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^ PERSONAL MENTION. ^People Visiting in This City an< at Other Points. ?Dr. H. J. Stuckey and Mr. G. D Ryan spent last Thursday in Char leston. ?Messrs. C. B. and W. E. * Fre< left last Thursday for a stay at Gleni Springs. ?Mr. W. Max Walker, of Ehr hardt, was in the city last Frida; afternoon. ?Mr nnri Mrs CI O Simmons anc children are spending some time ii Wagener with relatives. ?C. E. Black, Esq., left Tuesda; for Greenville and Asheville when he will spend some time. ?Mr. James McGowan left las Friday to spend about ten days dowj on the farm below Ehrhardt. -?Mrs. Annie Gibson Hays and lit tie son, of Apalachicola, Fla., are ii i the city on a visit to relatives. ? ?Mrs. A. A. Zeigler and her broth er J. W. Hill, spent the week-end h Johnston, on a visit to relatives. ?Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zeigler, o the Cope section, Mr. and Mrs. E. A Hooion, and Mr. D. F. Hooton lef Monday for a stay at Glenn Springs ?Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bamberj and little son, who are staying ii Asheville, X. C., for the present spent a few days in the city last wee! on a visit to relatives. ?Mr. J. A. Byrd, president o Bamberg Bankng Company, return ed home last Friday morning froD the State Bankers' Association, whicl met at Toxaway, and a visit to hi old home in North Carolina. ?A. W. Knight left Saturday nigh for Columbia. From there he will gi to Glenn Springs to attend the post masters' convention, and will go frou there to, Hendersonville to visit hi children, who are spending the sum mer in the mountains. ?Capt. J. F. Entzminger, repre senting the Bailey Military Insti tute, of Greenwood, was in the cit: last week in the interest of the in stitution. He gave us a copy of th< new catalogue, which is one of thi handsomest specimens of the print er's art we have seen in some time as well as being admirably arranged ?Dr. Thos. Black, Jr., who recent ly graduated from the dental depart ment of the University of Maryland Baltimore, will leave this week fo Mullins, S. C., where he will locat* for the practice of his profession His friends wish for hm much sue cess, and commend him to the citi zens of that town as a most worth: young gentleman. ?Mr. C. H. Mitchell, who ha been at the hospital in CharlestO] for several weeks, returned horn last Thursday night, much improve* in health. Mr. Mitchell was carrie* > down for an operation for appenai citis, and then he developed a case o typhoid fever, which kept him in th< hospital much longer than he wouli have been otherwise. His man; friends are glad to see him back. Origin of Irish Lace. Irish lace originated from the fail "ure of the potato crop that cause* the famine of 1846. The abbess o ' a convent in County- Cork, lookinj about for some lucrative em ployment to help the half starve* . children who attended her schools unraveled thread by thread a sera] of point de Milan, and finally mas tered the complicated details. Sh* then selected the girls who wer< quickest at needlework and taugh them what she had painfully learned .4..? + ?? ,. -r\Tnc*T\aT'?lA a r> flTl I -me new iuuuoh* of the pupils, in a pardonable "bull' declared that "if it had not been fo the famine we would all have beei starved."?-Westminister Gazette. CONVICTS BURN IX IRON CAGE V Trapped Like So Many Rats Xegroe Are Roasted Alive. * i Jackson, Miss., July 22.?Trappe< by flames in the second story of ai antiquated convict cage the first floo of which was used to store hay grain and molasses, thirty-five ne groe prisoners were burned to deatl at the Oakley convict farm, 20 mile from here, late last night. With the flames rapidly eatinj away on the only stairway leading t< the second floor the entrapped pris oners frantically tore at the heav; bars that covered the windows, bu to no avail. Their screams brough the two night guards to the scene be fore they had seen tne names ant soon other prison attaches hurried t< ? the "cage." Their efforts were futih however, as the flames drove then back each time they attempted to lib erate the men. At last they stoo< aghast when slowly the franth screams of the burning convicts diet away as one after another succumbet to the flames. Finally all was quie and the smell of burning human flesl permeated the air as the flames burn ed the last of the building. BRYAN NOT NEEDED MUCH. j Declared President Is Running things Anyhow. Washington, July 19.?Mr. Bryan ' will be back in Washington next Wednesday or Thursday to attend the conference between the President and 5 the AniDassador to Mexico, Henry 1 Lane Wilson. Thus the "Commoner" will