The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 26, 1914, Image 1

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r tTbr Hamburg feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1914. Established 1891. ? - - ? ; I " i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 1 Jt SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS : IX VARIOUS SECTIONS. . L< News Items Gathered AH Around the ^ County and Elsewhere. si: Ehrhardt News. to St Ehrhardt, S. C., Nov. 24.?Miss eJ Mamie Williams, of Allendale, is ^ visiting Mesdames J. M. and Joe Dannelly. C0 Mrs. Belvin, of Holly Hill, is visit50 ing her daughters, Mesdames Grant and Dannelly. A party consisting of the follow- 1 ing left here over the A. C. L. Mon- on day for Ivanhoe on a camp hunut: Messrs. Jacob Ehrhardt, Geo. Kearse, Frank Copeland, J. C. Kinard and J. Fi F. Chassereau, and Mesdames Jno. L. and Frank Copeland and J. M. Chassereau. Mrs. W. P. Pate has returned from m< Albemarle, X. C., accompanied by ki * Mrs. Delmar Ritchie, nee Miss Edrie hi: Ebrhardt, who comes on a visit to su her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehr- 'o hardt. en Rev. E. A. McDowell, having re- qu signed the Baptist pastorate of this no place, his resignation to become ef- ju fective Jan. 1, 1915, has accepted a hi: call to Fairfax, S. C., where he will th remove with his family at the be- th ginning of the new year. Mr. Mc- ac Dowell's pastorate here has been a he success. When he came, three and ly a half years ago; the Baptists of Ehr- fo hardt had nothing but a small and wl weak organization. The member- fir ship has more than doubled in this ch time, and they now own a church building and parsonage that will compare most favorably with any , |V other such buildings in town. The cane grinding season is on, and oh, what a sweet time we are having. The union meetings of the first J division of the Barnwell Baptist as- * sociation will convene with the St. 116 John's church Saturday and Sunday, ? T1 28 and 29. Dinner will be served on I ^ the grounds on Saturday. A large] attendance* is exnected. Misses Genie Ramsey and Helen! v co; McDowell spent Thanksgiving ab| Lodge, the guests of the Misses Fox ca' and Mamie Cane. j The Rev. George Hopkins, of Black-1 ville, S. C., has been called to the a Springtown Baptist church. He has not yet informed the church of his acceptance, but it is thought and hoped that he will. tj0 Mr. Will White Anderson, of Fair-'ed fax, accompanied by his mother, Mrs.! of Geo. M. Anderson, of Ninety-Six, S.! m( C., were visitors at the Baptist par-1 pa sonage Tuesday afternoon. They! -n came across the country in a touring e(j car- | Hz Under the direction of the Ladies > C01 T Aid society of the Methodist church, jtj1( i a play entitled "Leave it to Polly" i pi? ' will be rendered in city hall ?t an: early date?Miss Elizabeth Roberts; is chief directress. ! to Miss Archie Bozeman, formerly of? pe Ninety-Six. S. C.. who is now teach- : ing at Ulmers, spent Thanksgiving! ve, at the Baptist parsonage. Mr. Reese Clayton had the misfortune to lose the first joint of onej^e * i of his fingers in a cane mill a few days ago. He has our heartiest sym- jv Path>*- col d is Masons at Banquet. mc Denmark, Nov. 21.?Denmark Masons had a great time last night, jj passing four candidates to the degree ; t of a Master Mason and feasting at1 sta a banquet. The successful candi-J i dates for the third were: St. Clair P. Guess, Leon T. Shanklin, Walter i R. Gillam and Paulu Folk. Quite a| ( number of visitors were present, ing some from Bamberg, from Norway tio and the grand junior warden of an South Carolina, W. Giles, of 11 Aiken. Mr. Giles delivered the lec- me ture to the four initiates. At about; 9:30 o'clock the craft was called! from labor to refreshments, retiring! from the lodge to the Denmark ho- j tel, where they enjoyed a full feast i c and a flow of reason. After dinner j kn speeches were made by Dr. J. B. i Black, of Bamberg, W. A. Giles, of be< Aiken, D. G. Richardson, of Den-1 t*1* _ _ _____ { mark, Prof. E. M. McCown, princi-1 101 pal of the Denmark graded and high j rid school; J. G. Boozer, worshipful! roi master, and J. W. Crum, Jr.. of Den-1 tie mark. The Denmark Masons have tiii had a very interesting year, both in ^ei roffnldr attonHanr-e litinn lnr?P"?