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I # (Tit? Hamhrrg fcralb ^ One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1914. Established 1891. ?? - ? j ' I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS!' SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. i I ten News Items Gathered All Around the . * sin County and Elsewhere. I nel ** Ehrhardt Etchings. ' the I- icu Ehrhardt, February 16.?The bulk bul of our farmers have made arrange- sai ments for 1914 supplies and are now happy until the time comes to gather his the crops in and pay up; then one ph . can hear of the many mishaps?why Wjt this and that can't be done. shi [It seems if our common farmers the only care for a little something to dri eat, very meagre clothing and only wh cash enough to buy some whiskey, we: this fulfills their ambition. When 0cc you talk to them about higher aims, cor and ambition for greater things you f0r will receive the answer, that there wa; was Uncle Sam-, he raised a big fami- inc ly of boys and girls and they are all det hustling along in some way; that he Co< never had a two horse wagon nor wh buggy, but he had two wheels on an wit axle and two gum poles fastened on < it for shafts; on this he hauled rails co< and fertilizers and he himself was rjai hauled home on the same' Vehicle i t from the neighborhood grog shop ma where he had gotten more than he the oould go with. Thus he lived a life of his a 70 to 80 years and never did anyB thing for himself or anyone else; but H was a good man, did not harm any , one. Such is the waste of good ma- $41 terial such as muscle and energy in with no ambition to be more than a the * common farmer. Farming is a good uni business and with care, energy and am push there is no business that will 191 ^ pay more dividends. In fact a coun- nes try with good farmers with any de- ea gree of intellect and care, make it a age ^ desirable place to live in. It's the am K back bone of every other business? mi] W no prosperity where the soil is not ' cultivated. slig Rev. W. R. McMillan hopes to do t ere work here in the Baptist church, yea will preach several sermons both day no> and night this week. JEE. 001 ?? ica Ehrhardt News. r Ehrhardt, February 16.?The bazaar, given by the Methodist ladies FOa Friday night and Saturday, was a . 1 great success. The affair was held ls- ( in Copeland hall. Over to the left, anc as one entered the door, appeared ( tables at which the most tempting viands imaginable were served. And < it is simply a most astonishing thing ha> to see how much some people can the eat of such things. For instance, one > gentleman ate so long and so much vis; that he forgot his girl's name and, jag1 introducing her to another fellow, , changed her name entirely. Then, the f everywhere about over the hall, were jjr, fancywork booths, candy booths, and ^ various other establishments taste- 0f fully decorated and withal intended soo tn ratfth and hold the eye of the poor, i K "broke" fellow. But the people js W showed that they were willing to aid j? the ladies in their work. 1 Mr. Beck, one of the managers at at the Hacker mill here, received a tele- daj gram yesterday apprising him of the Me serious illness of his wife. Mr. Beck jan left on the noon train for Wilming- Mis ton, N. C., his home. WTc Well, it seems that the mill is ha^ about to get started once more. At ? least we hear the whistle every morn- son ing, noon, and evening. i Some cold, damp weather we've mu been having, isn't It? Last Friday ] and Saturday were certainly bad. jus Mr. S. W. Copeland is moving his thi: business into his new brick building tho ' this week. Copeland & Farrell are : also moving into their new building, fan Mr. J. M. Dannelly has begun the Fol - " erection of a fine brick establish- ; K-. ment next to Mr. S. W. Copeland's the rnew building, and another brick Bis store is to be started soon next to the j building into which Copeland & Far- gra . rell are moving. It is to be hoped gu< that others may follow this good las ft example and erect brick buildings. W am CANNERY OX GALILEE SHORE. an( I daj J, Company Proposes to Peal in Sardines Prom Lake. we A company is about to be formed Ab to run a sardine canning factory on ; the shore of the Sea of Galilee. A ing local newspaper says there are great ? shoals of sardines in this section and Jol a remunerative industry can be da} built up if a concession is granted. The natives, who are extremely Sat poor, would benefit greatly by such Be; Ian industry, as the output is likely tx> be patronized not only because tin naiiioo sardines are of suDerior I Pa< V wuu ? 