The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 15, 1912, Page 6, Image 6
MAY SHED LIGHT ON MYSTERY.
Suspect Arrested in Case of Famous >
Hutto Murder.
Anderson, Aug. 10.?Jesse Murray,
a white man about 35 years of age, ^
has been lodged in the jail here, a
charged with the murder of D. Hut- t
to, the aged Confederate veteran, v
who was killed by having his skull c
crushed to a pulp in his little store v
on the extension of Greenville street t
last Christmas Eve. b
The case has been shrouded in S
mystery and the arrest is the result ^
of some clever detective work on d
the part of Deputy Sheriff Van Mar- >
tin. If Murray proves to be the guil- >P
ty man Deputy Martin will receive a
large reward offered by the governor r
of the State and relatives of the mur- n
dered man. Robbery was evidently s
the motive of the murder. It is said t
that Murray has stated to friends h
that he and another man went to the P
store to sell the proprietor whiskey *
and that they decided on the robbery.
The other man has not yet been ar- $
rested. f<
MUST GO TO PRISOX.
Embezzler Loses Case Before Georgia
Court of Appeals. lc
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 9.?J. J. Mang- ^
ham, director of the Boyd and Mang- S
ham Manufacturing Company, Grif- ?
fin, Ga., and J. W. Mangham, secretary,
indicted in connection with the
failure of the company last year and ^
sentenced to prison, lost their ap- 2
peal to the State Court of Appeals e!
in a decision handed down to-day af- c<
firming the decisions of the lower
court. A new trial was denied. CJ
J. J. Mangham was found guilty of P
the charge of embezzling $23,412 of
the company's funds and for declaring
illegal dividends. He was sen- 31
tenced to serve four years in the pen- P1
itentiary in the first case and in the
second to serve twelve months on a:
the chain gang. P'
J. W. Mangham was sentenced to f(
serve a year on the chain gang or **
pay a fine of $1,000. He was indict- *c
ed for declaring and distributing il- a:
legal dividends. 11
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The Blacklisting Case. p;
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In view of certain campaign g,
charges against the Supreme Court
of South Carolina, and especially it9
former chief justice, Hon. Ira B.
Jones, to the effect that they were
partial to corporations and hostile 1
or indifferent to the interests of plain 111
laboring men, I feel it my duty to
make this statement to the public: "
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In the year iyuv i was in me em- ?
ploy of the Granby Cotton Mills e<
of Columbia, S. C., as a trucker, and &
in consequence of a strike by the ai
loom fixers in the same mill I was 0
discharged by the company and my **
name was placed on the blacklist, P
which the company sent to other cot- P!
ton mills in the State with the view
to preventing me from getting any a
employment again in any cotton mill. ai
I tried to get employment in other P(
mills, but was turned down, and I ehad
to leave my native State of South w
Carolina and go to Virginia to get a 01
chance to work. cc
I applied to lawyers and they le
brought suit for me in Richland
county against the Granby Cotton s(
Mills to recover damages for the e:
wrong dene me.
Upon the trial of this cause Judge
Memminger laid down the law that a l
man had a right to get employment
.without the interference of anybody
that had a grudge against him, and
that such interference, as by a black
list, was a violation of a man's rights tl
as a freeman. The jury awarded me y<
$10,000. The case was appealed to m
the supreme court by the mill, rep- h
resented by the ablest lawyers of the t
State, who raised every possible le- ir
gal technicality to upset the law as g;
declared, or at least to force a new
trial. The supreme court, presided u
over by Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, h
dismissed the appeal and sustained a
the verdict and the rulings of Judge ci
Memminger. tl
When this decision was published V:
I rejoiced in the result, not simply n
because of the money involved in it a
for me, or of the vindication of my ^
rights, but because of the fact that it
was a guarantee of the protection g
of the great class of workingmen of ?
South Carolina against the tyranny w
of corporations. I am proud that I p
was the humble means of securing tl
from the courts of South Carolina a c
judicial decision that is a second o
Declaration of Independence for the t]
workingmen of the State. The ques- p
tion had never been up before for
decision in this State and the court h
could have decided either way, but c
it decided unanimously for the rights d
of the workingman. t:
All honor to the Supreme Court r
of South Carolina and to its great ti
Chief Justice. Ira B. Jones! a
I am just now living in North Car- n
olina, where I have bought me a t;
farm, but I propose to sell it and re- ij
turn to Richland county and buy me
a farm to live on in the good old
State of South Carolina.
