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' fl W ' > ' s / - - i * **. *? / lamfern irrali I m $\ Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1910 One Dollar a Year i ???????? 1 i -t*?sSE COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. > News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. ^ Ehrhardt, July IS.?The Farmers' Union had three men from Clemson college talk to them last Saturday * morning on farming, worms, insects ( * and birds. Mr. Rice wants the old 1 field lark taken care of. He says 1 that they are the principal destroyers 1 of the wire worm. Says that most ' of the farmers think the bird to be 1 a grain eating bird but it is not so; '' i prefers insects and worms and will J only eat grain when very hungry. ' Some of our old farmers that have re- ' planted corn after the continued visits ' of a drove of larks doubt this theory, 1 and still hold vengeance against his majesty when the sun is hot and 1 \ the missing hills are plentiful with a hole bored down by the side of the ' corn and the gr^in gone, perched ! upon the top of a high stump viewing 1 the work going on warbling out, J "Hurry up laziness will kill you," in his plaintive notes, which alone will create the desire in the farmer's breast to send the leaden missile from ' his gun to snuff his life out at first 1 ; chance. There is no doubt but that birds - - - .... . i do lots of good Dy destroying worius and insects, for instance the blue bird. The severe cold we had a few years ago came very near killing all N of them, and we miss them more in our gardens hunting worms soon in the morning than any one realizes. This bird should be protected, as it feeds alone on worms and insects, never eating seed of any kind. Our farmers are now realizing the _ shortness of the crops on account of & T the continued rains. They are, however, using their Energies to give it all the work they can. Mr. Bennie Ehrhardt and his sister, Mamie, went home with their cousins, Misses Lucile and Elizabeth Epting, of Savannah, Ga., to spend a week * enjoying themselves in and around Savannah. ' ' V V Rev. J. Earle Freeman gave us a box of very fine peaches, and has fiiour thanks for them. ' The Baptist church is under good headway, and will soon be ready for the paint brush. 1^.; There are a few spring chickens brought to this market, but the prices are not in proportion to-the size of i the chicks offered. Misses Heaton and Crosby, of Cmnabc a rp RnprtHine- ROTTie time with Mrs. Adam Kinard. Miss Bertha Bishoff, of Charleston, . and Mrs. Etta Lightsey, of Fairfax, spent a day or two with Miss Clara Copeland last week. JEE. - Midway Musings. Midway, July 16.?Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Duensing, of Charleston, accompanied by the latter's sister, Miss Bessie Stuckey, of Dalzell, were the guests of Mrs. H. Duensing Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Vaughn, of Columbia, visited Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Brickie last week. The many friends of Mrs. A. J. Hunter are glad to know that she has recovered from her recent ill\ v-i ness. Miss Sadie Walker Murphy is visit. ing her cousin, Mrs. May Taylor, of ji?^ Cameron. V. ' Mrs S. J. Walker has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Cauthen, of Forth Motte. Mrs. Martha Dempsey and children, of Rowesville, visited relatives here last week. r Mrs. May Walker Taylor and chil- ! dren, of Cameron, who have been down on the Island for several weeks, ' came back by here and spent a few ( days with her aunt, Mrs. H. B. Murphy and other relatives. Mrs. N. C. Kline, of Orangeburg, ' spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. A. J. Hunter, last week. y, 'if.' Miss Mozell Black and Messrs. Earle and Bruce Black, of Denmark, i are visiting their aunt, Mrs. M. A. J Steedlv. We are glad to state that Mrs. J. B. Smith, who has been quite ill, , is convalescent. Miss Laura Brothers, of Reevcs> ville, visited her sister, Mrs. J. B. , Smith, last week. 1 Mrs. Henry Schunhoff, of Rowesvile, visited his sister, Mrs. H. Duen sing, sunaay. The protracted meeting at the Midway Baptist church was quite a ^ success last week. Our able minister, v Rev. Hughes, of Neeces, conducted the services with great ability, with ] six new