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Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
FOREIGN QUARTERS IN
CANTON ENDANGERED BY
CONTINUED FIGHTING

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
HONG KONG, March 19.-Contin-
ued fighting near Canton is endanger-
ing the foreign quarters. Foreigners
have been warned not to leave the
pensions under penalty of death. Gun
boats and forts are aiding the govern
ment troops
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
Lost Their Railroad Tickets

Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Cooper were to
have started last night for a visit
to their former home, Evansville, Ind,
but yesterday afternoon Mr.. Cooper
lost bo1h the tickets, purchased only
short while before, and they have
not yet been recovered. This necessi-
tates a delay until the matter can be
adjusted with the railroad company.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19

to an outline of the physical structure
OF the alleged trust, its methods. Later
the Instructions to and reports from
branch house managers through the
National Company were shown. Thou
sands of documents were introduced
bearing on this feature.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
PASSES EXCISE BILL

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
WASHINGTON, March 19.-By a
vote of 249 to Al the house today
passed the excise bill. The measure
was supported by all Democrats and
Republicans. Many regu-
lar Republicans voted for the bill, oc-
casioning surprise The Republicans
are nearly all from New Eng
land
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

tBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
FARGO, N. D., March 19.-The first
presidential primary in America is
progressing in North Dakota today.
Balloting is heavy. Both Roosevelt
and La Toilette managers claim the
victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
WEATHER PREDICTIONS

[BY limited PRESS ASSOCIATIONS]
LOS ANGELES, March 19.-The
weather prediction is: Fair tonight
and Wednesday; light north winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
LA FOLLETTE'S PREDICTION

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
MINNEAPOLIS, March 19.-La Fol
lette, who is en- route East today, pre-
dicted that he will carry North Dako-
to .bY Is 900
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
FIVE MEN KILLED

GBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 19.-
Five men were killed today when a
Monon train struck a carriage.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-19
CLEAN RAGS WANTED

The Press would like to buy a guam
tity of clean rags suitable for use on
machinery. If
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
No Repentance.

Columbia, Dec. 30.-"1 see no rea-
son why the sentences as given have
not been representative of a just
punishment for them,' is the state
ment made by Frank G. Tompkins,
of Columbia, chairman Of the receiv-
ership of the defunct Seminole Sc
eurities Company in making reply to
the governor for himself and Wiley
Jones, w. A. Clark and Thos. S.
Bryan, trustees, as to pardon for
John Y. Darlington and James Sto-
bo Young. former officers Of the com
|: pany under sentence 81 three years
and one year for breach Of trust.
He states that he has never heard
of any repentance of either Of the
young men for ''these outrageous
and destructive acts which made a
precedent in South Carolina In cir
cles of high finance %z
Mr.. Tompkins shows in a long
letter, how s400, 900. collected by the
young men, was disposed Of. He
states that it was the poor class OF
people that were hit hardest as the
names of rich, men were used by the
officers to, secure the sale of stock.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

Charleston, w. va, Jan. 1.-Dr.
Edwin O. lThornhill, aged S5, q well
known physician and business man
of the southern section of West Vir-
ginia, was shot and killed to-day by
Willie Hatfield, son Of the noted
feudist, Devil Anse" Hatfield, in a
drug store at Mullen 81 The physi-
clan was attending an injured per
son when the shooting took place.
Hatfield, it is. said, asked DR..
Thornhill to issue prescription for
a pint Of whiskey. The doctor re-
fused and when Hatfield used abu-
sive language the physician slapped
him. Hatfield, it is, alleged, imme-
diately drew a revolver and fred two
bullets into DR.. ;Thornhill's body.
Stepping closer Hatfield again fired
two more shots, each taking effect
in the head Of the physician.
Hatfield ran from the drug store,
but was captured within a few min
utes by persons who had witnessed
the shooting. Fearing lynchlng,
Hatfield pleaded with the officers to
protect him and he. was taken to
Pineville, the county seat, where
deputy sheriffs tonight are guarding
the frail prison.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Byrnes Names Denmark Boy.


