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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
BLOWS THEM TO ATOMS.
Novel Way of Getting Rid of the
CATERPILLAR Pest.

Caterpillars have no terrors for
Elihu Batdorf, quarryman, living
near Breiningsville, Pa, who discov-
cred a new way to rid the trees OF
his orchard of pests Of all kinds. Re-
Gently he happened to spill small
quantity of nitroglycerine on some
bushes near his quarry.
Shortly afterwards he heard a Sc
ries of short explosions coming from
that direction. He investigated and
found that as each caterpillar de-
voured a small amount Of the ex-
plosive he fell to the ground and
exploded with a loud report.
Batdorf was not slow to utilize
his discovery and mixing an ounce
of the explosive into four gallons OF
water he began to spray his apple
trees with the mixture and in a short
time there was a regular fusilade OF
explosions in the orchard, sounding
like volleys Of miniature musketry.
All his trees were cleared of cater
pillars and every other known tree
pest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
Pleasant Porch Party.

Olar, Aug. 1.-Among the many
social events given in honor of Miss
Jones, of Newberry, one Of the most
pleasant was porch party given by
Misses Alice and Edith Kearse last
Wednesday evening. The entire
front being decorated in trailing
vines and pretty lanterns looked like
fairyland. Progressive Anagrams
was played, while fruit nectar was
served by Misses Hilda and Winnie
Kearse during the game, keeping all
in a good humor. The lucky couples
with cards punched progressing on
to other tables gave witty toasts to
the unfortunate ones left behind. AT
the close of the contest Mr.. Wyman
Kearse was declared the lucky one
and given a handsome box of candy,
which he presented to Miss Jones,
his partner.
Mr.. w. ]. Lightsey, of Brunson,
declared himself an hero on this oc-
casion, and called the judges to wit
ness that fact that he did not have
a single punch in his card and that
he had sat quietly at table four the
entire evening. The judges agreed at
once that he deserved the BOBBY and
he was gracefully presented a tin dip
Der of ice water. This he accepted
with many smiles and much thanks
but very reluctantly presented the
prize to his partner, Miss Cresse
Breeland.
At the close of the evening ice
cream and cake was served.
All present pronounced Misses
Kearse most excellent hostesses, and
went away hoping they would enter"
tain again soon. Those present were:
Misses Evelyn Brabham, Nell kearse'
Vena Breeland, Aline Kearse, Edna
Chitty, Cresse Breeland, AIMEE Jones.
Messrs. Stacy Kearse, Ernest Ritter
Jake HERS, Will Lightsey, Clinton
Platts, Horace Kearse, Ennis Bree'
land, and S. e. Neely.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
I'm SHOT, CENTRAL; HELP!"
These are the Words of Dying Man
Over the Phone.

These are the WORDS OF lying Man
Over the Phone.
sI'm shot central, help!" These
words coming over the telephone
were heard by an operator in the
Monroe street exchange of the Chi
cago Telephone company about mid
night Wednesday night.
She then heard the sound OF a
falling body and several crashes in
dicating the banging of the receiver
against the wall as it fell from the
hand of the wounded man.
She at once notified the police sta
tion that some one had been shot at
one of the two addresses where there
were two telephones on the party
line.
One of those addresses was that of
Matthew Stron's saloon and that was
the place where the call came from.
The police found John Dalzall, the
bartender, lying unconscious on the
floor near the telephone. The cash
register had been broken open and
the money taken. Dalzall probably
will die. He had been shot by the
robber.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
Two Men Drowned.

Keene Browne and Clarence Orig
gers, well known young men Of CO.
lumbia, were drowned in Ridgewood
lake yesterday few minutes before
noon. The lake is about 200 yards
from the end of the car line and ies.
a summer amusement park.
The two young men who lost their
lives and J. w. Parent and J. B.
Lewis, all employees Of the Seaboard
Air Line, were taking boat ride on
the lake. Brown, Driggers and Par
rent were in one boat and Lewis IN
another with a boy whose name iss
not known. They had been down
to the dam about half mile from
the pavilion and were on their way
back to surrender the boats when
the accident occurred. Lewis and
the little boy were possibly 100
yards ahead of the other young men.
Parent, the young man who was
in the boat with Brown and DriggerS
but was saved, said that the boat
they used, No. 3, had water In II
when they took it out. It was dip
ped out. John Faust, the negro, who
rented them the boats, said the
water had been splashed in by the
people who last used the boat
Lewis verified this statement by Par
rent.
Parent said the water continued
to come in as they went down the
lake and back. He thought the boat
leaked. They continued to dip it out,
the best they could, but the boat
went down about 200 yards west OF
the pavilion and about Is yards from
sh~r re. Parent clung onto the boat,
anu Brown and Driggers made an
effort. to swim to the bank. A little
boy came to Parent and gave what
assistance he could.
Several hours after the accident
the boat was brought up to the pa
vilion and examined, but no leaks
were found. It is the theory that
the occupants Of the boat were ste
ting too much on one side and the
water gradually came over In the
boat.
The place, where the accident oc-@
Cured, Is about seven or eight feet
deep, if they went down in the chan
mel of the creek, but when out OF the
channel, the water in this part OF the
lake is only four or five feet deep.
It is not known whether or not
Brown and Driggers could swim
Columbia State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
A Happy Occasion.

