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. ' * I s . . \t< > (illje H amber g feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12,1912. Established 1891. CODNTRV NEWS LETTERS ' _______ g SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the *County and Elsewhere. * Ehrhardt Etchings. 2 t Ehrhardt, Dec. 9.?Well, the lit- * tie ones are busy thinking how to get v Ork%>t-A fhyiinfy 4" Vl AWT W'ViOt tVlOV t OCIU 1<X V/iaUd IU U i 1115 ? uuv Liiv; want. N This Santa will not do for lots of the things that our little a ones want. Would not do for them d to have, as they would injure themselves or some one else with such 0 presents. Oh, my! isn't it warm weather; so much so until the farmers are ; afraid to kill their -kogs for their n hacon for another year. Can't cure it ^ as they want to. b Well, we are just through with ^ a week's show called carnival. Well, ^ some of the folks enjoyed the g * amusements, others did not go. Thisweek lots of the carnival goers will ^ want advances until another pay j day. Spent all they had for amuse- t ment last week. li Santa Claus will evidently be ^ broke by Xmas. Another show will' ^ be at Lodge or at Ehrhardt this a i week, hunting change. | ^ Lodge has opened up a bank and i j. Ruffins will soon follow suit, so ^ banks will be common in these parts shortly. t Our branch jewelry store will s close and Mr. Paul Arndt, Jr., will r~ go to Augusta. Ga., to sell his goods ^ in that market. e Mr. Jacob C. Hiers brought home his bride yesterday. We all wel- g come her to our town and hope for 0 them a long and happy life^ogether. 0 The Hacker Manufacturing Co. / have been working longer hours each j. day last week to make up lost time 3 while repairing some parts of the machinery. JEE. ^ News from Olar. T * Olar. Dec. 9.?On last Saturday b the writer attended a regular com- a munication of Buford Lodge No. 27, v A. F. M., it being election day, and the following officers were duly elected and installed: G. W. Jenny, W. M.; J. L. Folk, S. W.; A. W. Brab- t! * ham, J. W.; J. W. Jenny, Treasurer; > and J. D. Jenny, Secretary. The ap- ii pointments were: J. C. Loadholt. S. a D.; J. W. Main, J. D.; J. C. Meyer, v and W. H. Priester, Stewards; C. D. c Loadholt, Tiler. a The lodge was called from labor n to refreshment and the refreshment c was a feast fit for the gods. Taken s as a whole that spread was one of the most if not the most elegant that the writer has ever seen. It was E prepared under the supervision of Mrs. J. D. Jenny, and when it comes to the art of the cuisine she has no superior. We hope she may furnish old Buford Lodge many more annual dinners. Miss Sudie Ritter, a social favorite and a young lady of charming personalities, is home again from a C three weeks' visit to Charleston and I other places of interest in the low country. ? Can anybody tell us why our young friend, Albert Loadholt, has r taken such a dislike to "shield brand" clothing? And what's he , doing with that pretty new watch li and ring? Yes, Albert, the way of the lover, like that of the transgress- ii or, is hard, mighty hard, and costly, IV too. F Miss Mary Mace, 01 :viariun, is holding down again the White Point S school. She is well liked by her patrons, and better liked by a very handsome young man, and it looks now like she may marry on the day F best liked by brides, a lovely day in June. Miss Vena Breland, a jewel in our social tiara, is soon to leave us. Cards are out announcing her marriage to Mr. Melvin Carter. We are f loath to give her up. 3 Clever Willie Ritter is the champion stock man of the county. He r has raised over 100 hogs, and has sold over $200 of beeves this year. I And he is far from being a prodigal son?the Bible's famous hog and h?11 raiser. We need a thousand 1 more boys like "Willie." Farmer J. C. Breland is putting in 100 acres of oats, and much of this t crop is on his best land. He wants I to put to shame the proverbial Car ter who had more oats than anybody. By the way. we hear that a pretty black-eyed girl, just up the road, is i going to have a swell wedding ^ Christmas. We hear