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I PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and' at Other Points. ?Mr. \V. I. Johns, of Baldoc. was in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. C. M. Kinard, of Ehrhardt. "was in the city yesterday. ??Dr. J. H. Roberts, of Ehrhardt, vas in the city yesterday. ?Mr. C. R. Clayton, of the Ehrhardt section, was in the city last ?Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Copeland, of Ehrhardt. were in the city last Fri > day. ?Miss Bernie Counts is .u home again after a stay of several weeks ^ ? at Bat Cave, N. C. ?Sheriff S. G. Ray attended the I meeting of the association of sheriffs in Columbia this week. ?Mr. W. M. Brabham is out on the streets again, after his recent operation for appendicitis, and his many friends are" glad to see him. * . ?Mrs. D. W. Shealy, of Florida, is in the city on a visit to relatives. Mrs. Shealy formerly lived here, and has many friends, who are glad to see her again. ?Senator J. B. Black and Representatives J. A. Hunter and B. W. Miley left for Columbia Monday night to attend the session of the ^ flss^mhlw ?Mr. LaVerne Thomas arrived in town, last week from Columbia, Mrs. Thomas having been here for some days. They will make this city their home, and Mr. Thomas will have i charge of Rentz's Mllinery Store. We are glad to welcome them to Bamberg. t Strike Through South Africa. Capetown, January 13.?A general strike throughout South Africa was proclaimed to-night by the Trades Federation, and the Rand miners, by a two-thirds majority, voted to join in the movement. Governmental retaliation was swift, in. the form of i the proclamation of martial law. This was the only step the authorities believed adequate to meet the situation, for the strike of the miners means not only the turning loose of tut; must luiuuieui iu mo Rand, but raised the whole questh.ii of the position of the native workers. If ?he miners actually obey the strike order the government immediately will take steps to send the natives under escort back to their kraals. This means that about 200,000 * natives must be \ marched back by road to their homes at enormous cost. It will be most difficult, after the end of the strike, tq recruit them again. In brief, such a step would mean disaster for the Rand for many years. Although official reports from Jo\ hannesburg , show improvement in ^ the train service, reports from octier districts are less encouraging. In Natal the situation is one of great tension, and it is feared that the loyalty of the trainmen will not stand the strain much longer. An instance of the men's temper is shown by tiie action of an engine driver, who qi.it his train on the veldt and left the j passengers stranded. Practically no information is at f hand as to conditions in the Orange Free State, but improvement there ^ is not considered probable. From the government's standpoint about the only favorable news to-day was the assurance from the Indian leader, Gandhi, that the passive resistance movement by the Indians ^against their grievances would be dropped durng the present trouble. The Union Government remains ) firm in its attitude. The premier, Gen. Louis Botha, is said to have declared he would "guarantee that with the end of the present crists there would not be another workers' strike in South Africa for a generation." $50,000 Fire at Johnston. Johnston, January 13.?The Peoples Cotton Oil Mill was burned here yesterday. The origin of the fire is * not hjtown, it having caught some* where in the engine room. The mill z proper, with all the machinery, was burned, also the supply of meal and about 3,500 gallons of oil. The burned property was owned by a stock company, with H. W. Crouch as president, and was valued at about $50,000, with insurance of $26,000. The company has been exceedingly unfortunate the past three years and ? with these misfortunes the question confronts them as to whether they will rebuild again. . Given Five Years. Kansas City, Kan.. t Jan. 14.? Homer McCord, 22 years, who plead> efi Shilty here yesterday to violating \ the Kansas white slave laws by luring Mrs. Mary Dean, 16 years old, a bride of a day, from her husband . lrfst autumn, was sentenced to-day to five years in the State reformatory. Mrs. Dean testified that McCord exercised a hypnotic influence over her. She and her husband became > reconciled. f r THE GOOD ROADS PROJFCT. Interesting Letter From Congress ? man Byrnes on the Subject. Washington, D. C., Jan. 13, 1J11. Editor Bamberg Herald. Bamberg, South Carolina. ( Dear Sir: ! have read with grati- i lication the report of the meet'.ng t rs f>nnc:^ar mv vnaH TVOntVSl- < VV V V/UC.Ut I U.1 J ? r - r v tion. because even though the