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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG-, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921. Established in 1891
Jacob E. Carter Si
E. E. Go
Jacob E. Carter, one of Bamberg
county's most substantial citizens,
was shot twice with buckshot last
Friday afternoon, and probably in- j
stantly killed, at his home in the j
Little Swamp section, about six miles!
from Ehrhardt, in the section recently
annexed to Bamberg county from
Colleton county. E. L. Goodwin, who
resides within sight of the Carter
home, has been charged .by the coroner's
jury with the crime. Mr. Goodwin
had been arrested before the
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charge, and was brought to Bamberg
Friday afternoon late. When the killing
of Mr. Carter was discovered by
a passer-by later in the afternoon, <
Sheriff Ray was notified by authorities
at Ehrhardt, who also conveyed 1
the information that feeling in the i
community was at a high state of
excitement over the crime. The
sheriff hastily considered the matter <
and decided to carry Mr. Goodwin i
to the state penitentiary as a precautionary
measure for safety, and he i
left a few minutes after the message ,
was received, going by a circuitous
Toute to the state capital, where the
prisoner is now lodged.
Mr. Goodwin denies all connection
or knowledge of the affair, which has i
the aspects of being one of the most
brutal murders ever perpetrated in
this county. Mr. Carter was appar- ?
ently shot without warning, as his i
body was lying at a woodpile in his :
yard, the appearance indicating that j i
he had probably been cutting wood. j ]
The axe and a Dile of chopped wood j \
were near his body. 1
An inquest over the body was held ]
Saturday morning by Magistrate L. j,
G. Yarley, of Ehrhardt, the verdict
being that Mr. Carter came to his!.
death from gunshot wounds at the ;
hands of E. L. Goodwin. | \
The body was discovered Fridayj j
afternoon about 4:30 o'clock, and 11
persons in the community are said to ]
have heard shots in the direction of i
Carter's home about 3:00 in the af-h
ternoon. When arrested Mr. Good-1 <
win was in an outbuilding. A sin-j:
gle barreled shot gun was found in' <
his home. Two shots had been fired; i
into the body of the dead man, both j <
penetrating from a slightly backward | i
direction. :
The evidence against Mr. Goodwin i <
is circumstantial. There were, so far j <
as kno^n, no eye-witnesses to the j
tragedy. I;
Mr". Carter was in Bamberg a day !;
or two before the killing, and made|;
RALLY FOR EDUCATION.
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Survey of State Is to Be Aim of New
Organization.
Spartanburg, June 24.?Dr. George;
R. Zooks, of the United States Bureau
of Education, will make an address at 1
the educational rally here, July 15, it;
is announced by Dr. R. P. Pell, presi-j
dent of Converse college.
The meeting will be for the purpose
of memorializing the legislature to
appoint a commission of South Carolinians
to work with as many experts
from the bureau of education as is
necessary in making an educational
survey of the state, with a view to
improving matters pertaining to education.
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R. Goodwyn Rhett, of Charleston, j
will preside over the meeting and;
addresses will be made by Dr. George
B. Cromer, of Newberry; Governor,
Robert A. Cooper, and Dr. H. X. Sny- j
der, of Wofford college, representa-!
tives from all parts of South Carolina j
will be here for the meeting, it is ex-,
pected.
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The Orang-Outang.
It is impossible for an orang-ou- j
tang to stand upright or to turn
about without supporting himself by j
means of his arms; nor does he ever
walk with a stick, as he is often represented.
The number and arrangement
of his teeth are the same as
those of men, but his teeth are all i
stronger, and his eye teeth project j
like those of a beast of prey. Al- j
though possessed of great physical!
strength and very belligerent, thej
orang-outang is a vegetarian, living ;
on fruits, buds and young sprouts, I
but varying his diet by robbing birds' j
nests and hunting insects. In cap- !
tivity he eats soaked rice, milk, raw !
eggs, oranges, dates and is very fond j
of bananas and white bread.
Paris dressmakers are opposing
the suggestion for the return in style
of the tightly laced corsets of the
seventeenth eentury.
hot to Death;
odwin is Accused
complaint to Sheriff Ray that he was
afraid of Mr. Goodwin, and that he
feared for his life, alleging that
threats had been made by Goodwin.
