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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
Sent Fiend to Jail

A dispatch from Swansea says Sam
Carter, negro about 90 years old,
attempted to commit rape upon a
white child about 13 years of age
there Tuesday evening. The negro
was arrested upon a warrant and,
under the watchful care of consta-
Bile, carried in an automobile to Lex
ington, where he was lodged in Jail
for safekeeping.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
Some Old Time Games.

Orangeburg and St. Matthews
played two games Of base ball on
Monday and Tuesday that we would
liked to have witnessed. The score
of the first game was II to IL and
of the second 12 to 5 in favor of
Orangeburg. These were slugsing
games and reminds us of the games
of our boyhood, when 1t was COM
mon thing to make forty runs dur
ing a game.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
LOCAL news ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BI
OUR REPORTERS.
What LIS Happening Here and There.
Local Items Of Personal Interest to

Local Items Of Personal Interest to
Our Readers.
Buy The Saturday Evening Post
and help the boys win a prize.
Every one who heard Mr.. Bryan's
lecture Tuesday night was delighted
with it.
MIR. L. Cleveland Wannamaker, Of
Augusta, is in the city on a short
vacation.
No serious man could listen to
Bryans lecture and not be a better
man for having heard it.
Miss Claudine Wannamaker has
gone to Charleston on a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. L. H. Wannamaker, Jr.,
of that city.
Manager Gambati, of the Theato,
announces that he has secured that
great picture Damon and Pythias",
and will run it on Friday-afternoo
and evening.
Miss Sue Walker left Tuesday
morning for Knoxville, Tenn, to be
absent from the city about six weeks.
While in Knoxville she will take
special course in music.
Lost between Orangeburg and St.
Matthews an automobile tire and
pair of autombile gloves. A reward
will be paid for their delivery to
Wannamaker, Smoak G. Co., Orange
burg, S. C.
In making your plans for July 4th
don't forget the barbecue at Dukes
Fishery. The managers promise that
it shall be run on exactly the same
lines as the last one and a good time
is promised to- all. The public is
invited and tickets can be secured
from Charlie Stroman, Edd Newlin
or Jim Fairey.
There will be a picnic at the East
Orange School House on Tuesday,
July 4th, given by the East Orange
Farmers Union and School Improve
ment Association. Prominent speak
ers are expected on that day. The
speaking will begin promptly at
1890 o'clock. The public is invited
to come and bring well-filled baskets.
Refreshments will be served for the
benefit of the school
Considerable alteration will be
made in the Academy of Music build
ing in Charleston in July, to provide
maximum Of safeguards in case of
fire and conditions Of panic. Exits,
fire escapes, stairways and entrance
levels will be improved as to make
exit easier, and various other changes
will be made in the Academy build
ing for better fire protection. Some
such alterations are needed in our
Opera House.
To-day and tomorrow at the Firs:
Baptist church here will be held the
Central District Woman's Missionary
Rally. The sessions will be held at
1890 o'clock in the morning and at
four in the afternoon. The rally IS
expected to be a most interesting one
and to be of no little benefit to
those who will attend. 1t Is open
to all churches, and the ladies Of the
other churches of the city are in
vited to be present at all of the ses-
siOns.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
BroWn-BachniGn.

On Sunday evening, the 18th of
June, Mr.. Luther S. Brown was mai.
ried to Miss Nettie Bachman of
Swansea. The marriage was quietly
conducted by the Rev. Leroy Lucas,
We congratulate Mr.. Brown on win
ming such a charming companion as
Miss Bachman. May they both be as
happy as they deserve, is the prayer
Of their many friends.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
The Spirit of '76.

Francis Lynde has shown us q
most compelling hero in "The Mas
ter Of Appleby," story Of Colonial
times, and has plucked from those
warning days bits of adventure that
are both brilliant and thrilling. Sell
ing at fifty cents at Sims Book Store
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
Barbecue at Dukes Fishery.

Messrs. J. G. Fairey, Edd Newlin
and Charlie Stroman will give anoth-
er big barbecue at Dukes Fishery
on July 4th. Tickets are now on sale
and may be secured from either Of
the above named gentlement.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
DoINGs OF SOCIETY.
Reception Gisen Winthrop Daughters.
Hears Dice Party.

