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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-09
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

christopher Borden, resident Of
Minnesota for over sixty years, Is
dead ut St. Paul.
Colonel Medoe Crawford Of the
coast artillery has been promoted to
be brigadier general in the army
The state Of Washington havina
been overrun with jackrabbits the
next legislature will be asked to offer
bounty for the destruction Of the
pest. - ::
Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review
indicate the quiet customary at this
season In business chanEels. but there
is a better feeling regarding the III.
ture. - =
Clarence Sturgeon, nineteen years
Old, was executed at Louisville. XIV.
Tor numbering Ira Bruner. James
blackerly and Wilfred McMichael =
year ago.
Lamar Jackson, full blooded Chnc.
taw Indian Of Oklahoma, has been an.
pointed to- cadetship in the United
states military academy Of West Point
by Congressman Carter. "a
= The stork made 125.126 visits in
New York city during 1907, ACCORDING
70 statistics prepared by the commits.
sloner OF health. This is an increase
OF 1884 over the previous year.
w. A. Garrett, president of the Sea.
board Air Line railway, which was
Thursday placed in the hands Of re:
ce1vers, has been appointed: .chief ex.
ec'ltlve officer for the receivers"
Professor Adolph Hoenecke rector
OF the Lutheran seminary at Wauwa.
tosa, Wis, for many years and we'll
known in educational circles through.
out the country, is dead, aged seventy
three. ~. =
Kite flying as cure for the nervous
Ills OF people who evote most of
their time to the labors of society life
Is advocated by Dr.. J. B. Mckenzie of
New York, who says he put his new
cure to trial with beneficial results.
He Saw the Game. .,s
The office boy had buried countless
grandmothers, brothers, sisters, aunts
and cousins, but he felt an enthusiasm
for the baseball game that day which
would not be downed..
Suddenly an idea struck him. .Ap-
preaching the easy boss with an air
of familiarity which had been nurtur-
ed by long usage. he asked:
'May leave at noon today, sir?'' .
:"And why, my boy?''
'There is fancy fair at our church
and mother wants me to go this after
noon. She was SO anxious that she
bought me ticket which cost dol
lar, as she was sure you would allow
me the few hours off. I have to assist
at the refreshment stall, and it seems
a pity to waste"-s.tss.., e. Gg%.zs
"But surely you are .above such
things as that which take you away
from your work. Why not give the
ticket to one Of your sisters" -
We'll, you see, sir, that wouldn't be
fair, for I'm the only one of our fam.
lily who can be depended upon to eat
a dollars worth, and'- Il: F..
His supreme nerve won the day.
Smiths Magazine. 5.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-09

Talent is that which is in q mans
power. Genius is that In whose pow
or q man is.-I4owell.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-09

We carry q line of Ribbons
for all Standard Machines,
either copying Or record : Type
Writerspi i, Carbon Paper, Box;
Type riter5P Paper from 300 per.
boasofs 800 sheets 10 to 81. 90.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Death Of Col. Younans.

BARNwELL, Feb. 26-Col. Law
renee w. Youmans died at 4 o'clock
this morning at the hospital in Savan-
nah, where he was taken several days
ago for treatment for cancerous af-
lection. The news Of his death was
received throughout the county with
universal regret. Col. Youmans was
very popular in this county and COM
manded the entire confidence of the
people. He was born at Gillinsoville,
in the old Bufofd district, about six
ty-thfee years ago. He received his
education at the Academy at Gillison-
vile and entered the South Carolina
College; was there about one year,
when he enlisted in the Confederate
army and served throughout the war:
He was a gallant soldier and at the
close Of the war he became q planter
and was very successful and soon ac-
qllired a very large land estate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
The Sea-sick Passenger.

"A disconsolate passenger was lean
ing over the rail Of the ship in great
distress. He had been feeding the
fishes but now he was simply wrench
ing hisstomach with efforts to vomit,
but brought nothing UP because
there was nothing left to bring.
An Englishman was standing near
By with q red handkerchief loosely
hanging around his neck. This hand
kerchief blew off the Englishman' s
shoulderyand blew against the sick
mans face as he was in a paroxysm
of,wrenching and straining to bring
something up. AS the handkerchief
fell he thought that was the result
of his paroxysm and he said with ap-
parent relief. There goes my liver.
/ hope that's the finish" i"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Says Account Was Incorrect.

