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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
Meets New York, Delegation.

Returning New York convention work
ers had no time to make the four-mile
trip from Lincoln to Fairview So Mr.
Bryan. accompanied by. Mrs. Bryan and
his private secretary, Robert F. Rose
made the trip to town in a family carry
all, Mr. Bryan holding the reins with per-
feet familiarity.
At one road station he saw first w 7
ConnerS, chairman of the New York state
central committee. whom he congratu-
lated on New York's share in making
the Platform and the selection of a vice
presidential candidate. Mr. Conners was
travelling with Mrs. Corners on regu-
lar train.
At another station there was larger
crowd. including c. F. Murphy. leader Of
Orlando Thayer, Robert E. Luce. Martin
Littleton, d. l.. Coholan and James Cas-
sidy.
They want to put us on record re-
quested that Mr. Murphy and the presi-
Dental nominee be taken in the act of
shaking hands.
I'm willing if the other fellow is.'' said
Mr.. Murphy. The two grasped hands as
the camera was snapped.
Are you going to carry New York for
the ticket?" Mr.. Bryan asked Mr.. Con-
ners with smile.
If we don't I'll never shake hands
with you again. came the answer.
Mr.. Bryan laushingly pleaded against
SO ''cruel and unusual a punishment
No, that goes" answered the New
York leader
The last delegation of the evening was
of the representatives of Ohio and Vir-
ginia, and nearly 200 strong. Seated in
the center of large circle on the lawn,
Mr.. Bryan gave them what one would de-
scribe as Just nice farmer talk
All were put at their ease and in a
short time. There was none so humble
as TO fear to put in his little word anent
the Bryan farm or the convention. De-
spite the size of the crowd. Mr.. Bryan
satisfied their obvious though uneXpresS-
ed curiosity by showing them through
his residence. Mr.. Bryan's curios ex-
cited much interest, but less than his
workroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
WEATHER.

Fair and warmer Sunday.
Monday fair and continued
warm. South to west winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
4 WORLD-W|DE WAR 0N THE RUM DEMON England Proposes to Cut Down Traffic By Licensing Bill CRIME WAVE IN FRANCE Is Laid to AlcohoIism-Russia Attri- butes Poverty of Peasants to Li- quor-How Presidents Are
 Elected.
CRIME WAVE IN FRANCE
BY SEWELL HAGGARp.

New York, March 1.-The war on the demon rum has become world wide. By licensing bill England pro- poses to reduce the number of her dramshops 90 per cent within 16 years. To help along the prohibition move ment in the United Kingdom figures have been produced to sh ow that the drinking habit among the factory population, even among women, has reached startling proportions.
 In France the fact that an increa se of alcoholism has been accompanied by an increase in crime furnishes cam paign material for the prohibitionists. Her stationary population and her troubles with army discipline France also attributes to the rum demon. A writer in the Paris Petit Journal re- gently said:
 or all countries France ought to be hrst able to give her opinion of aIco- holism, because her increase in crime is directly due to 1t: and confining ourselves to military facts, we are forced to declare that the majority of the soldiers sent to Africa to atone for their crimes committed their crimes when drunk or because drink had de- graded them to a point where crime was possible"
 In Russia the fact that vodka has been held partly responsible for the peasa nts poverty has given rise to an agitation against liquor. The magni- tude of the evil was recently discussed in the douma. and, in fact. the gov
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

was another of his drawing cards and Chang, the Chinese giant, also helped to fill the Barnum exchequer.
 Finally, Mir Barnum formed his tray cling museum of giants and dwarfs''- those days-and sent it on the road. This was the beginning of circus side-shows. It was a success that brought imitators, and then dime museums sprang up like mushrooms in the large cities, and each had it's aggregation of freaks, some gen uine, some made up. Subsequently, Bar nuns partner Bailey, conceived the idea of gathering all the avilable freaks into congress of giants and midgets' and the evolution of "freekdom" was com plete.
 OHly one dime museum at which real freaks are exhibited, exists in New York today; the others fell away years ago. Showmen say that New York has seen all the freaks that worthy of eXhi- bition, and although they can always get duplicates, the supply of new and origi- nal'' is practically nil
 Several men and women who spent years on the side-show platform are now living in affluence in various parts of the country. One so-called prodigy. Capt. A. V. Bates, who married Annie Swan, perhaps the largest woman eyer exhib- ited has large stock farm in Ohio. and breeds draught horses. Two negro girls. who are joined together, aeeumu- lated a fortune as freaks. and now own a ranch in Texas Old Zip. the original What is it?" Is still alive and so is Mrs Tom Thumb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
MlsTLEToE FoIsoNs TREES.
A Crusade Organized in Texas to Erad-
 icate the Pest.

