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9 iSa! ; ?p lamforg ijmtlii J $2.00 Per Tear in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922. , Established in 1891. |l Enrollment Fii State > \ The total enrollment for South Carolina, as received from the different counties by H. N. Edmunds, secL retary of the state Democratic execu tive committee, is 226,581. | / Secretary Edmunds has not yet to taled the figures himself and there I may be a slight change, but the total > is very nearly correct. This gives an y increase over the 1920 enrollment oi 74,546 as the total then was 152,035. f Women are believed to number a1 least this increase and possibly more and the indications are that over ^ 75,000 women will participate in the primary this year for the first time. ^ Oconee county is the only countj in the state showing a decreased enrollment from 1920, according to the figures received by Mr. Edmunds. Ic lj920 this county enrolled 4,191 voters and this year only 3,790 have "been enrolled. ^ . Greenville leads the state with 16,131 with Spartanburg second with , 14,787. Charleston is third with 12,v $41. The enrollment by counties this f year and in 1920 is as follows: , 1922 1920 Abbeville 3,264 2,491 } Aiken 5,412 4,404 . Allendale 1,587 798 fc Anderson 11,250 8,086 ! Bamberg 2,080 1,474 1 ; Barnwell .... 2,766 1,882 Beaufort . 1,172 763 Berkeley 2,279 1,356 l Calhoun 1,469 1,045 [ Charleston 12,841 r 7,318 Cherokee 5,430 2,524 Chester.. 3,472 2,467 Chesterfield ?,383 3,886 Clarendon 3,896 2,823 , Darlington 5,421 3,003 Dillon 3,256 2.140 ^ 'Dorchester 2,756 1,768 'Edgefield 2,043 1,689 Fairfield 2,225 1,458 'Florence 7,087 4,431 t Georgetown 2,393 1,856 ' Greenville.. v 16,131 11,406 Greenwood :.. 5,134 3,711> k Hampton 2,704 2,025 Horry 6,595 4,447 Jasper .. 715 625 fy. Kershaw, 4,130 2,^49 / Lancaster 4,621 3,123 Laurens 7,106 4,227 Lee 2,932 2,132 Lexington 5,517 4,666 McCormick. 1,303 1,190 ' Marion 3,230 2,142 Marlboro 3,807 2,456 ^ . Newberry 5,874 '3,398 Oconee i... 3,790^ 4,194 * Orangeburg 7,091 4,401 Pickens 5,641 .3,633 Richland 12,669 7,172 1 Saluda.. .... .... .... 3,201 2,393 Spartanburg 14,787 10,509 Sumter 3,331 i,you Union .. 5,554 3,406 Williamsburg 3,648 2,764 York 6,772 3,878 ? ______ r Total 226,581 152,035 >iittle Placed in Penitentiary. Columbia, Aug. 14.?Edward N. Mittle^ was placed in tbe state peni, tentiary this afternoon. Governor Harvey called Sheriff Dukes of Orangeburg to Columbia Sunday and the sheriff, under the governor's orders, returned to Columbia this afterv noon with Mittle. Mittle's home is *#'. in Greenville. I' Solicitor Hydrick Saturday person tally presented the situation growing out of the order handed down Frif ' day to him from Judge T. J. Mauidin staying the judgment of the supreme court in the appeal case of E. N. Mittle and the solicitor was inform. ? ed by the governor that ihe would ( take the matter under advisement. 1/ The state supreme .court refused K Mittle a new trial and a rehearing I and handed down a final opinion, I which was filed with the clerk of || court on August1 4 which was that E ' the sentence of nine years on the I verdict of guilty of manslaughter I for the killing of J. H. Patterson iy near Rowesville in November, 1920, If. _ be put into effect. I The order of Judge Mauldin filed K'} with the solicitor Friday was that | the judgment o*f the supreme court *- be stayed for 90 days and was issued on the petition of Mittle's attorneys f . announcing the intention to appeal I to the United States supreme court. Solicitor Hydrick takes the position that a circuit judge has not the pow> - er to stay judgment of the supreme court.?OranlgebuTg Times and Democrat. I . i* : fir,' . . lures For Show Big Gain S. Carolina's Decrease In Automobile Use / Following is the report or regis, trations by states: 1922 1921 [ Alabama .... _ .... 