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A TIME FOR YOUNG MEN TO ACT. Columbia Man Says they Should Help Put Good Men in Office. Columbia, Nov. 8.?The duty, as he sees it, of the young men to take their part and do their best towards the work of electing men to public office in South Carolina was outlined to-night by Mr. W. C. Patrick, formerly of Bamberg, but now of Columbia. Mr. Patrick knows nothing of politics in the practical meaning of that term, has never held an office and never expects to hold one, but he thinks that the young men who are in business should take more interest in those who represent the people. In other words, Mr. Pat rick has no political axe to grind, but speaks as the representative of the thousands of young men, who he points out owe a duty to their State, to see by their vote that the principles of true Democracy and the principles on which this Government is founded shall continue. "A-candidate should be weighed to determine the amount of his integrity," says Mr. Patrick. "In this day of factionalism, when personalities are being dealt in to such a great degree, that which is molt important in a man's make-up is overlooked. Honesty of purpose and fearlessness in discharge of a public duty should be placed above all else; the consideration of a friendship, purely on the grounds of friendship, is a bad policy. A Young Man's Opportunity. "It has been the custom of the young men in the past to defer more or Less to the opinions of their elders and superiors in a busness way and thereby has the old order of things been continued. "To-day the time is ripe for some young man morally clean and above reproach to step into the breach and take up the fight and carry it on to victory for cleaner, purer government. It does not necessarily mean that a young man should enter into a political campaign in order to make his influence for the common good felt, but his daily life and the influence which he exerts over his companions and friends should be such as to influence them to occupy higher ground and take a larger interest in the common weal. "A young man of this type, without a political past and with no questionable record to be cited on the stamp, is badly needed in South Carolina today. Instead of factionalism and bitter personalities let him raise the battle flag of righteous and constructive government, and pitch the political fight on the higher issues so splendidly exemplified by v President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. A young man imbued with these principles would, in my opinion, win a sweeping victory in South Carolina and inaugurate a new and higher order of things, the need of which is so greatly felt in our State to-day. B . Aginst the Demagogue. "The young men of South Carolina owe it to themselves to take a greater interest in civic righteous*1AM ot\i? ooa Ku thoir vntoc ariH in ??VX WJ V*4V*4 ? WVM W**v? fiuence that only men of integrity 1 and strength of purpose be selected to fill the high and honorable offices within the gift of the people. Let them begin at the ground works, commence with municipal government and proceed on through the county, State and National Governments, and be sure that every vote they cast is against the demagogue and in favor of the candidate who has the true interest of the people at heart." Jg-' That the young men of South Carolina are more interested to-day in politics than every before is evident from the talk which one hears on streets and in places of business/ Almost in every instance in this State, where a young man has enter ed the race for the Legislature or other office, he has been elected, and Mr. Patrick to-night pointed this out as proof of his statement that~ this is the time for young men in the Palmetto State.?W. F. Caldwell in News and Courier. CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER Macon Clerk Shot and Killed Merchant who Employed Him. Macon, Ga., Nov. 16f?Jesse Cooner, who last night shot and killed S. L. McWilliams," prominent merchant here, was to-day held by the coroner's jury on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. The coroner is said to have found an open knife clutched in McWilliams's right hand when he viewed the body. It is alleged that there was a revolver in his pocket. Witnesses said that McWilliams threatened to kill Cooner if he quit the firm, as he threatened to do, and according to the witnesses