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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
Hail Mary!

HdII MdTy!
This is not Common Wlndstorm,
'Tis more like a hot air-roc-co,
Sac-ra-m -mento, Sol-fer-lno,
Hi. Cos-pet-to! Dam the Gringo!
We would better far surrender
Than be talked to death, BY Jlngov 4"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

In anticipation Of a bumper crop
and renewed era Of prosperity, near
ly 500 Minnesota implement dealers
are assembled at Minneapolis to make
plans for handling an unprecedented
business in the implement line.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

Was it not decided many months
ago that Pendleton property owners do
not pay county road taxes? The East
Oregonian remembers publishing
stories TO that effect some months
ago. Street assessments are enough.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

The cold north wind Pendleton suf-
fered last night came across the Ca
madam border. Wonder how some of
those former Umatilla county people
now like the life under the Arctic
circle?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

DECAY.

. This is the true sign OF ruin to .
. race
, 1t undertakes no march and .
, day by day
, Drowses in camp or, with the .
laggard's pace. .
, Walks sentry DER possessions .
D that decay,
} Destined, with sensible waste, .
, to fleet away, .
} For the first secret of continued .
power
} Is the continued conquest. All .
our sway
Hath surety in the uses OF the .
} hour. .
II that We waste, in vain walled .
town and lofty towerl .
William Gilmore Simms. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
WOMANLY WISDOM.

If Happiness has not her seat
And center in the breast,
We may be wise, or rich, or great,
But never can be blessed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

II Is wonderful how sure you can
be as to the facts n you will keep one
eye shut.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

Take a few lessons in sharpening
ent as possible about such things,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

may be greatly assisted by holding the
needle over a piece of black cloth for
white thread. and over white cloth for
black thread. Try 1t.
To make gingersnaps as good as
those you buy: Take one cupful or
sugar, one cupful of syrup, one cupful
of butter, two teaspoonfuls of soda
dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of hot
water, one teaspoonful of ginger, and
flour enough to make a stiff dough.
Roll thin and delicious crisp snaps will
be the result.
They were seated in the parlor
on the uncertainty of life.
She: "The future is cast, unfath-
omable mystery to us, isn't it? He:
YES; all we know Is that we have
got to go sometime" Voice from the
library: 1T would suit the conve-
nience OF this household II you'd make
1t a little sooner than that"
There are persons who will, without
a murmur, pay an office fee of $40
to a "city doctor" and yet grumble
when the local physician demands 81
for the same advice with 75 cents
worth of medicine thrown in. Don't
be one of this kind, but be willing to
pay fair fee to your home physician
who in nearly all cases, can give as
good advice as the doctor in the city.
From January Farm Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17

Columbia, s. c., June 13.-Dr. w.
A. Byers, formerly of Batesburg, has
been placed in the Lexington county
jail, charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the State of South Carolina.
The warrant was sworn out by At
torney w. F. Stevenson for the dis
pensary wind-up commission.
The charge in the warrant is con
spiracy to defraud the State Of South
Carolina" and the names of the
members of the old State dispensary
board are mentioned.
He was arrested late last night
and bond placed at $4,000, all OF
which it is said he was unable to
raise. He had not been released this
afternoon.
The exact nature of the charges
are not known, but the name OF DR..
Byers has been mentioned several
times at the hearings before the COM
mission.
The only statement that DR.. Byers
would make when arrested was that
he was innocent"
He has been living in Columbia,
moving from his old home at Bates
burg.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Three at Door of Death.

