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ri v."'. ' ' 7 , i - ' / S- t ^ # i * ' , ' ,<v f alw fitamberg fjrralb $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1919. Established in 1891 r SAYS E. L JACOBS CANNOT QNALIFY t C v OPINION ON CHARLESTON NOMINEE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL, r. I Convicted In Jasper. Capt. Lumpkin Holds That the Offense is Covered in the Constitution. Columbia, Oct. 9.?Ernest L. Jacobs, nominated from Ward 10 in the Charleston municipal Democratic '<> primary election August 19 as ward r alderman cannot be seated, if elected in the general election December 4, if an opinion handed down tonight by the office of the Attorney General, . Wfitten by Capt. Morris ~C. Lumpkin, the assistant, is held to be correct. The opinion takes the position that, if the allegations brought against Jacobs are correct that he was convicted in Jasper county in Ju^ 1917, < of misrepresenting himself as an in1 surance agent and unlawfully collecting money he cannot receive a registration certificate. i '* Interpreted, this means that Jacobs p cannot be qualified elector and therefore, is inhibited under the Constitution from being elected or appointed . x to office. The opinion was given at the re-4 quest of T. T. Hyde, Mayor of Char' . leston and upholds a previous opinioOrendered to him by M. Rutledge Rivers, corporation counsel of Charleston. x , NEWS FROM EHRHARDT. Items of Interest From Our Neighbor on the South. Ehrhardt, October 14.?Some "scuffle" on Main street last Friday afternoon, when two of our citizens disagreed and insisted on settling : : the same the old style way, as t&e result of which one has a blye eye, % the other a scratched face. Both are ) /- old friends and neighbors, and both / ? t. s were sober. I ). j What is the trouble with the weai; < - ^ ther, it can't get cool. The ladies are at outs with the weather man. They have purchased their new fall apparel and just' can't get to show It. Just one Sunday of cold, Mr. Weather Man, vill relieve the sit* nation considerably. "Fisherman's luck?" Ask John Hiers, Ham, Kinard and Ed Folk f; about catching those big trout last week at Bryant Lake. Get them to . picture for you the sport of hooking V a four to ten pound trout in water twelve to fifteen feet deep, and the v acenes around the camp fire with a \ gallon pot of boiling coffee, a peck of fried fish and several loaves of bread at it 10:30 at night. Can you r resist the temptation? Do you blame them for going? Please don't ask how they felt the next day for fishing and not sleeping a wink all night is some work and we know It r.o be true for they brought home the bav con. The growth of the city continues, but nothing like the demand. Several ' dwellings have been finished and some more are under construction, * - ?? but tne crv tor nouses is >e?, ucam. There are some people living in tents on account of no houses. What has become of the building and loan association that was to be organized here some time ago? Don't let it die," for it should prove to be a prof* f itable organization. The Ehrhardt Manufacturing company wilj be furnishing the frozen product now in a few days, and the light plant will be ready in about thirty days to light the town and operate small machinery. What l^ext? A bottling plant is needed, as Ehrhardt could not be supplied U'Ji'iug LUC yasL sumiuoi. To the A. C. L. and the B., and W.: How about that brick union depot we are to get? The accommodation at * present consists of two box cars. The lyceum course started here Wednesday, and amusement will be 9 furnished twice a month. The Royal theatre suffered a break down three weeks ago, but the management states the show will be in / operation again in the near future. />2 ^ SELDOM. Please Remit. i: i < ? Chairman Kahn of the House Military committee talks of "saving the taxpayers" several hundred millions What becomes of all the vast sums that are saved to the taxpayers?"