davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19

three fishermen, and had bought for
each man the freehold of the house
in which he lived, besides presenting
them jointly with fine smack.
Hes a rare good sort, there's no
doubt about that" said the chief mar
rator, m. of course, e can afford
to do that sort of thing, bein' the
King o. Diamonds
He's more than the King of Dia-
monds, he $ the King of Trumps,
observed a gigantic. broken nosed
stoker, who listened to the yarn. not
being one OF the shore going men.
You've known him this long time,
haven't you, Mason?" said the first
speaker.
Yes-ever since he was bit of q
boy. Ten years 1t must be. But we
lost sight of each other-until / met
him the other day. Then he gave me
a job-for the sake of old times''
THE END
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19

is always lying beside it in perfect
repair.
Who, Mother. is your ideal of a
Happy Man?
The crazy man, Daughter. with the
state taking care of him. and unlim-
tied time to talk and handle big en-
terprises. He is the happy man; 1T
is his sane kin who are the miserable
ones.
Who invented the cooking stove,
Mother Dear?
A man, My Child. and ever after
that when he~ saw something good
COM g out OF the oven he said to
himself, What a good cook 1 am
What. Mother. is the difference be-
tweent a woman's conscience and a
mans?
A woman's conscience, Little One,
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19

hurts her when she tells a lie. A
man hurts him when he had a chance
to tell lie and didn't.
Why, Mother, is man always called
a woman's protector?
For the reason. Little One. that II is
his natural inclination to protect her
from other men imposing on her, pre-
ferring to do all the imposing him
self.
Was ever compliment entirely sat
isfactory, Dearest Mother7
Never, never. Child. for IL the word
ing gave satisfaction there is always
the complaint that those who pay us
compliments don't talk loud enough.
The man who has mean things to say
always makes himself heard
Phone Kearny So. Want Ad depart
ment.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
Tomorrow:
The Moon Militant

Dan Beard. the artist was sitting
in the Aldine club with a. friend.
Cigars were bought. The friend, strik-
ing a match, handed it first to the
artist and then lighted his own cigar.
i appreciated your courtesy in
handing me the match first" said
Beard. .tas he puffed at his cigar, "but
the etiquette of the woodsman is just
the reverse. The man in the woods
always fires up his pipe or cigar first
for fear that the match will go out In
be hands Of the less experienced
woodsman.
Thus he makes sure that there is a
light for both.r
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
wv HAT. Mother Mine. is meant by
wv "hecominr nhilosonhicaI2',

wv HAT. Mother Mine. is meant by
w becoming philosophical"
1t means, Little One. the real
ization that we are jogging along
very comfortably and happily without
that today which yesterday we were
convinced we could not live without.
Why, Mother. do you think 1t is such
a good thing for every man to marry?
Because, My Child, most men would
swell up and burst with conceit IL
they did not marry and have some of
the conceit taken out of them.
Is 1t true. Mother, as the men claim,
that the ink bottle at home is always
empty and the pen never to be found?
Not always, Child. When a mans
fool streak is in control. and he wants
to write something he shouldn't, the
nix pot is never empty and the pen
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
Tabloid Tales II II Il II sz FRANCES eAssID1
tlepYrisht. 1918. International News servicel
lcopyright 1sIs. International News servicel

is always lying beside it in perfect
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19

Phone Kearny Sc. Want Ad depart.
nent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
BLACK HOLE COST 8 LIVES.
Negro ConvictS SuffOCated in Under.
ground Cell on State Prison Farm.

Richmond, Texas, Sept. S.-The
suffocation of eight negro convicts in
an underground cell on the State
prison farm Saturday night to-day
aroused an investigation backed by
the governor of Texas, the attorney
generals department., the prison COM
mission and the local police authori-
ties.
Twelve negroes, as punishment
for laziness in picking cotton, were
locked in the cell overnight Saturday.
The cell roof is double with air holes
so placed that no two shall coincide.
There are six of these roof air holes
and four in the floor. Many times be-
fore this cell had been used for con-
tining several convicts at time but
with no fatal results.
Wednesday has been set for the
hearing of three guards arrested in
connection with the investigation. c.
a. Sweeton, assistant attorney gen
eral. arrived here to-day to investi-
gate personally for his department.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
Economy in Good Roads.

