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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25

Constables captured six barrels of
contraband liquor in Peedee river on
Saturday night, where the Charles
ton, Sumter & Northern rail road
crosses. 1t had been foated down
from North Carolina.
A paymaster in the regular army
contracted blood poisoning a few
days ago from handling money and
died. His fate does not scare us,
however. We'd be glad to run the
risk of blood poison by handling some
money.
We publish the following by way of
warning to the boys who will start
out the first day of August with a
bundle of accounts in their hands:
Crank Wolliver, of Knoxville, at
tempted to collect Is cents from Mrs.
jerks. She was walking with Ames
Oglesby, the younger brother OF
Wolliver, who knocked him down
with stone and then shot him, the
ball going through his heart"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
PUT IN PENITENTIARY.
Yeggmen Begin Ten Year Sentence for
Safecracking.

SPARrANBURG, July 17.-Charles
Howard and Tom Nolan, the cracks
men convicted here several months
ago of robbing the safe of the Enoree
Manufacturing company in Novem.
ber, 1902, and sentenced to terms OF
ten wears each, were taken to Column
bia tonight by Acting Deputy lrby
TO begin their terms in the State
penitentiary.
The fact that the men were to be
taken to the State penitentiary at.
this time was not given outand 1T was
not known that the authorities had
decided upon such course until the
prisoners and guards appeared at the
Station few minutes before the
train departed. They have been held
in Jail here pending their attorneys
motion for a new trial. This has not
materialized, however, though Mr.
Sims declared tonight he would take
the cracksmen's case to the supreme
court. He said he did not know that
Nolan and Howard were to be taken
to Columbia at this time.
Other prisoners in charge Of the
officers leaving here tonight were:
lack Scruggs, sentenced for life for
the murder of C. L. Carver, and
George Barnes and Henry Rumley,
negroes, who 60 to serve short terms.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Vacations for r1others Too.

PEOPLE who work for themselves,
especially mothers, often glory in not
taking a vacation, in staying forever
at home, in sticking solidly to what
they believe to be their duty. TO you,
NV conservative reader, vacation is
lust as necessary as it is the tired
teacher or the faithful clerk; and TOR
the same reason that you may 90
more work when you do work, and do L
it more effectively. The duty which
holds you will be better performed,
the home that you are guarding Will
be better kept, and thecheerfulnessS,
and courage. and optimism which
you need will be more readily sum
moned, if you take time-not next
wear, but in the remaining weeks OF
this very summer drink in the
stimulant of new faces, new land
scapes and new experiences. -Wo-
mans Home Companion for August
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
A MURDERER ARRESTED.
JOHN ANDER SON CAPTURED NAU-
GUSTALAST SUNDAY.
He Shot and Killed Willie Cutter, a
White Man, at riidway..Nearly
Two Years Ago.

John Anderson, the negro who is
charged with the killing OF young
Willie Cutter, a white man, at Mid
way last April a year ago, was arrest
ed in Augusta last Sunday. His ar
rest was caused by Mr.. J. W. Dukes,
of Midway, who happened to be IN
Augusta. 1t seems that Mr.: Dukes
was standing on the street talking to
a policeman about the killing of
Cutter and telling him about the es-
cape of Anderson, when the murder
er passed along. He at once told the
policeman that was the man wanted
for the crime and he was promptly
arrested. ,
At first Anderson stoutly denied
his identity, saying his name was
Benjamin and he knew nothing about
Midway or Bamberg county. Sheriff
Hunter was communicated with Mon
day morning, and he at once sent
Andrew Bennett, a colored man, to
Augusta to identify Anderson and
bring him back if he was really the
man. Andrew was sure it was An
person, and he was brought here
Monday evening and lodged in Jail.
He denied that he was Andeson un-
til after he reached Bamberg, but
now he acknowledges it: His father
came in to see him Tuesday morning.
One of his arms is gone now, and ne
had both when he made his escape.
Anderson says he got it cut off in a
railroad wreck near Knoxville, Tenn,
but there is a rumor abroad that ne
got it shot off in some difficulty.
1t will be remembered that An
derson fled Immediately after Cutter
was shot, and rewards were offered
for his capture. Two negroes were
concerned in the killing, John Ander-
son and Isaiah BARLEY. Anderson
escaped, but BARLEY was arrested
and tried. He was found guilty OF
manslaughter and sentenced to four
years on the county chain gang. He
appealed to the State Supreme Court,
and is now out on bond.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
NEGRO ATTACKS MINISTER.
Rev. r. F. Bradley Seriously Cut by
Farm Hand.