? > Chicago Tribune. RECEIVER FOR JEWELS. While Woman is Held in Connection With Rank Robbery. Atlanta, Oct. 13.?After the appointment in superior court today of a temporary receiver to take charge of all jewels and other property of Mrs, Agnes Katherine Bradstreet, and also of all property of William B. Green, alleged defaulting cashier of the Fairburn Banking company, habeas corpus proceedings were filed 1 on behalf of Mrs. Bradstreet, her husband and her chauffeur in an effort to obtain their release. Hearings on the habeas corpus writ will be held tomorrow afternoon. All three are now held on a charge of "suspicion ' in connection wun uie case of Green, who, police assert, gave the woman large sums of money. Green, who is at liberty on $15,OO^bail while the State bank examiner is investigating the bank, asserted in a published statement today that he had loaned the ^oman money from time ta time and had given ^her. a few presents, of a total value of not more than $250. "I have called her Kitty and she has called me Bill, and I have kissed her several times, but there have been no improper relations of any kind between us and the money 1 have loaned her has always been paid back," the statement said. Green has previously stated, the police said, that funds he lent the woman were his own and that investigation would show nothing wrong with his affairs at the Dank, which was gutted hv a fire last Thursday night. This, he had said, was caused by masked robbers, who left him bound and gagged on the floor. Clarence Bradstreet, the woman's husband, broke silence today by saying he was sent to Camp Gordon here after enlisting in the army medical corps. He formerly was an accountant for a New York city firm, he said. He gave his age as twentyfour years and said he was discharged last August. Bradstreet declined to talk about his marriage with Mrs. Bradstreet, who "Is an Atlanta woman, twentytwo years of age, and formerly a clerk in a store here. Jewelers and automobile dealers announced today they would make legal efforts to get back articles she had not finished paying for at the time she was arrested. CLIPPINGS FROlTCOLSTON. Neighborhood News of Fine Bamberg Community. Colston, October 133.?Mr. Joe Beard and Miss'Aileen Beard visited friends in Columbia Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grimes and son James and Mr. and Mrs. B. Padgett spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett. Miss Mamie McMillan spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Evie Kirkland. Miss Octavie McMillan was the guest of the Misses Goodwin Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Mouzon Zeigler, of Ehrhardt, spent Friday night with liis sister, Mrs. Joe Beard. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton and sons Johnnie and Ernest spent Sunday at Fairfax. Mr. Holmes, of Augusta, spent a few days last week with Mr. Jones McMillan. t Messrs. Billie and Wilson Beard visited in Atlanta last week._ The many friends of Mrs. J. A. Jennings are glad to know that she has returned home from the Baptist hospital, Columbia, and is getting along fine. Mrs. P. K. Hughes and children, ; of Clear Pond, dined with Mrs. Bob Wright Sunday. Mrs. Milburn Howard, of Blackville, is spending this week with Mrs. J. A. Jennings. 1 Mrs. H. H. Clayton was in Colum: bia Friday and Saturday. m i? ? t Fashion's Fuzzes. "Do you think side whiskers will : ever come into fashion again?" "They're in fashion now," said Mr. . Rufneck. "The girls are wearin' 'em . over their ears." Naturally. "I suppose when Hungary settles its government it will change its form > of national assembly." "Why should it?" i "Because its Diet might not agree - with its new constitution."?Baltimore American. . ,. <? . - BREAK HEADS IN CHARGING' MOB RADICALS ATTEMPT TO PARADE WITHOUT PERMIT. One Huudred Injured Marchers Carry Banners Reading "Bloody Hounds of Russia/' "Open the Jails." rsew lork, Oct. S.?Heads were broken on Fifth avenue today when mounted police charged a mob of several thousand radicals who attempted to parade up the avenue without a permit. Banners which bore a number of incendiary slogans were confiscated by the police and half filled a patrol wagon. A number of arrests were made. The police said the parade was organized by a Russian newspaper published here entitled Novi Mir. Devices on the banner read: "Bloody hounds of Russia." "Deport \us all to the Soviets." "You want to give us democracy but keep it to yourselves," and "Open the jails." 