New York, June 10.-The enact
ated and almost lifeless form of a
woman at the window of tenement
lodging in West Forty-seventh street
caused policeman to enter last
night, and he found pitiful case of
destitution and starvation. The wo-
man was Mrs. Thomas Corbett and
she and her husband and her father,
Jacob Kirchgessner, had been in the
house without food since Saturday.
The father, almost skeleton, was
unconscious on the floor in one room,
while Corbett, in another room, was
too weak to help himself. The wo-
man had struggled to the window in
the hope of attracting help.
She said that many months Of idle
ness on the part of her husband, due
to his illness, and the physical disa-
bility of herself and her father, had
reduced them to starvation. The last
crust of bread was divided among
them on Saturday, and since then
they had remained in the house,
growing steadily weaker and weak
er.
The father was sent to a hospital,
where it was said that he was likely
to die, and physician and nurse
were called in to attend Corbett and
his wife.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Leaves of Bible Conceal $4,000.

New York, June 12.-When
Stephen Marsh started for Denver,
where he will make his home with a
prosperous son, he had nearly $4,000
which had come to him unexpected
ly and declared his conversion to
strong belief in the Bible. When his
spinster aunt died thirty-five years
ago she left him only Bible with
the board backs fastened by a gold
clasp.
Marsh was not of a religious turn
of mind and cast the Bible into an
old trunk, where it stayed untouched
until his journey West. On opening
the Bible he found that between the
leaves had been stored $4,S67.30 in
paper money, much of it in fractional
currency, on which there may be a
premium now.
AS Marsh had lived for many years
on a pension of $12 month, the
finding of the monetary mama in
his financial wilderness Immediate
ly converted him to strong belief in
the Bibble. ..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Ate Chick With Big Eyes.

A trainman is telling an incident
that occurred on Mohawk and Ma
lone train up in the woods the other
day, says the Utica Observer. The
train was standing on a siding wait
ing the arrival and passing of anoth-
er train when an Italian walked
through the coach, his hands crossed
on his stomach and his head wag-
ging from one side in a doleful man
ner.
whats the matter, john" some
one inquired.
"Oh, me sick-me sick as dev," re-
piled the man, rolling his head still
more distressingly and continuing
the rubbing of his stomach.
"Sick? Well, what you been eat
ing?" asked the sympathetic passen-
ger.
"Eata de chick with big eyes," re-
sponded John, as his groans increas-
ed.
John had killed an owl the night
before and it didn't agree with him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Dancing School in Church.

Atlanta, June 12.-Dancing to the
sound of piano music in the First
Universalist church is to be the
weekly diversion of a number Of
young people of that church.
Rev. E. Dean Ellenwood, pastor,
said of the dancing: 81 consider
dancing an innocent and healthful
amusement; 1 do not believe in let
ting the devil have all the good
things"
The church is planning to arrange
a stage, where amateur theatrical
performances may be given by the
Players Club of the church, already
organized.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
LYNCHING AT SMOAKS. =.
Two Negroes Put to Death for
Murder of Ben Smoak.

Branchville, June 11.-Frank
Samuels and Quillle Simmons, ne
groes, were lynched at Smoaks at
about 10 o'clock tonight by mob
composed of about 100 Colleton
county men. Possibly the lynchers
were more numerous. Their crime,
or alleged crime, was the assassina-
ton of J. Ben Smoak at 9 O'Clock on
the night of May 20. The two ne
groes had been under suspicion since
the commission of the crime and this
afternoon were arrested by Consta-
bic N. NJ. Maxey, who started to Wal
terboro with them.
Lonnie Stokes, negro, who also
had been arrested, was not lynched.
The report here is that Maxey
with his prisoners was overtaken and
compelled to return to Smoaks.
There the mob carried their victims
to a point near the railroad track, a
short distance from the village, and
hanging them (Samuels and Sim
mons) to a tree, filled their bodies
with shot. Immediately the mob
dispersed and the neighborhood Is
quiet.
Ben Smoak was "a years old, re-
Gently had married, and had gone
into business only two months ago
He was closing his store on the even
ing of the 29th when he was shot in
the breast. When he did not come
home as usual his brother went out
to seek him and found his body In
front of the store dead.
Samuels and Simmons have been
constantly under surveillance. They
did not bear good regulations. They
were at the store an hour before
Smoak was killed and had their
guns. Ben Minus, a negro, mean
while told the father of the dead boy
that Simmons and Samuels had
money and that they had buried
some checks which they had taAen
from the store. The checks were
found at the place indicated by
Minus. Samuels admitted that he
was accustomed to use No. 8 shot
and such was the size Of the shot
with which Smoak was killed.
Ben Minus also saw Samuels and
Simmons dividing money, in the rear
of Mr.. Smoak's stables.
It was said tonight that the two
negroes partially confessed, but de-
MED that they knew anything about
the actual shooting. Obviously, de-
finite information as to what took
place at the lynching is hard to OBJ
tain. The lynchers, however, have
no doubt as to the guilt Of their vic
tins and little doubt as to that is ex'
pressed by anybody.
Smoaks is a hamlet on the Branch.
vile &, Hampton railway, about IL
miles from Branchville. This lynch
ing is believed to be the first that
has occurred at any time in Colleton
county
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and
financially able to carry out any ,ob-
legations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINlJAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls .Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price Is cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. ..-.-s =, ..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Old newspapers for sale at: The
Herald Office. We want them out OF
the way and will sell them cheap.
A Thrilling Rescue.