so, only. * LOCAL POET. ( ^ ^ The annual conference of the r Methodist Episcopal Church* South, i will meet in Rock Hill next year. c ?E^PLKS OX RACING SITUATION. ays He and Governor will Certainly Do their Duty. Columbia, December 9.?Attorney ieneral-elect Thomas H. Peeples was n the Governor's office this morning, nd he and the Governor v*ere asked >v this correspondent about the attiude they were going to take towards the racing meet in Charleson. Said they: "We expect the city nd county officials of Charleston to io their duty, and when the matter 5 put up to us we will certainly do iurs." Denmark Ik>ings. Denmark, Dec. 10.?One of the aost thoroughly enjoyed events of he season was the reception given >y Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goolsby in onor of Mr. R. A. Goolsby and his ride, formerly Miss Margaret itokes of Orangeburg. The guests were met at the door iv Miss Carrie Riley and Mrs. -J. Arthur Wiggins and introduced to he young couple. In the receiving ine with the bride and groom were: . lr. and Mrs. G. W. Goolsby, Mr. and Irs. H. W. Goolsby, of Ft. Motte, nd the two maids of honor, Miss lelle Kearse. of Bamberg, and Miss Kathleen Wannamaker, of Orangeurg. The guests were then ushered ino the dining room where they were erved to a delicious salad course, ollowed by sweets and coffee, by Iisses Emma Owens, Pauline Turnr, and Mrs. Frank Sturgeon. Upon leaving the dining room, the uests were presented with souvenirs f gilded cards, bearing the initials C *1" ~ nnH th.P /tntP 1 II1C UHUC a::u xxx% uuu v* ^ " The bride was handsomely gowned n white messaline with an overress of hand embroidered net. The out-of-town guests were: Iisses Annie Stokes -and Kathleen Vannamaker, "of Orangeburg; Melle [earse and .Mr. H. N. Folk, of Bamerg; Mrs. J. P. Carter, of Fairfax, nd Dr. J. Edwin Stokes, of Greenille. Honor Roll of the Olar Schoiol. The following is the honor roll of he Olar school for the term ending November 29th. All students makag an average of 80 for three months re classed as honor pupils. Those fhose average is 90 or more are lassed as distinguished. The averge to be attained has purposely been lade low that it may prove an inentive to the large majority of the tudents than to a small number. DISTINGUISHED ROLL. Grade 2?Gladys Brabham, Pearl Irabham. Grade 3?George Cave. Grade 4?Grigsby Milhouse. Grade o?Girlee Barker. Grade 7?Maggie Milhouse. Grade 8?Lottie Proveaux. Grade 10?Flossie Lane. HONOR ROLL. Grade 1?Myrtle Barker, B. B. !ave, Fredna Creech. Estelle Collins, Irban Milhouse. Grade2?Benjamin Cave. Wade liers, Marguirite Cook. Grade 3?David Lane, J. D. Moris, Vela Morris, Charley Browning. Grade 4?Griffin Proveaux. Grade 5?Sallie Cave, Reba Wiliams-. Grade 6?Ray Barker, Marie Bessager. Julian* Cave, Leroy Gunnells, Ionroe Morris, Millard Morris, Daisy Lizer, Wilton Smith, Olive Varn. Grade 7?ClarA Jovner, Wilbur tarr. Grade 8?Rosa Lee Reid. Grade 9?Zenobia Morris. Grade 10?Delma Cook, Jennie togers. JESSIE BOYD, Principal. Heyward School. Honor roll of the Heyward school or the month beginning November lth and ending December 6th. First grade?-Coral Zeigler, Banta Fender. Third grade?Gladys Zeigler, Ida Jishop, Lina Bishop, Bessie Bikle. Fifth grade?Haulk Fender. Eighth grade?Lennie Zeigler, ^.da Bishop. DISTINGUISHED. First grade?Erman Bishop, Herha Zeigler, Willie Fender, Lennie ^ender. Fifth erade?Laura Fender. Ninth Grade?Alma Bishop. The famous Dr. W. D. Crum. of Charleston, who was Minister to Li)eria for the United States, died in Charleston last Saturday. Dr. Crum vas the negro about whom such a acket was raised when he was appointed by President Roosevelt as :ollector of customs at Charleston. IN THE PALMETTO STATI SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quid Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Senator W. S. Hall, of Cheroke< county, will introduce' a compulsor; education bill at the next session d the general assembly, which meets ii January. H. R. Sams, of Beaufort county gathered 451 bushels of sweet po tatoes from one and a quarter acre: of land. His crop on a