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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mrs. C. W. Rentz, Jr., is visiting relatives at Plum Branch. ?Mrs. John H. Cope has returned i home from the mountains. ?Mrs. R. M. Hitt is visiting rela-j tivss in McCormick county. ?Mr. Probie Hiers, of Camp Jack- j son, spent Sunday in the city. ?Mrs. E. K. Garrison hafe gone to Anderson to visit relatives. ?Mr. L. C. Smoak, U. S. N., spent i several days in the city last week. ?Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Field spent the week-end at High Point, N. C. ?Mr.-J. H. McGowan, U. S. N., of Charleston, spent Sunday in the city. ?Miss Dorothy Adams is spending some time in Columbia with relatives. I XTU"irooh Ic QDPTlH iXl 1SS \JCiiC v ic ? c xwx ing some time in Charleston with friends. ?Mr. La Verne Thomas spent a few days last week in Atlanta on business. ?Mrs. R. M. Bruce and children spent last week with relatives in Branchville. ?Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Stokes,^of Edgefield, spent a few days in the city this week. ?Mrs. J. J. Cudd, of Spartanburg, is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. George P. Hair. ?Miss Lucy Bomar, of 'Spartanburg,. is spending some time in the city with friends. ?Mrs. J. B. Brickie and son spent several days last week with her parents at Branchville. ?Postmaster Cecil S. Rice, of Denmark, spent Sunday in the city with Mr. A. M. Brabham. 4 ?Mr. ^nd Mrs. A. McB. Speaks have returned to the city from the markets of the North. ?Rev. E. K. Garrison is spending this week in Kingstree, where he is conducting a revival meeting. ?Mr. Ralph Berry, of near Smoaks, spent several days in the city last week with relatives. ?Mr. A. H. Bruce, of Branchville, is spending some time in the city TirUh hie cr?n Afr R. M_ BrUCe. vr ivu U49 wv ** y ? - . _? , / ?Mr. Fritz Kilgus has returned home from the hospital, where he was operated on for appendicitis. ?Mr. Harold Simmons spent several days last week with his uncle, Mr. W. C. Patrick, in Charlotte, N. C. ...?-Rev. H. L, Baggott, of Patrfc?, S. C., spent a few days in the city last week at the home of Mr. V. J. Hartzog.. ?Mrs. W. G. Hoffman and sons, Gordon and John L., are spending some time in Newnan, Ga., with relatives. ? ?Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker have returned to the city from Hot Springs, Ark, where they spent a month. ?Mr. and Mrs. James R. Owens, Jr., of Charleston, are visiting Col. and Mrs. J. R. Owens at the Mayflower Inn. ?Mr. J. A. Wyman >went to Hen. dersonville, N. C., Saturday, returning Monday with Mrs. Wyman and daughter. ?Mr. Henry F. Bamberg and family returned to the city Friday from| Asheville, K. C., where they spent a few weeks. ?Messrs. D. Dowling, C. R. Brabham, Jr., and Joel Hand left by auto Monday for Charlotte, N. C., returning Tuesday. ?Mrs. W. H. Chandler and chil-J dren returned Sunday from Sardis, Ga., where they spent a few weeks with relatives. ?Lieut. Carl Kirsch, who has just , graduated from the officers' training school, is spending some time in the city with his parents. ?Messrs. A. M. Brabham and J. D. Copeland, Jr., Returned to the city last week from Hendersonville, where they spent a few weeks. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Heard left] Sunday for Walterboro and other points to spend some time. Mr. Heard returned Tuesday to vote. ?Mrs. J. F. Jennings has returned home from Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, where she recently underwent a successful opperation. ?Misses Mary Williams and Rebecca Dickinson have returned to their homes in the city from the mountains of North Carolina after a stay of several weeks. ?Misses Annie Mae Bedenbaugh and Alma Folk have returned home after spending ten days in Asheville, Hendersonville and Waynesville. Miss Folk stopped over in Columbia as the guest of Mrs. Clarence Richards. She has now gone to her home in Denmark, S. C.?The Columbia State. ? m > ? Started Him Worrying. "Did you try counting sheep for your insomnia?" "Yes; but it only made matters worse?the sheep reminded me of my butcher's bill."