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EXTRADITION FOR MRS. REAMS. Governor Blease Wires Officers to j Hold Spartanburg Woman. Spartanburg, April 16.?Follow-, ing a telegram received here last night stating that Mrs. Grace Reams, wife of Dr. Jefferson W. Reams, of Spartanburg, had been arrested in San Francisco after a search of nearly j two years, word came to-day that she ] was seeking her release through ha- I beas corpus proceedings. At the request of Cecil C. Wyche, attorney for Dr. Reams, Governor Blease telegraphed to the San Francisco authorities to hold Mrs. Reams until a formal demand could be made for her extradition. Warrants were issued here on June 12, 1912, charging Mrs. Reams and J. Rogers McCaslin, the insurance agent, with whom she is alleged to have eloped, i with adultery. Mrs. Reams's whereabouts were discovered by W. C. Gash, a Spartanburg policeman, who was employed in the case. He obtained the necessary clues through somebody here whose identity is concealed, to whom Mrs. Reams was writing. She was living in. San Francisco as Mrs. Janie B. Rogers, and was arrested at the postoffice when she went to get her mail. Before her marriage Mrs. Reams was Miss Grace Harmon, of Prosperity, S. C. She is said to own property there valued at $15,000, and it is claimed took $4,000 cash with her when she fled. She is 2'i years old and beautiful. McCaslin is 27 years old, and from Greenwood. Mr. Wyche to-day summoned Dr. Reams to Spartanburg from WinstonSalem, where he is now living. He said Reams probably would go to San Francisco. The principal object of Dr. Reams's long search has been to recover his six-year-old son, Orlando. Attorney Wyche received a telegram to-night from D. N. White, chief of police at San Francisco, stating that Rogers McCaslan was supposed to be in Southern California ? 3 "-on nr wn t O ctXIU LUctt clJU CliUi L Has UX.-I11& xuuu^ locate him. The Reams case was continued until to-morrow, the chief said, and expressed the opinion that he would be able to detain Mrs. Reams. TAKES BICHLORIDE TABLETS. Prompt Work Again Probably Saves B. F. Cothran's Life. Florence, April 16.?Benjamin Franklin Cothrane, a young white man, whose home, it is stated, is at Aurora, N. C., and who recently came to Florence to secure employment, is lying critically ill at a local infirmary as a result of having taken two tablets of bichloride mercury. The young man was found lying in the hallway of the Rose building on ????? J '3 f fAAT% 1116 S6CU11U -UUUI snw n.v anci Sunday. A physician was hurriedly called and he was found to be in a semiconscious condition. He was immediately taken to the infirmary and the poison, as best as could be. was removed from his stomach by the means of a stomach pump, and it is now thought that he will get over his foolish act. It is stated that Cothrane attempted suicide while in Charleston some weeks ago, an account of which was published at the time. It is also stated that he claims to have been disappointed in a love affair by a fair maiden in another State and has been under this despair ever since. Cothrane is about 21 years old, carries an empty sleeve, but is quite an attractive young fellow. Since coming here he has made a number of friends and they were no little surprised when they learned of his deed. Cothrane is a telegraph operator by profession and has held down several jobs at the "trick" in this State. His family was notified by wire of his act. Honeymoon Hike Across Continent. Tramping on their way from Ottawa, Canada, to San Francisco, on their honeymoon, Mr, and Mrs. John D. Williams have arrived in Philadelphia. They will remain liere for several weeks and will resume their journey when conditions of the Middle West are again restored to their normal state. Williams has quite a reputation as a long-distance walker. His home formerly was in Newark, N. J., and when he returned there about six months ago he found that his mother had gone to Ottawa. He joined her there and met the girl who later beoa-mo Vii<3 wifo Thev decided to take the long walk as their honeymoon. They pay their expenses by giving lectures and selling postcards. Williams carries a small diary, and each day he has the postmaster cf the village or city in which he happens to he stamp the section devoted to that day with the official postoffice stamp, thus certifying his trip. This is one of the several means of establishing the genuineness of his long tramp. Vancouver, British Columbia, refuses to accept $50,000 for library purposes from Andrew Carnegie. ODD WAYS OP TELLING TDIE. Many Devices to Keep Track of the Flight of Time. Many were the devices for recording the ttipht of the hours before the i r> cr n f tho pinole Tho most fa mous, of course, was the hour glass, which was made of various sizes and capable of