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' ' ' ^ v M 1 V . - - .1 V ' ?hf lambprg iJimtlii $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. G., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 192^ Established in 1891. ^ Number Suicides Shows Increase ' Suicides in South Carolina in 1921 .totaled 78, or at the rate of 4.5 per 1,000 of population, according to fig-# ures taken from the records of the * bureau of vital statistics. In' 1920 . the total number of suicides whs 5S, which was a rate of 3.4 per 1,000 of population. i Homicides in 1921 totaled 301, which was a rate of 17.5 per 1,000 of population. The number of homicides in 1920 was 256, or a fate of. 15.2. These figures have recently been compiled by the bureau of vital statisy tifcs, of which C. Wilson Miller is . chief clerk. Legal electrocutions in 1921 totaled seven, or a rate of .41 per 1,000 of population. In 1920 the number ' of legal electrocutions was three, or a rate of .17. ' Deaths from automobile accidents t in 1921 numbered 62, or a rate of * 2.6 per 1,?)00 of population. The number of deaths from automobile accidents in 1920 was >82, which was a rate of 4.9 per 1,000. , ^ Deaths from railroad accidents in 1921 totaled 58, or a rate of 3.4. 1^ 1920 deaths from such accidents to? taled 63, which was a rate of 3.7 *per 1,000. z Lightning killed almost twice as f * many people in the state in 1921 as in 1920. n In 1921 the number of deaths from lightning was 25 and in 1920 the number was 14. Diseases of the circulation brought ' about more deaths in 1921 in the state than any other one cause: The number of deaths attributed to this cause was 2,865, or a rate of 166.7 per 1,000 of population. In 1920 the ^ number of -deaths from diseases of the circulation was 2,872, which was -a rate i of 170.6. Pneumonia also claimed many victims in 1921. The number of deaths from this disease was 820. In 1920, however, the |f number of pneumonia deaths was 1,725. Pulmonalis tuberculosis in 1920 claimed 1,468 victims. In 1921 the number was 1,405. Pellagra, according to the statistics, claimed 334 victims in 1921 and 2q7 in 1920. Diphtheria took 146 lives in 1920 and 156 in 1921. Typhoid fever in 1921 claimed 372 victims. In 1920 the number or w deaths from this disease was 314. . Smallpox in 1920 killed two persons -And in 1921 nine. Malaria in 1920 brought about 254 deaths and in . 1921," 212 deaths. Diseases of the kidneys caused many deaths in each of the two years. In 1920, the number of deaths from such diseases was 1,491 and in 1921 was 1,451. Tetanus is charged with 19 deaths in 1920 and ten in 1921. Deaths from influenza showed a sharp falling off. In 1920 this malady claimed 674 lives; in 1921 it - took 118. > "General accidents"^ caused the > death of 313 people in 1921 and of 308 in 1920. / ? _ v UNSIGNED BILLS CAUSE ARREST. , Richland Farmer Was Held in Jail at > Orangeburg. i ? Orangeburg, July 9.?C. M. Mar.tin,* forty-one years of age, who claims to be a farmer of Richland * county, S. C., was arrested here today, having in his possession seventyseven $20 bills which bore no signa? > ture. * Martin" was arrested following the ? presentation of ohe of the bill3 from a roll in payment for gasoline at a filling station near the city limits. Martin says that the money was giv ^ en him Saturday by W. D. Barnett, ^ attorney of Columbia, who handled the sale of 222 acres of land, formerly a part of Camp Jackson. When seen at the city jail Martin said that the money was secured from > the Palmetto. National bank, of Co* lumbia, by Attorney Barnett. The arrested man says that he has recently forked in Raleigh, N. C., in the picture business and as an automobile mechanic. All the bills are of recent issue by the National Bank of South Carolina, of Sumter. Martin's wife is also being held by the police pending an investigation. Martin's story was corroborated later and he was released. Biting. AT- Tri?TWe?OTT of -'i J c.vvia;uicu .m, xviumoni ?.?. t the sophomore cotillion, "this floor's awfully slippery. It's hard to keep on your feet." "Oh," replied the fair partner sar; castically, "then you were really tryj ing to kQ^p on my feet? I thought it was purely accidental."