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9 (HItp lambrrg i^rralii $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921. Established in 1891 Killing the Boll \ Calcium Arsei A good bit of enthusiasm has been | prevalent among the farmers during j the past few days. Experiments have j been made by a number of farmers with a mixure of calcium arsenate and plain molasses in the fight against the boll weevil. All the experiments are said to have been successful, and every farmer who ahs tried the poison is highly elated over the results. It is a pretty general \ belief that where the mixture is used, j the farmer has good reason to hope! for success in his fight with Mr. B. Weevil. This method of poisoning the wee- j ?-1 ? -e?? /"? ~^^ ic I vii uuuius irurn ucuigia, n ucic il 10 ; said a preacher hit upon the idea of | using bait for attracting the weevil j to the poison. The Augusta Chronicle has given wide publicity to the method, and it states unequivocally that the method is a success. Farmers in many parts of Georgia are using the method on a large scale this season, and it is said that weevils are being killed out literally by the millions. The method is to use a mixture of calcium arsenate, water and molasses. This is mopped on the bud of j each cotton plant. The theory is that j the w-eevil will be attracted by the j molasses, and in a short time after partaking of the dainty morsel the weevil is hors du combat. While the method has been laughed at by many, the theory is no more complex than that involved in baiting flies to tanglefoot paper, or to poison set out in saucers or plates. The originator of the molasses method discovered, accidentally or otherwise, it is said, that the weevil is very found of molasses. When he found that this was a fact, the idea occurred to him that j if molasses were applied to a stalk of! cotton the weevils would go to it, | the same as a fly will go to a lump of sugar; the plan of mixing poison; with the molasses was a natural consequence to the discovery that the weevils like molasses. The formula as published a number! of times in the Augusta Chronicle is as follows: Mix two pounds of calcium arsenate with one quart of water; then mix this with one gallon of mo- j lasses. Some farmers are advocating using two quarts of water, instead of one, to two pounds of calcium arsenate and a gallon of molasLIVE NEWS FROM DENMARK. J Shelling Plant to be Ereceted?Town is After New Depot. Denmark, June 15.?The Pond i Bros. Peanut Company has about concluded arrangements for the erection of a peanut shelling plant to be located here. This plant has a ca-j pacity of thirty tons per day and will j furnish a ready market for peanuts' in this section. The town authorities are making a strenuous effort to compel the rail- j roads to comply with their agreement made several years ago to build a new union station. This is very badly needed as the town has outgrown the present station. The Methodist church is making quite an improvement on its building. This building when completed ?ill "U ~ nivfoan Qnn^av CPVlflol ^ Win Lid V C OiAlctu uu.iiuw..' rooms besides other improvements. This will be one of the most modern buildings in the state. The commencement exercises for the Denmark High school will be held this week. There are six members of the graduating class to receive diplomas. LEGION COMMANDER KILLED. Loses Life When Car Goes Over Embankment. Indianapolis, June 9.?F. W. Galbraith, Jr., national commander of the American Legion, was killed and Henry J. Ryan, of Indianapolis, national director of the lesion's Amer icanism commission, and Milton J. Foreman, of Chicago, national committeeman of the legion from Illi. nois, were injured when an automobile in which they were riding went over a steep embankment here early this morning. The three men were returning to the city from the Country Club in Mr. Ryan's car. The car failed tfl make a slight turn in the road and ran over the curbing, across the sidewalk, and turned over several times, landing at the foot of a 20 foot embankment. Veevil With late and Molasses ses. This can be easily determined by experiment. The results are seen in a short time. This mixture is applied with a mop to the bud of each stalk, the bud being the center of the plant, and the usual abode of the weevil. Monday morning several Bamberg farmers tried out the method. It was applied to some stalks of cotton on which were as many as four weevils, if ic eoiri fh at a\r&r\' TVPPVll miielv CLJJLLL H i. O ouiu luw ^ * j .. ww . ^ ly went to the molasses, and that they were dead as a result of their repast in a short time afterward. It is stated that cotton fields may be treated with poison by this method for fifty cents per acre. The original formula called for one pound of calcium arsenate, but experiments