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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
CITATION NOTICE.

The State Of South Carolina
County of Bamberg-By Geo. P.
Harmon, Esq, Judge Of Probate.
Whereas, Mrs. William F. Hughes
hatfT made suit to me to grant her
letters of administration of the es-
tate of and effects of Sam Beard;
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said Sam
Beard, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court Of
Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on
Saturday, April 1irn, next, after
publication thereof, at II o'clock in
the forenoon, to show cause, II any
they have, why the said administra-
ton should not be granted.
Given under my hand this End
day of April, A. D., 1909.
GEO, P. HARMON,
Judge OF Probate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
SENTENCE FOR NEGRO.
Washington Given 25 Years for Mis-
treating White Woman.

Philadelphia, Pa, April Given
ty-fve years Imprisonment IN the
Eastern penitentiary and $4,000
fine was the sentence imposed by
Judge Barratt here to-day when
George Washington, a negro, was
convicted of holding Mrs. Ella Cur
tin. white, a prisoner in his room
and i'll treating and robbing her.
Mrs. Curtin went to the negro's
home to make arrangements to have
her trunks moved to storage house.
She alleged that Washington kept
her a prisoner in his room from
March 25 to 20. She was rescued
by the police, who had been notified
of the matter by another negro
roomer in the house. The woman,
hospital physicians testified to-day,
is a physical wreck as the result OF
her experience. Several times while
testifying to-day to the revolving ma
ture of her experiences she collapsed
on the stand. The jury quickly con-
victed Washington and he was given
the full penalty Of the law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
SHOOTING NEAR UNGER'S.
Anderson Brothers Probably Fatally
Wounded by John Warren.

Saluda, April Sin the early
hours of Sunday morning two miles
east of Saluda, near Unger's, John
Warren shot John Anderson and
"Bige'' Anderson, brothers, and it is
very probable both of them will die
from the wounds. Details as to the
cause of the shooting are unobtain-
able. Warren and the Andersons
are young white men and until now
were never known to be in any serl-
Gus trouble.
DR.. O. P. Wise was called to at
tend the wounded men about three
o'clock Sunday morning and found
one of them near Warren's house
with sheet spread over him, and
further down the road in the edge
of the field, with a quilt over him,
lay the other wounded man. Both
of them had bled profusely and were
almost dead from loss of blood and
the cold to which they were exposed.
One of the Andersons was shot from
the front, the ball passing through
the lung. The other one was shot
from the rear and the ball likewise
passed through his lung.
Each of them had one wound
only. Neither of the wounded men
has anything much to say about the
affair.
It is not known where Warren is.
1t is said his coat is pretty badly
cut.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Illicit Distillery Raided.

Bennettsvile, April 6.-H. P.
Meekins, the local United States
deputy marshal, who is most eff
cient official, a few days ago located
an Illicit distillery in the sand hills
of this county. He notified Revenue
Agent Wallace, of Columbia, and he
arrived here on last nights 10
o'clock train and was met by Deputy
Meekins. These two officials, with a
small posse, proceeded Is miles into
the sand hills, where, with little
trouble, they discovered the still. 1t
is of 100 gallons capacity, and was
already charged with mash, con-
venient for an early run.
No one was at the still at the time
of the capture. The officials cut the
copper still to pieces and destroyed
all the mash and other contraband
stuff. This sand hill section on the
North and South Carolina line has
for more than 100 years been the
rendezvous of moonshiners.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Cuts Wife's Throat.

Asheville, N. c., April 3.-While
his wife lay i'll, Lawrence Conley,
who lives about three miles from Ma
rion, attempted to kill her by slash
ing her throat with her razor. She is
in a precarious condition but may re-
cover.
Her ten-day-old child was in the
bed with her when the attempt was
made on her life, but was uninjured.
Conley escaped and has not been
found, though officers are searching
for him. He was always regarded
as a peaceable character and no mo-
tive for his act can be ascribed.
AS far as is known, the husband
and wife had never quarreled. Mrs.
Conley was a Miss Corpening and
comes of a prominent family.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Insurance is Your
OPPORTUNITY

