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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
Meriwether Not Forgotten.

North Augusta, Feb. Am event
in which there is much local interest
is scheduled to occur soon when the
monument to Thomas McKie Meri-
wether is to be unveiled. It will be
recalled that he lost his life in the
famous Hamburg riot during 1876.
Efforts have been made to erect a
monument to his memory and these
have been successful. The. monu-
ment has been provided by the State
and also friends of Meriwether. The
contract was awarded to the Owen
Bros. Marble company, Of Green
wood, and it has announced that the
job is practically completed. 1t has
been decided to place the monument
on the public square of North Au-
gusta, near the intersection of Geor-
gia and Carolina avenues. The
monument is of Winnsboro granite
and is 21 feet in height. Appropri-
ate exercises for the upveiling have
been arranged and Col. D. S. Hen
'derson, of Aiken, the only living at
torney who was engaged in the trial
of the case, will make the principal
address.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
INVITE WILSON TO COLUMBIA.
Smith and Byrnes Urge President tc
Include Capital City in Tour.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Senator r.
D. Smith and Congressman Byrnes
today called at the white house and
strongly urged the president to visit
South Carolina on his trip to the
South. They reminded the president
that the people of Columbia were
really his people and: would not be
satisfied to have him. visit other parts
of the South and leave Columbia out.
Upon this showing the president said
that he would give the matter serious
consideration and that he greatly ap-
preciated the invitation which had
been extended him.
There is little doubt now that a
programme for this Southern trip
will be agreed upon within the next
few days, everything heretofore hav-
ing been of a tentative nature.
The president is understood to
have said regarding his recent West
ern trip that he was greatly satisfied
with it and felt that long step had
been taken to put his preparedness
plan through congress.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
MILL WORKER RUNS AN1UCK.
Kills One Man and Seriously Wounds
Another.

Spartanburg, Feb. 7.-Theodore
H. Upton, cotton mill employee,
ran amuck on the highway leading
from Greer to Appalachia Mill, early
Sunday morning, killing Lafoy Minis,
a Greenville man, and seriously
wounding A. B. Waddell, Of Greer.
Waddell was shot in the shoulder,
having knocked the gun up and saw
ed his heart from receiving the ball
intended for it. Upton continued on
his way until he came upon Lafoy
Minis, John Walker and Cliff Brown,
whom he ordered to throw up their
hands. They did so and Upton fired
at Minis, shooting him through the
heart, killing him instantly.
Upton is in jail here. He is said
to be a married man and has several
children.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.-Paragra About
Men and Happenings.

A knitting mill plant to cost $780,
600, will be built in Spartanburg at
an early date.
The seventh annual session of the
South Carolina negro race conference
was held in Columbia this week. !
Burglars robbed the postoffice at
James Crossing in Richland county
on Tuesday night. The postoffice was
located in a store. The robbers Sc
cured about $40.
Attorney General Thos. H. Peoples
has rendered an opinion that it is un-
lawful to whip prisoners who are con-
fined in the State penitentiary or on
the county chaingangs.
William McMahan, we'll known
farmer, living near Easley, met in
stant death Friday morning when he
fell through the scuttle-hole of his
barn loft and crushed his skull.
Sam Gibbs was killed in Charles
ton last week by man known to the
police as Sparrow" following an
argument over a game of pool. The
alleged slayer has not been captured.
THE federal court of claims at
Washington on Friday made an un-
favorable report on the claim of Da-
vid Moore, of Columbia, for compen-
sation as janitor for the postofice
building in Columbia in excess of
eight hours a day, the claim amount
ing to S1,044.92.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
AUTHORIZES $50 600 LOAN.
$4,000 for Military Equipment ani
$4,000 for Prohibition.