87,687 77,076 L Arizona *32,847 31,551 . Arkansas 75,500 58,700 California 737,152 604,024 ! Colorado 139,727 121,502 , Connecticut 122,846 122,695 . Dis. of Columbia 53,031 55,000 , Florida 213,027 90,829 Georgia 127,799 118,573 r Idaho 47,794 46,730 Illinois 682,648 587,588 ; Indiana 426,650 351,297 L Iowa 450,622 433,000 Kansas 290,456 26g,558 , Kentucky 129,100 108,668 | Louisiana.... _ _ .... 80,000 70,000 Maine 78,830 67,341 Maryland 136,169 122,550 | Massachusetts 378,350 311,747 Michigan 497,445 432,126 Minnesota 343,000 324,166 Mississippi 58,420 54,114 Missouri 338,426 308,883 Montana 53,032 51,87-3 Nebraska"."* 218,297 213,350 Nevada t ...'. 10,903 9,822 New Hampshire .... 44,076 39,064 New Jersey 287,859 245,634 , 'New Mexico 20,450* 20,450 New York 843,631 658,438 North Carolina ....164,391 149,444 North Dakota 89,303 86,986 ! Ohio 779,500 677,000 Oklahoma.... .... ....203,300 180,000 Oregon 109,001 102,274 ; Pennsylvania 732,348 631,025 - _ - ? i /\ A A i A AAA Rhode Island 4Z,Z3y ss,uyo South Carolina 84,985 85,272 , South Dakota 111,929 113,700 Tennessee 120,000 102,800 , Texas - 452,268 444,541 Utah 81,965 41,945 Vermont , 38,049 33,601 Virginia 152,200 132,300 Washington ....191,520 170,470 West Virginia 90,450 85,916 Wisconsin 364,829 297,850 Wyoming 27,555 30,000 10,863,744 9,434,971 *1921 figures. KILLS STEP-FATHER. Coroner's Jury Holds Barnwell Youth For Deed. Williston, Aug^. 11.?About 6.30 o'clock this morning, about one mile east of Eljco, three miles from Williston, Moies Hair, Jr., it is alleged, shot and instantly killed his stepfather, D. S. Mims. The only eyewitnesses were Quincy Hair, fifteenyear-old brother of Moies Hair, and Jesse Hair, a distant relative. From the testimony introduced at the coroner's inquest held at Elko this morning it seems that Mr. Mims made at ihim with a knife and was cursing him at the same time. Hair . ran out of the house and Mims pursued him with the kpife in his hand, the defendant said. Hair fired once and continued to run and was followed by Mims, it is alleged. He then fired twice and Mims fell. All three bullets took effect, one piercing the heart, one entering the stomach and the other striking the right arm of the deceased. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Mr. Mims came to his death in accordance with the above testimony. Hair immediatelv surrendered to Sheriff Sanders and is in the Barnwell jail, v Young Hair is about twenty-one years of age and bears a good reputation. The affair is very much deplored. ;Both parties are well known and have large family connections. Mr. Mims did not leave any children. His widow is the mother of young Hair. Dr. Ray Moves to Barnwell. In this issue we carry the profes< sional card of Dr. Cecil Ray, of Olar. Dr. Ray is expected to arrive in Barnwell on Monday of next week and will establish his office in the Lancaster building. He is a graduate of the j Charleston Medical college and has enjoyed a large practice in Olar and surrounding country for the past ten or twelve years. The people of t~? a 4 f a l\im n r r+t.' tt?a! ?>aru wen e.MCUU lu umi a. ncai IJ welcome.?Barnwell Sentinel. There are 105 automobile factories in operation in this country. There are 20,000 motor buses now in operation in the United States. i Killing Charged ? to Ralph Brown T. L. Bettison, an aged resident of Beaufort, was killed Tuesday of last t week, and the coroner's jury investi- t gating the homicide charges Ralph r Brown with the killing. Mr. Brown 2 is a young man, the son of Barney ^ Jtsrown, a Drotner 01 Airs. u-. ?. ua.i land, of this city. The young man is ^ well known to many relatives and friends in Bamberg. Very meager reports of the affair have reached Bamberg. According to the news stories of the homicide published in the daily papers, Betterson was killed w!hile sitting in a chair. The first report was that he was killed by a blow on the head, while another report indicated that this may have been in error. It is alleged that the two men had words on the morning of the same day, and that Brown knocked him down then. Youns: Brown was taken into cus- ( tody by the sheriff, but because of t the failure of the sheriff to put him x