The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 18, 1917, Page 2, Image 2
EXPLOSIONS WRECK PLANT.
Tons of Shells for Slavs are Exploded
Like Big Cannonade.
New York, Jan. 11.?The plant of
the Canadian Car and Foundry company,
one-half mile east of Kingsland,
X. J., in which were stored hundreds
of tons of three-inch shells destined
for the Russian government,
was destroyed today bv fire and a series
of explosions, which continued
for three hours. So far as could be
learned tonight, no one was killed or
injured, although seventeen workmen
were reported missing. No estimate
of the loss was obtainable,
but it was said it might reach $4,000,000.
Approximately 1,400 men were employed
in the plant, which comprised
between forty and fifty buildings and
covered about eighty acres of ground.
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Kingsland, but the plant was used for
the filling of shells, the chief constituent
used being trinitrotoluol, one
of the most powerful explosives
known.
Danger Modified.
While it was estimated that nearly
500,000 shells exploded, primary
fuses or caps had not been attached
to them and consequently their detonation
did not cause the havoc that
follows their explosion when used on
European battle front. The roar of
the shells, which sounded like a cannonade
from heavy guns, was heard
for miles, however, and the concussions
shook buildings within a wide
radius of the plant.
Two big magazines in which were
stored trinitrotoluol, nitric acid, picric
acid and powder were pot reached
by the flames and it was believed tonight
that they were not in danger.
Filled With Refugees.
Kingsland, Rutherford and other
places nearby were filled tonight with
refugees who had fled from their
homes in the vicinity of the plant. A
dozen persons were arrested at Kingsland
on charges of petit larceny, and
orders were issued by Sheriff Courier,
of Bergen county, to the guards sent
out by him in all dirtctions to shoot
looters. Thomas J. Huckin, county
prosecutor, and his assistants began
tonight an investigation to fix responsibility
for the disaster. It was
said at the offices of the Canadian
Car and Foundry company that their
inquiry had not been completed and
that no statement would be issued
until tomorrow. A theory was that
crossed wires started the fire.
The fire, which began at 3:50 p.
m., still was smouldering late today
in the ruins. Shells exploded almost
continuously until 7:30 o'clock, but
after that hour the detonations were
only intermittent.
JOHN WILLIAMS GUILTY.
Admits Criminal Assault in Orangeburg.?Given
Long Sentence.
Orangeburg, Jan. 11.?John Williams,
a young white man of the
Neeses section of Orangeburg county,
today, by arrangement of counsel,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
criminal assault, with recommendation
to mercy of the court. Such a
consent verdict was written and signed
by the foreman of a jury empaneled
for that purpose. The defendant
was sentenced to serve a term of 40
years in the State penitentiary.
The crime was committed about
two weeks ago upon a prominent
young married woman in the Neeses
section. Feeling grew intense and as
soon as Williams was arrested, upon
his own suggestion, he was taken to
the State penitentiary for safekeepi
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Orangeburg today and no large
crowd was in attendance upon court
when he was placed in the dock. Immediately
after sentence, he was
hastened to Columbia to enter upon
his term. Williams is a member of
a prominent family of the Xeeses section.
MEMORY DEVELOPMENT.
Simple Rule Which May Be Followed
With Success.
A writer in the January American
Magazine says about a man he
knows:
" 'If I should get three hundred
letters in today's mail,' he replied,
'from teachers in this State about this
State Teachers' association, I could
glance over them and then tell you
from whom each one came and the
gist of what it said. This work is on
my mind, that's all.'
"When I asked him how he had
acquired this remarkable ability, he
explained it in this way. 'When 1
meet a' person, I get the name and
face. I concentrate my thoughts on
that person, what he is doing, and
who he is, just for a moment until
I have him thoroughly fixed in my
mind. Then, when I see him again,
no matter where or how, I speak to
him and call him by his name. I
don't find it at all difficult to do this.
By following this rule all my life I
am now abe to remember practically
every person I meet.' "
J. KARL BOLTON SLAIN.
Marine Corps Lieutenant Killed in
Santo Domingo.
Greenwood, Jan. 11.?Second
Lieut. J. Karl Bolton, of the I'nited
States marine corps, a native of
Greenwood, met his death at San
Pedro .Macoris, Santo Domingo.
Lieut. Bolton landed with a detachment
of marines and was fired upon
by a crowd on dock. This information
was officially telegraphed the
navy department by Capt. Chandler,
of the battleship New Hampshire.
The entire community feels bereaved
by the news of his death. Lieut.
Bolton was graduated from the Citadel
in the class of last year and was
appointed to the marine corps 'ast
November. He is survived by his
father and mother, two sisters, Misses
Mamie Elizabeth and Mildred Bolton,
and two brothers, Harold Bolton
and Julian Bolton.
Kentucky Governor Defies Mob.