recording, with tolerable accuracy almost any given interval of time, although seldom one greater than an hour. The burning of candles was another favorite device. Lines were drawn at different elevations for the fractional divisions of the period which the candle recorded. There ri-oc. oicn or> inp-priions water clock *? uo aiov ui.i - ? which is now occasionally seen in museums* The sun dial, for marking true time, was much in use in early days. In our latitude it would not be strictly accurate, except on a few days of the year, and its accuracy at other times would be of a varying quantity. A watch or a clock was as rare in Turkey as an aeroplane is in some countries today. Even at the present time in the smaller cities and villages of the Ottoman empire a timepiece in the house is a luxury indulged in by a few of the wealthy class. Nature is the clock of that land, a clock that never fails to serve its purpose. The crow of the cock is the simplest, the sun the most dependable and convenient and the cat's eye the most difficult and to Orientals, the most humorous of timepieces. The cock crows regularly morning, afternoon and evening, and serves the purpose of the striking clock of a belfry tower. Some times a cock crows at irregular intervals. In that case he is unfortunate in Turkey, since superstition demands that his head be chopped off without delay for to tolerate an "ill-crowing" cock would be to court disaster! Still another method of telling time employed by the Turks is this: They hold their thumbs touching one another horizontially, and extend the forefingers perpendicularly. Then they divide the thumb and forefinger of each hand into six parts, nominal hour points, one hand representing the morning and the other the afternoon. Where the thumbs join it is 12 o'clock, the tip of one finger representing 6 o'clock in the morning and the tip of the other will point to the correct time, as judged by the hours nominally marked in the mind. The hour divisions may be divided into additional parts, as the quarter hours. To tell the time by the cat's eye seems an absurd proceeding, but the Turks do it. The average person is perhaps not aware that the shape of the cat's eye undergoes changes during the day. In the morning the pupil is normally circular, but gradually it narrows until noon, when only a narrow streak is left. As the day progresses it resumes its r.crmai shape, becoming oval about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. In Turkey it is common for the old folks to call the cat to their sides in order to asc*. tain the time. In illustration of the accuracy whereby time can be measured by the shadow cast by the sun there may be cited a trial in Nebraska a year o-r two ago, held in the month of January. The defendant was acquitted of a charge of murder by means of the alibi established by the shadow of a church steeple cast upon a photo graph that contained the two accusing witnesses. These witnesses had testified that they had seen the defendant between the hours of 2 and 3 in the afternoon while returning from church after the picture was taken. But from the angle formed by the shadow and the horizontal boards of the church in the photograph an expert calculated the time the photograph was taken, with the result that it was ascertained that the exact moment was during the afternoon at 3:31:20, one hour later than the witnesses had testified they had met the accused. The testimony given by the astron ? - - -? J .. + omer was so ciear auu cuuciusne iuai there remained no doubt in the minds of any one that the accused could not have committed the crime. It was shown that it would have been impossible for the witness to have seen the accused at the scene of the crime at the time it was alleged to have been committed. The accused was acquitted.?New York Press. CONTAINED WASTE PAPER. Express Package from Brunswick, Ga., Should Have Had $5,000 Atlanta, Ga., April 18.?Marked as containing $5,000 in currency, an express package was found to hold only waste paper when opened at the Central Bank and Trust Corporation here Thursday morning. It was shipped from Brunswick, Ga., Wednesday night by the Brunswick Bank and Trust Company, and that institution is said to have made a demand upon the Southern Express Company for the amount lost. So far as known no arrests have been made. MONUMENT TO NINE BROTHERS Who Were Confederate Soldiers, Erected at Fayetteville. A dispatch from Fayetteville, N. C., says: "A unique and probably the only monument of its kind in the South i.oo inot Vioon in old Cross I1HO JUOV, UVV1A ^ Creek cemetery, this city, only a few feet from the soldiers shaft which was reared by the patriotic women of Fayetteville. It perpetuates the memory of nine brothers, who enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861. "On