The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 29, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891.
A. W. KNIGHT, Editor!
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Thursday, June 29,1911.
The Camden Chronicle has installed
a junior linotype and discontinued
P- the "ready print" service, being now
an all-home print paper of six pages.
iFine business.
We are not surprised at the resignation
of B. Frank Kelly from the
dispensary commission, for we knew
that, unless he had changed from
the boy we used to know, he would
not find the work expected of him to
his liking.
The Southern Christian Advocate,
the organ of the Methodist church
in this State, has entered upon its
seventy-fifth year. The paper, under
the editorship of Rev. S. A. Nettles,
^ is on a solid basis, and is now printed
from its own office.
T" *h to ho a snandal in con
nection with the recent adoption of
text books by the State board of
education? Wholesale changes were
made, and -Superintendent of Education
Swearingen is not pleased with
the adoption. The matter of school
books is a heavy burden on the peoPple,
and so many changes does not
v have a nice appearance. We trust
that the whole matter will be thor
?ughly ventilated.
BRAGGED BY^ RUNAWAY MULE.
Young Farmer Near Little Mountain
Ip4.' Dies from Injuries.
Little Mountain, June 26.?T. A.
Bouknight, a young farmer, who lived
near here, died last night from injuries
received in being thrown from
a mule Saturday morning. He was
starting to the field and was riding a
spirited young mule and carrying a
| sack of peas. The sack became untied
and the rattling of the peas on
J the ground frightened the mule. Mr.
Bouknight was thrown, and in falling
his foot was entangled in the
reins. He was dragged for a distance,
being considerably bruised about the
chest and head. It is thought that
death resulted from concussion of
f/" the brain.
Mr. Bouknight leaves a wife and
child.
Same Mule Killed His Father.
Lexington, June 26.?News reached
Lexington to-day of the death last
night of Gus Bouknight, a young
farmer of the Chapin section of this
county, death resulting from injuries
sustained by being thrown from a
mule. A strange coincidence in connection
with the death of the young
man is the fact that his father, Jno.
Bouknight, was injured in a runaway
last fall by being thrown from a bale
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oi cotton, tne same muie uemg um;ued
to the wagon that threw Gus
Bouknight on Saturday. The father
lingered a few days, when death
came as a relief to his suffering.
Gus Bouknight was about 30 years
of age, and, besides his wife and
child, is survived by his aged mother
and several brothers aid sisters.
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Distinction for Johnson.
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Washington, June 23.?'Representative
Joseph T. Johnston, of the 4th
South Carolina district, has been
made chairman of the appropriation
committee's sub-committee on legislative,
executive and judicial approC
priation bills. This is one of the
most important sub-committees of
P" the appropriation committee, which
is itself the most important committee
of the house, next to the commitv
tee on ways and means.
Mr. Johnson is the first South
Carolinian who has been placed on
the appropriation committee since
the War Between the States.
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TO STRENGTHEN PROHIBITION
Anti-Saloon League of Georgia Starti
Active Campaign.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25.?A State
wide movement having for its ob
ject the repeal of the near-beei
clause and the abolition of lockei
clubs was launched throughout Geor
gia to-day by the Anti-saloon league
Letters had been sent to the pastor.'
of all the churches in the State anc
these were read at to-day's services
Resolutions accompanying the let
| ters also were presented to the con
gregations. These approved the pro
posed near-beer bill and called upor
the several senators and representa
tives to work and vote for its pas
sage.
It is stated that this is the firsi
step in the fight to be inaugurated
in the legislature, which convenes
next Wednesday, for the strengthen
ing of the prohibition laws.
Charged With Embezzlement.
Aiken, June 24.?Sheriff Raborr
left this morning for Toronto, Ohio
to bring back to Aiken county B. F
Mulligan, of Langley, who is charged
with embezzling about $1,600 froir
Hampton lodge, No. 32, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Mulligan was
arrested on Friday. He left Langlej
several days ago, and some time aftei
his departure it became known thai
practically all of the funds of the
lodge were gone. The lodge was in a
flourishing financial condition, and
Mulligan was treasurer. The mattei
was kert quiet by the officers in th
hope of surprising Mulligan, and i1
seems that the scheme wrorked as he
was caught without even the offer* ol
a reward.
