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-?. V s^sss^sSBisssSsssssssss!^^^^Bssss^^ssississsssssssss^^^^^^^^sxs!^ss^^xs!^^^s;^^^^^^^s^^ss^s^^^^ssss^ssssss^ssss^^s!^^ssssssss^sss^^iiismmmsffSBS^sss^sisisiis?!ss^i^siiii$iiSt: R KVI 9^HI^ SEMI* WEEKLY.lTm. grists sons, Pubii.h.rL % ^amilg Jltirspapen ^or ih$ promotion o)f the jpolitiiiat, ?o<;ial, Jgrirultutjal and ^ommerriat ^Interests ~ftfh? jpeopl^. TERM9S^Mo^.E^?Nc?m '^ ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 24, 1932. N"Q. 2jT" / VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Uriel Local Paragraphs of More or Loss laterest. PICKED IIP BT ENQUIRE! KEPOBTEBS 8torie? Concerning Folks and Thing?, Soma of Which You Know, and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Heading. The Boll Weevil Picture. "I feci very well paid for trouble In getting that boll weevil picture here," said J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr., active vice president of the Peoples Bank and Trust company Tuesday. "It did not ^ cost us a great deal except a little ad* vertising and printing. Mr. Wray was very generous about the use of his theatre and picture machine, making no charge; and pt course we had to provide special tickets to prevent undue and dangerous crowding. But the show was well worth while, in the * opinion of a number of farmers and others who were kind enough to tell us so. It gave them almost the same information they would have got by a trip into the regions infested by the boll weevil and at no expense. It can hardly be said that the picture told anybody what not to do; but Jt showed them very clearly what to expect." Local Registration. J. F. Faulkner, city supervisor of regtration is about as accommodating a man as is to be found anywhere; but he can't do just anything that anybody wants him to do. For instance he cannot give a man or a woman a municipal registration certificate unless they i accompany their application with the proper papers. ^ "In spite of all the telling and all the advertising that is being done on the subject," said Supervisor Faulkner to Views and Interviews, "people just will come in and ask for a registration certificate with their papers at home. They tell me that they have their papers? their county certificate and their tax receipts and I have no reason to doubt them; but the law says I must see T + Voo I Irnnur iiivQC a aiiu x iiiuok. a vo, * a??vm it is considerable trouble to come qualified to register. Very few people can carry their papers in their pockets. The average man who keeps a registration certificate has some particular place for it He does not have occasion to look at it, except on rare occasions. He thinks he has plenty of time to register and he puts it off. If the thing happens to bob up in his mind when he is around here, his papers arc somewhere else. My advice to everybody is to let them deliberately make up their mind that this is a matter to be attended to, then let them get their papers and come down here and get their certificates: I am generally right on the spot to attend to the matter." He's an Old-Timer. Had a pleasant talk with A. H. Merritt of Fort Mill township, last Tuesday. Mr. Merritt was over here on no special business?just came along with Mr. S. H. Kppes, but he took the oppor tunity to call on The Yorkvillc Enquirer, at which, office he Is always a welcome visitor. Why, he has been a subscriber to The Yorkville Enquirer since away before any of those now connected with the paper were born. Mr. Merrltt has one arm, having lost the.other in Virginia at the battle of Dranesville, on the 20th of December, 1861. Mr. Merritt is now 78 years of age. He was one of the youngest members of Company B, 6th South Carolina regiment, and so far as he knows only eight of his old comrades are still living, he making the ninth. The others are Bowman Merritt, his brother, aged 80; Will Armstrong, aged 85; J. M. Armstrong, aged abouj 78; W. O. Collier, James Spratt and Frank Barron. During his visit Mr. Merritt talked interestingly on various subjects, and among other things about the changes of the time. "Things are not like they used to be," he said. "When I was young we all lived the simple life, especially in the country. We took plenty of exercise, mostly in hard work; played some, raised our own food, and our women made our clothes out of cloth that they made themselves. I never knew what it was to have a ready-made suit until I donned the uniform they gave me when I went into the army.'1 . Too Much Pork. Talking to a man a few days ago who had some wisdom to offer in connection with the eating of fresh pork. "No more fresh pork for mine," he said. "Fond of it! Why I would rather have fresh pork than any kind of meat you can eat. It is better than partridge, especially good sausage, and I have eaten a site of it in my time. No, I have not turned against it; but I have just found out that I cannot eat fresh pork and keep my health. I have been mighty dull about It. Up to some ten or twelve years ago I had not noticed that it hurt me to eat anything