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$2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922. Established in 1891.
Commission
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At a meeting of the state highway I
commission Tuesday, the official i
okeh was placed on the Branchville j
highway from Bamberg to the Edis-!
to river. This means that the contract
will be let at once, it is understood,
for the construction of this
much wanted and long needed piece j
, of county roadway.
The building of this link of the
Charleston and Augusta highway has
been before the state highway commission
for several months past. The
road wes approved for federal aid by
the commission last fall, and the
county authorities made the necessary
arrangements to finance Bamberg's
half of the expenses, but the
failure of the commission to adver-'
tise for bids for the work was due to
the fact that the commission insisted
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SERIES OF FIRES IN BEAUFORT.
Incendiary Origin Suspected by Some.
War on Bootleggers.
Beaufort, April 6.?At 9 o'clock
last night fire was discovered at the
grocery store of Mayor Kinghorn. At
9:30 two United States marines were
arrested for having liquor in their
possession. Ot 10 o'clock the rooms
of J. M. Wargo were raided, liquor
found and Wargo arrested. The marines
reported him as having sold it
to them. At 11:40 0 ciock me aiarm
was sent in for a fire that totally destroyed
the Beaufort Gazette printing
plant.
At midnight Mrs. Van Smith, wife
of Dr. Van Smith, died at her home
as result of shock caused by The
Gazette fire a block away. At 12:30
o'clodk another fire was discovered,
at the Kinghorn store.
The tragedy of Mrs. Van Smith's
death saddens the community. She
is survived by her husband, who is
a prominent Mason; son, Capt. Claude
C. Smith, a daughter, Mrs. W. H.
Sligh, of Birmingham, and a sister,
Mrs. Mollie Boozer, of Newberry.
She lived with her family for many
years in Newberry, moving to Beaufort
a little over a year ago.
The estimate of the loss of The
Gazette plant is $12,000, with approximately
$6,000 insurance. No
cause for the fire is known, though
incendiarism is suspected. The plant
will be rebuilt at once. The principal
owner is Niels Christensen. ^
The damage to Mayor Kinghorn's
store was slight. No reason for this
attack on his property is known,
though his vigorous efforts to suppress
bootleggers have been resented
by some, in which effort the Gazette
has joined.
NOT AMONG ELIGIBLES.
Blackville Postmaster Not Included
in First Thre>e.
Washington, April 6.?The certified
list from the examination held
some time ago for the postmastership
at Blackville, S. C., shows that
the present acting postmaster) George
L. Magruder, appointed acting postmaster
on the recommendation of republican
National Committeeman
Tolbert, did not get among the eligibles,
the first three being Harry A.
Rich, Gerald L. Weissinger, and Milledge
Hankinson. v When the late
Postmaster B. J. Hammett died, his
widow was made acting postmaster
by the inspector from the department,
but she "was superseded by Magruder,
who was formerly a resident of Savannah.
Magruder cannot be appointed
as postmaster under the
presidential "civil service" order, but
he will draw the salary as long as-lie
remains in his present "acting" j
status.
FORMER SOLDIER SLAIN.
Richard Peay Dies at Hands of Comrade?Had
Room Together.
Chester, April 10.?Richard Peay,
a well known young man of this city
and a veteran of the World war, was
shot and instantly killed by Joseph
P. Queen, also a veteran of the World
war, about 2:20 o'clock this morning
at the Gladden apartments on Hudson
street, conducted by Mrs. Maggie
Adams, a sister of the dead man. One
shot, which was evidently the first,
struck Peay in the nose, and penetrated
the the brain; another went
through the heart; a third pierced
the abdomen. Another went wild.
Coroner J. Henry Gladden was notified
at once of the homicide and
empanelled a jury, which viewed the
remains,' and will meet tomorrow
morning at the court house at 9:30
o'clock to hold the inquest. Dr.
George A. Hennies performed the autopsy.
Queen was a member of company
F, One Hundred and Eighteenth infantry,
Thirtieth division. He was
sent to the Pryor hospital here for
treatment, and had undergone an operation
for appendicitis. Recently
he had injured his side and had been
forced to return to the hospital. He
is learning the shoemaker's trade,
and was employed in the shoe repair
shop.
The young men were both lodgers
at Mrs. Adams's and were roommates.
"Shelmore," nature's great egg
maker. Get it at W. D. Rhoad's.?adv.