?Burr. Miss Pearle O Weds Walter B. Gillam Springfield, July 2.?A beautiful wedding of interest to a wide circle of friends occurred on Ti^eday afternoon, June 20, at 6 o'clock when .Miss Pearle Odom, second aaugmer of Mrs. Wickam Tarrant Odom, became the bride of Walter Benjamin Gillim, of Denmark. ^ As the large assemblage of friends gathered, a musical programme was rendered by Misses Kathleen Garrett of Fountain Inn and Thelnla^arroll, of Bamberg, with violin obligato by Miss Cecile Hope, of Denmark, Miss Nina Odom presiding at the piano. The impressive rin^" ceremony was ? * r* J used, the Jttev. A. isassaiu uuiuauug, assisted by t^e Rev. D. D. Jones, of Rembert, uncle of the bride. The notes of the bridal chorus from Lohengrin announced the arrival ot the bridal party, preceded by the ushers: B. C. Bpland, J. W. Tarrant, Jr., of'Lynchburg, L. E. Logon, Jr., of Denmark, and H. S. Boozer, of Denmark. Bridesmaids next entered, Miss Lucile Dickert, of Newberry, with R. L. Zeigler, of Denmark, Miss Alice Dantzler, of Holly Hill, with Laurie Gillam, of Denmark, Miss Leila Gillam, of Denmark, with L. J. Hook, of Columbia, Miss Mabel Gillam, of Denmark, with R.^S* Agnew, of Denmark, and Miss Virginia Qdom with Hays A. Salley, r?-p Saiipv Thft dame of honor, Mrs. VI v. rf. H. A. Jumper, entered alone. The maid of honor was Miss Ruby T. Odom. The bridegroom was attended by C. R. Gillam, of York. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, R. G. Tarrant, of Aiken. She was never more attractive than on her wedding day. Her striking brunette beauty was enhanced by a handsome gown of rich duchess satin with draperies of rare Spanish lace, made en train and worn with a filmy veil of tulle caught with a coronet of orange blossoms. Her bouque wast of bride roses showered with lilies of the valley, and her only ornament was a rope of pearls, tfie gift of the bridegroom. Hep bououet was of bride roses dainty flower girls, Elizabeth Pagett of. Columbia, and Mildred Dibble. Franklin Jumper and Anna Marion Busbee were dressed as minature bridegroom and bride, and Edward Bennett and Dorothy Dibble carried the ring in a silver basket. During the ceremony the soft notes of "Flower Song" were played with violin accompaniment, and Mendelssohn's. wedding march was used as the recessional. Immediatefy after the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's mother. The guests were received by S. W. Dibble and Mrs. J. W. Tarrant, and from the receiving line, composed of the bridal party and parents of the bride and bridegroom, they were invited to register in the bri4e's book presided over by Mrs^JyTX. Boland and Miss Bertha -- ^ ^ m _ A. ? ^ J M.n Mims. .Mrs. it. Ur. liiriaut duu .uio. W. E. Bennett received in the dining room, where a group of young girls, Elizabeth Boland, Margaret Sassard, Ellen Tarrant and Manena Martin served block cream, pound cake and mints. The bride's table, in snowy white with festoons of pink and green and. tall burning tapers, was centered with an' elaborately decorated cake, topped with a cupie bride and bridegroom. Tiny pink rosebud favors were pinned on by Misses Virginia and Willie Dell Hutto and Ray Jumper. The bride's bonnet was caught by Miss Mabel Gillam. During the reception Dr. and Mrs. -- 1-? ?A Gillam slipped away oy auiu uu v^ulumbia, thence they go to the mount tains of western North Carolina. Af! ter their wedding trip they will be at j home to their friends in Denmark. I Mrs. Gillam is a graduate ,of Win! throp and a young woman of charm| ing personality. Dr. Gillam is of I sterling character and a prosperous j business man. Soliloquy on Baldness. Toupee or not toupee?that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and ari J w ; rows of plain-speaking barbers, or to take arms against a pair of scissors and by opposing, end them. To part, to comb no more: and by a tv,h tn hrnch: to brush, perchance VU li* k_/ J V V/ V A V* 7 ? ? _ the thousand natural fakes that flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. To comb, to brush;; to brush, perchance to shampoo?aye. there's the rub. For in that dearth of locks vrhat hopes may come, when we have shuffled off this barber's chair, give us wigs. Thus baldness does make cowards of us all. < Dan Murphy tq 1 See Governor ] Columbia, July 7.?Dan Murphy, < aged man of the state penitentiary, 1 the Orangeburg prisoner, who has spent the past quarter of a century * in the state's bastile, the man who not long ago announced that he did ( not want the pardon which the par- 1 don board recommended, is to have ' | a new experience. He is to call on ( Go ver.nor^ Wilson G. Harvey at an 1 early date, for the governor has writ- ^ ten Dan that he will see him at the i executive office in the capitol. 