Washington, Jan. 2.-As a result
of the report of Prof. H. J. Crouch,
who conducted at Blackville a COM
petitive examination for the qualifi-
action Of candidate for appoint
ment to the Annapolis Naval Acade-
my by Representative Byrnes, of the
I'd South Carolina district, Mr..
Byrnes to-day announced that he
would appoint S. G. Mayfeld, of Dem
mark, S. c., as principal, and Paul
]. Zeigler, of Allendale, as alter:
nate. The entrance examination
will be held at Annapolis next April.
Mr.. Byrnes returned from Aiken to-
day, to be at his post for the re-
mainder of the session.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Some Improbable Buying and Sell
ing.

According to the statistics OF the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
we exported from this country last
year s15,00O,000 worth of cotton
seed and linseed meal and bought
s17,OO0,000 worth of nitrate Of So
da, $40, 100000 worth of guano, and
s5,00O,000 worth of sulphate of am
monia. That is, we sold $15,0OO,-
900 worth of material containing nj
trogen and bought back $32,000,0OO
worth of materials containing nitro
gen as a chief material. If the cot
tonseed meal had been used on
American farms for feed and manure,
there would have been no need, so
far as the farms are concerned, for
the importation of so much of the
other materials. We are, in fact,
buying immense amounts of nitrogen
for the purpose of selling it for less
money than we pay for the imported
article. And If the farmers, especl-
ally the cotton farmers, farmed right
and kept their cottonseed meal at
home, there would be no need at all
for cotton farmers to buy an ounce
of nitrogen. One importation that
could be called a profit to the farm
ers was s3,OO0,O00 worth of clover
seed. And even that should be
saved by growing our own seed. Sell
ing millions of dollars worth of high
protein feed and then buying back
nitrogenous fertilizers in which the
nitrogen costs far more than the
feed sold for, or rather that contain
ed in the feed, is not a profitable
business for the American farmers.
1 would like to see the day when
not pound of cottonseed meal went
away from cotton-growing States.-
Progressive Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Chester Boy Drowned.

Chester, Dec. 31.-Gazz Peay, a
brother of Mr.. N, A. Peay, formerly
of this city, and nephew of Messrs.
T. J. and R. L. Cunningham, was
drowned near the ford on Dutch
mans creek, in the Longtown sec
tion of Fairfield county,ii Sunday af-
ternoon, December "a. The young
man had started from the home Of
his mother, Mrs. Austin Peay, to Wis
it his brother, Mr.. Willie Peay, and
then go on to Winnsboro, and no par
ticular attention was paid to his alb
sence when nothing was to be seen
of him for a day or two. Finally
Tuesday morning negro saw Mr.
Peays horse standing on the bank OF
the creek, and thinking that some
thing might be wrong, led the ami
NAL to the home of the young mans
brother. An investigation was start
ed and in a short time the body was
found in the creek a short distance
below the ford. Mr.. Peay had evil
dertly missed the ford and had prob
ably got into quick sand. The horse
had scrambled up the steep bank,
and had faithfully kept watch near
his master. Funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

A total of 159 pints of whiskey
was captured in an Orangeburg res
taurant on Saturday.
Orangeburg will make an effort to
get the college that the Lutherans
have determined to build for young
women.
Rev. Geo. w. Quick, D. D., of
Newport, Rhode Island, has been
called to the pastorate of the First
Baptist church of Greenville.
The two bridges between Lexington
county and Columbia, one over the
Congaree, the other over the Broad,
became free bridges Monday.
DR.. M. v. McDufie, of Asbury
Park, N. j., has been chosen fnan-
cial agent of Furman university, to
succeed Rev. E. P. Easterling, who
resigned.
Senator w. N. Graydon declines to
be candidate for the judgeship OF
theSth circuit. He says he does not
think 'he "could afford to hold the
Office at the present time"
Fred Miller, young timer, while
at work on the roof of building on
Main street in Columbia Monday
fell two stories TO the ground. He
was not hurt much, no bones being
broken.
Augustus Stultz, of Texas, was
killed in Rock Hill Monday afternoon
by his runaway horse, the animal be-
coming frightened at sewer ditch
ing machine. He had come from
Texas to visit relatives in Rock Hill.
A town election was held in Allen
dale last Saturday for mayor and
wardens for the ensuing year. There
were two tickets in the field. The
following were elected: For mayor
F. Chavous; wardens, J. c. H. All, A.
T. Allen, J. G. Keel, w. R. Darling
ton; Jr:
Ball Gaines, Eddie Roberts and
Arthur Lambert, white men o1
Georgetown, were sentenced by Judge
Jeter C.. Pritchard IN the United
States district court, sitting in Spar
tanburg on Friday, to serve eight
months in the Georgetown jail fol
contempt of court, having violated
an injunction against shooting game
on the Baruch estate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Kills Woman, browns Himself,

