The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 28, 1912, Page 5, Image 5
PERSONAL MENTION.
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People Visiting in This City and ^
at Other Points.
?Mr. J. R. Owens spent several
days last week in Charleston on a ?
visit to relatives. c
r ?Mr. X. R. Hays, of Apalachico- c
la, Fla., spent several days in the 1
city this week on a visit to relatives.
?Mr. W. D. McMillan, of Hahira, ,
Ga., has been spending several days c
in this county on a visit to relatives. t
?Mr. H. X. Folk, who is atend- j
ing Wofford college at Spartanburg.
p spent a few days at home this week. \
?Mrs. Havelock Eaves, of Or- c
angeburg, is visiting the family of (
her father, Capt. W. A. Riley, in the 2
city this week. >
?Mrs. J. W. Ariail and little son,
Robert, left Tuesday morning for a
visit to relatives at Ehrhardt.?Dor- ?
? Chester Eagle. 2
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?Mr. and Mrs. Art Whetstone and
children and Mrs. J. C. Berry, Sr., of ;
Branchville, spent Saturday and Sun- '
day in the city with Mrs. Whetstone's |
mother, Mrs. J. J. Simmons.
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?Mrs. M. E. Ayer, Mrs. Robert j
Black and Mrs. B. W. Simmons r
spent Tuesday in St. Matthews,
where they went as delegates to the
district meeting of the U. D. C.
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> ?Dr. J. P. Herndon, of Bamberg,
formerly a resident of Colleton coun- t
tv, was in town last week. Dr. Hern- ^
don is much improved in health.? c
Walterboro Press and Standard.
Claimed Heir to Throne.
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Macon, Ga., March 24.?The death
of John S. De Montmollin, a Confederate
veteran, here yesterday has
^ brought to light documents that
claimed to show he was the rightful
heir to the throne of Spain. The paB
pers which were secreted in De Montmollin's
houseboat on the Ocomulgee
H river are said to be of such convincing
character that at one time the
r then head of Cambridge University,
England, went so far as to offer to
equip a war party to invade Spain
in an effort to seat the American
claimant.
De Montmollin claimed he should
have become king when Alfonzo,
father of the present monarch, began
his reign. The documents show several
communications from Alfonzo
XIII in relation to the claim. They
also show an offer of a large sum of
money from General Weyler, to head
a filibustering expedition from Cuba
but De Montmollin refused to consider
the offer.
The American claimant was <4 c
years old and was born in Savannah, 1
Ga. He was a marine engineer by 1
* profession but for some years has led t
a secluded life. i
Fertilizer Tax is Short. c
The records in the office of the
State treasurer show a decided fall- c
ing off in receipts from the fertilizer
tax during 1912 as compared with s
the same period during 1911 and
1910. The receipts from the fertil- *
izer tax are turned over to Clemson 1
t college. So far this year the State 1
treasurer has collected $144,906.05
from the fertilizer tax, while his receipts
from the same source up to ^
this time during 1911 were $199,- 1
077.75 and during 1910 $162,608.60. 1
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Aldermen to be Enjoined.
Gaffney, March 25.?Those who
are the head of the citizens' move- (
ment against the aldermen of the s
city announced yesterday that a third i
mass meeting of the voters will be 1
held in the court house Wednesday c
evening. It is expected that this ^
meeting will bring a crisis. The al- 1
dermen have stated their position, \
j the voters gave their ultimatum, *
+ Vi ?\i -n A onHc u-oro re>fn<5Pf1 hv the f
CUlVil U^iUUUUO ?f V* V A
aldermen and Wednesday evening
will probably witness some drastic 1
steps being taken. 1
The whole wrangle has now re- f
solved itself into whether or not the I
aldermen are willing to abide by the i
wishes of the people. The people in z
mass meeting held last week demand- t
ed that the aldermen agree to serve z
the city for approximately ?25. The c
* aldermen in turn claimed the full
$100 salary and there the matter 1
rests. i
The matter has been the subject 1
for great discussion by practically t
every one in the city. Prominent at- c
torneys state that the aldermen of i
Gaffney have no right to draw any t
salary at all, because the charter of c
? the town makes no such provision, s
The charter says that the mayor shall t
draw a salary, but no mention is
made of any money to be paid the
aldermen. It is, therefore, expected s
that the citizens win aeciae weanes- r
day evening to secure an injunction 1
against the aldremen from drawing I
t any salary at all. In fact, one of C
the prominent agitators of the question
states that such a resolution t
will most certainly be introduced, t
In the event that it is and the reso- c
lution passes the assembly of citi- \
zens, future moves are hard to prog- j
nosticate. The affair is exciting no i
little interest and the meeting s
, Wednesday will be largely attended, t
ONE OUTLAW MAKES ESCAPE.
