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T- Injured Man 7 ells
of Mine Massacre
^ Herrin,^ll., June 22.?Half a dozs
en wounded men, some of them lying
x on death "feeds, tonight gave an Associated
Press correspondent the first
actual eyewitness accounts of the
mine fight last night and this morn-,
v*. ing, which brought dozens of casualties
when 5,000 armed striking
miners attacked the Lester Strip mine
> near here, the mine being operated
v ' by imported workers and guards.
The substance of the statements by
the wounded, who were among the
-a.-aa that, not a mine worker
WOAVOWNA) IT ? ? ? ? -
v . was injured during the fighting, but
that the numerous killed were shot
^ down in cold blood after they had
surrendered themselves and their
arms. There was nothing from the
v' union' miners to contradict these
claims.
^ Several of the men imported to
work the mine absolved the strikers
> frqm blame, saying that the ones re.
sponsible were those "who sent us
here under false promises that there
would be no trouble" and that "the
, miners would not object."
Some of the wounded interviewed
*? -x?i iV /NTT/N 'OiVinro
were m uie nospuai 'UCI C. VbUV/iO I
were located in their homes through
secret channels.
^ Joseph O'Rourke, Chicago, commissary
clerk at the mine, gave the
most vivid account of the fight. His
story was related as he tossed in pain
from half a dozen bullet holes
through his body.
? "I was sent down here by the Bertrand
Commissary company of Chica-.
go," he said. "I had no idea what I
was running into. I don't much blame
the miners for attacking us, for we
were unknowingly being Used as
. dupes to keep them from their jobs.
' We were given arms when we arrived
and a machine tgun was set up at one
corner of the mine. Guards were
i with us all the time and most of the
guards were tough fellows sent by a
I Chicago detective agency. I understand
the miners sent us warnings to
leave the town or we would be run
Out. We never got them, perhaps the
bosses did. When we saw the miners
\ approach yesterday afternoon we
didn't know what to do. The guards
prepared for fight; most of us work?
ers wanted to surrender.
Bullets Rain In.
> - "Through the night the bullets
rained in on us. We sought shelter
as we could. The miners climbed
upon the coal piles and earth emk
bankments and we were unable to
see them. The guards kept firing, but
most of us hid. Then the miners
lb lew up our pumping station. We
had no water and our food supply
was in a freight car in the hands
of the miners. About sunrise we put
. up the white flag, the miners poured
in and we surrendered our arms.
\ Up to this time not one of us had
been injured tnai i kji?jw ui, or
/ though I understand that several of
' the miners had been shot. The miners
spread out quickly and tied us
together in groups of three and six.
The tied men were rushed off in different
directions. Some of them tried
to run but they were shot down as
fast as they moved.
"One miner asked who was the
machine gun operator. Some one
* pointed him out and he was shot in
^his tracks and his body laid over the
machine gun. They tied five men
with me, took us out on the road and
.told us to'run. We ran and hun
dreds of bullets followed us. We
staggered on, but finally three of our
group fell, pulling the others with
" us, tied down, several bullet holes
\ being in me already.
"I laid there while men came up
and fired more shots into us from
three or four feet. Then everything
went black. I woke up later and beg:
ged for water, but there was not any.
I remember beipg dragged Wong the
y road, but I don't know fohat by. Then
they brought us to the hospital."
O'Rourke's story was confirmed by
/ S. P. Williams and Ed Green, of ChiT
cago. two of the men tied with him,
v wtoo are still alive. The other three
were killed. These were the six found
by the Associated Press correspondent
this morning and whom he tried
^ to take water to, only to be refused
permission to help them.
Did Xot Stop to Think.
James JE. Morris, of Johnson City,
111., a young miner in the attacking:
I forces, told the correspondent the attack
had been spontaneous and that
when the men went to the mine they
did not really stop to think of the
bloodshed that might follow.
He was wounded early in the fighting.
"I was on my way to Herrin."
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OpposeConfirmation oj
Republican State Boss
Washington, June 24.?If doubt
has prevailed that Jos. W. Tolbert,
Republican boss of South Carolina,
who has been nominated by the president
to be marshal of the western
district of this state, would be confirmed
without 4a fight, that doubt
was eliminated tonight. It is Known
that Senator N. B. Dial will protest
against the confirmation of Mr. Tolbert.
Whether Senator E. D. Smith
will assist his colleague is uncertain.
