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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
Chattanoogans Free Again.

Washington, Jan. 29.-After serv-
ing 90 days, less the regular commu-
tation for good behavior, imposed
upon them by the supreme court OF
the United States for contempt OF
that tribunal in connection with the
lynching of the negro Johnson, Sher-
if Jos. F. Shipp and his two confed-
crates, Nick Nolan and Luther Will
Jams, early this morning cast a fare
we'll glance at the brownstone walls
of the district Jail, which had been
between them and liberty for almost
90 days, and sped away in automo-
biles. During the day the men were
entertained by friends. They left at
10 o'clock tonight for Chattanooga.
During the day the ex-sheriff call
ed at the office of the supreme court
to pay his respect to the officials
there, and gave them the assurance
that he bore no i'll will toward the
court for his sentence of imprison-
ment. ."a.,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
LUNATIC CAUGHT AT AIKEN.
Eugene PEBBLES, who Escaped from
Virginia Asylum, Arrested.

Aiken, Jan. 2S.-What promises
to be the liveliest Interstate compli-
cation this county has ever. known
is now up to the officers of the coun-
ty. Eugene PEBBLES, acquitted of the
murder of his wife at Norfolk, Va,
on the ground of insanity, was placed
in the Virginia State Hospital for the
insane, and has been kept there ever
since, until last Friday. it was dis
covered, as was reported in the daily
papers, that he had escaped custody.
The Williamsburg authorities
warned the authorities here that he
was an escaped inmate, that he might
come to Aiken, as his mother, Mrs.
w. D. Woodward, resided in this
city.
This morning the police discovered
that PEBBLES had come to Aiken, and
he was a few minutes after his ar
rival here arrested on Main street,
at the instigation of the Virginia au-
thorities At the time of his arrest,
it was noticeable that he appeared
perfectly sane. A few minutes, how
ever, after he had been placed in the
city jail, he began to get very ner-
vous, and later showed symptoms of
returning insanity. He is now being
closely guarded at the city jail, and
a violent outbreak would not surprise
the officers of the city, who have so
far noticed his conduct.
But the question that concerns
this county is What shall We do with
Peebles?" The letter to the chief of
police from the chief of police of
Williamsburg states that under the
Virginia law PEBBLES cannot be car
ried back to that State. The people
of the city feel that the burden of
caring for an insane criminal of Vir-
ginia should not be upon the should
ers of this county or State, but if the
contents of the letter are correct, that
is what Aiken will have to do. It
may be recalled that some time ago,
someone in Virginia in authority
recommended that PEBBLES be given
his freedom on the ground that his
sanity had returned, but this was
never done.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
Want Cotton Tax Returned.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 29.-The
House committee on war claims to-
day heard Representative Clark, OF
Florida, and other Southern members
in advocacy of bills to return to va
rious States the cotton tax money
amounting to about $68,000,000,
which was collected during and i'm
mediately after the civil war. Mr.
Clark showed that the Supreme
Court of the United States had al
ready declared the Act under which
the tax was levied to be unconstitu-
tional and that in addition to this
there were many other reasons why
the money, illegally collected, should
be returned.
IfCongress should ever act favor
ably on this matter amounts varying
from s5,0O0,OO0 to s10,000,0OO
would go to many Southern States.
The committee decided to bunch all
the bills into one and to make de-
cision regarding disposition of the
matter at an early date.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
EXPRESS MESSENGER GUILTY.
Man Who Shot w. l.. Fielder Fined
Five Hundred Dollars.

Charlotte, n. c., Jan. 29.-J. Harry
Jones, an express messenger running
between Charlotte and Jacksonville,
was to-day found guilty Of shooting
William L. Fielder, a we'll known fur
niture merchant Of St. Matthew's, S.
c.. in this city on the morning Of
December IA.
The shooting occurred at the
Southern depot in front of an ex-
press car on train No. 20, which
Fielder was intending to take for Co.
lumbia.
On the witness stand this morning
Jones declared that he had never seen
Mr.. Fielder until he he appeared in
Court to-day; that he was drunk on
the morning of the shooting and did
not know he had shot any one until
the officer came in the car after him.
He said that he shot because one OF
the men in the car told him that
there was man either looking in
the car or trying to get in. After
firing the shot he went on with his
business, little dreaming that he had
wounded any one.
MIR. Fielder declared that the shoot
ing was without any provocation
whatsoever, that he was standing in
front of the car when, without warn
ing, a pistol was fired from within.
The bullet inflicted a wound in the
arm and breast. In pronouncing the
verdict of guilty, Recorder Smith
sentenced the defendant to pay a fine
of $500. No appeal will be taken.
Mr.. Fielder has instituted suit
against Jones, the Southern Express
Company and the Southern Railway.
He was confined in local hospital
for three weeks after the shooting,
and a physician testified to-day that
he was not absolutely out of danger
vet.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
"NOw I Lay Me-"