I wanted. I have not been convinced that it hurt until the last year or two. It was this way. Beginning back about ten or twelve years ago, I began having a bad. cold every fall and winter, and sometimes it lasted till spring. The' thing became so regular that I got to hating to see the winter come. I knew it meant a case of illness. For a long time I called it flu. I wnuld have running at the nose, hack ache nnd an uncomfortable feeling about the stomach. I kept going but I was never easy. I asked my doctor about it more ' *' ' VVt ' ? than once; but never got any satisfaction. Finally from something I heard somebody say or something I read, I began to connect this trouble up with 1.x coil \jkji iv iiiuv, x nu jvui o uf,w A made up my mind to hold off fresh pork. It was hard to do and I did not do it entirely. I tried a little and it did not hurt me. Then I grot down to t it steadily and within a few weeks the old trouble returned. I cut out pork entirely. It was some ten days before I began to get straight. Still I was not certain and I fell for pork; but this time I watched it more carefully, and in a little while there was a return of the symptoms. I had not gone so far this time and checked, up again. "'Trouble soon disappeared. I let pork alone after that, and kept well. I did not eat any pork at all this last fall or winter and my health has been better than for years. They tell me that cured pork will not hurt you if used in moderation; but no more fresh pork in mine if you please." FLORIDA BOOZE BUSINESS Bankers Stand in With Bootleggers for Huge Profits. Miami, Fla., March 20.?Federal prohibition agents acting under direction of Col. L. L. Nutt, of the International Revenue Department, had made eleven raids in the city of Miami up to noon today and at Nutt's headquarters it was stated the officers expected to make thirty more raids before night. The raiding parties started their work this morning. Most brazen operations by bootleggers along the Florida coast especially at Miami, with the assistance of some Miami bankers who hold the money for deals in liquors were found by prohibition agents working here under the director of Col. L. L. Nutt, chief of the federal prohibition commissioner Roy A. Hayncs at Washington made public her? today, Col. Nutt said. "It did not take long, after one day's investigation of conditions in Florida, especially in Miami, to determine that ** V-? amnrrn-linrr a ouiuiiun ui liic auiubguug pi vuicu* lay in cleaning up the shore situation, particularly in certain sections of Florida. "I found that conveying liquor from nearby foreign shores was a minor transaction compared with the program of bringing it ashore and shipping to Northern points, terminate the existing facilities for shipping, smash and shore lain market, was the solution as our trained men saw it, and with that end in view we went systematically to work. "We were startled by the revelations. We found a sort of cooperative plan among operators. Our investigators were directed to operators with the same frankness that a stranger receives directions from a corner policeman. Operators discussed transactions like bankers. Indeed, several of them gave bankers as reference, and in two instances after negotiations were closed, had leading bankers hold the purchase price in trust and sign contracts to that effect. "In substance the operators brazenly proposed: "we will contract for all liquor you want?Scotch, Irish or champagne/ We will go and fetch it in 24 hours and deliver it where you say?at your hotel, at the courthouse, or at the post office. We will deliver at the railroad station, if you wish it shipped; and will attend to placing it in cars and will buy the necessary grapefruit or tomatoes to cover it up. That is all that is necessary, just pile it into refrigerator cars, with a camouflaging of fruit or vegetables, and with the Cars sealed the shipment will go wherever you wish." "More than a dozen of our investigators, on the first day's operation reported propositions of the above character and in two instances negotiations were closed, with the aid of bankers, all of which will be revealed shortly in court procedure. "Our investigators discovered that many of the operators owned their own smuggling ships, would make night voyages to a point near Nassau, Bimini, or Gunkey, meet a schooner laden with liquor, make purchases at the average price of $18 per case, return the next night and receive double the price from their purchasers also make a snug profit on the fruit and vegetables for packing. They would explain that by diluting the consignment could be doubled and even trebled in quantity and sold 'up north' for at least $100 a case in all a tempting proposition. "All of this our investigators more than verified and continued for more than a week to carry on negotiations for big and little shipments without the slightest trouble. >o nrazeniy was me ww vioiaiea in the city of Miami that in several instances the principal prizes of punchboards operated in prominent cigar stands were bottles of