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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

In England it is customary to tell your
troubles to a policeman. but the Ameri-
can insists on taking his to the Supreme
Court or the interstate commerce COM
mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Canadians who allowed themselves to
be stampeded by the annexation bug
aboo are endeavoring to explain to Sir
Wilfrid Laurier that there was nothing
personal in their attitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Superstitious people are inclined to at
tach Importance to the fact that Halley's
comet on taking it's departure left some
smaller understudies on duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Place of Rumors.

From the Atlanta Journal.
In Wall street life is one war and
strike rumor after another. and still the
rest OF the country manages to survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Foot ball enthusiasts will be able to
claim with entire justice that their ia
vorite sport is not nearly as dangerous
as aeroplaning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

The report of new theatrical star fol-
lows a sensational trial as matter of
course. And it's denial in short time is
no less matter of customary procedure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Past performances make it matter of
surprise that Gen. Weyler should have
been missed SO long as a favorite entry
for the Trouble sweepstakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Absent-Minded Candor.

1T was a curious slip of the pen that
Baron Fucash made in writing to me-
said Miss Cumrox.
What was it?" Q
He meant to call me his affianced bride,
but what lie wrote was 'affiuenced
BRIDE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

The modern method of long-range fight
ing has taken the place of those old
fashioned yoice-to-voice combats on the
floor of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

There is something startling in the
avidity with which an authors epitaph is
seized upon as publishers advertise
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Not All Salmon.

From the Detroit Journal.
British Columbia has packed 80, 600
cases of salmon. but salmon forms only
q part of the salmon supply of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

In explaining the effects of the tariff on
the agriculturist, Farmer Bryan will have
the benefit of some personal experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Russian dancers are becoming so nu-
merous that it is feared the cars next
census may be something Of disappoint-
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
w. & j. SLOANE
New York. WASHINGTON San Francisco
Autumn Displays of Domestic
Rugs and Carpets
San Francisco.
WASHINGTON.

In quality, decorative excellence and variety of designs
coorings stocks of Domestic Rugs Carpets
afford advantageous selections obtanab anywhere
country every requirement for such floor coverings
be met here with the utmost satisfaction and economy
All the standard weaves-Wton, Brussels, Administer,
shown the latest designs of the foremost American
mills.
In addition stocks of Plain Solid Color Rugs and
Carpets approached elsewhere They include the cee
bated "Kaiston and Claumont weaves, which recog
nzed the desirable and attractive moderately priced
Rugs obanabe, and upward of 900 colong Plain Color
Carpets, in numerous widths up to IS feet
facilities for the prompt execution ORDERS laying,
etc. important feature the complete Sloane
service.
We invite inspection, and all times comparison of
values
1412-1414HSt NV. Phone: M. 1909.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

The general public has learned to re-
gard the resignation rumor as one of the
passing incidents of the average. official
career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Early Shopping.
From the Seattle Post Intelligencer.

From the Seattle P06t-InIeIIRPHcVr.
Meanwhile 1t would not be a bad idea
to begin to think about early Christmas
shopping The early buyer gets the
Christmas bargain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

The balloting on reciprocity looked like
an early Canadian snowstorm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Maine has spent a large amount of
time in chasing the demon rum around
the political stump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Safe.

Il hope you never eat peas with your
knife" said the anxious relative.
Certainly not" replied Mr.. Scrimper.
Il can't afford peas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
All Alike.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

The beef trust. like the rest of them. Ii
never without an excuse for a riso in
prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Payable IN ahvanee-bv mail postage PREPAID:
paily Sunday included. one month. 60 cents
Daily. Sunday excepted, ono month 90 cents
Saturday Star. 81 year. Sunday Star. SZ4O year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition. IL delivered by carriers within the city
at Is cents per month: daily only. % cents per
may be sent by mail. or telephone Main 2440
Collection 10 made BY carrier at the end OF eacs
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

ousfness once. nth st. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New York ONCE: Tribune Building.
Chicago once: First National Bank Building.
European ONCE: Regent st.. London. England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Entered secondci mail matter at the post
ONCE at Washington. d. @.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Memorandum From Maine.

