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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
CASH FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Provisions for Southern Cities Con-
tafned a Bill Reported to House.

Provisions for Southern Cities Con-
tained Bill Reported to House.
The omnibus public building mill
was reported to the house Monday.
Among the buildings authorized In
the south, together with the amounts
to be expended, are the following:
Alabama - Montgomery, $4,000;
Selma, 100000; Bessemer, $4,000
Florence, $4,000; Tuscaloosa, $780,
900; Dothan, $4,000; Demopolis, S.
900; Gadsden, $4,000; Troy, $4,000.
Arkansas Rock, $685. 900
Pine Bluff, $4,000; Fayetteville, $780,
900.
Florida-Gainesville, s25,Ooo; ocala,
sS5,ooO,
Georgia Gainesville, $4,000; Val
dosta, s125,O00; Albany, s125,o0O;
Americus, $4,000; Atlanta, $780,
900. This 100000 is the first install
ment of the 100000 to be spent by
the government on the new federal
building,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
.,,N,oN EXPOSITION PLANNED

Achievements of Organized Labor 20
Be Shown at Fair in Chicago
President Samuel Gompers u Wv
American Federation of Labor sent
representatives to Chicago Monoas "
.rrorse for union exposition" The
object Of the fair is to celebrate the
ooh;erenents of organized labor
throughout the world, and especially
in the United States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
First Spike is Driven.

The first spike of the interurbaa
electric railway has been driven, and
the other works of grading, cross
ties, etc., is progressing rapidly.
The line will soon be completed to
Belton. after which it will be contin-
ued to Williamson, Pelzer, Piedmont
and Greenville. This will put Ander
son in direct touch with the main line
of railroads, and will be of great ben
eft.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
An Ancient Thilnble.

Among the treasures OF the Haps-
hures in the Hofburg at Vienna is a
clumsy thimble, engraved "A. '. W.,
1854" It is said to he the parent Thin
BILE of the world, and it was fashioned
Of a silver coin by some ingenious
Dutchman, who presented it to his
lady love-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Palmetto State AeWs|
Fire Causes $4,000 Damage.

Fire, at North, small station on
the Seaboard Air Line between Co
lumbia and Savannah, destroyed prop
erty valued at $4,000, with insurance
of $4,000. Biair's hotel, two stores
and a residence were burned.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
JOHNSON AND WATTERSok

viii Be Central Figures in Home
Coming Welcome to Bryan.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson OF CleVeland
has accepted an invitation to prestde
at the reception to William j. BY
an. in Madison Square Garden, on
Mr. Bryan's return to this country.
Henry Watterson will deliver an 90
dress on behalf of the south, and Mt
Alexander Troop of New Haven VIII
speak in the name Of the east
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
EAST COAST TO TAMPA.

FlaqIer May Build Railway ACROSS sne
State of Florida.
It is stated ON good authority that
Henry NJ. Flagler has instructed nus
chief engineer to ascertain point
in Florida from which to construct
his road from the east coast to Tam
pa. II is well known that there has
been an activity in railroad circles
for some time past regarding the pos
sibility OF a road across the stats
from the east coast to Tampa, and It
Is thought that Mr.. Flagler is inter-
est,ne himself in the movement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Uxorcide and Suicide.

Sherman Collier, a member OF .
London, KY, family, shot and killed
his wife and then ended his own hfe'
Domestic differdnces are said 70
have caused the tragedy. ~ ~
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

To call a man a "Dreyfus' in France
renders the user of the term liable to
a fine of 500 francs (S10W for libel ~
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
More Trackage for Southern.

More iTdSkd9e iS' oo9sS'
It is understood that the Southern
railway will in the near future begin
the work of placing large addition
to the trackage at the spartanour;'
junction. There is already several
miles of side track at this lmportan'
junction point, and it is said that the
nresent facilities are inadequate to
meet the demands.
It is understood that the officials
.ro looking ahead as we'll as recog-
nizing present needs and that the
amount of trackage to be placed Will
be to such an extent as to oovlats
any danger of a block or congesuon'
as was the case several months ago.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Death and Damage by Lightning.