> mprt nw.. , uu ings and increase of membership.1 .j0 Thev have passed IS members I) the am master's degree. | ^ "What was the cause of your sep- mr aratiou, old man?" i of ? - "Incompatibility. She believed in lio getting into debt and I didn't." j ~\r r. THE OLDEST OFFICIAL DEAD. >Im Laws, Itegister of Deeds for Sixty-Four Years. Hillsboro, X. C., Xov. i?3.?John iws, 94 years of age, register of ;eds for Orange county for the past <ty-four years, and who is believed hold the record in the United ates for continuous service in an ective office, died here today. He is the only man who ever held the ice of recorder of deeds in Orange unty. Mr. Laws was twice married, tlie cond time when he was S6 years age. He is survived by his second fe and three children by his secid marriage. MET DEATH ACCIDENTALLY. irmer Near Wards, Saluda County, Shoots Himself. Saluda, Xov. 20.?Bud Winn, a far er from near Wards, this county, lied himself yesterday afternoon at s home with a breech-loading shotin. The load took effect in the wer part of his face and blew the tire top of his head off. An inlest was held later in the afterion and the verdict of the coroner's rv was that the deceased came to s death accidentally. It is believed at Winn "was taking the gun from e rack over the door when it was cidentally discharged. At the time wore heavy shoes and could hardhave pulled the trigger with his ot. There was nothing near him ten he was found which could have ed the gun. His wife and several ildren survive him. SHOT THROUGH THE BRAIN. >ctors Say Victim of Lancaster Shooting Can't Live. Lancaster, Nov. 21.?In a difficultoday near Tabernacle, this coun, Bayes Steel shot and mortally mnded John Campbell, both promint white farmers of their section, le cause of the shooting is not own. Sheriff Hunter went immeitely to the scene, but no arrests ;re made, the Stee's promising to me and deliver themselves up in se of Campbell's death, wh'ch, itsaid by his physicians, is certain. j i was shot through the brain with j single-barrelled gun. Houston Honors Cleinson. Tlie South Carolina experiment stain at Clemson college has been askby the United States department agriculture to prepare the govern-, ;nt cotton exhibit for the Panamacific exposition at San Francisco 1 91 . according to a letter receiv-l in Columbia from J. X.: irper, director of the station. The! tton exhibit will be located with j s government's agricultural disiv in the agricultural building at 3 exposition. "It certainly is a high compliment Clemson college and Prof. Harr," said Commissioner Watson of 3 State department of agriculture.! sterday. The collection of cotton arranged | the department of agriculture will! included in the exhibit to be sent; the experiment station. Practical-1 every variety of cotton has been i lected by the department for the .play, which is considered one of: >st nearly complete in existence. Work on the cotton exhibit will | gin at once and it will be shipped; San Francisco by the experiment ition officials early in 1915. All Amendments Carried. Columbia, Nov. 19.?After canvass; the returns on the general elecn, the State board of canvassers nounced yesterday that all of the proposed constitutional amend-1 >nts had carried. Tltirty Million Cartridges. How much ammunition does a idem army use? We shall not ow until after the war what the rman and the allied forces have in expending; but we know what; ) Germans used in 1SY0-Yi. me,1 al for rifles was 30,000,000 cart-' ges: for field artillery 302,000; inds. It is worth noting that bat-1 s are much less costly in ammuni-l 1 than sieges. The siege of Stras-j rg alone cost, weight for weight., *ee