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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

dogs hair to the legislative bite Oh the
protective tariff. under which n
masses suffer in this country; nor OF
applying a like remedy TO the unlaW-
full acts of corporations. which abuse
n privileges acquired from the same
power whose corrective agency is in
voked. :
Such remedies are justified by h
fact that the law OF supply and de-
mand has been interfered with and
perverted by artificial conditions es-
tablished by the government itself.
But. when we come to the great
question of regulating the price OF
cotton, for example, by artificial
means. we deal with a subject more
hazy in it's moralities and capable of
less precision in their consideration.
For example, there is no question hat
the law of supply and demand in de-
termining the price of cotton is in
terfered with every year, at a critical
time, by speculation in the centres
where the supply of money, the meas
ure of value, is controlled; whereas
the spectators, unlike a government
ottIi W. 49,
a portion of the people.
Nevertheless, again, the tempta-
if not the justification, arises in this
case, also, to apply the dogs hair;
and that TO a bite SO vicious and so
widespread in it's consequences, to the
as we'll as to the producers.
as the manipulation of the cotton mar
ket. We imagine that some such proc
ess of reasoning is accountable for
the thithertO ain ~expedients for
counteracting the artificial prices I'M
der which cotton producers increas-
ingly suffer, n which are now TAX
ing more definite shape, as i'll the
coming conference of Cotton States
governors to be held at the begin
ming Of next week I've believe it is)
in New Orleans"
It is to be hoped that the New
Orleans Convention will not invoke
any plan calling for the pledging Of
government credit. II the govern
ment should pledge it's credit to en-
able h cotton farmers to hold their
cotton it must give the same prOtec-
ton to the growers Of other big
crops, and soon we would have the
government in control Of all the bust
ness Of the country. No: the remedy
is not the Brazil plan. 1t was a
temporary experiment there and was
made possible only by peculiar con-
ditions. hose conditions do not ex-
ist in the cotton business, and the
last thing the American farmers
SHOULD commit themselves to is a
policy of governmental regulation Of
crops and Of possible governmental
fayoritism. In dispensing govern
ment protection it is always rue that
it is in the final analysis monopoliZed
by the few. The true doctrine is for
the government to give equal rights
to ali and special privilege to none"
and keep open the channels SO that
no interests can deny a fair nance
to all. Let us have legislation en-
forced against gambling. no taxation
for private purposes, and no use of
the public credit for any class of citi-
Zens.
h Brazil plan is not the remedy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
UNCLE WALT
The Poet PHILOSOPHER

Why was Mona Lisa smiling In a
so beguiling? Folks have
wondered what amused her for fOur
hundred years or so. What
MONA was going on SO funny that
LISA She sprung a smile SO sun
ny? What occurred so
laugh provoking in those days OF long
ago? Were the merchants adver-
Using bargain carnivals surprising.
was she dreaming of a bonnet that
would break the nefghbors' hearts?
Was she planning brave excursions i'm
the stores, and such diversions. plum
dering the remnant counters in h
city's busy marts? Oh. that smile!
We can't discover what it was that
made it hover on the face Of the Ia
mented In the vOiceless vanished
ears: anyhow. that smile is famous
and the age cannot blame US that
we're all in love with Mona, who pre-
ferred a smile to ears. Is there in
the realm of painting any picture of
"A fainting, mournful. melancholy mai
den who's been loved as much as
she? Thus a smile goes down the
ages tightening life's dreary stages.
bringing sladness to our v like
a sunbeam on the sea.
IN IN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

10 the farmers: Sow wheat. Mr..
r. Il. Newell collaboration of the Unit
ed states Department of Agriculture,
gives this advice TO the armer OF
warren county and says: This is
the only year 1 have ever seer cotton
TO come Off in time to SOW wheat. /
think if the farmers will SOW wheat
and oats and rye, and cut the acre
age Tor cotton next Year. that the
acreage Will be reported by the lst
Gay Of March and all the farmers
Will get Is cents for their cotton, af-
ter that time"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
TUESDAY
TONIC.

