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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
Ehrhardt Graded School.
Country Correspondence.

The farmers are very blue. The
recent colds have killed cotton and
corn, and lots of them have not
enough cotton seed to plant over.
The greater part of the fruit crop
is killed, and as Col. Bacon, of Edge
field, if he will pardon the refer
ence, said last year, even the black
berry and buckle berry crop is very
much shortened. The gardens did
not suffer so much, as the gardeners
covered most of their plants, etc.
Wonder why the Lemon swamp
causeway has not all been worked?
The Southern part of it is in fine
condition, while the other part is
boggy, sloppy, and so very rough.
There is SC much work done on the
roads in some places and so little in
others. Too much extremity in the
management of the road system.
Some body please work the other
part of the Lemon swamp crossing
on the Ehrhardt-Bamberg road.
Misses Sophia and Julia Copeland,
of Ehrhardt, spent two days in our
midst last week with Mrs. S. w. and
Misses Alma and Lillian Sandifer.
Miss Eva Hanberry and Mrs. F. 2.
Dozier and little son, Francis Ed
ward, of Denmark, spent Thursday
at Mr.. o. P. Jordan's.
We are sorry to report that Mrs.
George Sinoak is still very sick.
Hope she may recover.
The daily mail begun Tuesday.
Many thanks to Uncle Sam
We are sorry to report the death
of little Jonathan Jefferson Aver,
who died at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. E. E. Mitchell, Of the
Clear Pond vicinity, on April 10.
His mother died in October, and all
that loving hands could do was done
to raise this little one but the Father
knows best and saw best to take it,
and we hope that the mother now
has her little one in her arms. To
the father, Mr.. 7. J. Aver, and it's
other loved ones we extend SYM
pathy.
Guess lots of folks are preparing
for the memorial. If these heavy
rains continue, also cold winds, the
young ladies who are planning pretty
dresses and hats will have their
t'play houses torn down" that day.
Misses Pearle and Clara Copeland,
of Ehrhardt, spent Friday night
with. Mrs. j. w. Hill.
We are obliged to comment on the
improvements that are now to be
seen in the side walks in your little
city, Mr.. Editor. When we first saw
the new sidewalks there we imagined
ourselves, Samantha at Saratoga. !"
We are glad to see our little home
town putting on so many city airs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
MAY PROSECUTE WOLFE.
r1r. Lyon Requests Solicitor Thinner
man to Push Case.

COLUMBIA, April 20.-It is likely
that the case against Dispenser Wolfe
will be pushed after all. It will be
recalled that when Wolfe's friends
made up the amount with which he
was charged as shortage at the union
depot dispensary, Wolfe was released
on his own recognizance. The county
board, having secured the money,
was willing to drop the case and as
the board had sworn out the warrant
the solicitor agreed, upon request of
the board, to drop the case. Attor-
ney General Lyon was out OF the
State at the time, but upon his re-
turn he wrote the solicitor that he
desired to talk with him about the
matter and when Solicitor Thinner
man was in the city this week he
called at the office Of the Attorney
General and they discussed the mat
ter. It was agreed that Wolfe
should be required to strengthen his
bond before Recorder Stanley, the
magistrate who issued the warrant,
and steps were at once taken to have
this done.
While the matter is one for the
solicitor to manage, Mr.. Lyon as
heao of the law department Of the
State Government does not think it
advisable or proper to let such cases
drop without prosecution, and he,
therefore, instructed the solicitor to
prosecute the case. Solicitor TIM
herman was consulted by telegraph
when the board first acted in the
matter and he merely acceded to
their request to drop the case later.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
Baby Born After Mothers Death.

New YORK, April 12.-Doctors and
nurses at Bellevue hospital are fight
ing today to save the life of a lusty
baby girl born in the hospital last
night ten minutes after her mothers
death. The physicians believe that
there is a good chance for the infant
to live. The child was brought into
the world by an operation after the
mother had died as the result Of an
other operation. It was great sur
prise to the surgeons to find how
much life remained in the baby. Mrs.
Mary Mckenzie, the mother, had
been in the hospital since March rs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
TO VOTE OUT DISPENSARY
MOVEMENT TO- THIS END BEGUN
LAST rlONDAY.
Meeting Decides to Circulate Petitions
Calling for Election on Dispensary
In Bamberx.

