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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
Kills His Son Accidentally.

Lancaster, May 12.-Neade knight,
who some weeks ago moved from
Rock Hill to this county, accidentally
shot and killed his little 3-year-old
son to-day at his home in the White
Bluff section. Mr.. Knight was in the
house working on an old gun, when
it suddenly discharged, the load strik-
ing the child, who was out in the
ward, in the back of the head, causing
instant death. Mr.. Knight had for
gotten that a loaded shell had been
left in the gun by him. An inquest
was held by Coroner King, the ver-
dict being in accordance with the
foregoing facts.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, May 15.-Our school
will come to a close this week and
all the little ones are rejoicing be-
cause vacation is so near.
Mt. Pleasant Sunday-school will
have it's annual picnic on ascension
day, May 25th, as usual, and every
one is invited to attend and help
in the enjoyment of the day. Rev,
Aull will address the crowd. All
are invited to bring their baskets as
usual, but bottles, And those using
the contents of bottles stronger than
coffee, tea, and milk, are not includ'
ed in this invite. Come and enjoy
the pleasure of the day with each
other as is becoming, on such ar
occasion.
Rain is looked for every day by our
farmers, and it would do the public
in general good.
Some parties changed their board
ing places Sunday. They tried the
Red Top Inn, found that it only
furnished sleeping quarters and nc
meals; not suited.
Our professors went fishing last
week. Say they saw plenty fish but
could only catch the little ones
Were not prepared for snakes, 50
did not venture too far or careless.
Mr.. J. C. Moye has succeeded in
training all kinds of dogs, and he
thinks dogs are able to do more. He
has one now that he is trying to
learn to sing. The dog is progress
ing fairly well, only trouble will be
to learn him the short notes and ex'
preston along with minor and ma
jor chords. The notes that the doc
sings now are varied but held toe
long and makes the audience some
what sad and lonely. Go it, Doc;
perseverance, energy and sweet oil
work miracles.
The dust must have put a dampe!
on our railroad magnates who con-
templated building railroad from
here to Denmark.
This is truly a fast age, If the
autos don't get out Of order.
JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
SHOT BY MISTAKE.
Sheriff S. V. Lane Seriously Wound
ed by Negroes. 81

Dillon, May 15.-Sheriff S. ".
Lane was shot and seriously wounded
last night at Floydale by negro.
John McNeill, whom the sheriff or
dered to halt as he thought he was
Will Chavis, a fugitive from town.
who had earlier in the night slipped
up to a negro house and shot his
wife twice. The woman will re-
cover. s.
After the shooting at Dillon the
sheriff went to the scene of the trou-5
BILE, and the negroes gathered, and
great excitement prevailed. Two ne-s
groes present, one of whom was
John McNeill, volunteered and insist
ed on helping to catch Chavis. Think
ing that he would board the North
& South Carolina train at Floydaleg
going toward Mullins, the sheriff
told McNeill to 60 to the railroad
and that he and his deputy would
drive on to Floydale.
On reaching there Sheriff Lane
went into the waiting room, where
there was no light and closed the
door. He sent his deputy down the
railroad to a crossing to keep watch
at another point. Very soon the two
negroes, who had gone on the rail-
road track, walked up to the station.
and as one had every appearance OF
Will Chavis, Sheriff Lane cracked the
door and ordered them to halt. As
he did so, he reached back for his
gun. Both negroes fired on him.
one with a shotgun and the other
with a Winchester rifle. He was hit
in the leg and the abdomen. His in-s
testines were punctured in three
places. AS soon as he was shot he
realized that the negroes thought he:
was Chavis. For some minutes tho
negroes would not go near him, and
called out to the sheriff that they
had him and that ne could not IOOls
them; that they knew he was Chavis.
AS soon as they did recognize him
they did everything for the sheriff
they could and were very penitent.
The wound was very painful, and
before the doctors got there from
Dillon, distance of about FIVE miles.
the sheriff had suffered fearfully.
The negroes have not been arrest
ed, as the sheriff insisted that his be-
ing shot was accidental. Great un-S
easiness is felt here for his recovery.
4 message from Florence about
o'clock stated that he was doing az
" ell as could be expected. He waa
taken there on the early 8 o'clock
train this morning. An operation was
performed at once. g
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
Ferguson Case Comes Up.

