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f 5Iljp Hamhrrg Sjrralii fe: V $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12,1919 Established in 1891 \ . GRANTS BAIL TO \ ALLENDALE MEN X KIRXLAXD AND DUNBAR RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. * Held in Murder Case - " CPProminent Citizens Arrested on Testi > ? . mony of Woman at Inquest Into Death of Mr. H. D. Marley. v Allendale, June 6.?George D. * Kirkland, a large planter and a membar of the board of commissioners of Allendale county, and John Dunbar, candidate for sheriff in the recent election in this county, who were placed under arrest last Friday, and ?harged with murder, following the testimony of Carrie Stanley at the infuest of H. D. Mafley, who was tilled at his home at Matthew's Bluff, this county, Thursday, May 29, just a few minutes after he had shot to death James W. Hogg, also a large planter of near here, have both been x\ granted bail, and it is expected that their trial will be at the first term of court held in this county, commencing June 16. Shortly after the shooting Thursday afternoon the only details obtainable were to the effect that Mar-' . ley had shot Hogg and that Hogg shot Marley to death as the latter was - running away. Nothing of a legal nature, different from the first version, was heard until the inquest over Marley's body, held Friday afternoon, when the Stanley woman, now unuer arrest,, hut out on hail, under i charge of adultery, who, it is said, was living with Marley at the time he was killed, testified that certain members of a fish dinner party gathered at the river a short distance from the Marley house, had dragged Marley from his home and shot him to |4 death. Her testimony was not sub, stantiated. ^ It is admitted, in affidavits filed by members of the party who were at 'the river, and submitted to Judge Rice when Kirkland and Dunbar ap ;t: plied to him, at Aiken, for bail, that Dunbar fired upon Marley twice with V'-.".- a shotgun, although it is known that other shots were fired. It is intimated by counsel for Dunbar that Dunbar's plea will be self defense. The only other matter of a legal nature obtainable bearing upon the Marley killing are the affidavits filed by Henry D. Best, Hugh Reeves, Herman Lee and Paul Black, also members of the fishing party. The gist of the affidavits reads: "After finishing a dinner at Cohen's Bluff, about one-eighth of a mile ^ from the Marley home, J. W. Hogg and Buck Lewis, a fisherman from Georgia, went to the Marley house. % The reason for their going is not known, as Lewis, although under indictment, is still at large." Dropping certain paragraphs of the affi/lawito raloHnv tA f Vl O chrtrtHnp- r?f auiuavxto A v* Hogg by Marley and resuming at the description of the movements of Lewis, who accompanied Hogg to the Marley house, after Marley had shot Hogg, the affidavits read: "Lewis ran through the woods and informed other members of the party of the fact that Hogg had been shot. Several members of the party, including Dunbar and Kirkland imme^ diately started for the scene, Dun bar carrying a shotgun he had taken from Lewis. Upon arriving at the scene we found Hogg on his hands and knees, apparently, from where we stood, attempting to rise. Marley was approaching Hogg with a shotgun evidently with the intention of shooting him-again. "Dunbar called to Marley to surrender, but Marley refused to do so. Dunbar again admonished him to thrown down his zun. but Marlev re i ' fused to do so and handled the gun in a manner indicating that he was going to shoot. Dunbar then shot him twice. Pistols also were fired. Marley fell and we then found that Hogg was dead, apparently having been hilled immediately. Members of the party then placed Marley in his house and took Hogg to the home of his brother, Dr. T. F. Hogg, near Kline." The two versions of the killing are offered to the public. There is no truth in the statement, published under an Aiken date line that seven men have been arrested in connection with the killing. Kirkland and Dunbar are the only men arrested. Lewis is at large, but will be arrested when located. Hogg is not from Georgia, as written from Aiken. His home has always been in what is now AlI lendale county, where he has large family connections. CASE OF LOST MEMORY. Woman Arrives in Union Unable to Say Who She Is. Union, June 5.?A pathetic case of lost memory so that even identity is not known is that of a woman, about 3S years old, tall and slender, of; rather a dark complexion, short, cur-! ly, black hair, traces of former beauty, who was here a few days ago. On account of her mental condition she was taken to the State hospital, in Columbia, for treatment. The woman, who was rather well dressed, arrived here on Friday, May 30, and after being unable to secure lodging