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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
HEAD BETTEN TO A JELLY.
Quarrel in Oconee Ends in Tragedy.
Slayer in Jail.

Walhalla, March 3.-Oconee has
added another homicide to her rec
ord, both parties to the killing be-
ing negroes. Saturday afternoon,
about 4 o'clock, John Simpson and
George Singleton met in the public
road about IL miles above Walhalla
and a quarrel ensued. Both are said
to have been drinking. Just what
took place has not been brought out,
but the result is that Singleton is
dead and Simpson in Jail. Simpson
used an oak stick about four feet
long as his weapon, and Singleton's
head was literally beaten to jelly.
Simpson has but recently been re-
leased from Jail, where heswas serv-
ing a sentence for violation of the
internal revenue laws. 1t is said
that family trouble while Simpson
was serving his term in Jail led to
the renewal of an old grudge, and
the killing is the result. Singleton
was not married. Both negroes were
about 80 years of age. Albert
Brown and Robert Hunt, two prom
inent white citizens of the section
where the killing occurred, arrested
Simpson, who was lodged in Jail
early this morning.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
Readjustment Likely.

Washington, March 1.-When the
interstate commerce commissions in
vestigation of express companies and
their methods was adjourned to-day
until March 25, a readjustment of not
only the methods and practices OF
the companies, but also of their rates
was in sight.
Just how the question will be solv-
ed, if at all, has not been determined.
During the recess, committees named
by Commissioner Lane will conclude
their work and may be able to report.
1t is not unlikely that the inquiry
will be ended shortly after it is re-
sumed.
Testimony was submitted at the
hearing to-day by S. ]. Wright, agent
of the American Express company III
London, England, Otto Kuhnberger,
of Hamburg, Germany, and Paul
Dardignac, Of Paris, concerning the
operations of express companies and
parcels posts in Great Britain, Ger
many and France.
In general, the testimony showed
that the express service in the three
foreign countries, while lower in
COST, was not comparable either in
speed or in other respects with that
in the United States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
Fire Companies Fight Burning Oil.

Minneapolis, March 2.-The main
warehouse of the Standard Oil Com
pany in this city was destroyed to-
day with a loss of SIS 900. The
structure was a one-story brick build
ing.
The blaze is said to have started
from a big tank of benzine inside
the warehouse, while Foreman Paul
Anderson was drawing pail of ben
zine
Three alarms called so fire compa-
nies to the scene. Tank after tank
exploded inside the building. Col
umns of fame tore the room away
and shot high into the air. The con-
cussion of the explosion shook the
neighborhood.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
D. J. DELK
BANiBERG, S. C..

This cutter has won the highest
prize at every Fair above all other
cutters. We invite a competitive
field test, and will pay expenses if our
cutter is decided against.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
Early Morning Fire at Laurens.

Laurens, Feb. 2S.-Fire originat-
ing in the negro graded school about
2:30 o'clock this morning totally de-
stroyed that building, jumped to the
adjoining building, which was the
negro Baptist church, and totally de-
stroyed it, and then jumped to the
house of Thomas Sanders, a negro,
superintendent of the school, and
almost totally destroyed it. In round
figures the loss will total $4,000,
with partial insurance.
The graded school building was
owned by the city, the church was
owned by the congregation, which is
called St. Paul's, and the house oc-
cupied by Thomas Sanders was own
ed by himself 1t is understood that
provision will be made at once for
school work, and it is not thought
that the term will be interrupted but
for a few days.
4NO ISdl CluC dS W IAO VI lSAA3 VI IiA~
fire has yet been discovered. Some
hold the opinion that the fire was
caused by lighted cigarettes left by
gamblers in the building, while 9TH
ers hold that the fire was the result
of spitework within the church. The
police have begun to work on the
case and probably developments will
follow within short time.
The work of the fire department
was hindered by low water pressure,
the main at this point being only four
inches in diameter.
Len Rounds, assisting the firemen,
narrowly escaped death by stepping
on a live electrically charged wire.
The current reached his body through
the medium of the water on the
ground, the wire being few feet
away. His companion, Guy Watson,
seeing him fall, quickly grasped him
and pulled him out of range of the
current.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
GREENWOOD VISITED BY
FIRE SUNDAY MORNING
The Oregon iu Ashes.-Block of Stores Adjoin-
ing Hosiery Also Burned.-Total Loss
Estimated to be $4,000.

