The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 12, 1921, Page 3, Image 3
CAPIAS ISSUED FOR
FORMER GOVERNOR
SIDNEY CATTS, OF FLORIDA,
FACES CHARGE.
Judges Fixes Bond.
Indicted by Bradford County Grand
Jury in Connection With
Pardon.
Stark, Fla., May 5.?Circuit Court
Judge Long has issued a capias for
the arrest of former Gov. Sidney J.
Catts on the charge that he received
.$700 to influence his vote for granting
a pardon to J. J. Coleman, sentenced
to life imprisonment in Hay
county in 1918.
Bond was fixed by Judge Long at
$5,000.
Mr. Catts is understood to be in I
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Florida,
Catts was indicted late yesterday
"by the Bradford county grand jury
for "corruptly receiving and accepting
a gratuity of money for casting
his vote for the granting of pardons
while governor of the state of Florida."
A specific 'charge also was
set forth in connection with the
Coleman pardon.
The investigation was made by the
'Bradford county grand jury because
the state prison farm at which the
prisoner is serving his sentence is in
Bradford county.
Governor Catts was an exofficio
member of tLa pardon hoard, which
also is composed of four members
of the cabinet. Under the state laws
the governor does not possess full
powers, but may exercise a veto in
granting pardons. For the last
two weeks a legislative committee
has been investigating rumors that
the governor had been- influenced in
the granting of pardons.
J. J. Mendenhall, formerly wealthy
citizen of Clearwater, who is serving
a life sentence for murder, was
a witness before the committee
TTi^criav nr?ri has been recalled. The)
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hearing is being conducted in executive
session. It is known, however,
that several men pardoned during
Governor Catts incumbency have
been heard.
Mendenhall also was a witness before
the Bradford county grand jury.
Mr. Catts' term of office expired January
3.
TEACHERS TO STUDY.
Session for Several Counties to Be
Held in Orangeburg.
Orangeburg, April 24. ? The
Orangeburg summer school begins
here June 6. The summer school is
run jointly by the boards of education
of Barnwell, Bamberg, Allendale
and Orangeburg counties. An effort
is being made to get Calhoun and
Dorchester counties to come into this
school. This session there will be a
strong corps of teachers and the
courses have been especially arranged
to suit those who get certificates
by examination. There will be
good courses in mathematics, geography,
history, civics, education,
sanitation, primary methods, demonstration
work, etc. This is the only
summer school in lower South Carolina
and deserves to be patronized by
the teachers of that section. It is
? the aDDroval of the
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superintendents of education, and
teachers' certificates cdn be renewed
by attending this summer school just
as well at attending any other' summer
school in South Carolina. Arrangements
have been made to secure
reasonable board for teachers who
may attend the Orangeburg summer
school. The summer school has been
growing each year and it is now one
of the largest summer schools of the
state. The prospect for this session
is better than any of the past. ProfA.
J. Thackston, of the Orangeburg
city graded schools, expresses great
satisfaction over the plans for the
courses and work of the Qrangeburg i
summer school this summer.
Walks With Broken Neck.
London?An extraordinary case of
a man walking about with a broken
neck is reported from the Metropolitan
hospital. He is L. Mennie. He
sustained his injury in an elevator
accident. Beyond the fact that he
wears a support for his neck, and
that his movements are somewhat re-i
stricted, there is little evidence of I
i
his condition. He is over 70 years
of age.
French Are Haling Polecats.
Tn France, on account of the scarcity
of meat, the people are eating the
flesh of animals which have been
heretofore regarded as desirable for
furs only. These include polecats and
foxes. The prefect of police in Paris
has issued a circular warning the
people against eating these animals
as it often happens that they are
killed by poison.
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PATIirD CITrniMDC seriously injured this afternoon,) WATERMELON
t AltlLiK uUllUlilDu when the cap of a "dud" picked up ?
l"~" " ' " on the Camp Jackson artillery range, Verdict for Defer
niTRTNfl IWnilF^T accidently ?Pl?ded. Mr. Roberts Bain
UUiUlIU IIi^UajUI* was brought to the Columbia hospital
immediately after the accident where
ED-MIXD ROBERTS DIES AT 00- P.hysieians think that blood transfu- ^
sion may save his life. nuerebi oy seea nc
LUMBIA HOSPITAL. ; The Jarge projectile> which had and farmers in gei
j failed to explode when fired on the J B* Brant vs- L- J.
