The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 20, 1922, Image 1
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^ $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. Established in 1891. I
f State Chairman
I Give Age in
I Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, j
F state chairman of the Democratic j
v party, rules that in order to qualify j
m as a voter in the approaching primaries,
the applicant must declare
his or her age. This ruling conflicts
?~ A ^ ^ AT\lT\lAt> f T?Am A ff AT?T1QTT
Willi d i CICUl. U^JIUIUU 11UW ACtUlUbJ
j General Wolfe, in which it was held
. sufficient that the applicant show
i > that he or she would be 21 or older.
' Mr. Brown is a lawyer.
Mr. Brown said: "I have given
* some serious thought to the rules of
f the party referring to the age of ap*
plicants for membership in Democratic
clubs, and for voting at a primary.
k "At first blush I felt like concur|
ring in the opinion rendered by the
I attorney general, to the effect that
t the rules only require women to ink
dicate on the enrollment book that
[ they are 21 plus. However, the more
I * I read the rules and the more I think
of the matter, I am convinced that his
i rnlinfr io ontir#?lv onntrarv to the
itrue intent and requirements of the
^ party rules. Read carefully rule 6,
and then read carefully rule 11.
"I am therefore, constrained to
give it is my opinion that in order to
* qualify as a voter in the primary, it
[ > is absolutely necessary that the appli'
cant shall write in person upon the
P club roll, his or her full name and
immediately thereafter his or her
; ? age, occupation and postoffice ad1
dress, etc.
"I hand you herewith a statement
which I have prepared for publica1
T V>/\7\a Trnn nril] coo that it ^pfs
A UU|<C J UU >I4?1 UVV - - 0
the widest publicity, in order that
_ the women may have an opportunity
to avoftl improper enrollment in this
respect."
Ruling of State Chairman.
> The formal statement follows:
"In order to determine the requi,
* sites as to age of an applicant for f
membership in a Democratic club,
and for voting at a primary, two
rules of the party must be construed; ^
* rules 6 and 11.
i s
, -1- "Rule 6, in part, is as-follows:
* " 'The qualifications for membership
in any club of the partj* in this
l * state, and for voting at a primary, .
r shall be as follows, viz: the appli|
> cant for membership, or voter, shall
I be 21. years of age, or shall become
i se berore tne succeeding general eieuk
tion.' j
^ "Rule 11, in part, is as follows:
" . . . Each applicant for enrollinent
SHALL in person write upon
^ the club rollfiis (or her) full name 8
W and immediately thereafter his (or c
> her) age. .
"Rule 6, or so much thereof as is j
here quoted, simply attempts to describe,
as a class, those who may be- 1
m come members of a Democratic club,
F and vote at a primary, while rule 11 c
I states in specific terms that each ap- 1
I plicant for enrollment SHALL in per- ,
h son write uDon the club roll his (or 4
iher) full name. and immediately 'l
? - thereafter his (or her) age, and post- (
office address. It does not say that f
the applicant 'may' supply this infor- c
* > - mation, but 'shall' supply it as one of
th# requisites to becoming a compe- (
tent voter. *
r"The rules of the party are the f
statutes of the party, and must be
? strictly construed, in the same man- c
ner as the courts construe our statute *
laws. Hence, I have no alternative *
j ' other than to rule that in order to ?
' qualify as a competent voter, whether *
I man or woman, he, or she, shall, in
T
the wording of rule 11 'in person '
write upon the club roll his (or her) (
full name, and immediately thereaf- c
^ ter (or her) age. ^
"I urge every woman in South Car- <
olina, as a part of her duty to the
state, to enroll and vote in the com- ]
1 ing primary. At the same time I (
urge them to follow the rules strict- (
r ly. To do otherwise may bring about (
innumerable contests, which can so ?
easily be avoided by strict adherence J
\ to the rules." (
* And Swore, Too!
c
i An aggressive editor of a small
town newspaper was dying.
The doctor placed his ear upon his
; chest, exclaimed: "Circulation all ^
gone."
