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F ' > \ (Hbf $amh?rg feralii One DoUar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1915. Established 1891. 1 ~i _ . . " t COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. I ^ News Items Gathered AH Around the ! ? County and Elsewhere. Khrhardt Etchings. I; ' 1 Eurhardt, Jan. 25.?Sunday was a i long day, so says .Mr. Charles Henry. ] Rained nearly all day and he had to ? tax his entertaining ability to keep ! his best girl from getting lonesome; i both finally went to sleep and dream- i ed dreams of future rainy days. vMisses Caroline Voigt and Algie Wichman, of Walterboro, dined with Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Henderson . last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Henderson, of ' Bamberg, spent last Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hender- ( son. , Samson, the strong man, held forth two nights in Copeland's hall last , week showing his exploits. A pair of cowboys spent one night . on their way home. They showed Mr. Bert Dannelly how to break a , ? young horse to the saddle in an hour. vAnr?<r ItArCD h?d TIPVPT had ft ? 1 lie 14 v/a ?jv 1av?%? ?v. ? ? l saddle on his back before the cowboy P put it on. Some people were thinking of garden planting but the sudden change in the weather on yesterday has made! them think about wood to burn and let the garden work stand a little longer. Mr. I. W. Carter was buried on the 21st of January, 1915, at the Carter graveyard. He leaves a young wife and child to see that his grave is kept clean. There is a petition being circulated among the voters of this section to1 stop the sale of whiskey in this coun- j ty or being shipped in the State. If; it is cut out from this 2.id all counties in the State and not allow it toj be shipped in the State it might do some good, but if we have to be deviled" with it as we have done, I ! ? i- i* if olnnn q c (-U1UK It, UCCLCI LV icai t ti uivuv . we have it. The rain has drowned all the news, and farmers are so blue along with the rest of us until we will all turn to Indigo, if it continues much longer. JEE. Fairfax Fancies. t Fairfax, Jan. 25.?The birthday of Robert E. Lee was celebrated here by the U. D. C. chapter and the children's Auxiliary in the auditorium of the graded school. The programme consisted of an opening prayer by Rev. D. B. Groseclose: song, "Dixie," by the children; addresses by Mr. J. E. Johnston and 1 Prof. F. C. Chitty, and a quartette by Mesdames Loadholdt. Moorer, * Johnston and Blount. * Miss Durant, president^of the chapter, presided * over the exercises. Miss Rebecca Walker, of Winnsboro, is the newly elected teacher of the sixth and seventh grades in tho sohnnl succeedina Miss Easter ling, of Bamberg, who resigned at Christmas. The many friends of Capt. H. M. Haverly will regret to learn that he is quite ill at his home with pneumonia. A trained nurse from Augus. ta and several doctors are in attendance. Miss Blanche Preacher was hostess at a delightful party Friday evening A of last week. Games and music constituted the entertainment. Rev. E. A. MacDowell, the new : pastor of the Baptist church, and his family are at home in the parsonage. They have been given a most cordial reception, including a pounding, by the members of the congregation. The Sanders Literary society | elected officers for the new year lastj Friday. The^following are the newly elected officers: President, Miss Damari6 Folk: vice president, Raymond Hammond: secretary, Hansie Thomas. The friends of Mr. Henry Harter * will regret to learn he is seriously \ . ill with pneumonia. Miss Ruth Wilson left this week to enter the College for Women, Co lumbia. Rev. and Mrs. John Lake, missionaries to Soiwth China, lectured in the Baptist church Tuesday evening. Dr. C. C. Brown, of Beaufort, was ; a guest at the Baptist parsonage Monday. (killings. Cope. Jan. 22.?The Woodmen of Cypress camp. No. 121. of this place, held an installation meeting on lasti night, and the following officers were installed for the coming year: R. K. Henerey, C. C.; J. H. Black, A. P * YAK.HAX AX1) HIS || Supreme Court Allows Prosecution at Public Kx|iense. j Washington. Jan. 2.".?The supreme court today granted permisson to T. I". Vaughn, formerly super- S intendent of an orphan asylum home it Greenville, S. C., to prosecute at public expense his appeal in the supreme court from the death sentence imposed upon him by the South Carolina courts, for a grave offence. This j was done as the result of a petition setting out that Vaughn was without money, his family poor, and that examination last October showed ' Vaughn to be of unsound mind. ' in ] LEASES AIKEX PAPER. t ' I North Carolina yan to Take Charge of Journal and Review. Aiken, Jan. 22.?S. H. Byron, of ' Greensboro, N. C., it is announced in 1 the Aiken Journal and Review, has 1 leased that paper and will assume ' the management on