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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
AIKEN MAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Charles Carwen Ends His Life by
Drinking CarbOlic Acid.

Aiken, Jan. 13.-Coroner Johnson
returned this afternoon from War
renville, where he went to hold an
inquest over the body of Charles Car
we'll, who was found dead at his
home last night by his wife and two
other women.
Carwell is white man. The coro-
ner held the inquest and the verdict
of the jury was that he came to his
death from drinking carbolic acid
while in a drunken condition"
A bottle labeled "carbolic acid
was found by his side on the bed
upon which Carwell was lying when
found. The acid was bought from a
pharmacy of this city.
No motive is ascertained for the
rash act other than he was under the
influence of whiskey at the time. The
acid did it's deadly work quickly, Car
we'll being dead when found by his
wife.
He was seen in a normal condition
a few hours previous to being found
dead. He was an operative in the
Warrenville mill, but was not at work
Tuesday.
His wife had been working in the
mill and was returning from the mill
last night when she made the IND.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
THE PRESIDENTS BARBER.
Carried on Rolls as Especial Account.
ant" at Salary of $1,000.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The recon-
mendation Of the auditor for the
navy department that congress pro-
vide more clerks for his Office on ac-
count of the great pressure of work
there has raised a question as to the
employment of William B. Dulany.
Nearly year ago, Dulany, who has
for several years been President
Roosevelt's barber, was appointed as
Especial accountant" in the Office
of the auditor for the navy depart
ment at salary of $1,000, but he
has never performed any duty in that
Office. He Is still on duty as the
presidents barber at the white house
where before Mr.. Roosevelt ordered
his transfer to $1,000 job in the
auditors Office he was carried on
tie rolls as a messenger at 5000 a
year.
It was said last spring that as soon
as the time arrived for Mr.. Roose-
velt's departure for Oyster Bay, Du-
lany would take up his duties in the
navy auditors Office. This proved not
to be the case, for Dulany went to
Oyster Bay in June, where he con-
tinued to shave the president during
the summer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
Tillman Loading His Gun.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 1S.-Sen-
ator Tillman was asked this morning
if he had reconsidered his determlna-
ton to make another speech in the
senate attacking the president, re-
garding the presidents charges con-
Meeting the senator with improper
conduct in the matter of the Oregon
land transactions, or if he still in
tended to refer to the president IN
connection with any other matter in
which the chief executive may have
reflected upon the senator from
South Carolina. He said:
"I have not altered in any way my
determination to show up President
Roosevelt in his right light, accord
ing to the promise made in the
United States senate. For reasons, l
cannot at this time say just when l
shall make the speech in question:
It may not be for several weeks; l
am very busy obtaining certain data
which I desire to make use Of
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
RUMoRs MAY BE GRoUNDLEss
There May be No Investigation OF
State Hospital After All.

Columbia, Jan. ia petition mas
been placed in the hands of Senator
Christensen, drawn up by Attorney
A. Hunter Gibbes, of the Columbia
bar, for presentation to the legisla-
ture, asking that commission be ap-
pointed to investigate conditions at
the State hospital for the insane on
the strength of number OF af1daVlts
accompanying the petition alleging
brutal treatment Of male patients,
that insufficient food is furnished
these patients and that the hospital
farm is contributing too many per-
ouisites to persons not entitled to
them. There is no charge or inti-
nation that there has been any r.
regularities or mismanagement re-
garding the finances of the institu-
ton.
The past few days there has been
a number of wild rumors circulated
among the members OF the leglsia-
ture, among others that there had
been charges of improper conduct OF
keepers toward women patients, but
Investigation reveals that there Is
nothing whatever on which to base
such charges. The petition makes no
ALLEGATIONS of the kind, according to
those interested in its being draft
led.
In fact owing to the circumstances
surrounding the making of the aff1-
davits it is seriously doubted on the
part of the members of the leglsla-
ture. whether there is really any foun-
dation for any of the charges. The
greatest confidence has always been
felt in the ability and painstaking
care of Superintendent Babcock as
well as in his unselfish devotion to
the interests of the patients, and it 1s
not believed that there is really any
thing serious the matter with the
MANAGEMENT of the institution. 1t is
fact, however, generally admitted
that the appropriation allowed for
the institution has not for number
of years been sufficient to properly
provide for the steadily increasing
number of patients that have to be
cared for. In this connection it is tg-
ured out that the appropriation that
has been made the past several years
provides only about 80 cents day
per patient for the maintenance,
clothing, as well as food. It is a mat
ter of common knowledge that the
States's convicts are better fed than
it's unfortunate wards in the hospital
for the insane.
There is great reluctance on the
part of the major portion of the legis-
lature to subject those connected
with the management of the institu-
ton to a public investigation unless
there is a strong probability that
some of the charges are true. Nat
uralIy they conclude that this would
cause needless anxiety and pain to
relatives of patients and place the
State in an improper and foolish light
before the world.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
Car Load of Mules.

