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v % v J / ** IgllKf . *. 01ti> Hautbrrg iSfmtlii $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919. Established in 1891 GRACE DECLARED MAYOR NOMINEE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AFTER : LONG SESSION". Statement by Hyde Grace Makes Speech After Decision is Announced by Committee, Parade Follows. Charleston, Aug. 23.?It was not 4 until after 5 o'clock this morning that the committee on canvass of the city Democratic executive committee, after working all night counting challenged votes, hearing the evidence of many challengers and challenged, returned its report to the main committee, and the report was adopted by a vote of 13 to 12, and John P. Grace declared mayoralty nominee with a majority of 14 votes over Tristram T. Hyde, whose lead of one, unofficially announced Tuesday night, was wiped out by the findings of the committee. The other nominees, including 18 Grace aldermen, were unaffected by the counting of the challenged votes. Hyde Makes Statement. Mr. Hyde in a brief statement this afternoon characterized the action of the committee "as high handed, arbitrary and illegal" and said he would exhaust every means to have justice done, as he held his majority was clear and distinct, and he was confident of the outcome. After the official tabulation was nnnrmnrpri this mnrn ig, Mr. Grace addressed a throng of Ids cheering admr ts in front of the - Hibernian Hall, where the committee meeting was held, declaring a victory of the people had been won, that he would keep his campaign promises and redeem Charleston. He would forgive, he said, but not forget, and declared: "We shall remember our / friends and never forgive our enemies, politically speaking. But from th? civic standpoint, in the upbuilding 1 of this city, I will know neither friend nor foe. Only in the distribution of what legitimately belongs to "V politics will I know my friends. After that all men shall be equal before the law, in Charleston, at least/' He urged his followers to celebrate, but commit no acts of vandalism or mal_ ice. He said the people had vindicated his patriotism, and he thanked them. After ithe . ^ - address of Mr. Grace a jubi^ lation parade was held, which was an ' orderly but enthusiastic demonstration. - On every motion before the execu% tive committee advanced by the Grace ^ faction, a counter motion was put by the Hjde faction or opposition registered, and the vote stood 13 to 12. The Hyde faction tried to have the consideration of challenged votes held before the whole committee, but the subcommittee on canvass did the { i counting in executive s_^.oion and completed the tabulation. The Hyde faction tried to get a recount and was voted down, also to have a stenographer take notes in the hearings of challenges. A motion by the Hyde, faction to have the count of Tuesday stand was voted down. The eommitc^^tee, by a vote of 13 to 12, dismissed the petition of nine Hyde aldermanic candidates for a recount and deferred action on the peitions for a recount * presented by Mr. Hyde and Mr. Grace. Good Order Prevailed. Excellent order prevailed all through the night, and careful precautions effectively forestalled any danger of outbreaks. The crowd in front of the Hibernian Hall was noisy but good natured. It is considered assured that the Hyde faction will endeavor to take the election findings into court. It is believed that a formal announcement to this effect will be made in a day or two, especially in view of Mr. Hyde's statement this afternoon. Mr. Hyde's petition for a recount has not . been refused by the committee, disposition of it being deferred by ac. tion of the committee last night as & <was done with Mr. Grace's petition. The ballot boxes remained locked and in a sealed room at the Hibernian Hall in official custody. Meanwhile officially, the city Democratic executive committee has rendered its decision, and Mr. Grace is the declared mayorality nominee of the party, defeating Mr. Hyde by a remarkably close vote, after one of the bitterest municipal campaigns this city has ever had. ^ Persistence can accomplish two things?it can make one either a suc^ cess or a bore. f-' , ( SO WE LL-WIL LI S WE DDI XG. Mr. L. M. Willis, of Denmark, Married in Lancaster Aug. 14. Lancaster. Aug. 16.?A wedding of much interest was .that of Miss Juat nita Sowell, daughter of Mr. an? Mrs. Joseph Walter Knight, of Lancaster. to Mr. Luscius Matthews Will's, of Denmark, which was solemnized Thursday afternoon at 5.30 o'clock at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, the Rev. W. S. Patterson officiating. The church was beautifully decorated in smilax and ferns and masses of golden glow. "I Love You Truly," and ''Because" were sung by Miss Lilly McManus, accompanied on the piano by Miss Ruth McDow. At the sound of the wedding march from Lotyengrin the pages, Charles Neely Robinson and Martin Cunningham, ! nA,\l.Aw*n ? ^ f V. a Ki.i/1 a /"i v /-\ r< r* in 1 If f 1 n I UCfUCYVa Ul CiiC U11UC, UIC.