The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 04, 1920, Page 9, Image 9
RANCHMAN HELD FOR RANSOM.
Potato King Appears in St. Louis in
Bare Feet and Thinly Clad.
St. Louis, Oct. 30.?Joseph Alexander,
reputed wealthy ranchman
and farm owner of Fort Smith, Ark.,
and Mrs. Margaret Taber, of this city,
wife of Alexander's ranch superintendent,
today related to the police
how they had been kidnaped in an
5 attempt to collect $25,000 from the
ranchman.
Alexander, according to advices, is
known as the "potato king"' in Fort
Smith. He appeared at the St. Louis
county court house early today, bareiooied
and sparsely clad and described
to othcers now ne nad oeen bound,
gagged and beaten by nis captors.
Mrs. Tabor toid a similar story.
Alexander came to St. Louis last
Monday, ne explained, in response
to a telegram oearmg -Mrs. Taoor s
name ana reading: "Come at once;
serious trouoie." -Mrs. Taoor denieu
sending the message.
-\iet at tne depot oy tiie men, Alexenaer
said ne accepted an invitation
to riae to -Mrs. Taoors norne in tneir
automobile and was tanen to a tarm
nouse about eignt miles west 01 nero.
-virs. Tabor, wno iiaa beea Kidnapeu,
Sunday, was orou'gnt to his room, ne
related and he was ordered to sign
the cneck payable to her. Keiusing,
he was oeaten and the bonds on arms
and ankles tightened, he asserted.
He protested that he did not have
$25,000 in the bank,, ne continued,
but the kidnapers continued toituring
him ana on Tuesday he wrote a
cneck scribbling the signature to
mane it appear a iorgeiy.
Alter Aiexanaer naa written the
check on a hank at Fort Smith, the
men drove .Airs. Tabor 10 a meal bank
where she deposited it. She was then
returned to the farm house.
Early today Alexander iold the police
his guard fell asleep and he escaped.
His escape was learned shortly
alter wards, ALrs. Taber said, and
she was hurried to her home.
Officials visited the house and
found it unoccupied. Overturned
furniture, they said, indicated the
men had made a hurried departure.
WOMEN DON'T PAY.
Attorney General Rules Females Are
Not Required to Pay Poll Tax.
Columbia, Oct. 31.?soutn uaronna
women are in no way liable to poll
tax this year, according to an opinion
by S. M. Wolfe, attorney general, expressed
in a letter to Mrs. Eulalie
Salley, of Aiken, yesterday. Mrs.
Salley asked Mr. Wolfe for his opinion
on the matter and his reply is
conclusive that the state law does not
require women to pay poll tax. Mrs.
Salley, wTho is chairman of the Political
Information League of Women
Voters, is anxious to ascertain the
status of women along this line, and
wired the attorney general. His reply
follows:
"Replying to your telegram of today
relative to the liability of women
voters to poll tax in this state, I ad'
vise that section 286, article 1, chapter
14, volume 1, code of laws of
1912, is as follows: : ^
" 'There shall be assessed on all
taxable polls in this state an annual
tax of one dollar on each poll, the
proceeds of which tax shall be applied
solely to educational purposes.
. All males between the ages of 21
and 60 years, execpt those incapable
of earning a support from being
maimed, or from other causes, shall
be deemed taxable polls.'
" "In view of the foregoing I take
the position that women are in no
event liable to poll tax."
Well, Why Not?
After his daughter came home
from the fashionable boarding school
she had insisted on attending, the
old man, who had made his fortune in
ways that are dark, realized that he
? ? o Vi<-i a timo SVio TirichpH to
WcUS ILL lUi a uau u 4WuVM ~pass
all her culture along to him, and
he didn't want it.
"Now, father," she said primly one
day, "how often have I told you that
it's bad form to drop the final 'g' in
words? And there you've just said
'goin' ' instead of 'going.' Really, it's
too bad of you."
The old man thought it was time
the worm turned. Certainly he felt
like a worm.
. "Listen to me, m' dear," he said
solemnly. "I have a question to ask."
"Yes, father," his daughter replied
encouragingly, thinking that
her lessons were naving the desired
effect.
"Well, may 1 drop the final "g' in
ocr cr' 9
ces
Them Good Old Days.
Captain Blink was making love to j
his company in the manner that only j
captains nave.
"What are you doing there, Pri-j
vate Blank?" he demanded. "Yeah, |
' you with the elephant's ears. What!
were you in civilian life?"
And Private Blank answered meekly:
"I was happy, sir."
SCHOLARSHIPS GO BEGGING.
Mr. Swearingen States That Few
Students are APplying.
Columbia, Oct. 29.?Free scholarships
in state educational institutions
are going begging, according to J. E.
Swearingen, state superintendent of
education, who has made an appeal
to the county and town educational
authorities of the state for aid in enlisting
the interest of the young people
of the state in scholarships. Mr.