Master of human destinies am 1!
Peace, Love and Plenty on my
footsteps wait.
Cities and fields I walk. I penetrate
Remotest recesses, and passing by
Home, factory and Office, soon or Late
1 knock unbidden once and quote
the rate.
If sleeping, wake-if dreaming,
rouse before
/ turn away. 1t is the hour Of fate.
To provide for loved ones an estate,
Insure NOW, and conquer every foe,
Fen death; but those who doubt or
hesitate
Engender failure, penury and woe,
Then seek in vain, and uselessly Inn
plore.
Insure at once-I may return no
more"
MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE,
M. w. BRABHAM, Agt.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
KILLED BY SISTER-IN.LAW.
Amos Shot by Mrs. William Camp
bell-Dead Man Unarmed.

Roanoke, Va, April "a special
from Buena Vista, Va, says Henry
w. Amos, of that place, was to-day
shot and killed by his sister-in-law,
Mrs. William Campbell. Amos wife
recently left him and went to the
Campbell home to live with her sis
ter. When Amos returned to Buena
Vista to-day from Richmond he call
ed at the Campbell residence and
sought a reconciliation with his wife.
The latter refused to go with her
husband and a quarrel followed.
Mrs. Campbell fired several shots
from revolver at Amos, none Of
them taking effect She then secured
a shotgun and discharged it at
Amos at close range, the contents
taking effect in Amos body, killing
him. 1t is said Amos was not armed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
busticated and the winding-up COM

busticated and the winding-up COM
mission is now ''it.'
w. J. Murray, John McSween and
Avery Patton are the only three
members of it in good standing, two
others, Messrs. Henderson and
Arthur, having resigned to take posi-
tions as receivers, which jobs they
Will not now need any longer. Gov.
Ansel will have to appoint two 9TH
ers.
The commission will have about
sS0O,OO0 to disburse and they may
probe to the very bottom all the
claims. If they find any fraud has
been committed, they may refuse to
ray the claims, and Attorney General
Lyon may have a chance to put
somebody in jail.-Zach McGhee, in
Columbia State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Thursday, April 8, 1909
SKILL IN CRIME.
Notable Race Between the Burglar
and the Inventor.

Crime keeps pace with civilization,
changes in the habits and customs or
mankind lead to new offenses, while
some good old stand-bys have be-
come unpopular. First, some eau
tious person invented an iron burg
lar-proof safe; Immediately, declares
writer in Appleton's, the cracks
man invented himself. This declar-
ed a war of wits between the safe
maker and the safe-breaker. The
door to the original safe fitted in
straight, like any ordinary door.
They were so easy to open, by means
of a jimmy, that they did not fur
nish the burglar with common
amusement. 1t was unsportsman-
like. The wedge-shaped door was
somewhat more difficult, until the
cracksman found a way to manage
It. Then Mr.. Inventor devised a
combination lock, and thought ne
had utterly outwitted the thief. But
the no less ingenious thief bought
him one, and mercilessly studied out
its weakness. At first he did not at
tempt to break the lock, but devoted
himself to blowing it open. Thls
was child's play. He puttied up the
crack all the way around the door,
except tiny hole at top and bottom.
At the bottom hole he set a small
shelf of very fine powder. To the
top hole he attached vacuum
pump. By exhausting the air from
the safe he created a strong current
at the lower hole, which sucked in
the poWder. Then he fired the safe.
That was all.
The safemaker met this advanced
method by corrugating the door to
his safe and fitting it with rubber,
so as to make it air tight. The
cracksman took another twist in his
art, used acid, destroyed the rubber
and again blew open the safe. AS
safe doors were made harder and
harder, so did Mr.. Cracksman make
his drills of finer and finer temper.
But all of these methods were accom-
panied by more or less noise, and
the cracksman dislikes notoriety.
So he began to experiment with the
combination lock and speedily found
a means to open it. The cracksman
took the little finger on his left hand
and kept it bandaged fol- weeks so
as to make it highly sensitive to the
touch. Then he pared his nail down
into the very quick, laying the nerve
centres bare. Thus without drills or
powder he was able to. open a safe
by placing the sensitive end of his
finger against the lock, while ne
slowly turned the combination. So
keen and delicate had his sense OF
touch become that he could feel
when each tumbler dropped into po-
-sition. The safe would be opened,
rifled and closed again, leaving no
sign to show how the trick was
turned. The cracksman was tickled
nightly with the mystery and be-
wilderment he left behind him.
The shoemaker invented new
safes, one after another, which could
not be broken in the same old way;
the high-grade cracksman bought
them, one after another, took them
to his quiet workshop, studied every
detail of their construction, and
found new ways to break them. Neck
to neck ran the armorplate of protec-
ton and the high-power guns OF at
fack
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08