-'OCU 1U 1UU& ! Lord Fauntleroy suits, opened the ! gates for the bridal party. Next ; came the ushers, Joe Coulbornb and I Chauncev Gregory, of Lancaster. Following these entered the bridesmaids and groomsmen in the following order: Miss Lucile' Turner, of Gaffney, and Mr. John B. White, of Greenwood, nephew of the bridegroom; Miss Flossie Williams, of Easlev, and Mr. G. H. Kennedy, of Williston; Miss Obera Walker, of Easley, and Mr. Winchester Smith, of Williston; Miss Mary Lindsev, of Lancaster, and Mr. Hammond Crum, of Denmark. The bridesmaids wore becoming dresses of yellow and white organdie with hats to match and carried bride roses. Preceding the bride came the dainty little ring bearer, Martha Willis, niece of the bridegroom, carrying the ring in the heart of a rose. Then came the bride, lovely in her traveling suit of blue tricotine embroidered in gold and silver, with accessories to match, on the arm of her sister, Miss Eliabeth Sowell, wearing a tourquoise blue georgette dress and carrying pink roses. They were met at the altar by the bridegroom, attended by his best man, Dr. KODeri wniis, or iieuumrK. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left in their car for the mountains of North Carolina* Mrs. Willis is a graduate of Winthrop College and taught the past year at Denmark. She will be greatly missed by a host of friends in her home town with whom she was very popular. Mr. Willis is a prominent business man of Denmark. The out of town guests were: Mr. M. G. Willis, father of the bridegroom, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Willis, Miss Wroton, of Denmark, Mrs. John G. White, of Greenwood, Miss Addie Cardarelli, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lynn, of Columbia, Miss Katherine Klein, of Bamberg. An elegant supper was served the bridal party and out of town guests at the home of the bride's parents. Quite a number of handsome and costly presents were displayed, showing the esteem in which the couple were held. Quarantine on Hulls. Clemson College, Aug. 15.?The quarantine on cotton seed hulls from the boll weevil territory, the safety zone and the quarantine zone, becomes effective on Aug. 15 under the ruling of the State crop pest commission. V The regulation of the commission, says Prof. A. F. Carroll, secretary of the commission, provide for the prohibition of cottonseed hulls from restricted territory from August 1 to December 31, but owing to the unusual conditions existing in the weevil belt it was found entirely safe to allow shipments under permit up to August 15. At this time, however, the weevil situation does not warrant the commission to extend the date, as there is a considerable element of risk in doing so. Many Indians in Army. A total of about 5,000 Indians en listed to ngnt against Germany m the war, according to information given out by the office of the commissioner of Indian affairs at Washington, several hundred of them being in the navy. The Indians were not segregated and there were no army units made up exclusively of Indians. They served in the ranks and fought beside the other soldiers without regard to the fact that they were Indians. Official reports of Indian superintendents showed that on June 20, 1917, the total number of Indians in the United States was 33o,998. Broadway is ten thousand times longer than its wide, but few actors get across.' COLSTON NEWS ITEMS. Social and Personal Xews of XeighlH>ring; Coinniunity. Colston, August 2.".?Messrs. B. W. and Wilson Beard visited Washington, Baltimore and other points last week. Miss Mary Clayton is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Clayton in Walterboro. r 4 Mrs. Annie Beard and sons. Harold and Joseph. Jr., spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Zeigler at Ehrhardt. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Clayton and children dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. P Clavtnn Snndav MANY CONJECTURES ON WILSON'S PLANS; FIGHT FOR UNQUALIFIED SEXATE ACCEPTANCE OF PACT. Many Unique Angles May Reassemble Peace Conference,! May Pocket Treaty or Refuse to Go on Until Senate Recedes. Washington. Aug. 24.?How far President Wilson may go in his fi^ht for unqualified senate acceptance of the peace treaty is a subject of increasing speculation hi official and diplomatic circles. With the group of reservation republicans apparently determined to write their qualifications of the league of nations covenant into the ratification itself, and with republican leaders predicting that the senate will amend outright the Shainung provision and perhaps other sections of the treaty, an interesting ser of