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, 1905-10-18
Graft and the Cure
From the Elmer Time.

From the Elmer Times.
Beneath the surface of the charges of
graft made against the big life insur-
ance companies, and back of the fights
against grafters in Philadelphia, Cam
den and other cities, there is a state of
affairs-almost a system-wllich must
be considered. When the big insur-
ance companies have desired legisla-
tion-laws, perhaps, of benefit to every
policy holder and harmful to none,
they have known in advance that a not
inconsiderable number of the legisla-
tors in every state are politicians, who
regard every large corporation and all
combinations of capital as legitimate
objects of spoilation. These honorable
~ legislators say: "If these people
want laws, make them pay for them.o
The big corporations know that they
must fight for what they get whether
it be good or bad, and money is spent
for lobbyists" to sound the law-ma-
kers, among whom will almost invari-
ably be found enough to hold up and
defeat a bill unless the matter is first
fixed to yield them some return either
in cash, stock, position, or by the gift
of something to some of their friends.
In other words, Legislators, who are
reasonably honorable in the business
world outside of politics, are grafters
and sharks Of the worst kind in the
political arena.
Railroad companies, trolley compa-
MES, gas, electric light, water compa-
MES and similar corporations that de-
held up at every turn by politicians,
land owners and others-not usually
for the good of the public, but to feather
their individual pockets. Following
this condition as naturally as water
runs down hill comes the rake off in
public contracts in which politicians
interest themselves.
Where the carrion is, the vultures,
crows and buzzards gather. Thous-
ands of voters share the grafters' feel
ings and will not vote or work for a
party without consideration of some
kind. To keep peace with the voter
and the officers elect, many corpora
tions contribute to the campaign funds
of both parties. 1t is not to be suppo-
sed for q moment that they eheerfully
thus part with the stockholders mon
ey, but they are held up if they do not,
just as surely as is the man whose mon
ey is demanded at pistols point by a
highway robber. The remedy, we
fancy, is not near at hand. Sporadic
attempts at reform may gradually en-
Tighten public sentiment and the peo-
pie grow to a higher level in their ideas
and practices. Nothing short of such
a general elevation of public sentiment
will cure the evils which gnaw at the
very root of municipal, state and ma
tional life. The evil is grounded in the
selfishness of mankind, and only a
partial elimination of this selfishness
will effect a cure.
RefOrmers must continue to batter
against the fortress of political graft
from the foundation up. Evil practi-
ces exposed help the reform work, but
eternal vigilance will be the price of
permanent victory if it is ever won.
Enforcible laws will never be far in
advance of public sentiment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
HEAT WAVE is BROKEN.
Before Relief Came to Long Suffering
New Workers Nearly Two Hundred
Deaths Were Recorded.

With the thermometer reaching q
maximum of only sc degrees Thurs-
day, there was a general relief in New
York and surrounding cities from the
withering heat OF Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Normal summer weather
prevailed throughout the day. During
Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
total Of $4,000 persons slept on the
park lawns, according to reports re-
ceived by the park commissioner.
Although the heat wave is evidently
a thing of the past, the effect OF the
recent high temperature and humidity
was still apparent during Thursday.
Up to II o'clock p. m. twenty-five
deaths had been reported in Manhat.
tan and Brooklyn, with several others
reported in Jersey City and nearby
towns. The prostrations numbered IA
addition thirty-five.
The wave of heat which held the
city in it's grasp for more than 3
week caused nearly 200 deaths, seve-
raj times that number OF serious pros
trations and untold sufferings to NIL
lions.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
FREE PASS BILL DEFEATED.

