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i i * 31u> Hamburg ISmilii - - BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919. Established in 1891 $2.00 Per Year in Advance c ' GENERAL PERSHING IN WASHINGTON' VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL GREETS HERO. \ ?J % Tribute to .Women. 1 s g Many on Hand to Bid "Black Jack" v Welcome at Capitol and Crowds 1 % Throng Sidewalk. t c r Washington, Sept. 12.?With the * plaudits of New York and Philadel-v; ? i- Cln-n T puia aim nugms AH ma cai a, v* ' J. Pershing arrived in Washington to- 1 day and received a foretaste of the , . more formal greeting he will receive next week when he leads the First Division up Pennsylvania Avenue in the Nation's Victory Parade. c As he stepped from his special train j; at the station, the men who led the | ' American army to victory in France heard a shrill cry of greeting rise from the hundreds of women and girls t who lined his pathway. As he stood ^ later with bared head before Vice President Marshall in the president's ' ) waiting room to receive the welcome 0 of the president and of the nation, again it was women with flags and flowers who surrounded him. There J 4 was little of the pomp of war about this conqueror's return. The reception with the exception of 11 ?' the lines of school girls and women * nf the departments, and the greeting . J extended in President Wilson's name 11 * by Vice President Marshall, was informal. Secretary Baker and General a , March, chief of staff, greeted General 0 Pershing at the train and escorted 1:1 him to the room where the vice presi- tl dent awaited him. a The arched roof of the big building 1 where the wide approaches were built | with just such scenes in mind, roared with the shouting of the crowd jammed close along its path. A military i band pounded out its formal greeting of "Hail to the Chief" almost un: .heard. The crash of saluting artil( lery posted far away by the Potomac, beside the nation's stone built tributes to Washington and Lincoln, went un- n *> noticed. - a Possibly it wus the great prepond- ^ erance of women in the crowd about h him that^led General Pershing to pay high tribute to the women of America p ' in his haltingly delivered reply to the c vice president. . In the ungrudging t confidence the president had reposed * In him, he said, he had found constant h ? * strength for the tasks that had fallen ^ to him; but he added that it was the v high courage of the women of Ameri- d ; ca that had made possible victory, J complete and final. p q plnttorinsr cavalry ^ XT i CV/CUVU uj u ? > escort, General Pershing was taken to d his hotel by Mr. Marshall in the lat- b ter's automobile. A draped army car, c flying the general's four starred ban- d ner, was in waiting, but the vice * president would have none of it and n personally conducted the man who r has come home as his country's hon- 0 ored guest to the hotel that is to be ^ his temporary home in Washington. c All along the line of the swift mov- r / ing procession, the street crowds wav- 11 ed -and cheered. At the hotel streets c were blocked with people and they re- 0 mained for hours after he had disap- 1' peared within. d When the car drew up at the hotel, * the two troops of the Third Calvary i that had escorted it were lined up # with sabres at present. Beckoning to ? him the officer in command, general $ Pershing signified his wish to inspect 1 ^ the men before he went to his room, * and through the opened ranks he e walked with eyes taking in each Retail of equipment. 1 ? . __ f Colston Clippings. r Colston, Sept. 15.?Mr. Henry t Beard and children dined with Mrs. Ann Chisolm Sunday. c > Messrsi Wilson Beard and Cope- ^ land Zeigler spent Saturday night 8 and Sunday at Springfield with their * friends. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Clayton, of * Walterboro, spent Saturday night and g Sunday at Mr. Thomas Clayton's. Mrs. W. P. McMillan returned j > home Sunday from Columbia, where \ she has been for several days with her sister, Mrs. Alex Jennings, who T has had an operation performed. Her ( many friends are very glad to know she is getting on very well and we hope she will soon be bach again. 