liquor. Our investigators not only made winnings of Gordon gin, Johnny Scotch and Bushnell rye but carried away the punchboards as souvenirs. "With the avenues of transportation, distribution and marketing cut off. especially along the coast line, the smuggling problem will solve itself, for the simple reason that liquor will not be brought in if distribution is prevented and this can and will be done." ? Dr. F. P. Rer.tz, a prominent physician of Bamberg, was killed Monday when an automobile in which he was | riding turned over. REMAINS OF CAMP JACKSON Once Busy Camp (Now All But Deserted. Amnrrnui itin ninniriTA OAlir ipa nvilBl SlKttlS ANU BAKKAMd UUNL IU DU1H Fire, Wind and Water Working Steady Ruin?Some Property Still on the Ground?Occasional Ex-Soldier Who Was Quartered There Drops Out to See What the Old Place Looks Like. Corretpondencc The Yorkvltle Enquirer Columbia, S. C., March 20.?If the several hundred York county boys who were at Camp Jackson at one time or the other in training during the late World War could see the place now they would hardly recognize it. Nothing remains there but an empty shell of a great military cantonment which less than three years ago was the temporary home of 40,000 men and probably more. Now only 175 men remain. About half of these are men of the quartermaster corps engaged in packing up government supplies for shipment to present military centers, while the others are members of the Sixth regiment of infantry engaged in the very irksome task of doing guard duty in protecting the empty shell from i robbers and vandals. Company 8treets Deserted. Company streets that were once thick with men in khaki are now en- 1 tirely deserted. Human foot often does not travel over some of them for weeks and weeks and months and months. Great barracks that were only a few years ago the living quarters of companies apd batteries are now falling down. Unless they are salvaged1 in the moan time every building in the great camp will have rotted and fallen down within another three years. Practically all of them were built hastily and carelessly. In those building days carpenters worked by the day at $8 and $10 and even more and there were bo many carpenters on the Job that they were really in each other's way. The buildings were as carelessly inspected when completed as they were carelessly built and the faulty workmanship is now showing up. If a great windstorm were to strike the i camp right now there would be little remaining save a great pile of wreck- i age. 4 Many Buildings Burned. Many barracks and other buildings in the camp have been destroyed by fire. The origin of those fires in most cases has never beeh determined and there are those who think that maybe some of the soldiers who have been stationed at the camp from time to time since the war came to an end have fired them just to break the monotony of life in the once busy camp. There are a couple of fire companies stationed in the camp whose business it is to see to it that the whole thing isn't burned; but they don't worry much over the burning of a single building. Roads Going to Rack. "There's probably more than enough asphalt and concrete road within the limits of Camp Jackson to reach from Yorkvllle to Rock Hill; and if York county had the hard surface road in the camp It would be of much more value to the public at large than it is in the camp, where comparatively few people travel it. The hard surface roads at camp Jackson like everything else, are going to rack because of inattention. There has been much heavy traffic over the roads in the days gone by and in many places they have begun to crack, while in other places great holes have appeared. No effort is being made to repair them now, because they will not be used any longer. Uncle Sam is done with Camp Jackson for good and there isn't a Chinaman's chance that the camp will be used further for military purposes of any nature, It is said. Uncle Sam has hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ordnance and other supplies stored around Camp Jackson yet, although the soldiers are packing the stuff and shipping it as fast as soldiers can do in peace times, which isp't very fast. The 175 men at the camp are of the opinion that they will hardly get away before August and probably not then. Many of them are very anxious to go. Columbia is not popular with soldiers any longer and soldiers are not very popular in Columbia. For instance, practically every soldier in camp has a suit of civilian clothes which ho puts on when he goes to town. If he comes into the city aressea as a civilian ne is a civilian or i course, for the time being the same as i any other civilian. But if he comes in- I to the city as a soldier?well, there is a difference. Numbers of Visitors. Every now and then some fellow living in some part of the state who served at Jackson during the war comes out to camp to look around just for old 1 times' sake; but there are not a great ' many of these. The road from Columbia to the camp, a distance of about five miles, is hard surface all the