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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
ATTEMPT TO ENTER BED ROOM.
Negro Lodged in Jail in Lancaster on
Serious Charge.

Lancaster, April 25.-Sim Dunbar
a negro tenant living on the place
of a prominent citizen and wei
known farmer of the Antioch section
of this county, was arrested to-day
and lodged in the county jail, being
charged with an attempt to enter the
bedroom of the daughter of the farm
er, on whose place he works, at mid
night last night.
Just as the negro succeeded in rails
ing the window sash, it is alleged
a pane of glass falling upon the floor
awakened the girl, who at once
sounded an alarm sufficient to bring
to her assistance the other members
of the family, whereupon the ne
gro ran, making good his escape, un-
til to-day, when he was arrested by
the sheriff and landed in the jail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
Our Fire Horses.

Chief Spencer, of the Chelsea fire
department. sat chatting with friends
in his office the other evening when
he abruptly excused himself and call
ed some one by telephone. Il prom
ised to call him at five minutes to
g. he apologized.
"But how did you know that it
was five minutes of nine?" asked an
observant visitor a few minutes
later, after he had satisfied himself
that there was no watch or clock in
sight.
"Why, I heard those horses paw
ing in their stalls downstairs, re-
piled the chief. 'They are very ac-
curate time-keepers."
"You see," exclaimed the chief,
1--WE have a test blow on the fire
alarm system every night at just 9
o'clock. The doors of the stalls open
automatically, the horses run out
and take their respective places un-
der the swinging harnesses of the
different pieces of appartus. They
are hitched into the harness and
then after this nightly drill is over,
they go back into their stalls for the
night.
Every night just before that
alarm strikes at 9 o'clock" contin-
ued Chief Spencer, "those horses be-
gin to paw the wooden floors of their
stalls. They never vary more than
two minutes either way, and almost
never more than one. I've observed
this thing for years. Every horse
that enters the fire service does this
after he has been here few weeks.
How do they tell the time so
closely? I give it up. I simply know
that they do it-that in some mys-
terious way they are able to pick out
that minute-that almost exact point
of time from the LAO minutes that
occur within every twenty-four
hours" concluded the chief.-Boston
Evening Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
Astor's Body May Be Recovered.

A plan to blow up the wreckage OF
the Titanic with a powerful explo-
sive in order to recover the body of
Col. John Jacob Astor, one of the
passengers carried down, has been
taken up, it is said, by Vincent AS
tor, his son, with one of the large
wrecking companies. He has been
assured that the plan is feasible and
is prepared to go to any expense to
recover his fathers body. l. j. Mer-
ritt, of the Merritt-Chapman Wreck
ing company, said:
THE plan is certainly feasible.
The most difficult problem would be
to locate the wreck. 1 understand
that the White Star company has a
good idea as to where the Titanic
sank, but it would take some time to
find her by the use of soundings.
Having found the boat the rest
would not be difficult, although we
would be compelled to completely
wreck the boat. A large quantity of
gun-cotton, between three and four
hundred pounds, heavily weighted,
would be dropped in to the wreck
age. An electric wire, connected
with battery, could be attached and
the explosive would be touched off.
We could use other explosives, If
necessary, and the force of the ex-
plosions would be sure to bring all
of the bodies to the surface"
The consent of the steamship line
and the insurance companies would
have to be obtained before this could
be done.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
A Curious Write-up.

