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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Delightful Picnic.

Colston, July 27.-One of the most
enjoyed picnics ever given in Bam-
berg county was at the home of Mr..
G.. H. Kearse, of the Colston section.
Two hundred people gathered at that
home July 21st to express their love
for and extend their congratulations
to Mrs. Martha Inabinett and Mrs.
Mary Kearse, twin sisters, who on
that day were seventy years old. 1t
is not a common thing to see two of
the same family live together seven
ty years, and more uncommon to see
twin sisters spend three-score-years
and ten together, but these twin SIS
ters have spent their seventy years
together.
In 1858 Miss Martha Sease mar
ried DR.. Inabinett, who died in 1886.
Mrs. Kearse was married thirty
six years ago. Their house was built
thirty-five years ago, and they have
been so blessed as to have never had
a death in the home.
Mrs. Kearse and Mrs. Inabinett
were enjoying the very best of health
on their SEVENTEEN birthday.
May God give them many more
days of health and prosperity is the
prayer of many friends M.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Whole Town Aroused.

Toledo, Ohio, July 27.-In the
hope of apprehending Louis Armour,
so years old, who murdered his wife,
tried to kill his daughter, and at
tempted suicide yesterday, and then
escaped, Toledo has been transform
ed into almost an armed camp and
every avenue of escape is carefully
guarded.
Coming back to his wife's house
for the second time in 16 years, Ar
mour met her as she was leaving for
church. When she refused again
to take him back, he shot at her two
or three times. One bullet struck
her in the head and she died in an
ambulance. Her daughter rushed to
her side and a bullet missed her.
Then the man placed his gun to his
head and pulled the trigger, but it
missed fire. He escaped.
Armour left his family 16 years
ago and was never seen by anyone
who knew him till five weeks ago
when he reappeared, found his pros
porous family, and tried to win back
his home. The mother refused him
and he left, saying she would never
see him again.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Standard Oil Company Wins.

Chicago, July 22.-The Standard
Oil Company decision by which the
company was fined $29,240,00O by
Judge Kenesaw Lands, of the Unit
ed States District court, was to-day
reversed by the United States circuit
court of appeals. The case Is remand
ed for a new trial. The courts opin-
ion makes 5000 words.
The decision of the three judges
is unanimous. 1t was delivered by
Judge Grosscup, who wrote the opin-
ion which is concurred in by Judges
Baker and Seaman. The decision is
on appeal of the Standard OH Com
pany Of Indiana from the verdict OF
April IS last, which found the COM
pany guilty of accepting rebates on
carload lots from Whiting, Indiana,
to East St. Louis over the Chicago
and Alton, and from the courts max
imum fine. The evidence showed
that the company received rates one
third as large as other shippers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Lightning Strikes Hotel.

SS e Charlotte. N. c., July 24.-Light-
ming struck the big hotel at Wade
Mecum Springs, Stokes county, early
this morning and started fire which
soon reduced. the structure to ashes.
Many Of the guests narrowly escaped
with their lives and all of them lost
their personal effects, the manage
ment having to- call upon a resort
several miles away to furnish wear
ing apparel for them as well as food.
No accurate estimate of the loss is
obtainable. The resort, including
the famed mineral springs and vast
tract Of mountain land, is owned
chiefly by the widow of the late j. H.
Sparks, the circus man who lost his
life there several years ago by blood
poisoning, resulting from the bite OF
a net lion. =
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Pea body Board Sends Check.

Drawn upon ~. P. Morgan & Co.,
Bankers, 20 Wall street" a check for
$500, to be used in the furtherance OF
Miss Mary T. Nance's school improve
ment work. was received this morn
ing by the state superintendent OF
education, from Col. Wickliffe Rose
of Nashville, general agent for the
Peabody fund.
The Peabody board has taken con-
siderable interest in South Carolina
educational matters. 1t will be re-
called that Superintendent Martin
received only few days ago a check
from Colonel Rose, for $4,000, to
ward the expense of building the new
dormitories at Winthrop college,
Columbia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Why Tolbert Was Sent Away.