possibilities present themselves. There has been no authorative expression of the president's probable course should the trearv be returned to him with textual amendments or reservations written into the ratilicacatidn. He told the foreign re!arions committee Tuesday, however, that he would consider either method of qualification as tantamount to reopening the negotiations with Ger many. Should such amendments or reservations be inserted, therefore?an eventuality which democratic senate leaders deny is likely but wh'ch the republicans say is certain?the next move would be up It the president. ^ TV hat he would do is a question 011 which those who have talked with him disagree; but a discussion of what he would be authorized to do under the law and precedents reveals a ^general agreement that several courses would be open. "May Return to Paris. Summed up, these discussions contemplate that he might take up the question of changes in the treaty of diplomatic correspondence; return to Paris and ask that the peace conference be reassembled for negotiation of a new treaty; send a new delegation to reopen negotiations or pocket the treaty and refuse to proceed further unless the senate recedes from its position. It is known that the alternative of an exchange of diplomatic notes with the principal powers has been suggested to the president as the most feasible by republican senators who have told him that the treaty never could be ratified as it stands. The assent of the smaller nations, these ?i - J V\A AKfainod senators asserted wuum uc uuiumvu easily once the other members of the five principal powers have acquiesced. It is pointed out that the question of a reservation to the Colombian treaty now is under negotiation by that method. The possibility of Mr. Wilson's return to Paris to straighten out the points raised by any senate qualifications is one which some senators say would be entirely in line with his course thus far in the peace settlement. To send an entirely new set of peace delegates also would be admittedly within the president's power, and in that connection republican senators frequently have mentioned Seator Hitchcock's statement that the president laughingly suggested Senators Lodge and Knox as possible selections to negotiate a new treaty . should the present one be amended. May Be Deadlock. That the president might permit the negotiations to stand in a deadlock by declining to take up with other governments any changes suggested by the senate, involves perhaps the most interesting possibilities of all. Administration leaders repeatedly have declared that the president alone was charged with the negotiation of treaties and that the whole history ~c m-il'in c chnwpd hp ronld u 1 (.icai.fiiiaiinia .. ? halt any such negotiation at any step he desired prior to the exchange of ratifications. The senate, these leaders have asserted, would he absolutely powerless to interfere, its authority under the constitution being limited to giving advice and consent to the acts of the executive. In that connection many precedents have been cited, including one as late as President Taft's administration when Mr. Taft, dissatisfied with th-e senate's amendment of a treaty he had presented for ratification, ? Miss Evie Kirkland and Mr. Johnnie Kirkland dined with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McMillan Sunday. Misses Mamie McMillan and Natalie Kearse spent last week and this week in Bamberg with friends. Messrs. Joe Beard and B. D. Bishop spent Saturday in Columbia. Messrs. Hallie Hutto and Leighton Kinard, of Bamberg, spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mr. Isham Goodwin's. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Williams, of Norway, spent a few days last week with Mrs. B. W. Beard and Mrs. Ann Chisolm. -.Mr. Jones McMillan dined with Mr. Claude Kirkland Sunday. Miss Helen Price, of Bamberg, is the guest of Miss Octavie McMillan. Rev. and Mrs. Walter Black spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clayton, and Sunday with Mrs. F. W. McMillan. Mr. Jim Smoak and Mrs. Connor Smoak and children are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Clayton. ^ < > m SHERWOOD AXD TDIMERMAX. Lead in Congressional Primaries With Another Election Xecessary. Second primaries will be necessary to choose successors to J. W. Ragsdale and 'A. F. Lever in congress. In the sixth district returns, incomplete, indicate that E. J. Sherwood is in the lead, and that P. H. Stoll will likely run over with him. In the seventh district, George Bell Timmerman is in the lead, with E. C. Mann next, and these two will likely run over. ^ i>> m Call Again. A good old friend of ours groped his way into the office yesterday, planked himself down in our best chair, stared fixedly and mournfully into space for half an hour, then shoved his fist into his