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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
HIS PREDICAMENT AWAKARD.
Humoring Lunatic, Soldier Spends
Two Hours in Guard House.

Fort Riley, Kansas, Dec. 10
Marched to the guard house and
confined on the charge of murder by
an insane man whom he had been
ordered to arrest, was the experience
of Sergt. Geo. Land, 18th cavalry,
to-day. Land remained in the
guard house two hours before the
mistake was discovered.
Sergt. P. G. Souder had been ir-
rational for several days, and to-day
Sergt. Land was ordered to arrest
and take him to the hospital. On
his way Souder wanted Land to
march in front Of him, and the
guard complied.
s'Column right" said Souder, as
they approached the guard house.
sergt. Land, wishing to humor his
prisoner, obeyed. Souder then
marched Land into the guard house,
committed him to the sergeant OF
the guard and had him locked up on
a murder charge. Two hours later
Land was released from his plight
by his commanding officer:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
Girls Offer Kisses for New Railroad
Station.

Twenty of Perry's (Okla.) pref
test girls offered kisses to c. W..
Kouns, general manager of the East
ern lines of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway system, IN
exchange for a new station at Perry.
When Mr.. Kouns, with other Of
ficials of the Santa Fe who are on
an inspection trip, arrived at Perry
nearly all of the city's inhabitants
visited the special train. Among the
visitors were twenty of the city s
handsome young ladies. They ask
ed for the officer who had to do with
the construction of new depots. When
Mr.. Kouns was introduced the young
women promptly made their offer.
Mr.. Kouns, blushing to the roots
of his hair, refsued to enter into the
trade, but it is understood that word
has gone to headquarters recon-
mending a new station for Perry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
Pushed by the Government.

Washington, Dec. ia vigorous
prosecution of all connected with the
alleged dynamite conspiracy is the
emphatic Injunction from the depart
ment of justice directed to District
Attorney Miller under which he will
conduct the federal grand jury be-
ginning at Indianapolis tomorrow.
District Attorney Mccormack, of Los
Angeles, who has been here several
weeks comforting with officials of the
department, left tonight for New
York on a mission connected with
the governments investigation. Off,
cials, however, decline to discuss the
trip in detail.
Attorney General Wickersham,
through Assistant Attorney General
Harr, is personally directing the gov
ernment's course. The inquiry is
based on two federal statutes, and If
accumulation of offenses can be
proved under one or both of these
laws against those responsible for
the crimes, long terms of imprison-
ment can be imposed upon the gull
ty.
The law by which it is hoped to
reach all who have inspired and d.
rected the outrages makes it crime
for two or more persons to conspire
to break a federal law. This imposes
a maximum penalty of two years i'm
prisonment and $4,000 fine. One or
both of the laws would apply to ev-
cry illegal shipment of explosives.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
TWO SUSPECTS NABBED.
Prisoners Fill Description Of A. c.
L. Robbers.

Savannah, Ca, Dec. 15.-Almost
on the very spot wher the Atlantic
Coast Line passenger train, No. 80,
was held up and robbed of regis
tered mail, valued at $4,000, at
Hardeeville, S. c., last Tuesday
morning, George H. Hill and Henry
Eichorn, white men, were arrested
by postoffice inspectors this after
noon and brought to Savannah to-
night and locked in the Chatham
county jail.
These men, one rather tall and
the other shorter and heavily built,
had been at Hardeeville for several
weeks preceding the robbery. They
state they can prove an alibi and that
their home is in Baltimore. They
have been under suspicion since the
day of the robbery. The bandits
were described as being, one tall,
the other short and heavy.
Arrested in Grocery Store.
The arrests were made in gro
Gerry store at Hardeeville, the men
being seized by Special Agent G. S.
Godbold, of the Atlantic Coast Line,
and Deputy Sheriff L. K. Meldrim, of
Savannah. Postoffice Inspectors R.
e. Barry, of Atlanta, and A. J.
knight, of Savannah, who had sworn
out a warrant for the men, were in
charge of the force of officers.
The room occupied by the men at
Hardeeville was searched and two
pistols, corresponding to those used
by the bandits, were found.
Members of the crew of the train
that was held up saw the two men
and declare they fill the description
of the bandits.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
NEGRO CpNFEssEs 70 CRIME.
flav Before His Execution Admits
Assassinating White Man.