1 Dan wants to talk about the rec- J ommended pardon. Dan announced that he did not want the pardon, 1 when the pardon board first mention- ' ed it, but it has changed his mind. There has been some "rough stuff" i in the prison, among the unruly ele- 1 ment of the prisoners, and Dan says life isn't as beautiful as it once was. The new element, yong men or for- J eigp, witjh a spirit of unrest that m'ay J be war born, is not wh^t Dan was ncorl iV* A A- A** c?- ? ' uocu lu 1U1 LilC ill &L l >\ CLl L > ~il V B yBiirS of his stay in the penitentiary, and he is now ready to take the pardon, 1 he says, if the governor will grant it. 1 To this end Dan wrote to the governor. a few days ago, asking that he ^ might have an audience with his ex- 1 cellency. And on yesterday Governor Harvey wrote to Dan, stating 1 that he would see him and that he { would arrange a date very soon. Dan became a -famous man about 1 a year ago, when T^he Record arrang- 1 ed to have him see a moving picture show, at the Imperial Theater. It 1 was me urst movie ne naa ever/Seen, 1 and the ride he took to the theater was the first he had ever had in an automobile.v It was the time of his young life. And now he's to talk to a governor, in the governor's office. Dan has seen a quarter .century "pass, since he entered the prison gates, convicted of the murder of County Treasurer Cope, of Orangeburg. To this day however, he denies his guilt, only circumstantial evidence having convicted him. He says he was in Augusta at the time of the murder. A petition for his pardon was sent to Gevernor Cooper some months ago, aifl!*"the pardon board's approval was given it. It was held up, however, at Dan's request, the old man stating that he preferred to wait in the prison with Superintendent Sanders in charge, ? than to go out and t^y to overtake a i world that had a tyenty-five years start on him. 1 MEN WARNED TO LEAVE. 1 r ] Anonymous Message Sent to New Manning Postmaster. \ _ .Tnlv fi.?f!arfiv Smith. < the new postmaster of Manning, received an anonymous letter Sunday morning warning him to leave Manning by & o'clock Monday night as < his life was in jeopardy and no fur- < ther warning would be given him. s On Monday morning a Mr. Burk- < halter, who lives near Alcolu, and a- ? Mr. Dick Davis, of near Manning, re- s ceived similar letters of warning to i leave their sections. The sheriff was handed the letter : to read but no information today < from piyblic officials gives any evi- i dence as from whom the warnings < came. i The men have not gone away, nor 1 have the black-handers acted. Spice of Life. ] We read about the mothers of the 1 days of long ago, p 1 With their gentle, wrinkled faces and 1 their hair as white as snow; ? 3 They were "middle-aged" at forty, 1 and at fifty donned lace caps, And at sixty clung to shoulder shawls ! and loved their little naps, 3 But I love the modern mother who s .11 4-1, ~ 1 u<tu sua.it? iu aii tut? juya, i And who understands the problems i of her growing girls end boys:- < She may boast that she s sixty, but her heart is twen^ -three? My glorious, bright-eved mother who is keeping young with me. ?Florence Howard Wolcott. < Everlasting Fire. i ] Mistress (to cook from the country)?"Well, what do you think of 1 our gas fires?" t Cook?"I think'them wonderful, i ma'am. TV'hy, those in the kitchen 1 haven't gone out since I came here < 1 over a week ago."?Karikaturen i (Christiania). ? 