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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
No Trace of Missing Man.

Newberry, March mo definite
clue has been found to the disap-s
earance of Thomas Aughtry Haw-,
kins, who disappeared mysteriouaiy
last Friday from his home on the
|. Broad river side of the county. The
last seen of him was the afternoon
of that day, when he carried three.
negroes, Will Young, Catherine Nc.
Clerky and her 12-year-old brother,
across Broad river at the mouth OF,
the Tiger from Shelton to which
place he had carried them by boat
that morning.
There is slight evidence Of some
unpleasantness between Young and
Hawkins, and the impression g;
strong among the people Of the:
neighborhood that there has been
foul play. The boat was found a day
or two after Mr.. Hawkins disappear
ance about two miles down the river,
with an empty gun shell in the bot
tom, and his hat was found a little
farther down-both boat and hat:
lodged against the rocks in the river.
The negroes had single barrel shot.
gun with them when they were car
ried across the river. They say that
the last they saw of Mr.. Hawkins
was that he was returning from the
Newberry side and had just got
about the Tiger part Of the stream
Will Young is about 80; the negro
woman is 18. They live together
The sheriff has been to the scene
and has questioned. the negroes apart
from one another, but could get mo-
clue, their stories agreeing In sub
stantial points. It is likely that3
there may be arrests made soon.
Parties have been searching the,
river for the body. Tuesday large
party went down the Broad from
Shelton, expecting to go all the way
to Columbia unless they could And
the body sooner; but they had no.
success.
Mr.. Hawkins is about Is Or 5eI
years Of age and is unmarried. Dr.
LeGrand Guerry, of Columbia, il 81
brother-in-law and Thomas B. Augh-s
try, of Columbia, is an uncle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
Brown is Acquitted

Darlington March 2.-Court was
occupied to-day with the trial of J. A.
Brown, charged with the murder OF
Gary Kelly, his son-in-law, last No
vember. After about 80 minutes de-
liberation the jury returned YER
dict of not guilty.
According to the testimony of
Kelly, who was living in Darlington
at the time, met Brown, the defend
ant, on the street the day of the kill
ing and after some words had passed
between them Kelly violently threat
ened Browns life. "
The latter left him Immediately in
order to avoid trouble and though
he was to wait for Kelly until later
in the day and carry him home with
him, he got in his buggy and left
town at once. About night, Kelly
drove up to his father-in-law's gate
and continued to make threats.
Cleveland Brown, a son or the de-
fendant, was sent out to persuade
Kelly to leave the premises, which
he did for about half an hour.
He returned, however, and this
time Brown went out and asked him
to leave and claimed that Kelly pull
ed his pistol and was in the act of
firing it when he knocked it from
his hand and shot him twice. At the
time of the killing Brown was armed
with a Winchester rifle and a pistol.
Kelly and his wife did not get
along very well and were separated
on several occasions. On the night
when he was killed, she, with their
children, were at the home of her
father. Kelly was in the habit of
drinking heavily at times and was
nearly drunk when killed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
The Bubonic Plague.

The terrible bubonic plague, which
appeared in Hongkong in 1894,
spread from there to Bombay, and in
the next IL years carried off more
than 100000 victims, has been al
most quiescent for the past few
years; but in 1910 it appeared in a
virulent form in Harbin, has since
spread to other cities, and is now a
worldwide menace.
More alarming than the reappear-
ance of the disease in Manchuria is
the discovery of the disease in the
eastern coastwise counties of Eng
land, where several deaths have oc-
Cured. Investigation has shown the
rats over large area to be infected.
Until 1906 little was known re-
garding the mode of propagation of
this terrible disease, although the
disease itself is as old as history. In
1906 the Indian Plague Research
Commission definitely traced the
spread of the epidemic to the fleas on
the black rats of the country. The
rats themselves have the disease; a
flea which sucks the blood Of the rat
takes the germs into it's stomach. If
the flea bites a human being within
a period of three weeks, the germs
are transferred, and the human be-
ing contracts the disease.
Until recently it had been supposed
that only the black rat is susceptible
to the plague, and that only the flea
known as Pulex cheopis could trans
fer it. Later discoveries, however,
have shown that the common brown,
or Norway rat, is also liable to the
disease, and that it may be transfer
red by the ordinary rat flea.
Still another matter of great in
terest has been disclosed by the cases
in England, which are not the bu-
bonic, but the even more deadly and
more dangerous pneumonia plague.
The bubonic form, in which the
Emphatic glands swell and suppu-
rate, is transferable only through
some such medium as the rat and the
flea. The pneumonia form, on the
other hand, is directly infectious.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
FREE FROM BOGUS BARON.
Court Annuls Marriage of Daughter
of Gen. Even to an Ex.Convict.

