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^2 oo Per Y?3?r in Adv&ncc. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29,1921. Est&blish6d in 1891* ^
I Two Accidentally
I Probably A
T Casualties in the city and even in
| the community were few, but of |
course there had to be some toll. The
K- casualties of the section so far as re
a.j - ? tnviT nf thpm
K porteu amuuui w iwui, v
V being fatal, another dangerously near
B death and the fourth painfully inI
jured. Some time Saturday a young
P negro about 17 years old, the son of
I William Brown who lives on the place
f of Dr. E. O. Watson near this city,
met his death by a bullet in his chest,
death being instantaneous. This
This tragedy occurred on the plantaI
tion of C. W. Fogle above Denmark in
[this county from where the boy had
recently moved and was back on a
short Christmas visit. The bullet
was fired from a .22 calibre parlor
rifle in the hands of another negro
boy. It is said the two were not in
y buy difficulty, but were having a
I friendly scuffle for the possession of
.the rifle when the cartridge was dis '
^"harcrAf? with the fatal result. -Mag
/ istrate J. B. Gillam, of Dehmark, con|
j ducted the inquest for Coroner Zeig/
ler, and it was decided that the un6*
fortunate affair was purely an accident,
and consequently no arrests
i were made.
I Shoots Self Accidentally.
I The same night Ervine Carter, a
I, young negro on the farm of John
fCooner at Farrell's Cross Roads, instantly
killed himself at his home
ther by a revolver shot. This was also
an accident. In the absence of
Coroner Zeigler this inquest was conducted
by Magistrate Edgar Dickinson,
of this city. It seems that Carter
was imbibing a little too freely in
his Christmas spirits and fired a shot
out of his window into the darkness
merely in play; he jerked %back quickly-,
flung the weapon around briskly
and in some manner it was thus dis
f charged ending his life then and
there.
Negro Seriously Injures Another.
Sunday afternoon about twenty
\ yards from the court house in this
? city a tow was started between two
? a# Romhorc and one
1 youilg iicgiuco VI
I ' of them is now in a serious condition.
K?* The wounded boy is Baby Brabham,,
k about 20 years old, and the assailant
bL * Is Arthur Slater, who has not been
[ captured. The stories of this difficul|
/ ty are conflicting and it is difficult to
mt' ascertain the correct state of facts exII
isting and surr?iinding it. .One story
||l is that the two fell out about five
* cents and the Shooting resulted. The
V Other story is that Slater was a very
dudish negro and was heing chided
j| about heing so dresseu np; where5
npon an argument ensued; he went
6 litome for his revolver, returned and
fired upon Brabham at close range.
F\ The bullet entered the left side of the
stomach, penetrated the abdomen
?? and remained in the body, so that it
was necessary to remove the wounded
boy to Orangeburg for surgical at0
tention in order to effect the removal
of the bullet. Since the operation
it is stated that he will likely recover,
though at first his chances apL
peared to be slim.
Oh You Harry!
' The hush of twilight had fallen
fi} upon all things, including the two flgR
ures standing in fond embrace by the
I| ' * garden gate.
At last she spoke.
"Won't you come into the parlor,
Harry, dear," she said, "and sit a litkp
tie while before you go?"
J - "N-no, I think not," replied Harry
' hesitatingly.
/ "I wish you would!" pressed the
young girl. "It's awfully lonely!
ornno n n r? fathpr is
F'JUUUIVX Xiao 6WUU ?
- upstairs groaning with rheumatism in
the legs."
"Poor fellow! Both legs?" ashed
Harry solicitously.
"Yes, both, Harry," replied the old
man's daughter.
^ "Well," declared Harry, "do you
know, perhaps I will come in for a
H few minutes!"
"Room!
[The lady was interviewing a servant.
"You must understand, we are
strict toototalers here," she said. "I
hope that will not stop you from taking
the situation."'
"Lor' bless you, ma'am," said Mary
Ann, "it ain't the first time as I've;
been in a reformed drunkard's fami-j
Iy, not by a long way."
I She was engaged on the spot.
Killed, One
lortally Wounded
WANT WILD HORSES KILLED.
Exciting "Sport" for Those Who Are
Inclined to it.
"*r O^rnnfuro and
IOUII15 YVUU X1A.C au.?viibu.1 v*
heaps of excitement are advised to
try hunting wild horses in the Okanoga
hills ilear the Canadian border
of Washington. There are several
thousand of untamable cayuses in
this unsurveyed region of steep hills
and deep valleys, against which setHai-o
nn agricultural lands have be
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gun a war of extermination.
