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* Jtembtrg Ifcrafo ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. y . Volume 30. Xo. 36. Thursdey, September 8,1921 We don't think the domestic relations between South Carolina and Georgia will be seriously disturbed by Judge Hammond, of Augusta. The judge positively will not let well enough alone. However, the judge's latest article contains much of truth, - - - ' ? -L T T _ as everyone will nave to aamn. ne says that his main idea was to draw from Governors Cooper and Hardwick a strong expression against mob violence, and the judge further says that in this he has unequivocally failed. / Far be it from us to criticise any decision of the state supreme court, and we do not question the wisdom t of its judgment. However, it appears to us that under the decision in the Williamson case, wherein it is held that a man cannot be forced to trial for a capital offence when his wife is unable to attend court, that there is a possibility of a man escaping trial at all. Suppose, for instance, that a prisoner's wife was an invalid and unable to ever attend court.- Under this decision, would it be possible to ever force him to trial? ? ?o? Speaking of state politics, The Herald hears it on good authority that the Hon. Asburv F. Lever is consid _ ing the matter of entering the gubernatorial arena next year. Mr. Lever was for years a congressman from South Carolina, a position he held with honor to himself and the state. He entered the race for United States senator against Senator Tillman, but withdrew at the personal request of President Wilson. Later he withdrew from congress to accept a government position in connection with the farm loan system which he holds at the present time. Our idea about it is that next year's politics are going to be very interesting. Everything points in ? \ that direction. There are some things about the state government that we have a verv clear idea the people are getting tired of. It is I just such conditions as these that put the demagogue in power. The state government, under the plea of "progress," has run away with itself. Apparently there is no?stopping place. The government seems to be unaware , of the fact that the war is over, and that the unworked-for-dollar is no more. The Herald stands for progress, but it stands for progress of a ... sane and conservative kind. Under the head of "progress" the state is paying thousands ot dollars in useless salaries and expenses. ' There are J commissions upon commissions, and I then some more commissions, the j - - , only real actions of which the general public can discern is the drawing of ^ salaries and expenses. Unless some . good man will make the campaign * ifor governor next year on a conservative, sane platform somebody is going to be elected that the state will not be proud of. m The Herald was glad to see a party of York county farmers here last week. "Upon visits to the upper part of the state residents of southern Carolina have been distressed to note the apparent lack of appreciation of the devastation of the boll weevil. We have heard many folks in the Piedm,ont and northern sections of the state say that they were immune A n'ovor 11UUX LXIC y?ccui, auu Liiul iuv; uv > v> expected to see the weevils doing damage there. The fact is the weevil is already there, and has done tremendous damage this year. So far as we can judge nothing has been done in the upper part of !he state in preparation of the cotton pest. We fancy that the party of farmers who saw with their own eyes what the weevil is doing here will have a new vision of farming. Much of the damage by the weevil in this section could ' have been averted by a full realization of the effects of the pest years ago. As it is, though .the bulk of farmers had to be shown, this county realized several years ago that cotton was a back number so far as a money crop is concerned, and our information is that Bamberg county is in far better condition than many others this year. International Diet. Two Tommies turned punsters went into a restaurant over on the eastern front and said to the waiter, "We want Turkey with Greece." The waiter replied, "Sorry, sirs, but we can't Servia." "Well, then, get the Bosphorus." The boss came and heard their order and then said, "I don't want to Russia, but you can't Roumania." So the two Tommies went away Hungary.?Commerce and Finance. j NO TRUCE FOR YORK COUPLE. j