Murray, Ky., Jan. 11.?Governor
A. O. Stanley, of Kentucky, who made
a hurried trip here on a special train
to quiet a mob threatening to lynch
Circuit Judge Charles Bush and Commonwealth
Attorney Smith for failing
to hand over a negro accused of
murdering a policeman, arrived at
daybreak and immediately took
charge of the guards surrounding
Judge Bush and Attorney Smith in a
local hotel.
Governor Stanley sent word to the
leaders of tne moo mat ne was determined
to prevent the lynching of
another negro in Kentucky even at
the risk of his own life.
"I intend to see to it that Lube
Martin is given a fair trial at any
cost," said the governor.
Governor Stanley telephoned the
Paducah authorities instructing them
to disregard the 'judge's Order and to
hold the negro in Paducah.
A few hours after his arrival the
governor seemed to have the situation
well in hand. Posses of citizens
were formed at Princeton and
Hopkinsville and were about to start
for Murray to protect Judge Bush
and Smith. The governor ordered
them not to come, and sent word to
Paducah that the negro should be
held there indefinitely.
Lube Martin is the negro wanted
by the mob. When brought before
Judge Bush, charged with the murder
of Guthrie Duiguid, a white man,
Martin was granted a continuance
and then rushed to jail at Paducah.
A mob formed quickly bent on
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he had been spirited away. The mob
then surrounded the hotel in which
Judge Bush and Smith had taken
refuge and threatened to dynamite
the building unless Bush signed an
order for Martin's return to Murray.
Judge Bush, it is understood, signed
the order and then sent an appeal
to Governor Stanley for help.
PONCE 1)E LEO\"viSITS FLORIDA.
He's a Descendant, However, Not the
Original Pursuer of Youth.
Ponce d"e Leon has returned to
Florida.
He is not here to search for the
fountain of perennial youth, but to
walk the streets of St. Augustine,
Penscacola and other cities whose
foundations are closely connected
with the old Spanish days; neither
is he here by favor of royalty, but
on his own initiative to assemble the
history of his historic name in a book
he is writing.
To be more explicit, his name is
A. de Vera Y. Ponce de Leon, and
his titles are the Marquis of Estrella
la Alta and the Count of Cardenas.
He is a subject of the Spanish crown,
and the only living descendant of the
discoverer of Florida in the United
States today.
The ancestry of the Count of Cardenas
is a famous one. Besides his
direct descent from Ponce de Leon,
his family is related to that of Christopher
Columbus. His family, also,
was related to that of St. Ignatius of
Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order.
The Count of Cardenas was born
in Spain. His family fortunes were
lost in the civil wars and when 16
years old he went to Mexico to carve
out a new fortune for himself. He
had accumulated property worth
$12,000, including two ranches and a
tobacco factory, when the Mexican
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just a little more than two months
ago.
All that the Count of Cardenas
saved from the wreck of his fortunes
in Mexico was his portfolio of family
papers, which he has here with him.
They are of great antiquity, dating
back to the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries. One of these which is
most interesting to Florida people is
an original autograph document conferring
upon Don Lope de Cardenas y
Ponce de Leon the title of Knight of
the Very Xoble Order of Alcantra in
appreciation for his services as founder
of the city of Pensacola. This
letter was signed by Charles II of
Spain.?Jacksonville Times-Union.
Fresh to the Bone.
During his vacation a San Francisco
lawyer met an old friend in the
village, and their conversation drifted
to a discussion of the natives. A
young farmer came under their view.
"He's a fine looking young fellow,"
said the lawyer.
"Ye-e-es," assented his friend, dubiously.
"Well, anyway, he has a mighty
good head."
"It ought to be good," was the
reply. "That man's head is brand
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Rochester Times.
Man fondly believes that he is the
master of his own home. But he's
the only one that believes it.
TAX NOTICE.
The treasurer's office will be open
for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the
15th day of October, 1916, until the
15th day of March, 1917, inclusive.
From the first day of January,
1917, until the 31st day of January,
1917, a penalty of one per cent, will
be added to all unpaid taxes. From
the 1st day of February, 1917, a
penalty of 2 per cent, will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
day of March, 1917, until the 15th
day of March, 1917, a penalty of 7
per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes.
THE LEVY.
For State purposes 6 1-2 mills
For county purposes 7 mills
Constitutional school tax 3 mills
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Total 14 1-2 mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills
Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills
Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills
Colston, No. 18 4 mills
Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills
Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills
Fishpond, No. 5 2 mills
Govan, No. 11 4 mills
Hutto, No. 6 2 mills
Hampton, No. 3 2 mills
Hey ward, No. 24 2 mills
Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 8 mills
Lees, No. 23 4 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Oak Grove, No. 20 4 mills
Olar, No. 8 9 mills
St. John's, No. 10 2 mills
Salem, No. 9 4 mills
Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills
All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sailors,
who are exempt i?t 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of one
dollar.
Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
All persons who were 21 years of
age on or before the 1st day of January,
1916, are liable to a poll tax
of one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor are requested
to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1917.
I will receive the commutation
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
the 15th day of October, 1916, until
the 1st day of March, 1917.
G. A. JENNINGS,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
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