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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-07

CARPETS CLEANED and laid. Furni-
ture repaired, upholstered and packed
Steam Carpet Gig. Works. Phone 1899.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-07

FULL GROWN DEAD CATTLE, horses
and mules taken away free except
Sundays. Phones Bell -: Auto. 1888.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-07
Wanted-Houses.

WANTED TO RENT from owner. 6
room house with sleeping porch. north
side inside 100 block. Phone 1890.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-07

SPECIAL NOTICE Before leaving
town sell your furniture and clothing
for a good price to the Ell Paso store.
400 Ell Paso St Bell 3491; Auto. 2491.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-07

FURNISHED single rooms and house
keeping suites from 81 to s6 per week.
600 n. Oregon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
GREGORY Is RELEASED.
Man Befriended by Governor Pays
His Creditors.

HlS SIOOASO1Ss
Greenville, April 17.-In the small
packet of mail for the unfortunate
souls in the county Jail came letter
this afternon containing New York
exchange for $100 for a white man
of refined appearance, L. w. Greg
ory, who was incarcerated several
weeks ago following his arrest al
Newberry by Sheriff Buford on awar'
rant charging him with passing bo-
gus check for $50 on the Otteray
hotel of this city. With half OF the
amount of the check he compromised
with the prosecuting hotel and with
$50 of balance he forestalled legal
proceedings against him by a bank
at Hendersonville.
Gregory was brought to notice sew
eral weeks ago in Columbia, when
Gov. Blease rescued him from the
clutches of the law. Gregory had
given a check for $50 on bank where
he had no funds and was about to
be arrested, when the governor de-
posted with the bank his personal
check for the $50.
The man is said to be from Char
lotte, where he has a wife and three
little children now living.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
RISK LIVES FOR NEGRO
TWO WHITE MEN IN CHARLES
TON SHOW HEROISM.
H. G. Brown and r. ID. BIakely jump
Into Sewer in Vain Effort to
Save COlOred Lad.

Charleston, April 18.-Overcome
by gas upon entering a sewarge man
hole to-day, Joseph 'Freer, a negro
lad was killed, and H. G. Brown and
D. R. Blakely, of Greenville, white
men, who went to his assistance,
were also overcome. Mr.. Brown was
so seriously affected that he will die,
but Mr. Blakely is recovering, and
will be himself in a day or two. The
negro was sent into the manhole to
clean it out. In some way the gases
had collected, and before he could
give signal of distress, he collapsed
and was drowned in the cell. Just
as he fell over, Mr.. Brown jumped
into the place to his relief. He was
one of the section hands in charge of
the work. Hardly had he entered the
place before the alarm was given
that he, too had collapsed. Mr..
Blakely, junior at the medical col
lege, undismayed by the experience Of
the two men, also jumped into the
place, carrying rope with him. He
quickly made it fast to himself,
Brown and Freer, and Immediately
willing hands raised the three to the
surface. Freer was already dead, and
Brown nearly so, with Blakely him
self in bad shape for a time. The
two men who had been overcome
were taken to the Roper hospital for
treatment. The doctors announced
almost at once that Brown could not
recover. It was splendid show of
heroism in both Brown and Blakely
going to the assistance of the negro,
and Blakely was given much of an
ovation as he was brought to the top
and found to be still alive.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
PREACHING VS.. PRACTICING.
Governor Blease Bought Furniture
in Charlotte, N. G.

The controversy precipitated by
Gov. Blease over the contract given
by the building committee Of Win
throp college, for the plans for the
new industrial arts and science build
ing to the Charlotte firm has been
brought to close. The building COM
mittee, in a letter to the governor,
states that the contract has been
made and not to be broken.
Gov. Blease takes the position that
he is against sending South Carolina
money outside of the State and de-
nounces the practice. The letter Of
the building committee explains it's
reasons awarding the contract to the
Charlotte firm and letter by the
governor, explaining his position,
were given out Friday. The board
of trustees will not be called to meet
by the governor.
Gov. Blease placed himself against
giving the contract to a Charlotte
firm for the plans. The legislature
authorized him to expend as much as
$500 for new furniture for his Office.
He spent this money with a Char
lotte firm, on the recommendation
Of the sergeant at arms of the SEN
ate and house, the new furniture in
the room of the general assembly be-
ing purchased from q Charlotte firm.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
ARRESTED AT NEWBERRY.
Two Men and Boy Accused of Shoot
ing at Brakeman.

