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year.
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ball team at Woodmeu Hall tosnos-
row night.
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kin, Mississippi, burned sboss two
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25 men sinking = 400 foot shaft On
tho Frank Hough mine 1t Lake City.
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
Colston Cuttings.

CoLsToN, October 22.-We have
been having some fine weather to
pick cotton for the last week or two.
The farmers are making good use Of
the dry weather.
On the night of October 7th a ten
ant house on Thos. Clayton's place
was burned down. The negro had
gone 'opossum hunting and his wife
and children barely escaped in their
night clothes; even his buggy was
burned.
Our teacher, Miss Matte Valen-
tine, has been very sick for the past
week, but we are glad to say is better.
There is a great deal of sickness
in this neighborhood.
Mrs. E. Valentine and son, from
Cope, visited Mr.. A. L. Mcmillan on
Sunday last.
Mrs. Nell Pate and little daugh-
ters, of Ehrhardt, are visiting her
mother, Mrs. H. z. Mcmillan.
We are having some cold weather
now. Wehad frost several mornings.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
1aSonic T1eeting.

A most enjoyable meeting of the
Ornan lodge, A. F. M, was held last
Friday evening, at which the Mas
ter's degree was conferred upon
three candidates. An elegant supper
was served under the direction OF
Mr.. G.. G.. Rowell. A number OF
visiting brethren were present, and
a most delightful occasion it proved:
Jno. R. Bellinger, Esq, past grand
master, acted as w. M. and confer.
red the degrees. Masonry is on a
boom in Bamberg now. Under the
efficient management Of Mr.. M. J.
Black as w. NJ. and his thorough
going assistants, the best material
of this community is going into the
lodge.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
School Day at GOvan.

Saturday, October 18th, was duly
celebrated as school day" at Govan
school honse. The opening prayer
was offered by Rev G. N. Askew,
one of our veteran preachers.
The song, America, - was very ap-
propriately rendered, then came the
address of the first speaker in the
forenoon, j. Aldrich Wyman, Esq, of
the Bamberg bar. Mr.. Wyman's
speech certainly suited the occasion,
and before he closed we all felt like
we were 1.-The man." After the ad-
dress dinner was served, and the
inner man was refreshed by the nice
eatables furnished by the good peo-
pie of Govan, after which we assem-
bled again in the school room to hear
an address on education delivered
by Rev. S. P. Hair, of Blackville.
am sure those of US who theorize in
stead of practice were thoroughly
convinced of the practical side ere
Mr.. Hair closed his address.
After the address of Mr.. Hair 9
voluntary subscription was started
and above $3.50 was raised toward
building a better school house. Il
we had had large number / am
sure $500 would have been raised
without any trouble. Some of the
patrons gave as high as S35. The
subscriptions ranged from 81 90 te
S35. The exercises were closed with
prayer by Rev. G. N. Askew.
Among our visitors were Prof. w
M. Oxner, of the Olar high school
Rev. C. N. Askew, of Blackville
]. Aldrfch Wyman, ESQ.,, of Bam
berg; Rev. S. P. Hair, of Blackville
and Rev. R. A. Younge, of Barllwell
We are very much indebted to Messrs
Wyman and Hair for our success.
J. E. CHANDLER.
Govan, October 21, 1907.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
Recent Fires.

Recently three Industrious and
well-to-do colored men of this COM
munity had the misfortune to lose
their dwelling houses and contents
by fire. Jerry Mitchell, who lives
near Orange Grove church, lost his
dwelling, a good house; Rev: B. J.
Lawson, of near Midway, lost his
house and contents; and last Satur-
day night Richard Grant, who lives
on the Charleston & Augusta road,
near the new bridge cross roads, lost
his house. The house was the prop
erty of H. C.. Folk, and there was no
insurance on the house or furniture.
Mitchell also had no insurance, but
Rev. Lawson had insurance amount
ing to 1000 in an assessment COM
pany of Spartanburg. Whether ne
will be paid his loss or not remains
to be seen. Assessment companies
are usually not considered as desl-
rable insurance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
New County Survey.

