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The Washington times., 1921-12-07
THE WASHINGTON TIMES,

ment which British diplomacy II 90
desperately anxious to bring about
In this conference.
In that case. the British. Italian
German. Russian coalition would
finally defeat France and her allies
In Europe In the long run. Land
ornaments have never yet won q
permanent victory over naval arma-
ments in alliance with reasonably
strong land ornaments.
Sea power In, and has been for cen.
turtles. the superior Of land power.
Only Three Sea Powers.
There are only three sea powers
left In the world-England, Amer
lea and Japan. II America can be
used to neutralize the sea power of
Japan, then England's sea power
would be free for employment In the
final decisive war which In now at
Europes door. And history would
repeat herself, as she always does,
In recording victory for the allied
sea power and land power over land
power alone.
II any altruistic soul doubts that
war is the topic In the secret SEES
sion's Of Europe's chancelleries and
financial councils. let him watch the
fluctuations of European currency
and the gravitations of European-in-
spired propaganda.
The Washington times., 1921-12-07

Russian loans with the sword. and
against the armed opposition o.
England and Italy.
The choice is with Paris, for the
decision of England and Italy has
been made. and both are prepared
and still further preparing to en-
force their decision.
There Ia no naval or commercial
power left on the continent OF
Europe which can compete with
England. now that Germany's sea.
power and commercial competition
have been Frustrated. II In Eng
lands interest and policy henceforth
to curb the military power Of
France, encourage the rehabilita-
ton of the industries of Central
Europe and Russia. and reap the
profits of the middieman and the
common carrier. az well as Of the
The Washington times., 1921-12-07

mark began to rise In exchange
value with the pound sterling.
Do not believe the silly stuff
France with England or Italy.
about the renewed solidarity Of
Neither the diplomatic gesture Of
Premier BRAND nor the oratoricsl
outburst Of M. Viviani at the Dante
commemoration meant any such
thing. except to the hopeless igno-
rance that expounds foreign policies
and relations In q considerable por-
ton of our American press.
The situation Ia exactly this-and
grave and serious II Is. Either
France must reduce her military
establishment to the Italian stand
ard and see that Poland and Jugo-
Slavia and Rumania demobilize their
armies, or else France can try to
collect her German indemnities and
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money. lender and mortgage holder.
Once secure In this position for st
least a generation to come. she could
then use her diplomatic and naval
weight In the triple alliance pro
posed at this conference to impose
her policy I'm the Far East on
either America DR. Japan. and 20 re-
gain by degrees the grip upon her
empire in India and her hold upon
China, both of which are danger.
ously slipping.
No wonder the whole pack Of pro-
pagandists. British and domestic
are In full cry after limited sen
armaments--includi abolition Of
the wicked submarine-adda gentle
mems agreement. at least, that
America and Japan will sit tight
whatever happens In Europe.
When one knows what really II
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ny PHILIP FRANCIS.

England expects war and In pre-
pairing for war.
That 10 why British diplomacy
takes such q disproportionate inter-
est IN what the unsophis.icated have
peen made to believe to be a purely
american millennial gesture.
The British do not care half 30
much about Mr.. Hughes limitation
OF ornaments as they do about
drawing the United States into some
sort OF hurried alliance, no matter
what 1t is called.
DO not speak at random in say
ing that England expects and is
preparing for war. 1t is a fact,
which Mr.. Balfour and Sir Auckland
Geddes well know, and which. of
course. they would deny, The first
lesson In the primer of diplomacy
10 to deny facts, until the facts are
accomplished.
In the war which Ia expected and
which may be precipitated within a
Few months. the lineup will be
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being Matched In this conference.
the sentimental stuff that occupies
The time OF the sob-sisters and fills
the columns OF the press Is enough
to make him laugh or weep. as the
righteousness or the peril of this
childish ignorance and hopeless idiocy
happens TO be uppermost for the
moment In his mind.
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Why shop around trying un-
known brands Of sausage when
you can be sure Of the quality,
flavor and purity of the ORIGIN
AL Jos. Phillips Sausage, sold at
all our stores. Try 1t, II you
haven't.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
DIR. TEAGUE DIES SUDDENLY.
Prominent Dentist of Aiken and
Leader of the U. G.. V.

