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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
The First Printer.

When Fastus had printed of in
1850 number of copies Of the
Bible, he undertook the sale Of them
in Paris, when printing was then
unknown. AS he sold his copies
for sixty crowns, while the scribes
demanded five hundred for their
manuscripts, he created universal
>astonishment. When, he produced
copies as fast as they were wanted,
and lowered the price to thirty
crowns, all Paris was in agitation.
The uniformity of the copies greatly
increased the wonder; information
was given to the police against him
as a magician; his lodging being
consequently searched and great
number of copies being found, they
were seized. The red ink with
which they were embellished was
supposed to be his blood, and it
was seriously adjudged that he was
in league with the devil, and it is
presumed that if he had not fled,
would have shared the fate Of those
whom the superstitious judge in
those days condemned for witchcraft.
Jewish Messenger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Fires Bullet Through Window.

Lynchburg, Va, Dec. 4.-Police to-
night are searching for an unidenti-
fed man who to-day fired revolver
bullet through the window of the
headquarters of the local Anti-Sa-
loon league, occupied by Rev. ]. D.
McAlister, general secretary of the
State Anti-saloon league. The bullet
lodged in the wall directly over the
desk of Rev. Mr.. McAlister, who had
left the room only few minutes be-
fore the shooting.
Rev. Mr.. McAlister has been lead
ing the campaign Of the "dry" forces
in the license campaign which will
come to q climax here at the polls
next Friday. His assistants stated to
the authorities that they believed
that an attempt had been made to as
sassinate him. The city has been dry
since March, 1908.
Late to-day a mass meeting OF the
Anti-saloon forces was addressed by
Congressman Richard P. Hobson, OF
Alabama.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
MYSTERY STILL UNsoLVED.
How Bennettsville Boys Were Killed
May Never be Known.


Bennettsville, December 2.-Since
Wednesday morning the coroner's
jury has been inqIiring Unto the
cause of the death of Prentiss Moore
and Guy Rogers, the two Bennetts-
vile boys who went bunting Thanks
giving morning, and were found dead
in ditch Saturday. Late this after
noon the jury announced as their
verdict: ''Prentiss Moore and Guy
Rogers came to their deaths by gun
shot wounds in the hands Of a party
or parties unknown to u.s."
Many witnesses were examined
and three or four negroes have been
in Jail, held as suspects or witnesses.
There are those who hold to the idea
of foul play, while many believe that,
upon the theory of accident every
fact and circumstance is account.
for. Still others think young Moore
was accidentally shot by young
Rogers, who then took his own life
Intentionally.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Methodists Attempt to Settle Differ.
ences.


Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2.-The joint
commission of, Il, representing the
Methodist Episcopal, the Methodist
Protestant and the Southern Metho-
dist churches which has been for the
past three days considering proposals
looking to a possible union Of the
churches named, or Of closer rela-
ton between them, adjourned to-
night after having appointed COM
mittee of nine to further consider
the matter, prepare detailed plan
for further procedure and report to
another meeting of the whole COM
mission, which is to be held at Chat
.tanooga, Tenn, ne3t spring. The
committee is composed of Bishop
Earl Cranston, of Washington, Rev.
J. F. Goucher, of this city and r. T.
Miller, of Cincinnati, Bishop e. b..
Hoss, of Nashville, Rev. F. M. Thom-
as, of Louisville, and N. l.. Walton,
of Woodstock, Va, representing the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
and Rev. T. H. Lewis, of Westmins-
ter, Md Rev. NJ. L. Jennings, OF
Petersburg, Va, and s. r. Harris, OF
Henderson, KY, representing the
Methodist Protestant church.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Country's Population.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The pepula-
ton of the United States sshould be
91,193,490, if the rate of increase
shown by States on which complete
Teturns have been received and tabu-
lated by the census Offices is main
tanned.
Counting New Mexico and Arizona
for present purposes as States, the
full returns of the enumeration un-
der the thirteenth census have been
tabulated for thirty-three out of the
forty-nine States and the District OF
Columbia. They show grand total
of 66,355,17S as against 55,299,636
for the same area in 1900. This Is
gain of just 20 per cent. over the
75,994,575 indicated by the ccnsusof
1900. A corresponding increase for
the 16 remaining States Would bring
the figures for the entire country up
to the number stated.
The States not yet announced are
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louis
lana, Mississippi, Montana, New Jer-
sey, North Carolina, North Dakota,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. OF these it is expected
that Texas and Washington will show
very large increases, and that Geor-
gia, New Jersey, Montana, Utah,
Wyoming and the Dakotas will go
beyond the average, 10 that there is
little doubt that the grand total will
be even more than the present tabu-
lation indicates.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Hooked!

