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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
KANSAS C0AAENT
no A GIRL ENGAGED.

TO A GIRL ENGAGED.
How" asks Engaged" can slTi
be sure the man she loves means
he savs?" The cold, hard fact about u
is that she can't. Neither can he.
Solomon. who knew lot, said all men
were liars; and human experience IN
the centuries since hasn't prouuceu
many reasons to change the Nelu1e'
Not necessarily wilful ana oeioe[a
Iiars-let's give 'em that benefit. But
let's also be candid. A man in love is
like a man in drink-he's too intoNl-
Gated to be responsible for all he says.
Dye suppose there ever was a man IL
love, from Adam down, VINO uioh
swear by all the deities that he'd never
let the woman take in washing to sup
port him? Yet the wash tub supports
almost as many homes as the PICK anu
shovel. Circumstances change. Wneh
a fellow gets down to earth after MS
emotional tour of the stars, he's apt 10
be practical and matter OF fact. II ne
remembers his ecstatic promises at All,
it is vaguely. The wise woman doesn't
presume upon them. She just marks
off the discount to profit and loss ana
thanks her luck if there's enough IcII
to make the basis of a working agree
ment. No, dear. you can't oeheNe an
that Romeo tells you; but you can
judge him fairly well on form. Is he
kind to his old mother? Has he Kept
a clean record in the responsibilities
around his present home? Has he good
men friends who believe in him and
trust him? Back of the froth and en-
broidery of his impa chatter do
you detect the rudiments of plain horse
sense? Has he shown gumption in
tackling the business of making a liv-
ing for two or more? If so, and you
really love the chap. and would be will
ing to pare potatoes for him until
death do you part, then we guess it's
all right-Wichita Beacon.
KILLING THE INSECTS.
The reports that come in indicate
that the dry weather is worth all it
has cost to kill the insects which
have been devouring the crops. The
chinch bugs are known to be dead
by the millions. For the last few years
the insects have been doing great
damage to the crops. There did not
seem to be any decisive way of fight
ing them and the farmers just looked
on while the work of destruction went
on. 1t is now said that the dry wealth
er has killed these bugs as we'll as
many other kinds. 1t may be that in
the plan of things that it was designed
that this dry weather should rid the
country of these destroying insects.
1t will be great after all if it is found
that this drouth is a benefit. Let us
keep up hope.-Lawrence Journal
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21

After a short season of rest, the
Thaw bank roll is again turned out to
take chances at outrunning gang of
lawyers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21

For the 1. w. W. idea of the relation
OF a strike to labor is that one strike
should lap over into the next strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21

The hunger strike at Minot, n. D.,
lasted three days. Were it a labor
strike, all the walking delegates IN the
Workers of the World'' couldn't get
'em back inside of a year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
Dallas Financier Killed.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. 20.-James l..
White, treasurer of the Republic
Trust company of Dallas, was shot
and killed late to-day in the Wilson
building here.
A. Silvers, vice president of the
Republic Trust company and presi-
dent of A. Silveps & Co., with offices
adjoining Mr. White, was shot in the
stomach and one arm.
Following the shooting, ]. A. Clop-
ton, said to be resident of San An
tonic, was taken to the Office of Chief
Detective Henry Tanner. The three
men were said to be discussing real
estate deal.
Clopton is held on a charge of muir
der in connection with the killing of
White and is also charged with as
sault to kill for shooting Silvers.
The men disagreed, it is said, as to
the advisability of financing a real es-
tate deal in San Antonio engineered
by Clopton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
MEDICAL STUDENT ARRESTED.
Charged with Aiding Girl to Leave
Mother for Father.

Atlanta, Feb. 23.-Cole Blease
Gibson, Of Orangeburg, S. c., medi-
cal student, was arrested Saturday
night in Atlanta, on the charge Of
aiding in the runaway of Miss Mary
Clarke, IS years old, from her moth
er, in Atlanta, to her father, in Mon
roe, La, who are divorced. The girl
was caught in Birmingham and re-
turned to Atlanta.
Miss Clarke and young Gibson had
been in love with each other for
some time, according to Mr.. Guess,
her stepfather, and he believes that
Gibson and Robert S. Coleman, Of
Savannah, a friend, had framed up
an elopement. Gibson acknowledged,
it is said, that he intended to marry
the girl, but declared that she had
already intended to go to her father,
and that he was not responsible for
her running away. He gave bond to-
day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
SCHOOL FARTHEST WEST.
Protecting Angel on Bleak Island
that Flies Our Flag.