Most curious reading, now, is the
account given on April II by the
London Standard of the sailing OF
the Titanic from Southampton. The
Standards representative had been
aboard just before the steamer start
ed, and he watched her as she NOV
ed majestically out of the harbor.
Then he sat down to write, and he
filed a column with almost lyric
praise-of what? Of exactly the
things that since the wreck have
been the objects of unanimous con-
demnation, angry, reproachful or
contemptuous, according to the crit
les temperament.
To the question of whether OF not
the Titanic had enough lifeboats-
or any at all, for that matter-he
devoted not a single line, but his en-
thusiasm simply flames as he de-
scribes cabins with private decks at
tached that can be hired for single
voyage at a cost of $40 pounds, as
he tells of the gymnasium with all of
it's complicated apparatus, as he pic
lures the squash court, the swim
ming baths, the elevators, the sa-
looms furnished in the "styles' of
French Kings, and as he enumerates
the many pianos and the "real coal
fires in CRATES that gave such a
homelike air:
Just incidentally and by accident
he mentions something not utterly
trivial-something that is possibly Of
importance and significance in view
of what was to come. He writes:
can officer on board told me to-day
that he had been on the Titanic four
and a half days, and, apart from his
own sphere, knew very little about
her." How much more that officer
and a hundred others, of rank high
lOW, dpdlI Ou lASll OW4 AASIiS
domains in the huge structure, knew
about her when the collision with
the iceberg took place, three days
later, may perhaps be gathered from
the failure to make the passengers
understand what had happened and
to put into those lamentably few
boats even as many people as they
could carry.
But the Standard man, in writing
of trivialities, utilities, and super
fuities, wrote of what he knew would
interest the public and of what alone
would have interested it-then. Now
his task would be different, and he
would perform it just as we'll, no
doubt, expatiating on provisions for
safety as enthusiastically as he did
then on Louis XIV furniture. His
point of view, like ours, would have
changed.-New York Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
Advice That is Advice.

Dorothy Dix, Laura Jean Libbey,
Beatrice Fairfax and the rest of the
newspaper girls who advise young
folks on affairs of the heart have q
dangerous rival.
Moreover, he is mana clergy
man.
His name is E. N. Askey and he is
the pastor of Oakland Avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Sharon, Pa.
The Rev. Mr.. Askeys speciality is
advising young men on matters mat
rimonial, and here is recent sample
of the golden hints he drops to young
men whose hearts are palpitating un-
duly:
Do not marry the young lady who
allows herself to float around the
neighborhood in a top buggy or an
automobile until o'clock in the
morning with a counterfeit sport
with a weak jaw and weaker morals.
Do not marry the young lady who
insists on changing partners six
nights week in the front parlor
with the lights turned low.
Don't marry the young lady who
has been paved over by every yap
in the community.
The clergyman's matrimonial
"don'ts" are bit blunt, but they
are certainly to the point. And a
casual glance at the society left
overs of many seasons will show
that young men the nation over
have more or less unconsciously fol-
lowed just such rules for selecting
a wife as the canny Philadelphia
clergyman outlined.-Nashville Ten
nessean.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
COLLETON WOMAN KILLED.
Accidentally Shot. to Death While
Handling Gun.

Walterboro, April 25.-Aliss Polly
Benton was accidentally shot and
killed at her home near town
Wednesday afternoon. Miss Benton
was in the act of handing her broth
er a gun out Of the window for the
purpose of shooting a hawk. The
hammer of the gun was pushed back
by coming in contact with the win
dow sill and the gun was discharged,
the load entering her head.
Miss Benton was the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Benton, of the
Pine Grove section of the county
and was a woman of many estimable
traits of character. The funeral SER
vices and interment took place at
Pine Grove church this afternoon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
DUEL WITH SHOTGUNS.
Henry Stevens and Tom Boone
Wounded Each Other.

Camden, April 25.-Henry Stevens
and Tom Boone wounded each other
in the face with shotguns in fight
Wednesday morning at the home of
Sally Melton, a white woman, who
lives at Stokes's bridge near PrOvi-
dence church in kershaw county.
Stevens was shot in the face by
Boone and will probably lose both
eyes. He was taken to KnoWlton's S
infrmary in Columbia for treatment.
Boone's wounds are not considered
serious.
The row began with fist fight.
Boone took refuge in Sally Melton's
house when Stevens appeared with
a shotgun. Stevens fired through the
window at Boone, wounding him in
the face. Then he shot Boone's mule
and set fire to the corn crib belonging
to Sally Melton. Boone came out
of the house to put out the fire and
shot Stevens in the face, inficting a
serious wound.
Boone came to Camden this morn
ing to get warrants for Stevens on
the charge of arson and other Of
fenses. It is said that Virgil Boone
and Jim Stevens, brothers of the
principals in the shooting affray,
were present but took no part in it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
Overtime.

A Baltimore man tells Of an ad-
dress made to some school children
in that city by member of the board
of trustees. My young friends,
said the speaker, "let me urge upon
you the necessity of not only reading
good books, but also of owning then,
so that you may have access to them
at all times. Why, when 1 was a
young man, l used frequently to
work all night to earn money to buy
books, and then get up before day
light to read them. ."-SucceSs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
Curious to Learn.