Robert Louis Stevenson.)
So long as we love we serve, so long
as we are owed by others [ would al
most say that we are indispensable:
and no man is useless While he has
"A friend.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered in
North Carolina 50 much good reading
for SO little money as we arc Offering
under tie following propositions: For
$40 we will send tho following for
years
The Weekly Views and Observer. AZ
eight-page weekly, newspaper.
The CommOner. On able weekly
Journal. published by William Jcn"
nings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen
page North CaFoliua home and farm
weekly journal.
Thu for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you car get all these papers
year.
Y. C. MOORE. Manager.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
LITTLE GIRL FATALLY BURNED.
Mother Makes Vain Efforts to Save
Child, at Scranton.

Florence, Nov. 14.-News was re-
ceived in the city of a horrible acci-
dent, which occurred at Scranton, a
small town 21 miles south OF this
city, in Florence, county, Monday af-
ternoon, in which Ethel, the five
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs: A.
A. Cook, of that place, was burned to
death.
From what can be learned, Ethel
and two other small children were
playing in a room at the Cook home;
when suddenly Mrs. Cook heard her
little daughter scream. She rushed
to her as quickly as she could 60,
only to find her clothing in blaze
of fire. Before she could do anything
for her the flames had burned
all the clothing from the little girls
body and it was only a short time be-
fore the life of the little girl had
gone out, although everything posi-
Bile was done for her.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
Society Leader Held for Theft.

Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 16.-
Wilfred Stuart Sheldon Dickson,
said to be a member of an old En-
glish family, and arrested yesterday
on the charge of stealing jewels val
ned at s2,950 from Mrs. Olga Won
Wedelstadt Haskell, of this city, was
arraigned to-day in police court and
asked for a preliminary examina-
ton. The case will be heard to-mor-
row. Bond was placed at $4,000,
which has not been furnished.
George Haskell, son of Mrs. Has
kell, who also was arrested yester-
day on complaint of his mother and
held at police station last night, was
given a 45-day workhouse sentence,
but was released on probation for
one year.
According to the complaint made
by Mrs. Haskell, the jewels disap-
peared shortly after Dickson had
seen her hiding them. Dickson
who has been a guest in the Has
kell home for about five weeks, and
who has been a leader in Minneapo-
lis society since coming here sew
eral months ago, declares that ne
knows nothing of the jewels.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
SHIP CENTURY OLD.
Vessel Buried Years Beneath Bustle
and Rush of the City.

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-Unearth-
ed from it's sleep of sixty years or
more beneath the hustle and rush OF
the commission district of this city,
the skeleton of deep-water ship
built more than a century ago was
disclosed to-day by workmen exca-
waiting for a building. The massive
timbers of the old sea rover, held
together with hard-wrought copper
spikes, lie within a stones throw OF
the site of Fort Gunny Bags, where
the vigilantes exacted swift justice
in pioneer days, and nearly half a
mile from the present water front.
It was believed at first that the
skeleton was that of Spanish ship
of war, thrown ashore in some for
gotten hurricane before the water
line was driven out into the bay by
the city's need of room.
It was determined that the old
vessel was between eighty and a
hundred feet in length, too short for
a ship of war, and from the heavy
timbers at the bow it was argued
that she was a New England whaler.
Many such were pressed into service
in the gold rush of 40, and brought
ardent Argonauts around the Horn.
Arrived within the Golden Gate,
their usefulness ended, and they lay
abandoned in the stream until they
were pulled ashore to serve as lodg-
ing places for the gold seekers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
Woman Doctor Commits Suicide.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 16.-M. Ethel
Kirk, aged 35 years, we'll known
woman physician, was found dead in
her apartments in the Geyer build
ing, located up town, late to-day
from the effects of chloroform. The
doctor had committed suicide by
placing cotton, saturated with the
drug, in her mouth and nostrils. FL
nancial troubles were the cause.
Several days ago DR.. Kirk visited
a trust company and made her will.
Wednesday, in conversation with the
woman janitor of her apartment, she
said: II am tired of this. l can
collect little from my patients: |
wish I would die. / would like to
lie down and never wake up
Mrs. Dippold, the janitress, was
called to the telephone of another
physician in the building to-day. An
officer of the trust company where
DR.. Kirk made her will Informed the
janitress that he had received two
strange letters from the physician.
He said he was unable to get a re-
sponse to telephone calls and advis-
ed an immediate investigation. Sum-
moning DR.. H. E. Krumpe, Mrs. Dip
pold unlocked DR.. Kinks Office. They
found the woman lying on lounge
dead.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
They Looked On.