The United States department of
agriculture has issued a paper calling
attention to the increase in the value
of farm lands wherever bad roads
have been replaced with good ones.
There will be no question on the part
of those who know the facts of the
statements made. Illustrations are
given of farmers bitterly opposing
the expense of improved highways,
who discovered that once the improve
ment had been made they could sell
their land at a very material in
crease in price.
There is another feature of this
subject which interests us, and that
is the enormous saving of good roads
over bad ones in wear and tear upon
the horses. To say nothing of the
loss in harnesses and wagons caused
by hauling loads over the average
country roads, the prolonging of the
usefulness of the horse by Well-made
and carefully maintained roads would
soon return to the farmers the in
creased road-tax.-Our Dumb Ami
mails.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
sURRENDERs AND GIVES BOND.
Former Texas Banker Charged with
Shortage of $4,000.

Fort Worth, Texas, September g.
Michael L. Woods, former vice presi-
dent of the State National Bank of
Fort Worth, in whose accounts a
shortage of $4,000 is alleged to
have been found, returned to Fort
Worth to-day from California and
surrendered He waived prelimi-
nary hearing on charges of having
embezzled $4,000 of the banks S
funds and was released on $500
bond to await trial in the United
States District Court.
The alleged shortage was reported
to Acting Comptroller of the Curren-
cy Kane last week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
Mob Kills Chinaman.

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Charles Sing, q
Chinaman, 40 years old, owner of a
restaurant on the south side, was ia
tally beaten and stabbed at his home
to-day and died few hours later in a
hospital Mrs. Alice Sing, "a years
old, the white wife of the victim, was
found unconscious by his side. She is
suffering from a fractured skull and
may die.
Josephine Modelski, 80 years old, a
servant at the Sing home, was taken
in custody and will be questioned by
the police.
After an investigation the police
expressed the opinion that Sing end
his wife were attacked by white men
living in the vicinity because Of his
- an American woman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
Ate Too Much Candy.

Atlanta, Sept. 3.-Reese Green
leaf, lanky negro, is in the hos
pital about to die as the result Of
having stolen a ten pound bucket of
stick-candy and trying to eat it all.
When caught by the police he had
consumed four or five pounds of the
sweets, and soon after being taken
to the station house he became vio-
lently i'll.
The bucket of candy was stolen
from the Southern Railway freight
shed. Groaning in pain, Greenleaf
whispers that if by any chance he
RECEIVERS, he will never eat a drop
of candy or touch grain of sugar
again.
A short sentence at the stockade
awaits him in the event of recovery.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
Whole Family Cremated.

Bridgeport, ILL.,, September g.
Albert Golden, his wife and four
children, to-day were burned to
death when their home was Destroy
ed by fire.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
FOUGHT BIG OCTOPUS.
Eighty-Fiye Feet Under Water for
Forty-Five Minutes.

Fighting furiously for As minutes
against an octopus IS feet below the
surface of the water, at the same
time talking over the telephone to
his attendants in a ScoW on the sur
face of the water, giving them &C
counts of the remarkabl battle as
it progressed, and finally, practically
uninjured but in fainting condition,
escaping, was the remarkable expert
ence of Walter McRay, a deep sea
diver, at Alden banks, near Anacor-
tes, says Seattle (Wash.) correspon-
dence in The New York Sun.
Moray was engaged by the Apex
Fishing Company to examine one Of
it's fish traps on Alden banks, and on
the third trip to the bottom he ran
afoul of the fish most dreaded by
divers. He had followed the lead for
some distance when his foot was seiz-
ed in the deadly grasp of the giant
octopus. At the same time the big
fish emitted a large amount of ink"
turning the water in the vicinity alb
solutely black, and making it impos-
sible for the diver to see his assail-
ant
James E. Hill, who was on the sur
face in charge of the assistants to
Mercy, stood with the telephone re-
ceiver at his ear. He heard a slight
exclamation from the man below, fol-
lowed by violent pull at the life line
as the diver was thrown off his feet.
A few seconds later McRay said over
the telephone:
Now, keep cool. Don't get excit-
ed A devil fish has got me-
The rest of the battle, as told by
McRay and described by Hill, was as
follows:
When l heard those words, spo-
ken by Moray as calmly as though he
were greeting a friend on the street,
my hair stood on end.
The octopus, Immediately after
tripping McRay, had thrown two
more tenacles about the PROSTATE
man, one around his body, binding
his left arm tightly to his side, and
the other between his legs and reach
ing up his back. The head of the
fish was on McRay's chest.
Almost helpless, yet with hisright
arm free, he was able to draw his
knife from his belt and defend him
self. Fighting at the great depth of
water and under heavy pressure the
strain soon told on the diver and
several times he nearly collapsed.
AT no time, however, did he ap-
pear to get excited or lose his head.
For the entire - minutes when he
struggled he gave ne frequent bull
letins as to how the fight was pro-
crossing.
After McRay had succeeded in
subduing the octopus he proceeded
to free himself from the wire mesh
in which he had become entangied.
'When he reached the top Of tie
water the big fish still held death
strip on his left'arm. and it was not
Until lie was nalf out OF the water
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.

