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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
COTTON CHOPPERS STRIKE.
Nea7o Farm Laborers in Texas De-
mand Straight 81 Per Day.

The cotton planters OF Texas are
concerned with a strike among the
negro farm laborers, who are quit
ting work in the various territories,
demanding s. per day for choDpinS cot
ton. The customary wages in the past
has been Sl.25.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
WORK OF CHINESE RIOTERS.
Mob Destroys German Mission Station
at LienchoW.

According TO dispatches received IN
Berlin from Shanghai and Hongkons,
China, native rioters have destroyed
the German mission station at Lien
chow. near Pakhoi. The missionaries
ESCAPED. The German gunboat lltis
has left Hongkong for the scene OF
The trouble.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
INSULT WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Strikers in San Francisco Acting the
Part of BuIlies and Thugs.

Fart OF 6uIileS aHo po9s'
Ten special policemen in plain
clothes have begun a careful investi
cation at San Francisco into the
treatment accorded women and chill
dren who ride on the street cars, with
a view to protect them from violence
and insult from strikers and repor-'
ing regular policemen who are dere'
lict in their duty.
Twenty attorneys have also been
appointed by the bar association to
watch the administration of justice
in the police courts and endeavor to
secure adequate punishment for the
men who have attacked street cars
and created disorder.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
HOST TO LOSE JOBS.

HaitTosdS VIII EconomiZe ny SutsiF9
Down Their Payrols.
Between $4,000 and 100000 men will
be thrown out Of employment by the
railroads OF the country before the
end of the first week in June, accord
ing to reports in Chicago.
In addition to the employees in the
regular service, many thousands of
laborers will be discharged by the
railroads which have abandoned new
work and new extensions, owing to
the difficulty Of raising money.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
LIGHTNING HIT CLOTHES LINE.
As Result Boy Was Killed and TWO
S;e+ers Seriousiy Shocked.

SISter5 SERIOUSLY 0'VSNeV.
johnny White, aged II years, a
son OF &. ". White, living near Flow
cry Branch Ga, was struck and killed,
by lightning. His two sisters We're
knocked unconscious and may not re-
cover.
The children We're taking clothes
from wire line, when bolt OF light
ming struck it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
FOR AIDING LYNCHERS
Widow of Victim Brings Suit Against
Railroad for 100000.

The widow and minor children of
Robert T. Rogers, a white man, who
was lynched last May at Tallulah, La,
filed suit Monday against the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific railroad
for 100000.
The declaration charges that the de,
fcndant, conspiring with i mob. fur
-nished special train which carried
from Monroe, Lid, 10 Tal!ulah d Oody
OF men who took Rogers out of Jail
and hung him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
CALHOUN AS A PUGlLlST.
President Of Frisco Railways Resents
Being Called Liar. &,

Being Called a Liar. 4,
At a meeting in San Francisco Fri
day of the public utilities committee
of the board of supervisors to con-
slider a resolution declaring forfeited
the franchises of the United railways,
President Patrick Calhoun Of that cor.
poration was virtually called liar by
E. p. Troy, a municipal ownership
advocate.
Mr.. Calhoun's reply was a blow y
the face that nearly knocked Troy
down. Further trouble was prevented
by bystanders.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
APPEAL TO ALL SOUTHERNERS

To Stop All Business at Moment OF
dwelling of Davis Statue.
: An apepal to all sOutherners briefly
to stop business and all moving
wheels at 2 p. m, June 8, the moment
of the unveiling of the Jefferson Da,
Wis statue at the Richmond reunion OF
confederate veterans, was issued at
New Orleans by General Lee, comman-
ding the veterans
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
FOR THE RELIEF OF FAMiNES
Russian Parliament Votes Nearly Nine
Millions of Dollars.

The lower house of the Russian par;
lament Friday by l76 to LAG votes.
adopted the law providing for the;
appropriation of $S,7aOOOO for famine
relief purposes. The Poles and mem
bers of the group of. toll abstaiheds
from voting. =
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
GIRL SUES FOR A DIPLOMA.
Barred from Graduation Because She
Attended Dance.

