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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22
The Assasxina.

The Assassins were a religious and military order who came into exist ence during the eleventh century in Persia and who devoted themselves to the destruction after stealthy approach of all who opposed the Moslem faith in any way. The crusaders met with a branch of these desperate zealots in Syria, and many of the warriors of the cross were slain relentlessly and with mysterious suddenness in consequence. The Tartars exterminated the Persian Assassins in 1256, and fourteen years later the Syrian band of murderers was wiped out byt an Egyptian ruler. But the name they bore remains as a designation of dread.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22
Herbert Spencer's Regret.

MT. Tollemache in his "reminiscences tells this story about Herbert Spencer:
 Toward the close of his life Spencer frequented boarding house, and, chancing to meet lady who had often dined within earshot; of him, asked her if she could remember any wise sayings of his After pondering for some time she answered: I can re member one of his remarks. He said that making good melted butter Is a lost art in England."'"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22

BARGAIN NO. 1-At 8Ac-Speclal 1ot of our 121lc Dress Ginghams' very fine goods, neat patterns.
 BARGAIN NO. 2-At $4s5CLos IA ac 6iea, Furs. regular price $7.OO to $lz:oo.
 At 99c-Choice of all the F'urs unoer $500.
 BARGAIN NO. 3-At 3c-Regular five cent Account Books Pocket Mem orandums, etc. Big value
 BARGAIN NO. At 121sc-Men,s Heavy Work Aprons. rms IS Just half the regular price.
 BARGAIN NO. 5-At 5Oc-Lot men Stillson Wrenches, worth 75c to 9Sc each.
 BARGAIN NO. 6-At 5c-Ten ana fifteen cent Shoe Knives, splendlo steel blades.
 BARGAIN NO. At 8c-Ladles' Network Shopping Bags.
 BARGAIN NO. S-At 2oc-Rouno Window Brushes.
 BARGAIN NO. 9-At 10c-Hundred White Paper Napkins, Crepe Paper similar to Dennison's.
 BARGAIN NO. 10-At 25c-Misses and Children's Wool Sweaters, white and slightly soiled.
 BARGAIN NO. 11-At 6c-Pack Playing Cards.
 BARGAIN NO. 12-At 121Ac-Clean up of twenty-five cent Four-in-Hand and Teck Scarfs for Men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22
The Eccentrics.

"I understand the Neweds are hav- ing trouble" remarked the spinster boarder. Some people take her part, and some others side with him.
 "And I suppose" growled the scanty haired bachelor at the pedal extremity of the mahogany, there are few ec- centric people who mind their own business. ss."-Chicago News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22
Unconcerned.

An incident illustrating the placfdlty, if so it may be called. of the Duke of Wellington has reference to naval officer, near connection of the duke. The ship which this officer comma nd ed was lost. and he himself was drown ed. When the news was communicated to the duke, he merely exclaimed, That's the second ship he has lostp'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22

member of the faculty to be chosen. Bishop Carroll of Montana was the most prominent candidate.
 Father Shahan's name was one of those sent to Rome by the Board of trustees of the University.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22
Hard to Please.

'sYour audiences seemed shocked by the show"
 At first" answered the manager "but we expurgated it."
 "And then?',
 "Then they seemed disappointed."- Exchange.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

sensation, though startling at first
trial, is far from unpleasant when you
get used to it. The miniature railroad
with an engineer who towers above
his smokestack and noisy. bell like
CULVER in the land of Lilliput has
its low cars always filled with children
who think it great fun to ride in any
thing so much smaller than them
selves, and who shrek with delight as
the wheels go round and the train
slips smoothly along the rails.
The scenic railway, an old time ia
vorite, echoes to the cries of the
alarmed Jones who are taking their
first spin around this exciting thor
oughfare. 1t is a gale of merriment
and-of wind. Hats blow off, wells
vanish, coats flap madly; but above
the flags fly, the band plays below and
fright is forgotten in the wild dash
around the track
When 1t comes to thrillers they beg
gar description The lady clad in
swimming tights VINO takes a dive
from high platform into a pool of
water IS feet below counts her adj
mirers by the score. For surprisingly
dangerous 1edtS IHeSe performers or
the circuit are unrivaled They seem
literally to fear nothing And who
can appreciate these facts of daring
SO well as the San Francisco pleas
ure seeker? The more hazardous the
trick the more feEvent his applause
The love of danger is in his blood and
it answers to the sight of physical
courage in others like war charger
to the trumpet call
Tell me how city takes its pleas
ures, said famous Frenchman once
upon a time, and ! will tell you the
character OF its people" There is but
one nation that really knows how to
play, and that one is said to be the
French; but the one nearest to it in
its facility for harmless, happy mirth
is the American San Franciscans of
a certainty know how to play and how
to get the most out of their leisure
hours. The city has provided many
homes of amusement for her children,
supplementing those of nature, and
they are we'll patronized and sup
ported by those who believe in and
perhaps have proved the axiom that
"All work and no joy
Makes Jack a dull boy"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

