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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
CONGRESS RESUMES BUSINESS
Lively Tilt Between Speaker Hender.
son and Bartlett, of Georgia.
Senate Routine.

A Washington special says: Con.
gress resumed its session Monday af-
ter the holiday recess. A lively in
cident occurred in the house when
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia,
rebelled against Speaker Henderson's
refusal to recognize him and lie gave
the speaker some warm talk.
The general army staff bill was un-
der discussion and Hull, of Iowa, had
the floor. Mr.. Bartlett arose to ask
him question and Mr.. Hull paused
to hear him. After Mr.. Bartlett arose,
Warner, a republican, of illinois,
arose. Speaker Henderson was at
tempting to recognize Warner, but
Hull interrupted to say he had yield
ed to Mr.. Bartlett.
'The gentleman from Georgia has
not asked for recognition" said the
speaker. 'The gentleman from Illi-
nois will proceed"
down the aisle, highly indignant.
Il ask for recognition" he cried,
"and 1 don't propose to be criticised
by the speaker in any such manner"
"The gentleman will be seated" Or
dered Henderson.
Il will not be seated replied Bart
lett. II asked fol recognition and de-
mand it,"
The speaker grew red in the face,
hesitated in confusion, while a MUIR
muir Of approval for Bartlelt's nervy
stand went over the house.
Finally the speaker wilted.
"The gentleman from Georgia will
proceed" he said benignedly.. 'The
speaker apologies for not hearing
him ask for recognition"
Mr.. Bartlett, thereupon, went back
to his seat and proceeded to discuss
the bill with Mr.. Hull.
The Georgian is the only man in
congress who has rebelled strenuous
ly against Henderson's decisions:
The scene recalled the days OF Reeds
rulings.
AS soon as the senate met Tues
day, Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts,
gave notice that he would address the
senate Tuesday on his antitrust bill.
Senator Lodge introduced a bill
suspending for period of 80 days the
duties on coal imported into the
United States.
Senator Mason, Of Illinois, intro
duced a bill to provide for temporary
operation Of coal mines. 1t provides
that hereafter, whenever any coal
mine is imperative and continues to
be imperative to the prejudice of the
rights of the people, it shall be the
duty of the attorney general to ap-
ply to any Judge of a United States
court for a receiver for che mine and
operate same.
Mr.. Culberson, of Texas, introduced
joint resolution providing for the
admission of anthracite coal free Of
duty. He said there was great
scarcity Of coal and this would tend
to relieve the people who now were
suffering for fuel.
He asked for immediate considera-
ton of the resolution, but Mr.. Platt,
of Connecticut, objected, saying there
was no duty on anthracite coal. Mr..
Vest, Of Missouri, denied this state
ment, saying the construction Of the
law was such as to impose duty.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Fertilizer Sales Increase.

According to estimates made by
freight officials in Charleston. the
movement of fertilizers out or that
city this season will be the greatest on
record. The increase is variously es-
timated, although conservative figures
will. doubtless, show an increase of 20
per cent This will bring the total
shipments up to 100000 tons, or about
$4,000 cars. The movement has al
ready begun, and as the business has
to be handled in a limited period, the
Southern railway and the Atlantic
Coast Line will be taxed to their ut
most to get it shipped promptly to the
interior.
Shippers declare that the increase
in the fertilizer trade is an undoubted
indication that farmers in the interior
will plant larger cotton crop than
heretofore. The sale OF fertilizers is
the best possible index to the cotton
acreage, and this being the case there
will be more acres in cultivation than
for many years past.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
ANOTHER FOOL WOMAN'S ACT.

Liberate Prisoners from Je;I and
Elopes With One of Them.
A special to the Birmingham News
from Oneonta, Ala, says that during
Sunday night Miss Eta Alldredge,
daughter of the sheriff, liberated two
prisoners, Louis Gurley, charged with
murder, and Mayburn Murphree, SEN
fenced for adultery.
Miss Alldredge, it is said, accom-
panied one of the prisoners in his
flight, supposed to be Murphree.
The sheriff was absent on business
at the time and his daughter was in
charge Of the jail keys.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
GEORGIA CONVICT HIRE.