Mr.. L. N. Bellinger is home again
after making the survey Of the pro-
posed county with Branchville as the
county seat. This county was to
have been composed of portions OF
Orangeburg, Colleton and Dorches-
ter, but it now seems as if the pro-
iect is a dead issue. The survey es-
tablished the fact that the line went
too near the town of St. George, the
county seat Of Dorchester, and the
territory proposed to be taken in
does not contain the number of
square miles required by the consti-
tuition for the formation of new
counties. It lacks about sixty square
miles, and it is likely that this ends
the matter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrflardt Etchln2S.

EHRHARDT, October 21.-Mr. H.
A. Kearse lost his cotton house and
two bales Of cotton by fire last Mon
day morning before day. Mr.. Kearse
says that he can't say how the fire
occurred, but thinks it was acciden-
tai. The loss is about $3.50. No in
surance.
Mr.. John D. Jenny, of Jennys, lost
his residence by fire on the 18th of
this month. The house caught on the
roof and gave them a chance to get
some of the furniture, etc., from the
lower story, but lots of the bedding
and Mrs. Jenny's best clothing were
burned. Mr.. Jenny had recently
taken out policy for one thousand
dollars, but this will not cover one,
third of his loss.
Mr.. Monnie Mckenzie and Miss
Jennie Rentz were married by Rev.
T. L. Belvin, at the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
F. Rentz, on the afternoon of the 18th
October. We wish them a long and
happy life together. -,
The A. C. L. Railway Co. will
give us more convenience from today.
The freight will lie over here at night
and leave here at seven o'clock a. m.
and carry the freight and passenger
coach. This will be a great accom-
mediation to the travelling public.
The regular passenger train will run
as usual.
Old Perry Copeland, an old colored
man that lived near here, died last
week. He was one of the old war
time darkies that attended to his own
business and was polite to all whom
he came in contact with. He owns
small piece of land and has very
good house on it.
Mr.. Henry Ehrhardt went to Bam-
berg Sunday afternoon to be ready
for business on Monday morning.
Our merchants were very busy last
week. One firm bought about 135
bales of cotton during the week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
Honor Roll.

Honor roll of the Olar high-graded
school for the first month:
Tenth ade-Ettie Kearse, Emma
Bessinger.
Ninth grade - Charley Chitty,
Mazda Still.
Eighth grade -Bernice Barker.
Seventh grade Annie Laura Kirk
land.
Sixth grade-Inez Starr, Gilmore
Hartzog, Eloise Cave, Joe Willie
Chitty, John Rice Mccormack, Ethel
Fail, Kellah Morris, Mamie Ray,
Zelma Rizer.
Fifth grade -Flossie Layne, Delma
Cooke, Earle Kearse, Zenobia Nor
ris, Dewitt Chitty, Jesse McCor-
mack, Horace Ray, Shelly Fail, Roye
Barker.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

DR.. ]. B. Bullock, a well-known
physician of Lee county, was ar
rested last Friday and bound over to
the United States court in the sum
of $500 on the charge Of sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails.
E. M. Daoust, BelT telephone
lineman, met a horrible death in
Charleston last Friday by electricity:
He was up a pole at work and placed
his knee against an electric wire car
ying 300 volts. His face and body
were horribly burned.
DR.. Benson Harrison, a well known
physician and planter of the Fork
Shoals section of Greenville county,
committed suicide last Sunday morn
ING by taking poison. He was sixty
wears old. Financial losses caused
his act. Practically all his property
had been sacrificed to his creditors
in the past six months.
VIM. Jennings Bryan lectured in
Spartanburg last Friday night in the
First Baptist church, his subject be-
inc s.The Prince Of Peace" He also
made short speech at Gaffney on
his way to Spartanburg. Mr.. Bryan
was asked as to his candidacy for
the presidency, but he declined to
discuss the subject. He went from
there to Atlanta, where he made a
speech at the Georgia State Fair.
viii Smith, a white convict who re-
Gently escaped from the penitentiary
in Columbia, was recaptured at IN
man, Spartanburg county, last Fri
day, and has been returned to the
renitentiary. Smith escaped in COM
pany with white man named Dean.
He saws he and Dean separated In
Charlotte. Smith had only eleven
months more to serve, but now ne
gets seventeen months, and will be
shackled for the remainder Of his
term.
State Superintendent of Educa-
ton o. B. Martin has written Gov
ernor Ansel a very sarcastic letter in
reference to the governors appoint
ment of H. F. Rice, Esq, of Aiken,
as a member of the State board OF
education. Mr.. Martin handles the
action of the governor without
gloves. and says that he will not be a
candidate for reelection because OF
the governors appointments. He
thinks educators rather than lawyers
should be members of the board. 1t
will be recalled that he made a Wig
orous protest against the appoint
ment of Jno. C.. Sheppard, of Edge
field, and Mr.. Sheppard then de-
clined to serve.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
WILL STAND A SUIT.
Ex-Treasurers Zimmerman and Bates
VIII Not Pay for Stolen Bonds.

