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$2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922. Established in 1891.
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Rev.f. L. Harley
Passes Away
Was Once a Resident of Williston and
Well Known Here.
Spartanburg, S. C.,Oct. 26.?This
afternoon at 8 o'clock the funeral of
Rev. John L. Harley was held at the
Harley home, on Charles street, and
the interment took place at 3:30 .o'clock
in Glendale cemetery. Rev. B. R.
Turnipseed and Rev. F. E. Dibble
conducted the services. The following
friends served as pall bearers: O.
G. Isom, W. H. Crews, A. M. DuPre,
G. F. Hutchins, F. P. Robertson, and
C. M. Rash.
Rev. Mr. Harley died at his home
? yesterday at 8:45 p. m. He is survived
by his wife and six children:
Mrs. (J. A, UllSipillctii, U1 ima ,
Mrs. V. C. Edwards, of Arlington,
N. J.; Mrs. George C. Thompson, of
Inman, S. C.; J. C. Harley, of Charleston;
H. N. Harley, of Charlotte,
N. C., and E. H. Harley, of Lake
Charles, La.
Rev. Mr. Harley was one of the
most widely acquainted men in the
* Methodist church of the state. In
the many charges that he served,
and especially in hi9 work as the
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of South 'Carolina, he had;
met many friends, with whom he
had kept in the closest contact up to
his death.
The deceased was a son of a
* farmer of Orangeburg county. After
attending elementary school in that
county, he started on his work of
securing an education, and, entirely
^ by his own efforts, paid his way
through preparatory school and then
through Wofford college, where he
finished in 1879. Two years later he
was married to Miss Minnie Mc
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taught school for several years: His
next step was to enter the ministry,
When on November 27, 1887, he
joined the South Carolina Conferonce,
to serve in succession the following
charges: King's Mountain
circuit, Chesterfield, Clifton, Cumberland
Station, Barnwell circuit,
St. Pauls, in Greenville. After this
last charge, in 1903 he was appointed
the superintendent of the AntiSaloon
league, and there served until
1915, when he retired from that
work and undertook evangelical
work for the church in this state.?
Spartanburg Journal.
COTTON BEING HELD
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State Warehouse Commissioner Comments
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Columbia, Oct. 31.?Announcing
, that $14,000,000 worth of cotton
had been added to the stock in
State warehouses in October, which
lie declared an indication that farmers
of this State'are not selling their
product now, J. Clifton Rivers, State
I warehouse commissioner, today issued
? statement, in which he made plans
\ for extending the operations of the
State warehouse to receiving all nonperishable
farm products, and products
that are made so by canning or
other process..
The .State warehouses are now
receiving for storage grain, peas,
velvet beans and other products,
which according to Mr. Rivers' statement,
^an be stored and receipted for
as effectually as cotton.
"In the near future,"thestatement
goes on "the commissioner expects to
put on a special inspector for this
work, who will be able to develop
plans to carry out the law as recently
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enacted, enlarging tne scope 01 tuts
State warehouse activities so as to
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Include any farm product which by
its nature is non-perishable. This
plan will work in connection with
agencies now instituted in this State
for diversified agriculture and be a
part in the plan for improving the
marketing organizations of the State.
The system is working together with
the Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association
in this State in the storing
of cotton at their assembling points
and properly receipting and caring
for it until needed for concentration
and sale. This gives the association
the benefit of the State receipts
which enables them to properly finance
their organization and also
gives them the benefit of the State
system of inspection counting and
reporting on their cotton."
'Twas Ever Thus.
"Any fool can look wise," remarked
the professor.
"Tee, and any wise man can loofe
foolish where a woman is concerned,'
answered the synic.
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STATE OFFICIALS TO BE
ELECTED BY LEGISLATURE
Columbia, Oct. 30.?Numerous
state and governmental officers and
positions are be filled by the legislature
which convenes in January, and
already there is * a considerable
amount of speculation indulged in as
to the outcome of the several races.
One of the most interesting offices
to be filled is that of speaker
of the house of representatives.
The house is to select a successor to
Speaker J. B. Atkinson, who did
not offer for reelection to the house
from Spartanburg. The two names
most prominently mentioned for this
office are those of Thomas S. McMillan
of Charleston .and Edgar A.
Brown of Barnwell. Both will likely
be nominated, "and both, it is expected,
will receive strong votes. Mr. McMillan
has been speaker pro tern and
has presided over many sessions. Mr.
Brown is state chairman of the Democratic
party.
