The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 04, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
REFORMED BY DYNAMITE.
Foreman Tells How He Came
? Change His Attitude.
"A vicious-looking Italian and
stick of dynamite changed me frc
a slave driver into the best-loved <
vision foreman in the subway bu:
ness," said a man who makes
specialty of subway and tunnel wor
"It happened during the digging
the subway extension.
"Among 20 men I hired in a 1
??? no rti/wlorlv
uuu j/ai tiv.uiui i; ?? ivikvu
Italian. I didn't like the fellow f
a cent. To my way of thinking
had the face of a murderer, but >
* needed all the men we could get ai
I didn't bother about looks.
"Later, however, I decided to d
charge the fellow, for although '
could handle a pick and shovel, :
had never done subway work befo
add was afraid of the blasting. .
every blast he shivered and sho<
like a leaf and he hardly got t
v nerve back again and settled dov
to work when another blast wou
give him the shakes.
"I told the 'dago' one mornii
? that he could draw his pay that nig
and I wouldn't want him any moi
The fellow couldn't understand En
lish very well, but when I finally g
it through his head he walked aw;
sullen and quiet.
" 'Keep an eye on the 'wop.' "
told my assistant foreman, 'or he
stick a knife in some one just to g
even.'
"Late in the afternoon the thii
occurred which converted me from
slave driver to a humane boss. O
- 1? j
of the blaster s assistants uau ^ j
to the dynamite storeroom for thr
{ sticks of dynamite. The electric a
paratus had gone out of commissi'
and the assistant was given thr
sticks with the old-fashioned fus
attached.
"On the way back to his section
the tunnel the assistant stopped f
a few minutes to talk to anoth
> young chap who was in charge of t
portable blow furnace. In sor
manner a spark fell on the end
one of the fuses.
" , "The assistant heard a sputterir
and when he saw the lighted fuse
threw it to one side with a yell
terror. In my 20 odd years of tu
nel work I have seen panics a]
near panics, but never anythii
equal to the panic which followe
I was some distance down the tu
nel when the thing occurred, b
came on the run when I heard t
shouting.
"There the fuse lay sputterir
the spark every second getting clc
er ' o the percussion cap, but not o
of the men in that section of the tu
had sense enough to throw a pail
' water on the thing.
"There were several buckets
water nearby and I snatched up o:
and started for the stick of dyn
mite. I was met with a rush of i
tv,oil hoaHin? for the ladder. Th
XUC/iJ ? U1I uv??v??M0 _
filled up the tunnel completely ai
carried me off my feet and aw;
? from the dynamite.
"The laborers reached the ladd
in a body, and then followed t
most desperate fight I' ever sa
Every man wanted to get out fin
With the weight of a dozen men tu
ging at it the ladder gave way ai
came tumbling down on the heads
the men. There was no other wi
out of the tunnel. Every second tl
"spark on the fuse was eating close
the dynamite.
"I was fighting like mad to g
free from the tangle of men and
pull the fuse out of the stick of d
mite but couldn't make an inch
headway.
"Then I saw my vicious-lookii
Italian. He broke away from tl
crowd of men, turned and n
straight back into the tunnel,
saw him snatch up the dynami
and my heart almost ceased to bes
I thought I knew what was in tl
fellow's mind?he intended to g
even by throwing that explosive rig
among us.
" 'Stop the dago!' I cried, but ]
one seemed to notice.
, . "But instead of coming toward 1
the Italian turned and ran towa:
the other end of the tunnel. Dev
in that end was a big pile of brok<
rocks and earth which had not be<
taken away. This reached almost
the top of the tunnel and beyond th
the tunnel had been excavated.
"The 'wop' climbed up to the t
of the pile of debris and threw t]
stick of dynamite down on the oth
side of the pile. He had not tir
to get back when the explosion c
curred. It seemed to me that t1
earth had been swept away frc
under my feet.
t crrvt tn mv senses a grain
VV 11CU x ? _.w
ran forward to where I had last se<
the "dago.' We found him, whi
and unconscious. Xo one of the m<
in the tunnel had been seriously hu
because the pile of debris had act
as a barrier to the force of the e
plosion, but the Italian was in a b;
way. He was rushed off to a hospit
and was there three weeks.
