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Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
The complaints about the poor 7

The complaints about the poor pay
of the clergy are getting loud, and
nobody disputes their validity. 1t is
a solemn fact that the ministry stands
almost alone among all the profes
sions or occupations in which the
emoluments or wages have not ad
vanced correspondingly with the in.
creased expenses of modern living
The clergymen have perfect right to
be indignant about it.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Mrs. Hiram Mulder, of Muske

Mrs. Hiram Mulder, of Muskegon,
placed can of gasoline on a red hot
stove and an explosion followed which
threw her across the room, knocked
the side wall of the room full of holes
and ripped up the floor. Mrs. Mulder
was saved from being burned to death
by Mrs. H. Pickard, neighbor.
John Evans, the Kalamazoo young
man who shot his wife twice because
she would not return to him, and who
failed TO end his own life because the
revolver would not work, was sent
enoed to Jackson prison from five to
ten years on his plea of guilty to the
charge Of attempted murder.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13

Algernon Charles Swinburne takes
his constitutional so promptly each
day that the neighbors set their
watches by his movements Thus we
see that Rudyard Kipling is not the
only poet in England who can justify
his existence.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13

We have physical culture and sew.
ing and cooking, as well as manual
training, in our schools, but there is
one thing lacking. Are we doing the
right thing by the rising generation In
not taacbino scienfific hasehall7
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Farmer Suicides.

After a family quarrel, Asa Sharp,
a farmer living north of Inlay City,
came to town and proceeded to accum-
ulate a Jag" Then he went to the
drug store and bought quantity of
carbolic acid. Climbing back into his
buggy he drove around town like a
wild man. Finally he quieted down
and was apparently asleep, but the
horse kept on going. When the rig
was stopped in the middle of the road
it was found that Sharp was dead,
having swallowed the carbolic acid.
This is the second time Mrs. Sharp
has been widowed within five years
by her husband taking carbolic acid.
Sharp's daughter by his first wife
committed suicide in the same way a
year ago.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Game, Fish and Fire wardens.

Charles s. Pierce, state game, fish
and fire warden, has announced the
appointment Of Charles Smith, of East
Tawas, as his chief deputy. Smith was
a deputy game warden under Charles
Chapman, Pierce's predecessor, for
two years, and has been stationer dur
ing the session of the legislature. The
other deputies are J. B. Eddy, of Sault
Ste Marie; Theodore Trudel, of Bay
City; Peter Prochaska, of Detroit, who
succeeded Fred e. Fisher as deputy
three months ago; Charles X. Hoyt, of
Grand Haven, who was chief deputy
under Chapman. Pierce says: Il shall
not appoint the 10 district fire wardens
until ! have made trip through the
upper portion of the state"
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13

A Judge has decided that venire
man who has a farm to look after
nowadays has trials enough without
having to sit on jury. Occasionally
tie goddess of justice lifts the band
age from her eyes and winks good
naturedly at the bystanders.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
A Sane Fourth?

Not since the days of the unrestrict-
ed use of the giant cracker and the
toy cannon have there been as many
small Fourth of July accidents in De-
troit as there were Thursday, though
to the casual passer along the streets
it appeared that the city was enjoying
sane and comparatively quiet Fourth.
The joyous antics of the small boy
let loose to revel in noise and colored
lights, kept the police, the fire depart
ment and the physicians on the go
from early morning until late at night
The doctors report 55 cases of injury
from fireworks, the fire department
was called upon to extinguish 10 con-
fiagrations directly traceable to the
celebrants, and the police were obliged
to lock up 40 people whose method of
celebration seemed to menace the pub
lie peace and well being.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Injured at a Fire.

Wilber j. Owen, proprietor of the
Midland Bazaar, had one eye de-
stroyed, Dexter Anderson, druggist,
had an artery in his left wrist badly
cut, Eugene Willis had one foot
crushed and an unknown man had a
shoulder laid open by falling glass dur
ing a fire early Monday morning.
The building was owned by w. l..
Baker, and was occupied by Britton
& Smith, clothiers. The loss is about
$4,000. Both buildings and contents
were insured. The fire is supposed to
have originated from defective cleo
trio wire. The men injured were volun'
tarily helping to fight the fire. Mr.
Owen, who lost an eye, is one of the
leading business men of the city.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Sanduskx Hotel Burned.

