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I Hamburg feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, i916. Established 1891. r i ' COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Feb. 15.?The balmy 6pring-like weather was driven away last Monday by a high northwesterly wind, and we are having real win-! N ter again. Some fruit trees had on a full suit of blooms and unless protected some way will lose all their fruit for this season. Several of our auto owners are contemplating a move for good roads, and think that the best way to make a start is to call a meeting at the i court house (Bamberg) and form an | auto club for good roads; take a pub-i lie subscription, appoint officers and i get down to business; as the average road in this section is not fit for a team of oxen, let alone for one to go out in his car. We are not stepping on any one's toes or putting any blame on anyone, but want to be' "helpers." Mr. Louis Hiers, of Hampton, is' I having erected on his lot that he! k purchased from Mr. Jacob Ehrhardtj last year, a handsome brick store, 30! feet front by 85 feet deep. Mr. I I Knopff, of Fairfax, is the contractor j in charge. This lot is a desirable lo-j cation for a store, being opposite the' Farmers & Merchants Bank. When i f finished it will be occupied by Mr. I r i Hiers and his sons, doing a general mercantile business. Messrs. J. W. McKenzie and R. Ehrhardt enjoyed an auto spin out to Crocketville and Ashton last Sunday in the "Yankville Grocery company's" car. H Several auto parties are planning; to visit Orangeburg Thursday eve| and get a peep at the "Pink Lady,"| if the weather is permissible. Mrs. X. J. Stuart, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. H. Ehrhardt, and Miss Mvrtie Stafford, who has been on an extended visit to her sister,1 Mrs. John Hartz, left a few days ago for their former homes at Canton, Ga. Mr. H. Karesh is preparing to open a millinery store in town. He will, , occupy the store house that Mr. O. | E. Kearse occupied last year, Mr. i Kearse having moved to McKenzie Bros.' store the first of the year. For the past two years the town has had no store to accommodate the ladyj folks, and they had to patronize, other places. Mr. and Mrs. Karesh left Sunday; to visit New York and Baltimore and to buy up a stock of goods. Some folks must not believe in1 preparedness: therefore let this cold weather catch them without coal or, wood. JEF. \ Clear Pond News. J Clear Pond, Feb. 15.?Miss Allie' Morris, of Ehrhardt, visited her! ... ,_J cousin, .Miss .uaime aiuius. msi week. Mr. Fulton Drawdv, of Edisto, is visiting his sister. Mrs. J. B. Folk. Miss Vera McMillan, who attends school at Ehrhardt, spent the weekend at home. Miss Cora Yarn entertained her f friends at a Valentine party at Clear Pond school last Saturday afternoon. Several interesting games were play ed after which refreshments were served. Those enjoying Miss Varn's hospitality were: Misses Lynn and Rosa Walker, Mamie Morris, Dorris and Wilhelmina Folk, and Allie Mor-> ris; Messrs. Roy Hunter, Rice Steedly, McKinley Crosby, Clyde Rentz, Fulton Drawdy, Folk and Bishop. Miss Cora Varn left today for her > home at Ruffin, to attend the birthday dinner of her grandmother. Mr. Beaslev, of Blackville, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Croft. * Colston Clippings. Colston. Feb. 8.? (Written for last I week.) On last Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. George McMillan entertained a number of their young friends with music ana dancing, i ne young i ladies present were: Misses Minnie and Evelyn Kirkland, Alberta and Natalie Kearse, Euphrozine McMillan. We are glad to see Miss Frozine McMillan out again after being shut in by grippe. Mr. Roy Kearse and Mr. Paysing er, of Ehrhardt, were visiting friends at Colston Saturday evening. Miss Rosalie Kirkley, of Kershaw, and Mr. John Copeland, of Ehrhardt, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Varn Saturday night. The many friends won by Miss f PI T POISON IN SOI P. I ; 1 Kitchen Employee Missing After Dinner (iiven in Honor of Bishop. ? Chicago, Feb. 12.?Virulent poison ; was found today by city chemists in j ^ [Samples of the soup served at the j j banquet in honor of Archbishop MunI delein at the University Club Thurs day night. The discovery, coupled j with the disappearance of a kitchen i employee of the club and the finding j j of similar poison in a private labora-1 c | tory in his room, together with literature classed as anarchistic, led j the police to believe that the illness | which overcame more than a hun-j dred of the diners was the result of a deliberate attempt to poison the guests. The nature of the poison discover- A ed and fear that perhaps a slow acti ( j ing poison had also been mingled j with the banquet viand prompted the ] city health commissioner, Dr. John i c