Barnwell, May 15.-The May term
of the court of common pleas for
Barnwell county convened here this
morning with Judge J. w. DeVore,
of Edgefeld, presiding. The first
case caNed for trial was that of L..
A. Ferguson VS.. the Southern Rail-
way company, in which the plaintiff
asks for $4,000 damages. This is
a companion suit to the Menefee
case, tried a few weeks ago, in
which the plaintiff, crippled for life
in a head-on collision between a
special and freight train at Dent,
a little station north of Columbia,
asked for $4,000 damages and was
awarded $4,000 by Barnwell jury.
Mr.. Ferguson was conductor on the
train on which Mr.. Menefee was
serving as engineer. The testimony
offered will be doubtless the same as
that offered in the other trial. All
Jurors other than those on this case
have been discharged until three
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Judge Prince, who presided at the
trial of A1enefee VS.. the Southern
Railway company, reduced the ver-
dict from $4,000 to 100000 and
the case was appealed by the rail-
road to the supreme court. Before
the cut it was one of the largest YER
diets ever rendered by South Caro-
lima jury.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
w. 0. w. Rally at Govan.

Govan, May 13.-One of the most
ENJOYABLE entertainments of the sea-
son occurred Wednesday afternoon
when the w. o. w. entertained the
ladies of the town. At five O'Clock
about one hundred and fifty people
assembled in the city hall and listen
ed most attentively for two hours to
an intensely interesting debate. The
speakers were: DR.. L. A. Hartzog,
affirmative (absent); Prof. T. G.
Smoak, negative; Mr.. w. A. Hay, Jr.,
affirmative; Mr.. w. H. Collins, mega
tive. The query being: Resolved,
That the white man robbed the In
dians of their country. The decision
of the judges was in favor of the
negative.
Immediately after the debate the
guests were invited to the rear OF
the hall where a bountiful repast
awaited them. After doing justice
to the pig presented by Mr.. Eu-
banks) and other good things, all
departed wishing that the w. o. w.
would remember us again soon.
There will be an annual school pic
mic at Georges Creek church on Sat-
urday, the goth instant. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. D. A. Hutto has just return
ed from Elko, where she visited her
sick father.
Mr.. w. B. Lain and Miss Eubanks,
of Augusta, spent Sunday in town.
Mr.. Charlie Fishburn, of Augusta,
after spending several weeks as the
guest of his cousin, Mr.. w. A. Hay,
Jr.. has returned home.
Mr.. Lamb Lancaster, of Savannah.
spent Sunday in town, transacting
Sunday business.
Miss Mamie Clark, of near Aiken,
is the guest of Miss Jessie Zorn.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
Kearse News.

Mrs. Martha Kearse has been quite
Ill for some time, being paralyzed in
the right side. She is eighty-two
years old.
Miss Aline Kearse is home again
to the delight of her friends. She
has already had several offers OF
schools for another year, and has &C
cepted one in Marlboro. She believes
in being progressive, so will attend
the summer school for teachers
again.
Mrs. Ollie May Chitty and Miss
Edna Chitty are back also, having
finished their schools. Kearse is
proud of her lady teachers. Wake
up, boys! Why is it we have no
male teachers?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
Dragged from Jail and Hanged.

Macon, Ca, May 15.-John Nc
Leod, a negro murderer, was dragged
from Emanuel county Jail and hang
ed by a body of men orderly but de-
termined. The body was suspended
from a. tree and riddled with bullets.
There was no excitement to speak
of. Hidden keys to the jail were
found and the body quickly strung
up. Following the lynching all par
ties dispersed. The identity of any
one is unknown. The coroner's in
quest held Sunday found death
caused by unknown parties
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
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 contract for the building of
the $4,000 dormitory at Lander col
lege, Greenwood, will be let on the
10th instant.
The annual reunion of the Confed-
crate veterans of South Carolina will
be held in Columbia this year, the
dates being August 9th and 10th.
John Bell Towill, in his paper, the
Enterprise, says that Batesburg wants
the meeting of the State Press Asso-
citation next year. 1t is proposed to
hold the sessions at the Summerland
Inn.
Henry c. Lundy, assistant post
master at Conway, Horny county,
has been arrested on the charge OF
rif1ing a number of registered let
ters, securing somewhere from $500
to $1,000 from them.
1t is stated that the survey of the
Edisto river will positively begin
June 1st. This is the preliminary
survey ordered to ascertain if the
river can be made navigable from
Orangeburg to Charleston.
G. Duncan Bellinger, a young at
torney of Columbia, and a son of
the late G. Duncan Bellinger, form
erly of Barnwell, was last Tues
day elected Judge of probate of Rich
land county in a special election held
to elect a successor to John T. Gas
ton, who died recently. Mr.. Bellin-
ger is following in the footsteps of
his brilliant father as a successful
politician, for he was elected over
five opponents, and this is his first
entry into politics.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18
Murderer is Killed.