accessions to the church. j D. M. ] / CROPS IMPROVING. JJ 'Old Timer" Writes of the Crops, Picnics and Socials. ! SC Wanderer's Rest, July 16.? April cut up with wind and cold; St May, the queen, little better did send; Tuna lio/l t/i Ti-oon r?Tr?r thoir fmiltR! J V4 UV UUU tV Tf vv^r v T v* July comes as a good old friend. ; Seasonable weather here at last ind cotton is booming where it was sultivated through the long wet spell ^ and promises a three-quarter crop y. this fall, yet many $elds have broken pr stands, and grass still in some with nc a little abandoned, will all go to make the cotton crop a short one, and the dainty and fastidious little se girl that makes a dress after it is w< grown and manufactured into merperized silk will, as she puts it on m and goes before her mirror to admire re the beauty of it, will little realize the th hard work and sweat drops it took to grow it and how the old farmer Sp would tug at the grass and pull one se foot out of the mud as the other one gr sunk into it as he moved along the de row. Now he can stand in the shade Ch 3f a friendly tree, look over the w, broad fields of green and chuckle to re himself, and say, had a hard fight at but won, and think of the bright at smile of the merchant as the debt is paid and the kiss perhaps the madam will bestow when he gives her five tor a new hat, but all this is mar red by the pesky mosquito that sings so ais song then presents his bill, so bi :he old man secures a brush, fights yc them away and leaves for a more ha congenial place to do his musing. co Corn is hurt and the crops, too, will ar oe short, still there is talk of thirty, co forty, fifty, and our young friend, ha \lr. Enrest Ritter, has a field dr that will make sixty-five, and ly part of it seventy-five bushels to the ta icre. That is right, Ernest, a cer- G< tain old man admires it in you cr< ind will try to follow your good ex- he imple next year if he has to run all so fast until a game of marbles could sa Pe played on his coat tail trying to li> teep up with you. An old man smiles ar is he hears of that kind of farming, fo 'or that is the kind wanted. pr Last week a message came saying fe rou are wanted at the 'phone, so hoe be md grass were left and with all laste made for that 'phone hoping a th fortune was in it, but better still, for co from the other end of the line came J. he message clear and distinct: "Come I >ver to dinner, don't fail, for we tii lave a dish prepared that we knojtf di ;rou will enjov." With thanks, the fic nvitation was accepted, and soon pc vas on the way. Now a dinner bell -ir horn alwavs has a charm for that dc )ld man and this message?well, co ihoughts could not express the charm at the dish that was known he would sa snjoy. Soon old grey was on the Oj un and this hospitable home was th eached and there found that neigh- sv jor B. had captured a twenty-pound to jooter and he and the old man were in ;o have a feast, and laugh and talk )f the long-ago days and so they did. of The old man ate until he feared he yc would be put down as a gourmand, Dut still there was terrapin left enough for supper and breakfast for i large family, and must say that the ;ook hit the right combination unier the skillful directions of Mrs. B., who left it all for others and looked Dn in dismay as the old men helped md rehelped themselves to the toothsome dish. Find more of them and ar send the glad news over the line and M in old man over this side will al- S"v ways respond joyfully. ' of Professor W. D. Boberts gave a at lecture at White Point school house tb 3n Sunday evening last on what he ar 3aw and heard at the world's Sun- th iay-school convention held at Wash mgton, d. c., m May last, ah en- cc joyed it and the only regret was it he was too short. The Sunday-school is th certainly a world power now, and at none need be ashamed of the work, th for many of the best and greatest to men and women of the world are gi workers in it. dc Picnics are the order of the day al qow and the young folks are on the g go both by day to the picnic and the fr social in the evening. On Wednes- si! 3ay last at the memorial grounds the fo aid soldiers held their reunion; es rhursday at Colston; a social at a Mr. L. W. Hitter's on Wednesday evening; at Mr. Julius McMillan's on