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GUARDING THE C President is Watched Ch Band of Secret Servi< in the United States Of the SO,000,000 lives in the United States only one. it seems, is , officially regarded as of sufficient importance to warrant the protection r of an armed guard, says the Kansas City Star. The president, whether at work or at play, at home or appearing in public, asleep or awake, is constantly watched over by a band of men whose sole business is to protect his august and precious person from harm. The vice president, senators, cabinet members, representatives in congress, Supreme Court judges are left to shift for themselves among the perils of official existence, but the president moves, breathes and has his being under the watchful eyes that seldom are off him and the persons about him for one minute of the waking day. He may or may not like this insistent caretaking?it is said that Mr. Roosevelt sometimes chafed un| der it?but the attention continues 1 just the same. The responsibility of protecting the president rests on the secret service department of the government, a charge given it by congress. The i number of men detailed to the duty j r" varies with the time and place, but the president never appears in public that there are not at least two such auardians always within a few feet j of him, and there may be as many as j a dozen in his immediate vicinity, j If he goes for a walk, a couple of secret service agents will walk be- j side him or a few paces behind him. i If he rides in a motor car or carriage, they will have seats in the i vehicle with him. If he attends a formal dinner at which there is a large company, his caretakers have seats at the table near him. If there is a public reception, guards stands 1 at his elbow and other guards mingle j with the growd. When he abandons i the capital in summer, the grounds about his hot weather residence are constantly patroled, night and day, j by vigilant watchmen. Even when he goes to church armed men slip j into the rear seats in the house of 1 worship and keep their eyes on their charge. The business of guarding a president of the United States might seem highly enjoyable, as compared with other forms of police duty, and ; in some respects it is; but it is not one continual round of stimulating r experiences for all that. In the first > place the secret service agent assign- j ed to watch over the president is con- j stantlv oppressed with the serious- i ness of the responsibility resting on him, made more harassing by the A * li? necessity ior perpeiuai sen euaL-cmpnt. He feels he must remain always at the chief executive's elbow, yet he must not annoy his charge by obtrusive attention. He must be always there, yet never there. Presir* dents understand they must be i ' guarded, but they are like other human beings in their dislike of constant surveillance. Also, presidents sometimes manifest eccentricity of j mood and movement, when it is no : simple task for the protectors > to keep the charge in sight. And, fur-' thermore, acting as a buffer between ; the president and cranks, fanatics j and other unwelcome visitors is a ! job requiring tact, diplomacy, firmness and patience. Fred M. Tate, now in charge of the government secret service de-! partment at Kansas City, is something of a veteran among presiden- I tal guards, as he had protracted ex perience in that duty in two administrations. One summer he was at j ^ J At-, V fiimrviciv oyster jdciy, .*u. xvuu&cvcu o ouiuiu&i home; another summer at Beverly, j Mass., where Mr. Taft had his sum- j mer capital, and he saw service as travelling companion and "home guard" in Washington. The task of watching over Mr. Taft at Beverly was comparatively easy, as *he presidential residence was in a private park, protected from public intrusion, and Mr. Taft's habit of life was extremely quiet and regular. Conditions were less serene at Sagamore Hill. Mr. Roosevelt was restless, strenuous and rapid in his movements, scorned the idea of danger and kept the corps or watchers "on the jump" in their efforts to remain in his immediate vicinity. Visitors, invited and uninvited, were numerous, and there were frequent occasions, day and night, when the guards found occasion to intercept and turn back persons determined to force their way into the president's presence. Once late at night, the guards stopped a man who had driven into the grounds on a light wagon. In the bed of the wagon was a rifle, and on the seat beside the driver were two revolvers. The visitor explained that he i NATIONS HIEF EXECUTIVE rer Day and Night By a :e Men?Only Officer Officially Guarded. | was bent on a little friendly call cn j Mr. Roosevelt. Two secret service < i men rode back to Oyster Bay with ' i him, and he now is in an asylum for the insane in Xew York. In the : same