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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24

and throWed him agln the wall. In the
shuttle Murdoch shifts my ballasts, though,
and steams up the alley with my green
backs, conveyed by his friend.
- Wow-ow,' says |, giyin the dis
tress signal so that the windows ratified,
and reachin' for my holster. ID "a got
them both, only the gun caught in my sus
pender. You see, not anticipatin' any
live bird shoot, l d put it inside my pants
band, under my vest, for appearances A
forty five is like fresh air to a drownding
man-generally has to be drawed in haste
and neither one shouldn t be mslaid. |
got her out at last and blazed away, just
second after they lodged around the cor
ner. Then | hit the trail after 'em, lettn
90 a few sky shots and gettin a ghost
dance holer off my stummick that had
been troubling me. The wallop on the
head made me dizzy though, and zig
Jagged awful tackin' out of the alley
right into a policeman.
8" Wheel says | in joy, for he had
Murdoch safe by the bits buckin' con
sid 'rable.
@ Stan aside and lie 'mme 'lectro-
cute i'm, says l. I throwed the gun on
him, and the crowd dogged it into all the
doorways and windows convenient, but l
was so weak minded in the knees | STUN
bled over the curb and fell down.
"Next thing | knew we was all
bouncin' over the cobblestones in a patrol
wagon.
"Well, in the morning I told my
story to the Judge, plain and unvarnished.
Then Murdock takes the stand and busts
into song, claiming that he was comm
through the alley toward Clark street when
7 staggered ont back of a saloon and com
menced to shoot at him. He saw I was
drunk and famed out, me shootin' at him
with every jump He had proof, he said,
and he called for the president of his
union, Mr. Heegan At the name all the
loafers and stew-bums in the courtroom
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
By Rex Beach

LLTNGS rode in from the Junction about dusk, and
ate his supper in silence He d been East for sixty
days, and although there lurked about him the hint
of unvoned ventures, etiquette forbade its mention
You see, in country, that which a man gives
voluntarily is ofttimes later dissected in smoky
bunk houses, or roughly handled round Pickering
camp fires but the privaces he guards are inyioate
Curiosity ism t exactly lost art, but its practice
ism t popular nor hygienic
Later [ found him meditatively whiting out
on the porch, and as the moment seemed propitious
| inquired adrotly: "Did you have good time in
Chicago, Bitter Root'2'
'FBully," said he relapsing into weighty alb
sorptiOn.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24

terrible every cE gtn steady,
lerheion He tell the time OF
Local 2 with demand for prod
din i'm the all his toas''
bakn aslmaed internally around the
cheated
the might have Upon such slender pegs this
hung.
the in the showed the bile
his he
He intmated further that eyd
in neither
called and try and
Of the Water
frontW Wormen everything don business along the river
party myself the demen of labor and the triumph of the
able and inside of week he spread the
The hospitals
all
persadm method arbitration convincing the most ouse IN
layin' on the lead
to be pretty had the police bufaoed,
and disturbances penyer than the casualties at butchers pcnc Ie
idle with socialism o.
Oily dray didn't to be real film
They d leave the lectures and rob bakery
'IIe thought his Office and kept the ship owners
about
meem house
my ending with eulOgy oily
TIeegn, Idol o Idle
If 'and work
he isl Let by the metle we'll him
Mudck they netting
the bar fixtures and the
lookn
the black bass and full of wind toad fish exchanged drinks
of roll Mudok
had left he
the back into alley Short cut says he o another and better
steps the door IN grabbed by
billy the
regulation strike motn kind like they for decy members INTO the
ranks of abor
a Burning dream cloullurts of
shootn stars but anked Mr. Enthusiastic Stranger away from my &
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24

ground Slulce the coal dust oil OF my palat
81 was busy working my booze hy-
draulic when | see an arid appearin pill
grim 'longside lookin' thirsty as an alkali
fiat.
- Get in, says 7, and the way he
obeyed orders looked like he d had military
training. | felt sort of drawed to him
from the way he handled his lcker took
it straight and runnin' over; then sopped
his hands on the bar and smelled of his
fingers. He seemed to just soak it up
both ways-reg lar human blotter.
You lap it up like man, says I,
like a cowman-full growed-ever been
West?'
Nope, says he, born here
Well, | IN a stranger, says 7, 'out
absorbin such beauties of architecture
and free lunch as offers along the line. If
l amt keepin' you up, I'd be glad of
your company
IN your assistant lunch buster, ,
says he, and in the course of things he
further explained that he was a tugboat
fireman, out on a strike, givin me the fol
lerin information about the tieup:
g 1T all come up over a dose of dys-
pepsia-'o -
"Back up" interrupted "Knk, !"
squirming; care you plumb bug? Get to-
gether! You re certainly the Raving Kid
Ye must have stone bruised your heel and
got concession of the brain. -
eyes, sir Indigestion" Billings
continued. "Old man Badrich, of the
BadricA Transportation company, has it
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24