The patient unexpectedly aroused (
himself and shouted: "You lie! We
have the largest circulation of any ]
c
paper west of the Mississippi."?No- ,
komis (111.) Free Press-Progress. ,
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All staterooms of the liner Leviathan
are to be equipped for radio receiving.
i
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i Says Must
Signing Rolls
ENROLL FOR THE PRIMARY.
Citizens of South Carolina
should enroll in their township
club in order to participate in the
primary election next August. The
books for enrollment are now
open and will remain so until the
last Tuesday in July.
According to the rules of the
Democratic party of South Carolina,
the qualifications for mem
bership in any club of the party
in the state and for voting at a
primary election are as fellows:
"The applicant for membership,
or voter, shall be 21 years of age,
or shall become so before the suc.
ceeding general election and be a
white Democrat. He shall be a
citizen of the United States and
of this state. No person shall belong
to any club or vote in any primary
unless he has resided in the
state two years and in the county
six months prior to the succeeding
general election and in the club
district 6jt) days prior to the first
primary following his offer to enroll:
Provided, That public school
teachers and ministers of the gospel
in charge of a regular organized
church shall be exempt from
the provisions of this section as to
residence, if otherwise qualified."
It is sufficient for a woman to
state, in regard to the age requirement,
that she is 21 years of age.
Women are ineligible to jury
duty and even if they were liable,
enrolling in a Democratic club
would not in any way affect that
matter.
How Your Hootch is Made.
Editorial, Jackson (Miss.) Daily
News.
This editorial is primarily for the
enefit of the man who drinks moonhine
liq.uor. Others who are not
hus- engaged in poisoning their bod
es will find it of interest.
The most inveterate hootch hound
n Mississippi, if he could but see how
he stuff he drinks is made, would
iwear off forever.
Hardly a drop of the moonshine
vhiskey being sold in Jackson came
!rom a place that bore any resembance
to sanitary surroundings.
On the contrary, the average moonihine
still is a place of indescribable
iirt, filth and squalor.
The Daily Nefts has, with the pernission
of Prohibition Director M. H.
Daily, examined some of the written
eports submitted to the federal government
by prohibition enforcement
^ * *1 XT X * 11 _ 11. A mm
jmcers aescriDing me suns tue> nave
aided during the past few weeks.
At one place not far distant from
Fackson the officers found a dead
)lacksnake, about six feet long, badly
iecomposed, in a barrel of mash
!rom which the liquid had been
Irawn.
At another still where the barrel
)f sour ma3h was buried in the
jround, a decayed bullfrog was found
loating on top.
At a still of large capacity the cap
)f the still was so filthy that it had
>een fly-blown and infested with majots.
The plant'was in operation,
ind the "white liehtning" was being
iltered through the magots.
Up in Director Daily's office you
vill see scores of liquor samples takm
from stills which showed, on
ihemical analysis, that concentrated
ye was used in the clarifying pro;ess.
These liquors are manufactured by
nen who are ignorant of the first
jlement of the laws of fomentation
)r the rules of sanitation. They conjoct
the deadly stuff by main
strength and awkwardness, so to
speak, the sole and only aim being to
svolve something with a powerful
sick in it, and they give never a
;hought to how dangerous or poison)us
it may be.
Why, Arthur?
One night the town's most popular
roung lady, dressed in her father's
:lothes, fled with her lover. The
iditor of the town paper hurriedly
set the type for the astonishing news,
ind in due time his paper came out
ivith this headline printed in Doia
etters, "Fleas in Father's Pants."?
tapper's Weekly.
New York city has more than 500
vomen physicians and surgeons.
Man is Killed
at Liquor Still
Walterboro, July 12.?John Brittnn
orvn f PViinf r\f "Pr\1ir>o Rrittnn r*f
Branchville, was killed by Sheriff
Ackerman at noon today while resisting
arrest. Britton was operating a
still in the Edisto river swamp and
when Sheriff Ackerman attempted to
place him \inder arrest, Britton shot
at the sheriff and his deputies, G. C.
