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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
TAFT SPEAKS ON MEXICO.
Former President Criticizes Course
of the Administration.

New York, May 18.-Former Pres
ident William H. Taft gave his views
on the Mexican situation yesterday
in an address at the Free Synago-
gues celebration of Peace Sunday.
While he expressed little hope that
the pending mediation conference
would accomplish its immediate
purpose he declared the Of,
fee of the mediation and
the United States acceptance was an
important step toward the future set
tlement of international difficulties
in the Western hemisphere.
The former president asserted that
there was no popular pressure for
military policy which the administra-
ton can not resist. He said that the
people were determined to do their
duty, even should that duty involve
war. But for war, he added, the
people at present have little enthus-
iasm.
Mr.. Taft criticised the Wilson ad-
ministration for aid which, he said,
the administration had given to the
Mexican constitutionalists. cit is
my Judgment" he said, that if, in
our course toward Mexico during the
past year, we had not exerted such,
direct influence as we have, to aid
one of the contending parties, we
should not now be so. near general
Intervention and war;
Mr.. Taft called on all Americans to
aid the president in his efforts to
find peace.
MIR. Taft took the place of Secre-
tary of State Bryan, whose duties at
Washington prevented him from full
filing an engagement to address the
congregation on international
Peace Oscar Straus also spoke.
He pointed out that the Russian
japanese war was settled through
mediation and that interference by
an outside power in an international
dispute was no longer regarded as
an unfriendly act.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Rudolph NJ. Hoffman, an immigra-
tion officer at Ellis Island, n. Y, owes
his life to his watch, which stopped
a bullet fired at him.
Dirt has been broken for the new
100000 hotel to be built in Aiken.
1t will be built by joint stock
company of Aiken men.
A St. Louis mans affinity declares
it's all the fault of his wife, who
once forced him to escort her home
when she was lonesome.
Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin,
has had a speech inserted in the Con-
gressional Record at Washington
more than 100000 words long.
A Trenton, N. j., woman, suing her
husband for support of herself and
five children, charges him with hav-
ing two wives and ten children.
The United States senate has de-
clared war on the cigarette beetle,
which lays it's eggs in tobacco used
for cigars, and has increased the ap-
preparation to eradicate it.
NJ. B. Hancock, 81, has grown a
third set of teeth in Waco, Tex. A
dentist discovered that three teeth,
which were causing Hancock pain,
were being replaced by new ones.
Philadelphia aeronauts have or
dered a balloon of sixtyfive thous-
and feet capacity and this summer
will try to excel the worlds altitude
record of twenty-six thousand feet.
Experiments made at Clemson col
lege have shown that the best dis
tance at which to plant sweet pota-
toes is eighteen inches apart in the
rows, with rows three to four feet
apart.
A special to the Augusta Chroni-
Gle from Lexington says that George
Bell Zimmerman, solicitor of the
18th circuit, is being urged to run
for governor and has the matter un-
der consideration.
Dwight Stebbins, a former Cincin-
matt policeman, charged with many
purposeless thefts, admits that he
cannot control his impulses to steal,
the desire being caused by blow on
the head inflicted several years ago.
Senator Tillman has given out an
interview favoring reform of the pri-
mary and outlining a scheme which
he believes will result in honest elec-
tions. He says the white men of the
State had just as we'll realize that
unless something is done this will be
our last white primary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
Fairfax Fancies.

Fairfax, May 1S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Drawdy, Messrs. Sadler and Smith, of
Olar, visited Mrs. Jno. Harter last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Boltin have
returned to their home at Gaines
vile, Fla, after spending some time
with their mother, Mrs. G. NJ. Comp
ton.
Mrs. H. A. Brant, aged IS, is now
visiting her daughter, Mrs. c. M.
Compton.
Miss Penny Thomas visited friends
here last week.
Probbie HERS, of Ehrhardt, was a
guest here last week.
Jas. Compton made flying trip
here Saturday to see relatives.
Mrs. L. o. Browning, who has spent
some time here with Mrs. c. M.
Davis, has gone to Olar to visit
friends there
Mesdames J. F. and W. M. Light
sey will give a linen shower on the
goth, complimentary to Miss Flora
Kenny, a June bride-to-be.
Mrs. Sam Jenkins is spending some
time with her mother, Mrs. Sallle
Jenkins.
Rev. and Mrs. Keff Smith, of Beau
fort, and Mr.. Reed Smith, Of Colum-
bia, were recent guests of Mrs. S. L.
Sanders.
Mrs. Willie HERS and little daugh-
ter, Dorothy, of Florence, Mrs. Ben
Ehrhardt and Mrs. Hucks, of Ehr-
hardt, are visiting their parents, Rev.
and Mrs. D. B. Groseclose.
Misses Porter and Albergotti gave
a hose shower Friday afternoon, May
. 18th, for Miss Flora Kenny. The
teachers and high school girls were
the principal participants, and all
passed off merrily. Some beautiful
and substantial gifts were rendered
Miss Kenny, the June bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Rivers are
spending some time with their sister.
Mrs. Nat Weekley.
Mrs. W. L. Brooks and Miss
Frances Lea have gone to Charleston
on a visit
A number of our citizens are call
ed to Barnwell this week to attend
court.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
ASKED $1,000; GIVEN 1854
Woman Carried Beyond Her Destina-
ton Sues Southern Railway.