An island of volcanic origin, made
up of bleak hills and frozen salt
marshes; short summer, the tenn
perature averaging less than 40
degrees, when the tundra grass and
lichens grow, and quickly-maturing
wild flowers, but most of the year a
waste of snow and ice-foes down
and pack them in. great hum
mocks, twenty or thirty feet high
along the shore, until the currents
themselves are frozen; emphasizing
this desolation as Eskimo settlement
Of 800 souls; and in the midst, like
protecting angel (Which in truth it
isl a schoolhouse floating the stars
and stripes, says the Christian Her
aid.
Less than 10 degrees west is the
lS0th parallel, where east begins
again; and it has always been known
as ''The Schoolhouse Farthest West, .
until recently, school has been es-
tablished at Atka, on one of the
Aleutain islands, three degrees still
farther west.
The nearest land is Indian Point,
Siberia, forty miles away. Since no
body knows when, the natives trad
ed ivory, walrus skins, and skin
canoes to the Indian Point natives
for reindeer skins and bear skins.
They were often compelled to trade
against their will, and many battles
we're fought, sometimes almost to
the determination of the St. Law
renee people.
The plain one-story schoolhouse,
with living rooms in the rear, to
which the wing has since been ad-
ded, was built more than twenty
years ago by the Episcopalians for a
mission, at a cost of $4,000. About
that time the missionary at Cape
Prince of Wales was murdered by
three of his schoolboys, and it was
decided St. Lawrence was too re-
mote and dangerous, and the idea
was abandoned. Later the Presby-
terians purchased the building for
$4,000. In 1894 the United States
cutter Bear, landed missionary and
his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Gambell, at
the school, together with years
supply of provisions, coal and other
necessaries.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
The Case of Bridget.

David Belasco AYERS that it is i'm
possible to say why new play fails
or succeeds. 1t may be the audi
ence or the play. Its like BridgetS
case," he says.
bridget was the cook. One day
her mistress asked, Bridget, when
are you going to be marrled?'
'Shure, don't believe | will lve1
be married.
How is that? l though you
and Mike were engaged
"'We are engaged-in a way,
was the reply, but Iwon't marry Mike
whin he is drunk, an he won't mar
ry me whin he is sober, and there ye
are.' -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
To Reclaim Missing Girl.

Greenville, Feb. 20.-Sheriff Hen
dirk Rector left this morning for Bal
timore, where he goes to, take in GUS
tody jamie Fields, the young Ander-
son girl, who has been missing from
her home since early in January. At
the time the girl disappeared there
was talk of abduction, kidnapping and
other mysterious circumstances sur
rounding her disappearance. 1t is
now learned that a young medical
student, formerly Of Anderson, is un-
der arrest in Baltimore charged with
enticing the girl away from home.
An aged Anderson woman was ar
rested some days ago in connection
with the case, though the details OF
the charges against her have not
been made known. 1t is quite pos
sible that warrants under the Mann
white slave act may be issued, in
volving one or two people in connec-
ton with the case.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
Clarendon Mob Lynches Boy.

Manning, Feb. 23.-A negro boy
named Marion Cantri, aged II years.
was shot to death by mob of II OF
Is masked men at Tindalls Mills, six
miles west of Manning, about 1 or 2
o'clock this morning.
The boy had been arrested for as,
sault and battery on young white
man named Joe Minis and was sent
up for trial by the magistrate at Pax
Vile. The magistrates constable, it
is stated, started to Manning to lodge
the prisoner in Jail, but after travel
ling about four miles he was over
taken by an armed mob, which took
the prisoner and shot him.
Coroner Gray held an inquest to-
day, but no evidence was adduced to
indicate who composed the mob. The
Jury returned a verdict that the de-
ceased came to his death from gun
shot wounds at the hands of par
ties unknown"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
ORANGEBURG BOY KILLED.
Boni:I Connor Shot by Companion in
Hunt

Orangeburg, Feb. 21.-Boniu, the
14-year-old son of Mr. L. B. COnnor,
of the Elloree section of this coun-
ty, was accidentally shot while out
hunting with Glenn, the 12-year-old
son of Mr.. Lucius Collier, yesterday
afternoon, and died almost ir rstantly.
The full particulars of the accident
could not be ascertained, but it is un-
derstood that the boys were hunting
in the woods near their homes with
shotguns, and in some way Glenn Col
lier's gun discharged, the whole load
taking effect in the head Of young
Connor, causing death almost in
stantly.
Young Connor was we'll grown for
his age, and a boy liked by all who
knew him. This unfortunate acci-
dent is very much deplored by the
whole community in which he lived.
The funeral services will be held
probably tomorrow, and inter-
ment will be made at the family bury
ing ground.
Young Connor was grandson of
the Hon. L. S. Connor, and the two
boys were first cousins.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
REFUSES TO CONFIRM HOUSEAL.
Totes Against Blease's Effort to Dust
DIR. BabcOck.