THE new Chutesl What scenes
of merriment are brought to the
memory of the San franciscan
by those three simple words! What
evenings of gayety, of fun, of delight
The old playground has disappeared,
but fresh triumphs await the new.
Watch the trolley cars as they de-
post their hundreds of passengers at
the entrance, where the lights burn
brilliantly and enticingly, and where
the flags flutter brightly in the wind
The throng which passes through the
turnstiles seems amending. The COS
mopolites of the city know we'll where
to seek for amusement in their leisure
hours, and none better how to enjoy
it, once found.
The varieties of entertainment are
bewildering All the old tricks, de-
vices and shows are there III force
and satisfying assortment of new.
From the dizzy circle swing to the
San Francisco trained flea everything
breathes of the spirit of festivity
which penetrates the very bones and
marrow of those who press through
with the light hearted crowds.
The human roulette wheel-one of
the new inventions-is the most
amusing thing imaginable. It's most
ly matter of luck If you can sue
coed in seating yourself squarely in
the center as the wheel begins to re-
volve you may be spared the ignominy
of seeing yourself gradually but surely
sliding toward the edge while you
struggle vainly to keep your balance
and prevent your disappearance over
the edge It's a merry sport and a
mad one, for wild as the Intellectual
attempts of the sliding off ones seem,
they are made amid roars of good
natured laughter which might make
any one unused to the Chutes think
he had suddenly strayed into the en-
tertainment hall of lunatic asylum.
The big curving slide down which
dozens of people-big and little,
babies and graybeards, slide and glide
with an unavoidable display of lin
gerie on the part of the feminine con-
tingent and amused grins on the part
of the male, is fine mirth creator
You can't stop till you reach the end,
40 matter how hard you try, and the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
DEATH UNDER WHEELS.
Travelling Man Commits Suicide in
Spectacular Manner.

columbia State, Sunday April Al
Much sorrow was caused in this
city yesterday by the announcement
that Mr.. j. w. Livingston had been
killed at Batesburg by being run over
by a train. Mr.. Livingston is a cou-
sin of Mr.. J. F. Livingston, of the At
lantic Coast Line and son-in-law of
Capt. Edmund Bacon. Having been
a travelling man for several years, ne
has friends in all parts of the State.
The deceased was son OF the
late J. w. Livingston, of Seneca. Mrs.
John C. Carey, formerly of Lockhart,
but now of Greenville, is sister,
and Messrs. w. K. Livingston, OF
Seneca, and J. F. Livingston, OF
Cordele, Ca, are brothers.
The inquest was held at Batesburg
last night. A number of friends and
relatives from Columbia left here in
automobiles to attend the inquest.
The following special from Batesburg
was received last night:
81. w. Livingston, of Columbia,
was killed one-half mile south OF
Batesburg this morning by Southern
Railway train No. 8, which was COM
ing into Batesburg on time and was
in full view of the passengers wait
ing at the depot when the accident
occurred.
"Mr. Livingston was unconscious
and made no statement before death
about one hour later. He was brought
into town and DR.. w. P. Zimmerman
was called, but could not revive the
injured man. Train was in charge OF
Conductor James Weaver and Engin-
eer Alexander.
mo solution has been found. En-
gineer Alexander stated that Mr.. LlV-
ingston was walking in the track,
meeting the train. The signals were
made, but instead of getting on the
track the deceased stopped and just
before the engine struck him turned
around as If to meet the shock. HIS
legs and one arm were broken anu
probably internal injuries were sus-
tanned.
"The deceased once lived at Sen
eca, but lately, it is understood, ne
has been living in Columbia. He
comes of a well known family, and
his wife, who was Columbia lady,
is connected with a prominent fam
ily. The local authorities have the
matter in charge and everything pos
sible is being done. to clear up the
mystery-which probably will meyer
be done. An inquest will be held this
evening as soon as the coroner can
arrive to take charge of the re-
mains.
s'The deceased is a stranger in this
section, having never been seen here
before to-day"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Policeman Kills Negro.