way 1 and is a favorite with motorists of the city who like to get out in the afternoon for a spin. Then there are fifteen or more miles of hard surface road in the big camp which affords good seeding. This it is that the old camp is visited in the afternoon by a good many people. There Is no objection on the part of the guards to one's looking around. Big Stock of Army Wagons. Taking' into consideration the. fact that the number now in use in York county is only a small portion of those that have been bought l?.v farmers over ; the country, one would think that the government's supply of army wagons had long since been taken up. But not so. There are hundreds and hundreds of them stored at Camp Jackson. Many of them are brand new, never having been operated at all. The understanding is that they will probably be sold* at auction, if It is possible" to sell them that way. If not they will be taken to some supply concentration point. Grass is beginning to grow again on the hard arm grounus. vveeas ana brambles kept down for three years by the trample of many feet appear again here and there over the camp area. The birds of the air that were frightened away by the figures in khaki yesterday, are coming back and building their nests in the scanty trees and in the unused buildings. Rabbits skelter here and, there. Spooks and ghosts looking for a desirable habitat would do well to settle at Camp Jackson. It is suitable for hardly anything else. SENATORS ARE SUSPICIOUS Sensational Charge of Double Dealing Provokes Rough Talk. Charges of an unwrtften agreement between the United States and Great Britain to act together in any case arising under the four-power Pacific treatv brought on another storm of de bate In the senAte Tuesday. Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, started the fire works by reading a statement said to have been made by Paul D. Cravath, a New York lawyer, saying he had "been told by every member of the American delegation" that an understanding for future cooperation between the two governments in any emergency In the Pacific had been reached at the arms conference. The assertion promptly was denied by both Senators Lodge, Republican. Massachusetts, and Underwood, Democrat, Alabama, both of whom were members of the delegation. "I have never had a' conversation with Mr. Cravath about It at all," said Senator Lodge, "and I know of no such agreement or understanding with Great Britain. There's not a word of truth In it so far as I know." "And I certainly made no such statement," Senator Undertirood said, "and I never met Mr. Ci ath so far as I remember. I would not consider the iMAiJanI wnetKv nf nrtt lr?G ha/1 it n fit IllV/lUCiiV ?T V? H?J VI, i.wv.vv ? .? been brought here to the floor of the senate. But to have It go out from here uncoAtradictcd xvbuld be a menace to our government, because It might affect relations with' great powers. It Is dangerous and I would not allow It to go out without an absolute and unqualified contradiction. "Where is your patriotism? Do you no longer believe In and trust your government? Can you believe that your government would make a solemn compact with other powers and then before the ink was dry turn iround and enter into a secret agreement with a single one of those pow;rs? It would be infamous If true. It is absolutely untrue and I would call it t>y a stronger name If I were not speaking on the floor of the senate." Senator Borah said he had only brought in the statement because it :ame from a "man of responsibility," epresenting some of the "greatest interests in this country, interests that n some respects are dictating the forjign policy of this country." He added | that he did know that before making lis statement Mr. Cravath had conferred with Elihu Root, another member of the American delegation. Debate on the treaty started despite i previous plan to go ahead with the lostofflce appropriation bill which had he right of way when the senate met and once the issues of the ratification fight came to the surface several senators on both sides joined in prolonged discussion. Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, called attention to a newspaper statement that he was on the doubtful list in regard to the final vote and said in a speech of a few sentences that he wanted the senate to know he would "stand always against any alliance with a pagan, yellow power." Senator Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas, took advantage to the turn given the discussion to further urge adoption of his amendment pledging the four powers against secret diplomacy, rhe statement of Mr. Cravath and the issertions of officials of the far eastern republic of China, said Mr. Robinson, seemed to make it "certain" that some sort of secret understandings had been made or were being ^uniYiA t\f tliA uienn 1 nrlnc Lo the treaty." MAY RECOGNIZE MEXICO. I Unclo Sam Is Said to Have Matter Under Consideration. Personal exchanges between President Harding and President Obicgon, looking to recognition of Mexico by the United States are in