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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-03
BoARD-RooMs WANTED.

WANT 10 care for widower's children,
house cook5ng tor bond for two aduits'
2io1 Austin
BQARp AND Roo3 81 eeHpIs "A rfgvSTS
family withsH Ten blocks Flea hotcl, "a.
eress 1854. this erica
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TYPEWRITERs.

SEE GRANTS long 1dve-tisc peat u9d ?
Trade or Excharge" column. S
BLichEAsDEkEEA TSPEWRlTnHs OF
cay payments; $50 cash anc IS PEI
meath 70 reBporeihis people or those wns
furnish seed refaEenrgh W, D. kuxEgli
Hooere3 Ggtni scr 4sxeb, Afkaaasa, 1nciap
ana okiAheua Territory. 81
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR BARGAINS IN
RICE LANDS,
IMPROVED FARMS,
RANCHES, TIMBER LANpsf

$40 acres, eight miles fnon rzo,.Ao.,
court house; all good smooth biscI- s.S :
land; SIS per acre. SSA'-'
1850 acres In one body Cor in thru
tracts from four to six miles from Hons'
Ton court house; all smooth, fne biSck
trucEing-on two sheiled roads Irith All.
roso and station on the land. The fnest
investment In this county; land win SoS,.
pie within two years; price S25 an acre
slne olaek rice, corn and cotton lands.
oetWeen san Jnctnto river and cedar
pay on, north and outh OF Crosby; the An.
est snd best drained lands In Harris conn.
g-n tracts from so 10 $40 acres T.s,
us show you these lands
nne luoO-acre ranch, between Wallis
and Chestervilie-the suceeSsf,i ,hsi,n..,
wei country; all fenced and partly in.
proved; beautiful rice land; two ana 4
haif miles from Wallis: will sell or taks
half IN trade for good properly.
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A sNAP-So-Lere farm nine miles from
Houston court house. all fenced; 40 neres
under cultivation: two srtesiAn wells
moving; GOOD nve-room house. shade trees
and outbuildings: will sell chem Or tad
AIS Binz.
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FIRST CLASS business for exchange for
farm. ranch or city property, in one OF
the best towns in this state 12o-acre
rice farm on canal near Eagle Lake, for
sale cheap IL taken at once. We have any
thing you want In the way OF vacant lots
and nice homes. Have a first class ranch
with beautiful s-room house near Hous-
ton, or win exchange for city property.
Oliver Cranston & Co, 11e Main. II
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OIL LANDS-Cholce acreage close In TO
gushers at Sour Lake; prices moderate;
title perfect; for map, etc, address c. G.
Parsons owner, Bryan, Texas. If
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THE PuDoR-HoovER LAND COMPANY.
so7's Main Street = Houston. Texas

send fos our pamphlet, ''rhe Products
missioner Of Agrlculture.S' me soutb S,.,
racine Rice Cook Book free for the asp.
ing ano list OF our October land har.
AlLu.. 4
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FOR RENT-Large furnished front room
12ol Capitol avenue.
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DESIRABLE furnished rooms; 400 craw.
ford.
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Ny BEAUTIFUL automobile for exchange
for real estate. etc; never uncrated; sat
isfactory selling reason. 5. 81. Huston
old phone S93 Il
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FOR sALE-GooD COTTAGE ON Ham.
ILTON, $1,000; ALSO ONE FOR 5000
VACANT LOTS on LA BRANCH. Si00J
FAC. ONE LOT, CLOSE IN, Al A BAR.
fAGEs dN TWO f6rs FIF FSI19N va S RI
S2leo. SEVERAL NICE COTTAGES n
SIXTH WARD AT ATTRACTIVE
PRICES. IF IN THE MARKET ri
BUY or SELL REAL ESTATE SEE
TIE HOUSTON LAND AND TRUST
o. Il
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.Qt u eaaY e t4n4f-
hroD4k Poet GsOat ode
FoR RENT.

