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1 M One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30,1913. Established 1891. _____ COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. * News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, October 27.?There has been two up-to-date marriages in our town. Two or three years ago U did % not take so much for a couple to get married. Wanted only a few witnesses, a preacher, and a license to make the pair happy. Now it takes ever ^ so much work. Have to practice about a week or two and have a rehooncol nrioo nr tTV 1 no Cft t<~? CPt tVlfa ugoi oai vuvw vi w ?? *w w ww w 0 w v ring on the right finger at the right time or they will not be married, and happiness gone. ^ Some parties are trying to make an agreement along that line, but don't think they will occupy so much time, for already silver hairs are showing, and, too, one party has had experience, so business must move up. Mrs. S. V. Smith was buried last week at the Smith grave yard by the * side of her husband, who was placed there several years ago. She leaves behind two sons and two daughters and several grand children to mourn her departure from this earth. She was a good wife, a noble mother, and J.S J 1 a cnnsuan neigiiuur, auu v>m uc missed by all that knew her. v ^ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ehrhardt and MR Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt went ? to Charleston on business and pleasure last week. ? Had court in Ehrhardt last Friday, concerning the disputed right of way for the Bamberg & Ehrhardt Railroad. Jury gave the A. C. L. Ry. $5.00 damage and Henry Ehrhardt $700.00 for damage done to lots. One of our young merchants sits up very late at night and burns his lights. Sayg to keep the rats from eating his peanuts. All they eat can't get profits off them. Mrs. Leslie Xewnham, of Columbia, S. C., and her three children are visiting her sister, Mrs. Herbert Ehrhardt. Messrs. 8. W. Copeland and J. D. Dannelly are putting bricks on the ground for two brick stores. Work will commence on them soon. This will put others in the notion, and others will follow. Brick buildings are needed in Ehrhardt. Rev*. D. B. Groseclose preached his farewell sermon Sunday afternoon as . a pastor. Had a good audience and he held their attention and gave the congregation good advice to ponder and reflect on. He will go to Fairfax, S. C., to hold up that end of the separated work. Mount Pleasant and Ehrhardt charges has no pastor now. JEE. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, October 26.?Mrs Perry Grey, of Barton, visited friends here last week. Mrs. M. Loadholt and Miss Alma Loadholt, of Hickory Grove, were here recently. Mrs. and Misses Allen, of Sycamore, were guests here last week. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Kearse, of Florida, have been spending some time with their mother, Mrs. Christina v Kearse. Mrs. Harvey and daughter, from Manuel, visited here recently. Misses Etta Kine and Irene Bar ton, of Orangeburg, are visiting Mrs. McCain. Mrs. Julia Harter, assisted by nu merous church workers, gave a bazaar and supper at the Manuel store Thursday evening. Over fifty dollars was taken in, and the rainy evening was the only gloomy part of the entertainment. v _ The Lutherans continue their "rummage sale" at the old Davis store. Misses Folk and Albergotti spent the week-end at Estill with relatives. Miss Mell Kearse, of Olar, has been the charming guest of Mrs. W. E. * Harter for several days. She has many friends here. Mrs. Rebecca Williams, of Savannah, was a recent guest of Mrs E. Ulmer. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Creech and daughters, of Blackville, motored I over to visit Mr. and Mrs. Wm. My1 rick this week, Misses Geneva and Sallie May Gray, of Brunson. were also their guests. Mrs. Laura Boyles and Mrs. Minnie Boyles and daughters, of Barnwell, were recent guests of Mrs. Lily Myrick. The teachers are getting up a play, to be produced soon. t New line of Watrman fountain pens at the Herald Book Store. IN THE PALMETTO STATE < I ' SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS ; KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. j State News Boiled Down for Quick j XKGKO KILLED BY OFFICERS. | Son Alleged to Have Confessed that j Father Set Barn on Fire ____? Laurens, Oct. 27.?As a sequel to the burning four weeks ago of the barn of M. B. McCuen, a prominent j citizen of Princeton. Sheriff John D. j Owings and deputies, in attempting | to effect the arrest of Lace Glover, [ a negro, and his two boys, on war- j rants charging them with the crime, I was forced to kill the father, at half past 5 o'clock this morning, at the cabin home of the negroes in Dunklin Township, just across the line in Greenville county. | On going to the house and sur! rounding it the sheriff approached ! and rapped on the door. Glover responded and opened the door after getting a light. When