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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
MURDER IN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Young Girl Stabbed While Playing
Hymn on Organ.

Charlotte, N. c., Sept. ia spec
ial to The Observer from Newton says
that a demoniacal murder was COM
mitted near that place this morning,
when Miss Willie Bullinger, 19 years
old, was stabbed to death by Lou Ra-
der, aged 21. The girl was seated
at the organ playing the closing hymn
at Sunday-school when suddenly Ra-
der leaped across several benches and
with his pocket knife stabbed her
once in the back and twice in the
breast. She died almost instantly.
RAIDER was arrested and is now in
the Newton Jail. Some months ago
he was committed to the State insane
asylum and in his rawlings often men
toned Miss Bullinger's name. Re-
Gently he was discharged from the
hospital as cured. The deed was
probably prompted by unrequited
love and seems to have been well
planned, as the knife used was
bought new only yesterday.
In jail this afternoon RAIDER said
he killed the girl because she was a
WITCH"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
THEY'RE All Like This.

A young and pretty school-teache1
once asked her class for an original
definition of the word wife"
"A wife is a rib" said one little
girl.
"Wives are guiding stars" said
another.
"a comforter" said third.
can inspiration" said fourth.
Altogether the definitions were
rather prosy and commonplace, but
finally a child of eleven, smiling arch
ly, said:
"A wife is person for a man to
find fault with when things go
wrong"
"Good!'' cried the pretty teacher,
laughing. Good! That is the best
definition of all, the best, the truest!"
But that afternoon on the way
home from school the little girl
whose definition had so pleased the
teacher, tripped demurely up to the
teacher and said:
care you going to marry that tall,
handsome young man I see you with
nearly every night?"
eyes," said the teacher.
"Well, then, if my definition of a
wife was true"-
"Ah, but dear, with us nothing
will ever go wrong. He says so him
SELF"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
Col. Brock Gets Evidence.

Bennettsville; Sept. 11.-Assistant
Adjutant and Inspector General
Brock was in Bennettsville to-day
taking testimony in the matter OF
the alleged use Of shot by the regu-i
lars at Sullivan's Island during the
encampment the past summer. He
spent yesterday in Hartsville on the
same mission.
The testimony will show beyond.
question that the cartridge had been
tampered with by some one and that
lead and bird shot were used.
Shot taken from the wounds were
secured, and in one instance one un-l
healed wound was shown, in which;
the probe rested upon what was sup
posed to be a shot or small slug OF
lead. Owing to the depth this piece
has never been removed
It would seem that the great dim-.
Guilty will come in placing guilt on
the proper. individuals, though the
location of the soldiers at the time
will shed light upon this phase of the
matter. -,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
Negro Kills White Man.

Saluda, Sept. 14.-Emanuel Car
yer, a, young white man about 80
years of age, living six miles south
of Saluda, was shot and instantly
killed this afternoon by Will Herrin,
colored.
The killing took place in field
where he was picking cotton and the
negro Herrin, who did the killing,
it is claimed was of unsound mind.
Herrin went to Carver's field and
without warning or notice shot him
down. Information received here Is
that after killing Carver he also tried
to kill Carver's wife, who, it appears,
bed the gun and saved herself from a
was in the field Mrs. Carver grab
similar fate to that Of her husband.
The negro was captured shortly
afterwards by several gentlemen,
who were forced to shoot him to ef-
feet his arrest He received several
wounds, but was carried to Saluda
and placed in Jail. He says he killed
Mr.. Carver about buggy trade. He
wanted to buy the buggy, and Car
yer asked too much for it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
OFFICERS WE'RE ACQUITTED.
We're Responsible for Conviction OF
a Number Of Gamblers.

Union, Sept Especial detectives
w. H. Hubbard and S. j. Sessions
who were arrested charged with
gambling, had a no bill returned
against them by the grand jury.
This arrest has created consider
able interest in Union because it Sol-
lowed close upon the conviction OF
several persons while others plead
guilty who were arrested as the re-
suit of a big gambling raid several
weeks ago, which at the time produc-
ed a sensation or perhaps rather a
sensation was caused by the arrests
which followed the raid.
After one of the cases had been
brought up and the person convicted,
a warrant was sworn out by the
father of the person implicated,
charging these two officers with hav-
ing gambled. This action was taken
through higher court and under 1t
comes naturally before the grand
jury.
If true bill had been found 1t
would have to a very large degree
nullif1eo all the good reform work
that has been done by Mayor -. L.
Wagnon and Chief of Police j. H.
Wilburn and his efficient force, but
the action of the jurors in promptly
throwing it out is good evidence OF
the work that is being done and the
sentiment that is sustaining the city
officials.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
HER FATAL CURIOSITY.
Girl Twists Her Neck Looking at a
Hat.

