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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
OUR FEARLESS SAILORS.
An incident Of the Old Days OF tho
- Cape. Of Good Hone

~ Cape. Of Good Hope.
American vessels in those DAVIS t1s3.,
surpassed the sailing records of sbips
OF every other nation. Once when
down nearly to the latitude of the Cane
OF Good Hope we encountered the most
severe gale Of our outward bound vow.
age. A mountainous sea was heayinc
In from the south, and the wind. which
had originally come from that direc-
ton, was now blowing directly from
the west with hurricane force. High as
the Washington stood above the water.
occasional crests would sweep her main
deck and she steered So hard that l
had to keep two men continually at
the wheel and have them relieved ev.
cry half hour.
The wind, however, was fair. and
therefore every man on the ship, from
Captain L. to the cooks boy, would
have felt disgraced had the order been
given to heave the ship to. Under dou-
Bile reefed topsails and fore course she
Wars logging upward Of sixteen knots.
and all hands We're as pleased as If
they had just been granted a week s
shore leave at New York.
Later in the day, when the wind had
moderated somewhat, we sighted a
large British bark hove to under short
canvas. She was flying distress sig
nails, SO Captain l.. ordered the wheel
put up and ran down to have look at
her AS soon as our signals could be
clearly seen he asked what SIZE want
ed. and the bark replied with request
to stand by. Captain T.. then ran up
| flags demanding if the bark were in
jured or nything wrong on board. The
Britisher replied again, 'Stand by. Do
not like look of weather"
When the second mate read the
meaning of this signal out of the code
book a great laugh went up in our
cabin. and Captain l.. replied, with
flags reading. See nothing wrong in
4 this weather" and hoisted the Ameri
can ensign above the signal in order
to give point to his remark. No doubt
the British captain said "Another of
those crazy Yankees!' when he read
our flags. but we were in Batavia a
week before he appeared.-From "The
fJournal of Captain Nathaniel Weber"
I'M Outing ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
CHARGED THE ENEMY
II Waon'S Because He Was Brave GHG
Defied Death, Though.


General Basil Duke of Louisville.
commander of Morgan's cavalry fol-
lowing the death of his brother-in-law
General John Morgan. told this story
Mt reunion Of the survivors Of the
battle of Shiloh.
He said that during one of the Ten
nessee campaigns Morgan's men sur
prised and drove back a regiment of
Federal troopers. In the midst Of the
retreat one of the enemy. who was
mounted upon n big hay horse. sud
denly turned and charged the victori-
Gus Confederates full tilt waving his
arm and shrieking like mad as he bore
down upon them alone. Respecting
such marvellous courage. the Confed-
crates forbore shooting the approach
ing foe, but when he was right upon
them they saw there was Il different
reason for his foolharljn"ss.
He was a green recruit. His horse
had run away with him. The bit had
broken. and. white as sheet and
scared stiff. the lucklcss youth was be
ing propelled straight at the whooping
kentuckians, begging for mercy rs he
came.
JEFF Sterritt. noted wit Of the com
mand. stopped the horse and made a
willing prisoner of the rider Sterritt
who had not washed or shaved for
days and was ferocious looking per,
CON. pulled out a big pistol. Il don't
know whether to kill you right now
he said. cor wait until the fight is
Over'
Mister" begged the quivering cap
tive. don't do it at all. I'm djssi
patcd character. and | amt prepared
to die. "-Philadelphia Saturday Even
Ing Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25

of other entries will be made in adj
dition 10 these enumerated.
The entries in the agricultural
classes are not confined to Jeffer-
son county but are open to the other
counties as we'll and it is very much
desired that the adjoining counties
of Grant, Cleveland, Lincoln and Ar
kansas take al active part in this
competition as many products are
grown to perfection in each one of
them and despite the long drouth
some most excellent specimens of
vegetables and crops can be suppl
ed. Il
be entirely unique will be a nightly
horse show with contests between all
classes of animals, an arena for this
special purpose having been provid-
ed. On Saturday of show week a
parade OF live stock will be made
through the streets Of the city and
a motion picture OF this parade will
be made for showing in Pine Bluff
and afterwards in the cities and
towns of the middle west for the plr-
pose OF advertising the live stock IN
dustry of Arkansas.
Only clean amHsements will be-
furnished, many of which will be
without extra cost The admission
has been placed at loo for afternoon
and % cents at night or season
tickets good every afternoon and
night for 81, these tickets being
transferable. All who have not re-
ceivcd a catalogue and premium list
can secure one by addressing Secre-
tary Arkansas Live Stock Show. Pine
Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
! Work If the Doctor,