Johnny, who lives on the South
Side, hasn't been to school long, but
he already holds some peculiar views
regarding the administration of his
particular room.
The other day he came home with
a singularly morose look on his usu'
ally smiling face.
"Why, Johnny" said his mother
whats the matter?"
Johnny snorted.
Il amt going to that old school
no more" he fiercely announced.
why, Johnny" said his mother
reproachfully, you mustn't talk like
that. What's wrong with the school?'
Il amt goin' there no more,
Johnny replied; "an' it's because all
the boys in my room is blamed old
cowards!'
why, Johnny, JOHNNY
Eyes, they are. There was a boy
whisperin' this mornin', and teacher
saw him an bumped his head on tn
desk ever an ever so many times
An those big towards sat there an
didn't say quit nor nothin. They let
that old teacher bang tn head OH
tn poor little boy, an they just sat
there an seen her do it,
And what did you do, Johnny?
Il didn't do nothin'-I was the
bov," Plain Dealer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
Teacher Shot by Father.

Lumber City, Ca, Nov. 1S.-Prof.
R. L. Moon, principal of the public
school at this place, was shot and
painfully wounded yesterday while
on his way from school by D. q. Will
lis, a patron of the school. The
trouble grew out of a whipping CIV
en- by the school teacher to Willis's
little boy.
Willis stopped Prof. Moon on the
street, where some words were pass
ed. The former pulled his revolver
and shot at the professor three times,
two shots taking effect. One pene-
trated the left hand and the other
made scalp wound. The wounded
man was given medical attention and
his injuries are not thought to be of
a serious nature.
Prof. Moon is held in the high
est esteem here and the shooting af-
fair is generally deplored. Willis
recently moved here from Cochran,
Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
NOTICE OF SALE.
State of South Carolina-Co

State of South Carolina-County of
Bamberg-In Court of Common
Pleas.
Carrie E. Simmons, plaintiff,
againts Sallie E. milestone, ct al,
defendants.
BY virtue of a decretal order of his
Honor, S. w. G. Shipp, Circuit Judge,
1 will sell to the highest bidder for
cash on Monday, the 4th day of De-
cember, next, at the court house in
the Town of Bamberg, between the
legal hours of sale, the following de-
scribed property:
All that certain piece, parcel or
lot of land situate, lying and being
in the Town of Bamberg, County and
State aforesaid, containing and meas
bounded as follows: North by lot Of
Jack Rowe; East by New Bridge St.;
South by lot of R. L. RisheT and F.
w. Free; and West by c. r. Brab-
ham, Sr.
Those certain lots of land situate,
lying and being in the 1own of Bam-
berg, County and State aforesaid, de-
scribed as follows: Lots Z, 8, 8, and
10, in block /, in Brabham Court;
also, lots Is and 16 in block 4, and
lots "a. and 35 in block l of the said
Brabham Court.
Purchaser to comply with bid with,
in one hour after sale or the said
property will be resold at the pur-
chaser's risk, and so on from time to
time until purchaser is found who
will comply. Purchaser to pay for
papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master Bamberg County.
MAYFIELD & FREE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Bamberg, S. c., November 6, 1911.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
MUST SERVE SENTENCE.
Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court
in Seminole Judgment.

