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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
BRYAN NOMINATED.
Most Remarkable Exhibition of One
Man Power in American Politics. (.

Denver, July 10.-The nomination
of William J. Bryan at 3:45 this
morning was one of the most remark
able exhibitions Of one-man power
that has been exhibited I'M the his.
tory of American politics. It was
greater than popularly accredited to.
President Roosevelt, who nominated
William H. Taft in Chicago two
weeks ago, because, having the pow
ers of federal patronage back OF him.,
he had the strongest organization
imaginable. William Jennings
Bryan carried the Democratic con-
vention by vote of 1921 single
handed. He did not have the organ
ization but he did have the ballot.
The leaders of the party in their OWL
hearts were against him, but still IN
one of the most remarkable session.
of it's kind, the 1905 Democratic DEL
egates, and by overwhelming majort-
ty showed that they were for Bryan,s
nomination, despite what the party
leaders thought. Xxx Il
No one can help but admire man
who could accomplish what he did In.
Denver to-day just as the daylight.
crept upon the asst and brought Into.
view the masses of the Rockies. No
one can say but what he did 1t sim
gle-handed and. alone. The enthust-
asm which came at the last moment
came because the leaders saw that
it was inevitable-Bryan would be
nominated by just what he said she:
would, and that was by over soc
votes The demonstration Of the day;
before was the prophet OF what was:
to follow "a hours later. There was:
no doubt in the world but what II;
had been carefully planned to have
blind Senator Gore make the nrSt
mention of Bryan's name to the con-
vention to draws it out that the sen
timent was there that day. He found
out. The delegates stood on their;
chairs for 88 minutes and cheereds
That foretold what happened In the
early dawn of Denver to-day.
/ AS poll of the votes of states was;
taken surprise after surprise follow
ed The only states which demanded;
a poll of their delegates were New
York and Pennsylvania. In Penn
sylvania where Col. j. M. Guney
fought against Bryan, but was beat
en-, the vote was divided but most OF.
them went. to Bryan. In New York
1Boss'' Charles F. Murphy led the!
list of Bryan voters, and under the,
unit rule which prevailed there the
78 votes of New York went to, Bryhn.i
Illinois stood out solid, 81 votes fors
Bryan. s.sS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
Killed by Lightning Bolt.

Laurens, July '9.-During the Sc
we're electric storm in this section
yesterday afternoon Mr.. e. McLees
Cunningham, well-to-do farmer,
was struck and killed by lightning in
a field, about a mile and a half from
his home, in the Rocky Springs
neighborhood, about five miles from
here. Mr.. Cunningham was in the
field with his hands when the storm
arose, and the presumption is that
he took refuge under big poplar
tree, under which his body was
found, which had been struck by
the lightning. The field hands who
were at work with Mr.. Cunningham
all went to the house, supposing that
Mr.. Cunningham had preceded
them. However, when he did not
make his appearance it caused un-
easiness and search was begun.
The body was not found until $3.50
o'clock last night, when party came
upon it beneath large tree. Life
was extinct.
Mr.. Cunningham was about Al
years of age, and is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Mrs. Nichols
Anderson. He was a brother-in-law
of Mr.. P. Goodwin. Mr.. Cunning
ham was a member of the Woodmen
of the World, Oak Grove camp No.
176. :
The news of Mr.. Cunningham's
sudden death has called forth many
expressions of regret here this morn
ing, he having always been consider
ed one of the substantial citizens OF
the county, clearly identified with all
interests that make for the general
uplift of the people.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
Col. Lee Invited to Reunion.

Greenville, July 12.-One Of the,
speakers at the Confederate reunion
in August will be Col. R. e. Lee, OF
Virginia. A number Of others are TO.
be invited, among them the COM
mander of the Sons Of Veterans.
Two thousand visitors are expect
ed in Greenville, August 1918, when
the reunion will be held, and the
city is making arrangements to give.
them a royal welcome and good
time. 80. Y
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
KNOCKED OUT BY HIS WIFE.
Little Woman Gives Her Husband q
Thrashing in Rough-and-Tumble.

