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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

depended on how faithfully and well
he did it. That conception Of life
makes the importance Of adherence
to duty the paramount aim and end
Everything else is subsidiary.
Too many people think they can
reach the goal by neglecting their
duties. The young mechanic thinks
he can slight some minor point OF
his trade and arrive on time at the
goal of success, but finds out later
that he has gone ahead without his
passport-conscientious performance
Of every duty. When he arrives at
the gate he finds it locked.
There has never been but one way
towards success, and that Is the
straight way. Crooked lives come
from taking curves around duties"
The incompetent, the vagrant, the
criminal and the shiftless are living
illustrations OF the futility or trying
to evade the obligation of doing ones
part as a man and woman in a world
where the services-the best services
OF all-are needed.
KATHERINE KIP.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
Wilson Makes Report.

The only Official Information re
ceiveI in Washington corcern re
the Mexican riots reached he state
department. tbs morning from Am
bassador Wilson. According to a
ement issued by the state de-
par-ment late this afternoon, Mr..
Wilson repored that anti-American
riots broke out in the City Of Mex
iso last night, owing to inflamma-
tory loca, edi ora 5 regarding the
burning OF Antonio Rodriguez, a
Mexican, for the commiss on Of an
unnentiona5le crime, and murder o.
an American wonon, by 4 mob a,
Rock Springs, Texas
Mr.. Wilson stated that the Office
OF the Mexican Herald, an English
Publication, was stoned and that
crowd gathered in front Of the mu-
nicipal palace and in Passing
hrough San Francisco street core
down an American flag. They as
sau.tal several American establish
ments and hotels and several Amer
i-an c, liens, including the son OF
Mr.. wilson.
Mr.. Wilson did not state how Sc
r.ously injured his son or the other
Americans were and gave no othc-
names of the assaulted. Mr.. Wilson
was promptly instructed by cable
to make a demand upon he gov
ernment for the protection of Amer
lean citizens and their properties,
TO have the anti-Amer.Can rioting
Iuc down, and for an apology fo-
The insults to the flag, and TO an
nounce that demands will be MAJ 4
for the reparation for any damages
done to citizens and property. This
action, together with the contents
Of Mr.. Wilson's dispatch, was commu-
nicated to Ambassador De La Bar
"a, who, expressing regret that such
had occurred, said he
fen certain that all the demands
would be promptly recognized. In the
the ambassador was
equally anxious for a reparation in
behalf of his government on ac-
count OF the Rock Springs lynching
AMI he Has assured that the proper
action wouil he taken as soon as the /
stae department could obtain an .
Offlc al repO~t on the affair
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
CROOKED LIVES,

Crooked lives come from taking
curves around duties" This little
bit o; tabloid modern philosophy tells
the whole story Of many wasted lives
of many unaccountable failures.
A man may have great genus,
great ability and great energy and
yet come TO failure because he has
gone around duties instead OF
straight at them, All OF the things
We have TO do in this world, are not
pleasant. and some of US like 10 avoid
the unpleasant as often as We can.
Sometimes the unpleasant is a duty
and We seek TO save ourselves by
going around It. Sooner or later
We are likely to find out that We
have gained nothing By our circuit
GUS route.
Duties are the tools in the hand Of
Lie which carve and shape US into
acceptable ima.es of the Creator. IN
the careful performance of our du-
ties our characters are shaped ana
made OF permanent proportion. The
more directly We 20 az duties the
cesstu'y cope with the 81 uat-on.
He was informed tha. no report
had We: reached the state depart
ment on the Rock Spr.ngs killing,
0hereuron he announced at once that
he would direct the Mexican consul
to Eagle Pass, Texas, 70 proceed
to Rock Springs, the scene Of the
crime, and make a thorough inves :
CATION. mis- report will be wired to
the ambassador direct
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
Kills Superior Officer.