Two circuit judges are to be elec-i
ted by the joint assembly, successors
to the late Judge Edward Mclver of
Cheraw, and the late Judge Ernest
Moore of Lancaster, both of whom
have died this year.
A superintendent of the penitentiary
is to be elected, the term of
office expiring with 1923, Col. A.
K. Sanders, the present superintendent,
will be a candidate for reelection,
and many think his administration
will probably result in his re
election, it is stated. At the same time
he has about a half dozen opponents,
already announced, including Paul
W. Cantwell and J. Felder Hunter of
Orangeburg.
A railroad commissioner is to be
elected, the term of Commissioner
Canslefr expiring. Mr. Cansler and
Major John G. Richards of Kershaw
county being candidates so far
announced for the office.
YEAR WITHOCT A SUMMER
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Snow Fell Every Month During the
Year 1816.
In 1816 there wa9 no summer in
the United States.
Snow fell every month of the year.
Since that time 1816 has been generally
called ."poverty year" because
practically all crops were total failures.
Others have called it "eighteen
! hundred and frozen to death." Still
| others have referred to it as "mackj
erel year" because so little pork was
available that the people lived on
fish. x
The Weather Bureau writes us
that snow fell on the seventh of June
sufficient to cover the ground at
Newton, Mass., and at Hopkinton, N.
H., it was four inches deep.
At,Salem, Mass., on.Saturday, June
8, there was a slight fall of snow,
but it was not deep enough to make
good sleighing.
Along the northern portion of Massachusetts,
large icicles were pendant
and the foliage of the forest trees
was blasted by the frosts.
In Williamstown, Mass., the snow
was twelve inches deep on June 8.and
in Cabot, eighten inches.
Joseph Walker, an old gentleman
of eighty-eight years, lost himself in
the woods at Peacham in the snowstorm
on the night of the seventh and
remained there through the night,
his feet becoming so severely frostbitten
that it was necessary to amputate
one of his great toes.
Many people perished in the snow
drifts, birds flew- into houses for
shelter and great numbers of them
were found dead in the fields.
Almost.
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A Scotsman was spending his
honeymoon by the sea, where an air
plane took passengers up for a
pounds a flight. McWhistle thought
this was far too much, but made the
aviator a sporting offer of 5 shillings
each for himself and his bride. The
aviator seeing* a chance for some easy
money accepted, on the condition that
McWhistle was to pay 1 pound extra
for every word he spoke during the
flight.
Duly they set out; The pilot nosedived,
looped the loop, and did everything
he could to scare the Scotsman,
but it was no good. McWhistle was as
silent as the grave.
When they came down, the flying
man remarked:
"Well, I think you did remarkably
well not to speak all the while we
were up/'
"Aye," said McWhistle. "But I
nearly did when the wife fell out!"
Margaret and Ellenf Heany, sisters,
: of New York city, have spurned offers
' to go on 'he stage and will enter a
Convent.
Mittle is Free
Pending Appeal
Columbia, Oct. 30.?Considerable
interest throughout South Carolina
attaches to the outcome of the contest
between Governor Harvey, chief
executive and law enforcement officer,
and the courts of the state in
two recent cases. In one the governor
announces that he has been defeated,
at least so far as immediate
results go, but in the other he is
pushing his side vigorously.
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v/uc \JJL tu^ vao^o AO a^uinov ??
Mittle, convicted of killing J. H.
Patterson, an engineer at Rowesville,
in Orangeburg county, in November,
1920. Mittle was sentenced to
serve nine years, but because of legal
maneuvers he is at liberty and the
governor stated that he is confident
it will be two years or may be three
years or more before the United
States court can consider the case,
due to its congested docket.
In the Mittle case an appeal was
made to the supreme court and the
verdict of the lower court was sustained,
in two separate decisions.
A motion for a rehearing was then
refused by the supreme court. In
August, last, Judge Mauldin signed
an order of the supreme court for
I ninety ' days, on petition setting
forth that Mittle intended to appeal
to the United States supreme court.
The governor, however, immediately
ordered Mittle arrested.
Appeals were then made to ^he
governor for a temporary > release
of Mittle, that he might arrange
his private affairs. These the governor
refused, taking the position
that he had had twenty-one mdnths
from the ftime of his sentence. Mittle
then moved before Associate Justice
Watts, of the supreme court
under the exparte proceedings, to be
released under bond, and the bail was
granted, bond being fixed in the
amount of $10,000, and he recently
left the penitentiary. Mittle is said
to be a wealthy man.
In another case the governor has
taken his contest with a circuit judge
to the supreme court on appeal. This
is the Reed Shaw, case, of Anderson.
