The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 08, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
VESSELS THROUGH CANAL.
Ships ('an Pass in Seventy Days, Say T
Officials.
Washington. January 3.?The Panama
Canal will be in condition to S
pass vessels all the way across the ai
Isthmus within the next seventy n
days, it was learned to-day, unless c<
unexpected obstacles are encounter- ci
ed. This is the judgment of a high d
canal official, who declines to fix the y<
date more definitely. n
The only remaining obstacle to pre- e:
vent the passage of vessels now are a:
the Cucaracha slide, which blocks tne lc
cut at Culebra, and other small slides tl
in the same locality. Dredging- b
is progressing satisfactorily on these U
slides. ? t>
In view of uncertain conditions a
f surrounding the work it has been o
deemed impolitic to attempt to fix a t
definite date for the opening. Even tl
after a passage is possible several r<
months must be spent in training the b
operating force before the waterway c<
is opened to commerce. a
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The Cost of a^iirl
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According to a petition to a Surrogate
in darkest New Yoi'k it costs a j'
minor daughter of parents who happen
to be "persons oi social position" *
>n tliar vininitv no less than S6.100 a
year to live and be educated. The to- ^
tal is made up of the following items*
Salary of governess, $3G0; board and
a]
expenses of governess. $1,.V00; a*t
lessons, $600; riding lessons. $400: 1
dancing lessons, $100; general house
expenses. $1,800: dress. $1,000; c<
pocket monev, $360.
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This will remind those who remember
it of the famous saying of
sc
the wifie of a wealthy denizen of the
o?
same city, in the course of a suit
brought against her bv an architect 1
Hho didn't get all the money that he *
claimed to be due him, she remarked 1:1
that it was as much the duty of a ^
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woman to live up to her income as
tr
it was to live up to her reputation.
Obviously, the cost of high living p<
is keeping pace with the high cost of
living generally. The average pero
{
sen will think that a girl can worry
along and secure a pretty good edn- 131
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tn boor on considerably less!
tnan $6,100 a year. In any event, *
the vast majority of girls do it. A
course in how to save money rather
than how to squander it would be a
valuable addition to every curriculunu
BAIL GRANTED GURGAXOUS.
Accused of Shooting J. M. Hite at ei
Batesburg Recently. ia
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Lexington, January 4.?Magistrate w
Augustus H. Blease, of Batesburg, R
yesterday signed an order granting Si
bail to Walter E. Gurganous, the c*
young Southern Bell Telephone lineman,
who is charged with the shoot m
ing of J. Milton Hite, the prominent *f
Batesburg young man on Saturday
night, December 6, last, and who has w
since been confined in a cell in the st1
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by agreement between Solicitor
George Bell Timmerman, for the er
State, and Col. J. Brooks Wingard.
for the defence, was fixed at $1,000, Cl]
the bond to be approved by the clerk w<
of Court of Kershaw county, and also
by Frank W. Shealy, clerk of Court WJ
for Lexington county. ?r
Bond Sent to Camden. s';
The bond was forwarded to Cam- in
den last night by Gurganous's at- ai
torney, where it is expected that it ^
will be executed, it being understood vi
that relatives of the young man re- vi
siding in Camden have consented to ^
arrange the bond. St
Mrs. Ella Belle Hite, the pretty er
joung wife of Milton Hite, who is KU
charged with being an accessory to '?
the shooting of her husband and who ^
has since been confined in the jail t0
upon a warrant sworn out *by John st
G. Darby,, chief of police for the town
of Batesburg, is without an attorney
and so far no efforts have been made
to secure her release. She has made ie
no statement for the public as to how vj
"ner husband was shot; neither has ni
Gurganous, except to say that he did til
not do the shooting. o\
Shooting in Hite Home.
The unfortunate affair occurred at in
the home of the Hites in Batesburg, viand
it has been stated that no one ot
was present at the time except
Mr. and Mrs. Hite, their pretty little as
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.^-year-oia aaugnier. anu wauei jc.. ,-i
Ourgan'ous.
The Court of General Sessions for
I^exington County will convene on tl
January S, to-morrow a week, and it
is expected that some disposition of h
the cases will be made. George Bell
Timmerman. prosecuting attorney, rr
has not given out any statement as
to what course will be pursued by T
tlie State. Mrs. Hite and young Gur- ?
ganous have not been allowed to con- ^
verse with each other since their confinement
at Lexington, Solicitor Tim- ?
merman requesting Sheriff Miller to ^
beep the two separated as far ar> ^
possible. ..
