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) " .' ; ' I alljp Imtttorg feralii $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1921. ~ Established in 1891 * i j ? I ?* DAWES PROVIDES REAL SENSATION TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMITTEE SHAKES CAPITAL. Rebukes Withering Holds Up "Smelling" Investigators in True Light To Nation. Washington, Feb. 6.?Congress, during the week just gone, sustained one real sensation, a parallel of which could only with greatest diffirMiit-v hp nitpd. That was when Gen. Charles Grosvenor Dawes, of Chicago, a real factor in the European war and a Republican in politics, told the members of the "smelling" committee of the house of representatives what he and the country really thought of them. It required a great deal of courage to shake these partisan Republican members from the pedestal on which they had perched themselves. But so thouroughly was General Dawes fortified with facts and so stirring and trenchant was his method of attack, that he proceeded with his programme with scarcely a single interruption. At no interval did he encounter opposition. The members took their rebuke with that degree of temperance and meekness which should characterize men of greater purpose. , Of course, the "smelling" committee will continue its. operation. But in its heart, it is ashamed of itself. Search for Scandal. It is recalled that some time following the conclusion of the war and preceding the national election, the strategists of the Republican party concluded that it would be fatal were the Democrats to make a campaign on the ground that they had conducted the greatest war of history not only xwith signal success, but without a single atrocious scandal. It became instantly!their purpose to conduct investigations into expenditures of money. They' knew in advance that the United States in preparing to meet the greatest emergency wiich had ever confronted it had expended enormous sums of money, and that much of it had been expended unscientifically. They bent themselves in an effort to lay bare such expenditures, and impress the public that the i Democratic party was to blame; that is was incompetent to administer the government without imposing an un! bearable burden of taxation. As they dived into the situation, " they found it advisable to intimate only extravagance and negligence, but actual graft. In the end, through a process of indirection, they impaled President Wilson, Secretary Baker, i and even General Pershing. They proceeded with a strange forgetfulness that the United States has really achieved a meritorious thing in put| ting enough men in France to bring about the defeat of Germany and save * the freedom of the world. Democrats Invite Dawes. Towards the end, they proceeded from a course of making public extravagance in preparing for war tc a course of making public extravaIgance in disposing of surplus materials following the war. The Democratic members of the committee then did the strange thing of summoning General Dawes, a Republican so certain in his politics as tc "hoTj-o hoon nonsirierpd bv President Eg" i-tu. T >-/ WA-*. v? _ _ V elect Harding as a worthy membei I of his cabinet. r The selection of the witness wa! exceedingly happy. In the beginning in language which could not hav< been as forceful wuthout the fre< and indiscriminate use of epithet! not expressed in more polite society he declared that the Republicai members were proceeding on a theor: that the war was a Democratic an< Republican war, rather than ai American war. He urged them t< recall the fact that despite the ex penditure of a great sum of money a remarkable result had been achiev ed, and brought to their attentioi the fact that long after they ari dead and forgotten, th?" great mei connected with the war will be glo rified by a grateful world. Wither Under Rebuke. In giving his testimony, Genera Dawes paced up and down the floo of the chamber. Frequently, he turn ed his wrath against a single mem ber, and made him curl up as a weei in the path of a fire. In the main however, h? excoriated the commit tee as a whole. And the committe proved itself no more able to resis COLLISION CAUSES SHOOTING. -i Xegro Loses Life aud White Man Wounded. Hartsville, Feb. 6.?Grover Martin, negro, was shot and killed Friday evening near Hartsville by Thomas Woodman, a white man who was dangerously wounded by shots from c the negro's pistol. Friday evening after dark Mr. j Woodman, of the Philadelphia section of Darlington county was on his way * to Hartsville in his automobile. When about five miles from Harts- c ville, near Lee's cross roads, a collis- ? 