The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 26, 1911, Page 7, Image 7
MAY KEEP LIQUOR.
* Having Whiskey for Personal Use
ff| Not Illegal.
Holding that it is not unlawful to
have whiskey in possession for personal
use, even in a prohihibtion
county, and clearly defining the powers
of the act of 1909 with reference
to the sale of whiskey, the supreme
court has reversed the Spartanburg
county court in the case of Elias
Rookard, who was convicted for violation
of the act. The opinion by
I Associate Justice Woods construes
several sections of the act which
have never before been reviewed by
the supreme court. Circuit judges
hav held that mere "keeping in possession"
by residents of prohibition
counties was against the law passed
I in 1909.
The defendant was convicted in
^ 1 Spartanburg county in January of
I last year on the charge of having
whiskey in his possession and was
indicted under the section of the act
of 1909, whicn ends: "and which if
drunk to excess will produce intoxi|
. . cation, except as hereinafter provided."
BLUE APRON BLINDS GIRL.
Dye of Garment, Wet with Tears,
Blamed?Sight Coming Back.
tPj. The strangest case of blindness
that ever ocurred in Delaware is reported
from New Castle. The victim
I is Sarah Schuhardt, aged 3, daughter
of John Schuhardt. She cried
over some childish act and used her
blue apron, that had never been
washed, to dry her tears. Soon afterward
poisoning developed in her
eyes and then she went blind.
Specialists have worked on the
que'er case and it is announced that
gri " the child will recover her sight. The
poison is believed to be the dye in
the unwashed apron.
PIN PASSES THROUGH KIDNEY.
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Edgefield Boy Perfectly Well After
Peculiar Experience.
Edgefield, S. C., Jan. 21.?AW
though a pin has passed entirely
through his kidney, being discharged
in a rusted condition, James
Tompkins, son of Dr. J. D. Tomp
KILLS, U1 lillS pidtc 10 zu iwb
fe health, the peculiar incident affectb
ing his health only when the pin was
actually in the vital organ.
Physicians were puzzled by- the
boy's illness and now state that there
is probably not a like case on record.
MAY SEE CENSUS RETURNS.
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Lever Attains Object Sought in Refence
to Sumter County.
Washington, Jan. 21.?Acting upon
the information contained in a
letter to him from acting director of
the census, Voler V. Viles, in which
the statement was made:
"I would add that the returns of
the enumerators are treated as confidential
and are accessible only to
sworn employees of the census bureau;"
Congressman Lever several
days ago introduced a resolution in
the House of Rpersentatives, seeking,
under certain conditions, to
make such returns accessibly to inspection.
It will be recalled that
there is a dissatisfaction in regard
to returns of last census with respect
to several cities of South Carolina
as well as at other points through!out
the South. Believing that such
a policy of secrecy was both wrong
in itself and dangerous in the opportunities
it might invite, Mr. Lever's
resolution made it mandatory upon
the director of the census to permit
inspection of the enumerators'
schedules, by accredited representatives,
for the purpose of testing
their accuracy. This morning Mr.
Lever in receipt of a letter, somewhat
at length, from the director of
the census, Mr. Durand, at variance
with the former letter of the acting
director.
Under the opinions, as contained
in this later letter, the ends sought
by Mr. Lever are attained. Mr. Durand
says:
"I beg to say that one parapgraph
of that letter was written under a
misapprehension and does not correctly
state the policy of this bureau.
The letter stated that, because of
the confidential character of the census
returns, permission could not be
granted to inspect them. It is true
that the details of the census returns
are confidential and that access to
them will not be given for the purpose
of securing details or for anv
purpose which could in any way tend
to injure the individuals furnishing
information. It has always been the
policy of the bureau, however, to permit
inspection, under proper conditions,
of the names and addresses on
the schedules, for the purpose of determining
whether or not a complete
enumeration has been had. I am
willing that any duly accredited representative
of Sumter should inspect
. the returns f<jr that purpose here in
Washington, or to furnish a copy of
the list of names secured, on payment
therefor."
MILLS TO CLOSE.
