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I ^ 1 \ t V \ \ $ (Uli? Hamburg feralb j One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1914. Established 1891. w | _ COUNTRY NEWS LETTER: SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING! IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around th< ^ County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Feb. 2.?The cold wavi struck thia section during Friday night in the shape of wind, and Sun day was real cold to the summe weather we had for a few days. One or two farmers have hauler their fertilizer home for 1914 crop. Whats gone with our goose-bon< and ground-hog prophet? Don't se< any of his predictions as to the com ing weather. It's about the time foi the ground-hog to show himself ani give his signs now. Miss Minnie Copeland and Mr. Edc Miley were married Sunday after noon by Rev. E. A. McDowell at th< Baptist parsonage. Wish then many years of happiness in . thei: married life. Mr. J. H. Fender was taken t< thp hosnital at Charleston, to hav< his hands attended by the doctor; there. Seems as one of his hand; is giving him severe pain yet. Was dangerous to shoot at a mart with a pistol or rifle last week, was so many drummers in and arounc town that one could not miss a mart without hitting one. Mr. E. F. K. Roof, of Columbis Theological Seminary, will preach ai Mount Pleasant Lutheran churcl Sunday morning next, and at Ehr . hardt in the afternoon. Don't for get to go and hear him. Plenty booze fighters in town Sat urdav. Two or three booze got tin best of. I think the Conrad Ehrhardt heirs should have given a limited time foi building the school-house when the} gave title for same. Don't seen: that tfiey ever intend to erect it, as bad as the school needs the building. Mr. J. D. Dannelly's bricks ars Znr rvnf rvn cuuuug ill auu UCH15 i'ui uu tm > ground, and work will soon com mence. JEE. Xews from Ehrhardt. Ehrhardt, Feb. 3.?The Methodist district conference covering seven counties, embracing thirty churches, with a representation of about seventy-five delegates, thirty of whom will be ministers, will convene here on April 14th. Dr. J. W. Daniels will preside over the meeting. At the Baptist church last Sunday morning, the pastor announced a protracted meeting to begin with that church on the third Sunday evening in this month, February 15th. He stated that he would be assisted by the Rev. W. R. McMillan, pastor of the Bamberg Baptist church, and asked for prayers and interest of all ^ Christian people. We understand that the Rev. Mr. McMillan is an unusuany goou preaciier, aiiu wt trust that cur Baptist friends are to have a great meeting. Let everybody attend. In Ehrhardt during the past week wedding bells have been ringing some, and the end is not yet. Mr. . J. A. Folk and Miss Laila Rush were ^ married at the Baptist parsonage last Wednesday afternoon, Januap 28th, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. E. A. McDowell. At the same place and by the same minister on Sunday afternoon. February 1, in the presence of a host of the many friends of the popular bride. Miss Minnie Lee Copeland and Mr. David Edwin Miley were united in marriage. The groom is a prosperous merchant and farmer ol Mileys, Hampton county, and the bride is one of the most populai and highly esteemed young ladies ol Ehrhardt. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Jan. 31.?C. H. Eldredge of Sumter, was a recent visitor tc . Commercial hotel, also ft. W. Riley of Barnwell, and C. H. Willard' ol Winston, N. C. ? Mrs. L. B. Gibson, of Jenny, visited Mrs. W. W. Anderson on Tuesday. Dr. John Folk, of Brunson. hat been here several days this week or professional business. W. E. Grady, of Savannah, was a recent visitor. D. F. Moore, of Brunson, was also here. Cleo and G. D. Sanders have returned from a business trip to Atlanta. Miss M. S. Harrison, who has f taught music here for two years took a week-end trip to see hei mother at Johnston last week. Tc the surprise and consternation of hei r j| MR. LEVER CONGRATULATED. I ~ | Complimented by Secretary on Agri5 cultural Bill. f Washington, Februar} 1.?Repree sentative Lever is in receipt of a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Houston heartily congratulating him on the passage of the Lever agricultural extension bill in thte 'house recently. In this letter Secretary Houston says: "You have certainly handled the r entire situation with a great deal ^ of wisdom and tact. It is unnecessary for me to tell you what I think of the bill itself. I imagine the senate will 3 " ~ promptly pass it and .that it will ~ quickly become a law. I know of no more successful educational enF j terprise in its time." Mr. Lever is greatly gratified to receive this endorsement from his friend, Secretary Houston, whom he