Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W" r ; * . :,y '4 Qsljr Sambrrg Srralii 1 $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20,1921. Established in 1891. . NATIONWIDE STRIKE ' CALLED BY UNIONS MORE THAN HALF MILLION RAILROAD MEN AFFECTED. i' \ . x ??? \ Wage Cut Orders Cause. I .i I' The Strike to Be Made in Four Groups, the Initial Walkout Being Set for Oct. 30. l Chicago, Oct. 15.?More than half I a million American railroad men were I today ordered to initiate a strike Oc1 tober 30 while other unions, whose m membership brings the total to about 2,000,000, announced unofficially that 3 they were tonight preparing to fol | low suit and make the walk out geni oral on- the same dates. Under the programme the tie up | would be complete, according to unf ion predictions, by November 2. r . The first strike was fixed for 6 a. m., October 30, except one Texas line, whose trainmen were authorized to go out October 22. The railroads listed in the first group on which the strike is to become effective touch 421 of the 48 states with a trackage of 73,000 miles out of the total United States trackf. age of approximately 200,000. The New England states comprise the group that is virtually untouched in the first walk out. The strike orders were issued to the big five brotherhoods, oldest and most powerful of the railway unions, and -- they specifically included mail trains in the walk out. Their provisions instructed strikers to keep away from railroad property with a warning that r - " "violence of any nature will not be tolerated by the organizations." [y The strike was announced following an overwhelming vote said to be upwards of 90 per cent, favoring a strike because of a 12 per cent, wage rei - duction authorized by the United States railroad labor board July 1, and after it was declared by the association of railway executives in session: here yesterday that a further reduction would be sought by the railroads. It was said that the strike decision was made before the announcement of this further intended cut. Printed instructions for the conduct of the strike issued in Chicago were dated yesterday, October 14. Strttqd Will Be Serious. , "I fear it will be one of the most serious strikes in American transpor^ tot-ion history." said W. G. Lee, presL I dent of the railroad trainmen, who I daring recent weeks has sent circuit v lare to his men warning them of the | critical meaning of ithe step they conF templated. The country was divided into four groups, in which the men were proposed to walk out progressively, one group every 24 hours. The names of the groups were not made public, but unofficially the identity of roads in the first group to go was learned, subject to changes, which, union officials said would be few. The first group f included, some of the country's greatest railroad systems, from coast to coast and from Canada to Gulf. These were: Chicago & Northwestern, Texas & Pacific, Kansas City Southern, Pennsylvania, Missouri Pacific, Interna Itional & Great Northern, Southern Pacific (Atlantic and Pacific lines), Sou/thern railway, Louisville & Nashville, St. Louis Southwestern (if Tex.as lines included, not stated), Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul (lines easit and west), Northern Pacific, Seahoard Air Line,' Erie, Chicago Great Western and Virginian railway. Trains Will Be Operated in State, Says Governor. Columbia, 0<ct. 17.?Trains will be operated in South Carolina, strike or no s'c?fke, provided volunteers can be \ procured itio run them, according to Governor Cooper, who tonight said that if it were considered necessary to call a special session of the legislature he would not hesitate to do so in order tfco draw up measures deemed Expedient to meet the emergency. It Bas as no foe of organized labor nor collective bargaining that the chief Becutive of the state spoke, but as B official who visualized the sufferBg and misery that would follow on Be heels of a tieup of railway traffic. "If this threatened railway strike Becomes a reality, it will mean that the prices of everything we have to sell will decline while the prices of the products we have to buy will increase. "In case the strike is called it PLOW UNDER COTTON STALKS. Extension Forces Urge Prompt De struction of Weevil Resorts. Clemson College, Oct. 8.?At th< closing session of the annual meeting of the extension forces on Saturda] a resolution was passed strongly urg ing that farmers lose no time in plow I ing under cotton stalks for the pur | pose of destroying the chief hiberna tion place of the boll weevil, and re questing the newspapers of the stat* to give the idea as wide eirculatio-i as possible. The resolution declarec that the early fall destruction of cot ton stalks is the most important sin gle step in nihe fight against the wee vil, and the discussion brought, ou the fact that if cotton stalks can nobe plowed under, they should b< burned, for these winter hotels o the