1 Mrs. Louis Woollev and children ] spent Sunday with Mrs." J. F. Clay- 1 ton. ] t Misses Thvra and Eleanor Good- 1 win spent Saturday night with Mr. 1 y* // ONE KILLED, TWO HURT. >esperate Negro Slays Josiah Broom at Blacksburg. Gaffnev. Sept. 14.?A tragedy was inaeted in the town of Blacksburg his morning about 2 o'clock when I'osiah Broom, a young white man vas shot to death by a negro named Brown and Chief of Police J. H. Allien was shot through the neck by the lame man. C. Y. Allison, State constable, and lis assistant, Charles Byers, were alking to Chief Allison and Broom >n the street, when they heard a sus>ious noise, which led them to beieve that someone was breaking into lome freight cars which were stand- ' ng on the track. The two Allisons cent in one direction while Byers and Broom went in another. When near the place where the loise was heard Bvers and Broom net the negro Brown, carrying a jug >f whiskey. Without a word, the legro opened fire emptying his pistol, :illing Broom instantly. Byers opened ire on thef negro shooting him lirough the body and through the eg. The negro then ran into his icuse and secured a shotgun and ng that officer through the neck, pened fire upon Chief Allison, shootHe was then captured and brought o Gaffney to a local hospital with ery little chance for recovery. Dr. tesbit, the county physician, says hat while it is barely possible for the egro to recover the chances are all gainst him. Sheriff Thomas is at llacksburg where an inquest is beng held over the body of young {room. Mr. Broom was regarded as splendid young man by the people f Blacksburg and his death has lrpwn a pall of gloom over the' entire own. It is said that the feeling ginst his slayer is intense and it is ikely that unless cooler counsel preails an attempt will be made to pnch the negro. IMPROVEMENTS AT CARLISLE. Litchen Equipment Enlarged.?Material Placed for Laundry. During the summer months a great iany improvements have been made t the Carlisle school. Paint has een used profusively, and .things ave a very bright clean and attractre appearance. A great many imrovements were necessary on acount of the increased enrollment hat is expected at the opening of he next session. Accommodations ave been arranged for two hundred oarding students, and enlargements rere necessary in some of the school epartments in order to care for this lumber, which is far in excess of any >revious enrollment. In addition to he studehts who will be accommoated in the school barracks, rooms ave been secured adjacent to the omv.no n-VnVh TL-iii nffnrrt ancommo ampuo nuivu f V?V* ?. ? ? ? ation for quite a few more cadets. In the kitchen it has been found lecessarv to install a much larger ange. As the culinary department f an institution is most important, liis improvement has been given very lose attention. A modern hotel ange, about fifteen feet in length, ias been purchased and installed at a ost of about $400. This range burns oal, and is the largest cooking aparatus ever seen in Bamberg. A iish washing machine has also been nstalled. as well as other labor savng and sanitary devices. , Material is being placed on the :round for the erection of the launIrv building. The equipment for the aundry has been purchased, and it s hoped to have the laundry in optration within the next few weeks. Thirty dining tables have been daced in the dining room, accommolating eight cadets to the table. The !oors have been polished, the walls leatly kalsomined, and the roof of he Guilds hall is now being painted. The friends of Carlisle are corlially invited by the headmaster to 'isit the school any day this week, ind see the improvements that have >een made. The next session opens on Septem >er 24. md Mrs. George Kinard. Messrs. Calvin McMillan, Henry render and Roy Padgett motored to )rangeburg Saturday. Mrs. Thomas Clayton spent the veek-end with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mayton in Columbia. ^ i>> ^ The biggest stock of ledgers, cash Dooks, journals and day books carried by any store in this section of ihe State. All bought before the recent advances in price. Our prices have not been advanced. The Herald Book Store.' POISONOUS DRINK BEING WIDELY USED I DENATURED ALCOHOL INJURIOUS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY Brings on Blindness Commissioner of Internal Revenue i Issues Warning Concerning Use of Liquid. So widespread has become the use of denatured alcohol as a beverage that the commissioner of internal revenue has taken cognizance of the fact and has sent out to collectors a bulletin urging them to make known to the public the dangers attending the use of the liquid for either external or internal applications. Frequently during the past few months officers making arrests of disorderly persons have found them wildly delirious and practically insane. They have seemed mentally deranged and upon sobering up apparently retain little recollection of what transpired while under the influence of the liquid they had imbibed. Their condition is generally supposed to have been brought about by the use of denatured alcohol in combination with some other liquid. Completely denatured alcohol is composed of 100 parts by volume of grain or ethyl alcohol added to 10 parts by volume of wood alcohol to one-half part of benzine. This mixture is a violent' poison and when taken internally induces blindness and general physical decay, ultimately resulting in death, according to the bulletin sent out by the commissioner of in ternal revenue. Injurious to