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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Mob Tried to Lynch Negro.

York, Pa, Sept. Thames Yel-
lets, a negro barber of Wrightsville
was attacked by a mob of several
hundred persons who made a
strenuous effort to lynch him yester-
day afternoon
He had sent a Black Hand letter
to Miss Helen Detwiler, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Detwiler, promi-
nent residents of the borough. The
negro was slightly injured, but was
finally lodged in the borough lock-
up by Constables Wilson and Nc
Cauley, who had to fight their way to
the prison.
In his letter to Miss Detwiler, re-
ceived yesterday, the negro, after
stating that he was in love with her,
demanded that she place $25 at a
certain place on the Detwiler farm or
forfeit her life.
Miss Detwiler and her parents
were greatly alarmed and decided
that they would do as the latter re-
quested. Going to the place desig-
mated in the letter, Mr.. Detwiler and
his daughter were depositing the
money when they saw a negro stand
ing in a corn field watching their ac-
tions. Mr.. Detwiler started after the
colored man, but he was too fleet OF
foot and escaped. Miss Detw1le1
recognized the negro as Yellets, and
a warrant was sworn out for his ar
rest. News of the negro's threats
spread like wildfire, and when the
constables took him into custody a
crowd collected and there were cries
of Lynch him." "Kill him!" "Give
him Justice now!" Some threw
stones at him, and several struck
their mark.
The borough residents, it is feared.
may atempt to take him from the Of
icers when they bring him to the
county jail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Ends Life With Morphine.

Gainesville, Ca, Sept. 19.-Dis-
patches received here to-day state
that DIR. Lundy H. Harris, Of Nash
Vile, formerly assistant secretary OF
the board of education of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, South, died at
Pine Log, near Gainesville, OF an
overdose of morphine, taken Sunday
morning with suicidal intent. DR..
Harris was at Pine Log to recuperate
from nervous prostration.
Sunday morning DR.. Harris went
for a walk and several hours later
was found unconscious on the banks
of a small stream. He left notes to
his wife and to an undertaken. The
body will be shipped to Nashville.
DR.. Harris was the husband of Cora
N. Harris, a we'll known writer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Youths Mang1ed by Train.

Albany, Ca, Sept. 1.-THE two
young sons of Lafayette Marlborough
of Edison, near this place, were
tossed from a high trestle near here
to-day by a passenger train of the
Georgia, Florida & Alabama railroad.
One of the boys was ground almost
to a pulp before his body was hurled
from the trestle, and his brother,
though still alive, is so frightfully in
jured that his recovery is hopeless.
A third boy leaped to safety
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Negro Shot to Death.

Birmingham, Ala, Sept a.
Isaac Glover, a negro, was shot to
death by a posse of citizens four
miles south of Springville at Z
o'clock this evening. The negro shot
two members of the posse before he
was fired upon.
Glover killed Capt. John Terry
one of the most popular citizens OF
St. Clair county, last Sunday after
noon without provocation. Capt
Terry met him in the road and the
negro evidently thought he wanted
to arrest him and fired point blank
killing Terry instantly.
Posses were Immediately organized
and had been searching for the negro
ever since.
About so armed men with dogs
came across the negro's trail this
afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock
Soon afterward the dogs came upon
the negro in clump of bushes. The
negro kicked the dogs away and
armed with a pistol and shotgun be-
gan to fire on the posse. Practically
so guns returned the fire and the
negro was filled with bullets.
Practically every store in Spring
vile was closed this evening in order
that owners and employees might join
in the chase.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Will Build Monument.

Washington, Sept. 19.-1n con-
formity with the recommendation
Just before his death of Judge Oakes,
federal commissioner for marking
graves of Confederate soldiers and
sailors who died in Northern prisons
during the War Between the Sec
tions, the war department has award
ed contract for the construction OF
a monument costing $4,000 in the
Confederate cemetery at Fort Look
out, Nd, where lie buried the bodies
of 1856 Confederates. Lack OF iden-
tification prevented the erection of in
dividual headstones.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
acknowledgements About
Men and Happenings.

