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i .. r, ' (Slrp Samfaprg Ifprald ? ' *?g $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1922. Established in 1891. I Former Bamberg Boy an Inventoi Washington, Sept. 28.? (Special.) ?It will be interesting to readers o1 The News and Courier in and froir Bamberg, to know that A. J * Eaves, a former Bamberg boy, has attained distinguished success as ar electrical engineer, having developed the wonderful "amplifier" which enables public speakers to be heard bj multitudes more than could be reached by their unaided voices. In the service of the great Western Electric Company, this younj South Carolinian perfected and de veloped into a practical ana oriman success an idea which was a hazy dream only a few years ago. After he had done this, the Western Electrie put Mr. Eaves, as its most eminenexpert on this device, in charge o: the installation of the amplifiers ai , the National Republican and Dem ocratic Conventions of 1920, at the inauguration of President Harding and at the ceremonies attending th ' burial of the Unknown Dead at Arlington last November. On the lastnamed occasion, at least 100,000 persons who attended the ceremonies heard without the slightest difficulty every- word that was uttered by the eminent participants. The latest responsibility which has been entrusted to Mr. Eaves by the big concern, which employs him, is the experimental installation of the amplifier in the halls of Congress, se v.** mnmhoTo will olwava V?A shlf luai mc mcuiugio iwn MI w v w ? ? to hear each other, whether thej have strong voices or not, and so tha' the occupants of Xhe galleries wil likewise have no difficulty in makini out what is said. If the experiment ii Congress is successful, it will marl another triumph for Eaves.?K. F M., in News and Courier. Denmark Notes. \ Denmark, Sept. 30.?The. teachers of the Denmai*k school were enter tained by the members of the Epworth League Friday evening in the league rooms of the Methodist*church Ice cream and cake were served. The teachers and friends of the school gave a carnival on the schoo campus Thursday evening to raise funds for the equipment of the play ground. The usual carnival attrac tions were present, but rather an un usual feature was the "big bab: show". Hot dogs, red lemonade, pea nuts and ice cream were for sale. The affair was very enjoyable and a nice sum was realized. Mrs. Winchester Graham and chil dren are at home after a visit to he] cousins, Mrs. George Hennies an( Mrs. Ernest Hamilton, in Chester. Oi her return she stopped in Columbia t< visit her sister, Miss Anna Goolsby, a Columbia college. Mrs. E. T. Spigner is in August for several days, purchasing furniture for their new bungalow on Palmette ?nnmnlatinn 3V6H.UG, WI11CI1 IS UCdi i-U-S wmj/isnwu Mi9ses Annie and Lula Stokes o Orangeburg are visiting their niece Mrs. R. A. Goolsby, on Palmetto ave nue, south. * G. Owen Riley has been at hi! former home in Barnwell for the pas week at the bedside of his father. Mrs. James B. Guess, Jr., is visitinj at her old home near Eutawville "Walnut Grove". Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marvin of Shel don are visiting the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goolsby. Plan Crop Rotations Now. Clemson College, Oct. 4.?This is i good time of year to plan a systemat ic crop rotation and begin to put i into operation. The wisdom of usin; a crop rotation has been proven b; numerous experiments and by the ex periences of our best farmers. It i now more important than ever be fore. Every farmer who has not al ready done so should make a start o] a rotation now, advises Prof. C. P Blackwell, chief of the agronomy di vision. Land to be planted in small grain can be planted now. Land to be-plant ed in cotton next year should be se aside now and should be plowed dee] this fall if it is a heavy soil, and if i is a light soil it should be plowe< early in the spring. It should b< worked into a hrm, smooth seed be< early in the spring in order to give ai early growth of cotton. Land to be planted in corn next yea should be planted to a cover cro] early this fall. If the land has cottoi on it this year, the cotton stalk should be plowed under before plant ing to small grain as a cover crop. No Opposition for Jim Byrnes Aiken, Oct. 3.?There was a big I meeting of the G. O. P. of the Second i Congressional district held in Aiken . at the Colored Odd Fellows' hall at 3 o'clock this afternoon. W. S. Dixon, l of Banrwell, district chairman, prel sided. Delegates from the nine coun ties, Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg, r Allend^je, Salucfa, Edgefield, Beau> fort, Hampton and Jasper, were present. Joe Tolbert did not put in his - appearance. Aiken was represented 1 by the Rev. S. C. Holland, J. P. - - ttj.i -r>_ T - Rice, Jr., J. niCKSUIl, Ul. uavm ?j. t Scott and C. H. Simmons; Barnwell, 7 W. S. Dixon, C. A. Holland and A. P. 2 Mason; Bamberg, D. D. Geter, C. P. 2 Robinson; Allendale, R. B. Vance; t Saluda, J. M. Jones, W. S. Watson f and John Fellon; Edgefield, Charles t Bussy, W. H. Holloway, E. W. An derson; Beaufort, E. G. Clark; Hamp2 ton, K. W. Baker; Jasper, Ryan ; Balls. There were only two "Lily 2 Whites" in the gathering. Despite expectations, there was no - candidate nominated for congress of - the second Congressional district , against James F. Byrnes, and it was t learned on "high" authority that 2 there would be no candidate named for the office. 