1 J The riot started after the procession had gone only two or three blocks. Refusing the request of a policeman to see their permit for the parade, the officer was forced to call for aid and before the melee ended the services of a score of mounted policemen and fifty reserves were required. The mounted officers charged into the crowd and 100 or more of the paraders were injured. Four men and a young woman, all of them aliens, were taken to the police headquarters from the headquarters of the Russian Soviet bureau by detectives from the "bomb squad." Considerable radical literature was found on them, but they were not placed under arrest. The police detained them pending an opinion from the district office as to whether they could be held for distributing Bolshevik literature. A fifth man who gave his name as Anthony Toneleski was arrested by detectives later as one of the ring leaders. COPE NEWS ITEMS. School Improvement Ass'n Gives Fish Fry.?Other News. v Cope, Oct. 12.?The School Improvement association, of which Mrs. E. E. Ritter is president; Mrs. S. R. Cope, vice president; Miss Elma Thomas, secretary, and Mrs. L. E. Spann, treasurer, gave a fish fry-anc 3tew at the, school house Friday evening, which was a most enjoyable affair, and which netted quite a nice little sum for the treasury. Cotton brought as high as 33.25 on this market yesterday, and quite a lot of cotton seed is being sold here at $74 per ton. About a week or ten days ago some one brought in a boll weevil or two and everybody was curious to see just what they looked like, and wh?t they really were. Since then as they can be found in most any cotton field, the novelty of seeing them has worn off, and the talk now has turned to the prospects of another crop for next year. Mr. E. E. Ritter purchased another carload of beef cattle a day or two ago from Messrs. L. A. and T. S. Linder and Mr. Kinard, of Colleton county, and the Messrs. Linder with several others came along to help him drive them from Bamberg to his farm near Cope. amee tttTi r\ 4c? too /"?Vi _ ;V1135 1*1 CI 1J l uuiiiao^ nuv AO I/Vuvjla ing school at Johnston, is at home for the week-end. Mrs. Griffith, who returned from Dr. Mobley's hospital at Orangeburg last Sunday, continues to improve. ^ i m > ^ Red Cross Seals. We have been so patriotic in the past few years supporting our government in all of its many calls, and we must pot put aside thi3 patriotIsm. It Is a good thing to have about. All war has not ceased. We are waging one against a disease that kills more people in a year than oft^country lost in the fight against the Germans. Every Red Cross seal bought iends its penny to fight the dreaded malady, tuberculosis. So, people of Bamberg county, show your patriotism once again. If you want a thing well done don't do it yourself until you know how.? Boston Transcript. THREATEN' LIFE OF BYRNES. Negro Publications Say Congressman is Marked for Slaughter. A special from Washington to the Columbia State says: "Through negro publications, printed in Washington and elsewhere in the United States, open statements were made today that the life of Congressman James F. Byn^s, of the Second South Carolina district, in the house, might be forfeited at an early date for his marked antagonism to the negro race and especially for his recent utterances on the floor ot the house on the negro question. ml ? 1.1 ? i l J ?l. ? , . ? i uese puiuicauuiis uyem* anu suaiuelessly and without any reason whatever declare that the life of the late Representative James Willard Ragsdale, of the Sixth South Carolina district, who died suddenly in this city on July 23, 1919, was caused by them and that "the long arm of the society (the Borgia) will soon reach Mr. Byrnes." There was also anonymous communications received by Mr. Byrnes today which have been laid before the United States department of justice. Mr. Byrnes took the matter before the government authorities and it is understood that secret service men have been on the trail of the anonymous writers and that some of them may be landed behind the bars as a result of the investigations. The allusion to Mr. Ragsdale, sn The allusion to Mr. Ragsdale, shows the bragging methods employed by these negro publications and writers to frighten Mr. Byrnes and others who may think as he does concerning the negro question. ANOTHER CROP REPORT ASKED. Byrnes Backs Up Cotton Association in Demand. Washington, Oct. 11.?Complains of officials of the American Cotton Association questioning the accuracy of the last government report on the cotton crop today found legislative expression in congress. At the request of J. S. Wannamakerr president of the association, Representative Byrnes, South Carolina, introduced a resolution directing the Agriculture Department to issue a new crop report by November 2 next, showing the cotton crop condition as of October 25. \ Immediately after the introduction of his measure, Mr. Byrnes arranged foi* a hearing on it by the house agriculture committee next Tuesday, at which Southern growers, Congressmen and government officials are expected to appear as witnesses. Mr. Byrnes said the complaint of the cotton