Bamberg county has gotten in line
with number of other counties,
and petitions are now being circulat-
ed throughout the county asking for
an election on the question of dis
pensary or no dispensary. Recently
such a movement was started in
Barnwell county, and it is said is
meeting with much success. The
sentiment against the sale of liquor
seems to be growing in this part of
the State, and the sentiment of the
Barnwell people has gotten into
Bamberg.
A mass meeting was held in the
court house here last Monday morn
ing, and, Notwithstanding the very
disagreeable weather and the limited
notice of the meeting, a good crowd
of representative citizens was pre-
sent.
j. F. Carter, Esq, was made chair
man of the meeting and H. S. Stead
man secretary. Rev. Peter Stokes,
pastor of the Methodist church,
Stated the object of the meeting,
and a motion was made that petitions
asking for the election be circulated.
F. Remarks were made by Rev. A. ].
Foster, pastor of the Baptist church,
Rev. Peter Stokes, Messrs. Jno. H.
Cope, H. J. Brabham, H. c Folk,
Thos. Black, Jno. F. Folk, and
others, most of whom were in favor
of the movement.
AS substitute for the motion in
reference to circulating petitions,
H. C. Folk offered the following,
which was voted down, only Mr. Folk
voting in favor of it. He stated in
his remarks that he had no idea it
would pass and only offered it to
explain his position:
"Resolved, that it is the sense Of
this meeting that, at the present
time, a proper enforcement of the
dispensary law is the best means OF
promoting temperance and sobriety
in our county, and we hereby pledge
ourselves to use all just and honor
able means to enforce the dispensary
law, and hereby call upon all good
citizens Throughout the county to join
with us in an honest effort to strictly
enforce the same
The original motion was then put
and carried.
A motion was then passed that the
chairman appoint a committee of five
citizens to see that the petitions
were circulated and put in the hands
of the County Supervisor by May
1st. Chairman Carter appointed the
following gentlemen: D. 0. Hunter,
Fishpond; ]. H. A. Carter, Three
Mile; w. T. Cave, Olar; Thos. Black,
Bamberg; Rev. ]. H. Snider, Den
mark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
Hog Brings Almost $50.

Rock HILL, April 19.-Mr. R. N.
Plexico of the Bethany neighborhood
brought to town and sold to mar
ket man few days since a hog which
weighed SAT pounds net.
At the purchase price Of 8 IL cents
the amount paid was S46. .AS; rather a
good price to get for a hog, and
about equal to a bale of cotton at a
fair price. The hog was of the Bit
more strain and Berkshire breed and
was 19 months old.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
Makes the Sun Melt Iron

There is an apparatus which con-
centrates the rays of the sun from
more than 5000 small mirrors on
spot about seven inches in diameter.
The heat generated is about 1000 de-
grees F. Iron can be melted in less
than a minute and fire clay fused in
about three minutes by this machine.
Magnesia, one of the hardest things
to melt, requiring a heat of about
9,4OO degrees F., can be melted in
twenty minutes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

A light earthquake shock was felt
IN Charleston and Summerville last
Saturday morning. No damage was
done.
The Clarendon Sentinel suspended
publication a few weeks ago. Some
other suspensions would help the
newspaper business.
Mr.. Harold C.. Booker, recently
city editor of the Greenville News,
has accepted the position of editor
of the Anderson Intelligencer.
Rev. N. w. Edmunds, DID,, a well
known Presbyterian minister, died
at his home in Sumter on Wednes-
day, in the 10th year of his age.
At a meeting held in Columbia last
Friday night, a State baseball league
was organized, to be composed Of
Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson,
Sumter, Orangeburg, and Darling
ton. M. L. Smith, of Camden, was
elected president. The season is to
open May 18th.
The governor has pardoned Elliott
Robinson, sent up from Barnwell for
20 years for manslaughter. Elliott
is negro and has for sometime been
stationed at Clemson college, from
where a numerously signed petition
was sent for his release. He has
been a model prisoner.
Orangeburg county can boast of
one lady rural mail carrier. Miss
Florence E. Livingston is the carrier
on route No. 8 from North. Miss
Livingston is a young lady Of intelli-
gence and does her work in all sorts
Of weather to the entire satisfaction
of the people on her route as well as
the postoffice department. Times
and Democrat.
In Aiken county last Saturday
night one negro woman killed an
ether at a hot supper by cutting her
throat with d razor. The jugular
vein was severed and death occurred
almost instantly. Jealousy over
negro man was the cause. The
woman who did the killing and the
man in the case have been arrested
and put m Jail.
A verdict for $4,000 damages was
given in the common pleas court at
Chesterfield last week against the
Seaboard Air Line, for the death of
Dr.. A. T. Kelly at Patrick, a station
m Chesterfield county. He was help
ing some friends on the train and
the cars started before he could get
out of the coach and in stepping off
the moving train he fell and sustain
ed internal injuries which caused his
death q few weeks later.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
Fatal Family Row.

