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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-08

Ames and Wiltze
Sign With Giants;
Baseball Notes

NEW DIRK, Feb Two members
of the Giants climbed aboard the
1914 band wagon yesterday. Leon
Kalamtty Ames. of Warrenton, o.,
and Arthur Olaf Wilson. the Illinois
Adonis, are the athletes whose signed
contracts were received by Secretary
Foster. There was some talk about
Olaf being hold-out. but the catch
ing yodler signed like good, little
boy.
About ten days ago story drifted
in from Wilson's home in Illinois
that he had returned the contract
McGraw sent to him, as 1t did not
conform with hts idea of his worth
to the Giants. The story also said
that as Arthur had married since the
last worlds series, he would need
more money.
Secretary Foster denied that Olaf
had ever asked for membership
blank for the hnld-out club, and said
Wilson never sent his contract back
unsigned. 1
Ames will report with the first
bunch of rockies, as he feels he needs
the extra work. AS both Wiltse and
Ames will start training with the
youngsters McGfaw may have
dropped these veterans a hint he
would like to see them in Marlin
early. Anes finished high in the
averages last season, but though he
participated In thirty-three games, he
pitched only nine complete contests.
Leon, however, is a handy man to
have around, even though he may not
be the luckiest pitcher in the world.
Both Ames and Wiltse will start
their tenth complete season with the
Giants in April. Both fingers be-
gan operations with the Giants In
the fall Of 1903, after doing fne work
in the New York State league. They
may be needed next season, as there
is a strong probability that Rube
Marquard will not be with the
Giants, and even If the lanky Reuben
should Join the team he may not be
in condition to pitch.
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01
Clean the Inside, Boys.

Up at Washington for some
time past they have had about
fifty or a hundred workmen en-
ployed on our great Capitol build
ing cleaning up and painting
the outside of it. :
Say, fellers, it don't matter so
much about the outside. That
could have waited till some leis-
ure time. Why in the gee-whiz
don't you clean up the inside
first? That's where most of the
nastiness is. \
The recent lobby investigation
merely stirred up the nastiness
and made it stink wusser, but it
didn't clean up things worth, a
hardly.
The entire inside of the Capitol
is working alive with Mulhall
maggots and Lamar lice, and
that old bulldog known as the
National Association of Manufac-
turers has been clawing feas in
there for the past ten years.
We have at last had the lid
lifted off and the filth stirred up
SO we can smell it, but that won't
help matters any unless we go
ahead and have a genteel clean
ing-up spell.
Come down off the dome, boys,
and give Congress and the Sen
ate a few good doses of your
soap and hot water.
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01
Be Careful, Tom!

If our Democratic Vice-Presi-
dent, Tom Marshall, don't be
mighty careful somebody is liable
to mistake him for a wild-eyed
Socialist. In the course of a
speech at Aurora, Illinois, on
July 9th, the Vice-President of
the United States of America
uttered these words:
'Uninformed men. like un-
broken horses, shy at things they
do not understand. To many
Americans the word Socialism
suggests terror. They do not
know that there are many phases
of Socialism. They are unaware
that many doctrines advocated
by some branch of the Socialists
are being put into operation year
by year by the different States of
the Union. The Socialism which
manifests itself in work of love
and helpfulness can abide within
a representative democracy.
Right-minded men who read the
life of the Man of Galilee agree
that His teaching was Social
istlc." :"
Um-er-no what? Is it
possible that the Vice-President
has turned traitor to his party
and his country, or is he honestly
trying to tell the truth? You little
Democratic upstarts who have
been disputing my word about
it-now let's see you bristle up
to your own Vice-President and
call him a blab-mouthed liar.
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01

help US, thy plans cannot fail.
Thou wilt become the biggest
pumpkin on the Wilson vine, and
we willowe thee a million thanks.
We desire, therefore, to pay thee
one thank in advance, to bind the
trade, and we will pay the other
800, 999 thanks when we get the
money. Amen.
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01
Prayer to McAdoo.