Shaw was under parole. Governor
Harvey ordered his parole revoked,
but when the chief executive .ordered
him to be brought back to the state
penitentiary, habeas corpus proceedings
stopped him, and Judge Prince,
of Anderson, ordered Shaw released.
The governor had received reports
that Shaw was violating the law,
thereby breaking the condition^of the
parole. Shaw, it is said, was armed
when arrested. The governor ordered
the sheriff to arrest Shaw. The judge
ordered the sheriff to release him.
The governor appealed the case to the
supreme court.
There is considerable demand for
changes in the criminal laws, whereby
to prevent the up-setting of the orders
of the chief law enforcement
office and of the court by tricks at law
or appeals fpom various decisions of
various judges.
IX COLUMBIA HOSPITAL.
L. B. Tuten of Brunson Accidentally
Shot.
L. B. Tuten, prominent planter at
Brunson, was brought to the Baptist
hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering
from a gunshot wound on the left
leg. Dr. J. W. Mole accompanied Mr.
Tuten to Columbia and assisted Dr. S.
E. Harmon in the operation.
Mr. Tuten was accidentally shot at
about 1 o'clock. He was handling
a shotgun at his home when it fired
and a part of the load lacerated the
left leg. Physicians said the wounds
are painful but not necessarily dangerous.
Mr. Tuten is about 50 years
old and a leading planter in his section
of the state.?The State, Oct 30.
Saving the Day.
A certain clergyman's wife possesses
great tact and quickness of wit.
One afternoon the parson observed a
woman whom he much disliked comi,n
Viic? fr-rtnf otane Tolfinc rpfll^p
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in his library on the second floor, he
left hig wife to entertain the visitor.
About half an hour later he came out,
listened carefully on the landing, and
hearing nothing in the living room
below, called to his wife:
"Harriet, has that old bore gone?"
The disliked person was still in the
living room but the minister's wife
proved quite equal to the occasion,
for she called back. "Yes, dear, she
went long ago. Mrs. Smith is here
now." *
Renew your subscription today.
Clansman Hero
Sleeps in York
York, Oct. 28.?The death a day
or two ago near York of Hose Norman,
the original of the character of
that name in Thomas Dixon's stirring
novel, "The Leopard's Spots," has
served to remind York people that
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Col. Leroy .McAfee, the original 01
the "Little Colonel," hero of Dixon's
"The Clansmen," sleeps in an unmarked
grave in Rose Hill cemetery
here Colonel McAfee, a gallant Confederate
soldier, was a native of Shelby,
N. C., but married a York woman
and spent the later years of his life
in this town. Deploring the fact that
no stone marks his restjfhg place
several years ago the president of the
Winnie D^vis chapter, U. D. C.,? communicated
with his kinsman. Thomas
Dixon, on the subject and received the
following reply:
"It has been a plan of mine for
some time to have a bronze equestrian
statue of my uncle built in the
public square of Shelby, where he organized
the Ku Klux Klan. At the
same time I hope to have his grave in
York marked by an appropriate slab.
I am obliged to you for calling my
attention to the fact that the grave is
unmarked.
. "Colonel McAfee was an ideal of
mine as a small boy, his home inShel
by, my daily nauni, ana i noye to see
a beautiful bronze of him in Klan
regalia, which will symbolize for the
white South the high principles for
which hef stood, I am now looking
for the proper artist to do the statue
and shall propose that the people of
Cleveland and York counties build a
granite pedestal of native stone."
Though this letter was written August
16, 1916, the grave has never
been marked. York people regret the
matter and yet hope that some day a
suitable monument will indicate the spot
beneath the elms in Rose Hill
where sleeps the intrepid "Little
Colonel," hero of '"/he Clansman."
HAS WONDERFUL TOWER.
Young Venetian Girfis able to Locate
Oil and Water.
Augusta Del Rio Luogo, a beautiful
young girl of Venice is looking forward
to a^period of profitable and
pleasant employment, says a Rome,
Italy, dispatch. Italy is particularly
interested just now to two thing9, the
location of petroleum, for all the
world wants oil, and the finding of
water, for the drought of the past two
summers is said to be but the beginning
of a long dry spell. To Augusta
Del Rio Luogo is ascribed the
ability to locate the deposit, within
the earth, of both oil and water, and
v,?.? i-n/ioflccfln Viavp hpp.n sn remark-1
able that her services are being
sought byf companies interested in oil
production and irrigation.