McWilliams thrust a revolver against his chest as he threatened. I Cooner then is said to have obtained a revolver at the rear of the store and later shot and killed his employer. CRAZED BY COST OF LIVING. Official Report Shows Victims of ] Worry Crowd Ohio Asylums. The steadily increasing high cost of living threatens to compel Ohio i to build more asylums to house its breadwinners who are worried into insanity through inability to "make both ends meet." Reports of the state board of administration to Governor Cox show that over 13 per cent of the 2,399 Ohioans whose menfnHftr laet vpnr suffered he VW.IVJ " cause of causes akin to financial trouble?overwork, worry and nervous exhaustion. Statistics of the occupation of those admitted show that more and more persons in walks of life where the remuneration is not great are committed each year?laborers, mechanics, miners, painters and carpenters. The percentage of professional inmates has correspondingly decreased.?Columbus, O., dispatch to New York Sun. HOW BRUIN DELAYED TRAIN. Big Bears Drops on Top of Coach and Trouble Fellows. Chesterfield, Nov. 17.?One of the ' unlooked for amusements in connection with the Chesterfield county ! fair, which had just closed with such ] success, was the detention of the < afternoon tr^in for Cheraw in a 1 unique manner. There was exhibit- i ing here at the Fair what is known 1 as a Bear Man, viz, a big brown bear, 1 which was shown by his swarthy ] keeper. The Fair grounds are just ] across the street from the station of i the C. and L., which railroad occupies the centre of the street. Just before 1 the arrival of the train the keeper of bruin, for a cash consideration, had ] him to climb a large elm tree, which has a limb which projects over the i railroad track. When the train ar- i rived somewhat behind time and : with several passengers anxious to i make the Coast Line connection in ; Cheraw, Bruin became frightened at I his high perch and proceeded out on i the limb, from which he dropped to the top of the coach. Now the prob- < lem was before the railroad as to i whose duty it was to remove the ; bear. The station agent protested that it was out of his^line of duty as j did the conductor. Finally, after ] much delay and a general caucus, ] several pieces of timber were run ] over to the cars on the siding next ] to the cotton platform and bruin was j persuaded to transfer his perch, from which place he was led on down 021 the cotton bales and on to the ground. Segregation of Races May Be a Law. Washington, Nov. 11.?Pressure is being brought to bear on the presi- , dent and cabinet by senators from all sections of the country to secure race segregation in the departments. General comment on this subject is the result of frequent attacks on white women by negro men, who become familiar while at labor side by side in the departments of the government. 1 The most recent of these outrages j was punished by a sentence of only six months in jail. The sentencing judge was subjected to severe criti- ' cism by senators and representatives 1 from the north and west. Senator Poindexter, of Washington, says: "I believe that familiarity * breeds contempt. I am for race segregation, and will support any bill introduced to severely deal with assail- i ants of women/' ^ Senator Smith, .of Michigan, com- ' mented as follows: "With a light sen- 1 tence resulting on the commitment 1 of crimes of this character, the court * had just as well pin a rose on the as- 1 sailant and turn hm loose." Senator Weeks, of California, 1 thought that some kind of legislation was necessary to prevent this crime * and to provide proper punishment ' when committed. Senator Vardaman, of Mississippi, ( is very popular with his fellow sena- 1 tors and is pushing segregation leg- | islation for the District of Columbia. k m 1 Suit Filed Against Oil Mills. t Jackson, Miss., Nov. 12.??Practi- ? cally everjy cottonseed mill company in Mississippi is made a defendant in 1 an anti-trust suit filed here today by > State Attorney General Collins. The < Attorney General charges that the ' American Cotton Oil Company is J practically owned by the Standard t Oil Company and that it controls 90 per cent of the cotton oil business in Mississippi. j The Attorney General asks that charters of domestic corporations made defendants be forfeited and that foreign corporations named in i the suit be ousted from the State. 