GREENWOOD, July 18.-Great ex-
citement prevails at Troy, in this
county, this afternoon over muir
derous assault made by negro upon
Rev. R. F. Bradley, the highly es-
teemed pastor of the A. R. P. church
at Long Cane.
The negro, John Suber, who came
from Georgia some months ago, was
employed by Mr.. Bradley upon his
farm. Today the negro resented some
order or reprimand given by Mr..
Bradley and made an attack on him
with a knife. Mr.. Bradley was cut
twice, once on each side Of his throat,
and also had long cash across his
back. The negro at once fled.
Reports from Troy say that every
man in the town and surrounding
country is searching for the negro.
Sheriff Mcmillan, as soon as the news
reached him, left in an automobile
for Troy. The dogs owned by the
county were at Epworth some 20
miles from Troy. but they were at
once ordered to the scene.
A later report from Troy says Mr..
Bradley is not fatally wounded.
It is almost impossible to get. COM
munication with, the little town this
afternoon. Every one is beside him
self with rage and resentment. Mr..
Bradley is one of the most highly es-
teemed citizens of the county. He is
about 60 years old and a leading min
ister of his denomination and Is
known all over the State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Replies to Rev. Billings.
u Editor of The State:

To the Editor of The State:
It has been the purpose Of your
correspondent to have nothing more
to say in regard to the awful Billings
matter which has been the talk OF
our town and the whole. State and
caused great grief to Christian peo-
ple here and elsewhere.
But the statement in your paper to-
day, copied from the Augusta Chronl-
Gle, is so misleading to those people
over the State who do not know the
facts in the case and is so totally de-
void of truth until this informant
must come forth.
Now, every reputable man in this
town will sign his name to the fact
that these awful letters written by
Billings to the negro who had been
his house maid are in Billings own
hand writing. The letters were writ
ten here and mailed to Bamberg,
where the maid had gone after leav-
ing his home on account OF the TACT
leaking out here. -,
A young newly married man could
not write letter in more endearlng
terms to his tender bride. The only
word of sympathy for the man here
for his crime is occasionally the state
ment that 1.-The man must have lost
his mind"
This answers Billings first state
ment in regard to his not writing
these letters.
Second, that he had not been al
lowed the privilege of seeing them is
false. On the other hand he was
begged to go and read them and he
flat-footedly refused to do so:
His third statement, that ne had
absolutely no opportunity to defend
himself or to deny the authorship of
the letters as he was away preaching
for a friend and didn't reach home
until l. o'clock in the afternoon ne
was excommunicated is devoid OF
any truth whatsoever. On the con-
trary, Billings was notified on Friday
afternoon that he would be turned
out of the church on Sunday and was
asked to be there. This he failed tc
do. but on the contrary, took the
train for Augusta, Ca, and preached
there for a preacher who came here
for him and heard the proceedings al
church Sunday morning. This was
not a previous engagement for nm
to preach in Augusta, for ne mac
an engagement to preach>in Lexlng'
ton, n. c., and wired them, after ar
irving in Augusta, he could not come
This information was in the Charlotte
Observer. ..,,.
It might also be stated that Billings
was excluded from the church moi
only for gross Immortality in regare
to his life with the negro but to-
prevarication.
A copy of this letter has been SEN
to the Augusta Chronicle in reply t(
the card appearing in that paper.
ROBERT B. Tickling.
Blackville, S. c., July II, 1907.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
ARRESTED IN AUGUSTA.
Negro Thought to be the 1urderer OF
Willie Cutter.

