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CHARGE SINISTER MOTIVE WILSON WARNS AGAINST THK UNSCRUPULOUS. Certain Agents Trying to Force War Between United Slates and Mex* ico.?Alarmist Reports. Washington, March 25.?President Wilson tonight issued warning that "sinister and unscrupulous influences" are spreading alarmist reports about the Mexican situation with the object of forcing inter' % vention by the United States "in the interest of certain American owners & of Mexican properties." In a formal statement the president told the people to be on their guard and not to credit such stories. He called attention again to the goverment's announcement that the sole object of the punitive expedition was to punish Villa and his followers. The news services had been asked, the president said, to assist in keeping this view constantly before the Mexican and American people. The T warning was issued after the consideration of many official reports from throughout the United States and Mexico saying that aHrmists' stories of the intentions of the Washin frtnn government were having an undesirable effect upon the Mexican I people and the American residents in Mexico. j The possibility that Gen. Carranza's hand might be weakened to a perilous extent should the Mexican pubI lie misunderstand the American expedition has been a prevailing factor in the entire operations against Villa. The president's statement follows: "As has already been announced, k the expedition into Mexico was ordered under an agreement of Mexico for the single purpose of taking the bandit Villa, whose forces had acI m tually invaded the territory of the United States, and is in no sense intended as an invasion of HW that republic or as an inWB fringement of its sovereignty. I have therefore asked the several news I PP services to be good enough to assist the administration in keeping this view of the expedition constantly before both the people of this country and the distressed and sensitive people of Mexico, who are very susceptible indeed to impressions received from the American press not only but also very ready to believe that "those impressions proceed from the views and objects of our government u-i self. Such conclusions, it must bel said, are not unnatural because the main if not the only source of in-l formation for the pepple on both sides of the border is the public press of the United States. "In order to avoid the creation of erroneous and dangerous impressions in this way, I have called upon the several news agents to use the ?utmost care not to give news stories regarding this expedition the color of war, to withhold stories of troop movements and military preparations which might be given that interpre^ tation, and to refrain from publishjl ing unverified rumors of unrest in Mexico. "I feel that it is most desirable to * impress upon both our own people and the people of Mexico the fact that the expedition is simply a necessary / punitive measure, aimed solely at the elimination of the marauders who raided Columbus and who infest an unprotected district near the border whiVh thev use as a base in making | attacks upon the lives of and property of our citizens within our own territory. It is the purpose of our commanders to cooperate in every possible way with the forces of Gen. Carranza in removing this cause of irritation to both governments and to retire from Mexican territory as soon as that object is accomplished. "It is my duty to warn the people of the United States that there are persons all along the border who are actively engaged in originating and giving as wide currency as they can to rumors of the most sensational and disturbing sort which are wholly unjustified by the facts. The object of this traffic in falsehood is obvious. It is to create intolerable friction between the government of the United States and the de facto government of Mexico for the purpose of bringing ^ about intervention in the interest of i certain American owners of Mexican properties. This object cannot be at' ftained so long as sane and honorable men are in control of this government, but very serious conditions may be created, unnecessary bloodshed may result and the relations between the two republics may be very much embarrassed. "The people of the United States j should know the sinister and un-j scrupulous influences that are afoot j and should be on their guard against V crediting any story coming from the j border, and those who disseminate the news should make it a matter of t*o+ tic on/1 rkf r?nnsripnCPi to test pau ivsnoixj. uuu v* . ? the source and authenticity bf every report they receive from that quarter. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." , WAS BORN IN SLAVERY. Aged Negro Woman Now Lays Claim to 110 Years. | Born in slavery, the mother of eight children who came into the j world as slaves, the oldest of whom is now eighty-seven, with apparently almost complete possession of all her | senses, is the unusual record of I I "Grandma" Hattie Hall, who claims i 1 - + J f 1, ri nn nlf] o crn r\f IU XIct\t; CHlUlIiCU L1JC l IJJO uiu Wi I 119 years. She lives at 2120 Elmwood avenue, in one of the shantiesdesignated as a part of the Old Women's home, and is probably the ' oldest colored woman in this State, if not in the entire South. When Sherman and his army in- 1 vaded Columbia and burned it, Hat- 1 tie Hall, then owned by Col. Turkett, * of Blythewood plantation, ran with ] | scores of other slaves for the shelter ' I of their cabins, thoroughly frighten- 1 ed by the sounds of the cannon and the great columns of dense black ' smoke arising in the heavens. Her