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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
Men and Animals Entombed
in Pit by Explosion.
OVER SCORE LOSE LIFE
Catastrophe Occurred at Plant Of the
Cooper Mine Company at cosIdaie, 8
West virsinfa-Reseuers Very
Quickly Begin Work.

Twenty-one miners were killed In;
an explosion Of mine gas In the shaft
of the Coopsr Mine company at coal-s
dale, W. Va, at noon Thursday. Im-ss
mediately following the explosions
which was heard for several miles
rescue parties set to work to explore:
the wrecked shaft. 80 :.ssss s.:ssss
Coaldale is mining town situated
on the Norfolk and Western railway.
and is Is miles west Of Blue1eld It is
In Mercer county, and wire facilities
are inadequate. Some idea can bAs
formed as to the force Of the expIo
sion when several hours after the AZ
plosion, one Of the miners, who could
not be identified on account Of being
so badly mutilated, was found ADJ
tance Of several hundred feet from
the mine mouth, having been blown
there, together with mining car NJ
the explosion. News Of the explps
sion soon spread through the scoa1
fields, and a great party OF miners
from the numerous operations gath;s
cred to assist in the rescue. IS S
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
Sea Island Cotton Men Meet.

The executive committee Of the Sea
Island Cotton Seed Association met
in Charleston last Monday and dis,
cusse6 matters in connection. with the
efforts of the association to control
the supply Of seed and by removing it
from the market create a monopoly
for the South Carolina planters. The.
association was organized year ago
ana at the meeting several days ago
it was determined to leave the con-
troll Of the matter in the hands of the
executive committee, SO well pleased
was the association with the, work OF
the committee during the past year.
1T appears that the foreign raisers
of the long staple cotton have to pur-
chase annually fresh supply of seed
from the original Carolina producers,
as the seed from their own cotton
brings forth a deteriorated grade Of
staple. BY making it impossible to
purchase this seed, the Carolina plan
ters hope to shut off competing prod
uct and the efforts of the association
are being directed towards this end.
Ali seed above that actually neces-
sary for replanting of their own crops
will be destroyed in crushing oil mills
and thus eliminate from the market
to the disadvantage of the so-called
foreign" or "alien" raisers of long.
staple in Georgia, Alabama and other
communities where experiments have
been made with more or less sue
cess
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
Silver Service fer Cruiser.

The new cruise: Charleston. Cap
tain Wins:o~'. vas received WITH full
honcrs by c'tiz2?s nf Charleston Wed.
res1a: and w2s presented the silve.
sn",'icn hv ''~~c~ 7hett in +',n r~----
.... city, fer whcn the peat was
named. The prosecution OF the
service took place aboard the vessel
The service consists OF a large
punch bowl ani iadle CT silver, IL
lined with gold. The bowl is about
two feet in diameter, weighs three
hundred ald twenty-five ouuccs AMI
has q capacity of ten gallons. It rests
on q heavy substantial base, set in
silver platter. The handles of the
bowl show two edges with outspread
wings. The sides bear the seals OF
tae City Of Charleston and OF the
ravv department and beautifully
VIZ. ughr views Ct Fort auMtet, rort
a......le, ST. Ai,cIaeIs clurcn anu
b-IIe.y park, tne s.UMs being typical
uI Sna:IeslLn. lLe MG-.S p-S~e -
ceased Ill - Sat.n 4i.eu Oah Iva with
Silver rrlnmlass, appropriately A..
scribed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
The CoIfeton Mill Case.

Complaint has been filed in the cir
cult court at Charleston by ]. A. Rob
inson, doing business under the name
of Robinson & shackieton, on behalf
of himself and other creditors Of the
defunct Colleton cotton mills, against
H. w. Black and a number of other
stockholders for s3,052.37, alleged to
be due on promissory notes. The
property of the Colleton mills was
sold under order Of the court some
time ago, but the amount realized was
not large enough to discharge the
debts. The present suit is brought
to enforce the stockholders liability,
provided by general assembly, unde;
which the mills were incorporated.
The prayer of complainant is that
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
State College Adopts Resolutions.

