The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 20, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
MAKES DARING ESCAPE.
Yeggman Saws liars to Cell and ! <
A -Leaves State Penitentiary.
Columbia, Nov. 16.?John Fisher,
a notorious yeggman serving fifteen ; i
years for safe blowing, escaped from j i
the penitentiary last night by sawing ; 1
the bars to his cell. He climbed over
the wall, via the old hosiery mill, let j <
himself down by a rope and vanished. 1 <
Penitentiary officials to-night sent j i
out descriptions in every direction <
and have offered a reward of $50 for, 5
his recapture. j <
When the prisoners were lined up ;:
r Anil fliin m nnnin cr IJScKor TITCIC i I
iUI IVii tan wjio uiui uiug x lottvi itwu
^ absent. An investigation disclosed
the broken bars to his cell, where he <
had cut his way to freedom. A <
search of the grounds and buildings i
was made and dangling over the :
wall behind the old hosiery mill was
found a rope, showing how he had i
gotten.to freedom. He had climbed '<
over the hosiery mill on the top of :
> the eiighteen-foot wall which encloses
the penitentiary grounds and let him- :
self down on the banks of the Congaree
river.
Fisher was sent up from Lancas- 1
ter county in 1905 for safe cracking i
for 15 years. He is also wanted by ]
the United States government for <
postoffice robberies. He is said to <
have been a member of the gang
which cracked postoffice safes in all <
! parts of the South until rounded up <
by Postoffice Inspector Gregory. It is '
claimed Fisher was a pal of "Port- )
land Ned." There is a warrant ly- 1
ing in the United States commission- !
er's office here for Fisher as soon as ]
he 6erves his term in the State pen
itentiary. ]
Police Notified. ,
The penitentiary officials to-night ]
furnished the following description <
of Fisher: Five feet, 2 % inches j i
high; weight, 135 pounds; black hair, 1
brown eyes, dark complexion, scar
on outside of left thigh, large scar on .<
outside of right leg, scars on both ]
forearms and wrists. He is 54 years <
old and has the appearance of a <
typical veggman. 1
There is no clue as to how Fisher ]
got the rope by which he escaped i
over the walls. A rigid investigation j
is being made by the penitentiary of- ]
ficials. A general alarm sent out in ]
all directions to-night, it is hoped, <
will be the means of quickly recapturing
the yegg. The police of Charleston,
Norfolk and New York, where
the favorite haunts of the yeggmen ^
were located in their palmy days,
have been notified of the escape.
Fisher had a number of alias and it
is thought that his picture adorns s
the rogue's galleries in several cities (
and should be the means of assisting 1
in identifying him. *
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Native of Conway Killed. <
Conway, -Nov. 14.?Conway was g
shocked this morning upon learning e
of the death of B. G. McWhite, Jr., s
who was stabbed to death last night ?
in Jacksonville, Fla., while going with (
a friend to call upon a young woman. ^
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Young Mcwniie is a. xiu-tivc Ui tUiO | ^
town and is connected with a number
of its most prominent families. His
parents live here in the winter and ?
spend their summers in Henderson- j
^ ville, N. C. j
He was in the employ of a firm of
meat packers of Jacksonville at the I
time of his death. He is quite well
known here, where he spent his ear- 1
lier days, and was a general favorite
in. the town.
, His body will arrive here sometime
tomorrow. It will probably be ac- t
companied by John Register, the *
superintendent of the firm with (
which young McWhite was employed. 1
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^ Unusual Action in St. George Court.
St. George, Ncv. 12.?Suit has I
been brought in the cou^t of common a
pleas for Dorchester county by Cal- c
houn C. Hilton against John W. In- e
linger to recover $10,000 damages 1
for the alleged alienation of the affections
of Mrs. Emmie D. Hilton, the c
wife of the plaintiff and for harboring
the wife of the plaintiff in the f
home of the defendant. The plaintiff t
is represented by Attorneys Joseph S
Murray and St. Clair Muckenfuss of t
the St. George bar, and in the complaint
of the plaintiff it is alleged that a
the plaintiff was married to Miss Em- 1
mie D. Snells September 3, 1911, and ;
that since that time the plaintiff has *
lived happily together with his wife;
that she has at all times been loving f
and affectionate to him; that she was
a great comfort to him and that
about October 22, 1913, the defendant
John W. Infinger, maliciously ^
and wilfully entered the home of the
s
plaintiff and by false insinuations
against the plaintiff, and other insid- ^
ious wiles so poisoned her affections
from him as to induce her to leave i
her husband. !
