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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, August 1S.-Mr. Geo. A.
Carter, of the Lodge section, had the
misfortune to lose his dwelling by
fire on Saturday between eleven and
twelve o'clock in the day. Lost near
" everything he had in the way of
beds and clothes. Just what the
family had on was all they saved. A
heavy blow to him.
Our town is practically without
preachers. Rev. Groseclose went to
Georgia to help a. brother with a
meeting, and the others are away on
their vacation.
Fodder pulling is about over, and
cotton is opening to keep the farm
ers busy.
Misses Bertha Fash and Eliza
Hollyfeld, of Charleston, are spend
ing some time with Mrs. A. c. Taylor.
Misses Lula Belle and Reba Cal
houn, of Americus, Ca, are spending
time with Mrs. w. Max Walker.
The young folks had little dance
in the hall last Friday night. They
enjoyed the event hugely, at least
some of the young men did.
Mr.. J. Hampton Fender has open
ed up a horse-shoeing establishment
here. He will be glad to have his
friends and customers call on MIN
with their work. Will be on hand
ready for business on Saturdays.
The O. L. Copeland ginnery, at
Yanceville, S. c., is about ready 1or
trial, as soon as enough cotton can
be gathered for bale.
Mr. A. W. Brabham was in town
hunting bagging and ties. Says ne
will gin bale this week. JEE.'
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Information Wanted.

Editor The 'Bamberg Herald: Will
some one, through the columns of The
Herald, give me desired information?
Can a town council compel owners OF.
automobiles and of bicycles to pay a
tax or license for same and owners Of
other vehicles pay absolutely moth
ing? For instance, suppose l own
an automobile and my neighbor over
the way is the possessor of horse.
and buggy, or carriage and pair, and
the little boy next door owns a bicy-
Gle. Why should 1 pay $500 year,
the little boy pay so cents year,
and my heighbor nothing? He drives
his buggy as run my car, just for
pleasure, and each is mode of con-
veyance, driving through the same
streets and with the same object. This
rule holds in certain small town,
and may be perfectly right and justi-
fable. I only ask is it right? And.
if so, why? A RESIDENT.
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English Justice.

A cablegram from London tells of
the trial of a man in that country
for murder and of his execution with
in 60 days after his arrest.
In this case William Burton, a
game supervisor employed by the
lord of the manor at Gussage St.
Michael, was hanged for the murder
of Miss Winifred Mitchell, employed
on the same estate, in spite of the
fact that Burton concealed his crime
so ingeniously that it was more than
month before the fact that the girl
had been killed was established.
Within another go days Burton had
been arrested, convicted and hanged.
This is the kind of action that ap-
peals to the honest, law-abiding men
and women of the United States. 1t
will take Americans some time to for
get the case of DR.. Crippen who was
arrested in Canada, carried back to
England and tried, convicted and exc
cuted in short time. There was no
hurrying of the Crippen case, but at
the same time there were none. of
those long; tedious and often sense
less delays that mark the trials of
murder cases in this country.
It is proper that lawyer should
exhaust every legal means to save
client, but when an attorney repre-
senting a criminal whom he and
everyone else knows is guilty, appeals
to "old technically" borrow a
phrase from the sage of Darien-
we can see how fatally defective
some of our criminal laws are.
We rather like the English method
promptly executing a man after his
guilt has been firmly established
Savannah Press.
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COUNTIES VOTE ON LIQUOR
SOME VOTE BACK THE SYSTEM
OTHERS DO NOT.
Vote in Bamberg and Barnwell Over.
whelmingly in Favor of
Dispensary.

The dispensary election in this
county was a quiet affair, and il will
be noted that only a little more than
half the voters of the county exercis-
ed the right of suffrage. However,
much interest was taken at the Bam-
berg poll, and prohibition meetings
had been held at various points
throughout the county, at which ad-
dresses in favor of prohibition were
made by S. G. Mayfield and H. M.
Graham, Esqs., of Bamberg, R. O.
Purdy, Esq, Of Sumter, and Mrs.
Atkins, of Tennessee, who addressed
a good crowd on Main street, in the
open air, last Friday night. Tuesday
morning a wagon loaded with small
boys and girls paraded through the
principal streets of the town, with
large signs: "Vote for Prohibition .
and waving flags containing prohibi-
ton sentiments. All the blind tigers
in Bamberg were closed by order OF
the mayor while the polls were open,
and their doors remained locked until
the polls closed. 1t will be seen that
the dispensary won by good MAORI
ty, but candor compels the statement
that there has been no great change
in sentiment in this county since the
dispensary was voted out four years
ago. The people generally seem not
to favor the sale of liquor, but they
say they were simply disgusted with
the farce of prohibition in this coun-
ty, and that they preferred the dis
pensary as the least of evils. Fol
lowing is the unofficial vote by pre-
2inctS:
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AGED WOMAN ATTACKED.
Negroes of Brunson Stirred over
what Seems Dastardly Deed.

