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$2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20,1922. Established in 1891.
Carlisle A waro
For $26,(
The dreams for years of the authorities
and friends of Carlisle
school for a new brick dormitory are
about to be realized. Last Thursday
at noon the board of control of Carlisle
awarded the contract for the
erection of the new dormitory for
the sum of $25,600.00 to the construction
firm of Haynesworth &
Lawton, contractors of Florence. The
terms of the contract specify that
work is- to be started at the earliest
? possible date, and that the dormitory
must be turned over to the board by
September 1, 1922, which will be in
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for occupancy by the students on arrival
at school at the beginning of
the school year later in the month.
In accordance with these terms,
the contractors are now securing the
necessary matrials, and will assemble
them on the campus within the next
few weeks preparatory to the actual
laying of the cornerstone of the
building, which is to be an imposing
structure in every way worthy of
Carlisle and in keeping with the general
building programme of the
school as recently mapped out by the
architectural firm of LaFaye & L<&Faye,
of Columbia, who have drafted
the specifications for this building,
as well as presenting the board with
a general landscape and campus plan
of the entire school property.
The new dormitory is to be the
last word in buildings of this character.
It will be three stories in
height and fireproof throughout.
Fifty-three rooms will be incorporated
in the dormitory, which will be of
Ibriok, each room to be furnished
with a closet and lavatory with running
hot and cold water. Double
deck beds will be used throughout
the building, each room being so
equipped as to accoiumouaie lv>uj
boys. Modern and sanitary toilets, i
shower baths, etc., will be installed
on each floor. The rooms will be
heated by steam and lighted by electricity.
That the beard was rortunate m
securing a very conservative bid for
the work is evidenced by the fact
that the bids submitted, some ten or
twelve of them, ran as high as $49,000.00,
and the next nearest bid was
several thousand dollars higher than
the accepted bid.
The contracting firm is to give
good .and sufficient bond for the
faithful execution of the contract,
this bond being sufficiently large
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- supervision of a competent engineer,
who will be on the ground until the
work is completed; in addition there
will be a supervising architect to inspect
the work carefully as it progresses,
on the part of the architects.
The friends of the school feel that
though the school sustained serious
losses by fire during the present
term, the fruitition of the plans for
the new dormitory were but hastened
by these disasters. The new dormitory
had been planned before either
of the fires occurred, but in the
absence of the fires it is not very
likely that the plans would have
been pushed to completion at such
an early date. Thus, out of disaster,
the school will reap a large benefit,
and it will be at the beginning of the
next term decidedly one of the best
equipped schools in S^outh Carolina,
with two dormitories as modern as
any to be found anywhere.
Carlisle's misfortunes began last
fall when suddenly one night
fire was discovered in the
Mary Ann Bamberg hall, on
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hall, a frame structure, burned like
tinder, and was under such headway
when discovered that the boys
barely escaped with their personal
effects. However, heroic work on
tlje part of Bamberg's fire department
succeeded in saving the lower
floor of the dormitory. Now this
building has been repaired and made
into practically a new building, by
the means of which the congestion
among the cadets has been relieved.
Only a few weeks after this a resident
of Carlisle streat looking out of
^ his window about 10 o'clock at night
saw a small blaze issuing from the
roof of the H. J. Brabham hall, an
historic old Bamberg building, formerly
the home of the Bamberg graded
school. This citizen rushed out
and alarmed the boys of the approaching
danger. Being thus warned
in ample time, the cadets moved
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their effects safely from the burning
structure and carried them to safety
without mishap. This building was I
also a frame structure, and all that i
remained of 'the Brabham hall the i
next morning were several gaunt!
chimneys extending skyward.
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With only one aormuory ien. uu i
the campus to house the cadets,
something had to be done. Temporary
arrangements were made to
take care of all the boys comfortably
for the rest of the session, but the
next session, when a large enrollment
is expected, loomed omniously
before the authorities.
Hence, a building committee was
named by the board of control a few
days after the last fire. This committee
has kept constantly at the
task, which was by no means a small.
one, due to the financial condition of i
the people generally. To finance the
project meant careful study and sober
thought. Not doubting, however,
that ways and means would be
sought and found, the committee laid
its plans for the erection of a dormitory.
An automobile tour of inspection
was arranged by the committee
and many schools in the upper part
of the state were visited. Modern
dormitories were inspected and
ideas were gathered from many
points. The committee feels that the
collation of these ideas will result
in Carlisle having not only as modern
an establishment as any school
in the state, but perhaps better, as
the committee had the opportunity
of studying any defects as well as |
improvements in dormitories.
Just as soon as these ideas and j
suggestions could be put into con-1
crete form, architects were called!
into conference. LaFaye & LaFaye j
were selected as the school's architects.
