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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
BIGHAM READY TO OBEY.
Says Refusal to Go to Newman Was
Not Defiance.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 2.-Dr. R. J..
Bigham, who had been stopping at
the kimball for two days, returned
to Newman this afternoon. There
has been some speculation here, as
to what was the real purpose of DR..
Bigham's visit During much of
the time he shut himself in his room
and denied himself to visitors. When
reporters insisted upon seeing him,
he would finally agree to talk over
the hotel telephone. He declared that
he had many plans in mind, but was
not yet ready to divulge them.
In another respect, there was
something that excited curiosity in
his conduct While, yesterday, he
declared positively that he would not
go back to Newman, declaring that he
had written Bishop Hendrix to chat
effect, to-day he was more moderate
in his tone. Just before returning to
Newman, he said that things were not
ripe for him to talk yet, but he eX-
pected to have something of interest
to say at the proper time. This led
to a rumor that he might withdraw
from the conference but there is no
foundation for the rumor in what he
said for publication.
DR.. Bigbam declared to-day that
misconstruction had been placed
upon the attitude he took yesterday
in declining to return to Newman as
pastor. He declared that he had not
placed himself in the position of de-
flying the bishop.
Far from it," he continued. II
stand ready now to go anywhere the
bishop wishes to send me, no mat
ter how undesirable the charge might
appear to be. 1 would go to the
Ocmulgee or any other circuit, if
Bishop Hendrix so ordered"
would you go back to Newnan?"
he was asked.
"Yes,'' he replied, after a pause, 81
would even go there, if the bishop
insisted that l should do so. be-
lieve that l could be of. greater SER
vice to the church in another field.
think it is unfair to the Newman
that I should be sent
back there, but, if the bishop per-
sists in his orders that I should go,
here is no alternative for me as a
loyal Methodist minister, but to
obey."
DR.. Bigham spent much of his
lime here yesterday and to-day in
with his friends upon his
present troubles. He evidently feels
deeply the humilations that have
been placed upon him here and in
Augusta.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Liquor House Disgorges.

I. TRACER, a prominent liquor man
ufacturer of Cincinnati and a native
of Columbia, has made restitution to
the State of South Carolina in the
sum of $4,000 for graft he got from
the State in the days of the old State
dispensary.
This action was not unexpected.
However, Attorney General Lyon was
q little bit astonished in the size OF
the check. He would have had 1t
larger, but one of the officials OF the
State to whom Trager paid graft has
passed beyond the reach of summons
and subpoena and the attorneys for
the State accepted the best settlement
they could get.
Y This negotiation has been a1oat for
some time. The State of South Caro-
lima owed Trager not one cent when
the State dispensary was closed.
The restitution he has made, there
fore, has been based upon his trans
action hitherto considered closed and,
in the parlance of the streets, is n
dead pick up
Like the Bernheim Distilling COM
pany, Trager was forced to settle by
some powerful pressure not now
known to the public-and there are
other liquor houses in the same cate
CORY. A number of them, it is said,
will be made to disgorge. When
Bernheim paid the State $4,000 in
September the fact was widely pub
lished, and Bernheim made strenuous
denial in the Louisville papers.
He was finally brought around it is
related, when he found out that the
Louisville firm had really disgorged
the 100000 under pressure put on
by Col. Fielder and associates.-Co-
lumbia State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
HEYWOOD JOHNSON
BAMBERG, 8. G.
CITATION NOTICE.

The State of South Carolina
County of Bamberg-By Geo. P. Har.
mon, Esq, Judge Of Probate.
Whereas, c. R. Brabham, Jr., hath,
made suit to me to grant him letters
of administration of the estate OF
and effects of Haynes Barnes:
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kim
dred and creditors of the said Hayne
Barnes, deceased, that they be and
appear before me In the Court
of Probate, to be held at
Bamberg on Saturday, Dec. II, next,
after publication thereof, at IL
o'clock in the forenoon, to sh wv
cause, if any they have, why the said
administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
goth day of November, A. D., 1903.
GEO. P. HARMON.
Judge of Probate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
The Cook of HObOken.

