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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-25

Raymond Orr is quite sick at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
tray,-Lavake Ainsworth of North Calais
visited at Clara Pierce's Sunday.-The
Rev. Mr.. Jones of Boston preached at
the Community Church last week.-Thc
Misses Ida and Mildred Cray have gone
to their home in the Pekin neighborhood
for the Christmas vacation. Frank
Leavitt of Cleveland, Ohio. was recent
visitor at the home of his aunt. Mrs.
Elmer Brown.-Elmer Brown and daugh-
ter. Ruth. were In Hardwick Saturday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
ANOTHER CROP REPORT ASKED.
Byrnes Backs Up Cotton Association
in Demand.

Washington, Oct. 11.-Complaints
of officials of the American Cotton
Association questioning the accuracy
of the last government report on the
cotton crop today found Legislative
expression in congress.
At the request of J. S. Wanna
MAKER president of the association.
representative Byrnes, South Caro-
lima, introduced a resolution direct
ing the Agriculture Department to is
sue a new crop report by November
2 next, showing the cotton crop con-
dition as of October 25.
Immediately after the introduction
of his measure, Mr.. Byrnes arranged
for a hearing on 1t by the house ag-
riculture committee next Tuesday, at
which Southern growers, Congress-
men and government officials are ex-
pected to appear as witnesses.
Mr.. Byrnes said the complaint OF
the cotton association officials was
that the last report failed to show
partial abandonment, which if in
cluded would reduce the crop esi-
mate, placed at 10,760,O0O bales this
year by the Agriculture Department
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
ONE DEAD; FIVE WOUNDED.
Elected From Saloon, Negro Fires
Into Crowd.

Chester, Pa, Oct. 11.-One man
man was shot and killed and four
other men and a young woman were
seriously wounded there today by a
negro who had been elected from a
saloon for disorderly conduct. One
of the injured men is said to be dying.
The victims are all white.
After the shooting large crowds
gathered on the streets and open
threats of violence were heard. Fear
ing a race riot, Mayor Mcdowell is
sued a proclamation closing all the
saloons and called upon the sheriff
for assistance. A large number OF
deputies were sworn in and aided
the police in patrolling the streets
tonight, which at a late hour were
crowded with groups Of whites and
blacks in an angry mood.
William Nicely, aged 27, who did
the shooting, was rushed to Media
and placed in jail. An armed guard
was stationed around the building.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
CLIPPINGS FROM COLSTON.
Neighborhood News of Fine Bamberg
Community.

Colston, October 133.-Mr. Joe
Beard and Miss Aileen Beard visited
friends in Columbia Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Grimes and son
James and Mr.. and Mrs. B. Padgett
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. CAL
vim Padgett.
Miss Mamie Mcmillan spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with Miss Evie
Kirkland.
Miss Octavie Mcmillan was the
guest of the Misses Goodwin Satur-
day night and Sunday.
Mr.. Mouzon Zeigler, of Ehrhardt,
spent Friday night with his sister,
Mrs. Joe Beard.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton and
sons Johnnie and Ernest spent Sun
day at Fairfax.
Mr.. Holmes, of Augusta, spent a
few days last week with Mr.. Jones
Mcmillan.
Messrs. Billie and Wilson Beard
visited in Atlanta last week.
The many friends Of Mrs. J. A.
Jennings are glad to know that she
has returned home from the Baptist
hospital, Columbia, and is getting
along fine.
Mrs. P. K. Hughes and children,
Of Clear Pond, dined with Mrs. Bob
Wright Sunday.
Mrs. Milburn Howard, of Black
vile, is spending this week with Mrs.
J. A. jennings.
Mrs. H. H. Clayton was in Colum.
bia Friday and Saturday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
SAYS E. |. JACOBS
CANNOT QNALlFY
OPINION on CHARLESTON NON1I-
NEE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Convicted In Jasper.
Capt. Lumpkin Holds That the Of-
fense is Covered in the
Constitution.