Victoria, B. c., November IL
Gunner Rowland of the Work Point
garrison, British army, shot and kill
ed Corporal Radcliffe to-day, and sew
eral hours later killed himself to
avoid capture. There had been long
standing feud between the gunner
and his superior officer. After killing
Radcliffe Rowland took up position
in the MacAulay Point fort, from
which he def1ed the whole garrison.
Armed with service rifle and abund-
ant ammunition, and with the sea on
either side and the earth works In
front of him, he held soldiers at bay
for hours and fired on detachment
that went to pick up the corporals
body. Realizing that he would be
starved out ultimately, Rowland
turned his rifle on himself and blew
off his head. To-day's tragedy is
similar to that of August /, when
Gunner Thomas Allen, of the royal
artillery, shot and killed Chaplain
Peter Elliston, for a fancied griev-
ance. Allen is to be hanged on De-
cember %.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
MAN SLAYER KILLED.
bad Jake" Noble, q Years Old,
Slayer of Three Men, Killed.

Lexington, Ky, Nov. 14.-"Bad
Jake" Noble, aged %, who shot and
killed Wesley Turner, jailer of
Breathitt county, in Jackson last
Tuesday night, was shot to death by
a sheriff's posse in Knott county to-
day. Only meagre details have been
received, but it is reported that when
the posse led by the sheriff of Knott
county called on Noble to surrender
he made an effort to resist, and was
promptly riddled with bullets. Re-
wards had been offered for the cap
ture of Noble dead or alive. Noble
killed three men. After the shooting
of Turner he escaped into the noun
tains and several bands of men have
been searching for him since.
Noble was first heard from in Lost
Creek valley, where for two days he
was under the protection of armed
henchmen. The first message to the
county authorities was: IF you send
posses to attempt to arrest me, you
had better send along a coffin for
each man."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
ELECTION ORDER REFUSED.
North Augusta Has First Whack at
Edgefield, Says. Governor.

Columbia, Nov. 1S.-Governor
Ansel refused Friday to order an
election upon the project to annex a
portion of Edge1eld county, includ-
ing the town of Plum Branch, to
Greenwood county, declining to do
80 for the reason that an earlier
project, contemplating the formation
of a new county from portions of
Edgefeld and Aiken counties, with
North Augusta as the county seat,
will, if successful, so reduce the area
of Edgefield county as to bar any
other division propositions.
Old Edgetield is the mother of
counties" Originally Edgefield dis
trict, the county has been repeatedly
reduced in area by the formation Of
new counties, until now it is so small
that only one more reduction of it's
territory and that small one, can
be permitted without violation of the
constitutional requirement that no
county shall be of less area than 500
square miles.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
Night Rider Attempts Suicide.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 1S.-
Frank Fehringer, the self-confessed
Obion county night rider in jail here
under sentence of one year for at
tempting to kill his wife, attempted
suicide this morning by drinking two
ounces of tincture of iodine.
Fehringer attempted suicide while
in Jail at Dresden, Weakly county,
where he was held as witness be-
fore he married the woman he more
recently attempted to kill, and this
is his second attempt at suicide since
coming to Chattanooga, where he
has lived since his release from jail
in Dresden.
He was one of the States main
witnesses in the celebrated night
rider cases tried in Obion county,
which resulted in the passing death
sentence on two and life imprison-
ment on six men charged with the
murder of Capt. Quenten Rankin at
Reel Foot Lake.
Fehringer has told his jailers
here several times that he intended
to kill himself before he would go
to the penitentiary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
Sheriff Has Thrilling Ride.

Juliette, Ca, Nov. 15.-Sheriff
Hutson. of Spalding county, who is
one of the biggest men in the county,
weighing fully 800 pounds, had a
very thrilling experience Friday
night in an effort to capture negro
and land him in the Spalding county
Jail. The negro was wanted for in
tent to murder.
Responding to a telephone mess
age which he received Friday night
from Sheriff Holland, of Monroe
county, Sheriff Hutson went to Mil
ner to meet a northbound passenger
train on the Central railway, which
carried the negro wanted by Sheriff
Hutson. Finding all the doors to
the negro coach fastened, there was
nothing for the sheriff from Spald-
ing to do but to ride on the small
rods near the steps on the side of the
coach.
For several miles Sheriff Hutson
rode in this position, the cinders
striking his hands and face, and the
cold wind piercing him. Because OF
his great weight it was very difficult
for Sheriff Hutson to remain on the
train, as it was going at rate of 40
miles an hour. When the train
reached Orchard Hill however, Sher-
iff Hutson was able to enter the
coach and capture the man wanted
by him. West Keown was the name
of the negro, who was safely landed
in the Spalding county Jail. The
sheriff said that never before did
he have such a terrible experience in
trying to land a criminal behind the
bars of justice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
STATE WINS CASE.
State Supreme Court Decides Against
Carolina Glass Company.