AIKEN, Feb. 2e.-Mr. W. F. Dobey,
who yesterday shot and wounded Mr..
II. H. Rankin on the street in this
city, states that the account to-day
published is an incorrect account OF
the affair. The article in question was
written upon the facts as could be
gathered at the time. Mr.. Dobey,
denies that he went into the store Of
Rankin at all. He says that the diff;
ficulty began about eighteen months
ago. Yesterday he says that he was
coming up the street, and seeing Ran
kin standing in front of his store
started to pass him, but was called by
the latter, who asked him concerning:
a debt. Dobey told him not TO bother
him about it, but Rankin, Dobey
claims, invited him to fight, and pull
ed his coat off and started at him with
one hand in his pocket and with his
left hand he struck Debey on the face.
The latter then shot him, stating that
he believed that he wasigoing to re-
ceive injury at the hands of Rankin
Mr.. Dobey also alleges that he has
had threats made against him by Mr..
Rankin.
Mr., Rankin S wound is not thought
to beia serious one and he, is getting
on well at this time S.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Courts Likely to Clash.

COLUMBIA, March 2.-Another new
and serious complication was injected
into the threatened clash Of State and
Federal authorities over the dispen-
ry>by the filing this morning before
the Supreme Court of the petition Of
Attorney General Lyon for a man.
damus order against the dispensary
winding-up commission to compel the
commission to pay over to the State
treasurer the SIS, 600 just appropriate
ed by the Legislature out Of the funds
which Judge Pritchard has enjoined
the commission from paying out for
carrying on criminal prosecution.
Thus the State Supreme Court is
asked to ALLOW the commission to vio-
late the Pritchard injunction, making
the clash open and direct.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
He Was Paid.

A popular and witty minister, on
ascending the steps of the church one
Sunday afternoon, saw an old woman
struggling against rheumatics to
reach the top of the steps, and at
once taking her by the arm he gently
assisted her up. On reaching the
top, she asked him who was to preach.
"Oh, Rev. b." he replied, giving his
own name. "Oh, gracious!' exclaim-
ed the old woman, ,''help me down
again. l would rather listen to a
man sharpening a saw. Please help
me down again. do not care to go
in" The minister was at first in
clined to refuse, but the humor Of
the situation tickled him, and he re-
marked as he reached the bottom Of
the steps, 'You resquite right, my
good woman; ! would not 90 in my
self if was not paid for it. >"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
> Tragedy In Texas.

! SANTA FE, N. NJ, Feb. 29.-Patrick
Garrett. until two years ago collector
of customs at Ell Paso, Texas, was
shot land killed to-day nearLas Cruces,
N. M, by Wayne Brazil, son of an
old settler. -
Garrett gained fame as the slayer
of the notorious BILLY the KID in
1880. He served as captain of the
Texas Rangers and sheriff of Dona
Ana County. He was a personal
friend of President Roosevelt. .
Garrett was shot while going from
his ranch to Las Cruces. The killing,
it IS said, was the result Of quarrel
between Garrett and Brazil over the
use of the public range. Garrett was
a cattle breeder and Brazil was a
raiser Of goats.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
The Slayers Confess.

COLUMBIA, February q. Ned and
Brack Toland, negroes, aged II and
19 years, respectively, late this after
noon made a full confession Of the
murder of Mrs. Paul W.. Ellison, the
aged white woman who lived just
across the river from Columbia.
Brack, the youngest: Of the broth.
ers. said that Mrs. Ellison suspected
something as they entered the house.
When they got inside Brack said he
caught the old woman and held her
while bis brother knocked her in the
head with an axe. They put her body
in basket and Ned struck her two
more blows. They then proceeded
to rob the house, taking a gun and a
number of articles of wearing ap-
parel. No money was found.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Miffed at Their Pastor.