State College Adopts Resolutions.
The faculty CT the South Carol:n;l
cc!lege learned with deep regret OF
the death CT Dr.. Walter B. Hill, chan-
cellor of the University. CT Georgia,
distinguished as a citizen, puhlicisr
and an organizer and leader OF high
er education, whose personal and Of
fetal influence was widely and pencr
icently felt beyond the limits OF his
own state, and who has lately testified
in the most gratifying way his inter
est in the South Carolina College. At
a special meeting the following reSolu-
ticn was passed:
Be it Resolved, First, That this fac
ulty express its deep sympathy with
the family Of Chancellor Hill, and
with the faculty of the University OF;
Georgia, in the personal and public
loss sustained in the desth of our Ia
mentcd friend and colleague.
Resolved, Second, That copy OF
this minute be sent to the widow Of
Chancellor Hill and to the faculty OF
the University of Georgia, and pub
lished also in the daily papers Of Co.
lunbia and Atlanta, and that blank
page of the faculty minutes be re-
served fer this entry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
MADE A SCENE AT.wHlTE AousE
Woman. insisted on Seeing PresIdsnk
and Was Carried Out sodilY.

"A Washington dispatch says: A
distressing scene was enacted
white house executive Offices
day in which Mrs. Minor Morris; aged
fifty years, was carried screaMiui
from the building because she refdSe
to leaSe without resort to force
Mrs. Morris told Assistant SecrSka
ry Barnes that she wanted to sea th@;
president. She said that her haS
band had been discharged from the
government service, and she wanted
to demand from the president his ~
instatement ssss ssss
Mr.. Barnes explained to her th15'
the president had nothing ia do
such subjects, and that she would bef@
ter take up the matter with the hezd
Of the department from which her
husband had been discharged ss
Mrs. Norris declared in e loud toneS
that she had come to the white ho1ge
to see the presidents and proposed 41E
see him even II she had To- camp OUT
there for month. The white house
officers tried to get her TO leave. bsf
she dened any one to touch her. s #
Two of them lifted her up sbcdil
and carried her screaming 70 a peiis|
call: box, where patrol swagon Mss
summoned. She was taken % ~;
house OF detention.
Mrs. Morris was released from al
house of detention shortly :after
o'clock ,. m, and returned to the NeN
willard hotel. She refused f0S
see. any callers, sending word sl,e
was indisposed. ss,s 40: &:
She had been guest at the Wilia1a
for long time. IS: sssss,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11

Statehood Bill Considered.
The senate committee on territoriee'
met Thursday and began considerationl
of the joint statehood BILL This Wa
the first meeting Of the COMMITTEES f0s
consider the admission OF states:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
p Pa|mettoState News!
AIfeued Loss is a Mystery.

Nothing can be learned in Co:im-
bia regarding the alleged loss CT Sls,-
600 from an express package en- route
between Augusta, Ga. and New YORK.
J. F. FAINT, route agent OF the c.
lumbia division, believes the loss &C.
CURED outside of his territory. The
package was in Columbia two hours
between $3.50 and 6 o'clock in the
morning, but has been traced to New
York in apparent good order.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
Record in Collection Of Taxes.

Mayor Rhett's administration in
Charleston has scored a record held
by few municipal administrations in
the respect of the collection of taxes.
During the past year 9s.1 of\the as
sessed taxes was paid into the city
treasury, which beat the record of last
year, 9S.S per cent. The best record
made by a previous administration,
that of Mayor Smyth, when 1914 pc:
cent of taxes was collected. Many cit.
les are entirely satisfied with the col
lection of all but fifteen per cent OF
the taxes assessed, but the Charles
ton administrations of recent years
have been scoring records in this re-
spect.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
Fire DESTROYS Much Cotton.

Fire in the cotton warehouse OF the
Eureka mill at Chester destroyed l.,
500 bales of cotton, resulting in loss
of between $4,000 and 100000. The
Eureka mill is located about quarter
of mile outside the corporate limits
of the city, and little aid could be
rendered by the city fire department.
The company has it's own fire appa-
ratus and fought the fares with all
it's force.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
DIXON. ALLEGES INFRlNeEMslsaT'

Author Of "ciansman" seizes sa0gs9e
Of Theatrical Aggregation.
Thomas Dixon, author Of .aThe }Glanse
man" through attorneys at Raletgn A
q. attached property Of tie ycrinns'
Runkel company for presenting ~ n
Reconstruction Days." play which hss
Chains is an infringement ons The copy
rfkht OF his "The Clansnan, but
which Thaddeus Breton Of the Runke5s y.
company says he wrote IN forty Days.
from Dixon's and ether novels sof re|
construction times. ssss.ss1 &
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
Another ounch Property in Court.