Senator Dial would make no state:
ment tonight, however. He thought
that to do so prior to his appearance
before the sub-committee of the judiciary
committee charged with the
consideration of the Tolbert nomination
would be in conflict with the
usages of senatorial procedure and
courtesy. It is learned, however, that
immediately after his return from
South Carolina, to which state he will
[ go Monday, he will make a statement
j before the sub-committee in protest
against the nomination. v
CARE OF THE TEETH.
England Learned Great Lesson From
the Americans.
England is going to brush up.
What? .Why, its teeth, of course.
It appears that the country which
gave us Shakespeare has neglected
for all these years the proper care
of the teeth of its subjects, the young
and the old, the boy and the girl,
whether in school or out. Then came
the American doughboy and the
Awakening. Sharp England noticed
that each American soldier was armed
with a tooth brush, equally important
as the rest of the war accoutrements.
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The English health surgeon .sat
doVn to figure it out. They learned
that the United States had supplied
more than 5,000 dentists -for the
force going to France. A glance at
the British dental statistics was in
order and despite the great preponderance
of British fighting men at
the front, the best that could be
found was that Great Britain 'had
supplied 800 qualified dentists.
Did England sit down, and say
"Jolly well?" It did not. The British
Dental association took careful
note of the good health of the doughboy,
his smiling appearance with
those rows of glistening white teeth,
the tribute to the assiduous use 01
the tooth brush. And forthwith the
British Dental association began a
campaign for the juvenile muscles of
the country in the production of the
tooth brush. Not satisfied with this,
the dental association is besieging
the ministry of health for the estabI
lishment of a dental section to take
dharge of the care of the teeth of
the country. Here is what the association
proposes:
Dental treatment for expectant
mothers and children up to tne age
of fivfe years.
Dental inspection, and treatmenl
of all of schbol age. '
Dental treatment ' of all adults
whether entitled to national insurance
benefits or not.
Dental treatment as an essentia!
for the cure of tuberculosis.
Perhaps when the British Denta!
association was forming its plan foi
the campaign of better teeth, it alsc
recalls the voracious appetites of the
young men wearing the uniform ol
the United States. England likes
its beef, we all know, but with better
teeth?well, roast beef ought tc
be an increasingly popular food wher
the machinery is at hand, sharp and
ir. trim fr?r ma at ica tin fir it.?Ex
change.
he said, "when I met a gang of fel
lows. They said they were on then
way to run those scabs out at the
mine. I joined them and others kepi
joining u?. until there must have beeE
5,0-90. Most of us were armed anc
those who were not soon got then
iguns. When we got to the mine we
spread out around it. We had no rea!
leaders, every one was working foi
himself. It was just one big mob ou1
to get the men who were running the
mine. I am not sure who fired the
first shot, but after that it was rea
war. The fire kept us for hours, ]
guess, and several of our men were
hit. Late in the evening I was shoi
in the arm. The wound was not se
rious and I walked back to where ?
group of our men were standing anc
they sent me here in a car. I was noi
there, but I understand most of the
killing was done after the mine sur
rendered. I'm sure some of thoSs
scabs really were innocent men. It's
p mnh s'pftins
1J U.oL tuc otvi; - o
started.''
IVomanNarrowly
' Escapes Lynching
Columbia, June 27.?The story of
a near lynching- became known offici
ally when Governor Harvey admitted
that a committee of reputable citizens
from Darlington county "had visited
him not so many days ago and
nnanlv stateri tn him that if ame?ro
woman was not removed from the
county the citizens would take the
law into their own hands.
The negro woman was the same
one who was alleged to have caused
the killing of Clarence King near
Pontiac some two weeks ago by his
wife. After the killing of King the
1 woman went to live with her father
in the little Darlington community
and, according to reports, begarf to
boast that she had caused a white
man to be killed about her. The
woman was warned, but she persisted.
This infuriated the citizens and
they demanded that she leaye,
she declined.
The father of the woman is said to
have declared that he would stand by
his "rights" and barricaded hisihome,
also laying in a supply of ammunition.
This brought an ugly situation
and the committee's visit to the governor.
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When the committee first arrived
' the governor was in no position to
offer a remedy, as the woman had
done no overt act, but he told the
men to give him 48 hours to think
the matter over and this they did.
The governor called in a private detective,
his "ihis right hand man,"
and dispatched him to the scene. The
detective found matters as represented
and also found the woman and her
father determined to remain in the
county. However, he, told .them that
the best thing to do would be for the
woman to get out promptly, offering
to bring the woman to the penitentiary
for safekeeping or to give her
protection until she was across the
state line.