After the Demonstration given by
tb :, Winthrop ladies at the Southern
depot Tuesday Misses Alma, Minnie
and May Bowman entertained in
their honor. Misses Haugh, Benton
and Hyde renewed old acquaintances
and met other OFangeburg folks.
Among the guests were many Win
throp girls. During the reception
punch and ice cream were served.
Several readings were given and de-
lighful music rendered on the piano.
Those invited TO meet the Winthrop
ladies were Misses Leila Marchant,
Minnie Dibble, Susie Dibble, Matte
Zeigler, Meta Kortjohn, Lois Dukes,
Marguerite Dukes, Emily Glaze, Lu-
cile Melton, Bertha Barton, Alma
Davis, Lucille Sheridan, Rosa Dantz-
ler, Ruth B.oliver, Susie AIbergotti,
Reba Albergctti, Mamie Hoffman, Ell
la Wilkes, Marguerite Stokes, Mrs. j..
William Stokes, Messrs. St. Claire
Guess and Ralph Goolsby Of Den
mark, Roy Dukes, Milton Crum, Mas
on Crum, Grin Bowman and Izlar
Sims.
Monday afternoon Mrs. J. L. Sims
complimented her house guests,
Miss Rosa Dantzler of Autaugaville,
Ala, and Miss Lucille Sheridan of
Greenwood, with heart dice par
ty. Ices, sandwiches and cakes dain-
tily served refreshed the ladies pres
ent. The prizes fell TO the two
visitors. Those playing were Misses
Sheridan, Rosa Dantzler, Alma Wan
namaker, Louise Dantzler, Isabelle
Wannamaker, Leila Marchant, Kath-
leen Wannamaker, Georgia Cutler,
Meta Kortjonn, Lula Kortjohn, Geor-
gia Sims, Lucille Boswell, Minnie
Herbert Glaze, Marion Salley, Fay
Peacock, Ki:tie Salley, Maude Hous-
er, Alma AID Minnie Bowman, Susie
and Minnie Dibble, Hattie and Mat
tie Zeigler, Reba Albergotti, Florrie
Bates, Marguerite Stokes, Mesdames
Julian Culler, Nv. S. Holmes, G. F.
Green, Dick McMichael, L 5. Wolfe
and Lawrence S. Wolfe.
$500 IT,
The Rummage Sale planned by one
Of the committees Of the Dixie CLUB
will be held on the last day of
June and the first day of July at the
new library building. All who are
going to donate to the sale are re-
quested to send their gifts to- the IL
brary the day before the sale so
that the committee IN charge will
have time to make the prices and
arrange tha goods for display
It will be only one or two more
days now before the Dixie Library
will be in their new quarters. The
delay in moving has been occasioned
by the failure of the sash and door
people to deliver the windows and
doors, These have now arrived and
only few finishing touches are now
required before the building will be
in readine IS for occupancy.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-22
Lodged In Jail.

Johnnie Fogle and Fred McCode,
both colored, were lodged in jail on
Monday afternoon charged with the
murder of Joe Fairnot near Elloree
Sunday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Conditions at Hot Springs Unhealthy

Washington, Dec. 2O.-Conditions
at Hot Springs, Ark, are badly in
need of attention, is the opinion of
Maj. H. NJ. Hallock, U. S. A., retired,
medical director of the Hot Springs
reservation, expressed in report to
the secretary of the interior. He be-
lieves this is due largely to the fact
that the city of Hot Springs is not
under federal jurisdiction.
Too narrow view has been taken,
the major contends, in efforts to
bring people and trade to Hot
Springs. wherefore much has been
tolerated that in the long run will
bring the resort into absolutely bad
repute.
He calls special attention to the
unsanitary conditions which he found
in the bath houses when he went
there as medical inspector, and says
that total reconstruction in several
of the buildings and extensive re-
pairs in all is necessary. The waters
of the reservation are so valuable in
curative properties, the report urges,
that the people of the country should
demand that the place be kept up to
a high standard, both from moral
and sanitary standpoints.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Fiddle 800 Years Old.

Sacramento, CAL, Dec. 21.-When
George A. Yeary, a musician living
in Sacramento, responds to the call
of the muse he carries with him a
violin he holds precious.
The instrument is genius Gre
mora, purchased by Marcus Yeary, a
Greek gentleman and musician, IN
the year A. D. 1900. Yeary was
great-great-great-grandfather to the
present owner and the violin has been
continuously in the possession OF the
Yeary family since it's purchase by
Marcus from the conservatory of the
famous Banker.
1t was made by Francisco Reggerri
in Cremona, Italy. 1t was worm
eaten and broken for several years
until a few months ago when Yeary
had it repaired by a carefully Sc
lected expert.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Two Negroes Hanged at Lancaster.