Justice Garretson in the Queens
county Superior Court handed down
recently a decision annulling the
marriage of NJ. Louise Even Won
Koenitz, daughter Of the late Gen.
John Even who inherited from her
father more than $3.50, 900, and Otto
Won Koenitz, who posed as a German
baron.
When the action was tried before
Justice Garretson several weeks ago
the plaintiff told of the courtship by
the bogus baron and how she was de-
ceived by his stories about the
"schloss Koenitz" in Germany. Won
Koenitz was then about 80 years
old and she was nearly so. Despite
the opposition Of her sisters, Miss
Caroline Even and Miss Elize Even,
who lived with her at % West
Eighty-sixth street, Manhattan, she
married him on November %, 1908.
Previous to the marriage he had OBJ
tanned about $4,000 from his in
tended bride in order to meet press
ing needs pending the arrival of
funds from Germany. After the
marriage she gave him about $780,
900 more. A trip they had planned
to the Mediterranean was reduced
to trip to st. Augustine, Fla.
After she had quit the bogus bar
on she learned that he was an ex-
convict, having served term in the
State prison in Trenton, N. j., for
grand larceny and had also been con-
fined in the Essex county jail in New
Jersey.
The annulment of the marriage
was asked on the grounds that it
had never been consummated, that
the brides consent was obtained
through fraudulent representations.
that the defendant instead Of being
of a noble family was of bad repu-
tation, that he had been convicted
of blackmail and grand larceny and
served terms in prison and that he
obtained his livelihood by dishonest
and questionable practices.-N. Y.
Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
RETURNS TO THE CIRCUS.
After Visiting Her People Martha
Cain Goes Back.

Martha Cain, after a pleasant
visit to her home and people, has
returned to her work with the cir
Gus people, with whom she has con-
tract for some time. It will be re-
membered that she was stolen on
the streets of Orangeburg 80 years
ago, when she was FIVE years old,
and it was by accident that she
learned her real name. Her circus
name is Lizzie Lewis, but Martha
has no special hankering after that
cognomen.
The Robinson circus in wintering
in Cincinnati, but those connected
with it are rehearsing in Springfield,
Mo-, and it is there that she has
gone. Martha Cain says she intends
to follow the circus as long as she
is able. What else can 1 do?" she
asked in reply to a question as to
whether she intended to be circus
woman as long as she lives. That is
very true. Having been brought up
to that life, she knows no other. Be-
sides it pays her we'll. =:
The Columbia correspondent OF
the Charleston Post says it is inter
esting to note that the management
of the Robinson shows are respectors
of the wishes of Southern audiences
in one respect. When showing in
the South Martha Cain is a side
show performer, but when showing
in the North and West she is mem
Der of the big show. Her specially is
aerial performances, and she is said
to be fine actress. The Robinsons
are very much attached to her.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
WHY I BUY AT HOME.
Some Reasons Given That are Simply
UnansWerable.

Many people who make their living
out of town send off to New York,
Chicago, or some other big Northern
or Western city and buy many of the
things they could buy at home. In a
recent issue of the Tradesman a far
mer gave some mighty good advice
on this subject, which all of US
should heed. The farmer gives the
following reasons for buying his
goods in his home market:
Because my interests are here.
Because the community that is
good enough for me to live in is
good enough for me to buy in.
Because I believe in transacting
business with my friends.
Because I want to see the goods.
Because I want to get what 1 buy
when I pay for it.
Because my home dealer carries
me when 1 am run short.
Because every dollar I spend at
home stays at home and helps work
for the welfare of the city.
Because the man I buy from stands
back of the goods.
Because I sell what 1 produce here
at home.
Because the man I buy from pays
his part of the town, county and city
taxes.
Because the man I buy from gives
value received always.
Because the man I buy from helps
support my school, my church, my
lodge, my home.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
The Coolest City on Earth.