Hall Measure in Georgia House Of
Representatives Lacked Two Votes.
With but two votes needed to send
1t over to the senate, the anti-free
pass bill by Mr.. Hall Of Bibb went
down in defeat in the Georgia house
Friday, because 1t fell barely short Of
the required constitutional majority.
Advocates of the bill declare that
they needed but one vote more to
pass it; that if it had received 81
instead Of sc votes, the vote Of Speak
er Slaton would have made the re-
quired SS, which would have meant
the passage of the bill. Speaker Sla-
ton would give no intimation as to
how he stood, but the friends Of
the measure stated that they had ev-
cry reason to believe that he was with
them and would have so voted.
It was believed for time that the
bill would get 81 votes On its passage,
because that was the vote by which
tue duFCloS lCpOlL VI lAS Sou1ulIISS
of the whole was disagreed to-S7 to
72-and a vote disagreeing to the ad-
verse report of the committee was
almost equivalent to a vote for the
bill.
When the measure came up direct
~ on it's passage, however, the vote
was SO to Y. The vote lost to the
friends Of the bill was that of Mr..
Cureton of Dade, who voted against
the adverse report, and afterwards
voted against the bill.
The vote on the bill was reached
after four days of debate, including a
large amount Of filibustering by its
opponents. Mr.. Hall gave notice that
he would move for a reconsideration.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
YELLOW JACK APPEARS.
Suspicious Cases at New Orleans Dc.
cIared to Be Genuine Disease.
Quarantine Quickly Applied.

Drs. GOldthWait and Moore of the
Mobile board Of health visited New Or.
leans Friday on the invitation of the
Louisiana board of health to investi
gate two cases presenting symptoms
OF yellow fever, and gave it as their
opinion that it was yellow fever, with
the result that the Mobile board OF
health Immediately put On quaran'
tine against passengers and household
goods. There will be no quarantine
against merchandise, as the ship.
ments of that will be under regula.
tions Of the conference Of southern
health boards.
DR.. White of the marine hospital
service has been ordered to the city
to take charge of a detention camp,
which will be located at Avondale,
where travellers can go and remain
five days and then, with a certificate
Of non-infectio1, will be admitted to
any city.
Up to date there has been no au-
topsy, and until that has been held
the state board Of health will not
make any announcement.
Quarantine against New Orleans
was put on at Mobile Friday after
noon, and quarantine inspectors were
placed On all south bound trains leav-
ing the Alabama city for New Orleans.
A special from Houston, Texas,
says: State Health Officer Tabor Fri
day night issued orders to all roads
having lines between New Orleans
and Texas, positively prohibiting the
entrance of any person from New Or
leans into Texas.
DR.. Tabor will go to New Orleans
to make a further investigation be-.
fore formally declaring a rigid quar-
antine against freight.
According to his information, there
are several cases of yellow fever in
that city. The interdiction OF the
passenger traffic was made effective
Friday night.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
SHERIFF INTERRUPTS LAWYER.
Features Of Trial Of Milton Rawlings
at Valdosta.

Features OF Irial OF Miitoh nA"tih9S
at VaIdosta.
Milton Rawlings made his statement
In the Carter murder cases at Valdos-
ia, Ca, Thursday morning. "A net
work of perjury has thrown me under
the shadow of the gallows," said he,
as he dropped into the witness chair,
Just before the court adjourned for
dinner.
Resuming his story as he could
steady his voice, the prisoner went
through his actions during the day pre-
vious to the heartless slaughter Of the
Carter children, as we'll as his location
on the night of that tragedy. AS he
reared the end of his story, he broke
down completely, and for two OF three
minutes sat a mute obejct Of observa-
ton for the great throng.
The sensational feature OF the after.
noon was the interruption Of the argt
ment by Attorney Smith by sherin
Passmore, when Attorney Smith was
arraigning the NcDonalds, brother'in-'
law ana nephew Of the sheriff.
Attorney Smith asserted there was
Just as much reason to charge the Nc
Donalds with the crime as there was
to put it to the credit OF the Rawl'
ings. "For," said he, ut has been
proven, and proven by the states Wit
nesses at that, that the McDonalds
were there In that yard that night, and
that they bad guns with them"
Sheriff Passmore, kinsman OF the
McDoualds, jumped to his feet In front
Of the court room and declared tdas
the >McDonalds had not been arrested,
because there had been no evidence
warranting that action.
This brought from Mr.. Smith the
declaration: "If there is any one
here who doesn't like it because have
taken 1t upon myself to defend these
prisoners, let them say so. II they
don't like it, let them lynch me; let
them hang me. I have the satisfac'
tion Of knowing that nave done my
duty"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
TOXIC TO WELCOME TAFT.

