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< 3Ifp Hamhrrg ferali 7T"iTTH i i I III II Ml "^WWIMP $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG*, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 25,1922. Established in 1891. 7 hree Murderers are Resentenced Columbia, May 23.?S. J. Kirby, C. O. Fox and Jesse Gappins, convicted last August of the murder of William C. Brazell, a youthful taxicab driver of Columbia, were sentenced at Lexington today to be electrocuted June 16. The trio last August hired Brazell's automobile on the streets of Columbia to drive them to Augusta and before they reached Lexington they struck him on the head, half stunning him. They then, while he -rwtna V,-o 1 f Winor ATI the rilTITline' hflflrd'. FT ao 'UOril AJ 1U5 VU - WM. ?J stabbed him to death, Cox confessing at the trial that he wielded the knife f and "ground it in the wound." The ^ body was then thrown into a nearby thicket. The men then proceeded beyond Augusta with BrazelFs car when they had tire trouble. Kirby, j who was alone at the time, met a chain gang guard and confessed. The three men were locked in the Augusta jail, which was later surrounded ed by a mob from this state in an effort to get the three men. For three days and nights armed men patrolled this vicinity in an endeavor A J ? rv,kn VA f-rmi P Tras PY to UUU cue JUIGU. iw Vivuww ? ? perienced in getting the men to the state penitentiary. They were sentenced to electrocution on August 21. The execution was stayed by appeal to the supreme court. FIRE DESTROYS FAIREY HOME. Owner Overcome by Flames and Smoke. Branchville, May 17.?Fire destroyed the home of M. E. Fairey here Monday morning about ten o'clock. How it caught is yet a mystery. It is said that there had been no fire in the house since Sunday morning. The'fire was not discovered until it was far under way as it caugfht between the ceiling of the second floor and the roof and as the house had a galvanized roof the blaze smothered and was not found until the rafters were burned. As soon as the alarm was given Mr. Fairey rushed upstairs and opened the door to the room where the fire had started and was soon overcome by the flames and smoke and had to be carried out of the house. He is recovered from his experience it is stated. Practically all the furniture on the first floor was saved but that on the second floor was a total loss. Mr. Fairey had about $3,500 insurance. . This makes the fifth house burned on this block in the last five years. This was the second in the past two weeks. Mr. Byrnes's Address. We do not think that the objecPrtTrni* "Pant Tiavo IMSUa III IUC ivm-twnvi 4.?v? r ever been stated more strongly or more lucidly or more succinctly than they were stated by Representative Byrnes in his address at the College of Charleston commencement Tuesday night. Mr. Byrnes exhibited a very complete grasp of the questions which he discussed and his address, which will be published in full in the Sunday News next Sunday, is an exceptionally comprehensive and informing review of the conditions and problems with which this country and the world are faced. It can be read and studied with profit by anyone who wishes to approach the big issues of the time understandingly. Mr. Byrnes Tuesday night was in the house of his friends but there wer^ many who heard him speak for the first time. Most of them appreciated already that he is one of the ablest and most alert men to go to Congress from South Carolina in / years. What chiefly impressed his audience Tuesday night, as the comr ments yesterday clearly showed, was his profound and unmistaKaoie sincerity.?-News and Courier. ^ This B is busy, f So should you B, And win a prize Quite easily. V. I | AsJ^s Revocation Increase Ordei Representative J. Carl Kearse Saturday addressed a letter to the state tax commission seeking a revocation of the commission's recent order increasing the valuation of farm lands in Bamberg county from $4.69 to $6.40 per acre for purposes of taxaHrm infnrmation Of which Was PUb lished in The Herald last week. The letter, addressed to J. T. Durham, chairman, which was accompanied by a clipping from The Herald on this subject, is as follows: Mr. J. T. Durham, South Carolina Tax Commission, Columbia, South Carolina. Dear Mr. Durham: Our auditor, Mr. W. D. Rowell, has just called my attention to the fact that your commission has instructed him to raise the valuation of the farm lands in this county from an average of $4.69 per acre last year to an average of $6.40 per acre for 1922, making an increase of 36 per cent. I was very much surprised to learn of this order, and I am at a loss tc understand how the commission hopes to justify such an increase in j the valuation of the firm lands in ! this county at this time. I feel that this order must have been