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Oik ?amb?rg 1f?ral?> Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. v News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, March 11.?On Saturday night the citizens of Ehrhardt went to bed after a hard day's work and were sleeping?all except the watch* man at the Hacker Manufacturing Co.'s plant. About 12 o'clock the alarm of fire was given by him and guns and pistols were fired off to alarm and wake up those that had gone to sleep. Everybody in town was on the scene in short order and went to work with a vim, fighting the fire. The dry kilns and dry sheds and building with planer, mills, moulders, rip saw, etc., was on fire. It is thought it caught in the shaving 1 room near the furnace, as this was where the fire was first seen coming through the roof. When seen first was beyond control, the only thing to do was to prevent tne spread as much as possible. Every one went to work with a determined will to stop the spread. The ginnery of the > Carolina Gin Co. was next to follow, then the shops of Hacker Manufacturing Co. Then cotton seed houses and cotton shed. Other houses caught but by the determination and untiring bucket force they-were put out. Cool heads directing and others working with all their might put out * lire on the buildings as fast as they caught. The saw mill building was saved for the Hacker Manufacturing Co. by hard fighting.' The wind was high, coming from a little west of north, making it so much more difficult to fight the flames. Carolina Gin Co., loss $6,000; Hacker Manufacturing Co. loss $200,000; A. C. L. Railway Co. seven box cars five or six loaded with fertilizer, ^ 12 bales of cotton and cotton shed; 500,000 feet of very choice lumber, dried and dressed, was burned for the Hacker Manufacturing Co. Carolina Gin Co. no insurance; Hacker Manufacturing Co., some insurance on building and machinery, none on lumber. About 4 o'clock Sunday morning the fire was left with a few to watch it, others went to bed to get a nap. The Hacker Manufecturing Co. will rebuild as soon as pos sible^ Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax,1 March 11.?Shelly Platts and family, from Hickory Grove, were recent visitors of Mrs. Julia Harter. Mrs. Raymond Ginn is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Hammond. The Knights of Pythias held their convention here last week. Congressman Byrnes and the grand . chancellor made fine addresses in the school hall. Many . delegates were entertained in our homes. Miss Harrison's musicale on Friday evening was a great success. Her pupils fully demonstrated that they had been well taught, and even the small tots did well. The advanced ones, Misses Joella Padgett, Sadie Harter, and Ruth Wilson, played charming duetts and trios with Miss Harrison, which were much applauded. But when Miss Lyl Parish, of the New York conservatory of music, played duetts with Miss Harrison the applause was tremendous.. The occasion will be long remembered by . music lovers present. Among the I many visitors that night were: Geo. [Barker ana wire ana i\nss naiue Priester, of Allendale; Prof. Campbell and Miss Jones, of Brunson; Misses Radcliff and McDaniel, of Hampton. A large shipment of cattle wa~ made from here last week, and in a i few days more will go. Messrs Geo. j Sanders, F. M. Young, and Newton i Loadholt had about 350 to ship. Bear Scare in Anderson. Anderson, March 9.?A big, black, shaggy animal, supposedly a bear, has been playing havoc in the community three miles south of this city. Two nights ago the animal visited the I place of Mrs. Sadie Burts and killed two hogs, tearing the carcass to bits. /Several days ago an animal described like the one that came to Mrs. j Burts's place appeared on Eugene \ Snipes's farm and killed two large j pigs, tearing the carcasses to pieces ; the same way. The tracks of the! animal were described as being as j large as the hand of a man, and a ne- ! gro on Manly Watson's place described the animal as being black and shaggy and of the size of a large St. Bernard dog. Hounds have been secured by persons in the vicinity, and it is said that they have driven the p bear into the swamps of Rocky River.. \ I LANDLORD CUT BY TENANTS. | S. D. Cross, of Chester, Receives Severe Injuries. I Chester, March 11.?S. D. Cross, a prominent farmer, was badly cut , about the face this afternoon by two white tenants on his Triplett place, when he (Cross) ordered them to get off the plantation. Mr. Cross pluckily rode home unattended, but when he reached the city was cover- 1 ed with blood and was very faint. The physicians pronounced his wounds as severe, but not serious. 