS, who has been
spending some time at Mr.. J. F.
Copeland's, returned on Saturday to
her home in Dunbarton, accompa-
MED by Mrs. ]. F. Copeland, who
intends spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Annie HERS.
Messrs. Conrad Ehrhardt and J.D.
Padgett went to Bamberg ION busi-
ness last Monday.
Young men of the town had stag
dance in Capt. J. M. Dannelly's hall
last Friday night.
Messrs. G.. Ehrhardt & Sons gin
was busy all day Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt,
Mamie and Lilies, have gone to New
berry for few days.
Mr.. C. R. Clayton went to rOlar
last Friday.
Messrs. William Goodson and
Adam Kinard are working atAshton
this week.
Messrs. G.. B. Clayton, S, w. Cope
land, and J. C. Kinard left today on
a prospective trip to Oklahoma. They
will be gone about two weeks.
Thy many friends Of Dr.. J. H.
Roberts are pleased to see him on
our streets again. He is accompa-
MED by Mrs. Roberts and the chill
dren, and will be in town several
days.
Mr.. Geo. F. Kinard was taken very
sick last Friday, but is much better
at this writing.
Mr.. J. C. Copeland went to Bam-
berg last Monday.
A trestle near town was burned
last Saturday, but was fixed in time
for Mondays train.
Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Dannelly are
attending the Methodist conference
in Columbia this week.
Messrs. G. L. Kinard and I. w.
Carter went to Bamberg last Mon
day.
/ Mr.. Chas. Hartz has returned from
an extended trip in Florida.
Mr.. C. B. HERS went to Bamberg
last Monday.
Mr.. E. P. Copeland, of Florida, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. C. Copeland.
Mr. n. EnrnarQC went 20 BamDerg
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Folk, Of Lodge,
visited the home of Mrs. F. T. Moore
last Sunday.
Mr.. J. E. Bishop went to Bamberg
last Friday.
At the meeting Of the Masonic
lodge here last Thursday the follow
ing officers were elected to serve the
ensuing Masonic year: &c. Kinard,
w. M; T. D. Jones, S. w.; M. A.
Kinard, J. w.; C. R. Clayton, Sec
retary, and G. L. Kinard, treasurer.
BENNIE EHRHARDT.
Ehrhardt Graded School.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.

The proposition to form HeyWaro
county out of portions of Aiken and
Edgefeld, with North Augusta as
the county seat, was defeated at the
election Tuesday.
Sumter will soon have an election
J on the question of issuing bonds to
the amount of $50, 900 for the estab-
ishment of sewerage system: The
city now owns the waterworks. 1t
is likely that the bonds will be voted.
Joseph Livingston, a negro, was
shot and killed by his brother Barney,
at Kitchings Mill, Aiken county, last
Thursday. The trouble grew out Of
the renting of house in which
Ba1ney lived. Joseph attempted to
move in and Barney killed him.
John Wheatly, a young white man,
pleaded guilty in Spartanburg on
Friday of shooting Conductor Brun-
son and the newsboy on the Southern
train while he was drinking-neither
party being badly hurt. The Judge
gave him two years on the chain
gang.
Lander college at Greenwood has
been received by the South Carolina
Methodist conference, the condition
being that all indebtedness on the
property would be wiped out. Sew
eral members opposed receiving the
college, and the final vote was close,
80 to 76.
Attorney General Leroy F. Youm-
ans died at his home in Columbia
last Monday. He had been in bad
health for some time. General
aYoumans was one of the ablest law
yers IN the State, and had done vail
ant service for the people in the try
! ing days Of 1876.
The Columbia correspondent Of the
Charleston News and Courier and the
Augusta Chronicle says there will be
IN effort made at the approaching
session of the legislature to increase
the number of supreme court Judges
from four to five or six, on the plea
that they have too much work to DO.
L. Y. Dorm, aged Is, Of the Good
Hone section of Edgefeld county,
was shot and killed by Charles Gomil-
lion, colored, at Gomillion's house in
Johnston on Friday night. Dorm had
come to Johnston under the influence
Of liquor and went to the negro S
house and was rafting at the win
dow when the negro shot.
Judge Watts, at Greenville, on
Friday, granted the demurrer Of the
Greenville female college in the suit
for $40, 600 by Prof. L. M. Hubbard,
! late q teacher of music in that insti-
tuition, he having claimed that ne
IWas damaged to that amount by GER
tain advertising matter issued by the
college. The professor will appeal to
the supreme court.
A negro woman named Jennie
Bolden died in Columbia last Friday
morning. She was travelling from
Brockton, Mass, to Ridgeland, IN
this State, and when the train
reached Columbia she was in a dying
( condition. She was taken from the
train and a physician summoned, !,
hut she died before he could reach
her. She had consumption. 1t is
supposed she had been staying in the
North and was coming home to die.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
November Honor Roll

The following persons paid their
subscription dues to The Herald
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-04-13
LlNcoLN's DISPOSITION.
Ordinarily Cheerful. II Held n Strain
of Deep Melancholy.

Ordinarily Cheerful, II Held n Strain
of Deep Melancholy.
Hopeful and cheerful as he ordinarily
seemed, there was In Nj. Lincoln's dis
position a strain Of deep melancholy.
This was not peculiar to him alone, for
the pioneers as race were somber
rather than gay. Their lives had been
passed for generations under the most
trying physical conditions, near malaria
infested streams and where they breath
ed the poison Of decaying vegetation.
insufficient shelter, storms, the cold Of
winter, savage enemies and the cruel
labor that Killed Off all but the hardest
of them had at the same time killed the
happy -go-ucky gaycty of an easier
form Of lie. They were thoughtful,
watchful, wary; capable, indeed. Of
wild merrlment, but it has been said
that although n pioneer might laugh he
could not casily be made to smile.
L.ncoln's mind was unusually sound
and sane and normal He had cheer
ful. wholesome, sunny nature, yet he
had inherited the strongest traits of the
pioneers, and there was in him, more
over, much Of the poet, with a poets
capacity for JOY and pain. II is moi
strange that as he developed into man
hood. especially when his deeper nature
began to feel the STRINGS Of ambition
and Of love, that these seasons Of de
precision and gloom came upon him
with overwhelming force.--Helen Nico
lay In st. Nicholas.