Aiken, Feb. 27.-Dr. Benjamin
Hammett league, for years one OF
the most prominent dentists in the
state, died here suddenly this after
noon. He was taken i'll at church, but
it was not known that his condition
was precarious, the announcem ent Of
his death shocking the community.
He was in his seventies.
DR.. league is survived by his wild
ow and two daughters, Mrs. Emmons
S. Welch, Of Charleston, AMI Miss
Elizabeth league, of Aiken. M. and
Mrs. Welch were at once notified and
will arrive here early tomorrow morn
ing.
For more than eight years DR..
league was the commanding officer
for the South Carolina division of the
United Confederate Veterans. He had
been interested in the veterans af-
fairs for many years. He had served
with distinction in the southern army.
HIS interest in his alma mater, the
Citadel, was revealed in his gift of the
Star of the West Medal, awarded each
year to the best drilled cadet in the
battalion. The wooden star on this
medal is made from a piece of wood
from the hull of the steamship Star
of the West which the Citadel cadets
compelled to turn back when it tried
to deliver supplies and provisions to
the beleagured Union garrison in
Fort Sumter at the beginning of the
War Between the States. The name
of each winner is engraved on the
back, with the date of the competl-
tive drills.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
KILLED IN FRANCE.
Alive, Finds His "Grave," His Wife
Another's.

Lafayette, Ca, FEB. 2?.-!Fith a
monument marking h;s grave" in a
cemetery in this county, Fred Will
Jams, a prominent young man OF this
section who was reported slain in
France and whose supposed body has
been returned to Lafayette and bur-
ried, is alive and we'll and is coming
home to his bride who is now the
legal wife of another man.
Information to this effect was re-
ceived here yesterday in telegrams
from Williams who says he has just
landed in New York. No pther in
formation was conveyed in the tele-
gram and the experiences of the
young man are mystery, as is his
long silence.
The story reads like romance
coined into prose to beft the twen-
tieth century from Tenneson's poem
Of Enoch Arden.
In the fall of 1917 Fred Williams
and Miss Grace White, both of this
county, were united in marriage. A
month after the wedding Williams
was drafted into the army and sent
to Fort Oglethorpe for training. After
a short stay there the young soldier
was ordered to France and shortly
after his arrival cover There" was re-
ported killed in battle: Mrs. Will
Jams after mourning the death of her
husband and several months married
Joseph Robertson, her former sweet
heart and bosom friend of her
dead" husband. Recently the war
department returned soldiers body
as that of Fred Williams and Mrs.
Robertson gave it burial with the
usual honors, and erected a monu-
ment to mark the grave. The gov
ernment also has paid Mrs. Robert
son the money due her on a $4,000
insurance policy carried for her on
his life.
Now Williams is coming home to
see the monument which marks his
grave and to find his wife-not eager
to welcome him with open arms
but embarrassed in the position which
she occupies, the wife of two legally
welded husbands.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
THOMAS HAMPTON AUDITOR.
Governor Refuses to Name T. Ha-
good Gooding.

Columbia, Feb. Ex-Governor
Cooper has appointed Jesse F. Thom-
as auditor of Hampton county, it was
announced at the executive offices yes
terday. Mr.. Thomas having been
recommended by a majority Of the/
Hampton county delegation. The ap-
pointment of Mr.. Thomas ends long
fight begun last fall when auditors
going over the books Of the county
officers in Hampton discovered alleg-
ed irregularities and reported them
to the grand jury.
Mr.. Thomas succeeds T. Hagood
Gooding, who was charged by the
tax commission with failure to carry
out his instructions in regard to au-
tomobile taxes, assessing, merchants
on stocks, collecting back taxes and
other offenses which the tax commits
sion alleged were not in keeping with
the proper conduct of affairs in the
county of Hampton. The grand jury
of the county investigated the affairs
of all county officers and besides find
ing the former treasurer short about
$4,000, found the auditors affairs
not properly conducted, according to
the presentment.
On the presentment made by the
grand jury and charges by the tax
commission and county officials, Gov
ernor Cooper held hearing and had
Mr.. Gooding appear before him. Upon
the submission Of written charges
and an answer by Mr.. Gooding the
chief executive reached decision
not to appoint Mr.. Gooding and in
turn named a new auditor. Mr..
Gooding was elected for the term be-
ginning the coming July.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
EARLY ARREST EXPECTED
Officers Believe Some Disclosures On
Death of III. SmOak Coming.

