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lambwg Hjmlii I One Dollar and a Half a Year. ' BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1914 Established 1891. ^ ; 1 ?I . n.?nn SniITHKRII TRAIV HRT.T) CP. (COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the % County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. ^ Ehrhardt, Jan. 26.?Some few ( bales of cotton came to the gin last week, but it is about all ginned and sold, and, the worst part of it, about , all spent. Mr. L. M. Smith has taken up a , job with J. M. Kirkland Co. While , it is a general store, he says he likes ( the calico at Denmark the best, and that he has to go there every now - - A *-1 &n<l men to ieasi nib ejeu uu mc , beauties, to keep in a good humor. , Mr. A. C. Taylor has moved his < family in the house that Mr. Joe L. Biers moved from. Mr. Joe Hiers has gone to Cope to clerk there. If the job suits him and he suits the job, he expects to move 1 to that town soon. Mrs. Hiers and her children went to see him Sunday '< afternoon. * 1 Mr. J. C. H. Park, from the Co- 1 lumbia Theological Seminary, preach ed in Ehrhardt Lutheran church < Sunday morning and Mt. Pleasant i Lutheran church in the afternoon. 3 SBoth charges are well pleased with < his sermon. His style is easy his ( logic good, and the handling of his text was all that could be expected 1 of a man of age and more experience. His course at the Seminary will soon be ended, and there is very little doubt but that this charge has ideas of tendering a call to him to fill the * vacancy made by the resignation of i Rev. D. B. Groseclose. i | * The Hacker Manufacturing Co. J have gotten one Mr. H. L. Black to 1 operate their plant at this place for < them. Mr. Beck Contemplates mak- i ing some changes in the mill before : going to work regularly in the way 1 of sawing lumber. Hope it will not be simply changes, but brought to a ( paying business to its stockholders. 1 The rain has put some water on the land, and our roads will be mud- ( dy if more comes soon and the ferti- 1 * t lizer wagons started. J Miss Franke Folk came down in 1 an automobile with her friend, Mrs. Hooton, to meet a lady friend from < Walterboro and take her to Bam- ( berg Saturday afternoon. ' For information ask Mr. Leroy 3 Smith the sensation created by sit- 1 ting on a dog in a chair. Went to the chain gang camp for a ] V stroll Sunday afternoon. Rev. I. S. ~ ? a. ?. o/vn _ 1 WingO was presuming lu mc wuvicts from the text of Moses, telling tl^em of his leadership of the chil^ dren of Israel from Egypt to the K promised land. He told the story H very well and sang hymns to them, Br asking them to join him, but few of A them lent their voices to help out WJ the melody. They have done some good work around town to the roads. Have often heard of a coon be-, ing treed by a dog and being shot 1 out of the tree, but Judge J. C. Copeland had a case on Saturday where the coon was treed by a dog and after a while the dog was shot by the coon, $50.00 or 30 days was the result. Coon paid up. Mr. Beck's young stenographer and book-keeper came up to-day, a Miss Newsom. > 4 mm News from Ehrhardt. 1 Ehrhardt, Jan. 26.?At a recent J meeting of tne stocanoiaers 01 me Ehrhardt Telephone Company, the < following officers were elected: Presi- i dent, Dr. J. L. Copeland; vice presi- < dent, Dr. J. H. Roberts;; secretary < and treasurer, S. W. Copeland; gen- i eral manager, P. H. Copeland. The < company is in quite a flourishing con' dition, it is growing daily. For the i past year the company has declared i a dividend of 8 per cent. The officers 1 certainly deserve credit for their work in building up such a telephone service in this town. Another flourishing enterprise in Ehrhardt is the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. This bank has a capital stock of $20,000 and a surplus of $2,000. On the capital stock a pro^ 4 fit of 15 per cent was declared for the year 1913. The following officers were re-elected: President, S. W. o . -vina nrPQirlpnt. .T. H. VjUjJCxauU) T aw jp*. v.j . Roberts, M. D.; cashier, W. Max Wal* leer. The business had become so great that the directors deemed it necessary to employ an assistant