Columbia, Oct. 9.-Ernest L. ia
ccbs. nominated from Ward 10 in
the Charleston municipal Democratic
primary election August 19 as ward
alderman cannot be seated, il elected
in the general election December 4,
if an opinion handed down tonight by
the Office of the Attorney General,
written by Capt. Morris G. Lumpkin,
the assistant, is held to be correct.
The opinion takes the position that,
if the allegations brought against
Jacobs are correct that he was con-
victed in Jasper county in July 1917,
of misrepresenting, himself as an IN
surance agent and uhlawfully collect
ing money he cannot receive a reg
istration certificate.
Interpreted, this means that JACOBS
cannot be qualified elector and there
fore, is inhibited under the Constitu-
ton from being elected or appointed
to Office.
The opinion was given at the re-
quest of T. T. Hyde, Mayor OF Char
lesion and upholds previous opln-
ioh~rendered to him by M. Rutledge
Rivers, corporation counsel OF Char
lesion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
BREAK HEADS IN
CHARGING MOB
RADICALS ATTEMPT TO PARADE
WITHOUT PERMIT.
One Hundred Injured
.Marchers Carry Banners Reading
''Bloody Hounds Of Russia"
"Open the Jails."

New York, Oct. S.--Heads were
broken on Fifth avenue today when
mounted police charged mob of sew
eral thousand radicals who attempted
to parade up the avenue without a
permit
Banners which bore a number of
incendiary slogans were confscated
by the police and half filled a patrol
wagon. A number Of arrests were
made. The police said the parade was
organized by a Russian newspaper
published here entitled Novi Mir.
Devices on the banner read:
Bloody hounds of Russia" "De-
port \us all to the Soviets." "You
want to give us democracy but keep
it to yourselves and "Open the
jails.'
The riot started after the process
sion had gone only two or three
blocks. Refusing the request of a
policeman to see their permit for the
parade, the officer was forced to call
for aid and before the melee ended
the services of a score of mounted
policemen and fifty reserves were re-
quired. The mounted officers charg-
ed into the crowd and 100 or more of
the paraders were injured.
Four men and young woman, all
of them aliens, were taken to the
police headquarters from the head
quarters of the Russian Soviet Du-
reau by detectives from the 3tbomb
squad" Considerable radical litera-
ture was found on them, but they
were not placed under arrest.
The police detained them pending
an opinion from the district office as
to whether they could be held for dis
tributing Bolshevik literature. A
fifth man who gave his name as An
thony Toneleski was arrested by de-
tectives later as one of the ring lead
ers
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
PLAINTIFF WINS SUIT IN COURT.
C. G. Shaw Gets Verdict Against j. L..
Hanahan and X. G.. Hardin.

Columbia, Oct. 11.-C. G. Shaw,
administrator, was awarded verdict
yesterday for $4,000 against J. L.
Hanahan, and $4,000 against K. c.
Hardin. The jury in the case delib-
Grated several hours before an agree
ment was reached.
Lenwood Shaw, 12 years old, was
killed on the night of October g..
1917, on the 24OO block of Divine
street. He was standing on the curb
by wagon when motor car struck
the vehicle, another machine ran into
the wreck. Hanahan was charged
with driving the car that hit the We
hicle, and it was alleged that Hard
ms machine ran over the boys leg.
The lad died shortly after the col
lision.
Hanahan and Hardin were made
co-defendants in the complaint, and
the plaintiff sued for s50,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
THREATEN LIFE OF BYRNES.
Negro Publications Say Congressman
is Marked for Slaughter.

A special from Washington to the
Columbia State says:
Through negro publications,
printed in Washington and elsewhere
in the United States, open statements
were made today that the life of
Congressman James F. Byr9es, of the
Second South Carolina district, in
the house, might be forfeited at an
early date for his marked antagOnism
to the negro race and especially for
his recent utterances on the floor OF
the house on the negro question.
These publications openly and shame
lessly and without any reason what
ever declare that the life of the late
Representative James Willard Rags
dale, of the Sixth South Carolina dis
trict, who died suddenly in this city
on July %, 1919, was caused by them
and that 1.-The long arm of the society
(the Borgia) will soon reach Mr..
Byrnes."
There was also anonymous COM
munications received by Mr.. Byrnes
today which have been laid before
the United States department of JUS
tice.
Mr.. Byrnes took the matter before
the government authorities and it is
understood that secret service men
have been on the trail of the anony-
nous writer's and that some of them
may be landed behind the bars as a
result of the Investigations.
The allusion to Mr.. Ragsdale, sll
The allusion to Mr.. Ragsdale, shows
the Dragging methods employed by
these negro publications and writer's
to frighten Mr.. Byrnes and others
who may think as he does concerning
the negro question.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
COPE NEWS ITEMS.
School improvement Assn Gives Fish
Fry.-Other News.