The sheriff advised him to swear out
a peace warrant for Goodwin, and he
said that he would, but it is said that
he later told friends that he would
wait for a while, believing that nothing
would be done by Goodwin. A
person in the community is reported
as having heard Goodwin tell Carter
that unless a sum of money, $175,
alleged by Goodwin to be due him
by Carter, was paid by noon r riaay
he, Goodwin, would kill Carter. It
was brought out at the inquest that
Goodwin's wife went to Carter Friday
concerning the money, which
Carter alleged that he did not owe,
and payment of the same was refused.
A warrant had been issued for.
Goodwin on a charge of issuing a
check -without funds to cover the
same, and it was for this alleged
offense that the magistrate's constable
had arrested Goodwin Friday
afternoon, after the killing, but before
it had become known.
Goodwin is a nephew, by marriage,
of the deceased, and his wife was
the widow of Carter's son by a former
marriage. Mr. Carter is said to
have been very fond of Goodwin's
wife, and that a few years ago assigned
a life insurance policy to her,
on condition that she pay the premiums
on it, the payment to be made
to her upon his death. It was for
payments of this insurance policy,
it is said, that Goodwin claimed Carter
was due him. It is said that the
policy was allowed to lapse a year
or so ago.
Mr. Carter was 71 years of age.
A step-daughter resided with him,
but was absent from home at the
time of the- killing. Mr. Carter's
reputation in the community, and
throughout that section, was of the
highest, and he was generally looked
upon as a high-toned Christian gentleman.
The tragic manner of his
death was the cause of much resentment
in the community, although a
citizen from that section stated Saturday
that he did not believe the
citizens there had any intention of
doing anything rash, that the excitement
was only a natural resentment
of what appeared to be a foul murder.
Mr. Goodwin is well known in
Bamberg, being a frequent visitor to
the city during the past several
years.
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Lightning Strikes Barn at Fairfax.
Heavy Rain Storm.
Fairfax, June 16.?A large barn,
comparatively new, belonging to the
estate of the late C. H. Sanders,
was set on fire late yesterday af-1
ternoon by lightning and was de- j
stroyed with its contents, consisting j
of 2,000 bushels of corn in the ear
and other feedstuff. The fire from
the barn was communicated to another
outbuilding which was also destroyed.
The loss was considerable
and it is said there was no insurance.
There was a heavy fall of rain during
the afternoon of yesterday over a
large area in this section which was,
needed and which will be beneficial
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to tne growing crups wuicu iuutv vu?
promising. The cotton plants are
healthy and flourishing but boll weevils
are already numerous and probably
there will be but little cotton
made.
Young Negro Drowned.
Cope, June 27.?A young negro,
son of Cornelius Carmichael, was
drowned to day at Snake swamp culvert,
about a mile east of Cope,
where the Atlantic Coast Line crosses
the stream. It seems that Carmichael
could not swim but seeing his comrades
enjoying a bath, decided to try
it, and jumped in deep water and his
companions became frightened after
a few fruitless attempts to save him.
drowned in a few minutes. One of his
companions ran up to town and gave
the alarm, several automobiles hurried
down and the body was soon
found.
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Export Taxes on Horses.
London.?A resolution urging the
government to place a tax of not less
than $100 upon every horse or mule
exported from the British isles was
carried at a meeting of various societies
for the protection of animals.
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SAXDEL LOSES CASE.
State Wins Case in Cirucit Court
After Hard Fight.
Columbia, June 26.--^The jury in
the ease of J. O'Xeal Sandel against j
the state of South Carolina brought
in a verdict for the defendant yesterday
in the court of common pleas.
The 12 men filed into the court room'
at 2:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon |
just 19 hours after the hearing was
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the verdict and the jurors, judge and
lawyers departed for their homes.
The Sandel cases have attracted
wide interest in South Carolina. The
plaintiff entered two suiis against
the state of South Carolina uecause
of the alleged death of two of his
children from inoculation with what
the plaintiff claims was impure vaccine.
The first case tried was that
brought because of the death of
Thelma Sandel, resulting in a verdict
for the state. A new trial was
granted by the supreme court and a:
the spring term in Richland county
a verdict for $25,250 was given the
plaintiff. The case completed yesterday
was that brought because of the
death of Minnie Sandel. The state is
to appeal the Thelma Sandel case to
the supreme court.
Sandel sued the state for $50,000
in the case concluded yesterday. The
plaintiff alleged that his daughter,
Minnie, was inoculated with antityphoid
vaccine furnished by the
state laboratory and that she died on
the following day from the effects of
an injection of impure serum. The
inoculation was made by Dr. Brown
ing at Lone Star, Calhoun county, on
or about July 13, 1915, according to
witnesses.
