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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, July 29.-This warn
sultry weather has heated some Of
the colored folks to the fighting
pitch. Saturday afternoon Folk and
Bryant locked horns for a battls
royal. Folk knocked Bryant out in
the first round without receiving q
scratch. Bryant's face was badly
beaten up around the eyes. Chief
took hand in the wind up and would
have lodged them in the Red Top Inn
but Messrs. Mckenzie Bros. stood fol-
Folks bond and Mr.. Sam w. Cope
land stood for Bryant. Expect the
proprietors of the inn will make their
charges after talking over the griev-
ances of the two fighting bullies and
thus it will end.
Melons are all that farmers have to
bring to town to sell now. So far
have been very poor in quality on
account of too much rain.
Mr.. Mosquito is busy presenting
his bill these days and nights. Every
body must owe him, as he makes no
exceptions.
Mr.. A. F. Henderson's dwelling
will soon be ready for the paint
brush-a nice cosy little home. Can t
say who the lucky one will be as yet.
Our barber, Louis L. Butler, has
put in some new and up-to-date
furniture and is ready to give his
customers prompt and better service
as tonsorial artist.
Miss Annie May Ritchie, of Ritch-
field, N. c., is spending some time
with friends and old school mates in
Ehrhardt.
Misses Mamie Cline, Lucille Epting
and Helen Heitman left for Savan-
nah, Ca, the home of the two latter,
Saturday.
College reunion Wednesday, at
Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church.
Speeches of interest will be heard
and will pay all to attend and listen.
Dinner on the grounds.
Capt. Jack NJ. Smith has returned
to his job conductor He did not
leave his jovial ways behind.
Mrs. Alma McKeithan is with US
now, and will take charge of the cen
tral office. She will be glad to serve
friends with promptness and dispatch
Political issues as discussed in this
State, especially, among the higher
Offices, the candidates are a disgrace
to our dear old State. JEE.
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Judge Dropped Dead.

Tampa, Fla, July 29.-Following
tempestuous session of his court
room during the hearing of an elec-
tion fraud case brought by socialists,
fisticuffs being engaged in and wea-
pons drawn, Judge Thomas James
dropped dead from apoplexy at 6
o'clock this afternoon. Judge James
collapsed Immediately following a
personal encounter between Dan
Robinson, defeated Socialist candi-
date for mayor, and Mitchell Mckay,
a brother of D. E. Mckay, who was
the opponent of Robinson.
The trial had been one of sensa-
tions which drew a crowd which fill
ed the court room to suffocation and
overfowed into the street. The fight
between Robinson and Mckay follow
ed a recess taken by the court i'm
mediately after w. J. Stafford, one of
the accused election inspectors, at
tempted to assault S. Camparetti, a
witness for the prosecution, while
Camparetti was testifying.
Immediately on readjournment
counsel for the defense commenced
arguing a motion to dismiss the de-
PENDANTS when Judge James collaps-
ed. He was hurried to his home
nearby where he died a few minutes
later
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Fairfax Fancies.

Fairfax, July 27.-Mrs. G. w. Bar
Der and family have gone to Hen
dersonville, N. c., to spend the heat
ed term.
Misses Joyner and Still, of Black
vile, are spending some time with
Mrs. Rubye Williams.
Mrs. Sam Jenkins, of Florida, is
on visit to relatives here.
There was a picnic on Tuesday at
Stokes's mill. Miss Joella Padgett
chaperoned the younger set.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. NJ. Moye
entertained quite number of young
folks, complimentary to the. Misses
Brooker A lovely contest in forest
ry, composed by Misses Ethel and
Blanche Brooker, was entered into
with spirit. Miss Georgia Brooker
and her partner, Frank Wilson, won
the prize. Our gifted home girls.
Misses Zelle Loadholt and Lucille
Youmans, recited beautifully. There
was a delicious salad and ice course
served. All pronounced the occa-
sion a happy one.
The many friends of DR.. and Mrs.
Wilber Tuten are rejoiced over her
great change for the better, as fever
seems to be subsiding. Miss Theresa
Lightsey, of Columbia, is her special
nurse.
The Misses Brooker, of Columbia,
have returned home, after a pleasant
visit to Mrs. w. H. Simpson.
Rev. w. H. Simpson and Mrs. Lily
Myrick attended the Sunday-school
convention at Brunson.
Misses Margaret and Lucille YOU
mans now own a lovely new piano.
Miss Annie Cleeland was a recent
visitor at Mrs. Lily Myrick's. She
is now visiting in FLORIDA.
Mrs. S. L. Sanders leaves this week
for Hendersonville and other places.
Mrs. Gibbs, of Chicago, is with
Mrs. Sam. Talley.
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FORMER BLEASITE IN CHARGE
Judge Jones's Supporters in Green
vile to Open Headquarters.

