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The Benson signal., 1915-08-14
WESTERN.

Mexican outlaws raided the village
Sebastian, thirty-seven miles north
of Brownsville, Tex, killing two
men,
1t is stated in Chicago that at least
six persons will be indicted by the
federal grand jury Investigating the
Eastland disaster.
A three-year agreement providing
for the return to work of 10000 union
painters, who have been on a strike
four months was signed in Chicago.
Three Mexican outlaws were killed
by a posse at farm house about thir-
ty miles north of Brownsville, Tex.
One member of the posse was slightly
wounded.
Kansas City was selected as the
next years meeting place by the
American Osteopathic Association at
the closing session at Portland of it's
nineteenth convention.
Notwithstanding the lack of state
building, the thirty-ninth anniversary
of the admission of Colorado to the
Union was appropriately celebrated at
the San Francisco exposition in the
Utah building, loaned for the occasion.
Six Mexicans have been killed and
four Americans wounded, two fatally,
in fighting on the Norias ranch be-
tween raiding party of thirty Mex
ican outlaws and fourteen ranchmen,
it was reported in brief message re-
ceived at Brownsville, Tex, from
Norias.
Cold and hungry, Hugh Punneo, Fl
years old, who went to Denver from
Bosworth Wyo., to search for his
father, Isaac Punneo, applied at police
headquarters for shelter and food. The
young man declared he had tramped
the streets for days, but was unable
to find any trace of his father.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-14
An Empire Ranch.

We hear often of captains of in
dustry," 'Napoleons of Finance" and
"land harons," but what title is i'm
posing enough to fit the Australian
cattleman who owns or controls 2S,-
100000 acres of ranch land-a domain
as large as Pennsylvania?-Yo S
Companion.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-14

In 1898 lathers in Boston made SIG
for 54-hour week. They now receiv&
$3.50 for a 44-hour week
The Benson signal., 1915-08-14
Gen. Tracy Given Military Burial.

New York.-Gen Benjamin F. Tracy
former secretary Of the navy, who died
here, was buried with military honors
Funeral services were held at Trinity
church and the crowd in front of the
church was SO large that traffic on
Broadway was suspended during the
ceremonies. Battalions of marines
from the navy yard and companies OF
coast artillery and infantry from near
by forts formed a guard Of honor.
Under-Sea Boat Sinks Turk Warship
LOndon.-The Turkish battleship
Kheyr- Ed-Din Barbarossa of $500 tons
displacement, formerly the German
warship Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm,
was sunk in the Dardanelles by a sub
marine Of the entente powers, accord
ing to an official announcement is
sued by the Turkish government. The
Swedish steamer Mai was sunk by a
German submarine. One boat contain
ing seven men and woman has been
picked up and landed at Copenhagen
A second boat carrying the captain
and nine men is missing.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-14
$4,000 Conscience Fund.

Ten thousand dollars was added to
the treasury departments conscience
fund the other day when special de-
livery letter from New York, contain
ing that sum in currency, was received
at Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo's
Office.
while the sender has paid double
to the United States the amount he
stole, yet his conscience is not satis-
fed, and here's another payment" read
a letter accompanying the contribu-
ton.
This is the third largest contribu-
ton to the conscience fund Some
contributions are as low as penny.
The Benson signal., 1915-08-14
Whom He breads.

1t isn't the girl who grows indignant
when he tries to kiss her that man
breads 1t is the one who laughs at
him
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
NO ORANGES TO PICK.
So Boys Are Tramping Back to Home
in Kentucky.

Two young white boys, about II
years of age, giving their names as
Joe McCann and Thomas Hubert,
are having a very hard time tramp
ing.
They were arrested in Denmark
Monday night for beating a ride on
the train but made their escape.
Tuesday night they were arrested
in Aiken by Officer Busbee and spent
the night in the city barracks, being
released the following morning. We'd
nesday night they were picked up by
an officer in Augusta for being
tramps.
The boys gave Kentucky as their
home and have become very indig-
nant because they have been arrest
ed. They claim that they had been
down in Florida, going there for the
purpose of picking oranges. During
their entire stay there they only saw
two orange trees.-Aiken Journal
and Review.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Prohibition Meeting Held.