Husband and Wife Decide to Separate After Battle and Court Scene. York, Sept. 2.?The pitched battle waged several days ago between John j Kelly and his wife, Josephine, nej groes, which ebbed and flowed with ! varying fortune until the feminine I gladiator scored a clean knockout, I _ _ . , this being accomplished Dy wieiamg a smoothing iron against John's head such force as to split the extemporiz! ed weapon, has had a sequel in the parting of the two, each declaring it intolerable to live with the other. They went separate ways, leaving the little cabin lonely and deserted. When the details of the combat were aired before a magistrate here a few days ago, that official advised them to make terms of peace or at least to agree to an armistice, but they decided that separation was the better course. Asked today to explain his action in the matter, Jonn Kelly, who is a well known character, was sententious and emphatic. "Ah done stood all ah could on aat oman, ne ueclared, "an' 'cided to leave fo ah got kilt. When she tuk an' hit wif dat iron ah thought ah was gone. Ah saw bright lights all 'roun' me and way off ah could heah music. So ah left an' ah'm tellin' you John is stayin' gone." J That w*as John's version; it was all] variance with Josephine's. "Ah lef'j dat ol* nigger kaze of his meanness," she asserted vehemently. "His head's dat hard ah done dented all my frying pans on it an' las' ah busted my iron. He's got to pay for dat iron, too." People who have viewed the said iron say it is a complete wreck. DIES IX ACCIDENT. ? Prominent Farmer of Calhoun County T acac T ifn JJV/OV. C5 JUAAVt St. Matthews, Sept. 3.?While attempting to get a shot at a hawk which had been bothering the chickens around his home, Thomas T. Hane, of Fort Motte, accidentally received a gun wound this afternoon which instantly ended his life. Mr. Hane had finished his noon meal and was resting at his home. A member of the family 'called to him that a hawk which had been giving trouble in the chicken yard was again making a raid. Mr. Hane took up his automatic gun and started out in quest of the hawk. After having searched for some time he did not I find the hawk and evidently decided that he would go over to the home of W. C. Hane, Jr., only a few hundred feet away. Xo one saw him when he attempted to cross the board fence, but from the position in which he was found, it would indicate that he had mounted the gate to climb over and that the gun had slipped from his hand and fallen to the ground, the ovnlncinn hpino- paused hv the imDaCt with the ground. The load took effect in the left side of the neck, severing the large artery and death being almost instant. When found his arms were hanging over the top board and his feet were in the opening between the first and second boards and the gun was lying on the ground. A few moments after the explosion of the gun was heard one of his hands happened to be passing and' saw his predicament. W. C. Hane, Jr., Was at once notified and tvqc unnn thp spptip within a few mo n^ents but the wounded man had expired. NEGRO SHOOTS WIFE. Body Then Left in Ditch By Roadside Balance of Night. > Laurens, Sept. 4.?After killing his wife by shooting her dead in the public road, near the Huff place in A1 1 ^ f An-neViin IH6 lower petit UJL Ouiixva.ii o tu >1 liouix/) Friday night, George C. Smith, negro, immediately rode to the home of X. B. Wood, magistrate of Sullivan township, and surrendered himself and requested the officer to take him at once to the county jail at Laurens. Accompanied by the negro's landlord, J. H. Carlisle, Mr. Wood brought Smith to the city before daylight and delivered him to the sheriff. The killing was the result of jealousy, it appears, as it is stated that Smith's wife had gone to church some six or seven miles with other parties, two negro men and a negro woman, after Smith had warned her not to go, it is alleged. Borrowing a horse from Mr. Carlisle, Smith is said to have followed the party and metj them coming back toward home. Riding up to the buggy in which his wife was traveling, it is alleged that Smith ordered her to dismount, ant as she stepped out in the road he de iiDerateiy nrea on ner, one or iue shots piercing the heart, killing her instantly. She fell over into a side ditch. The party and Smith drove away, leaving the body where it lay until some time Saturday whpn the inquest was held by Coroner Owings. I BLACKVILLE BUREAU