Waterbury, Conn, July 9.-In a
grove on the Green road yesterday, a
New York tinker, Deacon B. A. Tins,
was terribly pounded by his wife.
The struggle lasted half an hour. He
tore most the clothes off her back,
but, nothing daunted, she kept at
him until finally subdued he lay
down, knocked out by kick.
"Now, when you see the Bowery,
said she, "tell them you were beaten
by a woman weighing 105.
She Is on her way home expecting
to reach home near Brewsters, N.
Y, Wednesday. She will be arrest
ed il the husband will testify against
her. He was taken in by farmers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading About
Men and Happenings.

Another bank has been organized
in Florence with capital stock OF
100000. The bank will erect its
own building. .-..
There was a disastrous fire in the
Spartanburg mill village last Satur-
day, completely destroying three
store buildings with heavy stocks of
goods and two dwelling houses The
loss is $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
ance.
In his charge to the grand jury at
Barnweu last Monday, Judge Robert
Aldrich called on that body to inves-
tigate the murder of Mr.. Smith at
Williston, and the assassination OF
r. F.. Weeks at Dunbarton. Tne
charge was a strong one.
Miss Fannie Linder was painfully
injured at Clifton last Friday while
driving across the trolley tracks.
The buggy was struck by a car,
the young lady thrown out and her
collar bone broken. The horse was
SO badly injured that it had to be
shot.
John J.. McMahan has announced
as a candidate for the legislature
from Richland county. Mr.. McMa-
han was formerly State superinten-
dent of education, and is a very
strong man. The State says in late
years the Richland delegation has
not been taken very seriously.
Last week>application for bail was
made before Judge G. G. Dantzler
! for J. L. johnson, the white man of
Orangeburg county who killed Lige
Walker, negro, for chasing his wife
evidently with intention to assault
her. Judge Dantzler refused bail.
He is one circuit judge who Is en-
2deavoring to be consistent.
DR.. j. A. B. Scherer, president OF
: Newberry College, has rendered. his
resignation to take effect next Octo-
Der, although he will stay until Jan
uary If conditions demand it. He will
become president of Throop Institute
at Pasadena, Cal. DR.. Scherer's 8
many friends throughout the State
will regret his action. South Car
1 lina can Ill afford to lose such men.
Sallie Robertson, colored, has been
arrested inSpartanburg on the charge
OF throwing poison into George Aus
tins well at Reidsyille. The well Is
used by Austin and his family for
drinking. The woman Is said to be 9
B conjurer. When arrested she had
{ her conjurer bag full of such articles
as are used by women who believe
in hoodoo.
An attempt was made to wreck the
passenger train on the Bennettsv1lle
& & Cheraw railroad last Saturday
night. About five miles from Ben
nettsville a pile Of cross ties had been
placed on the track, but the moon
light enabled the engineer to see the
obstruction in time to stop the train.
! Two negroes jumped out from hid
= ing place near the track and ran OF.
They were fred at, but were neither
wounded nor recognized.
w. P. Woodward, agent for the
: Atlantic Coast Line railroad at Harts-
vile, disappeared last Friday i'm
mediately after an official of the
{ American Surety Company had caus-
ed warrant to be issued for his ar
rest, charging him with having en-
bezzled $4,000 belonging to the rail-
road company. The shortage was
discovered by the travelling auditor.
Woodward had been connected with
the railroad for fifteen years, during
which tinle he enjoyed an excellent
e reputation
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
SHRUBB, PROBABLY, THE
GREATEST RUNNER EVER

Alfred Shrubb. the English long distance
runner, Judged by records, is the greatest
runner that ever lived. He holds all the
worlds records from 1000 yards to eleven
miles, and seems to be able to repeat any
of his performances at very short notice.
Shrubb Is 90 years of age. stands feet 7
inches in height and weighs, when in con-
dition about 11S pounds He has been
running for ten years and seems TO be now
at his best.
He attributes his success as athlete to
hard training and clean life.
'T never train unless 1 feel like it," says
Shrubb There is where many men, who
do train hard make a mistake. They go
out and work when they are not feeling just
right and the work does them more harm
than good. When / do train l work just
as hard as though I were in a race. Six
miles is what I generally take for work.
out. 1 never jog, as some of the runners
here do. / run, and run hard"
Shrubb failed to get on match with the
Indian runner. Longboat, the only in
this country thought to be good enough to
give Shrubb a race Longboat declined to
meet Shrubb for the reason that he still
hopes to be allowed to run as an amateur
at the Olympic games in England the COM
ing summer. Shrubb is now professional,
having graduated from the amateur ranks
some years ago.
He was led to believe that he could get
a match with Longboat at the time the
Indians amateur standing was under a
cloud. But after dsqualifying the Indian
was reinstated again and aspires to winning
the great Marathon race of the Olympic
games
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
Many Species Noted

reported immediate action could be
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

