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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
GRANTS MOTION OVERRULED.
Negro Wanted in Edgefeld Loses Out
in Pennsylvania Courts.

Lexington, May 12.-George Bell
Zimmerman, solicitor of this circuit,
is in receipt of a letter from the
deputy clerk of the United States
Court at Philadelphia, in which he
states that the United States District
Judge has overruled the motion of
Joe Grant, the negro who is wanted
in Edgefeld county for the murder
of J. T. burst, of Johnston, in 1905,
and remanded the negro to the coun-
ty prison to await further develop
ments, the attorneys for Grant hav-
ing taken an appeal to the United
States Court of Appeals of Pennsyl
vania.
Solicitor Zimmerman has not been
advised as to the date of the hearing,
but will at once get into communi-
cation with the Pennsylvania authori-
ties, and will ask that he be permit
ted to file written argument in be-
half of the State of South Carolina,
thus saving the State as much as pos
sible in the way of cost. This decision
means that Grant has lost out before
the Pennsylvania State Courts and
also in the United States Court. Mr..
Zimmerman felt confident all along
that the decision would be against the
negro and in favor of the State of
South Carolina, and is just as conf
dent now that he will win in the
United States Court of Appeals, and
that the detention Of the negro only
means a stay of justice, and that
Grant will. soon be brought back to
this State to face trial at Edgefeld.
Solicitor Zimmerman stated this
afternoon that he intended to fight
the case to finish, and that, if neces-
sary. he would return to Pennsyl-
vania to be present at the hearing
in the United States Court of Appeals
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
CIVIL SERVICE LAW
BEING ABUSED
Senator Tells Why There Are
So Many Negroes Now
Employed

Washington, May pa question
which is more or less agitated IN
Washington rights now is the segre-
cation of the races in the Government
departments. This plan is favored
bv Senator Tillman of South Caro-
lima and Senator Vardaman of Miss
issippi. In discussing this question
Senator Tillman was asked why there
were more colored persons in the
Civil Service than whites from the
South. 1t is said that there are 22,-
600 negroes in the service.
Senator Tillman answered the Ques-
tion with characteristic frankness. i
think it is due to the unWilllngness
of the white women and white men
of the South to go to school, as it
we're, alongside of negroes, he said.
The white people of the South are
not much in love with the equality
implied by the Civil Service examlna-
tions. They therefore neglect to take
the examination and get on the ellgl-
BILE list. These lists are humbugs,
of course as we all know because the
certifcation of the three names at
the top from which the appointing
officer must choose and failing to find
the proper material for the clerk IN
the first three can call for another.
s'If President Wilson, Continued Sen
ator Tillman, "and the Cabinet OFF,
GERS under him use the proper correc-
tive. and it need not be drastic or
revolutionary, should think in three
or four years we would have very
radical change in conditions in the
Civil Service in Washington"
Separate the Races.
Whether the Civil Service reforms
advocated will be carried out or not,
it is a fct that some of the Cabl-
net officers and their assistants are
seeking to separate the negroes and
whites in the service as much as pos
sible. John Shelton Williams of Vir-
ginia, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, in paying visit to the Bu-
reau of Printing and Engraving a
short while ago found the white and
negro employees eating lunch together.
He ordered it stopped at once and
insisted that separate places be pro-
vided. He said that it might be nee
essary for them to work together but
it was not necessary for them to eat
together.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
MORE HEETER CHARGES.
Accusations Come From Other Towns
Against Pittsburg Educator.