Three Others of Allen Gang Pressed
by Pursuers.
Galax, Va., March 24.?Claude
Iwanson Allen, the 22-vear-old son
>f Floyd Allen, and one of those iniicted
for the Hillsville court house
nurders, has cleanly eluded all pursuers,
but his uncle, Sidna Allen, and
.ousins, Wesley Edwards and Friel
Ulen, are so closely pressed on the
;outh side of the Blue Ridge that
hey probably will be captured withn
three days.
This information came to-day from
eaders of the hunt for the gang who,
>n March 14, swooped down on the
Carroll county court, killed Judge
dassie, Prosecutor Foster, Sheriff
Mebb, Juror Fowler and Miss Nancy
lyers, and wounded two bystanders.
Claude Allen, who once attended
i military school at Raleigh, X. C.,
tnd knows more of the outside world
han the average mountaineer, it
vas learned to-day, took a pocketful
)f gold from the family cash drawer
>n the night of the tragedy, put on
lis best clothing and vanished on
lnrsphack hevond the North Carolina
ine. Hope of finding him in the
nountains has now been abandoned.
Close Behind Others.
Xot so, however, with the three
)ther outlaws, who are dodging
ibout the crevices of the Blue Ridge,
>etween here and Mount Airy, N. C.
They have been seen at a distance,
ietectives having been within thirty
ninutes of them.
"I hope they will all give themielves
up; they had better do it, for
hey have no chance at all." was the
rank comment of Sidna Edwards,
ikewise indicted for murder, who
vas taken to-day for safekeeping to
he Roanoke jail, where he joined
lis uncle, Floyd Allen, his cousin,
Actor Allen, and his chum, Byrd
uarion, an muicteu iui tumyiicnv iu
he court house shooting.
Edwards swung' his tall, robust
igure into the train at Galax about
loon. He was brought here from
-lillsville under a heavy guard. With
lim was Sergt. White, of the State
nilitia. He arrived in Roanoke tolight
seemingly as carefree as a
;chool boy on a lark. People from
iftv miles around the countryside
gathered at the railroad station to
:atch a glimpse of the prisoner.
Meets Cousin, Peace Officer.
They had no difficulty, for Edvards
projected his broad shoulders
hrough the train window and waved
o each group, not a few of whom
cere friends or relatives, for Carroll
:ounty's population is composed
argely of Aliens or their kinsfolk.
There was a plaintive note in the
>oy's voice, however, when Henry
Ulen, a co'isin, attired in the blue
miform of an officer of the peace,
stepped aboard the train at Byllsbey.
rhey shook hands and eyed each
)ther in silence for a moment.
"I'm' sorry to se you in a bad
scrape like this," sighed Allen.
"Well, sir, I'm sorry to be in it,
T inct /->/-?n 1A nnt Violn it " ttlf*
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lieek reply. Edwards reiterated his
irotest of innocence.
"I had a hard time of it," he said;
'for two weeks I had been in bed
vith pneumonia and they all dragged
ne out to come to court to be a witless
in Uncle Floyd's trial. I wish
low I had not gone.
Knew Escape Impossible.
"The shooting began all of a sudlen
and the room was filled with
smoke in a second, bullets were flyng
from one side to the other like
ightning. I got out as fast as I
.'ould; I ran away as I heard they
vould shoot us on sight. I slept in
larns and hid in the fodder, but I
vnew I was caught some days ago.
They could have arrested me much
;arlier."
Detective Thorns L. Felts and Aliert
H. Baldwin, whom the county
las placed in charge of the search
or the Aliens, rode with Edwards to
Roanoke. They confirmed his statenent
that capture could have been
iccomplished sooner, explaining that
heir purpose was to follow Edwards
ibout in case he attempted to join the
)ther outlaws.