progress, it was disclosed this week, in administration circles. American officials believe early recognition is probable. The only point of difference between the two executives, it was declared, is the desire of President Harding to make the formal recognition of Mexico coincident with the signing of a treaty pledging the southern republic to protect American rights within its borders, whereas the Mexican president would like the formal recognition to precede the treaty. The correspondence which has been going on for some time is described as having been cf a most cordial character. JONES-SPRINGS QUARREL Five Day Court Battle Results In a DogtalL BOTH SIDES HAD A* FRIEND ON JURY State Claimed That Defendant Had \AJ uu Mahiw upcvu >flicu fvun vvniffHM/ m on His Private Account?Dcfondant Claimed That He Was the Victim of a Conspiracy. Charlotte Observer. Lancaster, S. C., March 21.?The evidence of the state in the case against Charles D. Jones, president of the First National bank of Lancaster, charged with misappropriation of funds of the Lancaster Mercantile company, was completed today and two speeches were made to the Jury, one by counsel for the state and one by counsel for the defendant. There will be four speeches tomorrow morning and the Jury will get the case early tomorrow afternoon. The sessions today were featured by the appearance on the stand of Col. Leroy Springs and John T. Stevens for the state and by the completion of the evidence for the defense during the morning session and the completion of ? - *?*? Ai? in? reDunai uy me aiutc ui me unci noon session. That the defense feared any statements that might bo made by Colonel Springs was evidenced by oft-repeated objections raised and by the careful guard kept over that witness by the defendant's counsel. In spite of this the state was able to bring out some of the most damaging evidence of the trial and to greatly strengthen its hand. Colonel Springs made a fine witness for the state during the short time he was on the stand. John T. Stevens was on the stand but a very few minutes and his statements were few in number. Detoctives Unarmed. Mayor J. M. Hood stated, to The Observer representative that the two plainclothes men mentioned were not granted permission to bear arms, but instead were informed that if they carried guns they would be arrested and fined for so doing. He stated that they asked to be allowed to carry guns, stating that they represented the Burns p-.Monal detective agency and that they w-re employed to watch the person of Chas. D. r Jones, to protect him from cowans and eavesdroppers, whom they allege had been watching the movements of the defendant. They sat behind the defendant in the trial again today. ' This afternoon the attorneys were divided between beauty and loyalty, for the entire left-hand "amen'' corner of the courthouse was filled with girls and young women, eager spectators of the proceedings. To address the Jury, therefore, the attorneys were compelled to turn tlieir pack to the ladies and vice versa. Most of the attorneys took the middle course and spoke midway between the two, and directly at Judge Bowman. The Morning Session. Court opened with the defendant still on the witness standv where he was when the hour for closing came last evening. Judge Mendel Smith continued the cross-examination where he left off and the 200-bale cotton transaction was gone into again, when the defendant admitted that regardless of who the cotton was for, the Lancaster Mercantile company put up the margins for it. Upon re-direct examination the witiipkb told of his marriaire to Miss Lena Heath of Charlotte, stating that he is the father of four girls, aged approximately 5, 8, 13 and 20 years respectively. He was then asked, if there was any statement that he would like to make to the jury, touching any point that had not been brought out. He began a statement outlining his position and counsel for the state "objected to the defendant making a speech to the Jury." Mr. Jones then asked If there were any questions the Jury would like to ask him. "Gentlemen, I have nothing to conceal, and wilT try to answer to the best of my ability any question you ask," said the witness. There appeared to be no questions from the jury and the witness left the stand. Bank Cashier Testifies. E. M. Croxton, cashier of the First National bank of Lancaster, was the next witness called by the defense. Ho was asked to imneaeh the testimonv of Iiank Examiner Schechter, which he did. It related to the statement alleged to have been made by Mr. Schechter in the office of the comptroller of the currency in "Washington an." the substance of which was: "Now, Mr. Comptroller, in justice to myself, I want to remind you that when you sent me to Lancaster you told me to call on Col. Lcroy Springs." Mr. Schechter stated on the stand that he did not remember making such a statement, and didn't think he did. Mr. Croxton said he did make the statement. He said that Mr. Schechter took the two checks upon which the indictment is founded without his (Croxton's) knowledge. He