Swearingen, in his letter, deplores
the fact that there are so few applicants
for the state scholarships.
There are 356 scholarships in four
state colleges open for the boys and
girls who graduate from high schools
o .v. r\ ? ^ i ; ^ nf tVxaco
OUUtU V^<A1 uuua. 1' Ul OJ yji. Lii^uv
are in the University; 68 are citadel
scholarships, 124 are at Winthrop,
apd a like number at Clemson. Very
few young people contested for these
this year.
Mr. Swearingen has written to
each county superintendent of education,
to the school superintendents
in each county seat, and to each newspaper
in the state, asking that every
possible effort be put forth to interest
the young people in the scholarships.
In pleading for interest in
this aid to education, Mr. Swearingen
points out that the scholarship students
are i^sually the youn*g people
of highest standing in their schools
and communities. He says it is a
high honor to be awarded one ^of the
A maIv /vl a t T\fl
state stuuiaisinpo.
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Vanity Still.
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A shriek! A splash! People ran
frantically along the pier toward
where a lady waved her hands to the
skies and wailed that her sister had
fallen into the sea.
But the occasion usually produces
the man. A gallant here threw off
his coat and kicked his feet clear of
shoes then he dived boldly into the
waves.
Swimming toward the spct where
the victim of the accident had stink,
he caught her as she rose, gasping
to the surface.
"Don't struggle, madam," lie said
calmly; "we are quite safe. The sea
is quite calm and as cle:sr as a mirror,"
4 Well, let go my arm for a minute,"
said the lady faintly. 'T want
1.0 see if my hair is coorng down."
Chattano
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AND REPAIR PARTS
When In Need
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NOV!
The month of real joy
?? colors that we all admire
I shine?
10 new Tricotine D]
ing. New year's latest
embroidery and bugle b
40. All these are at popu
We have just received
ings for children, in blacl
Plaid Skirts, beautifu!
with lovelv blouses and 1
W e are offering all of (
derson and Scotch Ging
duced to 50c. These sole
MOSE
ORANGEBURG, S. C.
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Episcopal Rector Praised Picture
Which Will be Shown at the LaYictoire.
The following communication was
printed in the Anderson Mail of June
20th, and signed by the Rev. Guy H.
i Frazer, rector of the Episcopal church
in Anderson, S. C. The communicaI
tion expresses Mr. Frazer's opinion
! of a picture which is to be shown at
the LaVictoire theatre in this city
and is as follows:
j "To Editor Daily Mail: ?
I "In view of the crying need of
I shielding and saving our young peoi
pie from the horrible and unspeakable
and unprinted deformities and
abnormalities of life when abused, I
wish it were possible for the police to
arrest every young man in Anderson
a-nA tairo them to the Strand tonight
UliU l,W*? v V? ? - _
and compel them to sit through the
picture as entitled: "Are You Fit to
Marry?' We believe in compulsory
education, and this contemplated act,
if it could be carried out, would be
entirely in keeping with that principle,
.for education of the sort contained
in that picture, if heeded, will do
l more for the salvation of the race
than almost any amount of preaches
"I am not advertising the Strand,
but I say all glory to the theatre when
used for the benefit of the races. We
have not begun to capitalize the moving
picture house as a blessing. On
with show! Guard our young women
for the sake of the little angels,
?adv. "GUY H. FRAZER."
Read The Herald, ,$2.00 per year.
No Worms in a Hoalthj Child
| All childrea tPoohM with worm* have an ua[
healthy oeler, which laSieatoo peer fcloed, sad as a
rale, there is iinrs or lees stenaeh dhtarhaace.
i GKOVE'S TASHLESS chill TSNIC fives refalarly
hrtvoer three weeks will eariefc the hleed, im!
prove the difeetiem, aad aet as a Seaeaal Streafth|
eaiaf Toaie to the whole systeat. Natere will then
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ia **fect hetlth. P!ea*a*t to take. Mcswrtottk.
CURED OLD SOKES ~
ON MAN'S HEADD
He was ashamed to go in the presence
of others because of old sores on
his head. Treatment after treatment
failed to give him any relief until
he tried Zemerine. One treatment
brought relief and today he is never
troubled with the loathsome disease.
This wonderful preparation has been
used by thousands with positive results
in the treatment Ef eczema,
Scoffula, Piles, Itch, Old Sores, Ringworm
and many other skin eruptions.
Simple directions accompany each
bottle. Sold and recommended by
leading druggists. If your druggist
does not sell Zemerine send $1.00
to the Eemerine Chemical Company,
Orangeburg, S. C., and a large size
bottle will be mailed you postpaid.
If you are not satisfied after a fair
trial your money will be cheerfully
refunded.
oga Plows
PULL SUPPLY OF ONE
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of These Call on
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