regards as one of the very ablest ' men of this administration. Speak1 ing of the prospects of this bill bep coming a law shortly, Mr. Lever said: "The senate is making gratifying 5 progress with the measure, having * substituted my bill for that of Sena* tor Hoke Smith. I expect to see the 3 bill become a law within the next two or three weeks and I think it is of as great importance fundamentally as s any Act of this administration al1 ready provided for or to be provided [ for." 1 Held for Burning Relative's Child. t 1 Jonesville, Va., Feb. 2.?Charged with burning the 4-year-old child of a deceased relative, Will Calloway and his wife to-day are under arrest s in the local jail. According to the sheriff's office, the negroes confessed . to the crime upon being taken to the . scene. Calloway, the officers state, in his { confession, is alleged to have admit. ted stripping the child of its clothing and burning it, while alive, on a camp fire. The reason given for the s act, according to the alleged confes> sion, was that Calloway and his wife were tired of the child. The burning is said to have occurred late yesterday. . ... W. H. Ariail, of Wareshoals, is held in Alta Vista, Virginia, under arrest on the charge of embezzling money belonging to a Sunday-school, a lodge of Red Men and a lodge of Woodmen of the World in Wareshoals, the amount being $257. He is 24 years old and belongs to a well Known iamny. . fellow-teachers and pupi's, she wrote back on -Monday afternoon, "I was married in Edgefield tbis* afternoon i to'Mr. James Cullum." They had taken a ride and concluded to put an > end to their engagement in that way. She was a very successful teacher here, but will not return. Miss Porter, a teacher, has/ been laid up for several days, with an in, jured limb from a buge:v accident. ( There was a church sociable at the . Baptist parsonage Wednesday afternoon. Quite a number of ladies were present. They v left substantial . tokens of their regard for their pastor's wife in some useful packages , of presents. Mr. and Mrs. Posey, of Green1 ^ K /\ i ?? ?/\f 11 1 trin r V Hit;, UIl LilCXl 1CIUIU ui iuai 1.1 1|> from Florida, visited .Mr. and .Mrs. W; H. Simpson. .Mr. Priester and Miss Xetta Brant . were quietly married by Rev. W. H. Simpson at the Baptist parsonage Thursday evening. We are glad to note that Dr. Buist | Kerrison is back with us again, after a year's absence. . Mrs. Jas. Preacher expects to visit in Atlanta this week on her way to Valdosta. Ga., to see her sister, . Mrs. Andrew Woodward. Mrs. Jno. Weekley, of Ulmer, is visiting her niece, Mrs. Gordon Kearse. Mrs. Mack Mixson, of McNeil, has , been visiting her brother at Com> mercial hotel. H. B. Hartwell, of Chattanooga. was a recent visitor he;'e. Miss Hattie Lightsey, of Brunsoti, . visited relatives here lately. Dr. Coleman and family have moved here from Sycamore. ; On Friday -Miss Anna Parnell died t in Atlanta. Her remains wore brought here Saturday and buried i beside other loved ones at Bethle -hem. Mr. Farnham Compion, who has - been visiting his sister. Mrs. Marion - Craddock, died from acute pneumonia Saturday afternoon and his remains > were taken to Hickory Grove for , burial Monday morning. He recently - lost a wife and one child, and the ) other child lives with Mrs. Otis - Compton, at Clio. Ga. 3 IN THE PALMETTO STATI SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Capt. AI. C. Willis of York and Capt. J. H. Claffy, of Orangeburg, are announced as candidates for adjutant general. The little child of Bart Key, one ol the R. F. D. carriers, of Chester, was bitten on Friday by a dog supposed to be mad. -* - ^ ^ ?n Ann i ne town 01 Lrauiit;,}, wiui i,vu<i population, is said not to have a house of ill fame, not a blind tigei and not a gambling place. Some women in Spartanburg have formed a woman suffrage society, with Mrs. John Gary Evans as president and Mrs. Victor Montgomery as treasurer. A young white man about 21, giving his name as "Cone" Gambrell, has been committed to Greenwood jail, charged with transporting and selling whiskey. A committee from the general assembly is investigating asylum affairs this week. Representative J. A. Hunter, of this county, is a member of the committee. The contract for building a new court house for York County was awarded on Friday to the Trailers w//\r?ri Cn nf "RirhrnnnrV Va . at $64,721 and the plumbing and heating to a Rockhill company at $2,465. Dr. A. T. Jamison, president of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections, announces that the executive committee has decided upod 3&arch 24 to 26 next as the date for the annual meeting of the state conference at Greenwood. Sheriff Simeon Miller, 'of Lexington. raided the Swansea hotel on Friday, at Swansea, kept by a young man named Claude G. Gantt and captured