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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920 Established in 1891 TWO COUSINS DIE FROM GUN WOUNDS ATiTiTK CONE AND AUBREY CONE J KILLED IN PARLOR. Two Brants in Jail. AU Parties Concerned Are Under Twenty-one?Trouble Occurs Near Allendale. Allendale, Feb. 23.?Allie Cone, age 20, and Aubrey Cone, age 17, were instantly killed and John Brant, aged 22, was slightly wounded in a gun battle in the parlor of the home of E. P. Phillips, a prosperous farmer residing four miles from here, about 8 o'clock Sunday evening. John Brant and his brother, Earl B. Brant, age 17, are under arerst. ^ fViA r*r\no V\r?Tro tpare fircf rnnsin 1 VUU^ O It VAV MAwg All o? the parties are prosperous young white men of this section. Although the shooting occurred in the presence of two of Mr. Phillips's daughters, upon whom the young men were calling, details as to the cause of the fight are quite conflicting. John Brant, it is said, claims to 1 have killed both of the Cone boys. However, Miss Ruth Phillips testified at the coroner's inquest that John 1 Brant killed Aubrey Cone and that Earl Brant killed Allie Cone. The dead men were buried this afternoon. Fairfax, Feb. 23.?Allie Cone and Aubrey Cone, sons of W. F. Cone, were killed in the parlor of Edward ' Phillips, near Sycamore, about 8 o'clock last night. John and Earle ; Brant, sons of Robert Brant, who live near Ulmer, are under arrest. According to testimony at the inquest the Cone boys went to the Phillips home and were in the parlor when the Brant boys came in about 8 o'clock and without many words firing commenced. Both of the Cone boys were under 21 years old, and the Brant boys, too, are under 20 years of age. Sheriff Bennett was notified and soon had ' the Brant boys in custody and lodg^ ?n fV>q Ramwoll rnnntv iail. I W VUCiU IU VUW JkTMAM If VM VW ? B&h the Cone and Brant families . kre prominent and well to do people. r - The Case of Private Daniel. , Private Daniel went AWOL in ' Marc*\ 1918. He had been gone * about te^ days and we had about de- 1 oicled to post him as a deserter. One Sunday night the captain and I were in his tent making out a ration return.. ; There was a knock on the door and when directed to come in, why in walked Private Daniel. "Daniel," sai<f .good hearted, gruff old Captain Bain, who is now mayor of Goldsboro, "where have you been?" j "Home, captain." "Why didn't you ask me about going home and get a furlough and go Hke a real soldier?" inquired the skipper. "I did, captain," replied Daniel; "but you told me that I could not go ( for the reason that the company's quota of men were on furlough." "Uh, huh," grunted the skipper, < "and so you went anyhow?" j "Yes, sir," ^ "Well, why did you go?" < "Well, sir, I had a registered let- s ter and also a telegram telling me ( that my wife was very sick and about j to die." ] "Umph, don't blame you a damn y bit," said the bluff old commanding j officer. "If my wife was sick and they wouldn't let me go to her, con.. ditions as they are, I would go anyj how. Go back to your squad and be a good soldier." That was the end of it. Daniel j was never punished although court ( martials were then fining 'em $60 1 and thirty days or more in the jug g for going AWOL.?Jas. D. Grist in ] *Yorkville Enquirer. ( m i?> ? i Postpone Term of Court. i Allendale Feb. ^2.?On account of 1 the influenza epidemic in Allendale f and the^iounty generally, the spring 1 term of the court of General Sessions, I -which was scheduled to convene here 1 Monday, with Judge I. W. Bowman, e of Orangeburg, presiding, has been c called off. The next term of the s Sessions Court is not scheduled be- I fore the first of July, and as there ? are very few cases pending it is quite c probable that no extra term will be c called later in the spring, but that all cases will come up for trial at the July term. I i J. SITGRAVES IN SERIOUS SHAPE. Laurens Man Critically 111 Suffering From Gun Shot Wound. Laurens, Feb. 22.?Julius Sitgraves, a well known young man in the business and social life of the city, is in a serious condition at the local hospital from a pistol wound in the region of the heart. It was stated this afternoon that his chances for recovery are regarded as somewhat doubtful. Shortly before noon toda^y he regained consciousness and is said to have made a statement to the effect that the wound was self inflicted and that the deed was committed last night. It is said that at a late hour last night, after visiting one of the filling stations, he drove away in his car. This morning at 4 o'clock, it appears, he stopped at a home at Mammed station, a few miles from town. There is sickness in the home and some members of the family, who were up at the time, went out and met Mr. Sitgraves and invited him in but he declined and suddenly left the porch walking up the road. After getting on their clothes some of the male members of the family followed young Sitgraves to get him to return to the house as it was raining and"they recognized his condition. A few hundred yards away the young man was found prostrate in the road. He was taken to the house, undressed and put in bed. Then it was discovered he was shot. A physician was called from town and the young man brought to the hospital during the morning. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sitgraves and a son-in-law of Sheriff Reid. He is about 27 years of age and is cashier of the Lucas bank at Watts cotton mills. "LOVE O'MIKE" IS DEAD. Babe Left in Station and Later Claim ed by Mother. New York, Feb. 21.?Death has rang down the curtain in the drama of Love O'Mike, a babe whose mother abandoned him and then fought successfully in the courts for bis return after another woman had claimed him as her kidnapped son. Last December a tiny mite was left in the Grand Central terminal with i note pinned to his clothing saying: 'For the love of mike take this kid." The note also set forth that the mother was too poor to buy milk for the ehild. The babe was taken to a hospital and christened "Love O'Mike." A few days later a distracted woman, Mrs. August Wentz, whose seven-weeks-old baby had been kidnaped, claimed the child as her own. Her ausband also identified him. Meanwhile mother love asserted itself and ;he baby's mother, Mrs. Lena Lisa, *eclaimed the child. The Wentzs were loath to return ;he baby, court action followed and i Solomon-like justice awarded the aughing, red-haired youngster to Mrs.'Lisa. Yesterday Love O'Mike succumbed to pneumonia. Get Fourteen Stills. Florence, Feb. 22.?In the past six lays State Constables Eichelberger ind Poppenheira and Prohibition \gent King have captured and destroyed 14 stills, three and a half galons of blockade whiskey and 230 gallons of mash. Warrants were issued for 12 people. Three of the stills were ' captured in Darlington :ounty, two in Chesterfield and two n Dillon. One of the stills taken in Darlington county was in full blast vhen captured. Three of the warrants issued were for white men and iight for negro men. s Rev. E. K. Garrison. Brother E. K. Garrison, of the Aylor circuit, writes: "This is a splenlid part of the country. We have nade a good start for the year. The salary has been increased. Sandy Plains church reports in cash all :laims in full for the year, and the ^.vnor church is close behind. Zion ememDerea ner pasior wnn a large )ou.nding last week. Pisgah has colected most of the centenary claims or 1920. Red Hill and Zion are close >ehind the others. Come over and >ring Brother Doyle, for the half las not been told." Thanks! Broth;r Garrison is beginning his first year )ver there. He has good people to lerve. With such preachers at Revs. 3. K. Garrison and S. C. Morris, dethodism should thrive in that :ountry.?Southern Christian Advo ate. ?a Ready Reckoners on sale at the lerald Book Store. ENGINES COLLIDE NEAR CHARLESTON TWO TRAINS OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY IN SMASHUP. No Fatal Injuries. Mrs. Mikell Whaley and Daughter, of Columbia, Suffers Hurts in Wreck. Charleston, Feb. 21. ? Twentyfour passengers and eight railway men were injured in a headon collision this morning between Southern Railway trains No. 16, from Columbia, and 13 from Charleston, which came together at Bennetts about six miles from this city. No fatalities resulted, most of the injuries received being of a minor character. The two locomotives were practically demolished, and the enginemen had a narrow escape from death, as the cabs were mashed flat by the impact. They jumped in time, after putting on brakes and reversing their engines. The collision occurred through some misunderstanding not yet officially cleared up. There were about 150 passengers on the two trains. All were severely jolted, but the 24 listed as injured, none is apparently seriously hurt. Engineers W. P. Sullivan of No. 16, and Eugene Conlon of No. 13, Conductors Fickling and Kennedy, and Engineer O'Brien of the A. C. L., who was on the train, were sent to Roper hospital for treatment, while two porters and an A. C. L. inspector, J. H. Burbidge, also hurt, went to their homes. All are of Charleston, it is understood. Delegate to Washington. W. O. Tatum, of Cope, left Orangeburg yesterday afternoon via the Atlantic Coast Line for