Orangeburg, Feb. 25. - Advices
from Branchville last night were to
the effect that an important arrest is
expected to be made soon in connec-
tion with the killing of Henry Smoak
near Branchville Tuesday night. 1t
was stated that evidence had been
discovered which involved white
man as party who might be closely
connected with the affair.
Officers were reluctant ABOUT CIV
ing full information as it was said
that to do so might interfere with the
process being followed to locate
those who, from evidence discovered,
might prove to be closely identified
with the affair. Sheriff Dukes and
the Branchville officers are working
diligently on the case and it is ex-
pected that some important disclos-
ures will be made shortly.
Mr.. Smoak was found dead in
Branchville by a negro who
reported his finding to the officers OF
that town. His death, it was stated,
was undoubtedly caused by his being
struck behind the left ear with a
death dealing instrument.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
Denies Hearing From Husband.

Lafayette, Ga., Feb. 25.-Mrs'
Grace Robertson today denied reports
that she had received telegram from
her first husband, Fred Williams, re-
ported by the war department as dead
saving he was alive and coming home.
Williams died early in the war, &C
cording to government announcement,
and his war insurance was paid and
his body returned here and buried.
Mrs. Robertson, her friends says, has
no reason to doubt the authenticity of
the report of his death or that it was
his body that was returned She was
recently married again and resides
near here.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
CALHOUN NEGRO
TO DIE in CHAIR
JURY CONVICTS OF MURDER IN
FOUR MINUTES.
TOOK FARMERS LIFE.
Another Implicated BY Fogle In the
killing of White
Farmer.

st. Matthews, Feb. 28.-Richard
"Feetle" Fogle, negro, who shot and
killed Earl Wadford, a white farmer,
at Lone Star, Calhoun county, on
the night of January 12, was convict
ed of first degree murder here today
and was sentenced by Judge S. w. G..
Shipp to die in the electric chair at
the state penitentiary March 25.
The trial lasted nearly three hours,
but verdict of guilty was returned
by the jury in less than three min
utes.
At the time Mr.. Wadford was killed
Fogle, who is only II years old, shot
Corbett Zeigler, a neighbor of the
Wadfords, so injuring him that one
leg had to be amputated. Mr.. Zeigler
was fired upon while he and Mrs.
Wadford were placing Mr.. Wadford,
who had been shot down in the door
of the Wadford home, on the bed.
Fogle also fired at Mrs. Wadford,
wounding her slightly, and also her
small baby, which she held in her
arms to protect it from the negro,
who was firing through the window.
After having been apprehended, Fo-
gle implicated Harvey Whaley, an
other negro, who, Fogle claims, ad-
yised that Fogle take his gun and kill
the "whole family" Whaley will be-
placed on trial tomorrow.
The shooting followed some trouble
Mr.. Wadford had with Fogle. Some
meat was stolen, and Mr. Wadford
found out that Fogle was connected
with the stealing and made the negro
bring the meat back.
The court house was packed at the
trial today, but there was no SEM
blance of disorder. Members of the
American Legion post here had been
sworn in as special deputies to pre-
vent any threat of violence.
Solicitor A. J. Hydrick was assisted
in the prosecution by ]. G. Stabler
and w. R. Symmes. The defense was
conducted by J. A. Merritt and J. G.
Hiott.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03

Although the legislature has been
balloting daily, while in session, for
the past two weeks, there has yet
been no election Of an associate JUS
tice to succeed the late Associate JUS
tice George w. Gage. Hon. j. F.
Carter, of Bamberg, who took the
lead on the first ballot two weeks
ago, still maintains a considerable
lead over his nearest opponent,
though lacking sufficient votes to be
elected.
Last week all candidates for the
vacancy on the supreme, bench were
withdrawn from the contest except
ing Mr.. Carter, Gen. Bonham, Judge
Ship and Senator Marion. In the last
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
MRS. HUGHES ENTERTAINS.
Party of Friends Enjoy Rook in Home
of Cope Lady.