This is the first case of its kind j
ever brought in this county and possibly
the first of its kind ever brought j
in the State. It is stated that no j
case is on record where the supreme
court of the State has ever passed
upon such a case. The case has al- j
ready attracted wide attention!
throughout the county where both
parties are very popular and well
known.
PROFITS IN PEANUTS.
[)nce Despised Edible Now Important >
Source of Income in South.
"Once regarded as a symbol of insignificance,
the peanut is now earn- ji
ing a respectable place in the coun- j d
:ry's commerce and agriculture," says ^
rhe Atlanta Journal, restating a long- fl
established fact in Virginia's experi- a
ence. Millions are invested in plants
p? -1? ?m /-vf nQ'jTiiit nrn. V
tor LllfcJ iuauuia>-i-uic ui ^ i. v I _
lucts, while thousands of acres in the j c
South are devoted to the cultivation b
of this excellent crop, A Texas cor- E
respondent of the Manufacturers' Re- s<
cord writes that more and more the b
Texas farmers are being convinced e
of the value of the peanut crop and o
are using it not only to fatten their
stock and enrich their soil, but also f<
as a source of direct income. t
The Texas crop last year brought s
an average price of 85 cents a bushel, v
and this year because of a general j
shortage in the country, it will bring b
much more. The average yield of
peanuts in Texas is from 40 to 50 t
bushels, and under the best condi- p
tions even 75 bushels. Taking these f
figures as a basis, the Record's cor- v
respondent makes an interesting com- b
parison between the certain profits e
of the peanut and the uncertain price
of cotton. d
"It takes about 500 pounds of seed ti
cotton," he says, "to make a third t;
of a bale, or, say, 160 pound of lint, is
There is a cost of $5 for picking s
alone, and even at 15 cents a pound d
for cotton on the market, there is but C
515 an acre to recoup the farmer for a
rent of the land, interest on this in- s;
vestment, cost of seed, and labor. At k
present prices the peanut crop is F
worth $15 to $20 with a modest yield f<
per acre. Planting and gathering his b
crop will cost only a few dollars an
icre, instead of $10 or more for cot- tl
ton." ' a
It is also observed that in a dry ii
season when cotton cannot be made, a
peanuts flourish. "Practical experi- tl
?nce in this connection has brought s<
conviction to many farmers, and they
aow devote a part of their land to
peanuts, and fatten stock instead of
elying exclusively on cotton." The g
peanut obviously is playing an im- b
portant part in crop diversification,
[t is rapidly growing in popularity
;hroughout the South.
KILL 10,013 RATS. a
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Rival County Teams Celebrate Con- ^
test with a Banquet. ^
In an organized hunt, which began
six weeks ago, 10,013 rats were killid
in Aminda Township. In the b
aunt, during which every corner of k
;he township was explored, two sides
>f 600 men and boys opposed each *
>ther. ? a
Rats, chiefly of the notorius big 0
species, had become so bold and num- e:
irous that the residents of the town- n
ship began to fear for their personal
safety.. Farmers lost heavily through T
leDredations of the lodents, and a c<
general campaign against the plague ei
vas started.
The slaughter was celebrated with S
i banquet provided by the losing side, w
it which 700 hunters feasted.?Find- 11
ay, Ohio, dispatch to the Philadel)hia
Record.
S'UDE BODY FOUND IX CINDERS. J
c<
:'ittsburg J>rug Clerk Held in Con- tj
nection with Crime. H
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Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 17.?The prac- ^
ically nude body of Mrs. Mayme p,
Greineisen, aged 35, wife of Oliver C(
Greineisen, a drug clerk, was found
ate to-day on a cinder pile in the
cellar of C. A. Givens's pharmacy.
Michael L. Sweeney, a clerk em>loyed
in the Givens pharmacy, was tc
irrested a few minutes after the dis- b'
overy. Sweeney said Mrs. Greineisen * !
mtered the pharmacy about 8 o'clock vi
ast night, almost nude, and he and
'Tom Hawkins" carried her into the w
cellar. 1 ' ?
