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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
Blease Threatens Watson.

Newberry, Dec. 2S.-Gov. Blease,
on a visit to-day to Newberry, said
that he had warned E. J. Watson
commissioner of agriculture, COM
merce and industries, against leaving
the State. The governor said:
Il wrote Commissioner Watson
that I understood he was appointed
commissioner of agriculture for
South Carolina, and not for the
United States, and if he left the State
again without my permission, |
would declare the office vacant and
put somebody in who would stay at
home. I meant that and shall carry
it out to the letter.
"Copies of my letter and his reply
are on file in my office, to which the
newspaper men are welcome
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

of the chase. The guard did first
class work. knowing the bandits
could slip through the bush or over
the hills, they guarded the roads
near town, and that night at Z
O'Clock they caught one man on the
road between Punta Sal and Santi-
ago. At o'clock the next morning
they caught thG other (who had lost
his cap and coat when they were
surprised by our men, at Saint Mi
chael on Parade.
Il saw the dagger yesterday morn
ing. 1t was not five feet long, but it
looked big enough to make an ugly
ole."-New York Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
CRUSHED BY COTTON BALE.
Injuries Sustained = by Anderson
Drayman Prove Fatal.

Anderson, Dec. 28.-Pink Rogers,
a negro drayman, aged so, died in a
local hospital tonight from wounds
he received this afternoon, when a
bale of cotton fell off his wagon,
crushing him to the cobblestones.
The wagon was turning corner
when the top bale on the wagon lost
it's balance and fell. Rogers's head
was crushed and his brains were
scattered over the ground. The in
jured man was hurried to the hos
pital and died two hours later. The
coroner has been notified, but he
will hardly hold an inquest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
FARMERS UNION MEETINGS.

FARMERS UNION MEETINGS.
The local Bamberg Farmers Union
meets at the court house in Bamberg
on the first and third Friday morn
ings in every month. Meeting at
II o'clock. Applications for MEM
bership received at every meeting.
Let all members be present.
J. w. STEWART,
J. P. O'QUINN, President.
Secretary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
THE CART BEHIND THE HORSE

has a lot to do with the appearance
of your turnout and with comfort
and safety. Why not make yourself
a New Year present of one Of our
carts, buggies or other carriages.
Then you will have something you:
need anyway and something you can
enjoy for years to come. Many
styles but only one quality-the best
HORSE AND MULES.
G. FRANK BAMBERG,
Bamberg, s. G. 4.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

If you owe us anything, remember
that we need the money and expect
prompt settlement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

inserted, and the missing $40 will
be found.-New York World.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

weighs considerably over two tons.
The money. is then taken to the
paymaster's Office at the works, where
it is counted again and then divided
into tive y trays in order to make
up the tw enty separate payrolls. 1t
takes all day Thursday to put up the
money in the envelopes. Two men
work at each tray. One calls out
the amount, while the other selects
the necessary coins which are before
him and places them in the envel-
opes. When the last envelope of
each payroll is sealed the tray must
be cleared or else mistake has been
made.
It is very easy to detect errors by
this system of filling each envelope
with coins of the highest possible de-
nomination. Just enough gold pieces
are allotted to each tray to balance
the footings, so that if the last en-
velope calls for a salary of S20.50
and there is only $40 gold piece
on the tray it is evident that a $40
gold piece has been placed in an en-
velope where only $40 should have
been placed. Consequently it is
necessary only to open the envel-
opes where $40 gold pieces have been
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