Skin. The bulletin in part, follows: "Reports recently received in the bureau establish that completely denatured alcohol is being used extensively for bathing and rubbing pur- ' poses. This is contrary to the law and regulations and such uses can not be tolerated, as the completely denatured alcohol is highly injurious to the skin and animal tissue. '"It. is also established that completely denatured alcohol is being sold by irresponsible dealers under such circumstances as to assure them that it is being used for beverage purposes. Where it is so used for any length of time blindness inevitably ensues and the continued use can only result in death. "Collectors should use every means at their disposal to make known to the public the dangers of either external or internal uses of completely denatured alcohol. Wherever collectors or revenue agents in charge hear of a misuse of completely denatured alcohol, a njpst thorough and careful examination should be made immediately and all the facts fully reported to the commissioner for the infliction upon the responsible parties, of the ultimate penalties provided by law." r?i 1 J - T 1 J 9110111(1 IM* L/aweiOl. # Another bulletin dealing with the use of completely denatured alcohol, recently received by the office of the collector of internal revenue for this i district follows: "In view of the grave and extended abuses of the use of completely denatured alcohol reported, it is deemed necessary to print upon the labels affixed to wholesale and retail packages a further and more specific warning as to its use than is shown on the present required label. "In addition to the present matter on the labels there will be required on all new labels hereafter, the printing in large letters in red ink under the skull and bones symbol, the word, "Poison," and at the bottom of the label there will be printed the following statement: " 'Completely denatured alcohol is ' Ti. 4. a violent, poison, n caxi uut ue ayplied externally to human or animal tissue without seriously injurious results. It cannot be taken internally without inducing blindness and general physical decay, ultimately resulting in death.' "Until the present stocks of labels are exhausted this additional matter may be affixed to the containers on a separate label pasted above the present required label." < hi > To Take Food Off Market. Washington, Sept. 12.?Postal officials here today decided to cut off parcel post sales of army food to the public on September 25 because the public response to the opportunity has been so poor. Not more than 10 per cent, of the supplies have been taken. f Fill ST BOLL WEEVIL MEETIXO. .> Hold at Ehrliardt, Well Attended. Next Meeting at Bamberg Sept. 25. At Ehrliardt last Thursday the first boll weevil meeting was held by County Agent Geo. R. Briggs. The attendance was about 100 persons, chiefly farmers. Great interest was shown throughout the meeting by all present. District Agent Henry S. Johnson spoke chiefly concerning the weevil. He spoke of the damage he has witnessed in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties. He advised the farmers to plant next year about 7 acres to tne plow ana to pian to ngnt tne weevil as the other weevil States have been fighting him. There is no way of knowing just how much damage to expect next year for the weather this winter and next summer will be a great factor in determining this, and it is far better to play safe than to try just one more big crop as it ha? been this last crop which has ruined many. 'What to do with part of the remaining acres was told by Mr. V. \V. Lewis, extension animal husbandman, of Clemson college. More hogs and livestock and better grazing crops and pastures was stressed. This calls for more fencing and the co-operative buying of fencing in carload lots through the assistance of the county agent. Plans for this purchasing of fencing in carload lots was discussed at the meeting of State, district and county agents at Fairfax on the following day, and more information umIT avcjilahlo liitpr Mr. F. L. Harkev, of the bureau of markets, discussed the selling of farm products. He stated that there was an oil mill in a neighboring city that told him that they could take care of as many peanuts as could* be raised in the county. Mr. Harkey wanted it understood, however, that he was not advising the planting of a particular crop, but that this was only one of the things that could be grown and sold from this section. The next meeting of a similar nature will be held in Bamberg on Sept. 2.". At tlr's meeting there will be a talk on tobacco given by Mr. McFadden. district agent, of Manning. All prospective tobacco growers are urged to attend. It will be held in the LaVictoire theatre, through the courtesy of Mr. LaVerne Thomas, where a moving picture on hogs will be given by Mr. Lewis, extension animal husbandman. Two