The authorities claim it impossible hi
or a woman, almost nude, to walk 111
hrough a number of streets on a it
iunday evening without attracting at- m
ention. 111
The body was discovered through b
l remark alleged to have been made
>y Sweeney to a neighbor "that a u
roman was in the cellar." The wo- N
nan's husband, Oliver Greineisen, is ^
employed as a drug clerk by his a:
ather. c
A Profitable Discovery. C
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The shop of a Dublin tobacconist
>y the name of Lundvfoot was de- m
itroyed by fire. While he was gazing
lolefully into the smouldering ruins tj
le noticed that his poorer neighbors p]
vere gathering the snuff from the
anisters. He tested the snuff him- ] T
ielf and discovered that the fire had '
argely improved its pungency and ^
troma. It was a hint worth profiting
>y. He secured another shop, built
l lot of ovens, subjected the snuff to
i heating process, gave the brand a ^
Peculiar name and in a few years n
)ecame rich through an accident 11
vhich he at first thought had com- s'
Uotolv rninpd him
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Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. q
ALL INJURED DOING WELL.
Irs. King; Hurt Worst in Aeroplane
Accident at Cainden.
Camden, Nov. 15.?The persons inured
when struck by the aeroplane
riven by Frank Terrell, while he
as attempting to alight in the final
ight of the County Fair, are doing
s well as could be expected.
Mrs. King, an elderly lady of 65
ears, is the most seriously hurt. Her
ollar bone was broken and her body
adly bruised. Mr. Wilmer King, of
tethune, who was knocked unconcious,
received bruises all over his
ody, his back was slightly spraind.
He was able to return to Bethune
n the morning train.
Aviator Terrell, who has been sufsring
more from the nervous shock
ban injuries, was able to go out and
upervise tfte crating 01 nis macnme,
rhich was almost wrecked. The inuries
to the others who were struck
y the machine are of a minor nature.
The framework and supports oi
he machine were broken in several
laces, and the wire supports on the
ront part of the machine were
renched from their fastenings and
roken. The engine was not damagd
by the collision.
Mr. Terrell says he had more accients
to his machine while making
ights here than during the entire
ime since he took up aviation. He
* a graduate of the Curtiss aviation
chool and has made nearly five hunred
successful flights. He uses a
Jurtiss machine. Out of fourteen
viators who received licenses at the
ame time, he said, seven have been
illed and five retired from the game,
le expects to retire after filling a
aw more engagements that he has
ooked for.
It might be of interest to mention
lat Lieut. Towles, who several weeks
go fell 1,600 feet with his machine
i the Severn River, at Annapolis,
nd survived the fall, was among
tiose who passed when Mr. Terrell
ecured his license.
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Anderson Looks Good to Smith.
Columbia, Nov. 15.?Adherents of
enator E. D. Smith are smiling
roadly over the reports which are
oming to Columbia from Anderson
aunty of the tendency said to be
ianifested in that county to rally
round the Senator in his race for
e-election. The reassuring reports
hich reach the Smith headquarters
ere from Anderson county are causlg
political forecasters to sit up and
ike notice.
The significant estimate was made
y a gentleman the other nightj who
new conditions in Anderson county,
lat, in his opinion, the governor lost
,500 votes when he pardoned Ellison
nd Emerson. "In my opinion, 1,000
f these will never support the govr
rnor again, while he may or may
ot win back 500 of them," said he in
tlking over the Senatorial race,
hese kinds of reports have been
aming to Columbia with persistency,
specially within the last few weeks.
It shows you whether Senator
mith's friends are asleep or not"
as the statement which this talker
tade.
Anderson county in the gubernatoial
election last summer gave the
overnor a huge majority over Judge
ones, and it has generally been acjpted
that he would carry the counr
against Sentor Smith next summer,
however, the race is doubtful, judgig
from the reports which have been
Dming to this city from Anderson
eople who have been in the city remtly.
Charleston is Excited.
Charleston, Nov. 15.?Charleston
)day is in high state of excitement
ecause of the announcement that
le Charleston Northern Railway, a
irtual link of the Seaboard Air Line,
ace it provides direct connection
ath that road at Hamlet and Mc
Al A ~ a on/i W^C?f
ee, uieuce iu me uui m auu n^v,
as been granted a franchise for the
5e of certain streets here. Saturday
was announced by W. R. Bonsai,
toving spirit in the new developlent,
that the connecting minor
nes which had been built to within
0 miles of Charleston and are to be
nked to this port by the Charleston
orthern, would probably be consollated
into the Charleston, Seaboard
nd Western road, embracing the
harleston Northern, South Carolina
Western, and the North and South
arolina Railway, the line of which
r. Bonsai is President.
The new road will have here terminals
of large area, with a six hunred
foot water frontage. Part of
lis was recently bought at a high
rice from the local owners.
AKES POISON AFTER QUARREL.
*ife Committed Suicide in Presence
of Husband.
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 16.?Mrs.
usie Harrell, member of a promient
Florida family, last night comlitted
suicide at her home here by
^allowing poison. The act was com~
J ' ?"> Mia npacon r>a nf hpr hllfi
LillCU ill Jt/i^ovuw v 4. ?
and, with whom she is said to have
uarrelled.