Another ouneSh Property in Court.
The Union and Glenn Springs rail
road, another property in which Thos.
C. Duncan, former president Of the
Unicn and Buffalo cotton mills, was
heavily Interested, has been placed
in the hands CT a receiver in the
United States circuit court at Charles
ton, in answer to complaint and peti-
tion lled by the Mercantile Trust &
Deposit company of Baltimore, Edwin
W. Robertson being appointed the re-
ceive7. The Union and Glenn Springs
railroad traverses a number Of town
ships in Union county, beginning at
a point near Carlisle, crossing the
Broad river and extending to the Buf
falo cotton mills. 1t has number
of extensions and the road is the pos
SCISSOR of considerable real estate,
franchises and ether property.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
LIVED SIX SCORE YEARS.
Neoro Woman Dies In Philadelphia at
Alleoed Ace Of 1885 Years.

Mary Mcdonald, negro woman,
who claimed to be 135 years OF age,
is dead at the. Home for the Aged,
an infirmary for colored persons in
PHILADELPHIA. According to the wo
man and her surviving relatives, she
w.s horn November IA, 1770, near Val
lev Forge, Pa. She often told of the
scenes in about the camp Of Wash.
inyton's soldiers at Valley Forge dur.
ing the winter of 1777-7S.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11

the defendants be adjudged to pay
the amount of tne:r respective liabiii.
ties as stockholders OF the said Cole.
tor cotton mills ior the satisfaction ni
the debt CT the plaintiff ard creditors.
The case will BE- heard at the ncx;;
term Of the circuit court.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
sLAv REDS STILL DEFIANT, {,

Admit Defeat But VIII Organize II
Fight on New Basis.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says:
The general meeting OF the work
mems council and Of representatives.
of the proletariat organizations, which
was held across the Finnish border:
lasted for SO hours. S.
The practical result Of the meet
ing was a confession that the gov
ernment had proved to be too strong
in its fight against the strikers and
the proletariat organizations, ana that
it would be necessary to organize ON
a new basis the armed reTolution.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
GAGE ALSO GIVES WARNING.
Agrees With schiff as to Possibility
Of. Disastrous Panic.

OF NTSdoII O0S
Lyman J. Gage, former secretary Of
the treasury, said at New York Fri:
day that he agrees with Jacob H.
sciiff in the opinion that great pan.
ic is inevitable unless steps are taken
to remedy the inelasticity Of the ex-
listing currency system.
IT agree positively with Mr.. Schin," :"
said NJ. Gage, that the monetary
conditions which have obtained dur
ing the last sixty days are 'disgraceful
to us as nation, and further agree
with him that stunning panic Is 5as.
a matter of time if something Is not
done"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
Actors Society Aids Prosecution.

actorS' Society AUS FToSSSGN-H.
A New York dispatch says: The re-
tainer Of special attorney and other
necessary expenses incident to the
prosecution of George Hasty of Gaf-
ney, S. c., accused of the murder of
Milan Bennett, and Abbott Davidso:-,
actors, will be betrayed by the Ac
tors Society Of America. The Ac-
tors Society alleges that Hasty, who
is a hotel proprietor, on December
Is, killed Bennett and Davidson be-
cause they resented an Insult to two
women members of dramatic COM
pany stopping at Hasty's hotel. In
deciding upon this action, the soci-
ETY. adopted a resolution giving as a
reason therefor that peculiar circum-
stances attended the tragedy, and that
Hasty is resident and property own
er in the town in which the shooting
occurred.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11

Cotton Growers Reflect Old Officers.
The South Carolina division Of the
Southern Cotton Association met in
Columbia the past week in annual
convention, the following officers be-
ing elected: E. D. Smith, president;
H. B. Tindall, vice president; F. II.
Weston, secretary, and F. H. Hyatt,
treasurer, the old officers, we're unan-
i-aously reelected.
An executive committee, composed
Of R. NJ. Cleveland, Richard Singleton,
F. II. Earr, R. NJ. Pegues, Wade
Stackhcuse and J. E. Wannamaker,
was elected. Resolutions providing
for a financial agent, the reduction Of
25 per cent in acreage, except where
there was only one plow to ten acres,
and 10 cent tax ON each bale is "ask-
ed" were adopted.
Eight delegates at large were elect.
ed tc the New Orleans convention.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11
pAao TOWN ENeuLFED..