Shrubb did considerable running during
his stay here, but has always been forced
to handicap himself either by running
against a relay team of from two to six
men by giving his opponents a start in
time
In spite of these randicaps he has won
every in which he has started in
America, barring one with John d. Marsh
of ST. Norbert at Winnipeg, in which his
ankle gave out and compelled him to retire
from the race, after having overcome
handicap of two minutes and taken a two
lap lead on Marsh. The ankle gave out in
the thirteenth mile of a fifteen-mile race,
and Marsh finished alone. Shrubb suisse
quently beat Marsh in another race.
Shrubb has lost but one other race out OF
about 1900 in which he has contested most
of them in Great Britain. and that one de-
feat was fifteen Emile match, in which his
ankle gave out 1t did in his race with
Marsh. Shrubs best distance is ten miles.
which he has done in 50:40. He has run
other worlds records include the follow
ing performances:
1000 yards. 5;O7 2-5; one and a fourth
miles, $40 1-5; one and a half miles,
SAT S-5: two miles, 900 3-5: three miles.
14:17 3-5: four miles, 1923 3-5; five miles.
24:33 2-5 six miles, 1850 215; seven miles.
$500 u.s. eight miles, 40:16; nine miles,
45:27 49, ten miles. 50:4O; eleven miles,
56:23 rs.
Shrubs average stride when at speed
is about feet 2 inches, which is a remark
ably long stride for a man of his inches.
He has little knee action. running without
effort and always keeping his feet near the
ground
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
Missed His Vocation

Reginald de Koven, the composer
tells of a grocer and druggist who at
tended a Wagner concert. AS the pro-
gram did not please them they began
talking on music in general and on
Wagner in particular.
another example of the fact that
every man wants to do something out
of his line" said the druggist.
"That's right" assented the grocer
"Now Tn a grocer, but I've always
wanted to be banker.
"You'd probably fall added the
druggist. Look at me. I'm success
as a druggist. yet I've always wanted
to write book. This man Wagner
tries his hand at music. Just listen to
it. And yet we all know he builds good
parlor cars!"-Success Magazine.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
.YACHTERS PLAN LOTS
OF ACTION IN SEASON
PROGRAM OF SOUTH COAST
YACHT CLUB ANNOUNCED
Big Event of Year Is Honolulu Race,
but Many Other Enjoyable
Happenings Are on
Schedule

Announcement of the seasons pro-
gram by the South Coast Yacht club
officials shows that the local amateur
sailor lads have mapped out a summer
campaign for themselves that will keep
all hands busy until docking time
comes late in September. While the
boats will not be manned officially I'M
til May 10, two events which occur be-
fore this date, the opening dance and
opening banquet, will fill in the week,
and every one will be acquainted by
the time the squadron cruise to Por-
tuguese bend is held.
OF course the big event of the year
will be the Honolulu race, for which
at least four boats may be entered. A
voyage of such great distance seldom
calls out big list for the expense of
the trip and the size of boats demand
ed calls for a large outlay of money.
Entering time is up on the last day of
May, and the committee in charge is
eagerly awaiting the action of the
owners.
The Santa Barbara cruise, so enjoy
able last season, will be repeated, and
because of the glowing reports of good
times brought back by those who Wis
tied the Channel city full turnout of
yachts can be depended on. The sched-
ule for the seasons events is as fol-
lows:
May 2-Informal dance.
May 9-Openng banquet.
May 1O-Squadron cruise to Portuguese band
and clambake
May 17-Race for the club cups.
May S0-Cruise to Avalon.
May Sl-Return from Avalon.
June Grace around Catalina island for the
Montgomery cup.
June 1O-Honolulu race banquet.
June 1l-Start of Honolulu race
June 21-Race for Q. and r. classes.
July 4-Race to Avalon for cruising classes
and power boats.
July 25-Time's cup race.
July 26-Yacht cub at home on board boats.
August S-Start of race to Santa Barbara
August 9-Start of Santa Barbara race for
power boats.
August 12-Santa Barbara challenge cup race
August 13-Potter and citizens cup races.
August 14--Arbtrary handicap race for the
Chamber of Commerce cup.
August a0--Nordlinger cup race to isthmus
from San Pedro.
September 7-Annual stag cruise to isthmus.
September 27-Arbitrary handicap.
October 4-Closing banquet.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
Too Sharn for EN-

