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<3% Hamhrrg irralii $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920. Established in 1891 SENATE ASPIRANTS SPEAK TO VOTERS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED VOTERS PRESENT SATURDAY. Speakers Well Received. Smith, Pollock, Irby and Warren Ask Bamberg Citizens for Senatorial Support. Saturday the four candidates for the office of United States senator addressed the voters of Bamberg county at the court house. The meeting was attended by a fairly good sized crowd. It was estimated that there were two hundred voters in the court house v tt-Vi r\-n fVid woe at itc ypnifh * * 11 t 11 t XX t/ V- * V ?? u T? M.O M b * vs/ u V A* m V ? y and most of them remained throughout the speaking. The candidates were given a most respectful hearing, and all of the candidates, received more or less applause, although the meeting was entirely lacking in the old time political enthusiasm of other days. George Warren, apparently^ was the favorite among those voters who showed any preference at all. Judging from the applause he received Warren will show up well in Bamberg county. Next in point of applause came E. D. Smith, the incumbent for the past eleven years. Pollock and Irby received also a share of the applause. Notwithstanding the fact that in the person of ex-Senator Pollock the woman suffrage advocates have a very warm and enthusiastic supporter, not a single woman of voting age?if they had the ballot?or any other age, effort thp court house with her pi^es ence. It was strictly a men's meeting. If the women of Bamberg county desire the ballot they certainly showed no evidence of it Saturday. The meeting was presided over by County Chairman J. F. Carter, who opened the meeting with a few appropriate introdurtory remarks. Dr. . George F. Hair offered an invocation, - , and Senator Smitfr was presented as the first speaker. Senator Smith exhibited considerable fire and earnestness in his address, and it is quite evident that he is not going to let his defeat be encompassed through default. Senator Smith spoke for thirty minutes, about 20 to 25 minutes of which were devoted to his old time and most effective .subject of farming. Senator Smith makes no attempt to disguise the source of his popularity in South Carolina. He opened by saying that he is before the people to give an account of his stewardship in the United States senate for the last eleven years. He devoted a few minutes to discussing the , circular that has been sent broadcast through the state attacking his record in the senate and said that the author of this circular -ic o r> nfflna caobor v*-V| TVO c fHT~> xo axx vxiivt .T . . ^ j_ pointed in not receiving an appointment from Senator Tillman and himself. In regard to the charge that he had missed more than half-of the roll calls, Senator Smith said that he was not sent to the senate to sit idly at his desk merely to answer to filibustering roll calls: that he was in the senate on all occasions when his presence was needed, and that the remainder of the time he spent in committee work on many of the important senate committees, in which work he was of vastly more benefit to the people than in answering idle roll calls, many of which were only for the purpose of killing time. He is willing to compare his record with any other man. He referred to his vote on the ISth amendment, denying that it was any abridgement of the rights of states, in that it is necessary for threefourths of the states to ratify before the amendment becomes law. South Carolina almost unanimously ratified the amendment, as did almost all the other states. He is as much in favor of states' rights as anvbodv else, but he is heartily in favor of the abolition of the liquor troffic and has no apologies to offer for his vote to submit the amendment. Th i-e are ?ight lawyers in congress from this state he said, and one farmer?and he is the farmer. Senator Smith v,vt over in detail his many bills fj- the betterment of the condition of the farmers, accounted for his record do iag the war, asserting that he had supported the -administration in every particular. W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, was the next speaker. Mr. Pollock said that he was no stranger in anv part of South Carolina. He had come before ?? ; the people six years ago when a condition existed that he considered de| manded his services, and he had offer| ed himself on the altar of state patriotism. He said he had a distinction no other candidate had ever enjoyed?that of receiving more applause in that election and less votes than any other candidate had ever received. He had again come before the voters two years ago seeking the unexpired term of the lamented, Tillman, which honor the people had conferred on him by one of the largest majorities a candidate had ever received. He served only three months, and he gave an account of his services during this brief period, asserting that he had stood squarely behind the president and the Democratic party