institution is a woman who I was a daily caller for weeks that ' same summer at Sagamore Hill, | ' * - i.. ,1 j wnere sne was reguian.v mriieu : back after trying to force her way j j into .Mr. Roosevelt's presence until ] . j she grew so violent that it was nec- j essary to remove her permanently. ; Twelve secret service men were assigned to duty at Oyster Bay in \ J summer when .Mr. Roosevelt was \ j president. They roomed in the town ' j and stood guard at Sagamore Hill i 1 in shifts of six hours each. They ] j seldom entered the president's ] | house, their duties keeping them in ] ' the open, where they patroled the | grounds and met all visitors. Inter- < i views with Mr. Roosevelt were by c | appointment, and callers that were to < be received were provided with a ^ credential card. Each morning the ( secret service agents were given a ( list containing the names of the vis- t | itors expected that day, and from ( j that list they checked off each as he ( [ came. No callers were permitted ( I to reach the house unless they came ( by appointment, day or night. Sightseers who drove to Sagamore Hill from Oyster Bay were permitted to t ride through the grounds in day- ^ light, but only with the understand- , ing that their vehicles should not t stop nor any of the occupants alight. "In spite of the occasional violence of mentally unbalanced persons who tried to reach Mr. Roosevelt," Mr. Tate said a few days ago, the chief troubles of the secret service men were not with that class. Office seekers, unabashed by previous denials of interviews with the president, made most of our work. They came from all directions except straight up, and some of them were masters of the art of manoeuvering to evade us. It was impossible, of course, for the president to see everyone who called, and it often was a difficult task to persuade some of the unlucky to go away." The diplomatic difficulties of the president's protectors are greatly in- ^ creased when the chief executive is J in Washington. There they must c meet and treat with all sorts and c conditions of people, attend all sorts of social and political gatherings and . still perform their duty with such discretion that attention will not be attracted to them. Incidentally, the president's guardians must be provided with extensive wardrobes, conc taining garments suited to all occasions. If the president should go for J a walk?and Mr. Roosevelt had a r preference for extended cross-counX 1-11 Hove try nih.es uu mc siunuicot two men must be ready to accompany or follow him. If there was an afternoon function to attend the secret service men were expected to appear in conventional frock coats and high hats. If there was an even- 5 ing at the theatre or dinner party, ? evening dress was imperative. The s item of immaculate linen alone is c considerable, and the only part of 1 the equipment of the guards sup- < plied by the government is the heavy I Colt's revolver that must be stowed 1 away somewhere on the person of * each wherever he may go. 1 Mob Lynches Negress. 1 Muskogee, Okla., March 31.? t Marie Scott, a negro woman who 2 killed Lemuel Peace, a young white i man. Sunday by driving a knife into c his heart, was taken out of the Wagoner county jail early to-day and j hanged to a telephone pole. The l mob over-powered the jailer, threw i a rope over the woman's head and ? ; dragged her out of the jail. 1 A knock at the jail door aroused < ; the sleeping jailer, alone in the of- < ' fice. A voice outside said an officer < j was there with prisoners. The jailer j i opened the door and faced 12 re- . ; volvers. He was bound quickly and ; his keys taken from him. < ! The mob pulled the screaming wo- < man from her cell, tied a rope about ] her neck and dragged her to a telephone pole, a block from the jail. An . hour later the sheriff cut down the : <ipHd bod v. < The county attorney has started an < ; investigation of the lynching. ; - 1 Wilson Congratulated. ?? < London, April 11.?The Standard in an editorial to-day on the Panama bill warmly congratulates President , | Wilson "on his fine act of justice and generosity, which will strengthen ^ ; the Anglo-American entente, and will j 1 be a salutary lesson and example to . the rest of the world.'" 