five or six gallons of rye and corn liquor and arrested th? proprietor of the^ hotel and a negro porter. From Apr. 13, 1913, to Jan. 1, 1914, the Greenwood Journal says, Sheriff White and his special officers replenished the county treasury to the amount of $3,000 in fines imposed in magistrates courts for violating liquor laws, gambling and carrying pistols. Sunday-school Hosts to Gather at Anderson. The program for the State Sunday-school convention at Anderson, Feb. 11-13, is unusually attractive. Mr. Harold C. Lowden, of Philadelphia, will conduct a choir of more than one hundred voices. Mr. Lowden is a fine conductor, and a composer of note. This is the first time he has been to a convention in this State, and his coming is a great event. Mr. Alvin W. Roper, of Winona Lake, Iod., will be the pianist. So marvelous is Mr. Roper's skill that he has been called the "wizard of the piano." He has played at several of the International Conventions, and at the World's Convention held in Washington. His playing at >hese conventions was so remarkable that he has won a great reputation the w/>rld around. Musiclovers are looking forward with a great eagerness to hearing Mr. Roper. The most spectacular feature of the convention will be the men's Bible class parade, at 7.30 o'clock, Friday evening, when 1,500 men. carrying transparencies, will march through the streets of the city of Anderson. At the head of this magnificent parade will march ex-Gov. Ansel, of Greenville, several mayors of the towns near Anderson, and Rev. J. W. Speake. the chairman of the parade committee. This splendid line of men will march to the convention church, where they will be addressed by Dr. L. X. Calev, of Philadelphia, Dr. William J. Williamson, of St. Louis, and Mr. J. Shreve Durham, of Chicago. The Sunday-school superintendents at the convention will be tendered a banquet in the dining room of the St. John's Methodist church, on Friday afternoon, February 11. Preceeding this banquet, there will bp a conference for the simerinten dents, led by Mr. D. \V. Sims, of Atlanta, general secretary of the Georgia Sunday-school Association. Anderson is making splendid preparations for the great number of Sunday-school people who are planning to go there next week. f ELEVEN NIGHTS IX SNOW. < _____ RenKirkable Fortitude Shown by a i Maine Horse. A remarkable instance of animal : fortitude is the case of a horse owned by a resident of South Berwick, Maine, that was found alive after being lost for 11 days in a big snow storm. The animal had been driven to ! Great Falls, X. H., and the parties started home about midnight, but they got tipped out of the sleigh and ' the horse ran off. For II nights no > trace of him could be found and it was supposed he had died in the T A- 4.1*^ 1 O 4-U siuriii sumtjw jiere. v^xi uxe uav i a hunter found the horse in a snow L drift on a crossroad between South Berwick and Dover. j The reins and sleigh were frozen , so solidly into the snow that the horse could not extricate himself. The hunter, seeing the animal alive, , drew near to the poor least and cut him loose, at which he manifested the greatest pleasure and slowly followed his deliverer to Dover. J How the animal lived through the storm and cold and hunger is certainly a wonder. The hunter, however, says the horse lived on the elder bushes near him. He also asserts 1 that since the check rein prevented the horse from eating snow, he would put his foot down into the drift and then hold it up and lap ' off the snow. > The contrast when the horse was J placed beside his mate in the stable : was a painful one. The animal's mouth was very sore from eating twigs ana Dusnes ana nis general haggard appearance was suggestive j of Quixote's angular steed of ancient [ fiction.?Philadelphia Enquirer. St. John's News. . ' St. John's, Feb. 2.?There was preaching at St. John's Sunday afternoon. Rev. E. A. McDowell preached there. His text was the Lord's prayer. His sermon was quite interesting. There was a larger crowd out at preaching Sunday afternoon than common, but I hope there will be a still larger crowd next preaching day, which will be the third Sunday morning at eleven i o clock. Glad to say the old St. John's Sunday-school has improved for the last 1 month, and I hope it will grow larger. I think there are more around here who could go to Sunday-school more regular than they do, especially som&*of the young boys. The farmers are busy starting their work for this year. They are having very nice weather to start their work. There was a pindar shelling given at Mr. C. H. Bishop's last Saturday night, and I am sure the crowd en| joyed it fine. Misses Elizabeth Hiers, Annie Bishop and Elizabeth Lee Preister were the guests of Miss Edna Bishop last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aver