"That accident made a new mi
of me. I changed my tactics. I a
no longer a slave driver and doi
try to bully the men. Yet it's a fa
i
BliEASE PAROLE SHOOTS AGAIS
to After Being Freed by Governor El
more Wright in Jail Again.
a Spartanburg, S. C.,?Elmore A
m Wright, a paroled convict. \va
ii- brought to the county jail Wednes
si- day charged with assault and batter
a with killing intent. He shot Ernes
k. McAbee at .Moore station, it is al
of leged, whan McAbee remonstrate
with him for his alleged ill treat
ot went or ^irs. w rigiu, who is a cuut
ng in of McAbee.
or Wright called at the store wher
he McAbee is employed as a salesman
ve and the latter told him. it is said
ad that he ought to be ashamed of him
self for abusing his wife. McAbe
is- added that if Mrs. Wright was hi
he sister instead of his cousin he woul
he make it his business to see tha
re Wright treated her better.
At "What have you got to do wit]
ak it?" retorted Wright, according t
lis bystanders. "I'll get rid of you righ
rn now." Thereupon, it is alleged
Id Wright drew a pistol and bega;
shooting.
ag The second shot entered McAbee'
ht lung.
8 WANT FLOOl PROTECTION,
g
?* Pressure to ISe Put on Congress b
ay
Mississippi \ alley People.
T ?????
Washington, Nov. 25.?Pressur
'11
is to be brought to bear on Congres
e* by the States of the Mississippi val
ley for Federal aid for levee con
struction and delegations of petition
Q _ _ %
" ing planters and business men, it i
n p
announced, have informed the South
116
ern delegations in Congress that the
66
will be on the legislative scene earl
and they will stay late in advocatin
on national government assistance. I
66
expectation of the arrival of the dele
;0C
gations. Chairman Sparkman Qf th
House rivers and harbors committe
01 has called a meeting of that commit
or
tee for Wednesday next week.
Representatives of commercial an
u6
agricultural interests in Illinois, Mis
ne
souri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississip
0 pi and Louisiana already have advis
ed the committee of their intentio:
to appear before it. Other States i:
[)0
the Mississippi valley also are expect
ed to send delegations. Millions wi]
^ he sought for the prosecution o
work intended to minimize flood dam
ng
!d. age- ,
n" FALLING OFF IN TAG TAX.
ut
he Looks Like a Big Decrease for Com
ing Season.
tg.
>s- That the sale of fertilizer in Soutl
no +V,is vaor io Httlo 1OQQ thfll
uc V^cti unua iuio ; oui jo iavv.v joow
be equal to the record is indicated by th
of amount of fertilizer taxes paid t
date, as compared with those of 1911
of the record year, according to figure
no officially furnished Saturday, includ
a- ing tax receipts of November 22.
50 Figures furnished from the offic
ey of State Treasurer Carter show tha
id the fertilizer tax receipts to date fo
ay this year are $233,365.35, as 90m
pared with $216,831.43 for the cor
er responding date of 1912, and $251,
be 578.01 for the corresponding date 0
w- 1911.
5t. During the past month, approxi
S- mately $25,000 in fertilizer taxe
id have been received by the state treas
of urer. Conservative estimate place
ay the total for the year at $240,00*
be approximately, which will be approxi
to mately $15,000 'less than the tota
receipts for 1911.
et Total receipts for 1912 are offici
to ally given out at $221,999.58; fo
J- 1911 as $255,082.49, and for 1910 a
of $240,098.95.
The unusually large cotton crop fo
* ^ ^ ^ 12 2~ 1 1 if- ^ l O r
soum c;aruiiua m ian 10 utiu
countable for the large amount of fer
in tilizers used that year, to a larg
I extent. It is authoritatively stated
te how ever, that an ever-decreasing per
lt. centage of the fertilizer used in thi
tie state is being put under cotton, th<
et farmers more and more generally put
ht ting large quantities of fertilizer
under small grain crops, corn, tobac
10 co, and the other crops grown ii
South Carolina,
as The tax figures for this year indi
rd cate that approximately 93,346 ton
fa or 1,866,920,000 pounds of commer
^n cial fertilizers have been used ii
3n South Carolina to date this year a
to compared with 1,006,312 tons, or 2,
at 012,614,000 pounds used during th<
record year of 1911, to this date.
op ?
be NEGRO COMMITS SUICIDE.
er
Qe Rock Hill Man Sh<^>ts His Wife am
>c- Ends His Own Life.