Dr. Stephen PaSet has some interest
ing observations on the doctor and his
rewards in his "ConfessiO Medici" "Ii
medicine is trade why should the
doctor so often work for nothing?" he
asks. ''lf it Ia an art what works OF
art does he produce? None, says
Claude Bernard. lie madecin nrtiStt
ne cree rien But surely he is wrong
The doctor. SO far from creating moth
ing. creates life. for he saves or pro
longs life, creates more life If Miss
\. is seventy, and the doctor by an op
GRAFTON enables her to live till she Is
seventy-five he has not prolonged tho
seventy years. for they We're ended bt.
fore he came. but he has created five
brand new years. II he had not been
there they would not be here That Is
creation" -London Chronicle
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
Velocity of liuht,

The velocity Of light as determine,
by Simon Neewomb is 300 $50 kilOmp
ters. or lSti.327 miles per SECOND re-
auced to 81 vacuum or space Spet'if.
speed. Time required for light to come
sun. s minutes ID seconds: from near
est star 435 years: from Sirius. 81
years; from Arcturus. not less than
40 years. and from others vastly more
remote. from 1000 to 5000 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
Still He Had IL.

A certain physician told some Of his
patients that as long as they kept their
feet and legs dry they would be safe
from an attack Of the grip. One day
he was surprised to, receive letter
from patient in which the latter said
that he had two wooden legs and yet
he had had the grip for Eve consecu.
tive years.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
Schooiroom Aumor,

The following Schoolboy "howlera"
come from New Zealand:
"Gross darkness is IA times darker
than ordinary darkness
"Marconi is the stuff you use 10 make
delicious puddings"
NCharon was a man who fried SOes
over the sticks"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
Tho Eternal Feminine.

"Wimmen certainly amt got no con.
sistency."
whats the matter. Mike?"
''Me wife chased me out wild a rolling
pin this morning and then cried be-
cause Theft home without kissing her
Eoodby. "-Pittsburgh Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
Explainino IL.

Jones Gust introduced IL suppose
you don't remember me. but | was
once witness against your side in a
certain trial. and l remember that you
cross examined me with the greatest
courtesy. The Lawyer--Is that SO:
Perhaps your testimony was not ma.
terial.-Puck
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25

Mature is busy putting on q
spring suit; do not let the summer
find you Tagging. A little Sherwin-
Williams Paint will meet the demand
for all purposes Ask Cla5.' Clegg
& Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25

Telephone us and our wagon Will
call for your laundry. Cur service
is prompt, our prices economical, and
our work is intelligently adapted to
your requirements. American Excel;
sior Laundry. Phone Jag. 1-l6 tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
A Mere aauateile

Gabe-l see where II waiter in 81
Louis has purchased hotel ont of the
tips he received in Ave years. Steve
What did he do with the rest of the
money ?-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
Necessary knowledoe.

why are you learning French?'
"Why? Because I've just got a dog
hom France. and the silly beast cant
understand word Of English. Lon.
don Tit Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25

Western Loaded Shells are the
strongest shooting shells on the
market and are absolutely water
proof. for sale by Cleveland Matthews
Hardware Co. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25

Miss Julia Williams Piano forte
class will begin the fall term, Sep
TENDER the 10th. at COS West 9th
avenue. Phone 451. 90 12t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
cauoht the Hahit.