After the detective ihad gone over
the situation, the negro began to see
the trouble they were likely to get in
and the woman decided to accept the
offer of protection to the state line.
She left and is supposed to be in
Virginia visiting relatives. No statement
could be had on the situation
at the time, officials believing pub
city would make the case more aggravated.
Get the IJook!
A great humanitarian movement
has been started in Quebec. An order
has been issued by the board of
; trade to the effect that a ban has been
. placed on all speeches more than
! three minutes in length?and this
! applies to banquet speeches and lun.
cheon speeches as well as remarks
in general meeting. If the speaker
; really 'has something important to
i say he may apply to the board of
directors and may be granted ten
; minutes, but no more.
It is probable that no reform in
5 recent years will meet with such pop.
ular acclaim as this one. Abraham
Lincoln, one of the greatest orators
I in the world, occupied a trifle over
two minutes with t'he Gettysburg adi
Thp ten commandments can
be spoken in one minute and a half,
i and the Lord's prayer occupies less
> than a minute.
[ That some loose-jawed windbag
5 should get up and talk about nothing
. for two hours and a half at a busi>
ness lundheon is inefficiency rampant.
l He wastes not only his own time, but
L that of a lot of busy men. When the
- average professional talker gets up
to speak he thinks he is writing a
- story for a magazine with no terminal
facilities required. The other
day we listened to an expert at a
3 lundheon for an hour and a half an'd
^ then we didn't know what he had
1 talked about. He didn't say.
^ Canada is doing a good deal for
us these days, and the best we have
3 been able to do in return has been
* to send them the Stillman case. Let
us 'hope the Quebec idea takes root
^ on this side of the border.?Ex3
change.
I Still Missing.
[
Johnny: "Say, Paw, I can't get
^ these 'rithmetic examples. Teacher
* said somethin' 'bout findin' the great
1 common divisor."
1 Paw (in disgust): "Great Scott!
" Haven't they found that thing yet?
i Why, they were huntin' for it when I
was a boy."
3 As yet there are no women clubs
in Japan, but formation plans are
going ahead at a rapid rate.
Advise Poisoning
of Weevils Early
Clemson College, June 28.?The
general recommendation is to start
cotton dusting with calcium arsenate
when from ten to fifteen per cent, of
the cotton squares have been punctured
bv the weevil. In the average
year this condition would arise after
the first generation of weevils have
emerged from the squares, but this
year we have most unusual conditions
states Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist,
in advising earlier poisoning because
of the heavy weevil infestation.
We have had practically four mild
winters, the last winter being especially
mild, enabling the boll weevil
to pass the winter most successfully.
At this time we have a condition in
this state which in normal years
occurs a month later. The weevils in
some fields are sufficiently numerous
to puncture practically every square
that forms, and for this reason the
first application of poison is recommended
when the cotton has set from
three to five squares, after which the
regular schedule as heretofore recom
mended is followed.
The U. S. Delta laboratory, Tallulah,
La., has just issued their circular,
form A-115, on the subject, "Unusual
Abundance of Boll Weevils
this Spring will Necessitate Seme
Modification in Methods of Poisoning."
This circular ends with the
following statement, which should be
given serious consideration by every
farmer in this state who has decided
to poison:
"Successful weevil control this year
is going tt> require more effort and
more poison per acre than has ever
been the case in the* past. On ythe
rifhar iionH xchprpver the land is suf
ficiently fertile to justify such an effort,
there is much more assurance
of profit from the operation than is
usually the case. The increase in
the cost per acre brought about by
the increased number of applications
necessary will be far more than compensated
for by the fact that the weevil
damage without poisoning will
be far greater than normal, and thus |
the margin of profit on the operation
is tremendously increased. In other
words, a heavy weevil infestation
such as we haje this year means a
greater expenditure per acre for poisoning
^successfully control it, but
also means a greater actual profit in
dollars and cents per .acre from the
poisoning operation."
HONEST PRISONER.
Earns Money For His Family and
Then Returns.
Saluda, June 22.?Avery Walton,
who is serving a six months' federal
sentence in the Saluda jail for violation
of the prohibition law, voluntarily
returned to the jail last week
after being gone since May 7. He
broke jail on the night of the 7th,
leaving behind a note to the sheriff
stating that he was going to earn
some money for his family, which
was in need, and would return when
his mission was accomplished. True
to his promise he returned one night
last week and awakening Uncle
George Banes, the jailor, asked to be
admitted, which request was granted.
Walton states he left his family sufficiently
stocked with provisions to
last until he completes his term in
jail.
W oodward-Fickling.
