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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
Hoke Smith Suspends McLendon.

Atlanta, Ca, June 24.-Gov. Hoke
Smith, who retires from Office on
Saturday, to-day suspended from Of
flee Chairman S. G.. McLendon, of
the State railroad commission be-
cause of Mr.. McLendon's recent de-
cision in refusing to order State
railroads to reduce rates between
Savannah and Atlanta known as the
port rates.
a feature of the suspension is that
Mr.. McLendon was a successor of
Joe M. Brown, now governor-elect,
who succeeds Gov. Smith on Satur-
day, and whom Gov. Smith dismissed
from his position as railroad COM
missioner about two years ago.
Gov. Smith said that Mr.. McLen-
don was suspended because he was
opposing the platform upon which
the governor was elected and was
pursuing a course which the COVER
nor thought detrimental to the in
terest of the State. He will send a
special message to the legislature to-
morrow giving the reason for the
suspension.
The port rates" controversy was
for lower rates on iron and coffee.
Several Atlanta firms petitioned for
this reduction, claiming that other
cities, particularly Nashville, enjoy
ed lower rates from Georgia ports
than did Atlanta. In his opinion de-
Gliding against this petition Mr.. Nc
Lendon said that to grant the lower
rates would be equivalent to inter-
fering with interstate commerce,
which the State railroad commission
had no right to do.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Farmer Hit by Bolt Which Strips
Him of Clothing.

Valdosta, Ca, June 25.-D. J..
Thornton was instantly killed by a
lightning bolt this afternoon on the
farm of W. B. Fender, at Mineola.
With several others he was at work.
When the storm threatened he took
refuge under a big tree, taking his
team of horses with him. The light
ming stripped him of clothing. Both
horses were killed also. Mr.. Fender
was in an automobile a few feet
away and was unhurt.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
sOBERED BY BEAN SOUP CURE.
Sheriff Deyises Unique Method OF
Kidding Jail Boarders.

The "bean soup remedy intro
duced by Sheriff William w. Worren
rs one of his economy and reform
plans, is not only saving Burlington
county, New Jersey, several hundred
dollars monthly, but it is making
more real converts for temperance
than any number of gold cures.
Criminologists pronounce it a great
er success than his wash and work
edict.
Hoboes were the scourge of small
towns in the county when Worrell
went into Office Past conditions at
the Jail had made it handy winter
retreat, and hither they hied at the
first frost, getting committed for
some small crime. When Worreli
made the tramp prisoners battle,
wash their cells, and do all the work
about the Jail, there was bolt to
other counties, and big saving on
the tramp board bill.
When the tramps deserted, the
prison work was given to the
habitual drunkards, who were sent
ND so often that the jailers regarded
them as steadies. But in addition
the sheriff prescribed daily menu
of bean soup for all such prisoners.
One experience under the bean
SOUP program, police officials say,
is keeping more men sober than the
stflag commission, which the recent
legislature authorized to publicly
blacklist drunkards.
Howls of some of the prisoners
under the unchanging diet are reach
ing the outer world. Police Captain
Shumard received this one, written
frem. Jail. It says in part:
Dear Cap: l am writing to see
If you can't get some of my time
taken off. I don't like the bean soup
they serve out over here now. They
don't even use white beans any
more. They make it out of yellow
beans. But it's bean soup just the
same, and nothing but bean soup,
every day. Damn the beans!
'I'm sobered man now and I can
keep sober five months, for If you
can get me out won't come back to
beans very soon.
cap, if you ever did anything for
me in your life do it now"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01