The coldest inhabited place in the
world, according to Harper's Week.
ly, is undoubtedly Verkoyansk, in
northeastern Siberia with a mean
annual temperature of less than
three degrees above zero, Fahren'
heit and winter minimum Of IS
below.
Verkhoyansk is in north latitude
81 degrees, in the great Arctic plain
scarcely more than $50 feet above
the level of the sea. Probably there
would be no town there if it were
not necessary to Russian govern
mental purpose to have an admins
trative center for a region where
many thrifty Yakuts, the fur trad
ers, carry on their operations.
The average temperature of the
winter in Verkhoyansk is SO degrees
below zero, Fahrenheit. The river
freezes to the bottom, and the small
trees have been known to snap and
split from the force Of the frost.
Yet, with all this, Verkhoyansk is,
it is claimed, not a disagreeable
place Of residence, and is preferred
by the Russian officials to many
more southern and warmer posts.
Its atmosphere in winter is always
clear, and for the little time the sun
is above the horizon it's beams are
unobstructed. The air is still, too;
no blizzards or drifting snowstorms
make life a burden to the inhabi-
tants.
The Siberian dress completes the
comfort of the citizens of this Arctic
city. It consists of two suits of fur,
an outer suit and an inner suit. The
inner suit is worn the fur inward,
the outer fur side outward. With
his hood down, and just enough
space left to see out of and to
breathe through, the Varkhoyansker
is vastly more comfortable in tenn
perature of 80 below than many an
American, in his cloth overcoat, in a
temperature of five above zero.
The winter indeed is more enjoy
able than the summer, which is hot
ter than might be expected. The
average temperature Of July in
Verkhoyansk is SO above zero, and
very hot days are not uncommon
The earth becomes green and vegeta-
ton thrives, though only the sur
face of the ground is thawed. AT
Yakuask, which is farther south than
Verkhoyansk, but not much warmer
in winter, the mercury rises in July
to 100 degrees.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
Repartee of a Night.

"Get my support" he said, grumy.
"Get it yourself she replied.
"You didn't marry a cook"
Late that night she heard noise.
"John," she said, there's a rob-
Der in the house. Get up!"
"Get up yourself" he answered.
sleepily. "You didn't marry po-
liceman."
Finally, however, John with re-
volver and his wife with a candle,
traced noise to the kitchen range.
John 5ravely opened the range door
and a huge rat jumped out. John
pointed the revolver at the animal,
but didn't shoot.
"Why didn't you shoot it," -sked
his wife.
"I couldn't" he replied, smiling
grimly; lit was out of my range"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
Saving It.

An old Yankee farmer lay on his;
deathbed. He was so far gone that
the doctor told his daughter that 6he
could indulge him in anything he
might crave in the matter of food, to
the end of making him happy IL
possible, as nothing could delay the
end or really hasten it. The daugh-
ter asked her father If there was any
particular thing his appetite fancied.
"Yes," whispered the old man, "a
bit of fine cake with lots of nuts and.
currants in it,
A woman neighbor, who heard the,
old fellow express his desire, had Q,
fine fruit cake made, rich enough to-
produce an attack of acute indiges.s
ton in a wooden Indian. The doc
tor heard of it and was not pleased
with the old mans choice, but, hay-3
ing given his permission, he inquired
the next day when he called how It
suited the patient and how he en-
joyed it.
"Well, sir" the daughter replied,
'to tell you the honest truth, father
hasn't had taste of the cake"
"And why not?" the doctor want
ed to know. =.
"Well, sir" said she, 1T was such
a perfectly beautiful cake that we
hadn't the heart to cut into 1t, and
so we are just keeping it for the
funeral. Metropolitan.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09