Edwards, whose manner is guile
ess and open, hardly seemed to realze
the seriousness of his plight. He
aughingly read one of the circulars
jiving descriptions of himself and
;ompanions. Last night, in a monent
of thoughtlessness, he referred,
he detectives say, to his revolver,
leclaring that he had fired some
ihots. Hitherto he had claimed not
:o be armed.
Gave Uncle Pistol, Witnesses Say.
Witnesses before the grand jury
;aid that as he came out of the court
louse he gave his pistol to Floy'' Alen
so that the latter might com me
lis pistol duel with Clerk De. er
}oad on the court house green.
To Hillsville to-day came repoi 5
hat the various posses are still jn
he watch in the mountains. *' jst
>f the Allen family, though nr in-olved
in the tragedy, includin Jas>er
(Jack) Allen, were to-day placed
mder close surveillance. Offer of
iurrender, it was authoritatively said
o-day, emanated from some Allen
VETOES AXTI-TIPPIXG BILL.
I Kentucky Governor Gives Ilea sons
for Xot Approving Measure.
Frankfort, Ky? .March 21.?Gov.
McCreary to-day vetoed the bill
which prohibited the giving or receiving
of tips by servants, waiters,
porters, barbers and all others who
profit by such gratuities.
"It does not seem to be," said the
governor, "to be in accord with the
intelligence and freedom of the present
time to arrest men or women and
fine them for the so-called offence of
rewarding or giving to an obliging
helper, a polite attendant or an obliging
waiter."
Gov. Wilson fours years ago vetoed
an identical bill.
Men are to Blame for Ilace Suicide.
In the April Woman's Home Companion
there is an interesting discussion
of the question, "Is the American
.Man a Failure?" Following is an
extract from one of the contributions:
"I think the man's idea of 'keeping
nn annearances' has more to do
with race suicide than any other reason.
Husbands nowadays would rather
take their wives to places of
amusement where they could meet
and be seen by 'men higher up' in
the business world, than stay at home
while their wives minded babies. Let
me tell you of an absolutely true case
to explain my point.
"A college man who had lived most
of his time in New York, married a
girl from a small town in the South.
He brought her up to New York to
live, and established her in a downtown
hotel apartment.
" 'Now, dear, I'll show you just
what a good time little old New York
can give you,' he told her. 'I'll take
you to shows and games, and my
friends' wives will come and call on
you, and you can join their clubs;
and we'll have one long honeymoon.'
The girl realized that she ought to
feel very happy at such a joyous outlook,
but somehow or other it was
not exactly the married life she
had planned. Instead, her dreams
had been of a little housekeeping flat.
And she had dreamed of sitting beside
him in the evening while he read
his paper and she mended and darned,
and eventually have dainty little
white garments to sew on, putting
love in every stitch. That was the
dearest dream of all. However, a few
months later the doctor told her one
of her dreams was to come true.
Never will she forget the way her
husband greeted the news. She had
dressed up in her prettiest gown, and
her happiness had made her radiant.
But when rhe had snuggled on Jack's
knee and had whispered the news,
and waited for the joyous expression
she felt must come, she waited in
vain. Instead, she felt his body
stiffen, and looking, up she saw an
expression of horror and disappointment,
and his joyous words were,
Tlnn^ nnt already?'
"If you looked into their home
to-day, this is the picture you would
see: A man considered a 'good fellow'
by everyone; a good husband
who takes his wife everywhere; a son
of ten spoiled beyond endurance, educated
at a fashionable school where
every ouier child is an 'only child,'
and discontented; and the mother is
a social climber, because her husband
wants her to move in the same
circles as Mr. G.'s wife does."
Agrees With The Herald.
We are inclined to agree with the
suggestion of The Bamberg Herald
that it is a pity that the Hon. John
L. McLaurin was not asked to head
the warehouse commission. While it
is true that from a salary standpoint
the place is nowhere in the neighborhood
of Mr. McLaurin's size, still
it is probable that he would have accepted
the position if it had been
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ICL1UC1CU II1 111. IUC1C nuuiu uuiv
been no good way for him to get out
of it. Of course there are others
capable of wrestling with the big
problem involved, but we do not
know of anybody in whom we would
have had as much confidence as in
Mr. McLaurin.?Yorkville Enquirer.
non-combatants. The detectives are
positive that the outlaws have authorized
no one to make propositions
on their behalf because communication
with the bandits in the mountains
has.been blocked.