as rhursday evening, yes, the young w must have their fun. Some old folks ai would like to have but can't, so at of feer? the nies. and M 0 tujr caw uvuiv) smoke the pipe of peace, or hum in a su low tone, ''Gathering Shells by the Seashore." OLD TIMER. , ar We do not want the earth. A small St part of it will satisfy us. Try us for es 1 "square deal." C. H. MILHOUS, M Manager Denmark Realty Co. C< i THE PALMETTO STATE )ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ate News Boiled Down for Quick ( Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ^ 1 W. H. Woodward, superintendent 1 the Aiken county chain gang, was targed with murder, it being charg- 1 I that he caused the death of a con ct' by excessive whipping. At tne eliminary hearing the charge was >t sustained, and he was released. Temporary injunctions against | lling whiskey were served last ( eek on parties on Sullivan's Island r State constables, and now it is ighty dry at the seashore summer , sorts around Charleston, even if ! ey are surrounded by water. It is likely that there will be a i ecial term of the court of general ! ssions in Charleston to try the ne- j o Duncan charged with the mur- < r of Lubelsky, the Jewish mer- < iant. The killing occurred a few i eeks ago, and the negro was ar- ] sted later when he went back and 1 tacked the widow of Lubelsky and tempted to murder her. Letter from Georgia. ] Guvton, Ga., July 18.?It has been 1 me time since I have written you, ' it I take the pleasure of writing ' >u from Effingham county. I will 1 ive to say the people of Effingham 1 unty are surely blessed. Our crops ! e generally good. While other 1 unties are drowned out we have ^ id good seasons, sometimes a little y, but not enough to hurt serious- 1 Your writer had the pleasure of 1 king Mr. G. H. McCormack, of 1 ? AY7AT* J jvau, oituiueie tuuutj, um u? Dp and he stated that it was the best 1 s has seen anywhere this year, and so I shower him my hogs, and he id it looked like I was fixing to re at home. I have one hundred id forty head of hogs and about 1 rty-five head of cattle, and from the ' ospects now wilf make plenty to ' ed them on. There are a num- 1 r of good farms around here. 1 Mr. Editor, I have been noticing 1 e candidate's cards in Bamberg 1 unty. Among them I notice Mr. S. Field^, for magistrate at Olar. have known Mr. Fields for a long ne, and if the good people of that strict should select him for the of;e, I believe he would do all in his ' iwer to give satisfaction. We are having some hot weather 1 iwn here and a little rain. In the ' i unties above us they are having an >undance of rain, so that I can't y anything about fishing in the 1 ;echie river, for it is overflowed so ' at the farmers living on the ramp have to boat out their hogs the hill to keep them from drowng. I ' Hoping you and the good, people 1 Bamberg county success in all ' mr nnHprtflkine'R for eood. I remain. Yours truly, DOWN IN GEORGIA. 1 I THREE CHILDREN BURNED. | ?gress Locks Children in Honse ' with Fatal Results. i i Florence, July 18.?A negro ten- < it, dwelling oj| the plantation of * r. J. E. Privett, in the Black vamp section, about six miles north this city, was destroyed by fire . lout 10 o'clock last night, in which ; ree negro children lost their lives , id another was so badly burned at it will probably die. ' Mitt Kelly, the mother of the lildren, locked them up in her >use and went to church, leaving em in charge of the oldest girl, , >out 8 years old. Not long after e woman left the house was seen be on fire and assistance was i ven, but before anything could be >ne the three children were roasted ive. The oldest child managed to ;t out of the building, and, being ightened, ran to a neighbor for asstance, forgetting about the other ur in the house, one of which caped, after considerable effort, in horribly burned condition. The cause of the fire could not be certained by the coroner, who ent to the scene to-day and held 1 i inquest. The building was valued about $600 and was owned by ' r. J. E. Privett. There was no in- ' irance. Jr. nr- "livo 1 iuic ia.ii 10 uui uiui.iw, ui hiv id help to live" will do as well. >e us before buying or selling real tate, or you may regret it. C. H. ILHOUS, Manager Denmark Realty Dmpany. * ' "* . " '' 1 LOADED