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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
CABINET NOMINATIONS.
Gent to Senate for confirratlon by
President Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt.
On the opening Ct congress, Presty
cent Roosevelt sent The following NOM
nations to the senate:
sec-.tary Of the Treasury: George
8. Cortelyou.
Attorney General: Charles JE
nararte. 7zsssSs
Postmaster General: George L. Won
Meyer. sss
Secretary of the Navy: Victor H
Metcaf
Secretary of the Interior: James g
Garfield. sS
Secretary of Commerce and 7 abcr
Oscar S. Strauss.
Associate Justice Supreme Court Z:
William H. Moody.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Merchant Kills Himself.

P. Butler Wood, retired merchan:
of Chester, shot and killed himself
by fastening a shotgun in front OF
his bedroom door, string from the
trigger to the knob, and slamming the
door. He left a note saying he had
10 die end preferred dying by his own
hand. He had been suffering from
acute nervous trouble for some time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Boy Accidentally Kills Sister.

At Hartsyille, Darlington. county,
the little six-year-old daughter of MI.
Parrot Bell was accidentally shCt
and instantly killed.
A brother Of ten years of age was
standing on box and reaching for
a shotgun on a shelf, the box fell as
the gun was grasped and in falling
the gun was discharged.
The load tore of the top and side
of the head Of the little girl, standing
nearby.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
MRS. POST PAYS FINE.

Case of Mental Healer is Finally
cIosed-AImost Physical Wreck.
The case OF Helen Williams Post
the alleged mental healer Of Sea
Breeze, Fla, which has been pending
in the United States court for six
wears. was erded at Jacksonville Sat
urday. Mrs. Post filed an affidavit
that she is suffering from acute in.
fiammatory rheumatism. of which she
canrot cure herself, paid the fine OF
$500. promised to cease the use OF the
United States mails in carrying on
mental healing business. and was re-
;ieved from the sentence Of confii,e
ment in Jail for thirty days.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Clothing Company Embarrassed.

Ctothing company EHpdTai ssSS'
The Eddens company, clothing and
dry goods merchants of Sumter, have
addressed a letter to their creditors,
stating that owing to bad crops and
DOOR collections. the firm finds itself
embarrassed and unable to meet It's
cbligations now due, and offers to SET
tie at 25 cents on the dollar cash,
if the offer is accepted at once by all
the creditors. It's assets consist Of
stock valued at $1,000 and cash In
bank and on hand to the amount OF
about $500, in addition to which it
has a considerable number of ac-
counts receivable. It's liabilities, as
given in the letter, are $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
WILL ASSIGN BIG BATTLEsHIPs
To Two Fleets for Services on Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts.

The completed plans for the organi-
zaticn of the fighting vessels of the
navy in two fleets for service Oh the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the
unite,l States in such manner that the
whole force may be readily mobilizel
in case of emergency. in ANNOUNCED
by Rear Admiral Converse, chief of
the bureau of navigation of the navy
department, in his annual report,
made public at Washington Friday.
The concentration will be completed
about January /, next.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
SIX OTHERS DOOMED
Private Car Smashed and
Burned in FrightfuI Rear
End Collision near
Lynchburg, Va.

Samuel Spencer, president Of the
: Southern Railway company, and one
of the foremost men in the develop
nent of the southern states, was kill
ed Thursday morning at 6:1o O'Clock
in a rear-enc collision, in which two
fast passenger trains were involved,
10 miles south of Lynchburg, Va, and
a mile north of Lawyers depot. IA
i the same wreck three Of his guests
were killed. Only MI. spencer's pri-
vate secretary. E. A. Merrill, of New
York. city, and one of the three por-
tiers survived the accident.
20 Mr.. spencer's destination Was
. Friendship, N c., where he was 60
ing on a hunting trip, with Messrs.
schuyler, Fisher. Redwood and Mer-
rill as his guests.
Mr. spencer's private car was at
tached to train No. S3, and bore the
full brunt of the fearful smash when
! the fast vestibuled express No. 81
dashed into it.
Fifteen people, most of them pas
) sengers in the last two regular cars
: of tie passenger train to which the
Spencer private car was attached,
we're so seriously injured that it is
feared some of them will die.
The known dead are:
I. President Samuel Spencer Of Wash
( ington, D. c.
s. Charles D. Fisher Of Baltimore, Nd.
Philip Schuyler of New York city.
Frank T. Redwood of Baltimore.
D. W. Davis of alexandria, Va, pri-
svate dispatcher.
.% j. W. Shaw, colored, Spencer, N.
c.. died in Lynchburg hospital.
An unknown person, whose head
( and limbs are burned of short, who
s1s believed to have been third porter
on private car, who is missing. HIS
name cannot be learned.
When President Spencer's body was
taken out of the wreckage, 1t was so
hlackened and charred that 1t could
not be recognized by his friends, he
: having been practically cremated.
$ The operator, to whom is laid the
blame for the wreck, is named Mat
tox, and was stationed at Lynchburs.
, AS soon as he learned Of the acci
dent, Mattox disappeared.
s President Spencer leaves a widow
4 and two sons, one Of whom is the
sixth vice president of the Southern
railway. '.
>. The train had just passed the BLOCK
station at Lawyers 1t had stopped ID
make a slight repair in a coupling.
While it stood, train No. 81, which
leaves Washington 55 minutes after
No. SO, crashed into it from the rear.
A club car, No. 81, and a passenger
coach, as well as Mr. Spencer's car,
were all burned. In the passenger car
the persons, all negroes, were in
iured.
The injured were removed to Lynch
burg.
President Spencer and his entire
,srarty. as far as is known, were
sleeping when the collision happened,
and the probabilities are that all OF
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
A MAJORITY OF FiFTY.ElGHT

