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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
Denmark Dots.

Denmark, July 25.-On Thursday
evening of last week Mrs. F. V. James
entertained in honor of her guest,
Miss Isabelle Strait, Of Rock Hill.
Tuesday evening Miss Katherine
Wilkinson gave watermelon cutting
at her home, complimentary to Miss
es. Onie Brux and Gladys Boozer.
On Thursday morning number of
young ladies were entertained by
Mrs. Trueslay Crum, Jr., to meet her
sister, Miss Hart, of Estill, who is
spending some time with her.
Mrs. William Louis Clark, of Co.
lumbia, is visiting Mrs. c. C. Cooper.
Misses Brux and Boozer, after a
visit of several weeks here, returned
to Midwife, Ca, on Thursday, accom-
panied by DR.. and Mrs. John G.
Boozer.
Mrs. W. E. Osteen and daughter,
of Florence, are spending some time
with her father, Mr.. H. C. Rice.
Mrs. E. P. Sojourner and family
are visiting her sister, Mrs. Fielder,
in Mullins.
Misses Ruth and Frances Guess
are at home after an extended visit to
their sister, Mrs. Hubert Matthews,
in Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Willie Metz, of Augusta, and
Mrs. knight, of St. George, are on a
visit to their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. D. Pearson.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Poyas and fam
lily and Miss Kathleen Marvin are
guests of Mr.. S. D. Guess.
Misses Norma and Louise Guess,
with Mr.. Joe Guess, Jr., of Appleton,
are spending some time with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. H.
Guess.
On Wednesday afternoon, G. W.
Goolsby, Jr., celebrated his sixth
birthday with party for number of
his young friends.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
WANTS NO REVENGE.
Father of Murdered Lad Doesn't
Wish Death Penalty.

A friendship that began when w.
V. Cleary, town clerk of Haverstraw
n. Y, and Frederick Newman, one
of the owners of the Rockland coun-
ty Messenger, were boys, is recalled
in a statement by the latter as rea-
son for not wanting to see Cleary, the
murderer of his son, Eugene NJ. New
man, pay the extreme penalty for
his crime.
Young Newman was shot to death
in the town clerks Office on Thurs
day when he called to ask Cleary' S
forgiveness for having eloped with
his daughter, Anne Cleary. They
were married a week ago Saturday
Il don't want Bill killed." said Mr.,
Newman, the father. I'VE went to
school together; we're political and
social friends; my paper always back
ed him up and we have joked about
this affair Of our children. But Bill
was wrong; my boy was all right, and
Bill must not be set at liberty through
politics or any other means. He
must have a term of imprisonment .
Cleary is still in the county jail
He said gossip about his daughter
and the son of his friend caused him
to worry, until he did not know
what he was doing" when he killed
the boy. His defense probably will
be emotional insanity.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
ALLIGATOR BLOCKS PROGRESS.
Refuses to Move Until He Felt Doc
tors Auto on His Neck.

Kingstree, July 27.-While DR.. E.
T. Kelley was enjoying the smoker
given at the Kellahan hotel Friday
night by the board of trade to the
tobacco men engaged on the local
market, he received phone message
from Andrews to come there as soon
as possible to attend patient. The
doctor left Kingstree about IL o'clock
that night in his twenty-five hundred
pound Hupmobile. When crossing
the swamp about nineteen miles from
Kingstree he saw lying across the
road ahead of him what he at first
supposed to be a big log. Running
his car closer to the obstruction he
discovered that it was monster alli-
gator. He got out of the car, and,
procuring a fence rail, attempted to
urge the reptile out of the road by
blows administered on him. This,
however, did not seem to disturb the
old fellows rest, so the doctor got
back in his car and driving ahead
full speed ran his car upon the mons
ter. Then, with the front wheels Of
the car on his back, old gator be-
gan to rear and squirm and below,
rocking the car about as if it were a
light buggy. The car finally got over
but one of the tires was badly torn.
DR.. Kelley says that while using
the rail on the reptile it made swipe
at him with its big tail, the force of
which created such a swish as the
blow barely passed him that he was
afraid longer to apply the rail, and
decided to run over him with his car,
but being so large it was hard to get
the wheels over his back.
DR.. Kelley says he would have driv-
en- around the old offender, but its.
great length left no room for pas
sage on either side of the road. Af-
ter the car had passed over the gator
it moved on across the road and into
the vastness of the swamp.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
BECKY BREAKS HER FAST.
Miss Edelson Taken to Tarrytown
as Witness.