MIR. J. Laz Copeland, of Ehr,
hardt, was in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. Ida Hutto, of Denmark
visited friends in the city Monday
MIR. w. C. Duncan, first assist
ant at Carlisle School, is in the city
MIR. S. w. Copeland, of Ehr.
hardt, was in the city last Thursday
morning.
MIR. G. L. Bolt, of Honea Path,
has accepted position at the Peoples
Drug Store.
Miss Homer Godbee, who has
been visiting relatives in Hagen, Ca,
has returned home.
Mrs. w. A. Klauber and children
visited relatives at St. George for
several days last week.
-Messrs. E. P. Copeland and j.
F. Chassereau, of Ehrhardt, were in
the city last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs H. c. Delk and children,
who have been visiting relatives in
Fernandina, Fla, have returned
home.
Mrs. C. E. Simmons spent sew
eral days in Branchville last week
with her daughter, Mrs. Art Whet-
stone.
Mrs. C. P. Hooton and daughters,
who have been spending some time
with relatives at Estill, returned to
the city last week.
Mrs. J. J. Smoak and little son
spent some time this week with rela-
tives and friends in the fork section
of Orangeburg county.
Mr.. and Mrs. LaVerne Thomas,
of Columbia, spent few days last
and this week on a visit to the faml-
ly of Mr.. C. w. Rentz.
Mr.. J. D. Copeland, who has
been spending the summer at Hen
dersonville, n c., with his family,
returned home last week.
-Messrs. R. P. Bellinger and
Carl Kirsch returned last week from
a trip to New York, Boston, and
other New England cities.
Miss Lucille Hunter, who has
spending some time with the family
of her father in Washington, D. c.,
returned home last Friday.
Mrs. Station, of Baltimore, arriv-
ed in the city last Saturday, and will
be milliner at The Millinery Store
for the fall and winter season.
Misses Estelle Rutledge and
Lula Virgins. milliners for E. A.
Hooton. arrived in the city Monday,
and will be at his store during the
season.
MIR. c. \. Walker, Of Meyers
Mill. Aiken county, was in the city
Tuesday on his way home, after q
visit to his fathers family in the
Hunters Chapel section.
Mr.. Cowan. the new freight
clerk at the depot. has moved his
wife and two children TO the city,
and they are boarding with Mrs. N.
L. Johns for the present.
Miss Maude Barber, who was
milliner for Mrs. 4. McB. Speaks &
Co. last season, returned to the city
Monday, and will be with that firm
astrimmer during the fall and winter.
DIR. J. J. Cleckley spent few
days in Spartanburg last week,
where he attended the pellagra con-
ference, which was largely attend
ed by physicians from all over the
country.
Ate Too Much Candy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11

Glasgow corporation tramways car
ried during the last financial year
270,000,000 passengers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11

G. H. Eooton S Ladies Store
Nnd Millinery Rar1o~
Dresses and Suits
Bao.becg S. G., Sept 10th, 1918.
Ladies and Girls.
Dear
regret cannot write each Of you
this relative to the goods
that we are showing expect show However,
you will consider this letter PERSONAL
the New Goods without any obli-
cation to buy.
First say that Miss Rutledge
charge Of the Millinery department again this
She is here, and brought with her Miss Lula
selecting stock, and is therefore
pared show you complete assortment of MILL
merry this section Of the
BEFORE She invites and let her show
you the things.
season we have used every effort to get
complete assortments for each department
shown before. We invite you to come
e you Without obi CATION to buy We
will show larger and complete line OF Suits,
Cloaks than have shown before. An
that Hooton is the place
for the n Silks Dress Goods, and the like
YOU will find here everything up
both and color. Our Trimmings, Gloves,
Corsets, small will find here in
large assortment.
We expect you and your friends to come
and yourself at home with u.s.
Yours business
6. IL Tooton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11

