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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1921. Established in 1891 Presbyterian Paste Bamberg at Uni Sunday a joint union service of all1 the churches of Bamberg was held at! i the Presbyterian church at whlcn the Rev. Phillip E. Mickel, wno nas moved to Bamberg, was welcomed to the town as a resident and as pastor of one of our churches. Rev. and Mrs. Mickel arrived in the city a few days ago, and are now making this town their home. For the prese'nt they are residing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wyman on Railroad avenue. Mr. Mickel is a young preacher of | unusually attractive ana pieasmg . personality. He is at present a stu-| dent of the Presbyterian seminary in Columbia, and is serving as pastor the Bamberg and Denmark Presbyterian churches, holding one service each Sunday at each of the churches, alternating Sunday morning and evening. During the summer vacation he and Mrs. Mickel will reside in Bamberg. He will graduate from the seminary next year, after which he and his estimable wife are expected to become permanent residents ofj this good town. Mrs. Mickel is a most \ attractive young woman of refinement I and personal attainments, and is a i I most valuable addition to the social I i and religious activities of the town. | J. A. Wyman presided over the i union services Sunday evening. He J first introduced LaVerne Thomas, the' newly elected mav^r of Bamberg, | who extened to Mr. Mickel a most j hearty welcome on behalf of the j town. Mr. Wyman likened the religious j work of Bamberg to the fighting fore- j es of the government, in which the! army, the navy, aviation, etc., all form branches under one supreme commander, the president. By coordination of all these forces the objective is attained. Likewise the varin ? ? - ? ?- ? nk rt A f ous aenoramaiiuiis iuim ^uaoca cn. the Lord's work under the supreme command of the Most High, and the CARLISLE EVENS OLD SCORE. * Defeats Porter in Game on Local Diamond First Time in 3 Years. "Red Head" Collier was in fighting mood at Rhoad park Friday afternoon, and when called upon to pinch hit for Kirk Sanders in the eighth | inning, he sent a long drive to right for two sacks, scoring Otto Large who was on second and bringing on the rally which resulted in Porter's defeat by a score of 4 to 2. "Red"! had sat on the bench for seven inn-, ings and watched with profound disgust the puny efforts of his team's heavy hitters, who were knocking weak flies into the outstretched hands j of the fielders; and while witnessing| this performance, he made a mighty resolution that should the opportunity come his way, he would show the swatters a thing or two; right well did he redeem his determination | when called upon to turn the tide in j the eighth. Up to this time Porter] had been leading by 2 to 1, and things: had taken on a bilious hue for Carlisle. Hard Luck Warren was in the box for Carlisle, and had been pitching shut-out ball, but his support in the infield was ragged and spotted. Through the errors of Jim Sanders; and Large two Porter runs, which j never should have been allowed to j come in, had crossed the plate, and i Carlisle's mighty were doing nothing! with the deceptive slants of Saunders. | the southpaw pitcher for Porter. Doc! Fairey had hit a long drive to right good for three bags, and had come home on a wild throw by third. In fact, Doc had been the only hitter able to straighten out Saunders's curves, he having amassed to his credit three solid safeties. Such was the situation in the eighth, which Otto Large began by a safe hit to right, his first of the afternoon. Daddy Warren came up and the grandstand implored him to hit safely; the best he could do, however, was a roller to second and out at first, Large going: to second. At this juncture, with one down and a runner on second, Col-1 lier was called from obscurity on the bench. He hit the first two balls over! tho nlate. both being fouls, and the third offering of Pitcher Saunders he I sent zooming to right for two bags, I scoring Large. The score now stood ? j O n r, non rloninn l'nm Vi o r? lirnl-. Z ailll -- a,HU JHU.ucmv.nu., imu en loose. Dantzler walked to thp plate and whiffed, making the second out. Ambrose hit a hot grounder to second, and. on a wild throw by first. Collier scored and Brosia went to second. Johnny Thompson decided I )r Welcomed to 'on Service Sunday objective is the defeat of Christianity's mutual enemy, the devil. He then called upon the representative of the Lord's "naval" forces, Rev. Geo. P. White, of the Baptist j church, who extended the hand of I fellowship to Mr. Mickel on behalf of the Baptists, assuring him of the full and free cooperation of his church in the work of the new pastor in our midst. Tho "nrtiiiprv" branch