you
passion and the other boys nckeed This from Bit
he iustraons
III have show notices. and from hip pocket
clippings rubber band These he displayed je
Abtrat A ocnvar Out Of the West
other things puzing.
notices. ecloe Wouldn't that
like Big Ike that with the Wild West show When uncher
SO livn' by his
balls with dg and talks about press notices
e, Billings You pinch close stunmck as though
held a poker game
Well said Billings
gardng request I've held the high cards. also We dwed out
sailed high with the hold;
country East and by the appcati
strangled eight housa
He ponderousy 81 ArbitratOr!''
The Indignantly cried Freddy the cook Who sa
Redy ism up synax unreasoning loyalty Billings
established such standing that his remarks afford conjecture
We cutin
inks Union Stockyars,
lmelgh of publicity, the drunk and dsorderly'
all right
gas of got newspaper
stubborne
ron strike KNOWN which heap for Chicago she being the
labor trouble
1.-The whole Nary whstd inside
crib weeks thousand There
and blood sledn and pcke which last alias assault with
ne and altogether prime place for quiet
honeikc
''It this Dustin the smoke of the
stockyard all beautiful
of he
and Chcagots just like Arkansas the United
States
''Well sold the stock 7 hit lake began
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
WHITES MADE BLACK.
And Blacks Are Made White in Cos
cob, Conn.

Temperance cranks, worse than
the Ku Klux Klan and the Night
Riders, are operating in the village
of Coscob, Conn. Habitues of the
village saloon believe they are try
ing to discourage drunkenness by
white washing negroes when they
become. intoxicated and by using
stove blacking on whites while under
the influence of liquor. Others say
the coloring is the work Of village
wags, but at the best the inebriates
are indignant.
A few nights ago the police Of
Greenwich received a call to arrest
drunken negro in Coscob. Police
man Jones took the man to cell.
Next morning the jailor aroused the
man when he called Come out here
you Niger" A torrent of profanity
issued from the cell and Charles
Carolig, a white man, but black as
the ace of spades, came forward.
A short time ago Justice Brush
tried "white' man, and he was
whittier than snow, on charge of
drunkenness. He had been white
washed while in stupor. Other
similar cases are reported, but the
drunks are never able to identify
the perpetrators of the terrible
outrages,' as they characterize them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
The Grand First Prize.

The offer of the Kingsbury piano
in the subscription contest now be-
ing conducted by The Herald, has
called forth much favorable COM
n1ent from many Of the contestants.
Those who are experienced in music
realize that this prize Is well worth
working for, for the musical quali-
ties and constructive merits OF the
Kingsbury pianos gives this instru-
ment a standard reputation in every
part of the country.
The factories of the Gable Com
pany at Chicago and St. Charles, ILL.,,
are kept busy meeting the demand
which comes from all parts OF the
country for these pianos. They
have always had very large sale
through South Carolina, and their
names have become household words
among music lovers.
These pianos are kept constantly
in stock by the Cable Piano Com
pany, of Charleston, S. c., in the
Cable building. Those who have en-
tered The Herald's subscription con-
test, as we'll as those who are con-
sidering the purchase of reliable
pianos, can obtain catafogs and full
information at the above address.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Threatened to Shoot Woman.

Raleigh, May 29.-Charles D.
Wilds, a well-known young man OF
this place, went to the home of Rob-
ert Dunn this morning and threat
ened to shoot Mrs. Dunn. A servant
answered the door bell. Mrs. Dunn
was upstairs with sick child and
the servant told Wilds she couldn' t
come down. Wilds then began ours
ing and said she would come down;
that he had come to kill her.
The police and Mr.. Dunn were
'phoned for. The police arrived first
and found Wilds at his own home
nearby. They rushed him to the
police station and locked him up,
which was perhaps fortunate for
him, as Mr.. Dunn arrived few min
utes later.
The Dunns are prominent people,
Dunn Brothers being leading mer-
chants.
A few nights ago there was much
disorder at Wilds' house and it is un-
derstood that he accused Mrs. Dunn
of reporting him to the police. He
was drunk this morning and it Is
fortunate that Mrs. Dunn did not an
swer the door bell in person, as
there no doubt would have been a
fearful tragedy if she had done so.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
CHANGES IN PosTMAsTERs' PAY.
Salaries of Many are Increased,
while Few are Decreased.