Brunson, Aug. 13.-Quite stirred
up, temporarily, was the colored pop
ulation of Brunson and Immediate
vicinity when on Saturday evening
about s o'clock a young negro man
living in Brunson went to the home
of an old negro woman just beyond
the town limits, and, it is said, at
tackled and brutally beat her over the
head and face until he had beaten her
into submission to a more criminal
assault.
The aged husband of the old ne
gress, more than 60 years of age,
came up in time to see his wife's al
legged assailant running away and
gave the alarm. A number of citl-
zens, white and black, Immediately
went in search OF the fleeing negro,
but in the darkness he eluded arrest.
He is reported to have been back
among his friends in town Sunday
night, but such information was not
given until, it is presumed, he was
supposed to be safely on his way, in
company with a brother with whom
he had been recently working, to
Georgia.
About year ago, the same negro
probably escaped heavy punishment
for improper language to a respect
able white woman of Brunson under
a technicality of law.
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Among the Profession.

Mr.. L. NJ. Glenn, a native Of Ander-.
son and son of the late Laurens
Glenn, was in the city yesterday ar
ranging some affairs here preparatory
to leaving for Charleston where ne
will be city editor of the Charleston
Evening Post.
Mr.. Glenn commenced. his newspa-
per career on the Daily Mail. Since
that time he has worked as reporter
on the Greenville Piedmont, Columbia
Record and Charleston News and
Courier. At'present he is city editor
Of the Greenville News.
He goes to Charleston to take the.
place vacated by Joseph Barbot, VINO
has been made city clerk. Mr.. Bar
bots long experience in newspaper
work, marlborough understanding OF
the affairs of the city and his high
character insure his success in mum
icipal position. Mr.. Glenn has the
best wishes of host of friends in
Anderson in his new field of labor.
The editor of the Evening Post, Mr..
Thomas R. Waring, is one of the
most respected and most successful
men of the craft.-Anderson Mail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21
ESCAPED CONVICT sURRENDERs,
Stake Morris, Colored, Said He Mere
" Wanted to Visit Family.

Greenville, Aug 15.-Stake Norris
the Greenville negro who made his
escape from the State Penitentlary
a few days ago and for whom re-
wards have been isued from Colum-
bia, surrendered himself to Sherlf1
Rector tonight and is in the county
Jail waiting to be taken back to Co.
lumbia. Morris was serving life
sentence. Sheriff Rector this after
noon got a message from Stake Nor
ris that he had merely wished to visit
his family and that he was now ready
to surrender. The official Immediate
ly got busy and soon had Stake IN
jail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21

A total of 755 votes were poIled,
both for and against. 1t will be seen
from the above figures that only one
precinct in the county gave a ma
jority against sale, that one being
Lees. It is thought that the dis
pensaries in this county will be open
in about sixty days, and it is likely
that four will be put into operation,
at Bamberg, Ehrhardt, Olar, and
Denmark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21
HAMPTON MAN SHOT; MAY DIE.
Charles S. Blocker Perhaps Fatally
Wounded by Jesse Smith.