O. M. RHODES. r
CHARGED WITH GRAVE CRIME.
Yemen Arrested on Accusation of
Being White Slavers.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. 10.?Mrs. Mary
Vanda, said to have nine aliases, 1
nd her daughter, whom federal au- 1
horities claim is only 14 years old, i
fere arrested here by United States ?
fficers this evening, charged with :
iolation of the white slave law. Al- 1
hough the officers claim they have i
>een watching the pair in three <
tates, the immediate charge against (
Irs. Wanda is that she brought her j
aughter, Juanita Cheatham, from (
Tew Orleans to Mobile for immoral 1
urposes. i
The woman admits having been ar- t
aigned before the United States com- 1
lissioner at Macor, Ga., and that
he was dismissed under conditions c
hat she send her son, Eugene, to 1
er brother in Grovet*wn, Ga., and i
ut the girl in school. The boy is 1
'ith her in Mobile. j
Mrs. Wanda is in jail in default of f
1,000 bond. Her daughter is held t
Dr a bond of $500. t
A Monster Switch Engine.
What is by far the most powerful
n
>comotive ever constructed for yard
arvice by the Baldwin Locomotive 3
7orks, has just been delivered to the c
t. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern 3
:ailway for use in its Dupo, 111.,
ards.
The engine, which will be used for
ae hump yard service, is of the
-8-8-2 Mallet type and is an intersting
application of this class of loamotive
to special conditions, which
1 this service requires a locomotive
apable of developing great tractive
ower at slow speed for comparavely
short periods of time. The
active force developed when operting
at "compound" 'is 94,500 *
ounds.
It is 85 feet 2*4 inches in length 8
ud has a total weight of 590,000 8
ounds on drivers. The wheel base 1
n the driving wheels is 39 feet 9 e
_hes. Inasmuch as it is intended v
)r service where frequent starting
ad stopping are required, an autolatic
starting valve has been appli- a
I enabling it to start as a single exansion
engine and subsequently
aange to compound working.?Wall
treet Journal.
Stole for Her Lover. t
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Kansas City, Aug. 8.?"Of course e
loved him. If I hadn't I wouldn't t
ave been such a fool!"
Miss Augusta Martin smiled and j
ecame indignant at times as she e
it in the witness chair and recount- E
I without reserve the story of her j
enerosity to Harry Strawbridge t
ad told how she took nearly $6,- d
00 of the funds of the uoiumDia t
honograph, by which she was emloyed
as cashier, and gave a large t
art thereof to him. ^
Miss Martin was receiving $17.50 a
week as cashier for the company y
ad had a mother and sister to sup- j
art. Some of the amounts of mon- a
T she said she gave Strawbridge
ere: $50, motor repairs; $30 suit
P clothes; $35 raincoat; $30 over>at;
$25 trip to Joplin; $144 music
ssons; $7.50 two shirts; $7 panama
at; $5 black hat; $150 to join Mams;
$225 pay for motor car; $100 ?
cpenses to Denver for both. ^
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BOMB INTENDED FOR GIRL. I
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atter Accuses Jilted Lover of Se- j
rious Intention. 1
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High Point, N. C., Aug. 8.?The
ifernal machine which exploded in i
le express company's office here i
? 1- - ui-.
iSteraay, pruuauiy ia.ta.uj'
anager W. H. Busbee and burning e
is cashier, Alton Morton, was in- t
rnded for a local society girl, accordig
to disclosures made in an investi- i
ition of the affair to-day. t
Startling revelations were made to r
nited States District Attorney A. E.
[oltoh and Chief of Police Ridge by
prominent young woman of this r
:ty, and it is admitted by the police i
lat they searching for a Thomas- f
ille, N. C., business man of promient
social connections. Until an
rrest is made, officials say, no names c
'ill be revealed. T
The infernal machine, which at {
rst was thought intended for Chas. 5
[oover, postmaster at Thomasville, i
as entered at the Thomasville ex- \
ress office December 2 last, and (
tirough mistake was waybilled to
harles Hoover, High Point. The
riginal shipping tag, however, bore
lie name and address of a High
'oint girl.