Washington, D. c., June 1.-The
postoff1ce department to-day an
nounced the following changes In the
salaries of the South Carolina post
masters. Those increased are:
Anderson, from $4,000 to $4,000;
Beaufort, from $1,000 to $1,700;
Cheraw, from $1,700 to s1,S00; Clio,
from $1,000 to $1,000; Lake City,
from $1,000 to $1,000; Lancaster.
from s1,700 to $1,000; Laurens,
from $2,10O to $4,000; Leesville,
from $1,000 to $1,000; Lexington,
from $1,000 to $1,000; Manning,
from s1,500 to $1,000; Mullins, ST.
500 to $1,000; Pickens, from ST.
200 to $1,000; Prosperity, from ST.
100 to $1,000; St. Matthew's, from
$1,000 to s1,400; Spartanburg, from
$4,000 to $4,000; Sumter, from $2,-
600 to $4,000; Westminster, from
s1,400 to $500; Winnsboro, from
$1,000 to s1,700.
Those decreased are: Blacksburg,
from $1,000 to $1,100; Blackville,
from $500 to s1,400; Dillon, from
$1,000 to 1,700; Georgetown, from
$4,000 to $2,200; Ninety-Six, from
$1,000 to $1,100; Pelzer, from ST.
900 to $1,500; Seneca, from LOO
to $1,000; Union, from s2,100 to
$4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
CONTEST MANAGER BUSY.
Many Questions Asked About The
Herald Contest.

"Can contestant who lives in the
county solicit votes or subscriptions
outside the county,"
will those girls who remain in
the contest until it's close receive any
reward tor their efforts whether they
win one of the big prizes or not?"
will the offers of extra votes now
being made increase or decrease dur
ing the progress of the contest?"
These and many other questions
keep the contest man busy answer
ing them. Questions are all right
and welcome, for they indicate a
healthy interest. Winners ask more
questions than any one else in a con-
test. Anyway, here are the an
swers:
A contestant may secure subscrip-
tions anywhere in the United States.
It is only necessary that the contest
ant live in the county of Bamberg.
Those girls who remain in the con-
test until it's close, making an effort
to carry off one of the big prizes,
will be rewarded in proportion to the
amount of work they have accom-
plished, if they do not succeed in
winning one of the big prizes.
The offer of extra votes appearing
each week will not increase from
week to week, but will decrease a lit
tie each week, 80 you can readily see
that it is to your advantage to turn
in your subscriptions as fast as you
obtain them.
Absolutely the only way to secure
votes in this contest Is to subscribe
for The Herald. Votes cannot be
purchased outright. Every cent
turned in must represent a sub
scription.
Candidates and others who send III
subscriptions should state distinctly
whether the subscriptions are new OF
old, and the cash must accompany all
subscriptions.
This is the beginning of the third
week of the contest and to show the
contestants how very easy it is to
win one of the big prizes let US illus
trate it this way:
The highest number of votes
shown in this issue of The Herald Is
100000. If the contest were to close
to-day only eleven five year subscrip-
tions representing an investment OF
$500 by eleven of your friends in
five year subscriptions would win
the $350.00 piano. In district No.
one the highest number of votes
shown for the diamond ring is 49,
000.. Five five year subscriptions
would win this ring If the contest
closed to-day. It is only matter of
a little well directed effort on the
part of yourself and friends to be q
winner, and all the world admires a
winner. KEEP BUSY.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
GETTING THE BOOZE.
How the Game is Worked Over In
Georgia.