For Republicans IN House Of Represen'
tatives. is Official Report.
The first official printed report on
the membership pf the house of repre-
sentativcs OF the sixtieth congress has
lust been issued by the clerk of the
house.
The republicans are shown to have
a majority Of IS. The republican men,
Lership is 22c2 and the democratic
membership is 1C4.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Reduction in Price Of Lights.

Charleston will have cheaper lights
as e. result of action taken by city
council, by which substantial reduc-
ton, both in electric and gas rates,
has been agreed to by the local light
corporation. Gas will ultimately be
furnished at 1925 a thousand feet
from $1.65. the present rate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
JOINED CHURCH At NlNETY.NINE

But Lived Only Week to Enjoy His
New Experience.
Adam Swohe. SO years old, who
joined Trinity Methodist church in
Trenton, N j., on his confession Of
faith week ago, and who said then
it was the first time he had ever been
connected with a church, died in New
York Friday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
New South Carolina Industries.

New South Carolina 1ndUstrIeS.
The following new industries were
established in South Carolina the
past week:
Maricn-$50,0O0 lumber company.
Ulmers-s10,G00 lumber company.
,sl.artanburg - $4,000 development
company.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Pa|nettoState Nevs|
Bethea to Be Secretary.

Governor-Elect NJ. +. Ansel has an
rCunced the appointment of A. ].
Retnea, of Darlington, as his private
secretary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
LAST PLEA FELL FLAT
Georgia Governor Refused to Interfere
in Rawlings Execution.

Governor Terrell Monday notifed.
Attorney Cooper. representing j. sG.s
Rawlings and his sons, convicted OF
the murder of the Carter children in
Lowndes county, and sentenced tofbe
hanged. that he must decline to In
terfere with the execution Of Rawlings
and the negro, Aft Moore.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06

French Squadron Sails.
A special from Toulon, France,
says: Admiral ToucharG's squadron
sailed for Tangier Friday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
Banker Sues Trust Company.

In the common pleas court at CO.
lumbia the trial of the suit Of Wa.
Clark against the Columbia: Trust com-
pany was begun the past week. Mr.
Clark is president of the Carolina
National bank. the Oldest bank in Co
lumbia, and president Of the Columbia
chamber of commerce. He was for
merly vice president of four Of the.
cotton mills in Columbia and OF the.
Columbia Electric Street Railway
company. KS
Three years ago an agreement vas
made by which the Columbia; Trust;
company proposed to finance the.
street railway, which was then IN dif-s
ficulties on account of the embarrass-,
ment of the cotton mills. Mr. Glark
was one of the largest stockholders
in the street railway company, and
his stock, as well as that of Others,
was taken over bya the trust CON-,
pany. ~
The suit arises out Of the transfer
of the stock. The Columbia Trust
company is controlled largely by Mt
E.. w Robertson, president Of the Ma
tional Loan and Exchange bank. Coy
ernor Hayward has recently been elec-
ted president of the trust company
which, it is proposed, to be charged
into 4 savings, bank. The suit Will
occupy some time. Directly or ind
rectly, nearly all the prominent bank
ers and financiers of Columbia are
interested in the outcome.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
MOTHER TOOK HEMP ROUTE
Because She Objected to Her Son Be-
Inc Married.

ing MdrrIeo.
Mrs. Archibald Lance. a years old,
committed suicide by hanging herself
in the cellar Of her home in Washing
ton. Y. J.. THURSDAY night at the hour
her son was being married az New
ark. The family is quite prominent,
her husband being a member Of the
Washington town cosac!l.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06

Respite Given Convicted Negro.
Governor D. c. Reyward has grant
ed respite until January IS, 1907.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
RAILWAYS IN PHILIPPINES.
Syndicate Plans to Provide $25,0oo''
600 for Construction.