Sale stables, horses and mules, bug- 0
gies and harness. RIZER & MOYE, n
Fairfax, S. C. it
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WHITE CON VIC TS ESCAPE,
wo Get Awav From Hampton Gang
by Sawinjj Chains.
Hampton, January 1.?Deputy
heriff J. Herman Lightsey arrived
l Hampton yesterday, bringing the
ews with him of the escape of two
Dnvicts from the Hampton county
tiain gang, Joe Cook and John Maulin,
both white men, who several
ears ago entered the house of some
egroes and stole therefrom goods
xceediug in value the sum of $25..
nd, who, upon incarceration in the
>cal jail, cut their way to liberty
trough a two foot brick wall. After
eing convicted of the crime of grand
irceny they were placed on the coun
chain gang for periods of 4 years,
nd on last Monday morning at 6
'clock freed themselves of the chains
hat bound them and made good
teir escape. It seems from reports
gceived here and from account given
y Mr. Lightsey that there was an acRssorv
to their escane. The chains I
ttached to the left arms of the conicts
and the shackles which bound
lieir feet were cut off clean with
ome instrument procured for the
urpose. The tracks leading from
le place where the convicts were
ist seen showed that three men left
le chain gang together and went for
distance of about two miles where
le three tracks ended and a buggy
ack commenced. Sheriff Lightsey
nd a hurriedly summoned posse purged
the tracks for several miles
1 rough bays and ponds. It was as?rtained
upon inquiry by Mr. fnghtsy
that the two men stole from Mr.
I. P. Harrison a horse. which was
itched near a bay where Mr. Harri>n
was cutting timber. The convicts'
arb had been thrown aside and civian's
clothes donned by the convicts,
r. Harrison pursued his horse and
le escaped prisoners in an automo- i
ile. The heavy rains which fell in <
lis section Monday obliterated the ,
ail and made further pursuit imDssible.
Dogs were hurriedly obtained from
le Barnwell county authorities and
itempt was made to follow the trail, i
at without avail. The Hampton i
>unty authorities have offered a re- ]
ard of $50 for the apprehension of i
ook and Mauldin. 1
WILL BE TRIED IN ATLANTA.
lie Negroes Cliadged With Murder- '
ing Mrs. Jefferson Irby. (
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Louisville, Ga., January 1.?Robt
Paschal, George Hart and Willin
Hart, the three negroes accused .
' the murder of Mrs. Jefferson Irby,
ill be tried in Atlanta. Judge Ben
awlings, of the Jefferson County
iperior Court, to-day ordered a .
lange of venue to Fulton County, on
ie ground that the accused negroes
ight not be safe from mob violence
hroueht here for trial.
Indictments charging the three
ith murder were returned at a short
iecial session of the county grand
ry to-day. One of them is said to 1
ive confessed, implicating the oth- (
s.
The murder of Mrs. Irby, which oc- (
irred near Wrens, Ga., several 1
eeks ago. was unusually brutal. 1
ccording to t?o little daughters ;
ho witnessed the tragedy, three ne- *
oes attacked her in her home, 1
ashing her throat and then crushg
her head with an axe. Paschal 5
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1Q 1116 IWO Xlcll IS wcic ai i coicu
on afterward and brought to Louis- 5
lie for safekeeping. Threats of 1
olence caused their removal to 1
'aynesboro. Ga., and after the '
ate militia had guarded them sev- *
al hours from a mob there, the
spects were taken to Augusta. Two 1
ivs later, to avoid possible violence. '
iev were transferred to the Fuln
county jail in Atlanta, where they(|
ill are held.
A One Legged Route.
Strickland Gillian, the poet and (
cturer, was on his way from Gaines- ,
ille. Tex., to Oklahoma City one j
ight last summer. The porter on
te sleeping car. Gillian says, had an (
rer-doee of both gin and hookworms.
When Gillian awoke in the mornig
one of his large and ornate shoes .
as by his berth nicely shined. The ,
:her shoe was missing.
He called the pickled porter and
5ked. "Why did you shine one of my
loes and not the other?"