C. F. Rizer at Olar received car
load of fine mules Tuesday of this
week, direct from the West. They
were bought for cash in the largest
market in the world, and he can sell
YOU very close if you see him quick
before feed bills run up. This load
must be sold out right away, so If
you want an animal to suit you and
at the same time at reasonable fig
ure, 20 to see him. You will find the
prices and terms liberal, and you
know Rizer handles nothing but
high-grade stock.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
TENNESSEE VOTES DRY"
PASSES STATE.
WIDE PROHIBITION BILL.
Governor Patterson Expected to Veto
Bill, But it Will be Passed
Over His Veto.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 13.-The
bill to prohibit the sale OF intoxlcat-
ing liquor in Tennessee passed the
lower house of the general assembly
this evening at 6:15 o'clock. The
vote was 62 to Sc. Fifty votes is
majority. twenty-five Republicans
voted for and one against the meas
ure.
The measure passed is the one Ia
vorably acted on yesterday by the
senate and now goes to Gov. Patter-
son. He is expected to veto 1t, but
under the constitution his veto oper-
ates only as a suggestion, not as q
stay, and a bare majority may pass
the bill over the executives unfavor-
able action. The governor Is allow
ed to hold bill five days. If at the
expiration of this time it has not
been returned to the assembly it be-
comes a law without his signature.
The bill provides that prohibition
shall become effective July /, 1909.
The battle attending the passage
Of the prohibition bill was probably
the fercest ever known in the Ten
nessee house of representatives. For
almost five hours it was waged, the
local option; or administration forces,
contesting every inch Of the ground.
Amendment after amendment was
presented, and promptly voted down
BY about the same majority as that
givn the bill on final passage. A
great outpour of oratory came from
both sides.
Throughout the discussion the gal
leries were packed and several times
the speaker, at the request of the To-
cal optionists, asked the sergeant-at-
arms to exclude visitors from the
floor of the house. When the hnal
vote was announced the cheers from
the gallery were deafening, the dem
onstration on the floor and in the
galleries lasting several minutes.
Tonight the "state-widers' are 5u-
bilantly asserting that the bill will be
passed over the governors veto by
about the same vote as 1t originally
received in each house.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
Railroad Rumor.