An indulgent father, wishing to
give his youngest son a pleasure,
took him along on business trip to
Columbus. They stopped at one of
the large hotels for the night.
After the youngster was undressed
and put to bed, the father went down
into the lobby to talk business.
Then there came jingling of bells
indicating that the push button in the
room occupied by the young man who
had been left quiet in bed must have
been worked to the limit. There was
a rush of feet as the bellboy scurried
to the room, only to be met at the
door by dlminutive, but indignant,
youth, who said, severely:
"Man, I want you to send me some
one I can say my prayers to, and
send them quickly. want to 60 to
sleep!" !"-Columbu Dispatch.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
Prisoner Sues Sheriff.

Greenwood, Jan. 28.-A rather
novel suit is in prospect for the next
term of the Court of Common Pleas
here. Sheriff T. w. Mcmillan has
been served with a summons and
complaint in a suit against himself
in the sum of $1,000. The suit is
brought by A. J. Coyle, white, who
Is now in the county Jail. Coyle,
through his attorney, Mr.. D. H.
Magill, alleges that he has been ar
rested and is being detained in Jail
without due process of law, etc., "
no warrant having been issued for
his arrest, and that his detention in
fail keeps him from attending to his
business and regular duties to his
damage, $1,000.
Sheriff Mcmillan was served with
the complaint yesterday. He says
that the affair came about in this
,. way: Several days ago he was told
by several citizens that two weeks
ago there was fight at gambling
event out in the county, and that in
the fight a negro named Sam Daniel
received a severe punch in one eye at
the hands of Coyle; that a white boy,
Ernest Wait, had been cut by Coyle,
and coupled with the report was the
suggestion that Coyle should be ar
rested. Coyle was out on bond in
another criminal case, an appeal be-
ing before the supreme court.
Finally, last Sunday Sheriff Nc
MILAN says he went to see the negro,
Sam Daniel, out in the country, found
him with one eye practically out,
Daniel saying Coyle did it, and that
Wait had been cut, so Monday morn
ing he arrested Coyle and put him in
jail. At the time there was no mag
istrate here, owing to the death OF
Judge w. G. Austin, and the new ap-
pointee, Judge W. H. Kerr, not hav-
ing received his commission from
Gov. Ansel. Coyle is still in jail de-
spite the suit
Mr.. D. H. Magill, Coyle's attorney,
was asked this morning about the
case, and he said he had nothing to
give out beyond what was expressed
In the complaint.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
Woman Burned Alive.

Cincinnati, Jan. 29.-Bound and
gagged the body of Mrs. Alice Van
Zandt, burned to crisp, was found
this morning lying on top of the gas
stove in her kitchen. The woman had
met her death while her three young
children were playing, unconscious of
the tragedy, in the adjoining room.
Jesse A. Van Zandt, the murdered
woman's husband, is being held as a
witness by the police. The man ad-
mits that he quarreled with his wife
all Friday night and up to the time
he left the house this morning, an
hour, he claims, before the discovery
of the murder.
According to the coroner, Mrs. Van
Zandt was first choked into uncon-
sciousness, then bound and gagged
with strips torn from lace curtain
and placed across the stove with her
head in the flames of the burner. The
horror OF the crime is increased Dy
the coroner's statement that the wo-
man must have recovered conscious
ness before her death.
When found all the clothes had
been burned off the body and the
flesh charred to cinders.
The police discovered late this
evening that Van Zandt had been
paying marked attentions to a young
girl for some time. The father of
this girl had protested strongly
against his daughters conduct and
had finally brought her before a po-
lice magistrate who ordered her COM
mitted to the house of refuge. On
her fathers recommendations, how
ever. she was sent instead to a con-
vent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
White Man Killed.

Lake City, Jan. 29.-L. E. Poston
bad his throat cut, resulting in al
most instant DEATH at Blossom, near
here, last night. Lewis R. Bazin did
the cutting.
Poston was acting as auctioneer at
d box party and Bazin bid off cake
which later he refused to pay for.
When the cake was put up for sale
the second time some remark of Mr..
Postons displeased Basin and he
waited for Mr.. Poston on the outside.
When MIR. Poston came It Bazin at
tackled him with a knife, severing the
jugular vein. Mr.. Poston died IN
about five minutes, which was before
medical aid could reach him.
Both parties are well known here.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
Killed His NeighbOr.

Asheville, N. c., Jan. 27.-As the
result of an old feud Bas Browning,
a farmer of Haywood county, was
shot and killed in the Bank of
Waynesville by Allen Green, also a
farmer of the same county, at II
o'clock this morning. The killing
took place in the presence of the
bank officials, at a time when the
bank was filled with people and ere
ated much excitement. Green and
Browning were neighbors, their
farms adjoining, and were related
by marriage. Green, who is a con-
stable in the Allen Creek section, sur
rendered to the police and is now in
Jail at Waynesville awaiting prelim-
mary trial.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
BREAKS UP PARTY.
Unknown Fires at House in SAKE
Gotha Village.