commanded by the sheriff to surrender, the negro reached for his gun in a rack near the door, but before he could use it the sheriff and one of his deputies, having the drop on the negro, both tired, killing him on the spot. Eight shots were fired, six of which took effect in the negro's body. The other two found lodgment in the stock of Glover's gun, which he held in his hand. Bob and Wesley Glover and their mother were arrested by the officers and brought to jail to-day on the same warrant. Before leaving for jail Bob Glover is said to have confessed to the officers that he went with his father the night the barn was burned and saw the old man apply the torch to the building. He further said, it is claimed, that his mother, instigated the crime. The Glovers lived on Mr. McCuen's farm until a short time before the fire and are said to have threatened revenge when forced to leave because of continual friction with their landlord. IMgs Kill Snakes. At one time, on the Tule river, in California, where a light and power company is constructing a large plant, there were so many snakes that the men would not live in the camps. Finally pigs were taken in and now a rattlesnake is a curiosity. The pigs eat the snakes, while the reptiles can not sink their fangs through the tough skin and thick' flesh of the porkers. A jury in the circuit court in Richland county on Friday gave a verdict of $500 in favor of the widow of Ira Hurt, colored, against R. O. Thacknian, a constable, and his bondsmen, for killing her husband last year, the constable having shot him while he was attempting to escape on his way to jail. Thackman had already been tried and acquitted in the sessions court. The woman sued for only $500. Underwood and Hobson Lock Horns. 4 Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama and his colleague, Majority Leader Underwood, engaged in a bitter debate on the floor of the house over the senatorial contest in their state, in which they are rival candidates. The oratorical duel was precipitated by Mr. Hobson reiterating utterances he made last week in a speech at Wetumpka, Ala., intimating that Mr. Underwood was "the tool of Wall street and the liquor interests" and charging that he had gained Alabama's support in the last presidential campaign through false pretenses. Cheers from Democrats and Republicans greeted Mr. Underwood as he rose to reply, and later, when Mr. Hobson tried to interrupt, there were loud cries of "Sit down, sit down; you've had your time." The climax of the dramatic scene came when the majority leader, facing about in his place, asked: "Is there any other man in this chamber who believes the charge that I am or ever have been the tool of Wall street?" He was answered by shouts of "No, no!" from both sides of the house. Rabbit Couldn't Multiply. A boy was overheard saying to his pet fabbit: "How much is seven times seven?" Of course, there was no response from the rabbit. "How much is four times four?" Still there was no response. "Now I will give you an easy one: How much is two times two?" Still the rabbit refused to respond. "Well," said the boy. "I knew father was fibbing when he said rabbits are the greatest multipliers in the world." All kinds of school and office supplies at the Herald Book Store. Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ( Mayor W. H. Gibbs of Columbia , left on Sunday for Panama to attend t the Southern Commercial congress, j Mattison Elmore died at his home 1 at Cold Point Laurens county, 011 2 Thursday, aged 92?thought to have ] been the oldest person in the county. ( John H. Steele, aged 24 and unmarried, conductor on the Charleston < terminal, was crushed to death Fri- 1 day night by the train which he had 1 charge of. 1 Hay R. Shuford, trainman on the Carolina & Northwestern railroad. * had his hand so badly mashed in 1 Chester Saturday while coupling cars that it had to be amputated. Clemson students went to the state fair, as usual, in two special y Southern railway trains. The first train arrived in Columbia 2:45 J o'clock Monday afternoon, the sec- j ? ond train ten minutes later. ^ A. L. Suskins, "the son of a < wealthy family," was arrested in r Chester Friday on the charge of j embezzlement of money made by a man in Florida for whom he had worked. He denies the charge. The statue to the "partisan gen- i erals," Marion, Pickens and Sumter, < will be unveiled in Columbia Nov. 11th, under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolu- s tion. The work is by the famous I sculptor Ruckstul. 1 .Marvin J. Smith, white, was con- ? victed in the United States court in < Greenville on Friday of robbing a 1 freight car of the Southern railway ( while he was conductor and was sen- ' tenced to a fine of $1,000 and one 1 year in the Atlanta penitentiary, r This conviction was under a new law ? recently passed by congress. i Japanese View of Business Integrity. 