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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14

Taft is spending the first Of this
week mending big political fences
AZ bis own Stale and bryan ~ like
wise engaged in Nebraska.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14
Too Much Rain in Pike.

Magnolia, Miss, Oct. 7.-Exces-
sive rains and cool weather during
the month of September caused a
further deterioration in the cotton
crop of 20 to Is per cent, and the
condition is now estimated at 70
per cent of an average crop.
From 40 to 60 per cent of the crop
has been picked out and ginned.
With the exception Of a slight
damage by bollwornns no reports of
ravages by insects have been re-
ceived. The farmers will sell
enough cotton at current prices to
pay debts, and will hold the re-
mainder of the crop for better
prices.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14
MEHISHTATA.

The Hotel Carroll bar. the first
pf twenty seven in Vicksburg
closed its doors Oct. Z. Tie license
he'd epifed and the psops
didn t care to renew.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14

deterioration to the crop for the
entire season is fully 25 per cent.
There has been about so per cent
of the present crop picked up to
date. the weather being unusually
favorable for picking since cotton
first began opening the first week
in August, the season here belong
to the Union, will sell at 9 cents
until some of their debts are paid,
and then they will hold. Then the
banks will be in a better position
to carry them. The crop in this
section is short. Our compress re-
ceipts are 400 bales less than last
year at this date. If the weather
stays good, the crop here will be
picked by the middle of November.
There is no top crop, and the bot
tom and middle crop is made. The
crop is being picked and marketed
very rapidly, as the people are all
demoralized over the trade and
political conditions Of the country.
If the farmers don't get any bet
ter prices for the remainder of
their crop than they are getting
now, it is going to paralyze this
county.
50 Per Cent. Deterioration in Marion.
Columbia, Oct. THE cotton
crop through this country has de-
Perforated at least so per cent since
Sept. 15.-Picking has been practi-
cally completed in many localities.
In others rs per cent has been pick
ed. Boil weevils have ravaged the
crop, leaving about one-ffth of an
average crop There is no DISPOSE
tion to sell at the present price.
There is a determination on the
part Of small planters to hold their
small crops at all hazards.
Lawrence Says no Top Crop.
Monticello, Miss, Oct. There
has been slight deterioration in
the crop during the month on ac-
count of top crop prospects. caused
by cool weather, being entirely cut
off.
About 60 per cent of the crop has
been picked.
There has been no damage by
insects. The disposition is to hold
the crop for better prices.
The crop on the whole is hardly
SO good as. last season in this sec
tion.
About an Average Crep in Lincoln.
Brookhaven, Miss, Oct. THE
condition of the cotton crop has not
changed materially during the last
thirty days. 1t is believed the
yield per acre in this territory will
be about up to the average. About
two-thirds of the crop is picked.
The disposition of most farmers is
to g in the crop as fast as gathered
and market as fast as ready
The boil weevil has made its ap-
pearance in every section of this
county, but not in sufficient num-
ber this year to do any serious dam
age. 5
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14

There is activity in lumber cir.
cles ~ Hsttiesburg.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14
THE TlMES-DEMOCRATS COTTON CROP
REPORT.
A SLIGHT Deterioration Shown in Cotton
States During September.
Condition Of the Crop in Lincoln and
Adjoining Counties.

