The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 24, 1912, Page 3, Image 3
k JOHNSON WRAXGLLES IN COURT.
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Despite Protest, His Bail Increased.
Not Shot as Reported.
Chicago, Oct. 19.?Charged with
the abduction of a white grl, Jack
Johnson, the negro champion pugilist,
was arraigned in municipal
court to-day. His bond was increased
from $800 to $1,500, and the
case continued until October 29.
A rumor spread over Chicago during
the forenoon that Johnson had
'been shot. It was wholly errone
ous.
* While Johnson was leaving a bank
down-town an unidentified man
v. dropped a large ink well from a
window of the tenth floor of an office
building. The heavy glass narrowly
missed the pugilist's head.
In court-Johnson became furious
when counsel for Mrs. F. CameronFalconet,
mother of the 19-year-old
girl, demanded that his bond be increased.
"I don't see why Johnson should
| be shown any partiality than any
other defendant charged with a similar
crime," said Charles Erbstein,
the woman's attorney.
"I don't think it is necessary to
increase the bond," Johnson told
the court. "I am a responsible citizen.
I have a business worth $60,000."
? 4'It may be worth that to you,"
flashed back Erbstein, "but it's illegal
and you ought to be put out of
business."
"All right, Mr. Mayor," commented
Johnson.
"If I was mayor of Chicago you
v wouldn't be in business three days,"
x. replied the attorney.
After considerable wrangling
Judge Hopkins placed the bond at
$1,500, the usual amount in abduction
cases. Then Johnson asked
permission to write out a check to
cover the increase.
"No checks go with me," asserted
the attorney.
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"All right. It will be c-a-s-h
then," shouted Johnson, spelling out
the word "cash." A professional
bondsman posted a cash bond for
the negro. 'Two agents of the governmental
department of justice
were in court.
When the pugilist stopped his automobile
in front of a' down-town
bank to-day such a crowd gathered
that police were called. Mutterings
^ against the fighter were heard, but
there was no open demonstration. A
few negroes cried "Hurrah for John
son." Jonnson paid no attention to
the crowd, but guided his car care
fully between the two lines of men.
A mittimus ordering the detention
* # of Lucile Cameron was issued to-day
by Federal Commissioner Foote. She
was held under $25,000 bonds. Miss
Cameron will appear before Commissioner
Foote Tuesday and it is expected
she will be taken before the
federal grand jury the same day.
She was questioned by government
. agents for two hours to-day, but refused
to tell of her relations with
Johnson. Miss Cameron later was
taken to Rockford by a deputy
, marshal. Her hearing on a charge
of disorderly conduct was continued
to October 29.
INJURED WHILE ASLEEP.
Honea Path Lad Breaks Thigh Here
in Fal^.
Honea Path, Oct. 19.?C. E. HarTv?
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Harper, while walking in his sleep
last night fell from a piazza roof and
broke his right thigh bone. Fortunately
his father was awakened by
the noise made in opening the window
and went immediately to his
son. A singular thing about the occurrence
is that the boy was only
partially awakened by his fall and
was not fully aroused until an hour
after. The limb was set by the l^cal
physicians and the patient is getting
along as well as could be expected.
Winthrop College Exents.
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Rock Hill, Oct. 18.?The Davidson
College Glee Club will give an
, entertainment in the college auditorium
on the evening of October
28. We always enjoy having the
Davidson Glee Club with us, and are
looking forward to the twentyeighth
with great pleasure.
Mrs. Funkkouser, our assistant
matron of last year, has succeeded
Mrs. Norwood, the head matron, who
was not able to come back this year.
Mrs. E. C. Dibble, of Orangeburg,
is our assistant matron of Johnson
hall.
The annual concert by the teachers
of the music department was givenlast
Monday evening. It was very
much enjoyed by all.
^ The Senior caps came last Tuesday,
and that evening, while the
other students were at supper, the
Senior class, each member wearing
her cap, marched through the dining
room single file. It was a very
impressive sight to see a Senior class
of a hundred and fifty-two members
marching in a dignified body. The
class president, Miss Elizabeth McXab,
led the line.
SPIXPLES IX OPEKATIOX.
Some Facts About the Movement of 1
Cotton Since September.
The total supply of cotton in the
United States on September 30 was
2,110.678 running bales, counting
round bales as half bales, according <
to the census bureau's first regular ,
supply and distribution report, made ]
in compliance with the recently en- ,
acted law requiring a monthly statement
of the quantity of cotton con- (
sumed, on hand, imported and ex
ported and the number of active cot- .
ton spindles.
Of the cotton on hand the quanti- .
ty held by manufacturers was 722,781
bales as follows: In cotton 1
growing States 206,S96 and in all
other States 515,912. There was ]
held at independent warehouses and (
elsewhere 1,387,897 bales as follows:
In cotton growing States 1,285,834
and in all other States 102,063. ]
Cotton consumed in the United (
States during September amounted to
437,322 bales, as follows: In
cotton growing States 225,424 and in
all other States 211.89S. ,
Exports of cotton during September
were 729,859 bales, as follows:
To the United Kingdom, 245,290; to
Germany, 163,449; to France, 103,060;
to Italy, 36,906; to all other ,
countries 81,159.