Robertson, to issue a warning to all 1 i who attended the banquet to place 1 i themselves immediately under the care of a physician. Several of the distinguished guests c were so affected that they-^have not 1 vet recovered. Two are still con- c fined to their beds, and a number of c others today said that they still felt g the effects of the poisonous soup. JliOV , Archbishop Mundelein was not af-j t fected. He ate very sparingly of the j ( soup. The absence of Jean Crones, j ^ assistant chef, at the club was noted; j by the manager, H. J. Doherty, and j his suspicions were aroused. With <5 a policeman he went to Crones's room and there discovered the laboratory ( and found poison flasks. Crones, according to the club officials, was employed last September, ( and was fond of discussing economic ? c questions and was said to have often inveighed against the present order ^ of society with its stratas of rich and ^ poor. In the room which he had occupied the* police said they found many volumes, by anarchistic authors, explosives and weapons, in ad- ^ dition to the poison vials. He was said by the police to have come to Chicago from St. Louis and his description was sent to various cities. s Among the guests at the banquet t who were affected by the poison were c prelates, judges, bankers, noted phy- $ sicians, representative business men j. and manufacturers prominent in the t affairs of the city and nation. <: c ? 1 LIQUOR OH LAGEK. 1 Senate Votes for Alternative Amendment in Changing Law. Columbia, February 9.?Every resident of South Carolina may order two quarts of whiskey or five dozen bottles of beer each month for per-j sonal use, according to the terms of j a bill which passed the senate tonight and was sent to the house. The senate this morning had cut the allowance of whiskey from one gallon to c one-half gallon a month, and tonight, I \ despite strenuous objection from the t prohibition leaders, adopted an i amendment, by Senator Hughes, per- c mitting the alternative of five dozen j ^ bottles of beer per month. The first ] 1 effort of the prohibitionists was made 1 t on a motion to table the Hughes ^ amendment, which motion was lost i by a vote of 19 to 21. The prohibi- t tionists forced another roll call on ( the adoption of this amendment, \ which passed by a vote of 23 to 19. If you want to laugh, come to 1 -L-- j 4. TT'rtV. i ( i nieien rneaire, r nuav uiguc, ? cu. 18th, and see Charlie Chaplin.?adv. Rosalie Kirkley while filling the position of assistant teacher in the Colston school regret very much to have to give her up. She has resigned to < accept a position in the up-country j | at a much better salary. Miss Kirk- \ ley is a young lady of sterling char acter and our loss is Kershaw's gain. < She carries with her our best wishes. < Mr. and Mrs. Robert- Hughes, of , Ehrhardt, spent Sunday at the home < of Misses Natalie and Alberta Kearse. Miss Nina Henry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. MC.Mil-| lan. Mr. and Mrs. Havelock Clayton were visiting at Mr. Frank Clayton's Sunday. , Mr. T. D. Beard and family spent Sunday with Mr. G. H. Kearse and , family. Miss El vie Kearse and Mr. J. F. < Tucker were visiting in Colston Sat- ! urdav. ( Mr. John G. Clayton, of Walterboro, came home Sunday, returning Monday. Miss Clara Copeland, of Ehrhardt, is filling the vacancy in the Colston i school caused by the resignation of Miss Kirkley. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. ; IN THE PALMETTO STATE iOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. itate News Roiled Down for Quirk Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Thirty persons were arrested in ^ancaster last week on the charge of selling whiskey. John Nelson, colored, is in jail in Greenwood charged with killing Ersune Teague, colored, following a luarrel over a card game. J. B. Myers, alias ''Butcher" My-' ?rs, is in jail at Georgetown charged vith attempted criminal assault upon j ;wo well known white women of Georgetown. Maj. General Leornard F. Wood, )f the United States army, is touring he South unofficially in advocacy of nilitary preparedness. He has spoksn in several South Carolina towns. Willie Harris, a negro 22 years )ld, was killed Friday by Guard C. T. j itichburg, while attempting to es-j ape from the State reformatory fori vrtiithe in tho Fintrll Fork 1 /VI VI V V4 J V/U Vl'O A AX VA? V -A-" Vt ;ection of Richland county. George Von L. .Meyer, secretary of lavy under President Tat't, was "de-i ained" Wednesday afternoon near; Camden by V. F. Funderburk, assisant State warden, on the charge of Hinting without a license. Mr. Mey)v obtained a license at a cost of >15.25 and continued his hunt. Rev. H. Buchanan Rvley, rector >f St. Andrews and St. James Epis opal churches in Gerenville, has re eived intelligence that his son, Sec>nd Lieutenant Ryley, of the English