Young's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
This Correspondent Finds the uni.
versal Cause Of Present Evils In
Freight Rates.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
This evenings Times has two editor
ials. one commenting upon and deplor-
ing the comparatively recently acquired
habit OF city families to be continually
moving, thereby destroying love of
home life as seen In smaller communi-
ties; the other editorial dealing with
the growing indifference to religion.
Had The Times seen At to write in the
same issue OF the huddling-up, which
has ensued as a result of railroad fueight
rate discrimination in favor Of the large
cities, cause and effect would have been
embodied on one page.
A Young man nowadays must leave
his small town or country home to go
TO the city In order to make living.
as no factory or industry Is permitted
by the railroads to exist elsewhere.
This contemplated parcels post
swindle will still further drive every
one either into the vast competitive
cities or else on. to lonely villageless
country sides.
Restless homlessness, religious indif-
ference, 1,70o abandoned churches in the
State of Missouri, rampant socialism.
fiag-trampling in New York. are all
signs Of the times and are nearly all
due TO railroad freight ra;e injustice
Newspapers and politicians are silenced
by threats from big advertisers and big
interests who gets special faVors IN
the cities.
What will be the elimination? Get
a French newspaper dated about lIsS:
- GIRONDIST.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
GAS COMPANY IS
TERMED A SQUATTER
Commissioners Ask Government
To Restore Streets I'm
properly Used.

Unlawful occupancy of the public
streets is to be charged against the
Washington Gas Light Company by the
Department of Justice. Upon informa-
tion furnished by the department, the
Commissioners today decided to request
the Attorney General of the United
States to institute proceedings to deter
mine the question of title to the land on
which tanks and buildings have been
erected and other improvements made
The suit will be instituted under the act
approved April q. 1912, providing for
the protection of the United States in
lands and waters comprising any part
of the Potomac river, the Anacostia
river or Eastern Branch, and Rock
Creek and lands adjacent thereto"
The investigation carried on by the
Deps rtment Of Justice, according to a
letter written by Assistant Attorney
General A. ]. Fowler to the Commits
sioners, showed that the Washington
Gas Light Company Is occupying and
claims ownership Of land south OF
Twelfth and Thirteenth and N and Wa
ter streets southeast. Surveys made by
NJ. G. HaZen. District surveyor, show
that in the center OF y street southeast,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth. are
two tanks and in Water street are an
engine house and three iron tanks.
Similar conditions, according to the
records of the Surveyors office. exist
between Twelfth and Thirteenth and NJ
and \ streets southeast.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
MORE EFFICIENCY
IN CHARITY WORK
SHOWN IN REPORTS
Jewish Women Learn of
Progress at Meeting.
Officers Named.

Increasing efficiency In charitable
work and In handling immigra-
ton cases was indicated In re-
ports read at the first annual
meeting of the Washington Association
Of Jewish Women, which was held at
the Eighth Street Temple last night.
Reports were made by Mrs. Adolph
Kahn, president; Mrs. Alex Wolf, secre-
tary; Mrs. l. Newman, treasurer, and
Mrs. Simon Nye, auditor. showing that
the organization is in good financial
condition.
Other reports on department work
were made by Mrs. Joseph Abel. Mrs.
NJ 8. Sinsheimer, Mrs. Ben Held, Mrs
Lee Baumgarten, Mrs. Simon Open
heimer, and Mrs. r. B. Behrend. Fol-
lowing the election of officers Miss
Alice Burbage played a Schumann
nacktstuck, a Chopin nocturne, and also
a ballad and the Dvorak Humoresque.
The officers elected are: President
Mrs. Adolph Kahn; first vice president
Mrs. Charles Goldsmith; second vice
president, Mrs. M. Marx; recording sec
retary, Mrs. Alex Wolf; corresponding
secretary, Mrs Milton Strasburger; treas
urer, Mrs. !. Neuman: auditor, Mrs. Simon
L. Nye, nd board OF directors. Mrs. Lee
Baumgarten, Miss Rickle Cans, Mrs.
Sam Gassenheimer, Mrs. Isidore Gros-
Hillman, Mrs. l.. s. Kann, Mrs. James
Lansburgh, Mrs. Charles Picard Mrs.
Maurice B. Sinsheimer, and Mrs. Emil
West
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
THE HOG PLAY IN POLITICS.