impeached Mr. Schechter's testimony when the bank examiner said "they were present when I took the checks and said nothing about them." Mr. Croxton said the first he knew of the absence of the checks was when Pratt K- Sous (bank examiners) discovered they were missing and ordered Mr. Schechter to return them. Crow- Examination. D. W. Robertson, of dounsel for the state, cross-examined Mr. Croxton. He pressed Mr. Croxton to tell of the cotton speculations of Mr. Jones, but ho witness said he did not know of them. He was asked if he, as cashier of the bank, wna not bound to know that Mr. Jones was speculating because: "It takes lots of money to speculate with, more than for almost any other business, doesn't it?" the attorney asked. "nonanda nnnn whlrh aide vou hit!" replied the witness and there was considerable laughter in the courtroom. He admitted that when G. G. Scott and R H. Rice went to the bank to see about the two checks in question, while making an audit of the books of the Lancaster Mercantile company, that the defendant declined to show them anything and said to them "I'll Bupply you with information at the proper place, the courthouse." John A. Cook Hoard. John A. Cook, cashier of the Lancaster Oil company, and a director of the First National bank of Lancaster, was the next witness called. He testified that Mr. Schechter did make the statement to the comptroller that he is alleged to have made. He said he was at the conference and heard Mr. Schechter make the statement. On cross-examination he was asked if he knew anything about the case at bar and when he said he did not he was excusedCounsel for the defense retired for a short conference and upon its return to the courtroom announced that the defendant would rest his case at this time. Cot. 8prings on 8Und. Col. Leroy Springs was then placed tho afo In roKnlto 1 vII hit; outau uj VIIC oluW) ill * vvuvm*m He was asked a number of questions as to his age, how long he had been in Lancaster, etc. He was then called upon to tell of the organization, in 1899, of the Lancaster Mercantile company and of the taking in of the defendant at a later time. He told of how the defendant came in as a director and how later he was placed in charge of the whole business. Mr. Robinson precipitated the storm when he asked Colonel Springs: "When did you first learn of the transaction of the 200 bales of cotton, known as the Munds, Rogers & Stackpole contract ?" Counsel Thomas P. McDow took active interest in events at this time and objected. There is no question but that Mr. McDow carried on a most successful warfare of "objections" before the court, for he managed to keep out of the records almost all of the very damaging evidence of Colonel Springs, only later, however, by his own cross-exam ination to stumble into several awkward situations which left dangerous lnuendoes at times. Found by G. G. Scott. The foregoing question, however, was allowed under a modified form and Mr. Springs said that Mr. Jones never did mention the transaction to him at all and that he knew nothing about it until auditors began examining the books. He said that G. G. Scott found the entry, while auditing the books of the La nearer Mercantile company. He was finally allowed to fix the date as April, 1921. He was not allowed to tell what he did after he found out about the alleged shortage. At this juncture Attorney Robinson made reference to the eloquence of Attorney McDow, who was so flattered that he turned to Counsel Robinson and replied in flowery language, extolling the virtues of Mr. Robinspn. The courtroom was laughing at the passage at arms and the court discovered that they were not on the case and called for order, making a remark about both of them. The diversion relieved a somewhat tense situation. The alleged erasure of the word "cotton" and the alleged change to "mercantile," In which the defendant had stated his belief that the loss on 1,000 bales of cotton should have been charged to the Lancaster cotton mills instead of the Lancaster Mercantile company, brought up another storm when Colonel Springs was called upon by Mr. Robinson to explain the 1,000-bale transaction. Records Barred. Records from Colonel Springs' office and records from the office of the New York cotton firm which handled the deai, were not allowed in evidence and Colonel Springs was only allowed to state thr he ordered the cotton bought. The confirmation ticket was offered in evidence and Mr. McDow objected land the paper was handed to the court I to wb whether or not it ought to go in- I to the records: "I don't understand what it's all about now that I've grot it," said the court. "I don't see anything; but a paper with a lot of figures on it." At this time several attorneys on each side were attempting to argue on one side or the other of the objection and the court said: "Gentlemen, we can't make any time with five or ten lawyers on each side all making speeches at the same time." Colonel Springs was allowed to say I that he had never ordered the account of 1,000 bales switched from the mill's to the mercantile company's account after the loss appeared or at any other time. . He stated that he had made contracts (Continued on rage Eight.) e ix-'. 