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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-04

Confirmed.

Randall-Has reputation for BRAY
cry, has he?
Rogers-Yes, with every one who
has been his wife.-Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-04
Building Wrecked by Dynamiters.

Vancouver, B. C.-Four-story build
ing under erection here was wrecked
by dynamite. Police assert 1t is re-
suit of labor plot.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-04
Worst Since 1866.

The fire is considered by insurance
people the worst that Maine has
known since the Portland fire in 1866
when a large part of the business sec
ton of that city was destroyed with
a loss of $10,0OO,OO0. Bangor has a
population of nearly $4,000 by the 1910
census and the latest figures show a
real estate valuation of 16,898,967.
Most of the best residential section
of the city was swept away when the
fire left the business section. 1t
spread out like a huge fan with its
widest part among the homes of the
people, Just outside the fire zone the
furniture is stacked along the curb
and guarded by the stricken house
holders.
The telegraph companies offices
were both burned early in the confla-
grafton but later were established out
side the zone and communication was
resumed in the temporary Offices.
Telephone and telegraph operators
stuck to their posts and sent out in
formation and calls for help. The
Associated Press operator, in the
Postal Telegraph office, sat at his key
sending and receiving messages while
the fire ragged hardly SO feet away
from him in the postoffice building.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-04
Three Lives Lost.

Three lives are known to have been
lost although the names of none Of
the victims are known. A fireman
was injured by falling wall and died
on the way to the hospital, an un-
known young man was crushed to
death when one of the churches col
lapsed, and an elderly man from
Brewer who had crossed the river to
watch the fire was also buried beneath
falling debris.
The problem of housing and feeding
the destitute will be serious one, for
churches and public buildings the usu-
al places of refuge in such disasters,
are in ruins. and there is hardly an
eating house. bakery or other store
where food can be secured, left stand
ing. Already offers of help have been
received by Mayor Mullen, but the
proffered aid cannot be expected to
arrive in time to prevent suffering.
The burned area follows the Ken
duskeag stream for nearly two miles
north of the starting point and spreads
out to a width varying from one
eighth to quarter of a mile differ
ent points.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06

The examination for entrance and
a scholarship in Clemson college will
be held at the court house in this
city the 14th instant. There should
be several applicants.
A few tracts of land were sold at
public auction by Sheriff Hunter last
Monday under tax executions, and
they were bid in by parties in inter
est for the amount of taxes and costs.
The directors of the cotton mills
had a meeting in this city last
Wednesday. 1t is not likely that the
mill will start up again before fall.
There will be no jury cases at the
July term of court for this county,
but Judge ]. W. Devore will be here
Thursday for the purpose of hear
ing equity matters. He will be here
only one day. There are no prison
ers in Jail, and therefore it was an
easy matter to postpone court.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
IN MEMORIAM.

The Woman's Home Mission So
cciety of Bamberg is called upon to
note the death of its beloved cor
responding secrtary, Mrs. A. w.
knight. When the evening shadows
fall at the end of a beautiful sunset;
we know it is but the beginning Of
a gorgeous sunrise in another land,
and so, amid the surrounding shad-
ows that come with the close OF g
beautiful life, we must realize It
means for the departed beginning
of life in the land of Eternal Day.
Therefore be it resolved:
1. That in the death of Mrs.
knight our society has lost true and
loyal worker, her. influence and ac-
tivity will be a loss to the society,
and that the grief of separation will
be keenly felt by all.
2. That the society express Its
heartfelt sympathy and love for each
member of her sorrowing family, and
e.. 'eavor to make each feel that this
.g1.>. is shared by others who loved
her.
3. That copies of these resolu-
tions be sent to the family, to the
press, and put on the minutes OF the
society as in a measure showing the
love and esteem in which Mrs.
knight is held.
MRS. w. P. JONES,
MISS LLEWELLYN CLECKLEY,
MRS. E. o. KIRSCH.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Another New Press.

It looks like The Herald Office will
never be equipped to the satisfaction
of it's owner. Last week we installed
new job press, discarding one
which had been in service for several
years. True the press we discarded
was good, but on account of the high
speed at which we run our presses,
we thought it best to install a new
one. No matter how hard up we are,
it seems that we can always make
some arrangement to install new ma
chinery, and we trust our patrons
will show their appreciation of our
efforts to give them good service by
an increased patronage. We need all
the business we can get, and we are
prepared to take care of it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06

Kidney Diseases are Too Dangerous
for Bamberg People to Neglect.

