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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-11-17
County Vital Statistics.

The bureau of vital stat les which,
Is conducted 10y the state board of
health still appears to be- consider.
ably behind In the collection Of Its
data. but II II likely that those IN
charge Of the work viii soon caicl,
up. - that the results may bc given
out more readily.
This Il a mat ter Of news Nv which
all are interested, and the deaths
shown ~ due Ia infectious diseases.
furnish guide indicating the ex-
tent Ia which these diseases exist
and will. no doubt, serve ~ an aid In
looking To more careful control of
the same.
According Ia the last report oh.
lainablc. We learn that in August
there We're II deaths and - births In
Holt county.
The causes Of these deaths are
given n follows:
Typhoid fever. |
Tuberculosis ....,...... .........., ]
Nervous disease, ,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,.,. :
Diarrhoea under = ycars).,,.,,,,,. l
Bright's disease. |
Accident. ,,,,..,,,.,., ,,.,..,.,,,... !
Sulclue.., ,',..,...., .''''','',.,,,,., !
her causes. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. =
1o'ai...,...,..,,,., Ill
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Slain by Brother-in-Law.

Bennettsville, Feb. 18.-C. LaFay-
cite Rivers was shot and instantly
killed here this evening by w. Gary
Smith. The homicide occurred in a
room in the rear of the Matheson
building on Broad street near the
Bennettsville & Cheraw depot. No
one else was in the room at the time
of the shooting.
Rivers was shot in the face, just
below the eye, the ball entering the
brain. Smith was shot in the neck,
the ball entering from the front,
slightly to the right, and passing
through the neck. From the testi-
mony and circumstances it seems
certain Rivers fired the first shot.
The homicide is a most deplorable
affair. Rivers married a sister of
Smith, and Smith married sister of
Rivers.
Rivers was about 81 years old and
leaves widow and two children.
Smith is about 35 years old and his
wife and three children are living.
Smith was arrested and is in jail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Cotton Mills Consolidated.

Dillon, Feb. 15.-At a. joint stock
holders meeting to-day of the Ha-
mer, the Maple and the Dillon cot
ton mills it was unanimously decided
to consolidate the three mills. They
will likely be known under the new
corporate name, the Dillon cotton
mills.
A committee of one from each of
the mills was appointed to perfect ar
rangements for the consideration
The committee appointed was Allen
Edens, A. J. C. Cottingham and R. S.
Jackson.
w. NJ. Hamer, now president and
treasurer of each of the mills, was
also elected on this committee. There
was full attendance of directors
with the exception of A. j. G. Cot
tingham, who is now in Atlanta.
The aggregate capital stock of the
three mills is $S00,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Hunter Goes to Pen Soon.

George Washington Hunter Of Lau-
rens county will be brought to the
State penitentiary shortly to COM
mence serving his sentence of eight
years for the killing of Eldred Cope
land. The attorney general has re-
ceived the mandate dismissing the
case from the United States supreme
court for lack of Jurisdiction.
The attorney general turned the
mandate over to the clerk of the
supreme court The case has already
been affirmed by the South Carolina
supreme court. Hunter has lost his
last appeal and will have to serve his
sentence. He was tried and convicted
in Greenwood county several years
ago. He committed the crime in Lau-
rens county and has been tried four
times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
MARION NAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
John Keefe, Young Farmer, Sends
Bullet Through His Brain.

Marion, Feb. 15.-Mr. John keefe,
a prominent young farmer living
three miles from Marion, in Wahee
Township, committed suicide Mon
day afternoon by shooting himself
through the head with a 32-calibre
Smith & Wesson pistol. Mr.. keefe,
who lived with his three sisters, was
missed about 4 o'clock in the after
noon, when his sister, Miss Ella, IN
hunting for him, found his dead body
in the road about $50 yards from the
house with the deceased's pistol ly-
ing beside it. The ball had entered
Just above his right ear, passed
through the head, coming out just
above the left ear. The pistol was
evidently pressed against his head
when fired, as the scalp was badly
burned. There is no known cause
for Mr.. Keefe having taken his
life, but it is thought he had be-
come despondent from bad health.
During the day he had complained of
a most violent headache, and this
might have temporarily dethroned his
reason. An inquest was held Mon
day night, the jury returning YER
dict in accordance with the above.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Warrant Not Served.

Hampton, Feb. 16.-The warrant
charging L. B. Tuten with the muir
der of J. R. Langford, which was
sworn out before the magistrate at
Brunson yesterday, has not been ex-
ecuted as yet Mr.. Tuten is prom
ineut white citizen of Brunson and
the warrant for his arrest came as
sensational development in the Lang
ford case The warrant was sworn
out, it is stated, by ]. G. Langford,
former county treasurer and a
brother of J. R. Langford.
Mr.. Tuten is the owner of much
of the land around Brunson and it is
on his plantation that Mary Harris,
the girl who is involved in the case,
lived. 1t was on her statement that
she saw Mr.. Langford killed that the
negro, Richie Williams, now in the
penitentiary in Columbia, where he
was brought for safe keeping, was
arrested.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Flames Ravage Lamar.

