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McNAMARAS PLEAD GUILTY. Confession Comes Like a Thunder Bolt?Make No Statement. Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 1.?James B. McNamara pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree in Judge Walter Bordwell's court to-day. His brother John J. McNamara, secre; tary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Work ers; entered a piea 01 guiuy to uaving dynamited the Llewllyn Iron Works in Los Angeles on Christmas day, 1910. James B. McNamara's confession clears up absolutely the tragedy of the explosion and fire, which at 1:07 o'clock on the morning of October 1, 3 910, wrecked the plant of the Los Angeles Times at First and Broadway and caused the death of 21 persons. For 19 of these deaths the McNamara brothers were indicted, and J. B. McNamara was on trial specifically for the murder of Charles J. Haggerty, a machinist, whose body was found nearer than that of any other to the spot where the dynamite was supposed to have been placed. Both men's sentences were set for December 5, when it is expected District Attorney John D. Fredericks will ask for life imprisonment for James B. McNamara, the confessed murderer, and probably 14 years imprisonment for his brother. The men's lives are considered saved. The great contention that the Los AngeTil lO rl OO H ICS Jl XXJUCd was UUL ujuauiittu 10 uvuu beyond resurrection or argument. To-night as the two brothers sat together in the county jail, refusing to see any one or make any statement, an interest second only to the jr occurrence itself hung about the question with reference to James B. McNamara?"Why did he confess?" To this oposing counsel gave the same answer. v: r "He confessed because he was guilX? ty, and that's all there is to it," declared District Attorney Fredericks. "" "He was counseled to confess be^ cause that was the best thing he x could do, in the opinion of counsel," said Attorney Clarence S. Darrow, 3&:'i > chief of counsel. "I will say now that there was no other reason or motive in it. I've studied this case for months. It presented a stone wall." x Darrow's statement was made as looking squarely in the face of the / charges that the recent arrest of Burt H. Franklin, an investigator employed by the defense, and two t othsrs with him might have precipi* tated a situation untenable save by confession of the prisoners. "Negotiations have been on for weeks," asserted Darrow, and this was corroborated by District Attor ney Fredericks. "We expected at one time that Jim would confess last Monday, but he would not," said Darfc v row. Bad Cotton Seed Coming to Mills. Owing to the fact that the cotton in such large quantities has remained in the fields this year in the Augusta section, the local oil mills are having a deal of trouble with the seed. A representative of one of the largest mills in the vicinity is authority for the statement that the grade , of oil turned out by the seed from this cotton now being harvested is such that claims for off grade are repeatedly coming in. In fact such is the inferiority of a large part of the seed, he said, that one of the largest mills has practically dropped out of the market, until a better grade of seed is offered. Several cars of seed recently received were, he said, converted immediately, and the oil obtained was of such quality that it was sold for much less than the prevailing price for oil at that date. Farmers are urged to take especial care with the seed now being ginned, as the oil mill men say that even a small pile of it, if placed in a close Toom, will heat in two or three days 4 \ to suoh an extent as to render it most unsaleable for mill purposes.? Augusta Chronicle, November 29th. .Officers Break Up Cock Fight. Aiken, Dec. 2.?An old game was revived here yesterday when a cock milln/1 nff Katnroan twfl 1I&UL wao yuncu v/u u^tn vvu vow. blooded fowls of the fighting' specie at Barton's pond, three or four miles from the city. The "stage" names of the two cocks are Tennessee and North Carolina. Notwithstanding the fact that the , fight had been arranged with a certain degree of secrecy, a large audience was circled around the pit, the crowds having come from Augusta, Horsecreek Valley and Aiken. Betting was lively, and the stakes high. Ten rounds had been fought, eight of which were won by the representative of the Old Tar Heel State, when Sheriff Rabon and Rural Policeman . Busbee appeared on the scene. The 11th round was never completed, because the audience, the roosters and their owners all took to the bushes with more rapidity than grace, leaving the sheriff only a few feathers that marked the scene of the con? flict. > It is understood that the fight had been scheduled by Augustans to come off in Augusta, but it seems that the city authorities interfered, whereupon the promoters