Secretary and Party Will Be Given
Hearty Reception by Japs.
Extensive preparations are being
made in Toxic for the reception OF
Secretary Taft and party. Beside OF
fetal receptions, imperial and other
wise, the bankers and other influential
associations and societies are appoint
ing reception committees.
All Toxic is inclined to give the
heartiest possible reception to Secre'
tary Taft.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
CHINA IS BUTTiNG IN.

Insists on Being Consulted When the
Peace Proposition Comes Up.
China's Official notification to the
movers that she will not recognize any
ARRANGEMENTS regarding Manchuris
concerning which she has not been
consulted before hand, has reached
Washington.
Before addressing this note to the
neutral powers, China sent to st. Pc
tersburg and Toxic an identical note
containing this notification.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
Great Contest at Chicago
Finally Comes to an End.
TRANSFERS SURRENDER
Men viii Seek Old Places Without
Agreement Of Any kind-Strike
Lasted Nine Months and
Cost Thirty Lives.

The end Of the teamsters' strike that
be so greatly disturbed conditions in
Chicago for the last three months is
at hand. The strikers have made a
complete surrender and will seek their
old positions without an agreement Of
any kind with the employers.
The first break in the ranks Of the
strikers came Thursday afternoon
when the lumber teamsters voted to
return to work regardless Of what &C.
tion might be taken by any other
union. Thursday the department stors
drivers and the railway express dris-
ers voted to call off the strike and
seek their old positions in the morn
ing. It is expected that about 60 per
cent Of the department store drivers
will be reinstated, and the express
drivers declared that they believed
that about one hundred Of their num-
ber would be taken back by the ex-
press companies. The express compa-
MES have declared all through the
strike, however, that not one Of the
men, who struck would ever be rein
stated.
The truck drivers and one or two
smaller unions will vote on the ques-
tion of calling off the strike, but there
is no doubt that they will decide to
seek their old places again. The Off,
cials of the teamsters' union declare
that they expect such action to be
taken.
The only concession that the men
have gained by going back to work is
in the case Of the lumber drivers
the right to wear the union button.
In the case OF all other unions. the
men: by seeking their old places taci:-
ly agree to the terms Of the employ
ers, which were that only such men
would be taken back as were needed
after the non-union men had been
provided for, and that the question Of
wearing the union button should be
left to the decision Of the individual
employer.
The strike has been one Of the most
annoying, bitterly fought and expen-
sive affairs Of it's kind that Chicago
has ever known. It originated last
winter over the demand of the Gar
ment Workers Association that the
firm Of Montgomery Ward & Co. re-
frain from sending out any work to
non-union men, although there was
in the contract between Ward & Co.
and the unions no clause prohibiting
such action. The garment workers
employed by Ward & Co. went on
strike, and their places were filed by
non-union men. Four months after
the strike of the garment workers
the teamsters' union called on Ward
& Co. to arbitrate the strike. The re-
fusal Of Ward & Co. was followed
by a strike of all the teamsters in
their employ, and the strike rapidly
spread to such other business houses
as attempted to make deliveries to
Ward & Co.
About thirty lives have been lost
during the strike, and there have been
hundreds Of cases of assault, in many
Of which the victims were seriously
injured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
FREE PASS BILL OPPOSED.

DiIatory Tactics Against Measure In
Georgia House of Representatives.
The warmest fight Of the session is
on in the Georgia house OF repre-
sentatives. The Hall anti-free pass
bill is the measure over which the
wrangle has begun, and the members
are lined Up in strong array on eth
er side Of the proposition.
The opposition to the bill at once
developed a decided inclination to fill
clustering, and it succeeded, at least,
in preventing the measure from com.
ing to a vote.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
MERCER ELECTS A PRESIDENT.
College Finally Secures a Head After
Considerable Difficult.

The board Of trustees Of Mercer
university, at their meeting in Ma
con, Ca, Friday night, unanimously
elected as president, Charles Lee
Smith, recently of William Jewel col
lege, Missouri.
DR.. Smith is full graduate of
Wake Forest college, North Carolina,
and doctor of philosophy Of Johns
Hopkins university. Later he was
elected to the professorship of his
torv and political economy in William
Jewell college, where he has taught
for fourteen years
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
BOYCOTT WELL UNDER WAY.