January 25. A. K. Lorenz, who has been named as ; postmaster at Aiken, having been i recommended for the position by Congressman James F. Byrnes, and who has been in control of the Jour- i nal and \Review for several years past, will, it is understood, assume , his duties in the postoffice on Feb- i ruarv 1, succeeding Charles E. Car- r men, who has been postmaster here |' for the past 12 years. Hid in Socks. Wilmington. X. C. . Jan. 20.? County Clerk W. X. Harris is conducting an investigation to ascertain if there are heirs to the estate of j Sam Merrick', a negro, who died with , a revolver under his pillow and a , rifle by his side in bed in his home in this city last week. Deposited in local bank today is 54.2S5 in silver dollars found in socks stored in a safe in the negro's house, with deeds to eight city lots. Merrick had no . relatives so far as is known here. L.; G. E. Griffith, clerk; J. H. Wolfe, banker; W. O. Tatum, Jr., escort; J. C. Gray, watchman; I. J. Myers, . sentry; C. L. Fogle, manager. Just after the close of the instal- ( lation ceremonies, the sovreigns, all ] marched to the Valentine building, where there was in waiting for them , a feast in the shape of an oyster sup- ; per. The preparation of said supper ! was in the hands of Chief W. C. ^ Dowie, a brother sovereign^of Colum-J' bia camp, and a fetv able assistants i. and all who attended were profuse in their praise of the management of! the affair, and the enjoyment derived therefrom. During the enjoyment of the supper Chief Dowie, who also acted as toastmaster, called on the newly elected consul commander, R. K.i Henerey. and later on' the newly elected mayor of Cope, Mr. M. L. Sandifer, who both made short and appropriate talks. All present had a most pleasant time, and many were the promises that each sovereign was going to do his best for the upbuild- ( ing and betterment of Cypress camp. , No. 121, W. O. W. Mr. Wiley Stack, of Columbia, is here on a visit to his uncle, Mr. D. i D. Stack. Rev. Joe L. Hiers moved to Corr i dova on Wednesday to occupy the parsonage at that place, he having accepted a call to serve the good ' Baptists of that town and vicinity. Mr. T. H. Henerey, R. F. D. carrier No. 1, moved back into Cope on yesterday and is occupying the house vacated by Mr. Hiers and owned by Mrs. M. E. Valentine. < Denmark News. Denmark. Jan. 20.?Mrs. C. C. Ell- . ze.v and children will move to Bir-j mingham, Ala., this week. Mr. EH-m zev will remain in Denmark till the | early fall, closing out his mercantile I, business. This removes from Den- . mark a family that has always been identified with the nest interests of the community. , E. M. McCown, principal of the;, Denmark graded and high schools.!. has sent to the Belgian relief fund . $23.50, which is $2.50 more than 10 cents per pupil, the enrollment being 210. Miss Doris Goolsbv, who suffered a broken arm in an automobile acci- ; - -T- - _ I . dent at Dunnarton, wnere sue is; tea'-hinst, is still unable to be out. s The Rev. and Mrs. John Lake. 1 missionaries to China under the foreign mission board of the Southern \ Baptist convention, are visiting Mrs.)] S. CI. Mayfield. Mrs. Lake made 1 an address on missions while jj in Denmark. Mr. Lake was here two; 1 weeks aso in the interest of the Jud-j i son centennial. ;; i i 1 j f IN THE PALMETTO STATf >OMK OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Roiled Down for Quid Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The senate has passed to thirc eading a measure extending the tim< ror paying taxes without penalty t< April first. Japan is such a mountainous coun :ry that it has to resort to intensivi lultivation in order to raise enougl ice In 1912 it used fertilizers t< :he value of more than $104,000, )00. The Newberry Herald and New cvill be sold by creditors to 'satisf: the indebtedness of the business nex month. Col. E. H. Aull is editor am proprietor of the paper, which is om pf the oldest in the State. The following- nominations o South Carolina postmasters hav been confirmed: David Duncan Whitmire; Benjamin J. \Hammet Blackville: Samuel Et Owen, St. Mat thews; John W. Peeples, Estill. The house again placed on recori rAesday its overwhelming approva Df tne Din repealing me conun acre age reduction act. By a vote of S to 26 it tabled a motion to recom mit the measure Tuesday mornin, and sentNit to the senate. It wa passed to third reading Monday nigh by a vote of 81 to 22. The proposal to appoint a commit tee of five to investigate the feasibil ity of establishing a brick plant o: the State farms and operating it wit! convict labor met with favor in th house. The resolution to this effec by Mr. Lee, of Spartanburg was sen to the senate yesterday by a larg vote. Bail for Bacheler Perkins, the Bos ton architect, convicted of man slaughter and given a three-^ear sen tence for the killing of F. W. R. Hin man, of Jacksonville, was arraigne