The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 08, 1921, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
y . Volume 30. Xo. 36.
Thursdey, September 8,1921
We don't think the domestic relations
between South Carolina and
Georgia will be seriously disturbed
by Judge Hammond, of Augusta.
The judge positively will not let well
enough alone. However, the judge's
latest article contains much of truth,
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as everyone will nave to aamn. ne
says that his main idea was to draw
from Governors Cooper and Hardwick
a strong expression against mob
violence, and the judge further says
that in this he has unequivocally
failed.
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Far be it from us to criticise any
decision of the state supreme court,
and we do not question the wisdom
t of its judgment. However, it appears
to us that under the decision in the
Williamson case, wherein it is held
that a man cannot be forced to
trial for a capital offence when his
wife is unable to attend court, that
there is a possibility of a man escaping
trial at all. Suppose, for instance,
that a prisoner's wife was an
invalid and unable to ever attend
court.- Under this decision, would it
be possible to ever force him to
trial?
? ?o?
Speaking of state politics, The Herald
hears it on good authority that
the Hon. Asburv F. Lever is consid
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ing the matter of entering the gubernatorial
arena next year. Mr.
Lever was for years a congressman
from South Carolina, a position he
held with honor to himself and the
state. He entered the race for United
States senator against Senator
Tillman, but withdrew at the personal
request of President Wilson. Later
he withdrew from congress to accept
a government position in connection
with the farm loan system which he
holds at the present time.
Our idea about it is that next
year's politics are going to be very
interesting. Everything points in
? \ that direction. There are some
things about the state government
that we have a verv clear idea the
people are getting tired of. It is I
just such conditions as these that put
the demagogue in power. The state
government, under the plea of "progress,"
has run away with itself. Apparently
there is no?stopping place.
The government seems to be unaware
, of the fact that the war is over, and
that the unworked-for-dollar is no
more. The Herald stands for progress,
but it stands for progress of a
... sane and conservative kind. Under
the head of "progress" the state is
paying thousands ot dollars in useless
salaries and expenses. ' There are
J commissions upon commissions, and I
then some more commissions, the j
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only real actions of which the general
public can discern is the drawing of
^ salaries and expenses. Unless some
. good man will make the campaign
* ifor governor next year on a conservative,
sane platform somebody is
going to be elected that the state will
not be proud of.
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The Herald was glad to see a party
of York county farmers here last
week. "Upon visits to the upper part
of the state residents of southern
Carolina have been distressed to note
the apparent lack of appreciation of
the devastation of the boll weevil.
We have heard many folks in the
Piedm,ont and northern sections of
the state say that they were immune
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expected to see the weevils doing
damage there. The fact is the weevil
is already there, and has done
tremendous damage this year. So far
as we can judge nothing has been
done in the upper part of !he state in
preparation of the cotton pest. We
fancy that the party of farmers who
saw with their own eyes what the
weevil is doing here will have a new
vision of farming. Much of the damage
by the weevil in this section could
' have been averted by a full realization
of the effects of the pest years
ago. As it is, though .the bulk of
farmers had to be shown, this county
realized several years ago that cotton
was a back number so far as a
money crop is concerned, and our information
is that Bamberg county is
in far better condition than many
others this year.
International Diet.
Two Tommies turned punsters
went into a restaurant over on the
eastern front and said to the waiter,
"We want Turkey with Greece."
The waiter replied, "Sorry, sirs,
but we can't Servia."
"Well, then, get the Bosphorus."
The boss came and heard their
order and then said, "I don't want to
Russia, but you can't Roumania." So
the two Tommies went away Hungary.?Commerce
and Finance.
j NO TRUCE FOR YORK COUPLE.
j Husband and Wife Decide to Separate
After Battle and Court Scene.
York, Sept. 2.?The pitched battle
waged several days ago between John
j Kelly and his wife, Josephine, nej
groes, which ebbed and flowed with
! varying fortune until the feminine
I gladiator scored a clean knockout,
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this being accomplished Dy wieiamg
a smoothing iron against John's head
such force as to split the extemporiz!
ed weapon, has had a sequel in the
parting of the two, each declaring it
intolerable to live with the other.
They went separate ways, leaving the
little cabin lonely and deserted. When
the details of the combat were aired
before a magistrate here a few days
ago, that official advised them to
make terms of peace or at least to
agree to an armistice, but they decided
that separation was the better
course.