1 The meeting was orderly and 2 passed off unnoticed by Aiken's Demj ocratie citizens. Present among the 2 gathering was Chairman Strother, of > Edgefield, who last week, it is al2 leged, was ordered by a party of r white men to leave Edgefield county, t Strother, who owns land on the out1 skirts of Edgefield, left at once for j Columbia, where he remained until i today, when he ventured to Aiken. i He states that five white men in an . automobile met him near his home on the road last Monday a week and ordered him to sell out his property - ' " - A ? and letve me cuumy. ouumci claims that his son-in-law, Charles 5 Bussy, wa9 treated to the same warn. ing about a year ago, and that Bussy . sold fifty acres of land "for nothing". i ^ tmi ^ Colston Clippings. 5 Colston, Sept. 26.?We are having j ideal weather for harvesting our a short crop;'it is just once in a while that we see a bale of cotton on its way to market, neither do we hear th$ darkeys singing late in the after7 noon while tying up the big sheets of cotton they hav$ picked during the a day, nor do we see the farmers out a until after dark with book, pencil and lantern, weighing the day's gathering. Nowadays they start in a field r in the morning and way before night j they are through. The days for the x ^farmer are hard until they find somej thing to take the place of cotton. t Some few in this neighborhood have tried truck on a small scale and re1 ceived nothing whatever, so every2 thing looks gloomy for the man and j his family that live in the ' sticks". Rev, Walter Black and wife and f Mrs. Nell Pate and daughter spent Sunday with Mrs. Calvin Padgett. I Joe Beard and Claude Kirkland spent Sunday at Islandton with Mr. 3 Beard's aunt, Mrs. Rebecca O'Quinn. t Mrs. O'Quinn came back with them to spend a while at Mr. Beard's. r Mr. and Mrs. Rob Kennedy are re* ceiving congratulations. It is a 5pound baby girl. Mrs. Kennedy is . with her mother, Mrs. Georgia Goodwin. Mrs. Ogreta Beard spent part of last week with Mrs. J. B. Varn. Mrs. J. C. Beard and sons dined with Mrs. T. C. Clayton Sunday. a Misses Alievia and Hermine Beard spent Sunday with Miss Thyra Goodt win* , Mrs. Rosa Clayton is spending a y few days at Smoaks this week. Mrs. Lucia Beard is in Savannah visiting her son. Duncan. We are sorry to note the illness of G. Marion McMillan and wife; also Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Zeigler. We hope , all of them will soon be quite themselves again. Little Hazel Clayton, of Ehrhardt, g is on a visit to her grandmother, Mrs. J. C. McMillan. t Mrs. B. W. Beard and Mrs. J. F. Clayton attended the burial of Mrs. t Clayton's sister, Mrs. Geeta Creech, j it Saturday. ? tmt ? 3 Engagement Announced. * Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rizer, of Olar, -1 announce tne engagement, ui men daughter, Daisye, to J. Carl Kearse, r of Bamberg, the wedding to take P place in November, i ^ in m s Nearly 9,000,000 women in the - United States are engaged in gainful occupations. .a Canning Prize to Local Girl The State, Thursday. Miss Edna Mae McDaniels of Beaufort is the champion biscuit maker cf the central district of South Carolina. This little lass came all the way from the q,uaint little city by the sea to show her culinary skill in the capital city?and she did. Beaufort now has two celebrities, the actress, Maude O'Dell, and this young biscuit making champion. Miss Iva Thomas of Hampton came second in this contest, Miss Mary Shealy of Lexington, third, and Miss Alliene Mitchell of Barnwell, fourth. 4- r\e*,4- TTTO r? of f Vl O ph/JTTl i. HIS tUUbCOl w ao Ub,iu a? ber of commerce yesterday and was between home demonstration prize winning club girls of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Hampton, Lexington, Orangeburg and Richland counties. The canning club girls and the sewing club girls also had exhibits of their work and wrere judged on these exhibits. Miss Annie Ruth Carter of Bamberg was the winner of the first prize in the canning exhibit. Miss Genevieve Smith of Lexington won the second prize and Miss Elizabeth Curtis of Richland won the third prize. The names of the first and second prize winners of the sewing exhibit could not be obtained as they had to catch their trains immediately following the judging, but they will be announced later. The first prize winner came from Barnwell county and the second from Calhoun county. The third prize was tied for by Miss Katherine Beckham of Beaufort and Miss Lois Price of Richland and the fourth place was tied