FOR RENT-A large room, suitable for a
paint OF repair shop, In center OF dty.
Inquire 10l4 Prairie avenue. I
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REAL ESTATE FOR sALE--Three-roon
cottage. new, aud four lots, 500: three
room cottfge, two lots, 5000; four.room
cottage. two let's. $50; forty vacant lots
from $50 10 500: twenty acres, improved,
s.uue. An ~ Houston Heights. Furpi-
house, Third ward close IN. Furniture
and lease 81 twelye-room boarding house
Fifth ward Chns. n, Munger Invt Co,
915L5 Congress avenue. 0
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ENGRAVED visiting cards. We e.
~ 0Sf '0'1' "O PsstuslSlA.
soA Main sp'
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FOR sALE--Handsome home on pavement
corner Of Milan and Webster: also an.
other On Texas avenue pavement, corner
prlees ana terms. Geo. L. Porter & Son,
"Vo77 main street #
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HOUSTON HEIGHTS affords more advan.
tages for q home Than any other suburb
OF Houston. See this property before yvJ
BUY.
Lots Tor sale at loves; prices, for eaEA
CT Oh installnent plan.
Houston ariGats Office 20 Main street
JOHN 4. MlLROY, Agent.
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NICELY furnished room in private family
for one or two gentlemen close In; Tie
Crawford.
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OHte1- Gsant ad1
~ Gri~4G i4 ROUTE.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

WILL POSITIVELY BE SACRIFICED If
SOLD THIS WEEk-A new slate roof,
seven room, two-stqry residence, located
ia Third ward. within eight blocks q
Rice hotel Price and terms furnished
upon personal application. We Buy,
SELL AND EXCHANGE REAL Els.
TATE. r. c, GRAY CO., BOZ BinE, II
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BAKERY AND STORE for sale cheap;
seyen-room house, jackson, at e bargain
house, 5000, paved street. Pye & Boil
4rass. KAN building.
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FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished rooms.
single or en- suite; good location modern
conyeniences. phone. Address 50, this
office z
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| OUR new system Of Investing IN oil lands
absolutely insures against loss; our prop
critics are the best value. Address Texas
oil Land Co. box 70S, Houston. II
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FOR CHOICE RICE LAND and other lands
call on Bryant -&cEnnis Land CO., lUOs
Texas avenue. 1l-A
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FOR RENTING rooms furnished for Hight
housekeeping. with use Of phone to par
ties without children; 1905 Capitol ave.
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FIFTEEN. ROOM HOUSE s65; elght.room
furnished house SIS; VIC have severa
smaller cottages from SO up, Pye a
Bollfrass, KAN building
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FUNERAL NOTICE
PERSONAL.

List nf answers 70 advertisements Ia this
offire itr week epding Saturday, November
!, 100
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co 10 WAPLEs' DRUG STORE, gli
Congress avenue; you Gun always get u
there; open from q. 10. 70 II p u. u
MISS TERESA BALDESCHWILER fash.
louahle dressrakers lessons given In dress
cutting, 1216 Travis street. Houston,
Teas I2A
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SIZE Us BEFORE YOU BUY; EITHER
WELL OR CANAL PRoPoSITIONs.
WE OWN AND HAVE EXCLUSIVE
CONTROL OF THE PROP ERTY WE
OFFER. AN EXCELLENT CANAL
PROF. OSlTION, PAYING BIG, AT A
BARGAIN. c. ". HAIL & CO., go
MAIN. II
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ELEGANTLY furnished room for couple
l0ais Louisinna. NTH phone.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
TRACY HIMSELF
Wounded and Run to Earth, the
Notorious Outlaw Suicides.
LONG CHASE ABRUPTLY ENDS
Killed Half a Dozen Men-Defied OFF,
GERS and Terrified Citizens of
Two States for Many
Days.

A special from Spokane, Wash,
says: Defiant to the death, Henry
Tracy, fugitive convict and outlaw.
blew out his brains Wednesday morn
ing at 4 o'clock when he saw his cap
ture was certain.
The self-infiicted wound that caused
instant death was not made until the
desperate fighter knew beyond all
doubt that he had played his last card
in the most daring game Of life in GRIM
inal history.
After terrible battle with rifles, in
which the odds were eight to one, Ira
cy fell wounded. His ammunition was
gone, his energy spent and hope had
fed.
Tracy was surrounded in wheat
field near Felowes, a station on the
Washington Central railroad, about so
miles west of Spokane, Tuesday night.
Word was sent back to Davenport, the
county seat, and large number OF
armed men hurried to the scene.
The posse opened fire on the outlaw,
and one bullet pierced his right leg be-
tween the knee and thigh. About twen-
ty minutes after being wounded, he
shot himself with one of his revolvers
and his body was found Wednesday
morning after day break. The revoly-
er with which he killed himself was
grasped tightly in his right hand.
Tracy had baffled the officers Of two
states and had made wonderful flight
across Oregon and Washington. Ira
cy was hunted down by four little
farming crowds at Creston and sole
deputy sheriff.
The farmers will share the reward.
They are as follows:
C. A. Staub, deputy sheriff; DR.. E. C..
Lanter, Maurice Smith. attorney; ]. j.
Morrison, railway section foreman, and
Frank Lillengen.
From the time Of his escape from the
Oregon penitentiary Tracy killed the
following men:
Breeze, E. E., deputy sheriff; Jones,
S. R. T., prison guard; Rawley, Nell,
deputy game warden; Raymond,
Charles, deputy sheriff; Terrell, Frank
B., prison guard; Tiffany, B. F., prison
guard, and David Merrill, his partner.
Those whom he seriously wounded
are Anderson, Carl, newspaper report
er; Williams, John, deputy sheriff.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
STORM WRECKS Big HOTEL.
OF Eighteen Guests In Fated Building
Fourteen Were Hurt, Some Of
Whom May Die.