Tuesday. It is expected that Perkin will be released Wednesday. Federa Judge Smith 1ms not yet rendered hi decision on Perkins's appeal for new trial. Cedar Springs Institute, the Stat School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind is no longer a "charitable and pena institution." but an educational in stituuon, recognized as sucn aiun with Clemson and Winthrop colleges The change*came about last week b the adoption on the part of the legis lature of the amendment to the Stat constitution approved by the voter in the last general election. Th change is one that the authoritie of Cedar Springs have been interest ed in having made for several years. BRYAN'S PEACE SOUVENIR. Plowshare .Made of Swords an Nickle-Plated. Washington, Jan. 23.?Secretar of State Bryan has presented to Mi James M. Baker, the secretary of th senate, one of his historic peace sou venirs, which is a plowshare mad Df steel, and nickle-plated. The steel used is composed of melt ed swords, and explains the inscrip tion on the plowshare: "They slial beat their swords into plowshares. The sentiments inscribed on th beam of the plow are contribution which the secretary of State ha made to diplomatic phraseology namely: "Nothing is final betwee: friends," and "Diplomacy is the ar of keeping cool." Secretary Brvan used these quota tions on the menu cards for th "Peace Luncheon" he gave after th signing of the treaties with Grea Britain, France, Spain, and Chir? The plowshare is to be useu as paperweight, and bears the inscrip tion: "From William Jennings Bry an, to James M. Baker, August 13 1914." which is the date that Secre tarv Baker certified to the ratifica tion of the peace treaties by the sen ate. The souvenir paperweigh adorns the desk of Secretary Bake and is much admired by his friends. Survival of the Fittest. "I don't quite follow you whei you talk of prohibition carrying ou the law of the survival of the fittest.' ?aid the man who is always willinj to learn. Of course." replied Uncle Bil Bottlotop, "I'm talking about thi particular kind of prohibition wi have out our way. It has encourage! a brand of surreptitious liquor tha kills a man off before he has ha< time to become an habitual drunk ird."?Washington Star. j I DKTECTIVKS 1>IS( HAIIGK1). 4 | ! Governor By Blanket Order Cancel: 5 Credentials. Columbia, Jan. 22.?Gov. Richan I. .Manning yesterday signed a procla k | niation revoking commissions of al "constables, special constables, lav agents, deputies and detectives," named by former governors. Tin 1 proclamation was issued on thi 2 ground that "it is primarily the dut; j of officers of the various counties ii this State to entorce me law. The proclamation follows: "To all and singular, judges, slier C / iffs, constables, mayors, intendant J and other officers of justice in thi ! said State, and to whom it may con cern, greeting: "Whereas, certain persons havi s heretofore been appointed by th y governor of South Carolina as con f stables or special constables for th 3 enforcement of the dispensary law B and as constables or special consta bles to investigate the enforcemen f of law, and as law agents, and a e deputies and detdctives, and, [f "Whereas, it is primarily the dut of officers of the various counties i: . this State to enforce the law, an "Whereas, it is my belief that the will so do, I "Now, therefore, I, Richard 1 ' i Manning, governor as aforesaid, here gjbv revoke and cancel any commis I sions or appointments heretofore is sued to such persons as such consta ^ibles, special constables, law agent: j deputies and detectives." COTTON CROP BIGGEST YET. j Ginning Figures Indicate Record Breaker. a I h! Washington, Jan. 23.?A recor ej cotton crop for the 1914-15 seaso * I was indicated in the census bureau' report today showing 14,907,94 ei running bales had been ginned prio to January 16. Ginnings from Jar l" uarv I to 15 amounted to 460,14 '"j bales, and exceeded those of tha -, period iii any previous year. The ' [also took the total ginnings beyon dI any previous year, exceeding th sj record production rear of 1911 b '1 almost 400,000 bales. s Until the census bureau's final gir a ning report is issued on .March 2 the exact size of the 1914 crop wi! e not be known, but it is believed 1 I, will be larger than the 1911 recor .1 production?15,553,073- runnin i-j bales. gj It depends upon the quantity gir ;. |ned from January 16 to the end of th vl coasnn whir>h in 1911 amounted t 1,037.274 bales, and for the past fiv e years has averaged 4 S 5.5 9 6 bale; s Should as much be ginned as in 191 e this year's crop would be close t s 16,000,000 bales. Ginnings by States: 'Alabama, 1 676,081; Arkansas, 941,681; Flor da, 8S,113: Georgia, 2,596,S42 Louisiana, 434,479; Mississippi, 1 143,703; North Carolina, 853,830 Oklahoma, 1,1 47,497; South Cart lina, 1,425,768; Tennessee, 342,9S2 Texas, 4,120,906; all other State; y 136,062. Ginnings of Sea Island