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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.