Assistant Adjutant and Inspector
General w. T. Brock has rendered
his resignation to Governor Ansel,
to be effective November 1st.
In the race for house of representa-
tives in Barnwell county in the second
primary, R. P. Searson, Jr., of Allen
dale, defeated DR.. A. B. Patterson, of
Barnwell. For auditor, r. w. Riley
defeated J. C. Moody.
The law requiring fire escapes to
be placed on all hotels over two
stories in height will go into effect
on October /. The effective date
can not be extended by the insurance
department. The penalty is $40 per
day.
A movement has been on foot
among some Of the officers of the Ma
tional Guard of this State to have the
next adjutant and inspector general
appoint w. T. Brock his assistant, but
Col. Moore, the adjutant general
elect, states that he will not reap
point Mr.. Brock.
Sumter wants to issue bonds to
permanently pave the main street of
that city, and it is likely that vetrif-
ed brick will be used in case the bond
election for this purpose carries.
Sumter is a good town, but it is
somewhat behind other towns of it's
size in the matter of municipal i'm
provements.
Forty inebriates have been cured
by the city council Of Columbia, as
the result of the cure room estab-
lished in the city hall. When an
habitual drunk appears before the
recorder he is sent to the medical de-
partment Of the city for treatment.
No "go backs" have been reported to
Mayor Gibbes. The idea of the city
curing inebriates was conceived by
Mayor Gibbes. Columbia is possibly
the only city in the United States
having a feature of this nature as a
part of the city government.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
News OF OIar.

Olar, Sept. 16.-The Olar graded
and high schools opened on last
Monday morning, September IL, un-
der most favorable circumstances, for
a successful session. Sharply at 3
O'Clock a goodly number of the pat
rons were present to see the children
take up their duties. The enroll
ment numbers about the same as last
year. After scripture reading and
prayer by J. L. ?roveaux, some time
" remarks were made by Drs. L. A.
Hartzog and Mccormack to the
children, Prof. J. o. Allen, the prin-
cipal, outlined his work. The corps
of teachers consists Of ]. O. Allen,
Miss Lydia Jenkins, Mrs. Doris
Goolsby, Moud D. Owens, Kitty Hoo
ton.
All of these teachers are new, with
the exception of Misses Hooton and
Owens, who have taught here before.
Miss Anna E. Mccormick, who has
been visiting relatives and friends at
Guyton and Meter, Ca, returned
home last Wednesday.
The following students will leave
for college next Tuesday: Miss
Floyd C. Chitty, Charlie Chitty and
Athan Morris, University of South
Carolina; Cecil B. Ray, Medical Col
lege of South Carolina.
Prof. VIM. Hart and daughter
Miss Lillian, are visiting relatives in
town.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
GIRL FIRED SHOT.
Startling Developments in Buff Case
in Lexington.

Lexington, Sept. 19.-There was
surprise in the Lexington court room
to-day when Miss Melissa Buff took
the witness stand and admitted that
she fired the shot at the three Hen
dirk men for which offense her faith
er, NJ. B. Buff, and Artie Buff were on
trial, the charge being assault and
battery with intent to kill. Miss Buff
stated that she tried to shoot John
Hendrix because he had wronged her
under promise of marriage. The
case will not 60 to the jury before to-
morrow.
The first case to be called was that
of NJ. B. Buff and Artie Buff, father
and son, defendants, who, it is al
legged, made assault upon John w.
Hendrix, Sr.. John w. Hendrix, Jr.,
and James Hendrix on the 25th of
last March while the three were pass
ing along the road in front Of the
house of the accused The three men
swore that the elder Buff and his son
fired two shots at them.
The defendants claim that the
shots were not fired by either of
them, but that Miss Mallissa Buff, a
daughter of NJ. B. Buff and sister
of Artie Buff, fired the shots. The
young woman went on the stand and
admitted that she did the shooting;
that John Hendrix, Jr., had, under
promise of marriage, wronged her,
and that she wanted to get revenge.
She said that neither her father nor
brother knew that she was going to
shoot, and that Artie Buff took the
gun away from her after she had
fired the second shot.
Miss Buff is just Is years old, and
made star witness.
All of the parties are prominent
farmers of the Hebron section of the
county, and a large crowd has been
in attendance upon the trial to-day.
M. B. Buff, one of the defendants,
is a Confederate soldier. The pros
ecutor, Jno. w. Hendrix, Sr., is a
former county commissioner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Shot to Death From Ambush.

