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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-10-01
NEWS FROM OLAR.
High School Opens-Literary Socie-
ty-Personals and Other News.

Olar, Sept, 2S.-The Olar high
school opened it's session on Monday,
September IA, 1908, with the largest
enrolment in it's history. Miss Mary
Lindsay, of Chester, has charge OF
first and second grades; Miss Ella
Barton, of Denmark, third, fourth
and fifth grades; Miss Kittie Hooton,
one of our former teachers, sixth and
seventh grades; Prof. VIM. M: Oxner
and Miss Nellie Bigham, Of Chester,
have charged of the high school de-
partment. Miss Bigham, the langu-
ages; Prof. Oxner, mathematics and
physics.
Prof. Chandler was at our opening
exercises and gave talk on the COM
bined work of schools. An executive
meeting of this work was held Friday
night.
The literary society was organized
Friday afternoon.
The following officers were elected:
Miss Ettie Kearse, president; Mr..
Edgar Mckinney, vice president; Miss
MAZDA Still, secretary; Miss Orrie
Morris, censor; Mr.. Bernice Barker,
treasurer; Mr.. Charlie Chitty, report
ing censor; Miss Nellie Bigham
critic; Prof. Oxner, Misses Anna Nc
Cormack and Hattie Ray, program
committee; and Misses Emma Bes-
singer and Agnes Kearse, reporters.
After election of officers the follow
ing program was enjoyed:
Essay-Miss Tassie Brown.
Recitations-Miss Annie L. Kirk
land and Mr.. Corrinthian Morris.
Reading-Miss Hattie Ray.
Currents Events-Miss Anna Nc
Cormack.
Description of an Indian-Mr
Edgar Mckinney.
Debate that the Legis'
lature of South Carolina in it's next
session should prohibit the sale OF
whiskey. Afflrmative-Miss Emma
Bessinger and Mr. Charlie Chitty
Negative Miss Orrie Morris and Mr.
Athen Morris.
The decision of the judges was In
favor of the affirmative.
Miss Ella Barton spent Saturday IN
and Sunday at her home in Denmark
We are expecting our Baptist min
lister, Rev. D. Ii ROTOR, to move into
our town soon. We will be glad to
welcome him in our midst.
Misses Belle Cooke and Lucille Rize1
left Wednesday afternoon for Colum.
bia College.
Messrs. James and Floyd Chitty
left Wednesday for the South Caro-
lima University.
We are glad to know that work on
the new Methodist church has begun
Mrs. G. J. Bessinger is visiting rela'
tives at Stillwell, Ga.
Mr.. A. Nicely has returned after q
pleasant stay at Glenn Springs. b.
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Insane Mulatto Kills Two:

Washington, Sept. 22.-In demon.
iacal fury, Andrew Lightfoot, mu-
latto inmate at the St. Elizabeth Asy-
lum for the Insane, to-day killed Pat
rick Maloney, overseer of the grounds,
and Mile Follin, a young inmate of
the asylum, and severely injured Miss
Elizabeth Robertson, another inmate,
early to-day. The murderer escaped
from the grounds and fed to the
swamps nearby, where shortly after
wards a Gordon of police quickly sur
rounded the place of his concealment.
He was finally subdued after the po-
lice found it necessary to shoot him,
inflicting wounds in his legs, and he
was taken back to the asylum.
The murder occurred directly in
front of the main building for the
men patients at the asylum, which is
a government institution. Maloney,
so years old, lived on the place with
his family. Lightfoot has been pa
tient at the hospital for eight years
and was regarded as harmless. For
some time he has been serving as an
assistant to the overseer. He was
given in that capacity some of the
privileges akin to those accorded the
''trusties" in criminal institutions. 1t
was $40 o'clock this morning when
Lightfoot became suddenly violently
insane. Grasping an iron bar which
was close at hand he struck Maloney
over the head, the blow crushing his
skull and causing instant death. I'm
mediately the murderer sought to es-
cape. Mil1ie Follin was in his way
and he struck at her, also crushing
her skull. She dropped to the ground
dead.
Continuing in his fight he encoun-
tered Miss Robinson and tried to kill
her. The aim was bad, however, and
he succeeded in inficting only a
slight scalp wound and broken arm.
Lightfoot ran through the gates. The
police finally located him in the
swamps near Giesboro Point and
closed in on him. Then he fled again
into the grounds of the city poor
house, where he fought the police
with stones and sticks and it was
found necessary to fire at him.
He was shot in the legs and finally
subdued. He was taken back to the
asylum.
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News from Kearse.