A meeting was held Thursday
night at the Carlisle school hall in
the interest of prohibition. The
meeting was attended by large
crowd of men, women and children.
Rev. E. o. Watson, S. G. Mayfield,
ESQ, and others made talks on pro-
hibition. Mr.. J. X. Breedin, editor
of the Manning Herald, who is lead
er of the movement to secure refer
endum on State wide prohibition next
fall, was to have been present, but
was detained in Columbia on busi-
ness and could not get to Bamberg.
The meeting was to have been held
at the Baptist church, but owing to
smoky stove" the meeting adjourn
ed to the Carlisle hall. Messrs. Wat
son and Mayfeld, the principal
speakers, made stirring appeals for
the cause, and aroused considerable
enthusiasm.
Petitions have been circulated IN
Bamberg calling on the general as
sembly to order an election on State
! wide prohibition next September, and
it is said that the petitions have been
freely signed. The legislature has
not yet acted on the bill calling for
tho election. but it will come up some
time during the present session. The
prohibitionists claim that they have
majority of the legislators on their
side, and that the measure will be
passed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Earthquakes and Concrete.

Earthquakes differ from other ca
lamities in the fact that the loss they
infict is generally underestimated in
first reports, while first reports Of
other disasters are generally grossly
exaggerated. We hear Of a railroad
wreck in which forty persons were
killed outright and more than one
hundred injured The number dwin-
died until at last we learn that one
man was killed, three or four serious
ly injured and a dozen or so shaken
up. The ratio of fancy to facts in
railroad wrecks is at least sixteen to
one, while the list of earthquake vic
tins increases as more complete in
formation is obtained.
The earthquake that wrought such
wholesale destruction in Italy few
days ago was the second in the last
decade. In both the king of Italy
proved himself a brave man as we'll
as a king. The present king was not
in power when South Italy was devas-
tated, but his conduct in the present
emergency is very much like that of
his father was then.
Civilization has not done much in
defense against the devastating for
ces of nature, but we think it has
done enough if men will avail them
selves of what they know to mini
mize losses from earthquake. Wood,
brick or stone houses splinter or
crumble in earthquakes, but concrete
or steel stands. Houses built of these
materials stand as if hewed out of
the solid rock or forged from one
piece Of metal.
In countries were earthquakes are
frequent, these materials alone should
be used in construction. OF course,
they are more costly than materials
with less endurance, but a concrete
house costs very little more than one
of brick and less than one Of stone.
In Europe there is very little wooden
construction, and there would be lit
tie, if any, difference between the cost
of concrete houses and houses such
as the people build. Concrete would
last longer and would give safety.
The concrete, hardening into one
solid rock. would stand where others
would crumble.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
IN BEHALF OF COTTON LAWS.
Resolution Presented Gov. Manning
by Farmers Union.

Columbia, Jan. ga resolution
in the interest of the State cotton
warehouse system and the cotton
acreage reduction law was presented
today to Governor Richard I. Man
ming by committee, representing
the South Carolina State Farmers
union. The members of the commit
tee calling on the chief executive
were: Wade stackhouse, NJ. D., pres
ident of the South Carolina Cotton
congress; w. A. Stuckey, of Bishop
vile, and R. NJ. Cooper, Of Wisacky.
John L. McLaurin, warehouse COM,
missioner, also attended the, hearing.
The resolution was adopted at the
meeting of the State Farmers union
held several days ago in Columbia.
The governor received the matter
presented as information.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28

thousands of Pounds Cheapese
u;ob. Grade Seed-Cucumbe any va
rietv "A cents lb; eden, Burrell's gem
oantaloune 44:Watson melon 40; rat
tIasnake IS: Kolb gem 29,-1-4 lbs
1Ic: tomato any variety $1.35-l-4
Ii 4Oc: okra 25-1-4 lb &C; postage
naid nuarter lbs. War corn, very
prolific only weevil-proof variety,
dollar pk., bushel three. Big money
trncking: three crops year same land;
directions cultivating marketing CIV,
an receipt 4 cents stamps. Uplano
1one stable cotton selling Ia cents;
write price prolific seea. L. OK
STONEY, Allendale, S. Z. 20
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
JAIL DELIVERY.
Three Prisoners Make Successful
Getaway From County Jail.