Washington, D. C., where he will represent the State Farmers' union at a convention of the National Board of Farm' Organizations to be held on Thursday and Friday of this week. Mr. Tatum has promised to make a report of the proceedings of the con vention to the County Farmers' Union on Saturday, February 28th. Considerable interest is voiced by the farmers of the section and state as well in the big gatherings taking place in the national capital. It is expected that the report of the meeting brought back by Mr. Tatum will be of. much interest here. ?Times and Democrat. WANTED HER FREEDOM. And This Gaston Connty Woman Wanted it Quick. She wanted a divorce, this woman . did. We'll say she did. Many amusing little stories turn up around the court house. Many things happen down there every day that would make good reading for Gastonia readers, but the majority'of these happenings, for obvious reasons, cannot be published. Here is one, however, that was found in the office of the clerk of court. From the letter the reader can supply the details to suit:' "Mr. Henrix. Clerk of Court, Gas tonia, N. C. "Mr. Henrix: Am writing you to see if I can get you to have my dovice written out by Saturday and John Bell's dovice too. I want you to write them out if you will so Mr. Bell and myself can marrie. Because it is costing Mr. Bell so much paying board for his three children he told me to write you about them he said if you couldn't write them out so we could marry he was going to have to put his children on the county because it was taking all he could make and more too to pay his and the children board and I am also working for myself and also helping him with his children. Mr. Henrix if you can have our dovices wrote out will be, glad for we are intending to marrie I when we get them. But as it is coasting him so much board I thought I | would write you and see about get ting them wrote out if you can write his dovice out without him coming to Gastonia write his order and give it to me I will have the money to pay for them when they are rote out. write me by Sunday morning so it will come up on the 10 o'clock train and let ine know about it if you can write them out we both will be glad. "Hoping to hear from you at once." ?Gastonia Gazette. More than a million people spent their vacations in the national forests of Colorado last summer. * LAURENS FARMER KILLED BY NEGRO MAN WHO COMMITTED DEED LATER FOUND DEAD. Large Posse Gathers. Farmer Succumbs to Wound Inflicted By Tenant, Who it is Thought, Destroyed Self. Clinton, Feb. 19.?Eugene Davis, well known farmer of the Rock 'Bridge section of Laurens county, was shot and instantly killed about 7 o'clock this morning by L. Blakely, a negro tenant, and this afternoon Blakely was found dead in a clump of woods, a mile from the scene of the morning's tragedy. The negro had a pistol in his hand a bullet through his heart. It is believed here that he committed suicide. The trouble caused intense excitement in this community and this afternoon, when Blakely's body was found by a rural policeman, about 400 citizens had joined in searching for him. Dogs had been brought from Columbia to aid in the pursuit. It is said that some words passed between Mr. Davis and the negro j early this morning, and that the trouble was the outcome of the conversation. It is alleged that Blakely, who worked for Mr. Davis, re iusea to go to worK as 3ir. juavis directed. The negro shot four times. Mr. Davis lived with, his mother, Mrs. Robert C. Davis, and the homicide occurred at their home, a few miles from Clinton. Officers were immediately notifiied and soon a large crowd gathered on the scene, coming from all parts of the county. The deceased was 37 years old. He was an unusually quiet young man of splendid character and highly esteemed and well liked by all who knew him. His tragic death has cast a profound sadness over'the entire community. Besides his mother, he is survived by three brothers, J. D. Davis and Gem. M. Davis and Dr. J. W. Davis, all of this place. BROKE UP HAPPY HOME. Wedding and All Lovely Bnt Daughter "Too Young." Chicago?The valiant knight on his prancing steed, the winsome maid who loved him, the irate parents who placed the fair daughter in durance vile for marrying her hero?all enter into tne romance or Betty UDert, North Shore belle, and Robert Gordon Young, a wealthy horse dealer from Tennessee. Young, who does fancy riding stunts at various horse shows, met Miss Ebert last fall. A number of horseback rides followed, resulting in a marriage January 7. The affair was concealed from Betty's mother, Mrs. Estelle Ebert, 6240 Sheridan road, and her stepfather, Henry