The Roberts hotel in Sandusky and
a store, which was being built south
Of the hotel, was destroyed by fire
Saturday, and it was necessary to
tear down double building north of
the fire to save others. The entire
loss will reach $4,000 with $4,000 in
surance. The Roberts house was built
thirty years ago and was the oldest
hotel in the county.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Badly Smashed.

While returning to his home in Par
tello from Bellevue, Will Williams,
aged 80, was struck by train on
Halls Crossing, two miles east of
town. His horse was killed, his buggy
demolished and Williams was fatally
injured, the attending surgeon taking
70 stitches to close his wounds. The
livery stable proprietor says that
Williams and a companion were in
toxicated when they started home at
midnight. Nothing has been seen of
the other man and he evidently left
Williams before the accident. Will
Jams was brought to the village by
the train crew.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Michioan's Valuable Products.

Michigan led the entire country In
it's production of gypsum and salt in
1906. This is the announcement OF
the geological survey made public sta
tics of the production of all kinds OF
minerals in every part of the country.
Of gypsum Michigan produced 341, ZIG
tons, valued at $753,S7S. Its closest
rival is New York, with production
of 2SS, ,631 tons, valued at $749,S96. The
total gypsum production of the coun-
try was 1,540,535, valued at $S,837,97
The peninsular state produced $685.
$50 barrels of salt in 1906, valued at
$2,01S,760. The salt production OF
New York was slightly less, S,978,630
barrels. but the survey credits the salt
of that state with a higher value,
placing the value for the year at
S2,09S ,6S6. Michigan and New York,
according to the statistics of 1906, are
in a class by themselves in salt pro-
duction, no other state furnishing half
as much as either of them The en-
tire sale production of the country
! was 2S,172,Ss0 barrels:
In production Of Portland cement,
Michigan holds third place, with S,747,-
525 barrels. valued at $4,S14,965. Penn
sylvania holds first place, with pro-
duction of 1S,4e3,424 barrels, valued
at s1S,5ss, ,4S9. New Jersey Is slight
ly ahead of Michigan In quantity pro-
ducing 4,42S,64S barrels, but the New
Jersey article isn't considered so good
as that produced in Michigan. So the
value of the New Jersey production OF
1906 is placed at $4,445,364 which is
less than the value of the Michigan
product. The total production of Port
land cement for the country was 49,
463.424 barrels, valued at S52,446,1 ,1S6.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13

Prof. Frank L. Sage has resigned
his position in the law department OF
the U. of M although the regents Of
tered to raise his salary $500 to $500.
He will engage in private practice.
When the authorities refused to
shut up the saloons in Midland on
the Fourth of July three ministers
served a written notice on them to
close or be prosecuted. They closed.
The wedding dress in which Mrs.
Una Swartwout, formerly Miss Ruby
Brayton, was married week ago, va
her shroud, and Rev. w. s. Potter,
who performed the wedding ceremony.
Dfficiated at her funeral.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
Guaqenheim's Trust.

The great smelter corporation, head
ed by Simon Guggenheim, senator.
elect from Colorado, has fallen - Ter
.he ban of the federal authorities "
trust busting experts are conducting
an investigation to determine whether
i is not combination in violation of
Jaw. 1t is expected to base a suit for
dissolution Of the corporation and pos
sibly criminal proceedings on the evil
1ence being accumulated. The investi-
CATION was personally ordered by
President Roosevelt.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13


His pal escaped. The Strongs have a
burglar alarm on their store, and when
it went off the three men armed them.
selves and started after the marau.
ders. The fellow they caught had part
of the plunder on his person
Arba B. Kent, aged SO, the Muske.
gon inventor who is working on a com.
bination airship and water vehicle,
has had a guardian for some time. AS
the Glorious Fourth approached the old
man wanted to celebrate and he felt
that the 20 cents per day allowed him
for spending money was not enough.
He appealed to the probate court and
was awarded reasonable sum.
Three Grand Rapids residents are
in Ann Arbor taking the Pasteur treat.
ment for supposed mad dog bites.
Mrs. M. A. Hanna, aged 45 years, and
Shelia, S-year-old daughter of DR.
Muir, attempted to catch Mrs. Hanna s
dog after he had been bitten by a
strange dog. The pet turned on his
pursuers and bit them. Vernonica
Worsnecszki, aged years, is the
third victim.
The following Michigan postoffices
have been given an additional clerk,
effective July l, at 600 per annum
each: Hillsdale, Jackson, Menominee.
Bay City, Hancock, Alma, Alpena,
Cadillac, Ann Arbor, Charlevoix and
Flint Grand Rapids gets three and
Battle Greek two clerks.
An unidentified man begged permis-
sion to sleep in Hoods livery barn.
Big Rapids, and in the morning he
was found in stall with his back
broken. He had fallen from the hay
NOW and had wandered about the barn
for hours in his crippled condition.
He died soon after being taken to the
hospital
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-03
General Shafter on Fat Men.

