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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
GROWERS PLAIN TALK.
Cleveland Declares He Will Never
Again Accept Nomination for
President at Hands Of Party.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland has
sent the following letter to the editor
of The Brooklyn Eagle:
princeton, November 35.-MJ Dear
McKelway: have wanted for long
time to say something which l think
should be said to you before others.
You can never know how grateful
I am for the manifestation OF kindly
feeling toward me on the part OF my
countrymen, which your iniliative has
brought out. Your advocacy in The
Eagle of my nomination for the presi-
dency came to me as a great surprise,
and it has been seconded in such man.
ner by democratic sentiment that con-
flicting thoughts Of gratitude and duty
have caused me to hesitate as TO- the
time and manner of declaration on
my part concerning the subject-lt
such a declaration should seem necess-
sary or proper.
I'm the midst Of it all and in full
view of every consideration presented,
have not for a moment been able,
nor am now able, 70 open my mind
to the thought that, in any circum-
stances or upon any consideration, |
should ever again become the nominee
CT my party for the presidency.
my determination not to do so is
unalterable and conclusive.
"This you at least ought to know
from me, and should be glad If the
Eagle were made the medium OF its
conveyance to the public. Very sim
cerely yours,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
''St. Clair ,McKelway, LID, Brooklyn,
N. Y"
The Brooklyn Eagle, to the editor OF
which Mr.. CIeveland's letter was ad'
dressed, announced that the support
it had given Mr.. Cleveland for the
democratic presidential nomination
would now be given 70 alton B: Par
ker, at present CHEZ judge of the court
of appeals of New York state.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
REWARD FOR LYNcHERS.
Governor Of Alabama Determined to
Stop Work Of 'Mobs in the State.

Governor Of Alabama Determined to
Stop Work Of Mobs in the State.
The governor of Alabama Friday al
ternoon again showed that he is deter
mined to stop lynching in the state by
Offering a reward o. s40o for the arrest
and delivery of the white men who
lynched Tom Patton, white citizen
Of Choctaw county.
Patton stood well in his community.
He was arrested for assault with IN.
tent to murder Alb Smith, aGwhite man.
Constable Clark Cooper arrested Pat.
ton and carried him to the home OF
Justice Buckalow for his preliminary
hearing. Cooper stayed in the room
that night with Patton. About IL
o'clock several white men broke in anu
took Patton away from Cooper. This
was In January. .s
They disappeared with Patton and
Patton was never heard Of until about
two months ago, when his bones were
found in the woods nearby. 1t is learn
ed that several men were in the party,
but evidence could not be procured
that would convict them. The reward
Is offered mainly to get evidence to
convict these men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
Ex-Captain Of Engineers Re-
leased from Prison.
SERVED FIVE-fEAR TERM
Met at Gates by Uncle and Took Train
for chicaeo-May Now Begin
Fight for Seized
Property.

A few minutes before o'clock last
Saturday morning Oberlin NJ. Carter,
ex-captain of engineers, walked out
of the portals of the federal prison al
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a free man.
At the gate he was met by his un'
Gle, L. D. Carter, and Immediately
driven in a hack to the uunion depot,
and boarded train for Chicago. This
last movement was a ruse to throw
the newspaper men, whom ne Wlsheo
above all things to avoid, on the track
Carter was sentenced to five years
Imprisonment by courtmartial for
alleged frauds in connection with the
Savannah, Ca, harbor improvements.
With Carriers release there will be-
gin, doubtless, what will be a long
legal fight for the possession of cash
and securities amounting to more than
half million. the money he was con-
victed of having obtained by consplr-
acy with Benjamin D. Greene and
John F. Gaynor, from the government
which gave him his education and
position of honor and competence
during his life or good behavior. The
actual amount of Carriers share IN
these ill-gotten gains has been found
to be some s722,000, Of which he spent
$l5l.000 in his defense before the
courtmartial that convicted him. The
government is in possession by seiz-
ure of about s500000, located and at
taci,ed by District Attorney Marion
Erwin, of the southern district Of
Georgia now also assistant to the at
torney general for the purposes OF this
litigation, while some $4,000 still re.
mains hidden, and with which Carter
Will no doubt, make his fight for the
half million, II he can lay his hands
on it without discovery by the United
States officials.
The burden of proof is on the gov
ernnent, it is, true, to show that the
property seized is that which Garter
acquired as the proceeds of his con.
spiracy to defraud the government;
but Mr. Erwin says she has followed
the cash and securities so seized step
by step, and is able TO present conclu.
siye proof that they re- present. money
which came direct from the United
States treasury, or, to be more accur-
ate, from the United States sub-treas.
ury in New York city, since that IS
where Carter's checks were payable.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
FINED ON PEoNAGE CHARGE.