1 The two men who did the cutting are being pursued by Sheriff Colvin and a posse. ] Mr. Cross is wen Known an over < the State, his exhibit of White Face Herefords at the State Fair each fall . i being especially fine. , Denmark Doings. Denmark, March 11.?Sunday last ; being the first pleasant one this year ; quite a large Crowd attended the ser- i vices at both churches. i "Cupid" reports himself very busy in Denmark, and "Madam Rumor" , says that wedding bells will soon be 1 ringing again. ( According to the number of autos that have arrived in town lately people judge that money must be very plentiful with some folks. The many friends of Mr. W. H. ! Wroton are very sorry *o learn that he and his daughters, Misses Genevieve and Lula Bess, have gone to Jttaieign, 1\. C/., 10 many men iuiuic home with his son, Mr. James Wroton. : Mr. R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg, and Mr. H. W. Goolsby, of Fort Motte, spent Sunday with the latter's parents here, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goolsby. 1 Miss Kate Dickert, of Union, form- 1 erly a teacher in the Denmark high school, is the guest of Mrs. J. R. Martin. 1 Mr. Geo. Turner has accepted a position with the Citizens Exchange Bank here, Miss Martha Riley having resigned. Kearse News. Kearse, March 12.?Last Sunday's sunshine was a treat. Rev. Walker preached an interesting sermon to a large congregation at White Pond school house in the afternoon. Mrs. W. H. Ritter had as her guest for the week-end her classmate, Miss Zelle Loadholt, and Miss Annie Halford, two popular teachers of the Olar high school. Mrs. James Bagnal, of Alcolu, is at home on a visit to her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Chitty. Mr. Newton P. Smoak, of Bamberg, spent Sunday in our midst. Miss Sudy Ritter entertained a number of young folks at a dinner nartv Snnrlsv Recent visitors among us were Dr. Breland, of Allendale; Messrs Hugh Kearse and Atticus Neely, of Olar; John McMillan and K. 0. Sanders, of Ulmer; Clinton Platts, Willie Lightsey, and Albert Loadholt, of Brunson. Mr. Clyde Ariail, of Charleston, spent several days last week with his sister, Mrs. W. H. Ritter. A party of young folks went out on a kodac hunt and wagon ride Sat-^ urday afternoon. They say a wagon ride is a good deal "surer" way of riding than an automobile, and we believe we could soon convince Dr. Breland of the fact. Don't ask him anything about the roads on Three Mile. Robe suits, robe suits, flouncings, flouncings. THE MILLINERY STORE, (C. W. Rentz, Proprietor.) ENGINEER McDOUGAL HURT. Ankle Broken when Locomotive Pulling Florida Flyer Derailed. Columbia, March 11.?'Southern train No. 31, the Florida Flyer, was derailed near Blythewood this morning, the engine of the train striking several box cars of freight train No. i o mai were nor in rue ciear. i uc j engine was the only part of the train | which left the track and Engineer j Robert McDougall, who was at the throttle, sustained a fractured ankle i and a few minor bruises. The box cars were thrown from the i track by the force of the contact. Xo I others persons were injured. A relief train was sent out from Columbia and the track cleared in a little over two hours. Conductor T. W. Elanton was in charge of Xo. 31. Engineer Robert McDougall is un- j der the care of a local physician, and I it is stated that he will be out again ! in about two weeks, probably. Come see our tailored ready-towear hats, "Acatos," "English Walking Hats," "The Lazarus" and "Ache." THE MILLINERY STORE, (C. W. Rentz, proprietor.) IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARI OUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About; Men and Happenings. The State federations of woman's 3lubs will be held in Abbeville in May. The State Sunday-school convention will be held in Greenwood.April 16, 17 and 18. Joe Boon, colored, shot and killed bis stepson in Darlington on Saturday. Both were drunk. Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Smith, of Timmonsville, announces that he will be in the race this summer. Tit-- t ^ ~ trriTT tal*0 JL Q(3 uuy SUUULS u; oumwi niii a. three-days .hike into the woods March 28th, 29th and 30th. The Boy Scouts movement there is an adjunct to the Y. M. C. A. The Winthrop college girls will attend the unveiling of the monument to the Women of the Confederacy in Columbia the 11th of April. President Johnson has already promised them. Donald Mayburn, white, aged 12, was arrested in Columbia on Saturday on the charge of highway robbery. He is accused of holding up Wilile Rose, about the same age, and taking $1.45 from him. Frederick Myishall, postmaster of Abbeville, died on Tuesday night, aeed 40 vears. survived by a wife and three children. His wife was Miss Grace Hemphill, a daughter of the late Robert R. Hemphill. A special term of court has been called by the go^?rnor for Anderson county the first of April to try William Reid, colored, who is charged with attempted assault upon .the wife of an Anderson county farmer. Ira B. Jones spoke by invitation to the people of Hampton on Wednesday at the dedication of the high school building. He talked education and politics to a large crowd. Gov. Blease had been invited also, but he wrote that he had business in Columbia