Spartanburg. January 1S.-From
what may be regarded as a reliable
source, it is said that the construc-
tion of the Carolina, Clinchfield &
Ohio railway from Spartanburg to
Columbia. will likely commence much
earlier than has been heretofore ex-
pected. The building of this link has
been decided upon, it is believed, and
it is not at all unlikely that it may
be under construction or let to con-
tract in less than IL months.
The second survey between Spar
tanburg and Columbia is now being
finished and third will likely De
made over a portion of the distance.
The line now being run is on the
west side of Broad river.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
GRIM TRAGEDY IN A BATH ROOM
Bodies of a Man and Two Women
Discovered in Seattle.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. NV. L.
Seeley, an attorney and former ma
tional bank exami9sS for Illinois, his
wife, Mrs. Kate M: Seeley, member
or the Daughters of the American
2evolution, and her daughter, Miss
Irene Seeley, a student at the Uni
versity of Washington, were found
dead in bath room OF their home in
the fashionable Capital Hill quarter
to-day.
The victims had been dead since
last Thursday. The women, clad In
night robes, had apparently been
murdered with a hammer. There was
no mark of violence on Seeley. He Is
believed to have been partly chloro-
formed and then drowned in the bath
tub.
That Seeley killed his wife and
daughter while insane over worries
and then committed suicide Is the
theory cf the police. His night gown,
blood stained from the bodies of the
two woIaen, was found beneath a
clean pillow in the room occupied by
him and his wife. The pillow on
which Mrs. Seeley had been sleeping
was satuated with blood.
Seeley came here less than two
years ago from st. Joseph, Mo. He
moved there from Ottawa, Ill. He
was SIS years old, his wife about three
years his junior, and his daughter
|22.
The bodies were found by Guy NJ.
Smelzer, aff1anced husband Of Miss
Seeley, and E. R. Seibbell, friend OF
the family. The family could not be
communicated with after 9 O'Clock
Thursday night, when Smelzer talked
over the telephone with Miss Seeley.
Although keeping up the appear
ance Of prosperity, Seeley had been
forced to borrow money for his last
months house rent from w. w. Will
shire, an attorney, from whom he
rented desk room in the New York
building.
Detectives were unable to find any
blood-stained implements in the
house, although. hammer was
found. No article of jewelry or any,
thing of value was taken. Every win
dow and door was securely locked.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
Water Tank Collapsed.

Columbia, Jan. 16.-Engineer
Charles e. Bailey and Fireman Frank
Erenecke, sustained serious injuries
while their train, Southern freight,
No. As, southbound, was taking wa
ter at the water tank at Trenton.
The accident seems to have been a
very peculiar one. It seems that as
Fireman Brenecke was engaged in
placing the pipe from the water tank
in the tank on engine preparatory to
filling the engine tank with water,
the bands on the water tank, which
were evidently old and rotten, burst.
This threw the tank on the engine
crushing the cab beneath the great
weight of the $4,000 gallon tank.
Engineer Bailey was sitting in the
cab and his escape from death Is con-
sidered remarkable. The extent OF
the trainmen's injuries could not be
learned to-day.
The two physicians of Trenton
were neither in town at the time OF
the accident and the injured men
were not able to secure medical at
tention at once. Engineer Bailey
sustained a broken arm or dislocated
shoulder and may be injured inter
nally.
Fireman Brenecke is badly bruised
and cut by timbers from the cab and
tank. J. w. Morgan, supervisor OF
bridges and buildings of the Southern
railway, left yesterday afternoon tor
Trenton to investigate the accident
Both the injured men live in Column
hia
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
Tillman Anxious for Inquiry.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Based upon
a report which reached Senator Till
man to-day that the senate does not
intend to accede to his request for an
investigation of the charges made
against him by President Roosevelt,
in connection with the Oregon land
cases, the Senator announced to-day
that if necessary to obtain an inquiry
he would himself introduce a resolu-
ton providing for it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
TAFT LIKES THE SOUTH.
And the South Likes Taft, According
to Judge Lurton.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 1.-THE
President-elect likes the South very
much, and the South returns the feel
Ing very cordially said United
States Circuit Judge Lurton to-day,
who has Just returned from Augusta,
where he went from Cincinnati sew
eral days ago on invitation OF Judge
Taft. Judge Lurton visited the
President-elect at the latter's Au-
gusta cottage, and accompanied him
on the special train from Augusta to
Atlanta.
z ..Judge Taft's popularity is, OF
course, national and internatlonal,
said Judge Lurton, ssbut the people
of Georgia-and for that matter OF
the entire South-are his particular
good friends. Delegations Of citizens
have been coming q hundred miles to
Augusta, just to pay Mr.. Taft their
respects and to shake his hand. One
of the most remarkable visits paid
him was by number Of Confederate
veterans"
Continuing, Judge Lurton said:
cat his place in Augusta, Mr.. Taft
udS U6Su ICCOlfiAS t1S AhSoS wi oAoA
attentions, and the evidences OF the
best friendship. He has not been
engaged in any political work, but
has been doing all he can to remove
any idea that may exist that the
Washington government is inimtcal
to the inter SITS of the South. He has
been doing much to dispel the Idea
that the South is not as important a
part of the United States as any 9th
er section, and his stay in the South
has gone far to remove any such er-
roneous impressions as that"
Asked about the report that Judge
Taft would appoint him to the su-
preme bench, Judge Lurton would
not be quoted, saying that his visit
to Mr.. Taft at Augusta had not been
of any remarkable significance, and
that he had gone there merely to
talk over matters of mutual interest" "
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
THORNTON HAMS FREE MAN.
ACQUITTED of Murder by Jury After
% Hours.