Nets State Fifty-One Thousand for
Last Quarter Of 1902.
Secretary Goodloe Yancey, of the
Georgia prison commission, has com
pleted the work of figuring the
amount due the state for the hire of
convicts for the quarter ending De-
cember 81, 1902. The amount due is
$51,287.59
The money derived from this c.,l
lection will go to the school fund.
The amount this quarter is unusually
large, being the second largest
amount to be collected since the pris.
on commission was organized.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
SNDEAvoRERs ENDORSE CHEF.

Head Of Atlanta Police Force Compll.
mented for His Good Work.
The Atlanta, Ca, union Of Christian
Endeavor, representing every Chris
ton Endeavor society in the city,
adopted resolutions, at It's monthly
meeting Friday night heartily indors-
ing the action of Chief Of Police John
W. Ball in maintaining order on
Christmas day, and also strongly in
dorsing him for reelection to the Office
Of chief.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Three Widows Show Up.

Three widows are endeavoring to
obtain damages from the Southern
railway on account of the death Of the
negro, Il bert Simpson, in the wreck
iof the fast mail, No. 35, which occur
.sred in the city limits at Spartanburg
lin the morning of November %.
! Simpsons body was carried to
,Greenville for burial soon after the
wreck, but the body was further re-
moved to PicEens county, where the
!interment took place.
:: Members of well known legal firm
sof Greenville were approached by a
negro woman claiming to oe Simpsons
widow, and application was made by
the lawyer. as a result OF the inter
view, for letters of administration upfn
the estate of the deceased, preparatTy
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
OFF TO AFRlC'S SHORES.

Flfty-Four Negroes Sail from Savan.
nah En- Route to Liberia.
A delegation of negroes bound for
Liberia arrived at Savannah Friday
from Ocilla and Alapaha, Ca There
are ffty-four in the party, number
Of entire families being included.
The negroes sailed Saturday on the
steamship Kansas City for New York,
whence they will sail for Liverpool
Ind thence to Monrovia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
BANK VAULT SHATTERED.

Robbers Used Thirteen Charges Of
Dynamite to Get at Cash.
Five men entered the First National
Bank of Abingdon, ILL.,, early Saturday
morning, bound and gagged the night
watchman and blew open the vault,
securing s3,4OO.
Thirteen charges Of dynamite were
exploded before the cash was reached.
The robbers escaped.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
MAKES AN ASSIGNMENT.
Peoples Bank at GAINESVILLE Turns

Peoples Bank at GAINESVILLE turns
Affairs over to Depcsitors.
The Peoples bank of Barnesville
Ca, successor to the Barnesville Saw.
ings bank, which faxed in December,
1901, made an assignment Monday to
E. Rumble and A. A. Murphey.
Under the reorganization plan the
new bank was to take up certificates
to the amount of $4,000 January 1.
This it failed to do. Mr.. Rumble Is
one of the largest depositors Of tha
old bank.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
child's Rody Finally Buried.

child's Body Finally Buried.
The conclusion of a remarkable case
vas reached at Spartanburg last Wed
nesday afternoon in the turial Of little
4-year-oId Vivian Green, who died one
week previously.
The funeral was set for the day af-
ter death, but the father, T. A. Green,
a prominent citizen, became convinced
that there was possibly a spark OF. life
still left in the body of the child, and
accordingly when the time for inter-
ment arrived the father refused to al
low the body to be buried.
The case has been remarkable
one. Instead of the usual rigor mortis
which generally comes on shortly af-
ter death and continues until decom-
position sets in, the body of the child
became perfectly soft and flexible, and
to one unacquainted with her real
condition, it seemed that the body still
supported life. The swelling caused
by the severe burns from which the
child died also largely disappeared.
For one solid week the bow Of white
crepe hung On the front door Of the
fathers house on Church street, near
the business section of the city, while
the body of the little girl had lain with
in snugly and warmly tucked in bed.
The strain upon the fathers mind was
terrible.
Physicians held out no hope what
ever after the child died, but the sus-
picion in the fond fathers mind could
not be eradicated by the physicians,
and Mr.. Green accordingly kept the
body out for week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
"Ruqqy Load" of Whisky.

While on raid in the upper section
Of Greenville county party Of reve-
nue. officers and state constables cap
turea mule, buggy and 1S gallons of
liquor The driver of the mule saw
the officers in time to make his escape,
leaving the team in the road.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
SAN JUAN MAYOR ARRESTED.

