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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-29
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, Feb. 26.-It seems from
the number of jurors drawn from
this section that the Bamberg officers
think we Ehrhardt people are fond
of courting.
Want you to understand that it
has not forgotten how to rain, and
il is wet rain. All one has to do to
find it out is to travel around some
and occasionally take bird hunt.
Our school business is somewhat
shut off for a time at least. Some
want it on the old school grounds;
others favor another place. There is
no prettier grounds around town than
the present site of two acres. Some
claim it is not large enough; must
intend to build a whopper. What
we want is for the division to come
together and let the good work 60
on. I am with the majority. The
lot was given by c. Ehrhardt in his
life time to the trustees and their
successors in Office as long as. the
school was maintained as a graded
school or a school of higher order.
This we think is good enough title
for anyone. Conrad Ehrhardt want
ed a school that would interest the
patrons to work for the upbuildlng
and not a school of lower order. The
Clemson lands were given with more
restrictions and accepted than this,
and more public funds go to it than
any other school in the State. Why
not ours? If nothing else will DO
get special legislation on same. 1t
was a gift and we should appreciate
the gift, as it is valuable property.
Messrs. Mckenzie Bros. will soon
have their goods in their store. There
is not a store or dwelling empty in
town-all occupied.
The dance on evening of the 22d
instant was enjoyed by all who at
tended.
The oyster supper by the ladies
aid society of the Lutheran church
was fairly well attended on the 22d
instant and about s36 was their clear
earnings.
What's wrong with the News and
Courier? This Office only gets them
six days out of the week. Sundays S
paper never or rarely ever reaches
us until Monday. Can buy one, how
ever, from the butcher on the train.
Something wrong. Sleep too late or
are careless about same. Our cltl-
zens kick every Sunday. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-29
Landlady Murdered by Irate Boarder

Camden, N. j., Feb. 26.-Mrs.
Georgianna Gillenen, aged 81 years,
was killed with an axe in the dining
room of her home here yesterday:
William GradweH, aged 80 years, a
boarder, has been arrested charged
with being her assailant. Gradwell,
according to the theory of the police,
struck the woman with an axe be-
cause she demonstrated with him for
coming home late.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-29
HAD 100000 IN JEWELRY.
Sporting Man, Arrested for Lettering,
Carried a Fortune.

like" Gottlieb, a well-known Gin
cinnati sporting man, was arrested in
Cincinnati on Tuesday on a charge
of lettering. Gottlieb had been arrest
ed several times and charged with
running han dbook; but he was al
ways dismissed in court Gottlieb
claims that he is diamond salesman,
and when arrested Tuesday jewelry
to the value of over 100000 was
found on his person.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-29
Shoots Three Men in Court.

Reidsville, Ca, Feb. 27.-In a mad
rush to escape from mayors court
room, where he was on trial charged
with selling liquor, w. NJ. Virgins,
a white man, tonight shots and
wounded three men before he was
overpowered. He fired but twice,
one bullet from his pistol passing
through R. J. Rogers cheek and
striking S. NJ. Mccall and glancing
from his temple The second. bullet
buried itself in the arm of Lon
Moody.
Wigigns was arraigned at once on
the charge of assault with intent to
murder and was ordered held under
bond Of $500, which he failed to
give.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-29
NEGRO ATTEMPTS ASSAULT
ENTERED HOUSE OF PROMINENT
ANDERSON COUNTY FARMER.
Crowds Formed in Anderson Streets
but Jail was Barricaded and
Officers Reinforced.