1 The petition charges that all of the \ hundred and three defendants have 1 conspired to fix the price of cotton- i seed at $20 a ton in this State. It is s charged further that the defendants a have conspired to control the cotton s ginning industry in the State and that 1 they have become dealers in bagging t and ties with the purpose of controll- f ing the entire cotton business in all s its branches. s CROWNED MADMAN. han the Terrible Laughed While He Killed Subjects. The Russian grand duke whose eccentric freaks are the gossip of the courts of Europe, could point to many a predecessor of his blood who has been much less sane than himself?from that "most savage of monarchs," Ivan IV, to the first Alexander, son and grandson of throned madmen, says London Tit-Bits. Ivan the "Terrible," among his many insane freaks, would let loose wild bears in the streets of his capital and placidly say his prayers while watching the slaughter of his people, "Hinging a few coins to the mutilated survivors as he rose from his knees." He would compel parents to slay their children, and children to kill one another; and if there was a survivor, "the amiable monarch would dispatch him with his own hands, shrieking with laughter at so excellent a joke." In one of his lighter moods of frolic he commanded the citizens of Moscow to "provide for him a measure, full of fleas, for a medicine," and fined them 7,000 rubles when they failed. The insanity of Peter III took less savage if more grotesque forms. His ruling mania was for the "pomp and circumstance of war," and one day he gave orders that a hundred cannon should be fired simultaneously so that he might get some idea of the din of battle. On other occasions he would rise from the table and glass in hand, prostrate himself before the portrait Df Frederick of Prussia exclaiming "My brother, we will conquer the universe together." Peter's son, the first Paul, was no less insane than his father, although his madness was longer in manifesting itself. So violent was his hatred r\f +ho r?vr?1ntinnarv round hats, a fashion imported from France, that one day he sent two hundred police and dragoons to scour the streets of St. Petersburg and tear them from the heads of all who wore them. He banished all the cabmen from his capital because one of them was found with a pair of pistols on him. Hundreds of his officers and courtiers were sent in chains to Siberia for a glance or a word that displeased him, many without any cause at all, and be sent an entire regiment on a'2,000 mile march because, in drilling, it bad failed to understand one of his indistinct words of command. SOUTH YIELDS MOST LUMBER* Produces Half of Country's Output. Louisiana Near First Place. How rapidly the South is surpassing the West by the production \)f lumber is shown by the latest figures just issued for the United States, says an exchange. While Washington, with a production of 4,099,775,000 feet in 1912, still holds first place in the country, the increase for that State was only 35,000,000 feet over the total for the preceding year. On the other hand, Louisiana, which was' close behind last year, with a total output of 3,376,211,000 feet, showed an increase pf 310,000,000 feet, while Mississip pi, wnicn was inira, wun a pruuuction of 2,381,898,000 feet, gained 340,000,000 feet over the previous rear. In 1911 Oregon was in third place, but last year gave way to North Carolina. Texas went up from eighth place in 1911 to sixth place last year. Arkansas dropped from sixth place to seventh place. Virginia went up from twelfth to eighth. Wisconsin Iropped from seventh to ninth, Michigan held tenth position and Minnesota fell from ninith to eleventh place. The figures show that the Southern States and the Pacific Coast States are the leading producing secLions. Both showed an increase of output over the previous year, but - * ? iU^ .lie increase in me ouuiu was &icai?r. The census for 1900 gave the Southern States 38.7 per cent of the iotal output of (the country. In 1907 :his had increased to 45.7 per cent, ind last year it was 51.4 per cent. Among the various species of lumber produced yellow pine maintains ts long lead, the total for that wood jut in the Southern States being 14,170,617,000 feet. Douglass fir was ( second, but a long way behind, with in output of 5,175,123,000 feet. SLAYER IS SHOT. Son Kills Father For Killing His Mother. ' Lewis Van Luven, 68, a farmer liv- < ng at