Columbia, Nov. 1.-THE dispen-
sary commission has won practically
every point in the Carolina Glass
case. The dispensary commission
will retain the sum of $4,000, for
which the glass company filed a
claim with the commission several
years ago, and which was disallowed
after hearing evidence in relation to
the transaction by the Glass Com
pany with the board of control OF
the State dispensary.
The supreme court to-day gave a
decision, which disposed of the two
appeals of the Carolina Glass COM
pany. When the Carolina Glass Com
pany ceased doing business with the
old State dispensary and after the
dispensary commission had been
formed, the commission, after taking
testimony, declared that the Glass
Company had overcharged the State
in it's dealings to the extent of ap-
proximately $4,000.
The State owed the Glass Com
pany $4,000 for goods delivered
This sum was deducted from the
$4,000 which left $4,000 due to
the State, according to the finding OF
the commission. The Glass Com.
pany appealed to the Supreme court
The decision by the Supreme court
afirms the action of the commission
in deducting the claim of the Glass
Company.
The decision also declares the Act
of 1910 to be constitutional, in so far
as it turns over the dispensary money
to the commission, but unconstitu,
tional in so far as it attempts to con.
fer judicial power on the dispensary
commission and create lien on the
property of the Carolina Glass Com
pany in this city.
The commission held up approx
.mately $1,000 due by the county dis
pensaries to the Carolina Glass Com
pany. This was done under the Act
of 1910, and has been affirmed. The
commission also found that the Glass
Company owed the State $4,000 ad'
ditional and an attempt was made
to create a lien on the property of the
company in this city. The decision
will not affect the work of the dis
pensary commission.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
COrnered.

A traveller related a peculiar ex-
perience a few days ago at the
Bellevue-Stratford, says the Phila-
delphia Times.
1t seems that young woman with
a baby in arms had boarded Penn
sylvania train at Jersey City for
Philadelphia. She was poorly dressed,
and when the conductor started his
rounds commenced a vain search for
her ticket. A drummer, seeing her
plight, told the woman to take his
ticket and present it to the conductor.
Before handing it to her he tore of
a small corner and then hied himself
to the smoking compartment.
In due time the conductor collected
the ticket from the woman and then
entered the smoking car.
"Tickets!" he called.
You have mine," said the man.
NO, l have not" said the conduc-
tor.
You certainly have" the drum
mer replied.
A wordy war was started, and
there were threats of cjecting the
drummer.
Il can prove you have my ticket, y
he said to the conductor. You look
through your tickets and see if you
have one with the corner torn off.
This was done and, of course, the
ticket with the corner torn was
found.
Il don't see how that proves this
is your ticket said the conductor.
We'll, just to convince you, here
is the corner of the ticket" and the
drummer placed the corner against
the ticket, and the fit was perfect.
The conductor looked puzzled as
he walked away, but the drummer
was not elected and the woman with
the child was saved from paying
twice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
St. Stephens Wiped Out.

St. Stephens, Nov. 17.-Fire dis.
covered at $40 tonight upstairs In
the residence and store Of Mrs. j. L.
Rose was soon beyond control. The
following places were burned: Mrs
J. L. Roses's store and residence; D.
Riffs general store; H. Brenners
general store, John Klintworth's gen.
eral store, c. H. Cannon's general
store and residence, Mrs. E. D. Klint-
worth's residence, Mrs. H. L. Klint-
worth's hotel and residence.
The postofice was torn down to
check the fire. and the beautiful
dwelling of the late N. H. Harris was
burned.
Nearly the entire town was swept
away, only four stores being left
standing in the town and not enough
room to house the women and child
rem that are thrown out of doors.
The damage cannot be estimated
tonight but it will reach between
$4,000 and 100000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
WORK ON BRANCHVILLE DEPOT
Reported that Southern Will Soon
Begin on New Building.

