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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
RIGHT MEN, CREW DECLARES.
Hill and EckStrOm Identified as
Coast Line Bandits.

Savannah, Dec. 17.-For five
hours this afternoon and tonight Of
hcers questioned George H. Hill, the
young Baltimorean, and Henry Eek
strom, his companion, in an effort to
secure a confession that the men are
guilty of holding up an Atlantic
Coast Line train last Tuesday morn
ing and taking registered mail val
ued at $4,000.
Seven members of the train crew
also were present and stated that
they positively identified the men as
the bandits. They first declared
Hills voice was that of one of the
men; then seeing the prisoners, de-
clared they were positive as to the
Identification.
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REWARD FOR MISSING. MAN.
Express Company Seeks Messenger
Accused of Taking $1,000.

Atlanta, Ca, December 1S.-The
Southern Express Company to-day
offered a reward of $500 for the ar
rest of Robin G. Fargason, of Macon,
Ca, an express messenger wanted in
connection with the disappearance OF
a package containing $1,000.
The package was consigned to a
bank at Griffin, Ca, and left Macon
in Fargason's care on the Central
of Georgia train Saturday. The
money is declared to have not been
delivered and Fargason did not show
up for the return run to Macon. He
has not been seen since, it is report
ed
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Let us have a safe and sane Christ
mas in Bamberg. There is a State
law against selling explosives or
bombs, and the law should be en-
forced. There is also atown ordinance
against shooting fire works on the
streets, and we do trust city council
will enforce the law. There is no
reason why license should be given
at this season for people to disturb
others who wish peace and quiet. In
times past there has been consider
able disorder here during Christmas,
so much so that many people were
kept off the streets. Let there be no
repetition of such state of affairs
this year. No one has right to
interfere with others who mind their
own business, and we trust that city
council will see to it that Bamberg
is safe place for the law-abiding
citizen. Why should a man who
obeys the law be subjected to an
noyance and the possibility of dam
ger as he walks the streets? We
pay taxes for protection and should
have it. If extra policemen are
needed to preserve order, they can
be procured. There is no reason
why life and property should not be
as safe in Bamberg during the holi-
days as at any other time, and it
will be if the authorities will strict
ly enforce the laws.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
Trains Collide.

Odessa, Minn., Dec. 1S.-Nine per-
sons were killed in wreck on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad here to-day and ten or more
were seriously injured when the sec
ond section of train No. 1S, the Co
lumbia, from Seattle, crashed into the,
first section which had been stopped
on signal.
The wreck occurred a short dis
tance from the signal tower at Odes-
sa. The first section of the train had
been stopped by the towerman be-
cause of a freight train in the block
ahead of it..
Railway officials attribute the ac-
cident to the failure of the operator
to set the signals against the second
section. They also believe that the
brakeman of the first section failed
to run back to flag the second sec
ton.
The rear car of the first section
was telescoped and the car next to
it was badly shattered. The nine
dead were occupants of the last car
as were most of the injured. The
wreck tore down the telegraph wires
and there was some delay in getting
word Of the disaster to the roads
headquarters.
The seriously injured were taken
to a hospital at Ortonville, Mimi.
Heroic work was done by those on
board the train in assisting the
wounded and in aiding others to es-
jcape from the wrecked cars.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
man at first stoutly denied his wife's
confession, but eventually he, too,
confessed.