Edgefeld, Jan. 1.-Constible
Moultrie returned to-day from Mtul-
tries Mill, in the western section OF
the county, where he went to qp-
ture a negro charged with the MR.
der of a negro woman. jennings it
scenes, in a fit of anger, shot the
woman five times, as she lay dead
crushed her head with rocks.
After committing the deed it vas
thought that he had fed the coun-
try: but later developments disclos-
cd the fact that he committed sui
eide, having jumped into a pond
and was drowned. His body was
found this morning. 1t seems that
the woman's husband was an eye
witness to the killing, but his yer
sion of the tragedy has not been
heard. and it is not known what led
to it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Fires at Cope.

Cope, Dec. 31.-A small dwelltg
belonging to w. P. Jernigan, was e.
8stroyed by fire between / and z
o'clock this morning. When fst
seen the are was coming through he
roof and the dwelling was too ~
gone be saved. But Valenti1s
ginneTy on the next lot and seveal
bales Of cotton on the platform, lot
more than forty feet away was riht
in the path of the shower of spakss
and the bales were on fire when I'll
ed off. AS soon as they struck he
ground they were rolled aside ad
all the fire picked and put out. 4
The only thing that saved the IN.
merry was the prompt removal ofthe
bales of cotton (1S in number) and
the calmness of the night at ha,
time. There was no one in the house
at the time of the fire. 1t is umer-
stood there was some insurance on
the dwelling. d
This morning soon after staring
up the ginnery, fire broke out in
flues leading from the gins to the
condenser and it is presumed mitch
in the cotton was the cause.
b. B. Brickle, whose cotton sas
being ginned at the time, lost sme
forty or fifty pounds of lint. Thre
being quite a crowd in town the are
was soon extinguished, although il
ran all over the building. In an
hours time ginning was resumed,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
BAMBERG S. G, THURSDAY, JANUARY T. 1912
SLEW HER SON.IN-LAW.
Mobile Woman Gives Further Details
of the Tragic Affair.

Mobile, JAM Mrs. Mary T.
Godau, who yesterday confessed to
the murder of her son-in-law, Police
Officer Fred Wasserlaben, to-day
gave more details of the crime. She
said she killed the officer while he
was in bed and shot him again as he
rolled off, to prevent his lingering
suffering. She declared that she
then dressed him in his uniform and
carried him from the house in
wagon.
Mrs. Godau said she did not sleep
much last night. "How could one
sleep when they knew that on New
Years day they would be in the coun-
ty jail?" she asked. Fred Wasser-
laben tried to assault me and when
fought him off by tearing his shirt
almost off, he shot at me, but I
jumped out of the way.
Fred then threw the gun on the
bed and laid down and told me 10
kill him, that if I did not do it some
one else would sooner or later. |
fired a shot into his head. He then
fell out of the bed in the death strug-
gle and sooner than hear him moan
and see him suffer, finished him. :
I then wiped up the blood from the
floor with an old blanket and tried to
hide everything, even cutting the
bullet out of the window that he
fired at me. 1 then put Fred's police
coat on. him, buttoned it up and tied
a rope to his arms and dragged the
body into a wagon. hauled the
body through the rain to the pond,
backed the wagon into it and dumped
the body out.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Ex.sTOCKHOLDERs PROTEST.
Plan Inquiry into Sale Of Spartan
burg Fertilizer Works.