Dy DanKS,
The statement is the consolidation
<^f the condition of 372 state J
hanks, fifteen branch banks and one
private bank.
DESTROY AGED STILL.
Negro Claims Outfit Above Hundred '
Years Old.
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Anderson, April 7.?When Ward
Huckabee was questioned as to making
whiskey after having been found
with a still in the fireplace he told
the officers that "I was just making a
little liquor for grandma." Then he
said that his copper still, which exactly
fitted into an old fashioned log
fireplace, had been in the family for
more than 100 years, and that they
had always made a little whiskey '
when they needed it. The "grandma"
spoken of is an old woman 84 years
of age, and needed a little whiskey ,
for medicine. The age of the outfit ^
did not keep the officers from destroying
it, although they stated that it
looked every bit as old as the man j
claimed.
Infected With Leprosy.
Richmond, April 7.?William M.
Skipper, 27, who was brought here
from Marion, S. C., for examination,
has been found infected with leprosy,
according to the city bureau
of health today. He has a wife and
one child living at East Marion, S.
C. Aid of the federal government I
will be sought to have him removed
from this city.
Urges the Women to
Attend Club Meetings
To the women of Bamberg county:
Please allow me to call your attention
to the fact that the various Democratic
clubs are to meet the fourth
Saturday of this month for re-organization
and to elect delegates to the
county conventions, which will be
held on Monday, May the 1st.
Since the average voter comes
into direct contact with the management
of her party only at the club
meetings, it is urged that every woman
who has attained her majority,
or who will become twenty-one years
of age before the general election in
November, attend the meeting which
will be held in her precinct on April
22nd. ?
Of course, it is taken for granted
that each club in electing delegates
to the county convention will provide
for a fair representation of
women, but, since time immemorial,
it has been the custom to select men
only, this provision may he overlooked
unless women are present as a
reminder that they, also, are citizens.
Then, too, the delegation chosen
by the county convention to the
state convention should be composed
of both men and women; and a wo
man as well as a man, should be
selected to represent the county on
the State Democratic Executive committee.
The Demociatic party now
requires that the National Executive
committee shall comprise two members,
a man and a woman, from each ]
state, Mrs. Julian B. f.alley, of Aiken, <
being our representative.
In conclusion, let me say that th?
nineteenth amendment gives the vote
alike to the women who wanted it <
and to the woman who thought she
did not want it, neither has a ?'isnt
to neglect it. It now becomes just as
much the duty of every woman
in" South Carolina to use her ballot
for the public welfare as it hsr; for .
generations been the duty of our men
to employ the franchise for iho best '
interests of the state. Shall ve prove '
less mindful and worthy of the trust
than they?
(MRS. RICHARD) ANNIE DAN- ?
I ELS WILLIAMS, '
Chairman South Carolina League of
Woftien Voters. 1
CONDITION STATE BANKS.
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Bank Examiner Makes Figures Public
as of March 10.
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Columbia, April 7.?The new gasof
James H. Craig, state bank examiner,
of the condition of state banks
as of business March 10, shows that
the total surplus for the state is $7,680,828.45;
undivided profits, $2,779,665.21;
individual deposits subject
to check, $45,354,612.65; sav- 1
ings deposits, $34,386,048.54; demand
and time certificates of deposits,
$15,836,815.32; loans and discounts
amount to $116,369,983.89;
overdrafts to $982,960.42; liberty 1
bonds owned by banks, $4,740,659.08,
and bonds and stock owned
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Cope Citizens Vote
Bonds for School
Cope, April 7.?By a vote of 62 for
bonds and 4 6 against "bonds, the election
to decide whether or not this
school district would issue bonds to
the amount of $30,000 for the erec-1
tion of a new and more modern school
building in Cope was carried Thursday.
Much interest was shown,
both sides leaving no stone unturned
in an effort to carry out their wishes.
The poll list was considerably in
creasea oy ine worneu uaviug registered
a month ago but in consideration
of the requirements of the law
regarding voting there were many
ineligible on account of them not having
paid their taxes by December 31,
1921, that the election was practically
decided by a handful of women.
The managers of election were: G.
E. Griffith, J. D. Cleckley and J. B.
Ashe. Everything passed off quietly I
and in an orderly manner. The board
of school trustees of this district
consists of S. B. Cope, E. E. Ritter
and J. I. Valentine.
WEEVILS LIVING IN TREES.
Cotton Pest Found Hibernating in
New and Original Quarters.
