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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-30

Also at the same time and place will
he sold:
One House and Lot, No. 800 Daven-
port Street, bounded as follows, North
by lands Of G. r. Winchester, East by
lands of Joe R. dgers, South by Daven-
port Street and West by lands Wesley
Martin. Said lot being 80 feet by 100
feet, more or less. Said property be-
ing levied on as the property of Caesar
sSeay to satisfy certain tax fl. "a. in
favor of the Mayor and City Council of
Americas VS. Caesar Seay for the year
1913. Tenant in possession notified in
terms of the law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02
Published every Thursday in TN

Published every Thursday IN tne
Herald building, on Main street, III
the live and growing City o. Bam-
berg, being issued from prlntlng
Office which is equipped with Mer-
genthaler linotype machine, Babcock
cylinder press, folder, one jobber,. a
fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by
slectric power with other material
and machinery in keeping, the whole
equipment representing an invest
ment of $4,000 and upwards.
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and twelve months. Write for rates.
Obituaries, tributes Ct respect, reso-
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Communications are always
glad to publish news letters or those
pertaining to matters Of pubic inter-
est. We require the name anu ao-
dress Of the writer in every case.
No article which is defamatory or
offensively personal can find place IN
our columns at any price, and we are
not responsible for the opinions ex-
pressed in any communication.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

1t is no pleasure for us to criticize
the governor, and while he may not
think so, our files will show that we
have commended him when we
thought he was right. But we do
not see how any Democrat can sup
port him after his action in trying
to override the will of the people as
expressed at the ballot box. He took
an oath to support the nominees Of
the party and yet he not only failed
to appoint Mr.. H. c. Folk as Master
of this county after he had been
nominated in the same primary with
the governor, but he actually appoint
ed another person to the office. How
ever, the Senate refused to confirm
the governors appointee and MIR.
Folk is still holding the Office of
Master for Bamberg county. If
there had been any charges against
Mr.. Folk there might have been
some ground for refusing to appoint
him, but, as is well-known all over
the State, Mr.. Folk is one of the best
citizens of the county, and had at
tended to the duties of the Office ably
and efficiently. 1t appears his only
sin was that he did not vote for the
governor two years ago. Not only
is all of the above true. but the chief
executive treated Mr.. Folk very dis
courteously in refusing to answer the
telegram sent him during January OF
1913, and his action here at the cam
paign meeting last Saturday, when
Mr.. Folk presented copy of the tel
egram and asked for an answer, was
rude in the extreme, for he not only
tore the paper to bits but spat on
the pieces and trampled them on the
floor. This it seems to us is good
cause why no Democrat in this coun'
ty should vote for him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

While Senator Smith has never
been anything else but farmer and
his work in the interest of the pro-
ducing class has been especially ener-
getic and successful, still he does not
draw all his support from the farm
ing element. His supporters are to
be found in all vocations, for they
realize that all their prosperity de-
pends on the farmer and therefore
the man who works to benefit the
farmer is also working for them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

The headline referred to was some
what misleading. The State does not
consider that Mr.. Clinkscales is run
ming as a Statewide prohibition can
didate He is not advocating State
wide prohibition. Mr.. Clinscales, 1t
seems. is personally in favor of pro-
hibition, but that is a different thing
from advocating it and forcing 1t as
an issue on the stump. The failure
to make the headline clear as to Mr.
Clinkscales' position was unlnten-
of The State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

In the first primary of 1908 Bam-
berg county gave E. D. Smith 1O9
votes against 4S9 for his six oppon-
ents. In the second primary, when
a much smaller vote was cast, he re-
ceived S63 votes against 175 for his
Jno. Gary Evans. We
ought to do fully as we'll or better
for him this year. and there is little
doubt that we will.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

We have not been able to verify
the alleged remark said to have been
made in drug store here last Sat-
urday in reference to the governor,
but If such a remark was made we
feel sure no threat was intended
against the life of anybody, but it
merely referred to the defeat Of the
governor and his consequent retire
ment from politics.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02
At the campaign meeting here las

At the campaign meeting here last
Saturday Hon. H. c. Folk PROFOUND
ed the following question to the gov
ernor: ''Is a man who violates his
oath at the ballot box a fit person to
send to the United States Senator"
The governor declined to answer the
question, and did not refer to it at
all, but the people will answer this
question on the day of the primary
and their answer will be "No!"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02
HIS STAND ON LIQUOR.
Clinkscales Not Running on This
Question.