times the amount of ammnni-j n used in all the decisive battles rl actions throughout the whole r. Of c urse these figures are a re bacatel'e compared with those the present struggle, with its mil-! ns of so'diers and its quiek firing ns and its week-long battles. | IN THE PALMETTO STATE Sl Ksi | SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS j KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ] ter ! State News Boiled Down for Quick ^ Reading?Paragraphs About Cor Men and Happenings. qT{ for Monday Grady Griffin, J. S. Jack- J i son and Harry Bailey were acquitted otl: j of the charge of murdering Shealey Bennett, in the Colleton county da: i court. The defendants pleaded self- 'is! ' defence, and upon this plea the jury tai I acquitted them. "w of A. D. Taylor, Robert S. Harrison ~ on< and John E. Richter, prominent cat Florence men, were drowned near Florence Saturday when an automo- pQ? bile in which they were riding swerv- * ed and dropped from a bridge into the middle of a stream. s0E A verdict of $12,000 was returned wai in Sumter Monday against the A. C. off* L. railway. The case was that of 3 Dutton against the railway, in which get damages to the extent of $85,000 arr was asked for because of the killing B. of Dutton by a train of the defend- Jol I /.An.nont, Tlio nn cn ^nncunioH P ; aviv nvsmpaiij . i WWW >^.. ' a full week in the court. ele .Miss Mollie Sprouse, a young wo- %'c { liis man employed in the Clifton Xo. 3 1 cotton mill, at Spartanburg, commit- y ; ted suicide .Monday morning by throwing herself into a mill pond. It ^ : is said that for several weeks past J she has been brooding because of the | death of her sister, and this is at- i ! tributed as the cause for her act. ch; I The woman was prominently con- SUp j nected. h0l ELECTION EXPENSIVE. 16' ed ! The Votes Cost More Than One Dollar . ass Each. . ass Votes in the general election held ] i November 3 in South Carolina cost ! more than SI each. ReDorts filed \vr i with the State board of canvassers by 1 the commissioners show that the total vote was approximately $35,000. I The legislature appropriated $30,000 giv for the expense of the general elec- I tion. An additional appropriation of and from $5,000 to $7,000 will have to 1:5 be made to meet the printing bills. I Incomplete returns filed with the yea State board of canvassers indicate thii [that aM of the 11 constitutional I amendments were carried in the gen- ties eral .election. 11: Why a Dog Wags Its Tail. ^er 2. i Why does a dog wag its tail? No, this isn't foolish question 41,444. Far from it, says the Detroit Free Press. It is a sober, solemn problem which has been given long, careful, pQI scientific investigation, and which > is now submitted to us with answer ^u, attached so that we needn't worry 0 ourselves in the slightest degree oi ~ thoughttulness over it. Professor H Giusseppe Renato, of Rome, Italy, has devoted a lot of attention to this ser] question. So you see there must be > some weight somewhere about it. Rir Prof. Renato very kindly and solemn- jon ly tells us that the dog wags its tail p for conversational purposes?and if ^ this is true, we all know dogs that ^ are great conversationists, don't we? pU] Prof. Renato says great injustice p has been done in the past by scien- > tists in not giving animals' tails a kjn profound study sooner. The tail, he T r solemnly pointed out, from the stand- gon point of antiquity, is much older than q6C other organs of the various animals, kin and, therefore entitled to be investi- mo] gated first. Biology demonstrates, he says, that in the gradual development of animal life the tail was per- ?, forming various important functions don and working like a Trojan possibly froi centuries before the animal ever be- toir gan to dream that it might also be I nice to have paws, or jaws or legs, in i He hopes his present exhaustive and the profound treatment of the subject j ami will sort of square matters with the 1 lar. animals, or rather