The following clipping taken from
the Timmonsville Enterprise, was
handed to the Herald by S. S.
Carroll:
"The berry of the chinaberry tree
has been discovered to be the winter
hibernating and propagating quarters
of the boll weevil, according to a
number of farmers who have come to
the Enterprise office during the past
few days.
"H. E. Parnelle, of Oates, came in
on Saturday of last week and stated
that he had discovered them in the
berries on his trees in large quantities,
practically all of the berries
being punctured and on the inside
weevils in all stages of growth, from
the t'niest grub to fully developed
weevils. As soon as I discovered
that the weevil was using the berries
for winter quarters while they
raised their families, I immediately
cut down every tree, gathered up the
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Dernes a.uu uuacu iucui m a ui^, rruou
pot,' stated Mr, Parnelle.
"J. Ivy Hill was in town Tuesday
and stated that at least 75 per cent.
oC the berries on his umbrella china
trees were punctured, and in them
were weevils at all stages of life. He
Drought with him a handful of berries
he had gathered at the home of A.
H. Askins. Upon opening them it
was found that practically every one
of them contained a small grub,
which is believed to be a boll weevil.
"The editor of the Enterprise sent
a number of these berries to Clemson
college for exper^opinion."
PLUCKING THE RUBES.
Havana Sharpers Play Visitors for
Suckers.
"Every American in Havana has a
scheme to make your fortune and his,
too," said a recently returned American,
according to the New York Sun
"It makes no difference whether your
capital is $2 or a million times that
sum, you can find a proposition that
will need just the amount you can
raise.
"For $2 or $3 you can buy a hive
of bees; the bees will swarm the next
day and you will have two hives.
Keep this process up a few weeks and
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yOU Will II<1vis d tuuucauu uitvq, uuu
as bees can work the year round in
Cuba, flowers being continuously in
bloom, each hive will make you $25
and a thousand hives mean $25,000 a
year. A neat income even in an expensive
resort like Havana.
"If you have a few hundred dpllars
you will be advised to go into the
chicken business and your adviser
will tell you how eggs sell at 6 or 8
ients a piece?they don't sell them by
the dozen in Havana?and each hen
will therefore earn $12 to $15 yearly,
while her board will be $3.80 or some
such sum.
If your fortune is up in the thousands
you are advised to go into the
lumbir business and you will be told
of the tremendous demand for poles
an which to hang tobacco while it is
being cured. The American who is
explaining the huge profits from these
enterprises usually does his talking, in
a, cafe arid does his figuring on top of
the marble topped tables. The table
tops are-covered with figures on a
busy day until a waiter comes/ around
with a damp towel and wipes off the
tables and obliterates the fortunes."
Diogenes in Towtl
Diogenes was peering about tne
byways of New York. In his hand he
bore an electric flashlight.
"What are you looking for now,
old fellow?" some one asked. "An
honest man?"
"No," replied the old gentleman
hopelessly, "I've lost a prescription."
A lleged Highwaymen
Are Bested in Fight
Orangeburg, April 6.?J. S. Bardin,
magistrate at Elloree, and W. L. Ballard,
his constable, lodged two alleged
highwaymen in the county jail today.
Last night about 9 o'clock two
men appeared at the home of E. L.
Bull, who lives about five miles from
Elloree, and asked Mr. Bull to carry
them to Parlers to catch a train, saying
that their ear had broken down.
This, Mr. Bull consented to do, and
when they reached the Vance Mill
dam, which is dark and secluded
spot, the two started to beat Mr.
Bull with their hands, it is alleged.
Then they tried to choke him. Mr.
Bull got his knife out and cut both
severely on their wrists. Mr. Bull
then got out his revolver and shot
one man in the ear and the other in
the foot. They were badly cut in
other places. Mr. Bull was badly
beaten up and cut up. The alleged
highwaymen also had guns, but die!
not use them. The men gave their
names as Stuart Coy, of Harrisburg,
Penn., and John A. Robinson, of
Blackstone, N. D. The men were gi\?
en medical attention at the jail here
today. It is thought they will remain
in jail until the May term of criminal
court. They would' make no
statements. .
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OFFICERS SHOOT BAD NEGRO.
Deau Man Fired Recently Upon Two
Sumter Policemen.
Sumter, April 6.?Willie Durant,
negro, at whose hands Sumter police
Officers J. M. Lawrence and J. H.
