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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
LEVERS OLEOMARGERINE BILL
Committee Will Introduce Measure
Prepared by South Carolinian.

Washington, Feb. 20.-The report
of the oleomargerire subcommittee
of which Mr.. Lever, of South Caro-
lima, is chairman, has been made to
the committee on agriculture in the
form of bill recently introduced by
Representative Lever, and to which
he has given considerable study.
For a month or more the sub
committee has held constant sessions
at the commencement of which Mr..
Levers suggestion of open door meet
ings was adopted. Both tie butter
people and the oleomargerine manu-
facturers have had accession to offer
suggestions, and the Lever bill, as
reported, has been augmented by
some Of these suggestions which the
subcommittee has seen fit to accept.
Mr.. Lever in submitting the report
of his subcommittee, pointed out to
the committee just what the bill in
tended to do and occupied more than
an hour and half in going into de-
tails. He Is quite hopeful of unan-
imous favorable report from the
committee on the 28th instant, the
date set by the committee for final
consideration of the question.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Judge Jones in Washington.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Judge Ira
Jones, who resigned the chief JUS
ticeship of the South Carolina Su-
preme Court in order to run for the
governorship against Gov. Blease in
the Democratic primary, is at the
Willard hotel here, and will probably
remain until tomorrow afternoon.
Judge Jones spent large part OF
to-day at the capitol and took lunch
with Senator and Mrs. Tillman and
Representative Legare in the senate
dining room. Among the other mem
bers of the delegation seen by Judge
Jones during the day were Represen-
tatives Finley and Johnson. When
met in Senator Tillman's office, Judge
Jones refused to say anything about
his visit to Washington, except that
it was on matters of personal busi-
ness. He declined courteously, but
firmly, to discuss State politics or to
say anything about his candidacy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
AGREE ON PARCELS POST.
MEMBERS OF HOUSE COMMITTEE
TO PRESENT PLAN.
Idea is to Have General System, with
Special Provision for Rural
Routes.

Washington, Feb. 20.-Democratic
members of the house committee on
postofices and post roads have agreed
to incorporate in the appropriation
bill provisions for the establishment
of a general parcels post system. They
also have agreed upon general do
mestic rate of IL cents and maxi
mum package of II pounds. This is
the present international post rate.
They would also provide for rural
parcels post, the rate to be S cents
for one pound and cents for each
additional pound. The provisions will
be incorporated in the bill to be re-
ported to the house some time next
week, but the actual wording of the
provisions has not been framed. The
decision was reached after long con-
sideration of the subject, some Demo-
cratic members advocating a sys-
tenn of parcels post zones in which
would prevail different rates. This
was finally passed and the interna-
tional rate ordered recommended for
general routes and the limited, grad
ed rates for rural routes.
It was reported tonight that some
Republican members of the commit
tee would approve the recommended
tions and that the bill would pass
the house.
The parcels post fight has been on
in congress- for. years
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Hanging Voids Life Insurance.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Death by
the hand of the law voids all life in
surance policies of the criminal. The
supreme court so held to-day in the
fight of the children of James McCue,
former mayor of Charlottesville, Va,
who was executed for the murder of
his wife in 1905. A policy for s15,-
900 was carried by McCue in the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company of Wisconsin.
The United States circuit court of
appeals for the Fourth circuit held
that the policy was made in Wiscon-
sin and under the Wisconsin laws
was not annulled by execution on the
gallows The supreme court to-day
held that the policy was not to go in
to effect until the payment of the
premium which was made in Virginia
and therefore that the policy was
made in Virginia and was not govern
ed by Wisconsin laws.
the policy was made in Virginia and
was not governed by Wisconsin laws.
After reviewing the cases in the
federal courts and in the courts of
Virginia, the court announced that
the public policy in both federal and
Virginia jurisdiction demanded that
death by the law should void life in
surance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Denmark Doings.