Weighing scarcely less, if not more,
than four hundred pounds, Shafter
had a profound aversion for fat men,
either as enlisted men or officers.
They're no account for soldering
he would bluster in his tremendous
basso. "They pant. they wheeze, they
snort, they choke, tney grunt, they
groan; they waddle, they slouch
through the world. Not particle OF
good on earth, fat soldiers-would
not have one of 'em around if I could
help it."
vEr-but-er-you would not exact
ly-er-call yourself'slight, would you.
colonel?" q venturesome major once
asked Shafter after one OF these out
bursts.
Slight? Mo-" Shafter thundered
in reply. "H-ll no! I've been fat,
blobby old nuisance ever since the
day I tipped the beam at over two
hundred pounds, and right then I
ought to've been courtmartialled and
cashiered for outrageous and mali
cious adiposity, sir-for scandalous
corpulence to the prejudice Of milf
tary discipline. e.'-Washington Star.
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MAFIA AGAIN ACTIVE.
Six Italians Found MysteriousIy Muir.
dered in New Orieans-Crime
Laid to Secret Society.

Six Italians were found murdered
in a tenement house in Dumaine
street in New Orleans early Wednes-
day morning. Some of them had been
burned to death, and there is no
doubt that the men were victims Of
the Malta, which has been working Sc
cretly in New Orleans for many years,
and has broken out at intervals, when
revolving crimes have been. commit.
ted.
Not since the lynching of Italians
by the wholesale, several years age,
has the New Orleans foreign popu-
lace been In such high state Of ex-
cirement
Following the discovery of the mur-
ders, the excitement grew to such
bounds that the entire police depart
ment was hurried to the tenement
house. The police could not cope with
the situation and call was sent for
every able-bodied fireman in the de-
partment to hurry to the scene.
The murders are believed to have
been committed during the early part
of Tuesday night and had undoubtedly
been planned ahead. That no screams
were heard from the murdered men
leads to the theory that many men
were engaged in the slaughter and
that the victims were Set upon at G
given signal and struck down before
any of them could make an outcry.
The bodies OF the dead men were
literally hacked to pieces and those
that were burned had evidently been
set on fire after being put to death.
The murderers are said not to have
left a clew to their identity. If they
are known the Italians are the only
ones who can enlighten the police,
and up to this time they have refused
to talk.
The police are of the opinion that
the murders were committed by one
of the many secret societies and that
the six men VINO were slain were
marked for death by their own coun-
trymen.
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VARDAMAN ON SCENE.
Mississippi Governor Accompanies the
Troops TO Scooba and Will Inves.
tigate Cory Race Clash.