with their tails, on behalf of past neglectful scientists he generally. And yet in spite of the arguments of Prof. Renato some of us will continue to exhibit far more you interest in the dental development and proficiency of the dog than in the conversational ability shown in sucl tail-wagging, won't we? ed. The .Meanest Man. nes: was Penelope?Uriau Unisons father,^ is the meanest man in town. I , I clioi Percival?What gives you that I , idea? | " ! c ha "I'ritih's teacher save him a bean j bag the other day"? j I ca Th, huh" ; S "And when I'riali took it home li's: Hut father used it to make soup."?The j Younsstown Telegram. j Y 'HOOL FOR MOUNTAIN (HItLS. tablisliment Decided Upon at Rock Hill Meeting. HO Rock Hill, Nov. 19.?The Daughs of the American Revolution, ith Carolina division, in annual *. lference here, today selected senville as the place of meeting next year. \side from routine business two ^ ler matters of interest occupied tjie > attention of the delegates at to- a r r's session. They decided to estab- ban i an industrial school for mounn girls, and also endorsed the con ear cotton" movement. Mr. Lee, day Landrum, in behalf of that town, ^ie; sred a bonus of $2,000 for the lo- nea ion of the school there. Mrs. jro] lesby, of Georgetown, made a pro- tjie ;al from her chapter to turn over ^ the conference a building where gur :y have been supporting a school her newhat of this nature. No action i s taken at this time as to the6e ^et ;rs. tacl Mrs. F. H. H. Calhoun, State re- had it, who was detained Wednesday, tjjr( ived and presided today. Mrs. W. Ardrey, of Fort Mill; Mrs. J. B. aga inson, of Rock Hill, and Mrs. E. Vnn TrP5fnw. nf Camden, were , , lne eted to fill the expired terms of and e regent, auditor and assistant pro torian, respectively. jng () CHANCE FOR UNCLE JOE. fled to mocrats Will Stick to dark for 0U* Sj>eaker. her Washington, Nov. 19.?Speaker intc amp Clark is receiving pledges of ^ea iport as presiding head of the neiI ise in the next congress. Already *ate > of the 230-odd Democrats elect- ^ut to the next house have assured mul I of their votes and his friends * erted tonight his reelection was ^ie ured. ^a<^ m ? car< JABXWKLL BAPTIST UNION. 0f t ; 1 II Be Held November 28 and 29, | (jeri 1914.?Programme. I sea: cha 3ible reading on "The duty of j gee] ing money to the Lord's work." cag fellowship?Its meaning, extentj [ effectiveness, l Jno. i:<s. rnu. ^ai 2. Cor. 8:4; 1:7. the Mans and prospects for the coming | den r, as to material and spiritual j wafi igs. Jas. 4:13-15. stai Religion in the home; its difficul-> wb{ >, its benefits. Jas. 24:15. Deut.! the 1 8-20. | cut Co. 1. At St. Johns. 1. J. A. Hun-; Q , D. A. Herndon. E. A. McDowell, j crjE J. P. Hiers. C. B. Kinard, W. R.; upo Millan. 3. G. W. Folk, Bunyan gon en, E. A. McDowell. 4. J. A. brQ nter, G. W. Folk, D. O. Hunter. Y isionary sermou?J. R. Smith, of pici dova. mol Co. 2. At Friendship. 1. W. H. the tto. C. C. Ellzey, J. D. Huggins. j er \V. H. Collins, J. 0. Sanders, \V\ tbe Britton. 3. J. M. Grubs, \V. L. thQ] yes. L. S. Still. 4. J. E. Lain, W. j Qf Still, W. G. Britton. Missionary Sjgr mon?J. D. Huggins. j Co. 3. At Fairmont. 1. G. E. hee t, R. K. Woodward, W. M. bod es. 2. M. O. Wall. T. J. Grubbs, ,ast H. Funderburk. -3. J. W. Ken-jing It. M. O. Wall, W. D. Heckle. ha?d Wa'ter Hill, R. R. Johnson, F. H. Y iderburk. Missionary sermon? . H. Funderburk. stor Co.4. At Mt. Olivet. 1. J. A. Jen- ^ s, W. I. Johns, J. R. Cullom. 2. T. j.ea. Deer, George Hopkins, J. A. Good- ed , . 3. J. A. Jenkins, W. H. Moody, jeav >rge Hopkins. 