he
im Rock Hill, Dec. 1.?This eveninj
j about a o'CiocK a negro namea ru.
j I Henderson shot his wife . in th<
gn shoulder and ran from the house, pur
t sued by the police. Pressed closel;
gn he ran into the negro Baptist churcl
rt and turned his gun on himself, blow
ing the top of liis head off. Deatl
was almost instantaneous.- His wif
acj is not thought to be seriously hurt.
that I can get more work out of mei
than any other foreman. As for th
an 'dago' he's my assistant foreman now
m and in spite of his wicked-lookin;
1 * face I know he's a real man under
neath."
i. AX OLD MAX PLEADS GUILTY.
I- f ormer Mayor of Virginia Town Sent- J.
enced to Prison.
L. Roanoake, Va., Nov. 28.?Wesley
s;H. Terry, former mayor of Floyd. Bel
j-j Va., 63 years old, to-day was indict- 1)e(
y ed at Floyd Court House on a charge
err
;t! of attempted criminal assault on the
[- j daughter of a Court official and a few 0
d' minutes later pleaded guilty to the S?(
> indictment and was sentenced to five
i- years in the State penitentiary. ral
It was further ordered by the Court Pr'
e that the prisoner be confined in the het
l. I Roanoake county jail at Salem, Va., Mo
I, until removed to the State prison. wit
i- The alleged attempt was commit- a
e ted October 30, and the accused man Mo
s was rushed to Roanoake for safe bee
d keeping, so bitter was the feeling bel
it against him. roc
i bei
h Anderson Merchant Commits Suicide. I dui
o hoi
t Anderson, Nov. 26.?Despondent
j over ill health and financial reverses, tW(
J. T. Jones, head of J. T. Jones com- n3;
n pai
pany, dealers in women's wear, com- sor
? mitted suicide at 4 o'clock this after- t0
noon. ing
He was seated in a chair in the
rear of his store at the time and had q6,
fired two shots, frightening the clerks t>rc
>* from the store and attracting several sh(
persons from nearby stores. He
turned the pistol on those who enter- be]
e ed the store, frightening them away.
s and then fired a bullet through his J mc
[" brain. tor
L" Mr. Jones was about 56 years of pej
L" age, and had lived here for many ?0
s years. He had been told by physi- ^oi
l" cians that they could do nothing for arg
y him. He is survived by his wife and
one daughter. t tht
g _
n Cotton Products Statistics. ^
i
e Representative Lever said Wed-1sor
e nesday that he is preparing a bill e
_ which he will introduce in the next err
few days to Require the government1 thc
(j experts to publish statistics showing ' ser
thp amount of cotton seed oil pro-: ^ei
__ _ _ ,
u ducts on hand, including refined lard. '
b0i
following the precedent already set
' I grr'
n with regard to crude oil. Mr. Lever!
! hp
n remarks that government statistics j
_ now show the details as to the source ! m0
1 of supply of cotton seed oil and re-:tor
lated prodficts, but do not give the j
[_ same information as to conditions at'
the purchasing end. ! ;
Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. | hai
- CHILLS AND FEVER
OR ANY FEVER 30 wcui
h .
|_^T 7
^**-*
ft ktiC ^ nr Snlnhate of Potash to a ton
y ? 1 ?
increase the Potash of a ton 5 p<
^ I" Try it once and see how P
I If your dealer will not carry Potash Salts, write ui
- I from one 200-pound
- I GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc.,
? I Chicago. McCormick Block New Orleans. Whitney C
San Francisco. 25 California Street
J
.fins
? &z ?
- H Twenty-five h
||j fine well br
$|j for sale. We
3 *1: pounds and
5 1 a?es- See us
! ^ they will not
: |J. M. DANNEI
: H EHRHARDT - - -
STANDS BY HIS FRIEND.
E. Hinson Pardoned Before Beginning
Sentence.
rhe Pee Dee Daily, published at
nnettsville, says Joe E. Hinson has
?n granted a full pardon by Gov
tor rsiease Deiore ever ueginnmg *
serve his sentence. The Daily
?s on to say:
'Hinson was charged, while a rupolicemen,
with shooting Walter
jitt, beating E. P. Barber over the
id with a pistol, punching O. B. =
ye and Mrs. Move in the stomach
;h pistols while Mrs. Moye was in
delicate condition, entering the
ye's room and lying across their
1 and child in a drunken stupor,
'ouling their clothing and the
>m, cursing and abusing Mrs. Bar*,
and other outrageous conduct
ring a night which he spent at the
lie of E. B. -Barber.