A cyclone of great intensity passed
over Carolina Beach, resort 20 miles
below Wilmington, N. c., Thursday
night and left in it's wake the com
plete wreck Of the Oceanic hotel, an
old structure used conjointly as pa
yilion for excursionists and hotel.
Fourteen persons out Of eighteen in
the building at the time Of the disas'
ter were injured, several probably ia.
tally. Three or four who escaped
were children. L
Without warning the cyclone struck
the beach and the hotel was in the
center Of its passage. Nobody had
time to escape from the building and
all went down in the crash. The no.
tel was totally wrecked and fourteen
persons were caught under it. Res
cuers came quickly and did their work
in wind and rain with the night black
as ink. Men and women cried to be
released from the awful place Of i'm
prisonment Within an hour hour ali
were gotten out.
The injured were made as comfort
abe as possible, but there was not a
doctor on the beach and the telephone
communication with Wilmington was
cut off and no news of the terrible ac-
cident was received in tLat city until
six hours after the cyclone, when
messenger was sent on foot to get
passenger boat and physicians for the
wounded, but the storm had blown so
many trees across the road he made
slow progress.
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succumbs to Sudden Attack OF Heart
Disease at Summer Home.

succumbs to Sudden Attack of Heart
Disease at Summer Home.
A dispatch was received in Wash
ington Sunday announcing the death
of Senator James Mcmillan, Of Michi-
gan, at his summer home at Manches-
ter-by-the-Sea, Mass. Death was the
result OF heart failure following con-
gestion, after an illness OF very few
hours.
The news came as great shock to
his friends at the capital, as when the
senator left Washington shortly after
the adjournment of congress he ap-
peared to be in good health and looked
forward with much satisfaction to a
quiet and restful summer. For some
years Senator Mcmillan has made his
summer home at Manchester-by-the-
Sea, having erected a fine cottage
there
While no information on that point
has been received, the expectation is
that his remains will be taken TO De-
troit and be deposited in the family
vault at Elmwood cemetery. The body
OF his son, Captain John H. Mcmillan,
who served in the Spanish war, and
who died several months ago, rests
there. The senator leaves a widow,
three sons and q daughter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
ATLANTA's ELEPHANT NO MORE
ChiIdren's Pet at Grant Park Zoo
rr,nenorted "a Paradise Junule.

chiIdren's Pet at Grant Park Zoo
Transported to Paradise Jungle.
Clio, Atlanta's Grant Park Zoo ele-
phant, the children's pet, passed into
oblivion Thursday morning from an
attack of collie, corn whiskey and calo-
mel.
But Atlanta is going to have another
elephant. And it's going to be but
very short time before the new animal
will arrive. That fact has been set
tied. Indeed, 1t was settled days ago,
for the people Of Atlanta had prepared
for the worst and decided that II Clio
died the children should not long be
without pet.
Thus it was that when the fact OF
Clos death became known early
Thursday morning, a general desire
To subscribe for a new animal seemed
to inspire a number Of prominent citl'
zens. AS early as 9 o'clock in the
morning subscriptions began to pour
in and by night sS3s had been raised
This. of course, is only starter, but
with such a splendid beginning 1t will
be but a matter of a few days at the
yerv outside before the necessary
amount is in hand.
It will cost between $4,000 and $4''
900 to buy an elephant. The more
money the bigger the elephant. EV'
erybody wants an elephant, particular
" the children, and when the Little
ones get to work as they did twelve
wears ago money will come pouring
in in plentiful quantities.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
RELICS OF DEAD OUTLAW.
Belongings Of Tracy Eagerly Seized by
Curious Crowd.