cotton b e States: Florida, 33,203; Georgia, 41 214; South Carolina, 5,067. JOIN PROHIBITION LINE. i- Alabama Legislature Overrides Vet 11 by Governor. e Montgomery. Ala, Jan. 22.?Th s Merritt prohibition bill today wa s passed over Gov. Henderson's vet rt bv both houses of the Alabama legis n lature. An amendment recommenc t ed by the governor providing for State-wide election on the questio was overwhelmingly defeated. Th e new law is effective after June 3( e next. . t The vote on repassage of the meas K ure was 70 to 33 in the house an a 34 to 10 in the senate. A two-third i_ vote was necessary. The Merritt bill is modeled afte ;t the Carmichael bill under which Ala bama'was made prohibition territor _ in 1 909. The Carmichael bill was r _ pealed,two years later, following t State-wide election at which a pre r posal to make prohibition a part o the State constitution was defeated. Gov. Henderson personally appeal ed before a joint session of the legis lature and explained his action, a "I disapprove the bills." he sai t "and suggest that the voters of th State gather at the polls at som ? time prescribed by the legislature an decide whether they want the variou i i n,a wot or drv. Thi I I V WUIIUCO \/i tut- mi.vv ?. ? e will lead to prohibition State-widt e more efficient than State-wide prohi .1 bition." t I'nder the laws of Alabama the pro 3 hibition bills would have becom - laws automatically Saturday had no the governor taken action. t I NOT LEGAL TO DISBAND S 1 STATU MILITIA XKVKIt OUT OF SKKVK'K, SAVS MAXXIXG. 1 Issues Proclamation, "Xational Guard i j Xot Affected l>y Said Illegal t k. Order." " * ] a Columbia, ? Jan. 22.?Governor , e Manning tonight issued an order re,. instating the National Guard of the j j State and declared the "purported" ( order, issued by a former governor, . disbanding the militia "void and of , no effect," and said the order was , s illegal. The governor also issued or- . e ders assuming charge of the National Guard, as commander-in-chief, and , another order directs that his proclae mation reinstating the National e Guard take effect immediately. Adjt. Gen. Moore was called into , e the governor's office late this after . noon in consultation, and the procla_ mation declaring that the former t governor had no authority to disband s the militia was promulgated. The proclamation follows: y "The State of South Carolina?By n His Excellency, Richard I. .Manning, j Governor and Commander-in-Chief in y and over the State aforesaid: "To whom it may concern?greet[. in&: "Whereas, General Order Xo. 2, heretofore issued on the 11th day of j_ January, 1915, by the governor and j. commander-in-chief of the organized 3 forces of the State of South Carolina, purported to dissolve, muster out and disband all of the militia of the State of South Carolina and all of the volunteer militia of said State; and "Whereas, under the constitution of the United States and of the State d of South Carolina, and under the general statutes of South Carolina the governor and commander-in s j chief has no authority to dissolve, r disband ai^d muster out the entire militia; but g "Whereas, the said purported or^ der has created an element of uncer- . v tainty in the minds of officers and ^ men of the National Guard and of e the.public, highly prejudicial to the y discipline and efficiency of the National Guard; and L_ "Whereas, it is the duty of the y governor and commander-in-chief of U the organized forces of the State oi it South Carolina to promote the disj cipline and efficiency of the National g Guard, "Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Manning, governor and commandere in-chief of the organized forces of the 0 State of South Carolina, do hereby e declare the said purported order void , and of no effect; and further declare ! that the rights, duties, privileges and 0 obligations, whether civil or military, of the said National Guard and the volunteer militia, in whole or in part, j. and the officers and men thereof, . were not affected by said illegal order, but have continued, and do here. by continue, as though said order had never been issued. ?J... on/1 the Ijiveil UUUCl 11I? iiauu V..V 5 seal of this State, in Columbia, this 22nd day of January, in the year of y our Lord 1915, and in the one hun. dred and thirty-ninth year of the independence of the United States of America. "RICHARD I. MANNING. "R. M. McCOWN, Governor. o -Secretary of State." The following orders were also issued; "General order No. 3: The under0 signed, having duly qualified as gov? ernor of the State of South Carolina, hereby assumes command of the or| ganized militia of the'State of South Carolina and announces the followa . . ? ing staff: n "The adjutant general. Brig. Gen. ( William W. Moore; military secretary, Col. Charles H. Cabaniss. RICHARD I. MANNING, ^ "Governor and commender-in-chief." "General orders No. 4: The purported order of