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WINNSBORO. S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1916. Established 8 ERiHQAKE SHOU FELT IN WINSBORO Said to Have Been the Heaviest Since the Shock of 1886. Covered Several States. A distinct earthquake shock was felt here on Monday evening about 6:30. Dishes rattled and a fairly heavy tremor was .felt all over buildings. This is thought by many tohave been the heaviest shock. since the noted earthquake of August 31. 1886, when oc curred what is known as the Charleston earthquake. The shock seems to have been gen eral over several States but so far no damage has been report ed. Thei following dispatch tells of it at other places: Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21. --An earth tremcr of slight but dis tinct nature that made itself felt throughout Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and por tions of Eastern Tennessee and Alabama as reported early to night as having 'b.een felt at about 5'45 p. m., Central time to day. In no case was any damage reported and while in some in stances persons hurriedly left buildings there was nothing in the nature of a panic. The only seismograph known to be in the section affected by the tremor is at Mobile, Ala., where the in strument recorded brief shocks. Most reports agreed that the tremor passed from east to west and was felt only momentarily. In. Augusta; Ga., and several other places, however, three dis _,tinct shocks were reported. At other points onl3 one tremor. was felt The earth shock either did not reach Florida or was so slight as not to be felt there, according to reports here tonight. Mrs. J. C. Robinson Dies In North Carolina. Mrs. JC. Robinson died at Granit Quarry, N. C. last Thurs day. Her body was brought 'to bo and' taken ^out to h in faimiiy bury .ng place. -Rev. J. P. Isenhowei conducted the funeral services Mis. Robinsbn was in her 73rd year. She was a native of Fair field~ht fortlfe .ast severa years sht)/ad been living witl her children at Granite Quarr3 N. C. She leaves surviving hei two daughters, Mrs. Maggi( Roberts of this county, and Mrs Lela Robertson of G.anite Quarry, two sons, William and Durham Robinson of Granite * Quarry, and two brothers, A. M and W. D. Park of this county. Mrs. Robinson was a good woman, a devoted wife and mother, and her life was one of usefulness. Mr. N. Frank Mobley Dies. Mr. N. Frank Mobley-died a1 a hospital in Colu-nbia. last Sat urday afternoon. His remains were taken to Woodward, where they were laid - to rest in the * family burying place on Sunday at noon. Mr. Mobley was 53 years old, and for the past num ber of years he had been an in valid in the hospital in which he died. He is survived by two broth -* ers, Mr. A. J. Mobley of Col umba and Mr. Clarence Moblev * of Springfield, S. C. and twc sisters, Mrs. T. J. Cunninghamr of Chester and Miss Mobley of Columbia. Let Us Celebrate the Occasion Tn about one month or less time the public improvements will be in operation in Winns boro and we should Noiid some kind of public function to cele brate the occasion. We believe that this will mark a new era for Winnsboro's industrial life and we should not let it be quietly ushered in without some kind of demonstration. When c.mpleted wve will have a complete system of water works and sewerage and also a twenty-four hour a day electric current. This is also something to be proud of and worth letting the outside world know. Newberry has made arrange ments 'to have one of the Red path Chantauqua assemblies ap pear there in May. Since the Laymens' Mission -ary convention in Columbia, Nc;v berry county has organized a Laymens' Missionary movement for the county, and they are plan ~ning to have a county convention that will come up to the standard et by the one in olunmbia. 'FAIRFELD COUNTY APPROPRIATION BILL For the County of Fairfield. for ordinary county purposes, 5 1 mills, for special purposes. one 6 and one half mills, to be expend ed as follows, if so much be necessary: Chain gang $ 8000 Bridges 2000 Public buildings, including court house, furniture, fixtures and insurance 1400 Jail expenses 12001 Poor house and poor 10001 Court expenses 4000 Books, stationery and print ing 500. Post mortems, inquests and lunacy 300 Board of education 50 ] Board of equalization 250 D Clerk of Court. 