The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 29, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
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HURT IN EXPLOSION. ?
Accident May Result in Loss of Two 1
Lives.
Greenville, Jan. 24.?A premature
explosion of a dynamite charge in i
the Carolina Rock Company'6 quarry ]
at Williamston_ this morning resulted i
in Jim Williams, a negro workman, ;
being fatally injured and another i
workman, Waldo Roberts, sustaining ;
injuries that may result in his death.
It seems the Williams negro was i
loading the charge when the explo- <
sion occurred. It is said the negro t
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pacKea me aynamue m mc uuic
an iron rod instead of using the 1
wooden apparatus kept on hand for I
this purpose.
Williamston is about 18 miles from i
Greenville.
Much excitement was caused '
among the residents of the village, 1
many wild rumors being afloat fol- <
? lowing the explosion.
GRIT THAT WOULD NOT DOWN. !
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Fighting With the Hflt After the 5
Blade was Broken. ;
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The American Magazine has been t
f offering prizes for the best letters en- t
titled "What I Am Most Thankful j
For," and in the November number ,
publishes the three prize winning ,
contributions. The following ietter (
won first prize: j
"Of all the blessings which I can {
count as belonging to me this year
and for which I am most thankful, I ,
am most thankful that I have not lost s
my grit. j
"Eleven years of time and strength (
and everything we had have gone in- (
to the making of our 160-acre home- j
stead here in North Dakota; and yet,
<
to-day, if we sold everything we possessed
we could just about pay our
debts. <
"A long series of crop failures
from drought and hail, and a much
and well-advised venture of buying
a traction which then did not work, (
and was eventually (but too late for t
our good) replaced by the company t
with a new one, have eaten up all e
we have been able to make. I
"It has been most discouraging, (
and the past year has been one of j
exceeding and unceasing worry and i
work of mind and body for both my t
husband and myself. ?
"Through it all I have been most (
thankful that I was able to keep my g
courage and help my husband keep i
? his, as he bore the worst of the bur- s
den, being the provider and the one
who had to meet and stave off credi- t
tors. i
"Now, when we are practically as- <
sured of time (which is what we most <
need) to retrieve ourselves, we can <
stop and take stock. i
14 * ?- ? ?A. ik AMA rs A ioo nro ,
AgdlU&l, kucac ClU ICJOiHWJ nv VUU
say that for eleven years we have
lived decently, not lacking either
food or clothing which was necessary.
"We have been bringing up three
children in good and healthy conditions.
and we have enough simple
pleasures to keep us well and happy
in spite of our troubles.
"We have had sickness and accidents,
but none were fatal.
"When things were at their worst,
all I had grit enough for was to say
that we were young enough and
strong enough to start in over again
and make a success yet; because I
will not doubt our ultimately succeeding.
,
"I would keep saying to myself,
'We might be much worse off.' 'We
might not have enough to eat or to
wear or a good home,' or, most or ?
all, we might have lost hope, under c
?ur mountain of debt, as many do, ?
and lapsed into a listless, ambition- j
less life with nothing ahead for our- 5
selves or children; so I am most A
thankful that our grit has carried r
us through and has given us dogged- ^
ness and perseverance enough to car- l
ry us through whatever more may ?
come." i
Hope is Extended to Erring Girl.
Spartanburg, Jan. 22.?One of the 1
saddest cases 'to come to the notice,
of the public is the case of Nora ^
Hawkins, a white girl, 17 years of
age, who is at present confined in
the county jail.
This is a case of an unfortunate z
girl, whose mother died and left her c
a three-year-old baby, to be cared
for by a shiftless father. She, being i
ignorant and easily persuaded, fell z
into the hands of bad companions
older than herself and was induced c
to take up a life of immorality. 1
This girl has been one of the hardest
cases to come before the local 1
courts, and has been the source of 1
great annoyance until now it is be- t
lieved that she has realized her depravity
and is ready to live a i
straight life. s
It is very probable that she will (
be released on Thursday, when she (
will be married to a young man who
has known her since she was a small 1
child and has loved her devotedly i
for several years, and who says he
still has faith in her and earnestly 1
insists that they be allowed to marry j
immediately after her release. t
TO FIGHT NEGRO JUDGE.
Will Oppose President's Appoint
ment of a Colored Man to Office.
Washington, Jan. 23.?Much ad'
is being made in Washington am
perhaps elsewhere over the reportei
intention of President Wilson to re
appoint a negro "judge of the mu
nicipal court" in Washington. Sen
ator Vardaman has declared that h
will fight the negro's confirmatio
in the senate, and there has bee]
Dther criticism of the president's in
tended action.
