davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Two Hundred Times Across.

Two hundred times has Capt.
Claus Russ of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line steamship Pennsylvania
crossed the Atlantic ocean. He COM
pleted his two hundredth crossing
Monday when he arrived in port, and
in these days of records for one thing
and another Capt. Russ feels that his
Sc years at sea have not been in
vain.
Captain Russ went to sea when
three years old. His father was in
the China trade at that time. His
actual service began in 1871, and
1890 he entered the service of the
Hamburg-America line.
After considerable calculation
Capt. Russ has figured that if he
could have put those two hundred
crossings end to end he would have
gone around \ the world about
twenty-five times. He has a gold
medal, received for his command Of
several golfers in the Russian-Jap-
anese war, and British government
service medal for saving the lives OF
2S3 persons when a British steam
ship went ashore off the Azores
New York Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Columbia Church Burned.

Columbia, July 8.-St. Timothy's
Episcopal church and G. H. ALPS
home, at 9O7 Calhoun street, were
destroyed by fire to-day, the origin of
which is unknown. The home of B.
S. Bates was partially destroyed. ST.
Timothy's church was completely de-
stroyed, as were the organ and valu-
able church records. The building
was valued at $4,000 and the furn-
ishings at $500 and the insurance
was $4,000, leaving net loss OF
$1,000.
Mr.. ALPS loss is $4,000, without
any insurance, all of his household
effects, clothing and furniture being
destroyed. His family had narrow
escape. The loss of Mr.. Bates is
about $500.
The cornerstone of St. Timothy's
church was laid in 1905, and the
church had recently purchased a lot
on which to erect new building. The
Rev. ". S. Poyner is the rector of
the church.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Denmark Doings.

Denmark, July 3.-A very pleasant
surprise party was held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. L. c. Rice last Thurs
day evening.
Miss Lill Owens, of Dunbarton, was
the guest of Miss Julia Goolsby last
week.
Miss Boineau, of Columbia, was
among the visitors in town last week.
Misses Ina Califf and Lynn Gools-
by spent a short while this week
with Mrs. A. NJ. Brabham in BAN
berg.
Miss Emma Owens left Thursday
for Barnwell, to spend the summer
with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Guess, of Will
liston, Florida, are spending some
time with relatives here.
Miss Mabel Ray, of Blackville, is
the guest of Mrs. M. J. LaFitte for
this week.
Mr.. Emmet Gillian, of Leary, Ga,
spent the weekend with his brother
here.
Messrs. S. D. Guess and D. K
Richardson went last week for an
automobile trip through the south
ern part of the State.
Mr.. Lucius Willis, of Williston,
spent the weekend here, with DR.. M
Robert Willis.
William Stokes, of Orangeburg, is
spending some time here with his
aunt, Mrs. W. L. Riley.
Miss Anna Goolsby is visiting he!
brother, H. W. Goolsby, in Fort
Motto.
Miss Gertrude Riley, of St. Mat,
thews, is here for the summer, with
her relatives.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Craighead Goes to Montana.

DR.. Edwin Boone Craighead, form
erly a member Of the faculty of Wof-
ford college but now president of Tu-
lane university, New Orleans, has &C
cepted the presidency of the Univer-
sit of Montana, and will begin his
new work as soon as he can be re-
leased from Tulane.
Dr.. Craighead is pleasantly re-
membered in Spartanburg and his
many friends here will be pleased to
learn of his promotion. He is one
of the foremost educators of the
country.
DR.. Craighead was president OF
Clemson college several years and al
so president of Central college, Mis-
sissippi, between the times he was at
Wofford and Tulane.-Spartanburg
Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Wearing Slippers.