300 Sheriff 1200 f 40 1 Treasurer 450 u Auditor 450 Superintendent of educa- - tion, including traveling expenses - 600 e Physicians and attorneys 300 Coroner 100 S Supervisor 1200 Road engineer 300 t County commissioners 500 t Clerk of County Commis- b sioners 300 2 Judge of Probate 700 Magistrates and'constables 3000 Vital statistics 375 I Fairfield guards 125 Z Incidentals 200 Premiums on bonds .r50 Jalary of J. B. Stewart for January 1916 Claims and Disbursements. The following amounts are hereby appropriated to be paid out of the ordinary county funds for the payment of the following claims: Dr. D. A. Coleian .2500 Dr. J. S. Beaty 2730 Dr. J. C. B hana - 15.W Dr. J. E. Douglas 2500 Dr. S. Lindsay 600 Dr. James BrysQn_* G. RLAuderdale 70 J. O. Boag 11,50 Dr.:S W Pryor, services Ilood. Boulware -and Beekham . 126 85 Miss Pearl Lon. nurse 67 85 . Miss D. L. Connel, nurse 6785 1Dr. J W. Douglas -25 00 Telephne bill 1033 Mrs.A.Lee Scruggs 3 chairs 12 50 Dr. Guerry 50000 1 Dr. Watson 750011 Dr. T. A. Quattlebaum 1000 11 JDr. Win. A. Boyd 50 00 a jDr. M. H. Wigman -50 00 Dr.' Sparkman 8 00 ~ Salary of rural police for January 1916 2250 00 $30,813.18 HThe Board of County Corn- 3 missioners are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow not in 3 excessof twenty' six thousand s dollars-for ordinary county pur- u poses for the yeaf 1916, the in terest thereon not to exceed six per cent per ~annumi, and areC authorized and empowered to pledge the ordinary county levy therefor. The board of county commissioners may increase the U above amounts to she levy he in provided, (except salaries,Ih which are herein specified,) but v In no case shall they exceed the L levy by contract, expenditure, or C otherwise. A special levy of one C and one half mills is hereby made o: to pay the McMaster estate debt, or repayment of. any loan that v may provided to pay the debt or a debts due said estate and the C debt referred to in Joint Reso- j lution 567, acts 1914.T The marriage license fee shall h; be one dollar of which the Pro- ~ bate Judge shall retain one dollar f' for his services for issuing them. T~ The board of county commis- te sioners are hereby authorized and B empowered to board out inmstes . of the poor house if they deem it s best to do, and all female con- a vits may, in the discretion of a' the sheriff, be sent to the poor I house to perform such domestic' or farm labor as may be requirede of them. N Any surplus that may be left' h over of the amount herein ap- .1 propriated for the board of equal ization shall be turned over to at the Auditor to pay expenses for servics and for traveling overid the county taking tax returns. I The board of county commnis- IO' sioners are hereby authorized tol hs transfer any unexpended balance I of the several funds on hand at the end of the year 1915 to te year 1916 to be used for ordinr * county purposes; provided, tatu any unexpended balance from commutation tax shall be trans ferred to the year 1916 to the re- D spective road districts from which it ws deived The Remarkabi Of a Coh lelped Put the Armor Plate on the Confederate Battleship Merrimac-Was in Prison for 17 "Months-Not Much to Eat. From Random Recollections of Old Fairfield County, by W. J. Elliott) If the German submarine has iarked the- end of the ironclad, then former citizen of Fairfield has seen 2e Alpha. and Omega of this methO., f naval warfare. Mr. G. A. White, to whom I rter, )r 39 years & resident of Winnsboro, ,ving at present in Eau Claire, was orn in the year 1836 at Fortress Mon e, Va. He came to Columbia in 857as a finished stone mason and rrked on the columns of the pres nt state'house. Being a resident of Columbia when outh Carolina ' seceded from the nion, Mr. White concluded that he rould return# to Virginia, believing hat his native state would. not leave he Union. *Accordingly he went to Torfolk. However, the people of V1r Inia were not to be free from the ssue which was about to throw the rhole country Into a condition of war. rirginta did not really wish to. leave he Union, In fact, she did everything easonable to preserve the