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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
HUMAN LIGHTNING CALCULATOR
Boy Can Beat Adding Machine Han.
ding Big Figures.

Here is certainly the swiftest boy
in this world. His name is Arthur
Gamble. The we'll known and long
established chained lightning is a
joke beside Arthur. Just at present
he is out in the University of Cali
fornia showing them all up at the
summer session. Psychologist, geo.
metric, etc., sharks many times his
age are running around in circles
trying to catch hold of his agile men
tality. They can figure everything
but Arthur.
Young Gamble counts in figures
much like the harassed Mr.. Rookie
feller counts in dollars. For instance.
he told them the other day at meet
ing of the psychology class that it
had been 4,351, ,464,0O1 seconds since
the signing of the Declaration of
Independence Talked it off just like
that. Took him only 81 seconds.
The little task of multiplying 4,9S7
by 1858 was performed in 29 Sec
onds and yielded the answer $685.
l21. which, after agitating the cere-
bral convolutions of several ordinary
mortals for about Is times 20, was
found to be correct.
A race with an adding machine was
another stunt which didn't seem to
raise very much perspiration on the
Gamble brow. DR.. Warney Brown,
professor of psychology in the Mills
foundation at the university, before
whom the demonstration was con-
Quoted, handed simultaneously to
Gamble and an expert adding
machine operator a list Of fig
ures all of four or more digits
to add. The Gamble think
tank not only beat the mechan-
ical adder by fair margin, but hand
ed Prof. Brown the answer correct
to the last digit.
ION what day did February %,
1882, fall?" the mathematical marvel
was asked. "wednesday came the
reply in almost less than it takes
to write it. Thus George Washing
ton puckered up his physiognomy for
his first infantfle wall on Wednes-
day.
Little mental problems, such as ex-
tracing the cube root of 175,616 and
dividing 254,916 by S76 seem to
come to the "math shark" about as
promptly and with as little disturb
ance of his equanimity as the sum
Of 2 plus 2 does to the ordinary in
dividual. The answers respectively
were Sc and 291.
Prof. Brown was unable to offer
any explanation of the mathematical
prodigy. He merely gasped like
everybody else.
Unlike most prodigies, Gamble
seems to be a well-rounded, nice ap-
pearing, versatile sort of chap, very
much like the ordinary college man.
His father is a travelling salesman
and has shown no extraordinary
mathematical capacity. His mother,
however, is exceptionally rapid in CAL
culating. Gamble has shown his un-
usual power over numbers since he
was 5 years old. He is now Fl and
is a student at the University of
Chicago.-Chicago Dispatch to New
York World.
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After 1913" he said, "a great
change will come to the German En-
pire."
AS Tolstoy is said to have prophe-
sled that a man from the North, a
second Napoleon, would rule Europe
from 1915 to 1925, it would seem
as though these prophetic minds may
in this case have foretold the final
success of the Kaiser. Who knows?
New York Sun.
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Mr.. Astor's Bad Technique.

It will he hard for America to
grieve over the report that William
Waldorf Astor has sold his news
papers because of a break with his
his eldest son, says the Chicago Post.
It has been Mr.. Astor's ambition to
found a family which should rank
with the titled nobility of England.
The quarrel with his eldest son shows
him temperamentally unfit for this
lofty Job. The Salic law is the very
fundament of founding a family
II the property is not entailed to the
eldest son it soon loses its mass, and
If its mass is gone, no family" can
be founded.
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CITATION NOTICE.

The State of South Carolina
County of Bamberg-By Geo. P. Har-
mon, Esq, Judge of Probate.
Whereas, John E. Carter hath
made suit to me to grant him letters
of administration of the estate OF and
effects of Annie Carter, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Annie Car
ter, deceased, that they be and appear
before me in the Court of Probate,
to be held at Bamberg, on Satur-
day, August 10Th, next, after. pub
lication thereof, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they
have. why the said administrator
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
10th day of August, A. D., 1914.
GEO. P. HARMON,
Judge Of Probate.
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JAPAN TO ASSIST ENGLAND.
Fleet III as Put to Sea and Will Oper.
ate in Pacific.