The inquest over the body of John
Walker, the negro who was killed
last night by Constable Bun" Duna-
way, was held this afternoon, the
jury returning a verdict that "the de-
ceased came to his death by a gun
shot wound at the hands of Bud
Dunaway." Dunaway was committed
to Jail, later securing bond.
The details of the shooting are
very interesting:
The negroes have been behaving
badly in the neighborhood Of the
Taylor Manufacturing Company and
Dunaway and two deputized consta-
bles went there last night to round
up the whole lot of them. At the first
dash three of the party surrendered
and some ran. John Walker made a
defiant stand, and cut at Constable
Dunaway with a knife. It is claimed
by Dunaway that his clothing was cut
in several places. Coroner Walker
stated that he found the cut places
on the clothing to be as described.
The negro's knife was taken away
and it was found that he had also a
brick in a crocus sack. After being
marched out of the shack, the negro
made a grab for an axe and as he
did so the officer fired.
There was but one shot, and it had
almost Immediately fatal effect, for
the ball entered about the middle
part of the back and little to the
left of the spinal column. Coroner
Walker had no autopsy last night,
but he thinks the ball went through
the heart.
The deceased negro was employed
at TIE Taylor Manufacturing Com
pany, and the officers say that while
he was a good workman he had a
reputation for fghting.-Columbia
special to News and Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
INSANE ASYLUM BURNS.
Six Hundred Lives Imperilled a
Woodward, Oklahoma.

Woodward, Okla, April Six
hundred insane persons were in dan
ger OF death to-day when flames
starting from a prairie fire destroyed
several buildings of the State Asylum
at Fort Supply.
The fire broke out in the laundry
building shortly after the inmates
had returned to their quarters from
the noon meal. The asylum fire de-
partment was ordered out and every
effort was made to conceal from the
patients the fact that the building
was burning. A woman, seeing the
fire, however, excitedly gave the
alarm. Attendants then rushed
among their charges and narrowly
averted a panic. The fire spread
from the laundry to the pharmacy
supply building and threatened the
asylum itself. The inmates yielded
to the entreaties Of the attendants
and kept good order when the dan
ger was the greatest.
BY hard work, the firemen saved
the various ward buildings. There
was no loss of life. The stables,
laundry, pharmacy and employees
quarters were destroyed. The loss is
$4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Labor Troubles in Chicago.

Chicago, April 3.-Violent demon
strations which required the pres
ence of the police to quell marked
two of the labor disturbances preva'
lent here to-day. The most serious
trouble occurred in the down towr
district, when a force Of striking
white wings" attacked the street
sweepers who had taken their places
Bricks were thrown through win
dows and broom handles were WELD.
ed by the infuriated strikers. Several
were injured.
The second riot grew out of the
tile layers strike. Employees of Daw'
son Bros, tile flooring company, were
besieged by force of union pickets
J. C. Sawson, the head Of the firm
with a drawn revolver, kept the pick.
cts from entering the building until
the police arrived.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Negro Tiger Makes Escape.

Mullins, April 3.-Oficers this aft
ernoon made a successful raid on a
negro, John Collins. After searching
his place the liquor was found and
Collins placed under arrest. He made
a dash to a cluster of bushes and sue
ceeded in getting away. The deputies
returned to Mullins, but later went
back and continued their search,
finally locating Collins in a negro
house covered up in bed. Deputy Jas
Norton pulled him out and started to
town, when the negro whipped out q
"A Colts, threw it in the deputy 6
face and commanded him to get back
in his buggy and get down the road
There was nothing to do but to com
ply. Mr.. Norton came back to town
and soon q posse of citizens was or
ganized and in pursuit of the negro
They searched the woods until after
dark and returned home.
Collins is a notorious character
He is the same negro who was shot
recently by his wife and had to be
carried to the hospital in Sumter fo1
treatment. In addition to being 9
familiar figure in the municipal court
he is reputed to be an all-round
crook, gambler, blind tiger and thie1
and generally regarded as bad ne.
gro. The citizens here are incensed
over the occurrence of the day and
hope that he will be caught and given
lust sentence. Other towns are
asked to be on the lookout for him
His home is supposed to be Darling
ton or Sumter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
SULLY TOURING THE SOUTH.
Perfecting Plans for Handling and
Marketing Cotton.