The wild steeds are troublesome,
demolishing fences to eat and trample
haystacks. The stallions entice away!
domesticated mares, and often large
herds of horses chase cows and sheep
to death. Once domesticated horses
are mingled with these wild ones
they quickly become outlaws.
Before the present plan of shooting
was adopted by ranchers, they tried
corraling and shipping the captured
in Pootom hnrao marlrpts The
StUCUO I,IS UaObViU tUAS* wv ?** ?
expense and danger of catching alive
was found above possible profit, j
These wild broncos are vicious and
often, rather than submit to capture,
dash their brains out by running pellmell
into rocky ledges.
One expedition during a month of
wild horse stalking shot 120 animals.
Only the skins were taken. Some of
the wild stallions proved to be excellent
specimens, one brown and sorrel
estimated at 1,200 pounds weight.
The mares seldom average more than
800 pounds.
Where these horses range is a faulty,
bad-land region between the Cascade
and Rocky mountains; a natural
grass country, arid in summer, but
the winters are mild, with light snowfall.
Tariff Against English Girls.
Lots of English women are coming
to this country. If an English girl
can. raise enough moi * to pay her
transportation and g >y the bar
ner sue is giaa to ta*e a, uuttu^c uu
America. She figures that her chance
of securing a husband is about 100
per cent, better than in the homeland.
In England the women now
greatly outnumber the men and so
the prospects of securing a mate are
not good. When they reach this
country they begin the pursuit at
once. What do the American damsels
think of an invasion of this kind?
First thing we know they will be
asking a prohibitive tariff for pro
tection against the pauper brides of
Europe. Same of our home girls find
it hard enough to find a suitable male
mate without having to compete with
the rest of the universe. A tariff
would be a wise thing, to their manner
of thinking.?Los Angeles Times.
Phew!
A local celebrity, whose meanness
was a byword felt obliged to make a
present to one of his lady friends on
the occasion of her marriage.
He entered a china store for the
purpose of making a purchase. See*
1 KvAlratl 1 T? O
ID' a vaiuauie suiucnc iu ?
dozen pieces lying on the counter, he
askeld< the price. The salesman said
it was worthless, but ihe could have it
for the cost of packing it in a box.
The mean one directed it to be sent
with his card to the lady, congratulating
himself that she would imagine
it was broken while on its way to her.
He was at her house whfen the box
arrived, but the effect was hardly
what he had expected. The tradesman
had carefully wrapped each
piece in a separate piece of paper!
Bright Sonny.
"Sonny," said a business promoter
to his youngest son tbe other day, "I'll
give you $2 if you dig that patch of
ground all ready for your sister to
start her flower garden."
"All right, dad," said young hopeful,
thoughtfully; "but I shall ihave
to ask you 10 per cent, of the contract
price in advance as working:
nnm'tnl "
"Working capital! What do you
mean?" said- the father.
"Well, you see, I'll bury a quarter
somewhere and tell all the boys in
the neighborhood that I have found!
nut that an nlri miser buried his treas-!
ure in our garden. When they strike j
the quarter they'll go on digging like!
Trojans, I can tell you. In that way j
I reckon that I can clear about 90
per cent. In fact?"
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Tobacco Growers
to Meet Thursday
The called meeting for last Thursday
of the Bamberg county tobacco
growers for the purpose of perfecting
a morougu organ lzanuu m llu& industry
did not materialize; not because
of lack of interest nor small
attendance, but because the truck
growers meeting lasted so long that
sufficient time was. not left for the
tnhnnrn erowers. manv of whom, in
fact, practically all of whom are also
truck growers and were on hand for
both meetings. The interest manifested
displayed a healthy outlook and
the tobacco meeting will be held accordingly
this Thursday afternoon at
three o'clock in the court house here.
A. M. Brabham is temporary chairman,
and S. A. Merchant secretary
and treasurer. This initial meeting
is very important, a large attendance
should be on hand, and the entire organization
can an'd; will be placed on
a permanent foundation to do a
splendid work.
KEARSE BUREAU
Kearse, Dec. 27.?Mr. and Mrs. L.
Earl Bush, of Ellenton, are in our
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miasi ror trie ^misiniaa uunuaj o.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Kearse left this
morning for a few days visit to
friends and relatives at Estill.
^Iiss Hilda Kearse, who is teaching
in the Bath graded school, is at
/
Hnmo for thp holidavs.
Misses Cressie Breeland and Elma
Chitty, who are interested in social
work at Bath and Langley, are at
home for a short visit.
-Mrs. H. S. Kearse has returned after
a pleasant visit to her old home
at Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lynes and family,
of Olar, visited at the home of
J. F. Kearse Sunday.
R. M. Kearse, of Columbia, paid a
flying visit to the home folks last
week-end.