Benton and Chief J. B. Ackerman.
Fortunately they were near enough
to take shelter behind trees and returned
the fire. Several shots were
exchanged on both sides when Britton
in an unguarded moment exposed
himself and was hit in the side.
Sheriff Ackerman intended to shoot
only to force him to give up but one
shot went high enough to strike a
vital organ and death resulted in an
hour. The body was brought to Walterboro
and Magistrate Pullum held
an inquest, the verdict of the jury
being in accordance with the above
facts. Britton and Talmadge Edwards
were together, having a 40
*? -xjii j _ x. f? a
gallon copper sun anu eigut ov ganuu
barrels of mash. Violation of the
law had been reported to the sheriff
and he was armed with a warrant.
Edwards denies complicity, stating
that he was only a visitor to Britton.
Sheriff Ackerman has reported the
killing to Governor Harvey.
Federal Aid.
South Carolina has received a total
apportionment of $5,007,854.84
of federal aid for roads and bridges
to date, exclusive of the $707,000
available July 1 of this year, according
to figures announced by the state
highway department. Of this total
$4,935,728.28 has alreadybeen allotted,
leaving $72,126.56 for allotment.
These figures include all the aid supplied
since the policy of federal aid
was established by the government.
If the $707,000 to be available Jul. 1
is counted, the total apportionment
to South Carolina" will be $5,714,854.84.
Of the total apportionment
$821,374.77 has been allotted to major
bridge projects of the state, not
including $250,000 to be given to the
Ashley river bridge at Charleston out
of the new appropriation available
July 1. The Santee bridge of Murray's
ferry heads the list with aid amounting
to $423,734.69. Charleston coun^
x? x -1 . c ? in.fhia oiH iinnnr.
iy limes ui si. uun m >.uv u>u .
tionment with $251,184.55. These
figures do not include allotments
made out ef the new appropriation
available July 1. Some of the other
larger amounts include $174,155.09
to Anderson county, $101,695.09 to
Beaufort, $104,900.54 to Florence,
$127,852.39 to Greenville, $100,198.95
to Greenwood, $109,840.60 to
Lexington, $160,689J8 to Orangeburg,
$205,259.21 to Spartanburg,
$138,804.16 to Sumter, $104,617.04
to Union and $115,032.07 to York.
What Would Calhoun Say?
The Bamberg Herald says "the
state as not running its affairs any
more," a njl The Herald states in
plain language a fact which many
men have Ipown for some time. If
John C. Calhoun were to rise from
his grave he would not live very
long. There is no longer any such
thing as state's rights. For the past
decade or two the tendency has been
to centralize power at Washington
and so great has become that cenI
tra lized Dower that legislative acts,
judicial decrees and acts of commissioned
bodies have become mere matters
of form. This tendency toward a
centralized form of government had
its beginning probably in the great
railroad mergers put into effect by
the late E. H. Harriman. Harriman,
it is true, was a great empire builder,
but as he built he swept aside
as of no consequence not only the
rights of individuals but the rights
of sovereign states. Other big combinations
of capital, not satisfied with
exploiting the resources of their own
individual states, followed Harriman's
example,- and before the nation
was aware of what was happenin
or fho nnwer tn reeulate railroad
f ^
rates and the rates of all inter-state |
traffic was vested in the hands of a
few men in Washington. A state law
that conflicts with a federal law is
null and void. A ruling of the state
railroad commission that does not
suit the interstate railroad commission
is promptly set aside. In other
words every official act of a legally
constituted state body is subject to
review and can be set aside by a
higher body at Washington. That is
why the state is not running its own
affairs.?Dillon Herald.
i
Make Advance to (
Cotton Growers
Washington, July 12.?Advances _
totaling $24,000,000 to assist the _
marketing of cotton have been tentatively
approved by the War Finance
Corporation, it was announced
today by Director Meyer. The two
Carolinas are to share the major _
portion of the sum, the advances providing
$10,000,000 for the Niorth B(
Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera- tr;
tive As\)ciation and $10,000,000 for th
the South Carolina Cotton Growers'
Cooperative Association. Of the re
other, $3,000,000 will be allotted to
the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton gi
Association and $1,000,000 to the Ar- W(
Kansas Farmers' Union Cotton Growers'
Association. trj
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Wants Bigham Tell of Wade Murder.