COulcoolOu, Uut OfSAIooAAJ nv WV
| confessed.
A story of a very extraordinary
dream of this nature comes from
across the sea. 1t is the dream of a
! Mr.. Williams, of Scorrier house, in
| Cornwall, who dreamed on May II,
1912, that he saw man of the name
of Bellingham shoot the Right Hon.
Spencer Perceval, chancellor of the
exchequer, in the lobby of the house
of commons. Mr.. Williams was great
| ly agitated by his dream and told it
to his wife. She told him not to wor-
ry and go to sleep. But he soon had
a second dream like the first He fell
asleep again, only to repeat the
dream. He had never seen any of
| the parties in the dream and had
never been in the lobby of the house
of commons.
The next day a horse galloped up
to the Williams house. 1t was Will
1iams's son, who brought the news
that Mr.. Perceval was shot, in the
lobby of the house of commons by a
man named Bellingham. Mr.. Will
| liams at once described the men and
their dress, and his son said the de-
scription tailed exactly. Two months
later Mr.. Williams went to London
and visited the house of commons. He
pointed out the spot where Belling-
ham, stood, and where Perceval stood
when he was struck by the bullet.
It is related by Isaac Walton that
Sir Nicholas Wotton, who was an
ambassador to France in 1858, one
night dreamed that the treasurer of
Oxford university was robbed by five
persons. The next day Wotton wrote
letter to his son, who was student
at Oxford, and in his letter mentioned
to his son the incidents of his dream.
The letter reached the son the morn
ing after the robbery was committed.
The son took the letter to the author
tiles and, acting on the information
it gave, the five men were found, ar
rested and tried and imprisoned.
Rev. Mr.. Fearing, vicar of village
near London, had an awful dream
about his oldest son, who had died a
few days before and was buried in
the vaults of the church. The father
dreamed that he saw his sons shroud
spotted with blood, and an expression
of great agony on his face. The lad
cried, Father, come help me; they
will not let me rest" The father
awoke, greatly excited, but dismissed
the dream from his mind. No sooner
had he fallen asleep again than he
dreamed again of his son in agony,
and crying, "They are tearing my
body to pieces. AS soon as it was
dawn the minister went to the clerk
for the keys of the vault. The clerk
tried to explain that his son had
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
Child Boiled in Syrup.

Tifton, Ca, Dec. 15.-Elton, the
3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. w. P.
Lightfoot, living near Inaha, met a
horrible death yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Lightfoot was away from
home and Mrs. Lightfoot had just
taken off boiling of syrup and had
left it to cool in large tub while
she cleaned bottles to put it in,
Unnoticed the little child, who was
bringing the bottles to it's mother,
fell into the tub, which contained II
gallons of boiling hot syrup and was
scalded so badly that he died within
five hours despite the frantic efforts
of the family and the hastily sum-
moned physician to give relief.
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WILL SINK THE MAINE.
House Refuses to Sell Wreck to Pri-
vate Parties.

Efforts to authorize the sale OF
the hull of the battleship Maine to
private parties who desire to exhib-
it it at various ports of the United
States and charge an admission fee
to visitors were defeated in the house
to-day. The urgent deficiency bill,
carrying an appropriation of $780,
900 to complete the work of raising
the Maine, after hard fight, passed
the house without change.
1t was admitted in the debate that
offers approaching S1,O00,00O have
been received from exhibition inter-
ests for the rear portion of the hull,
which can be fitted up with a bulk
head and towed from Habana to the
United States.
Chairman Fitzgerald of the appro-
priations committee admitted that it
is the present intention of the gov
ernment to tow the rear part of the
hull out into the ocean and sink it,
with the naval honor that goes to a
gallant battleship.
II believe it would be better for
the people to get what we can for
the ship" declared Representative
Macon, who opened the fight for the
sale of the hulk There are plenty
of novelty seekers and Coney Island
ties who would gladly take the old
carcass where it. is and pay good
price in order to get it over here and
charge so much per look at it or sell
pieces of it to curio purchasers at so
much per curio."
"In my opinion the American peo-
pie would not tolerate making a pub
lie show of that old vessel said Mr..
FITZGERALD. There are some things
that are sacred to, the people, and
among them are the remains of men
or of vessels lost in defense of the
nation. I would deplore the Ameri-
can government attempting to make
profit out of this ship, merely to
crafty the idle curiosity of any peo-
pie of the United States"
Representative Sisson, who was
one of the committee of congress
that recently visited the wreck and
inspected the work, then attempted
to secure the adoption of an amend
ment authorizing the war depart
ment to invite bids from private par
ties for the rear portion of the hull,
to be used for exhibition purposes.
He said Gen. Bixby, in charge of the
work at Habara, stated that offers
had been received from the United
States, some of them approaching
s1,OOO,0OO.
Mr.. Sisson said he did not con-
slider that it opposed the desires of
the American people to- provide for
public exhibition of the wreck of
the Maine under private auspices.
Il would have no objection to hav-
ing it towed up the Mississippi river
and exhibited to my Children de-
clared Mr.. Sisson.
The house refused to sanction any
sale of the Maine. The bill, as
passed, would permit the secretary
of the navy to give portion of the
wreck to the city of Habana, for
public monument, such a request
having been made by the president
of Cuba; and would authorize the
secretaries of war and navy to grant
other portions as souvenirs to cities,
patriotic societies or survivors or
heirs of survivors of the vessel.
Hr..,,> E;IJo1 JTn1or rtn
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taken the keys to the repair shop.
The vicar secured crowbar and
pried open the door of the vault.
Then he saw that the coffin had been
disturbed and that his sons body had
been tampered with. Not tooth re-
NAMED in the boys mouth. The
clerks son, who was a dentist, had
visited the vault during the night and
had drawn the teeth, one by one, in
order to use them.-Detroit News
Tribune.
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Thursday, Dec. 21, 1911.

