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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
SHIPLOAD OF IMMIGRANTS
From Bremen Arrives at Charleston
on Steamer Wittekind is First
Of Newly lnaueurated Move.

The North German Lloyd Steamship
Wlttekind arrived at Charleston, S. c.,
Sunday from Bremen, Germany, with
42C immigrants and a large cargo of
fertilizer materials. The steamer sail
ed October 10. Commissioner Of Immi-
grafton for South Carolina E. j. Wat
son was on board. The immigrants
We're about half Belgians and the :e-
mainder represented Germany, Swift
zerland, Austria and other sections
of Europe. United States Commission
er Sergeant and Commissioner Of La
Dor Neill, with the aid of half dozen
interN,eters and other officials, in
cluding the quarantine officer, went
through the list and nearly all OF
the immigrants passed successfully. A
few were detained for further 1nvesti-
cation. The new immigrants are
largely made up of mill operatives and
have already gone to the upper part
Of the state to find positions In the
numerous cotton mills. The second
load of immigrants will leave Bremen
for Charleston, December 2S.
The scarcity of labor In the Caro-
linas and throughout the southeast re-
suited in the gathering together OF
a number of the large employers and
mill men of the Palmetto State a
short time ago. It was at this gath.
ering that ways and means were dis
cussed for the bringing of a better
class of foreign laborers direct to some
southern port.
It was finally decided that the best
and most practical way was to bring
these from the old world direct to a
southern port, and Charleston was
the city decided upon. Commissioner
Of immigration E. J. Watson Of South
Carolina was placed in charge Of the
work and the cooperation of M. V.
Richards, chief Of the land and indus
trial department of Washington, was
asked. Mr.. Richards Immediately re-
sponded, and together with Mr.. Wat
son, these gentlemen went to work
along practical lines.
Most Of the immigrants arriving on
the Wittekind will be employed IN
the cotton mills of the Carolinas.
The greatest care has been taken
in the selection of these immigrants
to secure the very best Of workers
who will prove Industrious and also
good citizens.
If the experiment proves practical,
and it is believed that it will by, those
in the best position to know, this
same plan will be carried out On a
much larger scale, and the purpose
IS to establish a service which will
bring In two Of the big steamers load
ed with homeseekers to Charleston
every month.
Railroads are also anxious to Sc
cure labor for the making Of many
improvements in the south. While
much work is now going on In the
south, the reads have been greatly
delayed in their efforts on account
Of the scarcity of labor throughout
this section.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
SOLDIERS TO BE TAGGED.

Aluminium Medallion, With Name and
Company, to Be Worn.
Acting on the recommendation OF
surseon General O'Reilly, Acting Sec
retary Oliver has ordered that here
after Identification tags Of aluminium
the size of half dollar, stamped with
the name, company, regiment or corps
of the wearer, be suspended from tho
reck of every officer and soldier, un'
derneath the clothing, by cord.
These badges will be issued gratui-
tously to enlisted men and at cost
rrice to the officers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
DECLARED FRAUDS
Men Who Made Peonage
Charges are 50 Styled.
APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT
Made by Southern States immigration
Commission - President is Asked
to stop Underhanded War on
Dixie Industries.

The Southern States immigration
commission, located in New York, Of
which David Robinson is the head,
which is doing such splendid work
of securing desirable immigrants for
the south, has appealed to President
Roosevelt to direct the department Of
justice to make investigations in New
York, which Mr. Robinson declares
will completely refute the charges
against the R. D. Cole company Of
Newman, on which indictments for
peonage were found by the federal
grand jury for the northern district
of Georgia as the result of the ef-
forts of the Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Charles w. Russell, who has
been in Georgia for the past two
weeks as the special representative
of the department in connection with
this matter.
According to Information furnished
the Atlanta Constitution Sunday night
by Mr.. Robinson, the commission
will be able to show that those per-
sons making the charges of peonage
absolutely misrepresented themselves
In order to get free transportation to
the south.
Georgia being one of the states for
which the commission is working, Mr..
Robinson is the direct representative
of the state and Is engaged in secur-
ing for Georgia industries just the
kind of immigrants that are badly
needed to keep up the great prog
ress which is now being made. The
whole purpose of the commission Is
to induce desirable immigrants to
come to the south, and the present
furor over alleged cases Of peonage
is naturally greatly interfering with
its work-and at the same time very
pleasantly playing into the hands OF
those interests which are opposed to
Immigration to the south. The rail-
roads which get the haul when labor
ers snd lomeseekers are carried to
the west are the chief benefciaries
every time such charges are made
against the south, and many stories
detrimental to this section which have
been told abroad have been ascribed
to their agents.
Mr.. Robinson declares that. the
nresent situation demands absolute
fairness in the interest Of southern
industries.
MIR. Robinsor:s telegram to the Con-
stitution was as follows:
'sNew York, November 4, 1906.-The
Southern States immigration Commis-
sion. located in New York, appealed
to President Roosevelt tonight to d.
rect the department Of justice to
make Investigations here which will
ref,,te the peonage charges against
the r. D. Cole company of Newman.
We will show that the men making
complaint absolutely misrepresented
themselves to get free transportation
south. Our work is inducing desirable
immigration and therefore demands
fairness in behalf of southern indus
tries Five Scotch farming families ar
rive here Thursday, going to Georgia.
and more following.
DAVID ROBINSON"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
CONVICTION IN RIOT CASE.

