The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 01, 1912, Page 3, Image 3
, SCHOOL BOYS* REVENGE.
Bid Not Like Teacher and Burned
the School House.
Ransome Moorer and Barnwel:
Gross, two Holly Hill school boys
one about eleven years of age and
the other about ten, have been arrested
for setting on fire and burning
down the handsome school house
built at that place about four years
ago. Both of the boys are bright, intelligent
little fellows and are the
children of highly respectable residents
of Holly Hill. They both were
students at the school they burned,
(and the deed was caused by theii
dislike of their teacher.
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large frame building, was burned the
first part of last December. The fire
was discovered about half-past four
o'clock, in the afternoon, a little
while after the school had been dismissed.
It started on the first floor,
? and had made considerable headway
when discovered. There was much
| mystery about the origin of the fire,
but no one suspecting for a moment
k that any of the school children had
I anything to do with it, and it was
. attributed, to accident.
After the burning of the school
house, the children had to be divided
up, some classes going to the
Methodist church and others to the
town hall, a two-story frame building,
very little removed from the
hnolnpsa eentre of the town. The
fifth class, of which both the boys
were members, was being taught in
the town hall. Everybody had about
come to the conclusion that the fire
at the school house was accidental,
and steps were being taken to replace
the burned building with a better
one.
This was the condition of affairs
when it was discovered on Tuesday
afternoon, 16th instant, that the town
hall had been set on fire, but luckily
it was discovered before the fire had
made much headway, and the building
was saved. The evidence was
plain that the building had been set
on fire since the school had been
dismissed that afternoon, and the
town realized with a shock that a
fire bug was at work within its limits.
Steps were at once taken to ferret
out and run down the person who
had set the fires, as it was now believed
that the school house had been
set by the same person who set fire
to the town hall. Inspector wnarton,
of the insurance commissioner's
office, went to Holly Hill to work
the case up. After being there a few
days he suspicioned Ransome Moorer
and Barnwell Cross, and they were
taken into custody and examined.
At first both boys denied any
knowledge of the fire, but finally
they broke down, confessed that
they had set both fires, and told all
about how they set them.
Every one was astounded, and
much sympathy was expressed for
the parents of the two little boys.
It seems that the boys did not like
their teacher, and had adopted this
plan of getting rid of her. The fact
that the boys set both fires in broad,
open daylight, proves that they did
not realize the seriousness of the
crime they were committing when
they set the fires. No doubt they
looked upon the matter as more of a
frolic than a crime.
Both of the little fellows have
been bound over to the court, and
the case will be taken up at the next
term. It is a very regrettable affair,
and, as we said above, the parents
* of the two boys have the sympathy
of all the people of Holly Hill and
surrounding country. This will be a
severe lesson for the little boys, who
so deeply regret their acts, which was
done in a thoughtless manner, no
' doubt. They are too young to know
the full gravity of what they have
* done, and it will be a source of re
gret to them the balance of theii
lives when they fully realize it.?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
Camden Hackman Shot.
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Camden, Jan. 24.?Last night at
the Seaboard Air Line passenger sta?
tion, at 11 o'clock, John Hinson, Jr.,
shot Vanderbilt Kendricks, a negro
hackman, with a shotgun, making a
wound that may cost the negro a
leg. The trouble arose, so it is saia,
by Kendricks backing into John Hinson's
hack and cursing Hinson. Hinson,
who is only about 19 years old,
it is stated, secured a shotgun and
shot Kendricks in the leg. He was
about twenty feet from him when he
fired. In the meantime, it is said
that John Hinson, Sr., the father of
the boy, who was using the shotgun,
fired at Tom Kendricks several times
with a pistol. Tom Kendricks is a
brother to the wounded man, he is a
hackman. Hinson denies that he
? did any shooting. Both Kendricks
and Hinson were arrested and all of
them are out on $100 bonds. The
trial will come up at the recorder's
court on Monday morning.
The licenses of all four hackmen
have been revoked. Hinson runs several
hacks and has a number of times
gotten into trouble with other hack^
men.
WEIGHS 585 POUNDS. <
I W. T. Brinson Believed to be Largest I
Man in the World.
[ Waycross, Ga., Jan. 18.?Waycross
, continues to enjoy the distinction of 1
[ being the home of the world's largest
. man, despite the reports to the con- i
. trary. When "Baby" Bliss died this '
? month in Bloomington, Ills., the '
j country generally was told that the <
. world had lost its largest man, but i
s the largest man went to his work at i
. the usual hour, and so far as is 1
. known, is enjoying better health !