The children and grandchildren of
Mrs. Annie Eugenia Folk, together
with other friends and relatives,
gathered at her home in the Colston
section, August 5, 1911, to celebrate
her 6Sth birthday.
Gathered about her were her six
children: Mrs. J. M. Fielder, of Bam-
berg; Mrs. I. A. Dyches, Of Hilda;
Mrs. J. E. Bishop, of Ehrhardt; Mrs.
F.. Kirkland; Messrs. W. H. and
Frank Folk, of the Colston neigh
borhood. Her grandchildren, AZ in
number, were all present except two:
DR.. H. M. Warn, a travelling dentist
in Tennessee, and J. H. Warn, who
is with the U. S. Navy, now in Nor
folk, Va.
About 1870 a most bountiful din
ner was served, after which the chill
dren and grandchildren of Mrs.
Folk marched from the back yard
out to the road, then back up the
avenue and into the parlor, where
a part of the afternoon was devoted
to music and singing, with Misses
Elizabeth Mcmillan and Jessie
Dyches at the organ, with an accom-
panying violin tenor played by Miss
Minnie Kirkland. Afterward some
beautiful marches we're played by
Mrs. Florrie Folk, accompanied by
Mr.. Howell Delk, of Hilda, with the
violin.
The day proved far too short for
the young folks and older ones as
we'll, and all were sorry when the
time came to depart, and each went
away wishing dear grand mother
many happy returns of the day. -
Many beautiful gifts we're presented
to Mrs. Folk.
GRAND DAUGHTER.
Branchville, S. c., August Z, 1911.
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"All care abandoned ye who enter
here"
My impression Of the West, is that
it is one of the few spots on this
continent where the great faults OF
our American citizen, worry and in
cessant care, are not conspicuous
The ride across the continent Is none
too long a journey, for the privilege
of these enhancing and entertaining
excursions, However, the play is
over, we, the audience, break up and
go home, to dream over and over
again the wonders and the beauties
of the western world.
ROBERTA JOHNSON.
August 7th, 1911.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere. =.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, Aug. 7.7Mr. H. Karesh
talks of going to the northern mar
kets this week to look up goods for
cts this week to look up goods for
fall trade.
The Conrad Ehrhardt Co.'s gins
will be run and managed by the
Carolina Gin Co. Mr.. Coggins will
manage them.
The thermometer went to its July
height Sunday, and cool drinks were
relished where they could be had.
Our town seems somewhat lone
some, so many have gone off on Wis
its to watering places.
Times are somewhat on the mend,
however. Had runaway mule in
town the Cther day. No one hurt,
but buggy was somewhat damaged
by the one horse wagon hitched to
scared mule.
The young folks are having a big
time trying to get their ducks in a
line. They know how, but are too
bashful. For further information
one has to ask Edgar Fender and
Harry Copeland.
Mrs. Addie Lock and little son,
of Savannah, Ca, and Miss Philips,
of Pineland, S. c., are visiting their
sister, Mrs. F. B. Smith, and family.
Misses Davidson and Johnston, of
Augusta, Ca, are spending some time
with Mrs. julius Ehrhardt, who is a
relative of theirs.
Miss c.. Cave, of Denmark, is
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. A. A. Zeigler.
There will be three games of ball
here this week. Olar, Walteroro,
and Smoaks teams are going to play
the Ehrhardt team. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
Roy Killed in Runaway.

Spartanburg, Aug. 7.-Alvin Rhy-
mer, II years old, was killed here
to-day, when a team of mules he was
driving ran away down hill, near
Rock Cliff park in the eastern part
of the city, throwing him under the
wheels of the wagon. The lads chest
was crushed by the wheels, and be-
fore he could be taken to hospital
in an automobile, he died. He was
a son of J. D. Rhymer, of Drayton
mill village.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
HOW McLEMORE WAS SHOT.
Bullet Was Intended Only to Stop
Fugitives.