Police Commissioner Baker, of
New York, anent a policeman who
had made a particularly daring and
successful arrest, said:
"He got his man by working out
his clue with daring logic. He didn't
let any timidity stand in his way.
He didn't, out of false delicacy, hesl-
tate like the Hoboken cook.
"A Hoboken man whose hen roost
had been robbed said to the cook:
"'See here, Lily, sleeping as close
to the hennery as you do, didn't you
hear those chicken thieves last
night?'
Lilly hesitated and then she STAN
mered:
eyes, sir. 1 certainly did hear
them chickens hollerin', and l heard
mems voices
"'Why in thunder then didn't you
do something's
Lilly burst into tears.
"'Oh,' she sobbed, 4 knowed my
old poppy was out there in that hen
coop, and l wouldn't have had him
think I'd lost confidence in him fol
all the chickens in the world"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
MERGER SUIT CONTINUED.
Southern Railway Case Goes Over
Until Another Term.

The Southern railway merger
suit has been continued according
to a statement by Attorney General
Lyon. The continuance was allowed
on motion of B. L. Abney. division
counsel of the road on account of the
illness of Comptroller Plant of the
Southern railway, who is the princi-
pal witness for the railroad. Mr..
Plant recently underwent very serl-
Gus operation and has not yet re-
covered. 1t is understood that the
attorney generals office was prepared
to try the case at this term OF court.
The case had been previously set Tor
trial on December 9.
The suit is the case of the State of
South Carolina against Southern
Railway Company, or what is known
as the merger suit" brought to test
the validity of the leases by the
Southern of the Carolina Midland,
now that part of the Southern ex-
tending between Columbia and the
Georgia line in the direction of Sa-
vannah; of the South Carolina and
Georgia road, which is now the
Southern's line between Branchville
and Augusta; the South Carolina and
Georgia extension, the Southern's
between Camden and the North Caro-
lima line in the direction of Marion;
and the Spartanburg and Union line,
the Southern's route from Alston by
Union and Spartanburg from Colum-
bia to Asheville.
=. Associated with the attorney gen
eral are G. D. Bellinger and K. H.
Welch, while the Southern's general
counsel and other railroad attorneys
will assist Division Counsel B. l..
Abney for the railroad. When the
case was last called for trial, on
December 13, 1907, at which time
Judge Klugh granted Attorney Gen
eral Lyons motion to discontinue
the action at that time for the pur-
pose of bringing broader suit
The State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Negro Kills White Man.

Augusta, Ca, Dec. 2.-Charles
Major, a negro farm hand, shot and
killed Clifford Holly, a young white
man at Cough, Ca, this afternoon
about dark. The shooting grew out
of a quarrel between the white man
and the negro, which was begun sew
eral days ago. The white people of
Georgia are incensed at the shooting
and are hunting for the negro. There
may be a lynching if he is caught.
It seems that the negro Major and
mother negro, Rias Walker, started
the quarrel and that Clifford Holly
and his father took a hand. The
Hollys took the part Of the negro
Walker, and Major seeing that he
was outnumbered used Winchester
rifle with deadly effect.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Toys for the Children.

We have a larger stock than ever,
all good ones-not the cheap kind,
although the prices are reasonable.
Toys for the boys and girls. Automo-
biles Picture Books, Story Books,
Building Blocks, Doll Furniture, Tar
gets, Driving Reins, Engines, Musical
Toys, Washing Sets, Indian and Sol
dier suits, Doll Beds and Hammocks,
Baby Rattles, Animal Blocks, Toy Pi'
amos and Organs, Tea Sets, Stoves,
Sewing Machines, Whips, Air Rifles,
Ten Pin Alleys, Wagons, Wheelbar.
rows, and a general line. Space is not
sufficient to mention everything.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Woman Acquitted of Murder.