Jackson, Ca, Dec. 1S.-Will Turn
or. the negro who assassinated Jesse
Singley, a white man, at lndlan
Springs last summer when race riot
almost was precipitated, to-day con-
fessed to the crime. His execution
will take place here tomorrow. The
murder was the elimination of row
between two bell boys at one of the
springs hotels. Singley and several
companions had gone to the hotel al
ter supper to offer their assistance
in .quelling any disorder, and on his
return to his home Singley was fired
on from ambush. Three sons OF the
negro Turner are also held in the At
lanta Jail on the same charge.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
FARMER AND WIFE SLAIN.
Dastardly Deed Done for Robbery in
North Carolina.

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 13.-News
reaching here early to-day tells of the
murder of John Dixon, a. prominent
farmer of Cleveland county, this
State, and his wife late last night.
Robbery is said to have been the mo-
tive of the crime. Two men are said
to have gone to the home of the muir
dered man last night and asked for
assistance in releasing team from
ditch in which it had fallen.
The farmer went to the aid Of the
men and was killed. The two men
then returned to Dixon's house and
beat the wife until it was thought
she was dead. She survived, how
ever, and was able to relate the affair
this morning. She died later.
The farmer is said to have sold
some cotton a day or two ago in Shell
don, twelve miles from his home,
and the men are thought to have
been in search of money believed to
be in the home. A child year old
was found in the home of its slain
parents unharmed, but bespattered
with blood about it's clothing. Posses
of men and boys are securing the
country near the scene of the crime,
and it is believed that a lynching will
occur if the guilty men are appre-
hended.
Two negroes were arrested late to-
day, but their identity has not been
established.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
He was Helping.

A Baltimore man whose son is a
student at Princeton, has had fire.
ouent occasion to demonstrate with
his boy touching his extravaganza;
but the father invariably comes to
the 'front.'" when the request is made
for further funds.
In his last letter to his son the
father, after the usual recital, stated
that he was forwarding check for
$50, and he wound up with:
"My son, your studies are costing
me a great DEAL"
To which the hopeful, in his next
letter, replied:
q know it, father, and l don
study very hard, either. .'-Christiar
Work.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
POsTOFFICE IN TREE STUMP.
Unusual Feature of Mail Service in
Oregon County.

I'm the stump of huge yellow fir
tree at Black Rock, in the central
part of Polk county, Ore.,' said
Hugh ]. Benton, of Sheridan, Ore.,
at the Releigh, perhaps the most
unique postoffice in the United States
is located. F. J. Holman is the post
master Of this hole in the log, says
The Washington Post. In addition
to supplying his community. with
stamps and letters, Mr.. Holman like
wise operates the central exchange
of the telephone company. The stump
of the tree over which Postmaster
General Hitchcock has supervision,
is some twenty-five feet in diameter,
and the government appropriates
each year a sufficient amount for Its
maintenance. When arranging his
quarters in the old trunk Postmaster
Holman encountered an obstructing
tentacle, which by little planning
and saving he converted into a SER
viceable desk.
I'm the place of the greenery that
formerly dropped from the branches
of the forest monarch may now be
seen an empty mail sack or perhaps
a full one that is to be taken by an
outgoing train. The telephone wires
connecting the homes and business
places of the citizens of Black Rock
and vicinity likewise lead to the tree,
and Postmaster Holman is perhaps
one of the busiest little officials in
the service of Uncle Sam.
"Mr. Holman has held his job TOR
some time, although there have been
others who are jealous of the reputa-
ton which he has enjoyed in being
the only man in the country who has
found it profitable to increase the
revenues of the government from
trunk of a tree and at the same time
work the hello wires without any
interruption to business. Postmaster
Holman is contemplating a trip to
Washington to visit the postmaster
general and when he reaches here he
will no doubt have some rather inter-
esting tales to recount about his Office
in the hole in the tree"
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megalomaniac. What tragedy in his
tory is so gigantic, SO appalling, so
pitiful, in a sense so ironic?"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21

Xmas cards at Herald Book Store
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
SOBS AS SHE HEARS SENTENCE.
Woman, Guilty of Staying Neighbor,
Gets Twenty Years.