One of the very best customs to
adopt in the home, whether the fam
lily be large or small, is that OF al
ways wearing slippers.
In the first place slippers are more
comfortable than shoes, and they are
considered more healthful. Also, this
will appeal to the ladies, slippers can
be far more becoming than shoes.
We all realize that the streets,
sidewalks and even our own yards
are full of germ-laden dust. This
dust, to a certain extent, adheres to
the bottom of the shoe, is brought
into the house and we have to live
with it. Perhaps our systems may be
strong enough to throw off the i'll
effects of any germs that are in the
dusty floor coverings or air; then
again, our children may play about
the floor and not be so fortunate.
Sickness and disease follow, and we
wonder where they caught the infec-
tion.
In England, among all classes, it is
a household law to wear slippers, and
we should do well to adopt the Gus
tom as one of our own.
We will soon grow to like it so we'll
that the wonder will be how shoes
were ever tolerated in our homes at
all.-Augusta Chronicle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, July 'S.-Quite a num-
Der of our towns folks were away
last week. Some to the bankers
convention, others visiting parents
and near relatives, others out for
pleasure at Isle of Palms and pleas
ure places in Florida, and those that
were not fortunate er ough to go away
on trips, went and enjoyed them
selves at fish fries.
Big meetings and college reunions
are being planned for later on, so
you see something is being worked
up to I'll in the time for the sum-
mer.
The Hacker Mfg. Co. shut down
for a week in order to repair some
parts Of the machinery and give some
of the bosses time to visit their
homes.
Miss Annie Carter and William c.
Ehrhardt were married at the resi-
dence of Rev. E. A.. Mcdowell Sun
day morning.
The Carolina Gin Company have
their gin building under headway
and will be ready to install their ma
chinery and ready to separate the
seed from the lint for the farmers.
The cotton crop in this section is
not showing up for an abundant crop
this year, and will not require an
extra amount of work to gather nor
handle it. Cotton don't seem to grow
off and put on fruit as it should.
Wind and rain have gotten the best
of it this year.
. Judge J. C. Copeland had a novel
case before him week before last. Mr..
W. L. Warren, of Bamberg county,
sued David Proveaux and Ben Kinsey
for working on the Sabbath. 1t seems
as if David hired Ben to move his
household and kitchen furniture from
Mr.. Warren's, where he had contract
ed to rum a farm during 1912, and
he selected Sunday to do the job.
The court pronounced both guilty OF
the offence, "breaking the Sabbath
day by doing work which could have
been done on another day." and fined
them accordingly. Look out, Sab
bath breakers! JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
PAPER MONEY MORE POPULAR
Displacing Silver Coin, Formerly
Preferred in South.

Washington, July Paper money
is becoming the medium of circula-
tion in the South. displacing silver
coin, which for years was preferred
in that section.
This change mas taken place in the
past few months. 1t began, officials
assert, when the government ceased
paying for the transportation of coin
to banks. Banks now apply for cur
rency, which is less expensive to
transport. By compelling bankers to
pay the expressage on money, the
treasury expects to save about $780,
900 annually.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Would Have Taft Quit Race.

washington, July "a nation
wide movement to petition President
Taft to withdraw as the Republican
presidential candidate is being back
ed by a large number of Republican
officeholders, who feel that they face
defeat in November unless the breach
in the party can be healed.
These mon include members of
congress, members of State legisla-
lures, which will elect senator's;
State and county officeholders and
party candidates. If the movement
to petition Mr.. Taft to withdraw sue
ceeds in gaining any volume, it is
said these same men in the interest
of party harmony, may ask Col.
Roosevelt also to withdraw as pros
pective candidate for an independent
nomination and permit compromise
selection of some man agreeable to
both factions of the party.
It is the desire of the promoters
of the scheme that decision shall
be reached before August 5, when the
Roosevelt faction plans to hold con-
vention in Chicago. The circulation
of petitions, it was declared to-day,
would start, within a week. 1t was
said the movement would begin spon-
taneously in every State. The organ
izers now are circulating blank forms
of petitions and appointing supervis-
ors, who in turn will engage can
vassers to solicit the signatures of
Republican voters.
The authors of the plan expect to
offer to practically every Republican
voter in the United States chance
to express his opinion of Mr.. Taft's
candidacy, either by signing the pc
tition or rejecting it.
The movement is in the hands of
several we'll known members of con-
gress. They are being aided by many
of the extreme Roosevelt Republi-
cans. The enlistment of the national
progressive organization in the move
ment has been sought and it was
stated to-day that Senator Dixon's
organization was willing to cooper
ate.
Information that the petitions are
to be put before the voters leaked
out to-day. No particular person is
authority for the statement and mem
bers of congress concerned were un-
willing to stand sponsors for it until
the movement was under way.
The sponsors of the plan say that
one of it's first results would be to let
Mr.. Taft know if there are any con-
siderable number of regular Republi-
cans who believe he should step aside
in the interest of harmony.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
ELECTRIC CHAIR ARRIVES.
Legal Instrument of Death to be In
stalled at Once.