WITH "BOGUS CHECK Alleged Fraudulent Paper on Prise er's Person. Chicago, II!., July 15.?Win. Clark, of Newport, Tenn., was i rested to-day after unsuccessfully i tempting to deposit $40,000 of alle ed fradulent cashier's checks dra1* Dn the Spartanburg, S. C., Natior Bank, at the Bank of Illinois Trt and Savings Company here. The police say they found $21 000 of these checks on Clark's pers when he was searched. He is reported to have made a co: plete confession) in which he quoted as saying that he intend drawing interest on the check c posits to open a line of wheat dea Clark was masquerading under t name "A. R. Swan" and carried letter of introduction from the Ne port, Tenn., Produce Company, be? ing the names of D. G. Allen and 3. Fine. The police say the letter a forgery. The men whose nam Clark used are believed to be frien of Clark's. Clark is 38 years c and he was for twenty years ei ployed in the telegraph department the Southern Railroad. \ Xo Funds in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, July 15.?Infui made at every bank in this city fa to bring out the fact that there a any funds in any . of them to t aredit of A. R. Swan, or William Clark, the two names given by t man arrested in Chicago to-day in ; attempt to deposit worthless chec amounting to $40,000, issued by local bank. The following telegram was recei ad to-night by Chief of Police H from Chicago: "Has A. R. Swan, 50 years old, feet, slim built, any account at Ce tral National or any other banks pour city? I "Signea j wuuus, "Captain Detectives." Chief'' Hill says the descripti given in the telegram might apply ane J. Lilly, who was ordered out Spartanburg a week ago for mal taining a disorderly house. Li: came here from Roanoke, Va., wh be was in trouble with the autho ties. Social Event at Ellenton. Ellenton, July 18.?Mr. and M M. T. Johnson entertained a numl af friends most delightfully on Tu< lay evening, July 5th, complimenta to their guests, Misses Evelyn Bra bam and Gertrude Johnson. Th< home was a picture of lovliness, artistically decorated with feri graceful vines, and a profusion cut flowers. Quite a unique guessing cont< was participated in. The guests were coupled off a each one furnished with a penny, umber of questions were th asked, the answers of which we represented on the penny. A pri was awarded the couple answeri the greatest number correctly. M Susie Dunbar and Mr Blakely we the lucky winners. The booby pri: a penny, was awarded to Mr. Mi Cawls and Mrs. F. D. Bush. Afl the awarding of prizes the gentlem drew names of States while the dies drew capitals. Thus match! Jtat'e with capital the couples proce< ed to the dining room, where de cious refreshments were served. The color scheme of white a yellow were carried out in every c tail and the dainty little yellow a white daisies peeped forth from ev available place. As the guests 1< the dining room, each gentleman w presented with the name of a la and vice versa. Each one was : quested to write a rhyme upon t ame which they held. These were read out for the bene J T 01 ail aiiu were iiigmy amusiug. x crowd left at a late hour, after h? ing spent a most delightful evening Bewildering Recompense. Aunt Martha laid down her weei newspaper, and, assuming a pensi attitude, addressed her husband. "Josh," said she, "I don't see h< it is some folks git paid a lot money for not liftin' a hand. As example, this paper tells how a c< tain celebrated tenor was paid $1,0 just fer appearin' at a concert in CI cago!" "I've read sech things afore, a they keep me a-scratchin' my he? rfkininpfl TTnnlfi .Tosh, with sigh. "Why, only a couple o' wee ago I read where a well-known pri fighter was offered $10,000 simply meet another fighter in his oi town!"