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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
A. Cure for Hecklers.

R. r. Waterson, one Of the nine
deportees from South Africa, speak
ing at Liverpool, introduced to the
English platform a method of silenc-
ing an interrupter which was as
novel as it was effective. 1t consist
ed in his telling the interrupter a
story about another interrupter.
There was once a meeting he
said, addressed by great speaker
and he was constantly interrupted
as l have been; but he turned on the
'interjector and gave him a rough
passage. At the end of the meeting
a young lady went to the speaker
and said: I think you were rather
hard on him Why said the speak.
er, he was embarrassing me and de-
served the dressing down l gave him
Yes rejoined the lady, but you
were very hard on him all the same
He is an idiot"
Waterson, needless to say, had a
perfectly attentive audience for the
rest of his grafton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
S. c. Farmers Move Frequently.

Washington, D. c., October 6.-1n
compiling data for the last Federal
census, the enumerators asked every
farmer in South Carolina this ques-
ton: How long have you lived on
the farm you now occupy?" This
question was answered by 157,406
of the 176,434 farm operators in this
State. More than $4,000 stated that
they had occupied their farms only
one year or less; 1850 from 2 to 4
years; 4,051 from to 9 years and
1925 10 years and over. The most
restless class of people in this State
is the tenant who operates his farm
on the share basis.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
SIXTEEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Accident in Alabama Due to UncoV-
cred Gas Pocket.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. Sixteen
men are known to be dead and
twelve injured as result of an ex-
plosion today at the Mulga mines OF
the Woodward Iron company, eigh-
teen miles northwest of Birmingham.
Officials of the Woodward Iron
company declare that the explosion
was purely local resulting from
pocket of gas being uncovered. Mine.
machinery was not badly damaged.
At O'Clock four more bodies were
brought to the surface and the res
cuers started into room in the
mine that had caved in. They expect
ed to find more bodies there, increas-
ing the list Of dead to fifteen or tWen-
ty. B. Sutton, in charge of the fed
eral mine car in this district, is aid
ing in the rescue work. None Of the
injured is expected to die.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
CROP SECOND LARGEST?
Government Forecasts 15,OOO,OOO
Bales Will Be Harvested.

Washington, October 2.-Leaders
Of the movement to dispose of the
vast cotton yield, which this year
will be left in American hands be-
cause of the war in Europe, were
given a more definite idea today of
the new crop when the department
of agriculture announced it would
amount to approximately $1,000, 900
bales of 500 pounds each.
Curtailed takings of foreign spin
ners, who usually buy from eight to
ten million bales yearly. already
have resulted in the adoption of new
methods for disposing of the 1914
crop, which present conditions indi-
cate will be the second largest on
record. Domestic consumption,
usually approximating four and a
half to five and half million bales,
is expected to be greatly increased
this year by heavier exports of Amer
lCdu SOOOS dAo liS hlo'SA1SiAe v
to stimulate their use at home.
Official Report.
The condition of the cotton crop
Of the United States on September
25, was 1875 per cent. of a normal
compared with IS per cent on Au-
gust 25, 64.1 per cent. last year, COS
in 1911, and 6S.5 per cent, the aver
age of the past ten years on Septem-
Der 25. This announcement was
made at. noon today by the crop re-
porting board, bureau of statistics,
United.States department of agricul-
ture, in its final condition report of
the season, the condition being esti-
mated from reports of its correspond
ents and agents throughout the cot
ton belt.
Condition by States.
Comparisons Of conditions, by
States follows.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
GERMAN BASE DESTROYED?
Toxic Makes Announcement Concern
ing Japanese Fleet.

Toxic, October 1.-THE navy de-
partment early today issued the fol-
lowing statement:
THE Japanese squadron delegated
to destroy the German fleet in the
South Seas has landed blue jackets
on Jaluit island, the seat of govern
ment in the Marshall Archipelago
which was annexed by Germany in
1886.
1T is believed the German base
was destroyed and the Notifications
arms and ammunition we're seized
A British steamer in port was re-
leased. There was no resistance to
the Japanese"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
WEAR COTTON GOODS.
Movement Launched in Greensboro
n. G..

