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The Detroit times., 1914-12-01
MARKETS and FINANCE


May, up c. oats; December. up Se,
May. up Lc,
Close-Wheat: December, up &c.
May, up &C. Corn: December, up he;
May. up &c. oats: December, up Bc'
May up Ac. Provisions: Easier
The Detroit times., 1914-12-01

AppIes-New, s5G5 See per hu.: 81 $50
$50 per bbl.; box apples, S1.25Wl.75.
Bnnanss-Good sbipS.ng stock sl,b
6225 per bunch
Beans-Dded Linas, "a 9sc per 10
CabbaEe-T6c 1si 90 per Dbl.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
shooting May Result in Tragedy.

Walterboro, March S.-Grady
Griffin, a member of one Of the most
prominent families in Colleton coun-
ty. and assistant to the chief of po-
lice of ,Walterboro, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Shealy Ben
nett who lives near town, last night
at 12 o'clock. The trouble arose, 1t
is said, from the act of Bennett some
time ago of attempting to give trou-
BILE to the family of Griffin on &C
count of a school boy quarrel.
When the shooting occurred it ap-
pears that Mr.. Bennett was attempt
ing to take from Mr.. Griffin the pls-
toll which Mr.. Bennett alleged be-
ionged to him. 1t appeared that MI.
Bennett sought to use a knife, and
there are several gashes in the cloth
ing of Mr.. Griffin.
Doctors attending Mr.. Bennett say
that there is little hope for his re-
covery, five bullets entering his body,
some OF which punctured the abdo-
men and lungs.
Immediately after the shooting Mr.
Griffin surrendered to the proper Of
fcers. Mr.. Griffin is the son of the
late Senator Griffin of this county,
and his family connections are many.
Mr. Bennett is married and has sew
aral children
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
BOAT STRIKES A SNAG.
Occupants Narrowly Escape Drown
ing in Pee-Dee.

Blenheim, March 7.-What came
near proving a fatal accident occur
red on the Pee-Dee River several
days ago when a boat, occupied by
Messrs. Ed Rowe and Kit" Dudley,
of Bennettsville, struck snag and
capsized in mid-current. Although
greatly hampered by heavy clothing,
the young men managed to hold on
to the overturned boat, which
eventually floated near enough shore
for Mr.. Rowe to wade out, the water
coming up nearly to his neck. Mr..
Dudley managed to climb up into the
branches of an overhanging tree. The
water was bitterly cold and the young
men were chilled to the bone by the
icy plunge. However, they managed
to call to some negroes who were
hunting in the swamp nearby, and
Mr.. Dudley was rescued from his per-
ilous position, rope being thrown
him for the purpose.
Both men suffered intensely from
the exposure, but have recovered
sufficiently to be up and about this
afternoon. They say they have had
enough Of boating on the Pee-Dee,
which, in time of freshet, is one OF
the most treacherous rivers in the
State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
STOLE KISS; GETS 80 YEARS.
Californians Think Negro's Punish
ment Too Severe.

Los Angeles, March 4.-Protests,
threats of recall and denunciations
poured in to-day on Judge Willis, OF
the criminal department of the su-
perior court, because he sentenced
to thirty years Imprisonment Charles
Guyton, young negro, convicted of
highway robbery, although he only
stole white girls kiss.
Deputations Of white women visit
ed the Judge to-day to demand that
action be taken to save Guyton from
such severe punishment.
Telephone messages informed him
that petitions were being prepared
for his recall. Other women called in
person to say that steps would be
taken to procure a pardon from the
governor
Judge Willis explained that the ne
gro had been convicted of highway
robbery. He had taken dime from
the white girl, although he gave it
back after he kissed her, and he had
subjected six other young white wo-
men to similar treatment, besides
criminally attacking two negro girls.
The deputation of women visited
the district attorney to learn what
procedure was necessary to secure his
release.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Would Segregate Negro Employees.