Hampton, August 13.-Chas, S.
Blocker, a prominent young white
man of this town, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded last night about
10 o'clock by Jesse Smith. The shoot
ing occurred on Lee avenue, the main
thoroughfare of the town, in front OF
the store of w. Fred Lightsey, in
which Mr.. Blocker works as manager
for Mr.. ,Lightsey. The wound was in
fiicted in the lower intestines, and the
exact nature and effects of it cannot
be ascertained without an exploratory
incision.
Mr.. Blocker was given immediate
medical attention. He was carried to
hospital in Charleston by the early
morning train, being accompanied by
DR.. j. F. Folk, of Brunson, and
Messrs. W. F. Lightsey and L. F.
Causey.
Alleged Starting of Trouble.
1t seems that Smith, who prior to
this time has been repeatedly incar-
cerated in the local Jail on charges
ranging from drunk and disorderly to
murder, and who was tried for mur-
der and acquitted several years ago,
proceeded to get drunk last night and
to shoot up the town. Mr.. w. M.
Bishop and several other young men
were, it is said, threatened by Smith,
and the drunken man shot at Mr..
Bishop twice before the alteration
with Mr.. Blocker, but his aim proved
untrue.
Hearing the shooting, six travelling
men at the local hotel went out to in-
vestigate, but, Smith herded them in
to a residence on Lee avenue. Mr..
Blocker, who had just come into the
town, heard the shooting and
thought fire had broken out. When
he arrived at his store he found
Smith there, and tried to quiet him,
placing his hand on Smiths should
ers, when he was shot at close range,
the bullet taking effect in the right
side of the lower abdomen, and
coming out about six inches around
in front. 1t is possible that the mus
cles of the abdomen detected the
bullet so that there was no entry into
the cavity.
Wounded Man Whips Assailant.
After being shot, Mr.. Blocker, who
is a powerful man, knocked Smith
down and proceeded to give him "a
sound beating. Mr.. Blocker was about
to shoot Smith, when some men rush
ed up and prevented any further
trouble. Mr.. Blocker was then given
medical attention and Smith was
locked up in the local jail.
Warrants were sworn out before
Magistrate Murdaugh this morning
and Smith was committed to Jail to
await the outcome of the shooting,,S
that is, whether or not Mr.. Blocker.
will recover from the shot.
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Complete Nights Work.

Have YOU got everything?' asked
the householder anxiously, as he
neered at the burglar from beneath
the bedclothes.
Il think so.''
dle?"
Did you get my daughters fid-
Yes
Did you get my sons phono-
graph"
YES"
MY wife's bridge outfit?''
Yes"
Her tight skirt?'
Yes"
MY mother-in-law's parrot?''
"Yes."
my daughters camera?'
Yes
well, then call at my Office tomor-
row morning and I'll give you sou.
You have done good nights work. -
"Right-o" replied the burglar, as
he turned with his sack to climb out
of the window.
Just a moment" said the house
holder. Bring three or four pals to-
morrow night, and take my daugh-
ter's pianola and I'll double the re-
ward. d.'-Chicago Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21
Fairfax Fancies.

Fairfax, August 1S.-Miss Susie
Albergotti has joined several friends
who are being entertained in house
party at Sumter.
Mrs. Jno. Weekley, of Ulmer, has
been on visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Otis Deer. The latter is convalesclng
from a recent illness.
The Misses Davis, of Willlston'
after spending time pleasantly with
Miss Maude Barber, have gone TO
Allendale for a visit.
A gentleman from North expects
to move his family here and run a
paper. 1.-The Fairfax Advance.
Mrs. Harriet Jenny has been VISIT
ing relatives here.
Mesdames Jas. Wideman, FREQ
Lightsey and children are spending
time with Mrs. Harry Calhoun in
Barnwell.
Mrs. NJ. Moye has~gone to the
springs. From there will visit up
country towns.
Miss Claudia O'Neal, after beam
ing upon US for few weeks, is visit
ing Mrs. G. S. O'Neal, Jr., in Jackson
vile.
Bolbrook Williams was recent
visitor here.
Mrs. W. E. Harter Joined the faml-
ly reunion at Hickory Grove, recent
ly
Mrs. Lily Myrick and Mrs. Ander-
son chaperoned quite a crowd OF
young folks to a fish fry Friday
morning. They seem to have had
fine time.
Chas. Miley, of Statesboro, Ga.'
John Brunson and daughter, from
Clifford, were recent guests of Miss
Mary Brunson.
Mrs. w. Wingard and daughter
have gone to Augusta on visit to
relatives.
Miss Jennie DuRant gave party
Thursday afternoon to her guests
which all seem to have enjoyed very
much.
On the evening of the 18th quite
a number of couples, both married
and single, drove out to the Load
holt home, where the 10th annlver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs, N. B. Load
holt was celebrated Hot house plants
were exhibited, 10 years of age'
which were beautiful. Progressive
Conversation was played, even the
"jolly grey heads" joining in. A
poem, composed for the occasion,
was we'll read by Miss Lucille YOU
mans. A very relishing salad course
was served, then a dellclous
sweet course. The presents were
numerous, useful and beautiful. One
a pair of scales-had on attached
card: "Our love to you cannot be
measured by pounds and ounces.
Little Brunson, the youngest son,
gave the automatic music and man
aged it well. All wish this popular
couple great happiness.
w. E. Harter, F. Lightsey, T. Will
son. B. Brunson and Allen Harter
went on a trip to visit Washington,
Baltimore and other cities.
On Thursday evening Mrs. Atkins,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21
VAST PETRIFIED WOOD.
Natural Curiosity in the State of New
York.