tiOn Sues Southern Railway.
Spartanburg, May 19.-Mrs. Bar
bara Sarratt was awarded 1884 in
a suit against the Southern Railway
for $1,000 damages by jury in COM
mon pleas court Monday. She COM
planned that she bought ticket for
Granting and boarded train bound
in the direction of that town, but
was carried three miles beyond Gram
ling before the conductor stopped
the train and permitted her to leave.
She suffered mental anguish as re-
suit, she averred, and her little
daughter, who accompanied her, con-
tracted an illness.
The railway company's defence was
that the train Mrs. Sarratt boarded
was not supposed to stop at Gram
ling, either to allow passengers to
get off or on. and Mrs. Sarratt should
have known that the train did not
make the stop she desired. Judge
Thomas S. Sease is presiding over
this term of court.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
Preacher is Prosecutor.

Anderson, May 1S.-After being
out nearly two hours Judge Prince
instructed the jury hearing the case
against Will Miles. a white man, for
slander, to bring in sealed YER
dict tomorrow morning. The prose-
cutor in the case is the Rev. E. n.
Sanders, pastor of the Second Bap-
tist church. Miles declared that Mr..
Sanders was with him in the red
light district of Greenville when the
minister was there attending B. Y. P.
U. convention last February. The
court house has been crowded with
spectators during the entire day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
FRANK HEARING POSTPONED.
Motion to Set Aside Verdict to Be
Argued Next Saturday.

Atlanta, Ca, May 1S.-Hearings
on the motion to set aside the ver-
dict by which Leo NJ Frank was pro-
nounced guilty of the murder of
Mary Phagan here over year ago,
to-day were postponed by Judge Ben
H. Hill, in the superior court, until
next Saturday. The postponement
was granted upon request of attor-
news on both Sides The motion is
based upon the claim that Franks
constitutional rights were violated in
that he was not present in court
when the verdict was returned.
Frank now is under sentence of
death for the factory girls murder.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
FLAGGED TRAIN, SAVED LIFE.
Wisconsin Man Crawled Half Mile
With Arm Almost Of.

With his left arm hanging to his
shoulder by shreds, as the result of
a railroad accident on the st. Paul
railroad, near the Illinois State line,
recently, says Racine, Wis, dispatch
to the Milwaukee Sentinel, Bernard
Longwell, of this city, craWled Tor
half a mile to a signal station,
switched the semaphore to danger
signal and stopped a fast train in
order to get assistance. His dis
play of fortitude probably saved MS
life, as he was in danger of death
from loss of blood.
He was rushed to this city, and at
the hospital to-day it was said he mad
a chance for recovery.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
WHITMAN COMPLETES CASE.
Places Star Witness on Stand in
Becker Trial.

New York, May 1S.-District At
torney Whitman to-day completed
his case against Charles Becker by
placing on the witness stand two
men whom he considered his star
witnesses Charles B. Pitt, Jr., the
former policeman's friend, compan-
ion and press agent, and James Mar
shall, a negro youth, who said he
saw Becker and Jack Rose talking at
the "Harlen Conference, which was
declared by the court of appeals to
have been the heart Of the con-
spiracy to murder Herman Rosen-
thai" The gamblers widow and
several other persons also testified
before the prosecutor declared his
case ended.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
TIDWELL TRIAL BEGINS.
Temporary Insanity Plea for Man Ac-
cused Of Killing Walker.