Union and naintain her fidelity to her sister tates. A committee 'was sent to con er with Abe Lincolr with a view -to uch agreement. '4iV;n sent Cen. ampbeU to Richmond while the con rention was -in session with authority o assure the people of Virgipla that t they would not secede he would ziot ttGn0t coercion on the sister states. M and Mrs. Albert Wylie eit he weekend with Mr. J Q Wie and family. MA. . W Wyie spent~uia pent the eill. with s family. Miss Daisy McKeown returned riday night from Blackstock vhere she visited her sister Mrs. . C. Lewis. Mrs. William Carter of Colum iia and Mrs. Lida Derrick of Vinnsboro spent several days ast week with their parents Mr. nd Mrs. Robert Stuart. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Josey of ~olumbia spent Sunday in the ommunity. Mrs. Davis of Charlotte is vis ing at the home of her brother Ir. U. G. Robinson. Miss Annie Stevenson and Miss ary Hook with Mr. Leonard tevenson went to Columbia Sat rday to "The Birth of a Nati'on." Messrs. Marcus Boulware, J, . Chappell, L. D. Lyles. and R. I. Allan, Mr. land Mrs. W. P. ~lair and family also saw "The ~irth of a Nation" at the Col-' mbia theatre Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Gibson ave had as house guests this reek Misses Rosa and Winnie ee Hamner who are in school at olumbia College, and Messrs. laude Gibson and Jack Clayton f Hopkins. The people of our community ere entertained on last Friday ight at Rion Y. M. C. A. by the arolina Male Quartette and Mrs ird of Chicora College as reader. he young men of the quartette ave splendid voices and their rogram was made up of beauti I and well selected numbers. he encores were attractive and~ king with the audience. Mrs. ird's readings showed her Larked ability as a reader. The ~lections were from the dram , pathetic and humorous andj were greatly en.ioyed. The next number of our .ioint Itertainment course will be on arch 1st, at the Greenbrier gh school. Liet. Governor An -ew J. Bethea has accepted our1 vitation to come on that date Id speak to us of his experiences hile on the Ford peace expe tion to Europe. Mr. Bethea is ~ceiving invitations from all rer the State to make this1 ,eech, and we are fortunate in ving him cn our program for arch 1st. We feel sure thatI r. Bethea will have something interest and importance to tell of this Ford trip, and we hope uat all of his friends in Fairfield ill take advantage of this op rtunity. Admission 15 and 25 Colds tonsilitis, neuralgia and Fe Experience imbia-Veteran The . matter was apparently, and should have been settled. Lincoln Weak Kneed. But when the.onditions were made known in Wahinigton, 'Seward and Stanton were so -vehement in their protests that, Lincoln flatly violated his pledge and called for 75,000 troops to march through the state of Vir ginia and -called on her to contribute her quota. The camel's back was broken-the laWs straw had been laid on. Virginia c4]d 'not, she would not, coerce her sistegstates. She prepared for war. Wing to follow his own state, Mr. Whik_ested in the 6th Virginia infan under Col. Mahon. Nearly every of hLs company had worked ln5' navy yard at Nor folk and was r.M. lar with naval -con struction. One of his P#udest distinctions in life is that he ,lped to. put the iron on the great tfederate battleship, the Merrimac,h ep she was being fitted for the b'atie soon to follov with the Monitor Mr. White tellsme that he asssted in bolting the gon plates on this ves sel and when it *as -finished he help ed to rub greide. pver the iron sur face so the ball; of the enemy would glance off. As'.nbe'-vessel was ready to steam awayftb.e captain Invited Mr. White to giW. board and see tht fight, but he reiked that he pre ferred to watch iat-a distance. So, procuring a fie0 glass, he went oul on a point of tsid and witnessed the engagement at.a distance of -sevem miles. 