On last Monday the New Orleans
Times-Democrat published its
monthly report for September on
the condition Of the cotton crop in
the Southern States. The consen-
sus of opinion, as shown by the 7.
D. IS large corps of correspondents
scattered throughout the cotton
belt, is summed up as follows:
l. There has been moderate
deterioration, taking the Belt as a
whole.
2. Fine weather and ample
supply of labor have combined to
make the picking phenomenally
rapid.
8. There is a general desire to
hold for better prices, but pressing
obligations have compelled farmers
to sell with considerable freedom
so far.
4. In Louisiana the ravages of
the boil weevil have been disas-
trous. Elsewhere the pest seems
to have done no appreciable harm.
5. There is a good deal of talk
about might riding" but the
posted notices appear to have been
disregarded, as rule.
The reports from Lincoln and
nearby counties are given below:
Boil WeeViI in Amite.
Liberty, Miss. Oct. THE ad-
vent of the boil weevil prevented
what would have been great i'm
provement in cotton. Many farm
ers say they are through picking,
but there is much cotton in the
fields yet. Weevil has gotten the
top crop. There is strong dispo-
Esition to hold, but more cotton has
been marketed than was expected
early in the season.
Most people talk in a dishearten-
ed manner about the weevil while
others are philosophical and look
upon their coming as a blessing in
disguise. Still others claim that
being tropical bug. one hard Win-
ter will see their finish, and that
like the army worm" they will
flourish only for a season, or, more
Droperlv. several seasons
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14

Ven went make d mistake by
getting gour new buggy ox surrey
from Henderson 6 Turnbougls
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14

Pike county now has road ma.
c!sina. ''''
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14

Miss Eloy Hand aged Is, died at
Scranton at the home of her father.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-14
Franklin Reports Boil WeeviI.

MeadviIle, Miss, Oct. 7. There
has been slight deterioration in
the condition of the cotton crop in
Franklin county during the last
thirty days in addition to that re-
sulting from the presence of the
boil Weevil. The absence of rain is
securing a nice clean staple, and
picking is progressing finely. The
dreaded boil weevil is now scatter
ed broadcast over almost the entire
county, and in some portions has
done considerable damage. Pros
poets for raising a crop next year
are very gloomy on account of the
appearance of the pests. The crop
will be marketed about as usual,
the disposition to hold for higher
prices being not much more pro
nounced than heretofore
The Crop Has Done Nothing in Jeffer-
son in 90 Days.
AOlL1c1113 NI0p.s OSt. 4. Liz SOI-
ton crop for sixty days has done abb
solutely nothing towards making
anything, but has opened as rapid
" as ever known. Picking has
been above the average as the gin
ners reports have shown, and still
continues. The weather has been
ideal for opening and harvesting,
and if it continues the month out
there will not be much left to pick,
unless the farmers leave off picking
to gather their corn and peas. The
boil weeviI and bollworms are here
in abundance, and while they have
done some damage, their presence
has cast a gloom over the farmers
SO far as future crops are concern
FED. About half the cotton is being
sold as ginned, and If the remain
ing half sells for eight cents or less
| 1T means badlv crinnIpd farmers
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
AGED COUPLES ROMANCE.
Quarreled Forty Years Ago, But
Meet Again and Marry.

The marriage in Kingston, N. Y,
Monday night of George Faulkner,
So years old, and Mrs. Sarah E. Sey-
-mour, 81 years old, both of Schuy-
Ter, Neb., was the elimination of
.romance began in Ulster county
more than 40 years ago. Faulkner
was a native of Kingston and Mrs.
Seymour was a native of Saugerties.
They became engaged in their youth,
but lovers quarrel separated them
and each married someone else.
The wife of Mr.. Faulkner and the
husband of Mrs. Seymour both died
within three years, and Mr.. Faulk-
ner and Mrs. Seymour each moved
to a different part of the country.
Recently each moved to Schuyler,
Neb., and last week both came east,
by different routes. They met on
the Hudson river steamer Hendrix
Hudson as she was landing at Kings
ton Point on Monday, and, after a
brief talk at Kingston Point park,
they procured a marriage license
from City Clerk Cummings and were
married by the Rev. W. F. Stowe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
NEAR MURDER AT AUGUSTA.
Man Shoots Wife in Abdomen and
Himself Through a Lung.