weevil must be destroyed, bu that plowing under is just as efficien as burning and is much more eco nomic as a matter of soil building. The planting of a winter cove: crop in the present cotton fields wa: also urged as a most important mean: of weevil destruction, since weevil: can not live through the winter in i growing cover crop, such as rye, oat: and vetch, or clover, for the reasoi that in order to survive the wintei the weevil must "dry out" to the ex l tent of losing one-third of his bod: moisture and this can he can not d< in a field where a cover crop is grow ing. Qotton stalks not plowed finde: or burned in a field to be planted t< a cover crop should be cut to piecei and thrown to the ground as early a; possible by a stalk cutter so tha they may be covered by#the growing cover crop and thus absorb moisture which means death to the weevil. Still another step which should b< taken now is the cleaning up of th< ditch banks, fence rows, and othei places where rubbish and trash ac cumulate in and around the fields. "The earlier stalks and other hi bernaiting places are destroyed," saic Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist,*ii discussing the subject, "the fewei j weevils will survive the winter. Ii I fields it is common to fine weevils at the rate of 5,000 to 25,00( r>er acre at tire time of first frost. I is a 'well known fact," Prof. Conrad explains, "that the weevils develop ing late in the fall are the ones mos likely to survive the winter, as the: are not worn out by long flights anc the rearing of the young, as are th( older weevils. For this reason de velopment of weevils in late fall musr be prevented as the first step in mak ing the next crop." An interesting point brought ou in the discussion by N. E. Winters extension agronomist, was the fac that experiments in Louisiana showec that when cotton stalks were destroy ed before Oct. 15 only 3 per cent, o the weevils survived the winter whereas destruction of stalks on Oct 27 allowed 15 per cent, to survive Nov. 25, 22 per cent.; Dec. 7, 28 pei cent.; between Dec. 15 and Jan. 15 43 per cent. It is clear, therefore that the earlier the stalks are de stroyed, the more effective the result: will be, but that wher^ early de struction is impossible, it is bettei late than never. 500 Soldier Hoboes. London.?The master of Strat fordon-Avon workhouse has reporte( that, during the last three months 500 ex-service men have been ad mitted to the tramp wards. would be the duty of the state t< use every means in its power to se< that trains were operated. If i should be considered advisable to cal a special session of the legislature should not hesitate to do so neithe: would I hesitate to call for volunteer: to aid in running the trains. Th< trains must run." "I express no opinion as to tlx merits of the controversy but if th< employes are receiving a living wag< they will find great difficulty in satis fying a suffering public that a strik* is justifiable at this particular time.' '"The farmer," the governor con tinued, "has suffered very materiall: by reason of the decline in the pric< of cotton and because of the low pro i duction, and no one ought to expec a government, state or nation to fai I to take any measure which would pre vent a further loss to those engagec in agriculture." The governor said he did not sa: that the unions had no legal right t< strike, but he questioned their mora right to strike at a time when sucl action will cause irreparable suffer ing. The success or failure of th< strike will depend on public opinion the governor said, and asked, "Wh: should the public bear the cost?" P. M. BUCKINGHAM COMMITS SUICIDE i ' RECENTLY ELECTED HEAD OF T BANK OF WESTERN CAROLINA. Under Nervous Strain. 3 Leaves Note Saying Presidency Forci ed On Him and Is Unable To 1 Stand Strain. Barnwell, Oct. 16.?This community was shocked this afternoon when it became known that Perry M. Buckingham, president of the Bank of ^ Western Carolina, was found dead in his room at his home here by members of his immediate family, who had been attracted by the report of a pistol. There was a pistol wound in his right temple and the following note was found clasped in his left hand: "Presidency forced on me against my 3 will. Nervous system shattered by strain of new work. Brain numb. Not 3 ^ over four hours' sleep a night for r weeks. Insanity stares me in face. Something lias broken in bead today. 