for any length of time at any * Vi o 7." boarding nouse, us sue vmj ^ cents on her person, her case was taken in charge by Envoy D. T. McAbee, of the Salvation army, and Miss Mamie Oetzel, of the home service department of the Red Cross. After an examination by two doctors, her mental condition was found to be such that it was deemed advisable to send her- where she would be given every care and attention. From her rambling, disconnected talk, it seems that the woman may at some time have lived near Knoxville, Tenn., and that her husband may have been called John Sanders and had gone overseas with the American troops, but as to this the woman appears to be in doubt. She says that last year she had typhoid fever and had to use crutches for four months. In the midst of conversation memory takes flight, and she can recall nothing of what she had even previously said. The one subject she speaks of voluntarily is re ligion. She was well dressed in a dark coatsuit with fur trimmings, and carried two suitcases, but the contents did not disclose anything relative to her identity. Some of the Union men who served in Company E, 118th infantry, and who were trained at Camp Sevier at Greenville, declare that they had seen this woman, or some one very much like her, in that city, and that she then lived at Carolina Mills, now | called Poinsett Mills, and that she had a husband, whose name is not thought to have been John Sanders, a daughter about 18 years old, and a young son. Envoy D. T. McAbee, of the Salvation army, who had much to do with helping the woman while here, has given out this information in hopes that if any of her family or relatives wish to know anything about her they can communicate with him. GETS LIGHT SENTENCE. Private Bamberg Found Guilty on Two Charges. Private Jesse Bamberg, tried April 10 on the two charges of desertion and breaking arrest, was found guilty by a Gamp Jackson court-martial and sentenced to six months confinement and forfeit of two-thirds of his pay for that period. Maj. Benjamin W. Mills was president of the court, Lieut. Laughlin McNeil, trial judge advocate, and Lieut. E. G. Wright, assistant trial judge advocate. Bamberg was charged with breaking arrest before release by the proper authorities after he had been placed under arrest by Lieut. H. J. Pearl for the commission of some minor ofense. He plead guilty to this charge. He was also charged with desertion in violation of the 58th article ol war. On February 18, the same day that he broke his arrest, Private Bamberg left the camp, remaining absent in desertion until apprehended at Bamberg, on March 24. Bamberg plead not guilty of desertion in + Viq fICfVi orHnlo nf war v luianuu ui uu?,u but guilty of the 61st article of war. Findings of the court were as Bamberg had plead. He was guilty on the first charge and guilty of absence without leave. The reviewing authorities approved the sentence of the court. It was confinement at hard labor for six months and a forfeit ol two-thirds of his pay for that period. Private Bamberg will serve his sentence at the stockade at Camp Jackson. He is a member of Company D of the Four Hundred and Eighth Labor Battalion.?The State. Pavement Blows Up. Anderson, June 7.?Heat expansion today caused the pavement or Tsorth Main street to blow up like a mine was underneath it. It blew up just in front of an automobile, which could not be stopped and caused a tire to explode. The bricks were piled one on another like somebody had been making a playhouse. Senate Passes Wo j Amendment by Washington, June 5.?Action byi congress on equal suffrage?subject j of a fight of 44 years' duration?end-! . ed Wednesday in adoption by the sen- i , ate by a vote of 56 to 25 of the his-[ , toric Susail B. Anthony constitution- h al amendment resolution. The proposed amendment, adopted < 1? Kv d vntp r>f 204 tn S9. ! U> II1C nuuot ? - - ? , May 21, as the first act of the new h congress, now goes to the States, ratification by legislatures of three-1 fourths of which is required for its incorporation in the federal constitution. The roll call showed two votes! i more than the necessary two-thirds j for the resolution, which was drafted! i by Susan B. Anthony in 1875 andj introduced by Senator Sargent, of j California, in 1878. Counting paired; and absent members, the senate ac- j tually stood 66 to 30 for the meas-} ure. Loud applause, unchecked by the presiding officer, swept the senate j chamber when the final vote was an-, nounced following two days' debate j and many jubilant meetings were in I progress last night at headquarters of | various women's organizations which j have been active in support of the j measure. ; Immediately after the senate's ac- i tion the resolution was taken to Speaker Gillett's office and signed. | It was rushed back to the senate for I ) its presiding officer's signature, but arrived after the senate had adjourned, and will be approved tomorrow. President Wilson's signa*' ? -l-i* J ArtAcco rT* tUT6, It Was SUAltSll, IS uui ucvcoijMi ) | although the resolution will be sent I to the White House as usual and may be signed by the executive. It IN HONOR OF MULLINS BOY. Torpedo Boat Destroyer Is Named After Lieutenant Yarboro. Mullins, June 8.?Mr. George H. Yarboro, of Mullins, has received a telegram from the Hon. Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, announcing that the torpedo boat destroyer No. 314, now being built at Bethlehem Shipyards, San Francisco, Cal., has been named in honor of his son, Lieut. George H. Yarboro, Jr., who was wounded on June 23. in the battle of Belleau wood and died on i June 27, 1918. * The secretary of the navy requested Mr. Yarboro to name a sponsor for the launching of the vessel, which is soon to take place at San Francisco. Miss Kate Burch, of Florence, was named by Mr. Yarboro. The following is a copy of the telegram received from Secretary Daniels: "Mr. G. H. Yarboro, Mullins, S. C.: I I have today assigned the name of: Yarboro to torpedo boat destroyer j Xo. 314, building at Bethlehem Ship-; building company, California, in hon- j or of your son, Lieut. George H. Yar-j boro, Jr., U, S. M. C. Will you be kind enough to designate a sponsor , for this vessel, which is to be launched soon at San Francisco? ; "JOSEPHUS DANIELS." Lieutenant Yarboro graduated from the Citadel in Charleston in 1916 and soon after volunteered for . service with the marine corps. Two Weddings at Fairfax. ; Fairfax, June 7.?Miss Ray Collier, of near Orangeburg, and Mr. E. . C. Harter, of Fairfax, were married here early this week. They left the - same day on their honeymoon, traveling by automobile. Miss Ray Harter, of Fairfax, and L Mr. Roy Croft, of Jacksonville, Fla., ( were married here Wednesday. They . will make their home in Jackson( ville after a honeymoon. The Fairfax chapter, United ?v i , _ /* xi? n j ^ ' uaugnters or tue i/uuieuevacj nice with Miss Virginia Durant Tuesday . afternoon, and elected the following . officers for the ensuing year: Miss i Virginia Durant, president; Mrs. . Laurens Youmans, first vice president; Mrs. W. W. Anderson, second vice president; Mrs. J. H. Harter, corresponding secretary; Mrs. E. L. Young, treasurer; Mrs. J. E. John ston, historian; Mrs. J. F. Lightsey, l registrar, and Mrs. Isaac Knopf, rei> corder of crosses. > Among the visitors are; Mr. J. C. l Gregg, Savannah; Miss Sue E. Boggs, , Augusta; Miss Mirle Gray, Beaufort; > Mrs. H. G. Delk and daughter, Mrs. ' Janie Hartzog, Blackville, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, of Greenville. man Suffrage Vote of 56 to 25 will be certified to the States by the State department. The absentees. Senator Owen and Robinson, favored the resolution, and Senator Smith, of Georgia, was an opponent. Including paired and absent senators, the actual senate lineup was 40 Republicans and 26 Democrats for the resolution and nine Republicans and 21 Democrats in opposition. The amendment as it will be added to the constitution if ratified by the States, reads: "Article , section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. "Section 2: Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation to enforce the provisions of this article." All efforts to amend the resolution in the senate failed. By a vote of 55 to 28 the senate rejected the amendment of Senator Underwood, Democrat. of Alabama, proposing submission of the proposed article to popular State coLventions instead of State legislatures. An amendment by Senator Gay, Democrat, of Louisiana, proposing enforcement by the States instead of the federal government, was voted down 62 to 19. The seaate also^rejected, without a roll cail, a revision of Senator Underwood's amendment, proposed by Senator Phelan, Democrat, of California, to fix methods of calling popular ratification conventions. Although few State legislatures now are in session, woman suffrage championg last night claimed that ratification soon would De secured, probably by next spring. MONUMENT IS COMPLETED. Shaft to Late Senator B. R. Tillman Erected at Edgefield. Edgefield, June 7?The Owen Bros. Marble and Granite Co. of Greenwood has just completed the monument over the grave of the late Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman. The shaft, a splendid piece of workmanship, is of Winnsboro granite and it is perhaps the largest private monument in the State. The following inscriptions are on the monument: (Front face): Benjamin Ryar Tillman, born August 11, 1847?diec July 3, 1918. Patriot, statesman; governor of South Carolina 1890 1894. United States senator. In th< world-wide war chairman senate committe on naval affairs. A life of service and achievement. (Left face): Loving them, he was the friend and leader of the commor people. He taught thfem their political power and made possible the education of their sons and daughters Clemson Agricultural college, Win throp Normal and Industrial col college. ? (Right face): In the home: Lovi?or invai Tn the senate: Steadfast awj ?