IAN automobile :: ght her through
Baintridge ia went to Brinson,
where ne Pre-, ared to board train.
He was taken into custody there BY
L. G.. Toole, merchant, who had
several of his checks, and T. E. Gurr,
a capitalist, who was interested in
several of his ventures.
He was brought to Bainbridge in
his automobile, his wife joking and
laughing with his captors, as her
faith in the integrity of her husband
had not ben shaken
Mrs. Oliver insists now that she
never learned anything from her
husband regarding his identity or
his past; that he never told her
where he came from, and that she
was content to accept him for what
he seemed to be.
After divers arrest he insisted
that if he were allowed to go to New
York he would be able to raise
money to meet all his obligations.
He offered to pay the expenses of
guard if permitted to make the jour-
ney. At one time it looked as If this
offer would be taken and the man
permitted to leave the jurisdiction
of the Georgia courts.
But this proposition provoked
such a storm that soon his true
status was fixed, and it was seen that
he had never had any money; that
all his great financial operations had
been on credit or on money belong
ing to others.
Identified as a Convict.
Then Sheriff Jones, of Aberdeen,
Miss, arrived and identified Oliver as
Harding, an escaped convict, and
further deception was impossible.
Soon after divers arrest there
was considerable talk of lynching as
his dupes began to realize their
losses. This feeling of anger was in
creased when it became known that
the city marshal of Climax had
known divers prison record since
March, and had had picture sent
out by the Mississippi authorities re-
questing his apprehension.
Further details of divers f1nan-
cial transactions are coming in hour
~. 6dnKS at WnlSnam, quincy, ha-
vana, Pelham, Cairo, Thomasville
and other towns have admitted CASH
ing divers checks. The first checks
that he drew on a New York bank
were protected by checks drawn on
the Climax bank and certified by
Cashier Hall.
Great sympathy is expressed for
the young wife. She is not censured
for trusting the man who was able
to deceive the shrewdest business
men in the community. Her own
relatives have suffered heavy finan-
cial losses through divers deals.
The ex-convict's affairs are in such
a tangled condition that it will be
weeks before they are Strengthened
out and the full extent of the losses
are known.-Bainbridge, Ca, special
to Baltimore American.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
Things You Should Know.

A mile Is 800 rods.
A mile is 1,760 yards.
A mile is $3.50 feet.
A rod is 272A square feet.
An acre contains 43,560 square
feet.
An acre is 2,0O8% feet square.
A pint of water weighs one pound.
A solid foot contains 7.4S solid
pints.
A square foot is IA square
inches.
An acre contains 4,S40 square
yards.
A quarter section contains $50
acres.
A square yard contains nine
square feet.
A solid foot contains 1928 solid
inches.
A gallon of water holds 231 solid
inches.
A solid foot of water weighs 621
pounds.
A section contains $40 acres.
A bushel (struck) contains 2,150
solid inches.
A gallon of milk weighs eight
pounds and ten ounces.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
Held on Abduction Charge.

Spartanburg, June ,24.-James
Galloway, young man of the
Cherokee Springs section, was COM
mitted to jail to-day by Magistrate
Kirby on the charge of abduction. 1t
is charged that Galloway on Sunday
married a Miss Sheppard, daughter
of a farmer Of the Cherokee section,
and that she was under the age of
16. The ceremony was performed
by Notary Public Chapman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
SHOOTS HARD-HEARTED GIRL
Virginia Youth Attempts to Kill
Lady Who Spurns Him.

Norfolk, Va, June 24.-William
Wallace, aged 21, to-day shot Daisy
Holcomb, aged 19 years, to whom he
had long been paying court, in Ports
mouth. A serious wound was in
fiicted in the shoulder. Wallace then
shot himself in the abdomen. The
girl was just leaving the Ports
mouth knitting mills for her home.
She refused to stop and talk with
Wallace and he began shooting. Miss
Holcomb is the daughter Of w. Hol-
comb and is expected to recover,
while Wallace, now at the Kings
Daughters hospital, will probably
die.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-30
NOTICE.

Taken by virtue of an execution to me directed. and will be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder, at the public sign-post in the City of Bridge port fourteen days after date, which will be on Monday, the fifth day of April, 1909 at 10 o'clock in the fore noon to satisfy said execution and -,oy fees thereon. the following described property to wit: One bar and back bar piping and fixtures connecting herewith, one pool table and fixtures six chairs, two tables, gas fixtures, six measures, one stove, one bottle wash ing apparatus. two summer doors gIasses,a quantity of liquors, 100 cigars and thirty jugs
 Dated at Bridgeport. this 2oth day of March 1909.
 Attest:
 WILLIAM F. RUSSELL.
 Sheriff of the City of Bridgeport. s 126
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-30
TO BE ASSIGNED

The annual assignment of seats will take place this evening at the First Presbyterian church. The organist, MT. M. E. Brewster Greene, will give an organ recital from eight to nine O clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-30
There Is No Doubt

but what one will receive good value whenever purchasing Furniture, Car pets Ranges, etc, at The Wentworth Furniture Co.'S Store, 115 John St, known as the Happy Home Special ists" Their stock is up to date in ev cry respect and prices are right.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-30
PERSONAL.