A special from Jackson, Miss, says:
, Governor Vardanlan and several merl-
bcrs of his staff left for Scooba Wed.
nesday evening at six o'clock on 4
special train. He carried with him
about twenty-five members Of the
Capital Light Guards, under COM
mand CT Captain Albert Farley. Ad-
jutant General Fridge preceded him
about three hours, going on the regu-
lar train to Meridian, where lie had
another special train waiting to car
~ the governor and militia direct to
Scooba.
Latest advices from !Scooba and
Wahalak state that quiet prevails at
both of these towns, as we'll as
throughout the surrounding territory
and that the troops and civil authori-
ties are in complete control Of the
situation.
According to the most reliable re-
ports the disturbance of the last few
days in Kemper county were not as
serious as at first reported. The trou-
BILE is attributed to the actions of a
reckless mob, which, il searching for
the negro who attacking Conductor
Cooper aboard a Mobile and Ohio train
last Sunday. and who SHOT and kill
ed Constable O'Erien of Wahalal kill
ed three negroes and wounded several
others.
Feeling against the negroes was in
tensifed by the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road at Crawford station Monday
night, and in the belief that the mob
was beyond his control, Deputy Sher-
if Alexander, at Scooba, asked that
troops be sent there at once, so that
the innocent negroes might be pro-
tected. Two companies of state troops
are now encamped at Scooba.
It is believed that during the trou-
BILE ten negroes and two whites were
killed.
Wednesday night the streets Of
Sccoba were crowded with negroes
who had gathered from miles around.
They were highly excited, but there
was nothing threatening in their de-
meanor. According to their state
ments most of them had gathered
through fear that violence would be
done than If they remained in the
surrounding districts, and fear alone
bad driven them into the towns.
With companies of militia patrolling
the streets there seemed to be little
apprehension among either whites or
blacks of any further trouble. Most
of the white people in scooba are CIV
ing the troops their heartiest coop
Grafton in efforts to restore tranquil
ity. Among these whites the opinion
is freely expressed that the entire
trouble was uncalled for, and should
have been averted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-03
NO RELIEF FOR IS YEARS.
All Sorts of Remedies Failed to Cure
Eczen1a-Sufferer Tried Cuticura
and is Entirely Cured.

sI have had eczema for over fifteen
years, and have tried all sorts of remedies
to relieve me, but without avail. / stated
my case to one of my friends and he
recommended the Cuticura Remedies. l
bought them with the thought that they
would be unsuccessful, as with the others.
But after using them for few weeks l
noticed to my surprise that the irritation
and peelins Of the skin gradually de-
creased, and finally, after using five cakes
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuti.
cura Ointment it disappeared entirely. I
feel now like a new man, and l would
gladly recommend these remedies to all
who are afflicted with skin diseases. David
Blum, Box A, Bedford Station, n. "
Nov. 6, 1905"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-03
THE ,KAlsER's VOICE.

His Words Preserved on First Pergna-s
rent Roll in Phonetic Archives.
One of the novelties OF the last few
years is the establishment OF phcnetic
archives, in which the voices OF note-
worthy persons are to be preserved. &
The first record actually taken for
such permanent archiye in America
was that of European. Through the
American Ambassador Charlemagne
Tower, I applied fer a record OF the
voice Of the German emperor, for pres
ervation in duable material in Har-
ward University, the National Museum
at Washington, and the Library Of
Congress at Washington The record
is to be kept as historical document
for posterity. The Phonetic Archives
at the institutions mentioned are to-
include records from such persons ass
will presumably have permanent hts-5
torical interest for America. The im-
portance Of the undertaking can be-
estimated by considering the present
value of voice records by Demosth henes,
Shakespeare, or Emperor William the
Great"
The Emperor consented, and the ap-
paratus was set up in the palace. Is
asked for four records, one for each
of the institutions mentioned and one
for my own scientific investigation.
The Emperor, however, made only
two records, designating one for Har-
ward University and the other for5
other purposes. The two records were
made by phonograph with specially
selected recorders) on wax cylinders.
Such cylinders are Of no permanent
value, because they are often injured
by mold, and sooner or later they
always crack, owing to changes In
temperature.
From each original master record
metal matrix was made by coating
It with graphite and then gaivanoplsr
ting it. The wax master record was
teen removed (being destroyed In the
process), leaving mold from which
"positives"-thati is copies Of the origi
Qdl-COulu U0 CdSI Ill q Aoiu oAASAassS<
composition and in celluloid. Some
casts were also made In wax, and new
metal matrices were made from these.
In this manner the following material
was obtained: Q) A metal matrix and
positive of Record No. l, deposited in
the National Museum at Washington;
(2) a similar set Of Record No. /, de-
posted in the Congressional Library
at Washington; (3) similar set OF
Record No. 2, deposited in Harvard
University; (4) a complete set for
both records "a metal matrix and a.
positive of each), which 1 presented
to the Emperor; and (5) reserve set
of both. These are the only records
of the German Emperor's voice which
exist at the present time:-The Gem
tury. SS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-03
A Useless Art.


-seWeu," said the manager, turning
xo the fair applicant for a place in
his company, "have You any dla-
monds that you can lose on rail-
road train or be robbed of on ferry
boat?"
mo, I'm sorry to say that I 40
mot own any jewelry."
els there anybody that we can nave
arrested for following you around
from. town to town and making love
to you?"
II don't know Of any such per-
son."
"Would you have any objection TO
being thrown out Of an automobile
and rolling down a steep emoank-
ment?"
"Dear me, that would be dangerous,
wouldn't it?''
"Well, what are your recommenda'
lions, anyway"
81 can act"
ooh, You must think we are
still living in the dark ages. s."-Cn''
caso Record-Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-03
POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD
Guarantee On Their Products.