Denmark, Feb. 20.-Miss Kathleen
Califf, of Barnwell, the charming
niece of Mr.. w. L. Califf, is spend
ing some time here.
Miss Nettie Miller, who has been
spending the winter here, returned
to her home in Pennsylvania on
Tuesday.
The beautiful new home belonging
to Mr.. White has just been complet-
ed. It is situated in the northern
part of town, on Quality Heights. )"
Also the frame work of Mr.. w. H.
Faust's house has been put up. The
erection of these homes will be quite
an addition to Denmark.
Miss Marguerite Stokes, who has
been for some time with relatives
here returned to her home in Orange
burg on Monday.
Miss Nettie Miller and Mrs. R. M.
Willis, of this city, spent a few days
last week with Mrs. H. w. Goolsby
in Fort Motto.
Miss Lucie Phillips, of Sanders
vile, Ca, was the guest OF Mrs. IT,
W. Goolsby last week.
Miss Maggie Milhous, of Olar, was
the guest of Miss Virginia Hutto for
the weekend.
511
Mr.. R. NJ McCartha spent Sunday
with friends here. u.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Alleged Crime at Orangeburg Creates
Stir Among Colored People.

Orangeburg, Feb. 20.-Quite a
stir, particularly among the colored
population of the city, was caused
here last night by the charge of at
tempted criminal assault on well
known colored girl of the city by a
young colored man by the name of
Ferdinand Brown. 1t is said that
Brown and the girl were out riding
when the crime was attempted, and
that the cries Of the young woman
were heard by some white men who
Immediately went to her assistance,
and perhaps prevented it's consum-
nation.
Up to this time Brown has succeed
ed in evading arrest, but will no
doubt be apprehended before many
days, as it is not thought that he is
very far from this city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Finds Dog-Faced and Bird-Beaked
Man.

Los Angeles, Feb. 17.-Dr. Carl
Kum1n, African explorer and scien-
tist, arrived here to-day en- route to
Washington, where he will lay evi-
dence before the heads of the Ma
tional Geographical Society that he
has discovered men with the faces
of dogs and of birds living in the
heart of the Ozark Continent"
81 have proof" declared DR..
Krumm that I have found negroes
with the faces of dogs. They spoke
in low gutteral bark not unlike that
of the canine. They live by class and
their mode of life is not unlike that
of the stone age.
I'm another part of Africa, far
from the haunts of white men,
discovered a tribe of negroes who
ran about like storks on one leg.
Their other leg was never used and
they carried it bent or drawn taut.
These men live in a section of the
country where there are many pools
and ponds of water.
"In still another part Of Africa
there are negroes whose faces are
virtually like the beak of bird.
They live in trees"
And the hunting wasn't very good
either!
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
RETURNED TO COLUMBIA.
South Carolina Woman, Visiting in
Washington, Disappears.

Washington, Feb. 18.-Mrs. w. H.
Greever, wife of a Lutheran cler-
gyman of Columbia, S. c., disappear
ed Friday evening from the home Of
friends whom she had been visiting
in Washington, and they. have not
seen her since.
She had been in i'll health for some
time and her Washington physician
yesterday asked the police if they
could find her.
Though the police had not been
able to discover Mrs. Greever up to
the time this dispatch was sent, the
Washington friends of the missing
woman believe that she went back to
her home in Columbia and are hour
ly expecting information Of her ar
rival there.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
The "Six Nile House"

The story goes back to the days
Just after the war when Charleston
was the market for the planters OF
all the lower part of the State with
in radius of rs miles.
There was located just six miles
out of Charleston what has gone
down in history as the noted "Six
Mile House." This was kept by the
Fishers-a man and his wife. It
is said that many citizens would go
down to the city, sell their cotton
and disappear together with their
money, horses and wagons and
nothing but vague shadow remain
ed which pointed at the "Six Mile
House," as the place last seen.
At last one night certain man
stopped at this house, where lodgers
were taken, and on going to his
room at night he wondered why he,
a guest of the house, should be lock-
ed in his room. He began to look
around and under the bed he found
the body of a man, who had been
murdered possibly the night before
and there had not been time to re-
move the body. He set his wits to
work and he removed the dead body
from und the bed, and placed it in
the bed just as he would lie, and took
his stand behind the door. About 1
o'clock in the morning he heard foot
steps and voices, the door was thrown
open and plunge made for the bed
by man and a woman who thought
to murder him, while he ran down
the steps and six miles back to the
city in the night. This proved the
undoing of the Fishers, as they were
arrested the next morning, tried,
convicted and both hanged. Before
their conviction they confessed many
murders.
An infant child was left and the
child died soon thereafter, and it
is told that baby could often be
heard crying around the grounds of
the old house up to few years ago.
Advertiser.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Bank Robbed.