I In Georgia they tell of prisoner
who had been convicted a dozen
times of stealing, who, when placed
at the bar for his latest offense, dis
played a singular curiosity.
You honor" said he, Il would
like to have my case postponed for a
week. My lawyer is sick.'
But" said the magistrate, "you
were caught with your hand in this
gentleman's pocket. What can your
counsel say in your defense?'
Exactly so, your honor; that is
what | am curious to know"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
THE DEPTH OF THE SEA.
Two Thousand Fathoms, or $4,000
Feet, is Not a Great Depth.

S. c. H. asks: In connection with
the sinking of the ''Maine," my at
tention has been called to the depth
of water that was found for the sub
mersion. I should like to ask two
questions. In the first place, is it
true that such depth, 1000 faith
oms-fathom is six feet-was avail
able so near Havana harbor? And
secondly, can you state what is the
greatest recorded depth of the ocean,
and where it is located?
A. We know no reason for doubt
ing the statement of the depth Of the
ocean where the Maine was sent
to her final resting place; 1000
fathoms is not very deep for the
ocean. This is less than the mean
depth of the oceans. The subject
is discussed quite fully in the last
edition of the "Encyclopaedia Brit
annica." The greatest depth found
is in the South Pacific, 5,155 faith
oms, while in the Atlantic about 100
miles north of Porto Rico a depth
of 1851 fathoms has been found.
A ridge exists along the middle OF
the Atlantic ocean, where the depth
is about 1900 fathoms, while along
the shores the depth varies from O.
500 to 5000 fathoms.-Scientific
American
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
THE EDITOR IN SOCIETY.
Gives His Impression of the Grand
Opera and Those Who Attend 1t.

The editor took his first wife and
attended grand opera Monday night
as starter, and what they saw and
heard afforded an evening of more
than ordinary enjoyment. While
words can scarcely suffice to describe
the grand music and the work on the
stage, they likewise fall short of de-
picting what could not help attracting
ones attention to the audience
itself.
Speaking of the ''see more cos
tunes, the audience had the operatlc
folks beat from here to the water
works. Swell ladies, young, old and
doubtful, fat, plump and skinny, had
on their glad rags for sure.
But not everybody was clad thus.
There were many who apparently had
means to buy a whole costume and
who did not like to expose themselves
to pneumonia and the rest of man
kind.
And some of the men folks looked
just too cute for anything in their
tack-puller clothes. We understand
these suits can be rented for three
seventy-five per evening and they
make an eight-dollar clerk look quite
scrumptious. The editors first wife
says he has got to have one of 'em
the next time he goes out in society,
even if the laundry lady has to wait
a week for her pay. But when we
suggested that she also would have
to get one of those open-faced pan
oramic dresses, the look she gave us
caused the subject to be dropped.
But we felt sorry for those fellows.
They remind us of when Ma used to
fix US up in our Sunday suit, with
paper collar, and comb our hair real
slick, with a little ducks tail of a
curl sticking up on top, and hustle
US off to Sunday-school. How stiff
and uncomfortable we did feel. We
had to sit up so straight that we for
got the golden text. That's the way
those fellows looked. 1t was the
first time we had even been out in
society, and we learned lot of
things.
We noticed that it's the proper ca
per to sit and talk and laugh aloud
when the robust tenor is just burst
ing his liver trying to reach high q,
fourth added line above the staff.
And when the curtain goes down
after every fracas on the stage, it's
etiquette to crawl over half a dozen
men and women between you and
the end of the row to go out and
see a friend in the foyer, and come
back again after the curtain has gone
up for the next struggle on the stage.
And, if possible, you must blow some
sen-sen puffs and Turkish whiffs in
the faces of the ladies as you crawl
over their laps and their cheval-de-
frise of hat pins.
We had such a good time that our
first wife says we must go out some
more and try to get little polish on
us.-H. NJ. Pomeroy, Editor of the
Advance-Era, Maumee, 0.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
She Meant Sensations.

