The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 08, 1914, Page 3, Image 3
WIRELESS FROM TRAIN.
Called the Fiend of a Passenger to!
i Meet Him.
A passenger aboard the Deleware. i
Lackawannaiad Western train N-o. d.j
reaching hee from New York at
* 12:40 p. m.to-day, was met at the
station by aScrantonl friend, whom !
he had suirnoned by wireless and j
telephone re&y.
The mess&e was sent from Creso
to the Lackjvanna's wireless station i
here and relyed by telephone to the j
home of the^assenger's friend, me :
| reply, "I'll ? there." was transmit- !
ted as the tiin was passing through i
, Tobyhanna.
f The distape from Cresco to Tobyhanna
is thieen miles and the running
time a the train for the dis-!
tance is flft? minutes.
From th? same t,rain an unin-j
terupted cc*'ersation was carried i
on with Scraton, while the train was
passing thrtgh Nav Aug tunnel, j
There waalso awaiting the airi-i
' yal of the "ain a morgue wagon, j
summoned .* a wireless message
to take chae of the body of a passenger
whoiad dropped dead. It
so happene however, that tue
wagon was ot needed. The passenger
had Id a fit and after being
supposedly ad was resnscitated.
?Scranton tspatch to the Phila>
delphia Leer.
NEGROESHE FOR MURDER.
^ - !
Harry ThonPn and Albert Cantey
Go Cleotric Chair.
r Columbia, January 3.?Harry
Thompson a Albert Cantey, two
Charleston uroes, were electrocut- i
H ed at the StaPenitentiary to-day at j
Y noon for the :rder of A. W. Steeper, |
a merchant Charleston. Thompson j
was the first go and he was quickly
followed Cantey in the death
chair, it reqing only three minutes
to put both iroes to death. Both
* protested thsinnocence, only Cantey
admitted his last statement
jr > that he had h in bad company.
I ; The mandaaf the law was quickly
carried oufarry Thompson had
some days ag>nfessed in the Catholic
faith anftris morning before
the current ^turned on as he sat
?? ; in the death lir he reiterated his
v) belief in Chianity and declared
# that he knew hing about the death
of the white n for whose murder
* he was electated. Two Catholic
| -* priests were lent, one of them be^
ing Father rarty, of Columbia.
j Thompson wrapped in the death
f chair and therrent turned on at
12.42, two sts being given him,
and at 12.4tiree minutes later,
he was pronced dead.
Attended IXegro Minister.
Albert Caiiwas attended in his
last momentr a negro preacher,
fci _>j and a brothetio was present. He
wF ^ sang two or ti hyms, and after be
ing strapped he death chair made
a short talk,faring he had made
his peace wais Master, and his
13 / only reference the crime was that
he had beenjad company, which
p'*:. I had caused Ito get into his present
position.ae first shock went
' through his y at 12.58, two of
them being ?, and in three minK,
utes, 1.01, hts pronounced dead.
^ It took eightperes at 1,950 volts
iHfc. tn nnt Canter nf the wav. while
r7 3-4 amperit 1,950 volts, were
used in the cff the first murderer.
Cantey's bwas claimed by his
brother and be taken back to
his former I at Charleston for
burial. Nos has appeared to
claim the bof Thompson, and if
no demand ade for it, the re[i
mains will berred in the potter's
field.
Second Ife Electrocution.
This is th(ond double elect; o^
cution at thee Penitentiary since
the law substng elecrocution for
$ hanging wento effect in South
Carolina. Trst one was when
two negroes* put to death for
the assassinaof Constable Coller
at Beaufort.
The crimech the two negro
murderers eied with their lives
i to-day in louble electrocution
was theisination of A. W.
Steeger, a prtfct white merciiant
of Charlestoc&ty. The negroes
were found g^n the Charleston
county court entenced to death
on December-Je sentences being
respited untii&v by the Governor.