Charged With Alleged Extensive Steal
Ing and EmbezzIements.
The mayor of San Juan, Porto Rico,
Manuel Egozcue, has been arrested
and is held on $4,000 bail on the
charge, made by Insular Official In
spector Hoist, of destroying the rec
ords of the city water receipts, which
constituted the only evidence Of al
legged extensive reculatious and en-
bezzlements.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
PosTMISTRESs LEAVES TOWN.

It is Thought that Trouble at Indian.
ola is Now Improbable.
Minnie Coke, the colored postmis-
tress of Indianola, Miss, on account
Of whose resignation the government
ordered the postoffe there closed, left
Monday night for Birmingham, Ala,
accompanied by her assistant. IL is
now thought there is little danger of
further trouble.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
BYRD SCORES A POINT.

Has Affidavit Of Doctors that He Uses
No Drugs.
News comes from Atlanta that Gen.
eral Phil G.. Byrd, who is being sued
for a total divorce by his wife, is not
addicted to the use Of morphine, CO.
caine, or any other drug, according to
two Of the most reputable physicians
n Atlanta.
AS soon as the divorce proceedings
were made public and it was alleged
that General Byrd used drugs, he i'm
mediately underwent an examination
by physicians in order to prove that he
did not use drugs Of any sort.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
MAYOR HOWELL INSTALLED.
AtIanta's New MunsaI Regime En-.
ter Upon Terms of Office.

Atlantas New Mun&sal Regime En-
ter Upon Terms Of Office.
Mayor Evan P. Howell succeeded
former Mayor Livingston Minis as
mayor Of Atlanta Monday night. Two
new aldermen and seven new coun.
cilmen entered upon their terms OF
Office and two aldermen and seven
councilmen retired with Major Minis.
The closing session of the old coun.
Gil and the opening session OF the new
council were lar. ly attended and the
occasion was one OF considerable in.
terest
Mayor Minis delivered his valedic.
tory in which he reviewed the his.
tory of the city administ1 alton for the
past two years and Mayor Howell
made an inaugural address, in which
he outlined the policy of the city for
the next two years.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
GERMAN MARINES LANDED.
PopuIace of Porto CaheIIo Given a
Temporary Fright.

The Germans suddenly landed q
force of marines at Porto Cabello,
Venezuela, Saturday morning and took
possession of the custom house and
wharves before resistance could be
offered. The excitement of the inhab-
itants was intense, and they prepared
to defend the rest OF the town.
Streets already had been barricaded
when it was announced that the land
ing Of the Germans. was only move
ment taken in order to clear the port
of small craft and render the block
ade more effective.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
BUCKS REMAINS EN- ROUTE.

Body of Dead Minister Will Reach
Washington Last of Month.
The remains of Col. A. E. Buck,
United States minister to Japan, who
died very suddenly of heart disease
while hunting, will reach Washington,
D. c., the last of this month and will
be inferred in Arlington cemetery.
The letter containing the above In.
formation was received Thursday
morning by Clerk O. c. Fuller, Of the
district court of the United States in
Atlanta,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
MINE HORROR IN RUSSIA.

Fifty-Eieht Lives Lost in Flames Of
Burning Pit.
Advices from st. Petersburg, Rus
sia, state that ffty-eight lives were
lost In the recent fire in a coal mine
at Barchmut, Ykatorinoslav province.
Eleven men were rescued after hav-
ing been sixty hours in the burned
mines, and twenty-one of the miners
were saved after being five days in the
mine
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
FIRST MESSAGES EXCHANGED.

Honolulu Now Linked by New Cable
With San Francisco.
San Francisco and Honolulu eX-
changed their first word by cable at
11:03 o'clock Thursday night. The
signals were good.
Almost Immediately after commune
cation was established message of
greeting was flashed to President
Roosevelt at Washington. The mes
sage was from Governor Dole.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Victims Of Deadly Toy Guns.

VIctIms Of Deadly Toy Guns.
The list of fatalities from lockjaN
caused by powder burns from toy pis.o
tolls on Christmas at Norfolk, Va, in.
creased by two Friday, and has reach.
ed total Of six, while several other.
children are being treated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
[, SOUTH CAROLINA
! STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Unknown Men Did lynchinq.

