The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 22, 1912, Page 7, Image 7
ON DEPOSIT 40 YEARS.
A Lone Dime Stayed That Long in a
New Jersey Bank.
There was a sigh of relief among
the employes of the Half-Dime Savings
Bank, Orange, N. J., at closing
time last month, when an account of
B* 10 cents was closed by a depositor,
says a New York special. It had been
F on the books for the last forty years.
r
Frederick Egner, assistant cashier,
was surprised when the man walked
into the institution to-day and asked
for his deposit. The man, who is
1 employed by a New Jersey newspaper,
was a lad of 12 in 1872 when he
deposited a dime which he hoped
would he the nucleus for a substantial
account. Soon after he left it
with the bank he moved with his
family from the city.
The deposit was recalled to him,
and to-day, while on a business trip
to Orange, the man stopped at the
bank. He showed his original receipt
and Mr. Egner passed him out a new
piece of silver.
In the 40 years the dime has been
placed to the depositor's account it
has figured in many balance sheets,
and its worth has been consumed
many times oyer in the ink, paper
fand time given it by clerks who bad
to keep track of it. In all trial balances
that stubborn dime had to be
reckoned with, and its withdrawal
has ended an odd existence rare in
banking annals. As no interest is allowed
in Jersey savings banks to
sums less than $1, the solitary coin
tin its 40 years in the bank did not
increase.
Mose and the Law
Bozeman Bulger, a baseball writer,
says that in his home town, down in
Southern Alabama, a darky was
brought into court to answer a charge
of murder.
/ "Mose Tupper," said the judge,
contemplating the prisoner over his
spectacles, "you are accused here of
one of the most serious crimes known
> to our laws?towit, the taking of a
iinmoTj i?fo Am vou DroDerly repre
sented by counsel?"
"No, suh," said the darky cheerj
fully.
"Well, have you talked to any
one about your defense since your
arrest?"
1 > "I told the sheriff about the shootin'
when he come to my cabin to fetch
me heah," said the prisoner?"but
that's all."
"And have you taken no steps
whatever to engage a lawyer?"
"No, suh," said the darky cheerfully,
"I ain't got no money to be
lamvpra Dev tell me
n aouu vu ?% ?. ^ v
lawyers is mighty costive."
"If you have no funds," insisted
the judge, "it lies within the power
of the court to appoint an attorney
to defend you without charge."
"You needn't be bothin' yo-se'f,
jedge," answered Mose.
L "Well, what do you propose to do
' * about this case?" demanded the
judge.
"Jedge," said the negro, "ez fur
ez I'se concerned, you kin jes' let
the matter drap!"?Saturday Evening
Post.
? Horse Leaps on Train.
I Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 16.?The
unusual sight of a horse leaping
^ from a bridge, alighting on top of
H a passenger coach while the train
- ? -i ??n
rwas running 30 mues an nuur, lading
to the ground, immediately
scrambled to its feet and running
1 away, is what was witnessed by pas(
sengers and crew on train No. 12 on
the Cincinnati Southern Railway in
the Citico yards here.
The horse had been frightened by
a Southern Railway train and had
taken to the concrete bridge which
BP spans the tracks of the Cincinnati
ft Southern. As the animal came to
B the center of the bridge, the Cincin^
nati train passed under the strucb
ture at a rapid rate of speed. The
1^ frightened animal sprang far clear
|^ft of the bridge, alighting squarely on
his feet on the roof of a coach. He
staggered about like a brakeman
ft who had lost his balance, fell heavily
ft to the roof, rolled to the edge, and
f fell into space. As he went he kicked
! the ventilators out of the car, and in
Dassins: a window on his way down,
his feet crashed through the glass
taking the window out, sash and all.
The train was stopped and backed
| to the spot where the horse had
|r fallen. The animal was lying as if
dead when the train crew reached
him. Flagman J. R. Ford was first
to reach the prostrate animal, and
was startled to see the beast leap to
its feet and start to run. Apparently
from the manner in which the horse
made its get-away, it was none the
Lm worse for its peculiar experience.
L . The owner of the horse has not been
f located.
I The city of Orangeburg let a conI
tract last week for more than fifteen
I thousand dollars worth of street pavI
ing, this being an extension on the
I streets which already have paving.
L The material to be used is vitrified
brick. Orangefrurg will soon be one
of the best paved cities in the State.
A CHINESE CANDIDATE.