Barnwell, Aug. 7.-When the re-
port Of the shooting of John Nc
Lemore by Sheriff F. H. Creech Sat-
urday afternoon was wired in, it was
impossible to get a statement from
the sheriff because of the fact that he
was out Of town, having left on the
evening train for Yenome. This
morning G. J. Diamond, who was
with Mr.. Creeeh at the time of the
shooting, gave some further details.
He said that Mr.. Creech had a.
constable at the depot for several
days on the lookout for shipments
of whiskey and that Friday after
noon a grip came in as baggage It
was suspected that the grip contain
ed whiskey and it was watched. Sat-
urday afternoon Mr.. Diamond and
the sheriff went to the depot and
were met by the constable, who in-
formed them that the grip was to be-
rechecked to Blackville. He them
noticed the buggy in which Frank
Grubbs, Barnie and John McLemore
were seated drive of from the depot,
and the sheriff sent Mr.. Diamond
toward the depot, while he went to
head them off in the opposite direc-
ton. Mr.. Diamond, however, crawl
ed under the platform and came out
on the road just behind the buggy.
He says he heard the sheriff call on
the occupants of the buggy several
times : to stop, but that, instead OF
complying with his demand, they
whipped their horse in an attempt
to get away. Mr.. Creech then fred
the shot that hit John McLemore In
the leg. Mr.. Diamond says that the
sheriff told him that he was not
shooting at the men, but at the horse,
and that in doing so it was merely
his intention to stop them:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
Sixty Hour Bill Passes.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 7.-Tbe Geor-
gia senate to-day passed bill setting
60 hours week as the maximum
for work in cotton and wool mills.
It was not opposed. The measure,
introduced by Senator w. T. Roberts,
was recommended as substitute for
the Tarver bill passed by the house,
which specified 10 hours per day.
The substitute permits employees to
work overtime if they wish and thus
have half holidays Saturdays.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10

Governor Blease is quoted in the
Columbia Evening Record and the
Charleston News and Courier as say
ing that he wants to see liquor dis
pensaries established in every county
in South Carolina.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
EMPLOYED sAFE.BLOWER.
Cashier of Company Tried to Con-
ceal Tracks.

New Jersey, N. j., Aug. Sam
uel Brown, cashier of the Long Dock
Milling company, confessed to-day,
the police say, that he employed
Frank Walsh to blow up the COM
pany safe last night SO as to destroy
two ledgers which would have re-.
vealed a shortage in his accounts OF
$4,000.
Walsh loaded the safe with too
much glycerine and sustained intu-,
ries that resulted in his death to-;
day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
DEATH FOLLOWS VISIT
AIKEN COUNTY WOMAN FRIGHT.
ENED TO DEATH.
Husband Lies at Point of Death and
Nephew Has Disappeared-Five
Men Arrested.

Aiken, Aug. Alive white men
were lodged in the Aiken county jail
tonight, charged with implication in
a most horrible affair last night at
Monetta, in this county. The men
are: Dock Cockman, A. L. Holstein,
R. H. Holstein, Sidney Holstein, and
J. C. Holstein, all of whom are prom
inently connected. AS a result of the
visit of party of men to the home
of the Spradleys, near Monetta, last
night, Mrs. Nettie Spradley lies a
corpse in her home and her husband
is in critical condition, with their
nephew, Columbus Spradley, disap-
peared. His whereabouts are un-
known. He has not been seen or
heard of since the difficulty last
night. Whether he was murdered
and lies hidden in the woods or
whether he was frightened into leav-
ing the neighborhood remains mere
ly conjecture.
No eyewitness are known to the
awful tragedy other than the parties
involved, and the elder Spradley, not
having regained consciousness, the
story has not been told and may
never be unless Columbus Spradley Is
located alive, as the physicians do
not entertain hopes of the elder
Spradley's recovery.
The men were brought here to-
night by Rural Policemen Samuels
and Busbee. Sheriff Raborn, Rural
Policeman HoIley and Solicitor Gun
ter are now at Monetta investigating
the tragedy. Coroner Johnston is to-
night holding the inquest, which will
not be completed before tomorrow.
The story as told tonight is that
Columbus Spradley was to be mar
ried to Julia May Holstein. The i'm
plicated men under arrest are the
father, uncle and cousins of this girl.
More arrests are expected to follow
the coroner's inquisition.
It is said that last night a party
of white men visited the home of the
Spradleys, the elder Spradley was
thrashed into insensibility, sustain
ing serious injuries, from which he
is not expected to recover.
Was Young Mother.
Mrs. Spradley, who was in the
house, was frightened to death. She
tainted and never regained conscious
ness. Columbus Spradley, about
whom the entire affair occurred, can
not be found. His friends believe
that he is dead or seriously wound
ed. Mrs. Spradley gave birth to a
baby five weeks ago and the baby
survives her. The affair is one of
the most horrible the county officials
have ever known and particulars are
eagerly sought after, but are hard to
get tonight on account of the dis
tance from Aiken and the remoteness
in which the tragedy is shadowed.
The coroner's inquest in likely to
reveal horrible state Of affairs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

