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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19

very low excursion rates to Augusta
for the above occasion and for the
visit Of
President Taft.
The President is scheduled TO
reach Augusta Saturday evening No
vember 6, spend Sunday there and
meet and address the people Of
South Carolina and Georgia on Mon
day. November s.
Another great event during the
Fair will be the
Foot Ball Game
between the Clemson College and
University Of Georgia teams on No
vember 10, and still another will be
Children's Day, November 18th.
Round trip tickets will be sold
from Savannah, Charleston, Con-
garee, Florence, Darlington, Cam:
den, and intermediate points, Novem--
Der 6 to IL, limit to leave Augusta
not later than midnight Of November
18th 1909.
For tickets, rates, schedules and
any desired information, cal on
j. F. Livingston, S. A. L. Ticket
Agent, Columbia, S. c., or any agent
Of the Atlantic Coast Line, or ad-
dress
T C. White,
Genl. Pass. Agent.
". J. Craig,
Pass. Traffic Manager.
Wilmington, n c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19
ABOUT PERSONS AND THINGS
News Briefly Told.-Gathered From
In and Out Of the State, Nation
And World.

ATLANTA suffered severely from a
terrific hail storm, the stones being
the size Of a hens egg. The prop
erty damage will probably reach
100000. Skyscrapers were badly
damaged, windows were smashed,
street car service was stopped a. the
time and badly crippled afterwards.
The telephone service was partially
disabled.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19
For Alderman Ward Two:

J. R. Green is announced for Al
derman for Ward 2. and will abide
rules of Democratic party.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19

year 1910, subject to the rules of the
Democratic party.
Cole L. Blease.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19
FARM FOR SALE OR RENT.

FARM FOR SALE OR RENT.
Newberry County, so acres, 40 in
cultivation, two miles Of Little Noun
tain, S. C. Good buildings, water and
fine orchard. Clay soil; high school
and church two miles. Connected with
telephone system. For further infor-
nation write
J.E. Monts,
Little Mountain, S. c.
10-4-09-8t.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19
GEORGIA-CAROLINA FAIR
At Augusta, Georgia, November 6-15
1909.

The Atlantic Coast Line announces
very low excursion rates to Augusta
for the above occasion and for the
visit Of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19


horseback.
Immediate assistance is needed al
Key West, where great suffering and
distress is reported. Hundreds are
on the point Of starvation on the
Island
Rev. J. S. Morrall a Baptist
preacher Of fifty years service died
October Is, suddenly of heart failure
at Walterboro, at the home OF his
son. The body was taken to Allen
dale and inferred in the Smaller Sa-
vaunah burying ground.
Mr.. M. J. Caples says that the c.,
&c. & O. road will be opened by Oe-
tober 20, on which date the city Of
spartanburg will celebrate the event.
There was a slight Improvement in
the condition Of DR.. James b. Car
Isle, President Emeritus Of Wofford
College, Friday night. He has been
in feeble and declining health for
some time and his condition is a
cause of much anxiety to his family
and friends.
Charleston is building an oil mill
for long staple seed, the work is pro-
crossing and seed is now being stored
and it is expected that test will be
made Of the plant next week and by
the end Of the month the plant will
be in full operation.
I State Senator Patrick 81. McCar-
ren, the Democratic leader of Brook
lyn, was reported critically i'll on
Friday night in St. GATHERINGS hos
pital, Brooklyn. The physicians are
prepared for the worst.
After an illness Of two months, at
the age Of 72 years, former United
States Senator William Lindsay died
at his home early Saturday morning.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19

President Taft on Oct. IA, viewed
the color effects Of sunrise from The
rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona. rost-
master General Hitchcock Joined the
president at this point. The Pest
master General had been making a
strenuous trip through Arizona on
horseback.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19

After an illness Of two months, at
the age Of 72 years, former United
States Senator William Lindsay died
at his home early Saturday morning.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19

lO-4-09-8t.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
Drank Denatured Alcohol.