W. J. Kearse, of Green Pond, who
is a former resident of this section,
" J
! was 1H OUT UllliSL ~<X icv> ua; o 5x
ing his old friends.
Hon. J. Carl Kearse, of Bambferg,
visited his parents, Mr: and Mrs. J.
J. Kearse, Monday afternoon.
Mrs. G. E. Kearse entertained in
a delightful way Monday evening with
an old fashioned tacky party. The
costumes for the occasion were
unique and artistic, displaying much
taste (?) on the part of the wearers.
| Games of the days of "aula lang
syne" were indulged in. Dainty refreshments,
consisting of ging6r
bread and "pink lemonade," were
served in abundance, after which
judges were appointed to decide the
most appropriate costume for the occasion.
After due deliberation it was
decided that Miss Cressie Breeland
dpserved the, honor, though several
others deserved "honorable mention.'
The prize, a stick of mint candy, was
presented with a few appropriate remarks,
by Charles Chitty, of Olar.
Virtuous Fruit.
Frothingham Lodge, the Boston
municipal reformer, in the course of
an address said: "Man wasn't ma'de
to loaf. The minute 'he begins to loaf
he takes to drink or hypochondria?
I don't know which is worse. There's
a loafing hypochondriac named
Sweeney who spends all his time talking
about ihis health. He's always
ailing, and usually when you go to
see him you find him in bed with a
headache or rheumatism or 'dyspepsia,
or what .not. Sweeney was tottering
feebly down the street one day when
he fell in with a burly friend named
George.
" 'George,' he said, 'I'd give anythinrr
tn hA strnner and haalthv as VOU
are. What do you live on?'
" 'I live on fruit,' said George.
" 'Fruit, eh?' said Sweeney eagerly.
'That sounds good. I'll have to try
it. W'hat kind of fruit, George?'
" 'The fruit of labor.' George answered,
significantly."
nflror Toooc
Isaac boarded a London 'bus with
his little son Moses.
"How much to the Spurs' ground
conductor?" he asked.
"Two pence," said the conductor. "And
how much for my little boy?"
asked Isaac.
"There's no need to pay for him,"
said the conductor.
Isaac rubbed his hands.
"Sit where ydu are, Moses," ihe
said. "The conductor will put you
down at the Spurs' ground, and I Till
valk."
Falls Into a Hole,
Man is Killed
About 11:30 Monday night, P. H.
PnntViQTi nf MnttP fpll into a
vjaubu^u, UJL v
large hole about ten or twelve feet
deep on the side of the Southern
railway track between the coal chute
and water tank in Branchville, and
was killed. Mr. Cauthen was working
third trick operator in Branchville
and went down to get some water
from the flowing well. It is supposed
that he walked into it in the
dark. This hole was dug a few weeks
ago for the purpose of putting a
reserve water tank in the ground.
The negroes who work on the chute
heard Mr. Cauthen when he fell into
the pit and went quickly to his as
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sistance, Dut wnen iuev gut mm um.
he was dead.
He had several bruises across the
nose and forehead. Supposition is
that he was stunned or knocked unconscious
when he fell in. I. N. Williams,
agent at Branchville, also had
I a narrow escape. Saturday afternoon
while hunting squirrels with three
[ others, the dog had treed a squirrel
! and he was going in a hurry through
a thicket and in some way his gun
was discharged, inflicting a painful
| but not serious flesh wound across
| the back. If the gun had beei^ ele|
vated an inch, it would have taken
off the back of his head.
SHOOTING IS APPROVED.
! Marine Postal Guard Upheld For Denmark
Affair.
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Washington. Dec. 24.?Approval
has been given by the Postoffice Department
to the report submitted by
Cary W. Mays, the Marine postal
guard \Vho shot and wounded two
college students near Denmark, S. C.,
last Saturday after they had refused
to leave the train on which he was
stationed. Mays in his report said
that in firing on the two men he was
carrying out the orders he had ref.Aivfid
when assigned to the duty of
guarding mails. He added that until
the train arrived at the next station
he did not krfow that the men had
been struck by his shots.
Statements from postal clerks on
the train declared that the men ihad
been put off several times, but per
sistently returned) and Anally installed
themselves between two mail cars
ignoring warnings to leave.
MARRIED IX CHARLESTON.