irmy, who was reported wounded ibout six weeks ago, has since died >f his wounds. The deceased was. vounded on a battlefield in Turkey. POPULATION 101,208,315. A'estern States Have Led in Growth, i Washington Heading the List. Washington, February 13.?Cenus bureau experts estimated today hat the population of the United States on January 1 last was 101,-1 108,315 and that by July 1 it would j )e 102,01 7,302. On July 1 last year, hey figured the population at 100,199,318. Western States have led n growth, Washington heading the ist, with Oklahoma, Nevada, North 1'akota and New Mexico following in he order named. The bureau's esimates are based on the rate of increase between the 1900 and 1910 census. USES CONJURE TRICK. \"ej?TO Chops Oft' and Ruries Paid of j Canine's Tail. Manning. Feb. 9.?An interesting ase, decidedly out of the ordinary, vas up for a hearing before Magistrate J. W. Heriot Saturday. A white nan. who lives in the Deep Creek ;ection, near Bloomville, had a negro I i ivroctpri nn ?i tpr-linioal rharae of ma-! icious mischief, to wit, cutting off ;he tail of a valuable pointer dog. iVhen the case came up for trial the legro pleaded guilty and was sen;enced to pay a fine of S3.00, which mded the case without going into ;he full details of the matter. It seems from outside reports, vhieh did not come to the knowledge )f the court, that the negro knew the lualities of the dog in question and greatly coveted his possession. All efforts to persuade the dog to take ip his abode- at his house proved of :io avail, so the negro decided to resort to a "conjure" trick that promised sure success, and that was ;o cut off a portion of the dog's tail md bury it near his house. Those Alio have studied and understand conjuring tricks say that if any one :loesn't believe it, it is simply be?ause they never tried it. iui>r:K ?l\KS! CliKW SAVED. foal Laden Vessel (iocs Down Off! Frying Pan. Beaufort. Feb. f>.?The coal laden barge. St. Nicholas, which was being towed from Savannah, (la., for Xew fork by the sea-going tug Edgar F. Coney, sprang a leak last night and j <ank fourteen miles northeast of Frying Pan shoals. The captain and Tew were rescued by life guards from the Cape Lookout station and arrived here tonight 011 the tug. Do you know the latest step in dancing? See "The Doctor."?adv. A big feature, Damon and Pythias, Wednesday, February 23rd, matinee and night. Thielen Theatre.?adv. t FKDKKAL1ZK STATF MILITIA. affairs of the city and nation. tion ISefore Committees. Washington, Feb. 12.?The proposals o the National Guard association for federalization of the State troops were before the military cominittcioc f>nturrocc in 1 ho t'nrni in i \J I v twuu; *11 iiiv. *?? of a bill drafted by representatives of the association at the request of the senate committee. The regulations contemplated are given force by a provision limiting participation in the federal pay feature to officers, men or organizations complying with certain specified requirements. The scale of annual pay proposed is as lollows: Major generals. $800; brigadiers, $700; colonels, $000; lieutenant colonels, $550; majors, $525; captains, $500; first lieutenants, $300; second lieutenants, $250. Enlisted men would be paid on the basis of 25 per cent, of the pay rates of the regular army, a guard private receiving approximately $45 a year. The maximum number of National Guard troops provided for by the bill is 500 for each , congressional district, or a total peace strength of approximately 200,000, an increase of 70,000. This would form a separate! branch of the regular army in time of war. The act would take effect July 1, 1916. The bill provides also for organization of a junior guard, composed of boys between 12 and 18. Knlistment Contract. An enlistment contract would be j required, under which the soldier would bind himself to serve the federal government ."within or without the continental limits of the United States" for a period of two years, or until discharged, should the guard be called out at any time during his | three-year enlistment period. The enlistment period of any soldier whose time was close to expiration when his regiment was called out would be extended automatically. It is proposed to do away with choice of officers by election. Commissions would be limited to specified classes and granted only after examinations by the war ^department. Promotions during active service would be made by the president from within the organization. At least forty-eight drills a year and participation in annual field manoeuvres would be required. Training and Discipline. \ n ololinroto CVCtom flf T* PP'I] lat.l OI1S *~1 IX CiU UV/1 Uiv vy ?. WQ - for training and discipline has been worked out. Members of both the senate and' house committees who had looked! over the measure said tonight that it would require radical amendment, in their