1 ion occurred in a sand bed between Mr. Woodman's car and a truck driv- s en by Martin. The truck was head- c r ed from Hartsville and reports " are that it had no lights. There was s another negro man in the truck with * Martin. It appears that when the c cars had come together Mr. Wood- * \ man alighted and walking up to the truck questioning Martin as to why ( he had his hand in his pocket. Thereupon Martin produced a revolver and commenced firing at Mr. "Woodman. ( Mr. Woodman returned the fire, kill- 1 ing the negro. The coroner held an i inquest yesterday and the finding was i that Mr. Woodman was fully justi- i fied in committing the act, as the 1 negro was holding Mr. Woodman's t life in jeopardy. Woodman was shot s at five times. He was rushed to an i .infirmary in Florence and is doing as i well as could be expected. ( It appears that Mr. Woodman is 1 highly thought of in his community, i He is a trustee of the Philadelphia high school and is a planter. HELD FOR BIGAMY. i "White Man Alleged to Have Married } Another Woman in Graniteville. j 1 Anderson, Feb. 4.?R. L. Sullivan, j formerly of this county, was arrested and brought to jail Friday morn- { ing, charged with bigamy and assault ] and battery. The action was brought 2 by D. P. Woodward, of Graniteville, < who is the father of the girl Sullivan , is said to have married while having j a living wife at Giuck mills in this ( county. Sullivan was arrested on } information from Aiken authorities ] and will likely be taken to that city. ] Sullivan claims that he left Anderson about six years ago and that , having heard his wife was dead and . having inquired of several parties ] . who corroborated the rumor, he mar- 1 i ried again and has been living at Graniteville ever since. j Some Appreciated Words. 1 From Lakeland, Fla., a goodly dis- < tance from Bamberg, comes this word ] of cheer: "Enclosed you will find ; a money order for two dollars, for : which please send me The Herald ; for one year. I feel like I can't miss i ' one copy, as it seems'like a letter from home. Best wishes for the newyear.?Edw-ard Walker." 1 This comment is from Livingston, . : S. C.: "Enclosed find $2.00, for - which you will please send me The Herald, as I find that I cannot do . without it.?Robert T. Williams." [ Here's an appreciated word from ) a friend of The Herald: "I am send ing you check for $2.00 to cover my - subscription to The Herald for an other year. If this does not reach j you in time for this w-eek's paper, I - want you to send it anyw-ay, as I don't - wrant to miss a copy.?W. E. Cope> land, Ehrhardt, S. C." his attack than any individual mem ber bad been. It was all General Dawes. The witness was especially bitter ' when asked regarding General Pershing. He characterized those who * endeavored to detract from the fame 3 of the great commander as "hounds." < ' "Why, even it is said by some gentlemen," said Dawes pointedly to the j , committee, "that on the night of the 1 armistice, General Pershing was attending a theatre. Those who de3 tract from him and others connected with the direction and fighting of ' the war, will be dead and forgotten when his achievements will still be 1 the burden of song and story" When asked if he had not disposed 1 of American supplies, following the armistice, for a sum which repre| sented no part of the real value. Dawes responded: "We got $400,000,1 000," said he, "I have since grieved r for the way we mistreated France - in putting the junk off on her at such - a figure." d It was all a distinct sensation, and o it is still the talk of Washington. The result is an intensification of e the odium under which the committ tee labors. i Democrats Plan Republicar Washington, Jan. 30.?Democratic nembers of the house appropriations lommittee are preparing to challenge ;he claim of Chairman Good thai >1,250.000,000 or more has beer 'saved" by slashing the estimates o lie executive departments. It is the contention of the Demo irats that this is largely a "papei laving;" that deficiency bills will folow appropriation bills cut below rea ;onable limits and that a mere reluction of departmental estimates neans little on the final balance iheet. The departments always asl for more than they expect to get, anc ill estimates are cut, year after year )ut the slashing process has nevei )een so ruthlessly followed as in this icngress. Points to Weak Spots. Representative James F. Byrnes )f South Carolina, a minority mem )er of the appropriations committee 3ointed out today what he termec veak spots in the arguments of thos< vho boast of saving $1,000,000,00( :o $1,500,000,000 in the appropria dons this year. Mr. Byrnes said h< soon would prepare a detailed state nent showing that these reduction: n estimates are not so important am ir>rm nmi^ol oc ronrooontQ^ a n rl fhn .'V. V1IUU_11VU?1 U U X uixu tllU Republican boasts of rigid economy vill not bear analysis. "Off hand," said Mr. Byrnes today 'I can think of a number of item: isted as a 'saving' which deserve n< such name. In the sundry civil bill ;or instance, the majority of the com nittee lopped off about $400,000,00( m