Greenwood, July 24.-At meet
ing of citizens of the town OF Ninety
Six held yesterday committee was
appointed to have certain corrections?
made In some Of the newspaper &C
counts of the matter of the departure
of Joe Tolbert from Ninety-Six. This
committe states that Tolbert did not
leave Ninety-Six coatless; that he had
on a coat when the train pulled out
of Ninety-Six and had 1t on when he
got of the train at Columbia. They
also state that none of Tolbert's 8
friends accompanied him to Column
bia, that is, so far as they could find
out. One of this committee went to
Columbia, or was there next day on
business, and not as an enemy or
friend of Tolbert, and thinks the
others from Ninety-Six were in the
same position.
Another incorrect statement they
state, was that there was any display
of guns and pistols on the part OF the
Ninety-Six people, nor was there any
sales of firearms or cartridges there,
nor any rush to Greenwood for any
of these things.
From all accounts, it appears that
the people of Ninety-Six were as or
derly as possible under the circum-
stances. They saw that things had
reached such pass that the presence
of Tolbert in the community any
longer was a menace and danger and
that in order to have peace he must
leave, so they told him he would have
to leave and he left. That's about
all there is to it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
SPANKED the Bride.

Brownsville, Pa, July 24.pr.
John English, 8 wealthy practitionefs
who lives In Dedstone township, and
whose 15-year-old daughter, Ethel
on last Tuesday eloped In the family
automobile with Claude Becktnridge
to Ohio, learning that Ethel refused
to leave her husband and come homes
and that Claude, the husband had
whipped the two younger brothers
of Ethel when they went to bring
her home, drove to the Breckinridge
home, and taking the bride OF the
two days and nights across his kneea.
spanked her soundly and sent her
home to her mother.
Claude Breckinridge, the husband.
then came in for a thrashing at the
hands of the angry father-in-iaWs
who then had his son-in-law arraigny
ed for perjury, alleging that he sWore
to an untruth in taking out the q
cense to marry flfteen-yeay-old Ethel.
The young husband was held under
bail. ss9sS;
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchin&s.

Ehrhardt, July 27.-Messrs. Con.
rad and Jacob Ehrhardt went on a
business tripto Walterboro last week
Messrs. H. C. Copeland and David
Dannelly returned from Florida last
Saturday. Their looks show that the
sun shines there also.
Miss Alice Sease Is spending some
time with Mrs. T. D. Jones.
Mrs. G. L. Kinard is visiting heI
mother, Mrs. Esther Sease
Fine rains have gladdened the far.
mers last week.
Sunday afternoon reminded one OF
September weather-cool and brac.
ing.
The big meeting at Mt. Pleasan,
Lutheran church was we'll represent
ed from our town Sunday.
The 22nd instant went of in good
shape. The last lot of whiskey
brought into this town must have
been fighting whiskey as several were
prevented from coming to blows on
that day. The candidates were very
pleasant and told the good people
what they intended to do If elected,
Our doctors are kept very busy
these days with patients out Of town
Melons and. fruit have something
to do with the fever question.
Some of our sports went to big
Salkehatchie last week to angle for
the finny tribe, Fish were scarce,
and they got true fishermen luck be-
fore they reached home, as they were
caught in heavy rain.
BY the way shingles and building
material is coming in, there must be
going to be some building going on
in the near future.
Mr.. Perry M. Kinard lost fine
mule Saturday. Disease was suppos-
ed to have been collie. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Fifty.four candidates are running
for Office in Colleton county. There
are eight candidates for Sheriff.
Chester county will vote on the
dispensary question. The election Ii
) to be held the first Tuesday in No.
yember.
Mr.. H. w. Briggs, one Of the prom.
inent citizens of Blackville, died al
his home in that town Tuesday OF
last week. He was f1fty-three years
old, and died very suddenly.
Elliott Greene, a negro, was tried
in Barnwell last week for murder
and sentenced, to be hanged on Fri.
day, September 18th. Greene brutal.
" murdered a negro named Bob
Smalls at Blackville few months
age.
There is talk Of moving the Episco-
pal church ,orphanage from Charles
ton to some other town in the State,
and several cities are making efforts
to get it.. Spartanburg has offered
thirty acres of land three miles from
the city.
!. The disbarment proceedings against
John T. Duncan, an attorney OF Co
lumbia, were heard by the State Su.
preme Court last week. The court
reserved their decision, but from the
case made out it seems plain that
Duncan will be disbarred.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
News from Olar.