Mr.. Tafts over-wise managers in Maryland,
when public opinion. compelled them to help pass
Presidential primary law, got cute. They fixed the
law so that the State delegation must 60 en- masse
for one candidate or the other.
They were sure their machinery would enable
them to drag off majority in the State whole
they tied it up in neat package took away their
individual autonomy from the Congress districts, i'm
posed the unit rule on the whole State, and turned
loose their minions to seize it,
1t was awfully clever; no stray district or two
should 60 to Roosevelt
Except that the contraption kicked backward
Roosevelt got the preference vote, and carries
away the solid delegation
Six Of the sixteen delegates would have been
for Taft if his managers hadn't been so smart-and
so hoggsh.
With divided Maryland, Taft would still have
been able to claim today that he was in the running
That one bit Of over-reaching finished the fight
and finished Taft.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
WASHINGTON AND LIQUOR LAWS.

Washington is peculiarly and admirably adapted
for the enforcement of strict license law. No other
city in the country can have such an advantage.
Local elections and party politics cannot nullify laws
in Washington.
The stumbng-block to stringent liquor legsla-
on everywhere is the fact that sooner are strict
liquor laws enacted than the liquor interests and
their allied forces get into local and State politics
in order to suspend the operation of the law.
1t is the rule rather than the exception in most
States which have attempted to regulate the liquor
traffic to have the election of entire municipal
tickets, the county prosecutor, judge, and commits
sioners to turn upon the issue as to whether not
they were in favor of enforcing the liquor laws
In State campaigns all else has been subordi-
mated to the question as to whether the next Legs-
lature would be wet or "dry'-woud repeal exist
ing liquor laws or make stronger ones
In this District no such situation can arise. If
q liquor law is passed it will be enforced. Those
intrusted with its enforcement will not have to de-
pend upon local politicians for an election, and there
will be no need or temptation to wink at the law.
The laws we now have are enforced, and enforced
strictly. AS The times shows today in local article
the excise board and those under its control have
gone farther than the letter of the present law
and kept the spirit of it by making extra provisions
in some cases before license is granted.
There will be no danger OF blind tigers and
"bootleggers" due to the negligence of the auhori
ties, if this proposed law is passed 1t is noticeable
fact that this argument which is the strongest ad
vanced in States against strict liquor laws, is not
advanced seriously here by the liquor trade. II
knows the law will be enforced and politics,
threats of reprsa and the catering Of one political
party to the "wets" in order to carry a State OF
local campaign will have no place in Washington.
This is the one ideal place to test out the opera
tion of model license law that really regulates.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
What's on the Program, In
Washington Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges--National,
10 MyrSn T. M n N ParFsr AT%.nus 30 Nc e. Z k,ns f.
David. No 2S. Royal Arch Chapters
Lafayette, No. 8. r. A: Washington
Naval, No. 8, Mark; Scottish Rite
Mithras Lodge of Perfection, No. /,
The following /. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Washing-
ton, No. 6, degree work; Golden Rule,
No. q, and Amity, No. q, business.
Patriarchs Militant-Canton Washing
The following Knights of Pythias
lodges will meet tonight: Webster.
No, Z; Excelsior. No. IA; Capital, No.
"a; Myrtle. No. Is.
the Ingram Meporial Congregational
Church. Congressman Victor Muir
dock, 8 p. m.
Celebration Of the one hundredth ami
versary of the organization Of the
General Land office, Continental Hall,
s, p. m.
Talk on current eevnts by Mrs: William
skunk, reading room for the blind,
Library of Congress, 2 p. m.
Celebratlon of the centenary of the
birth of Robert Browning, by the
Browning Club. vestry room. Eighth
Street Temple, in Eighth street be,
tween H and I streets northwest.
Regular meeting and election of officers
Of the Columbia Heights Citizens
Association, st. Stephens Hall, Four
teenth street near Irving street north
west s p. m.
Concert by the Fifteenth United States
Cavalry Band, Fort Myer, 4 p m.
Meeting of the Clean City Committee
board room, District building, 4:45 pm
Lecture by Dr. l.. L. Lumsden oil
Home Nursing" before the CAM
Fire Girls OF the Emery School, S:S
d. m.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
TUESDAY, MAY Z, 1912.
KEEPING SIGHT OF THE SKY.