Sunday night three prisoners es-
capped from the county Jail by a most
ingenius and somewhat perilous
method. The three we're Jim Jami-
son, Jeremiah Brown and Will Walk
er. Two of them are charged with
larceny and the third with assault
and battery, all of them being cases
of rather minor consequence. None
of the three have Deen heard from
as yet.
The three prisoners who escaped
with another negro, Henry frederick,
occupied one cell at the jail Fed
erick is charged with arson. Sum
day night, as Jailor Dickinson was
making his rounds of inspection, the
negroes asked him to close the wood
en- door to their cell, complaining
that the wind was cold. Accordingly
the door was closed, in addition to
the heavy iron door, the outer door
not being locked, not being custom
ary. All other outer doors were also
closed on account of the cold
draughts.
The prisoners then got to work ar
ranging their escape. Splinters were
secured by tearing away the inside
door facing. By applying lighted
torches to the woodwork around the
lower hinge to the iron door, suffi-
cient of the wood was soon burned
away to permit the door being priced
open at the bottom, with the aid of
a piece of the door facing, enough
for one person at a time to crawl
through. For some reason frederick
did not take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to escape. The three then
/ went through the upper stairway
door, this door remaining most Of
the time unlocked, as the lower stair
door was locked, and made their
exit by way Of the man-hole through
, the ceiling to the loft, and tnen
through an opening in the roof made
to permit going to the top of the
Jail building in time of fire or re-
pair. By piecing several blankets to-
! gether and tying to a rafter, the
! three slipped down the improvised
rope to the kitchen roof, jumping to
the ground. 1t was then an easy
matter to put some barrels against
the outer wall and jump over. Fed
erick claims to have had no knoWl-
edge of the operations of the other
negroes, saying when he awoke and
found the others gone, he called to
Ythe taller.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
DIVIDED POLES.
Opinion Not Unanimous as to Tsar's
Good Faith.

Opinion among the Poles, especially
in this country, where it is less in
fuenced by the war spirit, is very
much divided as to the acceptance
of the Tsar's good faith in his i'm
pressive promises to the three Sec
tions of the Polish people, says the
New York Times. Apparently the
Russian Poles, to whom the promises
are expressly directed, are most dis
posed to credit the autocrat's sin
cerity, or at least to argue that CO.
operation with Russia affords J the
best basis of hope for the emancipa-
ton of their people.
The secondary object of the Tsar's
policy was to draw German \ and
Austrian Poles to the Russian side.
So far as the Austrian Poles are con-.
cerned there is little prospect of sue
c4s for this plan. They already en-
joy, under the dual empire, most Of
the rights and advantages promised
by the Tsar, considerable degree
of local autonomy, fairly equitable
rights Of property, the use Of their
own language, and freedom in the
matter of education.
In Germany the Poles have been
treated even more cruelty than in
Russia. The German aim has been
the same, the eradication of nation
atty and the merging, or submerg-
ing, of the Poles in the German sys-
tenn; but the process has been more
ruthless in the ratio that German
methods are more thorough, sustain
ed and energetic.
The effect upon the unfortunate
Poles can be imagined. They are
likely to prefer, as far as possible,
the Russian to the German domina-
tion.
There is another phase Of the mat
ter. If Germany succeeds in this
war there is no chance whatever for
a union of the three branches of the
Polish race. The Russian Poles will
come under German rule, and the for
tune of the Austrian Poles will not
be improved, if it can be kept as at
present. If Germany fails there will
be at the least a possibility of such
union, and this must appeal to the
Polish national spirit, vivid and per-
sistent as it has, through disheart-
ening reverses, shown itself to be.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Idle Speculation.

"a scientist has discovered that a.
man ought to do as much mental and
physical work in stale air as in fresh
air.
| used to think my enmity to all
known forms of work
Was due to the bacteria that in my
system lurk.
"It is no USE I told myself, Ito
ryt to slave and grind;
The inroads of these deadly germs
my health has undermined"
And then a doctor came along and
said: "The system needs
A lot of germ activity to prompt one
to great deeds
But as I still was disinclined to toll
or even spin,
l blamed a frail digestion for the
state that l was in.
"If had got a stevedore's prodiglous
appetite"
I reasoned, "the mere name of work
would not fill me with fright,
And then another doctor came and
looked at me minute
And said: Forget that foolishness.
There's simply nothing in it.
aha" said l, "at last l know. This
deadly grudge bear
Against the lothsome thing called
toll is due to the stale air.
II I were on a mountain top, where
air is thin and pure,
And there were lots of it around, I'd
get to work I'm sure.'
But still another doctor comes and
says he'd put in jail
A man who will not work because the
air he breathes is stale.
And so still must cast about to find
the reason why
While others sweat and plug and toll,
I'm standing idly by;
Much pleased to see them active IN
pursuit Of peace and pelf,
But very firmly disinclined to do the
like myself.
What influence affects me thus l
really cannot guess,
Unless. as certain friends insist, it's
just plumb laziness.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Peoples Drug Store Burglarized.