'A *** ' ' ... ' ' / \ 1 A LIFE OF A SAFECRACKER Boll Burglar Broagbt lo Book at Trenton. flf? TELLS STOBY OF CUBE CMEE8 This Wit the Men Who Robtiiblhe Sefe of R. A. Patrick, at White Oak. and Burned th? Bonds Because ha Could Not Nagotiata Them. J. C. Moore, safe cracker and escap? u* '"/xwi tko noAroHa nAnUpn* CU UUI1V1CI iiuiu iiiv tiary, was killed in Trenton, 8. early Monday morning while attempting to rob a safe in the store ofMathy and Whitlock. He had prlS^TKxne dial, stopped the hole with efcjposMb,* lighted his fuse and gone outside to await the explosion. Ernest 'Croud) who had heard the noise from hla sleeping room above, came down with a double barrel shotgun and fired 'lit him twice, the first 8hot taking effect in his thigh and the second ha his vitals. When he was shot Mdore had a flashlight in one hand and a pMfot in the other. v A woman representing herself . af Mrs. Moore went from ColunjW' and. identified the dead safe cracker as her husband. Mrs. Moore was afterward arrested and commuted to Rlchlatid jail. The following story about 'ttflfr' appears in The Columbia State of yesterday morning. Mrs. Moore's Story. A walk through a park with companions from a girl's boarding school; a meeting with an ardent admirer hB a park; a quick courtship and an engagement; unyielding objection t<T the match by the girl's fatheri an eloiffr-. ment through a window from school; a hasty marriage and thenwell then, an awkenlng to the that her husband was a safte blower K? nrnfmlnn Hill thflV live haDDilT ever after? The husband, J. C. Moofe, was shot to death at Trenton Monday morning when he was In this act of blowing open a safe and the wife is a prisoner oh the third 'floor of the Richland county Jail Mrs. Moore, who didn't care to fiye her maiden name when seen yeSterT day in the coupty jail, is, a decided blonde of sturdy type.. She eays.sfre is 20 years old and rven after having undergone during the past two' days, close questioning at the luindu o? officers who have been endeavoring to procure information freitrlfetre&e doc* not seem worh or exhausted. srtelfitir incessantly, lighting bne cigarette after the othec and inhaling deeply almost all the smoke. There *4s no evidence of nervousness in her behavior yesterday, but she had been given' opportunity to rest during the ?ay. Talks With Pttedom. ^ Mrs. Moore makes no objection to talking about her career with man. who met death at Trenton while blowing a safe. ' fy, ' > "I thought I loved him at first," sho said, "but I know now there can be no, real love unless there Is respect. "You see, I was just a kid wheislmat him. I was attending: a boardingschpol near Huntington, W. Va., several yeafa* ago, and the authorities would pernjfc ' the girls to walk out through a park. "Once when we were lu the park t met Mr. Moore. I was just a kid and he seemed very fond of me?he was a prince to me. He wanted me to elope with him, but I told him to ask my dad and he would give me to him. "I was the youngest In the family aridI guess I was spoiled. Well, dadyBaariy ran Mr. Moore off the place when he asked for me?he was suspicion* of htya from the first. I was taken out of ; school and was kept at home. "After some time I persuaded father to let me return to school, and ,then ope night I got out of the window.and went away with Mr. Moore. Since that time we have been in every state in tfce ? - '?'tiMJ'if. Union, I suppose. For a goou, winie *did not know what my husband did?see, I was young and lgnoragjL "He was a prince to me. Never spoke a cross word to me throughout our acquaintance and while I would tome# times get mad all o^er and fly off, hp. always was kind and considerate. Wanted to Leave Hint. "My husband was always'klndpess Itself, but I wanted to leave him. X tried to make him jealous?wouid let him hear conversations over the telephone so that he would get mad apd leave. But he was so kind and considerate that I could not make up my mind Just to quit him. , "l really was the cause of his being1 arrested and serving time in Georgia. One morning when we were in Colum- '-n bus, Ga.. he came into my room and ' laid $38,000 in cash and bonds on jpy bed. "I took some of the bond* to Atlanta with which to buy some clothes. I wad, afraid to ty to cash the $1,000 bonds, so I tried my hand on one for $500. It sold readily. I was Ml puffed up over my success; see, I was young apd lgnprant. Then I tried to cash more bonds, but these bonds had been registered and between my visits there had been some investigation. ^Vord had reached the office to hold me in conversation It I came back to cash more bondB. So tho clerk talked to me?tried to flirt? and when I came down in the elevator it seemed like the whole detective force of Atlanta was after me. I squealed then?there didn't seem to be anything else to do. . <v "So my husband was sent to tbd " . ??^??Hi' ; J (Continued on Page Six). MM:x