Columbia, July S.-The electric
chair, for use at the execution of
criminals, has arrived and the work
of installing it will begin at once un-
der the supervision of State Elec-
.trician T. @. Boozer, and c. F.
Adams, of the New Jersey firm, which
has the contract for installing the
chair. Work on the death house was
completed to-day, and as soon as the
house has been wired the work Of
putting in the chair will begin.
The first electrocution will take
place on August 6, when Charleston
negro, convicted of rape, will have to
pay for his crime by dying in the
electric chair.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Man Apprehended.

A call was received by the local
police department last night from
Magistrate Copeland, of Ehrhardt,
requesting that one, Greer Proveau,
who was supposed to be in this city,
be apprehended and placed under ar
rest and held until the papers could
be forwarded for mis- return to Enr-
hardt. Within a short while after
the message was received, the man
wanted was located and placed under
arrest.
1t is understood that he is wanted
on the charge of breach of trust
Orangeburg Evening News, July 9.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
"DRYs" TO PUT OUT TICKET.
National Prohibition Convention Be-
gins Session Wednesday.

Atlantic City, N. j., July 1.-THE
National Prohibition Convention,
with nearly 1000 delegates in attend
ance, will open in this city Wednes-
day morning to nominate candidates
for president and vice president and
map out plans for the fall campaign.
The Prohibitionists believe that the
party is in a strong position to make
a bid for national support in Novem-
Der and the convention promises to
be one of the most interesting in
years.
In addition to the vital question
of prohibiting traffic in liquor, the
convention expects to wrestle with
the problem of woman suffrage and
some form of the initiative, referen-
dunn and recall.
Many delegates already are in the
city and practically all the members
of the national committee are here
for the meeting of that body to-mor-
row. National Chairman Charles R.
Jones will have several opponents
when he comes up for reelection,
one of the most formidable candi-
dates spoken of being w. 3. Calder
wood, of Minneapolis, secretary of
the committee.
The race for the presidential nom
ination appears to be an open one.
Eugene w. Chain, of Illinois and
Arizona, who headed the party ticket
four years ago, is again being urged
for the place, and there is decided
boom on for his running mate at
that time, Aaron S. Watkins, of Ohio.
The Minnesota State delegation is
coming to the convention instructed
for Charles Scanlon, of Pittsburg,
general secretary of the Presbyterian
temperance committee.
R. H. Patton, of Springfield, ILL.,,
is duOIuSG CC1uuludIS moS1 IeIAhSo W.
Joshua Levering, of Baltimore, the
prohibition standard bearer in 1895,
and Madison Larkin, of Scranton,
Pa, both appear to have an enthu-
siastic following.
Delegates to the Prohibition Con-
vention are apportioned among the
States according to the prohibition
votes cast at the recent election, a
plan attempted several times in Re-
publican national conventions as a
means of cutting down representation
from the Southern States. The total
number OF delegates is 14,S41.,
The convention this year will ad-
here to the plan which excited so
much comment four years ago, Of
keeping the party platform within
400 words. Four years ago the party
declared for suffrage based upon in
telligence, and, by inference, without
regard to sex. Some of the party
leaders are said to believe that wo-
man suffrage is unscriptural and will
fight to keep it out of the platform.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Ehrhardt News.

Ehrherdt, July S.-Mr. William
Ehrhardt and Miss Annie Carter
eldest daughter of Mr.. Henry Carter
were married at the Baptist parson-
age by Rev. E. A. Mcdowell Sunday
morning, in the presence of few
relatives and friends. Their friends
~-:-h for them much happiness and
a long and useful life.
Invitations have been received
here to the marriage of Mr.. Herbert
Ehrhardt and Miss Alma Taylor, OF
Newberry, on the 18th. The young
couple will be at home to their
friends in Ehrhardt after the we'd
ding.
Rev. E. A. Mcdowell is at Cope
this week, assisting Rev. Richard P.
Galphin in a meeting at that place
DR.. J. L. Copeland, Messrs. Alex
Henderson and Max Walker attended
the bankers meeting at the Isle OF
Palms last week.
Mrs. J. c. Kinard and Mrs. Charlie
Kinsey and children spent several
days at the Isle of Palms last week.
Wendell Ramsay visited the Isle
of Palms last week.
Quite a number of town and coun.
try citizens attended the campaign
meeting at Walterboro Saturday.
Mr.. w. P. Pate, who has been quite
sick, is convalescent and able to be
about the house.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
ONE DROWNED, OTHERS SAVED
Trained Nurse Victim of Surf at
Pablo Beach.