By vote Of 81 to 3 the senate re-
fused to confirm the appointment Of
DR.. w. Gustave Houseal to be super
intendent of the State Hospital for
the Insane, and Dr.. Babcock will hold
over. The vote was taken after mid
night and before it was taken the
governor was scored by several
for his action. The reason assign
ed by the governor for his action
was severely denounced.
Gov. Blease was on the floor of the
~enate when his message first came
in, but left soon afterwards. His
sudden action caused sensation.
DR.. J. w. Babcock would not dis
cuss the matter and said he had
nothing to say.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
Blease Springs Another Sensation.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. 23.-Gov.
Blease sprang another sensation here
by ordering the general election to
be held in the first district to select
a CONGRESSMAN to succeed the late
Geo. S. Legare on April 20, nearly
one month in advance of the date
set by the Democratic State Commit
tee, May 27, for the primary to select
the Democratic nominee in that dis
trict to be voted for in the general
election.
The governor gave as a reason for
his action that the State committee
when it met Friday to set the date
for the primary did not consult him
and also because he announced some
time ago that he was going to order
the general election in April. There
are six candidates for the vacancy
and two primaries will doubtless be
necessary to make selection.
State Chairman John Gary Evans
when informed of the governors ac-
ton said he did not know what would
be done by the State committee. Of
course the general election being one
month before, the date for the pri-
mary will cause that primary plan to
be abandoned. There is some talk
of holding a convention to nominate
a. candidate to be voted for by the
Democrats in the election but this
plan has not yet taken shape.
The first district is composed o
the counties Of Charleston Claren-
don, Colleton, Dorchester, and Berke
lev.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
MARION WOMAN A SUICIDE.
Mother of Several Young Children,
Mrs. j. |. Hayes. Kills Herself.

Marion, Feb. 20.-Mrs. J. I. Hayes,
of this city, committed suicide at her
home on Waverly Way yesterday,
using her husbands 32-calibre pistol
as a weapon. On hearing the fatal
shot friends rushed into her room.
only to find that she was beyond all
succor. The examining physician,
DR.. E. Marvin Dibble, found that the
skull had been crushed by the bull
let, and that the brain had flown
through the wound. The pistol was
found by the dead woman's side,
with one empty she'll therein, and
upon the wall a little note was
pinned, on which was inscribed:
"Good-bye father, cannot stand it
longer" 1t is presumed that this
referred to her miserable health,
her husband having testified that
she had been great sufferer and
that she had stated to him that 'if
it were not for the children 1 would
rather be dead" The coroner's jury
arrived at a verdict in accordance
with the facts above.
Mrs. Hayes was a young woman,
and the entire community is en-
wrapped in pity for the several young
children she leaves. Mr.. Hayes is
employed at one of the large lumber
nlantS in Marion
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
A Kaiser Story.

The following anecdote of the
kaiser is taken from Excelsior, where
it is stated to be vouched for by
a member of the German Yacht club.
The Hohenzollern was entering a
Norwegian harbor some time ago.
The kaiser became very impatient
with the slow progress made, and
himself sounded the telegraph to
quicken up the speed. Immediately,
to the kaiser's amazement, the pilot,
a gray-headed Norwegian named No
rohuns, rushed to the speaking-tube
and shouted to the engineers: SLOW,
slow. Pay no attention to the tele-
graph!' The kaiser's anger was
great at the affront. pilot, --
consider yourself under Arrest" Il
shall rot leave this place." replied
the pilot without turning hair. Il
am in command of the ship, and no
one-not even an emperor-shall
give me orders" The end of the
story is inevitable. ''The officers
present looked at each other in 81
lence," it continues, knowing that
all the rules of the sea were on the
pilots side; but they were amazed to
see his majesty leave the bridge and
allow the pilot to take the yacht
through the straights without inter-
ference" The finale reads like any
fairy story. The next day the kaiser's
bad humor had entirely disappeared,
and he bestowed a decoration on the
old pilot, at the same timp appoint
ing him his official pilot in Norwe-
gian waters. Westminster Gazette.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27

Fine feathers never made one Wo-
man, but bedraggled ones have un-
made millions.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27

The love of money is the easiest of
all roots to cultivate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
CASTS WIFE ASIDE.
Singular Case Recited by Woman in
. Atlanta Court.

