Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LONE BANDIT ROBS TRAIN. HOLDS IP SKABOAKD EXPRESS AND GETS SMALL BOOTY. Messenger Compiled to Open Sate, But Package Taken of Little Value. Xo Clue to Bobber. Columbia, March 2S.?An unknown white man, pistol in hand, entered the express car of the northbound Florida-Cuba sDecial of the Seaboard Air Line, from Tampa to New York, as the train was leaving Columbia at 6.4 5 o'clock this afternoon, compelled the express messenger to open a small safe, and after taking from it a package, said to be , of slight value, jumped off as the train slowed up for a crossing in the northern limits of the city. After the crew had instructed the watchman at the crossing to communicate with the.Columbia police the train proceeded on its way. Neither passengers nor mail clerks "were molested. Officials of the express company were unable to estimate to-night the value of the package secured by the robbers. They say they are unable to state where the stolen package .was put on and will not know until tomorrow how much money it contained. Third of Its Kind. The robbery to-night is the thircf of A its kind in Columbia within the past two years. In each case the? hold* ups have been by one man. No arrests have been made in the other ' cases. \ Railway officials said that the man \ robbed the train to-night while it was proceeding three blocks. Presumably boarding the train at the passenger J station in the heart of the city, the robber left the car as the train slowed up at the entrance to the Sidney Park yards. The rapidity of his operations, railroad officials say, is all but unknown in the history of South Carolina crimes. To-night special agents of the railroad company, the Southern Express Company and police headquarters are looking for clues. So far, there is nothing to reward them. Express Messenger Freeman, in charge of the car, described the robber as a man of medium height, rather strong built, with dark hair and complexion. The messenger said that the man wore a mask, which effectually concealed his features. The Florida-Cuba Special, northbound, is No. 2, on the railroad schedules. It runs from Jacksonville to New York and often carries large l sums of money. Of No Value to Robber. Late to-night express officials announced that the package stolen by the robber was of no value, except to the Seaboard Air Line Railway. It contained letters and reports from Florida points to the general officers at Portsmouth, Va., they say. They were worth about $100. The explanation offered is that the robber thought he had a package of currency, the envelope containing the reports looking much like an ordinary money package. Report From Headquarters. \ Norfolk, Va., March 28.?Officials of the Seaboard Air Line here tonight announced that one masked ?v v,Coohnord Air Line , ruuuci uuaiucu u^uuvu.u .... passenger train No. 2. en route to New York from Florida, in Columbia to-night and forced the express messenger, at the point of a revolver, to open the safe. It was said that only one bag of valuables was taken. The amount of the loss was not made public. SMITH GETS BILL IX LINE. ____ j Cotton Futures Measure Unfinished Business of Senate. Washington, March 25.?After a lively parliamentary discussion in the senate this afternoon Senator -E. D. Smith succeeded in getting his bill to regulate transactions in cotton futures established as the unfinished business of the senate, which means that he can probably push it to a vote in a short time. By Waiting Patiently. ''Patience and perseverence will accomplish all things," was a favorite saving of an old miller, relates the Montgomery Journal. He had made this remark in a train one day on the way to market, when a pompous individual in the corner turned to him crossly and said: Nonsense, sir. I can tell you a great many things which neither patience nor perseverance can accomplish." "Perhaps you can." said the miller, "but I have never yet come across one thing." "Well, then, 1*11 tell you one. Will patience and perseverance ever enable you to carry water in a sieve?" "Certainly." "I would like to know how?" "Simply by waiting patiently for the water to freeze." CAN* SHE WITH PIG'S EVE. Wonderful Surgical Oj>eration Said to j Be Successful. Baltimore. .March 29.?Sight has been given to the left eye of David Kane, the nine-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kane, of Gettys, Pa., through the grafting of the