Washington, March 6.-Segrega-
ton of the white and negro races in
government employ was urged upon
a house committee to-day by Repre-
sentative Aswell of Louisiana. He
said there were 100000 federal en-
ployes in the United States, of whom
22,5OO are negroes, and that $4,000
railway postofice clerks had petition
ed to be segregated from the negro
clerks. His bill proposes segrega-
ton in the mail cars throughout the
country and in the executive depart
ments at Washington.
His argument was interrupted by
colloquies in which he contended
that members of congress would not
care to sit with negro colleagues;
that no one would care to have a
negro president and that the best
negroes in the South and elsewhere
favor segregation.
Representative Edwards of Georgia
declared it would be better for both
races if white and negro workers
were separated and that he would
eliminate the negro government EN-.
ploye entirely if he could.
Archibald H. Grimke, negro rep
resenting the National Association
for the Advancement of the Colored
Race, predicted that the negro race
would be part of the governing class
in this country within so years.
Representative Madden Of Illinois
asserted that the segregation plan
was discriminatory and unconstitu-
tiOnal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
PULLED OUT WITH HOOKS.
eavde Line Officer and Sailor Rescued
at Georgetown.

Georgetown, March First Oftl-
Ger R. w. Hart, of the Clyde steam
shi Cherokee, narrowly escaped
drowning at the docks THURSDAY.
Bnder the supervision of Capt.
Devereux he was assisting in the
launching of a small gasoline boat
from a floating dock. The little craft
was on rollers. AS the stays were
removed, she moved so suddenly that
Mr.. Hart had no time to get out OF
the way, and he was knocked over
board. A sailor who was working at
his shoulder, was also toppled into
the water. Both were thickly clad
and Hart had on long boots. A swift
ebb tide was running and the place
where they fell is locally famous
as a dead mans dock. Quick Work
on the part of Capt. Devereux and
others with boat hooks fished the
men out and they suffered no worse
than an ice cold immersion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Why Not, Indeed.

A farmer, who was carrying an ex-
press package from a city mail order
house, was accosted by local mer-
chant: why didn't you buy that
bill of goods from me? l could have
saved you the express and besides
you would have been patronizing a
home store, which helps pay the
taxes and build up this locality. y
With characteristic frankness, the
farmer asked: why don't you pat
ronize your home paper and adver-
tise? | read it and didn't know you
had the goods l have here, nor do I
ever see your name in the paper in
viting one to come to your store
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
NEW MODEL SCHOOL.
Antioch School one of the Best of
Kind in South.

Darlington, March 9.-To-day
marks a new era in education in this
county in the establishment of the
Antioch school, the first school OF
it's kind in this part of the United
States. About one year ago the school
districts known as Bethlehem, An
tioch and New Providence, in Dar-
lington county, combined into one
large district and voted bonds with
which to build and equip for their
community a modern school.
They named as directors of this
work the following trustees: c. H.
Powe, ]. D. Coker and ]. L. Byrd,
and these three men to-day gave an
account of their stewardship when
they turned over to Prof. V. E. Rec
tor one of the finest rural schools
in the South.
Addresses were made by j. F..
Swearingen, W. H. Hand and many
others, after which real old-tlme
country picnic dinner was served by
the ladies, and every one was salts
fed. :.
The building is situated on ridge
on one edge of the eighty-acre tract
which will be used BY the school as a
demonstration farm, and in the build
ing are ten class rooms, including
one used for manual training and one
for domestic science. The third floor
is used as an auditorium and will
seat more than five hundred. There
are seven teachers employed, and
each morning five wagons, each in
charge of a teacher, carry the chill
dren to the school from all parts OF
the forty-seven square miles which
compose this new district.
1t is indeed a work Of which the
community may we'll be proud. Eigh-
ty acres of land, worth one hundred
dollars the acre, and building that
has cost seventeen thousand dollars,
and this organized and supported en-
tirely by a farming community, is
quite an achievement
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Negro Strikes Youth.

Chester, March Robert Taylor
aged Is years, son of William Taylor,
a prominent planter Of the Halsell-
vile section of Chester county, was
struck in the head with an axe yes
terday afternoon near his home by
negro, Walter Beatty, alias Walter
Brice. Taylor is in serious condi-
tion. The negro is in Jail here.
The trouble seems to have started
with debt of s1.75 which the boy
owed the negro. AS the boy drove
past the negro on a horse, it is said,
the negro asked him for the money.
A few words ensued, and, it is said
Beatty told him to get off his horse.
As the youth was dismounting the
negro struck at him with the end OF
the axe, hurting him on the shoulder
and leg. AS he endeavored to fall
on his feet, it is alleged, the boy fell
to the ground, whereupon Beatty
lifted his axe and with the sharp edge
pierced him in the back of the head,
inficting a serious wound. 1t is claim
ed that at this time the negro's COM
panion, Will Halsey, farm hand OF
w. S. Durham, jumped in, and in all
likelihood saved the boys life by
keeping the negro from striking him
in the head again.
The boy was carried to his fathers
home, where medical aid was rem
dered him, while the negro escaped
Word was quickly telephoned tc
Chester, and Deputy Sheriff w. w,
Bindevin was sent by Sheriff D.
Earle Colvin to arrest the negro. Af-
ter searching a number Of negro
houses Beatty was found and he was
brought here and locked in the jail,
The trouble created a sensation
among the people Of that section.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
END TO CIGARS IN HAIL.
Senators Vote Almost Unanimously
to Take Advice.