Cope, Oct. 12.-The School I'M
provement association, of which Mrs.
E. E. Ritter is president; Mrs. S. R.
Cope, vice president; Miss Elma
Thomas, secretary, and Mrs. L. E.
Spann, treasurer, gave fish fry -ane
stew at the, school house Friday eve
ming, which was a most enjoyable af-
fair, and which netted quite nice
little sum for the treasury.
Cotton brought as high as 1925
on this market yesterday, and quite
lot of cotton seed is being sold here
at s74 per ton.
About a week or ten days ago
some one brought in a boil weevil
or two and everybody was curious to
see just what they looked like, and
what they really were. Since then
as they can be found in most any cot
ton field, the novelty of seeing them
has worn off, and the talk now has
turned to the prospects of another
crop for next year.
Mr.. E. E. Ritter purchased anoth-
er carload of beef cattle day OF
two ago from Messrs. l.. A. and T. S.
Linder and Mr.. Kinard, of Colleton
county, and the Messrs. Linder with
several others came along to help
him drive them from Bamberg to his
farm near Cope.
Miss Mary Thomas, who is teach
ing school at Johnston, is at home
for the weekend.
Mrs. Griffith, who returned from
DR.. Mobley's hospital at Orangeburg
last Sunday, continues to improve.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
RECEIVER FOR JEWELS.
While Woman is Held in Connection
With Bank Robbery.

Atlanta, Oct. 13.-After the ap-
pointment in superior court today of
a temporary receiver to take charge
of all jewels and other property of
Mrs. Agnes Katherine Bradstreet, and
also of all property of William B..
Green, alleged defaulting cashier of
the Fairburn Banking company, ha-
beas corpus proceedings were filed
on behalf of Mrs. Bradstreet, her hus-
band and her chauffeur in an effort
to obtain their release.
Hearings on the habeas corpus
writ will be held tomorrow afternoon.
All three are now held on a charge
of suspicion" in connection with the
case of Green, who, police assert,
gave the woman large sums of mon
ey. Green, who is at liberty on $15,-
OO0~bail while the State bank exam
iner is investigating the bank, as
serted in a published statement to-
day that he had loaned the woman
money from time to- time and had
given her. few presents, of total
value Of not more than $3.50.
stI have called her Kitty and she
has called me Bill, and I have kissed
her several times, but there have
been no improper relations of any
kind between us and the money l
have loaned her has always been
paid back" the statement said.
Green has previously stated, the
police said, that funds he lent the
woman were his own and that inves-
tigation would show nothing wrong
with his affairs at the bank, which
was gutted by a fire last Thursday
night. This, he had said, was caused
by masked robbers, who left him
bound and gagged on the floor.
Clarence Bradstreet, the woman's
husband, broke silence today by say
ing he was sent to Camp Gordon
here after enlisting in the army med
ical corps. He formerly was an ac-
countant for a New York city firm,
he said. He gave his age as twenty
four years and said he was discharg-
ed last August.
Bradstreet declined to talk about
his marriage with Mrs. Bradstreet,
who Is an Atlanta woman, twenty
two years of age, and formerly a
clerk in store here. jewelers. and
automobile dealers announced today
they would make legal efforts to get
back articles she had not finished
paying for at the time she was ar
rested.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
TO VOTE ON ANNEXATION.
Bamberg Wants Small Strip of Cole
ton County.

Columbia, Oct. 10.-In a procla-
nation issued today, Governor Coop
er' called an election to be held on
December 10, to decide whether three
and seven-tenths square miles of Col
Teton county territory shall be an
nexed to Bamberg county. The COM
missioners in charge of the annexa-
ton movement are C. H. Smith, E.
Padgett, E. F. Bennett and ]. 2. Har-
rison.
The commissioners in their reports
to the governor, stated that the terri
tory proposed to be annexed, contains
a population of less than 500 OF
whom only twenty-five are qualified
electors.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
BLACkVILLE BAPTISTS.
Raise Sixty Thousand Dollars for
New Church and Parsonage.

October 5th was great day for the
Blackville Baptists. Sixty thousand
dollars was pledged to erect new
church plant and new parsonage. The
church had accepted it's apportion-
ment of $4,000 in the s75,000,000
drive and raised the pastors salary
5000, this making around 100000
it has pledged to raise. a -
The farmers and bankers of Black
vile are determined to put on stiff
fight against the boil weevil and COM
mence next year to do the kind of
farming that is necessary under boil
weevil conditions. Several car loads
of wire and posts have already been
ordered and hogs and cattle will be
raised.
Messrs. c. R. Boyleston, H. B.
Grimes, R. B. Tickling, Jeter Hutto,
C. J. Fickling, E. c. Matthews, J. v.
Matthews, Emmett Matthews and J.
G.. Matthews left in automobiles this
morning to visit the weevil infested
sections of Georgia and Alabama; and
gain first hand information how to
combat the ravages of >the\ cotton de-
stroyer.
Three new stores have just been
completed on Main street here and
are now occupied. This completes
the open space in the business dis
trict for stores People.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
NEWS FROM EHRHARDT.
Items of Interest From Our Neigh
Dor on the South.