pocket, drew out a shining silver dollar, reverently kissed it, handed it to us with ATTArt A TTTO XT + V? ^ ffiQ arci icu cj'CB, uasiicu ana; iut o and staggered blindly from the shop. Now he only owes us for two years.? Woodbury Reporter. m ? The court of general sessions will convene in Bamberg next Monday, September 1. The court will last one week only, and only criminal cases will be tried. The docket is heavy, this being the first term of criminal court since last September, and it is not very likely that all of the business of the court can be completed in one week, and that many cases will have to be continued. t m* ? The Walterboro Press and Standard was printed last week on the press of The Herald. The Walterboro paper is moving the present printing office to another lot, and it was found necessary to take down the newspaper press before moving the building, and this necessitated bringing the forms of the Press and Standard to Bamberg. * v>ie VionHc nf thp tipsmfiafcions ? aOJLL^U Uio UHiAVtg V i. v**N/ w-w.'*? and let the treaty die. Should President Wilson adopt that course and then appeal to the country, republican senators say the senate would adopt a resolution declaring the war at an end and proceed to enact such legislation as seemed necessary to restore a complete peace basis. Whether such a resolution would require the president's signature is a disputed question, however, and Mr. Wilson is known to object strongly to any such a method of ending the war. Tin* nrnKiom nf thA nresident's 1 j/* V K/AVlli. V*. w?w Jr course also involves a question of how* great an influence he will exercise while the treaty still is before the senate to prevent reservations I from being incorporated in the ratification. Although the republican resservationists say they have assurances that their programme will be acceptable to most of the senate democrats, there has been no evidence that Mr. Wilson has given his assent to any such a compromise. SHILLADY DRIVEN OUT OF TEXAS CHARGED WITH INCITING NEGROES AGAINST WHITES. Given Severe Beating Secretary of National Association for Advancement of Colored People Leaves Austin. Austin, Texas. Aug. 22,?J. R. Shillady, a white man, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who was severely beaten and placed on board an outbound train for St. Louis today, had been "inciting negroes Sgainst the whites," and had previously been warned to leave Austin, according to County Judge Dave J. Pickle, of Travis county, tonight. The attack on Shillady, Judge ficKie saia, was made ov nimseir, Constable Charles Hamby and Ben. Pierce, none of whom he declared, would shirk responsibility in the matter. Judge Pickle emphasized, however, that he and his companions were acting unofficially. Up to a late hour tonight no charges had been preferred against any of the Shillady assailants. Shillady was returning from a meeting with negroes, Judge Pickle declared, in describing the attack. "I told him," (Shillady) the judge s*id later, "that his actions were inciting the negroes against the whites and would cause trouble and warned him to leave town. I told him our negroes would cause no trouble if left alone. I whipped him and ordered him to leave because I thought it was for the best interest of Austin and the State." Shillady came to Austin yesterday and visiting the attorney general's department, it was learned today, made in quiry concerning the operation of "foreign corporations" in Texas and asked why a local branch of the Naf I'rvnnl A noArtinf I'A*> f/Nr? A AA iiiriiari noouv-iatiuii IUI tn^ nuvautc* ment of Colored People had been disbanded here two weeks ago. He was told the association had no permit to do business in Texas and that the disbanding of the branch was entirely in the hands of the local authorities. Shillady then went to the adjutant general's department, it is said, and asked why the Texas rangers were interfering with his association. W. D. Cope, assistant adjutant general, is said to have replied that the rangers had been investigating organizations among negroes since the race riots at Longview about a month ago, and had found that the teaching of the advancement association "which advocates racial equality" was creating trouble between the races. Late yesterday Shillady was hailed before a "court of inquiry," the proceedings of which have not been disclosed. Judge Pickle says at this time he warned Shillady to leave Austin because he was creating trouble. Shortly before noon today Shillady held a conference with negroes and while returning to his hotel was accosted by Judge'Pickle, Hambv and Pierce. Constable Hanby, according to the county judge, asked Shillady why he was holding meetings and "stirring up more trouble than Anefiri />Ui7onc pan crat rid rvf in ten Vlkibuim; V.U11 gvv ? A v? -w - w ? years." "You don't see