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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1921. Established in 1891
Carter Again Enc
Suprerr
The death of Associate Justice Geo. I
W. Gage, the second death that has!
occurred in the supreme court within
a month, has created another vacan-!
cy on the supreme bench. Justice j
Gage expired at his home in Chester!
at 6 o'clock Sunday evening, follow-1
ing an illness of double penumonia.
An election will be held by the South
Carolina general assembly probably
the last of this week or the first of
next week to fill this vacancy, and the I
T~> ? 'U "Dot* oP^n/liotlATI Vl Q CJ Q f~? OTlf
JDclili UCI ^ -1?* d X UOOU VI U. L X V/ XX XJLUO M v? V I
ed resolutions strongly commending
Hon. J. F. Carter, of the local bar,
as successor to Justice Gage.
The friends of Mr. Carter feel that
after the excellent showing his candidacy
received when Justice Hv<lrick's
successor was elected three
weeks ago, that his chances of election
to this position of high honor are
very flattering. Mr. Carter, whose
name was placed in nomination along
with three ^circuit judges and the
speaker of the house, was second in
the final balloting, being defeated by
the speaker. Mr. Carter developed j
wonderful strength during the balloting,
and it was generally conceded
that with any other chief opponent'
than Speaker Cothran. he would have:
been elected associate justice.
Although Mr. Carter's name had:
never been placed before the legisia-;
ture for any position previous to this j
election, and he was not, consequently,
well known generally among the
members, he received the cordial support
of legislators from all sections of j
A. S. WILSON SHOT TO DEATH, j
v Fatal Shooting Takes Place in Parks"
ville?Hit by Three Bullets.
Greenwood, Feb. 11.?A. S. Wilson,;
of Parksville, McCormick county, died
at a hospital here at 9 o'clock tonight
of wounds inflicted this afternonn
by J. Press Blackwell, a brother-in-law.
Wilson was a widower,
having married a sister of Blackwell.
'He was about 40 years old.
McCormick, Feb. 11.?News reach-j
ed McCormick this afternoon that J. j
Press Blackwell, of Parksville, this;
county, shot and fatally wounded by
A. S. Wilson, of Parksville. Both men |
are prominently known in this sec- j
tion of the state and Wilson married
a sister of Blackwell. Details of the
shooting could not be learned this
afternoon,- but it is understood that'
Wilson came in the store and order- :
ed all parties out, saying that he was j
going to close the store. When all;
had left the store but the brothers-'
in-law, the shooting took place.
The two men ran a mercantile
business as partners in the town of j
Parksville. The weapon used was a j
.45 calibre pistol and three bullets'
passed through the body of Mr. WTilson.
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Dissatisfied with the drubbing ad-i
ministered the Carlisle "Warriors"
on the court of the local "Y" last
week, the Academy "Musketeers"
journeyed to the hamlet of Bamberg
in the province of the south state Fri-1
day and heaped more coals of fire
upon the heads of the "Braves" when
they scalped them to the merry tune
of 22 to 16.
The affair at Bamberg was the last
basket contest between the two
schools for the season and the Academy
will now rest content until the
"Warriors" invade their stronghold
in the coming baseball season.
The Academy played the five-man
defence throughout the game and the
goals registered by Carlisle were
from difficult angles and long distances.
Little dribbling marked the
play of either team, they preferred
to pass and the accuracy of the Academy
passes gave them the edge. Clean
ball was the rule of the game and
no roughing was noticed.
Line-up and summary:
Academy 22. Carlisle 16.
Whitnes, Capt. 10 Ambrose, Capt. 2
L. F.
Johnson 10 Collier 8
R. F.
Lehman Poag 2
C.
Kilpatrick, C., 2 Dantzler 4
L. G.
Kilpatrick, A. Smith
R. G.
Substitutions: Academy, Kinard for
Kilpatrick A.?Augusta Chronicle.
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Only men of high standard are now
accented as new recruits for service
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in the United States navy.
lorsed For
ie Court Judgeship
the state, and would have received
the support of many more but for the
fact that they had previously pledged
themselves to other candidates.
The friends of Mr. Carter feel that
he is not only eminently fitted for
this honorable position, but that this
section of the state is entitled to representation
on the supreme bench.
Mr. Carter's friends believe that he
will lead all opponents on the first
ballot.