SPARTANBtRG, Feb. 25.-There is
friction between certain officers of
the Second Presbyterian church and
the pastor as the result of the new
church building erected. Several Of
the officers have withdrawn from the
church, some uniting with the First
Presbyterian while others worship
neutrality-suspicious. The church
now in course of construction is a
small building. The church officers
claim they wanted a handsome church
and would have raised the funds TO
erect such a building as they had
planned, but the pastor took the mat
ter-cf new church into his own hands
and the officers quit. %,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Questions I'm Arithmetic.

IF q man tries to carry two potted
plants from the cellar to the. front
yard for his wife and one falls and
breaks, what comnlandm does the
man also break? -.
IF the patron Of a restaurant has to
wait three-quarters Of an hour for q
pork chop how long would he have to
wait for two pork chops? -
A and B are good friends, who live
next door to each other. A bought
his daughter a piano for $500. How
much would B give ifsome one you'd
steal the piano; also how long will A
and B remain on speaking tefms?
A doctor calls on his patient three
times a day. How long will the
patient Ii & and how much will the
doct5r make out of the patient before
he dies? ,.t !,
How long can a half-horse power
man run a four-horse power lawn
mower, -, H. -
Mary has three green apples and
Johnnie has seven. If Mary eats al
of, her green apples and Johnnie eats
all 81: his green apples, at what hour
will the funerals occur? 50
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
, Railroad Officials Confer.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Feb. 25.-An, i'm
portant conf ference of executive and
traffic officials of several railway lines
was held today Among the officials
who metwere President Emerson and
Traffic Manager w. j. Craig Of the
Atlantic Coast Line, Vice President
Sewer and General Passenger AGENT
Ryan of the Seaboard Air Line, Vice
President Parrott and Traffic Man
ager J. P. Beckwith Of the Florida
East Coast and Vice President Par
rot and General Passenger Agent G.
B. Rhoades of the Georgia Southern
& Florida. &.
The Inauguration Of the fiat q
cents a mile passenger rate on April
J. was discussed; as were also labor
conditions and the wage scale The
officials, however, were not, inclined
to say: what conclusions had been
reached.| :, .
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
BERG, s. c., THURSDAY, nARCH, S, 1908
DOG SAVES MASTERS LIFE.
Persists for Three Days Till Searchers
Followed Him to Dry We'll.

LOUISVILLE, NEB., Feb. H.-1m-
prisoned in a dry we'll for two nights
and almost three days without food
or drink, Byron McNealy was saved
from death today, when his dog led
a party of searchers to the abandon
ed well. McNealy was taken out half
dead. Heihad two broken ribs, a deep
cash in his right leg and numerous
bruises about the head and body.
The young mans rescue was due
directly to his faithful dog. After he
fell into the we'll the dog went home,
where after barking and whining he
set off again for the well, two miles
away. The dog would return home
every fewhours, try to make themem-
bers of the family follow him and
failing trot back to where his master
was imprisoned. He continued this
until a party Of searchers followed
him to the we'll.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Charged with Robbery.

BARNWEII, March 2. AS a conse-
:xs1enceof the robbery of the county
Heasurer's Office last Sunday morn
j B. Ross and Earl Rountree
hSYe;been arrested. The arrests were
Md upoa q warrant sworn out by
3he ewatchman, who was on duty at
! he time the attempt at robbery was
made He claims that he recognized
tie two men to be Ross and Rountree.
I1 this connection it will be inter-
ting to note that Ross was tried at
tie last term Of court here for the
killing of johnson Pender and was
aeGuistted. Ross was tried twice on
this charge. The first trial resulted
: 81 q n1istrial and Id the second hewas
} acduiitted SIS
Ross was formerly chief Of police
of BarnWell and bore5a good reputa-
ton until the charge Of murder was
enfered AGAINST him. Rountree is q
yssoinng ssinung man and has always had the
Tesuect of all who knew him.
These men will be given prelimi-
nary hearing at once and If the testE
aTioiiy against them is sufficient they
Will be bound over to appear for trial
t 4he circuit court, which convenes
next week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Henderson Has Surrendered.

w. Il Henderson of Saluda county
has surrend dered himself to the super
intendent of the State penitentiary
and has begun sentence. He is now
engaged mwork on the farms around
the penitentiary building: i
Henderson Is to serve a sentence OF
10 years on5the charge of having as;
sassinated M M. Morse. Twice has
Henderson been convicted and twice
has the case been in the supreme
court. He has given zip the fight and
is now at work in the penitentiary
Albert Free, who vas convicted a with
Henderson, has NOT given UP the fight
and will 60 to the supreme court
again. ..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Negroes Ordered TO Leave.

RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. 27.-A spec
ial from Fayetteville says that early
this morning, before day, the vigil.
ance committee went to the house Of
a negro, Jones, who threatened the
life Of Deputy Sheriff Patte soon af-
ter Chief Benton was killed, to see if
he had left town, as ordered. He
was not at home but the vigilants ran
across negro school teacher named
Professor Pate and found him to be
heavily armed: They took. him to
JAIL. To-day another bad negro was
ordered to leave town: It is deter
mined to rid the city of all such.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Impossible.

It was June, the month of wed
dings, and two Of little Anne young
aunts and several Of their friends
were to be married, says Harper's
Magazine, Anne heard much Of the
preparations Tor the various trous-
seaux, and TO her great delight was
allowed to go to some Of the wed;
dings. She was fascinated by the
lovely brides and their beautiful. cos
tunes. In the midst of this excite;
ment, her grandmother remarked
oneday that the young man next door
was to be married. Anne looked at her
in astonishment. ''Why, grandmoth-
err she said, who ever heard Of a
young mans getting married."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Bitten by Mad Dog.

7NEwBERRY, Feb. 26.-Jennings,
the 6-year-old boy of Mr.. F., j. Rus.
sell Of this city, was this Afternoon
bitten by a mad dog on the streets
near Mr.. Russell's residence. The
little boys face was terribly lacerat.
ed. The dog was a bull dog belong:
ing to Mr.. F. M. Rogers, who lived
across the street from Mr.. Russell
It is said that the dog showed every
symptom of having hydrophobia.
Mr.. Russell will leave in the morning
with his little son for Atlanta fol
treatment. The dog was killed ann
it's head will be carried to Atlanta, sc
E that it can be seen whether the dog
really had hydrophobia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
COTTON MILLS CUT WAGES.
Mills In Georgia Announce Reduction
of Ten Per Cent.

ATLANTA, Feb. Plat meeting
of the executive committee of the
Georgia Industrial Association, rep
resenting the cotton mills of the
state, it was unanimously decided to
make reduction of ten per cent. in
wages of operatives, effective March
l, next. It was also agreed that a
curtailment of two days week or
more where necessary shall be put
into effect.
The curtailment and reduction in
wages, it is said, are made necessary
by the depressed condition of the
textile industry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Col. YOumans Dead.

Col. Lawrence w. Youmans, of
Fairfax, died in a Savannah hospital
last Wednesday of cancer. He was
one Of the most conspicuous figures
in the famous Tillman campaign of
1892 when Colonel Youmans stumped
the state for secretary of state
against Tillman On the 'straightout"
ticket. He was one of the best stump
speakers in the campaign, the one
man Tillman is said to have acknowl-
edged as his equal as stump speak
er. Colonel Youmans was a man Of
education and refinement. He served
q term in the famous Wallace House,
and before that was state senator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
kentucky Feudist Hanged.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Feb. 81
Ed Turner, the Kentucky feudist,
was hanged in the county Jail here
at 4:50 o'clock this afternoon. His
neck was broken by the fall and he
was pronounced dead in eleven min
utes. He went to the scafold with
out a tremor.
Turner killed his wife, Lillian Tur-
ner, on the Tennessee side of Look
out Mountain on the afternoon of
April 26, 1907. At his trial Turner
made a confession.
Turner is the second white man
ever hanged in Hamilton county.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
st. Johns News.