Rnfk Riiritfarl Timer!;* v ! camP ranse, ha^ been carried to the; was tried in the
^ I house nearly a year ago and the cap j P^eas for Barnwe
_w _ r. taken off. The boy, who was seated! ^U(f&e Mauldin seve
ol )ou e uneia ic mis o x besjde j^s fatber on a bench near hisj^bis action the pla
plosion of Projectile home, attempted to use the cap as a be purchased twek
Cap. hammer to drive a nail and evidently i *s known as Excel i
struck the primer to set off the charge Baughman, a gro
Columbia, May 10.?Edmund Lake- of high explosive used as a detona-1 that he planted the
land, father of Rufus Roberts, 14 tor. The bench was completely de-;fifteen acres of la
year old boy who was killed Sunday molished and the boy instantly killed,' v*nes began to frui
when the cap of an artillery projectile his body being literally torn to pieces, j *be seec* ^'ero not
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with which he was playing exploded, wniie Mr. KODens nau ms ieic. smcj . - died
yesterday morning "while the in- severely torn by the explosion, his left; Guineas or rui
quest over his son was being held, arm lacerated and his right hand j clamed damage in i
As a result both inquests were con- painfully cut. | Baughman
ducted simultaneously and a verdict ? ^ purchased the seed
to the effect that death of both par- When the Roof Fell In. weB known seed t
ties was accidental was returned. j guarantee whatsoe
Rufus Roberts and his father were An amusing story is told of the! It developed from
seated on a bench in the yard of wonderful hitting powers of Bob Fitz-j *be Excel melon is
their home near Brown's chapel, Sat- simmons, the famous boxer. several different
urday, and the boy was playing with He met one man who had an idea ^ is impossible tc
he cap of an artillery projectile, when that Bob's punch was not such a seri- melon will rev
it exploded, killing him almost in- ous affair as it was supposed to be.1 Several farmers te
stantly and injuring his father to The optimist dashed in and bustled j fendant to the fa
such an extent that he died about about the ring for a round or two. j saved seed from oth
10:30 o'clock yesterday morning, at Robert dodged aroung for a while and j and that for three
the Columbia hospital, where he was j then, without the slightest warning, i melons came true
taken immediately after the accident. I banged his right across. The carried! subsequentU- they 3
The funeral for Rufus was to be J the unconscious boxer from the ring j different varieties,
held yesterday afternoon but was land on recovering he looked anxiously i mony offered to the
posponed until 3 o'clock this after- J around. melons, generally
noon, when a double funeral will be; "Were many injured?" he inquired, j Fxcel melon, pro^
held for father and son. j "Injured? What do you mean?" j farmers the season
asked his second. i At the close of
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Edmund Roberts, Father of Lad, Se- in." Mr. Ranchman was
verely Injured. ? not the grower of
Cynosure of all Eyes. . therefore not respc
Columbia, May 8.?Rufus Roberts, "Is she pretty?" suits, and upon tier
Lvkesland. a fourteen-year-old "Pretty? Say! When she gets on a that the defendant
boy. was almost instantly killed and street car the advertising is a total as to results. The
Edmund Roberts, the boy's father, loss."?Exchange. ed, a verdict being
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-EE,> CASE L ? o?a,?s? ? ?*. ORANGEBURG JURY I
,dant 1)11 octed at (or Hampton County by Cooper. MMUirTP MVTTV P
well. Columbia, May 6.?Governor Coop- I lllvy || I \ {VII I I I P
will Saturday commission Jesse F. Will IVIU 1VIJI Ilili
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? ~ nection witn tne snortage m tne ;
tn tvnp anri thpn * n * * Smith, W. C. Wolfe, T. M. Ravsor and ?
