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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05
Austin's Thumb Sent to Governor.

Columbia, S. c., May 31.-Govern-
or Blease was the unappreciative re-
cipient yesterday of the thumb OF
Richard Henry Austin that cooked
the shotgun which killed Fred H.
Edenfield near Allendale on April
80. The thumb was in glass vial
and was preserved in alcohol. The
chief executive had his negro porter
to Immediately inter the grim relic
of the murderer.
The governor was unstinted in his
condemnation of the action of the
morbid mob at Hampton, which cut
parts of Austins' body to preserve as
delectable mementoes of an auspi-
cious occasion. He said he could not
understand why white men should be
so morbid as to want to save parts
of the dead body of negro.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05
A Marrying Man.

Homer Morrison died last week IN
Chicago. He was real estate dealer
and had considerable property. Short
ly after his death a number of women
claimed to be his widow. On one city
block two wives, unknown to each
other, appeared-and another woman
came forward to whom he was en-
saged Up to date six widows have
been heard from, most of whom he
cot money from. The sixth was
woman of Kansas City, whom he
married in April. and from whom he
borrowed $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05
Gaffney Man Found Dead.

Gaffney, May 29.-D. w. Hicks, a
well-known Gaffney citizen, was found
in bed at his residence on Lau-
rel street early this morning. Death
is presumably due to heart trouble.
Mr.. Hicks had not complained of feel
ing unwell, and it was not known that
he was sick. His wife called to him
and, getting no response, she went
to his bedside and found him dead.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Jessie Grist, of Yorkville, and
three sons, Messrs Duke, Ollie and
Fred. Interment will take place to-
morrow morning at Oakland Gene
terry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05

Marriage is sure cure for fattery,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to take this means OF ex-
tending thanks to everyone who so
kindly came to our aid during the
fire Saturday night, as it Is impossible
to see all personally.
Nv. JENNINGS & FAMILY.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05

Send us your name and address
and we will send you free Of charge
our Parcel Post System. Jet White
Laundry, Charleston, S. O..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05

about IN the heavens ike So uIduy
white-robed spirits.
when our engineer received the
signal to proceed he went on cautl-
ously, as was the custom, until we
passed the switch into the main line.
I stood in the open door of the bag
gage car, having come forward from
my own car, which was attached to
the rear of the train.
The engine, two freight cars and
the mail car had passed the cross
over track and the baggage car was
just passing over it when 1 saw COM
ing out of the mist the engine of the
mainline train.
1T was evident that the signalman
had given us notice to proceed and
then given the other train the same
signal, but instead of sending that
ahead on it's own track and causing a
side swipe he had thrown the switch
that sent it on the cross-over, so that
it was coming at us head-on.
For a moment l stood at the open
door of that car watching certain
death heading toward me. / was not
afraid; in fact, I did not think at all
that l remember. The feeling that in
an instant more that engine would
| crush my life out seemed to fascinate
me.
Then the guard who stood beside
me grasped me by the back of my
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05

A fussy man reminds us of camel
going around with his back
up.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05

Happy is the young man who loses
the first time he CANDLES.
A strong will is all right If you are
not married to the owner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
EDDYTORIUL

Being as "Old Home Weeks"
seems to be all the rage at present,
and one of the latest style events
which we know of, we wonder why
it wouldn't be good idee to have
Old Home Wk. in Bingville, say
some time in Sept, which will be
in our midst before very long.
Only couple of wks ago a Old
Home Week was give at the Co.
seat, and according to all accts. it
was a turrible big success. For the
benefit of our more ignorunter
subscribers perhaps we ort to ex-
plain what Old Home Wk. is:
Take for instants a person who
onct lived in Bingville. Let us sup
pose for the sake of argument
that he left this place in his youth
and amt never been back sinstt.
In other words he is sort of
weaned away from our home town
and his kith and kin as you might
say, being as he is fighting the bat
tie of life in some other locality in
order to earn his bread in the per-
spirashion of his brow, and thus
make both ends meet if possible.
Well suppose he amt never
heard from Bingville sinst he left
our town, and that if he got a spe-
shial invite he would come back.
Well, that's what Old Home Wk.
lis for-to bring back into our
midst them as formerly resided
here and shake them by the hand
and make them welcome to Bing-
vile and find out how far they
have progressed in the world and
what they have accomplished in
life.
"BE IT EVER so HUMBLE
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE
| HOME"
We are very much in favor OF
having a Old Home Wk in Bing-
vile 1t would not only fill us
with satisfaction but would also
be a big advertisement for Bing-
vile, because after the old homers
had came and departed they would
carry away with them news of how
Bingville had growed and ad-
vanced in learning, literature anc
art sinst they last knowed any
thing about it
So far as we have been able tc
learn from them as we meet or
the street, most everybody in Bing-
vile is in favor of a Old Home
Wk. except the Board of Trade
consisting of Arioch Simmons, ST
mon Wilkins, and Plutarch Stone
We happened to ketch our Bing
vile BID. of Trade together dowr
at Hen Weathersby's store tothel
evg., and we asked them if they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
HARVE DISGUISED