London. Aug. 15.-t1:13 \. Ny
The Daily Telegraph learns from a
diplomatic correspondent that the
Japanese government intends to car
~ out in full the obligations under
the Anglo-Japanese treaty.
The correspondent says the Jap
anese navy has put to sea and will
cooperate with the British fleet in
taking effective action against the
enemy's ships in the Pacific.
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He-''They say, after marriage,
the husband and wife grow to look
like each other" She-"Then con-
slider my refusal final Yale Rec
ord.
Does your wife open all the mail
that comes to the house?" Every
thing except the bills. And she's
afraid to see what's inside them"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20

Mccormick Moving Machines and
Repairs. Hay Rakes, Cultivators,
Harrows, and Lawn Mowers. Paints,
Oils, and Varnishes. HUNTERS
HARDWARE STORE.-adv.
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This was the year in which the
emperor died.
The emperor put one more ques-
tion: What will happen after l am
gomez" Again the astrologer took
the figures 1888, arranging them as
follows:
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Inyiqorating to the Pale and Sickly

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic.
GROVES TAsTELESS chill TONIC. drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys-
TEN. A true tonic. For Ndults and Children. sc
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Adding them up, he said, "You will
be King Of Prussia in 1S49," which
came true.
They were already talking Of larg-
er Germany (the consolidation of the
German States) and William 1 want
ed to know If he would ever be en-
peror of the larger empire.
The astrologer set down the fig
ures 1S49 in the following arrange
ment:
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ASTROLOGY AND WAR.
A Prophecy Which May Be Interpret
ed as Preferred.

A prominent German of this city
showed to an officer of one of our
important banks an interesting horo-
scope that was made in 1929 by an
astrologer for the Emperor William
grandfather of the present kaiser OF
Germany, and said that the predic'
tions contained in it were more OF
less known throughout Germany.
The earlier William asked if he
would be King of Prussia. For an
answer the astrologer took the fig,
ures 1929 (the year of the consulta-
tion) and arranged them in the fol-
lowing manner:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20

Full line of Waterman's Ideal
Fountain Pens at Herald Book Store.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20

For up-to-date stationery come to
The Herald Book Store.
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Then he replied, "You will be
emperor of larger Germany in 1871"
which was the date of the conquest
of the French and the establishment
of the German Empire.
He asked how long he would live
to enjoy his sovereignty over the
larger empire, and the astrologer
placed the figures 1871 as follows:
l ST
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
YOUR ORDER

for meats or provisions you can rest
assured it will be filled as faithfully
as We know how. We will send you
the cut and quantity you direct and
send it at the time promised. We
aim to make this market perfect
one and a trial order will show how
nearly we succeed
Delk's Market
BAMBERG, S. c.
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Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Wont Cure.

The worst cases. no matter Of how long standing.
are cured by the wonderful. old reliable DR..
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 2Se. SOC. Sl.oo
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Untermyer Gives Program

Chicago, Jan. 6-Samuel Untermy-
er, counsel for the Pujo house COM
mittee which investigated the so-called
money trust, outlined in a speech to
the Illinois Manufacturers associa-
ton what he termed the necessary
program to restore business freedom
and confidence.
Leaders of big business must first
purge their minds of prejudice and
must subordinate personal desire for
gain to the public interest, he said.
Next in Importance he said is the
code of laws under which business is
conducted must be so plain that the
business men can tell instinctively
what constitutes a violation.
Complete dissolution between the
railroads and industrial corporations
and laws requiring railroads to part
with interests in properties whose
products they are engaged in trans
porting also is requirement, ac-
cording to Mr.. Undermyer.
An executive body to study each
situation and recommend to the court
comparative plan of disintegration
is needed when the new laws are put
into effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Mutual Water Companies
Approve of the Purchase
Of the Irrigation System

Whatever doubt there may have
been as to the approval Of the project
of the irrigation district to purchase
the system of the California Develop
ment Company through the Southern
Pacific Company was removed yes
terday afternoon at council between
representatives of the mutual COM
panies and the directors of the dis
trict.
The district directors had invited the
mutual company directors to a joint
meeting, and all but Nos. 1, 2 and
South Side companies responded fav-
orably, while it is believed these COM
panies will approve the project as
fully as the others.
Water companies 5 and were rep
resented by the full boards and other
representative citizens, including in
the eastside delegation l. w. McGrew,
Joel Anderson, O. N. Shaw, L. F.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
(By United Press Associations
Five Women Named