to i>pe ana taen. treasury of Hampton county. _ _ _ , ' *
?0yprted to several! ^^ i J? Herc\ Dulles, of counsel m the
There wns testi- m ; Mittle case .vould likely all he eniiieie
v as lean Pfff-illc r?f Tpnrliin<* , '
i effect that water- utrausor ea g. gaged or present at the hearing of
and especially the Teacher?"The man who throws f11? appeal ln the Carlos Carbett case
red' disastrous to his money away never has any." ! h*to the W?e court on Monday,
of 1020. Bright Pupil?"Then how does he,; at, e sentence against Mittle
the case the de- have it to throw awav?"?Buffalo i *'ould "0t be Pronounce" until Tue5"
moved for a direc- Commercial I y Tt is understood that
n the ground that I ? Mittle will appeal to the supreme
a middleman, and I of the defendant. j court, if a new trial is refused him
the seed, and was | There was about $100,000 worth of I b-v Judge Bowman.
rnsible for the re-! suits pending the outcome of this;
le further ground i case, which rendered it on? of the j Tuesday Mittle was sentenced to
made no warranty most interesting and far-reaching1 serve'nine years in the penitentiary,
motion was grant- cases tried in the Barnwell court in a; Notice of appeal to the supreme court
directed in favor number of years. . J was given.
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been watched with I Thomas, of Hampton, as .auditor for,
)uses, seed dealers Hampton county, in place of T. Ha- VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER
leral, is that of 0. | f ?od Gooding who was voted for by FOR GREEXVILLE -MERCHANT
Baughman, which! the People last fall, but against KCHANT. ^
court of common : ^hotn charges of misconduct in office j
ill county before were made by the tax commission, j S6IltGllCGd TUGSd&V.
iral weeks ago. In j involving inefficiency in the handling I _
uintiff alleged thatj0'' the ?> ty tax assessments, the I Recommendation to Mercy Carried''"
re pounds of what having failed to assess prop-; . _ . "
melon seed of L. J. I erly as instructed by the tax commis- | Verdict?Rilled Civil
cer at Blackville,! sion' ^Ir- Thomas's appointment was ! Engineer,
c-n itmio-hf ^r?I reconimended by the senator from j
nt-or. Q _ Tr~o XT
ou ^ v/ i __ . _ ^ , i ~ au^cwui5, .uav u. uu ?ai u ll?
, ., Hampton and confirmed by the state ? '
nd and when the TT ,l Mittle, of Greenville, merchant,
wi * senate. The Hampton county grand i ' ' *
t it was found that . . , , , , ,, , ,T charged with the murder of J. H.
, . , jury had also recommended that Mr.;
producing melons ^ ,7 ~ , Patterson, wras found guilty of man,
. . , , . . GoGoding be not Commissioned. . , + . . , .
hich turnea out to ... , ,, m i slaughter, with recommendation to
The commissioning of Mr. Thomas; , .
its. The plaintiff . _. . . rt?rOT. .. mercy, by an Orangeburg jury this
* ? , aaa brings to a close a hot fight over the . .
the sum of $4,000. , owt mornmg about 8 o'clock. Judge
, auditor's office, which brought about .
testified that he . . . , Bowman and attorneys in the case
a long series of hearings before the
in question from a reached the court house at about 9
touse and gave no go^rnor; noc,QC.c o'clock when the verdict was read.
The difference between the assess- . ?
ver as to results. . . , , ^ ,nnim. ... The case went to the jury about 6
ments fixed by the tax commission , J
the testimony that, and those entered Qn the tax duplj_ o clock yesterday afternoon and upon
a hybrid, made up | Hampton county by Mr. ^st ballot taken m the jury room It
varieties, and that I Qood ,t wag shown, far int0 was found that the jurors were apart
, determine when the thousands. Tn announcing Fri. views and a compromise verdict
ert to its parents. afternoon that he would not com-!?0"'3 be/eac>ied until 14 hours
stifled for the de- m-ssion Mr Gooding Governor cooper j ^ration in all night session,
ct that they hid stated that there had been no sug.| Judge Bowman announced at reer
kinds of melons ?esUon of Mr. Gooding's direct con- ; ^f. f counsel that as Sa.icitor
nr fnnr vonrc tho .. ... ,. . _ . _ i Hydrick, C. L. Blease. ' Mendel Tj.