That yachting party are telling the
biggest fakes Lever heard"
Yes. and you can see at glance
that even the yacht q lying to."-Balti.
more American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25

in ordering your next groceries
be sure to include a loaf Of Queen
Bread. tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25
- ~. - IT,. . 1r..:., r7

why Leave the State For Musical Education?
Rock Conservatory of Music offers ages
Harmony and History of
completion Of the The WIN
Martha
sand,r
work VI"
in the state Write to snn ~
winter
Little
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-25

Say, Queen Bread"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
SHOOTS MILLdNER'S WIFE.
Railway Mail Clerk Kills 2, Wounds
and Commits Suicide.

Chicago, December 13.-Emman-
uel Harner, railway mail clerk, who
was divorced a year ago, to-day shot
and killed Louis F. Nieman and his
wife Mrs. Emma Neiman, who had
befriended Harner's former wife, at
tempted to kill the latter, and then
committed suicide. Mrs. Harner was
seriously wounded. Her life was
saved by a steel corset stay which de-
fiected the bullet. She is expected to
live.
The shooting occurred in the West
Side business district in the busiest
hour of the afternoon and almost in
the presence of crowds of Christmas
shoppers. Nieman and his wife con-
Quoted millinery store. They had
supplied the funds which enabled
Mrs. Harner, after she had divorced
her husband on grounds of drunken
ness and cruelty, to open a confec-
tionery store adjoining theirs. Har-
ner was So years old. His wife is 43.
She had a daughter IS years old and
a son Is. Harner, according to Mrs.
Harner. the only witness to the
shooting, now alive, first came to the
confectionery store. He attempted
to upbraid her and pleaded for a
reconciliation. She fed for protec-
ton to the Nieman's store. When
Nieman and his wife tried to inter-
fere and ordered Harner to leave, ne
shot them both He then pursued
his former wife through back door
into her own store and shot her.
Thinking her dead, he went into her
bedroom and there fired the last shot
into his own brain.
It is said that Harner had mar
bored enmity against the Niemans
for helping his wife to become SELF
supporting. According to the police
the man has been leading solitary
life since his divorce and was des-
pondent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
Millions Of Eggs.

New York, December S.-More
than 100000 fresh eggs arrived
Yesterday from nearby poultry re-
gions. Another million eggs, still
fresh, but not quite so freshly fresh,
got here from the outlying zone.
Still another million came over the
sea from Europe. Almost 100000
fresh eggs from European hen
neries. mostly in Galacia, are due at
this port this week.
There are now almost 2O,0O0,0Oo
of the 1912 eggs in cold storage in
this country, according to P. Q. Foy.
Most of them are slowed away at
Chicago, Kansas City, Buffalo. New
York and Jersey City. The specula-
tors are holding them for a profit of
s3 a case, or 10 cents a Dozen.
The Housewives League is draft
ing a Federal cold storage bill which
is intended to limit the profit on
storage eggs to so per cent: That is,
eggs bought in April at IS cents
a dozen could not be sold in the fol-
lowing fall or winter at more than
27 cents a dozen plus storage charge
of two or three cents dozen.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
THOUSANDS PLEAD FOR WOMAN.
Gov. Baldwin Deluged With Letters
for Mrs. Wakefield.