Wilmington, Del, Jan. 25.-Two
soldiers are dead at Fort DUPONT,
near Delaware City, and two others
will probably die from drinking a
pint of denatured alcohol.
The dead are: Sergt.. Albert E.
Graham, aged 40, of Forty-ffth COM
pany, coast artillery; Private Martin
B. Barry, 81 years old, One Hundred
and Thirty-ninth company, coast ar
.tillery.
It is said that Private Albert Free
man, 23 years old, One Hundred and
Thirty-ninth company, coast artillery,
and Private Samuel Albright, aged 35
years, same company, can not re-
cover.
Although Graham died yesterday,
the affair was, not reported to Coro-
ner Gaynor until to-day. While Coro-
ner's Physician Batian was holding a
post mortem on Graham's body this
afternoon Barry also died. The post
mortem in each case clearly determin-
ed the cause of death. 1t was belieV-
ed until tonight that Freeman and
Albright would recover, but they have
become delirous. Barry secured the
poison which the men drank from
Post Machinist Peacock on the pre-
text that he wished to use it to thin
shellac.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
MONUMENT TO A MULE.
Georgia Man Erects Shaft to "Old
Fly."


News has been received here from
Royston, Ca, to the effect that Mr..
w. M. Bowers, one of the leading men
of that section, has had erected a sub
stantial monument to the memory Of
"Old Fly" an old family mule. On
one side of the marble are these
words:
"'Old Fly Mrs. S. C. Berryman's 8
buggy mule. Hence this monument. y
On the reverse side appears this
lettering:
"She was forty years and five days
old when she died" Proverbs 1910:
"A righteous man regardeth the life
Of his beast, but the mercies of the
wicked are cruel"
In speaking of the monument, Mr..
Bowers said: 81 think it meet and
proper, and it proves noble spirit in
mankind to be kind to animals, es-
pecially in their declining and help
less days. For this reason we decided
to place a monument over the last
resting place of old Fly Another
reason for it was because mother
thought so much of the old mule, who
in turn, it seemed, to certain extent,
reciprocated the feeling. Anderson
special to News and Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
NEGRO BURIED IN CAVE-IN.
Well Digger, in Chester, Meets Death
25 Feet Beneath Surface.

Chester, Jan. 24.-Hernton Chalk,
a colored well-digger, was buried by
a cave-in while digging well on Mr..
Geo. w. Byers's place at Wilksburg
Friday morning, and a companion,
Wallace Brown, was also partly
buried in the debris, but was rescued
without serious hurt. The two men
had dug down for distance of rs
feet through earth, when they struck
soft rock, which made blasting neces-
sary. This, it is supposed, is what
caused the cave-in. Chalk had his
neck and jaw broken, and it required
three hours of digging to bring his
body out of the ruins. Brown was on
the opposite side Of the well, and was
only partially covered. Chalk, who
was 65 years of age, leaves a wife and
several children.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
New Afternoon Paper.

The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the Evening Sun
Company, of which the corporators
are: Messrs. James A. Hoyt, M. L.
Kinard and George L. Baker, and the
capital stock is to be $4,000. Mr..
Hoyt is the organizer of the company
and is to be editor and general man
ager of the paper. He stated that he
expects to begin the publication OF the
paper within a few weeks, as soon as
plant can be purchased and in
stalled. The Evening Sun will use
the afternoon news service of the AS
sociated Press, of which organization
Mr.. Hoyt was recently elected mem
ber.
Mr.. Hoyt will be the largest stock
holder in the Evening Sun Company,
but he stated that number of busi-
ness men in Columbia and other parts
of the State are also interested in the
enterprise, regarding the afternoon
newspaper field in Columbia as very
inviting.-Columbia State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
Marshall on the Stand.

