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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
MRS. M'kECHNEY DISMISSED

Portal Stabbing Case is Out Of Court
Woman Had Right in Her Room,
it is claimed-Much Excitement 10
Aroused in Portal Over the Case
Demand Removal Of Deputy Sheriff.
Minot, N. D., May 6:-The case
against Mrs McKechney Of Portal for
assault with a dangerous weapon was
dismissed in county court after the
evidence had been taken on both
sides. The state proved by its wit
nesses that in the fracas which took
place after the woman had entered
the room, Piercy, the owner, was
stabbed twice in the arm by the hat
pin in the hands of the defendant.
The defendant on the stand admitted
to the stabbing but claimed that the
woman had a right in the room to get
evidence. During the taking of test1-
mony it developed that the husband Of
the defendant in company with other
men stood around the pool room yet
made no effort to assist his wife nor
in any way avenge the insults which
the defense claims were heaped upon
her. .-. ~.
The woman claimed that they went
into the hall to get evidence against
the picture machines which were in
operation there.
A large number of witnesses we're
examined on both sides and the case
was interesting in the extreme.
It appears that in order to remove
the woman from the room not only a
fire ~extinguisher was used but for
maldehyde was strewn promiscuously
about the room but to no avail. ~
The case is arousing not little ex-
citement at Portal, and the petition
which was presented asking for the
removal Of Deputy Sheriff Olson is
one of the results OF the fracas. -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
Lead schedule
CONTINUED from page III

paint, which the farmers use extern
sively. During the discussion, Gen
ators Beverage and Gallinger enEag-
ed in a sharp colloquy during which
Mr.. Gallinger accused the Indiana
senator of advertising his own
wares" Earlier in the day Senator
Cummins addressed the senate In
favor Of the lower duties, especially
in the iron and steel schedules. He
declared that the people would take
matters in their own hands II the
law did not check monopolies and he
said that In that eevnt convenient
lamp posts would be found. S
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07

land county capital, where RUDE Nor
ton No. was found and placed under
arrest. Deputy Wood was satisfied
that the Wahpeton man was the one
wanted by the government, after
which the agent for the Equitable
was given his liberty.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
JAMES BOYLE
Continued from page IL

asked, it was believed that a great
deal will depend upon the courts de-
cision as to the admissibility of the
testimony in dispute. 1t is believed
this will be only the beginning Of a
long and bitter legal wrangle, and 1t
is predicted that the woman's trial
will not be completed before Satuur-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Boyle took prominent part
in the selection of her jury today,
prompting her attorneys in numerous
cases and evidencing a preference for
young married jurors. The Jury Sc
lected contains four members of the
jury that convicted Boyle.
That Boyle's trial came to such an
abrupt ending, Immediately after the
state had rested, was due to the fact
that so strong case had been made
against him.
The penalty is from one year to a
life sentence in the penitentiary. The
sentence has not been pronounced.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
w.,aeLEss-ooT4AM 70 CHICAGO

Communication 10 Established Be-
t~eet, Waldorf and auditorium.
New York, N. May 6.-The
United States Wireless Telegraph Co.
announced yesterday that communi-
cation had been established on Sunday
night between the station on top OF
the waldorf Astoria and the station
on top OF the Auditorium annex In
Chicago. @
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07

TRI.STATE WEATHER.
North and South Dakota-Fair Fri
day and Saturday; warmer Friday.
Minnesota-Fair and warmer Fri
day and Saturday; moderate west
winds, becoming variable. IT,:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
BECAME AN ALDERMAN
AND LEARNED TO GAMBLE;
DROPS $25o,ooo IN TWO YEARS
(Bv Associated Press.)

7BV 4Ss0ctdted PTeS5J
New York, N. Y, May Gin the
hearing of Thomas Plunkett, charged
with conducting gambling establish
ment, former Alderman Falk of east
New York, testified that he had lost
nearly a quarter Of million dollars
gambling in the past two years-al-
though only $4,000 in Plunkett's.
Whenasked how he became a gambler
he burst out crying and said he learn
ed to gamble when he became an
alderman.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
FIRST SHOOT.