have to lose some of his profits - by cancelling two or possibly more y lecture dates. President Wilson said today that secretary Bryan will be in j Washington to attend ffle conference, j Secretary Bryan will leave Washington on his long trip some time ^ Saturday night. Just what his internarv will be could not be learned. e When asked about it yesterday Secretary Bryan said he would make it t public on Saturday just before leav1 ing. It is known that the greater part of the lectures are to be delivered in the 1 Middle West and it will be from there that Mr. Bryan will hurry back - to Wshington when notified of the a date of Ambassador Wilson's arrival here. f During Mr. Bryan's absence John Bassett Moore will be Acting Secret tary of State and will deal with all ; the important problems before the y Department. It is believed here in Washington that Mr. Bryan's absence will seriously cripple the machinery of the State Department as long as Mr. Moore remains here. In all the probf lems, with the exception of Mr. Bryan's international peace proposals 3 the President and Counsellor Moore 3 have done the bulk of the work. s It was Mr. Moore who prepared the answers to the Japanese protests t against the California Alien Law. It 0 was the President who finally pass ed on those measures before their 1 delivery to Viscount Chinda. Mr. s Bryan actually delivered the answers - and received the protests and the rejoinder. Counselor Moore analyzed the doc uments and advised Mr. Bryan. It Y was Mr. Moore w.io posted Secre tary Bryan when the latter went to e California to urge the Legislature of e that State to withhold action on *he - alien land question. !, In fairness to Mr. Bryan it might . be added that no larg.e question is settled by any Cabinet of^'cer. P resdent Wilson, ever since he entered the White House, has been the final p judge in all the Departments under e him. r?n Thnrsdav ni^h- Mr. Brvan lec tured at Cumberland, Md. After the lecture Mr. Bryan talked P freely. Asked if he thought the salary of the Secretary of State should be increased he replied in the negaS tive, saying that $12,000 was suffi2 cient to meet the expenses of the e Cabinet officer, as'long as these ex* penses are confined to his home and * his official charge. "But," he added, "this is not the f case with me. The fact ought not to 0 be overlooked and it may not be necessary for me to mention that I have certain fixed charges which must be met. These charges with my cost of living and expenses incident to my position, exceed my salary." Asked whether his frrm was a j profitable venture he said it was not f an asset, but a liability. Continuing y the Secretary said: "When a man leaves his home to ^ take office in Washington, he leaves ( behind him in his old home expenses 0 which he cannot avoid. Every man _ in public life knows I am not delivB ering lectures with a view to adding e to my accumulations, t "I am working to meet my expenses. I must keep intact whatever 3 money I have accumulated for my " old age and for my family. I can r not expect to be a breadwinner when i the infirmities of age become upon me. "However, I do not care to make a detailed statement. My acts speak for themselves. I have never hidden s or concealed my acts. I know I am right and shall proceed accordingly." The Secretary then repeated his i earlier statement that the public seri vice would not be allowed to suffer, r His engagements were such, he said, that they could be cancelled at a - moment's notice. It would not be 3 necessary for him to be far away s from Washington at any time. mFS FPOM PISTOL WOUND. 3 John C. Kay, of Belton, Victim of Peculiar Accident. y t Anderson, July 18.?John C. Kay, * a well-known merchant of Belton. - died here to-day at the hospital fol^ lowing an accident yesterday. He ^ went into the yard at his home Thurs day morning to investigate a noise 1 among his chickens and was return ing to the house with his pistol when 1 he stumbled over the steps, the weac pon being discharged and the ball 3 entering his abdomen. An opera1 tion was performed but without suct cess. Mr. Kay was 45 years old. He i was prominently connected. He is - survived by his wife and four chili dren. e THE MISTAKE OP THE MARQUIS. > Spendthrift Who Slew Servant Found I Courts Called Murder, Murder. Had Lord Farrars, who was hanged with a silken rope in 1760, studi- a ed the criminal history of his country, he mfeht have throught twice before * ? shooting his servant, which prank brought him to the gallows. Long before his punishment in the Brit- P ish courts had decreed that the shoot- iJ ing of servants by noblemen