District Attorney Holton, it is alsged,
learned from the girl in the
ase to-day that the machine was sup
osed to have contained certain
rinkets being returned to her by a
ejected suitor. This man, according
o the girl, left her last November in '
rage when she refused his offer of
carriage. The case is expected to
ake a sensational turn when arrest
3 made.
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5 or 6 doses 666 will break any (
ase of Chills & Fever; and if taken <
hen as a tonic the Fever will not
eturn. Price 25c.
MAX CUT TO DEATH.
Uoung Govan Watts in Jail on Charge <
of Murdering His Uncle.
Lexington, Aug. 8.?With his shirt
bloodstained, with a wound on the !
:op of the head just above the right *
temple from which the blood was i
still protruding, Govan Watts, aged ?'
22 years, was lodged in the Lexing- '
:on county jail this morning by Sher- <
ff Sim J. Miller, with the charge ]
Df murder resting against him, the <
iharge being that he killed his uncle, i
\darn Watts, aged 73 years, yester- 1
lay afternoon about 4 o'clock, the ;
weapon used being a small knife <
vith which he cut the old man's 1
:hroat from ear to ear, and slashed 1
lim in a number of other places. 1
The crime occurred at the home 1
>f Adam Watts, about three and one- 1
lalf miles south of Swansea, in the
)resence of the members of Adam i
fVatts's family. When seen at the
ail to-day, Govan Watts talked '
reely, and claimed that he "had it
0 do; that the old man and two of
he women were on top of him, t
>ounding him with a stick and chok- i
ng him." f
He says when he had been choked t
ilmost into unconsciousness he drew z
1 small knife from his pocket and <
:ommenced to cut right and left with
.11 the power he possessed, and when
le was able to arise the old man had
>een cut to death.
Besides the wound oh his head, the <
oung man displayed a large lump on 1
lis wrist, which he says was caused I
>y a blow from the old man's stick,
lis throat, however, does not show
my signs or tne severe cnoning
o which he says he was subjected.
When told that the coroner's jury
tad placed the crime on his father,
ake Watts, the young man said it
ras all a mistake; he had killed his
mcle himself, and his father did not
.rrive upon the scene until it was all
.bout over. He clings firmly to this,
n spite of the fact that the witnessis
who saw the deed, say Jake Watts
ised the knife.
When questioned as to the cause of
he trouble, the young man quivered
.nd refused to answer. He said they
ill jumped on him and he had to
ight his way out. Information is
tard to to obtain as to the cause of
he tragedy. It is stated that Jake
Vatts and his son, Govan, went to
he home of Adam Watts under the
nfluence of whiskey and that a geniral
family row started, resulting in
he old man being killed.
Coroner B. D. Clarke and Sheriff
Jiller went to the scene of the tragtdy
last night, but the inquest was J
tot held until this morning. Sheriff <
liller returned to Swansea to-night 1
o bring Jake Watts to jail, the ver- I
lict of the jury placing the crime on 1
lis hands. <
Adam Watts and Jacob Watts are *
rothers. and according to Govan t
Vatts's statement, they lived about
, half mile apart. Govan Watts, the
oung man who says he did the Idling,
has never been in trouble before <
,nd his reputation is said to be good. ^
Nobleman Wins Egg Bet.
Baron Otto von Frederick of Ber- i
in is $100 better off for guessing i
nthin eighty-five of the number of ^
ggs used for breakfast at the Hotel i
iherman Saturday iporning. He won (
t from Count Stephane Morava, of s
5aris; Sir Edward A. Roberts, of <
London, Lou Houseman, and Edward
)enahy, assistant manager of the ?
totel. The foreigners are wealthy t
apitalists on a tour of the world ^
Friday evening while sitting in the ^
obby after dinner they talked of 1
letting. t
"It's a habit," said Baron Fred- s
trick. "Men will bet on almost any- 1
hing now a^ays." ?