The Bismarck Gun club Will hold the
first shoot Of the season at their
grounds this evening. II il urgently
requested that every member be pres
ent and give the season . good start.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07

BOLIVIA HAS NEW PRESIDENT
Gapaz, Bolivia, May Cdr. Eliridio
Villesen, first vice president Of the
republic, was yesterday elected presi-
dent to fill the vacancy caused by the
death OF Ferdinand Grachaia. sH5*55 :, 4
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
Careless


are responsible for great many of
the plumbing annoyan es of which ev-
cry family is more or less subjected.
Cheap plumbing is another CHIEF
cause. It's the little defect in a job
that lies at the root of the trouble.
It is often the poor quality of mater
ial used that causes your plumbing
to rust quickly and soon get in bad
shape. It's these little things that
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07

Try The Tribune Want Columns.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
Ruin a Plumbers
Reputation

Our business is conducted On the
lines of the best work possible by the
best workmen we can hire and the
best material obtainable. When we
complete job of plumbing it is to
your entire satisfaction as we'll as to
our own. A word to the wise is bet
ter than Webster's Dictionary to
the otherwise.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-07
BASE BALL. !
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Yesterday.

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
NEGRO OR INDIAN BLOOD?
Richland Farmer Seeks $4,000
Damages from Neighbor.

A case OF an unusual character has
been brought in this county, suit
for damages on the ground that the
defendants had stated that the plain
tiffs have negro blood in their veins.
The suit grows out Of an appeal from
the action of the Hood Plateau
school trustees, which had excluded
two daughters of Mr.. Roach w. Will
son on the ground that they had ne
gro blood in their veins, the county
board declined to take action, an
agreement being reached between
the warning factions whereby the
children were taken back into the
school. 1t is claimed by the Wilson
side that this action by the trustees
was done for spite and malice, and
was inspired by Charlie Haithcock,
one of the trustees, who secured the
action by his own vote and that or
Trustee William Dowdy, who, it is
claimed, reversed his vote when he
learned the true conditions. The
claim is that Mr.. w. D. Davis, the
third member of the local board OF
trustees, was not notified by Mr..
Haithcock of the meeting at which
the action was taken, and that he
was against taking such a course.
It was admitted in the trial of the
appeal that the Wilson's had Indian
blood in their veins, Mrs. Wilson tes-
tifying that her grandfather was half
Indian, but it was most emphatlcal-
ly denied that any Of the family was
tainted with negro blood. County
Attorney Thomas took the position
for the county board that Indian
blood being shown, the action or the
trustees should be sustained, but the
other side strongly objected to this.
What would. become Of the social
standing of the numbers of charm
ing people over the State, whose
proud boast is their direct descend
ance from the Pocahontas Smiths, or
Virginia, if such contention were
sustained in the courts, it is argued.
It is claimed that the charges be-
fore the trustees and the effort to
have the county board decide against
the Wilson's have their foundation in
a property. division. 1t was freely
admitted in the testimony before the
county board that up to recently the
other side freely mingled with the
Wilson's without question, went to
church and to picnics with them and
treated them in every way. as social
EQUALS. A few days ago some one
"shot up" the home of Mr.. Haithcock
in the night time, and the governor
was appealed to and offered reward
for the perpetrators.
Now the Wilson's have retallated
against Charlie Haithcock by bring
ing a suit for slander through their
attorneys, DePass & DaPass, against
him for $4,000 damages for telling
people about the neighborhood that
the Wilson's had negro blood in their
veins and for his work in having the
daughters of Wilson dismissed from
the schools.-Columbia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
Sellers Sued for $4,000.