Kearse, Sept. 29.-Yesterday was
a day of pleasure as well as rest,
watching the rain alternating with
sunshine, forming one grand pano-
rama, laying the dust and cheering all
nature, the mocking bird Ginning in
with his sweetest strains the while.
How refreshed the altheas, cannas,
dahlias, and roses looked as the rain
formed crystals Of water on them,
they with beauty and upturned faces
seemed to say, how glad we are the
rain has come and washed the dust
from our faces 80 the smiles we wear
can be seen and bless all who see us.
What if cotton is low in price and
little Lucy, Sallie, and Jane won't
have as many pretty dresses as they
hoped for, and the debts won't all
be paid, the old world is still beauti-
full place to behold on a quiet Sab
bath in a country home. The fields
of cotton clothed in white, pigs round
ing up for the sausage later on, old
Brindle and Rose quietly grazing in
the distnce, the corn ready for the
harvest, and the stacks Of hay scat
tered over the fields, the geese and
ducks and hens all bespeak peace and
plenty to the man that lives and
works on the farm.
Misses Ethel and Nell Kearse gave
a social on Wednesday evening last
in honor of Miss Kirsch, of Bamberg.
A jolly good time and pleasant even
ing was the verdict of all who attend
ed.
Mr.. J. Herbert Kearse lost his
home by fire on Wednesday night
last, the family escaping in their
night clothes. A trunk, one feather
bed, and baby carriage was all that
was saved. His loss is partly covered
by insurance. It is not known how
the fire originated, as the roof was
falling in when they awoke. This is
a hard blow to Mr.. Kearse. His
home was built less than two years
ago. He will rebuild in the near
future OLD FFMER.
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FIRE VISITS WAGNER.
Estimated Damage of Nearly Fifty
Thousand Dollars.

WAGNER, Sept. 25.-At 5 o'clock
yesterday morning fire was discover
ed in the store of Mrs. Julia Williams
which soon destroyed it and quickly
spread to adjoining stores and COM
pletely destroyed nine stores, the de-
pot and barber shop.
The estimated loss reaches from
$40, 200 to $50,000, beside the depot
tally on some who lost their all.
Coming as it did just at the begin.
ming of the busy fall season It IL
quite heavy loss to all, and espec-.
Several of the stores were occupied
upstairs as dwellings, and the loss
there is not known.
Mr.. J. w. Lybrand, one Of the lead
ing merchants in this section Of the
State, says that he can not get q
building and be ready to carry on hia
extensive trade again before Jan. /.
The following Is an estimate OF the
principal losses on goods and houses:
J. w. Lybrand, building value $4,000,
insurance $3.50; J. w. Lybrand.l
building $4,000, insurance 1850;
J. w. Lybrand, stock Of goods $25,-
900, insurance 100000; ]. w. Ly-
brand, goods saved (estimated $5s-
900 to $4,000; J. R. Smith, stock Of
goods, value $1,000, insurance $200:a
r H Gunter, stock OF goods, value
s1,500, insurance $500; w. M. Mill
er, stock of goods, value $500, 1nsur-
ance, none; H. M. Castles, telephone
system $500, insurance, not known;
Jones & OFT, storehouse, goods and
household goods, value $4,000 insur-
ance $500; H. L. Gunter, stock OF
goods $4,000, insurance none; Mrs.
Julia Williams, building and stock.
loss $4,000, insurance $1,000; BAR
Der shop, pressing club and other
losses not known.
Mr.. ]. E. Watson. the depot agent,
says that the freight in the depot waA
light and the loss in freight Is small.
He saved most of the records and
does not know what loss the railroad
company will sustain in the loss OF
the depot.
1t required heroic work by the citt-
zens to save quite number OF the
other stores here and they went at It
like fire fighters of old and were sue
cessful in saving the stores Of D. 4.
Can't on the north and Haskell Can't
on the west, both Of which looked a8
If they were doomed at several PEI
riods. ~
The fire cut out the centre business
portion of the town. The mayor viii
call meeting of the council tonight.
and it is supposed that they will es-
tablish fire limit which will cause
all new buildings to be erected with
brick. iY ~
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Barnweu News.
TBarnwell People. ]