spartanburg, Dec. 31.-At meet
ing of the majority of the men who
formerly held stock in the recently
sold Farmers Fertilizer Company,
preliminary steps looking to COM
plete investigation into the sale OF
the company were taken. Sanders
and DePass and J. Wright Nash were
retained as attorneys for the stock
holders, who claim that they have
not been treated justly. This COM
pany, of which A. O. Simpson was
secretary and treasurer, and w. +.
Burnett, president, was capltalfzea
at $4,000. 1t was recently sold to
The American Agricultural Corpora
tim, at a price which is unknown
Before the sale, however, certain
psrties bought up most of the Stock
paving various prices for it. Some
OF the stock was sold for $1O5 per
share while it is known that a much
greater price was paid for some oth-
er
The former stockholders, who, it
il said were advised to sell by Mr..
Smpson. the secretary and treasu-
Ter, who himself is said 10 nave
bought most of the stock, are lndlg-
aant because they allege that as ne
mas receiving a salary for hololns
this position that he was employed
Ito look after their best interests
land that they should not have oeen
Eadvised to sell at a dlsadVantase'
{No statement of the meeting was
|g given out and reporters were barred
However, it was stated that tne
|attorneys were retained ana tha'
|thev would investigate all angles OF
the case, and if sufficient grounds Tor
Ia suit were found, that suit "ouiu
be brought. In so far as known
the action will be clearly OF CIVIL
nature.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
GOVERNOR TO TREASURER.
BLEASE TURNS LOOSE HIS AU-
TOMATO MOUTH.
Tells Venerable State Officer and
Confederate Soldier How He
Should Conduct His Office.

Copies of the following CORE
sp ndence, on file in the governors
Office, were secured Friday: 3 :
Hon. R. H. Jennings, State, Treas
urer, Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: I notice recently diff
ferent articles in the papers in re-
gard to the money stringency in your
office, and the further fact that you
have written to some parties to pay
their taxes because you are very
much in need Of the money.
I hope you will pardon the sugges--
ton, but in view of the fact that we
are now on the eve Of refunding our
State debt, I think it very detrimen-
tai to the State 10 be publishing the
fact that we will probably default in
payment of the interest on our pres
ent debt, and particularly advertising
the large amount of money which
has to be borrowed to run the gov
ernment,, and I would respectfully
request that you keep these matters
within your Office and between the
officials with whom you deal, be-
cause, as I have said, I very much
fear that it will injure us materially
in refunding our debt at a very much
lower interest than if these facts
were not published.
1 hope that you will not consider
me impolite or debating, for I as
sure you that I have very high re-
gard for you, and am doing this for
the best interest of us all. :.
7 Very respectfully,
= COLE l.. BLEASE,
~, Governor.
-. p,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Columbia, Dec. 90

Captain Jennings's Reply.
To His Excellency, Cole L. Blease,
/ Governor, Columbia, s. c.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your letter Of this
date, in regard to stringency in
money matters in this office, I have
this to say: I have only followed
the custom adopted some years ago.
that IL 81 requesting tfie . county
treasurers to send in tax money as
fast as collected, and have requested
the railroad companies to make re-
mittances to the county treasurers
as early as they could, and If con-
;venient before December 18th. In
this I have acted as in the past. We
have found in the past that notices,
such as have recently appeared in
the papers, induced many taxpayers
sto pay earlier, and county treasurers
to remit promptly. i do not think
anything that has been said could
be construed to mean that we will
default in payment of interest on our
State debt, and the amount of money
borrowed was published at the time
the loan was made. However, in de-
ference to your opinion, I shall with
mold further information regarding
the amount that will be needed to
meet our Indebtedness. suppose
there will be no objection to giving
out amounts of receipts.
Very respectfully,
=. r. H. JENNINGS, i
State Treasurer.
Columbia, Dec. 20.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
DESTROYS 1z5, 900 POST CARDS;
Dead Letter Offices Daily Task with
UnmailaBle Post Cards.

