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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-24
FIGHT ON BUCKET SHOPS.
Latest Effort to Suppress Them by
Congressional Action Fails.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The House
has made another effort to abolish
the bucket saop, but like previous =
forts it fell through for the want Of
votes. This time the sentiment can
from the cotton States and the mem
bers representing agricultural con-
stituencies were prominent IN the
move to secure an amendment to the
bill codifying the criminal laws OF
the United States and an amend
ment to make dealing in futures
criminal offense. The amendment
was defeated by a vote of SO to 1O3.
The strange part about such legis-
lation is that nearly every member
expresses himself as favoring legis-
lation to stop gambling and that
dealing in cotton futures is gambling
pure and simple, but when it comes
time to vote they excuse themselves
by saying that the question is too
IMPORTANT to dispose Of in an hour
or two of debate.
And in the House, in short ses-
sion, there is never much time for
debate.
Leading lawyers in the House say
that State laws can suppress bucket
shops and stop the pernicious prac-
tice of dealing in futures, but it is
question of the right of the gov
ernment to deal with matter that
comes squarely within the police
power of the State. If it could be
proved that dealing in futures was
gambling without question, then the
government could cut off the mails
to such business under the lottery
act. But many brokers who deal in
cotton futures are legitimate brok-
ers and are a help to the cotton
planters. The advocates of this legis-
lation will now turn to the Senate
and make an effort to secure what
they want from that body.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-24
Negro Wants Taste of Hell.

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 17.-Henry
Harvey, a negro, who was hanged
at Rockingham, N. c., today for
murder, repulsed the ministers who
approached him this morning to ad-
minister spiritual comfort, telling
them that he desired to 60 to hell for
a special purpose. d.
On the march to the gallows
chicken flew over the heads of the
party and the condemned man ex-
claimed laughingly: Somebody
catch that chicken" Harvey's crime
was the Staying of Huge Price, also
colored, at Rockingham last sum-
mer. Both the deceased and his mur-
derer were from Roanoke, Va.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-24
BAIL WAS REFUSED.
Supreme Court in Divided Decision
Sends w. r. Jones to Jail.

The supreme court has refused
bail in the case of w. T. JONES' the
Union man under arrest on the
charge of having poisoned his wife.
The order refusing the bail was
signed by Justices Gary and Jones,
Chief Justice Pope stating. that he
could not concur and Justice Woods
being absent. The decision of the
court means that Jones will be placed
in the Union Jail to await trial at
the next term of criminal court.
The case is in some respects a re-
markable once, there being appeals
from both sides. The defendant ap-
pealed from the order of Judge
Hydrick refusing bail and the State
appealed from the order of Chief
Justice Pope, which stayed proceed
ings at the time of the trial. The su-
preme court reversed the order of
Chief Justice Pope after hearing the
arguments, and when the appeal
from Judge Hydrick's decision came
I'D counsel for Jones withdrew the
appeal, it being announced from the
bench that the appeal should be dis
missed, ia a decision to be delivered
later
The court then heard argument in
original jurisdiction and gave the
decision that bail should be refused.
This was not concurred in by Chief
Justice Pope, but as majority OF
the tribunal so rules the prisoner
will be taken back to Jail to remain
there until time for the trial. Jones
was present when the first appeal
was argued, and was quartered at
one Of the hotels in Columbia. 1t was
rumored that he attended one of the
theatres there, but this was denied.
Jones is one of the wealthiest
farmers of Union county. 1t is said
that he had always been cruel to his
wife and the manner of her death is
alleged to have been horrible.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-24
Found Him Guilty.

J. T. Martin, who was arrested
some time ago on a charge of using
the mails for fraudulent purposes
was convicted in the United States
Court at Charleston. The case
against Martin was tried in his abb
sence and he was found guilty on
two counts. He operated scheme
in several portions of the State and
the evidence was so strong against
him that the verdict was rendered
without the jury leaving their seats.
A bench warrant was issued for his
arrest and his bond will be estreat-
ed. Martin was confined in the
Orangeburg jail while he was under
arrest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-24
Fire in Charleston.