Columbia, Feb. 4.-There was
something doing today on the house
side. Whether there is anything or
not in the suggestion, the statement
was openly made by Mr.. Bingham, of
Aiken, and by Mr.. Smith, Of Cole
ton, that there was an apparent COM
bination between the enthusiastic
militarists and prohibitionists, the
one to get authority for $25, 900 with
which, if necessary, to pay for lost
equipment, and the other to place in
the hands of the governor authority
to expend as much as $4,000, if so
much be necessary, for the enforce
ment of the prohibition law.
The house refused to make a di-
rect appropriation of $4,000 with
which to pay for the lost equipment.
Today, whether there should be any
thing in the suggestion of combina-
tion or not, it voted authority for the
money to be borrowed with which to
pay this charge, if it could not other
wise be arranged; and then the house
voted authorization of the $4,000
fund for the enforcement of the pro-
hibition law.
The two items were voted in the
shape of authority to borrow and not
direct appropriations to be added to
the sum total of the appropriation
bill. The item for the relief of the
was passed by vote of six
ty-four to thirty, and the authority
for the borrowing of $4,000 for the
enforcement of the prohibition law
was adopted by vote of flfty-three
to thirty-fve.
The fight came up on these amend
ments of the appropriation bill, and
the successful suggestion as to both
matters came from Mr.. Wagnon, of
Union, an ardent prohibitionist, who
seems to know how to turn a trick.
The original proposition contained
clause with reference to the use of
rural police in the various counties,
but this was withdrawn after the
governor was given the authority to
use a law enforcement fund of $780,
600
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
SHE GOT HER MONEY BACK.
st. Matthews Woman ''Queers' Game
of Eye "DOctor."

St. Matthews, Feb. -Four men,
styling themselves DR. and passing
of as eye specialists, came here Sat-
urday and came near getting into
trouble. These ''specialists,' it
seems, carry a pretentious looking
case. The case is filled with specs
galore, all "solid gold.'' The "doc-
tors" are all gentlemen of faultless
spiel and carry an important and
learned look. They talk in technical
terms and talk fast, too. Their habit
seems to be to go casually into the
work of making a thorough examina-
ton of the eye simply to see ii
anything should be really needed,
guided more by patriotic philan-
thropy than mere desire to sell
goods. During the progress of the
examination a terrible defect appears
in one eye and all at once the victim
sees double. That is sure sign that
somebody is going blind, and they
have pair of glasses ground for
just such case.
They worked their game here in
several places; but one lady discover
ed after she had parted with her
cash that it was not fer eye that had
made her see double but the lens
that she had tried. Further, she
found upon using the acid test that
the 'solid gold" frames fairly fumed
of brass. She also learned that i'm
mediately upon making the sale the
doctors had secured car of good
speed and were shaking the dust of
this place from their feet. A war
rant was sworn out and the sheriff
put in pursuit. They were discover
ed in Columbia late Saturday night,
and when they were advised that they
could pay up or ride back in the
sheriff's new car and try their hand
at roadbuilding they paid up, and
said in addition by way of compensa-
ton for the trouble of the aggrieved
one, that they knew a member of her
family we'll, and had they known
then who she was they would never
have thought of playing her such a
trick.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
WRECKS CANADIAN CAPITOL.
Bodies of Two Women Removed
From Galleries.

Ottawa, February 4.-The historic
Canadian parliament building was de-
stroyed last night by a fire declared
unofficially to have been cause by the
explosion of a gas bomb or Internal
machine. Two women, guests of the
wife oil Speaker Sevigny, were over
come by smoke and perished. Sev-
eral policemen and fremen were
buried under debris when one end
of the building collapsed. The num-
Der of persons taken to hospitals had
not been determined early this morn
ing. Frederick F. Pardee, chief Lib
eral whip, and William S. Loggie, a
member of parliament from New
Brunswick, are missing and it is fear
ed they have lost their lives.
1t has been established that the
first burst of flame in the reading
room of the house of commons was
preceded by at least one explosion,
and probably by two. The force OF
the conclusion was so severe that
persons standing some distance away
were hurled to the floor. A rigid in
vestigation to determine the cause of
the fire already has been, taken by
the Dominion authorities.
Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian
premier, who was in the building, es-
capped safely, but Martin Burrell,
minister of agriculture, was severely
burned about the head, and Dr. Mich
ael Clark, member for Red Deer,
was burned about the hands. Many
of the legislators who were in the
building experienced great difficulty
in cropping their way through smoke
filed corridors. Several fled through
windows and down ladders to the
street.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
f. r. Steedly Bound Over.

Orangeburg, Feb. Sc. R. Steed-
ly, who is charged with using the
mails to defraud, has been bound ov-
er by United States Commissioner j.
Leroy Dukes for trial at the Florence
term of the United States district
court, which convenes in March. 1t
is alleged that Steedly placed adver-
tisements in a number of daily pa
pers for the sale of dogs and when
parties sent him the money, he kept
it and sent no dog. 1t is said that
there are several cases against Steed-
ly for using the mails to defraud.
Steedly is from Bamberg county.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
Established 1891.
WOMAN SENATOR SPEAKS.
Helen Ring Robinson Talks on Votes
for Women.