COLUMBIA, October 14.-Attorney
General Lyon this evening received a
letter from DR.. w. H. Zimmerman,
former State treasurer, in reply to
Mr.. Lyons letter of Saturday, in
which DR.. Zimmerman declines to
recognize the liability for the theft
of bonds by his former clerk, Daniel
Zimmerman, and consequently the
attorney general will institute suit
on the former treasurer official
bond for the amount lost during his
administration, which is about $14,-
600, including interest.
The letter from DR.. Zimmerman
is as follows:
BATEsBURG, S. c., October A.
Hon. J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. G..
Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th in
slant is received in reference to stolen
bonds claim. In answer thereto l
will say that do not consider my
self morally or legally bound for the
value of the said bonds. l therefore
will abide the decision of the courts
upon the question of liability. Twill
be slow to believe that the State of
South Carolina will be so unjust as
to require of me payment for the
stealage of a self-confessed thief
with the aid and instigation of a con-
victed criminal, neither of whom has
yet received any punishment for
their crime. And especially since |
was denied by statute the free exer-
else of my judgment in the naming
of clerks in the state treasurer's Of
flee; so | refuse to make settlement.
Very truly yours,
w. H. ZIMMERMAN.
DIR. Timmerman's reference to the
fact that he was not allowed to put
in the office clerks of his own selec-
ton refers to the fact that when he
went into office he desired to appoint
a kinsman as bond clerk, but under
the statute forbidding nepotism, ne
then retained Zimmerman, who had
been appointed by his predecessor,
DR.. w. T. C. Bates.
Zimmerman has confessed the theft
of the 19 state bonds, worth S12,5OO,
but his case has been appealed on
technical point, and will not be
argued until this winter. Mean:
while he is out on bond. His alleged
confederate was convicted Of receiv.
ing stolen property, knowing it to be
stolen, but Mr.. T. ]. Gibson has not
been we'll enough to appear in court
and have the sealed sentence read to
him, so that he, too, is virtually free
so far as the sentence of the court is
concerned. DR.. Bates has written
the attorney general that he does
not recognize any liability to the
State on his part and will not pay.
Treasurer Jennings has indicated his
intention to settle without suit.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
Quick Settlement.

Bamberg, S. c., October 18, 1907.
Mr.. J. C. Hiott, Manager United
States Industrial Life Insurance Co.,
Branchville. S. C. Dear Sir:-My
son, Henry J. Adams, insured in
your company under policy B4180,
died on October 18th, 1907, after a
very short illness. Your representa-
tive called at our house to-day, DC:
tober 18th, before the burial, and
paid me SCI. so, the full claim under
above policy. My son had been in.
sured only a short while, the amount nt
paid to the company being only 80
cents. take this way to recommend
the company to everybody and ad-
wise them to insure in this company,
which pays it's claims so promptly:
Thanking you for your kindness,
remain, Yours truly,
N. B. ADAMS.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
BAMBERG S. c.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1907
KERsHAW TEN UNDER ARREST
Charged With Forging Name of Alex.
Sprunt & Son to Check.