more meetings, one at Denmark and one at Olar, will be held, but the tobacco man cannot be present at these meetings, but perhaps the sweet potato storage house man will be present. Each of these meetings will be further advertised by circulars. Watch them for dates. ^ <?? ? CONTINUE THE RED CROSS. Community Worker Will Be Employ-1 ed to Carry on Local Work. At the meeting of the local chapter of the Red Cross it was decided to continue the organization, if possible, and to employ a local worker. This meeting was held on the call of the chairman for the purpose of determining on whether or not the organization is to be continued and what disposition is to be made of about $4,000 that the local chapter has to its credit for local county work. While the meeting was attended by only a few, it was t^e general opinion of those present that the county should avail itself of the opportunity of using this money for local work. It was the idea of those at the meeting that a capable woman should be employed to devote her entire time to community work. The Red Cross rooms in the main ? -- - - - ? it building of Carlisle school, wmcn ia? chapter has been using, were turned back to the school, the contract providing that the rooms should be used by the Red Cross during the duration of the war and for six months thereafter if necessary. In regard to the employment of the woman worker, the chairman. Rev. Geo. P. White, states that he is constantly receiving inquiries concerning some phase of work which it is impossible to give attention to unless there is some one employed for that specific purpose. The Red Cross organization is seeking to look after the returned soldiers and their families. and to do this will be one of the duties of the worker. However, the work would not be confined to this, but all cases where attention is required will be looked after. ^ < D ? Read The Herald, only $2.00 year. REWARD OFFERED FOR T. U. VAUGHN / WHITE RAPIST ESCAPES FROM STATE HOSPITAL. Wide Search Under W ay Escaped Electrocution Because He W as Pronounced Insane.?To l>e Resentenced to Die. / Columbia. Sept. 16.?T. U. Vaughn, former superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Home at Greenville, an inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane, under an order of the court for observation as to his sanity, escaped some time during last night and has not been apprehended. Vaughn has been confined in a ward on the fourth floor of the main building of the hospital. In the opin ion of the asylum authorities he had secured a pass key and unlocked the door leading to the fire escape, down which he escaped. The escape of Vaughn was made some time between S o'clock last night and 6 o'clock this morning. Vaughn complained of a headache about 8 o'Ciock last night, according to the statement of the night attendant and said he would retire. This attendant saw no more of him. At 6 o'clock this morning he went into Vaughn's room with a newspaper and saw what he believed to be Vaughn's body lying resumbent beneath the sheets on his bed. At 7 o'clock the night attendant went off duty and the day attendant came on. About an hour later the day attendant went to Vaughn's room to call him as he had not appeared and found a dummy made of clothing in the~bed and Vaughn gone. The hospital authorities immediately gave the alarm and a thorough search was made of the building and grounds. They were forced to - TT.j T. ? in the conclusion ia<n vauguu uau ?jj some way secured a key and unlocked the door to his ward during the night. "None of the window bars were broken and the night attendant who said he was in and out of the ward during the night, saw nothing of Vaughn. Dr. C. Fred Williams, superintendent of the hospital, says he has absolute confidence in this attendant and is satisfied that there was no collusion on his part. when he left the hospital, Vaughn carried with him a gray suit, an extra pair of blue trousers, a brown hat and black top shoes and was wearing a cream shirt. The hospit'al authorities describe him as being about 38 years of age, about five feet tall, weighing 120 pounds and effiminate in appearance. He has light brown hair which is very thin, almost to baldness on the top, has penetrating blue eyes, rather protruding. is of light sandy complexion and wears a No. 5 shoe. The governor has offered a reward of $200 for the apprehension of Vaughn. ANOTHER WAREHOUSE. Tobacco Farmers Plan to Organize Stock Company at Once. , At a meeting of a number of tobacco planters of the Bamberg community Monday afternoon it was decided to organize at once a siock compauj for the purpose of building and operating another tobacco warehouse in Bamberg. This action was taken because, it was stated, tobacco buyers cannot be induced to come here unless there . at least two competitive tobacco warehouses, and inasmuch as it is expected that tobacco will be one of the leading crops in this county next year, this step has been taken to insure a tobacco market here.