The firm went to work at
once on the plans, sending engineers;
to Bamberg. Not only were plans I
made for the new dormitory, but a
general scheme of development of
the school property was worked out,
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and is now in the hands of the school!
authorities.
In the future all construction;
work will be in keeping with the |
general development scheme. The!
new brick dormitory will be erected
on a line with the Guilds hall, instead
of being on line with the burned
hall, thus affording additional
campus room. In front of the building
will be beautified. In the person
of Col. W. C. Duncan, the school has
not only a capable headmaster but a
gardener of recognized ability, and
as a landscape husbandman is without
a peer anywhere. Within the
next few months Bamberg may safely
.expect not only the best equipped
school in this section of the country,
but one of the most beautiful camDuses
to be found in the south. In
deed, the campus already is in this
class.
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Only fifteen cents and one spoonful
can take ten spots out of your trousers."
Henry Peck?"Humph! Don't need
any. My wife did that little thing for
me only last night while I was
asleep."
Renew your subscription today.
Explosion Kills
Salvage Foreman
Charleston, April 13.?0. L. Hill,
white, foreman for the Columbia
Salvage corporation, was blown into
bits about 11:30 o'clock this morn-1
ing when an explosion of 20,000
pounds of black powder occurred in j
an ammunition salvage magazine
near the ordnance depot, North
Charleston. More than 50 box cars
were damaged 'and trackage wrecked.
It will never be known what caused
the terriffic blast.
Fragments of Hill's body were collected
over a considerable areaxand
placed in a coffin for interment. His
cap was found about two hundred
yards from the magazine, the walls
of which were made with boxes filled
with sand with a canvass roof. Hill
and three negro laborers were seen
about the magazine just before the
explosion. It is said that the negroes
were practically unhurt. For many
miles around the explosion was felt.
Glass was shattered in plants in the
suburbs of Charleston.
For some time-the salvage company
has been taking black powder
out of defective or or out of date
shells, this powder being placed in
metal kegs. The magazine was not
connected with the magazines of the
ordnance department, but was a considerable
distance from the nearest.
Where the salvage magazine stood
is a crater 20 feet deep and more
than 60 feet across. Nothing remains
of the metal kegs except fragments.
It is believed that one or two kegs
of powder were first detonated and
that almost immediately all the rest
of the 800 kegs went off with terrible!
force. A burning brand fell a short
distance away among a pile of TNT
shells and among those who appreciated
the peril there was consternation.
At the imminent risk of their
lives, Chief Thompson of the government
port terminals fire department
and Lieut. A. L. Violancey of the
quartermaster corps extinguished the
fire with chemicals.
While it is not known how the explosion
occurred, it is reported that
Foreman Hill had borrowed a steel!
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cold chisel and it is believed that he
was working with' this on the steel
powder kegs, sparks causing the explosion.
The regulations require
that a brass implement be used, thus
preventing sparks.
CHRISTIANS MASSACRED.
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Turkish Nationalists Burn Greek
Quarter.
London, April 17.?A great fire
and a massacre of Christians at Sam-!
soun, on the Black Sea coast of Asia'
Minor, were in progress nine days
ago when the Italian steamer Barbita
left there, the steamer's officers reported
on her arrival at Patras,
Greece, says ail Athens dispatch to
the London Times, dated Sunday.
Turkish Nationafist Bashi-Bazouks,
headed by Turkish officers,
surrounded the Greek quarter ana
set it ablaze, shooting all who attempted
to escape, the officers declared.
When the steamer sailed the large
Greek church at Samsoun was ablaze
and thousands of Greek women and
children were rushing to the water
front seeking refuge on steamers.
The Barbita sent a wireless message
to an American warship in the
neighborhood urging her to hasten
to the rescue.
Inheritance Law
Taken to Court
Columbia April 12.?A temporary
injunction against the South Carolina
Tax Commission restraining it
from enforcing the Inheritance Tax
Act, passed at the last session of the
general assembly, was ordered this
afternoon by Chief Justice Eugene B.
Gary and was made returnable before
the state Supreme court April
24 at 10 o'clock in the morning. The
action is brought by J. Edwin Belser,
j of Columbia, administrator ot tne es!
tate of the late John E. Lowery, of
i this city, who died December 20,
! 1920, leaving an estate valued at
i $50,000.
' The contention is that the section
| of the act providing for a tax against
| estates which are in process of ad!
ministration, but on which final settle-;
i ment has not been made, is retroac;
tive and therefore unconstitutional.
I The state tax commission is in doubt
! about the interpretation of this sec!
tion and therefore welcomes the suit
to clarify the act.
