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'' ' . . . yl! V*|fy 1 ' . vy Bamberg Cotton Market. | I /| I , I A ^ Quotation for Wednesday, NovemRead your label carefully. If your A J Wm. Jt V Ml I Imv^Vl I V ber ?4: s?sttX 2^5S?k ill(TP If|?1jT||JPO |l|PrnLU opened io* 1 jfe and wm be thankfully re~ f' Closed 11 ^4 ^ |p One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. 0. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1915. Established 1891. |j ' COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS ^ ' IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. " Ehrhardt, Nov. 23.?The dry and ca3m weather was broken last Thursdav morning:, when it began to rain \ and the wind began to blow with both increasing as the day wore on. pV" By night-fall the rain was coming in torrents and the wind had reached the velocity of a storm, about 50 miles an hour, doing much damage, such as blowing down fences, uprooting trees, etc. The Hacker Manufacturing company was hard-hit as their locomotive shed was blown ^ > down on the engine> This shed had a board roof, which was very heavy, so one would think that the top-most part of the locomotive must have received some injuries. Our authorities should be complimented for the manner in which they t ~ disposed of the carnival last week, \ for times are too much depressed for our town and vicinity to support ' . such amusement. Enforcing the liL cense fee to the full limit kept their V show in the car. So the "monkey" ? crnt. a. week's rest. Mr. J. D. Dannellv's s-tore and en| tire contents were destroyed by fire last Sunday morning between three and four o'clock. The origin is not f;. v known. Seems that it started in back end, as this part was burned out first. The fire was not discoverv ed until too late to save any of the ? > merchandise and it was the heroic | i fight made by?the bucket brigade P that saved all the stores on that side of the street. Mr. Dannelly's store was of brick construction, joining ithat of Mr. S. W. Copeland, which is also brick, but Mr. Dannelly's warehouse and furniture room, which P ~ ; joined^ his store on the south side, is K > . . a wooden building and as the flames / ascended from between the brick * walls it looked as though this must pp. go too. This was what threatened ?& all the stores on that side of the 5 street, as they are all built of wood, until the Farmers and Merchants bank is reached. It is understood that Mr. Dannelly carried some insurance, but not sufficient to cover mare than one-third of the loss. Cannot say at present whether he will rebuild or not. |!|, Mrs. I. Leinwand, nee Miss Florrie Pearlstein, of Branchville, is visiting > her brother, Mr. H. R. Pearlstein. "i: Rev. E. A. McDowell, pastor of the H > Bapitst church at Fairfax, formerly ' pastor here, was in town Monday, | . giving a hearty hand-shake to his many friends. l Invitations were out last week by Mesdames J. M. and J. S. Dannelly, ? *-, fnr a miscellaneous shower at the ^ borne of Mrs. J. M. Dannelly, on ;' . Thursday evening, in honor of Miss Elizabeth Roberts, bat owing to the . storm, which was then at its height, jlrap only a few ventured out. ? . Several of our sportsmen have been ' W out trying themselves, guns and dogs, with Mr. Partridge, but think they Sy too fast, as the cooks have not ^ been seen picking any feathers much. Several of our folks have expressly ed themselves as to their wliere?. abouts and work for another year! 1 % ~ some moving back on the farm, some going to Georgia, and one family to Florida, etc. Mr. H. L. Beck and family nave moved to Lexington, N. C., where he v has charge of a large lumber manu||LV v factoring plant. JEF. Reception for Miss Roberts. On Friday, November 12, Mrs. W. | Max Walker, of Ehrhardt, entertain-! ifed in honor of Mies Elizabeth Robt. erts, a November bride-elect, in a very pleasing manner. The reception hall, / parlor and dining room were beautiful with pot plants, chrysanthemums and violets, carrying out the color scheme of purple and gold. Mrs. Guess received at the door and presented the guests to the ref ceiving line, composed of Mrs. Walk er, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Wescoat and Miss Roberts. Mrs. J. F. Chassereau and Mrs. Boyce Roberts presided at the punch bowl, where delicious ; fruit punch and cake were served. ? In the reception hall was the bride's book, where the guests registered and made wishes for the bride which were read. About forty people registered during the afternoon. Fairfax Fancies. I Fairfax, Nov. 20.?The Civic. league held its last session at the home of Mrs. M. F. Lightsey. Plans 1 were laid for the year's work. It was j v./.V -J ONE HURT AT ST. GEORGE. j Considerable Damage Done by Heavy viTi a C wmu oiorui. d St. George, Nov. 19.?St. George was struck by a rain and wind storm yesterday afternoon, which demoralized everything. The high wind did considerable damage to the awnings and sign boards and uprooted a number of trees. One negro man was seriously hurt by a falling awning, which struck him on the head. Dur- j ing the height of the storm the wind reached a velocity of forty miles an hour. .This was during the early 2 evening. The telephone company had much trouble with some of their lines and a number of tbe local phones are out of order. c Storm at Orangeburg. 