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$2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12,1922. Established in 1891. . J|
Tri-State Cotton
Meeting Called
George R. Lombard, president of
the Board of Commerce, presided at
a meeting of the Cotton Exchange
yesterday, which went into a discussion
of cotton farming under boll
weevil handicaps.
There were present delegations
representing the Clearing House Association.
the Board of Commerce,
the Committee of Fifty, the Lions
Club, and the Traffic Club. Hershel
Wheeling was made secretary of the
gathering.
There were talks along the line
that cotton production?paying cotton
production?was possible despite
the boll weevil, and it was demon'
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this year in the neighborhood of
Augusta.
An organization on boll weevil
-control was formed with George R.
Lombard as president and Ferdinand
Phinizy as chairman of the executive
committee, to bring about a campaign
to illustrate to the public what has
been accomplished on neighborhood
farms in cotton raising in 1922. Part
of this demonstration is to consist of
visits to, and inspection of, the succussful
cotton fields. These visits will
be arranged shortly.
Plana were inaugurated to bring
about a representative convention of
hankers, cotton manufacturers, farmers
and business men, within thirty
days,, from Georgia, South Carolina,,
and Nofth Carolina! The purpose
is to put on before such a tri-state
gathering the demonstration to show
that profitable cotton production,
amid boll weevil conditions, is not
only possible, but reasonable easy of
accomplishment.
Further announcements detailing
the plans of the movement will be
made in the next few days.
Among those who made remarks
at the meeting were gentlemen who
were of the party who, a short time
ago, made an excursion out from Augusta
to take a look at cotton farms
which had, this year, made a success
?such men as Frank P. Gracey, of
the J. B. White Co.} Frank Barrett,
"Rorrotf & Go.: Georee R. Lorn
bard, of the Lombard Iron Works,'
and Thomas L. Asbury, of the Farm
Extension Service. All of these
men and the others who made talks
declared that it had been shown, by
actual results, that cotton can be
raised?and is being raised?'despite
the boll weevil.?Augusta Chronicle.
TO LIVE DOWN CRIME.
Greenwood Man Says He Has No Explanation
to Make.
Greenwood, Oct. 7.?'*1 have no
explanation to make as to why-1 allowed
myself to commit a deed, the
lowest thing possible to which a man
could stoop," declared J. P. Bussey,
Greenwood business man of a prominent
family, who is held in jail at
Athens, Ga., after having confessed
to the theft of seven automobiles. In
a long letter addressed to the IndexJournal
here, Mr. Bussey expressed
the wish that he had died before
dragging down the honored and respected
name of his family. He pays
a tribute of gratitude to his parents,
the Jtev. and Mrs. George Bussey.
ir-nr?trc t had thirtv-one vears
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of proper training," ?ussey declared.
The Greenwood man, president of
the T-T Distribution company, a firm
organized to sell an automobile towing
tongue device invented by him,
declares that after paying the penalty
for his alleged crime, he expects
to come back to Greenwood and face
every man sqjuarely in the face. "I
am well aware of what an ordeal it
will be but by the help of God I intend
to spend the rest of my life In
an earnest effort to repay this debt."
."The coward that I was, I would
have liked to have died away and
left the blame to others, but I have
carried it to God and I am no longer
a coward. I am now a man determined.
I am guilty, but whatever
the outcome, I am coming oacK 10
Greenwood and repay the debt for
this crime." Bussey is still in jail
in Athens. Most of the cars which
he is alleged4o have stolen have been
recovered.
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Lady Wentworth, a great-granddaughter
of Byron, the noted poet,
is a breeder of Arabian horses.
The constitutionality of the women's
poll tax law is being tested in
the courts at Weatherford, Texas.
Shooting stars are thought to be
the debris of a vanished comet.
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GOODING-COOK.
Wedding Solemnized by the Rev.
J. H. Danner.
News and Courier.
With only intimate friends and
members of the immediate family being
present, Miss Pauline Cook was
married Wednesday evening to Nathan
Green Gooding of New Bern, N.
C., the Rev. J. H. Danner, pastor of
the Spring Street Methodist church,
performing the ceremony.
The wedding was solemnized at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas J. Cook, at 691
King street and the home had been
beautifully decorated for the event.
Flowers of the season and masses of
smilax and bamboo were used effectively
and an altar of palms and ferns
was arranged in the opening of the
r l euuu uuui s.
The guests were welcomed at the
door by Mrs. Elmer von Glahn and
the bride's book was kept by Mrs. W.
