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Z&W--' 'J' v ^ * ' Hatnbrrg ijmlb ? $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 11,1922. Established in 1891. , Bamberg Has < Ground Flc Friday night at 8:30 at the town lhall in Bamberg a most important meeting is to be held, the purpose of which is to start a movement for the organization of a chamber of commerce in this town. The meeting is called by J. Frank Folk with the comnerfttiYm of a number of other citi I "* \ zens. A book has been placed at Mack's Drug Stors for the purpose of Registering the names of all parties interested in the matter of organizing a chamber of commerce, and all such ; . 'citizens are asked to place their names thereon, and then attend the ineeting Friday night.. * This meeting is called because of the unexcelled opportunity Bamberg i has right at this present time. There ire many opportunities that exist, but hick require the services of some good boosters to put them across. , it ia lully realized that the boll yreeVil is here tb stay, and that this county has no reasonable excuse fo* believing that we will ever enjoy ihuCh profit from the cotton crop ^ again. It is therefore necessary that this entire section of the state must branch out into some other fields. The * iact that our principal source of revenue has gone demands that something ? * Voon Ramhor? in her iUUBL UC uuuc w ttBvj/ riigjhtful place in industrial and commercial lines. Bamberg has the opportunity, for i one thing, of becoming the central tobacco market of southern Carolina. If all interested persons will refer to k map of Soulth Carolina, they will aote that the nearest tobacco market tj); Bamberg is located at Sumter, with ICingstree about the same distance. ,?he market that once existed at Sum, iherville has been discontinued, and tills tobacco should come to Bamberg. BUYS RADIO TELEPHONE. \ .V "J v 6oard of Trustees for Cope School Appointed. 0 ?? - Cope, May 4.?W. M. Hughes is * having a radio telephone installed at his home here. Mr. .Hughes expects fco hear the news from New York and mother distant points. \ About two inches of rain fell here ' last Friday afternoon and night and . was considered of much value to the . hat crop and also the truck farms that i . have, been planted around here last fail and the first of the year. "The board of trustees for the Cope I Eroded school .was appointed last I week and is composed of five memj hers, instead of three, as heretofore, f : as follows: , S. B. Cope, J. I. Valente, B. E. Hitter, Winfleld Clark and ti. Carter. The "first three men: tioned were reappointed, the last two } being new members. It was learned 5 thai the entire faculty was reelected, ; but it is not known as yet whether all ?. members will accept. Iii the absence of J. Fisher Cleckjj ley, superintendent of Union Methou 4iBt Sunday school, the exercises were conducted bt.the assistant, R. K. Hen" ;; ery, and ninety-three were in attend ance. ! It being the fifth Sunday, ') there was no regular appointment, I but the Rey. C. T. Easterling at 11:30 Q'clock 'announced that hereafter fihere would be preaching every fifth Sunday at the church. ? v. . : : Miss Daisy Ritter, a deaconess in . , the Spofford Missionary home of Kan. sas City, Mo., is here for a vacation - and visit to hei> mother and other relatives an.d friends. - She has with : her one of the little boys of that insti tution. ' Columbia Bank Gets Ten Million, r #; W?e>iin(y+nn Mor S Anf f Via ?? UOUiUQWU, 4UW/ W WUW v i> bUV $150>,000,000#faTm loan bonds put on the market today the federal farm loan board will allot $10,000,000 to the federal land bank at Columbia, according to Commissioner Lobdell . tonight. This amount will be $2,500,000 in excess of the amount allot^ ted to the Columbia bank from previous bond issues and $1,500,000 in excess of the amount allotted to any other bank of the current issue. The officials of the Columbia bank have advised Washington th&t they plan the resumption of farm ioan applications within the next fortnight. Sure Sign. - Jack?"Halloa, Bert, who's the girl?" Bert?"What do you mean?" Jack?"Well, you're not wearing a collar like that for fun, are you "? London Tit-Bits. f 4 p. in Unexcelled m Opportunity J. F. Lane, tobacco warehouse manager for the Cooperative Tobacco Marketing association, has been assured by the officers of the association that they consider Bamberg the logical distributing point for the entire southern section of the state. This includes all of the counties