The coroner's inquest over the bodies
of Oliver Wideman and his wife, lynch
ed for the murder Of W. K Jay, found
verdict that they came to their death
at the hands of unknown persons.
None Of the lynchers were masked.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
TOWN is STILL SINKING.

cave.In at oyphant Continues and
Great Alarm Seizes PopuIace.
Just before noon Saturday another
fall of earth enlarged the big cave-in
at Alyphant, Pa, and removed over
half of the support from beneath the
Evans building, which stands on the
corner of the cavity made by Fridays
cave-in. Several large cracks have ap.
peared on the surface of adjacent
property. Much alarm prevails.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Manila Editor Ia Fined Heavily.

Manuel Range, editor OF Libertas,
Manila newspaper, has been sentenced
to six months imprisonment at hard
labor to pay a fine of $4,000 gold for
ibeling General Bell.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
New Industries Reported.

The ,Tradesman Chattanooga re-
ports the following new industries in
South Carolina for the past week:
Darlington, s1,OOO,OO0 cotton oil COM
pany: Charleston, extensive oyster
cannery; Mullins, $4,000 hardware
company; Florence, tobacco factory;
Walterboro, $4,000 iron works; Mount
Pleasant, medicine factory; Conway,
tobacco company.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
LOOMS SUCCEEDS HILL.

Considerable Changing Around Seized.
In Diplomatic Services.
DR.. David Jayne Hill, first assistant
secretary of state, will relinquish that
post this month obecome United
States minister to Switzerland. He
will be succeeded as first assistant by
Francis B. Loomis, at Lisbon. Mr..
LOOMS will be succeeded at Lisbon
by Charles Pag eBryan, who has been
confirmed as minister to Switzerland.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
After Shore Terminal Property.

+.
Negotiations are pending in Charles
ton by which the Southern railway
and the Atlantic Coast Line will take
over the East Shore Terminal rail
way property, running along the water
front, and operate it as part Of their
system.
Heretofore this terminal concern has
been conducted independently, and as
a result excessive port charges have
been added. Bust "ss people ave
raised the contention that with this
link merged with the greater lines, ter
minal charges would be wiped out in
such a decisive manner that more
business would be handled through the
port.
r. G. Erwin, president OF the At
lantic Coast Line, who was in the city
few days ago, held conference
with William E. Huger, receiver Of the
East Shore, and while declining to
make any statement, = is known that
he visited Charleston to take the first
step toward the accomplishment of the
consolidation. J. M. Culp, vice presi-
dent of the Southern railway, has been
or similar mission, and it is expect
ed that formal announcement of the
change will be made forthwith. The
bonds Of the East Shore company are
owned by the Atlantic Coast Line and
the Southern, the former company
owninssa two-thirds interest by virtue
Of its purchas eof the Plant system.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

A Little Rock paper says the
next legislature will probably
pass an act providing for the
construction of new state house,
and that all power in the matter
will be taken from the governor
OF the state. We're agin' any
such arbitrary pr oceedings. Just
think of such an important thing
happening within the common
wealth without the governor hav-
ing held a hand--a checking
hand. The very idea is obnox-
ious to the rock-ribbed, never
swerving democracy of the state
and will not be tolerated even for
half a moment. u
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

Senator Jobe of Hampstead
county does not believe the me-
gro children should be educated
by tax raised from white tax-pay-
ers. This is a narrow view of
the situation. The negro is in
the south to stay, and the white
Taxpayers are willing to con-
tribute to his education, and in
this way will continue to cheer
fully aid in the betterment of the
colored race. But sometimes il
does appear that it is all a waste
OF money and good intentions,
for the black race, in all parts Of
the country, seems determined to
advance like the Irish private
backward.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

A negro was lynched in Pitts
burg, Kan, yesterday by an
infuriated mob for the alleged
murder Of a policeman. If 1t
were possible to mention each
case where northern mobs punish
negroes for various crime it could
be easily demonstrated that
according to the negro population
in these northern states, more Oh
them suffer at the hands OF the
mob than in the south, There
are more negroes in the south
and more crimes committed by
that race than in the north Inc
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

Senator James K. Jones says a
lot of his newspaper enemies
know more about the personnel
of the Isthman canal commission
than he does. To be sure. The
average one Of the senator's
newspaper critics, by comforting
with the chief mogul in the Ar
kansas bat-cave, can discover
what Is going to happen next
week, next fall, or any other old
time. It's good thing, we are
beginning TO see, for a newspaper
individual to stand in with the
administration.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

tendency of the north is to deal
with the negro speedily when
any crime is committed by him.
In the south it is more likely that
a trial at law would have been
accorded the negro lynched IN
Kansas yesterday. The difference
has been brought about here oy
q constant war on mob violence
through the newspapers, while in
the north the press endeavorS to
exouse that section by drawing
comparisons with the conditions
IN the south. Demo-
cart.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02
NEWS OF OUR NEl6HG0RS.