Charleston, Dec. 20.-A serious
fire was threatened this morning in
the burning of a warehouse with 40
odd barrels of turpentine. A large
lot of rosin adjoining the warehouse
was saved from the fire, but the Will
liam Johnson & Co. coal yard was
damaged somewhat. By good work
the department controlled the fire,
the losses from which will amount to
about $4,000, covered by insurance.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
Cigarettes n Wedding Fee.

As one of Manila's leading young
men was donnlng his evening suit pre-
paratory to keeping a social engage
ment he ran his hand into his pocket
and was surprised to find an envelope
there. On opening 1t he discovered 2:
pesos In bills. Nov. where In thunder
did take on all this money!" he said
1T isn't mine. for l never carry my
bills around in an envelope" Then he
sat down to think where he had WORT
the suit and how he had come by the
Is pesos. 1.-The last place l wore it."
he mused finally, was when I was
best man at wedding a month ago
But gavs Dr. Rossiter his money.
remember distinctly giving him some
thing. and 1t must have been his fee
If l didn't give him the money. what
In the world did I give himT' He call
ed up DR.. Rossiter by phone. do you
mind telling me-" he asked, what
gave you for a fee at Blanks we'd
dingr The answer came back very
distinctly and cuttingly: Young man,
you gave me a box OF vile smelling
cigarettes. "-Philippin Gossip.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
DIRTY WATCHES.

Tho Reason Is Often to Be Found In
the Watch Pocket.
why do watches get dirty" said
the jeweler You'll find the answer
in your watch pocket Turn 1t out"
The patron turned out his watch
pocket, sheepishly bringing forth a
pinch Of mud colored dust, some lint
and a small ball of black fluff.
There's the reason" said the jew
eler. watches get dirty because the
pockets they are carried I'm are never
clean. A watch pocket. my dear sir,
should be cleaned out regularly once q
week. Observe that rule and your
watch's works will not get clogged up
again.
Another and a seasonable rule Is
never to lay your watch down on stone
or marble. The cold deranges the deli
cate works.
"Never lay your watch down, In fact,
anywhere. Hang 1T up on a hook YER
tically in the same position it occupies
when In your pocket. Watches are
made to lie. or, rather, stand. in that
position only.
wind your watch in the morning.
never at night"-New York Press.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
THE FITZGERALD COMPANY
ROOFING, PAVING, CEMENT AND
TILE WALKS, TARRED FELTS,
TAR, PITCH AND GRAVEL

We have a crew or expert cement
workers in the city for a short time,
and we would be pleased, while here,
to give estimates on and put in any
work of this character. either cement
or tile sidewalks, copings, retaining
walls or heavy concrete work.
We have exceptional facilities for
handling cement work cheaply and
satisfactorily, both in our equipment
and corps of expert workers.
Either call at our works or North
Main street, near the foundry, or ad-
dress our representative, HUGH WILL
LIAMS, Room 6, HOLDER BLOCK, or
BOX SIS, who will cheerfully call and
give any information desired.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
Arbiter and Arbitrary.

If an arbitrator Is chosen to end a
dispute, says the London Chronicle.
there Is no reason to dread that his de-
cision would be arbitrary. though the
two words are very near relatives. An
arbiter, the Latin word which used
to be more common as English than
1t is now, meant by deriv alton simply
zone who went to- something to ex-
anime it. and so at 6rst spectator or
witness. Then In Roman law 1t assum-
ed the technical sense Of an umpire
But ''judicum," the legal decision in
a case with regard to definite sum
Of money. for instance. was distin-
guished from an arbitrium. a legal
decision as to an uncertain sum which
had to be determined: hence arbitrary
acquired the sense Of uncertain. ca
PRECIOUS
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
SCIENTIFIC SPANKING