How Bert R. Lean, of Cheny,
Wash, was saved from a fright1ul
death is a story to thrill the world:
"a hard cold" he writes, drought
on desperate lung trouble that
bafled an expert doctor here. Then
I paid $40 to SIS visit to lung
specialist in Spokane, who did not
help me. Then I went to California,
but without benefit. At last 1 used
DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
completely cured me and now 1 am
as well as ever" For lung trouble,
bronchitis, coughs and colds, asth-
ma, Group and whooping cough it's
supreme. soc. and S1.00. Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed Dy Peoples
Drug Co., Bamberg, S. G.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
A Fine Opportunity for Young Man

A Fine opportunity Tor 1Oung Man
The normal scholarships of the
University of South Carolina have
been raised in value. Each scholar
ship is now worth 500 in money,
besides remission of $40 tuition and
SIS matriculation or term" fee. The
money is paid to the beneficiary at
the rate of $3.50 a month for eight
months, to assist in meeting the
necessary living expenses. There is
one scholarship for each county.
The current high school movement
has greatly increased the demand for
well-equipped men teachers and the
salaries that they will receive.
Examinations will be held Friday,
July 2, before the county board Of
education. Applicants should be at
least 19 years of age, and preferably
teachers. Write President S. C..
Mitchell, University of South Caro-
lima, Columbia, S. c., for blank on
which to apply.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Young Doctors Dream.

Columbia, June 1.-Dreaming
that he received his first call as a
physician, young John Boyd Nc
Keown, of a prominent Chester fam
lily, here before the State board of
medical examiners, last night walk
ed out of a second story window and
was seriously injured. He is plucky,
however, insisting on continuing his
examination soon as he was up.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Sultan Kept His Word.

The threshold of the harem has
occasionally been crossed clandes-
timely, yet, save those in rare cases
where a Turkish family, having
adopted the conventions Of the Euro
peans, admits it's intimate friends,
no stranger has openly and officially
been permitted to visit the gyne-
caeum of Turk, says N. c. Adossides
in The Delineator for July. The one
exception to this iron-clad rule,
strange to say, occurred in the palace
of sultan.
1t was in the year 1907, when the
British Government, attempting to
coerce the Sublime Porte into a CO.
alition against Napoleon, ordered the
Sultan, Selim ILL.,, to surrender his
fleet. This Selim refused to do, and
the English feet sailed through the
Dardanelles into the Propontis.
Meanwhile, General Sebastiani, the
French ambassador, assisted the
Sultan in organizing the defense of
Constantinople, and did it so ad-
mirably that the British fleet retired
without firing a shot. Accordingly,
the Padishah told him to choose his
reward. The general, thorough
Frenchman, asked permission to
visit his Majesty's harem.
Selim, bound by his word, granted
this unprecedented favor, and invited
him to witness the review of the
sultanas. As the latter, the most
beautiful women of the East, with
blushing cheeks and modest eyes,
passed one by one before them, the
Sultan said, "Who ever of them all
you find fairest is yours. Sebas-
tiani, delighted, indicated one of the
imperial odalisques, Georgian of
divine beauty, with deep black eyes.
The next morning a procession Of
black slaves appeared at the en-
bassy, bringing with them magni-
fcent casket. Raising the lid there
of, Sebastiani beheld, lying upon the
purple cushion, the head of the beau
tiful girl be had chosen. By it's side
lay letter from the Khalifa, which
read as follows:
Though our law forbids that
woman of Islam be given to Chris
tian, yet thou shalt have at least the
consolation that none other shall
possess her whom thou hast pre-
farred "
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Alleged Thief Favorite of Society.