Sacramento, Jan. Give women
today were appointed by Governor
Johnson as trustees of the California
Training School for Girls, the site for
which has been selected few miles
outside Ventura, to care for those
girls now confined in the reform
school at Whittier.
With one exception, the women
were members of the commission
which selected the site.
Mrs. Lea Collins, Santa Ana, one
year; Mrs. E. P. Foster, Vantura, two
years; Mrs. Edgar Germain, Los An
geles, three years; Mrs. E. G..
Stephens, Santa Monica, four years;
Mrs. E. C. Weyman, San Francisco,
four years.
The legislature appropriated $780,
900 for the purchase of the site and
the erection of a building. There are
125 acres in the grounds, and the
girls will be trained in an outdoor
life with advantages of education far
superior to the system which has
been enforced at Whittier.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Yuma Bridge
Money Available

The entire $25,000, asked of Cali
fornia, for the construction of bridge
over the ColoraGas river at Yuma, the
United States Indian department and
the state of Arizona both giving a
like amount, is now ready in the GUS
tody of County Treasurer j. Stanley
Brown. THE board of supervisors
this morning set aside $1,000, the
amount Imperial county gives for the
building of the link in the Southern
Highway. $1,000 subscribed by San
Diego business men, and $4,000 from
Los Angeles is already in the hands
of the county treasurer. Yuma rails
ed $1,000 necessary to make up the
$4,000.
The action of the supervisors now
makes it possible for the work to be
started at once and the Indian depart
ment, which will have charge of the
bridge construction, can draw on I'M
perial county at any time. The
amount raised by Imperial, San Di-
ego, Los Angeles and Yuma, was
asked of the state but for some reason
Governor johnson vetoed, the approp-
ration bill, after it had passed.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06

Shaw, ]. L. Tucker, Fred Ware, David
Vencill, J. H. Eastman, Clayton Tay-
lor, Michael Yeargin and j. It. Con-
ley, all of whom approved the project
ed purchase.
Director Pound reported for COM
panies and 4 favorably and said that
J. w. Glasgye and E. M. Sawyer of
No. 8 had given assurance of sup
port by that company.
Director Brockman gave assurance
of support by No. 6.
Mary Rose had reported to Attorney
Conkling the support Of the Imperial
Company, and President Hamilton re-
ported approval of Will A. Edgar of
No. 12.
Not word of protest has come
from any part of the valley against
the purchase, and the indications are
that the act will meet the practically
unanimous vote of the people of the
whole valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Beach & D00l Have Sale
Of Railroad Lands Now
Placed on the Market

There is a good deal of surprise
for the people of the valley in the an
nouncement that Beach & Dool have
been appointed exclusive selling ag-
ents for the railroad lands in the
north end of the valley, just thrown
on the market. And there is a great
deal of satisfaction in the announce
ment, too, for they are men who have
been identified with the valley from.
the very earliest days and know every
step of the development and every re-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Sending Auto Numbers

(By United Press Associations)
Sacramento, Jan. 6-Hereafter
automobile registration plates will be
sent to owners by parcel post instead
of Wells Fargo express. This action
is the result of ruling by the state
board of control follow ing the COM
plant of many owners of automobiles
that the rates charged by the Wells
Fargo Company for delivery were ex-
cessive. The plan, it is said, will save
much money to automobile owners.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Anxiety Along Border
Leads CaleXic0 Citizens
To Ask for Troop Again