below Sumter and Kingstree, embracing fifteen or twenty counties that are I now planting more or less tobacco and wihich will doubtless develop the industry much more in future years. There is no doubt of the fact that some town in this portion of the state will become the central marketing point for all these counties. Bamberg ought to be that point and will be if the proper enthusiasm is put behind the movement. A chamber of commerce will perform a great part in putting Bamberg on the tobacco map. Truck is the newest industry of this county and section of the state. There are great possibilities in this industry, and Bamberg can easily become the distributing point for truckers of a large territory. Some organization is needed to push this end of the business. Then there is the matter of securing new industries of all kinds. The Herald knows of one or two enterprises that could probably have been I located in Bamberg if it had been j somebody's business to have interestI ed the parties in tms section. It is also a fact that nearly every to.wn in the state has an organization of this kind and the advantages of other places are being placed before investors. Bamberg is the best town between Augusta and Charleston, but not everybody knows it. We know it, and should tell folks about it. But everybody's business is nobody's business. OLD CITADEL ENDS CAREERNew Quarters Have Been Provided at Cost of More Than a Million. Charleston, May 3.?Charleston's historic Citadel, which produced many of the heroes of the ConfederI ata war ia about to be abandoned as | T" a military school. The city and the state have provided new quarters for the college at a cost of more than $1,000,000. Ahout the buildings which have become known as The Citadel, much history has been wrought. The main building was used prior to 1830 as a tobacco inspection warehouse, and into it rolled great hogsheads drawn by mule, horse and ox from interior farms. Upper stories were added from time to%time until today the building is a stalwart structure four stories high with accommodations for 325 cadets. After services as a tobacco inspection warehouse the Citadel was used for guards who partrolled the city's magazines on the outskirts of Charleston, and it was during this period that the name Citadel came into common use in describing the building. The guards were called citaaei guards. In 1842 the state decided to convert the Citadel into a military college, and on December 20, of that year, the South Carolina Military college had its genesis, the "Arsenal" then at Columbia being used as a preparatory school. With the outbreak of the Con federate war Citadel cadets joined the Confederate army, and some of the south's most famous soldiers developed from among them. Citadel men are said to have fired the first shot of the war when the steamer Star of the West endeavored to bring , supplies to beleaguered Fort Sumter. A piece of wood from the Star of the wests nuu was rasmonea into a star, and for upwards of 30 years a replica has adorned a gold medal awarded at the school for efficiency at drill. The Citadel was occupied by federal troops during reconstruction days, but was returned to the state and reopened as a military college in 1882. It is located on Marion square in tihe heart of the city. ^ ^ An Authority. Willie: Papa, teacher asked us to find some new words that have just come into the English language. Can you tell me some? Papa: Go ask your mother, Willie. She always has the last word.?Exchange. 1 *i?Bpo; uondjiosqns mo? Haile Kills Carolina Professor and Himself Columbia, May 6.?This morning Benjamin Haile, marshal at^the University of South Carolina, shot to death M. Goode Homes, professor of engineering, and then blew out his own brains. There had been a long standing controversy between Prof. Homes and Mr. Haile relative t}o Prof. Homes's participation in the awarding of contracts for certain minor repairs to buildings at the university. About six months ago certain anonymous letters were received by members of the board of trustees, impugning the integrity of Prof. Homes in the awarding of building J ?x 1 Af f A??a nrAro in_ contracts. mcsc ic^cio ncn, xu vestigated and found to be trivial. The matter was brought to the atention of the board of trustees of the university and the board's sub-committee found Prof. Homes not at fault at all. It appears that Mr. Haile was instructed by the president of the university to investigate the authenticity of these anonymous letters, which