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MORE MURDERS
MAY BE FOUND
KILLINGS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
GOING ON SINCE 1910.
WITNESSES TELL STORIES.
Declare Old Negro Man and Wife
Knocked Off On Account
of Their Age.
Atlanta, April 14.?Announcement
that indications pointed to eighteen
or twenty negroes in .all having been
billed on th9 John S. Williams farm
in Jasper county through a period extending
as far back as 1910 and of
their intention to widen the scope of
their investigation's into alleged peonage
in Jasper and other Georgia counties
was made here today by agents
of the Department of Justice. Names
of three more negroes alleged to have
heen killed were made public.
Jasper county is in the southern
district of the Federal District Court
of Georgia, and simultaneously with
the announ anient by Department of
Justice agents, Hooper Alexander,
Federal attorney for the northern
' District, said it was probable he
would turn all evidence his office has
gathered over to John W. Bennett,
Federal. attorney for the Southern
District. Mr. Bennett said tonight I
over the long distance telephone that
as soon as he received an official report
from Federal agents he would
arrange to place the evidence before
the grand Jury, which meets in Macon
May 2. Indictments in the Northern
District would be for "kidnapping
into slavery," it being charged negroes
were forcibly taken from Atlanta
to work in peonage, while those
in. the southern district would charge
actual peonage and also be for the
- "kidnapping" charge charge where
negroes were taken from towns in <
that district. The Federal grand '
Jury here meets April 25 and Mr. i
1 Alexander indicated "kidnapping"
charges would be placed before it. Negroes
More Communicative.
Since the conviction of Williams
and his sentence to life imprisonment ;
in the state court at Covington on a
wik'Iot' r?f rmo nf th P TIP
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groes alleged to,have been taken from '
his farm into Newton county and 1
drowned, and indictments against his
sons and Clyde Manning, negro farm i
boss, negroes who formerly worked ;
on the farm are more communicative, :
according to Vincent Hughes, in 1
charge of the Department of Jusitce 1
bureau of investigation here.
Newspapers were allowed today :
, to listen to stories told by several ]
negroes with the proviso that they <
would not reveal names. Three wit- j
nesses declared they knew that Aleck 1
Dyer, Nick and Mamie Walker, all 3
negroes, were killed on the Williams 1
farm in 1910 and 1911. ;
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"Dyer was killed because he ran
away twice," one of the negroes de- i
clared. "It was said, though that
Nick and his wife, Mamie, were 3
knocked off because they were too
old to do any more work." 1
Another negro declared about forty ;
farm hands were worked on the Wil- ;
liams farm back in 1910 and that ;
they were kept locked up at night
and had balls and chains fastened to
their legs in the day. One negro said
he was kept on the farm for six years
and was well fed and clothed but 1
given only one dollar. He also charg- ,(
ed that negroes were whipped when | 1
they lagged at their work.
Griffith-Griggs.
Hartsville, April 16.?The marriage
ceremony of Miss Annie Mayhanks
Griffith and Charlie Clarke t
Griggs was solemnized April 10, at 1
six o'clock by Rev. W. 0. Henderson
at the home of Jesse R. Howie. The 1
ceremony was simple yet very impressive.
The bride entered on the
arm of the groom and the Rev. Hen-|
derson met them at the altar. She (
wore a becoming traveling suit of
navy blue with accessories to match.
They left immediately after the ceremony
accompanied by Miss Alice
Griffith and Thomas Griffith, sister
and brother of Mrs. Griggs.
The bride is the daughter of J. T. :
Griffith, of Denmark, and a popular!
teacher in the Antioch Industrial!
school of Darlington county. Mr. j
Griggs is a prosperous farmer near;
Hartsville/ A host of friends await *
they return to the community where j
they will make their home.
Seventy-eight per cent, of NewYork
brides are thirty years old ori
less.
JOHN SWEAT DEAD.
Paralytic, Pauper and Murderer
Takes His Own Life.
The suicide of John Sweat, paralytic,
pauper, former convict and convicted
murderer at his home at Bannockburn
in Berrien county, Georgia,
a few days ago, removed from that
section a character as strange as ever
was pictured by a novelist.
Fate visited great afflictions on
Sweat. When he was 27 years old he
w-as stricken wTith a baffling form
of rheumatism that paralyzed his
lower limbs and so affected his spine
that his head was drawn backward,
leaving his eyes always staring upward.
His arms were not touched
and their strength was remarkable
until the day he sent a load of shot
crashing1 fhroueh his brain.
