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Aiken, March 7.?Sweeping down!
ttpon Warrenville, in Horsecreek valley,
six miles from Aiken, at 5 o'clock
this morning, a tornado wrought
^ death and terrible destruction. Five
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persons were mstanuy Kinea, i? lu
20 wounded, some seriously, if not
.fatally, and 25 houses were wrecked
in the path of the terrific wind. Four
of the dead are children. Th^y are:
Fred Hoover, 12; Dollie Mitchum, 8;
Theodore Wood, 2. The fifth death
was that of Mrs. Dollie Boyd, 19.
The tornado, according to those
, who passed through the terrible experience,
lasted for about 30 seconds.
In this short space of time houses
were laid flat, trees were uprooted,
wreckage was strewn over a wide
i territory and quick and instant death
waa Woalt
The tornado struck first to the
southeast of the mill at Warrenville,
destroying all of the dozen houses in
this row of the mill village except
one. From here it jumped, striking
next at what is called Stump Row,
taking one house and leaving another
practically untouched. Then, cutting
. a path across an open field, it struck
with terrific force at Steifeltown, a
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quarter of a mile away, destroying
' four houses at this place.
Family Under Wreckage.
Henry Woods, a mill operative, was
asleep in his house at Warrenville
with his family. The house was a to
tal wreck, only the flooring being
left beneath the wreckage. Woods
and his wife were found, the man
was badly hurt, a splinter having
been dTiven deep in his head. Mrs.
Woods was perhaps fatally injured.
The dhimney falling had buried the
K^vnofVi o nilft nf bricks. I
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There were many remarkable es- j
capes at Steifeltown. The home of!
Frank "Steifel was blown down upon
hinj, the structure crumbling up like
a paste board box in a vise. Mr. Steifel
was dug ofct of the wreckage and
was found to have been left without
a scratch. At the same place the
borne of Mrs. Beard, postmistress at
Warrenville, was almost totally destriyed.
Mrs. Beard was unhurt, eswith
her entire family.
Relief parties were^quickly formed
and physicians summoned from Aiken
and Augusta arrived on the scene
before daybreak. In the early light
of the rainy morning the work of
rescuing the injured was begun. A
temporary hospital was established
on the second floor of a store opposite
the mill at Warrenville. To the
mnrenie the dead were carried.
Crowds began to gather and the
homeless were given such aid as was
A possible. Many of these have lost
all their household effects and ard
without food or clothing.
. One house, a large square* structure,
which was in the path of the
tornado, was left unscathed except
for ofiie side having been blown out
as completely as if the fourth wall
had never been built. Not a thing
tn the house was disturbed:
To the Aiken Hospital.
The most seriously injured were
brought to the Aiken hospital in ambulances.
Some of these will probably
die. All of the victims were
wfhite. Those in the hospital are:
Harry Mundy, -Mrs. Josie Hardy, Mrs.
Wood, Mrs. Clark, who is unconscious;
Rufus Mundy, Owen Wood
and Mr. Green.
At Langley the storm did a great
deal of damage, but there was no
loss of life. The Baptist church was
unroofed and parts of the Langley
company's barn and stables torn up.
A few houses were slightly dislodged.
Hundreds of large trees were uprooted.
Several mules stabled at Steif^l4/NTTf<n
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The Aiken chapter of the American
Red Cross has been placed in
charge of the emergency relief work,
under the direction of Miss Agnes
Campbell, Red Cross nurse, and the
mill company is providing temporary
relief for.the sufferers as generously
as is possible.
Governor Robert A. Cooper this afternoon
telephoned to Sheriff H. H.
Howard offering his assistance in any
way that it might be needed. The
Aiken Standard has opened a relief
fund for the tornado sufferers and the
responses are generous. The Aiken
delegation to the general assembly
this afternoon telegraphed C. J. Hill,
chief commissioner of Aiken county,
that an appropriation of $1,000 had
been placed in the Aiken county supply
bill to aid in the relief of the tornado
sufferers. This money will be I
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)rnado Tuesday
Rev. Mr. Herbert
Conducting Revival
A revival meeting is in progress
this week at Trinity 'Methodist
church. Rev. T. G. Herbert, of Orangeburg,
is doing the preaching. The
i meeting began Monday and will continue
through this week and probably
into next week. Announcement
will be made later in the church as
to the closing date of the revival.