The resolutions adopted by the loI
cal bar association are as follows:
"Whereas, Jesse F. Carfer, a
j member of the bar of Bamberg coun|
ty, is a lawyer of splendid character,
| diligent in his studies, and thorough
I in his work; of legal attainments
i that make him eminently fit for a
i place on the Supreme Court bench;
| of a pleasing personality, and an un;
usually successful practitioner; and
| in every respect a high-toned Chris|
tion gentleman: Therefore,
"Be it resolved, by the Bar association
of Bamberg county, by a
unanimous vote, that Jesse F. Carter,
I of Bamberg. S. C., is hereby endorsed
for the office of an Associate Justice
of the supreme court of this state.
"B.? W. MI LEY. Chairman.
"E. H. HEXDERSOX, Sec."
A dispatch from Columbia yesterday
stated that the election would
be held at noon Thursday, the 16th,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Justice Gage.
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATED.
Capt. and Mrs. W. A. Riley Take Note
ol outh Anniversary.
On Wednesday last; Captain and
Mrs. William Allen Riley, well-known
residents of this city, celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of their wedding
writh a dinner and reception at their
home in Orange Court. Their guests
were their relatives: Mrs. S. E. Bates
and Mrs. M. J. Lewis, of North Augusta,
sisters of Mrs. Riley; Miss
Kate Kirkland, niece of Mrs. Riley;
W. Trotti Riley, of Allendale.
Captain Riley's only brother; Dr.
Richard W. Riley, of Barn-well,
nephew of Captain Riley; Mrs. William
J. Gooding, of Hampton, niece of
of Captain Riley; their children, Major
and Mrs. Havelock Eaves, Misses
Clara, Nina and Lynn Riley, of
Orangeburg; Mrs. Kathleen Copeland
Riley, of Bamberg; Colonel and Mrs.
James Wilson Riley, of Greenwich,
Connecticut; Francis M. Riley,
of New York city; Mr. and Mrs. William
S. Desports, of Ridgeway;
H. Jack Riley, of Bennettsville; the
following grandchildren? Jefferson
Riley, of Bamberg, now at the "Citadel"
in Charleston, Eugenie Ward
Riley and Elizabeth Hascall Riley, of
Greenwich, Connecticut, Ruth Riley,
of Greenwich, Connecticut, Ruth Riley
Desports, of Ridgeway; and the
following friends: .Mrs. .Mary visser,
of Allendale, Miss Mary Ellen Eaves,
of Columbia, and Miss Dorothy B.
| Peters, of Washington, D. C.
Captain Riley, son of Captain and
Mrs, James Wilson Riley, and Mrs.
j Riley, who was Miss Rosa Pauline
l Barker, daughter of Major and Mrs.
! William Ransom Barker, all of
j Barnwell county, then Barnwell disI
trict, were married at Bellenger's
I chapel, near "Sycamore," the planta|
tion horn? of Major Barker, on January
12, 1871, by the Rev. W. A.
Clark. This was a double wedding,
Mrs. Riley's sister, Miss Savannah
Elizabeth Barker being married at
the same time to Joseph B. Bates,
j of Barnwell. At the golden wedding
i dinner Mrs. Bates acted as matron
j of honor and recited a poem for the
| occasion. She, with Mrs. M. J. Lew;
is, Mrs. Riley's only other sister, and
| Trotti W. Riley, Captain Riley's
I only living brother, were the three
| present who witnessed the marriage
: fifty years ago. Mrs. Riley's only
! living brother, James Hamilton Bark!
er, of Gillisonville, Hampton county,
| South Carolina, the only other person
i living who witnessed the marriage,
[ was unable to be present at the goldI
en wedding.
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I During th? day many letters and
I telegrams of congratulations, and
flowers and gifts were received.
After dinner a reception wras held
! at which Captain and Mrs. Riley re|
ceived the congratulations of many of
their friends.?Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
Read The Herald, $2 per year.
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR.
Accident at Freight Depot of Southern
Not Yet Explained.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 9.?An unexplained
explosion occurred at the
freight depot of the Southern railway
here at 5 p. m., killing four men, injuring
four and causing a property
damage estimated at $150,000.
The men killed were negro freight
handlers. But one of them, Ed Davenport,
lias been identified. The other
bodies are burned to a crisp. Among
the injured are two firemen. They are
only painfully hurt.
The Augusta arsenal was shipping
7,500 pounds of flares to Charleston
and they were being removed from
the depot to cars. An explosion occurred
which shook the building and
set it afire. Just what exploded at
this time is not absolutely known. It
was in this explosion that the loss of
life occurred. A few minutes afterwards
the flares exploded, the fire
having reached them, and it was in
this explosion that the firemen were
hurt. One theory is that the first explosion
was of gasoline, but the railroad
agent says that he has no information
of any high explosives having
been stored in the building. The
property loss is augmented by the
fact that, in addition to the destruction
of a portion of the building and
the freight in that portion, 12 freight
cars, which were loaded, were totally
destroyed.