Columbia, Nov. 13.-Rejecting the
allegations of error in the trial IN
the lower court, the South Carolina
Supreme Court this afternoon, in an
opinion by Chief Justice Jones, af-
firms the judgment of the Richland
county circuit court in November,
1910, when John Y. Darlington and
James Stobo Young were convicted
on a charge of breach of trust as Of
ficers of the Seminole Securities Com
pany, and sentenced to serve three
years, and one year, respectively, on
the public works or in the State penl-
tentiary.
Darlington was president and
Young secretary and treasurer of the
company, and were brought to trial
in the Richland court on an indlct-
ment embracing five counts, includ-
ing charges of conspiracy, breach of
trust with fraudulent intention, and
grand larceny. They were found
guilty by the jury on the fourth
count only, which charges "a breach
of trust by the said defendants by
the conversion to their own use OF
the sum of $55,596 in money of
the property of the Seminole Securi-
ties Company, entrusted to the de-
PENDANTS and converted to their own
use with fraudulent intention.'
Darlington and Young are both
from Laurens, and are under a So
600 bond each for their appearance.
It is stated here tonight that the
men are now in Chicago, but they
will be communicated with at once,
and are expected to arrive in the i'm
mediate future to commence serving
their sentences.
The exceptions, imputing error
during the trial, embrace admission
of testimony alleged to be inmate
rial, rulings of the presiding judge
on motions for a directed verdict,
and for quashing of indictments, and
refusals by presiding judge to charge
as requested by the defense. The
opinion at every point finds the trial
to have been conducted without er-
ror prejudicial to the defense and af-
firms the judgment.
Associates Justices Gary, Woods,
and Hydrick concur in the decision
of Chief Justice Jones.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
SON KILLED, FATHER WOUNDED
Pickens County Men, Charged with
Murder, Resist Officers.

Charlotte, N. c., Nov. 16.-In a
pitched battle on the outskirts of Bre-
ward late this afternoon, Deputy
Sheriff Branch Paxton, of Transyl-
vania county, shot and instantly kill
ed Leroy Elrod and badly wounded
his father, Thomas Elrod, both OF
whom were wanted in Pickens coun-
ty, S. c., for alleged murder of a man
there yesterday. Paxton. was also
painfully hurt and bruised by the at
tacks of the men he was trying to
arrest.
Early this morning local officers
were wired to lookout for the two
Elrods. They were located this az
ternoon and Sheriff Shuford and
Deputy Paxton went after them. IN
closing in on the Elrods, Paxton
reached them first and ordered them
to throw their hands up. While COW
cred with the officers gun and being
searched for weapons, the elder El-
rod knocked the pistol from Paxton S
hand and hand to hand conflict en-
sued, lasting several minutes. There
was a general exchange of shots be-
tween the three, but only one bullet
took effect, Leroy Elrod, the son,
being shot through the breast. The
old man was quickly overpowered
and brought to Jail, at Brevard.
Sheriff Shuford reached the scene too
late to render any assistance to his
deputy, having gone further way to
head off the escape of the men.
Thomas Elrod is about 62 years
old. His son was only 19. The old
man admits having shot the man in
Pickens county yesterday, as charged.
Sheriff Roark, from Pickens county,
arrived just after the shooting, having
driven through the country. The cor
oner held an inquest tonight and &C
Quilted the Brevard officer of all
blame in the matter. 1t is considered
rather a miracle that Mr.. Paxton was
not more seriously wounded in the
melee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
NOTICE OF SALE.
Plaintiffs Attorney.