When rum gets into politics
The old rule works emphatic.
It plays a lot of curious tricks
With movements most cratic.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Boys Pitiable Plight.

Cotuit, Mass, June 30.-Some-
where on the waters of Vineyard
Sound a young man named Kenneth
Linn, of Tampa, Fla, is believed to
be sailing or drifting tonight In a
small sailboat without food or drink.
There is a possibility, however,
that he has been picked up by some
passing vessel or has fallen into the
sound and lost his life.
Linn, who is understood to be OF
a wealthy family, is said to have be-
come mentally unbalanced as a re-
suit of having been hit by ball dur
ing a baseball game this spring.
He was brought here to recuperate
in the care of trained nurse, r. l..
Sawyer. Last night he escaped, went
to the waterfront and embarked in
the sail boat Water Witch" The
only trace since found of him was
the sailboat's tender empty and
beached on the harbor shore. Search
for the young man begun to-day was
continued tonight.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
MIsTRIAL FOR EDITOR.
Jury Unable to Agree in Suit Brought
by Private John Allen.

Tupelo, Miss, July 1.-The trial
of N. P. Bonney, editor of the Daily
Corinthian, of Corinth, Miss, charg-
ed with having criminally libeled for
mer Congressman John Allen, of Tu-
pelo, ended in a mistrial late to-day
when the jury in the court of JUS
tice Of the Peace Ball announced
their inability to agree. E. S. Bar
nard, editor of the Meridian Dis
patch; T. T. Davenport, of the Alb
erdeen Weekly, and A. C. Anderson,
of the Ripley Sentinel, will be called
to trial Monday on similar charges.
Bonney was charged with having
published an affidavit alleging that
Allen participated in the theft of a
jug of whiskey 80 years ago. The
Meridian Dispatch, Aberdeen Weekly
and the Ripley Sentinel reproduced
the Corinthian story.
Mr.. Allen personally participated
in the prosecution of Bonney. In his
argument he vigorously assailed the
Corinthian newspaper man.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Mail Carrier Shot Down.

Dawson, Ca, July 3.-The bullet
riddled. body and wagon of Linnie
Maury, a rural mail carrier of Edi-
son, who has been missing since Sat
urday, have been found in swamp
several miles out of town and just OH
the public road. With the body was
found a note to the dead mans wife
in an attempt to make the crime ap-
pear as suicide.
Maury was evidently driving along
the public road unsuspicious of dan
ger. The wagon bottom was blood
stained. The mail pouch was found
near the body. It is not known
whether it had been tampered with.
Posses are securing the country
with track dogs in an effort to cap
ture the slayer of the carrier. Maury
went out on his route Saturday
morning as usual. When he failed
to return a search was instituted.
The dead man is member of a
prominent family and is survived by
his widow and one child.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Hunting Accidents Increase.

Washington, July 2.-Steady prog
ress is being made in the movement
for the increase of game by propaga-
ton and the establishment of game
preserves, according to the annual
review of the biological survey. The
more than $50 fatal accidents to
hunters last year greatly exceeded
the record of any previous year. Pop
ularity of the automobile in hunting
materially increased; and the possi-
bility of using the aeroplane in duck
shooting was shown by experiments
in Southern California.
The demand has exceeded the sup
ply of game birds for restocking.
Great destruction by forest fires. was
reported last year. Continued inter-
est is shown in the experimental
stocking of American coveys with
game BIRDS The Hungarian pleas
ant remains the favorite with which
to stock game preserves.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
EDITOR ACCUSED OF LIBEL.
''Private john Allen Offended at Re.
marks About Whiskey Theft.