Philip Norton of POI East 14th street, New York city, says Father Johns Medicine cured him of severe cold and built him up too
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-30
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DIr rTRICT OF NEWTOWN. Ss. PROBATE COURT.

Marcn Z9, 9lU9. Estate of Marcella Watkins, late of Bridgeport in said District, deceased. The Executor having made applica- tion for an order authorizing him to sell certain real estate belonging to said estate, as per said application on file duly appears.
 ORDERED, That the said applica- ton be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Bridgeport, on the S1st day of March, 1909. at o'clock in Athe forenoon, and this Court directs fCxecutor to give notice to all
 Gtarested in said estate to ap-
 Dnucause, and be heard
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
Quaint Injunction in Will.

The quaint testamentary injunction
Of an eighteenth century gardene'
and botanist was last evening OBJ
served for the 1S0th successive yea,
at %Shoreditch Parish Church, whel
what is known as the vegetable lee
ture" was preached by the vicar, thu
Rev. E. R. Ford. In 1929 Thomas
Fairchild died at the age Of sixty
three years and b%equeathed e25 tt
the church wardens of Shoreditch
stipulating that the interest should
be paid each Whit Tuesday for the
delivery by a selected preacher fol
an address on "The wonderful work:
of God in creation, or the certainty
of the resurrection of the dead by
certain changes of the animal anC
vegetable forms Of the creation
Fairchild had extensive gardens ir
the days when 1.-The HoXton hamlet
was noted for its productions, anC
he introduced many varieties of for
eign fruits and flowers. In the Dor
ough councils small public garden
in Hackney road, close to the church
there is a tombstone recording the
injunction as to the lecture.-Lon.
don Evening Standard.
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end pieces. When extended in the
manner shown, the cage is about thir-
teen feet in height by some four feet
in diameter.
The floor of the cage is built up
Of rope netting of fairly close mesh,
to afford an easy foothold, while at
the top the rope side members of
the ladder are continued to form
a cone terminating in an iron
ring, by al Of which the
whole apparatus may be swung
from a hook working with a block
and tackle. When not in use the
whole folds up into a small space, COL
lapsing much after the same manner
as a Chinese lantern, so that it can
be slowed away in any convenient
spot.
In the case Of an accident, such as
the capsizing of a pinnace or a sailor
falling overheard, a davit or spar
carrying a block and tackle Is run
out over the ships side and the pulley
rope made fast to the top Of the cage,
which is then thrown towards the
Gene Of the accident. The act of
throwing causes the cage to distend
to its fullest extent, so that the man
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
In Tie Kitchen.

Gold Cake.-One teaspoon butter,
one cup sugar., yolks of three eggs,
one-half cup milk, n teaspoon va
nilla, two cups -four, two teaspoons
baking powder.
Red Vegetable Salad.-Chop fine
one cup each of cold boiled potatoes,
picked beets and raw red cabbage;
mix and serve with a French dressing
made with the vinegar in which the
beets were picked.
Divinity Fudge.-Two cups sugar,
one-half cup hot water, one cup corn
syrup; boil until forms a soft ball,
beat until hardens a little, then add
white of n egg beaten stiff and one
cup of chopped nuts.
Plantation Sweet Potatoes. - Cut
cold sweet potatoes in rather thick
slices; put them in a deep dish with
pepper, salt and butter, pour on a lit
tie milk, enough to barely show be-
tween pieces, and bake in a moderate
oven.
Corn Pagont.-Cut scraps of ham
or bacon in small squares; fry brown,
add six ripe tomatoes peeled and
sliced, and the grains cut from six
ears of corn; cover with boiling wat
er, season with red pepper and salt,
and cook slowly half an hour; serve
hot with toast or slices of fried bread.
Eggs Au Gratin.-Six eggs, n cup
milk, tablespoonful butter, table
spoonful -four, a little salt and pep
per; mix butter and -four, pour on
slowly boiling milk and cook until it
thickens; break eggs in a buttered pie
plate; pour same over them and cover
with a half cup Of grated cheese;
bake until it browns.
Spiced Grapes.-Put four pounds
ripe grapes in granite kettle; mash
until all are broken; add twelve whole
cloves, twelve ~allspice, n inch
square stick cinnamon and one-half
as much ginger root; cook until the
grapes are perfectly soft, then press
through a sieve; add one pint vinegar
and sugar to taste; put on to boil and
simmer until thick.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
Getting His Life Insured.