?Lippincott's. . s LIQUOR IS ISSUE IN TEXAS >n- V STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION FIGHT OX IX LOXE STAR STATE S. tl it- Selection of Nominee for Governor h it- h Will Have Important Bearing 'S~ vn on Whiskey Question. d lal ' h t^oIIqc Tav Tnlv 1 7 Statp-widp H ISt A VA., VX+.J * - ? V. V* prohibition is the leading issue in a b 7,. campaign now on in the Democratic b on party of Texas to select nominees for \ all State offices from governor down w m- to constable. Primaries will be held ii is on July 23, with about 180 candidates w ed to bo voted on, a number unusually b le- large in the big Lone Star State. In Is. addition instructions will be given for u he United States senator for the term g a beginning March 4, 1911. Senator ii w. Charles A. Culberson is without oppo- ii tr- sition for re-election to this office. f< F. Nomination will be equivalent to w is election except in two or three legis- g ;es lative districts, and each candidate tl ds receiving the highest number of votes p ild becomes the nominee. The activities cl m- of certain men of high political standof ing have added to the campaign fea- k tures other than prohibition. n < Bailey oi\ Boards. P The course of United States Senator ry J. W. Bailey is being watched because ^ ils of the influence it may have on his h re future when he becomes a candidate ^ ne two years rrom now. two years ago ^ S. Mr. Bailey announced that he favored he the existing local option system. In an speeches since congress adjourned ks Senator Bailey has given his support t( a to Judge William Poindexter for gov- g1 . ernor on the grounds of friendship, iv- Judge Poindexter favors amending ill the constitution to prohibit liquor y traffic, but opposes a statutory State- t 6 wide prohibition act as being unconn stitutional. in There are four candidates for governor, the others besides Judge Poin- ^ dexter being: Cone Johnson, Oscar B. Q Colquitt and R. A. Davidson. ^ on Mr. Johnson favors State-wide proto hibition. He has announced that if ^ of the next legislature refuses to submit i? in- a prohibitional constitutional amendlly ment for popular decision he will at- S1 re tempt to have the legislature pass a ri- State-wide prohibition statute. ^ The "Anti" Candidate. 0 Mr. Colquitt opposes State-wide ^ prohibition, and also is against submission qf the amendment unless two- 0 rs- thirds of the districts shall instruct ^ ier for it in the primaries. He is a mem- i{ 3S" ber of the State railroad commission. b ry Mr. Davidson resigned the office of Lb~ attorney general to make the race. He opposes prohibition, but favors 80 submitting the amendment because of a 18> the demand for it wnicn democratic s: ?* voters made two years ago. i< Gov. Campbell has added a dash ]y ?st of excitement to the campaign by & calling a special session of the legis- \ 1(1 lature to meet four days before the E A primaries and letting it be known that v en in event Mr. Colquitt's nomination h !re he will ask the legislation to call a jy ize constitutional ^convention, the sig- o nS nificance of this move being that the iss convention can be called by simple t< !re majority vote of the legislature, ze? whereas a constitutional amendment L ke requires a two-thirds vote for sub- n :er mission. The governor is understood Ii en to favor any of the candidates except e Ia" Mr. Colquitt, who has bitterly assail- a n? ed the present administration. r The other parties will hold precinct p !M~ conventions on July 23, the Demo- s cratic party being the only one re- n n<* quired to hold primaries. The itepub- t] *e~ lican party's probable nominee for n(* governor is J. O. Terrell, of San An- tl >ry tonio, a well-known Democrat. v sft , as TORNADO IN TEXAS. v dy re~ Two Killed, One Injured?Several c Buildings Blown Away. S g ifi f Italy, Texas, July 18.?Tw? per- 1 sons were killed, one seriously inlv~ jured and property damaged to the S extent of between $3,000 and $4, ^ 000 as the result of a tornado that blew through one corner of Italy at t] 6:45 o'clock this evening. :*y The dead: M. Poach and son, ve Charles. Injured: James Gillians. e Poach and his son were crushed tl 3W beneath the wreckage of their home "w when it collapsed, both being inan stantly killed. Gillians was caught e -r~ under a falling shed. The school L house, the tower and tank and . the fi compress were blown away, while J. 0 E. Lloyd's residence was destroyed h n(* by fire. id, h a Tne duiis ana idd utitih uave uccu v ks having a hard fight during the past ize week over the price of cotton, but a to cotton still advances. From the pres- A: vn ent outlook the staple ought to bring a good price this fall. g 1 i NEWS OP EHRHARDT. - ^ c . V31 fomen Seriously Injured in RunaV 'li way?Crops?Fine Field of Corn. Ehrhardt, July 18.?An accident , aat came