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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-01-29

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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-01-29

Increase ........ ,..... III
Personally appeared before me,
this. Jan. 1907. e. ]. Paxton, gen.
eral manager Of The Sun, who az
firms that the above statement OF
the circulation of The Sun for the
month of Dec, 1906, is true to the
best of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR.
Notary Public.
MY commission expires January
22. 1908.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Cured by Rattlesnake Bite.

One of the greatest snake stories
of the year comes from New York
State which states that the bite of a
rattlesnake cured a woman of cancer.
The story goes that a remarkable
cure Of cancer has been affected at
Port Jarvis, N. Y, on Mrs. Wilhel-
nina Lodwig, a farmers wife. Mrs.
Lodwig has suffered from cancer on
the left leg just above the knee for a
long time. While out picking huckle-
berries two weeks ago she was bitten
on the ankle by rattlesnakes. Her
nephew, Karl Lodwig, came to her
assistance and killed three rattle
snakes. The woman's leg had swelled
to an enormous size, but the swelling
did not go about the cancer. The
cancer, which had been fringed with
red, turned into a running sore. 1t
remained in this condition for four
days. On the fourth day the dis
charge stopped and proud flesh be-
gan to make it's appearance. The
snake poison had worked all through
the cancer, the swelling disappeared
and the heretofore ugly looking can
Ger turned to a healthy flesh color.
Last Thursday the wound began to
heal and yesterday Mrs. Lcdwig was
in town almost cured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Harvesting by Moonlight.

Several thousand acres of Lehigh
county wheat were cut last week by
moonlight. The harvest, already
three weeks late on account of cold
weather in spring, was much delayed
by the rains of the last fortnight.
Farmers accordingly took &C dvantage
of the full moon to cut their grain,
which was dead ripe. Self binders
were brought into play and relays OF
horses used. The moon was so bright
that it was as easy to reap the grain
by night as by day. Some farmers
kept their binders running without
stopping for so hours.
The farmers paid neighboring boys
and girls 20 cents an hour to shock
the grain as fast as the reapers cut
it, besides giving them three meals,
breakfast, dinner, and supper and
three luncheons, at 9 a. M, 3.3O p,
m. and midnight. Some of the boys
and girls worked a full twenty-foul
hours for day, making $3.50, be.
sides getting their board. This is
believed to be the record paid fol-
farm labor in the United States,
Even at that the farmers regard the
work done for them more as an ac'
commodation than cold-blooded la.
Dor done for hire.-Philadelphis
Public Ledger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Vote as You Please.

It is estimated that it will require
about three mills more taxlevy to run
the county if the dispensary is voted.
out, which will be double what we.
are now paying, the present levy be-
ing three mills. To replace the in
come to the town of Bamberg will
require an additional levy of about
eight mills. The taxable property of
the town is about $4,000 and the
six mill tax now levied brings in about
S2,4OO. The dispensary revenue to
the town is about $4,000 or more, and
to make up this deficiency will require
an extra levy of eight mills or a total
town tax of fourteen mills. Of course
it will raise taxes to vote out the dis
pensary, so those who want to pay the
extra tax can vote against the dis
pensary, and those who do not want
this burden on them can vote to re-
tain the dispensary. This is free
country and you can vote as you
please.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
ACCUSED OF ASSAULT.
Aiken Negro Charged With Outraging
Little Stepdaughter.