A New York special says new
affection, which several physicians
tried vainly to diagnose, has come in
the wake of the merry widow hats
and sheath gowns. Its first victim
was Miss Lillian Beck, very pretty
woman, who lives at Rockaway
Beach. After leaving a group Of
friends in the afternoon, Miss Beck
was strolling up the beach in the di-
rection of her home. Her attention
was attracted by a figure approach
ing, which seemed to be that Of a
woman walking beneath a parasol
held close over her head. When the
figure drew closer, Miss Beck saw
that the object she had mistaken for
a parasol was merry widow hat,
the largest and most gorgeous one
it had ever been her fortune to see.
Like one fascinated, Miss Beck
gazed, turning her head the while,
until the great hat had passed out
of her range of vision. She tried to
turn her head back to look forward,
and, to her great dismay, found that
she could not move her head. 1t re-
mained in position of looking over
her shoulder. At her home she met
a storm of laughter at what they be-
lieved to be an affected attitude, but
when she tearfully protested that
she could not move her head, the
matter was taken seriously and a
physician was summoned. -
The doctor was unable to offer any
measure of relief or explain the ma
utre of the case. Other physicians
were called and finally Japanese
surgeon who graduated from Colum-
bia. He too, was unable to diagnose
the case, but as a last resort, gave a
light treatment of jiu jitsu and was
pleased to mark favorable result.
He will continue the treatment until
the last trace Of "rubberitis" has dis
appeared, but he has warned Miss
Beck that she must be careful in the
future and if necessary wear smoked
glasses when she goes out if she can
not resist the temptation tostwist her
neck in her efforts to take in every
detail of a hat as large as a merry
go-round. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
Man Swears Strange Oath.

New York, Sept. 9.-There was a
strange oath taken in the night court
last night when Fred Scucker, OF
Pleasantville, N. j., raised his right
hand and faced Magistrate Corrigan,
do you swear before God not to
kill yourself?" asked the magistrate.
I do," answered Scucker. "You are
discharged"
Scucker made threats to take his
life earlier in the evening and was
arrested. When arraigned in the
night court, Scucker declared he had
changed his mind, but Magistrate
Corigan required an oath that he
would not carry out his threat of
self-destruction.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
A CLEVER THIEF.
Stole the Shoes and Thus Stuck His
Man.

Harvey Lawson, who recently made
an escape from the workhouse, where
he had been sent for stealing junk,
has been in times past accused of
other thefts, says The Indianapolis
News. One of the most notable OF
the stories related by his accusers is
said to have been told to the grand
Jury by a secondhand dealer who
complained that Lawson had stolen
q pair of secondhand shoes from his
store. "The scoundrel came into my
shop and asked for pair of shoes,
the secondhand man is related to
have told the grand jury. II gave
him several pairs to try on, and he
at last found pair which he said
he liked pretty well. He walked
around in them little while and
then asked me how much I would
take for them. I said 81. That's
too much he said, you'll have to
make them little cheaper Can't
said I. why, man, I Had to pay $1.9S
wholesale for them. We'll, they're a
little high, but I guess I'll, take
them,' he said. Can you change a
$40 billy No. said 1, but I can
take the bill out and get it changed
Never mind said he, I'll set 'em
up. Well get the change there All
right I said, and like fool I went
with him. I took a cigar, and he
told the barkeeper to take one on
him. He had no sooner swallowed
the beer than he doubled up with
pain. oh, OH he cried, excuse me
for a minute till I 60 to the back
door for some fresh air-I'm awfully
SICK What do you think, gentle
men? With my shoes on his feet
and his old shoes under his arm, he
ran to the back door, and that's the
last ever saw of him. The second
hand man told his story in pathetic
tone and in broken English so anus
ing that by the time he had finished
the grand jury were all smiling. The
witness seemed little bit hurt on
account of their smiles, and he added:
"Gentlemen, it was no Joking mat
teri had to pay for the drinks"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
WILD BILLS END.
Tragic Finish of Deadwood Man, a
One.Time Marshal.

