The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 25, 1911, Page 2, Image 2
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PENSION GHOST WALKING.
Measure Appropriating $45,000,000
Worries Democrats.
Washington, May 17.?Just how
the Democrats in the house are to
avoid considering the Anderson $45,000,000
pension bill is just now one
of the interesting situations here.
Temporarily the bill is sidetrackV.11+
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every two weeks, until the Democrats
are eventually forced to take some
action.
Ostensibly the house adjourned
.over until Tuesday because it had
little to do, and its committees wanted
to work,
i , In reality, adjournment was taken
to sidestep the Anderson pension bill,
which stands at the head of the cal*?y
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^ endar to discharge committees.
This calendar is in order the first
and third Mondays in each month.
The second and fourth Mondays are
presumed to be District of Columbia
days.
Under the rules therefore, the
$45,000,000 pension bill would have
"been called up Monday. The Democrats
are out for an economy record.
They don't relish the idea of putting
$45,000,000 on the wrong side
of the ledger, even though one of
their own number has introduced
the bill and then moved to discharge
the committee on pensions from its
further consideration, thus throwing
it into the house proper for action,
v The Republicans are enjoying the
situation immensely.
Nearly all of them are ready to
"vote $45,000,000 additional in pensions
of the Union veterans. Some
. of the Northern Democrats must also
pV; vote that way, if the bill is ever put
upon passage, or else some of these
Northern Democrats will never return
to congress.
The Southern Democrats, of
,?,r?iiT?;/a hoiiovtt the TTriinn veterans
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are drawing enough money as it is.
They are unqualifiedly opposed to
the Anderson bill, and will sidestep
N-. it as long as possible. If it is called
up, finally, they will do all they caD
4 to down it.
It is not seen how the Democrats 1
can "adjourn over" every first and
third Monday. But if the house is 1
ever in session upon ''such a day, '
Representative Anderson will be on
f hand to call up his pension bill. 1
- It develops that there is great rip
* valry between Representative Anderson
and Representative Sherwood, ]
V. both Ohio Democrats, regarding pen- :
? sion legislation. Each member has a i
j|V" large old soldier constituency. Mr.
iy Sherwood also has ii* a bill to in- <
|||\. crease the pension rolls, but for the ]
W% time Mr. Anderson seems to have the i
;J :. advantage, because he has moved to ;
? / discharge the invalid pensions com- ,
^^!;mittee. ]
The pension increase has given i
many an economical Democrat a j
night mare. The Democrats have
, lopped off something like $11,000,&V
000 in revenue by the passage of the
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free list bill. A revision of the wool
,schedule means a further cut into
the revenue till. Now, if the Anderi
son bill passes, calling for appropriation
of something like $45,000,000
not counted upon by the Democratic
mathematicians, the house majority
;will start off to economize with $70,000,000
on the wrong side of the big
financial ledger.
MARRIED OX A WAGER.
Later Southern Lawyer Realized Mistake
and Left for Europe.
Married as the result of a wager,
Frank S. Cannon, of Greenville, Miss.,
has started on a two years' trip to
Europe. While he is gone his bride,
who was Miss Raye Hill, of Memphis,
|p::' will bring an action for divorce at
his own request, charging desertion.
Cannon is city attorney for Greenville.
With Percy Andrews, of Jackie,
son, Miss., and R. H. Wildeberger,
of Clarkesdale, Miss., he was at a
hotel in Memphis, Tenn., one night
& v when one of the men remarked to
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Cannon that he ought to find a nice
girl and get married.
"I will get married right away,"
replied Cannon. "There is a pretty
girl over there. I think I'll marry '
her, if she will have me."
"I will bet $100 she won't," inter- '
posed a member of the party. Cannon
declared the bet was on. 1
Approaching the young woman in
a deferential manner, Cannon ex- '
plained that a bet of $100 had been ;
made that the young woman would
not marry him. He explained the
wager and asked the young woman
| . what she was going to do about it.
She replied that a girl could not
tell what she would do until she was
asked. Cannon asked and the girl
said "yes."