For Mayor.-Realizing his ex-
ecutive ability and his eminent fit
ness for the position, the many
friends of J. Aldrich Wyman nomi-
nate him for the position of Mayor
at the approaching municipal elec-
ton. He will fill the position with
credit and give US safe, sound,
business administration.
MANY FRIENDS.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
MOTHER TO JOIN LEPER.
Mrs. Thomas to Live on Penekese Is
Land With Afflicted Son.

Upton, Mass, April 1.-Devotion
to her 17-year-old son, Archibald,
who last week was pronounced a
leper and removed to the State col
ony on Penekese island, will carry
Mrs. Emma Thomas to the isolated
settlement to give herself up to the
care of the diseased young man.
Thomas contracted leprosy in the
Barbados.
Mrs. Thomas, widow, to-day began
arrangements for selling all of her
personal property. AS soon as this
is completed she will 60 to Penekese,
the State authorities having granted
her permission to make her home
there.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
ORIENTAL METHODS.
A Turkish Liberal Strangled and His
Head Sent to Abdu1-Hamid.

In a recent number of the Ameri-
can Magazine, N. G.. Adossides wrote,
from personal observations and pri-
vate knowledge, remarkable char
acter sketch Of the sultan of Turkey.
Among other things he told story
of how the sultan is known to have
taken human life with his own
hands. The article was called in
question by a Pittsburg critic. Here
is a part of Mr.. Adossides's answer:
Il ask you before going further, If
you. know the sultan personally. If
you answer yes, then I shall hasten
to reply that if his majesty has en-
chanted and delighted you with his
cunning, charming manner, you are
not the only dupe of Abdul-Hamid,
as hundreds of people that l could
enumerate to you have been in the
same manner deceived by this tricky,
genial, Asiatic despot. The sultan's
cruel and criminal policy is nothing
to the world. I shall even call it a
history of the past which has been
stigmatized by all fair people of hu-
name feeling that love justice and
freedom.
Il should rather advise you to
read the Blue Books of the British
foreign Office published in 1905,
1906 and 1907, and also become fa-
miliar with the speechec by the
great old Mr.. Gladstone; in the
house of commons as prime minister
of Great Britain he had the courage
to call Abdul-Hamid the greatest as
sassin of all assassins.'
"Can you deny to me, sir, the Ar
menian massacres, or are you aware
that 100000 people have been ami
hilated by Abdul-Hamid and his
odious, criminal camarilla? If you
do not deny the Armenian massacres,
how then, can you defend Abdul
Hamid, and be astonished for my
saying that he has killed this young
Circassan odalisque for tri1ing in
cident which l have described in this
article of mine and which was. mar
rated to me by Turkish ambassador
now abroad at one of the European
courts, who was on duty in the lob
bies of the palace the night of the
occurrence.
Besides, sir, you must not forget
that not only the Armenians have
suffered by this tyranny of political
and racial suffocation. The Moham-
medans also, the Turks themselves,
have endured untold agonies of
which the world knows little; but
the time is coming when these things
will become public for the benefit of
all.
81 advise you to read the memoirs
of the great Liberal Prime Minister
Midhat Pasha, the father Of the Otto
man constitution, personal friend
of my late father, with whom he had
worked a great many years, and let
ters of whom are to-day in my pos
session. I advise you to read this
book, because I want you to read the
story told by his son as how his
father, Midhat Pasha, was strangled
and his head sent to Abdul-Hamid,
in order that he would be certain
that this great, liberal man, an OBJ
stacle to himself, had disappeared.
Before closing I must add that
you are one of the very, very few de-
tenders of Abdul-Hamid left on the
surface of the earth. His greatest
rascals, who have stolen and robbed
him for thirty years, hate him. We
have suffered too much in order not
to be irritated at the idea that
Abdul-Hamid could be defended.' =.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08