Muligan was considered a trustworthy
officer. He is a member of a
number of other secret orders, and
was ex-insurance deputy for the
Woodmen of the World, was cotton
buyer for the Langlev Manufacturing
company until lately when he engaged
in mercantile business, and
held a number of responsible positions.
A short time ago. however
his mercantile business was forced
into bankruptcy.
The funds of the lodge were deposited
in the Merchants' bank oi
Augusta. There was about $1,400
on deposit on interest. In addition
there should have been $140 in Mulligan's
possession. The interest due
would have carried the amount tc
practically $1,600. A few days age
Mulligan and his wife left for Hampton
county. They were to remain
there a short time and then go to
Charleston to conduct a boarding
house. It was presumed they were
in Charleston until the shortage was
found when investigation failed to
find them. It happened that Mrs. C.
W. Stratton, of Toronto, formerly resided
near Mulligan's home at LangI
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she wrote a friend at Langley that
she had seen Mulligan, his wife and
son in Toronto. The matter was reported
to the officers, and the arrest
subsequently made.
The once prosperous lodge now has
on hand the sum of $10.09. It means
almost the ruin of the lodge unless
the money is recovered. Mulligan
was bonded for $800. He was a few
years ago plaintiff in an action
against the Southern railway for failing
to connect their trains at a junction.
This suit was widely talked of,
being in the nature of a test case,
which was only recently ended in the
supreme court.
It is expected that Sheriff Raborn
will return Wednesday.' He went by
the governor's office to secure the
necessary papers in case Mulligan resists
extradition.
FOUND FALSE WEIGHTS.
Customers are Defrauded by Short
Weights and False Measures.
Columbia, June 26.?Because conditions
here are probably typical of
those prevailing all over the State, a
startling report made by experts from
the federal bureau of standards, following
secret investigation here in
April, has Statewide interest, as
showing how general weights and
measures in use are short and how
effectually, if innocently, consumers
are defrauded.
One butter print out of forty one
tested was found within three per
cent, of being full weight. Conditions
are generally condemned as
"very bad."
Only half the forty scales tested
were correct within three per cent.
Ten per cent, of all the scales tested
were short weighting customers by
more than twelve per cent. Spring
dial scales were especially off.
Scale weights ran 87 per cent, correct
within three per cent. Beans,
peas, and such commodities were generally
sold by liquid measure, consumers
thus defrauded at the start tc
extent of fourteen per cent., butter
prints averaged about one ounce ir
the pound short. Out of twenty-nine
packages of rice and sugar, 69 per
cent, were short weight. The citj
council will take steps to remedy the
matter at once, probably by adopting
strict ordinances and employing
capable inspectors.
BODIES FOUND CLASPED.
> Disappearance of Actress and Cincinnati
Club Man Explained.
Cincinnati, June 25.?The bodies
of Anna Kees and Albert J. Handl:
man, who have been missing since
r Thursday night, were found in the
- Ohio river near this city to-day. Miss
. Kees was a young actress, known on
3 the stage as Bonnie Hampton. Handl1
man was a prominent young club man
. and athlete of this city. Handlman
- took Miss Kees out for a ride in his
- launch Thursday night and the dis
- appearance or tne young coupie was
t not known until Saturday, when Miss
- Kees mother reported the absence of
- her daughter to the police. The
young people had been friends for
t years, and it was believed they had
I eloped, but the finding of Handls
man's overturned launch resulted in
- searching parties dragging the river.
The bodies were found clasped together
near the wreck of the launch.
It is believed the launch struck a
l coal barge and upset.
"CRAPS'* AT CAMP MEETING.
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! Negro Gambling Row Ends in Death
t of One.
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r Greenville, June 25.?As a climax
to a "crap game," engaged in by a
: crowd of negroes during the progress
i to-day of a camp meeting at Monl
tague, a small station on the Greenl
ville and Knoxville Railway, some
eight miles above Greenville, an unknown
negro was shot and instantly
killed by Will Robinson.
Robinson was captured by the
county sheriff and is now in jail. He
claims he shot in self-defence.
BIG STOCK YARD FIRE.