Augusta, Ca, August 14.-N. S.
Usher, a man of middle age, walked
into the Sibley Mill to-day about
1850 O'Clock, where his wife was
at work in the spool room, and shot
her through the abdomen with 81
calibre revolver. Then turning he
fired bullet through his right lung
and exclaimed: 81 am glad it's all
over. I've killed her and myself,
too"
Usher was arrested a few min
utes later by a bicycle policeman
and taken to the City Hospital,
where an operation will be perform
ed. His wife is not seriously wound
ed, but Usher's condition is regard
ed as precarious.
The mans motive is thought to
have been jealousy. He had not
lived with his wife for several
months. They had no children and
she is said to have received COM
pany to some extent since they sepa-
rated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20

For Sale.-My beautiful farm
(Rest Haven) located nine miles
from Augusta in Richmond County;
well improved, consisting of one
hundred acres, of which sixty acres
open for cultivation; forty acres in
oak and pine timber, fenced, barb
wire, four wires to panel; gray soil,
clay subsoil; new 9-room residence,
two stories; large barn, carriage
house, wagon shed, chicken house,
two servant houses; fine orchard OF
assorted fruit trees; fine gravel dirt
road to city; n mile of railroad
station. Splendid schools and
churches; in good neighborhood.
Healthy location. One cf the best
improved farms in the county. Will
make terms to suit. Address DR..
G. w. SHACKELFORD, 704 Broad
Street, Leonard Building, Augusta,
Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
A CANDIDATES REASONS.
The Card of a Missourian Who Wants
to be Secretary of State.

The old time candidate for coun-
ty Office always took particular pains
to kiss all the babies he saw. That
gave a personal touch to the cam
paign, for every baby was a vote
getter. If the candidate was anxious
to clinch the vote he went on to say
that he had baby, too. The tie
that binds parents was as close as
that of being member of the voters
lodge.
But in the decadent days of the
twentieth century conventions OF
physicians have condemned the kiss
er of babies, and the politician can
never tell whether he will lose or win
one using the old system.
To a Missouri Democrat from Jas
per county belongs the prize for the
most advanced and scientific method
of using it. His campaign cards on
one side is like all other cards:
"Your kind remembrance is request
ed at the primary election August 4.
Cornelius Roach, proprietor OF the
Jasper county Democrat, Carthage,
Missouri, would like to be secretary
of State
But the other side! Above half
tone picture of nine small children
is the catchword: "Say, Mister!
No one could resist that. The
voter looks below. This is what he
reads:
won't you please vote for our pa
pa for the Democratic nomination for
secretary of State? Here are nine
reasons and you may have others.
Now, how is any man with the
spark of life in him going to resist
an appeal like that?-Kansas City
Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
mo REASON FOR It.
When Bamberg Citizens Show the
Certain Way Out.

There can be no just reason why
any reader of this will continue to
suffer the tortures Of an aching back,
the annoyance of urinary disorders,
the dangers Of diabetes OF any KID
ney ills when relief is so near at hand
and the most positive proof given
that they can be cured. Read what
a Bamberg citizen says:
D. J. Cain, Church ST., Bamberg.
s. c., says: II suffered from kidney
trouble for two or three years
and during the past six months
my condition became quite se-
rious. often had spells OF
backache which were so intense
could not work. For weeks
at a time I could not sit down
without first grasping something TOR
support and then putting, my whole
weight on my arms. After lying
down it was impossible for me to get
up without assistance, and l might
say that I was as helpless as child.
The kidney secretions we're In q
critical condition and at times there
was an almost complete retention.
All the doctoring I did, availed me
but little relief. Recently / began
using Doan's Kidney Pills which +
obtained from the Peoples Drug
Store and I am so much better in ev-
cry way that cannot praise them
enough" y.
For sale by all dealers. Price so.
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the
United States. Z
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
CHLOROFORM OR ASSAULT.
A WOMAN PATIENT ACCUSES
ROANOKE DENTIST.
Business Men Thrashed Him, But
he Declares Patient Suffered
from Hallucination.