In a primary school examination
over which l once had the pleasure
to preside, one of the questions was
with regard to the five senses. One
of the bright pupils handled the sub
ject thus:
The five senses are: Sneezing,
sobbing, crying, yawning, coughing.
By the sixth sense is meant an extra
one which some folks have. This is
snoring. g."-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Arizona republican., 1912-02-25
CHINESE PORK FOR EXPORT.

During recent official visit to Chi na pr Reginald Farrar, medical in
 spector. local government board. re- ceived instructions to inquire into the export of Chinese pork to England, which has been the subject of qucs- tions in the house of commons. This report. dated October 25th, has now been published by the local govern ment board (FOod Reports. No. 16)
 So far as pr Farrar could ascer- tain, pork is being exported as England from only two places in China. namely, from. Hankow on the Yang tse river and from Harbin. in Manchuria. It is proposed, however, to export pork from Shanghai A prejudice is enter
 tained among European residents in certain parts of China anu has been transmitted to England against the use of Chinese pork, on the ground that the Chinese pig is said to be a scaVenger pig that feeds on garbage, and is. therefore. likely to become the vehicle of parasitic diseases. It is true says pr. Farrar, that in many villages of China pigs are to be seen roofing about in the streets and feeding on garbage. It is also probable that these animals are eventually eaten by poor persons of the coolie class. and many Europeans have apparently jumped to the conclusion that tEe Chinese pork which is exported to England is de rived from animals of this class. But not orly the pigs that are exported to 1ola atnl hut in wal .alg which are sold in the native markets for consumption by the Chinese. are grain-fed pigs reared on farms under conditions which compare favorably with those that obtain in England. To Dr. Farrar's knowledge pork is freely eaten by Europeans in such places as Shanghai, Hankow and Harbn. Pork is the staple meat food throughout China. The pork that the doctor has seen exposed for sale in native shops
Arizona republican., 1912-02-25

has been nearly always good fat meat, whereas the scavenger pigs. of which one or two may be seen in most vil- lagos. are lean, skinny animals. Wilh pendulous bellies that tell of the un- satisfying nature of their food. They are generally old sows of no use for fattcning The Chinese are frugal people. who throw very little foodstuff to waste. and it is not reasonable to suppose that fat pork sufficient for the demands of the population could be fed on the scanty garbage that is to be picked up in the streets of a Chinese Village. It k, moreover. unlikely that firm which is trying to establish in the English market a new and success ful trade in pork or bacon competing against the markets of the world. would find it to it's profit to export lean scavenger pigs fed on garbage. He adds that within his experience the feeding as the average Englishmau. and the idea of eating garba ge-fed pork is as repugnant to the respectable Chinese as it is to ourselves. The Chi ncsc as it is to ourselves The Chi nese word for home (chiD is repre- scented by an ideographic character which signifies a pig under a roof. The fact indicates that the pig in China has for many centuries been regarded as a domesticateJ animal. -- Hongkong Press
Arizona republican., 1912-02-25
BUILDING INSPECTOR
 BUYS AN AUTOMOBILE
And Now the Pesty Thing is for Sale
 Again.

James II. Creighton. city building inspector. has decided that he knows less about automobiles than he does about building Last week he pur- chased Buick automobile and would take pointers from no one in trying 1t out. After figuring several hours and finally deciding that he knew the machine sufficiently we'll to drive ft. he started south on First avenue with apparent success. Before he had driven many blocks, he jumped two or three ditchcs. run into a fence and broke two cement posts. He called a halt and phoned for d chauffeur from down town garage.
 After spending a few hours with the chauffeur. MT Creighton again decided that he was a thorough master at the steering wheel of his automobile and he started for home More ditches and fences were jumped and an cX- citing trip followed When he reach ed his home he put on the emergency brake. brought the machine to stand still and the machine has been there ever isnce. Mr. Creighton is now of fering an automobile very cheap and has decided that he is too old Co learn new tricks.
Arizona republican., 1912-02-25
REAL ESTATE
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
 COMING ID THE FRONT
Notable Improvements Planned on Jackson Street and on
 First Avenue.