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> Flames Do Damage of $100,000 at
i x Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, Texas, June 25.?Fire
I originating in the southeast corner
of the hog sheds, swept through the
, Fort Worth Stock Yards for three
[ hours this afternoon, and, despite the
efforts of fire companies from two
large packing plants, a half dozen
: companies of the city department and
hundreds of volunteers, destroyed
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twenty-seven acres ui peus, turee
scale houses, two mammoth hay
and feed barns, the loading docks,
driveways to the packing houses and
the yard master's office.
Manager King, of the stock yards
company, estimates the loss at about
$100,000. The loss is covered by insurance.
MAKES NOSE PROM RIB.
Surgeon Performs Remarkable Operation
at Reno.
i Reno, Nev., June 21.?A most re.
markable operation was performed
in this city by Dr. Larus Robinson.
A young woman was suffering
from disease of the nose, which had
eaten away both nasal bones, leaving
a hole through the soft portion,
i The operation consisted in chiseling
a bench for the reception of new osseous
matter. One of the woman's
ribs was taken away and the halves
were used in place of the nasal
bones.
It is thought that the operation
will be a success. The only other
case on record of a similar nature
was performed in New York city and
was pronounced by the surgical world
as a miracle.
KILLS FELLOW CONVICT.
Colleton Prisoner Slays Another in
the State Penitentiary.
Columbia, June 27.?J. W. Messervey,
a white man serving a term
of twenty years in the penitentiary
for manslaughter, committed in Colleton
county, yesterday afternoon
killed Vance Clanton, a negro, serv
ing a life sentence from Darlington
county. Messervey killed the negro
with a shovel. He claims that the
other convict attempted to kill him
with a knife, and he has two severe
cuts, one just above the heart and
the other on the left arm.
Messervey and Clanton were alone
at the time, being employed in cleaning
the basement, which is used as a
barber shop. Messervey states that he
was holding the shovel while Clanton
i was sweeping litter into it, when,
without warning, the negro attacked
him with the knife. To defend himself,
he claims, he struck with the
shovel, and, with several blows, he
killed Clanton. Superintendent Grif;
fith gave out Messervey's statement
of the affair. The matter will be in
vestigated further by the penitentiary
. authorities and by the coroner of
Richland county.
Messervey was convicted in Colle?
ton county about two years ago of
" manslaughter, on an indictment for
i murder in the killing of Constable
xr isiiuui lie, vviiu Lictu uuuci i,aivcu iu
seize some liquor which Messervey
r had in his possession. The killing
i caused a great deal of feeling in Col
leton county and there was talk of
; violence toward Messervey at the
time. Fishburne was an old mail.
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Buffalo, N. Y., June 23.?Edward
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charged with the theft of $46,000 \
from the paymaster's safe while serv- c
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secured a license to-day from the c
marriage license clerk- to marry Miss e
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accompanied Lee to the clerk's of- c
fice. Lee gave his residence as e
Washington and his age as 25 years, s
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daughter of Charles A. and Marian t
E. Wood Kelsey, of Washington. She 1
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Boy Dies Hero's Death.
Greenville. S. C.. June 24.?While
ittempting to rescue a comrade who
lad gone out into water beyond his
lepth, Robert, the ten year old son
>f Dr. and Mrs. James R. Ware, was
Irowned this afternoon about one
>'clock at Farr's Mill pond about sev;n
miles from the city. A party of
>oys under the care of Mrs. Ware
lad gone to the pond to spend the
lay fishing. Medical aid was securtd
from Greenville as quickly as posible
after the tragedy but although
)r. Walker and Dr. Ware, the latter
he child's father, worked over the
imp form for three hours the boy
lever regained consciousness. <
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Lightning Wrecks Power Plant.
Gastonia, N. C., June 24.?The
electrical power plant of the Spencer
Mountain Power company, which
furnishes lights and power for the
town of Gastonia and power for a
number of factories in the county,
is to-night a mass of ruins, the work
of lightning followed by fire. Lightning
struck the building which was
located about seven miles east of
Gastonia on the South Fork of the
Catawba river at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The loss is roughly estimated
at $20,000.
It is understood that the plant will
be rebuilt at once.
Crop reports from all over the
county are that cotton is growing fine
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