Among the handsome Christmas
editions received at this Office were
those of the Greenwood Index and
the Camden Chronicle, both Of which
were exceedingly. creditable. The
ad. setting and press work of these
issues was exceptionally good.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21

We suppose that now, since the
death of Judge Robert Aldrich, there
will be a great scramble for the posi-
ton of Judge of the second circuit.
The legislature at the coming session
in January will elect his successor,
and no doubt there will be plenty of
candidates.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21

It is not the things we take up
that make us rich but the things we
can give up.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be
diminished; but he that gathereth
by labor shall increase.
a newly invented nail splits as 1t
is: driven into wood, the parts sepa-
rating so that it cannot be with
drawn.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21

Slate is being quarried commerce.
ally in ten States, Pennsylvania and
Vermont leading in the industry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21

A beautiful assortment of Christ
mas cards at Herald Book Store.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30
BIG SEAT SALE FOR
NEW YEARS BOUTS

Probably one OF the best bouts which
will be staged at the all-star carnival
witch the Liberty A. c. will hold at
Eagles hall on New Years afternoon,
will be the one between Fighting
Dick Nelson of New York, and
Fighting Dick" Stone, the fast boy
from New Haven. They are both
good hitters and each is confident OF
winning.
The first bout of the day will be
between Young Bosse and Red Jew
ell, and 1t Will be staged shortly after
O'Clock 1t would be wei to be
on hand before the boys make their
appearance. as this go is going to be
fast one.
The final bout of the day will bring
together Jim Smith and Batt1ing Bill
Hurley. the two clever. middlewefgh+s.
These men are wei known to the fol-
lowers of the ring and the fans VIII
be treated to some good boxing
Matchmaker Billy Hogan said today
that everything was in readiness for
the carnival and he expected large
attendance The tickets which were
placed on sale a few days ago have
been selling fast.
More orders for tickets have been
received from New Haven and South
Norwalk, and the fans in these two
PAGES are going to be on hand in
large numbers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30
Giants Signed Up
Leading CIouters
Expect Great Thirgs From Bues
of Seattle and Johnson
From Three Eye League