From the time he was stricken until
his suicide, a period of about 40
years, Sweat was neither able to lie
down nor stand up. When He slept it
was in a rolling chair. He got about
in a small cart to which he drove an
ox he managed to train to an amazing
degree. '
In this cart, Sweat frequently hunted,
being able to kill game when
found in trees. It was only by rolling
his eyes that the afflicted man was
able to see in any direction except
straight up.
Sweat's physical condition did not
prevent him from marrying, and he
was the father of seven children.
Neighbors asserted that he controlled
his family with an iron hand. His
suffering caused him to develop a violent
temper and he was generally
feared. 1
One of Sweat's neighbors was
John Faulkner.. It was fpr Faulkner's
murder that , he was given life imprisonment.
Testimony at the trial
seemed to show that Sweat became
angered at Faulkner, who was 70
years old, over some trivial incident
and drove to his home and called him
to the door, explaining that he had
come to kill him. Faulkner replied
that he was old and that his fighting
days were over and turned to leave.
From his ox cart the paralytic opened
fire with his shotgun. Faulkner
fell to the ground dead.Sweat
then turned to one of his
young sons who wTas in the cart with
him and commanded him to catch
Mrs. Faulkner and bring her to him.
The boy tried to carry out the instruction
but the woman ran.
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Sweat then drove to Nashville and
surrendered to the sheriff. While in
jail, Sweat spent his time-in his rolling
chair and was described as being
the most troublesome prisoner ever
confined in the Berrien county jail.
At the trial he was convicted of
murder, the jury recommending that
he be given a life sentence. At*the
state farm Sweat was a troublesome
prisoner. There was practically no
work that he could do. He spent
his days and nights in his rolling
chair, alternately sieging, ^praying
md swearing.
In a few months his family began
a long fight to secure his freedom.
He was released under parole about
five years ago. It was fear that he
would again be carried back to prison
that prompted Sweat to get into
his cart, drive down the roadway
about two miles from home and end
his life with his shotgun.
fclirhardt Gets Smothered.
The Dunbarton ball team did the
steam roller act to Ehrhardt Monday.
When the flattening out was over
the score stood 9 to 2 in favor of
Dunbarton. Ehrhardt wallowed continually
in a streak of errors and
misjudgments. The only redeeming
trait was the pitching of Purcell,
though the way he fielded his position
was below par. The Dunbarton
earn played good ball and their pitcher,
Pate, held the heavy hitting Ehrhardt
team to four scattered hits. The
score by innings:
Dunbarton ..400 004 01*?9 5
Ehrhardt ....000 002 000?2 4
Bateries: Pat? and O'Reilly, Purcell
and Zeigler. Two base hits, Pate,
Williams, and Copeland.
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Physician Kills Chief of Police.
High Point, N. C., April 10.?
Chief of Police J. E. Taylor, of Thomasyille,
near here was shot to death
by'Dr. J. W. Peacock, a physician, on
cfroof of that town today.
LllC llXUill w - w - - - ?
Henry Shaver was seriously wounded 1
when struck by a. stray shot and was
jrought to a local hospital afterwards.
Dr. Peacock was arrested after
the shooting and taken to Lexington
and jailed. He claimed Taylor
was responsible for the late burning
of a garage belonging to the physician.
FRIDAY,
Is the last date on whi
istration certificate to vo
tion on May 3. Get it nc
ified to vote in this electi
certificates the same as m
registered. Have you?
MANY CARS STILL MISSING.
Said to be 20,000 Vehicles in State
. Without a License.
A statement recently issued by the
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ty for the statement that there are
1 about 20,000 motor vehicles in South
I Carolina on which no state license
| has been paid according to law. This
! figure is arrived at by comparison
with the figures of 1920, during which
I year approximately 94,000 licenses
were issued for automobiles and
trucks in the state. Up to this time
approximately 76,000 licenses have
been issued in 1921.
In Bamberg county 736 licenses
have been issued for motor vehicles
of all kinds in 1921; last year 1,121
licenses were issued. Last year the
county boasted of some motorcycles,
but, according to the license books,
there are none in the county this
year.
Last year Allendale had 714 motor
vehicles; this year 461 have been licensed;
Aiken had last year 2,283
motor vehicles, this year 1,764 have
been licensed. Barnwell had last |
year 1,161 motor vehicles; this year
834 have been licensed. Barnwell,
too, is not paying license "on any
motorcycles this year.