Durant narrowly escaped death when
they were wounded by him on March
18, forfeited jjis life this morning
when he resisted arrest by Sumter
county officials.
Word was received here about 8:30'
o'clock that Durant had been seen
about four miles from town and immediately
a party consisting of Police
Chief Barwick, Officers A. D. Owens,
J. P. Shockley, W. H. Strange, J. D.
Chandler and Trial Justice Deputy R.
S. Griffin, set out to the place. A
house was searched first on the farm
of F. L. Boundon and then the party
went through swamps to another negro
house situated on the land of H.
C. Haynesworth. The house was surrounded
by the officers armed with
j rifles and a negro sent in to tell DuI
rant that if he came out with his
| hands up he would be protected and
lodged safely in jail.
Durant did not come out immediately,
but after a short interval appeared
at a back door with a pistol in
his right hand. He was immediately
j shot down, eight bullets taking effect
in h^ body and death coming in[
stantly. His pistol was fully loaded
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Durant had a record for lawlessI
ness besides his attempt on the different
officers here. He had escaped
from the Florence county chaingang,
where he was serving a fife year sentence
for having wrecked a train of
the Atlantic Coast Line road. The
Seaboard Air Line had since then offered
a reward for him for the alleged
wrecking of a train. He wore
at the time of his death a diamond
ring whioh his been identified.
SERIOUS CHARGE AT INQUEST.
Case of an Alleged Criminal Practice
Considered.
Charleston, April 8.?At a coroner's
inquest held yesterday afternoon at
McAllister's undertaking establishment,
the jury found that the death
of a^ young woman on Wednesday
was from "acute fibrino-purulent
peritonitis, said peritonitis being
caused by the operation of a criminal
ohnrHrm with instruments in the hand
of William William B. Ackerman."
"We also find," the jury said, "that
Mrs. Margaret G. Ferbee is an accessory
to the fact."
It was testified that the deceasea
had come to Charleston to visit relatives,
at whose residence the alleged
criminal operation was performed.
Her death occurred after she had
been removed to a hospital. At the
inquest, Dr. Ackerman, whose home
is in Walterboro, testified as to the
services that he had performed in the
case, contending that he had caused
nothing in the nature of an abortion.
It was stated after the Inquest that
he would be released on bond of
$1,000.
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English government issued first
postage stamp in 1840.
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Father Uses Axe
To Kill Children
Charlotte, N. C., April. 9.?Ruby"
Lee Helms, thirteen years old, today
saw her father, John Helms, .
forty, slay three of her little brothers
and sisters in succession, with a
wood axe, and then saw him deliberately
blow off the top of his own.
head with a shotgun, according to
the story she, the only witness, told
Coroner Frank Hovis.
The quadruple tragedy occurred at
the home of Helms, who occupied a
tenant house on the fhrm of Robert
Rice, eleven miles east of Charlotte,
about 6:30 this morning.
Coroner Hovis said the evidence
indicated that Helms had become
suddenly insane, probably as a result
of continued ill health, as he
had been suffering from a chronic
stomach disease and had appeared
deeply depressed when talking with
a brother a day or two ago about his
"hopeless condition."
According to Ruby Lee Helms, she
was walking about in the yard with
the nine months old baby, Hazeline,
while her mother prepared breakfast,
when her father approached
with an axe and with the handle
knocked the baby from her arms;
then he went into the house and,
with the axe, brained two children
in bed, while she looked on through
a window, the two being Broncho,
aged six and Bleeker, aged 4. He
then grabbed a shotgun, went out
into the yard, placed the muzzle
against his cheek, the gun standing
on the ground, reached down and
pressed the trigger, with his thumb,
the load blowing off the top of his
head.
Mrs. Helms and another child in '
addition to Ruby Lee escaped? without
injury and gave the alarm. The
baby was taken to a hospital in Charlotte
where it died about two hours
later.
LAURENS EARMER SLAIN.
Thomas Duncan Kills Riley Hammond
Thursday Morning.
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Laurens, April 6.?Riley Hammond,
a merchant of the Laurens
Cotton Mills village, was shot and
killed this morning by Thomas P.
Duncan, a farmer residing near Madden
station, about six miles southwest
of Laurens, the homicide occurring
at the home of Duncan. A single
barreled shot gun was used and it is
said three shots were fired by Duncan
two of which took effect. Hammond
lived about 15 minutes after being
shot, but so far as known he made no
statement.