cashier. The man elected to fill the office was W. C. Walker. The directors of the bank are: G. J. Herndon, G. B. Clayton, H. L. Kinard, J. E. McMillan and C. R. Clayton. Still another company has made great success. The Ehrhardt Banking Company has also declared a pro\ C. RUSH GRAY DEAD. Was Thrown Prom Greenville Ca Down Embankment. Greenville, Jnuary 26?C. Rusl Gray, who suffered a fracture of th< skull in being thrown from a rail way motor car several days ago died this afternoon at the City hos pital. Mr. Gray, who was an officia of the Greenville and Knoxville Rail way Company, was on a trip over th< line with Mr. Patterson, when th< accident occurred. He was occupy ing the rear seat, and when the cai struck a rock, which had fallen 01 the track, he was thrown violentl: down the embankment. Mr. Gray was a popular railwa: man. and was well known in Nortl and South Carolina. He was a na tive of Gaffney, but previous to mov Ing to Greenville he had been con nected with the Southern Railway a Hickory, N. C. Got Drunk to Stave off Case. Atlanta, Jan. 27.?Samuel A. Stoe alleged white slaver, adopted a uni iue and entirely successful method o: having his case postponed in th< Federal court yesterday. He go drunk. When arraigned in court h< grinned. in such an alcoholic man tier at the judge, that he had th< distinction of being remanded to th< court marshal until he should be so bered sufficiently to be placed 01 trial. Stoe was out on bond. He and his wife, Mrs. Annie Stoe, are charget with violation of the white slav< law in taking Annie Woolley fron State to State. Ctna'c annearflnce drunk ftl COUr UVW U is without precedent in the Unitec States court here. It was a situatior ?vith which Recorder Broyles has tc 2ope often enough, but one which is utterly unfamiliar to Judge Newman Bt of 15 per cent, for 1913. Thai bank has made wonderful success luring the eight years it has beer going. Since 1905 the Ehrhard Banking Co. has paid $10,000 divi lends to its stockholders and nov las a surplus of $7,500, on a capita! stock of $20,000. The officers of th< bank are: President, J. L. Copeland M. D.; vice president, J. C. Kinard; jashfer, A. F. Henderson; assistanl cashier, J. Ben Ehrhardt. The iirectors are: J. C. Kinard, M. A Kinard, J. I. Copeland. F. H. Copeland, Jacob Ehrhardt, D. M. Smith J. Williams Carter, and Chas. Ehrtiardt. I have here tried to give a little el the successes in our town withou1 sven mentioning those things tha1 mght to be successful and are not tn the next letter I propose to giv< a. school boy's views and thoughts about the needed improvements ir town. There are a number of im provements that might materially aic and beautify our little town. The council has decided to claj the southern portion of Main street rhe county chain gang has the worl in hand, and have begun work. Then is nothing that helps a town mon than good streets, unless it wer< ?ood streets and those lighted well [ think that our town ought, by al means, to have the whole of Mair street lighted up. It would certainlj lid the man a great deal who is ii the habit of walking the streets aftei dark. The amount of liquor consumed ii this town is enormous. Every negro md a large per cent, of the whites visit the dispensary at least one* ivery time he comes to town. Then is at least four times as much drunk ?nness in Ehrhardt now as before th< dispensary came back. It's a dyin* shame to humanity that man eve: discovered any such thing as alcoho lie liquors. But then, what is no good for man he will always knov at the first chance. The first' thin* the negro wants to know at town is "Is the dispensary open?" Mr. G. H. W. Park, student at th< Lutheran Theological Seminary preached here last Sunday morning His sermon was very much enjoyet by-^ all. He also preached at Mt Pleasant Lutheran church in th< afternoon. The Methodists are hard at worl trying to raise enough money to re paint their parsonage. As everyon< in towns knows, the parsonage need: the paint, and they would appreciati any aid given them very much. About the only visitors in towi last week were traveling salesmen "Some" lot of those fellows, though believe me, i aearu outs man oa that he counted exactly twelve tha got off the train in one day here The merchants are getting in quit a lot of new, up-to-date goods, toe So I guess those fellows help a town anyway, eh? IN THE PALMETTO STATE V ______ SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. i _____ 3 State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About J Men and Happenings. 