A number of physicians testified at \
the trial. The plaintiff introduced ]
seven witnesses and the defense put
eight on the stand. Attorneys on
both sides contested every legal
point and Judge Townsend ruled on
many points at issue. The trial began
Friday afternoon and the jury
retired at 7:40* o'clock Saturday
night.
It was evident at 9:30 o'clock Saturday
night that little hope was entertained
for a verdict before Sunday
morning. The foreman indicated
to the judge that the 12 men were
divided when he was instructed to
bring in a sealed verdict.
Judge Townsend, Clerk Hinnant
and Sheriff Heise assembled at the
court house yesterday morning at 9
o'clock and the jury was given an additional
charge by request. The 12 1
men retired and at 1 o'clock they
tossed a coin out for soft drinks.
The fluid disappeared and at 2.45
o'clock a rap on the door indicated
that an agreement had been reached.
Court officials were summoned and
the verdict was announced.
Jt1 or loiiou ui\??cis,
Washington, June 23.?Methods of
affording relief to the cotton growers
of the south "were considered at a
meeting today of senators from the
southern states with Secretary Wallace
and Secretary Hoover.
The situation confronting the cotton
growers was canvassed from all
angles and it was agreed that some
means of relief must be immediately
attempted.. The cabinet members
were said to have agreed to the suggestion
put forward by the southern
senators that means be found to enable
banks to make an extension on
the cotton paper now held and also
to place additional credit at the banks
of the growers.
The general belief of those participating
in the conference was described
as favorable to consideration of
the plight of the cotton growers 1 nmediately,
the situation facing the
cattle growers of the west having been
alleviated. It was not believed that
additional legislation would be necessary
and it was thought that action
by congress should be avoided in the
interest of speed.
Senator Smith, South Carolina, who
was largely responsible for today's
meeting, announced tonight that another
conference wrould be called
soon to work out definite details for
affording the necessary relief.
"Down in Front."
j An English playbill of 1734 conj
tains the following: "For the sake
of the convenience of the public, the
first row in the pit are directed to
lie down, the second to kneel, and the
third to stand, so as to enable all
the spectator^ to see the performance.
Laughing is prohibited, as the
play is a tragedy.
More than 45,000 women have
been educated in the Bible Women's
Training school in foreign lands.
AXDEKSOX BAXKEK SUICIDE.
i Lee G. Holleman President of People's
Bank of That City.
Anaerson, June 23.?Lee G. Holle!
man, president of the People's Bank
| of Anderson, shot himself through
| the head Wednesday at 4:20 o'clock
| at a garage in which he had an inter-;
! est. There was no one in the garage ;
!" at the time. A man across the street
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! heard the shot and ran across to the'
| garage. Mr. Holleman was dead j
when he reached him, one bullet from j
a .32 calibre revolver having gone!
' through his head, entering the right
ear and coming out through the left, j
%There was a director's meeting of j
the bank at 4 o'clock. The directors i
were waitine for Mr. Holleman when
they heard of the death. E. P. Vandiver,
vice president of the bank says
the bank is solvent and no one need
worry over the condition of the bank.
In the pocket of Mr. Holleman's
coat was a note to his wife with this
inscription on the envelope: "May >
the great God protect you and forgive
me for what I am going to do."
It is thought that hard work, financial
stringency and strain were the
cause of the act. Mr. Holleman was
of a jovial disposition and was the
last man in the community that would
would have been thought to have
taken his own life.
- Mr. Holleman was 49 years of age,
I having been born in Walhalla January
4, 1872. He moved to Anderson
in 1892 where he became a bookkeeper
in a mercantile establishment. In
1899 he was one of the organizers of
the People's Bank of Anderson, and
I was assistant cashier and bookkeeper
until 1906. At that time he became
the first bank examiner of South
Carolina, being appointed for a term
of four years. He served only two
years and then returned to Ander-|
son to become president of the People's
Bank, an institution which under
his direction became one of the
strongest banks' in northwestern
South Carolina.
Menace of Fly.
Human carelessness is charged
,with the menace of the house fly, in
the little treatise of the Florida board
of health. Through carelessness the
fly is permitted to find suitable-breeding
places, is given access to filth laden
with germs of tuberculosis, typhoid,
dysentery or diarrhoea, and is
allowed to pass the germs on to man.