Rather humorous is the story of
Jack Downey, the great little light
weight This Jack was born IN
Rrooklvn. but in his youth he did
more of playing truant than of at
tending school. He was always out
in some back lot boxing with the other
boys when he should have been study
ing.
Jack went one night to see a fight at
the Greenwood Athletic club Charlie
Banks, the manager, approached Dow
ney with the intention of signing him
as coming attraction.
Twill you fight New York Jack
O,Brien here?" asked Banks.
Sure" replied Downey.
'All right Wen give you guaran-
etc of twelve hundred dollars"
What" exclaimed Downey 81
guess not. No, sir! A thousand or
nothing. I'm no cheap fighter"
And Manager Banks let it go at
that.-Outing Magazine.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

IN HERE must have been joy in the
Chicago stockyards last night
n when the flash announced that
Packey Mcfarland had tied the can
to James Ed Britt's ring career and
had placed his own little self in line
for battles with the top notchers in
the lightweight ranks. Chicago has
been touting Packey for a long time,
and he has demonstrated that their
boasts were not bull.
1t means the end of Britt's career and
practically the beginning of McFar-
lands. The stockyards lad can have
anything he wants now in the line of
matches, and with such a wise guy as
Harry Gilmore handling him it's a
cinch that Packey will get everything
that's coming, and some that's going.
The Seals have uncovered a first
baseman named Danzig who is said to
be duplicate of Hal Chase, save that
the newcomer refuses to take the
chances Chase did when he first broke
into the game. Danzig is the idol of
the Frisco fans, and some of the sport
ing critics seem to think he will be
the equal of the Yankee wonder with
the experience another year or two
will bring.
Ha! Here we have a brave man.
President Armour of the Toledo team
has defied Dame Fashion and posted
the following notice around his ball
park: Our lady patrons will please
not wear Merry Widow hats during the
game. Spectators like to see the
ground balls as well as the flies ham
died.
Maybe that isn't putting crimp in
the acre-wide sky pieces Hen Berry
doesn't have to follow suit now, for
the simple reason that there is plenty
of room in the Chutes grandstand these
days to duck all the Merry Widows in
the millinery department. But when
business picks up 1 wonder if the Ban
quet Kid will get busy.
One thing sure, Tom McCarey hasn't
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
MAGNATES AND PLAYERS

CANCEL" Speas has signed with Akron.
DOGGY ortlieb has not signed yet with
Trenton.
Baltimore will give Altoona a third base
man.
Sam Davis will soon line up his Ford City
bunch.
The o. and P. clubs are passing up col
lege players.
Pitcher Sam smith Will not sigh MS
Youngstown contract.
The East Liverpool pitchers will keep the
club up in the race.
Milt Montgomery has just left hospital
after a siege of fever.
Catcher Bill Graffus. released by New
Castle, has signed with Sharon.
Pitcher John Sheesley of Johnstown has
signed with Erie in the o. and p.
Bill Delehanty. the former Homestead
outfielder, has signed with Wilkes Barre.
Alex. McCracken and Jerry Miller will
accompany Ed Murphy to Canton today.
Joe King will stick to Indiana Normal
this spring and coach. He was signed with
The Pittsburg collegians will be one of
the very few teams that will wear blue
Frank MacHale. the pitcher coaching w.
and j., is dickering with two Union league
clubs He is free agent.
The Reading Tri-s club has secured
pitcher williams of the Atlantic City club.
He is a high class pitcher.
Buzz McAnlis wants a crack left handler
for his Beaver valley cluD, ana II ne lands
him his pitching STAFF will be completed.
Tow old timers-Fred Hartman and Far
mer Brown-seem to be lost in the shuttle.
They will show when the youngsters blow
up.
Johnstown is dickering with Cincinnati
for a pitcher. Ashenback fears Pitcher
Speer has hoped to the outlaws and that
Badle will not report.
The Tarentum club is going after the
championship of the Allegheny Valley this
year. Secretary Reed has a fast team
signed. He is booking good attractions
only.
Third Baseman Corelaski. who was de-
veloped by Director Price at Slippery Rock
last year, has been turned over to Whining
ton, Tri-state, by the Athletics
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