Rev. -Mr. Herbert is one of the
srongest preachers of the South
r.arolina Methodist conference. He
I has numerous friends in Bamberg,
shaving served Trinity church as pastor
several years ago.
Services are being conducted daily
at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., and the pub.lic
generally is most cordially invited
to attend.
BIDS FOR COLLETON ROAD.
Work on Important Highway to Begin
Soon.
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Walterboro, March 2.?Awards
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made in tne oias ior constructing cue
twelve-mile road from Walterboro to
Bells, going to the lowest bidders,
were won by H. R Hoppendietzel
Company, of Macon, Ga., whose bid
for the road was $31,967.40. The
second lowest bid was that of Bamberg
& Smoak, of Bamberg, for $32,551.72,
and the third was that of
Chitwood & Carpenter, of Columbia,
$34,512.85. The concrete bridge
work on this road was awarded to
Smoak & Reed, of St. George, whose
bid was $5,695.65. The next two
bids were Chitwood & Carpenter,
Columbia, $5,942.40, and SimonsMayrant
Company, of Charleston,
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Work is to begin as soon as the
preliminaries are completed, and will
consume not more than 180 working
days. The type of road will be sandclay
with concrete culverts and abutments,
.and all bridges Will be of
concrete. The road will be of standard
fifty^foot right of way and Ihirtytwo
feet surfaced.
This stretch of road is one of the
most important in the county, and
?M1 xnnnntit mnro travel
Will UUllUllCOO suyi/uit luut v w? w.
than any road in the county. It
will connect through the county seat
with the Walterboro-Jacksonboro
road, which is nearing completion.
This is a link of the intercoastal highway
and will connect at Jacksonboro
with the road to Charleston.
At the opening of bids, Highway
Commissioner Buckner was assisted
by a representative of the state highway
department. Much interest was
shown in the bidding, and quite a
inr>A p.rnwd of interested spectators
was present in addition to the representatives
of the dozen or .more
firms putting in bids.
SAJLE OF ASPARAGUS. ,
J. W. Jones Arranges for Disposition
of Crop.
Washington, March 4.?J. W.
Jones, of Ridge Spring, general
manager of the South Carolina
Asparagus Growers association, has
been here for some days arranging
for the sale of the coming crop. The
association has many members in
Barnwell, Aiken, Edgefield and Sa
luda counties. Mr .tones nas raaue
arrangements in . ' on, New York,
and Washington which will take
care of the principal part of the association's
crop.
Wife Slayer Gets life Term.
Pickens, March 3.?After deliberating
two hours and a half the jury
early tonight returned a verdict of
guilty of murder with recommendation
to mercy in the cgse of Ross
Powell, who killed his wife. Emily |
Powell, at Glennwood cotton mill in
Easley on October 4 last. A sentence
of life imprisonment was immediately
imposed. The defense announced
that no appeal would be taken. Powell,
it was charged, went to the mill
where fhis wife was at work and
slashed her throat from ear to ear:
with a razor, killing her instantly.
available immediately.
The Aiken-Augusta trolley has
been compelled to suspend operation
today, as there was no electric current,
all wires having been torn down
between Aiken and Augusta.
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Assistance Given
Pitiful Case Recently
A pitiful case was recently given assistance
by the citizens of Bamberg,
assisted by the local Red Cross chapter.
On December 20bh, last, Clara
Kelley was shot and seriously injured
by Carrie Stevens, both negro women,
in this city, the bullet taking effect in
the shoulder. The woman was carried
to the hospital at Voorhees
school, Denmark, and has been there
ever since. She has wasted away un
til now she is literally nothing more
than skin and bone. She has no funds
and none were available from friends
or relatives, although she has a good
reputation and is described as being
a good woman, and the shooting appears
to have been wifhout warranty
probably a case of mistaken identity,
as the women were said to be strangers.
Recently it was said by the doctors
who have attended her without hope
of monetary reward that an X-ray
picture might help to locate the bul
let and that extraction might follow.
Mayor Thomas succeeded in getting
hastily $25 from citizens and the
Red Cross contributed $25 for this
purpose, and it is hor id that the picture
will result in jcating the ball
and that a successiul operation may
result. The Voorhees school deserves
much praise for caring for the
woman all this time.
SUES RAILROAD FOR $100,000.00.
Widow of H. H. Cauthen is Plaintiff
in Large Suit Just Piled.
A suit for $100,000 has been filed
against the Southern railway in the
office of clerk of court for Orangeburg
by Mrs. Cora R. Cauthen as administratrix
of the estate of her hus
Dana, Jtiazei n. tauuieu, wuu wo.?