'The eneii !z shots were pladn ly visible, coul be seen- bounding from the slopin wes of the fron clad. For somie reason not satisfac torily : explain4 he Merrimac waw brought in anaP-sk by tbo Confed erates. Mr.. Wlae states tat a Ger man diver aft the war got $3,00( worth of Iron the old,Merrimac which he sold OX. After thw,~en a 3t, "Mr. VVUt returned to J04'. FT% - oratorical conte t wil be held th night before. Committees wer appointed to prepare program for each of t1.e occasions. On of the comrifittees met here o Tuesday and will meet again o Saturday.at Ridgeway to prepar the full program, which will ap pear in the next issue of Th News and Herald. The teacher and pupils are enthusiastic ove the occasion and the approaching day is expected to be the larges in attendance of any yet held. Rion Y. M. C. A. News Items The Sixth number of the Rior Y. M. C. A. and Greenbriel High school Lecture and Enter tainment Course was filled lasi Friday evening at the Rion Y. M. C. A. by the Carolina Mah iaartette of the Unmversity of S. C. and Madam S. C. Byrd o: Chicora Women.'s college in read ings. The prog'ram was one o: much interest. The boys of the Quartette gave a most excellent program which was heartily en dorsed by the community. This is the third number the Univer sitv has furnished. Madam Byrd is a charming reader and enter tainer and many expressions of delght were heard from the good crowd that assembled. The committees having ir charze are very appreciative of t e service the University have been in the preperation of this course. They take this oppor tunity of publicly thanking both te University and The Chicora college for their valued assist ance. The next number on the course will be given on Wednes day night March first when Mr. Andrew Bethea Lieut. Gov. will lecture on his recent Ford Peace Expedition. The closing num ber of this course will be an nounced later. On last Friday Gov. Manning reappointed Dr. C. Fred Wil lams as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. He will receive a salary of $6,000C a year as provided in the appro priation bill, which was amended by the senate. grippe have quite a hold in Greenbrier community, as well as everywhere else. Mr. Caldw'ell Delleney is just getting over a short illness caused by the excitement of the Lay men's Convention in Columbia to which he was a delegate. This item was handed in to the cor repndeant by Tater Wylie. G. A. White, Eau Claire 1 Co. F, Harper Riffes, 3d battalion (James'); in D. B. Miller's company. He was wounded at Gettysburg and also In a charge near Knoxville. The ball, which pierced his body clear through, is in his possession. At Knoxville, in 1863, he was cap tured and taken to Rock Island, Ill., and kept prisoner for 17 months. Jno. A. Stewart of Fairfield county was at the same time a p isoner thsre, but this fact was not known to Mr. White till he afterwards lived in Winnsboro. The prison fare was very good at first and those prisoners. having money were alMowed to buy of the, sutler'es. But later as a retaliatory measure this was stopped. Prison Fare-Rats! Mr. White told me at his residence in EamClafre Just a short while since that he ate mice and rats, that the men were starving. He said: "I ate the hind leg of a big fat rat while in prison in Rock Island, In., and was j glad to get it." He- further stated that a man came to the prison to sel some wares, ac 1 companied by a very lean dog and f tbat Athe dog was caught, butchered ]I AERNS TAKE TIHE RISI An Effort Will Be Made to Prevent Americans on AiiAried S,, 9 of the Charlotte Observer: a In the House today a move s ment was under way quietl: a among leaders to have consider I ation given to some form of legis I lation that would prevent Ameri can citizens"from taking passap on armed merchant vessels. Thi a plan to be advanced has beei 9 formulated definitely, numero= r bills introduced looking to a pro hibition that could be readily en t forced by the Federal authori ties. This movement~ is being mad< as a result, it is said, of the pro ,posed plan of submarine warfare Jto be conducted by Germany aftei 1 the 29th of February on armet 7 merchant vessels. House leaders -and members of both parties generally regard the impending situation as one of the ugliest the country has faced, and the pro posed legislation is looked upot by those who urge it as one o: the best nmethods that can b employed to keep this country ai peace. That any legislation of this na tune rwould be opposed by the Administration is expected in view of the stand that has beer> taken for the rights