Greensboro, N. c., October o.
Wear Cotton" has been adopted by
the Greensboro Chamber of Com
merce as a slogan for those who are
willing to join a movement looking
to the creation of sentiment for the
increased wearing of cotton goods.
The adoption of this slogan was the
outcome of letter from Mr.. A. w.
McAlister, president of the Southern
Life and Trust company, suggesting
that an organized movement be start
ed for popularizing the wearing of
cotton goods during at least six
months of each year.
A committee was appointed to de-
sign an appropriate lapel button, and
to adopt resolutions suggesting the
movement to the cotton manufactur-
ers' associations of both New England
and the South.
Mr.. McAlister's letter reads in
part as follows:
Il believe as much encouragement
as possible should be given the buy
a-bale' plan, but this plan should be
supplemented by an organized move
ment for the use of cotton as wear
ing apparel, and the Chamber Of
Commerce might father such move
ment in such a way that it might
ultimately extend over the entire
country.
'If such a thing is undertaken, it
should be launched now in order that
it may be worked out and extended
to it's utmost possibilities, and the
necessary preparations made by man
ufacturers and dealers for the spring
and summer trade of 1915.
In many States for at least six
months in the year, cotton goods can
be worn comfortably and can fulfill
entirely the requirements of the
wardrobe. Suits, dresses, under
wear. shoes and hats can all be made
of cotton in attractive designs and
can be worn with much more COM
fort and greater economy than many
things which we are accustomed to
wear made of other materials. Not
only would the people be more COM
fortably and more ineXpensively
dressed than ever before, but they
would at the same time con-
tribute greatly to the pros
perity of cotton producing and
cotton manufacturing, two of the
most important industries, and would
thereby add very materially to the
wealth OF the Southern States and to
a very considerable extent would con-
sumo, themselves, the surplus of cot
ton which the European war has left
without a market"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
Ownership of Bamberg Homes.

The United States census depart
ment at Washington has just issued
a bulletin dealing. with the owner
ship of Bamberg county homes. The
important facts contained in the bull
letin relating to this county are as
follows:
There are 3,67S homes in Bam-
berg county. OF this number 2,167
are farm homes. 461 of the farm
homes are owned by their occupants
and are free of mortgaged incum-
berance. The mortgaged farm homes
number 147. Renters occupy 1884
farm homes in this county.
Out of a total of S,67S homes in
the county, 1,511 are urban homes.
There are 317 urban home owners
inthe county. OF this number 45 are
mortgaged. 26S of the urban
owned homes are free of incumber-
ance.
There are 1896 rented urban
homes in the county.
The census enumerators were un-
able to secure data pertaining to the
ownership of a small percentage OF
both the rural and urban homes in
this county.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
Poor Willie!

What on earth are you crying
about, little boy?" asked the neigh
Dor who was strolling by an East
End dooryard, the other afternoon
Because I'm so mean and sel-
fish," sobbed the little one.
'Oh, l guess you are not very
mean and selfish--if it affects you
this way" commented the passer-by
What makes you think you are?'
"See this bread-an'- Jelly? Well,
I'm so mean an selfish that ain't
a-goin' to give Willie none of it. Boo
ooh-hoo."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED.
j. F.. Lindsay Slain by w. S. Chad
wick of Greenville.

Greenville, Oct 81. F. Lindsay
a deputy sheriff at the Duncan mills,
was shot and instantly killed this
morning at 4:30 o'clock by w. S.
Chadwick, an itinerant mill opera
tive, who is said to have been a min
lister at one time. The killing oc-
Cured when the deputy sought to
protect Chadwick's wife from an at
tack by her enraged husband. At
the appeal of the frightened woman,
Deputy Lindsay went to the Chad
wick house and told Chadwick to
consider himself under arrest. Chad
wick, it is alleged, drew 80 callbre
revolver and without speaking a
word fired a shot into the deputy's
brain. Lindsay fell to the floor OF
the front porch and Chadwick ran
into the dark mist. He has not yet
been arrested.
Chadwick and his wife had been
separated for some time because OF
maltreatment of her, said Mrs. Chad
wick. This morning he came to her
house Unexpectedly, arriving about
4 o'clock. Recently Chadwick has
lived in Georgia. Mrs. Chadwtcks
brother, Alfred T. Abbott, met him
at the door and upon assurance that
he had come for no i'll purpose ad-
mitted him. Chadwick and his wife
had some words and Abbott forced
him to leave the house, Mrs. Chad
wick locking the front door upon
him. Then Deputy Lindsay was sent
for, young Lafayette Chadwick going
for the deputy. When Lindsay ar
rived he went up to Chadwick to
place him under arrest but was kill
ed in the attempt.
News of the killing spread rapidly
and soon posse consisting Of officers
and citizens of the mill village be-
gan a search. All outgoing trains
were searched and stations here
about notified to be on the lookout.
The fugitive is described as SS years
of age, five feet, eight inches tall.
He has light hair and light complex
ion and wears No. 8 shoe. Until
July last he was employed at the
Duncan mills as loom fxer but then
went to south Georgia. Recently he
wrote his wife that he would be back
soon. and would make things
rough"
Several rewards have been offered
for his arrest. Sheriff Rector offers
800; Chief Gosnell of the rural po-
lice, $50; citizens Of Duncan by popu-
lar subscription, about 500; Deputy
Huntsinger, s25, and Deputy Jake
Gosnell, SIS.
Chadwick has gone by the name
of w. G.. Sanders. Tonight posses
are securing the surrounding country
for him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
BODY OF NEGRO IS FOUND
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN IN
GAMBLING PARTY.
Crap Shooters Raided Saturday Night,
Shots Were Fired, Negro Found
Dead Later.