throughout. He now asks for a full term that he might demonstrate what he can do for the state and that he rmffht make a record lie mav be Droild of. He asserted that he is making no race against Senator Smith, whom he referred to as his good friend, or any other candidate. He asks to be judged purely on his merits, and if he has no merit he does not ask for the vote of any citizen. He stands squarely on the great Democratic platform, he believes in states' rights, and does not consider that the settlement of the liquor question by congress is any abridgement thereof. He promised if elected he will never vote to bring liquor back. He pleaded with, the, people to stand back of the Democratic administration and said that if the Republican ticket is elected it will mean a deflation of money. He believes ardently in the league of nations and every other plank of the Democratic platform. W. C. Irby was the third speaker. Mr. Irby. stated that he, ^so, was no stranger to the people, as he had been a candidate for governor in 1914, and thanked the voters for their support in that race. He reminded the voters of the recital of conditions by the otheT eandidates, and asserted that he is the only one of the four who has a solution of the present-day problems to offer. His principal theme was the currency question and warehouses. He is very enthusiastic J on these matters, and devoted nearly all of his speech to their discussion. The profiteers, and speculators stand between the people and the consumer, he said, and discussed the drfficulties the farmers have in attempting hog and cattle raising; There is something radically wrong, he said, when cattle is sold by the farmers at. 16 cents a pound and then they have to pay 40 and 50 cents a pound for the meat. It is to remedy such conditions that he has devoted his life. They have called him a crank on the subject, but he is going to stick to it. He criticized the bank laws and said that there is plenty of room for improvements, and he ga^e a rap at the practice of spending millions of dollars annually in the sending out of speeches by congressmen and senators " ? nnmnnirrn 1 i fn TV> Q rt V 0 f CIlPVl a^ lutxauu v, i-uw-jaj ^^, ' I speeches, he said, never having been I delivered. George Warren, of Hampton, was the last speaker of the day. Mr. Warren is the youngest of the quartette, although.he has had several years of experience in politics, having been solicitor of his circuit for several years. States' rights formed one of the principle features of his speech. The gradual extension of federal authority has progressed to such an extent that states' rights have almost become obsolete. The passage of the Volstead enforcement act, he said, was iniquitous. He is in favor of prohibition, he said, but favors state regulation. His stand on the question has been construed by some that he is opposed to prohibition, but he cited the fact that he was the author of the present state prohibition law. Mr. Warren said that under the Volstead act every woman in the state who extracts a little fruit vnorln o 1 {t f 1 ?> linnio.maflo ?/ ^ ^ ^^ C KJX Hi CX VXCi lii< ti v/ xx v/ i J* \y 11 ^ v wine for medicine is a criminal in the eyes of the law. If elected he will use his influence for a curtailment of the federal authority and for the expansion of states' rights. He defined his youthful appearance, and said that the United States senate is no refuge for the aged and infirm. At the conclusion of his address he was surrounded by many admiring friends and was given a fairly good sized ovation. All of the candidates vouchafed their*approval of the principles of the Democratic party, and assured the voters if elected they would stand behind the party. Tobacco twine at Rentz & Felder's. I / GOVERNOR HEARS EXTRADITION CASE J BAMKKKG COUNTY MEN WAXTKJJ IX XOBTH (W KLIN A. Final Action Delayed,, Legal Technicality Prevents Immediate Decision by Cooped?Voluminous Evidence. Columbia, Aug. 8.?Governor Cooper yesterday postponed final action on the requisition papers to extradite W. D. Mayfield, James Breed en and Henry B. Sandifer, of Denmark to Anson county, North Carolina, for trial on a charge of kidnaping, the request for postponement coming from counsel for Mr. Mayfield, Mr. Breeden and Mr. Sandifsr. Voluminous testimony was introduced at the hearing in connection with the extradition proceedings, covering the entire history of the case and the govenor's decision would probably have been announced immediately following the reading of the affidavits but postponement of final decision was made to allow attorneys for Mr. Mayfield to present authorities giving governors of the asylum state the right to pass on the "substantial truth" of the facts alleged in the warrant, accompanying the request for extradition. Governor Cooper held that the law only permitted him to -examine into the technical correctness of the requisition papers and did not allow him "to inquire into the guilt or innocence of the alleged fugitives." Counsel. for Mr. Mayfield will be allowed ten