4. George Hop- son, s, J. R. Cullom. Missionary ser- ber n?J. R. Cullom. was Her Different Choice. VI Ir. Plowden, the well-known Lonmagistrate, who has just retired Hol] ro the bench, has a great repere of good stories. iis favorite one relates to a case c vhich he appeared as counsel. In mer course of the case he had to ex- city ne the wife of a notorious burg- fath plar You are the wife of this man?' ty, asked. nooi I am," she replied. fam You knew he was a burglar when Xo married him?" he proceeded. tim< I did,' she admitted. How could you possibly marry ^ li a man?" Mr. Plowden demand- . A ssi Well, it was like this." the wits explained confidentially: "I j ^ getting old and two chaps want-' x i ters to marry me. It wasn t easy to ^ rise between 'em, but in the end ' larried Bill there. The other, .U . .. i Bon p was a lawyer, same as you, sir. j , wlie n't deny that Rose is fair, ' the lie is a winning witch: Frig she wears so much purchased siegi hair I hav< ou can't tell which is switch. j harr ? NVICT MURDERS WOMAN KIBBLE CIUMR COMMITTED IX SUMTKK COUNTY. rderer Taken From Chain Gang Authorities and Diddled With Bullets. -vnchburg, Nov. 24.?Hung up by heels and riddled with bullets by nob of about 100 men on the iks of Lynche's river, near here, lard Wilson, a negro chain gang vict, was lynched about noon tofor the murder of Mrs. J. Ezel Truluck, wife of a farmer living r Hudson's bridge. When taken m among the convicts by the mob negro confessed the crime. Vilson, who was a trusty on the nter chaingang, now working near e, went to Mrs. Truluck's house jet some milk early this morning, urning later in the day he atked her with a razor, which he 1 stolen from a guard, cutting her oat. As she endeavored to rise kicked her in the face and she fell in. The negro then called to her le son, who had been near her at time of the attack, to come close I see his mother. The boy apached, but saw the blood streamfrom his mother's throat and , screaming. The negro, unable catch him and alarmed by the cry. made off into the woods, leantime Mrs. Truluck gathered failing "strength and staggered ) the public road, where she fell h Har littlo hnv's pries brought I ;hbors. Their assistance was tooj i to help the unfortunate woman,j they came in time to track the rderer. 'ursuers followed a trail through woods to a point where the negro . changed his clothing. The dis3ed suit, clotted with the blood ;he victim was found later. 'he boy reported that the murer wore convict's clothes and the rch of course was carried to the ingang headquarters. The overr locked all the prisoners in the e for examination. 'he two camp cooks announced t Wilson had been absent about time of the murder. He stoutly ied the crime, but strong evidence i brought against him. A blood ned piece of underclothing, found >re he had changed his suit, fitted place where a piece had been j from his underclothes. The ne-l at first sought to ascribe the I ne to another negro, but finally, J n being identified by the little j of the murdered woman, lie! 1-^e down and confessed, nth this confirmation of its sws-j ons, the crowd changed into aj 3 hungry for his death. Despite pleadings of law officers and cool-j citizens, the angered men took i negro from the chaingang au-| rities and bore him to the banks Lynche's river. There their dei was consummated with speed, 'lie negro was strung up by his Is from a tree and his swaying y was riddled with bullets. At accounts the body was still hangthere, where the mob's bullets brought death. I'ilson, who was about 18 years age, was serving a sentence for e breaking in Maysville. Irs. Truluck, who was about 34 rs of age, was universally respectand beloved in this section. She es her husband and two small s, aged 9 and 7 years. Before marriage to .Mr. Truluck she Miss Kelly. HESTER COUNTY HOMICIDE. Lsekeeper Accused of Shooting Son of H. J. Culp. hester, Nov. 21.?S. V. Culp, forly a furniture salesman of this , but lately residing with his er, H. J. Culp, on the family itation near Rowells, this counwas shot and killed this afterT" 1 LI. 1 lie UUU%"ehecpw LUl lux; i'.y, a white woman, is accused, particulars are obtainable at this [A KM LESS AND DELICIOUS. jrance Given Epicureans Frightened by Fink Oysters. "ashington, Nov. 19.?Pink Oysare the latest freak under investion by the department of agriure. They come from beds in g Island, look like other