$4,000, insurance $4,000; owned
by Mrs C. T. Bailey.
H. J. Brinson, private linen, furni-
ture, stock, etc., $1,000, no insur-
ance
cKellar-Graham Furniture Com
pany, stock $4,000, insurance s3,-
500.
Holland Brothers, pianos, organs,
etc., $4,000, insurance $4,000.
Oregon Pharmacy, E. L. Norris,
proprietor, stock and fixtures, s12,-
900, insurance $1,000.
A. Latour, barber shop, fixtures,
value $500, insurance $500.
Lion Tailors, clothing made to or
der and pressing club. Estimate
could not be secured this afternoon;
stock around $1,000.
T. S. Chipley, automobiles, had
three E. NJ. F. cars in store; all were
taken out, but damaged considerably.
Hotel Probably Rebuilt.
The Oregon Hotel was built by
the late Joel S. Bailey, in 1899, and
opened to the public that year un-
der the management of Mr.. H. j.
Brinson, who has kept it continu-
ously since. Last year Mr.. Joel S.
S. Bailey, Jr., for his mother, added
the annex, a handsome three-story
structure with four stores on the first
floor, doubling the capacity of the
hotel. While the owners are not
prepared to give out definite plans,
it is very probable that the hotel will
be rebuilt. To have to do without it,
even for some months, will be great
discomfort to the travelling public
and it's non-existence will be felt by
the town also. Almost every citizen
takes the matter as personal loss, so
large a place in the towns life has
the 5otel occupied.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
SHIP REACHES PORT AFIRE.
NJ. and NJ. T. Co.'S Steamer Berkshire
and Cargo Damaged.

Jacksonville, Fla, March 3.-Fire
was discovered in the lower hold Of
the steamer Berkshire, of the Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation
Company, this morning, as the vessel
was coming up the river from Phila-
delphia. Capt. Howe had the steam
turned into the cargo and upon
reaching her pier the fire department
was called out and after pouring
streams of water on the fire for three
hours it was extinguished.
The vessel was damaged to the ex-
tent of about 500, but the damage
to the cargo has not been learned.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity Is Here, Backed by
Bamberg Testimony.

Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a strangers state
ment.
Read Bamberg endorsement.
Read the statements of Bamberg
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case of it:
Mrs. R. A. Delk, E. Church St.,
Bamberg, S. c., says: II can say
that I have been greatly benefited by
Doan's Kidney Pills which I pro-
cured from the Peoples Drug Co. I
took them for backache and pains in
my loins and they also removed
trouble that had existed with my kid
neys."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-03-07
FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS.

The local Bamberg Farmers Union
meets at the court house in Bamberg
on the first and third Friday morn
ings in every month. Meeting at
II o'clock. Applications for mem
bership received at every meeting.
Let all members be present
J. w. STEWART,
J. P. O'QUINN, President.
Secretary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
STRAIGHTEN UP 1!
PUT A CYRUS PLASTEE
NOTICE

Taken by virtue of an execution to me directed, and will be sold at pub lie vendue to the highest bidder, at fhe public sign-post in the City of Bridgeport fourteen days after date, which will be on Monday the goth dav of December. 1912, at S:30 o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy said execu- fion and my fees thereon, the follow ing described property, to wit:
 Three old composite type bar ma chimes models, (Brott type), one re- vised composite type making model machine. ten type mould bars, one lot of drawings, tracings and blue prints contained in old safe, one lot of com posite type bar machine castings, two eases of wood machine patterns for tools and parts of type bar machines, two boxes of special tools, punches, dies etc. one model matrix distribut- Ing device contained
 Dated at Bridgeport this sixteenth day of December, 1912.
 ANTONIO R. ABRIOLA. Deputy Sheriff for Fairfield County.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
BERGER MOVES FOR PHYSICAL VALUE
 NEW HAVEN ROAD