, than he has for years. His name is *
W. T. Brinson and Waycross is his
home. i
, By the figures given in the account J
. of Leonard Bliss's death, Mr. Brin- 1
> son, in average weight, topped Bliss 1
by 45 pounds, weighing 585 pounds, 1
> and at times as high as 600. Bliss 1
is said to have weighed 540 pounds, s
In addition to being the world's
- largest man, Mr. Brinson is the 1
: world's largest Elk. He is a mem- <
, ber of the Waycross Lodge* No. 369, 1
; and has been for years. His initia- 1
. tion is now. a matter of history in <
i Elkdom.
Despite his large size, Mr. Brinson i
has no trouble in getting around. He 1
goes to his turpentine business, near :
i Waycross, almost every morning and
i is an active man in business. He i
lsughs and jokes about his size and 1
> always has a satisfied look. On one of 1
> Gov. Joseph M. Brown's visits to ]
; Waycross he rode about the city with i
Mr. Brinson, and while on this trip <
; photographs that have been sent all <
> over the country were taken. Gov.
! Brown stated at the time that he
i was glad to have such abundant evi
dence of the health conditions of this (
section. ^
Died Just Before His Trial. j
Orangeburg, Jan. 26.?John D. '
[ Hungerpiller, who has resided in ,
. this city at intervals, died at his ^
i home, on West Russell street, this ^
; morning at 4:30 o'clock. He was
i about 60 years of age.
i Hungerpiller was under a charge
, of arson, having been arrested sev.
eral days ago and charged with burning
the residence of Mr. Frank ,
; Champey, in the Fork section of the !
i county, and the preliminary hearing .
. was to have been held this morning. ,
t Tl^p coroner empanelled a jury ana
. held an inquest over the body this 1
. morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Minnie
. Hungerpiller, wife of John D. Hungerpiller,
testified that the deceased
came home at 3 o'clock yesterday af.
ternoon in a very serious condition, ,
i and he gradually grew worse, until J
about 9:30 p. m., when she summon- ,
ed help and Dr. D. D. Salley was call
ed in. By this time Hungerpiller '
; was unconscious, and remained in J
I this state up to the time of his death.
"Little Joe" Aagain Governor.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 25.?Joseph M. !
( Brown was inaugurated governor of .
1 Georgia here this morning. He took ]
; the oath of office in the presence of '
members of the senate and house,
' judges of the supreme court and 1
! State and city officials. He received
- the great seal of the commonwealth .
L from the hands of Acting Governor
' Slaton. (
The ceremonies were simple. This
is Governor crown s secona term, me
( brief term of Hoke Smith interven- ,
' ing between his two.
i Josh Perry, colored, who w^s in
Saluda jail for cow-stealing, escaped ]
5 Monday night, but returned on Wed
nesdav, after "attending to a little
business," he said. ]
GIRL SCHOOL TEACHER KILLED.
Shot by Husband of Woman She Accused
of Sldnder.
Salem, Va., Jan. 24.?Miss Eva
Chambers, a young school teacher,
was shot and killed near her school,
at Lockett's store, in Roanoke county,
to-day by Joshua Raines-. Later
be shot and wounded Charles Day,
ane of his neighbors. Raines then
surrendered himself to the police
authorities here. The killing is said
to have been the result of a suit for
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sianaer against i\irs. ivcuiujs, mcu
several days ago by Miss Chambers.
The contention is substantiated by
i statement reported to have been
made to-night by Raines, to the effect
that he went to see Miss Chambers,
walked about a hundred yards with
tier and tried to get her to dismiss
the suit, and when she refused he
3hot her.
The slander suit was instituted after
Mrs. Raines had attempted to
nust Miss Chambers as teacher. . It
was then that Mrs. Raines is alleged
to have circulated reports reflecting
5n Miss Chambers's character.
Raines was taken to Pulaski tonight
and lodged in jail there. This
was a precautionary measure, the
fudge fearing a lynching.
Raines's only motive for attempting
to kill Chas. Day was because of
:he interest that Day had taken in
Miss Chambers. The grudge that
Raines held against the young woman
began when she left his home
is a boarder and took up her resilience
with Day and his wife.,
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Greenwood Man Kills Himself.
Greenwood, Jan. 23.?M. F. Saniers,
a prominent business man of
this place, committed suicide last
light about 7:30 o'clock, by shooting
himself in the right temple with a
38 calibre pistol. That the act was
premeditated is evidenced by the
fact that he left in a note to J. B.