Asked today to explain his action
in the matter, Jonn Kelly, who is a
well known character, was sententious
and emphatic. "Ah done stood
all ah could on aat oman, ne ueclared,
"an' 'cided to leave fo ah got
kilt. When she tuk an' hit wif dat
iron ah thought ah was gone. Ah
saw bright lights all 'roun' me and
way off ah could heah music. So ah
left an' ah'm tellin' you John is stayin'
gone." J
That w*as John's version; it was all]
variance with Josephine's. "Ah lef'j
dat ol* nigger kaze of his meanness,"
she asserted vehemently. "His
head's dat hard ah done dented all
my frying pans on it an' las' ah busted
my iron. He's got to pay for dat
iron, too."
People who have viewed the said
iron say it is a complete wreck.
DIES IX ACCIDENT.
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Prominent Farmer of Calhoun County
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St. Matthews, Sept. 3.?While attempting
to get a shot at a hawk
which had been bothering the chickens
around his home, Thomas T.
Hane, of Fort Motte, accidentally received
a gun wound this afternoon
which instantly ended his life. Mr.
Hane had finished his noon meal and
was resting at his home. A member
of the family 'called to him that a
hawk which had been giving trouble
in the chicken yard was again making
a raid. Mr. Hane took up his
automatic gun and started out in
quest of the hawk. After having
searched for some time he did not I
find the hawk and evidently decided
that he would go over to the home
of W. C. Hane, Jr., only a few hundred
feet away.
Xo one saw him when he attempted
to cross the board fence, but
from the position in which he was
found, it would indicate that he had
mounted the gate to climb over and
that the gun had slipped from his
hand and fallen to the ground, the
ovnlncinn hpino- paused hv the imDaCt
with the ground. The load took effect
in the left side of the neck, severing
the large artery and death being
almost instant. When found his
arms were hanging over the top
board and his feet were in the opening
between the first and second
boards and the gun was lying on the
ground. A few moments after the
explosion of the gun was heard one
of his hands happened to be passing
and' saw his predicament. W. C.
Hane, Jr., Was at once notified and
tvqc unnn thp spptip within a few mo
n^ents but the wounded man had expired.
NEGRO SHOOTS WIFE.
Body Then Left in Ditch By Roadside
Balance of Night.
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Laurens, Sept. 4.?After killing his
wife by shooting her dead in the
public road, near the Huff place in
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Friday night, George C. Smith, negro,
immediately rode to the home
of X. B. Wood, magistrate of Sullivan
township, and surrendered himself
and requested the officer to take him
at once to the county jail at Laurens.
Accompanied by the negro's landlord,
J. H. Carlisle, Mr. Wood brought
Smith to the city before daylight and
delivered him to the sheriff.
The killing was the result of jealousy,
it appears, as it is stated that
Smith's wife had gone to church some
six or seven miles with other parties,
two negro men and a negro woman,
after Smith had warned her not to go,
it is alleged. Borrowing a horse
from Mr. Carlisle, Smith is said to
have followed the party and metj
them coming back toward home. Riding
up to the buggy in which his
wife was traveling, it is alleged that
Smith ordered her to dismount, ant
as she stepped out in the road he de
iiDerateiy nrea on ner, one or iue
shots piercing the heart, killing her
instantly. She fell over into a side
ditch. The party and Smith drove
away, leaving the body where it lay
until some time Saturday whpn the
inquest was held by Coroner Owings.
I BLACKVILLE BUREAU
Mrs. J. M. Halford, Manager.
School Opened Monday.
Blackville, Sept. 6.?The Blackville
high school opened here Monday,
Sept. 5. Professor C. W. Rizer,
who was here last year, is with us
again this year, and his corps of able
teachers is as follows: .Miss Grace
Mason, Sycamore, first and second
grades; Miss Amarynthia Keels. St.
Matthews, third grade and part of
orroflo- Mice Dirkin
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son, Ulmers, fourth grade and part
of fifth grade; Miss Maude Farquhar,
Chateaugay, N. Y., sixth grade and
part of fifth grade; Miss Louise Bailey,
Kitchings Mill, seventh grade;
Miss Louise Hammel, Kershaw, high
school English and science; Miss Lilla
Kibler, Newberry, Latin and algebra;
Miss Blanche West, Newberry,
history and mathematics.
Death of Benjamin J. Hutto.
Benjamin J. Hutto died at 'his
home at Hilda Sept. 3, after a long
and painful illness, aged about 71
years. He was a member of the Baptist
church at Hilda, but his remains
were placed in the burying ground
at Double Pond church Sunday afternoon,
in the presence of a large crowd
or sorrowing friends and relatives,
Rev. Mr. Davis, the pastor, officiating,
assisted by Rev. D. W. Heckle,
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Or nSdllllg oyilllgs. .mo. nunu nao
ill when her hflsband died. She was
before her marriage Miss Elizabeth
Dvches, and they had been married
over fifty years and reared 13 children,
who are all living, except one.