Colleton county last year had 915
licensed cars of all sorts and varieties,
but this year the number has dropped
to 734. Hampton had last year
1,052 cars of all kinds; this year only
779 have been licensed. Orangeburg
enjoyed a big drop. Last year there
were 4.071 motor vehicles in that
couiity carrying licenses and to date
this year licenses have been issued
to 3,026.
The question that is worrying the
state highway department is, what
has become of the trucks, cars and
motorcycles that were in the state
last year? Many have been discarded,
no doubt; but likewise, a good
man^ have been bought.
STOVE BURNS GRASS.
Fuel Problem Would Seem to Be
Relieved by Invention.
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Among the novelties reported in
the popular technical supplements of
the German dailies is a coalless heater.
This is an ornamental stove,
suitable for living apartments, which
burns grass, pine needles, shavings,
sawdust, waste paper, coal dust, and
pretty nearly everything, apparently,
that would find its way into an ordinary
incinerator.
The stove requires filling once in
eight or 10 hours and is extraordinarily
economical. A large room
may be heated for 20 German pfennings,
or in our currency, considerably
less than one cent an hour. It
is easy to kindle and to keep going.
The damper temperature reaches
nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and
a single stove can be so arranged as
to heat two or three apartments.
Shipped Car Load of Beets.
The first car shipment of beets
f-nArvi ^Allofrtn n^nntr was
CVC1 Lliauc 11 Ulll vuuuii; II
sent Off last week from the farms
of Cleveland Sanders, Ritter and
E. T. H. Shaffer, Walterboro. The
car was a joint one, and will be followed
by many others. Mr. Sanders
has ten acres of very fine beets,
while Mr. Shaffer has one. This is
proving a profitable venture for these
farmers.?Walterboro Press & Standard.
Amen!
Sir Auckland Geddes, the new
British ambassador at Washington,
was talking at a luncheon in Philadelphit
about seasickness. "There
are numerous remedies for seasick- j
ness," he said. "Some advise cotton
in the ears; others recommend smoked
glasses;' a champagne diet has its
votaries; fasting has its advantages as
well; but I, for my part, however, incline
to the old skipper's view. 'Oh,
captain,' moaned a lady passenger,
'my husband is frightfully seasick.
Can you tell me what to do?' 'It
ain't necessary to tell him, ma'am.
He'll do it,' said the old skipper gruffly."
\PRIL 22
ch you can secure a regte
in the municipal elec>\v.
The laclies are qualon,
and mar secure their
' c
en. Quite a number have
FINE COURT HOUSE FOR BABY.
Augusta Firm U> Draw Plans and
and Supervise Work.
Allendale county will build in the
near future a modern court house and
iail enstinp' $100,000. The firm of G.
Llyod Preacher and Co., of Augusta,
architects, has been retained to draw
plans and supervise the work.
Money for th? building was obtained
by the sale of 6 per cent, bonds.
The bonds were authorized some time
ago, but were only recently sold and
brought a premium. With a par value
of a hundred dollars, the bonds
sold for 101. W. I. Johns, largest
individual farmer in South Carolina,
chairman of the county commission,
of Allendale county, said that it was
no surpise to him that the bonds sold
rapidly and above par, as the great
majority of farmers in the Allendale
section had riot been hit hard by the
low price of cotton as they had diversified
extensively.
< Bids for the construction of the
buildings will be asked for in the near
| future by the architects. Tqe addi|
tion of an up-to-date court house to
the little city of Allendale, capital of
Allendale county, will round out the
city which is now one of the most
progressive and prosperous in the
state.?Augusta Chronicle.
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HOXEA PATH BOY KILLED.
Loses Life When Feet Become Entangled
in Harness.
Anderson, April 16.?The 13 year
old son of Cliff Lollis,'of near Honea
Path, died late Thursday afternoon
as a result of the injuries received
from being, dragged by a mule for a
mile. Young Lollis was riding the
mule home from work, from which
the harness had not been taken,
when the mule became frightened
and threw the young boy to the
ground, and his foot got tangled in
the harness, and he wTas dragged the
entire- distance to his home, which
was about a mile. He was alive when
hte was rescued but died shortly after.
CHARITY BRINGS MONEY.
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Buys Clothes for Needy Friend and
Pays Nothing.
Greenville, S. C., April 13.?A man
who purchased a suit of clothes as a
gift of charity for a needy friend was
one of those to whom the purchase
money was returned today at a department
store here, which was conducting
a special sale in which, every
thirteenth cash conveyor was sent
back unopened to the purchaser.