Earth Opened and SWaIio"eo oP saS: ~
Houses and Many People.
At Gezano, & town Of 5000 inhab-
ttants in tho province Of Potenza
Italy the earth suddenly opened. ens
gulfing tn, houses and shatterins
many others, which threaten 70 falls
Many persons were buried In ths
ruins.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-11

to be prlnclpdlly III udSueS IL Iney
were recorded. None Of them could be
mistaken for a prayer, though.
We satisfied ourselves that there
were no Indians out here now, nor
had there been any here lately. The
sentry had fired at a bunch of COWS
without challenging, as he had been
told to do; it was dark, and he could
not see them. We went back to the
fire and tried to get some more Indian
stories from Crawford, but had hurt
his feelings on the way in by telling
him that we generally fought our
| Indians without the aid Of chaplain.
He went to bed now.
This happened to be his last night
with US. Had he remained, 1 don't
SUPPOSE he would have given us any
more Indian stories. His failure to-
night to get out to where he could
slaughter them, after both he and we
had thought that there were plenty
of them here, had put a large dis
count on the stories he had given US
already.
Next morning the Major gave no
orders to saddle up. He seemed to be
going to make permanent camp here.
But calling Crawford up, he told him
to 90 out and find those Indians or
their trail or be shot. That was the
gist of his remarks.
Crawford started to find the trail.
Whether he found it or not l don't
know; he never came back to tell US
about it. He probably found trail
that led straight home, then took it.
The Major waited until noon, then
started US Neutrality-suspicious. in
| Forest and Stream.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-14
Richest Mineral Spot Is Small,

Butte Hill, far famed as the richest
mining producing spot in the world,
is an Insignificant rise OF land, not
over 800 feet above the river level is
the valley. 1t is, approximately. two
and half miles in length by two
miles in width, and is an irregular oval
in shape. The richest ore-producing
portion, however, is conferred in space
of about two square miles. Within
that limit there are no fewer than
forty principal shafts from 1000 to
2.4OO feet in depth, besides many
smaller and less important develop.
ments and prospects. Underground
there is q network OF drifts, cross cuts,
and galleries, frenquently intersecting
each other, and connecting the deep
working OF different mines. 1t is esti-
mated that there is more than 500
miles ofsuch underground excavations.
The output from this single hill is up.
ward of IA 900 tons OF ore day. yield
ing more than 10000 tons Of refined
copper q month, exclusive OF gold and
silver which is fully so per cent larger
production than any other cupriferous
district in the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-14
4" Making Over"

Did you ever notice what an econo.
mist Mother Nature is? During the
growing season she hung her draperies
all over the trees, shrubbery, vines and
plants. in order to gather within reach
all the uourishment the air and sun.
shine could give. Now the growing
season is over, and Mother is taking
down the draperies, making quilts and
blankets of them to tuck about her
sleeping children. All the long, cold
months this covering will cling closer
and closer, about the brown earth. bed,
and when the spring cleaning comes,
the warm rains will finish what the
winter SHOWS began, and the comforts,
blankets and other bedding will be
used as . mulch to protect the bare
soil from too much wind and sun until
the baby rootlets get we'll established
then the mulching will slowly become
food for the green things growing while
new draperies will festoon the boughs
and branches. To one who studies
nature, there is no waste-every.hine
has its use, changing only from form
to form.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-14
TURN TO THE LEFT.
Saint Peters Directions to Those Who Persist
In Knocking.