immediately in jail, there has been a j considerable stir-up in Beaufort, resulting in a mass meeting, presided ] over by Senator Niels Christensen, at ( which strong resolutions were passed demanding that charges be brought against the sheriff, and other resolutions calling on the city commissioners to resign for alleged leniency to- 1 ward Brown for other alleged affairs '< in Beaufort. ' 3 Betterson was an old man without < relatives in Beaufort, it is said. He 1 has a brother in Allendale. The sher- < iff has denied that he has flagrantly '< defied the law, stating that Brown's t wife was in a nyscericai cunuiuuu ? w*hen taken in charge, and that it would probably have endangered Mrs. Brown to have carried the young man immediately to jail. He stated further that he kept him under guard at his (the sheriff's home) during the night. When he was sent for to come to the ma?s meeting, the sheriff declined. The following Beaufort dispatch goes into further details of the affair: ? - v \ Beaufort, Aug. 10.?A mass meeting, that crowded the court house tonight voted to instruct the Chairman to appoint a committee of three citizens to collect, prepare and present evidence against Sheriff J. H. Bailey before the grand jury. This grew out of his refusal and failure to place 1 Ralph E. Brown in jail as directed in f the coroner's commitment, which 1 found at the inquest yesterday that I Brown killed T. P. L. Betterson. The t vote was unanimous except for a brother of Brown. The sheriff kept the prisoner at his * home while the law requires he oe 1 put in jail. Early in the afternoon over 100 citizens met and sent a com- ? mittee to the sheriff asking him to 1 meet with them and explain his ac_ c tion. This he refused to do. Solici- i tor Murdauigh was on 'his way from ( Hampton and the meeting was ad- c journed to the evening. The solici- 1 .tor was present then and advised < with the meeting as to the sheriff's 2 action. Just before the evening meet- ( Ing the sheriff placed 'his prisoner in i jail, but again refused to attend the t meeting. Condemnation was express- i ed at the fact that the sheriff's at- i torney and advisor is the attorney for 1 the defense in the case against 1 Brown. t Condemnation of the city govern- ment for alleged leniency toward ^ Brown in former difficulties was igen- a eral, and a motion was carried, 89 to ^ 38, asking for the resignation of t'he t three commissioners, over two-thirds r refraining from voting on this issue 1 owing in part to the absence of the ? mayor. Many women attended and r voted. Intense feeling was manifest e in the applause and speeches but the t best of order was maintained. The i committee sent to the sheriff was s Alan Paul, L. H. Hall and Gus Sand- s ers, county treasurer. Niels Christen- c sen was chairman of the meetings and q Alan Paul secretary. d J. H. Bellamy and William Altman b made the motions that carried. The s solicitor has refused to consent to a E request for bail for Brown. t In the news account sent out yester- h day it was stated that Betterson was s killed while seated. A further exami_ c nation of the testimony shows that fi at the coroner's inquest no direct evi- c dence was presented to that effect, a Brown claims self defense in his re- s q.uest for bail. ii p The Beaufort Gazette of this week h will say: n tl Simply the Facts. T On Wednesday of last week, foL si Seaboard Wreck Kills Engineer \ Seaboard train No. 2, operating >etween Jacksonville and Washingon, jumped the track at Dixiana, Pz-vlitrv?V>?q Cnndov mnrn^np, as VU1U1UUW, i result of which the engineer, John JV. Preacher, of Savannah, was killid by scalding, and the fireman was >adly injured. The Seaboard traffic between Dennark and Columbia was blocked intil Monday when train service was esumed over this line, the wreck >eing sufficiently cleared away to alow passage of trains. During this )eriod trains were detoured to Dennark over the Southern railway. An accumulation of sand at the )ublic road crossing is said to have )een responsible for the