association officials was that the last report failed to show partial abandonment, which if included would reduce the crop esimate, placed at 10,760,000 bales this year by the Agriculture Department. i?i m ONE DEAD; FIVE WOUNDED. Ejected From Saloon, Negro Fires Into Crowd. Chester, Pa., Oct. 11.?One man man was shot and killed and four other men and a young woman were seriously wounded there today by a negro who had been ejected from a saloon for disorderly conduct. One of the injured men is said to be dying. The victims are all white. After the shooting large crowds gathered on the streets and open threats of violence were heard. Fearing a race riot, Mayor McDowell issued a proclamation closing all the saloons and called upon the sheriff for assistance. A large number of deputies were sworn in and aided the police in patrolling the streets tonight, which at a late hour were crowded with groups of whites and blacks in an angry mood. William Neely, aged 27, who did ?11 nil A/1 tA Uie SmjULlLlg, was 1 usucu lu :u?uia and placed in jail. An armed guard was stationed around the building. Land of the Midnight Snn. i One-Eye Jake?"Does the sun ever set in the east, Pete?" Pete?"I don't know, Jake, I ain't been further east nor Denver."? Widow. ^ i? ? The City of Biloxi, an Italian barkentine bound from Gulfport, tyiss., to Genoa, blew up 22 miles off Mobile BaBr, Ala., early Thursday morning according to survivors brought tc Pensacola, Fla., by the United States shipping board steamer Knights Island. Four members of the crew are believed to have been drowned. COAST TO COAST IN ONLY 24 HOURS MAYXARD LANDS IX SAX FRANCISCO AS WINNER. Others Reach N. Y. 9 Total Time Consumed By Winner Three Days Plus >57 Minutes and 11 Seconds. t San Francisco, Oct. 11.?Crossing the continent, 2,700 miles, in twenty-four hours, fifty-eight minutes and fifty-five and one-half seconds, ac tual flying time, Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard, of Wake Forest, N. C., today took first honors by a few hours in the first lap of the double transcontinental airplane reliability race by landing at-San Francisco at 1:27.07 p. m., Pacific time, today, while Lieut.* E. C. Kiel completed the eastbound trip at 6.30.10 p. m., Eastern time, followed twenty seconds later by Major Carl Epatz, who reached New York first but made an erroneous lapding. Lieut. Maynard, the tenth to ^tart from Mineola, N. Y., last Wednesday at 9.24.56, Estern'time, required, allowing for difference in time, fiftyseven minutes and eleven seconds more than three days for the trip, without flying between sunset and -* sunrise, and after losing several hours at Cheyenne on account of radiator trouble. In addition, he was required to rest a half hour at each control station. - ; q The nearest competitor on the westbound half of the round trip across America was Capt. H. C. Drayton, who was forced to land-at Lovelock, Nev., late today on the way to Reno. As the two eastbound flyers left San Francisco just before 10 a. m., Eastern time, last Wednesday, they required three days plus nearly nine hours of their trip, impeded somewhat by snowstorms in the Rocky mountains. Following closely on the heels of , Capt. Drayton were Lieut. L. S. Webster, Capt. J. O. Donaldson and Lieut. Anderson Pearson, Jr. The first landing at Salduro, Utah, at 4.09 p. 1 m., mountain time, and Capt. Donaldson arrived three minutes later. Lieut. Pearson dropped at the same station at 5.22 p. m. Lieut. E. M. Manzelman, pilot of the sixth airplane in the eastern race, reached Salt Lake City after dark tonight but landed without mishap in a field near the city. Capt. Harry Smith, who left Chey- ' ene, Wyo., with Lieut Manselman, had not been heard from early to- ' night. ? Seized by Admirers. After half circling teh aviation field at the Presidia, Lieut. Maynard brought his plane to the ground at the end of the first leg of his flight. Both Lieut. Maynard and Sergt. Klein, an observer, literally were pulled from the fusilage of their machine by a throng of admirers, among them Lieut, Gen. Hunter Liggett, commanding the Western department of the army. Major Gen. C. J. Meafo her, chief of the army's air service; Col. H. H. Arnold, head of the service in the Western department, and representatives of the city government. "It was a great trip. I enjoyed it immensely," said Lieut. Maynard on landing. Both members of the plane's crew looked tired and weather-beaten, but they smiled happily and weathered the barrage of compliments. ARMY TRUCKS AVAILABLE. Distribution to States Is Ordered Resumed. Washington, Oct. 8.?Representative Byrnes has been advised by the Department of Justice that the distribution of army automobile trucks to State highway departments may be resumed as provided by law. The recent decision to the contrary by the solicitor of the War Depart, ment has been reversed, by the At[ torney General. It is hoped that the distribution can proceed within ten days in South Carolina and that some . trucks probably will be secured from the Atlanta depot. ?