Harve Hines, our barber and ton
serial artist, says that he never knowed
of a summer in Bingville when business
was so dull in the shaving, haircutting
& shampooing line as this summer.
Harve SAYS he amt shaved but folks
and cut 8 heads of hair in the past
month. and as far as he is concerned
he might as we'll go out of business.
Harve is a good cal discouraged and
says he has a noshion to shut up his
barber shop and go out to work by the
day, being as he thinks he could make
a better living that way.
when we asked Harve how he could
acct for such poor barber1ng business
he said he calkilated it was because
times is so hard and that folks was
either going longer between haircuts
and shaves or else shaving themselves
and having their wifes cut their hair
at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
PICNICK!
The annual picknick held by the
BingviIIe Sunday School over
to Gootchic Pond was a great
suCcess!- Only a few catas-
trophys happened!- All re-
turned home conscious of a
day spent very enjoyable!

Last Saturday the Bingville Sunday
School held its annual picknick over
to Gootchic Pond, accompanied by Rev.
Saml Moore, our beloved pastor; Jed
Peters, our INTELLIGENT school teacher,
who is also Supt. of the Sunday School,
and parents and friends.
The folks rid from Bingville over
to the pond in buggys, wagons, hayricks
and most anything else that a horse
could be hitched to. The ride to the
picknick grounds was awful dusty,
nickers to cough their fool heads off,
but this did not dampen their arder in
the least.
After assembling on the grounds the
wimmen folks got out their lunch bas
kets and spread repast fit for kings
under the trees on the shore of the
pond while the children skampered
here and there in gay abandon.
Little Willy Miller, aged 9, happened
to skamper into a bumble-bees' nest,
which stirred the critters up good
eal They stung Willy times between
the nest and his mother, and then they
stung her too.
| Rev. Moore, beloved pastor of the
Bingville church, called the crowd to
order jest before they set down to
dinner and said he would like to make
| little speech if there wasn't no OBJ
jeckshions. There wasn't, SO he stepped
out on a wooden peer which run out
into the pond, removed his hat and
said, My friends, we are gathered
together here today to enjoy ourselfs
and have a good time. This occasion
is more espeshially for the benefit of
the children, but let US older folks
cast our cares aside and be children
innocent past times and get all the en-
| joyment possible out of this event. l
hope there will be nothing happen to
mar the happiness of anyone here,
for that would be-P'
At this instant Rev. Moore made a
| GESTURE. lost his balance and to the
consternashion of everybody fell into
the lake with loud splash clean over
his head. When he come up he hol-
Tered for help as loud as he could hol-
Ter until he found his feet was on bot
tom, then he waded ashore wet to the
skin. The members of his flock crowd
ed round him and expresst their deep
sympathy for his predickament. We
regret to say, however, there was q
few who made sport of this pathetick
incident Hank Dewberry, for instants
said he never seen a more rid1clus
sight than the parson was when he
waded ashore, and that he would gladly
give dollar bill to see the Rev. Moore
git ducked agin Hank got a great
many black looks when he said that
and it was the general opinion that he
ort to be ashamed of hisself.
After the picknick dinner several
of the children put on old clothes and
went swim1nin in the lake, much to the
delight of all present Later tag was
PLAYED and blind mans buff and other
innocent games, in which everybody
took part.
Hez Wilkins was blind man in blind
mans buff, with a big red handker-
cheef tied over his eyes, and while Hez
tried to tag somebody else he tripped
up on root and fell with his face in
a custard pie which had been left over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
Personal MentShiOn