The formal arraignment of the
prisoners was definitely set to-day
for April 15, at Hillsville. A change
of venue to Wytheville, Wythe county,
is likely.
Handed Uncle Pistol?
Roanoke, March 24.?Detetctive
Tom Felts, who arrived here this afternoon
with Sidna Edwards, said
that Sidna confessed to him this afternoon
011 the train that he handed
his uncle, Floyd Allen a pistol the
-i- j.: x tt.'11 ?
morning or rne snooting at nmsville.
The prisoner said he was
standing in the court house door
when Floyd came by and asked him
to give him his pistol. He did so,
but later got it back from Allen after
the latter was wounded. The prisoner
denied that he fired a shot.
spy iQi locaoocaoi ioc
*T COME TO HOOTON'S FOR THE jl
Q NewThings in Millmery&Dry Goods f
D ?i.i Easter is almost here, but you will
1 have trouble in getting just what
y?u 'wish in Hats and Dresses at HoolajBm
ton's. We have prepared for the Easter ,
' rush, we have filled in with the newest 1
each department, so you will not be
\ "^sjfrl ^ disappointed if you have waited until
, '"y^T I fllt^ date to do your Easter shopping. I
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L?k ?% Vim * lave received a shipment of the II
T| ' newest things in shapes.
| P ' We have received another shipment of
M i New Flowers for Easter. M
We have received New Ribbons of all II
| kinds. JJ
O TWmmm We have Ornaments to suit you. 2
^?p?lllfp in fact, if it's anything that is New in II
( \ Millinery, we have it. ||
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MkJ/iQSuits and Hats. 1
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fin . T^^"- qualities and prices. II ' , -J
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. II
4 The New W. B. Corsets have arrived We have the Cream Serge for Suits and '
If you need one we can suit you. Skirts.
We have received more of the Corduroy We have the Cream Serge with the
for White Skirts and Suits. Hair Line.
White Goods you will find here in all We have Ball .Fringe in all the popular
Ij varieties. Colors. ' || ^
We have the Flaxons in all the pat- We have Nets and Laces of all kinds. M :
terns that are new. In fact, we have everything that is new ' J
| We have Silks for all occasions. for the ladies. ./ I
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Millinery and Dress Making Parlors -Jl
Bamberg, S. C.
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I give and redeem Merchants Purple Stamps, the only stamp with a Cash value. I
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TURNED DOWN FARMERS. WANTS TO DIE IN PRISON.
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Governor Blease Gave the Places to 80-Year-Old Forger Asks Court to
the City Men. Give Him Long Term. J ?| I g*
Senator W. S. Hall has made a h|| | % M I ||
statement which appears in the Gaff- New York> March 23. Charles W. I III am WW I l|
ney Ledger Friday, relative to the Bartlett, an 80-year-old forger and I I Inl I
matter of appointing supervisors of swindler, the oldestknown to the New ^^^^^^^^
registration for Cherokee county. York Police, plead guilty to-day to I AT THE MILLINERY STORE J
The senator says in part: attempted forgery in the second de- ""i I |
"About two weeks before the sen- &ree* He expressed the hope that he I - CI?
ate reopened, I recommended to the would be given a long term that he I I ff llSl lOFijSiC I I
? J-Ui. J.'- '" Cnfon S3 j j
governor for appointment, R. H. UilsilL uie m yuayu. JUi3"w """
Mitchell, an old Confederate soldier *n Seneral sessions court, sentenced * j|
and farmer; J. H. Harris, another him to five years in Sing Sing. Why the pretfarmer;
and W. I. Jones, farmer. Physicians, who have examined him, tiest |ine of I
The governor ignored the recom- declare he cannot live that long. ||
mendation and appointed Rev. B. L. Bartlett has been known to the 1-1A TQ I '-.i*
Hoke, of Blacksburg; Dr. W. L. Set- P?lice for half a century. In his FIA I O 1
tlemeyer and 0. D. Hancock, of this y?unSer days he was regarded .as 3
city. I have nothing to say about one of the cleverest pen men in in the State |
the men, so far as I know they are all America.