AIKEN, Aug. Stake Etheredge,
a negro, was arrested last night and
placed in jail charged with an awful
crime, preferred by his wife. She
alleges that Etheredge committed
an assault upon his stepchi]d, a girl
six years old, yesterday afternoon at
his home, on Mr.. T. w. Coward's
place, near the city. She came to
Aiken yesterds. late in the afternoon
and reported to the officials that
about 2 o'clock she had left the house
and Etheridge was with the children,
and that he had criminally assaulted
the girl, seriously injuring her. The
child was brought to the city and
treated by DR.. Harry Wyman.
The officials went out in the place
last night, and after waiting for a
short while the negro was caught.
When interviewed about it Etheredge
talked freely, but denied any con-
nection or any knowledge Of the
affair. He stated that he had had a
quarrel with his wife a day or two
before this and that this was proba-
bly, the cause of the charge. He is
young negro, about % years of age.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
TELL OF r1ARRlED LIFE.
Postmasters Reply to Questions Con-
cerning Their Marital Relations.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Merrit O..
Chance, chief clerk of the postoffice
department, several months ago sent
out to all the postmasters in the coun-
try list of questions asking for Ger
tain information to be used in the
preparation of the government "Blue
book" which is published every two
years. One of the questions in the
list was:
what are your marital relations
The object of this particular ques-
tion was to find out whether the post
masters are married, single, widowed
or divorced. But some Of the rural
postmasters do not understand the
object of the question. Mr.. Chancere-
ceived several answers, in which the
persons addressed endeavored to give
clear and lucid explanation of the
status of their married life. One post
master said his domestic affairs were
"fne and dandy" Another not so
fortunate, replied, Fairly mid
ding" A third postmaster filled in
the blank space of the question about
marital affairs with one word, "Help'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
CLOSE CALL FOR "MAUD."
Train Strikes Wagon Drawn by rlule
i'm Funeral Procession.

GREENWOOD, August 8.-The
"Short Dog passenger train on the
Seaboard Air Line came near playing
havoc with a number Of negroes seat
ed in a wagon and belonging to fun
eral procession here today. The
cowcatcher struck the wagon amid
ships between fore and hind wheels,
and under ordinary circumstances
the occupants and the mule would
have been instantly killed. Instead
the harness, being old, rotten and
patched, gave way, and the wagon
was simply pulled away from the
mule, who, not understanding what
had happened to the load he was pull
ing, went to eating grass at once.
The occupants all had time to jump
out, so they were not in any way IN
jured. The train ran along with the
wagon to the station, only about two
hundred yards away. The wagon
was not hurt much in the transaction.
1t was an unusual occurrence.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Personals from the Kearse Section.

OLAR, Aug. 12.-Mr. Willie Ritter
visited friends at Fort Motto last
week.
The Misses Brabham visited their
sister at Ellington last week.
Mr.. B. V. Kearse spent a few weeks
at Glenn Springs.
Mrs. J. J. and G. B. Kearse are
spending some time at Glenn Springs.
Miss Mildred Kearse is spending
some time with Miss Essie Williams,
of Estill.
Miss Edna Chitty has returned
home after a pleasant visit atLodge.
/ Miss Julia Larsen, of Adams Run,
visited Miss Leda Ritter, and on re-
turning home was accompanied by
Miss Ritter.
Miss Cressida Breland and Mr..
Bert Dannelly are on the. sick list.
Mr.. e. E. Ritter has a stalk of cot
ton with two hundred and thirty-two
bolls.
Miss Susie Durse, of Charleston, is
visiting relatives at Ehrhardt.
Miss Sallie Walker, of Fort Motto,
spent some time with Miss Leyla
Folk.
Miss Jennie Herren, of Brooklyn,
is spending some time with Miss
Sudie Ritter.
Miss Sudie Ritter visited Miss
Jennie Herren at Govan.
Mrs. J. C. Kennedy, of Dade City,
Fla, visited relatives in this section.
Misses Annie Halford, Nettie Fogle,
and Beulah Grimes spent pleasant
night at Mr.. H. J. Ritter's.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt EtchingS.