Waycross, Ca, Dec. 13.-Sobbing
piteously, Mrs. R. L. Robbins was
sentenced to serve twenty years in
the penitentiary by Judge Parker, in
superior court here to-day for the
murder of her neighbor, Miss Belle
Smith. After the evidence was in
and before arguments begun, counsel
for the woman offered for her plea
of guilty to a charge of voluntary
manslaughter. Neighborhood quar-
rels caused the killing, which occur
red last July.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
Withstood Temptation.

A well-known Scottish archltect
was travelling in Palestine recently
when news reached him of an add1-
ton to his family circle. The happy
father Immediately provided himselt
with some water from the Jordan to
carry home for the christening OF
the infant, and returned to Scotland.
On the Sunday appointed for the
ceremony he duly presented himself
at the church and sought out the
beadle in order to hand over the
precious water to his care. He pull
ed the flask from his pocket, but the
beadle held up warning hand and
came nearer to whisper:
mo the moo, sir; no the moo! May
ba after the kinks out!"-Exchange
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
Orders Sale for Taxes.

Columbia, Dec. 16.-An order
signed here by Judge Wilson directs
that so much of the property of the
Richland Distilling Company, now in
the hands of a receiver, as necessary
be sold to pay the taxes on same.
Mr.. A. M. Lumpkin is receiver for
the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Frequented by Rest Seekers.

Nevertheless and notwithstanding these
conditions. New England still remains
the most attractive, entertaining and sat-
isfactory field for rest and recreation as
well as for studying human nature Its
historical interest, the individuality Of
the people, the charming home life and
lovely scenery, all contribute to the graft
fication and information of the traveller,
and the economic methods in business
and industry are continual object les
son of the greatest value to visitors from
other parts of the country. Probably $50
U0 people from beyond the Allegheny
mountains come to New England every
summer for rest and pleasure, and every
one of them who has reasoning powers
and is willing to exercise them can learn
things of great practical value by observ-
ing the life and habits of the commune
ties into which he will be thrown. On
the other hand. he will pay a good
price for all he gets.
The summer resort business is one of
the most important factors in the pros
| perity of New England. and the rapidly
| increasing number of western people who
buy and maintain summer homes is
much greater than is generally supposed.
Many sons of New England have bought
ancestral acres-sometimes the farms upon
| which they were born Z and have i'm
| proved them with comfortable cottages,
and often with costly and elaborate
mansions.
Every man who buys a farm or a viii
lage home in New England wherever his
business may be located or wherever. his
winter home may be, Is valuable asset
to the community and increases the con-
sumption OF eggs. poultry. potatoes, pork
and fish. All through Cape Cod PENN
sula and in almost every village along
the coast are such summer residences. and
their owners often make up majority of
the population, all the way from Larch-
mont, Conn.,, to Bar Harbor. l saw
statement the other day, in an official
publication of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce to the effect that 10000 people
spend an average of one week each in
the White mountains at the average eX-
pense of 500, which means revenue of
S5OOO,OO for that locality alone. 1t
would be interesting to make a census of
the summer residents of New England
and discover how much money they
bring into the different communities
every year.
The reason people come here is, OF
course, the compensation they enjoy, the
improvement in health and other consid-
erations The Rocky mountains furnish
an unlimited play ground, but New Eng
land is the ideal place for rest cure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
as we'll as the ideal field for one who is
In search of the picturesque.
TRANSPORTATION Facilities Unequaled.


