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Your' Subscription ~ , ~~ Has Expired. One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1913. Established 1891. - - - j j COUNTRY NEWS LETTEI SOME INTERESTING HAPPENIN IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around t County and Elsewhere. ' Ehrhardt News. Ehrhardt, Feb. IS.?Alice, the 1 tie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Pate, who has been auite ill wi pneumonia, is convalescent. Mrs. Dr. J. L. Copeland, who 1] been on an extended visit to ! Augustine, Fla., and other points, ' at home again. Mr. J. G. Padgett, of Walterboi candidate for congress from the fi] district, was shaking hands with 1 friends in Ehrhardt on Friday. I News has been received here of t death of Mrs. Frank Burney, sister Mrs. W. P. Pate, who was buried h Friday at Elkton, N. C., Mr. Pa > attending her funeral. Town council has convicted a wh f man for selling whiskey and imp^ ed a fine pf $100 or thirty days < i the county chain gang. He chose t latter. This was commendable s( raft vice on the part of our city fathe: IjmB but we do not believe the abo gEMR mentioned the only white man these parts engaging in this nefario WET and damnable business, and we tri council will have both the alertne and courage to discover and expo i I them. \ If there should be enough of tl f _ kind of work done, there should ^ no reason why prohibition should n prohibit. A most preposterously a surd remedy is the suggestion to i ? instate the dispensary. This wou be like quenching fire with fire, draining an area by flooding it. . its worst now, we only have blii tigers. Then we would have blii tigers plus the dispensary. We < truly hope that no good citizen ^ this town or community will sufi such a travesty upon his intel gence, to say nothing of his moralit - - ? j>; 1 1.. ~ T as to vote tor so riaicuiuusiy ausu a measure! Meagre information concernii Clyde Rentz, the little son of D. Rentz, who disappeared from 1: father's home at Lakeland, Fla., < January 23rd, has been received 1 his grandfather, Jacob G. Rentz, the Hunter's Chapel section. The i formation is to the effect that a M Willjams, observing in the News ai Courier of February 12th, an a count of the boy's disappearance, once recalled that on January 23r i he was riding on a train near Wa cross, Ga., and that he saw a boy wl said his name was Clyde Rentz, ai who answered to the description gi | y en of him in the News and Couri of February 12th, put off of the tra on account of his not having mom to pay his fare. By this it is supposed that the b' is trying to make his way back to tl home of his grandfather, Jacob Rentz, R. F. D., Branchville, S. TT ? ? iU/v.%<vU C4- L A n K/-LAr? m r\ 'jtlOVV CVCI*, UlUUgll it iiao uiv than a month since the incident r ported by Mr. Williams occurred, i further tidings have been receiv< of the missing boy. A newspaper cut has been mai from a good photograph of Clyd taken something more than a ye; ago, that will be used in a number ? the leading daily papers of the cou try, in the hope that it may lead his identification and recovery, the meantime, let all sympathizii friends mingle their prayers wi those of the dear old couple at Hue er's Chapel, who are anxiously awai ing further tidings from their lo boy. Of course much sympathy felt for the father, but it must chiel center around the aged grandparen who took him to their home ai hearts when only two days old ai up to a few months ago cared for hi with that tenderness and devotion characteristic of that' awakened 1 the youngest child of one's old ag With tremulous voice the intellect ally strong, kind hearted, aged ma said to the writer: "I loved hi better than I ever loved one of n f own children, and because of h loss I am experiencing the greate sorrow of my life." See Gen. 37 I and 34 for a similar case. Colston School. H|Ht Honor roll of the Colston scho for the month ending February 14t Second . grade?Harold Fend* John Folk, Eugene Kirkland. Hati L Kirkland, Leroy Padgett, Cudd Padgett. Third grade?Flossie Folk, Barb McMillan. Seventh grade?Annie Floren Fender, Alma Kirkland. Eighth grade?Prettole Fender. \ HOl'SK PASSES PENSION BILL. j Largest Measure Kind Ever BeGS | ported to Congress. Washington. February IS.?The .j largest pension bill ever reported to congress, carrying appropriations aggregating $ 1 SO,300,0.00, was passed by the house to-day by a vote of 219 to 40. with an amendment, which it- will make necessary an additional P. appropriation of more than $1,000,ith 000. A small number of Democrats, led ias by Representative Roddenberry, of St. Georgia, made futile efforts to add is amendments to bar from the pension rolls veterans having incomes ex ad animal phosphorensence is a comad mon occurrence in likely localities, do says the Boston Herald. It is a wide of distribution, being seen in the high er Alpine snows, in the deepest ocean li- valleys, while the property of emit:y, ting light is possessed by bird, beast rd and fish. Very few of the higher