Greenville, May 18.-Temporary
insanity will be plea of the defence
in the case of G. w. Tidwell, Sr., on
trial here for his life, charged with
killing R. Emmett Walker, on the
twelfth day of last March. Tidwell,
was arraigned yesterday, in the gen.
eral sessions court, with Judge T. j..
Mauldin, presiding. The State is re-
presented by Solicitor Bonham and
the firm of Cothran, Dean & Cothran.
The defence is represented by
ToWnes, Earle and Price.
Testimony taken to-day, was part
ly corroborative of the testimony TAX
en- at the coroner's inquest. The man
ner Of the killing was reviewed.
Tidwell took the stand late in the
afternoon and was undergoing Sc
we're crossexamination at the hands
Of Solicitor Bonham, when court ad-
iourned until tomorrow, when he
will resume his story.
Tidwell told of note, which caus-
ed him to come to Greenville, but
denied that the writer Of the note
had been instructed to watch his
wife and daughter Notwithstand-
ing this fact, the writer sent the note
to Cheraw, where Tidwell was at the
time. It was also shown that the
note could not have reached him had
it been mailed at the time he said he
presumed it was mailed.
Several of the jurors wept when
the mother of the dead boy took the
stand. Col. Dean had this question
put to jurors: "If selected as juror
in this case, will you act according
to the evidence you hear on the
stand and according to the law as
explained by the court, uninfiuenced
by other motives?" This, it is said,
was to head off the "unWritten law
plea. The jurors are mostly farmers.
Eleven of them are married men with
daughters.
Ollie Tidwell, the girl whom the
defence charges young Walker Sc
duced, took the stand, but her testi-
mony was cut short when the de-
fence changed it's procedure and in
troduced the defendant.
Interest in the case is intense here,
as Walker was a member Of promi-
nent family and as the killing took
place in such sensational manner.
The killing of Walker was the re-
suit Of the arrest of Tidwell's wife
and daughter in an alleged house of
disrepute here on March Z. The
women and the two men were in the
same room of this house. Tidwell
came to Greenville the night after
the arrest was made and the follow
ing Thursday he went to Carolina
Mills, called Walker out and shot him
dead. Walker was unarmed at the
time. Tidwell, it is claimed, had en-
deavored to get Walker to marry his
daughter and to get the other man
to marry his wife. Each had refus-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
BATTLEsHIP GETS TROPHY.
Arkansas Receives Reward for Re-
cord craftsmanship.

Vera Cruz, May 1S.-The naval
gunnery trophy presented by the city
of Spokane in 1908 was received to-
day by the battleship Arkansas, for
the work performed by No. 3 turret
last year, when worlds record was
established by it's twelve-inch guns,
which fired six shots and made SIX
hits in 81 seconds. The trophy was
displayed in the ward room mess and
a dinner in honor of the occasion
was given, at which a number OF
guests were present.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
Dies From Wounds.

Laurens, May 1S.-Edgar Eu-
banks, the young mill operative, who
was shot by John @. Cunningham at
Clinton early Sunday morning, died
at the Laurens hospital last night. 1t
is said that he made no statement
about the shooting, though he was
conscious and discussed his condition
I'D to a few hours before he died. The
inquest was held this afternoon at
Clinton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
VESSEL HELD BY AiEXICANS.7
At Manzanillo Taking of Vera Cruz
Regarded as War.


of the murder of Americans, the
capture by a Mexican transport of
the American brig Geneva, the i'm
prisonment of United States Consul
Clement S. Edwards, of Acapulco and
many atrocities on the Mexican west
coast were brought in to-day by Of
ficers and one hundred and fifty re-
fugees on the British steamer Cetria-
ma, which arrived from Manzanillo.
The story of the taking of the
Geneva was told by Capt. Ferguson,
of the Geneva, to Lieut.. Edward j.
Minister, royal naval reserve, COM
mander of the Cetriana. According
to the refugees, when news of the
capture of Vera Cruz by the United
States reached the west coast it was
taken by the Mexicans as the begin
ming of war. The Mexicans were in
famed to a high pitch, they say, and
the Americans abandoned their
homes and fed. All believed they
would have been killed if they had
stayed.
AS the Cetriana got away from the
dock at Manzanillo, manoeuvering
adroitly out of what is reported to
be an attempt to hem it in by four
Mexican steamers, a rife fire was
directed against it. Many bullets
struck the steamer.
Score of Murders.
Upward of a score of murders,
mostly Of Americans, were reported
by the Cetriana's passengers, but it
was difficult to trace any of them to
an authoritative source. On April
21, after discharging its cargo at
Guyamas, Mazatlan and San Bias,
the brig Geneva was ready to sail
north. except that it needed water
and provisions, was the story told
Lieut.. Minister by Capt. Ferguson.
That night the news of the taking
of Vera Cruz was received and the
San Bias port officials notified the
Geneva that war had been declared
between the United States and Mexl-
co. They would give Capt. Fergu-
son no water or provisions, but told
him to sail. He took on four Ameri-
can refugees, including a woman with
a baby and sailed.
There was not sufficient water
aboard for the Geneva to reach an
American port, and Capt. Ferguson
decided to proceed to a point on
Manzanillo, where he arrived April
25, five miles from the harbor. There
was no American warship in sight
and the Geneva headed out to sea.
On April 26 she was twelve miles on
Manzanillo, in fiat calm.
The Mexican transport Korrigan,
with an armed crew, steamed out or
Manzanillo and approached her.
Capt. Ferguson hoisted the American
ensign on their order. The Mexican
commander hailed Capt. Ferguson,
told him war was on and said he had
orders to seize the Geneva as a prize
of war and all Americans aboard as
prisoners of war.
Taken as Prize of War.
There was no escape and the korrl-
gan towed the Geneva to Manzanillo.
Port officials came aboard and got
statement from Capt. Ferguson. They
were courteous, but ordered no one
to leave the vessel The next day,
the 9th, the Cetriana arrived.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-21
Blackfeet Braves Visit Chiefs Grave