"Boss, didn't see but jes' one shoe."
"Well, you must have known
lere were two."
"No, boss; I didn't know you all
ad two shoes."
"Come off. you did know it. You
lust have known it."
"Hones', boss! I didn't know it
hey's a right smaht ob one legged
emmen travels on dis hyah line." ?
aim day Evening Post.
A kitten belonging to a vessel
hich foundered in Lake Ontario re?ntly
appeared a week later at a
ouse near the shore and has been
lentified by the vessel's crew. In
rder to reach the land the kitten
mst have swam or floated two miles
i the face of a heavy off-shore gale
RAISE POULTIlV AND STOCK.
Federal Expert Says Poultry Will lie
Tried in Ten Counties.
Columbia, January 1.?Mr. W. W.
Long, farm demonstrator for this
State, was in Columbia to-day, and
while here had a conference with Mr.
Hare, poultry expert of the United
States department of agriculture, and
Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner for
the State, in reference to beginning
poultry work in this State. It is pro
posed to confine the work to 10 counties
that have already been selected.
Poultry associations will be organized
in each of these 1 0 counties and the
members will be treated as poultry
demonstrators. Mr. Hare will visit the
farms of the demonstrators for the
purpose of instructing them on the
matters of feeding, housing, breeding
and marketing. It will be the policy
to encourage the raising of one particular
breed in a county for the reason
that very much easier and more
profitable results can be had in the
selling of poultry of the same breed
in the Northern and Eastern markets.
In certain markets in the North the
brown eggs bring two or three cents
more per dozen than do white eggs:
the same condition exists in other
markets in favor of the white eggs.
Mr. Long was asked as to the development
and the policy of the live
stock work that is now being taken
up in certain counties of the State
by Clemson College in co-operation
with the United States department
of agriculture. He said that the policy
of organization is the same as just
outlined with reference to the proposed
poultry work. It is the intention
to advise the use of the Hereford
breed for beef cattle. The idea
is to have the farmers to raise from
to 10 head of beef cattle on each
farm, and by having the same breed
on the different farms a neighborhood
can easily make up a carload of the
same type of beef cattle. This always
means two or three cents more
per pound than would be received
for a car load made up cf different
breeds. He added that great interest
is being manifested in the live stock
development and that Clemson College
is advising the development
along conservative iines, insisting
that the farmers first make preparation
by making permanent pastures,
growing forage crops and learning
something of the business before investing
heavily in the purchase of
cattle. The people in the South can
never hope, and in fact, should not
attempt to make this a live stock
country. What is being undertaken
is to grow live stock in connection
with cotton and other crops and this
can be done at a profit without reducing
the cotton acreage. The idea
is to advocate a sufficient number of
live stock on each farm to cpnsume
;he waste of the farm and to utilize
ihe idle land.
The First Oil Well.
The location of the first oil well in
the United States is claimed by several
viewing the oil industry of West
Virginia, says there was an oil well
?n the banks of the Kanawha river
c the present site of Charleston "fitry-one
years before the Drake well
it Titusville, Pa., ushered in the petroleum
industry of the world," says
lie Louisville Courier-Journal.
It is probable that there were
>uch wells in other States. Kentucky
[ .ad one at an early day, but its possibilities
were so little realized that
nothing was done with it beyond oolInng
a limited portion of the product
nnd peddling it out as a liniment!
As to the priority of these old-time
r. ells, it is a matter of small importance,
since the birth of the petroleum
business dates from the famous
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The Intellingencer.
West Virginia did not become a
large oil producer until about 20
years ago, although oil operations of
varying character have been going
on at intervals in that State almost
since the beginning of developments
in Pennsylvania. There was a fairly
flourishing industry prior to the
civil war, but it was crushed out during
the period of hostilities, and for
many years thereafter it was struggling
for existence. Production reach
ed high-water mark in 1 900, when
the output of West Virginia welis
amounted to more than 16,000,000
barrels. It has not been so large
in any subsequent year, though West
Virginia stands high on the list as an
oil-proiucing State. The production
for 1912 was 12,200,000 barrels. In
value it exceeded that of any otlmr
year with the sole exception of the
record year of 1 900.
ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE.
Drank Lemon Extract and Cot Himself
in Serious Trouble.
Charlotte, X. C.. January 1.?