Once in great while some great soul COM
presses all the philosophy of life into a couple of
sentences. This has been true of John Burroughs
in an article on The Summit of the Years." in
Mays Atlantic. He says of the world:
i have not bruised myself against it, nor tried
to use it ignoby. have titled its soil, have gath
cred its harvests | have waited upon its seasons,
and always have reaped what have sown. While
delved did not lose sight of the sky overhead"
Does that not comprise all there is to life? In
dustry, mobility, patience compensation-and keep
ing sight Of the sky overhead?
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
THE Y. w. c. A. CAMPAIGN.

The erection of home for the Young Women's
Christian Association will be real accomplishment
in the field Of constructive social service
1t will be doing something worth while instead Of
merely deploring bad conditions or sitting idly by
and trusting to an act of Providence to perform the
work that must be accomplished by men and women
of sincerity and red blood.
We protest against the congregation of girls and
women in places of loose reputation; we protest
against their frequenting the streets; we deplore
the evil influences that are always on hand to offer
attractions and hold out false inducements to the
young women. We pass laws against these things.
We invoke the authorities to stop these practices
But what have we to offer as substtute-as
remedy? Where is the girl to go, what is she to do
the girl who is stranger within the gates who
has no home and cannot afford the luxury of select
apartments and entree into socieY? There are
hundreds of such girls in Washington, trying to
make an honest living and live life above the
taint of suspicion.
Under present conditions they are forced to
spend their hours for recreation in the room on the
third floor back" on the Streets or at some place
of cheap amusement-usually a cheap place, too
Obviously neither of these fit places for her idle
hours. She should not be forced to be either a
recluse or street walker. The erection of the
Y. w. C. A. building helps to solve the problem.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
Wants the Can Trust Canned.

To the Editor of THE TIMES!
Your newspaper is the only one here
which is open to the views OF the
public, therefore ] ask you to print
the following. While President Taft
and Attorney General Wickersham
are making a great howl and playing
fine politics by prosecuting the Har-
vester Company trust and the Steel
trust, why do they not prosecute the
American Can trust which has out
standing s40.0o0.0O0 in common stock
and 10000. 900 in preferred stock.
controls about s5 per cent OF the can
industry of the United states. was
recently convicted of infringement
on the patents Of the Vulcan Detin.,
ming Company. Of DETROIT, and
Gently gotten control of the Kemi-
weld Can Company of Detroit. 1t re-
strains all trade In that commodity,
oppresses the consumer by high
prices for its ware from the poor
workingman who buys a dinner pail
to the rich man who buys a $40 ash
can. In consequence of its greed the
common stock of this. company has
in the past few m6nths increased
from 81 to over Sal, almost 500 per
cent. American Can Is intimately
connected with United States Steel
W. HONEST REPUBLICAN.
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
He Evidently Doesn't Think Social.
ism Much of q Success In Mil.
Waukee.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In your issue Of April II there Is
letter from a person signing Socialist"
in which he speaks about the recent
election in Milwaukee. where the So
cialists were kicked out" OF office after
two years of incompetency, mismanage-
ment OF public funds, and bad govern
ment generally. He speaks about the
gain in votes by the Socialists over the
number they cast in 1910, but he is Woe
fully wrong in his statements. In this
election the Socialist candidate. Seidel,
received 5000 owe. 1850 of two years
ago, a gain of $500, and not a gain OF
10000, as Socialist says. The Repub-
licans and Democrats combined pollcd
"a, 900 in 1910 and 5000 in 1912, a gain of
II, 900 votes. One must live in Milwau-
kee or be acquainted with conditions
there to understand how men like the
Socialists, who hate our country and its
institutions. could ever be elected there.
Fifty per cent OF the population of that
city is foreign-born. While many of
these are good, law:abiding citizens,
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
PRESIDENT TAFT AND THE BOSSES.

