The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 09, 1914, Page 3, Image 3
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, |
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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
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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.
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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. ;
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Wilson Congratulated.
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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.'"
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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. >
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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
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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.
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| 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. |
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INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. jj
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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- |
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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
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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.
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