A number of Abilene people visited
recently at Deadwood, S. Oak. They
sought out the grave of ]. B. Hickok
better known as "Wild Bill" He was
the marshal of Abilene in the early
days and a famous character. Au'
gust 2, 1875, he was shot at Dead
wood by Jack Mccall. Edward q
Kidd, who still lives at Deadwood
was an eyewitness to the killing, and
he told this story of the tragedy
which is accepted as containing the
exact details:
81 was at work wainscoting a hall
on Main Street," said Kidd, when
Wild Bill came into the place with
four other men and they seated them
selves at table in the center of the
room. Bill had his back to the door
Unnoticed Jack Mccall entered, and
walking up to the bar which was not
more than a couple of feet from the
table where the group was sitting
sneaked out his Colts from his hip
pocket, and without word of warn
ing fired. The bullet entered Wild
Bills head and came out in the mid
die of his forehead, and glancing
struck one of the men at the table
on the hand. Wild Eill's head struck
the table, and a minute later he roll
ed to the floor. He died so quickly
that he never knew or saw the
man who shot him.
Immediately after firing, Mccall
swung his gun around and command.
ed everybody to get, out of the saloon
which they did without waiting. Nc
Call stepped out into the street.
swinging his Colts about threaten
ingly. After walking block he at
tempted to Jump on horse which
was standing near by. The saddle
slipped, and, seeing this method OF
escape was useless, he continued up
the street. @.
eve yelled to some campers to
stop him. They came up behind him
with the bead of their rifles On him.
He dashed into a butcher shop, where
we captured him. When his gun was
examined we discovered that he had
but one shell, and he had killed Wild
Bill with that one. A jury was gath
cred from the miners in the camp,
but as there was no law, and some
fear of taking the law into it's hands,
Mccall was freed. He fed to Chey-
enne, where he was later captured
by the sheriff of Yankton. He was
tried, convicted and hanged.
"McCall's plea at the trial was that
Wild Bill had killed his brother in
Texas, but no one was ever able to
discover that Mccall had a brother.
The real reason for the assassination
was that Bill had won McCall's mon
ey in poker game the night before,
and Mccall swore at the time that he
would get even. kansas City Jour-
nal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
A SURPRISED sWORDsMAN.
Judge Goffe's Play With a Dragging
Fencing Master.

A fencing master appeared In Bos-
ton one winter in the seventeenth
century and had erected a stage on
which he strutted up and down at
certain hours, defying any and all
to engage in sword play with him.
After this had gone on for several
days and the mans boasts had be-
come insufferable, Judge William
COTE, and Edward Whalley, the IA
nous English political refugees, dis
guised themselves in rusty costumes
and appeared before the alleged
master COTE held in one hand a
cheese wrapped in a napkin, which
he used for shield, and carried a
mop which he had soaked in muddy
water as he passed a puddle.
Thus equipped, the judge mounted
the stage. The fencer rallied at him
for his impudence, asking him what
business he had there, and ordered
him to be gone. The Judge stood his
ground. Then the gladiator made a
pass at him with his sword to drive
him off. The Judge received the
sword in his cheese and held it there
uAI1l uO udu I'll a w IL IuO lQOp OtO1 IuC
professors face and smeared him
with mud. Another plunge by the
enraged maitre d'armes resulted
similarly, this time the Judge poking
the mop into his eyes. This opera
tion was repeated third time.
Then the maddened fencing mas
ter dropped his ordinary sword and
grabbed up huge broadsword.
Thereupon the judge said:
"Stop sir! Hitherto, you see, I
have only played with you and not
attempted to do you harm, but if
you come at me with the broad
sword, know that I will certainly
take your life!"
The master was impressed by the
firmness with which the Judge spoke,
for he dropped the point of his
weapon and exclaimed: "Who can
you be? You must be either Goffe,
Whalley or the devil, for there was
no other man in England that could
beat mel"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
Carlisle Fitting School.