In a well sewered city the fly is of less
consequence because infected filth is
placed out of reach. Beginning a
week or ten days after her appearance,
the fly lays three or four batchi
es of eggs, of perhaps 120 each, and it
is estimated that nine-tenths of these
eggs are laid in horse manure. Eggs
hatch in eight to 12 hours, the adult
I stage, when the Ay emerges full size
j from the pupa, being reached in ten
to 14 days. Flies are prodigious
feeders. They will suck in half their
weight in liquid, and much that is
taken pases through the body unchanged.
Thus germs picked up may
be contained, still living, in fly
specks. A single fly may deposit 50
fly specks a day, and in addition as
many as 100 lighter colored regurgitation
spots. Besides this, body and
fppt mav carry infection from open
sewers.
Xortheiu Baptists Headed by Woman.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 27.?A precedent
was established by the Northern
Baptist convention today when
Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery, of
Rochester, N. Y., was elected president.
She received 939 of the 1,140
votes cast. At the same time'the convention
was presided over by Mrs. M.
Grant Edmands, of Pasadena, Cal., a
vice president, after E. L. Tustin, of
Philadelphia, retiring president, had
I been stricken with a severe illness.
Other officers elected included:
Recording secretary, the Rev. M. A.
Levey, Pittsfield, Mass.; statistical
secretary, the Rev. C. A. Walker,
West Chester, Pa.; and treasurer,
Frank L. Miner, Des Moines.
Seattle, Wash., was selected for the
1922 meeting.
The Bain of Blood Explained.
The "Rain of Blood," a curious
' phenomenon of south France and
I Italy, occurred recently at Monte
Carlo and Mentone. After the downpour
ceased the roofs, roads, gardens
and shrubs of the Riviera were covered
with sticky crimson. The superstitious
inhabitants of the gambling
metropolis were much terrified. There
is. however, a scientific explanation
which is perfectly satisfactory. It is
that the rain clouds had been saturated
with red sand from the Sahara
desert.
Clemson College j
Say Molass
As to whether or not the method
of applying molasses and calcium arsenate
to cotton for poisoning the
boll weevil is effective, The Herald
cannot say. It has presented the
method to the farmers as information
only, its only purpose being to offer
all the information on the subject
that can be secured.
In order that the planters may be
in possession of both sides of the matter,
we are printing below a statement
recently issued by the Clemson
college extension authorities, in
which the statement is made that the
sweet poisoning method is not only
nothing new, but is ineffective as
well.
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^ As The Herald has previously stated,
there is a wide difference of opinion
concerning the molasses poisoning;
some say it is all right and others
say it is no good, and The Herald
has given it as its opinion that inas-;
much as a trial is not at all costly, j
every farmer should experiment to
his own satisfaction. He can then ascertain
the comparative results.
The article referred to follows:
"The use of sweetened poison for j
the boll weevil is nothing new, but is i
nearly a quarter of a century old,
says Prof. A. F. Conradi, chief entomologist,
in regard to the current1
discussions as to poisons. As far
back as 1898, poisoned sweets were
employed early in the season applied
by means of a stick, a few drops on
each cotton plant. The only difference
between the concoctions of those
days and the formula recommended
at this time is in the particular materials
used. Then the principal for!mula
consisted of molasses and paris
green, or molasses'and white arsenic.
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probably because of its very
SWEET POTATO PROFITABLE.
Fanners Asked to Grow Needful Produet
This Season.
Columbia, June 23.?The sweet potato,
the coming "money crop" of the
south, is to be given first attention
under the cooperative marketing programme
of the South Carolina Development
Board and Chamber of
Commerce, according to an announcement
made at the Columbia headquarters
of this statewide organization
yesterday. The selection of the sweet
potato as the first diversified farm
product to be handled under a modified
"California plan," is the result
of a recent conference between the1
executive committee of the - board- I
chamber and the directors of the
South Carolina Sweet Potato Association,-when
the good offices of the j
former were placed at the disposal
of the latter organization.
The potato marketing activity of
the board-chamber is to be under the
direction of FJ. E. Horton, the new
manager of the organization, who will
work in close cooperation with the
officers of the Potato Association in
solving what is probably the most
urgent agricultural problem confronting
South Carolina at the present
time.