Mr.. Jones keeps shop where he
sells fishing tackle, and for an ad-
vertisement he has large rod hang
ing outside with an artificial fish at
the end of it.
The other night a man rather the
worse for his nights enjoyment
caught sight of the fish and he went
quietly to the door and knocked.
Jones, being in bed, looked out OF
the window and said:
who's there?"
Don't make noise," was the re-
ply, "but come down as quickly as
you can."
Thinking something serious must
be the matter, Jones dressed like
lightning and came down as quietly
as possible.
What is the matter?" he asked
breathlessly.
"Hush!" was the reply. "Pull
your line in quick. You've got
bite!" Mail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
KILLING ARoUsEs CITY.
Intense Excitement Follows Homi-
cide-Negro Show Attache Victim.

p Lake City, Dec. 4.-Henry Alton
so, a negro attache of Wolcott's 8
Show, was shot and instantly killed
here this morning before day. A
crowd of armed men of this town
and community established reign Of
terror on the show grounds, which
eliminated in this homicide. The
witnesses were so terrorized they re-
fused to talk, but it is currently re-
ported that Alfonso was killed with
out the slightest provocation and that
his slayer is probably a white man
of this section.
Little by little, enough was worm
ed out during the day to satisfy the
officers of the identity of the wit
nesses and of the fact that they
would testify if assured of protection.
Whereupon, Magistrate Baldwin, act
ing coroner, sent for Solicitor Stoll
and Sheriff Graham, and they are
now on the ground. A jury was
sworn in, and after viewing the body,
and after an examination by DR..
Woods, the inquest was adjourned
until Tuesday. Four Of Wollcott's g
men are said to have witnessed the
killing and Magistrate Baldwin and
Constable Belk have gone for these
men, to Barnwell, where the shows
went this morning. For obvious reas-
ons details cannot now be given or
names called.
Besides the homicide, it is said
that several of the show people were
robbed at the points Of pistols by
these said to be responsible for the
trouble. Intense excitement pre-
walls, the whole community being
aroused. The best men have banded
together to protect the witnesses,
bring out the truth and see that the
law is vindicated. No blame rests
with Wolcott's people.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Sinking Spells
Every Few Days

CAT the time I began taking!
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy I was
having sinking spells every few
days. My hands and feet would.
get cold; / could scarcely
breathe, and could feel myself
gradually sinking away until I
would be unconscious. Those.
about me could not tell there
was life in me. After these
spells ! would be very weak and
nervous, sleepless and without
appetite; had neuralgia ID my:
head and heart. After taking
the remedy a short time all this
disappeared and in a few Weeks
all the heart trouble was gone.
MRS. LIZZIE PAINTER &
8o3H sd Ave. Evansville, Ind
For twenty years we hays
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
THRILLING FIRE RESCUE.
Blind and Deaf Nonogenarian Taken
from Burning Building.

Spartanburg, Dec. 3.-J. NJ. May
field, aged 90 years, who is both
blind and deaf, was miraculously res
cued from a burning frame dwelling
at an early hour this morning. The
flames had already eaten their way
into the room, in which he was sleep
ing, when discovered.
It was necessary for others in the
house to literally carry the man to a
place of safety, and he. had on. no
clothes, other than his night shirt.
Several of his grandchildren, who
were also in the house at the time,
had very narrow escapes, and all
were rescued in their night clothes.
The total loss in the fire, which de-
stroyed the home of J. E. Mayfield, is
about $4,000, partly insured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
LAST OF LUPo GANG.
Police Believe Dangerous Band OF
Counterfeiters Caught.

New York, Dec. 1.-The notorious
Lupo gang of counterfeiters, whose
members were suspected of at least
one murder and many black hand
cases was put out of existence, the
police believe, by the arrest here to-
day Of 13 Italians and the seizure Of
a large amount of counterfeit bills.
Nine of the prisoners are believed to
be the rest Of the gang, the leaders
of which were arrested last winter
and are serving terms aggregating
$50 years in the federal prison at
Atlanta for counterfeiting.
To-day's arrests were made by
Richard H. Taylor, head of the secret
service in this city, his agents and
members of of the Italian bureau Of
the Metropolitan police. Nine men
were held to be turned over to the
federal authorities tomorrow; the
other four were paroled as witnesses.
The Lupo gang was headed by
"Lupo the wolf," who received a
sentence of 80 years and Giuseppe
Morrello, sentenced to Is years. The
barrel murder" was laid to members
Of the band. which manufactured
counterfeit bills on a farm near High
land, N. Y. Notwithstanding the
fate of the men arrested last winter
the circulation of counterfeit money
continued and the secret service men
believed that members of the band
still out of jail were putting out bo-
gus money which had been saved
from the former raid.
As a result of investigation the
house in which counterfeit bills
were made was located and the men
suspected were rounded up. The
counterfeit money consisted of bogus
two and five dollar bills, which Tay-
lor says was found In fireplace in
the rear of the cellar of wine mer-
chant, one the men under arrest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Labor Union Files Suit.