the estimates of the shipping 3oard and this is represented as hav ng been saved. "The fact is the committee allowed some millions for the shipping board and directed it to get mori noney through the sale of ships am ship yards, from unexpended bal inces, ship contracts, and so on. Ex stirfg law, including the Jones Mer ihant Marine law, directs that mone; received from the sale of shipping Doard property, such as ships, slial be turned into the treasury. Same as an Appropriation. "Therefore,.instead of turning thi money into the treasury it will gi to the shipping board, which amount to the same thing as if the commit tee had appropriated outright for th board. "Ten million dollars for the ni trate plant as Muscle Shoals was als< zut out of the sundry bill, after w have expended millions on the pro ject. Congress has not yet determ ined its policy regarding a continu ation of this plant, so it cannot b claimed that this sum of $10,000,00 was eliminated from the estimates. "If $1,250,000,000 will be 'saved this session, why does not the part In power go ahead and prepare t reduce taxes by a similar amount Instead of that, committees are meet ing to devise additional means o raising taxes. "Going back to the estimates, th rivers and harbors will carry onl $15,000,000 instead of the $57,000 000 asked for by the engineers. I this amount 'saved' if these improve ments are necessary? The needs c commerce must be met and it is fai to assume these improvements wl De made some day, and some member question the economy of practicall stopping river and harbor work an holding appropriations down to mer maintenance items. "It is claimed there was a saving c $19,000,000 in the agricultural bil but this amount includes $9,000,00 disallowed for the continued purchas ing of forest lands under the Week SOX SLAYS FATHER. Young Man Admits Firing Shot Th? Ends Father's Life. Greenville, Feb. 4.?Broadus Ba] ton, 20 years of age, was placed i the Greenville jail tonight, charge with killing his father, Early Bartoi 42 years of age, at their home ? Tigersville, IS miles from Greenvilh The young man admits firing the she that killed his father, using a sho gun. He claims,, it is said, that h had trouble previously with his fathe and fired after the older man ha reached for a knife. It is said th? the latest trouble, resulting in th fatal shooting, developed at the su] per table. The coroner has gone t Tigersville to hold the inquest. mm * m > ? Galveston has the largest and dee] est. harbor on the Gulf coast. 10 Challenge i Economy Claims 21 act. The department had to esti5 mate for $10,000,000 to carry out 31 the Weeks law, this being the amount ti required, but the department did not 11 know how much congress would alr low at this time. The appropriations committee allowed only $1,000,000 - this year, and, meanwhile, another rj committee is holding hearings to de-! cide upon a forest reserve policy. But - the $9,000,000 is not saved, simply I -! because the estimate temporarily is 5 cut. 3 Must Have Xeeded Funds. "Another $1,000,000 saved in the i agricultural bill was the elimination ?' of the funds for outbreaks of epii "j demies, such as foot and mouth dis3j ease among animals. But if such outbreaks come, the department must have the money. The fund for fightfj ing forest fires was reduced by $1,_! 000,000 this year, but the fires must i be put out if thev burn?even if a ' 1: deficiency is incurred. This is not a 3! saving. )! "There have been similar 'econo_j mies' in other bills and in the diplo3; matic budget small 'savings' were _ | made by reducing the number of 5 clerks in some of our diplomatic and I! consular offices abroad. Practically t j no salary increases have been cary ried in any of the appropriation bills reported to date. "There will doubtless be a deep s cut in estimates when the naval bill 3 is reported, but some of the estimates are voluntarily withdrawn by Secre_! tary Daniels. For instance, when he \ I oc? t im o + q.-1 1 ^ '"I (MIA miiYi nf tbp J | 4.\J L L 'J y W / \J UAV^I cv *, V44V r.i time the estimates were made up last -j August, it was because so many of the | old men in the navy had to be used -1 to train raw recruits, many of whom I were not of the type sought and need5 ed by the navy. Since that time wag1 es'have dropped in civil employment - and a large number of old navy men _ are re-enlisting because they cannot -iget employment outside. J "It is figured that 100,000 more r \ experienced men will be worth more 1] to the navy than 143,000 inexperienced men?therefore, there can be a cut in the naval estimates as to this particular item. s j 3 ! Are Only Postponements. s! "Before long I intend to go through -jail the appropriation bills and point e out where economy has been practiced to the detriment of the public ser. vice, or not practiced at all, and to o show that many of the alleged savings e are but postponements of appropriations." Representative Byrnes did not . mention the army appropriation bill, e but here the estimates were cut al0 most in half. The house committee has allowed for an army of only 150,[? 