.
negro "a years of age, was to-day
lodged in the county Jail on the
charge of attempting to criminally
assault the wife of prominent
farmer at her home at Deans sta
ton, six miles from Anderson, about
10 o'clock last night. The alleged
attempt was made while the hus-
band was absent from home, having
been called away to sit up with a sick
friend. Reed admits he is the negro
wanted, but declares that he had no
other intention than to rob the
house.
The first knowledge the woman
had of the presence of the negro in
her room was when she felt his
hands touch her. She screamed, and
the negro made exit through the
window he had forced open in en-
tering. The woman gave an alarm
and within a few minutes a great
crowd had collected, and consider
able excitement prevailed.
The First Arrest.
Sheriff King and Deputy Martin
arrived on the scene about midnight
and after a hasty investigation a
negro named Aston Armstrong was
arrested on suspicion. He was
brought to the jail by Sheriff King,
Deputy Martin remaining to make
a further investigation. The woman
could not positively identify Arm
strong as being the right negro be-
cause her room was dark and she
did not see his face.
Deputy Martin and several men
who had gathered, found some tracks
leading from the window. These
tracks led through a newly ploughed
field, around hedge and across a
meadow to a cabin. In this cabin
the negro, Reed, was found. On be-
ing arrested Reed disclaimed any
knowledge of the incident, claiming
that he had not left his cabin since
nightfall. Officers started with him
to the jail here, and on his way he
admitted that he was the man in the
house.
Many Men Gathered.
Fully 800 men gathered tonight
on the streets adjacent to the county
jail where the negro is held. Anthem
tic information was received here by
officers that a crowd was mobilizing
at Gluck mills, four miles away on
the car line, with purpose of coming
here to demand that the negro be
turned over to them. Sheriff King
called in eight or ten deputies, and
the Jail was heavily barricaded. The
officers will refuse to give up the ne
gro, they declare, and an attack on
the Jail is very probable. The wife
of the sheriff is extremely i'll in the
Jail and this will be used as an argu.
ment to hold the men back.
Two we'll known men living near
where the attempted assault occurred
appeared at the jail shortly after Ii
o'clock to ascertain whether the ne.
gro was in the jail or whether he had
been spirited away. Their knocks
at the jail door were not answered
but by outsiders they were Informed
that the negro is still in the Jail. AS
soon as they learned this fact, they
departed in an automobile. Where
they went no one knows.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-29

"They started in a purely platonic
way to read Lucille together.
"Well?"
Now they are interested in a book
that tells how to build a $1,000
house, Kansas City Journal.
And the next book they will be in
terested in is catalogue of baby
carriages.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-29

When contemplating private water
works investigate the Fairbanks
Morse Eclipse Pumping outfit. VIM.
H. PATRICK, Gas Engine Expert.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
STRANGE CRATER IN ARIZONA
GeoIogIsts Have Offered Several The
cries to Account for This Singular
Phenomenon.

About forty miles from Flagstaff.
Aris., in the midst Of great plain,
there is saucer-shaped hollow about
three-quarters Of mile across and
600 feet deep. The rim Of this strange
crater rises between $50 and 200 feet
above the surrounding plain Rocky
fragments are scattered for several
miles around the crater. Among these
rocks many fragments OF meteoric
iron, some containing minute black
diamonds, have been found. The In
ner walls show that the crust Of the
earth was broken when the crater was
formed; yet no volcanic rocks exist
there. Biologists have offered several
theories to account for this singular
phenomenon. One is that an immense
meteorite made the hole. and that the
meteoric fragments Just mentioned are
remnants of the falling star. Another
theory ascribes the origin Of the era
tor to tremendous explosion OF steam
in the rocks beneath. and third com
bines the first two by suggesting that
the sbIcw q 4 Killing matscr atElIkl
the earthis crust at point whefa
subterranean water had accumulated
in che neighborhood of heated rocks,
was the cause Of the explosion.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
MUST HAVE SHOCKED MUMMY
French Custom House officer Did
Not Know He Was Dealing With
pefunet Monarch.

NJ. Maspero, the famous French
Egyptologist tells In some reminis-
cencea Of an amusing experience
which befell him on one occasion
when bringing an Egyptian mummy
10 Europe. It was the mummy Of
king, and an important contribution
to archaeology, and M. Maspero fan
cied that the French custom house ofii-
GERS would not insist too rigidiy upon
payment Of duty.
The first Of these functionarles
whom he encountered. however, insist
ed upon doing his full duty. He opened
the box which contained the mummy
and exclaimed:
"Halloa, what have we here?"
"A Pharaoh-a genuine Pharaoh Of
the sixth dynasty" said the scientist,
Ala Pharaoh" said the puzzled
ofilcer. Il don't seem to remember
what the duty on Pharaohs Isl"
He set to work to look up 'Pha-
raohs" In his tariff schedule. but
found no such article entered In his
list.
This importation" said the officer,
finally, does not seem to be provided
for under the statutes. We shall have
to follow our usual rule In such cases,
and class it with the highest-taxed
article Of the kind that 1t seems to
belong to. shall classify your Pha-
raoh as dried fish"
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
EIrst Mnman On EnaIIsh stage.