UUU TOT NOTISII UVVIVTTs
A syndicate is in course of lorna
ton by speyer & Co.. of New York:
Sreyer Brothers of London and the
Hong Knog and Shanghai Bank OF
London. with capital of s25.0o0.o00,
for the construction the Manila Rail-
way company and an extension OF
it's lines
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
WAS READY TO ANSWER.
West Expired After Telling Class He
Was Waiting Summons.

Was Waiting Summons.
After relating some of his expert.
ences to class in st. Luke's Method,
list Episcopal church. Long Branch,
n. J.. in the course Of which he en-
pressed himself as ready to go when
the Master called him. Edmund West.
an octogenarian. expired just as he
resumed his seat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06
TO MEET
GERMAN VIEWS
Our Experts May Plan Tariff
Legislation
MISSION WILL SAIL TODAY
Action Needed to Avoid Trade war
Black Sands Of the Pacific
Hold a Big Platinum
Supply.
MISSION WILL SAIL TODAY

Washington, Nov 81 The mission
consisting Of S. n. D. North, director
OF the census, and James L, Gerry chief
of the custom division of the treasury
department, will sail from New York
today under special instructions from
Secretary Root to confer with represen-
tatives Of the German government, with
the hope Of paving the way to All agree.
ment whereby the United States may
continue To enjoy the privilege Of Ger
many's conventional tariff after July /
next They viii be Joined at Berlin by
n. i Stone Of the department Of com
merce and labor. who Is the third mem
Der Of the commission and who is now
in Germany on special duty. The send
ing Of the commission is entirely yoIiln
tary Oh the part Of this government, but
the friction between Germany and the
United States over tariff questions. and
tile fact that trade war between the
two countries, with their immense ii.
terrelated trade, j. likely actually to
confront the two countries next sum
iDer, lends especial significance 10 the
trip Of the trade ENJOYS, ard perhaps
no more important commercial commits
sion was ever sent out by this govern
t,taut
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06
THE PILOT',y
$3.50. o. Ry



IOrginalJ
II was In the late onpleasantness,
said the Mississippi pilot, "and it's my
opinion that all this thing called hero
ism depends ON circumstances. When
q brave mans cornercd he amt any
better d a coward rye butted up
ag'in fortyiicatlons, and I've legged ii
TO get out O. the way o shot and she'll Z
The boat was moving swiftly down
with the stream. and the pilot was now
pulling the wheel with all bis strength
then letting it fly around ike Fourth
or July pinwheel
But don't have to draw on myself
for an argument was stars and
bars boy myself I'll take one o. your
feIlers, as brave man as ever fought
under the stars aud stripes. Dye see
that bank over thar / remember n
day when there was a good deal dom
on that bank. 1t was about fou' years
after the close OF the war. and the car.
petbag business was humpin'. The
gineral idee Of carpetbagger, both
north and south, was a low down cuss
without any decency whatever Some
Of EN- was. But Major Machinery was
adifferent sort lie had risen from the
ranks in the Union army, and when the
war was over, bein only twenty-seven
years old, he concluded TO settle in the
south and grow up with the country
after Its new birth. There was a LOT OF
Do'the'n officers TUX that fever, aud |
reckon they all como TO grief.
The major bought q plantation over
thar. He didn't pay much To- 1t, 70 il
wasn't wo'th much. His neighbors
tried to drive him out In var'us ways,
but he was good pluck and refused ia
be driv. One day when was pilot O
the Talladega we come doatln' down
we're Just as were dom now, and
roundin' to. putin her nose upstream
we tied up at What boat over thai
to deliver the mail / wanted to ep
some tebacceF 80 | toie The cQn'n I'd
take the mail bag up He t2le me to g
ahead, and, roliin Il under my arm
TO thar wasn't mitch Id II II struck
ont. l found big crowd on the blur
and they folgered Inc to the posto1ice
Ihanded IN the mail bag, and Just theI
In walked Major Machinery There wa;
one letter 10 the bag. and that had The
majors naPie on It. The postmaster
handed It ont to him
THAT made the crowd mad. one
man said tilat 20 couldn't expect noth
In better from .. Yankee gaysnent thar
to deliver 6nly fetters TO YANKEES, T9s
major. who had seen oil the fightin' hs
wanted In the late war. tux his Iete.
and went out, Or ruther. be was goln
out when one Of the crowd nut cut biz
foot and tripped him. The major
stumbled. but didn't say nothln' II,
knowed II was intentional but If ht
said anything thefe he'd have to aght
for bis life. There was man he hti
on bis plantation IN the crowd aud two
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06