000, although both the senate and v house recently voted for an army of o 175,000, while the army reorganiza? tion act of a year or so ago stipulafced as a maximum an army of about f 280,000. Secretary Baker has been criticised in congress for enlisting e already approximately 208,000. y Before the session ends Republi - cans and Democrats inevitably will s lock horns over the so:called econo> my record of the present congress, the >f latter insisting that the economies r are fancied and not real, and will be 11 followed by the customary crop of de's ficiency measures. Figures concern-j y ing the economies of the house comd mittee, however, are premature, asj e the senate almost invariably increases the -total of the house budget and >f when the appropriation laws are fi1, nally enacted they represent a some0 what costly compromise between the 5- two branches of congress.?Balti;s more Sun. KILLED WITH BAT. Pait Villo Annthpr Ovpr 1,1 ^rgi'U OH1W1 JL?VJ ijumv.uv. ~ Ball <5ame. r- Laurens, Feb. 4.?A negro school e house ground out on Duncan creek, d ten miles east of Laurens, was the i, scene yesterday of a rather unusual it homicide when George Davis was s. struck on the head with a baseball )t bat and instantly killed by John t- Henry Long, according to Sheriff S. Le C. Reid, who returned to the city last >r night after capturing Long, who was d trying to make his escape from the it community. Once for South. ;o Fossil remains have shown the likelihood of the early existence of Eskimos as far south as New Jersey. MilS. BLANCHE HUTTO. Wife of Former Bamberg County Man Died Decently. Blackville, Feb. 3.?Mrs. Blanche Justice Hutto died in a hospital at Hickory, N. C., this morning. The funeral and interment will take place in Hendersonville, her native home,! tomorrow at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Hutto was the wife of David A. Hutto, native of Bamberg county, and his many friends in this part of th? state feel deeply for him in this bereavement. Mrs. Hutto has made her home in South Carolina for several years, and endeared herself to all with whom she met, for she was a lovable and refined woman. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Justice, prominent citizens of Hendersonville, who preceded her to the grave only a short while. She is survived by her husband and six children, Mildred, Mary, Blanche, Helen, David, A., Jr., and Thomas Rudolph, a seven weeks old infant. The following brothers and sisters also survive her: The Rev. J. M. Justice, formerly a missionary to Argentina, but now pastor of the Black Mountain church at Black Mountain, S. C., George W. Justice, of Hendersonville, Emory Justice, now in the navy, Mrs. A. W. Penland, of Columbia, Mrs. T. C. Young, of Spartanburg, Mrs. H. T. Justice, near Hendersonville, and S. S. Bozier, of Flat Rock, X. C. Before her last illness Mrs. Hutto had been living in YT^riAri "\T P vxf r\ bncKonrl iuai iuu, -1. \~>.t n nci g nui xiuouauu held a position with the railroad company. She was a member of the Baptist church in Hendersonville before her marriage, taking an active part in all good work. After her marriage she joined the Methodist church with her husband, and was regarded with the resp&t and honor accorded to women of piety. Blackville Social Items. Blackville, Feb. 5.?The Wednesday Afternoon Book club was entertained on the 26th of last month by Miss Rosa Rich. The afternoon's study was "The Taming of the Shrew," with Mrs. L. R. Free giving an interesting paper which she had prepared on the subject, and the hostess leading in an interesting discussion of the play. Miss Eva Rich assisted in serving a dainty sweet course. Mrs. R. B. Still was hostess to the Priscilla club Friday at a delightful meeting. An elegant salad course was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. L. C. Still. Those present aside from the club members were: Mesdames C. Rizer, T. O. Boland, S. H. Still, E. H. Weissinger, T. R. Chisolm, A. H. Ninestein, C. S. Buist, and H. F. Buist. Mrs. H. F. Buist was a charming hostess Thursday to the Sewing club. After an hour spent in needle work, accompanied by merry conversation, the hostess assisted by Mrs. S. H. , Rush, served delicious ice cream and cake, followed by sandwiches and cake. ' Club visitors were Mesdames J. C. Johnston, R. B. Still, L. C. Still H. A. Rich and Misses Rosa and Eva Rich. Little Miss Marjorie Fickling entertained about 50 little friends al a delightful birthday party recently A Love Tip. A Glendale young man, whenevei out of the city, instead of writing tc his best girl, sends her every fev days a box of candv. She is delighted with his plan and boasts of it tc