animals ag are phosphorescent, but notable exP. ceptions are the night heron and blue tis crane. These birds have been oban served repeatedly, and there is little by doubt that the greasy patches of of down on the breast and thighs are n- visibly luminous up to a distance of [r. fifty yards. A hunter states that in ad a heron he shot, the light was as lc- bright as a hand lantern, and that at his gun sights were plainly visible d, against it. The light quickly disapy pears after death and does not bo recur. ad The'eyes of certain monkeys are v- sufficiently bright in complete darker ness to illuminate objects within a in j radius of a foot. This is a different ey i phenomenon from the brilliant eyes of a cat, which shine only by absorb'oy ing and reflecting light near at hand, be Many flowers and plans have been G. observed to be luminous for short C. periods after sunset. The 'flowers re of the nasturtium possess a ngnte ning-like phosphoresence. Common 10 marigolds sometimes have an aura 3d | of pale golden yellow that play from j petal to petal, and smoky finishes ie j of green flame have beenseen on the e, scarlet long-haired poppy. Several ar of the lily family are luminous in of very dry weather, n- Many bushes also give out light, to Decayed and fungoid wood is also In "fox fire." On one occasion some of ig this was used for a camp fire, and th many of the broken fragments were it- scattered over the ground where the it- men were sleeping. The fire died out st during the night and one of the party is awoke, and in his fright awoke the ly rest, who were equally terrified, bets I lieving that they were lying among id live coals. - i i ??;^ iu | iviciiiy reiisuus uavc ueeu awisucu ni! as the cause of animal and vegetable so luminosity, but until recently none by had been put forward that were wor:e. they of consideration. The recent reu searches on radio-activity have shown n, that within the atom lies a mighty m force that man has not succeeded in iv utilizing. So tremendous is the latiis ent energy that were it possible to st loose only a part of it, a boy, by :3 turning a crank, could manufacture sufficient electrical energy to drive the engines of London's countless workshops and factories. Radium owes its wonderful propol erties to the fact that its atoms are h* in a state of decay, and the disinte l> gration produces a certain amount or -ie energy. It has been thought that to lle some creatures the secret of using this interatomic energy has been reot vealed, with the result that they can transform the light, ce ^ A girl's idea of a horrid name is one she can't change before 30. ro, J ceeding $1,000 a year, and not enrst titled to pensions on account of lis wounds or disability sustained in the military service, he As reported by the committee, the of bill contained a Daraaranh Drovidina ist that after July 1, 1913, no pension ite should be paid to a non-resident not I a citizen of the United States, except | for actual disabilities incurred in the ja I service. A motion by Representaon tive Goode, of Iowa, to strike out he this paragraph was carried, 154 to ?r- 112, many Democrats joining with rs. the solid Republican minority in supve port of the motion, in It is estimated that something us over $1,000,000 is paid annually to ist veterans who would have been barr;ss ed by this paragraph. ise ? PLANTS THAT GIVE LIGHT. lis be Some Animals Also Shed Strange ot Glow in the Dark, b *e- To the city dweller the phenom-' Id enon of animal phosphorescence is or rarely if ever presented. At Still in spite of its apparent rarity, IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs Aboiit Men and Happenings. The Campobello oil mill was destroyed by fire last Friday. The loss is $35,000 with insurance of $20,000. The mill will probably be rebuilt. . The bill providing for a passenger rate of two cents a mile on all railroads in South Carolina has not yet passed the legislature nor is it likely to do so. The appropriation bill of congress carries an item of $225,000 for a new federal building in Columbia. Representative Lever hopes to increase this amount to $275,000. The governor has again notified the general assembly that unless a one mill tax is levied for the common schools he will veto the appropriations for every college in the j State. The report of Superintendent Swearingen says there are 4,463 white teachers in the State, of which over 3,000 are women. The total enrollment' of pupils for the year was 156,280 white pupils and 175,307 negroes. The new Spartanburg city directory puts the population at 21,207. Adger E. Greer and Mrs. Minnie j Shevely, passing as man and wife, were arrested in Spartanburg Sat\ j urday. He has a wife and she a husband in Greenville. It now seems likely that the senate will kill the Ritteiiberg liquor bill which provides for a system of high license in Charleston under dispensary restrictions. There is mucu opposition in Charleston to it, the may or especially being against it. Geo. W. Long, who was convicted a year ago