EHRHARDT, August 1--WE had
several showers last week. The earth
was dry, and they were very accept
able to growing plants and to our
feelings.
A pair of our young men went to
church near Fairfax Sunday. Don't
think preaching was what they want
ed to hear. Must have been some
young ladies in question.
Col. G.. Ehrhardt will go to the
"city by the sea- today on a business
trip.
Mr.. H. G.. Copeland says that he
will have two or three bales of new
cotton ready for market the last of
this month.
Common talk now is the vote on
the dispensary question. Some talk
in favor of it, others against. There
is one thing certain, that whiskey
drinking does not bring money into
any ones pockets, nor is there any
profit derived therefrom. If the
same amount of money was placed on
supply accounts the farmers and
merchants would owe less money to-
day. There is no doubt but there
would be many more happy families,
where the patient mother is abused
and praying that her husband and
son will be able to resist the tempta-
ton when away from home.
DR.. James A. B. Scherer, president
of Newberry College, was in our
midst Sunday. He preached at Mt:
Pleasant church in the morning and
took dinner with Col. Conrad Ehr-
hardt. Married a couple from Jennys,
a Mr.. Blume to a Miss Platts. In the
afternoon he preached to a large
congregation at Ehrhardt Lutheran
church. The doctor is a fine speaker
and holds the attention of his audi
ence while he tells them the truths
of the Bible. l think all went away
wanting to hear more from him. He
intended to canvas this section for
students, but was called home, and
Prof. Kicklighter will take his place,
canvasing today.
Our train has made another change
in it's schedule. Its scheduled time
is to reach Ehrhardt at 1900 noon,
and leaves at 1:30. The freight has
been taken off, and the schedule is
any time from IL noon to 8 p. m.
Plenty kicks coming from patrons of
the rural routes. This kind of time
makes their mail a day late. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
LIQUOR Barrel on Texas Train.

PALESTINE, Texas, Aug. 6.-The
first arrest and conviction under the
law making it a misdemeanor to drink
liquor on a train in this state was
made when white man was fined 81
for committing the offence. The man
was coming in on the southbound
train, and when a short way out Of
Palestine took drink out of a bottle
he had in his pocket. While he was
drinking a state ranger, who happen
ed to be on the same car, placed him
under arrest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Vote for the Dispensary.

And you will vote for crime in its
every form. Given in a plain and
simple way, your vote will mean that
you prefer seeing drunkenness, dis
grace, a debauched and degraded
life. Your vote would mean that you
prefer seeing murder, theft, robbery
and a life of misery. Your vote
would mean that you prefer seeing
hunger, pain and torture. Your vote
would mean that you prefer seeing
homes ruined property destroyed and
families wrecked. Your vote would
mean that you prefer seeing women
and children suffer for food and raj
ment. Your vote would mean that
you prefer seeing your women and
children beaten alm1st into a mass of
pulp by the red-eyed monster while
they simply beg for bread. Your
vote would mean that you prefer
seeing bloodshed, sorrow and despair
Your vote would mean that you pre-
fer seeing the lives of your wife, sis
ter or daughter tortured and ruined
by the bloody and murderous villain,
the rapist. Your vote would mean
that you prefer seeing the virtues of
all law destroyed and vice in all of it's
vile rulings set up. Your vote would
mean that you prefer seeing the NOR
ais of your country reduced to the
lowest standard of life, under which
your sons and daughters are to be
raised. Your vote would mean that
you prefer seeing the death-dealing
stuff continued on sale, though the
revenues of which would be the cost
of the lives of your wife, daughters
or sons. And to you, Oh Christians,
who would cast such a vote, would it
not mean perjury in the first degree
and a complete forfeiture of that
great seal with which you were
adorned by the blood of Jesus.
s, It is sad reflection upon any gov
ernment, local or national, that will
hound down an individual who may
hayekilled another for some apparent
or real injury, and hang him by the
neck until he be dead, and thenlicense
a people by the thousands to slaugh-
ter men, women and children by the
millions and foster such death-deal-
cing traffic as a source of revenue.
Does not this appeal to you as a
sound reason for all people to call in
loudest terms for a law to prohibit in
its every form a traffic that is Grip
pling the speed of every enterprise
and all industry, and is fast forming
itself into a state of anarchy and
ruin? Then don't allow yourselves
on the 10th instant to vote for traf-
fc that causes such destitution, and
consumes all of its revenues to pro
tect it's own evils. J. T. O'NEAL.
Bamberg, August IA.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15

Bamberg's base ball team went
over to St. Matthews Tuesday morn
ing to play a couple of games with
the team of that town. St. Mat
thews won Tuesday afternoons game
by score of 8 to4.
Elections were held Tuesday in
Anderson and Richland counties on
the county court question, and in
each county the proposition was de-
feated by a large majority. Ander-
son also voted against issuing bonds
for road improvement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Progressive Hartsville.