eight children were then upon tiie ! plantation with her she says, for 1 Massa Turkett made it a rule never 1 to separate members of the different ^ families in the slave quarters. J Born Many Years Ago. Grandma Hall was born, according 1 to her best recollection, "yars and ] yars befoh de wall" somewhere this 1 side of Georgetown on a big planta- 1 tion where there were hundreds of ( pIovqo Vmt hor minri is riot es- * UlllCl oia> vo, uui, ??v? ?? ? ? pecially clear on those earlier days and though repeatedly questioned concerning ante-bellum days responded vaguely and with hesitation. j The old woman lives, the object of ^ charity, bestowed upon her and oth- ( ers by Rev. Jaggers and his friends. , Some days she is almost helpless { with rheumatism. Aches and pains , she calls them, but every hour in the , day she thanks the Good Lord for let- J ting her live so long. "De Lawd hab ( sure bin good ter dis po ole critter," . she declared, to a Record reporter. She was converted and baptized ten years before her freedom from slavery, by the Rev. Durham, a white . Baptist minister near Bly the wood. It . was a joyous epoch in her long and ! interestng span of life. The woman . is failing constantly. But every hour i in the day she repeats: "The Lord is my shepard, I shall not want. He leadeth me beside the still waters and into the green pastures. Good Lord I thank thee." There is something touching in her simple earnest devotion to her T .nrH on/1 Moofar Tn Uim cVi ^ m'-tr/io U u*uu 1UUUV\/A JL V/ 1UU1 gatall thanks because He has permitted her to live beyond the three score and ten years supposed to be the ( termination of the human span of life. And yet it is way beyond the law of averages. But Grandma keeps right on enjoying her daily existence, with now and then a tingfe of pain that sends her to bed for a little while. ' The Negro of Former Days. i Martha Agerberger, her caretaker < and also a former slave, is 71 and ; Nancy Gant, another inmate of the cabin, is nearly that, all three having been born in slavery. Martha delights in having Grandma brag ; about her strength when a young woman. "Yas sus," said she, "I done , split and cut mebbe two or free cord wood jes lak de bestest man what ; j ebber cum on de ole plantation. I i never done tuk no lessons wid de j axe. Nobody showed dis yeah nigger nufiin, but Lorda Me white folks, j how dis critter done sloughed dat axe through de cord wood. Jes as easy lak de sap runnin. Twant no | frills dem days. Nuffin but hard ; I work fo de wimmin jes same de big bucks. No sir. Dey neber haf no big bucks loafin roun de cabins dem days. De men folks work heap sight harder den de wimmin I spect. Look I T rtnl* Q f HoV HA CUI uun . JJUUr\ C1U, 11 Itui/ uv; UU) huh? What dey do? Jes natchally nuffin cept sleep. Dem days you nebber see no no-account niggers. Eberbody was happy all de tam, eberbody kind ter dis yeah critter. Now dey all gone. My chillen gone. Dey leave me, de Lawd knowTs whar. En dey doan care no how. I spects de find me too much bodder. Well, I say de Lord, He sure bin good ter dis chile." Then Marty, her caretaker, spoke i up. "She am a care, but Lawd we do jes de bes we kin fer her and days when she rattles on we doan say nuffin to her, but jess let her go on til she git through." The cold has been felt very severely of late by this trio of ex-slaves in the little cabin and if it had not been for Rev. Jaggers they would have frozen or starved. He brought them i wood and things to eat, but they need * warm stockings and Grandma Hall needs shoes, a pair of No. 7 that will keep her ankles warm. Descendants Plentiful. Efforts to find out how many grandchildren and great grandchildren Grandma Hall boasted of proved useless, her replies being mostly "By de hundreds, chile, by de hundred." When she speaks of those other days . when masters were kind, good clothes and nice things to eat were plentiful, her eyes light up and she J. UXDYKI) HATS THK LATEST. Manufacturers Have Had to Create Vogue Through Necessity. Necessity is the mother and the manufacturers the father of a new style in hats. Owing to the great shortage in German dyes, several of the hat factories are getting out samples of undyed hats for spring wear. Several of these hats are being worn about the streets of Danbury by hatters and are about as smart in appearance as any headgear designed and produced in the local factories in a long time. The undyed hats have been "* * T- - A T. rtm A A ff TT O _ made in DOIII um suu emu suu ??. r^eties and they are trimmed with neatly contrasting bands. Salesmen Df local concerns have taken samples of some of them on recent trips md indications are that orders will be plentiful. Local manufacturers are interest3d to see how the hats go on Broadway. They will appear in New York stores in a few days. If well-dressed men along the best known street in the big city tatye kindly to the undyed bat, it is almost certain to become popular everywhere. If the hat does nnd popular favor, the worry of lo3al manufacturers regarding their inability to get dyes will be ended for the present, and so far as the hatting industry is concerned the war ?an continue indefinitely.?Danbury, 2onn., dispatch to New York Times. Railroads and Public. It is commonly said that the American people manifest an altered spirit L 3 TVll'o l'o trilO toward me canicio. nno ig enough, but it is equally true that the carriers manifest an altered spirit toward the American people, says the New Orleans Times-Picayune. William H. Vanderbilt profanely stated that prevailing method of his era in the familiar words, "The public be damned." If demagogues and