requiring his attentior;. * The number of bales of cotton sold on the Greenwood market up to March 1st, is 24,491. Last y^r up to this time the number was only about 16,000, which shows a big increase in the number of bales this year. It is estimated tha-: the crop in the county will be 45,000 bales this year. James Reynolds was tried in the circuit court in Edgefield on Saturday for malicious mischief?cutting the wire fence of his brother, Geo. B. Reynolds?and was found guilty. The court find him only 510, as it appeared that he honestly thought his brother had built the fence across a public road. John J. Jones, of Branchville, is riding the perpetual merry-go-round of the State's judicial system. He was convicted in the circuit court, and appealed to the supreme court. That court dismissed nis appeai; meu he went back to the circuit court and asked for a new trial, and the court denied it. Now he will no doubt take another appeal to the supreme court. ?Newberry Observer. The supreme court in a decision by Chief Justice Gary on Monday affirmed the verdict of the Spartanburg court in the case of Mrs. Johann Ladshaw against the Southern. Mrs. Ladshaw brought suit against the road for $2,000 for injury in receiving a cinder in one of her eyes while riding on a passenger train of the company near Spartanburg. The jury awarded a verdict of $633, which was affirmed by the supreme court. An Eye to Business. Jimmy had been to church for the first time. When he was going to bed that evening his father asked him how he liked it. "Oh, I thought it was bully," was his answer. "Well, what part did you enjoy best?" "Oh, I liked it when they passed the plate. I got a dime, how much did you get?" .Jack Porter, a young negro of 17 years, was killed at a hot supper near Elko Friday night of last week by E. W. McKerley (white.) The details of the killing are very meagre. .McKerley shot Porter with a pistol killing him almost instantly and McKerley in turn was badlv handled by the negroes His head was badly beaten up and we understand that he is in a critical condition. On account of his injuries he cannot be brought to Barnwell.? Barnwell Sentinel. LEVER CARRIES HIS POIX Item for Potash Explorations Kej Appropriation Bill. Washington, March 11.?In debate over the agricultural ap priation bill, in committee of whole of the house to-day, Chair Fitzgerald, of the appropriat committee, made a point of o against the provision of the which provided $25,000, of w $10,000 shall be available at c for explorations and investigat within the territory of the Ur : States for sources of potash nitr and other essential components commercial fertilizers. When point of order was sustained by chair, Representative Lever, of S< Carolina, tne author of the sectio debate, offered it in substantially same form as an amendment, ar was carried by a practically ur mous vote. TUinnritv T.earier Mann aided Lever by speaking in favor of amendment, laying great stress i the importance of the search for ash, which is now entirely contrt by a German trust. In the cours good humored exchanges over matter, the South Carolina cong: man (who has sat by the sid Capt. Lamb, the chairman of the < mittee, all through the debate or agricultural appropriation bill has done more of the arguing the chairman,) suggested that Fitzgerald, as a city member, i ably did not appreciate the vital portance, of the potash questio the farmers, and added, amid a t of laughter, that the Brooklyn would not know the difference tween wheat and oats growing ir field. Found Dead in Lake. Hampton, March. 12.?"Dc You will find me at the big brie was a note of summons to the fa of Windman Smith, a prominent zen of Hampton county, who found drowned in Lowdes lake a noon to-day. The dead man lef home about 9 o'clock this mor] telling his children that he was g to the field where his older sons at work. The note was carrie the home of Smith by a negro wc who lives directly on the road tween where Smith lived and w his body was found floating in 'big lake. The negro stated that Mr. S left it with her about 10 o'clocl delivery provided he did not rc by 12 o'clock. When the searc party reached the lake they fi his dog and his hat on the br Thence they tracked him to the ] where he is supposed to have jui over. Mr. Smith was 66 years ol and had lived in the Horsegall tion of Hampton county all his Derangement of his mind is only reason ascribed for his act. A coroner's jury will investiga The Fre^ Use of Both Hand; There was a fad some twenty i ago among certain classes to i the children use both hands equ with a view to developing amb terity, says Harper's Weekly. 