competent. I am sorry that the gov- * m the oldest crook in the busiernor
ignored the claims of . the liess'" he told Jud^e Swan' "and 1 1 |
farmers, for they are largely in the that I am going to die. I want I For salo?to sail ||
majority in this county and the op- to die in Prison- That s where I be- I ?sailing and >
?? x- lone. I have been a crook all my | 2 1
portunity is seldom given tnem iu ; ? nais manors
hold office of any kind. They deserve ^e' ^ut * ve never robbed a poor , I (Salers) right.
some consideration." man- stealings never profited me Young ladies, i
Senator Hall further discusses the an> thing all I ever stole has, in I this is leap year
matter and touches upon the law, turn, been stolen from me. It doesn t I SaTes (and Sailwhich
states that the governor shall pay to be a crook, judge. org yOU wjs|]
appoint upon recommendation of the Write the Ford Sales Company> I not foi^e" but
senate if the senate is in session, and Bamberg, S. C., for catalogue and I u might sail
if not in session, subject to the con- prices. Stock of cars on hand. ? Y0U cou|<jn?t jjg i
sent of the senate^ LETTERS DISMISSORY. I ^"buy^nS
Took Refuge in Church Cellar. On Monday, April 15th, 1912, at I we can sell you j
. T , T 11 o'clock a. m., I will file my final a pretty
Augusta, March -o. John Jones, account as executor of the estate of I n
a negro, disturbed the peace of a Mrs. Charity Steedley, deceased, with I llof \ojjn|* j
quiet Sunday afternoon in Augusta Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate of I liai>
and made a most remarkable get- Bamberg county, and will thereupon D fiM-oof
_ , ^ _ ask for letters dismissory as such ex- . llUOCj l/Ui oCl
away. John shot at another negro cut0r. J. FELDER HUNTER. I fit r i
and made a dash for the cellar of Bamberg, S. C., March 15th, 1912. | UlOVCS, till"
the Green Street Presbyterian .f.CfrrD,0 c. , ? | 1 j
church. The cellar was about half 1 broidery I
filled with water, not having been Pursuant to a decree of the court R ? . HI ?
. ' A ? . . ?f common pleas in the case of J. nOlf rlflllllPpumped
out since the recent freshe? Arthur Wiggins vs. Mrs. Anna Kirk- I # ^
covered the streets of the city. land, et al, I, H. C. Folk, Master for I jng I Qppc
As soon as the report was spread Bamberg county, will sell at public fl 1U5> tittl/CO,
that the negro had gone into the eel- auction, to^the^ highest^bidder^ for Oh,ffly!to;'beat
lai, the officers began to gather and game being legal sales day, during I
within a few minutes there were the legal hours of saie on said day, I "tVki J t f
many on the scene. They discussed before the court house door, Bam- I "clJ,le J t0
Dlans of attack and finallv decided berg' South Carolina? the following | ucaui at
plans ot attack and tinaiiy decided described tract of land> t0 wit; . |
that it would be best to get a boat. ^ba^ or parcei of land situ- I , Till?
This they did and while one officer ate, lying and being in the town of I IllL
^ ^+ v.^ k , Denmark, county and State aforesaid, | If TT T Tirrn\7
rowed tne Doat, aiiumci m mc uuw >
held a lantern with one hand and a measuring one hundred (100) feet | miLLINERI I
_ in length by one hundred (100) feet 1
revolver in the other. in width, with all buildings thereon, I STORF IS
"In the name of the law, John bounded on the North by lot owned I uIVIUj ?
Jones, surrender," said the officer by -the Town of Denmark; East by I 9
with the gun, but there was no re- of Mrs. M E. Hutto; South by lot I (C.W. Rent, Prop.) 1
& , which separates same from Sixth D . _ gj
sponse save the echo and the gentle street; on the West by Maple avenue. I Bamberg, 5. C. 9
sound of the oar as it came in contact Purchaser to pay for papers. 3 j 9
with the water. The officer rowed H. C. FOLK, 1 ?
.-x_ .-...u, ^ Master Bamberg County. | L?^J g
lnio every cuiiceivauie acuuuu ui j \yesiey Crum, Jr., a gg
cellar but Jcnes was not to be found Attorney for Plaintiff. M
and be is still at large. March 13th, 1912.
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