Anegro who gave his name as Sam
Benjamin was arrested last night
by Policeman A. ]. Matthews and
O'Connell on suspicion of being the
murderer of Will Cutter, who was
shot to death at Midway, Bamberg
county, S. c., last April year ago.
He was pointed out the officers by
Mr.. J. w. Dukes, who told them that
the negro's real name was John
Anderson, and that for his arrest a
reward of $3.50. had been made up
in South Carolina.
The murder of Will Cutter is still
remembered, not only in Augusta,
but in many South Carolina counties.
He was the manager of a circus.
During a performance at Midway, in
an open lot, John Anderson and an
other negro climbed on top of a box
car belonging to the show and were
ordered off by Mr.. Cutter. They
cursed him, and Anderson drew a
pistol and shot the white man dead.
Excitement ran high, and there
were threats of lynching if the ne
gro was caught, but he made his es-
cape; for many months nothing was
heard of him. Last night MIR Dukes
saw a negro loafng around the tri-
angular block who answered the de-
scription of Anderson, and as he had
known the negro several years ago,
he at once came to the conclusion
that he was the escaped murderer of
Cutter.
He pointed Anderson, alias Benja-
min, out to the two officers, and
the negro was promptly arrested.
He denies any knowledge Of the kill
ing. One of his arms is off, and ne
tells that it was lost in a railroad
accident near Knoxville, Tenn: When
confronted by the two policemen,
however, he is said to have come
near fainting from fright, and the
police authorities are strongly con-
vinced that he is the negro who is
wanted in Bamberg county.-Au-
gusta Chronicle, Monday, July 22.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt EtchlngS.

EHRHARDT, July 22.-Messrs. Tom
D. Jones and Jacob Ehrhardt went to
Newberry. The former to be with
his son, Earle, who has fever; the lat
ter on a business trip.
Miss Miley, Of Brunson, is visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. R. A. Owens.
Mrs. Farrell and daughters are
visiting her daughter, Mrs. j. l..
Copeland.
Capt J. C. Westerlund has gone on
a pleasure trip to the up country.
Whooping cough is on its rounds
among the little folks. Now and
then it hits one that isn't so small,
and he or she as the case may be has
to whoop also.
NV! isn't the weather hot! Ice is
the only luxury suited to the weather,
and the people are making use of it.
Big meetings are all the go now.
St. Johns and St. Nicholas churches
held forth on yesterday: Mt. Pleas
ant will embrace next Sunday.
Farmers are busy putting the last
touches to their farms. Some are
promising and others are very poor:
A few melons are ripening, but
very few fine ones. Too much rain for
them. :.
A negro, George Kearse, who has
recently come here from the chain
gang, on Sunday afternoon when Con-
rad Hartz was at Sunday school, en-
tered his house and took several ar
tieles therefrom, among them Smith
& Wesson revolver, pair of shoes,
shirt, and $3.50 in cash. He was ar
rested this morning and no doubt will
have the pleasure of serving another
term on the gang. ,
Mr.. L. A. Brabham commenced
work on J. D. Dannelly's residence
this morning, and expects Soon to
have same in shape for him to occupy.
JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Church Services.

There will be services at Mt. Pleas
ant Evangelical Lutheran church next
Friday, July 26, II a. m. No service
in the afternoon. Two services Sat-
urday and Sunday at II a. m. and
2:45 o. m. Rev. J. J. Long, of Po-
maria, will preach. The public is
cordially invited to attend the ser
vices. P. E. MONROE,
Ehrhardt, July 18. Pastor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Drowning at Rock Hill.

Rock HILL, July 81. Alley, a
young unmarried man, % years old,
was drowned in the swimming pool
of the Arcade cotton mills about 9
o'clock Wednesday evening. 1t is
not known whether he could swim or
not. He was using a plank to float
around in the pool on, which is a
private affair for the operatives.
Those nearby who heard his call for
help were not able to get to him in
time. It was an hour or more be-
fore his body was recovered, drag.
ging the pool having to be resorted
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Bought Telephone System.