Waco Correspondence Ft. Worth Record.
 The alarming destruction of Texas trees through the agency of the poison ous mistletoe has induced NJ B. Davls secretary of the Texas Audubon society to sound q warning to those interested in trees to destroy the mistletoe before it in turns denudes the state of it's forests
 Every municipality in Texas is affllct- ed with the pest and 1t has been stated by an authority that the life of tree when thoroughly inoculated with mistle- toe poison will terminate in about seven years" says MT Davis Tt is carried from one. tree to another by certain birds feeding on the berries and wherever it finds Judgement on trees susceptible to it's deadly parasitic growth its blight proves fatal in time unless heroic treat ment is applied At this season while the evergreen parasite is clearly discern- ible upon the bare boughs the work should be done.
 "The Texas mistletoe (Pharadendron flavescens), differs materially from it's kindred parasite evers rsen of Europe (Viscum album), held in veneration by the Druids, which is kept in check in the Old World but cultivated to some ex- tent for winter decoration. The variety in the cotton states is far more per nicious and must be wholly exterminated oi tilt trees Will dli ptiiSH ii'ih US Jdlc- ful blight. Any one may observe from car windows. that entire forests are being killed by mistletoe.
 ''It is d beautiful but horrible parasite and can only be destroyed finally by cut ting off the entire bough on which it's growth appears. The hackberry. which is popular in the cities as a shade tree. is one of the favorites of these poisonous parasites and in nearly every city in this state where hackberry trees have been planted about 25 per cent of them have already died from mistletoe poison"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

sage Of necessary laws the United States ramed the steamships Niagara and Sus- duehanna and Great Britain the Agamem- non and the Leopard to drop the cable In August 1857. just 365 years from the date Columbus sailed from Spain to dis cover America, the ships steamed from Nalentia Bay, Ireland
 The Niagara paid out first The cable bloke, and on the following Monday, the start having been made on Wednesday, a. point $50 miles from the Irish coast the frigate fell into the trough rose on the swell and the strain again snapped the cable. With flags at half mast the flotilla returned to Valentia Bay and the coils were taken out of the holds. and the United States warships returned to America.
 In the year 1858 four ships proceeded from Valentia to the middle of the AL lilntic. where, stern |, s,trn, the Aga memnon and the Niagara spliceel cable ends from their tanks, and the ships started, two and two in opposite direc- tions. The Agamemnon pointed one way and the Niagara the other.
 The cables parted almost before they were joined, not only once, but three times.
 But they started again, and by coin. cidence the Niagara landed her end of the Q. 1S5S, on the same day that the Agamem- non landed her end at Valentia Bay Ire land.
 Tn all f32 messages were sent over this wire. It was worked to death Mir Field on September 1, 1S5S received the last distinct message that ever passed over the cable of 1858, the first cable, 1850 statute miles long, without a single break, that spanned the Atlantic ocean.
 But New York and the country oele- brated just the same on that day. There was more than 100000 jubilant people in the streets. Broadway was a garden of female beauty, for there was to be parade. The cable layers, British naval officers, and the Jack tars of the Niagara, bearing a model of their frigate big col of cable. were all in line. There were ceremonies in the Crystal palace, fire works in the park, torchlight procession of fremen, illuminations and big dinner to Cyrus Field at the Metropolitan hotel.
 The current over the cable of 1858 during it's brief life had always fickered but it had demonstrated the feasibility of the proposition.
 It is estimated that at the presidential election to be held on Tuesday, November
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

that I'm not going to get what I'm after, !, II l catch just the train I want light away. If l want to go up on Lenox avenue and the first train along Is a Lenox avenue express, l take 1t with a haunting fear that things are breaking to-, well for me right at the start for suc- cess in my errand
 Then, again, when come home, if dip into my pocket and get the right key for the outside door the first time feel afraid that something will be wrong when l get inside Now most persons would think that I ought to be pleased with being lucky like that, but l always reason it out the other way.
 Come to think of 1t, thus far l haven't really suffered by these minor successes at the start. But and he knocked On the wooden edge of the table at which they were sitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
Don't Let Your
 Piles Grow
Every emorrhoidal Ulcer is Fertile Field for Cancer and Other
 Deadly Diseases.
TRIAL PACKAGE FREE.