In Georgia city recent traveller.
approaching the clerk of the best
hotel, said: Il would like a room."
Responded the clerk: "You want
dollar or a dollar and half
room?"
"A dollar and half ROOM"
The guest was given the key to
his room, and upon having been
shown to it by bellboy, unlocked
the door and found upon the table
conspicuously in the middle of the
room a quart of the best whiskey,.
which probably would have cost him
about dollar and half anywhere
in America. This he put in his pock-
ct and demurely went his way.
It seems that some time later the
prohibitionists of the city, having
gotten wind of this evasive method.
of circumventing the liquor law, en-
ployed a detective to go through the
same process. He did 80, obtained
his whiskey and had the proprietor
Of the hotel arrested for selling the
liquor without a license. In court
he admitted that in the first place
he had not purchased any liquor,
and that in the second place he car
ried away the liquor he found upon
the table he had hired-whereupon
he promptly was arrested for petty
larceny. T.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Big Piano Company Makes Addition.

The Cable Company, whose in
strument is offered in our subscrip-
ton contest, has built large addi-
ton to it's factory at st. Charles, Ill.
This means that they have added
thirty-fve hundred pianos to it's an
nual production, making the output
really enormous. These thirty-fve
hundred pianos, if placed end to end,
would stretch nearly three and one
half miles.
The Cable Company stands as the
greatest institution in the world en-
gagged in the manufacture of pianos
and reed organs, and it's instruments
are in use in all parts Of the civilized
world. The instruments made by
this company are of particularly rich
tone quality and durable construc-
ton, and they have an established
reputation among musicians.
The headquarters for the Cable
Company's instruments are at Char
lesion, where branch house has
been in operation for a number OF
years and has sold many of these
pianos throughout this section of the
country.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Baseball at WalterbOrO.

Ehrhardt, May 31.-Last Thurs
day the Ehrhardt baseball aggrega-
tion, accompanied by number of
ladies and friends, went down to
Walterboro to play two games with
the team of that town. Walterboro's
club took the first by score of two
to three, and Ehrhardt's the second
by score of one to four.
During the progress of the first
game the second baseman, Clarence
Moore, and the center-6elder, E. P.
Copeland, who were both running
for the same ball, collided and were
seriously disabled; Moore retiring
from the game on account of his in
juries. Up to this accident in the
seventh inning the score stood two
to nothing in favor of Ehrhardt,
and very likely if it had not happen
ed Ehrhardt would have added an
other victory to her list. The game
was featured by some remarkable
catches in the outfield. The Ehr-
hardt boys, with one Of her best
players out Of the game and another
badly shaken up, held the Walter
boro boys down to three scores in
the first game.
The second game, with Frank
Kinsey in the box for Ehrhardt, was
won in short order by the Ehrhardt
boys. This makes eight games
played by the Ehrhardt team, of
which they have won six.
About two weeks ago Ehrhardt
To1 hof re
Ehrhardt diamond, both games re-
sulting in a victory for the Ehrhardt
nine. All of these games were
largely attended and much interest
is shown in the sport.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Shooting Affray at Union.

Union, June Using a .44-cali-
bre revolver, Munroe Ward fired two
balls into H. r. Miller this after
noon, the balls entering the left side,
one near the heart, and the other
slightly towards lower down. The
physicians who are now attending
the wounded man are unable to say
just how serious the wounds are, but
from the location of the balls, little
hope of his recovery is entertained.
The shooting took place just in
the rear of the company's store, and
no eye-witnesses to the occurrence
has yet been discovered. The causes
that led up to the difficulty are un-
known, though there are various ru-
mors going the rounds to account for
it. Ward, who Immediately gave
himself up to the sheriff, and was
locked up, refuses to make any
statement. Miller, the wounded
man, stated to a man that carried
him home after he was shot that the
tragedy was the result of pack of
lies
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Nothing Unexpected.

A young New York Broker of con-
vivial habits fell in with an old
school friend who had gone on the
road.
"Whenever you're in town come
up and bunk with me-" he urged his
friend as they separated. mo mat
ter what old time it is. If I'm not
there Just go ahead and make your
self at home. I'll he sure to turn up
before daybreak."
Soon after this the salesman ar
rived in town about midnight, and,
remembering his friends invitation,
sought out his boarding house. There
was only dim light Pickering in the
hall, but he gave the bell a manful
pull. Presently he found himself
face to face with a landlady of grim
and terrible aspect.
docs Mr.. Smith live here?" he
faltered.
HE does," snapped the landlady.
"You can bring him right in!'-Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Pearl Rewards q Convert.