Columbia, April 29.-Wade Hamp-
ton Sellers, known in these parts as
the king of blind tigers" now out
on bond, awaiting his second trial
for the killing of Constable j. P.
Farmer, in February, 1908, will be
sued by the widow of the man he
killed for damages to the amount
of $25,000.00.
1t was on the morning of February
%, 1908, that Wade Hampton Sell
lers shot to death Constable ]. P.
Farmer. Farmer and Constable Ogg
went to the house of Sellers, armed
with a search warrant, and when
they were refused admittance Farm
er, upon being told by Ogg to do so,
kicked open the door, holding a pis-
tol in his hand. AS the door was
swung ajar Sellers fired from within,
the rifle shot passing entirely
through the body of Farmer, killing
him almost instantly. Just few
weeks before the shooting Sellers
horse had been shot, when Farmer
fired in an attempt to stop Sellers,
who was racing up the street with
jugs of whiskey received from the
cars of freight.
Sellers whole life has been filled
with adventures, ever since the time
he came to Columbia and ran as a
newsboy on trains, and the story
goes that in that time Sellers began
the selling Of whiskey.
One of the many incidents that
may be recalled of Sellers career,
is the occasion when the Seaboard
Flyer" struck a wagon load of
whiskey belonging to Sellers, killing
the negro driver and demolishing
the wagon and it's contents, save a
few kegs of whiskey, on which it is
said that the "Sandhillers' of Rich
land county thrived awhile.
Such has been Sellers career and
he is yet a young man. At the May
term of court he will be tried for the
killing of Farmer, the jury being
unable to agree at the first trial.
Sellers is said to be we'll off, in
fact his numerous fines were always
paid readily. His bond was fixed at
$4,000, when he was released short
ly after the killing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
SOUTH AND WEST.
Senator Smith Thinks Their Political
Interests Are Alike.

Charleston, April Ex-senator E.
D. Smith spoke last night at the
commencement of the Medical Col
lege of South Carolina. He comes
fresh from the tariff battlefield, ana
will leave this morning to take up
his fight for free fertilizer products,
bags and ties, and oleo stearine.
Senator Smith is confident that he
will win on the fight for free fertili-
ger imports, and says he has about
an even chance at present or the
bags and ties amendment. He is
dubious on the outcome of the oleo
amendment.
"The great West," said Senator
Smith, with it's marvellous re-
sources and great wealth, is lined up
with the South on the free importa-
ton of fertilizer ingredients. In late
years much of the vast and fertile
territory of the West has been divid-
ed into small farms, and the fertili-
zation of the land has become an i'm
portant factor in agricultural pur-
suits. There is transition stage in
the life of the South to the develop
menu Oh notwithstanding duo III eAS
life of the West to smaller farms
that bring the South and the West
closer together than ever.
Il believe" said the senator, that
President Taft sees the promising
possibilities of the South for a move
to the Republican party and fears
the wider growth of Democracy In
the West; so that he is bending all
his energies to strengthen his posi-
ton with the people of Dixieland,
and keep UP his party's balance OF
strength
It is the opinion of the senator
that the income tax is going to be es-
tablished firmly, because of the ex-
hausted patience of the West and the
South in relation to the great protec-
tive tariff which has long fattened
the purses of the opulent East. He
regards the present tariff bill fight as
a crisis in the history of the United
States, with an ultimate tearing
down of many Of the bulwarks OF
protection.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06

can save you money on your fur
niture purchases.
C. 0, SIMMONS,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
Report on Temperance.

At the recent session of the Char
lesion district conference, the follow
ing report on temperance was adopt
ed. 1t was requested that every
newspaper in every county where
there was located a charge OF this
district, be asked to publish this re-
port. Therefore, as the Ehrhardt
charge is in Bamberg county, Mr.. j..
G. Rhoad asked that the report be
published. The report was signed by
H. B. Browne, w. NJ. Williams, S. A.
Marvin, and Henry J. Cauthen, and
is as follows:
A canvass of the reports of the
several charges of the Charleston dis
trict reveals the fact that practically
every charge is cursed with dispen-
sary in it's bounds. This should
serve to awaken the church to un-
usual activity.
The growth of the anti-Whiskey
sentiment in other sections OF the
State and South has been notable.
Nearly all of the Southern States
have become prohibition and the
Piedmont section of our own State
has voted out it's dispensaries. Our
section is the stronghold of whiskey
in South Carolina.
A map of the State, on which the
whiskey territory is indicated by
black and prohibition by white,
shows the lower section of the State
to be solid black. There is only one
exception-the county of Clarendon
has recently become a prohibition
county. This should provoke the
church to serious thought.
Reports of the charges indicate
strong and growing sentiment
against whiskey. If this be true,
why do the dispensaries continue?
Cannot the vote of the church deter
mine this matter? The vote of our
Methodism, if cast in accord with
our religion could solve the liquor
question. Would it not be wise for
our preachers to throw themselves
into the coming fight-the August
flght-and endeavor to influence the
vote of our membership in favor of
prohibition? Could we not, by a
wise and tactful campaign, do God
and humanity great service during
the coming summer? We need not
be offensive in a political way, but
we may by prudence and tact lead
our membership to right voting and
let the world know where Methodism
stands on the liquor question.
We would suggest that the month
of July be utilized as a season of spe-
cial activity by the church in a cam
paign against whiskey, preaching
and working especially to this end.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
Lived 152 Years.