There was a wedding. The next
day, however, Cannon saw the foolishness
of his step, and the others
did the same.
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YEGGMEX IX MOTOR CARS.
One Hundred Country Banks Robbed
Since Last Fall.
Since last October 100 country
banks in Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska
have been robbed. In each
instance from $1,000 to $7,000 was
taken and practically the same prorednrp
was followed in everv case.
says an Abilene, Kan., correspondent.
In the three States named are approximately
2,500 banks, 2,000 of
them in little towns and villages
with practically no police protection.
This is the usual program in the
cases reported:
Along after midnight the residents
are aroused by two or three explosions.
Those daring enough to venture
on the streets see an automobile
standing in front of the bank and
two men with guns giving orders to
stand back. Inside are their companions,
filling sacks with money
from the safe. Having gathered all
the money possible the burglars enter
the machine, fire a few intimidating
shots and go racing out of
town. ,
Then comes the gathering of a posse,
the cranking up of cars and a
desperate attempt to follow and capture
the robbers. In no instance has
there been a capture. Governors
have issued proclamations, legislatures
and bankers' associations
have increased rewards for the robbers
dead or alive, but the robberies
continue.
At one time it was asserted that
the rendezvous of the burglars was
in Nebraska, where in a county near
the line the officers were too intimidated
or too venal to arrest the gang.
Some outside officers went there and
made arrests; but the prisoners proved
an alibi and the mystery is as deep
as ever. Sometimes several weeks
go by without a robbery, then there
will be two or three in a single night.
The automobile is blamed for
much of this crime. Said an officer
who had been in two pursuing parties,
both unsuccessful in securing
even a trace of the yeggmen:
"Before the coming of the motor
car we could overhead this class of
criminals. They went on horseback
and there was little difficulty in covering
the country by telephone and
heading them off.
"Now the country is alive with
parties making cross-State runs and
no more attention is paid to a
strange car than to a freight train.
With a high powered car it is easy
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Jn me prairie ruaua iu v,wci aw
miles in three hours. Then with a
change of outer clothing to give the
appearance of tourists the robbers
can motor leisurely through the
most populous cities and put up at
the first-class hotels without arous
ing suspicion.
"It is practically impossible for
the pursuers to follow them because
the route taken is unknown and the
rapid progress of the robbers puts ;
them out of reach." 1
The unprotected nature of the
country bank is a temptation to the
reggmen of the prairies. Generally
it is in a little frame building on a 1
lark street. It is easy to enter and
the safes are small. There are few
strong vaults and the banks are left 1
inwatched through the night.#
The town constable may be abroad
c>ut what can he do in the face of a 1
veil armed company of intruders? '
More than likely he is down at the
railroad station swapping yarns with
:he night operator and he is not worrying
about anything more serious !
;han the possibility of a hobo's catch:ng
a ride on the blind baggage. The
ihances are that he knows nothing (
nore of the doings at the bank than :
loes the cashier sleeping soundly a ]
juarter of a mile away until it is ]
:oo late.
SPLINTER IN HIS FINGER. <
\ Boy's pread of a Little Pain Costs i
Him His Life.
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After a twenty-four hours' fight to l
save him from death by lockjaw, s
Harry Soberhieck, eleven years old ?
of Park place and Grafton avenue, .
Woodhaven, L. I., died Saturday at
St. Mary's Hospital, Jamaica. Last <
Friday week, while playing, the boy 1
caught his hand on a rough board, 1
and a splinter half an inch long pene- )
trated a finger. He did not tell his
parents of the injury because he i
thought it would be more painful to 1
have the splinter extracted than to i
leave it in nis nnger. ivionaay ue
was seized with convulsions and was <
hurried to the hospital in an ambulance.
News for Mother.
A series of revival services was
being held in a western city, and
placards giving notice of the services
were posted in conspicuous
places. One day the following notice
was posted: "Hell: Its Location
and Absolute Certainty. Thos.
Jones, baritone soloist, will sing,
'Tell Mother I'll Be There.' Lipplncott's.