Wednesday afternoon the dead
body of a negro man was found in
a cornfield on the plantation of Mr..
E. C. Bruce, just outside of the city
limits of Bamberg. The negro had
been dead for several days, decompo-
sition had set in, and the body was
located by vultures flying around the
body. Cotton pickers Wednesday af-
ternoon noticed the scavengers in
considerable number circling over the
spot, and investigation revealed the
body, lying face downward, partially
eaten by the vultures.
While the negro had not been, up
to the time of going to press Thurs
day morning, positively identified, it
is generally supposed that the body
was that of Walter Kennedy, who was
a cotton picker on Mr.. Bruce's place.
Saturday night, during raid, made
by a party headed by Policeman Jen-
nings, on a party of gamblers near
the place where the body was found,
several shots were fired by members
of the party at fleeing negroes. 1t is
supposed that Kennedy was killed by
one of these shots.
Saturday night Mr.. Jennings re-
ceived information that some crap
shooters were having a game on Mr..
Bruce's place, inside OF the city
limits. Mr.. Jennings, accompanied
by Messrs. Tom Fielder, of Barnwe!l,
Henry Zeigler, of the Fork section of
Orangeburg county, and ]. E. Spann,
Of this city, went out to arrest the
bunch. When they arrived at the
place where the, game was going on,
two of the negroes ran, one of them
being Glenn Jackson. A shot fired
by some one in the party struck Jack
son in the leg, and he was captured.
The other was supposed to have es-
capped. A search was made for him in
the vicinity of the raid, but no trace
of the negro was found, and the par
ty presumed that he had made good
his escape The members of the
gambling party arrested were Mike
Guess, Glenn Jackson and Tom Flick
ling, Jackson suffering slight wound
in the leg. The body of the negro
was found about 200 yards from the
place where the party was raided.
Coroner Zeigler and DR.. H. j..
Stuckey went out to investigate, and
found the body as reported. DR..
Stuckey performed an autopsy over
the body. but failed to find the
wound. The body was decomposed
to such an extent that no wounds
could be located, though DR.. Stuckey
states that he is sure no wound was
inflicted in the body. The vultures
had torn the head so he is not posi-
tive whether or not bullet wound
had been inflicted in that region.
Mr.. Jennings, when asked about
the matter, stated that he did not
know who did the shooting, but
states that he did not fire any shots.
An inquest will be held this morn
ing over the body. 1t is not known
what action, if any, will be taken in
reference to the shooting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08

For the benefit of babies taken
on long railroad journeys a Cali
fornian has patented a collapsible
berth to be hung on the back of a
car seat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
A Safe Bet.

When you see two white shoes
drying on a window sill, and a girl
hanging out of the same window dry
ing her hair, you can bet that she
isn't going to eat raw onions for
supper.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08

Paw" "Well?' When l prom
ise to marry him, do you want him
to come and ask your consent?'
mo: not my consent, but would
like to have him trot in and tell me
the good news, l sort of feel like l
needed cheering up."-Houston Post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08

(a) Four-year average.
The crop reporting boards final
estimate of the size of this years
crop will be announced Thursday,
December 10, at 2 p. m.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08
Crazy Indeed.