Evansville, Ind, May 2S.-John
Morgan, living at Maunee, ILL.,, on
the Wabash river, near this city,
found a pearl in a very peculiar man
ner. He recently professed religion,
and was baptized in the river at
Maunee.
At this ceremony he wore shoe
in which there was loose string,
and this dragged over the bottom OF
the river and a mussel closed on the
string.
Morgan pulled it out on the bank
after him. When he opened the
mussel shell he was surprised to
find a pearl inside, which he sold to
a dealer for $500.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

The State reunion of Confederate
veterans will be held at Chester this
year, the dates being June 1924.
1t is stated in the newspapers that
the Walterboro oil mill made forty
per cent. on it's capital stock last
year.
The home for Confederate veter-
ans, established by the State in CO.
lumbia, has been completed, and
was opened yesterday afternoon. -
It is stated that w. s. Peterson
will remain in Orangeburg as head
of the Orangeburg Collegiate Insti-
tute, although he had offers to 60
elsewhere.
The negro State fair will be held
In Batesbtrg this year. The fair as
sociation preferred to use the
grounds in Columbia again, but the
rent required by the State Agricul.
tural Society was more than they
felt able to pay, 80 arrangements
were made to use the grounds in
Batesburg.
The Q1SpenSary cOmmlSSlO0s
which had been in session at Colum-
bia, adjourned Friday evening until
June Sth, when the commission will
meet again to finish up the work OF
examining claims and settling up the
business. It Is predicted that there
will be some sensational develop
ments when the commission meets
again.
Mr.. G. Marshall Moore, well
known in Bamberg, having formerly
taught in the Carlisle Fitting School.
is organizing an investment company
which has for its purpose the aiding
of young men to obtain an educa-
ton. The money will be loaned to-
worthy young people. The move.
ment is purely philanthropic, but In.
terest will be charged on all loans.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Death of Mrs. Lalla O'Neal.
There is an hour of calm relief
From every throbblng care;
IT'S when before a throne OF grace
l kneel in secret prayer

How my memory reverts to the
afternoon Sunday-school service at
Philadelphia Baptist church years
and years ago!
How the dear old soul enjoyed it;
how she joined in and impressed all
around her; with what pathos she
sung that grand OLD song, the first
verse of which is given above; how
clearly would she sing those words;
how she fingered softly as though
she was sad and was communing
with her Creator ''in secret prayer. -
How our thoughts linger around
those happy days-days that are
gone-they indeed seem brightest.
Dear old soul, she was in the
prime of life then! How she met
those she loved with the smile Of
glad recognition; what warm hand
grasp; but those days are long since
gone. She had grown old. Satur-
day, May 18th, five minutes past 8
a. M, she went where she could join
in the more perfect choir: Where
congregations ne'er break up and
Sabbaths have no end"
The pain and sorrow and disap-
pointments of time to give place to
the Joy and gladness and gratitude
and bliss of the broad hour of eter-
nifty.
Her faithfulness down to old age
prepared her to be translated and be
with Him that she had praised from
the very depths of her innermost be-
ing in that hour of calm relief that
she sought through secret prayer.
To know and to feel that such a
person was your friend is only to ap-
preciate more fully the fact that it
was the best gift of Gods love.
Farewell, dear old friend. If
through the vicissitudes of life l
prove faithful enough that when I
take on immortality I hear your
voice as it is added to the choir
made up of the redeemed of the
earth, that will be glory enough for
me. u.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
Lightning Kills Man and Mule.

Anderson, June IA bolt OF
lightning that came from an ap-
parently cloudless sky late yesterday
killed Jim Byrd, negro plough
hand, on the plantation Of Mr.. j. A.
Clinkscales, south of Anderson, and
the fine mule he was working. Sam
Clinkscales, the young son OF MIR. }.
A. Clinkscales, who was ploughlng
two hundred yards away, was knock
ed down and badly stunned, and is in
bed from his injuries. His mule was
also knocked down by the bolt.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03

Senator Curtis, of Kansas, has in
troduced in the U. S. Senate the in
terstate liquor shipment bill, prepar-
ed by the National Anti-Saloon
League and introduced in the house
by Representative Langley, of Ken
lucky. This bill prohibits the ship
ment of liquor from outside State
or territory where shipment to such
point would be unlawful from other
points within the same State or ter
ritory. 1t goes farther than the re-
cent amendments to the penal code
and is designed to obviate the objec-
ton of unconstitutionality urged
against the Littlefield bill and similar
measures in the past.