Consists in punishment only when a
child is actually bad. Some mothers
think that all crying is badness, it's
not. When your baby cries, look for
pins or some external cause, If you
can't find them give the baby Whites
Cream Vermifuge as the chances are
it is suffering from worms which keep
it hungry and cross all the time.
Pleasant to take-sure in its action
Price % cents. Sold by the Anti O.
nOpoly Drugstore.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
A PIECE CT SIZING.
Il Plays q Prominent Part In the Life
of JaDan

u rays Sromirent Part In the Life
Of Japan.
Writing from Japan, an American
says: You must come here to appre
ciate some Of the quaint customs and
usages which contact with other PEG
pies has not yet driven out. To read
about them gives you only a poor idea
For instance. did you ever know what
an important thing piece of string is
here? The children. wOrkmen, idlers.
servants, all carry pieces Of string for
use in case Of emergency. With us the
emergency would arise only when a
parcel had to he done up. but the Jap
uses his piece Of string as first aid to
the injured. to repair a rent in his
clothing. to fix 4 broken down jinrik-
iSha. to mend tools, to take measure.
ment. and. in fact. the string is his
universal tool chest The quecrest use
to which it is put according to my
way Of thinking, Is when Il police Off
Ger arrests man. ties a bit Of string
about the arrested mans wrist and
then leads him by the loose end Of the
thin hempen fetter to the lookup. You
ask, Why doesn't the Jap crook break
the string and find gateway He
could. but he would not That's where
his respect for the law comes In, and
the bit Of string holds the man as Sc
curely as though he were manacIed by
our own humane chilled steel, nickel
plated and snap locked method. New
York Tribune
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
lt Was Plain ENOUGH.

A college professor who recently re-
turned with his wife from their honey
moon greatly amused a company Of
people in his home town, according to
the Lewiston Journal. by assuring
them, on being questioned concerning
their trip. that nobody where they
spent their honeymoon suspected that
they were bride and groom.
what kind Of place was IT you
were in?" the president Of the college
asked. AN institution for the blind"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
LONG TIME BETWEEN LUNCHES
Pythagoras the Toad Took his First
Meal Since Ammo Oomini 900

New York, Jan. 6.-Pythagoras, the
toad, took his first meal in 1000 years
flies and an earthwOrm constituted
the meal of the little black creature
that had been buried for so many CEN
turtles in limestone rock 500 feet down
in the silver mine at Butte, Mont. The
ancient toad is slowly recovering his
eyesight and the use of his limbs, and
is gradually turning green again, as
he was in the Middle Ages. He has
already emitted several feeble sounds,
but the croak has not come back.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
SCHOLARSHIP FOR SALE

scholarship in the ThOmasvilie, ga
Business College. We will let some
deserving young man or woman have
the scholarship on most advantageous
terms. 1t is good for a complete
course in penmanship, bookkeeping or
shorthand and typewriting. Write
the Star or call at this office if you
are Interested.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
JENKINS LOST HIS SWORD

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 6.-The sword
presented to Major Micah Jenkins by
the people Of South Carolina through
President Roosevelt, at the Charles
as a member of the rough riders in
the Spanish American war, was des-
troyed in a fire last night, which burn
ed Major Jenkins home.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
WATCHED Fifteen YEARS

For fifteen years I have watched
the workings Of Bucklens Arnica Salve
and it has never failed to cure any
sore, boil, ulcer or burn to which it
was applied. 1t has saved US many a
doctors BILL" says A. f. Hard! of
East Wilton, Me. Twenty-Five cents
at Tydings & Cos. drug store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
SEDATIVE EFFECT OF SOLDIERS

Muncie, Ind. Jan. 6-With a procla-
nation from Gov. Hanly, declaring
martial law, and 500 state troopers
camped in the heart of the city, Mum
Gle is quiet. The riOtOus outbreaks of
the last three days. due to the strike
of street car men, have given way to
a normal existence so far as violence
is concerned.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
WILL CONTINUE BUSINESS

The Florida Electrical & Plumbing
Company has decided to continue their
to bid on all work in their line. Per-
sons entrusting business to this COM
pany will be assured Of prompt SER
vice, good work and reasonable
prices. Office at the Ocala Music Cos.
store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
and
: Supplies

- Yonge & Co, the original and
S6le plumbers. having gone entire
*nt Of the bicycle business. are now
4etng all Of their time with a COM
1t force of men to the plumbing
Inning business and are better
or<d than ever to do first-class
~ In quick time and at living
- The company has just receiv-
- big shipment Of the Standard
10 In enameled bath tubs, one piece
lavatories, toilet SETS. etc. and
also big line of medium priced
- ~ well as a cheaper line, in tin
ealvanized iron for customers who
Ire them. The company has a
taete stock OF fittings, faucets and
nres OF all kinds and will be pleas
~ show the stock to you and give
m estimate on the cost Of your
An experience Of quarter of
untury gives this company many
htages. See r. E. Yonge & Co. If
ned their serviGss.s
n Z. YONGE & SON.
Plumbers. Ocala. Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06