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Associate Justice Gage Dies.
Chester, Feb. 13.?Associate Justice
George W. Gage, of the South
Carolina supreme court, died at his
home here at 6 o'clock this afternoon
after a long illness. Justice Gage is
the second associate justice of the
South Carolina supreme court to die
in less than one month, Associate
Justice Daniel E. Hydrick having died
January 15.
Justice Gage has been ill four
weeks with pneumonia. He was
sixty-five years old. He studied law
at Vanderbilt University after completing
his academic course at Wofford
college, Spartanburg, S. C. Before
his promotion to the circuit
bench he served in the lower house
of the general assembly of South
Carolina. He was elected to the supreme
bench seven years ago. He issurvived
by four sons and one daughter.
The funeral will be held in
Chester Tuesday morning at 11
o'clock. |
Last Chapter in C
Hicks, Wh
John Hicks, the negro who shot
and killed his own daughter, Beatrice
Hicks, last October, died at his
home near Bamberg last week, and
thus is ended the case which is pending
against him. Hicks has been in
bad health for some time, suffering
from Bright's disease. He remained
in jail for some time, and was admitted
to bail during the fall. He went
home a sick man, and has been growing
gradually worse since.
During the recent term of court
of general sessions, Judge Mauldin
called the case of Hicks for trial, but
was informed by counsel for Hicks
that it would be impossible for him
to come to trial, and it was very
doubtful if he would ever be Atried,
as he was almost at death's door
then. The end cam? last week.
The case of John Hicks attracted
considerable attention, in view of the
fact that the little girl he killed was
DAIiTOX HAI/L ESCAPES.
Chaingang Prisoner Married Aiken
County Girl.
Aiken, Feb. 12.?Dalton Hall,
whit man, who was serving ten years
for the killing of Foster Kale in
Horse Creek Valley, escaped from
the chaingang in Aiken last night.
Recently he was secretly married to
the daughter of a citizen of Aiken
county and she, too, has disappeared,
it is said. A reward has been offered
for his apprehension.
Proof Posirive.
"Are you sure that Harry's
thoughts are all of you?"
A proud smile came to the face of
the engaged one, as she replied:
"Absolutely. Why, he has lost two
good jobs this month for writing love
letters to me during business hours."
LATEST AERIAL PROPHECY.
Inventor Predicts Paris to New York
in Eight Hours.
Paris, Feb. 12.?Paris to New York
in eight hours is the latest aerial
prophecy. It is made by Marquis
Pateras Pascara, a French bom subject
in Spain, who has perfected a
device for aerial navigation which by
means of helices rotating at terrific
speed he asserts will enable an airplane
to hover in the air as well as
fly at a great pace. He lias just
closed a deal with the French government
deliver a large number of
his fying machines, providing :?.-sts
in Baire'ona early next montn prove
as su- ccssful as were the initial trials
Iwhp.r Vat nniq Ppsrara < r ivp vtrLioaBv
j Ir? a great height and wnhoi.'. difli
culiy landed within a few feel of a
ch ?:cn spot.
Moiqw's Pescara sal! t.-.-: ir. ha. ding
the airplane of the future, wing
space would not be taken into account,
since helics placed above and
below the body of the flying craft
would be sufficient to lift perpen!
dicularly to the higher altitudes
| heavy machines with heavy motors
! capable of developing a speed of four
i hundred miles an hour and also keep
i
the plane in a fixed position when desired.
But apart from the commercial
transport possibilities of Marquis Pescara's
invention, the French appear to
! be most interested in its possible milij
tarv use. The inventor declared that
;in the event of another war his helices
I would make anchored observation
j balloons unnecessary, and that by
J use of his flying machine maximum
| efficiency would be attained in the
i bombardment of enemy towns from
| great heights, as tons of bombs could
i be carried well beyond the range of
| modern anti-air craft guns.
! His Abysmal Meanness.
"That old feller, Pester, is the
i meanest cuss in this whole town!"
, indignantly declared Skinny Simpson.
; "He went and cut down that big apple
tree in his yard, just to keep us
kids from getting apples! And we
didn't do anything but berak some of
the limbs and throw sticks and rocks
i - - . .