of the land forces, represented in the person of Rev. S. O. Cantey, of the Methodist church, was then called upon, and Mr. Cantey extended a most cordial welcome to the religious work of Bamberg of Mr. Mickel on behalf of his congregation. Mr. Mickel responded to the addresses of welcome in a most feeling manner, stating that words could not express his appreciation for his warm j and hearty welcome to Bamberg. He expressed his sincere hope that he might be instrumental in assisting the I pastors of the town in their great task, the overwhelming of evil. After these talks, Mr. Mickel preached a fifteen-minute sermon, taking for his Scripture lesson the first ten verses of Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, and basing his remarks upon the thought contained in these verses. Though brief, because of the lateness of the hour, Mr. Mickel preached a sermon that revealed careful thought, and convinc\ ed the large congregation that in the person of the new pastor Bamberg has a young divine of power and who will have to be reckoned with by the powers of evil in the community. He has an excellent voice, and as well as being a splendid young preacher, is a gifted song leader. Mr. and Mrs. Mikel have already deeply entrenched themselves in the hearts of the people of the town, all of whom are delighted to have them in our midst. that now was a good time to fatten his batting average, so he lammed a nice single over second, bringing in Am brose. The best Jim Sanders could do was to pop out, closing the rally \yhich had resulted in three runs, enough to insure victory. In this inning the boys hit when hits meant runs, and snatched victory from apparent defeat. The Porter team played with a confidence which seemed to insure them the victory, but they all took a slight ascension in the eighth, when Carlisle began to get next to their pitcher. Saunders has a mixture of curves hard to solve, and possesses a baffling change of pace. His slow ball made some heavy hitters look foolish, and Otto Large hit the only safety off his slow ball in the eighth. The efforts of the others usually resulted in weak pop ups. Cherry led off in the ninth with a single to right. McDowell walked. Harper hit to the pitcher, and Cherrywas thrown out at third. Whitley hit a high fly to Hard Luck. Ford popped out to short, thereby closing the inning and easing the anxiety of the spectators. The first scoring was done by Carlisle in the third when Fairey hit to right for three bags and came home on the wild throw by third. Porter made its first tally in the fourth. Gonzales hit safely to center. Bell popped out to short. Epperson hit to pitcher and was out at first, Gonzales going to second. Saunders hit to Large, who let the ball go through him, Gonzales scoring. Saun-j ders was thrown out going to second. In the fifth Porter scored its second ' and last run. Cherry hit to second | and was out at first. McDowell hit to Sweeny and was out at first. Harper hit to short and was safe on an error of shortstop. Harper stole second. Whitley hit to short, and on Sanders's error Harper scored and Whitley j went to second. Ford hit to short and was sate on Jim sanaerss error, he falling down in grabbing the ball. Gonzales fanned. Carlisle 001 000 03*?4 7 7! Porter 000 110 000?2 3 5 aa B" Has Appendix Removed. j : A. F. Henderson, cashier of Thej | Farmers and Merchants Bank,.is at i I the Clara EsDorn infirmary here, ' | having been taken there to have his appendix removed. He is doing well and will soon be able to be out and at his post again. The attack was rather sudden and it wds fortunate that he was near a hospital where the operation could be performed at once.?Press & Standard, POLICEMAN FINDS J. P. MILLER DEAD SUPERINTENDENT OF LAKE CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. Tom Poston Arrested. Automobiles Collide and Shooting Results?Poston Confesses, T* Tc Said Kingstree, May 8.?J. P. Miller, aged forty, an electrician and superintendent of the Lake City electric light plant, was shot to death about one mile south of Cades late last night by Tom Poston, of near Cades, according to verdict of a coroner's jury, and the alleged confession of Poston. Mr. Miller was on his way to Kingstree tc spend Sunday with his family as had been his custom for a number of years. According to the testimony at the inquest, Mr. Miller was on his way to Kingstree when his car and the one occupied by Poston and a woman, said to be named Miss Coker, collided. Poston, when asked why he shot Mr. Miller, is reported to have said, that he (Mr. Miller) ran into him, got "hard" and that he (Poston) just shot hell out of him. The woman is the only eye-witness to the tragedy. Poston's gun, a Coljts 45-calibre army model, was empty when exam ined this morning. Poston admits that