South Carolina Manufacturers Decide
to Curtail.
Spartanburg, Jan. 17.?Curtailment
for five weeks between April
and September, or earlier if the management
of any mill sees fit, was decided
on at a meeting of the South
Carolina Manufacturers' association
in this city to-day. The curtailment
is in co-operation with the mills of
New England. There were present
7 b mm men, representing nearly
every mill in the State. This curtailment,
as previous ones, is due to
the poor condition of the market for
the finished goods of the mill.
The high price of cotton has nothing
to do with the closing down of
the mills as the officials do not object
to paying 15 cents for the material
if they can get fair prices for
their products.
The following is the conditioned
statement as given out by the president,
E. A. Smythe, after the meeting
had adjourned:
"A very largely attended meeting
of the cotton manufacturers of South
Carolina was held to-day in Spartanburg,
4,000,000 spindles being represented.
President Ellison A. Smythe
presided. The resolution was adopted
pledging the membership of the
association to a curtailment of five
weeks between April and September
conditioned on similar action being
taken by New England and other
Southern mills which co-operation
was assured. Or sooner, if the individual
mill found it practicable. The
only other business transacted was
the consideration of reports of various
committees on different subjects.
The association adjourned
after a very harmonious session."
BYRNES IN WASHINGTON.
Wants Committee Assignments that
will Help Constituents.
Washington, Jan. 19.?Congressman-elect
Byrnes is still undecided
what committee places he will try to
secure, although he stated to The
News and Courier correspondent today
that he would like naval affairs,
postoffices, agriculture, public buildings
and grounds, or any other that
would give him work which would
be of benefit to his home people.
If Representative Johnson, of
Spartanburg, can secure a place on
appropriations, which it is understood
>ip uHli trv to p-pf Mr Rvrnes mav
make a bid for buildings and grounds
now held by Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Byrnes, however, stated that
he would probably have to take what
he could get the first year, then try
to get better places hereafter.
Charleston Gets Part of Colleton.
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Walterboro, Jan. 18.?The election
held yesterday to decide the question
of annexing Adams Run and Collins
townships to Charleston resulted in
a vote of 157 to 12 in favor of annexation.
Colleton county thus loses a rich
trucking section and over a $1,000,000
of taxable property. The territory
is about 200 square miles, has
7,000 population and embraces the
entire portion of Colleton beyond the
Edisto river.
This most probably means that
Charleston will retain the distinction
of having always had the largest
legislative delegation in this State,
not dividing the honor with Spartanburg,
as recently reported. The
latest census figures will be used for
the reapportionment by the present
session of the legislature. Charleston
will still have eight members in
the general assembly, and one Senator.
Wholesale Arrests for Theft.
Greenville, Jan. 18.?Wholesale
arrests were made here to-day by the
county sheriff of persons suspected
of having carried on a systematic
plan extending over a year or more,
of stealing cloth from the Mills Manufacturing
company of this city.
J. H. Fuller, 50 years of age and
night fireman of the mill, was arrested.
His son, John, was arrested,
as were two negro women. Warrants
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some six or eight other negroes.
It is claimed that the night fireman
and his son have been stealing cloth
from the mill at night and selling it
through the negro women, as his
agents. Detectives have recovered
cloth believed to have been stolen,
from all over the county. Up to the
r? resent over 800 yards had been re
covered, this being practically new.
"How much more cloth has been
taken there is no telling," declared
the sheriff.
Succumbs to His Injuries.
Newberry, S. C., Jan. 20.?H. Pink
Abrams, whose skull was horribly
crushed on Wednesday morning by
a plow point which he was grinding
being caught by a belt and hurled
upon his head, died this afternoon.
Mr. Abrams leaves six children and
a second wife to whom he was married
just three weeks before the terrible
accident which has ended his
lif.
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LIQUOR SEIZURES.
Chief Constable Makes Report of Op- <
rations in Charleston.