Union City, Jan. 25.-Nervously
rubbing his hands, Ed. Marshall, on
trial for completely in the murder OF
Capt. Quentin Rankin, testified this
afternoon in his own behalf. He was
subjected to a rigid cross -examina-
ton, and the witness several times be-
came confused and contradicted -h1m-
self. He said he first saw the night
riders when they came to his home:
last summer and threatened to Kill
him, his wife and baby and burn his
property unless he Joined the band,
He took the oath and met with them
a number of times but staunchly de-.
MED participating in any OF the.
crimes. He said when convinced that
Taylor and Rankin we're to be killed
he pleaded with their leader to save
their lives. Failing in this, he mount
ed his horse and rode away before the.
firing began. FL
"If Col. Taylor knew what l did for.
him he would embrace me now, said.
Marshall. $500
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
DIR. E.. l.. Patterson Dead.

Barnwell, Jan. 24.-The town and
county of Barnwell was cast in a
deep gloom of sorrow this morning
when it was learned that DR.. E. L..
Patterson had passed away at ST..
Luke's Hospital, in New York City,
early to-day. DR.. Patterson left here
a few days before Christmas for New
York to consult physicians in regard
to his health. His friends never
dreamed that there was any serious
trouble and thought that he would
return in a few days. After an ex-
animation by specialists it was found
necessary to operate. The operation
was performed on the 14th instant
and since that time DR.. Patterson has
been in a critical condition. Mrs. Pat
terson, the Hon. J. o. Patterson and
DR.. J. A. Patterson, his brothers, have
been at his bedside since the opera
ton. Notwithstanding the fact that
the reports from his bedside have not
been reassuring, his host Of friends
and family hoped against hope and
wished for: speedy recovery.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
Mr.. Taft at Branchville.

Branchville, Jan. 22.-President-
elect William H. Taft passed through
here to-day at 1855 o'clock, m,
en- route to Charleston, S. c., from
which point he will sail on Monday
morning for Panama. Mr.. Taft was
on his special train, which was being
pulled by one of the best engines
that the Southern Railway Company
owns. Mr.. Taft did not know when
his train arrived that he would be
expected to deliver an address, but
when he was notified that there was
a crowd of about one thousand people
assembled here to see him, he very
readily came out on the rear of his
car and expressed his pleasure in see
ing the people of Branchville and to
talk with them while his train was
stopped at the station. Mr.. Taft
looked as if he was enjoying the best
of health and the people of Branch
vile wish for him and his party a
happy trip to Panama.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
Penalty for Miscegenation.

If Senator Milton, of Florida, can
have his way miscegenation in the
District of Columbia hereafter will be
treated in the courts as crime pun
ishable by Imprisonment for ten years
and fine of $1,000.
The Florida senator has introduced
a bill to this affect, restricting its
provision to marriage between white
persons and negroes, and the bill pro-
vides that any person who has one
eighth or more Of negro blood in his
veins shall be considered as of the At
rican race. Such marriages are de-
clared to be null and void, and any
issue resulting from them illegitimate
and incapable of inheritance.
The bill proposes a punishment
of Imprisonment for year, or a tlne
of $1,000 upon any one performing
the marriage ceremony between rep
resentatives of the two races.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
STATE PUBLIC DEBT.
Figures for the Past Year Given by
the Comptroller General.

Comptroller General Jones in his
annual report calls attention to the
State debt and the fact that in 1913
a large percentage of the bonds can
be refunded. The report says:
''The total State debt as appears by
the State treasurer's report is approx
imately $6,532,915.63, of which $5,-
613,7S1.69 is in AZ per cent. Brown
consol bonds and stocks. In 1913 the
State can exercise it's right to refund
the Brown consol bonds and stocks.
''The sinking fund has now on
hand, which could be applied to said
debt, $73S,00O. The amount which
will probably be on hand July, 1913,
will be 100000, which will be
duce the State debt by that amount.
We believe that the balance Of the
Brown consol debt can be refunded at
3h per cent. In refunding the debt,
corporations investing in such bonds
should not be exempt from taxation
on the amounts so invested, as it sim
ply shifts the taxes so exempted on
the people.-The State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
The Prohibition Question.