The r<5 having expired
( this morning lgroes were legally
put to deathvug for the crime
for which th^e convicted.
J. F. WALflEFUSKD BAIL.
Charged Witt Murder of Allen
Idal fe Chief.
Columbia, a*y 5.?Chief Justice
Gary tilling refused Dail
to J. F. Walkf Hampton county,
charged withmrder of Chief or
Police J. B. H ,f Allendale. The
tragedy occur0iie months ago at
Estill in Han <0unty.
R. P. Seansq., and George
Warren, Esq.etred for Walker,
while H. E. < jSq.( represented
the State.
GRANT CASE TO HIGHEST COURT.
V. S. Supreme Court to Decide Question
of Extradition.
Lexington. January 4.?Solicitor
j George Bell Timmerman is in receipt
| of a letter from Assistant District Attorney
George Welsh, of Philadel!
phia, to the effect that the attorneys
for Joe Grant, the Edgefield county
negro who is fighting extradition to
this State on a charge of murder,
! have appealed from the decision of
i the lower courts and have carried the
: case to the United States Supreme
t Orvifrt ot TXrocViinctrvn the* sairt an
W u I t MUkJiUUQVVMt w**v wv.v
| peal to act as supersedeas. This
I means that the case will be argued
at Washington at such time as mav
| be fixed by the court.
The case has already been argued
five times before the officials and in
the State Courts of Pennsylvania, Solicitor
Timmerman having won his
fight in every case. He will now go
to Washington to argue the case before
the highest tribunal in the land.
Attorney General Peepies has written
Mr. Timmerman, expressing his gratification
over the results so far, anu
urging the solicitor to fight the case
to the bitter end.
The-Grant case is one of the most
interesting in the history of the
State. More than seven years ago
Grant, it is alleged, killed J. T. Durst,
a white man, in the town of Johnston.
After his arrest, upon the promise
that he wanted to change clothing
before going to the county jail,
he eluded the officials and made his
escape. He was traced through many
States, being finally captured up in
Philadelphia last spring by a mulatto
detective, who had learned that there
was an outstanding reward of large
proportions in this State for his arrest.
Grant at once refused to come back
to South Carolina, setting up the plea
that he could not get a fair and impartial
trial, his lawyers even going
so far as to quote alleged public utterances
of Governor Blease, in an ef
fort to gain their point. Solicitor Timmerman
is confident that the higher
court will decide against the negro in
favor of the State of South Carol'na,
and that the appeal only serves to delay
the ends of justice.
AIKEX WILITHAVE HIGHWAY.
Accept Offer of Government to Join
Work to Extent of $10,000.
Aiken, January 2.?Yesterday the
county commissioners made a big
step forward in che building of good
roads in this county, when they decided
to accept the government's offer
of $10,000 for the building of a good
road in the county.
The day will be a memorable one
in the history of the county and, by
chance, it was the first dav of the
new year, and it is hoped that it is
just an omen of the beginning of a
new era for this county.
. This offer by the government was
to the effect that if Aiken county
would furnish $20,000 the government
would give it $10,000, and was
secured through the efforts of Congressman
Byrnes. A meeting of the
county commissioners was held last
Friday and after considering the
proposition it was decided that the
money could not be accepted. It
seems that the reason the offer was
turned down was because they
thought that by expending 520,000
on one good road other portions of
the county might not fare so well
because these sections would not be
affected directly by the road.
At the meeting yesterday morning
a delegation of citizens of the county.
composed of bankers, lawyers, farmers
and merchants, waited on tiie
commissioners and urged upon them
the acceptance of the proposition.
Several speeches were made and at
times the meeting waxed warm.
After due consideration of the
matter it was decided to accept the
money and the road to be built will
be one running from the, Edgefield
line to Aiken, and then continuing
on to the Barnwell county line, thus
giving Aiken county 28 miles of the
best roadway in the State and at the
same time accommodating a vast
number of citizens.