braid, yet these are cleyerly manipn-
lated so as to present entirely new ef.
fects
Narrow braids like soutachc. arc
stitched SO as to stand ont from the
cloth. This is more effective than
when sewed on fat to the material
Many Jackets are braided all over
front, back and sleeves, with only the
plain collar and cuffs 70 give relief
This work IS expensive, so there Is
little danger Of its becoming common.
place.
MoIre Russian pony skin comes In
Elton and helero jackets, besides semi
itting and box coat models In plain
effects With vests or deliberately trim
med with braid.
Wells are abspt as important as hats,
fof jutt new ithe head Is swathed in \
fInsy lace scarf Or a chiffon or net
yelling. preferably hanging from the
hat in the mlsdls 81 the back
The modIsh hat Illustrated Is Of black
silk beaver About taeI crown, - A
band ot silver bald, and the green
feathex are caught with a cabochsa
of silver. JEDIC CH0LLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06
The Times Daily Short Story.
DGSSI3 - % - - ~

or three southn Unlonisfs that bad set
tied thar to be under the majors wing.
When the man that had ripped the
major saw II didn't move him to give
EN- chance to kin him he roared out.
"'Yo' Yankee carpetbagger. what d
yo' mean by carryin' of the mail with
so? We don't want no hogs down
yerer
The major whipped out revolver
and stuck 1t under the mans nose so
quick that the Teller fell back, and the
major went out He hadn't been gone
more'n few minutes when they jam
med the man that wo'ked on his planta-
ton agln the wall, and be hit one Of
EN- on the head. The Union men tried
20 get at him to get him out o. their
way, and pretty soon it was stand of
between the two factions. got out
o. the way O. the nyin' bullets AS |
was maxim Off heavy man that had
been shot fell on me and knocked me
down 1t occurred to me that 1t would
be well To- me to lay whar fell
lenstnways there's no use to kill a
dead man, an concluded I'd be dead
10 awhile, till The shootin' was over
u didn't see nothin more ] didn't
want to-but the major, heaFin the
fracas, went back, and be and his little
gang KEEP the FIRE eaters At bay 70
some time Then most Of the majors
hackers was killed As was tellin
yo', / didn't see nothin' that was goin
on till there was nothin' but few
stray shots left near me- then ! got up
aud made tracks 70 the boat.
Everybody Oh board had left the
WHAT boat, and some Of EN- had lock
Cd themselves in staterooms. The
deck hands bad all tunbled into the
hold, and the cap'n' had hid 10 the pilot
house. run aboard and, seem 10
one. run out to the wha'f boat ag'ln
and Embossed the cables. We drifted
of. and, yankin' the engineer out Of
his hidiA' place behind the engine, I
tole him to be ready for signals as soon
as | got to The pilot house, In half a
minute | was az the wheel Her stern
was Just teuchip the shore when !
RING to e6 ahead, and We steamed out
into deep waier
Putin Der nose downstream, !
looked back at the scene Of the aght
sud saw the major con.ln' on the dead
run with a crewd m eighth Of nile
bebihd HIN, an frin' at him | sig
nailed to stop her aud would "a sent
I boat fo' hia, but there was no one
to send. when he rot opposite US he
took 10 the water, aud Wien be reach
ed us one Of the LANDS pulled him IN.
aHc was tAe wo'st used UP man !
over saw. He stood OH deck lookin'
Lock at lbs plantation, where lie had an
/ his fpnJs invested. reallsiu' that they
was gone. 81
~ was III the hornets nest Vat
Shiloh he said. ,but | ,lidn't feel IKE
! did whea TINT gaitg was a-tryln' 10
y murder NC. In the ono case It was
ttl eyeD aght; ID the other II was one TO
twenty,
THAT'S why ! don't count on no
man's beln brave pudrr all circum.
stances.s EDWARD MORRISON.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06
METEOR MADE
SEA BOIL
"Hot" Story From East Of
Cape Race
BIG AS SHIPS CABIN
All Came Within a Minute, as if Baby
Asteroid Had Blown Up Biggest
Fell Within a Mile Of the
Steamship st. Andrew.