Death and Damage by Lightning
Fire which was started by a bolt
of lightning at st. Matthews, Orange
hnrg county, last Sunday night, de-
stroyed property worth about s5o'ooo'
The property, was insured for one
third Of it's value. The block center
ing about Gains hotel was destroyed
including the hotel.
Lightning struck Bethel Baptist
church, colored, a few miles from 20
lumbia, during service, killing Clauos
Williams instantly and perhaps 1atai'
ly injuring William Rice ootn ne
groes. A number Of others were SUI
ned by the bolt. The incident 1nre"
the congregation into panic and inc
pastor is said to have led the rush
for the door.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

Torrents and pillows Of life
And, alas, for the spray!
Highway and housetop are riff
With the turbulent clay.
Men! in the rush and the stir
And the roar of the street..
Men! in the factory's whirr
And the furnaces heat.
Men! mid the FORCES that ring
And the shuttles that ply.
Men! on the girders that swing
In the vault of the sky.
Swift through its underground lane,
Like snake to its den,
Burrows the glowering train
With its burthen of Men.
Men! Men! Men!
Pitiful, glorious,
Conquering, desperate
Men.
in the New York Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
M e N.

Factory whistles blow Dawn
From reverberant throats.
Hollow and mournfully drawn
Are the answering notes
Chorused from harbor and shore
Through the fog wreaths, and then
Cityward ceaselesslv pour
= foundations of Men.
East from the Jerseys and West
From the sea-girded plains,
South. from the hills is the quest
OF the sinuous trains;
Thronged is each wave-spanning arc,
And again and again
Shuttle the ferry craft, dark
With their burthens of Men,
Men! Men! Men!
Heavy -browed. eager-eyed.:
Tremulous, resoiute
Men:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Almost Whole Town on Iria'.

Almost every prominent c'Ii1en W
Greer. a town of about 3,ooo popuia'
ZION has been on trial in common
Meas court at Greenville the past
week with a woman, Mrs. Mamie j.
Fuller, as plaintiff.
The woman brought suit Tor Slo'
onn damage against W. WI Burgess
Frank Burgess, J. S. Burnett w. W.
Merchant lanes F Gilreath, McD
1ittlefield,. John T. Taylor, James r
Taylor, Joseph Vaughn, Henry brown
Edwin c. Bailey, Samuel ames, John
r. aues, John D. Wood, Tnomas
Smith. 3. F. Zimmerman, ohm Almmer'
man. William A. Pennington AusuD
r. Green. /. P. Few, Isaac Robertson
lanes II. Philson, James ]. WOOD
N 2 Cunningham, Oliver WOOD, "
A Gaines, Thomas Brockman' M. A
Drummond, Thomas Marchant, Au
e,stus Holtzclaw, Noah Cannon ano
Vernon Smith.
The complaint sets forth that on
the 9Th day of July, 1905, while nei
husband was away from home and nc
one was present except her two small
children the defendants, and others
ahout fiftv in number, with intent to
overawe. frighten, intimidate, humlll'
ate and otherwise injure, dashed up
m the house, riding for the mosS part
in hughes, and without warning, IN
vaded her home in search for her pro
ther. so shattering her nerves that
she was overcome by nervous prostra'
ton.
II is the first time in the history OF
+ho county, q similar suit has been
brought.
Cotton OIL Men Of State Organize
The cotton oil men of South caro-
lima met in Columbia few days ago
and perfected permanent organlza-
tion. About fifty mills were repre-
sented. A feature of the meeting was
tho discussion Of the practicablllty OIL
extracting denaturized alcohol from
irish and sweet potatoes during the
summer months. The mills are practt
callv idle at this season OF the year
and the scheme would no doubt DC
profitable.
Persons familiar with recent events
roca1, that after next May the gov
ernment will remove the tax from oe-
natured alcohol, which will enable the
nroduct to be sold at low price. AS
It happens, potatoes are at certain
seasons more in quantity than IN oe-
mand and are fully matured at inc
+ime when the oil mills close down
for tho season. 1t can readily be seen
that the product is a great possloll-
NV in the business, meaning proht
70 the mill men and the farmers as
we'll.
The subject was fully CONSIDERED
NV the members of the association ana
there is strong likelihood that new
nroduct will eventually be put on tne
norLet from the southern states.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