C. Hayes.
Just before the entrance of the
bridal party, Mr. von Glahn rendered
several appropriate selections and
then to the strains of the wedding
march/the maid of honor, Miss Jessie
Cook, sister of the bride, entered,
gowned in brown canton crepe and
carrying pink Killarney roses. Two
little flower girls, also sisters of the
bride, Misses Dorothy and Marguerite
Cook, entered next. They wore
dainty dresses of white organdy and
carried baskets of rosebuds. They
immediately preceded the bride who
entered on the arm of her father. The
groom, attended by his best man,
Alfred Coates, of Harvard University,
met the bride at the altar
where the ceremony was performed.
The ring service was used the ring being
that of the groom's mother which
had been made into a modem orange
blossom wedding ring far the occar
sion.
The bride's gown was of navy blue
charmeuse and Spanish lace with
which she wore a large plumed hat of
panne velvet and lace. She carried a
shower bouquet of bride roses. Immediately
after the ceremony she
changed into her going-away suit of
navy blue tricotine which she wore
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Mr. and Mrs. Gooding left on the
9:10 o'clock train for Baltimore, Norfolk,
Richmond and other points and
they will make their home in New
Bern. The bride is a Winthrop graduate
and has a host of friends in
Charleston. The groom, is a graduate
of the University of North Carolina
and is at present city editor of a
paper in New Bern.
VOTE ON AMENDMENTS.
South Carolinians. Will Be Called
Upon to Act.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 6?Thirteen
proposed amendments to the Constitution
will be voted on by South
Carolinians at the general election
it was stated today by W. Banks
Dove, secretary of state. Two of the
proposed changes are of statewide
significance:
First, to empower the general assembly
to regulate the printing of
the state and second, to empower
county authorities to assess abutting
property for highway improvements.
The other eleven apply to local conditions.
Simplicity Itself.
A fair visitor "was much taken by
the complexity of the battle wagon's
engines and delighted with her
guide's explanations thereof, although
she seemed surprised that the
engineer did not "know which way
his ship was being headed as he
stood his watch below at the throttle.
"Well, miss, it's this way," he explained.
"I'm an independent cuss, I
am, and no matter which way the
captain is steering the ship, I always
keep my engines going straight
ahead."
Fated.
A dusky youth from Memphis was
witness for a railroad company in a
suit over the killing of another negro
by a train, the stand of the company
being an attempt to prove that the
dead man was in bad health anyway,
so that the amount of damages might
be lowered. The witness liked the
job of testifying and, when asked to
describe the state of health of the
other, replied:
'Dat boy was de feebles' boy Ah
ever did see. Why, he was so feeble
dat if he hadn't been run oyer by dat
train he was jes' nacherly boun' to
die at leas' two day previous. Yessuh,
he sho' was a sickly boy."
Harris is Back
From Conference
Washington, Oct. 7?Senator Wm.
J. Harris today commented briefly
on his observations during his trip
as a delegate to the Inter-Parliamentary
Union Conference at Vienna,
Austria. He returned to Washington
last night.
Senator Harris said: "Just as I
was sailing for home from ungiana,
I was greatly shocked to hear of the
death of Senator Watson. I had
been uneasy about his condition, and
had urged him not to remain so
closely confined to his office and
the senate. Just before leaving I
told Senator Watson that I would
not go unless he felt better, but he1
assured me that he was improving
and could look after any matters
arising in my absence.
"Stenator Watson and I cooperated
fully in all matters effecting our
state, and our relations were cordial
in every way. I feel sure that his
hard work and close confinement
where responsible to a great extent
in bringing about his untimely end.
"When the senate convenes I shall
ask .that it adjourn out of respect
to hig memory, and that a day be set
aside later for memorial addresses
on his life and work.
"I was one of the American delegates
to the Inter-Parlimentary
Union at Vienna, Austria, and had
the opportunity of visiting Germany,
Austria, Jugo-Slovakia and Hungary.
In these countries i conferred with
the presidents, prime ministers and
other high officials where firsthand
information' was given on actual
conditions. I believe conditions
will gradually improve, although
much uncertainity has been caused
by the arrangement of boundaries
of the different countries.
4<At the Inter-Parlimentary Union
Conference were delegates from all
ove rthe world. They all urged\>eace
for the world by arbitration. The
other countries are settling' their
troubles through the League of Nations.
"I visited all of the American
cemeteries in France, which are the
best arranged and best maintained
of any country. I have arranged to
see the quartermaster general of the !
army here about several improvements
which are needed. In visiting
the Argonne battlefield I attended
the unveiling of a monument to the
memory of% my nephew, Capt. Chas. I
D. Harris, erected where he received
his mortal wound.