Near Mumford, in the southwest
ern corner of Monroe county, New
York." said a native of that locality,
"is a stone quarry that perhaps has
no counterpart in this state or else
where.
"a dense grove of cedars north
east of the village grows on a wide
and long level of blush gray muck
down into which the prevailing lime
rock dips out of sight. The grove
and the muck land are on a thick de-
post of what appears to be white
rock mottled or streaked with mix
ture of green, it's appearance having
been described as that of huge slices
of Roquefort cheese.
when the idea was advanced that
this rock would make a novel build
ing stone and blocks of it were re-
moved from beneath the muck, it
was found that it came to the surface
soft and with tendency to crumble,
thus presenting additional resem-
tlance to Roquefort cheese and ap-
parently destroying its availability.
After a few hours in the. sun and
wind, however, the rock became hard
ened to a flintlike consistency, SOL
idity and toughness not exceeded by
the hardest granite.
1.-The discovery was then made that
there was not a particle of basrlc
rock in the deposit at all. 1t was
all made up of fossil vegetable fibers,
petrifed cedar leaves, branches
twigs, broken bark and even whole
stunps and knots welded and knit
together into one dense tangle.
1.-The theory is that as those parts
of cedar trees, the growth of an un-
known past, fell one layer upon an
other into the mucky depths, once the
bed of a prehistoric lake, they were
saturated with the dampness OF the
swamp and with the lime held in So
luton. AS the vegetable matter de-
cayed and the water evaporated every
line, fiber and grain was preserved
by the lime sediment, in time to be
turned into flintiest. of limestone.
"A church built of this fossil
stone is an architectural feature OF
Mumford. A stranger glancing at
the walls of the church would regard
them as having. been constructed OF
rough sandstone, smeared with an
uneven coating of gritty, coarse plas-
ter, but from a closer view he would
see instead of plaster, tracerles OF
delicate leaves, lace work OF inter-
woven twigs, bits of broken branch
es, fragments of mussy bark, splin-
ters of wood, every block of stone IN
the four walls closely cemented
mass of dainty fossils, an exhibition
of prehistoric vegetation standing
forth in bold relief as imperlshable
stone"
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of Tenn, gave a temperance address
at school-hall. 1t was sure very fine.
Rev. VIM. Simpson also gave a talk
and made a prayer. On Friday even
ing DR.. Richardson, of Washington,
gave a talk on temperance.
Mrs. Lily Myrick and Chester Ian
caster got up fish fry picnic 1or
the visitors, They went in wagons,
autos, etc. They sure had a fine
time and the visitors were charmed.
Misses Margaret Youmans and
Mary Harrison leave tomorrow, one
for Richmond, to be gone long
while, the other to Johnston.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21
To the Fidders.