he did. A feeling of animosity arose between Prof. Homes and Mr. Haile relative to' these charges, it seems. The board of trustees through its sub-committee investigated the charges and found Prof. 4 Homes blameless and came to the conclusion that Mr. Haile, through instructions as he thought from the presi-j dent of the univedsity, had himself probed into the charges against Ptof. | Homes?and as the sub-committee thought?believed that Prof. Homes was guilty of "petty graft." Prof. Homes was of the opinion that Mr. Haile had a ' personal grievance against him. Mr. Haile likewise thoueht Chat Prof Homes was l tempting to persecute him, it appears. Both men were under the delusion that each was persecuting the other. This, according to W. J. Cormack, member of the board of trustess of the University of South Carolina, who in conjunction with D. M. Winter, of Columbia, and B. A. Hagood, of Charleston, investigated the charges which Mr. Cormack believed were the cause j of today's tragedy. It appears in the testimony of Dr. Currell and Dean L. T. Baker that several shots were fired before cognizance was taken of the tragedy. George H. Huggins, treasurer of the university at the time of the killing, was using a telephone and Miss Sawyer, assistant bookkeeper, was in the office. Mr. Haile, according to Miss Sawyer, asked her to leave the office as i ii~ ;ne came in co gei uis weetvij ivn. Prof. Homes was already in the office, inspecting certain repairs made to the office. That is all that is definitely known as to the killing. ' Shots were fired in the office. Dr. Currell went to the office and was threatened by Mr. Haile, who pointed a pistol at his head and ordered the president to get away, according to President Currell's testimony. Short-' ly afterwards (the elapse of a few seconds) Dean Baker went to the door of the marshal's office and Mr. Haile directed ihim to leave, and peremptorily fired at him, but not to hit, as Mr. Haile was an expert shot, and the ball went over I>ean Baker's head. A few minutes later another shot was heard by Dr. Currell and others, and when the peace officers appeared they found Prof. Homes dead in am anteroom to the treasurer's office and the body of Marshal Haile lying near the southeastern end of the treasurer's office with a revolver lying near his feet. Five exploded shells were scattered on the floor near him and two empty chambers were in the revolver. The supposition is that Mr. Haile killed Prof. Homes and then to have privacy drove all away from his office and wrote a letter. However, the accuracy of expression and the composed manner in which the letter was apparently written, leads to the belief that the letter was composed before Mr. Haile went to the office. The letter purported to be signed by Mr. Kaile was identified by Christie Benet, to whom the envelope containing it was addressed. The letter referred to Mr. Homes as trying to save himself and also referred to others connected with the university as being responsible for the tragedy. The letter contained the hope that ,4I have a friend that will demand a fair, honest and thorough investigation and let the truth be known." A notation oa a slip of yellow paper which Mr. Homes was aecustomed to use contained the following: Prisoners Mutinied; Fourteen Wounded Columbia, May 8.?Prisoners at the state penitentiary mutinied at the noon hour today and city policemen, state officers and county deputies called in as reinforcements, fired on the prisoners, shooting fourteen of them, two being wounded seriously. The two prisoners who were seriously wounded were taken to the city hospital. An attempt was made to burn the chair factory of the penitentiary. The riot took place following the dinner hour. Capt. Roberts ordered the men to bring from their cells their civillian clothes and other articles which would not be needed for their prison lives. The men obeyed, but some of the leaders were sullen, thinking the officers were planning to take away their personal effects used daily. Capt. Roberts assured the leaders that there was no intention of depriving them of their personal epects, but what was' wanted was for the unnecessary articles to be stored in the commissary building. Tho men filed nnt nf the ehair fa*?. tory and announced through their leaders that they would not go to work. There was mutterings and cursing and the men were armed with sticks and knives, mostly tools used in the manufacture of the furniture in the chair factory. * The penitentiary