"Economic, conditions are very
unsettled, and I found that cotton
was needed more than ever before.
The sooner the difficulties are seti
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tied the better it will be for the
soutn m tne saaaie 01 ner cuuun.
Europe is nothing like as stricken
as the South after the Givil War
and in a few years I believe she will
show signs of great improvement.
"People in Europe believe that
money abounds in the United States,
and they do not understand the sacrifices
made in the purchase of liberty
bonds to provide the loans of
$11,000,000,000. I offered a resolution
in the senate declaring opposition
to the cancellation of the war
debt, and that view was incorporated
in the debt-funding bill passed by
congress. The people of Europe
believed our loans came directly out
of the public treasury. The main
question is when they will pay, for
the debt cannot be cancelled."
"I spent two days at Geneva upon
invitation from the League of Nations,
and had the privilege of hearing
the discussion on world disarmament,
both op dand and sea. I was
impressed with the earnestness of the
representatives, and every Republi
can who saw the league in session
said that it was nothing like a supergovernment,
as it had been painted
by many of the Republicans and
other opponents.
"The international court is a part
of the league and is now functioning
with an able American, John Bassett
Moore, as one of its members. It
will go a long ways towards preventing
war by using the means of arbitration.
"As soon as I can attend to official
matters pending here I shall leave
for Geneva to be there until congress
reconvenes."?The Chronicle.
Two Bamberg girls were recently
honored by the senior class of Columbia
college. Miss Isabel Cantsy was
elected class secretary, wihle Miss
Aegina Knight was elected class
treasurer.
Advertise in The Herald.
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Blow to Liquor
on U. S. Ships
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Washington, Oct. 6.?All vessels,
American and foreign owned, are pro- 2
hibited from having liquor on board 1
in American territorial waters under 1
an interpretation of the prohibition t
amendment and the enforcement act i
handed down today by the department
of justice. Moreover, the trans- t
portation or sale of intoxicants on 1
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Aiiict luan uictJ-L, wuci cYCi upciaicU) j
was held to be inhibited. (
American territorial waters were ]
construed to include those not only (
wiht the three-mile limit of conti- s
nental United States, but also those 1
within the same limit of the Phili- i
pines, the Hawaiian Islands, Porto 1
Rico, the Virgin Islands and Alaska. '
The Panama canal zone is specifically i
exempted by the statute itself. 1
The sale or transportation of liquor ]
on American ships will cease at once, ]
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or as soon as those vessels reach <
their home ports. The decision will ]
become operative on foreign vessels, ]
as soon as the necessary regulations {
can be prepared and promulgated by
the treasury department.
Court action looking to a final de- j
termination of the application of Am- :
erican dry laws to foreign ships en- '
tering American porta was foreseen 1
by both Attorney General Daugherty i
and Chairman Lasker, of the ship- j
ping board. Mr. Daughtery said he 1
had already been a~9vised that a case i
was about to be filed which would 1
bring the issue to the supreme court. <
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LEE PATRICK BEGINS SENTENCE. ]
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Thftx* Months in .Tail for Violation of 1
State Banking Law.
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. Orangeburg, Oct. 9.?Robert Lee
Patrick, former cashier of the People's
bank of Bowman, surrendered
this afternoon to Sheriff R. Fulton
Dukes to commence service of a three
months' term in the Orangeburg
county jail." During the September
t$rm of the court of general sessions
for Orangeburg county Patrick pleaded
guilty to a charge of violating the
banking laws and was sentenced by
Judge Memminger to serve three
months in the county jail and was
given ten days to arrange his business.
It will be recalled that the
People's bank is now in the hands of
a receiver and the cashier and a former
director, Charles Wesley Austin,
were indicted and tried in the
September court. Austin was found ?
guilty by a jury and recommended to
mercy and the presiding judge sentenced
him to six months, but suspended
the sentence during good be- j
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ENJOY RADIO WfilLE ANGLING. [
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Orangeburg Fishermen Install Portable
Set in Swamp. .
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When we went fishing a few years j
age we drank branch water and lis
tened to the music of the mosquitoes, J
terrapins and yellow flies. t
But, yea, the day was changed.
Cecil Culler, the local radio expert, j
says that as music "hath charms" he ^
will soon be the undisputed champion
angler of this section, and?he ^
says?he will have yellow flies,
snakes and other pests so charged
with interpretations, and renditions .
from Sousa that they will forget their
wonted custom of pestering the wea- t
ry angler, embrace each other and
make the swamp ring with their ^
dance and song, forgetting the job
for which they were created.
