The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06
NOTICE TO EVERYBODY.

county, of every faith and order,
who believe in law and order and
good roads, listen: On the night Of
October the 1st or morning of the
2nd, before light, there was stolen
out of my back yard one black top
buggy with side springs in good re-
pair and had been used carefully
about two years, and also at same
time lost a good set of single buggy
harness comparatively new, with
brass rings on saddle and harness,
with tan colored lines. Attention,
| will give a reward of $40 for the
buggy in good shape like it was when
carried off, S. for the return of the
harness if in good shape, and will
also give $40 each for party or par
ties who took the buggy and harness
from my premises with sufficient evil
dence to convict for the carrying
away of the above mentioned proper
ty.
have lived right here by the
road side for nearly thirty years and
have travelled in different States and
have heard and read of almost every
kind of theft and raScallty, but nave
never read or heard of anything just
like this before under the same cir
cumstances. This buggy, VAS, say,
in ten feet of my dwelling house, and
two men sleeping in the house and
buggy was pulled out by hand right
BY the house to get out to the ROAD
to tie it to w2gon. which pulled II
away towards Bamberg Court House.
Now, this buggy did not belong to me,
but as It was stolen from my yard 1t
will be right and proper that l
should pay for same if l do not get
it back, which l propose to DO. L
had recently paid $3.50 for the
harness above mentioned.
I am in a contract to travel for
shoe house every day or SIX days
out of each week until October the
lst, 1914. and have no time to look
for the buggy and harness. The
buggy and harness was worth in
round figures say $500 and we
need them daily. | have no money
that I can afford to pay out as re-
wards for this property or TOR the
arrest and conviction OF the thlef or
thieves, but will be very glad to IN
vest in this way under the clrcum-
stances if it should have any effect IN
checking this new established prece-
dent in cur community. | have no
idea that the party or parties who
committed this felony, had any con-
ception OF the extent of the crime or
the penalty thereof, for such crime.
The full limit could be made ten
years in the penitentlary or on the
changing of Bamberg county. VI
course the penalty can largely be left
with the discretion of the court
Now, let me appeal to every IN
dividual in the county to make him.
or herselves a committee of one to
catch this thief or thieves, for all
who have buggies and hcrness might
lose them if we allow this kind OF
thing to go on. Now, t. all who own
personal property or appreciate good
roads, let's figure some. Just leave
the moral out Of the question and
YOU need not concider our loss either
if you please. Suppose some of you,
nv friends, landlords, tenants, rent
ers. wages workers, all kinds of pro-
fessional men of the county, could
furnish evidence sufficient to have
arrested and convicted a strong
work hand, and he should get SEN
tence by the court which conVlcts
him or them of just one half the
full limit of the law of this state for
such a crime which is five years In
the state prison or on our county
roads and the court should say five
years on the public roads of Bam-
berg county chaingang at hard labor,
what would a strong man be worth
to work under a good, strict boss!
Get out your pencil now, you busl-
ness men of the county who use our
public roads daily, whether good or
bad, and to you auto speeders, what
say We? A good able-bodied work
hand worked judiciously would be
worth at least $500 per month,
which would be $4,000 per year, at
five times $4,000 is 100000 for
five years; and suppose the court
should say ten years, why it would
be 1900 worth of work on our little
county roads, for one buggy and
harness.
Now, friends, this is not per-
sonal proposition, as much as l like
good roads, for l know l have not
used our public roads as much as
fifty miles in the last five years
outside of the incorporate limits of
the town of Denmark. So. you
friends of the county, one and all,
get busy and find this property and
catch tho thief or thieves and let me
keep selling shoes.
In conclusion, will say in all prob
ability our buggy may have crossed
the county line and if this is the case
and the buggy is not in Bamberg
county and the thief or thieves pos
sibly may not live in our county. So,
let's all get busy and find out where
they crossed our border and where
they live if you can, and report all
information to our Sheriff, who looks
out for his friends. Please get busy,
one and all. Thanking you in ad-
vance.
G. w. GOOLSBY.