Lancaster, Dec. 20.-When Wade
Hood and Henry Kee, negroes, were
hanged here this morning a prece-
dent was established in Lancaster
county and in South Carolina. For
the first time in the States history
a legal execution was held on day
other than Friday. Convicted of
murder at the October term of court
of general sessions, Judge r. c.
Watts sentenced both negroes to be
hanged Friday, December 9. The
governor granted a reprieve OF IL
days, thus causing the execution to
be held to-day.
It was the first time in 21 years
that an execution has been held in
Lancaster county.
Hood was hanged for the murder
of Walter Dunlap, and Kee for the
murder of Sam Dye in the month OF
August of last year.
John P. Hunter, Lancaster coun-
tvs splendid sheriff, was called on
to carry out the death sentences.
The trap was sprung at 1896
o'clock this morning and at 1905
o'clock they were pronounced dead.
Before the caps were adjusted
Sheriff Hunter gave the condemned
men a chance to make statement.
81 hope to meet you all in heaven, y
said Hood.
'T want to meet you all in glory,
was KEGS statement.
The negroes went to their end
without murmur maintaining a
courageous attitude to the last.
The executions were held in pri-
vacy, only a few persons in addition
to the newspaper men being present.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Taking Care of Relatives.

The newly appointed secretary of
the railroad commission is said to be
a cousin of Commissioner Hampton,
and also boarder at the home of
Commissioner Caughman. The latter,
however, we are not positive about,
but are so informed. There were
other applicants for the position,
who did not care to make an indie
cent scramble for the place before
Tony Lumpkin was buried, but they
were given no show at all. The re-
suit would have likely been the same,
anyway, when the commission has its
own friends and relatives to take
care of.-Anderson Mail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Wasn't Right.

An old man (if being SO is old)
walked along Kearney street some
what laboriously. Although feeble
physically, there was an air of pros
perity about him. That was what
attracted the attention of a touch
artist.
"Say, mister" said the tramp,
coming up, "could you help a poor
fellow to get a meal?"
The old man looked him over and
then exclaimed: "You ought to be
ashamed of yourself, coming to me
for help. Evidently you don't know
that 1 am an orphan. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
$3OO,OOO IN PETTY RAFFLES.
Police Find Boys Taking Chances on
Cigars and Put Lid on Scheme.

Atlanta, Dec. 19.-That the gamb-
ling in Atlanta on Christmas "raf-
fles" has reached proportions where
over 100000 had been sunk in the
soda fountain and cigar store
schemes, was brought to light yes
terday when the police shut down
the lid tight and refused to let the
petty gambling continue.
The indirect cause of bringing the
rafting to a stop was the fact that
irresponsible youths of Is years and
less were squandering all their
money on the chances.
The men who had bought the raf-
fling paraphernalia were very much
incensed because the lid was put on
so suddenly. They argued that they
should be given a reasonable notice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
HERBERT HEARING LATER.
Alleged Seminole Fugitive Fighting
Extradition to South Carolina.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. I'll
The habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted by C. J. Herbert, arrested
under a requisition from the COVER
nor of South Carolina, set for
hearing before Judge S. D. Mercy
nolds, was passed until January 1S
by agreement of counsel. Herbert is
wanted in South Carolina for trial on
an Indictment charging him with
fraud in connection with the Semi
mole Securities company deal of sew
eral years ago.
Governor Patterson refused to
honor the requisition for Herbert
while he was governor, but the pa
pers were granted by Governor noop-
er, the present executive of Ten
nessee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28

English Feline Journeyed 1873 Miles
to Get Home.

The story Of remarkable journey
of cat from Kingston Surrey to its
former home at Glastonbury, in Som
ersetshire, a distance of 1873 miles,
has come to light. In April last a
cat, mottled gray and described as
half Persian in breed, was sent from
Glastonbury, where it has been
reared, to the matron of the Kingston
Nursing Home, says the London
Telegraph. 1t was sent in a pack
ing case drilled with air holes, and
obviously the animal had no oppor-
tunity of marking the points of its
Journey. Soon after it's arrival at
Kingston the cat was lost, and de-
spite the most diligent searching
no trace of it could be found. The
matron of the nursing home has now
received a letter from Glastonbury
stating that the cat has found Its
way back to it's old home. 1t ar
rived emaciated and footsore, and
apparently had walked the whole OF
the 1873 miles. The letter describes
the cat on it's arrival as "a mere
shadow of it's former SELF" and ex-
presses the belief that although ter
ribly weak from it's wanderings, 1t
can be nursed back to healthy con-
dition.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Dying, She Returns Money.