of Americans. It is quite likely that if the movement comes to surface, it will mean one of the strongest fights that has vet occurred in~ the House, provided the present supporters of the contentions of the Administration-that Ameri cans have a right to protection, and that ; certain vessels have a right to arm for defensive pur poses-choose to stand with the Administration. In view of declarations from~ Germany- to the effect that mer chant vessels in arming them selves can be doing so only for offensive purposes, because the time has passed when pirates roam the seas, the supporters of Ithe movement to control and pre vent American passage feel that 'the Nation must pass the legis lation they desire for the sake of safety from war. Washington is watching the developments of the foreign situ ation anxiously. The German plan of submarine warfare occupied the most careful attention in the cloak-rooms, and members of Congress are discussing the ques tion i n .guarded language. House leaders view the situation as one of the most serious that has engaged public attention since the controversies arose A very successful minstrel was Igiven in the Cornwell school by the Rural Improvement Society last Friday nig-ht and in the pot before Lhe man got I the premises. Mr. Whi-ce rr-ni:red that Jno. A. Stewart of FarM knows all these statements 1c0 j facts. Those of u.- who have ow: White during his sojourr in -: wvl never (juesto:s. any statemlvh makes. He was recase(d froi the prison in 'llinois with ~>, othe'r Confcderates. March 27. 1865, :ncd falcen to Ba?ti mzore. peT one( nigh '., Aie' .!and- -- ing, at Fort Mell-nrr.. D :I"g his imprinment :1 In dians were giving the Untei S atcs! .c'-rnio'it 1.rubl- in t7e No-Ki west, n-A in order to - he "-oI- rates 4 tak th; -'h fe.eiac tl- o that !Ter-rinent and .stso In 4ii the Yan Ro' arny to :-h: '*, 'c"as a se verr t,.-t -ro,n z'o A table vi;h ' 7i1:. of delicious food, hai. iur:'ey. etc.. wai Isprad ju ; ous.I- :h- prisonr fence where a .1h:nk *. 1 en ren:oed so the starving S -orn coidic- could! sre and ge: the- mi4r 4rcni the 1m ing food. As rnny a!- 3.000 starving men, with "hungr v very vitals, went -. Suck H" h:iez son cf Gov. H ' phnrii of :is isissippi told Mr. W 1hita taI a going out and wonid *d 'om- fl first I opportunity and dr gTI, bac-k to Mississippi, a M-. -Whfte heard from him later by lctter whilp he v:aF still a prisoner. 'The troops who v:ere sent. to Alken's nding, had- to march be tween a file of negro soldiers with bayonets on their guns poi.-ng up ward and toward each othe- forming an arch, so the prisnners could - be counted. After the' war was over Mr. White r,turned to Columbia and was mar ried to Miss Miles: Three children of this union lived with the father and mother in Winnsboro-Miss Mary, Geo. A., Jr., and Will. The only sur ivor is Geo. A., Jr., -now of Charles ton, associated with John Marshall. a broker.. Mr. White moved to Winnsboro in 1870 and all through tli Reconstruc tion, or more properly. .he Destruc tion, period was true to -his adopted state-was always 'ready with his Winchester, being a meuher of the, IMAKY 190-IMOV Legislative Session ful of strucive :s Columbia," Feb. 2 'he e cent session- of the Lcgislature T was one of marked enthusiasm and enterprise. Nearly 400 acts were satified. Close to the head of the list stand the McCullough child labor 2 bill, raising the age limit for the employment of children in fac tories, mines-or textile plants from 12 to 14 years. This is to become effective January 1, 1917. A measure, long advocated, -passed at this session, was the Torrens system of land title re gistration. This plan precludes exhustveresearch each time the property is transferred. A third act is the appropriatiori to encourage the teaching of agri cultui-e in the public schools. The bill carries $5,000 for this pur pose; to be distributed among schools which attempt to help themselves. That the object'might be thor oughly investigated a r ui r a I credits commission was created composed of two members from each house. A school for the feeble minded was also created. The warehouse system was&con tinued, without modification, and ample provision made for its de velopment and