January 3 is an important anniver
sary in the development Of the Brit
lsh drama, for upon this date in 1851
Pepys went to the Glare Market thea
tar, saw the ''Beggars Bush well per
formed and records, "the first time
that I eversaw women come upon the
STAGE
Previously all female parts had been
taken by boys or young men. The
change was probably suggested BY
Charles II. from his continental expert.
ence, and arose from an amusing cpl.
sode. The king had gone to the thea
ter 'before his time" and finding the
actors not ready, asked for an ex.
PLANTATION, whereupon he was gravely
information that "the queen has not
shaved yeti" AS the Merry Monarch
loved to laugh at a Jest as well as to
make one, the excuse was accepted
and reform initiated.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26

Snefore The War" Mansions Of the
South, With Their Romance,
Are Disappearing.

The grand old before the war"
homes. stepped in romance and dear
10 the heart Of the children Of the old
south, are fast going. Set in a grove
Of oaks, the big house with its impcs-
ing columns, ample verandas and Its
air Of hospitality and cheer, soon will
be no more. Some Of these old man
sions have fallen into wreck and
ruin; hundreds have been burned.
The surviving ones are relics Of an
age that is past.
For several years there has been a
movement in the south for smaller
farms. This movement has been con-
stantly accelerated, And It means
much for the welfare Of this section
The old plantations were manageable
only when labor could be relied upon
land when one person was willing to
pass his life In the employment Of
another.
The south is becoming more utili-
tarian. Descendants of those caval-
iers who charged with Rupert and
melted their plate to support the tot.
tering throne Of an unworthy Stuart
have scanned their lessons well. Life
Is activity, hurry and turmoil. It
still would be an elysian existence
forever to loiter in the shade and yell
to Pompey for another 1ulep-but It
Is no longer practicable.
This month win see two Of the fine
old plantation homes> Of Barbour
county 60 under the hammer. His
toric Roseland and the splendid Pugh
estate alike are to be sold. Some Of
these days when the south gets enor-
mously wealthy again the grand old
times may be revived.-Birmingham
(Ala) News.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
ARRANGING THE ICE CHEST
New York Grceers Now Send an Ex-
pert to Show Young Housewives
How II Should Be Done.

Even grocers are taking hand in
the education OF young housewives"
said the pretty woman. Il did my
FIRST marketing last week. The grocer
knew / was green. When had fin
lshed buying he said:
"'Now, do you know how to arrange
things in your icebox to the best ad-
yantage?'
4 said was afraid | didn't. He
called young man from the rear Of
the store.
James, he said, when you deliver
this basket Of things will you show the
lady the most economical arrangement
Of her refrigerator
Fifteen minutes later white-aproned
James was turning my Ice chest up
side down. He made place for
everything, and said it ought to be
kept there. The meats, for example,
should always come between the milk
and butter and the fruit and salads.
When he finished my refrigerator held
twice as much as | had been able to
get into 1t. Another wondrous phase
Of the situation was that James re-
fused tip.
I'VE make a point he said. 'of
showing customers the proper arrange
ment Of an ice chest, New York
Press. ----'''' se
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
Shelves and Straight fronts.

There are q great many things ia
this library that If had my way
would be changed" remarked an ag-
grieved-looking woman to a librarian
the other day. For instance, look at
those lower sheIvesl They're an out
rage!" she said stormily, making q
sweeping gesture toward the shelves
in question. "Do you wear straight
fronts?" she asked with an angry
glare, and then without waiting for a
reply. announced decisively, We'll, I
do; and though I've been wanting
that volume down there for the last
half hour. do you think I'd dare get
it? No, | consider 1t positively dan
gerous to take a book OF those lower
shelves"
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
His RIahteous kick.