issued without full knowledge of the conditions that exist in the agricultural sections of this county, -and it is foi the purpose of explaining these conditions that this letter is written' ! I feel that, whenVou have carefully ! considered the matter, you will promptly revoke the order just issued, and that you will issue a new order, directing the auditor to decrease the valuation in this county, If there ever was a time when valuations of the farm lands in this county should be decreased, instead of increased, it is no\^. i Last year our cotton crop was cut down by the ravages of the boll weevil to about 4,16-4 bales, as compared with an average yield of about 28,000 bales for the county; in other words, the yield was reduced about 85 per cent, the farmers making about 15 per cent, of a crop. It is a known fact that the boll weevils are -1? -fViic voir fhnn pvftT more ituuuuam iu? j before, so how can we expect a greater yield this year? Unfortunately, the people of this county have not yet learned to raise other money producing crops successfully. Last year, the farmers tried tobacco, but the crop was practically a failure, and the price was so low * * 1 TTrVl Of i tnac everyone iuat uiuuc; wu. nuu> ! they planted. This year, the farmers are planting a little truck, but the industry is still in its infancy, and it j is impossible to tell what will be the result. ^ I was informed by our treasurer this morning that about 20 per cent of the taxes for last year have not yet been paid, and I am sure that a j great part of those who have paid used money that was made in previous years. I doubt whether a hall dozen farmers in the county made | enough on their farms last year, above operating expenses, to pay taxI es. Now, I ask, in the face of these facts, is it fair to increase the valuation of the farm lands of the county i and thereby increase tne iarmers I taxes? The leading economists agree that one of the basic rules for taxation is "ability to pay." It can hardly be said that the farmer's ability to paj has been increased during the past year, and, on the other hand, it caE readily be seen that it has been decreased. I realize that the present value tion of $4.69 per acre appears rathei low, but when it is considered tha\ less than one-fourth of the acreage in this county is under cultivation? that a great part of the acreage is in swamps and low lands and is practically worthless?it is then realized that the present valuation which reperesents an acreage valuation of all lands, is not too low as compared with other counties. You will remember that the whole trend of legislation last year was tc reduce the amount of taxes on visible property, and particularly on farir lands. This was done because the legislators, who are the represents tives of the people, realized the strain that the farmers were under, anc sought to lighten their burdens. A material reduction was made, the levy being reduced from 12 to 7 mills This will give the farmers and owner! of visible property considerable ro lief, but, if the valuation of farn i Democrats Ask ' for Lower 7 axes Columbia, May 17.?The Demo > cratic state convention today iiearti. ly endorsed Woodrow Wilson and wished for him long life. It extend> ed greetings to James M. Cox. The 1 convention in its platform held that the system of deflating was being pressed by the Republican party, ana that the gold bug is worse than the > boll weevil bug. The platform rer port then advises the adoption of '> these principles; protection is criticized, the agricultural bloc in Congress is endorsed and commended the members of Congress for working with the bloc. It wants Congress to provide a system of short-term farm' credit. The platform favors income, > luxury and excise taxes and demands > that such laws be put on the statute books. The lowest rate should be 1 placed upon lands that produce the L living of the people. Indeed if pos; sible, they should be exempt; the ! rkloffrtTm cnoo nn onrJ savo "tVlP h'S'h pa.avi.wa.ua. ftvvu vu muvi 0 0 ? 1 est rates should be placed upon land3 held for speculative purposes and all 1 luxuries. Let the necessities be free." L, The platform holds that the coinL mission form of government has provL en a failure. The platform commit: tee recommended, "We.condemn the practice of our general assembly in " electing members of their own body I to the various offices required by law to be chosen by it. We believe that ; all officers except judges should be " elected by a direct vote of the people, and thus kill the evil practice." ' The platform then suggests: "Our judicial circuits should be reduced to a number sufficient for ' the business of the state." The report then says, "While our ' state expenditure may be extravagant they cannot compare with the " burdens imposed upon the people