Additional charges are heaplng up
against Sylvanus L. Heeter, superin-
tendent of the public schools of
Pittsburg, concerning his conduct in
Lagro and Converse, Ind, and st.
Paul, Minn, where he was an educa-
tor before he accepted his position in
Pittsburg. He is now facing charges
preferred by two Pittsburg girls after
his acquittal on charges filed by a
former nurse girl in the Heeter
household
Meetings of the citizens are being
held in protest against the proposed
secret sessions of the committees of
citizens appointed to investigate the
Heeter charges. Thousands of chill
dren are still on strike because of
Heeter's return to duty, though he is
now in North Manchester, Ind, his
old home, where he was summoned
because of the serious illness of his
mother.
The investigators have completed
an outline for their probe, but will
not start to work until Heeter re-
turns to Pittsburg so that he may be
present and defend himself in person,
if he so desires.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
Dispensary Petitions in Barnwell.

The time for filing petitions for an
election on the dispensary question
has not yet passed but the petitions
which have been returned so far were
filed with the Supervisor last week.
On these petitions were nearly 1900
names. 1t requires only about 900
names to secure the election, and in
as much as more than half of the vot-
ers of the county have affixed their
signatures to the petitions sent in. it
looks as if the voters and tax payers
of the county are anxious to be rid Of
the present obnoxious condition. 9th
er petitions will be filed with the
Supervisor before the first of June
Barnwell Sentinel.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
AGED WOMAN ATTACKED.
Gaffney Police Searching for Assail-
ant-No Clue Yet.

Gafney, May S.-A brutal and
murderous assault was made on an
aged lady Of this city Tuesday night.
The affair took place at the home of
the victims son, on North Limestone
street, and occurred about 9 o'clock
in the evening. The lady in telling of
the affair, said just as she stepped on
the back porch to get drink of wa
ter she ran into a man who was
standing there. Before she could
tell either who he was or whether he
was white or black, he had clutched
her throat and knocked her to the
floor, whereupon he took to his heels,
Going out of the door he ran over a
chair, knocking it out of the house.
This alarmed the people in the house,
and they rushed to her assistance.
She had been hurled to the floor
with such terrific force that her
mouth and face were badly lacerated,
and she sustained a great shock. She
is unable to give any description
whatever of her assailant.
Police officers were summoned to
the scene and at once made an in
vestigation. Tracks leading to gate
opening on back alley were found,
and it was found that the man wore
a No, 9 shoe, but thus far no trace of
the culprit has been found.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
Smallest Book in World.

What the Library of Congress cata-
logues as the smallest book in the
world is paper bound volume, which
measures only two-ffth by two-ffths
of an inch and will easily rest upon
the thumbnail, it contains 4S pages OF
japanese paper upon which are print
ed an introduction and the complete
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyman, fam
Gus Persian poet who lived more than
1000 years ago. Of this edition of
the Rubaiyat only 81 copies were
printed, numbered and signed
Popular Mechanics.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
Sea Postomce.

Everyone is aware that large
quantity of mail comes from Europe;
probably most persons assume that
it is dumped off the steamers in bulk
and sorted and routed in the post
office of the receiving port. Such a
system would result in hopeless con-
gestion and practically all of the
fifteen million pounds of foreign mail
matter received at New York, on an
average of recent years, is ready,
sorted and sacked when the steamers
make port. This work is done in the
sea postoffices aboard the ship, and
means days saved in the time of de-
livery of mail matter intended for
land points.
In the huge mass of mail brought
into New York each year there are,
On an average, SO,OO0,0OO separate
pieces, many thousands with made
quate addresses; yet to such a degree
of efficiency has the operation of the
sea postoffices been brought, and so
carefully is the work done, that less
than 500 errors are made annually.
AS the entire quantity of the ocean
mail received in a year would fill g.
200 standard mail cars, an almost in
credible accuracy is indicated-less
than one error of any kind whatever
for every four car loads of mail
Harper's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
The Value of Life.