The way in which application
forms for insurance are filed up are
often more amusing than enlighten'
ing in the following excellent selec'
tons:
Mother Gied il Infancy.
Father went to bed feeling well
and the next morning woke up dead.
Grandfather died suddenly at the
age o. 103. Up to this tine he bid
fair to reach 4 ripe old age.
Applicant does not know anything
about maternal postarity except that
they died at an advanced age.
Applicant does not know cause oil
mothers death, but states that she
fully recovered from her last illness.
Applicant has never been fatally
sick.
Father Gicd suddenly; nothing
serious.
Applicants brother, VINO was ar
infant, died when he was a mere
child.
Grandfather died from gunshot
wound caused by an arrow shot by an
Indian.
Applicants fraternal parents died
when he was a child.
Mothers last illness was caused
from chronic rheumatism, but she
was cured before death.-Britisb
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
WORDS OF WISDOM.

No man is so busy thot he hasn't
time to make a few enemies.
It's the chronic kicker who always
wants something to boot.
The truth is more apt to suffer
from lack of circulation than a lie.
The pinnacle OF fame is no plac'
for the man who likes lots of CON
pany.
Even the Kan who likes to be al
the top Of tle heap doesn't prefer al
upper berta in a sleeping car.
After all it is better to be damned
with faint praise than to be damned
with hone.
When it comes to the. sticking
point, some people have a porous
plaster beaten to a FRAGILE.
The fellow who stays up all night
isn't the one who wakes up and finds
himself famous.
All work and no play is apt to dis.
courage the budding dramatist.
Few men are really as big as thei1
own opinions Of themselves.
The aeronaut may be a high fier
in more ways than one.
When q fellow says, II pledge you
my word" it Decent go in G pawn
shop.
There are people who believe ev.
erythilg they hear, and a lot they
don't.
When c girl gets married she Is
apt to regret that the church organ
isn't . brass band.
The fact that every rose has its
thorn shouldn't prejudice US agains:
the sweets Of life.
It's all right to hope for the best,
but the fellow who spends all his tino
hoping will never get it.-From tho
Gentle Cynic," in the New York
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
a Gigantic Family.

The Queen of Denmark once paid Q
visit to the Danish colony of Iceland.
where the good old bishop eXerted
himself to the utmost to show her
everything that was worth seeing.
The Queen paid many compliments tc
her host, and, having learned that
he was a family man, graciously in
quired how many children he had. II
happens that the Danish word for
"children" is almost identical If
sound with the Icelandic word for
sheep" and the worthy bishop
promptly answered, 1.-TWO hundred
Two hundred children" cried the
Queen. How can you polS.3ly main.
tain such a number" Easily
enough, please -FOUR Majesty" re.
piled the prelate, with a cheerful:
smile. In the summer I turn them
out upon the hill to grass and when
winter comes | kill and eat them. -
Montreal Standard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
To Dust q Room.