Charleston, S. c., May lS.-TWelve
Blackfeet Indians, including Chief
Medicine Owl, to-day visited the
grave of Osceola, the famous Semi
mole chief, at Fort Moultrie here.
They later departed for Richmond,
Va. The Indians attended the re-
cent meeting of the Mystic Shrine in
Atlanta.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-11-06
PERKINS BROS. CO., Third Avenue
Crop Averages in Oklahoma.

Estimates made by the State De-
partment of Agriculture as to crop
averages for the last season show
that corn averages sixteen bushels
per acre, while kafir. feterita. and
milo maize made twenty-four to II
bushels per acre, respectively.
The potato crop was sixty bushels
per acre on an average with $50 bu.
per acre in Kiowa county as the high
mark, and thirteen bushels in Har-
mon county as the minimum. Usage
is indicated as the best corn county
in the state with thirty-five bushels
per acre, while Major brings up the
rear with only seven bushels per
acre as an average.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-11-06

1926 to $3.50 this week. Colorado
and Panhandle shipments are com
Daratively light as compared with re-
ceipts from those sections heretofore
and Quarantine steers sold up to
$7.25 today, the highest price paid
in several weeks.
Order buyers had good orders for
hogs today and paid up to $7.45.
their purchases called to 10 hign-
err. The top was 15c above the top
at st. Joseph, and zoe above the top
at Omaha.
Packers refused to pay the advance
and steady prices were the best they
would pay.
Receipts of hogs were J5 thou
sand head. Some of the orders that
have been formerly placed in st
Louis and Chicago were filled here
today, which developed the strength
shown.
Sheep and lambs sold strong to 25
higher, the best lambs at 1925.
Receipts were ~ thousand head
Fat eve sare quotable up to $3.50.
breeding ewes $4.75 to $3.50. feed
ing lambs $3.50 to 81.
J. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.
the day after robbing the store.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-11-06
s1nzaLE AND HOGS ARE UP
zzaunuss Cfiy Livestock Market Shows
N ssbeady BpIift; Demand is Con-
ssEsszrably Greater than the Sup
zstv cot stock.

Axrzsas City Stock Yards. Nov. 3--
zzzsrs Easad. This was a material in.
tTaEEie receipts today were IL thou
asz2 s3Inead. This was material re
akzE-1xa from recent Tuesdays. part
g7 szi sareount of the shrinkage in
tlnz s-EaJ1ral supply now due. and part
~ NzHznuse of the fact that some car
q sahstazrs IN the country were annulled
-sg<zAzalay becsuse Of the chaotic out
2.szA s11 the markets affected by the
EsVrzuient ruling with respect to a
1ssAsa and mouth disease, and uncer-
'-szzaHisss sto the effect of same on
he market values this week.
= very strong demand developed
tzSsAnr. in addition to the advance OF
=zHix killing eredes sold 10 to IS high
szs m add .tsoa TO an advance of 10
TN "A cents yesterday. Order buyers
Es-zersd more cattle today. also hogs
Z ria - long as the present condition
nfEs al the large markets in the
.-s.uass- and the outside killers are shut
ss6EE Enon getting supplies there. the
szszex xrade here will experience bis
snNxk
r&1sn, it is figured that Chicago and
SN Nnuis packers win handle moro
80 rhnlr trade from Kansas City. OF
.r,znnnHst of smaller supplies of live
sz11c@ rat those markets. until the or
rrelm 11w in effect Is modified OF dis
ssznn1nued. The stocker and feeder
slrHae was uneven today. but with 1
fF&thsr tendency. following the gcot
rlzszuce OF Is to rs cents yesterday
Kzne general cattle trade is 25 to 81
AKSaiAr than at the close of last week
{, ~ Use 20 s1.aS above the, low spot
NxeweeiKs ago. Nothing prime is her,
= nizSg. short fed steers serIing a
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-11-06
GIN Wins over Davenport.