Constipation unchecked brings inham- nation, inflammation begets piles and piles too often superlnduce tumors of malignant nature.
 Piles Cor hemorrhoids) rarely kill, but they cause more agony in a few minutes than much more serious troubles.
 They are easy to cure if you go at it right
 An operation with the knife is danger ous, agonizing, and rarely a permanent success
 There is just one way to be cured-one sure way, painlessly and privately-and that is with Pyramid Pile Cure.
 We mail a free trial package to all who write.
 It will give you instant relief and start you well on the way to a perfect cure.
 Then you can get full-sized box from any druggist for 50 cents, and often one box cures.
 Insist on having what you call for.
 Just send your name and address to Pyramid Drug Co.,, 97 Pyramid Building, Mich. and receive free by re- turn mail the trial package in a plain wrapper.
 All druggists. 50 cents. Write today for a free pa ackage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

It is estimated that at the presidential election to be held on Tuesday, November
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
Naming Boys.
Sturgeon Leader.

FrOm the Sturgeon Ieader.
 Whatever you do, never name boy after yourself,' was a saying of Uncle Lafe Hume of Columbia, and it is wise conclusion for more reasons than one.
 In after years the father and son are referred to as "Big John,'' or Ragged Jdhn.' Little John So and So'' or "Old Tom and Young Tom" and Big Dick Little Peel Head and the like. In the family the youngster is generally called i'brotlfer. "babe," "buss." Dock Cud" or "Maunch," and the like, while the old gentleman is dubbed "the old man, or dad pap or "paw." Just as well give your boy a nickname at the start as to name him after yourself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
HE'S AFRAID TO BE LUCKY.
One Man of superstitions Who Is
 Bound to Be Unhappya
From. the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 "Its bad enough to be superstitious fin any case," said the man who Is, "but there are some uncomfortable homemade superstitions which I can't get rid of.
 For instance, when I'm bound uptown in hurry and get into the subway to take an express train am always afraid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
Inertia,

From the Philadeiphia Press.
 ''Well,' said MT. Staylate, for the fourth time, "I must be going
 What a queer delusion," replied Miss Patience Come; you're really quite sta tionary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

Your health depends upon the condition of your blood. Keep it pure by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
Hog Meat was Poison.

Union, Dec. 22.-Rev. John G..
Farr, pastor of the Green Street
Methodist church, and who before
going into the ministry was for some
twelve years auditor of Union coun-
ty, together with five of his children
narrowly escaped death by poisoning
within the past few days, seemingly
on account of having eaten meat
which was rather spoiled.
Some days ago Mr.. Farr received
from his brother, Mr.. w. T. Farr, Of
Adamsburg, some nice fresh hog
meat. The meat was in fine condi-
ton but on account of the unusually
warm weather for this season of the
year, it must have spoiled, for after
eating some a day or so ago, Mr..
Farr and practically every member
of his family were taken very sick
and but for prompt medical attention
might have died, and while Mr.. Farr
and his children are now able to be
up and about, still they had a very
close call.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
WITH PHANTOM GUESTS.
Strange Christmas Dinner in Hotel
at New York.

New York, Dec. 26.-lt was in
deed strange Christmas dinner that
Henry B. Tannehill ate at local hO-
tel yesterday. He sat at table at
which there were four other chairs,
but all of them vacant. In front OF
each there was placed complete
Christmas repast which was later
taken away untouched. Tannehill
dined with phantom guests, the
spirits of his sister and her three
children, all dead.
OF an adventurous spirit, Tame
hill, resident of this city, has wan
dered far and wide and returning
here on Monday last from Alaska he
learned of the death of his sister and
her children. His explanation of the
weird dinner is perhaps the best.
He says: ION the day / left my
sisters house I told her that would
be back next Christmas or the one
after, and that the treat for them
would be the finest that money could
buy. I got out and hustled and
saved considerable money In the
Klondike, and when I arrived here
the other night, l ran over to the
East Side and began to look up the
folks. It did not take me long to
find out what I least expected. MY
sister went out to a store one day
and left the children alone; when
she came back they were dead
burned. A little later she herself
died of pneumonia and worry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
j. Nj. GAMEWELL ARRESTED.
Wife of Spartanburg Fill Man Su-
ing Him for Alimony.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 2S.-J. M.
Gamewell, prominent cotton mill
man, of Spartanburg, S. c., was ar
rested here yesterday afternoon and
held until he furnished bond OF
$4,000 to insure payment of what
ever judgment is rendered against
him in suit for alimony brought by
his wife.
Mrs. Gamewell has sued for $15,-
900 permanent and temporary ali
mony, the suit anticipating one for
divorce, which will be brought as
soon as she completes the requisite
twelve months residence in the State.
Mr.. Gamewell furnished the bond
and was released.
Mrs. Gamewell was visited by her
husband at the home Of her sister at
Carnegie place, and he was taken in
charge there by superior court Off
Ger. Negotiations looking to the set
tlement of the trouble were under
way at the time and lc is probable
that they will be adjusted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
TRAIN TURNS TURTLE.
Scores of Passengers Injured in a
Wreck Near Reidsville, Ga.