After sacrificing her wedding
gifts, giving every penny that came
from her own parents, and doing the
family washing with her own hands,
in order that every possible penny
might be raised and saved to help
pay the expenses of legal educa-
ton for her husband, Mrs. Rollin H.
Kimball, wife of a popular young
Atlanta lawyer, says her husband has
thrown her aside as an old glove.
Her formal answer to his suit for
divorce is pitiful in the extreme.
She says that when they were mar
ried several years ago she shared
the dreams of her ambitious young
husband and that no sacrifice was
too great for her to make to help
him forward.
Money which she got from her
own father she declares, helped
Kimball study law at Princeton Uni
versity, while, she, saving the pen
MES, toiled like a slave. For two
years she lived with her baby in one
room, she declares, barely existing
from day to day.
Then, she says, when her husband
got his law degree and began to es-
tablish successful practice, he for
got all her sacrifices, cast her aside
and once when she returned to
house where he was living, he actu-
ally made her sleep in the hallway
while he occupied his comfortable
bed behind locked doors.
So terrible is the story told by
the wife, that members of the At
lanta bar association are discussing
the possible advisability of conduct
ing an investigation. If three-fourths
OF the things they say are true, young
Kimball is not fit to renal IN the
profession with decent men. How
ever, they are reserving judgment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
Large Increase in Whiskey Drinking.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Americans
are drinking more whiskey, smoking
more cigars and cigarettes, and
chewing more tobacco than ever be-
fore in history, according to latest
tax returns to Royal E. Cabell, COM
missioner of internal revenue.
From July to February the nation
has consumed 94,0OO,0O0 gallons Of
whiskey, an increase of 100000
gallons over the corresponding peri
cd of the previous year; S,500,000,-
900 cigarettes, an increase of $780,
100000; 4,50O,000,00O cigars, an
increase of 0,000,000, and $780,
100000 pounds of smoking and
chewing tobacco, an increase of 12,-
100000 pounds.
In addition, drinkers of beer are
resuming their stride. During the
fiscal year 1912 the consumption of
beer fell off materially, but for the
first seven months of the current fls-
cal year the people of the United
State have drunk 3S,364,000 barrels,
an increase of 1,S5O,OOO barrels over
last year.
Drinkers, smokers and chewers
thus are enriching the federal gov
ernment. Internal revenue taxes
from July to date are S12,500,OOO
greater than any previous record for
a similar period.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
Appointment Read.

Columbia, Feb. 20.-Dr. w. Gus
tave Houseal, of Newberry, was to-
night appointed by Gov. Blease as
Superintendent of the State Hospital
for the Insane, succeeding DR.. ]. w.
Babcock, the incumbent. The ap-
pointment was sent to the senate,
and by request of the governor, was
read in open session. An executive
session will be held by the senate to
pass on the appointment.
Gov. Blease had expected DR..
Houseal to be elected member of
the board of trustees of the Charles
ton Medical College and said that he
gave the position of superintendent
of the State Hospital for the Insane
to DR.. Houseal to show what he
thought of him, the governor being
very much disappointed over the
failure of the general assembly to
elect DR.. Houseal as a trustee of the
Medical college.
DR.. Houseal is a resident of New
berry and the personal physician of
the governor.
DR.. Babcock was appointed super
intendent of the Asylum by Gov. Till
man during his first term in the
early 9Os and has held the position
ever since The constitution gives
the governor the right to appoint
the superintendent and board of re-
gents of the State Hospital for the
Insane.
The naming of DR.. Houseal to sue
ceed DR.. Babcock came as a great
surprise to the general assembly and
to people generally, and caused much
discussion.
The reason for the appointment is
attributed to the failure of the gen.
eral assembly to name DR.. Houseal
as a trustee of the Medical college.
In Executive Session.
The senate went into executive
session at once to consider the ap-
pointment of Dr. W. G. Houseal as
superintendent of the State Hospital
for the Insane A hot debate took
place over the matter, and during
the course of the discussion the
splendid work which DR.. Babcock
has done for the State Asylum was
lauded by member after member. DR..
Houseal was referred to in highest
terms, but the senate did not ap-
prove of the governors attempted
ousting of Dr. Babcock.
The statements that the constitu-
ton requires that the board of re-
gents of the Asylum and the superln-
tendent be appointed with the advice
and consent of the senate; that the
constitution forbids the holding of
any office for life, except that of no
tary public, and, that the appoint
ment of DR.. Houseal was illegal, were
brought out during the threshing out
of this matter.
At midnight the senate was still
behind locked doors fighting over the
governors sudden and sensational
action in appointing DR.. Houseal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
A "Dry" Joke.

Gov. o. B. Colquitt, of the Lone
Star State, was entertaining some
friends from the East not long ago.
The talk turned upon the great. "dry'
territory Of Texas.
This dry territory" explained
the governor, "sells a great many
money orders in our State.
"A man went into one of the town
Dostoffices and asked for money Or
der.
For how much?' asked the post
master.
"'About, a gallon the man re-
piled.
1.-The postmaster grinned and made
out for $3.50"
The love of money is the easiest of
all roots to cultivate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-27
A Wild Throw.

Judge NJ. w. Pinckney at recent
banquet recalled an incident to show
that there is some humor associated
with such serious thing as the law.
In Dawson City a colored man, Sam
Jones by name, was on trial for fell
ony. The judge asked Sam if he de-
sired the appointment of lawyer to
defend him.
mo, sah," said Sam. rs gwine
to throw myself on the ignorance of
the cote. e."-Everybody's Magazine.
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