Olar, July 27.-Messrs R. NJ, Bot
Lee and Roscoe Kearse, G. H. and j
Gordon Brabham, w. B. and James
Chitty went down to Edisto Wednes.
day. They were Joined by party OF
Bamberg folks, and all spent the day
fishing. Fish we're plentiful and the
crowd jolly, consequently the affair
was one of the pleasantest your cor.
respondent has ever had the pleas.
ure of attending.
Mr.. c. F. Rizer and family and
Miss Emma Cooke will leave to-mor.
row for Glenn Springs, where they
will spend several weeks.
Miss Effie Barker returned to her
home in the Kline section Saturday,
after visit with her aunt, Mrs. j.
G.. Barker, Jr.
We think there's the least interest
being taken in the election around
here this time than ever before. You
can scarcely ever hear the subject
mentioned. However, we suppose
as usual the nearer the day comes
things will begin to warm up.
Welcome showers we are having
nowadays, and just in the right time
too. Crops were badly in need OF
them.
Mrs. E. r. LaFitte, of Denmark,
spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs.
J. j. Brabham, Jr.
Miss Beulah Grimes. of Allendale,
is visiting Miss Aline Smith.
How about a campaign meeting
~ nloro Erorv ofhor f0wn In the
county will have one;. why not us?
We would like to hear the candi-
dates express their views on the va
rious issues.
Mr.. C. B. Ray spent Monday and
Tuesday of last week at the capital
city. &
Mr.. G. Victor Kearse, formerly of
this place, now of Allendale, spent
yesterday here.
Miss Belle and Master Wyatt
Cooke returned home last Tuesday,
after q visit to relatives in Aiken.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
PECULIAR TRAGEDY.
Bed-ridden Husband Killed Man
Who Had Wrecked Home.

Chicago, July 24.-Fate last even.
ing chanced to place Lucas Sletten
within the range of the supposedly
helpless invalid whose home he had
broken up and the invalid lying in
bed in a plaster cast which practi'
cally prevented movement, fired two
shots and killed him.
William Thomas Branitzky, who
used to be a well known architest
with an Office in the Unity building
fired the shots and avenged the
wrongs over which he had been
brooding for more than two years,
In the doorway of his room, witness
of the shooting was his young wife,
Eloise, who is credited with causing
much of the trouble. Branitzky Is
80 years old, Sletten %. Branitzky
became bed-ridden six months ago,
victim of tuberculosis. The victim
of the bullets had on a previous oc-
casion caused Mrs. Branitzky to leave
her husband, but she had returned
to him some time ago. Three months
ago against the husbands wishes
Sletten became q boarder In the
house, There were three others
boarding at the house, but Sletten
was the only one of whom the hus-
band was jealous. At three O'Clock
last evening Branitzky, from his bed
room, heard his wife struggling with
Sletten. Owing to the nature OF his
|amiction, Branitzky was unable to
leave the bed. The struggles con-
tinued in the rear part Of the house
and Mrs. Branitzky's cries were car
ried to the husbands ears through
q long corridor that runs to his bed
room to the kitchen.
t'Let me go, please let me alone,
cried the woman, who tried to free
herself. To a small room OF from
the kitchen, Sletten was trying to
drag the woman, she broke away
from him and fed down the corridor
towards her husbands bedroom. "Oh!
Will, WILL" she screamed, "Lou Is
striking me-" The husband then be-
came certain that Sletten was the
man with, whom his wife was strug-
Cling. He managed to reach under
his pillow and get revolver and as
the young man followed his wife into
his room he drew his gun and shot
twice, both shots taking effect and
killing Sletten instantly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
President Elected.