1 CITIES FOR FEDERAL BANKS. South Carolina in Fifth IWstrict With Bank at Richmond. Washington, April 2.?After three months of consideration, the reserve bank organization committee announced to-night that it had divided the Continental United States into twelve banking districts and selected twelve cities for Federal banks under the new currency law. This was the first decisive step toward the establishment of the new system. The cities and districts are: District No. 1?Boston, reserve bank will have capital of $9,931,740, with 44 6 national banks as members. Territory included. New England States. District No. 2?New York, capital son ?57 fti ft with 478 national and number of State banks (not given) as members. Territory, State of New York. District No. 3?Philadelphia, capital $12,993,013, including 800 na:ional banks and several State banks. Territory, New Jersey and Delaware and all Pennsylvania east of western Doundary of following counties: McKean, Elk, Clearfield, Cambria and Bedford. District No. 4?Cleveland, capital Ml,621,535, with 724 national and several State banks. Territory, State of. Ohio, all Pennsylvania lying vest of District No. 3, the counties )f Marshal, Ohio, Broolce and Hancock in West Virginia, and all Ken;ucky east of the western boundary )f the following counties: Boone. Brant, Scott.. Woodford, Jessamine, Berrard, Lincoln, Pulaski and McBreary. South Carolina District 5. District No. 5?Richmond, capial $6,543,281, with 4 75 national >anks and* a number of State banks ind trust companies. Territory, Disrict of Columbia. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caroina and all West Virginia except hose counties in District No. 4. District No. 6?Atlanta, capital 54,702,780, with 372 national banks, itc. Territory, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, all Tennessee east of the vestern boundary of the following :ounties: Stewart, Houston, Wayne, -lumphreys and Perry; all Mississip)i south of the northern boundary >f the following counties: Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo, Kemper, Madison, ^eake and Neshoba; all the southeastern part of Louisiana east of the vestern boundary of the following ounties: Pointe Coupe, Iberville, Asumption and Terrebonne. District No. 7?Chicago, capital >13,151,925, with 984 national >anks, etc. Territory, Iowa, all Wis:onsin south of the northern bounlary of the following counties: Verlon, Sauk, Columbia, Dodge, Washngton and Osaukee; all of the southern peninsular of Michigan, viz., all hat part east of Lake'Michigan; all llinois north of a line forming the outhern boundary of the following ounties: Hancock, Schuyler, Cass, Sangamon, Christian, Shelby, Cum erland and Clarks; , all Indiana lorth of a line forming the southern >oundary of the following counties:* /igo, Clay, Owen, Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew, Jennings, Ripley and )hio. District Xo. 8. > ? ' ' O ri A. T 1 District i\0. 5 Ol. uuuib, capital >6,219,323, with 434 national banks, stc. Territory, Arkansas, all Mislouri east of the western boundary >f the following counties: Harrison, Davies, Caldwell, Ray, Lafayette, Johnson, Henry, St. Clair, Cedar, Dade, Lawrence and Barry; all Illilois not included in District 7; all \entucky not in District 4; all Tenlessee not in District 6, and all Mississippi not in District 6. District Xo. 9?Minneapolis, capi:al $4,702,S64, with 687 national )anks, etc. Territory, Montana, ^'orth Dakota, South Dakota, Min- J lesota, all Wisconsin and all Michi- j ;an not in District Xo: 7. District Xo. 10?Kansas City, captal $5,594,916. with 836 national janks, etc. Territory, Kansas, Xejraska, Colorado, Wyoming, all Missouri not in District Xo. 8; all Oklaloma nor.th of a line forming the southern boundary of the following a.* . TT'lli'f TIawat* Ploino PonQ ;uuillie&. 1112>, L/CWCJ, iJiuiiiv., vuiiw lian. Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Okfuskee, .Mcintosh, Muskogee and Sequoyah; all NewMexico north of a line forming the southern boundary of the following ?ounties: McKinley, Sandoval, Santa Fe, San .Miguel and Union. District Xo. 11. District No. 11?Dallas, capital $5,634,091, with 726 national banks. 2tc. Territory, Texas, all New Mexico and Oklahoma not in District 10; all Louisiana not in District 6, and the following counties in Arizona; Pima, Graham, Greenlee, Cochise and Santa Cruz. District No. 12?San Francisco, capital $8,1 15,524. with 514 national banks, etc. Territory, California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Ftah and all Arizona not included ? v\z ~ + -l i Ill 1-Mall 1VJI. 1 l . Read The Herald, ?1.50 a year. TAKES HER OWN IJFE. Mrs. Xita Parrott Clark Shoots Self Three Times at Home in Country. Florence, April 1.?Mrs. Xita Parrott Clark, the young wife of Howard Clark, a well known young farmer living about eight miles from the city, shot herself through the temple yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock, dying instantly. The cause assigned for her act was domestic unhappiness. Her mother-in-law was with her yesterday afternoon, however, and said that she seemed quite cheerful. Both young people are members of large and influential families, the one in Darlington county and the other in Florence county. Howard Clark was the oldest son of the late A. T. Clark, at one time a member of the legislature from this county, and prominent in many ways. They were married a little over a year ago. but Mrs. Clark