The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 12, 1909, Image 2
HARRIS RELEASED ON BOND
FRIENDS SUGGEST THAT HIS
MIND IS UNBALANCED.
Company Has Surplus of More Than
$400,000?No Further Revelations
of Irregularities in Accounts.
Anderson, Aug. 4.?There are no
further developments in the Calhoun
Harris alleged embezzlement case
Other than that several friends put
up the $22,500 bond and Harris has
been released. The accountants are
still checking his books in the Orr
cotton mill office and have not annfiiinppd
disclosures of anv further
Irregularities. Harris secured an expert
accountant to-day to represent
him in the audit of books, but the
accountant left Anderson this after- j
noon without taking part in the
work. The accountant claims that
he was given no show; that his duty
as pointed out by auditors of the
American Audit Company was to
sanction their work as they progressed.
The attorney for the mills said
this afternoon that there is on the
minutes a resolution adopted by the
board to allow Harris, his attorney or
expert accountant, to be present at
all times and watch the audit of the
books.
Harris' friends are disposed to
think that he has brooded so much
over his mistakes that his mind is
unbalanced. They say that many
things have been unearthed that
would not have been done by a sane
man and that the discovery of so
fe,-. > much money stored away in old
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every appearance of having been
there for years shows that there was
no criminal intent on Harris' part.
Harris is at home on south Main
Street and insists stoutly that the accountants
will find that not a single
dollar has been misappropriated
when they complete their audit
President Hammett said to-night:
"Even if the shortage is found to
be $50,000, the Orr mills will not be
crippled at all. We have a surplus
of a little more than $400,000 and
the shortage can be charged off without
depreciating the value of the
Stock. Our mills are capitalized at
$800,000 and are worth $1,500,000."
Found Fifteen Thousand.
Anderson, 8. C., Aug. 4.?More of
the missing cash of the Orr cotton
mill was found in the company's
vault to-day. The discovery was
made by auditors who are investigating
an alleged shortage of $50,000
in the books of Assistant Treasurer
Calhoun Harris. About $15,
000 has now been found in the
vault. Harris says that errors in
bookkeeping will account for the entire
alleged shortage. He was releas-ed
to-day on bond in the sum of $22,g
000.
Carolinians Moving Up Higher.
Washington, August 5.?In naming
the committee assignments for
the sixty-first congress to-day Speaker
Cannon improved the standing of
the South Carolina delegation. He
promoted Representative Legare
from the committee on industrial
arts and expositions to foreign affairs
Mr Patteraon eroes to the cen
18126 committee and gives up irrigation
and canals.
Representative Aiken changes his
assignment on the pension committee
to expenditures in the postoffice
department.
The other members of the delegation
receive their old assignments.
RAIDING THE TIGERS.
Constables in Charleston More Active
than Usual.
' Charleston, Aug. 5.?The State
constables and the police department
continue to make raids and with
large quantities of contraband stuff
Stored about the city the seizures dre
now netting better returns, but the
blind tigers are still in business and
it remains to be seen whether the efforts
of the constables and police will
drive many out of business. One of
the seizures to-day was 40 cases of
cheap beer at one establishment.
Whiskey as well as beer is being
seized and arrangements have been
made to deposit this stuff at the main
dispensary, save such portions of it
as may be emptied into the sewers.
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Freakish Work of Lightning.
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Johnston, Aug. 5.?Lightning did
some freakish work here yesterday
during a heavy rain about 2 o'clock,
Striking the home of Mr. David
Strother, on Main street. Beginning
at a corner of the house it tore up
the weather boarding and knocked
Off plastering. Darting from the upper
story into the kitchen it shattered
the safe door and did injury to
other woodwork. A negro girl was
in the kitchen washing dishes but
was not even shocked, neither were
Mr. and Mrs. Strother, who were in
the house as the electric current ran
from room to room. It is supposed
the trouble came from an improperly
laid telephone ground wire.
CONGRESSMAN IN FIGHT.
Mr. Hefiin, of Alabama, Has Encounter
with Automobilist.
Washington, August 4.?Representative
Thomas Heflin, of Alabama,
became involved in a personal en
counter with an automobilist, whose
name is said to be Johnson, on the
streets of Washington this afternoon.
As no arrests were made the identity
of Mr. Heflin's antagonist could not
be clearly established.
Mr. Heflin and Representative 01lie
James, of Kentucky, were crossing
F street together this afternoon,
when an automobile whizzed by
them. Mr. James says the driver
was handling the machine carelessly
and was exceeding the speed limit,
very nearly running them down.
When the car stopped some distance
up the street, the two congressmen
followed and took the car's number.
Observing this action, the automobilist
followed and hailed the congressmen,
it is said, inquiring why
they had taken his number and asking
their names.
The congressmen replied that they
intended to report him for fast and
reckless driving and told him who
they were. Denying their allegations,
the driver is said to have made some
remark that was exceedingly distasteful
to Mr. Heflin. Mr. Heflin's rejoinder,
it is said, was sharp and to
the point.
The two Southern representatives
then moved away, but the automobilist,
it is alleged, persisted after them,
demanding Mr. Heflin to withdraw
his statement.
The two men came together in
front of a local hotel, but few blows
were struck. Mr. James and Mr.
Heflin's colleague, Mr. Clayton, who
had come up, separated the combatants
before any damage had been
done.
Jealous Russian Women Lynch Flirt.