Henry Hutto, who resides here, and
is a*-rural mail carrier, is one of his
sons, and his many friends sympathize
with him in his bereavement.
Boll Weevil "Delegates."
j A representative body of bankers,
! merchants and farmers, traveling under
the auspices of the First National
Bank of Fort Mill, York county, made
a trip into Barnwell and Allendale
counties recently, for the purpose of
investigating the methods our farmers
have used since the boll weevil
invaded this section. They should
have secured valuable information,
as these counties are noted for their
intelligent farmers and then we are
in such a famous section for truck
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farming and all diversified farming.
The boll weevil won't have anything
on the farmers very long. In a short
time old "Dixie Land" will win the
fight against the ravage of the weevil.
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Mrs. Jarrett Called to Blackville.
Mrs. Jarrett, of High Point, X. C.,
was called to Blackville recently on
account of the illness of her daughter,
Mrs. A. H. Ninestein. She was
accompanied by her grand children,
Theodore, Florence and Eleanor
Ninestein, who were visiting 'her at
the time. Miss Dorothy Ninestein was
also summoned home for the same
reason from a sanitarium in Richmond,
where she had gone in train
ing to become a trained nurse since
her graduation at the Confederate
college, Charleston. We are glad to
report that Mrs. Xinestein is entirely
convalescent now.
Personal Motion.
Miss Leonard Kelly has returned
from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. R. 0.
Free in Columbia.
Mrs. Eugene Fickling and Miss
Eugene Fickling have returned from
a trip to the mountains of western
North Carolina.
Robert Brunson, of Walterboro,
was a recent visitor at Mr. and Mrs.
C. hJ. Jb'isnourne s.
Miss Margaret Brooker, of Denmark,
was the guest of her aunt, J
Miss Hattie Hutto, last week.
Mrs. Annie Mitchell, of Columbia,
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Keel last
Saturday and from here went to
Windsor to spend a wreek with relatives.
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Miss Leila West, of Darlington, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. 0. D.
Hammond.
Hon. Spann Hammond visited his
parents, Maj. and Mrs. Spann Hammond,
recently.
tit r* Unifnr>A ond Vfiirrov TnmPr
> v . (.i, nanui u auu .u
visited Columbia last Sunday.
Mrs. Hattie Culler and sister, Mrs?
Alma Culler, visited their aunt, Mrs.
Alfred Gyles, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Oakman, of Augusta,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Free.
Friends of Karl P. Xesseler will
be interested to learn that he left
Monday for Bamberg, where he is
holding a position with Dr. Black's
jewelry store.
W. E. Silverthorne, of New York,
was in Barnwell county on business
last week.
J. E. Kennedy, of Govan, passed
through the city Monday motoring
to tfatesourg, wnere ne win vian ms
son, Robert, who holds a position
there.
Mrs. Sophia Rowell. of Roanoke.
Ya.. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Alfred
Gyles.
Mrs. H. H. Youngblood and chil1
LAUGH OX MINISTER.
Pastor of Main Street Methodist Victim
of Joke.
Methodist preachers are often victims
of jokes on the part of laymen
and the latest one going the rounds
has been placed upon the Rev. R. S.
Truesdale, popular pastor of the Main
Street Methodist church of Columbia.
According to the story told yesterday
the Rev. Mr. Truesdale was leaving
town early one morning not long
ago and had ordered a taxi to carry
him to the station. The taxi went
to the Truesdale home in the wee
small hours, somewhat earlier than
the pastor had wished, but he dressed
and was soon in the car. The driver
then went to another home to get a
second passenger, who was also leaving
early in the morning.
After the second passenger had
been seated in the rear of the machine
and the car had gone a Short
distance, the Dastor. seated in front.
turned his head and smiling pleasantly
remarked to the man behind;
that it was rather cool. This brought
fopth a gruff "yes" and the Rev. Mr. |
Truesdale' realized that further attempts
at conversation would be unwelcome.
A little further on the
trip the man behind asked the driver
to stop, saying he wanted to get out
at once. The taximan was surprised
and asked what was the trouble. The
man in t'he rear replied that he had
just discovered that the passenger in
front was a Methodist preacher and
he knew it was about time for a collection
to be taken up.