Regal Shoes, 81 and So.
Hannah Shoes for Ladies, $3.50
to $1,000 the pair.
The Royal Talors, 1.-THE Best in
the World.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
Why Do You Scratch7
Royalne letter Ointment will stop
that itching or your money back. Soc.
Sheriff Sale.-No. 2124.
W. D. Thompson & Co.
Versus
G.. w. Smith.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
Of On order Of Fieri Facias, issued
out OF the 26th Judicial District Court
Of Louisiana, in and for Washington
Parish, in the above entitled cause.
and to me directed, will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, Oh
Saturday, March l, 1913
st the principal front door Of the court
house, at Ffanklinton, L., between
tho legal sale hours for judicial sales,
the following described property, to-
Wit:
81 acres Of land, more or less, stu
ated in the parish of Washington.
state Of Louisiana, the same being a
part Of Lee Youngblood Hd. entry
Of Twp. l, r. 10 E., St. Helena mer-
idisn, said homestead originally con.
sisting Of about 127 acres, and the
above described 81 acres is on the
south side Of said homestead, and is
bound on the north by lands Of Mariah
Vernon, widow of Peter Vernon de-
ceased, east by lands of Quincy Brum-
field, Oliver Tate and estate Of ]. P.
Bulloch, deceased. south and u est by
lands Of estate of Geo. Grow, deceased.
Terms Of sale: Cash with benefit of
appraleement.
This 18th day Of January, 1918.
T. J. Simmons, Sheriff.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
German Oil Company
ReOrganiZed.

The German Oil Co. expect to
resume active operations about
March 5th, and push the we'll at
German to completion. The out
look seems good for results.
The new board of directors are
as follows: +. NJ. Brown, Pres. ;
D. H. McCreary, Vice-P res; S.
r. Lippincott, Sec'y and General
Manager; NJ. A. Thigpen, Treas.
W. W. Babington, Dr.. W. J..
Jones and J. E. Sylvest.
Attorneys-Hernan E. Gayer
and Lindsay W. McDougall.
Finance Committee-Frank NJ.
Brown, NJ. A. Thigpen and S. P.
Lippincott.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
dwelling.

Franklinton Camp No. 254
W, o. W. will unveil the monu =.
ment erected to the grave of the
late Sow. W. T. Afford in the
Ellis Cemetery at Franklinton.
on the First Sunday in March, at
1 y. M, jointly with Pine Camp
who will unveil the monument of
the late Sow. Daniel P. Jenkins.
All Woodmen are requested to
meet at the W. O. w. Hall az
1890 p. N. And public is invited.
W. c. Wood, Clerk.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
Sheriff Sale-No. 2O83.
Citizens Bank of Poplarville.
Versus
E /. Enrd e. r.

F. l.. Ford & Go.
Noticeis hereby given that by virtue
OF an order of Seizure and Sale issued
out Of the 26th Judicial District Court
Of Louisiana. in and for Washington
Parish, In the above entitled cause
and 70 me directed, will proceed to
sell at Public auction to the last and
highest bidder, on
Saturday, March Is, 1918.
at the principal front door of the
court house at Franklinton, La. ba-
tween the legal sale hours for judicial
sales. the following described proper-
Lot sixty.nine (es) and SEVENTH
(70) in block six (6) and Forty.three
(43) in block eight (s) in the town Of
Angie, La.
Terms of sale: Cash with benefit ~
sppraisement.
This ard. dsy Of February. 1918.
!. J. ammons, 6heria,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20

NOTICE is hereby given that
a certain mortgage note, date
Oct. 18th, 1918, for the sum of
$40. due and payable to the
Farmers & Merchants Bank on
Oct. 18th, 1909. and secured by
mortgage recorded in Mortgage
record No. 6, page 43. Washing.
ton Parish, has been lost or mis-.
laid and the public is warned
against the purchase of said note.
Wash. Par. Warehouse Go. Ltd.
J. r. SchiIling, Pres.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
Mrs. Robert G. Wickliffe to Be
Entertained by Mrs. Cha mp
Clark.