Hartford, Conn.,, December y
For two weeks or more Chester
Leonard the one-armed civil vet
eran who carries the mail to
the State Capitol has had too
much to do. The thousands OF
letters which have been deliver
ed at Gov. Baldwin's office pro-
testing against the hanging on
March 4, next, of Mrs. Bessie j..
Wakefield, the young Bristol woman
convicted of numbering her husband
in Cheshire last July, has made life
a burden to him.
Thursday more than 1900 letters
we're received Yesterday nearly
1000 clogged the Capitol mail and
this morning Leonard staggered un-
der the burden of several hundred
more. In all 5000 letters have been
received since the avalanche began
and 5000 in a bunch are believed
to be on their way here from the
middle West.
Yesterday Cincinnati paper tele-
graphed to Gov. Baldwin that it had
collected that number in Ohio alone
and proposed to send them to the
Connecticut capital so that the Gov
ernor might see for himself what
women and lots of men, too, in that
section of the country think of the
death penalty for women.
Most of the Letters are Unopened.
The mass of correspondence is
piled up in the Governors Office and
much of it has not been opened Sim
ply because the clerical force has
not had time to do so. The great
bulk of the correspondence is from
outside of Connecticut and mainly
from the Southern and middle Wes-
tern States. but that clerks to
Leanard are looking forward to
more when the States West of the
Mississippi begin to be heard from.
The number has been steadily in
creasing every day. In few special
cases replies have been sent to letters
that. have been opened
Most of the letters that have been
examined add to their protests
against the general idea of capital
punishment for women, specific
request that Gov. Baldwin pardon
Mrs. Wakefield Now, under the
laws of the Nutmeg State. the gov
ernor has no pardoning power. He
has stated that fact repeatedly since
Mrs. Wakefield was sentenced on
Nov. +, and the newspapers through
out the country have printed it al
most every day, but the writer's have
apparently paid no attention to the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
GIRL HELD A PRISONER.
Struggled Note Brings the Police to
Her Rescue.

Los Angeles, Cal, December IL
Answering a note smuggled out of a
cottage in the south end Of the city,
police-women to-day found Bertha
Lake, the 23-year-old daughter of an
oyster man of Providence, R. l., who
said she had answered matrimonial
advertisement and had been drugged
and held prisoner for two weeks by
the man who she came here to marry.
The man, Robert Ciboch, young
Austrian, was arrested, and an inves-
tigation is under way which may re-
sult in the finding of white slavery
charge against him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
CAUGHMAN WAS STILL IN JAIL.
Had Not Begun Serving Sentence
When Paroled by Governor.

Sumter, December 12.-The re-
lease of T. Birnie Caughman by Gov
ernor Blease has been much discuss
ed here on the street and there seems
to be general dissatisfaction among
the people that parole should have
been granted, especially So soon after
the killing took place and before
Caughman commenced to serve his
sentence. Since his conviction in
October, Caughman has been kept in
the county jail awaiting the result
of an appeal to the State Supreme
Court for new trial.
Last night, when notified of his
parole, Caughman requested permls-
sion to remain in Jail over night, as
he was without funds and had no
place in town to which he could 60.
This morning he came up street,
where he met and spoke to number
of friends and acquaintances, visited
the barber shop and then returned to
the jail; until time for his train to
leave for his home at Smithville, Lee
county, about fifteen miles north Of
this city.
Caughman has never seemed to
realize the seriousness of the offence
of which he was convicted and his
demeanor changed little last night,
when he was told that he had been
granted his freedom. Bateman, who
was killed by Caughman, was a
stanch Blease man, and many of his
friends, it is understood, who are
also Blease partisans, deem the Gov
ernor's actions as unwarranted. In
fact, one of them stated to-day that
he. and several more he knew of, who
had always voted for Blease in the
past, would never do so again.
Chief of Police John R. Sumter
stated this morning, when asked II
he had signed the petition for lenien-
cy for Caughman, said that he most
certainly had not. Mr.. Thomas S.
Sumter stated that he had signed the
petition out of friendship for cousin
of Caughman's, but it stated that
Caughman was to be given his free
dom after he had served a reasonable
time
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18

statement.
The Governor does not even pos
sess the power TO commute or mitl-
gate the woman's sentence. AS an
ex-officio member of the Board OF
Pardons he could vote to release her
bnt he would have to have with
him the affirmative votes of the five
other members of the Board. 1t
takes a unanimous vote to grant a
pardon in the State. If, in his opin-
ion, there is sufficient ground TOR
so doing. the Governor may grant a
respite from execution. Otherwise
he has no jurisdiction in cases OF
this kind.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
HOMICIDE IN MARLBORO.
Hathaway Cox Kills Nathan Jackson
and Then Escapes.

Bennettsville, December IA
Hathaway Cox, a young negro, shot
and killed Nathan Jackson, another
negro, in Lower Brownsville, this
county, Thursday night 1t is said
that two negroes got into dispute
over card game and some liquor.
Jackson was at the home of Cox when
the shooting occurred. The coroner
held an inquest, but Cox made his
escape and has not been seen since
soon after the shooting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
The Matter.