was a r capital crime, rather than a misde- , meanor. s Fernando Marquis de Paleotti, was ^ the head of a noble Italian house, and during the reign of Queen Anne he distinguished hmself for ability and ' valor as a colonel in the imperial ^ army. The Duke of Shrewsbury, an e | exalted Britisher, visited Rome and . fell in love with a sister of the mar- ' : quis. In due season they were marj ried and went to England and settled } down to live happy ever after in the ' duke's ancestrial hall. The marquis followed them. The marquis had expensive tastes, and, his private treas- ^ ury representing an aching void, he rightly figured that his sister would " c be a great convenience, as the duke had all kinds of plain and fancy mon V. 1 That was-200 years ago, and London was well supplied with native ^ bloods, who gave daily demonstra- ^ tions in extravagance. It was a time when it was considered fashionable to throw one's patrimony at the birds. Gentlemen made a practice of retir- 1 ing with their boots on, and gambling was the life work of the aristocrats. Relying upon his sister to attend to small details like paying his debts, 1 the marquis started in to show the * London sports the real thing in high s life. He spent money as though he t owned a newspaper in America, and before long his creditors were so nu- * merous that he couldn't throw a s brick without hitting three of them. s Every once in a while, when the I creditors became particularly annoy- ? ing and oppressive, he called upon * his sister, and she gave him money to pay up his bills, and they had some * affecting interviews. The duchess ( implored him to brace up, to remem- * ber the honor of his house and to live t within his means; but the marquis ^ was quite haughty; he considered s her advice impertinence, and hint- 1 ed that she ought to feel honored -o t act as his treasurer. Finally the 1 duke came to the conclusion that it c was high time for a reform Tie * failed to see the fun of demoting a ? portion of his revenues to the pay- J ment of the marquis's debts, and told t tne autcness mai it mu&i slui*, auu she conveyed the information to her ? brother, but, he thought she was * just joking. So he went ahead gambling and drinking and betting, and his creditors came down on him again, and hie sister refused to come to his relief. Then the next thing the festive marquis ^new, he was in jail; and being in jail in those days was anything but a picnic. The afflicted nobleman found himself herded in a foul prison with the lowest felons, and unl"~s somebody came to his relief it w&s more than possible he would end h:;S days there. News of his condition was carried to his sister, and once more this good woman came to his relief. She settled with his creditors and he was released. For an hour and twenty minutes c after emerging from the pestilential prison, the marquis was determined to profit by the lessons he had received. He was going to be virtuous ^ and abandon the fleshpots. But pres- 1 ently he came to a place where a littie game always was in progress, and he took a hand. So for a time he led the old life, borrowing money, drinking and gambling, and getting into debt deeper every day. One day . he was proceeding along the street, with a bad taste in his mouth, _ wondering where he might raise the a price. He turned to his servant, who l was following him, and, naming a I number of former friends, instructed r him to call upon them and borrow \ money, "It's no use," said the servant, t who had been sent upon many similar f errands, only to be kicked out; "no- 1 body will lend you any money." a Such an affront from a servant was h more than the blue blood of the mar- t qius could endure. It boiled in his c veins. Drawing his sword, he slew a the unfortunate servitor in his tracks b and then went his way, meditating t upon the insolence of the lower class- d es. His surprise was great when he I was arrested and taken to jail. Things c were indeed come to a pretty pass if t a man of liis lineage couiu oe mcai-: c cerated for such a trifling matter as t stabbing a servant. c The evidence against him was con- i elusive and he didn't deny any of U, e and the jury l ad the execrable taste to find him guilty and he was sen- r tenced to death. The marquis simply t couldn't believe it. Such a miscar- r riage of justice in a civilized country t was an impossibility. The matter q must be brought to the attention of t the king who wouldn't stand for such d iKGRO KILLED NEAR FLORENCE iollie Rouse, of Evergreen .Section, Killed by His Father. Florence, July IS.?Rollie Rouse, negro in the Evergreen sction, was :illed by his