The following taken from the Co.
lumbia State of July 2id is self-eX-
planatory:
To the Editor of The State:
In your issue of June 80, reporting
the State campaign meeting at Dar-
lington on June 80. your headlines
have the following statement. "Clink-
scales Declares for Statewide Pro-
hibition and Promises to Enforce
Law" In the body of your report
you say this: Going further, Mr..
Clinkscales said that he would not ad-
vocate a Statewide prohibition law,
but that he would see that the law
was enforced in the dry and wet
counties alike and fight blind tigers
everywhere. Again you have him
say, Il hope this liquor question Will
not be brought up again for it has
nothing to do with this campaign.
Will you please inform an interest
ed reader which of the above state
ments are true. am sure it was not
your purpose to mislead the public
as to the position taken by Mr.. Clink-
csales. but as it is We are left in
doubt as to what Mr.. Cllkscales
really said, your headline being ap-
parently inconsistent with the body OF
rour renort. Sam'l L. Prince.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02
Thursday, July 2, 1914.

If there were no farmS around
Bamberg there would be no town
here. for every enterprise is depend
ent either directly or indirectly on
the man who tills the soil.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

The senatorial experience of E. D.
Smith and his knowledge of agricul-
tural conditions place him in posi-
tion to be of most service to the
people generally, and he will no
doubt be returned to the U. S. Sen
ate for another six years by a large
majority.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

the ones with whom the governor mas
sided
Senator Smith said that his oppo-
nents had been trying to divorce him
and "Miss Cotton" my old sweet
heart" They've been trying to Gre
ate family trouble" he continued.
"They can't divide us. We will re-
main inseparable until we are clothed
in purple and fine linen The SEN
ator then quoted Scripture to the ef-
feet that the Lord chasteneth them
whom He loveth. Then he certainly
must love me-" he went on. For
time I thought that I'd have only one
LAWYER to chase me in South Caroli-
ma Lo and behold, nov have three.
Some of you will understand why 1t Is
so devilish hard to- get something
done in the United States senate when,
I remind you that we have 7S law
yers among the 90 senators In Wash
ington. On every measure each has
to have his say. They can talk on
either side equally we'll, and then
split the difference"
Senator Smith explained to Bam-
berg citizens how they could take
their papers on real estate or agricul-
tural PREDICTS to a member bank and
get money on this as collateral. He
further made it clear that If the
money could not be had from the To-
cal bank, then all that was necessary
was that the local banker should in
dorse the paper and forward it to
the central regional bank and the
money drawn from that through the
local member.
Some one in the crowd asked Sen
ator Smith what Ben Tillman had
been doing. Fighting the. world, the
flesh and the devil" the junior sena-
tor was quick to retort.
Another wanted to know how much
cotton the speaker planted. well,
4 sight more than can tend, l guess.
was the reply.
Senator Smith dismissed the ac-
cusation that Hoke Smith Of Georgia
was the author of one of the Smith
bills by saying that "the Georgia SEN
ator had no more to do with intro
ducing that bill than he had to do
with the nebular hypothesis or the
plan of salvation"
Same Old Story.
The governor again took Senator
Smith to task on the subject of Has
kellism' when he said the senator
tried to defeat Ben Tillman. He al
so taxed the senator with voting,
while a member of the State legisla-
ture, against separate coach law.
He said that Senator Smith did not
favor a resolution, offered at the Bal
timore convention by Western dele
CATION, to repeal the 14th amendment
of the constitution of the United
States. He referred to the lynching
of negro in Bamberg county for
attacking a white girl and added:
Yet some of you here today are hol-
lering for a man who voted to pay
$4,000 to any negro's family that was
lynched. That man is Senator Smith" ="
The governor again paid his re-
spects to the State convention and the
new primary rules then formulated.
These. he said, we're concocted in the
Jefferson hotel, Columbia. The dele
gates. he said, did not act like Demo-
Gratis, with Democrats, neither as if
in convention, but rather in caucus
behind closed doors. Referring to
his pardons, he said that he had par
doned four already last week, and
would pardon another when he got to
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