1 The house of representatives has 2 unanimously adopted an unfavorable B report of the judiciary on a bill to extend the right of suffrage to the wor men of the State, j Mrs. J. C. Stidham, of Saluda county, was thrown from her buggy in a runaway Tuesday and her leg was p broken near the ankle and will i have to be amputated. The six-year-old child on Chris - Thompson was crushed to death in - an oil mill at Wilkinsville, Cherot kee county, on Wednesday. It got caught in the, machinery while playing about the room. Edward Ehrlich, who died in Columbia, on Saturday, left an estate I of ^108,000, the greater portion of f which goes to his nephews and ? nieces. He left $5,000 to the'Ept worth orphanage for expenses and j $5,000 for a new building. A shooting accurred at Wilkins> ville, Cherokee county, on Tuesday, 3 in which James Hayes shot and . seriously wounded Earl Milwood and i Will Bratton. The fight way abc.i;t a quarter. Hayes was acquitted s'.rae s year? ago for killing a man. 1 The trustees of the South Carolina 3 Baptist hospital have secured a site i near the southern limits of Columbia nrVi)AV> +V>A Knildincr will ho Ull VY JUL\jXL UUUUIU5 rv AAA MV VI WVVVft. t The site comprises eight acres and i was purchased from 6. A. Guignard, 1 the purchase price being $15,000. } While attempting to arrest a man 3 named Raines at Ottaray mills, Un ion, on Tuesday, for creating a dis: turbance, Special Officer Kay Haw^ kins was shot in the arm in a fusils lade from the father and three broth1 ers of Raines with pistol and shot t guns. Hawkins' arms may have to " be amputated. Sheriff Fant has ar' rested three of the Raineses and 1 put them in jail. ? Copeland-Muller Marriage. ______ t The home of Mr. F. E. Copeland, s of Ehrhardt, was the scene of a . beautiful home wedding last Wednes day evening, January 21st, when Mr. , Copeland gave in marriage his - daughter, Sophia, to Mr. W. G. Muller, of Islandton. r The guests were met by Misses t Clara and Julia Copeland and were t ushered into the parlor, which was . tastily decorated with pot plants and \ OAntVvarn cmilov tfl WltnPSS thfi J UVUtU\^lU UJUU J V V I. - w? ?~ 3 solemi^ ceremony, t First entered Miss Ettie Kearse, - who was ushered to the piano by Mr. I Frank Hiers, and to the strains of Mendlesohn's wedding march the r bridal party entered as follows: First came the little Misses Mil: dred Copeland and Merle Farrell as 1 flower girls, attired in costumes of } white accordion pleted crepe de 2 chene and lace, caught with hand. made daisies, and their fairy like atl titude displayed two innocent hearts 1 untainted by guile, unclouded by r sin. Then entered little Louise Copei land, and beautiful she was in her r dress of silk shadow lace over light blue plaited messaline, caught with l forget-me-nots and pearl ornaments, , carrying the ring in the heart of a , white carnation. 3 The maid of honor, Miss Josephine i Copeland, of Columbia, sister of the - bride, wore a handsome suit of gray s cloth. Lastly entered the bride atl tired in a clinging gown of gray r crepe meteor with accessories to - match, carrying a large bouquet of t white carnations and lace fern. Her 7 only ornament was a pink cameo La I Valliere inlaid with pearls, a gift of : the groom. The nuptial knot was tied by the 3 Rev. Guess, the accomplished Metho, dist ^minister of the Ehrhardt circuit. A delightful six o'clock dinner was i served after the ceremony to quite . a number of friends and relatives of e the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Muller- will make v their home near Islandton where Mr. - Muller is engaged in agricultural 3 work. s The many handsome gifts of cut e glass, china, silver, and hand embroidered linen proves the populari 3 ty of the contracting parties, i. Mrs. Muller will be missed by her ., many friends in our community, but y we feel she