Shingles For Sale.-I have on
hand an extra choice lot of cypress
shingles, and can fill any size order.
Can make prompt delivery.
w. H. FOLK,
Colston, S. G..
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REGISTRATION NOTICE.
. BANIBERG, S. G.


Please take notice that the NUM-
cipal Books for Registration for the
town of Bamberg are now open, and
those qualified electors Of the county
of Bamberg, residing within the in
corporate limits of the said town, de-
string certificates of municipal regis
tration, will apply to me for such
certificates before May 1st, A. D.,
1909. A. M. BRABHAM,
Supervisor of Registration.
Bamberg, s. c., April /, 1909.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08

Hay For Sale.-I have for sale
about ten tons of fine pea vine hay,
in bales. This hay is at Denmark,
and my son will be there every Sat-
urday to deliver to customers.
J. T. GRIFFITH,
Bamberg S. G.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08

For Sale.-Selected Eden and
Watson watermelon seed. Apply to
G. R. BRABHAM, Bamberg, S. C.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08

For Sale.-Extra fine thorough
bred Jersey cow, giving with first
calf 2h gallons per day. She's
beauty. Apply to H. w. JOHNSON,
Bamberg, s. G..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Under This Head 25c'
For 25 Words or Less.

For Mayor.-The Herald is au-
thorized to announce the candidacy
of Mr.. J. D. Fielder for mayor at the
approaching municipal election.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08


certain funds and as such was on
the same footing exactly as trustees
of any other funds. Upon this point
the supreme court in its decision
says:
considering the text Of the wind
ing up act, we are of the opinion
that there is no just ground for the
conclusion that the State, in pro-
viding by that legislation for the
liquidation of the affairs of the dis
pensary, intended to divest itself of
it's rights of property in the assets
of that governmental agency and to
endow the commission with a right
and title to the property which
placed it so beyond the control of
the State as to authorize a judicial
tribunal to take the assets of the
State out of the hands of those Sc
lected to manage the same, and by
means of receiver to administer
such assets as property affected by a
trust, irrevocable in its nature, and
thus to dispose of the same without
the presence of the State"
That being a fair sample of the
long drawn out style Of the decision,
1 will give no more. The supreme
court Justices are not unlike other
lawyers in the habit Of using about
II words to every really necessary
one.
Receivership "Slambusticated."
Just take it from me then that
the receivership and the injunction
of Judge Pritchard are both slam
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
John Doe'' in Court.

. way has been found, +" it is an
nounced, whereby libel suit may be
prosecuted against the World for
printing alleged scandal against the
Government in reference to the Pana-
ma Canal deal Just what this way
is, has not yet appeared, but the first
effort at legal proceedings we're mys-
teriously in the name Of "John Doe'
and many indictments were quashed
simply because Of the omission Of the
real names Of the complainant and
defendant. It is variously rumored
that some ancient act, possibly pre-
ceding the Alien and Sedition acts,
will be brought forth from its moth
eaten decay and made to serve the
exigencies of the Indignation Of Mr..
Roosevelt against Mr. JOS. Pulitzer,
editor of the World. In his urgency
to muzzle the newspapers, the Presi-
dent will not find much sympathy. In
libel suits, as Of explanations it
might be said that they are needless
to convince friends, apd-s enemies won t
believe in your innocence, anyhow.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28

of rich land said to have belonged to
the Indians, but obtained from them
through fraud. There has undoubt-
edly been much rottenness in the Ter
ritory. In many places land of COM
paratively slight value was suddenly
discovered to be an oil field Of meal
culable wealth. Great temptation ex-
listed to get these lands away from
the wards of the nation before they
knew anything of their worth. Many
prominent and wealthy citizens are
included in the fraud eases, and an
other shower-bath Of oil is not unlike
ly in the case of Gov. Haskell. The
development of the cases will be
watched with interest.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
Farmers Union Convention.