I on his lawn and smash a lew win!
dows and stone his cats and tramp
I down his flower beds and pull up his
i onions and break his grape harbor
; and let the hydrant run and twist a
wire into his lawn mower, and such
as that. And his old apples weren't
L no-count, either, dog-gone him!"
msc of John
3 Killed Daughter
| his own daughter. Hicks did not in
tend to kill his own child; in fact,
j it seems likely that he did not intend
j to kill anybody. He was "fussing,"
; with his stepson, Monnie Spell, the
| son of Hick's wife by a former mar|
riage, according to the mother of the
! girl and boy, who testified at the mj
quest. She said that she remonstrat|
ed with the two for disputing, and
! that Hicks got his pistol and aimed
I at his (Monnie's) foot and shot. He
j missed him and hit the little girl."
Although his wife said he was
j shooting at the foot of the boy, it
was not clear how the bullet aimed
at the boy's foot could have struck
i the girl in the cheek, the bullet ranging
upward and backward. Hicks is
said to have claimed that the shooting
was accidental, that he and his
wife were tussling over the pistol and
that it was accidentally discharged.
At any rate, the case is now closed
with the death of Hicks.
USE OF VIOLIN IN CHURCH.
' Permission Given by Session After
Years of Agitation.
York, Feb. 12.?The session of the
Yorkville A. R. P. church has conj
sented to the use of a violin in the
I church choir, action to that effect
| having been taken by the session at a
' meeting last Sabbath.
The decision to allow the use of
a violin along with the church organ
j comes after years of agitation on the
; question, many of the older mem:
bers of the denomination being opposed
to the use of the instrument.
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Years in Workhouse.
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London.?During the holiday fes!
tivities at Morpeth workhouse it was
stated that one of the inmates, James
Mackie, had lived in the institution
since his birth in 1826.
Second Attempt
Rob
For the second time in a few weeks
time, the safe of the Bank of Cope
was blown by yeggmen Monday night.
As on the previous occasion, the rob
bers failed to secure any money or
other valuables.
Access to the bank was gained by
prying open the front door with bars
and as the large doors on the safe
had not been replaced since the first
attempt to rob the bank only a short
j tinae ago, the lever only had to be
pushed to one side to open these
doors. The lock to the closet, where
the books and lock boxes were located,
was blown on the inside, hut
still they did not gain entrance there.
The larger screw lock that contained
the money was blown completely off,
battering the lining of the large doors
but the resistance was of such a nature
as to foil the attempts of the
yeggmen.
Two explosions were heard, but
it is likely that the robbers heard
parties stirring, and hurriedly made
their escape by going dowrn Main
street or Railroad avenue, until they
reached a large oat field at the end
of the street. They made a wide detour
here, as the tracks of the three
men showed, and came back to one
of the streets of the town down by
the Baptist ciiurch, where an automobile
was in waiting for them. Citizens
of the town saw this automobile,
MAX MAY BE DEAD LEGALLY.
Sheriff Forgets to Hang Prisoner on
Date Set.
Baton Rouge, Feb. 9.?Lonnie
Eaton, the man the sheriff forgot to
hang, may be dead legally. Attorney
General Coco frankly admitted
today he didn't know, but reports
from Ouchita prison, where Lonnie
has been taking, legally or illegally
his three squares a day ever since
his execution was mislaid by Sheriff
on February 4, do not indicate
that his appetite has suffered because
of his possible demise.
Sheriff Grant wrote the governor
yesterday that in the press of "civil
and criminal matters" February 4
he utterly forgot the mandate to put
the negro, convicted of the murder
of a whit? man, to death on that
day. The sheriff didn't know what
to do about it. He had no warrant
to execute his prisoner on any other
day and asked for instructions.
The governor turned the matter
over to Attorney General Coco, who
| is raiting me ia,w uuuivs iui picw'
dents. It was said that the once in
jeopard principle of the law might
prevent any execution. In the meantime
the negro is physically alive
and the board of pardons still has
befor? it an application for clemency
in his case.
Identifying Him.
/
I saw a farmer yestere'en; I knew
| him at a glance, for the moment he
appeared he straightway 'gan to
dance. His goatee waged; 'twas long
and red. He spat to left and right,
as rack-a-tack he hoed it down; he
was a jolly sight. His britches were
upheld I saw, by bed tick strips this
wide; and as his dancing grew more
gay he flung his coat aside. And as
he pranced he 'lowed he's won all
prizes at the fair; a Hick'ry Jackson
Dimmercrat that never took a dare."
"'Oh, how," I asked, "can this
strange man raise corn and wheat and
hay, when he takes time off thus to
dance and cut up every day?"
"Good sir," replied a voice nigh me
?its owner was a sage?"they ne'er
raise anything but hell, these farmers
on the stage.
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A Cheerful Awakening.