?Boston Transcript. EXPENSE ACCOUNTS FILED. State and Federal Candidates Report Expenses. Columbia, Aug. 26.?The following expense accounts for candidates for State and federal offices were filed with the Secretary of State through today at noon: uoie Li. mease * oo.j.si N. B. Dial 3,121.99 Thomas H. Peeples.... 310.09 Andrew J. Bethea .... 1,113.82 Robert A. Cooper 4 63.24 John M. DesChamps.. 501.77 John T. Duncan 172.74 John L. McLaurin .. .. 632.'95 John G. Richards .. .. 259.55 Octavus Cohen .... r 201.19 Junius T. Liles 264.15 George W. Wightman 251.00 Claud X. Sapp 445.00 R. P. Searson 427.92 S. M. Wolfe 747.75 W. W. Moore 54.02 Carlton W. Sawyer .... 50.00 William Banks Dove ~ 50.00 H. H. Arnold 250.95 T. J. McLaughlin 402.00 A. A. Richardson 370.97 D. L. Smith 53^.96 Victor E. Rector 379.30 John E. Swearingen .... 613.05 W. D. Garrison 331.75 B. Harris 455.00 H. T. Morrison 235.20 Richard S. Whaley....- 150.00* James F. Byrnes * 535.00 T. G. Croft 755.14 X. G. Evans 365.25 G. L. Toole 1,087.00 J. Willard Ragsdale David B. Traxler 1.489.3T W. F. Stevenson 208.65 W. F. Stevenson 208.65 A. F. Lever 383.59 Thomas F. Brantley .... 618.00 Thos. G. McLeod 147.80 L. E. Wood 149.75 L. M. Gasque ' 50.00 W. P. Pollock 368.70 HOOP SNAKE KILLS DOG. And Wounds Two Others Near Hickory, N. C.?Has Horn on Tail. The Hickory Record prints the following story: Messrs. Oscar and Mack Hefner Saturday afternoon killed a hoop snake after it had killed a small dog and struck two hounds with its horn and caused them much suffering. On Sunday afternoon Mr. Oscar Hefner went to the place where the hoop snake had been killed and there found a black snake with half of the dead reptile swallowed. Dr. Henry Abernethy related this/' snake tale and later it was confirmed by Mr. Oscar Hefner, son of Mr. Pierce Hefner, who lives near Catawba. As the young men were working in the field Saturday afternoon three dogs struck a rabbit's trail and were running it. Across the corn field they ran and into the hoop or horn snake. The reptile coiled into a roll, with its twoinch horn projecting from its head, and struck out after the dogs, it hit a small aog in uie chest and the wounded animal ran about 25 steps before falling dead. The snake struck two other dogs but the poison was emitted with the first stroke. 4 The horn is located in the tail and as the snake runs it winds itself into a ball, with the horn protruding, and strikes with much velocity. Mr. Hefner said he went to view the dead snake Sunday afternoon and there saw the black snake swallowing it. He killed the black reptile. Horn snakes are not supposed to be in this part of the country, but have been seen many times in the mountains. A fine Caldwell lady, seeing in a northern paper a denial of the existence of such a reptile, offered to send one if the paper would send a gallon of alcohol as preservative! The paper declared she wanted to get a gallon of liquor, and her interest in horn snakes has waned since that time. Exactly. "I see the British won't wear any j more boiled shirts, as they want to save starch." "I suppose they need it to' stiffen their address."?Baltimore American. ^ i>> ? Marking Time. Recruit (nervously)?Shall I mark time with my feet, sir? Lieutenant (scarcastically) ?My idear fellow, did you ever hear of marking time with your hands? Recruit?Yes, sir; clocks do it.? Puck. A Pure Waste of Time. "Old man, J hate to tell you," said the candid friend of D'Auber, the artist, "but you are wasting your time painting pictures." "Oh, I don't know," said D'Auber proudly; "I sell them, don't I?" "That's just it. If you can sell them you can sell anything, so why don't you take up something there's big money in?"