by Georgia farmers seem to indicate that two pounds is the better investment. The Herald invites all farmers who have tried the method to write us the results they have achieved. If the experiments are as successful as it is indicated, the method will be worth thousands of dollars to Bamberg county farmers. For after all is said and done about other crops, this section of the country is a cotton section, and nothing else quite takes the place of the good old crop. The molasses plan is meeting with success in other parts of the state. A few days ago a Batesburg 6rm made an experiment with the idea, and the result is reported as follows: "Following our conversation yesX 5 A n T*r< ATI O t A r\ f no 1 terUciy \N t? LI1CU iuc O.L OCUQ ig wi. v-M.* cium with the molasses mixture yesterday afternoon putting a small amount on one stalk of cotton and covering the same with a wire cage and put eight boll weevils inside the cage in a bottle. One of the weevils stayed in the bottle, another got out and got fastened up in the top between the wire and the frame where we found him this morning and the other six got on the stalk and we found these dead. The two which did not get any of the poison last night we put on the stalks this morning and they got a taste of the poison and they died in about four hours afterwards. According to our way of figuring only six of these got any of the poison and resulted in a perfect score of dead weevils." SOLVES "SERPENT TOMR," Grave in Savannah Cemerery That of Bulloch. * Savannah, June 9.?There is no longer any mystery about the "serpent tomb" in Colonial cemetery that has figured in legends and tales of early Savannah life for more than a century. The mystery has been solved by the cutting into the marble the name of the person in whose memory it was erected. It rests over the remains of a kinsman of Theodore Roosevelt. The inscription placed on the stone | says. "Archibald Bulloch, first presi| dent of Georgia 1776-1777. Born in | South Carolina 1730. Died in Savani nah 1777. Patriot, soldier, states| man. Georgians, let the memory of : Archibald Bulloch live in your j breasts. Tell your children of him 1 and let others tell another generation." Until this inscription was cut the monument consisted of an obelisk twelve feet high, with a snake in circular form on each side. Each snake was in the act of swallowing itself. Miss Emma Bulloch, of Washington, D. C., great-great-grand-daughter of Archibald Bulloch, came to Savannah and had the inscription inserted. Archibald Bulloch was the great-grand-father of Mittle Bulloch, the mother of Theodore Roosevelt. The tomb, with its encircling snakes typifying enternitv, has aroused the greatest interest for generations and many fanciful legends as to its origin and the identity of him who rested under the stone have been extant. Miss Bulloch says there has never 1 ~ mrcforv in Vi Pr fflmilv flhollf UfCIl CU1.V in iiv? the tomb. g i?? ? ? Mason Found (*uilTy. Hampton. June 9.?The case of the state against TV. A. Mason, former county treasurer.-charged with failure | to turn over funds to his successor | was tried here on Tuesday. The trial consumed the entire day and resulted in a verdict of guilty. Counsel for defendant immediately gave notice oi motion for a new trial and sentence has not been passed by the court pending the hearing of this motion. KILLS WIFE AND COMMITS SUICIDE I>. PRESTOX BERRY AUTHOR OF DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Jealousy As Cause Seven-Year-Old Daughter Finds Her Mother and Father Dead Monday Morning. Orangeburg, June 14.?D. Preston Berry, a young farmer of the Xeeces section, Sunday night or Monday morning shot and instantly killed his wife and then committed suicide by firing a bullet through his brain. It is alleged that Berry was enraged through jealousy and shot his wife probably early Monday morning. The father and mother were found early Monday morning by a sevenyear-old daughter, the mother lying in the bed, her baby in her arms, with a bullet through her temples, and the father sprawled out upon the floor with a pistol ball through his brain. Only two unloaded shells were found in the pistol, and it was the pistol of D. P. Berry. The shooting created quite a stir in that community, and one Spires was arrested, but f Vl A Ollfll AT?if 1 AC QTAr? Arftllr V\aK AtTA LLL& auiuui iuco 5cuci an; ucnc ? ^ iuul Berry shot and killed his wife and then took his own life. They were white people of good standing in their community. The shooting took place about fifteen miles from Orangeburg, just out of the town of Neeces. NEWS OF WEEK IN OLAR. Revival at Methodist Church.?Social and Personal Items. Olar, June 15.?Rev. S. 0. Cantey, of the Bamberg Methodist church, is holding a special series of services at Olar during this week, having delivered