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DEATH CLAIMS ELMORE MARTIP CHARLESTON y OFFICER HAI LONG TENURE OK SfcKVi^je. Reelected Five Time* , After Fillin: Out Unexpired Term of Predece**or Thf State. k Charleston, July 14.?Capt. J. El f more Martin, sheriff of Charlesto for nearly 24 years, died this morrin; ' at his residence, after an illness o several weeks. He was in his 63r year. The end came at 9:30 o'clock His death has caused a profoun shock to this cfcpai&un&y, f.or while i wa3 realized that he was seriously il! he had recently shown signs of im provement, that led to the hope tha he .would recover. His condition be ' i carne rapidly worse yesterday after noon, and his physicians last night de clared he could only live a few hour? At his bedside were all members o f his family, excepting Vincent Martir his youngest son, a <31errrsor cade now at Camp Knox, Kentucky. It i likely that the funeral will not b< htl(J until after his arrival. ; Few men were 4>ett^r known in thi r?i if l. " state tnan ?>neriw ?ian.in. rui uc<ti ly forty years he had been prominen in public, life, and numbered hi; friends by the thousands, not only ii this city and .county, but throughou ^ the, state. Born in Allendale Ma: 30 1859, he moved to Charleston ii 1881 to engage in business. He firs entered public life in 1891, whei elected an alderman from Ward 8 arid the next year *.vas appointee chief of police by Mayor Ficken When the metropolitan police systen was put .on here. Captain Martin v\a: appointed marshal, and served sue witJi mneh tact. Ir CCOClUllJf , unu it*. ? v?.? -jp-.w -- , 1897, he was appointed sheriff bj Governor JEilerbe to fill out the un expired term of Sheriff Hugh Ferguson, who died. . He held the office of sheriff continuously to the time of his death, being elected and reelected five times. His final reelec tion in 1920 found him without oppo sition for the first time, and this in dorsement was a sou.Tce of great satis faction to him. Captain Martin was a life long friend of the late Senator Tillman, and took a special interest ir Clemison college, having served on the - - - i board of. visitors for a consiaeraoj* 'time, He was a member of manj organizations here, being a Mason Shriner, Pythian, Elk and Odd Fel low among other fraternal affiliations Long a member and vestryman o1 St: Paul's Episcopal" chwrch, it is pre ? sinned that the funeral will be hel< there, with the recflbr, the Rev. Mer cer P. Logan, officiating. 'Captain Martin was twice married and his second wife survives him with two sons and three daughters While Captain Martin was long a po , * Htfcal leader in this county, and th< center in many campaigns of strenu ous activity, he numbered as hi: friends net only those supporting hin byt many in the ranks of opposing factions, as his genial personality an< i . sterling traits of character were pow ? * * * mi erful factors of his popularity, men is wide regret at his passing. BONUS BILL DIES WHEN SENATE ACT* Indication* Are That Measure Wil -.-Be Recommitteed Despite Opposition of Democrats N The State. Washington, July 12.?The indica tions are' that the soldiers' bonus bil rtikmt.p oDD'osition of Democrats am tii? former service men of the coun try, i?*}!-be recommitted by a narrov majority vote m the senate. A pol this afternoon indicated that 44 Re j publicans and seven Democrats wil I vb&.^to recommit the measure. Tha | number will be sufficient. The. bil recommitted will never oe resurruci ed. The appearance of the presiden today was for the purpose of givinj , ^ thfc Republicans a fundamental rea son for proposed violation of thei pledges to the soldiers of the country Had vthe president not appeared t support the contention of his secre tary of the treasury that the treasur, would "break" in attempt to pay th ' bonus the Republicans could scarcel; have turned their backs on the.sol diers. The people of the country who would pay the increased taxatioi incident to the passage of the bonu bill, expressed their opposition fo] lowing the action of the senate som ? oiror-MrViolmintrl d&VS HgTU ill ywin^ to consider the bill. When busines spoke, the Republicans hearkened The plan was then devised for th president to pave the way for th senate to renounce the promises the had made to the soldier organization: \ H. W. R. President garding has appointe an Ohio editor as chief prohibitio officer. Probably thought he had nose for booze as well as a nose fc news. * . i gacaaaca i i 'bitchmmmmmmbbmwBaesmaai v BOARD STUBBORN ~1 ) SAYS W'LLIAMS ) FORMER TREASURY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES FEDERAL RESERVE * f ? * J 5 Refusal to Modify Rules nn?i Policies j Has Caused Unnecessary Hardships Augusta, Ga., July 14.?Stubborn. I- refusal of the federal reserve board n to modify its rules and polici'es to; ? adapt them to changing: conditions f fiand to sectional and seasonable ded mands has caused unnecessary hard-; | ships and obstruction of return to d healthy conditions, John Skelton Wil-j \ liams, former comptroller of the eur-j I, rency, declared here today in an ad-! i- dress before the Augusta board of I t commerce, the Georgia Press asso^! -jciation and farmers of the state. "-! "The Reserve Board," he asserted, -/'became by poor administration stiff >. j and inelastic, consequently oppressive f and injurious where it should have, i, been helpful, and dangerously lenient t where it should have been repressive."; s1 Mr. Williams declared the policies e tne board had resulted in "cruel; I cramping of banks, small merchants* s and farmers of the country and actual j -' stimulating of wild speculation and t destructive usury in New York." sj "The intent of the framers of the! I ! i great federal reserve act," Mr. Wilt liams continued, "was that the sys- J f tem be governed and conducted on i plain, common-sense principles, ap-' t plicable to both the village and small i town man. One of the principal and | ,' most vital purposes was to prevent j 1 congestion of money at the centers . of use in rambling or for exactions i from gamblers when funds are need-1 ed for moving or carrying crops or for development and conduct of pro-! ductfve enterprises. I say that broad 1 and noble purpose has been hindered, perverted and in large measure re-J versed bv the majority of the federal reserve joard to maintain and enforce j rules unnecessarily hard, inflexible j and unvaryihg." ALLEGED ROBBER QUICKLY CAUGHT J ?1_ ] 51 Columbia, July 12.?After locking c Dr. and Mfs. T. T. Moore, of this f ' !1 city, in their bath room early this > morning, robbing the Moore home! ? and cutting ^he telephone wire., "Jim r Davis," a young white man, who. /claims the East Side, New York city,. .'as his home, was shot in the neck bv, J policemen and arrested, and charged f with the crime. He is not seriously - injured. He, was identified by Dr. ) i, Moore as the man who entered his . home. The value of the loot secured by Davis was small. It was found on j , i his person. Dr. and Mrs. Moore Were J awakened to find Davis standing over i their bed, menacing them with a re.'volver. He forced them to get into j v s their bath room, locking the door, and - then robbed the house. When he left s a neighbor was aroused by calls and i he released Dr. and Mrs. Moore. It y|was found that the telephone wire i!was cut and a neighbor's telephone -jwas used. With a description of the 5 burglar, the police started to the Ihnmp in t.ho suburbs and en-' AUVVi V itvat.v ... countered Davis on the corner of Bull i and Green streets, when the police ; car halted. Davis glided behind a J hedge and commenced^firing on them. j j His fire was returned and he was' wound?d in the neck, dropping to the | street. He had revolvers in each inforixr chntc wpre exchanged! IiailVI. 1UUIIJ c.vvv ..?^ w in the fusilade. I Cfentral Church, Newberry j Southern Chrstian Advocate. j-.On Monday 'night, June 20, the Young: People's Missionary society of j Central Methodist church enjoyed >a rare privilege in having Miss Louise I Best to talk.to them. The exercses ^ were held in the auditorium of the I church and presided over by Miss Inez: Green, the president of the Young, ^ People's society. Delightful music j was furnished by the church choir. ! ET 1 j It was peculiarly fitting that Miss Best should visit this society since r, . i when a very young girl she had be^nits president and since, too. this so-, jciety has been responsible for practically one-naif of the funds provid-. ^,ing the scholarship which she was( privileged to enjoy at the Scarritt { | | 151010 2nd 1 I (tilling cv ii wi? _ j Miss Best