The house came very near stnmb-!
ling on the prohibition bill accidental
ly Friday and getting it through
without its author knowing what Wa1s
happening, and cutting OF all In the
tanks of hot air that have been load
ed up for that measure. It was In
the rush Of routine work in the OPEN
ing hours, the speakers desk was
cleared and the calendar taken up:
before the members knew exactly
what was happening. AS vote Waa!
being taken Mai. Richards caught on
and asked that the bill be passed over
for the time. He expected to haveI
some heavy ammunition after the
meeting of the Farmers Union. He
had no doubt of the passage OF the
bill in the house, but he wanted 1t.
well backed. It is No. S on the calen-s
dar. The fight on it will be the hrst
fight of the session.
The preliminary skirmish on pro-
hibition in the house Thursday really
forecasts nothing, the lines were not
strictly drawn. It is part of the pro-;
gram Of the prohibition workers TO;
deluge the legislature with petitions
from all over the State. The anti
prohibitionists and the economists OF;
the house together referred them TO-
the dispensary committee, which
may, after all, manage to get the:
names all in print, as it is the peti-
tions are just SO much lumber reach.:
ing the eyes of probably one or two
clerks. The expense of printing
would have been big item and for
that reason many who might nave
voted for prohibition would not stand
for the deluge. The amount Of prohi-
bition literature that is flooding the
State house now is very considerable,
and much Of it is very strong. There
is no telling as yet, how the vote will.
be, but it is pretty safe to say that
all the foods of eloquence on either
side or the other will not change
enough votes to affect the result.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
FELL FIFTEEN STORIES
And the Many Things He Thought
About in These Few Seconds.

L. E. Trout, who, with Charles Pep
perdine, fell from the fifteenth floor
of the Bank Of Commerce building,
thus describes the sensations while
falling to what he believed must be
instant death.
when the scaffold broke in the
middle | realized [ was too far from
the ropes which descended at either
end to seize one. I resigned myself
to fate. It took about two and one
half seconds to descend "a feet, or
halfway down. In those two seconds
l thought of enough things to make a
volume. My first thought was this:
will my wife forgive me for working
in a dangerous place and telling her
was working inside?' 1 wondered If
the news of my death would kill my
wife.
'then I wondered why did not
strike the bottom. It seemed that
had been in the air an hour, and J
longed to reach the bottom to end my
suspense. I knew that my companion
was ahead Of me in the descent
through space and I wondered what
luCE uS HdS having.
every unkind word I had ever ut
tered to my wife in little quarrels
stood before me as if painted in glar-
ing lines on billboard. They cut
me to the quick, and i thought how
differently would have acted If / had
known what a terrible death ind alb
rupt parting was coming. l wished
that instead of an instantaneous
death I might have a moment to COM
fort her, but I knew there was no
hope for that. And through all OF
my thoughts there ran as a sort OF
undertone feeling of wonder why
hung suspended in the air and could
not get to my journeys end.
my life from boyhood days was
revealed. I saw every act that have
done which I am ashamed of. / saw
the windows passing up and 1 knew
was not yet halfway down. Then
felt the rope in my hands burning
and cutting my flesh. The vibration
of the rope, which was fastened at
both ends, had carried it inward IL
feet at the middle, and in my light
ming like descent had happened to
make about half of my fall at the in
stant the rope came nearest me.
would have reached the bottom in
two-thirds of a second more.
81 heard Pepperdine strike and
scream. The pain in my hands made
me want to relinquish my hold, for
I thought that 1 would be killed any
way. But 1 decided to be game. Next
l saw sparks. I knew then that l
should see my wife again. 1 knew
that if death came it would not be
immediate. Then I lost consciousness.
kansas City special to Baltimore
American.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
Kearse News.