Saint Peters Directions to Those Who Persist
In Knocking.
Saint Peter sits out by the heavenly
gates; his hands on the strings OF .
Tyre, and be sings ss he sits, . low
song as he waits, for the souls of those
who expire. He hears in the distance
the chorus Of song, that swells at the
foot of the throne; and he smiles az
the music is waited along, and war.
bles lay of his own.
"There is room in this region fol
millions OF souls, who by sorrow and
woe were bereft; tits for those who
have suffered the melody rolls; but
the knockers must turn to the left.
"There is room here a-plenty fol
those who while young persisted in
sowing wild oats, and who doomed uI
their city with sinew and tongue; but
the knockers must go with the goats.
"There is room in this region fol
many q man who would vote as hii
sire bad done, but . man who would
knock on his own county.seat, il
surely son.of.a.gun.
$50 we'll still furnish music fol
poor honest ones, who by sorrow and
woe were bereft; but the knockers, the
knockers, the sons.of. bad. .guns-the
knockers must turn to the Left
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-14
BILLIONS IN FARMS.
SECRETARY WILSON'S FIGURES
SURPRISE THE WORLD.

Value Of Farm Products Nearly Seven Billions
Of Dollars rs-An Increase Of Nearly Half a
Billion Over Last Years Estimate - Farm
Realty Value Over twenty-five Billions
Future Progress will Be Equally Astounding.
Secretary Wilson OF the Agricultural
Department has presented to the Pres.
ident an amazing and most gratifying
picture of effective soil production in
the United States, the past year. II
was in his annual report. His views
on the future possibilities are even
more marvellous.
Taken at that point in production
at which they acquire commercial
value, the farm products OF the year,
estimated for every detail presented
by the census, have farm value oi
Sc, ,794 100000. This is $4S5,0OO,OOO
above the value of 1905, $685., 100000
above 1904, sS77,OOO,OOO above 1903
and $2,O77, 100000 above the census
for 1899.
The farm real estate, as ascertained
by this department last year, increased
in value S6,13l 100000 since the cen.
sus year, or enough to raise the census
value to $22,745 100000.
In accordance with principles dem.
onstrated, known and applicable hints
OF which have been given, the corn
crop per acre can be increased by one
half within quarter OF a century. and
without any pretense that the limit
has been reached. No wizards ser.
vices are needed for this, but just edu.
cation. The same statement is appli-
cable to wheat and other cereals
There seems to be no limit to produc.
ton OF fruit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-14
REMARKABLE PlUMS.
Are As Large as Goose Eggs. With Pits Only
About Size Of Cherry Stones.

About Size Of Cherry Stones.
The great horticulturist, Wizard
Luther Burbank, occasionally achieves
results which astonish even himself.
He says that the most surprising OF
his experiments in fruit culture is one
of those which he has been making
with plums.
"Several years ago." he writes to
GREEN'S Fruit Grower, 81 commenced
raising seedlings from the little beach
plum. After a while tried crossing
the best of these seedlings with some
of the large Japanese plums.
"Year before last from seed of the
little plums, the blossom Of which had
been polinated with the Japanese
plum, a plum was produced quite as
large as a goose egg. having all the
characteristics of the smaller plums in
foliage and growth of the tree, hut
with enormous fruits as large as the
medium. sized apples growing on it
and pit not much larger than q
cherry pit.
"The tree is again bearing this year,
the same fruit, only larger, and it
hangs in big strings on the dropping
limbs. Such sight l never saw be.
fore in the fruit line. These plums
are of most excellent quality, and Of
a handsome. deep crimson color.
"a pedigree Of this plum has been
kept with the utmost care, 80 that I
know that these facts are correct, even
did not the fruit, seed, flowers and
growth prove it,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-14
Bright Colors.

The inside finish OF a garment has n
great effect upon the minds OF child.
rem. There is nothing they like better
than pretty lining to their clothes.
For the little cape or jacket, or where
the "open" shows the inside of the
sleeve, q bit of bright lining adds
greatly to the pleasure Of the little
wearer. A neat finish to the inside
of the garment adds to the pleasure OF
the wearer also. Well-pressed seams,
whipped or caught down with cat
stitching of gay.colored threads, the
raw edges neatly notched and evenly
trimmed, are very attractive finishes
to more than children's garments. A
child will be doubly careful Of q nicely
made garment, and may be taught to
care for its clothes through showing
it the difference between a carefully
handled garment and one that is
thrown about in "any old way"