Senator TilIman's Opponent.
A Columbia news item says. Al
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

niliar redwoods than against the con-
ventionally dressed. kalsomined wall of
the ordinary house. These timely sug-
gestions have been made. and are made
frequently, to those of the senior class
who are expert with gun and rifle. They
are not likely to be allowed to forget
that Senior Hall is still in state Of
undress
AS have said. the windows are built
in. seven feet from the floor This is
with twofold reason. First. it is
not an inconceivable thing that there
might be4some curious persons. not Of
the elect, who some night might be-
come possessed with the desire to. pry
into the secrets of the class. In such
case windows close to the ground
woulds prove an enormous convenience.
Then. too. it would have been much
easier for me. for instance. to have
quietly stood on terra frma and sized
UP the interior of the hall than to have
hung on by an eyelash to rough pine
board. with one toe on the projection
of a redwood log.
deeper. more personal reason for this
extraordinary height OF the windows.
And this is what I guessed. The nights
in Senior Hall will not always be quiet
and peaceful ones. With 200 or $50
members of a class there are bound TO
be some nights more boisterous than
others. A little flavor of rough house"
now and then will probably float out
upon the balmy. quiet Berkeley air.
just to make the silence thereafter an
appreciated blessing. 1t is then. I
think. that the height of the windows,
well out of harms way. will be mat
ter of congratulation.
Forty Five Class Windows.
These forty-fve windows are to be
things OF Beauty. too, as well as mere
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

thick! A solid slab of redwood cut right
out of the heart of the treel Just
think what crowd of husky fellows,
even though they be the heaviest on
the varsity eleven or crew, could pile
up on such a table. Then there are to
be two round tables, too, made OF. cross
sections of trees. with their rings of
bark untouched. of course
The whole hall, outside and IN.
California. The interior simply carries
out what the exterior suggests. There
IS nothing alien about 1t. from the soft.
furry. red bark on the outside to the
same mellow, neutral tints of the walls
and eefling. It was a master stroke to
leave the trees undisturbed in. their
birthday dresses.
The floors are at present bare and
naturally uninviting. but this defect is
one which the pride of the boys will
soon make thing forgotten.
For the bare floors simply. will not
allow themselves to be overlooked.
They come up and slap one in the face.
Instead of sixty feet. the hall looks
100, and that is not always an advan-
stage So invitations to donate rugs
OF the furry kind are in order Big
skins. little skins, white, yellow and
brown. are all the order of the day.
and some fine big grizzly and some
4 smaller but no less savage brown bears
will doubtless find their last resting
place on the floors OF Senior Hall,
The rough bark walls form most
inviting background for elk heads and
the like. Somehow one can much more
readily and pleasantly imagine these
beauties Of the forest among their ia
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

apertures for light Each class N
supposed to convert one window from
the ordinary white glass to one richly
colored one. holding in its centsr the
class numerals. The unveiling Of these
windows will form part OF the cers-
monies at the close OF the university
year. AS there are forty-nvs OF them.
there are enough to ego round" for al
most half century.
The senior class subscribes to some
twenty-five periodicals and all Of them
are found on The 'makeshift table now
occupying the center of the room. Tho
doors OF the hall. which. by the way.
are OF good stout oak. are open from
to every day and on wednesday.
Thursday and Saturday the hour OF
grace is extended until nine. Each
senior is taxed. voluntarily. the nom
inal sum of 81 year. which goes to
paying the electric light bill and max
ing such repairs ais may be necessary.
On the 18th OF last month. this hall
became the property of the senior
class On that day the Golden Bear"
soOeiCty turned Llle Keys over 70 the
graduating class and Mr. Daveler ac-
eepted the gift in It's name. President
Wheeler performing the same Office
for the university.
The hall IS ruled by q board OF six
governors Two of them are the presi-
dent OF the senior class. now Earl
Daveler. and the president OF the stu
dent body, Ralph Merritt These
two members appoint the other four.
each having two appointees. These
six young men have drawn up a spIen-
did code of house rules and bylaws.
the FIRST OF which. BY the way. had
put me beyond the pale and had kept
me patiently waiting at the door, for
the photographer. who had for half an
hour been making lasting records OF
every nook and Granny OF the Interior.
So "Gayley's dream" OF three years
ago has assumed tangible form and
the. men of the university have AZ last
~homs or their own.-
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