Information comes to us from the
Denmark section that the governor
lost many a vote in that section by
his reference to a lynching which
took place many years ago. The peo-
ple there resent this being brought
into a campaign, as it happened near
" twenty years ago.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

The governor took no notice OF
the questions of Hon. H. c. Folk and
by his silence thereby referred them
to the voters, who will answer the
questions on the 25th day of August.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

We feel sure nobody in Bamberg
wishes the death of the governor, but,
on the contrary, they want him to
live. Those who favor him wish him
to live to be elected and those who
are opposed to him wish him to live
to be defeated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-02

tally different names when written
out in full, that this arrangement was
absolutely necessary to prevent anoth-
er mans voting in your place"
When the speaker concluded his
discussion of the State convention
that framed the primary rules there
was a shout "Hurrah for the State
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
NEGRO ATTACKS WHITE MAN.
Later Arrested, Fined $50 and Given
Six Months in Jail.

Bowling Green, Va, May G.-R. T.
Beasley, who carries the mail from
Bowling Green to Milford, and also
carries passengers, was attacked by
Amos Upshur, colored, who drew u
razor on him and threatened to
kill him, because he would not agree
to take him to Brandywine, which is
about sixteen niles from this place.
Mr.. Beasley jumped from the stage
and Upshur chased him around it sew
eral times with an open razor. Mr..
Beasley then managed to get to a
nearby house and secured revolver.
Upshur then ran off and came to
Bowling Green, where he was at once
arrested and carried before Justice T.
D. Coghill, who imposed fine of
$50 on him and gave Inn six months
in Jail. Upshur is from Essex county,
but for a number of years has been
working in New Jersey and was on his
way home to his fathers funeral.
When arrested he appeared to be
doped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
DANGEROUS INSANE WOMAN.
Richmond officers at Bay for Eight
Hours.

R;chmond, May 6.-Becomng sud-
denly deranged at 2 o'clock yeste.rr-
d,y morning, Mrs. NJ. N. Shelley, Of
~ Fourth Avenue, Highland Park,
attempted to shoot her husband and
friends who lad come to his assist
ance. and, after their escape, bar
ricaGed herself in. 1t was not until
1890 o'clock, more than eight hours
after the attack on her husband,
that officers were able to place her
in custody.
Mr. Shelley was awakened by the
frantic efforts of his wife to strange
him 70 des tn. In response to his
cries for assistance, members OF the
Acks family, who live upstairs IN
the same house, came down, and fl
nallv burst in the shelley's bedroom
door. 1t was not until after diff
cult struggle that they were able
to wrench Mr.. Shelley from his
wife's clutches. They dragged him
out to the porch, Mrs. Shelley fol-
lowing. Officers arrived and had
told Mrs. Shelley to accompany them,
when she slipped back in the house,
dragging her husband with her.
The moment she got inside her
room again she grabbed a revolver
from a bureau drawer and fired point
blank at Mr.. Shelley. Though thor
oughly frightened, he had presence
of mind enough to throw up his arm
striking the revolver upwards and
the bullets went wild. AS he ran
from the room the mad woman fol-
lowed, firing as she ran. The Off
GERS and men on the porch fled un-
der the hail of bullets, and none
was harmed. One of the bullets
crashed through the window of a
house on the opposite side of the
street, passing above the heads of
the slumbering occupants of the
room.
After the men had gone Mrs.
Shelley entered the house and locked
all the doors and windows.
There were two revolvers IN the
house and the officers knew that
they would risk their lives if they
attempted to approach. Mrs. Shelley
would not answer their repeated
calls, and they were in a quandary
until some one hit upon the idea of
having the woman's pastor ask her
for admittance. The Rev. Samuel
H. Templeman, pastor of the North
side Baptist Church, was called. He
went to the door, knocked and spoke
reassuringly to the woman. She
recognized his voice, and at once adj
mitted him. The officers then had
no further difficulty, and Mrs. Shell
lev was taken to the Henrico county
Jail. There, in the afternoon, she
was formally adjudged insane by a
commission of lunacy, and will be
sent to the Eastern State Hospital,
at Williamsburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
ELECTED RECTOR OF ST. JAMES
Rev. r. c. Darst Called by Fcstry to
Take Place of Rev. VIM. Meade
Clark, D. D.