days. .Air. Alayfield and his two"associates are wanted in North Carolina on a charge of kidnaping. Jesse Jones -and Eugene Stroman, two nogr f rema Eugene Stroman, two negro farm hands, who had previously worked for him but several months ago had gone to Anson county, North Caroline. J. F. Tic-e, North Carolina constable, according to J. A. Lockhart, of Wadesboro. representing the s'tate of North Carolina at the hearing, has been arrested in North Carolina in connection with the case and hiikpreliminary hearing set for next Friday. Affidavit of Jones. Jesse Jones, in his affidavit said that J. F. Tice, a North Carolina constable, called at his house on the farm owned and operated by N. K. Zorn, of Bamberg ^county, and ordered him to open his door, representing himself and party as federal officers connected with the department of internal revenue, searching for contraband liquor. He swore that when lie opened the door Mr. Tice, Mr. Mayfield and Air. Breeden drew revolvers on him while Air.. Alavfield handcuffed him. He further swore that after he got some of his clothing, he was forced to accompany the party, while Mr. Mayfield held a revolver at his neck, exclaiming: "I want to get Eugene now and I want you to go there and call him and if you say anything else outside of just calling him, I'll shoot your head off." He took the party to the residence of Eugene Stroman he declared. Eugene Stroman testified that the party consisting of Mr. Tice, Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Breeden, after Jtmes called horn and he went to a window, forced him to come out of his home without his clothes. They permitted him, however, to put on his trousers, but not his shoes, and he was handcuffed to the other negro, he said. Both negroes in their affidavits, testified that*they went up the road to where the car owned by Mr. Mayfield was bossed in the mud with Mr. San difer guarding it. Mr. Tice then went and got a car driven by Earle Benton, and Mr. Breeden ordered the negroes into th? car and, with he and Mr. Tice guarding them, they were carried to Cheraw, where they waited on the Mayfield car. they swore, containing the owner and Mr. Sandifer. They were fhen ordered into the car, still handcuffed, and were carried to Bamberg by Mr. Mayfield, Mr. Breeden and Mr. Sandifer, according to the negroes' affidavits. Both negroes testified also that they did not want to return to South Carolina, but went because they were afraid they would be killed if they resisted. In Middle of Xiglit. Jones and Stroman testified that they were taken from their homes between l'and 2 o'clock on the morning of July 22, 1920. Earle Benton, of Wadesboro, a transfer driver, testified by affidavit that his car was hired about 4 o'clock on the same morning by Mr. Tice, and lie took Mr. Tice, Mr. Breeden and the two negroes to Cheraw. The negroes, he swore, were handcuffed together the entire journey. i The affidavit of W. D. Mayfield recited the allegations contained against the two negroes for selling property under lien, the requisition of Governor Cooper for the return of Jones and Stroman from Anson county, X. C., and the rejection of it by Governor Bickett, of North Carolina. Subsequent to the "hearing by Governor Bickett on the requisition, he affirmed, he was informed by Frak Bessinger, who lives on the Zorn property in Anson county, >that the two negroes were dissatisfied and desired to return to South Carolina, provided the}' were given sufficient protection when being brought to this state. The affidavit stated that Mr. Mayfield, James Breeden and Henry B. Sandifer, all citizens of Bamberg county, went to Anson county in Mr. Mavfield's automobile and the two negroes cheerfully accompanied them, even after they had been informed that Mr. Breeden had a warrant for their arrest, which would be served after they reached the South. Carolina line. When they got the negroes, according to the testimony, they were accompanied by Mr. Tice and Frank Bessinger, Jones, affirmed the affidavit, himself went over to Stroman's house and got him. When his car got stuck in a bog in the road, he testified the negroes willingly and cheerfully helped to pull it out of the hole. The affidavit likewise dehies that the "members of the party represented themselves as federal officers, used revolvers and handcuffed the negroes. Affiant's Position. The affiant took the position that he did not bejieve the prosecution was brought by the negroes but was "instigated by the hatred of one, M. K. Zorn, owner of the property in North Carolina, where the negroes went, has fof this deponent, which has grown out of the disputes between Mr. Zorn and deponent, because of the fact that Mr. Zorn on various occasions and through various agents, has caused many of deponent's laborers to leave his plantation and other plantations around Denmark and go to North Carolina and work on his own place." The affidavits of Air. Breeden and Mr. Sandifer were merely papers substantiating the material allegations in the affidavit of Mr. Mayfield. Frank B. Bessiner, who