7 Fought hard to hold grip. Everything slipping in nerves. Am doomed." Just one month ago Mr. Bucking^ ham was elected president of the 5 Bank of Western Carolina, which ihas branches in eight towns in this section. The elevation to this ofBce from 5 t that of the Barnwell branch <was over his protest, as he was an ill man at the time, although only his closest personal friends realized his true a physical condition. During tne snon. * time .that he was active h^ad of the institution he reduced the bank's inr debtedness over $200,000 and leaves it in excellent condition, but the conslant applcation to his duties proved j too much of a strain to his overtaxed l powers of resistance, with the tragic ending of a most useful life this afternoon. j Perry M. Buckingham was born at j Barnwell November 6, 1862, his part ents being J. C. and Esther Rebecca . Buckingham. He received his education in the common schools of this t place and St. Paul's school at Con. cord, N. H., of which he was a gradj uate in 1881. He was cashier of the s Citizens Bank of Barnwell until 1890, cashier of the Bank of Barnwell unt til 1908, when he bcame president of that institution. In 1909 he was elected vice president of flue BanK 01 t Western Carolina and manager of its branch at this place, resigning this ^ position a month ago to accept the j presidency made vacant by the death of H. M. Dibble several months ago. f For eighteen years he was a member of the Barnwell school board of' trustees, and in 1918 was elected a . member of the Barnwell county board p of education. During tJhe World War he actively interested himself in all | phases of war work, being treasurer I of the Barnwell chapter of the Red 3 Cross society and' chairman of the liberty loan campaigns in this county! r and a great deal of the success of the liberty loan in this section was due to his untiring zeal. He was a member of the Episcopal church, having resigned as senior warden just - two weeks ago. 1 On October 5, 1892. Mr. Bucking,, ham married Miss Daisy Duncan, - daughter of the late W. H. Duncan, Sr., and a sister of the late W. H. ' Duncan, clerk of court of Barnwell 3 county. This union was a most hap" py one and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved 1 widow in her hour of grief. 1 Mr. Buckingham was cashier for a r railroad at Richmond, Va., and he 5 was later transferred to Jacksonville, " Fla., as trainmaster. After remain-; ing at Jacksonville for three years he 3 returned to Virginia as general " frpiprbt and passenger agent, with ^ * * w*0"? ? _ " headquarters at Richmond. He filled it'hat position for about three years! "t when he moved to Barnwell. Colored Citizen Dies at Age of 108. f 3 David Lawrence Brantley, a colored - citizen of Lena, died on September 25 , t at the age of 108 years. 1 "Uncle Dave." as he was known ~ among-the white people of that sec1 ition was among the last of the old slaves of this county and his life was T characterised all the way through bv | 5. the lovaltv to service and faithfulness I 1 to duty that marked the work of the 1 slave and endeared them ito the - hearts of southern people. 3 "Uncle-Dave" leaves two sons, two > daughters, 44 grandchildren and 33 j ? great-grandchildren.?Allendale Citizen. i ASSISTANT CASHIER TELLS OF ROBBERY SIGNS CONFESSION AS TO REMOVat r?F SAFE FROM HOME. Loot Found at Church. Twenty-six Thousand Dollars of More Than Eighty Thousand Lost Recovered With Arrest. Florence, Oct. 14.?With the arrest of J. Hugh Truluck, assistant cashier of the First National bank of Olanta, this afternoon, and his signed confession to the part he played in the rob - 1 rv, TXT Vnnnor Dery 01 raue uume vj. cam iVUiiBi Florence county farmer, of an iron 9afe containing Liberty bonds, war saving stamps and mortgages and other securities amounting to between j $80,000 and $90,000, events today followed thick and fast in a robbery that has created no little interest in this section of the state. In the absence of Mr. Young, the safe was removed from the 'house and was found later in Lynche's river rifled of its rich contents. Arrest was made in Sumter yesterday of two brothers, M. A. Truluck and A. H. Truluck and they wrere brought here today and questioned closely by Mr. Winfield, a represen[ tative of the Burns Detective agency, ! who has worked up the case and caus ed the arrest of itflue two men in Sumter. One Gets Release. When the third Truluck boy, a cousin of the two men arrested in Sumter, was arrested while in the Bank at Olanta this morning, a sensation was created. It was found later that I M. A. Truluck had nothing to do with the actual theft of the shfe and he was released. It was established that the other Truluck, "however, had made a confidante of him, that he knew all about the business from beginning to end. As a result of the work of the detectives, $26,000 worth of bonds, war ! saving stamps and securities have I been recovered so far and the officers ! believe they will get the rest] of the V I stolen loot. When they walked into I the sheriff's office here they entered at once into a continuation of their confession to Mr. Whitfield, a Burns ' agency dertJective who put the clinchers on the information he had previI ously received by having one of the Truluck boys sign the same name to a check he had signed on a check drawn on the First National Bank of Florence-for $10,000. This check bore the signature of Fred A. Jones; which the bos confessed was the assumed name he had adopted to carry out in Florence the