through the defective system of county government. It is astounding how indifferent the average person is as to what becomes of county funds and the great loss resulting, from the improper care and preservation of county road machinery, tools, supplies, etc. Frauds perpetrated by contractors and others filch from the county ' treasurer thousands of dollars annu" 1 in wortftmmaTid. I any. a state <tuuuui 10 icwv/miuvuu. | ed. Strict enforcement of all laws is i demanded especially the prohibition i statute. In convictions the platform . insists on prison sentences and no [ alternative of fine. The platform condemns legislation on Sunday. A section is devoted to ; education and a full seven months' i term is demanded for every white i child in the state. Liberal support is : asked for all educational enterprises. i Congressman Dominick was oppos ed to a general approval of the agri. cultural bloc. . Mr. McCleod defended the bloc and held that the bloc was committed to oppose W. K. R. Harding's reap[ pointment on the federal board. Mr. Dominick feared Democratic support ? for protection as a result of combina, tions. Road Contracts Let. j Contracts fey the state highway from Barnwell through Elko to the Aiken county line were let Friday. . Simpson & White, who are just completing the Kline-Barnwell road, were k awarded the contract for the stretch from Barnwell to Elko, their price J being $19,629.79. There was just $250 difference in the bids of the r three lowest bidders for this job. Mi. Teague, of Augusta, who has done 1 considerable road building in Aiken county, received the contract for the 1 " A ?- n11-* A {IT-AT) />Aiinfr 1 roa& irom hiiku lu luc >nacu UUUUWJ I line, his bid being $9,194.57. These figures are considered very low and the county officials are to be congrat1 ulated on saving the taxpayers some money on the johs. It is understood [ that work will begin immediately.? Williston Way. , lands is to be increased 36 per cent., what, rplief will the farmers receive? 5 Surely, it cannot be contended that the actual valuation of the farms i have increased. It is t?o well known > that they have materially decreased, i I trust that, after youT commission l has carefully oon^ldered these facts, > you will revoke your order eall ing for an increase, and that you will t lea've the valuation as it is at presl ent, or, if any change is to be made, l that you lower it in accordance witn ? the actual decrease that has taken . place in the value of the farm lands 5 throughout the county. Very truly yours, i J. CARL KEAR9E. Storm Damages the Olar Section Olar, May 22.?A severe wind, rain and thunder storm struck Olar at 5 o'clock this afternoon and did considerable damake to property, but tnere were no personal injuries. About thirty-five shade trees were uprooted and several residences slightly .damaged by trees being blown across them. Dr. C. B. Ray's automobile was damaged in like manner. , Part of the roof was blown off Cleveland Morris's store. Part of a skylight was blown from the Rizer Automobile company's garage and the front glass broken.. C. H. Brabham's car was carried up the street as if being driven at a rapid speed and the top was taken off by the wind. Doubtless considerable damage was done to the crops. BOARD NAMES TEXT BOOKS. 1 For Use in Public Schools Next Five Years.?Advance in Price. Columbia, May 20.?Adoption of text books for the public schools of South Carolina was completed by the state board of education yesterday after several days of conference on various texts which had been submitted. The board of education has -been in session several days and yesterday announced that its work had been practically completed. Approximately 32 contracts with book publishing houses remain to be signed up, but this work will be completed within a day or two. Representatives of various publishing houses have been in Columbia in numbers recently and many texts have been brought to the attention of the board. The books for the next five years will be somewhat higher in price, it was understood yesterday, than they were under the old contracts as the cost of practically everything that goes into their making has advanced in recent years. J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education, when asked 1 ' -6 i.1 yesterday lor a 11st 01 me uwaa adopted by the board, said that a list had -not been prepared for publication. He said, however, that the list would be available in a few days. The law of the state, as is generally known, provides for a readoption of text books for the public schools every five years. The books adopted by the board at its meeting will be used over the state in the schools dur ing the next nve years, rrovisiuu ia made with the book companies whereby old books may be exchanged in part payment for new books, this arrangement saving much money to the people of the state. MULMNS CITIZEN SUICIDES. R. Mills Shoots Self After Wounding Merchant. Mullins, May 17.?R. Miles is dead and Ben Snyder is possibly fatally injured from shots alleged to have been fired by Mr. Miles in Mr. Snyder's store about 10:30 o'clock this morning. At the coroner's inquest this after noon the veridct was that *\tt. :viiies came to his death by gun shot wounds imfiicted by his own hand." The bullet which ended the life of Mr. Miles was fired into the temple. Dr. J. 