Flushing, N. Y, Jan. 15.-After
reviewing the evidence for ~ hours
and taking IA ballots before all were
agreed, the jury in the trial OF Thorn
ton jenkins Hains this afternoon
found the prisoner not guilty as a
principal with his brother, Capt.
Peter C. Hams, Jr., in the killing OF
William E.. Annis. For the second
time in his life Thornton Hains has
been found not guilty OF the charge
of murder, as he was acquitted OF
murder in shooting a companion
named Edward A. Hannigan IN an
open boat in Hampton Roads II
years ago.
Thornton Hams had an affecting
greeting with Capt. Hains In the
Long Island Jail, whittier he hurried
in a motor car after the verdict to
take his brother the news. Old Gen.
Hams and his wife, who had been
anxiously waiting to learn the verdict
in the Hotel Astor in Manhattan
since the jury went out at 5 O'Clock
last night, had heard the news from
Thornton, who telephoned his par
ents as soon as he left the court
room. Mrs. Hams nearly tainted
from Joy.
After spending nearly an hour
with Capt. Hams in the jail Thornton
Hams went to the hotel, where he
remained through the evening and
night with his father and mother.
The verdict came unexpectedly and
at a time when Justice Crane, believ-
ing that a disagreement was likely,
had sent for the jurors to learn what
progress had been made towards a
finding. The former defendant
smiled, and tears filled his eyes, and,
hurrving to the jury box after Justice
Crane had discharged the jury, ne
seized their hands and thanked them
for their verdict.
Demonstration of Approval.
Rarely in any court of law has
such a demonstration been witnessed
as that which occurred when the
iurv made known it's verdict. The
packed court room of spectators rose
as one man and cheered and applaud
ed with such mighty vigor that the
gavel falls of Justice Crane on his
desk could not be heard.
Before proceeding further Justice
Crane ordered the trial chamber
cleared and the spectators sent out
in the street.
After telephoning his mother and
father, Thornton was escorted to a
local hotel, while throng of towns
people gave him continuous greet
ing en- route.
Jurors stated that the first ballot
stood 8 to 4 for acquittal and early
this morning the ballot showed q
gain of one for acquittal. Jurors
Hecker, Johnson, Richmond and
Boenig voted for conviction Of mur-
der. Juror Boenig held out until the
final ballot was taken just after JUS
tice Crane had sent for the jurors,
and then changed his vote to acqu1t-
tai, making the jury unanimous.
Officials of the district attorney 8
Office in Queens county are quoted
as saying that the verdict In this case
probably means that Capt. Hains
will never be brought to trial and
that he will be surrendered into the
care of his family or the federal gov
ernment.
"Under this verdict it is perfectly
safe for any person who Is ingenious
enough to frame up defense TO go
out and kill. Private vengeance
seems to have taken precedence over
the peoples law" was the only COM
ment that Prosecutor Darrin had to
make on the jury's return. ..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21

The Civic Association will hold g.
regular meeting this Thursday att:
ernoon at half past three O'Clock N
the Fitting School chapel. A fuH az
tendance of the members Is expected.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
JEFF CLARK HANGED.
Berkeley County Negro Pays Death
Penalty for Numbering His Father.