BETHuNE, April 20.-Yesterday
Kenneth Met Caskill and his wife, who
live about two miles above town,
became involved in a family row
The negro man struck his wife with
a baseball bat, knocking her down.
The woman then struck her husband
on the head with piece of iron,
crushing his skull, fatally wounding
him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25

"Iwant to talk to you, Mary, about
that young man of yours, said her
father; when did he say good night
to you last EVENING""
"At 10 O'Clock" replied the fair
girl.
'What? Why, it was l 1o'clock, at
least"
ooh, that was when he finished say,
ing it."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25

The grand jury in the United
States court in Greenville on Friday
found a true bill on an Indictment
charging N. P. Snipes, a farmer OF
Edgefeld county, with peonage, keep
ing a negro in involuntary serUtude
on civil contract.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25

B. C. Bellinger, Esq, of Charles
ton, was in the city yesterday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-16
HAMPTON, PF1OEBUS AND OLD POINT-Continued

iingham, Louise Bush, Mamie liar
wood, Pearl Price.
Fifth Il to sixth Grade Efli'
Saunders, Pearl Shield. Birdie Smith
| Carrie Turnbull Ray Bancr
Probation Theodore Sinclair. lia
zcl Patrick. Gladys CANNED.
Neither absent nor tardy-Pcar
Price. Harry Sutton.
Leaders, Josephine Alloway, Pearl
Price.
Sixth to Seventh Leader
Marion Davis.
Mother tardy nor absent Erma
Phillips. Hazel Miles.
Promotion ~ Oscar Cosby, Alcr
Crockett. Rolic Hunter. elmer
Runtrcc Mary Crosby, Marion Davis
Virginia Davis. Lucy Guy. Nell IIude
ms, Katie Hunter. Hazel Miles, Pearl
Moore. Olive Nottingham. lcrma Phil
lips, Marian Ransonc. Airline 'rhomn
son. Lcnnic Ashc. Virginia Dicstcl
Myrtle Nottingham. Matilda Robinson
Morris Spencer. Margaret Trucblood
Probation Leroy Crockcr. Carlisle
Francis.
Condition-H Hazel Tennis on Arith
mciic; Mollic Howard OH Arithmetic
and History.
Seventh TO Eighth Gradc-Icadcr
Ned llcwns.
Neither absent nor tardy-I,stcllc
Clarke, Ncba licctcr, Grace Wright
Ccrtificaic--Ncd Ilcwins. Theresa
Candy Leila Bcazlic Alvin Drifting
ham. Thcbc Coz. Willie Dudley tlo
nor James, Cumming lIaw. Octavia
Tignor, Seymour Wyatt,
Probation-F Collier. Emma iIar
wood. Paul wyatt.
Condiiion-Anna Bca2lic. Julia
Brittinsham, l1stccle Clarke, Niscl
FCrruSsOu
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-16
Candidates Notice!

TO the voters of Wythe district:
hereby announce myself as can
didatc for member of the Board of
Supervisors of Elizabeth City county.
subject TO the Democratic Primary to
be held June 29th.
Being interested in tho welfare of
my district earnestly solicit your
support. and If elected. promise TO
fllfill the duties of same office to the
lest Of my ability, and to the best
interests of the district and county in
general. Thanking yon in advance,
am, Yours truly,
6-2-2dt JAS. A. DEANE.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-16
FOR TREASURER.
TO the Voters of Elizabeth Cit
County.

TO the Voters of Elizabeth CITY
County:
shall be candidate for treasurer
Of The county in the general clcctioN
10 he held on Tuesday, November 4
and | will appreciate most cordially
your support. | am not running as
Il candidate of any political party
clique or organization. but shall sub
NIT my claims 10 the people, bclicv
ing that ii is the voters who must de
eide who shall serve them in thci'
offices OF trust. Seventeen years IN
The office gave mo training that
certainly fits me for the position. and
Il am again elected To the position
ii Will he my aimFto treat all of the
pcople as | did while in office.
G5tf JESSE S JONES
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-16

SHOT BAG CONTAINING
$l5a in cash and two checks Of
NJ H. Morgan X Co, between
Hampton and rhoobus Probably
left on car. Liberal toward IL re
turned to NJ. II Morgan Il Co. IL
South King street. Hampton.
Cit If
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-16
To Visit in Knoxville.