The action involves a large amount
of revenue to the state, as there are
estates in every section of South
Carolina for which final settlement
has not been completed, the total
value of which runs into millions of
dollars. Large estates now being
administered because death occurred
during the past two years are those
of the late F. W. Wagener, of Charleston;
the late J. J. Brown, of Anderson;
the late B. L. Abney, of Columbia;
the late Mrs. Sarah Desportes,
of Columbia, and the late
John L. Mimnaugh. These estates, j
it is estimated,, will aggregate more
than $10,000,000. The petition for
an injunction said that the "Inheritance
Tax Act as it is respectfully
submitted is by its terms clearly perspective
in its operation relating exclusively
to estates which shall hereafter
nass or be transferred bv will
or inheritance and the administrative
of which shall be hereafter begun.
As appears from numerous
clauses and provisions thereof, that
said South Carolina Tax Commission,
as petitioners, is informed and be">.
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lieves, admits that it has doubts as to
the effect and application of said act
as applied to estates of persons dying
prior to the enactment of same,
but insists that its rights and duties
in the permises should be tested and
decided by this court before it will
concede that it does not so apply.
WILL TO BE CONTESTED.
Relative of Dead Woman Will Oppose
Large Gift to Negroes.
An appeal against the probate of
the will of Mrs. Calista S. Mayhew, of
South Orange, New Jersey, leaving
most of her $1,000,000 estate to
negro homes and institutions in various
parts of the country was filed by
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| Lue ii nieces aiiu iieyuews, ai ..>cwj
ark, N. J., last week. The date of
| the hearing will be fixed this week in
the orphans court.
Mrs. Mayhew, who was formerly
president of the South Orange college,
died December 17 last at the
age of 98. For years she had done
welfare work, chiefly among negroes.
The petitioners allege that their
aunt was of unsound mind and had
been unduly influenced by persons
unknown to them. It is also contended
that she did not sign the will in
the presence of witnesses.
! Contract for Br
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WATER SPOUT CHASES VESSEL.
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Passengers Bet or Result Before Re-. a
alizing That Tie Meant Death. j
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New York, April 15.?The story of c
a gigantic water spout, which chased t
the Cunard Liner Carmania half an c
hour and then suddenly subsided ?
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when it was almost upon the hard
driven ship, was told by the officers
and passengers when she arrived to- _
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day after a round trip to the Near f
East. c
The liner was about 800 miles out
of New York when the spout was t
sighted: At first, passengers said, it t
appeared as a slight disturbance of j
water about eight miles astern. Then
the waves were twisted and churned t
and hurled skyward with terrific force r
in an ever increasing volume. For a c
time, they stated, it stood still while
Captain Melson, after pronouncing it t
a big water spout, ordered the liner ^
sent ahead at full speed. At almost
the same moment, the spout seemed t
to take wings and rush after the big t
ship'.
Passengers crowded aft. Smoke t
belched from the ship's funnels while t
the Carmania strained every atom of
her strength to escape. As the spout '
traveled it grew larger. It widened
rapidly and towered high in the air, (
throwing off spray. *
At first, passengers thought that it v
was just a wonderful phenomena.
They began to bet on the speed, on
whether it tcould catch the boat, or
pass it. Then as it towered in the f
Carmania's wake, gaining rapidly it
suddenly occurred to the passengers e
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that it carried certain death with it?
that the race was one for life.
The spout continued to gain until
it was almost on the ship. The passengers
huddled, awe stricken, along
the dectks watching the oncoming
mass of water. It had only to reach
out for the ship?and it subsided as
j suddenly as it had risen. Five min- t
uteS after there was nothing to show t
there had been any disturbance of the *
placid ocean.
Captain Melson smiled when he j.
was asked about it. j
"I'll ne&er tell what would have ^
happened, if it had caught us," he t
said. "In fact, I never could have t
told. We would have been listed as t
missing on the marine register." f.
DIRECTS VERDICT. fi
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Against Waller Estate for Balance of V
$10,000 Pledge. V
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Greenwood, April 15.?A directed 1
verdict in favor of Furman Universi- s
ty was returned late yesterday in the A
case of Furman University vs. the
Estate of C. A. C. Waller, in the court j p
of common pleas here.' Furman Uni-1 a
versity had brought suit for $9,900 ! b
against Hunter Gibbs, of Columbia, j *
and Dr. C. B. Waller, of Spartanburg | v
as administrators of the estate of C.
A. C. Waller, alleging that the late! c
C. A. C. Waller had pledged $10,000 i
to Furman in the Baptist $75,000,000 j c
campaign, only $100 of which had'
ever been paid. j c
The verdict returned read: "Wei
find for the plaintiff that the subscrip- j c
tion was valid and that there is now j
past due $2,400."