Washington, Dec. 16-A resolution directing the secretary of commerce and labor to determine the physical valuation of the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford Railroad and prelin- mary steps in the condemnation and purchase by the United States was of fered in the House today by Repre- sentative Victor Berger of Wisconsin, only Socialist in Congress
 The resolution declares that the New Haven furnishes another glar- ing illustration that under private ownership and private management of railroads-the interest of the pub lie is made subservient to private in terests in the speculation, poor ser vice and exorbitant rates" and directs the department of commerce and la Dor to give Congress an estimate on the roads actual value"
 Berger in advocati ting his measure declared that while the resolution might not result in the purchase of the road by the government, it would at least definitely settle it's real value minus the 'twatered stock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
SHOOTING CASE IN PARIS REGARDED
 CLOSED AFFAIR

Paris. Dec. 16-When it was said. today, that Walter De Mumm, club man and aeronaut, would be well enough to leave the hospital, tomor- row, and Mrs. Marie Van Rensimef Barnes-C -Creel, the beautiful blonde di- vorcee who shot the young man, was not found, it was assumed the affair was closed incident, so far as the police were concerned.
 The outraged police, however, may choose to prosecute Henri De Mumm, brother of the wounded man, for trtf- ling with them. Such action was said to be a, possibility. Through a news paper story that the beautiful Mrs. Barnes had been found in the Carle- ton, in London, and asked to leave when her identity became known, was denied from London, the belief that the young woman was in London per- sisted. The concierge of the sumptu- ous apartment in Apassy, where Mrs. Barnes and De Mumm met so fre- quently, said that Mrs Barnes had ,telephoned to him to forward her mail to London but refused to divulge the London address If Mrs. Barnes is in London, it was learned, the affair will be dropped by the police but in the event she should be found in Paris, the police might prosecute Henri De Mumm for telling them the woman had fled to London
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
SUCCESSOR OF DR. WILEY NAMED BY
 PRESIDENT TAFT

Washington, Dec. 16.-President Taft, today, named Dr. Carl Alsberg to succeed Dr. Harvey. w. Wiley as chief of the chemistry bureau of the department of agriculture and chief administrator of the pure food law.
 Dr. Alsberg is now employed in the bureau of plant industry of the agri- cultural departm as chemical bio 1ogist. He was born in Germany and appointed to the government service from Massachusetts
 President Taft has been looking over the qualified tions of chemists who might fill Dr. WiIey's place for four five months. Dr. R. E. Doo- little has been acting chief chemist ever since pr. Wiley stepped down, last spring.
 The appointment of a head of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
BECKER AND FOUR
 GUNMEN REMINDED
 OF IMPENDING FATE
Curtains Drawn on Their Cells as Convicted Murderer is Led
 to Death Chair Today

Ossining, N. Y.. Dec. 16.-Form CT Police Lieut.. sChar1es Becker and the four gunmen convicted for the mur- Pder of Herman Rosenthal, as the re- suit of gamblers graft in New ork, had brought home to them, today, for the first time, just what will be their fate if their appeals fail.
 While they sat in their cells in the condemned quarter, the curtains were drawn for the first time and they heard the chanting of the last pray CTS for the dying as a priest escorted Matted Dellono from his cell through 'tthe little green door, A few brief seconds later the lights that never go out were dimmed for a brief period and they knew that another murder CT had been executed
 According to the official announce ment the execution of Dellorno was ''comp1ete success He killed his other, sister and a niece in Brook lyn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
BLACKHAND KING
 SHOT DEAD WHEN
 HE DEMANDED SI00

New York. Dec. 16.-When Aniclo Frisco, variously known as "Zepo the Gimp" and the t'king of the black handers,'' stole into the spaghetti house of Gfosue GalIucci at 316 East 109tFl, today, and demanded $1OO he expected to get it in a hurry. In stead the proprietor of the restaurant asked what he had ever done for him that he should get the hundred
 Frisco started to draw a revolver to enforce his demand but someone twisted the pistol from the blackma1- CT and fired two bullets through his head. He was dead when Policeman Smith, running from his fixed post a block away, reached the scene.
 Only one man, Michael Morrel1eS, who said he was a waiter, was in the place and he professed not to know what had happened. He was held as 8 material witness.
 The dead man, the police say, was one of the most notorious Italian black handlers in this country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