According to the story the man J
behind was none other than the ge-|
nial Col. William Banks, who was
in a playful mood and slipped one^
over on the unsuspecting pastor, w'ho,j
however, took, the joke in good part. I
?The State.
Only the honest grafter confines j
his occupation to trees and shrubs.
dren are visiting relatives in Spring-!
field.
HaTold Hair and Billy Ray left for
lemson college Monday.
Mrs. Hal D. Still and daughter, |
Miss Eugenia Still, with other friends
moiorea to Augusia rnaay.
Mrs. R. B. Still and children have
returned ihome after a visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Folk, |
in Bamberg.
Mrs. Ruby Johnson Armstrong, of
Fernandina, Fla., is visiting her sis-;
ter, Mrs. Wilheimina Cook.
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offers the best hope, he said, adding
that it would be impossible to beat!
out the pest here by this method.
Mr. Blair, who comes from his!
home at Blairsville every first and j
third Saturday of the month and
spends the day here to give farmers;
the benefit of his information and J
advice, discussed the weevil menace}
with-scores of planters here today,]
and urged them to plant more grain i
and cover crops this fall. The weevil]
made its appearance on Mr. Blair's!
own farm several weeks ago and he;
estimates that the crop is damaged
fully 10 per cent. The pest has invaded
the greater part of York
county during the last week or two
but it is only in limited areas that
material harm will be done. Next
year?but that is another thing, and
it was with the idea of preparing
York farmers for next year that Mr.
Blair visited the weevil territory and
that he advised them today.
York Men Study Pest.
Mr. Boll Weevil, whose headquarters
are now located in Allendale
county, from reports received from
farmers throughout this section, was
the subject of some deep discussion
! and wide observation on last Wednesday
when a delegation of cotton
planters and business men of York
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| county visitea tnis section iur mat.
purpose.- This greatest of all cotton
pests had just made his appearance
in that section of the state and the
farmers of that section are in a dilema
as to the means of impeding
his progress. For the purpose of;
getting first-hand information as to j
the means of prevention and control
they came here on last Wednesday,
and were the guests of the demons-;
tration agent here and the farmers!
of this section who for several years:
have been working tirelessly with all |
tne metnoas prescrioea ior me con-j
trol of the boll weevil.
The delegation consisted of many'
large farmers and prominent business
men and great interest was shown in
the great menace that the weevil has
brought on this section. They were
the recipients of all kinds of advices.
One of the farmers of this section
told the delegation that the only way
to make cotton under boll weevil
conditions was to plant peanuts. The
consensus of opinion of the Allendale
county farm^ps seems to be that
it is a hopeless task, especially if the
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WOFFORD ALLUMNI MEETS.
Four Counties Hold Session Friday
Night.
Orangeburg, Sept. 3.?The Wofford
alumni in Orangeburg, Calhoun,
Bamberg and Dorchester counties
will hold a joint meeting for organizaation
in Orangeburg on the night
of September 9, at S o'clock, the
meeting to be held in the Men's
Bible class rdom of the Methodist
Sunday schooj. Prominent speakers a
will be present, Dr. H. X. Snyder 1
having been invited, and it is also ex- 1
pected to have Dr. A. G. Rembert
and a representative of the athletic*
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W. P. Ligon. There is a large
number of Wofford alumni in the
above mentioned counties and these j
are urged to be present and asked to *
notify Julian S. Wolfe, of Orangeburg,
if they can come. The committee
in charge of meeting consists of
Julian S. Wolfe, G. I. Whetsell and
Henry R. Sims, of Orangeburg. Wofford
starts the new year with a new
foot ball coach and alumni in the
lower part of the state are anxious
to know of Wofford's athletic hopes
this year.
No Symptoms. j
"Who is the mysterious stranger?"
"Some kind of an investigator."
"Working* for the government?" *
"I doubt it. He keeps pretty
busy."?Detroit Free Press.
Colt Like an Egg.
Why is a colt like an egg? Because ' ^
it is of no great use until it has been- d
broken. '
weather conditions are the least bit'
unfavorable. A condition report was
rendered that surprised even the
members of the entertainment committee
consisting of Allendale men.
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accounts of ravages of the boll weevil
that were startling. One man
said that he had ninety acres of cotton
on which he made sixty hales of
cotton last year and this year would
do well to get seven or eight. Others
estimated that the condition of the
cotton crop of this county would
certainly not run over fifteen per
cent; others as low as ten.- j
Th& delegation left on Thursday I
morning for other sections of the '
state where the boll weevil infesta- J
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