1 were very few successful results the contrary, the children that oniy one nana scemeu lu get c better in every way, especially i: tellectual development. The ex] ation for this is found in the that the control of the hand is mitely connected with the dev ment of language; but the t centers that have to do with lang are situated on the left side?thi in connection with the centers eontrol the right arm and hanc An examination of thousand human skeletons showed that in c case in which the right arm h greater development than the arm there was a corresponding velopment on the left side of skull. Left-handed persons w accordingly be expected to have language ability, on the whole, right-handed persons; and chil that used both hands indifferi under compulsion would hinder more the development of their al in the use of language. In the German army, Dr. Ba ben found 3.S-S per cent, of handedness. This figure is t< considered as rather lower than true ratio, as many left-handed deny or fail to report the fact, northeastern parts of Germany handedness is less frequent tha the central parts, tl is curious among the monkeys the orang-ou I onH -Via hvinhntp<? arp rieht-har while the gorilla and the chimpa are left-handed. Men's hats at sacrific prices, have too many in stock. See " $1.50 will get you at Klauber's. ? j EHRHARDT-BAMRERG ROAD. J* ?? New Line, Long-Discussed, Soon to l>" be Reality. Ehrhardt, March 5.?When the -d people at Bamberg said they would build a railroad from that town to Ehrhardt, the folks at this end of the line were sceptical. Even when a part le of the way had been graded they still, ^ g- thought a game of "bluff" was on, l11 but now that the entire grading is )0 done and ties are being placed, ready r MILLS INCREASE WAGE! >t in HIGHER PAY MOVEMENT SWEE1 IXG OVER NEW ENGLAND. the pro- This Brings Total Number Affecti the by Concessions Up to 175,000. man One Small Strike. ions rder Boston, Mass, March 12.?T1 bill higher wage movement in New En hich land textile circles reached F? ince, River this afternoon and the 25,0( ions employes of 100 print cloth mil lited there will receive a 5 per cent, a ates vance on March 25. The action ' 3 of the Fall River mills brings the tot the of wage earners in New England te the tile plants who will get better pay Duth 175,000. The textile council of Ne n in Bedford has decided to ask for an a the vance in that city, id it An advance of 5 per cent, also w; lani- announced by the cotton mills Taunton, Holyoke, Chicopee and ot Mr. er places, as well as by the worst* the woolen mills and the Hoosac Cott< lpon company's mills at North Adams. . pot- the latter plant 200 operatives of tl )lled spinning department struck for i >e of increase and better working cone the tions an hour before the advance w ress- announced. It is expected, howeve e of that all the operatives will return t 2om- morrow. i the Cotton and woolen mills in Ne and England employing about 100,0* than persons have not made a formal a Mr. nouncement regarding the wage que >rob- tion, but it is expected in Boston m im- circles that notices will be post n to shortly in many additional establis >urst ments announcing higher schedule man Many of the fine cotton manufactr be- ers in Rhode Island, the Blacksto l the valley, the Northeastern Connectic and Western Massachusetts are awa ing the outcome of a wage demand New Bedford, where there are 30,0 >llie' ?Peratives, before acting. [ge " When business is in first-class cc dition there are about 300,000 text: citi- ?Peratives in New England. It is < was timated that the general advance bout from 5 to 7 per cent, will cost t t hi 1,500 textile manufacturers $5,00' aing, 000 a >'ear' roing In some ?* t^ie Lawrence mills were is understood the rise will be at 1 ez d t0 12 per cent, for many classes iman helP[ be~ H. ETHERIDGE IN YORK J All here Charged with Bigamy and Forge: Arrested in Atlanta. mith c for Rock Hill, March ,10.?H. Eth< >turn i(*ge, a man who was recem hing connected the railroad office ound Catawba Junction, ten miles east idge was brou&kt Lere yesterd place from Atlanta by Constable Allen, npe(1 Magistrate Wingate's court. He f age charged with forgery, obtaini sec_ money under false pretenses a * TTT-U : 1 ? V, ^ TV>. lif? I . VV UllC ill uauiHua lie mi t^e ried a young woman of the neighbi hood, and it is stated that he indue t the mother of the girl to cash a dr; which proved to be a forgery. In t s. meantime a letter came from Arks sas from a lady there saying that s rears was Etheridge's wife. He imme< nake ately left the county, but was arre tally, ed in Atlanta last week and v idex- turned over to the constable on pr( 'here er requisition. Etheridge waived on preliminary and is now in the jail used Yorkville. ilong iyjr A l Gaston, of Chester, I Q m" been retained by Etheridge to defe Plan" him. fact ' inti- Byrnes Sub-Committee Secretary, elop- Washington, March 11.?Rep] )rain sentative Byrnes, of the 2d Sou uage Carolina district, has been elect at is, secretary of the sub-committee that the banking and currency commiit< I. which is to investigate the Mod s of Trust. The position is an honora jvery one, carrying no emolument. ad a left Scraps of News. ; de- The French army will purchase the fewer than 350 aeroplanes duri ould 1912. less A special form