opinion, before it would be acceptable to congress. It will be discussed section by section next week by the house committee. Members of both committees have j displayed keen interest in reports I reaching them that 30,000 profes-! sional men, students and others already had been enrolled to take a| month of intensive military training this summer at civilian camps. The committees have been informed that more than 100,000 men can be secured for training if some financial aid were given to those willing to spend a month annually at military education. SECRETARY GARRISON RESIGNS. War Cabinet Officer Quits His Post of Duty. Washington, Feb. 10.?Secretary Garrison resigned today because President Wilson would not irrevocably" support the continental army plan, and because the secretary of war opposes the administration's programme of setting a definite time for Philippine independence. Prociriont Wilson accented the 1 1 V^OlUVlib ? ? 4 resignation and has not selected a! successor. The president himself I probably will take personal charge of the administration's national de-1 fence plans in congress. Assist ant Secretary Breckenridge! also resigned as a mark of loyalty to j his chief, whose view he shares. The' president accepted his resignation, j Both take effect immediately. .Major Gen. Scott, chief of staff of the army, j automatically becomes secretary of war ad interim. It is known that one of Secretary Garrison's principal reasons for his i conviction that only a federal coini-j nental army, instead of a reorganiz-j ed National Guard, could be the main! military dependence of the nation was his belief that some day the United States may be called upon to defend the .Monroe doctrine, and in that event he foresaw that the National Guard might not be avail' ' " ? ? i. u ? aoie lor use Ollisiue U1 uie cimcu States before a declaration of war. WiLL ACCEPT NOMINATION IUT WILSON' WILL NOT WILW(iLK AUDI T IT. President Willin?? to Servo the Peo-[ pie if There is a Popular Demand for His Nomination. Washington, Feb. 14.?President Wilson today consented formally for the first time to tlie use of his name as a presidential candidate fn the) coming campaign. At the same time lie declared he was entirely unwilling to enter into any contest for renomination. This definition of the president's attitude, in line with the plans of his political asosciates, is expected to1 bring into the open the campaign be-| ing made in his favor throughout the country. Mr. Wilson's declaration was made] in a letter to the Ohio secretary of! State, who had written that candi-j dates for delegates 'Torn that State to j the national convention must signify! their choices for president bv Febru-i I ary 25 and that no presidential can-; didates could be named in that con-! nnoh'nn u'ifli r\n f u^viiwn llilUUl UICI1 v U1IOC1I L. In several other States, of which no such requirements are imposed, Mr. Wilson's name already has been placed on primary ballots, and his friends generally have taken it for granted that he would be a candidate if convinced there was any considerable popular demand for it. The letter the president enclosed was as follows: "While I am entirely unwilling to enter into any contest for the presi-j dential nomination of the Democratic' party, I am willing to permit the use of my name that the Democrats in Ohio may make known their preference in regard to that nomination. "In order, therefore, to satisfy the technical requirements of the statechnical requirements of the statutes of the State of Ohio, I hereby candidate for the presidency by any candidate who seeks to be elected a delegate to the National Democratic convention which is to assemble in June next." Convicted of Murder. Anderson, Feb. 10.?The jury hearing the case against Doc Freeley, a negro, charged 'with the murder of Thomas AI. Dodd. an aeed Confederate veteran, last February, brought in a verdict of guilty today, after deliberating twenty-three hours.; Dodd was brutallv attacked while in I his little store on Hampton street.! His skull was crushed and he re-; mained unconscious until he died two i davs later. The crime was surround-1 ? ed by mystery. The fact that Free-j ley left the city mysteriously on the; afternoon of the murder attracted suspicion and officers searched three States for him. finally locating and ! arresting him three months ago in : Abbeville county. Rewards aggregat-! ing six hundred dollars were offered j by the city council and Sheriff Ashley for the arrest of the guilty person. with evidence to convict. J. A. McCoy, an Abbeville farmer, claims the reward, having located the negro and having carried the officers to his! whereabouts and assisting them in! his arrest. The trial of the Freeley! case was started Monday and has been attended by packed houses all j the time. SOUTH CAROLINA ITKMS. Sum of $80,000 for Improvement and Maintenance of Charleston Harbor. Washington, Feb. 11.?South Carolina appropriations carried by the river and harbor bill, as it will be re- i I ported by the house committee to-! morrow, are as follows. 