In search of the picturesque
Transportation Facilities Unequa1ed.
The automobile. the trolley cars and the
steam railway lines furnish means OF
transportation that are unequaled IN any
other part of the country. New Eng
land has the best highways in the United
States, the most extensive trolley service
and the greatest railroad mileage for Its
area and population of any part or the
world. Both transportation systems nave
been highly developed, and their present
perfection, curiously enough. is due to
western men. Practically all or the
transportation systems or New EnSlanu
are under the control and management
of men who have been brought mere from
the western states. The extension ana
improvement of the New York. New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad. Whlcn con.
trolls SO per cent of the steam tranc easy
of the Hudson river. did not negin ua,u'
Charles F. Mellen and his ASSISTANTS
who were educated and trained on west
ern transportation lines, came mere ~
show their enterprise and genius. nu'
the same may be SAID OF Ne" 80
Every railway line Of importance that
has its terminus in that city, except tile
Pennsylvania, is under the management
of western man.
The New York, New Haven and Hart,
ford company has recently swallowed
the Boston and Maine, and now mas
nearly five thousand miles OF trach'
which, considering the density OF pop
ulation the volume of trafflc, the nulh-
Der of trains, is equal to n1teeh VI
sixteen thousand miles in the west. MI.
Mellen has perfected this system at
cost of nearly S150.000,0OO. and ms re-
organization and consolidation nave IN
volved a larger number ana sreater
diversity OF problems than have ever
been solved in any transportation en-
terprise before The New Haven rall-
road not only controls 80 per cent OF
the land TRANSPORTATION in the six New
England states, but has large ana
important steamship service IT con-
trolls the trolley lines in Connecticut,
Rhode Island. New Hampshire, Maine,
western Massachusetts and throughout
the Connecticut valley. 1t owns the
electric light and power plants IN
thirty or forty Of the principal cities,
as well as the gas works, and its ram1-
fcations reach almost every interest of
Importance in New England. 1t han
| dies more passengers than any other
railway in the United States and more
freight in comparison with it's mileage.
Important Extensions Planned.
The company is now planning import
ant extensions 1t also proposes to
| follow the example of the Illinois
Traction Company and other trolley
| systems in the west by lending it's
services to the farmers in handling
garden produce. fruit, milk. poultry.
| eggs and other perishable freight, SO
| as to relieve the congestion OF the
| steam traffic and enable the producer
| to reach the consumer With less delay
and expense than is ss lie ct present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Capitol with many of the democratic

Capitol with many of the democratic
leaders in both houses of Congress.
There were numerous exchanges of
views regarding the political situation
and fairly general expression of hope
from the democratic standpoint.
Experience has made us cautious in
the matter of prediction said Mr.. Par
ker, "but the outlook certainly is better
than usual
Some of the democratic congressman
told Mr.. Parker that they would not be
disappointed should they see the demo-
in 1904.
Judge Parker said the Gompers case
would again come up in the District SUI
preme Court July IL. but Aefused to COM
ment on the possible outcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

ways the most pleasing and permanent.
There are some pretty tough-looking sta
tons still, especially on the Boston and
Maine lines. but l am told that they will
be removed and better ones substituted
in the immediate future.
The suburban traffic of Boston and
every other New England city is very
large, and stations are closer together
than In any other part of the country.
This, of course, increases the expense of
construction and maintenance, but the
traffic corresponds.
With the encoura cement Of the Massa-
chusetts railroad commission. grade cross
ings are being slowly abolished, which is
very important. as the tracks run through
the center Of most of the cities. and the
country roads are much more numerous
than in other parts of the United States.
The Gulf Coast railroad of Texas has
recently employed a scientific and prac-
teal farmer to instruct the settlers along
its line as to the proper methods of cult
waiting their crops and using the water
from the irrigating bitches, which to most
of them, being from sections where irr-
cation is not required, is matter of
vital Importance. This farmer-teacher
goes from place to place. and from farm
to farm, observing, suggesting, explain
ing and answering questions. This, l
believe, is the first instance where a rail-
way transportation company has gone so
deep into the details of increasing it's
revenues. for. of course. every additional
the line is naturally shared with the
company.
Educational Trains for Farmers.
The Boston and Maine company. I be-
lieve, was the first to adopt educational
trains for farmers which have been SO
successful that the plan has been adopt
ed generally throughout the United States;
particularly in the south and west. Every
one testifes to the benefits which the
farmers have realized from the ideas that
have been conveyed by the instructors
who usually come from the agricultural
colleges. The present management has
increased the number of trains and ex-
tended the field of instruction, and the
traffic reports show the results in every
case.
| cannot leave this subject without
referring to an inscription upon stone
at a railway crossing to mark the scene
of an accident in which the favorite horse
of farmer was killed. IT is a simple
announcement. without any waste of
sentiment and reads:
Here is where Bill stopped last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Diving of Fractured Skull.