Roanoke, Va, June 9.-Harry
Freeman, white man arrested re-
Gently and jailed at Christiansburg
on the charge Of horse stealing, is
being lionized by the society folk of
that town. Freeman is a fine musi-
clan and is daily attending social
functions, accompanied by a jail
guard. On Sundays he is taken by
guard to a fashionable church,
where he plays the violin in the
choir. Freeman halls Srom Ashe-
vile, N. c. His trial is set for next
month.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
A GIFT HORSE.
John Bell Towill's Famous Steed
Comes Under Investigation.

Columbia, June 10.-There was
nothing particularly striking in this
mornings session of dispensary in
vestigation. The fun will probably
come next Wednesday, when the
prosecution will put it's expert on the
stand to tell all about the new fluid
WHICH instantly shows up bad liquor,
and who is to explain how it is an
infallible test.
Mr.. M. E. Rutland, sales stable
man, of Batesburg, was put up by
the prosecution to-day to tell about
that mysterious horse which found
it's way to Mr.. Rutland's stable from
Lexington, KY, as the property of
Dispensary Director John Bell Towill
and which was referred to in
speech Senator Tillman made in that
section few years ago. Mr.. Rut-
him that the horse was coming and
he put him in his stable. A short
time afterwards-this was in the
the spring of 1905-Mr. Towill took
the horse away, Mr.. Rutland's un-
derstanding being that he had sold
lit to the Governor. Subsequently
Mr.. Towill came to him and gave
him $275, and took receipt for it as
if he had bought the horse from him.
The S275 was afterwards traded out
by Mr.. Towill.
Towill was present with his law
yer, but declined to cross-examine
Rutland.
Mr.. Brice, of the commission,
wanted to know why Mr.. Rutland
did not enter the s275 on his books.
The witness said he could not ex-
plain this fully. His brother was
bookkeeper at the time and neglected
it.
The witness discovered the other
day that it had not been entered.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Darby Held for Higher Court.

Lexington, June 9.-John G. OAR
by, chief of police Of the town OF
Ratesburg, was yesterday bound over
to higher court on the charge OF at
tempted criminal assault. The pre-
liminary was held. by Magistrate
Shealy, who lives near Leesville, be-
fore whom the warrant was issued.
There were but three witnesses
sworn-the woman in the case, her
son and another young man, who
was q boarder at the home Of the
prosecutrix at the time OF the al
legged occurrence.
This promises to be one OF the
most sensational cases ever tried in
the courts of this county. Chief
Darcy has the confidence and esteem
of the town council of Batesburg as
well as the secret orders to which he
belongs. His friends assert that there
can be nothing in the charges, and
that they are only brought for the
purpose of weakening the testimony
of MIR. Darby in the case Of the wo-
mans son, who is now under bond
to appear before the State and fed
eral courts. Three young white men
were first arrested upon the charge
of burglary, it having been alleged
that they entered the store of Mr..
M. e. Rutland, at Batesburg, during
the night time. It is said that two
of them have since made a confess
sion to Chief Darby and that in their
confession they accuse the third Of
being the '"leader" and that he made
them drunk and they only entered
the store at his request after he had
broken the door down. The latter
protests his innocence, however.
A few days after these boys We're
arrested and released on bond the
third youth was arrested upon q
warrant of a more serious nature, he
this time being charged with enter
ing the Batesburg postofice. He was
given a preliminary only few days
ago and was bound over to the fed
eral court.
In both of these cases Chief Dar-
by was the principal witness at the
preliminary, and it was only few
days after the preliminary that the
mother of the youth swore out
warrant for Mr.. Darby, charging him
with attempted criminal assault.
The people of Batesburg are said
to be greatly wrought up over the
arrest of Mr.. Darby, and it is under
stood that the town has voluntarily
agreed to pay all costs Of Mr.. Darby's
defense. 1t is likely that the case
will be called next week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
HEALTH GONE AND IN DEBT.
Mott L. Douglass, Of Springfield,
Shoots Himself.