Lamar, Feb. 16.-The most disas-
trous fire in the towns history early
this morning completely wiped out
everything on both sides of Main
street from McSween company's store
to the railroad.
The alarm was sounded just before
1 o'clock, the fire then being in the
Lamar barber shop where the confia-
grafton started. A crowd quickly
gathered, but efforts to keep the fire
from spreading to other buildings
were of no avail, as high wind was
blowing which swept before it until
there was nothing in the shape of a
wooden structure left to burn.
The depot was in serious danger
at one time, as was the handsome
new brick store of J. R. Watford on
the corner of Main and Railroad
streets.
There were 20 buildings burned.
The total loss was about $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
SUIT TO DECIDE QUESTION.
Attorney General to Bring Action in
'TwO-Ofice'' Matter.

Columbia, Dec. 1S.-Gov. Blease
to-day took action on the "two-of-
fice'' matter for determining the
question of the right of public Of
ficer to hold a trusteeship of State
college. He has sent the letter of
John G. !. Richards, Jr., a member of
the railroad commission, to Attorney
General Lyon, asking that he bring
suit to finally determine the matter.
Several days ago Mr.. Richards ad-
dressed letter to Governor Blease,
in which he stated he thought that
the right of a public official to hold
a trusteeship of State college
should be tested in the courts of the
State. Mr.. Richards took the posi-
ton that the resignation of a trus-
tee would not decide the issue. Mr..
Richards SAID that the question was
most important and should be decid-
ed once for ALL Governor Blease was
of the same opinion as Mr.. Richards
and will ask the attorney general to
bring the suit.
The general assembly, by the adop-
ton of the resolution prepared by
the commission, specially appointed
to investigate this very matter, took
the same course.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Fire at Jonesville.

Columbia, Feb. ia special
from Jonesville says fire there this
morning caused ses,Ooo damage, in
surance totalling $4,000.
The buildings burned include Mrs.
Julian Lipscomb's millinery establish
ment, the J. F. Almans Company's
place, including two stores, the build
ing being owned by J. F. Altman per-
sonally, the j. J. Littlejohn Com
pany's two storerooms and ware
house and the Jonesville Manufactur-
ing Company's Office and the S. G..
Gault building. These were all
modern brick buildings.
Aid from Union prevented a fur
ther spread of flames. Two white men
from Spartanburg were arrested
charged with looting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
$1OO Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dread disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages,
and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foun-
dation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength to build up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in do
ing it's work. The proprietors have
so much faith in it's curative powers
that they offer one hundred dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testim onials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To-
ledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for con-
stipation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Kirk House Still Stands.

Aiken, Feb. 15.-The regular
meeting of city council put on the
SHELF" the recommendation of the
board of health that the Kirk house,
where Miss Kirk, the leper, lived, be
burned. This recommendation was
adopted by the board of health some
weeks ago, but council evidently
does not look with favor on the
scheme, as a motion to receive the
recommendation as information was
unanimously adopted.
Council seems to be of the opinion
that it is not the city's duty to burn
the house and thereby have to pay
the owner the value of it. The house
is securely closed up and no one is
allowed to enter the premises, though
no guards are maintained.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Attack Like Tigers.

In fighting to keep the blood pure
the white corpuscles attack disease
germs like tigers. But often germs
multiply so fast the little fighters
are overcome. Then see pimples,
boils, eczema, salt-rheum and sores
multiply and strength and appetite
fail. This condition demands Elec-
trio Bitters to regulate stomach, liver
and kidneys and to expel poisons
from the blood. ''They are the best
blood purifier writes C. T. Budahn,
of Tracy, Calf, Il have ever found. .
They make rich, red blood, strong
nerves and build up your health. Try
them. soc. at Peoples Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. C..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
POLICEMAN SHOT BY YEGGMAN.
One Greenville Officer is Killed; An
other Seriously Wounded.