HORSES, MULES AND FEED

AT J. L. SmOak's Old stand on
p0gftion street: stock fine, prices
Doaable. Give us a call, not only
= good stock. but feed. A. b. De-
mt 4 Co., OcaIa, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06

Don't fail to see our big line of Ocala
post cards in colors. Ocala News Co.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-06
COTTAGE FOR SALE

A splendidly located cottage In best
cheap for cash. Apply at this office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02

the Moroccan bandit. The port Of La
Guaira. Venezuela. was closed by Presi-
dent Castro because of the prevalence OF
virulent disease, which the government
refused to recognize as bubonic plague.
Two thousand men. women and children
were massacred by Kurds near Urumeah.
on the Persian border. The body of a
Swiss guide missing since 1887 was found
in a crevasse in a glacier. Honduras
concentrated forces on the Guatemalan
frontier.
In the District.
Engineer Commissioner Morrow yecom-
mended the open-valley treatment OF the
valley of Rock creek from Massachusetts
avenue to the mouth of the creek. bill
providing for the erection and equip
ment of a psycopathic pavilion was for
warded by the Commissioners to Senator
Gallinger. The Commissioners recon-
mended unfavorable action upon the bill
introduced by Representative Helm pre-
venting the sale of liquor at the Union
station. The Senate passed the District
appropriation bill with 100000 in
crease over the House figures. Another
substitute for Senator Johnston's Sunday
upon by the Senate District committee.
Daniel e. McComb, superintendent of the
sewer department of the District. re-
signed to become chief engineer of paving
and sewers in the city of Havana. Cuba.
The twentieth annual session of the Asso-
citation of American Railway Accounting
officers was held. Henry H. Flather and
Richard r. Horner were elected delegates
and DR.. William Tindall and Daniel Muir
ray alternates from the District to the
republican national convention. The
complete returns from the recent police
census of the District showed a.total popu-
lation of 800. 4O3. an increase of nearly
10000 in year. Justice Gould enjoined
William H. Raglan and the other officers
and members of Bricklayers' Union No.
from hindering non-union men from
continuing in the employ of Richardson
& Burgess and other members of the En-
ployers' Association. Richard Gregory,
colored, was convicted of murder in the
first degree for the death of William A.
Garner. James Carroll was run over in
the yards of the Union station and died
later at the Casualty Hospital. Among
those who died were John H. Oicott.
Frederick w. Huidekoper. Charles b.
Church, John Edward Libbey and John b.
THOMPSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02

Lewis III. Rand, Corps Of Engineers:
George Blakely. Coast Artillery Corps;
Archibald H. Sunderland, Coast Artillery
Corps: Charles H. Paine, 10Th Infantry:
William o. Johnson. 30th Infantry:
Charles r. Lawson, Coast Artillery
Corps, and First Lieuts. William 8.
Browning. LIST Field Artillery: Willis v.
Morris, 9th Cavalry; Wade H. Carpenter.
Coast Artillery Corps; Stephen Abbot.
Coast Artillery Corps; William p. Ennis,
LIST Field Artillery; Frank o. Whitlock.
18th Cavalry.
The following named officers will re-
port to the superintendent of the United
States Military Academy August %, 1908,
for duty at the academy:
Capts. Guy V. Henry, 10Th Cavalry:
Isaac Newell. 22d Infantry: George B.
Pillsbury. Corps of Engineers. and Ora
E. Hunt. 18th Infantry: First Lieuts.
Harold c. Fiske. Corps of Engineers:
Frederic H. Smith, Coast Artillery Corps:
Thomas M. Spaulding, Coast Artillery
Corps. and George r. Allin, 9th Field
Artillery. and Second Lieuts. ROLAND w.
Case. 10th Infantry; Charles s. Duncan.
9th Infantry; Frederick w. Manley. 18th
Infantry; Edward NJ. Zell, 9TH Cavalry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02
WEEK ENDING MAY 2. 1908.