Mrs. J. M. Halford, Manager. School Opened Monday. Blackville, Sept. 6.?The Blackville high school opened here Monday, Sept. 5. Professor C. W. Rizer, who was here last year, is with us again this year, and his corps of able teachers is as follows: .Miss Grace Mason, Sycamore, first and second grades; Miss Amarynthia Keels. St. Matthews, third grade and part of orroflo- Mice Dirkin ^tvviiu B^ttuv, v. ? son, Ulmers, fourth grade and part of fifth grade; Miss Maude Farquhar, Chateaugay, N. Y., sixth grade and part of fifth grade; Miss Louise Bailey, Kitchings Mill, seventh grade; Miss Louise Hammel, Kershaw, high school English and science; Miss Lilla Kibler, Newberry, Latin and algebra; Miss Blanche West, Newberry, history and mathematics. Death of Benjamin J. Hutto. Benjamin J. Hutto died at 'his home at Hilda Sept. 3, after a long and painful illness, aged about 71 years. He was a member of the Baptist church at Hilda, but his remains were placed in the burying ground at Double Pond church Sunday afternoon, in the presence of a large crowd or sorrowing friends and relatives, Rev. Mr. Davis, the pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. D. W. Heckle, I ct : + wop Or nSdllllg oyilllgs. .mo. nunu nao ill when her hflsband died. She was before her marriage Miss Elizabeth Dvches, and they had been married over fifty years and reared 13 children, who are all living, except one. Henry Hutto, who resides here, and is a*-rural mail carrier, is one of his sons, and his many friends sympathize with him in his bereavement. Boll Weevil "Delegates." j A representative body of bankers, ! merchants and farmers, traveling under the auspices of the First National Bank of Fort Mill, York county, made a trip into Barnwell and Allendale counties recently, for the purpose of investigating the methods our farmers have used since the boll weevil invaded this section. They should have secured valuable information, as these counties are noted for their intelligent farmers and then we are in such a famous section for truck r farming and all diversified farming. The boll weevil won't have anything on the farmers very long. In a short time old "Dixie Land" will win the fight against the ravage of the weevil. / Mrs. Jarrett Called to Blackville. Mrs. Jarrett, of High Point, X. C., was called to Blackville recently on account of the illness of her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Ninestein. She was accompanied by her grand children, Theodore, Florence and Eleanor Ninestein, who were visiting 'her at the time. Miss Dorothy Ninestein was also summoned home for the same reason from a sanitarium in Richmond, where she had gone in train ing to become a trained nurse since her graduation at the Confederate college, Charleston. We are glad to report that Mrs. Xinestein is entirely convalescent now. Personal Motion. Miss Leonard Kelly has returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Free in Columbia. Mrs. Eugene Fickling and Miss Eugene Fickling have returned from a trip to the mountains of western North Carolina. Robert Brunson, of Walterboro, was a recent visitor at Mr. and Mrs. C. hJ. Jb'isnourne s. Miss Margaret Brooker, of Denmark, was the guest of her aunt, J Miss Hattie Hutto, last week. Mrs. Annie Mitchell, of Columbia, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Keel last Saturday and from here went to Windsor to spend a wreek with relatives. N Miss Leila West, of Darlington, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. 0. D. Hammond. Hon. Spann Hammond visited his parents, Maj. and Mrs. Spann Hammond, recently. tit r* Unifnr>A ond Vfiirrov TnmPr > v . (.i, nanui u auu .u visited Columbia last Sunday. Mrs. Hattie Culler and sister, Mrs? Alma Culler, visited their aunt, Mrs. Alfred Gyles, last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Oakman, of Augusta, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Free. Friends of Karl P. Xesseler will be interested to learn that he left Monday for Bamberg, where he is holding a position with Dr. Black's jewelry store. W. E. Silverthorne, of New York, was in Barnwell county on business last week. J. E. Kennedy, of Govan, passed through the city Monday motoring to tfatesourg, wnere ne win vian ms son, Robert, who holds a position there. Mrs. Sophia Rowell. of Roanoke. Ya.. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Alfred Gyles. Mrs. H. H. Youngblood and chil1 LAUGH OX MINISTER. Pastor of Main Street Methodist Victim of Joke. Methodist preachers are often victims of jokes on the part of laymen and the latest one going the rounds has been placed upon the Rev. R. S. Truesdale, popular pastor of the Main Street Methodist church of Columbia. According to the story told yesterday the Rev. Mr. Truesdale was leaving town early one morning not long ago and had ordered a taxi to carry him to the station. The taxi went to the Truesdale home in the wee small hours, somewhat earlier than the pastor had wished, but he dressed and was soon in the car. The driver then went to another home to get a second passenger, who was also leaving early in the morning. After the second passenger had been seated in the rear of the machine and the car had gone a Short distance, the Dastor. seated in front. turned his head and smiling pleasantly remarked to the man behind; that it was rather cool. This brought fopth a gruff "yes" and the Rev. Mr. | Truesdale' realized that further attempts at conversation would be unwelcome. A little further on the trip the man behind asked the driver to stop, saying he wanted to get out at once. The taximan was surprised and asked what was the trouble. The man in t'he rear replied that he had just discovered that the passenger in front was a Methodist preacher and he knew it was about time for a collection to be taken up. According to the story the man J behind was none other than the ge-| nial Col. William Banks, who was in a playful mood and slipped one^ over on the unsuspecting pastor, w'ho,j however, took, the joke in good part. I ?The State. Only the honest grafter confines j his occupation to trees and shrubs. dren are visiting relatives in Spring-! field. HaTold Hair and Billy Ray left for lemson college Monday. Mrs. Hal D. Still and daughter, | Miss Eugenia Still, with other friends moiorea to Augusia rnaay. Mrs. R. B. Still and children have returned ihome after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Folk, | in Bamberg. Mrs. Ruby Johnson Armstrong, of Fernandina, Fla., is visiting her sis-; ter, Mrs. Wilheimina Cook. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii = ^!!Ili;:illl!!lll!il!ll!!?t;;i!l!!;::!:i!l!l!ll!l!:!i!lll!illll!!!lli!:ilil!!!lll!!IIIIIi!lli;illlllllli!linill!l! II SHORT C fl I With this in mind M country, before pr H dise consisting of || [ Men's and Boys' Cloth III family, also Staph U This stock was bo := and the experienct M 1 purchases. I nev = I e-oods as thev usu; II at live and let livi j| worth for every dc H | at right prices. C || I them. I W. D. Rh = ^/iimiiuiiiiiiii!jinniiMiii!ii:iniii!!i!i:!niiniiii:ia::ii!iniiiiiiiiiii!ii:iiimiHiiiiiiifiiiiiii:i' lillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ISpecii wr mvi? H I SINCE MARC RONAGE W1 ()\TR THE C THAT ALL / MONEY ON E WE ARE DO SIBLE, AND THING IN 01 SPEC Fruit Jars, J; AND I CAsr WEEVIL DAMAGE AMAZES VISITORS. ; (Continued from page 1, column 1.) offers the best hope, he said, adding that it would be impossible to beat! out the pest here by this method. Mr. Blair, who comes from his! home at Blairsville every first and j third Saturday of the month and spends the day here to give farmers; the benefit of his information and J advice, discussed the weevil menace} with-scores of planters here today,] and urged them to plant more grain i and cover crops this fall. The weevil] made its appearance on Mr. Blair's! own farm several weeks ago and he; estimates that the crop is damaged fully 10 per cent. The pest has invaded the greater part of York county during the last week or two but it is only in limited areas that material harm will be done. Next year?but that is another thing, and it was with the idea of preparing York farmers for next year that Mr. Blair visited the weevil territory and that he advised them today. York Men Study Pest. Mr. Boll Weevil, whose headquarters are now located in Allendale county, from reports received from farmers throughout this section, was the subject of some deep discussion ! and wide observation on last Wednesday when a delegation of cotton planters and business men of York 1 i X * 4.1*^4. | county visitea tnis section iur mat. purpose.