Montgomery, Ala, May 14.-Fwo
negroes are dead and one m0rtally
wounded and four deputy sherifSl
wounded, one fatally, as the result OF
a murder committed by one OF the
negroes and spectacular battle that
followed an effort to capture the
murderer.
The dead: Tim Benson and Peters
Foils, both negroes.
Injured: Ike Primers, a negro
Eugene Mattel, deputy, shot in shoul-s
der; Harry McCord, deputy; shot IN
abdomen, will probably die; Owen
Ellis, deputy, shot in the eye; Al
ford, chauffeur, shot in shoulder
hand and face.
About 9 o'clock this morning Benz
son murdered Foils and shot Prim-
ers down, inflicting a mortal wound
on him. What the trouble between
them was could not be ascertalned.
Sheriff Hood was telegraphed for
and he sent Deputy Sheriff Riyes,
Mattel and Ellis to the scene in an
automobile. They arrived about
1880 o'clok and found Benson bar
ricaded in his cabin. He refused to-
surrender, declaring he would die
before he would submit to arrest.
The officers then opened fire on
him and he returned it, wounding
Mattel. The officers failing in their
purpose, then telephoned for Sheriff
Hood and he went out this after
noon with Deputies McCord and
Bridges. The posse opened fire and
a. battle lasting an hour ensued. El-
lis and Afford were wounded in this
fight.
Failing to dislodge Benson by
their continuous fire, the posse set
fire to the cabin and when the cabin
was filed with smoke the negro
stumbled through the door and was
shot down. He rose and returned the
fire, wounding Deputy McCord In the
abdomen. Taking refuge behind q
picket fence which surrounded his
garden, the negro took his final stand
and was killed with seven balls from
a .3S-calibre revolver and many 9TH
er wounds.
The wounded men were hurriedly
brought to Montgomery.
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glass cases, these ranged on each
side as the chancel was approached.
A richly dressed Mexican lady was
PROSTATE and a bead cast on the
string she wore was a puzzle to us
two. There we left her after taking
in the sights, not before being re-
proved for having on our hats and
motioned to the front to wash our
hands in the water to be used for
such desecration, all in Spanish but
in a kind and considerate tone that
bespoke refined feeling.
Now to the barracks, which the
insurrectos last week took by storm
and where the federal general laid
down his sword. Here we were treat
ed to a strain of music by the band
and made to feel that we were re-
spected as citizens of this great re-
public, the United States. Next to a
hotel to get dinner, where one of the
party was approached by a pretty
Mexican girl and playfully she point
ed a large carving knife at him and
said: "You will do,' in fairly good
English. A five dollar note was ten
dered to pay for the dinner and five
Mexican dollars given in change;
thinking a mistake had been made
the attention of the clerk was called
to it. NO." said he; that is right
and when you go into Ell Paso, pay
your bills with it," which was done
and no one lost by it, but Mexican
dinner gained that was fine but
mighty hot with those peppers.
A stroll was then taken down the
river where crops of all stages were
growing, and the children, hairless
pigs, hairless dogs, all we're playing
on the floor of the home as happy as
happy could be, but one of the party
thought at least how about the feas.
After procuring supply of those
fine cigars our friend was bidden
adieu. Taking a street car, Uncle
Sans domain was entered. Only a
few minutes to hunt up grips and
our train would leave.
Next morning, with bright sun
shining, San Antonio was reached,
and in the morning sun could be seen
the city, it's streets, the U. S. arsenal
and barracks, with the Alamo in the
distance, pointed out where Crocket,
Bowie, and others took their brave
but fateful stand.
All of this comes back as the tales
of battle now rage around 'Juarez,
where then peace and plenty reigned;
now is all suffering, turmoil and
strife; and as the fighting around
the old church is read the silent but
devout worshiper comes to memory,
also the taps of drum, the sound of
fife, the bright smiles of the men
come back as the accounts are read
of the storming of the old barracks.
The bull pen that was still red with
the blood of a man, two horses, and
a bull in a fight the Sunday before,
all return as tales of the war come
out, as if seen but yesterday. May
peace soon come to those people.
OLD TIMER.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18

The South Carolina Dental Assoct-
alton is to hold it's annual meeting
in Columbia June Goth to 25th.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-18