extension. Decided .opposition was regis tered against the State tax com mission, but it was strengthened by the creation of a board of re view, to which board the work of the commission will be subject. IDifferent bills were introduced, Ilooking to.the creation of a State highway commission. T h i s was withstood, but the work of permanent highway improve ment has received marked im petus. Several acts were also passed of peculiar interest to day labor ers. One of these compels tex tile plants to have a weekly pay day for wages earned that week. Another is that creating con tractors' lien on real estate, for the erection of buildings and pro viding supplies thus used. A board of conciliation was also created, with a personnel of three to settle disputes between labor and capital. One of these to be appointed by the workmer- a sec ond by the employers, and a third by the governor, upon recom mendation of the other two. Another act was th,e provision that the fiscal agent of the State| board of charities and corrections shall investigate the financial status of parents and guardians of scholarships and free tuitionI beneficiaries,~and to make proper report to the institution attended. Prohibition laws were further> modifed, both by reing- the CIt.ens' Rifle club. Our aen i' no. allowed to wear a unifors.so.th name suggests the dress. In 1S76, after Hampton hA&gotti control of the state government, M. w:ite recuested to be pt- on tW state consztbulary, so he could be '.eIL North and bring back oldb Scl-aracter who had miuehid - sel very obnoxious to the .peppaed ing the year:; of radical rule4iSo Carolna. '1r. wLite's brothers were- ' reared around Portsmonth, ., and an oldcr brothe-r took to sea.-f ad w as with Commodore Perry wien o C7uised to Japan and unlocked t RAILROAB OF Southern Promises...: Rates onS"d At the invitationVo and other citizens tNJU the Southern Railway with .a number of - business men on fuesda i view to putting on freight for-sanldt6&i . to provmng ours ficials promised -to " ter up with the Stat and with the -oMr a reduct'on ifp0sb~C i the authorities hav sand the streets the & to let up until a suffi ty is placed-to g an road bed in the., sand will be placed then mixed *ith the fy t w rahas, At the Baptist Yo P%G.0 Union convention, closed last week in was deeided that S should be the place meeting. STATE NW.< The City Counil of is taking steps to sell' ett to h ~ ~ ys. Mayor Jones o Istill busydpoigo hiskey and !them havt fined. $50 or thirty. gang. . T. B. Horton of:. county, a .student suffered some painM .,. and fractures last he was struck by an driven by August Kon Horton was among somec who were taking a crosa' run, and when they mett chineitseemsthathe did it until it was almost him. The South Carolina Divi~ n the United Confederate W&ts' have accepted Rock .Hilldi~ .. tation to hold their 1916~ea, in that "good town.": Thef~ part of April will pro ye~e time fixed for the reuniisn iid' it is believed it will be a fingn&ae Our exchanges shw7tata goodly number of tnsand communities over the state,ha#e joined with the thousandsre -v the country in celebratn :d profiting by "Pay-up-week.~ P pay my bills so you pay yours" is the slogan adopted foi (this Crum-Baker Miss Pearl Crum and Lawrence Baker of the Fairfield cottonmill village were married by h Judge of Probate on last Satur day afternoon. amount of liquor that may be imported into the Sta:;e andthe provision for the impositionlo's chaingang sentence without al ternative of a fine for sell.n The importation act admits5the ordering of 2 quarts of whiskey or the purchaser may substitiute 60 pints of beer in lieu of the said whiskey. The following categories of legislation fared well in the 1918 session. Recommendations. ;of Gov. Mannmng; National Guard of South Carolina; public sehis; laborers in cotton milHs; anti liquor sentiment; agrieultuaalin~ terests in relation to schools:es pecially; and .local measures. Of administration measure the following were enactedn ,c amended in 'conformity with \ 2 Governor's wishes as in his annual message: h Cullough child labor bill Tools and LaGrone billt,. agriculture in common - 4 the Torrens system of tration and numerous ures advocated by the