the yarns as are fairy tales pure and
simple may disappear anu COUP. In
smoke. 4 + also noticed that this chin
ney extended but a very few feet above
the roof. Tl5es little shake-up of last
April has taught yatl least ono lesson
which has been5 gracefully learned.
BY stretching little more and peek
ing little more discovered a piano
in one corner sof gtire hall Heretofore
the senior singing has been held every
Thursday night on the east steps OF
North Hail. New there were some
members of this same senior class who.
curiously enough preferred, to get the
girls of their choice and listen from the
west steps to the harrnonies to the east
OF them, instead of Joining in the pro-
duction of these melodies. All this is
done away with now and he of the gall
liant turn of mind. must perforce dis
pense with either his lady love or his
singing for. just that one evening Of the
week. For now 1t is within Senior Hall
that this weekly concert takes place.
The furniture of the hall is at pres
sent only p temporary substitute for the
things that are to be- For instance, the
piano of which caug ught only glimpse
at a 6o-foot range is a rented one. The
boys are going to own a baby grand.
Then last week trip was taken to
Guerneville to get the lumber for tables
and chairs. There is to be one ig
table in the center 2ox4 and inches
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

sap was still flowing, so as to preserve
the bark covering. The good deep
foundation OF cement which added so
materially to the expense of the build
ing added Just that much to its. gem
eral appearance of solidity.
All this could see from the outside.
To get any idea Of what that interior
was like had to peek. Surely there
istno law against a5wonlan taking just
one little bit OF peek Curiosity.
whether masculine or feminine, lis al
ways whetted when crossed in its pur-
poses, and goodness knows had been
crossed In mine. But how to SEQ any
thing from such a vantage point2s 1
wasn't nearly tall enough to see over
the steps without some cxtraneous
help, and the windows. all sferty five
OF them, were seven feet above the
foundations. "a fineaschance my five
feet FIVE and. threerauarters stood. IN
such a case.
- found a thing to do, and up /
climbed on an irnprovisei railing the
boys have placed outside on the little
porch. and from distance tried my
best G'm making clean breast OF it),
I tried my best to penetrate those con-
secrated shadows.
Wonderful Brick Fireplace.
There right in front of me was a
wonderful. big, rough, brick fireplace.
fully. six feet high and six and a half
feet wide. Before this fireplace was
a huge settle and this will be an easy
and comfortable place to spin yarns
in the long winter evenings that are
coming. The chimney will provide an
escape valve through which such OF
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

years AGO. Eilsai a sceTTsain gem
tleman whose aequalntance i had 5:,st
made announced to the. expeetant com
pany. eEt'x gtri fbsf fisat fzlet .ssssilai
sooner of later aiIitate agaiast1A1e. I
am sure there must nave been even
then a very definite though perhaps
sub-conscious rebellion in my baby
mind what endless good times there
were in store for BOY He could
climb trees and rob birds nests. he
could throw stones and break windows
and then run like Turk to get away
from the irate owner Of the aforesaid
window. he could play mumblety-peg
without fear OF soHing his clean white
pinafore." lie could even be hit with a
swift baseball and lose his. front teeth
But girl. The very thought Of the
future and whats it held for me must
have caused the paroxysm OF yeils and
cries tradition says gave vent to.
And many. many times during those
intervening years the consciousness
shat ITS a girl" has como echoing
down to me with renewed force over
that long. winding road upon which it
is so impossible to retrsce ones steps.
often and often those three words.
with all their implication Of depend
ency, perhaps weakness. have strug-
gled with my natural impulses. and
again and again, in league. with the cs-
tablishod-order Of things. have won the
day. For no one woman alone can
ever hope to be a reformer.
Therefore, it was with no intention
Of trying to batter down the barriers
OF tradition or an unwritten code OF
honor that I started out to learn about
the new Senior Hall on the university
campus in Berkeley.
Certain little chattcring birds belong
ing to the family called Gossip had
chirruped in my car that no woman
had ever crossed its sacred portals,
sacred in the sense OF being dedicated
to Men onls. For once 1 found. that
these little messengers. generally 50
unreliable and inaccurate, could hon
cstly lay claim to blood relationship
with cold. unvarnished truth and fact.
No Woman May Enter.
The story itself was easy enough to
get-my informant was most courteous.
was told that it was even permis-
sibie to have pictures Of the interior of
senior Hail. but the photographer-
well. the photographer must not be the
possessor Of voice placed in the
higher register. and above ali the art
ist must not wear skirts. All Of which
simply meant that he must be a man.
For an instant all sorts of wild, i'm
nossible schemes asserted themselves,
suruing over me in various insidious
forms. But each and every one were
siienced and sent back into the cropping,
mental chaos from which they sprung,
bv my knowledge OF my lack Of con-
formity to the recognized standards of
mascuIinity and the old refrain. IT'S
a -girlrv
had therefore to stand by and see
= mere man take precedence and enter
the door over which ! read in letters
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
Forty-Five Class Windows