O thou great big-hearted and
generous Master McAdoo, thou
who holdest the draw string of
the national money bag, hurrah
for thee! We have just read in
the papers about that hundred
million plunks which thou art
sending into the South and West.
That hits us exactly in the right
spot, O Master McAdoo, and we
are constrained to fling ourselves
at thy feet and declare to the
world that thou art the truck.
Thou hast shot the panic with a
ton of greenback before it got
close enough to bite US.
Now all the banks will be run
ming after us and begging US to
borrow money. That will suit us,
you bet. We always did like to
borrow money from the bank.
But paying it back is a boss of
another color. Canst thou not fix
it so we won't have to pay it
back?
We understand, o Master Nc
Adoo, that thou wilt loan the
sinkers to the banks at two per
cent, and then they will loan
them to us at six per cent. And
right there is what hurts Han
ner's leg. Maybe we don't under
stand the financial question, but
it looks to us like thou art fixing
to take four per cent from us and
give it to the banks. Why not
reverse the thing and give us the
first pull at the sugar-tit? Why
not loan it to us at two per cent,
and then let us soak the banks
for six per. cent? They are better
able to stand it than we are.
!. Great Master McAdoo, we are
in dreadful quandary about this
money business. We can't tell tt
save our gizzards whether tt
thank thee for thy generosity OF
cuss thee for being in cahoot
with our natural enemy, the
money power. But we will hope
for the best and take all we car
get. That's the way everybody
: does.
If thou art actuated by a worth,
motive and an honest desire tt
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01

And still the complaints come
in saying that The Fool Killer is
not being received regularly.
Doggon it, what's the matterP If
| hear much more of this, several
postmasters will be called on to
do some explaining.
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01
NO. 6.
Goodbye, Cow Corpse.

Goodbye, Mister Cow! Fare
we'll, Mister Hog! It seems that
you critters are getting a heap
stuck-up:er than you useter
wuz.
I notice that Chicago stock
yards expert has given out fig
ures to show that the habit Of
eating meat has decreased fifty
per cent during the last ten
years, and he figures that in ten
years more meat will be a luxury
to be afforded only by the nil
lionaire class.
And what a calamity that will
Say, Mister Cow, how does it
strike you, anyhow? Amt you
plum heart-broken about it?
Think Of having to be turned
out in the woods to shift for
yourself instead of being taken
to the dear old stockyards where
you could have your head gently
cut off and your carcass done up
in purity tin boxes!
| am sorry you cow critters are
holding your heads so high, max
ing yourselves the victims Of
race-suicide instead of being
mercifully murdered and eaten
by two-legged cannibals.
Now when the boarding-h houses
wear out the sole-leather steak
that their boarders have been
gnawing on for the last twenty
years without making a dent in
it, what will take it's place?
That is solemn question.
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01
VOL. w..
"America'' Revised.

My country, tits of thee,
Land of no liberty,
- Of thee sing;
Land of race-suicide,
Land of the law defied,
Each town and countryside
A grafter's ring.
My native country, thee,
Where many scandals be,
And sin and shame,
Why love thy pampered pets
Who steal without regrets,
While the poor slave who sweats
Starves just the same?
Oh, Washington, our pride,
Where lobbyists abide,
Shameless and bold;
Where Mulhan and his crew
Bought House and Senate too.
How well them rascals knew
The power of gold! |
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01

When that big able-bodied
earthquake rolled over in it's sleep
and kicked the props out from
under Bulgaria, it didn't take
many days to wind up the nasty,
old war. Now if a similar earth
quake would come along and
shake up them Mexican greasers
till they could spit up shoe-heels,
it might learn them a little bit Of
sense.
The fool-killer., 1913-08-01