There, is however, some misappre
hension as to the position in ques
tion. The job is simply that of tria
justice, or magistrate, and it is by n
means as important as its usual title
"judge of the municipal court,
would indicate. The negro in ques
tion is a lawyer of considerabl
ability.
Of course there is a difference be
tween appointing such a man to sue]
a place in Washington, and givin;
a job of the same sort to a negro ii
the south. There are thousands o
northern people in Washington wh'
io not object to such things, am
they are not kicking. And besides
ho Cotton nlacc nf npnnlp arp not af
'ected by it, since it is a position ii
svhich public contact- with the ne
;ro is confined to a very small per
rentage of the people of the district
t is entirely different from such ;
sosition as postmaster or collector.
As a matter of fact, there are hun
ireds of people, and probably thou
;ands, in Washington who had no
loted the fact that a negro held on<
)f the judgeships, until the questio:
)f reappointment came up for th<
)resident's consideration.
PISTOLS TO BE RETURNED.
government Will Restore Them t<
Confederate Chieftain's Family.
Washington, Jan. 21.?Secretar;
Jarrison to-day directed the returi
o the heirs of - Jefferson Davis, o
wo duelling pistols, a double-barrell
id pistol and appurtenances seize<
>y Union troops near the close of thi
Uivil War. Mr. Garrison took thi
iction upon receipt of an opinioi
:"rom Attorney General McReynold
hat the president of the Confederal
states had never been legally depriv
id of his ownership of the propert;
?nd that all his rights in it had beei
?stored to him by President John
ion's amnesty proclamation.
The pistols which have been ii
he custody of the war departmen
or nearly 50 years will be turne<
>ver to Joseph A. Hayes, of Colora
io, whose wife is Jefferson Davis
>ldest daughter. The shawl am
aglan belonging to Mrs. Davis an<
said to have .been worn by Davi
vhen he was captured, were not in
;luded among the articles for whici
Mr. Hayes asked but it is presume<
;hey will be relinquished if the Davi:
ieirs request them.
In his opinion to Secretary Gar
*ison, Attorney General McReynold
said:
"It may be said that none of thi
lecisions discusses a state of fact
Drecisely similar to the present case
put the principle to be derived fron
hem is sufficient, namely, when
property of a disloyal person wa
seized by the military forces of th<
government during the Civil War
ind no such proceedings by way o
forfeiture, concerning it as wouh
suffice to divest his title or any por
:ion of it and transfer it to thin
persons or to the United States, thei
md in that event a subsequent par
ion restores to him his plenary tith
md rieht of possession. Such is th<
>resent case. As stated at the out
>et. no condemnation proceeding:
vere had under the confiscation act
lor were the articles taken in chargi
)y the treasury officials and sold a:
equired by the abandoned propert:
tct. On the contrary, it appears tha
n 1874 certain of the articles seizet
?not differing for present purpose:
rom those now in question?weri
eturned to Mr. Davis and in 18 8 (
)thers. The failure to return the pis
;ols, etc., seems to have been du<
nerely to oversight."
Work for the Editor.
Most anyone can be an editor. A1
in editor has to do is to sit at hii
lesk six days in the week, foui
weeks of the month, and twelv<
nonths in the year, and "edit" sucl
is this:
"Mrs. Jones, of Lost Creek, let i
lanopener slip last week, and cu
lerself in the pantry."
"John Doe climbed on the roof o
lis housp last week, looking for i
eak, and fell, striking himself 01
he back porch."
"While Harold Green was escort
ng Miss Violet Wise from a churcl
social last Saturday night, a savag<
log attacked them, and bit Mr
jlreen on the public square."
"Isaiah Trimmer, of Lebanon
.vas playing with a cat Friday, whei
t scratched him on the veranda."
"Mr. White, while harnessing ;
Dronco last Saturday was kicke<
iust south of the corn crib."?Bos
;on Globe.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH. ^
r Body Discovered Lying on Floor by I
Neighbor Who Happened to Call. I
0 Lancaster, January 21.-?Mrs. I
^ Robert Threath, of the Lancaster I
Cotton Mill village, was burned to g
" death to-day. Her clothes caught, it J
is presumed, while she was making ^
fire in her range preparatory to cooke
ing dinner. She was by herself in
the house, the other members of the
Q family being at work in the mill. A
neighbor happening to call by about
11.30 o'clock to see Mrs. Threath w
was startled upon opening the door,
j when there had been no response to 1
her repeated knocking, to find the i
o
house full of smoke and to detect
a peculiar odor as of burnt flesh.