little les than two acres amounted to 551 bushels.4 Two Columbia merchants were ar rested last week on th charge o selling cigarettes to minors. Th< cigarettes were bought by small boy: sent to the stores for that purpose A preliminary was held and the mei were bound over to court unde bonds of $200. W. W. Smoak, editor of the Wal terboro Press and Standard, and W B. Ackerman. mayor of the town, ha< a fisticuff last week on the street of Walterboro, but no damage wa done. The affair grew out of a state ment in the recent grand jury pre sentment, .Mr. Smoak being forema] of the body. Blind tigers was th' cause of it all. A little negro, nine years old named \Vill;e Hart, was arrested ii Aiken last Wednesday afternoon charged with stealing a horse am buggy from Dr. J. I. Salley at Seiv ern, in that county. The horse am buggy was found in possession o the boy, and it is said the turnou was hitched at Wagener and the bo; stole it and drove to Aiken. He wa put in jail. According to the report of the cen sus bureau, issued December 8th the cotton crop of this year will 1> less than last. Up to December Is this year there had been 11,844,43: bales ginned as against 12,816,80 bales last year, making the numbe rrinno^ fhie voar Q 7 1 37; VL ' UttlCO glllu^u mij j v . bales less than last year. In Soutl Carolina this year 1,041,221 bale had been ginned to December 1st as against l,310.96o last year. BROWN CRITICISES BLEASE. Georgia Governor Regards Soutl Carolinian's Remarks Unfortunate. Atlanta. Dec. 9.?"The executiv of no State has a monopoly of de votion to the white women of hi State or to the determination to pro tect them," declared Gov. Joseph M Brown, of Georgia, to-night in ; statement in which he criticised tli mob law speech of Gov. Blease, o South Carolina, before the recen Governors' Conference at Richmond "I regard Gov. Blease's advocac; of mob law as exceedingly unfortun ate," added Gov. Brown, "for th reason that in every other State i] the union the devotion of white mei to white women is as sacred as it i in South Carolina and the determin ation to protect them, or, if need be, to visit condign punishment upoi those who have wronged them, is a deep-seated and irrevocable as it i in South Carolina. "Every governor with whom taiked at the conference, and ever; lady who gave me her opinion, stooi as one in advocating legal proces instead of mob law." Marlboro County Killing. Bennettsville, Dec. 9.?Emanue Abraham, one of the county's bes i and wealthiest negroes, was shot am killed at Marlboro Sunday afternooi by Tom Ingram, a negro. Ingran was brought to Bennettsville am turned over to the sheriff by Col. J P. Hennegan, who passed by Marl boro about the time the shooting oc curred. Full particulars have not beei learned, but it is claimed by Ingran the shooting was an accident am that he and Abraham were playing Hau- thA Othflr Half Lives. Consumption kills nearly 40,00' persons every year in England. In Glasgow over half the popula tion live more than two in a room. In nearly every street in Japanese cities is a public oven, where, for ; small fee, housewives may have thei dinners and suppers cooked fo them. Gout is rarely known among th working classes of Ireland. Thei immunity is thought to be due t the fact that their food consists o potatoes.?Scrap Book. % J UNFAIR SAYS TILLMAN. A | . j Aids \Y. C. Geraty in Complaint 5 ' Against Parcels Post. Washington, December 9.?Sena. tor Tillman has been in correspondence with the Postmaster Genera with reference to the complaint ol the Wm. C. Geraty Company, ol Young's Island, S. C., that under th e postoffice department's interpretatior of the parcels post law, cabbage ^ plants, which the Geraty Compan} 1 produces, are not allowed to be seni through the mails on equal terms '? with other merchandise. Mr. Hitch cock having demonstrated that the s trouble is with the law and not with s the departmnet's interpretation of it 3 the Senator to-day wrote the Postmaster General as follows: "My Dear Mr. Hitchcock: Youfs f of December 5 just received, and ] e see that I was in error in my pres vious