Greenville, Feb. 17.-Posses have
searched all day in the country
round about for the lone yeggman
who early this morning fatally shot
Policeman Gunnells and wounded
Policeman Johnson in the thigh. The
shooting occurred at the c.. & G. pas
senger station in the West End at
about o'clock. Officers Gunnells
was shot in the abdomen and lived
only five hours, while Johnson's
wound is not serious.
The Shooting.
The roundsmen were on the Au
gusta street beat when they noticed
a suspicious looking character with
bag in his hand enter the station.
They approached the station door,
and as they did so Officer Gunnells
flashed his pocket light. Suddenly
there were fired in quick succession
half dozen shots, coming from the
interior of the room, and Officer Gun
nells fell mortally wounded. Officer
Johnson returned the mans fire,
emptying his revolver. The unknown
man fired once more at Johnson,
striking him in the thigh, and made
a successful break for liberty.
Officer Gunnells was taken at once
to his home nearby and given atten-
ton, but he died about 10 o'clock.
Just after daybreak, as soon as
the news of the tragedy spread over
the city posses were formed to hunt
the assassin, and when rumor reach
ed the city of two suspicious charac-
ters having been seen at Travellers
Rest in the early morning, where they
hired team to go across the noun
tain, Mayor Marshall and several po-
lice officers headed an automobile pos
Sc going in that direction, and they
will hardly be heard from before
midnight.
Member of Gang.
It is generally believed here that
the man who killed the officer Is one
of the gang of two cracksmen who
robbed two stores and the Southern
railway station at Williamson, 20
miles from here, early last night.
Among the articles stolen at Will
liamston was a bottle of whiskey,
and an empty bottle, near the c. &
G. depot this morning, has been
identified as similar to that missing
from Williamson, an unusual brand,
hardly known here. That lends COL
or to the theory that the men came
into Greenville about midnight on a
freight train. Working on this clue
the adjacent country is being scour-
ed in the hopes of finding the guilty
men.
The city has offered a reward Of
$500, and the governor $500. New
York detectives are also en- route
here.
The shooting of Officer Gunnells
and Johnson makes the third attack
on city policemen this week, Officer
Cureton having been shot by a druk-
en- man on Wednesday night. He is
said to be dying at a local hospital.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
On Dear Old Broadway.

$50 this is gay New York that
have heard so much about in the
musical comedies?"
"It is"
"And who are these sad-looking
critters?"
"They are the gay New Workers.. :"
Courier-Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
A King who Left Home

set the world to talking, but Paul
Mathulka, OF. Buffalo N. Y, says he
always keeps at home the king Of all
laxatives- Kings New Life Pills
and that they are blessing to all
his family. Cure constipation, head
ache, indigestion, dyspepsia. Only
25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Just the Thing.

"Can you give my constituent here
a job on your railroad?" asked the
State senator.
"But he can't talk English
"Well, give him job calling
trains. .''-Birmingham Ledger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
SENSATION IN LANGFORD CASE.
Warrant Issued for Prominent White
Citizen of Brunson.

Brunson, Feb. IA sensational
feature in the Langford murder case,
of this county, developed to-day,
when a warrant was issued for L. B.
Tuten, a prominent citizen of this
place, charging him with the alleged
crime. Although the warrant has
been issued, the sheriff has not yet
made the arrest.
A negro is now being held in the
penitentiary at Columbia, charged
with killing Langford.
On November 29, last, the body Of
J. R. Langford, prominent merchant
and citizen of this town, was found
some distance off the public road, be-
tween here and his saw mill about
a mile from Brunson. The discovery
was made by searching party, after
his unaccounted for absence from
both his home and mill for about IL
hours. Foul play was indicated and,
upon the statement of young white
woman, that she saw the fatal blow
struck, Richie Williams, a negro, was
arrested, charged with the killing,
and hurried to the penitentiary to
prevent threatened violence. No
other developments have been an
nounced until that referred to in the
above dispatch from Brunson.
The Washington times., 1911-05-07

Red Cross. to be held here next year.
The only reason Washington cannot get
more big conventions is its lack Of hous-
ing facilities. The difficulty in providing
for the Red Cross exhibitors should be
an incentive to every citizen to contrib
ute literally to the George Washing
ton Memorial Convention Hall fund.
Washington is Justly proud Of its pub
lie schools. The individual member Of
Congress. when pinned down to it, will
also admit he's proud of them, because
he wants the Capital of the nation TO
excel in everything and appreciates the
fact that 1t does excel in its schools.
One important piece Of legislation must
fact that it does excel in its schools.
can be brought to the highest standard.
Provision must be made for the retire
ment Of superannuated teachers. The
Board Of Education and the District
Commissioners are trying to obtain the
passage of a teachers retirement bill.
Whether it is passed depends upon
Congress will recognize its ne
cessity as a means OF increasing the ef-
ficiency of the teaching corps.
The Washington times., 1911-05-07