C. Ebert. But the girl's father, George T. Alter, of Cincinnati, heard of the event and immediately filed a suit to annul the marriage, alleging his daughter was not of age. An injunction also was taken out to prevent Young from annoying his girl bride. Young appealed to his attorneys vfor relief and a suit for $100,000, charging alienation of affections was directed against'Alter and Mr. and Mrs. Ebert. UPSET TRACTOR KILLS FARMER. Peculiar Accident Occurs in Town of Fairfax. Fairfax, Feb 23.?W. E. Bessinger, a prominent young farmer and busi ness man, was instanny Kinea m a field a half mile from the town limits of Fairfax about 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Bessinger was driving a tractor in the field and getting into a low soft place, the tractor sunk partly into the earth and reared back , and fell on young Bessinger, crushing the life out of him. It is supposed that when the tractor commenced sinking young Bessinger applied too ; much gasoline and as the machine could not go forward it reared back and fell on the driver. Mr. Bessinger was about 24 years old and was possessed of great energy. Although young, he had al- . ready accumulated a good deal of valuable property. ; The young man is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. 1 Bessinger, and one brother and two i sisters, Mrs. Virginia Todd and Miss Lucile Bessinger, all of Fairfax. | I XEWBEltKY MONEY FLOWS. | Campaign Cigars Wrapped in $10 Bills.?Repairs Houses. Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 21.? Repairing a house on Newberry mon- , ey, passing out cigars wrapped in tinfoil and ten-dollar bills, marking ballots and hiring campaign workers through a janitor who holds a bank directorate as a side line, were points presented in government testimony . at the Newberry election conspiracy trial today. The court sat only half a day, but thirteen witnesses were on the stand. The progress raised the hopes of Frank C. Dailey, assistant attorney general, that he would be able to complete the prosecution's case next week. Elmer E. Smith, a Kalamazoo insurance agent and a defendant, was brought in the trial today through , the testimony of Henry Acker, a neighbor. Acker said Smith told him of beholding "more money than he ever saw in his life" in the Detroit , office of Mark McKee, law partner of the Newberry manager, Paul King. Smith told him further that he was repairing his house with Newberry money and offered to hire Acker as a helper in the campaign at $25 a week. The chance did not appeal to Acker because he was no politician,, he said. The bill wrapped campaign cigars were an incident of the campaign in Flint. Harry Corcoran testified he found $10 on each of two foil-covered cigars handed him by Fred Henry, deputy state factory inspector. Jerry Keogima, a Chippewa Indian from Cross Village, said he saw . John Bagley, an election inspector of that village, enter voting booths with , members of his tribe on primary day. Jerry was clerk of the elections ( board. Tne capitalist janitor was jonn . Metrikiewietcz, of Grand Rapids, who wields a broom in the federal build iig and owns enough bank stock to make him a director. He told of get- . ting $30 from Frank McKay for workers at the November polls, but , s^id they were told to busy them- ( selves with the regular republican ticket. iti 9m CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIME. * i Allege That They Entered Bank and ] Postoffice at Xeeses. 1 * Warrants have been taken out be- \ fore the United States commissioner charging Rudolph Hammond, Aleck ' Cartledge, Samuel Hook, Dewey Den- 1 nis, Lois Lorick, and Watson Wallace with entering a bank and the potsoffice at Neeses, Orangeburg county, and removing funds from the in- ' stitutions. The crime is alleged to have been * committed last November, and a preliminary examination will be held this week, probably on Friday. The ^ commissioners said Saturday that Dennis was now out on bond. The warrants were taken out on the tes- ' timony of William Plath, Jr., post- J office inspector. .] i ? There Was "Nothing Stirring." ' < Cope, Feb. 20.?A teacher gave a 1 class of juveniles in the local school 1 a composition to write on a "Quiet Farm Home," and the following is 1 what little Johnnie Brown wrote: "It was a quiet, balmy afternoon in*leafy June; and everything was 1 so very quiet, that not a sound stir- ] red, not a cloud stirred, not a leaf ( stirred; not a bug stirred, not a bird * stirred, not a squirrel stirred; not a hors? stirred, not a mule stirred; not a ox stirred; not a cow stirred; not a calf stirred; not even pig stir- * red; not a man