of the fight adjourned to Aiken and began the fight before the county authorities could interforo Tbp hpttpr rlass of citizens are highly indignant over the fight. CAINHOY MEN IN JAIL. Two White Men and Negro Charged with Criminal Assault. Moncks Corner, Nov. 30.?W. H. Metchum and his son, and Geo. Johnson, a negro, charged with criminally assaulting a white woman at Cainhoy, were lodged in jail here yesterday, having been sent here by ^lagistrate P. R. Donnelly. The story of the alleged crime has already been published in the News and Courier. The men who are charged with the crime assert that they are innocent and are repared to prove their innocence, when the proper time comes. From rumors afloat, when the true story is told, something sensational will develop. W. H. Metchum is quite an old man. A BITES BEAR'S BRAINS OUT. Some Exciting Chases Over Moun- ] tains of Western North Carolina. Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 25.?David Blevins, the most conspicuous of liv- 1 ing bear-hunters in this region, was s here this week from his home in i Shady, Johnson county, Tennessee. 1 He is 63 years old, and for more i than thirty years has been chasing i bears along the mountain range that j divides Johnson county, Tennessee, 1 from Watauga county, North Caro- 1 lina. He assisted Nat Willis and i other hunters in the capture of "Old ( Kettlefoot," the mightiest bear that < ever roamed the mountains of this ( region, and whose paw was likened i to the foot of a mastodon in size. < When asked about bear-hunting i experiences, Blevins said: "I have i killed 56 bears during the seasons T 1 have hunted, but this is nothing to i boast of when compared with the t records of men who roamed the < mountains before me. _?ears are t nothing like so plentiful in the re- i gion of my home as they once were, i and yet an experienced hunter never t fails to find them in sufficient num- S bers to make a chase interesting. ( You may gain some idea of the ] abundance of bears in earlier days f when I tell you that my great uncle, t William Blevins, killed on Beech 1 mountain in Western North Carolina, '<. in a single season, 82 bears, and al- 1 though naturalists assert that the s buffalo does not exist east of the Mississippi river, he captured a buffalo calf on the same mountain the same season. Napoleon Blevins, another relative of mine, exercising the warlike spirit of his namesake, slew 38 bears on one ridge. "You may not believe it," continued Blevins, "but I once knew a man tc bite a bear's brains out. This happened in Shady, and but a little way from my home. Old Daniel Gertman, a hunter who used to go out with me, is the man who accomplished this feat. We had shot and killed a belligerent she-bear. Advancing up the hollow, we discovered a lot of cubs of very tender age. Gertman lifted one of these little fellows from its bed and stood it on a its hind feet on a log. The bottoms <3 of its feet were white and tender, making it plain that it had never yet * roamed from the spot of its birth, c After eyeing the tender little inno- s cent for a few minutes, Gertman, as a if impelled by a sudden viciousness, i opened wide his jaws, placed the t head of the cub between his teeth ? and actually bit its brains out. I s have often recalled this tragic inci- t dent, but not with any idea of find- c ing excuse to vote Gertman the lau- t reis ui a uei v. c , 1 For Shooting Conductor. s t Moncks Corner, Nov. 30.?James 1 Gaddy and Arthur Gather were held ^ in the sum of $500 each to-day for d appearance before the court of gen- i eral sessions next March, charged c with having shot Conductor Inabi- c nett on his freight train, as it was t approaching Moncks Corner last Sat- a urday night a little after dark. c Magistrate John .0. Edwards was . In the midst of the preliminary t hearing, demanded by the defend- c ants, when James Gaddy, at the con- t elusion of the examination of one d of the witnesses, turned to Mr. Oc- i tavus Cohen, who was acting for a the State, and asked if he might ^ make a statement. Permission be- t ing granted by magistrate, Gaddy ? said that he had done the shooting, * being so drunk as not to realize the a enormity of his offence. He prayed s the mercy of the court. He stated r that as the train came along, Gath- i er, who had a small pistol belong- s ing to one of the water boys, shot a t couple of times into the box cars, 1 and then he (Gaddy) taking the pis- s tol from Gather, continued to shoot t into the train until the caboose 1 came along, the last shot unfortu- r nately striking Conductor Inabinett. t The conductor was not well enough t to make the trip to Moncks Corner t for the pieliminary hearing, but r there was an abundance of testimony a notwithstanding, to warrant Magis ? trate Edwrrds in holding the pris- t oners. The other two' defendants, a Jim Gary and