and little son were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hiers last Sunday; also Mrs. C. H. Bishop, was the guest of Mrs. i C. S. Hiers last Sunday. Mr. P. M. Kinard was the guest of Mr. J. B. Hiers last Sunday. Misses Edna and Annie Bishop and Elizabeth Lee Preister were the i guests of Miss Elizabeth Hiers last Sunday. - Mr. George and Clayton Kinard were the guests of Messrs. Probbie and Eddie Hiers last Sunday, also Mr. Carl Bishop was their guest last Sunday. Miss Mary Jane Brown was the guest of Miss Clara Lyons last Sat urday night. Miss Clara Lyons was the guest of Miss Mary Jane Brown last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brown were the guests of Mr. Wilbur Hiers. last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Aver were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Kinard last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Herndon and little son were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peters last Sunday. Mr. B. W. Bishop is all smiles. It is a boy. Accidentally Wounded. Drtvk O Toccn RAO* uCJUiicita v nic, rcu. - v toot a ers was shot this afternoon by Arch Odom, and doctors say that Rogers has little chance to recover. It seems that the shooting was unintentional. The young men were on ' friendly terms and had never had s any trouble. It is understood that Rogers had just sold to Odom a pistol and both thought it was unloaded. It ' was snapped and discharged, the ball entering the breast of Rogers, just above the heart. i LONG SWIM SAVES TWO. SWAM FOR TWO HOURS IN SEA WITH HELPLESS WIFE. Man Supports His Wife While Waiting on Help.?Tells of His Awful Experience. Survivors of the disaster to the steamship Monroe reached New York over the Pennsylvania railroad from Norfolk. Among them was Thomas T-Tarrinp'trm nf Rririfypnnrt Ennn an companying the body of his wife, who died after being taken aboard the Nantucket. It was Harrington who swam in the cold water supporting his wife by holding her hair in his teeth. "I am too weak to talk," he said. "All that I know is that my wife is dead." Harrington's father, Joseph, met him. "Tell what happened, Tom," said the father. "We all want to know and it will get it off your mind." Then in a dull monotone the young man told his story. He and his wife had a stateroom on the side where the Monroe was rammed. When the shock came, he said, "we got up and dressed and wasted time that might have saved the poor girl's life." By the time they reached the main saloon the ship had keeled so that the side wall for their floor. "There was a lurch," said Harrington, "and Margaret was thrown twenty feet and lodged under the bench built along the sides. I slid and scrambled after her. When I took hold of hep she screamed and pointed to her poor right arm. It was broken and hanging limp. 'Don't touch me,' she screamed. 'Let me die.' I told her she would have to come and she would feel better about it later. Oh, God she was right and I didn't know it. But I got her loose. Then the ship sagged back again and there was a rush of water that washed us out to the deck. I managed to get , on our outer clothes. Then we let go and the ship went away from under us." Harrington told how he tried to . swim holding his wife by the broken . arm, but thfe pained her so that finally he twisted her long hair into a j rope close to her head, and, taking it in his teeth, floated on his back, keeping the woman's head on his * chest. , One lifeboat passed within 10 feet , he said, and ignored their calls for help. After nearly two hours another boat came. "I held Margaret up to them," continued Harrington, , "and a sailor said: ( " 'Let her go. She is dead.' " 'She is not dead,' I said to him: ( 'and you take her aboard if you don't ( want to go to hell with murder on your soul.' "So they took her in. She opened her eyes and smiled at me. . , "When they got me aboard the ship they put her in one state room and , left her and put me in another. I . believe that if a doctor had been with her right away with stimulants she might be alive now. But they were all mixed up, and when I found where she was lying all alone she|( was dead." Shower for Bride-Elect. On last Wednesday afternoon promptly at three o'clock, Mrs. M. A. Trent, of Stonesville, threw wide the ] doors of her home to welcome the } guests who came to shower with i linen, Miss Bertha Inez Trent. ( The color scheme of decorations ] were white and pink and heart de- ] signs were most cunningly arrang- j ed in every feature of the evening, j When the last guest had arrived, Mrs. Trent presented each one with , pencil and paper and the merriment ( of a guessing contest begun. , The first prize, a beautifully hand- j embroidered heart-shaped pin j cushion was won by Mrs. B. R. Stone j while the consolation, a daintv little *y apron, was presented to Miss Laura } Robertson. The ladies with merry little speeches presented their prizes to the . fair bride. I Then Mrs. Trent assisted by Miss Lester and little Miss Rosalind Trent brought in a large white , and pink basket and proceeded to , shower the bride with beautiful | linens. Last, but not to be forgotten, was < served a dainty and truly delightful < salad course with hot chocolate, again < hearts appeared in sandwiches and ( mints. 