Judge Speer, Of Federal Court, As
sesses Georgians $1,000.
In the United States court at SaVan.
nah, Ga, Edward j., Frank and Will
liam McRee, of Valdosta, entered
plea of guilty TO thirteen, indictments
charging them with peonage. Judge
Emory Speer sentenced them to pay a
fine Of $1,000 in two Of the cases aod
suspended sentence on the others. The
fines will be paid.
w. E. Crawley and T. ]. MeClelland,
who were indicted with the AcRees,
gave bond for their appearance to an
swer the charges.
In sentencing the McRees, Judge
Speer delivered them a lecture in
which he said that in discussing the
race question in the south some talk
wildly and extravagantly Of the shot
gun policy, but they do not represent
the gentlemen Of the south.
Judge Speer stated, not from the
bench, but later, that his reference 10
the shot gun policy not representing
the feelings of southern gentlemen was
directed at the utterances Of Senator
Tillman in Savannah last Friday night.
The senator said that the solution OF
the race problem might lead to the
shot gun in South Carolina.
After fning the McRees, Judge Speer
met them in his private Office and told
them that under the law and in face
of their pleading guilty he could have
fined them s26o.ooo and given them IS
years in the United States prison. The
defendants said they realized that
when they entered the plea, but believ.
ed he would temper Justice with
mercy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
Eca-PELTlNG PROVES COSTLY.

:. -
ErstwhiIe Candidate seaweII Awarded
Verdict Against seaboard.
The North Carolina supreme court
has dismissed the petition to rehear
the Seawell case. This afirms this
notable case.
seawell gets nearly $4,000 damages
from the Seaboard Air Line because
while he was in its station at Shelby
having purchased ticket and being
about to take train, he was pelted
with eggs, the conpany's agent not IN.
terfering to prevent, but encouraging
the attack.
Seawell was at the time the repubh.
can and populist nominee for lieuten-
ant governor. He had just made
political speech at Shelby.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
Sehwab Accused of Trying to
Purchase Lewis Nixon.
ATTORNEYS ALLEGATION
Hearing in Notorious Ship Building
Trust Case is Resumed at New
York With Usual
Sensations.

Testimony Ll a sensational nature
was introduced at the United States
ship building hearing, which was re-
sumed at New York Tuesday.
During the course OF his redirect
examination of Lewis Nixon, PRESIDENT
of the ship building company, Mr.. I'm
termeyer, counsel for the compiainants,
brought out from Nixon the state
ment that Of the s5,OOO,000 additional
stock issued when the company was
reorganized to take in the Bethlehem
company, $1,O00,Oo0 went to Max Pam,
Mr.. Schwab's counsel, and Sl,COO,0oo
each to Mr.. Nixon, Mr.. Dresser and the
Trust Company OF the Republic, leav-
ing $1,OOO,00O. the disposition of which
he did not know. He lid not know
whether Mr.. Schwab obtained it.
It was also brought out that, at the
time the Sheldon reorganization plan
was under consideration, Mr.. SchWab
offered to purchase 100000 bonds,
with the accompanying bonus of 25,-
600 shares common and $4,000 shares
preferred stock, issued to Mr.. Nixon,
for $50, 900, while the market value was
far less than this, Mr. Untermeyer
making the direct charge that this was
in the nature of a bribe to induce Mr..
Nixon to agree to the Sheldon plan OF
reorganization instead of the plan for
an assessment of stock which he has
previously advocated.
The offer was shown in two letters
Of Mr.. Schwab to Joseph H. Hoadley
dated May 26, 1908, copies of which
were introduced in evidence. Mr.
Hoadley. it was testified, had conduct
ed the negotiations with Mr.. schwab
when Mr.. Nixon was enceavoring to
persuade Schwab to accede to the as
sessment plan and had, after the pro-
posal, urged Nixon to accede to the
Sheldon plan. Nixon said that at
Hoadley's request he had done so.
Schwab's letters are as follows:
Providing the United States ship
building reorganization is perfected,
hereby guarantee to take and pay for
100000 of first mortgage bonds of the
United States Ship Building Company
$4,000 shares Of preferred and 25.000
shares Of common stock for the sun
Of seO, 1000. plus interest on said bonds,
on or before December l. 1903. Said
bonds and stocks to be deposited with
Messrs. Mcintyre and Marshall, "A
Broadway, New York, and to be ex
changed for securities of the reorgan'
ICED company as designated by agree
ment issued by the ganfzation
committee. c. NJ. SCHWAB."
Providing the United States Ship
building Company reorganization is
perfected, hereby guarantee to pay
to your order s4O,oooOO0, amount OF
payment which has been made to the
Sheldon syndicate on a subscription OF
100000 made by Lewis Nixon. 1 also
agree to have said subscription placed
to my account and guarantee to have
a complete release isued to said Nixon
/; by said Sheldon syndicate.
CHARLES NJ. SCHWAB."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
RUNClE ON THE STAND.
General Woods Former Confidential