4 _ m flavor, but because of the Biblical associations of the Sea of Galilee.? fro Jerusalem dispatch to The New York H. Sun. ' da: r \TTEMPT LIFE OF OFFICER. j 'ut. Cook Wounded by Unknown Party at Vera Ouz. < Cera Cruz, February 12.?An atrip t was made last night to assasate Lieut. Arthur B. Cook, flag itenant to Rear Admiral Mayo, of ! United States battleship Connectt. Lieut. Cook was struck by a let and slightly wounded. His aslant was not seen. i rhe lieutenant, accompanied by wife and Miss Ethel McKenzie, of ] iladelphiaT had been dining ( :h Admiral Mayo aboard the flagp. Returning to the landing place, j > party took an .open ,'carriage to j ve to the steamer Morro Castle, on ( ich Mrs. Cook and Miss McKenzie re to sail to-day. The two women upied the rear seat. Lieut. Cook, 1 r tspicuous in a full drees white unim, sat facing them. As the party 1 s proceeding down Avenida de la ^ tependencia a sharp, but not loud 1 onation was heard, and Lieut, ak felt a shock on the loft hip, ] ich at the time he did not associate j h what appeared to be a shot. i 3n alighting at the wharf Lieut, i Dk found a small object on the car- < ge seat, which proved to be a bulof the type used in pocket autotic pistols. Investigation showed ( ! bullet had inflicted a bruise on hip. \ Total Debt of the World. < Antwerp, February 14.?A debt of 2,960,000,000 is the total shown | the accounts of all the nations of ] world, according to the bureau of ^ iversal statistics, which has just ^ lounced its figures for the year ( L2. Of this total public indebted- c is thirty-two milliards are charg- < against Europe alone.' A century g > the public debt of all countries j ounted to only a little over seven < lliards. ( The population of the earth is now jhtly over 1,900,000,000, an inase of 140,000,000 in the past four irs, according to the bureau. Asia ] v has 933,000,000, Europe 484,).000, Africa 188,000,000, Amer187,000,000, Oceania 57,000,000. The world's commerce now j ounts to $40,600,000,000, and it j iw a total of 635,000 miles of rail- A ds, or enough to girdle the globe ( :arried# on by 55,802 sailing ships j i 4 7,714 steamers. Other figures ( mty-five times. 1 Colston Dots. Dolston, February 17.?We are ring some beautiful weather for past few days, dr. and Mrs. George McMillan , ited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bishop t Sunday. dr. and Mrs. B. W. Beard visited ! ir parents last Sunday, Mr. and s. Frank Clayto^ ?Ve are sorry to learn of the illness Mrs. W. H. Folk, but hope she will n be able to be out again. . diss Willie Lou Wolf, from Cope, , visiting her grand mother, Mrs. E. Rentz. t There was a little crowd gathered Mr. C. C. Fenders's last Thursr night. Those present were ssrs. Edgar Fender, John Cope- J d, Leroy Peters, George Kearse: , >ses Llewellyn Zeigler, Willie Lou x If, and Ollie Folk. All seemed to <e ,a jolly good time. ^ diss Ollie Folk has been spending ae time with Miss Alma Fender. A*e are sorry to learn that the ^ mps are in our community. Everybody in our community has t t aoout finished butchering for j 5 season and how they will miss c se nice spare ribs and sausage, dr. and Mrs. J. L. Priester and ^ lily visited Mr. and Mrs. Willie Ik last Sunday. , Wr. and Mrs. G. L. Bishop were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. j hop last Sunday. Wr. and Mrs. J. W. Priester and ..j j ? m:? t +1-,.-, I i LUU-UiUlg liter, .MISS IjCC, ncic Uig ?sts of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bisliop ( t Sunday. . ] Mrs. B. D. Bishop and children. T 1 sister. Miss Annie, visited Mr. J i Mrs. J. P. Bishop last Wednes7. ? \lr. Clarence Fender and sisters 1 re the guests of Mr. and .Mrs. ner Fender last Sunday. s Most of the farmers are busy haul; their fertilizers. t rhere was a good many of the St. m's folks in our community Sun- t 7 afternoon. Miss Willie Lou Wolf spent last ri .urday night and Sunday with Miss i 5sie Folk. Mrs. Joe Padgett is spending some i le with her brother. Mr. C. F. dgett. t Mr. Frank Fender and mother. C T tricifnH AT r o n r\ \T ro W ill LiUUgC) V AO* .Ui . UiiU * v. " Folk last Wednesday and Thurs- 1 7. t (N THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. state News Roiled Down for Quick Reading;?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The primary reform bill was killed n the house Tuesday by one vote. A Lutheran Laymens* convention is jeing attended by seven hundred ielegates-this week in Columbia. The State senate Tuesday night reused to kill the Charleston liquor Jill, providing a system of high license. Stephen Linder, a young white nan of Lexington county, was killed Tuesday when an automobile, in vhich he was riding, turned turtle. Hlis companion, R, A. Barre, escaped vith minor injuries. J. W. Lee, who disappeared from lis home at Piedmont in December, md whom five negroes were charged vith murdering, turned up in Dougass, Ga., on Sunday. His mind seemed to have gone wrong. A shooting scrape occurred in Anierson on Sunday in which Gus 3rown and Pink Brown, both colored, -vere killed by Sam Brown, colored. The affair happened at Mt. Moriah diurch, five miles from the city. Dr. J. H. Taylor, one of the regents of the State Hospital for the insane, testified before the investigating committee Tuesday that the governor had an insinuating attitude ;oward the professional