Newberry, April 1.-Two men
and a boy were arrested on the
streets here last night at II o'clock
on the charge of beating their way
on a train and shooting at members
of the train crew. They got on g
coal car of the accommodation train
at Clinton and reached Newberry at
at $3.50. Just beyond the city limits
Conductor Roper had them put Oh,
and they retaliated by firing their
pistols at the brakeman. The con-
ductor gave the Newberry officers
such an accurate description Of them
that when Censtables Blease and
Adams and Chief Of Police Bishop
met them on the street they recog-
nized them at once and took them In.
They gave their names as Reuben
Fry, w. B. Brown and N. G. Hayres
and said they were from North Caro-
lima and Laurens. Fry is In knicker-
bockers, but says he is II; the others
appear to be somewhere from 25 to
80. They had a preliminary hearing
before Magistrate Sample to-day, and
were bound over to the circuit court
for trial.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
Fire Sweeps Whole Block.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 18.-A
fire which originated from an un-
known cause in the fuel room Of the
Doscher-Gardner Lumber company
here tonight, swept a whole square
in the western part of the city, de-
stroying the stocks of the first named
concern, the Jacksonville Lumber
company and a line of freight cars
on the Coast Line siding, making a
total loss of half million dollars.
The gusts of wind, which carried
somewhat of fury of a gale, threat
ened to send the fire across the
streets of the square to frame struc-
lures. The fire department handled
the communicating points of the fire
in an able manner, and the west
ern part Of the city escaped another
confagration.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20

expensive.
If the suspect is too poor to make
things right with the examiners or
too stubborn to tell what he knows
and sometimes, I am afraid, If he
really does not know anything to
tell-they have some third degree
methods warranted to make a man
say something. One such method Is
what they call "bastinado." 1t is
whipping the soles of the bare feet
with slender rods. Often live Goals
from a pipe are put on the shaven
head of a prisoner to make him con-
fess. Sometimes But no. Prob
ably you would not care to hear any
more along this particular line. Per-
sian inventions in. this department OF
criminology are clever in their way,
but not things to describe in full de-
tail.-Leon Medem in New York
World.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

According to report from the CEN
sus bureau, the population of Branch
vile is 1,471, Springfield 43S, and
Rowesville sos.
The South Carolina Medical Asso-
citation held it's annual meeting in
Charleston this week, and decided to
meet in Columbia next year.
Mr.. A. H. Marchant has been elect
ed secretary Of the Orangeburg
chamber of commerce, he succeeding
Mr.. J. P. Matheny, who resigned.
q DR.. Manning Simons, prominent
physician and surgeon, died at his
home in Charleston Tuesday night af-
ter a short illness. He was 65 years
old.
Another weak bank has gone by
the board. The Bank Of Lamar, in
Darlington county, has closed its
doors and will liquidate. It is stated
that depositors will be paid in full.
A commission has been issued by
the Secretary of State to company
at Dillon with a capital stock of $685.
900 which proposes to manufacture
and sell aeroplanes and deal in aero
plane supplies.
DR.. E. C. James, who will retire as
president of Greenville Female Col
lege at the end of the present ses-
sion, has announced that he will &C
cept the presidency of the Baptist
State College of Georgia, better
known as "Bessie Tiff" College, To-
Gated at Forsyth.
Two negroes and a white man
have been arrested in Aiken county
charged with selling diseased meat.
The case has been set for trial next
week. It is claimed that a cow be-
longing to the white man died and he
had the negroes sell the meat Of the
animal. It is claimed that several
people were made i'll from eating the
meat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
Anti-Racing Bill Passes.

Tallahassee, Fla, April 1S.-Sep-
arate ballots for United States sena'
tor were cast in both houses of the
legislature to-day, Nathan P. Bryan
of Jacksonville, nominated at the re-
cent primary, receiving all the votes
Another ballot will be cast by the
legislature in joint session to-mor-
row.
The anti-race track bill was passed
by the senate to-day by unanimous
vote. In the house the same bill was
recommended to committee after a
spirited discussion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
Fairfax Fancies.