wreck. The jngine jumped the track, followed >y the express car and the combina;ion negro and baggage car. Two )ther persons were injured besides he engineer'being killed and tne nrenan injured, neither of which is said ;o be fatal. Engineer Preacher was buried at Fairfax Tuesday, the Ku Klux Klan )fficiating at the funeral. Grain for Planting. Commissioner B. Harris of the department of agriculture, commerce md industries wishes to warn all nerchants, farmers and others that jvery precaution should be taken in purchasing oats, wheat, rye and rther grains for fall planting. When my grain is bought for seed purposes ;lie buyer should seee that an tags attached to the seed as well as the nvoice should state plainly that it is for seed purpose. An inspector vill be sent to any one upon request :o draw an official sample to test for germination, and this should be done^ svhen the seed is received and be:ore being planted. In the past it has been found that jiUite a number of merchants and. Pthers who bought oats, wheat, rye md other grains for seed purposes, planted it and later found the gernination was poor. Quite a lot of he grain was bought for seed purDoses, but the shipper failed to prand it as such and when it was !ound that the germination was not pf the best, the matter was, taken ip with the shipper and their reply ? - 11? * !* ?"~ nnt KronHflH nr enld V as tilclt It was UUb uiauuwu V* or seed purposes. There is a state aw requiring all gram sold for seed mrposes to be tagged as such and he germination must be good. The automobile industry is now hird on the list. First comes packng and then the steel industry. Renew your subscription today. owing the partial failure of the :ouncil to hold a meeting the previous evening; owing to the absence >f councilman B. S. Brown; an alteration took place between Mr. Urown and T. P. S. Betterson?an )ld citizen of Beaufort, regarding dr. Brown's failure to attend the ;ounc>l meeting the previous evening, and which resulted in a blow )eine struck. Subsequently, the natter was taken up by Mr. Ralph 3rown; wfaen, as it is alleged, he mocked Mr. Betterson down. The atter then went to his home near >y and was soon after followed by dr. Brown, who entered the room; There he remained but a short time tnd upon coming out, # said to Mr. N. A. McDaniel and Mr. R. V. Bray .hat there was a man inside of the oom who needed their attention. They entered the room and found dr. Betterson severely injured^ so uuch so, that Mr. McDonald teleihoned for Dr. Ryan. On arriving, he doctor took the usual steps lookng to the care of his patient; but in pite of these attentions, Mr. Betteron almost immediately died; and a oroner's jury, which was subseuently empaneled brought in a verlict that Mr. Betterson was killed iy being struck on the head with ome blunt instrument by Mr. Ralph Irown, and the coroner, or Magis rate Cary, then gave an order for is arrest; which subsequently reulted in his being taken to the ounty jail, where he is now conned. awaiting the action of the ourt. Prior to Mr. Brown's arrest, nd acting on the advice of his counel. he surrendered to and was taken i charge by Sheriff Bailey; who laced him under guard in his own ome. It is not the province of a ewspaper to try an accused within le columns of its publication and he Gazette will endeavor to adhere rictly to this line of procedure. Denmark Hea Serves L List Friday was a big day in Den mark. From what used to be < commonplace affair, the county politi cal meeting was turned into a gal; occasion. The* Denmark folks treat ed their visiting guests royally ii every/ respect, and particularly a dinner time, when more than om thousand persons?according to th genial Jabe Hutto, and we don' doubt it?took their turns and wer served one of the finest barbecue the. county has ever seen. Hogs cows, and goats were pressed int service for the 'cue; and cooked t perfection, and there was plenty o it. In fact, it looked to this writer who confesses to his inability to gras; as big a thing as a thousand