my point of view," answered Shillady, according to Pickle. "I'll fix you so you can't see," replied Hamby as he struck Shillady in the eye with his fist. Judge Pickle says he and Pierce joined in the fray and Shillady was beaten until his face bled freely and he "asked for mercy." Shillady was then escorted to the station where he purchased a ticket for St. Louis, and left Austin with a final warning by Constable Hamby not to stop in the limits of "^xas. There was no indication that local negroes resented the affair. Austin Whipping Closed Incident. Austin, Texas, Aug. 22.?Governor W. P. Hobby, in a telegram today to officials of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said John R. Shilladv, the organization secretary, who was beaten and and ordered out of Austin yesterday, was the "only offender in connection with the matter." The telegram, sent by the governor, was in reply to an inquiry from the chairman of the organization, asking what efforts were being made to pun TOO MUCH PAREGORIC. (). M. Sanders Unconscious at Spartanburg Hospital. Spartanburg, Aug. 20.?0. M. Sanders, believed to be from Union, is lying in an unconscious condition at a local hospital as a result of taking an overdose of paregoric Monday afternoon. The man fell in a stupor in a store here and after attempts were made to give him relief was rushed to the hospital, where eight ounces, it is said, of paregoric were removed from his stomach by physicians using stomach pumps. Efforts have been made by officers to find out something about Sanders, who was well dressed and is a man of powerful build, but as yet nothing definite has been ascertained. It has not been stated whether he will recover, but hope has not been abandoned. WITT. U A \T TT-TTTT-TirW * IJLJJU A A*. A * JLJ JUA?XJ V X 1V?1 Orangeburg to Vote on Bond Issne for Improvements. Orangeburg, Aug. 22.?The petition for ordering an election for Orangeburg to decide whether $750,000 in bonds will be issued, has been sufficiently signed by property owners and is now in* the hands of the city authorities for checking with the tax books. The present majority council was elected upon the straight out issue of permanent improvements. There is little doubt here but that the bond issue will pass. The money will be used for paved streets, sidewalk, curbing and extension of water and light plant. Hog in Cold Storage 25 Years. Detroit, Aug. 16.?Agents of the investigation branch here of the department of justice said that in one cold storage plant visited today a frozen hog had been found which they were told had been in storage for 25 years. The officials declared that while they believed that if the hog really had been held for that length of time it was through an oversight. They intend to investigate further next week. m ! > ? I In His Own Camouflage. A negro doughboy was clad in white pajamas one night, when the camp was surprised by German bombers. Everybody headed for his own dugout and Sam had some distance to travel. "What did you do?" he was asked the next morning. "Oh, dat was easy," he replied. "De good Lawd has gimme de /bes* cammyflage in de world. I dropped dem pvjamies right whar I stood an* made de res' o' de trip in my birfday clo'es." A Town of 6,000 Unnamed. Of the many freak results of the oil industry none perhaps is more remarkable than that about three miles northwest .^)f Burkbu'rnett, Texas, where a town of six thousand popuf lation has sprung up, yet unnamed, although it already has two banks, a hotel, stores, numerous restaurants and various other enterprises that go to make up a thriving community. The inhabitants say they are too busy to name it.?Toronto Globe. ish those who attacked Shillady. The governor's reply was: "Shillady was the only offender in connection with the matter referred to in your telegram and he was pun ighed before your inquiry came. "Your organization can contribute more to the advancement of both races by keeping your representatives and their propaganda out of this State than in any other way." The telegram to the governor, which was signed by Mary White Ovington, said, "Mr. Shillady is a man of great importance in New York," listed a number of organizatiops in which he had served as secretary, and concluded: "He was in Texas on the rightful I errand of meeting members of the Austin branch of this organization. We are asking what efforts are being made at once to punish the offenders." m1"-" Afflrtiol Information 1 liCI C was 11 yj \j 1I1V.1U1 ?-? ? obtainable today as to what transpired while Shillady was before the Court of Inquiry yesterday, as the court is the same as a grand jury under Texas laws. It was said unofficially. however, that Shillady had been questioned regarding his attitude and that of his association toward social equality. ^ i>I ? Raed The Herald, $2.00 year. i . - Vv'"