James L. Bolejack. GO years old,
white, was arrested to-day, charged
with shooting his wife here this
morning. The man is said to have
drunk several bottles of lemon extract.
He was arrested and lodged in
jail, charged with murder.
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HOUNDS CATCH ASSAILANT.
Wife of Confederate Veteran Attacked
By Black Fiend.
On Wednesday about 12 o'clock
Buck Hill, alias Buck McLeod, a negro,
assaulted a white woman while
she was at her home near Brown's
chapel, which is ten miles southeast
of Columbia on the Leesburg road.
The negro was trailed by the bloodhounds
from the State penitentiary
and captured about 4.30 o'clock by
Sheriff McCain, Coroner Scott and
the members of a posse who left Columbia
in automobiles at 1 o'clock
Wednesday for the scene of the
crime. The negro was lodged in the
Richland county jail that night.
The negro's victim, who is about
35 years old, is the wife of a Confederate
veteran, a man of excellent
standing in his community. She was
alone in the house at the time the
crime was committed. Her husband
had gone to Columbia on business
and did not leave for home until
about 2 o'clock. He was informed
of the affair after he had gotten a
few miles from Columbia.
There were threats of violence
against Buck Hill after he was captured.
While Sheriff McCain talked
to the crowd which had been aiding
in the man hunt, the negro was put
in the automobile of Coroner Scott
and carried to Columbia. The
crowd, which grew rapidly, as the
news of the crime spread over the
Brown's chapel section of the county,
was not difficult to handle, but Sheriff
McCain took the precaution of getting
the negro away from the scene
as soon as possible.
The unfortunate woman is said to
be in a serious condition as a result
of the negro's assault upon her. She
was badly bruised about the face and
neck, while one of her hands was
hurt in the struggle with the negro.
The sheriff's office was notified by
telephone of the crime about 1
o'clock by Mr. Gaston, the principal
of a school near Brown's chapel, who
was one of the first men to go to the
scene. After getting the dogs from
the penitentiary Sheriff McCain left
immediately in an automobile, taking
Guard Robbins, Officer Henry
Dunning and Dr. J. E. Heise with
him.
The bloodhounds readily took the
negro's trail away from the dwelling
house in which the crime was committed.
The dogs folowed the tracks
for some time, then became confused
by cross trails, but after a little
they carried the tracks to Hill's
house, which is only a mile from the
scene of the crime. The negro Hill,
alias McLeod, was found in the house i
with several other negroes. He was
arrested and taken before the woman
on whom the crime was committed.
According to Sheriff McCain, the woman
positively identified the negro as
the one who committed the assault
upon her.
When the negro was arrested at
his house by the sheriff, he insisted
Wo* TV,ho ailnwod to chansre
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his clothes and shoes before he left
home. He was taken before the woman
dressed just as he was. It is
said that the shoes he wore were of
the same size as the footprints leading
away from the scene of the assault.
WIDE SPREAD OF PELLAGRA.
Congress Will Re Urged to Appropriate
for Hospital.
Washington, January 3.?So alarming
are reports of the spread of pel- j
lagra laid before Secretary McAdoo j
by Surgeon Gen. Blue, of the public ||
health service, that Congress proo- :
ably will be urged to make a special
appropriation to rent a hospital building
in the South, establish laboratories
there and make a study of the
disease in all its phases.
Although pellagra is far more pre
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is estimated there have been more
than 50,000 cases in the entire country,
the disease having been found in
forty-four States and the District of
Columbia.
While pellagra has been recognized
for several hundred years, it still is
one of the most baffling diseases with
which the medical profession deals. !
The public health service has been
struggling with an investigation of
pellagra since its discovery in this
country a half dozen years ago, biu
its rapid spread has led to a determination
to urge Congress to act quickly.
LAI) DIES FROM BURNS.
Jack Benily Suffers Fatal Injury Near
Laurens.
Laurens, January 5.?As the result
of scalds and burns received three
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days ago Jack Dencly, agea t. emesi
child of Joseph J. Dendy. a prominent
farmer and business man, diel
last night at the family home, two
miles from this city. While warming
himself before a fire under a pot 111
the yard the lad accidentally fell into
the vessel of boiling water and was
terribly scalded from his neck to the
waist line. The burial took place
this afternoon.
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