Maybe you noticed that Presi-
dent Wilson and Ambassador
Wilson didn't hug and kiss any.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
In THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Despondent over mis- health, j. c.
Tolbert, a Laurens county farmer
committed suicide on Friday by drink
ing carbolic acid. He was 65 years old
and leaves a family.
Two white men Of Anderson
county, P. L. Kay and H. NJ. Sargent,
were committed to jail on Thursday,
charged with stealing seed cotton
from number of farmers.
The report of State Superintendent
Swearingen shows a large increase in
the school fund, the sum this year
being s3,129,SO4. Of the 1884 school
districts Ga per cent. have voted
special tax.
w. W. Dixon, of Fairfield county, a
former member of the legislature
was arrested in Columbia Saturday
for passing bad checks to the amount
of $63. He was released upon pay
ing the amount and COSTS.
The Mail says: There has been
more cotton stealing this year in An
derson county than for several years
past, and several cases of this kind
are to come up for trial at the next
term of the criminal court
R. V. McClain, lumber contractor
near White Stone, was fined $50 by
Magistrate Gus Kirby in Spartanburg
Thursday for treating his stock cruel
ly, the prosecution having been in
stituted by rural policeman.
A woman's auxiliary to the law
and order league of Charleston was
organized in that city on Thursday
with more than five hundred mem
bers. Mrs. w. P. Cornell is presi-
dent. They will work for a better
Charleston.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
Fairfax FancieS.

Fairfax, December S.-Mesdames
G. w. Barber, Eliza Hickson, S. l..
Sanders and G. D. Sanders, Cleo San
ders, Chas. Hammond and others
from here attended the funeral at
Salkehatchie church of the late E. L.
Sanders, of Ulmer section. He was
funeralized by Rev. w. H. Simpson.
A very large crowd was in attendance.
The pastor spoke feelingly of him,
much that church would miss him.
E. L. Sanders died at the Augusta
hospital from the effects of an opera
tion performed several weeks ago.
He was highly thought Of Not only
were many relatives present, but a
crowd of Barnwell gents autoed to
pay their respects to the family OF
deceased.
Our teachers attended the teach
ers' meeting at Williston and report
fine time
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
Easily Found.

1t is often said that a Yorkshire
man is so keen after money that he
will grab at it dead or alive. A GER
tain native worked at a saw mill, and
one day he met with an accident, two
of his fingers being cut off and drop
ping in the sawdust
Of course the man was hurried off
to the infirmary and after he was
gone his mates began to look for his
fingers in the sawdust, when in walk
ed the foreman, who said:
Il say, what are you wasting your
time there for? Why don't you get
on with your work."
One of the men replied:
That Yorkshire chap has had two
fingers cut off, and we're looking for
them"
What waste of time,' cried the
foreman. We'll soon find them"
And he threw half crown on the
floor, when up came the two fingers
wriggling out of the sawdust to get
at the money.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
HAS TAKEN LAST RIDE.
Motordome Rider Dies From Injuries
Received While Exhibiting.

Aiken. December GA fatal acci-
dent happeded to Frank Barnady, one
of the motordrome riders with the
Krause Greater Shows, which are
here for the week, yesterday after
noon about 4 o'clock, when he fell
from the top of the motordrome to
the bottom, landing on his head. He
was taken to a sanitarium, and all
that could be done for him. in the
way of medical attention was in vain,
death coming this morning at .
o'clock.
He was riding at the top of the
motordrome and as he had about
finished his exhibition he made a
turn to come down, but in some way
he must have made the turn toe
quickly, for he landed on his head
and never regained consciousness.
Barnady, who was known as
Daredevil Barnady,' held the
worlds record for fastest riding, hav-
ing attained a speed of 961a miles
per hour on a cement track at River
view Park, Chicago, Ill. He is the
only person who has ever attained A
speed so great that the press grafiex
could not get a snap shot of him.
and this wonderful machine takes a
picture in IL 900 of a second.
His parents live in Germany, but
he claimed Chicago as his home His
body will be sent there for inter
ment. On account of his daring
deeds he had won the admiration OF
many people in this city. 1t is said
that he had handed in his resignation
to the manager to go into effect to-
night.
1t might be said in connection
with this that Mrs. Steifel, of Granite
vile, tainted last night while watch
ing the races at the motordrome, and
from a report about noon had not re-
gained consciousness.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
I'VE TOO MANY FRIENDS.
President Declines Georgia Invita-
ton Because Of Too Much Fun.

