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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
SERIOUS CHARGE.
Kate Parham Held to Answer for
Abduction.

Spartanburg. Feb. 2S.-Kate Par.
ham. a young widow, was bound
over to court to-day by Magistrate
A. II. Kirby on the charge Of ab.
Quoting Miss Ethel Johnson, the 1s-
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. johnson, who on February Is
misteriously disappeared from her
home at 43o Magnolia street and va
not heard OF until week latar.
when she wrote home from st. Louis,
No. The bond was fixed at 320e.
which was made good by L. p. Ep-
ton. Albert e. Hill represented the
prosecution and C. p. Sims the Dc.
fendant.
The hearing Of the case to-day n
magistrates court attracted q larre
crowd. The small court room az
Magistrate Kirby could not accom.
modate half the people that wout61
have liked to have heard the testi..
mony.
Miss johnson testified that Kssa
Parham had approached her on ssy.
eral occasions and talked with her
about going from place to place ana
having lots OF friends and lots az
money. She said she told her nov
easy 1t was to live an easy life. With
lawyers and doctors and professional
men a good friends who would nav.
er zee her want for anything.
She said the Parham woman tfIed
to get her to 60 FIRST to GreenytlIs.
but that when she refused 70 20
there. fearing her father would ret
her before she could get OF, thsy
agreed to 60 to Asheville.
She said she left for Asheyills On
the morning Of the 18th, and tie
Parham woman was to have 3oiasd
her the next morning. Hoping %
escape the Parham woman, she Let
Asheville at once for Knoxville. II
Knoxville she secured IN emigrant,s
ticket to South Dakota and rode q
far a st. Louis on this. AZ sc.
Louis she got work with Q good
family and there remained until her
father came for her.
In her testimony. Miss Johnson
said that Kate Parham often tried d
get her to meet some OF her. men
friends and to spend the afternoon g
Rock Clin. She admitted that aftsr
many times being persusdsd In .this
way she really did begin to consideT
such . life a the Pafham woman
held out before her. -:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
vAIl1Al1Ax LOSES.
80 - neslIilla n lnssislippi vVltl
lllestl.s q Lsssy rstsy.

sasksoa. H.. Fsb. %1z-LsRoy
<ksy. q ofssnvills. Mia. lawyer
~ ple1tsr. vas chosen so-nisht
1ited Ahtss Ausnatof flom :Nissis-
mpot q stecsed the lats Senator A.
Z MeI IAalln. s.d 70 ssrse during the
1Eoe yeefs of.1is unsxpired term. BY
96sit - iasiivs eaaliss
- SstsDroEeess nemsrs oovselnr
69 L Sd6HAx TIE fssait
- On - Afty-eighth ballot and
- tse tsalost thrpssA . process
saimiDaGion. tSrminafine ! dead.
~ which has prevailed during sev-
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
Flood Threatens Damage.

Cleveland, O., Feb. 27.-Hundreds
OF people have been driven from
their homes at Fremont and other
points through Northern Ohio by
the floods which after thirty hours
steady rain reached their climax to-
night The damage to property win
run into many thousands Of dollars
and II the situation Is not relieved by
cold snap or cessation of the rain
1t 10 freely predicted that extreme
suffering and destitutiop will follow
in the next few days.
At Youngstown two of the biggest
steel plants in the city are threatened
BY the rising waters Of the Mahoning
river. along the entire valley of which
the water has spread over the low
lands. driving the farmers from their
homes. The sandusky river 10 I'VE
feet above the danger line at Buoy
rus and an immense ice gorge has
formed In the heart Of the city.
The most serious conditions are re-
ported from Freemont where the
town d half under water and the
stores boarded up by the merchants.
At Akron both the Little and Big
CuyhaSa rivers have left their beds.
Many houses are flooded and the en-
tire fre and police forces of the city
have been ordered out for emergen-
cies.
Practically the whole Of Crawford
county 10 submerged. Up to . late
hour tonight there was no immediate
danger apprehended in Cleveland.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting In This City and
at Other Points.