The great danger of kidney
troubles is that they get firm hold
before the sufferer recognizes them.
Health is gradually undermined,
Backache, headache, oervousness,
lameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary
troubles, dropsy, gravel and Bright's
disease follow in merciless success
sion. Don't neglect your kidneys.
Help the kidneys with the reliable
and safe remedy, Doan's Kidney
Pills, which has cured people right
here in Bamberg.
Mrs. W. P. Herndon, Newbridge
St.. Bamberg, S. c., says: "Wnen l
was suffering from backache and 9TH
er distressing symptoms OF kidney
complaint, I used box OF Doans
kidney Pills, which I, obtained from
the Peoples Drug CO. They gave me
relief in a short time and have since
enioyed much better health. l DO
not hesitate one minute to recon-,
mend Doan's Kidney Pills and ad-
wise their use in cases of kidney
trouble"
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, 1911-07-06
JOHN LAWS BUBBLE.
One of the Early Wildcat Get-R1ch.
Quick Swindles.

The Mississippi scheme was one
of the famous get-rieh-quick bubbles
in the worlds history. Thousands
of people in France were swept to
ruin in it, and the infant kings
reign in it's early years was practl-
cally discredited by it.
This pioneer of get-rich-quick
schemes was the work of John Law,
a notorious promoter of financial
bubbles and frenzied financier of the
period when Louis XIV ascended the
throne of France in 1715, at the age
of five years, under the regency OF
Philip, duke of Orleans. At thirteen
the little king was declared OF age.
Law was the son of goldsmith
of Edinburgh and early turned his
attention to the question Of public
finances, always leaning toward the
spectacular. Presently he came to
be known as a skillful gambler and
iugglef of finances. He was finally
forced to quit England for the killing
of an antagonist in a duel, going to
the continent, where he lived by his
wits as professional gambler until
in 1716, when he landed in Paris.
He soon ingratiated himself with
the regent, the duke of Orleans, who
authorized him to establish sort OF
government bank and appointed him
to the management of it.
Soon afterward. Law created the
Mississippi company, a monumental
scheme for the payment of the en-
tire national debt and the enrich
ment of every person in France who
chose to subscribe for it. The pro-
moter obtained for his gilded enter
prise a water tight monopoly OF the
entire trade of France from the Cape
of Good Hope eastward to all the
other parts of Africa, to Persia, In
dia, China, Japan, and even to the
strait of Magellan.
The French people took to Laws
frenzied scheme with a rush. They
put into it every penny they could
beg, borrow or steal. But one day
the bubble was pricked and every
investor in it went to sudden and
complete ruin. Thousands of fam
lilies that had been rated as wealthy,
found themselves paupers in an hour.
Law fed with all France bowling
maledictions at his luckless heels.
He became wandering vagrant and
died a few years later in Venice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
County Commissioners Meet.

The board of county commissioners
held a regular quarterly meeting
here Monday, Supervisor Kearse and
Commissioners G. B. Kinard and G.
w. Folk being present. The matter
of pauper applications was discuss
ed, there being some additional ap-
plications, but the appropriation for
this purpose is exhausted and no new
ones could be added. The support
of paupers is getting to be great
burden on the county, and it is like
ly that the board will a. the end of
this year do away with all now on
the list and require that hereafter
applications must be made in person
to the board, which would be a good
idea.
Cotton weighers were elected as
follows:
Bamberg-G. Lewis Kinard.
Denmark-Asa Baxter.
Olar-Joe J. Brabham.
Ehrhardt-W. D. Sease.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Seaboard States Terms.