Miss Gertrude Smoak .Weds William
H. Thomasson.
A marriage of much interest loi
cally occurred in Charleston on Wednesday,
December 14th, when Miss
Gertrude Evelyn Smoak, of Bamberg,
and William H. Thomasson, of Gastonia,
N. ., were united in wedlock
at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
W. A. Waters. . .
The wedding wa^a quiet affair, only
relatives and a few intimate
friends being present. The ceremony
was performed by Dr. W. H. Gongaware,
pastor of St. John's Lutheranchurch
of Charleston.
After an extended trip of several
days, Mr. and Mrs. Thomasson returned
to the home of the bridegroom
in Gastonia, where he is engaged
in business.
Mrs. Thomasson is the daughter of
Mrs. E. A. Smoak, of Bamberg. She
is a most charming and lovable young
woman who numbers her friends by
the score. Mr. Thomasson is a veteran
of the world war, having served
overseas in the 307th French mortar
battery in the 82nd division, and is
now engaged in business in Gastonia.
The best wishes of many friends are
extended to Mr. and Mrs. Thomasson.
Using Friend Wife.
The wife of a great botanist beamed
at him across the supper table.
"But these," she exclaimed, pointing
" - - ? T iV.i ~ A
to tne aisn 01 musuruums tuai uau
been set before her, "are not all for
me, Aristotle, are they?"
"Yes, Mabel," he nodded. "I gathered
them especially for you with my
own hands."
She beamed upon him gratefully.
What a dear, unselfish old husband
he was! In five minutes she had demolished
the lot.
At breakfast the next morning he
greeted her anxiously. "Sleep all
right?" he inquired.
"Splendidly," she smiled.
"Not sick at all?no pains?" he
responded.
"Why, of course not, Aristotle,"
she responded.
"Hurrah, then!"ihe exclaimed. "I
have discovered another species of
mushroom that isn't poisonous."
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Shoots His Cousin
Tal^es 15 Gr
STUDENTS RETURN HOME.
Yonnir Pfloolp of Oooe Rack From
Schools.
Cope, Dec. 21.?Carlton Thomas,
of Bailey Military Institute, is at
home for the holidays.
The Misses Evelyn Henerey, Rita
Barton and Ruth Williams, of Brenau
college/ conservatory, arrived
Sunday morning to spend the holidays.
Miss Williams is from Helena,
Montana, but is a guest of Miss
Henerey's.
Profs. John P. Cartrete, princi
[ pal, and W. Hal King, teacners or
the Cope graded school, left for their
homes in Conway on Friday afternoon
to spend/ the Christmas holidays.
Miss Gladys M. Skinner, one of
the teachers of the Cope school, has
gone to her home in Bishopville,
for the holidays.
Mrs. Carl S. Gibson, primary
teacher of the Cope graded school,
left for her home in Marion, N. C.,
to spend the greater part of the holidays.
SHORT LOCALS.
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Brief Items of Interest Throughout
The Town and County.
The Winthrop Daughters will meet
next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
M. E. Ayer at 4:00 o'clock.
The Baptist Y.. W. A. will meet
next Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the home of Miss Carrie
Simmons.
Little Selma, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Brickie, has been very ill j
with double pneumonia, but is now j
much improved, to the delight of rel-i
atives and friends.
Reports from the bedside of J. J.
Heard, who underwent an operation
in Charleston last week, indicate that
he is very much improved, his friends
will be delighted to know.
:
J. Arthur Nimnions, Bamberg's
former popular coiorea DarDer, wn-o
for the past few years has been
Washington, D. C., is back anions
j old friends here for a week's vacation.
Most of the general merchandise
and other stores of Bamberg have
their doors closed now during the
period between Christmas and new
year's, as they are taking stock. For
the next week or ten days others will
be busy doing the same thing until
all have been relieved of this annual
lob for another year.
Prior to December 13 there had
been ginned in this county 3,9 (T9
bales of cotton. To the same date
last there had been ginned 20,011.
These figures are given The Herald by
the local statistician, H. J. Bellinger,
who says that he thinks the total for
this county will reach 4,000 bales.
It is interesting to recall that during
one former season, some years ago,
approximately 35,000 bales were
ginned in this county.
I The numerous friends in Bamberg
of Mrs. L. C. Smoak and Mrs. Glenn
j W. Cope sympathize with them in the
recent sudden death of their halfbrother,
David Bethea, of Atlanta.
Mr. Bethea was accidentally suffocated
by gas while Mrs. Smoak was ill
in a Charleston hospital. The tragedy
occurred wlhile he was at his work
in Atlanta and the funeral took place
there. Mr. Bethea left a family including
a wife and two daughters.