Jacksonville, Fla, July miss
Mary e. Proctor, trained nurse, was
drowned in the surf at Pablo Beach
this afternoon, and her half-sister,
Miss Louise Mckinney, an employee
in the local postoffice, was rescued
only after fierce struggle on the
part of two young men, who ventur-
ed out to their assistance.
The young women ventured out too
far. Both cried for help and while
the young men we're hauling Miss
Mckinney ashore, Miss Proctor was
drowned. Her body was recovered.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
Govan Gossips.

Govan, July 9.-The 4th passed off
quietly but very merry. There were
great many picnics around. A
crowd of young folks, chaperoned by
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Lancaster and
Mrs. Annie Lancaster, had one on
the banks of Little Saltkehatchie
river, the crowd going on lever cars,
which were kindly loaned by H. E.
Gunnels, section foreman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hutto, of Syca-
more, were in our happy midst Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. I. R. Wheeler, of Webster,
Fla, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willie Ray Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Rosa Hay is visiting relatives
at Springfield.
Misses Irene, Lila Lancaster, Jessie
Zorn, Nettie Nimmons and Letha
Fail will depart soon to visit rela-
tives and friends. The Misses Lam
caster for Savannah; Zorn, Aiken;
Nimmons, Hardeeville; Fail, Eden,
Ga.
Miss Laura Hutto, of Bamberg,
who has been visiting Miss Narcissa
Ray, returned to her home Saturday.
Miss Lila Lancaster was the guest
of Miss Irene Lancaster Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Lucille Hutto has returned
home after a very pleasant stay of
three weeks at Sycamore. She at
tended the campaign picnic at Ul-.
mers on the 4th.
Mr.. Talbert Lancaster has gone to
Admission, Alabama, with the Bam-
berg Guards.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Lame are think
ing of moving to Greenville in the
very near future.
Mrs. J. S. Fields returned Sunday,
after a very pleasant visit of few
days to Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Kearse, of Denmark.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Aver spent the
weekend in the Kearse neighbor-
hood.
Mr.. Jesse Sanders, of Columbia,
vas at home for the 4th. He visited
our town on Thursday afternoon and
Sunday.
Miss Rebecca Hutto, of Bamberg,
is visiting Miss Narcissa Ray.
Little Miss Julia Kennedy is visit
ing her sisters, Mrs, John F. Brickle
and Lizzie Kennedy at Augusta. VIII
return Saturday, accompanied by
Miss Lizzie.
Mr.. Willie Bessinger, who is en-
ployed on the S. A. L. carpenter gang,
was home Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Ray Kennedy is home for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Templeton
have a very sick child with whooping
cough.
The protracted meeting will COM
mence at the Methodist church the
third Sunday, Rev. A. c. Walker, of
Orangeburg, pastor. Haven't learned
who will assist. Trust it will be a
good meeting.
General Green is still raging in
some parts, but from the general
standpoint the crops look nice, as it
was such cold spring: NAOMI.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11

A. o. Cook, conductor on the
Southern Railway between Summer
vile and Charleston, was shot on
Thursday by a drunken negro While
he was taking up tickets from pas
sengers on the train. The wound is
not serious.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-10
SPOTSWOOD

Common Council will meet to-
night in Borough Hall, and several
important matters will be discussed
1t is expected.
The Board Of Freeholders have
approved of the second section OF
the new gravel road between Eng
~1ishtown and Spotswood. 1t Is ex-
/. pected to be one OF the best ROADS IN
this section when completed.
Mrs. W. Cloud and Miss A. King,
of Trenton, were recent visitors at
the residence OF Councilman and
Mrs. Aug. Cornell.
A number Of local people attended
the performance of "The Little Mil
lionaire" at New Brunswick Monday
might.
Misses Grace LaRue, Mildred De
Voc, Eta and Bessie Hodapp were
recent visitors In Perth Amboy.
Mayor A. 3. Appleby, OF this
place, appeared before the grand
Jury yesterday at New Brunswick to
testify In the investigation OF excise
violations throughout the county.
Benjamin TeldbaHm and William
McMuliken 1ourneyed to New Bruins
wick on Monday on the formers
motorcycle and witnessed the per-
Torrance OF "The Little millionaire"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-10
METUCHEN

