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$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
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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 ^
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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,
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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:
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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
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the tomb.
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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
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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
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, 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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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. 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
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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.
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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.
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