Greenville, July 29.-A bureau to
advance the interests of Judge Ira
B. Jones in Greenville county will
be opened in the city tomorrow. The
local supporters of the ex-chief JUS
tice feel the need of concerted action
and hence have decided to open head
quarters from which to manage the
fight in this vicinity. This action is
taken independently of any State
wide Jones organization.
Two rooms have been rented in the
Cleveland building, one of the best
office buildings in Greenville; STEM
ographer secured and all preparations
made to distribute Jones literature,
send speakers over the county and in
other ways promote the candidacy of
Judge Jones.
The most striking feature Of the
headquarters here is that the man
ager of the organization is G. Hey
ward Mahon, twice mayor Of this
city and until recently an ardent sup
porter of Gov. Blease. Mr.. Mahon's
rupture with the governor was due to
the Blease-King-W Watson episode. Mr..
King was one of the political leaders
of this section and he and Mr.. Mahon
control a large element of the voters.
Their break with Gov. Blease, it is
freely predicted, will do more than
any other one thing to cut down the
Blease vote in Greenville county.
Messrs. Mahon and King, previous
to the break with the governor, were
what might be termed the "Blease
bosses" of Greenville.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01
Explorers Saved After Two Years.

Christiania, Norway, July 2S.-
Capt. E. Janar Mikkelsen, the Dan
ish Arctic explorer, and the engineer,
Iverson, who were rescued July II
on the coast of Greenland by a Nor
wegian fishing vessel, after having
spent more than two years in that re-
gion, looked like wild animals when
their rescuers found them. They had
spent the previous winter at Bass
Rock Island, not Shamrock Island,
as previously stated, and it was there
that the Norwegians came upon them
In cabin which they had built.
The first sign that there were hu-
man beings in that neighborhood was
aewoeden oar with the date 1912 cut
in it, set up as signal which the
Norwegians happened upon. 1nvesti-
cation disclosed the cabin. The fish
ermen knocked on the door and Mix
kelson and Iverson rushed out nearly
naked, with guns in their hands, un-
der the impression that the knock
ing was caused by beasts Of prey.
Mikkelsen had been very i'll on the
long journey to Bass Rock Island
and Iverson had dragged him 100
miles on a sledge. Fortunately the
men had enough ammunition to en-
able them at all times to procure
food.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01
BestowaI of Crosses of Honor.

Since there were so many Confed-
crate veterans and descendants OF
veterans, who did not enter their
applications for crosses of honor
in time for the last bestoWal, Mrs.
c. E. Graham, State President U. d.
c., has arranged for another and
final date of bestowal.
The day set apart for this will be
Friday, Dec. goth, 1912.
All applications must be handed
in before October 1st. Those who
are interested please take notice and
file applications at once.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01
in THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
acknowledgements About
Men and Happenings.