Il never saw a man so crazy over
asparagus as my husband
rs he?"
"Why, would you believe it, he
wanted to call the baby ASPARAGUS
tus.' Boston Transcript.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-08

Good roads broaden our sympathy,
lessen distance and increase our use
fulness.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-10-08
THE PRISONER

count the dismal time by months and years
Since last felt the green sward under foot.
And the great breath Of all things summer-mute
As strange to me as dreams of distant spheres.
Or thoughts Of Heaven we weep at. Nature'slute
Sounds on behind this door so closely shut.
A strange. wild music to the prisoners ears.
Diated by the distance, till the brain
Grows dim with fancies which it feels too fine;
While ever, with a visionary pain,
Past the precluded senses. sweep and shine
Streams. forests. glades.-and many a golden
train
Of sunlit hills, TRANSPORTED to Divine
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-10-08
.keene's korner :.
Within Reach
Adeloide n. Proctor

Have we not ALL amid life's petty strife,
Some pure ideal of nobler life
That once seemed possibles Did we not hear
The futter of its wings and feel it near
And just within our reachs 1t was And yet
We lost it in this daily jar and fret
But still our place is kept and it will watt
Ready for us to fill it, soon late.
No star is ever lost we once have seen;
We always may be what we might have been.
The New Way
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-10-08
GOOD MORNING

Good, morning, Brother Sunshine.
Good morning. Sister Song.
beg your humble pardon
II you've waited very long.
thought ! heard you rapping;
10 shut you out were sin.
M heart Is standing open:
Won't You walk right in?
Good morning. Brother Kindness;
Good morning, Sister Cheer:
heard you were out caIling.
So waited for you here.
some way keep forgetting
have to toll and spin
Wnen you are my companions;
Won't you walk right in?
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
BLOCKADE WILL
NOT BE MADE At
PORT OF TAhP|CO
y
Mexican Dictator Huerta Changes
His Mind and Orders Gun
beats to Return.
~,
ORDER SENT BY WIRELESS
ON AMERICAN WARSHIP
But il is Stated That Blockade Sus-
pended by HueIta Only Con-
ditionally. "
ORDER SENT BY WIRELESS
ON AMERICAN WARSHIP

Washington, June S.---Rear Adj
,niral Badger cabled the navy de-
partmt Mt late tonight that the Mexi-
can Federal gunboats Bravo and
Zaragosa left Taml leo for Puerto.
Mex. at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Or
ders from Foreign Mirister Luis ar
Mexico City transmitted from Vera
Cruz TO Tampico by wireless instru-
inents oil American warships gave
the Mexican commanders their firss
news of the suspension oil the pro-
posed blockade of Tampico and 6i-
rected them to return to Puerto.
Mex.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
N. & 0. AGENT IS
COMMENDED FOR
WATCRfU ILLNESS
AGENT Jones at Jordan Commended
by Supt. B, B, Tolson and Also
Receives Special Notice

Supt. Il. b. Tolson, formerly of
this city, Of the Mobile & Ohio rail-
road has highly recommended Agent
s. n. Jones agent Of the road at
Jordan, KY, for his meritorious ac-
tion recently, when he discovered a
brake-be dragging in extra 3S2
south when passing his office. The
Southern Railroad News Bulletin
tells of the incident, 1t says tnat
Jones when he saw the brake-beam
dragging, he Immediately tagged
the train, thereby preventing very
serious dorailment and possible loss
of life. Investigation OF this Incl
dent developed that Mr.. Jones makes
a practice Of carefully inspccting
equipment IN trains passing his oI-
fee, and has recently tagged six
trains with broken brake-beams or
other defects which might have
caused serious accidents. In one in
stance he could not attract attention
Of the train crew and caught the
caboose as it passed in order to i'm.
form the crew Of n defect which he
had discovered.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
United States Supreme Curt Decides
Judgment Missouri Court
Affirmed.
KENTUCKY ANTITRUST
STATUTES WERE ANNULED
Because Of the Endet.vor of the Com.
monwealth to Prevent To-
bac0C Pools.

Washington, June s. Missouri
antitrust laws, attacked as Uncon-
stimtional because :hcy exempt
labor combinations we're upheld to.
day by the Supreme Court At the
same time the Kentucky antitrust
statutes were aunulled because Of
the eadcayor Of the commonwealth
to prevent tobacco pools. As a re-
suit of the decision Judgment Of
the Missouri Supreme Court Gusting
from the state and fining the Inter
national Harvester company $25,-
600 for being a member Of the
trust was affirmed, while the ac-
tion of the Kentucky Court Of Ap'
pcals in favor ct various Kentucky
litieauts against the same company
for being "A member of trust was
set aside.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL
PICNIC JUNE l6
ST. NARY'S PARK
All the Sunday Schools of tie City
Take Part in This Annual
Festivity,