letter in supposing that the . postoffice department had presumec x _ .t ^ t- - i ~ ^kkA/y, a 10 cnange trie law aumuuug uauuagt r plants to the parcels post. I want tc ask you now without having reat . your report to Congress or knowing what you say in it on this subject, i: I you say anything at all, that I woulc s be glad if you would communicat* <5 with the postal committees of eacl _ house and recommend that thes< v.ords be stricken from the law 1 'That this act shall not in an: e way affect the postage rate on seeds cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions. an< plants as fixed by Section 482 of th< J Postal Laws and Regulations.' Thi: would permit Such articles to g< ^ in the parcels post the same as any thing else. a "It seems to me outrageous tha f the express companies should be s< t far favored by the Congress as t< v. have these things excepted. I s there any good reason why butte: and eggs and even beef can ente: the parcels post, while seeds, bulbs cabbage plants, etc., be omitted? do not believe that you believe thes* 0 exceptions ought to be made or tha their omission can be justified b: 7 tight thinking people. The parcels post, as I understand it. was enact r _ ed largely to enable the farmers t< dispose of their surplus products t< the people of the towns at a fai: price rather than have them rot '' thus reducing the cost of living Surely the farmers ought to be allow ed to get such things in return fron I V? rt r? thnni t A C?o11 TLr Vl 1P} VLUyuuxs ? liU iiao iu^ixx lu ovu m will cause the parcels post to benefi them as much'as it does the peopb in the cities. "If vou see your way clear t< e . recommend this change to the posta committee. I would be glad to hav< s a copy of your letter. To my mind i is a preposterous condition that ex ^ ists and utterly unjustifiable. I ' would take a Philadelphia lawyer, i ^ dozen of them, to convince the farm ers that the cabbage itself should b< , admitted to the parcels post, whil< the cabbage plant, which grows th< cabbage, is not allowed in withou paying the old rate of postage. Wh: should cabbage plants be charged a a the rate of one cent for each tw< ounces while the cabbage itself i! admitted at parcels post rates? Ver? respectfully, "B. R. TILLMAN." [1 | Representative Lever has beer s working on the same matter at th< other end of congress, and believe* j that the necessary change in the lav y, can be effected at the present shor , session. 3 TOLI) HIM TO SHOOT. Eight-Year-Old White Boy Kills i Negro Boy of Sixteen. 1 t News was received in Greenwooc 3 Saturday of the death of a sixteen i year-old negro boy on the Gilchris 1 place, in th$ Liberty Hill section o: 3 the county, as the result of a gunshoi '. wound inflicted by the eight-year-olc - son of the late Mr. Tom Zeigler, i - well known farmer. Details of th( affair are lacking, but the main facts 2 as reported there are about as fol .1 lows: Saturday morning the little 3 Zeigler boy and a companion whos( ;. name cannot be learned became in volved in a boyish difficulty with th< negro and the Zeigler boy wasMolc to* draw a gun on the negro and kil 0 him. The little fellow fired and mor tally wounded the negro, death en r suing Saturday morning. Mr. Ton Zeigler, father of the boy, died abou' 8 three weeks ago. r The American Surety company or r Saturday paid $12.985.6S, th< amount of the judgment rendered b} e the Circuit court of Richland count} r against the late supervisor Samue o H. Owens. The supreme court re f cently sustained the judgment of th< circuit court. POLITICAL PIE COUNTER. J SOUTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE IS BEING MAPPED OUT. J ' . Congressmen to Name Postmasters ] I and Port Collectors and Senators District Attorney. J f ? ; Washington, Dec. 10.?The South i Carolina delegation upon invitation I > of Senator Tillman met in his office c ' this morning and agreed upon a gen- ' : eral line of policy in regard to South 1 ; Carolina appointments. It was the i - understanding that as nothing could ? be done until they saw President- t i elect Wilson, the senators should t , confer with Mr. Wilson as soon as ( practicable to learn his policy. t Plan of Procedure. 