officials telephoned for reinforcements. A score of city policemen and a dozen county and state officers responded, armed with riot guns. The prisoners during the mutiny, set fire to the chair factory in the basement. Those outside cut the fire hose of the prison. At this point, ik a Ai f .. ^Anrt wfrv* Ant *TfO o no 11 A/1 LUC LUji uic ucpai uucui w ao tancu with a view to putting water on the prisoners in order to drive them bac& into the chair factory. After the city, county and state officers arrived the mob of prisoners, about 150, workmen on the second floor of the chair factory, surged toward the detachment of officers. They cursed the officers and threatened to kill them. It was at this point that the officers opened fire. Eleven men fell wounded, the others scrambling back into the chair factory. With probably a half hundred officers on duty, quiet was maintained and within a short time the prisoners were marched back to their cells and locked up. The ring leaders of the trouble, it is said, were: Frank, a Nbrth Carolina prisoner; A. J. Rowe, a prisoner nomad Qonrcv Howard Clark and UUiUVU www* David Suggs, the latter from Columbia. It is reported that a man named Rosen, sent up from Charleston, is the most seriously injured and will probably die. After the trouble had subsided and the prisoners wgre locked in their cells, one of the men ordered to remove some of his effects from the dobrway of the main building, stood before a group of officers and cursed them. One officer struck him vwith a walking stick ind knocked him down and he was taken to the prison hospital, bleeding profusely, but not seriously hurt. The prisoners are being treated in the prison hospital except for the two who were brought to a city nospuai. All the convicts employed on the second floors of the chair factory were involved in the mutiny, there being about 150 prisoners, only a few of them negroes. The officers of the prison, assisted by the Richland officers, city policemen and all available peace officers, had the mutineers under control and in the "new prison" building by 2 o'clock. The wounded were taken to the hospital and given medical treatment by Drs. Jennings and Payne. Among the wounded were Dave Suggs, of Columbia, who was shot twice in the legs; Prank Portner, nature of the wound not stated, and Howard Clark. Dr. Jennings said he would prepare a complete list of the wounded prisoners later in the day. Two of the most seriously wounded prisoners were taken to city hospitals for further treatment. Jack Davis was also hurt in the clash with the officers. That one of the prisoners was arm' !1*- ? ? tt/m. rroe <ranor. ea "wiifl <x guu ui icvuiici noj ally believed, as Rural Policeman Koon, of Richland, and his son, heard a bullet whizz past their hats "But I have been dissuaded from doing this by my friends through consideration for the welfare of this institution." A coroner's jury found that Mr. Haile killed Prof. Homes and himself while temporarily insane. Value of Sout Crops ^ Gn According to estimates of B. B. Hare, agricultural statistician in South Carolina for the bureau of markets and crop estimates, U. S. department of agriculture, the total value of the 13 leading crops in the state last year amounted to $123,937,552, which means that if all the crops had been sold and converted into money there would have been an average cash income of $643 per farm, the estimates being based on number of farms in the state as reported by the census of 1920. The aversere value of these CTOPS Per plow is estimated at $452. The crops considered are as follows: Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, Irish potatoes, Value of the 13 crops named County based on pri'c > Dec. 1, 1921. Abbeville $2,211,684 Aiken .... 3,105,626 Allendale 1,231,853 Anderson 7,015,300 Bamberg 1,547,038 Barnwell .'. 2,154,697 Beaufort .... 1,376,730 Berkeley : .... 1,163,218 Calhoun 1,456,694 Charleston 1,646,750 Cherokee 6,821,315 Chester 3,132,772 Chesterfield 3,299,090 Clearendon 2,213,643 Colleton 1,948,899 Darlington 3,781,120 Dillon 4,0-33,884 uorcn ester s/u,*o Edgefield 1,772,297 Fairfield 1,742,595 Florence 3,948,477 Georgetown 641,993 Greenville 4,917,954 Greenwood 2,030,539 Hampton 1,268,180 Horry 2,744,107 Jasper 594,360 Kershaw 2,203,255 Lancaster 2,167,527 Laurens 4,373,630 Lee 2,862,167 Lexington .... 2,611,725 McCormick 939.154 Marlboro .... 5,501,762 Marion 2,235,533 Newberry 2,926,294 Oconee 2,894,627 Orangeburg..' 