J. J. Ross, Sr., who lives four miles
south of Pinewood has field of cot
ton ready to be picked. The staple
is of the 80 days variety and was
planted the middle of April.
J. Sparks Cunningham, an en-
ployee of the Chester Power COM
pany, fell from a pole 25 feet to the
ground and suffered several injuries.
He was removed to the Magdalene
hospital.
Eleven white men and two negroes
were arrested at St. Matthews on
Tuesday on the charge of running
blind tigers. 1t is thought most of
the negroes are in the business for
white men.
The publication place of the South
ern Christian Advocate, Of which
Rev. S. A. Nettles is editor, will be
moved soon from Spartanburg to
Greenville. VIM. B. Werts will have
charge of the printing.
James Soute, colored, was arrested
in Charleston on Friday on the charge
of shooting and killing his wife the
day before on James Island. He con-
fessed, saying he killed her because
she was not at home when he went
there.
J. c. Manus, an employe of the
Cox cotton mills in Anderson, shot
himself in the abdomen with a pistol
on Sunday afternoon while intoxi-
Gated. He was taken to the hospital
and operated on, and it is thought
will get we'll.
A franchise has been granted the
Florence Gas company to furnish gas
in Darlington, and work will COM
mence at once of laying pipes from
Florence to Darlington. 1t is thought
that gas will be there for use by the
first of October.
Robert Coriey, an Aiken negro, re-
turning Saturday night from frolic,
shot a horse belonging to Olin Grice
Just to see it jump" he said. The
horse died next day, and Corley will
likely serve term on the chain gang
for malicious mischief.
Col. V. B. Cheshire, publisher Of
the Anderson Intelligencer, of which
paper Col. L. NJ. Green is editor, was
arrested in Anderson on Monday,
charged with toting pistol. In de-
fense of his conduct, he exhibited
commission as "detective' from Gov.
Blease.
When the campaign in Richland
county opened on Thursday all the
candidates for the legislature were
piled by Blease men with the ques-
tion, Are you for Blease or Jones?"
Most of them declared they were for
Jones. There are IL candidates for
the legislature.
Rev. E. Olin Watson, D. D., of Co.
lumbia, has been elected president
of the Industrial school in Horny
county, which is to be opened in Sep
tember of next year. He will accept
if the South Carolina conference of
the Methodist church, of which he is
a member, consents
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01
Country Correspondence.

Misses Virginia and Grace Hill en-
tertained Misses Edith Rice and Nell
son Wright, of Bamberg, and Miss
Elvy Sease, of Odom's Bridge last
week.
Mr.. J. L. Smoak spent part of his
R. F. D. vacation in our community.
Protracted services begin at Spring
town to-day wednesday,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01

1 will come to Bamberg about the
first week in August, on my second
trip. l clean, adjust and repair all
kinds of sewing machines. Nothing
else.) Drop me a card or phone,
and if you live in the country take
head off machine and bring it in. Re-
spectfully, H. A. ALDRICH, Jennings
House.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01

Just received a new line of the
latest 10c music. Call for catalog.
Boards SC and 10c STORE, Bam-
berg, S. G.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
NORTH BENNINGTON

John Cushman has gone to New
York on business.
Irving Cobb of Houghton stree
spent Tuesday in Albany.
w. II. Madison of School street Is
in New York City on business.
Miss Grace L. Newton has return
ed from a weeks vacation spent witt
friends in Greenwich, n. Y.
Misses Leita and Vida Church OF
Cambridge are guests OF Miss Gladys
Whitman of Upper Main street.
The Sunday school of the Baptist
church will hold a lawn party Friday
evening on the church lawn. All are
cordially invited.
The Bennington Falls club had a
very enjoyable time at their annual
picnic which was held last Saturday
at Battlefield park About fifty-five
members We're present at dinner and
about 90 sat down to supper.Games
and sports were enjoyed.
The Sunday school of the Congre
gational church enjoyed a picnic al
Battlefield park Tuesday. over a
hundred friends aud members were
present. The day was an ideal one
for games and sports There was
plenty OF good things to eat, supper
being served at $3.50 o'clock Both
old and young had jolly good time
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
RoADWaYS AND WATERWAYS.
Good Roads Advocate Should Get More
Monav,

II II ia sensible for the federal gov
eminent to issue bonds to Improve
water transportation facilities then IL
is equally sensible to do so for the I'm
provement of highways.
The millions expended on waterways
may be of advantage to some OF the
people. but few dollars for highway
improvement will benefit all the people,
Why Is II that congress and public
men generally did not long ago see
that the improvement OF transportation
between city and farm. the producer
and the market. the farm and the rail-
road. the farm and the harbor or the
river wharf. Is OF as much Importance
as the deepening of harbors and riversf
IL bonds are issued by the govern
ment then half OF the proceeds should
go to the construction Of roads, and a
large percentage of the moneys Law
iShed on rivers and harbors. should be
diverted to good roads.
Good roads advocates in congress
should organize at once and get at
least as much money for roads as goes
to waterways.-Jesse Taylor In Good
Roads.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
BAD FOR THE STOMACH.
When Non fatty Foods Are Intimately
Mixed With Grease.