Picture a man sitting on a log in
the dense swamp, pipe in his mouth,,
j with a thermos bottle of good ice
[ cream soda, or anything you like best, s
at his elbow, and listening attentively
to music by one of the world's fore- c
most bands, while he fishes for fish. s
And the music was heard the instant ?]
it was produced and not via the phon- p
ograph. I say, picture that, and you E
have Cecil Culler on a recent fishing a
trip. >
He, with Rudolph Culler, his part- g
ner and assistant, decided on a deep- p
swamp fishing trip recently, and, not ^
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Wisniug 10 sever lueir luuujj. i.u& |j
music, baseball and other fine arts of n
the world, just carried along a radio
outfit, threw a wire up in a tree,
turned on the switch and Mr. Sousa
and the others who do things with p
horns and fiddles got busy. Cecil and a
Rudolph say they are the only catfish
fishermen in captivity who angle 3
to the tune of fine music. a
New York state mills and facto- a
ries employ more than 300,000 w<k
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HAS ATTENDED ALL REUNIONS.
Vged Reidsville Veteran Has Record
of Which He is Proud.
Spartanburg Herald.
T. M. Leonard, Confederate vetertn
and prominent citizen of Reidsrille,
has not missed a reunion of the
Jnited Confederate Veterans during
he past twenty-seven years?it is a
ecord in which he takes great pride.
Along in the Revolutionary period
here were three brothers named Leolard,
who left their home in Virgina
and traveled south on their horses.
3ne of thees settled in Greensboro,
NT. C., another in Haversham county,
3a., while the third, Jonas Leonard,
settled at the spot where Sharon Baptist
church now stands?about two
md a half miles from Reidsville. Joias
Leonard was the grandfather of
T. M. Leonard. His youngest son
was Robert Leonard, and when his
tether died he inherited the homeplace.
Robert was the father of T.
M. Leonard. Sharon Methodist
2hurch was organized at this old
home place, and the father of T. M.
Leonard donated the church several
acres of land.
Confederate Army Service,
Mr. Leonard entered the Confederate
army when a lad in the fall of
1864, and was placed in company I,
ith South Carolina regiment, of
which Johi W. Ferguson, of Laurens,
wa scolonel; the late Judge D.
A Townsend, of Union, major, and
the late Dr. T. E. Wood, of keidsrille,
captain. Terry Beacham was
irst lieutenant, John Thompson, second
lieutenant, and James H. Anderson,
of Moore, third lieutenant. Mr.
Leonard was first sergfeant, and W.
0. Brarndeburg, now living in Colun^"
)ia, second sergeant. William Caldvell
and Prof. D. A. DuPre, of Spar?1
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anuurg, weio mcmucu ui
?any. This command was assigned to
luty down near Savannah and Charleston.
Mr. Leonard is also a mem)er
of the Spartanburg county pension
board, along with S. B. Ezell,
,'hairman, and Capt. N. F. Walker.
Returning from the civil war, Mr.
-.eonard enagged in merchandise busness
and extensive farming operaions.
Within the past few years he
vas retired from active business.
A Genuine Southerner.
No more loyal Confederate ever
lonned the grey than T. M. Leonard.
Ie talks interestingly of the stirring
ays of the sixties and the great cause
hat was lost. 'He is on the staff of
Jen. Washington A. Clark, commanler
of the South Carolina Confederite
Veterans, as assistant adjutant
general with the rank of major.
In Memory of His Son.
In his hospitable home in this town
n the sitting room there are a num>er
of pictures. Among them is a
>ortrait of the late James IJ. Carisle,
of Wofford college, another is
i large picture of the famous evangelist,
Sam P. Jones; so it isn't hard
O guess 10 WIia.1 umtuiumaviuu uu.
^eonard belongs, despite the Presbyerian
atmosphere in which he has
ived and moved and had his being
o long. Among these pictures is one
langing over the center of the manle,
and under it another. The first
s a large portrait of Walter Guy
^eonard, who died in 1902, in his
.8th year, after completing his third
'ear at Wofford; he would have gradlated
with the class of '03 had he livid.
The second" is that of a handome
two-story' eight-room brick
[welling that Mr. Leonard had built
it the Epworth orphanage in Columns,
the orphanage of the Methodists
>f the state, in memory of his boy.
rhe orphanage authorities haye namit
tha "(inv Leonard Home."
Well, Why Not?