Roanoke, Va, Aug. "a war
rant charging him with an attempt
to criminally assault woman pa
tient on July %, was served to-day
on w. S. Gregory, prominent Roa-
noke dentist. Gregory was released
on $1,000 bail.
When the alleged victim of Greg
ory recited her story to E. NJ. Coul-
ter, president of the National Busi-
ness College of Roanoke, and Lee
Keedick, of New York, manager
of lectures, they went to Gregory's s
Office and thrashed him. When the
police answered Gregory's cries of
murder" and ''help" it is said he
requested them not to arrest Coul-
ter and Keedick, saying it was a
private quarrel.
The trial of Coulter and Keedick
for assaulting Gregory, occupied the
police court two days, and the de-
cision has not been handed down
by Judge Bryan.
At the trial Keedick and Coulter
recited the story told them by Greg
ory's alleged victim, and the young
lady repeated on the stand what she
had recited to Keedick and Coulter.
Gregory declared that he admin
istered chloroform to the patient to
enable him to work better on
tooth and that the alleged assault
made on her by him was halluci-
nation, the result of the drug.
Physicians testified that women
under the influence of chloroform
often imagine they have been insult
ed, but dentists testified that the
work Gregory did in this case, in
their opinion, was not Of charac'
tre demanding the use of chloro-
form.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
NOTICES.
Under this Head 25c
For rs Words or Less.

For Sale.-Green place, nine
miles from Augusta in Richmond
County, consisting of 229 acres, six
cottage and two servant houses;
rents for five bales of cotton; land
in cultivation; fine gravel road to
city; good schools and churches;
healthy location. Balance of place
in pine timber; enough wood on
place to pay for it; mile to railroad
station; big spout creek bounds land
on South; thirty acres in new
ground, cleaned up last year; fine
soil; make bale cotton to the acre;
terms to suit. Adress DR.. G. w.
SHACKELFORD, 704 Broad Street,
Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20

Miss Julia McKelvey, of Summer
vile, is visiting Mrs. A. Rice.
Mrs. G.. P. Harmon and little daugh-
ter, Marion, have returned home after
a months visit to Wards, Johnston and
Ridge Springs.
Miss Annie Lou Byrd returned home
Wednesday after pleasant visit to
school mates and friends at Lancaster.
Miss Jessie Mayner, of Lancaster,
is spending some time with Miss Annie
Lou Byrd.
Those who attended the district meet
ing Knights of Pythias at Olar Tuesday
report fine time. We will have a full
account of the affair next week. A
number of candidates from this and
Barnwell counties were present at the
picnic.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
POLITICAL s.FAIRNEss."

s In an article in the Newberry
Herald and News of August 7th, the
editor of this newspaper is charged
with having taxed a candidate for
governor $500 for correcting a mis-
take made in our editorial columns.
The statement is false. We did not
charge for correcting mistake OF
ours. The charge of $500 was foa
printing an article boosting a candi-
date for governor, just as we charge
All candidates. We offered to insert
Sfree correction occupying the same
space as the article which was said
TO have been an error, and we plain
~ wrote the party that while we
were willing to publish a correction,
:we, could not allow the use of our
columns for a long article in favor
:of any candidate unless it was paid
for as regular advertising. This
newspaper charges candidates for
their advertising the same as mer-
chants or others. There is no ex-
:cuse for the attempted misrepresen-
.tntion of this editor, but we cannot
:balieye the editor of the Herald and
News knew the facts in the trans
action or he would not have pub
lished such a statement. Will the
Herald and News now be fair
enough. to publish the letter we
wrote B. B. Leitzsey in reference to
the matter?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.

By virtue of the constitution and
acts of the general assembly, the
books of registration of Bamberg
County will be opened at Denmark
on Tuesday, September 1st, 1908,
for one day; at Olar on Wednesday,
September End, for one day; at Mid
way on Thursday, September 3rd,
for one day; at Farrell's Store on
Thursday, September 10th, for one
day; and at Ehrhardt on Friday,
September 18th, for one day.
j. F. JONES,
ISAAC w. CARTER,
N. P. SMOAK, -
Supervisors or Registration Bam-
berg County.
Bamberg, s. c., August Is, 1908.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
BRIDE SHORT TWO FEET.
Devoted Sweetheart Weds Her as
Soon as She Quits Hospital.