The stomach never has the least pow.
er OF digesting true fat. This Is dis
posed of In the intestines. When eat
en- in the ordinary forms. as fat meat.
butter. etc. the fat separates out in
the stomach and does not In the least
Interfere with the work of the gastric
Juice on the other food. but when a
nOn-fatty food has been intimately mix
ed with grease the latter prevents the
gastric juice getting at the food it
could digest.
Fish fried in oil or butter Is 10y no
means the most marked example. as
the fat does not penetrate very deeply.
Potatoes mashed with butter are rath-
er worse. and minced vegetables fried
with butter are bad offenders. The
reason advanced explains why pork
Is difficult Of digestion. The muscular
fbers are mixed up with fat cells. and
by tho liberation Of the oil in each
tiny cell the eaten pork is made into
an oily paste.
A very strong stomach will do the
work required. but IL Is not a fair task
TO impose frequently. and a weak stOm-
ach will refuse to do anything beyond
reminding its owner by few stabs
that ii will not stand such treatment
Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
Equal 70 the Occasion.

Chauncey Depew once dined with
three ladies' in New York restaurant,
He was SO entertaining that one OF the
ladies plucked up courage and during
dessert leaned over and tapped the
diplomat on the arm and with an affec-
tation OF shyness said: "Mr. Depew,
let us pretend that you are the shep-
herd Paris, | am Minerva. Mrs. Blank
is Venus and Miss Blank is Juno. Now,
you must give this golden apple to the
fairest." So saying she handed him
an orange Depew did not wait an in
slant, but. turning in his chair. called
the waiter. walter" he said, bring
me two more oranges"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News ., the Town and Village Told Briefly
Sor Busy Readers

Ralph Bennett of White Creek is
in town today
Richard Van Santvoord is passing
the day in Troy.
Miss Esther Thompson is a guest
of Miss Harriet Brown.
Francis Connolly of North street
is employed at the brush back fac
tory.
Dancing tonight after band concert,
Foresters' hall Goldsmith's full or
chestra
Misses Gladys and Ruth Maxon OF
Troy have returned home after a
three weeks visit with friends here.
Henry Marsh of School street has
returned from a visit with his daugh-
ter in Williamstown.
The Young Woman's Club will
hold a business meeting this even
ing at which time final arrangements
will be completed for the picnic to
be held on Saturday All members
are requested to be present.
News was received here TINS morn
ing from George H. Weeks of Sandus-
ky, Ohio, of the death on July A,
at Cleveland, of his sister, Mrs. A.
w. Davies, a former resident. She
was 50 years of age. Mr.. Weeks, al
so a former resident, expects to come
here on a visit in 1913.
The Bennington Machine Works is
busy in turning out an equipment
for a wood pulp mill in Canada and
is doing a large amount of repair
work for a large mill of the Ameri-
can Powder company that was blown
up by an explosion at Concord juno
ton, Mass, few days ago.
Haying operations are approaching
completion on most farms. The
weather has been ideal for haying.
having been very dry, sunny and
breezy. Grass that was cut in the
morning was sufficiently cured by
late afternoon to be ready for the
barns. Many of the farmers are get
ting SIS per ton for hay from the
field, which is the highest price re-
ceived in years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
ERRORS OF SPEECH.
Common Abuse Of tho Verbs to Get, to
Lay and TO Lie.

Common Abuse Of tho Verbs to Get, to
Lay and TO Lie.
The verb TO get is one Of our much
misused words. 1t means TO acquire
win. obtain. and primarily it signifies
the putting forth of effort to attain
something. Consequently II is not only
superfluous, but incorrect, TO speak Of
a man as getting drowned" or get
ting sick" and you may unfortunately
have a cold" but it is impossible that
you have got cold"
At this moment no exceptions occur
20 the writer to the rule that got should
never be used In connection with have.
which alone sufficiently expresses pos
session. Say 81 have the picture" not
Il have got the picture" The dog
has a broken leg" not THE dog has
got broken leg"
The irregular verbs lay and lie are
frequently COMPOUNDED. Lay is an ac.
live or transitive verb, and lie is pas
sive or intransltive. We lay things
down OF have laid them down. but We
and things lie at rest. You lie down,
have lain down, will lie down or are
lying down. she lay down yesterday
and is going to lie down this afternoon.
A frequent error is to confound the
past lenses OF these verbs. One should
say. MARY laid the book on the table
and lay down herself" but the book
lies on the table.-Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
Dirt Road improxsmsnt

In 1909 this country had 2.l99.64h
miles OF public roads. OF which s ID
per cent had been improved by the
use OF gravel. burnt clay. macadam.
brick. etc. The percentage OF highly
Improved roads was. OF course. much
less than this. In the tve year period
l904-9 the proportion OF improved
roads increased from TIA per cent to
500 per cent At this rate II will be
a long time before even half OF our
mileage Is Improved Road building Is
too big a physical and financial prob
lem to transform the bulk OF our dirt
roads In one generation, 10 the mean,
time more attention should be paid 10
the systematic betterment OF dirt roads
with our present resources Much can
be done hy better drainage. including
more culverts oy better grades. nv use
~ the drag. etc. AMI II can be done
without adding to puhllt debts or In
.reasing taxation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
HIS FIRST CARTOON.
Davenport Put His Soul In II With
Disastrous Results.