4,371,709 Pickens .... : 2,929,240 Richland 1,961,175 Saluda 1,861,489 Spartanburg 7,550,986' Sumter 3,163,170 Union .. 2,061,494 Williamsburg 2,933,270 York 4,610,955 It should be noted that the average production of cotton per plow is based YEGGMEN GET MONEY. $1,200 2n Cash Secured at Two Stores at Scran ton. Near Florence. Florence, May 5.?Yeggs blew open safes in the postoffice and store of B. B. Myers and the drug store of J. G. Singletary at Scranton Wednesday night and secured approximately $1,200 in cash, besides papers of value to the owners only, it became known here Thursday afternoon. Residents , of Scranton iheard the discharge of the explosives, but no investigation was made until morning. The two large safes entered were wrecked by the force of the explosive. In addition to the money taken deeds, mortgages, insurance policies and ther papers, none : of them negotiable, were stolen. Included in the money was $860 in gold belonging to Mr. Singletary. i This represented an accumulation of gold which he had been collecting for years. It was Mr. Singletary's habit to save evry gold piece that came into his hands. Mr. Myers lost $250. The balance of loot was postoffice property. It is not known how many yeggs were in the party. It is thought they escaped on a passing freight train. Try Him With Hash. Mrs. Jones was entertaining some of iher son's little friends. "Willie," she said, addressing a six-year-old who was enjoying a cold beef, "are you sure you can cut your own meat?" The child, who was making desperate efforts with his knife and fork, replied: "Yes, thanks. I've often had it as tough as this at home."?The Christian Evangelist. h Carolina own Past Year sweet potatoes, tobacco, peanuts, rye, sorghum for syrup, cow peas, hav and rice. ( The table below shows the total value of the 13 crops, the average value per farm and the average value per plow, as well as the average number bales of cotton produced per plow in 1921, .by counties. It will be observed that the highest average farm value and the average value per plow is in the northwestern and eastern counties where boll weevil 5 damage last year was less severe ; wihen compared with the other sections. The figures will furnish some index as to the purchasing power bf farmers in the various counties. Average val- Average val- Average ue per farm, ue per plow, number based on based on bales cotprice Dec. price Dec. ton pbr 1, 1921. 1, 1921. plow '21. $ . i $381 2.9 622 357 1.6 699 351 * 1.3 787 585 5.2 . 608 387 1.0 / 693 458 1.7 435 299 0.1 432 314 0.3 502 364 1.3 427 366 0.1 ' 602 396 3.0 756 513 4.4 713 492 4.1 437 340 1.2 490 336 0.3 ' ; l&i 768 455 .. 2.6 ? 1,172 823 7.0 J 355 263 , 0.5 444 322 1.3 i 439 328 1.9 746 448 2.4 -;.y SJJ 35 0 320 0.2 727 558 6.1 i / .gi 507 369 2.5 630 352 0.8 ' 585 457 S 0.6 4 A 4 AA? * so* u.3 601 408 2.4 582 416 3.1 720 573 '4.6 ' 678 493 3.3 542 414 1.5 322 1 247 1.1 ] 866 638 3.4 ' 1,228 949 8.7 632 496 3.1- ~ 693 507 3.8 512 336 1.4 848 552 4.3 ' 504 327 1.4 475 320 1.6 912 640 6.1 645 452 2.6 732 >480 4.0 492 291 1.0 789 523 4.7 Vr$ | on tike total number of plows operated J in the county. ! McLENDON JOINS BAPTISTS. Dr. Norris Says He Was One of the 400 Added to Ft. Worth Church. ; j The Raleigh News and Observer says iRev. Baxter McLendon, known as "Cyclone Mack," has joined the Baptist church, according to a message to the News and Observer from Dr. J. Frank Norris, pastor of the First Baptist church in For?. Worth Texas. McLendon started his career as a Methodist church circuit rider. Dr. Norris wires as follows: "Evangelist 'Cyclone' McLendon has just closed the greatest meeting in the history of Fort Worth. Sam Jones and Billy Sunday have been here, but McLendon held the greatest meeting. The meeting was held in the First Baptist church and was held while the pastor, Dr. J. Frank Norris. was in New York eitv Ov?r 40ft ? ?. - have united with the church. The results will go over a thousand. Baxter McLendon is the greatest evangelist on the American platform.- He joined the first Baptist church Monday night. The Bhrhardt Cooking Club. The Ehrhardt Cooking club held its regular meeting on May 2nd at the school auditorium. The meeting was called to order by the president. Then the minutes of the last meeGng were read and roll . / called. Miss Emma Jane Varn was then asked to take charge of the meeting. She gave the club a demonstration on "How to cook a devil's food cake." After the cake was cooked it was cut # and served to the members of the club. This was indeed a very interesting meeting, 1