2 Orangeburg, Nov. 19.?Although * the town was very much shaken up by the rain and wind storm of yes- * terday afternoon and last night, no ^ serious cfamage resulted. A number t of trees and limbs were blown down in the streets, along with ^several t fences and street signs. Four chim- J neys were taken from the Orange- i burg Manufacturing company's mill 1 houses. Much trouble was experienced by the telephone company and the ( city's electric light system by several j poles being blown down and limbs of ( trees falling across the wires. The T greater portion of the city was in darkness for some time last night. The velocity of the wind is estimated at between forty and fifty miles an hour. , Damage at St. Matthews. St. Matthews, Nov. 19.?This community bears its share of the losses entailed by the storm last night. While no lives were lost, danger lurked on every hand and some circumstances neared the serious. Barns, stables and tenant houses were in several instances either demolished or badly injured, while trees, fences, awnings and the like show frequent signs of the force of the wind. The main telephone line in the town, which was erected of very tall, sturdy ^ posts, was levelled to the earth from the central office to the railway station, a distance of about 300 yards. The service is out of commission to- ? day. i BOLL WEEVIL IN CHESTER. 2 J. W. Wilson Finds Pest on His Plan- * tat ion. c Choster. Nov. 18.?J. W. Wilson. ? of Hazlewood township, told today of ( the appearance in his section of the boll weevil. Mr. Wilson is one of the county Vwell known planters and is familiar with the appearance of 1 the boll weevil by having seen some of the insects that were brought here a few years ago from Texas, and is of the opinion that the insects that bored into his cotton bolls and acted in the way the weevil is said to do are without a doubt boll weevils. This summer Mr. Wilson had some c additional boll weevils sent here from places .troubled with boll weevil. They 2 were sent in glass bottles. Mr. Wilson took these boll weevils and put J them beside those that he had on his farm and they were the same. He 2 thinks that they came here in seed shipped from the boll weevil sections. 5 At least that is the only way that he T can account for their appearance on his farm. He had several acres of cotton ruined. riAniricxri tn odnnf thft namo "fivir. and I ( Homemakers' league," embracing in ( the work of the league subjects of interest in homemaking. The follow- J ing officers were reelected for the f year: President, Mrs. George Sg.n- a ders; vice president, Mrs. M. F. c Lightsey; secretary, Miss Virginia s Durant; treasurer, Mrs. Fred Light- t sey. Mrs. E. A. McDowell redd a pa- I per suggesting some practical plans r of work for the year. The matter of I federation for the club was discussed, t It was decided to lease a tract of e ground in the centre of town from v, the railway company for a public a [ park and playground. At the close j c | of the session Mrs. Lightsey served a t salad course. I I The flower and fancy, work show g given by the U. D. C. chapter was a success. The chrysanthemums and ! roses were especially beautiful. An J oyster and course dinner was served, s A large sum was realized for the Me- f morial hall chapter house. s A banquet was. given Tuesday s evening by the Knights of Pythias to the wives, sisters and friends of the n members. A sumptuous dinner was 7 served by the U. D. C. chapter. J. v . . 1 E. Johnston acted as toastmaster. i h I Mrs. Moorer was hostess at a' t chrysanthemum tea one evening last I T week in compliment to the teachers y jOf the graded school. |c i N THE PALMETTO STATE IOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS ' KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Jtate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Dr. C. J. Oliveros, a prominent sye, ear and nose specialist, of Co - * t * 1 A * 1. umoia, wno was wren Known mrougn>ut the State, died last week. The steeple of the Baptist church it Norway was overturned by the iigh wind Thursday night. The damige is estimated at about $500. Prof. R. N. Brackett, of Clemson college, was elected president of the issociation of Official Agricultural Chemists in Washington last week. Elliot Sally, colored, was killed at i saw mill in Colleton county last veek when he became entangled in he shafting and gearing of the