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From J. W. Clopton, of Leslie, Ga., ^
grandfather of Walter H. Wade,
whom Edmund D. Bigham, now unvu
der death sentence for murdering his
own brother Smiley and indicted for ^
murdering their mother, their sister
and her two children, was suspected
of murdering, The Times this morning
received a request to have its reDorters
ask Bieham of the Wade .
w fr<
murder if they should interview him
again. He nopes that Bigham, go- .
ing to his death, may yet tell something,
which will clear up more fully
the murder of Walter Wade. The
W
letter is as follows: \ *
Leslie, Ga., June 28, 1922. *
Editor of the Florence Daily Times, ^
Florence, S. C. an
My Dear Sir: pj.
I have just read of Edmund D.
Bigham's ' trial being denied. Edmund
D. Bigham once lived in Les- en
lie, Ga. I knew him well. He wenj to
Americus, Ga., with Walter H. Wade, wj
a grandson of mine on August 17,
1916, and Walter Wade was murder- 110
ed that night and body thrown in of
Flint river. The detective I employ- Gr
ed on the case suspected Bigham. In W(
fact we all thought Bigham knew
something of the murder until the
parties were arrested and convicted, gu
If you ever have another interview
T,rifVi "RiorViom anri it is Tint fl skin ST tOO
much of you, will you please ask
Bigham if he didn't go to Americus, *e
Ga., with Walter H. Wade the night Hi
he (Wade) was murdered. If he pr
knows anything then he will tell all
he knows. Very truly yours,
J. W. CLOPTON. mi
JBigham is sentenced to execution Al
on July 14 but an appeal now pend- cii
ing will stay the execution for the *'<
second time. Since the denial of the ed
last appeal in circuit court for a new
trial, Bigham's attorney is said to w<
have discovered more evidence on wl
which he will probably ask a new ha
trial should the supreme court deny ca
the present appeal.?^Florence Times, pi
Editor Keziah "Treed." ed
to
Whiteville, N. C.,?Monday night ca
after he had partaken of his supper, as
Editor Keziah returned to the office sv
to do some work which owing to the
rush, he did not have time to do dur- th
ing the day. After two hours of hard he
work he decided to take a rest and ga
stretched himself on the folder and co
promptly went to sleep.
Some hours later, he was awaken- Sp
ed 'by a cold, clammy surface on his
face and grasped it with his' hand, tii
and found it to'be a large snake. He
ipromptly knocked the snake off on gp
the floor and started to get off the m
folder, when he remembered that he
had slipped his shoes off. The h
thought struck him that the snake fe'
might be coiled just where he fell. 1
Anyway, Editor Keziah stayed on th4
folder all night and was afraid to go
to sleep again for fear of the snake's
too friendly intrusion. The fact that fa
the editor is a complete teetotaler is ha
vouched for. hi
??1^?m
York Man to Serve Life. fa
IU
York, July 14.?Denying the mo- ye
tion for a new trial, Judge Frank P.
McGowan this afternoon sentenced to
Albert Zimmerman, convicted last
night of the murder of J. Pink Hug- tu
girls with recommendation to mercy,
to life imprisonment in the state
penitentiary. W]
Motion for a new trial was based
on the allegation that no evidence
had been produced to show malice
and that undue publicity had been
given the case, resulting?in prejudice
against the defendant. to
Zimmerman heard the verdict with
the same composure and apparent hi
unconcern that characterized his demeanor
throughout the trial. He will
begin serving his sentence as soon bi
as the penitentiary authorities send Di
an office^ for him.