The Batesville cotton yards
have handled 5000 bales this
season.
VIM. Montgomery, aged At,
expired at Hoxie while leaning
against the depot.
Pocahontas is organizing a
company to put in an electric
light and power plant.
The button factory at Black
Rock works eighty hands and
runs part Of each night.
Saloon license in Newport fol
the year 1903 has been fixed al
So, 800, payable in advance each
quarter.
Two blind tigers were discov-
cred at Devero, a new town In
Baxter county, and the owners
fined $50 each.
Paul Horton, a Mt. Home lad,
was painfully hurt while playing
with a toy cannon, which ex-
ploded, last week.
The Presbyterian ladies OF
Walnut Ridge have succeeded in
raising funds sufficient to install
a new organ in their church.
1t is understood that nothing
further will be done towards the
construction Of the Federal build
ing at Batesville until winter is
over.
Two Lawrence county convicts
received pardons from GOV. Jen
Davis. They were Henry Theis
and Ed Welsh, both convicted OF
grand larceny.
W. r. Lane was severely
burned about the face by hot
mash at the Walnut Ridge dis
tillery. A plug flew out of a cask
and he received the benefit Of
the accident,
The Newport cotton fire suit
was finished in the circuit court
Saturday night, the trial having
lasted eleven days. The plaintiff
insurance companies got a ver-
dict for S15,250 against the Iron
Mountain railroad company. The
amount sued for was S31, 900.
The railroad company will ap-
peal.-Batesville Bee.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

Gov-elect Bailey of Kansas,
who received letters from a thous-
and women proposing marriage,
has declined all the proposition S
and announced that he will re-
main a bachelor. Gov. Bailey
must be woefully hard to please.
No doubt a thousand women pro-
nounce him an old duffer.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

The Arkansas legislature will
soon throw open its doors for the
transaction of business and the
exercise of the lusty-lunged, pa
triotic legislator. Let US hope it
will get through amending the
digest and adjourn within a hun
bred and ninety days at least
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

A majority of the papers OF the
state are saying that John Ike
Moore Of Phillips county will be
speaker of the lower house of
tic no1,5s AEA4a.;,&.. loe..3lGtuI2, :,
and that Joe Short of Fulton
county will preside over the sem
ate. Is it possible that our anti
trust chief executive will allow
two valiant morphine quirters to
do the hGnors in the next senate
and house?
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

More charges have been pre-
forred against Gen. Powell Clay
ton. It seems as if even this
would stop some time Of neoeS'
sitv, for hasn't Gen. Powell been
charged with everything under
the sun?
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

1t is announced that a bill has
been prepared for introduction in
the next general assembly of Ar
kansas providing for the estab-
lishment of a reform school for
Juvenile criminals. This is a
measure that should meet the
approval of all the lawmakers.
The state is now amply able to
maintain such an institution.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02

OF course Col. Bryan will not
again accept the democratic nom
ination for pgesident-not unless
he can get it.
Sharp County record., 1903-01-02
#OEFICIHL
Stale.

,Governor.-JEFF DAVIS; ~ oo
eretary of State'-J' W. CHo0-
1Iditor.-T. c. MONROE:
Atty. Genoral.-G, W, MURPHY
1reasuror.-H. C. TIPToE'
Comnigsioner State Lands-F. E.
CoNwAY.
Commissioner Of Agriculture
HIT. BRADFORD.
6uperintendent Public Instruction
-. H. HINFMON.
en- re5Si onal.
Member of Congress End District.
s.. BRUNDIDGE JR.
Judicial.
Judge Of the 18th Judicial Cir
cuiEJ. W. MEEKs.
Pros. Atty.--P. H, CRENsHAW.
OVniy.
Representativo-H. B, HILL.
County Judge-CALvIN MoBLEY.
Clerk-C. .. RITCHIE.
Sheriff-JAsPER HUTCHINSON.
Treasurer-E. L. DICKERsoN.
Apsessor-W. T. HORN.
6urveyor-G. N. SIMPSON.