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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13
Don't Live at No. SO Pins-st.

man who says he lives at No. 90
Pine-st. called up The Times on the
telephone To say that Mrs Mabel
Brown and Mrs Hattie Ewing. charg.
ed with robbing the clothes-line OF
Mrs /. 4. Mccall. OF No. SS4 Filth
ST. and who claimed TO live al No. 90
Pine.st.. live in the rear OF that num-
ber
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13
MAN WASTED FEW
WORDS ON WILL
In the name OF God leave all
I posses TO my wife.
JAMES c. ROMINE.
June IL. 1908.

These words constitute the will Of
James/C Romine, fled in the probate
court. Wednesday morning. II is said
to be the shortest document Of It's
Hind ever filed in Wayne county. IL
was written on a small sheet OF cheap
writing paper.
Mr.. Romine died Oct. %. 1908. leav.
ing personal property valued at $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13
Man Passes Aacay
Peacefully ut the
Age of IOI Years

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-Elijah Rubot-
ton, 101 years old, was found dead In
bed at his home, 1885 May-st.. by MS
wife, who is 100 years old Rubotton
was born Jan. IL, 1903. according TO
a record he had, and was slave to
Abel Scott, in Card county. W. Va.
lie was fond of telling stories of slav-
cry days to the people OF the neigh
borhood.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13
Suppressed Divorce Suits.

Suppressed suits for divorce were
fled Wednesday BY Bertha VS. An
thony JOKE; Susanna vs. Ernest Sa
droginski and Alice VS.. William H.
Armstrong.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13

Oue year ngo todnyf Maximum tenn
perature. 3oi minimum, 1GD mean, ~,
cloudy with trnce of snow durinr tbr
morning. ~
Sun rose nc si5s n. mn. and sets M
si24 D.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13
Two Brothers Victims.
Clerk is BANKRUPT.

X. James Bedford, clerk. has filed a
bankruptcy petition in which he lists
81 ,0S5.75 of debts and only SIS in
assets. which consists entirely OF
wearing apparel.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13
MARINE ENGINEER DIES.

MUSHROOM, Mich, Jan. 13.-Harry
O'Hara, aged As, well-known great
lakes engineer, died here today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13

Job r'rinting cone right Times rrint-
inx Co.. Is John R.-st Phone 1taA
Blue-grass blade., 1909-08-01
Author of Mans Origin and Destiny Makes
Strong Reply to a Number of His
Critics-Protest Against Abuse
of Language.
(By DR.. A. Hausman.)


''The better is the enemy of the good, -
says a proverb whose truth is illustrated
by progress, We are eternally striving to
obtain something superior to what we pos
sess. The purpose Of this peaceable strug-
gle is not destruction as in wars, but the
improvement Of our existence and both
parties, the victor and the vanquished par
ticipate equally in the beneficial results.
In this friendly rivalry in which both COM
batants are moved by a common impulse,
interest in the general welfare, there are
certain rules and restrictions observed in
the use Of weapons or tools employed, in
tended to secure fair decision of the ques-
ton at issue. In scientific disputes Ian
guage is the weapon used, consisting of
many words, each of which has a certain
meaning universally understood and agreed
upon and it is easy to see that we can not
argue a matter unless the accepted signif-
canoe is respected by both parties. In such
contests it is usually the weaker party
which resorts to unfair tricks and subter-
fuge and it is against such reprehensble
practices employed by our opponents in the
battle of progress, that L want to register a
protest with the umpire-the public.
| have frequently noticed that our OPP
ponents at the wrong end of the rope in
the eternal tug Of war between progress
and barbarism, resort to jugglery of words,
instead Of arguing with facts, when they
are cornered and can no longer avoid alb
surd conclusions from wrong premises
Whenever you call the attention of a pre-
tended Christian Ga real one does not
EXIST to the unpleasant fact that the
Christian era was more barbarous than the
pagan age, the reply will be almost invaria-
bly, that the religion at the time was not
the right kind of Christianity, although
there was never any other. Or, if you make
uncomplimentary remarks about the god
who is supposed to be responsible for all
the human misery, the answer will be, oh,
that is not the right god, the one that |
mean is quite different, he is outside the
universe and in it, he is in the sky, in the
earth, the water and the solid rocks, around
me and in me-the latter being the most
astounding assertion, the speaker betraying
in no way trace of divinity.
Now our friend A. E. Wade has fallen
into the same sinful ways, using words in
wrong manner tending to distort the
meaning of my remarks on Christian Sci
Blue-grass blade., 1909-08-01