the base on the front of the monument is this inscription: "Erected for father and eight uncles, by John R. Tolar, who from the age of fifteen years served, unenlisted, in Army of Tennessee, C. S. A., last years of war." On front of the shaft the following is inscribed: "In memory of nine Tolar brothers, sons of Robert and Frances Tolar, all born in Cumberland county, N. C. All volunteered in IS61. They gave their best services to their country as Confederate soldiers." "The names of the nine heroes who have passed over the river, and are resting with Lee and Jackson, appear as follows: Captain William J. Tolar, severely wounded; Lieutenant John H. Tolar, killed in battle of Wil derness; Private Robert Al. Toiar, captured at surrender of Fort Fisher; Sergeant Matthew A. Tolar; Sergeant Thomas B. Tolar, wounded and died in hospital; Private Sampson Tolar, wounded and disabled for further active service; Captain Alfred T. Tolar, wounded three times; Private Haynes L. Tolar, accidentally killed during an engagement in front of Richmond; Bugler Joseph M. Tolar, who was in !Cummin's battery. 'The monument is a very handjsome one of beautiful white Vermont I marble, seven feet three inches high." ? GOV. BLEASE'S COMMENT. What He Has to Say on Resignation of I)r. Mitchell. Columbia, April 14.?The following interview on the resignation of Dr. S. C. Mitchell as president of the University of South Carolina was dictated by Governor Blease: "I am not surprised at Dr. Mitchell's leaving. I knew when I made my I inaugural in January that I was sending in o centre shot, and when 1 inItrnrinrpd mv resolution at the board [meeting the other day, which I alone [voted for, I saw before me a resignation. Broken-down and retired politicians may vote against you, but they are generally losers, and I never iget disneartened when they disagree with my ideas. It is a sign that I win J?and I did. When a fellow is pausing between two jobs, a resolution ike that from the Governor and chairman of the board makes him hasten to the other job, even if the other fellows do vote "no." So, after that resolution, I am not surprised that I won my victory as soon as I did, And, now, answer me a question: How do you suppose those trustees, the students, the Chamber of Commerce here and othersfeel, sayingto .Mitchell,'Oh, ' ? 'i- J - ?: 4- "U ^ , 4 I doctor, we can t uu wuuuui 1 |dear doctor, please don't go,' and he 'replies, 'Aha! good little boys; I love j to heah you beg, but I have another I job back at my old home; "I care not for thee. Only temporarilee, tra la." "Who knew him best?they or I? It is an old saying, and a very true one, 'He is a wise guy who knows when to quit. ' " $2,500,000 T5 STAMPS. Parcel Post Business Increasing Beyond Expectations. Washington, April 16.?More than 5,000,000 parcel post stamps, the face value of which exceeds $2,500,000 have been supplied to postoffices 1 it- ?x ? i-1: -.1 Of the country since iue esiaunsument of the system. Parcel post business is increasing so rapidly that it has been found necessary to double the daily output of stamps. The largest single order filled this month was $360,000 worth for New York city. The Cold Year 1830. One of the most remarkable stories of sudden cold weather is to be found in a famous biography of Abraham Lincoln. The year 1836 was long known as "the year of sudden change." At noon on December 20 of that year, after a warm, rainy morning, the temperature suddenly fell 40 degrees. A man riding into Gnrin p-fioiri fnr a marriaee license found the raindrops dripping from the bridle and beard changed "in a second" into jingling icicles. Geese and chickens were caught by their feet and wings and frozen to the wet ground. A drove of one thousand hogs being driven to St. Louis rushed together for warmth and formed a huge pile. Those inside smothered, while these outside froze, and the ghastly pyramid remained on the prairies for months. Men caught on i '"-a xi? _ i_ ? j : ^ tne prairie Kinea men- nurses, disemboweled them and crept into the cavity of their bodies to escape the murderous blizzard. % 6. MOYE DICKINSON INS UKA XCE AGENT Will Write Anything Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most reliable companies. My Motto: "Buy WThat I Need , in Bamberg, and From Those P..tmni-rA \f ^ ? * j II HV M. 14V1 'Phone 10-L, or at Oil Mill BAMBERG, S. C. CAN YOUOOOBT IT? When the Proof Can Be So Easily Investigated. When so many grateful citizens of Bamberg testify to benefit derived | from Doan's Kidney Pills, can you I doubt the evidence? The proof is not) far away?it is almost at your door. Read what a resident of Bamberg says about Doan's Kidney Pills. Can you demand more convincing testimony? J. J. Smoak, Bridge St., Bamberg, S. C., says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured at the People's Drug Co., and can strongly recommend them. I took this remedy for backache and other symptoms of kidney complaint and found* it to be jnst as represented. You may publish my endorsement." If your baok aches?if your kidneys bother you, don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?ask distinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Smoak had?the remedy backed by home testimony. 