will add more to her list t in her new home. Mr. Muller is one !. of Colleton county's most progressive e farmers, a man of fine character, i. sterling business qualities, and many years of happiness is the sincere wish of us all. A FRIEND. KUBBlMi rWK BUAIia. Women Find Men at Reprehensible Occupation. New Orleans, Jan. 7.?Women worshippers entering the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea here today, surprised three men, who, the women said, were taking money from contribution boxes. The men ran, hut one of them, Robert Navin, who says he resides,in St. Louis, was captured after a chase. On his person was found $171.65, mostly in small coins. Several churches here recently have been robbed in like manner. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Jan. 26.?G. W. Gohagen, of Scotia, was shaking hands with friends here recently. On the 19th the ladies of U. D. C., Fairfax chapter, celebrated Lee's birthday at school hall. They had offered a prize for the best essay on "Lee" among pupils of the sixth grade. Prize was won by Ruth Simpson, who read aloud her essay to the crowd assembled there. Music was led by Miss Harrison. The school sang sweetly "I'se Gwine Back to Dixie." The daughters also gave a song. Bible readings and prayer were by Rev. D. B. Groseclose. J. E. Johnston, cashier of Citizens Bank, delivered the address on "Gen. ' f Lee, the Christian and Commander." His remarks should be of lasting benefit to the young, especially as he gave them truthfully (the present histories are so misrepresenting) the causes which led to the war. The pupils lost not a word that he spoke. Prof. McCain also made appropriate remarks. , J. H. Compton, of Florida, spent the week-end here with his mother. Miss Bell Compton enjoyed a stay of several days in Augusta recently. She also visited friends at Millett and Martin. Jas. L. Compton left for Georgia Monday, on business. Mrs. J. C. Preacher entertained the young folks on Friday evening. They report a very fine time. C. E. Goodson, of Barnwell, spent the day here Sunday. Rev. Ballentine, financial agent of Summerland college, was here for several days this week. . . Mrs. Bates and daughter, of Bloomfield, Iowa, are visiting Mrs. 13. B. Groseclose. Miss Ada Kearse, of Olar, visited Airs. W. E. Harter recently. Mrs. W. G. Ruddell has returned from a pleasant visit to friends in Savannah. J. Howell Brunson, of Augusta, and Mrs. Blitchie and daughter, of Charleston, were recent guests of Mrs. N. B. Loadholt. Aliss Nelle Loadholt entertainer the young folks at her sur bin-ban home Monday evening. Sparkling wit and animated conversation made the hours fly. After partaking of a sweet course, lo! 'twas time to return "to town." The young folks always enjoy a trip to "Pleasant Retreat." Miss May Brunson spent some time recently with relatives and friends at Barnwell. Mrs. Rosa Platts, of Hickory Grove, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Julia Harter. Here the first month of the new year has about left us and we've made no new resolutions about facing the future bravely?for weal or woe. Let us take the old motto for ours: "Non numero horas nisi serenas"?"I keep count of no hours but the sunny ones." Mrs. Jeff. Griffin and Miss Marguerite Harley, of Ulmer, are' visiting Mrs. W. E. Harter. We are told that Mrs. W. G. Ruddell joined friends in Savannah and coiiori tn Npw York on a Dleasure trip. They had a delightful trip. ? OIL MILL BURNS DOWN. Very Disastrous Fire Thursday Night at Sally. One of the heaviest losses by fire that has ever occurred in this section was the loss of the Sally Cotton Seed Oil Mill, at Sally, Thursday night. This mill had been in successful operation for the past ten years, and said to be one of the best of the independent mills in the State. The mill did a very large ginning business in addition to making oil. The mill was built by a Mr. Foster of the Piedmont section, who after wards parted with his interests to Capt. Montgomery of Spartanburg, although a large amount of the stock was owned by citizens of Sally and community. The exact amount of insurance, or of the loss is not known, but the loss will probably amount to near $50,000. WHAUYWINSAHW1W11 