Atlanta, Feb. 19.-Robbers blew
open and rifed the safe of the Austell
Bank at Austell, 1o miles west of
Atlanta. early to-day and escaped
with their booty, which consisted of
about $4,000 in cash and valuable
papers, it is stated.
The bank is on the ground floor of
hotel building and the force of the
explosion is said to have thrown many
of the guests of the hotel from their
beds.
Two men carrying large sacks
were seen leaving the bank soon after
the explosion and posses with dogs
have gone in pursuit.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Found it Out i'm Time.

In the February Woman's Home
Companion a professional opera
singer writes a remarkable article, in
which she tells the true story of the
country girls who go to New York to
study singing, and then make a fail
ure of it. In one club that she tells
about there were forty girls, only two
of whom were daughters of rich par
ents, the remainder coming from
middle-class families. Following is
the story of one of these girls:
t'The first to go was the mine
owners daughter. She had come to
New York with a clear, high unculti-
waited soprano voice. After two
years of study with a high-priced
teacher, she had nothing to show but
a few vocal. tricks and many ungirl-
ish mannerisms. Her tones were
what we singers call 'white,' or color
less, and her singing lacked warmth,
sincerity, and feeling. None Of us
took her very seriously until she gave
a mid-winter recital.
"Her teacher rented fashionable
hall, and guaranteed the presence OF
critics. Her parents came from the
far West to witness her triumph.
Her frock came from Paris. The
tickets that would not sell were dis
tributed among desirable people. We
club-girls, accompanied by the most
presentable men we knew, were
scattered through the hall. There
were flowers and critics in plenty;
but the recital was hideous failure.
The star paled beside the three un-
important professionals hired by
her teacher and manager to assist
her. The critics fayed her with al
lusions to her fathers newly acquired
wealth.
1.-THE night she said good-by to us
is stamped so indelibly on my men,
ory that I can recall her very words:
Girls, you can call me a coward, but
I'm going home. Money can't buy a
career, and I'm not going to give the
best there is in me for one. I've
been paying a man five dollars an
hour to jolly me along in the belief
that I have a voice. I haven't enough
left to sing in a choir back home;
but it doesn't matter. There's one
man out there who doesn't care
whether my voice goes or stays, and,
thank Heaven, I found it out in
time.'".
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22