Reidsville, Ca, Dec. 26.-On the
Georgia, Coast and Piedmont Rail-
way, in the suburbs of this town to-
day, the incoming passenger train, in
rounding curve on high embank-
ment, jumped the track, turned tur-
tie and landed in heap forty feet
below. The passenger list consisted
of twelve persons, all of whom were
seriously knjured, several Of this
number receiving broken limbs and
severe conclusions.
On account of the isolated loca-
ton of the place, the names OF the
injured cannot be ascertained.
The train was coming into the yard
at a moderate rate Of speed, and nc
cause for the accident is assigned.
The injured: Misses Mamie and
Myrtle Padgett, Reidsville, Georgia;
Mrs. Joseph w. Smith, Purvis, Ca;
Mrs. E. C. Laid, Ocala, Fla; the Rev.
J. w. Witherington, Collins, Ca;
Conductor Bennett, slightly bruised
about the ankles; Beton Lanier, a
newsboy, received a small cut aboua
the head; Bill Anderson, porter, arm
broken.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
LEAVES BABY IN MAD HASTE.
Woman Discovers She Has Only
Bundle of Infants Clothes.

New York, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Re-
becca Seigel, of East New York, be-
came so excited during fire in her
fiat yesterday which broke out while
she was bathing her six-months-old
infant that she seized the bundle OF
baby clothes, thinking that the child
was tucked safely inside, only to find
to her chagrin and horror when she
reached the street that the bundle
was empty.
A man hearing her screams that
the child was in the burning build
ing rushed in and found the baby
seated contentedly in the bath tub,
cooling happily and splashing the wa
ter while the flames cracked about
the room. Rescuer and baby were
unscathed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
Personal Mention.

Mr.. Ernest E. Ritter spent
Christmas at McRae, Ga. He return
ed Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Wright, OF
Orangeburg, spent Christmas in the
city with relatives.
Mrs. Leroy Wilson, Jr., of Al
lendale, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. J. Brabham.
Mr.. J. w. Barr is spending sew
eral days in the city, and his many
friends here are indeed glad to see
him again.
Miss Mary Livingston, from
Lander College, Greenwood, is
spending the holidays at home with
her mother.
Mr.. Bert Carter, who is attend
ing the law school of the University
of South Carolina, is spending the
holidays in the city.
Mr.. H. J. Brabham, Jr., and little
daughter, Adele, left Tuesday night
for a trip to Baltimore, where Mr..
Brabham went to buy goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Allen spent
Christmas in Greenwood. Mr.. Allen
is attending the meeting of the State
Teachers Association in Columbia
this week.
Rev. and Mrs. T. G. Herbert
and the children left Tuesday morn
ing for Fernandina, Fla, to visit rel
atives. They will be away a week
or ten days.
Mr.. Clarence Black, who is
studying law in the Office of Shep-
pard Bros, at Edgefeld, and also
assistant teacher in the graded
school of that town, is spending the
holidays at home.
Mr.. E. F. Mcmillan and family,
of the Hunters Chapel section,
moved this week to their new home
at Hahira, Ga. Mr.. Mcmillan is one
of our very best citizens, and we re-
gret to have him leave US. He has
the best wishes of very large circle
of friends.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
Woman Killed by Brother.