Tupelo, Miss, July 1.-The trial OF
N. P. Bonney, editor of The Daily
Corinthian at Corinth, Miss, on the
charge of publishing criminal libel
on former Congressman "Private
John" Allen, in the form of an afti-
davit alleging that Mr.. Allen had
taken part in the theft of jug OF
whiskey from Streetman's mill in Al
corn, more than thirty years ago, was
commenced before Justice Ball to-
day.
All the evidence had been submit
ted for the State and defense, and ar
guments were commenced at half
past 1 o'clock this afternoon. The
case will go to the jury late to-day.
The courtroom was filled to overflow
ing, and the proceedings were fol-
lowed with intense interest.
The case against the other three
editors, B. S. Barnard, of The Me-
ridian Dispatch; A. G.. Anderson, OF
The Ripley Sentinel, and T. T. Daven-
port, of The Aberdeen Weekly, will
not be tried until Monday. Their dis
posal will hinge on the verdict of
the Bonney case as they printed the
alleged libelous article from the
colmns of The Corinthian.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Lady Just Changed Mind.

London, July 3.-Lady Constance
Foljame, half-sister of the Earl OF
Liverpool, controller of the kings
household, astonished society by fail
ing to appear at fashionable church
in London this afternoon at the time
appointed for her marriage to the
Rev. A. H. K. Hawkins.
The edifice was filled with society
people, who waited an hour, wonder
ing what had occurred to delay the
ceremony. When the bridegroom sent
messenger in great haste to the
Earl of Liverpool to inquire for her,
the reply returned was that Lady
Constance went out shopping this
morning and has not yet returned
home"
The Earl of Liverpool stated this
afternoon that he had received from
Lady Constance a message to the ef-
feet that she was quite safe and
sound. According to the message
Lady Constance, who left London on
a train this morning, had simply
changed her mind and decided that
she did not wish to be married.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Another Probe Proposed.

Washington, July 1.-Still another
investigation has been proposed to
the long list already undertaken by
the house of representatives. Rep
resentative Sisson, of Mississippi, to-
day proposed an INJURY into the pur-
chase of land lying between the cap
itol and the new union station, the
acuuirement of which was authorized
by congress for avenue and parking
purposes.
1t is said the price of the land has
increased from about s3,500,000 to
$4,000, 900. Mr.. Sisson particularly
asks that the inquiry shall develop
whether or not any member of con-
gress is now or recently has been in
terested in any part of the property.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
"ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
Governor BleaSe Still Determined
Hosiery Mill Must Go.

Newberry, July Gov. Cole L..
Blease left Newberry this morning
for Williamson, where to-day he ad-
dressed large gathering of several
tribes of Red Men. Gov. Blease came
to Newberry from Columbia last
night and spent the night here.
Gov. Blease was asked if he had
any further statement to make as to
the recent book adoptions, or any re-
ply to the criticisms in which several
of the newspapers have been indulg-
ing. The governor said he did not
know what the other members of the
board would do in regard to the
newspapers reports, but, as he had
already said, he would give an ac-
counting to the people for his action
as a member of this board, as we'll
as for all his other public acts while
he was in office.
What about the hosiery mill sltu-
ation?' Gov. BleaSe was asked.
Gov. Blease replied that his deter
mination was unalterable, that the
hosiery mill must go and must go
speedily. He said he hoped speedy
action would be taken as result OF
his recent official requests. He said
that upon his return to Columbia, as
soon as time would permit, he would
call upon Superintendent Griffith for
a report giving the names of all con-
victs at work in the hosiery mill, the
counties from which they were sent
up, the offences of which they were
convicted, and their terms of service.
''The hosiery mill must go, one way
or another" said Gov. Blease.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
BARON ARRESTED FOR THEFT.
Son of European King in Jail for
Petty Pilfering.

New York, July 3.-The son OF q.
European king was arrested in Paris
last week on a charge of petty pill
fering, according to the New York
Sun. Baron deLord, the pilferer in
question, is the natural son of the
late Duke of Aosta, who, under the
title of Amedo at the beginning OF
the 7Os, reigned over Spain for few
years. Driven from his kingdom,
the prince Of the House of Savoy fe-i
turned to his native country.
Baron deLord was born in Turin
in 1880, his mother being French
woman His mother afterward con-
tracted a wealthy marriage, but her
wayward son continued to cause her
much anxiety. At last, In despair,
she shipped him as cabin boy on
board an Italian tramp steamer.
After four years nothing more was
heard of him. Then one day he re-
turned to Italy and made the ac-
quaintance of daughter of wealthy
Italian nobleman and married her.
His wife brought him consider
able fortune, but within eighteen
months he had dissipated it all. The
Italian courts pronounced a decree of
separation, granting the baron an al-
lowance of thirty dollars month.
For six months he has lived in,
Paris putting up at the best hotels.
Overburdened with debt and in des-,
perate straits for money, the baron
resorted to petty thievery, and was
caught red-handed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
NEW TAG RECORD.
Fertilizer Tax Collected Largest on
Record.