pec pie's appetite, like there was enough to feed almost another thousand. It should be stated here, too, tha the facilities for handling the bi: crowd were good. The big cotto: platform of the A. C. L. station wa fenced in, leaving entrances, one fo the men and one for the women? we did not hear the reason for th segregation, but it was propbabl wise, as hungry men sometimes for get their good manners; and the were hungry. Two-thirty o'clock i the afternoon is late for dinner t country folks such as we and the res > of the crowd. The crowd was fed es peditiously, the whole operation r< quiring scarcely one hour, and the were well fed in every particular. The best congressman in the Unil ed States, Hon. Jimmy Byrnes, grace the occasion with his presence. Jin my knows everybody, and it is ver interesting to just stand one sid and see him shaking hands with hi friends; he is friends, it seems, wit everybody he meets, and he manage to meet them all. We have offere to wager a nickel cigar that he know I rnnre nfionle in Bambers: county tha any one of our own citizens, and w are prepared to let the wager stanc There is no^doubt about the fact tha he is the idol of the people of hi ''district; they have unbounded conf dence in him, and all you have to d to get a big crowd is to say Jii Byrnes will be there Meeting in School House. The meeting was held in the audi torium of the graded school. Th people of Denmark have many goo things, but nothing better than thei school facilities. The auditorium I large and well ventilated, and seat some three hundred, maybe mors and every seat was taken with a goo many standing. Right across th campus is the new high school build ing, completed only recently. Bot: buildings are a credit to Denmark The crowd was composed of folk from practically, every section o Bamberg county; and many fron Orangeburg and Barnwell counties Perhaps a third of the people in th auditorium were women. J. Wesley Crum, Jr., presided "Wes," as his friends call him, is < splendid presiding officer. He know what to say and how and when t say it, and he does not bore his hear ers. He cordially welcomed all th visitors to Denmark, and asked ther to stay /all day; to partake of th free dinner after the speaking am attend the base ball game betweei Olar and Denmark in the afternoor Most of those present accepted th invitation. A very appropriate praye was offered by Dr. W. C. Kirkland, o Latta, who was in attendance. Magistrates to the Bat. The first speaker was J. B. Gillam offering for reelection ^s magistrat at Denmark. This is the second tinn he has offered, he said, being electei two years ago. Thanks the voter for electing him. Saw a lot of goo< looking voters in the house who ha< never voted before, and he hoped h< would get them. S. S. Ray, Mr. Gillam's opponent said it was the first time he had eve] run, and he had announced only a the solicitation of many friends. T: elected he will conduct himself sc that no one will ever regret voting for him Will carrv out law anc order, and he will not wink at the law in favor of any man. no mattei who he is. J. F. Staley was called on for cotton weigher, but failed to respond. Auditor and Treasurer. W. D. Rowell. for auditor, appreciated the flattering vote given him four years ago when he had opposition, and for the unanimous vote two years ago. He discussed the land assessment matter, and related how the assessment was allowed to rs Candidates; :M barbecue Dinner j| - stand. There is a total of $178,000 - JH i due in taxes this year, of which. - amount $47,000 has "not yet been ?58 a. paid. His office 'had been officially U - audited and declared in perfect run- jS 1 nlng order. He said that it has been ? A ? ? ?A J O r\A O0M t repurieu HIS UUUIVS wcic in uau s^^^B e and the maker of the report he char- B e acterized as a falsifier. 