Not very long before he died Homer
Davenport, the cartoonist, got to talk
ing with some friends about the early
years of his pursuit of art. His first
sketch, as he recalled it, was of stove
In answer to demand from the ad-
verising department That stove was
30 whopper jawed so slab sided, so
decrepit that in response to the next
demand from the advertising depart
ment young Mr.. Davenport moved on.
"But l kept learning a little more
about the game" said he. 81 watched
the things that other men were doing
until by and by | felt myself compe-
tent to take another position as an art
LIST. 1t was on a little western paper.
The editor frankly told me that he
could not afford even the small salary
that he paid me, but he had a sporting
streak In him. He would take chance.
He paid the SLIP laundry bill had ac-
cumulated and paid my board week
In advance and by the expenditure of
SO placed me on the sunny side of
Easy street. Then he sent me out on
my first assignment / wanted to
make a hit and l put everything |
knew into the picture l drew.
1.-The assignment had been to cover
the funeral Of well known town
character, and depicted lonely
grave in a cemetery surrounded by
tottering, drunken tombstones. The
grave was but half filled. The grave
digger was leaning on his spade and
the wreath of flowers purchased by
the friends of the deceased had been
carelessly thrown against the pile OF
wet brown earth. An unhappy dog
howled in the background. and the
rain was falling in long slanting lines.
A sob came up in my throat when
viewed my completed work That
would have brought tears to the eyes
of the mummy Rameses.
Immediately after turned 1t I'm the
editor sent for me. Davenport said
he. I'm a tender hearted man. and ]
can't bear the sight of that appalling
picture you have just drawn. More
than that, Davenport. feel that can
never bear to see you again. | know
that I'd burst into tears If | met you
anywhere after this day. And while
I'm crying, Davenport he continued
you want to take it on the run, be-
cause If | get to thinking of that Sl2
I'll kill you. '"-Cincinnati Times Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
Special Town Meeting

The inhabitants of the town OF
Bennington, qualified by law to vote
in town meeting, are hereby notified
and warned to meet at Library Hall
in said town on Tuesday, the Both
day of July, 1912 at ten o'clock in the
forenoon to transact the following
business:
l. To see what, if any sum OF
money the town will vote to appro
pirate, upon the condition that like
amount is apportioned to the town by
the State Highway Commissioner. for
the same purpose, for the construc
ton of permanent highways in the
town of Bennington in addition to
the sums already heretofore appro
priated for that purpose. If any
amount is so appropriated, to see il
the town will vote to have the same
expended under the supervision OF
the State Highway Commissioner.
=. II any sum is so appropriated
by the town, to see, (a) If the town
will vote to pay the same from the
general fund; Oh to see If the town
will vote to authorize the selectmen
to borrow said sum, or any part
thereof on the credit of the town and
il so borrowed to fix the rate of in
terest and time of payment; (c) to
see If the town will vote to raise
said sum by voting a tax upon the
grand list of the town for the pay
ment thereof and If the town votes
to raise said sum by a tax as afore
said. to fix the time and manner OF
collecting the same.
3. To transact any proper bust
ness found necessary when met
Dated at Bennington, VT. this 18th
day Of July, 1912.
F. NJ. Crawford,
Frank Cromack,
Selectmen of the Town OF Benning
ton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-17
Noisy Noaes.

vIvier. tke celebrated horn player,
paid a professional visit to England
many years ago. He had just com
menced to play at his first concert
when Lord Houghton blew his nose-a
war trumpet. as anybody who ever
heard him would declare. The noise
so unnerved vivier that he could not
go on and threw up all his engage
ments.
Speaking OF the affair afterward, he
used to say: "Ah. the Englishl They
have terrible noses! They remind one
OF the last TRIUMPH