Thursday night last the Peoples
Drug Store was broken into by a
burglar or burglars, and the cash
register rified. The store was pretty
thoroughly ramsacked, but nothing
but the money in the register was
missed from the store. The burglar
or burglars entered the store through
the back door, breaking out a panel
of glass. There was but a small
amount of cash in the register at the
time. less than a dollar, all Of which
was taken by the intruder. There
were a number of checks in the cash
register, but the burglar did not care
to handle checks, so he left them
untouched. AS yet no arrests nave
been made.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
New Advertisements.

Busy Bee Cafe-ReStaurant.
L. A. Stoney-High Grade Seed.
S. A. L. Railway-Notice of Sale.
Thielen Observation-Disclosures.
G. Frank Bamberg-Estate Notice.
Delk's Market-Oysters 33c Quart.
Harvey Oil Co.-Salesmen Want
ed.
Peoples Bank-He Who Does Not
Save.
Enterprise Bank-A Joint Ac-
count.
Gordon & Co.-Get More for Your
Cotton.
R. l. Manning, Governor-Procla-
nation.
J. B. Brickle-lf You Have Run
Into a Tree.
Bamberg Banking Co.-Old Age
Tells Youth to Save.
H. Karesh-A Great War, Panic
and Percentage Sale.
Farmers & Merchants Bank-The
Bank Book is the Best Book.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Meeting of U. ID. c.

The Francis Marion Bamberg
chapter, U. D. c., had an enjoyable
meeting Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 10,
at the home of Mrs. Thomas Black.
After the business very interest
ing programme Robert E. Lee and
THE Southern Cross of Honor was
carried out. Benz. H. Hills tribute
to Gen. Robert E. Lee" was read by
Mrs. Robert Black; STORY of Lee
and a Federal Soldier at Gettysburg, y
by Mrs. J. ]. Smoak; lode to Lee
by Mrs: Harry Murphy; What Cross
es of Honor Stand for" by Mrs. b.
W., Simmons; poem, 1.-THE Southern
Cross of Honor" by Mrs. Willie
Jones. Mrs. Henry Henderson and
Miss Moselle- Copeland gave several
musical selections. After adjourn
ment Mrs. Black served a delicious
salad course.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
SHE ENDORSED THE CHECK.
How a Fond Wife Followed the Pay.
ing Teller's Instructions.

Frank A. Vanderlip, the New York
banker. tells of a young lady unac-
customed to the ways Of finance:
Young she was" as l say, "and
charming. She came.to the window
of the paying teller and, handing in
a check for 500, stated that it was
a birthday present from her husband
and requested payment. The teller
informed her that she must first en-
dorse it.
81 don't quite understand she
said, with a pleading look and an
air of hesitation, Just what do you
mean
why, you see,' he explained,
YOU must write your name on the
back of the check, so that when we
return the check to your husband he
will know We have paid yoh the
money
"'Oh, yes, l understand she re-
piled, apparently much relieved.
After a moment she returned to
the window and presented the check.
Looking for the endorsement, the tel
Ter read: Many thanks darling boy;
I've got the money all right. Your
loving little wife, Dorothy. -
Hearst's Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Another Burglary.

Following upon the burglarizing
of the Peoples Drug store last Friday
night, the store of Mr.. E. A. Hooton
was entered on Monday night. Only
a small amount of cash was secured,
about S1.25, and nothing else has
been missed by Mr.. Hooton. The
store was entered in a similar man
ner to the drug store, a pane of the
back door being broken out, through
which the burglar entered the store.
Only a little loose cash was left in
the cash drawer over night, which
accounts for the small amount stolen.
Attempts have also been made to
enter the stores of DR.. F. B. Nc
Crackin, Mr.. E. o. Kirsch and Mr.. J.
A. Murdaugh.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Mrs. Beard Celebrates Birthday.