Tampa. Fla, Nov. S0.-Suit was
filed against the city of Tampa this
afternoon by the trustees of the Cen
trail Trades and Labor Assembly for
$4,000 damages. 1t is alleged that
the assembly has suffered damages
to this extent by the closing of the
labor temple for a period of three
weeks during the strike to prevent
gatherings, and by damage done to
furniture and the loss of valuable pa
pers.
The temple was closed some weeks
ago by order of Mayor Mckay to pre-
vent gatherings in which violent
speeches were made, and at which,
it is alleged, irresponsible speakers
incited the strikers.
Governor Gilchrist arrived here
this morning to make personal in
vestigation of charges made by Sam
uel Gompers that the strikers are not
being accorded protection here. He
met a committee of union men and
after hearing charges of the union
men asked that they reduce their
complaints to writing so that they
could be properly Investigated.
There was an open meeting OF
strikers and members of the citizens
committee tonight, which was at
tended by Governor Gilchrist and the
entire situation gone over No defin-
ite action was taken.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
VICTIM OF MAD MANS FURY.
FELTON, Wallace Passes Away from
Effects of Shot.

Lawrenceville, Ca, Nov. 29.-Fel-
ton Wallace died last night at the
Moore house under the most pathet-
ic circumstances. Four weeks ago
J. D. Wallace, in fit of madness,
killed his wife, S-year-old son and
shot another son, FELTON,, and then
killed himself. Felton's wounds at
first were not thought to be very Sc
rious, but it was later found that
the bullet had penetrated one of his
lungs, and this caused his death last
night at 10 o'clock.
No further light has been thrown
upon the cause Of the tragedy, which
shocked the entire section. Wallace,
a man of so years of age, had re-
turned from a lodge meeting and a
few hours after retiring members OF
the family were awakened by pistol
shots, and going into the parents
bedroom, opened fire on his baby
boy, killing him. Mrs. Wallace was
found dying and the 14-year-old son,
FELTON,, lying on the floor shot
through the shoulder. Wallace had
gone to his store, only a short dis
tance away. and returning, shot him
self through the head, falling lifeless
at the feet of his daughters, children
by his first wife. Olly one of his
second wife's children escaped, lit
tie boy of Il years, who fed from the
house at the first approach of his
father.
The body of FELTON, Wallace viii!
be carried to Hog Mountain GENE
terry and buried by the side of his
mother and little brother, while the
remains of the father lie in a dis
tant part of the same burying
ground.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
WHITE MAN IN TROUBLE.
Got Negro Boy to Take Forged Check
to Spartanburg Bank.

Spartanburg, Dec. 3.-While Har-
dy Smith, a negro convict, was re-
turning to his headquarters to-day,
S. E. Riddle, well dressed white
man, offered him dollar to 60 to
bank and get a check cashed. He
was taken up and the check proved
to be a forgery. Riddle was sur
rounded by officers and captured.
President w. E. Burnett, of the First
National bank, caused a warrant to
be issued for his arrest and the case
will be investigated later.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08

Yazoo City, Miss, Dec. AFTER
ten and half days the hearing OF
testimony, was concluded this morn
ing in the trial of L. C. Dulaney, ac-
cused of bribing a member OF the
Mississippi senate to influence his
vote for United States Senator Leroy
Percy during recent senatorial con-
test. At midnight the lawyers were
still pleading their cause to the jury.
The entire afternoon was devoted
to controversy as to the instructions
to be given the jury. AS finally
agreed on they were brief, in the
main urging that the defendants tes-
timony was valid and insisting that
he should be given the benefit of any
doubt.
The case was given to the jury
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Floods in France Serious.

Paris, Dec. 4-The flood continues
serious along the valley Of the Loire,
Rhine and Garonne, and there is
slight improvement elsewhere. All
the country to the north from Nantes
to the extent of about ten miles in
length and five in breadth is sheet
of water. !
Reports from Dantes said that dur
ing the night a dyke collapsed and
five villages to the southeast of the
city were overwhelmed in few min
ute.s. Several thousand families by
this disaster were added to the al
ready large number of sufferers, al
though no casulties are reported.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
-FOUR MEN CONVICTED.
Life Sentence Imposed on Murderers
by Judge Gage.