Cope, Feb. 2.-Mrs. w. NJ. Hughes
entertained at her home last Friday
afternoon her Sunday school class,
and Miss Causley's class. There were
two contests. Little Helen Cope won
the prize, box of chocolates, in the
first contest, and Susie Chavis won
the prize, box of bon bons, in the
second. Mrs. Winfield Clark, Miss
Causley, and Miss Durant assisted
Mrs. Hughes in entertaining her
guests, and later in serving deli
cious sweet course consisting of four
kinds of cake and ambrosia.
Miss Elizabeth Glaze spent the
week end with hee college friend, Miss
Mary Thomas.
Miss Carrie Meares, Of Rembert,
spent the past week end with her
friend, Miss Nan Martin.
Mrs. Gerard Thomas entertained
at rook Saturday evening in honor of
Misses Glaze and Meares. There were
two dozen present and the evening
passed all too soon. Cake and cream
were served as refreshments.
Miss Lillian Tatum had Misses At
kinson and Gregg as her guests for
the past week end, and attended Mrs.
Thomas's party.
Mr.. Douglas Ingraham, of the Car
Isle school, brought two of his friends
Walter Baker and Eugene Heming-
way, home with him to spend Wash
ington's birthday.
Miss Tallulah Ingraham will leave
the first of the week to visit her
friend. Mrs. Griffith, at Elloree.
Mrs. J. J. Cleckley and children
are visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs.
E. R. Cleckley, near Cope.
Miss Mary Cleckley and her friend,
Miss Nell Bamberg will spend this
week end with her uncle, S. B.
Cope, at EtThe Pines"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
Receives $4,000 Reward.

Heyworth, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-Paul
Draper, world war veteran, today
was planning what he would do with
the $4,000 reward he received last
night for the capture of William Dal-
ton, Chicago bank robber. -
Dalton was arrested by Jack Drap-
er. the village constable, and the
father of Paul Draper, after the lat
ter had tried in vain to induce "Blev''
Bolin, town marshal, to take the flee
ing boy into custody.
'I'll bet 800 he amt Dalton, -
Bolin declared at the time, but today
he sorrowfully admitted his error.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
GREENWOOD MAN IN HOLDUP.
He Refuses to Throw Up Hands and
Gets Bullet.

Greenwood, Feb. 24.-Refusing to
hold up his hands when confronted by
two armed men last night about $3.50
O'Clock while on his way home from
his shoe repair shop, W. T. Saxon,
about so years of age, was possibly
fatally shot in the shadow of a church
in the Greenwood mill village where
he lives. According to Chief OF Po-
lice NJ. D. Chester, whom Saxon asked
to see after being carried to a local
hospital, he identified one of his as
sailants as John Burnett, mill en-
ployee. Hack Fuller, another mill
employee, is also under arrest.
When accosted by the holdup men,
Saxon says he recognized them and
laughed, thinking they were playing
a Joke on him. Burnett, he claims,
told him if he did not hold up his
hands he would shoot. Saxon replied
that he did not have the grit to shoot,
it is said, and received one bullet at
close range. The bullet apparently
was an explosive bullet. 1t ranged
downward through the abdomen
tearing jagged holes in the intestines.
Physicians say Saxon has no chance
of recovery.
The tragedy last night was the cll-
max of series of robberies and hold
ups. Two Bailey Military institute
cadets were robbed of small amount
of iewelry a few weeks ago, and two
other cadets, by refusing to hold up
their hands, bluffed three bandits into
flight last Friday night.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
BANK CLERK BEHIND BARS.
Willing to Take My Medicine" Says
Young Dalton.

Chicago, Feb. 27.-The evidence in
the case of William Dalton, sixteen
year-old s65-a-month bank clerk, who
was arrested in Heyworth yesterday,
forty-eight hours after he had stolen
S772, 900 in Liberty bonds from the
Northern Trust company here, where
he worked, will be placed before the
grand jury tomorrow, it was an
nounced tonight.
Robert Grove, state attorney, said
every effort would be made to bring
about speedy punishment of the boy
who found it a simple matter to carry
out the biggest bond theft in history,
only to fall into the hands Of village
constable after he had been recog-
nized from pictures published in
newspapers.
All of the bonds except one for
$500 which had been cashed, were re-
covered.
Meanwhile Dalton sat in deten-
ton home with an occasional tear
running down his cheek. He was
brought back from Bloomington, ILL.,,
early today.
Calls for Mother.
Repeatedly he asked for his moth
er.
At noon his two sisters brought
him a chicken dinner and he discuss
ed his case with them.
s'I did wrong and I'm willing to
take my medicine" he said. Il don't
know just why I did it, but for week
I had been handling hundreds of
thousands of dollars in bonds and it
was so easy to walk out with them
that just couldn't help it,
The boy again denied that the
case of Francis Carey, nineteen-year-
old Ottawa, ILL.,, embezzler, who was
treated leniently by Judge Lands,
had Influenced him.
"I never thought of that case and
il never occurred to me that if I were
caught I would be treated leniently.
I was nervous and excited yesterday
and the reporter who quoted me on
that point must have misunderstood
me.''
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
TWO JA1LBREAKERs CAPTURED.
Mark O'Nea1 and John Davis Again
on 1.-THE Inside Looking Out"