Haltiwanger instructiops where to
5nd his body. >
The note, which evidently was
written only a short time before his
ieath, is as follows:
"Get Pat Blalock and some other
?
if our friends and come down to the
Seaboard. You will find me on the
lower side of fill below switch near
large drain pipe, that is under fill
below Taylor ring. You will see my
loat near the pipe, so don't say anything
to many, as I don't care for my
family to be alarmed until you see
? if T? o A wnvpQ "
She said that in searching his clothI
ing in the belief that he had taken
poison of some kind and that some
may have remained on his person,
> a letter, evidently intended for hi3
\ wife, wae found, of which the follow- ^
; ing is a copy: 1
Orangeburg, S. C., Jan. 23, 1912.
. the time is come that I must say j
i goodby for life is no longer for me ^
l minie please due with the money as ,
' I told you I don't Blame you I take J
, it to end the truble so I must close.
JOHN D. HUNKERPILLER.
i I take it myself I have dide a inner
. man to all I say don't think my wife ;
; did this I take it myself to end the j
, truble. (
i JOHN D. HUNKERPILLER. .
Drs. D. D. Salley and D. J. Hydrick }
. testified that, after careful examin,
ation, they found none of the symp- ^
' toms which would be caused by pois- (
i on, and that, in their opinion, death ]
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' brain.
> After a short deliberation the jury
returned a verdict to the effect that
' the deceased came to his death from
natural causes unknown to the jury,
and that their had been no foul play
x whatever. The theory upon which
the verdict is based is that Hungerpiller
intended by what he said in
the letter to his wife, to commit suicide
should he be bound over at the
preliminary hearing, which was to
have been held this morning, and
that constant worry over the situation
brought on the attack which
caused his death.
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Mr. Haltingwanger received the
aote, which was sent by a negro,
ibout 8:30 o'clock, and of course
tiurried to the spot designated and
found the body in a pool of water
md mud at the*end of the passenger
station. Another note was found
pinned to his coat, as follows:
"There is no foul play responsible
for this act. 7:30 o'clock.
M. F. SANDERS."
Mr. Sanders had met with business
reverses lately and the probable
cause of his act can be attributed to
this fact. For the past sevpral years
Mr. Sanders has been actively engaged
in the dry goods and millinery
business here and during this time
has made many fi^m friends. He was
50 years old. Mr. Sanders is survived
by his wife and three children.
Big Cotton Crop.
Washington, Jan. 23.?The vast
L911 cotton crop of the United States
bad been ginned and baled to the
sxtent of 14,510,676 bales on January
16, according to the census bureau's
report issued to-day showing
193,674 bales were ginned during
the period from January 1 to 15 inclusive.
Ginneries this season have
been forced to greater activity than
ever before by the enormous crop. A
considerable quantity still remains to
be ginned before the close of the
season. The exact amount will be
made known by the census bureau's
5nal ginning report March 20, giving
figures up to February 28. Toiay's
ginning report is about 375,000
bales less than the department of agriculture's
estimate of production,
ivhich was 14,885,000 bales of 500
pounds gross weight. The census
bureau's ninth cotton ginning report
)f the season, issued at 10 a. m. toiay,
and showing the number of runling
bales, counting round as half
Dales, of cotton of the growth of
1911 ginned prior to Tuesday, January
16, with comparative statistics
;or last year and other record years,
s as follows: United States, 14,510.676
bales, compared with 11,
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l uaica iaoi jcoi, mivu u > .u
per cent, of the 1910 crop was ginn?d
prior to January 16; 12,666,203
sales in 1909, when 96.8 per cent, of
:he 1908 crop was ginned, and 12,767,600
bales in 1905, when 94.9
per cent, of the 1904 crop was gin3d.
Round hales included were: 97,568,
compared with 111,079 bales in
;he 1910 crop, 146,378 bales in 1909
md 232,510 bales in 1908. Sea isand
cotton bales included were:
109,592, compared with 86,424 bales
In the 1910 crop, 92,191 bales in
1909 and 90,287 bales in 1908.
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FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS.
The local Bamberg Farmers' Union
meets at the court house in Bamberg
on the first and third Friday mornings
in every month. Meeting at
11 o'clock. Applications for membership
received at every meeting.
Let all members be present.
J. W. STEWART,
J. P. O'QUINN, President.
Secretary.
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are equally enjoyable when it is
taken in one of our buggies or runabouts.
a The carriages are so comfortable,
so easy running and above
all so staunchly built. They are carriages
in which you can trust your
wife and little ones, vehicles that
you can take pride in as well. See
them and you will surely like them.
HORSES AND MULES.
G. FRANK BAMBERG,
Bamberg, S. C.
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one and two-horse wagons, sewing
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carts, and any special
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We are agent for the Deering
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harrows, compost spreaders,
gasoline engines, etc.
We carry a stock of the best
grain drills on the market.
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