Because she was not permitted to
graduate on account Of having at
tended a dance contrary to the school
rules, Miss Sadie McGinnis OF Dan
vile, KY, has brought suit against
the Campbell Hagerman Female col
lege for $4,000 damages.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Books Received

The Carrier Crisis. by Augustus CAL
lagher: F. ]. Heer Printing Company,
Columbus, Ohio.
Friday, the Thirtesnth, by Thomas
w Lawson; Doubleday, Page & Co..
New York.
Before Adam, by Jack London; Ths
Macmillan Company. New York.
The Cage. by Charlotte Teller; ID.
Appleton & Co. New York.
Building Business. by c. ". Crowd
son: .. Appleton & Co. New York
East of Sues. by Frederick COurtland
Penheld: The Century Company, New
York.
Running Water. by A. F. W. Mason;
The Century Company. New York.
Organic Evolution. Henry Drummond
Memorial. by Mrs Anna Augusta Gas
kell: A A. Gaskell. Chicago.
A Bit of Bible When. by Lucy Rider
Meyer; Jennings & Graham. Cincinnati
Religious Liberty in South America.
by John Lee; Jennings & Graham, Cin-
cinnati.
The Spirit OF Labor. by Hutchins
Hapgood; DufaeId & Co.. New York
Success in Life, by Emil Raich; Duf-
field & Co.. New York
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
The World Machine" First of a
Philosophical Series

In this age of complexities, when
thinking men and women are trying
as never before TO read the riddles Of
earth and sky, such q book as "The
World Machine" by Carl Snyder. should
be heartily welcomed. With infinite
pains and an intellect clarified by years
OF careful research he has prepared in
simple, smooth-fiowing English what
he calls a historical survey of the
facts and theories evolved from con-
sideration of the growth Of knowledge
OF the world Account is aiken in this
book of every speculation and deduc-
ton from the time that the earth was
considered fat until now. when the
mysteries OF the heavens are being re-
vealed. The question that Mr.. Snyder
always has in mind is: What concep-
tion can we now frame as to the scheme
and purpose OF the world into which
we are bornZ"
The World Machine" is the first
phase Of the general analysis of The
cosrnic Mechanism" other books OF the
series in preparation are The Mech
anism OF Life" and The Social Mech
anism." Interest will be added to
these books by fitting illustration.
When this great work is finished Carl
Snyder viii have deduced sort Of syn
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Haldane Macfall's "Ibsen'' Is a
Disappointment

Haldane Macfalrs reputation as a
critic and biographer gains nothing
by his .Ibsen," heralded as and conf
IDENTIFY expected to be a book of con-
sequence To say that it is hopelessly
commonplace is doing. no injustice. Mr.
Macfall would seem to attempt to con-
vince his audience that he himself is
the only true admirer and, in fact, the
bona fide discoverer of Ibsen. Obviously
he has given much time to reading
other mems works on Ibsen. the man,
but has failed to find anything new in
the plays. though they have been writ
ten upon by such intelligent critics as
Archer, Georg Brandes, Huneker and
Nordau. to say nothing of Shaw. who
does not often find it in his heart to
praise anything.
Mr. Macfalrs style is not pleasing.
There are pages and pages of para
graphs one line long. cut short. per-
haps. to give the effect OF terseness
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

distinguished as product of collabora-
tion.
II is a tale of mystery and adventure
pure and simple and there is not
woman in ii, not the rustic OF a petit
coat There are three parts to the tale.
First. a United States cruiser encoun-
ters derellct in a lonely part OF the
Pacific Ocean and sends an ensign with
a boats crew to investigate and take
charge. The strange adventures OF
these officers and men. leading to the
picking up OF a half dead man drifting
in q small boat. make up the first sec
tiOn. The second part is more exciting.
The man picked up half dead proves TO
be 2 newspaper reporter free lance,
who had Joined a mysterious expedition
in his search Of copy" His tale is
lurid enough to suit the most jaded
taste. In the third part comes the ex-
planation OF all the phenomena en-
countered in the foregoing pages.
The properties of the thriller" are
all there-the lawful lawlessness OF
the wide seas. the melodramatic action
and colorful setting and the secret
treasure-but very much more than
that. Early in the tale there begin
TO be manifest huge, fearsome phenom-
ens. signs and symptoms OF the ''mys-
terry" which is scientific, one might
say. and yet sensational It is, Of
a truth, a fine. dashing story and most
workmsnlike and satisfying in its
manner.
co-author White is Michigan man,
and was formerly in the lumber bust
ness with his father, but after living
in q bungalow here in California for
the last two years he has decided to
join the authors colony in New York.
1t was while he lived on the Pacific
Coast that much or the material was
collected for the present volume.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co.. New York.
Price s1-5o.)
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
White-Adarns' Story, "The Mys-
terry" Is Good Joiner Work