APPOINTS H. S. HOLMAN.
! Reconsiders and Names Third Mem
her of Orangeburg Liquor Board.
I Columbia, Nov. 14?Henry S. Hol:
< man, of Orangeburg, was appointed
i j late to-day by the governor as a me 11j
ber of the dispensary board for
Orangeburg county. This completes
the board, over the naming of which
there was such a stir in Orangeburg
county for the last several weeks. The
other two members of the board are
A. S. Dukes and Edgar L. Culler,
these having been named recently by
i Governor Blease.
The governor gave out no state!
ment with the official appointment of
? ? t 1- ? j *?
pir. Hoiman, wnicn reaa simpiy mat
Mr. Henry S. Hoiman was appointed
for the term provided by law, which
is two years.
Glad Fight Is Over.
Orangeburg, Nov. 14.?The news
reached here this afternoon that the
: governor had finally appointed Henry
S. Hoiman on the Orangeburg county
dispensary board, thus ending a deadi
lock which had been standing a num1
ber of weeks. It is expected that, as
the membership of the board has
been completed, no time will be lost
in establishing the dispensary in this
; county.
s Mr. Hoiman was one of the three
? citizens originally recommended by
the county delegation, but the gov
ernor refused to appoint him, ex.
pressing himself very forcibly, it is
l said, against carrying out the delegation's
recommendation as to Mr. Hoiman.
In the meantime, other recommendations
were made, but even
these did not meet with the governor's
approval. All this time, however,
a number of his leaders in this county
were urging the governor to api
point Mr. Hoflman, while others con!
tinued in opposition. In fact, the
j local administration forces have been
; split wide open as a result of this
fight, and it appeared that no matter
what action the governor might
finally take, he would estrange some
of his heretofore strongest support
ers in this county. What effect along
' this line the appointment of Mr. Hol,
man will have remains to be seen.
The people of this city and county
had become tired of the controversy
and are no doubt glad that, so far as
the general public is concerned, the
, matter has been settled.
LIMB BRUSHES 20 OFF CAR.
Death Rides with Pleasure-seekers
in Georgia.
Waycross, Ga., Nov 16.?An overhanging
limb swept twenty pleasure
seekers from a flat car on the Waycross
and Southern Short Line Railroad
this afternoon. L. B. Lancaster,
21 years old, of Brunswick, was killed.
P. P. Stewart and wife, of Hopkins,
are dying from their injuries.
Of the others George Squires and
J. H. Smith were most seriously hurt.
The party had gone out to a lumber
camp in the Okenoke Swamp.
The train was running slowly as the
limb swept across the flat car. Some
of the persons were knocked under
the train and others fell at the side
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oi cne iracK.
The Romance of Making Money.
In the November American Magazine
E. Albert Apple writes a story
entitled "Andy Reagan, Successful
Failure," in which he makes the following
comment on the romance of
making money:
"Year by year, the romance of
making money in America is creeping
farther west. Already it has crossed
the Mississippi, and wealth-corraling
in the East is a coldly analytical
game of cost system, efficiency experts,
advertising campaigns, and the
charts of business forecasts.
"But the search for romance in
business has developed the typical
American?a roving entrepreneur.
Time was when a hundred mile trip
meant county gossip; but now a
coast-to-coast jaunt occasions a mere
elevating of the brows and a request
for picture postals.
I "The oil country was the last to
lose its fairyland enchantment The
oil man is the most picturesque and
discontented of all the sorrowful procession
of romance seekers?his
home is on wheels and in a suit case
and he jumps a thousand miles at a
time. Occasionally one meets an oldtime
oil producer who suggests days
of plank roads and border rushings;
but he will shake his head and claim
that oil country romance died when
anticlinal maps and 26 Broadway
came into existence.
"Pit Hole, the world's first oil
town, where twenty thousand boomi
ers built a mushroom city, of -which
1 nothing remains today but tradition
and one house; Coal Oil Johnny, the
first great get-rich-quick, plunger,
and spendthrift; and Pipe Line Dan
O'Day, who ran the first pipe lines
through the country; all these have
been taken from him. The individual
! producer has been nearly blotted out
j by Standard Oil. Oil is a corporation
j proposition; and the only person who
i sees romance around a corporation
i is the stenographer." |
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I and containing iy2 acre lo
dwelling, with large clcset
fine water; smoke house :
stables; fruit trees and shr
in fine condition. Will go i
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