and moral :haracter of Dr. Saunders, the young voman physician, at an executive session of the board of regents last December. The Governor has since that Iia never doubted the :haracter of Dr. Saunders. MYSTERY OF TRAIN SPOOK. Pulls on the Air Cord That Puts Schedule Two Hours Off. "Who pulled that cord and cut off lie air?" asked the conductor of xeight train No. 48, on the Pennsylvania road, when the train suddenly vame to a stop two miles east of I Tohnston station, says Altoona, (Pa.) lorrespondence in New York Sun. U1 the brakemen denied bringing the rain to a stop. The train started igain, and when it had gone about i mile the air was cut off again and he train came to a second stop. Search of the train was made. Not inding any trespassers, the conductor irdered the engineer to start the train igain. Before the train had gone a lalf mile the air was mysteriously lut off again and the train came to a sharp stop for a third time. Again the crew made an investigaion and the conductor became angry. ?TrAmr*lunor ll'Of. T1 H t r? VlO H T1 he train, and the conductor ordered he crew to take positions along the op of the freight cars. The train had gone about a mile vhen the air cord was pulled again in ;ome mysterious manner and the :rain was brought to another stop. The crew reported that it had been inable to observe anything wrong. "That train must be haunted," said ;he conductor. "We must find out vhat is wrong." A brakeman in passing a car in vhich was a horse observed its head >ver the emergency cord. The emergency cord was adjusted so that the l.orse could not get'its head over it. md the train proceeded. The schedule on the Western di ,'ision -was thrown out of order for tearly two hours by the "spook" torse. Denniak Personals. Denmark. February 14.?.Mrs. Sidiey Hartzog and Miss Parnell Abney, )f Greenwood, and Dr. and Mrs. O. 3. Hartzog. of Greenville, spent last veek here with Mr. and Mrs. L. C. ilice. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Guess, Jr., ;pent the week-end with Mrs. Guess' parents at Holly Hill. Mr. G. Miller Greene, of Barnwell. >pent Thursday in town. Mr. J. W. Wyman is visiting relaives in Charleston. Mr. \V. F. Marvin spent Sunday in own. Miss Frances Maytield, of El Paso, Texas, is visiting at the home of her mcle, the Hon. S. G. Mayfield. .Mrs. L. C. Rice spent Wednesday n Columbia. .Miss Esther Holier, of Aiken, spent he week-end with .Miss Emma Jwens. .Miss Helen Milhous. of Columbia, las returned after a visit to relaives here. TEACH MEXICO BASEBALL. Change From Bull Fights Advocated For Warlike l*roi>ensities. It was a wise man who once remarked: "Describe to me the amusements of a people and I will describe to you the character of that people." In the light of this consider the bull fights, says the Denver Times. It with its next of kin, the cock fight, is Mexico's chief pastime. When the sons of Montezuma are not "revolutionizing" they are on their way to or witnpssine a hull fieht. Now anv one who has ever calmly and dispassionately viewed a sample of this Mexican entertainment must admit that it tends to bring out the vicious propensities, to arouse the baser instincts, and to excite to a dangerous, almost violent pitch. .Assuredly there is plenty of "seeing red" at a bull fight. Then turn to baseball. It is the American amusement, the national relaxation. When Americans are not making money they are on their way I to or howling themselves hoarse at a ball game. It is a clean, keen sport, science and mental calibre figure. No dumb beast is baited and slain. No blood is shed?unless it be that in the enthusiasm of the game an occasional umpire is put hors de combat with a, pop bottle. This latter, being anticipated, can hardly be counted. Mexico is at war with herself. The United States is at peace with the world. Mexico goes from her bloody DUli rings 10 uie uiuuuiei uaitic uciu. Uncle Sam goes from the grandstand and scoreboard home to his family and dinner. As a result of these two national sports?the one cruelly vicious the 1 other innocently enlivening?Mexican now has a hand at Mexican throat, the republic is swept by fire and sword; war, rapine and disaster grip what should be a prosperous] lan(\; while the United States, calm, heafthv, happy, is alnjost on the eve of stepping in to separate these battling brothers that the peace of the world may be promoted. MOKE MONEY FOR CARRIERS. Postoffice Appropriation Rill Rig-) gest in History. Washington, February 11.?Nearly $5,000,000 had Aeen added to the total of the postoffice appropriation bill as it passed the^house when the senate committee to-day completed its work on the measure. It carries $310,000,000, the largest amount ever appropriated for postal purposes. Maximum salaries for rural mail carriers would be increased under the bill to $1,200, the total increase for this purpose amounting to $4,350,000. An increase of $1,000,000 was added to the house appropriation for railway mail service to meet