U. D. C. Birthday Party.
The birthday party given by the
F. M. Bamberg chapter of the U. D.
C. at the home of Mrs. B. D. Carter
Friday afternoon was an enjoyable
occasion, over which the president,
Mrs. J. C. Lewis, presided with her
usual grace. Mesdames B. D. and
J. F. Carter, with Mrs. Lewis, received
at the door and extended a cordial
welcome to all. The spacious home
presented a lovely .springtime scene.
The long reception hall, the living and
dinig rooms were thrown together,
and the gray walls blended beautifully
with pink roses and pink sweet
peas for the decorations. In the center
of the room on a long table the
guests were directed to place their
pennies?which amounted to a nice
little sum when counted. After the
singing of America, announcement
was made of the serious illness of
"NT'r.o TrtVinonn o momhor nf fhp
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chapter, and a chain of prayers were
offered in her behalf. Then a very
enjoyable miscellaneous musical'programme,
interspersed with readings,
was listened to. Those taking part
fn this programme were: Mesdames
E. H. Henderson, Frank More, B. D.
Carter, Lauri? Smoak, H. N. Folk,
Glenn Cope, and Miss Margaret Jennings.
Misses Rowley Williams, Nell
Bamberg, Mary Cleckley, and Maytrude
Brabham served the guests
sandwiches and iced tea. Altogether
it was a very delightful party and the
informal atmosphere contributed
largely to the enjoyment of the conversational
hour.
PROGRAMME.
Rivers Bridge Memorial Associatioi
Thursday, April 28.
The following is the programme o
the Rivers Bridge memorial exercise!
on April 28:
Invocation ? Rev. Weissinger
Chaplain of Asssociation, Ehrhardt
Band Concert?Carlisle School
Bamberg.
Remarks?F. C. Chitty, Supt. Fair
fax school, Chairman programm<
committee.
Vocal number?Chicora College
Girls, Columbia.
Short Address?State Pres. U. D
C., Mrs. Lawton, Charleston.
Vocal number?Bamberg Quar
tette.
"Eulogies, Deceased Members"?Hon.
J. F. Carter, Bamberg.
Music?Calisle band.
Reading, "High Culture in Dixie'
?Miss Amabel Neeley, Olar.
Instrumental number?Bamb'eri
Orchestra.
Memorial Address?Hon. Georgi
Warren, Hampton.
Committees and officers of Mem
orial association?Committee 01
grounds and order of day: J. D. Jen
ny, G. M. Kearse, J. A. Peters, H. W
Chitty, A. L. Kirkland, G. W. Jenny
Chairman programme committee
Prof. F. C. Chitty, Fairfax.
A Word to the *Public.
All numbers on programme will b<
short. Every minute of our enter
tainment will be jammed full of goo(
things. There will be variety enougl
to excite the comment of the casua
observer. As you will note, there
will be woven in such numbers ai
will break the monotony of preced
ing numbers. The warmth and bril
liancy of all renditions will be such a:
to make you forget "Old Fathei
Time." Come and bring your friends
little, big, young and old, a warn
welcome awaits you.
PETITION FOR RECALL.
Columbia Mayor and Four Council
men Are Named.
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Columbia, S. C., April 15.?A peti
tion for the recall of Mayor Blaloct
and four members of the city counci!
has been placed in circulation by R
J. Person, who previously had swon
out warrants for the city officials
charging them with compounding z
felony. ;Mr.- Person charged that z
former city engineer was permitted tc
refund to the city $1,050.99 whicl
Person charges he received by selling
for his own use certain junk owne<!
by the city. ;
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The Party.
The manager of the English village
baseball club asked the captain tc
postpone play for half an hour. '
"Just had a wire," he explained
"to say that a party of between sixtj
and seventy won't be able to get hen
under 3:30. We can't afford to lose
'em."
"Right-o," replied the captain
"We'll wait."
At 3:30 an elderly man appeared
"Got my wire " asked the man.
"Yes," answered the manager. "0:
course, it is unusual to delay the stari
of a match, but as the party is be
tween sixty and seventy we decidec
to'make an exception."
"Thanks," said the elderly man
"Very good of you."
"Eh?where is the party?" askec
the manager.
"Where? Here!" said the elderly
man, pointing benignly to himself
"I'm sixty-five today."
IMplomacy.
During the after dinner speaking
the toastmaster saw Jones, a somewhat
shady character slip two spoon*
in his vest pocket. When the lasl
orator had finished he rose.
"Gentlemen," he said, "there i*
nothing to add after this brillianl
speaking, so I will try to entertair
you with a little parlor magic. Yor
see. I take two spoons. I slip then:
in my vest pocket. Presto?and the\
are in the poket of Mr. Jones. Mi
Jones will you please corroborate mj
statement?"