Lexington, Jan. 29.-Firing into
the house of John Head, in the SAKE
Gotha mill village, near here, an un-
known person at 11.30 o'clock to-
night threw the whole town into ex-
citement.
While a party was going on a shot
sounded from the rear Of the build
ing, a load of shot crashed through
the window and the light was in
stantly extinguished. Close upon the
first shot came another, the shot
tearing. through the glass of the win
dows. Four of the company were
hurt, none seriously, as the shots
were fired from a distance of about
40 yards.
The injured are Mrs. John Head,
wounded in the head; Henry Hook,
shot in the back; Mrs. Artie Hook
and Miss Bertha Rush.
The attempt to assasinate the fami-
ly threw the village into intense ex-
citement. The sheriff's Office was no
titled at once, and Deputy Sheriff
Miller telephoned for the blood
hounds from the State penitentiary.
The opinion here is that the shots
were fired by some one living in the
immediate neighborhood. There Is
no clue to the miscreant. No motive
for the deed is known.
The bloodhounds from the peniten-
tiary last night were sent to SAKE
Gotha by automobile in response to
the telephone call from Lexington.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
BLACK HAND MEN CONVICTED
An Italian Society Receives Severe
Jolt.

Toledo. Ohio, January 29.-Fol-
lowing conviction and sentence in
Federal Court this afternoon ten
members of Sicilianc Black Hand
organization were hastened this
afternoon to the Federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan, to serve sent
ences ranging from two to sixteen
years.
One other, Antonio Vicario, aged
20, the youngest member of the band,
was taken to the reformatory at Ell
mira, N. Y. Three other defend
ants were convicted but granted new
trials. Two indicted members of the
band are in hiding in Italy.
The defendants tried on the charge
of conspiracy to use the mails to ex-
tort money from Italians living in
Ohio and Indiana, were members OF
an organization known as "The So
eiety of the Banana and Faithful
Friends" the headquarters Of which
were in Marion, Ohio. This is the
first conviction of an organized band
of Black Hands. With this result
the Government officials believe that
they have effectually broken up Black
Hand operations in the middle West
and taken a long step towards put
ting a quietus to Malta methods
throughout the United States.
The defendants were hurried away
Immediately after sentence to guard
against any outbreak, of which some
intimation had been given.
Attorneys for the principal defend
ants said to-day that they inted-
ed to fight petitions in error in the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals.
Heavy sentences were imposed by
the Court following the report of the
grand jury this morning.
Salvatore Lima, of Marion, the
chief of the band was sentenced to
sixteen years Imprisonment. Sebas-
tian Lima, his brother. and Giuseppe
Ignoffo, his brother-in-law, were
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
each. All of these lived at Marion,
where the headquarters for the
operations were maintained. All Of
the fourteen defendants were found
guilty, but the Court granted new
trials to Agostini Marfisi, of Den
nison. Vicenso Arrigo, of Cincinnati,
both fruit dealers and Salvatore
Rizzo, a section hand living at
Marion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
Saved From Awful Peril.

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
BIGHAM-AVANT CASE BOBS UP.
Move Begun for Release of Mrs. Big
hams Slayer from Penitentiary.

Columbia, January 27.-What will
prove a test case as to whether or
not G. C. Bigham, the Murrell Inlet
man, convicted Of completely in the
killing Of his wife, can be arrested,
came up to-day when habeas corpus
proceedings we're instituted by At
torney Ragsdale for the release of w.
B. Avant, who is now in the peniten-
tiary. Solicitor Wells was granted
five days in which to file his answer
to the writ.
The position taken by the attorneys
for Avant is that Avant should not
be in prise: because, as claimed
since, Judge Watts issued the order
admitting the prisoner to bail and
Solicitor Wells was in court, and,
therefore, accepted the notice of ap-
peal.
Solicitor Wells's position is that
he did not waive the filing of formal
notice of appeal in the case, and that
since the appeal has not been perfect
ed Avant is rightly in jail and Big
ham is subject to arrest.
1t will be recalled that when Avant
was arrested and DR.. Bigham left
Georgetown the impression was that
Bigham had fed. 1t is true he did
not remove himself from the danger
of immediate arrest, but if the Avant
habeas corpus proceedings should
fail he will now be subject to arrest.
There was some doubt before that
he could be legally arrested. If
Avant is freed under the habeas cor
pus proceedings then either the ap-
peal will be formally dismissed or
the case will be heard on it's merits
in the supreme court.
The young wife of G. c. Bigham
was killed last September by a shot
from a gun in the hands of w. B.
Avant. Inc TWO men were toSetner
at the time, and both were found
guilty of manslaughter, and each was
sentenced to serve three years and
six months in the penitentiary. The
killing was never fully explained,
and while many people took the view
that it was a cold blooded murder
the jury believed that no malice had
been shown. There were many mys-
teries surrounding the shooting.
There was some misunderstanding as
to the formality of the appeal and
ever since the case has caused
trouble. When the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings are decided the exact status
of the men in the Courts will be
known
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
GAMBLING IN FARM PRODUCTS
Movement Launched in Washington
to Relieve the Situation.


Washington, Jan. 29.-At a large.
ly attended meeting of Southern
members of Congress held here to-
night with President c. S. Barrett, OF
the National Farmers Union, steps
were taken to get a bill prohibiting
gambling in farm products before the
House and Senate in such a way as
will insure it's speedy passage. The
gambling in such products has re-
Gently become so notorious that in
the opinion of Mr.. Barrett and the
Democratic members of Congress
something should be done at once to
alleviate the situation. There were
present at to-night's meeting Rep
resentative Edwards, Livingstone
Howard, Bell, Hughes, Adamson and
Bartlett, of the Georgia delegation;
Beall, of Texas; Heflin, of Alabama;
Sisson, Collier and Dixon, of Mis-
sissippi; James, of Kentucky, and
others.
President Barrett, has been here
for some time, getting his plans in
working order, and it is proposed to
secure the attendance of as many
Democratic members of Congress at
these meetings from time to time as
as possible.
Expressions of opinion were Sc
cured from practically all of the
members present. In the opinion OF
Representative Edwards, of Georgia,
there is not the least doubt that this
form of gambling in no way helps the
grower or consumer of farm pro-
ducts, and on the other hand is Sc
rious menace to them. 1t helps
only the speculator. With other
Democratic members he will vote to
suppress this form Of gambling that
is daily robbing the Southern farmer.
A hearing will be held before the
House committee on agriculture,
February 8, and efforts will be con-
tinued to secure as many Republican
members of the House as possible to
support the measure when it comes
to a vote. Full and hearty support
was pledged at to nights meeting for
carrying out the movement, and the
only question now seems to be that
of securing enough Republican help
to get it through.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03
ATTEMPTED Assassination.

Chaplin, Jan. 26.-W. ]. Quattle-
baum, while driving from Chaplin to
Spring Hill late yesterday evening,
was shot at twice by two men.
Mr.. Quattlebaum states that his
horse came to a sudden halt and as
he looked to see what the horse was
shying at two shots were fired at
him. Neither took effect. At that
the horse turned and Mr.. Quattle-
baum saw the two men disappear In
the bushes. He returned two shots
after he checked his horse. The men
appeared to be white.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03

Do You
Feed
Your Crops?
no YOU KNOW just what your cotton and corn
! need, and you furnishing it in such quantities
plant can use it?
Suppose yon should put the food for your stock in
box, nail it and place in their trough-woud you
pect them to thrive and grow fat1
WE'LL did it occur to you that when you use umpy
badly fertilizers you putting this PROPOSE
ton up your crops-ofering them plant food in such
shape that they can't get to it?
Fertilizers, do your crops any good dissolve in
using
the surface during the day and sinking at ngh-passing
and repassng the of the plant which absorb the food
contained in the waterand this the only way which
the plant can feed.
Therefore, when you buy fertilizer, you should do
with the idea of furnishing food for your crop and the
principle that you should purchase food for your
stock 1t should not only contain the Ammonia
Phosphoric Acid and Potash but above all else these
should be in soluble form-the mechanical condition
of the fertilizer should be such to permit the plant to
absorb every particle of it. and the goods should be
factured from materials that will give up their plant
food time but furnish steady supply throughout
the entire growing season.
This is the fertilizer you should have and can iet-
in ouy way. It is impossible to produce goods like
this by the dryiing of materials whether you do
this at home with shovel and buy it from
someone who has made it the way-he only differ
ence being in the quantity.
These materials be ground powder, and it
quires machinery costing thousands of dollars to do it
properly They must then be so anpuated that when
complete, you have compound, each of which
exactly like every other ounce and not MIXTURE one
part of which would contain too much Ammonia and too
little Potash while another part would be- exactly the
opposite all of contain plant food locked and
not available.
Remember that the chemical analysis of fertilizer is
test of its crop growing qualities The chemist pull
verize Jumps and by the of search out
the plant food your crop can't.
You can take an axe break open the box and get the
corn your mule can't.
Don't risk crop failure!
Insure your peace of mind as well your crop by using
ArmourS
Animal AmmOniated
Fertilizers
Manufactured by
Armour Fertilizer Works
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-02-03

When you want the new form crop
mortgages, this Office can supply you.
We furnish them with or without
your name printed in them.
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