Tn sixteenth of June Is the time
and st. Marys Park, tho place,
WHORE the big Sunday school picnic
viii be held this year The sun
Gav s, Aool Association composed Of
all the Sunday schools in the city
decided that this year the young peo-
Pie rculd enioy themselves as well
in Cairo as they could by going sew
cral miles away, rs has been usual.
in the past
At a meeting. held Sunday, of the
executive committee of which NJ, s,
Carter is chairman, the various corr,
mittccs made their reports.
According to these reports the pic
mic rcNt Tuesday will be ono OF the
host and most enjoyable ever given
by the Association.
The athletic feature will be es-
pccially interesting as the track at
the park viii be placed in good con-
dilion for the events. There will be
d full representation as there are
many entries already booked for thr
vents. There will be a baseball
gamo i'm the morning. After the base
ket dinner tho athletic program will
be started and continued during the
Ialtcrroon THoo viii also be a pa
rade and this will be led by a band
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
GOVERNMENT IS
REPAIRING BANK
At BIRDS POINT
Fcrcc of Fifty Men Has Been Work
ing Several Days Repairing
Bank Protection,

a government force Of about nifty
men have been at work at Birds
Point for several DAYS repairing the
work that has needed attention
since the bank protection work was
placed there last year.
Saturday was pay day and IN con-
sequence the force was materially
reduced because some OF the men
wanted to enjoy themselves and
messenger w,s sent tn Cairo to get
the necessary help The government
survey boat was at the landing yes
,erday afternoon. coming here to get
supplies.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
Nothing TO DO but Work

head Constable Mercer, Tiverton
mas oeen appointed an inspector undeI
the "Wart Diseases of Potatoes Or
DER His other appointments are
borough police chief, fire brigade cap
tain. inspector of food and drugs ne
troleum, explosives, meat, weights and
measures, shop act. mildew in goose
berri~, fabrics tmisdescription) act
common lodging houses, sheep dipping
order and cattle diseases, and assist.
ant RELIEVING officer: Tit-Bits.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
R0BT, JEFFRIES AND PARTY
OF FRIENDS COME TO CAIRO
FROM THEBES IN LAUNCH

Robert Jeffries and a party Of his
friends came to Cairo yesterday aft
crnOOu from Thebes on Jefries gaso-
line launch "Adolph" which he pur-
chased in Cairo last February. Tho
party left Thcbes at l. O'Clock and
stopped at every landing en- route,
arriving here at o'clock. They
leave this morning on the return
trip at . o'clock. Accompanying
Mr.. Ieffries were Thomas F. Petit,
LMm Bailey, Henry Serbman and o
r. Warren.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09

Washington, June S.--Genera.
Huerta's orders today susDending
the order to blockade Tampico
against the delivery of ammunition
by the steamer Antilla to the Con-
stitutionalists served to dispel appre-
hension over a new crisis between
the United States and the f!uerta
government which ha6 threatened
mediation.
Though Washington officials eX-
pressed satisfaction over Iluertl's
action it was persistently suggested
outside of official circles that tho
blockade had been suspended only
conditiOnally as result OF confer
enccs between the South American
mediators and the Mexican and
American delegates at Niagara Falls
Representatives Of the Copstitu-
tionaliats in Washington were in
clined to the belief that the ammlni-
tion would be landed at Tampico,
but they divulged no direct informa-
tion upon which 10 base such an
opinion. Meanwhile nothing has
been heard from the Antilla, which
is due to arrive at Tampico Wednes-
day morning.
The Mexican gunboats ZaraEosa
and Bravo, followed by the Ameri-
;an cruiser Patoma and the gunboat
Sacramento reached Tampico shortly
after s o'clJck this morning
The Mexican ships anchored in
the Paunco river some distance from
Tanpico aud Admiral Mayo, in COM
mand of the American naval forces
there. conferred with their vom-
manders. The nature of the confer
| ance was not disclosed
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
The Thino Ne Likes.

About the only time the average
man feels any real importance is when
on an occasional day off he leaves his
s2o-a-month fiat and permits a solici-
tous and gentlemanly real estate agent
to drive him 30 miles around the coun-
try In an automobile to show him Is
or 20 $4,000 houses. none Of which
he has the slightest intention of buy
ing.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-09
Spread Of GIpsY Moth by Wind.

Experiments conducted by the
United States Bureau of Entomology
prove that the newly-hatched cater
pillars of the gipsy moth may be
blown, under favorable conditions,
distance of six miles or more. Thus
the wind is an important factor in the
spread of this destructive pest.