mill. Governor Manning has asked for he registration books of the city of Spartanburg following the filing of ecall petitions from that city with lim. Sixteen out of twenty-one applicants who appeared before the State iharmaceutical board in session at Greenwood last Thursday and Friday, vere given license to practice. Taylor brothers and 20 of their lands killed 87 rabbits last Tuesday >n their river plantation near NinetySix. This is unquestionably the rec >rd Hunt of tiie season in Lrreenwooa jounty.?Greenwood Journal. . Feaster Jones, a well known young farmer, of Star, Anderson county, vas acquitted in the court of general jessions in Anderson -Friday afterloon, of the murder of Dr. Lawrence X McCalla. Jones accused Dr. McCalla of criminal relations with his, Fones's, wife, approached McCalla vith a pistol, gave him two minutes ;o pray and then shot him dead. ALLIES CALL FOR THE CASH. iVant $150,000,000 of the Big Loan They Negotiated. New York, November 18.?The Anjlo-French financial commission, vhich negotiated the $500,000,000 jredit with banks, trust companies ind banking houses of this country, las made a call for $150,000,000 of ;he full amount. The money is to be leposited to the order of the comnission in the National City Bank on >r before November 29. NEGRO KILLS WHITE MEN. ien Parker and Ben Johnson Slain in Marlboro County. Bennettsville, Nov. 21.?West loon, a negro, today shot and killed wo white men, Ben Parker and Ben Fohnson. The double homicide was it McLeod's mill, in the upper part >f Marlboro county, near Kollock. rhe shooting occurred this morning ibout 7 o'clock and Coon was capured 12 hours later. He is now in ail at Bennettsville. Johnson was about 35 years of ige. He is survived by his wife and our children. Parker was about 32. ears of age and is survived by his vife and one child. An inquest was held over both )odies today, the verdict being that hey came to their death from gunihot wounds at the hands of West loon. The negro is originally from layce, in Lexington county. The negro is said to have gone to Johnson's house, about 100 yards rom his own house, last night when l difficulty arose. Mrs. Johnson orlered the negro away when he is aid to have drawn a revolver and hreatened her with the weapon. Ben >arker took the revolver from the tegro and it was in turn taken from *&rker by Johnson, who used it to >eat the negro over the head. The tegro is said to have left, to return ater with a gun, which he snapped ,t Johnson several times without suceeding in firing it. He is said then o have gone to the home or L?oven )avis from whom he secured another ;un. This morning about 7 o'clock Par:er and Johnson were walking near ohnson's home when the negro is aid to have killed them with shots rom the single barreled shot gun ecured from Lovett Davis. The heHs were loaded with B. B. shot. The negro escaped for the monent, but was arrested tonight at o'clock by Sheriff R. J. Patterson, rtio found him hiding in the loft of lis father-in-law's barn on the plan ation of O. M. Pegues. With Lovett ^vis. foon war brought, to FenuoUsille and placed in the Marlboro ounty jail. McKELLAR AND PATTERSON. j Senator Luke Lea Admits Defeat in Tennessee Primary. 1 Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 20.?Kenneth D. McKellar, congressional representative of the 10th district, and Malcolm R. Patterson, former, governor, both of Memphis, will be opponents in a "run-off" as a result of to day's primary for the Democratic senatorial nomination. ( McKellar polled the greatest num- ( ber of votes in today's election, com- , A plete unofficial returns from 93 out t of 96 counties in the State giving , him 41,8 74 votes, Patterson 39,221 ^ and United States Senator Luke R. } Lea, who was eliminated from the race, 31,333. , Estimates of the vote in the small ( counties only partially counted have ^ been received, increased McKellar's ^ vote to approximately 42,500, Patter- j son's to 40,000 and Lea's total to 32,000. ' The normal Democratic vote in ^ Tennessee is about 150,000. 1 McKellar carried West Tennessee, ] leading Patterson in that section by about six thousand votes. In East : Tennessee McKellar and Lea ran a < close race, with the advantage rest- , ing with McKellar, while Patterson carried the middle part of the State. ( Shelby county, in which Memphis ; is located, gave McKellar 5,905 votes, < Patterson 2,317 and Lea 134. The vote in three other large cities, Chat- < tanooga, Knoxville and Jackson, fa- ^ vored McKellar, while Patterson car- j ried Nashville and Davidson county, j Senator Lea's home, by more than a thousand votes. Senator Leav issued a statement late tonight, conceding defeat, and pledging his support to the winner in the second primary, to be held on December 15. BACK, SKULL, LEG BROKEN. Also Arm Smashed and Some Toes Crushed, Patient Lives. Michael