'The county supervisor employed
i firms of attorneys and the county
d them $100 each to defend Hini.
His trial was put off from time
time by his attorneys. After wait;
for several months for a trial,
. and Mrs. Moye returned to their _
orgia home. Hinson was finally
)uglit to trial in March, 1913, for j
>oting Walter Pruitt.
'After a very strenuous fight in his
lalf by the attorneys employed by
i jury, he was sentenced to six
>nths in the penitentiary. The at- |
neys employed by the county ap- I
iled in the case to the Supreme |
urt, and Hinson was released on
id. The appeal has never been
jued in the Supreme Court.
"The governor has now annulled
? verdict nf the iurv and the sen
ice of the judge, and forestalled
; action of the supreme court. Hin- 1
i was an ardent supporter of Govlor
Blease in his campaign for govlor,
and it was freely predicted ^
it he would never allow him to
ve sentence. There is a case still J
iding in the court here against ]
rison for assault upon E. B. Bar\
At the last term of court, the
md jury recommended that steps
taken to reimburse the county for
ney which had been paid out to at- 1
neys to defend Hinson." j
Xmas cards at Herald Book Store. 1
25 head well broke mules for sale
J. M. DANNELLY & SON, Ehr- |
*dt. Weight 1,000 lbs. and up,-ad.
JOHNSON'S
5 OF SUCCESS f\ |V1 I
iUNG FOLKS I U ll I V
i I
see your fertilizer dealer and J
> buy fertilizer containing at least
POTASH
it real kind that pays you and the
Id at once ask your dealer to carry
1 crease the Potash in the ordinary
t i percent, add 40 pounds Muriate
of goods. A 200-pound bag will
;rcent
otash Pays.
r for Prices. We will sell any quantity ?
bag up.
42 Broadway, New York
ratal Bank Bid*. Atlanta. Empire Bid*.
Savannah. Bank A Trust Bid*.
hit re!
1ULLJ|;1
ead of very |?
oke Mules ||*
ight 1,000 ^ up.
Good H!
SH
> quicks as S|
stay long. ^ c
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SOUTH CAROLINA ||
rFOR SA1
A beautiful home, situated
and containing 1 acre lot, wit
1 dwelling, with large closets and
I fine water; smoke house 16x18
| stables; fruit trees and shrubbei
in fine condition. Will go at a b;
I See me at once, as the time is lii
[ J. T. O'NEAL, ggfl
SECOND HAND
AUTOMOBILES .
For Sale, $125 up. Let 11
me know your require- | M
merits in used Autos KW2
and I can get a machine to suit you. J? 4?
Prompt Attention to Repair Work A5
Patrick's Garage, Bamberg, S. C. *
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mWk The Te
Ijgjf and Goc
The telephone goes hand i:
roads.
The telephone overcomes r
cles of bad roads and makes i
farmer and other rural residents
ness in the city and with nei
roads are impassable.
Progressive farmers are ins
roads and telephones. These
modern civilization are doing m
toward eliminating the isolatioi
You can have a telephone in yt
small cost. Send a postal for
giving complete information.
FARMERS' LINE DEPA1
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SOUTHERN BELL TELEP1
AND TELEGRAPH COM]
& PS.YOR STREET ATLAS
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Farmers-Merchant
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If vou are aoina to Build, Bemc
invite your inquii
COMPLETE HOUSE BILLS
We manufacture and deal in Dc
Stairs, interior trim, store fro
pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dre
pine and cypress shingles, floori:
Distributing Agents for Flinl
Estimates Cheerfully and Can
Woodward Lumbe;
AUGUSTA, (
HAmnr "Pfihprfcs fa
W1UV* AWWWW* vw w ? ?gOUR
MOTTO i
QUALITY SI
GIN DA
Commencing December 1
:otton only on Tuesday
Saturdays. Parties intere
ake notice.
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h 2-story, 7-room I,
hallway; well of I;
; large barn and |
y; all fenced and I ;
irgain to a buyer, i
oited. I
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possible for the $
ito transact busighbors
when th$ V I
isting upon good
: two agencies of
ore than all others
a of country life.
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our free booklet
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