ST. JOINS, March 2.-We are glad
to know that Mrs. Jno. E. Carter is
slowly improving.
Mr.. Wyman Chassereau spent last
Sunday with his brother. Mr.. Henry
Chassereau. ..
Messrs. A. NJ. Kinard and G. H.
Bishop were in town last Monday on
business.
Mrs. J. w. Kinard was quite sick
last Sunday, but is some better now.
Mrs. w. E. Kinard spent last Fri
day night with Mrs. A. Sease, her
daughter.
Mrs. Rose Thomas visited her aunt,
Mrs. N. E. Kinard, last Saturday
and Sunday,
Mr.. n. L. Kinard was visiting
friends in Colleton Sunday.
Mr.. Obie Folk and his bride have
been out visiting his father. Dir. Folk,
and have returned to their home at
Thunderbolt, Ga. -
Messrs. Henry and Willie Ritter
were ip Savannah two days last week
on business.
A number of men from this neigh
borhood went dove shooting last
Tuesday; hear Mr., J. H Tenders.
Miss Mary Carter has been spend
ing some time with friends and rel
atives of this section.
There was a. convention Of the
Knights of Pythias lodge held at Ehr-
hardt last Thursday,,the 9th. Dit it,
ner was given III the hail; afterwards
an address was made by Mr.. H. =.
Gyles on the Knights. This Was
greatly enjoyed by many people who
attended. CONRAD CARTER.
st. Johns graded school. II,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
FLOODS DEvASTATE COUNTRY.
Eastern Pennsylvania Is Swept by
:., Swollen Streams.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26-The death
ofeat least three persons and much
property damage was caused in east
ern Pennsylvania today by floods
precipitated by heavy rains and melt
ing snow. Bridges were swept away,
mills and manufacturing. establish
ments inundated and railroad tracks
flooded, SO that traffic was interfer-
ed with. J. C. Clauss, a farmer, was
drowned above Easton while attempt
ing to ford the Bushkill creek, which
had overfowed its banks; Frederick
Gurkensmyer of York was caught in
the flood while gathering driftwood
in Codorus creek and drowned and
Michael Gallagher, Jr., aged 10, of
Allentown lost his life by falling into
the swollen waters in Jordan creek.
The large sewers at Wilkesbarre
were unable to carry off the water
and the lower section of the city was
flooded, causing much distress. Sew
eral silk mills and other industrial
plants were compelled to- shut down
and traffic on several trolley lines
was suspended.
Throughout the Schuylkill region
mines were flooded and operations
were suspended. Reports from the
various points tonight show that the
water is receding and no further
trouble is anticipated. Little trouble
was caused here, the exception being
in Manayunk, asuburb, where several
mills on the Schuylkill were COM
PEELED temporarily to suspend opera
tions. 4
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
SHOOTING IN AIKEN.
w. F. Dobey Shoots II. H. Rankin
About q Debt.

AIKEN, Feb. 28.-This morning at
ten thirty o'clock, Mr.. w. F.. Dobey,
of this city, prominent contractor,
shot and wounded Mr.. Herman Il.
Rankin, store keeper, in Park ave
nue. on the sidewalk. The shooting
was the result of a quarrel which is
said to have been precipitated by
Rankin's approach to Dobey and ask
aaE4 ing him lin # for r the payment Of an old
It is stated that Mr.. Dobey was in
the place Of business Of Mr.. Rankin
this morning, and the latter asked
him for the money, This started q
quarrel between the two men, and
finally resulted in Mr.. Dobey telling
him to come out of the store upon the
street and fight. Rankin thereupon
came out of the store and they were
on the sidewalk near the store. It's
stated that Dobey cursed Rankin, and
that Rankin brushed him in the face
with his hand. At this stage Dobey
pulled his. revolver and fired twice at
Rankin. The first shot struck the
man, and he is said to have ran from
the scene and that the last shot was
fired as he was fleeing. The ball
struck in the thigh. going through
the leg, and inflicting painful if
not serious wound. This is the story
as it is being told, and cannot be.
given as authentic. q
MIR. Dobey was placed under arrest,
later was granted bond in the sum OF
$4O0, and released from custody.
Both gentlemen are men Of prom
inence, andthe affair is very much
talked about.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-03-05
Southern Cuts Salaries.

: ATLANTA, GA, Feb. PA reduc-
ton of 10 per cent. in the wages of
all employees Of the Southern rail-
way except contract labor, such as
engineers, firemen, etc, effective
March 1, was announced today a
previous cut of 10 per cent. affected
all general officers Of the company.
The general retrenchment policy
adopted by the road is given as a
reason for the cut. .S