a preparatory talk Monday evening. Among those who have been away attending the various colleges of this state, the following have returned to Olar for their summer vacations: Misses Marie Bessinger, Eloise Kirkland, Emmie Lynes, Mary Neeley and Daisy Rizer; and Julian Cave, Girard Hartzog, David Lain and Griggsby Milhous. H. 0. Morris, who graduates from the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, Louisville, Ky., made a short and hurried trip to town a few days since. We all understand now why it was so hurried. The brother had scarcely reached the middle northwest when a telegram was flashed back that he was happily married to Miss Alma Black, one of Bamberg's most charming young women. We are no weather prophet, but we consider that anyone who tried to sleep last evening is qualified to discuss the subject, whether dispassionately or not. Our local "Hambone" 'lows as how this is "cottonin' weather," but, please, Mr. Weatherman, do not forget that some things are affected adversely by your cotton smiles?"use discretion." Yes, we still plant boll weevil food, while all around us others gather in the coin from lettuce, cucumbers, potatoes and melons, while some of us are garnering oats to the tune of seventy measures per acre. Likewise, hogs are allowed to grow up rather promiscuously, very few really being in the swine business. Business in these parts is getting to be normal, or perhaps more prop, erly, normal is getting down to present business. It is the same in either case. After all, normal is what we are most accustomed to?and a smile , from a grouch would be considered , quite abnormal. Dr. C. C. Brown Dead. Richmond, Va., June 14.?The rt jt _ , Rev. C. C. Brown, D. jj., one or me best known Baptist ministers of the south, died at a hospital here today, where he underwent an operation a few weeks ago. His body will be taken to Sumter, S. C., for burial. Dr. Brown spent practically his en' tire ministerial career as pastor of ! the First Baptist church in Sumter, . having served that church about 4 0 I years, and this being the only pastorl ate he ever had. In late years, how ever, he devoted much of his time to developing a fund for aged min* isters of the Baptist denomination in - South Carolina. He was a writer of note. OLD MAN'S DEATH LAID TO FAMILY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW HELD IN GREENVILLE. Bail Not Yet Asked Coroner to Continue Investigation in Greenville Later in the Week. Greenville, June 10.?As a result of a two day investigation by Sheriff Rector and Coroner Vaughn, and on a warrant charging murder in connection with the death early Wednesday morning of Charles M. Shipman, 65, near Chick Springs, Ship man's son-in-law, W. W. Taylor, 35, and Shipman's daughter, Mrs. Taylor, have been taken into custody. Taylor is in the county jail today and his wife in the detention home. The warrant was sworn put by Buel Shipman, of Woodside, brother of the dead man, who stoutly denied that his brother was ever at any .time guilty of a statutory offense with which Taylor charged him. Buel Shipman told officers that he has learned from a reliable source that threats had been made against his brother's life previous to the finding of his lifeless body hanging to a low cedar tree in the rear of Taylor's home. Shipman's body was found in that situation early Wednesday morning, and it at first appeared that he had Jianged himself. An official investigation was started, which developed the fact, admitted by both, that Taylor and his wife had had trouble with Shipman on the day preceding the tragedy. Taylor at that time says that he ordered his father-in-law to leave his home, where he had been livino- o n r? tn loavo thp stntP flnd TlP XI ? ixx& , xxxxvx. .v?.v VXXV w, swore out a warrant for Shipman, charging him with a statutory offense. Both Taylor and his wife, however, stoutly deny that they have any knowledge whatever as to how Shipman came to his death. Coroner Vaughn impaneled a jury yesterday and started an inquest into the case. After the testimony of Dr. H. L. Brockman, of Greer, had been taken, the inquest was suspended until next Wednesday morning, at which time it is to proceed at 10 o'clock in Greer. Dr. Brockman testified before the coroner's jury that Shipman came to his death by strangulation. however, parts of the man's vital organs have been sent to the state laboratories in Columbia for testing to ascertain if he was poisoned. Officers advance the theory that Shipman could not have tied the rope to the cedar tree limb from which he was hanged, because his left arm was paralyzed and was of no service to him. They also say that other hron/>lioa wore -cHf-hitf a fpw inches o! VI UIXVULVU ?? V M. ft _ the body as it hung from the tree and that a man in a death struggle would have reached out and