- This greatest of all cotton pests had just made his appearance in that section of the state and the farmers of that section are in a dilema as to the means of impeding his progress. For the purpose of; getting first-hand information as to j the means of prevention and control they came here on last Wednesday, and were the guests of the demons-; tration agent here and the farmers! of this section who for several years: have been working tirelessly with all | tne metnoas prescrioea ior me con-j trol of the boll weevil. The delegation consisted of many' large farmers and prominent business men and great interest was shown in the great menace that the weevil has brought on this section. They were the recipients of all kinds of advices. One of the farmers of this section told the delegation that the only way to make cotton under boll weevil conditions was to plant peanuts. The consensus of opinion of the Allendale county farm^ps seems to be that it is a hopeless task, especially if the III1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIII DADC I >rvwt w hw ii I have bought from the bes1 ices started up, a well selected iDg, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Not e Groceries with Prices as Lo' ught far CASH and I have pi 3 of 33 years of buying and sell er run sales or other clap tra allv add to the cost of them. 1 tr e prices, and will give you On illars worth you buy from us. 1 ome in and see us, no trouble t i iOAD, Bambi llllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll al! Sp AD OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU IX 1 H 1st, AND JUDGING FROM THE LII E HAVE RECEIVED FROM CUSTC OUNTY, WE HAVE COME TO THE C LRE CONVINCED THAT WE HAVE i A ERY PURCHASE. IXG BUSINESS ON THE CLOSEST M ? mrmvunnv rrn nrT AI'R PRIA i"13iV Hj \ t/I\ A iv \JJU JL V/VAV A A?AV L'r line before buying. 1als on the following this we ar Caps, Jar Rings, Vinegar, S n fact almost anything you n I and CA folk & McMillan. ... WOFFORD ALLUMNI MEETS. Four Counties Hold Session Friday Night. Orangeburg, Sept. 3.?The Wofford alumni in Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg and Dorchester counties will hold a joint meeting for organizaation in Orangeburg on the night of September 9, at S o'clock, the meeting to be held in the Men's Bible class rdom of the Methodist Sunday schooj. Prominent speakers a will be present, Dr. H. X. Snyder 1 having been invited, and it is also ex- 1 pected to have Dr. A. G. Rembert and a representative of the athletic* oifVtOT* P D \\T r\PrrwA doaui id nuii, cuiiti . jl m v/uvxu ui W. P. Ligon. There is a large number of Wofford alumni in the above mentioned counties and these j are urged to be present and asked to * notify Julian S. Wolfe, of Orangeburg, if they can come. The committee in charge of meeting consists of Julian S. Wolfe, G. I. Whetsell and Henry R. Sims, of Orangeburg. Wofford starts the new year with a new foot ball coach and alumni in the lower part of the state are anxious to know of Wofford's athletic hopes this year. No Symptoms. j "Who is the mysterious stranger?" "Some kind of an investigator." "Working* for the government?" * "I doubt it. He keeps pretty busy."?Detroit Free Press. Colt Like an Egg. Why is a colt like an egg? Because ' ^ it is of no great use until it has been- d broken. ' weather conditions are the least bit' unfavorable. A condition report was rendered that surprised even the members of the entertainment committee consisting of Allendale men. Oatma a f fl-iic? eon T> f T7 <TO\TO \ kJUillC laiuxcio \J JL LUIO WUiA(/j QM T v accounts of ravages of the boll weevil that were startling. One man said that he had ninety acres of cotton on which he made sixty hales of cotton last year and this year would do well to get seven or eight. Others estimated that the condition of the cotton crop of this county would certainly not run over fifteen per cent; others as low as ten.- j Th& delegation left on Thursday I morning for other sections of the ' state where the boll weevil infesta- J tion is heavy, to continue their in- - * ^ i. - vesugauuiis. .inciiuaic vjiu^cu. lllllllllllllllllllllllillllllM i!uiii!iii:i!::ajiiiiii:!i!iiiii!!nii:!iniiiiiniii:'i!ii:inniiii:ii!iiniiii!inin?ininii!!aiii% = / PRICES 11 t markets in our j| [ line of Merchan- |l ions, Shoes for all the J i w as* the Lowest. \m 1 it my best efforts j g ] ing goods in these | M 1 p methods to sell M 1 We are selling for | J \ .e Hundred Cents jf 1 We have the goods ( g A ,o show and price | i I ^rg, S. C. 1 ( lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ecialilll [HIS SPACE 5ERAL PAT- A MERS AltL I ONCLUSIOX V SAVED YOU 1 ARGIN POS- 1 ES OX AXYEK I Ipices, Sugar I EED. 1 RRY ! South Carolina. j v _= ' i if I