and then retired, but old as he was
he did not give us bad dreams, in
deed Christmas dinner was pleasant
er on account of his being part OF
the menu.
"a few days later J. c. Richards
and 1 were invited by an old gentle
man to eat dinner with him. We
had to swim the river but we did not
mind that for we had fine dinner
besides some liquid accompaniments,
all of which were enjoyed.
'''That Christmas dinner was the
greatest 1 ever ate and the old gan
der had an important place, which
has never been suplanted in my feel
ings by more appetizing morsels at
dinners in time of ace."-Un1on
Progress.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, Feb. 19.-Well, the
railroad right of way is being cut out
and some grading done, where the
water will let them work, in about
two miles of town. OF course the
trestle work over the streams is left
off on account of cold and high water.
Dock Moye says it's so wet and boggy
until mules can hardly stand up, so
he is trying another plan. He buys
every strong dog he can get hold OF
and says that once he gets them
trained he can have them scratch up
dirt on a fill and scratch out grade
in short order. All he will have to
do will be to stand around and set
them on. A. good idea, if he can con-
troll them.
According to old mems sayings we
must be going to have some kind of
weather every day this year. Snow
on the ground and lightning and
thunder Saturday night snow and
electric storm before the snow melt
ed, either Tuesday or Wednesday
night. Can you tell us, Mr.. Editor,
what will be the outcome? Will it
be as have said above or different?
We have some signs of spring Of
the year down here. Birds are fix
ing to pair off.
Plenty booze was used up last Sat-
urday or "shoo maica ginger" one,
as there was a goodly number on
streets that could not walk in their
natural way nor talk natural. Had
a tangle foot gait and tie-tongue
speech.
A big dance is being put on foot
for the night of the 22nd instant,
calling the dance Washington's
birthday dance.
The mud and sloppy roads have
put the autos out of commission.
Don't see them moving around any
more.
The Hacker Mfg Co. is putting in
another switch to their works; an
other valuable lot is messed up on
Broadway street by the switch.
Cotton has not all been gathered
yet, and some of the gins have taken
off their belts to cut off the business.
Fertilizer is not being bought to
any extent by our farmers. Last
year did most of them up.
Too wet for the oats crop. Don't
look for much crop in that line and
our farmers need them, as forage is
scarce in this section.
Mr.. Joe E. Carter's son, Conrad,
is said to have walked off, last night
without any knowledge of his par
ents. Mr.. John E. Carter was here
hunting him this morning, at day
break. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Sam Williford was tried in Union
this week and acquitted Of the kill
ing of his brother-in-law, Ed Ander-
son. The defence was that Anderson
was abusing his wife, Williford's Sis
ter, when the fatal shot was fired.
The governor has signed the anti
racing bill which is supposed to have
the effect of shutting up the race
track at Charleston. The law takes
effect July of this year, and the in
junction feature of the bill was elimi-
mated.
A disastrous fire was narrowly
averted in Barnwell, Wednesday. 1t
was discovered in a store occupied
by E. H. Richardson & Son and was
in a part of the town where frame
buildings abound. It was soon un-
der control, however.
The Sumter Shoe Manufacturing
company of Sumter has been commits
stoned by the secretary of State, with
capital stock of $4,000. The COM
pany will erect a factory in Sumter
and do a general boot, shoe and
leather goods manufacturing busi-
ness. The petitioners are R. 1. Man.
ming and J. w. McKeiver. This is the
first shoe factory to be erected in
South Carolina.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
A Sad Death.

On Sunday night last, February
18th, the sweet, young life of Mrs.
Pearle Breland Brabham, wife of
Quintus Brabham, of Olar, was sud-
denly snatched from it's earthly abode
and ushered into the Great Beyond.
Such news is indeed a great shock
to the whole community and is of un-
usual sadness. Truly, in the midst
of life we are in death. This dear
creature, in the bloom of young wo-
manhood was a perfect picture of
health, and, having been married
less than a year, life was full of
bright promises.
"God works in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform" and al
though these unexpected trials are so
hard to bear, we should quietly SUBJ
NIT to His will and some day we'll
understand.
May the great love and consoling
power of Him who gave and taketh
away linger around the hearts so
sorely bereaved and may they find
comfort and peace. Especially do we
feel for the boyish husband, whose
fond hopes are now shattered and
broken and do sincerely plead that
he may look heavenward and realize
that the chain of love and happiness
now severed into can again be con-
nected in a brighter, happier land
where no parting is known.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
.Yeggmen Suspects in Jail.

Greenwood, Feb. 20.-Sheriff Nc
MILAN assisted by three special depu-
ties arrested a man supposed to be
w. Britt Stanley and his alleged &C
complice, D. M. Cheeks, wanted for
safe-cracking and murder in other
States. The two men. are in jail here
and officers are expected to identify
them. Photographic Identification, it
is stated, appears to be complete al
ready.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Gander for Christmas Dinner.