MISS EQelSOn lakcn " laiISto"H IL
as Witness.
New York, July 2S.-Becky Edel-
son, after a weeks fast. broken in
termittently by taking small quantl-
ties of food surreptitiously, today
was taken from her cell in the work
house here and sent to !Tarrytown,
where she will be a witness in court.
She was thin and pale and her condi-
ton was considered sufficiently Sc
rious to warrant sending a work
house physician with her
Miss Edelson will testify at the
trial of nine of her associates in the
Industrial Workers of the World for
disturbing the peace She declared
she would remain on hunger strike
and compel the authorities to feed
her forcibly or release her. She as
serted that, Notwithstanding the
claims of the authorities, she had eat
en- only the whites of two eggs since
she went to the work house week
ago.
Should she persist in her hunger
strike it is considered probable that
her wish to be fed forciDly will be
realized tomorrow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
MYSTERY Wells KILLING.
Shooting Occurs at Near-beer Stand
in Greenville County.

Greenville, July 2S.-As the re-
suit of an alteration caused by an
alleged insult to a woman, Henry
Grain, a white man, is dead and an
other white man by the name Of Har-
rison, is being held at the county jail.
The shooting occurred at near-beer
saloon stand in Stradleyville, motor
ious section of the county, and was
witnessed by a large number of per-
sons Harrison claims that the kill
ing was accidental and that Grain
shot himself when he attempted to
replace his pistol in his scabbard, af-
ter they had finished their fight.
Some mystery surrounds the shooting
and up to date there have been no
further Developments.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
ANNUAL EXCURSION.
Special Trains Will Be Run on Au.
gust the 18th.

The annual mountain-seashore ex-
cursion on all railroads will be op-
Grated this year August 12. This trip
always takes thousands of pleasure
seekers to the hills of western North
Carolina, to the resorts on the Allan
tic coast, to the national capital, and
to the bigger cities Of the North. The
low rate of $40, round trip, to Wash
ington makes it possible for many to
make their vacation trip to Greater
New York. Many take advantage of
the sS round trip rate to visit Nor
folk and Richmond.
Always it is necessary for the sew
eral railroads to operate special
trains and add many cars to their
regular trains to accommodate the
crowds.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
KILLS HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER.
Clerk of Boston District Court Then
Takes His Own Life.

Boston, July 27.-Thomas H. Da!-
ton, clerk of the East Boston Dis
trict court, shot and killed his five
weeks-old daughter, Priscilla, serious
ly wounded his wife and son, Joseph,
five years old, and then killed him
self early today. Dalton had been at
his home for the past two months
suffering from nervous breakdown.
He shot the children as they slept.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
Bamberg Wins From Cope.

In a slow game Thursday last Bam-
berg defeated Cope on the latter's
diamond by the score of 10 to 0.
Bamberg had the Cope boys complete
ly outclassed, the features being the
pitching of Rowell and fielding of
Rentz.
Batteries: Bamberg, Rowell and
Cooner; Cope, Hughes and Tatum.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
STORM HITS CHESTER.
One of the Most Severe in Consider
able Time.

Chester, July 2S.-Chester was in
the grip of one of the most severe
electrical storms to-day that 1t has
had this summer. Lightning did con-
siderable damage. One bolt tore a
great hole in the metal roof of the
Wylie & Anderson livery stable and
came very near in1uring one of the
owners. In this city and nearby
come reports of many trees being
felled. Heavy rains accompanied the
lightning and they were greatly need
ed in the county which has been suf-
fering from the recent torrid weather.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
THE MILITIA SITUATION.
Senator Tillman Confers With War
Department