We hope all the fddlers will keep
in mind during the year the annual
meeting appointed for next summer
and keep we'll organized so we can
have good meeting again next year.
Next year we propose to run the
convention entirely for the fiddlers.
The meeting this year was suggest
ed by a member of the local board
for Alkahest Lyceum, on account of
shortage in treasury of some $72.-
90. Some of the board did little
work in getting up convention, and
$3.50 was paid on Lyceum shortage
This was what was left after pay
ing expenses of advertising, printing
and postage and holding $500 for
convention. for next year. But as
stated above, we will run the conven-
ton next year altogether for the
best interest of the fddlers. Before
a great while, at some convenient
time, we hope to get good number,
one from each section, and plan out
work and let all work to it as much
as possible.
While we are writing in interest
of the fiddlers, wish to mention some
thing about an editorial of the Sum-
ter Herald, in July, which is as fol-
lows: 1--WE note there was a fid-
dlers' convention in Bamberg and we
doubt not but that the meeting was
full of harmony; that the members
did C. sharp, and, Bamberg being
dry, there was no occasion for any
to B. fat" Perhaps this editor does
not know who made up the fiddlers'
convention or the object of same,
so for his information we wish to tell
briefly of it's mission: First OF all,
we wish him to understand that it is
not a booze-fighting machine, as ne
would seem to insinuate, if Bamberg
had not been dry. It's object is to
create more generally musical Or
ganizations and to develop among
our people higher ideals in musical
way. It is seen in communities where
such organizations exist, stronger So
cial relations also exist. What bet
ter way can the young people (and
older ones, too) spend their leisure
than in such organizations? We wish
to mention just one neighborhood
where seven young men constitute
the band. They always have "har-
mony," are bright enough to "see
sharp" and not one of them never
''be fiat" and Bamberg being dry is
not the cause, as each one of them
has been wearing the white ribbon
for years, and they all fully carry out
its meaning. There are several others
similar, and so these bands work
during the year and we meet once
wear to hear ourselves. And, Mr..
Sumter Herald, We will let you know
| when our next convention convenes
and we will show you that our i'd
| dlers do "see sharp" and everything
| will be so harmonious as to make
Won feel at home, unless you be A
fiat. and that would be too bad, as
the key of A fiat is scale of four
| flats. so you would have to drag
three other fellows down with you to
make your scale, and we couldn't
spare them. SEChEIAH1.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21
Shot Husband and Her Guest

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 14.-Miss Ber-
tha Neeze, aged "a, was shot and
killed, and Robert L. Adams, aged
AZ was shot through the spine and
probably fatally injured at the Adams
farm house, near here, last night.
Mrs Adams, who was released on
$1,000 bond, is charged with the
shooting. In a statement she declares
she found the girl, who was her
guest. and her husband in a room
and warned them she Intended to
shoot.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-21

Elections were held in seven coun-
ties, and three voted against the dis
pensary, viz: Abbeville, Lexington,
and Sumter. In Abbeville the ma
jority against the dispensary was
large, being more than two to one.
In Lexington the vote was 939 for
and 944 against, being very close.
In Sumter the vote was also close,
473 for and 4S5 against.
Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Dor
chester, and Orangeburg voted the
dispensary back, they having voted 1t
out four years ago, while Florence
and jasper voted to retain it, these
counties now having the system.
In Barnwell the vote was 9O7 for
and 297 against. Calhoun voted 1853
for and 2S1 against Florences vote
was 673 for and 612 against, but
the figures for that county are not
complete. Jasper's vote was: 81
for, 49 against, with one po1 mlsslnS.
In Orangeburg the vote for sale was
1,150 for sale and 1,147 against, a
majority of only three for the dis
pensary. A recount has been asked
by the prohibitionists there, and it is
likely that there will be contest.
The smallness of the vote in all the
counties shows that many people
took no interest in the matter or
that they were not satisfied with
either prohibition or the dispensary.
We feel sure that there were num-
ber of such in Bamberg county. They
did not feel like voting for the sale
of liquor in any form, yet they did
not like the present condition OF al
fairs, and therefore did not vote at
oil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
PASTOR LOCATES PARADISE
Dr.. Chas. F. Aked, Former New
Yorker, Saws It's California.

III there is such thing as a soul
meter. IL would register higher degree
Of happiness among a greater number OF
people for a longer period OF time In Call
fornIa than In any other place on earth.
said the Rev. DR.. Charles +. Akcd in his
lecture at the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday.
Or. Akcd resigned the pastorate Of the
Firth Avenue Baptist Church in this city
In 1911 to accept call TO the First Con-
grcgational Church in San Francisco. lie
is now making lecture tour Of the East
crn states His subject yesterday was
The Romance Of the West
DR.. Akcd. TO whom New York did not
appeal. is enthusiastic over his new home.
and his lecture yesterday was one long
rhapsody over the fine climate, superior
people and perfect happiness 10 be found
i'm California. the Beulah Land of John
Bunyan'
I'm San Francisco" said DIR. Aked. we
are intoxicated with the JOY of living. We
are not surprised every morning because
we did not die over night In the supreme.
unspeakable beauty of the place love Is
divine. time eternity and life complete.
There Is romance in the very air Of
San Francisco. and even in the names Of
its streets Who is fit to sing the praises
Of those ID ~ lists who opened to the world
the Colder West those eroic men N
women VIE toiled over pain and desert
t. found g.. empire? Y, that land l'-s
runs large. with no tain. Of meanness. A
sense of destiny broods over II. We feel