Officers and directors of the Gar
vanza society are: Mrs. Harriet Will
liams Myers, president; Mrs. Mary
Mann Miller, vice president; Mrs Susie
Robinson, secretary treasurer; Mrs.
Laura Grael, Mrs. e. r. DeNormandie,
Mrs. w. w. Blakeslee, Miss A. E. Wad-
leigh, directors.
Societies are established also in San
Francisco, Berkeley, San Bernardino.
San Diego, Pasadena, Santa Cruz and
Fresno.
Mrs. Myers is authority for the
statement that there are over eighty
varieties of birds to be found in the
Arroyo Seco near Mineral park, while
many different sorts are secluded in
the foothills and mountains. During
a field day of the Garvanza society last
summer, walk of an hour through the
sage brush revealed to eye and ear
twenty-six varieties.
To the casual observer, to whom any
wild thing that has wings is only
bird, there are just two kinds, resident
and transient, but the student quickly
subdivides the former into summer
and winter birds and recognizes the
change of seasons only by their COM
ing and going.
Among the birds that have already
returned fro, their annual trip to the
russell back thrush arrived the middle
of February-while in brief morning
walk one may encounter pairs of black
headed grosbeaks, yellow warblers,
wood pewees and the aristocratic .phai-
nopepla, the crested blackbid, who
are looking for suitable housekeeping
locations. Black chinned humming
birds are also to be detected, flashing
like streaks of light across ones path.
Butcher birds are building in the
orange orchards, some of them on
branches not more than three feet
from the ground, linnets are chirping
happily over their well-lined, shallow
nests that are often builded on an ac-
cessib1e beam just outside ones back
door, and Knockers and bush-tits are
securely anchoring their nests to the
lofty branches of oak or pepper tree.
There is a wealth of bird life all up
and down our summer land, and never
a nest or song too many.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
HIGHEST TOWER TO BE
ERECTED ON BUILDING

NEW YORK, April 10.-A revision of
the plans for the uncompleted tower OF
the Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
ranys building ON Madison square
shows that the steel supports can bear
more weight and the architects have
practically decided to add twenty-five
feet to the tower, previously planned
to reach 65S feet above the sidewalk.
There will be lookout about 6T5
feet above the curbing, according to the
revised plans.
At 6S3 feet the Metropolitan tower
will be about seventy feet higher than
the Singer building tower. When COM
pleted there will be but one structure
in the world of a greater height than
the Metropolitan tower-the Eiffel
tower in Paris.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

been forced to glue up any signs around
the Cabin.
Maybe Abraham Attell and Naoh
Brusso Burns aren't the money getting
twins. Burns has picked off another
ripe one in the person of JeWey Smith,
the South African near-tighter, and
will allow him to enter the same ring
in Paris at some early date, the purse
and side bets being agreeable to the
American. The woods must be full of
boobs over on the other side of the
big drink, and it surprises me that
more of our bunk men don't wander
over there and cart the crowns, marks
and francs back. Maybe they would
rather leave the marks over there,
where the gathering is easier. Attell's
little change will come from a six
round bout with Eddie Kelly, to be
held in Seattle on the goth. Able
knows Eddie's number at any hour of
the day or night, and will make the
bout serve as a training stunt for the
go he has slated with Tommy Sullivan
later.
Jake Holtman's work as a starter
was considered superior to Dick Dwy-
ers this year at Santa Anita, but the
change to Emeryville seems to have
given the big fellow dropping of the
eyelids. The Frisco papers are pam
ming Jake to a holdover. and if Presi-
dent Williams follows their advice
Hoffman will be included in the list
of absentees when the bugle blows for
the oepning of the next season.
That old gag of professional pool
matches, which beats the prehistoric
trimming process once in vogue among
professional sprinters, is on again in
Frisco. Harry Hart, who displayed
his skill here not long ago, is matched
to meet Joe Carney. If he wins the
first heat copper Hart, or he'll lose the
second to a certainty.
Les Henry is ducking around trying
to escape the irate citizens of Redondo