General Woods Former Confidential
Adviser Tells Some Secrets.
The senate committee on military
aHairs Friday heard Major James E.
Rlnie, of Havana, probably the most
witness that will be offered
BY the opponents Of General Leonard
Wood in their attempt to prevent his
confirmation as major general. :
Major Runcie told the committee OF
a dinner at Santiago, Cuba. attended
by himself, General Wood and news
paper man. at which, it is alleged, was
planned the magazine article attacking
Major General Brooke that has figured
conspicuously In the Wood case.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
FREAK YoUNGSTER BORN.

Boy Baby Comes Into the World WITH
Two Necks and Two Heads.
Mrs. William Gillespie, of Philips
burg, w. Va, is the mother of a male
child which has two necks, each
mounted by a perfect head. From the
shoulders down the child was perfectly
normal and fully developed. Each
head had perfect eyes, ears and nor
NAL nose and mouth and apparently
each head had connection with the
lungs perfectly developed; for respira
ton was for a time perfect in each
head. The child did not live long.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
CAROLINA BANK ROBBED.

Five Men Loot Institution at BrunOon.
Only Small Sum Secured.
At an early hour Tuesday morning
at Brunson, S. c., band Of five
white men robbed the bank of that
place.
They held up the watchman, Richard
Youmans, tplored, one. Of the robbers
being placed as guard over him.
Securing tools from a blacksmith
shop near by, the four men made their
way into the bank: They blew open
the safe within the vault, finding 500.
which they took.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
AMERICAS BEAUTY cREMATEp.

Mrs. Bracken Meets Tragic. Death at
Her Home in Tennessee.
At Murfreesboro, Tenn, Mrs. Silas
Brackin was burned to de1th in an out.
building used while their residence
was being remodeled. Mrs. Bracken
was cremated before she could be res
cued by workmen.
Mrs. Braeken was Miss Mae Belle
Gregory before her marriage, and sey.
eral years ago was acknowledged the
most beautiful woman in America in a
contest conducted by q New York
newspaper.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
FATALITIES ON THE eR.DlRoN.

Seventeen Deaths and Scores Of Play.
ers injured During Past Season.
The old question as to whether foot.
ball Is worth the while is being serious.
.ly discussed all over the country again
just as another football season has
come to an end.
During the past season seventeen
persons have been killed and over six.
ty-three others more or less badly in
jured And even this large number OF
injured does not cover the ground. for
many injuries never find their way
into the newspapers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
FOR NOT DOING BUSINESS.

Democrats Attack Republicans-tIouse
Adjoprns Until Tuesday.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house met Friday and adjourned until
Tuesday. The proceedings were mark.
ed by a debate on the motion to ad.
journ over during the course of which
the minority took the republicans to
task for not proceeding to the trans
action of business.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
SPAIN OUT WITH VENEZUELA.

Serious Trouble May Come from Cis
respect Shown Consul.
A Washington dispatch says: Spain
has taken the first step toward
breach Of the relations with Venezuela
The state department has been mott
fed that the former government had
withdrawn the exequateurs of all Ven
ezueIan consuls in Spain.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
QUICK TRIAL FOR BANDITS.

CAGE Of Young Desperadoes at Chicago
Taken Up by Grand jury.
At Chicago, Saturday, while Harvey
Vandine, Peter Neidermeier and Emil
Roeski sat silently in their cells at the
Harrison street police station, the
story Of their crimes were being pre-.
sented to the grand jury.
Following the return Of indictments
it is planned to have the young des-
peradoes brought to immediate trial.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
Seeks Railroad Franchise.