(frowned by falling into a well near
the Southern depot at Branchville on
the 26th day of last December.
Mr. Cauthen was working for the
Southern railway and had just arrived
on the night train and gone on
duty as night operator. A little later
he went out on the railroad yards
and in the darkness stepped into a
large well which was being dug by
the railroad and was drowned before
help reached him.
The well it is said, was about
twenty feet wide and about fifteen
feet deep and ihad about eight feet
of water in it when Mr. Cauthen fell
in.
The complaint alleges that the well j
was entirely open; had no lights or
warning around it and had no guards
or walls to protect people from falling
into the well.
Mrs. Cauthen, who is a.neice of the
late David N. Smith, of this city, lives
in Ft. Motte. Mr. Cauthen left surviving
him his widow and two children.?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
KILLS GIRL; MAKES DASH.
Rejected Suitor Calls Victim From
Family Table.
Frederick, Md., March 5.?Summoned
from her seat at the family
table where a meal was in progress,
Miss Arta Jenkins, seventeen years
old, was killed today by Harvey
Gartrell, who, according to the police,
was a rejected suitor. Gartrell
is said to ihave then turned his revolver
upon/himself but only inflicted
a scalp wound, and, recovering,
fled in an automobile. The machine
was found later abandoned a short
distance from Frederick. Searching
parties found no trace of Gartell.
Freedom From Labor.
Texans are just naturally partisans.
A man from that state called
at the Journal office the other day.
In reply to a question, he said "Yes,
the caounty where Ah live went Republican
at 'lection, but it's so'y now
it went that way. Hodding ain't so
pop'la' as he was. Ah hud a fellow
say some remawks 'bout that today
right here in Tulsy. He said: 'Some
great liberates have live in this country.
Lincoln, he freed the slaves;
Henry Fo'd freed the tired piano
playah; Hodding freed the wo'king
man from hahd labah. Ain't no
work now but fo' va'y few.' "?Savannah
News.
Promising,
Casey?"Ah how is your boy,
Mickey, gettin' along in school?"
Flannery?"Foine, foine. Sure,
the teacher licks him ivery day f'r
fightin'."
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Will Hold Truck
Meeting in Denmark
The following programme has been
arranged by the Bamberg County
Truck Growers association and will
be carried out at Denmark, at 11
a. m., March 13th, at the K. of P.
hall. The association is interested
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m s*;nt:icii u uiMug auu uucaac tuu~
trol and this is especially true of the
watermelon crop. The programme
for the meeting is as follows:
F. C. Meier, bureau of plant
pathology, Washington, D.. C., subject,
"Control of Watermelon Diseases."
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Prof. H. W. Barre, director of experiment
station Clemson college,
subject, "Cooperative Demonstrations
and Disease Control."
F. L. Harkey, agent in marketing,
extension service, Clemson college,
and J. M. McBride, development
agent, Florence, subject, "Marketing
Statistics."
Mr. Meier is the oldest man in this
kind of work and has done quite a
little experimental work along this
line. His service is made possible
as he is passing through on this date
on his way to Florida. You will notice
that the subjects mentioned are
of- vital importance to us. Everybody
is invited to attend. Some local
'speaker will be secured to make a
short talk on organization and production.
STOLEN MONEY SHOWS UP.
Notes Lost Sixteen Years Ago Appear
in Circulation.
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Somewhere in the United States
presumably in or near Southern California,
a former outlaw is enjoying
the fruits of his banditry, according
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to uanaaian ponce aumunues. a ic??
days ago, they requested United
states police to seek a man who is
spending proceeds of bank notes
in a raid on1 the New Westminster
branch of the Bank of Montreal, sixteen
years ago.
A parcel of bank notes totalling
$11,500, was recently mailed to the
local bank of its New Orleans agents.
The exchange teller in the sterling
bank, attracted by the crispness of
the 'bills, despite the early dates they
bore investigated and found their
number to correspond with some of
those on currency stolen in the raid
16 years ago. Half of the batch of
bills was identified as loot of the old
robbery. The bandits escaped with
$180,000 in notes and gold.
The raid was .made by "Bill"
Minor's daring robber band. Minor
was later arrested and given a life
sentence in an American prison. The
Canadian police, however, knew that
the leadership of the band was taken
over by one of Minor's lieutenants j
whose name is unknown to them. He
is the man sought. He is believed to
be exchanging the bank notes in
small amounts for American coin,
'having disposed of the gold taken in
the raid.