People Visiting in This City and
At Other Points.
-Rev. G. p. Watson. OF GafYney,
is visiting relatives in the city.
Mr.. R. NJ. Bruce. of The Herald.
spent Sunday In Branchville with
relatives.
Miss Ethel Kearse, Of the Kearse
section. is visiting her sister, Mrs.
W. P. Jones. in the city this week.
Mr.. W. F. smoak. of Walter
boro. spent Saturday and Sunday in
the city with his brother. Mr.. NJ.
Smoak.
Miss Hattie Lee Guess, of Den.
mark. who is very popular and much
admired in Edgeneld. IL the saest Of
Miss Maxcie sheppard.-Edseaeld
Chronicle.
Mrs. o. A. Simmons, Who has
been visiting relatives in Alabama
and Florida, returned home last Sum
day afternoon. Mrs. P. N. Spann, Of
Dothans Ala, returned with her, and
win spend some time on q visit to
relatives In this city.
DIR. and Mrs. ]. b. Black, Of
Bamberg. have been guests Of Col.
and Mrs. r. N. K. Bailey for sew
eral days. DR.. Black IL State sena-
tor from Bamberg county and came
BY Edseneld after the legislature
adjourned Saturday. He has heen
q member Of the senate for several
years and II one Of the most induen-
tial members Of that body.-Edge-
feld Advertiser.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
WANTED EXCITEMENT.
That Was Reason College Graduate
Turned Burglar.

Pittsburg. Pa. Feb. 24.-"The life
OF q burglar appealed to me. There's
action in It." said Stephen Austin. a
college graduate. who upon being ar
rested tonight, confessed to holding
up two drug store proprietors and
several pedestrians In the Oakland
and East End sections. His crimes
had terrorized this section for the
past ten days. =
l. EARLY tonight Austin was trying to
adjust q revolver in his hip pocket
when It exploded. The, accident led
to his arrest % q suspicious person
and being questioned. he confessed
to . long string Of robberies. recit-
ing In detail how each one was COM
mitted.
II was just doing these small
Jobs" he said. ito keep living.
was waiting for big haul I had in
sight When I came to pull it OF.
the plain clothes men were 20 thick
about the place that had to wait. I"
Austin refuses to name his uni
versity. but says his home 10 in Indi-
ana. near Terre Haute.
stephen Austin ID my correct
name. but that is not all Of IT," said
the prisoner when urged to disclose
his identity. 81 know I'm in q bad
az and I'm ready to take the conse-
quences. I'm . crook and I'll do time
II necessary. bat I won't disgrace my
mother"
All stsps to learn where his mother
livss proved futile and nr.marks OF
Identification. or papers in his pos
session would give clue. Austin
had numerous letters he said we're
from young women he was to marry.
The name had been torn OF.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
White Man Kills Negro.

Chester. Feb. 26.-Otis Hilton.
white. shot and killed John Beatty,
colored. here this afternoon. The
slayer. who IL q hackman. claims
that Beatty drove his horse away from
a water trough and when remonstrat-
ed with pulled out q knife.
Beatty has been regarded q quiet
sort Of negro, while Milton. who is q
young man Of 20 or thereabouts, has
served several sentences on the
changing. and II considered Of tur-
bulent disposition. The coroner will
hold an inquest tomorrow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
Lightning starts Fire.

During the electrical storm early
yesterday morning tho Blackviile
Knitting Mills was struck and Get on
IRE. The ere occurred about six
o'clock. at Q time when most people,
were enjoying their morning sissta.
The building and contents were Z
total loss. as well as . new building
only recently occupied and belonging
TO mr.. w. A. Gyles. valued at about
$500 or $500.
The Knitting Mill. three story
building and machinery was valued
at $16,500. Three hundred dosea
socks and a quantity of yarn. valued
at $1.5o0. masking a total Of about
$4,000. with only about $500 in-
surance. The mill had lately besa
running on full time. Mr.. Hair, the
manager. having gotten In q full
force Of good operatives and the
mill was turning out lots Of. work
and was making money for its owner.
The mill will very likely be rebuilt
and perhaps on . much larger scale.
In fact Mr.. Greene may add IN ex.
tenstve ice plant In connection with
the Knitting Mil. This, the only
enterprise furnishing employment to
to great number OF people. entirely
dependent On their daily labor. ana
spending their money with our mer-
chants. will be missed perhaps more
than any other one thing in Black
vile. The mill worked some twenty
five Or thirty people at an average
Of about $1,000 per month in wages,
which went into the tills of the mer.
chants Of Blackvilie.-Blackville
Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
High Price Paid for Hogs.