Harpersfield, Ohio, shot and < tilled his wife late Friday and then < vas killed by his son. Matthews, 17. < foung Van Luven surrendered to the ] )olice. The boy and his 9-year-old i .ister said their mother was killed ' vhile sitting in the kitchen. They -1 ;aid their father then attempted to < till them. The boy succeeded in earing,the shotgun away from his 1 ather and brought down the heavy 2 itock of the weapon on his father's < ikull, killing him. 1 KILLS WIFE AND TAKES POISON. ? Wilmington Carpenter May Live Af- 9 ter Effort at Suicide. @ Wilmington, N; C,., Nov. 16.?Geo. fc W. Beaman, carpenter, to-day shot | and killed his wife at their home here and then attempted to commit suicide by drinking poison. He is expected to recover. Domestic troubles of long standing are said to have been responsible for Beaman's acts. NARROW ESCAPE FROM FLAMES. I Judire Soewinan Rescued from Rurn- | ing House at Lancaster. \ \ Lancaster. Nov. 16.?Fire tonight |j destroyed the handsome surburban 1 home of John A. Spewman, with con- 5 tents. The fire originated in the H bath room, on the second floor, and g the entire building was in flames in | a few minutes. Mrs. Spewman and young son, John, Jr., were asleep on the first floor, and were awakened by neighbors just in time to escape in their night clothes. Judge J. E. Spewman, Mrs. Spewmaa's father, was asleep on the second floor, and in attempting to escape by the staircase was severely burned about the face and head. Citizens finally rescued him by placing a ladder against the window. The department was quickly on the scene, but the dwelling being beyond the fire limits, there was some delay in getting a sufficient line of hose from the nearest hydrant Mr. John A. Spewman was up-town when the alarm was turned in. His loss is $4,500, with $2,500 insurance. Accidental Killing. Summerton, Nov. 15.?Willis Bennett, a negro, was shot and killed by J. Fred Lanham, a young white man of this place, Wednesday night while ^ out hunting. The party had gone on a deer drive, but during the early part of the night were hunting raccoons. Mr, Lanham shot at one on a log about as high as a man's head A T and the negro, standing about a hundred yards further back, received part of the load of buckshot in his head, death following almost instantly. Mcl^AURIN GOING TO NEW YORK. Accepts the Invitation of Colombia Chamber of Commerce. Bennettsville, Nov. 14.?Senator John L. McLaurin has accepted the invitation of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce to go to New York. Following is the text of his note of ac- * ceptance: "Will accept invitation of Columbia Chamber of Commerce to accompany its representatives to New York. This is a practicable step to- == ward State-operated ware-houses, [p Other States will follow South Carolina, if successful. It is the only way to destroy cotton gambling; make it unprofitable by standardizing grades and giving stability to price. I congratulate the Record upon its intelligent handling of the publicity end of the proposition. I will join Messers Stackhouse and Heathy tomorrow night at Kollock." Atlanta Third Bloodiest City. . Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17.?That At- _____ lanta is the third bloodiest city in the United States in proportion to rpopulation, and that crime is on the increase all over Georgia, are two coupled up facts which are worrying the police and the preachers alike. It has turned out tnat tne general allegations of crime in Atlanta have not been a slander on the city. An official homicide record just published shows that of the thirty principal cities listed, Memphis leads with a rate of 64 persons killed per 100,000 population; Charleston is second with 40 and Atlanta is a close third. Atlanta newspapers have editorially admitted the allegations, and declare that the time has come when some concerted action must be taken in finding a remedy. ri/vrv\Tkiaint ic moHp hv manv lead ing jurists that the trouble is not I? so much with the law as with the unwillingness of the juries to fix se- Aj vere penalties, especially in murder j j cases. 2Z ? I* "REV." THACKAM IN BAD. ? _________ ?t? Can't Resist That Impulse to Go For 2 ? the Chickens. 2 Z ? ___ Spartanburg, Nov. 12.?"Rev, ' J Clarence Thackam, a negro, who preaches when he isn't on the chaingang is on the chaingang again. He 2 Z simply can't resist the impulse which J ? comes upon him periodically to steal < j? chickens. One of his most famous ?