The Canadian police say they have
traced the bills to the Lia Juana race
track.
8. C. SCHOOL AIDED.
Rockefeller Money For Presbyterian
College.
New York, March 4.?Gifts of $1,811
tft orthrvnlR and colleees of the
nation, made possible by John D.
Rockefeller's decision to permit distribution
of principal as well as income
from his funds, were made today
by the general education board
of the Rockefeller Foundation. Tie
gifts included:
Hampden-Sydney t allege, Hampden-Sydney,
Va , $100,000.
University of, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
$166,666.
Presbyterian College of South
Carolina, Clinton, S. C., $125,000.
Dr. J. W. Babcock Dead.
Columbia, March 3.?Dr. J. W.
Babcock, who for thirty years was
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Si'DermteiKicut in mc
here, died at 5 o'clock this morning.
The end came very suddenly. He
had been suffering with an ailment
for several weeks, but his condiffon
was not thought serious, and his
death was a shock to his friends and
family.
He is survived bv his wife and
three daughters. The funeral was
held in Chester, of which place he
was a native.
' Dr. Babcock was one of the nation's
leading experts on pellagra,
and was one of the first to recognize
this disease and for several years he
has been head of a private sanatorium
here.
Verdict A gains
Union Tela
Edisto Dentists Hold
Meeting Thursday
The dentists of the Edisto Dental
society held an interesting and instructive
meeting in Bamberg last
Thursday. The meeting was well attended
by the dentists from Barnwell,
nonmorl- OranP'ohiir!' Rrnnrhvillp
Bamberg and Ehrhardt, and the various
discussions were listened to wit)h
much pleasure by the members of the
society.
The meeting was held at the Mayflower
Inn, was opened with prayer
by Rev. S. 0. Cantey, and a splendid
dinner was served the members and
visiting dentists.
The principal speaker of the day
was Dr. Gaffney, of Charleston, who
afterward demonstrated tihe removal
of teeth in the office of Dr. Thomas*
Black.
The election of officers for the en
suing term resulted as follows: President,
Dr. J. G. Boozer, of Denmark;
! secretary and treasurer, Dr. J. R.
j McAlhaney, of Branchville.
OLDEST COWBOY.
"Uncle Herb," Aged 90, is Still On
the Old Job.
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One of America's oldest cowboys,
is Andrew Herbson, 90 years young.
"Uncle Herb" is employed on a ranch
near Butte, Montana, herding sheep
twelve hours a day and hasn't missed
a pay-day for forty years, accordingto
Orvold Linnton, his boss.
"Uncle Herb" is a little wiry fellow,
baldheaded, with a scattered
fn77v ihAflrri hut does not look the
years he has weathered the old earth.
The boss gives him orders every
morning just wl^re to take the flock
for the day and "Uncle Herb" mounts
his herd pony, sees that :his rifle
is strapped to the back of the saddle
and guides the sheep into the hills
or woods.
The old time herder is toothless,
so 'he lives on bread and milk, but
his favorite dish is beef stew.
"Getting a thrill every day is what
keeps me young," declared the grizzled
sheep herder just before leaving
for the hills, "and I guess them pesky
varmints, the cougars, are what
produce Che stimulant for me these
days."
"When I was a cowboy the Indians
used to keep us fellows in condition
and the rustlers supplied a few heartthrobs,
but now in these hills it's the
cougars," said Uncle Herb, puffing at
his wheezy pipe.
"Cougars are bold enough to trail
even me and this pony, some days,"
continued the old man, "but it is
more than ojie of the pests that
makes trouble. It is two of them.
One will stampede the sheep and another
likely takes a young1 lamb
that runs tangent to the main body.
I always watch the edges. Last
month I brought in two dead varmints
and Linnton there, divided Che
bounty with me. Bought this saddle,
heh, heh, giddap."
POSTOFFICE DESTROYED.
Fire Wipes Out Building at Edgefield
Sunday Morning.
Edgefield, March 5.?The postoffice
building and its entire contents
was destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock
tfhis morning. The origin of the fire
is unknown, but the theory is advanced
that the office was first robbed
and the building set on fire to
cover up the tracks of the robber.
The building was owned by Doctors
Tompkins and Marsh and was fully
covered by insurance.
Gov. Cox. Is in Aiken.