1 Renew your subscription today. Uems of 'Personal Interest from Denmark Denmark, July 8.?.Miss Ernestine Peele has returned to her home in Columbia, after a visit to relatives lere. Mrs. Dora Clecvkley, of Cope, is :he guest of Mrs. George Turner. Mrs. 0. J. Frier and her junioi jhoir of the Baptist church went ou1 :o the country residence of Clement Store, who has been shut in for several years, and sang several of theii pretty songs for him, much to his deight. Refreshments were served and ill enjoyed the afternoon very muct is well as doing a kindly Christiar service. Miss Ruth Dixon, of Sumter, was Lhe guest of her sister, Mrs. Cecii Inst Tnpsdnv : C Mr. and Mrs. R. M. McCartha anc :hildren are back from a visit tc 'elatives at Rome, Ga. Mrs. Martin, Jr., was hostess lasl n-eek to the Thursday Afternoor Rook club, and after a series ol ?ames were played the guests, about 12 in number, were served with ice iream and cake. ? Mrs. Sue Walker is visiting hei laughter, Mrs. John 3lack, of Wal, ' \ .CI K/XJL V/. * Mrs. D. N. Cox was called to Rock Hill last week on account of the serious illness of her father. Barker Pond, of Suffolk, Va., arrived Wednesday to visit his parents in Denmark. Miss Emmie Jones, of Branchville las returned home, after a visit tc ler sister, Mrs. John Hutto. Mrs. James Guess was called tc Holly Hill on account of the serious llness of her mother there. Misses Eva Walker and Myra r'aust delightfully entertained the Baptist junior choir on last Thurslav afternoon at the latter's home, \fter an hour's pleasant conversa;ion the guests were served ice cream md cake. Dr. and Mrs. Ml R. Willis and laughter have returned from a visit ;o relatives at Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Chitty, of Fair'aX; are the guests of Mr. and Mr^ 3. W. Garris. Mrs. Winchester Graham delighthilly entertained' at her beautiful lome on Palmetto avenue in honoi >f her visiting guest, Mrs. Hennies, ot Sumter, Friday afternoon from 4 tc > o'clock. Mr. and- Mrs. Walker, of Easley ire the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hamnond Crum. Mrs. Otis Sandifer is visiting rela:ives in Allendale.1 7 Mrs. Floyd Smith and childrer iave returned t^o Aiken after visiting ler sister, Mrs. Jonn Marun, jr. 1 *1 ; SHOOTS HIS HEART OUT. Calhoun Fai-mer Uses Shotgun 4<* Deed. St. Matthews, July 7.?Halt Heck 3l, aged sixty-eight, one of Calhoun'5 oldest citizens from the Congaree section of the county, committed sui side by shooting his heart out with i shotgun. Mr. Heckel lived alone, i short distance from the"home of hi: son Wednesday morning about day tAeak, his son, Maynard Heckel stated that he heard a shotgun som< distance from his house, but paid n< attention to it. Later when his fath ar was called to breakfast, there was no response. An inspection of th< tiouse showed that he was not there A. search was instituted, and the bodj found some distance from the dwel ling with a shotgun lying near Death had been inflicted by placing the gun over his heart and pulling the trigger with a string. The en tire load took effect and made ? ghastly wound. Dr. Dreher, the at tending physican, stated that deatl tvas evidently instantaneous. Mr Heckel had been complaining of feeling unwell, but his physician saw nc signs of serious ill health. He losi tiis' wife about two years ago, anc since that time has been melancholy. Little Girl Drowns. Whitmire, July 8. ? Rosamat Ulenn, the 12 year old daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Glenn, of Whit* J -3 ?r\ 1 o -571 T1 cr i r Hire, was oruwiicu wunc i;ia;iu0 .... Duncan creek here this afternoon. Several children wre wading and ittle Rosamae went under while at:empting to rescue another child Mrs^ Glenn, the mother, tried to save 30th children, but could bring only )ne of the two out safely. The vater was only five feet deep but par:icularly swift. Renew your subscription today. % * y J Candidates Bamberg Cou > ________ f (By R. P. Bellinger.) d / ' Among the few things left free and c untrammeled by the federal government to the citizens of South Carolina ' are the right to pay their own debts ? ' and the privilege to run for office t: in the Democratic primary, and so 24 candidates for only S state offices ex- g ercised that privilege here last Thurs^ b ^ day, and beginning at 10 o'clock in c L the morning thundered