The contract for the building OF
the $4,000 dormitory at Lander COL
lege, Greenwood, will be let on the
29th instant.
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
HOLD UP MAN
MADE MISTAKE
Got Man Instead Of Woman
Then Retreats With Ex-
pIanatiOn

While walking along the Barley
Mill lane to a barber shop at Rising
sun early Saturday evening. Edward
Dougherty. a well known resident Of
that section, was Jared when a tall
white man jumped from some bushes
in a dark portion Of the road and
commanded him 10 hold up his hands.
Dougherty obeyed
The supposed highwayman appear
ed to be surprised that he had stop
ped a man and at once proceeded to
explain that he was a detective as
sisting State Detective Frank Mccoy
In running down the man who was
annoying women in that section.
Dougherty proceeded On his way
and the man who held him up disap-
peared in the bushes.
Mr.. Mccoy said today that he had
no one assisting him and that hc
intended doing all his own detective
work
The mans strange actions are sur
rounded by mystery Some seem 20
think that he thought it was a woman
he was holding up and when he dis
covered his error he played the role
OF detective
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
STOLYPIN IS DEAD.
CHURCH PEOPLE NEED REVIVAL
SPIRIT, CITY PARSON THINKS

What kind Of a revival will revive
Wilmington? was the question put TO
this community by the Rev r. t..
Jackson, in sermon in Hanover
Presbyterian Church last night.
Recognizing the good done by special
services OF a few weeks duration. MI.
Jackson thought something further
was needed, and needed among people
already church members The sort
of members who We're conspicuous for
their absence from divine service, who
drove bargains in the market-placo
innocent of all reference 20 the ten
commandments. who zealously sur
ported polluted vaudeville, and read
polluted books. and served the god Ol
self. These people, he said, did hn
break the statutory law. bur theii
lives were Sinrui iusf ti SsnD fif
jackson mentioned as causes OF ihi
state OF things. the secularization o
Sunday. the Sunday papers, the OK
citoment Of the moving picture show
which made church service seem
tame. and the self-suficiency OF The
modern man who feels no need Of
moral reinforcement
The pastor described the suhoring
and evil found in Wilmington due III
these worldly and selfish citizens. and
urged a reform, and particularly
closer relations among the various
churches Of the city.
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
SOCIALISTS. ON
RIVER OUTING
Hear Music and SpeeChmak-
ing at Augustine Park
Gathering

The Socialist Social Circle, under
the auspices of the Socialist party. had
a delightful trip to Augustine Beacn
yesterday on the Kirkvood Yacht
Clubs boat Mnlvillc There were
ifiy-threc persons in the party iuclud.
ing the wives and children Of num-
ber of the members and they had an
enjoyable day on the beach.
The Polish-American Bands Or
chestra under the leadership of Stanis-
law Cichowicz furnished music. In adj
dition. William Lynch. Dutch
Band all 70 himself, amused those
aboard tho boat with his selections.
Soon after the boat landed at Au-
gestine, a meeing was held, at which
A. W. Francoise, acted as chairman.
The principal speaker was Samuel
Clark, of Philadelphia.
The committee WHICH arranged the
trip was comprised of Frank A.
Houck, chairman; W. A. Francoise.
Irwin Higgins. and W. W. Henry.
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
ADVENTISTS
SHOW PROGRESS
TitheS Increased and Three
New Churches Built Dur
Ing Year
SABBATH SERVICES
DRAW LARGE AUDIENCES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Sept. 1S.-Great in
terest is being aroused in this COM
munity by the services OF the Seventh
Day Adventists in their twelfth an
nual camp meeting and conference
which is being held in Johnson's
Park in the rear Of the state Capitol
building. Three preaching seviccs
We're held yesterday besides the bust
ness sessions of the conference and
the young peoples and children's
meetings. AT the IL o'clock service
Elder John i. Jones of Winchester,
Md. the oldest minister in the Chesa-
peake Conference, preached on Tho
Signs of the Times and dwelt at
length on the prediction of Christ in
the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew
concerning his second coming
AT the 2.3O o'clock service Elder r.
H. Martin of Cumberland. Md. con
Quoted a Bible study on the subject
of Tithe-Paying.
At the evening service at 7.45
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
WIFE
BANISHES SOUL MATE