Hez Andrews has all his winter wood
cut Hez amt like most Bingville folks
he don't let his work drive him, he
drives it.
One P M last wk. when business was
dull and nobody was in the store, Hen
Weathersby, prop. of our general store
laid down on the counter and dropped
off to sleep. When Hen woke up he
discovered he'd been asleep 2 hrs He
was a good cal scairt at first, thinking
somebody might OF come in and robbed
the cash drawer, but on counting the
money he found it to be all there
81 cts.
Our correspondent from Calamity
Corners, who signs hisself "Pro Bono
Pub1ico" paid us a pleasant call last
wk to find out why he had not been
getting his Bug1e Pro Bono says that
everything at the Corners is very calm
and quiet, as you might say.
A lightning rod agent tried to sell
Hoke Smiley some LIGHTNING rods for
his barn recent, but Hoke decided not
to have EN- put on. Hoke says the
barn amt been struck sinst it was built
q yr ago, and he calkilates it won't be
in the future.
Subscribe for the BuRIe. 1t is good
to read, good to advertise in, fine to
spread on cupboard shelves or to put
under carpets Also useful to wrap Ut
things in or to build fires with. Sub
scribe at once and also pay cash fol
same. (This is importantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
Country Correspondence
SLAB CITY

Mrs. Phoebe Kinds of this place went
last Tuesday to visit Mrs. Jemima Pep
pers of Hickory Corners, expecting to
stay wk., but the two had a falling
out and Phoebe returned home in dis
gust at the end of 2 days, and says she
won't never go back.
Jaspar Tarbell is turrible put out
because tons of hay which he put in
his barn green has begun to mildew
on him. Jaspar says he's had turrible
bad streak of luck lately and that this
hay calamity is almost the last straw.
Arioch Gookins had chicken dinner
last Sunday on a old rooster which had
got the habit of Growing all night, so
Arioch killed him. The rooster was so
tough that it will have to be used up
gradual in stews.
1t was reported that Hester Jones,
one of our handsomest widows, is to
be married soon, but to who your cor
respondent wots not. Well, we don't
blame Hester for getting married-we
persoom that being a widow is very
lonesome.
Jabe Romans while honing his razor
last Sunday morning slashed his razor
strap right in two, so Jabe went to
church without a shave.
These are all the items we can think
of at present-more next wk.
| VOX POPULL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
favored a Old Home Wk.

Arioch said right off he was
agin it, being as he was afeard a
Old Home Wk. might attrackt
new residents to Bingville which.
in his opinion was big enough as it
is. Arioch said if Bingville was
any bigger it would only give the
BID. of Trade, of which he is the
chairman, more work and response
bility. Simon Wilkins said he
wasn't in favor of the affair, be-
cause them as went away years
age and left Bingvil1e in the lurch
didn't deserve a invite to come back
and as far as he was concerned he
hoped they never would. Plutarch
Stone said that he expected to
be busy pickin apples about the
time Old Home Wk. would mach
erly be held, and couldn't spare
any time helping along with same.
AS Editor and Prop. of the
Bingville Bugle it fills us with deep
disgust to get a setback like this
from the BID. of Trade, which is
composed of the very men who
ort to be in favor of a Old Home
Wk. AS things stand we persoom
there won't be no Old Home Wk.
in Bingville. What good does it
do for US to cudgel our eddytoriul
brain until we nearly work up a
headache thinking up schemes to
benefit this town only to be put
down by the members of the BID.
of Trade who don't care whether
Bingville goes to the dogs or not
and sometimes we get so hot I'M
der the collar that we don't care
neither.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BU-
GLE! 1T CONTAINS THE
LATEST TRANSACKSHIONS
BY OUR GOOD FOR MOTH
ING BID. OF TRADEl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
l0kal Items