WASHINGTON, December 9.-Presi-
dent Wilson feels that what he needs
just now is plain rest in order to be
fit for the winters pull, and he has
declined to accept an invitation to
take his holiday vacation at Augusta,
in the midst of the scenes of his boy
hood, because it would be next to
impossible for him to rect among so
many of his old friends.
Congressman Hardwick, Who eX-
tended Augustus invitation to the
president, to-day received a cordial
letter from Mr.. Wilson, declining the
invitation, which the congressman
presented at the suggestion of Bow
Dire Phinizy.
Il am sure that you know that it is
because l have been knocked out by
a cold that I have not sooner COM
municated with you about Phinizy' S
suggestion, wrote the president.
Augusta is my old boyhood home
l know so many people there that it
would be almost impossible to be
quiet and restful. l should be on the
go in spite of myself, whereas, what
l need just now is plain rest in order
to be fit for the winters pull
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
UNUSUAL CASE.
Saluda Girl Gets $1,000 Damages
for Mistreatment.

On the ground that an agent OF the
Southern Railway company had en-
couraged others to attempt to hug
and kiss Miss Emma Rodgers, 1S-
year-old Saluda girl, a jury IN the
court of common pleas at Saluda re-
turned a verdict of $1,000 in favor
of the young woman. A motion for
a new trial was overruled.
1t appears that Miss Rodgers,
while in the passenger station at
Ward in August last, was mistreated,
and the allegation of the complaint
was that the agent of defendant fail
ed and neglected to give the prorec-
ton to the young girl that the law
requires and that, acting in concert
with others, he aided and abetted and
encouraged others to attempt to hug
and kiss the plaintiff. Miss Rodgers
is only about 16 years Of age and
was on her way to Graniteville to
visit relatives when the alleged mis-
conduct and maltreatment occurred
A verdict for $1,000 was returned
against the railroad.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
BULL ATTACKS DOCTOR.
Veterinarian Severely Hurt by Mad
Bovine at Clinton.

DR.. R. E. Lewis, veterinary sur
econ of Greenville, was severely hurt
at Clinton Wednesday afternoon,
when a Jersey bull belonging to the
Thornwell Orphanage to examine
some cattle, several of them having
died recently. Dr.. Lewis, with DR..
W. A. Shands, of Clinton, one of the
trustees of the institution, was in the
lot, when, without any warning. the
bull advanced upon DR.. Lewis ana
tossed him fully twelve feet into the
air. He was thrown in this manner
three times. The bull, thinking that
he had killed Dr.. Lewis, left on at
tacking him. DR.. Shands, although
but a few feet away, was unable to
render any assistance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
SOLDIER TWINS A PUZZLE.
Commanding Officers Require AdIp-
tion Special Hair Cut.

Commanding Officers Require AdIp-
tion Special Hair Cut.
Twins brothers who have been call
ed up for service in Paris regiment
are so alike that it is impossible to
distinguish between them. The other
day one of the pair was confined 10
barracks, but by changing his cap
with it's regimental number for that
of his brother the defaulter was able
to pass the guard with impunity
whenever he wished to go out.
The colonel of the regiment has
now issued the following order: The
soldier Bonhomme (even number)
will wear his hair as long as the
regulations, construed with the ut
most leniency will allow, and will
shave his beard and mustache. The
soldier Bonhomme (odd number) will
allow his beard and mustache to grow
full and will have his hair regularly
cut as closely as possible by the regi-
mental barber. ."-Lloyd's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
Established 1891.
EHRHARDT TO BAMBERG r. X.
Rails Being Laid Now-Probability
That Coast Line Will Operate.