Williston, June 25.?A marriage
of considerable interest in this section
was that of Frank Fickling, of
Blackville, to Miss Mae Woodward,
of Elko, which took place in Denmark
Friday, June 16th, the Rev. 0.
J. Ffier officiating.
Mrs. Fickling as Miss Woodward
had many friends throughout this
section. Mr. Fickling is a prominent
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tarmer ana 'Dusmess?mau ui cja^ville.
He is the father of C. J. and
R. B. Fickling, the latter having represented
Barnwell county in the legislature
several terms.
Not Guilty.
Traveler: "Your son just threw
a stone at me."
Irishman: "Did he hit you?"
Traveler: "No."
Irishman: "Well, then, he wasn't
my hoy."
44 y ft ? f M
Clergyman?"I brought back the
second hand car i oougnt irorn juu
last week. It is too obstreperous!"
Dealer?"What's wrong Con't yod
run it?"
Clergyman?"Not and stay In the
ministry."?Motor Life.
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Orangeburg Negro Has
BeenLostinPen Years
Columbia, June 26.?Orangeburg
county has a negro prisoner in the
penitentiary supposedly under sentence
of death, but the county, the
: solicitor, the courts and everybody
else except fchl penitentiary officials
seem to have "lost"' the negro. In
fact, he is a negro without a court,
so far as he knows.
The negro, David Allen Branham,
was sent to the penitentiary in September,
1918, to be electrocuted, but
a supposed appeal stayed the electrocution
and nothing has been heard
oi'nno. tVion The nrisnnpr has hppn
her?" for nearly four years and hasn't
murmured, desiring to live as long
as possible and not worrying about
court delays.
Prison officials said yesterday that
the negro was in the main cell building
with nothing to do but count his
fingers. However, he appears to like
this much better than urging his gupposed
appeal. The officials think
something should be done one way
or the other as the prisoner ia "dead
weight'' on their hands and the board
and lodging bill is running up considerably
for Orangeburg county.
Prison officials have addressed letters
to Orangeburg county about the
negro, but nobody there kuows anything
or if they do they succeed in
! "passing the buck." The solicitor,
it is understood, says he has no records
in the case. The negro is literally
"lost" so far as the county is
concerned. Attempted criminal as
sault is the charge.
Hunter-Califf. - 4
Pendleton, June 25.?An ^vent
which interested many people in
South Carolina 'was the marriage
Wednesday evening in tl^ Presby[
terian church here of Miss Pauline
Eliza Hunter, of Pendleton, and
William Langdon Califf, of Charleston,
the pastor, the Rev. Robert
Adams, D. D., officiating, with the
reception afterward at the home of
the bride's Barents, Mr. and Mrs.
Miles Moore Hunter. Mr. and Mrs.
'Califf will make their home in North
Charleston.
Gowned in white Marietta crepe
trimmed with pearls, the bride carried
bride roses with a shower of
lillies of the valley and wore, as her
only jewel, a gift of the bridegroom,
a diamond set pin of ishite gold. Her
sister, Miss Sallie Hunter, maid of
honor, wore pink crepe de chine with
silver and bore an arm bouquet of
pink roses. The bridesmaids, who
carried colonial bouquets of sweet
peas, were: Miss'Abbie Gaillard,
apricot organdie; Miss Louise Hunter,
pink organdie; Miss Pauline Seabrook,
green organdie, and Miss
Lucy Sloan, blue organdie. Mr. Califf
was attended by his brother, S.
Tindal Califf, as best man. The bride
was given away by 'her father. A
picturesque couple were the flower
bearers, Pauline Gaillard Watkins,
three years old, and Thomas Green
Watkins, five, the children of the
hridp's sister. Thev carried baskets
of shasta daisies and asparagus. Mrs.
Miles M. Hunter, mother of the bride,
wore gray Canton crepe trimmed jn
blue with corsage of sweet peas,
while Mrs. Ruth Califf, mother of the
bridegroom, was in black* Canton
crepe, also with a corsage of sweet
peas.
Two rows of lights wrapped in tulle
outlined the chancel, where double
hearts of white carnations hung. Tall
wicker baskets at the sides were filled
with asparagus and carnations.
The background was of large Boston
ierns 3qq p<iims. iuis. ouhcu ,
of Seneca, sang "At Dawning," in
which her lovely soprano, trained under
masters abroad, was at its best.
The bridal chorus was charminglysung
by a choir of seven women's
voices. The groomsme^ were George
Archibald Martin, of Charleston,
Steele Dendy, of Pelzer, Miles M.