Columbia, July 1.-More money
has been collected to July 1, 1911,
under the fertilizer tag tax than was
collected during the whole of the
calendar year for 1910. The total
collected through Friday as shown by
the figures at State treasurer's Of
flee is S241,419.08. The total amount
for the year 1910 through June 80
of that year was $215,145.30. The
total amount for the calendar yea1
1910 was $24O,09S.95.
Based upon the amount collected
last year from July / to January 1,
1911, this years calendar receipts
will at least amount to $270,00O.
The fiscal year at Clemson ends
July l and for this reason the fig
ures were obtained Friday to make
the comparisons. The figures OBJ
tanned represent also Fridays re-
ceipts.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
WEIGHS 122 POUNDS.
Georgia Youngster Can Eat Boiled
Dinner.

Mount Airy, Ca, June 27.-James
Adolph, 2 years and months old,
now weighs 1872 pounds, and is
growing every day. With the first
indication of his abnormal growth,
his parents consulted a physician,
and James Adolph was put under his
care. All efforts to keep the baby
on a diet suitable for one of his age
proved unsuccessful. His measure
ments are:
Height, 80 inches barefoot; around
the thigh, 241a inches; neck, IA
inches; bust, 33 inches; waist, sc
inches; around arm, above elbow, IL
inches; wrist, s inches; across hand
above thumb, 6A inches; around
first finger near hand, 2k inches;
above knee, 16 inches; below knee,
13 inches; ankle 9 inches; around
foot, s1s inches; length of foot ~
inches; across shoulders, Is inches.
He sleeps well and is perfectly
healthy and very strong. His appe-
tite is more like a grown persons
than a baby's. For breakfast he will
eat three and four large biscuits,
with bacon gravy, butter, and syrup,
two glasses of buttermilk, and if al
lowed will drink two cups of coffee'
Between breakfast and dinner he will
eat two more biscuits with butter and
syrup. For dinner. he can eat large
plate of greens or any kind of vege-
tables, with boiled bacon, corn bread,
biscuit, and a whole pie, if he can
get it, with two glasses of buttermilk.
He eats again between dinner and
supper, and his supper is in keeping
with breakfast and dinner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
A Rare Old Coin.

Perry Gambrell, negro living on
the place of Mrs. W. M. Shirley, in
Broadway township, recently plowed
up a Spanish silver dollar bearing
date of 1910. The dollar is larger
than the American silver dollar, and
bears the image and name of Ferdi-
nand VII. The coin was plowed up
where the old house of the late Jas.
Major stood; it is supposed the coin
was once the property of Mr.. Major.
The old house referred to was burn
ed about two years ago, and was SO
years old when burned. The negro
has been offered IS for his find, but
refuses to sell for that amount. 1t is
not yet known whether it has any
special value among coin collectors
beyond it's age.-Anderson Mail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Heat Crazed Woman. Slew.

Lockney, Texas, June 30.-Crazed
by heat, Mrs. Maud McCrary; of Los
Angeles, Calf, killed her three small
children and ended her own life in a
vacant house here yesterday. This
became known early to-day when a
searching party which late yesterday
secured the countryside for the wo-
man and children, thinking they had
become lost, found the bodies of the
children in weeds near the vacant
house and the body of the mother
haging to an unused wind mill at the
rear. Mrs. McCrary was here on a
visit to her mother, Mrs. R. M. Ham
ilton.
Yesterday Mrs. McCrary went out
of her mothers house unobserved and
with the children, sought seclusion in
the deserted house, some distance
from Mrs. Hamilton's residence. The
house is a two-story structure. Ap-
parently, Mrs. McCrary took the chill
dren one alta time into separaterooms
upstairs where she cut their throats
with broken glass taken from the
windows and tossed the bodies into
weeds outside.
The children's ages were three
years, five years and three months,
respectively.
The woman left a note stating that
no one was to blame except herself,
but the wording caused the belief that
she was temporarily insane from the
excessive heat which prevailed here
yesterday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Loan Contracts Usurious.