oysters n g; thered, but turn up pink on plate of the ultimate consumer. ;htened epicureans who have need the department with inquiries j ? been assured they are not only! nless but delicious. ' COTTON BOND ISSl'K VOTE. Eleven Counties Cast 3,2ft 1 Votes; 1,71)1 Against Issue. Columbia, Nov. 18.?Returns filed with the State board of canvassers today show that eleven counties voted on the question of issuing $24,000,000 in bonds to loan on the cot- , ton crop. According to the returns there were 3,261 votes cast, 1,791 against the issue and 1,478 for the issue. The bill providing for the election on the bond issue was passed by the extraordinary session of the general assembly. The bil! was not signed by the governor and did not become a law. LEMACKS FOUND GUILTY. Second Trial of Noted Colleton County Case for Murder. Walterboro, Nov. 19.?At 2:30 this morning, alter deliberating since 5:30 yesterday afternoon, the jury charged with the decision of the case of the State V6 I. S. Lemacks, for murder, brought in a verdict of guilty, with recommendation to the mercy of the court, thus fixing the punishment as life imprisonment. Thus ended the second trial of one of the most interesting and hard fought cases ever heard in the local courts, and a case that held the at tention of nearly every Colletonian, The case was sent back by the supreme court for a new trial, at the November term of court last year. Lemacks having been convicted of murder in the first degree. The main features of the trial this time were the ruling of Judge Gary whereby much of the testimony admitted at the former trial was held inadmissible, and the hard fight for every inch of ground made by the able attorneys in the case. Col. Peurifoy immediately gave notice of a motion for a new trial, the grounds of which have not been made public. < REFUSED FRANK PETITION. Finally Appeal for Clemency, Very Likely. Washington, Nov. 23.?Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, under death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan in Atlanta in 1913, will carry to other members of the United States supreme court their application for a writ of error in Frank's behalf, refused today by Justice Lamar. Justice Lamar, in denying the application, explained his action in a written informal opinion. This announcement was made tonight by Henry Alexander, of Frank's counsel, who will remain in Washington to continue the attempt to get intervention by the supreme court on the ground that Frank's constitutional rights were violated because the verdict was rendered during his absence from the courtroom, .Mr. Alexander said he had not lost hope that a writ would be issued. He , did not say, however, to which member of the court he would apply next. There were some indications that the next move in the fight for Frank's life might be directed towards efforts to obtain clemency from the governor of Georgia, or the State'pardon ?oard. ZEPPELIX DEPOT ATTACKED. One of French Aeroplanes Drought Down, Says German Paper. Amsterdam, via London, Nov. 21. ?Two aeroplanes, thought to be French, attacked the Zeppelin dock and sheds on Lake Constance today, according to a Friedrichshafen paper. The aeroplanes dropped six bombs, none of which did any damage. One moo cvrnt t h p nthpr auu^iaug ?uu onvv viv .. ?>v v-?? , escaped. FRANK JAMKS IS STRICKEN. Once Noted Highwayman IIej>orted to He Dying at 73. Excelsior Springs, Mo., Nov. 21.? Frank James, one of the James brothers, notorious as highwaymen shortly after the War Between the States, was stricken with heart disease today and was reported dying at the James home, near here. He is 73 years of age. Diploinatir Parent. "What makes you think Col. Jawson objects to his daughter's engagement to Billie Smithers?" asked Waterbury. "Why," said Rankleigh. "he has just asked Billie to come around to the house to breakfast tomorrow s morning and?oh, well you know what the average girl looks like at breakfast, don't you?" i MMMMiaaiMiii