OF twenty-five leading batters in as
many minor leagues, only seven were
looked upon by major league scouts
as worthy Of trial in the big show.
Many Of them hit over 1850. One
youngster. Wofford, Of the Charlotte
club. OF the Carolina Association, was
a 1892 sticker. But Of the lot cigh-
teen report next spring, either to the
teams with which they played last
season or to outfits but a grade or
two higher.
Two of them were gobbled up by the
number Of high-class hitters, but none
led his league. The two cub Giants
are Art Bues, late Of the Seattle club
Of the Northwestern League, and Ell
mer Johnson. graduate Of the Deca-
tur /. 1. 1. League team. Both come
up highly recommended, but it Is a
question whether either will stick.
for them, for positions that are al
ready well filed. 1t is doubtful if
any one can break into the infield, and
third base Is Bues' regu ar station. To
land a permanent berth Johnson must
outclass Meyers, Wilson or Grover
hitting catchers of his league. the two
others athletes Of SO much promise
that both will some day perform as
regular members.
OF the two Bues probably has the
brightest prospects Of sticking. Out
on the coast he not only made a rep
utation as a fielder. but hit at 1855
extra bases. Home-run clouting was
his particular hobby. Not so many
four-p.y raps figure in his record as in
Ping Bobie Of a couple of years ago.
But he played on bigger fields He
was not as fortunate as the present
Chicago White Sox slugger in picking
short outfields to hit through or over.
Dick Kinsella, long a scout for Nc
Graw. but now hfreling Of the St.
Louis Cardinals, predicted a brilliant
future for Johnson, but intimated that
1t would cause him no great surprise
If the youthful catcher s., debut was
delayed a year or two. He is good
la, gives every promise of developing
into a better one. But according to
the dope he is not yet ripe for picking
II Bues can convince McGraw next
spring that he is a real hitter, not
minor league star and nothing more, it
is not unlikely that he wifi be convert
ed into an outfielder He has never
he IS fast, from all accounts, gets over
a lot of ground and can throw. Incl
dentaIy he's a longish sort of person,
with 1874 pounds Of heft.
Most of the youngsters McGraw
picked up last summer and fall for
spring delivery are husky specimens
for that matter. There are six Pitch
ers on the list, not counting Bert Max
well, only one Of whom claims less
than six feet in his hosiery. Phifer Flu
lenwiGer, a puny delegate from the Co
lumtra club Of the South Atlantic Lea
que, measures only SOC from tip to tip
Weighing in the neighborhood of IT'S
when really fit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30
SOME SPORTING SNAPSHOTS
Chief Miller Of Springfield Team in City,
Says He May be Traded

Cleveland, 0. Murphy says ta5s does
not mean Bill Yale will have TO 20
but he merely intends TO try QUE some
new material.
Tommy Downey won't have e. 20
to the minor leagues after all. When
Cincinnati asked for waivers on tfs
local boy, the Philadelphia Nationals
refused 10 waive so Tommy was turn
ed over to the Phi11fes. He viii De
taken on the Southern training frfx,
Cincinnati had intended to turn Dow
ney over to Buffalo Of the Trferra~
tional league and would have done %
but for the refusal Of PhiladefDhfa 10
waive.
Flournoy, the old Hartford eys-
fielder who played with Tom Cor
nery's pennant winners In 1903. VIII
be with Richmond In the Virgins
league next season.
Doc Kerr, the old Holyoks ssf wsw
Britain backstop, Will be with A.
lanta in the Southern league uexs sea-
son. He was drafted from the A.
toona club Of the Trf-State 1eaxu< be
the draft was disa11owed. Later rs
was purchased outright
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30
: SPECIAL SESSION IN MAINE.
Legislature Meets March 20 to Con.
slider Liquor Laws.

Augusta. Me-. Dec. so.-A special
session of the Maine legislature to
consider the liquor laws. redistrict the
state for congress, and revise the cleo
ticn laws, was announced last night
IT. l.roclama ton issued by Governor
Frederick w. Plaisted. The session is
to ,-gjn March 20.
In the proclamation Governor
Plaisted refers to the difficulties en-
countered in tabulating the vote of
the last state election on the question
OF repeating the constitutional amend
r,ent prohibiting the sale of liquor.
The proclamation says in part:
1.-The situation with regard to the
prohibitory law and it's enforcement
is the cause of universal comp ie int
and criticism. No thinking man in
Maine is satisfied with present condi-
tons. Those who are pleased with
the law are dissatisfied with the man.
ner in which it is enforced. .lthers
regard the law itself as irnpractira Die
and incapable of statewide enforce
ment. The problem is vital and
pressing. The legislature should find
a means to solve it, or, at least
should he able to submit to popular
vote some one or more possible reso-
lutions of 1t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30