Atlanta Negro Given Life Term for
Murder Of County Policeman.
Alex Walker, the Brownsville negro
who was put on trial in the. superior
court at Atlanta Tuesday morning,
charged with the murder of County
Policeman Heard, was found guilty On
Wednesday afternoon by the jury, With
recommendation to mercy. Judge
Roam Immediately sentenced the negro
to life imprisonment, and motion
for a new trial was Immediately fled
by his attorneys
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
AT TEOOy'S ORDER
Secretary E|ihu Root LAM
basis Candidate Hearst.
VIRTUALLY A MURDERER
Accused of Being Direct Cause of Me.
kinley's Assassination, Through
Inciting Articles Published in
His Newspaper.

Secretary Of State Elihu Root join
ed with Charles E. Hughes, the repub-
iican candidate for governor Of New
York state at Utica, Thursday night
in addressing a political mass meet
ing In the Majestic theater The doors
Of the playhouse were closed shortly
after o'clock, so great was the
crowd within, and the streets were
througed thereafter with people seek
ing admission. A second meeting was
held in another hall.
Twice during the delivery of the
speech tho secretary was interrupted
by persons In the audience, and the
great crowd in the thsater was In an
uproar. One of these Interruptions
came when Secretary Root declared
Hearst had been elected to congress
to serve the American people, but
he had failed to do so.
That's lie," shouted a man in
the balcony. At once there was roar
Of Put him out" burt Mr.. Root held
up his hand for silence, and said:
LET him remain" He then read q
statement which he declared summa-
1ized Mr.. Hearst's record in the ma
tioral house of representatives.
The second interruption came when
Secretary Root was referring to the
assassination of President Mckinley.
"McKinley's dead, why should you
bring him into this?" cried man.
Again there was a tumult, and seye'
raj policemen started to eject the
man.
Secretary Root asked that ne be
left alone, whereupon the man volun-
tarily left the place.
'T say to you with President Roose-
yelt's authority" said Mr. Root, "that
he regards Mr.. Hearst as wholly un-
fit to be governor, and as an insin-
cere, self-seeking demagogue who is
trying to deceive the workingmen OF
New York by false statements and
false promises, and I say to you,
with his authority, that he considers
that Mr.. Hearst's election would be
an injury and a discredit alike to
honest labor and to honest capital and
a serious injury to the work in which
he Is engaged Of enforcing just and
equal laws against corporate wrong
doing. President Roosevelt and Mr..
Hearst stand as far as the poles
asunder.
Listen to what President Roose-
velt himself has said Of Mr.. Hearst
and his kind In President Roosevelt's
first message to congress, in speaking
Of the assassin Of Mckinley, he spoke
of him as infamed by the reckless
utterances of these who, on the stump
and in the public press, appeal to the
clark and evil spirits Of malice and
greed, envy and sullen hatred. The
wind is sowed by the men who preach
snch doctrines and cannot escape the
responsibility for the whirlwind that
Is reaped. This applies alike to the de-
liberate demagogue, to the exploiter
of sensationalism and to the crude
and foolish visionary who, for what
ever reason, apologies for crime or
excites aimless discomfort.
"I say, by the presidents author
ity, that in opening these words, with
the horror Of President McKinley's
murder fresh before him, he had Mr..
Hearst specifically in his mind. And
I say, by his authority, that what ne
thought of Mr.. Hearst then he thinks
of Mr.. Hearst now"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
Annals SORRY MAN
Numerically FIayed in 0i-
vorce Court by Attorney.
SALAClOUS ROT EXPOSED
6oni caste!lane is Painted ia Blacklist
Of Colors - Society Women and
Without Reserve.

