The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 06, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
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WALL OP STORE FALLS.
The Front of Building at Bishopville Bi
Tumbles Down.
Saturday about two o'clock in the
' afternoon the front of two stores pr
occupied by the McLeod Drug com- ai
pany and J. D. Hill furniture store, St
at Bishopville, fell to the sidewalk, th
The front wall which was about Bi
ten feet high gave way and fell with- pe
out any cause\ apparently other than ed
the little wind which was blowing.
Fortunately no one was on the side- ke
walk near and therefore no damage en
was done other than to the building he
itself. Had it fallen at any time the dr
? day before, Christmas eve, it prob- w]
\ ably would have killed and injured a M
Bcore or more people as the sidewalk
was crowded all that day with the wj
Christmas shoppers. in
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Carolina Wheat Costly. sn
The wheat acreage for the year has
||b. . shown an increase of 158,000 acres ce
over the past year, and the value of wj
the crop was the greatest in many
years. This State also shows the
highest value per bushel for wheat
* of all the States in the Union. "It
begins to look like home bread," said
IpK Commissioner Watson in summing je
up the showing made. The produc- t0
pY". tion in bushels is 3,810,000, as v,]
against 2,835,000 bushels for 1908. pa
The acreages by years since 1900 ^
and for 1909 were:
1900.:... 174,24 5- h?
' 1907.....1 314,000 m
Pr 1908 * 315,000 A]
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1909....^ na.uvv/ |The
value of the wheat in this la
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State per bushel on December 1 was
$1.46, which was above that of any hc
other State, the next highest being d(
Georgia and Arizona. r
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Dispensary Board Meets. tb
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Columbia, December 30.?The dis- bi
pensary commission held two long pi
executive sessions to-day at which to
time the report which has been pre- to
pared was considered. The most im- tv
portant action to be taken by the re
commission, according to Dr. W. J. cc
Murray, the chairman, was the post- tb
nnromont r>f nf the New la
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York and Kentucky Company until tl
another date for consideration. W. w
F. Stevenson, attorney for the com- m
mission was here and attended the ol
afternoon session at which time sev- tfc
eral points of a legal nature concern- re
ing the report to be submitted to te
Governor Ansel was considered. . I st
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ATTACKED BY FIEND.
rave Young Woman Faced Death to
. Save Her Honor.
With both feet so frozen that they
obably will have to be amputated
id suffering from shock, Miss Nellie
raver, twenty-two years old, is at
e home of an uncle in Eau Clair,
ltler county, Pa., following a desirate
experience in which she bravi
death to save her honor.
The young woman arrived at Par- j
>r station during the night 'and
gaged a young man to drive her to
ir uncle's home. Instead the man
ove in an opposite direction, and
hen in an isolated spot attacked
iss Straver.
After a fight in which she says she
is divested of nearly all her clothg,
including her shoes, she escaped
Ld fled down a hill, through deep
ow to the river. After wandering
ound all night she was discovered
the morning and given aid. Offirs
are searching for a young man
tio is said to have disappeared from
s home in Parkers^ ..
The Higher Cost of Living.
The higher rate of living is a subct
of universal discussion. Edirials
are written about it, house
ives dicuss it, the head of the house
tys the bills with a bitter realization
at he is being robbed. The secrery
of agriculture at Washington
is investigated the high price of
eats and he made some discoveries,
mong them it was the wholesale
ice of beef and that paid by the
st purchaser shows a difference of
irty-eight per cent. ' He claims,
>wever, that this ,great difference
>es not indicate great profit for the
itailer for a large portion it atibuted
to the expense attached to
ie special delivery of the product,
tie secretary says that the retail
isiness is overdone, that the multiication
of small shops is a burden
' consumers and no source of riches
i the small shop keepers. When
renty or more small shops divide the
stail business within an area that
>uld be served by one large shop
ie expense of the many shops for
bor, delivery horses, rent and other
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lings ill ill are xxi caucsb ui nuai
ould be sufficient for the one shop
ust go to increase the retail prices
! the meat sold. In other words
ie secretary of agriculture would
-commend the suppression of nineen-twentieths
of the small butcher
tops, bat how is he going to do it?
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January 8th, w
d Trousers,
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nly put Get h(
tig this fall, but s
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HAD TO EAT MOCCASINS.