The Mystery" takes Stewart Ed
ward White or the frozen lands that
gave him his enviable place among the
younger American writers OF this day
and II gives him also vigorous and
worthy collaboration in the person OF
samuel Hopkins Adams, journalist and
rnaeazinist militant. The publishers OF
the two-handed tale explain that the
co-authors have an interesting method
OF collaboration. Each writer prepared
his part OF the work Independently Of
the other. The two parts were then
exchanged for criticism and fitted into
the work so fngeniously that the story
arrears entirely uniform, although
written BY two persons" And IT Is cum
ming joiner work. difncult, indeed to be
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
TIT MCcGZ.EI12I

thetic philosophy that VIII command
one of the first places among the books
that take into account the attitude and
capabilities of the lay mind for alb
sorbing scientific knowledge.
What could be more alluring than
the very opening of the first paragraph,
which says: Some morning afeld.
when you seem peculiarly alive. a mind
all open 10 the clamor OF sensations,
impressions. ideas, let your eye range
the sky--it is taciturn; the hills-they
are cryptic; the sea. if it be there-its
murmuring voice is confused. Reflect
then little on what could be our ideas
of creation. what sort of q world image
could we form, il we had found no sup
plements or aids to the primitive sense
with which we are born. if we had no
miracle working lenses and prisms. no
angle measures-no strange magnetic
needles. no Euclid, no long line before
us Of explorers and dlscoverers to write
that ample page of knowledge which
the pressed types make now the uni
versal heritage OF. the race. As it
would be to us, so it was TO men and
minds like yours and mine ten. twenty
thousand years ago."
The writer draws a pen picture of
the enduring things and the ones that
change imperceptibly, and then says:
What has so wonderfully changed
in these ten or twenty thousand years
is the human mind and its outlook on
the world"
Anthropology, calculation and expert
ment are the three great factors ac-
centuated in this work. In one way
and another a very considerable stock
OF knowledge has been stored up for
a working basis. The beginning Of the
ture of the world-the cosmos it IS
At this period the students classed the
universe as a cyclic process-''an un-
eeasing machine with no beginning and
without any end Emphasis is placed
on the discovery of the telescope. which
has been such a helpful implement In
solving the big problems. In one ef-
fective conclusion, and the book
abounds in them, Mr.. Snyder says:
"I doubt not that a future age will
accord to our own something like a
clear and somewhat detailed concep-
ton of the cosmic reality. In any
event, whether this prove true or no,
this surely is certain. that our present
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
London's Before Adam" Long
WAY After The Story of Alb"

one may well suspect that the charges
OF plagiarism lodged against Jack Lon
don because OF his Before Adam were
a shrewd bit of advertising. Stanley
Waterioo's The story OF Alb" which
London is alleged to have plundered
for some of the material OF mis- new
book, did not yield him much, if the
accusations be. well founded. 'Ab" was
an infinitely richer and stronger story
than Before Adam and infinitely
more suggestive Moreover. the purely
literary side OF il was strikingiy su
perior TO the London book. But Lon
dons denial OF the charge is based on
common sense: there was nothing in
literary morals to keep him from writ
ing about a situation like that which
Waterloo dreamed out. And Waterloo
has no complaint. He was in the field
before London and got a great deal
more out of it,
The Californian writer makes his
Before Adam'-the dream OF a man of
this dsy-a dream that persists from
childhood and is finally. committed to
paper. dream arising out Of trans
mitted memory OF the time before
human history began. when the ape
was not yet quite the man--the virile.
rugged London OF the northwest; it
fails at every point where that other
London was strong.
The tale is told with a fat and al
most jejune simplicity. 1t is little
more than a few OF the evolutionary
theories made over into narrative. un-
finished. pointless. upconvincing.
The book is well put together-good
illustrations. =ome in colors. by Charles
Livingston Bull. and fine binding and
printing.
CThe Macmillan Company. New York.
Price $3.50
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
kZZW