Ample money was promised to the
districts not directly affected by this
appropriation for the building and
keeping up of the roads.
Fixing the Blame.
"Auntie, when when you were a
young girl were you very pretty.
"Yes, my child, very pretty."
"Were you popular?"
' Oh, yes, very popular. I was the
belle of the neighborhood."
"Didn't any young man ever come
to call on you?"
"Oh, yes, my dear. Lots of them."
"Then, auntie, why is it that you
never married?"
"Xobodv ever proposed to me. my
dear."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. But I've often
thought it must have been the high
cost of living that scared the young
men off in those days."?Detroit Free
Press.
105 WERE KILLED IX ALPS, 1?13.
Majority of Victims Were Poorly
Equipped Excursionists.
The Alpine climbing season of
IS 10, which terminated on Nov. !,
took a toll of 105 lives. Of these
105 only a small proportion, perhaps
20 at most, were really mountaini
r? tlld tnip SPTlSe Of tile WOV(l.
a iii tt*v v* v?x/ ? ?
writes an exchange. The others were,
as usual, tourists or excursionists in
quest of flowers, or ill equipped pedestrians
out for a mountain ramble.
Three guides lost their lives and
one was injured, while four woman
were killed and two injured. Two of
the women were killed by lightning,
Mile. Renee Eugster, who lost her
life on September 7, was an experienced
climber, always on the alert
I for new routes. On August 25, 1912,
for instance, she made the first ascent
of the Aiguille du Midi by the
northwest wall. On September 7
last she was attempting to descend
from the summit of the Aiguille de
la Perseverance to the Vallee de Berard,
a route entirely by way either
of perpendicular cliffs or of overhanging
rocks. With a double rope
Mile. Eugster, accompanied by a
porter, had already safely descended
tv.o rock walls and was beginning to
descend a third when a violent thunder
storm supervened. The guide
| was in a safe position, holding the
I double rope, /by means of which
j Mile. Eugster was descending, the
porter having already got down, and
being busy putting the ice axes unI
de.r some rocks lest they should act
as lightning conductors in the storm.
The guide for a time lost sight of
Mile. Eugster, who called out that
the rope was too short to allow of
lier reaching the ledge at which the
porter had arrived. There was no
ether way of doing this, but by unproping
which she evidently did, for
afterward she was heard to call out
that she was in a safe place. The
guide then began to descend, but
when he reached the overhanging
rock a flash of lightning suddenly
occurred, which seems to'have dazed
lam. for he let go the double rope,
exclaiming: "I can't hold any longer.
I am falling."
He was, however, saved, owing to
his having rolled the double rope
around his leg, and he hung by one
foot on a ledge of rock, from which
predicament the porter speedily released
him. By this time, however,
Mile. Eugster was nowhere to be
seen.
Exactly what happened will never
be known, since for a time neither
the guide nor the porter could see
1 - "U 1 "1- J 4- ? 4--U ~
| uer. one pruuauiy iiasLeneu iu cue
I assistance of the falling guide and
| in so doing slipped on the snow of
; the couloir by which she was standing.
What is certain is that she
slipped in a standing position and
that death was due to a wound on
The temple sustained from a projecting
rock.
TWO HI KT^IN WRECK.
"Shv i't" Train Splits Switch at Vam ille;
Engine Turns Over.
Hampton, January 4.?Train Xo.
4 6, generally called the "Short," between
Augusta and Port Royal, on
the C. and W. C. Railway, split a
switch at Varnville this morning at
8.12 o'clock and was wrecked, the engine
and tender turning on their sides
and the combination mail and baggage
car leaving the track. The train,
consisting of the engine and three
coaches, was running on time and
was slowing down for the station
stop, the accident occurring within
two hundred yards of the depot. Con
ductor E. L. Foster was in charge
of the train and Engineer W. E.
Rheney was at the throttle.