1 If Wilson agrees to have the sena- < tors and representatives from the 1 State control the patronage then the ? rule to be followed will be this: All 1 the postmasters will be designated i by the congressmen in their respect- 1 > ive districts, provided that no post- i 1 master shall be named who is per- 1 ; sonally objectionable to either of the { { senators; the collectors of the ports i 1 will be recommended in the same < 5 way; the United States marshal and < i district attorney will be designated < ? by the senators after conferring with ] : the delegation. ] Naming of Postmasters. , It was the opinion of the delega- i I tion that President-elect Wilson ; a should be urged to rescind the execu- < 5 tive order issued by President Taft 3 placing all fourth-class postmasters ; - under the civil service, for the rea- ; son that in the South this opens ' t wide the door to negroes and they < 3 believe this order was issued for the d piirpose of perpetuating Republicans ] s in office. r The members of the delegation r who attended the conference in Sen- ; t ator Tillman's office were himself 3 1 and Senator E. D. Smith and Repre- i 2 sentatives Finley, Johnson; Lever, < t and Byrnes. Representative Aiken f and Legare are not in Washington, 3 3 out are uaersiooa 10 ue sausueu mm - the delegation's agreement. < 3 Rajrsdale Enters Kick. i 3 Representative "Ellerbe is in the 1 r city, but djjd not attend the conference, although Mr. J. W. Ragsdale, ' . who has been elected to succeed him ] - for the next term, was on hand and < i participated in the discussion. Mr. i Ragsdale is dissatisfied with some i t of the nominations for postmaster- ] ; ships which have been made in the j 6th district on Mr. Ellerbe's recom3 mendation, and wants their confirm- s 1 ation held up. i i ^ i Pastors to .Uplift Drama. j Massillon, O., 'Dec. 9.?Six prom- j t inent clergymen, after considerable j l discussion and manoeuvring to secure the necessary .funds, have an- ^ a nounced that they are determined to , a purge the drama of this city of all a that is noxious and indecent. They ? t have declared that Massillon people . , shall eventually see only the clean- . i 4 t est and most wholesome plays that j teach a moral lesson. ( nlan PvftlvpH bv the Sextet of i 1 , divines- has passed the embryo stage and arrangements have been com- 1 pleted whereby a French concert ( l company, negro jubilee singers and ? other attractions will be brought . 3 here and staged in competition with | . the burlesque shows. , t All the ministers are of high standing in the community and they will form a powerful combination : against the present theatrical inter- ] ests of the city. BULL MOOSE PAPER. < New Journal to be Issued from Co- 1 lumbia?Dunn Ousted. t Columbia, December 9.?The Ball f Moose leaders of South Carolina have i t ousted B." Sherwood Dunn, of Aiken, < 1 as national committeeman from this 1 i State. T./H. Wannamaker, of Colum- i j bia, president of the Glencoe cotton 1 5 Mills, was chosen national commit- ( . teeman in his stead. Mr. Wanna- ? j maker left Saturday afternoon for i ? Chicago to attend the post mortem 1 . of the Bull Moose which has been ? j announced for December 10 and 11. < I Progressive national committeemen j 1 from every State in the union will ] . attend the Chicago conference. .Members of the Progressive State t ! executive committee have addressed 1 t letters to Ex-President Roosevelt, i Joseph M. Dixon, national chairman i of the new party, and other Bull i 1 Moose leaders, informing them of f ? the ousting of Committeeman B. i r Sherwood Dunn and the selection of ( i T. H. Wannamaker as national com- t 1 mitteeman. i A weekly paper will be issued 1 2 from Columbia in the interest of the f Bull Moose party. i MOOTHER KEEPS CHILDREN. Jut Father Can Have Them Two Months Each Year. Columbia, Dec. 9.?Douschka ^ickens Tillman and Sarah Starke Tillman must grow up under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina supreme co^rt. That court to-night