cornea of a pig's eye to the child's eyeball, according to physicians at a hospital here. Certain tests, they declare, have brought out this fact without a doubt. When the bandage was removed from the eye, it was declared, the child followed the course of a lighted candle which was moved in front of him. Another test that brings out the fact more clearly is that the child now winks his eyelid when a finger or small object is put near the eye. The disease from which the child has been a sufferer since he was 3 weeks old is known as staphyloma of the cornea. Both eyes became affected, but the left seemed to be in a hopeless condition, and it was only as a last resort that the operation was decided on. The operation was performed a week ago Monday, and the corner of the pig's eye was used because it is said it more closely resembles the human cornea than that of any other animal. Child and pig were placed under an anesthetic and the outer covering of the animal's eye was removed. It was quickly placed in the eyeball of the child. The child's eye to-day is said to be perfectly clear and free from inflammation. Had Contract to Live Together. Greenville, March 2o.?A touching scene in which an old man of 67 years and a maiden of 16 played the leading roles was enacted yesterday afternoon in police court. Chiefly through kindness of heart did the judge order the case against the old man and girl dismissed, stating as he rendered his verdict that he did not care to give his opinion of the affair. Both were profuse in their thanks as they left the court room. An odd pair the old man and girl made as they stood side by side before the bar of justice, he almost decrepit, wrinkled and bald, she young, fair and showing the freshness of youth. The old man gave his name as J. R. Smith and the girl called herself Maude Q'Shields. It seems the old man had signed a contract with the girl to live with him, do his cooking and care for his little place called home. Smith is a shoemaker and has been living alone in his little shop on Greene avenue until he took the girl to the place. The shop is a small affair and has a living room appendage in the rear. According to the police the girl has been seen on the streets at all times of night and the officers, becoming suspicious of her actions, found where she was staying and arrested her together with the old man. The judge remarked that the case looked bad at first thought, but detrt /Iicmicc thp nair with nothing | V I UVU WV UlWUitw v?> W ^ more than a warning against such procedure in the future. The old man promised to destroy the contract he had with the girl, while she agreed to return to her people. The contract is a crudely drawn affair and reads as follows: The State of Solith Carolina, County of Greenville. Article of agreement between J. R. Smith on the first part. Miss Maud O'Shields on the second part: "I do agree to employ part second to do my cooking at two dollars per week and board. Second party also agrees to be on hand when needed. """We give unde? our hand and seal this March, 1914, signed seal?J. R. Smith, Martha O'Shields." "Signed and delivered in presence of ." The names of two local residents oiornoH to thp contract, but the ?? V5 Ol^juvu w v-. , authenticity of their signatures, could not he established. LIVED AS MAX SIXTY YEARS. Woman Committed to Asylum Masqueraded Whole Life. Quincy, 111., March 28.?After masquerading as a man for sixty years and serving as a soldier in Grant's army during the civil war, "Albert" Cashier, whose sex was discovered at the Soldiers' Home to-day, was committed to an insane asylum. The woman was born in Ireland 73 years ago. She came to America as a stowaway, clad in boy's clothes. When war broke out she. having continued to represent herself as a male, enlisted in Company G, 9.jth Illinois infan- j try. She participated in several ! bloody battles and behaved with gallantry. When the war closed she resumed civil life as a workman until she became helpless to support herself. She then entered the Soldiers' Home, where her sex was discovered while she was under the care of a surgeon, i ifxPKCT (X)TTOX KILL TO PAS* Friends of Smith's Measure Predic Success in Lower Body. Washington, March 28.?Friend of the cotton futures bill, repassed b; the senate to-day with the amend ment legalizing cotten pools strickei out, predicted to-night it would pas the house before adjournment. It course in the house had been smooth ed, it was claimed, by the action o the senate in striking out the poolinj | agreement clause on request of Sena tor Smith of South Carolina, autho of the original measure. Senator Smith to-day raid he wouli I ~ ~ ? 