1 t A Japanese who had contracted g for certain machinery, and desired to get out of his contract without having to pay the heavy penalty involv ed, wrote the following letter to anassooiate, says the Railway and En- t gineering Review: c "Regarding the matter of escap- ? ing the penalty for non-delivery of ^ the bar machine, there is only one I way to creep around same by diplomat, and we must make a statement c of strike occur at our factory (of I course big untruth) and please ad- t dress my person as enclosed form of t letter, and believe this will avoid the 1 trouble of penalties of same. Mr. 1 B. is a most religious and competent man, and also heavily upright and i godly, it fears me useless to apply for * his signature?please attach same by 1 Yokohama Office, making forge, but no cause for fear of prison happen- j ings as this is often operated by t other merchants of highest integrity, j It is the highest unfortunate Mr. B. is so godlike and excessive awkward i for business purposes. I think much better to add little serpent-like wis- ? dom to upright manhood and thus ( found good business edifice." t t Scot Met Ssot. The following Scotch tale is one of President Wilson's favorites: A Scotchman was strolling through the market-place in Glasgow one day * and close at his heels followed his ? i faithful collie. Attracted by a line 1 display of shell and other fish, the ? Scot stopped to admire, perhaps to * purchase. The dog stood by, gently c wagging its tail, while its master en- * gaged the fisherman in conversation. 1 Unfortunately for the beast its tail ( dropped for a moment over a big bas- 1 ketful of fine, live lobsters. Instantly i one of the largest lobsters snapped ; its claws on the tail, and the sur- * priser collie dashed off through the f market, yelping with pain, while the t lobster hung grimly on, though dash- 1 ed violently from side to side. The r fishmonger for a moment was speech- * less with indignation; then, turning c to his prospective customer, he bawl- c ed r "Mon! mon! whustle to ver dog, c whustle to yer dog!" "Hoot, mon," returned the other 1 complacently, "whustle to yer lob- * ster!" * "I suppose the driver of a car \ comes to have a sort of sympathetic c understanding with the machine." t "Yes," replied the man who had c stopped to make repairs, "there is a mysterious relationship between us. For instance, whenever my car is a broke I know that I am going to be." ? ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK. J | Several Badly Injured when Train j Leaves Track Near Easley. ! I Greenville, Oct. 27.?Engineer Ben J. Voyle was killed and five peorj pie injured when Southern train No 11 jumped the track one mile west )f Easley at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Spreading rails was the cause of the ft'reck. The engine and baggage cars :urned completely over and the track p or more than a hundred yards torn i ?p. The passengers were consider- t ibly shaken up and the excitement i prevailed for some time after the ac- o ?ident. v The wreck occurred in a deep cut l; it the same place where a fruit train f ,vns riprnilpd last snrin? Whpn the lews reached Greenville a relief train e vas made up and rushed to the scene t Hearing doctors, nurses and every I possible aid to relieve the injured, t k wrecking crew was also rushed to s :he scene and it was thought the t crack would be cleared by midnight ii following is list of the injured: Bady mangled, B. C. Kerry, fireman, of v Walhalla; painfully hurt about face, E lack Holt, expressman; injured in S lip, D. B. Goodlett. of Greenville; t slightly injured, Lee Leathers, of c Westminister; slightly hurt. Fred e bearwood, newsboy, shoulder hurt, rhe train was in charge of conductor h rYank .Marshall. 1 v Official Report of Wreck. <j The following official dispatch was a eceived yesterday at the local pas- p senger offices of the Southern Rail- a vay: h "About 4.10 o'clock to-day, just south of Easley, S. C., Train No. 11, t Engineer B. J. Voyles, Conductor C. t ?. Marshall, was derailed. The en- e tine, mail car, baggage car and three o :oaches left the track. Engineer t /ovles was instantly killed. Fireman n 3. C. Kelly was seriously injured, a The baggagemaster and express nessenger were injured, but not se- v iously. Several passengers were p ilightly injured, but up to 5.30 p. m. c lone was reported seriously injured. The cause of the wreck was un- n cnown." The dispatch was sent out T. >y H. F. Cary. general passenger igent. , h Willie's Reason. v r That the average youngster is isually there with a ready reason was ' lemonstrated the other day by a ^ itory told by Congressman John R. . Valker, of Idaho, says The Philadel)hia Telegram. The family was gathered in the len of a happy little home in an Eastern town. Father was reading he sporting page, mother was em>roidering pink sunflowers and Wil- j, ie was supposed to be getting his essons, but Willie wasn't. "Willie." suddenly exclaimed mamna, looking up from her embroidery, 'Iisvq vr?n cturiiori vrmr fpnsTflnhv . 