The imports of cotton during the
month amounted to 105,510 bales, as
follows: From Egypt, 1,325; from
the United Kingdom, 6,541; from
all other countries, 2,044.
The number of cotton spindles operated
during September in the United
States were 29,795,792, of which
11,519,913 were in cotton growing
States and 18,275,879 in all other
States.
PROBERS TO MEET.
May be Last Session of Dispensary
Commission.
Bennettsville, Oct. 16.?The News [
and Courier correspondent inquired
to-day of Mr. J. J. Evans, secretary
of the dispensary investigating com- '
mittee, the future pans of the committee.
He* stated that arrangements
are being made for a meeting
in Columbia, on or about the 31st of
this month. He also said that the
members of the committee were de- !
sirous that any and every one who
could furnish any information pertinent
to the question before the
committee to be present on that occasion
with all witnesses. It seems
that the committee desires to complete
it work as soon as possible, and
it is thought by the members of the
committee that in all probability, the
meeting on the 31st will be the last 1
meeting before the preparation of
the report for the general assembly.
It is a well known fact that* Mr.
Evans made the r^ce in this county
for re-election, and received the
nomination by a very handsome vote.
It is also well known that when it
was apparent that the public desired
to know where the candidate
stood, as to the most desirable man
for governor, that Mr. Evans frank
ly declared his preference for Mr.
Jones, and made an exceedingly
able, vigorous and manly campaign.
While Mr. Evans so expressed his
preference, he has not at any time,
so far as any one knows, given the
slightest intimation of the force and
effect of the testimony taken before
the committee, or what would probably
be the finding of the committee.
It seems to have been his idea
that he was appointed to take testimony
and investigate, and to make
a report to the general assembly. His
friends here are satisfied that he has
conscientiously made the investigation,
in so far as he is concerned, and
that the report on his part will be
in accordance with the testimoify,
regardless of who or what it may
honor or dishonor.
Fortune to Aid Old Maids.
San Benito, Tex., Oct. 17.?Old
maids of this county are provided
for in the will of Miss Mary Philpot
who died here recently. Miss Philpot
herself never married, and at her
death was worth $100,000. The will
instructs her administrators to amply
care for all old maids who apply for
assistance for a period of two years.
The bequest warns against aiding *
grass widows and requires the spinsters
cared for to prove they are forty
or more years of age.
CHARLESTON BOY KILLED.
On Motor Cycle He Kan Into Wagon,
a Shalt Piercing His Chest.
Charleston. Oct. 17.?Speeding on.
his motorcycle to the high school
Fred Hackeman, about IS years old,
was instantly killed this morning
when his machine collided with a
lumber wagon going in an opposite
direction, a shaft piercing his chest.
Young- Hackeman was said by per
sons in the neighborhood to be making
more than forty miles an hour. :
The tragedy occurred just outside the
city boundary.
Only yesterday the lad was cited
by the police for speeding.
NEGRO IS KILLED. i
The Body of Jim Hill is Found in
Barnwell.
Barnwell, Oct. 20.?At an early
hour this morning, while walking j
along the railroad track near the!
Southern Cotton Oil company's plant i a
on the outskirts of town, a negro, | K
named Jowers, found the dead body |
of Jim Hill, a negro, near the track, j
A.n examination of the body disclos- j
od the fact that Hill had been foully j
murdered, having been brained with |
in axe. There were three wounds on !
his head, one blow of the axe having !
almost severed his right ear. Coroner :
J. Staff Halford empanelled a jury j
to hold the inuqest, which has not j
yet been completed, although Char-!
lie Drake, a negro, has been arrest- j P
2d and is now in jail. ?
It is alleged that Drake and Hill g
were heard quarreling at a late hour B
last night. A blood-stained axe and
?oat, which Drake admits are his,
were found in the latter's house. It
is also said that there were marks
leading from Drake's house to where
the body was found, as though something
had been dragged over the
ground.
Drake denies his guilt, claiming
that Hill was killed by a train. He
appears to be entirely indifferent to
the outcome, saying that he was sorry
Hill had been killed, but that he
didn't care whether he was put on
the chain gang or in the penitentiary I
or electrocuted. The woman with I
whom Drake lives at first denied I
that Hill had been at her house last 1
night, but Drake admitted that he I
had. I
Interesting Facts About Oysters. I
An oyster is wonderfully prolific. K
A single oyster in a single season
will produce 30,000,000 eggs. If
these all survived and in %turn had
normal families, in a few years many
great bodies of water, such as Long
Island Sound, Peconic, Gardiners,
Narragansett, Great South and Chesapeake
Bays, would become filled up.