Dol AUO44 SSPAS"J
A petition signed by many gooc
men opposing the commutation OF
Elliot Green's death sentence to LIE
Imprisonment is, we hear to be put
before the governor and pardon;
board.
Charles Carroll Simms, ESQ.,, has
resigned his commissions as notary
public and trustee of the Barnweu
graded schools that there may be no
doubt of the legality of his election
as presidential elector on the Bryan,
ticket.
Mr.. Lewis Williams, marshal OF
Ulmer, was shot in the right arm on
Saturday night by Lewis Walker, col-i
ored, whom he was trying to arrest.
Mr.. Williams was carried to Savan-
nah on Sunday and his arm amputat-
ed. He was doing as well as could be
expected Monday. Walker has eyad-
ed arrest.
Dolly, owned by Mr.. L. F. Cave Of
Dunbarton, died on Saturday. She
was only a gray mule, but she had
lived to remarkable age OF Al years,
and had made more corn and cotton
than any other work animal In the
county, perhaps in the State. The
faithful gray horse of Mr.. c. B. AM
derson, of Dunbarton, survives. ae
was six years old when bought by ME-
Anderson, who has owned him b
years. He has carried his owner to
2S protracted meetings at Cypress
Chapel church, and is still strong and
faithful. ......
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A NEW SIGNAL DEVICE.
A system that Will Make Railroad
Wrecks an Impossibiiity.

Washington, Sept. ia train
stopping device, which it is claimed
will practically eliminate the tele-
graph operator as a factor in the
movement of trains, is now under in
vestigation by the block system and
train control board of the Interstate
commerce commission.
The system is an invention OF +.
J. Simmer, of Los Angeles, Cal. 1t
has been installed on eighteen miles
of the Santa Fe Railway in Southern
California and said to be in success
full operation.
BY the working of the system each
train records on sheet in the train
dispatcher's Office the exact time 1t
enters and the time it leaves block.
The train dispatcher can signal direct
to any engineer on his division either
to stop or to proceed. 1ntelligible
communication is maintained by the
dispatcher and engineer in their cabs.
The dispatcher is protected against
human error by the automatic inter
locking of the switches by which he
signals to the train. p
He can stop any or all trains on
his division, but he cannot give a
signal to proceed unless the block is
clear. The engineer also is protect
ed against error by the use of an au-
tomato stop. He is given a danger
signal either by the train dispatcher
or by the presence of train, open
switch or a broken rail in block
ahead.
This danger signal is given the en-
gineer about a half mile before he
enters the, block. If on receiving the
signal he should fail to reduce his
speed in the next 100 feet Travelled
his train is automatically stopped
The engineer can prevent the auto
matte stop from working only by re-
ducing his speed to the predetermin-
ed safe rate. A recording device on
locomotive makes record of the
time and place where a danger sig
nal is given; of the time the signal
clears; of how quickly the engineer
responds to the danger signal; of the
rate the train is running at any time;
of the time and place the engineer
permits the automatic stop to oper-
ate.
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WEST TAMPA'S MAYOR A SUICIDE
Francisco MILAN Kills Himself as
Wife Prepares to Leave Him.

Tampa, Fla, September 23.-In
the presence of his wife, who had
just told him goodbye, intending to
begin proceedings for divorce, Fran
cisco MILAN, mayor of West Tampa,
committed suicide in bed room at
his residence this afternoon by plac-
ing a muzzle of a revolver in his
mouth and discharging two bullets
through his brain.
His wife had decided to leave him
and when she said farewell MILAN re-
piled, "It is best to end everything
now," and killed himself.
MILAN has served eight terms as
mayor of Tampa's cigar manufacture
ing suburb and enjoyed the respect
of all citizens. He was a Cuban by
birth. Louis MILAN, son of the de-
ceased, states that he had made two
previous attempts recently.
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May Try J. H. Garrison.

-Laurens, Sept. 27.-The fall term
of General Sessions Court for Lau-
rens county will be convened to-mor-
row morning with Judge R. Withers
Memminger, of Charleston, presiding.
There are four or five murder cases
docketed for this term, but this num-
ber includes one of the most sen
sational perhaps that has been in the
county in years, that of the State VS.
J. Henry Garrison, of Gray Court,
who will have to answer for the
murder of J. Louis Williamson, the
young York county man, who was
shot to death in Garrison's home by
Garrison himself on the night of
July 81, this year. 1t will be recall
ed that young Williamson, who was
q suitor for the hand of Miss Mary
Garrison, daughter of the defendant,
met his tragic death in the very
presence of Miss Garrison while the
two were seated in the parlor of the
Garrison home. Mr.. Williamson was
shot fatally and died few hours lat
er. The exact line of defence is not
known, but the defendant claimed
on the day following the tragedy that
he shot because he observed William
son conducting himself Improperly
toward his daughter.
Mr.. J. L. Williamson, OF YORK
father of the man who was killed
together with Mr.. P. H. Nelson, OF
the Columbia Bar, who, it is under,
stood, will assist in the prosecution OF
the case, and Barron Grier, Esq, o1
Greenwood, a relative of the Will
liamsons, spent yesterday afternoon
in the city conferring with Solicitor
r. A. Cooper. Two strong local law
firms will represent the defence
Ferguson & Featherstone and Riche1
& Richey.
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Kearse Happenings.

Kearse, Sept. 2S.-One of the most
pleasant events of the summer was
an "at home" given by Misses Ethel
and Nell Kearse on last Wednesday
evening, in honor of Miss Genevieve
Kirsch, of Bamberg.
The chief amusement of the even
ing was "flower" contest, and after
a close examination of the papers it
was found that Mr.. Ernest Ritter and
Miss Genevieve Kirsch were the sue
cessful contestants, and they were
awarded a beautiful bouquet of flow
ers.
After the contest the guests were
invited into the dining room, which
was beautifully decorated with cut
flowers, ferns, and colored lights, red
and green being the color scheme,
where a delightful course of ices,
cake, and fruit was served.
Music furnished by the kearse
string band added much to the oc-
casion.
The evening was thoroughly enjoy
ed by all, and twelve o'clock came
only too soon for the guests to bid
goodnight to the hostesses who had
so royalty entertained.
Those present were: Misses FRANKIE
Folk and Genevieve Kirsch, of BAN
berg, Ettie Kearse, Evelyn Brabham
Sudie Ritter, Leila Folk, Edna Chitty,
Aline Kearse, and Vena, Pearl, and
Cressida Breeland; Messrs. Jerome
Carter, of Florence, Ala, Chas. Hazle-
ton and Joe Hodges, of Ulmer, Angus,
Bernard, Stacy, and Horace .Kearse
Ennis Breeland, Willie and Ernest
Ritter, Ernest and Percy HERS, and
L. and Quintus Brabham.
Miss Genevieve Kirsch, of BAN
berg, who has been visiting Miss
Ethel Kearse, returned home last
Thursday.
Mr.. jerome Carter, of Florence
Ala, is visiting relatives in this com
munity.
Miss FRANKIE Folk, of Bamberg
spent last Wednesday and Thursday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Kearse.
Mr.. E. A. Brabham, of Scotia, spent
few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Brabham, last week.
Mr.. Herbert Kearse's home was
totally destroyed by fire last Wednes'
= day night.
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OFFICER BYRD SHOT.
North Man Shot While in Discharge
of His Duty.

Officer Byrd, of North, was shot
and probably fatally wounded Sunday
night by Jerome Holiday, a negro
in a difficulty between the officer and
the negro. Holiday was captured
and is now in the penitentiary fo1
safe keeping and Byrd is in the Co
lumbia hospital. .,,
1t seems that Holiday had gotten
in the wrong coach on train to Nor
way and was ordered to get out by
the officer. The negro is about l9
years of age and was very insolent
It required some persuasion to ge,
him out of the car, and the officer
had to strike him, whereupon, the
negro pulled pistol and fired at the
officer, inficting what is feared a
mortal wound.
The negro got away, but was pur'
sued by a posse, and was arrested on
the other side of North. The feeling
is said to have been high in Norway
and a large crowd was following the
negro and If he had been caught
there might have been trouble. That
is why he was taken to Columbia and
lodged in the penitentiary.
When Holiday was seen concern
ing the shooting he said that he was
in the passenger depot and had fallen
asleep. He was awakened and found
two men standing over him, and they
began to misuse him, and that he
thought they were going to kill him
and that this was the reason why he
shot. He said they told him not to
sleep in the depot, but he did not
know there was any objection to this
He said that he pulled away from
the men and shot his pistol, and that
they shot at him, one ball taking ef'
feet in his arm. He ran to the river
and in going over the bridge fell In:
to the river and had to swim out, and
was then finally run down.
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An cat HOme.'