Colorado Has One Running for Councilman.
Lee Gow, a Chinaman, has announced
his candidacy for councilman
of Georgetown, Colorado, and
has filed the proper papers to secure
a place on the ballot and started his
campaign with an American as campaign
manager. The first step of
Gow and his manager was to purchase
silk hats and to complete their
otherwise stylish attire, after which
they started a house-to-house canvass
for votes.
Gow is said to be the first native
of China to run for office in America.
He came to this country when he was
four years old.
United States Most Murderous Nation
One of the strangest things in this
world is that we can keep no sort of
sense of proportion between facts.
And writes Carl Snyder in Collier's,
here is an astonishing example:
The murderous proclivities of the
people of the United States are simply
a horror. And the administration
of criminal law in this country is exactly
what President Taft said of it:
"A disgrace to our civilization."
Yet no one seems to mind.
In the number of murders per mil-1
lion of population the United States
stands first among the civilized na-|
tions. The average for the entire!
country is eight or ten times the
average for the land from which we
sprung?England.
These facts have long been known.
If we could believe the figures of the
mortality bureau of the United
States census they have in the last
i
few years been growing worse at an
appalling rate.
Yet no one seems to care.
And yet it is certain that these
figures are far below the fact. This
is clear from another simple comparison.
The crime and mortality statistics
of Massachusetts are kept with exceptional
care and are highly reliable.
In Massachusetts in the last ten years
(quoting Mr. Phelps's figures again)
27 persons out of every million each
year died by murder. This is only
about two-thirds the showing for the
registration area of the whole country
and not half the showing for the
last five years reported.
There is reason to believe that
the rate for Massachusetts fairly represents
the North Atlantic States. If
then the average in the registration
area was 58, it must mean that the
murder rate for the rest of the registration
area was far higher than this
?or 75 to 100?or more. The
same consideration lead us to believe
that the rate outside the registration
area was higher than within
it. For example, in one year, 224
murders were reported in South CarTVia
lororor nart nf f h PHP
uiiua aiuuc. x uv> xw40vi ^m.4 v ~ ? would
be outside the registration
area.
The murder rate among the rural
population is higher than the city
rate!
Those figures showed last year a
total of 8,975 deaths from murder.
Consider for a moment what this
means.
<*> ?~ " nnnnnnn/M^ O TTflrTT TtITT1
OUppUStJ vuu pu39C3scu a, itij iiTiu
imagination, and that you stood in
front of a clock, sleepless, day after
day: These figures mean that for
every hour of the day and night
which you heard the clock strike you
would know that some victim of a
shotgun, a knife, a pistol or poison
had been done to death in this country.
And the rest of this story is that
out of these 8.975 murders, a little
over one hundred were legally put
to death. On the average 86 out of
87 escaped the gallows! Is it any
wonder that we have the proud record
of being the most murderous nation
on earth?
In race track parlance, then, we
may sum up the matter about as follows:
If you commit a murder, it is a
better than 3 to 1 shot that you will
never be brought to trial.
It is a better than 10 to 1 shot
that you will never be hanged or
electrocuted.
Some day I hope to have my say
about this monstrous criminal and
*"~~ /MifynrtlrroiiAn nf Ck
llilltiai U1 gaux<ja.tiuu VI kuv
law and the administration of justice
in this country which makes possible
this foul page of American life.
For the moment, perhaps, it will do
some good to turn on the light.
Blown Through Roof by Dynamite.
New York, Feb. 17.?In the dynamiting
of a house in First street,
Westfield, N. J., last night, Mrs. William
Bronson was blown through a
great hole in the roof and her body
shot into a field. She was unconscious
when found, but after an examination
doctors expressed the belief
that she would recover.
The explosion in which her two
little children were injured was due
to the execution of a "Black Hand"
I threat to destroy the bakery of
Frank Capponetti on the ground
floor of the building. Capponetti, on
receipt of a threatening letter, openly
expressed scorn of th? "Black
Hand."
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HAD TO STAY IN.
Unfortunate Guy Who Tried to Get
Out of Politics.
A man who enters politics loses
his peace of mind, according to a
story told by Senator "Bob" Taylor,
of Tennessee.
"I once knew a man from my part
of the country," said Senator Taylor,
"who had a nice little farm and was
entirely satisfied with life. Some
well-meaning friends, however, came
along and persuaded him to run for
the legislature. After a good bit of
coaxing they succeeded and he was
defeated. Not content, he decided that
at the next election he would again be
a candidate, and so on for 30 years.