Branchville, Nov. 19.-1t is cur
rently rumored that the Southern
Railway will soon start to building
the new passenger and freight sta
tions at Branchville. Mr.. J. w. Was
sum, superintendent, was here one
day this week looking over the situ-
alton and mapping out plans. On
account of the long trains handled
now by the Southern, it is going to
be a question as to whether the pres
ent quarters for the passenger trains
will be large enough, as the road
crossings are generally blocked dur
ing the fifteen minutes the trains
stop here, and there is town ordi-
nance against blocking the crossing
over so many minutes. 1t was also
rumored that the Southern will
spend in the neighborhood of s12,-
600 at this place.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
W. P. APPLEBY SHOT.
Branchville Man Accidentally Hurt
y While Out Hunting.

Branchville, Nov. 17.-Mr. w. P.
Appleby, while out with a hunting
party this afternoon, was accidentally
shot in the face, neck, back and
throat by DR.. j. D. S. Fairey, the
wounds being Of such serious nature
that he was hurried on No. IA for
Charleston for medical treatment.
From the information gathered it
seems that when the dogs pointed
some birds Mr.. Appleby made his
shot, and DR.. Fairey was to take the
next shot. The sun being in the lat
ter's face he did not see Mr.. Appleby
go after his game, the broom straws
being so thick, and he fired, resulting
in the wounding of Mr.. Appleby.
The wounded man was taken to
Riverside Infirmary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
STOLEN BY GYPSIES.
Was Kept Five Years When Death
Released Her.

Stolen from her home in Balti-
more, Md, over five years ago by a
band of gypsies, sold to one of the
tribe for 5000, and then, under hyp-
motto influence, compelled to be the
slave and wife of this man was the
awful fate of Miss Jessie Habersham,
who died this week at Cincinnati,
O., hospital shortly after becoming
the mother of baby girl.
Miss Habersham was the daughter
of H. G. habersham, a wealthy brok-
er of Baltimore, and police and de-
tectives all over the country have
been searching for her ever since she
disappeared.
The long search ruined the faith
er's health, and the shock of the
girls abduction was too great for
her mother who died several months
afterward.
The dead woman was 25 years
old. She said that she had been en-
ticed away from home by an old gyp-
sy woman, who belonged to tribe
that was staying near the Haber.
sham home. She was then sold by
this woman to her nephew for $500
and compelled by him to work hard
and to endure more than the hard
ships of the ordinary gypsies.
According to the story told by the
young woman shortly before her
death, some strange influence held
her with the gypsies, and although
she made several attempts to escape,
all were fruitless. 1t was two years
before she even had a chance tc
write to her father, and then the
tribe heard Of her doing 80 and
quietly moved away before the police
authorities could reach her.
About five weeks ago the young
woman was carried to roomine
house in Cincinnati by gypsy who
asked that the woman be allowed
to stay there until the child was
born. She remained there until she
became so low that she was taken tc
a hospital. While dying, with hel
baby in her arms, the mother told
the pitiable tale of her abduction
and hardships.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
Birmingham's Growth Greatest.

Washington, Nov. 17.-With the
census bureaus announcement to-
night of the population of Memphis,
Tenn, a comparison of the growth
of the six principal cities of the
South for which figures thus far have
been made public, shows that Birm-
ingham, Ala, leads in percentage
of increase by wide margin.
The chief Southern cities in the
order of their growth during the
last ten years are as follows:
Birmingham has a population OF
154,S39 as compared with S9,S72 in
1900, an increase of 245.4 per cent.
Atlanta, Ca, has a population OF
154,S39 compared with S9,S72 in
1900, or an increase of 1913 per cent.
Richmond, Va, has a population
of 127,62S, as compared with S5,-
05O in 1900, or an increase of SOL
per cent.
Nashville, Tenn, has a population
of 11O,364 as compared with SO,S65
in 1900, or an increase of 36.5 per
cent.
Memphis has population of 131,-
AIS, as compared with 102,320 in
1900, or an increase of 2S.1.
New Orleans, La, has population
of 339,075, as compared with 2S7,-
104 in 1900, or an increase of 19.1
ner cent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
j. F. Carter B. ID. Carter
CARTER & CARTER
Attorneys-at-Law
Bamberg, S. c.
Special attention given to set
tlement of estates and investi-
cation of land titles.
HAPPY RESULTS
Have Made Many Bamberg
Residents Enthusiastic.