VOICE HEARD 2,000 MILES.
Phone Connection Between New
York and Denver.
For the first time in the history of
mankind the human voice carried 2,000
miles direct when New York
found Denver over the long distancetelephone
wires on Wednesday.
A group of Manhattan newspaper
men in a downtown skyscraper talked
to another group in the Colorado
city, picked up Omaha on the way and
also gossiped with Chicago.
A "phantom" telephone, connected
with four copper wires the thickness
of a lead pencil, brought the cities
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lugtuitr, duu ILL an Lt u wcic
exchanging messages by telephone
and telegraph at once over these four
wires.
The Remedy and Its Application.
God has provided the remedy; it
is only efficacious when applied. To
look to Jesus means to believe that
he is your saviour. "Who is he that
overcometh the world but he that believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God."
To believe in one is to have confidence
in him. Christ by his example
has shown us how to live, and,
if need be, how to die. He has
taken away the sting from death, by
proving to us there is a life beyond
the grave. This earthly life is but
a preparation for a greater life. How
important then that we live in the
fear of God.
"As I live, saith the Lord God, I
have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked; but that the wicked turn
from his ways and live; turn ye, turn
ye from your evil ways, for why will 1
ye die?" He also says: "If the wicked
restore the pledge, give again that
he had robbed, walk in the statutes
of life, without committing iniquity;
he shall surely live, he shall not die." 1
By following the crowd people
are often led astray; possibly under
better conditions they would not
have done these wicked things. The
tempter has caught them in his
snare. Just here, let me remind you :
that none of us are so good, that the
evil one cannot lead us into wrong 1
paths. When we find out our mis- <
take, if we are wise, we will confess :
it and ask forgiveness which is sure
to be readily granted. The only way
to be restored into God's favor and to
have the sun of righteousness shine
on you with healing in his wings is
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takes great courage to confess you
have done wrong, but that is the
only course for a wise person. Then
just think! you can again feel the 1
pleasures of a clear conscience, and
you can look the whole world in
the face. This do, and you will live;
neglect it, and you die. "To-day if
ye will hear his voice, harden not
your heart." ]
The men began the good work of ]
easing their consciences, and now <
the women are following suit. It is
a wholesome sign and I am glad to ?
see the people getting in a peniten- ?
tial mood; this is opening the way
for a revival of righteousness (doing
right) which we sorely need. There
is great spiritual dearth throughout
the land. You have lusted after the ;
vanities and pleasures of this world; ]
God has given you your requests but
has sent leanness into your souls. 1
Let us leave off following these j
strange Gods and turn to the true ]
God, the maker of the heavens and
the earth, and you, if we would be ;
happy. Remember you can't follow (
worldly pleasures and God at the ,
same time. He demands our undi- vided
love. Professing Christians ]
who try to do this are bringing the <
church into disrepute. They^are do- ,
ing more harm than an avowed ene- \
my. Religions was not designed to i
make our pleasures less. When we ,
fear God we need fear nothing else .
?this is pleasure in a higher form.
Hhristians are sad only when they ]
see what terrible mistakes people <
are making in following after world- i
ly pleasures, because the end of these ,
things is death. God who made the ;
beautiful flowers, and singing birds, ,
surely did not mean that his children i
should go mourning all their days.
ks our minister aptly expressed it, i
we are getting out of the basement (
of the house into the upper stories, i
where the air is purer, the vision i
broader. This is happiness in a \
higher form. 1
Nature has been giving me another
lesson. On my way to the i
vegetable garden which is situated '
near a creek, and where to my mind, i
nature has centered all the beauties s
of the place, consequently leading us <
into not only an appreciative but a j
reflective mood, I came across several ]
hills of volunteer peanuts, looking so ]
measly, so scrawny, and so plainly in ;
need of help that my garden hoe ]
at once came from my shoulder, ]
and I began to try to relieve
them. But the ground proved
to be like flint Being on the
edge of the well-cultivated plot, they
had missed the plow. They seemed
just about to give up the struggle
for existence. By persevering I
gradually got the hard soil loosened
up. When I finished it seemed to
WASHINGTON STIRRED UP.