CAMDEN, Oct. 2O.-Messrs. j. H.
Hyatt and Wesley Driggers, neigh
bors and farmers from the eastern
section of this, county, are in Jail
tonight, charged with having forged
and presented for payment a check
for $500. Clerk W. E. johnson, Jr.,
was on duty at the paying teller's
window of the Bank Of Camden just
before the closing hour this after
noon when Driggers. presented the
bogus check.
It was a cotton check of Alexan-
der Sprunt & Son and was signed ap-
parently by Mr.. w. H. Halle, the
local buyer for that firm. The check
was as usual made payable to GER
tain number, and the fact that the
number was within the hundreds
first attracted Mr.. Johnson's atten-
ton. The numbers on these cotton
checks are now up in the thousands.
Upon further investigation a little
bad spelling was noted. Two was
written ''too" and then Mr.. johnson
saw that the signature and the whole
business was forged. Mr.. Driggers
was invited into Cashier Yates office,
where he reluctantly stated that the
check was given him by Hyatt with
a promise Of a division. Hyatt was
soon found and both men were turn
ed over to the police. Both deny the
crime, claiming that they found the
check. Mr.. Halle states that Hyatt
sold him a bale of cotton on Septem-
ber 19, and that the number of the
check shows that his father, Mr.. Jas.
L. Halle, in tearing out the check for
Hyatt tore out a blank check under
meath along with the other and Hyatt
thus got hold oft. Hyatt is about 35
years of age and DriggeS is perhaps
three score. Both are well connect
ed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
GOVERNOR ANSEL SERENE.
Declines to Say Anything About Mr.
MartainS Letter.

COLUMBIA, Oct. 17.-Gov. AnSel re-
turned this morning with Mrs. Ansel
from Chester where he addressed the
Confederate rally. The governor
could not be induced to make any
comment at all on State Superinten-
dent of Education Martins attack
upon him, which was published in the
papers this morning. The original
of the letter was sent to the COVER
nor by mail but he said that he read
it first in the papers this morning on
the train after leaving Chester. The
governor smiled when asked about
the matter but the situation did not
seem to disturb his characteristic Sc
renity, and he proceeded to take up
the routine correspondence of his Of
flee without being in the least flurried
by the matter.
The letter of Mr.. Martin was, how
ever, the main topic of conversation
around the State house today, though
of course the State officials out of
courtesy to the governor. were not
disposed to discuss the matter.
It is presumed that an effort will
be made shortly to have certain
schools recognized as colleges, to
which the State board of education
has heretofore denied that recogni.
ton the ground that a college should
be a college in fact as well as in name
before it is recognized as such. One
of the institutions which is ambitious
to be put on the accredited list has
gone into the courts about the matter
and the Supreme court sustained the
board of education in its refusals to
receive the diplomas of that institu-
ton as substitute for teacher's S
examination. The two gentlemen
appointed by Governor Ansel at dif-
ferent times to fill the vacancy from
the second district on the board have
been understood to be friendly to one
of the institutions and for that reason
the appointments were regarded as
unfriendly to the policy heretofore
pursued by the board as we'll as uIl-
friendly to the State superintendent
of education, who is the head of the
department of education and respon-
sible to the people for his administra.
ton, though not for appointment of
the State board.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
Honor Roll of Denmark Public School.