Jones, not to be outdone, rose.
"I'm rather handy at that sort ol
thins: myself," he said. "Presto?
and they are back in the pocket of the
toastmaster.- Mr. Toastmaster, if you
don't corroborate my statement, I'll
have you searched on the spot."?Legion
Weekly.
"You say the doctor has a large
practice?"
"It's so large that when a patient
has nothing the matter with him he
tells him so."?Legion Weekly.
HUNDRED LOSE
LIVES IN STORM
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3 PROPERTY LOSS FROM WIND AND
RAIN AMOUNT TO MILLIONS.
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SOUTHERN STATES SWEPT.
Wire Connections Not Yet Established
With Many Sections?Hun_
dreds of Homes Demolished.
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. Memphis, Tenn., April 17.?That
the death toll from tornadoes and
- heavy rain storms which swept over
six southern states late Friday and
' Saturdav will reach 1 00 was indicated
by reports from isolated sections tonight
while the loss to property and
" crops will run into the millions. The
known dead tonight total 97.
\ Many of the storm swept sections
are still shut off from wire communi3
cation and reports of additional casualties
are slowly coming in from
- relief parties.
1 The list of dead and injured, ac?
- cording to reports available early to- f
night, is as follows:
; Texas: Avinger six, Atlanta one,
: Queen City, Cass county, two, and
several missing, and probably three
near O'Farrell.
3 Arkansas: Pike county, one dead,
- two injured, four probably fatally;
1 Yelle county, one dead, ten injured,
l two probably fatally; Miller county,
1 ten whites and seven negroes dead, I
i 23 seriously injured; Pope county;
3 ^three dead, a number seriously in-'
- jured; Hempstead county, 20 white
- persons and eight negroes dead, 14
3 seriously injured, several fatally. A
number of sections hit by storm have
, not been heard from.
l Mississippi: Five dead at Steen, one
at Sontag, one at Rural Hill, and one
in railroad washout near Mosell.
Alabama: Five dead at Cave
Springs, near Tuscumbia; five at
. Ralph, Tuscaloosa county; three- at
Sulligent, Lamar county, and one in
Dallas county.
Torrential rains which followed the
[ Wind in all the states hit by torna- ^
1 rines have rielaved relief work and
. hindered the compiling of accurate
i lists of casualties.
In Arkansas where the greatest
i havoc was wrought, the Red Cross
i is at work in Hempstead and Miller
> couties where hundreds of families/
l are homeless. Tents have been fun
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; nished by the national guard and
L blankets are being rushed to the suf-,
ferers. . ;
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The extent of property loss can not
be determined for days. In Arkansas.
on many plantations in Miller and
3 Hempstead counties, a rich farming
) section, practically every building
was destroyed; newly planted crops , ; :
, washed out, orchards ruined, foada
r and bridges badly damaged, almost
3 all telephone and telegraph wires de3
stroyed and railroad tracks washed
out at many places. Farm houses
. some distance from the direct path
* : > -of
the storm were damaged. Esti.
mates of the property loss in these
two counties tonight exceed $2,000,e
ooo. Ay?
t At Atlanta, O'Farrell and Avinger, f
- across the Arkansas line in Texas,
i many farm houses and outbuildings
were destroyed and crops in these
. sections are said to be almost a com- t
plete loss. ?
i Heavy preporty loss In Tennessee
is reported at Newport, Lynville and
r Connersville. In Shelby county alone
, the county commissioners tonight estimated
the loss in roads and bridges
was $75,000.
In Mississippi, in addition to actual
loss from the high winds, much farm
, land will be inundated by the rapidly
j <1
- rising streams throughout the state.
J A number of railroads in that state
t report tracks washed out and damage
to road beds by the unprecedented'
3 rainfall. A report received tonight
t from Amite county says ten farm
t houses were destroyed by a storm
l late Saturday and ten persons ini
jured, one fatally,
r In Alabama property loss in Bir*
mingham is estimated at $200,000
r with ten injured. Heavy rains and
high winds in several parts of North
iWabama, also are reported to have
l caused heavy property and crop loss.
In Georgia, where a heavy wind
! and rain storm struck Rome, the
i property loss will exceed $200,000, it
I is reported.
The Hurry-Up Kind.
At the post-office a little girl depos'
ited a dime in front of the clerk and
said, "Please I forgot the name of the
: nam? of the stamp mama told me to
s get, but it's the kind that makes a
i letter hurry up."?Boston Transcript.
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