stirred; not a woman stirred; not a boy stirred; not a girl stirred, not even a baby stirred; not a dog stirred, not a cat stirred, not c even chicken stirred,?" Upon reaching thus far the teach- 3 er said: "That's very good, Johnnie; you can take your seat." KILLS RED; IS ACQUITTED. i 1 Jury Gives Man Freedom After Two! I Minutes Deliberation. i ' c Hammond, Ind., Feb. 20.?It took t a Hammond jury two minutes yesterday to acquit Frank Pedroni, an Ital- c ian, who admitted that he killed j i' Frank Patrich. J e Padroni, a naturalized citizen for j 17 years, had an argument over the d Austro-Italian claims with Petrich, t: who is said to have been an unnatur- s alized "Red." t During the argument Petrich said, "to hell with the United States." Pedroni shot him dead. o Raed The Herald, $2.00 year. E OPEN REBELLION AGAINST DRY LAW TROUBLE OVER PROHIBITION IN IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. Officer Gives Report. Federal Director For Central States Tells of Revolt?Calls on Washington for Assistance. Ohieago, Feb. 22.?A "rebellion against prohibition" has broken out in Iron county, Mich., and the county, led by its prosecuting attorney is in "open revolt" against federal authority, A. V. Dalrymple, federal prohibition director for the Central states, notified Washington today. A prohibition agent and a party of Michigan state constables were held up February 19 by Iron county officials and what they had confiscated taken from them according to word brought to Chicago by Leo J. Grove, of Marquette, supervising prohibition agent for the upper peninsula. Major Dalrymple appealed tp Attorney General Palmer to order warrants issued for the arrest of the prosecutor, two deputy sheriffs, two police officers and three other residents of Iron River a mining village. While awaiting word from federal authorities Dalrymple issued orders for a company of picked prohibition agents to gather here tonight preparatory to starting tomorrow on an armed expedition which, he declared, will "clean up" Iron county. Grove, accompanied by Lieut. R. G. Strope and Troopers Masters and King of the state constabulary, seiz- \ ed 11 barrels of wine at a mine two miles from Iron River, he reported to Major Dalrymple today. The wine is said to have been made by John, Peter and Steven Scalcucci, wealthy 1 Italians, who own several business ventures at Iron River, Grove loaded the liquor into a sleigh and started to move it to Caspian, headquarters of the state constabulary in that section of the peninsula. When the sleigh reached Iron River it was met Dy the prosecuting attorney, P. A. McDonough, Deputy Sheriff Chard and Jesse Allen, the police chief; C. H. Sesiba and a police captain, Claude Brown. McDonough, according to Grove's report, told the prohibition supervisor that he was under "arrest for transporting liquor," and ordered his men to seize the wine. Grove put up a fight but was overpowered. The wine, he says, was returned to the Scalcucci brothers by McDonough who, the report adds, told the brothers to post an armed guard over it with orders to shoot if the federal agent tried to regain possession. After receiving the report, Major Dalrymple asked that Attorney General Palmer instruct the United States commissioner at Marquette, Mich., to issue the warrants. Grove reported that the district attorney, Myron H. Walker at Grand Rapids, had ordered the commissioner to issue no warrants without first submitting: them to him. which takes from five to 15 days. Iron River is a small village in the mining country a few miles from the Wisconsin line. The Michigan state constabulary tried to "clean up" the county a fewmonths ago and Captain Marsh of the constabulary was shot by a bootlegger. m m ? EDISON ON EIGHT HOUR DAY. :ould Not Have Accomplished Mud* With So Few Hours of Work. In a statement on his 73rd birthlay, Thomas A. Edison deplored the endency on the part of the modern muth to shirk work. "I can remember when it used to >e fashionable to be ambitious, but here seems to have been a change n late years," said he. "The eight lour day had not been invented when was a young man and I am glad of t. I don't believe I could have acomplished a great deal on the eight tour principle. "Hard work is the secret of sucess and happiness, and I think that ciea is particularly applicable right lOW. "I have seen a great many birth:ays, and I hope I can borrow the rademark of one brand of whiskey to ay 'I am still going strong,' even if he 18th amendment is in effect." ^ io> ? Large shipment of all kinds of ffice and school supplies received t the Herald Book Store this week. Ixtra large line blank books.