carefully and as skillfully as IL in a rare
setting Of gold.
The jewels to be worn by Mrs. Ham
mond on this occasion are a tiara Of
emeralds and diamonds. with necklace.
bracelets. and eardrops of the same
stones. the eardrops having been once
the property of Catherine ii of Russia.
Four gowns are being made by Worth
for Mrs. Hammond-all OF them on the
same scale of maEnificence as the coro-
nation gown, and all to be worn at
coronation festivities. There is a robin
eggs blue satin. made with an over
drapery of net studded with pear-shaped
pearls. and to be worn withR tiara and
nacklace of diamonds. This gown is
made with court train of gold brocade.
showing rich blue and gold tones. and
woven on the same loom which for gen.
erations past has turned out silver and
gold brocades for the czarinas OF Rus
sia.
1T Is this train, so. elaborate and so
complicated" Mrs. Hammond said to-
day, that makes 1t necessary for those
of US who appear at court to order our
gowns from Paris. Ny gowns. wraps.
The Washington times., 1911-05-07

pathy with the joys of youth was not
representative at all, and the proper
place for him was at home.
But the District of Columbia is the
experiment station of the Common
wealth. Whenever an ambitious mem
Der has law which he thinks would
read well in print he foists it upon
the District. The long-suffering citi-
zens of Washington have no way to
get even with him except to serve
him out of the other bottle and let
him pay for his own banquets.
And what are the processes of his
mind that he should select the great,
blue sky as the object of his protec-
ton from the small boyf Foot pas
sengers who are bowled over into the
gutter by the roller-skaters were dis
posed for time to protest against
this alien use of the pavements, but
they have become used to it. They
have decided that it is simple con-
cession to use the middle of the street
rather than interfere with the joys
of childhood. The flowers that bloom
in the spring have to run the gantlet
of Juvenile exuberance sometimes de-
scribed as vandalism. There are other
fields in which an active lawmaker
might have shown his talents if lie
were intent upon legislating against
the small boy. But wherein consists
the offense of the kite? Did not the
philosopher who "wrested the scepter
from tyrants and the lightning from
the skies" give all boys a prescriptive
right to fly kites foreverf We may
expect to hear next that it has been
made unlawful to whistle and that
going barefooted" is a misdemeanor.
The Washington times., 1911-05-07
Nothing Too Good
For Americans, She Says.

For America and the Americans moth
ing is too good" says Mrs. Hammond.
And upon this principle her gowns and
Jewels are going to be the most sumptu-
Gus ever seen when she appears as wife
of the official representative Of our ma
ton in England.
The gown which Mrs. Hammond Will
wear at Westminster on conoration day
is now being created by Worth. II
is TO be wonderfully made of
heavy white satin, ornamented with
such embroidery as has probably never
before been seen even on the robes Of
princesses and queens. This Is nothing
less than an ornamentation of peacock
feathers, the wonderful blues and green's
of the eyes made of real sapphfreS
and emeralds, and put on the gown
The Washington times., 1911-05-07
LEGISLATING AGAINST THE
BOYS KITES.

Paternalism in its worst form has
just made its appearance in the House
of Representatives. Some crusty MEM
Der, who has forgotten the sports and
pastimes of his youth, has intro
duced measure to prohibit the flying
of kites in the District of Columbia." !"
He wouldn't have had the courage to
frame a statute which would have ap-
piled in his own district. There would
have been a new department of the
Boy Scouts out in that neck of the
woods, and one can fancy the noisy
and effective campaign they would
have made against the return of such
man to Congress. They would have
maintained, and properly enough, that
a Representative who was out of sym
The Washington times., 1911-05-07
TO ADMIT
NEW MEXICO FOR
STANDPAT' VOTES
Republican Conservatives
- Would Automatically Shut
Out Arizona.
Continued from First Page.)

the Democrats hang together. they will
be able to pass a resolution looking to
the admission of both States together.
If this resolution contained the pro-
vision for resubmission of the recall In
Arizona, then the President would have
no further excuse to refuse his sigma
ture.
Senator Bailey, who led the fight last
session against letting in Arizona, with
it's radical constitution, is believed now
to be getting ready to act with his
party. The Arizona people are confident
that he will vote for resolution to adj
nit both States, provided the recall Is
to be resubmitted. If he takes this po-
sition, then there will be a fair chance
for the two States to get in.
The difficulty is that positive action
is necessary to accomplish this. De-
lays, filibusters, non-action on one
pretext or another. preventing a vote
during the present session, would
push the matter over till next ses-
sion; and If then a similar policy of
the end of that session would see New
Mexico coming alone. while Arizona
waited.
Big politics are involved in the sit-
uation. Democrats do not. fancy the
prospect of a new Republican State
coming in at a time when II would
possibly determine the political con-
troll of the Senate. This argument has
been presented most forcefully to
Democrats, and is having its effect.
Senator Crane and Postmaster Gem
eral Hitchcock are alleged to have
taken general charge of the effort to
let in New Mexico, but keep out Ari-
zona. The people from the Southwest
are watching their moves with the
greatest concern. New Mexico holds
the strong cards, because IL nothing
at all is done by Congress, IL stands
to get in. The two territories thus
cannot be played one against the
other