Ehrhardt, October 14.-Some
"scuf1e'' on Main street last Friday
afternoon. when two of our citizens
disagreed and insisted on setting
the same the old style way, as the
result. of which one has a blue eye'
the other a scratched face. Both are
old friends and neighbors, and both
were sober.
What is the trouble with the wea-
ther. it cant get cool. The ladies'
are at outs with the weather man.
They have purchased their new fall
apparel and just can't get to show
It. Just one Sunday of cold, Mr..
Weather Man, will relieve the Sit
uation considerably.
s'Fisherman's luck?" Ask John
HERS, Ham Kinard and Ed Folk
about catching those big trout last
week at Bryant Lake. Get them to
picture for you the sport of hooking
q four to ten pound trout in water
twelve to fifteen feet deep, and the
scenes around the camp fire with a
gallon pot of boiling coffee, a peck
of fried fish and several loaves OF
bread at it 10:30 at night. Can you
resist the temptation? Do you blame
them for going? Please don't ask
how they felt the next day for fish
ing and not sleeping wink all night
is some work and we know 1t TO be
true for they brought home the oa-
con.
The growth of the city continues
but nothing like the demand. Several
dwellings have been finished and
some more are under construction,
but the cry for houses is yet heard.
There are some people living in tents
on account of no houses. What has
become of the building and loan as
sociation that was to be organized
here some time ago? Don't let it
dfe,s for it should prove to be prof
table organization.
The Ehrhardt Manufacturing COM
pany will be furnishing the frozen
product now in few days, and the
light plant will be ready in about
thirty days to light the town and
operate small machinery. What
next? A bottling plant is needed,
as Ehrhardt could not be supplied
during the past summer.
To the A. c. L. and the B., and W.:
How about that brick union depot we
are to get? The accommodation at
present consists of two box cars.
The lyceum course started here
Wednesday, and amusement will be
furnished twice month.
The Royal theatre suffered break
down three weeks ago, but the man
agement states the show will be in
operation again in the near future.
SELDOM.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
ARMY TRUCKS AVAILABLE.
Distribution to States is Ordered
Resumed.

Washington, Oct. S.-Representa-
tive Byrnes has been advised by the
Department of Justice that the distri-
button of army automobile trucks to
State highway departments may be
resumed as provided by law.
The recent decision to the contrary
by the solicitor Of the War Depart
ment has been reversed, by the At
torney General. It is hoped that the
distribution can proceed within ten
days in South Carolina and that some
trucks probably will be secured from
the Atlanta depot
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Red Cross Seals.

We have been so patriotic in the
past few years supporting our gov
ernment in all of it's many calls, and
we must pot put aside this patriot
ism. 1t Is a good thing to have about.
All war has not ceased. We are wag-
ing one against disease that kills
more people in year than our. coun-
try lost in the fight against the Ger
mans. Every Red Cross seal bought
sends it's penny to fight the dreaded
malady, tuberculosis. So, people of
Bamberg county, show your patriot
ism once again.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
COAST TO COAST
IN ONLY "a HOURS
MAYNARD LANDS IN SAN FRAN
CISCO AS WINNER.
Others Reach N. Y.
Total Time Consumed By Winner
Three Days Plus 81 Minutes
and II Seconds.