Deacon Butterworth, who always
seems to have all the time in the world
for everything has been the busiest
Deacon's blood is out of order and
hives have broke out on him. The Dea
con says that betwixt his farm chores
and the hives he's kept busy night and
day.
Old Tige, Anne Hillyer's dog, got
afoul of a skunk back of Bingville
tother afternoon and then run home
as hard as he could run and into the
parlor where Mrs. Hillyer was enter
tanning callers, consisting of Miss
Phoebe Hilderbrand and Miss Polly
Woods Mrs. Hillyer driv Tige outen
the house with a broom, but not before
he had scented up the whole place. Mrs.
Hillyer was very much Inundated
Abe Wilson of the Co. seat traded
horses last wk. with Deacon Under
wood, who is a stanch piller of the
Bingvile church. Abe thort he got the
best of the Deacon in the trade until
his (Abe's) horse laid down on him and
died the next day. 1t takes a pretty
slick horse jockey to get the best of
Deacon Underwood.
There has been a crayon portrait
agent in Bingville during the past wk.
who took quite a number of orders to
enlarge pictures. among which is Miss
Amelia Tucker, our raining society
queen. Amelia says she desires to have
picture which will show how she
looked now when she gets older.
Mrs. Jerushy Perkins put up 81 pts.
of ounce jelly this fall. Last fall Je-
rushy presented US with a couple OF pts
| of her ounce je1l with her compliments,
but we amt heard from her SO far
. this yr,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23

from dinner and was reposing at the
foot of tree.
Hez took off the blind in deep dis
gust as he wiped the custard often his
face and said somebody else could play
blind man for all him-he said he
didn't like custard pie anyhow, espesh-
tally externally.
Thus was a most enjoyable day past
and almost before anybody realized it
the sun had almost set, whereupon
everybody hitched up their horse and
started on the return trip to Bingville,
where they arrived after dark, tired
and dusty, but all agreed that the Sun
day School picknick at Gootchic Pond
was one of the most successful ever
held
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
] a N ID
For
SALE

have 10 acres of land two
miles west of Bingville which
desire to sell to some responsible
party who can pay cash for
same. This land is not good land
for cultivashion, being as it 10
mostly swamp and what amt
swamp is Stoney. What would
be the use for me to tell you this
was good land to raise crops on?
You would know better soon as YOU
seen It'll l don't want to misrepresent
what want to sell. This land
amt valuable now but when bineville
becomes large city il will be worth
thousands of dollars for town lots.
But life is too short for me to whit
for such riches Besides l NAV he
dead by that time. Here is a golden
opportunity. Take advantage of IL
immedjit. Confer with me and I will
make you price on this land that will
suit your pocketbook.
Binsville. SIMON WHITTLEBY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23

Ben Gibbles ground his axe last wk.s
then when he begin to chop wood with
it he cut his foot. Benz says if he
hadn't sharpened the blamed axe that
wouldn't of happened.
Miss Mary Ann Green, the bell of
Happy Valley, appeared at church last
Sunday in a new lawn dress. She
looked lovely.
Miss Ida Ambrose is suffering from
felon on her finger. Ida says it pains
her somethink awful at times.
EXCELSIOR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
MONEY WANTED

This is to notify a few of our dead
beat subscribers who owe us anywhere
from $40 to SIS that unless they pay
their diets and pay them prompt we will
put them in the hands of our talented
loryer & legal light, Anne Hillyer. for
co1leckshion with instrucshions for him
to hound you until you pay. How would
you like that? Better pay up and avoid
trubb1e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23
HAPPY VALLEY

Hare Wilson was turrib1e sick to
his stumnick one night last wk. and
was on the point of sending for the
doctor. Hame says he can't imagine
what made him sick right in the middle
of the night, being as all he ct before
going to bed was q whole apple pie
and some pickles.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-14
MELLEN ATTORNEYS
ATTACK INDICTMENT
Abatement Plea HaItS Proceed.
ings for Present.

New York. Jan. 14.-Counsel for
Charles S. Mellen, president of the
New Haven railroad, filed a plea OF
abatement in the United States dis
trict court, asserting that the recent
indictments against Mellen. President
K. J. Chamberlin of the Grand Trunk
railway and Alfred Smithers, chair.
man Of the Grand Trunk, were void,
because one of the grand jurors, AL
bert A. Stephens, was resident of
New Jersey.
Messrs. Mellen, Chamberlin and
Smithers were indicted for violation
of the criminal clause of the Sherman
antitrust law for participation in an
alleged monopoly agreement between
the two roads. Mellen and Chamber
lin entered pleas of not guilty and had
until now to change these pleas.
The plea of abatement halts all pro-
ceedings until the validity of the In
dictment Is established.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-14
SUPPOSED VICTIM is ALIVE
Suspect Had Confessed TO Murder
After Third Degree GriIling.