New York, Dec 20.-Four years
ago, as she was shopping for Christ
mas, Miss Mary A. Nestor laid on a
counter in a department store a
handbag in which was s22. 1t dis
appeared.
On Christmas day that year there
came to Miss Nestor's home at No.
622 East One Hundred and Fifty
third street a small parcel. In it
were some papers, bank book and
other odds and ends that had been in
the handbag, but no money. With
thes articles was this note in wo-
mans hand:
81 hope you will forgive me. am
in need. / have a friend who has
lust died. 1 need the money for fu-
neral expenses. 1t seems to me that
I am simply taking this from a wo-
man who has plenty of money. |
will return it some time.
&c A FRIEND IN NEED
At the time Miss Nestor was sorry
that she could not get in touch with
"A Friend in Need" and help her
more than by relinquishing claim to
the small sum, but the young woman,
who is secretary to a Manhattan firm
and usually busy, finally forgot the
incident.
Yesterday afternoon an automobile
with livery chauffeur and a woman
passenger in a long Persian lamb
coat drew up before Miss Nestor's s
home. The woman got out and ask
ed for Miss Nestor, but she was away
from home. So the visitor talked
with Miss Nestor's mother.
A woman friend, she said, had just
died, and had asked a last favor.
She was to give to Miss Nestor a
package containing s22. Her friend
had told the full circumstances on
her. deathbed. When she saw the
handbag lying on the counter her
son had just died and she did not
have the money with which to bury
him. The stolen money had gone
for this purpose. The woman lat
terly had intended to return the
money, but had not been in New
York.
The woman of the automobile left
Miss Nestor's home without telling
the name of the other woman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
STEER HIDES HOLD HISTORY.
So Tribe of Canadian Indians Pre-
serves q Record.

Within IL miles of Calgary, city
of $4,000 people, and with telephone
communication with that city, the
Sacree Indians pursue their lives and
observe exactly as their forefathers
the ancient habits and customs of
their tribe.
Two years ago there was great
festival, at which seven of the Oldest
chiefs related the stories of their ex-
ploits, which the painter of the tribe
preserved for posterity on two i'm
mense steer hides. These hides are
now carefully preserved at the office
of the agent on the Sacree reserve.
The Indian lad relies for his his
tory on campfire stories and we'll
tanned steer hides covered with
queer characters painted crudely
with a sort of ink made of the juices
of plants.
These records are not haphazard,
but they are not altogether regular.
When several chiefs and medicine
men of the tribe are growing old, an
assembly is arranged where a famous
Indian interpreter meets the aged
men. One by one the old men stand
forth before the people and recount
the stories of their lives.
They tell thrilling tales of the bat
ties in which they have fought, OF
the scalps they have taken and the
horses they have stolen. These three
achievements are regarded as the
three most honorable and valorous
exploits of the great men. Compared
with these, the white mans elec-
ton to Parliament, his appointment
to high Office and his great CONNER
cial achievements are as nothing, re-
marks the Toronto Globe.
Sometimes their meetings last
several days. The old men are en-
thusiastic in their descriptions OF
bygone days; they recite rapidly and
gesticulate much. The members of
the tribe, sitting about them, listen
eagerly, storing the details to be told
over and over again to their sons
and their sons sons, until they are
tribal tradition of the long past. AS
they talk, the painter sits upon the
ground with his steer hides spread
before him, and paints with his rude
dyes pictures to illustrate the Incl
dents.
A circle represents barricade or
encampment; awkwardly drawn pic
lures of animals stand for the horses
he has stolen; a galloping horse with
a man on it's back suggests the story
of wild fight across the prairie be-
fore pursuing enemies, dog may
mean a bloody battle won; a tad
pole-like mark, a scalped Indian.
The figures are very crude, and the
drawings no better than those four
years-old child makes on it's slate.
But some ingenuity is exercised in
the grouping, and each sketch is in
way, a key to the thrilling tales
which in time become history.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Newberry Girl Receives Fatal Burns

Newberry, Dec. 20.-Lucile Werts,
the 5-year-old daughter of Eugene
S. Werts, county auditor of Newber-
ry, received burns at noon to-day
from which she died tonight at 8
o'clock. While playing with other
children in a room at the home here
where was a fire in the crate, the
child's clothing caught fire. Her
mother, who had just left the room,
heard screams and rushing into the
room found the little girl enveloped
in flames.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Engineer Smiths ''Long Chance" "