father, Mack Rouse, esterday evening. The trouble eems to have been caused from a amily quarrel. Some time after super Mack Rouse, it seems, was havlig some trouble with his daughter, hen his son Rollie walked into the oom. and after a few words, struck is father with a stick. Mack Rouse natched the stick from Rollie and it him on the head. The wounded :ian walked out on the piazza and ater, with assistance, he reached his ?ed, where he died in a short while. it the inquest this morning a jury mpanelled by Coroner Gunn brought n a verdict that Rollie Rouse came o his death as the result of a blow dministered with a stick in the lands of Mack Rouse. From the estimony given at the inquest It eems that Mack was drinkng at the ime of the difficulty and was having rouble with the family. On investi;ation it was found that the skull if the deceased man had been fracured several years ago, and thd" >low hit near this old wound may lave been the direct cause of his leath. Mack Rouse is held charged nth the murder of his son and is low in the county prison. CONDUCTOR GILLESPIE SHOT. ^ossee Leaves A. C. L. Train and Captures Negroes Neay Lanes Kingstree, July 19.?Conductor J. I.. Gillespie, running Train No. 47, )etween here and Orangeburg, was ;hot this evening by two negroes beween Kingstree and Lanes. A message was received here about f o'clock conveying news of the ihooting and requesting that the sheriff, with blood-hounds, be dispelled to Salters without delay, to jo in pursuit of two negrno men who lad shot Conductor Gillespie. The facts in the case, as given to lie correspondent of The News and Courier by Agent T. E. Baggett, of he Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at his place, is in effect that some nejroes were misbehaving on the train tnd Conductor Gillespie went to them n an effort to quiet them. Two of he negroes turned on the conductor ind, as he started to leave the car, >ne of them fired a pistol at him, the >all entering his back. Immediately ifter the shooting the two negroes umped off the train and made for he woods. A posse jumped off and gave pursuit, shortly afterwards capturing ioth negroes, but not until one of hem had been severely shot for resisting. Mr. Gillespie was sent back to Florence on Train No. 82 for treatment, in the absence of Sheriff Graham a ieputy sheriff will leave here to light on Train 89 to bring the two legroes to Kingstree on Train 86, vhich reaches here about midnight. It was impossible to learn the na,ure of the injury received by the ;onductor, as it is also to learn vhether or not the negro is badly vounded. Mr. Gillespie, who is one of the oungest and most popular conduo ors on the road. Some time ago he vas attacked by two Ward brothers it Cadea. A. C. L. Train Turns Turtle. Troy, Ala., July 21.?A negro irakeman was killed and Conductor Joseph Price's leg was broken when m A. C. L. freight train was deailed a few miles west of Troy this norning. The entire train, with the (xception of the caboose and tVo ars, turned over. The freight loss s heavy. The wreck is attributed to he spreading of rails. in outrage. It was taken before the cine, and there was nothing doing. 2ven his sister could help him no nore. Her influence was exerted in rain. On the morning of March 17, 1718, he marquis was instructed to pre>are for the melancholy journey to Tyburn. The plain people had been .ssembled there since daybreak to see lim suffer, and it wouldn't do to keep hem waiting much longer. The contemned man paid no attention to the ppeals of the ordinary (chaplain') nit spent his time denouncing a counry which would put a nobleman to teath for the killing of a servant, le pointed out that things were conlucted much better in Italy, where here always was sanctuary for a listinguished man who didn't wish o be arrested. He predicted the deline and fall of a government which ndorsed such a proceeding as his ex cution. Arrived at the gallows, his indiglation was doubled when he found hat he was to hang with a plebian nurderer. He protested so bitterly hat the executioner granted his re[uest to be turned off first, and he lad the melancholy satisfaction of lying alone.?Kansas City Star. I NEGRO KILLED AT FORT LAWN Hurry Call for Officers Creates E.v citement at Chester. Chester, July 21.?A request fron Intendant W. L. Abernathy, of For Lawn, this morning for Sheriff Col vin to hurry deputies to that plao as there was danger of a negro up I ri f i or cnmi o r\ ni o nhorn nam ed Seed Cunningham having been fa tally wounded by two officers whi had been sent to arrest him, create* a stir here, but the trouble blew ove and the officers found