the demands of the parcel post. No increase in second-class mail rates is provided for in the bill. Norway's Diplomatic Service. Christiania, February 14.?The royal commission appointed in 1912 to consider the reorganization of the Norwegian, diplomatic and consular service recommends in its final re -) port the establishment of a competent business council to assist the foreign office, especially in the negotiation of commercial treaties. The commission also recommends the linking up of the diplomatic and consular service and competition, for which all Norwegians should be competent, for all the paid situations in the service. It is also suggested that trade organizations should be consulted as to appointments. The object of the government is to strengthen Norwegian representation abroad, so as to increase the openings for trade and shipping. . DIKS FROM INJURY. I James \V. Hughes, of Florence, Was Struck by A. C. L. Train. Florence. February 15.?Mr. James W. Hughes, of this city, a well-known Western Union Telegraph lineman, who was struck by a freight train on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway at Lake City on Friday evening, and who was rushed to this city on a fast train for medical treatment, died last night at the Florence Infirmary from his injuries. Mr. Hughes, with his assistant, Mi. F. M. Sprouse, was sent out on the line to locate wire trouble between Charleston, supposedly about Lake City. They left the train down ine road and were moving over the line with a lineman's railroad velocipede. As they approached the station at Lake City, the car ran into and was struck by a car of a local freight which was being backed. LARGER THAN LAST YEAR APPROPRIATION MEASURE CARRIES TOTAL OF $2,391,795. If Figures Stand, Tax Levy for 1914 Will Probably Be Seven Mills. Columbia, Feb. 17.?The appronriatinn bill, as orierinallv rnnortpd. was passed by the house to-day. The bill has yet to pass the Senate where it will probably be pruned considerably. Columbia, February 12.?The general appropriation bill was presented to the house to-night by Chairman Geo. W. Dic$, on the part of the ways and means committee. The committee has had a prodigious task to keep pace with a fast growing State and at the same time not to make a heavy increase in the aggregate of the appropriations. The committee has had many hearings and has been faithful in its work. It has gone over the bill time and time again, pruning here and revising there. The bill presented tonight by Chairman Dick is considered complete in every detail, and while showing an increase in dollars and cents is not really so much so in view of the heavy increases in demands for the growing State and increases necessary all along the line. The chief difference that apparent* ly has to be provided for is that last year there was a special act carrying a one-mill direct tax that was used for the Garris-Nicholson High School Extension and Library Act that involved about $200,000. This year's bill carries this $200,000 directly, as it has not been provided for in a special act, as was done last year; therefore, in the apparent increase of $532,718 in the bill over the amount carried in the bill of 1913, at least $200,000 is to be credited to the school items that were provided for in the special one-mill tax. Tax Levy Greater. The bill will mean a seven-mill State tax levy. Last year the levy was slightly less, and including the school fund there will be an increase of three-quarters of a mill. \ In other words, the total tax for 1914 will be seven mills, and this will include the fund necessary for the various school items that were provided for last year in the special levy of one mill. The miscellaneous schedule in the Act of 1913 carried $96,589, while this year it aggregates $366,892, most of which is to be credited to the school items that were otherwise provided for last year. mere are a numDer or uenis hi the Act for 1914 that show decreases in the bill of last year. The insurance commissioner's office is provided with $510 less than in 1913. The attorney gerferal's office $2,000 less, public buildings less, the tax department nearly $2,000 less. The University of South Carolina gets $2,105 less than the total for 1913. The interest on the State debt is cut $30,000. The legislative expenses are reduced $3,000. The total reductions aggregate $41,334 and the increases $574,006, the largest increase being at the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution, for which $43,946 is added, and of this $35,000 is for a new building. Winthrop College. ^ Winthrop College is allowed $30,000 for the erection of a gymnasium, provided $35,000 is raised by Winthrop from other sources. The appropriation for ^Vinthrop shows an increase of $20,840, including this gymnasium item. The Hospital for the insane is al 'lowed an increase of $50,000 on ac| count of its increasing population. I There is not a cent provided for the I development of the new State Hospital for the Insane at State Park. < The health department shows an < ! increase of $36,000, and there is a provision of $25,000 foj- the estab-1 lishment of a tuberculosis hospital. There is no provision as to where 1 this hospital is to be located. ] There is an increase of $2,200 for the office of the railroad commis- < sioners. The Catawba Indian item ; shows an increase of $2,200. The ] commissioner of agriculture is allowed an increase of $2,800 for his office. 