he fired thtee shots, one bullet entering Mr. Miller's head, the bullet coursing downward and coming out just over the left ear. It did not touch the brain. It was the only shot that took effect. Poston was brought to Kingstree but was later taken to the state penitentiary at Columbia. The Millers have been living in Kingstree for several years. Some time ago Mr. Miller accepted the position of superintendent of the Lake City electric light plant. It was his home and he was on his way here when he was killed. Both Cars Damaged. Both cars were damaged in the collision and were by the side of the road when seen this morning. Mr. Miller's body was discovered about midnight by Rural Policeman Brockington who brought the news here about 5 o'clock this morning. Sheriff Gamble was notified at once and immediately left for the scene of the tragedy. One of the cars was soon identified as that of Poston's and he was found at his home a short distance from where the shooting occurred. It is said that Poston at once admitted that he shot Miller. When seen this morning Miller's car was very near the edge of the ditch, about wenty feet being on the side for other cars 6:27 a. m. Train Class Mail to 1 w For several years past Postmaster Knight, of the Bamberg postoffice, has been endeavoring to have mail service established on tr^in No. 25, Branchville to Augusta, arriving m* Bamberg at 6:27 a. m., but for one reason or another the service has never been secured. However, ac. cording to a letter from the chief clerk of the railway mail service, Chas. E. Shore, under date of May 5, addressed to C. P. King, superintendent of the Southern railway, Charleston, a copy if which is furnished to Mr. Kiyght, this service is to be inaugurated in the near future. At the present time only secondclass mail is handled on this train for Bamberg, consisting only of the dailv newspapers, which are thrown off at Bamberg at the publishers' risk. No first-class mail or parcel post is handled. The first regular mail to be received in Bamberg arrives at 9:02 a. m. The inauguration of the new mail service will mean that the bulk of the morning mail for this postoftice will arrive here at 6:27 a. m. The Bamberg business men will hereafter be able to get their morning mail when they come to work every morning. As a usual thing few people get down to work until they get their morn big mail, and the mail not being distributed until 9:20 every morning has been a source of considerable inconvenience that the postmaster has been very desirous of SPEEDY TRIAL FOR GREENVILLE NEGRO FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING COUNTY POLICEMAN. Goes to Electric Chair. Fires Forty-two Shots at Posse Which Captured Him?No Request For New Trial. i Greenville, May 9.?A record for j speedy justice was made for Greenville county tonight when seventytwo hours after he fired the shot ' which killed City Policeman George j S. Burroughs, William Thompson, j negro, was found guilty of murder in sessions court and sentenced to die in . I i the electric chair at Columbia, Ma} 27. No request for a new trial or notice of intention to appeal was given. Thompson, who was captured SatII urday after a three-hour chase, duri j ing which he fired forty-two shots at i'posses pur&uing him, was spirited away to the Spartanburg jail. He was -brought back to Greenville and this ;i morning pleaded not guilty. Trial be, gan at 3 o'clock. Thompson declared on the stand he j did not intend to shoot the policeman, ibut that his pistol went off accident, ally in the struggle. ' I. Arguments started at 8 o'clock to-' ! night. The jury received the case at . 8.4 6 and a verdict of "guilty" was i read at 8.55. Sentence of death was pronounced at 9.04 o'clock. Burroughs was shot at 9 p. m. Fri-; I day and died seven hours later. Swift Justice. I I | The negro was captured by a large; | but orderly posse Saturday night af- j iter the policeman had died early#thatj i morning from the wound the negro | j inflicted, and the trial this afternoon i and tonight, less than three days af-i , ter the deed was committed constitutes the most remarkable case of | swift justice under the law citizens. ! her? can recall. 