tanned, was some animal, indis-
tinguishable in the darkness, which
had entered the cave shaking itself
like a dog before quite leaving the
water. In the light of the resulting
phosphorescence, which shone mar
velously brilliant, it looked to be
some huge, weird mammoth of an
other age. The sudden appearance of
such a monster, under such circum-
stances, unnerved me for few mo-
ments, but on remembering that my
chance of life in any case was very
small, and that I might as well die
game, l got ready my only weapon,
strong, single-bladed pocket-knife,
and prepared for eventualities.
The creature was now rapidly ap-
preaching me, it's glaring yellow eyes
being the only part visible, while it's
gruntings and breathing reverberated
from side to side to the roof of the
cave, returning thousand time in
tensified, until it sounded like one
continual roar. l must have moved,
or else it saw me, for with a snarl-
ing sort of bark, it seemed to raise
itself up as if to pounce on me.
Knowing that it was now or never, l
struck for all I was worth at the
nearest eye, burying my knife to the
handle in it. With a wrench that
nearly tore my arm out of the socket,
was flung to the ground, losing at
the same time my hold of the knife,
which I had been unable to with
draw.
have no clear recollection of what
happened after that. 1 remember
being for a time part and parcel of
terrific whirlwind, in which I was
mixed up with stones, seaweed, and
other things; and the next thing 1
recollect is coming to my senses,
with the faint light of dawn creep
ing into the cave. When I attempted
to get up I found I was unable to
move, and the effort I made caused
me great agony. Some time after I
heard the welcome sound of oars and
voices, and, fearing lest the rowers
might pass the cave, I gave two or
three shrill whistles on my fingers,
which were Immediately answered
by the crew of the smack, as the row.
ers proved to be.
They found me with the dead body
of large male grey seal lying across
my legs, his teeth buried in heavy
log of wood, and my knife, the blade
of which had pierced the brain, still
sticking in his head He measured
eight feet ten inshes from tip to tip.
tip.
I had escaped lightly, so all my
friends assured me. My left arm was
broken in two places, three ribs were
fractured, and I had numerous inju-
ries, but youth and sound constitu-
tion soon pulled me through, and in
side of three months I was as sound
as ever. 1 need hardly say that I
gave up the pastime of catching blue
rocks for friends, and that my re-
spect for Halichaerus gryphus has
since that day immeasurably in
creased.-Wide World Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09
Do Away with Trestles.

Columbia, March All the rail
roads operating in this State must, as
rapidly as possible fill in all trestles
which may practically be so filed
with dirt or other substantial mat
rial, reporting their progress to the
railroad commission and must finish
this work within six years, accord
ing to a resolution passed by the COM
mission.
A great deal of such work has been
done recently and much is projected
for the near future.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09

Now is the time to select your I
space in The Herald for your spring
advertisement. 2
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09

If your business demands printing
of the better class, give your work
to The Herald Office.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-09


pushed the boat away from the land
ing place the line simply ran out and
left the craft free.
I was in a tight fix now if ever
any one was. However, there was
nothing for it but to put the best
face on matters and hope that the
dinghy would be seen from the smack
and that they would set out to search
for me 1t would only mean a night
spent on that heap of decaying sea-
weed and fish, thought. On the
other hand, if the wind got up and
a surf came on, I should be drown
ed like rat in a trap.
Gradually I was driven back by
the rising water to the gloom of the
inner end of the cave; and although
at this time of the year the sun
scarcely dips below the horizon in
these ATTITUDES, and there is little or
no night, still the cavern was soon
buried in Stygian darkness.
1t would be as near as / could
guess between / and. 2 in the morn
ing when l was awakened from an
uncomfortable doze by an unearthly
noise. The echo was so loud that a
tiny pebble dropping from where the
birds roasted sounded like distant
volleys of musketry, but this noise
seemed to make the very shingle rat.
tie. The cause of it, I soon ascer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-05
SOCIALISTS BITTERLY
CONDEMN BROTHERS