Alexandria, La, Jan. 14.-After be-
ing mourned as dead for more than
three months, and believed to be the
victim of assassins bent upon robbery.
Nelson McManus, a prominent lumber
man of Jena, La. has returned to his
home in this city.
Leland Walker, after a third degree
grilling shortly after the disappear
ance of McManus, confessed that he
and Robert Harp had murdered the
lumberman and thrown his body into
creek near Jena. Harp was ac-
quilted of the murder and the La
Sale parish grand jury was sched-
uled to consider the case against Wal
ker next week.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-14
WEDDING SET FOR JAN. 22
Only Intimate Friends Will Attend
Shepard-GouId NuptiaIs.

New York, Jan. l4.-Announcement
of the date and the arrangements for
the marriage of Helen Miller Gould
and Finley J. Shepard has been made
The wedding will take place Jan
% at Miss Gould's country place at
Tarrytown. Only a small gathering
of relatives and intimate friends will
be present.
The ceremony and celebration will
be OF the simplest character, with the
exception of the music, lengthy pro.
gram having been prepared under
Shepard's direction to be rendered by
the Nathan Frank organization of for.
ty pieces. the 'Lohengrin" wedding
march and Mendelssohn's selections
from a Midsummer Nights Dream
will be among the pieces played.
The ceremony will be followed by
a wedding breakfast
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-14
STEAMER URANIUM
STILL ON ROCKS
Over Eight Hundred Passengers
Taken OFF Safely.

Halifax, N. s., Jan. 14.-The steam.
er Uranium, which terminated her
voyage from Rotterdam by piling upon
a rocky reef ten miles below Halifax
In fog, remains fast, with Captain
Eustace and crew aboard, but all the
$50 passengers safe ashore at the i'm.
migration station here. Whether the
vessel could be saved was problemati.
cal. Wrecking steamers planned to
pull on her at high tide.
The steamer Is stuck bow on. with
seventeen fathoms of water under her
stern. The bow plates were ripped
open and No. l hold is water filled.
The vessels position is only a few
hundred yards from the lighthouse at
Chebucto head, where the keeper de-
clares he was blowing his fog horn
when the vessel struck.
The rescue of the Uranium's pas.
sengers was accomplished by lifeboats
from Chebucto head and by transfer
to the government steamer Lady
Laurier, which was prompt to reply
to wireless signals. There was no
panic. notwithstanding that among
the passengers were many women and
children.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-14
FIRST STEP To OBEY
DECREE OF COURT
Union Pacific Directors Resig1
From Southern Pacific.

New York, Jan. 14.-Directors and
officers of the Union Pacific railroad,
who also were directors of the South.
ern Pacific, rendered their resigna-
tions as the first step in compliance
with the decree of the United States
supreme court dissolving the two
roads. Directors of the Southern Pa
ciic also connected with the Union
Pacific resigned.
julius Kruttschnitt resigned as di-
rector of maintenance and operation
of the Union Pacific and was elected
chairman OF the board of the Southern
Pacific. succeeding r. S Lovett, re-
signed. Judge Lovett, Mortimer L.
Schiff and Frank A. Vanderlip also re-
signed from the Southern Pacific ex-
ecutive committee and were succeed
ed by Robert Goelet, James N. Wal
lace and e. p. Swenson.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-14
ROBBERS TORTURE OLD MAN
Beat North Dakota Farmer and Then
Burn His Flesh.

Kenmare, N. d.. Jan. 14.-After
beating Joseph Oyerholz, a bachelor
farmer, seventy-one years old, un-
mercifully with their fists in an effort
to wiring from him the hiding place
of a large fortune he Is supposed to
bers tortured the old man with red
hot embers from his own fire, but
they failed to secure the information
they sought and finally left the old
man unconscious after rifiing his
pockets and taking S25.