A meeting of the Georgia F. u men
was held at the Capitol in Atlanta last
week. Plans for warehousing cotton
and bulling the market were discussed,
and similar state meetings are being
held all through the South. It is all
right to meet and talk over the situa-
ton, but there must come a time when
the farmers will have to act, quickly
and concertedly. The cotton, manu-
facturers from New England to Tex
as act with electrical speed, take adj
vantage Of every crook and turn.
United for the same purposes, they
trust to mutually Of interest to in
sure fair-dealing with each other.
The isolation Of the farm is account
able for the hesitancy with which
many cotton growers allow the time
for action to pass. But with good pa
pers, reliable leaders and the natural
monopoly of world-necessity, the
time should come when the voice Of
the T. U. should control the price Of
farm products.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
The Commission Method.

If the people Of these United States
are ever at a loss for a new need for
increased taxation, it may always be
met by the appointment at their ex-
pense Of another commission" to in
vestigate something, somewhere. The
latest idea is to spend about $4,000
as a starter for a commission to in
vestigate Liberia. 1t seems passing
strange that with all the highly in
telligent, cultivated, noble and patri-
otto coons who have been handling the
Liberian Republic" this last long
while, that there are not enough Of
them to write some authentic reports
OF their progress, if we must continue
to foster the African, in America and
in his native bailiwick. AS the Balti-
more Sun remarks = A handful of
Dutch colonists established and main
tanned an efficient republic in Africa,
although surrounded by millions of
savage blacks. Can not the civilized
American negro accomplish a task
analogous to that from which the in
telligence and courage Of a compare
lively few white men Of Dutch an
cestry did not shrink?" But even in
this, the Sun is not strictly correct,
for the type Of savages with which the
Beers had to contend were of fierce
bravery, under chiefs treacherous and
ferocious to a degree unequalled even
by the American Indian. How kraal
after kraal was "stamped fiat" by
the Zulus forms a history of slender
handful Of white men and not less he
role white women overcoming almost
superhuman odds. The Liberian ne
gro has nothing Of this sort to con-
tend with. 1t is a plain case Of his
own reversion to type and why "com-
Missions should follow him there
passes comprehension except as af-
fording fine salary and pleasant
trip for favored few.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28

unemployed might forget to be hun
cry or cold Let US adopt the meth
DDS Of ancient Rome as quickly as pos
sible. 1t is such folly to let history
teach anything, or listen to the warn
ings of experience. Imperial splen-
dor 's.the thing to promote human hap
piness. Let taxation continue to play
the hold-up game.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
Hold-up Game.

Despite warning and general public
feeling against such step, the next
Presidents salary will be doubled,
giving to him 100000 per year. 1t
is to be hoped that the clerk, the farm
er, the laborer-who pinch and screw
along at an average of $500 to $500
per year will take real pleasure in the
advance of royal splendor in the
White House With few big pro-
cessions and public games, even the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
The Carmack Case.

The trial of the Coopers, father
and son, for the murder Of ex-Sena-
tor Carmack, is going on this week.
Tennessee has been exhibiting justice
of the ''stern" order lately and the
outcome of the trial will be awaited
with interest everywhere, and
feverish excitement in the State con-
cerned, where the Carmack and Pat
terson factions are about equally di-
vided.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
Gould Not Accomplish the Impossible.

VOu1U 1VU EACCUIHPI1SH JLV 1HpUSSIDI6.
The fate of Russia s generals seems
very sad inded. Admiral Rojestven-
sky has just died of neuralgia Of the
heart, which may be another term for
broken heart; Generals Stoessel and
Nebagatof with several other officers
of high rank are lingering as unhap-
Ply prisoners in the fortress of st. Pc
tersburg. The only crime chargeable
against these men are having failed
in the face of superhuman odds.