Richmon:, Va, May 6.-By uHanl-
nous and rising vote the vestry OF st.
James Episcopal Church last night
elected the Rev. Thos. C. Darst, until
this time associate rector Of the
church. as rector to succeed the late
Rev. VIM. Meade Clark, D. y. At the
meeting last night Mr.. Darst formally
rendered his resignation as associate
rector in order to allow the vestry
untrammelede hands in the selection
of successor to DR.. Clark.
The vestry first accepted his resig-
nation as associate rector, ard thcn
at once chose him as rector.
Mr.. Darst was called TO st. James
as associate rector in February, 1918.
coming from the pulpit Of on Episco-
pal church n Newport News. Previous
to his charge in Newport News, Mr.
Darst was rector of St. Marks Epis-
copal church, of Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06

NEWS OF THE OLD DON1lNlON :
Observation-Disclosures E[IL
HEAD SPLITS BULLET.
Little Negro Narrowly Escapes
Death When Revolver Fires.

Lynchburg, Va, May 6.-The head
of Willie Bartee, an eight-year-old
colored boy, is evidently harder than
a bullet, for Sunday evening while
playing with a .38-caliber revolver,
it accidentally fired, and the bullet
struck the little negro on the head,
just above the right eye and the lead
missile split in four pieces, one part
lodging in the wall while larger
piece buried itself beneath the skin
and finally stopped over the right
ear, where it was extracted by a
colored physician.
At last reports the little boy was
living and it was not thought that
the wound would prove fatal, ali
though the bullet nearly touched the
brain. Two small bits Of the bull
let were picked out of the skin. The
accident occurred in a house at 81
Turnpike street, while the boyis
father was asleep in an adjoining
room. The revolver was lying on
a dresser, and the little negro climb
ed i'm a chair and took the reviewer
down. While he was playing witt
it on the floor, one cartridge was
discharged and it is considered mi
raculous that the boy was not in
stantly killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
FIVE PERSONS INJURED.
Automobile Collision on Amherst
Turnpike Monday Afternoon.

Five persons were injured and the
lives of eight were jeopardized Mon
dav afternoon in a head-on collision
between the automobiles !of DR..
George H. Preston, and Mr.. L. D.
Oglesby, on the Amherst "plke,
about midway between Monroe and
Sweetbriar, at a point known as
"Sweet Potato Hollow" Mrs. Kate
w. Flood deputy revenue collector,
had two ribs broken, two front teeth
knocked out and a cut on the head;
Mrs. r. D. Oglesby, daughter Of
Mrs. Flood, had one rib broken and
cuts on the head; Mr.. aid Mrs. ].
B. Heard, and Mr.. r. D. Oglesby,
had minor cuts and bruises. All of
the injured occupied Mr.. Oglesby's
automobile and they were returning
from the May Day celebration at
the Sweet Brian College, and all of
them were thrown out of the car
except Mr.. Oglesby, who held TO
the steering wheel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Colored Woman Trapped in Burning
Home Rescued With Difficulty.

Norfolk, Va, May G-Fire, which
broke out shortly bfore 3 O'Clock
Monday morning consumed three
frame dwellings, occupied by COL
ored people in Highland avenue,
Brighton. The origin of the blaze
is not known. 1t started in the
rear of one Of the structures, and
swept rapidly through the row
Lack of fire fighting facilities pre-
vented any determined effort to stop
the progress Of the flames.
Mamie Moore, colored, occupant
of ore of the dwellings,, came very
near being burned to death I'M her
home. She was asleep when the fire
broke out, and couldn't get out OF
the building. Her son leaped through
a window, and when he told those on
the outside his mother was trapped
in the building, three colored men
went into the burning house and
rescued the woman. She was badly
bruised about the face, scalp and
arms. She also inhaled the flames
and may die. as the result of her IN
juries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
YOUNG MEN GET FOUR MONTHS.
Young Men of Richmond are Convicted
Under New Law.