\llllHuJ Will lcDuilQ tuc WdSJcu tlo-
sues and restore the lungs again, Brother
Wade has so far strayed from the truth
that | advise him to consult in future a
competent person if he intends to write
on a subject on which he is ignorant. In
the first place the destroyed lung is never
rebuilt after the germs are killed, it is re-
placed by solid connective tissue which
can not perform the functions of the lung.
In the second, mind has nothing to do with
the healing directly Gt may improve the
condition. and to use the term synono-
mously with nature, is the practice against
which protest 1t is true that according
to our views mot Mrs. Eddy's), mind is
part of nature, the same as life, death,
fire, electricity and everything else, but the
term designates something definite, our in
tellectual functions land since Darwin
those of the higher animals) and can not
be applied Unfortunately to something
else.
When a bone is broken, the tissue has
the injury whether the individual has a
mind or not, as in young children and ami
mails. In some Of the lower forms of the
latter which certainly can not claim TO
posses a mind, the power of regeneration
is developed to such degree, that an entire
limb may be reproduced.
Medical science has recognized the heal
ing power of nature long before our friend
Wade was born and his well meant advice
to keep up with the new discoveries comes
a. trife late. Medical science does not pre-
tend to usurp these functions of nature but
steps in where she fails to save the life or
usefulness of an individual and in this way
the art of healing has achieved its satisfac-
tory results. When bone is broken the
tissues have the tendency to produce ma
terial for the union of the fragments but
neither mind nor nature can replace them
into the proper position and keep them in
it until a union has been effected. 1t re-
quires indeed human mind, not of the
patient but of the surgeon, to perform this
task and when properly done it matters not
whether the former applies his mind to
Mrs. Eddy's book, the Koran, Bible, or any
other work. When a joint is dislocated it
must be reduced by skillful manipulations,
during which the mind of the patient is
often excluded from taking part in the pro-
ceedings by being temporarily extinguished
in narcose. Many wounds will never heal
and Others (for instance, those which open
the abdomen), are invariably fatal, if not
properly closed according to the rules of
surgery. And improved technique alone
does not account for the brilliant results Of
modern surgery, the strict observance Of
antiseptics is an indispensable postulate.
To give an idea of the wonderful reduction
of mortality in certain operations the mind
Blue-grass blade., 1909-08-01
BLUE GRASS BLADE.
Let the Fight Be Fair