A Davenport. democratic incum-
bent, has been defeated for Congress
in the first district Of Oklahoma by
Joseph R. Gill. republican, of vinita.
According to late returns it is estf.
mated that Gill's majority will reach
1000 to 1900.
Democratic Governor in Minnesota
Returns showed Governor Elect w.
S. Hammond. democrat Of Minneso-
ia. would have plurality of 20 thou
sand votes over his republican cp-
tire republican state ticket was ell
ponent. W. q. Lee.
Aside from the governor. the en-
ected.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-11-06
Cotton Goods
In lloyd. Sales

20 va. Sea Island Muslin 7Oc
40 yds A. G. A. Ticking $3.50
40 yds. dress ginghams. 1oc
quality, ............ 75c
10 yds heavy notified outing
........ .-t..-.... S3c
10 yards cream or white
40 yards heavy. fancy. light
outing .............. 75c
15 yards 60 ght
'outlng .........,.... bOc
10 yards dark. farey outing
at ...... ........, S3c
10 yards upbleached' cotton
flannel at ............. 7bc
40 yards unbleached cotton
flannel. ...... 1880. S3c
10 yds Red Seal Ginghams 81
1oyds. Heavy Galetea. new
pattern. .... -. 800
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-11-06
The Store Of Perkins
Three Years on Third Avenue.
that Grows

Three Tears on InlT0 HVenue----Ine OIOTe
that Grows
You can't beat the leaders.
Perkins Bros. are leaders in low
prices; leaders in quality; lead
ers in Style: and are always at
your service. We carry large
stocks---A great line of merchan-
disc in every department. Our
ladies ready to wear depart
ment is a store within itself.
ON THIRD AVENUE
You Know the Place
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-26
At the Dixie,

A grand list ot programs has beer
secured tor the week as follows:
ronight--A beautiful vitagraph fea.
tpre. The varasons Ball- in two
reels, featuring the famous Leo De
laaey, Van DYKE Brook Norma Tai.
madge aud Ada Cli6ori, with the
much admired eraaSho Rilly and beau
titul MarSAre, Clayton in "Bencho
Billy as Guardian A NSAatitUl Selig
society drama ia TWO reels, TOO
Late aud Rob rAegRay in GUAM.
trelrs Soa,N gaSlNs six feature reels
for toaight
rUeSdsy--rAs SvsRa extra special
feature. The Black ceSatess," in
three reels; a NSaSty, Saa everyone
should see il 't.e>>SlSs scr Trouble. -
the eomeAS % cemsdssS With the
comedian Of the DAY, wallace Rsery,
ami other extra Sosd reels
wedaesday--A Ss&atssSsl VStASVSpA
Anna % the Golden Rsare. With az
extra special seStass. ~CeseSsret
Hate, and oSass specials - s0 osst an
extra good bin.
rharsday-''ras NscStace ~ SAgae
SEES" a feature osaatiaa, IL three
parts, with two feature >sSas~iies
Back to Eden, visaSva9A. AKA srAres
Babies IN a STAT GSS1e&y,
Friday-rhs tsart,s - features
The Blue Ross, wssA Hearts y;
Women, vitasrapA sse>Sss, teA,are
SATURDAY rhs asafesas n>> YAK IN
his w0ndero1 ersasasas ss< tie chill
dren. The Slind,sd Essa-S TIE Sen
tmental Sisters aa& 'ras Herplexet
Bridegroom, asasu-s1s s9s great tAv
critics. handsome lisI-sse Costello aud
Clara K YOUNG van IKE other reels
making the usia, sNs-& Saeci&l Satur,
day bill
EVERY bin N,ssh afternoon and
night. are extra good. See them all.
A special lanorrssausnt max Is sure
to delight erscEcns- Ths Dixie man.
agement has arranged - have Mr.. c,
A. Case. director a. ire Gsee Club at
the A & VI CoIasgsb sag ST the Dixie
three times SAGA week beginning with
tonight Hear M. Case sing one Of
his tavOVits selections tonight. The
management are ever striving to give
their many patrons something new
and pleasing 10 one and all, and we
are sure this announcement will be
a pleasant surprise TO sn picture go
ers.