State of South Carolina County
of Bamberg.
By virtue of a power of attorney to
me directed by the heirs-at-law OF c.:
Boozer Copeland and Theacia Cope
land, l will offer for. sale to the high
est bidder for cash at the Court
House in the Town of Bamberg on
Monday, the 4th day Of December
next, being salesday in December, all
that certain piece, parcel or tract OF
land, situate in the County Of Bam-
berg, State aforesaid, containing 164
acres, more or less, and bounded as
follows: North by. lands of j. L.
Copeland and Little Saltkeahatch1e;
East by Mrs. Martin Smith; South by,
Isaac w. Rentz; and West by J. Laz
Copeland.
A title to the said purchaser at said
sale will be executed and delivered
unto the purchaser on the delivery
of the purchase money.
]. C. COPELAND, IS
Attorney in fact for the heirs-at-
law of C. Boozer Copeland and Thea
cia Copeland.
Bamberg, S. c., November 6, 1911
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
MASTERS SALE.

By virtue of decree of the Court
of Common Pleas for Bamberg Coun-
ty made in the case Of F. NJ. Roach,
administrative of the estate Of S. G.
Roach, vs.. o. j. Bond ct al, will
sell at the Court House door, Bam-
berg, S. c., during the legal hours OF
sale, on Monday, December 5, 1911,
to the highest bidder for cash:
ALI that piece, parcel or lot OF
land, situate and being in the coun-
ty of Bamberg, formerly Barnwell.
in the State of South Carolina;
bounded on the North by lands OF
the estate of w. F. Roach; East by
lands formerly of Free; South by
lands of F. NJ. Roach, formerly M.
G. Roach; and West by run of Little
Saltkeahatchie; the said tract orig
inally containing two hundred and
thirty-four (234) acres according to
said plat but since reduced by sale
to one hundred and eighty Q3O)
acres.
H. c. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
B. c. BELLINGER,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
LEGAL PHRASE sCAREs WOMAN.
Attempts Suicide When Told Her
Case Was MOL Pressed.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 13.-'Nolle
prossed," coming from the lips of
her attorney, who was telling her of
the outcome of a case against her,
80 terrified Mrs. Therese Bates, a
young Hungarian woman, that she
tried to commit suicide here yester-
day afternoon.
Unfamiliar with court terms, the
woman thought that some terrible
calamity was about to descend upon
her. When she heard the result of
her case she dashed for an open win
dow in the attorneys Office on the
fourth floor of an office building,
and but for prompt action on the
part of several men would have fall
en- to the pavement below.
AS soon as possible clear explain
alton of the term was given, and the
woman felt that life again was worth
the living.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
A Fisher of Men.

A Methodist bishop was a guest
at the home of a friend who had two
charming daughters. One morning
the bishop, accompanied by the two
vonng ladies, went out in hope OF
catching some trout. An old fisher
man, out for the same purpose, wish
ing to appear friendly, calld out:
s.Ketchin, any, pard?'
The bishop, drawing himself to his
full height, replied: Brother, am
a fisher of men"
you've got the right kind of bait,
all right" was the fisherman's re-
jipder.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23

When a man points a gun at you
knock him down. Don't stop to see
if it is loaded, but knock him down,
and don't be at all particular what
you do it with. If there is going to
be a coroner's inquest let it be the
other fellow. He won't be missed.
JUDGE" said the guilty man, Il
inherit this felonious habit. | can't
resist it. My father was a CRATER
and my mother a photographer. l
can't help taking things"
"Then take seven years at hard
labor" said the judge, kindly
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-23
Advertising Brings the Business

The business man who does not ad-
vertise might almost as we'll put his
goods in a basement as on the
shelves of his store. He does not
realize the truth of the stateme ent
made by Lord Macauley years ago
when steam was the great motive
power, that, advertising is to busi-
ness what steam is to machinery.
He would soon know the truth of it
to his great financial gain if he would
but test it. This is what the progress
i've business man does with conse-
quent prosperity to himself and Of
gain to the public.