'j Thompson throughout today seemed calm and resigned to the fate , he j | apparently believed would be his. I jTalking with Sheriff Carlos Rector be- j fore the trial, the negro told the offi- j | to pass. The body was brought to Kingstree iland prepared for burial. It was car| ried to Hartsville this afternoon! , where interment will be had tomor-j j row. The body was accompanied by! I a number of Masons from Lake City, j Mr. Miller being a member of that order. Mr. Miller is originally from Sa- j Jvannah, and was for a number cfj years a professional baseball player j l in the Southern league. He is sur' vived by his widow, adopted daughter and one brother who lives in 11Savannah. i to Deliver First Bamberg Hereafter remedying. The railway superintendent is advised to make such necessary arrangements with regard to a porter i to bring the pouches to the postoffice at the earliest practicable date, and up to yesterday Mr. Knight had not been advised as to the exact date on which the new service will be instituted. The following is the letter from , Mr. Shore to Mr. King: "Charleston, S. C., May 5, 1921. C. P. King, Supt. Southern Railway, 1 Charleston, S. C. "Sir:?Postmaster at Bamberg, S. C., has forwarded a request to this office relative to the receipt of mail , from Branchville and Augusta train 25 at 6.27 a. m. The mail for this office, which is now being carried in train 25, is being dispatched to train 18 and received at 9:02 a. m., and thereby delayed two hours and 35 | minutes. We intended establishing ct nnnpli frnm f!hnrlPsfrm tn Ram-I 1 berg, S. C., over trains 15 and 25, and " will thank you to advise as to when ; this may be put into effect, as it will no doubt be necessary for you to ' make some arrangements for a port. er or messenger to meet this train jfor the purpose of taking charge of ! I the mail. Would appreciate it very ' much if you would look after this at once, as the postmaster is very de'jsirous of obtaining additional serv ! ice as soon as practicable. Respect | fully. "CHAS. E. SHORE, "Chief Clerk." Will Probably B\ Road and R Representative J. Carl Kearse stat\ ed Monday morning that arrangements are now, being made for the construction of the Orangeburg-Bamberg road through the Edisto river swamp. Last week The Herald called attention to the status of the swamp link of the Columbia-Savan nah highway, in which it was pointed out that the Orangeburg authorities had held up work on the Orangeburg county side of the river because Bamberg had failed to take steps to have the work done on the Bamberg county side of the river. Last week Representative Kearse visited Orangeburg and held a conference with the road authorities there As a result of this conference Mr. Kearse came home and conferred with Representative Riley, Senatoi Black and Supervisor Smoak, aftei which a resolution was drafted by Mr. Kearse and signed by -the Bamberg authorities pledging the authorities of this county to cooperate with the Orangeburg authorities in the immediate construction of the roadway through the swamp and bridge across the river. Mr. Kearse stated that the prospect is that the contract will be awarded at once by both Orangeburg*and Bam. berg counties for this much needed link of roadway, including the bridge. The plans of the highway commission call for the construction of the causeway through the swamp and the bridge over the river some distance below the present roadway, in order that the road may be straightened out. The new route is a much shorter distance through the swamp and can be built at much less cost, and at the same time the road will be straight. The highway commission does i\ot look with favor upon unnecessary curves in the state highways. Orangeburg is doing a tremendous amount of road construction. A big bond issue has been made in that county, and it is stated that several hundred thousand dollars have been cer that he fired forty-two bullets during the exciting chase Saturday which culminated in his capture, and admitted, according to the officer, that he did his best to kill the sheriff. Thompson said that the wound he received in his leg was from the sheriff's pistol. Asked why he had singled him out as the man to be killed, Thompson is quoted.as saying: "Well, I killed one officer, and I knew I would get the electric chair, so I decided I mighl as well get as many as I could." Thompson is a giant negro and is above the average intelligence. He - - . it. i. ^ ^ did not waver during me men, uj which several negroes who were ir the house at the time the trouble occurred testified against him. Mr3, Burroughs, wife of the slain policeman, also took the stand. The court room was packed as the trial progressed during the afternoon and evening. / MOVED FOR SAFEKEEPING. Prisoner is Transferred Following Formation of Large Crowd In Greenville. Greenville, May 7. ? William Thompson, negro, alleged to have shot and fatally wounded City Policeman George Burroughs last night, was captured tonight by a posse oi officers and citizens about ihree miles east of the city, after an exchange oi shots in which one of the pusuers was slightly wounded. Thompson officials here stated, confessed to the attack upon Policeman Burroughs. Armed citizens numbering severa] hundred organized under the direction of officers and formed a vast human dragnet in the woodland and swamps to the east of the old camp Sevier and the present public health