Despite the fact that within the
last sixty days his force of helpers :
has been diminished by half, Chief ]
Constable Bateman, of the dispen- t
sary officials, reports that his work 1
has been well up to the standard, i
and that there has been no relaxa- I
tion of vigilance. i
Ua vaiitapHov oant Vila annual rP- 4
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port to Governor Ansel. > He stated <
that within the last two months four 1
of his eight helpers had left him. He <
said owing to the approaching
change in the State government he S
would not make a formal request for 1
men until he ascertains Governor 1
Blease's position on the dispensary <
matter. i
The following liquor was seized .
during the past year by Chief Bate- <
man and his assistants from blind 1
tigers in the Charleston district: 2,350
gallons of contrabrand whiskey,
87,796 bottles of beer, 9,786 gallons !
of beer in kegs, all of which was i
turned over to the wholesale county 1
dispensary with the exception of the i
beer in kegs, which was destroyed.
Some of the kegs which were cap- :
tured had never been put on tap and i
these were turned over to the dis
v i J
p nsary. 11 nas oeen iuuiiu m<ti
having tapped the beer once it is i
useless commercially, except to sell '>
on draught.
During the year six injunctions
were served, by Constable Bateman, i
and two convictions were secured in i
dispensary cases. The fines paid
aggregated $200. The men were
constantly busy, as can be readily
understood when it is known that
4,450 searches without warrants
were made by the men and 1,800 i
with warrants. i
"Most of my raids," said Constable
Bateman last night, "resulted in !
heavy hauls, as I am usually pretty
sure of a place before I raid it."
Fuljy $10,000 worth of contraband
whiskey and other liquor was 1
seized during the year, according to i
the report,, and this is said to over
balance the cost of the maintenance
nf the eonstabularv force, which ex- :
pense amounted to $8,359.65 for the i
past three hundred and sixty-five '
days.
The report then goes on to say:
"During the time I have had i
charge of the force in Charleston
county, which is a little over three 1
years, we have seized 8,700 gallons
of whiskey, 2,191,420 bottles of '
beer and 28,500 gallons of beer in i
kegs, most of which had been pre- (
viously put on tap. I have served
seventy-five injunctions and have '
convicted three cases before Mr. T.
S. Wilbur, the commissioner of Sul- 1
livan's Island."?News and Courier. 1
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Acquited After Third Trial.
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Cordele, Ga., Jan. 17.?A ver- <
diet of not guilty was returend late 1
to-day in the case of W. B. and
Archie Lyens on their third trial for
the murder of M. Fleming Smith two
years ago at Jesup, Ga. 1
The jury was out less than two ]
hours and the big crowd that had (
filled the court room during the \
seven days' trial had dispersed think- j
ing the jury would deliberate much \
longer. Only a few persons were in j
the court room when the jury came :
in. <
The Lyenses, father and son and i
members of their families, shook ]
hands with each juror and thanked i
him. There was no demonstration.- j
This ends the Lyens case which \
has become noted in Georgia. The <
verdict came at the end of the fourth (
effort at trial and the third actual j
trial. Two changes of venue had been
granted. c
The killing of Smith occurred in ^
December, 1908. The two prisoners, \
sheriff and deputy sheriff of Wayne i
county were taken to Savannah for j
safe keeping, such was the temper i
of their neighbors. A ^monument ?
erected at the instance of women of
Wayne county stands over the grave
of the man they killed. Their plea
was self-defense. They charged that
Smith tried to shoot them as they
entered the store where he was at
work and then they riddled him with
bullets.
GIRL WALKING TO TAMPA.
Making Her Way from New York to
Florida, Selling Pictures, Etc.
New York, Jan. 19.?With the
hope of making her way unaided to
Tampa, Fla., Dora Harrison, a nineteen-year-old
girl, left here the other
day. She weighs 170 pounds and
hopes to cut her weight down to 135
when she reaches her destination.
The conditions were that the girl
was to start without any money ex
ceyt eiiougii to pay iier way auiuos
the ferry to Jersey City. She will c
sell picture post cards on the way to e
pay expenses. i
From New York to Tampa the dis- s
tance is estimated at 1,375 miles, i
She is going to follow the rules pre- c
scribed for long feats of pedestrian- j
ism by Weston, of whom she is a t
great admirer.?News and Courier, c
NO RECOUNT.