Before a crowd which taxed the ca.
pacity of the court room in the palace
OF Justice in the old Latin quarter,
In Paris, the case of the Countess de
Castellane for divorce from her hus-
band, Count Boni de Castellane, was
begun Wednesday afternoon.
Count Bonis attorneys made no ef-
fort for further postponement and
with Henri Ditto, president o. the
tribunal OF first instance Of the Seine,
presiding, and with two associate JUS
tees on the bench, Maitre Cruppi pre-
sented the plea Of the countess for ab-
solute divorce and the custody Of the
children. This plea was made upon
documentary evidence and without
summoniny witnesses.
The great lawyer spoke for four
and one-half hours with an intermis-
sion of only fifteen minutes. The case
was adjourned before Maitre Crup-
nj argument was finished, and he still
seemed to have plenty of ammunition
in the locker.
Such a severe arraignment has sell
dom been heard in this court room.
He painted Count Boni In the blacklist
of colors, declaring him to be apa-
cious, brutal and licentious, while the
countess was held up as the long-sut-
fering victim Nothing was spared and
nothing was CLOSED over.
In chronological order Maitre Crup-
pi recounted the stroy of the alliance,
which he said had been unhappy from
the very honeymoon, owing to the In
credible extravaganza Of the husband,
who in five years had used up~the CO
lossal fortune that the daughter OF
Jay Gould had brought him. Count
t,oni's inordinate and Unsuitable de-
rnands for money, according to the at
torney for the countess, began as soon
as the couple arrived in Paris and led
Immediately to i'll treatment and abuse,
and soon to blows.
Maltre Cruppie detailed ltasons with
-Four society women, designating them
as Nine. A., Nine. B., Nine. c., and
Nine. D. Referring to the counts
affairs with the demimondaines the
lawyer told the story in plain, unvar-
nished fashion. He made no attempt
at rhetoric, bat marshaied the facts
from a big dossier before him. He
read uneXpurated extracts from IN
eliminating letters and gave the dep
ositions of servants and others. indi-
eating inidelity. Only when Maltre
Cruppi reached some particularly out
raseous incidents of the counts con-
duct did his voice, vibrating with pas
sion, rise until it penetrated the far
/, fhermost recesses of the big hall and
at other times it would soften as he
spoke of the Inundated wife under
such circumstances, trying to bear up
IN the face of the world. AS he spoke
of the counts efforts to prolong the
case with the view of securing forgive
ness and Cancellation, the lawyer fair.
" shouted: ''No, no, forgiveness Is
now out of the question"
Beneath the disguises of Nine. A,
Nine. B., Nine. C. and Nine. D. many
persous in the court room recognized
the identity of the women to whom
the lawyer referred.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
WEAVER LEAVES REFoRMERs.

Philadelphia Mayor Announces His Re-
turn to Republican Fold.
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia Fri
day announced his return to the repub-
lican fold, and will vote for Edwin S.
Stuart, the party candidate for gov
ernor. Since his remuneration of the
republican organization and its lead
ers, eighteen months ago, Mayor
Weaver, has been actively interested
in the local reform organization
known as the city party. He now re-
pudiates that party and declares that
under the so-called reformers the city
is in danger of a worse system OF boss
ism than ever existed before.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
PRESIDENT GOT HIS TURKEY.

Hunted for Three Days and Fina'iy
Landed Lone eobbler.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt ar
rived in Washington Sunday night
from Pine Knot, Virginia, where they
went for an outing.
The president spent his entire time
at Pine Knot In hunting wild tur'
keys. He had never shot one, although
he often hunted them. 1t was not un'
I'll late Saturday afternoon, however,
that the president accomplished MS
desire He shot a wild turkey, the
only one shot during three days OF
hunting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
EXPRESS PACKAGES MISSING.

They Contained Money Variously Est'
mated at from $1,000 to $1,000.
Two express packages containing 4
slim Of money, variously estimated at
from $1,000 to $1,000, were missing
from a Southern Express company
car at Nashville, Tenn, when the
nackages were checked over. The OIL
GERS of the company declined to say
where the money was from or "here
destined.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
QUESTIONABLE HONOR.

This Man Is Either Champion Cotton
Picker or Champion Liar.
Zeb Johnson. a young man living
near Martin, Texas. claims to hold
the worlds record in cotton picking.
In the presence OF eleven other pick
ers. he has just gathered in one day
1135 pounds Of cotton, and in the
forenoon of the same day picked over
ZOO pounds.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
POSTMASTER FoRFEITs BOND.

Was to Have Been Tried for Embez.
element, But Fails to Show UP.
Martin Thrasher, formerly postmas
ter of Brookside, Jefferson county,
Alabama, who was to have been tried
Thursday on a charge of embezzle-
,nent. forfeited his bond. He has not
teen apprehended yet, although MS
bondsmen state that they will be able
to find him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
THREE DEAD; TEN INJURED

Is Result Of Head-On Collision on the
St. Paul Railroad.
Three dead and ten injured, Is the
result of a head-on collision on the
st, Paul railroad, between an extra
freight aud a special train consist
ing of an engine and two coaches.
The train crews escaped serious IN
Jury by jumping.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
sWITcHMEN FAVOR STRIKE.

Unions Vote Granting Full rover
to the GRIND Lodge.
The members of the Switchmans S
T1nion of North America. employed on
the six lines of railroads entering ST.
Panl and Minneapolis, have been poll
ed on the question Of granting the
Grand lodge full power to declare a
strike The result is practically unan'
imous In favor of granting this
power.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
HEARST AND HUGHES BUSY.

Closing Week Of New York Campaign
a Strenuous One.
With election day less than week
away the two candidates for governor
of New York are making their last
appeals to the voters. Charles e.
Hughes and William Randolph hearst
headed toward Greater New Fork on
Wednesday, where the final arguments
vii, be made. Both are voice-worn
from frequent outdoor speaking. But
neither rain nor snow has danpened
the enthusiasm Of the crowds, which
gathered everywhere to greet them
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
ToRREY QUIT IN DISGUST.
Migratory Evangelist Calls OFF a Meet
inq in Nashville.

I have never seen such stubborn
rebellion against God as I have wit
messed here tonight. The meeting IS
dismissed, and you can go to your
homes" Thus spoke DR.. Torroy IN
Nashville, Tenn, to crowd of peo-
rle who had heard his sermon on
"Hen," and when he called for con-
yerts only one stood up. He had an
nounced several special features for
the after-service, including song oy
Mr. Butler, but he called it all OF. and
left the building.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
FOR MORAL EFFECT ON cC5ANs

American Troops Will Make Practice
Marches Throughout Island.
It IS the intention of the provisional
government of Cuba to have the Amer
can troops in Havana make extensive
nractice marches throughout the
island. This should not be interpreted
as q threatening demonstration, the
stem IS taken for its moral effect on
tho restoration Of confidence.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
CAR LOAD OF STRIKE BREAKERS.

Arrive at Southern shops in Spencer,
N. C.-Two Hundred New Men.
The fifth car load of strikebreakers
has beer received by the Southern
railway at its Spencer shops. This shop
now has more than 200 new men,
taking the places Of strikers, and is
said to be- in better shape to meet
the strike than any shop on the South
ern system.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
cEoRelANs HAVE GIVEN BOND.

Men Indicted. by Federal Gr1no jury
Put Up $4,000 Cash.
F. B. Cole of the N. D. Cole COM
nanv of Newman, Ga, and H. l. Zieg-
ler of the T. G. Thompson & Brothers
Construction company, both Of whom
are under indictment in the United
states court for peonage, voluntarily
went to Atlanta and gave bond II
the sum Of $4,000 each, two true bills
having leen returned against each OF
them.
It is not probable that these cases
will be brought to trial until the
March term Of the court In Atlanta
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
SUPREME TREASURER MISSING.
Likewise Danish Brotherhood is Out
to Amount of $4,000.