NEW YORK, July 11.-Seven-year-o!d
Alfred Peters is dying in the Lincoln
Hospital here of a fractured skull, re-
ceived while jumping rope in a contest
with his two older brothers. The contest
began shortly after o'clock last evening
and continued for over an hour. when tho
boys were ordered to stop by their father.
The two older boys dropped their ropes,
but Alfred. determined to Guido them.
kept on until in his excitement he trfppeo
and fell. He was picked up unconscious
and hurried to hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
JUDGE PARKER MEETS LEADERS
Some Tell Him He May Head Demo
cratic Ticket Next Year.

Former Judge Alton B. Parker Of New
York, who has been in Washington in
consultation with President Gompers Of
the American Federation Of Labor re.a-
tive to the contempt proceedings against
the federation officials, conferred at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
so PUBLIC CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN

All this broad land talking about their
Regal go" Underslung. When we say national
interest has been awakened truthfuly declar-
ing the actual fact Every sold has added its quota
of enthusiasm to Public Opinion. Every man who owns
one passes the "good thing" along to friend, neigh
Dor and acquaintance. The price is compelling but
the performance of this car, in actual SERVICE its
speed power and endurance its wearing and wonderful
riding qualities, its beauty and mechanical Distinction
these factors of its record breaking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

he called at the horne of Mrs Horace
Mapes to inquire into her sanity. The
woman replied with revolver, from
which she fired three bullets. all of which
srazed the doctors scalp The woman
was then overpowered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

Mrs. Sarah Tanning Lumsden, wife oe
C. II. Lumsden, a druggist Of Lynch
burg, Va, died Friday. after seven
months illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
AT $500 IT IS A SENSATIONAL CAR.

By all comparisons of value is $1,000 below of its so
called COMPETITORS Everywhere wonder is expressed
make such advanced beautiful car for such
price But the economies of manufacture and de-
velopment of that produced the Regal ~
Touring $1,000 have been emphasized in the Regal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Bullet Grazes Physicians Scalp.

MIDDLErowN. " Y, July 11.-Dr
Edwin Fancher had narrow escape from
death or serious injury last night when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

"20 Undressing Roadster at 5000. We anticipated Q
huge demand We knew possessed the PubEc's
Confidence, but greatest ancipations have been
oershadowed in the tremendous sales of this Our
huge plants being tested to the uermost to
orders. Our reputation is built into inch of
every Regal 20 and the public has found it out It's
the biggest seller in the country and that has great deal
to do with the price-S900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
WHAT DOES *UNDERsLUNC" MEAN?

First of all safety 1t is insurance against
turning TURTLE the of 754 of all automobile acct
dents This type of construction also practically elmi-
skddng You drive it as fast as you like and
will stick the road The low center of gravity the
weight motor body and being carried we'll
within the Wheels gives this car an ease OF suspension
that is almost perfect. "Undersuns" also
omy Sdeast so wearing and springs reduced
to minimum. Then, again, it makes possible straight
line drive from motor to wheels, conserving power
which dollars and gasoline. Undersiung
means comfort. It's experience to travel in a
Regal 2O''-The toughest road is smoothed. There is
suspension-You turn corners at speed with bewid-
erng easeEvey line of this exploits comfort Under-
slune" also beauty. It's the that imPresses
you. It's conspicuous in its appeal to good taste The
body being hung below the axes gives the car distinct
TRIM that raksh straghtaway look you cannot find in
any other automobile upon the market and under that
low powerful body 10 inches Of clearance as much
as any other style of suspension.