'Hagood Smith, who examined Mr. Snyder's wounds, is of the opinion that the bullet entered Mr. Snyder's back, ranged the full length of the left lung and barely missed the heart. His condition is very grave. The story as told by Mr. Snyder is ' tlia ofnro oaplr th3.t -vir. iviiujs ucimc iu tut. ?i,utv vw..^ this morning for a settlement- for an iron safe which he had sold to Mr. Snyder. It is alleged that Mr. Miles contended for a sum in advance of the agreed price and that the shooting followed in consequence of Mr. Snyder's refusal. Mrs. Snyder was in the store at the time hut knew nothing of the misunderstanding until the shots were heard. Ike Sheer, a brother-in-law of Mr. Snyder and a clerk in the store, had Iert ttie Dunaing a ie? unuuicj uv I fore. Mr. Snyder is a nephew of Mr. Miles and both have been in the clothing and dry goods business here for a number of years. Mr. Miles was the oldest clothing merchant in Mullins and by hard work and attention to J business he had amassed a small fortune. About 90 days ago he sold out | his business to Mr. Snyder. Two Will Die; One Gets Life Columbia, May 20.?With expressionless faces F. M. Jeffords, Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece, convicted here this evening at 6:16 o'clock of the murder of John C. Arnette on the night of May 6, heard their sentences pronounced by Presiding Judge W. H. Townsend, the two former to die at the state penitentiary by electrocuI tion on June 15 and the latter to serve the remainder of his life behind prison walls. Treece ^as recommended to the mercy of the cc art. There was absolutely no demonstration in the crowded court room as the jury filed in with the verdict after it had been out three hours and nineteen minutes. The prisoners were placed in the dock with a heavy cordon of officers around them ana Judge Townsend cautioned the audience that none would be allowed to leave until after the court had completedUts business. All doors werfc then closed. The three men were sentenced at 6:30 o'clock. There was no noi39 to break the calm judicial pronouncements of the judge except the sobbing of some of the women relatives of the condemned men. As sentence was pronounced they were taken to the state penitentiary, two to be placed in death cells, and the other, rr'? - a A Anf f Via 1 nnor voora 1 reece, iu i<iuui uut mc of his life in custody. Today the trial went into its fifth day. It was coupled witiit the arguments of attorneys for Treece and Jeffords and the closing argument of Solicitor Spigener. The jury was then allowed to go to its meal. On the night of May 6 the dead body of J. C. Arnette, joint proprietor with F. M. Jeffords, wa^ found in a partly overturned automobile in a innalv Hall at fnlnnifll Heights, a SU 1 \J UV/iJ ?*V vv*v?? w J burb of Columbia, with his head crashed. The theory of the case as developed by the state, was tha: the i deed was due to a conspiracy between Jeffords and two employees of the filling station, Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece, for the purpose of obtaining $4,000 in partnership insurance, through which complete interest in the business could be bought by the three. It was contended that the three men had a conference two weeks before the commission of the deed and decided on its its methods. The idea was to entice Arnette into the rear of ! aii,*ncr ctotirvn c1nv him takp him IULU to a high viaduct, dump the automobile containing the dead body, thereby simulating accident. Two attempts to murder Arnette previously had been made, contended the sthte, on two nights previous to the actual commission. It was contended that Treece watched while Jeffeords and Harrison slunk in the rear of the filling station awaiting the proprietor. When he came back he was hit on the head with a stick by Harrison, - * ' " T.iie j. but not renea; men jeuurus imcw Arnette, choking him into insensibility. Both men then took Arnette between two automobiles, Jeffords crushing his head into a pulp with an automobile axle, it was charged. Arnette's body was then thrown into the front seat of his own car, Harrison getting in beside it and Treece climbing into the rear. The car was then driven to the point designated in the conspiracy, but the presence of two street cars prevented its propulsion