"Sayr" exclaimed the undersized
chap, bustling into the room, isn't
this the kickery? want to air my
crouch. contend that the little man
doesn't get fair shake. People Inn
pose on him just because he can't
help himself. Take my case I'm five
feet four, and slim accordingly. go
into a car that's nearly empty, pick
out good seat, open my newspaper,
and begin to read. In comes a big,
beefy cuss, with lateral spread Of
two and one-half feet. Does he pick
out nice empty seat for hinself9
He does not. He waddles down the
aisle till he sees me. There's my
meatp he says; he ain't big enough
to crowd me- And he plants him
self down by me. jams me over
against the end OF the seat, crushes
my arms against my sides, blame
him, and"
you're all right, my friend" inter
rupted the man at the desk, "and
you've got a real grievance. but you
are tackling the wrong department;
the Friend Of the People Is in room
S20."- Chicago Tribune.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
Gaelic Alphabet.

Men familiar with the Gaelic tongue
tell us that the alphabet Of that an
Client language IL the most curious OF
all alphabets, in that nearly every let
ter is represented by tree. The al
phabet OF today comprises eighteen
letters; ancient Gaelic had seventeen.
NOW, as Of old, all the letters with
the exception Of g, and u, which
stand for ivy, furze and heather, are
called after trees.
The Gaelic b now runs: Aim,
bette, coll, dur. eagh, fearn, gath,
huath, iogh, luis, muin. NUN, DIV.
peith, ruis, suil, teine, ur, which is
equivalent to saying: Elm, birch, ha-
eel, oak, aspen. alder. ivy, whitehorn.
yew. rowan Or quicken, vine. ash, spin
dletree, pine, elder, willow, furze,
heath. In the ancient Gaelic alpha
bet the letter h (the huath. or white
horn) does not exist. The alphabet
is called the beth-luis-nuin. because
b. !, n, and not q, b, 9, are its first
three letters.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
question q seeing.

Lady Gregory was discussing, in an
interview in New York, her Irish
Players and their Irish plays.
'Some people. It is evident" she
said, "don't like our plays. Others
again, think that the plays Of John M.
Synge and w. B. Yeats are works of
beautiful works Of art. 1t is a
matter of eyesight.
1T is like the two gentlemen on
the American liner who fell into con-
versation. One complained about the
rnonotony Of his home, at Kilkee, in
County Glare. But the other, knowing
the wondrous beauty Of KiIkee. with
the wild Atlantic surges beating on
its rugged coast with sublime
grandeur, said:
"Tt may be monotonous- but what
view you havel'
"'view?' said the Kilkee resident
Mo view whatever. Why, man, there's
nothing at all between US and Amer
ica.'p
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
Mourn saIsswoman,s Death.

There is mourning in one Of the
large department stores because OF
the death Of q saleswoman who was
probably as well known in New York
as any one Of the great sisterhood.
Little Ellen" as every one called her
because she always retained the name
by which she was known when she
became an employe of the house thir-
ty-fve years ago, was for many years
at the head Of the glove selling de
partment and had customers by the
hundred, who would be served only by
her She knew the sizes Of gloves
they wore and had many friends
among her patrons: for whom she Sc
lected gloves when they were small
children. At holiday times she was al
ways literally remembered By them,
and her death is regretted as much by
them as by her associates and employ
ers.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
FACING A SERIOUS PROBLEM
English Housewives Seem 70 Be Called
Upon 70 Choose Between Cook
and ParIormaId.

Now, the crux Of the situation Is
this: Which OF the maids is to go9
Must the neat-handed parlor maid
take her departure7 II So, the lady Of
tho house knows that the early cup
Of tea will not be ready to start her
day, or II she must have she win have
to do aE her sister from the colonies
usually does make It herself. Women
from the colonies, by the way, are apt
to be amused at the comfortable ex-
lstence led by the home people. Eng
lish gentlemen who have settled In
Canada are often compelled to get up
Of 3 morning to coal the basement FIRE
for heating the home. Think Of the
gentlemen OF the upBer middle classes
at home getting up Of q morning to
kindle the kitchen fret It is not to
be, thought Of; the suggestion is an
impossible one. Then a glance round
the drawing room. with its polished
floor, its rugs. its ornaments, its coal
fire, for preference, makes the mid
dle-aged house mistress 90 quietly out,
close the door Of the room, and med
ltate in solitude. It seems to her that
cook must 60, However there rise
before her the ghosts Of the dishes
she used to make quite well. II is SO
long since she touched any kitchen
utensils! Would her old skill return
to her in her extremItyg Alasl she
could not reckon upon any such hap
py coincidence; she. perforce, must
continue to rack her brain and pay
her cook. Even suppose she did man
age to supplement her own cooking
by outside aid, what would happen on
their social evenings ?-London Stand
ard
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
EpIstoIary Caution.