Chester Allred, were a released on bond for their appear- a ance as witnesses at the March, 1 1912, term of the criminal court. t i After Dodgers of the Income Tax. In order to enforce more stringently ^ the law requiring all citizens to pay a tax of 1 per cent, on their incomes in excess of $2,500, Mr. A. W. Jones, comptroller general, has sent out to i the various county auditors general f letters, giving information with re- h gard to the manner of enforcement of this income tax law. t The first move in the matter is to e be made in Greenville county, where, the comptroller estimated, over 100 parties are liable to pay the income tax, although only six made returns J during the present year. A letter has s been addressed to Auditor M. L. Gul- C lick, of Greenville county, enclosing a e list of parties known or believed by 1 Mr. Jones to be liable to the income t tax. Two forms of "summons" are f also enclosed, one of which is to require the party supposed to be sub- r ject to the income tax to appear be- t forfe the auditor and testify as re- s gards his income, and another to c subpoena a witness who shall testify t to the income of the first party. Both c the circular letter and the letter to. t Mr. Gullick are endorsed by'the gov- t ernor, whose comment, written as a c postscript to the comptroller's letter, is a laconic. "A word to the wise should be sufficient." Carrying Survey to Completion. The survey of the Edisto River to determine whether or not it is available as a navigable stream, is being 1 rnnirllv nnshpd to onninlptinn Tt. is ? expected that the work will be fin- i ished sometime during the middle of | January. At present the party of t engineers have reached a point be- i tween Branchville and Jacksonboro, 1 and are getting on rapidly with the t work. } The survey was commenced in this city during the summer, and in all t it will require about six months to < complete the job.?The Orangeburg i I Evening News. 1 LOW PRICE OF COTTON. ? ______ m Reduced Acreage the Only Remedy Says "Old Timer." ? ??? < Wanderer's Rest, Nov. 29.?To- J norrow is Thansksgiving and all ? should throw off all care' and with a ! 'ree heart give thanks for the many < blessings we have. Last spring ? iearly all the newspapers published ?| n substance a well worded and ap- * parently a sincere article stating that ;he world was short four and one- < lalf million bales of cotton and that jj i 14 or 15 million bale crop was the ? )nly hope of the world and that a * :rop of that size would bring 14 * ;ents, upland. How the farmers ; -ead and reread that statement. Not jj loubting the statement in the least, 3 *esult, deeper plowing was done and > nore of it than ever before, more $ .'ertilizer used by far than any pre- * rious year, just enough rain to bring % ;he young cotton up, no grass to ? :rouble and dust (everywhere. In j :he nick of time the rains came as * f made to order and that big crop ? -ealized, but a late one for very lit;le August cotton was' sold here. % Still all was joy at the scene and ? ivery prospect pleasing for a bum- 3 per crop, and 12 cents was a cer- % ;ainty, for it had been promised in ? ;he newspapers by some one paid by * fVall street to help the bears out of T 1 hole or to lay a trap to catch the * 'armer, and an old farmer down this 2 lide was caught but not napping, for ?! J- J. ? A + in enon was uiaue lu giuw icgaiu- m ess of expense a big crop of cotton, U ilso corn and pigs, and the day ti ireams on cotton more than realized *3 tnd almost on corn and pigs. !? Now comes the 28th of August, a w itorm, cotton injured, corn blown ?3 lown to rot, and rain,1 rain ever m ;ince to retard the harvest, lower ?! he grade and hundreds of bales un- i] )icked at date, there to remain it *i >eems. Not 12 cents but 6, even >, for some is the case, and still *3 ower the grade and corresponding ! >rice perhaps, and while the old ! armer smokes his pipe in silence {J hinks of that promised 12 cents or [4 cents of the spring writers not J ealized he almost wants to say cuss l man that makes a promise but to 2 leceive.. { But "so it is, and the unexpected las happened, that the big crop of 2 otton has brought almost ruin to 35 ome and no gains to the grower, tnd now the speculator and spinler can clink the glasses and drink o the thoughtless farmers of the louth, and give a handshake and a ? mile to the writer or writers who 35 telped to deceive the cotton growers ?f the South into the folly of trying 2 o grow, and helped out by the best 35 ;rowing season in years, a crop too % arge to gather or sell, stands in the ad plight of being laughed at by 35 lis far off friends who now clap their n tands in glee and yell supply and a lemand, while the supply bill justly 2 lue the merchant, fertilizer bills and S lotes on high priced mules in many ases unpaid, fields as white as snow 2 >n all sides, even the ground manled with a white carpet of cotton, .11 go to prove for all time that a|l !