helped himsell by these means. Both the sheriff and the coronei stated today that they plan to proceed with their investigations in the hope of bringing new evidence tc light before the inquest is resumed next Wednesday. No ecorts to obtain release on bonds have yet beer made by the Taylors, though the} have retained the law firm of Cothran, Dean & Wvche to represenl them. Thn mbo Tpprjirflpri as nothinsr un usual at the outset, Is growing more interesting to the public, and several hundred persons viewed the body o) Shipman before the coroner permittee its burial. LARGE VERDICT RENDERED. Mrs. Oliver Gets $25,000 From Sea board Air Line. Orangeburg, June 9.?Civil court which has been in session in thh city since last Monday, has disposec of a large number of small cases. 1 case of wide interest was that of Mrs Bertha L. Oliver against the Seaboart Air Line railway and John Barr.oi Payne, as agent, which began yester day afternoon, and was concludec this afternoon. Mrs. Oliver was in jured in a wreck, in which quite i number of people was hurt, it is al leged, near Savannah, when the fas Seaboard train jumped the tracl about twenty miles below Savannah The case was hard fought from be ginning to end. A verdict of $25,00* was given Mrs. Oliver, the largest ver diet ever given in this county. i ? Greater Carlisle L $45,000 He Announcement was made Tuesday morning that the drive for the raising of $45,000 for Greater Carlisle had been postponed until early fall. A combination of circumstances made the postponement of the drive advisable. It is anticipated that the campaign will be inaugurated in tne early fall, at which time it is believed no difficulty will be encountered in raising the necessary sum to p^ce Carlisle in the college class. All arrangements had been made to inaugurate trie drive tnis morning between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, but Monday several conferences were held between school auPEACE RESOLUTION PASSED. Three South Carolina Representatives Support Resolution. Washington, June 13.?By a vote of exactly 5 to 1 the house tonight passed the Porter resolution to terminate the state of .war between the United States and the Central powers. As a substitute for the Knox resolution, already passed by the senate, repealing the declaration of war it was put through 305 to 61, as a Republican measure with the loss of only one Republican vote, Keller, of Michigan. Forty-nine Democrats joined in the landslide. First throwing out on a point of order a motion by Representative Flood, Democrat, Virginia, to send the resolution back to committee with instructions to report a substitute requesting the president to negotiate with the enemy countries for a treaty of peace, the house voted down, 254 to 112, another proposal relating to disarmament. There was no debate on the latter motion, which provided for an amendment to the pending measure reserving the right under the treaty of Versailles "to enter into an agreement with Germany and her allies and the powers associated with the United States in the war for joint disarmament." The vote of the Democratic leadership to hold the party in line against the resolution failed, and the minority crumpled on roll calls. The crack of the gavel ending two solid days of debate which leaders agreed had not changed one vote, brought . a sigh of relief to weary members. ' ? - - X ; springing a surprise at cue iaai , moment, Chairman Porter, of the foreign affairs committee in charge , of the fight, presented Representative Burke Cockran to make the closing argument for passage of the , resolution. There had been talt during the day that Mr. Cockrar would not be found in line with his t party but putting him forward tc . end the debate upset calculations. Ir ( the end, however, the New YorP , member did not actually vote, as he , was paired. . Mr. Kelly, who is chairman of the house conferees at work on the nava bill, with its disarmament amend . ment, made a bitter attack on the resolution declaring congress woulc I live to apologize for its act, whicl | he described as making peace with t mere clasp of the hand, after the fashion of professional wrestlers. | The principal attack on the reso lution was based by Democrats 01 L the ground that it did not properl: protect American rights and tha' the United States in attempting te negotiate a treaty with German: j and her allies would sit down witl p feet and hands tied, and withou u *.~ V.