Party Suffered Arctic Hardships in jr
March to Reach the Youkon.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 29.?Bishop
Stringer of the Church of England e]
has arrived at Dawson, forty-seven rj
days from Fort MacPherson, at the g,
mouth of the Mackenzie river, bring- n;
ing the first advices since summer tl
from that region.
The bishop and Missionary Charles ^
Johnson started from Fort McPherson ei
September 1, hoping to cross to the rj
head of( Porcupin river in time to
reach Yukon river last fall with a n
canoe. The head of Bell river emptying
into the Porcupin, was partly tc
frozen, so they had to walk back to n,
Fort MacPherson. a
For twenty-five days .they mushed 6]
in blinding fogs with little food, ti
Their supplies finally gave out and n
they experienced hardships worse ^
than those of Peary. For many days ^
there was only a handful of food for a
each man daily. . c<
Finally the party was compelled to
take their moccasins and mucklucks g
from their feet and eat them. They w
were able then to walk five or ten tl
miles a day until they stumbled into m
an Indian camp. Their moccasins sj
and mucklucks had kept them alive ^
for five days. Each man had lost -w
fifty pounds in weight. tl
Johnson remained at Fort Mac- f]
Pherson. After the rivers froze, the tl
bishop, with two Indians, started for sj
Dawson via Rampart and Fort Mac- fi
Phprson. and came throueh with no tl
further difficulty. | it
RANSOM MONEY DEMANDED. |
Family of Louisville Kidnapped Girl
Receive Offers to Return Her. '
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Louisville, Ky.f December 30.?A q
letter was received to-day from some
town in Ohio promising the return of
little Alma Kellner to her parents on
payment of $5,000 ransom. This is
all the information the family will gj
give out. d
The girl disappeared December 8, ^
and the demand for ransom received fl
to-day, although it may not be genuine,
brought with it the first real
V>nno fnr hpr rprnvprv. e
Frank Fehr, millionaire brewer and t<
cousin to Fred Kellner, father of n
Alma, is going to Chicago to-night, w
and although he said positively his h
trip had nothing to do with confer- v
ring with kidnappers of the Kellner a
girl, it is believed he is going to Chi- r
cago or elsewhere oh such a mission, h
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THIS pOOSE HAD SENSE.
Escaped from New Owner to Return U:
to Former Companions.,
Frankfort, Ky. Dec., 29.?Floundring
in the soft ice in the Kentucky Ca
Ever to-day was found a big domestic ia
oose that was on its way to its for- ai
ier home, when it became mired in Vj
ie ice. bi
The goose had been given to Ben ^
Eeenon, of North Frankfort, by Rob- ai
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n Dl ttwJLICl ) UI ouuiu riauivivi v.. a
ver and many blocks of winding tr
;reets separated the goose from his w
ew and old home. . tfc
In carrying the goose, from South at
) North Frankfort, however, it was ti
ot put in a sack, but was carried in
spring wagon, with its head uncovred.
Wise old goose, it took in every- si
ling as it made the journey, and had w
o sooner been turned out in the hi
ackyard of Keenon's residence than tt
, began to plan to make its escape
nd return to the flock of its former ai
Dmpanions. d<
Evidently its journey was partially n
uided by mental telepathy, for it fC
ent straight to the river, then up sc
le river to the bridge, where it com- h>
lunicated with the flock on the South a
de of the stream, and began to
lake its journey across the river. It tt
as half way across when it mired in f<
le soft ice and, had to be rescued )0
om drowning. The distance from '
l? places on the North and South cc
ides is nearly a mile, so that it is cg
gured that only the reasoning and t,,
ie shrewdness of the goose enabled a(
; to find its way home. . tt
Didn't Know Their Danger. ^
Fire was discovered in the hold of ^
tie White Star liner' Celtic Wednes- *a
ay, when the vessel was four days 01
ut from New York. When the liner
rrived at Liverpool Tuesday, the fire ai
^as still burning, but its presence
as unknown to the 400 passengers 8t
board. The flames started in hold
lx, filled with cotton bales. Above w
eck there was no evidence of anyVi
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ling unusual. The hold has been
coded. ^
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Don't let the already big cities pi
row at the expense of your home 01
ywn. There is no use to send your d<
loney away from Bamberg to buy st
rhat you want and need. It is right li:
ere at home, and the merchants ol
ill take great pleasure in extending te
call for your trade. They have a re
ight to it. Patronize home and tt
ome- will branch out N
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i selling all
Boys and
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MARSHAL BERNHARD.
ncle Sam's Faithful Watcher on
New York's Dock.