Sumter, July 1.-Sumter at last
has a definite proposition from the
Seaboard Air Line railway. For years
the matter of coming to Sumter has
been under advisement and CORE
spondence of more or less desultory
nature has been carried on to that
end.
When the chamber of commerce
was organized about two months ago
there was appointed railroad exten-
sion committee with r. I. Manning as
chairman. This committee succeeded
in bringing to Sumter yesterday
Messrs. Bonsal and Moncure Of the
construction department Of the Sea-
board. Mr.. Manning went over the
ground with them and showed them
the advantages of coming to Sumter,
both physically and in a business
way. After studying the situation
closely the railroad men made
proposition that Sumter furnish
rights of way from two miles this side
of Bishopville to Sumter and site for
a terminus in Sumter, approximately
$50 by 1000 feet, and Seaboard
trains would enter this city by jan
uary /, 1912.
Darlington has recently secured
the Seaboard on terms very similar
to what is offered Sumter. If the
people of Sumter want the Seaboard
very badly they will get it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
CROP OF COTTON LARGER.
Will Exceed Even Record Yield Of
1904

Washington, July 3.-Oficial esti-
mates of the cotton crop report of
1911 indicates that it will be the
largest in the history of the country,
approximating, according to the pres
ent figures, 14,425,000 bales of 500
pounds, each, exceeding by almost
100000 bales the record crop of
1904.
DIR. N. A. Murray, acting chief of
the crop reporting board of the de-
partment of agriculture, to-day made
the following statement subsequent
to the issuance of the cotton crop re-
port:
1.-The report shows the condition of
the crop to be higher than on any
corresponding date in the last 10
years. A month ago the general con-
dition was .8.5 per cent. above the
1O-year average. To-day it is 1913
per cent. above the 10-year average.
'The acreage of cotton this year is
about 35,OO0,0O0. Allowing for the
average amount of abandonment
about 100000 acres-the indica-
tions are that approximately 34,000,-
900 acres of cotton will be harvested.
The cotton indicates a probable
yield of 202.S pounds per acre, which
on 34,00O,OO0 acres would mean g.
Ss5, 100000 pounds, or about A.
425,000 bales"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
TO STAY INDEFINITELY.
Portion of Manoeuvre Division Will
Remain at Fort Sam Houston.

Portion of ManOeuvre Division Will
Remain at Fort Sam Houston.
San Antonio, Texas, July "a
fresh order in connection with the
dissolution of the manoeuvre camp at
Fort Sam Houston, this city, where
more than 10000 men were mob1l-
lied soon after the beginning of in
surrecto operations in Mexico, was
received to-day. 1t provides for the
return of the Ninth cavalry and the
Fourth Field artillery to Fort D. A.
Russell, Wyo., as soon as bids from
the railroads for their transportation
have been awarded. Transportation
lines we're asked to-day to submit Of
fers. Orders were also issued to-day
to the Eleventh, Fifteenth and Elgh-
teenth regiments to gather their i'm
pedimenta preparatory to returning
to their home stations. The order
fixes no date for the movement of
those troops.
One brigade of infantry; the Elev-
enth cavalry, the Third Field artil-
lery, one company of engineers, with
a pontoon train; Company L of the
signal corps and wireless telegraph
outfit; one each of ambulance and
hospital corps, the commissary and
quartermaster's department and sup
ply depot will remain indefinitely
according to present arrangements.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
To be Tried in Bamberg.

The case of Leroy B. Tuten, of
Brunson, Hampton county, for the
killing of James R. Langford, has
been transferred to Bamberg county,
a change of venue having been agreed
upon by the attorneys in the case.
The trial will take place here at the
November term of court, as no jury
trials will be heard at the July term.
This is a sensational case, and the
details are no doubt remembered by
our readers. Hampton people must
be pleased with Bamberg justice, as
this is the second murder case trans
ferred to Bamberg from that county.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
ONE KILLED; ONE HURT.
Negro Fireman Loses Life, and En-
gineer is Injured.

Macon, Ca, July 3.-A. A. Adams,
a negro fireman, was instantly killed,
and Robert NJ. Woodruff, an engineer
of 80 years service, was hurt in the
wreck which demolished switch en-
gine and two cars in the Central of
Georgia railway yards here tonight.
The engine and cars were being raced
down grade to take rise when they
flew the track at sharp curve. The
fireman was buried beneath the
debris.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Weather Reports by Telephone.