Overheard in the Metropolitan Mueum
of Art:
"Aren't these Chinese mandarin
oats marvelous! And those temple
ets! And the little ivory curios!
"he Chinese are a wonderful people!
)o you suppose they have their own
auseums with our things hung up
,nd labeled r Dress suit worn by a
Jew York assemblyman at an East
ide reception', 'Baby carriage from
'ennsylvania', 'Thermos bottle used
iy Brooklynites on a picnic', 'Bathig
suits worn at Coney Island'? Why
ot?"
The Follow Up System.
"You are next, I believe," said the
atient in a doctor's waiting room to
person sitting next to him.
"I beg your pardon for asking, but
re you going to hand the doctor
nything?"
"Why, yes. I expected to pay him
little something on account."
"Then, I'll go in after you. I'm a
ill collector." j
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Now Reformed |
Richmond, Va., Oct. 6.?Friel Allen
and Sidna Edwards, youthful
members of the Allen clan that on.
March 14, 1912, shot up the court
house at Hillsville*, were enroute to
their mountain homes tonight "reformed
young men and worthy of a
new trial in life." The ten years they
spent in the Virginia penitentiary fulfilled
the purposes of the law, declared
Gov. E. Lee Trinkle today in granting
pardons, and they are capable
and will in the future lead law abiding
lives.
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards,
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t.wn nthfir mamhars r?f tha Han sertr
ing 35 years and 27 years imprisonment,
respectively, for their part^in
the affair, in which the presiding
judge, Thornton L. Massie, common- . M
wealth's attorney, W. M. Foster,
Sheriff L. F. Wfebb, Augustus Fowler,
a juror, and Miss Betty Ayers, a
spectator, were "killed, and Dexter ^
Goad, court clerk, and seven-jury
men were wounded, were denied
clemency because "they have served
so short a time for their punishment"
The two other members of.
the clan were electrocuted at the
state prison here for their part in the
shooting. .
Automotive Field.
There are more people arrested in i
New York every day for breaking
traffic ordinances than there was
population in that city 150 years
London is planning to do away '.J:
with jail railways above ground, v .
The trackways may be contverted -H
into highways or speedways for mo- r ^
tor traffic.
Mrs. Eula Janson, of England, has
broken all records by riding a 2 1-2
horse power motorcycle for two con- '* }
secutive 12-hour periods at the fastest
speed ever known. , '
Under certain conditions motorists
through Canada, from the states,
may now use their cars across the -
line for a period of five months under
U. S. registration.1 'x ?
In Spain motors still are regarded i'M
as more or less of a luxury. With. |
exception of the cities and adjacent'
territories there are few roads good "
enough even for trucks. V- t' ffl
Several French motorists are re- i v *||j
ported to be planning to cross the
Sahara desert at its greatest width. V $
Where will they carry the gasoline v 3
needed for such a trip? t
An automatic traffic control sys- .
tern is now under trial by a large
American city. The "stop" and "go"
are changed mechanically at definite
periods.
Only nine per cent of the nation's
11,000,000 motor vehicles are in cit-:
ties with over 500,000 population. ^ " r|
Thirty-three per cent, are in towns
with less than 1,000 people. ' . Mi
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Spare tires should be protected
from sunligh*. Also, use them occasionally
before putting into per- , n
manent service, if you want them
to keep all their "life" and action.
Too long have the grown-ups monopolized
the automobile. Now the
babies are to have their innings, ac?
? waAAITTO/?
cording 10 a report recently icvcucu
from Firestone's London branch.
The newest thing in baby carriages ' -'M
are called "autolets," being electrically
driven perambulators. Nursey
simply stands behind on a sort of
raised platform controlling the levers.
Hospitality Plus. ,
The acting assistant battalion ser- ,
geant major was earnestly trying to
look busy in battalion headquarters
one afternoon when a shiny new
looey arrived^ scowled about the office,
clicked his spurs together,
threw out his chest and scowled at
the a. a. b. s. m.
"Have a chair", suggested the latter
hospitably.
"I," the newcomer informed him
pompously, "am Lieutenant Twitterwit!"
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"in mat case," reioneu iuo a>,u?.
of the earth, still politely, "have two
chairs."
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Loads of Time Yet.
"Well, Harry," remarked the
uncle cheerfully, as he came upon
the small boy of the house busy in
the front room, "good boy this morn- /
ing, I hope?"
Harry regarded the clock and perceived
it was just eleven-thirty.
"I don't know yet, Uncle", he said,
doubtfully. "There's half an hoar
more."