"Yes," chimed in Denahy, "we 1
lave had guests who would bet on ?
low many cups of coffee it took to
ake a gallon." i
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" vven, now, sniu v^uuiil iviuiciva.,
just to make it interesting, let's c
uake a pot of $25 each and guess (
iow many eggs were used for break- 1
ast in the morning at this hotel." i
Manager Frank Bering was handid
the stakes and instructed to find
lut the number used for breakfast, j
The guesses were: Baron Frederick,
!95; Count Morava, 620; Sir Roberts,
520; Houseman, 1,200. The number
lsed, according to Manger Bering, <
vas sixty-five dozen?7S0 eggs.? \
Chicago Tribune. I
LITTLE GIRL HEROINE. ;
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>isregards Her Burning Dress, Saves '
Brother and Then Dies.
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Lidgerwood, X. D., Aug. 10.?Dis- 1
regarding flames which enveloped 1
ier, Eihel Fleming. 9 years old, car- J
'ied her 3-year-old- brother, whose 1
dothes also were burning, down- ]
stairs, placed him in the kitchen sink
md turned the water upon him. She 1
lied to-day of the burns she received. 1
The lad will recover. The fire 1
,vas caused when a lighted match was 5
iropped into a can of gasoline, the 1
)il exploding and covering both chil- ^
iren.
Rub-My Tism will cure you.
MASSEY SUSPENDED. ]
Confederate Soldier Driven from I
Home for Old Soldiers.
Columbia, Aug. 8.?Samuel F.
Massey, who, a short time ago sent a
communication to the State referring
to an incident at the Confederate
Home in which he stated that H.
W. Richardson had forbidden the use
cf his name in the columns of a newspaper,
has been suspended for 30
lays. The charges preferred
against Mr. Massey are insubordination,
breach of rules, drunkenness
and insulting a member of the board
af commissioners. Mr. Massey says
:hat he was not cited to appear before
any members of the board and
:hat only two members of the board
tvere present, Mr. Richardson and
Dr. F. W. P. Butler.
He received the following comnunication:
"Columbia, S. C., Aug. 7, 1912.
'J. P. Caldwell, Superintendent Confederate
Infirmary.
"Sir: You are hereby ordered to
suspend Samuel F. Massey, an innate
of the Confederate Infirmary
'or 30 days. Charges; insubordina irm
hrearh r?f rules, drunkenness
md insulting a member of the board
)f commissioners.
"H. W. RICHARDSON, ?
"Chairman and Treasurer."
"Soldiers' Home, Aug. 7, 1912.
"To Samuel F. Massey. In obedience
to the above order you are here)y
suspended from the Confederate
nfirmary for the space of 30 days.
"J. P. CALDWELL,
"Commandant."'
When the Trouble Began.
The trouble ending in the suspension
of Massey had its beginning
vhen Major Richardson, chairman of
;he board of commissioners and a
salaried officer, appointee of Gov.
31ease, told Edward J. Jones, a Confederate
veteran but not an inmate
)f the Soldiers' Home, that he could
lot hold his job as hospital steward
it the home if he did not bestir himself
in behalf of Blease. Massey
leard of the tnreat ana unaerstooa
:hat it applied to all employes whether
inmates of the home or not, and
>0 reported it. Later, Maj. Richardson,
in a talk to the home, denied
:hat he referred to all employes.
Mr. Massey, was not then allowed
i hearing and made a statement in
;he newspapers. He did not regard
Haj. Richardson's admonition not to
ise his name and his suspension is
:he final result.
Massey's Record as a Veteran.
Mr. Massey was a member of Co.
Second battalion, cavalry, under
3apt. Ja8. P. Adams, of this county.