A cablegram from St. Petersburg
says:
A savage and revolting case of
lynching occurred on Saturday last in
the village of Voleeckni, in the government
of Volbynia. A young and
beautiful woman living in the village
had succeeded in incurring the hatred
of the other women of the village by
her flirtations with the men of the
neighborhood, both married and single,
the women's hatred for the girl
reaching a climax on Sunday when it
became known that on her account
one of the young men of the village
had broken his promise to marry another
girl.
On coming out of church on Sunday
the women, both old and young,
threw themselves upon the flirt, and,
in spite of her cries for mercy, tore
all her clothes off. They then drag
ged her through the village by the
hair of her head, beating and stoning
her mercilessly.
At first the men laughed, but when
they saw how savagely the girl was
being maltreated they attempted to j
rescue her. The infuriated women,
however, drove them off, and then
dragged their unhappy victim, who
was by this time a mass of wounds, to
a large tree just outside the village,
where they hanged her to one of the
branches, and then lighted a fire of
brushwood under her.
When the police arrived on the
scene they found the victim of the
women's fury lying dead under the
tree, blackened to a cinder.
JOHN G. CAPERS STEPS OUT.
Secretary of the Treasury Announces
Appointment of Cabell.
Washington, August 6:?Official
announcement of the resignation of
John G. Capers, of South Carolina, as
commissioner of internal revenue, to
take effect September. 1, and of the
onnrtintment nf Pnvnll 175 Pnholl
present postmaster of Richmond,
Va., to succeed him, was made by the
secretary of the treasury late today.
It Pays to Make Good Batter.
When the house-wife who makes
the country butter that comes to
town and sells for 10 cents and 12
cents a pound, when good butter
is selling for 25 to 30 cents a
pound, learns that ordinary kitchen
cleanliness is not dairy cleanliness;
that she cannot guess at the temperature
of the milk or cream in the
churning, but can buy a thermometer
for a trifle that will tell it accurately;
that butter should not be touched
with the hands, and that it should
be wrapped in nice packages with
butter paper and not in rags, then
country butter will come nearer
bringing the price which she now
thinks it is worth. When good
butter sens ior au cenis a pouna,
cents is a big price for average country
butter.?Progressive Farmer.
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borhood of Portman Saturday night,
a horse and buggy and eight gallons
of corn whiskey are lodged at the
county jail to-day.
Officer Martin came upon his man
just about dark this side of Earle's
Bridge, which spans Seneca river below
Portman dam. On sight of the
officer the man leaped from his buggy
and went in an opposite direction
with the officer's dogs at his heels.
Though Officer Martin chased the
man for some two hours and fired at
him several times, he made his escape.
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two teams that Officer Martin has in
custody, one being captured in the
Mountain Creek section some days
jago.?Anderson Mail.
"RAT" SAVES WOMAN'S LIFE.
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Suicidal Intent.
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 6.?Bertha
Deline, a young white woman, after
quarreling last night with a young
j man on the street, shot herself in the
head, in an attempt to commit suicide.
A "rat" in her hair saved her
life, the speed of the bullet from a .32
calibre revolver being checked by
that appurtenance. When the physicians
at the hospital pulled the hair
from the wound the huliet came out
with the mass of false adornment.
The woman will recover.
Fines Locker Club Men.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 5.?Judge
Feagin, of the police court, plunged
into the locker club cases with vigor
to-day and did not conclude until 18
men had been brought before him.
Thirty-five cases are still pending.
In each case a fine of $100 and 30
days in jail was the penalty imposed
for violation of the prohibition laws.
All of the defendants made an appeal
bond except three who were placed in
the city jail.
Birmingham to-night is one of the
dryest cities in the United States, as
a result of the expectation that the
new Carmichael prohibition bill
become law to-morrow.
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Trivial Dispute Leads to Slaying of .
Prominent Man.
Butler, Ga., Aug. 4.?As a result
of trivial dispute here late yesterday,
M. C. McDaniel, one of Taylor
county's best-known planters, was
killed by his nephew, A. J. Peacock,
a young farmer.
Peacock's father and McDaniel became
involved in a petty quarrel.
The son interceded for his father and
assaulted McDaniel with a post-hole
digger.
The two families are neighbors and
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A coroner's jury in arriving at a
verdict placed the blame upon young
Peacock, who surrendered to the
sheriff.
Washington's Plague Spots
lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground of malaria
germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness,
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and
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Willing to Pay.The
Right Rev. Bishop of Delaware
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"A young man came to me one
day and paid: 'Bishop, I want you
to marry me on next Wednesday.'
" 'All right, young man; I'll marry
you,' I assured him.
" 'Well, I want the bell to ring,' !
he continued.
" 'Very well, you can have the bell
rung.'
" 'Well, I want the organ to play.'
" 'All right; you can have the organ
played.'
" 'And I want everything else that
anybody ever had at a church wedding.'
" 'Certainly; you shall have it.'
"Well, the night came, the bell
rang, the organ played, the church
was crowded and everything went off
(as the young man wanted it. When
the ceremony was over ine young
couple waited, instead of leaving the
chancel. So I held out my hand,
shook hands with the bride, and
then held out my hand to the bridegroom.
He had his hand deep in his
trousers pocket, and as I stood with
my hand out he said, somewhat impatiently
and in a tone that could be
heard all over the church:
" 'Now, don't be in such an allfired
hurry, Bishop; I'm getting the
money out just as fast as I can.'
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