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.--Louiae
White suydam. tho Blue Point, i, T..
miilionaire's young wife who eloped
with a plumbers son. was in posses
sion of her Twelfth street apartment
today only after capitulating to the
conventions she so cheerfully spurncd
as late as yesterday.
The threatened eviction WAS be-
cause Of the outraged feelings Of other
tenants, the young woman agreed 10
Danish Fred Noble. her companion,
from the apartment forever, and also
sign an agreement TO receive no other
men callers there. The manager of the
apartment house entered into the
agreement only when Mrs Suydam
pleaded that if forced to leave she
woIld have no where TO go.
So Noble packed his suitcase and
trekked 10 Brooklyn. Whereat Gotham
concluded that this latest soul mate
romance has not been the all-fred
success Mrs. Suydam announced it
waB going TO be-
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
TRUST COMPANY
CLOSES DOORS
TradeSmen'S Of Philadelphia,
SuSpendS, Promising In
StitutiOn is Solvent
RETURN DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR, COMPANY SAYS
By The Unlted Press.

BY The United Press.
PHILADELPHIA Sept. tS-The
Tradcsmen's Trust Company, at Ju-
niper and Chestnut streets. has clos
ed its doors The company has a
paid up capital of S50O,000 Peter
Boyd is president
The bank was closed by order of
State Banking Commissioner William
II. Smith. and its funds placed ia
charge of Bank Examiner Frank 5.
Tabcr
The following notice was posted on
the doors Of the closed trust com
pany.
"The Board of Directors have do
cidcd TO close tho doors of the insti-
tuition I'm order TO protect the de-
positors who. i'm the Judgment Of
the board. will receive dollar for dol
lar
"Thc institution is solvent It's as
sets. properly administered Will pay
its entire Indebtedness and leave a
surplus for tho stock holders. The
assets are largely in the shape Of
mortgages and advances on real cs-
tate and while we'll secured cannot be
realized on at once. Therefore ae
precautionary measure IN the inter-
ests Of the depositors the above ac-
ton Of the board was decided upon
According TO the latest statement
of the Tradesmen's Trust Company as
issued TO the State Banking Depart
ment under the latter's call, the insti-
tuition had on April 20 loans ON call
of S25S. .S9S. Time loans Of S2l,l23.
loans secured by bonds and mort
cages of S357. $50, investment securi-
ties as follows
Bonds. stocks, etc. S401 ,023. and
mortgages and judgments, S532,731.
/ Total resources. S2,294.6S0.
Among the liabilities are S973,10o
1 In deposits subject 10 check; S2f,4S4
I'm demand certificates on deposit
/ S1f3.335 special time deposits and
J siI3.465 savings deposits. A tota'
I OF St,314.3S6. There was due TO the
state, $4,000
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
RIOTINC OVER
HIGH PRICES
Troops Patrol Vienna Streets
and May Proclaim Martial
Law
MOB MARCHES on THE
BUILDINGS OF PARLIAMENT
By Nc United Press.

By The United Press.
VIENNA. Sept. 1S-Troops are pa
trolling the streets here and the gov
ernment has announced that it is
ready at a moments notice to place
the city under martial law to prevent
a recurrence Of yesterdays rioting,
when six persons We're killed and 200
wounded, as a,result of a forciblo
demonstration against the high cost of
living.
The police have issued orders for
bidding any further socialist meetings.
as yesterdays demonstration Just
outside the city walls was considered
directly responsible for the rioting
later in the day. Fifty thousand per-
sons attended the meeting and worked
themselves into a frenzy of enthusi-
astic protest over recent govern
mental acts prohibiting the importa-
ton of foreign meat. They then
marched on the parliament building
ings cheering for revolution and
Portugal. Troops were ordered 10
check their advance and when the
mob refused to halt, the soldiers fired
into their ranks
Unless Parliament takes Immediate
action on the demands Of the people
it is feared more serious riots will
occur.
Evening journal., 1911-09-18
POLICE IDENTIFY BORDLEY
AS HAT STORE BREAKER

John a. Bordley, colored, who was
arrested several daysago ou suspicion
of being one Of the three colored men
who broke into tho hat store of
saltzgiver and Bupp on the night Of
September g. was srraigncd idenu-
fod and held in $500 bail for court in
City Court this morning.
He declared he was not in the store
ON the night In question, but did not
produce any witnesses. His mother
said she went 20 the depot and bid
him good bye on Thursday. September
z. and was positive that he was not ina
the city that night.
Captain Kane Identified the prisoner
as the man who came out of the alley
back of tho store and dropped a grip
and an umbrella while making his es-
cape.
Francis Dohcrty also positively
identified Bordley as one Of the three
men he saw in the store on that night.