3e was afterwards in Co. H, Fourth
South Carolina cavalry, commanded
jy Col. Rutledge, and was under _
rapt. J. C. Foster. He was wounded g
it Trevillion station, but went J
hrough the battle anyhow. |
Georgetown Assault Case. :Georgetown,
Aug. 7.?Magistrate |
3t. J. M. Lachicotte, of Waverly J
Hills, Waccamaw, and his constable |
irrived in the city on the steamer- g
romanche Monday morning, bringing |
vith them Connor Ludlam, a white J
1 O _ * 3 ?0 K
nan, WJLIU, Uli OclLUlUa), nuguci %jp /3
vas charged with maliciously draw- |
ng his knife and cutting Capt. W. L. |
)liver, fish warden, of Laurel, S. C., |
severely across the abdomen and |
:hest. But for the fortunate pres- *
;nce of able physicians and surgeons ?
it Murrell's Inlet, near the scene of |
he attempted murder, Capt. Oliver g
vould not have survived. The dan- .g
^er period is not yet past, and he #
nay not live. The story is told in |
his way: Ludlam is said to be a f
shiftless, erratic sort of fellow, who |
:as been working at one thing and |
mother around Laurel and Murrell's g*
rnlet for several years. He has been g
icting as engineer for Capt. Oliver. |
Capt. W. L. Oliver is one of the 2
nost substantial citizens of the upper f
Yaccamaw section. Besides being g
>ne of the State's fish wardens, he g
>wns and operates a large farm. He g
las a large family, consisting of a |
vife and twelve children. |
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WRECK KILLS QUARTETTE.
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Engine Jumps Track Dragging S
Coaches Into Marsh. :
Boston, Aug. 8.?Two enginemen
ind a passenger were killed, a spec;ator
fell dead and forty or more
passengers wer(e injured shortly be:ore
noon to-day by the derailment of
in in-bound New York, New Haven
md Hartford train at Dorchester.
The locomotive plunged off into a
narsh and half buried itself. The
momentum of the train carried two
pf the passenger cars over the engine
while the third passenger car
and baggage car remained on the
rails.
The bodies of the engineer and
Qreman were found buried deep in
:he debris. Mrs. Frank Jenkins was
scalded so severely that she died
soon. Tne snock caused Dy seeing
:he accident proved fatal to Michaei
Daley.
Higher prices paid for beef cattle.
H. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C.
30 YOU DRINK?
Why, of course. Then come to
our store and let us serve you
with the most refreshing and
thirst killing drinks to be had.
When you have sickness and
need medicine of any kind, or
have a prescription to be tilled,
let us know your wants and we
will serve you promptly. We
have a licensed pharmacist and 3j
an up-to-date line of drugs and
we will give you exactly what
ir/Min* nlivrci/^ion o clrc #
jruui |^Aijr oivian uoi\o ivi*
BAMBERG PHARMACY i
J. R. OWENS, Proprietor.
"CTRIKE WHILE THE
J IRON IS HOf???
A fsijciicUjtaJ mutiie?t m. till ajjurs
orf mam, is tkat t'ms. at urlucA. fit
recHMjfi lais earnings, iM\dktf waiter
small.
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T{ a^tW mcwie^ a. ju.st duusum, I
^ moie awl a portwvi set aside lb esrn j
wore, tW the tejcrma pot tui.lt I
b&ji/n. to muXtt>f)Uj cwid ou a. I
vokicA (wis to Greatest independence. I
Oiw bomhmq mtfk&ii a/re cjviser- I
wXuK., mid. advKmist&reJ. jor the ah So* I
lull' yLaurihj of- ail dtposrfbrs. I
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANE |
4 per ct. Paid Quarterly on Sayings Accounts. Ehrhardt, S. C. I t
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jNOTMBESTj
I We don't claim to have the best S a
? H I Horses and Mules ever brought to M 1
P mar^et *n our sta^es at T T " ^
If time, for we have had some mighty
I good ones heretofore, but we do ? , 11
jS claim these to be just as good as any
i? we have ever handled, and if you will ?" |jj^
J; F1 come and look we know we can | S
| please you. See ours before buying 1 J
j @ is all we ask. & $
JONES BROS.,
I BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA. || ?
Has since 1894 given "Thorough Instruction under positively Christian 41
influences at the lowest possible cost."
RESULT: It is to-day with its faculty of 32, a boarding patronage of 358
Its student body of 412, and its plant worth $140,000
THE LEADING TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA
$150 pays all charges for the year, Including table board, room, lights, steam
heat, laundry medical attention, physical culture, and tuition in al subjects
except music and elocution. " For catalogue and application blank ad chess,
REV. THOMAS ROSSER REEVES, B. A., Principal,
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