Washington, March 9.-In calling
up his resolution to prohibit smok-
ing during the executive sessions of
the senate, in the cloak rooms, Sena-
ter Tillman this afternoon made ex-
Dlanatory comment which interested
and amused the galleries to such an
extent that the vice president had to
check their applause. The resolution
was adopted almost unanimously
without a roll-call.
The senator addressed his collea-
CUES for perhaps fifteen minutes, ex-
planning that previous to his illness
four years ago the smell of tobacco
had not affected his health, but that
ever since then he had been unable
to endure it. Among other things
he said:
"A majority of the senators are
smokers, and unfortunately, vicious
habit has so mastered them that they
are nervous and miserable when they
do not get the nicotine poison which
soothes their nerves. have found my
democratic colleagues so intent on
gratifying their feyerish desire to
smoke that they feel compelled to
light cigars in the caucus, 50 that l
have almost had to leave or sit by an
open window, for my very life de-
pends upon full supply of pure air.
So I am beset with the danger of be-
ing driven out of the party and of the
senate itself, and I do not know
where to turn.
"I believe I would lengthen the
life of every man in this chamber
from six to fifteen years if | could
only get them to believe what 1 tell
them and follow my advice. 1 owe
what degree of recovery I have made
and l am constantly being told that
j look a great deal better, and l
know it is so-to will-power and self
esntrol in eating.
"Since was paralyzed four years
ago, and read my own obituary, twen-
ty-one senators, including Vice Presi-
dent Sherman, most of them younger
than 1, have died. Just for the sake of
refreshing your minds and impress
ing you, I give you the list as copied
from the Record. No wonder, as |
look around the chamber and see the
changes that have come and miss the
many old familiar faces, I feel as
though were serving with ghosts as
we'll as living men.
s'There is no doubt in the world IN
my mind that this great mortality
among us is due to the way we live
In Washington. A fitting epitaph for
most of the senators who have died in
service would be: He lived not wise
n but too well, and killed himself
eating Indeed, that can be said
about most men and women in ON
aial life in Washington.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Plenty of Stock

We have nice lot of Horses and Mules
on hand. Our MIR. w. P. Jones has
recently returned from the West where
he bought an extra nice lot Of Mules and
Horses. They are now at our stables
and we can suit you with an animal tor
any purpose. A full assortment OF
Buggies, Wagons, Harness, etc. can also
be found here.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Scandal Stirs Gaffney People.

Gaffney, March 7.-When the new
town council met and was organized
last night, the members were elect
trified at the announcement from AL
derman R. C. Swofford that he would
resign as a member of the body. The
resignation was accepted, and the
council proceeded to elect W. H. Ross
clerk and then adjourned until next
Monday night.
When asked as to his reasons as
to resigning, Mr.. Swofford said that
so much pressure had been brought
to bear upon him by those whom he
knew to be his friends to do things
which he did not think were for the
best interests of the town that he did
not think it would be best for him to
remain a member of the body. Mr..
Swofford is firm in the stand which
he had taken, and another election
for his ward will have to be order
ed. -
J. D. Paris, one of the aldermen
who was reelected, has made an affi-
davit to the effect that he was ap-
preached by two of the citizens OF the
town yesterday and offered $3.50 and
500, respectively, to vote for GER
tain candidate for chief Of police.
These matters are sale topics of
conversation on the streets to-day,
and the situation has no parallel in
the history of Gaffney.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Real Estate Bargains

841z acres good land near town
limits, dwelling and outbuildings,
worth S2,500.00, under wire fence. II
sold promptly will sell at a sacrifice.
3SS acres miles from town; dwell
ling worth $4,000; timber enough 70
pay for property and some to spare.
Prices and terms right. Must be sold
at once. See me quick or you will Be
too late.
Modern two-story dwelling In the
town of Bamberg, prices and terms
right if sold by January 1st. With
the new railroad coming in now is the
time to buy city property.
II. M. GRAHAM
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Dies at Her Old Home.