We warrant and guarantee that all
packages Of Postum Cereal, Grape
Nuts and Elijah's Mama hereafter
sold by any jobber or retailer, COM
ply with the provisions Of the Ma
tional Pure Food Law, and are not
and shall not be adulterated or mis-
branded within the meaning Of said
Act Of Congress approved June 80,
1906, and entitled, can act for pre-
venting the manufacture, sale or
transportation Of adulterated or mis-
branded or poisonous or deleterious
foods, drugs, medicines, liquors, and
for regulating traffic therein for
other purposes"
POSTUM CEREAL Co., LTD.
c.. w. Post, Chairman,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Dec. II, 1906.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th daX of December, 1905.
BENJAMIN F.. REID,
Notary Public.
My commission expires July 1, 1907.
Our goods are pure, they always
have been and always will be, they
are not mis-branded. We: have al
ways since the beginning of our busi-
ness, printed truthful statement on
the package of the ingredients con-
Iainad therein ard we stand back OF
every package.
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taker may find 5000 to 10000. In
neither event does he find reminders
OF pinched resources nor lack Of neces-
saries.
Take typical community of 5000
people out in central Kansas. It is
the centre OF an average farming COM
mun:ty. In it are twenty-four church
organizations and seventeen lodges.
1t has been through a boom and re-
covered, and has the usual social diff
flculties attending settlement where
everybody is familiar with his neigh
bors' business. This is the extent OF
its charity work.
Each Thanksgiving Day at union
service in one of the churches is taken
collection for the city mission fund.
This amounted last year to $34.60, the
year preceding to S37. A committee,
consisting Of two members from each
of half a dozen leading churches,
works with the city officials, that none
of the needy may be missed.
The principal expenditure is in buy
ing Christmas baskets and sending
them to the families Of widows or to
the aged as reminders of the day.
Occasionally some immigrant is
stranded here as he goes with hi1#
family across country in his white {
covered wagon" explained the chair
man Of the committee. Eve helped
two such cases last year. Some fam
lilies with little children where the
parents are i'll have been assisted, but,
we have not spent all our money this
year, nor did we last year.
"But do not the town and county
spend something for charity?"
'Yes, and there is poor farm, but
it has only seventeen inmates, all OF
them there because infrm, sick or
aged. 1t is really hospital. 1t has
steam heat and bathrooms, and is
more a home than public refuge
The city marshal sometimes takes food
or coal to families in town., but It is
when sudden misfortune has visited
the home and not because OF poverty
in the usual sense Of the word.
This was characteristic Of other
towns in which inquiries were made.
Many of them had even better rec
ord, not having so many railroads
and so escaping the trampdom that
guides it's movements by the direction
Of lines of ties.
The tramp problem, closely allied as
it is to poverty, exists in the plains
region as elsewhere. While distances
are expansive and opportunity for Sc
curing work so numerous as 70 be-
impertinent the procession Of able
bodied men loafs along the highways
and halts in the parks and groves.
Questioned, most of the members OF :
the Guild Of the Wandering Foot viii
say they are bound for the Coast
or are ''going East to the wife's folks.
Many towns have ordinances making
the giving of aims to strangers ansof-
fence, specifying that beggars shall be-.
sent to the city authorities.
In summer when the farmers are
begging for help in the harvest It is
aggravating to see able bodied men
living their irresponsible life and re-
fusing 81 day and board for work
in the wheat fields. Kansas asks for2s
$4,000 workers in harvest every SUM-
mer, Nebraska uses $4,000 and tnes
Dakotas as many more.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-03
JEFFRIEs TO MEET SQUIREs
In Fistic Bout for $4,000 and Worlds
Championship.

Articles were signed at San Fran
cisco by William Delaney represent.
ing James J. Jefries and 3. F. Tay.
lor, representing the Rhyolite Athletic
Club, for g. fight for the heavyweight
championship Of the world and $780,
coo purse at Rhyolite, New, next
April, between Jeffries and William
SGuireS Of Australia