Richmond, Va, May G.-Sentence OF
four months in Jail was metei out
Yesterday to Joe Campbell and VIM
Blakeley, young men charged with
taking a joy ride in an automobile be-
longing to John L. Dorset, manager of
The Haines, Cadbury & Jones Com
pany. They were convicted under the
new law imposing a penalty for driv-
ing off with a machine without the
knowledge Of the owner.
1t was alleged that after enjoying
q ride in Chesterfield they ditched
the machine on the outskirts of South
Richmond.
Similar charges against Roy Mar
tin and Ray Manning were dismissei
after they declared they were in the
machine as invited guests of Campbell
and Blakely and did not know that it
had been taken without the knowledge
of its owner.
Edward Brown, another youth, who
participated in the same ride, will be
sent back to the reformatory from
which he is said to have escapes re-
Gently.
The police believe that this same
gang Of boys have been involved in
the driving off of machines belong
ing to several physicians within the
last few week. Among the physicians
who lost their cars temporarily are
Drs. Hodges and Vanderhoof.
M 'h-Shrd mht mht mhtmhtmhhal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
PRICES OF SCHOOL BOOKS.
Board Will Have Them Placed Mt
Minimum Rate.

Richmond, May 6.-The subcom'
mittee appointed recently by oht
State Board of Education to con-
duct the negotiations with the PUG
fishers regarding reductions IN vhe
prices quoted for textbooks IN W.T.
ginia formulated yesterday It's mi
tial proposition to the puollSnerS
whose books were placed on Vhe
"preferred list" announced by bhe
board in lieu of a list of adoptlons.
In this first communication the COM
mittce formally informs the pub
fishers of the action taken by the
board i, refusing to adopt a new
list of textbooks for Virginia schools
because of the alleged exorbitant
prices.
Without entering at all into de-
tails of the compromise, the commit
tee asks each publisher whether ne
is willing to make any change In
the prices quoted either on the BASIS
of a four-year adoption OF on the
basis of a seven-year adoption. 10
snow that the "preferred list" Is
by no means final, the committee
asks each publisher to offer some
book of equal merit with books on
the preferred list, if possible, at To-
wer prices.
The committee, which consists OF
Superintendent of Public 1nstruc-
ton Stearnes, Governor Stuart and
Attorney General Pollard, author
lied Superintendent Steames to adj
dress a communication to the pub
fishers at once.
The report to be made by the
committee to the full board viii
depend in great measure on the
replies received to this letter. At
it's first meeting the committee de-
cided to recommend to the board the
continuation OF the present Dook
contracts for another year pending
a full investigation of the alleged
discrimination in prices unless the
publishers agree to make substan-
tial reductions in the original prices
quoted.
Up to the present time the pub
fishers have preserved an ominous
reticence. There has been absolute
ly no intimation given by them of
the attitude they will assume toward
the demands of the board, and no
one knows whether the book adopt
ion will be postponed for another
twelve months or a working agree
ment reached with the publishers of
the books on the preferred list"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06

Hard Shelled Crabs at the Ram
mel Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06
Automobile Ser
REPAIR DEPARTMENT
RENTING DEPARTMENT

Touring cars linousines and automobile trucks
furnished for all class Of service. Experienced
full and polite chauffeurs in charge Of all cars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-06

One of the last un1ngs that Com
modores do before sailing on the ex-
petition is to Purchase
GIBSON'S PURE OLD RYE.
Could yot imagine stronger testi-
monial. We have all kinds of Liquors
carefully packed in neat cartons
ready Cor shipment to all sections of
Virginia from :. -. :. - 80.
$500 TO $500 PER GALLON
Have on hand Gibson's XXX, xxx,
xxx and Pure Old Rye; Old Cabin
ct and Monogram also Bakers and
Thompson's Whiskeys, TO which we In
vite your attention
Should you feel disposed to send US
an order we know you will be salts
fed with results. Soliciting your trade,
we are, yours respectfully,