com- j mittec in ite wisdom saw fit not to j accept the proposition I believe that i their report is bound to result in promoting the cause of good roads. The < newspaper comment on the estimate ( of the agent of the government as i to the cost of the road that would be t built under'the direction of the de- j partment of agriculture leads < me to believe that it is mis- i understood. Under this proposi- t tion the joint fund contribut- i ed by the national government c and the county is used upon roads t selected by the county. In response to an inquiry. Mr. Toms, the agen: of ? the department, stated that he wou'd c estimate that the cost of constructing \ roads would ayerage no more than c $1,000 a mile. This estimate oi hio s was based on a road 24 feet wiae, with an S-inch depth of clay. Tue c figures are based entirely upon the ] employment of free labor. Mr. ( Toms stated that if the county wouid c use in this work convict labor, the 1 cost would be about 50 per cent less, c or $500 per mile. In arriving ar his v estimate he stated that he figured on <: labor at $1.00 a day, and teams at $3.00 a day. ? Two miles of model road aa?e t been built in our district undei Lkd direction of government engineers, c one mile just outside of the city jot \ Aiken and the other near Allendale I Being interested in the estimate r made by Mr. TOms I have, since my a return here, inquired as to the cost of these two roads. The engineer in l each instance had to, keep an r.eou- 1 rate account of all expenditures, and. j at Aiken they estimated the cost of t the mile of road to be $391. Col- 1 victs were used in this work, anji s arriving at the cost they estimated the cost per convict 40 cents a day t and double teams, which v. ere fur- t nished by the county, at $1.00 a day. t There were no culverts, and material c purchased amounted to about $15 or t $20 the balance being the cost of the t labor. At Allendale the cost of ine mile of road was estimated at $135. i In this estimate the convicts were s figured at 50 cents a day "and coun- t ty teams at 75 cents. No-materials % were purchased, the entire cost be- ? ing for labor, The agent also re- c ported that the work at Allendale s / was merely directed by the govern- ^ ment engineer, the local road officials i doing all of the work, and in estimating the cost they also included the cost of the labor performed by the captain of the force. i As we so seldom keep an accurate t account of the cost of constructing ( roads I thought these figures woul<? , be interesting to you, and they also 1 give a better idea of how the gov- t ernment agent arrived at his esti ( mate of $1,000 a mile for free labor. ( From what we know of the wages f paid the free labor and their work ( as compared with convict work I should not be surprised 'f i he were not justified in estimat- s ing the free labor cost as twice tnat t of the chain gang. Of course a road ? can be built for much less than eliis. t You can put as much money or as r*\ j tie money as ycu please in a road and e like everything else you generally i get what you pay for. t I do not write this for tlie pur- c pcse ot inducing ine county omcmm to accept the government proposition, though I know from my ooseivation of the mile of government 5 road at Aiken, built five years ago, that it is a permanent road and I would love tc see similar roads ail t over Bamberg county. I know the t financial condition of the county ano ( 1 know that the people who pay the i taxes are the best qualified to judge < what kind of improvements they t want. t This $20,000 I secured was the ^ last of a fund of $500,000 appropn- j ated for experimental road building i Only a few States were able to se- \ cure any of this amount, and most of it had been spent in building ( macadam roads at a cost of about c $5,000 per mile. Only a few thous- < and dollars of this fund have come i to the entire South, and I therefore j made a fight to secure this $20,000, i so that in case any of our counties <; were in position to take up ^his jro- t position we could get some oenefit j from it. It now looks as though I ? shall have to release about $lo,0-j'J 1 of it, and in case I have to I will do -{ what I can to have this amount given i tu MJIIlfcf Utiicl U1S111LL 111 OUIU11 V_/il 1 \J~ ( iina, because in ?nr State and in all i of the Southern States there is notn- ( ing so necessary to progress as t?,o ) improvement of our roads. ] Very truly yours. < JAMES F. BYRNES : A dog supposed to be mad bit a white woman and a negro boy on the 1 streets of Greenville Friday. J* ? $ WORLD'S STAR LEAPERS. Mountain Sheep .Jump Like a Oat and A Outrun a Horse. Columbia gardens, Butte's pleasire park, has added to its zoologi- b :al