110 new pro-j | jects being included in the bill this, year: Charleston harbor, SSO.OOo forim-, provement and maintenance. Inland waterway from Charleston to McClellanville. $1.">,ih>0 for main-, tenance. Winyah Bay. $100,000 for con-; tinuation of improvement. Waccamaw River. $!'<>..">00 for con-' . . 1 tinuation ot improvement. Santee. Wateree and Congaree projects, consolidated. Out) for continuation of improvement. (Ireat Pee-Dee river, $.",u00 for; maintenance. It makes no difference whether you are young or married, ugly or ' made-up." smart or bankrupt, a I crook or a preacher, sick or insured, saint or merchant, .Methodist or Mohammedan, Baptist or Catholic?you ought to see "The Doctor."?adv. Are there laws against DOCTORS killing people:?aav. I I ASSKS CHILI* LAHOK KILL. House Hut Through Graduated Measure as Compromise. Columbia, Feb. !?.? The house today passed a graduated child labor bill. It provides, first, that no child under 1 4 residing in ;mv sehnnl dis trict where there is compulsory school attendance shall he employed in any cotton mill. Second, that after July 1, 1016, 110 child under 13 shall be employed in any cotton factory, and that after July 1, 1017, no child under 14 shall be employed in any cotton factory. This bill was passed to third reading by a vote of 61 to 60, and is regarded as a compromise. Text of Measure. Section 1. That section 4 22, volume 2, criminal code of South Carolina, 1912, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out said section and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: No child under 14 years of age, residing in any school district where the compulsory school law is in force shall be employed in any factory, mine or textile establishment of this State. After July 1, 1916, no child under the age of 13 years shall he employed in any factory, mine or textile establishment in this State. After July 1, 1917, no child under 14 years of age shall be employed in any factory, mine or textile establishment in this State. Khett I Resident. Charleston, Feb. 12.?.Mr. R. Goodwyn Rhett, of Charleston, was yesterday elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of; the United States at its annual meeting in Washington. He succeeds .Mr. John H. Fahey, of Boston. .Mr. Rhett has been serving as chairman of the executive committee of the national chamber, a position second in importance only to the presidency of this organization, the membership of which is" composed of more than 700,000 business men in every section of the country. Since the organization of the national chamber, which was greatly encouraged by President Taft, Mr. Rhett has been prominent in its affairs. He was recognized from the beginning as a leading Southern member and his counsel has been sought and headed. The Other Woman. "How ignorant that woman is," said Mrs. Gaussip to her caller. "She and I went to the zoo the other day and I thought I would laugh outright when she called a giraffe a 'carafe.' The joke of it was, the animal wasn't a giraffe at all, it was a camomile."?Boston Transcript. Congressman Byrnes. Washington. Feb. 10.?Congressman Byrnes, of South Carolina, today introduced a bill providing that hereafter mileage of members of congress be made "> cents per mile coming to and returning home from Washington once each session. The present rate of such pay is 20 cents per mile and it has been said that members coming from distant States reap a good sum from this source alone. As .Mr. Byrnes is chairman of the Ii/mico f.nmmittoo rm rnilPA2rP it is not unlikely that his bill may pass, though it is anticipated that it will be vigorously opposed. Washington, Feb. 11.?Congressman Byrnes, of South Carolina, believes he has found a plan that will materially help shipping interests. Today he introduced a bill providing that the secretary of war and the secretary of navy turn over to the department of commerce such auxiliarv vessels xis mav not be needed bv r them at the present time and that the secretary of commerce be au thorizcd to lease them to shipping interests for coastwise trade. .Mr. Byrnes believes that in this way many obsolete ships now owned by the navy department and possibly vessels also owned by the war department which are unfit for the purposes for which originally built might be put to good use by being used for commercial purposes. Xot only would many small craft be made available but shippers would be able to lease them at a reasonable appraisal. So many horses have been commandeered in Germany that oxen are being used for plowing. Don't fail to see Damon and Pythias Wednesday, February 23rd, matinee and night. Thielen Theatre. ?adv.