Matheas, 19 years old, of 103 Highland avenue, who was dragged nearly 100 feet by a west-bound |Jrie passenger train, which struck him at the Summer street grade crossing, is a marvel to the surgeons at St. Mary's Hospital. He is one of the most seriously injured men ever received at the institution. Some of his injuries are a , broken back, fracture of the skull, broken left leg, broken left arm and crushed toes. When Matheas was admitted to the hospital it was thought he would live only a few minutes. After receiving . treatment, however, he rallied. The doctors agree that he "has a chance." ?Passaic, N. J., dispatch to the New York Sun. TO HAVE BIGGEST WARSHIPS. Plans Being Considered for Two 38,OOO-Ton Battleships, Says Daniels. ' wasmngton, i\ov. is.?Tentative plans are being considered, Secretary Daniels said today, for two 36,000ton battleships to be included in the first year's part of the five-year building programme congress will be asked to approve. There are no warships so large afloat anywhere in the worl<I. The biggest vessels ever de- , signed for the American navy are the 32,000-ton craft of the California , class. The general characteristics of the ships have not been disclosed, but it ? is probable they will have increased armament and speed. .The navy has developed a 16-inch rifle of which no use has been made, and the new ships may carry ten or more of these if de! velopments of the European war in ! dicate the wisdom of mounting them. The largest guns now afloat are the 15-inch weapons of European navies. Mavimum speed of American battleships now built or authorized is 21 knots, although European first line shirs go considerably faster. It * is considered probable a speed of perhaps 25 knots will be sought here! after. * Secretary Daniels has received no 1 report on the examination of private * bids received yesterday for battle- * j ships 43 and 44, all of which appear- * ' ed to be above the limit fixed by con- c i , gress. 1 Neither ship can be laid down before next summer, it is said, for lack * 1 IVia vrro r* Viavinff l L ui siruuuu ai mcci, n?i u?wu3 swept the American steel market * clean. An embargo on exportation 1 of steel until the government's wants s are smpplied has been suggested. s Mr. Daniels will again urge con 1 ?? AnnatriiAtirtTl r?f O 1 ! 51 tX>t> IU it U Liitfi wuoti u\^uuu \j?. u. government armor plant and also * will seek appropriations to fit the Philade^h^a and Mare Island yards ^ I for battleship building. d # ;OTTON GINNED TO NOV. 14 1 ________ J REPORT PLACES FIGURE AT 8,777,794 BALES. South Carolina 922,178, Sea Island < Cotton 69,477 Bales, With 31,904 From the Palmetto State. ] Washington, Nov. 22.?The fifth jotton ginning report of the season, < jompnea irom reports or census du- j *eau correspondents and agents ; ;hroughout the cotton belt and issued < it 10 a. m. today, announced that 5,777,794 bales of cotton, counting *ound as half bales, of the growth ot L915 has been ginned prior to No- , member 14. That compares with 11,568,240 bales, or 73.4 per cent, of :he entire crop ginned prior to No- , /ember 14 last year, 10,444,529 bales, or 74.7 per cent., in 1913 and L0,299,646 bales, or 76.4 per cent., in 1912. The average quantity of coti ton ginned prior to November T 4 in the last ten years was 9,257,817 bales, or 73 per cent, of the crop. Included in the ginnings were 82,582 round bales, compared with 31,904 last year; 74,167 in 1913, and 52,768 in 1912. Sea island cotton included numbered 69,477 bales, compared with 54,197 last year; 51,950 in 1913, and 10,389 in 1912. Ginnings prior to November 14, by States, with comparisons for the past three years of the entire crop ginned in those States prior to that date in the same years, follow: Year? ~ Bales. Alabama? 1915 / .. 855,368 '1914 1,270,450 1913 1,181,232 1912 961,313 Florida? 1915 46,464 1914 65,903 1913 53,217 1912 42,263 Louisiana? 1915 229,675 1914 ' 341,251 1913 276,271 1912 .. 300,482 North Carolina? 1915 523,851 1914 556,175 1913 493,360 1912 627,251 South Carolina? 1915 922,178 1914 1,091,320 1913 995,398 1912 883,535 Texas? 1915 2,614,521 1914 3,511,762 1913 .... 3,313,443 1912 .... 4,020,939 Arkansas? 1915 573,687 1914 738,853 1913 606,388 1912 547,644 Georgia? 19154 .-. ....1,640,803 1914 2,062,875 A ^ ooo roA iyj.3 i,^?o,<o 1912 1,321,709 Mississippi? 1915 708,437 1914 838,349 1913 ..... 734,988 1912 644,554 Oklahoma? 1915 331,245 1914 '. 870,672 1913 666,736 1912 725,006 Tennessee? 1915 204,439 1914 238,451 1913 233,663 1912 158,161 A.11 other States? 1915 57,126 1914 82,179 1913 66,044 1912 56,789 TO FORCE CHANNEL. Soethals Would Send Ships Held Up Long Time on Way. 'Panama, Nov. 18.?Owing to the ' - ? 