Likewise Danish Brotherhood is Ou1
to Amount of $4,000.
Christian Eskilson, of Chicago,
thrice supreme treasurer Of the Dan
ish brotherhood of America, Is miss
ing and simultaneously it is found
that from $4,000 to $4,000 Of the
orders funds is gone.
officials Of the order made an ex'
animation of Eskilson's account, which
reveals, they say, the immense short
age.
They declare that practically all OF
the reserve fund is gone. Seven thou
sand dollars Of it is said to have oeen
lost in the failure of Paul o. Stems
land bank.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
"sKlN GAME" IS ALLEGED.
Atlanta Negroes File Suit Against Two
CoIored Corporations.

A petition was filed in the superior
cour. at Atlanta wednesday in behalf
Of some thirty-three negro clients al
leging co,,usicn between the Metropol-
itan Mercantile and Realty company
of New York, and the Metropolitan
Mutual Benefit Association, also of
New York, both colored institutions,
and praying that the defendants be
required to appear in court and an
swer to the charges of fraudulently
taking the money Of the petitioners
and subverting it to illegal purposes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
CITY OF CHATTANOOGA SHAKEN
By Mysterious Explosion In Shopa OF
Cincinnati Southern Railway.

A terrific explosion occurred in
the yard store room of the Cincinnati
Southern railroad shops at Chattanoo-
ca at o'clock Thursday morning,
and as a result one man IS dead, one
fatally injured and at least half a
dozen badly hurt.
The store house was entirely de-
stroyed. the coaling station badly DAM
aged, several cars burned and the
windows around were broken by the
force of the explosion, the cause OF
which is a mystery.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
COTTON SEED FIGHT CONTINUES
Mill Men and Farmers in Mississippi
canont Aoree on Price.

The war between the farmers and
the oil mills in Mississippi over the
price of Gotten seed is still being
waged with much spirit, and the
farmers who can afford to do SO are
holding back their seed crop, Hehe7-
ing that the mills vii, eventually be
compelled to pay higher prices.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08
HALLOWEEN JokERs SHOT.

Were Bombardlng an Clubhouse When
the Owner Fired.
Harlow Smith and Robert Riley
we're probably fatally shot and George
Whitley seriously wounded while cel-
ebrating Halloween at Bradr1ck, y.
They were bombarding an outhouse
when a nan with a shotgun appeared
from behind it and fred on them at
close range.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-09-20
BRUCE HESSEN BADLY INJURED.
He Was Struck by Train at CrelIin
Yesterday.

For several days Bruce Hessen, of
Oakland, has been in a serious condition
as a result of being thrown from a
horse at Terra Alta and striking his
head which produced paralysis of his
left side. 1t is also thought that his
mind weakened because of his injuries
as he acted in a mysterious manner.
Yesterday he went up to Crellin and
walking down the railroad track at that
place was struck by train notwith-
standing the efforts of the engineer to
warn him by blowing the whistle and
other devices. The man was thrown to
the side of the track and upon being
picked up by the train crew it was found
that his left leg had been broken just
above the ankle and that he also suffer-
ed number of bruises and cuts about
his head and body.
He was brought to Oakland and at
tended by DR.. Legge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-09-20
UP FOR FORGERY.
John Cole, COlored, of Mt. Lake Park,
Is In Jail On CHARGE.

John Cole, colored boy enjoyed by
Mr.. R. G. Richardson at Mountain Lake
Park, was arrested Tuesday afternoon
on complaint of Mr.. P. T. Cartwright
who charged Cole with having passed a
forged check on him for $3.50 which
purported to bear the genuine signature
of Mr.. Richardson.
The check was drawn payable TO Cole
and Endorsed by him to Mr.. Cartwright,
who advanced the money on last Satur-
day evening. On Monday it was pre-
scented at the Garrett National Bank for
payment when the officials at the bank
pronounced it fraud and refused pay
ment, returning it to Mr.. Cartwright.
After being arrested Cole was given
a preliminary hearing by Justice Ker-
foot at the Park and was sent to Jail in
default of bond for his appearance at
the December Term.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-09-20
Gave Their Annual Picnic.

Mr.. and Mrs, Jasper Augustine, who
spend their summers at their beautiful
farm in Addison, on Saturday gave
their annual picnic to the children of
that neighbOrhood, and over 800 persons
partook of the hospitality of these good
people. Dinner and supper was served
on the large porches, and in the evening
a dance was held A large number of
people from Uniontown and Connells-
vile were present.-Meyersdale Repub-
lcan.