The Santee Mills, of this city, this
year carried out their annual custom
of presenting each employee with a
fine package of delicious fruit for
Christmas. The gifts were distributed
Friday of last week, and before
being given out occupied almost an
entire room at the mill. The cost
was not'small, amounting to considerably
more than one hundred dollars;
there was no stinting, all had an
ample supply; the mill spread joy all
" - A J IT? TV,?n ATr? Pnno
ngniy ctiiu ivn? uuiiJLi auu *?ii W|/v
and other authorities are to he congratulated.
Wanted What He Had.
A man was walking down the
street one day when he met an old
friend.
"Halloa, Bill," he said, "can you
iena me a quarter, uiu spun.
"Very sorry," replied the other,
"I haven't a quarter, but I've got a
dime."
"Never mind," said Jim, "lend me
that and owe me fifteen cents."
Renew your subscription today.
1 and Then |
ains of Strychnine %
Allendale, Dec. 27.?Earl Frampton,
a prominent farmer and popular > *
young man of this section, was shot
V \\
and probably fatally wounded about
two miles from here this afternoon bj
his cousin, Lewis Davis. Davis immediately
after the shooting took
about 15 grains of strychnine and lies
in a desperetae condition here to- j
night with a doctor in attendance. ]
There is a large possibility of his re- j
covery, local doctors said tonight, as
the period of greatest danger has
passed. His recoverey is considered - \~||
remarkable, as the dose taken was
unusually large. Frampton, the
wounded man, was taken to an in- I
firmary in Charleston. The general 1
nnininn fa fhaf +V>a nri 11 nv/wa I
upiuiwu w ir4Ac*v viiv nuuuu niu v? v
fatal, he being shot through the abdomen,
the ball entering near the left
side and coming out on the front of
the right side. The weapon used was
a .38 calibre automatic. ?
It appears that Frampton, who is y
a first cousin of Davis, lives in the j
ihome of Davis, together with the lat- v|jj
ter's father and two sisters. Davis's -* >-1
only statement afer the shooting was j
that it was due to family troubles.
The family of the wounded man was {Mm
so excited that no coherent state- j
ment could be gained at tlie homo |
where the shooting occurred. j
A resident of Allendale happened to
pass the home after the shooting oc- / >J]
curred and coming on into Allendale, lj|i !
reported the news to Sheriff Bennett
who immediately went to the scene of |
the crime with several deputies and I
a doctor. The wounded man was .
rushed to the hospital, and Framp- 1^3'
ton was found in an upstairs room
with an empty bottle of strychnine . ? \
by his side. He stated that'he had i
taken the entire bottle of poison and Vlj
requested that he be allowed to stay i jj I
in the room a few minutes as he he- !
lieved he would be dead'at the end of !
that time. j
He was taken in charge by Sheriff ' .
Bennett, however, and brought to Allendale.
He was haying convulsion# P'Jl
when he reached here", but after at
tention by a local doctor he appeared
to have slightly recovered and is rest- "Ji
ing fairly easy tonight. \ I!
The father of Framp.ton made a j
statement after the Shooting that
Davis had made threats and appear- ^51
ed in other ways to be mentally troubled
during the past six months, but :;-|i
that he knew of no direct motive for j
LUC UilC^OU LT11UC.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE.
Hearts of Little Folks Made Glad at j
the Mill ChapeL.
Santa Claus night, Saturday, Docember
24th, the annual Christmas i
tree was had at the factory chapel in , 'M
this ritv fnr the henefit r?f the ehf!~
dren of the mill village here. I'he exercises
and festivities were beautiful
in sentiment and scenery and many
little hearts were made to tingle with
gladness and joy. The older folks
present also enjoyed the occasion to
the fullest. It seemed that all the
children must have been there, and
every child received at least one present.
The gifts were purchased mostly
in Augusta by some of the ladies
of the city so that an excellent selection
was on hand; a subscription for
the purpose had been previously got
ten up, and the whole affair was arranged
with the true Christmas spirit
abounding and carried out with glow- 1
img success. Lonnie Frye, a young
man employed in the mill, acted as
Santa ?u'laus; his part could not have
been better played and old Santa himself
would have been proud of his
imitator. This occasion was originated
some vears ago and is constant
ly looked forward to with the su- .
*preme
delight which Christmas and
Santa Olaus always brings to the in- *j
nocent playful 'hearts and minds of J
the little tots.
A Rilling Passion.
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"Why in the world did she marry
him. He has lost one leg, his hair
is gone, one eye is out and he hasn't
any teeth."
"He was her final, grand success. '1
That woman has always had a mad
passion for remnants." .il
Seasonable.
Rastus: Dis heah old watch yer I
sold me last week loses time badly. |
Pa/ldlor- Tf ain't thA dat'a
goin' slower. It's the days what's get- |
tin' longer. -oja
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