Before the customer paid his bill
the hotel stenographer tore several
pages out Of her notebook and hand
ed them to him.
"Only the notes OF his letters" she
said to the next customer. "About
once in six months somebody comes
along who keeps such a watclful eye
on his correspondence that he won't
even let stencgrapher keep his
notes. OF course it is nothing to us.
and We always give them up when
asked to. don't know what the eau
tious folk do with them. Destroy
them maybe. Anyhow, there is no
record Of foolish utterances left in the
stenographer's books"
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
s1oo REWARD s1oo

The readers Of this paper will be
Dleared to learn that there is at least
one dread disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages, and
that Is Cakarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known
ID the medical fraternity. Catarrh be
Ink q constitutional disease. requires d
constitutional treatment. Halls Cat
arrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Oh the system, thereby des-
growing the foundation OF the disease,
and giving the patient strength By
building up the constitution and assist
9ng nature in doing It's work. The pro
nrietOrs haze so much faith In ite cur
afiva powets that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that IL fails
~ c1,re. Send FOR list Of testimoniais
Address +. ]. CHENEY & CO.. To
Eedo, Ohio.
sold by all drugsts' 10c.
Take Halls Family Fills for consti
patlcn.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
ADDED PLEASURE TO VISIT
New Workers. Trip to Atlantic City
Remuneratlve Both as to His
Health and Pocket.

A retired merchant who was well
known in the jobbing branch in New
York fifteen years ago recently spent
some time at Atlantic City, where he
took his wife for rest and change Of
scene, and where he had an unusually
pleasant experience. 1--WE met there"
80 he tells the story, "a man whom ]
had known in a business way many
years ago. We and our wives walked
and roller chaired' together, and they
seemed to enjoy our company as much
as we did theirs. On the day before
we came away Mr.. Blank called me
Into the billiard room, handed me an
envelope addressed to me at my New
York home and said: intended to
bring you this when our visit here was
over and before we went back to our
home out west The envelope con-
tanned check for a balance which
the man owed when his business col
lapsed in 1894. with interest to date.
so glad met yuu.' BE added. for /
saved the carfare to your house," The
New York man added that the debt
had pessed out Of his mind, together
with many others which had gene to
profit and loss" in his old books.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26

d. G. Bybee. teamfng contractor liv-
ing at $50 Keeling Court, Canton, Ill..
Is now we'll rid OF a severe and annoy
ing case Of kidney trouble. His back
panied and he was bothered with head.
aches and dizzy spells. Il took Foley
Kidney Pills Just as directed and in q
few days I felt much better. My life
and strength semeed to come back.
and sleep well. ! am now all over
my trouble and glad to recommend 70.
ley Kidney Pills" Try them. o. @.
Schaefer and Red Cross Drug Store.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
Parliamentary.

"This is all so sudden. Mr.. Samp-
son. she said, with 'maidenly re-
serve, "and SO unexpected. that al
though / confess am not entirely
Indifferent to you, / hardly know what
to say in reply To-
III you are in favor Of the PROPOSE
ton. suggested Mr.. Sampson. who.
like Dick SwivelIer is perpetual
grand master, "you will please sig
nifty your assent by saying Aye
s'Aye," came softly.
Contrary
Nolv numbered the old man, open
ing the door,
The noes have it by q large ma
iority, said Mr.. Sampson. reaching
hastily for his hat.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26

Among several relics Of ancient
times. including temple reliefs from
Abydos and mummy from Meir,
dated about 100 A. D., ]. Pierpont Nor
gan has given the Metropolitan Mus
sum Of Art an Assyrian sword, believed
to be 8.4OO years old. It was found BY
Colonel Hamburg. an English explorer.
about 1875 at Nardin and is said to
be the earliest example known.
Frederick Remington's large paint
ing. "a Cavalry Charge on the South
Arn Plains" has been presented to the
museum by several donors, including
former Park Commissioner Henry
Smith, George A .Hearn, William r.
Evans and Augustus Thomas.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
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drugs. Never sold in bulk. Put up IN
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uine IN yellow package. o. @. Schaef-
or and Red Cross Drug Store.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-26
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