** ~ true. For the nation: "The country belongs to us all and we all belons to it. The men of the North, South East and West carved it out of th< wilderness and made it great. Le us share it with each other then, an( conserve it, giving it the best that ii in us of brain, and brawn and heart.' (This quotation is from one of Sen ator Tillman's last speeches in th< senate.) Reunion' of Company G. The reunion of Company G will b< held at the same old place, Bethesd? church, this year on July 3, (Thurs day). Everybody is invited to at tend with well filled baskets, espe oil nmnfoHorata snldiftF bian^ an uiu uvu^vuv?>w ? ? are expected to be there. We wil have good speaking (programme la ter.) Capt. G. W. Folk, chairman o "committee on music; Robert Morris chairman of committee on table anc grounds. They will select their com mitteemen. J. B. HUNTER. J. C. COPELAND, M. 0. KINARD, 6-12-21. Committee. Child Painfully Hurt. Allendale, May 30.?Sam Palmer small son of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Palm er, of Allendale, was run over by i runaway horse yesterday afternooi and painfully injured. ^ i?I New supply box files just receivec at Herald Book Store. \ TASKS TO FACE. Illiteracy Should lie Impossible ii Few Years. Columbia. June 8?Governor Coop er has directed letters to all the at tendance officers under the compul sory school attendance act, remind ing these officials of the importanc of the tasks they are called upon t< execute. "South Carolina is pledged to pro tect and train her future citizenship,1 the governor says. "The active cam paign for the reduction of adult il literacy already under way ought t help many unlettered men and worn en. An illiterate child ought to b an impossibility in the years jus ahead," the governor's letter con eludes. The letter follows: "Under the school attendance ac of 1919, the county board of educa tion of your county has appointed yo attendance officer for the schools ur aor itc inrifsdirtion. This aDDoinl ment takes effect June 1, 1919. You duties and your salary begin froi that date. "The fundamental importarce c this work, together with my deep an abiding interest in the schools, is m reason for writing you as you ent upon your task. You shall have m personal and official support in yoi efforts to bring every child int school, and to keep every pupil i regular attendance. "The enactment of this Statewic compulsory attendance law marks a epoch in our educational progres This policy makes new demands c every citizen and every taxpayer, also imposes new duties on school o ficials, trustees, and teachers. Bi while the problem must be worke out through the cooperation of al its solution depends primarily upc ' the attendance officers. "Your duties are clearly and expli ' itly stated in the law. During tl ' month of June the State board i education expects you to study scho district lines and boundaries, scho enrollment for 1918-19, the locatic of schoolhouses and the organiz L tion of school communities. Diligei preparation should be made for tl required census of all children b ' tween the ages of 6 and 14 year which must be taken by school di tricts during the calendar months < July and August. Cards for this cei 1 sus will be furnished before the er of June. ' "Additional regulations have n house visitation throughout your te ritory. The cooperation of interest! i-11- ~ c ~ +OT1 citizens, ana esyeciauv uj. stuuui u u. 1 tees, must be secured, if the censi 1 is to be reliable and usable. "The work will require a house-t been deemed advisable by the Sta J board of education. The sole recoi J mendation offered is that the peri< 5 of compulsory attendance begii with the opening day of the scho ' term. 1 "South Carolina is pledged to pr tect and to train her future citize ship. The active campaign for tl reduction of adult illiteracy alreai " under way ought to help many unl tered men and women. An illitera child ought to be an impossibility the years just ahead." 7 Abbeville Party Slays Xegro Man r 5 . ' Abbeville, June 7.?Abbeville 3 considerably excited tonight over t t killing this evening about 9 o'clo 1 on the Abbeville-McCormick roa 3 three miles from here, of Ma OmitVi roorrn tvhrv tra? cVint irtlilp 2 UUUtUy V/j f? ?? VVS/ .. ?