50c all stores. FosterMilburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. (MALARIA^ ft headache, biliousness, in- ft B digestion, rheumatism, H m pimples, blotches, yellow H g complexion, etc., are all, ft ft signs of poisons in your |j blood. These poisons B B should be driven out, or I ft serious illness may result ft B To get rid of them, use i i ineaioros j (Black-Draughfl the old, reliable, purely fl vegetable, liver medicine. B i Mrs. J. H. Easier, of B H Spartanburg, S. C., says: i " I had sick headache, for fl years. I felt bad most of B the time, I tried Thed- I n ford's Black-Draught, and fl B now I fee! better than B 3 when I was 16 years old." 8g fi Your druggist sells it, in H B 25 cent packages. J i Insist on Thedford's J Built of Highest Quality Steel. Have 60,000 pounds strength per square inch with an elastic limit not less than 30,000. Show no signs of fracture after being heated red hot and quenched in water1. Castings are heavy, strong, substantial. Riveting done by skilled mechanics. All sizes and styles. Absolutely safe. Free from all uncertainties. Cuaranteed. We also manFROM FACTORY tifacturo Center Crank and TOu/-l11 Side Crack Engines, saw YOU mills, smoke stacks, tanks. towers and all kinds of machinery, mill supplies, , n pipe, galvanized roofing, at?- Writo for Catalog. Sdsofield Iron World ^SSBSSSSSm^ OtpL. H Mian, Gl NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?In the Court of Probate m? _4.~ ttt tt + Vl o I JCjX parte vv. xa. ivniwuuui, m I C tU^ I estate of W. L. Mitchum, deceased.? J Petition for final settlement and dis- j charge. To all and singular the kindred and creditors of W. L. Mitchum, deceased: Take notice that the undersigned wjll apply to the Judge of Probate at Eamberg C. H., S. C., on the 26th day of April, A. D. 1913, at 11 o'clock A. M., for a final settlement of the estate of W. L. Mitchum, deceased, and discharge from the office of administrator of said estate. W. H. MITCHUM, Administrator. Dated 25th day of March, A. D. 1913. GRAHAM & BLACK, Attorneys for Administrator. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. The regular teachers' examination will be held in the court- house at Bamberg, on Friday, May 2nd, 1913, begining at nine o ciock m me mumin? and closing at four o'clock in the afternoon. The subjects will be Reading, Writiner, Arithmetic. Algebra. Geography. History. Physilo^v and Hysriene, Civics and Curent Events. Agriculture. Grammar, 'edaaogy and Snellin0' \'o one will be allowed to teach the next session, who has not a certificate. R. W. D. ROWELL, County Supt. of Education. l[TiY ARE HERE! || Is We have some as f| Jj ? nice Horses and || 9 8 Mules in our stables || 9 g| ?- *as*9l9ia in Bamberg in some ?? A @ time, and the prices and terms 11 9 S will please you as well as the g| ' M stock. We also have some ex- || A . n IT 1171 _ tra nice Buggies, narness, w nips as m and everything in this line. Come || M and see what we really have. |l V I ^ BAMBERG, S. C. ^ ^ ^|| ? JYo one was ever able to swim without going I j| into the water. How is a woman going to know I J how to save money who never had any money I """ ^ - J ^ t. f -4- ^ H U to save? 11 more men mzruszeci zuen- cu ? 3 their WIVES, there would he fewer bankrupts. I 1 If men Jntrusted their wives with their hank E H accounts, they would find at the end fo the month w I that there was A BIGGER BALANCE in the B I hank than ever before. B ? Do YOUR hanking with US. I ^J I ^Ve pay 4 per cent, interest compound- I S ed quarterly on savings deposits I I Farmers & Merchants Bank I fl i EHRNARDT, S. C. J UM I Still Another Load I I# We received the first of this week another load of Horses and Mules direct from the markets of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, and are as pretty a lot ; jflfej as we have ever had the pleasure of JBjfl handling. While in town attending . HB court come in and look them over; it HB will cost you nothing. ?|H J I CM A AIT Railroad Avenue /A\ lOnOOBOl?IN u NOMINATING BLANK y ^ 1 POPULAR VOTE CONTEST 1913 I hereby nominate or suggest the name of 2 Address 2 01 " As a lady worthy to become a candidate in your gj Popular Voting Contest. I present this name with 11 , the distinct understanding and agreement that the 11 " editor shall not divulge my name. This does not II * U obligate me in any way whatever. Signed || I Address .~JJ \ joaooaoi?jy H j