Fairfax, April 15.-Misses Lam
ham and Zeigler, our teachers, took
advantage of Easter holiday to
spend the time with home folks at
Edgefeld and Orangeburg.
Miss Willie and Ruth Timmons
are visiting relatives in Augusta.
Miss Lila Barber is at home from
Columbia Female college.
Mrs. Julia Harter is attending the
Sunday-school convention at Walter
boro.
Miss Alice Stokes, who has spent
several months here with relatives,
has gone to Charleston on a visit,
but will visit us again before return
ing to her home in New York.
Rev. Boutwell, Graham preached a
fine sermon here Friday night.
Our teachers are quite busy get
ting ready for commencement, which
takes place last of May.
Miss Beatrice Wilson, whose home
was with the family of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. T. Wilson, took an afternoon ride
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. Thos.
Pender-concluded to be married.
30 they drove to the minister's home
In Appleton where the ceremony was
performed uniting them for life.
Mrs. Wyman Terry is visiting
friends here.
Misses Chivie and Carrie O'Neal,
accomplished daughters Of our pop
ular postmaster, are home again, al
ter spending several months teach
ing.
Miss Margaret Youmans is now
teaching in our school, as Miss Drum
mond went to Arizona for her health.
Mrs. Sam Rouse has returned from
a visit to her old home in Leesburg,
Va.
Mrs. Julia Sanders is moving into
her beautiful new cottage.
The bungalow of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Talley is being rapidly Dullt'
and will be a very pretty structure.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
Memorial Day.

The Rivers Bridge Memorial As
sociation will observe Friday, April
2Sth, as memorial day. Col. James
Armstrong, OF Charleston, will de-
liver the memorial address.
The following committees have
been appointed:
On grounds and order of the day
j. D. Jenny, J. G. Kinard, H. w.
Chitty, J. A. Peters, w. D. Sease. w.
H. Ritter, Stacy Kearse.
On music-Rev. D. B. Groset4ose.
J. G. Kinard, ]. F. Kearse, Sr.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and the ladies are earnestly
requested to bring flowers.
DIR. N. =. KIRKLAND, SR.,
Nv. JENNY, President.
Secretary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
Barnwell Baptist Association.

Union meeting will be held al
Barnwell, Georges Creek, and Friend.
ship churches, Saturday and Sunday
April 20 and 80.
PROGRAMME.
Saturday, II a.. m.-Introductory
sermon. .
Organization.
Verbal reports from delegates.
1. Discussion-"The obligation Of
the church to the Sunday-school."
a. In providing suitable accom-.
mediation and equipment.
co. In attendance.
(c.) In supervision.
2. Observation-Disclosures of the
school to the church"
(a.) Reporting through the
church.
o. A helping hand in church
benevolence.
Sunday, II a. m.-Missionary SER
mon.
BARNWELL.
Saturday, II a. m.-Introductory
sermon-W. M. Jones, D. D.
Lied by Green Mathis, B. T.
Rice, G. E. Birt.
ar. M. Nixon.
b.-Prof. G. w. Coggins.
c.-H. J. Crouch.
2.-Led by A. P. Manville, G. M
Edenfield.
a.-W. H. Kennedy.
b.-J. K. Goode.
Sunday, II a. m.-Missionary Ser
mon-B. F. Allen.
FRIENDSHIP.
Saturday, II a. m.-1ntroductory
Sermon-J. D. Peacock.
Lied by J. A. Jenkins, w. c.
Baxley.
a-Geo. H. Hopkins.
.b.-J. o. Sanders.
C.-W. L 0IA1s
2.-Led by w. G. Britton.
a.-Barney Baxley.
b.-I. H. Hutto.
Sunday, II a. m.-Missionary Ser.
mon-Geo. H. Hopkins.
GEORGES CRREEK.
Introductory Sermon-F. M. Hau'
ser.
Lied by DR.. ]. r. Mccormack,
A. E. Mcdowell.
a.-D. P. Smith.
b.-Capt. D. H. Rice.
CD. o. Hunter.
2.-Led by Paul Bolen.
AN. j. Free.
b.-F. NJ. Hauser.
Sunday, II a. m.-Missionary Ser
mona. E. Mcdowell.
It is hoped that all the churches
will be represented by full number OF
delegates and that dinner will be
served on the grounds Saturday.
O.. J. FRIER,
B. F. ALLEN,
w. G. BRITTON,
Committee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
The Great Wall of China.