DR.. and Mrs. Ellis, OF Elmwood
Farm, will move to Ossining, N. Y.
this month to make their home there
The doctor will open an Office and
will take up his medical profession
again.
Mrs. Charles Corbin returned from
Europe this week and has opened
her beautiful home On MiddleseA
avenue.
Mrs. Frank Orion is rapidly recov
ing from an operation performed al
her home last week by DR.. Fisher, Of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Colburn has been visiting he1
daughter, Mrs. Jerry Letson, of Stel.
ton, this week.
Miss Edith Crehore is at home.
Miss Edwards dancing class meets
every Wednesday at the League
House.
Mrs. G. M. Freeman has returned
from Avon and is visiting friends Al
Randolph, Mass.
The Music Club met with Mrs
STEELE Manning, Monday afternoon.
Auction Bridge was played at tAe
Club House Tuesday afternoon, and
g pretty prize was won by Miss Else
Robins. Five o'clock tea was served
by the hostess, Mrs. McLauchlan.
Henry Williams is the new stew
ard at the Club House.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-10
A SU M MER
TOILET REQUISITE

There has never before been on
the market, to our knowledge, any
substance that would bleach the skin
| unless 1t contained injurious acids
or corrosive sublimate. The enforce
ment of the Pure Food and Drugs
Act has made the marketing of these
articles illegal.
Therefore, we feel the readers OF
the NEWS. will welcome the news
that the West End Pharmacy, our
progressive druggists, have secured
the agency for Albany of Whites
Skynbleach, a peroxide cream COM
posed mostly Of Earth Alkaline Per-
oxides and which contains nc acids
or Injurious substances of any kind.
1t does its work by reason Of the
fact that when rubbed on the skin,
previously moistened with warm
water, the free and active oxygen
! which thereby becomes released not
only bleaches the skin but thorough
Iy dislnfects as we'll. The person at
ficted with discolored skin and wish
ing to obtain that creamy white skin
SO much to be desired, will find skyn-
bleach the most valuable, efficient
and simple preparation to use.
Ask the West End Pharmacy to
satisfy you that S~kynbleach will re-
store 'harmlessly" your normal com
olexion and skin.
Advertisement
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-10
Less Ministers.

Washington, Oct. 10:-A remark
able decline In the number of Pro-
testant ministers graduated from
the universities OF the country is
shown in a current report OF the U.
S. Bureau of Education.
"It is plain" says the report,
chat educated men no longer seek
the cloth as they did when the ma
ton was younger. 1t may mean
much or little that the percentage OF
ministers among the graduates of
typical colleges has declined from 60
to 70 per cent. to less than 10 per
cent"
An examination Of the figures col
lected at the close OF the nineteenth
century from thirty-seven %represen-
tative colleges d~iscloses the fact that
the ministry takes between five and
six per cent. of the university grad
yates, which marks the lowest point
for that profession during the two
and one-half centuries Of American
college history. Between the years
OF 1895 and 1900 only 865 students
were graduated from thirty-seven
representative colleges and universe
ties, or SO per cent. Of the total
number graduated. which was over.
14,478.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-10
JAMESBURG

John Monohan has been doing
jury duty at the county seat.
Miss Dora Cruger, a talented plan
list, has been substituting at the piano
at the Liberty in the absence of the
regular pianist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rule, of st.
Catharines, Canada, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Dawson, Of town,
this week. They were former resi-
dents and removed to their present
home eleven years ago.
Everything is in good shape for the
celebrating of the twenty-second an
niversary on Friday night by Me-
chanics Home Council, No. II, Junior
Order United American Mechanics.
The program has not been officially
announced, but will include selec-
lions by talent from New York city
and local people. All members of the
order residing here are cordially In
vited to attend with their wives.
Thomas Douglas has moved into
the Joseph Lane tenant house In
Lower ~Jamesburg.
Ellis Martin, Of Atlantic Highlands
was a guest this week with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Martin.
The executors of the estate Of the
late Joseph G. Mageee estate have ad-
vertised a sale that will close out
that property to new ownership. The
property to be disposed of includes
the homestead and the double tenant
house at Lower J~amesburg. A farm
between this place and Half Acre is
also included in the sale. The prop
erty will be disposed of October 16.
An unavoidable change of program
has compelled the committee having
the meeting of the J~amesburg Demo
cratic Club scheduled for this Fri
day evening has been postponed until
the following Friday night, October
IS. George S. Silzer, prosecutor OF
the county, will be the chief speaker
of the evening.