Washington, Dec.s5 3I.VFor tae
past two weeks the dead letter di-'
vision of the postof1ee department. In
this city has been receiving and de-
stroying, to the number Of II 600
day, post cards held unmailable
because they bear tinsel or mica Or
naments, or because, bearing such
ornaments, they have been iIaclosed
in unsealed envelopes. I.
Serious injury to the eyes of post.
Office employees engaged in handling
such articles in the mail have result
ed in the. adoption of strict regula-
tions against the forwarding Of any
such matter. Aside from the glitter
of the tinsel or mica on the cards, it
will be readily understood that when
they are run through the capcelling
machines the process tends to de,,
tach the mica or tfnsel in small par;
ticles which fill the surroundings like
dust and constitute a. nuisance as we'll
as menace to sight and health. ~
The normal average of such mat
ter received and destroyed by the,
dead letter Office Is about 12,9090. o. al
day throughout the year, besdess =
daily average Of about 25,o00 post
cards unclaimed at the Offices OF adj
dress. During the holiday season; =,
however, there is an i1icreasesof IN llIl7s;
mailable postcard matter tosapproxiss
mately $4,000 . day, as just stated
/. The postal authorities are anxioalg
for the public tos become familiar;
with. the regulation forbidding the
mailing Of cards bearing mica Oh TIM
sci unless contained in sealed en-
velopes stamped on the outside at
the regular letter rate. The fhturf-
GUS particles viii set outsof anun-
sealed letter containing one Of these
cards almost as quickly assthey viii
become detached from the card that
travels alone. ~ Ss !
Thousands of postcards which the the
dead letter once destroys are con- con-
tained in unsealed envelopes carrying
one-cent stamp. A smaller num-:
Der, but still a sufficient number TO
be noticeable, are mailed in sealed
envelopes of transparent paper, With
! stamp on the card inside. The
| senders seem to think that IS ths 1sllg'
l.postetace Fenplo oses hA lae.
stamp, that is enough But how "
can the stamp that Is inside OF 9
sealed envelope be cancelled? ? The
Ingenuity with which some people
| manage to make certain that their
mail matter will go to the dead let
ter office is marvellous. sss s
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Big Blaze at Blairs.

Blairs, Dec. 29.-Resulting in a
loss of $4,000 to $4,000, the store
and warehouse of the Blair-Frazier
company was destroyed by fire to-
night at 9 o'clock. The entire stock
in both buildings was lost. The loss
is only partially covered by insur-
ance. The origin of the fire is un-
known.
The Blair-Frazier company is one
of the largest concerns in this Sec
ton, and does a very large business
in this and surrounding counties.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
COUNTRY NEWS LHlEKS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All ArSRRSpne
County and Elsewhere.
Fairfax FancieS.

Fairfax, Dec. 30.-Our folks ym-
ed to enjoy merry but not boier-
Gus Xmas. There were familTe-
unions, with loved ones from bgd-
ing school or at distance.
Miss Zelle Loadholt has withaer
some teacher friends of the gar
school.
Our teachers all went homesor
holidays. 3
Misses Alma knight, Merdes
Buckner, Hattie George, and ne
Misses Youmans are with us agan.
Dr.. Iva Youmans, with her sir,
Miss Ella, returned from Baltimfe
to be at the family reunion.
Hamilton and Corrine Younas
are also here.
Messrs. E. L. and. Otis Sanfs
are guests of relatives here. g.
Mr.. Fooshe, of Savannah, wa 9
guest at the Barber home this WIZ.
There was a sociable recentlgat
Mr.. G. w. Jarrell's which was meh
enjoyed.
There was promiscuous sheer
Of pretty and useful gifts giveIat
the Baptist manse this week tohe
family of Rev. J. D. Timmons. rs.
Fannie Loadholt arranged the wNe
affair, and treated the ladies as-
sembled there to a feast of gd
things. The Timmons leave for tAr
new home this week, and WILDE
much missed here. g.
The Misses Kennedy, of Chars.
ton, spent the holidays here W
Mrs. S. L. Sanders.
Several of our gentlemen went'f
deer hunt over the Savannah riF
They enjoyed it very much. S
Miss Meng, a lovely teacher hse
resigned, and Miss Robinson, of II
der college, takes her place. II
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd, of Laures
also Miss Willon Boyd and DR.. u
ley, of Georgia, were recent guestD
the Talleys.