formerly lived in Bamberg county, but is now in Anson county, N. C., said that he knew Jones and Stroman and knew that they had left the Mayfield plantation with criminal charges hanging over them, and gone to North Carolina to work on the Zorn farm, their railway fare being paid from Den- . mark by M. K. Zorn. The negroes were dissatisfied with conditions ih North Carolina and expressed the cjesire to return to Bamberg county if they had some one to accompany them. This information, Mr. Bessinger testified, was transmitted by / him to Mr. Mayfield, and the latter and his p.arty came after, the negroes. The circumstances surrounding the incidents which took place when Jones and Stroman were taken from thejr homes by the Mayfield party as contained in thp affidavits of Mr. Mayfield, Mr. Breeden and Mr. Sandifer, substantially/were reiterated by Mr. Bessinger. No Violence Used. J. F. Tice, in his affidavit, told of being approached by the Mavfield party with the request to accompany it to the homes of the two.negroes, which he did; but when informed that Mr. Mayfield had warrants for the two negroes, he informed them that he could not assist in taking Jones and Stroman forcefully into South Carolina. He said that the negroes' went without protest and seemed to be overjoyed at returning home. He swore that he did not go either to the house of Jones or Stroman; that Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Breeden went to Jones's house and they and Jones to Stroman's h'ouse. The remainder of his testimony was a substantial reiteration of the other affidavits, except that he does not mention whether members of the party impersonated federal officers, carried revolvers or handcuffed the negroes. Affidavits from H. F. Dyches, over- seer of W. D. Mayfield; C. M. Cox, bookkeeper for W. D. Mayfield; G. H. Hope, contractor and builder of Bamberg, and E. D? Jenkins, negro farm demonstration agent for Bamberg county, affirmed that W. D. Mayfield treated his labor with the greatest consideration, was kind to them and many times assumed their debts in unfruitful seasons, was not known to t SLAIN BY BROTHER IN HAMPTON CO TERRELL SMITH KILLED m JESSE SMITH. In Mother's Presence. First Shot Fired in Garden While On< Ketiiriis With Milk Pail. Hampton, Aug. 9.?Jesse Smitl shot and killed his brother, Terrel Smith, at 8 o'clock Sunday morning about three miles west of Hampton using a shot gun 'loaded with hire shot. Facts have been exceedingl: hard to get, as there werb no eye wit ness to the first part of the difficulty According to those who went to th< scene shortly after the tragedy, ii seems that Jesse met Terrell in th< garden as Terrell returned from th< barn with a bucket of milk in his hand. Terrell ran for the house bui was shot in the back just as h< cleared the corner of the garden nexi the house. It seems that Jesse followed and reached the door just as Terrell put down the bucket of milk The mother of the two men states that Terrell turned around as Jess* reached the door and said, "Jesse why did you shoot me?"; that Jess* did not answer but pushed the gur almost into Terrell's face and fired ? second time, killing him instantly; that Terrell was unmarried and apparently made no effort to defenc himself, except to try to get out ol Jesse's way. Jesse Smith is about 4o years oi age and lives within a few hundred yards of where Terrell Smith lived with their mother on a farm. Terrel' was about 28 or 30 years old. NOTE NOW OVERDUE. Was Made Four Thousand Years Age For Four Shekels. Philadelphia, Aug. 1.?The unpaid note for four shekels of silver bearing 40 per cent, annual interest for nearl\ four thousand years recently was found among the clay tablets at the University of Pennsyvania museuir by Dr. Leon Legrain. The note was given by a man named Bur-Mama tc II Sinnutum in October. 1962 B .C. the ""year in which the King Lim-ir occupied the town of Dur-Damigilisha." There were four witnesses to the note. Instead of signatures the witnesses placed their seals on the document and were not liable for paymenl i ii,, unless it was siiown iney Knew tut character of Bur-Mama was bad wher they swore it was good. Although comparisons are difficuli Dr. Legrain said, a shekel of silver ai the time the note was made was equa to about $100 at the present time. Place to Learn. Bacon?"They tell me the shac have begun to multiply." Egbert;?"That's the advantage o) their going to schools, I suppose."