^.It was decided to capitalize the new corporation at $20,000, and to limit the amount of stock to $500 to each stockholder, in orde7- thus to give as.- wide distribution as possible tr> tVia stnok While as yet no definite plans have been formulated as to the construction of the warehouse, the matter was discussed at the meeting, and it was decided to erect a modern establishment with plenty of room, and if the plans discussed are carried out, ' this will probably be the largest warehouse in this section of the State. The present outlook is that the acreage in tobacco around Bamberg will be likely doubled several times over last year's acreage. The fact that Bamberg tobacco made such an unusually good record the present and last season has caused many who MAIIHIKI) IX AIKEX. Wedding of )Ir. Milton Shapiro and Miss Liliic Poliakoff. ___ _ The wedding of Miss Lillie Rose Poliakoff and Mr. Milton Shapiro, of Bamberg, was a beautiful event, taking place at the Titanian hall in Aiken last Tuesday evening, Sept. 9th. The hall was beautifully decorated with palms; the ceremony was parformed before an improvised altar, the Rev. A. J. Poliakoff, of Augusta, uncle of the bride, officiating, assisted by Rev. I. Rebenstein. At the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march artistically rendered by Miss Mildred Surasky, the little Misses Ida Wolf and Rosalie Harris, dressed in dainty pink organdy dress es, entered as flower girls; followed by Miss Gussie Poliakoff, maid of honor, Miss Annie Mann, of Newberry, was bridesmaid, and Mrs. Louis G. Poliakoff, of Baltimore, a recent bride, was matron of honor. The groom was accompanied by Mr. David S. Polier, as best man, and Mr. Ben Poliakoff, of Columbia, brother of the bride, acted as groomsman. A sumptuous supper was served following the ceremony, after, which dancing was enjoyed until a late hour. Mr. and Mrs. Shapiro left immediate'lv after the ceremony for Atlanta, where they will spend a few days, before going to Bamberg, where they will make their future home. Mrs. Shapiro, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Poliakoff, is an accomplished yourtg lady who enjoys a great popularity among her many friends. She has never looked more charming than in her girlish wedding gown, made of dutchess satin and georgette crepe. Her brunette beauty was set off to a great advantage by a simple veil, trimmed in orange blossoms, and she carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses. Her only jewels were a string of pearls, the gift or ner parents. The groom, who has recently returned from overseas, was formerly of Augusta, Ga., but is now a successful business man of Bamberg, S. C. The happy couple were the recipients of many handsome and useful gifts. Among the beautiful gowns worn that evening, was that of the maid of honor, who looked most beautiful - % in a dress of black lace over peach color satin, with which she carried pink roses. The bridesmaid was lovely in her gown of yellow satin, her powers being yellow roses. The matron of honor wore a becoming dress of blue satin, and carried white roses. ^ The mother of the bride looked handsome in a gown of black crepe * meteor, and Mrs. Taylor, aunt of the groom, wore a dress of blue satin. Many out of town guests were present.?Augusta Chronicle. Mr. and Mrs. Shapiro arrived in Bamberg the latter part of last week, and have taken an apartment in Mr. W. P. Herndon's residence on New Bridge street. TO EXPIATE CRIME. ) Vaughn Taken From Asylum to Jail For an Examination. Greenville, Sept. 13.?Thurston TJ. Vaughn, former superintendent of the Odd Fellows Orphanage here, who was convicted in 1911 and sentenced to death on a charge of criminally assaulting girls who were inmates of the orphanage, is to be removed from the State hospital for the insane to the Greenville county jail to be held subject to examination into his mental condition. An order remanding Vaughn from the asylum to the jail here was signed by Judge James H. Peurifoy in the court of general sessions this afternoon upon motion of Solicitor J. Robert Martin, who desired Vaughn examined so that he may be resentenced to death if the examination shown him to be sane. ! After sentence of death had been pronounced upon him, Vaughn became insane and has been confined in the State hospital. have not heretofore grown tobacco to lay their plans for one or more barn& during the coming season. Not only have the home folks caught the tobacco "fever," but farmers from other parts of the State are buying-iands here for the purpose of going into the tobacco industry on an extensive scale. , A rising of Polish workmen against the Germans is taking place in many towns in Upper Silesia. * - ^ - .. - --M ^ . 'S