Several officials of the new railroad
from Pensacola, Fla. ia Memphis.
Tenn. are urging the Pensacola city
council to pass the franchise granting
the new route privileges. Those head.
Ing the enterprise are President Ches.
ter A. Pond. General Manager Seely
Dunn, Chief Engineer H. p. Farrar
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
POWELL REFUSES RECOGNITION
United States viii Net MeddIe with
Dominican Affairs.

United States Minister Powell has
refused to acknowledge the provisional
government of San Domingo and also
denied its demand for the withdrawal
of Former Finance Minister Galvan,
who, with Judge George G. Gray, Of
Delaware, had been appointed to arbi-
trate the Santo Domingo Improvement
Company.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
MANY. CRIMES CONFESSED.
Rex Bandit Convicts Self that Mother
May Obtain Rewards.

May 00tdlu nS"otASs
Peter Neidermeiar, one OF the mem
bers Of the quartette of young bandits,
IN prison at Chicago, in another con-
iesston, made Sunday, added several
more crimes to the long list already:
charged against him and his compan.
ions. With parental love uppermost
in his mind, Neidermeier offered to
tell of score of train hold-ups, bur
glaries and other crimes. that he has
committed, if the rewards offered will
only be given to his mother. He was
given this assurance.
A few of the additional crimes he
claims to have participated in are as
follows:
Robbery of the Illinois Central limit,
ed express at Paducah, KY, In which
Barnes, one Of the robbers, cut his
throat while surrounded in a swamp.
The others escaped.
4Hold-up Of stage coach a mile from
Butler, Nevada, two years ago, and
robbery Of the mails. No one was shot,
and the robbers escaped without recog.
milton. -a.-. ....-, s.~>--ss. ---u-.l
Hold-up and robbery of Chicago and
Northwestern passenger train near
Boone, Iowa, six months ago.
Hold up and attempted robbery OF
Baltimore and Ohio train at Edgemoor.
Ind. four years ago. ,:.. ...--...
Minor hold-ups and robberies in and
out OF Chicago were mentioned by Mel.
dermeier
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
MORE OF WOODS WORK.
5elIiaerent Moros Again Put t. Roxt
by Americans

"a Manila special says: General
Wood captused the Moros in the hills
Of Jolo, north of Taglibi On the goth
of November and destroyed the earth
works they had thrown up there.
Private Martin Brennan, Of the
Fourteenth Cavalry was killed during
the engagement and two privates were
wounded, one seriously. The loss on
the Moro side is known to have been
Is, probably more. as the ground Is
covered with brush and bodies are
hard to find.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
HELD WHITE MAN SLAVE.

Alabama Farmer Bound Over on Most
Sensational Charge.
G. D. McElvain, a white farmer. o;
Geneva county, Ala, was bound over
by United States Commissioner Tut
wiler, of Troy, under bond OF $500 or
a charge Of reonase.
It is said he held white man, Tom
Berry. in a condition Of peonag.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-03
SOCIALISTS AGAINST LYNcHiNG.
Maniffso Of Protest Issued by Interna
tlonai Bureau Of Order.