Springfield, June 10.-Near the
hour of 10 o'clock this morning,
Mott L. Douglass, a white farmer
living about three miles east of this
town, deliberately shot the front and
top of his face and head off.
Mr.. Douglass was about 35 years
old. He had a wife and three chill
dren, the eldest being about years
old.
MIR. Douglass was the eldest son OF
Mr.. Joseph j. Douglass and had
lived here most of his life. Up to
two or three years ago he seemed to
prosper, but the last two disastrous
years appeared to wipe out the sur
plus that he had so carefully boarded
Tor his advancing years. Nothing
was known here of any trouble until
a phone message announced the aW-
full tragedy.
It has been learned from his fam
lily that for several weeks Mr.. Doug
lass has been very despondent and,
for the past few days, quite unwell
He bought a bottle of laudanum
here a day or two ago and said that
he wanted it for a sick mule. It now
appears that he drank part Of 1t
yesterday and it failing to kill him,
he awoke with a full determination
to complete his deed.
Selecting a time when his wife
was attending to his stock, he took
his gun and, going into the yard, lay
down upon the ground, placing the
muzzle under his chin, when he
pressed the trigger with his toe
shooting away his entire face and
the top Of his head. That the act
was deliberately planned is shown by
a short note addressed to Magistrate
Corbett, of this place, asking him to
collect an account due him by citi-
zen of this community.
He also left the following note:
ITO Whom it May Concern:
eff I should be suddenly taken of
I ask that Marian Ehney take
Muriel, A. W. Corbett take Evne1
May, and that A. E. Gealton take
Harold. I hope my wife will fare
better without me than she can with
me. My health is gone and I am not
able to work any more, and l do not
wish to be burden to any one.
cannot collect the claims have on
another and / cannot pay my debts
Everything I have is under papers
except my hogs, COWS and household
goods. have some tools that could
be used to pay some of my small
debts. NJ. L. DOUGLASS.
"June 9, 1909"
Mr.. Douglass was considered
perfectly reliable man, and his un-
timely death is great shock to his
family and friends. He allowed his
troubles to magnify, as he was back.
ed by strong financial concern OF
this town, who state that he was in
no immediate financial difficulties
and could get anything he wanted.
His wife is in dangerously delicate
position. She was Miss Ella Caugh-
man, daughter Of Mr.. J.. G. Caugh-
man, of this county.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Women Who Are Envied.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of many, who might be like
them. A weak, sickly woman will be
nervous and irritable. Constipation
or kidney poisons show in pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. For all such
Electric Bitters work wonders. They
regulate stomach, liver and kidneys,
purify the blood; give strong nerves,
bright eyes, pure breath, smooth,
velvety skin, lovely complexion.
Many charming women owe their
health and beauty to them. Soc. at
Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. c.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
Killed by LIGHTNING.

Anderson, June 9.-Samuel Boggs,
a we'll known and prosperous farm
er, was killed by lightning late yes
terday, while plowing in field at his
home, near Central, north Of Ander-
son. The mule he was working was
also struck by the bolt and instant
ly killed. Mr.. Boggs was about 35
years old and is survived by his wife
and four children. The funeral was
held at Sharon church this after
noon.