|? exploits was to steal a coopful of chickens from Rev. Lewis M. Roper. ?? pastor of the First baptist unurcn, ?f. and sell them to the Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, rector, of the Protestant *!! I H Episcopal Church of the Advent. He ? did three-months penance. Thackam was caught by the police ?!? last night with a bag full of chickens ; j* slung over his shoulder. Who is the Hit owner of the fowls has not been learned. O* BIG FAT OR ANY OTHE LUXURIES ARI THE MAN W1TI BANK ACCOUN HAVE ONJ^^WjS Well, are we all than! Yes. those of us who are en This year your money in th looks veay comfortable. Y you just get a bank accoun year it will be a BIG, FAT Make OUR bai We pay 4 per c pounded quarterly Farmers & M BHRHA.B i ARMS F ' LOW PRICES AP i I have them in sizes fro j-t- -x J i._ J ?n i. llia.1 are auapteu tu an a cotton, grain, trucking, character of soils: sand and clay subsoils. Som sonal effects, ranging in acre. Your inspection is awaits you. Apply or sei Also Some fine Vali T. O'NEAL, F BAMBEB . f W anted^^ Every person who has a d an account with us. Whei the bank, you will not spei if it is in your pocket. T1 and then you will have a d< We pay 4 per cent, intere PEOPLES BAKE - What Will Th ? If yoi; are a farmer, you la ting, hoping and worr general, over the countr Have you ever stopped vest of your life's wort away part of your mom old age and misfortune? An investigation will c would be an ideal plao safely. It's a good plan strong banking connectK row one of these days; for you, on good securit out any red tape. Dro ' you're in town. Make tl have to do business ever "hello." REMEMBER PS WHEK WiS'Lii iu*/jnmiwiv xut EHrHardt Ban Capital and Surplus $27,000.00 SpiKgiiBgHDiEgiC'iEiH1 Why Not Furnish your home with niture, thereby making and your children will w quit loafing on the stre will soon save enough ir you buy of us. Our line < Rockers, Springs, Wash boards, Tables, Mattress* fact anything in this line, and our prices are more find in most stores in t KITCHEN AND FJ We also Handle all kinds want a new cooking or I else for the kitchen, or ai it will be time well spen buying. We also have a s Glass suitable for Christir OUR TWO STORES A FOR THE HOME. ] G. O. SI HARDWARE AJTD FURXITUR] tur.k.ey 1 r c flife's i e: easiest for i ' i big fat \ X^vYQU CAN IEN YOU START |p cful this Thanksgiving day? joying health and prosperity, f le bank has piled up until it ou can enjoy your turkey. If t and keep feeding it all next BANK AGGOUNT. J ok YOUR bank ;ent. interest, comon savings deposits i m :.s erchants Bank fit o r> Liyx) v* 'OR SALE *DON EASY TERMS , ' ':%'& , V*vvftGp> .'J m 35 acres to 1,000 acres, inds of farming; for corn, and stock raising, with loam, Norfolk, or yellow, e with stock and all per-price from $10 to $60 per i invited. As opportunity id for full descriptive lists * ' . * 17 tea In Tow n Property ' * v ^ >' y > l ^ V ' t'TPpV? - teal Es:ate Agt, ;g, s. g. ?1*| esire to save money to open II a yon dej>osit your money in I! ad it as foolishly as yon will l| V lerafore, yon have saved it; . n * ssire to have a large account. 11 st on savings deposits. II 1 - - - Bamberg, S. C. | ^v & \ SjSSg amammmmmmmmmtmmm**mmamm?m^mmmm^mmam?mmmmmam*mmmmmmmmmm*m ie Harvest Be? t are doing a lot of specuying about the crops. In y, the outlook is fine. I to think of what the har: will be. Are you storing ;y crop for the winters of > I >/ ; J V' convince you that our bank e for keeping your funds i for every farmer to have a >n. You may want to borwe can negotiate the loan y, at right rates and with- . p in to see us? next time ie call friendly?you don't * y time you come in to say YOU HAVE MONEY AND WHEN YOU NEED MONEY ? king Company Ehrhardt, S. C. i 11 V * * f:] /' If ; *j nice, new, up-to-date Fur- ffr it so attractive that you * jf ant to go home early and % f its spending money. You ? ?, t this way to pay for it if ZZ )f Bed Room Suits, Chairs, $ ? Stands, Wardrobes, Side- ' ? ? js, Rugs, Pictures, and in ZZ , was never more complete t ? reasonable than you will his or any other section. r?f ARMING UTENSILS f 5 of Hardware and if you ?& i leating stove, or anything iy kind of farming utensil W * waii coc 11c hpfnre fft swell ine of Silver and Cut I? las and Wedding Presents. .X? lre full of goods a let us show you. jfc MMONS 1 i E bamberg, s. 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