chessr ce Jesus Christ" 1--WE have drive
out this Jesus Christi, Alice Meynel1
bases this little poem. The Fugitive
in the Saturday Review:
Yes. from the migrate heart. the street
OF garrulous tongue. the warm retreat
Within the village and the town:
Not from the lands where ripen brown
A thousand thousand hills of wheat;
Not from the long Burgundian line.
The southwark, sunward range OF vine.
Hunted, he never will escape
The flesh. the blood. the sheaf the
grape.
That feeds his mantle bread. the wine.
Ernest Thompson-Seto wife is Civ
ing him a run for family laurels- Her
recent book. ''Nimrods Wife" will
stand comparison with his best.
c. X. Shorter's assertion. "for novel
10 sell well in these days it is essential
that it should be badly written" ought
to get the reading public into his hair.
His is the talk of a man whose own
work has been turned down. The fact
is that every year brings more exact
ing standard in English The cheapest
literature gives denial to Shorter'S
claim
Mary MOSS. IN her review OF the ldSI
years fiction in the Atlantic, gives the
place of honor for the year to Puck OK
Pooks Hill" OF the author she says:
with all his glitter (which we once
feared might degenerate into glorifed
journalism), with all his restless plot
ting from land to land. his experiment
ing, his weakness for panache-his
Sousa. moments, so to speak-looking
back upon his career it is now plain
that he the man has been cOnstantIv
growing.
Newfoundland is to be the subject oe
a remarkable book by ]. G. Millais,
son Of the late Sir John Everett Millais.
the painter. The author has spent many
months in travelling over Newfound-
land, and his book is to be enriched by
a great number of drawings IN wash,
line and color. The book will be the
most important that has been pub
lishel on the subject. Mr. Millais -
now busy with the drawings
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

day ideas of creation represent the
highest flight, or in varied metaphor.
the loftiest monument of the human
mind, we possess"
Mr.. Snyder's plan of study traces the
path and the method by which these
ideas, these results, have been reached.
in each contention he presents an ar
gument, describes doctrine and points
out what may be regarded as the moral
of the tale. -Gravitation. he says. is
the world riddle as it has always
been. 1t is a simple formula that de-
scribes its action. but the writer says:
When we try to conceive how across
a hundred million miles of seeming
empty space it can hold a colossal body
like the earth to rigid path. through
out long ages OF cosmic time, we are
baffied still.''
Man seems a small incident in a con-
sideration or these great mysteries, but
Mr.. Snyder does not minimize his in
fiuence in the great world machine. He
is traced from the "micro-man" to the
beginnings of certitude, and taken
through each phase of development.
After the generalizations, The World
Machine" considers each of the great
steps advanced by scientists in con-
vincing detail. The chapter relating to
Archimedes and the first ideas of
gravitation is quite naturally one of
the most fascinating in the book. The
men of science as well as the systems
they presented are reviewed.
This big subject is broken up into
short chapters, and wisely so, because
the human mind can speculate just so
long on the mysterious. Mr.. Snyder
understands the psychology OF atten-
tion. Again, the opening paragraph
of each chapter is so well constructed,
so full of suggestion, that once read
its statements must be followed to the
end. AS an example of this take the
first of the chapter on Copernicus, fur
ther designated as the true system of
the world: IF we search the later
annals of mankind for its most pivotal.
most momentous event, we shall mark
beyond doubt the voyage of Columbus.
There is no other single act. no circum-
stance. no happening, SO fraught with
vast issue. It's effect upon Europe was
simply dramatic. After the three thou
sand FIVE thousand years known to his
tory, after perhaps ten or twenty thou
sand years Of timid groping, of piece
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Gossip of Books and People
Who Make Them

Kate Douglas Virgins story OF Re
becca of Sunnybrook Farm" has Just
been issued in Leipzig in a somewhat
abbreviated form.
The agitation that has once more
sprung up, as voiced by the newspa-
pers. in regard to had better or
would better-many who would fain
consider themselves experts taking the
stand that would better" is the only
correct forn1--is q reminder that Pro-
fessor Lounsbury of Yale, in one OF his
striking articles on the English Ian
guage which have been appearing in
Harpers Magazine. has shown conclu-r
sively that the form of had better
has behind it an imposing array of
great writer's, both of past genera
tions and the present. who have given
1t the weight OF their usage
Hanlin Garland, loyal Westerner that
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
CONDUCTED By UNA 1T. III. COOL