Huntsville, Tenn, Sept. 19.-Ed.
Sherrod and T. J. Hewitt were shot
to death from ambush at Cooks
Camp, 20 miles north Of Huntsville,
Sunday. Pending investigation, Jno.
Bunch and his son, Joe Lowe, Nelson
Lowe, Jack lowe and Jack Bradley
are in Jail. The killing is supposed
to be a sequel to the killing OF Riley
Lowe by Hewitt three months ago.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Bolt Strikes Clay Statue.

Lexington, KY, Sept. 19.-Llght-
ming to-day struck the statue of Hen
ry Clay in the Lexington cemetery,
shattering an arm and leg of the
figure. The memorial was unveiled
in July and took the place of SINH
lar monument, which was struck by
lightning in 1903. Part of the cost
of $4,000 was betrayed by legisla-
tive appropriation. The storm to-
day was one of the heaviest ever
known here and it's total damage is
estimated at $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Govan Letter.

Govan, Sept. 19.-The lovely au-
tumn days reminds us to mediate
on Keats's poem on autumn" One
of his admirers said he didn't know
there was such beauty and magnifi-
cence displayed in autumn until read
ing Keats's poems. Such exquisite
ideas adorn these master minds and
lift them into the ideal sphere of life.
We can be somewhat elevated by
breathing in imitation their emo
lions. But they fail to express their
depth of emotion or profoundness in
their feeble lines, and then when
their lines are handed to us, how
still more feeble is our effort to un-
derstand.
Rev. Aston Wilkes held regular
preaching service at Salem Sunday
in the morning. His text was in
substance: Repent and be con-
verted." He said that 'local op-
tionists'' would go to hell. Guess
he gives this appellation to those who
are neither converted or are neither
vile sinners luke warm-who
do not obey the injunction. If this is
not the correct Interpretation we need
some light, for we cannot understand
the phrase used in a like discourse.
MI &ouS 1,,o, oh1r hon61od
Plenty of hogs around, and plen-
teous harvest of corn, etc., suggest
i've of good times the coming fall.
It is reported that Mr.. JEFF Whit
tie, of Blackville, expects to gather
from two hundred and fifty acres of
cotton five hundred bales, and
he believes the seed will settle his
guano bill. It Is an inspiration to
farmers to go and inspect his farm.
The great quantity of fertilizer has
kept the weed so vigorous and grow
ing so long that the top fruit will
! hardly mature before frost catches
it.
We are sorry to record the illness
of Miss Carrie Free, of the Spring
town section, also the recent indis-
position of Mrs. Sallie Hay.
Seems that old Barnwell county
wants the dispensary back. This
proves a great responsibility upon
the ministers of the gospel over in
that county. Some who vote for the
sale of liquor (who do not use to ex-
cess either) say that the preachers
have not anything to do with this
matter. I wis they would prove to
me from what source we American
people get our moral inspiration.
But the ministers are only. the in
struments who expound the moral
truths. Then we readily see the
point of origin. "Speak now or
henceforth forever hold your peace" "
you dispensary advocates.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
COURT WILL DECIDE.
Formation of Eleventh Kentucky Dis
trict Before Tribunal.

