The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 26, 1920, Image 1
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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. ^
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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^
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B&h the Cone and Brant families .
kre prominent and well to do people.
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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. (
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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
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIME. *
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Allege That They Entered Bank and ]
Postoffice at Xeeses.
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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. .]
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There Was "Nothing Stirring." '
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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
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Jury Gives Man Freedom After Two! I
Minutes Deliberation. i
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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.
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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."
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Large shipment of all kinds of
ffice and school supplies received
t the Herald Book Store this week.
Ixtra large line blank books.