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$&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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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COMMIT DOUBLE CRIME.
Murder and Assault is Charged toj
Two Negroes Near Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 7.?Two un
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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."
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KILLS AND ROBS
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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
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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
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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-?
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Wom^i Talks to Officers.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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- '
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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- .
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velry sounds in the morning, not at night."