Washington, Sept. lS.-Wlth tne
notorious Caleb Powers running fol
congress in the eleventh congress
sional istrict of Kentucky and the
formation Of that district made an is
sue before the United States supreme
court to determine States power to
"gerrymander, its territory in that
mountainous region Is to be a politi'
cal centre this fall.
Unless the supreme court throws
the case out on a question of juris'
diction of some subordinate point OF
law the decision is looked forward to
as sure to have widespread bearing
on the proposed reappointment OF
representatives next year. The politi-
cal complexion of two or more dis
tricts is said to depend upon the out
come of the case.
The Alleged "Gerymander."
The Kentucky Republicans claim
that, by various acts, the Democratic
legislature of that State has added
Republican counties to the Republi'
can stronghold, the Eleventh district
thus making the adjoining Third and
Eighth Democratic. In 1908 the Re-
publicans elected their candidate fol
congress in the Eleventh district by
$1,000 majority while the Democrats
carried the Third by 476 and the
Eighth by 1,676.
When the case was brought before
the courts of Kentucky the judges
held that the State courts were moi
clothed with any power to question
the discretion expressed by the legis'
lature in redistricting the State fol
congressional purposes.
Did Not Settle Point.
Doubt was expressed as to whether
congress had any right under the fed
eral constitution to say how the State
should proceed in the formatlon OF
districts, but the court refrained from
passing directly upon the point.
The case was brought to the su'
preme court on the claim that the
Kentucky statutes were invalid be-
cause in conflict with congressional
enactment providing that the dis
tricts should be composed OF "con
tiguous and compact" territory. Such
enactments have been passed by con
gress following each census in the
last 80 years. However, it is sa1o
that no test of the force of the words
has been made before the supreme
court. So far the legislatures have
been free to district the States ac
cording to their opinion and the de-
termination of the Kentucky case viii
be watched for with interest to see II
the power Of the legislature is to be
limited.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
Kills Woman and Himself.

Abbeville, Ca, Sept. 19.-B. Ma
mass to-day shot and killed Mrs. Cole
Williams, wife of Former Mayor Will
liams, because he believed she had in
terfered to prevent the success of his
suit for the hand of her sister, Mrs.
Eugene Rohal, a widow. The latter
saw the shooting. As Mrs. Williams
collapsed he turned his revolver on
the widow, wounding her in the hip,
and then killed himself.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
PRIMARY NOMINEES NAMED
STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MET TUESDAY.
Governor, Adjutant General, Railroad
Commissioner and Two Congress-
men. Declared Elected.

The State Democratic Executive
committee meeting Tuesday in the
Office of the secretary of State, de-
clared the nominees of the party for
governor, adjutant general, railroad
commissioner and congressman from
two districts.
The following official vote was re-
ported for the second primary to the
committee and adopted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22

Guaranteed Black Cat Hosiery for
men, ladies, and children, at w. d.
Rhoad's.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-11

than they can pay or feel able to pay.
Why not wipe off the slate and let
them begin anew? Cannot this be
done? Isn't it in the power Of the
Legislature to give them clean bill
of health, as it were?
I'VE presume the legislature could
by enactment wipe out the poll taxes
in arrears of all the states citizens,
| with regard to race, color or previous
condition of servitude, but, of course,
! it would have to apply to all citizens
alike.
But the Acknowledgement law, be-
ing now in force, cur Savannah can-
l.tempory argues that there is no oc-
i casion for resorting to the non-pay-
ment of poll tax methods of getting
rid of the illiterate negro vote.
'sAll of these white men who are
not now voting because of the failure
to pay the poll tax would be better
citizens if they were voters, the Saw
annah paper urges. They would feel
a greater interest in their respective
counties and in the state. The most
of them no doubt would pay the poll
tax now if their back poll taxes were
/ out Ct the way. Besides, isn't it bet
ter to have them as regular poll tax
payers than to get absolutely nothing
from them?
I'VE venture to say that there are
+ scores if not hundreds of men in this
county who do not vote simply because
there is standing against them pref
ty big bill for poll taxes And what i;
true of this country is doubtless true O.
every other county. The thing to d.
is to make them voters. The state
will be the gamer If the state will
The the gamer and lose nothing, wha
good reason can there be for permit
ting poll tax debt to keep these mer
off the registration books?'
"The question is we'll worth consid
ering and certainly if there is a way
of legally restoring the class in ques
ton to the privileges and duties of CT
| tizenship it should be DONE
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-11
ITS A CHEERFUL FEELING.