VIM. Parr-England's oldest man
married the third time at 12O,
worked in the fields till 1872 and
lived 20 years longer. People should
be youthful at 80. James Wright,
Of Spurlock, KY, shows how to re-
main young. Il feel just like a 16-
year-old boy" he writes, latter tax
ing six bottles of Electric Bitters.
For thirty years kidney trouble made
life a burden, but the first bottle OF
this wonderful medicine convinced
me had found the greatest cure on
earth" They're godsend to weak,
sickly rundown or old people. Try
them. soc. at Peoples Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. G..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
Geo. Stalvey Completes Sentence.

Last week George NJ. Stalvey, the
convicted bigamist, after serving SIX
months in the Aiken county jail and
paying a fine of $500, the sentence
imposed when he was tried, was re-
leased from Jail. There is yet an
other charge against him, for the
non-support of his children. Bond
was fixed in the sum of three nun
dred dollars for this offense, which
was furnished.
The fine, which accompanied the
sentence of six months in jail, was
paid Wednesday afternoon by a
brother of Stalvey, from Marion.
1t will be recalled that Stalvey
married Miss Eta Lightfoot of Or
angeburg, in this city, last summer,
whereupon the charge of bigamy was
brought against him by Mrs. Stalvey
No. /, she alleging that she was the
lawful wife of Stalvey.
This has been one of the most in
teresting cases ever tried in Aiken
county. Stalvey comes from proml-
nent Marion county family. The hrst
wife is a member of North Caro-
lima family of some prominence, and
Miss LightfOot comes from one OF
Orangeburg's best families. The case
against Stalvey will probably come
up for trial at the June term OF
court.
The question of paying the fine, in
addition to serving six months, has
been the subject of a great deal of
discussion lately. 1t appeared that
there would be complication in re-
gard to this part of the sentence.
However, this was avoided by the ap-
pearance of Mr.. Stalvey, from Ma
rion, with the money.
Stalvey is in good health, though
some the worse for his half years
confinement in Jail. He remained in
the city until Thursday shaking
hands with old acquaintances. Stall
vey feels confident that he will be
acquitted of the second offense
against him.-Aiken Journal and
Review.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
Texas Lynching.

Tyler, Tex, May IA mob to-day
took from Jail Jim Hodges, a negro,
and hanged him to a scaffolding at
the court house now building.
Hodges was charged with assault
ing and seriously injuring Miss Win
ME Harmon near here last night.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
Governor May Fire Boards.

Comptroller General Jones said to-
day that many of the county assess
ing boards over the State have
wholly failed to carry out the recent
instructions sent to them by the gov
ernor and the comptroller general as
to assessments of banks, their reports
to the comptroller general showing
that entirely unwarranted deductions
are made in favor of banks, in the
face of the very explicit and en-
phatic instructions from Columbia.
United States bonds, and even invest
ments in cotton mill stocks and mu-
nicipal and county bonds and school
bonds are exempted. One bank with
100000 capital and nearly $4,000
surplus makes return for taxation of
only $4,000.
The comptroller general will re-
port these cases to the governor and
request him to remove the county
boards which have refused to carry
out the law. The county boards
are made up from the chairmen of
the township boards, which are all
appointed by the governor, and sub
ject to removal for cause. Their re-
moval by the governor would create
profound sensation in a political way,
but Governor Ansel is man who
does not allow politics to interfere
with duty, and a big, sweeping out
O. members of county assessing
boards would not create great sur
prise in the circumstances Colum-
bia Record
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
MYSTERIOUS CASE IN SALUDA.
Pope Hayird Claims to Have Been
Ambushed by Five Men.