1 Each guest departed wishing all things good for the bride-elect and : declaring Mrs. Trent a charming ; hostess.?Leaksville, N. C., Courier. Sale stables, horses and mules, buggies and harness. RIZER & MOYE, ' Fairfax, S. C. 1 LOCKED IN TIME VAULT. Clerk in Philadelphia Faces SuffocaDon in Vault. Facing death by suffocation, William Taylor, an employee of the United States Mint, at Philadelphia was rescued late Thursday afternoon from one of the money vaults in the basement of the mint, where he had been accidentally caught by the sudden swinging of the doors. The vault is built of steel and con? ? -. - T. *1-. fi TVl n lieie. it 19 ui tiic auiumauv^ uin^ clock variety, but it could be opened from the inside by one who had the combination. Taylor was caught about 4 o'clock. The employees of the mint were about getting ready to quit work and were busy placing money within the steel and concretelined walls when suddenly the doors closed on Taylor. * * Plans were suggested for -driling holes through the side of the vault. This was attempted but the drills in most instances broke. Meanwhile one of the workmen who had been, engaged on the front of the safe shouted that his drill had taken hold. In a short time the drill reached the interior of the vault. Taylor's voice could be faintly , heard. The rescuers tried to shout through the small hole for him to keep up courage. Then Chief Clerk - - . . ..... Norris came along witn tne combination and it was passed through the hole on a slip of paper. Taylor soon had the vault open. News from Winthrop. Winthrop College, Feb. 1.?Mr. George Cliving, editor of the North American Student, the -official organ of the various student movements, delivered an address last Wednes^day at the regular weekly prayer meeting. The New York Artists Co., composed of members from the highest price choirs of New York City, gave a delightful musicale in the auditorium on the evening of January 30th. 1 ;V| The Country Gentleman, the oldest agricultural journal in the world, in a recent issue contained an article on the subject of "Alfalfa grown in South Carolina as seen on the Winthrop College Farm." The prize winners of the tomato r%l nKn on/5 f KA AAiinltr /I Am LIUUO auu 111^ WUUIJ UtliiUUOti C* tors from each county, were entertained at Winthrop College last Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. ' . Clemson College' Glee Club was here last Monday evening. Their entertainment was thoroughly enjoyed by every one present. Madame Schumann-Heink, a singer of world wide fame, has had to Hi cancel her engagement to be at Win- / V;. throp College on the evening of February 24th. This is a great disappointment to the college students and faculty as well as many others, special trains having been secured to transport guests from the nearby towns. ? j. Linen Shower. , Friday afternoon the bride-elect, Miss Inez Trent, was tendered a miscellaneous linen shower by Mrs. B. F. I vie, in behalf of the Young Woman's Auxiliary, of which she is a member. Misses Gertrude Fagg and Sun shine Taylor, two charming members of the younger set, cordially received at the door, directing the quests to the pink and white bedecked dining room hall where the lucleus of attraction was the sparking bowls of grape juice dispened by the efficient hand of Mrs. A. T. Hopper. The bride, gowned in pink charmeuse with dew drop trimmings, received in the parlor. . The guests svere entertained at archery, shootng with arrow at a pink heart, 4,and many a shot found mark the archer ittle meant." . Miss Trent proved her steady hand, receiving the prize, a Fisher picture, Mrs. Turner receiving the booby. Toasts, both grave and gay, such is "Wishing that sunshine may fill 30th day and night, and sorrow and pain may take their flight," or "Here's to the bride-elect; may she lever be henpecked," were made to :he bride and presented her with a nook to keep them in. .Master Haves Barker acted as messenger boy, carrying her a wagon, ?overed in pink and white, and filled with gifts. It was like a shower blessings, attesting by its magnitude, the outpourings of friendship. Fhe same little messenger boy presented to the bride a bouquet of roses. Then Misses Ruby and Kathleen (vie attired in pink and white, served a delicious salad course and bonbons.?Leaksvilie, N. C., Courier. \