of manslaughter in the killing of Luther Mullinax, of Troy, in October, 1911, and sentenced to the penitentiary for three and a half years, has abandoned his appeal and begun serving his sentence. The Barnwell People says: "There were 52 prisoners lodged in the Barnwell county jail during the month of January, charged with nearly every crime in the calendar. . At present time there are >5 in jail, the others having obtained bail or had their cases settled." There are now seven candidates in the race for congress to succeed the late Geo. S. Legare, four from Charleston, two from Colleton, and one from Berkeley. The State executive committee will meet to-morrow to fix the date for the primary , election, which will likely be held the latter part of April. Leonard Guyton, the 3-year-old c^nn nf Atr and Mrs Prank Olivton Of ' UV" ? ~ J -the Cox mill village, in Anderson, was burned to death last Friday when his dress caught fire from an open fireplace. The child's cries 1 brought assistance, but before the flames could be extinguished he was 1 so badly burned that he died three hours later. ! "Joy Riding," Caused it All. _ Chicago, Feb. 17.?"Joy riding" in automobiles is one of the reasons . given by Robert Webb, confessed ] slayer of Detective Peter JHart, and leader of Chicago's automobile ban- 1 dits, for turning to a care,er of crime. ' "It was 'joy riding' and loan i 6harks that made a thief out of me," : said Webb. "These loan sharks got s me in bad for about $80. 1 paid that < much DacK, Dut i never got square < with them. I still owe them. When 1 I'd take these 'joy rides' in auto- 1 mobiles I used to think how easy it would be for a fellow to stick up some one and make a quick get away in a machine. I kept thinking about i it and finally I thought I'd get some * easy money." ( i First Woman Presidential Elector. * t Mrs. Margaret Zane Witcher, the first woman messenger to carry the i electoral votes to the capital, arrived in Washington last week with the c vote of Utah. Mrs. Witcher, who is herself an elector, delivered the votes 1 to the office of the vice-president of ( the senate. She is a suffraget and an experienced politician. She has i served two terms as county clerk of Salt Lake county, and was within ? four votes of being nominated as the i Republican candidate for State treasurer last fall. She is the daughter t of Judge John M. Zane, one of the first federal judges of Utah. t EGYPTIAN BANKING. ^ Institutions Young, but Numerous * and Prosperous. I The banks now operating in Egypt are numerous and without exception very prosperous, says Moody's Magazine. They are of comparatively recent formation, as previous to 185G the banking business was quite without organization or efficient direction and was entirely in the hands of t charaffs (money changers.) q The charaffs reaped large and il- a ligitimate profits, as the volume of T business handled was enormous and j, necessitated the exchange of great s quantities of gold and silver coins of e different nations. A large class of s the bill brokers traveled continuous- ^ ly between the various towns buying c and selling foreign exchange bills. During the time of Mehamet-Ali, ^ who was Khedive of Egypt from f) 1799 to 1841, it was the prevailing a custom for merchants who wished to g send money to the interior of the ti country or to Svria to deposit it at Ti ~ r the moudirich (perfecturs,) whence q it was transmitted through government officials, while among merch- a ants of the same town or vicinity t bills of exchange were safely han- q died and conditions were safeguard- a ed through their intimate knowledge t of each other by constant intercourse. ^ The original example of what may c be called the beginning of the plan for real banking business in Egypt e is found in the scheme of an Ameri- ^ can by the name of Alexanian, who, r in 1848, was granted by the Khedive e Abbas Pasha the privilege of utilizing in banking operations the capital q which for many years had lain idle t in the hands of the Deid el Mai (a t department of the government hav- i ing custody of the contested inher- ^ itances and patrimony of incompe- t tent persons) upon a basis of 10 a per cent, annual revenue. The banking operations for the use of these funds were limited to. first, advances to the Khedive and * to the government; second, loans to agriculturalists; third, discount of country and foreign bills of ex- * change to assist commerce. But this s plan met with the opposition of the 1 l/iema (the professors of law and re- r ligion) who protested against the in- v terest because it offended their inter- 1 pretation of the paragraph on in- v tegrity and honesty in the Koran, 11 by which they explain the meaning ^ of the salary thus: c "It is forbidden to loan money at a interest because the metal is manu- 0 factured by God and God does not v accept interest, but it is allowed to ^ loan money on mortgages on any 0 kind of property under the express condition that the borrower shall a lose the use of that property during _ the time of the loan and the sole use 1! of the property shall belong for that t' time to the lender." 