More than 20,000,000 immigrant
tine to the United States during the
st forty years via the Atlantic ferry
id occasionally under cover of the
ist.army of sturdy and thrifty home
lilders there sneaked along fugitive
isassins, rogues and other criminals
lxious to hide themselves in the
ties and distant parts of the couny.
Some of the "undesirables"
ere halted and returned by the autorities
at Castle Garden and latei
; Elilis Island, and others fell intc
ie hands of the police, but the bulfc
! the important captures were made
ngle-handed by. Deputy United
;ates Marshal Frederick Bernhard
ho during the whole of those years
is performed duty as "'sentinel ol
ie port" and is doing so still.
Although recognized and spoken ol
iroad as the greatest of American
itectives, strange to say here in
ew York, which has been his home
>r half a century as well as the
:ene of his activities; Marshal Bernird
is rarely-.if ever referred to as
successful, criminal hunter.
An exceedinly modest man, during
ie long years he has been in the
ederal service Bernhard has seduusiy
avoided publicity. '
True, from time to time in the
>urse-of his career mention of his
iptures appeared in the newspapers
it only a few of Bernhardt intimate
:quaintances -are aware of the fac1
iat he has sent forty-four murder's
to the scaffold and guillotine and
1,600 counterfeiters, forgers, bank
lieves, defaulters and other maleictors
to extended terms of imprisiment.
While the full story of Bernhardt
rests would be an interesting addion
to detective literature, it can be
ated that there was no fanciful
fcierlock Holmes business connected
ith them. They were all accomlished
by a plain, shrewd man, whc
id no need for disguises, because
is calling was known to few and he
as therefore able to go whither he
eased without attracting attention
being pointed out as a government
?tective. He never had any use foi
ool pigeons?those loathsome hirengs
who instigate the commissioi]
crime in the interest of incompe>nt
officials desirous of building up
iputationa as watchful guardians ol
te law and "always on the job."?
ew York Times.
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GRAFT CURSE OF THE AGE.
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, New York Jurist Denounces Waste of
Public Money.
( Troy, N. Y., December 31.?"The
age of patriotism has yielded to the |
; age of commercialism. Uppermost
! in the human mind to-day is not the
i stars and stripes but the dollar
i mark." ' ;
i Such was the declaration of Supreme
i Court Justice Wesley O. Howard, in
an opinion to-day reducing the com'
pensation of members .of a commis
sion appointed to appraise damages
to property resulting from the con?
struction of the Askokan reservoir in
: Ulster county, which is to furnish a
> water supply for New York city..
I "While the commission furnish ^
, avenues for the reckless escape of1
i many dollars, there are . other chan- ?
nels of leakage and waste fully as
appalling," said Judge Howard,
f "It is greatly to be regretted that
l no public enterprise can be projected
i and consummated without this appalls
ing loss, called 'graft!' Graft is not d
: necessarily an illegal expenditure of # I
money, but it is that, unnecessary 1
5 wasteful use which characterizes the I
construction of every public venture. 1
; At least 40 per cent of all the money
i appropriated for public use is. lost in
- graft. All things could, be possible J
if this frighful leak could be stopped
( ?roads, canals,. libraries, asylums
5 and hospitals.
"Graft is a product of our times
5 and Institutions. It is the, people
t who are responsible. . . They expect 1
graft, and even spoil and booty, to
t deplete their resources whenever any $
: great undertaking is ventured by
them; and they look with complac
ence and toleration^ and indifference
at ravages upon their property. Graft
> is as much an element to be reckoned
- with in computing the cost of a pub- >
> lie structure as is cement or lumber.
[ It has come to be a matter of course
I ?this rake ofT, a loss recognized by
all who make estimates of cost in
> such cases. A public structure built
: honestly would be a freak."
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s The Explanation.
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: Mrs. Youngbride?"Mrs. Smith
says there is lots of cream on her
- milk bottles every morning. Why is
i there never any on yours?"
The Milkman?"I'm too honest
i lady, that's why. I fills my bottles
! so full that there ain't never no room
- left for cream.'?woman s nome
Companion.