Blackball Row Excites the Metropolitan
Club.
Washington, May 17.?The resignations
of two members of the board
of governors and the secretary of the
Metropolitan club in the city made
known to-day following a speech by
President Taft last night in which he
denounced "small-headed men," who
in clubs attempt to manifest their
greatness by blackballing men of
prominence proposed for membership,
have stirred official and social
Washington to the core.
President Taft, who is a member
of the exclusive Metropolitan club,
was represented several weeks ago
to have felt some resentment over
the exclusion from the organization
of several newly elected congressmen
and senators, proposed for memship
by some of the most influential
men in the club. Among the men
excluded was one of whom the president
was said to be particularly fond.
Taft Revived Flurry.
The flurry caused by the club's
action at that time had practically
died down when President Taft last
night, in an address at the Jewish
temple, revived the subject by saying
he had had friends?Gentiles?
kept out of clubs "by people who
were not worthy to button their
shoes."
This was followed by the announcement
to-day that Brig. Gen.
Clarence R. Edwards, of the bureau
of insular affairs, an intimate friend
of President Taft; Lieut. Col. Chas.
McCawley, of the marine corps, formerly
a white house aide, and Capt.
T. M. Potts, of the navy, had resigned
their official positions with the
Metropolitan club. Gen. Edwards
and Capt. Potts were members of the
board of governors, and Col. McCawley
was secretary of the club.
Wished to Quit at Once.
All three of these officers had asked
that their resignations take effect
at once, but Capt. Potts and Col.
McCawley later agreed to serve until
next October on account of the difficulty
of filling their places at this
time of year. Gen. Edwards, however,
insisted that his resignation
should be accepted immediately.
It is said the resignations of
Messrs. Edwards, McCawley and
Potts undoubtedly means that in the
future no officer in the active service
of the army, navy or marine
corps will hold office in the Metropolitan
club.
Friction created by the exclusion
of senators, representatives and other
men of prominence in official life
from the club has been more or less
frequent, and it is believed has not
worked to the best interest of the
various branches of the military service.
me the plants looked grateful, and
held up their heads more proudly,
as if saying, "now we can grow." I
went on happier for the incident,
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i renewed faith in the maker of all
things.
The flinty soil reminded me of
people's hearts. How selfish and
hard they do get! We are told that
in the latter days people are to have
hearts of stone, hearts that cannot
feel. We are also told that God can
take away these stony hearts and
give them hearts of flesh, if they ask
him.
Under the Mosaic law (obey and
you live, disobey and you die) their
case would be hopeless, but a means
of escape has been provided.
"Christ has died to make every
promise in the Bible worth its face
value." Surely God is love when he
could give up his only son to die
for sinful men. Do you realize that
by your actions you are not only
consenting to his death, but your are
actually crucifying him afresh?
Spirtually. you are in bad shape,
like the boy who has disobeyed and
eaten green plums and is all doubled
up with cramps, you must have help
->r vou will die. Only the Great
Physician can cure sin. His blood
:an make, you clean again, even
whiter than snow.
Suppose you had not bathed your
body in years, what a dreadful coniition
you would be in! Spiritually
pou are in the same shape. Wake
up, before it is too late! I am sent
io offer you life, if you reject it, then
:he wages of sin is death.
There were two thieves crucified
cvith Christ, one was saved, one lost.
Why? Because one was rebellious,
:he other repentant. With death
staring him in the face, he acknowledged
his punishment to be just, but
frk rompmhpr him when
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he came into bis kingdom. Christ
replied: "To-day thou shalt be with
me in paradise." Very simple is* it
not? "A broken and a contrite heart
he will not despise."
Ye prodigal sons, why feed on the
husks that the swine eat when there
is plenty in your Father's house?
Arise, go to him and tell him you
have sinned and done wickedly in
his sight, and that you are no more
worthy to be called his son?a royal
welcome awaits you.
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