The Carlisle Fitting School opened
it's doors Wednesday morning and be-
gun the session of 1908-'09. At
twelve o'clock opening exercises were
held in the auditorium and there
were a number of ladies and business
men of the town present to welcome
the students.
The exercises were presided over
by Head Master Hogan. Prayer was
offered by Rev. T. G.. Herbert, pastor
of Trinity Methodist church. Some
songs were rendered, and short adj:
dresses were made by J. Aldrich Wy
man, Esq, H. M. Graham, Esq, and
Rev. T. G. Herbert. Headmaster Ho-s
gan also spoke a few words. The
students this year come from many:
counties, and the patronage em-.
braces larger section than usual.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
Cotton Crop Off a Million Bales.

Mr.. Habersham King, Of Newman
Ca, one of the leading and most re-
liable statistians in the whole coun-
try, on reports regarding the cotton
crop, issued detailed circular re-
port on the condition Of the crop Au-
gust 22nd. In Mr.. Kings conclusion
he states that the third week in Au-
gust shows a loss of one million bales
Of cotton from the present cotton
crop, due to dry weather and she'd
ding of squares, young bolls and pre-
mature opening. He further adds,
''That all ideas now of bumper crop
must be given up"
Since his report, the worst rain
storms in many years have occurred
over the large areas of cotton lands
in South Carolina and Georgia. The
damage to the cotton crop in these
sections has been enormous, and have
therefore cut down the expectancy OF
yield up to August 25th very consid-
erably. The constant and ever in
creasing crop damage reports which
are weekly coming in to us from all
parts of the cotton belt clearly indi-
cate that the crop of 1908 cannot
possibly reach the figures which the
trade is generally expecting.
The probability of only normal
supply of raw cotton this season to
meet the worlds demand for the next
twelve months, and fill the already
depleted gaps in exhausted supplies,
should not only tend to encourage
farmers to stand for good prices, but
should advance the price Of cotton
even in the face of "bearish' manip-
ulation.
The efforts of foreign spinners,
backed by speculation, to depress the
price of spot cotton to cents within
the thirty days, will fail. There is
absolutely nothing upon which to
base a demand for such low prices,
except the selfish greed of those who
might be personally benefited under
such a contingency. The spinners
can handle this crop at very much
higher price, and the growers should
force them to pay it.-Cotton Jour-
nal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
AN OLD-TIN1E TEXAS FEUD.
''Jaybirds'' and Woodpeckers' Con-
Quoted War of determination.

"Feuds were once common in Tex
as, but they no longer flourish; the
schoolmaster is abroad in the land.
and our men now settle their dlfer-
ences amicably or in the Court
House, instead of resorting to six
shooters and shotguns, as they did
some years ago." said John G. Sulli-
van, a prominent young lawyer OF
San Antonio, who was educated at
Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Md,
to an American representative at the
Belvedere.
"The last great feud that Texas
knew was a most lamentable and
tragical affair, for it brought on the
violent death of at least 500 people
It's scene was Fort Bend county, a
rich region Of the cotton belt, where
the blacks outnumbered the whites
in the proportion to to 1.
"The trouble arose out Of politics
and the two opposing factions,
known as the 'Jaybirds' and the
'Woodpeckers,' started in on a re-
morseless war of determination
There were more of the 'Woodpeck-
erS, but thelr opponents were moie
determined and after several years
of desperate and bloody :. battle
the sWoodpeckers' we're so badly
worsted that the gave up in despair
and most of those who survived fed
to other parts. Though at least ten
of them were slain to every 'Jaybird
who lost his life, there were many OF
the dominant faction who bit the
dust.
''In the town of Richmond, which
is the county seat of Fort Bend, and
not far from the railroad station, a
marble shaft has been erected to
commemorate the deeds Of those OF
the 'Jaybird' faction that were killed.
Several lines of eulogy proclaim the
heroism of the dead. A recurrence
of such desperate deeds is impossible
in Texas to-day y."-Baltimore Ameri-
ran
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
WANTS CORN BREAD.
Senator Tillman, in London, Yearns
for Home Delicacies.