Duluth, Mimi, Dec Aroused by
the confession of the Mcnamara
brothers the central committee of the
Duluth socialist party has prepared an
open letter which in part reads as fol-
lows;
zone of the most tragic flascos in
the history Of labor movements of the
United States and perhaps Of the
world, has just taken place The cir
cumstances under which the Nc
Namara brothers were kidnapped and
deprived of their fundamental rights
to a fair hearing before extradtion,
brought to the defense of these ac-
cused men the organized labor and So
clalist movement of the entire country.
las socialists we went into this
fight with clean hands and willing
hearts. We have nothing TO atone
for-nothlng to apologize for.
What we have done in the Nc
Namara case we will gladly do over
again should the occasion necessltate
II. But we condemn the actions of the
Mcnamara brothers.
I'm our every day life we are too
prone to forget that we are breeding
such men by the score. We have
them in the slums and ghettos of
every large city in the country To
US 1t resolves itself into replica of
act OF the Czolgosz and a Santo ces-
ario."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-05
RYAN COURTS FUII
INNESTlG ATION or ACTS

Chicago Dec. 4.-Frank NJ. Ryan.
international president of the Associ-
alton OF Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. OF which John }. McNa-
mara, is secretary treasurer tonight
gave cut in Chicago the following
statement:
Not until / read todav's press dis
patches did realize that have been
expected To make a public statement
concerning the confession of the Me
Namaras. The news reached me Fri
day evening at Atlanta.
AS To the pleas Of guilty entered
in Los Angeles, can only SAY was
greatly surprised and shocked beyond
description.
John Mcnamara has been our
trusted representative for the last six
years, and 1 always had implicit faith
in his integrity.
mir. McNamara's plea OF guilty
comes as a terrible personal blow to
me, as | never had occasion to doubt
his integrity.
Immediately after the arrest OF
the McNamaras. we went ON record
through our executive board against
the use Of dynamite ana other forms
of violence, and this always will re
main our position.
much has been said in the news.
papers concerning an investigation OF
| the higher ups IL | am in thai
| class Welcome supb nm inNegtifsn
| tion. as 1 have nothing TO fear there.
! from.
| tSignedl IF NJ. RYAN"
Mr.. Ryan refused To answer any
| questions put TO him and would not
| discuss the report that the interna'
tional union had appropriated $1,000
| for the use Of John j. Mcnamara
without eXacting from him an ac-
counting therefor.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-05
RUSSIA s |NSUL1 7
NO LONGER To
De TOLERATED
United States Has Taken Up.
With St, Petersburg QueS-
ton of Passports for the
American Jews,
lBy Morning Journal Special Leased wire.l

Washington, Dec 4. - After
months of uncertainty the United
States government has taken up with
the Russian government at ST..
Petersburg the question of passports
for American Jews in Russia and the
obligations upon Russia embodied in
the much discussed treaty Of 1892.
President Taft is awaiting a report
from American Ambassador Guild at
st. Petersburg which, If It comes to-
morrow, will be discussed by the cab
met at its regular session. If 1t does
not indicate a willingness upon the
part of the Russian government to
consider the question Mr.. Taft may
recommend legislation that would ac-
complsh the end desired.
Unaware of the action Of the adj
ministraton Representatives Sulzer
of New York, and Garner of Texas
today introduced in congress resolu-
tions providing for the abrogation Of
the treaty of 1889. Mr. Sulzer said
hearings by his commttee-that on
foreign affairs-would begin next
week.
The fact that negotiations have
been begun in st. Petersburg by the
United States was carefully conceal
ed and only became known here to-
day. THAT Ambassador Guild might
be successful in his undertaking was
predicted tonight
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-05
BAR ASSOCIATION
WILL INVESTIGATE

Denver. Dec Z. - At = meeting OF
the Denver Bar association tonight
resolutions introduced by T. j.
ODonnell were unanimously adopted
which may lead to a judicial lnVesti-
cation of the evidence given by
Francis J. Easton. who was an al
legged eyewitness for the defense IN
the recent murder trial Of Gertrude
Gibson Patterson in this city The
resolutions say that since there is
strong presumption that charges
made by Special Prosecutor henson
to the effect that Easton's testimony
was wholly false and was manufac-
tured for the occasion, are true the
grievance committee of the Bar as
sociation should be instructed to IN
vestigate and il the presumptions
were found true then the committee
should take such steps as would leah
to a judicial investigation and that
general meeting of the Par associa-
tion should be called to consider the
situation.