Manning, Dec. PA terrible
tragedy occurred on the plantation
of Mai. w. T. Lesesne few miles
from Manning. Frank Driggers shot
and instantly killed his sister, Mrs.
Mamie Boseman, wife of Henry
Boseman. She was about 81 years
old and hard working woman.
Driggers has surrendered to Sheriff
Gamble. He claims the shooting
was accidental.
All parties concerned in this ter
rible affair are white. They are IL
literate but honest and industrious.
Later intelligence states that the
homicide was the elimination OF a
series of violent quarrels over the
possession of or payment for a
horse.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
Can Vanauish Hog Cholera.

Columbia, Mo-, Dec. 26.-As q re-
suit of perfecting serum that Is an
antitoxin against hog cholera the
Missouri Agricultural college issued
q statement to-day guaranteeing the
State legislature that with an appro-
priation of $4,000 a year it will
save the farmers of Missouri from
s1,O0O,000 to $5,000,000 annually.
The agricultural college announc-
ed unequivocally that it now Is pre-
pared to vanquish hog cholera.
The serum is drawn from what is
known as a hyperimmunized hog
blood, the fibering being removed so
as to prevent clotting. The serum
is treated with small quantities OF
carbolic acid.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.

Mr.. Geo. W. Johns, Of Baldoc,
spent Sunday in the city.
Misses Clara and Linnie Riley
spent the holidays at home.
Mr.. G. F. Hires, of the Ehrhardt
section, was in the city Monday.
Mr.. W. S. Miley, of the Buford's
Bridge section, was in the city Mon
day.
Miss Esma Delk, who is teach
ing the Edisto school, spent Christ
mas at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hooton M. Fielder,
of Mullins, spent Christmas in the
city with relatives.
Miss Birdie Gill spent the holi-
days in Hampton with her sister,
Mrs. G. B. Hoover. 5
Mai. Havelock Eaves, of Co.
lumbia, spent few days in the city
last and this week.
Mr.. R. NJ. Bruce, Of The
Herald, spent Christmas in Char
lotte. N. c., with friends.
/ Miss Mary Ellen Eaves, from
the College for Women, Columbia,
spent the holidays at home.
Mrs. R. B. Still, of Blackville,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
C. Folk, in the city this week.
-Messrs. Jno. w. >Crum, ]: B.
Gillian, Jr., and S. G.. Ray, of Den
mark, were in the city Monday.
Mr.. J. Fielder Hunter, of Or
angeburg, spent last Saturday in the
city with his father, Sheriff j. B.
Hunter.
Col. F. N. K. Bailey and family,
of Edge6eld, spent the holidays in
the city with the family of DR.. j. B.
Black
Mr.. Glenn Cope, of the Citadel,
is spending the holidays at home
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jno.
H. Cope.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Hays, Of
Greenwood, spent Christmas in the
city with relatives. They returned
home Monday.
Mrs. J. Paul Ridgway, of Roy
ston, Ca, arrived in the city Friday
evening on visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam FarrisOn.
Miss Elizabeth Barnett, who
formerly taught in the Bamberg
graded school, is in the city on a
visit to Mrs. NJ. w. Brabham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Wilson,
Jr., returned from their bridal trip
last week and spent day or two in
the city with Mrs. Wilson's parents
before going to their home in Allen
dale.
Col. E. H. Aull, editor Of the
Newberry Herald and News and
president of the State Press Assocla-
tion. spent Sunday and part of Mon
day in the city. The Colonel has
many friends in BamberG who were
glad to greet him. This was his
first visit to Bamberg, and he was
surprised to find Bamberg such a
good town.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
TROOPS GUARD MINES.
Strike on at Plant of Stearns Coal
and Lumber Company.

Stearns, KY, Dec. 27.-Fearing
an attack from striking miners, sew
eral of whom engaged in a bloody
encounter with deputy United States
marshals on Christmas day, the
mines and lumber yards of the
Stearns Coal and Lumber Company
are guarded tonight by State militia.
Mounted deputies are securing the
country in search of several fugitive
miners, said to be in hiding in the
hills east of Stearns. The body OF
Deputy Marshal Mullins, who was
killed in Fridays fight, was buried
to-day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
Race Trouble Feared.

Cuthbert, Ca, Dec. 26.-Charles
Worrell, a member of Mercer law
class and a son of Judge Worrell OF
the Pautaula circuit, yesterday att
ernoon killed Will Lewis, a negro,
in a shooting affray here, in which
Alexander Glenn, another negro, was
also killed, the latter by Alexander
Bridges, white. The double shooting
threw the negroes into a state OF ex-
citement, and a general outbreak be-
tween the races is feared by some as
a result of the trouble.