Honor Roll of Denmark Public School.
First grade-Cornell Kearse, Os-
car Jones, Fletcher Dukes, Lula Gil
lam, Willie Dell Hutto, Dell Cain,
Leroy Kennedy, Marion caves, Roy
Faust, Floyd Lancaster, Julia Cox,
William Ray.
Second grade - Clara Wyman,
Weters Califf, Jasper Sojourner,
Leon Roton, Hoyt Kearse, Martha
Virgins, Margaret Milhous, David
Sojourner.
Third grade Christabel Mayfeld,
Frances Guess, Virginia Hutto, Ber-
nard Faust, Maude Creech, Vera
Virgins. Annie Lee Tant.
Fourth grade Samuel Ray, Eliz-
abeth Brux, Abram Hallman, Will
| liam Hallman, Fitz Hugh Cox, Helen
Milhous, Frank Creech, John Martin,
Walker Hartzog, Agnes Goza, Willie
Califf, Maude Ellzey.
Fifth grade-Ethel Wicker, Shulor
Owens, Josephine Faust, Sigrid
Owens, Gladys Odom, Virginia Faust,
Lille Hallman, Stella Lancaster, Ella
Owens, Ruth Guess.
Sixth grade-Stanwix Mayfeld,
George Hallman, Tindal Califf. Ham
mond Crum.
Seventh grade-Malcolm McCrae,
Annie Lou Collins, Lois Ray, Pauline
Sandifer, Martha Ray, Litha Odom,
Claudia Nix, Olin Brux, Aileen
ROTOR, Manly Creech, Elmo Stead
man, Ernest Seymour, Roy Tyler,
Alma Roton.
Eighth grade-Boyce Steadman,
Blonde Barton, Ruth Seymour.
Ninth grade-Ruby Guess, Azile
Nix, Sadelle Guess, Marion Riley,
Emmet Gillian, Mary Lee Hightower,
Leon Metz.
Tenth grade - Harry Wroton,
Pansy Smoak, Alma Folk, Ruth Ray,
Sue Barton, Ina Califf.
Dear Mr.. Editor-I am sending
for publication our monthly honor
roll. Will you also put notice in
your paper to the effect that the
Denmark public school is now offer
ing a free course in typewriting,
bookkeeping and stenography. In
so doing you will greatly oblige
Yours very truly,
E.. II. HALL.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
ILLEGAL COTTON TRAFFIC
ONE WHITE MAN AND THREE NE.
GROES IMPLICATED.
Arrested at Sato Last Thursday Night
All Except One Give Bond
and are Released.

Early last Friday morning j. G.
Gudekunst, a white merchant of Sa.
to, the town formerly known as East
Denmark, was brought to Bamberg
and placed in Jail. Along with him
were brought two negroes. Marion
Wilson and Perry Hix. Later in the
day another negro named John Tobin
was also arrested and put in Jail.
The charge against all four is traffic,
ing in seed cotton without a license.
The first prisoners were brought in
about two or three o'clock in the
morning, and it seems they were
caught red-handed.
For some time past some of the
farmers around here have been
morally certain that their share crop
hands and possibly other negroes were
stealing seed cotton and selling it,
so they set quietly to work and have
been accumulating evidence for some
weeks. Last Thursday night (they
having suspected Gudekunst of buy.
ing the cotton at night} they SET
watch and saw him buy and pay fol-
some cotton from these negroes, OF
some of them. The transaction oc'
Cured at Gudekunst's house, which
is also his place of business, the store
being in the front of the building
and it was about twelve O'Clock al
night. He and the negroes were al
once seized and brought to Jail. The
capture was made by Messrs. E. c.
Hays, G. Frank Bamberg, and others
On Saturday Marion Wilson anc
Perry Hix were released on bond o1
$500 each, and on Monday GUIDE
kunst gave bond in the same amount
and was released. The negroes
waived a preliminary hearing, but
Gudekunst will be given a preliml
nary in a short time. John Tobin /:
still in JAIL.
Gudekunst is a German, who for
merly lived a few miles below town
but moved to Sato a few years ago
where he has been keeping store IL
the Sonntag property. Mrs. Sonn
tag and Mr.. J. L. Cothran went OF
his bond. He has been a quiet, hard
working man, and numbers of peo
pie even now sympatize with him
although realizing the necessity 0:
punishment for offenses of thi
character. He has been acting a!
ticket agent at Sato for Auditor
Rowell, who still holds the agency
and Mr.. Rowell says his account
always balanced to the cent. 1t i
extremely unfortunate that he shoult
have begun the practice of buying
seed cotton at night from negroes
when he had no license, and knew O.
ought to have known that the cottol
was stolen. The case will no doub
come up for trial at the Novembe
term Of court, which is to conven
here the second Monday in mex
| month
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
A Sad Death.

Little Henry Jasper, the 10-year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. @. Adams,
of this city, died at the home Of his
parents last Thursday morning after
a short illness. The burial took
place the same afternoon at the Sim
mons burying ground on Railroad
avenue. Rev. Peter Stokes conduct
led the services. The bereaved par
ents have our sympathy.