The moving SPIRITS in the Bruins
wick Terminal and Railway Securities
Company have one splendid idea along
with many others they have in view,
looking to the development of this
Icity. It is not new one, for these
Iof our people who have given Bruins
wick and her future any serious
thought have long since embraced it
Fand have been dreaming over it and
trying to work 1t out into. something
practical for years.
We refer to the suggestion CT Pres
ident Rhodes that no one great inous-
try be launched, but six or eight or a
dozen small ones be established, each
of them to be placed upon sound
basis and be put to work manufactur-
ing diversified character of products
giving employment and creating pay
rolls, gradually extending their work
until others, seeing the success OF
these, will get into the market with
new ones, until finally we have built
up city of factories to add to the
commerce of the port.
/ That's the thing.
That indeed is the one thing. togeth-
er with the proper tilling of the soil
Of sGlynn county, that we need to build
up a great city here and upon our
soul, we believe it is at last in sight
dawning clearer and clearer in the flu
ture of the commercial horizon OF
Brunswick. And to those who fully
realize the situation in this city the
outlines of that approaching condition
must aff.rd unstinted satisfaction.
| Brunswick is and has been for years
actually living upon her commerce that
is she has been levying tribute upon
a certain through business at the
port; she has had no factories, nc
farms to originate products and tc
istimulate her business and her COM
merce; she has depended absolutely
as we have stated, on these through
shipments of cargoes fer her very life
blood And now, unless we are mis-
taken, we believe the time is near at
hand when going people, with vast
interest and an unlimited capital for
their purposes are going ahead and
bring this condition which we have
been hoping for and praying for all
these years.
It's cheerful feeling.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-11
THE POLL TAX AND THE VOTER


The following from the Macon News
n which is brought out views of the
Savannah Morning News, is timely
and Is matter of deep concern to
very large percentage of the people of
the state of Georgia. The question of
poll taxes is very material factor in
the political situation in Georgia and
such Illuminating discussions of the
question as both of our namesaies
are irdulging in, must and will have
good result:
What part does the roll tax play
in the causes FIR the large proportion
of Georgians who, Judging from the
progress of the registration under the
new law, will be numbered among the
unregistered and DISTINGUISHED citi-
| zens of the state after the 9Th. of next
Emonth?
| How many of them are and will be
/ deferred from registering because of
the neglect to pay their poll taxes in
FAST years and because of either the
! indisposition CT the inability to pay
the accumulated sums outstanding
/ against their names on the tax collec-
tors books?
The prerequisite to registration OF
payment of taxes, both poll and prop
erty, is not new feature introduced
by the new law, but it obtained under
the old law, and those who may be
disfranchised because of their failure
to comply with the requirements can,
not lay the blame for the plight at the
door of the new statute.
The Savannah News says that
There are thousands of white men in
/ this. state who are not voters and will
not become voters because they owe
back poll taxes"
/ Our Savannah namesake says big
percentage Of these men would like
to become voters, and would register
land vote, if these back taxes were out
of the way and it suggests the idea
iof the legislature passing an enabling
act or adopting some measure in the
nature of political bankruptcy act
4 TO wire out the record of these bach
takes against the delinquents and Civ
ling them a chance to begin over again
Our contempory says that man,
of them failed to pay their poll ia,
and become voters because they were
either too poor or they were careless
: about the matter or Indifferent or be
cause at the time the tax was du
they needed all the money they ha'
; flor other purposes. The simple fac
is that they cannot register and vot
lhecause they eve sthe state now NOR
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-11

Surely this is the spring time OF
which the world likes to talk. Already
neignbors are quarrelling over back
fences as to the world-over right OF
che neighbor,s hens to destroy anoth.
or neighbours garden. Both are right
us they have always been and always
win he.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-11

Congress mas just put Peary square
Ii on notice that 1t has some serious
doabts about his having discovered
the north pole, and the commander
viii have to show up or shut up.