eHce III llS reldllOH 10 meulclne. 40 nOC
care to be called fool or ass, provided it
is proved that L deserve such epithets, but
L object to having imputed false opinions
by means Of using certain terms to desig-
nate objects for which they are not in
tended.
In his explanations Brother Wade men,
tons certain parties in Los Angeles and
San Diego intimating that it could be in
ferred from my statements that they were
liars. Since L do not know them nor their
relation to the matter in dispute, fail to
see the point.
But in regard to my opinion of our
judicial system and court proceedings,
Brother Wade has expressed my sentiments
correctly and recent events in California
have not tended to change them. A San
Francisco paper recently published an ac-
count Of the costs Of the graft prosecution
since the fire, which amount to little over
$4,000 and to this $57 900 more must be
added as the cost of the Calhoun trial just
ended. What has the city received for this
money, paid at time when she was suf-
fering from the recent disaster and thou
sands of people were without work? Moth
ing absolutely nothing, not dollar restored
nor single criminal in the penitentiary.
Brother Wade may be satisfied with this
kind of justice. l am not.
Concerning Mrs. Eddy's pretensions, l
reduced them to their proper limits, but my
opponent claims as a fact that mind is the
sole and principal agent in the cure of all
diseases, not only functional but organic,
and here is where L differ with Brother
Wade Aside from the one class Of dis
eases in which disturbance of the mind
causes disorders of the nutritive system,
diseases take their course entirely indie
pendent from the intellectual functions. In
certain fevers, as in typhoid for instance,
the mind is affected often to the extent Of
complete Inconsistencies and if Brother
Wade can show that even in this condition
it is-the partial or entire agent in the cure
of the disease, he will have enriched science
by a great discovery and have conferred
upon him honorary degrees by the medical
faculties. In the meantime we know
the course these diseases take without
the slightest regard to the mind. We also
know that we have no remedies against the
diseases, except about half a dozen, and
vet the mortality in all Of them has been
greatly reduced by proper treatment in
typhoid fever for instance, from over 80
per cent at the beginning of the last CEN
fury to per cent and less at the present
time.
In his statement that in consumption
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04

At the recent visit of Rev. J. l..
Harley to this city, while listening to
his address on prohibition, we
thought of his text: "Woe unto him
that buildeth town with blood"
Mr.. Harley said it was wrong to
pave streets and build school houses
with money derived from the sale Of
liquor through the dispensaries, and
we thought, is it not equally wrong
or more so to build church with IL
quor money? as has been done in
the town of Livingston over in Or
angeburg county. The statement Is
also made that the Methodist church
has accepted the building, and &C
cording to this will put pastor in
charge, if it has not already done so.
We would be glad to have more light
>on this matter from those in author
4ity who know the facts, for. we can
hardly believe that this great de-
nomination has accepted church
knowing it was built by liquor money
directly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
Circulates Petition.

Aiken, Feb. 2.-Alleging that Miss
Kirk, said to be leper, is out Of all
danger of contagion, DR.. T. G. Croft,
her attending physician, has circulat-
ed a petition, calling on the board of
health to remove the guards and take
off the quarantine from the premises.
The petition has received a good
many signers, but has not yet been
presented to the board Of health, and
it is not known wnat action, If any,
will be taken upon presentation of
the petition.
1t will be recalled that the board
of health had made all arrangements
to remove Miss Kirk to the city hos
pital, near the city, when they were
served with an Injunction against
the removal. the hearing was later
had before Judge Aldrich, at Barn
we'll, and he reserved his decision in
the matter and has not yet made it
public.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
MONEY IN HIS OLD PANTS.
Negro Gave Away His Old Pants and
Forgot the Money.

Greenwood, Jan. ga pair of
old pants containing forty-two dol
lars in crisp bills is somewhat un-
usual. John Bacon, negro, who
lives near Greenwood, received two
pairs of pants this week from his son
in Jersey City, N. j. One pair had
been worn some by the boy but the
other pair was new. When the old
man put on the pair Of trousers,
which had been worn, he reached his
hands in the pockets and to his sur
prise pulled out the sum of $4,000.
He thought at first that his child
had sent the money to him in this
peculiar way to surprise him, but
not so. In few days letter was
received from the boy saying: PA,
you can have those pants but for
Gawd's sake please send me back
my money" Whereupon the old
man went to the postoffice here and
told Mr.. L. NJ. Moore of his predica-
ment and asked for money order
for the amount stated above. No
doubt the boy was glad to recover
the money.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
Anti.Saloon League Meeting.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 1.-The
Southern Anti-Saloon League confer
ence opened here tonight with su-
perintendents Of State leagues and
prominent workers present from all
parts Of the South. An address OF
welcome was delivered by Gov. B. B.
Conner, who expressed his entire
sympathy with the movement. Rev.
E. e: Folk, of the Tennessee league,
responded for the visitors and allud-
ed in fervent manner to the recent
fight in his State.
1T is with deep feeling that re-
spond to you, Gov. Conner" he said,
"you who are so well known to be in
sympathy with the cause. In Tennes-
see we got prohibition in spite of our
governor and I thank God that Ala
bama was not placed in so trying a
position. hasten to give credit to
the man who did more than any 9th
er for the cause in the South-the
lamented, the noble, the true, the
brave, e. w. Carmack. They killed
him to get rid Of him, but they for
got that out of martyrs is the seed
of the church. The Tennessee legis-
lature carried out that for which he
lived and died.
'The whole South will be prohibl-
ton territory within five years and
the entire Union in Is years. 1t will
not be many years until we will as
soon think of returning to slavery as
to the open saloon"
Former Gov. R. NJ. Cunningham
of Alabama said prohibition is the
greatest issue in the nation today
greater than tariffs, trusts, railroad
regulation or any of the other ques-
tions confronting the people for So
luton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
Jones Trial Opens.