Atlanta, April 1.-Daniel j. Sully
once known as the Cotton King,
is in Atlanta beginning tour of the
South, which, he says, is for the pur-
pose of perfecting plans which con-
template the conservative revolution
izing of the manner in which cotton
is handled and marketed.
my plan when worked out" he
added, will substitute for the pres
ent unsuccessful and sometimes ex.
tortionate middle man a factor
whose role will be very much that OF
an agent who stands between and
represents both the seller and the In.
vestor in bonds and securities. AND
we will go before the farmer with
such evidence that he cannot doubt
in which direction his interests lie.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
CHARGED With Child Murder.

Greenville, April "A warrant
was sworn out to-day for Mrs. Palm
er Corn and Tom Childs, charging
them with the murder of Bonnie
Louise Corn, the 2-year-old daugh,
ter of the former. The warrant was
sworn out by Palmer Corn, husband
of the woman. Corn alleges that his
wife deserted him and is living with
Childs and that Childs had been
heard to say that he intended to
make away with the child.
The man alleges that the little girl
can not be located and that she IL
dead. Corn lives in North Carolina
now and his wife and child are in the
upper section Of this county.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
TRAIN KILLS MURDERER.
Negro Struck by Locomotive After
Crime of Revenge.

Augusta, Ca, April 4.-During
last night Will Frederick, colored
cut Frank Dougherty, colored, killing
him. At daybreak, Frederick, trying
to make his escape, was struck by a
railroad train and killed. The body
was brought back to the city and the
coroner held inquests over the bodies
practically at the same time. Wit
nesses to the cutting unquestionably
put the stabbing crime on Frederick,
A year ago Dougherty cut Frederick
severely and the Saturday night stab
bing was Frederick's revenge for the
1908 assault upon him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Aged Negro Burned.

Laurens, S. c., April 3.-News has
just reached the city of horrible oc-
currence on the Wadsworth place,
some seven or eight miles southeast
of here. An old negro woman, seven
ty-fve years of age, was burned to
death while burning up trash and
stubble in a field. The old woman,
Robertson by name, was alone in the
field and her clothing caught fire;
she tried to run home, but fell on the
way. 1t is said that one of her legs
was burned completely off, and the
entire body fearfully charred.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Hardly a Sanctified Odor.

Ambassador Lloyd Griscom, at a
dinner that he gave to a party OF
Philadelphians visiting Rome, prais-
ed the well-known American vener-
alton for antiquity.
cit is seldom enough said Mr..
Griscom, that we find an American
phlegmatic before the treasures of
Rome's past. I have only found one
such person.
"He is Southerner, and I gave a
day to showing him about. The first
church we visited was, I think, the
Ara Coeli, on the Capitoline Hill.
&c This church, Calhoun said I,
is 500 years DID,
"'Humph,' said he, 1T smells a lot
older!"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
THIRTY.ONE YEARS ON GANG.
Interesting History Of Richmond
County, Georgia, Mule.

To the convicts and guards at the
Richmond county stockade, there Is
no animal that approaches any
where's near to old Rock in their
affections Rock is mule thirty
five years of age, and thirty-one
years of his long life has been spent
with the convicts Of Richmond
county.
When a four-year-old and one OF
the smoothest mules ever seen in
this city, he was carried to the coun-
ty farm and has remained there
ever since, although for the past ten
months he has done nothing except
eat, drink and sleep. Superintend-
ent Stringer thinks too much OF
Rock to make him work now, and
the mule has most interesting his
tory.
The late Captain George Dixon.
superintendent Of the stockade, mad
q great affection for Rock and when,
twenty-one years ago, Rock had a
case of glanders and was ordered by
q veterinary to be killed, Captain
Dixon took him out from the camp
and, two miles away in the woods,
tied him. Food and water was car
ried Rock three times day for four
weeks, and at the end of that time
he was well again, and was taken
back to the camp. He was popular
favorite from that time and as his
years increased he became even
more popular.
He has had several remarkable &C.
cidents during his career as
County Mule" He fell on one oc-
casion and broke his tail, and 1t Is
crooked now, while on another occa-
sion he fell through rotten bridge
and was injured, although he re-
covered fully from it.
Rock is now fat and is enjoying
life much better than his contempor.
aries on the gang, who have to draw
loads of gravel and pull road ma
chimes six days in the week, while
Rock is calmly munching his hay
and oats and rejecting over his &C.
complishments in the long ago.-Au'
gusta Chronicle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Swept Over Niagara.