Washington, July 27.-About "a
week ago Senator Tillman wrote the
secretary Of war, asking information
as to the Federal property said to
have been lost by the State Of South
Carolina after having been loaned
for militia purposes. The senator al
so asked what should be necessary
to restore the former relations be-
tween the State and the federal gov
ernment with regard to the militia.
The following reply has been received
under date of July 23:
Hon Benjamin R. Tillman, United
States Senate,
"My Dear Senator: am in receipt
of your letter of July 1S, wherein
you request an itemized statement OF
the federal property charged against
the State of South Carolina by the
war department on account of loss,
and the history as to how this loss
occurred. You will find enclosed
herewith two lists, one showing the
property which has been lost to the
value of approximately $4,000, and
the other showing obsolete property
on hand in the State, which the war
department has vainly requested to
be turned in and accounted for, to-
falling in value approximately s22,-
600. Just how or when the property
contained in the first list mentioned
was lost it is impossible to state. The
loss has probably occurred over a
period of many years. 1t was believ-
ed for some time that the returns OF
the governors did not show the ac-
tual amount of federal property on
hand in the several states, so in 1913
the regular officers detailed to make
an inspection, were directed to make
an accurate check of every article OF
federal equipment for which States
were accountable. AS result OF
this check, the discrepancies set forth
in the list were discovered in South
Carolina, and indicate that proper
care had not been given. 1t may be
stated that this loss has continued
since the check was made. This brief
ly is the history of the case.
"You ask also what is necessary
to do in order that the former re!a-
tions existing between South Carroll
ma and the national government in
regard to the organized militia may
be restored. For your information
enclose herewith copy of a letter
which I wrote to the governor OF
South Carolina, wherein you will find
set forth the conditions under which
the relations you mention will be re-
Sumed.
'.Very reSDectfully
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
CONDUCTOR SHOOTS NEGRO.
Street Railway Employee Assaulted
Near Car Shed.

Charleston, July 27.-L. E. Jones,
a conductor employed by the Consol-
idated company, today shot and Sc
riously wounded negro named John
Jones, who, it is alleged, attempted
to assault him in the vicinity Of the
car shed on Meeting street. The
negro had been a passenger and rails
ed a disturbance on Jones's car when
the conductor wanted to collect a
second fare after passing Columbus
street. When Jones alighted from
his car at the shed on Meeting street,
it is alleged, the negro attacked him.
The conductor pulled out his pistol
and, in self-defence, he says, shot
the negro, the bullet taking effect
in the stomach. The negro was TAX
en- to a local hospital, where physi'
clans probed for the bullet.
Conductor Jones was placed under
arrest and is being detained at the
police station pending the condition
of the wounded man. In the court
room today, where he is held under
the surveillance of an officer, Mr.
Jones declined to discuss the affair
stating that he was not in position
to talk, and that all statements would
have to come from Superintendent
Passailaigue, of the local traction
company. Conductor Jones sustain
ed bruises and facial scratches.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
Unites Four Families.

Chicago's new bureau for the pre-
yention of divorces started operations
Saturday and reconciled four couples.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30

Charleston, July 27.-Later this
afternoon the negro succumbed to his
injuries. Coroner John G. Mansfield
will hold an inquest into the death
tomorrow morning.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
Very respectfully,
"HENRY BRECKENRIDGE,
"Acting Secretary of '

AClInS SECTeldIy OF NdI'
Accompanying the foregoing letter
is long itemiZed statement COW
ering military equipment charged to
South Carolina. The letter to the
governor referred to was published
in the South Carolina newspapers
about a month ago.
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CONTINUED on page 4, column 3.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
EASIER TO WRITE 1T
YOUNG SUlToR EVIDENTLY A
LITTLE EMBARRASSED.
Ordeal of asking Papa" Mas Too
Much for Him, but There Have
Been Many Others In Just
the Same Fix.

Prior to the epoch-making moment
when his love triumphed over his ma
tive bashfulness young Mr.. Askam
would have maintained against any
odds that the hardest thing in life was
to propose to the girl you worshiped.
Afterwards, however, he decided that
the proposal was simply child's play
compared to asking the consent of his
father-in-law elect, although that es-
Unable old gentleman was a great
friend.
Flushed with success with the
daughter, he felt filled with the spirit
of a hundred conquerors, and reckless
ly insisted upon seeing the father at
once. But upon reaching the library
the spirit Of the hundred conQuerors
suddenly evaporated and left him with
pale face and trembling knees and
chaotic mind.
"I-er-er-" he stammered INSULT.
GENTLY.
Indeed" observed the old gentle
man, chuckling. "Then you're no mora
than human"
"Ah, hal" gasped Mr.. Askam, hys.
terlcally, pretending a hilarity he was
far, far from feeling.
How is your mother?" asked the old
gentleman, after an awkward pause,
with the kindly intention of setting his
caller at rest.
81 love her. Il p~assionately adore
her. She-she has promised to marry
me If you consent" announced Mr..
Askam, in a wild burst of eloquence.
What Your mother?" cried the
old gentleman, aghast.
mo, no." explained the thoroughly
confused Mr.. Askam. Yours"
MY mother! Are you crazy?" de,
handed the old gentleman, excitedly.
Il shall be in a minute" moaned the
/wretched Mr.. Askam. Sir" he con.
tinued, the words falling slowly and
cautiously from his agitated lips. 81
-came-here-to ask-your-consent
Ito marry-me."
"Eh?" cried the old gentleman.
"Tll-In write it'll" shouted the un.
happy Mr.. Askam, struck by a happy
thought as he burst madly out Of the
room. And in that way matters were
at last Strengthened to everyonC's sat.
isfaction.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
DEVIL DANCERS OF cEYLoN
Natives Have Implicit Faith In Their
Ability to Cure All Forms Of