JuSL IOOh IuC 1ouS NA@ASS'
This was Engineer George A.
Smiths laconic explanation of his
rare presence of mind and grit in
saving a trainload of passengers
from almost certain death in the
mountains of Southern California.
A local news writer makes the
following note of the instance:
Engine No. 307, with Smith at the
throttle, was grinding and slipping
down the steep side of the Coast
range in Soledad canyon, one of the
worst stretches on the Fresno-Los
Angeles division of the railroad.
Behind it was the momentum of it's
own weight and of seven coaches
we'll filled with passengers.
Suddenly Smith, with distended
nostrils, drew back into the cab, II
think I smell smoke" he shouted.
A moment later, as the flanges of the
wheels screeched around curve, the
fireman yelled a warning. In anoth-
er moment the engine shot out upon
the big trestle over Santa Clara
creek. The bridge was in flames.
The airbrakes brought the mogul
to a halt, it's whels showering
sparks, third of the way ecross the
blazing structure. Half of the
coaches remained out of danger on
terra firma, and Smith and his fire.
man, by running back over the cars,
could reach safety in a few minutes.
To remain on the bridge meant
death. Because of the steep grade
he could not back the train
out of peril. The only chance
to save the lives of all was
to dash across the 200-foot trestle,
trusting to luck that the structure
would not crumble down before the
last of the seven coaches had crossed
it. ...
Smith released the brakes and
threw the throttle wide open. The
engine sprang forward and thrust
it's nose into the isle of flames. At
every turn of the wheels the trestle
groaned and cracked. Cutting a
passage through the fire and smoke,
the train raced across.
In the tender behind the engine
were 5000 gallons of oil, fuel for
the locomotive. Smith knew that a
loose valve, a tiny leak or an open
feed pipe into which jet of fire
might be sucked would mean an ex-
plosion that would wreck the trestle
and send the entire train in frag-
ments to the bottom. However, as
grim as Jim Bludsoe, he urged his
iron horse forward.
Now the front trucks of the en-
CINE clattered off the bridge, and
now the engine itself was free. With
head out of the window, the en-
gineer looked back anxiously as
coach after coach, all on fire, drew
off the trestle. When the last had
won free, he brought the train to
a standstill.
When the passengers had recov-
cred from their fright, they gathered
around the engine and heartily cheer
ed Smith, who simply said: 81 had to
act and I just took the long chance" "
AS the train started, the trestle
crashed to the bottom of the ravlne.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Drunken Prisoners Neck Broken.

New Orleans, Dec. 21.-Whlie
struggling with the officers to pre-
vent them from searching him, Dan
iel Killian, prisoner, yesterday fell
and struck his head against a chair
in the fourth precinct police station
and broke his neck. Killian had
been arrested on the charge of drunk
enness.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28

If you owe us anything, remember
that we need the money and expect
prompt settlement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS

thousand;
thousand 10000 at 80 cents Special prices larger lots
cabbage have
weather.
attention all orders which
received with order
will ship D. if preferred Catalogue
ma request.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-03
Mrs. Greaney Entertains

Mrs. W. P. Greaney of 2613 Wash.
ington avenue entertained yester-
day afternoon with the second of 9
series of card parties, the first be.
ing given Friday afternoon.
AT 800" Mrs. F. C. Cannon mad.
the high score and Mrs. P. I. Mas.
sauer the cut prize. A two-courst
luncheon was served. Miss Lucy
Carroll assisted in entertaining.
Those present at Mrs. Greaney'.
parties were: Mesdames w. B
Thistlewood, Arthur Mattingly, L
q. Denison, Fred Thomas, M. C
Metzger, 0. P, Hurd Jr., Arthur
Thistlewood, H. S. Candee, w. A,
Krebs, Charles ]. Feuchter, B. H
King, John A. Miller, A. L. Rust
Cora Cotter, f. G. Cannon, Frank
u. schoembs, Otto Schulz, w. A. Nc
Knight, Claude Winter, E. l.. Gil.
bert, T. ]. Keefe, J. II. Galligan
Fred Schatz, J. B. Greaney, p. I
Nassauer, Raymond l.. Hosmer, w
7. Wall, George B. Wearen, Thoma.
Mcfarland, Il. A. Smith, r. J. Grea
ney, A. s. Fraser w. F. Smith, B