But it would have been well worth
while to make the trip If we had got
ten nothing else but the view Of and
from the Great Wall at the end OF
the Journey. About 1000 miles OF
stone and brick, 27 feet high, and
wide enough on top for two carriages
to drive abreast, this great struct-
ure built 1000 years ago to keep
the wild barbarian northern tribes.
out of China, is truly 1.-The largest
building on earth," and one Of the
worlds greatest wonders. It would
be amazing if it wound only oyer
plains and lowlands, but where we
saw it this morning it climbed one
mountain height after another until
the topmost point lowered far above
us, dizzy, stupendous, magnificent.
By what means the thousands and
thousands of tons Of rock and brick
were ever carried up the sheer steep;
mountain sides, Is a question that
must excite every travellers wonder.
Certainly no one who has walked on
top Of the great wall, climbing
among the clouds from one misty
eminence to another, as we did to-
day, can ever forget the experience.
Perhaps it was well enough, too,
that the weather was not clear. The
mists that hung about the mountain
peaks below and around us; the roar
ing wind that shepherded the clouds,
now driving them swiftly before him
and leaving in clear view for a min
ute peak after peak and valley after
valley, the next minute brushing
great fog-masses over wall and land
scape and concealing all from view
all this lent an element Of mystery
and majesty to the experience not
out of keeping with our thought OF
the long centuries through which
this strange guard has kept watch
around earth's oldest empire. Dead,
long dead and crumbled into dust,
even when our Christian era began,
were the hands who fashioned those
earlier brick and laid them in the,
mortar here, and for many genera
tions thereafter watchmen armed
with bows and arrows rode along
the battlements and towers, strain
ing their eyes for sight of whatever
enemy might be bold enough to try
to cross the mighty barrier.
However unwise the spirit or the
aim in which the wall was built, We
must admit that almost matchless
daring of the conception and the al
most unparalleled industry of the ex-
ecution. Beside it the digging Of
our Panama canal with modern ma
chinery, engines, steam-power and
electricity-consider as feat OF
Herculean labor-is no longer sub
ject for boasting. To my mind the
very fact that the Chinese people had
the courage to conceive and attempt
so colossal an enterprise Is proof
enough of genuine greatness. No
feeble folk could even have planned
such an observation-disclosures Poe,
in Raleigh, IN. CO. Progressive
Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
BAMBERG S. C., THURSDAY: APRIL &c, 1911.
FIELDER AWAITING REPLY.
Asks That Pointed Questions be
Answered.

T. B. Fielder, when asked last Mon
day by The State if he had any fur
ther statement to make with refer
ence to the dispensary situation, re-
piled that he had addressed letter
to Attorney General Lyon and Chair
man Stackhouse of the dispensary
commission, explaining his position
Attorney General Lyon was out OF
the city on business and a copy OF
the letter could not be secured. Jas
Stackhouse, of Mullins, the chair
man of the commission, in conversa-
ton with a representative of The
State over the telephone, said that
he had received a letter from Mr..
Fielder. "The letter is very lengthy
affair."" said Mr.. Stackhouse. He
said that Mr.. Fielder gave his views
on various phases of the dispensary
situation and that Mr.. Fielder said
he would be glad to appear before
the commission and tell what he
knew Of all transactions. ''He prom
ised," said Chairman Stackhouse,
to give information as to the work
he had DONE"
Felder's Letter.
The letter written by T. B. Fielder
in which he asked some pointed ques-
tions was in answer to the following:
'tReported you offered Towill i'm
munity from prosecution for $4,000.
Please wire reply" He replied as
follows: "Statement that offered
Towill or anybody else immunity
from prosecution for $4,000 or any
other amount, a base and unmiti-
gated lie.''
T. B. Fielder later wrote the letter
in which he asked several questions
and first stated that Ito confirm this
answer and to say that the next re-
port, I take it, will be to the effect
that Towill declined my offer on ad-
vice of COUNSEL this advice coming
from the general counsel of the plum.
derbund, Cole L. Blease.' p"
Felder's Promise.
When T. B. Fielder wrote his first
letter concerning the governor OF
South Carolina he said that if the
governor did not sign the investigat-
ing act that he would write book
about him and tell some interesting
things about the present chief ex-
ecutive as private citizen, State sena-
tor and governor. Gov. Blease vetoed
the act. The time set for the expos
ure is next Thursday. Gov. Blease
is out Of the city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt EtchingS.