rendered a )er curiam order placing the chil- ' < Iren in the custodv of their mother, Urs. Lucy Dugas, formerly Mrs. B. ( J. Tillman, Jr., but,made the followng exception: "This court is of the opinion that he petitioner (B. R. Tillman, Jr.,) :heir father, should have the chilIren in his home for two months of ;he summer vacation season of each rear, one-halt of the Christmas holi ' ? j- 1. lavs and one in tne spring at eucu :ime as may be found convenient, subject to the right of the mother 10 have them with her at all times n case of their illness. We are of ihe opinion, also, that in the internals the petitioner should be allowed 10 be with his children with reasonable frequency under conditions not unpleasant to him. We make no or3er at this time as to details, in the 2onfidence that the parties or their counsel will be able to agree on the particulars and at an early day submit a proper order to the court." . The court states that these provisions will be subject to alterations is the children advance in years. The pourt requires in the order that? "The children shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of this court," and that Mrs. Lucy Dugas and B. R. rillman, Jr., give bond in the sum Df $5,000 each, conditioned that they will not remove the children nor - x1 ? ~ 1 V\AtrAn/l f VtQ procure tneir reuiuv<a.i ucjuuu iu? jurisdiction of the court. The order was'signed by all of the . justices of the* supreme court, and follows the habeas corpus proceedings brought by Mr. Tillman to secure posession of the children. The court points out that the judgment of the court is never final as to the custody of a child and that the court must at all times be free to act upon such a vital change of conditions as requires a change of custody. The court says thait B. R. Tillman, Jr., failed to show that the mother is unfit to have the custody of the children. ;?j9K| "The fact that she has joined the Catholic church is nothing againstr her, nor is it for a court to judge it }?. an injury to the children. "The court cannot say that the respondent (Mrs* Dugas) has become unfit to rear her-children because she obtained a divorce after this court had adjudged that her separation from her husband was due to his fault," the order continues. The children have been in the custody of the mother, by former order if the court, since 1910. Counsel for Mrs. Dugas and Mr. Tillman will submit to the court for approval an order carrying out this arrangement. The decision brings a close to a ?ase that has attracted great attenJS tion throughout its progress. In 1909 B. R. Tillman, Jr., deeded thetwo children to his father and moth- /, ar, Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman. Mrs. Dugas, who has since secured ^ a divorce from B. R. Tillman, Jr., brought suit and the custody of the ahildren was awarded to her. A few weeks ago B. R. Tillman, Jr., claiming that he was a reformed ' man, petitioned the court to give - , bim custody of the children. After the submission of affidavits and argument the court took the :ase under advisement. The decision rendered to-day was unanimous. 1 New Uses of the Banana. . ? . . V.3 "There are now in Jamaica six x factories manufacturing banana figs, jhips, meal and flour," said James VIcC. Harris, of Boston, who recently eturend from Jamaica. "During :he seasons at wnicn uie irun, is cheapest, all of these plants are run it their maximum capacity. The nethods of drying the fruit are dif- v 'erent in different plants, though ill resort, I believe to a hot-air pro:ess. It takes about 400 to 500 jounds of the fruit to manufacture LOO pounds of meal. "The banana fig is as palatable as he natural fig and resembles it closey in color. It has replaced the natlral fig in many markets in which t has been introduced. The chips ire sold principally for breakfast oods, being made into a porridge. Several of the manufacturers who leal in the European markets ship o the cities and have it ground into neal there. Grist mills, the same x """1 and used for manufacturing meal from corn, are U6ed, says the Washngton Post. ' I * '13