Columbia, Feb. 7.-Mrs. Helen
Ring Robinson, who is a member of
the State senate, addressed the peo-
pie of Columbia tonight under the
auspices of the Equal Suffrage
League of South Carolina on Votes
for Women" Senator Robinson is a
pleasing speaker and she presented
the cause for women in an able and
convincing manner. Mrs. Robinson
was a member of the Ford Pacifica-
tion party to which Lieutenant Gov
ernor Andrew J. Bethea, of this
State, belonded. Several members
of the general assembly who were in
the city attended the lecture and
not only heard a woman legislator.
speak, but saw just exactly what
equal suffrage would mean.
Senator Robinson will go from here
to Charleston, where she will make
an address on eoaal suffrage. She
has speaking engagements at several
points in the Southern States.
While in Columbia Senator Robin
son was the guest of the members of
the local suffrage league and met
many OF the leading women of the
city. She made many friends while
hero
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
Kearse KIippings.

Kearse, Feb. S.-Mr. and Mrs. j.
>. Kearse and Mrs. H. NJ. Brabham
spent Sunday in Fairfax with Mrs.
q. D. Sanders.
mr.. and. Mrs. Ewart Brabham
from Virginia, are spending few
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Brab-
ham.
Mrs. Matte Black, who makes her
home in Charleston now, is visiting
relatives here.
Misses,Co coleman and Aver, teachers
Of White Point and Beaufort Bridge
schools, accompanied by Misses Cleo
and Winnie Davis Kearse, spent the
week end at their homes in Bamberg'
s Mrs. Burch, of Augusta, VINO
teaches the Camp Hill school, spent
sthe week with Miss Cressie Bree-
land.
Mrs. w. II: Ritter has returned
from a visit to the city by the, sea.
Mrs. L. w. Ritter has as her house
e11ests Misses Alice Ritter and Ruth
Hone and Miss Allen, Of the Wal
terboro section.
Sunday visitors with US were: Mr..
and Mrs. G.. A. Best and Mrs. Anna
kirkland, of Ulmer; DR.. Holman, OF
cha rlasfon. Messrs. Francis and
Grady Boynton, of Ulmer;; Messrs:
Roy and Stacy Kearse, of Ehrhardt.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
Newberry Man Killed.

Columbia, Feb. 5.-David A. Lang
ford, who was shot at Newberry last
Saturday afternoon by Ira Burton,
died at a hospital in Columbia at
1925 o'clock night before last. Mr..
Langford was operated on Saturday
might.
The late Mr.. Langford, one Of the
proprietors of the Coca-Cola Bottling
works of Newberry, was about 80
years of age. He was the son of the
late George A. Langford. His moth
er, who is now Mrs. J. H. Riser, of
Leesville; his wife, who was Miss
Lilly Griffin, of Newberry; one child,
and the follow og brothers and Sis
ters survive: ". Smith Langford,
julius J. Langford, Stanmore Lang.
ford. Robert Langford, of Newberry,
Mrs. White, of Columbia, and Mrs.
Asbill.
The trouble occurred at time
when Newberry's Main street was
crowded. The bullet hit the sleeve
button on Langford's wrist and en-
tered his abdomen on the left side
just above the hip bone. Burton
was arrested and held pending the
outcome of the injuries.
The trouble is alleged to have
arisen over a rumor which Langford
asked Burton if he had circulated.
Langford is said to have called Bur-
ton a liar and to have struck him.
The shooting followed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
He Was Cautious.