Through an arrangement perfected
between the United States weather
bureau and the Southern Bell Tele-
phone Company, more than $4,000
Southern farmers are receiving the
daily weather reports by telephone
which began July 1st.
The daily weather reports are fur
nished the Telephone Company by
! the weather bureau, and the report
is read to the farmers by telephone
operators. At a given hour each day
a general alarm is sounded, calling
every farmer to the telephone. When
they are all assembled the report is
read. Any farmer who is not able
to answer the signal and hear the
report has the privilege of calling
the operator and securing the infor-
nation.
Almost every farmers telephone
line connected with the Bell system
has six or more subscribers, and by
reading the report to each line the
work can be speedily accomplished.
This is the first comprehensive and
systematic effort to furnish this in
formation without cost to the farm
ers of the South. The spread of the
telephone in the rural districts in
the past few years has made it posi-
BILE to reach such large number OF
farmers through the Bell system, and
the dissemination of weather news
by telephone is one of the many prac-
tical uses for the telephone on the
farm.
The territory of the Southern Bell
Company covers the States of North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Virginia and the Southern
. half of West Virginia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
PLEAD UNWRITTEN LAW.
Negro Woman and Her Son Have |
Unusual Story to Tell.

Spartanburg, July PLEADING
the unwritten law, Hanna Drum
mond, negro woman, and her 12-
year-old son, Henry, drove to Spar
tanburg from their home, near Whit
ney, this afternoon, went to Sheriff
w. J. Whites office and voluntarily
confessed to him that they had kill
ed the woman's husband, George
Drummond, as he lay asleep on the
night of June 5, last.
With his mothers assistance, the
boy fired a shotgun into Drummond's
neck. They had planned his death
some days before, they said, because
Drummond had been intimate with
his 1O-year-old stepdaughter. After
they had repeated the confession in
the presence of five witnesses, moth
er and son were placed in Jail on a
charge of murder.
Hanna's baby, only a few months
old, is with her in the cell.
The coroner's jury found that
Drummond came to his death at the
hands of parties unknown.
There were number of suspicious
circumstances. After the killing the
woman ran to neighbors and said
Drummond had died. She did not
tell about the three men until after
the neighbors had come to the house
and examined the body. Then, too, a
shotgun found In the house, which
she admitted belonged to Drummond,
gave evidence of having recently been
fired. Solicitor J. C. Otis and Sher-
iff White visited the scene of the kill
ing last week and spent whole day
examining all the possible witnesses.
A warrant was prepared, charging
the woman with the crime, but So
licitor Otis said there was not enough
evidence to convict and decided not
to arrest Hanna until something de-
yeloped. Even now the officers are
inclined to doubt the woman's State
ment concerning the cause assigned
for the crime.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Reunion Company G.

The annual reunion of Co. G, 1st
S. G. ", will be held at Bethesda
church on the 9th day of July
(Thursday.) Everybody is cordially
invited to attend, with we'll filled
baskets. Especially do we expect all
Confederate veterans to be there. We
will have with us as speaker of the
day, Hon. C. w. Garris, of Denmark
G.. w. Folk, John Pearson, and 9th
ers compose the committee on music.
H. J. Zeigler, P. K. Hughes and Rob-
ert Morris, committee on table and
grounds.
]. B. HUNTER,
w. T. BEARD,
J. C. COPELAND,
Executive Committee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
PEANUTS INSTEAD OF COTTON.
Hundreds of Thousands of Acres
Planted in Boil Weevil District.

Certain sections of the South have
found it practically impossible, ow-
ing to the ravages of the boil weevil,
to raise cotton for the past few
yeers. A Mississippi man writing to
the Manufacturer Record, says that
his county will have produced this
year just coming /, close possibly
$500 bales of cotton compared with
25,SS9 bales three years ago.
Last year, writes the correspon-
dent, Il took it upon myself to in
vestigate the raising of peanuts as
substitute for cotton. My associates
and myself began public advocacy
of the peanut, and we succeeded In
having about $500 acres of them
planted in this section last year. The
results were so good that was CALI
ed upon to go to many points in the
boil weevil stricken districts to tell
them about the peanut.
THE result of these visits Is that
it is variously estimated that there
will be anywhere from 100000 to
10000 acres planted in the white
Spanish peanut in this State alone,
the coming season. And Louisiana,
which last year had something like
10000 acres under the crop, will in.
crease her acreage the coming season
to fully 100000 acres.
'"That the peanut is money crop
is now no longer doubt, and it will
always be a fixture on the farms in
this State and Louisiana. It is found
that the hay made from the peanut
vines is more nutritious than tim
othy, and also that the hay will more
than pay all expenses incurred in
making the crop.
1T has been proved through my
own experiments that the oil from the
PEANUT is Of very much higher
grade than cotton oil, and hence it is
not at all a question of finding
market for the oil, but to get suf-
ficient supply of the raw material
from which to make the oil. The
market is ready and waiting"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
ACCEPTS CALL TO LEESVILLE.
Rev. Frank NJ. Hauser, Of Denmark,
Takes New Charge.