"Could you change de tune o' one
o' dem cuckoo clocks?" asked Rastus.
"What's the idea?"
"I want an alarm clock. I don't
take to these hasty an' excited alarm
clocks. If you could train one o' dese
to cackle like a chicken, I cold wake
up spry and hopeful every time!"
To the Winward.
"Queer name Dubbins has given his
son who was born during the war,"
remarked the professional kidder of
Hornet Crossing. "He's going to call
him Weatherstrip."
"What's the idea in that?" promptly
inquired the perpetual sucker.
"Says he kept his father out of
the draft."
4ade to
the Bank at Cope
but at the time thought it belonged
to a local owner.
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When it became known something
was wrong at the bank, G. E. Griffith
j ran his automobile near the building
and threw his lights into the bank.
As no one seemed to be within, the
bank was entered, when it was found
the safe was badly damaged, but still
containing whatever money and pav.
. :d|
pers that belonged to the bank.
i o-o f i Ar> c?Vi f liof f />OT*
-in ? toui^anuu oiiu ?> cu. inai vwi
had entered town from the south;
drove through Second street up Main
street, then on up to the Methodist
church, where it circled and came - t
through Main street, depositing the
safe blowers and then proceeded
down Second street, stopping near
the Baptist church. After the unsuccessful
attempt to loot the bank, the
yeggmen made the half circle already
mentioned, got into the car, and
drove to Orangeburg, as the tracks
indicated, passed through file town
and went on towards Columbia. Telephone
messages were hastily sent to
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Orangeburg and other towns, and although
the Orangeburg police knew
i of the robbery, it is said, and were
i supposed to be on the lookout for the
j car, the robbers passed unmolested
i through Orangeburg, it is said.
The bank carries burglary insur|
ance, and it is stated that the bank
will sustain no loss from the damage
i done to the safe.
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KISS MEANS CONTEMPT. ?
Court Prevents Another Man From
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Kissing His Wife.
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Rome, Ga., Feb. 12.?August
Vincenzi, a lccal merchant, today filed
1 a petition in Floyd county superior
court asking that G. P. Roser, a
plumber, be enjoined from hugging
and kissing the complainant's wife
i during his absence from his store.
Vincenzi charged in his petition
-.that Roser showers caresses on his
' pretty Italian wife and that as the
defendant has no property and is not
subject to a damage suit, an injuncJ
' "" ''m
tion is the only remedy left the complainant.
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The case will be argued before
Judge Wright February 19, and in
the mean time if Rosser kissei3 Mrs.
Vincenzi he will be in contempt of
court.
Blackville Briefs.
Blackville^ Feb 12.-?Mrs. J. G.
Matthews was hostess to the Priscilla
club and a few friends, in addition
to the club members, in her
country home last week. At the close
of a delightful afternoon a salad
course was served. Among the visi|
tors were. Mesdames N. T. Hammet,
Emmet Matthews, A. H. Ninei
stein, S. G. Lowe, Misses Sadie Fant, > '
j Grace Mason and Epps.
The Friday afternoon Sewing club
was entertained at the residence of
M
Miss Vera Lowe. A sweet course was
served. Those present were: Misses
i Mary Still, Marian DeWitt, Florence
! Ninestein, Helen Wragg and Edna
Belle Fickling. .
Little Miss Mary Isabelle Murphey
entertained a number of her friends,
| celebrating her 11th birthday.
Mrs. Crum Boyleston gave a de- '
| lightful party in compliment of Miss
j Mattie Ruth Martin, of Salley, who
is her house guest. An animal contest
was enjoyed, Miss Nathalie Kammer
winning the prize. One feature of the
evening's amusement was an old
fashioned candy pulling.
Mrs. E. H. Weissinger was hostess
to the Ladies' Aid society Monday
afternoon. After disposing of the
business, refreshments were served.
Mrs. Otis Brabham, Mrs. J. H.
Johnston and Mrs. All, of Allendale,
wer? recent visitors Mrs. E. H. Weissinger.
Miss Lucile Molony is visiting in
Savannah.
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-MIS. XI.. A. XVIL'U auu 11LL1C
I have returned from a visit to Allenj
dale.
Miss Margaret Chisolm has rej
turned from an extended visit to relatives
in Illinois.
Mrs. Reka Rich is spending a few
days in Augusta.
The oldest military organization in
the United States is the ancient and %
Honorable Artillery Company of Boston.
It was chartered in March, 1637,
as "The Military Company of Boston.''
The organization, although it has a
military title, functions in a social
way, and has nothing to do with
trenches or tented fields.
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