This terrible calamity often hap
pens because a careless boatman tg.
nores the rivers warnings-growing
ripples and faster current-nature's
warnings are kind. That dull pain OF
ache in the back warns you the kid.
neys need attention if you would
es cape fatal maladies-dropsy, d1a'
betes or Bright's disease. Take Elec'
trio Bitters at once and see backache
fly and all your best feelings return
AFTER long suffering from weak kid.
neys and lame back, one s1.00 bottle
wholly. cured me-" writes ]. R
Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only
soc. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg
S. G..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
Timber King Of Two Million Acres

A plain, quiet, sixty-year-old citi-
zen, of Minneapolis, is reputed TO pc
richer in timber lands than Fred
erick Weyerhauser, who is reputed
to be sricher than Rockefeller" This
latest initiate into the Richer-Than-
Club is Thomas Barlow Walker.
In his own three-ply name he
holds seven hundred and fifty thous-
and acres of the finest sugar pine
and yellow pine on the upper Sierra
Nevada mountains, in northern Call-
fornia, and his holdings in Minnesota
make upward of a million acres. Mr.
Walker in truth, his friends say, Is
the real timber king, but he objects
to this title and insists that he is
simply a Minneapolis citizen.
He began life in the town OF
Xenia, Ohio, and thence by the pro-
cess of berry-picking, selling news
papers, clerking, going on the road
as travelling salesman for Berea
grindstones, and taking a college
course at Baldwin university, IN
Ohio, he at last arrived at his real
lob in life, says Hampton's Magazine
for January.
At nineteen he started on his first
lumber enterprise. He went 10
Paris, Illinois, and without capital,
without friends, and without credit
he contracted to furnish the Terre
Haute and st. Louis Railroad Com
pany with cross-ties and other lum-
Der. He managed to build up good
business, and would have made a big
success of it had it not been for the
failure of the railroad company eigh-
teen months later. Not discouraged
by this, he went to teaching school
until something better could be
found. The something better was a
surveyors job with the st. Paul and
Pacific railroad, and he worked most
of the time at surveying until after
his marriage, in 1868, to Miss Har-
riet G. Hulet, the daughter of his
former employer.
Mr.. Walkers settling in Mime
apolis was a mere accident. Some
one suggested that he might find en-
ployment in the new town." ten
miles north of St. Paul, and, more
for curiosity than anything else, he
took the boat that was starting there
and within an hour after reaching
MINNEAPOLIS he was being aided in
his search for employment by James
J. Hill, who was then wharf clerk.
He decided to make that city his per-
manent home He was among the
pioneers who saw the vast posslblll-
ties in timber lanl investment In the
northwest and now he owns more
trees than Theodore Roosevelt could
shake big stick at.
His five sons are running the
Walker business business now, while
the father goes in for such un-Ameri-
can things as rest, picture-collecting,
,,a Yottorv commissioning
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-08
FOUR CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Arrested in Connection With Disap-
pearanCe at McIfae, Ga.

McRae, Ca, April 3.-Four men
are under arrest here as result OF
the disappearance Of Austin Morri-
son, former county official, who has
been missing a number of days. 1t
Is charged that Morrison was muir
dered and his body hidden in the
woods, in a grave hastily dug, alter a
poker game. When last seen Morri-
son had several hundred dollars in
his pocket. A suit of bloody clothing,
said to have been worn by one of the
men under arrest, is in the possession
of county officers. The men under
arrest are Clayton Browning and his
son, Claude, Tobe Kinchen, former
marshal at Helena, Morrison's home,
and Henry Smith, of Alamo, Ga.