Dawson, Ca, December 3.-Mrs.
L: J. Atkinson was this morning ac-
quilted on charge of murder, the
jury being out exactly twelve hours.
Mrs. Atkinson received the congratu-
lations of a host of women friends
who crowded about her and almost
carried her from the court room.
Intense interest centered in the
case. The woman was charged with
placing strychnine in coffee served
her brother-in-law, VIM. Glaze, who
lived with the Atkinsons. Glaze was
reputed to be rich.
The woman maintained calm de-
meanor throughout the trial, and ex-
pressed the belief until the announce
ment of the verdict that she would
be cleared of the charge.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
HUNTER SHOOTS COMPANIONS.
Boy Nimrod i'm Indiana Wounds Two
Comrades.

South Bend, Ind, December 81
s.I'm going to shoot both of you,'
said Clarence Lichty, 1 4 years old, to
his companions, Daniel Foster and
William Mccormick, as they stood
close together, not thinking that he
meant what he said. Lichty fired a
load of buckshot and brought down
both boys. Foster is in critical
condition, but Mccormick is not
seriously hurt.
Lichty, who is held by Probation
Officer Miller, said that he was seized
with a sudden unexplainable impulse
to shoot at his companions.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Woman on Trial for Murder.

Dawson, Ca, Dec. 2.-With more
than so women in attendance and
the Terrell county court room packed
with interested men of all ages, Mrs.
L. J. Atkinson was to-day placed on
trial for the murder of her brother
in-law, Will Glaze, rich bachelor.
The alleged crime was committed
August "a of this year. The woman
appeared in court dressed in deep
black, with her husband and father.
A jury was secured with but little
difficulty. Testimony by which the
State attempted to show that the de-
fendant placed strychnine in Glaze's
coffee was introduced. An autopsy
showed that Glaze died from strych-
nine poisoning.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Second Fire Visits College.

Winter Park, Fla, Dec. 2.-For
the second time in three years Rol-
lins college was at 2 o'clock this
morning visited by disastrous fire
which completely destroyed Knowles
hall. Professors and students work
ed side by side with lines of hose
and managed to save Pinehurst, situ-
ated within few yards from the
burning building but not before 1t
had been badly scorched. Knowles
hall was one of the first buildings
erected on the campus, being gift
of the late F. S. Knowles, of Wor-
cester, Mass. 1t contained the
chapel, recitation rooms and scientific
apparatus and collections.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Negro Shoots His Wife.

Anderson, S. c., Dec. bob
Wright, colored, shot and killed his
wife in Martin township early to-day,
a shot gun being the weapon used.
The load entered the woman's body
near the heart and caused almost in
stant death.
Wright was arrested in Abbeville
after a chase and brought to jail
here. He and his wife had been
separated, but had gone back to-
gether and were spending the night
at a neighbor's. About two o'clock
the inmates were aroused by the re-
port of the gun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Gifts!
Following our usual policy, we Of

Following our usual policy, we Of
fer at this early date a complete as
sortment of Christmas novelties.
This collection includes a wide range
of varieties and are of undoubted
artistic merit and value. All our
special selection-unmatche in any
particular by any other stock in this
town. In fact you can't find any
where else in town anything like the
large assortment you will find here.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Blow to Race Gambling.

San Francisco, Dec. 2.-The State
supreme court sustained to-day the
validity of the Walker-Otis anti-bet-
ting law when it refused to issue a
writ of habeas corpus for the dis
charge of Charles Brown, who was
arrested November 22nd at the
Emeryville race track for accepting a
bet.
The Walker-Otis measure, passed
at the last session of the legislature,
is almost Identical with the New
York laws.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Fancy China & Cut Glass.

In these Lines we have a handsome
assortment. Salad Bowls, Celery
Dishes, Bowls, Tea and Coffee Sets,
Fancy Vases, Pitchers, Tumblers, and
a number of other useful and pretty
articles. The line will bear inspec-
ton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
BOOKS.


for the children and older folks,
Nothing makes a nicer present. Our
line for children, boys and girls Is
especially strong. We also have a
nice lot of Christmas Cards from sc
to zoe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09

The Postal Telegraph company, of
which Mr.. Chas D. Fielder is local
manager, has moved its Office to the
new brick building next door to the
post Office
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Fine Pictures.