b. A. Mcdowell preached the first ser
mon in the new Baptist church at
Ehrhardt. The church is not COM
pleted yet, but is near enough done
to accommodate them nicely. The
paint brush will soon be used on
the building; this will help it's looks.
The small congregation should feel
proud of their success in getting their
work on as well as they have.
Mr.. Laurie Copeland and Miss De-
borah Zeigler, both of Bamberg coun-
ty, were happily married at the Lu-
theran parsonage by the Rev. D. B.
Groseclose Sunday morning.
Mr.. John and Miss Maggie Ram
sey, of Williams, spent Saturday and
Sunday with their brother, James B.
Ramsey, agent at this place.
To-day one week ago Ehrhardt ball
team crossed bats with the Bamberg
Fitting School team. Was an enjoy
able game, as the players were gen.
tlemanly and played ball, not so much
"chewing the rag" when announced
out or a poor play. The game scored
10 to in favor of the home team.
Our pitcher famed out IS men while
the school pitcher famed only six.
The Bamberg school boys were
plucky and jovial, nice fellows.
On next Saturday night, April
22nd, the LIE Dell Far Concert Co.
will hold forth in the Copeland hall.
Il is said of them that you will get
your moneys worth if you attend.
Enjoy the occasion; only so cents
admission fee.
The Ehrhardt Sunday-school Mis-
sion Workers of Ehrhardt Lutheran
church gave a public exhibition on
Sunday night for the benefit of their
cause. This mission band consists
Of the little tots Of the school, older
ones assisting. Recitations and songs
appropriate for the occasion were
rendered by these little ones in their
pure and simple way that made one
feel good. And there is no doubt but
that the little ones touched some Of
the audience in a way that eloquent
eratory would not. They made every
one feel good that was in the church
listening to their sweet voices. A
collection was taken up for them,
but can't say what the amount was,
but looked like the congregation re-
sponded to their request bountifully.
The farmers have smiles on their
faces this morning. Rain has held
up and the sun is shining; only thing
against their plants is the cool wealth
er.
What's the Ehrhardt-Denmark
Railroad doing? Must be gone to
sleep. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20
Black List Bill Fails.

Nashville, April 1S.-In the State
senate the bill to prevent blacklist
ing of employees and former employees
by employers failed for lack Of a con-
stitutional majority.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-20

O'Riley is still in town.
O'Riley is still in town.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-31
BIC TAX REFORMS
IN CHIHUAHUA
STATE
The School Teachers Are No
Longer to Be Taxed, a
Late Ruling.

Tax reforms in the state of Chihuahua
are the latest fads and almost daily S
Vargas, state tax collector in Cuidad
Juarez, is receiving DEGREES from gov
ernor Abram Gonzales ordering reforms
in the taxes.
The latest is in the elimination of
taxation of teachers and other employees
OF the schools. These people under the
federal government were taxed 10 per-
cent of their annual wages Governor
Gonzales has ordered this tax abolished
and their back pay refunded to them.
Another DEGREES comes from the gov
ernor saying that all taxes accumulated
between November 20, 1910, and May
81, 1911 on buildings valued at less than
5000 pesos, on land valued under 5000
pesos, on horses and cattle valued under
valued at less than 1000 pesos shall not
be collected. This order was issued on
account of the recent revolution.
The taxes on homesteads of residents
of Mexico have been reduced by governor
Gonzales to one-half percent on homes
valued at under $500 pesos. This is only
when the owners of the house do not
receive any rent for it and use it as their
home. Formerly the tax was one per-
cent OF the value OF the residences OF
families.
A tax has been placed by the governor
OF the state on all land, which will do
away with the exemption of taxes by
the large land owners. A tax from one
peso to four pesos, according to the value
of the land, will be placed on all land
of over S775 hectares. This will, it is
believed. force the large land owners to
sell part of their estates that they do
not cultivate.
A decree issued by the governor Of the
state set the time for the tax committee
to meet on November Is annually, instead
of July / every four years. as was the
rule before, to qualify the taxes on the
different lands and make the appraise-
ment on the property. This committee
will attend to this work so the poor
will not be over taxed while a few are
made exempt