Chicago, Feb. 28.-The highest
price paid for live hogs since 1870
brought an even SO q hundred
weight at the stock yards to-day.
sixty-six head Of hogs. averaging 2s4
POUNDS each. were sold at this price
by B. L. strohm. . farmer, OF Cush-
Ing, indiana.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
Passenger Train Wrecked.

Aiken. Feb. 26.-As passenger
train No. 26 was passing the freight
depot at Aiken at 1890 tonight, on
the outward trip. 1t was derailed and
every coach was thrown from the
track. One of the coaches was over
turned and would probably, but for
some freight cars. have turned turtle.
There were about 20 passengers on
the train but not one was injured.
It is stated that the wreck was
probably caused from q broken rail.
About 80 yards Of track were torn
up. The wrecking crew has been at
work all day. All trains have been
seriously delayed, but later In the
day trainc was transferred across the
wrecked AREA.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
mn Arsaicnsd Oh Biackmail Char,

y =.
New York Feb. 2s.-Geo. stahl,
% ysars.c clds and Sammy Williams,
aged 8. accused Of writing Mrs. H.
o. Havemeyer, widow Of the presi-
dent Of the American Sugar REIN
ing company. q letter demanding
$500 on pain Of death. were ar
raigned In court to-day. They in
sisted that they were merely mes
.sengers for q man they did not know.
despite the declaration Of the presid-
Ing magistrate that . hand writing
specimen Of George stahl tailed to .
dot With the writing In the black
hand letter. They were held tor
further examination.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03
so.shern Farner's opportaaity.

The stock of money in this coun-
Try - to-day spprbzimately $3.50
'00o. o.0o0. Ten years aso it was S2.-
340,eoo.eoo.. This Is q gain of
100000. 900. or approximately 50
Per cent.
, Authoritative statistics show that
the 1899 wheat crop was s.s bushels
Per capita. AGAINST s.ss per, capita
ita ten years ago; the corn crop drop
ped from 34.s to 500 bushels per
capita; the oats crop from 12.4 TO
Ill bushels. pr CAPITA; the hay. from
1stoa to- g of. s-toa Per capita: and
tks number 0f food animsls. swine,
cattle and sheep. fell from a.5 to
.1.sh psF eapita. 8. ss1, =.
In the matter Of meats the gov
ernment returns issued on the 2Sth
OF. January show, under the head Of
swine (hoss) that the total supplies
In 1908. OF 100000 fell to 47.-
100000 In 1910, . decrease OF near
". Is Per cent. Other cattle. In 1909,
100000. fell to 47,ooo.ooo in
1910.
The number Of cattle killed under
the inspection law In the United
States in 1907 was 7.e21,717, In
1903 It had fallen 70 7.325.337; dur.
Ing the same period there was an in
crease In the number Of calves killed
from -l,7s3.574 to 2.04s.713. The
receipts Of hogs ut the markets fell
1873 per cent. from 1908 to 1909.
When the panic Of 1907 came on
many Of the farmers in the West
sold their hogs because food was too
high TO feed them and these brood
ing herds have not been replaced
In the matter Of the production
Of fruits, the leader and standard
tbecause It keeps lonyer) apples. in
the United ststee have fallen from
100000 barrels in 1866 to 21.-
000, 900 barrels in 1909!
Here 10 money. per dollar. decreas-
Ing in its purchasing power because
OF . 80 per cent. increase in volume.
Here ID an increasing deficit in the
field food crops per capita. Here Is
q marked decrease In hogs and cattle
supply. Here is . decrease In the
leader among all the fruits (apples)
Of approximately 20 per cent.
On the top Of all this il an average
tariff Of so per cent. on all foreign
food stuffs.
As result Of all these things-the
increased supply Of money, the de-
creased supply Of all food stuffs, and
the tariR-the prices of beef, pork
and its by products. mutton. chick
ems, eggs, butter and milk. and all
other food products taken on an
ayerase-haye never been a high
o NOW. barring Of course the var
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-03