Union, Feb. 2.-W. T. Jones, a
prominent planter of Santuc, this
county, will be placed on trial to-
morrow on the charge of having
caused the death of his wife by
means of strychnine poison on the
night of July 5, last. Intense inter
est IS felt tonight in this case,
which in some features is almost un-
paralleled.
The indications are that there
may be some effort to secure further
delay because of the reported illness
of one of the main witnesses for the
defense, although it is not believed
that effort to secure postponement
will succeed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
West Virginia Favors Prohibition.

Charleston W. Va, Feb. 1.-The
prohibition amendment to the State
constitution, prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale of intoxicants within
the State, passed the house of dele
gates to-day by vote of 62 to 13.
Eleven members were absent. The
measure will go at once to the senate,
where it's fate is in doubt. Eleven
senators can kill the amendment and
nine are openly opposed to it, while
two are said to be in doubt. If pass
ed by the senate the amendment will
not become effective until ratified by
popular vote. There is little doubt,
however, of it's adoption, if submit
ted to popular vote, as already about
two-thirds of the counties are with
out saloons.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
NEGRO WATERS TO GO.
White Servants Being Imported by
Atlantic City Hotels.

The arrival at Atlantic City, N. j.,
on Wednesday of a special train from
Boston bearing $50 mattresses to re-
place negro walters at local hotel
has spread CONSERVATION among the
darkies. 1t is predicted that several
of the hotels will import young white
women and that practically all the
negro walters will soon be thrown out
of employment.
Insignificant though the change in
walters may appear, an exodus of ne
groes would mean marked change
in the political complexion of At
lantic City, for the negroes have long
held the balance of political power in
the city. Republican machine lead
ers are not in favor of the new
move.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
To Birmingham, Ala.

Account Laymen's Missionary
Movement, Presbyterian Church in
the United States, Birmingham, Ala,
very low round trip rates have been
authorized, tickets to be sold Feb
ruary 14th and 18th, good to leave
Birmingham returning not later
than midnight of February goth,
1909.
For rates, schedules and detailed
information, apply to Southern Rail-
way ticket agents or address,
j. G.. LUSK,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, s. c..
j. l.. MEEK,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04

Account Mardi Gras celebrations,
the Southern Railway announces
very low round trip excursion rates
to New Orleans, La, Mobile, Ala,
and Pensacola, Fla. Tickets will be
sold February 18th to 22nd, limited
for return up to and including, but
not later than midnight, March 1st,
1909.
By depositing ticket at New Or
leans, Mobile or Pensacola and pay
ing fee of $1.O0, ticket will be ex-
tended until March 18th, 1909.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
Killed by Accident.