Belongings Of Tracy Eagerly Seized by
Curious Crowd.
A dispatch from Spokane, Wash,
says: When the sheriff with the
body of Harry Tracy, drove through
Davenport Thursday, hundreds of per
sons followed up the the street and
crowded about the wagon. BY the
: time the wagon reached the morgue
the streets were crowded, and from
every corner could be heard, "Three
cheers for Lincoln county
rhe town was wild. The morgue
doors had to be closed and the crowd
was asked to stand back.
Several persons were allowed to see
the body, and then trouble began. Ev-
cry one wanted a relic, and in a short
time nothing was left but the body.
Some one even picked up the blood
stained hadkerchief which had been
used by the outlaw to keep from bleed
ing to death.
Before he could carry the awful
relic away he had to do it up in pa
per, as it was too wet 20 place in his
pocket.
Some one got the strap which had
been pulled around his leg to keep
him from bleeding to death. That,
too, was soaked with blood, which
ran from the upper wound:
Many locks of the outlaws hair had
been taken.
His trousers were cut in strips, and
before they were divided they were
cut into smaller pieces.
Many of Tracy's cartridges were d.
divided among the members OF the
posse and those who could get at the
buckskin bag.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
WILL LAND MARINES
To Protect Interest of Americans
at a Venezuelan Port.
WE FOLLOW GERMANY'S LEAD
Situation in RevoIution-Racked South
American Republic is Critical.
Cities Sacked and
Burned,

Minister Bowen, at Caracas, advised
the state department Monday that the
Germans intend to land a naval force
at Porto Cabello to protect German in
terests there which are threatened by
the uprising now in progress. The
minister advised that We follow suit.
After a conference between the Of
ficials Of the state and navy depart
ments instructions were, cabled to
Commander Nichols, of the Topeka,
to proceed from La Guayra to Porto
Cabello and to land a naval foAce in
case of attack. The Topeka has al
ready left for Porto Cabel!o.
The following instructions were ca
bled to the Topeka:
BE ready to land force in case of
attack of port for protection of Amerl-
can interests and for protection Of for
eign property also if requested. Pre-
vent bombardment without due no.
tice. DARLING,
"Acting Secretary"
There appears to be no question as
to the right of the German naval
forces to land for the protection Of
German interests. 1t in no way in
wolves the Monroe doctrine. Germany
has been keeping close watch on Vene-
zuela for some months, and at one
time contemplated taking a Venezue-
Ian port in order to compel the pay
ment of certain. German claims. It
was in that connection that the Ger
man ambassador at Washington, DR..
Won Holleben, made inquiry Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the state depart
ment as to whether such move by
Germany, fo' the sole purpose Of COL
lecting 8 claim and not for the pur-
pose Of territorial expansion, would
meet with any disfavor by the Ameri-
can government. The response Of the
United States left Germany free to
act as the assurance that no terrific
rial extension was intended removed
the case from the operation OF the
Monroe doctrine. The present landing
of a Grman force he's no connection
with Germany's former move against
Venezuela, although assurances here
tofore given by Germany serve in the
present case to show that there Is no
ulterior purpose behind the protection
of German interests at Porto Cabello.
Minister Bowen. later in the day, ca
bled the state department that the
revolutionists have cut the cable at
Barcelona.
Minister Eowen says the cable was
cut Immediately after the receipt of a
message stating that the revolution
lists were entering the city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
JUSTICES LABORED HARD.

Over a Thousand Cases Decided in
Georgia Supreme Court in Year.
After deciding more than 1000 cases
in less than one year, the supreme
court of Georgia adjourned last Satur-
day till the first Monday in October.
With Justice Lewis i'll and away on
a leave of absence, the other five mem
bers Of the court were very hard work
ed.
The number of cases decided was
the largest yet disposed Of by the
court and the record Of the body for
the wear Just closed is regarded as re-
markable in every respect.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
Fifteen DIE IN WRECK.
Accident on Milwaukee Railway Was
FrighfuI Disaster.

Accident on Milwaukee Railway Was
Frighful Disaster.
A special from Marshalltown, Ia,
says: Thursdays developments
showed that fifteen persons were kill
ed and forty injured in the: freight
wreck on the Milwaukee road Wednes-
day afternoon. OF the injured two or
three cannot recover.
1t is thought rSssible that more bod
les may be found as the wreckage has
has not yet been entirely cleared
away. The dead are: S. Dana Marc
keis, Perry, engineer Of the way
freight; F. NJ. Braman, Perry, engin-
eer. gravel train; Thomas Casey, Wor-
cester, Mass, laborer,. work Train;
Jack Richardson, Dan Sullivan, Pat
rick Sullivan, Frank Ray, laborers.
work train, residence unknown; eight
unidentified laborers, four taken from
the wreck Wednesday afternoon and
four not found until Thursday morn
ing. Among th> injured Is Henry
Blackwood, Of Bellevue, KY.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
HANNA IN NEW ROLE.