4iU'^ J vu Q esson?" j "No, ma'am," was the frank reminder of Willie, who was listening .0 something that sounded like great ^ toy in the street. a "You haven't?" severely responded j nother. "Well, why haven't you?" "Because," explained Willie, "papa t says that the map of the world is hanging every day, and I thought n hat I would wait until things got set- t led a bit." n Uncle Sain Helps Fanner Next. g Tulsa, Okla., October 27.?United y ?tates Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, in ^ in o/1/1rcioo hofrtro tho International Ill UUU1 V/OO 1/V1V1 V WA4V/ A V W . 1: farming Congress here to-day gave issurance that legislation tending o better the condition of the Amerip ;an farmer would be considered by ^ Congress immediately after the pend- ^ ng currency i6 disposed of. Senator j Jore declared, too, as a result of the ^ 'ecent investigations of rural credits n Europe a plan would be decided vhereby money with which to raise he crops would be loaned to the arm^* at 4 per cent, interest. Soils, E illage, live stock and other subjects e mportant to the planter, with special t. eference to conservation of water to ^ )rovide moisture for the growing q :rops during dry periods, were discussed by agricultural experts from a 0 mmber of States and several foreign ^ ountries to-day. a The International Congress of tj rarm Women held its first session t his afternoon. .Mrs. Belle Von Dorn ^ -ierbert, of Manzanola, Colo., presi- S) lent of the Congress, made a plea for )etter privileges of the women and ^ hildren of the farm and deplored t< he exodus from the country to the a :ity. ij e A few pieces of hand painted china,* t it cost, at the Herald Book Store. luitable for wedding presents. IOMICIDE NEAR LAURENS CRXEST AND HI NT SHARP SHOT i BY CORNELIUS EDWARDS. i ! IXvo Brothers are Slain by Brother- j in-La\v, Siiid to Have Been Result of Domestic Trouble. Laurens, October 27.?Ernest and lunt Sharp, brothers, aged 21 and S. respectively, were shot and killed o-day near Barksdale by Cornelius Ldwards, aged 21, a brother-in-law if Hunt Sharp. In the fight Ed rards was wounded, but not seriousy, and was later brought to jail by tural Policeman Columbus Owens. The tragedy occurred about two Qiles from Barksdale at 9 o"clock his morning. Edwards, who lives at larksdale, was hauling wood from he vicinity in which the Sharps reided. He was driving a four-horse earn and met the Sharp boys when, t is alleged, one of them opened ire with a shotgun, shooting Edwards off his saddle mule. Before Idwards could rise to his feet Ernest harp, it is said, ran up and placed he muzzle of his gun on Edwards's hest and commanded him not to love. By this time Edwards had got his and on his pistol and lying flat of lis back he managed to get the -eapon to his side and shot Ernest ead in his tracks. Edwards then ttempted to get away from the lace, whereupon Hunt followed him nd fired once or twice, but missed im. Finding that the fire was getting oo hot for him Edwards determined o stand his sround. and. it is claim d, turned upon his pursuer. With ne well directed shot, he brought he younger Sharp to the ground aortally wounded, death ensuing in bout an hour. Edwards returned to his home, rhere he was later attended by a ihysician and afterwards taken in ustody by officers. The inquest was held this afteroon by Magistrate Hellams, of Dials 'ownship. To-day's double tragedy is said to ave been the result of ill feeling beween the ShanJ brothers and Edwards, caused, it is alleged, by donestic trouble, which began some ime last summer, before the mariage of Hunt Sharp to the sister of Idwards. It seems that since the eginning of the alleged trouble, all arties have been going prepared for .'hat occurred when they met to-day. The Board Was AH Bight. South Trimble, the clerk of the louse of representatives, merrily huckled the other evening when one j f the party referred to the easy way i ome people have of explaining a disrepancy. He was reminded, he said, f the proprietor of a country hotel a one of the eastern states. Some -time ago. acording to the tory told by Mr. Trimble, a man was raveling along the road when he saw sign announcing that the Rural nn was a hundred yards further on. "Say old man," remarked the raveler to the landlord when he nally reached the hotel, "what's the natter with that sign of yours down he road yonder? Isn't it a trifle fiivort A trifle mixed?" wonderingly reponded the proprietor. "I don't get ou." "It says a hundred yards to the hoel," returned the traveler, "and if it sn't three-quarters of a mile my tape leasure is twisted." "The sign is all right," declared the roprietor with a smile of enlightenlent. "The wfiole trouble lies with he man who put it up. He got it in he wrong place."