ALLENDALE, July 18.-The Southern
Bell Telephone Company has bought
out the Clark Automatic Telephone
Company, of this place, and is now
tearing down the old line preparatory
to erecting an up-to-date system. All
the material is on the ground and a
large force of hands are at work and
in a few weeks Allendale will have
first class telephone system, with the
long distance connection.
The concrete foundation for the
new union depot is almost complete
and as soon as that is down the brick
work will commence.
Plans are now being submitted to
the building committee of the Allen
dale graded school building, and ac-
tive work will begin in a short time.
The building when complete will be
+up-to-date in every respect.
The farmers of this section are in
much better spirits than they were a
month ago, and while crops are not
as good as they might be, there is a
great improvement within the last
two weeks, and some farmers will
make very good crop: Melons and
cantaloupes are doing very well; the
latter have nearly all been shipped.
DR.. H. R. Tison has moved into his
pretty cottage on Railroad avenue.
The Rev. and Mrs. T. G. O'Dell are
visiting at Blenheim this week.
Mrs. R. P. Searson has returned
after having spent about two months
with her daughter, Mrs. j. B. Atkin-
son, of Spartanburg.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
NO ELECTION FOR BARNWELL.
Petitions for Vote on Whiskey Ques-
ton are Refused.

z BARNWELL, July 22.-The men,
bers of the registration board for
Barnwell county began the work Of
revising the registration books on
Monday, July Is, and having COM
pleted that work have addressed the
following letter to County Super
visor J. B. Morris.
Barnwell, July 22, 1907.
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor
of July l we. the county board of
registration, respectfully submit that
to the best of our belief and infor-
nation, being governed by the regis
tration books in our charge, there
are three thousand two hundred and
fifty legal and qualified electors in
Barnwell county after the revising
of the books"
Upon the receipt of the foregoing
letter Supervisor ]. B. Morris passed
the following order:
ssWhereas, on the 30th day of
April, 1907, there were sundry pc
titions filed in the office of of the
supervisor of said county praying
thatI, as the supervisor of said coun-
ty, order an election under what is
known as the Carey -Cothran bill to
determine whether the dispensary
system should be continued or
whether we should have prohibition
in this county, and, whereas, the
said petitions, while they contained
S17 names, only contained the names
of 622 qualified electors, and, where,
as, I, supervisor of said county, did
on the LIST day of July, 1907, address
communication to the supervisors OF
registration of said county request
ing them to inform me Of the num-
Der of qualified electors as shown by
the registration books for said coun-
ty, and, whereas, the registration
board for said county did, on the 22d
day of July, 1907, over their hands
and seals, report to me as supervisor
that the registration books for SAID
county, after having been duly re-
yised showed 3,255 qualified electors
Therefore find the petitions filed as
aforesaid do not contain the names
of one-fourth of the qualified elec'
tors in the said county. It is there
fore ordered that the said petitions
praying for an election be and the
same is hereby dismissed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Walks Out of Window.

BEAUFORT, July 17.-At II o'clock
last night George Watson, the IL
year-old son of Rev. A. B. Watson,
walked in his sleep out of an open
second story window on to a roof
and stepped off into space. He fell
l8 feet to the ground, but did not
sustain any injuries that now appear
serious. He has not recovered from
the shock, but the only apparent In,
iuries are a cut under the chin and
SLIGHT abrasions of the nose and ear.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Negro Loses his Leg.

ALLENDALE, July 23.-Jim Lyons,
colored, of Luke, Ga, an employee OF
the Charleston and Western Carolina
Railway company, had his leg cut OFT
hv work train No. / at this place to-
dav. LYONS is one of Capt. M. l..
Redd's work force and was trying to
mount a fiat car while the train was
moving out of the Allendale yard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25

The attending physicians of the
late Rev. William Aiken Kelley per
formed an autopsy when he died
recently, and their report is that the
abnormal development Of his BRAIN
made him irresponsible for his lr-
rational behavior in recent years.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
In THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