service hospital. They were joined by a large number of convalescent natients from the hospital and a sys tematic cearch for the negro instigated. After the chase of almost three hours, two city policemen and one citizen halted a figure crossing the then dark mountain creek road Caught off his guard, the negro die not offer resistance but permitted the three to capture him. One of the officers asked him his name, and he without hesitation told him and confessed to the killing of Policemar Burroughs. The rest of the searching party was lild Edisto ridge During Year made available for permanent road and bridge work in the county. The Orangeburg authorities expressed I themselves as being anxious to carry ; the road to the river and construct 'I the bridge, and upon ascertaining the | readiness of the Bamberg authorities ' to cooperate, expressed the belief that i the work could be pushed to complel! tion this year. i: The question of the erection of a [thririe'p is rmo pf r>nri si rlpra hip maami tilde. The details of the bridge construction are yet to be worked out, but the problem is not a grave one to Bamberg county. The federal government stands ready to bear onehalf of the cost, thereby making the cost to this county only one-fourth, or perhaps not so much, as it is un| derstood that the greater portion of i the bridge will be upon the Orange! burg side of the river. It is con! templated to erect a permanent i | bridge of steel or concrete, or both, I if such is possible, and if this is not l practicable, to erect a substantial j wooden bridge at the point of crossj ing. It is believed, however, that a j steel or concrete bridge will be built, J as the cost of construction, while : much greater than a wooden bridge, | will be an excellent investment in | years to come, The causeway on the Bamberg side will not be more than one-half to thre'e-fourths of a mile, while the Orangeburg distance is much greater. The nlatter of financing the project, so far. as Bamberg is concerned, can be handled without difficulty. The ' county has a surplus from its road fund of about $10,000, and while it was contemplated that the DenmarkRflrntt'Pll Miintv linlr wrmlrl ho hntlf AA ' ' A Vvu AA V/ ^ A A AA Ik ? ? V kA A VA A/V A/ UAA V ; with that fund, it has been ascertain' ed that the road tax this year will likely raise sufficient funds for that purpose, and still leave practically all of the surplus now on hand. It is i likely that this fund will be almost if ; not entirely sufficient to build the ; county's share of the causeway through the swamp and also pay its ' . portion of the bridge work. ' COURT RESERVES DECISION. Carlos Corbett Case Argued Before Supreme Court. __ Columbia, May 9.?An appeal from the ruling of Judge S. W. G. Shipp, . that Carlos Corbett, Orangeburg coun ty, cannot be tried for the alleged > murder of Julian Cooper and Hugh i Fanning, near Salley, March 28, 1920, ' because he would be placed in jeop ardy twice for the same offense, was argued before the state supreme court ? here today by Solicitor Hydrick and J associates representing the state. Qei cision was reserved. Corbett was acL quitted at Orangeburg last year for j the murder of Bryan Salley, who | along with the other two men was ; shot to death by Corbett. He is in^ tj dieted for the^ other two alleged murd | ers and for assault and battery on U Jones Salley, whose eyes he shot out ! at the same time. Judge Shipp, in | his opinion, contended that the killj ings were one and the same offense j and the state argues that each con? stitutes a separate offense. Oak Grove Club. i L| The Oak Grove Girls' Home DemI onstration club held its regular 'j monthly meeting April 21. The meet; | ing was called to order, roll called, I minutes read and approved, and the II following programme carried out: song by the club; reading, Lottie 5 Fender; reading, Dora George; song, ' by the club. The meeting was then 5 turned over to Miss Varn, and sewing was taken up; an article of un^ derwear was made. The sewing bag ' I made at the previous meeting was ' j brought for inspection. A dress is ' I to be made at the next meeting. The I j girls are very much interested in II their work and a perfect attendance ^; with all necessary materials on hand ' | was the record of the year up to this meeting, when one member was absent.?Sallie George, secretary. ??i??i??? i left in ignorance of the capture for ' fifteen minutes until the negro was j.-L. - ;| Denina tne oars in me cuuu^ jau. . | When the fact was' noised abroad, a I good-sized crowd gathered in front of j! the jail and authorities thought best -! to remove the negro to some other j | city for safe-keeping. The negro - made another admission of his guilt l to county jailer Christopher just before he was taken away, according 5 to that afficial.