Moncks Corner, Jan. 15.-Jeff
Clarke was hanged here in the old
tail yard at about noon. Within five
seconds after Sheriff Causey had ad-
justed the moose about the neck OF
the shrouded but erect form OF the
patricide, the lever had been pulled
and the dangling body OF Clarke was
suspended between heaven and
earth. Clarke's neck was broken by
the jerk upward and there was
scarce a tremor of the athletic body.
~ DR.. Fishburne declared life to be
extinct in II minutes. The body was
buried by the chaingang behind the
Jail.
Contrary to expectations Clarke
did not confess.
Moncks Corner, Jan. 15.-Jet
Clarke was bright mulatto, about
% years of age. The crime foI
which he suffered death was one OF
the most horrible ever committed In
this county. Clarke's father was q
white man, who had long since, by
his personal habits, lost the respect
of the community near Eutawville,
where he lived up to the time OF his
death. A short time before he was
killed the elder Clarke went to Char
lesion for the purpose Of negotiating
mortgage on his land. The theory
OF the State was that JEFF Clarke
knew of this and killed his father In
the hope of getting the money which
he assumed he had raised on the
mortgage. So far as Is known, young
Clarke was disappointed In that.
Jeff was q negro OF a very low or
der Of intelligence, and his first ef-
fort to kill hN father was made with
concentrated lye, which he admins
tered In the old mans coffee. The
father commented on the cofee's
burning him, although it was only
blood warm. Clarke then put his
father in bed, and the old man not
dying soon enough to suit him he
went of after his gun and shot his
parent while the latter was presum-
ably at the point of death. JEFF then
enlisted the assistance of his 12-year-
old half-brother in loading a cart
with pine straw. Accompanied by
the boy, he went to the house, un-
locked the door with the key, which
he took from his pocket and, taking
the body Of his father, he drove
with his gruesome load to brush
s lot in the woods nearby, where ne
dumped the body.
Two efforts were made to lynch
Clarke prior to his trial and he was
once taken to Elloree and once to
8 Charleston for safekeeping. His trial
in Moncks Corner in November last
ed only a couple of hours and he
was sentenced by Judge Aldrich to be
hanged January Is, 1909.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21

Come see our new line of goods at
the 5 and 10 cent store. They are
beautiful.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-07
STILL TRYING TO CONVERT
CALIFORNIA TO HIS BELIEF

Washington, Feb 6.-Prcsidenl
| Roosevelt is by no means relaxing his
efforts TO prevent anu'Japanese legls
latlon In California and Nevada He
had conferences today with Senators
Flint OF California and Nixon of Ne
yada, and persisted In his representa-.
tions TO them that the situation would
become critical IL their states insisted
on legislation that would be insulting
to the Japanese, whom he referred to
as acting with dignity under the
strain
The two senators agreed to continue
their efforts to influence the legisla-
lures for their states against action
of any sort and went away from the
White House and sent kilograms to
the leaders OF those bodies urging
postponement for the present OF any
legislation
Il feel that we ought not TO try to
resist the strong appeals of the chier
executive said Senator Flint. Il
agreed with him that the time Is In
opportupe for legislation and am 60
ing TO do what ! can TO help him In
his efforts. / shall use the wires
freely to reach my personal friends
and urge them In indefinitely poStpon-
ing the separate school provision and
to enact other laws | don't see how
we can do anything else. no matter
what We personally feel at this time
The President Is talking in the inter.
ests OF the nation at large and | am
sure that Californlas patriotism Will
care for the nations interest before
her own"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-07
WEEKLY STATEMENT OF
CLEARING HOUSE BANKS

New York, Feb 6-The statement
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks held $l0,336, SOC
more than the requirements of the 90
per cent reserve rule.
This is a decrease OF S17.36O,575 In
the proportionate cash reserve as
compared with last weeks.
Loans. s1,343.6 .667 400; increase, 81.
606, 800.
Deposits. s1,412,s2S. 400; decrease
S19 991. 700,
Circulation. S49,2Ol, 800; decrease
$4,000.
Legal tenders. $50. .645, 900; decrease,
1853. 500.
Specie, $3.50, 400. 900; decrease, S2o,,
100000
Reserve, 1851. .o4s,9OO; decrease, ST..
35S. 500
Reserve required. $3.50, 100; dc
crease, S4,997.925
Surplus. Sl0.336,So0 decrease, ST.
36O,575
E-U S. deposits. Sl1,275,OOO, de-
crease. S17.3S9,050
Tho percentage OF actual reserve OF
the clearing house banks today was
25.77.
The statement of banks and trust
reporting TO the clearing house. show
that these institutions have aggre-
gate deposits of s1.221, 424.6o0 total
cash on hand sl56, 800, and loans
amounting to $1.0Si 609.6