The people of Hartsville have bond
ed the town for $46, 900 for the pur-
pose of putting in a waterworks and
Sewerage system. The contractors
are now at work on the job and the
work will be completed some time
within the next twelve months. One
of the artesian wells at the cotton
mill will be used for the waterworks
and the sewerage will be emptied in
to Black Creek below the paper mill.
Hartsville is probably the smallest
town in the country to indulge in
such luxuries as water works and
sewerage.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Our New York Letter.

1here can De nOLnlng more lnCer-
esting and beneficial than the history
of successful man, particularly a
signal success. Such sketches show
the possibilities to be attained and
serve as shining examples for the
young of the day.
James Butler, the present owner
of 300 grocery stores, is such an one.
Butler came to this country a poor
boy from Ireland 81 years ago with
out money, friends or influence. He
set foot en- American soil to carve a
future for himself, imbued with the
idea that one time is as good as anoth-
er, if one only applies himself with
right ideas and dogged determina-
ton to succeed. The young man
started as steward in the Windsor
Hotel, and at the time had in view
growing into the hotel business. By
accident his future was changed, and
today he operates 800 stores instead
of a ''chain" of hotels as he at first
planned, and is adding an hundred
more. At first the owner of the
stores had only New York city in
view, but now he is arranging to ex-
tend his stores to Memphis, St. Louis,
and other cities, and it is no wild
prophecy to predict that the time will
come and that soon when Butler
stores" will be as common through
out the United States as they now
are in the city of New York.
The event that changed James
Buffers plans was as follows: The
hotel steward had saved from his
salary a few hundred dollars, the
woman with whom he boarded had a
| son who had lost his job and was
anxious to start a small corner groc-
cry. Butler furnished $4,000, form.
ed a co-partnership with young
O'Connor; success followed, another
and another store was opened. But
ler bought the interest of his part
ner and today owns and operates
stores by the hundreds, every one
succeeds, besides he has millions in
realty, etc. His home at Tarrytown
adjoins John D: Rockefeller's, and in
merchandise Buffers name heads the
list, as Rockefeller's does in oil. The
most perfect system has been install
ed, and the work and worry incident
to the management, ownership, etc.,
of 300 stores is no greater than the
one was, nor will the 5000 or more
he may yet operate be any more
trouble.
Mr.. Buffers advice on how to sue.
ceed is couched in few sentences
of few words each:
Persevere.
Don't spend too much time in rec.
reation.
Don't get a smattering of a thing
and let some one else supply your in
formation; learn all there is to know
about a subject in hand.
Know what you are doing; then
YOU won't make mistakes.
There are more opportunities tor
success in business now than there
ever were.
Ambition is the first essential; then
comes perseverance.
One should not be in too big hur,
ry. Go slowly; then you will be thor.
ough.
Your correspondent hopes to pre-.
sent from time to time short bio
graphical sketches of other wonder.
fully successful men in this great
city. H. w. FINLAYsoN.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Denmark D0ingS.