for by Miss Louies Bryant of Aiken and Miss Minnie Lee Connor of Lexington. In each case the first prize is a free trip to the state fair and is given by the State Fair association. The second prize, $7.50; the third, $5, and the fourth, $2.50. These cash prizes are given by the State Bankers' association. The judges were Misses Blanche Tarrant, Lonnie Landrum, Lola Snider and Mrs. Harriett Johnston, state J home demonstration specialists. How Best To Remove All Stains. Clean white kid slippers with any mild soap and sprinkle them with talcum powder. .When dry, rub off with a 90ft cloth. This makes them retain that new look. Yellow spots on clothing are often due to acid. Try immersing them in a weak solution of ammonia and warm water. A few drops of turpentine added to the rinsing water when washing white silk hose, underwear, skirts, etc., prevents them from turning yellow.' t To clean fur collars and cuffs, rub thoroughly with corn meal soaked in gasoline. The white braid on blue woolen middies may be cleaned by sponging with a solution of white soap. Press and the middy will look like new. To remove powder stains from your suit or dress collar, sponge with turpentine. To remove auto and car grease from any wash goods before wettin? rub the spot with lard. This loosens the grease and it will wash out with gasoline with a blotter under the spot. jThis is splendid for men's palm beach suits. Vaseline rubbed on the' scuffed places of shoes before they are polt ished will render the scratches invisible and also prevent the surface from becoming further scratched. To wash handkerchiefs so that they do not discolor, put them in a tub of cold water to which a handful of salt has been added. The next day wash them out and boil them with one tablespoon of orris root. Rinse in cold water and hang but to dry.?The Designer. Twins and Triplets. McCormick, Sept. 29.?Dr. J. B. Adams of Plum Branch, this county, is authority for the statement that a farmer and his wife are the parents of five children within the past two years. Dr. Adams is telling it that Jim and Ella Hill are the fond parents and that last year twins were born to them and triplets last week. Of the last three two were boys and one a girl. Jim and Ella had not exactly prepared or selected names for so many and called on Dr. Adams for names. Dr. Adams is a very obliging kind of doctor and so he named the boys Jasper and Garrett and the girl Carrie. They live on the plantation of John Talbert, near Parksville. * j Black Appointed Colleton Sheriff Columbia State, Sunday. Governor Harvey yesterday suspended Sheriff W. B. Ackerman of Colleton county and appointed Maj. John Black to succeed the sheriff. The appointment of Major Black was temporary # until Sheriff Ackerman is tried on the charge of malfeasance in office, which was brought against him last week. If the sheriff is acquitted oi the "* * M1 ?- f 1 AO Af cnarge H6 win resume mc uuuco uj. sheriff and if he is convicted the governor, under the provision of the constitution. will declare the office vacant and make a permanent appointment.* Sheriff Ackerman is alleged to be short in his accounts, having failed, it is claimed, to turn over "certain money to the county that he collected in tax executions. A true bill was returned against him by the grand jury last week and yesterday the governor received official notification of this action on the part of the grand jury. The clerk of court of the county sent the chief executive a copy of the true bill. Under the privisions of the constitution, it was the duty of the gov' * ^ _ ? ernor to suspend me snerm wueu * true bill was returned against him. The governor did this upon receipt of the official notice from the clerk of court. Major Black, who was named temporarily for the office, was recommended by Senator James G. Padgett and a number of the leading citizens of the county. The governor's proclamation suspending Sheriff Ackerman and appointing Major Black is as follows: Governor's Proclamation. "Whereas, on the 23rd day of September, 1922, it was brought to my notice by affidavit that W. B. Ackerman, as sheriff of Colleton county, state of South Carolina aforesaid, having in his custody, a9 sheriff of said county, public or trust funds, was probably guilty of embezzlement or the appropriation of public or trust funds to private use, I did direct his immediate prosecution by the proper official or officer of the law, and "Whereas, I have since received from the clerk of court of Colleton county certified copy of an order of the presiding judge, transmitting a certified copy of'a bill of indictment entitled: 'The State vs. W. B. Ackerman, indictment for breach of trust with fraudulent intention', upon ?i.:.v ? Kill liae hppn fnilTld bv WHICH <% UUC Ulli uuu . the grand jury of said county; "Now, therefore, I, Wilson G. Harvery, governor of the state of South Carolina, by authority and direction contained in Section 22, Article 4, of the constitution of South Carolina of 1895, do