? Yonkers Stateman. - *1 i m > ^ Don't fail to visit the one-day sale of aluminum ware at G. 0. SIMMOXS'S on Saturday, August 14 Values from $2.50 to $5.00 for $1.8? each. carry arms and was an exemplars citizen. A. M. Denbow, of Bamberg, gav( oral testimony that W. D. Mayfielc was an upright citizen and substantiated the affidavits as to the humane treatment of his labor.' An indictment, signed by R. L. Gun. ter, solicitor of the second judicia! circuit, was attached to the presentation before Governor Cooper, showing that Jesse Jones had been charged with violation of the liquor law ir Bamberg county, and he pleaded guil? * - <"> 1 ft 1 C on/1 ty on Septemoer \?t t i J i O, auu ti m> sentenced to serve three months oi pay a fine of $150. Mr. Mayfield likewise presented ar affidavit from Earle Benton, the trans fer driver, which merely stated thai he drove Mr. Breeden and the twc negroes from Wadesboro, X. C., t( Cheraw, and that the negroes slep: nearly the whole way. He said noth ing about the negroes being handcuff ed, as was affirmed in his affidavit pre sented by the prosecution. The State of North Carolina wai represented at the hearing by J. A Lockhardt, Wadesboro attorney while counsel for Mr. Mayfield wer< Edgar M. Brown, of Barnwell, and J Wesley Crum, of Bamberg. 9 SAYS KILLIXtt WAS ACCIDENTAL. \ Marion County Prisoner So Says in Confession. ? Marion, Aug. 4.?Arcllie Turner, - one of the men arrested last week charged with the killing of Edwin # White, made a confession to Sheriff John V. Rowell, in which he statesA substantially the following: That on a Friday afternoon last a spring, the day Mr. White was last ' seen alive, he (Archie Turner) was at the home of Mack Turner, standing 011 the porch with Henry Turner, and that Mack Turner's wife was in the ! house. That he was playing with his 1 pistol and that it was accidentally discharged. Immediately after this shot he heard some one cry out and, _ , J? i. - i? . U It I going out m iront ui me nuuse, ub i- found that he had shot Mr. White, - whom he did not know was anywhere . around, and Mr. White died instantly. 3 About this time his brother, Mack t Turner, rode up into the yard. In his 3 excitement he picked up the body of 3 Mr. White and carried it about 150 3 yards back of Mack Turner's house t to a pine thicket. He left the body 3 there while he went home jmd got t his father's mule and wagon, in which - he took the body to a nearby field be3 tween his father's house and Carry . lake, a small lake adjacent to Little 3 Pee Dee river. He left the body there j and went ho.me to spend the night. , Next morning early he pretended he j was going after a load of straw, put i his plows and wire in the wagon and l drove down to where he had left the ; body. He then took the body and - carried it down to the lake and' hid it i ti-iovo Qinnjr with thp nlows and wire. f H? then got a little straw and took it home. He then came to Marion c where >he remained until 2 o'clock. , I About that time he left Marion, went I back to where he Jmd left the body, I putting it in a small boat and wiring the plows to the body while it was in the boat. He then started down the river with the body. He stated that ^ ' V. he did not reach the point in the river > at which he intended sinking the body, as he struck a rough place in the water of the swollen stream and I the boat turned over, throwing both j himself and the body into the river. - When his boat turned over, he swam 5 to shore, where he stood for a few * minutes, after which he swam track l and got his boat and went back to > Carry lake and then home. When > asked if he had any assistance, he , stated that no one at all had helped i him, and that he had done the job all , i - by himself. Mr. White left his home on Fri> day afternoon about three months ago - to assist his brother in the erection 01 . t a tombstone in a churchyard about : one mile away from Mr. White's res- t s idence. He could be seen walking l down the road about one-half the distance until he turned a sharp curve, t He did not show up at the church and / t was not heard of again until his body I was found in the river nine weeks later, th? body showing a bullet wound. It had been weighted down in the water by plows and other scrap iron, fastened to the body by wires. i Last week six arrests were made,. all parties being white and neighbors f of Mr. White. They were Tim Turner, Archie Turner, Mack Turner,'Henry Turner, Kinard Cannojt and the v father of Kinard Cannon. i a ^ m* DIES FAR FROM HOME. 9 * I Married in Paris, France, One Year Ago Saturday. 'Westminster, Aug. 6.?Mrs. Lucia J Carmanetti Bearden, wife of Keith 1 Bearden, died at the home of 'Mr. - Beardel's parents Tuesday afternoon. f < She had been very ill for several weeks and was given the very best - medical attention, spending some 1 weeks in Asheville at a sanitarium but nurses and doctors were of no ? avail. Her death is doubly sad for I had she lived until Aug. 7 she would 1 have seen their first wedding anni> * versary, having been married in 5 Paris, France, just before his return to America. She was practically among strangers, but her sweet and , . 1 amiable disposition soon won her way among those she came in contact with. t His people were her people and were } very devoted to her, giving men } and attention for her comfort during ^ her illness. ^ Besides her husband here she " leaves a mother, father, two sisters and two brothers in Paris to mourn her death. 3 The remains were laid to rest in Westminster Cemetery Wednesday ' morning. Funeral services were con3 ducted at the home. ? Cotton sheets at Rentz & Felder's. y \ j - :,U