near ending in a tragedy appened out in the country from ere a few evenings since. Mrs. Ben Rentz, with her little aughter and her baby, together with er friend and neighbor, Mrs. Fener, with her little daughter and her V ;-*j aby, were out riding when the horse ecame frightened and ran away. .3^ Irs. Rentz jumped from the buggy ^ ith her baby in her arms, sustaining 1 juries from which she has not alked since. The little girl and the aby escaped being hurt. Mrs. Fender held on to the lines ntil she was dragged from the bug- * y, and in falling was badly injured iternally. Her baby was also badly ljured, while the little girl was tyM Dund sitting in the foot of the buggy: f pi rith not even a scratch upon it, alh the buggy was smashed, inBT lough the buggy was smashed in ieces. It seems a miracle that the hild was not instantly killed. The cotton crop generally has ta- -VfijaSB en on much to the good in this commnity within the past few days and , > ifh no further hindrance there is romise of a much larger yield than as thought to be possible even ten ays ago. The rains are constant and :,&&& eavy in many places, however, and - "' ' precipitation is as heavy in the fuire as it has been in the past six eeks much harm will result to the ' ^ rowing crop. Corn is permanent- ' r ininvori a? oil condv lanrla frnm . -.iivSifiH >0 much moisture. On medium and tiff soils the crop is all right "518 Mr. Haigler A. Hughes has a field f corn of ten acres of the Marlboro ;'/ / ariety, which is attracting much at- mtion among his neighbors juat ;f^H| ow. The entire field is thoroughly een and flourishing from the ground p. There are few burnt blades in le whole field, while in hundreds of ther fields the stalks are fired haIfi^!f^|S j ay to the tassel. Ninety-nine per ant. of the stalks in this special field ave.two good ears on them, and i a common thing to see,three and . -w Dur ears to the stalk. The yield will irely be heavy considering, the evental seasons of the year so far. Mr. _ ?|| [ughes's cotton crop has also taken ^ n new life and is ^doubtless in line ath the best crops in the county. : ^ The double store with two stories, f J. Frank Copeland, is progressing 1 the building very satisfactorily. } of brick and when finished will e a credit to the town. ' v'-Sl Fairfax Fancies. ^ Fairfax, July 16.?There have been great many visitors to our progrea- ; '/$. ive town recently. Mrs. M. Moye'^!^^. :,C; 3 entertaining two pleasant girls, lisses Groves and Spitler, while the'ivffJjjH iisses Jenkins, of Kline, are with' -^j^^Bj iiss Minnie Jenkins, Miss Vent -r-'if Lainey is with Miss Lizzie Wilson; rhile Mrs. Martin Lightsey .has with; 4 er Miss Bischoff, of Charleston; MIsa: ~ liller, of Salisbury; Miss LightseyV ^ f Columbia. ^ Mrs. Sam Talley entertained visi- ^ ars recently with evening parties. On Thursday evening Mrs. Martin " < .ightsey was "at home" to quite umDer ot guests, pernaps mirLv-uYo. , uteresting games and contests were' ntered into with the zest of youth, nd were much enjoyed. Delicious efreshments were served, and all ronounced Mr. and Mrs. Lightsey ^ uccessful entertainers. They have ot been house-keeping long, and bis is their first party. Mr. James Darby, of Walhalla, wss^Xti^^B be guest of Mr. George Sanders this reek. ' .jf Miss Annye Moye is enjoying her acation in Bamberg. Children's day at the Methodist | hurch was observed on the third ; abbath. Quite an interesting pro- ^ ram was successfully carried out. 'he dialogue, "The New Sunday- y chool Scholar," was well recited by adie Harter, Lylete Wjlson, Ruth' Wilson and Willie Timmons. Mr. Arthur Googe is back again rom Virginia. '*$&&& We had the pleasure of seeing the 1 ne corn our up-to-date young farmr, Russell JLoadholt, has planted for tie corn contest Truly it is fine and 3 re hope he will win the prize. Several members of the glee club jSSsp njoyed an afternoon visit out to ?; .oadholt's, which after enjoying the ne cider, fruit, etc., they thought ught to be called "Goshen" or md of plenty. Miss Etta Perry is back again with - ^ er aunt, Mrs. Lily Myrick, after isiting in Allendale and other places. : Mr. Otto Loadholt, of Jenny, was t the party Thursday evening, also Ir. Herman Lightsey. Mrs. Plyer, of Trilby, Fla., is a uest of Mrs. Julia Sanders.