Reed Thompson, night clerk at the
Laclede Hotel, is asking his friends
to believe this one:
About s O'Clock the other night,
Thompson says, "a tall, rangy ru-
ralite entered the lobby of the hotel
and approached the desk. After l
had fixed him up with a room he ask
ed me if l would take care of some
money for him. told him l would
be glad to put it in the safe. He
fished down in his trousers pocket
and produced two-dollar bill.
e Just put that away, he said l
am going out for little while and |
don't want to take any chances with
these city slickers.'
"I kept my face, straight ana as
sured him it. would be safe on his re-
turn. He started to leave and then
turned around and asked me how
late we kept open.
"aOh, I'll be here when you get
back told him.
"'Well, I don't know he replied.
4 calculate I'll be pretty late. Most
10 o'clock, likely
81 assured him I would be on deck,
but he did not seem satisfied. After
Wondering a few minutes he asked" :"
..sCould 1 see Mr.. Laclede?"
'"That had me going for few min
utes but when I recovered I told him
Mr.. Laclede had gone to bed"
Pierre Laclede, the founder of St.
Louis, for whom the hotel was
named. died in 177S.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
DEER TAKES AUTO RIDE.
After Pasture Sojourn Game Warden
Gives Animal Change.

Shoppers in the business section
stopped and stared at a live deer out
on an automobile ride through the
city. 1t was the buck that has been
living with the cattle in Frank
Weyandts farm in FrankstoWn town.
ship for some time.
Deputy game wardens captured it,
bound it's legs, placing it in the car,
hauled it to another section of the
county and turned it loose.-Altoona,
Pa, dispatch to Philadelphia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
One Dollar and a Half a Year,
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Fairfax FancieS.

Fairfax, Feb. 5.-The last meeting g
of the Fairfax chapter, U. D. c., was
in memory of Lee and Jackson. Mes
danes Otis Due and A. L. Rlount
we're the hostesses. An Interesting
programme was carried out. Miss
Maude Barber read paper on Lee
and jackson, holding the attention of
all the members. A number of let
tiers were read, and the flower and
fancy work show planned for next
fall. At the close of the historical
programme sweet course was serv-
ed, followed by hot chocolate.
After visit of ten days to Mrs. J.
f. Lightseyy Mrs. Leila Jennings has
returned to her home at Emporia,
Va.
Miss Maude Barber gave a supper
to a few Of her friends on Wednes-
day evening, February 2, the final
treat being visit to the moving pic
#ture snow.
Mrs. Virginia Mcdaniel and chill
dren are in Fairfax on a visit to refa-
tiyes.
After lengthy stay in Brunswick,
Ca. Mrs. J. C. Preacher has return
ED home.
Miss Helen Lightsey celebrated her
18th birthday anniversary on Janu-
ary %, inviting number OF her
schoofmates. After playing many
games, refreshments were served
and the birthday cake cut.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Cope are at
home at the residence of Mt Rapp'
on Railroad avenue.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
Woman Severely Burned.

Dillon, Feb. 7.-Miss Lucille LEM
mon, demonstration agent for Dillon
county, was severely burned Satur-
day night, while cleaning a pair of
long white kid gloves. Miss Lem
mon slipped the gloves over her
hands and arms and after thoroughly
cleaning them, she approached too
near the fire and the gloves became
ignited. She. was severely burned
before assistance arrived. The burns
were painful and Miss Lennon is
suffering from the shock. Miss Lem
mon came to Dillon four years ago
as home demonstration agent for the
county, since that time her work has
been far-reaching and every commu-
nifty has a canning club or bread
club.
Pittsburg is to have a great con-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10

Only 64,977 karats Of diamonds
were exported from British South
Africa during the first four months Of
1915. whereas, in January-April,
1914, there were 1,524,649 karats
exported, and 1 ,s02,12S karats in the
like period of 1913.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
The End of Old 1884"