of camera ha-; be than invented for copying type or pe dren written manuscript by photograp sntly more rapidly than it can be done still hand. )ility Only one person is needed to c erate a new range finder for milita rdle- purposes in which two telescopes a left- mounted at the end of a comm 5 be tube, their eye-pieces being close 1 l the gether. men California is to ask congress In make a grant of $250,000 a year f left- the upkeep of the Yosemite Pai n in If this is refused, the United Stat that will be asked to cede the park ba tang to the State on the ground of negle tded, Paddles invented by a Wiscons nzee man to be strapped to the hands aid a swimmer, fold in when the ai is pushed forward to lessen the 1 Wp ' sistance, but cannot stick togeth to thwart their intended purpose. is ior tne irons, tney can no longer d- doubt that this road will be completof ed. al When Bamberg put Jones A. Wilx liams to the head of this enterprise to the right man was p *t in the right gj iw place. He knows the value of a dold lar, and he makes every dollar count. This road will fill a long-felt want. ( as Ehrhardt is a terminal town and of when a traveller got that far the h- only way to get out is to go out as he Bd came in, or hire a conveyance, which m ordinarily costs a fortune. Then kt freight can come in or go out only lie one way often handicapping the shipin per with double freight charges, li- This new road opens up one of the as best sections of this country?fine ir, timber and fine farming lands. A- nnU/N HnAlrA?* Ifonnfon+iirirKy Pnm v i lie nativci iiiauuiav/bui iu^ pany, of Charleston, is now operatjw ing a railroad to the South from Ehr00 hardt, while the Schofield people are h- building a railroad along Great SaltJs kehatchie. In the near future these ill roads will meet, and then could the ed Bamberg-Ehrhardt line consolidate h- with these two private roads, EhrJs. hardt would be something of a railir road centre. The builders of the Bamberg-Ehrut hardt line hope soon to open up their line to traffic and when they do there in will be better business this way. 00 The protracted rains for the past few months have badly interfered in- with the building of this line, but rain or no rain, President Jones A. is- Williams is on the job, and he soon of will open up to traffic a virgin counhe trv. 0,- "" :? 1? Men's all pure silk sox, 25 cents. t the pair, at Klauber's. i-st Anent Snow and the Weather. of It is to be hoped that those persons' who in December last longed for a real old-fashioned snow were fully \ J' satisfied in January and February ult. r^* The blankety blizzaray "Ozark" snow of February 10th reminds the sr- writer of the terrible snow and freeze tly that came on the night of February at n-12, 1899, when for days the earth of bore a mantle of white and the trees,ay shrubbery and house eaves had pend. ? of ant tags of icicles for the same timer is and when hundreds of the dear little ng sparrows and modest doves were nd found frozen on hill and dale, ir- A romantic episode occurred about ar- this time in a little town not 100 ed miles from Columbia. A prosperous aft business young man had been paying he his devoirs to a pretty dark-eyed in- "Danish" brunette and imagining his . he chances were bright called on his di- dulcinea^and after "cussing" and disst cussing the weather and other topics 'as quietly asked if she were ready to >p- enter a matrimonial alliance. She a answered with a laconic "No." Disat mayed and crest-fallen, after a few desultory remarks, he bade the fair las one adios?quitted the threshold and nd soon reaching the street, butted up with a male friend, who asked him how had he enjoyed the beautiful snow. He curtly replied: I don't re" want any more of the beautiful "no" (snow) when they separated. But ec* the matter was satisfactorily explain?* ed when next they met. 2e> How few people observe that the iey heaviest snow falls occur on SaturLry day nights and Sundays. The writer remembers well the snow that came on Sunday, the 15th of April, 1849, which cut down hundreds of acres of "U ^ A Kaa? *%1 "Kir y*ty"1 _ uuril lllctt liau uccu piuntu u j j.u.1 u-i ng ers. An old roommate, 81 years of age, 611 says that in 1854, he saw snow fall four consecutive Saturday nights in * February in the Piedmont section, QV * and also the heaviest one he ever saw was on the 20th of February, 1863, on Sunday, in Virginia. Gen. rv , * Lee remarked at the time that he re ,, never saw a worse storm in the on Rockies while on duty in the United *? States service prior to the War between the Sections. t0 Meteorologists tell us that snow is or not white, that a combination, of colors and optical illusions cause it to es look white when really it is greyish ck blue?being nearer black than white. ct- H. C. D. ?i *1 Confederate Home. m See our ready-to-wear hats and -e. sailors in following braids: Peonet, Java, Milan, and Panamas. 50c to er $10.00. THE MILLINERY STORE, (C. W. Rentz, Proprietor.) / 1