San Francisco, Oct. 11.-Crossing
the continent, 2,70O miles, in twen-
ty-four hours, fifty-eight minutes and
fifty-five and one-half seconds, &C.
tual flying time, Lieut.. Belvin w.
Maynard, of Wake Forest, n. c., to-
day took first honors by a few hours
in the first lap of the double trans
continental airplane reliability race
by landing at San Francisco at 1:27.-
o. p. M, Pacific time, today, while
Lieut. E. c. Kiel completed the east
bound trip at 630.10 p. m, Eastern
time, followed twenty seconds later
by Major Carl Epatz, who reached
New York first but made an erron-
eous landing.
Lieut.. Maynard, the tenth to start
from Mineola, N. Y, last Wednesday
at 9.2456, Estern't time, required, al
lowing for difference in time, fifty
seven minutes and eleven seconds
more than three days for the trip,
without flying between sunset and
sunrise, and after losing several hours
at Cheyenne on account of radiator
trouble. In addition, he was requir-
ed to rest a half hour at each control
station. y
The nearest competitor on the
westbound half of the round trip
across America was Capt. H. G.. Dray-
ton, who was forced to land~at Love-
lock, New, late today on the way
to Reno.
AS the two eastbound flyers left
San Francisco just before 10 a. m,
Eastern time, last Wednesday, they
required three days plus nearly nine
hours of their trip, impeded some
what by snowstorms in the Rocky
mountains.
Following closely on the heels of
Capt. Drayton were Lieut.. L. S. Web
ster, Capt. J. o. Donaldson and Lieut..
Anderson Pearson, Jr. The first
landing at Salduro, Utah, at 400 p.
m, mountain time, and Capt. Donald
son arrived three minutes later.
Lieut.. Pearson dropped at the same
station at 5.22 p. m.
Lieut.. E. NJ. Manzelman, pilot of
the sixth airplane in the eastern race,
reached Salt Lake City after dark
tonight but landed without mishap
in a field near the city.
Capt. Harry Smith, who left Chey-
enc, Wyo., with Lieut. Manselman,
had not been heard from early to-
night.
Seized by Admirers.
After half circling teh aviation field
at the Presidia, Lieut.. Maynard
brought his plane to the ground at
the end Of the first leg Of his fight.
Both Lieut.. Maynard and Sergt.
Klein, an observer, literally were
pulled from the fusilage of their ma
chine by throng of admirers, among
them Lieut., Gen. Hunter Liggett,
commanding the Western department
of the army. Major Gen. c. J. MeRo
her, chief of the army's air service;
Col. H. H. Arnold, head of the SER
vice in the Western department, and
representatives of the city govern
ment.
"It was a great trip. I enjoyed it
immensely" said Lieut.. Maynard on
landing. Both members of the planes
crew looked tired and weather-beat-
en-, but they smiled happily and
weathered the barrage Of compli-
ments.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16

Denmark, Oct. 11.-Miss Pauline
Turner and Mr.. Francis Edward Hol-
man, both of Denmark, we're married
this evening at 1880 o'clock at the
home of the brides brother, Mr.. John
D. Turner. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. o. J. Frier, pas
tor of the Baptist church. Mr.. and
Mrs. Holman left on the 8 o'clock
train for a two-weeks' trip to Wash
ington and other points Of interest
after which they will be at home in
the Hardwick cottage on South Pal
metto avenue.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16

The City of Biloxi, an Italian bar
kentine bound from Gulfport, Miss,
to Genoa, blew up % miles off Mobile
BaBr, Ala, early Thursday morning
according to survivors brought to
Pensacola, Fla, by the United States
shipping board steamer Knights Is
land. Four members of the crew are
believed to have been drowned.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Denmark to Have Modern Hotel.

Denmark, Oct. S.-Denmark is at
last to have a modern hotel. F.'V.
James, who is president of the Citi-
zens Exchange Bank has just pur-
chased the Denmark Hotel from its
present owner, J. w. Walker. The
amount of money in this deal is not
yet known. The hotel is to have
water system, electric lights and all
the improvements of the large hotels.
Mr.. James, it is said, will spend
large sum on this building which will
be opened about the first of January.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Negro Cooks Organize.

Asheville, N. c., Oct. IA plan
for a union of negro cooks, which will
ask affiliation with the State Fedora
ton of Labor, has been started in
Asheville, it was learned today, and a
wage increase which will probably
reach 100 per cent. will be asked.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Land of the Midnight Sun.

One-Eye Jake-"Does the sun ever
set in the east, Peter"
Pete-"T don't know, Jake, amt
been further east nor Denver. -
Widow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Naturally.

sI suppose when Hungary settles
it's government it will change its form
of national assembly,"
t'Why should it,"
because its Diet might not agree
with it's new constitution. ."-Balti-
more American.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Please Remit.

Chairman Kahn of the House Mill
tary committee talks of Saving the
taxpayer" several hundred millions.
What becomes of all the vast sums
that are saved to the taxpayers?"-
Chicago Tribune.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Fashions Fuzzes.

s'Do you think side whiskers will
ever come into fashion again."
They're in fashion now," said Mr..
Rufneck. "The girls are wearin' 'em
over their ears"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16
Real Musical Criticism

The Girl-tI admire that pianist's
finish. Don't you?"
The Man-"Yes, but I always dread
his beginning boston Transcript.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-16

If you want a thing we'll done don t
do it yourself until you know how
Boston Transcript.