is a fine speaker an'd, 'ishe told in a most entertaining way (of her work at Scarritt for the past j two years. She impressed her hearers iwith the wonderful vision she has. J caught of her life's work, and no onei Jwho heard her could fail to believe p that her labors in Brazil will be crowned with great success. e Troxell Wright, ^ * Secretary Young People's Auxiliary, j 5* Every now and then we run across j an old-fashioned man who wishes each day were an hour or two longer. And ^ j lie seems to be getting along well, n :t00. a 'r A gentleman never feels that it is necessary to proclaim himself as one. j ANOTHER VICTIM OF ANDERSON ROW FOUR MEN IN JAIL CHARGED WITH KILLING T. F. Ramey Succumbs to Iujuries and Son Charged With Killing Tom Hayes The State Anderson, July 15.?T. F. Ramey, who was shot yesterday afternoon in the Carswell section ten miles out from Anderson, died this afternoon at the hospital here. J. Tom Hayes died soon after the shooting affray. Solicitor Harris ordered the arrests of Walter Hayes, Allen Emerson, Ed. E. Wilson and George L. Wilson and they are in the county jail charged with killing T. F. Ramey while Varner Ramey, the young son of T. F. Ramey, was arrested for the death of Tom Mr.yes. The coroner's jury today found this yerdict: "We find that Tom Hayes came to his death from gunshot wounds in the hands of T. E. Ramey, and son, Varney Ramey." The inquest has not been held yet for the doath of T. F. Ramev. Solicitor Harris went to the hospital to see Ramey, and described the man's condition as being beaten almost to death, and riddled with bullets. There were a great number of these bullet wounds through the stomach, breast and left shoulder, and the bruises were about his head and face. Hit Four Times J. Tom Hayes was killed by a bullet wound which penetrated both lungs, severing the blood vessels above the heart, causing hemorrhages. Hayes was shot three times, one wound larger than the others supposed to be from the rifle shot by the 18 year old son of T. F. Ramey. The shooting took place at the home of Ramey. George Wilson is Walter Hayes' father-in-law, and Ed Wilson is nis brother-in-law. Allen Emerson is from the same section, and was sentenced January1 18,1907, to the penitentiary, and was pardoned by a former governor- November 25, 1914. He was serving a life sentence for the murder of Tom Drake. Allen Emerson testified at the inquest this morning over Tom Hayes that he had gotten in the car to go to Mr. Hayes' form, anr that he had r,n irlosi that anv rrmihlp was likelv to occur. He said that he helped to take the rifle away from the boy after he had fired the first shot, and said the pistol shooting did not commence until after the boy had fired the rifle. Gtiorge* Wilson corroborated the evidence of Allen Emerson, and Ed. Wilson's testimony was practically the same, although he did not say which drew the pistol first. He also stated that he did not know there was going to be any trouble when he started with the Hayes car. ? T - j ttt_n xi " in tne evidence ox yyaitcx najcs he stated that the trouble began when his brother had a fine dog killed about a month ago. Later a note and small coffin was put at St. Bagwell's house, and they seemed to accuse Tom Hayes of it. As he drove to his farm Ramey and his son were standing in the yard, one with a Winchester rifle, and the other with a shotgun, and the first shot was fired by the boy with a Wincrester rifle, several shots being fired in miirk siifrcossion. When Walter Hayes, Allen Emerson, Georc"1 and Ed Wilson brought Tom Hayes to the hospital they went to the joil and gave in the weapons said^n have been used by the old man and hi?