New York, Dec. 16-General Rosalie Jones and her chief aid, Colonel Ida c. Craft, have completed the schedule for the hike to Albany. Following grim army: Dec. 16 the first night out, the army will camp at Irvington- on-Hudson; 17th, Ossining; 18th, Peek skill; 19th Ffshkill- -on-Hudson; 2Oth, Wappinger's Falls; 21st, Poughkeep
 sic; 22d, Rhinebecl1; 23d, Germantown, and 24th, Hudson, where the army will rest over Christmas, attend the county ball in the evening and make votes for women speeches between the dances. Leaving Hudson on She morning Of Dec. 26, the Pilgrims will camp at Stuyvesant Falls that night, at Valatie the 27th, Schodack the 18th
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

and, to keep Sunday like the religious Pilgrims of olden times, it will re- main for church and speechmaking before moving on to Rensselaer, to meet the woman suffragists who will come down from Albany to join the army and add their forces to the host that will march on the capitol to pre- sent Governor Sulzer with a secret message. Ado1ph Major of Brooklyn, a, believer in equal suffrage, has volun- teered to accompany the walkers in his auto and will carry the peanuts, chocolate and sandwiches that will furnish 1uncheons between towns. He will also carry the extra supply of literature that the women will need and also the suitcases that will con- tain extra apparel
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
James Lick's Test.

This is told of James Lick, the eccen- tric San Francisco millionaire, who founded the famous observatory bear ing his name. When taking any one into his service he always asked the person to plant a tree upside down the roots in the air, the branches un- derground. If there were any protest the man was at once sent away, Lick saying that he wanted only men who would obey orders strictly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

pure food bureau is within the pro- Vince of the secretary of agriculture but because of the importance of the post and the fact that the entire suc- cess of the pure food law is largely in the hands of the chief chemist, President Taft made the appointment himself.
 DF. Alsberg often came into close with pr. Wiley and is understood to support his predecessor in practically all of his decisions regarding pure food policies with the possible excep- ton of bleached flour e/
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
A Misleading Sign.

She entered the grocery store with a jar of marmalade in her hand and fire in her eye. ''See here," she said to the clerk. 'I bought this stuff be- cause the card in your window says it's an excellent substitute for butter''
 Yes, ma am; so it is.''
 ''Well, it's grand substitute. must say! I tried frying a bit of fish with it this morning. and the taste was so awful I had to throw the fish all away."-Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
TRAIN DOWN
 AN EMBANKMENT

Cumberland, Md, Dec. 1e-Both en- zines, the mail, baggage and express cars of Baltimore & Ohio passenger train No. 4, eastbound, were derailed and rolled down over an embankment when the train struck 6 boulder com ing down a Is mile grade 35 miles west of here, early today.
 One engineer was slightly injured and traffic was delayed for some time. The passengers on the train were asleep and. knew nothing of the acci- dent until some time alter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
Bunkoed.

'Son, why don't you play circus? It's great fun. First you make a sawdust ring.''
 "Where'l I get any sawdust, dadT
 Here's the saw. Just saw some of that cordwood into stove lengths. You can have all the sawdust you make"- Pittsburgh Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
Not Crazy.

"Do you think Oscar proposed to me merely on account of my money?"
 ''Well, my dear, you know he must have had some reason.''-Fliegende Blatter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

Cleanliness of body was ever es- teemed to proceed from a due rever- ence to God.-Bacon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
20 YOUNG WOMEN
 SUFFRAGISTS OFF
 FOR ALBANY HIKE

New York, Dec. 1e.-Twenty young women, carrying long Alpine staffs and with Votes For Women in big black letters across the haversacks suspended from their shoulders, start ed today, from Broadway and 242nd street to walk to Albany. They will cover no more than 10 miles daily and plan to march into the capital on Dec 30. in time to attend the i'm auguration of Governor-e1ect Sulzer.
 The women reached Yonkers at 1O-55, more than an hour ahead of their schedule. When they started to make speeches they were held up by Dan Wolf, chief of police and forced to get permit
 Exceptional Values in fur scarfs. muffs, marabout muffS and scarfs, waists, petticoats ostrich plumes and pony skin coats for Christmas gifts at B. H. Dillon & Co.,, 1105 Main street.
 New Britain-Po1ice raided Con- stable Zehrere's store, next to the po- ice station and confiscated three bar rels of cider.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

Advertise in the Farmer
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-28
Viewpoints
Again. the Walks.

