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I \ V $&00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1920. Established in 1891 G. 0. P. CAPTURES ' TENNESSEE STATE EVERYTHING GOES FOR HARDING BUT SOLD) SOUTH. Gets Some of That. ^ Republicans AVill Have 58 eSats in F Senate and Over 285 in The House. Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 4.?With but two counties and less than fifty scattered precincts missing out of the entire state, returns tabulated tonight by the Commercial Appeal give I Harding a majority over Cox of 9,977, and Alf Taylor, Republican can* didate for governor, a lead of 38,497 over A. H. Roberts, his Democratic opponent. The totals as tabulated up to 9 o'clock tonight as as follows: Cox, 189,782; Harding, 199,759. For governor: Roberts, 160,917; Taylor, 199,114. The missing counties, Marion and Bledsoe, are in the eastern part of the state and normally give a Republican majority of about 800 on their combined vote. Gain One Congressman. On the strength of the returns received by the Commercial Appeal the Republicans have gained one and probably two congressmen from the state. Judge John A. Moon, of Chattanooga, was defeated by Joe Brown in the third district by about 5,0t)0 votes. In the eighth, Capt, Gordon ' Browning has apparently been defeated by Lon R. Scott. The race in the fourth district is close, but Cordell Hull has a safe lead which cannot be overcome by the total of missing precincts. The Republican victory jfor the presidential ticket in the state is the first time since 1868, and the total vote will probably be about 410,000, the women's vote in the eastern part . of the state having been much heavier than expected. ] Vote By States. For Hiding. Arizona 3 California 13 . Colorado 5 < Connecticut .... 7 Delaware 3 Idaho 4 , Illinois 29 3 Indiana 15 < Iowa .... - 13 i Kansas 10 , Maine 6 1 [ Maryland 8 < Massachusetts 18 Michigan 15 , Minnesota 12 t Missouri 18 - 3 Montana 4 Nebraska 8 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey .... 14 ( New York .... , 45 New Mexico 3 , Nevada 3 North Dakota 5 Ohio 24 j Oklahoma 10 . Oregon 5 . * Pennsylvania 38 , Rhode Island 5 . South Dakota 5 Tennessee 12 Utah ^ 4 Vermont 4 ? Washington 7 , Wisconsin 13 West Virginia .... : 8 Wyoming 3 . Total 404 ^ . For Oox. ] Alabama 12 ( Arkansas ..... 9 Florida 6 , ftenrsria 14 Kentucky 13 < Louisiana 10 , Mississippi 10 North Carolina 10 South Carolina 9 . Texas 20 Virginia 12 \ Total 127 58 Seats in Senate. New York, Nov. 4.?An almost rec- < ord smashing electoral vote for Sen-|] ator Harding, topping the 400 mark, ; and Republican majorities of more < than a score in the senate and 150 in the house were assured from virtually complete returns tonight -.from Tennessee's election. With the Democratic strongholds Fence Y< % I The best Way to and better live sU fencing and live AN EDUCATIONAL ADVANCE, j Methodists of South Carolina Plan to Raise $1,000,000. Union, Nov. 3.?Definite plans forj i great educational advance in this; state was set in motion at the ses-i sion of the Upper South Carolina j Methodist conference here today,' when the Rev. J. C. Roper was elected to have charge of the campaign; next year to raise $1,000,000 in this; state for education and a decision to, I increase Methodist church plants and! equipment at Rock Hill, where Win-j throp college is located, and at Clem>on college, was made. Part of the morning session was ! devoted to passing the characters of ;he ministers and Bishop Darling-! ton addressed a class of seven who \ will be ordained tomorrow. The Rev. J. C. Roper, who will be j in charge of the campaign for edu-| cational funds, is widely known throughout the state and has served churches in Union, Greer, Charleston,! Abbeville, Rock Hill, Chester and forj four years was presiding elder of the , Stokesbury district and*for two years; at Centenary, S. C. 1 of Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennes-j see definitely swept into the Repub-j lican ranks by the party's crushing; victory, the Harding-Coolidge ticket: had 396 votes, where the Republican state was victorious and the presidential ticket ahead. ] The Republican landslide tonight j had given the Republicans 58 senate j seats as against 37 for the Democrats j with late returns undermining the j seat of Senator Bockham, Democrat, Kentucky. His Republican opponent, Richard .P Ernst, forged ahead in a nip and tuck fight for the only senate fight left unsettled. Of the 84 senate contests, the Republiacns captured nine from the Democrats and elected all fifteen of their can-| didates. Final returns from a few. congres-j sional districts still were belated to- i night, some due to a close race which | upset a few previous ennouncements j and others from isolated sections, j With these missing, the Republican ; roll in the house had climbed past! 2S5 to 135 for the Democrats. Among house members whose reelection was reported definitely tonight was Representative Volstead, auothor of the Volstead prohibition enforecment act and chairman of the" house judiciary committee. On June 1, 1920, Great Britain had ! 