Only two of the six negroes who
escaned from the Barnwell county
iail about 7:30 o'clock Wednesday
evening of last week have been re-
cantured. They are Mark O'Neal, Of
Williston, charged with giving a
worthless check, and John Davis, of
Blackville, charged with store-break-
ing and larceny. The officers, how
ever. have not given up the chase and
It is thought that the other four ne
groes will soon be captured. Barn
well People.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
Millions for Babies.

Sydney, N. S. W.-New South
Wales is pleading a state lottery to
raise the s5,5O0,000 per annum which
will be used for the endowment OF
mothers. Mothers of two children
will be given enough money to bring
the husbands salary up to $50 a
week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
Friday.

Scattering votes were given in sew
eral of the ballots to various others
but not sufficient number so voting
as to change the relative position
of the four contestants.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
SIGNS TAX RESOLUTION.
Now Have Alleged IRE
lief"

COluMUld, TSU I.-OOFGIuOl
Cooper yesterday morning signed the
joint resolution postponing the time
for the payment of state and county
taxes unil May l with the penalties of
1 per cent. for January, 2 per cent.
for February, per cent. for March,
and per cent. for April. From May
1 to May Is the penalty will be 7 pei
cent, and after May Is executions
go into the hands of the sheriffs.
The resolution as signed by the
governor was introduced the first
week of the session and was passed
by both houses and the free con-
ference report adopted With the sig
nature of the chief executive on the
resolution it becomes law and tax
payers may wait until May 1 to pay
their taxes and will only have to pay
an interest or penalty of 3 per cent.
as total, as the resolution provides
that the penalties shall not be COM
pounded.
Strong pressure was brought to
bear on the governor not to sign the
resolution, but he was informed that
in case he vetoed it the general as
sembly would override his action. The
resolution will mean that thousands
of dollars of taxes viii be nelG up
until the last days of April and may
mean embarrassment of school and
other county function. AS an example
of how much money on the 1920
taxes is still due it was said yester-
day that in Richland county alone
fully s275,000 of taxes has not yet
been paid.
Free Range to Go.
Another act of much interest wilt
be signed by the chief executive Tues
day, it was announced yesterday, this
being the statewide stock law that
forever and anon stops free grass"
in South Carolina. With the sigma
ture of the governor on the act a
fight that has been in progress for
years will apparently be brought to
close. This bill will make the Pal
metto state a stock law state from
the remotest mountain corner to the
farthest sand dune on the coast. 1t
will take effect December 81, 1921
It is understood that a little cere-
mony is being planned for the last
act in the "free grass" fight.
The governor also signed a large
number of local acts, bringing the
total number signed so far to above
225.
Representative Jackson's bill re-
pealing Section 659,. Volume I, code of
laws. of 1912, relating to boards on
barbed and edged wire fences was
signed and now becomes law.
The act by the Ireland county
delegation increasing the salary of
the Judge of the county court to ST.
600 and the court stenographer to
$4,000 was among those signed. The
bill allowing school district No. 4
of Richland to hold an election on
the question of levying a special
eight mill tax was signed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03

The Legion of Honor medal, the
Military medal and the War Cross
were placed on the casket which held
the body Of "a French Soldier" rep
resnting the French unidentified
dead, during the simple ceremonies
recnetly held in the tomb under the
Arc de Triomphe, in Paris.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
Not So Bad.

Teacher Qecturing on patriotism)
-"What banner, when passing in pa
rade, brings a lump into the throat Of
every loyal American man."
Johnny (whose mother was mill
tant suffragette)-"Votes for Wo-
men. n."-Exchange
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03

Waterman's Fountain Pen Ink in
all the different size bottles at Herald
Book Store.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03
Carter Makes Gain in BaZloting
For Associate Justice Wednesday

ballot Tuesday night Mr.. Carter had
lead of II votes over Senator Mar
ion, his nearest opponent.
The balloting by days is given be-
low:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03

Kangaroo grass is the most es-
teemed fodder grass in Australia and
is much relished by cattle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-03

Probably ballot again tonight, pos
sibly not before morning.
r. P. BELLINGER.