Leesville, June 29.-The Baptist
church of Leesville, which has been
vacant since last February, is to have
regular pastor. Rev: Frank M.
Hauser, of Denmark, has accepted a
call to this church, in connection with
one at Monetta. He will at once as
sumo charge of these churches, and
will move here with his family about
September /.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Baptist Church News and Notices.
DIRECTORY.

DlRECIORY.
Preaching service every Sunday
morning at II o'clock and at night,
by the pastor, Rev. o. J. Frier.
Sunday-school every Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, J. A. Hunter, super
intendent.
B. Y. P. U. every Sunday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock.
|. Prayer meeting every Thursday
night
Woman's Missionary Society meets
Wednesday afternoons after the Sec
ond Sunday in each month.
Sunbeam Band meets every two
weeks on Friday afternoons.
Monthly conference each fourth
Sunday.
Observance of Lords Supper the
first Sunday in each quart r.
NEWS AND NOTICES.
Special feature of the Sunday
school exercises Sunday morning was
a recitation by Miss Lurline Hern-
don.
Pastor Frier's theme, as previously
announced Sunday morning, was,
'"The Great Peace Movement" He
represented Christ as the ...Prince of
Peace" as it's true author, his true
disciples as it's real promoters
f'peacemakers." He showed that the
present modern movement was but
the learning influence of the teach
ings and spirit of Christ, working
through evangelical religion, an open
Bible for the masses and worldwide
missions.
His theme at night was, Civil and
Religious Liberty and the Baptists.
He showed that civil and religious
liberty as we now enjoy it in this
country is a modern thing in human
history. Rhode Island as a colony
was the first government in human
history to guarantee this by law to
it's citizens. The United States was
the first general government to
guarantee it to it's citizens. This
wasn't done until 1889 in the first
amendment to the national constitu-
ton. 1t didn't unanimously prevail
in the laws of all the States until
1888.
He also noted that the first man
to advocate freedom of conscience
in public print was Leonard Busher,
an English Baptist, in 1914. Bap-
lists were the first Christian people
to put this in their articles of faith.
This was done in England in 1877.
Baptists in America were prime NOV
ers in the struggle for religious lib
erty, or freedom of conscience in re-
ligion, and separation of church and
State. Mr.. Beaucroft, the American
historian, says that it's triumphs in
this country twas from the first the
trophy of the Baptists." 1t is fur
ther significant that DR.. S. F. Smith,
Baptist minister, was the author
of America" our national hymn.
Very good congregations attended
both services. The church very
solemnly celebrated the Lords sup
per at the close of the service Sun
day morning.
The Sunbeams had quite success
full meeting last Friday afternoon in
spite of the rain. One of the most
interesting features of the service
was a solo by little Miss Katherine
Free. All the children enjoyed the
hunting party and refreshments at
the pastorium after the exercises.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Annual Reunion and Picnic.

Jennys, S. c., June -, 1911.
Camp Rivers Bridge, No. S39, u.
c. ", will hold their annual reunion
and picnic at the memorial grounds
on Wednesday, July 18th. All Old
soldiers are cordially invited to be-
with us, and the ladies and friends
are especially invited to join us In
the picnic. Gen. F. H. Creech will
deliver the address.
]. w. JENNY,
J. F. IRELAND, Commander.
Adjutant.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Piano Contest.

Following is the standing of the
contestants in the contest for the
piano now being given away by The
Bamberg Herald and Hoover's drug
store. No names of contestants are
published, each contestant having
number. Get in the game early and
make the contest interesting: