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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-30
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOMR OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
state News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.


Bishop Ellison Capers, of the Epis-
scopal church, died at his home IN Co.
lumbia last week.
From the results Of the club meet
ings held last Saturday, itseems that
q number of the Democrats OF this
State want Bryan for president.
J. B. Sims, the Lancaster white
man who was shot from ambush last
week. died Monday of his wounds.
There is no clue to his murderer.
The prohibitionists of Colleton
county have organized and will make
determined effort to vote the dis
pensary out of that county this year.
The dispensary at North Augusta
was closed Tuerday afternoon by the
county board of control. The dis
penser, O. II. Meyer, is short about
500.
Senator Tillman's health is still I'M
proving, and he has made arrange
ments to start on his trip for Europe
about the 10th Of next month. Dr.
Babcock and several people from Co
lumbia will be in the party.
The State Supreme Court has sus-
tanned the injunctions against the
Charleston blind tigers, and it is now
likely that this method will be vgor.
ously pushed by Governor Ansel and
Attorney General Lyon, so as to stop
as far as possible the Illicit sale OF
whiskey in Charleston.
The oratorical contest held at
Greenwood last Friday night between
the various colleges of the State was
won by j. C. Hardin, of Wofford
! College. Mr.. Hardin is a brother OF
Mr.. E. Z. Hardin, who formerly
taught in the Fitting School here.
Mr.. j. w. Hicks, of Furman Univer-
sity, won second place. /,
F. nj. Sellers, a white man and cot
ton weigher at Chesterfield. has been
]. arrested, charged with robbing 9
store ID that town. The store ofJ. e.
5 johnson was broken into and about
$40 III money stolen, and the circum.
stances pointed strongly to Sellers as
the guilty man. After a preliminary
hearing, he was bound over to court
Riddock & Byrnes, who have been
running the Charleston and Argyle
hotels In Charleston for some years,
3 have met with financial failure. Last
week the leases on both houses were
cancelled by the owners because Rid.
dock & Byrnes had not paid then
rent. The Charleston hotel will re.
main open, and will be operated by
the company owning it.
AT The inquest held over the body
ofs J B. Sims, the Lancaster white
man who was assassinated, the jury
returned q verdict that he was shot
by Ben Stogner, with Lee Stognel
accessory. They have been arrested
1t it stated that Sims said on hls
death bed he was shot by Bel
Stogner. The Stogners are brother!
of S. Fl. Stogner who was killec
BY Sims few months ago.
The Republicans held their State
convention in Columbia Tuesday, q
which the usual row took place. Johr
I G. Capers threw the negro off thu
platform, who was attempting tx
preside over the meeting, and a mum
ber of negroes threatened Capers
some attempting to draw pistols
However, the tumult subsidized ant
Capers and his friends controlled thu
convention. A mixed delegation t.
the National Republican convention
was chosen, consisting of whites ant
Dsroes.
First Horseless Buggy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
APPOINTMENT OF
OFFICERS PRIMARY
COUNTY COMMITTEE WILL MEET
SATURDAY FOR THAT PUR-
poSE.-FULL ATTENDANCE.

For the purpose of appointing the
officers to hold the primary on August
to elect delegates to the Democratic
county legislative convention the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee will
meet at the court house on Saturday
at II o'clock. At the last meeting on
July 7 the committee adjourned until
this date for the purpose mentioned.
1t is very important that there should
be full attendance of the committee
for the officers of the primary are to
be appointed. No proxies are allowed
under the rules of the committee and
If member is not present he can
have no voice in the proceedings OF
the committee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
c. M. ACADEMY
FACULTY FOR 1908
BEING RECEIVED
FROM STUDENTS IN ALMOST
EVERY STATE IN UNION.

The faculty for the coming session
of the Columbia Military Academy will
be the strongest in the history of that
splendid institution. That the school
is to have a prosperous year is al
ready assured by the unusually large
number of applications that are being
almost daily received from all parts
of the county. 1t looks now as II
every State in the Union would be
represented on the roster for 1908
1909. Today an application was re-
ceived from far away California.
The faculty for the coming session
will be as follows: Col. Hardy, Latin
and German; Col Edgerton, English
and History; Capt. Newman U. S. A
Commandant; Capt. Cox, Mathematics
and Science; Capt. Stone, Greek and
French; Capt. Ragsdale, Latin and
Modern Languages Capt. Biddle
Surgeon: Lieutenant Burcham, Assis
tant in Mathematics and Science;
Lieut.. Litterer, Assistant in English
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24

OVER THE COUNTY.
eeoe@@eeas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Mr.. and Mrs. Yandler P. Wooten, OF
Lebanon, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Merritt Tomlinson at Culleoka.
Misses Charlotte Smiser and Eliza
Ballanfant of Culleoka, are visiting
Miss Porter Amis at Franklin.
Miss Della Calvert was called tc
Greenbrier Wednesday by the Illness
of her sister, Mrs. j. T. Cotton. Mrs.
Cotton's condition is much improved
Mrs. Percy Brown has returned
from visit to relatives in Nashville
C. H. Mckay, of Carriers Greek
left today for stay at Upper Red
Boiling Springs.
Miss Nettie w. Cecil, of Mt. Pleas
ant, is spending the summer at Buford
College in Nashville.
Miss Louzelle Wilkes, of Spring
Hill, will leave Friday for Bon Aqua
Springs for several weeks stay.
Misses Sue and Lucy Dye have re
turned to Nashville, after visit t
George Campbell Brown at Ewel
Farm, Spring Hill
Miss Marooney is the guest OF Mis-
Buchnau at Darks Mill.
Miss Lizzie McNeal has returned u
Goodwin, after visit to relatives a
| Nashville.
Misses Mary Stahlman and Georgii
Hume. OF Nashville, are VISITING
friends and relatives at Spring Hill.
Misses Katie McLemore, OF Nash
Vile, and Lenora Mayberry, o
Franklin, are visiting Miss Louis
Greenlaw at Ripper villa" at Sprlnl
Hill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
EIGHT FIRES In
MONTH OF JUNE
PROPERTY WORTH $4,000 WITH
$1,000 INSURANCE DESTROYER
IN MAURY COUNTY.

According to the report which Fire
Marshal Love Webb will transmit 10
the State Department of Insurance
there were eight fires in Maury coun-
ty during the month of June which
destroyed twelve buildings and the
contents valued altogether at $4,000.
The insurance on the buildings and
contents amounted to $3.50. The
largest fire during the month was that
OF Dalton's store at Theta, the loss be-
ing $4,000 with insurance of S5,25O.
This fire was caused by a stroke OF
lightning. III
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
OF
COUNTY TEACHERS
ANOTHER WILL BE HELD BY
SUPT. GRAHAM ON SATUR-
DAY, AUGUST I.

For the purpose of securing teach
ers to fill vacancies in the teaching
CORPS of the county there will be an
other examination of applicants by
the County Superintendent, John P
Graham, held at the Athenaeum In
Columbia on Saturday August l, be
ginning at 10 o'clock. There are O
number of vacant schools due to the
failure of the applicants to pass at
the first examination. Most of these
schools. however, are white, as nearly
all of the negro schools have their
teachers for the session.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
AROUND TOWN.

C. A. Hardison has qualified in the
County Court as administrator OF the
estate OF the late Ben Carter.
They are CALENDER & CO. In
Busy Corner" II
The work of placing a sewer on
North Garden street from the Akin
place to West Seventh street started
today
Barney Smolinsky, OF the New York
store. has returned from Nashville.
where he met a representative OF a
large Salvage firm and closed a deal
for a large stock OF merchandise,
which will be shipped to the New
York Store and placed on sale at great
sacrifices, the announcement of which
will be made soon.
FOR SALE-Having purchased
what is known as the Indian Camp
Springs Distillery, embracing the
small farm together with all the dis
tillery appliances, and having not the
slightest intention OF using these APP
planes for their old use, have for
sale at sacrifice prices, one large en-
CINE and boiler, go horse power) two
corn mills, one steam corn shelter,
one pair wagon scales, one copper
worm, together with large lot of good
lumber now in buildings. For fur
Their particulars call Bell Phone 126,
or address JNO. A. THOMAS, Jr.,
Box 81 R. R. No. 10, Columbia, Tenn.
17-d2fris&wkly2t
Rev. and Mrs. w. B. Capers have
moved back to the Institute for the
summer months.
BREEDING BUCKS-For frst-class
Breeding Bucks, call HOUSTON
THOMAS, Bell Phone 1903. 22-2t&w
Lee Allen, of Mt. Pleasant, has &C
copied a position in the drug store OF
Adams & Martin.
Athie Rawls has accepted a position
with the Maury Democrat, and gone
back to his old calling-printing.
They are buying at highest prices,
Meat, Lard, oats, Wheat, Rye, Barley
and all farm products.
Paul Brownlow, Of Mt. Pleasant, is
at the Farmers & Merchants Bank
during Ewing lannon's absence In
Louisville.
Calender & Co. purchased 5000
pounds of meat Tuesday from Chap
man & Steele and 1000 pounds from
Mr.. Lucas, amounting in all 10000
pounds of meat at the highest market
price.
w. q. Walters has moved his FAM
lily from Carriers Creek to cottage
on East Ninth street. Mr.. Walters
has accepted position with the Brit
! tain Marble Works as travelling sales
man.
They are selling Salt cheap. They
are selling Sacks cheap. They are
selling Peas cheap. They are selling
Cane Seed cheap. They are selling
Millet Seed cheap. They are selling
Hungarian Grass They are selling
| Corn Seed.
John Frazier sold today to Jake
Harlan a fine harness horse. The
price paid was something over $3.50
| Cakes & Nichols sold one of their
large grey hearse horses to Carpen-
ter & Howard for $275
Dr.. A. S. Horsley and family have
taken rooms with Mrs. McLemore on
South Main street.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
STRUCK IN EYE
BY FLYING NAIL

Jerry Howell Of Culleoka. happened
to very painful accident one day
this week while doing some carpen'
ter's work and in driving nail piece
of the nail scaled off and struck him
in the eve, entering the ball inficting
very painful wound. The piece was
removed from the eye, but It is not
known. whether the sight has been
destroyed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
SOCIETY,".
Continued from Sixth Pageo

try homo of Mr.. and Mrs. W. M.
Cheairs at Spring Hill, was the scene
Wednesday night of one of the pref
test entertainments that has Deeh
oiven this season. The occasion was
In honor of Misses Kittie McLemore
of Nashville. and Lenora Mayberry, OF
Franklin. and was given by MISS
Louise Greenlaw and Henry Cheairs'
Receiving with host and hostess ana
honorees were Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Greenlaw. Mrs. E. A. Stella, OF Spring
Hill and Mrs. w. B. Greeniaw' OF 60
lumbia. Other out of town guests
were Misses Mary Stahlman and Geor-
gle Hume of Nashville, William ana
Proyine Greenlaw and Miss Margaret
Greenlaw of Columbia.
The large lawn was lighted with
myriads of Japanese lanterns and was
artistically set with many rustic
setees In the house where the re-
freshments were served pink predom'
mated in the decorations, when were
carried out in the cream. In the
dining room the large mahogany
table was covered with magnificent
pieces of lace and in the center OF
which was large festoon OF PINK
cut flowers and from which were ex-
tended to each corner large chalh
OF these flowers and pink ribbon
Pink tapers from handsome Candida
bras shed a soft light upon the scene
and rendered It most fairy like In ell
feet. In this room Mrs. w. B. Green
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Final Clearance

SC yd.-For Wash Goods worth from l5c
up to soc yd
We have gathered every piece of Wash
Goods in the house under yards long that
sold from 15c to soc yard and put them all
on / great counter at SC yd. These gooos
will not be on sale before 1000 thus
Giving our friends in country an opportunity
to get first choice-be Cd hand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Mrs. r. w. Sargent.

Mrs. r. w. Sargent died at her
home Friday night near Sawdust Val
ley, aged fifty-four years. Mrs. Sar-
gent had been in ill health for quite
awhile. She leaves a family of seven
children. The funeral took place this
afternoon at Mt. Nebo church, con-
Quoted by Rev. R. G. Lynn. Inter
ment in Mt. Nebo burying ground.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Lucious Bryant.

News was received at Culleoka Fri
day announcing the death of Lucious
Bryant in Texas, which occurred
Thursday night Mr. Bryant former
ly lived in Maury county and is a
brother of Tom Bryant, of Culleoka,
but moved from here to Texas several
years ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24

law presided and served bon bons
and cream. Frappe was served on the
large porch by a bevy of beautlful
girls. The parlor was decorated in
the same manner as the dining room
pink prevailing More than ffty
guests assembled during the evening.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Joe Granbery.