"Finally he became convinced that
the people did not want him to represent
them in the legislature and he
decided to commit suicide.
"Not wishing to make a failure of
the job, he bought a rope, some kero?oTio
anri n rpvnlvpr Then takine his
old boat he rowed down the river
which flowed near his farm until he
came to a big overhanging tree. He
saturated his clothes with oil, placed
the rope around his neck and tied it
to the tree, struck a match on his
trousers and kicked away the boat.
He then placed the revolver to his
head and fired.
"The revolver shot struck his head
and glanced off, cutting the rope and J
letting him fall in the water, which
extinguished the blaze. He waded
out, and when he found himself intact,
concluded that Divine Providence
had saved him.
"At the next election he ran on a
reform ticket."?Washington correspondent
New York Herald.
Thought Hog Had Jaundice.
Several weeks ago a citizen of
Mooresville was confined to his bed
with jaundice. Having a fine 400pound
hog that was ready for the
butcher, he sent for a colored man
to kill and dress his hogship. The
darky carried out the instructions
and delivered the fine porker to a
nearby merchant. In dresing the hog
the darky had got his water too hot
and of course the skin turned a bit
yellow. When the hog was delivered
to the merchant, the latter said to
the darky:
"Uncle Jim, what is the matter
with this hog, that the skin is so
yellow?"
"To tell yer de trufe, white man,
dat hog shore is got de yaller janders.
I seed it turn yellow whe I
took it outen de water. Dat's whut
de matter wid de man what it 'long
to, and de hog done ketched it, too."
The story of the darky was believed
and the meat was turned back
to the owner. The owner being too
sick to look after it, and believing
that something really was the matter
with the animal, the hog was carried
a good distance from town and cast
away. This 400-pound porker was
lost to a man who can ill-afford such
a loss.?Mooresville (N. C.) Enter
prise.
Making 'Em Young.
I am the powder they put on the face
I am the dress-form that gives them
such grace;
I am the rat that goes under the hair
To make it seem just like their own, j
locks were there;
I am the masseur who makes neck
and cheek
Smooth and unwrinkled and glossy
and sleek;
I am the rouge that so many suppose?
When they look on their lips?is the
blush of a rose.
I am the gown that they fit in so
tight
To help them look debonair, sylphlike
and light;
I am the paint for the eyebrows that
hides
The little gray tint that insistently
'bides;
T am tha poIH orpam that used with
rare skill,
Puts out the crow's feet as if they
were nil;
I am the collar of lace round the
neck, j
High as the ears, to hide every least
speck
Of wrinkles, so nothing is left to define
A thing but sweet youth in each form
and each line.
I am the corset, that gives at each
point,
To lend them the grace that is classed
as bon point;
I am the shoes cut so open and low
The dainty silk stockings is ^certain j
to show;
I'm the enamel, when age shows so
bad,
To hide the worst crevice on faces
so sad;
And I am lost youth, that in dreams
through the glass
They call back in vain when their
image I pass.
?The Bentztown Bard.
The Sumter Y. M. C. A. building
will be ready for occupancy about
the first of March. There is room
for 27 persons in the dormitories,
and the rooms are all filled, 40 having
made application.
CONFESSES KILLING GOEBEL.
Dying Declaration of Man Slain in
Arkansas.
Helena, Ark., Feb. 15.?That he
murdered Gov. William Goebel, of
Kentucky, in cold blood, at Frankfort,
in January, 1900, was the dying
declaration of James Gilbert, selfconfessed
gunman and ex-feudist of
Breathitt county, Kentucky, who was
fatally wounded in a pistol fight with
a bartender here this morning. No
proof other than the man's last words
were offered, nor did he relate any
details of the killing.
The victim of periodical irregular
habits of life, Gilbert came here about
three years ago. and soon became
known as a dangerous man, although
under ordinary circumstances he was
peaceable.
Killed Man, Acquitted.
One affray in which he figured resulted
in his opponent's death some
time ago, but Gilbert alleged self-de-;
fence, and he was set at liberty.
While under detention in connection
with this affair, Gilbert's demeanor
attracted the marked attention of the
sheriff and his deputies, with the result
that he later accepted an appointment
as deputy sheriff. For months
he was the terror of certain desperadoes,
making periodical excursions
into the community and performing
deeds more famed for their daring
than for their valor.