_ ing to his home on the J. F. Drenn; 2 farm with his mother and wife, party of men in an automobile he up Smith and shot him to death, 1 mother and sister say, and then to< ?the body in their machine and co 2 tinued down the road, i Several months ago Smith sh - Lesslie Cann, deputy sheriff of A - beville county, while he and oth - sheriff's deputies were searchi] s Smith's home. Smith ran away b 1 was apprehended in Washington, - C., some time later and was last wi f ter brought back to Abbeville and , last term of court was tried for sho< 1 ing Mr. Cann. He was acquitted. Pistol May .Lend Line. Anderson, June 7.?A letter fro the chief of police of Washington the chief of this city states that t. revolver found after the explosion the home of Attorney General Palm was consigned from the Simmon . Hardware company of Philadelph i to the Tate Hardware company j this city. Members of the Tate Har ware company say that they have j idea who bought the revolver. If th 1 clue can be followed it may give v? uable information. GROWING CROPS DESTROYED BYHAIL " HARYIX FARMERS ARE REPORTED FINANCIALLY RUINED. e 0 Tobacco is a Total Loss " Cotton 80 Per Cent. Destroyed; Corn - . 60 Per Cent.; Truck 90 Per Cent. o [Harvin, June S.?The most de0 structive liail and rain storm that has ;t ever visited this section of the State came this afternoon about 4 o'clock t from the west. For 32 minutes rain and hail fell in torrents, doing great damage to all crops. It extended u from Boots branch in Sumter county near Brogdon Station to Black river [- t I near Manning, in length about 12 miles and in breadth about five miles. n The most conservative estimates place the damage to cotton at 80 per d cent, total loss, corn about 60 per cent, total loss, tobacco 100 per cent. total loss, and all other growing crops and fruit, truck and gardens about 90 l* per cent, total loss. Visitors to this ir section of the State from Western o Carolina stated two weeks ago that in a 190-mile trip from the western ^. section of the State to Manning, S. C., these were best crops they had seen in their entire route. Damage S ' in and around Alcolu and Harvin was particularly great. This is an extensive tobacco growing section and that crop is a total loss. Half-grown chickens were beaten to death in ' droves where they had gathered in ' fence corners and other places of refuge. Fruit trees in many places were delimbed in entirety. Many farmers 0 i are financially ruined. 16 i At Trinity and on toward Manning I ^ the hail and rain was lighter. This - correspondent was informed late this afternoon that no hail fell in Man,n ning beyond the west prong of Black a- . river. ie TWO-YEAR TERM FOR MOORER. e s' Convicted of Causing Death of Little Sr Thelma Cammed. of / Q" Charleston, June 6.?Circuit Judge l(* R. Withers Memminger in the court of general sessions yesterday imposed ot a sentence of two years in the State T~ penitentiary or the public works on C. M. Moorer, convicted of mans~ slaughter, for killing little Thelma Cammer with his automobile. Moorer is 26 years of age. After striking ?" the little girl, he did not stop his te machine to ascertain the extent of n" her injuries. He also changed li)(* cense numbers after the accident. QS This case has been attracting much ?* attention. It was brought out in the test!?" mony that Moorer ran over and killed n" a child while riding in a car with Mrs. Blackwell, who was separated from her husband, and whom Moorer -L" has since married. Alter running te over the child Moorer drove on withm out stopping to see what had happened. On the stand Mrs. Moorer said that it was her request that they go on, that she could not stand the sight of the dead child. 1S It was brought out that Moorer changed the license number on his ck car after the accident. This Moorer admitted, but said that he had prerk viously found the license number and :o~ had hung it over his number expectan ing that some one would see it and A A thus get it to its rightful owner. The ^ number he found, he said, was the lis one displayed when the accident occurred. He knew that trouble would n" come and he did not want a false number on his car, and so he reot moved it, he testified. Moorer claimed that he was riding er about 15 miles an hour and that I when he applied brakes he had re" i tx x _ - V?..* 1 ft milao on VlrtllF aucea it to auuuu xv mut-o ?,?. when he hit the child. at Jury Acquits William Staub. )t Columbia, June 4.?The jury trying the case of William Staub, a young white man of this city, who was charged with the murder of his ?m brother-in-law, Charles H. Markey, to a discharged soldier, native of New be York city, acquitted Staub here toat night after a few minutes delibera9 er tion. Staub fatally shot Markey on ds the corner of Main and Gorvais ia streets here May 3, Markey dying of from the effects of his wound about d- a week later^ 10 The defense entered a plea of selfis defense, testifying that Markey had il- made threats to take the life of his brother-in-law. < ii