their hot air a 1 into the dear "peepul" of Bamberg fi and adjoining counties until nearly g 5 four that afternoon. Every speaker L 1 was accorded a respectful and atten- i tive hearing. At one time there were ^ at least 500 voters in the audience, c 1 some coming from Colleton and many g from Orangeburg county. Interspers- d ^ ed among the men were probably fifty I \ or more of the new variety of voters, f L formerly referred to as suffragettes, E " but now honored with the old time s ' sobriquet of full fledged, real dyed- I in-the-wool Democrats. And con- a trary to every other campaign meet- t! iii or mror >1 olA in "Ramhorf twX r>f thp T female of the species made their ap- e pearance on the hustings and each in f turn made a good impression. The c day was also delightfully free from h the old vilification and vituperation, a and all in all, was one of the most c successful campaign days for state c ' offices that Bamberg county has yet a ' enjoyed. And everybody took dots f as to how we are to have good roads, t ' better schools and no taxes. e Promptly at the appointed hour t the meeting was opened with a beau- p ' 4tiful prayer in keeping with the oc- o casion by Rev. S. 0. Cantey, pastor li of Trinity Methodist church, this ii [ city. This was immediately followed e by a brief and appropriate address of p welcome to the numerous candidates t j by Hon. Jesse Francis Carter, county b . chairman of his party. Mr. Carter t gave some sound advice to the voters t and assured to all candidates a well I m merited attention. He then intro- g ' duced the first candidate to show \ himself on the stand, B. Harris, of i I Anderson, asking to succeed himself b . as commissioner of agriculture, and a ^ the other 23 speakers came along in a j the following order. i1 Mr. Harris stated that he had been c a farmer all his life, had been work- t ' ing on the farmer's problems for 30 i years and'this is his mission in life, a The state department of agriculture t pays its own expenses, according to t t him. The farmer is the only man s r who works in cooperation with God c Almighty, and every evil against a farming can be remedied except the t weather, but he made no attempt to c outline the remedy. ' i ,, State Senator George W. Wight- j man, of Saluda, then fired away with 1 an aggressive speech, made a good i . showing, and if Thursday's indica- n . tions sDell anything will easily carry t i j Bamberg county against Harris. He s started by saying it was funny Har, ris wanted him to run for governor, j t but is trying to beat him for com- \ 3 missioner of agriculture. Harris a . hasn't had time in four years to pre- j scribe the remedy for farmers, "but s 3 elect me," says Wightman, "and so T 5 help me God if I get the information j . he says he has I'll do more for you c 3 than go around hot airing." He is j 3 a farmer born and bred. He repeat-4 t ed several times that he is going to c j be elected, and rubbed it into Harris T . for telling" the farmers to hold their * cotton for 50 and 75 cents and not ( , being in position to refer to that s r now. . c ) Robt. E. Craig, of Darlington, try- f L ing to be adjutant and inspector gen- f . eral, used a good portion of his ten f t minutes by telling an apt story of a j Bamberg county boy under bis com- c . mand on the battle fields of Belgium, j ) He paid a glowing tribute to the fol- f I lowers of the immortal Lee and Jack- s I son, and told of his own life and t . family tree. We may never need the a guards for combat, but if so Bob Q Craig is always ready and for coun- a try, right or wrong. v Thomas E. Marshall, of Columbia, j, ? Mr. Craig's only opponent, next took j r his shot with the national guard, r . which he has always had at heart. s L He cited some statistics to prove $ that during the* past years the fed- g [ ?eral government paid $230,000 to the f . militia men of this state, and the p cost to the state government was only j. j $46,000. He told of his education h r and his service on the border with c j the guards; he entered the world L. war as a member of the 30th divis- r ion and served throughout in the n thick of the fight except while he _ was in the hospital wounded. He / ~~ ealfor Votes J rity Democrats r>p? not act fnr fhp inh nn that on ount, but does request consideration or a duty welljdone. He exempliled his qualifications for adjutant eneral and says he knows the duies of the office thoroughly. Here entered the aspirants for overnor, and four big guns began ooming for 20* minutes each; the andidates for other offices were only llowed 10 minutes a piece. The rst man to ask for your support as overnor was Senator George K. :v- ; .aney, of Chesterfield. Every man n the governor's race is a lawyer. > Sen. Laney began by commenting >n woman suffrage and predicting ;ood results therefrom, although he *t lid not . say that he had favored it. le has been in the general-assembly or twenty years and cites former iamberg county representatives and * , enators to tell of his record there, le blames the federal government md Democratic administration * for he deflation and downfall since 1920. le literally closed his office and aidd in every war movement in Chester ield county. In view of desperate x > onditions he advocates economy and ie has continually voted in the sente against all commissions, tax and otherwise. The governor has a fine ipportunity to cut down government,1 development expenses and by car'eul investigation can save thousands J o tax payers; promises so to do if lected. He advocates equalization of axes between all parties, land ownrs, bond owners, personal property wners, etc. Laney introduced the aws for the protection of the farmer n buying fertilizers. He is a farmr and lawyer, and desires the opportunity to shift the burden of the axes from the farmer's back. He 'oosts the income tax law, explains he inheritance tax law and%pholds he same. He predicts that if his >olicies are carried out the state ;overnment can operate without tax IVl TTf_ i. "T? ng property at. an. nis neart nea a trying to remedy the tax question, iut he dramatically pictured poverty nd illiteracy going hand in hand, # ^ ,nd stands unequivocally for the ed- 0 -* i. ication of every youth who will acept it. He dwelt at length upon he question of law enforcement, sayng that he would deal with crime md criminals with a strong, firm land because civilization and all hat is near and dear to us as the ubjects of a proud and sovereign ommonwealth rest upon the found- * ition of law and order upheld by he dignity and determination of a ihief executive resolved to do the ight guided by the foresight and udgment of a stern Christian man larboring full faith and confidence n the power and justice of an allvise God to steer him aright. Sena-? or Laney created a splendid impres UUU. Thomas G. McLeod, of Lee county, ike Laney, began with a couple of louquets for the ladies and also told l pair of good stories. Mr. McLeod s fortunate in possessing a clear, ;mooth voice and is at his best when ising to his heights of eloquence; lis speech was probably the best revived of the day and he created a lealthy sentiment in his favor, alhough it would be difficult to ac:urately determine which candidate vas rewarded with the greatest ap- ilause. Mr. McLeod discussed the change of conditions along all lines ;ince the start of the world war. He lees signs of the greatest prosperity or the farmer in the'future; the armer has the right to say what his >roducts should bring, and by work. ng in harmony and cooperation he an bring about this advantage. He s a lawyer and of course a me long armer. (All candidates farm, so they ay.) He discussed the tax situaion, saying people were cussing ,bout high taxes when as a matter if fact, what taxes we pay is largely l local matter and can be made rhatever our people cause our legslators to make them. He said Samberg county last year paid for ounty purposes $48,283.65, for chool purposes $68,593.87 plus 11,777.38 appropriated by the state :overnment, and only $51,501.48 or state purposes. Thus he said 75 ier cent, of the taxes were spent at ^ rirtitinn could be L U III C dliu tuau w---- ? landled at home, while only 25 per ent. were* paid into the state treasiry for its needs. He stands for igid economy in the state governaent consistent with the highest ef(Continued on page 6, column 1.) ' ->>