407,000 men in the army and 132,000 men in the navy. * our Farm ? take the evil out ock; grow less cotton. , stock COMMIT DOUBLE CRIME. Murder and Assault is Charged toj Two Negroes Near Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 7.?Two un 1 .r v. ol XI lueiiimeu uesrucs eaiiv tuxnguo uciu up an automobile party of two young men and two girls, white, on the highway from Gastonia, N. C., killed one of the young men, John Ford, of Lincolnton, N. C., dragged the girls from the automobile and assaulted them, and made their escape, according to telephone messages to the Charlotte police department.* Late tonight Charlotte police officers, with a posse of officers and armed citizens of Gaston county were scouring the countryside in search of the negroes, - who were believed to have made their escape on a passing freight train. Feeling was said to be intense. The two young women were taken to a Gastonia hospital, where it was sairf late tonight their condition is serious. Their homes are in Gastonia. The two young men, John Ford and Ransom Killian, both of Lincolnton, were said to be unarmed when attacked by the negroes. Killian was not injured. Ford was shot and killed when he offered resistance to the negroes in their attempt to take the girls from the automobile, according to the report received here. An Ancient Will. Velleius Blaesus, a man of consular rank and remarkable for his immense wealth, in his last illness was anxious to make ome alterations in his will. Regulus, who had lately endetvored to insinuate himself into his good wishes, hoped to get something from the new will, and, accordingly addresses himself to his physicians and conjures them to exert all their skill to pro^rng the poor man's life. But after* the will was made he changes his character, revrering his tone: "How long," says he to these very same physicians, "do you intend keeping this man in misery? Since you cannot preserve his life, why do you grudge him the happy release of death?" Blaesus dies, and, as if he had overheard every word that Regulus had said, has not left him one farthing.? Pliny in a letter to Calvisius. If you have not already subscribed to The HeraM Tor your boy or girl while away at school, do so today. $1.50 for the school term. Saves you lots of trouble writing the news, and it is something they will appreciate more than anything else. Use Pure B % ^ : weevil is to perish it o See County Agent J. D * LIVING COST GOES DOWNWARD. Government to Take Hands Off Lever For a While. Washington, Nov. 6.?Commodity prices have indicated such a downward trend that the department of justice is "largely content to let the downward tren?i carry on by its own momentum,'- according to a state | ment tonight by Howard Figgs, special assistant in charge of the work and who resigned effective November 15. "The department feels that its sane policy of steady pressure is vindicated by the results achieved," Mr. Figg said, "and announces that its action will continue along this line, to get business to readjust itself in accordance with popular necessity, but avoiding endangering the underlying sound prosperity of the nation. "It is significant that practically all items entering into the cost of living which are not controlled by the | Lever law have continued to advance | in price. Despite this fact, the general cost of living is declining because of the marked decrease in the controlled items. "The commodity market will continue to show a decline and it is only with the full cooperation of all business that this decline may be stopped at a point that will guarantee stability to business interests." Methodist S. S. Institute. The Methodist churches of Denmark Olar. and Barnwell used the fifth Sunday for a discussion of better Sunday school methods. The delegates met with the Barnwell church. A number of excellent speeches were made and papers were read. Rev. C. M. Peeler, of Olar, gave a very strong and clear cut speech on evangelism in the Sunday school. Miss Googe, of Olar, gave a most excellent paper on the elementary department. No man in the country is better fitted to speak on the duties of the Sunday school secretary than William McNab. Dr. L. A. Hartzog, of Olar, gave a few remarks outlining the ' scope and purposes of these meet, ings, and J. B. Guess, of Denmark, spoke on the pastor and superintendent working together. Rev. L. E. Wiggins spoke on some Wesley class activities. Among those present were: Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Hartzog, Rev. C. M. Peeler and Miss Alma Googe, from Olar; Rev. L. E. Wiggins, J. B. Guess and Miss Carrie Riley, of Denmark.?'Barnwell Sentinel. i m i ^ Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. red Sires. ut. Grow more I Brandon about v \ "JOHNNY" WEEKS DEAD. Noted Foot Ball and Bae Ball Playei Meets Accidental Death. Charleston, Nov. 3.?News received today by cablegram from Coblenz, ; Germany, of the death of Capt. John | L. Weeks, affectionately known as ! "Johnny" Weeks, brought sorrow to j this city and will be learned of with deep regret by thousands in this state ! who knew and admired him. His father was apprised of the death this morning. Captain Weeks succumbed | to injuries received in a foot ball game played Sunday at Coblenz. Dej tails of his injury were not given : in the cable, but will be sent by leti ter. Captain Weeks was one of the | most brilliant athletes ever playing ; for the Citadel, and for four years i was prominent in foot ball, basket | ball and base ball of this state. He | was a senior cadet captain when he i was graduated in 1917, and soon af| ter obtained a commission in the regj iilar army as second lieutenant. Sent j to Europe, he was on the firing line ' for six months and it was his com! pany, seventh machine gun battal! ion, that won renown in defending ! a bridge at Chateau-Thierry. He was i promoted to first lieutenant and capj tain-during the war and after peace was declared, served with the A. E. F. in Germany. He played a good deal of foot ball in the army, as quarter back and win high standing in gridiron circles. Captain Weeks was 25 years of age, the eldest of seven children. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Weeks, three sisters and three * brothers, sirvive him. The news of his death came as a great hock to friends here and especially at the Citadel. "Faith J)octor" Brings Crowds. That Bamberg is not the only place "took in" by socalled "faith doctors" as evidenced by the following in the "Views and Interviews" column of the Yorkville Enquirer last week: "I'm hauling people from everywhere down to Kershaw to see the 'faith doctor,' said Saturday evening Capt. Abergotti, well known conductor of the SouI thern railway. "Just this week I've | carried people from Greensboro, N. j C., and other places. There are peo| -pie going to Kershaw to see the I 'faith doctor' on practically every train that goes to Kershaw, and according to reports around there so many people are coming to see him that he has to issue place checks just like they have to do in a DarDer shop on a busy day." i ? KILLS AND ROBS GREENVILLE MAN c 4 CRIME COMMITTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Wife Badly Handled, Officers Hunting James E. Salmon, Who Escaped With Woman, to Spartanburg. Greenville, Nov. 5.--:As result of the robbery and murder early this afternoon as Asa Flinkenshelt, age 44 years, the sheriff has a warrant for James E. Salmon, of Morganton, N. C., charging him with having committed the crime. Salmon has not _ yet been found. Flinkenshelt lived half a mile beyond the city limts on the Laurens road and was a farmer. He "was in his home when a young man drove up in a car, alighted, entered the house and demanded money. Witnesses say that after he had talked for a few moments with Fin-. kenshelt the young man fired 5 shots ino him, killing him almost instantly. The intruder then went to the bedroom in which Finkenshelt's wife lay ill, pulled her out of the bed and took about $300 in cash whicn was under the pillow. He ran back to the car in which a woman awaited him, and r? T1ATTA Cln A** T XT II llCf on/1 kiO uiu?c uiJ.. unci tlx tv -.1110 auu uio deputies are scouring the countryside in an effort to locate the man charged with the murder. Salmon is about 26 years of age and is i thirtietn division veteran. Mrs. Flinkensheli. was left unconscious on the floor by the murderer, but her condition tonight is reported as improved. She has been ill for some time, it was learned to-? night. . -% > iJ Wom^i Talks to Officers. ? ' 'tm Greenville, Nov. 6.?Sensations crowded one another in rapid succession today after the arre'st last night of Mrs. Annie Aiken, who, according to the sheriff, told of her ride with Walter Salmon, thirtieth division veteran, after the killing and robbery of Asa Flinkenshelt,. near here. Mrs. Aiken was taken into custody last night at 9 o'clock and with her an 18-year-old boy, J. L. Wilson, who drove her back here in Salmon's automobile from Spartanburg, where Salmon caught a fast train. v? ? i -\T_? A :i.nn r or neany nve nums iurs. ai&cu was subjected to a gruelling in the sheriff's office and as she narrated the events she heard the officers use startling admissions in spreading the dragnet over North Carolian, Tennessee and Kentucky to catch the twentysix year old ex-soldier, who, she told v the officers carried a pistol and reinforcement of cartridges, which he threatened to use if officers attempted to overtake him before he had , ^ time to reach his wife of six months who was believed to be at her mother's home near Morganton, N. C. She said he abandoned his automobile at '"v.-r* Spartanburg and bade Mrs. Aiken to keep her mouth sealed as to the tragedy when she returned to her home near Dunean Mills. Surrenders at Saulsbury. * Salisbury, N. C., Nov. 8.?Walter Salmon, formerly of Morganton, N. C., who is alleged to have ehot and killed Asa Flinkenshelt, near Greenville, S. C., last week and to have robbed -him of several hundred dollars, gave himself up to Chief of Police Kesler here last night. o^ir^An'c Twifo ic o ralafivp nf \Tr IOdllilvu o n is u iviwv*' ? Kesler, Salmon told the police he had seen in a newspaper that his wife was visiting in Salisbury and' he came here yesterday from Spartanburg, S. C., and surrendered to^he authorities. The Greenville police have been. notified of Salmon's arrest. mm > J. P. Hurt Discharged. Bennettsville,. Nov. 3.?J. P. Hurt, who was arrested here Monday on a charge of abduction, was given a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon and the case against him was dismiss- ' ~ ^ Vit "Vf o cri ai-nn to A ff:PT &. CU IJ J iua^imiuio uiwuvu, ? full investigation, which was continued until about 3 o'clock, Mr. Hurt was immediately discharged. Yau Can't Get 'Em Up. "Ther was a sound of revelry by night," began the elocutionist. "Where dva get that stuff," interrupted a hard boiled auditor with a service button. "Any simp knows re- . - .v*S velry sounds in the morning, not at night."