Aiken, March 3.?Former Governor
of Ohio James M. Cox, Democratic
presidential candidate in 1920, arrived
in Aiken this afternoon on the
2:40 Southern train. He was met
at the depot by Mayor Gaston and
-a number of Aiken citizens despite
the rain, which fell in torrents. To
the hearty greeting of the crowd the
distinguished visitor answered by lifting
his black felt hat, southern
made, and saying: "I hardly expected
such a large number of people
in this wet weather, but it shows
again fully the real spirit of true
southern hospitality." To a correspondent
he stated that he had come
down to Aiken for a month's rest
and exoected to try his luck at hunting
while here.
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The court of common pleas convened
in Bamberg Monday morning with
his honor, Judge J. W. DeVore, of
Edgefield, presiding. The court officials
were in their places and soon,
the wheels of civil justice were moving.
The first case tried was that of J.
H. Lott and Mrs. J. H. Lott against
the Western Union Telegraph company,
each one asking for damage*
in the sum of $3,000 against the tele
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5ia^u vuiujmu; iui anv^^u
on the part of the defendant company.
The jury rendered a combined verdict
for $1,100, but the judge reduced
the actual damages in one case $50,
thereby making the verdict $1,050,
the $50 being actual damages, and
the balance punitive damages.
Court adjourned on Tuesday for
the balance of this week., The session
will be resumed next Monday N
morning, at which time the jurors for
the second week will appear at the
.usual hour for opening court.
The breakdown of the week's session
was the result of a combination
of circumstances. It was found that
several of the cases scheduled for v j
trial this week could not be taken up I
for one reason and another, and ft- |
nally upon the consent of all parties j
concerned it was decided to adjourn j
the session until next Monday. \ - \
Tuesday morning the weather was J
terrible. Jurors and witnesses were \
unable to be in court at the appoint- j
ed time, and a number of out of town I
lawyers interested in the cases up for j
trial could not come on account of j
the morning Augusta train being de- 1
layed. J Court was held open for some j
time wainting on the arrival of the ,. I
train before it was decided to sus- j
pend for the balance of the week. j
? Judge DeVore remained in the city |
Wednesday, and the time ^ras con- j
sumed in hearing equity matters. j
EXECUTIONER'S PAY DROPS.
Death Dealer at Sing Sing Had Doll j
Time Last year. j
Nineteen twenty-one was a poor j
year ior tsxaie j^xcuuuuer jvuu nm- *
bert. His income fell off $750 from -ji
the previous year, when he 'had six- J
teen electrocutions, says an Ossining, *' ' 1
N. Y., dispatch. Last year he had only 1
eleven. v j
For each person he puts to death |
in the electric chair Hulbert gets j
$150. In addition to these fees (he J
draws a salary of $1,500 for serving ;j
the state in another capacity. .
Prospects are for a more prosper- I
ous year for Hulbert in 1922. So far I
this year he has had three jobs. I
Three other men are to be executed 1
soon, and twenty-five condemned men I
are now in the death 'house. I
WASHINGTON RED HEADED. j
Harvard Professor Discovers Color of j
Hair of First American. 1
Albert Bushnell Hart, professor of j
government at Harvard university, |
addressing a Washington's birthday I
celebration in Boston last week, ie- I
clared that the first president of the I
United States 'had red hair. |
"Although it has been ignored by j
posterity," he said, "Washington had J
red hair, covered by his wig." jj
Washington's spelling was devoid J
of embellishments, the professor I
said, remarking: j
"He never learned to accept tfhe I
cannons of spelling, preferring to I
spell glue 'glew' and window 'wind- ij
Death is Regretted at Cope. jj
CoDe. March 1.?The death of J. F. jj
Clinkscales, which occurred near Abbeville
Wednesday of last week, is a
matter of deep regret to friends of
Mrs. Charles S. Henerey, of Cope, the
deceased was one of the most substantial
farmers and business men of
Abbeville county. '
The deceased is survived by his
widow who was Miss Ella Kay and
the following sons and daughters:
Mrs. Charles S. Henerey, of Cope,
Mrs. J. F. Cason, of Raleigh, N. C.; z
Mrs. John T. Stokes, of Abbebille J
county; Mrs A. M. Hill, of Darling- I
ton, and Marshall Clinkscales, J. T. I
Clinkscales and Edward Clinkscales,
the sons living at the old home. Mrs.
Henerey spent the past four weeks * J|
with her father and was at his side
when the end came. /