Ban on American Goods in China is
Now in Working Order.
A Shanghai special says: The boy
colt of American goods is now work.
ing, but it has been agreed that the
completion of all running contracts
will be allowed. Meanwhile all the
Chinese shops refuse to sell American
goods, including Standard oil. All
schools and colleges have decided to
discard all American books.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
TOWN ALMOST WASHED AWAY
cIoudburst WheIms Georgetown Caus-
lna Great Property Damage.

Georgetown, Ind, on the Southern
railway, was almost washed away
Friday by a cloudburst. The water
in the main street of the town was
three feet deep and great damage was
done to stores and other property.
SO far as can be learned no lives
were lost.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
MORE TROUBLE FOR EQUITABLE.

New York Legislative Committee Will
Probe State Insurance Affairs.
There will be a legislative investiga-
ton of the life insurance business as
carried on in New York state, both
by state corporations and by those OF
other states doing business within the
state. This investigation will be made
BY a special joint committee with
ample powers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
FIVE NEGROES IMPLICATED.

Coroner's Verdict on the Murder OF
Mrs. Smith, Near Gadsden, Ala.
The coroners jury empanelled 10
investigate the death of Mrs. S. :.
Smith delivered a verdict duplicating
four negro men and one negro Wo-
man. The verdict sets forth that Mrs.
S. J. Smith met her death by unlaw-
full means, her neck being broken by
choking, strangulation, licks or
strokes; all Of which was in perpetra-
ton of a criminal assault upon her
person, and that Jack Hunter, Will
Johnson, Vance Garner, Bunk Rich
ardson end Lucy Mayo are guilty
thereof"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
CALL FOR CANAL LABORERS.
Bids Asked for Four Thousand Chi
nese and Daqo Worknen.

The first attempt to secure laborers
in large numbers for work in con-
nection with the construction of the
Panama canal were made Saturday,
when bids were asked by ". Leon
Pepperman, acting chief officer of the
Panama canal commission, for 2,000
each of Chinese and Italian laborers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
GRAND JURY AFTER JUGGLERs.

Beach Announces That Probing Of
Cotton Leak Will Now Begin.
The grand jury of the District Of
Columbia will take up the allegations
that there has been jugglery in the
cotton crop statistical reports Of the
department Of agriculture with view
of possible indictment Or indictments.
The announcement that the grand
jury would meet to consider the sub
ject was made in a statement issued
by United States District Attorney
Morgan H. Beach at Washington Fri
day night.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
RUSSIAN ZEMSTvo CONGRESS
convenes in Moscow with 225 Dele
oates in Attendance.

The Russian zemstvo congress open
ed at noon Wednesday in the resi-
dence of Prince Dolgorukof.
The congress was attended by 22;
delegates. Count Heyden, leader D
the deputation representing the con
gress, recently received by the emper
or, presided.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
PUGiLiST AS PlCKPOCkET.
"JIm" Hall Nabbed by Chicago Police
on CHARGE Of Robbery.

on Charge Of Robbery.
"Jim" Hall, formerly well known
pugilist, at one time champion OF
Australia, and who fought with Rob-
ert Fitzsimmons for the largest purse
ever offered in a prize ring, was ar
rested in Chicago Thursday on
charge of robbery. 1t was claimed
by the police that Hall was one OF
The three men who attempted TO pick
the pockets of a passenger on street
car.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
JURY coNVlcTs BoMFORD.
Despoiler Of Capt. Parks Home Guilty
of Aggravated Assault.

At Tampa, Fla, after being out "a
hours, the jury trying Harry Bomford
for assault with intent to murder On
Captain C. L. Park, rendered a aver'
dict CT guilty Of aggravated assault
Tuesday.
The sentence was deferred. pending
a motion for a new trial.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
EXCURSIONS PROVE PROFITABLE
Fi.zseraId Collects 500 from Negroes
and Have Five In jail.