DENMARK, August 13.-It has been
some time since you have had any
news from our little city, as your
correspondent has been quite busy
and away from home.
Mr.. F. E. Holman, our efficient as
sistant wire chief, is spending some
time in the mountains of North Car
olina.
Miss Llewlie Moody, one of Barn
wells charming young ladies, is Wis
iting the Misses Owens in the city.
Mrs. M. R. Hardwick and Miss
Julia Zorn returned several days since
from a trip to Jamestown and Wash
ington, D. C.
Miss Addie Glover is spending some
time with relatives in Graniteville.
R. C. Hardwick, ESQ.,, has returned
from a weeks stay on Sullivan's IS
land.
Mr.. S. D. Guess returned Monday
of last week from a visit to relatives
in Beaufort, and left Tuesday follow
ing for Jamestown and Washington.
The material is being placed on our
high school lot, and in a few weeks
the building will be in course of
erection.
The plans for the new Methodist
church arrived several days since,
and the contract for building will be
let in the very near future. It is
hoped that this building will be COM
pleted by the last of November.
From the crowd that was in our
little city on Saturday last one would
predict that Denmark was the coming
town of lower South Carolina, and no
doubt but what it would be correct.
Our streets were hardly passable for
the people and vehicles. Our mer-
chants are all doing a good business,
and we are in need of more stores.
Every store is filled, and inquiries
coming in for more. It is up to our
monied men to do more building and
let US get on the band wagon sure
enough. There is no chance of losing
money invested in stores or other
buildings in Denmark. Numbers of
people are turned away from here on
account of there being no dwellings
to live in, and the result is some other
town with good schools gets them.
I'm unity there is strength, " so come
together monied and business men
and let US have an up-to-date little
city, one that we can boast of her
health, push and beauty. Let us all
get together and nominate a set of
good enterprising business men for a
town council andget out of theold rut.
Mrs. M. R. Hardwick is spending
some time on Sullivan's Island.
Mrs. E. A. Boyles was on Sunday
last called to the bedside of her broth
er, Mr.. Freeman, who it is said was
mortally wounded in a pistol duel
with his brother-in-law, Robinson, at
Waynesboro, Ga. Both parties are
thought to be mortally wounded.
Miss Julia Zorn, who has been
spending some time with friends at
Elko and Williston, returned home
last week, and is now spending some
time on Sullivan's Island.
Hon. S. G. Mayfeld spent several
days in Savannah last week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Country Correspondence.

The farmers in our community are
hurrying to finish harvesting their
fodder.
Mrs. J.L. Smoak, of the Binnaker's
Bridge neighborhood, has been on a
recent visit to this and the Clear Pond
vicinity.
Master Bart Jordan is visiting his
kinsman, Master Everett Hanberry,
of Denmark, this week.
Mr.. J. w. Hill and family wor-
shipped at Bethesda Sunday. Pro-
tracted services are being held there.
Five candidates for baptism was the
reward of Tuesdays work.
Protracted services are also being
held at Colston Baptist church. Our
community has been represented
there too. The communities of both
these churchs are noted for their hos
pitality, and the good sermons that
are being delivered by the worthy
ministers and pastors, the good
spreads the ladies prepare, and the
heavy rains that have fallen, we feel
sure will lend a helping hand to all
Baptists, Methodists, and Lutherans,
and we hope each attendant a great
spiritual blessing.
We are sorry to know that Misses
Naomi and Lillian Sandifer have been
sick with fever for several days but
glad to report them better.
It is with pride that we realize
what an educational center Bamberg
now is. Her two schools, the Bam-
berg high school and Carlisle Fitting
School promise to be second to none,
and the writer wishes them both un-
paralleled success and especially the
high school, for two reasons, as it
was at the Bamberg graded school
that the greater number of our
school days was spent, and then our
Hampton school district has taken
such an active part (if you will ex-
cuse us for blowing our districts
horn) in helping Bamberg to get the
high school department. We feel
sure that her better days are just be.
ginning.
Our community was again visited
last Tuesday, August 9Th, by the an
gel of death and claimed for it's own
the spirit of Mrs Carrie Hughes, wife
of Mr.. William Hughes.
For eight long, weary, weeks Mrs
Hughes laid on a bed Of scorching
fever, and several other members of
the family sick at intervals, and the
writer has been told that she was
never known to murmur, and we
know she was one who always bore
her lot with great patience and for.
titude. She was forty-three years OF
age, and leaves a Husband, three sons,
two daughters, father, mother, sis:
ters, brothers and many relatives and
friends to mourn her loss. There
were seven membersin Mr.. Hughes's
family, and six of them have been
victims of this fever, it being a
Florida type of typo-malarial. All
have been saved except the dear wife
and mother. She was a consistent
member of the Pleasant Hill M. E.
church and was laid to rest in its
cemetery. To the extremely grief
stricken home we extend our heart
felt sympathy, as we too will miss
her as a good friend and neighbor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-15
Teaching the Poor Little Worm.
sewerage

my boy" admonished the minis
ter, "don't you know that it is wick
ed to fish on Sunday?''
'Fish on Sunday?' repeated the
boy in injured tones. "Why, mister,
I'm only teachin' this ere poor little
worm how to SWIM"