?New York Times. \ "CAPT. H. M. LAURENE." Came to Bamberg Once.?Story Only His Own Immagination. i Many Bamberg people will recall , that last year some time one H. M. , Laurene, self-styled, spent several ] days here, and they will doubtless j recall the remarkable story he told < about himself. It has been told in c Bamberg on more than one occasion ; that he had been shot for a German ] spy, and other stories about "Capt. , Laurene" have been told. It ap- , pears, however, that the "captain" is still in the land of the living, even though his veracity seems to have ; sustained serious impairment. in view of his visit to Bamberg, no , doubt the following from a recent , issue of the Pee Dee (Bennettsville) Advocate, will be read with interest here: "Capt. Laurene" Again. Greenville, Aug. 8.?A stranger came in to Greenville last night, which in itself is a daily occurrence, but this stranger caused much comment. His face was wan though refined and he wore his hair long over his neck and shoulders. Little groups of men gathered about him at the fire department on ( McBee avenue and this is the story ( he tells: He is H. M. Laurene, born in Monroe county, Mississippi, September 28, 1870. His mother was Miss Sarah E. Pope, of Laurens, S. C., . a second cousin of Postmaster Pope, of this city. His father was a Frenchman, Capt. David Laurene, aid to the French ambassador at Washington, in 1859, and fought with the South throughout the War of the 'Sections. Capt. David Laurene mar- ^ ried in 1868 and returned to France with his wife and son in 1876. His son?the Greenville visitor?was ea- ^ ucated at Christ college, Cambridge , and Brein, France, graduating from the latter place as civil engineer. In ( 1890 he went with the French army ' to the French Congo country in Central West Africa. There he met and ] married Miss Lois Hilton, born in * Columbus, Ga., but whose 'father, Lebarre Hilton, was of an adventurous spirit, and went as a prospector ^ to the French Congo. A baby girl was born to the couple. The young husband was ordered to join the forces sent to put down the uprising of the Kurds in Asiatic Turkey by the French government. In a fight, during which many were killed, he was taken a prisoner by Murad Achmet Bey, a Turkish tribesman and thrown into prison at Ambole, Turkey. Here Laurene was subjected to the most inhuman treatment, being forced to work?stem- ming tobacco, shearing sheep, emptying slops, etc., twelve and fourteen hours a day, and for seven days in the week. Half of his sleeping hours were spent in a dungeon with a piece of sheep hide as his mattress. In this place he was kept for eighteen years during which time he learned the Turkish language and the different dialects of Arabian tribesmen. On December 3, 1915, Captain Laurene was released by order of Gen. P. Lenair. The prisoner had forgotten how to speak English but when he heard it spoken, word by word it came back to his memory. He had left his wife and child at Banzia, Camarun, Africa. Ujton his release he found she had remained at that place for sixteen years and then left for America, landing at Baltimore, September 7, 191 . He has spent nearly $5,000 in the search for his wife and daughter and besides has received fully $25,000 worth of sympathetic advertising. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and with the very highest letters of recommendation. His daughter, if alive, is ,now twenty years old, and his wife ' thirty-eight. Have you seen them? The above is from the Charleston American of Aug. 10. In this, Capt. Laurene changes his statements in some details from those given here. He told the editor of the Advocate here that his father was H. M. Laurene, Sr. Instead of leaving his wife and baby in France, he now ; leaves them in Africa. He sticks to the statement, however that his 1 mother was Miss Sarah E. Pope, of 1 Laurens, who, he said here, was a niece of the late Chief Justice Y. J. . Pope. On this question, the following letters are of interest: Laurens, S. C., Apr. 10, 1918. Mr. : R. L. Freeman, Bennettsville, S. C. My dear Mr. Fr.eeman:?I have your favor of the 4th, enclosing a 1 clipping from a recent issue of the 1 Advocate in reference to Capt. Lau- . rene, wfio claims that his father mar- ] ried Sarah E. Pope, of Laurens, S. C. about 1860. I have made inquiry of the older citizens here and they have no recollection of any such marriage nor do c they remember anything of ;*iiss 2 Pope having lived in Laurens. I j would suggest that you communicate with Mr. J. F. J. Caldwell, of Newberrv, who can give you more infor- c s mation about the Popes than any one ( I know who is now living. i With personal regards and best c wishes, very truly