The Laurensville Herald plant has
been made a joint stock company.
The paper will be conducted by W.
l.. Taylor and B. L. Culbertson.
The South Carolina Live. Stock
association will hold a meeting at
Clemson college during the time OF
the Farmers institute-August S-11.
Bernard Manning, son of Richard
1. Manning, of Sumter, has been ap-
pointed to consular service at Buenos
Ayres and will leave for that point
in October.
Harry w. Langston, a farmer OF
Florence county, was killed by light
ming on Friday while going from his
house to his barn. He leaves a wife
and several children.
The Warrenville cotton mills, that
had been shut down since the first
of June, started up again on Friday.
On the same day the Graniteville
mills closed indefinitely.
The election in Sumter county on
Thursday on the question Of issuing
s15O,OOO worth of bonds for good
roads was defeated, the vote stand
ing 4O3 for and 40S against.
Bowe & Page, of Augusta, who
were paving streets in Greenville,
have been compelled by financial
troubles to give up their contract,
and the Mack Manufacturing COM
pany of West Virginia, have sold out
their outfit on debt of $4,000.
Clemson college will this year re-
ceive about $275,000 from the sale
of the fertilizer tags. The records
in the office of the State treasurer
show that s242,ss5 worth of tags
have been sold since the first of the
year as compared with s217,6S1 on
the same date of last year.
James Johnson, alias Portland
Ned, who had just completed a long
sentence in the federal prison in At
lanta, was convicted at Spartanburg
on Saturday of robbing the Enofee
Manufacturing company's store nine
years ago, and was sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary.
A bolt of lightning struck house
at the new asylum grounds near Co
lumbia on Friday and shocked 13
persons who had gathered in it out
of the rain. The most seriously in
jured was a man upon whom the
lightning left a streak from his neck
to his waist and around his body.
Fires as the result of rats and
matches cost the people of South
Carolina during the month of July
over $4,000 according to a state
ment issued Thursday from the State
department of insurance. The re-
port shows the total fire loss for the
month to be s47,373.O7 as, compared
with s1SO,457 during the month OF
July last year. There were 102 fires
reported during the month as COM
pared with "a during the same period
last year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10
DENMARK DOINGS.
A Budget of Interesting News from
Our Sister Town.

Our Sister Town.
Denmark, Aug. 8.-Mrs. Palmer
is visiting the family Of DR.. H. j.
Faust for a week or ten days.
Miss Josephine Faust spent the
past month with relatives in Savan-
nah.
A good many people from town
attended a picnic at Hightower's mill
pond to-day.
Miss Moselle Humphries is visit
ing Mrs. Geo. H. Hope.
Messrs. S. S. Ray, S. G. Ray, R. A.
Goolsby, and w. H. Faust, prominent
merchants of this city, left Sunday
afternoon for stay in Baltimore to
select their fall and winter goods.
Mr.. R. O. kirkland is now the ef-
ficient chief of police, and Denmark
is we'll guarded under his ever watch
full eye.
Mrs. w. D. Rice left for Chester
Tuesday morning, where she will
spend some time with her mother.
The handsome new residence OF
Mr.. J. z. Brooker is now nearing
completion, and Mr.. Brooker expects
to occupy same in very short time.
Mr.. N. G. Stack, one of the At
lantic Coast Line operators, expects
to move to Sumter about the 18th
of this month.
Mr.. Amelius Creech, the efficient
operator of the Southern Bell Tel. &
Tel. Co., has returned from Olar,
where he spent a very pleasant va
cation with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Riley and
their little daughter, Sarah Vivian,
left yesterday for a visit to relatives
at Harlem, Ga.
Mr.. H. O. Chapman is here now
relieving Mr.. Lilies, agent of the At
lantic Coast Line Railway, who is
taking his vacation.
Mr.. S. T. Naff leaves tomorrow
for Rocky Mount and other North
Carolina points on a business trip.
He is expected to return next week.
Mrs. N. 2. Fielder, of Bamberg, is
spending few days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clinton R. Hooton.
Mr.. Algy Guess, who has been
spending few days with his parents,
has returned to the West.
Mr.. w. A. Sandifer returned Mon
day from very pleasant trip to Co.
1umbia.
The Misses Annette, of Walterboro,
are here on visit to their parents.
Miss Mamie Birge, niece of Hon.
S. G. Mayfield, is here on visit to
his family.
Misses Eunice Keel, Lila, Sadie,
and Walton Best, of Allendale, Mar
ian Patterson and Marian Reynolds,
of Barnwell, are visiting at the home
of Mrs. F. H. McCrae.
A party was given last Friday
evening by Mrs. F. H. McCrae in
honor of her guests, Misses Keel,
Patterson, Best, and Reynolds. The
prize in a contest was won by Miss
Reynolds, of Barnwell. The guests,
one and all, expressed themselves as
having g delightful time.
Mrs. J. r. Martin gave tacky
party Saturday evening In honor OF
Miss Margaret Mcmillan, Of savan-
nah, Ga. The first prize was won by
Mr.. Ira Garris and the BOBBY was
awarded to Mr.. Malcolm Crum.
Miss Margaret Mcmillan left SUN
day for her home in Savannah, after
a stay of two weeks at the home of
Mrs. J. R. Martin.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-10