had once at least returned to her father. The climax seemed to have come in a very unfortunate affair leading to an arrest a few days ago. The young woman fired the pistol three times, whether all three times at herself, with faltering aim, or for some other purposes is not to be learned, since she was in her room alone at the time. Her husband and the negro hands on the place heard the shots and ran in to find her dead. Magistrate McClenaghan held the " inquest last night. ; CONVICT IS KILLED. J i Negro Attacked Superintendent, of \ Orangeburg Ohaingang. . Orangeburg, April 2.?William 1 Holman, a negro convict on Orange- J burg county chaingang No. 2, was . shot and klled bv a guard, W. S. Fan- j ning, on Tuesday in defense of Sup- ^ erintendent Manly Hungerpiller. The J killing took place near Norway. I William Holman, the convict, was % tried in Orangeburg county in 1908 on a charge of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In February of this year the governor commuted Holman's sentence to 20 years and Holman, with a number of other penitentiary prisoners, were then brought to the Orangeburg county chaingang. Holman had warned the chaingang guards that he was a bad character and that he would escape. He was a sullen prisoner. The chaingang officers watched him carefully. = On Tuesday morning, when ordered out of camp for work, Holman re-' fused to obey. Later he came out, picked up the back of a wagon body and was attempting to strike Superintendent Hungerpiller in the head when Guard Fanning shot. The coroner's jury found that Guard Fanning shot Holman in defense of Superintendent Hungerpiller. " | Big Collections on Fertilizer Tax. Columbia, April 3.?A total of $235,271.24 has been received from the privilege tax on the sale of fertilizers up to date, according to figures fmm thp nffipp. of State Treasurer S. T. Carter. The amount received from this source up to this time last year was $201,933.40, and to the corresponding date in 1911, one of the heaviest years, it was $224,543.36. The total received from the fertilizer tax in 1911, a banner year, was $255,082.49. and as the receipts from the tax are greater this year to date than they were for 1911, it is believed the income from this tax = \ will break all records this season. g The fertilizer tag tax goes to the sup- | port of Clemson College. | ? J INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. jj I Larger Imports and Exports Re- * ported at Custom House. jj ? :> o "tTTi + v, (? 700 % unariesion, Aym o.? >vuu j 309 assigned to imports, and $559,- | S84 assigned to exports, the business g of the Charleston custom house for g .March shows a total of .$1,288,193, S a total increase of $191,132 over the | figures given for March of last year, | and an increase in exports of $165,- ? 294. | It is stated that experts have al- c ready gone beyond the $400,000 * mark and that the record of $25,- f 000,000 export and import business | set for this vear will easily be reach- | ed- I Fix the lb-ice on Sugar. New York, April 1.?Sugar prices ^ in West Virginia are prescribed by - the Wholesale Grocers' Association, of that State, through the fixing of an arbitrary freight rate, it was testified to-day by J. P. Maxwell, manager of a Wheeling, W. Va., grocery firm, in the hearing of the government's dissolution suit against the Ameri- , can Sugar Refining Company. .Members of the organization, however, were not obliged to sell at the prescribed price, said the .witness. Mr. Maxwell gave it as his opinion that the American Sugar Refining Company was responsible for this E price equality plan. ? Your Attention Please J . ^ We have just received new hats, new flowers, ladies', misses' and childrens' ready made dresses in white and colors, new ideas in neckwear, hosiery for all ages, rib bons in endless variety, plain and fancy, ladies7 long silk gloves, white, black and colored, beads, handkerchiefs, scarfs and shams. A lot of val lace edging, from one to three inches in width, with insertions to match, in good quality, at 5c the yard for any width. Come and get some before it is all sold. This is an unusual bargain. If you want a fancy dress for your daughter for commencement, we have them in net, voile and embroidered lawn at rock bottom prices. Give us a call and let us show you our new goods. i Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co. j BAMBERG, S. C. H Good Advice 11 i fJMT m _========^= P'fil Let me feed you for awhile. The { change may do you good. Insist on the ' best to eat for your stomach's sake. It may not be any cheaper to you, but 5&5 you will enjoy living more. yjfa " ^ 1 W. G. Hoffman 1 1 "The Right Price Store" Bambsrg, S. C. J'SON'S REPAIR seor Gun, Pistol, Rifle, J Bicycle and Electrical Work j| ALL REPAIRS GUARANTEED | Next to G. A. 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