Beautiful line of pictures expected
this week. They are the kind that
have not been carried in Bamberg
heretofore.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
OPENING BIDS.

Bids will be received by the board
Of county commissioners for Bam-
berg county for the painting OF the
roofs of the court house and Jail, cal
camining court house and jail, and
other repairs. Specifications can be
seen at Supervisors Office. Bids will
be closed on Monday, December goth.
1909. The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
J. B. KEARSE,
H. D. FREE, Supervisor.
Clerk.
Bamberg, S. c., Dec. /, 1909.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09

1t was a wise saying of James
divers, Happy is the land that is
titled by the man who owns it," and
the great need of the South to-day
is to encourage the holding Of small
farms by white farmers. We repeat,
that we say this in no i'll will to the
negro,-in fact, it should not be
necessary for us to say this, because
no one else in the South has preached
more persistently than we the doc
trine that it is the intelligent, pros
porous negro who helps, and the ig-
norant, poverty-breeding negro who
makes us all poorer,-but we say
this for the good of white and black
alike because the best interests of
both races demand that the rural
South maintain it's large white popu-
lation. Unless this IS done the negro
himself will not progress as rapidly
as he will with white guidance, and
unless this is done the cities of the
South must also inevitably go back
ward.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09

people of the Cotton Belt.
In this connection, there is an
other thing that ought to be men
toned, and that is the problem OF
immigration. The Farmers Union
and other farmers organizations are
right in protesting against the COM
ing of large numbers of Italians,
Russians, Hungarians, Poles, etc.
This would only make bad matter
worse, and complicate matters still
further What would help, however,
is the coming of a large number OF
wide-awake Northern and Western
farmers, buying small farms among
US and making their farms object
lessons in stock raising and other
lines of diversified agriculture. These
Northern and Western farmers will
also set good example for ou1
Southern people in that they are
ready to do any and all kinds Of
work with their own hands, entirely
independent of hired labor. AS 8
Southerner, reared on the farm and
descendant of generations of South
ern farmers, we must confess the
need of our people at this point, and
the help that we would get here from
an increased number of wide-awake
Western settlers beside the aid the!
would render in keeping up the bal
ance of population between the two
races in the South and preventing
the predominance of a colored farm
ing population, which, we repeat
would be undesirable for both whites
and blacks and ruinous 70 Our section
as a whole-Progressive Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
SiVerware.

We have several handsome pieces
in quadruple plate, butter dishes,
bread plates, crumb trays, cream
pitchers, sugar dishes, spoon holders,
coffee sets, etc. We will sell these at
great bargains.
No matter what you want, come to
see us. We can supply your wants
in holiday goods. Not near all the
stock is mentioned here. Come in
and look. Costs nothing.
HERALD BOOK STORE
BAMBERG, s. G.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09

Remember, we have no i'll will to-
wards the cotton manufacturers; we
have no i'll will toward the negro.
We do realize very strongly how
ever, that the safety of the South
depends upon the presence of large
white rural population. The drift
from the farms to the cotton mills
not only affects this directly, but also
indirectly, because when once the
population of a community becomes
predominantly negro, the small num-
Der of white people left may be
forced to move out in order to find
sufficient numbers for a society of
their own.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09

We urge every white tenant-farm-
er, and especially every white man
who for any reason is thinking of
becoming somebody's hired man in
town instead of owning his home in
the country, to buy land. The great
plantations of the South, for the good
of our section as a whole, must be
broken up. We must encourage the
spirit of home owning, with every
man sitting under his own vine and
fig tree, and we must especially en-
courage the development of great
class of small white farmers.
The saving of the rural South to
the white race is one of the most
important problems now before the
people of the Cotton Belt.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Saving the Rural South to the White
Race.