8 The unscrupulous fellahs took ad- a vantage of this interpretation of an e assumed religious principle and sub- h verted its meaning to suit their own ^ interests and thereby make void their * loans and refused to pay them. Alex- 0 anian, thus rendered unable to fulfil t his engagements, was imprisoned and did not regain his liberty until re- * leased by the succeeding Khedive, ^ Said Pasha, who also restored to him ' a part of his own fortune. The most powerful of all the banking institutions in Egypt is the National Bank of Egypt, established c June 25, 1896. It is the only de- a pository bank of the government, s also of the Sudan and of the international courts, known as the Mixed rribunals. It controls the privilege af the issue of paper money for 50 rears, from 1898 to 1948, which is secured by the deposit of 50 per cent. ' af the issue in gold coin in its vaults , _,o 3 r A A Art TIT h ACA 1I1U OU per CtJLLl. Ill bCUUliUcs, wjllv/oc ^alue is taken at par and which must ' p be acceptable to the government. 1 m t: Olar News. 0 Olar, Feb. 18.?Mrs. W. B. Chitty s1 entertained some of her young t( 'riends at a dining on last Thursday evening. P Messrs. Edward Black and Earle u itizer have just returned from a tjip 11 ;o Williston. 0 F Mrs. Leighton Hartzog is visiting elatives in Bamberg. c< Mr. C. F. Rizer is spending a few lays in Charleston. ' Misses Jessie Boyd and Alma 31ack spent the week-end with Miss ^ >essie Breland, of Kearse. Mr. Richard Addison was in town Sunday. H Prof. J. C. Guilds, of Bamberg, ^ ;ave a splendid lecture here Sunday w norning. ei Miss Mary Melchor has returned a o her home in Mooresville, N. C. Mr. Bissell Beach spent Sunday in own with Mrs. C. F. Rizer. ui i MORE OUT FOR GOVERNOl 9 {ACE NEXT YEAR PROMISES T BE LIVELY AFFAIR. ohn G. Richards, Jr., Mendel I Smith and ("has. A. Smith Announce Candidacy. Columbia, Feb. 18.?When aske o-night about, the matter, Railroa Jommissioner John G. Richards, Jr uthorized the announcement that b .ould be in the race for governc a 1914.* .Mr. Richayds is serving econd term as railroad commissioi r and prevoiusly saw several year ervice in the house. He is a res ent of Liberty Hill, in Kersha ounty. Speaker .Mendel L. Smith, of th ouse of representatives, to-night a irmed the report that he would t candidate for governor in 191' peaker Smith has served sever: erms in the house, several years 2 residing officer. His home is z !amden. Lieut. Gov. Chas. A. Smith to-nigl lso affirmed the report that he woul e in the race for governor in 191low Smith is serving his second ten .s lieutenant governor and befoi hat saw service in the house. H; lome is at Timmonsville. in Florenc ounty. Attorney General Peeples annoum d his candidacy for governor son: lays ago, so this makes four in tt ace, and several others are mentioi d as possible candidates. Representative Geo. R. Rembert, < Columbia, when asked if he intende o enter the race, said: "This is u; he time to make an announcemen am attempting to accomplish son hings in the legislature. If it fai o act in these matters I shall prol bly submit them to the people." DANGER OF LYNCHING. len in Construction Camp Threatei ed to Do Violence. Newberry, Feb. 17.?Sunday evei ug about 8 o'clock a teleph ne mei age reached Newberry for the sheri o come to Parr Shoals on Broa iver, 17 miles from here; that ther pas trouble there. Sheriff Blease wt a Columbia, having gone to see h: pife, who was very ill in a hospiti a that city. Deputy Sheriff To] lerley responded immediately to tb all, going down alone in the sheriff uto. Crossing the river by mear f a boat at the Hope place, an ralking a mile up the river he foun ieorge Hensinger concealed in th ffice of the superintendent of th . G. White Construction compan: nd slipping him out of the office an o the river bank they crossed to th sland in the steel cage and thenc o the Newberry side. There was reat deal of excitement in the cam nd danger of Hensinger being lyncl d. The deputy told his man the e had no right to bring him withor is consent, and he replied that h fould go readily anywhere to gefoi f that place. Mr. Berley made the trip down t he river in an hour. It took som ime to get across the river back an orth, and he spent some time o he other side and got back to tow bout midnight. The facts in the case of the Par hoals trouble, as far as could be as ertained from Hensinger, are abou s follows: Sunday at midday Her inger had a row with one of th hite laborers, a foreigner whos ame he does not know. He got th est of the fight, and the man sai e was satisfied. But at night, whe iensinger was sitting at the suppe able, the laborer came up behin im and struck him a stinging blo^ n the side of the face. Hensinge mped to his feet and drew hi istol and fired two shots; one c bem killed his assailant and th ther penetrated the lungs of a bj Lander, producing what is suppose ) be a mortal wound. Fearing mor 