he is. finds the charms Of New York,
as compared with the charms OF Chi
cago, not to be sufficient to induce per-
manent residence. Mr.. Garland has
been hesitating between the two cities,
and for a time was on the point OF de-
Gliding for the East. but the call OF the
West was too strong He has just pur.
chased house at 6427 Greenwood ave-
nue.. Chicago. and will make his home
there. He also has a farm in Okla
homa. besides country house at Madi-
son. in his native State OF Wisconsin
When Mrs. Flora Annie Steel was
asked for information about herself she
summed up her life IN these Words
Il have been married: I have borne
children: have two grandsons; have
lived through the life allotted to woman,
and the only novelty before me II
death"
There is always rejoicing among The
literary folk when a new publishing
house is born One OF those occasions
is just at hand. for the Lyceum Pub
fishing Company OF 4t Court street.
Brooklyn. n Y, has made announce
ment OF its first book, The Hypocrite~
By Bingham Thoburn Wilson. due to
appear about April 1. Mr.. Wilson's ex-
cellent work is already known. and the
Lyceum people promise a handsome
binding
E. Phillips Oppenheim OF London has
been able to live UP to his contract OF
writing two books a year without low
erfng his literary standard His Ameri-
can publisher reports steady demand
for his older stories
The Indianapolis News insists that
for really original and picturesque lit
erary criticisms one must look to the
newspapers of the West An express
sion Of appreciation is due this publica-
tion. If it keeps looking it will ind
other good things coming out OF the
West.
On the phrase sttributed OF late 20
some French public Official. Nous avons
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

and for emphasis. but failing entirely
to impress. Again there are long in
volved passages where subject and
predicate are divorced beyond all
reconciling.
The chronological index of Ibsen's
career and work and the page devoted
to his genealogy are more interesting
than any which come after them. The
pictures are done by Joseph Simpson.
the noted artist OF London" They
seem fantastic and characterless. AS
for the book itself it could not be me-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

by piece conquest and discovery, where
played the ruling part, the ranges of
the earth were suddenly doubled. In
ten or twenty years they had been ex-
tended thirty or forty fold; the ships
of Magelhaens effected an actual cir
cumnavigation of the earth. The truth
mentally and irrefutably demonstrated.
Europe began again to think, to won
der, to reason"
The significance of the discovery of
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

chanicaIIy improved-hne. large print;
good paper, and an excellent binding of
boards covered with gray veIlum stock.
The publishers deserve credit for a
most artistic volume.
(Morgan-S shepard Company, New
York and San Francisco. Price $500
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

the New World has never been moro
concisely or satisfactorily recorded.
1.-The World Machine" was begun in
London and completed in Berkeley, Cal.
(Longmans. Green & Co., London.)
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-03-01
Rhnt Shall | fe,.h M chlldi

Teach him that II IS better 70
die than to lie. that it Is better
10 larye than 10 steal: that it is
9euer to be a scavenger or wood
thopper than an idler and a dead
Bea.. that II is just as criminal and
Iepiehenslble TO waste Monday as
TO sscrste Sunday; that labor Is
the price OF all hoEest possessions;
that no one is exempt from the
lblpatlon to labor with head, hands
or heart: that IAN honest man Is
the noblest work OF Cod that
Ancvledge is power; that labor Is
worship and idleness sin; that II
Is letter to eat the crust Of indie
ren6ent poverty than TO luxuriate
amid the richest viands as de-
Tenant. Teach him these facts
TN they are woven into his being
and regulate his life. and We will
Insrre his success-though the heay.
cns fall,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-03-01
Irue Love Of Women.

No woman will love man bet
ter for his being renowned or prom
ine.i. Though he be the first among
men. she viii be prouder. not ion-
SER as is often the case she will
NOT even be proud But give her
,ov, appreciation. kindness, and
ihen. is no sacrifice she will not
matS for his content and comfort.
me man who loves her well is her
hero and king. no less a hng,thoush
his only kingdom is his heart and
horc. In nine cases out OF ten,
I Is mans fault that he is un-
happy with his wife. 1t is very
exceptional woman who will not be
all she can be TO On attentive hus-
band. and very exceptional one
who will not be very disagreeable
II she finds herself ~iliully neglect
ed.