Census Figures Must Stand, Says
Durand.
In response to the protests of citizens
of Sumter as to the census of
population for that city, Representative
Lever has been in communication
with the census bureau with a
dew of obtaining permission, either
for himself or an authorized delegation
from Sumter, to inspect the
enumerators' returns, to ascertain if
arror has been made. His efforts
lave been unsuccessful thus far. The
jensusu bureau informs him that:
"Since the poulation of the United
States has been announced, it will be ,
impossible to make any change in
the official returns of any place whataver,
as by so doing it would result
in changing the United States' total
and throw out the calculation of
Congress with respect to the apportionment
of its members."
Regret is expressed:
"If any injustice has been done to
Sumter, but even if omissions were
made in the enumeration it would
be impossible to add any names to
the schedules."
With. respect to the Congressman's
request to personally inspect
the enumerators' returns the bureau
replies:
"The returns of the enumerators
are treated as confidential, and are
accessible only to sworn employes of
the bureau."
Mr. Lever is considering introducing
a resolution making the enumerators'
returns accessible to the public,
under certain regulations, and
now has the matter up with a prominent
member of the committee on
the census.
"These complaints as to population
from different cities in the State |
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ana tnrougnout tne country are so
numerous as to make it seem necessary
to me," said Representative!
Lever, "that the methods of the
methods of the bureau and the!
results- of its work should be more
open and certainly available for inspection
to the accredited Represen- j
tative of the Congressional district. \
If these returns are to be held as;
inviolable secrets, with no oppor- \
tunity for the public to inspect them,;
3uch policy opens a way, if it doesj
not actually invite it, for gross errors,
if not actual fraud, in making
up the population of the country."
It is not charged by Mr. Leverthat
the returns are wrong or that
fraud has crept into them, "but,":
says he, "when a protest comes up;
as to the population of a half dozen?
cities in one State, as is the case in j
my own, it s?ems to throw some little
suspicion upon the correctness of!
it-- ?x ?J j '
me returns, auu gives jusuiicauuii
for legislation which will permit the
public to ascertain if the returns are,
in fact, correct. I am carefully con- j
sidering the proposition in all of its \
phases, and shall, perhaps, introduce
a resolution which will meet the situation."
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Would Inspect Census Returns.
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Washington, Jan. 17.?Feeling
that an injustice has been done to J
many citizens in South Carolina and j
Dther States, where inaccuracies in j
taking the census have been charged =
and where access to the original re
turns has been refused, Representa- j
tive Lever to-day introduced a joint I
resolution opening to inspection j
original census returns as to population.
He has no desire to make
public the census figures as to individual
business affairs, but thinks it
s unfair to cities to refuse to amend
the census after it is once announced,
and at the same time refuse access
to the papers upon which the ,
eturns are based. - >
In explaining his motive in introlucing
the joint resolution Mr. Lerer
said: "This resolution comes as
the result of numerous complaints
?rom towns and cities as to their
population as shown by the census
eport. This is particularly true of
Sumter, Greenville, Orangeburg and
)ther places in our State and is notably
true of Augusta, Ga. Of course .
the census figures cannot now be J
ihanged, but the principle which pernits
the director of the census to
jonceal from the public the enumer- 1
ttors' returns?a matter of such I
vide public interest?is wrong and i
calculated to be wrongfully used. 1
"The returns should be available 1
or public inspection and there is no i
eason which appeals to me for regarding
them as secrets. The diector
erf the census goes to the exent
of refusing to allow a member
>f congress permission .to see those
eturns and only such a resolution
is I am introducing and hope to pass
viU give the public the light to
vhich it is entitled."
A "Jonah" Goes Insane.
Blairsville, Ga., Jan. 20.?Bartow
Brown who was sewed into the carass
of a mule while in an intoxicat
>d condition by four boon companons
several weeks ago, has gone inane
as the result of blood poisonng,
contracted from .the mule's carass.
The men responsible for the
oke, it is said, have fled the country.
Brown is not expected to reover.
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