T HOUSE REFUSES TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE CONTEST. T Mr. Frear, of Wisconsin, Takes Ac- rs tive Part Against South Caro. R Una Congressman. Cl 8. ai Washington, Jan. 27.?By a" vote of 227 to 98 the house late to-day re- ' fused to investigate further the election contest between Representative Whaley, of Charleston, S. C., and Mayor Grace, and then passed a resolution to seat Whaley. A discussion of the report favoring the seating of Representative Richard e] S. Whhley, of South Carolina, against ?, whom charges had been filed by w Mayor Grace, of Charleston, was resumed in the house to-day. Defending the minority report against seat- ^ ing of Whaley, Representative Borchers, of Illinois, declared that if the n charges of Mayor Grace were true, Whaley should be expelled from the T house. Mr. Borchers quoted from al- h legations made by Grace, contending ^ that the matter had not been thoroughly sifted, and that it was wrong for he house to permit Whaley to tI remain without further challenge. Representative Frear, of Wisconsin, also protested against the committee's majority report. He said that the house ought to go into the in- 1)1 vestigation, that the inquiry by the 61 committee had been inadequate, and 11 the majority report, he intimated, P1 was a whitewash. P1 Members who protested against 2 seating Whaley .under the commit- 16 tee ^report declared the house undoubtedly would rest its vote upon w the discussion on the floor. At their 04 instance the house was called to or der several times so that all the mem- |.6T bers could hear the speeches. Grace N charged Whaley spent $60,000 in his campaign, that he bought votes, and *5 that he made five* false affidavits. "Fraud and Sham" Charged. Representative Frear said that the ~ procedure under the corrupt prac- H tices act governing the election of s< members had so far been "a fraud and sham," and declared that Whaley ?* had been proved, by the testimony be- w fore the committee, to have used $60,- c 000 to buy votes in the primaries d< preceding his election. . ^ t "Under your present law," he said, "no matter how corrupt conditions af might be in the Southern States, and they could be no more corrupt than c* they have been in Whaley's case, this il] house could do nothing in the mat- ** ter. The committee complains that no official contest has been instituted. But no contest could be instituted in the South, where only one party tl participates in the election, and the c< fight is in the primaries. This committee would make the corrupt practices act a nullity, a pretense and a sham. 0j "Fifty-five per cent of the vote in bi Charleston is disfranchised. Not a n( negro votes. Not a negro votes in ^ South Carolina. But $10,000 was us- w ed on both sides of this contest to ^ buy votes, not negro votes, but wmie o votes." , Frear urged that the corrupt prac- w tices act be strengthened and vigor- fr ously enforced. w Mr. Crisp Takes Hand. Frear said the mayor of Charleston was knocking at the doors of the ~ house to purge the record of that city, which Whaley was representing in the house. "Did not the mayor of Charleston himself admit," demanded Representative Crisp, of Georgia, "that he c spent $15,000 to be elected, when his c< salary for tne iour years amounts to only $14,000?" | "Yes," shouted Frear, "he did. It ' is a deplorable condition, but two wrongs do not make a right." ^ "You say every citizen should seek to purify," insisted Crisp. "Did not a citizen of Wisconsin, now holding an exalted position, admit that he y spent $100,000 to be elected, and did you take any action to purify your g( State in that connection?" - e; "I was not a member of the legislature," said Frear. ^ ' Mr. Frear said it seemed useless to convict people in the State that John ^ C. Calhoun once represented in con- jj gress, because the governor "would turn them out." ^ Dnnrfloantativo TTMrior nf T.OUisiana. IWUpl CO'QJU WUVA T ^ t w*. ? , y for the majority of the elections com- , mittee, denounced as "either a fool u or a deliberate liar" any man who ^ charged that there were more pur- b ehasable votes among the whites ^ than among the negroes in the South. He denounced Mayor Grace, and declared he "would have jailed him," ai when he testified before the elec- g< tions committee. ti v A. -r-c./ 'J ' ' "*! hree Men Cut Mail Car Loose at V y;g Fackler's, Ala. Chattanooga, Tenn., January 23.? hree men, believed to have been Lnk amateurs, held, up Southern ailway Train No. 41, local to Tusimbia, at Facklers, Ala., at about 20 tonight. According to the best ithority available in this city, there as nothing of value in either exrees or baggage car, which were ^Vin mlthaiKi finrlinir on 1T nAr. 