DIR. s. C.. Mitchell head of the de-
partment of history at Richmonds
college, Virginia, has been elected
president of the University OF South
Carolina, vice Major BENJAMIN Sloan,
resigned. i'2:,.,lss. =. y.
The board Of trustees Of the Unt-
versity of South Carolina, met last
Friday in the governors ONCE ana
after q conference, gave out the in-
telligence of DR.. MitchelPs election:
DR.. Mitchell, however, will not be
able to assume the presidency until
June Of next year. Meantime Prot.
A. C. Moore will be actively presi-
dent. Dr.. Mitchell has made engage
ments. to lecture at Brown and Har-
ward universities during the coming
session, and this will prevent his en-
tering upon his duties at the coming.
session. go
It was owing to this fact, that the
trustees have been delayed 80 long
in announcing that the presidency
had been filled. They decided, how
ever, that they would wait until next
June for DR.. Mitchell.
DR.. Mitchell is widely known as
one of the greatest educators in this
country. He is deep scholar ana.
a man of wonderful executive abft1ty.
His long experience along education
al lines fully and well qualities him
for the chair that he will fill.
DR.. Mitchell is a native OF Mlssis-;
sippi. Mrs. Mitchell, however, comes
from Greenville, S. C.. DR.. Mitchell
is in the prime Of life, being forty-
four years old.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Negro Steals Fifty Thousand.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 27.-Charles
Savage, a negro, has been arrested
here charged with stealing mail
pouch in the Kansas City union sta
ton on June 6, last containing hfty
thousand dollars, being sent to Ne"
York city bank. The postofhce IN
spectors assert that they have posi-
tive evidence against Savage and de-
clare their belief that he has buried
the money intending to recover 1t
after his release from prison.
Savage was taken into custody a
few hours after he returned to the
city. He had since the robbery visi-
ted several western cities, including
Denver. In his pocket the inspectors
found clipping from Denver news
paper giving the calculations or a
robber who had stolen a large sum
of money and buried it. The man
had been sent to the penitentiary for
number of years, and in the story,
he figured out that by serving GER
tain number of years he would upon
his release have earned about sixty
thousand dollars a year. Upon this
the inspectors base their belief that
Savage has concealed the money. A
few days following the Kansas City
robbery, Savage was arrested by the
local police, but was released, the
Judge holding that there was not suf-
ficient evidence on which to hold the
man. Savage Immediately left the
city. The postoffice inspectors had
information that Savage would re-
turn here to-day, and when he ap-
peared at a negro lodging house they
arrested him
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
Roosevelt Will Fight.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 23.-Pres
ident Roosevelt tonight announced
in unmistakable terms the determin'
alton Of the administration to pro
ceed with the prosecution Of the
Standard Oil case despite the 'decls'
ion adverse to the government hand
ed down by the United States circuit
court OF appeals yesterday. The de-
cision, the president thinks, in nc
way affects the merits OF the case
and he makes known his decision tc
cause the action to be brought again
before the courts in such shape Il
possible as to prevent technicalities
interfering with the decision based
upon the actual issues involved. The
statement in the matter, made pub
lie tonight by Secretary Loed, fol.
lows:
"The president has directed the
attorney general to Immediately take
steps for the reopening of the Stand.
ard case. The reversal Of the decis-
ion OF the lower court does not In
any shape or way touch the merits
OF the case, excepting SO far as the
size Of the fine is concerned. There
is absolutely no question of the guilt
of the defendants or of the excep.
tionally grave character Of the OF.
Tense. The president would regard
it as gross miscarriage OF justice
IL through any technicality the de-
fendant escaped the punishment
which would have unquestionably
been meted out to any weaker de-
fendant who had been guilty OF such
offense. The president will do every
thing In his power to avert or prevent
such miscarriage Of justice. With
this purpose in view the president
has directed ,Mr. O'Brien to consult
Mr.. Frank B. Kellogg in the matter
and to do everything possible to bring
the offenders to justice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
River strewn With Dead Fish.