Some women who are h~ousekeep-
ers, and who claim to be adopts IN
the management Of a house, wonder
why they cannot get rid OF the &C
emulation Of dust in their rooms.
They dust every day, they will tell
you, but there always seems to be an
ever-increasing amount, even. in the
face Of all their precautions.
The trouble is that some women do
not know how to dust properly. They
firt a feather buster at every orna-
ment and article Of furniture in the
room, and think they have done the
work we'll. busting in this way
means nothing but Tapping the dust
from one part of the room to another,
for nearly always 1t is done with the
windows closed.
One woman has this to say about
busting: Throw away the feather
buster as far out of your sight as you
can send it and use a cheesecloth
buster that will be far more suitable
f." the purpose. 1t should be moist
ened with water and yet have no sug-
gestion of being wet; used this way,
it will gather up and hold all tie
dust and keep it from flying about
the room. Go over every S!t of fur
niture in the room, taking care to
wipe open-work carvings and out-of-
the-way places around about the
woodwork. All small articles should
be lifted from tables and cabinets,
and the places where they stood dust
ed with the cloth, instead Of wiping
around them. A good way to dust
the walls and ceilings is to the
head of the broom with a piece Of
canton flannel, the nap side out, and
use it as a mop"
This woman has followed this
method of busting during a long per-
iod as a housekeeper, and she de-
clares that while her way entails a lit
tie more work; it is more thorough
and the rooms are delightfully."- fresh
and clean when the work Is finished.
When furniture is to be busted a
little kerosene oil may be put in the
water in which the dust cloth is
wrung. This will impart a polish to
the furniture.-Trenton American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
ATTITUDE OF THE CLERGY.
How the Emmanuel Movement Has
Been Received by Churches.

1.-THE reception Of our project by
the church has been far more favor.
able than 1 had any right to expect"
writes Rev. Elwood Worcester, DID,,
in a discussion Of 1.-THE Emmanuel
Movement" in the Century.
1T Is true that we have met with
opposition, but, on the whole, with
far more acceptance than opposition
Hundreds of clergymen Of all evangel.
ical denominations have visited Bos-
ton, have attended schools, stud.
led our methods and are reading our
statements, not with a view to form.
ing clinics and classes, but to deepen
and strengthen their W ministry,
When our work first began to at.
tract attention, a general apprehen.
sion was felt that many other clergy.
men, excited by what success we had
met with and without our prepare
ton, would rush into this work, tc
the injury of the church and to the
detriment Of the community. Two
years and a half have passed, and
this expectation has not been real.
lied. There are at present about g
dozen clergymen in the United States
who have announced themselves al
willing to treat certain forms Of func!
tional disorders by the advice of ply.
sicians. With scarce an exception,
these are picked men of scientific
training and of experience in deal.
ing with men and women.
1.-THE opposition we have encoun.
tered in the church has come in every
instance from men who have reached
a time Of life when opinions are crys.
talized and 1t is difficult to accept
anything that is new Their real
quarrel is not with us or u work.
but with the new spirit that Is pass.
ing over the world of thought, which
they are unable to grasp. They
stand in the presence Of the most re;
markable religious awakening thai
has wei taken place in this country:
but they stand helpless either tc
guide it or to oppose it. They fee'
the cold breath Of a new day, but II
comes too late for them. This move.
ment springs from a new motive
the application of psychological prin;
ciples to the problem Of religion. II
rests in part on the recognition OF
powers within the soul of which we
were not formerly aware"
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and misery. I advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND" MRS. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, W. Va.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
Of female diseases Of any similar medt-
cine in the country, and thousands Of
voluntary testimonials are on file In
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form OF
female complaints, inflammation, uL
ceration, d~isplacements, fbroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
Indigestion and nervous p~rostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial. i
If you would like especial advice
about your case writea c0nfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham,. ct
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
md always helpful.
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cumbersome and unwieldly to give
good service, whereas the three
wheeled vehicles overcome these
faults. The operator is shown be-
tween the rear wheels on a small plat
form carried by the drop frame. In
front of the foot platform is the mo-
tor, having connections with the rear
wheels. The steering apparatus is
connected directly with the front
wheel, so that it can be conveniently
manipulated. Levers for regulating
the speed are also close to the hand,
while additional clutches, operating
the brakes, are adjacent to the foot.
For speed and comfort for short dis
lance riding this motorcycle will in
all probability be found superior to
the ordinary MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Star.