The remains of Joe CRANBERRY will
reach Columbia Monday morning at
10 o'clock from Montana, and will be
carried to Asbwood and from there to
Mrs. Mary Gfanbery's where the fu-
neral will take place. Interment in
the CRANBERRY cemetery.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
w c. T. u. TO MEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON

The woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet for the regular busl-
ness session on Friday at o'clock at
the First Presbyterian Sunday-school
room. The members who recently
Joined are urged to attend.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Amos Strono.

Amos Strong died Friday morning
at his home in South Columbia Of tu-
berculosis, aged 29 years. The funer-
al occurred this afternoon at the res
idence conducted by Rev. w. B. Ca
pers. Interment in Rose Hill Gene
terry.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
1C Per Yald

The accumulations from our Calico coun-
tor leaves us many very small pieces OF
s+andora nrints. Take these tomorrow at
10 yard.
Not over rs yards to any one
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
GUARDIAN MINOR
SOFTEN HEIRS

John w. Fry qualified today in the
County Court as guardian of Rothea
Adina Scotch, Louella Corinne Scot
ten. Virginia Love Scotch and James
Scotch. minor children of J. o. Scot
ten, deceased.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
DEATHS HARVEST.

Little Mary Gordon Cox died Satur-
day at Franklin and was buried
there Sunday. She was four
years old, a granddaughter OF Mrs.
R. c. Gordon of Cross Bridges and
her parents have many friends and
relatives in this county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Fount Turner.

Fount Turner died at his home on
South Schol street Monday as
result of becoming over-heated last
Friday which resulted in congestion
of the lungs. Mr.. Turner was "a
years of age and leaves wife. He
was in the empoy of the l.. & N.
railroad and while out on his run
was Frustrated with heat. The fun.
eral arrangements have not been
made, owing to the fact that his rel
atives have not reached here yet He
has two sisters in the county, but
his father lives in Florida.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
WHEAT, CORN, OATS

Ashton Mills offer liberal prices
and furnish new sacks.-J. B. ASH
TON lS-lOwks
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Last Call on Staple Goods

Such as you need every day of the year,
and we assure you that the prices are going
up on all classes of Cotton Goods from 10
to so per cent.
4ac yd-Just 400 yards of good heavy
yard-wide Brown Domestic, worth &c now.
Sc yd.-,For yard-wide Bleached Domestic,
worth &C now.
7Hac-For good yard-wide Soft Finished
Bleached Domestic, worth 10c.
23c-For "a Peperell Sheeting
1oc-For extra good quality Cheviot
Shifting.
foc-For Dress Style Ginghams, worth
15c.
1oc-For new styles in Cotton Suitings,
worth 15c yard.
The space in this paper costs too mucn
for us to begin to enumerate the many bar
gains we are Offering We save the space
by your coming to see You save what it
would cost-that much off the more.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Final Clearance on Shoes
and OXfOrdS

4ec-For Children's Sandals and Oxfords
that were 75c, s100 and Sips.
o8c-For Childrens, Misses and Ladies
Oxfords that were 1925. $3.50 and $1.75.
$1.4e-For Ladies' Oxfords, in Kid and Pat
ent that were sold as high as $500 pair
STAG Pro pairs of Mems $500 and $3.50
Shoes and Oxfords.
$2.48-For Mems Oxfords and Shoes that
were $500, $3.50 and $500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Joe CRANBERRY.

The remains of Joe CRANBERRY who
died in Montana last Wednesday
reached Columbia this morning and
were carried to the home of Mrs Mary
CRANBERRY near Ashwood, where the
funeral took place at 2:3O this after
noon. with interment at St. Johns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Final Clearance Dress
Goods.

Dress Goods worth all the way from soc
to s1.25, 29c yard.
More of that splendid quality yard-wide
Black Taffeta Silk at 79c yard.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24

THE SICK.

Little Glare O'Neal is quite sick
with fever.
w. J. owen continues dangerously
i'll at his home on Bear Creek.
w. d. Cameron, Jr., continues crit
ically i'll at his home in South Column
bia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
MARRIAGE LICENSES.