The new railroad from Bamberg
to Ehrhardt, connecting with the
Atlantic Coast Line at Ehrhardt, will
be a certainty within a few weeks.
for already rail is being laid, and on
reliable authority, we are Informed
that the new line will be ready for
business by January the first. A
rumor which seems to have much
foundation in fact is that the Allan
tic Coast Line will control the new
road, and that a lease with the op-
tion of buying will be entered into
between the officers of the new
line and the Atlantic Coast Line. If
this be true, in all probability there
will be through passenger and
freight service between Green Pond
and Bamberg.
The new road will give to the
people of Walterboro and other
stations along the line new system
of transportation, and will much
improve the passenger service to the
interior of the State. At Bamberg
passengers will make connections
with Southern trains for Branchville,
Denmark and Augusta, and several
different trips to the center of the
State will be available. To go to
Columbia, passengers from Ehrhardt
and Walterboro must now pass
through Charleston, and in the morn
ing there is no connection at Charles
ton for the interior. By using
the new railroad, passengers for Col
umbia can make connection at
Rranchville or Denmark thus mater
tally reducing the mileage and length
of the trip.
The completion of the new rail-
road will probably open a new era
of prosperity for Colleton county
with good connections and shorter
mileage, freight and passenger
rates will surely be reduced. In ad-
dition to that, the new road opens
much new territory, and Colleton's
business men will derive much.
trade from sections which now trade,
elsewhere -Walterboro Press and
Standard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11

was out about twenty minutes, re-
turning the verdict given above. NIL
Ter was sentenced to thirty days on
the chain gang. After sentence had
been passed Madison asked permis-
sion to speak. And made several re-
quests as to the disposition of his
body, the collection of some money
owing to him, and that he be allowed
to thank his friends for what they
had done. The defendants were then
remanded to Jail. There is hardly
any possibility of any further trouble.
The verdict of the jury is conceded
to be a just one, and the early execu-
ton of the murderer should satisfy
the most exacting advocate of speedy
justice. The prosecution was assist
ed by E. A. Brown, Esq, who con-
Quoted the examination of the wit
nesses. The defendants were repre-
sented by Attorneys H. A. Simms and
r. NJ. Boulware, of Barnwell.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
COTTON PICKING MACHINES.
Have Been Made in
the Work.

Last week five Price-Campbell cot
ton picking machines arrived in this
city over the Orangeburg Railroad,
under the charge of Mr.. B. G.. Calder
wood, and assistants. Two of them
were unloaded and taken to the farm
of Mr.. w. Nc Walter. about seven
miles from the city, and since then
several demonstrations have been
made of the work that the machines
can do.
1t is built upon four wheels, sepa-
rated so that row of cotton stalks
can pass beneath it. AS the machine
is driven along by gasoline motor,
it takes the cotton from the branches,
and with it some little trash. The
latter, however, is eliminated by a
certain process and only the cotton
remains finally.
This machine is very complicated,
and a very costly machine. They are
never sold outright. but are put out
to operating companies at $4,000 per
machine, and royalty upon the cot
ton picked must be paid. 1t lis
thought that one machine could do
the picking of all the cotton in a
neighborhood rather easily.
These machines are the same that
were tested in Texas. and more re-
Gently in Marlboro. Their inventor
claims great things for them, and be-
lieves he can revolutionize the cotton
industry should they be placed in
operation all over the country. 1t is
said that in some places the machines
have to be guarded from negroes.
who attack them by throwing bricks
in them, or anything else liable to
hurt. They don't like the idea of
losing the cotton picking money
Orangeburg Times and Democrat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
FUGITIVE SURRENDERS.
Man Charged With Killing Negro
Will Stand Trial.

Sullivan Hughes, a white man, who
has been a fugitive from justice for
nearly six years, returned to Spar
tanburg Saturday and surrendered to
Sheriff W. J. White He was accom-
panied by his father. Hughes is
charged with killing a negro, John
Franklin, in J. G. Irwin's store at En-
oree on February %, 1908, after a
quarrel, in which Franklin is said to
have called him a liar. Hughes fled
after the shooting and has remained
in hiding since. He was overcome
with home-sickness and decided to
return and stand trial. He was COM
mitted to Jail.