Greenville, March 9.-Mrs. George
w. Brunson, Jr., wife of the editor
and president of the Greenville Daily
News, died at the home of her parents
in Wilmington, n. c., this morning
at 10 o'clock. Her funeral will be
held in Wilmington tomorrow morn
ing. Mrs. Brunson is survived by
her husband and two children.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12

After two years of experiments an
English manufacturer has turned out
q successful steam driven motorcycle.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09
CHAMPION MOTHER OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS 81 CHILDREN OLDEST Is Is

with and deepen with mother love
every time her glance falls on one of
her human pearls.
And there are so many Stretches
IN her little home that no matter
where she looks, she is sure to see
one Of them. Bobby, the golden7 hair
ed, blue eyed baby, is not quite five,
Then there are Walter, Raymond,
Lucy Helen Tom. Frank, William,
May, Albert that's all i remember.
But it took me i've minutes to shake
hands all around when / came away!
when ]. asked the clear-eyed, bronzed
father Of an the Stretches how he
had solved the problem of the high
cost Of living for rs years he replied
with a tremor of tenderness in his
voice:
Don't ask me. Ask my wife. She's
a nqiracIei All good mothers are, mira
clesIp
Its been pretty hard, Mrs.
Stretch answered in her soft mothers
voice. There were times when we,
had nothing but mush to give them
But they always had enough
mushl" the father interrupted q all
ways said to my wife. However else
we save, let's not stint them on5
food. -
Just innagiKle what the one pTob-
lem Of buying. SHOES for so many little
ones must mean" Mrs. Stretch re-
sumed. And then before we moved
to. the ssashore we had sickness and
doctors bills But God helped us. And
the little fellows helped each other
Why, as soon as my little girls were
five and six years Old the finest game
they knew was helping mother wash
the dishes They used TO quarrel for Z
the privileged"
She glanced about the little dining
room thronged with her sons and
daughters and her eyes grew moist.
God bless them, she said as
tear tFickled down. her cheek and the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09
BY -NIXQEA oREELEY- sMIIH.

EOlng, N. j - IS Lue lloIu9I u II CHI
dren- prob bly, the champion mother
of the whole world Albert Stretch,
who has the job Of providing for what
is doubtless the largest on -mutheTed,
one-fathered family IN the United
States, Is a carpenter He began his
married life at the age Of i, and for
tWeHty-eight years has solved the
problem of buying food and clothes
for what is really a whole city, or at i
any rate a whole township Of little
Stretches.
From his modest wa yes ne mas to
provide eight lo8fes of bread a day!
On Saturday when it is Necessary
to lay in two days provisions, the
Stretch family takes fifteen loaFes,
two whole hams or four sides of
bacon, or on gala occasions four legs
Of lamb Only ten Of the Stretches
are living at home now, but when I
ldneled with the mammoth family at
Sohers Point last week the meal was
served to three relays Of people. The
Stretch family has never had meal
where everybody ate at the same time
and at the same table.
The Oldest of the multitudinous
Stretches is daughter, Pearl Is. I
She is married and hassfoUT children
May, the second daughter, is % and
engaged to be married. She is one of !
the prettiest girls I have ever seen /
and has chestnut hair so long and |
thick that a hair tonic man would !
give her a fortune to say his nortrum |
grew it.
Four staIWart sons Albert, VIII |
liam, Frank and Tom-are grown up !
and help their father at the caTpen-
tering trade, or when business is
slack support themselves by fishing. !
Mrs, Stretch, who has added child |
a year to her jewel collection just as |
weather. women add pearl every |
Christmas TO their $4,000 string,
is a comedy woman with fresh COM |
pleMonland deep blue eyes that glow !
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-05
NO REAL EFFORT EVER VAIN
Better to Strive for Success, and Meet
Defeat, Than MuteIy Accept Life
of LittIeness.