Farmers' wives of the nation nave m
organized their own feminine agri- p]
cultural block. in
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Columbia Worm
and Beaten by
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the
Denmark Items
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anc
Denmark, July 15.?The Barnwell abc
ay Scouts are enjoying a camping
Lp on the banks of thfe Edisto river the
is week. ja^(
Joe and Frank Wyman are visiting tle
latives in Hendersonville. nig
blisses Willie Dell Hutto and Vir- ^
nia Hutto are spending several bea
jeks in Hendersonville. t0 ]
Francis Zeigler left for a military n
aining camp in Alabama Wednes- bu^
no ;
Mr. and Mrs. David Hutto, if Hil- pa-?
ihran "M PI " WArP thf> STliests of
? -- tnr
r. and Mrs. J. S. Walker. >j0]
Mrs. Elmore Steadman has been
siting relatives in Charleston. ^
Mrs. James Guess and baby are enG
ck from a visit to relatives at Holly ^er
ters
Mrs. Robert Cox left last week for
r home in North Carolina. ^
Mrs. Otis Sandifer has returned ghe
3m a visit to Allendale. kea
Mrs. John M. Major, of Greenwood, to i
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Wade ^
LUSt- , rea
Members of the Young Married cea
Oman's Rook club were entertained tlir
lursday afiernoon by Mrs. W. D. ^wc
lyfield at her country home in Lees, tow
d after several games of rook were me]
lyed, refreshments were served. and
>out 20 club members were <pres- sai(
her
Mrs. Wade H. Faust entertained ^
th a lovely party Wednesday afteron
from 5 o'clock until 7, in honor
her guest, Mrs. John M. Major, of
eenwood. Several games of cards CQn
?re played, and then a salad course enc
is served with iced tea. About 20 me,
ests were present. jje,
>Mrs. Winchester Graham enter- tQ
ined a number of guests Friday afrnoon
in honor of her guest, Mrs. ma
annies, of Chester. The guests were wj.
esented with clothes pins and crepe
per, and a contest determining the the
Dst efficient dressmaker was begun'.
; the conclusion of this it was de- h01
led that Mrs. Malcolm Crum had ma
3n the first prize. She was present- gjs
1 with a box of tinted stationery. ^
)llowing this contest the guests ^
*re busily engaged fn another, ^
hich was the sketching of his "right ^
ind neighbor." Much laughter was ^
used when the art exhibition took me
ace, displaying the talent of each ,
lest. tfrs. Algie Guess was award[
the prize for the most comical caron
of her neighbor and a box of exj:
ndy was given her. Twenty guests .
sembled for refreshments and
reet course afterwards. i
Mrs. W. D. Mayfield entertained
e Thursday Afternoon club at her otl]
>me in Lees. After a series of fou
imes of progressive rook, an ice for
urse was served. jet1
\Tra n n f!nx is at home after
"A*V* * ICX
ending several days in Rock Hill. thr
Miss Anna Goolsby is visiting rela- g0E
fes near Beaufort.
Mrs. Phelix Goudelock, of Union, is ^
ending several weeks with her .
other, Mrs. R. L. Zeigler. wo
Misses Virginia and Willie Delle ^
utto have gone to Junaluska for a yea
w weeks. era
^ '"1 p" hat
Unforeseen Sequel. to
" to
Willie had been instructed by his chl
ther to clean up the yard, and he tlie
id promised to do so to the best of
s ability. <
That yvening, however, when his
ther returned from the office and 1
ok a look at the yard, he became Ma
ry angry. wei
"Willie," he called, "I thought I or
Id you to clean up that yard!" the
"Well, dad, I did," said Willie, vir- On
ously. "I fired everything over wei
e fence as soon as I could; but the me:
d next door threw everything back 19'
aen I went downtown for m)ther." in
-Harper's Magazine. on
m i?i m wit
Forced Sprouts. a n
the
May?"I thought Jack was averse "]
wearing a mustache." por
Belle?"He is, but he can't help Ma?
mself." wit
May?"How is that?" ' the
Belle?"He's been evading, prohi- ]
tion by drinking hair tonic."?The this
rge. 34!