the 11th day of Januarv, 1915, known as General Order r t No. 2, is hereby declared void and of no effect. All rights, duties, privileges and obligations, whether civil : "P Vntinnnl Oliard ^ ur iiiiiiidi *, ui liic E and of the volunteer militia, in whole j or in part, and of the officers and men thereof, are not affected by said ille. gal order, but have continued, and do now continue as though said order had never been issued. This or^ red to take effect immediately. "RICHARD I. MANNING. e "Governor and commander-in-chief. ' e | j WOMAN GOES TO SENATE, s s Miss Katheryn Cjark Wins in State !. j Election in Oregon. -I Roseburg, Oregon. Jan. 21.?Miss , Katheryn Clark, Democrat, today, '? was chosen State senator over two e male opponents at a special election, t She is the first woman elected to the Oregon senate. ,. yOICK HKAKI) 4,<i0l> Wilson I'ses T:aJns-C'ontinental Telephone. , Washington. Jan. 25.?President Wilson today inaugurated the first :rans-continental telephone system oy speaking directly to President Moore, of the Panama-Pacific exposition, in San Francisco. With Mr. Moore, Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, and President Vail, of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, on the wire different points the president extended congratulations on- the achievement. "It appeals to the imagination to speak across the continent," said the president to Mr. Moore. With Dr. Bell listening in on the line at New York, the president spoke to Thomas A. Watson in San Francisco. Mr. Watson was Dr. * x Bell's electrician at the time of the invention of the telephone and was the first person to hear a word spoken over a telephone. "I consider it an honor," said the president "to be able to express my admiration for the inventive genius and scientific knowledge that has made this possible and my pride that A . this vital cord should have been J stretched across America as a new symbol of our unity and our enterprise. Will you not convey my cordial congratulations to Dr. Bell? And I want to convey to you my personal congratulations, sir." With Mr. Vail listening in on the line at Jekyl Island, the president then spoke to Dr. Bell. "May I not congratulate you very warmly on this notable consummation of your long labors and remark- < able achievements?" said the president. "You are justified in feeling a great pride in what has been done. This is a memorable day and I convey to you my warm congratulations." The president said that he could hear Mr. Moore in San Francisco distinctly. EXPERT PROBIXG ASYLUM. I Dr. Herring is Described as Highly t Capable. * $ Columbia, Jan. 22.?Arthur P. Herring, M. D., who has been selected by Gov. Richard I. Manning to make a careful investigation of the State Hospital for the Insane, is an expert of national reputation. Thomas W. Salmon, director of special studies of<-the national committee for mental hygiene, wrote as follows to Gov. Manning concerning Dr. Herring: "Soon after our interview, I went to Baltimore and succeeded in making arrangements with Dr. Arthur P. Herring, secretary of the Maryland ' lunacy commission, to make the proposed study of the State Hospital for the Tnsane at Columbia. It was necessary for Dr. Herring to consult Gov. Goldsborough and the members of the Marvland commission in lunacv in order to obtain the necessary leave of.absence, Dut tnese aetans have been arranged and he will be able to commence the study as soon as you are inaugurated. "I believe that it would be impossible to find a better man for'the investigation which you have in mind than Dr. Herring. He has been executive secretary of the State lunacy commission since 1908. Previous to that he had long and careful training / in his specialty." Dr. Salmon then reviews the work of Dr. Herring during the past decade, giving the various positions held and the work accomplished. Continuing he says: "Dr. Herring's work in Maryland has attracted attention throughout the country. When the Maryland lunacy commission was organized, a large proportion of the insane in the State were cared for in the county almshouses under conditions of almost inconceivable neglect. The 1 complete establishment of State care Morviond inHiidin? nrovision for the negro insane at the Crownsville State hospital, was accomplished only through the energy and inflexibility of purpose of the lunacy commission. By far the larger share of the credit for this undertaking is due to the tact, patience and administrative ability of Dr. Herring. "I feel Sure that the inquiry proposed will place you in possession, not only of a very carefully prepared statement of the actual conditions under which the insane are cared for in South Carolina but. in addition, of sound, practical and constructive suggestions for their improvement." Man seldom marries for money unless he needs it> but a woman will hook up when she has a bank account of her own. .!