Augusta first noticed the ability
when a child; When walking into the
country she would notice little shocks
passing from her feet to -her head,
causing distinct pain. In 1909 she
met a famous water diver. Chiabrers,
and found that his diving rod acted
as well for her as it did for him. A
year later she went to Argentina and,
making use of her power, indicated a
number of places where water would
be found, sometime, at a depth of 600
feet. Ih each case water was found,
but in some instances it turned out to
be salt.
Back in Italy after the war Augusta,
in the presence of two engineers, has
located not only water, but petroleum
and deposits of pyrities. She no longer
uses the divining rod, but a chronometer.
It is said that thus equipped
she can tell with remarkable accuracy
the depth at which water will be discovered
and whether it is scanty or
abundant.
Progress in Road Bnilding.
Washington, Oct. 29.?Ten thous
and miles of completed federal aid
highways were added to the mileage
of the nation's good roads the last
fiscal year, it is announced today by
the bureau of public roads.
At the beginning of the last fiscal
year the total mileage was 7,500.
There were under construction at
that time 18,000 miles. At the close
of the year the completed mileage
totaled 17,700 miles. Under construction
at the close of the year were 14,500.
Expenditures the ensuing fiscal
year will approximate $742,000,000.
| Texas led all states with completed
mileage last year with 933 miles.
States which completed 500 miles
were Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Minnestota
and North Carolina.
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IN THE SHADE OF
THE SUNFLOWER
The Calhoun Times is a booster of
diversified farming. It is an unwavering
believer in the doctrine of
a reasonable boycott on cotton. It ,
wants, above all things, this community
and county to hit the trail
of prosperity again. It is coming
slowly. Mr. John R. Herlong has
been hauling sunflower seed to St. ,
Matthews and to The Shep Pearlstine
Wholesale Cq. We asked him
about it. He said he planted 15
acres of his poorest land and knew
nothing about the details of the mak
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ing. usea no leruuaer ttuu 'wurwu
it only once. Put the rows 5 feet
wide when they should have been 3'
1-2. In spite of these handicaps he
made more money out of the sunflower
crop than his cotton. Has sold
over 200 dollars worth at the price
of 80 dollars ner ton. He believes he
can easily make a ton to the acre next
year. Charlie Staley, Jr., told us he
had also planted the crop to a limited
extent. Mr. "Tump" Wacter of '
the same (Advance) community
rolled in Thursday afternoon with a
huge truck load of peanuts for the
same wholesale company.
It is a great pleasure to see and
hear about these things. The people
who have cut the biggest 9Wath, as ,
a rule, in cotton farming are the ones
who have hurt themselves the wbrst ,
and made innocent people squeal the
loudest. There is no hope for the all- <
cotton Ephraims who will not learn.
Their days are numbered. Their oc- .
cupation is too uncertain and risky.
Let us go forward like sensible peo- ?
pie.?Calhoun Times.
DIVORCE COMES HIGH. *
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Stillinan Must Pay Referee $150 a .
Day For 148 Days. ,
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Supreme Court Justice Morschauser ,
at White Plains, N. J., on Tuesday {
awarded John E. Mack, guardian of {
Baby Guy Stillman, $25,000 for Ms \
services in defending the infant (
against the charge of illegitimacy ^
brought by James Stillman, million- ,
aire banker, in his suit for divorce }
from Mrs. Anne U. Stillman. He also 1
allowed Mr. Mack $4,901.11 which ]
the guardian reported he had ex- x
pended in Guy's behalf.
The court allowed Referee Daniel ]
J. Gleason, who heard evidence in the
case, compensation at the rate of
$150 a day for 148 days devoted to
the case?a total of $22,200.
Justice Morschauser also signed on
Tuesday the final order in Stillman's
suit, denying him a divorce and affirming
the legitimacy of Baby Guy,
who Stillman had alleged fo be the
son .of Fred Beauvais, Indian guide,
who was named as co-respondent. The
order held that Stillmamhad failed to
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prove Mrs. Stillman guilty of adultery
but that Stillman himself had been
proved guilty of adultery with Florence
Leeds, former show girl.
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* Country Life.
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Let me live the years of my stay
upon earth, 'way out in the country,
close to nature and nature's God. I
want to feel the touch of the seasons
as they come and go, making up the
years. I want to feel the chill of winter
in my frame, not too severe, but
enough to make the blood tingle. I
want to fefel the gentle warmth of
spring with her gentle touch of magic
she awakens new life in dead things.
I want to feel the heart of summer
as the golden sunshine ripens the
harvest and matures fruit and flowers.