9 t Treasurer G. A. Jennings had a let- B e ter read, in which he stated that ow- v B s ing to the fact that the tax books are H i, still open, it was necessary for him , B o to stay in his office; but that he B o would have been delighted to have B f attended the meeting and especially B , would have enjoyed the dinner. He B p signed his letter "Uncle George.7 It fl i- looks as if the county might as well B h give "Uncle George" a lifetime job, 9 and save him and the county of the B ,t expense of running. g Commissioners Come Next. fl a W. H. Collins was next introduced 9 s as a candidate for county commission- Sj r er from the upper district. He B - thanks God for the ladies; they are B e a blessins. and will be a greater B y blessing when they vote. He is no 8| speaker, just a corn field boy, whose; J|H y father was killed in the Confederate 9 n war. Has served one term and would . 0 like to serve another. He favors , 8 ft good roads, and favors keeping them up after they are built. It is not 8 right to spend good money building || y roads and leave them to go to ruin. 13 He promised to do his duty if elected, / > and will love the people just the same is d whether they vote for him or not. 9 l" J. S. Tant says is "back again,"" 8 y He was elected by a big majority, and B e he appreciated the vote. Folks can 8 is see him on the job any time. Wei- B k coned the ladies to the club rolls, 9 13 fend knows they will do the right B ? thing at the right time, which time B s is August 29th. He has served 19 B 11 months and believes he has done his B e duty.1 The commutation road tax 'has fl 1- hppn invpatpd in a road machine B which is used all over the county. fl 8 Said he had work done as cheap 9 l~ as anybody ever has, and he guaran- 9 0 tees he will continue to do as much 9 n work as the next fellow. Mr. Col- B lins 'had said at Olar he was at home 9 and wanted every vote, and these 9 i- were his sentiments at Denmark. He B e said all bridges had been repaired af- , .JgjH d ter heavy rains within a few hours, ' 9 r J. B. McCormick, for lower district 3 3 commissioner, promised if elected to g s do his duty to the best of his ability, g and will sjiow his appreciation by a ^ his services to the county. One of fl e the audience asked him how he stood fl on the coal strike; he came back with i k a good answer, he stood with the 9 majority. ^ v|9B ? J. W. Zeigler, whoNhas missed sev- B eral meetings, was present at Den- ? a mark. He said he felt thankful that 1 he was able to be present. He is 9 e afflicted with rheumatism, he said, in the body, but his head'was clear, I and he was able to come to Bamberg I a and sign bills just as well as ever. S s He needs .the office now, he said, 0 more than ever, and he is unable to 1 work, while his opponents are all | e able bodied and can plow and hoe. g a He has served four years and his j e supervisors have given him a good | name. Some of his neighbors want S 11 to kick him out, but he is not out 1 l" yet, he said. There is no fault to be | e found in him, he asserted. | j George W. Hunter was the last * g sDeaker for lower district commis- 1 sioner. Mr. Hunter comes to Denmark practically a stranger, he said, ; '' but the folks know 'his family. He 0 has served as overseer under sev0 eral supervisors, and knows road 3 work. He plows everyday?in the s summer time?rand lives at home. * He thinks he knows the duties of the ) * office and will fill it acceptably if 3 elected. He admitted he had a good head and a sound body, and will get ' along whether they elect him or not, I r but he will appreciate the votes. i ^ Candidates for Supervisor. I G. Victor Kearse was the first can- I r didate up for supervisor. "My op- 1 ' ponents are both good men," said jl ^ Mr. Kearse, "and I would not be- 1 [ smirch them. Before I would do I such a thing I would withdraw from 1 the race." He is a believer in good J roads, and if elected, he will build 1 every mile of good sand-clav roads 1 possible, and then take care of them. 1 He will endeavor to get a dollar's I 1 value from every dollar spent, and S he will endeavor to fill the office in ? 1 such a manner that none will ever | | regret voting for him. He has a i (Continued on page 3, column 1.). 'I