disposal of the stolen Liberty bonds. Followed Clues Far, With the confession from Hugh Truluck, the master mind who engineered the sale of the stolen securi ties, and a confession rrom une twu Truluck cousins, who committed the actual theft, Mr. Whitfield believes that he has closed a case upon wliich he has been working for several months and one that has led him from Florida to Maryland and on to New York, for it was in a New York bank -that he found.the first trace of one of the stolen bonds, through a check signed for its purchase. T/t was stated in the confession of M. A. Truluck, that the only registered bond in the list toad been burned. It was a bond for $1,000. It was stated today by Mr. Whitfield that following the confession of the TrulnMr hm*s. he visited the Presbyterian church at Olanta, and found stored under the steps the war saving certificates which they declared had been hidden there. It was stated today that Mr. Young some itime ago withdrew his funds and securities from the First National bank of Olanta, because of some disagreement. This fact is believed to strengthen the evidence against the assistant cashier, who officers believe concocted the plot to take possession of the bonds. A Rare Bear. The glacier bear, or blue bear (Trsus emmonsii) of the Mt. St. Elias region, Alaska, is one of the rarest of the many species of Ursus. The first living specimen exhibited in any zoological garden was brought to the national zoological park in Washington in 1917, having been captured as a cub in May, 1916. The animal is somewhat smaller than the common black bear of the same region, and is especially notable for its beautiful blue-gray coat. i WOMAN' ACQUITTED BY JURY. Husband, Whom Wife Accused of Crime, Now Under Death Sentence. Albany, Ga., Oct. 12.?Mrs. Benny Hudson was acquitted by a jury here today or tne muraer or ner two cnudren. Mr9. Hudson was indicted jointly with her husband, Glenn Moore Hudson, and he was convicted of the crime last week and sentenced to be hanged November 18. Hearing on his appeal for a new trial has been set for November 11. The jury took Mrs. Hudson's case at 11:30 o'clock this morning and the defendant leaned forward expectantly as the jurors filed in at 3:10 o'clock this afternoon. She showed little emotion at the verdict but smilingly thanked eacfh juror. Judge R. C. Bell congratulated .her on the able defense arguments by the counsel ifche court had appointed for her. The woman said she had no blood relatives but, commenting on her frank story of her life, whicfh she bared in court, she declared today she would "live right" in the future. The children, stepsons of Hudson, were shot itk) death at the Hudson farm near (here last July, according to testimony at the trial, after their mother had quarreled with Hudson because they were not being properly fed and clothed. She told the jury (that Hudson killed them and threatened her life if She told, and she also recited alleged beatings of herself and the boys by Hudson and declared he would curse them when they begged for food. Hudson, on the other hand, told Sheriff Tarver >hiis wife killed the children but when he went on the stand he did no?t) attempt to say who committed the crime, merely asserting his innocence. Georgia law prohibits husband and wife testifying against each other, so neither-appeared at the other's trial. FIRE MAY BURY MONTH. Blaze in Fertilizer Material in Charleston Likely to Last Month. Charleston, Oot. 15.?Expert firo. men here today voiced the opinion that the immense piles of fertilizer material smouldering in the ruins of that portion of the Columbus street docks s^ept by fire Thursday evening might comttinue to smoke for a month, because, of the difficulty of reaching the heart of the glowing masses with water or other extinguishing element. Chief Louis Behrens arrived this morning from Atlanta, w<bere he attended fclhe convention of fire chiefs, and spent the day at the scene of this $1,000,000 blaze. It was said today that the terminal company would face a loss of $225,000 on dock and warehouse property. Insurance covers this. It was also reported that records of Che stock in storage that was burned had been lost in the fire. This will mean, if true, a long delay in checking up figures in loss to contents, but conservative estimates continue ito give the total at the round figures of $1,000,000. Streams of water are kept playing on the burning ruins. All last night and today, at it'imes, dense, ill-smelling smoke from the^ burning fertilizer material hung over . the city, and is classed as even less pleasing than the well known refinery aroma that often is wafted through the air by a northeast wind, m fact, the present unsavory smell may be a combination of the two flavors, as ai northeast wind prevails. Hundreds of people will take advantage of Sundayidleness to visit the scene of the recordbreaking fire. FAIRFAX POLICEMAN SHOT. Man Who Fired Shot Not Yet Known. Had Seized