On last Wednesday evening, Septem'
ber 23rd, at the home of Misses Ethel
and Meldred Kearse, an AT Home
was given in honor of Miss Genevieve
Kirsch, of Bamberg.
AS soon as darkness began to fall
upon smother earth, numerous young
folks began to assemble, anticipating
a pleasant evening, which there is nc
doubt each and every one spent.
When the crowd had gathered an
interesting flower contest was entered
into, which each couple worked zeal.
ously to be the prize winner. When
the answers were counted the prize
was gracefully awarded by Mr.
Hazelton, of Ulmers, to Miss Gene
We've Kirsch and Mr.. Ernest Ritter.
A nice selection of other games
was played, and when the crowd be
gan to look weary they were invited
to the dining room, where delight
full refreshments were served among
the beautiful decorations.
We sincerely thank Mr.. Ernest
HERS, Mr.. Ernest Ritter, and Miss
frankie Folk for the music, which
they willingly rendered, for we car
truthfully say it was. enjoyed by al
present.
Those present were:
Misses frankie Folk, Edna Chitty
Evelyn Brabham, Ettie Kearse, Gene
We've Kirsch, Vena Breland, Aline
Kearse, Pearle Breland, Sudie Ritter
Heyla Folk, Cressida Breland; Messrs
Jerome Carter, Joe Hodgers, Hazel
ton, Ernest and Percy HERS. Willie
Ritter, Horace Kearse, Ennis Bre
land, Stacy Kearse, Ernest Ritter
Ewart Brabham, L. Brabham, Quin
tus Brabham.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men.and Happenings.

Mr.. J. G.. Darlington, q well-known
newspaper man, is now editor OF the
Anderson Intelligencer.
o. D. A. Wilson was elected to the
house of representatives in the third
primary in Barnwell county.
The South Carolina State Fair is
to be held in Columbia October $3.50.
The officials are hard at work to
make it great success.
Hon. Charles Carroll Simms has
resigned as trustee of the BarnWell
graded school because of his nomina-
ton as presidential elector.
Mr.. E. Earle Thornwell is now edi-
tor of the Darlington News, Mr.. A.
G. Kollock having removed to Column
bia and engaged in the insurance bus
mess.
Bids for a public building at Green
wood were opened in Washington
last week. The lowest bidder was
Frederic Minshall, of Abbeville, his
bid being s42,500.
Union county is to hold an election
on the dispensary question the 9th
instant. The county is now dry, the
dispensary having been voted out a
few years ago.
The barn and stables of j. A. Kir-
ven, in Darlington county, were burn
ed one night last week. The fire is
thought to have been Of incendiary
origin. The loss is $4,000 or more.
''Night riders" have posted notices
on gins in Spartanburg and Cherokee
counties, but the gins will run on.
The best farmers as a rule condemn
such action. This sort of thing is
not likely to amount to much in this
State.
might riders" have appeared in
Greenville county. One night last
week a notice was posted at the gin
of R. G.. Willimon, eight miles from
Greenville, in which he was warned
not to gin any more cotton or suffer
the consequences. Governor Ansel
Immediately wrote Sheriff Gilreath
to make thorough investigation and
bring the guilty parties to justice If
possible.
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ESCAPED Convicts Captured.

The penitentiary guards had an ex-
citing chase Wednesday night after
two convicts that had escaped from
the Lexington farm. The escapes
were caught at the Taylor dairy by
the aid of the bloodhounds that were
carried out from the penitentiary.
Dan Sims, colored, and Bill Kelly
colored, both of whom are serving
nine years sentences for housebreak-
ing and larceny, took a gun away
from Marion Howell, the guard, Wed
nesday afternoon and made away
They crossed the river and went in
the direction of the dairy where they
were captured Wednesday night
about 10 o'clock and brought back
to the Observation-Disclosures State
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Charged With Conspiracy.

Salisbury, N. c., Sept. 22.-George
Murphy, prominently connected
young white man Of Salisbury, is in
Jail here charged with conspiracy
He is ACCUSED of having planned to
rob the Wachovia bank of Spencer,
two miles from Salisbury. This bank
had on deposit nearly 100000. Muir
phy was overheard discussing the de-
tails of the plot by Salisbury mer-
chant, who had secreted himself near
the meeting place of the eonspirators,
one Of whom had ldivuiged the plot to
police officers. Murphy will be given
a preliminary hearing tomorrow.
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A committee consisting of Messrs.
Chassereau of Ehrhardt; G. W. Pei
ham, of Lodged. o. Hunter, of Hun
ter's Chapel; and E. W. Klnard, OF
Smoaks, waited upon Rev. W. R.
Smith Thursday to inform him of the
action of their churches in calling
him as their pastor. Mr.. Smith has
taken the matter into consideration,
and will give them an answer by Oc-
tober 10.
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Ella Gunter, colored girl whose
parents live near Pettigru, committed
suicide by shooting herself in the
breast with a shot gun Monday after
noon. DR.. Jennings attended her and
did all that was possible to be done
for the unfortunate GIRL but the
wound was a fatal one, resulting in
death Wednesday morning. The girl
had been deceived by a man of her
own race, and preferred death to life
in e.-McCormick Messenger.