Lexington, Nov. 30.-Four former
employees of the Observation-Disclosures
circus were sentenced to life impris-
onment to-day for numbering Paul. A.
Williams, of Columbia, on the morn
ing of October 2 while he was riding
on the circus train. George Nichols,
white man, Elijah Clarke, Garland
Brown and John Wilson, three ne
groes, are the convicted men.
= Nichols and Clark were tried and
found guilty of murder with recon-
mendation to the mercy of the court.
Judge Gage directed that the same
verdict be found in the case against
Brown and Wilson, who pleaded
guilty and threw themselves on the
mercy of the court.
The evidence which was offered
to-day during the trial of Nichols and
Clark is best described by the words
OF Judge Gage, who said, in imposing
sentence on the four prisoners: II
have never heard in any court house
proof of more revolving murder
than that which you have been found
guilty of committing
The defendants did not 60 on the
stand.
S. The evidence conflicted somewhat
as to which of the four convicted men
shot Paul Williams. The witnesses
agreed that three of them, Brown
Wilson and Clark, the negroes, had
pistols. Three eye-witnesses, all cir
Gus employees, laid the guilt on John
Wilson. He placed it on Brown. One
witness said that two shots were
fred. The pistol bullet which pierc-
ed Paul Williams's brain was .32
calibre.
Begged for Life.
The two eye-witnesses both said
that when the shot or shots were
fred, Williams was crouching in a
COEuST VI q CoANdS "oSSkA, oSSS@Ao
for his life. James o. Cabe, of Cooper
Hill, Ca, one of the men in the
wagon, who was "red lighted" after
Williams was shot, declared that,
while the boy was pleading, John
Wilson interrupted with "You are
too d-n hard on us niggers down
South and fired point blank in his
face.
as After Williams was shot, he was
thrown over the side Of the. canvas
wagon. His body fell on the edge OF
the fat car. The murderers got out
OF the wagon and pushed the body
OF the car. Drops Of blood were
found along the crossties 500 yards
from where the body was found. This
corroborates the statements that the
body was not thrown directly from
the wagon to the ground. It is posi-
bic that his murderers made sure OF
their work by strangling him while
he was lying Non the fat car shot
through the brain.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Worcester Student Sued.

Worcester, Mass, Dec. Carl
G.. Hockett, the Worcester Polytech-
mic Institute student who has been
sued for $4,000 damages for alleged
breach of promise by Miss Louise
Minerva Hazard, of Detroit, tele-
phone operator, is living in North
bridge with the parents of Miss
Laura Moore, whom he married last
September. He refuses to make any
comment on the suit except to treat
it lightly.
Concerning the contract which he
signed he says it was not considered
when he married Miss Moore. The
contract was dated July 3, 1909, and
is:
Il, Carl G. Hockett, being in my
right mind and uninfluenced by any
one, hereby promise at the end OF
four years and upon my obtaining a
position where salary is sufficient to
enable me to support wife, to, if
still in my right mind at the end Of
the aforesaid time, which is very
doubtful, marry a female by the
name of Louise Minerva Hazard,
who possesses a diamond ring pre-
sented to her by myself June 20,
1908, and which she promises not to
sell, give away or pawn. This paper
shall become void in case she marries
any one else before that aforesaid
time
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Kills His Own Father.

Abbeville, Nov 30.-Yesterday af.
ternoon at his home near Abbeville,
in this county, Jim Ferguson shot
and killed his aged father, John Fer
guson. Both men are farmers and
live on adjoining land. They quar-
relied about the dividing line. Young
Ferguson was brought here to-day
He claims his father was cutting him
and he was forced to shoot to save
his life. The killing took place in
the home of the son.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
Banks on Sure Thing Now.

''I1l never be without DR.. Kings
New Life Pills again." writes A.
Schingeck, SAT Elm St., Buffalo, N.
Y. "They cured me of chronic con-
stipation when all others failed -
Unequaled for biliousness, jaundice
Indigestion, headache, chills, malaria
and debility. Csc at Peoples Drug
Co., Bamberg, S. c.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-08
WEAK, WEARY Wol.ll
Learn the Cause Of Daily Woes and
End Them.

/, When the back aches and throbs.
When housework is torture.
When night brings no rest nor
sleep.
Whe urinary disorders set in
Women's lot is a weary one.
There is way to escape these
woes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure such Ills.
Have cured women here in Bam-
berg.
This is one Bamberg woman's tes-
titnony.
Mrs. J. @. Adams, N. Main street,
Bamberg, s. c., says: Il can say
that no remedy have ever tried has
given me as much relief as Doan's
Kidney Pills. I suffered from kid
ney trouble for three years. There
was always dull pain across the
small of my back and at times / felt
very dizzy. The kidney secretions
were also irregular In passage ana
caused me added annoyance. Upon
hearing Of Doan's Kidney Pills, e
went to the Peoples Drug Co. and
procured a supply. The contents OF
three boxes have helped me wonder
fully. I intend to continue the use
of this remedy"
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