'ouble, and knowing that the tw olicemen of the incorporated cam ould be helpless against a larg 10b, officers telephoned to the sheril f Newberry. The kililng was on th airfield side, but it was thought hel; tiuld come quicker from tms siae. Yesterday morning Deputy Sheril erley wired to the sheriff of Fair eld telling him that the man wh< id the kiling was in jail here. Hen nger is a man of pleasant and in iligentrppearance and good address !e says he lives in Chattanooga enn., where he has a home and ; ife and child. He was superintend tit of the dining room for the white t Parr Shoals; had been there litth lore than a week. A scene shifter out of a job is nat rally shiftless. ^ i TOM HIGHTOWEK LOCATED? Charged with Literally Cutting to 0 Pieces His Wife in 1904. Bennettsville, Feb. 15.?Information is received here to-day to the ef* feet that Tom Hightower, who is charged with having murdered his wife in this countv in 1904, is on the chain gang in Pickens county, l(j near Easley. The sheriff with par3 ties to identify Hightower will leave at once. 9 * ie ' Hightower was charged with one ,r of the most brutal murders that has a ever been perpetrated in this county. Dr. J. H. Reese, who examined the s> body, gave the following certificate j_ to the coroner's jury on the 22nd w day of May, 1904: "I have this day examined the e body of Mary Hightower. I find the wound extending from under the left )0 ear to about two inches beyond the j right ear, cutting the windpipe and the large blood vessel of the right ls side. This, in my opinion, was done with a sharp cutting instrument, and was cause of death. I find the body ^ cut entirely into, just below and in ^ line with the lower ribs. Both arms ^ were taken off at shoulder joints, and m both legs at the knee joints. All :e these wounds, in my opinion, were :c done with some sharp cutting instru;e ment." Tom Hightower and his wife were c_ seen together on the Wednesday ie morning preceding, before sun-up, ie going in the direction of Tatum Station. Mary Hightower was not seen alive after that. Tom Hightower was at his home the ::'"t Thursr (d ' day, and stated that !.*, did not know I t?- V>/ V- r% + TirA O nn/4 ll A TXTO O ^ v* lie. C i.iO v?nc yyao, auu tiiu^ uc/ nno t going off to try to find her. He has ie not been seen in this county since js then. Hightower was supposed to 3_ have murdered his wife, cut her body up and to have buried parts of it in what is known as the "Ocean," a large tract of sandy land near Tatum. He was seen going in that direction late Wednesday evening with " T Ajg a grubbing hoe and a sack, i- Hightower, after leaving the coun5 ty, has avoided all attempts ot locatff ing him. He was recognied by an d ether negro, who was p.ut on the "e. chain gang at Pickens, and who had ts formerly known Hightower in Marlis boro county. It is understood that *1 Hightower's terms of service on"the n chaing gang in P'ickens will expire March 1. In that event he will, no 's doubt, be tried at Bennettsville for ls the murder of his wife, at the March d term of court. All of the testimony d tending in connection with the murr l? der of his wife is circumstantial. ie 7 TILLMAN EYEING LEGISLATURE. d "Hoping and Praying for Some Rea- . ;e sonable Railroad Bill." ^ ??? p Washington, Feb. 15.?Senator Tillman said to-day to the News and t Courier's correspondent: lt "I am watching the legislature of ? South Carolina and hoping and praylt ing that it will pass some reasonable railroad bill. It ought to pass a bill requiring every railroad selling mile- , age books to sell one good for any ^ number of persons to go anywhere on the system, just as they do all overthe North, east of the arid prairies. "The requirement that holders of mileage books shall exchange mileage for tickets is a nuisance and an lt abomination, and the requirement that a man shall buy a separate book / e for each member of his family is a e robbery that ought not to be pere mitted. A "I don't see why the railroads in n South Carolina can't treat white peor pie as they do in the North, instead of 3 like cattle. Only 'cussing' will do the v subject justice. These nuisances r ought to be abated, and the legislas ture can do it." ,f TILLMAN'S IDEA IN 1897. e ^ AVebb Liquor Bill Identical with that of South Carolina Senator, e 0 Washington, Feb. 15.?It is an inP teresting fact that the Webb bill, e just passed by overwhelming majori^ ties in both houses of congress, is e practically identical with a bill which P was introduced by Senator B. R. TillTo -n n o nr 9 1 8Q7 tn Hivoat tVio ^ shipments of intoxicating liquor of ~ their interstate character after they 0 have entered the territory of the " State of destination. A favorable re port was secured by Senator Tillman on this bill from the senate > committee on interstate commerce, 1 February 3, 1897, but it went no far" ther. It has taken the proposition s sixteen years to get through cone gress. Now sentiment is so strong for it that its advocates believe they could pass it over a presidential veto.