Such affairs as this and the trouble
over customs, which furnish means
for mulcting many people, have
aroused the people of Calexico against
the authorities in Mexicali to a de-
gree that threatens open rupture at
any time, and it would not be strange
if there should be battle between the
Americans and the federal soldiers
and representatives of Huerta who
are now in power across the line.
This condition of itself makes it
highly important that the town be
given protection Immediately. 1t is
believed a troop of cavalry would fur
nish sufficient protection, but if it
does not come clash between Ameri-
can citizen and the Huerta officials
and soldiers may come.
The second reason for the need of
the troops is the belief that there is
force of Constitutionalists ready to
attack Mexicali in the course of a few
days. These men are thought to num-
ber between 400 and 600 and to be en-
camped in the old bed of the Colorado
river, where there is great mass of
vegetation in which they are hidden.
1t is impossible, in fact, that these
revolutionists are nearer to Mexicali
than that, though they are naturally
not letting it be known just what their
plans are. That they may at any time
attack Mexicali is the belief of every
body in that section, and if they
should do so, it is believed many of
the federal soldiers in MexicaH would
desert their present leaders.
The federal force at Mexicali is sup
posed to number $50 to 400 men, we'll
armed, and in case of attack by the
Constitutionalists, they would be able
to put up an ugly fight if they did not
desert.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Delegate to Explain Why He Quit

New York, Jan. 6-Andrew Fur
useth, appointed by President Wilson
to represent the American seamen at
the international congress for the SAT-
ETY. of life at sea, same here from
London to tell the president why he
resigned that post. Furuseth is
president of the National Seamen's
union of America. He cabled his res
ignation to Washington December 26
and left London the following day to
lay his grievances before the presi-
dent. Furuseth said he gave up his
post because he could not agree with
his American colleagues regarding
recommendation for manning of life
boats.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Hop Heads Steal
Drugs From DR..

Unfortunates, who are addicted to
the use of drugs, have become des-
perate in their attempts to secure CO.
caine and morphine and are resorting
to robbery, according to local physic-
ians, who report that their offices have
been entered while they were away
and their supply stolen. Medicine
cases left in automobiles have also
been rifled.
During the last three weeks DR.. Vir-
gil McCombs has had four cases, con-
tanning a hypo and bottles of cocaine
and morphine, stolen from his auto
mobile. His office has also been en-
tered and medicine case rifled. DR..
T. o. Luckett has been pestered with
the hop heads, and had to drive one
man from his house where he had
come to beg for the drug.
From Brawley also comes the report
that users of drugs have robbed the
physicians offices. A Holtville physi-
clan reports that one big hurley man
entered his office and demanded that
he give him prescription for whiskey
and said that he was going to stay
there until he got it. The man plant
ed himself in the doctors easy chair
and would not move until the physician
produced wicked looking forty-four.
Local physicians state that there are
hundreds of "hop heads" floating
about the valley, lured here by the fine
winter climate and that they have be-
come a pest. A campaign is to be
started against these unfortrhnates,
and when they appear asking for the
drug, they will be held and an officer
sent for.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
After Lower Rates
(By United Press Association

(By United Press Associations)
Los Angeles, Jan. 6-Asking for
sweeping reductions or railroad fares
between Los Angeles and many sur
burban cities, the Los Angeles rate
association, backed by other organiza-
tions, began a fight today before the
state railroad commission here. The
towns for which lower rates are asked
include Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean
Park, Redondo Beach, Riverside and
Arlington. 1t is alleged the rates are
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Negro Arrested
Charge is Arson

On complaint of Anita McCrory,
'colored, backed up by two affidavits
District Attorney Phil D. Swing caus-
ed to be issued warrants charging
Jerry Mason and A. Mack, with arson,
both men being arrested by Deputies
Cummings and Kemp yesterday. The
arrest is the outcome of the burning
of the pool room on the east side, the
property of the McCrory woman, the
latter part of last year. 1t is alleged
in the affidavits, that Mason and Mack
were overheard planning to burn the
building on the night of the fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Says School System Failure

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 6-James J.
Hill, the railroad builder, declares
that our system of common and high
schools is "dismal failure" He
made the statement at banquet of
the Northwestern Yale Alumni asso-
citation.
He bases his objection to the pres
ent system on the ground that pupils
are not taught accuracy, which, he
says, ''is the necessary part of sue
cess"
He would revise text books and
classify the facts that "are so" and
the "facts" that are mot so" and quit
teaching the latter.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Bandit Shot in Duel