The warehouse district of Phoenix
 located on Jackson street south oi
 town is growing as rapidly as any
 other part of town. The district is
 destined to be a good wholesale sec tion. A number of new warehouses and wholesale houses have been built during the past year and last week the Armour Packing Co let a contract for the first building of a large cold stor- age plant located in Phoenix The present building will cost over $1S.O0O to build. It is located on lots , and (, block r. in Phoenix.
 It will be remembered that Swift X Co not long ago built a $20 600 cold storage plant in the same vicinity Phoenix being the central distributing point for Arizona is destined to become the wholesale center for this part of the United States.
 Announcement is made that Gold man Bros and Jno. Hurley have let a contract for the construction of a big store building on South First avenue between Jefferson and Madison streets The building will be 137ls feet long with loo foot of depth The entire frontage will be of plate glass A part of this building will be utilized by Goldman & Co. for part of their wholesale business. The rest of the store will be for rent
Arizona republican., 1912-02-25
AUCTION SALE
 OF PROPERTY
Arizona Auction and De velopment Go. Sells SlO, ,~ 000 worth of Orange Land in Small Tracts. Big Lot Sale Next i'll Order.

The Arizona Auction & Development Co. last Thursday held another of its successful sales. It sold about $l0.o00 worth of land in small tracts out on Seventh street, near where the Glen dale car line crosses into OrangeWood
 This land is particularly fine soil and is in the midst of the orange district.
 The following sales were reported: Five acres to D ". Thomson. five acres to Anna II. Ridenour. five acres to Mrs H. A. McReynolds. five acres to Miss Ala BullaTd. five acres to Emil Solise. five acres to J. F. Stal- lard To acres to J. l.. Morse and 1o acres to Frank LoVett. Frank LOVett paying the highest price per acre. re- Ceived the Sl00 in gold offered for the purchaser paying the highest price for his land The land sold from S1&5 to SIC per acre. Lunch was served and the Indian School band was in at tendance
 The next sale that the Arizona Auc- ton X Development Co will conduct is that of 90 lots in the Wise addition located three blocks south of the Capitol building Easy terms will he offered and it is expected that this sale will induce more people to build homes in Phoenix
Arizona republican., 1912-02-25
BIG BUILDING
 UNDERTAKINGS
Permits to the Value of $50,000 Taken Out This Month. Business Block and Packing House In cluded in the Number.

The month of February is proving to be one of the winters banner
 months in the real estate line. De-
 velopments are showing that the
 great growth of Phoenix is just be-
 ginning, and it appears that d sleep
 ing giant is awakening. There have
 been many sales made, d large num-
 Der of building permits issued and a
 number of houses started under con
 struction, and as result, the real
 estate dealers of Phoenix are jubi-
 lant.
 Building Inspector J. H. Creighton
 advises that over $50,000 worth of
 permits have been taken out so far
 this month. Several of these permits represent large buildings. They in- clude permits for $12,O0O for the new Goldman-Hurley block on South First avenue between Madison and Jeffer- son streets. $lS,665 for the beginning of a big cold storage plant of the Armour Packing Co, g. 900 for a resi- dence for $. NJ. Johnson at the corner of Eighteenth avenue and Monroe in Capitol addition, $12.000 for a tcne- ment house to be built on Bennett Lane by Mrs. MOeller. $1, 900 brick cottage at Third and Buchanan street $1.S00 cottage by H. E. Wilkinson on North Second avenue. $1.S00 residence for James Park in Montgomery addi- tion. three houses of $500 each for H. w Rowling in Neahr's addition south of the Carnegie Library. $1.S00 house by Mrs. <. Patton at the cor ner of Twenty first avenue and street. $1,5O0 cottage for J. Hubbard in Neahr's addition, $1,S00 cottage for r. D. Baldwin on Me DowcI road and near the Indian car line. 5000 frame house for Jno. E. Scott on North Third avenue
 Inspector Creighton is very opto- mistic at the outlook for Phoenix. He being in a position to judge well, his ideas are worth noting. He advises that most of the building permits is sued are to people who have just ar rived in the valley to make this their home. These people all bring in out side money. MT Creighton stated that it was his opinion that the history of other large western towns would be in Phoenix, in that the pres ent growth now starting can not stop under ten years, and that Phoenix now gives the greatest opportunity to people for buying real estate that was ever given anywhere. The local peo- pie can not realize as much as the outside people what these opportuni- | ties are. He advises every young man -o get hold of a piece of Phoenix [ real estate and keep it.