for Home Delicacies.
Senator Tillman likes London very
much, though he sighs In vain for
the delicacies of the table of down
SOUTH
young man." said the senator,
'if you will only tell me where I can
get some real corn meal in this town
you will make me your debtor for
life"
A friend who was standing near
supplied the information and the
senator was ELUSIVE in his thanks.
"Well, sir" he continued. 1--WE
had a hard time to get something to
eat over here. You know man used
all his life to our Southern cooking
just naturally Graves for something
that has corn in it. / don't eat beef
and I have the hardest time every
where I've been trying to explain
what I meant by breakfast bacon,
but as for corn bread and hominy
grits, why, sir, I haven't been able
to find trace of them anywhere, so
just thought if I could only find
somebody to tell me where I could
get some. corn meal I would take it
to my stopping place and show the
cook how to make a nice yellow pone
of corn bread or an ashcake. Bromp-
ton road, did you say? I am certain
ly much Obliged
Senators Aldrich and Tillman,
who are warm personal friends, but
who often measure swords in the
senate chamber, met in Pail Mall.
Naturally the recent death of Sena-
tor Allison came up.
"Allison makes the fourth of our
elder statesmen to 90 within year."
remarked the Senator from South
Carolina, referring to the fact that
Allison, Pettus and Morgan we're oc-
togenarians and Proctor almost one.
Eyes, Tillman," replied his COL
league from Rhode Island, "good
men are getting pretty scarce in the
senate. You and I had better take
care of ourselves"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
A Reasonable Request.

The young man and the girl were
standing outside the front door hav.
ing a final chat after the evening
CALL He was leaning against the
door post, talking in low tones. Pres.
emily the young lady looked around
to discover her father in the door.
way, clad in a dressing gown.
'Why, father, what in the world
is the matter?" she inquired.
"John," said the father, address.
ing himself to the young man, 'you
know I have never complained about
your staying late and I'm not going
to complain of that now; but fol
goodness sake stop leaning against
the bell push and let the rest of the
family get some sleep. ."-Chicago
Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
SOUTH CAROLINA is PARADISE
Compared to Springfield, Says Ne
gro Who is Coming Back

At the Union depot Sunday after
noon, waiting for train to Augusta,
was a negro woman who was on her
way to some point in South Carolina.
While in the waiting room she fell
to talking to some of the negroes in
the room with her, and from the con-
versation it was learned that she was
from Springfield and was returning
to her old South Carolina home.
She said that seven years ago her
people went to Springfield, because
they had been assured that the negro
was more respected in that section of
the country, and had every right that
white people had. The children went
to the same schools, they ate In the
same restaurants, and there were no
Jim Crow cars, and that there was
no distinction in anything on account
of color. She says that to some ex-
tent they found this to be true, es-
pecially as to the mixed schools, but
there was no real mixing of the races
otherwise, and they kept to them
selves. They found that while it
might be understood that there was
no distinction, and that the white
women called a negro woman Mrs.
So-and-So, there was no such thing
as calling socially, and but for the
fact that they were there and could
not get away, they would have re-
turned.
In the recent troubles at Spring
field the negroes, were treated worse
by the whites than they ever were in
the South and every negro who could
sell out and move was leaving. This
woman was threatened with whipp-
ing and her own family were COM
PEELED to leave. She does not know
where they went, because in the con.
fusion there was no stopping to
hunt for kinfolks. She only, knows
that before the separation they all
wanted to go back to South Carolina,
and she was going there, knowing
that If alive they will sooner or later
meet her there.
She said that down South, in South
Carolina, or elsewhere, the mob went
after the one negro. In Springfield,
they went after the whole bunch. In
the South, she said, the negro had a
good chance to live in safety and
peace as anybody, so long as he be-
haved himself In Springfield not
only were they after the bad ones,
but the good ones. No negro was
safe, and she had noticed that this
feeling against the negro was grow
ing stronger and stronger every year.
She predicts that in a very few years
there will be separate schools for
whites and negroes all over the West
and North.
South Carolina was a paradise to
the West, for the negro she said, but
the fool negro didn't know it until
he spent all his money getting away,
as he couldn't get back.
One old negro woman sitting in the
waiting room, who had been listen
ing to the talk in silence, threw up
her hands and rolled her eyes up
ward, and exclaimed: "Ain't dat the
trufe. Macon Telegraph.