John Foster, colored fireman, jumped
and received slight bruises about
the face. Mail Agent Summers, colored,
had an arm fractured and his
back sprained. No others of the
I crew were hurt.
The train was not running mere
j than 12 or 15 miles an hour when
the tender jumped the track at the I
switch just west of the station. Very |
[ soon after the wreck occurred many
people from Hampton, Varnville and
j surrounding communities were on the
! scene. Traffic has been interrupted
all day, but Roadmaster Flannigen
is doing all he can to have trains to
get by the wreck some time to-night.
Abolish Chair Factory.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 5.?Reliable
information in Columbia is that a bill
will be introduced at the coming session
of the general assembly to abolish
the chair factory at the State
penitentiary. The contract with A.
D. Martin, to act as selline: asrent for
the prison, was made by the board
of directors several weeks ago and
holds good only until the next session
of the legislature.
About fifty convicts have been put
to work in the chair factory, :ind
more than 100 chairs have been completed.
It is said that the bill to be introduced
in the legislature will proviue
for the convicts to be used in high|
way work in the State.
AN HONEST PRIMARY. | W
How to Get It.?Suggestions FYom a
Legislator of Experience.
The reader of these lines, if he is
one of the thousands who have helpof
ed manage any of our primary elections,
can write a better set of regu- m<
lations than we now have.
lei
The great problem has been not
d a.
what to do, but to get anything done.
tir
Why Convention I)oes Not .^ct.
* ici j
We have depended on party conk
i
ventions. Time after time the convention
has sidetracked proposed reforms.
If you have ever been to a he
State convention you know why. It a !
in an unwieldy crowd of men who
rush through a lot of business in a he
few hours. They get to a considera- ar
tion of the report of the committee de
on rules late in the program, some- lil
times it is near midnight. There is ba
no time to deliberate and rather than bo
adopt changes they do not under- ed
stand the convention does nothing, ba
Even should the session be extended
to two days, and the second given po
to the rules, there could be no thor- b0
ough consideration. Delegates twice tn
as numerous as the whole legislature, Ve
unorganized, split into warring factions,
many of the individuals candidates
in an impending primary cannot
be expected to give the calm, JO(
fair, non-partisan attention and de- p,
cision without which there could be
no satisfactory change in our primary
system.
We are not guessing at possibilities,
but facing established conditions
in our conventions.
Something Stronger Than Rules.
But suppose for a minute that we
could eliminate factionalism for once
and hold the convention in session
long enough for careful deliberation,
we would then get only party rules
and not State laws. We protect our ,
hogs by laws, shall we trust the birthright
of our suffrage to a party rule?
When our people go to the ballot
box there is set in motion one of the ?
mightiest forces that ever move them.
Deep convictions are stirred, strong
prejudices aroused, with passions v
loosed. Along with the many moved L
by high motives march the deter- J
mined band of avaricious seekers for
personal advantage, and those lusting
for power. Here if anywhere in |j
the life of our people the strong arm
of the law is needed to protect us
from the forces of evil, in the exercise
of the most sacred and fundamental
act of citizenship.
At the hands of the legislature we
can get redress. It can build a bulwark
to protect our ballot, a bulwark
buttressed by the law and backed by
all the forces of our government.
Even in States where the primary
nomination is not equivalent to
an election they control every
detail of their primary elections
by laws. How much more
neecssary are legal safeguards with
us where the primary is everything. ?'
Our legislature has felt the neces- 1
sity of primary protecting statutes 1
and has enacted some. But they are
scattering, and apply only here and
there leaving such wide spaces unprotected
that they amount to little
or nothing. By passing them we
have admitted the principles of statutory
regulation, but by stopping with
only a beginning accomplished our
efforts have been futile. _
Now Is the Time to Act.