well DO l remember my laSt
Christmas dinner when in the army
during the Civil War;" said N. B. Ell
son, of Jonesville, who was scout
and courier under Gen. M. G. Butler,
to Progress man the other day.
"The chief item, the only one 1t
might be said, on the bill Of fare was
an old gander. It was twenty-six
years old and it took me five hours to
properly cook him. It was when the
Yankees had raided the south side of
the railroad between Stony Creek
and Ream's station. Gen. A. P. Hill
and Gen. Hampton met there Near
Bellefield and Hicksford, Va, and
drove the Yankees back into Grants
line. The ground was covered with
sleet and snow to the depth Of eight
or ten inches and the Yankees met
with a heavy loss in killed, wounded
and froze to death, besides lot OF
prisoners taken.
about this time I was detailed
with ordinance train and we had huts,
shacks and some tents near Belle
field.
Zone of the drivers brought in a
gander. It's throat was soon cut and
it was hung up in the shack to mel
low. On the third day we decided to
dress and cook him for our Christ
mas dinner.
"While I was sitting in the door of
the hut with my feet in the sunshine
and reading letter from my best
girl, which had just come in the mail,
an old citizen came up to me and
said:
Mister, Mister, have you seen
anything of an old gander about
here?'
II told him there was one hanging
up in the hut and thereupon he said:
"'If that old gander has an K in
one web of it's foot and a V in the
other, it's the gander am looking
for
Examination proved that the gan
der had both. On finding this out
the old man said:
"'Well, would not have minded it
80 much but my wife she liked that
old gander for her mother gave it to
her with a goose when we were mar
ried twenty-five years ago, and at
that time it was four years DID,"
''I told the old man he could take
his gander, if he wanted him." con-
tinued Mr.. Eison, "but he said he
guessed we needed him more than he
did. AS that was about true, we
kept the old gander but gave him a
silver half dollar and fifty dollar
bill in Confederate money, while the
other gave him two dollars in green
back, several pairs of blankets and
all the ammunition he could carry.
Lastly we gave him all the feathers
of the old gander. AS he was leaving
he said:
We'll, boys, I am satisfied and
will give the old woman the feathers,
blankets and money but will keep the
ammunition for myself
''After the old man had gone the
gander was dressed and began to
barbecue him by hanging him before
a good fire which was blazing in a
stick chimney. I had can of vine
gar, salt and pepper and mop on
long stick. I commenced cooking
him about p. m, but it was not
until 10 that night that he was fin
ished and an hour later we ate him
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-29

church Friday morning, Rev,
RAIDER paid touching and
beautiful tribute to the memory
of his own mother, whose death
occurred ut this place nearly
two years ago, and spoke of the
exemplary life and the many
virtues of the deceased. Rev.
Wampler, n lifelong friend and
peighbor. two of whose daugh-
ters married into the Kennedy
family, also paid tribute to the
high character and irreproach-
able life of Mrs. Kennedy as n
friend and neighbor.
rhe pall-bearers were l.. b.
Jessee, q Il. Gilly, w. j. Rog-
era, NJ. G, McCorkle, w. NJ,
Durham and s. p. Fleenor, all
of this place. Among those
who went out on the v. e S.
w. or by private conveyance
from this part of town to Mt
tend the burial were Rev. j.
w. RAIDER, Mr., and Mrs. NJ. c.
McCorkle, Mrs. NJ. r.. McCorkle,
Mrs. IL. A. w. Skeen, Mrs. |. G.
Taylor, Mrs. S. a. Bailey, Mrs.
r. ID. Baker, Mrs. II. d. Morri-
son, Miss Mayne Perry, Miss
Maggie Gilly, G.. Il. Gilly, @. II.
Blanton, l.. o. Petit and j, p.
Wolfe, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A.
Compton and Miss Lily Guth-
RTE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-29
Uncle Sans Crack Cavalry Regiment.

dstn-
II 1888 Col
an ndeG
granted the Medal Honor the highest military decoration he took
Philippine
egn on
aionaG uardsm
ToopD
mand O he Cavaly name
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-29
Several Features with the athletic spirit for M July are
0

of each event and his record, is
given below:
Standing broad Jump-Won
by Nickels, 10 IT,, . IL inches.
Running Broad Jump-Won
by Grove, 81 it,, 4 "a inches.
Standing high iump-Tied
by Nickels and Fielder, 53 inch
es.
Running high jump-Won
by Nickels, SO inches.
Hurdle Race-Won by Grove,
time II seconds. 100 yds.
Pole Vault-Won by Dyer, s
It., II inches.
100 Yard Dash-Won by
Grove: time, 10 seconds.
Shot Put, DC lbs -Won by
Nickels, 33 it,, 6 inches.
900 Yard Dash Won by
Grove; time, % seconds.
Hammer Throw, (lG lbs. "
Won by Nickels, 75 it., . inch
es.
Mile Run-Won by Grove.
Total number of points won
By Nickels, 81; by Grove 30.
Nickels was thus declared
All Round Athlete for the
year.