down and out. After serving her.
masters faithfully twenty-eight years
and taking an active and very inn
portant part in the business and COM
mercial life of $50 miles of terri-i
tory, "Old 1924" has been condemn
ed to spend the balance Of her days
in the society of other '.has-beens. = s
"Old 3S24,' as she is familiarlys
known to the hundreds of people in
this section who have known her for
many years, is the second oldest en-
gine on the Marion and Kingville di-
vision Of the Southern railroad and
for the past twenty-eight years has
daily run into York. Orders have re-
Gently been sent forth from the rail-
way officials that "Old 1924" is to be-,
sent to the Rock Hill railroad yards
and into the scrap heap. But before
the faithful old iron horse takes the
place of honor among the denizens OF
the junk pile, all her brass trimmings
and other parts that can be, used will
be stripped from her ard placed upon
some other engine of the road, and
she will, therefore, still be Of some
service to the owners. But the old
engine as an engine has made her
last run along the crooked old track,
and scores of boys and girls yester-
day, grown up to manhood and wo-
manhood while "Old 1924 has been
on the rails, and who are fond of the
old engine, have seen her coming
snorting and putting up to the little
depot here for the last time.
No. 1924 was one of the first coal
burning engines placed in service on
the old Charleston, Columbia and
Cincinnati roalroad after the track
was laid to Yorkville in 1888. At
the time these four locomotives We're
considered the last word in passen-
ger engines. They were numbered
consecutively from 1 to 4, although
the numbers have since been chang
ed to conform to the numbers of
other engines owned by the South
ern. On the panel of each cab was
painted the name of town along the
line. One of them bore the name !:
"Yorkville.'' Another, the "Lancas-
ter was the first coal-burning loco
motive ever run to Yorkville. This
was in October, 1888, when the en-
gine was in charge of Engineer. Mid
Manning and his son.. What name
"Old 3824' bore has been forgotten.
The four engines were built by the
Hinckley Locomotive company, a
firm whose products have lived long
er than it did. Only one of the orig
inal engines will remain in active
service now since the decree that
"Old 1924" shall run no more. The
survivor is No. 1926, which is occas-
ionally used in extra passenger SER
vice between Columbia and Char
lotte and Columbia and York. 1t is
considered too light for hauling the
heavy cars that have taken the place
of those in use when it, like 'Old<
1924 was considered some en-
gine." and it will doubtless only be a
short time until it will follow "Old
1924" to the place where all worn
out engines go, and then will have
passed the last veteran of many years
Of faithful service on the Three C's.
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will be done to all parties. | urge
the enactment of this law.
Il earnestly urge upon you the
importance of the passage of the
Nicholson bill providing for the GER
tification Of teachers by a State
board
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10

British Columbia reports appear
ance of quail in large numbers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10

Phosphate of lime has been discov-
cred in Canadian Rockies.
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Pittsburg is to have a great con
vention hall.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14
AUSTRIANS LOSE
LINE AT LAGARINA
New Positions Held, Says
Rome, Despite COun-
ter Attacks.

Rome, June 13.- After a preliminary
bombardment an attack made in the
Lagarina Valley resulted in the cap
ture of a strong Austrian line. to-day's
War Office announcement reports. Aus
trian troops attempted to advance in
several sectors, but met with checks.
"In the Lagarina Valley" says to-
days official, 1--WE made a brilliant at
tack after effective artillery prepara-
tion. We took by assault the strong
line from Parmesan Height to the east
of Ain and Amezzano Mountains and
along the whole Rio Romini. The
enemy Immediately launched counter
attacks on our new positions, all Of
which were repulsed.
Along the Posin-Astico front infan-
try Of the enemy penetrated Molisini,
but was driven out by our accurate
fire.
"In the Sugana Valley on the night
of June / and on the following morn
ing detachments Of the enemy attempt
ed to advance east of the Maso torrent,
but were repulsed with considerable
losses.
"On the Carnia front and along the
Isonzo there were artillery encounters
and minor engagements. An attempt
of the enemy to make an attack in the
Monfalcone zone was frustrated by our
fro
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14

drums and accompanying brass, giving
the last verse with tremendous volume.
The American Embassy was repre-
sented at the service by Ambassador
and Mrs. Page, Irwin B. Laughlin, sec
retary Of the embassy. and Mrs. Laugh
lin; Commander Powers Symlngton'
naval attache, and Captain Alexander
W. Miller, military attache. j. Arthur
Barratt represented the Pilgrims.
Premier Asquth, Arthur J. Balfour
First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir Ed
ward Grey, the Foreign Secretary; Earl
Curzon of Kedleston, Lord Privy Seal;
Lewis Harcourt, First Commissioner Of
Works; Viscount Haldane, Colonel
Winston Spencer Churchill, Lord Chief
Justice Reading. Field Marshal SIT
John French, General Sir William X.
Robertson, chief of the Imperial staff.
the Duke Of Devonshire and the Earl
Of Rosebery were conspicuous in front
pews.
The royalties present included
Princess Henry of Battenberg. Prln-
cesses Louise, Victoria and Maud, and
the Princess Royal. the Duchess OF
Argyll, Prince Arthur of Connaught
in khaki, and the Grand Duke Michael,
in Russian mili.y>Y uniform.
Flags throughout London were at
half-mast. The Stock Exchange suS-
pended operations for an hour during
the services. many business p.accs
also closing their doors for that period.