Mrs. Robert G. Wickliffe, who
made a hurried trip to Baton
Rouge the first of the week to
visit her daughter, Brent, left
Tuesday for Washington to be
the guest Of Mrs. Champ Clark,
wife of the speaker, until after
Inauguration.
AS a result of her visit to Bat.
on Rouge Mrs. Wicklife's friends
are active in her behalf for the
the position of head of the child.
ren's Bureau, for which Mrs.
Wicklife is an applicant.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
News of the Mississippi River

With fair and dry weather
with the river falling nearly down
to Vicksburg and rapidly above,
and with a fall in the overflow
water at Beulah. an optimis tic
view is now taken of the river
situation. No immediate addi.
tional treshet is looked for and
no other break. At Beulah the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroad is preparing to close the
break as soon as the river is
within its banks again, and a new
levee may be ready there by the
time the late rise comes.
But becouse the situation has
improved is no reason why there
should be any cessation of activi-
ty or any delay in the work done.
Not a man should be taken from
the levees. but the work should
be rushed to completion and pro.
lection, whether the river tails
now or not. We realize that
much of the recent trouble and
losses was due to delay, if not
neglect carelessness, to a policy
of procrastination, to not keeping
the work well ahead of the food.
tits small excuse in such disas-
ters to explain afterwards that
the high water was not expected
as early as it came. A second
mistake of this kind would be a
crime. When the present fresh
ct first started down the Ohio
but little attention was paid to it.
When the water rose in the Mis-
sissippi higher than was expect
ed, and especially when the
Beulah break accured, there was
a rush for the levees, feverish
activity prevailed and a large
force of men was put at work.
They should be kept at work un-
til the levees are completed,
whatever the flood prospects
ahead may be.
A $1.OO Bucket Fine Coffee for
q cents.
Rnhork Rahinoknr TIA
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
Morgan Home tor a Few Days.

Congressman Lewis L. Morgan
arrived in Covington Monday
evening having been called from
Washington on important mat
ters connected with the suit OF
the parish involving the right tt
collect taxes on the Shore Line
OF the Now Orleans Great North
ern Railroad Company. amount.
ing TO the sum of $4,000. The
TACT that Mr.. Morgan was at.
tOrney for the parish before he
was elected to Congress put him
in possession of important infor.
nation that made his presence
desirable. This information
has made plain certain points un-
der discussion, and the parish is
now ready to proceed with the
case at once, and after the trans
action of some business in hand
Mr.. Morgan will leave for Wash
ington, probably on Monday.
where he will pay tribute to the
memory of the late Hon. Robert
G. Wicklitfe, February %, in
an address before the House.
Mr.. Morgan has made many
friends while in Washing.
ton, and bids fair to become one
Of the members of the House,
He has been made a member of
several important committees
and is interesting himself in leg
islati0n that will benefit the pe0-
pie. Among the bills that he has
in preparation is one for the es.
tablishment of q bureau of mar
kets in the Department of Agri-
culture. This measure is one of
great Importance to the farmer
and would make it much easier
for him to market his produce
and to realize a fair profit, as it
would cut out a lot of middle. men.
One of the secrets of Mr. Nor
gan's popularity is his scrupu.
lous honesty and fairness, and
this trait of his character has
called forth favorable commentin
Golfers Weekly, in regard to
his recent vote in seatinga mem.
Der Of congress. in which he
sacrificed his natural inclination
to party support, to his sense of
justice and right. It is this
trait of honesty that has won him
80 many friends here in hishome
parish, and people here we're 80
glad to see hin that it was almost
impossible to get a few momenCs
conversation with him.-St. Tam.
many Farmer.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20
New Blacksmith Shop.

The Lossett Blacksmith ShOp
has been purchased by W. P.
Dunlap and all kinds of work will
be done at moderate prices.
Horseshoeing and gunwork q
specially. All work guaranteed.
Price spot cash on delivery.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20

TAKEN UP-At my place on
February q, 1918, 13 miles east
of Franklinton, one white and
blue striped COW, about seven
years old. Owner can recover
same by proving property and
paying for this advertisement.
j. ]. Reeves,
Sheridan, La.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-02-20

A 81 90 Bucket Fine Coffee for
q cents.
Robert Babiugton, Ltd.