?Philadelphia 'elegraph. To Extend Railroad to A. O. L. Plans are being made by the iranchville and Bowman railroad to xtend their line to Holly Hill, a disance of about 40 miles, to connect ith the A. C. L. at that town, says General Manager E. N. Mittle. Mr. Mittle says the freight business f his road during the past few years ad shown a remarkable increase., nd it had become necessary that ley have connection with other roads han the Southern at Branchville, <ith which road they were having Dime trouble. He has been in correspondence ith railroad contractors, and expects 3 reach an agreement with them at n early date for the necessary gradlg. He stated that his road could asily finance such an improvement 3 their road. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. * /-v .. RAISE STOCK, URGES LEVER. ' I s Timely Advice to Farmers of South Carolina. Lexington, Oct. 27.?Congressman Lever, after a remarkable automobile trip from Washington to Georgetown by way of Luray Caves and the Natural Bridge, in company with Congressman Byrnes, as the guest of Congressman Ragsdale, and a trip upon the Government torpedo boats from Georgetown to Conway, where he spoke on Thursday, and on to Union, where he spoke on Friday, has reached home in fine physical condition. Mr. Lever is in receipt of numerous invitations to speak in various parts of the State, but as yet has not accepted any of them, although he has previously engaged himself to deliver an address in Augusta on the 6th of November at the Good Roads Congress, and at Rock Hill on November 1 at a meeting of the Alfalfa Club of that community. "I am particularly interested in this latter engagement," said Mr. Lever, "for I see in the alfalfa and grass work begun in this State the genesis of a movement which ultimately must result in making this State prominent among the Southern States in live stock growing. With the decreasing supply of meat in this country and with the increasing price for the same, it becomes extremely important that the farmers of South Carolina?big and little ?should be induced to enter the field of live stock growing as a profit- ' I able industry, both within itself and as a soil builder. There is no reason in the world why beef, pork and poultry cannot be successfully raised in South Carolina. We need only to have proper pasturage tor tne nrst two and the elimination of the cattle tick and hog cholera, and for the latter only intelligent handling. "We must teach our people how to grow forage and to build permanent pastures to make cattle growing entirely successful, and it must not be forgotten that the success of hog raising depends upon the success of cattle raising?the two go together. "Our farmers must not lose sight of the fact that the boll weevil is coming as certain as the night follows the day, and we must not find ourselves when the time comes un- J prepared for him. and there can be no state of unpreparedness worse than that of finding ourselves dependent absolutely upon cotton alone. To my mind the live stock proposition as a supplement to our cotton is the livest and most important proposition we have in the next few years ' when the boll weevil striks us. "I am especially pleased with the high prices of cotton, because I noticed last fall among the people in the State a sentiment of doubt as to what effect a change in parties might have upon our prosperity. Democrats themselves were just a little dubious, and it is exceedingly gratifying to those of us who made the fight and won it to have our predictions, that prosperity would follow a Democratic Administration, come true. The Ad ministration is making good with, four feet up. The passage of the tariff bill is the most important economic advance in the policies of our Government since the war, and when this is followed by the early enactment of currency reform, to be followed later by a tightening up in our anti-trust laws, the people for the first time in years will have come into their own." Representative Lever will, of course, attend the State Fair and is due to attend a Congress called for the purpose of inducing the Legislature of the State to appropriate $40,000 to help eradicate the cattle tick. "We can hardly estimate the enormous loss to this State on account of the cattle tick." says Mr. Lever, "and it is the duty, the highest duty, of wise statesmanship to lend itself to :J>! an effort to eradicate it. I feel confident that I can induce the Federal Government to match dollars with the appropriation provided for by the % State." %' Club Manager Arrested. Anderson, October 29.?Following the raid on the Dixie Social Club. Sheriff Joe M. H. Ashley has arrested J. E. Derrick, manager of the club, on four warrants. They charge conducting a place of nuisance, storing whiskey, selling whiskey and making away with property under seizure of the sheriff. After the place had been raided and locked up by the sheriff, it is charged that someone removed a window and carried away 32 bottles ? of beer and two quarts of whiskey. Derrick has been released on a bond of $300 in each of the four cases, amounting to $1,200 in all. i