11- T"? _ 1 V? .1. ~ I ying up oi me funaiua caiim u.y mc ( ecent slide many employees, mainly n the operating division, are being ^ urloughed or given vacations. This ; s taken here to indicate that the ] :anal will remain closed for a much : onger time than first expected.. It has been learned that Governor ] loethals, of the Canal Zone, intends . o force a temporary channel through he slide as quickly as possible and ( )ass through a few ships waiting < ;ince the canal closed and then again j hut all ships off until the slides have ( rnded. This probably will be not * ' ai a* i. ^ ess man six monms, accorumg iu f he best available estimates. , Glendale Springs water on sale by Tack's Drug Store and W. P. Hern- * on, 50c for 5-gallon jug.?adv. < TRAGEDY OCCURS IX STORE. | Vegro Meets Death at Hands of White Man. Aiken, Nov. 20.?J. W. Fanning shot and killed John Jenkins, colored, this afternoon about 5 o'clock, rhe shooting took place in Surasky's iepartment store. At the time of the homicide the place was filled with people. Fanning said the negro had stolen >i VM A *-v 1 A a ?-? /3 4- Yk d-\ 41 ! * A V* A J 4 A 1? A ? suint? di tiuica turn lxicLt lit; uau taivcu. hold of hirrf to deliver him to the police. It is said the negro resisted and caught Fanning by the throat. It is said he struck the white man with his fist. Fanning is alleged to have pulled a pistol and, holding it close to the negro, shot three times, killing him instantly. The jury at the coroner's inquest said that the negro came to his death at the hands of J. W. Fanning. hd>ld cotton, says manning. Governor Warns Against Flooding Market and Forcing Price Down. Columbia, Nov. 20.?Governor Manning today gave out the following statement in reference to the warehousing and marketing of cot- :>M "Recently we have seen a ' depression in the price of cotton, which, from our information, both as to the , M size and demand for the crop, is, in my judgment, unwarranted. It is possible that this slump was caused v by reason of the fact that a large number of sellers placed their crop on the market, and for the time being the -supply was greater than the demand. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that we market the crop slowly and gradually in or-. der to maintain a higher scale of value and prevent another such de- ^ . ' pression in price. "I fully realize, of course, that debts are due and must be paid, and in order to meet these obligations our farmers must realize ready cash. In order, therefore, for those who have cotton on hand to market it slowly and gradually, and at the same -||m time meet their pressing obligations, I would sdggest that the resources ^v| obtainable through the federal re- ? ' serve banks are ample to enable the farmer to hold his cotton and make short-term loans on same at reason-, . * able rates of interest, so as to hold |? the cotton off the market until an | advance in price takes place sufficient to make it profitable to the farmer. "It is necessary, in order to se- vjjjfl cure loans, from the federal reserve v?d|| banks, that the cotton be properly ? warehoused and insured. In mv judgment it is necessary to properly warehouse and insure the cotton* whether money is borrowed or not. I would, therefore, urge our people not to allow their cotton to be exposed to the weather and the dangers from fire, especially at this season of the year. We have made a ' chnrt r>rnn and it is nf arraat im portance that it be protected in everyway possible. We must realize the 31 full value of this crop. This we can do if we will take advantage of the opportunity that is offered for cheap money through the federal reserve bank and warehouse our cotton and market it slowly." DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT WILLIS TON Hi nton Purvis Dies From Wounds Inflicted by Bolen. Williston, Nov. 21.?Hinton'Purvis, who last night shot and killed John Bolen, his father-in-law, died today at 1 o'clock from a gunshot wound in the chest. Bolen was struck several times ' with bullets from a pistol, while Purvis received the full charge from a shotgun in the breast. luariy toaay snerm Morns anu Coroner Woodward empaneled a jury for an inquest over the remains of Bolen. As Purvis was dying, the only testimony introduced was that Bolen came to his death from pistol shot wounds inflicted by Hinton Purvis. Bolen's body was buried at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The same jury was empaneled in the afternoon to view the body of Purvis. An inquest is to be held later. Interment is to take place tomorrow. jm Bolen was cotton weigher in Williston and was about 45 years of ige. Purvis was about 30. The shooting occurred last night it 8 o'clock in a Williston store. The . % store was crowded at the time, but few of the customers noticed any incident preceding the shooting. Both families have large connec;ions in the county, and many people ittended the funeral of Bolen today. The double homicide was a shock ;o the community and is generally ieplored.