Mr.. NJ l.. Parker. private secrctar,
10 Governor Thomas Y. Knox. Of tn,
National Soldiers Home, will leave
today for his former home IN KnoN
willie, Tenn. where he will spend tn,
coming week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

Sonora Emilia Pardo Bazan was
elected president Of the section of lit
erature of the Madrid Antheneum in
Spain.
Miss Julia Mitchell, of Cupar, Fife.
has been appointed by the French gov
eminent as assistant teacher at the
Lycee de Jeunes Files de Montpelier.
Fraulein Gisea Kun is the first wOm-
an pharmacist in Austria. She studied
In Switzerland and England and fin
fshed her course at the Vienna Uni
versity and hospital.
Nine. Isabelle Massian, explorer, Is
to have the Cross of the Legion of
Honor bestowed on her by the French
government. She lately travelled $500
miles in a Chinese cart through the
Desert of Cobb.
Mime. Snyers has been unanimously
elected by the College of Burgomaster;
and Aldermen in Brussels TO the va
cant seat OH the Committee of Charity
She is the first woman to fill any post
Of official beneficence in Brussels.
Women in Norway have been giver
equal rights with men in the govern
ment Of the church. This measure was
voted on by the National Synod of Nor
way, Miss Dorothea Schjoldager being
instrumental in gaining this favor fol
her sex.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
An Industrial Crisis. when.

In the current discussion as to the
outlook for continued prosperity vary
ing opinions are expressed by finan-
'eiers, railroad men, manufacturers and
college presidents. The weight of judg-
.ment seems to be on the side of contin-
ued prosperity. This view is sustained
BY the fact of power to consume
equaling the power to produce. The
power to consume rests chiefly upr
wages earned and paid Employny
aud wages are at high water mark.
Never before in the history of the coun-
try have similar conditions prevailed in
respect of the ability of every individ-
nal to find work at good pay. VIII
these conditions continue? That would
feem to be the main question. Init
nately related to that question is the
qJestion whether and when wages and
industrial production are TO be unset
led by tariff reduction and reciprocity
arrangements designed to increase for
eign competition with American labor
and industry. Given the date when
t.rifr revision downward and reciproc-
hy in competing products shall have
been definitely determined upon. and
Il will be mucn easier to guess at the
date when the present prosperity will
De followed by an industrial and com
mprcial crisis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

Only sixteen in one hundred victims
of Bright's disease are under As years
old.
Cork has the best dressed and most
prosperous looking population in Ire
land.
To keep the whole German army in
the field for week would cost $780,
100000.
Dried fig, dipped in milk. toasted and
then applied to a gumboil will bring
quick relief.
Don't let anything interfere with
your regular hours of work and rest,
but get plenty of sleep.
Vinegar rubbed into badly chapped
hands and allowed to dry will alleviate
the singing pain almost instantly.
Twenty-four hours before shampoo
ing saturate the scalp with warm olive
oil. Careful grooming every night with
brush will encourage the hair to be
good.
The Canadian plan of preferential
tariffs in favor Of Great Britain and
the British colonies Is now being adopt
ed In the British colonies Of South AZ
RIGA.
Bad soap will injure the skin, so will
poor cosmetics. The nightly application
of some pure, soothing cosmetic to over
come the wear and tear Of the weather
Is absolutely necessary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Act of sublime Coursr..

Several senators were recently dis
eussing deeds of bravery. Most men,"
said Senator Alger, who served. with
marked distinction in the civil war of
the COS, ''are brave in battle. They
have little chance TO be otherwise; the
excitement keeps them up and then
the fear of ridicule by their comrades
makes them toe the mark. In other
words, IL there is coward in the reg
iment he is apt to be too big a coward
to show It
Il think that the bravest act ever
witnessed was that of common sol
der before Petersburg. A mine had
been placed at the end of long tun-
mel to which fuse had been attached.
The fuse was lighted and all hands
withdrew to a safe distance, drawn up
ready for charge on the Confederate
works the moment the explosion took
place. Five, ten, fifteen minutes passed
and no explosion occurred. Then it be-
came apparent that something was
wrong with the fuse, but whether 1t
had gone out or was simply burning
slow no one could tell.
a man stepped out of the ranks and
volunteered to go into the tunnel and
investigate. He had to crawl on his
hands and knees several hundred feet.
not knowing but that the blast might
go Off at any moment and blow him to
pieces. He made the trip successfully,
the blast was fred at last and we made
the assault and were repulsed, but
have always regarded that mans act
as one of sublime courage:"-Washing-
ton Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