prices of the COS. Is not this the
Southern farmers golden opportuni-
ty?
The Telegraph has shown in pre-
vious articles that in 1850. when the
population in Georgia was l.057.2S6.
there were in this State 2.O3S.1l6
hogs. In 1907. with a population
Of 100000. there were only 1.59s.-
600 hogs. With the population more
than doubled, the number Of hogs
has been reduced nearly one-half.
The Telegraph has shown that. in
1860. there were 299.6SS milch
COWS. In 1907. 30S. .000-an in
crease only Of S.312. That in 1850,
there were oxen and other cattle,
706.194. In 1907. SS0.000-de-
crease Of 26.1s4! That in 1860.
there were 512.S1s sheep. In 1907.
10000 decrease Of 243.61s!
These figures are surprising, and
yet they are based on actual statisti-
cal returns.
The Telegraph has shown that in
1890. when Georgia's population was
!,s37,353. Georgia farmers owned l.
se7.00s swine. In 1907, when the
population had increased to 2.70o.-
900. the swine owned by Georgia
farmers decreased to 1.5s9.o00-a
loss Of 2S,00S. That In 1890, the
sheep owned by Georgia farmers
numbered 411,876. In 1907 they
had decreased to 10000 loss OF
approximately one-half! That in
1890. Georgia owned 354.s1s mich
cows. In 1897 the number fell to
308,0o0-a loss Of 46,61S.
All Of these figures are amazing
but they are collected from the most
reliable sources. They call to the
farmer with irresistible eloquence
and force. They cry aloud to them
to plant less cotton and more grain;
to raise more cattle and hogs-not a.
q patriotic thing, but a. q proft-mak-
inS business. It Is the farmers op-
portunity. His day has come II he
is wise enough to read the signs Of
the times and take advantage of 1t.
Food is the first and the last Of
the natural man. All men must eat.
Everything else In secondary. We
can 30 naked and live in the woods
as the heathens do. but we must eat.
It takes q pound Of cotton to buy q
pound Of meat. A pound Of meat
can be raised more cheaply than a
round Of cotton. A farmer can eat
his meat but he cannot eat his cotton.
The money supply has grown fast
er that the food supply. The farm
production for the last four years
have been low in comparison with the
increase In other forms Of value.
Manufacturing enterprises, manufac-
tured materials, stock and bond cor
porations have more than tripled IN
value In ten years. The farmers
have not kept pace.-Macon Tele-
graph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-07
TURNED EASIER
 TOWARDS MIDDAY
Continued Dry Weather in Texas Caused Considerable Buiiish Com ment-At Noon the Market Was inactiye and Down to
 tO , Points.

New Orleans, Dec. 6. Cotton Gu- lures opened steady, unchanged, to i point up; December 14.3S; January, 14.91 to 14.92; March 15.17 to IS; May, 1o.57 asked; July, 15.47 asked.
 Cables were about as expected The ring had new orders to fill on market was steady enough, but it had no life and prices hardly moved. The demand was chiefly from covering shorts, who were somewhat nervous over the cold weather in the belt which telegrams said was interfering to some extent with the picking of cotton still left in the fields. The continued dry weather in Texas also
 caused bullish comment At the end of the first half-hour prices were 1 to 3 points.
 The market turned a little easier toward midday with prices selling off to a net loss of about to 4 points under scattering liquidation in the absence of any important support. Wires from Memphis reported that the National Ginners' Association re- ported the total growth to be 11,126, GOO bales and ginning to December 1 at 10,020,000 bales, but bullish re- port from this source appeared to have been discounted. Spot quiet; m ddling uplands, 1505 nominal.
 The market was dull thronghout the morning session with liquidation of the longs the chief feature, Under offerings from this source prices gradually sagged of until they were 5 to points under yesterday s close. The National Ginners As sociation came out with report of 10,02O,000 bales as the amount gin ned to December i and a crop esti- mate of 11,126,00O bales. Bullish as these figures were they did not stimulate buying.
 At noon the market was inactive to 6 points down from yesterdays quotations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-07
WILL ELLIS
 IS APPRfCIATIYF

Little Rock, Dec. CIV. Y. Elis, raroled by the Arkansas penitentiary board Monday, Tuesday afternoon made tour of the State House. call ing on the members of the Board to thank them for their vote He stated he appfec ated his freedom very much, and would never give the stat &uy further trouble. Ellis and his wife will in q few days leave for Fayetteville where he will remain for some time to rest up after his year of hard labor as a state conv ct. El- lis filed a bond for his good behavior. Should his tuberculosis become worse he will apply for admittance to the State Sanitorium at Bonneville.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-07
HamiltOn.BreWster.