We have heard much of the high
cost of living, but we have not been
told much about the high cost of dy-
ing.
Dying comes high. 1t means pc
riod of enforced economic disability,
with little or no income and much
and expensive outgo.
This, in time of peace. In time OF
war the cost of dying is vastly more
expensive. In the Boer war it cost
just $4,000 to kill a man. In the
present Balkan war it is costing S1O,-
600. The average cost of dying in
war runs from $4,000 to $4,000.
In the Panama Canal Zone, Col.
Gorgas has reduced life saving to
science and made it cheap. 1t costs
Col. Gorgas just s2.43 for every life
he saves. He has made life safe and
secure for a year in one of the worst
regions of the earth at cost of what
an ordinary man spends for weeks
cigars.
In war, life is held cheaply, though
it costs dearly. At Panama, Col. Cor
gas holds life dear and makes its cost
dirt cheap.
The annual economic value of lives
needlessly lost every year in the Unit
ed States is estimated by actuaries to
be worth 81, 1000.
Would it not be we'll worth for
governments to consider seriously
the economic values of probable losses
of life. In war with Col. Gorgas's s
system of life-saving at s2.43 PERI
philadelphia Telegram.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
I'm A BAD Way
Many a Bambers Reader Will Feel
Grateful For This Information.

Many a Bambers Reader Will Feel
Grateful For This Information.
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If urinary troubles set in,
Perhaps your kidneys are "in a bad
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Local evidence proves their merit.
Mrs. ]. @. Adams, Main St., Bam-
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made me miserable for several years
and there was steady dull ache
across the small of my back. The kid
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times felt dizzy and unsteady on my
feet. Two or three boxes of Doan's
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/ have taken Doan's Kidney Pills oc-
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they have always helped me. l still
value this remedy highly and you may
continue to use my former endorse
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Bufalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
$50 TIRED"

I am so tired, dear; full we'll | know
| should be made of sterner stuff,
and go
Right bravely through the mist of
silent tears,
Until the pathway narroWs down, and
nears
Gods pasture green.
But am tired, dear, and all the way
Seems to wind up and up-I may not
To lean against you, nor to touch
your hand.
'Tis hard to journey on alone to that
strange land
The rest unseen.
It must be just beyond; will be
strong
I shall not faint now. True, the way
is long,
The path is rough, but one can rest
and pray;
God will not let me falter by the
need not fear.
Annie Grier Calender.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
TWO THRILLING WRECKS.
FLYERS Which Passed Through Hair
raising Experiences.

It was midnight, and train No. 20,
the famous eighteen hour special,
westbound for Chicago, was an hour
late, says the Railroad Mans Maga-
zine. With only eighteen hours to
cover 900 miles, the loss of an hour
near the beginning meant that some
where farther On there was going to
be rapid travelling, and little of it
was going on. Even Mineral Point,
eight miles from JohnstoWn, although
a bad curve, lost some of it's terrors
in the anxiety to get on, and the
special struck it with trif1e more
speed than it could stand.
The rails groaned under the strain,
the spikes stirred uneasily in their
wooden beds, and then, with a pull,
thev came out and the engine began
pounding the ties.
When it first went off it was going
so fast, the crew say, that it did not
swerve into the ditch, but tore up
500 feet of track before it careened
and began tearing out the telegraph
poles.
The train happened to be filled
with rather we'll known people that
night, and for many hours rumors OF
a terrific loss of life went out, and
lasting impression was given that
there had been a frightful catastro-
phe. In fact, no one on the whole
train received more than severe
jolting, although three cars were
badly smashed.
The escape had been so miraculous
that a shudder went through the
whole company. The three smashed
cars, although extremely expensive
and not broken beyond repair, were
piled up beside the track and burned.
On March the Pittsburg Filler
was taking Altoona at its usual gait
of so miles an hour when the con-
cussion caused by it's passage in some
way shocked a carload of dynamite
into activity.
1t began as the first baggage car
was passing, as near as could be
gauged. Some of the crew insist that
it was abreast of the engine, others
maintain that the train had passed
half way, but the fact that the win
dows were all knocked out of the
forward smoker tells it's own story.
However, it does not do to start an
argument on the subject in certain
quarters. 1t was not one terrific de-
tonation, but series of half dozen,
each louder and more destructive
than the one before. The train was
in full swing, and there would not
have been any sense in stopping, but
as each car passed it caught a broad
side that smashed every window,
practically tore the framework out
from floor to roof, snapped off the
steps, and wrecked the vestibules.
By the time the last car got it's
share the train was a mere tattered
fragment of rolling stock. And yet
it did not leave the rails and not a
passenger was seriously injured.
That whole era of the first six
months of 1907 has left deep i'm
preston on the Pennsylvania men.
Many of them firmly believe that they
were protected from the wrath, and
some of the occurrences surely point
to that conclusion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-15
Didn'e Get Freedom.