Devoted Sweetheart Weds Her as
Soon as She Quits Hospital.
The romance and glory of un-
swerving devotion were shown one
day last week in an unusual incident
that occurred at the Newport, KY,
court house, when John B. Rapp,
big and strong, of Portland, Ind,
carried into the clerks Office frail
young woman who had lost both of
her legs in railroad accident. They
made application for marriage IL
cense, the young woman registering
as Pearl Ruppell, Of Portland, Ind,
aged Is. Rapp gave his age as %.
He said that he and his sweet
heart were engaged to- be married
when she sustained her injuries. AS
soon as she left the hospital they
determined to carry out their inten-
tions, and they were married in Gov
ington by a magistrate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20

We hope the voters of Bamberg
county will give good majorities
next Tuesday to Ansel for Governor
and Henry T. Thompson for adju-
tant and inspector general. We have
not said nor will we say one word
against their opponents, but we be-
lieve they are decidedly the best
men for the positions named. You
VIII make no mistake in voting for
them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
SLAIN FOR HIS MONEY.
Harry Clark, Who Lived Near Eutaw
Springs, Killed While Asleep.

Elloree, August 15.-Early Thursday
morning, Harry Clark, white, who lived
alone near Eutaw Springs, was shot and
killed as he lay asleep in his bed by his
son, a Young mulatto. The purpose of
the slayer was probably robbery. It is
supposed that Clark had considerable
sum of money in his house and that the
young mulatto, becoming aware of this,
planned the brutal murder.
AS the old manlay asleep the murderer
shot off the top of his head. The assas-
sin then took the blood-stained garments
of his victim into the lot and burned
them. He put the corpse into wagon,
concealed it with straw and trash and
hauled it into a dense thicket, where he
dug hole and buried the body. 49,
Hethen returned to Eutawville, where
he wrote an order to one of the leading
merchants of that place, forging the old
mans name for small amount. The
merchant, being familiar with Clark g
affairs, knew there was, something
wrong and suspicion was at once arous-
ed. A search was at once made for
Clark. It appears that younger broth
er of the slayer had watched his ac-
tions and knew where his brother had
carried the old man and took the search
ing party to the spot where the body
was hidden.
Terrible Indignation was aroused and
the slayer was brought here last night
and lodged in the guard house for safe
keeping. He was carried back to Eu-
tawville this morning, where the inquest
was held.
The deceased was 65 years old and
was not married. It is not known
whether the slayer got any money.
Clark is said to have kept most Of his
money in a bank.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20
]. O, Marshall Passes Away.

Columbia, Aug. 11.-News was
received here tonight that j. @. Mar
shall, one of the most prominent
citizens of the State died suddenly
at Buffalo Springs, Va.
Col. Marshall was at present
chairman of the street commission
and chairman of the commission on
the erection of the Confederate home
and his death will prove a loss and
a shock to the entire State. He was
formerly State senator from Rich
land.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20

!. The. State railroad commission has
rendered a decision that they can
not interfere with the present mile
age book rule of the railroads. SO
persons who use mileage will con-
time to exchange it for tickets at
the depot instead of having it taken
up by conductors on the trains. The
rule is most proper and reasonable
one,, and the railroads should have
adopted It long ago.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-08-20

I take this method Of announcing to
the voters of Bamberg county that am
candidate for reelection to the office Of
Sheriff, subject to the rules of the Demo
cratic primary. desire to thank the
voters and friends for their support and
patronage in the past, and promise to
conduct myself and the affairs of the Of
fee as to merit the confidence of the
people in the future. Respectfully,
!. 3. HUNTER.