their dupes too often put the railways where Mr. Vanderbilt put the public, they may plead, after all, that imitation is the sincerest flattery. But this sinister mood seems to be passing on both sides. Railway magnates understand that they must win the public, and the public # understands?if, indeed, it ever doubted?that the country cannot prosper if the railroads are unprosperous and inefficient. Laws and commissions, wise or unwise, may make this truth plain.er, but the truth itself is unassailable as a theorem of Euclid. Rates must be fair to both parties, but rates cannot be fair to the public if operating costs are excessive or revenue is lost through rebates and preferentials. , Our railway system, as a whole, is undergoing a decisive test. The advocates of government ownership point to evils which will disappear with clear-visioned and thrifty management. But the graft must be completely cut out, else government ownership will inevitably come. The average American perceives the perils of government ownership, but is resolved to have done with the methods which explain certain overgrown fortunes. Private ownership cannot endure, except on the basis of a real community of interest between the roads and their patrons. Such a community is the vainest of dreams if a few patrons grow rich while the masses stand in the cold? along with the stockholders. When Greek Mtet Greek. Henry Ford has very rarely voted, according to the Philadelphia Record, and at dinner in his native Dearborn he once' said: "I have taken, perhaps, less interest in politics than I should have .Inno Rut nnlitins has alwavs seem ed to me a confused and quarrelsome business. When I think of politics 1 think of the political meeting anecdote: "A candidate at a political meeting was heckled by a fat man. This heckling after awhile got on the nerves of another member of the audience, and he roared at the fat man: " 'Shut up, you ass!' "At this a third member of the audience snoutea: " 'Ah, you shut up, too! The pair of you are asses!' "The candidate on the platform took a sip of water. Then he said: " 'There seems to be a lot of asses on hand here tonight; but, gents, for the love of Mike, let's hear one at a time.' " 'Well, you go on, th.en,' yelled a chap in the gallery." Must Have Them. Crawford?You seem to think your wife the most unreasonable woman in the world. Crabshaw?You see I mortgaged the house to buy her an auto, and now she wants me to raise money on the car to purchase Christmas pres ents.?Judge. smiles as if therein, at least, were one radiant spot in her fading memory.?Columbia Record. RELIABLE REMEDY RESTORES KIDNEYS For many years druggists have watched with much interest the re mark able record maintained by Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid ney, liver and bladder remedy. 11 is a physician's prescription. Swamp-Root is a strengthening medicine. Dr. Kilmer used it foi years in his private practice. It helps tli/-, l.-iHnnv-c livor arirl hlnrlflpr fin thf lilt/ U iUilV J k_7, II ? VI v? v. V work nature intended they should do Swamp-Root has stood the test o: years. It is sold by all druggists or its merit and k will help you. Xc other remedy can successfully tak< its place. Be sure to get Swamp-Root anc start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to tesi this great preparation send ;ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, X Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention The Bamberg Weekly Herald. t "Cured" \ m Mrs. Jay McGee, of Steph- M ? en ville, Texas, writes: 'For W I J nine (9) years, I suffered with A* womanly trouble. 1 had ter- W rible headaches, and pains in JL my back, etc. It seemed as if R I would die, I suffered so. At J last, I decided to try Cardui, m the woman's tonic, and it 9 helped me right away. The 9 full treatment not only helped Kj me, but it cured me." M TAKE Li Cardui S| The Woman's Tonic Lj Cardui helps women in time 3 of greatest need, because it 9 contains ingredients which act m specifically, yet gently, on the weakened womanly organs. V So, if you feel discouraged, K blue, out-of-sorts. unable to K y4 do your household work, on A A account of your condition, stop K E worrying and give Cardui a m E trial. It has helped thousands a E of women,?why not you? mi W Try Cardui. E-71 M DON'T jE MISLED Bamberg Citizens Should Read an< Heed This Advice. Kidney trouble is dangerous an< often fatal. Don't experiment with somethinj new and untried. Used a tested kidney remedy. Begin with Doan's Kidney Pills. Used in kidney troubles 50 years. Recommended here and everywhere A Bamberg citizen's statemen forms convincing proof. It's local testimony?it can be ir vestlgated. Mrs. A. D. Jordan, Bridge St., Ban berg, says: "I had pains in my bad and dizzy spells at times. In the morn ing when I got up I was sore and stifl 1 was bothered by excess Uric acid ii mv svstem and rheumatic pains. used Doan's Kidney rills with goo< results, and don't hesitate to recona mend them." . Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for. a kidney remedy?ge Doan's Kidie. hiii=?the same tha. Mrs. Jordan had. Foster-Mil burn Co Props., Buffalo, N. Y. RUB OUT PAIN with good oil liniment. That's the surest way to stop them. ^The best rubbing liniment is( MUSTANG LINIMENT (f Good for the Ailments of \ lAviocS) miuc9| vaiu?| Good for your own Aches, Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. I R. P. BELLINGER ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Over Bamberg Banking Co. General Practice RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. 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