Il wonder what is the matter with
me?" he said. Il have feeling OF
depression. and I can't throw it OF.
no matter how l try
81 know what is the matter" his
wife replied. You have an engage
ment with the dentist at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning, you know. --
Boston Transcript.
Williams news., 1913-12-11
POINT THAT ATTRACTED HIM
Vegetarian Dinners Had at Least One Good Idea That He Could
 Appreciate.

After steadfastly declining many invitations to public dinners man astonished his friends by attending three vegetarian dinners.
 Are you a convert?" they asked.
 "I am not" said the man. q go be- cause the vegetarians have one GUS tom that deserves to be encouraged. Their speechmaking precedes the din. ner. Anyhow, 1t did at the three din ners I attended. That Is most com mendable custom. It ought to be adopted at all dinners. Everybody is In a hurry to begin eating, and they don't take time to meander through lot of dull speeches.
 "I don't know why the vegetarians reversed the usual order. None ol them that asked could tell. Person ally. I think 1t is because they are SC anxious to get away and order square meal somewhere after their ap 7 petites have been whetted by theil l own little snack that they can't wal ! for the speaking. I may be wrong
 But the speeches are put out of tn | way first. That is the main thing.
Williams news., 1913-12-11
Why They Can Spell It.

'Before I went to Europe" said the school teacher, cit was one of the mysteries of my profession how every British child enrolled in our schools came to be authority on the spelling of chilblains. Teachers might hesi- tate over one 'l" or two, the children never. They might make photographic mess of the simplest one syllable word. but the tiniest tot from the British isles went to the head of the class on chilblains every time. One wintry month in those same islands told me why. It Is the word they saw oftenest. In drug stores, in clothing stores, in shops of all kinds cures and preventives of chilblains are uni versally advertised. Owing to the exigencies of the climate there is regular chilblains literature present ed for those children's absorption, SC no wonder they know how to spel their universal aff1iction."
Williams news., 1913-12-11
"Trust God and Sally"

The worthy people of the historic town of Newark, Nottingham, Eng land, have lately been much exercised in their minds regarding the selection of a motto to go with the borough arms. Ultimately 1t was decided that the motto of the town should be the historic remark made by Major Smith In 1646, Trust God and Sally"
 It was in that year when Newark was surrendered to the Scottish army after sustaining three sieges during the civil war. and the remark was made to Lord Beiiayse when the for tunes of King Charles I were at the lowest ebb. The word "sally," ei course, as used in Newark's motto means to rush forth, leap out, or issue suddenly.
Williams news., 1913-12-11
When the Mist Floats
 Out to Sea

On the rocky shore of the Kisogawa lies a little Japanese hamlet whose quaint, low rooted houses overlook the hurrying river. In this little village several centuries ago there lived fisher boy named Urashima.
 As Urashima grew up he was for ever asking what lay out beyond the land and the bay. People would tell him of tales they had heard of strange creatures that lived in the sea and ru. mors of strange islands. Urashima de- termined that as soon as he had grown to be a man he would journey out be- yond all the breakers to the great ocean and see for himself whether all these wonders were true.
 So when he became man Urash1. ma took his fathers fishing net and rowed down to the ocean.
 Suddenly his boat began to move more rapidly than before. Faster and | faster it went out into the ocean. The oars in his hands snapped back against the sides of the boat and the water rushing back from the bows tore them from his grasp with such l lOTCS ludJ OIdSulmd Woo lhiOWh SS the bottom of the boat, where he lay unconscious for long time.
 When he recovered it was night.
 At first his eyes could discern noth' ing in the darkness around him, but by and by he made out in the dis tance a tiny red light on the water His boat was still travelling rapidly and he was soon abreast of it.
 It was a little red lantern round like an autumn moon and glowing witf a fairy light as 1t lifted and dipped with the wave on which it rode. Ant there were more of them and more
 swaying and gliding with the undu
 lation of the water. And in the mids