Navigation would have to be suspended.
The oyster shelly would form solid
land, as do the houses of the coral
insects of the South Pacific. But instead
of increasing, the destruction
of the young oysters by their enemies
is so great, together with the
depletion of the natural beds by the
demand for this delicious food by
mankind, that far from increasing,
in past years the supply was greatly
j i nococ if*
UepiCLCU.. X XI liluu; uuuvu .w
threatened to become extinct. This
was especially true in Great Britain
and some places on the Atlantic
coast.
In recent*years, however, a vast
industry has been established for the
artificial propogation and cultivation
of oysters. Now hundreds of thousands
of acres are employed in oyster
farming in the great bays and sounds
of the Atlantic seaboard. Here oyster
farming under 30 to 60 feet of water
is conducted upon an enormous scale,
at great expense and labor.
Whiie the natural oysters formerly
grew in creeks and estuaries,
where they were somewhat in danger
from -the water being impure,
the present oyster production extends
many miles from land in these
great bodies of salt water, where
there is no chance of contamination,
and the product is always pure and
delicious.
CARS RUNNING IN AUGUSTA.
All Strikers Except Those Under |
Charges Resume Work. ?
Augusta, Oct. 19.?The street cars
are being operated to-day on the city
and Aiken divisions, with former
union and non-union employees. The
strikebreakers, with the exception of
twenty-three, are back at work. The
company preferred charges against
thirty-five of the strikers, but the mediation
board decided that only twenty-three
of this number should be
placed "on the bench," until a board
of arbitration decides whether or not
they should return to the employ of
the company.
Among those who are suspended
because of charges being preferred
against them are the president and
secretary of the Amalgamated Association,
No. 577.
Almost Credible.
Secretary Wilson of the depart- |
ment of agriculture was talking on 1
the Mauretania about the record |
crops of 1912, says the Minneapolis t
Journal. %
"These wonderful crops," he said, |
"are almost enough to make you be- 1
lieve the cross-cut saw story.
"A farmer, you know, sent his j
hired man to a neighbor's with a [
note saying: |
" 'Friend Smith?Will you please jj
lend me your cross-cut,saw, as I wish i:
to cut a watermelon up, so as to get I:
it into my dray?'
"The neighbor wrote back: |
" 'Friend Jones?I would be glad i
to lend you my saw, but same has 1
just got stuck in a cantaloupe.'" "
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In Bamberg and Barnwell County's Shopping Centre
Established ^ ^ 7 Years In
Second Great Fall Sale for 31 Days
COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 12th, AND
ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER HIE 16th
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Our Method of Opening Season
And Demonstrating That Here Values Are Best Always. ,
Others preach, Pearlstin Brothers practice. Others claim to undersell;
do they, can they? Expensive locations, trading stamps, entertainments,
commissions, fashion promenaders, coupon slips, advertising
agencies add heavily to the cost of doing business. The custofner pays the
bill. We prefer straighforward merchandising, concentrating on value.
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Which Do You Prefer? Which Pays You Best?
REMEMBER OUR OFFERINGS ARE ALWAYS GOODS OF MERIT AND UP-TO-DATE.
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We have an enormous stock of everything
good to eat and of everything suitable to
wear, and the month of September, with unfavorable
weather, afforded us no outlet for
rlisnnsinor nf samp. With this sale we intend
Ginghams, per yard v * w prJLUCd UIl O/Xl AXUUU. m
! In like manner all the way through. Our word is our bond j
| for what we will do. We make everything good at this sale. I
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rearlstin tSros.|
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to make*up forlost time in unloading to the
benefit of the public. Our store will be gorgeously
decorated for this sale, everything
marked down in plain figures before your eyes
All Goods Charged During This Sale at Regular Prices
Will not be responsible for neglected telephone or mail orders during these 31 busy days
Don't forget to keep the dates of this great sale in mind
and he sure to attend in full force from our opening day,
Saturday, Oct 12, to Closing Day Saturday Nov. 16
To Inaugurate this sale we Quote a few Prices to Substantiate the Above
GROCERIES. || CLOTHING.
Foote's Best and Maryland Chief To- $12.00 and $15.00 Men's Suits (PA AO I
matoes, 1,000 three-pound cans, 1 A- at only " ^
@ each lUt 65c Sweaters being sold at the 41'
low price of 1IC
^^each^111011' ^ CanS' ta^S' ^ IOC 05c Fleeced Underwear to go on 41 sale
at *Xv
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DRY GOODS. SHOES AND HATS.
tt- j c.4. j j ? - $1.00 Shoes now on sale at only QAKimonas
and other Standard 0 10 th j ... .. OSfc
Outings @ per yard 0 1 OC ^ ^ ^ ^ th Calicoes,
very good, at the low C- low price of |
price per yard S3.00 Shoes during this sale @ (?1 OQ 1
10c, 12% c, and 15c Dress Q 1 Q ' per pair ?pl.03' 8
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