President Taft needs an editor. A couple more
speeches in Ohio like the he delivered at Chilli
cothe Monday, and the overwhelming loss Of his
own State will turn his defeat into reputation that
will not save him even his honor.
The President has nothing to do with uphold
ins or destroying bosses. Bosses are made by local
conditions. | am not engaged in going
about cutting off the heads of BOSSES | cannot do
it. 1t is not my function 1t is the function Of the
people at home to reform matters"
Waving the fallacy Of his statement concerning
the relation between Presidents and bosses, and TAX
ing him wholly at his word regarding the making and
un-making of bosses by the people at home-what
is Taft's record.
Taft is on record only once in Ohio, his own
State as being against Bosses That solitary record
was made in his Akron speech of 1905 when he as
sailed Boss Cox, of Cincinnati. That part of his
speech was judicously omitted from Brother
CharleyS" paper the Cincinnati Times-Star, for the
.ood of the party, nasmuch as Charles Taft is af-
fated with the Cox machine, and his paper is its
organ.
Since 1905 President Taft has not uttered a
word against the Cox machine. To the contrary, he
has supported Unsupported it individual, sup
ported it in the capacity of President. After it had
been smashed in Cincinnati through the fearless
criminal prosecutions of young man named Hunt
its members scattered, its rotenness exposed, some
of its crooked financial institutions closed, and its
leaders in a panic-the good people of Cincinnati
decided to run Hunt for mayor.
1t was at this juncture that President Taft ap.
peared on the scene, and in order to save the Cox
machine, made an appeal to the people OF Cincinnati
as a former neighbor and as the President OF the
Republican party to defeat Hunt, and elect the
nominee of the Cox machine. He urged this "for
the good of the party"
So much for President Taft's record for help
The Washington times., 1912-05-07
Objects to the Requirements Of the
Law in Relation to Qualifications
of a Witness.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
At the recent term of the circuit court
at Upper Marblor. Md. one of the citi-
gems of Prince George county was called
as a witness in civil suit. On his ap-
pearance 1t developed that he did not
believe in the existence of a God. con-
sequently the court refused to hear him.
This refusal, OF course, was In accord
with the old custom of the common law
and the law, or usage. of Maryland.
The custom has prevailed for ages on
the theory that he who does not be-
lieve in Supreme Being has nothing
to bind his conscience, as though there
could be no other incentive to speak
truthfully. / do not wish to criticise
the court, but the custom. I would call
attention to what appears to my mind
10 be Inconsistent in the custom. The
person referred to is, generally speak
ing, considered about as truthful as his
fellows who believe in God, and even
the court takes as true his statement
That he does not believe in Cod oh.
yes, this statement must be true, and
because II Is true, and because he spoke
truthfully, he is deprived of the right
to testify. What could be more incon-
sistent. In the name of common sense
and Justice to all men. why continue
longer such a silly and unjust usage.
1t is on a par with some of the old blue
laws still remaining in force in the
State. They do not At this age of civili-
zation and progress. The contention in
favor of the custom is on the theory
that he who has no hope of future re-
ward, or fear OF punishment, will not
hesitate to lie If found convenient
Possibly he might not tell all the truth,
but what about his brother witness who
does believe in God. VIII he. or does
he, always speak truthfully?
What do we commonly observe in pr
dinary cases? The witness makes oath
on Bible in the name Of God, to
speak the truth, the whole truth ana
nothing but the truth. and proceeds to
| relate what he knows about the case.
But does he in his testimony observe
his oath? Does he tell all?
The witness who observes strictly. his
oath commonly speaking, is hard to
| find, and the court knows this to be a
| fact. whether he believes or does not
| believe in a God.
Should the witness proceed to tell the
| court and the jury all the truth the
lawyer looking after the case would
doubtless sidetrack him or stop him al
| together before he got <ery far.
| The custom strikes me as being con-
| trary to the following:
THE citizens of each State shall be
entitled to all privileges and immuni'
4 ties OF citizens in the several States"
| WILLIAM H. GIBBS.