Better the sorriest citizen thinking
he can take hold of life, and his faint
spark of free-will can burn holes
through the thicket than a worldful
of orderly persons of regular habit
and contented mien. Rather wilder
ness than that men should find this
a locked world, where all the returns
are in.
Better absurd mites, strutting over
large landscapes, than such fairness
of CHEEKY slaves. taking orders from
their betters. Better petty race
should strive vainly. than accept its
own littleness. If it is doomed to
futility, let 1t at least live as II all
the roads to victory were open.
So when we face the push and
thrust of life in each gener alton, let us
be glad that youth is claiming its
right to live. Let the youth flourish
and prosper, advises Harper's Weekly,
1t is wiser to tear down the temples
than to accept defeat. Effort is finer
than resignation. ano peril Is safer
than despair in routino And by that
high courage and fresh experiment.
they defeat confusion, and lift their
heads above despair. So the world Ia
'ull Of homes. Obscure men deal man.
July with their stint of work. Count
.ess unknown women suffer and love.
Order gains on chaos A will is at
work upon the Telter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-05
vii Will, UTILIZE GOAL WASTE
Gigantic Central Power pla"s 70 no"
Under Construction at
Hsuto, Pa.

What ia believed to be the largest
central power plant In any coai neio
sn the United States is now oelng con,
.tructed by the Lehigh Navlsation
Electric company, at Hauto, Ia.
AZ ia well known, the fine sizes OF
anthracite. such as buckWheat NO .
and smaller. although containing a
high heat content. possess put ii.tie
nresent value at the mines. Inc luh'
damental idea in building this power
nlant at Hauto, says Coal Age, Is 70
convert this low-priced and, from tne
nonetary standpoint, comparatively
worthless fuel into commercially saiu'
able electric current
A considerable proportion 81 Tue
fuel mined in the country To-Day is
used in the generation OF electrlcity'
Particularly during the past few years
the idea has been gaining force that IL
is cheaper to manufacture power az
the mine and transmit 1t to the poih'
of application than it is TO snip tne
coal over an equal distance and there
convert it into electric energy In
small and isolated plant.
One of the unique features OF tne
nlant is the fact that the ashes IRON
the furnaces can be discharged oirec
into air-dump ash cars OF STANDARD
gauge and run into the building De
low the boiler room floor. The ex
pense Of ash disposal is thus greati!
reduced.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-05
JOKE NOT ON THE PROFESSOR
Class Laughed at Students Intended
Witticism Just a Few Me-
ments Too Soon.

Professor Williams of the Greek de-
partment at the University of Wis
consin has a certain dry humor that
is sometimes the despair Of his stu
dents. One of his prize students who
was addicted to the use of the inter-
linear was trying to blunder through
a passage of Aeschylus recently and
was making bad job of it. 1t be-
came evident after the first line that
the young man was in deep water.
Beads of perspiration dampened his
forehead as he tried to blunder
through the passage, wallowing help
lessly and raising the distress signal.
Professor Williams showed no mercy,
nor offered to throw out the lifeline
to the sinking man. The latter ap-
pealed dumbly for relief and at last
broke down completely.
Professor" he said, you have
missed your vocation"
Yes? And what should have been
my vocation?"
you should have been a broncho
buster"
The professor waited until the rip
pie of laughter tad died away.
Then he replied: at amounts prac-
tically to the same thing. I am a
mule driver"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-05
SHAFTS WING PkEY
Man Who Has Had Experience TestL
f'es to voraciousness OF the
Sailors Deadly Enemy.

"The question whether sharks at.
tack human beings in the water when
the persons are in action seems to
have stirred up q lot of discussion"
remarked Capt. Ben Michel, repre-
sentative of the American Pilots as
ISOLATION. Il read recently in the
Washington Post that Representative
Collier Of Mississippi was in doubt
about Miss Beckley's statement that
sharks do not go after persons swim
ming. In 1878 at South Point, on
the Louisiana coast, Gulf OF Mexico
. gig with four men aboard, put of
N pilot boat to meet a large vessel
to pilot her into port. When near
the vessel the swells from the steamer
upset the gig and threw the men into
the water. One Of the men went down.
though he was good swimmer. There
was particularly strong fellow, q
giant In stature. and an expert swim
ner, who went to his companions res
cue. He needed not the sharks that
were plainly in view until one mon
ster caught him and drew him under
the water
There never was any doubt in the
minds OF the men who saw this trag-
edy about sharks devouring human
beings. Ample proof Of it was fur
nished few minutes after the man
disappeared beneath the water for the
sea was red with blood
Miss Beckley may have discovered
q new species of shark in the Ha.
wsiian waters but there can be no
doubt that In the Atlantic, and in
other waters, sharks do go after and
devour living persons"