These forty-fiv windows are to be
things of beauty. too, as well as mere
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-13
MAHOUT THE WORD
FOR AUTO DRIVER
Mark Twain Solves a Problem
and, for Himself, Banishes
chauffeur"

New York, Jan. 13.-Mark Twain has
solved a nation Is problem. He has
found substitute FOR the most ma
igned and unpronounceable word in the
new language of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
feur. This word, which he declares, is
said in. nine different ways, all Of them
wrong, he would abolish, and establish
mahout" in it's place. : Ff>...
Mark Twain announces his discovery
in a letter to Harper Weekly to which
this quotation Is preface: So
his post at the gate when a procession OF
strange creatures appeared.
Halt! Who goes there7' calculated
the Waterman. when a fat negro ap-
proaolaed. laboriously leading a thin, bow
legged goat.
dis heah beast is ole Ironsides, subj"
exclaimed the goats mahout.-From
'Danl the Bulldog in the Times.
b tWhen I read it," the letter says,
TT recognized with thrill that the
right word had been found at last
mahout: The mobile, that majestic
devil, that impressive devil, is our ele.
plant, he is in class by himself, like
the. jungle monarch; to be his master,
pnd awful Sn dgPnty and dsnger' ad IT
does seem to me that that measly word
chauffeur does not properly fit the oc.
cupant Of it. Chauffeur is good
enough word when strictly confined to
it's modest and rightful place-as you
will see by what Littre says about it
I Translates: "A chauffeur is the firer
up on the street corner, peanut rooster;
in English, stoker.' A good enough
word, you see, in it's own place, hut
when we come to apply it to the ad
miral Of the thunderous mobile or Of
the, mighty elephant we realize that il
is inadequate. No, stoker is not thu
thing; chauffeur is not the thing; ma
hout is the thing-mahout is the wore
we need. Besides, there is only ont
way of saying mahout, whereas Their,
are nine ways Of saying chauffeur, ant
none of them right. With ever increas
ing respect, dear sir, as the ages rol
ON, am yours-Mark Twain. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-13
MARSHALL FIELD IS =.
MAKING GOOD FIGHT

New York, Jan. l3.-Marshall Field,
who is i'll with pneumonia, rested
quietly during the night, according to
a statement made at the Holland house
this morning. There has been ,appar-
emily no change in the PATIENTS condi-
ton since last night IS bulletin, which
said that the disease had not extended.
The physicians in attendance said that
it was not possible to give the pulse
and temperature of patients who were
suffering with pneumonia for they
varied greatly at different stages of the
disease and the figures would be simply
misleading to the public.
The opinion about the hotel seems to
be that Mr.. Field will surely recover.
The physicians, it is said, are quite
satisfied with the situation. DR.. Frank
Billings. Mr.. Fields family physician
who reached here yesterday, spent the
night with the patient, who, it was
said, was greatly cheered by the pres
ence of his old friend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-13
I'm NO D0ORMAT,'
LAWSON W SHRl I
Boston Man of .Frenzied Finance
Hurls Defiance at Peoria
Club.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Boston, Jan. 13.-Thomas W. Law
son will not be speaker at the Wash
ington s birthday banquet of the Creve
Occur club, Peoria, III. In a letter
mailed last night to H. NJ. Pindell,
chairman of the banquet committee, he
says; as 49,, :. ,, ,;o.;,, ox
the part of some Of your members to
my speaking at your banquet. would,
therefore, ask your courtesy in cancel
ing my engagement. It was only at
urgent and repeated requests of your
officers that I consented to accept:
While thanking the large majority of
your members who have shown their
confidence in me, must, in Justice to
myself, say this:
&c . Il would see your club, and every
other club in America, in hades before
Z would hpmihste myself by setting at
their board with the knowledge that
gle one Of my hosts -
!, "The ours of the system have seen
fit, in the furtherance Of their sneak
thievery and manly warfare, to ad
vertise me as having some game want
to work off on the American people.
81 have no game. I want neither
the. American people g money, office
nor anything in their gift. AS I pay
my own way, and as took up task
which has brought down on my hea6
the hatred and Vaccinations Of every
will be, ag independent as 2 Fourth O.
cider. Under no circumstances do
offer myself as the doormat for tn
American, people or any section
thereof :'Ti~