Lastly I want to catch the cold
breath of autumn coming to fan away
the heat and lethargy of summer. 1
want to hear the cry of whippoorwills'as
the twilight settles o'er the
hill and hollow. I want to be near
where Bob White is calling to his
mate, where the fields of ripening
wheat gently to the passing breeze. I
want to hear the tinkle of bells on
the distant hillside, as the sun is go
? lr o f it H i H a pftmmflnce
mg utrrru. auu.
their night-long chatter. Then old
Jack Frost passes by, with his touch
of white. I want to wander down the
old rail fence and on to where the
muscadines hang in rich profusion;
and there for a time fast and forget.
Yet, let me live out the years of my
stay upon the earth in the fullness of
the country, and then, dying, let me
rest in the quiet church yard near
where father and mother sleep?
i Where the sunbeams play in summer
and the snow drifts high in winter.?Phillips
Brooks.
The House of Deputies of the
Protestant Episcopal Church has approved
the licensing of women as lay
readers in the church.
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Is Credited With
Miraculous Cure
Gaffney Man Has Singular Experience
While at Bat Cave.
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(Spartanburg Herald)
* Gaffney, Oct. 2j^?A citizen of
Gaffney had a very curious experience
at Bat Cave, N. C., recently. He
had been suffering for months from
a chronic sore on one of his limbs,
the doctors being unable, according
to his statement, to give him relief.
While sojourning at Bat Cave, a
storekeeper there told him that there \
was a man somewhere in the moun
tains who could cure him without
medfcine of any kind, but that
neitlrer he nor any of the people in '
the community knew where he lived; /\~
he also said that no one knew his
right name, as he used more than one
name, and that he always went on
foot, in fact was never known to ride.
One day, according to the citizen,
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he was sitting in this man's store
when a ragged looking mountaineer
came into the building, and the citizen
was informed that this was the
man-who could heal his sore. The
storekeeper told the man that the , >|j
citizen Was suffering from a chronic
sore, and that he wished him to heal
same
"Do you believe in God?" asked
the man.
"I do," answered the citizen, "but
you are not God."
"That is true," answered the man,
'but if you believe in God, I can heal \$
your sore."
The citizen said he had absolute- .
[y no faith in the man's power, but ;
told him to go ahead after he said he
would use no medicine. The man then
nade the sign of the cross on the ' .
jore after a moment of silent prayer,
ind although he had been suffering
icutely, the pain left immediately,
ind the sore was soon healed. When *
;he man started to leave the citizen
:alled to him, stating that he wished v
to pay him for what he had done, Jrat
without answering or stopping the
nan went on his way. The citizen
vho made the forgoing statement is
reliable in every respect and looks
lpon his cure as miraculous.
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ETEAR ARGUMENTS
IN MILLER CASE
Chester
Man Appeals to State Supreme
Court. - . ?
Involving issues almost identical
with the questions to be raised before
the supreme court in the "narole
uases" the case of Israel Miller of
Chester, appellant, vs. the state, respondent,
was argued before the
state supreme court yesterday morn- x
ing. The case^iinges around the conditional
suspension of sentence, imposed
upon Miller, the conditions of
which, the state alleges, Miller has
violated.
Miller, according to the admitted
svidence, ^as convicted Maxell,
1921, in the court of general sessions
for Chester county on a charge of
violating the state prohibition laws
and was sentenced to serve one year
at hard labor, either upon the county
chaingang or in the state penitentiary.
Upon payment of $100 and the
serving of 30 days the remainder of
the sentence was suspended during
Miller's "good behavior."'In January,
1922, Miller was arretted on the
charge of transporting whiskey and'
was tried in the mayor's court for
violation of ^he city prohibition laws.
The defendant entered a plea of
guilty and served a sentence of 30
days on the public works.?The State
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BOY DIES FROM WOUND
Accidentally Made With Scissors bjr
His Sister.
Aiken, Oct. 31.?Clarence Green,
sixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V.
W. F. Green, of the Jackson section.
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died late last night at the Aiken hospital
from the effects of a wound accidentally
made with a pair of scissors,
by his sister, Miss George
Green. The boy flipped his sister on
the back of the neck with a small
rubber band to frighten her and she
playfully reached back from the sewing
machine, at which she was working
and struck at him, the point of
the scissors striking him in the thigh,
and severing an artery. The girl is
heart-broken over the affair. Clarence
was buried today at four o'clock
from Green Pond Baptist church.
New York boasts of haying more
than 2,500 women engaged in limber
and furniture work.