^ fhn ri^ht WOT1 b1 j UbIIig <1UIC LU 11U1U tuv ? aqmv % war. Republicans held, however that all rights were safeguarded. Representative Garrett, Tennessee acting Democratic leader, Represen tative Connally, Democrat, Texas and Mr. Flood made the principa speeches against the resolution, al declaring that the chief argumen , in support of its adoption was tha 3 it would pave the way for greate 1 trade with Germany. l Failure of the senate to acecpt th< . house substitute will send the whol< 3 question of peace to conference. Mos i of the Republican speakers declare< - congress ought not to repeal th< 1 war declaration itself holding i - wojuld be regarded as a repudiatioi i of the war but Democrats remindei - them that a Republican house twic< t had adopted a peace resolution wit] t that provision. Among the 49 Democrats who vot - ed for the resolution were: Crisr ) Georgia; Dominick, South Carolina - Fulmer, South Carolina; Larser Georgia; Lankford, Georgia; Logar Grille For is Been Postponed thorities, city council and citizens, with the result that it was considered advisable to wait for a few monhs. The Methodist educational drive has ! just been consumated with success in I Bamberg, the depressing weather, ' and some other local conditions were taken into account, and as the authorities are very anxious | that the campaign shall meet with ; the full approval of all the people, it was practically the unanimous opin 4-1 j. ?mi i? i? ? I iuu mat cunuiuuiis win ue iar more I favorable during the fall months. It is likely that the same organization will remain in effect, ready to put on I the campaign on some date to be flxj ed in the near future. SOLDIERS ROB CIVILIAN. i Calhoun Man Stripped and Left in Woods. St. Matthews, June 12.?While on his way to Sandy Run Lutheran church today a young man by the name of Livingston was held up by three soldiers from Camp Jackson and brutally beaten, stripped of his * clothing, robbed of the car in whcih he was riding, tied hand and foot, and left in the woods. Young Livingston ' was engaged in carrying relatives to : and from church. He had taken some of his people home and was returning for another load. He overtook the three soldiers and was ordered to stop. They got in the car, taking the back seat. After they had got ?** in, one of them struck Livingston in the head with a pistol, rendering i him unconscious. They then took i charge of the car and drove into the nraa/^o noop Orirl nio'e orkT*i? <ro nil tVl A ' I UV/UO iltUI VX 1UUiO O tj^/i ni^tj vu vmv . state road. The boy was stripped of his clothing and tied hand and foot. . He was then left. After the party . had gone the boy regained conscious. ness, worked himself free and went ;; to a negro house and gave the . alarm. Sheriff Hill was immediately . notified and was soon upon the scene, j Upon his arrival he was informed that the soldiers in the stolen car had already passed through St. Matthews and were on their way to Charleston. . He communicated at once with citizens at Elloree, who wraylaid the road. , In a few minutes the soldiers appeared. Magistrate Evars and Rural Po^ liceman Ballard had assembled a good . j force, and when the soldiers appeared, found themselves at once in their . clutches. Sheriff Hill was soon on > the scene and arrived in Elloree with[ in a few minutes after the soldiers were arrested. They had in their possession on ordinary .32 Smith & * } Wesson pistol, two hand bags and the clothes of the assaulted boy. The L men admitted the assault and made , statements, giving their names, ad) dresses, and the details of the afL fair, as above stated. The names as given are Herbert * Annie, Brockton, Mass.; Leslie W. Edson, Whitman, Mass.; G. B. Logan, . 3 Eureka, Cal. ' 1 Logan says that he is the one that struck the boy, but says that the otha ers assisted in the other parts of the " j-: rv? -it -n ? + tt of Qon/ltr I anair. rne enure cummuun,; a* I Run at once turned out to give the II sheriff all assistance possible and the 3 sheriff states that cooperation on the part of citizens both at Sandy Run and Elloree was splendid. The men 1 are tonight in jail here under war7 rants charging them with the offense. t Considerable excitement prevailed 3 for a time throughout the community. i PEURIFOY DENIES MOTION. t j Sentences White Men to Prison Terms Appeals to Be Made. Hampton, June 11.?Judge Peuri" foy this morning overruled the mo? tion for a new trial in the case of * state versus W. A. Mason, former * county treasurer, found guilty of fail* ure to turn over to his successor, and sentenced the defendant to pay a fine r of $1,000 and to serve 12 months on the chaingang or in the state penitene tiary. Notice was given that an ape peal would be made and bond was * fixed at $4,000. J ? 9 % 1 The motion for a new iriai waa e overruled by Judge Peurifoy this * morning also in the case of the state a against Wilbur* J. Stokes, convicted 3 this week of manslaughter, and the e defendant was given eight years, k Bond was fixed at $5,000 pending appeal to the supreme court. >, South Carolina; Overstreet, Georgia; ; Park, Georgia; Smithwick, Florida; t, Upshaw, Georgia, and Vinson, Geort, gia. * -tfl' i