Aiken, July 25.-Thousands of fish,
including every size, have been killed
in Horse Greek, between Clearwater
and the Savannah river, by being
poisoned. What is now the Seminole
Manufacturing company was until a
few months ago the Clearwater
bleachery, and the bleachery used
large tanks of chemicals that were
poisonous.
A few days ago force of work
men were ordered to empty one OF
these tanks in the creek and wash 1t
out. It is said that they warned the
officials that the contents of the tank
would kill the fish in the creek. But
notwithstanding the warning they
we're forced to empty it. As result
fish of all sizes and kinds have been
slaughtered all the way to the'Savan-
nah river and persons fishing at the
point where the creek empties into
the river report hundreds of dead
fish floating. Another evidence OF
the quantity of fish killed is the
dreadful odor throughout the entire
distance to the river. The matter
was promptly reported to Game War
den Shaw at Langley, and he soon
placed the responsibility. Warrants
have been issued by Magistrate S. S.
Lee, at Langley, for five parties and
the preliminary examination will be
held on Tuesday.
From what your correspondent can
gather, the feeling of the people IN
that community has been aroused
and they are anxious to see the gull
ty parties punished.
The State, it is alleged, will be
somewhat handicapped in the prose
cution, for the reason that the wit
nesses are employees of the mill and
are afraid to testify to the truth for
fear of losing their jobs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-30
RoBBERY IN COLUMBIA.
White Man Assaulted and Robbed by
Y Y White Men.

Saturday night at nine o'clock, Mr.
q. B. Wise, a Lexington county far
mer, was assaulted at the corner OF
Assembly and Taylor streets and
claims to have been robbed OF $24
I AS soon as news of the affair reached
police headquarters, officers went to
the scene, but diligent work failed
to put them con the scent"
Mr.. Wise stated he was in Peaks
club on Taylor street Saturday after.
noon when a man walked up to him
and said that he (Wise) had tried
to: cut him some time ago. Wise de-
MED 1t, and the stranger said "well
1t was your brother-in-law."
Mr.. Wise further said this man was
accompanied by smaller man who
! had nothing to say. They drank to-
getaer, according to Wise's statement
and later walked abreast down Tay-
Tor street. When reaching the bank
yof Columbia they took another drink
and started around the corner OF As
sembly street. They saw two men
coming towards them, one saying,
sshaNe you got him?" One replied,
sano, but we've got his brother-an-
law. AT that junctnre, one Of them
10 said to have struck. Wise in the
face and knocked him down. His
rockets were searched and .$21 In
bills and So in silver were taken.
One OF the men is said to be about
ak feet tall and weighs about 180
pounds, he. is said to have had his
coat on at the time of the assault and
was wearing q dark hat. The small
er man In said to have been wearing
g cap OF light color; he was about
1--WE feet, six inches or possibly i've
feet, seven inches: weight about 140
pounds.
This is the second reported hold
up within the last two weeks, the
other being that Of young MIR. Watt,
which took place on Arsenal Hill.
Mr. Watt was relieved Of several dol
lars. It will be recalled thatsa good
portion Of the police department was
called to the scene and searched from
the time Of the .hold-up until day
break for the highwayman, but he
could not be found. Columbia Rec
ord.