^? ; Real Musical Criticism. , i ; The Girl?"I admire that pianist's . finish. Don't you?" The Man?"Yes, but I always dread his beginning."?Boston Transcript. BLACKVILLE BAPTISTS. Raise Sixty Thousand Dollars for Xew Church and Parsonage. October 5th was a great day for the Blackville Baptists. Sixty thousand dollars was pledged to erect a new church plant and new parsonage. The church had accepted its apportionment of $35,000 in the $75,000,000 drive and raised the pastor's salary $200, this making around $100,000 it has pledged to raise, * The farmers and bankers of Blackville are determined to put on a'stiff fight against the boll weevil and commence next year to do the kind of farming that is necessary under boll weevil conditions. Several car loads of wire and posts have already been ordered and hogs and cattle will be raised. Messrs. C. R. Boyleston, H. B. Grimes, R. B. Fickling, Jeter Hutto, C. J. Fickling, E. C. Matthews, J. V. Matthews, Emmett Matthews and J. G. Matthews left in automobiles this morning to visit the weevil infested sections of Georgia and Alabama and gain first hand information how to combat the ravages of the\cotton destroyer. ' ' Three new stores have just been completed on Main stseet here and, are now occupied. This completes the open space in the business district for stores.?Barnwell People. / PLAINTIFF WINS SOT IN COURT. C. C. Shaw Gets Verdict Against J. L. N." j Hanahan and K. C. Hardin. * \ Columbia, Oct. 11.?C. C. Shaw, administrator, was awarded a verdict yesterday for $3,000 against J. L. Hanahan, and $2,000 against K. C. Hardin. The jury in the case deliberated several hours before an agreement was reached. Lenwood Shaw, 12 years old, was killed on the night of October 6,^ > 1917, on the 2400 block of Divine street. He was standing on the curb dy a wagon wnen a moior car sitock the vehicle, another machine ran into the wreck. Hanahan was charged with driving the car that hit the vehicle, and it was alleged that Hardin's machine ran over the boy's leg. The lad died shortly after the collision. Hanahan and Hardin were made co-defendants in the complaint, and the plaintiff sued for $50,000. / m TO VOTE OX ANNEXATION. Bamberg Wants Small Strip of Colleton County. Columbia, Oct. 10.?In a proclamation issued today, Governor Cooper called an election to be held on December 10, to decide whether three and seven-tenths square miles of Colleton county territory shall be annexed to Bamberg county. The commissioners in charge of the annexation movement are C. H. Smith, E. / Padgett, E. F. Bennett and J. Z. Harrison. vThe commissioners in their reports to the governor, stated that the territory proposed to be annexed, contains a population of less than 500 of whom only twenty-five are qualified electors. Denmark to Have Jioaern now*. Denmark, Oct. 8.?Denmark is at 1 last to have a modern hotel. F.*V. James, who is president of the Citizens Exchange Bank has just purchased the Denmark Hotel from its present owner, J. W. Walker. The amount of money in this deal is not yet known. The hotel is to have a water system, electric lights and all the improvements of the large hotels. Mr. James, it is said, will spend a large sum on this building which will be opened about the first of January. Denmark, Oct. 11.?Miss Pauline Turner and Mr. Francis Edward Holman, both of Denmark, were married fhia ovpnin? at. 7:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's brother, Mr. John D. Turner. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. 0. J. Frier, pastor of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Holman left on the 8 o'clock train for a two-weeks' trip to Washington and other points of interest after which they will be at home in the Hardwick cottage on South Palmetto avenue. Negro Cooks Organize. Asheville, N. C., Oct. 12.?A rlan for a union of negro cooks, which will ask affiliation with the State Federation of Labor, has been started in Asheville, it was learned today, and a wage increase which will probably reach 100 per cent, will be asked.