yours, R. A. COOPER. Newberry, S. C., May 10th, 1918. Dear sir:?I received yesterday afternoon, on ray return home after several days absence, your letter of 4th inst. I felt pretty sure that there has not been a Miss Sarah E. Pope in Laurens county within the last =ixty years or longer. But I have, onsulted Mrs. Paul H. Anderson (nee Sarah Strother Pope), niece of the late Chief Justice Pope and daughter of the late Dr. Sampson Pope: and she agreeg with me. So we think "Capt. H. M. Laurene" must have for a mother, some one other Miss Sarah E. Pope, of Laurens. But, in order to do the claimant all the justice in my power, I an about to write to Dr. D. S. Pope, cf nnliimhin hrnthpr nf fhipf .Tnctirp Pope, concerning the matter; and I shall request him to write you his knowledge or opinion of the matter. Fraternally yours, J. F. J. CALDWELL. . Mr. R. L. Freeman, Bennettsville 13. C. We have not heard from Dr. Pope. We have other reliable information that Capt. Laurene has been investigated by the United States department of justice on Suspicion that Capt. Laurene was a German spy. The department found that his real name is not Laurene and that he has never been to France or Turkey. His story is made up from his own imagination. Since, however, he is not doing anything against the government, he is not molested. . m i?? ? Manning's Sons Overseas. Columbia, Aug. 18.?Governor Ftichard I. Manning was advised today that his fourth and fifth sons have now arrived safely overseas, making five sons in the battle area for the South Carolina Governor, and the sixth, Vivian Manning, just commissioned a lieutenant after attending an irmy officers' training school. The 3ons. of the Governor now everseas ire: Major Wyndham M. Manning, Major Bernard Manning, Capt. William S. Manning, Sergt. Major John kdger Manning and Corporal Burrell D. Manning. FOCH BEGINS WIDE MOVEMENT. Huns Will Be Pounded Mercilessly Until Winter Sets In. \ Washington, Aug. 20.?Interpreted at first as a local operation., intended primarily to enable the Allies to retain complete possession of the initiative on the Picardy front, the rapidly developed' success ot the French east of the Oise tonight was accepted by many military officials here as a definite and full prepared effort paving a specific part in the larger strategetic plans of Gen. Foch. Latest advices tonight describing the advance of the French tenth army for two and one-half miles on a front of more than fifteen miles was taken by experts here as conclusive evidence that the major plan of the Allied generalissimo, the inauguration of which came with the attack upon the right flank of the RheimsSoissons salient, is far more com prehensive than has been supposed in most circles. It is believed now to include a series of actions which will occupy every moment until the arrival of winter rains makes the plateau of Picardy and the plains of Flanders impossible for large troop movements. Most Observers agree that the immediate object of Gen. Foch's forces appeared to be the "picking" of the Roye pocket, with the subsequent control of the important supply lines between that city and Noyon. For the larg-er objective toward which efforts of the Allies are being bent was seen the capture of Noyon and a resultant break-down of the German defensive line over a front of scores of miles. Activities of the British east of Arras, around the Merville sector, are thought to be linked up with this larger plan. Not a few strategists in army circles foresee in the near future a more important thrust by these forces, completing the cycle 01 offensive from Rheims to the sea. Read The Herald; $1.50 a year. CANDIDATES' CARDS. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby offer to the people of Bamberg County my services as a nember of the House of Representa;ives and announce my candidacy for ;hat office under the rules of the Democratic party. J. CALDWELL GUILDS. COTTON WEIGHER BAMBERG. I hereby announce myself a can dilate for the office of Cotton Weigher it Bamberg in the primary; subject o the rales and regulations of the democratic party. A. P. BEARD. I hereby announce myself a candilate for Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, lubject to the rules and regulations >f the Democratic primary, pledging nyself to support the nominees there>f. CLARENCE B. FREE. DIES OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE. Thos. R. Summers, of Orangeburg, i Makes Supreme Sacrifice. E Orangeburg. Aug. 26.?News has v been received here by Mr. A. W. j *( Summers that his son, Thomas R. e Summers, died of wounds received in |Erarice August 7. Young Summers; was about twenty-five years old. He. s volunteered and has been in overseas service several months. He was from ! * one of the best families in this sec-i tion and was highly esteemed by all! who knew him. i Firefighters of St. Joseph, Mo., i t have organized a union. | \ 7WT0 THE CONSUMER Of Sj/,,//,,/.,-, -a Ic^ecf 1bJk?, co*t fechveerx. w/Mmfo :Wc ffoor ar trie mJU door and -trie y"/'//'/m ore'so .an "he. cormumei?e table I What Cvt miller added tithe co?t..j [petted pert.on. indicates cost cf cootaineiQ mm ^'e ^NT^ar ^i6 v^eet^ _g CKNTt . _ |gg| ^ -s p N ' pi 59! y -y | | I -2- H 1 J I *"'Pi H ^3 - 193 1914 1915 I9I( Percentage -figures than !hc "relative pro poetic cf tve-total cost- to U-e consumer added iff eacn. ca Cost of a Loaf of Bread. t c (Explanation of Chart.) i: Since 1913 farmers-have been re- e ceiving for their wheat a gradually t increasing proportion of the price n paid by the consumer for bread. The b ? ?~ M/NAA?'Trn J VkTT ill A TT7 Vl AO f C^ATT- n UiiiU Uii L 1CUC1VCU UJ I, lit- rt uvcn, t,?v? u er for his contribution to the aver- 1 age pound has increased from less than 1 1-2 cents per loaf in 19 L3 to r more than 3 1-2 cents early this year, j i: The proportion to the whole price; a is shown by the relative length of the j black columns of the chart. j e The middle portion of each col-11 umn shows what the miller received i: for his milling cost and profit. This i a has been a somewhat variable factor, | o Uutmg jig Money v Have you ever to take a real v< IIWill VYVljrwiXlIg and all the old YOUR VI this year can be the , if you begin now tc an account with us the pile grow?trul; 4 Per Cent. Interest Pai< CAPITAL AND SURPLUS Bamberg B< 'MBRHMBHranHSHHI Shield the Income I So Those Now D You I never know want. Have > have those dependent upon necessary to successfully hz cipal of your Estate when y( you made your Will and cr them?and have you appoii We invest Trust Funds in at we pay over the income t periods. We conserve yoi serve you and yours. BAMBERG BANK Bamberg * \ Hospitality Explained. A. E. Clark, editor of the City bulletin, of Columbus, Ohio, was rith a friend who was campaigning )r the Red Cross. The friend knockd at a door and a voice said, "Come in." His friend tried the door, then houted, "It's locked." "Come in," repeated the voice and he campaigner replied: "It's locked." "Come in." "It's locked." "There's no one at home. You're alking to the parrot."?Catholic V'eekly Union. Tpoum loaf of bread ; IOCENTS I pi - 9- - rl pi pa 48% ^ i49/[ - 6- ? I iff ^ 3-4- ? IB lIJM BmI HI hhh i 1917 1917 1918 '?.J xi FIRST LAST FIRST igo HALF HALF HALF ( iut is now at the minimum (6 per ent.) In this 6 per cent, however, s included the cost of the containrs (bags, sacks, etc.) shown as doted area which has increased very Learly in proportion to the price of iread itself. Bags now cost about '0 per cent, more than in 1913 and 914. \ . The shaded portion of the column epresents the expense of distributng the flour, making it into bread ,nd getting the loaf to the consumer. The chart shows that the farmer is tow receiving a much larger share of he final price for his produce than a the past, and that considerable .mount of "spread" has been taken >ut of other expenses. had the price ication?away you're tired of places? kPATinN TlVn M AVA 1 best you've known ) save for it. Start today and watch y an inspiring sight! \ ? 1 on Savings Deposits. - - - - $100,000.00 anking Co. from Your Estate, ependent Upon Hay ^our wife and children? you the financial wisdom mdle and invest the prin>u are gone? If not, have eated a Trust Estate for ited us as your Trustee? isolutely safe securities? o your heirs at regular ir TTle+a+p and faitllfnllv ING COMPANY I S. C. I / - J . * -f.Tl&S