Hunter, Jr., and Dr. Thomas Ballard,
of Rock Hill. The ushers were Ralph
Hunter, a brother of the bride, and
Jay GSr \in, of Anderson.
At the hospitable Hunter home the
\
parlor had been thrown open into the
receiving room, where the presents
were displayed. These rooms were
decorated in Queen Anne lace and
asparagus. The dining room decora
tions were in shasta daisies and asparagus
and the centerpiece here was
the bride's cake decorated with lilies.
Ice cream in pink and white vanilla
blocks was served. A punch
bowl on the front porch was attended
by Misses Rose Knox and Rose Patterson.
Renew your subscription today.
Mystery Attached
to Aiken Death J
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Since the tragic death of James C.
Garvin, of Aiken county, 83 years
old, a wealthy recluse, there has been
an increasing suspicion among relatives
and friends of the old man that
he met death in a foul manner. It
was generally known throughout tho
county that old "Uncle Jimmie," as
he was called had quite a large sum
of money earned through his numerous
loans to people in his section, for
he had. been a money lender for many
years. And it was also the boast of
"Uncle Jimmie" that "I have one
thousand dollars saved for each year
of my life." The old man was pecul'H
iar, but never a Shylock, as was proven
when more than $11,000 in notes
was found after his death, which he
"had permitted to go over the statutory
six years without having them
renewed, because the makers of the
notes "were hardup." There was
about $8,000 found on deposit in the
banks, besides about $6,000.in liberty
bond! His property, consisting
of nearly four hundred acres of the
| best virgin pine forest in the state,
was valued at about $30,000, though
the timber alone is well worth more
than that sum.
"Uncle Jimmie" was found dead > -.ft
on the morning of April 28, by a
negro boy, Happy Quattlebaum, who
usually carried the old man's meals
to him from the Ouattlehanm cabin
on title Garvin place. After repeatedly
knocking at the door and receiving
no answer, Happy ran off from
the place and gave the alarm, telling i ;;
R. Lee Garvin, nephew of the dead
man, that he had peered through the *
window and had seen Mr. Garvin lying
dead in the fireplace. Upon arriving
R. Lee Garvin, who was first
to touch the body, found "Uncle Jimmie"
in a crumpled iheap with his
head lying across a fire dog in the
hearth. A small bruise was found
on the back of the dead man's head
and he was bleeding from the nose
and ears. At the inquest it was discovered
that the skull was no^ fractured;
Dr. W. A. Whitlock made the
autopsy and Magistrate Garvin, of
Wavener. was antiner coroner. The
physician cut deep into the skull in
his examination, but (he could not say
or did not say that "Uncle Jimmie"
was not sandbagged. His opinion _ |
was that the old man came to his
death from a hemorrhage of the
brain.
Since the reported finding of the
old man's buried treasure, which
some of his relatives seem to doubt
the truth of, there has been much
talk of the peculiar risks taken by
the old money lender, and the opinion
is expressed openly that the belief
is old "Uncle Jimmie" was murdered
for his money. v |
17-YEAR-OLD NEGRO TO DIE.
Convicted
of Attempted Criminal Asia
sault on Child.
Columbia, % June 22.?Bradford
Boyd, 17-year-old negro, was sentenced
to die in the electric chair
July 20, following his conviction in
sessions court this afternoon of attempted
criminal assault on a small
white girl of the Pompiac section
a week ago. Boyd was arrested in
Camden by the mayor. The negro
apparently did not realize the import
of the sentence or the verdict
until Judge Townsend said in simple
words "All I can say is, prepare to
meet your God." Tears welled into _ .
the eyes of the condemned negro^
m |BI B - a
DROWNS AS WIFE LOOKS ON.
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Oscar Owens, of Near Barnwell, Seized
With Cramps.
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Barnwell, June 25.?Oscar Jones,
a farmer, about twenty-four years of
age, drowned at Patterson's Mill .
Stream, auoui seveu nines irum joa.ruwell,
this afternoon while his wife,
his father-in-law and a number of
friends and acquaintances looked on.
Xo one in the party being able to
swim well, no attempt, it is said, was
made to rescue him. The drowning
occurred between \2 and 3 o'clock,
.and it was about an hour and a half
later that two voung men from Barnwell,
LeRoy Molair and Bennie Owens,
passed by the stream. They
dove down for and brought up the
body.
It is believed Mr. Jones was attacked
wiftt cramps, as he did not
come to the surface but once. He
is survived by his widow and three
brothers. He had no children. He
lived near Barnwell.
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