Screen wire doors and windows OF
all sizes and quality at Hunters hard
ware store.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-01-05
Gate Academy.
GRACE L. SMITH
MARGUERITE AuLT I
Teachers.

The students are enjoying vacation
at their various homes ready to return
on the 2nd of January, 1911.
Miss Anna Newly, assistant matron
at Stella Friends Academy, Cherokee,
is visiting Mrs. Miser, matron of Law
renee Academy.
The children and grandchildren of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Newkirk enjoyed
the Xmas tree at home on Monday
evening The left-overs at the hall
feasted with them at dinner.
T. Harlan Parker of Esther, assisted
by men of the neighborhood, is work
ing on the boys hall.
II G. Fellow made flying trip to
Wichita this week
. The ladies met with Mrs. Job Newly
To make comforts and rngs for the
balls Tuesday and will continue their
work at the home of Mrs Charles
Craft next Tuesdry as they read mis-
'onary literature.
The Athenian literary society rem
d-red fine program on Friday The
Spartans will give program on Fri
lay afternoon the 9th. Patrons come
and enjoy the exercises
Master Wistar Newly is recovering
from a severe Attack of sickness
Mr.. Raymond Wilson is around again
after weeks of indoor life caused by
Uphold fever.
Two brothers of Mrs Raymond viii
Son and a Mr.. Cox, OF Indiana, are Wis
ting in the neighborhood.
Mrs. Carpenter entertained Miss
Winifred Riggs one evening and en-
joyed her rendition Of piano ami vocal
solos.
Mr.. Job Newly spent Xmas with hi-
father and some brothers and sisters
in Kansas.
Mr.. Alice Allen was called by I, le.
gram to the bedside of her mother al
Protection, Saturday morning.
Mr.. Frank Allen is erecting a C m.
nodious frame house on his farm ad'
niring Gate. Mr. Riggs of Wichita
mas the contract for building.
Mr.. Ranney has added room to hi
house, which adds to the comfort o
his family.
"Uncle Sa,.l" has been faithful de
livering Xmas presents for the las
two weeks and will be glad Of a rest
after making glad 30 many hearts.
Dillon Brown took his family in hi
big carriage to see the folks" in Tex
as and celebrate the Christmas tim,
together.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-01-05
North Flat School Report

Dec. 20 closed the third month of
school. The pupils are progressing
we'll and passed the mid-winter exam
nation with much credit to themselves
Those making general average of S5 y
we're. Cloe Mayo, Richard and Erwin
Moore, Ethel Mayo, Mamie and Celia
Hinkle, Howard Coldwater, Georgia
Angleton and Verne Mills.
Those neither absent nor tardy are,
Georgia Angleton, Cloe, Ethel. Edna
and Raymond Mayo, Mamie, Celia and
Msudie Hinkle Vernie and Iva Mills
Richard Moore, Raymond Hodges and
Nay White.
Visitors were Mrs. McClahin, Tx,
Lewis and Clay Hodges.
We hope to see the pupils all back
again and prepared for work after va.
cation
CLARICE lyman.