It was his first visit to America,
and he was anxious to see as much
of it as possible in a short time. In
a brief visit to the South he met an
aged negro who had been a slave.
How interestingly he remarked.
and after the war you had your
freedom?"
The old man looked at him half
sadly, half sheepishly, shook his
woody head, and said:
'No, sab. I didn't git no free
DOM went and got married. -
Troy Stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-16

Charles c. Roberts went to Madi-
son and other points en- business Sun
day.
-Chauncey Vanderbilt, of Platte
Vile. spent the week end here at the
Lisherness home.
DR.. Fay Baldwin went to Liv-
ingston on Sunday for a few days
visit with friends.
Mrs. Robert Livingston. of Liv.
ingston, is here visiting at the home
of her sister. Miss Willard.
--Chas. Weber, of Fennimore,
spent a few hours here Sunday with
his mother and other relatives.
Pat BARLEY, accompanied by his
son. Lso, autoed here Friday and
visited relatives and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Benedict. of
Chicago, are visiting here at the home
OF Mr.. Benedict's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. 2. Benedict.
By the combination of GolImar
Bros. and Herr Driesbock's shows,
the American public can now witness
the only troupe of lions that have
been trained by lady. This is pos
sitively the first American appearance
of this wonderful troupe of wild
animals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-16

Otto +. Geiger, Of Cassville, was
here Friday; transacted business and
visited friends.
p. R, Holmes, the Platteville
real estate dealer, transacted business
here on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barrows
visited friends and relatives in Cass-
vile few days last week.
Mrs. j. j Friedman went to
Madison on Saturday, where she
visited relatives few days.
Mrs. Isaac Deller and son Oswald.
of Milwaukee, are visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Oswald.
Miss Marie Weber. who has been
visiting relatives here the past week,
returned to her home at Fennimore
Monday noon.
Mrs. Chas Weber, of Fenni-
more, spent the week end at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Nellie
Baldwin and family.
The Congregational Ladies' aid
society will meet Friday afternoon
with Mrs. A. q. Knapp. Each lady
is requested to bring a covered dish.
DIR. Roy Carter and wife and two
children, of Livingston, accompanied
by Sanford Nero, autoed here Sunday
for visit with friends and relatives.
e. L. Mccoy went to Milwaukee
on Sunday To attend a convention
of the agents of the Northwestern
Insurance Company which was held
there Monday, Tuesday and today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Van Dusen
left on Monday morning in their
private car after weeks visit here
with relatives. They stopped at
Montfort Juction for a few hours visit
with friends.
Rev. Karl Surges. of Middle
ridge, Wis has been visiting the
past week here with Rev. W. A.
Wambold. Rev. Surges spent several
years here as a student under Rev.
Geo. G. SchIeieher.
In addition to the monster Three
Ring Circus, Gollmar Bros. are
presenting Miss Driesbock and her
trained black named African lions,
Miss Driesbock and her lions have
been the sensation of all Europe for
the past six years.
Miss Clara Budd, who has been
teaching school at Minneapolis, is
here for a visit with her mother,
Mrs. Helen Budd. She is accom-
panied by Mryle and Manola Budd,
children of her brother. DR.. G. E.
Budd, of Minneapolis.
d. G Johnson and Albert Gulke
Ed Schwartz to Nc
Cartney on Sunday for days outing
on the river. The former is laid up
with wrenched back and neck as the
result Of the auto hitting a thank-you-
ma am too squarely on the way over.
r. A. Draper. for a number of
years resident of Lancaster and we'll
known throughout the county, over
which he travelled very promiscuously
in the sale of patent medicines,
favoring extracts, etc., died at his
home in Minneapolis on July /, of
heart trouble. He was 56 years old
and had resided in Minneapolis about
one year. He was born In Platteville
and was married in 1879 at Dodge
Vile, to which place his remains
we're brought back for burial. He
leaves to mourn his untimely death
his wife. one son DR.. Merl Draper of
Waterloo, one daughter Miss Helen
Draper of Minneapolis, two sisters
Mrs. Efie Case of Beloit, Mrs. Lulu
Semern of Philadelphia. three brothers
Zed Draper of Platteville. Ed Draper
of Rockford and TorneY Draper of
Toua
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-16