' In Trouble Again.
It was early this week that Gilbert's
return to irregular habits is
said first to have been noticed. On
Wednesday night he engaged in a revolver
battle with a stranger, but
neither was injured, and a truce was
established because of each man's
having exhausted his ammunition.
The affair was .hushed up, in the hope
that Gilbert would return to his regular
employment on the sheriff's deputy
force.
The end came in a down-town saloon,
when, for what was undoubtedly
a fancied insult, he whipped out
his pistol, with the announcement
that the bartender was doomed.
Other Fellow Shoots First.
The bartender was the quicker of
the two and. shot first. Gilbert sank
to the floor, mortally wounded.
Realizing that the end had come,
Gilbert smiled faintly and after making
an attempt to joke about dying
in his boots, declared that he fired
the shot that caused the death of Gov.
Goebel. Whether he would have
given details of his alleged killing of
Goebel can never be known, for Gilbert
died within a few minutes after
making the statement, which he renAafn/l
and mror ocrojn with thfl
ycatcu u?ci uuu vi v4 - ? -? ?
assertion that he "could never get
over it."
Doubted by Ex-Grand Juror.
Wichita Falls, Tex., Feb. 15.?B.
F. Suter, who was foreman of the
Frankfort, Ky., grand jury which indicted
Caleb Powers, and now a resident
of Wichita Falls, when shown a
Helena, Ark., dispatch to-day, telling
of the alleged confession of James
Gilbert, said he believed Gilbert was
a crank or insane. "There is no doubt
in my mind as to the man who fired
the fatal shot," he said.
Outwits Asylum Keeper.
Trenton, Feb. 14.?Samuel Walker
formerly one of the most prominent
lawyers here, who has been an inmate
of the State asylum for the insane
for several months, was out
walking with an attendant to-day.
Walker boarded a trolley car, the attendant
following. Walker paid his
own fare, but the attendant had no
money and Walker would not pay for
him.
When the attendant tried to explain
to the conductor that he had an
insane man in charge the conductor
looked at the smiling Walker and
concluded that if either was a lunatic
it was the attendant.
"He's no more insane than you,"
taunted the fare collector. "So quit
your kidding and pay or get off."
The attendant appealed to other
passengers to lend him a nickel, but
all shared the conductor's suspicions.
The attendant had to get off. He ran
at full speed back to the asylum and
informed Warden Atchley, who got
out his automobile and started in pursuit.
Walker was at the railway station
awaiting a train, with a ticket
for Camden in his hand.
"Nearly beat you that time," was
Walker's laughing greeting. He made
no objection. to going back to the
asylum.
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PROMISED NOT TO REMARRY.
Now Young Woman Haunted by
Ghost of First Husband.
Macon, Feb. 15.?Alleging that his
young wife deserted him because she
was haunted by the ghost of her
former husband, whom she had promised
never to marry again, George
W. Mann, a well-known Confederate
veteran, to-day was given the first
decree in his divorce suit.
Mann declared to the jury that his
wife appeared so remorseful and conscience-stricken
that he had consented
to the separation.
Farming Implements
We have on hand a full line of Gladiator Stalk Cutters, Chattanooga
one horse and double plows, >Rex Guano Distributors, Gantt Distributors,
Gem Cotton Planters, Harness, Canvas, and Leather Collars, Traces, Hame
Strings, Back Bands, Collar Pads, Bridles, Halters, Plow Lines and anything
the farmer may need on his farm.
We also have a quantity of Fence Wire in the various heights, which
will be sold at rock bottom prices.
When in need of anything in the hardware line call on us, and when
you purchase to the amount of $50.00 we give you Free of Charge a handsome
Standard Talking Machine, and guarantee to sell you as cheap as any
of our competitors.
J. A. HUNTER
THE HARDWARE MAN. BAMBERG, S. O.
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' Half the people of the world live principally
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llr ""potash. ' 1 |
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W. H. SAVES, Vick, La. ?f | r
JSU'SSiSSSatt B^SraM in Spite of
iW 1 t&eweevii? mm
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extra bales in spite of the weevil, l??itc\cmj luw CuruT/>ro' IjCI ivlfj Ivttl
eivina me one bale to the acre. E ^ YOU HOW f O
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Says?Planted 5 acres made 2 EX- **CI HOU3?
tra bales.
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