Despite the advance OF medical
knowledge throughout India, says q,
writer In the Wide World Magazine,
devil dancers are still called into re-
QUESTION in many parts OF Ceylon for
curing all kinds of sickness. When a
native is taken Ill his relatives first
apply medical treatment. If, after
some days, this appears to be ineffec-
tive, 1t Is concluded that the sickness
ness Is n incapable of cure in this,
manner. but Is caused by some inim-
ical influence, and must therefore
be due to either a glance of the evil
eye, the action Of a demon, or some
evil planetary action. The soothsay-
er is then sent for, and this worthy,
after examining the patient, names
the demon or spirit responsible for
the malady. An offering is then made
to the demon in the form of food, a
coin. or a piece Of cloth. Then fol-
lows h professional dance, carried
out by the devil dancers. Two men
clad in gorgeous garments and wear
Ing strange headdresses and masks go
through a number of grotesque and
extraordinary evolutions to the beat
ing Of the tomtoms, making weird
noises the while. This is kept up
for hours, sometimes all night, and is
always performed within sight of the
sick person. In the complete cere-
monies Of the demon called Samni
Yaka, who causes commissions, severe
toothache, headache, etc, no fewer
than 80 different masks are worn in
turn by the dancers. Curiously
enough, observers state these strange
ceremonies usually have a favorable
effect upon the patients illness.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
Poverty and Wealth.

Over against the doctrine so insis.
tently declared by many so~ciologists
that poverty is of the chief causes
OF vice among women and Of crime
among men, DR.. Eliot, president emerl.
tus of Harvard, asserts that poverty
is a far safer moral condition than in.
ordinate wealth."
If exact definitions could be given Of
what constitutes poverty and what
constitutes inordinate wealth, the is.
sue would be an excellent one for dis.
cussion in academic circles. The man
of practical mind, however, will note
only that the number Of persons ex.
posed to the temptations of poverty
must be at least 10000 times as great
as the number exposed to those Of in.
ordinate wealth. Consequently, Ii is
the poverty vices and crimes that most
concern not only the police, but the re.
former. Profigacies of the inordiuate.
ly wealthy pass over a community al.
most as harmlessly as q flaming comet
that astounds but Is too far out of
reach to affect the lives Of many. The
temptations Of poverty, however, fes.
tering In obscurity, may poison the air
for thousands.
Furthermore, IL s~ociologists could
find out how to get rid OF poverty,
there might be no iuordinate wealth to
fret about.-New York World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
Riqht Spirit,

"The right Thanksgiving spirit
said Secretary Brayn, at a dinner In
Washington, was well exemplihed
one afternoon in the west.
II was passing through q rich farm.
Ing country, when a superb wheat field
caused me to dismount with my cam.
era.
You must positively let me tres.
pass on your property 1 said to the
farmer, long enough to photograph
that field Of wheat. It's the finest ]
ever saw
The farmer, as he opened the gate,
gave a laugh that had the true Thanks.
giving ring in it.
You're welcome to photograph the
field he said. You'll have to do II
instantaneous, though--she's CROWN
so fast"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
COrnmeaI,