everythini quiet at Fort Lawn upon their arriva there. Cunningham, it seems, ha< been engaged in a row with anothe negro, who reported the matter t the authorities. Deputies Claud Turner and Jacob Luckey went t Cunningham's house to arrest hit and were met with resistance, Cun ningham making a grab for Mr. Tur ner's revolver and all but securing it In the melee the negro was shot an died later in the day.. PRINTED OX WALL PAPER. Veteran Suggests Reprint of Quee Newspaper. Fifty years ago the writer of thi was a member of Company G, 97t Illinois infantry volunteers, was wit Gen Grant's army in the rear c Vicksburg, and was in the rifle pit en j my 6, near me piaee wneic uci Grant met the Confederate genera Pemberton, to discuss the condition upon which Vicksburg and its gai rison were to be surrendered. Th actual surrender occurred about 1 o'clock on the' morning of July < 1863, and soon after the Confede] ates had marched out' of their worfc and stacked their guns, permissio was given to a part of the army t go into the city, fcnd this we di< with our haversacks well filled wit hard bread, which was freely di; tributed, as long as it lasted, to thos against whom we had been aimin cur bullets for forty-nine- days. One reason for this unseemly hast in entering the city was because tb division of the army to which I b< longed was ordered to join Gen Shei \ man's command and march agains the Confederate general, Joe E. Johi ston's forces, who were in our inim< diate rear, and the start was to I made early on the morning of Jul 5, and unless we were permitted t enter the city on the 4th we migl never see inside the fortifications th{ we had struggled so long to captun In our rambles through the city ( Vicksburg we found a little printin office, equipped with a Frankli hand-power printing press, and on was a four column form dated July ' 1863. One other and myself in on little party, had had some experienc in printing offices, before we entere the army, and as there was a littl pile of wall paper in the corner of tb room that had been "wet down (dampened so that it would take th ink,) we decided that we would mak a few pennies and at the same tim supply those who wanted it with souvenir in the shape of a newspape published on wall paper. Some on wrote a short paragraph, dating July 4, and while it was being set u the others got things in readiness s as to insert the new paragraph. Th ink was not of the best, but we su< ceeded in distributing it on a ston< with a hand roller, from which was transferred to the face of th type. I did the press work, and whil the result was not sucn as would b entitled to first prize in a contes yet we succeeded in using up the wa paper and found ready sale for th edition of perhaps, 200 or 300 copie: I sent one copy to my mother, whic is now in my possession. From the time Gen. Grant's force inuoctorl thp Pl'tv nf VicksbUT until its surrender, there were som< thing near 90,000 Union soldiers wh participated either in its reduction c in defending our rear from attack b the forces under command of th Confederate general, Joe E. Johnstoi and on the Confederate side, incluc ing the 32,000 that were surrendei ed, and those composing Gen Johr ston's command, who were engage in trying to raise the seige, ther were, perhaps, all told, about 60,00( and it has occurred to me that o this semi-centennial of that occasio a reproduction of this paper woul be prized, not only by those who pai ticipatcd in that struggle, but also b their descendants and by many other who might wish to possess a copy a i' nnrinQitv nnd that Ollite a SUI might be realized by its sale. The author does not wish person ally to profit by this reproduction but desires that every dollar whic' can be realized over and above th actual expenses incurred shall b equaJly divided among the needy vet rrans of the cival war, one-half to b turned over to U. S. Grant Post, isc '27. of>vew York, to be spent by i in its charitable work, and the othe half to go to some Confederate as sociation, to be spent in a like man ner.?Cor. of 3rooklyn Eagle. Cotton. . The Money in the Crop and a Boston Paper's Idea of it. In 1911 the United States raised a 1 cotton crop of over 16,000,000 bales 1 as against 11,500,000 bale$ in 1910 and 10.000,000 bales in 1909. This a crop broke all records and although it seemingly oversupplied the market, the prices obtained were in the main good. In 1912 the production was j over 14,000,000 bales, but the smaller crop brought a cash return of ^ something like $100,000,000 in ex? cess of. that received for the larger. d This indicated, among other things, that the market was not actually r uvexstui;tt.cu uj uie icwju uup, that it lacked facilities for absorbing it. At all events the planters were not deterred from increasing the acreage this year and government statistics show that the 1913 yield will in all probability exceed 15,00.0,000 bales. Should July and August prove favorable to the staple, the crop of this year will bring the cotton production of the Southern states for the three years up to at least 45,- a 000,000 bales. 