Believing it is the surest road to
atrimony, many young women in ]
liladelphia have entered the nurs- doi
g profession. , an
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in Bound J
Masked Men
Columbia, July- 18.?Attracted to
i rear of her home, 2121 College
eet, by a rap on the back door,
s. Alethia Norman was caught by
} unknown men, gagged, bound
1 beaten. The attack was made
)ut 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
en she was alone at the home and
! alarm was given about an hour
3r when she was found by her lit
daughter, semi-conscious. Last
ht it was said at the Norman resilce
that, while she was severely
.ten, the injuries are not thought
be serious.
["he police are working on the case,
; at an early hour this morning
arrests had been made. The princiclue
is four anonymous letters,
ee of which were received by Mrs.
rman during last week and one of
ich was left by the two men yester- ,
afternoon. These letters threatid
Mrs. Norman's life and cursed
vilely. The police haye the let?
Rap on Rear Door.
rtrs. Norman said last night that
was in a front room when she
.rd a knock. She went to the rear
mswer the rap and two men jumpfrom
behind a door, having aldy
entered the house and conled
themselves. One of the men
ew a towel over her face and the
> men bound her, after tieing the
rel securely about her head. The
a twisted her dress about her body
I 1 1 ~ X 1. "\ \TA.W. A '
l Degaji Deauiig ner, -virs. l^uxiuau. :
1. Severe bruises were made on i
limbs and about her body. I
Lfter beating Mrs. Norman the
a threw a handful of red pepper in
mouth, -Mrs. Norman said, and
; with the warning that "we are
ling back and kill you," this sente
being punctuated by one of the
a with a vile epithet. She has no
a who the men are, being unable
say p<f!sitively whether they were
ck or white. However, Mrs. Norn
said she believed they were
ite men.
tfrs. Norman was-'unable to give
, alarm for nearly an hour, and
en , her little daughter returned
ne she told her to call Mr. Nor- ' ;
n, who works for the National
cuit company. Mr. Norman was
! first to arrive after his little
lghter. He found a switch about
size of a thumb in the bath room,
; was unable to say whether or not *
s was the instrument used by the
n.
rhe Switch gave the appearance of
ring been worn out on something.
. Norman said he was at a loss to
(lain the attack and has no idea as
who the men were.
Four Letters Received.
Vlr. Norman said one of the letters /
st received-last Tuesday and an-'
.er Friday while the third was
nd Saturday morning as he went
the morning paper. The fourth
ter was left -by the two men yesday
afternoon. They were all
eatening. One night last week
tie one threw a handful of sand /
ough their bedroom window, he
d.
Mrs. Norman is rather a delicate
man and said she had undergone
operations within the past few - /.
irs. She underwent her last op- \
tion in February of this year and
1 not left her home except to walk v \
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Valley parK on one occaszuu auu
go to Green Street Methodist
irch to services one time since
n.
shortage in Cotton in Storage.
during the ten months ending
y 31, 4,945,497 bales of nottoa
re consumed by American mills,
an increase of 924,884 bales over
corresponding period of last year. /
May 31, 1,419,836 bales of cotton
re held in consuming establishnte
offoinct 1 980 793 nT? MflV 31. '
J1; but there were reported held
public storage and at compresses
May 31, 2,561,007 bales compared
h 4,738,267 bales May 31, 1921,
et decrease of 2,038,147 bales in
reserve supply. rj
rhe total quantity of cotton ex ted
for the ten months ending
31 was 5,451,800 bales compared
h 4,701,671 bales exported during
eomo nprind of 1921.
.'mports of foreign cotton during
5 period have been from 212,784 to
2,216 bales ending May 31.?Man.cturer's
Record June 29.
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Miss Charlotte Sharmon, of Lona,
now at the age of 90 years, is
expert typist.
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