tlonai Bureau Of Order.
The international socialist bureau
st Brussels, Belgium. has issued g
manifesto protesting against the lynch
ing of negroes in the United States
and urging the American working peo
pie not to permit the governing classes
10 divert their attention from the so
cial question by encouraging racial
war.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-09-04
TO KEEP UP PRICES
Latest Organization Among Farm.
ers Much Like a Trust.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EQUITY
Organization Proposed to Maintain
Prices of Farm Products by With.
holding Them From Market-out.
line Of Its Work.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Sept. 4.-The
American Society of Equity, the new
farmers organization intended to main
tain prices Of agricultural products, is,
as its name indicates, national in its
scope. Headquarters, called the Ma
tional Union, are established in Indian.
apolis and It Is proposed to organize
branches called local unions In every
school district. AS a medium Of com.
munication between headquarters and
the members an official paper is pub
lished.
The affairs of the society are regu.
'ated by board Of directors made up
CT experts on various agricultural mat
tiers. Every member becomes crop
reporter to the National Union, which,
In turn reports crops and markets to
the members and gives advice about
prices. marketing, etc.
The first object as soon as the So
ciety Is sufficiently developed will be
10 fix a minimum price on each crop
as soon as harvested. This will be
made equitable on the basis of produc-'
ton anu consumption, and will prevail
Until another crop is raised. This min
imum price will be augmented by
small increase each month to equal
skrinkage, interest, etc., which will go
to those farmers who hold their crops
back so as to always keep the market
in a seeking condition.
It Is claimed by the organizers that
American farmers who represent the
surplus of any crop can make the mar
I ct price in this country and on staple
Ct ops throughout the world. Consid-
ering the great number of farmers who
will join this society, large number,
they say, can refuse to abide by the
orders of the board Of directors and
still there will be enough left to con-
troll the surplus at all times. The part
that makes the price on the whole
and the minimum price will be main.
tanned.
The promoters Of this farmers
trust" see in 1t not only profitable re-
suits to agriculture, but a solution Of
thf labor problem; the removal OF the
desire on the part of the boys to leave
the farm, and the making of farming
a preferred profession. 1t will, they
.ay, restore value to land, encourage
he Improvement of farm homes and
make, In short, rural America para
lise.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-09-04
Tilted Lover Shot Himself.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 4.-Frank
Carly, a young man scarcely 10 years
Of age, lies probably MORALLY wound
ed on one of the cots in Harper hos.
rital, whispering the name of the
young girl who is said to have Tilted
him a short time ago. Carty's rash
deed was committed shortly after
o'clock last night, when he was re-
fused admittance to the home of F.
w. Burnett, the father of Lottie Bur.
nett, the young girl with whom he was
enamored. The young man upon be-
ing turned away stepped into the
street, drew the revolver and fired,
the bullet lodging in his stomach. Mr..
Burnett is quite Indifferent to the rash
deed Of the young man, but 1t is
learned that the daughter is pros
trated with grief
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-09-04

George b. Morley, president of the
Saginaw Second National Bank, is be-
ing urged by friends to become candi-
date for the republican nomination for
State treasurer He stands well with
the business iI,f ests of the state and
would prov ate
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-09-04
HUNDREDS DROWNED.
Terrible Floods In China Result eff Z
Cioudburst.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. 3.-Advices by
the steamer Hyades, from Japan. in
clude an interview with Count Kat&i-
IA, premier Of Japan, in which he cot-
plains Of japan not having carried dht
the Seuol-Fusan railway, work ad.
vocated by him but opposed as being
a purely military expediency. Russia,
on the other hand, he said, had built
the Chi4ese Eastern railway and car.
ried out great military works in ST.
IBERIA at enormous expense. He did
rot advocate war, but was prepared to
protect Japan's interests in Korea and
would not shrink from precipitating
war II these interests were infringed.
Further advices from Chefoo state
that the loss Of life there az a result of
the cloudburst and floods was greater
than reported. Over GOO bodies we're
recovered, one being that of an Amer
lean bluejacket The loss in the
Chinese part of the city exceeded two
million dollars.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-09-04
Finding Oil at Monroe.

Monroe. Mich, Sept. 4.-Some years
ago well was dug on the Potter farm
southeast Of Erie, this county. For
The past three years gas has been used
n the Potter house from the well, and
last month oil filled the pipes. The
fow of gas ceased. Fifteen barrels of
oil were pumped, when the apparatus
broke. Pumping will be resumed
soon. Another vein of oil was found
in the well being dug on the Navarro
farm, one mile southeast of Monroe.
Everybody in the neighborhood is get
ting excited.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-09-04
Money For Storm Sufferers.

Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 3.-Ths
governor announced Wednesday to a
delegation OF Tranan planters Mr..
Chamberlain's approval of the pro-
posal that the Colonial bank should
issue loan of s250O00 on government
security in aid of the estates which
suffered the greatest devastation by
the recent cyclone. The governor also
foreshadowed extensive relief works
to be established by the government
to provide labor for the unemployed
and destitute. The colonists are dis
satisfied with the attitude. Of the i'm.
ferial authorities, but regard the
measures authorized as simply tenn.
porary.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-09-04
Honors RsquIsitIon For Thomas.

Lansing, Mich, Sept. 4.-Charies
Thomas. a colored man, who has been
in jail in Detroit for the past three
weeks, will be taken back to Georgia
to, answer to charge Of murder, Gov.
ernor Bliss Thursday afternoon hav-
ing decided to honor the reQuisition
for him. The reQuisition will not be-
come effective, however, until satur-
day night, as a slight defect In the
papers is to be corrected, necessitating
Q few days delay