1 What does this mean in money value? It is but a reasonable expectation that an average price of 11 is cents a pound for the producer will h be obtained this year. This would h bring the value of the growing crop >f to the farmer up to $825,000,000, ;s exclusive of the seed, or about $900,i. 000,000 in all. Taking 1913 as the lf average year of the period, the total LS value of. the raw cotton crop for the r- three years would be $2,700,000,000. The Southern states are enjoying 0 great prosperity. The south, from its enlarged income, has been able to r_ provide for development that must :s increase its productive capacity tren mendously. Among its conservative i- ii -mi - J: : O yeuyie uiere is suu a. strung uiayusition to warn the planters against conh tinuous cotton planting, but despite 3_ numerous predictions of failure, the ;e land continues to yield abundantly e of the staple, and, as has been seen," O its selling value is well maintained. e More skillful farming will explain e one phase of this happyv result, an a. ever-broadening market the other. r_ The South, in view of its experience in recent years, is, and has a right to i_ be, optimistic with regard to the a. future. It has learned severe lesie sons; its confidence is due in very v large part to its belief that it has 0 learned them well?Christian Science lt Monitor. ^ DOUBLE KILLING IN FLORIDA. e. >f Father and Daughter's Sweetheart g in Fatal Duel. n p it Lakeland, Fla., July 18.?Montlt brook, a small place north of Dunir nellon, was the scene of a double ;e killing to-day, when, in a pistol duel d between T. D. Howard, of Lakeland, le and E. W. King, of Montbrook, both e men were killed. The shooting occurred at 11 o'clock lG to-day and was the result of an ale leged quarrel over King's daughter, ie td whom Howard had been paying a attention, and to which, it is alleged, ,r the father objected. Both began [Q shooting at the same time and each it killed the other instantly. Howard p came here about three yearns ago from i0 Maxwell, N. C. r.r d was a flagman e on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. He had no relatives here. '. s Try one of those new stationery it packages at Herald Book Store. [e TAX SALES. |0 """"~~ State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. 11 By virtue of executions to me die rected by tree. A. Jennings, treasurer 3 of Bamberg ccunty, I have levied upon and will ?eh at public auction h before the court house door in Bamberg, S. C., on Monday, the fourth is day of August, 1913, the same being g legal sales day in said month, during the legal hours of sale, the real estate described below, to the highest bido er for cash, the sale in each case be,r ing made for non-payment of taxes ... due and owing the State of South Carolina and the county of Bamberg: 3 All that piece, parcel or lot of land i, situate, lying and being in the Town l- of Bamberg, County and State aforesaid, known and designated as Lot No. 5 in Block No. 3 of Washington l: Heights. Levied upon and to be sold '1 as the property of R. M. Walker at e the suit of the State for taxes. I All that piece, parcel or tract of ' land containing thirty acres, situate N n in said County and State, and bound0 ed on the North by Mrs. Hughes, d formerly estate of J. C. Harvey, on . the East by Mrs. Hughes, South by estate of J. C. McMillan, and West y bv lands of J. L. Priester. Levied S upon and to be sold as the property . s of estate of G. G. Bishop at the suit n of the State for taxes. All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land containing 250 acres, 1 more br less, situate in Bamberg L county, State of South Carolina, and k is part of the Lew Rice tract, bounded by lands of Lucius Matthews, J. A. 0 Williams, right of way of A. C. L. R. e R. Co., F. F. Johnson, and Mrs. Lizzie . Inabinett. Also one lot, No. in Block No. 43 in Town of Denmark, S. C., as shown by map of town ' made by W. J. Gooding, Jr., surveyt or, December 22nd, 1896. Levied . r upon and to be sold as the property of W. O. Hoyt at the suit of the Staie for taxes. S. G. RAY, - Sheriff Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., July 8th, 1913". : * 4J