Wants to be Apostle Of Peace in War;
fare of Labor and Capital.
Senator Hanna in an address at Ur-
bana, Ohio, Wednesday afternoon de-
clared that his mission in life is to
promote peace between labor and cap
ital, and that he would retire from
the senate at the close of his term to
promote that mission. Senator Hanna
said:
81 feel encouraged, that if my mis-
sion in life is to do good in this direc-
ton in which I have enlisted, 1t gives
me more hope aDd more courage to go
on"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
BIG PLANT TAKEN IN.
Oldest shipbuiIding Company Sells
Out to the Trust,

Oldest shipbuiIding Company Sells
Out to the Trust.
The shipbuildlng plant of the Har.
Ian & Hollirgsworth company at vii.
mington, Del, covering so acres OF
ground, was sold Monday night to the
United States Shipbuilding Company,
a syndicate in which IS represented
by shipbuilding plants Of Lewis Nix
on at Elijah bethport, N. j.; the Neafe
& Levin company, of Philadelphia;
the San Francisco iron works, the
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
and several other minor shipbuilding
plants throughout the country, for a
consideration of s1,500,0OO.
The Harlan & Hollingsworth COM
pany has been in. existence for sixty
years, and it was the first shipbuild-
ing establishment to turn out an iron
steamship in the United States, and
since that time the company has built
vessels for all parts Of the globe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
PROFESSOR BURNED IN EFFIGY.
Gang of covington Boys Have Fun
Which Older Citizens Condemn.

Gang of covington Boys Have Fun
Which Older Citizens Condemn.
At Covington, Ca, Wednesday night
a crowd of boys made two straw men,
one representing negro and the other
representing Professor Sledd. The two
dummies were set up in a wagon show
ing Professor S!edd with his arms
around the negro and were carried all
over the town. Quite a crowd collect
ed in front of the court house, where
the effigies were burned at 10 o'clock.
When the fact that the professor had
been burned in efigy became generally
known, the action was universally con-
demned by the older citizens OF the
town, despite the fact that they greatly
disapprove of the statements that Pro-
fessor Sledd made in his article.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
JUSTICE GRAY RESIGNS.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Fills Vacancy

oliver Wendell Holmes Fills Vacancy
On U. S. Supreme Court Bench.
A special from Oyster Bay. N. Y,
says: President Roosevelt late Mon
day announced that he had appointed
Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, chief
Justice of the supreme court of Massa-
chusetts, to be an associate justice OF
the supreme court of the United
States. vice Justice Gray, resigned.
The resignation of Justice Gray was
due to i'll health. Several months ago
he suffered stroke of appoplexy'
which some time later was followed
by another.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
GREENE.GAYNOR CASE.

FugItives Are Again Remanded by
Judge Of Quebec Court.
Messrs. Gaynor and Greene appear,
ed before Judge Canron in the supe'
rior court at Quebec Saturday and
were again remanded. Judge Canron
informed counsel that on Wednesday
he would render judgment on the mo-
tions of the United States govern
ment to dismiss the habeas corpus
proceedings. Should the writs be
dismissed the cases against the pris-
oners for extradition will be heard
IN their merits
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-14
Novel Evasion Of Pistol Law.

NOvel Evasion OF FloSos Law.
The report, originating in Spar
tanburg, is going the rounds that clev-
er dealers throughout the state have
hit upon an ingenious way of evading
the new pistol law which went into
effect on July i. By recent act OF
the legislature, it is against the law
to sell or offer for sale pistol less
than 20 inches in length and weighing
less than three pounds. The legisla-
tors thought this measure would prove
effective in abolishing the pistol to
ting" habit. But dealers have taken
advantage of the fact that the act
does not specify against the rental or
leasing of the weapon, and this may
prove the undoing of the object de-
sired. A Spartanburg hardware deal
er has inserted the following adVer-
tisement in one of the local papers:
"The new pistol law prohibits the
sale of pistols. Call at my store and l
will rent you one for any length OF
time"
The usual time for which a weapon
is leased or rented is ten years, and a
pistol worth $40 is transferred to the
lessee for that length of time.
There seems to be a mutual under
standing on the part of the dealer
and purchaser that the weapon is not
to be re-transferred even at the expi
ration of the lease, and the transac
ton in the first deal settles the mat
ter.