Coroner R. R. Owings held the inquest
this afternoon.
Lucius Burns, a transfer driver of
Laurens, who was at the Duncan /
home when the shooting occurred,)
was the only witness examined%
Burns testified that Hammond called
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the witness on the telephone early
this morning and asked him to drive
out to Duncan's home and bring Mrs.
Duncan to the city to visit her people.
When the witness arrived at the
Duncan home, Hammond was standing
in the yard.,. Hammond told the
witness Mrs. Duncan would be ready
in a few minutes. Burns heard loud
talking in the house and a woman
crying. He drove his car out toward
the barn and then a gun shot was
heard, followed by a second shot.
Hammond came to Burns and said he
had been shot and asked Burns to
drive him to town. The witness saw
the third shot as Duncan pushed his
gun through a broken window pane
and fired upon Hammond, this proving
the fatal shot as Hammond fell
in the yard with a wound in the head.
The witness said Hammond had a pistol
and one time during the enactment
of the tragedy he had it in his
hand.
Burns and a negro notified Rural
Officer Boyd, who late/ brought Duncan
to jail. Duncan had very little
to say about the tragedy, the main
statement being to the effect that
Hammond had ruined his home. Duncan
and Hammond were partners in
operating the farm on which the former
lived. Hammond was a native of
Cross Anchor, Spartanburg county,
and is survived by his widow and six
children. He lived near Watts Mills.
Such a Closeness.
"Hear the new guy in charge of
the canteen is pretty close," remarked
the first gob.
"Close!" ejaculated the second,
who had just come out of the S. R.
0. line. "Say, that guy could swim
across the Atlantic with an armful of
eels and never lose one."
upon 'Bamberg building me unu6?
over the Salkehatchie river before
going into the Branchville road project.
The legislative delegation, the
supervisor and the commissioners of
this county, however, felt that the ,
Branchville road could not afford to
, wait, and that the Salkehatchie
bridge could, and therefore insisted
on going ahead with the road as originally
planned, as the county did
not have the available money to go
into both projects at the present
time. The county authorities have
been trying for some time to get the
commission to see the matter in this
light, and again put it up to the commission
Tuesday, with the result that
the -commission has waived the Salke
hatchie bridge project for the time, j
/with the understanding that it must'
be gone into at the earliest possible I
date.
It is a matter of intense satisfaction
to the residents of the county
wiho traverse the Branchville road
to know that the work will now be
proceeded with, as this is one of the i
county's most important highways,
and the road is in a terrible condition,
it being frequently necessary
to make a wide detour in going _to
Branchville from Bamberg by vehicle.
At the same time it is a matter
of satisfaction to know that the Salkenatchie
bridge will soon be con
structed. The bridge over that river
will complete the Columbia to Savannah
highway through Bamberg county,
the balance of the highway either
having been completed or under construction.
It is understood that a
concrete bridge, reinforced with
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steel, is planned au mm pumu auoudale
has completed the installation
of concrete bridges and culverts in ]
its portion of the Salkehatchie river
swamp road, and also about completed
the road from the river to Syta*
more, giving a con tinuous road from
that place almost through to Columbia,
the entire distance of which has
been or will be built with federal aid.
It is estimated that it will cost Bamberg
county $5,000 to finance its portion
of the bridge project.
INJUNCTION FOR TELEPHONE CO.
Judge Smith Grants Temporary Order
, Pending Final Hearing.
Charleston, April 5.?United States
District Judge Henry A. M. Smith
Tuesday afternoon granted a temporary
interlocutory injunction against
the state railroad commission and
the attorney general of South Carolina
on the petition of the Southern
Bell Telephone & Telegraph company,
which charges that the law signed
by-Gov. Robert A. Cooper is confiscatory.
Judge smun requires tut? wmpou; j
to give bond in the sum of $100,000
pending tbe result of the hearing on
Friday, April 14, when it will also be
decided whether " the matter shall be
heard by the throe judges" as provided
in the judicial code. Should
the telephone company lose the case
it will be required to reimburse any
subscribers who overpay to maximum
amounts allowed by the new South
Carolina statute. The law signed
yesterday in Columbia by Governor
Cooper overrules the state railroad
commission's order allowing the
present maximum telephone rates
and prescribes that the maximum
rates he those which were in force
after the period of government control.
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Spring suits for men and young
men. High styles; right prices, at
W. D. Rhoad's.?adv.