Mrs. Mary E. Beard, one of the
oldest and most highly respected and
beloved women in the county, cele-
brated her sSth birthday last satur-
day. On the occasion of this birth
day, about $50 of Mrs. Boards rela-
t1ves and friends gathered at her
home in the Colston section, and a
most bounteful dinner was served.
While Mrs. Beard is very feeble. she
was able to enjoy the feast and pleas
ures of the occasion. Among those
present were her children, grand
children and great-grandchildren,
numbering several scopes.
Every year Mrs. Beard celebrates
her birthday with big dinner to her
friends and relatives, and the occa-
sions are looked forward to with
much pleasure. All present joined
in wishing her many more birthdays.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
The Home Building and Loan.

A meeting of the stockholders OF
the Home Building and Loan associa-
ton will be held next month to de-
eide on whether or not the assocla-
ton is to be dissolved and go out OF
business. On account of the string
ency of the money market many
shareholders wish to wind up the
business of the association. Some
of the stockholders desire it to run
on, stating that as the old Building
and Loan is sooh to expire the town
will need another, and it is suggested
by them that those who wish the as
sociation to continue should purchase
the stock of those who wish to dis
solve.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Had Some Fine Hogs.

Mr.. W. H. Priester, who farms
near the city for Mr.. w. |. Johns, OF
Baldock, stated a day or two ago
that he has raised some mighty fine
hogs this year. Thursday he killed
three hogs, which netted about 1900
pounds of pork. Pork al present
sells for about ten cents a pound,
and this will make the three hogs
net about $50. which IS a whole lot
better than cotton. Mr.. Johns farm
is famous for fine hogs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Buy Mules for British Army.

Mr.. Johnigan., of the firm of Johni-
gan and Walker, Of Atlanta, was in
Bamberg last Friday, and purchased
a number of mules for the British
government. to be used in the war.
This is the third visit to Bamberg.
On the previous occasions, Mr.. Johni-
gan purchased two carloads of mules,
consisting of 43 animals. AS fast as
purchased. the mules are shipped to
England. from whence they are de-
spatched to the fields of operation on
the front
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28

Wanted-One of the large maga-,
zine publishing houses desires to en-
nloy an active man or woman in this
community to handle a special plan
which has proven unusually PronC
able. Good opening for right parry.
Address with two references, fUb-
Usher, Box 155, Times So. Sta:, :.
New York City.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
Box Supper at Clear Pond School.

The public is cordially invited to
attend a box supper at the Clear
Pond school house on Friday night,
January 29th, 1915. The ladies are
requested to bring boxes. Proceeds
to be used in fitting up basket ball
grounds for the school.-adv.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28

Statesmen Wanted to look after our
interest in Bamberg and adjacent
counties. Salary or commission. sAd-
dress THE HARVEY OIL CO., Cleve--
landO. II.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28

Get More for Your Cotton by con-
signing it to GORDON & COMPANY;
Savannah, Ga. They obtain higher
prices and narrower differences than
those paid in the interior. 81
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28

Do not look backward unless you
intend to travel that way.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-22

which stand at the four corners and
these in the nearby cemetery. This
strange graveyard is a stones throw
from the village. You push your way
through high. magenta hued hreweed
with blossoms that meet over your
head and you tread on luxuf1ant
vegetation little dreamed of by those
unacquainted with the mildness of an
Alaskan summer. Here are many
strange Indian graves. each with some
kind of totem Many are covered
with wooden boxes, others have fences
and roofs like summer houses. On
some are totem poles, and ON other
graves, notably those of the shamen,
or medicine men, the wooden sarcop-
hagus is surmounted with the large hg-
ure of an animal painted in duh hues
and, of course. showing the insignia
= Though this deserted village of
Kasaan contains the most picturesque
of the totems they are met with in
other parts of the country near the
coast. It Is a strange fact that few
toterns are Sound inland. The nrst
totems seen on the Inside Passage
are those In the quaint village OF
bella Bella. on the Canadian side.
This old Hudson Bay post was q pop
ular place for fur trading and tradi-
tton says that the traders would place
their guns upright IN the ground and
obtain in exchange pile OF furs that