s Kearse Jan. 25.-The young people
Of the neighborhood met last Friday
evening at White Point school house
to organize a society to be known as
Timrod Literary Society. Our aim Is
to draw the people young and old, one
evening each week, together in So
cial way, also to have musical per-
formahces along with the literary
part of it. One evening in each
month will be given entirely over to
music and social features, and at the
end of two months the general public
will be entertained.
The following officers were elected:
President-Mr. B. ". Kearse.
Vice president-MissE Edna Chitty.
Secretary-Miss Ethel Kearse.
Treasurer-Miss Eloise Brabham.
Critic-Mr. w. H. Ritter.
Censor-Miss Ettie Kearse.
The program for next Friday even
ing will consist of the following:
Current Events-Horace Kearse.
Music-Miss Ettie Kearse.
Recitation-Miss Mildred Kearse.
Essay-Miss Edna Chitty.
Reading-Miss Eloises Brabham.
We have only few charter men,
bers, but hope to soon see more
names enrolled from time to time un-
til we have all in reach with us, as
only members will be eligible to at
tend the social functions given at the
end of each month.
Misses Ethel and Mildred Kearse
spent few days last week in Bambeg.
Mrs. G. E. Kearse entertained a
number of ladies last Thursday.
Miss Evelyn Brabham returned
home Monday, after spending several
weeks in Ellentcn with her sister.
Mrs. E. Walker and daughter, Miss
Reba, are visiting friends and rela-
tives in this neighborhood.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-28
PROHIBITION FIGHT ON.
Superintendent Harley and Other
Prominent Men Make Addresses.

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 21.-The
"drys" have launched their fight fol
Statewide prohibition before house
committee on dispensary and the SEN
ate committee on police regulations
(the new dispensary committee). A
number of prominent advocators OF
the measure were heard this after.
noon in the senate chamber.
Those who spoke were: Rev. J. L.
Harley, president of the Anti-Saloon
League of South Carolina; G. c.
Featherstone, of Laurens; Charlton
Durant, of Manning; Rev. J. w. Guy
of Spartanburg; C. A. Smith, chair
man of the committee appointed by
the Baptist Convention at Union; Dr.
u. F. Cody, of Greenville; J. J. Law
ton, of Hartsville; Rev. G. E. Burts
of Edgefield, also on behalf of the
committee of 25 appointed at the
Baptist convention in Union.
Big Crowd Attends.
The members of this committee
members of the house and senate and
a large audience, including many la
dies, were present at the public hear
ing.
In arguing for prohibition in this
State, Rev. Harley compared South
Carolina with her sister States. Ken
lucky has voted out whiskey in 96 out
of 119 counties; Tennessee has just
passed prohibition bill; Georgia,
Alabama, and Mississippi are prohibi-
ton, also North Carolina and Ken
lucky is to a large extent prohibition.
In this State, he claimed that in the
FL dispensary counties of the 100000
people, one-fourth are white and
three-fourths colored; that in the 21
prohibition counties the conditions
are reversed and he felt that the time
has come for the one-fourth whites In
the dispensary counties to come to
the aid of the prohibitionist majority.
He also claimed that if the subject
were put to vote in this State, the
people would vote for prohibition by
40, 900 majority.
Can Enforce Lew.
AS to the law, he claimed that the
law can be enforced just as much SO
as any other law upon the statute
books to-day, "if we have men with
backbone to do it," he added.
Rev. Harley attacked Charleston,
saying that the law was not being en-.
forced there now. That there are IA
dispensaries in Charleston, 361 Ii
censed blind tigers, besides numbers
of blind tigers that are unlicensed
He claimed also that there are twice
as many blind tigers in dispensary
counties as in prohibition counties.
Mr.. Featherstone made plea for
prohibition, giving in his arguments
the opinions of the State Supreme
Court justices and the United States
courts. He argued that no State has
the right to permit engaging in a
business that is injurious to the peo-
pie. ..s