Editor the MissOurian: Is the pri-
mary purpose of walks useful or
ornamental? Should walks be laid
out to serve the people or to orna-
ment the landscape?
Last fall the diagonal paths from
the southeast and southwest corners
of the University campus were closed.
True. traffic was not stopped. for
paths around the obstacles that were
erected quickly grew Those paths
are evidence of the need of walks
from those corners. They are a d.
mand for the old line of travel. not
because of traditions. or sentiment.
but because of hurry and rush of
University life which calls for the
shortest and quickest methods.
Diagonal paths across the campus
would save many a student from be-
ing late to classes. One minute
longer, at the very least. is required
to follow the winding. longer routes.
One minute is often the difference
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-28
BUILD THE ROADS NARROWER.

Governor Carroll of Iowa proposes
to save agriculture in his State
300, ,0O0 acres of land, valued at $50
0OO, 900, by narrowing country roads
from sixty-five to forty feet.
W. S. Gearhart, state highway en-
gineer of Kansas, says a roadway
thirty feet wide between the center
of bitches will amply accommodate
traffic; greater width means room
for weeds. On roads having little
travel he would reduce the width to
twenty-five feet.
Missouri can materially reduce the
cost of construction and maintaining
good roads without in any way i'm
pairing their efficiency by cutting
down their width. This common
wealth can add more than a quarter
of a million acres to agriculture and
increase taxable wealth some $780,
100000 by following Governor Car
rolls suggestion.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-28
The Patriotism of Peace

I the ID. A. r., and while commencing
them highly urged them still to en-
courage the back to the soil
movement. which is a worthy cause
i'm the conservation movement.
Also she called attention to the
conservation of the child. to the
need of Juvenile courts for the
checking of crime and for placing
/ its causes where they belong-in un-
satisfactory home conditions, in
most instances.
She also begged that a halt be
called on the sacrifice of the old
trees in Columbia that have been
landmarks for more than a half CEN
tury. simply that street may be
widened or an unsightly electric
light pole put up.
The establishment of chair of
preventive medicine received her
praise. move she said, toward the
freeing of man from shackles which
he has too long thought necessary.
Pure food laws is a province in
which women are particularly fit
ted to work. says Mrs. Masfarlane.
And if we look about us. We. will
find many outlets for our patriotism,
besides the one of waving our flag
and singing our national song
A glance at the American Monthly
Magazine cOnvinces one of the fields
in which the ID. A. r are making in
cursiOns.
In Louisiana. the State Regent,
Miss Virginia Fairfax. name that in
itself speaks of things Revolutionary
tells in her annual address of organ
izatiOn of Children of the Republic
Clubs of the use of their lecture bu-
reau. of the establishing OF a story
telling hour i'm their public libraries
and of playground societies.
The Virginia Dare chapter
(another good name) of Tacoma,
Wash, retains delegate in the |
Presidents Council potent factor
for civic betterment. One of their |
members is chairman of the Nation |
al Pure Food Committee of the Fed |
Grafton.
Other chapters throughout the |
United States contribute to the gen.
eral welfare by Y. NJ. c. A. member
ships to deserving boys and by lib
eral donations to organized chari-
ties. to the erection of flag poles and |
hitting monuments. proving as Mrs. |
says. that many may be
found for patriotism of the right |
sort M. l.. S
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-28

between absence and presence
sometimes it might mean more than
a cut. If you return a book to the
University Library thirty seconds late
it will cost you quarter. OF course,
there is that old remedy, rise a little
earlier. Follow that adage out. and
the walks might just as well run
around through the golf links before
arriving at the University buildings.
That would be delightful-in spring
but it would hardly fit in with the
eXpediency of the age.
Let us have the walks follow the
natural. logical lines of travel. And.
what may also be emphasized, let's
have more concrete ones and less of
the muddy, gravelly, nuisances In
cidentally walk might be built in
front of the ROthwell Gymnasium
that has no holes i'm it to trap-and
trip-the unaware.
Foot Weary.