San Francisco, Jan. 6-During a
fierce duel at Post and Montgomery
streets w. P. Gibson, alias Edward
Clark, one of the two daring alleged
horse and buggy bandits, was shot
and captured by Policeman Colen.
Gibson, now lying at the emer-
gency hospital with shattered leg
and a bruised head, has been identi-
fled by several victims of recent rob-
berries by the horse and buggy ban
dts.
In the city prison is William T. J.
Hopkins, partner of Gibson, and said
by the police to be the nephew of
Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Returns With Bride

New York, Jan. 5-Dr. Alexis Carrel
whose research work at the Rookie
feller institute won him the Noble
prize, arrived here yesterday with
his bride on the steamship France. De-
cember 20 he was married in Paris
to Anne de la Motto, after what he
termed Laboratory romance" Ask
ed his opinion of the true value Of
radium in the treatment of cancer, DIR.
Carrel replied that he believed in
some cases it was valuable, but in
others worthless.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Minnesota PrOgressives Meet.
(By United Press Associations

(By United Press Associations)
Minneapolis, Jan. 6.-The Minnesota
Progressive Republican League en-
tered an all-day conference here to-
day to build up the political fences
and place candidate in the field for
governor. The name of Elijah Steen-
erson is most frequently heard and it
is declared that he will lead the ticket
for the Progressives. The league will
hold a banquet tonight to honor State
Senator Sundberg, who started the
fight in Minnesota for reduced ex-
press rates, which ended successfully
in the United States Supreme Court
some months ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Aiding UNEMPLOYED

(By United Press Associations
San Francisco, Jan. 6-Sufficient
work to keep 1900 men busy eight
hours day for a month was outlined
by the local unemployed relief COM
mittee today. The money to pay them
at the rate of 20 cents an hour, is not
pledged, however. The committee is
confident it can raise it by Monday.
Registration of those out of work is
progressing today. The preference
will be given married San Franciscans,
then unmarried San Franciscans, next
married strangers, finally unmarried
strangers. Many of the unemployed
are unwilling to work for $1.60 per
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06

The feeling of uneasiness that pre-
walls at Calexco has again phompted
the citizens of that town to call for a
troop Of cavalry to be stationed there.
Some time ago the citizens appealed to
John M. Bowen, special agent of the
department of justice, and he was in
strumental in having a troop rushed
to Calexico from Monterey, the troop
remaining for some time and unex-
pectedly receiving orders to return to
Monterey. The belief in Calexico is
that the lieutenant in charge found
the social pleasures of Calexico less
inviting than those of Monterey and
secured the removal of the troop.
Yesterday a petition was sent to
the government through Mr.. Bowen
by the business men of the town, an
other by the banks and third signed
by all the members of the board of
trustees of the town, asking for the
return of the soldiers.
There are two reasons for this. One
is the mysterious disappearance of a
number of persons who are believed
to have been secretly disposed of by
the Mexican troops, in way similar
to that in which three Mexicans who
were American citizens were shot last
week. In this case only the fact that
one Of the men, after being twice shot
and left for dead, was able to crawl
to Calexico and tell of his own shoot
ing and the murder of his two COM
panions, furnished the clue to the
crime. Had it not been for that fact,
no one in this country ever would have
known Of the affair, and as there have
been numerous mysterious disappear
ances from CaleXico, this is believed
not to have been the first case of the
kind.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
First Automatic Restaurant

Chicago, Jan. 6-Raisin pies and
doughnuts presenting themselves at
the drop of a coin; ham and egg
sandwiches and pork and beans float
ing into view at the production of the
price-this is the innovation offered to
hungry clerks and stenographers who
partake of luncheon at South Hal
stead street restaurant. The waiter has
gone.
The new machine constitutes the
first automatic restaurant in Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-06
Seventy-five are Drowned
(Bv United Press Associations

(By United Press Associations)
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 6-Seventy-
five laborers, employed by the Grand
Trunk Pacific, were drowned or DASH
ed to death on the rocks of Fraser
river, British Columbia, when flat
boat crossing the river struck rock
and overturned, according to Angelo
Pugliez, a railroad worker, just ar
rived from the scene.