The terms of the subscription were i
that $100 should be paid in cash and
$1,200 a year until the fifth year,
when $4,000 in cash should be paid.
I The plaintiff was represented by
Waynsworth & Hanysworth, of Greenville,
and Tillman, Mays & Featherstone,
of Greenwood. Thfe defendants
were represented* by Grier &
Park, of Greenwood.
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Williston High Wins.
Williston, S. C., April 14.?The f
Bamberg high school ball team s
rossed bats with the Williston high
here today. Williston won 10 to q
4. With the bases full, Garvin for
Williston got a long three-base drive.
that gave Williston a lead which |
she held throughout the game. | 1
G. Hall pitched a beautiful game 11
for the locals and was never in! 1
danger. He struck out ten. Ellzey j }
also pitched well, striking out nine i I
but hits were obtained from his de-j1
livery when they counted. Willis- j 1
ton high has now won three and I
lost no games, having defeated Black-, ?
ville and Windsor in addition to j
Bamberg. Next Friday they face i c
the Wegener high in Williston.
Batteries for Williston, Hall brothers;
batteries for Bamberg, Ellzey i
and Delk. , 1
anchville I
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be Let May 8
With the completion of the road
rork, contract for which will be let
t noon on May 8th, approximately
2 \ miles of highway will be added
o the county's road system. In acordance
with the announcement of
he decision of the state highway
nmmiccinn tr> nrrtoooH arifVi t Vna
truction of the Bamberg-Branchille
road, published in the last issue;
if The Herald, the commission has
.dvertised for bids from contractors
or the work, and the bids will be
ipened on the above mentioned date.
The exact length of the road, from
he corporate limits of Bamberg to
he Edisto river, a few miles below
3ranchville, is 12.453 miles. The
oad traverses a fine section of Bam>erg
county and will form one of the
nost important links in the highway
lystem of Bamberg county.
The specifications call for bids
o be accompanied by a deposit o?
5800, and a sufficient bond will be
equired of the successful bidder for
he faithful performance of the conract.
The work to be done consists of *
he following approximate quantiies:
Necessary clearing and grubbing
vithin right of way.
A oorh o1ooi?ir?or on/1 ornnkKini*
v.v 1115 auu ui/uiu^
;borrow and cclay pits.)
70,197 cubic yards common exca- .
ration.
2,000 cubic yards strippings on
its.
30,643 cubic yards sand-clay suracing.
65.75 M. linear feet mixing and
haping sand-clay.
1,393 linear feet reinforced conrete
pipe.
260.9 cubic yards Class "A" conrete.
109.24 cubic yards Class "B" conrete.
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23,152 pounds steel reinforcement.
Coincident with this contract is
he announcement that on May 12th
he contract will be awarded for the
onstruction of 5.303 miles of highway
betwe^h Elko and the county
ines of Aiken and Barnwell, c -nnect- *
ng with the original government
ighway from the Aiken county line
0 the town of Aiken. Thus with
he completion of these two projects,
here will be a completed highway
rom Branchville to Aiken, with a '
rst-class road from Aiken to Auusta,
though not a government high
ray. Also, in the near future, bids
rill be opened for the construction *
f a highway from Barnwell to-Elko,
hus connecting the towns in 'this I
ection with the main Charleston and
lUgusta highway.
The reinforced concrete culvert
iping will be furnished under a seprate
contract, bids for which will
e opened on April 22. The piping
o be used on the Bamberg-Branch- .
ille link of the road is as follows:
332.5 linear feet 15 inch reinforced
oncrete pipe. . , * '
575.0 linear feet 18 inch reinforced I
oncrete pipe.
263.0 linear feet 24 inch reinforced
oncrete pipe.
148.0 linear feet 36 inch reinforced
oncrete pipe.
"YOU CAN HAVE IT."
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^ui-ck Answer to Request for His
Vote by York Merchant.
York, April 16.?One of-the candilates
for county treasurer approach(d
a busy merchant the other day, acording
to the story going the rounds,
md said:
"Howdy do, sir. is my name
md I'm a candidate for county treasirer."
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He got no further with his story, t
or the busy merchant is said to have
hot back:
"All right, sir, you can hare it?I
lon't want it."
A PMha
One of the numerous English noveists
who came to America to tour the
yceum circuit, delivered a lecture in
L?os Angeles last winter, and Rob
Yagener who writes about moving
)icture people and also writes for
hem with equal success, went to hear
lim.
"Did he deliver a good lecture?" I
isked Rob.
"You bet he did," Rob said. "He
ielivered a peach ef a lecture."
"What was it about?" I asked.
"He didn't say," Rob replied. "And
lobody knew him well enough to ask
lim." ^