department, two mountain sheep, e relieved to be the only specimens a n captivity. The mountain sheep ce o lie wisest, wariest, and wildest of b inimals that inhabit the cragged : o anges and few of'this species nave b :een captured alive. Iv An interesting story is told of the h capture, for it was not done in a iav. For three days and three P lights, without sleep and with rests P hat were but sporadic. N. M. Pearl n ind W. J. Cavanaugh trailed their h luarry. This was the end of a three 0 veeks' chase. At last they caught hese wildest of wild things. They o ire rams, little more than two weeks 0 )ld, yet able to outrun the average * iorse. The men carried the kicking. v qurniing, fighting lambs 20 miles ' )ver ridge and through valley to Txlidle, the eastern entrance in the Ola ier National Park. Mr. Peari b says: J "The sheep were caught in the continental divide, near (^utbauk ? Jass, at an elevation of between b,- a 00 and 9,000 feet. They were b bout a week old, I think. We had b ^een at it three weeks before "we had * mi chance. These mountain shtep 11 ire much wiser than mountain 0 ;oats. c "They know every rock in the hills e ind the slighest disturbance sends nen: bounding off. Many times have b ve looked at a band of sheep at long *distance through field glasses. We r vou'd be perfectly still behind rorks, ? f nit never was it more than a +'ev? 1 nirmtpc until ?nnio pwp wniilH qiiv ii? ^ md give warning. "The little sheep can outrun <. P iorse almost at birth, and these two a ed us a long and hard chase. They uniped off places so high we thought 11 hey had surely been killed, upon r edges where a man could not ha*' 1 itood. "We never really caught up with a hem. Finally, seeming to realise 1 hat we would not be shaken off, s hey lost their cunning and v/e ;aught them in a trap in a cleft in E he rocks. They couldn't get out of 11 his place, and we had them. "You have no idea from what x leights a mountain goat can leap," ;aid Ranger Cavanaugh. "I've seen hem jump from the dizziest places \ md alight with all four feet bunched, is light as a cat. Never have I seen . me injured. These Big Horn sheep ire the greatest leapers in the vorld."?British Dispatch to Nev; * fork Sun. 1 , u S Plan to Buck Beef Trust. t New York, Jan. 14.?Arrange- y nents for importation into this coun- v :ry of thousands of tons of beef and e )ther meat products from Argentina, 11 Australia and New Zealand have t Deen completed by American capi- v alists whose identity has not been lisclosed. It became known yester- v lav that the syndicate has leased p 'our large warehouses here with an 11 extensive water front. This is the first real move toward a wringing a permanent supply of out- t side beef and other food products to ^ his country since the new tariff schedule went into effect. It was said he syndicate had no connection with j iny of the large American packers md that within a year when the big jeef shipments begin, it is expected ;he competition will cause an appre- p iable reduction in prices. v TITAXTIC CASES HEARD. t r \ s supreme Court Takes Question of , V- I Liability Into Consideration. g Washington, Jan. 14.?Consideraon of the Titantic disaster was* e :aken up yesterday by the Supreme t _ourt. The abstract questions of a aw before the court produced a a sterner atmosphere than the sena- g ;orial inquiry into the disaster. Yet p ;he mourning-trimmed attire of the t vomen in the spectators' seats was c i constant reri\inder of the world- q .vide grief caused by the wreck with c ts loss of 1,940 lives. t Charles C. Burlingham, on behalf r }f the owner of the Titantic, the v /cean steam navigation company, argued before the court that the American limited liability act f ipplied equally to American and creign ship owners. He said it established the maritime law of he United States to be universally ^ ipplied in American courts as the expression by congress of the a American conception of justice. He t idcled this view of the statute had j ..een authoritatively settled by de> 5 ^ I'??c? nf tho SnnraniP Prmrt Under r :is contention the liability of the e jwner would be fixed by the salvage ecovered, the freight and passenger lioney, amounting to about $90,000. 1 Claims for damages amount to some 1 ? 