It only remains for you, the readers
of this article, and the rest of
the rank and file of the party, to say
to our representatives now about
to assemble, "Give us a simple, plain,
strnner law to nrotect our primary
without taking away the ballot from
any honest Democrat." Now is the
time to strike. All the members of
the legislature want is the word from
you. They can work out the details
in their forty day session. But it is
up to you to insist that they act.
Interested men may try to have them
postpone again as they have in the
past. You must look after your
rights or they will be lost by default.
LEGISLATOR.
BRIDEGROOM IS WROTH.
May Bring Suit to Test Wisconsin
Eugenics Law.
Milwaukee, Wis., January 2.?
Steps were taken to-day to bring a
test suit to determine the constitutionality
of the eugenics law requiring
male persons to present a satisfactory
doctor's certificate before
marriage.
The law went into effect yesterday
and Alfred A. Peterson and Hattie J.
I Schmidt, each 29 years old, to-day
[ were the first to seek a marriage
[
license. They were accompanied by
an attorney and when the county
clerk refused them a permit the intended
bridegroom became active.
Feterson with his attorney began a
search for a doctor who would examine
him for $5, the price prescribed
in the law. .Milwaukee physicians
have agreed that they cannot give
the required tests for that amount.
If the doctors refuse to make the
tests Peterson says he will begin
a suit to test the constitutionality of
the measure.
ILLIAMS ACTED LIKE MADMAN.
ltler Describes Hand-to-Hand En- ^
counter With Man He Slew.
Dublin, Ga., January 4.?The story 1
a hand-to-hand battle with a mad- a
in, each gripping the pistol of the ?
her as they stood with drawn guns ?
relied at each other, was told to- I
y by S. D. Butler in his explana- *
>n of how Postmaster J. M. Will- L
ms, of Rock Ledge, was shot and 1
lied last night. "I
shot Williams," said Butler, as
rushed up to Marshal Devereaux 1
c
short time after the shooting.
"Here's my gun, and here's his," t
! added. "He was mad. I dis- ^
med him, but I am afraid he is (
ad. We stood there?it seemed b
ce an hour?he holding my gun j
rrel and I had hold of his?and
th of us shooting. I finally wrenehthe
gun from his hand and he ^ell c
ckward to the floor." 1
When the marshal reached the *
stoffice the discovery of William's *
idy already had been made by relates.
The chambers of both revol- ^
rs were empty.
Butler was closely questioned at 1
3Ck Ledge and then brought to this i
:y this morning, where he v/as 1
eked in the county jail by Sheriff ]
anders. The coroner's jury order- <
. Butler held, as there were no eve- i
W anted^?
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an account with us. When
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if it is in your pocket. The
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We pay 4 per cent, interest
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TWO BROTHERS KILLED.
Third Wounded in Row in Anderson
County.
Anderson, January 4.?C. D. Ellngton
and Jay V. Ellington, negroes
md brothers, were killed, and
mother brother, Press Ellington, was
;eriously injured at a "skyrocket"
>artv last night on the John Mc}lure
plantation five miles west of
he city. The row was begun when
lother Henderson escorted Janie
Joore home from the party. Jas. V.
Ellington, it. is said, had been "go
ng" with the woman, ana ne oc:am?
jealous. The three Ellington
>oys followed the couple home and
he shooting followed. Rother Henierson
has escaped. Joy Lee and
Charley Henderson have been
irought to jail and officers are searchng
for Henderson. rjjj
The State department of insurance
:ollected the past year $172,492.b7
vhich has been turned into the State
reasury. The operating expenses of
:he department amounted to $10,19
4,73- 7|
witnesses to the tragedy.
According to Butler he and Wil- 'm
iams "made up" last night over previous
trouble and sat down to drink
:ogether. Then an argument arose.
Butler states that then Williams aet3d
like a madman, the final tragedy
esulting. |
sire to save money to open
yon deposit yonr money in
1 it as foolishly as yon will
srerfore, yon have saved it;
lire to have a large account,
t on savings deposits.
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