Directors Vote to Increase Salary Of Umpires
to So a Game

league directors worked on the by
laws of the league until shortly before
6 O'clock and then found that they
had gone only half through the con-
siitution. The meeting was then adj
journed until next Thursday and will
be held at the Hotel Garde in Hart
ford again.
President James n. O'Rourke Of the
Connecticut league stated after the
meeting as he was about to board a
train for Bridgeport, that the con-
stitution Of the Connecticut league.
strongest, finest and best, as con-
forming with the Hartford agreement,
that can be had in any Class B league
in the United States.
The matter of the assessment of the
various clubs in the league was set
tied by the managers. Heretofore the
assessment paid over to the treasurer
Of the state league for the maintain
ance of the organization, was 10 per
cent of the gross receipts for the first
Is games of the season. This method
did not appeal to all Of the directors
and demands for change resulted in
the vote today, for an assessment Of
$50 per month for each club. The as
sessment will go on throughout the
season and for the six clubs the sum
to be turned over to the league treas
urer will be $500 per month
i he OOllQlHS vi Lie CLUBS, WulCa
originated with Mana ger George M.
Cameron of the New Haven club, was
not taken up owing to the fact that
The directors spent practically the en-
tire time devoted to the meeting to
revising the schedule Manager Cam.
eron announced that he will bring the
matter up at the next meeting. It
was voted to make no change in the
name of the Connecticut State Base
BAH league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30
Hank 0'Day Wise
To Sore Arm Stuff
Cincinnati Manager Says
It's Only Second Rate
Pitchers Who Have That
Excuse.

During his many years as a Ma
tfonal League umpire Hank O'Day,
the new manager of the Cincinnati
Reds, was in a position to observe the
Tactics of the pitchers especially those
who try to dodge work and plead the
lame-arm excuse. Speaking of this
O'Day says:
When / was pitching the lame-arm
excuse was not nearly so prevalent as
it is Nowadays. If one of us went to
the manager and let out a whine
about kink in his elbow. all the sat
isfaction we would get was to be told
to get out there into the box and
work it out. I have seen modern
pitchers beg off from working against
a strong hitting club on the ground
of a sore arm, but they were all right
when some tailender came along. The
only person in the world that / have
anything against is a four nusher.
and we will try to eliminate that
brand from our ball club this year.
If there are any on It.
"a high salaried pitcher should be in
shape to take his regular turn in the
box all summer unless he meets with
an accident. Do you ever see Matty
or Mordecai Brown or Walter John
son laying off day after day on ac-
count of sore arms? No. 1t is only
the secondraters who are whining and
complaining all the time. The real
fellows keep themselves in condition
and are always ready to. do little
more than their part
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30
(By Wagner.)

Chief Miller, the big first basenan
who helped Springfield beat Bridge
port in the deciding game at Steeple-
chase last Septembe Der, was in this city
last night. He and Kid Sherwood.
the New Haven third baseman, had
reunion on Fairfield avenue. Miller
said he thought he might be traded
by Springfield. He said the semi
professional game looked pretty good
to him. Miller played In the Massa-
chusetts Mill league after he was
turned down by Waterbury and pick
ed up some easy money.
According to wire from Hartford
today the directors of the National
Polo league held q special meeting
in that city yesterday and voted to
transfer the Worcester franchise to
this city. The schedule was shifted
to fit tho occasion. Bob Harris team
will keep the name of Worcester un-
til next Tuesday. The club plays two
games in Waterbury New Years day.
Manager Murphy of the New Brit
ain baseball club has signed a first
baseman named John K. Irvine from