Invitations have been issued by MT. and Mrs. W. A. Hamilton of this city to the marriage of their daughter, Minnie, to James Earle Brewster, the event to occur Christmas day, at p. m at Hawley Memorial church. The ceremony will be performed by Rev w. w. Nelson, pastor of Hawley Memorial. Miss Hamilton is a very charming young lady with a large circle of friends in this city. MT. Brewster is a popular and promis. ing young man, and stands high in the esteem of social and business as sociates in this city, where he has lived for several years. After short visit to parents of the groom at For dyce, Arkansas, the couple will be at home in th's city at Edgewood sub- urb
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-07
FIRST SNOW OF
 PRESENT SEASON
Fall Was Light Here But Inbound Trains Come From Districts Where
 It Was Heavy.

The "beautifu1 snow" arrived in Pine Bluff yesterday for the first time this winter. The ground did not indicate that snow was falling and does not at this time, but just the same snow flurries were frequent yesterday Not only were Pine Bluff ians convinced that they were having a streak of real winter weather, but incoming trains from the east, were laden with snow, showing that the country in general was in the hands of "old crimp.''
 Travellers from Memphis yesterday stated that three inches of the soft white stuff fell in that city Monday night. Some snow was seen here Monday night, but the majority of the population rested we'll, quite confident that on yesterday morning they would be able to leave their homes without the assistance of shov- els.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-07

dent of the Western Buyers Asso- cation, has been here on a business trip.
 Deputy Circuit Clerk A w. Lowe will not return from Monticello un- til Friday. His father died there last Sunday night, shortly after his arrival and his mother is now report ed to be quite sick.
 Mrs. c. c Cline 10 expected home today from Little Rock, where she has been visiting her daughter. Mrs. D. R. Zones. Mrs. Zones, who is dir actress of the Coterie Chorus in the city, will accompany her here. Hunter McGehee, Carroll Martin, Ronald Helvie, Dolph Seibs, Ed Mar tin, Alvin Adams and MT. and Mrs. Charles ONeal have returned from Little Rock, where they attended the state initiation of Woodmen, Satur- day.
 Ms. Fred Clarke and child return ed yesterday afternoon from be8Is- vile, where they have been wis ting Mir. Clarke. Mrs. Clarke will prob ably move to Lewisyille shortly, and join her husband, who is a Cotton Belt conductor, and has rGn out of LeWisville.
 Simon Bloom has just disposed of his plantation near Warner, consist ing of 320 acres of rich soil, to Dr. Thoilere, Of Pleasant Plains, Ark, at a consideration of eS,000. The new owner of the plantation will take possession immediately. Mr. Bloom ,, will make his hoRs hsrs, but has not yet annolaesd his business plans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-07
MURRAY AND HACK
 HAD POOR BUSINESS

Murray and Mack minue Charles Murray, but with the old favorite, Ol- lie Mack, with his monkey face," in the leading role, presented sFinni- gan S Ball' to a sorry audience" at the Elks Theater last night. The company is not near so large as n former years, but there is not alWays quality in Quantity
 Murray and Mack have had g hard road to travel in recent years and after the withdrawal of Charles Mur- ray from the team Ollie Mack set about to revive their old popularity ill the Southern country. He has acted wisely in taking out small company for the present season is one Of the worst that has been experienced by amusement enterprises for years. It is safe to say that had Ollie Mack brought one Of h;s former big casts to this city last night, the indications are that he would have to stop for while and telegraph home for mon ey. The business hardly paid ex- pen.es here and if reports are true, and managers say they are, no better bus ness is in store for the Irish com- edians elsewhere in this section.
 The show while not % good as in the past has several good features to commend it. Ollie Mack is just as funny as of old, but the real star or the company is Bobby Harrington There is some class to Harrington or he would have never been permitted to jump into one of George Conan s greatest parts and make good with it for several seasons. For he did as Little Johnny Jones" and later appeared in equal successes. The writer met Harrington in New or leans four years ago, after the beau tiful little musical show, "Violette, had gone to the bad. He and bunch of other clever people were forced to make their way back to New York town with the aid of the Western Union. But unlike Jeffrles, he came back and is just as good as ever. He had just enough Conan ln- struction fin his earlier days on the stage to become Cohanesque and he still retains much of the Conan air. including the song and dance so fam- iliar to American theater-goers. He works hard and with full house would have accomplished much bet ter results last night.
 The show is not bad for a small company Every member seems to realize that they are handicapped by the absence of chorus that IS so essential to a musical comedy, con- pany. The three ladies in the sho" are attractive and play their parts well and Fred Wilson in his old Irish womans" stunt is still a laugh getter.