Charleston, Feb. 2.-Mr. D. B.
Peurifoy, of Walterboro, met his
death this afternoon while hunting
birds. Alarmed at his failure to ap-
pear for supper, his sons, J. B. Peu-
rifoy and D. B. Peurifoy, Jr., went in
search of him and found him at the
steps of the target gallery with the
top of his head blown off. The left
barrel of his gun was empty. 1t is
supposed that he was resting and had
moved the gun, accidentally dis
charging it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
hitchcock Farm Will be a Wonder.

Through, the efforts of Commis-
sioner Watson, Mr.. Thomas Hitch
cock, Jr., the wealthy New Yorker,
who brings South every winter a
string of horses valued at $4,000, is
to establish in Aiken county model
farm. This will be one of the great
est demonstration farms in the en-
tire country. Commissioner Watson
and Prof. Ira Williams, who is in
charge of the United States farm
demonstration work in South Caro-
lima, returned to the city last night
after having appeared before Mr..
Taft, in Charleston, and having spent
Monday with Mr.. Hitchcock at
Aiken.
A short time ago Mr.. Hitchcock
wrote Mr.. Watson saying that he
owned an extensive estate in Aiken
county; that he was anxious to
make it of value to South Carolina
farmers; that he wished to enlist the
aid of federal and State govern
ments in the matter of the direction
of operations upon this extensive
property, and that he was willing to
meet all the expenses necessary to
make this a farm that would be an
educational agency in that part OF
the State.
Just as soon as these officials were
through with Mr.. Taft in Charleston
they went to Aiken and had a full
conference with Mr.. Hitchcock, go
ing over the 5000 acre plantation
that Mr.. Hitchcock has bought there.
The result of the conference will be
that the United States government
will Immediately undertake to put
into operation on Mr.. Hitchcock S
place a series Of practical demon
strations intended to be of value to
the farmers OF the surrounding
country that have not been excelled
in any given locality in this coun-
try.
The visitors found Mr.. Hitchcock
thoroughly aroused on the subject,
and returned to Columbia feeling
that they had discovered situation
that meant more to the future of the
sandhill country in this State than
anything that had developed in the
last decade.
The gentlemen representing the
State and the federal government
who went to Aiken were much i'm
pressed by Mr.. Hitchcock's SINGER
ity in this matter, and express their
belief that they will be able, through
Mr.. Hitchcock's offer to inaugurate
and maintain a work of far more
value to the agricultural interests of
the State than any other line of
work now being prosecuted.
The offer of Mr.. Hitchcock un-
doubtedly marks an advance in the
cause Of intelligent agriculture, and
If what is proposed does not result
that both Messrs. Williams and Wat
son expect, it will not be their fault.
They expect to leave no stone un-
turned to make this experiment a
conspicuous one from the standpoint
of results. Mr.. Watson said to-day
that he regarded this whole matter
as something of more real import to
the cause of agriculture than almost
anything that had come his way
since he had been in ofice.-Colum-
bia State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
Wanted: An Undertaken.

They are telling us that the State
senate is made up of twenty-one
lawyers, eight farmers, two editors,
three physicians, two bankers, one
manufacturer, one real estate man,
three merchants, says the Daily Pied
mont. That's one lawyer to each one
of other calling. The only clincher
that could be put on to insure the
safety Of the commonwealth would
be one undertaken
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
Thursday, February 4, 1909

Mr.. c. M. Galloway, who has been
news editor of The State for a num-
Der of years, has been appointed pri-
vate secretary to Senator E. D.
Smith. Mr.. Galloway is bright
young man and a most capable news
paper worker. We rejoice at his
good fortune, but we will miss him
in newspaper circles.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-04
NOTICE..

All persons having claims against
the estate of E. T. LaFitte will please
file the same with my attorney, S. G..
Mayfeld, or with the Probate Judge,
duly sworn to. Also, all persons in
debted to the estate Of E. T. LaFitte
will please make payment to l,e
or my attorney, 8. G. Mayfeld.
MRS. E. R. LaF1TTE,
Of the Estate Of E. T.
LaFitte.