New York, Nov. 8, A great meteor
kissing through a murxy sky startled
the officers and crew ofthe Phoenix Line
frcighter ST. Andrew last Tuesday af-
ternoon abont sixty miles northeast Of
Cape Race, Newfoundland. Just before
the giant shooting star appeared First
Officer ~ Spencer, who had charge Of
the bridge, saw several miles desd
ahead rip fiery lines almost from zenith
10 horizon through the vapor curtain in
TIC West. The greatest Of all the trio,
Spencer said, would have made a daz,
cling illumination At night. While he
was looking at IT bic heard 4 kissing far
away on the port beam. The chief en-
gineer, who came out on deck. called to
Spencer to look 70 port. The first officer
has sailed III many seas and has seen
marvellous marine and meteorological
phenomena; he even has had the distinc-
tion Of reporting something akin to y
sea serpent, but the spectacle that met
his eyes when he turned them to port
almost Knocked him of his feet.
Stretching far into the air was red.
dish white trail 81 fame twenty feet or
more ia diameter. Below, zigzagging
toward the surface Of a lumpy sea, was
the giant meteor that had made the
evanescent scar Of fire on the sky II
have seen many meteors. chiefly at
night but | have never seen any act
ike this one" Spencer said, When il
was within half mile Of the sea ii
began rocking Of swinging, II Won like:
anyhow, going from side to side. and
leaving zigzag trail. 1t was bigger
than my cabin. which is twelve feet
wide and il must have weighed tons.
II Was less than a mile away to the
southwark on the port beam, and when
il struck the sea it must have cooked
million fish all around Tie water
boiled up 10 a heighs Of twenty feet Or
more and the yapor created by the
steam spread over a space wider than
the length Of this ship, and that is more
than $50 feet. II was nearly half a
minute before The sea went down.
The Hamburg American liner Brazilia,
in Sunday evening from Hamburg. also
observed great meteor when northeast
\ az Cape Race on Tuesday night, about
I three hours after the ST. Andrews ex-
peiienee The Brazilia's meteor was Wis.
/ ible for thirty seconds before II buried
itself in the sea. The earth is approach
ing the meteor belt. which It's orbit cuts
about November 1914, and II il can
pick up such strays as these big ones
\ in 0stober, perhaps we are going to
have 4 fine meteor year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06
SAYS SONS or ITALY
ARE LURED TO AMERICA
Italian Journal Charges That Yankee
Officials Conspire to Give False
Promises.

New York. Nov. o. copyrighted
cable from Paris to the World says that
@The Traffic ia Human Flesh Carried on
IN Central Illinois and the Mississippi
States Is the caption Of seathing arr
ticle i'll the Review Italia Afoderna. The
charge il made that Italian emigrants
arc the victims Of outrageous imposture
through the connivance Of American Of
licials, who continue to encourage them
"a leave their homes BY fnlsome pane
gyrics Of the sections where COLOMBIA,
ton is desired.
The Review censures the Italian gov
eminent for permitting the embassy at
Washington to remain without a titular
head for II months after the retire
ment Of Baron Mayor des Planches. IL
i probable that Italy win agree To send
delegates 10 Tue international Congress
Of Emigration which the United States
government purposes holding in Wash
ington next year
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06

A prominent English physician has
discovered mat tho time Is coming
when there will be more lunaties than
sane persons in the world Statistics,
Of course, show this, as they VIII show
anything that is good for advertising
purposes They will show that We live
lorasr. that our general average Of
physical health is better and that we
grow bigger than oEr ancestors, but
that our ninds axe going 70 the bow.
vows We suspect from some OF the
things like the above. written BY great
"alienssts," that it takes lunatic to
detect lunscy, as thief to catch
thief.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-06
HERE AND THERE.
New corsets Give a Youthful Appear
nnce--siIk ynp Beavers In Vogue.

New corsets Give Youthful Appear
nnce-siIk wnp Beavers I'm Vogue.
Corsets with high busts and longer
hips than have been worn before Will
be smart this winter and, according 70
mn expert corsetiere. will be popular
because they give youthful appear
nnce to the figure.
The old fashioned beaver with lone
silky nap has come back to favor, and
MS nothing has ever been found which
better suits a young face than large
hat Of this description, lots Of theIo
will be worn For best occasions
these hats aro trimmed with immense
" long black ostrich feathers caught
with rosettes OF black velvet
One Of the sniartest and prettiest Of
the seasons novelties Is set of cog