*son, toft! of Tom Hayes being shot, but did not tell of T. F. Ramey being wounded. Statement by Wife From Mrs. Ramey, who had run out and try to keep the men from shooting, there is a clear statement n* onfiro ?'nnntinfr_ Mrs. Ramev said she was at home Thursday morning with her husband, and some men came by and called her husband out to the road. She saw they had guns, she said, and got in between the car and her husband and the men cursed her for everything they could think of and told her to get out of the way. In the afternoon the car drove into the yard again, she said, and came in a few feet of where Ramey was working on an automobile. Before getting out they drew pistols on Ramey, two or three of them, then same got out and told Ramey that they were going to beat him up in his own yard. Walter Hayes stepped back to the car and got the handle of a pick, which had tacks in it, and hit Ramey over the head with it, this knocking him down. Then the son came out with a Wi^'; ester rifle to protect his father and shot Tom Hayes through the shoulder. That drew the attention of the men to tht boy and they rushed on him. Then Ramey was shot and as he sunk dowr he pulled a pistol from his pocket anc1 shot Tom Hayes. While Ramey lay bleeding on the / ground one of the men picked up a * child's rockinp: chair and beat him I over the head with it, she said. Ramey recognized the solicitor this morning: and.when asked to tell him} about what happened, said, "A crowd j came on me," then lapsed into un-j consciousness. I When officers went to arrest Var-j jney Ramey today he had gone to some; relatives in Fair J'lay, without ever; having changed his clothes from the | blood bespattered suit he had on when j the fatal shots were fired. The agej of this boy is said by some to be j jabout 15, while others say he is 18,' j but small for his age. The two dead jmen were about 50 years old. Hayes I leaves a wife and six children. j SOUTHERN, BELL 1 j AWARDS MEDALS' 1 I I I j The South is conspicuosly reprc- J jsented in the award of the Theodore! |N. Vail medal to employes of the Bell ! I Telephone system who performed un-| ; usual acts of service during the past J year. The announcements of the 'awards is made in the current issue , j of Southern Telephone News, and in| eludes three employes of the Southern Bell company in Alabama and Flor-j ida and three employes of the Cum-1 berland company in Tennessee and! i Kentucky. ! Two operators, Miss Golden Gladys r* Miec T.nfir Mnon. of the UTCtll ciuu i^ 7 j Southern Bell company's Jasper, Ala., I ; office, were awarded the Vail medal | and a citation for "devoted and hero-I j ic service to the public in the face of1 ! great danger while on duty as tele- ! i phone operators." t . j | These young ladies were on duty j (in the early morning hours last Dec- ' .ember when the town of Jasper was!1! IJ swept by a disastrous tire, lney ren-1 dered conspicuous service by arousing te community and sending calls I J for assistance. They regained at ! .'work until forced bv the firemen to i 1 * ji I leave the burning building. j i j Cornelius Howard Dillingham, man- ! ager of the Southern Bell company atij o mo rial || Lake Uity, ria., was anuiucu ? ,, i ! i and citation "for a courageous at-1! jtempt to save the life of a. fellowjj employe at the risk of his own JLife,? n { Ernest Galloway, toll section line- i j man, and Thomas Clark, toll section j lineman's helper, of the Cumberland I , ^ t u i I company, were awarded medals andj citations "for unusual .devotion to I ' r duty m restoring long distance ser-( vice in the state of Tennessee bv ovI |! ercoming' many obstacles and hardships. Benjamin Franklin McManan, in- j | spector repairman of the Cumberland1! ^.company, Winchester, Ky., is award- 1 , ed a medal "for saving the life of a | I fellow worker throuph prompt and j .'efficient action." j The Theodore N. Vail memorial j fund, which supplies the medals and j other awards for conspicuous and j noteworthy public service by Bell | Telephone employes, was established \ j to commemorate and perpetuate the j ideals of public service as exemplified i by the life and teachings of the late j Theodore N. Vail in directing the af- ; fairs of the Bell system. It was Mr. Vail's wish always to recognize and commend in some pub-j, lice and permanent manner the de- j | ^votion to duty and heroic readiness I of Bell Telephone employes to dis- ! regard their own comfort and safety j in the face of emergencies. j | The Vail medals accomplish tnis and give an added incentive to those who hold service above self. 1 ^The Reporter Works in Confusion jj Earl H. Emmons in the Craftsmen!I i Number of the American Printer tsays: ! "Clatter to the right of him, ho*w j can he think? Chatter to left of him: j pressmen want ink. Patrons in front of him raising a fuss; boss to the| rear of him, starting to cuss. 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