When Acting Mayor Hooker Of Fitz-
gerald, Ca, Thursday morning count
ed up the amount Of fines already
collected from the negro excursionists,
who were arrested on various charges
Monday, he found the city's funds in
creased by 500 cash, and the chief
of police's desk covered with personal
effects, rendered by those who had
failed to find the money to pay their
fines, and there are still five in the
pen.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
WHOLESALE MuR6ERERs

Not a Soul Allowed to Escape.
A report received in Salonica says
that a large Bulgarian band attacked
the villages Of Balt!na and Grade
shuitza, in the Morinoyo district, at
night, numbering the entire population
irdiscriminately and that the carnage
did not end until morning. The num-
her of victims IS not known.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-07
4,4S9 4,435
WHY LINCOLN WAS POPULAR

WHY LINCOLN WAS POPULAR. Perhaps his most winning quality
 with young and old alike was his sim cere belief in his fellow townsmen
 and their community. Local pride
 never had a more buoyant champion than he. For him Sangamon County in general, and New Salem in particu-
 lar, was the promised land, and he was
 confident that the people were equal | to the task of developing it according | to it's needs. Thus when it was sug- gested that the shallow, snag-bound Sangamon River was navigable and
 might be made great highway of com- merce, he eagerly championed the theo- " and worked with voice, pen and hand to realize practical result. The Sangamon is still unnavigable and New-Salem has disappeared, but Lin- coln's plea for improving the water
 way remains as evidence Of his sincere
 belief in the future of the community and to show us what he could do with
 weak cause at the age of twenty one.
 The argument is not remarkable, but it is exceedingly interesting and sug- gestiye. although he was young and boylshly enthusiastic. Lincoln did not
 overstate the possibilities nor under estimate the difficulties of his case; and despite the really laughable attempt
 which was afterward made to force | the passage of the Sangamon, there was nothing ludicrous in his plea. What he claimed sounds reasonable,
 and what he hoped for possible, even in | the face of failure.
 This early effort plainly indicates Lincoln's natural aptitute for logical statement. But it does more than
 that. It displays a trait which few
 lawyers possess; for the ability to pre- sent facts clearly, concisely and effec- lively without taking undue advan- tage of them is rare legal quality It requires not only ability, but courage;
 not only tact, but character. It is
 courage; not only tact, but character.
 one Of the infallible tests which distinguished the legal bravo from the jurist, and it will be demonstrated in
 future chapter that Lincoln fulfilled 1 it in masterful fashon.-Frederick Trevor Hill, in The Century.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-07
BRIEF MENTION.
Iigh water to-day. s;O6 a. m.

High water to-day, o'Uo d. m' Samuel H. Williams, of the Ninth ward, a member of the board of relief, is the proud father of a fourteen-pound boy. MT. Williams Is being congratu- lated on all sides.
 The annual meeting of the Young Mems Republican club will be held the third Thursday in January and it is ex- pected that numerous candidates will be trotted out.
 The December meeting of the Center church auxiliary of the New Haven branch of the woman's board of mis- sions will be held on the fourteenth in" staTt instead of the seventh, as previ- ously announced.
 John Rusey, an Italian, was arrested by Policeman Enright yesterday morn ing for hunting in East Rock park. Rusey was nabbed just as he was about to shoot a squirrel, and upon being searched for squirrels were found upon him.
 The Remington Oil Engine company has been formed with capital stock of s100,00O for the manufacture of engines
 
 of 49S Orange street, an instructor in Yale, is one of the ineorporators, but will not be engaged actively with the company.
 The Ford company has just issued a booklet containing list of 500 things for Christmas, with a blank space for names and memoranda. This will be very helpful In deciding what to give for Christmas. The title page has a border of holly, with fine scene sug- gestive of old colonial days.
 The Harvard Graduates Magazine, with it's attack upon Yale, appeared yesterday, and the alleged efforts of Harvard alumni to have the article suppressed have not been successful. The article advocating Harvard's giv- ing up Yale is printed in full as com- munication to one of the magazine de- partments. It is expected that the Yale official organs, the Daily News and the Alumni Weekly, will take up the article.