No wonder scores of Bamberg citi-
zens grow enthusiastic. 1t is enough
to make anyone happy to find relief
after years Of suffering. Public
statements like the following are but
truthful representations Of the daily
work done in Bamberg by Doan's
Kidney Pills.
]. c. Utsey, Main St., Bamberg.
S. c., says:
81 am very willing that my name
should be used in recommendation
of Doan's Kidney Pills. I suffered
from kidney trouble for several
years. There were pains in the
small of my back and at times was
bothered by irregular passages Of the
kidney secretions. The use of sew
eral remedies brought me but little
relief and when I saw Doan's Kidney
Pills advertised, I went to the Peo-
pies Drug Co. and procured q sup
ply. I have not taken them long
enough to justify a cure, but con-
sidering the results already received,
I feel that it will be but a short time
before this result is brought about.
hope that other persons who are az
ficted in a similar manner will give
Doan's Kidney Pills a trial."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
COUNCIL TAKES DECISIVE STEP.
Commission to Proceed With Erec-
ton of Light Plant and Waterworks.

Rock Hill, Nov. 1.-THE fight for
municipal ownership of public utili-
ties is on in Rock Hill, the first de-
cisive step being taken yesterday,
when J. B. johnson and J. ]. Keller,
commissioners of public works, ac-
auired for the city from Maj. Whit
mer lot of land upon which to erect
a municipal electric light plant This
land is on the north side of Oakland
avenue, back of the A. R. P. church,
with frontage of 1872 feet, the con-
sideration being $4,000.
In addition to this step the COM
missioners authorized Engineer c. B.
Rucker, of Charlotte, to at once ad-
vertise for bids for the construction
of the light plant here. Bids for the
erection of this plant are to be open
ed in Rock Hill on Tuesday, Novem-
ber 20.
This step means the precipitation
of a war of rates, certainly on the
side of the Philadelphia owners,
who have more than once said that
as soon as a municipal plant was put
into operation here they would cut
in half the price of the current to
private consumers. Some think this
is a bluff, and only time will tell.
The city council met last night and
made history A letter was read
from A. P. Maloney, president of the
local company, positively and finally
declining the offer of 100000 made
to him by the city for his water and
light plants.
The council at once gave the COM
missioners of public works new and
full authority to proceed at once with
the erection of both light plant and
waterworks, thus breaking away
completely from the Rock Hill Water
and Electric company in all save that
the company still holds franchise
running ten years yet to furnish the
city fire protection at the rate OF
$4,000 per year, which, of course,
the city will have to stand by.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
Robin J. Cooper Acquitted.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 15-Robin j..
Cooper, charged with the murder OF
Senator Edward w. Carmack, was
given a verdict of not guilty in the
criminal court this morning on
recommendation of Attorney General
A. B. Anderson. Thus was brought
to close the final chapter in one OF
the most celebrated cases known to
the annals of the courts of Tennessee.
In striking contrast to the scenes
marking the first trial of the case,
when the court room was packed al
most to suffocation, there were only
a few persons present.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-24
AN UNUSUAL FIRE.
Breaks Out i'm Buggy and Burns Up
Four Suits of Clothes.

Cokesbury, Nov. 18.-There was a
fire at Hodges a few days ago which
was certainly very much out of the
ordinary run of things. J. H. McCord
and C. O. Nickles had returned from
Greenwood in a buggy where they
had purchased four suits of clothes,
one each for themselves and two for
Mr.. Rivers, the manager of the En-
terprise gin. After they reached
Hodges they took the horse from the
buggy and put him in the stable and
started back to get the clothes, when,
much to their surprise they discov-
cred that the buggy was in light
blaze. The clothes were burned up
and the buggy very badly damaged.
The origin of the fire is unknown.