her girl friends, who straightway hint to their admirers to do the same. One of the admirers went to the first named young man on his returr from one of these trips and made complaint of this habit of his. "The ntVior sririti are exDecting us fellows to do it, too," he said. "We can't see why you do it. It's expensive and?' "Yes," admitted the candy sender "it is expensive, but it is mighty safe Candy could never tell tales in 2 breach of promise suit." m i?i ? Spoon at Old Age. New York.?George Elias Berger 76, and Mrs. Katherine Spencer Rus sell, 72, took out a marriage license and sat like two young high school lovers in the lobby of the Park Avenue hotel. They resented the interruption to their "tetea-tete." Mrs Russell expressed her belief there should be no marriage license re quired to "put prying people aftei you." They will be married Janu ary 31. PRISONER HOLDS RECORD OF CRIME SAIJ) TO HAVE KILLED SEVERAL MEX. Will be Taken Back W. H. Griffith in Newberry Jail Es- t caped West Virginian?Arrested in Greenwood. Newberry, Feb. 4.?E. W. Athey, captain of the guard of the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville, came to Newberry Wednesday to carry back W. H. Griffith, alias O. B. Mays, who was arrested in GreenWOnrI TllPcdav Tannaru 9 ^ Kv Pnlina. " ^ v ^ ; W MUUU.1 J M V ) KJ J X VliVV man Nelson on suspicion of being the man who broke open three stores in Silverstreet the night before, which suspicion proved correct. Griffith was brought to Newberry and put in jail here the day of his arrest, where he is now awaiting transportation to Moundsville whenever the requisition papers are completed. / *r3 Captain Athey gave a very thrilling sketch of Griffith's career, the main points of which are: Griffith was reared by good,parents . ,* in Harrison county, West Virginia. He did not develop criminal tendencies until after his marriage. He made his first break in forging checks on his employer. For this a special constable, named Goff, was detailed to arrest him. Griffith refused to go with the constable, and when the constable attempted to force him to go Griffith shot him dead. ' Griffith then went to Braxton county. Two deputy sheriffs found him there and cornered him, ,when he said: "All right, gentlemen, I give up." The deputies put up their guns, and Griffith pulled two guns, killing one man and badly wounding the other and got away. He went thence to Gassaway, in the same county of Braxton, where he forged a note for $500. When the chief of police of Gassaway attempted to arrest him he shot and killed the chief, whose name was Perkins. All these things occurred in 1914. After that Griffith wandered about over four mountain counties in West Virginia?Calhoun, Ritchie, Wirt and Braxton?where he was hunted by posses and bloodhounds all the time being shielded and taken care of by friends and relatives. Finding it was getting too hot for him in West Virginia, he went toYoungstown, Oho, where he was picked up on suspicion of being Griffith and was carried back to Braxton, W. Va., and was tried for the murder of Chief of Police Perkins, was convicted and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, beginning his sentence July 23, 1916. He made three attempts to escape from the penitentiary, the third on | January 6, 1921, being successful. Griffith was a jpnember of the prison [ band. At 6 o'clock* the evening of January 6 he slipped out of the band ^ room and set fire to the tailor shop in the prison. This brought the men out of the engine room, except the . engineer himself. Griffith entered the engine room by the back door ana cut the engineer's throat with a knife, killing him instantly. He then cut the big belt that turned the engine . that made the electric lights, thus * ) throwing the entire institution into j darkness. The electrician saw the act , . and attempted to stop Griffith, but he' ) slashed at the electrician with his r knife, cutting off his first and second ? fingers of the right hand. In the darkness he passed out between two j guards. { Asked as to Griffith's family, Cap} tain Athey said Griffith's wife and] } child and his father and mother are j still living in Wirth county, West i Virginia. Captain Athey is a young man with a pleasant and resolute countenance. Asked if there was any danger of the , prisoner getting away from him, he replied in the negative, adding, "I shall carry him there somehow." Captain Athey was impressed with Newberry's jail, saying it was the best he had seen, and that he has seen many. When a prisoner is locked in > it, he says, he has no chance of esl cape unless it might be from help on . the outside, and he added that all . that is needed to make the Newberry jail perfectly secure is an outside i iron fence. m^?wmmmm c Lamech, a descendant of Cain, in - the fifth generation, is the first polygamist on record. \ * '- > V' * . ij Hi . -'>^