1 - 5 ? ofYri/inHnro] O TMM'Anrifl I JStflv 111 I nc a^i iLiiitui at up* *v* tion bill to obtain $100,000 to plac< on every primary market in the Soutl samples of the government grade established by the bill, and also sam pies of yarn spun from variou: grades. Reconsideration of the bill wa brought about by the stand of Sena tor Kenyon, who stated last night after the measure was passed, tha he did not understand it included th< pooling amendment. Mr. Kenyoi was an assistant federal attorney ii charge of the prosecution agains James A. Patten and his associate: in their cotton transactions of 1910 After Senator Kenyon called u] his motion for reconsideration of th< bill to-day he offered to withdraw i upon the assurance of Senator Smith of South Carolina, that the poolini amendment would be eliminated ii the house. Senator Borah, however contended that the senate shouk strike out the. amendment, and Mr Smith, declaring the pooling claus< was not pertinent to the body of th< bill, asked for reconsideration anc moved to strike out the objectionabh feature. This done, the altered meas ure was passed by unanimous con sent. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia who introduced the amendment, of fered no objection. Senator Kenyon stated the amend ment, in his opinion, legalized pool ing. and legalized what the Supreme Court condemned as violative of the Sherman anti-trust law in the Patter case. Passage of th^ bill was the seque to years of endeavor on the part o: Senator Smith of South Carolina. Ii provides that no person connectec with an exchange shall send through the mails matter promoting enforce ment of future delivery contracts un less the exchange requires all such transactions to comply with certair conditions, among them that con tracts must provide for delivery with department of agriculture standards It would require exchanges to impose the condition in. future transactions that if the cotton sold is middling or basic grade and the deliver? is of other grades, then the commercial difference in value must be paid At present the New York exchange has in force a fixed difference in value of grades. james p: kinard elected. Chosen President of Woman's College of Anderson. Anderson. March 24.-r-James P Kinard. professpr of English at the Citadel, Charleston, was unanimous ly elected president of Anderson col 1 J T T _ 1 lege laie ro-uay. ne nas atLcpLci the position and will come to An derson soon after Citadel closes it: present session. Dr. Kinard, a native of Newberry is a graduate of the Citadel and o Johns Hopkins university. He is on< of the most prominent and bes known educators in the State. Dr. Kinard will come to Andersoi in the next week or ten days to con fer with the local trustees and plai his campaign to be waged this sum mer for students and to prepare th< catalogue for the college. I Two Leaders "ORIENT" Self Rising Flour "MOTHER'S" " " Every Sack Guaranteed?None Better We still have a few pound tins of "White House" Coffee at 35c pound, 3lbs. for $1.00. Fresh shipment of Cudahy's "Diamond C" Hams. Fresh line of Candies just received. Full line of Dinars and Tobacco?none better. B. W. SIMMONS Bamberg, . S. C. i ; "IN AJMWAY" j Many a Bamberg Reader Will Feel I Grateful For Thie Information. s If your back gives out; y ' Becomes lame, weak or aching; If urinary troubles set in, n Perhaps your kidneys are "in a bad s way." s Doan's Kidney 'Pills are for weak kidneys. Local evidence proves their merit. * Mrs. J. Q. Adams, Main St., Bam? berg, S. C., says: "Kidney trouble made me miserable for several years r and there was a steady dull ache across the small of my back. The kidi ney secretions bothered me and some_ times I felt dizzy and unsteady on my e feet. Two or three boxes of Doan's ^ Kidney Pills, procured at the People's Drug Co., restored me to good health. s I have taken Doan's Kidney Pills occasionally since I endorsed them and s they have always helped me. I atill Value this remedy highly and you may s continue to use my formar enione ment." For sale 'by all dealers. Price 50 t cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, 3 New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and 1 take no other, t i HUSBAND RESCUED > DESPAIRING WIFE r 5 1 After Four Tears of Discouraging j Conditions, Mrs. Bollock Gave Up in Despair. Husband 2 Came to Rescue. l Catron, Ky.?In an interesting letter B ? from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock I - writes as follows: "I suffpred for four " - years, with womanly troubles, and during this time, I could only sit up for a little , while, and could not walk anywhere at . all. At times, I would have severe pains in my left side. The doctor was called in, and his treat. ment relieved me for a while, but I was ? soon confined to my bed again. After i that, nothing seemed to do me any good., j I had gotten so weak I could not stand, and I gave up in despair. 1 At last, my husband got me a bottle oi f Cardui, the woman's tonic, and 1 comL menced taking it From the very first J t u i-ii u ?.. f j aose, 1 uuuiu icn 11 wdj ucipmg inc. a h { can now walk two miles without its I tiring me, and am doing my work." I If you are all run down from womanly 9 troubles, don't give up in despair. Try 9 1 Cardui, the woman's tonic. It has helped 9 i more than a million women, in its 50 9 . years of wonderful success, and should 9 surely help you, too. Your druggist has 9 sold Cardui for years. He knows what 9 it will do. Ask him. He will recom- 9 - mend it Begin taking Cardui today. = Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies* . Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga, Tenn., for Special Instructions on your case and 64-page book, "Hon* Treatment for Women," sent in piain wrapper. E66-B S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE. ; MAYFIELD & FREE Attorneys-at-Law as: BAMBERG, S. C. ve Practice in ail the Courts, both ? State and Federal. Corporation pu practice and the winding up of es- , tates a specialty. Business entrust ted to us will be promptly attended s to. ne MASlfilv a O.-lliFi. g * State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg. 5 Frank P. Henderson, in behalf of himself, and all other creditors who may choose to come into this action _ ? and contribute to the expense theref of, plaintiff, against Denmark Ma- W 3 chine Works Company, a corpora- I t tion, and Lewis Blount, Sr., R. H. & Blount, Archie L. Blount, Lewis Blount, Jr., T. B. Wilkinson, C. K. B i Henderson. W. J. Piatt. Howard E. A _ Vincent, Henry Busch, as stockhold1 ers in the Denmark Machine Works, Bank of Denmark, mortgage credi" tor, defendants. ^ Pursuant to a decree directed to me out of the court of common pleas - in the above entitled case, I, H. C. I Folk, Master for Bamberg county, "wj will, on Monday, April bth, 1914, the V same being legal salesday in said month, between the legal hours of eoio in the town of Uenmark. at ^ CU*V/j AM w the plant of the Denmark Machine Works, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, all of the property of what- soever nature and kind, belonging to W the said Denmark Machine Works Company and partially described as ?1 follows: iJ "All and singular those certain lots or parcels of real estate, situate, ai lying and being in the Town of Denmark, county and State aforesaid, known and designated on the map or cL plat of the said town as lots numbers five, six and seven in block 41, subject however, to the right of way of the railroad track across the 1_ Northeast corner of the lot number D1 five; the said track connecting the , main line of the Southern with the I main line of the Seaboard Air Line. All buildings on the above lots with I the contents including foundry, three iron lathes, one wood lathe, one band saw, one 12 H. P. gasoline engine, one pipe and belt threading machine i ana etc. i The successful bidder will be called upon and required to deposit with the undersigned two hundred ($200.00) dollars, in cash or certi- a fied check for said amount as earnest ^ money, and failing to comply with said bid, the said property will be _ resold on the same or some subse- __ quent salesday at the risk of the for- I mer purchaser. H. C. FOLK, JL Master for Bamberg County. March 10th, 1914. ? Lome's wno.Tr HND "Some days must be dark and dreary; into each life I some rain must fall." Storms often come up suddenly. I I "Alas, how easily things go wrong." But it is a protection B ? H against most ills to have plenty of money in the bank. To have a bank account you must START one. WHO gets the money you earn? Put it in our Bank and you will have it. 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