{ otton farming is wrong. " t| Now the remedy what to do with = his cotton still in the field, much ? >f it so low in grade if gathered to jl >e on the market for years only to jS [epress in the years to come. Would ? t not be better to turn it all under A is a fertilizer? Most assuredly so \5 vhere men are in shape to stand ? he loss, for loss it will be to the )1 rro.wer in the end to try to market V t, yet to grow an expensive crop as ? l fertilizer only derived from the ? eed, no money to buy wraps and ibbons for the long-suffering wife, M lor for bee gum hats and white /I clippers for Maud and Chloe, the > toys longing for a soft paying job, & lis other girls in town, seems to ay: "No, gather that cotton if it S akes until May next," and five dol- (C ars a bale over cost of picking is 2! eceived, and thus it will be, but not Sr o the advantage of the grower. Cut ft he acreage next year half in two is 2! he remedy, and it is time for all to ealize this fact, but like a certain ft agricultural commissioner after ad- qk ising in every way for the farmers a[ o cut theirs went to his own farm H ,nd planted all cotton. On being ? .sked why he did so, replied: "Why, Jj .11 the others will cut and I will ? nake big money." So it is, and now ft he old farmers feels like the disap- 5 jointed lover exclaimed: {S 'I'll hang my harp on a willow tree ft And off to the wars again; Iy peaceful home has no charm for IS me, ft The battle field no pain." After all, clothing the world for v! caught but worry don't pay, and ft rom this on will one say: "I'll try to telp feed it." OLD TIMER. ? N. B. Next week will try to find ft he cause of all cotton, and look for oore remedies. O. T. ? Prison for Killing Betrayer. )S Philadelphia, Dec. 1.?Frank M. IcMahon, who was convicted of man- w laughter last week for the killing of ft ieorge Leary last May, was sentencd to the penitentiary to-day for not ?| ess than five years nor more than og en years. The maximum penalty S or the crime is 12 years. Q McMahon shot Leary after a quar el on the street over Leary's refusal o marry McMahon's daughter. The :o-called unwritten law figured in the ;ase and attracted considerable at- ai ention. It is said that McMahon's cr :ounsel waived an appeal for a new et riol in nrrior tn irnmorliotpl v talrp he case to the State board of parions. COTTON PICKER AT WORK. 7 Machine Roes Good Work in Test at Bennetts ville. Bennettsville, November 30.?The Drice-Campb'ell cotton picker made l demonstration here to-day. On _ iccount of recent heavy rains the S. ground was too soft for the machine o get over the ground without bogging, but the machine was operated ?or a short time and it is estimated hat fully 90 per cent of tire cotton vas well picked. The machine was on exhibition here Si ;wo years ago, and while it did won- pi lerful work then, it has been made ta nore perfect. Other exhibitions will ti 3e given during the next few days, t* ^ ? . j Have You Thought Of It? f 1 f I * 11 !i I S {f ? That there are only 14 more shopping days after to-day before Christmas. : J j* Don't you think that it is time you were getting busy purchasing those gifts that * | ji you are going to have to have? We want to invite you to be sure and pay j j ' if our store a visit before you decide what you are going to purchase for those I i i? presents. We have one of the nicest assorted stocks of General Merchandise i * ; ever shown in this city. We are receiving new goods daily, and you can always jE \ ? count on our being right up-to-the-minute with the styles. Come in and look S 4 * at our line of * * I | o | I Dry Goods, Underwear, Mens and Boys' Clothing, Ladies Suits || A I and Skirts, Cloaks, Overcoats, Shoes,Hats, Caps^Shirts, Gloves, \\ m. I Suspenders, Belts, Blankets, Comforts, Trunk, Children s Dresses, I I Petticoats, Waists, Stockings for Ladies and Children, Overalls, Etc. | ' ; and in fact everything to be found in an up-to-date Dry Goods Store. We i} ; want you to keep in mind, that while we have not been in Bamberg many j , * 1 years, during the time we have been in your midst we have built up, by fair \ | ? and prompt dealing, treating everybody just as we would like to be treated, a i I ^ * * 1 1 1 ?J ?1? ' ? J A<] Mfa^AVMAtM "J, business tnai we are proua 01, aiiu 11 yuu are nut uue ui uur sai/isueu tuowiuuis ** it is because you have never traded with us, and, if you will only pay our place $ * a visit, look over our goods and get our prices, we are satisfied that you will be- ? come one of the many pleased patrons of Bamberg's Successful Merchants. Be- !g . member our presents are both useful and cheap. Come to jjj RUBIN & FLSKJiN 1 , B The Great Bargain Givers. BAMBERG, S. C. 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