1 3,000,000. j The architects of South Carolina * vill meet in Columbia on Tuesday, j January 20th. ; EX-CONVICT IN POLITICS. LI Jennings, Once Bandit, to Bun for Governor of Oklahoma. A1 Jennings, ex-convict, reformed andit and train robber, now respect- j d lawyer in Oklahoma City, will be ! candidate for governor on the Denicratic ticket in Oklahoma next year, lis nearest friends assert that he has nly slight hopes of winning his tight ut he hopes to keep certain parties r'ho "counted him out" for prosecutng attorney, from getting the plum. Jennings made a spectacular caniaign for prosecuting attorney, using osters for himself in prison stripes, loving pictures and oratory to win is hearers. In every speech he told >f his crimes and then concluded r'ith the remark: "I have told you f all of my crimes. Now let my pponents tell of theirs." The elecion was close and Jennings lost by a ew hundred votes. He asserts he ras "counted out" by a gang of fearul politicians. Jennings spares no details in tellng the history of his life. He was a awyer by profession, the son of a udge in Arizona when a political eud made him an outlaw. He enaged in many gun fights with the uthorities, participated in many roberies,, was finally captured after beag wounded and sent to the peniteniary in Ohio. There it is said, he iet Mark Hanna, then at the height f his power, won the master-politiian's friendship, and finally obtaind his pardon from prison. Jennings had been a lawyer before e became an outlaw and returned o >klahonia to win his way back to ecognition as a citizen of the Irnited Itates. Through Jack Abernethy. a riend of President Roosevelt, he .'as restored to citizenship. A little while after he got his apers, Jennings began his fight gainst the political gang in Oklaoma. In the hope of re-instating imself in the eyes of the people he an for prosecuting attorney on the eform ticket. Thousands heard him alk, saw the notorious bandit, and dmired his flow of oratory. He took he people by storm and came danerously near winning the office. In his campaign for governor Jentings will use moving pictures of limself in prison, posters and any ther devices that may win him " otes. 100 MEN SEARCH FOR WORK. Vill Demand Relief of Oregon State Officials. Portland, Oregon, January 13.? 'he sheriff and several deputies ol Vashington county as an escort, 100 lllCIIipiUVCU UUCU Wll II1CA1 w L\) lalem to demand work and food ot he governor and other ^State officials, -ere nearing Forest Grove to-night, ?*here they are to be cared for at the xpense of the city council. The nen stopped in Hillsboro, but the auhorities refused to provide them ith food. One of the leaders said to-day that, vithin a short time 14,000 unemployed men will assemble in Salem, icping to get relief from the State, iie question of giving the men work t the State institutions is to be aken up by Governor^West and the Itate board of control. SURGEONS TRIED IN VAIN. atient Failed to Rally From Effects of Rare Operation. Philadelphia, January 13.?A latient in a local hospital upon rhqm surgeons yesterday performed rare operation, in an effort to save lim from paresis, died to-day. and urgeons say mat one 01 rne most leroic experiments of surgery has :one to nought. In an effort to save a man declard to be hopelessly afflicted, surgeons >ored a series of holes in h's skull nd injected into the diseased brain i serum used only in the most dan;erous of all blood diseases.' The latient was 51 years old. The operaion, done twice in Paris, has proven if benefit in arresting the disease, ^he operation yesterday was the first ?f its kind performed in this counry. It is said the patient did not evive from the shock because of weakened vitality. 1913 town taxes are now due, payible to town treasurer.?adv. RESOLUUTIONS. Resolutions passed by Bamberg V. O. W. Camp, 653, located at lamberg, S. C., January 9, 1914: Whereas, Almighty God. in His 11-wise providence, has seen lit to ake from our midst our esteemed riend and Sovereign Henri I r CopL^nd, therefore, be it resolved: 1st That we have lost one of our aost highly and appreciated riovleigns. 2nd. That a page be inscribed in >ur minutes to his memory. 3rd. That a copy of these resoutions be sent to his bereaved t'amiy. 4th. That a copy be sent to die Samberg Herald and Bamberg Counv Times for publication. THOS. DUCKER, 1. F. FREE. C. 0. Clerk. y Quarterly Statement of the 'Board, Decemb Trial Balar E. G. Lyon & Ross Co. ... $ Wright & Taylor Bernheim Rexinger Co.... 25 Rosskam Gerstley Go 1 Jack Cranston Co ' 1 Peoples Distilling Co # 10 Consumers B. B. Est 1 Anheiser Bush B. Assn.... 2 Freidman Keiler Co Mercantile Distilling Co... 5, White Crest Wine Co Laurens Glass Co 2 Supplies $ 2,216.66 Miscellaneous Account 930.84 Furniture and F. Account.. 137:30 Dispensers Exp. Acct 1,262.18 Salaries Account 1,049.15 Merchandise Account 15,041.32 Cash-on hand 30,931.98 Merchandise Inventory 1/UC 1UL UUHUO V/i. uuaiu... Profit and Loss '' ' $51,569.43 $51 School fund County fund * City of Bamberg Town of Denmark Town of Olar Town of Ehrhardt Town of Govan STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) BAMBERG COUNTY. J . Personally appeared before me j. M members of the Bamberg County Dispei ally sworn, say that the above is a tru the Bamberg County Dispensary for the 1913. Sworn to and subscribed before me Governor Blease Monday issued a pardon to Jno. Y. Garlington, late president of the Seminole Securities Company, who was sentenced to three years for fraud and swindling. Garlington had been under parole for some time. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. ^ > J/Pot a good tailored-to-measure suit call on the Dixie Tailors, opposite post office. v Sale?Nice gentle horse, buggy and harness for sale. J. J. CLECKLEY, Bamberg, S. C. Cleaning, pressing, and repairing of all kinds neatly done. Dixie Tailors, opposite post office. ^Tiumber for Sale?Long leaf and snort leaf. Best of heart. At milJ or delivered. Price reasonable. J. D. THOMAS, Cope, S. C. /3fotice.?After this date we will only gin cotton on Wednesdays and Fridavs. The public will please take notice. THE COTTON OIL CO. /Automobiles Insured^?>1912 models 2*4 per cent; 1913 models 2 per cent. Old line company. H. M. GRAJJAM, Agent, Bamberg, S. C. Salesman Wanted to look after our interest in Bamberg and adiacent counties. ? Salary or commission. Address THE HARVEY OIL CO., Cleveland, O. AJEggs for Hatching?From my heavy laying S. C. R.* I. Reds. First pen $2 per setting; seeond pen $1 per setting, 15 eggs. MRS. J. E. MCMILLAN, Ehrhardt. S. /^or Sale?One 20 horse power Tozer engine and boiler?mounted ? and one sawmill and carriage complete, including 52 inch Atkins saw and new belting. All in good condition except engine needs a little repair work. Will take $300 cash lor outfit. Located on Branchville public road, three miles below Midway. If interested wrrite C. L. LESESNE, Rowesville, S. C. ir' ^Fertilizers for Sale?-We are both wholesalers and importers, hdndte both domestic and foreign fertilizers, buy direct in large quantities and in bulk. We have built up our large business by selling direct to the farmers, we save them money. Get our prices before buying on the following: Acid Phosphate, 15 per cent. Kainit, Hard Salt, Manure Sait, Muriate Potash, Blood. High Grade Tankage, Fine Ground Fish/Nitrate Soda. Address Calhoun Agricultural & Im'jstment Co., Calhoun County, o r> Ol. .\iauncHi), E: H. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law - bamberg. s. c. General Practice. Loans Negotiated. NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OR SUBSCRIPTION. Pursuant to a commission issued J - J'.aniirnnil <5 a 1 hnorrt nf PO!' lO llltJ UUUCldl^llLUt ?c u. >/vtvi\? wfc porators, the books of subscription to the capital stock of the Panama. Canal Bank will be openfcd on January 16th, at 12 o'clock, at the orfice of Graham & Black. The capital stock of said proposed bank to be not less than $25,000.00, nor more than $50,000.00, divided into shares of the par value of $100.00 each. H. M. GRAHAM. C. E. BLACK, Board of Corporators. Bamberg, S. C., January 12, 1011 NOTICE. 1 will file my final accounting with G. P. Harmon, Judge of Pro bate, on Saturday, February lib, and will ask for a final discharge as ad-f ministrator of the estate of F. ?,f. Zeigler. All persona having claini3 against said estate will file same with the undersigned on or before above f- 12 or forever be barred. H. J. ZEIGLER, Administrator. Bamberg, S. C., January 12, 1914. % Bamberg County Dispensary er 31st, 1913. ice Assets and Liabilities Un. P'fits 77.50 $ 7?.50 245.00 245.00 ,618.97 25,618.97 ,668.25 1,668.25 ,368.00 1,368.00 ,182.92 ' 10,182.92 ,112.00 1,112.00 ,322.95 2,322.95 ? 872.50 872.50 ,439.00 5,439.00 578.75 578.75 ,083.59 2,083.59 * N $ 137.30 * 30,931.98 / 24,616.43 60.00 4,056.28 ,569.43 355,685.71 $55,685.71 $ 811.25 1,622.50 717.25 455.55 173.06 236.80 39.87 " \ $4,056.28 I . Grimes, W. H. Faust, and J. B. Kearse, T isary Board, who, being each and severe and correct statement of the profits of Quarter ending 31st day of December, this 31st day of December, 1913. J. S. WALKER, (Seal.) N. P. S. C. Just Finished T1 1 laKmg Stock Lots of goods to go ;J| for less than cost || Come and get them , ;| il<?a aaa tlin nnur jflldU. dCC UU, UVTT daily arrivals of seasonable goods at | Rentz's Millinery Store Bamberg - South Carofeaa Sale at Auction ' * t /<jA I will sell at auction on v/ - m * Monday, February, 23d, 3 , ' at 12 noon, my .two- ?,cc story House and Lot, also the adjoining lot, on ,. %i /" "V: Washington and Franklin Street, at Ehrhardt, S. C. - . C. A. ECKARDT DR. THOMAS BLACK, JR. DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department University of Maryland. Member S. C. State Dental Association. Office opposite new post office and over office Graham & Black. Office hours. 8.30 a. to. to 5.30 p. m. i BAMBERG, S. C. ' ># ' "" . .....