President Roosevelt sent a special mes
sage to Congress urging legislation on the
lines Of his previous recommendations: the
President reappointed Secretary Straus
for another term of six years as one of
the American members of the permanent
come of arbitration at The Hague. Sec
rotary Cortelyou called in $45, 900, 600 from
national banks. Secretary Taft left
Washington for Panama. The Senate
passed the naval appropriation bill. the
four battleship amendment being defeated
by a vote OF so to %. two battleships q
year being agreed upon. All the pension
bills on the calendar and many other
measures of minor Importance were
passed by the Senate. The House adopt
providing $350.000 for enforcing the pub
licity clause of the railroad rate law Mr.
Williams presented petition to Speaker
Cannon from 1854 democratic members
urging the report Of a free wood pulp BILL
Attorney Fred B. Whitney confessed that
he wrote certain anonymous letters pre-
scented in the submarine boat investiga-
ton. New York Catholics began the cele-
bration Of the centennial of the diocese.
The battleship fleet arrived at Monterey.
The death list from tornadoes in Missis-
sippi Louisiana. Alabama and Georgia
was reported to be 400. with 200 hurt
and several thousand homeless.
Foreign.
The dead and missing as a result of the
sinking of the British cruiser Gladiator
by the American liner ST. Paul number
twenty-eight. The worst blizzard since
1881 swept over the United Kingdom. Sew
eral men were injured by a boiler ex-
plosion on the British battleship Britannia
and a British torpedo boat destroyer was
sunk by scout boat with the loss OF
one life. The funeral services of Sir
Henry bell-Bannerman were held In
Westminster Abbey. Thirty-four French
soldiers We're massacred in Senegambia
1t was announced in Berlin that the gov
eminent must borrow $3.50. 100000 in the
next five years. Two men were killed and
six wounded by the explosion of mine
aboard the launch Of the German bat
tleship Elsas. King Manuel made his
first address to the Portuguese co~tes
An explosion in the stern magazine of the
Japanese Cruiser Matsushima at Makang,
Pescadores Islands, sank the vessel and
upward Of 200 men were drowned. An at
tempt was made to assassinate Raisuli,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02
Funeral Of Clarence ]. Lynch.

The faculty of st. Johns College. a
large delegation of the college students.
the entire membership Of st. Joseph S
Parochial School and the sisters of Notre
Dame. in charge of the latter institution.
were present this morning in st. Joseph's
Catholic Church. where a high mass OF
requiem was sung for the repose of the
soul of Clarence J. Lynch. whose sudden
death was reported yesterday. The mass
was celebrated by Rev. Ignatius Fealy,
assistant pastor Of the church. Rev. Val
entine F. Schmitt, the pastor, was present
in the sanctuary.
At the conclusion of the mass Father
Fealy made a short address to the family
of the deceased and his assembled friends
and classmates. After touching upon the
suddenness Of the boys death and the
natural sorrow felt by his relatives. the
priest declared the occasion to be one of
JOY and Thanksgiving to God. because the
boy had been called from this world in
the innocence Of childhood, before wick
edness had darkened his understanding
and guile had polluted his soul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02
Naval Movements.

The Atlantic fleet has arrived at Mon.
terey, the destroyer fiotilla at San Pedro.
the battleship Nebraska and the gunboat
Yankton at San Francisco.
The Pacific feet has sailed from Brem-
erton for San Francisco. the cruiser
Prairie from Charleston for Colon, the
battleship Wisconsin from Port Angeles
for San Francisco and the cruisers Rain
bow, Cleveland. Denver and Concord from
Shanghai for Yokohama.
Orders have been issued for the gunboat
Annapolis at the naval station Tutuila
Samoa, to proceed about August 1 to New
Zealand to be locked and repaired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02
Cool Wave Coming This Way.

Following in the wake of the tempest
uous weather of Thursday night. cold
wave is coming toward Washington from
the middle west. according to reports re-
ceived today by Prof. a. J. Henry, Of
fetal forecaster of the weather bureau.
The outlook is that cool conditions will
prevail in this vicinity tomorrow and
probably Monday. Killing frosts and tenn
peratures down near the freezing point
were reported today from Illinois. Indiana,
Wisconsin Iowa and the two DakotaS.