Liquor. Fairfax, Oct. 14.?Francis Harter, i night policeman here, was shot and possibly fatally wounded at 3:30 o'clock Friday morning by a party not yet determined. The bullet took effect in Mr. Harter's head. When the shot was fired, nearby residents rushed out and found Mr. Harter in an unconscious condition near the de * TJT^ V.o/1 o-a," -7 .or? O cnit PflSfl con pUL. nc uau o\/4*A/u u. iaining about a gallon and a 'half of liquor and presumption is that the man from whom this was taken fired the shot. Mr. Harter did not regain consciousness before being taken to a hospital in Columbia and consequently could make no statement as to the circumstances leading to the shooting. There were signs of a scuffle where Mr. Harter fell. On the suit case was written "D. L. Smith, Cordele, Ga."' WALLACE SCORES ONE CROP IDEA 3 HEAD OP UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. j Big Event For Andrews. -Mm Pleads for Better Homes For the 2 Farm Women of South Carolina. ~ Andrews, Oct. 14.?"I think it is W the finest honor that has ever come to J me to be selected to reward a man j who has not only accomplished some- J thing for himself but who has tender-' j ed a service to the community, state | and nation," declared Henry C. Wal- 1 lace, secretary of the United States J /I nno r?ittTY"? An f /-\P A am fl* x * u^yunwuguc wL AglitUilUl C UCI O IU~ day when he presented Tom Cathcart, of Williamsburg county, with a valuable gold medal awarded by the TriC-ounty Fair Association for the farmer's of Georgetown, Williamsburg or Berkeley county making the best allround record on his farm. ^ .1 Mr. Wallace was the principal speaker on tihe great agricultural jro gramme of itjhe fair. The one crop idea was scored by the speaker who said that farmers in the south were ia no worse fix than those in the corn belt where only one real money crop ; had been produced. 'T can not advise you to give up cotton but I do urge that you produce sufficient foodOhlfP fin tVio form fn folro noM <v# WVV1.AJ- vu. V1AV 1U>1 m IU AU V^CW. V VL J| yourself and family, and have your small cotton crop a surplus one," said the secretary. Silver Pitcher Presented. A handsome silver pitcher was pre- . |i seated to the woman in the tri-counties making the best record in her home according to a plan worked out by the home demonstration specialists of Winthrop college. The presentation was made by Asbury F. Lever, member of the Federal Farm Loan Board and former representative from .0 South Carolina. Mrs. John Singletary, of Berkeley, was the winner. Miss /v'|j Maud Russell, home demonstration agent 01 peraeiey county, received the prize for Mrs. Singletary. ' Secretary Wallace arrived at noon on a special train from Lanes over the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. He, ? /g Governor Cooper, Mr. Lever and others were entertained at luncheon at the home of W. H. Andrews who is one of the leaders in the movement-t^ fl promote better agriculture. Mr. WaL , lace and other distinguished visiitkxrs N arrived at the fair grounds shortly after 2 o'clock and spent some time inspecting the many fine exhibits in / ' 'tM i.l : U.._?l ? v. A /x+IV. tat: agricultural yuuixijr auu uvuci departments. In ithe course of his address this afternoon Mr. Wallace stated that the poultry exhibit here would do credit to many state fairs. He was particularly well pleased at (the progress being made in this state' . V in the breeding of better poultry and livestock. I>o not look to the government for relief of every problem which comes un, but get together in a cooperative way and work out your problems, said Secretary Wallace, who declared co- . operation was one of ithe big needs of the agricultural interests of the south. The speaker congratulated Andrews on having big business men who are JSj giving their time and money to bring * , "J about a better environment on t'he ... ' : farms of South Carolina. Until the farm women enjoy :he same comforts and labor saving devices as those at the hands of the city women, we can not hope to have a happy, contented home life on the farm, declared Mr. Wallace, in speaking of the drift from the farm. "When the farm home is made as attractive as that of the city, there will he no drift to the cities," said the seretary. Novel Bearing Alloy. Genelite, the new b'earing alloy of .) the General Electric company, con-r tains 40 per cent, of graphite by volume. Powdered oxides of tin, lead and copper are mixed with an excess of the graphite for reduction, the materials are compressed in molds, and in the shaped bearing are sintered together by baking without fusing. The alloy has high com pressive resistance with low tensile strength. It is porous, can be used with or without lubrication, and is adapted for such purposes as inaccessible or poorly lubricated parts of automobile engines. Largest tablet in county for 5c at at Herald Book Store, all colors. 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