Joe Lincoln to Miss Laura Holman
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Final Clearance on Wash
Goods

alhc-For Figured Lawns worth up to BE-
4lac-For Figured Lawns worth up to lOc'
7lhc yd.-For Figured Lawns and Bats
ties, worth up to 15c.
12c yd-For Dimities, organuies' NUNS
French Ginghams, Batistes and other oeau-
tiful Wash Fabrics, worth 15c to 55c va
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Final Clearance of Mems
and Boys Clothing
and Furnishings

And in this department We shut our eyes,
grit our teeth and forget what they are
worth; but say go
$1.95 PER SUIT.
For Young Mems and Mems Suits, sizes
SO to 81, to cost US at factory up to $500
Suit.
S3.95-For Mems and Young Mems Suits,
worth up to $3.50.
S5e5-For Mems Suits worth up to $500
sec-All sizes again added to that great
counter of Shirts
7sc-For Mems $1OO, s1.25 and $3.50
Shirts.
21c-For good quality Mems Undershirts
3oc-For Elastic Seam Drawers.
4c-For good Handkerctiefs
9c-For Fast Color Sox.
1oc-For 15c and 25c value Mems Sox.
15c-For Mems Susperders, worth 25c.
Straw Hats at most onehalf,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
Extra Special

so Boys Knee Pant Suits, worth $3.50,
$500, $500 and $500 at $1.49. Age to 16
years.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-27
RAILROAD
Bulletin,
WASHINGTON CITY - TKE MAGNET OF the
PEOPLE.

The eyes of eighty million American people are now IN
Washington, the Capital of the Nation.
The wheels of the National Government are now in full
motion. Congress is in session and the busy whirl of the lees-
1ative mill is intensely interesting. Many hours may be
spent in the Senate or House gallery watching the Legislators
at work.
The other workshops of the Nation are also we'll worthy
of a visit. The White House, the home and office of the Presi-
dent; the State, War and Navy Building, with its museums
and models; the Treasury Building. with its huge vaults; the
Government Printing Office, the Patent Office, and the Con
gressional Library; the National Museum, the Smithsonian
Institution. the great Monument, and the new Union Station
are all attractive features of the Capital City.
The splendid city with its numerous parks and statues
never loses its charms at any season.
The service of the Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington
serves a wide territory. Its trains afford a direct means of
reaching the National Capital, and tickets at reasonable rates
are on sale at all ticket offices.
Attractive threeday Personally Conducted Tours to
Washington leave New York, Newark, Elizabeth, New Bruins.
wick, Trenton and Philadelphia on March IL, April 2 and II,
and May T. The low rates, $I2oo and S4 90 from New
York, 5000 and Sir. so from Philadelphia, and proportionate
rates from other points, covering hotel accommodations, all
necessary expenses for the threeday outing, bring these tours
we'll within the means of everybody.
Detailed itineraries and full information nav be obtained
of Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-27
sHERIFF,s SALES.


tChancery A-326.l
SHERIFF'S SALE-In Chancery of New
Jersey. Between Martha Post, complain
ant, aud Matilda M. Traphagen ct AL, de-
PENDANTS. FL. ia, for sale of mortgaged
premises.
BY virtue of the above stated writ of
feri faeias, to me directed, / shall expose
for sale by public Vendue, at the Court
House " Newark, on Tuesday, the third
day of March next. at 2 o'clock p. M,
all that tract or parcel of land and prem
ises situate. lying and being In the city OF
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey:
Beginning in the easterly line OF South
Ninth street at a point therein distant
two hundred and twenty-five feet distant
southerly from the corner formed by the
Intersection of the easterly line of South
Ninth street with the southerly line OF
Thirteenth avenue: thence % running
easterly at right angles to South Ninth
street one hundred feet: thence C) south
erly went five feet; thence (3) westerly
one hundred feet to South Ninth street,
and thence "a northerly along the easterly
line of South Ninth street twenty-five feet
to the place Of beginning. Being part OF
the same premises conveyed to the sald
Matilda NJ. Traphagen by. deed dated De
cember s, 1897, and recorded December y,
1897, in Book Dbl of Deeds for Essex
County, op pages 3T2 and 3T4, and being
knowa ard designated as premises 2St
South Ninth street.
Newark. n. j, January q. 1908.
FRANK II. SOMMER, Sheriff.
W. c.. & e. Headley, Sol'rs. Glo.5O