The supervisors of registration of
Williamsburg county are revising the
registration books.
Miss Julia Wannamaker, of Orange
burg. was drowned while bathing in
the surf at Sullivan's Island last Fri
day. She was sixteen years old.
There was a wreck of a passenger
train on the Charleston & Western
Carolina railway near Laurens last
Friday. Several persons were lnJur-
ed but none fatally.
The State phosphate commission
has just completed a survey OF the
beds around Charleston and they are
pleased with all that they saw and
especially with the prospects for a
good season.
The town of Darlington has sur
rendered it's base ball franchise, but
the State league will be continued.
The Darlington team will play on
the Florence grounds for the bal
ance of the season.
The News and Courier says that
$4,000 belonging to the Coast Line
and $1,000 belonging to the South
ern has been lost in the gambling
dens of the city and nobody punished
because the juries would not do their
duty.
Governor Ansel has refused to par
don Ollie Ponder, a young white man,
who was convicted in Union county
of assault and battery. He figured
in the whipping of Mrs. Harriet Co.
burn, a white woman. Again the
governor shows that his head is level.
"A northbound mail train on the
Southern ran into an open switch at
Richland, Oconee county, on Thurs
day. The engine turned over and the
four mail and baggage cars left the
track. A few passengers were slight
" hurt. The switch had been tam
pered with, and it is thought it was
an attempt to wreck the train.
In their argument filed with the IN
ternal revenue commissioner, the at
torneys of the State dispensary COM
mission charge U. B. Hammett.
former State dispensary constable
and now deputy collector, with OBJ
tanning affidavits from dispensers by
irregular and fraudulent means.
Many of the dispensers say they sign
ed the affdavits without reading
them.
Columbia must be poor base ball
town. It is stated that few days
since at one of the games in that
city only $50 people were present,
the gate receipts being only $500;
The club is losing money rs well
as games, over $4,000 having been
been lost this season. Several towns
in the State are attempting to cut
too much of figure in the base ball
line. It will be good thing; for
them to realize that they are not so
large as they thought. ,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
Blackville, S. c., July II, 1907.

We wish city council would get
after the railroad authorities and
make them put some decent side
walks at the railroad crossings on
Railroad Avenue. The depot ought
also to be lighted by electricity,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25

Columbus just landed; meeting big
Indian chief with a package under his
arm, he asked what it was. "Great
medicine, HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea" said the Injun. IS cents, Tea or
Tablets. H. F. Hoover.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19
Bowling Green.

BOWLING GREEN, VA. May ls.---
Misses Anne and Jean boswell, OF HIM
over, spent several days ut the Bowl
Ing Green Female Seminary this week
Mr. w. 8. Davies and wife, OF New
York, nrc visiting his mother. Mrs. j.
$ Davies.
Miss Edith Chandler. who has been
n student OF the Washington Seminary,
or Atlantn, en-, has returned home FOR
the vacation.
Mrs. Harnnn aud Mrs. Pace, of RICH
mond, nro visiting their sister, Mrs.
y. -. Chandler
Mrs. William Wright Is visiting her
granddaughter, Mrs j. S. Lake. In
Hampton. Va
Miss Bessie Ryland has returned to
her homo In Richmond after spending
sonc time with Miss Frances r. Broad
dus.
Miss Snllie Voolfolk, of Hanover,
spent last week at Mulberry Plncc, tho
homo OF tho Misses Voolfolk.
Miss Emma Anderson left this week
for Bucnn Vista, where she goes to
spend some time at the Southern Scmi-
nary
Mrs. Joel Hnines is visiting friends
In Richmond this week.
| Miss lGssic Dunn left this weok for
Richmond, whore she goes to visit
friends.
Miss Frances Brooke Broaddus Is
visiting III Richmond this week.
| q
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CreWe,
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

Special to The Times Dispatch.J
CREME, VA, May 1S.-Mrs. Douglas
Rider and daughter, Manic. Of Rich
mond. have returned home, after spend
ing some time with friends hero.
Miss Lew Jones and daughter, Mrs.
II. Clay Smith, have returned from
stay OF some length in Florida.
Miss Mazie ellis has returned home
after an extended visit to New York
and Boston. Returning she took In the
exposition In company with her sister
Mrs. Il. Is. Zrkle of Norfolk
Miss Rosa Jordan left Saturday for
visit OF some length to relatives In
Prince George county.
Mrs. G. Il. Elmore left this week for
stay of some weeks in Martlnsyil'o.
Mrs. M. Anderson, Of Andersonville,
is visiting Mrs Cora Anderson at
Hancock's Hotol.
Mr.. Willie Parkinson was summoned
to Richmond this week to tho bedside
of his mother, Mrs, l.. Parkinson, who
continues III,
Mrs. j, w. Eincheloe and baby boy
John William. are visiting Mrs. Kin
cheloe's parents In Washington.
Mrs. Kidd and little son. Gates. spent
last week In Washing ton.
Mr.. Elmer Hines Of South Carolina
has moved his family to the Dertlngel
farm. near here,