Calling a man nearby the two enter|
ed the house together, and going
9 into the kitchen found Mrs. Threath
lying dead upon the floor about ,a
^ foot from the stove. Her whole
body, except her feet, was so badly
3 burned as to make identification almost
impossible. Every particle of f
her clothing except her shoes and %
o ^
stockings was burned. .
Besides her husband Mrs. Threath W
!' is survived by three children, two =
sons and a daughter.
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- BELIEVE PRISONER ROBBER.
Suspected of Holding up Passengers
ft on Georgia Road.
Atlanta, Ga., January 21.?In the
- arrest here to-day of R. S. Freeman, '
t aged 20, the police claim they have
2 captured the man who last Friday
i night held up and robbed passengers
? of a Western and Atlantic train, near .
Vinings, Ga. E. H. Freeman, aged 18,
brother of the suspected bandit, and
T. H. Whaley, aged 17, also are under
arrest, the police claiming that
3 they not only were implicated in the
holdup, but had taken part in recent
jewelry robberies and other illegal
F transactions. A fourth suspect,
i George Martin, is still at large,
f According to the police, R. S. Free
man to-day admitted having received
* three diamonds, which he claimed
ft his brother and young Whaley had
s stolen from a local jewelry store,
ft and which had been given him to diss
pose of. The police also claim to
ft have recovered two of these gems.
The arrest of R. S. Freeman folr
lowed sensational disclosures to the
i police by Fred Ball, a taxicab driver.
- Ball related what he alleged was a
confession to him by Freeman, in
ft which the youth is alleged to have
t told of holding up the passengers of
i the Western and Atlantic train, rob
bing a local jewelry store and tak>'
ing $1,000 from W. P. Morgan, a
3 Polk county farmer. Ball told the
i police that Freeman had said the
s place was getting "too hot for him"
- and that he was going to Marietta
1 to join his "pal," George Mann, and
* skip the country. Detectives ac? ?
s companied Freeman to Marietta, but .
failed to apprehend Mann, who had #
left the hotel and disappeared just ^
5 before the officers arrived. Two suit
cases found in his room were confisft
cated by the police, but the nature of
s their contents has not been disclosed.
!? W. P. Morgan, the Polk county farft
mer, who recently was robbed by two
r boys, who, the police say, were Mann 1
s and R. S. Freeman, has been sum- I1
ft moned to Atlanta in an effort to I
> identify Freeman. I
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Augusta Woman's Skull Fractured. I
Two Children Hurt. ^
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Augusta, Ga., January 25.?Mrs.
2 C. L. Norman was killed and the two
3 children of Dr. J. T. Whitlaw were
" perhaps fatally injured this afters
noon, when Dr. Whitlaw's automo'
bile, in which his family and Mrs.
3 Norman were riding, skidded on a (
5 muddy road near the city and turn- |h
F ed over, throwing Mrs. Norman into II
1 a ditch on the side of the road. She j1
i Mit-toinoiH a frantliro ftf thp ckllll II
ouoiaiiicu a liuvwu* v v?. v..v _
3 from which death resulted at a hos- I
2 ital. Miss Belle Whitlaw was thrown 1
* several feet with her younger sister L
' in her arms and landed practically ^jj
2 uninjured in the middle of the road, m
GAVE POISON^TO CHILDREN. _
1 Two Orphans Dead as Kesult of
? Nurse's Mistake.
r Utica, N. Y., January 25.?As a re5
suit of a mistake by a nurse, two N<
1 children at the Utica Orphan Asylum C<
are dead and four others are in a Bt
1 critical condition. The nurse last El
* night gave some of the children'poi- tC]
son in mistake for a laxative, and ?
f
L to-day Frederick Gilmore, aged 4,
1 and Julia Vincent, aged 3, died. The
1 other four received similar doses of
the poison. The nurse admitted to jnj
the coroner that she administered
1 the poison to the children, but claim5
ed she was given the wrong medicine A.
' by another nurse. The house physi
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Clan COrruuoraicu nci aiaicmcui.
i The county superintendents of edu- (
cation at their meeting in Columbia a
a on Wednesday adopted a resolution 6
1 favoring compulsory education. For- f.
- ty-one out of 44 county superinten- I
dents were present. **
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