we nope we nave seen dUOuL LuS
last of Southern white farmers leav-
ing the farm to take work in cotton
mills. We are anxious to see the
manufacturing enterprises of the
South build up. but we are more
anxious to see the farm lands of the
South held by prosperous small white
farmers. and to see these small white
farmers have their part in the great
agricultural awakening now going
on.
Someone has wisely said that in all
ages and in all countries the men or
the classes who own the land sooner
or later make themselves the aris-
tocracy of that country. We have
not come to this condition so rapidly
in America as in other countries, be-
cause of the abundance Of cheap land
resulting from the newness Of the
settlement and the sparseness of
population as yet; but in the long
run the history of other countries
must be repeated here.
These thoughts came very forcibly
to mind as we rode through cotton
mill village the other day and saw
it's hundreds of white employees
men, women and children-who
have left the farm to become the
homeless hirelings of the cotton
manufacturers. The negroes, find
ing no place in manufacturing for
them are left on the farm and are
becoming land-holders in rapidly in
creasing numbers. Prof. w. E.
Dubois, a prominent Georgia negro
educator, has just published map
showing that since 1900 Georgia ne
groes have increased their land-hold-
ings from S550,000 to 100000
acres, and now own within the State
of Georgia alone an area larger than
the entire State of Delaware.
Not only this, but the negro chill
dren are going to school and develop
ing healthy bodies in the open air
and healthy surroundings of country
life instead of being shut up in the
cotton mill, overworked, under-edu-
Gated, and poorly developed physi-
the tendency must be in
all cotton mills so long as the legis-
latures of the South are too subser-
Went to the less humane mill owners
to enact needed laws for restricting |
child labor in the mills-the less
humane mill owners, we say, be-
cause there are many thoughtful and |
far-seeing mill owners who heartily |
favor stricter regulations.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
FROM.
F. W. Wagner & Co.

Sold in Bamberg by II. G. Folk
and G.. A. Ducker; In Denmark by i.
B. Gillian, Jr., and Still Bros.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-12-09
Shoe & Harness Repairing

For first-class Shoe and Harness
repairing of all kinds, call on me. I
make new harness of all kinds,
brides, halters, etc. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Shop on Main street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20

E. s.. Burke to Howard 8. Folger. for st
Lawrence River service.
The Jo3 foot auxiliary schooner yacht Elfay
was originally A, Bryan Alleys Oonas ii.
She made the excellent time Of three. weeks
hitting he. out at bay Ridge,
The IS foot twin screw motor. yacht Mo-
komis, the, Rev. j. X. bourgeois to W. b.
Shisolm. who has taken her to Southern
The 90 foo, motor launch Silver Heels.
Charles j Sheldon to J. Rogers Maxwell.
for Q tender to his other yachts.
nanoa. Francis L. Field to George r. Newell.
Mr.; Newell has taken the yacht to Lake On
VT, The IS foot fss, cruising motor yacht
The Vim has gone to Lake Michigan.
Robert ass f Bacon ts ? say ". Sc M. .sHss5 adarrif VI
Larrikin is about to leave for Chicago BY
way way { q the Erie Canal: through which she
waldo Z. FORBES to j E. r. RStter, n
The 6S foot motor, yacht Friendship,
ern New York waters.
The hunting cabin cruiser Philippe, 10
c; Lei Leland 3D. Hs5rIsoR; MIR. Harrison hss re.
p !, ms = to y n; r.; Jones who will change her
Won Foregger to George s. Clarke. The
boat has been shipped to Chicago and Will
bs used for racing and cruising on Lake
The hunting cabin launch Dorothy,
R. n r. Jones to j. 8. Sheldon.
The auxiliary yawl Kathleen, r. s, Pike
TO CT. Brenner. She will leave shortly
for Little Current. Ontario.
The 50 foot auxiliary yawl Flaneur.
chartered for G. L. Dunn to F. p. Sturqis
for use In the vicinityof Shelter Island this
summer.