Saluda, May Pope B. Havird, a
white man living about 10 miles from
here in the Havirdsville section,
claims that while plowing in his field
Friday afternoon about o'clock, he
was fred upon from ambush by five
white men, as he neared the end of
the field next to the woods, and as a
result of the fusillade the mule he
was blowing was killed. Havird es-
capped unhurt, although he claims
that the parties who killed his mule
were trying to murder him.
He says he recognized two of the
party as Fred Golf and Joe Rhine
hart, two young men who are close
. neighbors of Havird. He further
says while not so positive, he believes
the others were Walter Rhinehart,
Andrew Mitchell and a son of Ben
Brooks.
The sheriff and his deputy went to
Havird's home yesterday morning to
arrest him under a warrant issued
some time ago, charging him with
trespass after notice, and placed him
in Jail.
According to Havird, after his
mule was killed he left for Pros
perity, IA miles away, on foot and
from there wired Gov. Ansel for
bloodhounds and also asked for pro-
lection at the hands of the governor.
The bloodhoundS were sent up on
yesterday mornings train to Pros
perity. The guard in charge of the
dogs, accompanied by Havird, reach
ed Havird's home yesterday about the
time the sheriff got there. The dogs
struck trail near where the mule was
lying dead but it seems ran each
time in the direction rather OF
Havird's home. Nothing was accom-
plished and the hunt was called on.
There is considerable doubt in the
mind of most of the people of this
county as to whether Havird really
was ambushed, as he says, or Wheth-
er he himself killed the mule, as a
move to gain sympathy. Havird is
now under bond on the charge OF
killing a negro about 10 years ago.
Havird- is in Jail here tonight and
expresses great anxiety for the safety
of his family in his absence. When
arrested to-day he was armed with a
magazine pistol and large improved
Smith & Wesson.
For Is years or longer Havird has
been having trouble with his neigh
bors and it is a common saying that
it is a wonder some one has not long
ago killed him. A few years ago he
was shot by John Marlborough and
had to have an arm amputated as a
result of the wound.
He is now charged with killing a
negro 10 years ago and burning his
body. A true bill was found against
him at the December term of court
but the trial was postponed, that a
motion for change of venue might be
considered.
Judge Shipp two weeks ago filed
an order granting the change OF
venue and the case will be heard at
Edgefield at the next term of court.
The guard who went there to-day,
Sheriff Sample and Deputy Padgett,
express grave doubts as to the truth
of Havird's statements about being
waylaid and five men shooting at him
at so close range and missing him,
yet every charge entering the mules
body.
The whole affair is, to say the
least, mysterious.
No one, so far as can be learned,
believes Fred Golf and Joe Rhine
hart, The two young men whom
Havird says he recognized, had any
thing to do with the shooting of his
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06

AS soon as the weather is warm
enough to warrant it, I will start
my ice wagon regularly. Until that
time customers can have ice deliver
ed during the mornings in lots of
twenty pounds and upwards.
L. G. PRICE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-06
IT IS SERIOUS
Some Bamberg People Fail to Realize

Some Bamberg People Fail to Realize
the Seriousness.
The constant aching of bad back,
The WEAKNESS, the tired feeling, <
The pains and aches Of kidney ills
Are serious-if neglected.
Dangerous urinary troubles follow.
A Bamberg citizen shows you how
to avoid them.
E. L. Smith, Bamberg, S. c., says:
81 have only words of praise for
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their merit. When I began using
them I was suffering severely from
kidney trouble, attacks of which had
bothered me for more than year.
There was a constant, dull pain In
the small of my back and l was an
noyed by a frequent desire to void
the kidney secretions. I also noticed
that. the secretions were unnatural
and attended with pain during pas
sage. When I learned of Doan's Kid
ney Pills, I went to the Peoples Drug
Co. and procured supply. Since
using them my back has been free
from pain, my kidneys have been re-4
stored to their natural condition and
the secretions have cleared up."
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United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.