over the bank. It was then, with Treece out of the car, taken to the spot where found. The state then oAntotidod that, the ear was rolled slowly down a deep declevity by Harrison, in the endeavor of overturning it, making the crime appear as a natural accident. The three men then joined, Jeffords and Harrison later going back to the filling station, setting it afire in an effort to destroy evidences of a struggle in the rear of it. The fire was discovered in time to prevent destruction of the building. The three men were arrested shortly after the commission of the crime and Harrison confessed to the police. The case has created decided interest in Columbia and vicinity, an? not in recent criminal history has such crowds thronged the Richland county court house. According to the best obtainable information tonight, there will be no appeal from the verdict. Tough One. "Do you call that a beefsteak? It makes me laugh!" "I'm glad to hear it, sir. Most people swear."?Kasper (Stockholm.) Branchville Man Shot on Highway E. A. Cole, an employee of the Cameron Lumber company, sustain ed painful injuries Saturday night in the lower part of this county as he was returning from Branchyille. Just as he crossed the river on the Branchville-Smoaks highway, he was shot, it is alleged, from ambush. The matter was reported to the Bamberg county authorities, but up to Tuesday afternoon no arrests had been . ' made, although it was stated that there was strong suspicion as to the perpetrator of the deed. The following despatch concerning the mat ter is c~_ ped from Tuesday's State: Branchville, May 21.?Saturday night about 10:30 o'clock E. Alex Cole, sawyer for the Cameron Lumber company, was painfully but not seriously shot in the left shoulder while , going home. He had been to Branchville with his wife and children and just as he crossed the river bridge on the road from Branchville to Smoaks some one shot him. J From tracks ip appears that the , j party was standing only about ten feet from the road and about the same distance from the river. Fortunately most of the load of birdshot and slugs went into the rear of the auto seat. ! Blood hounds arrived from New, .3 berry about 10 o'clock Sunday morning but were unable to do anything. It is generally thought that the shot '* v wa? meant for some one else and not for Mr. Cole. . ^ill WAS ENEMY OF WHITES. Waiska, Proud Chippewa Chief, Passes to Happy Hunting Grounds. Peter Waiska, 87 years old, the last of the Waiskas, proudest branch, of the long line of Chippewa Indian chiefs, is dead. The aged Indian carried with him to his grave the strain of pride and all of his hatred of the ''whites," which for years made the Waiska Indians the outstanding braves of the many tribes inhabiting the Great t -i ? tt_ _a > l^aKes seutiuu. ne uieu. ui CA^USUIO to the cold, an element which for years he scoffed at. The Waiskas inhabited the region now known as the Bay Hills and the Waiska river and bay district in Chippewa county, Michigan, when the first white missionaries and settlers pushed their way into the wilderness. The tribe, with its centuries A old pride, looked with disfavor on the white man, who came and cleared their lands and then broke them with a plough. Peter Waiska until the last main- . -3 tained the same feeling of hatred IUa finol onrtrinf Vila llidl UCULtUU l/LL^7 UUUl OUl T *? v* va. race. His friends say that he gTew more and more melancholy year by year as he watched the forest disappear and the white man's modern inventions take their places. WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN. . Policy of the Men to Keep Them In T rVikrvainn AO X^UUftOUW* Like the Arab, the Afghan consid-. ers it unnecessary and even unwise that women should learn to read or ^ write. No girls are admitted to the bazaar schools and no mullahs are employed to teach them, and Afghanistan knows nothing of women teachers. .'a The trade of Afghanistan is moved entirely in caravans and is largely in the hands of Hindoos and Tadjiks. There is not a mile of railroad in the kingdom, the Amir fearing that steel highways would make isolation impossible. Apart from rugs, a few xylophones, * some crude adornments for women, a little silk and felt are a few simple woven tissues, no products of native skilled labor are on the market. And even much of what is produced in these few lines is merely an imitation of western or eastern art. Small industries supply only the most urgent needs of the lower classes. The rich people buy their luxuries from abroad and the poor make shabby shift with the cheaper fabrics.?Asia Magazine. Specimens of Magnificence. Teacl^pr?The -word , "grand" is used in the sense of "splendid, sublime, noble," and the like. Can you give an example of such use? Little Bobby?Yes'm. Grand dukes and grand larceny. v r,