According to the agricultural de.
partment at Washington, cornmeai
constitutes a very nutritive and cheap
food. In fact, for three cents one can
get more nutriment out of cornmeal
h a he can out Of five cents worth
of -four. That is, GO cents worth of
meal will give a man more bone, mus
Gle, nerve and brain than 81 worth
of flour will.
That is the commercial aspect OF
the case, but for joy. satisfaction,
health and hope the. cornmeal is as
far ahead of -four as it is in the
economic estimate. A good bowl OF
mush and milk-how good it sounds
and how good it is! Take a great
spoonful. of it, and it twangs the
strings Of the harp of health till every
little fiber and nerve falls into a
beautiful melody of life. Exactly so,
too, with corn bread. pone and dod.
ger.
In these progressive days one can
find bricks of cold cornmeal mush at
the .grCcers, ready for slicing and fry
ing, as much in a brick as will dc
for three or four persons, the finest,
happiest, nu~tritiousest eating under
the sun-for five cents a brick. 1t
Is said thai the trouble these days is
with the cost of Ligh living. We
deny it. Here is the highest kind of
living at the very lowest cost.-Ohio
State Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
FIRST CAT IN THE LAND
Puss Wanders Into the White House
and Wins Affections of tho
Wilson Girls.

To jump from o~bscurity into. the
White House is a stable step upward,
but this has been done.
1t has been accomplished by a very
small, very thin, very plain and
scrawny black cat-one Of the alley
variety.
No one knows where the cat came
from. She just walked up to the
White House, looked 1t over, liked It,
and walked In.
When the president came down to
breakfast the other morning some.
thing soft rubbed up against his leg.
Kitty had approved of the president
The president looked her over for =
moment, then smiled.
At first the attendants at the White
House were going to eject the cat.
The Misses Wilson, however, inter
fered. Now the cat, who was oh.
scure yesterday, is the first cat in the
land.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
Football! Not a PiaskIn.

That phrase SO much used in the
Football season, Chasing the pigskin,"
involves a popular error. The foot
a Is not made of pigskin, but of the
hide OF the calf or COW, and. for the
cheaper variety, the skin Of the sheep.
Footballs of the ordinary grade are
made In this country, but some OF the
hnest' sold to those who are not par.
dcular about price, are imported from
England, where the industry was an
old one before it was started in Amer.
lea.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
Maintain hluh Ideaia.

The most difficult problem that any
human being has to solve is the pre-.
vention of an 'nsidious lowering of his
standards. 1t is SO easy to grow a
little careiess about personal appear.
ance, to be a triie less particular In
discerning the difference between right
and wrong, to drop into habits of neg
lect in small matters that were once
considerd duties that gradually the
whole life has slipped to a lower plane
before n is aware. The lowering OF
ideals along any line means a lower.
cd life.-Great Thoughts.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
Dug With Wrong Kind of To ,Is

NHS u "IoHH NiIu OF lO)IS.
The heirs of the ~recluse wbo was
supposed to have buried some money
on his farm near Abilene did not find
the money, although they made a sys
tematic search over the place with
picks and spades. THE great trou.
BILE with them was that they used the
wrong TOOLS" says the Lincoln Repub.
lican. IF they had taken n team OF
horses and a plow and had gone ovef
the land first with that and then fol.
lowed it up with another team and a
drill containing wheat and had just
had a little patience, by next fall they
would have been able to realize some
thing for their efforts. It has been
demonstrated a number of times that
there Is no gold under the ground in
Kansas, but there are plenty of rich
farmers in this section Of the state
who can testify to the fact that there
is gold in the land If ths right kind OF
refining process Is used and O little
patience is exercised while the rein.
cry Is doing its work."-Kansas City
Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
To RrInhten Tile.

To make red tiles a nice, bright,
clear color, rub well with a lemon
dipped in fine salt. Leave 1t for a few
minutes, then wash in the usual way
You will find this well worth the trou.
bic, for when 1t ia finished the tiles
will be a nice. clear red, with all the
stains removed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
Beyond Concrete Calculation.

A woman has b~equeathed s.. 500 for
the support of each cat on the island
of Madeira. A similar provision for
every feline on the island of Manhat-
tan would involve an amount of money
too large for type to tell; enough, In
fact, to buy all the Christmas pres
ents your relatives win hint at.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-17
NEWSPAPER Trivianty.

1T is customary to grid at the mod.
ern press Of Europe and America as
sensational, yellow and corrupt, and to
represent the captains of industry who
control 1t as panders to base in
stincts,'' says War and Peace OF Lon
don. "But, al a matter of fact, tho Of
Tense OF the average modern newspa-
per consists In none of these things,
but in its overpowering triyiality."