1 The adjutant general's office is allow- i ed an increase of $6,600. The indus- i trial school at Florence is allowed < $44,000. The pension fund is in- J ?7 nnn and then elections 1 V_>x cuocv_x i v v v j M ? ? ? ? _ _ _ ? have to be provided for this year at an additional cost of $36,435. Medical College. There is an increase of $34,800 in i the appropriation for the Medical ; College of the State, at Charleston. ] The total of the bill presented to- j night is $2,391,795, as against $1,- i / GETS $20,000 VERDICT. Mrs. Padgett Wins Suit Against Seaboard Air Uue. Lexington. February 12.?Mrs. Clara V. Padgett, of Savannah, Ga., administratrix of the estate of her husband, Louis H. Padgett, was awarded a verdict for $20,000 against the Seaboard Air Line Railway by a Lexington county jury late this afternoon for the alleged killing of the plaintiff's husband, whose dead body was found in a drop pit in the roundhouse of the railway company at Cayce, this county, on the morning of January 12, 1913. This is the second largest verdict ever rendered in the courts of Lexington county. The case was tried under the Federal Employees' Liability Act, the first to be tried under the Federal statute in this county, and the action was brought for $75,000. The case was hard fought, three days having been occupied in its trial. The plaintiff was represented by W. Boyd Evans, Esq., of Columbia, as leading counsel, assisted by Messrs. George Bell Timmerman, T. C. Sturkie, W. H. Sharpe, of the local bar, and Jas. H. Fanning, of Springfield. Lyles & Lyles, of Columbia, and C. M. Efird, of the local bar, appeared for the defendant. The jury was less than an hour reaching a verdict. / Attorneys for the railway announced to-night that a motion will probably be made for a new trial to-morrow. At the conclusion of the Padgett case all jurors were excused from a further attendance upon the, term. Judge Spain will remain over to-morrow to hear equity matters, and also for the memorial services, which will be held at noon over the death of * Frank E. Dreher, a leading member of the Lexington bar, who died on December 1, 1913. ^ STORKS BURNED AT COPE. Entire Burliness Block Tljrea-tened fop a Time. . " S! Cope, February 14.?Fire, which was discovered here this morning at 1.40 o'clock, destroyed the stores of E. P. Garick and O. F. Smoak, and at one time threatened the remainder of the business block, also several private dwellings which lay in the path of the huge shower of sparks. The _ fire originated in Mr. Garick's building, and when discovered was eating its way out the rear end of the store. This store being covered with corrugated tin, kept the flames confined until they buVnt through the sides and it was during this time that the stock of Mr. Smoak was moved out, he saving practically all of his stock, but same was considerably damaged. All that saved the town from its worst baptism of fire was the houses were thoroughly soakqd from the rains of ^he day, and a thin sheeting of ice encased the roofs. Coals of fire three and four inches square, parts of burning shingles, were liberally scattered on many roofs. A T Omnnb no incil ro T1 r>d nn V/. r , omvan. uigui uuw vu his store for $500, and on stock for $1,000. E. P. Garick carried insurance for $800. "Pa, what is a diplomat?" "A diplomat, my son,- is a man who remembers a lady's birthday, but for^rts her age."?London Tit-Bits. "That's our general superintendent ?son of the president?he began at the bottom and worked up?started in as an oiler, right after he left college!" "When was that?" "Oh, he graduated last June!"? Puck. First Photographer?You were rejected yesterday, weren't you? Second Ditto?Yes, but I got a clear negative.?Columbia Jester. 859,077 for last year. The total net increase is about $250,000, the difference being in the amount raised by the special one-mill tax for school purposes. In the miscellaneous items i6 included $30,000 for tick eradication, and provision is made for an appropriation of $10,000 for a militia manoeuvre camp, and the encampment is to beytfSld on the condition that the city getting the encampment supplements the $10,000 with an equal amount. There is a provision for $5,000 for the representation of this State in the peace memorial on Lake Erie. More for MiLitia. The military appropriation is increased $8,000 over what it was last year. An appropriation of $5,000 is recommended to pay Mr. A. W. Todd Tor designs and plans for an extension to the State House. > ' J \ V '