I. M. PALLET, of Fennimore, was
mere Sunday on business.
WIN. Rothschild advertises for a
housekeeper. See want column on
fourth page.
Frank Nathan, Of West Superior,
wisconsin, is here visiting relatives
for short time.
Lambert Groenier was in Fenui
more Friday on business connected
with his music house.
-Oscsr Henning, Of PlattevilIe,
was guest of Miss Elisha Kinzel
several days last week.
Judge E. B. Goodsell holds pro.
bate court at Platteville this week.
He went there yesterday.
ALBERT Loerensohn and Miss Vera
Hickok, of Bloomington, were Lam
caster visitors on Sunday.
Herman Buchner left on Monday
for Prairie du Chen where he expects
to spend several days fishing.
Fred Day left Monday neon on a
few days business trip to Crookston
and Breckenridge, in Minnesota.
Mrs. Jud Walker and daughter,
Helen. Of Boscobel, have been the
guests of Miss Abby Phelps for some
time
Andrew Browning and family,
accompanied by his mother visited
relatives in Cassville a few days last
week
Miss Ethel UT returned home
last week from IndianoIa, Iowa,
where she has been visiting the last
month.
-karlos Weber, Sidney Weber and
Clarence Brandt, of Fennimore, autoed
here on Sunday and spent the day
with friends and relatives.
Mrs. Walter johnson, of Galva,
Illinois, is here making an extended
visit at the home of her parents Mr..
and Mrs j ohm Blackbourne.
jos Wright and son, Joe, of
Chicago, came Saturday evening for
brief visit here with relatives and
to look after business interests here
Roy Chatfeld underwent an
operation at ST. Mary's hospital,
Madison, on Saturday. He is greatly
improved at the writing and his many
friends wish him speedy recovery
Willie Schenk, small son of Mrs.
Chris Schenk, who underwent an
operation several weeks ago for ap.
pendicitis at the Fowler hospital, has
been taken to his home in the north
part of the city in greatly improved
condition.
H. W. Brown and party changed
their mind last week, and instead
of leaving for Eagle River on Tues.
day, for their vacation. left on Thurs
day morning for Tomahawk, Lincoln
county. They went by train. The
party was composed of Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown and son Dick, and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Howe.
Quite a number Of Lancaster
people went to Dubuque last Friday
to hear Maude Adams, who appeared
at the Grand opera house that even
ing in the role of Peter Pan.
Several went in the forenoon in autos,
by the way of Platteville and Cuba
City others by auto to Potosi where
they connected with the afternoon
train, leaving their cars there until
their return next day. The play was
pronounced ny the Dubuque papers to
be the finest thing in the amusement
line seen there this season. One
quartette of Lancaster people who
started late in an auto got caught in
the rain, lost their way, south of
Potosi, and were compelled to return
home. The roads were quite bad
after the rain
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-01
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