hereby suspend the said W. B. Ackerman from the office of sheriff of Colleton county, until the said W. B. Ackerman shall have been acquitted by the verdict of a jury, and dc hereby appoint Maj. John Black sheriff of Colleton county to serve until the said W. B. Ackerman shall have been acquitted." NATIVE OF AIKEN Widow of Clergyman Slain at New Brunswick, N. J. Aiken, October 2 ? While the country at large watches with keer interest developments in the widely noted murder case of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Rhinehart Mills, at New BrunswiCK, in. j., me peuyic of Aiken have a peculiar home interest that is acute in the case. Mrs. Florence Stevens Hall, widow of the slain clergyman, is a native of Aiken, having been born here about fortynine years ago in what is now known as the Shroder place, formerly called the Stevens house, on Greenville street near Richland avemue. The father of Mrs. Hall came to Aiken fifty years ago as a health seeker, and his daughter, Frances, was born here a year after the arrival of the family. Mrs. Hall has never been completely out of touch with a coterie of warm friends in Aiken, and for years has corresponded with them. Mr. Stevens was known to be very wealthy and a very earnest churchman, being a member of St. Thaddeus Episcopal church, one of the beautiful old landmarks of Aiken and at who%e altar many noted men and women from the North and West have worshipped. The father of the present owner of the old Stevens heuse, Mr. William Shroder, purchased the place from Mrs. Hall's father. .. '-i ' ' ' * - >. f/'i Wife Killer is Arrested Here Jack Bates, a negro about 35 or 40 years old, was arrested on the Southern passenger train arriving here at 9:02 Monday morning by j Chief of Police J. W. McCormack, charged with the killing of his comman law wife at Cave, Allendale county, on Saturday night previous. Bates was placed in the Bamberg county jail, an dthe Allendale authorities notified at once. The sheriff of Allendale county came to Bamberg at noon Monday, secured his prisoner and returned with him to await trial. The killing occurred at the home of Bates near Cave, on Saturday ni^ht Since that time' and until Monday morning Bates had been hiding out. Monday morning he ventured on the train with a ticket for Columbia, but decided to take, a roundabout trip, in an effort to evade being caught, and this move of his proved to be his undoing, for after he got on the train at Blackville, going by way of Branchville to Columbia, a fellow colored passenger recognized him as the Cave wife killer and notified Capt. Greneker, the conductor. At Denmark Capt. Gren-~ eker had the operator call the Bamberg operator and ask the sheriff to meet the train. The sheriff could not be found at the moment and Mr. Johnson, the Bamberg operator,-notified Magistrate Edgar Dickinson, who was without his weapon at the time and he called on the chief to make the arrest. When the train stopped Chief McCormack, accompanied by Mr. Dickinson and the conductor, arrested the negro, and lodged him in jail. Rates reartiiv acknowledged that he was the man wanted, and acknowl- J edged killing the woman, who, he told the officers, was "not exactly his wife", though he had lived with her for a long time, and they had, according to Bates, a "yard ful of children". The story he told the officers was that he and another negro were returning to the woman's home Saturday night, and failing to find her at home, he went out in search of her. (He found her, he said, some distance away coming home in company with another negro man. Bates, he told the Officers, remarked to the woman that if he had a pistol he would shoot her, whereupon, he claims, the woman's companion told him he had a pistol, and handed it to Bates. He claims he did not have any intention of shooting her, but that he raised the pistol as if to shoot, and it went off accidentally, the bullet strik' ing her in the head and killing her. 1 Bates claims that he was drunk at 1 the time, and did not realize every thing that he did. hi ? Cope Clippings. Cope, Sept. 30. ? The following young people have left for college: Misses Rita Barton and Evelyn Hen1 erey, Brenau;? Miss Margaret Cleckley, Chicora: Murray Tatum, the Cita 1 del; Carlton Thomas, Bailey. ! Under the leadership of the Woman's Missionary society a miscellaneous shower was given Tuesday afternoon at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Easterling for Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ritter, who recently lost their home by fire. The Cope school opened Monday, i September 18, with John P. Cartrette r of Conway in charge. His assistants are: Misses Eilzabeth Darby of Low' ryville, Buelah Ruth Johnson of Wil. son, Elise Black of Millett, and Eliza' beth Kirkland of Bamberg. The School Improvement association gave a reception Friday after noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. . B. Cope to which patrons and friends of the school were invited to meet i1 ~ A nAnAin'-n cr llTIO me (.ecicuers. m mc icv/cxnu^ were: Mrs. S. B. Cope, Mrs. R. C. > Carter, Mrs. W. Clark, and Mrs. J. I. Vallentine, wives of the trustees, also John P. Cartrette and his assistants. A color scheme of green and white was carried out in the decorations | and refreshments. Upon arriving.the guests were served punch by Misses Mae Knotts, and Henry Ella Vallentine. After enjoying games they were invited to the dining room, where block cream and cake were served by Misses Celestial Knotts, Rossie Grag and Madeline Thomas. Sheldon Cope, Jr., furnished music on the Edison during the afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Lander and two children of Williamston and Mrs. E. i Rumph of Lander college are guests of Mrs. F. E. Cope. Mrs. N. M. Bull is visiting her mother, Mrs. N. Clarkson, in Kingstree. : i mWiMMi Look Over Field For Candidate : 3* By Hugh W. Roberts in The State. Washington, Sept. 28.?There is no mistaking the Deireoiatic sentiment of the country. A presidential candidate can not be even tentatively agreed upon until after the congressional elections. An entirely opposite situation confronts the Republican organization. Despite what has been intimated'Sy one or more Democratic correspondents?with whom th9 wish, is father to the thought?President Harding is a candidate for reelection. As a rrmttor of ffir>t ho ia co inn.'h mflTft popular with the rank and file of Republicans throughout the country than the 'Republican congress that he would be made a candidate whether he wished to be or uot. r If the result of the congressional elections reveal it as a fact that the administration has lost the confidence of the people, the Republicans may split under the divergent leadership -of Senator Borah or Senator Johnson or both. But the nomination by the regular organization % promises to be a hippodrome just as was the Democratic convention in 1916. , That which makes it so certain that the outstanding Democratic possibility will be developed as a result of the elections in November is the fact that neither James M. Cox nor William G. McAdoo is regarded with enthusiasm by the Democrats-of the country. McAdoo would demand the support of organized labor to which he yielded in every emergency when he V was secretary of the treasury, and the main adviser of President Wil son. But that element which is ' known as the business element would not support him, it is known. And no candidate has ever been elected uu wuuiu uuauuesa auu iauui, iu a, certain appreciable degree, at least, did not unite. % Because of his overwhelming defeat in 1920, there is strohg opposi tion to the present indicated effort of Governor Cox to secure the right to make a second try for the presidenoy. Furthermore, unless sentiment in favor of America's entering the League of Nations becomes rampant, Cox could not go before the country with a 90lid party back of him. It does appear that for practical reasons, both Cox and McAdoo are eliminated. Of course, the party will" not nominate William J. Bryan. Thomas R. Marshall, one of the mos$ human and for that reason, possibly, the mo(st popular Democrats, has declared himself definitely out of politics. Former Justice Clarke, even should he be a candidate, would be regarded as a one idea individual. On the othfer hand, should Senator Pomerene, over the opposition of the president and the personal efforts of members of the president's cabinet, redeem through his reelection the president's state of Ohio, he would stand forth unmistakably. He would have "pulled a stunt", and, further- . more, his position on important controversial topics has already attract-* ed the favorable attention of conservative America. Senator Hitchcock, a? the most important Democrat in the great West, were he to be ! reelected in Nebraska, which gave Harding a majority of more than 100,000, would deserve and demand earnest consideration. If, in the congressional elections, it is demonstrated that Democratic gains resulted from opposition to the Republican tariff, Senator Underwood of Alabama would have his chance. There has been sensational gossip that Woodrow Wilson is playing a hand in Democratic preliminaries; that he has turned from Cox and McAdoo, his son-in-law, as "impossibilities", and, having secured the resignation of Clarke from the bench of the supreme court, is now grooming x him as a new Richmond. It is all gossip. As far as can be learned from ' the most intimate Washington friends of the former president, he is " fA existing simDlv and quietly at his S street residence and indulging his favorite pastime of "watchful waiting". President Harding will not take part personally in the congressional campaigns, he has determined. But he will send his cabinet officers into the field, especially Ohio, where hia pride is. Secretaries Wallace and Davis will go, possibly Hughes and Hoover. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, likewise, will take the stump. m 1,1 ? Renew your subscription today.