'UV^U; VJUV A VVMVAO 4AUU4UQ v??v rv" >nal articles of food, a lot of trucks id a pile of sacks containing second ass mail. -J^SI No. 41 left Chattanooga at 6.15 ith O. K. Wilson, of Tuscumbia, as igineer, and J. L. Armstrong, of teyenson, conductor. R. K. Taft aar the express messenger. The ain arrived at Facklers at 8.20 ^JS id while standing at the station was oarded by three masked men. Two ' ||| dies west of that place two of the ^ ten entered the express car and took ^ ossession of the pouches and safe. he third, according to the reports : ^ ere, found his way to the engine , |. ^ jnder. At a given signal, or in con- :| jquence of an understanding, he vjpg| impelled the engineer to stop the Fire Destroys Cotton. Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 22.?Fire vJH h?m knan o+o nl a ^ Kv tJHC VCU IU UOTC l/c^u ot?ai vv<u w/ ,, jarks thrown out by a passing loco- r lotive late to-day destroyed the v lant of the Trinity Compress Comany. 4,500 bales of cotton and about 5 loaded freight cars here. The ?s is estimated at $350,000. Another fire started by a piece of Clli ood falling from a stove while the rcupants of the house were viewing le destruction of the compress, de;royed 13 small dwellings on east inth street. The buildings and their mtents were valued at approximate' $20,000. Hand Takes Head of College. Columbia, Jan. 26.?William H. and, State inspector of High '$?? shools, with headquarters in Coimbia, has accepted the presidency ! Aiderson college, Anderson, ac>rdfthg to a dispatch last night from hester. Mr. Hand was superintensnt of the public schools of Chest flbr several years. Mr. Hand said last night, when iked about the report: "The mat ir is still open and will not be deded until next Thursday. I am not '.^mj l position at this time to speak of for publication." Members of the board of trustees ???1 [ Anderson college said late yesteray that no announcement regarding le presidency of the institution r^j >uld be made just now. jp8| Mob Lynches Negro. Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 27.?A mob .?|j f angered men who rode in automo- ^11 iles took Benjamin Dickerson, a ;>&j| egro, from the Parcell jail early to- ; ??? ay and lynched him. The negro as charged with the murder of W." 4 . Chaffin, a traveling salesman, in isS klahoma City Saturday night. The jailer at Parcell was alone : 'r hen the mob, said to have come ' M^ssn om Oklahoma City, arrived, and he as easily overpowered. EFFECT OF GINNING ON LINT. peed of Machinery Does not Effect Cotton, Says Expert. Washington, January 25.?Under le provision of the appropriation seared by Senator Smith, of South arolina, during the last session of % morrocc roniiirine- the deoartment |/JU^?VWWf * v?j 0 Tt agriculture to investigate the gip- M ing, baling, gradingt etc., of cotton, ae of the findings of the departtent is that the speed of the gin oes not effect the lint so long as the >tton is dry and the gin in good melanical condition. The head of this epartment informed Senator Smith esterday that the test had been lade at different ginneries in the outh, running the gins from the lowit number of revolutions to the ighest, and that as long as the cot>n is in good conditon and the gin roperly adjusted, the highest possile rate of speed did not injure the nt one particle. This he considered f vast importance to the cotton inustry throughout the South, because ie number of bales that a ginning Iant may put out, in a large measre, determines the price of ginning, nd this is an item of importance, oth to the farmer and the owner of ie gin. , A1 Jennings has quit his vocation 3 a bold, brave robber and has de enerated into a piain everyuay cian.