Jackson, Miss, July 3.-In a de-
cision rendered here to-day the State
supreme court held that the loan
form contract written by the Jackson
Loan and Trust company of this city
is fraudulent and usurious, and the
company should be forced to quit
business. The concern has been op-
Grating extensively in several South
ern States.
The ruling of Chancellor Lyell in
the lower court was sustained on all
points except the appointment Of a
receiver, and on this ground a re-
versal was ordered. 1t is estimated
that the company has several hun
dred thousand dollars in outstanding
contracts. ..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
PLANNED OWN FUNERALS.
Remarkable Coincidence in Death OF
Two Spartanburg Women.

Spartanburg, July Sit is a most
peculiar coincidence that two Spar
tanburg women should be buried the
same day, both of whom had given
minute instructions regarding their
funerals.
After selecting the minister to
conduct her funeral and designating
six men to serve as pallbearers, be-
sides naming the undertaking con-
Germ which she desired to take charge
of her remains after death, Mrs. Har-
riett Allen, aged So, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Jeffrey,
at Gaffney. "
Fulfilling her stated wishes, the
body was shipped to this city and
taken in charge by the undertaken
whom the deceased had named. 1t
was buried at the family grave yard
at Cedar Springs, and the men who
she stated she desired to serve as
pallbearers did so. Mrs. Allen lived
in this county until recently, when
she moved to Cherokee.
Mrs. Sophronia Burnett, when she
became seriously i'll several days ago,
called several relatives to her bedside
and gave instructions regarding her
funeral She stated that when she
died she wanted a white casket and
a white robe. She told of the style
of funeral she desired, and the un-
dertaker she desired to bury her,
She then said that she knew she was
getting weaker and that she did moi
have long to live. Sunday she died
and the funeral was held according
to her directions.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
She Minded Him.

The chief was cross that morn
ing and was venting his wrath on
the pretty young lady who manipu-
lated the typewriter.
Everything is in confusion on my
my DESK" he said, testify. 1T al
ways is"
"You insist that you don't want
anything disturbed there" she re-
sponded, meekly.
"Well, I don't wish my papers dis
turbed, but I don't want this sheet
of postage stamps left there"
"Where shall I put them?" she
responded, demurely, as she took
them up.
Don't ask so many questions,
he snapped. "Put them anywhere
out of my sight
every well, SIR she cooed, as
softly as a dove.
And licking them with her pretty
red tongue, she stuck the sheet on
his bald head and walked out to seek
a new Houston Chroni-
Gle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
EXPRESS PROBE NEXT.
Commerce Commission Orders a
Sweeping Investigation.

Washington, July IA sweeping
investigation of all of the express
companies in the United States af-
fected by the. interstate commerce
laws to-day was ordered by the in
terstate commerce commission on it's
own motion.
Evidently in anticipation Of this
action by the commission, practically
all of the express companies, with
the exception of the Long Island,
late yesterday filed new tariffs,
effective August l, which are to be
material reductions in rates.
1t also was announced that the
filing of the new rates would not af-
feet. the proposed investigation in any
way. This investigation will be one
of the widest in scope ever under
taken by the commission, and not
only will be conducted as to rates,
but will include the practices, &C.
counts and revenues of the various
companies.
The inquiry is ordered "to deter
mine whether such rates, classif1ca-
tions, regulations or practices, or any
of them, are unjust or unreasonable,
or unduly preferential or prejudicial,
or otherwise in violation of any OF
the provisions of said act, and to de-,
termine the manner and method in
which the business of said express
companies, and each of them is con-
ducted."