The saber old and rusted hangs at rest
upon the wall;
It's friend. the truSty rife, no more shall
speed the ball
No more I'll hear its joyful bark, nor see
the saber gleam
They're mustered out of service: now of
war they only dream
They shared in many battles. sometimes
lay upon the field,
Where they had proudly done their part
to cause the foe to yield
They've crossed the snow-capped noun
tains, Ger the ocean they have
passed
Now, stained with blood and powder, they
have been retired at last.
Now rest in peace together, as you never
did before;
Dream of your olden glory for your
fighting days are Ger;
You were heroes true and trusty, though
We be of wood and steel;
Mute We speak TO me of valor; may
heed your brave appeal
High Private, Troop L. U. s. Cavalry,
Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

as would have made one believe that
pandemonium had arrived instead Of
a new year. A caution from the guards
below soon ended this babel and quiet
once more reigned throughout the
prison.
Daylight. however, brought to their
feet this vast crowd, who, as soon as
roll call was over, began their meagar
preparations for New Year dinner
Much scheming and planning had been
going on for several days toward this
important event. The few prison ra-
tons furnished were but a poor hope
for a feast. and there was scarcely
money enough in the prison to make
extensive purchases, with potatoes 1T
$50 per bushel, wheat bread 81 per loaf,
sugar So per pound, eggs Sc per dozen,
and tea and coffee to be had at no
price. A poor prospect for a square
meal. But in some way quite num-
Der of fairly good dinners were gotten
up. and those that had plenty invited
their neighbors to dine with them, so
that very few. if any, went hungry
The Afternoon was spent in visiting
from room to room and corner to cor
Ter, and congratulations passed as
freely as anywhere else in the iand,
for each one was thankful that he was
alive. Early in the evening grand
ball was given in the kitchen. The or
chestra, consisting of violin, banjo,
bones and tambourine, made fairly
young lieutenants had dressed them
selves in Ethiopian style, one as a fe-
male, with ribbons and flowers, the
other as a swell colored beau, and they
were the attraction of the bail, and
opened it in fine style. The lights for
the room were poor tallow dips, that
only served to make it little less
gloomy than utter darkness. 1t was
Tn occasion never to be forgotten by
any one who saw it. To see several
hundred men dancing together as
though they really enjoyed it, although
a majority of them were young men,
who had on many occasions graced
fashionable ball rooms and sported
swailow-tailed coats and the rest of
the full dress paraphernalia. Yet here
they were jigging away with stalwart
men as partners. Oh! what base uses
we may even come to- 1t was the only
real stag dance / ever took part in,
and 1 never had a disposition for an
other.
when the ball was over, and the
cry of lights out was sounded, the
noise and confusion of the previous
night once more reigned Every con-
ceivable noise was made Stamping,
halloing and shouting, amid deafen-
ing CHATTER of tinware. and good imi-
tations of all the domestic animals. as
well as the denizens Of the forest,
through the halls of Libby The more
quiet and sedate among the prisoners
soon controlled this turbulent element
and in few minutes the usual quiet
Of the place had been resumed, and
the new year fairly began In that
dreary abode"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

Among the new embroideries a car
nation design is effective
A coat of white caracul trimmed
with marten may be worn with white
cloth skirt and picture hat.
Muffs continue to be big and fat.
One of the newest was SHIPPED like a
crescent, and had two fur heads and a
cluster of tails by way of a finish.
A feature Of the new boots is the
wooden Cuban heel. This makes the
shoe much lighter for walking than
when the heel was built Of leather.
Many black costumes in the hand
somer materials are heavily braiued,
and have just glimpse of color intro
duced into them somewhere A touch
of blue is pretty. Brown and black
are being combined great deal this
year.
Peculiar. indeed, are the idosyncra-
sizes OF fashion that produces such a
hat as recently seen--of chalky blue
felt, the back built up in green maline,
the side adorned with six half-ripe