With a sweet potato crop of over
7,000,000 bushels last year, about 3,500,000
bushels were marketed, less
then 50 car loads or approximately
30,000 bushels were sold outside of
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tne staie. ine iasK ii> ue uiiucnaacu
by the Board-Chamber in cooperation
with the Potato Association and i
other agencies, is to first place the
state's crop in a marketable condition,
and second, to find an outside market
for this year's surplus, which from
present estimates will greatly exceed
that of last season.
Preliminary steps of the campaign
to fill all of the "curing" houses of
the state with uniformly graded sweet
potatoes, are now under way. As a
result, it is hoped to not only reduce
the large wastage of recent years, but
to provide at least 500,000 bushels of
South Carolina's coming "money
| crop" for sale beyond the borders of
| the state. !
| While the work of growing the crop |
and contracting for the filling of the
curing houses, in going on, plans are
| to be perfected for marketing the
"sweets" produced to the best advantage.
A study of this important
question discloses the fact that up
until the present time praeically no
concerted effort has been made to enter
the northern market or increase
the southern consumption, as the
south has used practically all the
4uthorities
es Method N. G.
complicated nature was made of molasses,
paris green, white arsenic,
and arsenate of lead. All of these
poisons have arsenic as the active
ingredient, and no one has ever been
able to see why all this array of compounds.
"As the early application of sweetened
poison killed a certain percentage
of weevils, it appealed to
many farmers in each state whenever
the boll weevil appeared. Each
year as new territory has been invaded
by the weevil and new groups
of farmers have became panicky,
theV have been inclined to nibble at
the bait on almost any hook that is
thrown out to them, but so far as
sweets are concerned there is no
evidence that boll weevils have been
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attracted by them. So in'the course
of 24 years sweetened poison has not
gained much recognition though the
weevil has invaded eleven states. In
fact sweetened poison has seldom v
paid the expenses of treatment and it
has therefore been generally abandoned.
"Instead of any of the special poisons
now advocated by some, the use
of calcium arsenate is strongly recommended,
says Prof. Conradi, although
calcium arsenate has no
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SICdLCl CUSCIlii; WUICUL LLLdU j/a,i i?
green and white arsenic of the
earlier day. Poisoning in the heavily
infested, high yielding land will be of
very great help in producing a cotton
crop provided the poisoning is
done properly, but regardless of the
amount of poisoning one intends to
do, it is urged that every farmer
stand by his crop and give it better
attention than ever befoYe. Poisoning
can never be depended upon to
secure a cotton crop, unless the cot- .
ton is on good land and under a
system of good farm management."
NO NEW TRIAL FOR RIGHAM.
Circuit Judge Refuses Motion Based
on Alleged Statements by Jurors.
Florence, June 22.?Judge S./W*
G. Shipp, of the Twelfth South Carolina
judicial circuit in a decision filed
with the clerk of court this afternoon
denied a motion of Attorney A. L.
King for a new trial for E. D. Bigham
who is under death sentence in
the state penitentiary for the murder
of his mother, brother, sister and /
two adopted children. The motion
for a new trial was argued before
Judge Shipp June 11. An appeal
from the judgment and sentence of *
the court in the Bigham case is now
pending in the supreme court.
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POSTOFFICES TO CHANGE.
Florence, Greenwood and Rock HUT
To Go Up.
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Washington,. June 16.?Effective
July 1, Florence, Greenwood, and
Rock Hill, S. C., will be raised from
second to first class postoffices; Batesburg,
Easley, Mullins, St. Matthews,
Seneca, and Timmonsville will be
raised from third class to second
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class; Barnwell will drop from sec*' >.
'$2
ond to third class and Moultrieville
from third to fuorth class.
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War Against the Wild Boar.
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A systematic warfare is about to
be waged in France against the wild
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been bunted, in a way, from time immemorial
but not with sufficient activity
to exterminate them. The
beasts are very savage and they are
a source of trouble all the time, invading
the farms and stealing the
cattle and fowls. The government
has taken the matter in hand and the
savage beasts are to be driven into
the western outposts.
"pit," and recently the "cured"
sweets it produced. Large quantities
of sweet potatoes are now marketed
in the north from New Jersey, Delaware
and the eastern shore of Virginia,
one company alone selling over
1,000,000 barrels last year. South
Carolina will have to meet this comnptition
during the fall months, but,
with its delicious, sugary, "Porto
RicS Sweet" once known, it has nothing
to fear and can push its product
to the limit during ?the months of
January, February, March and April.
The sweet potato can, and under the
proposed marketing programme of
the Board-Chamber, is to be made
one of the important cash crops of
South Carolina. .
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